Casey Stengel announced that he was retiring from managing the New York Mets after 55 years in baseball.
Bob Dylan performed his first electric concert at the Newport Folk Festival.
The Beatles' album 'VI' topped the Billboard charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks.
San Francisco Giants outfielder, Willie Mays, broke the record for home runs.
The Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height wrote her first column in the African-American newspaper 'New York Amsterdam News.'
The portrait of Rembrandt's son, 'Titus,' was purchased at auction for $2.2 million.
The musical 'The Sound of Music,' starring Julie Andrews, premiered.
The classic song 'Mr. Tambourine Man' was recorded by The Byrds.
The Supremes first appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' singing 'Come See About Me.'
Time magazine called Susan Sontag 'one of Manhattan's brightest intellectuals' in a review of her groundbreaking essay 'Notes on Camp.'
Verrazano Narrows Bridge opens in NYC.
Jean‑Paul Sartre wins—and declines—Nobel Prize in Literature.
The American musical comedy 'My Fair Lady,' starring Audrey Hepburn, was released in the US.
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were held in Tokyo, Japan.
Disney's Mary Poppins was released and premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
South Africa was banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.
The Rolling Stones began the first of two concerts in Ireland.
The Beach Boys reached #1 on the Billboard charts with their single 'I Get Around.'
The Beatles started their world tour.
Love Me Do by The Beatles hit number one on US charts.
Ford Mustang went on sale for the first time.
The Rolling Stones release their debut album.
Jeopardy! is aired for the first time.
Boxing champion Muhammad Ali relinquished his 'slave name' of Cassius Clay and joined Islam.
Athlete Tom O'Hara smashed a world record by running 1 mile in just 3 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
Muhammad Ali becomes world heavyweight champion.
Bob Dylan's album "The Times They Are A-Changin'" is released.
The Beatles made their first appearance on the 'Ed Sullivan Show' and pulled in a record-breaking 73.7 million viewers.
Nike was founded.
Cash Box Top 100 placed The Beatles 'I Want to Hold Your Hand' at #1.
British band, The Beatles made it onto the US Billboard Hot 100 for the first time.
The Pink Panther film premiered, directed by Blake Edwards with a theme by Henry Mancini.
"Doctor Who" debuts on TV.
Push-button telephones were made available to the general public for the first time.
The second James Bond spy movie, 'From Russia With Love,' was released in London.
Evergreen Bridge opens for traffic for the first time.
Stevie Wonder released his first single, 'Fingertips,' at age 13.
The 'Red Telephone' is instituted.
The epic historical drama movie 'Cleopatra' was released.
Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail is published.
Johnny Cash released his 'Ring of Fire' single.
Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'.
Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds is released.
The Beatles released their very first album, 'Please Please Me.'
Country music stars Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hawkshaw Hawkins all perished in an airplane crash.
The iconic book 'The Feminine Mystique' was published by Betty Friedan.
To Kill a Mockingbird film was released.
'Lawrence of Arabia' film directed by David Lean, was released in the United States.
The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.
The American psychological thriller 'What Ever Happened to Baby Jane' with Joan Crawford and Bette Davis was released.
