The Baby Boom Years: 1964

BORN

• Nicolas Cage
• Rob Lowe
• Elle Macpherson
• Lenny Kravitz

MUSIC

• The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show.
• The Supremes emerge as Motown’s powerhouse, scoring three #1 hits.
• John Coltrane creates his crowning achievement: A Love Supreme.

FASHION

• Beatlemania rocks fashion with long straight hair, patterned stockings, and most of all, the nminiskirt.
• Pants, one-piece jumpsuits, and culottes come into fashion for women.

SPORTS

• Arnold Palmer takes fourth Masters, becoming golf’s first $1 million winner.
• Cassius Clay upsets Sonny Liston by 8th round TKO to win the heavyweight boxing title.

WORLD

• Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa.
• Soviet leader Khrushchev resigns under pressure.
• Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize.

TRIVIA QUESTIONS

• What iconic American muscle car first rolled off of the Ford assembly line this year?
• This game show first debuted on NBC this year, and would go on to earn the #2 ranking of the greatest game shows of all time. Name that game show.
• How many different characters does Peter Sellers play in 1964’s Dr. Strangelove?

a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 7

• The first disco in the USA is opened in Los Angeles on January 11th. It still stands. Can you name it?
• The scandalous “monokini” topless swimsuit was first introduced in 1964 by which designer?

a. Yves St. Laurent b. Rudi Gernreich c. Versace d. Kimora Lee

• This doll was the first made exclusively for boys, and was disguised as a war toy. Its success surprised toy manufacturers, who were convinced that boys wouldn’t play with dolls. Its release coincided with the war in Vietnam, making it highly controversial.

R.I.P.

• Ian Fleming
• Gracie Allen
• Harpo Marx
• Cole Porter

Billboard Top 10 Pop Hits

1. Bread And Butter — The Newbeats
2. Under The Boardwalk — The Drifters
3. I Get Around — The Beach Boys
4. Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) —Jan & Dean
5. Out Of Limits — The Marketts
6. Suspicion — Terry Stafford
7. Chapel Of Love — The Dixie Cups
8. She’s Not There — The Zombies
9. Last Kiss — J. Frank Wilson &The Cavaliers
10. Leader Of The Pack — The Shangri-Las