Born in 1964
Turns 62 in 2026
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BACK TO 1964 · United States
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The compact cassette entered early public use as a small, enclosed format for recording and playback. Syncom III relayed television pictures of the Tokyo Olympics to the United States, while the Beatles’ February visit brought their music to American television, crowds and press.
What happened in 1964?
New York World's Fair opens in Queens
The 1964 New York World's Fair opened in Queens on April 22 that year.
Wikimedia Commons · The American Presidency Project, University of California, Santa Barbara
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The Beatles arrive to a new American frenzy
The Beatles’ February 1964 American visit transformed a successful British group into a global pop phenomenon.
The Supremes turn a hit into a public milestone
The Supremes’ 1964 chart success made their polished Motown style one of the defining sounds of American pop.
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2.
National Archives and Records Administration · Associated Press
Firsts and new ideas
IBM unveils a compatible family of mainframe computers
IBM announced System 360 on April 7, 1964 at its company auditorium in Poughkeepsie, New York.
A faint microwave hiss reveals the early universe
In 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson identified a microwave signal filling the sky.
Number ones and music in 1964
Chart positions belong to the country and chart named in each record.
The Animals take “Rising Sun” to No. 1
The Animals reshaped the traditional “House of the Rising Sun” as an electric 1964 recording. The English group took it to No. 1 in the U.K. and U.S., carrying an old folk song into a new rock sound.
Official Charts Company · Fred Bronson / Billboard Books, scan hosted by World Radio History
Beatles single tops the U.S. chart
The Beatles’ I Want to Hold Your Hand reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on February 1, 1964.
Prices and everyday money in 1964
United States figures in the money of the time. Units and sources matter: these are not today's prices.
| Item or measure | Then | Unit and source |
|---|---|---|
| First-class domestic letter postage | 5¢ | first ounce United States Postal Service Historian; Smithsonian National Postal Museum |
| White pan bread, 1-pound loaf | 20.8¢ | 1-pound loaf Duane Hacklander, USDA Economic Research Service; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 1632 |
| Fresh whole milk sold in retail stores | 47.7¢ | half gallon Aloia F. Wolf, USDA Economic Research Service; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 1632 |
| Leaded regular gasoline, retail | 30.4¢ | U.S. gallon U.S. Energy Information Administration; Kathleen Bradley, U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics |
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