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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.
Billboard Top 10 Pop Hits:
- Bread And Butter — The Newbeats
- Under The Boardwalk — The Drifters
- I Get Around — The Beach Boys
- Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) —
Jan & Dean
- Out Of Limits — The Marketts
- Suspicion — Terry Stafford
- Chapel Of Love — The Dixie Cups
- She’s Not There — The Zombies
- Last Kiss — J. Frank Wilson &
The Cavaliers
- Leader Of The Pack — The Shangri-Las
R.I.P.
- Ian Fleming
- Gracie Allen
- Harpo Marx
- Cole Porter