Michelle’s Milestone

1964 Trivia

Top Music

1. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” The Beatles
2. “My Guy” Mary Wells
3. “I Get Around” The Beach Boys
4. “Where Did Our Love Go” The Supremes
5. “House of the Rising Sun” The Animals
6. “Do Wah Diddy Didy” Manfred Mann
7. “Walk On By” Dionne Warwick
8. “Baby I Need Your Loving” Four Tops
9. “Wishin’ And Hopin'” Dusty Springfield
10. “Can’t Buy Me Love” The Beatles

Top Movies 

1. Charade
2. The Prize
3. Tom Jones
4. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
5. The Pink Panther
6. What a Way to Go!
7. The Chalk Garden
8. The Carpetbaggers
9. The Unsinkable Molly Brown
10. The Night of the Iguana
11. A Shot in the Dark
12. Topkapi
13. Cleopatra
14. Mary Poppins
15. My Fair Lady
16. Goldfinger

Top News

• World Changing Event: The Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon Johnson, outlawing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
• The Most Famous Person in America was probably Martin Luther King.
• The Most Famous People in the World were probably The Beatles.
• Notable books include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl and The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
• The price of 1/2 gallon Holland Dutch Treat ice cream in 1964 was 59 cents.
• The Creepy Crawlers activity toy (die-cast hot plate) was introduced.
• The Funny Late Show Host: Steve Allen
  The Funny Lady was: Moms Mabley
• The Conversation: The US Surgeon General warned about smoking-related health hazards.
• The Ford Mustang makes its debut.