Charles Childhood

Wednesday, November 11, 1964

Top News Headlines This Week:
Nov 11 - Murray Schisgal's "Luv," premieres in NYC
Nov 11 - Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3543
Nov 12 - Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH
Nov 12 - Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Nov 12 - Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2215 Sichuan
Nov 13 - Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor
Top Songs for 1964
The House of the Rising Sun by Animals
Can't Buy Me Love by Beatles
Oh, Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison
I Feel Fine by Beatles
There! I've Said It Again by Bobby Vinton
I Want to Hold Your Hand by Beatles
She Loves You by Beatles
Baby Love by Supremes
Chapel of Love by Dixie Cups
I Get Around by Beach Boys
1964 Prices
Bread:
$0.21/loaf
Milk:
$1.06/gal
Eggs:
$0.98/doz
Car:
$2,350
Gas:
$0.30/gal
House:
$20,500
Stamp:
$0.05/ea
Avg Income:
$7,336/yr
Min Wage:
$1.25/hr
DOW Avg: 874
US President
Lyndon B. Johnson
US Vice President
No Vice President
Academy Award Winners
Best Picture:
My Fair Lady
Directed By George Cukor
Best Actor:
Rex Harrison
in My Fair Lady
Best Actress:
Julie Andrews
in Mary Poppins
People born on November 11
1962 - Demi Moore [Guynes], Roswell NM, actress (7th Sign, Blame it on Rio)
1914 - Howard Fast screenwriter (Rachel & the Stranger, Spartacus)
1915 - William Proxmire (Sen-D-WI) (Golden Fleece Awards)
1922 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan)
1925 - Jonathan Winters Dayton OH, comedian (J Winters Show, Mork & Mindy)
On TV in 1964
Combat
Branded
The Munsters
The Addams Family
Gilligan's Island
The Lawrence Welk Show
Bewitched
Peyton Place
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Flipper
Hot New Toys in 1964
Nutty Mads
Gun That Shoots Around The Corner
Bobbing Head Beatles Dolls
Foto-Electric Pro Football Hall of Fame Game
Addams Family "Thing" Bank
Easy Bake Oven
Agent Zero-M Invisible Ink Set
Creepy Crawlers
Mad Magazine Straight Jacket
Top Books in 1964
It's Like This, Cat by Emily Cheney Neville
Why We Can't Wait, Martin Luther King by Jr.
Shadow and Act by Ralph Ellison