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Mar 5

TV Series Being Made into Films

Mar. 5, 1964 - Can a movie based on a television series run profitably in theaters while the series is on T.V.? An answer to this will be...

Mar 5

Write-In Campaign for RFK

Mar. 5, 1964 - A growing write-in campaign may produce more votes for Robert F. Kennedy for Vice President than Lyndon B. Johnson will...

Mar 5

MLK Joins 10,000 Civil Rights Marchers in Frankfort, Kentucky

Mar. 5, 1964 - Ten thousand persons from throughout Kentucky marched on Frankfort today. Despite a cold drizzle and blustery winds, they...

Mar 5

McNamara Headed to Saigon Again

Mar. 5, 1964 - Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, seeking to emphasize U.S. intentions to stand firm in South Vietnam, said today he will...

Mar 4

Princeton Takes Ivy League Crown as Bill Bradley Shines

Mar. 4, 1964 - Princeton, led by Bill Bradley, tonight settled what had been a tight Ivy League basketball race by beating Penn, 76-66,...

Mar 4

[VIDEO] Mar. 4, 1964 | Cassius Clay and Malcolm X Interview

Mar. 4, 1964 - Cassius Clay told African and Asian delegates to the United Nations today that he “couldn’t wait” to visit their...

Mar 4

Giants and Browns Swing Major Trade

Mar. 4, 1964 - The New York Giants traded Dick Modzelewski to the Cleveland Browns today for Bobby Crespino. Modzelewski (pictured right...

Mar 4

Millions Pledged for JFK Library

Mar. 4, 1964 - Fourteen noted architects in this country and abroad will serve on a design advisory committee for the John F. Kennedy...

Mar 4

TV: Changes Coming to “Lassie”

Mar. 4, 1964 - The combination of a boy and a dog, which has made “Lassie” a television hit for 10 years, will be broken up at the end of...

Mar 4

Hoffa Convicted

Mar. 4, 1964 - The Federal government finally got a conviction against Teamsters president James Hoffa today when a jury in Chattanooga,...

Mar 3

[VIDEO] Mar. 3, 1964 | Cassius Clay and Sam Cooke Interview

Mar. 3, 1964 - Cassius Clay, the world heavyweight champion, spent two hours in a Columbia Records studio at 799 Seventh Avenue today...

Mar 3

TV: Tonight on “The Fugitive”

Mar. 3, 1964 - Tonight on “The Fugitive,” Kimble (David Janssen) and Sister Veronica (Eileen Heckart) continue their journey, not...

Mar 3

Stravinsky Composing “Elegy for John F. Kennedy”

Mar. 3, 1964 - Composer Igor Stravinsky (pictured right in 1962) is writing a work for solo voice and instruments in memory of President...

Mar 3

TV: “The Lucy Show” Will Return Next Season

Mar. 3, 1964 - Lucille Ball, who recently announced that she would not continue “The Lucy Show” next season, was reported today to have...

Mar 3

Twins Integrate Spring Training Camp

Mar. 3, 1964 - The Minnesota Twins, pressured by civil rights groups to end segregated housing of players, moved their baseball training...

Mar 3

Psychiatrist: Ruby Shows No Guilt or Remorse

Mar. 3, 1964 - Jack Ruby shows no signs of guilt or remorse over the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald, a Baltimore psychiatrist has reported....

Mar 3

Viet Cong Steps Up Attacks

Mar. 3, 1964 - Communist gunfire ripped into two South Vietnamese airborne battalions stalking Viet Cong guerrillas near the Cambodian...

Mar 3

Rocky Signs Two Major Crime Bills

Mar. 3, 1964 - Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York signed his two major crime bills today despite opposition from bar and civil...

Mar 2

NFL Backs Off Friday Night Telecasts

Mar. 2, 1964 - The NFL, under attack in recent weeks by high school and collegiate associations for plans to televise Friday night games,...

Mar 2

On Sale Today: Beach Boys’ LP “Shut Down Volume 2”

Mar. 2, 1964 - On sale today is the fifth long-playing record from the Beach Boys, “Shut Down Volume 2,” a Capitol records release....