1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Prelude, Protest meetings
On the evening of Wednesday, June 17, leading Reform rabbi Albert Vorspan and 16 colleagues from eight different states joined a mass-meeting in the St. Augustine Baptist Church, where King "announced their entrance to an enthusiastic crowd". Dresner addressed the crowd—the only member of the delegation with experience of these meetings—in the form of a call and response sermon. The rabbis left the church and followed Fred Shuttlesworth, Andrew Young,—King's deputy in the town—and 300 others on a long march to the old St. Augustine Slave Market, which historian Clive Webb calls a "symbolic focus of protest" in St. Augustine.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Prelude, Protest meetings
and then to the Monson Motel. The rabbis dispersed to the local homes where they being billeted, while King and his colleagues discussed strategy. Branch argues that it was originally Hosea Williams' idea to launch an integration against a swimming pool, with the aim of maintaining popular momentum. However, "Williams suffered a ribbing when he refused to lead one of his own wild schemes...Williams admitted he could not swim".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Protest, Protesters enter the motel
Shuttlesworth and C. T. Vivian led a group of around 50 supporters to Downtown's Monson Motor Lodge at about 12:40 pm. King observed the operation from a waterfront park over the road; Again, Brock met the integrated group at the doors and again announced his was a segregated business. By now, suggests Colburn, the almost daily marches to and trespasses on his business—combined with equal pressure from segregationists not to surrender—had worn away Brock's usual calm and pleasant demeanor, leaving him irritable and short-tempered. He had also received death threats. Warren has described it as being a "rather comical scene, arranged primarily for its news value", particularly due to Brock's "frantic, comical antics". Described by Branch as "normally a bookish and controlled businessman", Brock locked the doors on the group on their arrival at 12:40 pm.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Protest, Jewish prayers
In an attempt to distract the motel authorities from the activists' plans at the rear of the building, Rabbi Israel S. Dresner led 15 colleagues in an open-air Hebrew prayer meeting in the parking lot. The rabbis requested Brock to allow them to enter his restaurant and eat, which he refused. He appears to have begun losing his temper when, on his refusal, the rabbis knelt to pray in his car park for him. At this, Brock—a Baptist deacon and a superintendent of the local Sunday School—lost control. By now the police were on the scene, and Branch describes Brock as pushing each kneeling rabbi, one at a time, towards them to be arrested.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Protest, Protesters enter pool
In the meantime, SCLC activists Al Lingo and J. T.Johnson, leading a group of supporters, attempted an integration: this time, a "dive-in". Again, the press had been alerted. Seven minutes after the rabbis' arrival at the front door, shouts from the swimming pool drew everyone. There, they saw a number of young people swimming together, both black—six men and a woman—and white. Two white activists, both possessing room keys, indicating they were guests, stated that they had invited friends to use the pool, as they believed to be within their rights.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Protest, Brock's harassment of protesters
News cameras began rolling. Brock told the white swimmers "you're not putting these people in my pool", and—"with exaggerated gusto", suggests Warren—went to his office and brought out a 2 US gallons (7.6 L) drum of muriatic acid and poured it into the pool. This was a cleaning fluid, and Brock was "screaming that he would burn them out", comments Branch. Brock also yelled that he was "cleaning the pool", a presumed reference to it now being, in his eyes, racially contaminated. Another report states that he also allowed an alligator into the pool.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Protest, Crowding and Dr. King's arrival
As they attempted to leave the pool, members of the straining crowd shouted numerous threats, including to shoot, stone, or drown the swimmers and called for dogs. Police held them back. By then, suggests Branch, both police and civilians were "enraged at the sight of the intermingled wet bodies" and the audacity of it. Brock appears to have "lost his cool", and, weeping, shouted "I can't stand it, I can't stand it". King and his party approached the motel only to be surrounded by hecklers. Hosea Williams later recalled wanting to "get the hell out of there" and feared that, on account of his being unable to swim, they were going to throw him in the pool.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Protest, Arrest of protesters
Brock's attempt to force the protesters out did not work, and, impatient at the slow progress the swimmers were making in leaving the pool, Officer James Hewitt announced that they were all under arrest. An off-duty policeman, Officer Henry Billitz, jumped in—except for his shoes still fully clothed—in an attempt at dragging them out himself; he beat them up as well. Then-state attorney Dan R. Warren later wrote how, from his office in the courthouse, he heard a "near riot" taking place from the motel, which was "only a block away".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Protest, Arrest of protesters
By now there were over 100 people watching by the poolside. Colburn speculates that the SCLC's new integrationist tactics "had a greater impact than even they perhaps envisioned." It also alienated the St. Augustine business community further; James Brock, for example, says Colburn, who had previously supported compromise, "conceded his attitude had changed as had those of his colleagues in the motel business". Whites were told that this was an example of the future if blacks were given more rights.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Protest, Arrest of protesters
Three days before the integration, the State Governor, Farris Bryant had ordained that state officers took custody of those arrested under riot conditions. However, local officers were intermingled with them outside the motel, and notes Branch, one "overwrought local deputy reached over and around a trooper to pummel one arrested swimmer most of the way from the pool to a State Police cruiser". Still wet, they were arrested for trespassing.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Protest, Arrest of protesters
The arrest of Dresner and his fellow rabbis remains the record number of rabbis arrested on a single occasion. While in prison overnight, the rabbis composed a document they titled "Common Testament", which Rabbi Eugene Borowitz wrote on the back of a KKK leaflet. Following the rabbis' arrests, comments Bishop, "a wave of antisemitism swept through St. Augustine".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Brock's reaction
Brock, according to Branch, was "enraged [and] feeling betrayed on both flanks for his moderation, drained and refilled his pool to purify it of integration". He also hired armed guards for the swimming pool and raised the Confederate flag above the motel. It has been described as "one of the most significant events of the St. Augustine Civil Rights Movement". Business leaders, meanwhile, reversed their earlier support for the biracial committee on the grounds that intensifying protests went against the spirit of the proposal. They were particularly concerned, argues Garrow, that King had intended to, in his words, "put the Monson out of business". After all, says Warren, Brock's entire business was focused around the Monson and repeated demonstrations threatened its profitability.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Official reactions
Two days after the integration, Bryant banned public demonstrations, but the violence continued unabated. The all-white grand jury summoned witnesses to the Monson integration and, instead of authorizing the biracial committee as had been expected, issued a new report. In this, they suggested that St. Augustine demonstrated "a solid background of harmonious race relations" with "a past history of non-discrimination in governmental affairs".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Official reactions
Instead of granting the commission, the jury now attacked the motives of King and SCLC, asking whether they really wanted St. Augustine's issues solved; if they did, instructed the grand jury, King "and all others [were] to demonstrate their good faith by removing their influences from this community for a period of 30 days". If, after this period, King and the SCLC had done so, the jury said it would confirm the biracial commission.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Official reactions
In the event, all its white members resigned, and the commission never met: Bryant, suggests Webb, had only ever intended the prospect of the commission to "expedite a resolution to the crisis". This was very much down to the Monson motel integration, argues Warren which, while it may have been intended as an almost-comic episode in the protest, "its impact on the jury's decision was anything but comical".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Beach protest
The same strategy was repeated less than a week later when SCLC activists performed a "wade-in" at the whites-only St. Augustine beach. On this occasion, violence broke out when the protesters were attacked by segregationists and multiple arrests were made by Florida Highway Patrol officers. Armed gangs of both blacks and whites drove around shooting up cars and windows at night.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Civil Rights Act of 1964
However, on July 2 the same year, the Civil Rights Act was signed into United States Federal law, This effectively enforced desegregation:


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Civil Rights Act of 1964
The most immediate effect was to outlaw discrimination in hotels, restaurants, theaters, and other public accommodations. But the law had a far broader reach, barring employment discrimination on the basis of "race, color, religion, sex or national origin" and ending federal funding for discriminatory programs.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act was passed by the Senate the day after the Monson Motel swim-in. Jackson argues that, while the St. Augustine protest had probably been directly responsible for enabling the act to be passed, "locals had paid a heavy price". Unemployment went up as, not having security of employment, many were fired from their jobs. An SCLC official later reported that St. Augustine had been "the toughest nut to crack" that he had encountered in his career of direct action; King, too, called it the "most lawless" place he had campaigned it.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Desegregation of St. Augustine
Brock chaired a meeting of 80 local businessmen to decide how the business community would respond to the new act. Brock told reporters that although his colleagues were, to a man, opposed on principle— and although with "considerable unease", suggests Garrow—by a majority of 75, they agreed to abide by it. The unease stemmed from fears as to how the KKK would react to their adhering to desegregation, and he wrote to Judge Simpson requesting the aid of US Marshals from "the mob action that will undoubtedly occur".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Desegregation of St. Augustine
With the Johnson administration refusing the aid of federal marshals, says, Oates, "St. Augustine had become a nightmare" for King and the SCLC. On July 4, Brock, as the spokesman for the St. Augustine Hotel, Motel, and Restaurant Owners Association, stated that they "want[ed] to do everything we can to get our community back to normal with harmonious relations between the races".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Segregationist protests of the Monson Motor Lodge
On Thursday July 9, 1964, James Brock welcomed the first black guests to the Monson Motor Lodge restaurant. Visitors were greeted at the entrance by a picket line; the confederate flag flew and placards announced "Niggers Ate Here". Brock, suggests Warren, "would pay a high price for advocating harmony among the races", and the Monson was picketed daily from this point. Placards with slogans such as "gated establishments, carrying picket signs proclaiming "Delicious Food—Eat with Niggers Here", "Niggers Sleep Here—Would You?" and "Civil Rights Has To Go" were prominent. Brock asked Stoner, who was on the picket, why the Monson had been targeted; Stoner told him, "we're just trying to help you get some nigger business". Blacks who attempted to eat at Monson were beaten before being driven away.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Re-segregation of the Monson Motor Lodge
By July 16, Brock had de-integrated, partly in order, argues Branch, to avoid punishment from local klansmen. If this was the case, however, his attempt failed; Branch notes that, while he remained on good terms with the local KKK, the Monson was still firebombed by an out-of-state gang. A few days later, the KKK held their biggest march yet, boasting that they had recruited significantly on the back of the pending Civil Rights Act. The SCLC had brought a case against around 30 St. Augustine restaurants and eateries in an attempt to force them to integrate. Warren recounts how Brock—"besieged operator of the now infamous Monson Motor Lodge"—personally testified to the court "his frustration in attempting to comply with the new law and demanded the court get Holstead Manucy and the picketers off his back".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Legal hearings
As a result, following a two-day hearing, Florida Chief Justice Simpson ordered that blacks be allowed to eat at two restaurants in St. Augustine. Holstead's testimony was punctuated by his pleading the fifth about 30 times on one day. The SCLC attempted to show that a conspiracy existed to prevented enforcement of the new law. Brock testified that when he had first begun serving blacks and had been picketed, he had asked Manucy to "get the[m]...off his back". When Manucy denied having that kind of influence, Brock had disbelieved him, saying "you are the kingfish with these people".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Legal hearings
However, he told the court, it had not done any good, and the Monson continued to be picketed. When Simpson pressed Brock to state who was with Manucy on these occasions, Brock requested that the judge not make him answer, telling Simpson, "you put me in an unpleasant position when you ask me this. I am a little bit afraid to be talking like this." Simpson ordered Brock to receive a bodyguard for the remainder of the hearings.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Legal hearings
Simpson's judgment was as the first federal ruling under the new Act, a "landmark", argues Warren. All parties were ordered to refrain from further violation; Brock and his colleagues were to desegregate again in accordance with the law and "regardless of threats". Brock did so, despite threats from the KKK. On the evening of July 23, business leaders met at the Monson to discuss the legal options available to them. One strategy decided on was to allow themselves to be summonsed, as this might also persuade a judge to condemn the KKK picketing. The following morning, two white men threw a molotov cocktail into the lobby of the Monson, causing damage valued at around $25033(adjusted for inflation). For the rest of the day, comments Colburn, "those businesses who had not started turning blacks away now did".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Dr. King visits St. Augustine
On August 5, King returned to St. Augustine for the first time since his release from jail. He was concerned because the struggle there had taken a disproportionate amount of time and manpower, and, notes Bishop, "he was a man with a carefully planned schedule and the calendar of coming events was becoming crowded".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Segregationist backlash
The following day the Monson Motel was firebombed. Judge Simpson ordered Brock and his colleagues to obey the law and resegregate: this, argues Oates, "gave them the excuse of external coercion to take down the "WHITES ONLY" signs—"what else can we do? ' ", they could ask. Warren also describes Brock and colleagues as "pander[ing] to the Klan" by claiming "we're not capitulating to anybody...we had no other choice". Simpson also passed a restraining order against both Davies and Manucy.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Segregationist backlash
This quotes Oates, "ended their reign of terror and moved Abernathy to quip that the movement changed Manucy "from a Hoss to a mule". Not everyone was sympathetic to the St. Augustine business community. The State Attorney, James Kynes, watching from Tallahassee, had "little sympathy". He believed that businesses had encouraged white thugs to confront black picketers and demonstrators—if only through lack of protesting—so they could hardly now complain that the "monster" they had created "now ran amok in their city".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Segregationist backlash
Historian David Mark Chalmers agrees, believing that, had business leaders told the sheriff to intervene against the Klan, he probably would have had to. However, "community leaders who had been willing to countenance violence against black people and integrationists found that they were now unable to control it or turn it off". And they were publicly blamed for that failure. Webb, too, argues that silence implicitly equaled approval, particularly among restaurateurs, some of whom not only held KKK fundraisers but provided leading Klansmen and segregationists with free meals.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Segregationist backlash
Brock put out another association statement qualifying their support for the act: "We deplore the action of the Congress and the Courts in enforcing integration...integration of places of accommodation is obnoxious to us". Some of Brock's colleagues put signs above their tills informing patrons that money earned from black customers would be donated to Barry Goldwater's current presidential campaign, as Goldwater was known to be anti-integrationist.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Tourism downturn
The civil rights protests of June–July 1964 nearly witnessed the destruction of the St. Augustine tourist trade, and a contemporary report declared that "the tourist trade is already off at least 50 per cent...and many a motel owner is threatened by bankruptcy and foreclosure". Jackson estimates that St. Augustine lost approximately 122,000 tourists and $41722103(adjusted for inflation) as a result of the protests, which the historian Michael Honey has compared in their ferocity to those of Birmingham, Alabama and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Tourism downturn
An investigative committee announced by the state legislature eventually—and, comments Warren, with a "remarkable lack of understanding"—variously blamed King, the KKK, newspapers, and television, for racial problems that could otherwise "have been solved amicably by Negro and White citizens last summer had they been free from outside agitation." The committee also declared that such was the ultimate cost of the events of 1964, that the taxpayers of St. Augustine had effectively paid for King's visit. Likewise, the SCLC campaign, argues Webb, failed to address the fundamental issues "of poverty and deprivation that afflicted the local black community".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Racial tensions
St. Augustine celebrated ins quadricentennial the following year. Tourists flocked, but there was a seething racial tension beneath the surface. Although the business community had changed its policies if not its attitude towards racial integration by 1965, Blacks were still unsure, generally, of where they stood and few dined out in white motels or restaurants. One later said


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Racial tensions
You can be pretty sure that if you eat at a white restaurant and they know who you are, your boss will be told that you're trying to stir up trouble. If they don't knowyou, you might be arrested after you leave so they can find out about you.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Brock's bankruptcy
Tourism helped the desperately in-need city economy; hotels and motels, in particular, were fully booked. Brock, however, did not do as well as he might have hoped. St. Augustine's main bank refused to provide financial cover, and Brock had been consistently refused bank loans to cover costs incurred during the pickets and demonstrations the previous year. On May 2, 1965, he declared bankruptcy, stating


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Brock's bankruptcy
I'd hoped right along that something good would happen that would enable me to continue in St. Augustine, but since June 11, the day I put Martin Luther King in jail, there's been some kind of a stigma I haven't been able to shake...I'd always been a moderate on the racial issue, and we always said we’d integrate if the bill was passed. Months before the bill came up,I had reason to feel that it would pass and the public accommodations action would be included. I tried my best to arrange quiet talks in our community.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Aftermath, Official report
Nearly two years after the original disturbances, in June 1965, the Florida investigative Committee published its report, titled Racial and Civil Disorders in St. Augustine. The committee was careful to share the blame equally between the Klan and the SCLC, in both cases emphasizing that it was "out of town", rather than resident, elements who had caused the trouble between them. Wade-ins and swim-ins remained a central tactic for Floridian blacks even after the passing of the Civil Rights Act, and laid the path of integrating other areas of society that were proving less than susceptible to change, such as green open spaces and schools.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Legacy, Fate of the Monson Motor Lodge
Brock sold the Monson in 1998. The motel and pool were demolished in March 2003 following five years of protests, although not before its early modern foundations had been excavated. Those who disagreed with the proposed demolition argues that it would eliminate one of the nation's important landmarks of the civil rights movement. Author David Nolan told WJCT that "people would claim the motel had no historic significance, even though a large civil rights protest occurred there".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Legacy, Fate of the Monson Motor Lodge
The owner, a local property developer, wanted to build a new corporate hotel, while opponents believed it would be a useful target for drawing more black tourists to Florida, something the state was attempting to do. A city planner, on the other hand, commented "the Monson is not the only historical site [in St. Augustine]... This one just happens to have Martin Luther King involved". The Hilton Bayfront Hotel was built on the site, although the steps of the Monson—where Brock and King had their "quiet chat"—have been preserved with a plaque to commemorate King's activism in the city. Brock, interviewed in 1999, stated that "I don't feel sorry for any of that stuff. I have nothing to be ashamed of", as he was obeying the law of the time.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, Legacy, Jewish commemoration
On June 18, 2015, the St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society commemorated the arrest of the rabbis 41 years earlier. The events, called "Why We Went to St. Augustine" included a public reading of the letter they jointly wrote in jail that night.


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, In photographs and film
A number of iconic photographs were taken during the integration. One, by an Associated Press photographer caught Officer Billitz in mid-jump as he leapt into the pool. This appeared the next day on the front pages of the Miami Herald and New York Times. Photographs of Brock pouring acid into the pool made international news headlines, as well as proving ammunition for what has been termed King's "war of images". This photograph has since been described as "infamous".


1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests, In photographs and film
Warren notes, too, that due to the distance film had to travel for processing and distribution, for an event to hit the ABC, CBS and NBC six o'clock news bulletins, it had to take place before noon; as the swim-in had taken place just before, it was guaranteed to be headline news that evening.


1964 Montana Grizzlies football team
The 1964 Montana Grizzlies football team represented the University of Montana in the 1964 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Big Sky Conference (Big Sky). The Grizzlies were led by first-year head coach Hugh Davidson, played their home games at Dornblaser Field and finished the season with a record of three wins and six losses (3–6, 1–2 Big Sky).


1964 Montana State Bobcats football team
The 1964 Montana State Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Montana State College (now known as Montana State University) in the Big Sky Conference during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In its second season under head coach Jim Sweeney, the team compiled a 7–4 record (3–0 against Big Sky opponents), won the conference championship, and defeated Sacramento State in the Camellia Bowl.


1964 Montana gubernatorial election
The 1964 Montana gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Governor of Montana Tim M. Babcock, who became Governor upon the death of previous Governor Donald Grant Nutter, ran for re-election. He won the Republican primary unopposed, and advanced to the general election, where he faced Roland Renne, the former President of Montana State College and the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Despite the fact that then-President Lyndon B. Johnson won the state handily in that year's presidential election, Babcock managed to narrowly defeat Renne to win his second and final term as governor.


1964 Moscow protest
On 18 March 1964 approximately 50 Moroccan students broke into the embassy of Morocco in the Soviet Union in Moscow and staged an all‐day sit-in protesting against death sentences handed down by a Moroccan court in Rabat four days earlier. The death sentences concerned 11 people who allegedly attempted to assassinate Moroccan King Hassan II.


1964 Moscow protest
Soviet authorities complied with the embassy's request to ignore extraterritoriality and remove the students by force, but later ignored the Moroccan ambassador's demand to punish the students.


1964 Moscow protest, Protest
The students forced their way into the embassy, which was then located on Moscow's Gorki Street (now Tverskaya Street), and occupied a wing of the building. The protesters carried placards demanding the immediate release of the convicted men. They said they would stay until 10 a.m. 19 March combining sit-in with a hunger strike.


1964 Moscow protest, Protest
In the evening five officials from the Soviet Ministry of Education tried to persuade the students to abandon the demands. To the chagrin of authorities in Morocco, the embassy eventually asked the Soviet government to ignore extraterritoriality and storm the building to remove the students by force. Soviet authorities complied with the request. However, later, when the Moroccan ambassador asked that the students lose their stipends and be expelled from the Soviet Union, the Soviet government quietly shifted all the stipends to public  organizations’ accounts, and replied that it had no jurisdiction over these organizations’ scholarships.


1964 Mount Isa Mines strike
The 1964 Mount Isa Mines dispute was an Australian eight-month industrial dispute between miners and management at Mount Isa Mines (MIM) in Mount Isa, Queensland.


1964 Mount Isa Mines strike, Background
A previous 1961 strike at MIM was precipitated by legislation that threatened employees' contract bonuses. It ended with an uneasy truce when State Premier Frank Nicklin proclaimed a state of emergency, ordering unions back to work, and MIM back to the negotiating table.


1964 Mount Isa Mines strike, Background
The dispute erupted again in August 1964, when the State Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Commission rejected a proposal for a weekly pay rise of £4 in lieu of an increase to the bonuses. The miners, prominently led by Pat Mackie, began to work to wage, a go slow tactic that led to reduced mine output. Dissension arose in union ranks over the direction the industrial dispute should take, with AWU leaders refusing to expand the dispute outside Mount Isa. Mackie was accused of communism and expelled from the AWU. Mackie and other militant unionists were also dismissed from MIM.


1964 Mount Isa Mines strike, Background
By 10 December, Premier Nicklin issued an order-in-council, demanding MIM employees return to contract work, and increasing police powers to enforce the matter. The order-in-council was quickly amended to allow the dismissal of workers unwilling to comply. MIM immediately fired 230 underground miners and locked out the rest.


1964 Mount Isa Mines strike, State of emergency
Premier Nicklin declared another state of emergency on 27 January 1965, permitting police to cordon off Mount Isa, enter houses without warrant, and seize strike materials. This order-in-council was met with widespread disapproval, and was withdrawn four days later. The dispute petered out through February and March, as enough miners returned to work to resume production. A large number of workers' demands were eventually met in the MIM Award of June 1965.


1964 Mount Isa Mines strike, State of emergency
The story of the dispute inspired a Queensland Music Festival musical production titled Red Cap, which premiered at the Mount Isa Civic Centre on 11 July 2007.


1964 Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
The 1964 Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship was the inaugural staging of the Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Munster Council. The championship, which was open to the champion clubs of 1964, began on 7 March 1965 and ended on 10 April 1966.


1964 Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
On 10 April 1966, Glen Rovers won the championship after a 3-07 to 1-07 defeat of Mount Sion in the final at the Gaelic Grounds. It was their first ever championship title.


1964 Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship
Jimmy Doyle from the Thurles Sarsfields club was the championship's top scorer with 5-08.


1964 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1964 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 27th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. It was the first time the leading rebounder was also the leading scorer, Lucious Jackson of runner-up Pan American (Texas). Lucious was also named tournament Most Valuable Player, which made him the third player to receive the award back to back.


1964 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament, 1964 NAIA bracket, 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.


1964 NAIA football season
The 1964 NAIA football season was the ninth season of college football sponsored by the NAIA. The season was played from August to December 1964, culminating in the ninth annual NAIA Football National Championship, played this year at ARC Stadium in Augusta, Georgia.


1964 NAIA football season
Concordia–Moorhead and Sam Houston State played to a 7–7 tie and were declared co-national champions. This was the first NAIA national title for both teams.


1964 NBA All-Star Game
The 14th National Basketball Association All-Star Game was played on January 14, 1964, at Boston Garden in Boston. The coaches were Red Auerbach for the East, and Fred Schaus for the West.


1964 NBA All-Star Game, Historical significance
The game was notable for the threat of a strike by the players, who refused to play just before the game unless the owners agreed to recognize the players' union. The owners agreed primarily because it was the first All-Star Game to be televised and if it were not played due to strike it would have been embarrassing at a time when the NBA was still attempting to gain national exposure. The NBA did not have a national TV contract at the time, but ABC agreed to televise the All-Star game and consider a contract for continuing coverage. They made it clear that if the All-Star Game was not played, ABC would drop its interest completely. This led directly to many rights and freedoms not previously extended to professional basketball players.


1964 NBA Finals
The 1964 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1964 NBA playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association 1963–64 season. The best-of-seven series was played between the Western Conference champion San Francisco Warriors and the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics. This was the Celtics' eighth straight trip to the championship series, as they won the series over the Warriors, 4–1.


1964 NBA Finals
This was the first time Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain faced off in the NBA Finals; they would do so once again in 1969.


1964 NBA draft
The 1964 NBA draft was the 18th annual draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 4, 1964, before the 1964–65 season. In this draft, nine NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. A player who had finished his four-year college eligibility was eligible for selection. If a player left college early, he would not be eligible for selection until his college class graduated. In each round, the teams select in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season. Before the draft, a team could forfeit its first-round draft pick and then select any player from within a 50-mile (80 km) radius of its home arena as their territorial pick. The draft consisted of 15 rounds comprising 101 players selected.


1964 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Walt Hazzard and George Wilson were selected before the draft as Los Angeles Lakers' and Cincinnati Royals' territorial picks respectively. Jim Barnes from Texas Western College was selected first overall by the New York Knicks. Willis Reed from Grambling College, who went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award in his first season, was selected eight overall by the New York Knicks. Reed has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player and was also named in the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History list announced at the league's 50th anniversary in 1996.


1964 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Reed, who spent all of his 10-year playing career with the Knicks, won the NBA championships twice in 1970 and 1973. In both NBA Finals, he was named as the Finals MVP. He also won the Most Valuable Player Award in 1970 and was selected to five All-NBA Teams and seven All-Star Games. He became a head coach after ending his playing career. He coached the Knicks for two seasons and then the New Jersey Nets for two seasons.


1964 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Paul Silas, the 10th pick, won three NBA championships, two with the Boston Celtics in 1974 and 1976 and one with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979. He also had two All-Star Game selections. After his playing career, he coached four NBA teams, most recently with the Charlotte Bobcats (now Charlotte Hornets). Jerry Sloan, the 19th pick, was selected to two All-Star Games in his playing career before becoming a head coach. He coached the Chicago Bulls for three seasons before being fired during the 1981–82 season.


1964 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
He then became the head coach of the Utah Jazz in 1988, the position he held until resigning in early 2011. He has been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. Hazzard, 2nd pick Joe Caldwell, 4th pick Lucious Jackson and 5th pick Jeff Mullins are the only other players from this draft who have been selected to an All-Star Game. John Thompson, the 25th pick, has also been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Hame as a coach. After finishing his playing career, he became a successful college basketball head coach at Georgetown University.


1964 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
He coached the Georgetown Hoyas for 27 seasons, winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in 1984 and becoming the first African American head coach to win a major collegiate championship. Aside from playing basketball, 12th pick Cotton Nash also played professional baseball in the Major League Baseball (MLB). He played baseball for three seasons in between his basketball career. He is one of only 12 athletes who have played in both NBA and MLB.


1964 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Also of note was a player who was officially undrafted in 1964 named Connie Hawkins. While a successful player overall, Hawkins during his freshman year at the University of Iowa back in 1961 was involved with a point shaving scandal. Despite never being convicted of point shaving (with the only involvement being him borrowing $200 by Jack Molinas for school expenses, which he paid back to Jack's brother, Fred Molinas, before the scandal broke out), he was officially kicked out of the team before having a chance to play due to NCAA rules and regulations at the time.


1964 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Hawkins would later play with the Pittsburgh Rens of the rivaling American Basketball League and the independent Harlem Globetrotters before officially being undrafted in 1964. He became undrafted again in 1965 before being permanently banned from the NBA altogether in 1966. However, Hawkins would sue the NBA for $6 million in damages to his reputation, saying the league banned him unfairly and that they had no substantial evidence linking him to the point shaving scandal of that time.


1964 NBA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Eventually, the league settled with Hawkins by paying him a settlement of $1.3 million and assigning him to the Phoenix Suns in 1969, effectively removing his permanent ban. While he would only play in the NBA for seven seasons afterwards, his number would be retired by the Suns on November 19, 1976 before being in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992.


1964 NBA draft, Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one NBA game.


1964 NBA draft, Notes
^ 1: Walt Hazzard changed his name to Mahdi Abdul-Rahman in 1972. However, he retained his birth name throughout his professional career. ^ 2: Bill Chmielewski left college in 1962 after his sophomore year. He then played in the American Basketball League (ABL), before the league folded in 1963.


1964 NBA playoffs
The 1964 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1963–64 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Division champion San Francisco Warriors 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.


1964 NBA playoffs
Boston earned their 6th straight and 7th overall NBA title, as they continued to dominate the decade; except for 1967, they won every NBA title in the 1960s.


1964 NBA playoffs
This was the San Francisco Warriors' first trip to the NBA Finals since 1956 when they were based in Philadelphia; they would make a repeat appearance in 1967 and (as the Golden State Warriors) would earn the franchise's third championship in 1975.


1964 NBA playoffs
The Philadelphia 76ers earned their first playoff appearance in their new city; they had been founded as the independent Syracuse Nationals in 1939 and joined the NBL in 1946.


1964 NBA playoffs, Bracket
Bold Series winnerItalic Team with home-court advantage in NBA Finals


1964 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Eastern Division Semifinals, (2) Cincinnati Royals vs. (3) Philadelphia 76ers
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Royals winning the first meeting when the 76ers were the Syracuse Nationals.


1964 NBA playoffs, Division Semifinals, Western Division Semifinals, (2) St. Louis Hawks vs. (3) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Hawks winning four of the first six meetings.


1964 NBA playoffs, Division Finals, Eastern Division Finals, (1) Boston Celtics vs. (2) Cincinnati Royals
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first meeting.


1964 NBA playoffs, Division Finals, Western Division Finals, (1) San Francisco Warriors vs. (2) St. Louis Hawks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1964 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (E1) Boston Celtics vs. (W1) San Francisco Warriors
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Celtics winning the first three meetings when the Warriors were based in Philadelphia.


1964 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1964 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Wolfpack were led by 11th-year head coach Earle Edwards and played their home games at Riddick Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina. They competed as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference, finishing as conference champions with a record of 5–2.


1964 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament
The 1964 NCAA College Division Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1963–64 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Evansville, with Evansville's Jerry Sloan named the Most Outstanding Player.


1964 NCAA College Division Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1965 NCAA College Division Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1965 at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania at the first annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of College Division men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1964 NCAA College Division Swimming and Diving Championships
This was the first championship hosted only for swimming programs in the College Division (future Divisions II and III).


1964 NCAA College Division Swimming and Diving Championships
Bucknell topped the team standings, grabbing the inaugural national title for the Bison.


1964 NCAA College Division football rankings
The 1964 NCAA College Division football rankings are from the United Press International poll of College Division head coaches and from the Associated Press. The 1964 NCAA College Division football season was the seventh year UPI published a Coaches Poll in what was termed the "Small College" division. It was the fifth year for the AP version of the poll.


1964 NCAA College Division football rankings
The UPI poll only included Win/Loss records for the Top 10 in the weekly rankings. In the AP poll, the Win/Loss records were not published except in the Final poll. However, the Win/Loss records are provided in the AP poll section if the UPI also ranked the team.


1964 NCAA College Division football season
The 1964 NCAA College Division football season was the ninth season of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the NCAA College Division level.


1964 NCAA College Division football season, Rankings
College Division teams (also referred to as "small college") were ranked in polls by the AP (a panel of writers) and by UPI (coaches). The national champion(s) for each season were determined by the final poll rankings, published at or near the end of the regular season, before any bowl games were played.


1964 NCAA College Division football season, Rankings, College Division final polls
In 1964, UPI's top ranked team was 9–0 Cal State Los Angeles. 8–0 Wittenberg was top ranked by the AP panel, and second in the UPI poll.


1964 NCAA College Division football season, Rankings, College Division final polls
Denotes team played a game after AP poll, hence record differs in UPI poll


1964 NCAA College Division football season, Bowl games
The postseason consisted of four bowl games as regional finals, played on December 12.


1964 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The consensus 1964 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, the United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1963–64 NCAA men's ice hockey season, the 17th such tournament in NCAA history. It was held between March 19 and 21, 1964, and concluded with Michigan defeating Denver 6-3. All games were played at the University of Denver Arena in Denver, Colorado.


1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
Four teams qualified for the tournament, two each from the eastern and western regions. The ECAC tournament champion and the WCHA tournament champion received automatic bids into the tournament. Two at-large bids were offered to one eastern and one western team based upon both their tournament finish as well as their regular season record.


1964 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The ECAC champion was seeded as the top eastern team while the WCHA champion was given the top western seed. The second eastern seed was slotted to play the top western seed and vice versa. All games were played at the Meehan Auditorium. All matches were Single-game eliminations with the semifinal winners advancing to the national championship game and the losers playing in a consolation game.


1964 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1964 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Cannon Mountain Ski Area in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire at the eleventh annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.


1964 NCAA Skiing Championships
Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their eighth, and fourth consecutive, national championship, edging out host Dartmouth in the team standings.


1964 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venues
This year's championships were held in New Hampshire, with the alpine events at Cannon Mountain, near Franconia Notch, and the nordic events at Dartmouth Skiway, near Lyme.


1964 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venues
The eleventh edition, these were the second NCAA championships in New Hampshire (1958 at Dartmouth Skiway) and the fourth in the East; the other two (1955, 1961) were in Vermont.


1964 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venues
Originally scheduled for March 5–7 at Dartmouth Skiway, rain forced a move of the alpine events to nearby Vermont at Mount Ascutney, and again to Cannon Mountain; the nordic events were held at Dartmouth on Friday. The downhill was replaced with a giant slalom on Saturday morning, followed by a slalom in the afternoon, both won by John Clough of Middlebury.


1964 NCAA Soccer Tournament
The 1964 NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament was the sixth organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Navy Midshipmen, in their second straight title game appearance, won their first title, defeating the Michigan State Spartans 1–0 in the final on December 5, 1964.


1964 NCAA Soccer Tournament
In the title game, all-time lacrosse Hall of Famer Jimmy Lewis scored the game's only goal. Lewis was named the tournament outstanding player.


1964 NCAA Soccer Tournament
This tournament featured 15 teams, a drop down from 16 teams the previous year. The tournament final was played in Providence, Rhode Island.


1964 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament
The 1964 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its eighteenth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals.


1964 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament
Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 21 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The College World Series was held in Omaha, NE from June 8 to June 18. The eighteenth tournament's champion was Minnesota, coached by Dick Siebert. The Most Outstanding Player was Joe Ferris of third place Maine.


1964 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament, Regionals
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across seven district sites across the country, each consisting of a field of two to four teams. Each district tournament, except District 2 and District 5, was double-elimination. The winners of each district advanced to the College World Series.


1964 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament, Regionals, District 6
Texas A&M automatically qualified for the College World Series out of District 6.


1964 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament, Regionals, District 7 at Colorado Springs, CO
^ Note: Colorado State College of Education became Northern Colorado University in 1970.


1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
The 1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college basketball in the United States. It began on March 9, 1964, and ended with the championship game on March 21 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 29 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.


1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament
UCLA, coached by John Wooden, won the national title with a 98–83 victory in the final game over Duke, coached by Vic Bubas. Walt Hazzard of UCLA was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The title was the first in the history of the UCLA program, and was a sign of things to come as, the Bruins would win nine more championships in the next eleven seasons.


1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Locations
For the ninth and final time, the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City would host the Final Four. This would be the last tournament for the historic venue, which still stands in the city. Future games in the city would be held at Kemper Arena (which would hold the tenth and, to date, most recent Final Four in the city in 1988) and the Sprint Center. Municipal Auditorium was the only non-campus arena used in the tournament, which featured no new arenas, something that hadn't happened in the tournament since 1950 and would not happen again until 1989.


1964 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Locations
Along with Municipal Auditorium, this was the last year which saw Williams Arena on the University of Minnesota campus host games. Future games in the Twin Cities would be held in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, its replacement, U.S. Bank Stadium (for the 2019 Final Four) and the Target Center (scheduled to host in 2021).


1964 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
The 1964 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships were the 26th annual cross country meet to determine the team and individual national champions of men's collegiate cross country running in the United States.


1964 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
Held on November 23, 1964, the meet was hosted by Michigan State University at the Forest Akers East Golf Course in East Lansing, Michigan. This was the final race hosted by Michigan State after 25 straight years. The distance for this race was 4 miles (6.4 kilometers). This was the final meet held at this distance. Starting in 1965, the race was extended to 6 miles.


1964 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
All NCAA University Division members were eligible to qualify for the meet. In total, 23 teams and 180 individual runners contested this championship.


1964 NCAA University Division Cross Country Championships
The team national championship was won by the Western Michigan Broncos, their first team title. The individual championship was won by Elmore Banton, from Ohio, with a time of 20:07.50.


1964 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
The 1964 NCAA University Division Golf Championship was the 26th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf in the United States.


1964 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Broadmoor Golf Club at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


1964 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
Houston won the team title, the Cougars' seventh NCAA team national title.


1964 NCAA University Division Golf Championship
After 1964, the NCAA would switch the tournament format from match play to stroke play. The NCAA would also stop awarding a tournament medalist.


1964 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1964 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1964 at Kiputh Pool at Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut at the 41st annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of University Division men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1964 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships
This was the first championship hosted only for swimming programs in the NCAA's University Division (future Division I). The inaugural College Division (future Divisions II and III) championship was contested in Grove City, Pennsylvania and won by Bucknell.


1964 NCAA University Division Swimming and Diving Championships
USC once again topped the team standings, finishing five points ahead of Indiana, and claimed their third overall title (and third title in four years).


1964 NCAA University Division Tennis Championships
The 1964 NCAA Tennis Championships were the 19th annual tournaments to determine the national champions of NCAA University Division men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1964 NCAA University Division Tennis Championships
Two-time defending champions USC captured the team championship, the Trojans' seventh such title. USC finished one point ahead of rivals UCLA in the final team standings (26–25).


1964 NCAA University Division Tennis Championships, Host site
This year's tournaments were contested at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.


1964 NCAA University Division Tennis Championships, Team scoring
Until 1977, the men's team championship was determined by points awarded based on individual performances in the singles and doubles events.


1964 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships
The 1964 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships were contested June 18−20 at the 42nd annual NCAA-sanctioned track meet to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate University Division track and field events in the United States.


1964 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships
This year's meet was hosted by the University of Oregon at Hayward Field in Eugene.


1964 NCAA University Division Track and Field Championships
Oregon won the team national championship, the Ducks' second title in program history.


1964 NCAA University Division baseball rankings
The following poll makes up the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball rankings. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1964 NCAA University Division baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1964 season is available.


1964 NCAA University Division baseball season
The 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1964. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1964 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the eighteenth time in 1964, consisted of one team from each of eight geographical districts and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Minnesota claimed the championship.


1964 NCAA University Division baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1964 season. Each of the eight geographical districts chose, by various methods, the team that would represent them in the NCAA Tournament. 8 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 13 teams earned at-large selections.


1964 NCAA University Division baseball season, College World Series
The 1964 season marked the eighteenth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Minnesota claiming their third championship with a 5–1 win over Missouri in the final.


1964 NCAA University Division football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1964 NCAA University Division football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1964 NCAA University Division football rankings, AP Poll
The final AP Poll was released on November 30, at the end of the 1964 regular season, a month before the bowls. The poll ranked only the top ten teams from 1962 through 1967.


1964 NCAA University Division football rankings, Final Coaches' poll
The final UPI Coaches Poll was released prior to the bowl games, on December 1.Alabama received 22 of the 35 first-place votes; Arkansas received seven, Notre Dame four, and Michigan two.


1964 NCAA University Division football season
The NCAA was without a playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A, during the 20th century. The NCAA recognizes Division I-A national champions based on the final results of polls including the "wire service" (AP and UPI), FWAA and NFF. The 1964 AP poll continued to rank only ten teams, compiling the votes of 55 sportswriters, each of whom would give their opinion of the ten best. Under a point system of 10 points for first place, 9 for second, etc., the "overall" ranking was determined.


1964 NCAA University Division football season
The 1964 season ended with controversy as to whether Alabama or Arkansas should be recognized as the national champion:


1964 NCAA University Division football season
After a one-year trial run in 1965, the AP Poll began its current practice of naming their national champion at the conclusion of the bowl games in 1968. The UPI Poll followed suit in 1974, after its choice for national champions in each of 1965, 1970, and 1973 lost their respective bowl games.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, September
In the preseason poll released on September 14, Mississippi (Ole Miss) was ranked first and Oklahoma second. Big Ten rivals Illinois and Ohio State were ranked No. 3 and No. 5 respectively, while 1963 champion Texas was No. 4 . On September 19, No. 1 Mississippi beat Memphis State 30–0 at home, while No. 2 Oklahoma beat Maryland 13–3 on the road at College Park. No. 4 Texas defeated Tulane 31–0 at home.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, September
The following week (September 26), No. 1 Mississippi was upset 27–21 by a late Kentucky touchdown at Jackson, and No. 2 Oklahoma was crushed by the USC Trojans, 40–14, before a record home crowd. No. 3 Illinois beat California 20–14, and No. 4 Texas shut out Texas Tech 23–0. No. 5 Ohio State defeated SMU at home, 27–8. In the poll that followed, the Texas Longhorns were the new No. 1 and USC No. 2, followed by Illinois, Alabama, and Ohio State.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, October
On October 3, No. 1 Texas beat Army 17–6 at home. Meanwhile, No. 2 USC lost 17–7 at Michigan State and No. 3 Illinois won 17–6 over Northwestern. No. 3 Alabama beat Tulane in a neutral site game at Mobile, 36–6. No. 5 Ohio State beat Indiana at home, 17–9. Previously unranked Kentucky earned a spot in the next poll after beating Auburn 20–0 in Birmingham. Two games, Duke at Tulane and Florida at LSU, were postponed until the end of the season due to the threat of Hurricane Hilda, which made landfall in Louisiana that day. The top 5: 1.Texas  2.Illinois  3.Alabama  4.Ohio State 5.Kentucky.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, October
Top-ranked Texas beat Oklahoma 28–7 at Dallas on October 10. Visiting No. 4 Ohio State shut out No. 2 Illinois 26–0 in the Big Ten, and No. 3 Alabama beat North Carolina State 21–0. No. 5 Kentucky, previously 3–0, was beaten 48–6 by Florida State, the start of a four-game losing streak en route to a 5–5 season. Two road wins moved teams into the top five: No. 6 Notre Dame won 34–7 at Air Force and No. 8 Michigan won 17–10 at Michigan State. The top 5 were 1.Texas 2.Ohio State 3.Alabama 4.Notre Dame 5.Michigan.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, October
On October 17, No. 8 Arkansas beat No. 1 Texas at Austin, 14–13, stopping a late two-point conversion attempt. No. 2 Ohio State beat the USC Trojans in Columbus, 17–0. No. 3 Alabama and No. 4 Notre Dame remained unbeaten, defeating Tennessee (19–8) and UCLA (24–0) respectively. No. 5 Michigan lost to Purdue 21–20. Ohio State was the new No. 1. No. 6 Nebraska, which had beaten Kansas State 47–0 (and outscored its opponents 171–34 in five wins), took over fifth place. The rankings were 1.Ohio State 2.Notre Dame 3.Alabama 4.Arkansas 5.Nebraska.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, October
October 24 had No. 1 Ohio State over Wisconsin at home, 28–3. No. 2 Notre Dame beat Stanford 26–7, No. 3 Alabama beat Florida 17–14. No. 4 Arkansas beat Wichita State 17–0, and No. 5 Nebraska beat Colorado 21–3. The top five remained unchanged.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, October
October 31, No. 1 Ohio State beat Iowa 21–19, while No. 2 Notre Dame defeated Navy 40–0. In the next poll, the Fighting Irish rose to No. 1. No. 3 Alabama (23–6 over Ole Miss), No. 4 Arkansas (17–0 over Texas A&M) and No. 5 Nebraska (9–0 over Missouri) remained unbeaten.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 7, No. 1 Notre Dame beat the Pitt Panthers at Pittsburgh 17–15. Meanwhile, No. 2 Ohio State suffered its first loss to unranked (3–4) Penn State, 27–0. No. 3 Alabama (17–9 over LSU), No. 4 Arkansas (21–0 vs. Rice) and No. 5 Nebraska (14–7 over Kansas) stayed unbeaten, and moved up in the poll. Texas (7–1), whose lone loss had been to Arkansas, was fifth after a 20–14 win at Baylor.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 14, No. 1 Notre Dame defeated Michigan State 34–7, and No. 2 Alabama beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta, 14–7, to stay unbeaten. Also unblemished were No. 3 Arkansas (44–0 over SMU) and No. 4 Nebraska (27–14 vs. Oklahoma State). No. 5 Texas won 28–13 over TCU. The poll remained unchanged (1.Notre Dame 2.Alabama 3.Arkansas 4.Nebraska 5.Texas)


1964 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 21, No. 1 Notre Dame beat Iowa in South Bend, 28–0. No. 3 Arkansas beat Texas Tech 17–0 to close its regular season with five straight shutouts, unbeaten at 10–0. No. 4 Nebraska suffered its first loss at Oklahoma, 17–7. Michigan defeated Ohio State 10–7 to win the Big Ten title and a berth in the Rose Bowl. In the November 23 AP poll, unbeaten Notre Dame, Alabama, and Arkansas were first, second, and third, followed by Texas and Michigan.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, November
November 26–28, Thanksgiving Day saw No. 2 Alabama finish the regular season unbeaten (10–0) with a 21–14 win over Auburn in Birmingham. No. 5 Texas beat Texas A&M 26–7 to finish 10–1. On November 28 in Los Angeles, No. 1 Notre Dame led USC 17–0 at halftime but lost, 20–17. With only Alabama and Arkansas remaining unbeaten, both with records of 10–0, the final AP poll was taken on November 30. Alabama took over the top spot and recognition as the NCAA national champion. Arkansas was second, Texas rose to third, Notre Dame dropped to fourth, and Michigan was fifth.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, November
Alabama won the SEC championship, but a "no repeat rule" prevented them from playing in the Sugar Bowl for a second straight year. The Orange Bowl invited Alabama and Texas on November 21. The Cotton Bowl had invited then-unbeaten Nebraska on November 15 to play unbeaten Southwestern Conference champion Arkansas. As such, there would be no No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup in the Cotton Bowl Classic. Notre Dame declined to play in a bowl game. The Irish did not play in any bowl games for over forty years, until the 1969 season.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
Top-ranked Alabama, led by quarterback Joe Namath, fell to No. 5 Texas 21–17 in the Orange Bowl, the first night postseason bowl game. In the final minutes, down by four and facing 4th-and-goal at the Texas one-yard line, Namath's quarterback sneak was denied by the Longhorn defense. In the Cotton Bowl, quarterback Fred Marshall drove No. 2 Arkansas to a touchdown with 4:41 left to beat No. 6 Nebraska 10–7.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
Notable members of the 1964 Arkansas team include Jerry Jones, who would later become a billionaire as owner of the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL, and Jimmy Johnson, whom Jones would hire as coach of the Cowboys. No. 5  Michigan routed No. 8 Oregon State 34–7 in the Rose Bowl, while in the Sugar Bowl, No. 7 LSU beat unranked Syracuse 10–7 on a late field goal.


1964 NCAA University Division football season, Bowl games, Major bowls
A five-member committee of the Football Writers Association of America awarded Arkansas the "Grantland Rice Trophy" as the No. 1 team in a poll taken after the bowl games. The Helms Athletic Foundation, which also took polls after the bowl games, named Arkansas as the national champions. Notre Dame was named as the National Football Foundation's national champion. In 1965, the AP's final poll came after the bowl games, but the policy did not become permanent until 1968. The Coaches' Poll adopted the same policy in 1974, after similar issues in 1970 and 1973. These selectors, including the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll, were nationally syndicated in newspapers and magazines during the 1964 football season.


1964 NFL Championship Game
The 1964 National Football League Championship Game was the 32nd annual championship game, held on December 27 at Cleveland Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. With an attendance of 79,544, it was the first NFL title game to be televised by CBS.


1964 NFL Championship Game
The game marked the last championship won by a major-league professional sports team from Cleveland until 2016, when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals. Through 2020, this is the Browns' most recent league title.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Background
The Baltimore Colts finished the 1964 regular season with a record of 12–2 and handily won the Western Conference for the first time since 1959, clinching the title with three games remaining; the runner-up Green Bay Packers were at 8–5–1. The Colts were led by second-year head coach Don Shula and quarterback Johnny Unitas. This was the Colts' third NFL championship game appearance since joining the National Football League in 1953, seeking to win their first since repeating in 1959.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Background
The Cleveland Browns finished the regular season with a record of 10–3–1, winning the Eastern Conference by a half game over the St. Louis Cardinals at 9–3–2. The Browns were led by second-year head coach Blanton Collier, quarterback Frank Ryan, running back Jim Brown, and receivers Gary Collins and rookie Paul Warfield. This was the Browns' eighth NFL championship game appearance since joining the NFL in 1950, but the first in seven years.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Background
Ticket prices for the championship game were six, eight, and ten dollars, and the Colts were seven-point favorites on the road.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
The first half went scoreless, as both teams struggled to move the ball with a light snow and driving wind hampering their efforts. Baltimore drove to midfield but lost the ball on a fumble by fullback Jerry Hill. The Browns then moved to the Colt 35 but Paul Warfield slipped going for a Ryan pass and the ball was intercepted by Colt linebacker Don Shinnick. As the second quarter began, Baltimore had moved deep into Browns territory.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
The Colts attempted a 27-yard field goal by Lou Michaels, but holder Bobby Boyd had to reach for the snap from center and was hauled down behind the line of scrimmage. Near the end of the first half, Unitas got another drive going into Cleveland territory. However, from the Brown 46 he threw slightly behind tight end John Mackey, who could only deflect the pass; it was intercepted by Vince Costello. The scoreless first half ended after Ryan missed on a long pass to Warfield.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
Having held their own with Baltimore in the first half, the Browns changed their offensive and defensive tactics. With the wind at his back, Browns' kicker Lou Groza booted the second half kickoff well beyond the end zone. The Cleveland rush put pressure on Unitas and the Colts had to punt into the wind. With good field position at the Colt 48, the Browns got a first down on a screen pass to running back Jim Brown. The Colt defense stiffened and Groza kicked a field goal from the 43.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
Baltimore could not move and the Browns went on the attack again. From the Cleveland 36, Brown took a pitchout around the left side and nearly went all the way. Safety Jerry Logan finally hauled him down from behind at the Colt 18. Ryan dropped back and fired a pass between the goalposts to the leaping Gary Collins for the game's first touchdown and a 10–0 lead. The momentum had clearly swung to home underdog Cleveland.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
Baltimore's Tony Lorick made the bad decision to run the kickoff out of the end zone and was tackled at the Baltimore 11. A clipping penalty moved the Colts back further and they soon had to punt again into the stiff wind. The kick went out of bounds on the Baltimore 39 and Ryan went right back to work. The Browns lost yardage on a broken reverse play, but Ryan dropped back from the 42 and found Collins all alone down the middle at the five; the big flanker waltzed into the end zone and the Browns were up 17–0.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
Unitas finally got the Colts across midfield against the aroused Browns defense, but running back Lenny Moore fumbled a handoff at the Cleveland 47 and the Browns recovered. Brown rumbled 23 yards with another pitchout to the Colt 14 as the third quarter ended. Ryan hit Warfield at the one-yard line but the Colts then held. Groza hit a short field goal from a sharp angle to the right to make the score 20–0.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
Baltimore's troubles continued as Unitas threw deep to Jimmy Orr on the sidelines at the Cleveland 15, but Orr could not get the ball under control before he fell out of bounds, and they had to punt again. The Browns moved to their 49 and Ryan threw deep to Collins. With defensive back Boyd all over him, Collins made the catch at the Colt 10, kept his balance, and scored for the third time. As the fourth quarter wound down and with the Browns on the move again, the game was halted with 27 seconds remaining, as thousands of fans surged onto the field.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Game summary
The Browns dominated the statistics over the favored Colts. Unitas completed 12 of 20 passes for only 95 yards with two interceptions. The Colts managed only 92 yards rushing. Ryan hit on 11 of 18 tosses for 206 yards and three TDs. The Browns' Collins set a title game record with three touchdown catches in one game, and grabbed five passes for 130 yards total. Groza  kicked field goals of 42 and 10 yards, and Brown carried the ball 27 times for 114 yards.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Officials
The NFL had five game officials in 1964; the line judge was added in 1965 and the side judge in 1978.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Officials
This was also the last NFL Championship Game televised in black-and-white, as well as the last game in which penalty flags in NFL games were white. The league switched to bright yellow flags the next season.


1964 NFL Championship Game, Players' shares
The gate receipts for the game were about $635,000 and the television money was $1.9 million. Each player on the winning Browns team received about $8,000, while Colts players made around $5,000 each. This was about triple the amount for the players' shares in the AFL championship game.


1964 NFL Draft
The 1964 National Football League draft was held in Chicago, Illinois, at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers on Monday, December 2, 1963.


1964 NFL Draft
The first overall pick was Dave Parks, an end from Texas Tech, selected by the San Francisco 49ers.


1964 NFL Draft
The AFL draft was two days earlier, on Saturday, November 30. In the next two years, the drafts were held on the same day; following the merger agreement in June 1966, a common draft was instituted for 1967.


1964 NFL Draft
The 1964 NFL Draft is notable for the highest number of players enshrined in Pro Football Hall of Fame - 11 Players


1964 NFL Draft, Hall of Famers
The 1964 NFL draft class has more Hall of Famers than any other class, with 11.


1964 NFL season
The 1964 NFL season was the 45th regular season of the National Football League. Before the season started, NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle reinstated Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras, who had been suspended for the 1963 season due to gambling.


1964 NFL season
Beginning this season, the home team in each game was allowed the option of wearing their white jerseys. Since 1957, league rules had mandated that the visiting team wear white and the home team wear colored jerseys. The NFL also increased the regular season roster limit from 37 to 40 active players, which would remain unchanged for a decade.


1964 NFL season
The season ended when the Cleveland Browns shut out the Baltimore Colts 27–0 in the NFL Championship Game.


1964 NFL season, Draft
The 1964 NFL Draft was held on December 2, 1963 at Chicago's Sheraton Hotel & Towers. With the first pick, the San Francisco 49ers selected end Dave Parks from Texas Tech University.


1964 NFL season, Rule changes, Active roster changes
Prior to the season, the NFL club owners voted to increase the regular season roster limit from 37 to 40 active players, the largest in league history up to that point. This standard would remain in place until the 1974 season.


1964 NFL season, Rule changes, New uniform rules
The 1964 season introduced a noteworthy change in uniform rules. While the league had dictated since 1957 that the home team must wear a colored jersey and the visitors a white one, teams were now given the option of wearing their white jerseys at home.


1964 NFL season, Rule changes, New uniform rules
As a result, the Browns (who wore white at home before 1957), Cardinals, Colts (except for one home game which was originally scheduled to be an away game), Cowboys, Rams, Redskins, Steelers (for one game vs. Rams) and Vikings (except for most of one game in which the Lions forgot to bring their blue jerseys) did so, while the rest reverted to home colors the following year.


1964 NFL season, Rule changes, New uniform rules
The Cardinals would not wear red at home until 1966, the Rams would not do so again until 1972, the Browns only once until 1975, and the Cowboys, aside from an unwilling use of their blue tops as the "home" team in Super Bowl V, have since continuously worn white at home.


1964 NFL season, Rule changes, New uniform rules
The Steelers would wear white at home for most home games from 1966 until 1969 (the first year of head coach Chuck Noll), but would not wear white as the "home" team until Super Bowl XL in 2005 and have not worn white in a game in Pittsburgh since Three Rivers Stadium opened in 1970.


1964 NFL season, Conference races
The Western Conference race started with Baltimore losing its opener at Minnesota, 34–24. After that, the Colts went on an 11-game winning streak, taking the lead on October 4 with their 35–20 win over the Rams, and clinching a spot in the title game on November 22.


1964 NFL season, Conference races
In the Eastern Conference, the Browns and the Cardinals played to a 33–33 tie on September 20, and were both 4–1–1 after six games. In Week Seven, Cleveland beat New York 42–20, while St. Louis fell to Dallas, 31–13. When the Cardinals beat the Browns 28–19 in Week Thirteen, they were only a game behind and needed a win and a Cleveland loss to have a chance for a playoff. St. Louis won, 36–34 in Philadelphia, but Cleveland also won, 52–20 over the Giants.


1964 NFL season, Final standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1964 NFL season, Postseason, NFL Championship Game
Cleveland 27, Baltimore 0 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, in Cleveland, Ohio on December 27.


1964 NFL season, Postseason, Playoff Bowl
The Playoff Bowl was between the conference runners-up, for third place in the league. This was its fifth year and it was played a week after the title game.


1964 NFL season, Stadium changes
The Pittsburgh Steelers started to play full time at Pitt Stadium, no longer holding games at Forbes Field


1964 NHL Amateur Draft
The 1964 NHL Amateur Draft was the second NHL Entry Draft. It was a draft to assign unaffilated amateur junior-age players to NHL teams. It was held at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.


1964 NHL Amateur Draft
As was the case in the 1963 draft, amateur players turning 17 years of age between August 1, 1964, and July 31, 1965, were eligible, if they were not already sponsored by an NHL club.


1964 NHL Amateur Draft
The order of the draft followed the agreement reached in 1963, where the order was fixed as Red Wings, Bruins, Rangers, Black Hawks, Maple Leafs and Canadiens. Once again each team received four picks, each team having the right to forfeit their selection and pass it to the next team in the order. All picks were exercised this year.


1964 NHL Amateur Draft
Of the 24 players selected only nine played in the NHL. Syl Apps, Jr., Jim Dorey, Tim Ecclestone and Mike Pelyk went on to have fruitful NHL careers, each playing well over 200 games a piece. However, the steal of this draft was the Bruins' third pick, 14th overall: Ken Dryden. Dryden made it known to the Bruins that he would elect to play at Cornell University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree, instead of turning professional. The Bruins traded his negotiation rights to the Canadiens, where he would play seven full seasons and part of an eighth, earning a Conn Smythe Trophy, Calder Memorial Trophy, five Vezina Trophies, five All-Star Game appearances, five First All-Star awards and six Stanley Cups.


1964 NHL Amateur Draft, Selections by round
Below are listed the selections in the 1964 NHL amateur draft.


1964 NHRA Winternationals
The 1964 NHRA Winternationals (commonly known as the Winternats) were a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing event, held at Auto Club Raceway, Pomona, California on 16 February.


1964 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Fuel, Round One
Don "Big Daddy" Garlits attended, but Swamp Rat VI-A failed to qualify; Garlits, however, took over the Weekly-Rivero-Fox-Holding dragster qualified by Norm Weekly. He eliminated Bobby Vodnik. Denny Milani lost to Chris "The Greek" Karamesines, while "TV Tommy" Ivo defeated Jim Warren.


1964 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Gas
Danny Ongais, driving a Roland Leong-owned Chevrolet, defeated Mickey Thompson's Ford.


1964 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Altered
The Comp Eliminator (Altered) title went to Charlie Smith, in a Chevrolet-powered 1923 Model T, over the Chevrolet-powered 1932 Bantam of Ed Weddle.


1964 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Stock Experimental
Ronnie Sox took the S/X win over "Dyno Don" Nicholson, both driving 1964 Mercury Comets.


1964 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Top Stock
The T/S title went to Tommy Grove, who defeated Doug Lovegrove..


1964 NHRA Winternationals, Results, Street Eliminator
The Street Eliminator win went to Ron Rootyl in a 1963 Dodge, defeating  Norman Armstrong in a Chevrolet-powered 1939 Willys.


1964 NSWRFL season
The 1964 NSWRFL season was the fifty-seventh season of Sydney's professional rugby league football competition, the New South Wales Rugby Football League Premiership, Australia's first. Ten clubs from across the city competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield and the WD & HO Wills Cup during the season, which culminated in a grand final between St. George and Balmain.


1964 NSWRFL season, Teams
57th seasonGround: Redfern OvalCoach: Bernie PurcellCaptains: Darrel Chapman , Jim Lisle


1964 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
St. George captain-coach Norm Provan was matching up against his younger brother (and former Dragon) Peter, who had moved to the Tigers in 1961.


1964 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
The Tigers’ defence was strong throughout a dour first half and for the first time in nine grand finals the Dragons trailed at half-time (4–2) with Balmain in the lead after penalty goals from Keith "Golden Boots" Barnes.


1964 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
The turning point of the match came five minutes into the second half. The Tigers were defending their own line with some desperate tackling when they received a relieving penalty from referee Pearce. Balmain's Bob Boland put in a big punt which at first looked like a good touch finder. To Balmain's horror, Graeme Langlands stretched and then caught the ball with his boots only an inch or two from the touchline. The champion fullback then raced cross-field towards the Balmain line and sent a cut-out pass to Billy Smith 25 yards out from the tryline. The centre made further inroads before channeling a pass to Johnny King who sped down the left wing for 20 yards to score a diving try.


1964 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Test winger Johnny King thus kept intact his grand final record with this being his fifth successive try in a decider.


1964 NSWRFL season, Finals, Grand Final
Eighteen-year-old Dennis Tutty stood out for the Tigers, providing reliable cover defence that stopped the Dragons on numerous occasions. For St. George, Smith and Langlands had strong games with Langlands tallying 72 points in his last four games of the season. Brian Clay had by now reclaimed his five-eighth position from Bruce Pollard and excelled just as he had in his five previous Grand Final appearances.


1964 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
The first elections to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly were held in January 1964 to elect members of the 40 constituencies in Nagaland, India. There were no political parties registered and so all the candidates fought as Independents. P. Shilu Ao was appointed as the first Chief Minister of Nagaland.


1964 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
Nagaland was converted to a state by the State of Nagaland Act, 1962 and elections were called for in 1964.


1964 Nashville 400
The 1964 Nashville 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on August 2, 1964, at Nashville Speedway (now Fairgrounds Speedway) in Nashville, Tennessee.


1964 Nashville 400, Background
Nashville Speedway was converted to a half-mile paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track.


1964 Nashville 400, Race report
Four hundred laps took place on a paved oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) for a grand total of 200.0 miles (321.9 km). It took two hours, forty-three minutes, and fifty-five seconds for the race to reach its conclusion; Richard Petty was the winner of the race.


1964 Nashville 400, Race report
Notable crew chiefs for the race were Jimmy Helms, Dale Inman, Wendell Scott, and Herman Beam.


1964 Nashville 400, Race report
Three cautions were drawn for twenty-six laps in front of 13,128 people. Notable speeds were: 73.208 miles per hour (117.817 km/h) for the average speed and 80.826 miles per hour (130.077 km/h) for the pole position speed. This would be Bud Moore's first official NASCAR Cup Series race. Total winnings for this race were $9,380 in American dollars ($77,325 when adjusted for inflation). Richard Petty would end up receiving the majority of the winnings with a grand total of $2,150 ($17,724 when adjusted for inflation).


1964 Nashville 400, Race report
The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.


1964 Nashville 400, Finishing order
* Driver failed to finish race† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased


1964 National Challenge Cup
The 1964 National Challenge Cup was the 51st edition of the USSFA's annual open soccer championship.


1964 National Invitation Tournament
The 1964 National Invitation Tournament was the 1964 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.


1964 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.


1964 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1964 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Wayne Hardin.


1964 Navy Midshipmen men's soccer team
The 1964 Navy Midshipmen men's soccer team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1964 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Midshipmen won their first modern-day NCAA title this season.


1964 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1964 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team was the representative of the University of Nebraska and member of the Big Eight Conference in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The team was coached by Bob Devaney and played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1964 Nebraska gubernatorial election
The 1964 Nebraska gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964, and featured incumbent Governor Frank B. Morrison, a Democrat, defeating Republican nominee, Lieutenant Governor Dwight W. Burney, to win a third and final two-year term in office.


1964 Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Ferencvárosi TC won the championship.


1964 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball)
The 1964 Nemzeti Bajnokság I is the 14th season of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I, Hungary's premier Handball league.


1964 Nemzeti Bajnokság I (women's handball), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1964 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1964 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC). The Wolf Pack were led by sixth-year head coach Dick Trachok and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.


1964 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1963 season 3–6 and 2–3 in FWC play to finish in third place.


1964 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 1964 New Hampshire Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Hampshire as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In its 15th year under head coach Chief Boston, the team compiled a 1–6–1 record (0–4–1 against conference opponents) and finished last out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.


1964 New Hampshire gubernatorial election
The 1964 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democrat John W. King defeated Republican nominee John Pillsbury with 66.77% of the vote.


1964 New Mexico Lobos football team
The 1964 New Mexico Lobos football team was an American football team that represented the University of New Mexico in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Bill Weeks, the Lobos compiled a 9–2 record (3–1 against WAC opponents), tied for the WAC championship, were ranked No. 16 in the final UPI Coaches poll, and outscored opponents, 185 to 190.


1964 New Mexico Lobos football team
Fullback Chuck Kelly and defensive tackle Wayne Tvrdik were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Stan Quintana with 794 passing yards, Joe Harris with 582 rushing yards and 614 receiving yards, and Claude Ward with 42 points scored.


1964 New Mexico Lobos football team
Three New Mexico players were selected by the United Press International (UPI) as first-team players on the 1964 All-WAC football team: Quintana; Tvrdik; and guard Jack Abendschan. The UPI also selected Quintana as the 1964 WAC Player of the Year, citing his versatility and outstanding play on both offense and defense. Quintana ranked third in the WAC with 1,249 yards of total offense, fourth with 794 passing yards, and fifth with 455 rushing yards (including an 80-yard run against Colorado State). He also set a WAC record for interception return yards (including a 93-yard return against Wyoming), and his average of 7.3 yard of total offense per play in 1964 remains a New Mexico school record.


1964 New Mexico State Aggies football team
The 1964 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University as an independent school during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In its seventh year under head coach Warren B. Woodson, the team compiled a 6–4 record and was outscored by a total of 171 to 131.


1964 New Mexico State Aggies football team
Woodson was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election
The 1964 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat Jack M. Campbell ran for reelection to a second term.


1964 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1964 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1964 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1964.


1964 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The 1964 New Year Honours in New Zealand were appointments by Elizabeth II on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. The awards celebrated the passing of 1963 and the beginning of 1964, and were announced on 1 January 1964.


1964 New Year Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1964 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
The 30th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honored the best filmmaking of 1964.


1964 New York Giants season
The 1964 New York Giants season was the franchise's 40th season in the National Football League. The Giants won two games and lost ten, with two other games ending in a tie.


1964 New York Giants season
As a result, the Giants plummeted from NFL Eastern Conference Champions the previous season to last place, for their first losing season since 1953. The Giants were not to return to the postseason until 1981.


1964 New York Giants season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1964 New York Jets season
The 1964 New York Jets season was the fifth season for the team in the American Football League (AFL). The season marked their first in Shea Stadium, after four seasons in the Polo Grounds. The season began with the team trying to improve on their 5–8–1 record from 1963 under head coach Weeb Ewbank. The Jets finished the season 5–8–1.


1964 New York Jets season
The Jets modified their helmet and logo design for 1964, switching from a single green stripe to two parallel green stripes down the center of the helmet crown. The jet-airplane logo decal was replaced by a white football shape outlined in green, with the word "JETS" in thick green sans-serif capitals over "NY" in green outline serif lettering, and a miniature football at bottom center.


1964 New York Jets season
Both the Jets and the baseball New York Mets moved to Shea in 1964. The team's original owner when it was the Titans, Harry Wismer, hoped the team could play in Shea beginning in 1961, but funding difficulties and legal problems delayed construction of the stadium. Wismer signed a memorandum of understanding in late 1961 to secure the Titans' new home. That memorandum recognized that the Mets would have exclusive use of the stadium until they had completed their season. As the Jets moved to Shea under new ownership, they were, in most years, required to open the season with several road games, a problem which would become worse in 1969 and 1973 when the Mets had long playoff runs.


1964 New York Jets season
The Jets' popularity had reached a zenith at this point, in that the attendance at any one of their home games this season (except for one, and it wasn't by much) outdrew the Titans' entire 1962 season attendance at the Polo Grounds.


1964 New York Jets season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1964 New York Mets season
The 1964 New York Mets season was the third regular season for the Mets. They went 53–109 and finished 10th in the NL, 40 games behind the World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals. They were managed by Casey Stengel. They played home games at Shea Stadium, which opened on April 17 of that year.


1964 New York Mets season, Regular season
One high point of Shea Stadium's first season came on Father's Day, when Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jim Bunning threw a perfect game against the Mets, the first in the National League since 1880. For perhaps the only time in the stadium's history, the Shea faithful found themselves rooting for the visitors, caught up in the rare achievement, and roaring for Bunning on every pitch in the ninth inning. His strikeout of John Stephenson capped the performance.


1964 New York Mets season, Regular season
Another high point was Shea Stadium's hosting of the All-Star Game. Johnny Callison's ninth-inning three-run home run off Dick Radatz capped a four-run rally and gave the National League a 7–4 win over the American League in that game, which evened the series at seventeen wins for each league.


1964 New York Mets season, Regular season
The stadium also saw pitcher Masanori Murakami of the San Francisco Giants  become the first Japanese player to appear in the Major Leagues. He entered the game in the ninth inning of the Giants' 4–1 loss to the Mets


1964 New York Mets season, Regular season
Unexpectedly thrust into the spotlight in the final hectic weekend of the 1964 season, the Mets relished the role of spoiler, beating the Cardinals in St. Louis on Friday and Saturday (keeping alive the hopes of the Phillies, Giants, and Reds) before succumbing to the eventual National League champions on Sunday.


1964 New York Mets season, Regular season, Shea Stadium
The Mets' new home park was originally to be called "Flushing Meadows Stadium" – the name of the public park on which it was built – but a movement was launched to name it in honor of William A. Shea, the man who brought National League baseball back to New York. After 29 months and $28.5 million, Shea Stadium opened on April 17, 1964, with the Mets losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates, led by Roberto Clemente and Bill Mazeroski, 4–3 before a crowd of 50,312.


1964 New York Mets season, Regular season, Shea Stadium
Shea was a circular stadium, with the grandstand forming a perfect circle around the field and ending a short distance beyond the foul lines. The remainder of the perimeter was mostly empty space beyond the outfield fences. This space was occupied by the bullpens, the scoreboard, and the centerfield "batter's eye" backdrop. The stadium boasted 54 restrooms, 21 escalators and seats for 57,343. It was big, airy, sparkling, with a massive 86' x 175' scoreboard. Also, rather than the standard light towers, Shea had lamps along its upper reaches, like a convoy of semis with their brights on, which gave the field that unique high-wattage glow. Praised for its convenience, even its elegance, Shea was deemed a showplace.


1964 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1964 New York Mets season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1964 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 New York Mets season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts