1964 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1964 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 15th season in the National Football League, their 19th overall and the 7th under head coach Victor Morabito. They improved on their 2–12 record from 1963, with 4 wins to 10 losses. However, yet again the team failed to qualify for playoffs for the 7th consecutive season.


1964 San Francisco 49ers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
The 49ers held the first pick in the draft and selected Dave Parks from Texas Tech. With their third pick, the 49ers selected linebacker Dave Wilcox, who would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.


1964 San Francisco 49ers season, Regular season
Six games into his rookie season, Dave Parks set a franchise record for longest reception with an 83-yard catch, followed by the team's second longest reception, an 80-yarder, a week later. Both records stood for 13 years.


1964 San Francisco 49ers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1964 San Francisco Giants season
The 1964 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 82nd year in Major League Baseball, their seventh year in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their fifth at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fourth place, as a result of their 90–72 record, placing them three games behind the National League and World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals.


1964 San Francisco Giants season, Offseason, Spring training
The Giants held spring training games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, which opened in 1964. In the first game at Phoenix Muni on March 8, 1964, the Giants beat Cleveland, 6 to 2. Willie Mays hit the first home run at the park, in front of a crowd of 8,582. In attendance for the dedication ceremonies were Commissioner Ford Frick, National League President Warren Giles, and Giants owner Horace Stoneham.


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


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


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


1964 San Francisco State Gators football team
The 1964 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State College during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season.


1964 San Francisco State Gators football team
San Francisco State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). The Gators were led by fourth-year head coach Vic Rowen. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of six wins, three losses and one tie (6–3–1, 3–1–1 FWC). For the season the team outscored its opponents 203–172.


1964 San Francisco State Gators football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1965 NFL Draft.


1964 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1964 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season.


1964 San Jose State Spartans football team
San Jose State played as an Independent in 1964. The team was led by eighth-year head coach Bob Titchenal, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1964 season with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 151–145 for the season.


1964 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1965 NFL Draft.


1964 Sandown 6 Hour International
The 1964 Sandown 6 Hour International was an endurance race for saloon cars complying with FIA Group 1 regulations. The event was held at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 29 November 1964  and was the genesis of what is now known as the Sandown 500. The race was won by Roberto Bussinello and  Ralph Sachs, driving an Alfa Romeo Giulia TI Super.


1964 Sandown 6 Hour International, Classes
Class G was for entries which were modified to FIA Group 2 specifications.


1964 Sandown 6 Hour International, Results
There were 37 starters in the race  and 28 cars were classified as finishers.


1964 Saskatchewan general election
The 1964 Saskatchewan general election was held on April 22, 1964, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.


1964 Saskatchewan general election
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) government of Premier Woodrow Lloyd was defeated by the Liberal Party, led by Ross Thatcher. The CCF had governed Saskatchewan since the 1944 election under the leadership (until December 1961) of Tommy Douglas.


1964 Saskatchewan general election
By 1964 the provincial Social Credit Party had collapsed, nominating only two candidates. In another morale hit, the federal Social Credit Party endorsed the Liberals during the election. While the CCF held on to nearly all of their vote from the previous election and only trailed the Liberals by 0.1%, most of the shift in Social Credit support went to the Liberals and proved decisive in helping to push Thatcher to a majority government.


1964 Saskatchewan general election
The Progressive Conservative Party also picked up some support at the expense of Social Credit but won only one seat in the legislature, that of leader Martin Pederson.


1964 Saskatchewan general election, Election campaign
Douglas's government was the first social democratic government in North America, and had introduced the medicare system in Canada. This led to a 23-day strike by the province's physicians. Universal public health care, however, was not an issue in the campaign. In fact, following its successful introduction, the opposition Liberals were for expanding Medicare even more. The only provincial party to advocate eliminating Medicare was the small Social Credit Party.


1964 Saskatchewan general election, Election campaign
The Social Credit party nominated only two candidates in the election, and they were hurt by statements by the federal Social Credit party leader, Robert N. Thompson, supporting the Saskatchewan Liberals. The Socreds' leader, Martin Kelln, chose not to spend much time on the campaign, in part because of the recent death of his mother.


1964 Saskatchewan general election, Election campaign
The Progressive Conservatives returned to the Legislative Assembly for the first time since 1934. They won only one seat despite winning almost 19% of the popular vote. The Tories promised to keep Medicare in place, but opposed the Liberals' plans to expand it. They argued that the Liberals were too radical, and that the CCF government was not doing enough to develop the province's natural resources.


1964 Saskatchewan general election, Election campaign
The Liberals were able to capitalize on the collapse of Social Credit and were more effective than the Tories in drawing the "anti-socialist" (anti-CCF) vote. Yet the campaign was not marked by any major issues.


1964 Saskatchewan general election, Election campaign
There was, however, considerable animosity between the Liberals and the CCF. The Liberals employed what were called "Madison Avenue campaign tactics" and spent a lot of money on campaign advertising, especially television advertising. They tried to characterize the election as being a choice between socialism and private enterprise-oriented reform. The Saskatchewan Liberals positioned themselves as more right-wing than the federal Liberal Party of Canada and claimed that the CCF government was stagnating.


1964 Saskatchewan general election, Election campaign
The CCF, led by former teacher Woodrow Lloyd, campaigned on the CCF record. Lloyd attacked the Liberal campaign, stating that they had resorted to "hucksterism, the kind of sales attempts that one usually associates with useless pills, second hand cars and body deodorants."


1964 Saskatchewan general election, Election campaign
Lloyd faced several challenges: taxes in Saskatchewan were among the highest in Canada; spending on health care, welfare and education were high; and he lacked the popular support that previous CCF leader and premier Tommy Douglas had enjoyed. However, Saskatchewan had the second highest per capita income in Canada and the lowest unemployment rate in Canada.


1964 Saskatchewan general election, Riding results
Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.


1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash
The 1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash was a U.S. military nuclear accident in which a Cold War bomber's vertical stabilizer broke off in winter storm turbulence. The two nuclear bombs being ferried were found "relatively intact in the middle of the wreckage", and after Fort Meade's 28th Ordnance Detachment secured them, the bombs were removed two days later to the Cumberland Municipal Airport.


1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash, Accident description
The B-52 D was returning to Georgia from Massachusetts after an earlier Chrome Dome airborne alert to Europe. Near Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, on a path east of Salisbury, Pennsylvania; and after altitude changes to evade severe turbulence; the vertical stabilizer broke off. The aircraft was left uncontrollable as a result; the pilot ordered the crew to bail out, and the aircraft crashed. The wreckage of the aircraft was found on the Stonewall Green farm. Today, the crash site is in a private meadow of Elbow Mountain within Savage River State Forest, along the public Savage Mountain Trail just north of the Pine Swamp Road crossing.


1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash, Crew
As the only crew member who did not eject, the radar bombardier died in the crash and was not located until more than 24 hours afterward. The navigator and tail gunner died of exposure in the snow. The navigator's frozen body was found two days after the accident, 6 miles (10 km) from the crash and 3 miles (5 km) away from where his orange parachute was found high in a tree near Poplar Lick Run.


1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash, Crew
Unable to disentangle his chute he released the Koch fittings and fell over thirty feet (9.1 m) through the tree, suffering injuries from the branches; his survival tent and other gear remained in the tree. He then attempted to find shelter and "meandered", eventually falling down a steep slope in the dark into a river basin.


1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash, Crew
After landing in the "Dye Factory field", the tail gunner trekked in the dark with a broken leg and other injuries over 100 yards (90 m) to the embankment of Casselman River – in which his legs were frozen when his body was found five days later, 800 yards (700 m) from a Salisbury street light.


1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash, Crew
The pilot parachuted onto Maryland's Meadow Mountain ridge near the Mason–Dixon line and, after being driven to the Tomlinson Inn on the National Road in Grantsville, notified the United States Air Force of the crash. The co-pilot landed near New Germany Road, remained where he landed, and stayed "cozy warm" until rescued.


1964 Savannah 200
The 1964 Savannah 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on May 1, 1964, at Savannah Speedway in Savannah, Georgia.


1964 Savannah 200
Andy Buffington's top-10 finish would eventually become his swan song. Over half the field eventually got into the NASCAR Hall of Fame; making this a glorified All-Star Race. Short fields were common in those days because the money was tight for race car drivers, owners and manufacturers alike.


1964 Savannah 200, Race report
There were 12 American-born drivers on the grid; Ned Jarrett was credited with the last-place finish due to an engine problem on lap 127 of 200. Jimmy Pardue traded the lead with LeeRoy Yarbrough before he defeated Marvin Panch by one lap. Lug bolts forced Cale Yarborough to end the race on lap 185; though he finished in fifth place. It took nearly 90 minutes for the drivers to complete all 200 laps at speeds averaging up to 70.326 miles per hour (113.179 km/h).


1964 Savannah 200, Race report
Pardue qualified for the pole position by achieving a top speed of 73.111 miles per hour (117.661 km/h) during the solo qualifying sessions. Monetary prizes after this race ranged from $1,000 ($8,244 when adjusted for inflation) to $150 ($1,237 when adjusted for inflation). The combined purse of the entire race was $3,790 ($31,243 when adjusted for inflation).


1964 Savannah 200, Race report
Andy Buffington made his only start in the racing event, while Yarbrough acquired his first NASCAR Cup Series win. More than half of the racing grid has been nominated to the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Herman Beam, Glen Wood and Dale Inman were the more notable of the crew chiefs to witness this race.


1964 Savannah 200, Race report
An untitled 1964 NASCAR Cup Series racing event at Rambi Speedway in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, ultimately became the final race to host less than 15 drivers on the starting grid. 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 Savannah 200, Race report, Finishing order
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased * signifies that the driver failed to finish the race


1964 Scotch Cup
The 1964 Scotch Cup was the sixth edition of the Scotch Cup with the tournament being held outside of Scotland for the first time with Calgary, Canada hosting the tournament at the Stampede Corral from March 16–19, 1964.


1964 Scotch Cup
The tournament was expanded to six teams with Norway and Switzerland debuting in the tournament. This meant a playoff system had to be introduced with the top four teams competing in a knockout format. The final saw Canada claim their sixth title defeating Scotland 12-10 in an extra 13th end. In the extra, with the game tied 10–10, with Canada having hammer, Scottish skip Alex F. Torrance was heavy with his final draw against two Canadian rocks, and Canada skip Lyall Dagg didn't have to throw his last rock.


1964 Scotch Cup
The attendance for the week was 20,242, a record for the time, and included an attendance of 4,370 for the final.


1964 Scotch Cup, Teams
Skip : Alex F. TorranceThird: Alex A. TorranceSecond: Robert KirklandLead: Jimmy Waddell


1964 Scotch Cup, Teams
Skip : Bob Magie Jr.Third: Bert PayneSecond: Russell BarberLead: Britton Payne


1964 Scottish League Cup Final
In association football, the 1964 Scottish League Cup Final was played on 24 October 1964 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and it was the final of the 19th Scottish League Cup competition. The final was an Old Firm derby contested by Rangers and Celtic. Rangers won the match 2–1, with Jim Forrest scoring both of the Rangers goals.


1964 Scottish League Cup Final
Forrest had also scored both of the Rangers goals in their semi-final victory against Dundee United.


1964 Segunda División de Chile
The 1964 Segunda División de Chile was the 13th season of the Segunda División de Chile.


1964 Senior League World Series
The 1964 Senior League World Series took place from August 20–22 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Massapequa, New York defeated Brenham, Texas in the championship game. This was the only edition held in Louisville.


1964 Sheffield City Council election
The election was held on 7 May 1964, with one third of the council up for election. The election campaign was quieter than most, with fewer parties contesting, and a smaller number of candidates than recent years (64 stood). The election seen no change in seats, and a slightly reduced turnout of 29%.


1964 Sheffield City Council election, Election result
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1964 Shell Le Mans 6 Hour Race
The 1964 Shell Le Mans 6 Hour Race was an endurance motor race open to Sports Cars and Touring Cars. The event was held at the Caversham circuit in Western Australia on the Foundation Day Holiday Monday, 1 June 1964.


1964 Sligo Senior Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1964 Sligo Senior Football Championship. The holders and four-in-a-row champions Ballisodare/St. Patrick's, dubbed as the "Pride of the West", were dethroned after a semi-final replay, with Keash the victors. They in turn fell to Curry in the final, thus ending a 42-year wait for the South Sligo club's third title.


1964 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
Team:N. CollinsM. KildeaP.J. DoohanO. DoyleM. ParsonsT. GilmartinJ. DurkinP. KeaneS. GilmartinO. HenryS. DurkinP. BrennanP. DuffyC. KeaneT. Duffy


1964 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
Team:J. BensonT. ConveyP. KeaneyK. CryanS. CartyP. HannonR. McCormackT. JoyceB. TanseyO. TanseyS. FoxJ. GreerM. FarrellA. McDonaghP. Tansey


1964 Slovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovakia on 14 June 1964, alongside national elections. All 92 seats in the National Council were won by the National Front.


1964 Solitude Grand Prix
The 14th Solitude Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 19 July 1964 at the Solitudering, near Stuttgart. The race was run over 20 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jim Clark in a Lotus 33, after a close battle with John Surtees in a Ferrari 158.


1964 Solitude Grand Prix
Seven drivers crashed out on the first lap due to heavy rain and standing water on the circuit.


1964 Somali parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Somalia on 30 March 1964. The result was a victory for the Somali Youth League (SYL), which won 69 of the 123 seats.


1964 Somali parliamentary election, Background
The elections were the first to be held since the merger of British Somaliland and Italian Somaliland created Somalia in 1960. After the union, the two territories' parliaments had merged, retaining the same number of seats as in the 1960 elections in British Somaliland and the 1959 elections in Italian Somaliland.


1964 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
The fifth South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Santiago, Chile from September 24–27, 1964.


1964 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 80 athletes from about 7 countries:  Argentina (20), Brazil (10), Chile (18), Ecuador (2), Peru (8), Uruguay (6), Venezuela (16).


1964 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published for men and womenComplete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


1964 South American Rugby Championship
The 1964 South American Rugby Championship was the fourth edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.


1964 South American Rugby Championship
The tournament was played in São Paulo, Brazil and was won by Argentina.


1964 South American U-20 Championship
The South American Youth Championship 1964 was held in Barranquilla, Bogotá, Cali and Medellín, Colombia.


1964 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1964 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Gamecocks finished the season 3–5–2 overall.


1964 South Dakota Coyotes football team
The 1964 South Dakota Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In its second season under head coach Marv Rist, the team compiled a 3–6 record (2–4 against NCC opponents), finished in a three-way tie for fourth place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 193 to 95. The team played its home games at Inman Field in Vermillion, South Dakota.


1964 South Dakota gubernatorial election
The 1964 South Dakota gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1964.


1964 South Dakota gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican Governor Archie M. Gubbrud did not run for re-election.


1964 South Dakota gubernatorial election
Republican nominee Nils Boe defeated Democratic nominee John F. Lindley with 51.68% of the vote.


1964 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1964 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from February 27 to February 29, 1964, at the original Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. The VMI Keydets, led by head coach Weenie Miller, won their first Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1964 NCAA Tournament.


1964 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. The teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.


1964 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
The 1964 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) as an independent during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. Under first-year head coach Don Shroyer, the team compiled a 2–8 record. The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.


1964 Southern Miss Southerners football team
The 1964 Southern Miss Southerners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern Mississippi as an independent during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixteenth year under head coach Thad Vann, the team compiled a 6–3 record.


1964 Southern Rhodesian independence referendum
A referendum on independence was held in Southern Rhodesia on 5 November 1964. The question put to voters was, "Are you in favour of or against Southern Rhodesia obtaining independence on the basis of the 1961 Constitution of Southern Rhodesia?" The result was a landslide for the "yes" vote, which was the choice of over 90% of voters.


1964 Southern Rhodesian independence referendum
Ian Smith called an indaba with tribe leaders to gauge support, resulting in universal support among the tribal leaders, but Britain did not consider this representative of the majority black population as the tribal leaders were in the pay of Ian Smith’s Government. The following year, Ian Smith's government made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence, making the country a de facto independent state until returning to British colonial rule in 1979 following the Lancaster House Agreement. The British Government did not accept Southern Rhodesian independence as they did not view the referendum as representative of all of Southern Rhodesia.


1964 Southwark London Borough Council election
The 1964 Southwark Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Southwark London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour party gained control of the council.


1964 Southwark London Borough Council election, Background
These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell and Metropolitan Borough of Southwark. These boroughs were joined to form the new London Borough of Southwark by the London Government Act 1963.


1964 Southwark London Borough Council election, Background
A total of 144 candidates stood in the election for the 60 seats being contested across 22 wards. These included a full slate from the Labour party, while the Conservative and Liberal parties stood 57 and 16 respectively. Other candidates included 11 from the Communist party. There were 14 three-seat wards, 7 two-seat wards and 1 four-seat ward.


1964 Southwark London Borough Council election, Background
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. Labour got all 10 aldermen.


1964 Southwark London Borough Council election, Background
The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.


1964 Southwark London Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw Labour gain the new council with a majority of 48 after winning 54 of the 60 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 23.6%. This turnout included 599 postal votes.


1964 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team
The 1964 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In their fourth year under head coach Russ Faulkinberry, the team compiled a 5–4 record.


1964 Soviet Class A Second Group
The 1964 Soviet Class A Second Group was the second season of the Soviet Class A Second Group football competitions that was established in 1963. It was also the 24th season of the Soviet second tier league competition.


1964 Soviet Class B
1964 Soviet Class B was a Soviet football competition at the Soviet third tier.


1964 Soviet Class B, Ukraine
This season to the Ukrainian zone were added four teams from Belarus and three teams from Moldova. SKA Odessa did not participate as it gained its promotion last season. Two other newcomers were added: FC Chayka Balaklava and FC Dunayets Izmail.


1964 Soviet Class B, Ukraine
This season play-off featured a mini League format. The two successive ranking teams from one group were put together in group with the other two teams from other two groups of equal rank. For example, the first two placed teams of each group played off between themselves for the final ranking. Teams from Belarus and Moldova did not participate at this stage.


1964 Soviet Cup
The 1964 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Dinamo Kiev qualified for the continental tournament for the first time among all Soviet clubs.


1964 Soviet Top League
The 1964 Class A First Group was the 26th season of the Soviet football championship at top division and the 15th for Class A. The season started on 27 March 1964 and finished on 8 November 1964. Upon conclusion of the regular season, at the end of November in warmer Tashkent took place additional play-offs for the first place and the 13th place.


1964 Soviet nuclear tests
The Soviet Union's 1964 nuclear test series was a group of 9 nuclear tests conducted in 1964. These tests followed the 1962 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1965 Soviet nuclear tests series.


1964 Spanish Guinean provincial election
Provincial elections were held in Spanish Guinea in May 1964 to elect the Provincial Councils of the provinces of Fernando Pó and Río Muni.


1964 Spanish Guinean provincial election, Background
Spanish Guinea had been granted autonomy from 1 January 1964 by the Spanish government. A Government Council and General Assembly were created, whilst the two Provincial Assemblies remained.


1964 Spanish Guinean provincial election, Results
The National Unity Movement of Equatorial Guinea (MUNGE) emerged as the largest party, and its leader Bonifacio Ondó Edu was appointed President of the Government Council.


1964 Speedway National League
The 1964 National League was the 30th season and the nineteenth post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain, but the final season of the National League being the highest tier.


1964 Speedway National League, Summary
West Ham Hammers returned after a nine-year absence but the league stayed at seven competitors with the withdrawal of Southampton Saints. Oxford Cheetahs, who had finished bottom of the table in 1963, rose spectacularly up the league to win the title, a repeat of the feat they had accomplished at a lower level in 1950.


1964 Speedway National League, Final table
On account of the small number of teams in the league meeting each other only once home and away, the Britannia Shield was run in a league format. Oxford Cheetahs came out on top.


1964 Speedway National League, National Trophy
The 1964 National Trophy was the 26th edition of the Knockout Cup. Oxford were the winners.


1964 Speedway National League, National Trophy, Final, Second leg
Oxford Cheetahs were declared National Trophy Champions, winning on aggregate 85-83.


1964 Speedway World Team Cup
1964 Speedway World Team Cup was the fifth edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.


1964 Speedway World Team Cup
The final took place in Abensberg, West Germany. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (34 pts) who beat Soviet Union (27 pts), Great Britain (21 pts) and Poland (16 pts).


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Semi-Final 1
Andrzej Wyglenda - 12 (3,3,3,3)Andrzej Pogorzelski - 12 (3,3,3,3)Zbigniew Podlecki - 11 Marian Kaiser - 10 Edmund Migoś - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Semi-Final 1
Stanislav Kubíček - 9 Antonín Kasper Sr. - 8 Karel Průša - 8 Jaroslav Volf - 8 Frantisek Ledecky - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Semi-Final 1
Manfred Poschenreider - 6 Alfred Aberl - 3 Alois Frach - 3 Otto Lantenhammer - 2 Sebastian Wiesent - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Semi-Final 1
Kurt Schwingenschlögl - 2 Gunther Walla - 1 Ludwig Löscher - 1 Ernst Glassner - 0


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Semi-Final 2
Igor Plekhanov - 12 (3,3,3,3)Boris Samorodov - 12 (3,3,3,3) Gennady Kurilenko - 12 (3,3,3,3) Vitaly Shilo - 12 (3,3,3,3)


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Semi-Final 2
Milko Pejkov - 8 Gavril Macev - 8 Simeon Lukanov - 4 Krasimir Sokolov - 4


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Semi-Final 2
Slobodan Dzudovic - 5 Valentin Medved - 3 Drago Perko - 2 Drago Regvard - 2


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Semi-Final 2
Günther Schelenz - 5 Jochen Dinse - 5 Peter Hehlert - 2 Jürgen Hehlert - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Scandinavian Round
Bjorn Knutsson - 12 (3,3,3,3)Göte Nordin - 12 (3,3,3,3) Rune Sörmander - 12 (3,3,3,3) Per Tage Svensson - 6 Per Olof Söderman - 2


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Scandinavian Round
Kurt W. Petersen - 9 Paul Wissing - 7 John S. Andersen - 6 Hans P. Boysen - 5 Ole Kläbel - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Scandinavian Round
Kalevi Lahtinen - 7 Ilkka Helminen - 5 Matti Olin - 3 Taisto Mattila - 0 Veikko Metsähuone - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Scandinavian Round
Reidar Eide - 5 Per Aulie - 3 Cato Agnor - 1 Jonny Faafeng - 1 Henry Harrfeldt - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Final
Igor Plekhanov - 12 (3,3,3,3)Boris Samorodov - 11 Gennady Kurilenko - 8 Yuri Chekranov - 6 Gabdrakhman Kadyrov - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Final
Andrzej Wyglenda - 10 Andrzej Pogorzelski - 9 Zbigniew Podlecki - 9 Marian Kaiser - 4 Antoni Woryna - 2


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Final
Antonín Kasper Sr. - 8 Stanislav Kubíček - 5 Jaroslav Volf - 5 Psvel Mares - 3 Frantisek Ledecky - 2


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification, Continental Final
Franc Babic - 1 Valentin Medved - 1 Drago Perko - 0 Drago Regvard - 0 Ivan Molan - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, World final
Bjorn Knutsson - 11 (3,3,2,3)Göte Nordin - 10 (3,2,2,3) Rune Sörmander - 7 (3,2,2,0) Ove Fundin - 6 (0,-,3,3) Sören Sjösten - 0 (-,0,-,-)


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, World final
Igor Plekhanov - 8 (2,3,1,2)Gennady Kurilenko - 8 (2,1,3,2)Yuri Chekranov - 6 (2,2,1,1)Boris Samorodov - 3 (2,1,0,0)Viktor Trofimov - NS


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, World final
Barry Briggs - 9 (3,3,1,2)Ken McKinlay - 7 (1,3,3,0)Nigel Boocock - 3 (1,1,1,-)Ron How - 2 (1,-,0,1)Brian Brett - 0 (-,0,-,0)


1964 Speedway World Team Cup, World final
Andrzej Wyglenda - 8 (0,2,3,3)Andrzej Pogorzelski - 3 (0,0,2,1)Zbigniew Podlecki - 3 (1,1,1,0)Marian Rose - 2 (-,0,0,2)Marian Kaiser - 0 (0,-,-,-)


1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season
The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 45th year with the National Football League (NFL) and the fifth season in St. Louis.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season
The Cardinals (9–3–2) were the runner-up in the Eastern Conference, finishing a half game behind the Cleveland Browns (10–3–1), who won the NFL championship game on December 27. The Cardinals tied the Browns in Cleveland in September and defeated them in St. Louis in December.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season
As the conference runner-up, the Cardinals played the Green Bay Packers of the Western Conference in the third place Playoff Bowl in Miami, Florida. Held on January 3 at the Orange Bowl, St. Louis won in an upset, 24–17. It was the Cardinals' only appearance after the regular season between 1948 and 1974.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season, Regular season, Schedule
Notes: Intra-conference opponents are in bold text. ^ The game with the Baltimore Colts on October 12 was originally scheduled for St. Louis,  but was moved to Baltimore due to the baseball Cardinals' participation in the World Series.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1964 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 83rd season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 73rd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 93–69 during the season and finished first in the National League, edging the co-runners-up Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia Phillies by one game each on the last day of the regular-season to claim their first NL pennant since 1946. They went on to win the World Series in 7 games over the New York Yankees.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Exit Musial, enter Brock
The 1963 team went 93–69. It was the best record for St. Louis since that 1949 team won 96 games. The Cardinals finished six games behind the now-Los Angeles Dodgers.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Exit Musial, enter Brock
1964 saw the Cardinals without the best hitter in franchise history. Stan Musial, whose 3,630 career hits were second on the all-time list and remain fourth today, retired after the 1963 season, at the age of 42, after 22 years in St. Louis. His absence left a hole in the Cardinal lineup and in left field, and as the early weeks of the 1964 season passed, St. Louis hovered at the .500 mark. Cardinals GM Bing Devine, worried about both the team and his own job security, looked for a deal to make before the June 15 trading deadline. He consulted with manager Johnny Keane and they decided that the team needed more speed. Keane and Devine focused on Lou Brock, an outfielder with the Chicago Cubs that the Cardinals had scouted years before and who had struggled since coming to the big leagues.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Exit Musial, enter Brock
In June, with the trading deadline near and the Cardinals still around .500, Devine made the call to the Cubs and the deal was done. On June 15, St. Louis traded star pitcher Ernie Broglio, who went 18–8 in 1963 and was having another good year in 1964, to Chicago as part of a six-player deal for Brock. Many people thought the Cubs had gotten the better of the deal, including Chicago sportswriters and many Cardinal players.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Exit Musial, enter Brock
However, Broglio would have a mediocre half-season for the Cubs and then two more ineffective, injury-riddled years in 1965 and 1966 before disappearing from the big leagues forever. Brock hit .348 for the 1964 Cardinals, and as a Cardinal went on to break the all-time record for stolen bases (since broken by Rickey Henderson), amass over 3000 base hits, and go into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Busch fires Devine
For most of the 1964 season, the Philadelphia Phillies looked like the team to beat. Philadelphia spent almost the entire first half in first or second place, and in July moved in first place seemingly to stay. The Cardinals, on the other hand, spent much of the season mired in the middle of the pack, and sometimes close to the bottom. As late as June 17, the Cardinals were eighth in a ten-team league, although they were only six back of the lead.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Busch fires Devine
Lou Brock joined the team and immediately began to hit but St. Louis still could not dent Philadelphia's lead. The Cardinals called up prized prospect Mike Shannon in early July, and still they stagnated. They were seventh as late as July 24. One problem was first baseman Bill White; the Cardinal slugger, one of the few power hitters on the team, was bothered by a sore shoulder and struggling badly.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Busch fires Devine
On August 16, with the Cardinals at 61–54 and 9+1⁄2 games out of first place, an impatient Gussie Busch fired general manager Bing Devine. Devine had been GM of the Cardinals since 1957, but would not be around to see how the team he had built would finish. Busch considered firing Keane as well, but held back out of reluctance to further disrupt the team by firing both the manager and GM during the season. Shortly thereafter, however, Busch met with Leo Durocher and made him a verbal offer to manage the Cardinals in 1965. Word soon got out that Keane was a lame duck.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, Busch fires Devine
On August 23, the Cardinals fell 11 games behind Philadelphia, tied for the farthest back they'd been all year, although they'd actually improved to fourth place in the overall standings. The Cardinals reeled off a six-game winning streak immediately after falling 11 back and continued to play well in September, but the Phillies seemed to be too far ahead to catch. On September 20, the Cardinals were tied with Cincinnati for second place, 6+1⁄2 games behind Philadelphia. A Sports Illustrated article described the Cardinal surge as "far too late".


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, The "Phillie Phold" and Cardinal comeback
Injuries accumulated for the first-place Phillies as the season wore on. Slugger Frank Thomas broke his thumb. Starting pitcher Ray Culp hurt his elbow and had to go to the bullpen. Starting pitcher Art Mahaffey was slumping badly. Starting pitcher Dennis Bennett was plagued by tendinitis. Philly manager Gene Mauch, in a move that has remained controversial ever since, reacted to his rotation's problems by using star pitchers Jim Bunning and Chris Short on less than normal rest six times down the stretch. Philadelphia lost all six of those games.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, The "Phillie Phold" and Cardinal comeback
Still the Phillies held on to their lead. On September 20, Philadelphia was 90–60 and led the National League by 6+1⁄2 games with only twelve games to go. A pennant seemed assured. The Phillies even started taking applications for World Series tickets. Then came the infamous "Phillie Phold". The Phold started on September 21, when Philadelphia lost 1–0 to Cincinnati with the only run scoring on a steal of home. The Phils were swept in three games by Cincinnati, who crept to within 3+1⁄2 games of first place. Then they were swept in four games by Milwaukee.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, The "Phillie Phold" and Cardinal comeback
On the 25th the Braves beat Philly in 12 innings. On the 26th they beat Philly by scoring three in the top of the ninth. On the 27th Milwaukee beat the Phils 14–8, extending their losing streak to seven games and dropping them out of first place for the first time in two months. Philadelphia was one game behind Cincinnati, while the Cardinals, who'd gone 6–1 during Philadelphia's streak, were in third place, 1.5 games back. The Phillies were feeling the pressure and making mistakes on the bases; in one fifteen-game stretch, 10 Phillies were thrown out trying to take an extra base.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, The "Phillie Phold" and Cardinal comeback
St. Louis and Philadelphia met for a crucial three-game series starting in St. Louis on September 28. The Cardinals won the first game 5–1, vaulting past Philly into second place, one game behind the idle Reds, with the Phils 1.5 games back. On the 29th the Cards beat the Phils 4–2 behind a strong start from Sadecki, and Cincinnati lost to visiting Pittsburgh. The Cardinals were in first place for the first time all year, tied with the Reds, with Philly 1.5 games back. On the 30th the Cardinals beat the Phillies again, 8–5, with Curt Simmons beating Bunning. Cincinnati lost to Pittsburgh at home again, and the Cardinals had sole possession of first place. Philadelphia had lost ten in a row and the Cardinals had won eight in a row.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, The "Phillie Phold" and Cardinal comeback
The Cardinals lost 1–0 on October 2 at home to the terrible Mets while the Phillies beat the Reds in Cincinnati to finally snap their losing streak. On the 3rd the Cardinals lost again to the Mets while the Phillies and Reds remained idle. St. Louis and Cincinnati were tied for first place with 92–69 records, while Philadelphia was one game behind at 91–70.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Regular season, The "Phillie Phold" and Cardinal comeback
On the last day of the season, October 4, the Phillies beat the Reds at Cincinnati again, but the Cardinals beat the visiting Mets 11–5 to win the pennant by one game, with a 93–69 record; if the Cardinals had lost that game, the regular schedule would have ended in a 3-way tie for the pennant. The "Phold" is remembered as one of the worst late-season collapses in baseball history. The Cardinals, having won their first pennant since 1946, would go on to face the mighty Yankees in the World Series.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals 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 St. Louis Cardinals 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 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, 1964 World Series
Playing in their first Series in eighteen years, and one that resembled a rematch of the two franchises' first encounter in 1926, the upstart "Redbirds" took on the veteran New York Yankees, featuring Ken Boyer's younger brother Clete, also an All-Star third baseman. Ken Boyer's stunning grand slam home run in Game 4 at Yankee Stadium, along with Gibson's overpowering pitching, was a key in a 4 games to 3 win by the Cardinals – their seventh World Series championship. This marked the end of the Yankee dynasty that saw 15 pennants in 18 seasons from 1947 to 1964. The Cardinals are the only one of the original eight National League teams to hold an overall World Series edge against the Yankees, 3 Series to 2.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, 1964 World Series
Before the regular season had ended, both the owners of the Cardinals and the Yankees had decided to replace their managers, Keane and Yogi Berra, after the season – regardless of outcome. When these two teams happened to meet in the World Series, this plan received a great deal of attention.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, 1964 World Series
Thirty years later, David Halberstam would chronicle the 1964 Cardinals and their World Series opponents the 1964 Yankees in the book October 1964.


1964 St. Louis Cardinals season, After the season
Busch changed his mind about Durocher and attempted to rehire his Series-winning manager, but Keane, angry at the way Busch had treated him and Devine, quit and became manager of the Yankees. Red Schoendienst took over as manager and led the team to two pennants and a championship in 1967 on his way to twelve seasons at the helm. The Sporting News named Bing Devine Baseball Executive of the Year a few months after he was fired and Keane Manager of the Year.


1964 Stanford Indians football team
The 1964 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. They were coached by John Ralston in his second season, and played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. Despite a generally mediocre season, the Indians dealt undefeated #7 Oregon its first loss and also beat #8 and Rose Bowl-bound Oregon State two weeks later.


1964 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1964 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1963–64 season, and the culmination of the 1964 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested between the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings for the second straight year. The Maple Leafs won the best-of-seven series, four games to three, to win the Stanley Cup, their third-straight championship. As of 2019, this was the last time the Stanley Cup Finals had ended before the month of May. There would not be another game seven at Maple Leaf Gardens for almost three decades.


1964 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Toronto defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4–3 to advance to the finals and Detroit defeated the Chicago Black Hawks 4–3.


1964 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
This series is famous for the courageous play of Bob Baun. In game six of the Final, he took a Gordie Howe slapshot on his ankle and had to leave play. He returned in overtime and scored the winning goal. He also played in game seven despite the pain and only after the series was over, was it revealed that he had played on a fractured ankle.


1964 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Until the 2008–09 Final, John MacMillan was the only player to play in back-to-back Finals with different teams in successive series that pitted the same teams against each other. MacMillan won the Cup with the 1963 Toronto Maple Leafs in a five-game decision over Detroit and then lost the 1964 Cup Final to the Leafs as a member of the Red Wings.


1964 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 1964 Stanley Cup was presented to Maple Leafs captain George Armstrong by NHL President Clarence Campbell following the Maple Leafs 4–0 win over the Red Wings in game seven.


1964 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Maple Leafs players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


1964 Star World Championships
The 1964 Star World Championships were held in Boston, USA in 1964.


1964 Star World Championships, Results
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DSA – Disabled; DSQ – Disqualified; WDR – Withdrew;


1964 State College of Iowa Panthers football team
The 1964 State College of Iowa Panthers football team represented the State College of Iowa in the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. The Panthers offense scored 269 points while the defense allowed 100 points.


1964 Sugar Bowl
The 1964 Sugar Bowl was the thirtieth edition of the college football bowl game, played at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, January 1. Part of the 1963–64 bowl game season, it matched the seventh-ranked Ole Miss Rebels and the #8 Alabama Crimson Tide, both of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), although the two teams had not met in years.


1964 Sugar Bowl
The matchup was the first between the flagship universities of these neighboring states in almost two decades (1944), and only the second in over thirty years. In a defensive struggle, Alabama upset the Rebels 12–7 without scoring a touchdown.


1964 Sugar Bowl
New Orleans received a rare substantial snowfall of 3.6 inches (9 cm) the previous day, and cleared snow lay in large banks around the edges of the field.


1964 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Alabama
This was Bear Bryant's sixth season as head coach at Alabama. The Crimson Tide lost to Florida and long-time rival Auburn en route to an 8–2 regular season. Originally wanting to pit Navy against Ole Miss, the Sugar Bowl extended the invitation to Alabama with two weeks remaining in the regular season. This was their seventeenth bowl appearance and the fourth in the Sugar Bowl.


1964 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Alabama
On December 9, several days prior to the regular season finale against Miami, junior quarterback Joe Namath was suspended for the remainder of the season by Bryant. Sophomore Steve Sloan started at quarterback for the Crimson Tide in the final two games.


1964 Sugar Bowl, Teams, Mississippi
The 1963 squad was Johnny Vaught's seventeenth as head coach at Ole Miss. The Rebels did not lose a regular season game, but tied Memphis State and long-time rival Mississippi State en route to a 7–0–2 record. This was their twelfth bowl appearance and the seventh in the Sugar Bowl.


1964 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
The Sugar Bowl kicked off at 1 pm CST, as did the Cotton and Orange Bowls. The temperature was 40 °F (4 °C).


1964 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
The game was a defensive slugfest, with thirteen turnovers and nine punts. Alabama scored its first points on a 31-yard field goal by Tim Davis. In the second quarter, Davis kicked field goals of 46 and 22-yards to give Alabama a 9–0 lead at halftime.


1964 Sugar Bowl, Game summary
In the third quarter, Davis had a 48-yard field goal to extend the Alabama lead to 12–0. Early in the fourth quarter, Ole Miss scored the only touchdown of the game when Perry Lee Dunn threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Larry Smith. Alabama then held their lead and won the game 12–7. For his four field goal performance, Tim Davis was named the Sugar Bowl MVP.


1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics (Japanese: 1964年夏季オリンピック, Hepburn: 1964-Nen Kaki Orinpikku), officially the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (Japanese: 第18回オリンピック競技大会, Hepburn: Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai) and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (Japanese: 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki due to Japan's invasion of China, before ultimately being cancelled due to World War II. Tokyo was chosen as the host city during the 55th IOC Session in West Germany on 26 May 1959.


1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in Asia, and marked the first time South Africa was excluded due to the use of its apartheid system in sports. Until 1960, South Africa had fielded segregated teams, conforming to the country's racial classifications; for the 1964 Games the International Olympic Committee demanded a multi-racial delegation to be sent, and after South Africa refused, they were excluded from participating. The country was, however, allowed to compete at the 1964 Summer Paralympics, also held in Tokyo, its Paralympic Games debut.


1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Games were also the first to be telecast internationally without the need for tapes to be flown overseas, as they had been for the 1960 Olympics four years earlier. The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, and from there to Europe using Relay 1. These were also the first Olympic Games to have color telecasts, albeit partially. Certain events such as the sumo wrestling and judo matches, sports popular in Japan, were tried out using Toshiba's new colour transmission system, but only for the domestic market. The entire 1964 Olympic Games was chronicled in the ground-breaking 1965 sports documentary film Tokyo Olympiad, directed by Kon Ichikawa.


1964 Summer Olympics
The games were scheduled for mid-October to avoid the city's midsummer heat and humidity and the September typhoon season. The previous Olympics in Rome in 1960 started in late August and experienced hot weather. The following games in 1968 in Mexico City also began in October. The 1964 Olympics were also the last to use a traditional cinder track for the track events. Since 1968, a smooth, synthetic, all-weather track has been used. The United States won the most gold medals, while the Soviet Union won the most overall medals.


1964 Summer Olympics
Tokyo hosted the 2020 Summer Olympics, making it the first city in Asia to host the Summer Olympic Games twice. Japan also hosted the Winter Olympics twice with the Sapporo 1972 and Nagano 1998 games.


1964 Summer Olympics, Host city selection
Tokyo won the rights to the Games on 26 May 1959 at the 55th IOC Session in Munich, West Germany, over bids from Detroit, Brussels and Vienna.


1964 Summer Olympics, Host city selection
Toronto was an early bidder again in 1964 after the failed attempt for 1960 and failed to make the final round.


1964 Summer Olympics, Sports
The 1964 Summer Olympics featured 19 different sports encompassing 25 disciplines, and medals were awarded in 163 events. In the list below, the number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.


1964 Summer Olympics, Sports
Note: In the Japan Olympic Committee report, sailing is listed as "yachting".


1964 Summer Olympics, Medal count
Conventionally, countries are ranked by the number of gold medals they receive, followed then by the number of silver medals and, finally, bronze.


1964 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees
Ninety-three nations were represented at the 1964 Games. Sixteen nations made their first Olympic appearance in Tokyo: Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire (as Ivory Coast), Dominican Republic, Libya (but it withdrew before the competition), Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Northern Rhodesia, Senegal, and Tanzania (as Tanganyika).


1964 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees
Northern Rhodesia achieved full independence as Zambia on the same day as the closing ceremony. Athletes from Southern Rhodesia competed under the banner of Rhodesia; this was the last of three appearances at the Summer Olympics by a Rhodesian representation. Zimbabwe would later make its first appearance at the 1980 Summer Olympics.


1964 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany, as they had done previously in 1956 and 1960. The nations would enter separate teams beginning with the 1968 Winter Olympics.


1964 Summer Olympics, Participating National Olympic Committees
Indonesia was banned from the 1964 Olympics, due to its refusal to allow Israeli and Taiwanese athletes visas at the 1962 Asian Games. Indonesia was originally banned on the meeting which took place in Lausanne on 7 February 1963. The decision was changed on 26 June 1964 citing the changed position of the Government of Indonesia towards the Tokyo games.


1964 Summer Olympics, Transportation and communications
These games were the first to be telecast internationally. The games were telecast to the United States using Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, and from there to Europe using Relay 1, an older satellite which allowed only 15–20 minutes of broadcast during each of its orbits. Total broadcast time of programs delivered via satellite was 5 hours 41 minutes in the United States, 12 hours 27 minutes in Europe, and 14 hours 18 minutes in Canada. Pictures were received via satellite in the United States, Canada, and 21 countries in Europe.


1964 Summer Olympics, Transportation and communications
Several broadcasters recorded some sports from Japan and flown over to their countries. While the agreement to use satellite to transmit the games live to the United States was a proud achievement for the American government and Hughes Corporation which developed the satellites, NBC the rights holder had little interest in the project. NBC's participation was due to pressure from the Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs Averell Harriman, and NBC intended to record the live transmissions for later use in sponsored shows.


1964 Summer Olympics, Transportation and communications
NBC broadcast the opening ceremonies live on the East coast of the United States, but delayed the broadcast on the West coast to 1:00 a.m. so Johnny Carson's Tonight Show would not be interrupted. When pressed on the issue NBC announced there would be no more live telecasts which angered the American State Department which saw the broadcasts as a matter of national prestige, and also the Hughes Aircraft Company who won the bid to build the satellite system over RCA which owned NBC.


1964 Summer Olympics, Transportation and communications
TRANSPAC-1, the first trans-Pacific communications cable from Japan to Hawaii was also finished in June 1964 in time for these games. Before this, most communications from Japan to other countries were via shortwave.


1964 Summer Olympics, Transportation and communications
The start of operations for the first Japanese bullet train (the Tokaido Shinkansen) between Tokyo Station and Shin-Ōsaka Station was scheduled to coincide with the Olympic games. The first regularly scheduled train ran on 1 October 1964, just nine days before the opening of the games, transporting passengers 515 kilometers (320 mi) in about four hours, and connecting the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.


1964 Summer Olympics, Transportation and communications
Some already-planned upgrades to both highways and commuter rail lines were rescheduled for completion in time for these games. Of the eight main expressways approved by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 1959, No. 1, No. 4 and a portion of No. 2 and No. 3 were completed for the games. Two subway lines totaling 22 kilometers (14 mi) were also completed in time for the games, and the port of Tokyo facilities were expanded to handle the anticipated traffic.


1964 Summer Olympics, Transportation and communications
As a visual aid for foreign visitors to the Games, this Olympics was the first to use pictograms, created by Masasa Katzumie, to represent each event visually. This became a standard visual component of the modern Olympics ever since.


1964 Summer Olympics, Cost
The Oxford Olympics Study established the outturn cost of the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics at US$282 million in 2015-dollars. This includes sports-related costs only, that is, (i) operational costs incurred by the organizing committee for the purpose of staging the Games, e.g., expenditures for technology, transportation, workforce, administration, security, catering, ceremonies, and medical services, and (ii) direct capital costs incurred by the host city and country or private investors to build, e.g., the competition venues, the Olympic village, international broadcast center, and media and press center, which are required to host the Games.


1964 Summer Olympics, Cost
Indirect capital costs are not included, such as for road, rail, or airport infrastructure, or for hotel upgrades or other business investment incurred in preparation for the Games but not directly related to staging the Games. The cost for Tokyo 1964 compares with costs of US$4.6 billion for Rio 2016, US$40–44 billion for Beijing 2008 and US$51 billion for Sochi 2014, the most expensive Olympics in history. Average cost for Summer Games since 1960 is US$5.2 billion.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo celebrated Japan's progress and reemergence on the world stage. The new Japan was no longer a wartime enemy, but a peaceful country that threatened no one, and this transformation was accomplished in fewer than 20 years.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
To host such a major event, Tokyo's infrastructure needed to be modernized in time for large numbers of expected tourists. Enormous energy and expense was devoted to upgrading the city's physical infrastructure, including new buildings, highways, stadiums, hotels, airports and trains. There was a new satellite to facilitate live international broadcast. Multiple train and subway lines, a large highway building project, and the Tokaido Shinkansen, the fastest train in the world, were completed. Tokyo International Airport and the Port of Tokyo were modernized.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
International satellite broadcasting was initiated, and Japan was now connected to the world with a new undersea communications cable. The YS-11, a commercial turboprop plane developed in Japan, was used to transport the Olympic Flame within Japan. For swimming, a new timing system started the clock by the sound of the starter gun and stopped it with touchpads. The photo finish using a photograph with lines on it was introduced to determine the results of sprints. All of this demonstrated that Japan was now part of the first world and a technological leader, and at the same time demonstrated how other countries might modernize. In preparation for the games, 200,000 stray cats and dogs were rounded up and killed.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
Unfortunately, however, the construction projects resulted in environmental damage, forced relocations for residents, and loss of industry. In addition, corruption by politicians and construction companies resulted in cost overruns and shoddy work.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
Although public opinion about the Olympics in Japan had initially been split, by the time the games started almost everyone was behind them. The broadcast of the opening ceremony was watched by over 70% of the viewing public, and the women's volleyball team's gold medal match was watched by over 80%.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
As with many other Olympics, observers later stated that 1964 Olympic preparation and construction projects had had a negative effect on the environment and lower income people.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
The Cary Grant film Walk, Don't Run was filmed during the Tokyo Olympics, and set in Tokyo during the Olympics. A message at the beginning of the film thanks the Japanese Government and Tokyo Police for putting up with them filming in crowded Tokyo.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
The Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill takes place one year before the Tokyo Olympics and refers to the upcoming games. The official poster can be seen several times in the film.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
Tokyo attempted to bring the Olympic Games back to the city, having unsuccessfully bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, which were awarded to Rio de Janeiro. Tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics games, making it the first Asian city to host the games twice. The worldwide coronavirus pandemic, however, forced the organizers to postpone the games to summer 2021, the first time that an Olympic Games was cancelled or rescheduled during peacetime.


1964 Summer Olympics, Legacy
The Japan Society Fall 2019 exhibition, Made in Tokyo: Architecture and Living, 1964/2020, is an architectural exhibition that examines the social, cultural, economic, and political impacts of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics on the modernization of the Tokyo landscape (Homes, Offices, Retail Businesses, Athletic Stadiums, Hotels, and Transportation Stations). The exhibition was curated by the Japanese architectural firm Atelier Bow-Wow.


1964 Summer Olympics, Boycotting countries
North Korea withdrew its athletes from the 1964 Summer Olympics just before the Games were due to start, as the IOC were refusing to accept any athletes who had participated in the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) held in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 1963. China and Indonesia also chose not to attend the Tokyo Games due to GANEFO issues.


1964 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
The Closing Ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics took place on October 24, 1964, in the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.


1964 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
The athletes from each country entered informus, despite plans to have a formal entrance. There did not appear to be any backup plan to sort athletes into their respective countries, and as a result the athletes rushed the field, sometimes arm in arm or riding piggyback, in a disorganized and chaotic spectacle. Zambia had just declared independence from Northern Rhodesia on that day and proudly marched under a newly made placard, but other placards were nowhere to be seen. The Japanese television networks were praised for covering the event live without losing their professional demeanor.


1964 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
When order was restored, the officially regulated ceremony was held, overseen by IOC president Avery Brundage. The athletes stood in a circle holding lights, and the large display above the field changed to read "SAYONARA". The national anthems of Greece, Japan, and Mexico as the next Olympic host country  were played. As the closing ceremony completed with fireworks, the audience sang Hotaru no Hikari (the tune of Auld Lang Syne).


1964 Summer Olympics medal table
This is the full table of the medal table of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.


1964 Summer Olympics medal table
These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.


1964 Summer Olympics national flag bearers
During the Parade of Nations portion of the 1964 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes from each country participating in the Olympics paraded in the arena, preceded by their flag. The flag was borne by a sportsperson from that country chosen either by the National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves to represent their country. Although the Games were held in Japan, English was used to organize the Parade of Nations instead of Japanese. Had the parade followed the Japanese characters, Greece would have been followed by Iceland, and Rhodesia would have been the penultimate country before Japan. The Japanese language order would not be introduced until 2020 when the country hosted the games for the second time.


1964 Summer Paralympics
The 1964 Summer Paralympics (Japanese: 1964年夏季パラリンピック, Hepburn: 1964-Nen Kaki Pararinpikku), originally known as the 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games and also known as Paralympic Tokyo 1964, were the second Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Tokyo, Japan, and were the last Summer Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Summer Olympics until the 1988 Summer Paralympics.


1964 Summer Paralympics
The 1964 Games, although still formally an edition of the International Stoke Mandeville Games, were the first to use the term "Paralympic" in association with the event; the term "Paralympic Games" was approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) first in 1984, while the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) was formed in 1989.


1964 Summer Paralympics
In contrast with the 1960 Games, many events had more than three participants, meaning that athletes were no longer guaranteed a medal upon completing their event.


1964 Summer Paralympics, Sports
Nine sports were competed at the 1964 games. In athletics, a wheelchair racing event in the form of a 60 m dash was added; previously the athletics program had included only field events. Wheelchair racing has since become one of the most prominent Paralympic events.


1964 Summer Paralympics, Medal table
Athletes from 17 of the 19 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) won at least one medal. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.


1964 Summer Paralympics, Medal table
With a few exceptions, each event contributed one medal of each type to the table (although for team events, multiple physical medals were actually awarded). Two bronze medals were awarded in the dartchery, snooker and table tennis events. Some swimming events did not award silver or bronze medals.


1964 Summer Paralympics, Medal table
Since at the dawn of the Paralympic Games there was no precision in reporting the results of the competitions, the Israeli athlete Michal Escapa was indicated with the Italian nationality and without prename (and so she is mentioned in the International Paralympic Committee of the Italian Paralympic Committee web sites) for the reports of the Swimming at the 1964 Summer Paralympics where she won two bronze medals, simply reported as Escapa and not as Michal Escapa. However, as can be seen from a 1968 Israeli newspaper reporting an interview with the athlete, she was the same athlete who had won medals in swimming and table tennis in Tokyo 1964.


1964 Summer Paralympics, Medal table
Athletes with outstanding performances included Margaret Harriman of Rhodesia who won two gold medals in archery, and Serge Bec of France who won two individuals gold medals, one team gold medal and one team silver medal. Dick Thompson of the United Kingdom won two individual golds, one silver and one bronze in athletics. The United States' Ron Stein won six golds and South Africa's Daniel Erasmus won two golds and two silvers in athletics.


1964 Summer Paralympics, Participating delegations
The 1964 Games marked South Africa's Paralympic Games début. The country had just been banned from taking part in the Olympic Games, due to its policy of apartheid, and was thus absent from the 1964 Summer Olympics. It was not, however, banned from the Paralympics until 1980, and Japan (as host country) did not oppose its participation. A letter from archery medalist Irene Preslipski published in the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader of December 1st 1964 also mentions delegations from Ceylon, Mexico and the Philippines marching in the opening ceremony.


1964 Summer Paralympics, Ceremonies
The Opening ceremony was organized in the Oda Field, and the Closing Ceremony at Yoyogi National Gymnasium. About 5000 spectators were present at both of the ceremonies. Then Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko were present in both of them.


1964 Summer Paralympics, Media coverage
Earlier it was thought that the Games might not get much media coverage, due to the focus on the Olympic Games, but both radio and television media gave high coverage to the Games.


1964 Summer Paralympics, Organizing Committee
Yoshisuke Kasai was the chairman of the board of directors. The board had 3 vice-chairmen, namely T. Azuma, H. Dazai and I. Miki. The auditor of the organizing committee was M. Tozawa, and the secretary general was K. Ujiie.


1964 Summer Paralympics medal table
The 13th International Stoke Mandeville Games, later known as the 1964 Summer Paralympics, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from November 3 to 12, 1964, in which paraplegic and tetraplegic athletes competed against one another. The Stoke Mandeville Games were a forerunner to the Paralympics first organized by Sir Ludwig Guttmann in 1948. This medal table ranks the competing National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes.


1964 Summer Paralympics medal table
A total of 418 medals were awarded in 9 sports. Athletes from 17 of the 19 competing NPCs won at least one medal with the United States taking both the most gold medals, with 50, and most in total, with 123. The host nation Japan won 10 medals at the Games: 1 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze. The debuting NPCs included Japan, South Africa, Sweden and Fiji. South Africa, despite being banned from the Olympics, was present at the 1964 Paralympics.


1964 Summer Paralympics medal table
Athletes with outstanding performances included Margaret Harriman of Rhodesia who won two gold medals in archery, and Serge Bec of France who won two individuals gold medals, one team gold medal and one team silver medal. Dick Thompson of the United Kingdom won two individual golds, one silver and one bronze in athletics. The United States' Ron Stein won six golds and South Africa's Daniel Erasmus won two golds and two silvers in athletics.


1964 Summer Paralympics medal table, Medal table
The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a "nation" is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.


1964 Summer Paralympics medal table, Medal table
With a few exceptions, each event contributed one medal of each type to the table (although for team events, multiple physical medals were actually awarded). Two bronze medals were awarded in the dartchery, snooker and table tennis events. Some swimming events did not award silver or bronze medals.


1964 Summer Paralympics medal table, Medal table
The US dominated the medal standings. Great Britain finished second, followed by Italy, Australia and Rhodesia.


1964 Sun Bowl
The 1964 Sun Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the Georgia Bulldogs.


1964 Sun Bowl, Background
In Vince Dooley's first year with the Bulldogs, he had guided them to a 2nd-place finish in the Southeastern Conference, with a highlight win over 9th ranked Florida, earning him SEC Coach of the Year honors. The Red Raiders had finished 4th in the Southwest Conference, an improvement from the 6th and 8th places that they had finished the past four seasons. This was Georgia's first Sun Bowl appearance and Texas Tech's fifth appearance. This was the first Sun Bowl televised on television. Both teams had averaged over 300 yards on the season on offense.


1964 Sun Bowl, Game summary
A 52-yard pass from Preston Ridlehuber to Fred Barber proved to be the pivotal play of the game, as it got Georgia into Tech territory. Three plays later, Frank Lankewicz scored on a touchdown plunge from two yards out to give Georgia a 7-0 lead. The Red Raiders had two chances in the final nine minutes, both ending unsuccessfully. Tech drove all the way to the 18 yard line of the Bulldogs, but they could not convert on fourth down. The Red Raiders got the ball back quickly after a Ridlehuber fumble at the 17. But quarterback Tom Wilson's pass was intercepted soon after by Vance Evans, and Tech never threatened after that. Georgia fumbled twice in Red Raider territory and failed on fourth down from the Tech one, but they stymied the Red Raider offense on their way to victory.


1964 Sun Bowl, Aftermath
The Red Raiders have returned to the Sun Bowl three times since this game, but none since 1993. Georgia returned to the Sun Bowl in 1969, and in 1985.


1964 Sutton London Borough Council election
The 1964 Sutton Council election took place on 7 May 1964 to elect members of Sutton London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party gained control of the council.


1964 Sutton London Borough Council election, Background
These elections were the first to the newly formed borough. Previously elections had taken place in the Municipal Borough of Beddington and Wallington, Municipal Borough of Sutton and Cheam and Carshalton Urban District. These boroughs and districts were joined to form the new London Borough of Barnet by the London Government Act 1963.


1964 Sutton London Borough Council election, Background
A total of 157 candidates stood in the election for the 51 seats being contested across 25 wards. These included a full slate from the Conservative and Labour parties, while the Liberals stood 42 candidates. Other candidates included 10 Residents and 3 Communists. There were 24 two-seat wards and 1 three-seat wards.


1964 Sutton London Borough Council election, Background
This election had aldermen as well as directly elected councillors. The Conservatives got 5 aldermen and Labour 3.


1964 Sutton London Borough Council election, Background
The Council was elected in 1964 as a "shadow authority" but did not start operations until 1 April 1965.


1964 Sutton London Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives gain the new council with a majority of 9 after winning 30 of the 51 seats. Overall turnout in the election was 45.0%. This turnout included 653 postal votes.


1964 Swazi constitutional referendum
A referendum on repealing the constitution was held in Swaziland on 19 January 1964. It had been called by King Sobhuza II following the imposition of a constitution by the British colonial authorities in 1963, which he opposed due to its democratic aspects and the weakening of his position. The constitution had been imposed on the colony due to the failure of the Swaziland National Council (which represented the Swazi traditional aristocracy) and the European Advisory Council (representing white settlers) to agree on one.


1964 Swazi constitutional referendum
The referendum was boycotted by political parties, and the result (99.87% in favour of repealing) ignored by the colonial authorities. A general election was held later in the year according to the constitution.


1964 Swazi general election
General elections were held in Swaziland in June 1964. The result was a victory for the Imbokodvo National Movement, which won eight of the directly-elected seats and all eight Tinkhundla seats.


1964 Swazi general election, Electoral system
The elections were held using two voter rolls; a national roll elected eight Africans in "Open seats" and four Europeans from "Reserved seats" between 23 and 25 June, whilst a European roll elected a further four Europeans on 17 June. A further eight seats were elected by the Tinkhundla ("chiefdoms grouped for age regiment mobilisation").


1964 Swedish football Division 2
Statistics of Swedish football Division 2 for the 1964 season.


1964 Swedish general election
General elections were held in Sweden on 20 September 1964. The Swedish Social Democratic Party remained the largest party, winning 113 of the 233 seats in the Second Chamber of the Riksdag. Tage Erlander's Social Democratic government was returned to power.


1964 Swedish general election, Results
Civic Unity was a joint list of the three right-wing parties in Malmö. One of its elected candidates was a member of the Centre Party, but sat as an independent.


1964 Swedish general election, Results
The Middle Parties was a joint list of the Centre Party and People's Party that contested some constituencies.


1964 Swiss referendums
Three referendums were held in Switzerland in 1964. The first was held on 2 February on granting a general tax amnesty, and was rejected by voters. The second was held on 24 May on a federal law on vocational education, and was approved by voters. The third was held on 6 December on continuing with price controls, and was also approved by voters.


1964 Syracuse Grand Prix
The 13th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 12 April 1964 at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was run over 40 laps of the circuit, reduced from the original race distance of 56 laps due to bad weather, after lobbying from Jo Bonnier on behalf of the GPDA. The race was won easily by British driver John Surtees in a Ferrari 158.


1964 Syracuse Grand Prix
Jo Siffert was injured in a crash during the practice sessions, in which he rolled his Lotus 24.


1964 Syracuse Grand Prix
During the race, Peter Arundell's Lotus developed gearbox trouble, and he swapped cars with Mike Spence. Arundell took the healthy Lotus to third place after a close fight with Lorenzo Bandini, while Spence retired the other one soon after the swap.


1964 Syracuse Orangemen football team
The 1964 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Orangemen were led by 16th-year head coach Ben Schwartzwalder and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the regular season with a record of 7–3 and ranked 12th in the Coaches' Poll. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl, where they lost to LSU.


1964 São Paulo FC season
The 1964 football season was São Paulo's 35th season since club's existence.


1964 T-39 shootdown incident
On 28 January 1964, an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner aircraft of the United States Air Force was shot down while on a training mission over Erfurt, East Germany, by a MiG-19 jet fighter of the Soviet Air Force. The occupants of the aircraft were Lieutenant Colonel Gerald K. Hannaford, Captain Donald Grant Millard and Captain John F. Lorraine. All three died, becoming direct casualties of the Cold War in Europe.


1964 T-39 shootdown incident, Background
The Cold War developed between the Soviet bloc and the United States, Canada, and Western European nations. Tensions were highest between the United States and the Soviet Union in the regions bordering the Iron Curtain, notably West Germany and East Germany, and relations between the two superpowers were characterized by hostile attitudes, spying, and numerous incidents resulting in loss of life and equipment. One of the most famous of these is the 1960 U-2 incident when the Soviets shot down a Lockheed U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union in May 1960.


1964 T-39 shootdown incident, Event
On 28 January 1964, an unarmed USAF North American T-39A Sabreliner twin engine jet trainer, 62-4448, of the 7101st Air Base Wing, departed Wiesbaden, West Germany, at 14:10 hours on a routine three-hour training flight. On board the trainer were three men, Captain John F. Lorraine and students Lieutenant Colonel Gerald K. Hannaford and Captain Donald G. Millard. Lorraine was the qualified instructor, while Hannaford and Millard, both pilots with experience on other types, were being trained in order to qualify on the T-39.


1964 T-39 shootdown incident, Event
The flight proceeded uneventfully until, 47 minutes after takeoff, radar at two U.S. air defense stations noticed that the trainer was heading toward East Germany at 500 miles per hour (800 km/h). Hoping to divert the T-39 back on course, each station began hailing the plane on Air Force frequencies and a Soviet-monitored international distress band. Repeated calls to the T-39 went unanswered. It appeared that the T-39's radio systems malfunctioned and the crew were unable to respond.


1964 T-39 shootdown incident, Event
The T-39 crossed the border into East Germany. Within five minutes, two blips appeared near the American jet. For 11 minutes, radar blips indicated the three planes were moving eastward, then two blips suddenly veered west and the third blip disappeared. American personnel monitoring the T-39's flight could not determine what had happened, although it was later reported that residents in Vogelsberg, 50 miles (80 km) from the border, had heard machine-gun and cannon fire and had witnessed the plane crash. The incident is believed to have occurred at 15:14 hours.


1964 T-39 shootdown incident, Event
At 17:00 hours on 28 January the United States Military Liaison Mission (USMLM), in Berlin, received a warning to stand by for possible search and rescue of American airmen. By 18:00 hours, a search team left Berlin for the Erfurt area of East Germany. At 19:15 hours, the chief of the USMLM met with his Soviet counterpart to request help in finding the plane and rescuing survivors (in accordance with the Huebner–Malinin Agreement).


1964 T-39 shootdown incident, Event
At 20:00 hours, a second search team left Berlin. About this same time, the first team arrived at the crash site, 20 kilometers (12 mi) north of Erfurt. The first team received a report from an East German civilian that a U.S. plane had crashed and burned, and that the crew was dead. Throughout the night, the American teams tried to approach the aircraft and were repeatedly sent away by the armed Soviet forces on site. These forces denied that any aircraft had crashed, and two American search teams were detained briefly before being released at 14:00 hours on 29 January.


1964 T-39 shootdown incident, Aftermath
By 29 January, the United States State Department charged that the Soviet Union shot down an unarmed plane and caused the needless deaths of three officers. Secretary of State Dean Rusk called the action a "shocking and senseless act." Through the Soviet press agency, Tass, Moscow claimed that the plane had intruded over East German territory and failed to react to signals, and then a warning shot. The Soviets said they were compelled to take the measure that brought down the U.S. plane.


1964 T-39 shootdown incident, Aftermath
On 30 January, the Soviets agreed to allow US personnel access to the crash site. This occurred the following day and later the bodies of all three servicemen were returned to the United States through Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. General Curtis E. LeMay met the plane and participated in an honors ceremony. The aircraft wreckage was also recovered and was taken to Berlin, arriving there on 1 February 1964.


1964 T-39 shootdown incident, Memorial
Residents from the nearby town of Vogelsberg in Thuringia erected a memorial to the three downed pilots, in 1998, once the "Iron Curtain" had been lifted.


1964 TANFL season
The 1964 Tasmanian Australian National Football League (TANFL) premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition staged in Hobart, Tasmania over nineteen (19) roster rounds and four (4) finals series matches between 4 April and 12 September 1964.


1964 TANFL season, Participating Clubs, TANFL Under-19's Grand Final
State Schools Old Boys Football Association (SSOBFA) (Saturday, 19 September 1964)


1964 TANFL season, 1964 TANFL Ladder, Grand Final
Source: All scores and statistics courtesy of the Hobart Mercury and Saturday Evening Mercury (SEM) publications.


1964 TCU Horned Frogs football team
The 1964 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 4–6 overall and 3–4 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Abe Martin in his 12th year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.


1964 Tampa Spartans football team
The 1964 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. It was the Spartans' 28th season. The team was led by head coach Sam Bailey, in his first year, and played their home games at Phillips Field in Tampa, Florida. They finished with a record of four wins and six losses (4–6).


1964 Tangerine Bowl
The 1964 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game between the East Carolina Pirates and the UMass Redmen, played in Orlando, Florida.


1964 Tangerine Bowl, Background
From 1964 through 1967, the Tangerine Bowl was one of four postseason games in the NCAA College Division, the Atlantic regional final. The 1964 game had the Redmen of the Yankee Conference and the independent Pirates.


1964 Tangerine Bowl, Background
The other three regional finals in the College Division were the Pecan, Grantland Rice, and Camellia bowls, also played on December 12.


1964 Tangerine Bowl, Game summary
The game ultimately was decided by special teams. The Redmen scored twice on Jerry Whelchel touchdown passes. However, on the second extra point, Whelchel's kick went wide, and the lead was 13–0. The Pirates then came up with a touchdown on a George Richardson run to narrow the lead. But when they tried to make the deficit smaller, the 2-point conversion attempt failed, leaving it at 13–6. In the fourth quarter, the Pirates went on a 90-yard drive, culminating in a 9-yard run by tailback Bill Cline. Rather than going for the tie, they went for the win; the 2-point conversion succeeded on a pass from Cline to Dave Bumgarner, giving the Pirates the lead and ultimately the win. Cline was named the game's MVP.


1964 Tangerine Bowl, Aftermath
East Carolina also played in the 1965 Tangerine Bowl and then moved to the University Division in 1966, and have since played in multiple bowl games at the Division I (now FBS) level. Massachusetts played in the Boardwalk Bowl in 1972; the team moved to the new Division I-AA (now FCS) in 1978, and then to FBS in 2012.


1964 Tangerine Bowl, Notes
Some websites state Massachusetts quarterback Jerry Whelchel was the game's MVP, however contemporary newspaper accounts only recognize Cline. The UMass website states Whelchel was his team's MVP ("UMass' MVP") for the game.


1964 Targa Florio
The 48° Targa Florio took place on 26 April 1964, on the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, Sicily (Italy). Porsche took the overall victory.


1964 Targa Florio, Race
The event was marked by the absence of Scuderia Ferrari: FIA refused to homologate the brand new 250 LM as a GT-class racer, and Ferrari boycotted the race in protest. The Ferraris that took part in the race were all driven by privateers. The prototype-class Porsche 718 RS Spyder driven by Jo Bonnier and Graham Hill took the lead, but had to retire during the second lap.


1964 Targa Florio, Race
Then the leading Porsche 904/8 of Edgar Barth and Umberto Maglioli suffered some time-wasting issue and was overtaken by the Ferrari 250 GTO '64 of Carlo Facetti and Jean Guichet, which had to retire during lap 6 for gearbox issues. The Shelby Cobra's debut at the Targa Florio was disappointing as they soon proved too heavy and unwieldy for the narrow and twisty track. In the end, the podium went to 3 GT-class, with Porsche scoring a double victory with the 904 GTS of Antonio Pucci/Colin Davis and Gianni Balzarini/Herbert Linge, respectively.


1964 Tasman Series
The 1964 Tasman Series was an international motor racing series contested in New Zealand and Australia over eight races beginning on 4 January and ending on 2 March. It was the first Tasman Series. The series, which was officially known as the Tasman Championship for Drivers, was organised jointly by the Association of New Zealand Car Clubs Inc. and the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport with the winning driver awarded the Tasman Cup. The championship was open to racing cars using unsupercharged engines of up to 2,500 c.c. capacity.


1964 Tasman Series
The inaugural series was a battle of the British-based expatriates with a two-car team led by Australian Jack Brabham and a two-car team of Coopers from Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, led by the New Zealander Bruce McLaren. Although Denny Hulme won the opening round of the series, McLaren took a trifecta of wins in New Zealand setting up the title win. When the teams moved to Australia, Brabham won the first three races, ensuring a thrilling finish, however Brabham was unable to better his score and therefore McLaren emerged as champion. The last round of the series at Longford was won by the Englishman, Graham Hill, securing sixth place in the final standings as a result. Brabham led the final race until the last laps before his car suffered a transmission failure.


1964 Tasman Series
The most successful of the local-based drivers was John Youl. Although the Cooper T55 he was driving was three-years old, he took the aging car to six top five finishes. Australian Bib Stillwell only completed in three races, twice beating Youl, including a second place in the Australian Grand Prix. Another competitive local was Frank Matich in his Repco Brabham BT7A, taking pole at Warwick Farm. Whilst leading, his suspension broke and he was forced to retire. With a further four retirements, Matich only finished one race, gaining a third place at Longford.


1964 Tasman Series, Results and standings, Points system
Championship points were awarded at each race on the following basis:


1964 Tasman Series, Results and standings, Points system
Championship placings were determined by points won by drivers in the New Zealand Grand Prix and any two of the other three races held in New Zealand, plus the Australian Grand Prix and any two of the other three races held in Australia.


1964 Tasmanian state election
The Tasmanian state election, 1964 was held on 2 May 1964  in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system — seven members were elected from each of five electorates.


1964 Tasmanian state election
The Labor Party, in power since 1934, was seeking a tenth term in office, and Premier Eric Reece was contesting his second election in that role, this time against Leader of the Opposition Angus Bethune of the Liberal Party. Despite its longevity, the peculiarities of the Tasmanian Hare-Clark system meant it had served as a minority government with the support of independents since the 1946 election.


1964 Tasmanian state election
This was the first and only time that a Tasmanian Government won a tenth consecutive term in office.


1964 Tasmanian state election, Results
Labor won a majority in the House of Assembly with 19 of the 35 seats. Dr Reg Turnbull, the former Labor treasurer who had won 27.9% as an independent in Bass in 1959 (equal to 5.64% of the statewide vote) departed in 1961 for the Australian Senate, with most of his vote returning to his former party.


1964 Tasmanian state election, Results
Tasmanian state election, 2 May 1964House of Assembly << 1959–1969 >>


1964 Taça de Portugal Final
The 1964 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1963–64 Taça de Portugal, the 24th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 5 July 1964 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Benfica and Porto. Benfica defeated Porto 6–2 to claim their twelfth Taça de Portugal.


1964 Temple Owls football team
The 1964 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. In its fifth season under head coach George Makris, the team compiled a 7–2 record (4–1 against MAC opponents) and finished third out of seven teams in the MAC's University Division. The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.


1964 Tennessee Volunteers football team
The 1964 Tennessee Volunteers football team (variously "Tennessee", "UT" or the "Vols") represented the University of Tennessee in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Playing as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the team was led by head coach Doug Dickey, in his first year, and played their home games at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. They finished the season with a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1 overall, 1–5–1 in the SEC). The Volunteers offense scored 80 points while the defense allowed 121 points.


1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team
The 1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team represented Texas A&M University in the 1964 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Aggies played their home games at Travis Park. The team was coached by Tom Chandler in his 6th year at Texas A&M.


1964 Texas A&M Aggies baseball team
The Aggies won the District VI playoff to advance to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Seton Hall.


1964 Texas A&M Aggies football team
The 1964 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). The Aggies were led by head coach Hank Foldberg in his third season and finished with a record of one win and nine losses (1–9 overall, 1–6 in the SWC).


1964 Texas Longhorns football team
The 1964 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. The Longhorns finished the season as Orange Bowl champions. In the 1965 Orange Bowl, Tommy Nobis made one of the most famous tackles in the game's history. On fourth-and-inches, and clinging to a 21–17 lead, he led his teammates to a game-saving halt of top ranked Alabama's quarterback, Joe Namath.


1964 Texas Longhorns football team, Schedule
A heart-breaking 1-point loss to arch-rival Arkansas at Texas Memorial Stadium kept the Longhorns from repeating as National Champions. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–1–0 record and defeated No.1 ranked Alabama in the 1965 Orange Bowl, 21–17.


1964 Texas Longhorns football team, 1964 team players in the NFL
The following players were drafted into professional football following the season.


1964 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 1964 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the Southwest Conference during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. In their fourth season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled a 6–4–1 record (3–3–1 against conference opponents), tied for fourth place in the conference, lost to Georgia in the 1964 Sun Bowl, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 166 to 120. The team's statistical leaders included Tom Wilson with 777 passing yards and Donny Anderson with 966 rushing yards and 396 receiving yards. The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.