My wifes birthday is just around the corner. She turns half a century (probably going to get some heat for posting that). If it helps I was born a year earlier. Born in 1964, heres what else was going on back then... In music, The Beatles invaded the United States with a live appearance on the The Ed Sullivan Show, changing music history forever. Roy Orbison released “Oh, Pretty Woman, The Jackson 5 performed together for the first time and The Rolling Stones released their eponymous debut album. Two Broadway classics, Funny Girl and Fiddler on the Roof, premiered on the Great White Way while moviegoers were introduced to Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, and Goldfinger in theaters across the country. Television also experienced a huge year in 1964, when the public was allowed inside the macabre households of The Addams Family and The Munsters. Everyones favorite witch, Samantha, debuted on Bewitched that year, and the nation took the longest boat-ride ever on Gilligans Island. The first Ford mustang rolled off the assembly line. Everyone’s favorite instant breakfast became a grocery store staple: Pop Tarts! We learned about the eight-track player. Martin Luther King won the Nobel Peace Prize. Congress also passed the Civil Rights Act, setting up passage the following year of the Voting Rights Act. And TODAY’s Hoda Kotb turns 50 this Saturday.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 16:41:46 +0000
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