Ryun participated in the 1964, 1968, and 1972 Summer Olympics, but the gold medal eluded him.

In 1964, America's Jim Ryun became the first high school runner to break four minutes for the mile, running 3: 59. 0 as a junior and a then-American record 3: 55. 3 as a senior in 1965.

In 1964 Jim Ryun became the first high school runner to break four minutes for the mile, running 3: 59. 0 as a junior at Wichita High School East.

In 1964, when Watterson was six years old, the family moved to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, where his mother, Kathryn Watterson, became a city council member.

While the scientific community was once divided between supporters of the Big Bang and those of alternative cosmological models, most scientists became convinced that some version of the Big Bang scenario best fit observations after the discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation in 1964, and especially when its spectrum ( i. e., the amount of radiation measured at each wavelength ) was found to match that of thermal radiation from a black body.

His goals became a little less frequent, and indeed Jimmy Greaves, playing purely as a striker, would overtake Charlton's England tally in October 1964.

" After South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond switched his allegiance to the Republican Party in 1964, BJU faculty members became increasingly influential in the new state Republican party, and BJU alumni were elected to local political and party offices.

Chaplin's first major project after A King in New York, his memoirs My Autobiography ( 1964 ), also became a bestseller despite receiving mixed reviews.

In 2008 however Barack Obama became the first Democrat since 1964 to win Ormsby County / Carson City, defeating John McCain 49 % to 48 %, by 204 votes, a margin of under 1 %.

For example, despite continuous revision, the 14th edition became outdated after 35 years ( 1929 – 1964 ).

( 1964 ; originally published in French, 1947 ), became a standard scholarly definition of feudalism.

In 1964, he became the first dean of the School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences at the University of Miami in 1964, the first school of its kind in the country, dedicated to space-age research.

Socialist leader Otto Grotewohl ( 1894 – 1964 ) became prime minister until his death.

He became one of six national directors for Nelson Rockefeller's unsuccessful campaign to be nominated as the Republican candidate for the 1964 presidential election.

In the 1960s the use of joysticks became widespread in radio-controlled model aircraft systems such as the Kwik Fly produced by Phill Kraft ( 1964 ).

In 1964 Jan and Dean were signed to host what became the first multi-act Rock and Roll show that was edited into a motion picture designed for wide distribution.

Show became a seminal and original production-in essence one of the first rock videos-on its release in 1964.

In 1964 he became an honorary member to the American Philosophical Society, and in 1966 he moved to the United States to work at the Institute for Biomedical Research in Chicago.

In 1964 Kenya became a republic, and constitutional changes further centralized the government.

On 24 October 1964 he became the first President of an independent Zambia, appointing Reuben Kamanga as his Vice President.

Malawi became a fully independent member of the Commonwealth ( formerly the British Commonwealth ) on 6 July 1964.

Under its 1964 constitution, Malta became a parliamentary democracy within the Commonwealth.

The Arms Park rugby ground became the permanent home of the Wales national rugby union team in 1964.

Clement Greenberg became the voice of post-painterly Abstraction when he curated an influential exhibition of new painting that toured important art museums throughout the United States in 1964.

Around 1964 Fayed entered a close relationship with Francois Duvalier and became interested in the construction of a Fayed-Duvalier oil refinery in Haiti.

Billy Kidd, part Abenaki from Vermont, became the first American male to medal in alpine skiing in the Olympics, taking silver at age 20 in the slalom in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria. Six years later at the 1970 World Championships, Kidd won the gold medal in the combined event and took the bronze medal in the slalom.

Following the ousting of voluntarist and erratic Khrushchev in 1964, another period of collective rule ensued, until Leonid Brezhnev became the leader.

Australia had lost 2 – 1 during a tour of the West Indies in 1964 – 65, the first time they had lost a series to any team other than England.

Mueller agreed, and Phillips managed Apollo from January 1964, until it achieved the first manned landing in July 1969, after which he returned to Air Force duty.

* 1964 – At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.

* 1964 – The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season.

* 1964 – Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.

He received tenure at Berkeley in 1962 and was given his first sabbatical in 1964.

During Clinton's term, Arkansas performed its first executions since 1964 ( the death penalty had been re-enacted on March 23, 1973 ).

In 1964, the Birds, piloted by Hank Bauer in his first year of managing the ballclub, were involved in a tight pennant race against the Yankees and White Sox.

The first recorded use of the term is in a 1964 letter by Anne Ewing to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Many changes followed: the first full-time in house designer and publications officer were appointed in 1964, A Friends organization was set up in 1968, an Education Service established in 1970 and publishing house in 1973.

Mumy was reportedly the first choice to portray the role of Eddie Munster in the 1964 situation comedy The Munsters, but his parents objected because of the extensive make-up, and the role instead went to Butch Patrick.

Gurney took the marque's first two wins in the world championship, at the 1964 French and Mexican Grands Prix.

In addition, works published before 1964 that did not have their copyrights renewed 28 years after first publication year also are in the public domain, except that books originally published outside the US by non-Americans are exempt from this requirement, if they are still under copyright in their home country ( see How Can I Tell Whether a Copyright Was Renewed for more details ).

* North Christian Church was designed by Eero Saarinen and held its first worship in 1964.

* 1964, The Planet Buyer ( first half of Norstrilia )

Its first chairman was Nikita Khrushchev, and he was succeeded in 1964 by Leonid Brezhnev.

This was replaced only five years later by the first " Christadelphian Hymn Book " ( 1869 ), compiled by J. J. and A. Andrew, and this was revised and expanded in 1874, 1932 and 1964.

* ABC aired a short-lived television series in 1964, Destry, based on the first two films, starring John Gavin as the son of the movie's title character.

* 1964 – Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.

* 1964 – Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek athlete, the first man to win a marathon race ( b. 1877 )

A sporting 2 + 2 seater version was also available as the Auto-Union 1000 SP from 1957 to 1964, the first years only as a coupé and from 1962 also as a convertible.

The original three-part miniseries version was first shown on Disney's Wonderful World Of Color, February 9, 16 and 23, 1964, and shown again there a few times, included in a late 1980s Wonderful World of Disney syndicated rerun package, and cablecast in 1990s on the Disney Channel.

* 1964 – The first test flight of the SR-71 ( Blackbird ) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif.