* 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.

At Francis C. Hammond High School in Alexandria, Virginia, he did poorly academically, having little interest in school work, but was popular with other students, and after leaving decided that he wanted to study painting at college, thereby beginning his studies at School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1964, where he was a roommate of Peter Wolf.

At the 1964 Congress in Tel Aviv, a subcommittee was formed to propose changes to the regulations.

At the 1964 / 1965 World's Fair in New York, the Parker Pen pavilion provided a computer pen pal matching service.

At independence in 1964, Zambia's economy grew the British South Africa Company ( BSAC, originally setup by the British imperialist Cecil Rhodes ) retained commercial assets and mineral rights that it acquired from a concession signed with the Litunga of Barotseland in 1892 ( the Lochner Concession ).

At the 1964 Democratic National Convention, Johnson kept the three likely vice presidential candidates, Connecticut Senator Thomas Dodd, fellow Minnesota Senator Eugene McCarthy, and Humphrey, as well as the rest of the nation in suspense before announcing Humphrey as his running-mate with much fanfare, praising Humphrey's qualifications for a considerable amount of time before announcing his name.

* 1964: At The End Of The Open Road by Louis Simpson

At Fort Knox, he was a platoon guide and graduated from United States Army Basic Training January 18, 1964, one week before his marriage to Karolyn.

At Leningrad 1963, the site of the 31st Soviet final, Spassky tied for first with Stein and Ratmir Kholmov, with Stein winning the playoff, which was held in 1964.

At the 6th Party Congress of the KDP in July 1964, representatives from the Ahmad-Talabani faction were promptly arrested upon arrival.

At the age of 19 he married Hilda Amelia Bredt ( 1858 – 1964 ), the 17-year-old daughter of prominent feminist and socialist Bertha Bredt.

At the same time, he was hearing of The Beatles ( whose first American tour would commence in February 1964 ), and wondering how Beatlemania might affect folk music.

At the city's incorporation in 1964, a council-manager form of government was created.

At the 1964 Venice Film Festival, The Gospel According to St. Matthew was screened in competition for the Golden Lion, and won the OCIC Award and the Special Jury Prize.

At the end of the 1964 racing season, the Cobra was being outclassed in sports car racing by Ferrari.

At that time, the 1964 federal Civil Rights Act had ended legal racial segregation of public schools.

At the age of 15, in 1964, he joined the Conservative party.

At Roosevelt High School, Jackson attended accelerated programs in both math and science, and graduated in 1964 as valedictorian.

At the Aldwych Theatre, London, in January 1964, he again played Henry VI in the complete The Wars of the Roses history cycle ( 1964 ).

At the Aldwych in October 1964, he was cast as Valentine Brose in the play Eh?

At her 3 September 1964 Prom Concert, she performed the Elgar concerto as well as the world premiere of Priaulx Rainier's Cello Concerto.

At the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, she welcomed the president by serenading him with a parody of Hello, Dolly, which was sung as Hello, Lyndon.

At the end of that season the club won the Cheshire League, beginning a nine year period in which they won three league titles and finished no lower than fifth, and in 1964 won the Cheshire League by a record equalling thirteen point margin.

At the end of the 18th century it became fashionable for wealthy people to spend the Summer by the sea.

At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, she won the Olympic title in the 800 m in a time of 1: 55. 54, a time which remained her personal best.

At the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, Yeats ' painting The Liffey Swim won a silver medal in the arts and culture segment of the Games.

At that point, on the day of the Summer Solstice, the vertical rod of the gnōmōn casts a shadow extending in theory to the horizon over 360 ° as the sun does not set.

At the 1928 Summer Olympics, Nurmi recaptured the 10, 000 m title but was beaten to the gold in the 5, 000 m and the 3, 000 m steeplechase.

At the age of 15, Nurmi rekindled his interest in athletics after being inspired by the performances of Hannes Kolehmainen, who was said to " have run Finland onto the map of the world " at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

* 1960 – At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.

At the same time, however, Adorno renewed his musical work: with talks at the Kranichsteiner Musikgesellschaft, another in connection with a production of Ernst Krenek ’ s opera Leben des Orest, and a seminar on “ Criteria of New Music ” at the Fifth International Summer Course for New Music at Kranichstein.

At the invitation of Wolfgang Steinecke, Adorno took part in the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music in Kranichstein from 1951 to 1958.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, seven of these events were for men while only three were for women.

At the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics, the nations that were part of the Unified Team started to make their Olympic debuts.

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome she won three Olympic titles: the 100 m, 200 m and the 4 x 100 m relay.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, for the first time at an international athletics event, the guides will receive medals, such as the pilots in cycling, and the guides at the Paralympic Winter Games have done for a while.

At the 1896 and 2004 Summer Olympics, Marathon was the starting point of the marathon races ( for both women and men in 2004 ).

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens the Colosseum was replaced by a depiction of the Panathinaiko Stadium

At the 1900 Summer Olympics, it hosted the rowing, swimming, and water polo events.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Pickering commentated on a race involving Cuban double-gold medallist Alberto Juantorena, whose muscular build and nine-foot stride contributed to his nickname El Caballo ( the horse ).

He never made a full comeback .. At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 metre event.

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, one wrestling event was contested.

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, two weightlifting events were contested ( men's one hand lift and two hand lift ).

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, two tennis events were contested, both for men.

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, four swimming events were contested, all for men.

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, five sport shooting events were contested.

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, eight gymnastics events, all for men, were contested in Panathinaiko Stadium.

At the 1896 Summer Olympics, three fencing events were contested at the Zappeion.