After the Beatles-led British invasion of 1964, Balin was inspired by the merging of folk with rock, spearheaded by the success of The Byrds and Simon & Garfunkel, and decided to form a group in 1965 to play this hybrid style.

In 1964, The Lord Ranelagh Pub ( opposite the former Princess Beatrice Hospital ) spearheaded the local demand for live entertainment.

Beginning their career in Sydney in late 1964, the band was inspired by the " British Invasion " spearheaded by The Beatles.

Since around 1964, with the " British Invasion " of the United States spearheaded by The Beatles, British rock music has had a considerable impact on the development of American music and rock music across the world.

During his tenure, the NAACP played a pivotal role in leading the nation into the Civil Rights movement and spearheaded the efforts that led to significant civil rights victories, including Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Following this passage of this resolution, the Anti-Apartheid Movement spearheaded the arrangements for international conference on sanctions to be held in London in April 1964.

WCVE-TV first went on the air September 14, 1964, and in the 27 years that followed, Mr. Spiller spearheaded the establishment of three additional public television stations in central and Northern Virginia, saved a financially troubled station, and stepped in to prevent public radio from disappearing from Richmond.

* 1964 – The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.

Curiously, this name appears in 1964 but without umlauts: " Photographed and Edited by Motley Crue ", 17 years before the formation of the group.

* Welsh Brigade, an administrative formation from 1948 to 1964

The Union Civica Nacional ( UCN ) called a national strike and demanded the formation of a provisional government under their leader, Viriato Fiallo, with elections to be delayed until 1964.

Bolin was involved in organising use of the new satellite tools for climate research, which led to the formation of the ICSU Committee on Atmospheric Sciences ( CAS ) in 1964, with Bolin becoming its first Chairman.

He went on to be Station Commander at RAF Wahn in 1954, Deputy Chief of Staff at Headquarters Second Tactical Air Force in 1961 and Director of the Defence Operations Staff on formation of the Ministry of Defence in 1964.

After the 1964 coup d ' état, Brazil's main federation of labor unions, the General Command of Workers ( Comando Geral dos Trabalhadores-CGT ) – which since its formation gathered leaders approved by the Ministry of Labour, a practice tied to the fact that since the Vargas dictatorship, unions had become quasi-state organs – was dissolved, while unions themselves suffered intervention of the military regime.

In terms of local government, Bishopbriggs was originally part of the historic county of Lanarkshire, which continues to function as a Lieutenancy area, a successful campaign by the local Ratepayers Association won Bishopbriggs its late bid for independent Burgh status in 1964, in order to avoid being absorbed into the Glasgow Corporation's boundaries, resulting in the formation of Bishopbriggs Town Council.

1964 saw the formation of Clarksons Holidays with Tom Gullick as managing director.

Local ethnographic bands were formed after Leiko, a choir from Värska, came together in 1964, while a less regionally-distinct form of Estonian folk music was soon promoted, Estonian Ring Dance beginning with the formation of Leigarid in 1969.

This changed in 1964 when, under pressure from the national Protestant church, the GDR's National Defense Council authorized the formation of Baueinheiten ( construction units ) for men of draft age who " refuse military service with weapons on the grounds of religious viewpoints or for similar reasons ".

The formation of Waterford Co-operative in 1964 was the first of the major amalgamations and it was the beginning of a story that would be repeated throughout Ireland over the next 40 years.

In 1964, rail enthusiasts began relaying track on the historic formation and the Ferrymead Railway officially opened in 1977.

She was appointed arts minister in the Harold Wilson government of 1964 and played a key role in the formation of the Open University, an act described by Wilson as the greatest of his time in government.

At its formation in 1964, the Department of Computer Science was the first such department in the United Kingdom.

Marshall planned to use a nuclear-powered rocket from Los Alamos to power a RIFT ( Reactor-In-Flight-Test ) nuclear stage to be launched as early as 1964, and the need for planning and oversight led to the formation of the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office.

Wanda Wasilewska (; 21 January 1905 – 29 July 1964 ) was a Polish and Soviet novelist and communist political activist who played an important role in the creation of a Polish division of the Soviet Red Army during World War II and the formation of the People's Republic of Poland.

This saw the regiment grow from four to nine battalions: 4 RAR was formed in February 1964 ; 1 RAR abandoned the Pentropic Establishment ( 1, 300 personnel ) to revert to the Tropical Establishment ( 800 personnel ), allowing 5 RAR to form in March 1965 ; 6 RAR was formed from a cadre drawn from 2 RAR in June 1965 ; 3 RAR assisted the formation of 7 RAR in September 1965 ; 8 RAR formed in August 1966 ; and 9 RAR was raised in November 1967.

In August 1964, he announced the formation of the Greater Britain Movement and began publishing its magazine, Spearhead, a name taken from the NSM's largely failed attempt to set up a paramilitary wing.

A meeting on 14 April 1964 saw 1, 500 people turn out to discuss the formation of a new club, and those present promised a £ 1000 to help get plans for the new organisation underway.

The history of the AINDF goes back to 1964 with the formation of a preparatory committee to form the Revolutionary Party for Reunification.

In 1964 Bley was instrumental in the formation of the Jazz Composers Guild-a co-operative organisation which brought together many free jazz musicians in New York: Roswell Rudd, Cecil Taylor, Archie Shepp, his ex-wife Carla Bley, Michael Mantler, Sun Ra, among others.

The final areas that would not deposit their records at the LMA are the modern London Boroughs that prior to the formation of the Greater London Council in 1964 would have been part of the former counties of Essex, Kent and Surrey.

Later, after the formation of the so-called Beat Generation, members of the Beats encouraged Huncke to publish his notebook writings, which he did with limited success in 1964 with Diane DiPrima's Poet's Press.

Teshigahara's Woman in the Dunes ( 1964 ) won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film Oscars.

Commercial AR-15s were first issued to Special Forces troops in spring of 1964.

* 16 June 1964 – Ludger Westrick ( CDU ) succeeds Krone as Minister of Special Tasks.

Her films include: Houseboat ( 1958 ), El Cid ( 1961 ), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ( 1963 ), Marriage Italian-Style ( 1964 ), and A Special Day ( 1977 ).

* Mothra vs. Godzilla ( 1964 )-Director Of Special Effects

* Dogora, the Space Monster ( 1964 )-Director Of Special Effects

William McPherson was a rancher, scholar, and collector from Orange County, California who donated his extensive collection of mission documents, primarily from the Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, to Special Collections in 1964.

From 1964 to 1971, the name of the category was Best Special Visual Effects.

Hal Foster was recognized for his work on the strip with the Banshees ' Silver Lady award in 1952, followed by the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1957, their Story Comic Strip Award in 1964, their Special Features Award in 1966 and 1967, the Gold Key award in 1977, and the Elzie Segar Award in 1978.

Foster was recognized for his work by the National Cartoonists Society with the Reuben Award in 1957, the Story Comic Strip Award in 1964, the Special Features Award in 1966 and 1967, all for Prince Valiant.

The fire department was created in 1964 and petitioned the State of Florida for Special District classification in 1976 ( Florida State Statute 76-408 ).

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.

His prominent films include La Notte ( 1961 ) with Jeanne Moreau ; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ( 1963 ), Marriage Italian-Style ( 1964 ), A Special Day ( 1977 ) and Ready to Wear ( 1994 ) with Sophia Loren ; The 10th Victim ( 1965 ) with Ursula Andress ; A Place for Lovers ( 1968 ) with Faye Dunaway ; It Only Happens to Others ( 1971 ) and La cagna ( 1972 ) with Catherine Deneuve ; Stay As You Are ( 1978 ) with Nastassja Kinski ; City of Women ( 1980 ); and Dark Eyes.

Also, while Napier was no longer in racing, their Lion aeroengine was used by several land speed record contestants: Malcolm Campbell's Napier-Campbell Blue Bird of 1927 and Campbell-Napier-Railton Blue Bird of 1931, Seagrave's Golden Arrow of 1929, and John Cobb's Napier-Railton and Railton Mobil Special, which held the record from 1939 – 1964.

The SASR was expanded to three sabre squadrons and gained Regimental status on 20 August 1964 when the Australian Special Air Service Regiment ( SASR ) was established.

For a period there were thus two simultaneous land speed records, the 1947 Railton Mobil Special record remaining as the FIA four-wheel Class A record, which from July 1964 went to Campbell's Bluebird.

Linus William Roache ( born 1 February 1964 ) is a British actor, probably best known for his roles as Michael Cutter on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Thomas Wayne in Batman Begins.

* Wing Commander Forest " Tommy " Yeo-Thomas ( 1902 – 1964 ), WWII Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) agent

In 1965, the Teshigahara / Abe film Woman in the Dunes ( 1964 ) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

He also starred in Stop Train 349 ( 1964 ) with José Ferrer, aka Verspätung in Marienborn ( 1963, year of initial European release ), Mission to Venice ( 1964 ), aka Agent Special a Venise " Voir Venise et ... Crever " ( 1964 ) and Sandok, Il Maciste della Jungla ( also 1964 ), aka Temple of the White Elephant ( 1966, year of release of English version ).