Events Date 1964 November | History by KabAstro

Sports History

Nov 1 Cleveland running back Jim Brown runs for 149 yards in Browns' 30-17 win at Pittsburgh to become the first NFL player to exceed 10,000 yards career rushing

NFL Legend and Civil Rights Activist Jim Brown

Sports History

Nov 1 Houston Oilers quarterback George Blanda attempts an AFL record 68 passes (37 completions) in 24-10 loss v Buffalo Bills at War Memorial Stadium

NFL Quarterback and Placekicker George Blanda

Nov 1 Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson passes for 435 yards and 6 TDs in 49-39 win over Denver Broncos at Municipal Stadium
Nov 1 Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon
Nov 2 Columbia Broadcasting System buys 80% share in the New York Yankees Baseball Club for $11.2 million; later purchases club outright

Event of Interest

Nov 2 Faisal succeeds Saud as king of Saudi Arabia

Nov 3 For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washington, D.C. permitted to vote

Election of Interest

Nov 3 Lyndon B. Johnson is elected President of the United States in a landslide, with Hubert Humphrey as his vice president, defeating Republican candidate Barry Goldwater

Nov 3 Philadelphia voters narrowly approve $25 million to build a new multi-purpose stadium that would become Veterans Stadium, home to MLB Phillies and NFL Eagles
Nov 5 US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned
Nov 6 WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Nov 7 NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
Nov 8 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion
Nov 8 KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting

Sato Prime Minister

Nov 9 Eisaku Satō becomes Prime Minister of Japan after Hayato Ikeda resigns due to ill health

Music History

Nov 9 Victor Borge's "Comedy in Music - Opus 2" opens at John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 192 performances

Nov 10 "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 15 performances
Nov 10 Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium
Nov 11 Murray Schisgal's stage comedy "Luv", directed by Miks Nichols and starring Alan Arkin and Eli Wallach, opens at the Booth Theatre, later transferring to the Broadhurst, and then the Helen Hayes, NYC; runs for 901 performances, winning 3 Tony Awards
Nov 12 Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Nov 12 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH
Nov 13 Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points

Papal Crown

Nov 13 Pope Paul VI gives up the jewel-encrusted gold papal crown, donating it to the poor at a service in Rome [1]

Nov 14 "Folies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances

Fade Out-Fade In

Nov 14 Betty Comden & Adolph Green and Jule Styne's musical "Fade Out-Fade In", goes into lay-off due to star Carol Burnett's illness

Gordie Howe

Nov 14 Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal

Oliver!

Nov 14 Lionel Bart's musical "Oliver!", based on Charles Dickens' 1838 novel "Oliver Twist", and featuring Clive Revill, Danny Sewell, and Davy Jones, closes at Imperial Theater, NYC, after 774 performances and 3 Tony Award wins

Nov 15 Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
Nov 15 KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting

Wright's 62

Nov 15 Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro at the Tall City Open, Midland, Texas

Nov 15 Sudan Premier Ibrahim Abbud resigns
Nov 16 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
Nov 16 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Nov 17 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa

Robinson AL MVP

Nov 18 Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson wins American League MVP

Baseball Hall of Fame Third Baseman Brooks Robinson

Hoover Describes King

Nov 18 J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King Jr. as a "most notorious liar"

First Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover

Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr.

Shostakovich's String Quartet

Nov 20 Dmitri Shostakovich's 9th/10th String Quartet premieres in Moscow

Nov 21 "Something More!" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 15 performances
Nov 21 "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
Nov 21 Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
Nov 21 Verrazano-Narrows suspension bridge opens in New York City, then the world's longest
Nov 22 WITF TV channel 33 in Harrisburg-Hershey, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Nov 23 "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
Nov 23 Beatles release single "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
Nov 24 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)
Nov 24 British rock band "The Who" begins a 22-week Tuesday night residency at the influential Marquee Club in London, England
Nov 24 Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP
Nov 24 Rebellion ends in Zaire
Nov 26 29th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 21-14 in Birmingham

Star Trek Pilot "The Cage"

Nov 27 Filming starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage"; cast includes Jeffrey Hunter, Susan Oliver, Leonard Nimoy, and Majel Barret; although it never airs, some footage re-used in "Menagerie" episode of the series

Nov 28 1965 NFL Draft: Tucker Frederickson from Auburn University first pick by New York Giants
Nov 28 CFL Grey Cup, CNE Stadium, Toronto: BC Lions defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 34-24; BC's Bill Munsey scores 2 touchdowns in the 3rd quarter, one on offence and another on defence
Nov 28 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
Nov 28 Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars
Nov 29 Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
Nov 30 USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned