Diplomatic Mission at London
Forced to apologise to the American Ambassador for a drunken speech about Kennedy
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1964 in Great Britain — Page 4
Explore 260 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1964.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1964
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Dr. Strangelove - Dr. Strangelove
Sellers performs the title character, the eccentric nuclear strategist Dr. Strangelove.
Dr. Strangelove - Lionel Mandrake
Sellers plays RAF officer Group Captain Lionel Mandrake in Dr. Strangelove.
Dr. Strangelove - President Merkin Muffley
Sellers portrays United States President Merkin Muffley in Dr. Strangelove.
Dr. Strangelove Fourth Role Abandoned
Sellers is originally intended to play Major Kong in Dr. Strangelove, but the fourth role is reassigned to Slim Pickens.
Dunfermline Athletic Move
Ferguson joins Dunfermline Athletic, where his goalscoring performances establish him as one of the notable Scottish forwards of the mid-1960s.
Economy of Great Britain
A run on the pound causes Wilson to ask Johnson for an International Monetary Fund loan, Johnson is non-committal
Education
Dury wins a place at the Royal College of Art where he is taught by the eminent British artist Peter Blake
Election
Plays an important part in advising Wilson about Labours campaign strategy in the general election, it is decided that Wilson would make only a limited number of major campaign speeches outside London, while Brown would tour the country speaking in all the marginal seats (his main theme was predicting an imminent economic crisis)
Election
After Labour won the 1964 election Healey serves throughout the Government as Secretary of State for Defence.
Election
Stands unsuccesfully as a leader of the Conservative Party
Election
Main author of the Labour Party manifesto for the 1964 general election
Election
Selected to fight the safe seat of Stepney in the election, which he easily retained
Election
Defeated at the Smethwick election to a Conservative candidate who campaigns with the slogan, "If you want a nigger neighbour, vote Labour"
Election
A National Opinion Poll shows Wilson with a commanding lead, 71% "brilliant". Launches a campaign in the Spring, convinced there will be a general election in May
Election
Campaigns to return Labour to government after thirteen years in opposition.
Election
Presents Labour as a modernising party committed to science, planning and economic renewal.
Emergency Laws Re-enactments and Repeals Act
Emergency Laws Re-enactments and Repeals Act 1964 regularises selected emergency legislation and repeals obsolete powers
England Hat Trick Against Northern Ireland
Greaves produced a clinical international scoring display against Northern Ireland as England prepared for its home World Cup.
European Footballer Award Recognition
Law became the first Scot to receive the Ballon d'Or, an honour that reflected his remarkable form for Manchester United.
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
The EFTA objection to import surcharges convinces Wilson Britain needs to join the EC. Imposes import tax on everything except food, raw materials & tobacco
Event Horizon
Roger Penrose proves that an imploding star will necessarily produce a singularity once it has formed an event horizon
First Director of Cultural Studies Centre
Hoggart became the founding director of Birmingham's Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, institutionalizing a new interdisciplinary field.
First Northern Ireland International Goal
Best scores against Switzerland in a World Cup qualifying match, recording the first of his nine senior international goals.
First Senior United Goal
Best scores his first senior Manchester United goal against Burnley, marking an early breakthrough as an attacking first-team player.
First Shankly Top Flight Title Captain
Ron Yeats captained Liverpool as the club won the 1963–64 First Division championship, bringing commanding aerial defending to Shankly's side.
Footballer of the Year
Named the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year
Formation of the Moody Blues
Laine helps form the Moody Blues from Birmingham rhythm-and-blues musicians.
General Practice Working Party
Fraser's working party brings government, the BMA and general-practice representatives together to develop practical reforms for family doctor services.
Goal Against Scotland at Hampden Park
Best finds the net for Northern Ireland against Scotland at Hampden Park during the British Home Championship, although his side loses the match.
Goldfinger
Directs Goldfinger
Grammy Award
The Animals follow up single "House of the Rising Sun", becomes a worldwide Number 1 hit, Most then wins the "Producer of the Year" award at the 1964 Grammy Awards
Haymarket Formation
The publishing company is reorganised under the Haymarket name after investment by its printer.
Healey reassesses Britain’s global defence commitments
Healey reassesses Britain’s global defence commitments while seeking substantial reductions in military expenditure.
Henry Full Back During Tottenham Scoring Runs
Henry's consistency in Tottenham's defence helped a team whose finishing depended heavily on Jimmy Greaves.
Hermans Hermits
Most has instant success with Manchester band Hermans Hermits after being approached by their manager Harvey Lisberg, their first Most production, "Im Into Something Good", goes straight to #1
Higgs Field
Developed the idea that particles were massless when the universe began, acquiring mass a fraction of a second later, as a result of interacting with a theoretical field now known as the Higgs field
Higgs Field
Higgs postulates that the Higgs field permeates space, giving all elementary subatomic particles that interact with it their mass.
Higgs Field
In quantum field theory, the Higgs Mechanism is a way that the massless gauge bosons in a gauge theory acquire a mass by interacting with a background Higgs field.
Higgs Field
Proposed in 1964 by Robert Brout and Francois Englert, independently by Peter Higgs and by Gerald Guralnik, C. R. Hagen, and Tom Kibble.
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