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On this short list of events of 1964 what would you put as the top story. I remember at that time being a teenager, only the Beatles would have been important to me sadly..now Id say Nelson Mandela.
1964
Beatles Become Popular in U.S.
Cassius Clay (a.k.a. Muhammad Ali) Becomes World Heavyweight Champion
Civil Rights Act Passes in U.S.
Hasbro Launches GI Joe Action Figure
Italy Asks for Help to Stabilize the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Japan's First Bullet Train Line Opens
Nelson Mandela Sentenced to Life in Prison
Warren Report on JFK's Assassination Issued
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For me, Beatlemania defined 1964, but it's from a pop-cultural bias. The Beatles became popular worldwide not just the US, all those other things were specific to the US or other countries while the Beatles were global.
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