January 23, 1964
By the winter of 1964, Johnson was in the White House and the federal minimum wage stood at $1.25/hr — the United States Surgeon General issued his landmark report declaring that smoking was hazardous to health, marking the first official federal acknowledgment of the link between cigarettes and disease. On television, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was winning Emmy Awards for comedy while Americans were reading John le Carré's "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" at the top of the fiction bestseller list. The Cleveland Browns claimed the NFL championship that season, and American athletes had just returned from Innsbruck, Austria, where the United States finished the Winter Olympics with 6 medals, including 1 gold.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — January 23, 1964
NY Times Headlines — Week of January 23, 1964
De Gaulle Sets Up Tie To Red China; Keeps Taipei Link; Act Is First Western Break From U.S. Aim Of Isolating Peking In 14 Years; Nationalists Protest; Call Move ‘Most Unfriendly’ But Do Not End Relations —Capital Voices Regret
Soviet Suggests Pact To Destroy All Bombers Now; Tells Parley They Still Peril Peace, Though Obsolete—U.S. Indicates ‘ Interest’
Turkey Quitting Cyprus Parley; Crisis Heightens; Ankara And Athens Step Up Military Preparations—New Talks Sought; Role For Nato Debated; London Presses For Sending Allied Force To Maintain Peace On Tense Island
World Events — January 1964
Time Person of the Year — 1964
On the radio
Billboard Charts — January 23, 1964
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1963–64 Season
Emmy Winners — 1964
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — January 23, 1964
Ebert 4-Star Films — January 23, 1964
On the field
Sports Champions — January 23, 1964
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