July 4, 1964
The federal minimum wage stood at $1.25/hr that summer of 1964, and the Dow Jones sat at 874 — the same week President Johnson pledged the United States would fight to protect Asia, affirming to audiences in Minneapolis that the country would "risk war" if necessary to hold the line against communist expansion in the region. At the drive-in and on the radio, Americans were catching "The Carpetbaggers" at the box office while The Beach Boys held the #1 spot on the charts with "I Get Around," and at home "The Beverly Hillbillies" remained the country's most-watched television program. On July 18, Stanford researcher Judith Graham Pool published her discovery of cryoprecipitate, a plasma-derived blood clotting product that would go on to transform the treatment of hemophilia worldwide and give millions of patients access to a therapy that had never existed before.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — July 4, 1964
NY Times Headlines — Week of July 4, 1964
Civil Rights Law Has Sharp Racial And Political Impact; Civil Rights Act
3 Hotels Register Negroes In Peaceful Jackson Test
Soviet Proposes U.N. Peace Force Excluding Big 5; Statement To Japan Urges West, Communists And Neutrals Be Included; Council Would Be Key; Military Action Called For Only If Economic Curbs Failed To Halt Aggressor
Vietnamese Halt Sharp Red Attack; 2 Americans And Australian Slain—Courage Of Nurses Under Fire Is Praised
U. S. Responsive To Soviet Offer On Peace Force; Suggestion For U.N. Troops Said To Put 2 Sides Within ‘Negotiating Distance’; Long Talks Predicted; Moscow Is Believed To Feel Boycott Of Such Missions Injured Its Diplomacy
World Events — July 1964
Time Person of the Year — 1964
On the radio
Billboard Charts — July 4, 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 — July 4, 1964
Ebert 4-Star Films — July 4, 1964
On the field
Sports Champions — July 4, 1964
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