July 31, 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 31, 1964
NY Times Headlines — Week of July 31, 1964
Moon Landing Area Is Usable, Scientists Tell President; Johnson Sees The Success As Justifying Space Effort
2 Carriers Used; Mcnamara Reports On Aerial Strikes And Reinforcements
President Requests Support Of Congress
More U.S. Forces Are Sent To Asia; Aircraft And Ships Rushed —Troops Alerted In Event Chinese Intervene
Johnson Tells Communists Not To Expand Hostilities
Peking Condemns U.S. ‘Aggression’; Chinese Won'T ‘Sit Idly By’ While Americans Extend War, Statement Warns
World Events — July 1964
Time Person of the Year — 1964
On the radio
Billboard Charts — July 31, 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 31, 1964
Ebert 4-Star Films — July 31, 1964
On the field
Sports Champions — July 31, 1964
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