August 8, 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 — August 8, 1964
NY Times Headlines — Week of August 8, 1964
President Vows Quick Results In Mississippi Slaying Inquiry
President Sends 3 Nations Messages In Cyprus Crisis
Hanoi Declines U. N.'S Invitation To Crisis Debate; Foreign Ministry Declares Council Has No Right To Examine U.S. ‘War Acts’
Goldwater Calls For Drive To Finish War In Vietnam; Implies Johnson Did Not Go Far Enough In Air Attacks On Reds—Bids U.S. Seek ‘Peace Through Preparedness’
World Events — August 1964
Time Person of the Year — 1964
On the radio
Billboard Charts — August 8, 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 — August 8, 1964
Ebert 4-Star Films — August 8, 1964
On the field
Sports Champions — August 8, 1964
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