Inventions & Breakthroughs of March 1964
Gadgets, lab surprises, odd bets, and future-shocks from this slice of the calendar.
1 
Computer Programming Language (BASIC)
2 
Electric Minicomputer
3 
Integrated Circuit Calculator
4 
Medical Ultrasound Imaging Advancement
5 
Kevlar Fiber
6 
Time-Sharing Operating System
7 
Compact Disc Concept
8 
Electronic Voting Systems
9 
Weather Radar Doppler Concept
10 
Space Suit Improvements
The Sounds of
Popular recordings and roots/country selections associated with the year
HEADLINES ON March 3, 1964
Full News Archive
- Headline: Nkrumah Dismisses Three Supreme Court Justices. Fact: Kwame Nkrumah was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, playing a pivotal role in the country's independence from British colonial rule in 1957..
- Headline: US Steel's Worthington Challenges Ruling. Fact: US Steel, founded in 1901, was the first billion-dollar corporation in the world..
- Headline: Supreme Court Ruling on Hospital Integration. Fact: The Hill-Burton Act, enacted in 1946, provided federal funds to construct hospitals, which led to the establishment of segregated facilities in many areas until this ruling..
- Headline: Monroe Township Mayor Is Killed in Auto Accident.
- Headline: Africans Widen Rebel Aid; Form a Border Group.
- Headline: 5 Peace Corps Girls Hitchhike 2,000 Miles Across the Sahara; Men of the Womanless Desert Aid Them on 7-Week Trip From Liberia to Algiers.
- Headline: COURT SAYS TEXAS MUST REDISTRICT; But Justices Hint State May Wait Until After Election; COURT SAYS TEXAS MUST REDISTRICT.
- Headline: Cosa Nostra Inquiry Put Off.
- Headline: GROMYKO ASSAILS ARMS CUT PLANS; Attack on West Appears to Write Off Conference in Geneva as Useless.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1964, here's what the stored 2025 dataset estimates.
Rank #1
DIS
Disney
Price in 1964
$0.06
2025 dataset value
$1,742,743
Disney - If you invested $1,000 in 1964, it would be worth $1,742,743 today (1742.7x return)
Rank #2
CVX
Chevron
Price in 1964
$0.38
2025 dataset value
$390,209
Chevron - If you invested $1,000 in 1964, it would be worth $390,209 today (390.2x return)
Rank #3
IBM
IBM
Price in 1964
$1.33
2025 dataset value
$226,736
IBM - If you invested $1,000 in 1964, it would be worth $226,736 today (226.7x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The Avengers #4
$95,000
Daredevil #1
$42,000
Tales of Suspense #57
$6,000
Amazing Spider-Man #14
$1,500
Adventure Comics #318
$75
🧸 Top 5 Toys
G.I. Joe
$1350.00
Easy-Bake Oven
$200.00
Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
$150.00
Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army)
$150.00
Operation
$100.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1964 Topps Giants Willie Mays
$10,000
1964 Topps Beatles A Hard Day's Night Series 3 No. 121
$1,500
1964 Philadelphia Gum Jerry Kramer
$11.00
1964 Topps Daniel Boone Card 1
$250.00
1964 Topps Stand-Ups Mickey Mantle
$15,000