On this day

May 10, 1964

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from May 10, 1964

Article 1 -- No Title

By Unknown Author

BUYING a home? See The Dime FIRST. Low mortgage rates fast action. The Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn. TR 3‐3000—Advt.

None20 words

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 6, 1964, covering May 10, 1964.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Beatles' Second Album by The Beatles

    The Beatles' Second Album

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Meet The Beatles! by The Beatles

    Meet The Beatles!

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    15
  3. 3
    Album cover for Hello; Dolly! by Original Cast

    Hello; Dolly!

    Original Cast

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    12
  4. 4
    Album cover for Glad All Over by The Dave Clark Five

    Glad All Over

    The Dave Clark Five

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for Honey In The Horn by Al Hirt

    Honey In The Horn

    Al Hirt

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    34

Notable Deaths

Mikhail Larionov

1964Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (born 1881)[†]

Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was a Russian avant-garde painter who worked with radical exhibitors and pioneered the first approach to abstract Russian art. He was founding member of two important artistic groups Knave of Diamonds and the more radical Donkey's Tail. His lifelong partner was fellow avant-garde artist, Natalia Goncharova, with whom they worked on Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in France and Switzerland.

Historical Context for May 10, 1964

In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]