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Take a Throwback Thursday journey to 1964

From Elvis to the New York World’s Fair, “Mary Poppins” to Malcolm X, take a Throwback Thursday look back at the year both the Ford Mustang and the Munsters were born.

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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1964, file photo, Sonny Liston, right, lowers his head and works in close during the sixth round of heavyweight championship fight against Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) in Miami Beach, Fla. Ali turns 70 on Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/File)

Throwback 1964

Take a Throwback Thursday journey to fifty years ago, with some vintage photos from 1964.
Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston

Sonny Liston, right, lowers his head and works in close during the sixth round of his heavyweight championship fight against Cassius Clay in Miami Beach on Feb. 25, 1964. Clay, who changed his name to Muhammad Ali shortly thereafter, "shocked the world" and beat Liston, one of the greatest fighters to ever step in the boxing ring.

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The Mustang II, seen here Jan. 2, 1964, is expected to go into production next year as the Ford Thunderbolt. Note the pointed front fenders and headlamp coverings faired into nose of car. (AP Photo)

Ford Mustang debuts

A Ford Mustang grabs the spotlight on Jan. 2, 1964. Production began in Dearborn, Michigan, on March 9, 1964, and the new car was introduced to the public on April 17, 1964 at the New York World's Fair.

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Elvis Presley and actress Ann-Margret shown in a publicity photo for the 1964 film, \"Viva Las Vegas\".  (AP Photo)

'Viva Las Vegas' released

Elvis Presley and actress Ann-Margret dance in a publicity photo for 1964's "Viva Las Vegas."

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Construction on Gateway Arch

View of St. Louis’ Gateway Arch monument being built on the Mississippi riverfront. Construction began Feb. 12, 1963, and was completed Oct. 28, 1965.

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FILE -- In this file photo taken on March 29, 1964, Pope Paul VI salutes a crowd estimated at 200,000 as he is carried on portable throne through St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. Pope Francis has approved a miracle credited to the intercession of Paul VI and set the date for the late pontiff's beatification for Oct. 19, the Vatican said Saturday. Francis had authorized the beatification, the last formal step before possible sainthood, a day earlier, the Vatican said. Paul VI, who reigned as pontiff from 1963-1978, made landmark progress in improving Catholics' relationship with other Christians. His papacy is also remembered by his decision, after years of study, to ban contraception for Catholics, in a 1968 encyclical, \"Humanae Vitae\" (\"of human life\"). (AP Photo/Jim Pringle)

Pope Paul VI greets crowds

Pope Paul VI salutes a crowd as he is carried through St. Peter's Square in Vatican City on March 29, 1964. Earlier in the year history was made when he made the first-ever papal visit to the Holy Land.

Jim Pringle / AP
Winnie Mandela (C), leaves the Palace of

Nelson Mandela sentenced

Winnie Mandela leaves the Palace of Justice in Pretoria on June 12, 1964 with her fist clenched after her husband, Nelson Mandela, was sentenced to life imprisonment. After 27 years in prison, he became president of South Africa in 1994.

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Tenants of an apartment house climb on the facade of the fallen structure in Niigata, Japan, June 17, 1964 in search of their belongings.  The building was one of several toppled by earthquake which hit the port city the bay yesterday. (AP Photo)

Japan earthquake

Tenants of an apartment house climb on the facade of the fallen structure in Niigata, Japan, on June 17, 1964, in search of their belongings. The building was one of several toppled by earthquake which hit the port city.

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Black Muslim leader Malcolm X arrives in New York at Kennedy Airport after a trip to the Middle East, May 22, 1964. (AP Photo/Pan American Airways)

Malcolm X arrives back in NY

Black Muslim leader Malcolm X arrives at Kennedy Airport on May 22, 1964, after a trip to the Middle East. He toured West Africa and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, returning as El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.

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Co-stars Julie Andrews, left, and Dick Van Dyke, center, watch balloons fill the sky outside the theater just before the start of the world premier of Walt Disneys new movie, Mary Poppins, Aug. 28, 1964, Hollywood, Calif.  Walt Disney is in the background, almost hidden by Van Dyke. The woman on the right is unidentified. (AP Photo/Ed Widdis)

'Mary Poppins' premieres

Co-stars Julie Andrews, left, and Dick Van Dyke, center, watch balloons fill the sky outside the theater just before the start of the world premiere of "Mary Poppins" on Aug. 28, 1964, in Hollywood. Walt Disney is in the background, almost hidden by Van Dyke.

Ed Widdis / AP
Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, Sydney Lawford

Jackie Kennedy moves to New York

A year after her husband, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated, the former first lady moved to New York with her two children, John, 4, and Caroline, 7. Here she leads her daughter Caroline, left, and niece Sydney Lawford through a knot of spectators outside the Fifth Avenue apartment house into which she moved on Sept. 16, 1964.

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Actor Al Lewis, in character as Grandpa Munster from \"The Munsters\" television show, is seen in July 1964. Lewis, the cigar-chomping patriarch of \"The Munsters\" whose work as a basketball scout, restaurateur and political candidate never eclipsed his role as Grandpa Muster from the television sitcom, died Friday night, Feb. 3, 2006 after years of failing health. He was 82. (AP Photo)

'The Munsters' debuts on TV

Actor Al Lewis, in character as Grandpa Munster from "The Munsters" television show. The series premiered on Sept. 24, 1964, and ended on May 12, 1966; 70 episodes were produced.

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US clergyman and leader of the Movement

Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize

Rev. Martin Luther King displays his Nobel Peace Prize medal on Dec. 10, 1964, in Oslo, Norway.

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Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, wearing the uniform of his favorite team Oriente, is seen as he takes lead off first base, during a baseball game at Varadero Beach, Cuba, on July 5, 1964. The premier hit two singles and drove in four runs in addition to pitching nine innings for the team of Camaguey Province. His team won 14:4 against the team of Pinar Del Rio. (AP Photo)

Fidel Castro plays baseball

Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro, wearing the uniform of his favorite team, takes a lead off first base during a baseball game at Varadero Beach, Cuba, on July 5, 1964.

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'Funny Girl' opens on Broadway

Barbra Streisand, left, and Sidney Chaplin are shown in a scene from the musical "Funny Girl" in New York on April 4, 1964. The Broadway musical, based on the life and career of Broadway comedienne Fanny Brice, opened on March 26, 1964 at the Winter Garden Theatre.

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ROBERT KENNEDY

RFK at Democratic National Convention

Sen. Robert Kennedy stands before the delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, N.J., on Aug. 28, 1964. The senator gestures to calm the roaring ovation the crowd gave him when he rose to introduce a film depicting events during the presidency of his late brother, John F. Kennedy.

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RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, (aka RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER), 1964

'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' debuts on TV

The Christmas television special produced in stop-motion animation first aired on Dec. 6, 1964, and went on to become an annual tradition.

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Artist Norman Rockwell, center, talks with astronauts John W. Young, left, and Virgil Grissom, right, at Cape Kennedy in Florida, on September 30, 1964.   The two pilots have been selected to fly the first manned Gemini orbital flight scheduled for 1965 when they will co-pilot Gemini III.   Rockwell is doing a series of paintings at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Cape Kennedy spaceport.  (AP Photo)

Norman Rockwell visits Cape Kennedy

Artist Norman Rockwell, center, talks with astronauts John W. Young, left, and Virgil Grissom, right, at Cape Kennedy in Florida on Sept. 30, 1964. Rockwell did a series of paintings at Cape Kennedy.

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General Motors Pavilion at the World's Fair, New York in 1964. (AP Photo)

New York World's Fair

The New York World's Fair opened in 1964 representing new technologies and futuristic displays. The General Motors pavilion featured a panoramic look at what the future might look like for American families.

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IX Olympic Winter Games begin

The Olympic flame is lit at the top of the Olympic Stadium at Innsbruck, Austria, on Jan. 21, 1964. The lighting was part of the first rehearsal for the opening of the 1964 Winter Olympics, known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, on Jan. 29.

His own space suit, with oxygen tank, doesn't make Barney the monkey any happier as he and actor Adam West view the situation in their space capsule in Hollywood on January 24, 1964.   Barney, a South American woolly monkey, is blasted into space with West, as an astronaut, in a new movie, \"Robinson Crusoe On Mars.\"     (AP Photo)

Space culture invades films

Adam West and Barney starred in "Robinson Crusoe on Mars," about a man stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion.

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U.S. soldier crossing the river, wading neck deep in water through the waterholes during a day long operation with two Ranger companies in Gia Dinh province of Vietnam on March 10, 1964. Combing through the swampy area was slow and strenuous and several rivers had to be crossed. The Rangers made no contact with the estimated 200 regular Viet Cong in that area. (AP Photo/Horst Faas)

War in Vietnam

A U.S. soldier crosses the river, wading neck deep in water, in Vietnam on March 10, 1964.

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This aerial view shows New York's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge suspension span under construction with the steel roadway nearing completion in March 1964.  The bridge, located at the mouth of upper New York Bay, will connect Staten Island with Brooklyn.  The Staten Island tower is in foreground.  (AP Photo)

Verrazano Bridge is built

This aerial view shows New York's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge nearing completion in March 1964. The bridge connects Staten Island with Brooklyn; the Staten Island tower is in foreground.

Actor Sidney Poitier is photographed with his Oscar statuette at the 36th Annual Academy Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on April 13, 1964. He won Best Actor for his role in \"Lillies of the Field.\" (AP Photo)

Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar

Actor Sidney Poitier is photographed with his Oscar at the 36th Annual Academy Awards on April 13, 1964. He won Best Actor for his role in "Lillies of the Field," becoming the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor.

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Peter Sellers marries Britt Eklund

British actor Peter Sellers and his new bride, Swedish actress Britt Eklund (16 years his junior), are greeted by photographers, newsmen and cheering well-wishers as they leave the registry office in Guildford, England, on Feb. 19, 1964. The couple divorced in 1968 and had one child together.

United Nations carry Turkish Cypriot women and children in the back of their armoured carrier for a trip from their village of Kokkina to safety in Lefka, on Sug. 9, 1964, due to heavy fighting in the area. (AP Photo/Str/Koundakjian)

Turkey invades Cyprus

United Nations peacekeepers carry Turkish Cypriot women and children to safety in Lefka, Cyprus, on Aug. 9, 1964, due to heavy fighting in the area. During 1963 and 1964, Greek and Turkish Cypriots were displaced and many were massacred on both sides.

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Sean Connery And Honor Blackman

'Goldfinger' opens

Actors Sean Connery and Honor Blackman pose for a photograph to promote the film "Goldfinger" in 1964. It was the third James Bond film.

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Che Guevara speaks at UN

Latin American revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is seen in 1964. He addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on Dec. 11, 1964.

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Paul McCartney, George Harrison and John Lennon. Ringo Starr

America meets the Beatles

The Beatles perform on the "Ed Sullivan Show" in New York on Feb. 9, 1964. An estimated 73 million Americans tuned in, the largest audience ever for a TV show at the time.

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