On February 29:
– U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that the United States has developed a jet airplane (the A-11), capable of sustained flight at more than 2,000 miles per hour (3,200 km/h) and of altitudes of more than 70,000 feet (21,000 m).
- 83 persons die when a British airplane crashes near Innsbruck, Austria.
- In the Moderna museet in Stockholm an exhibition with American Popart is opened, showing Andy Warhols werk with Campbells soupcans and Marilyn Monroe in a photo serie.
- In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds).
- The British Queen's cousin, Princess Alexandra, has given birth to a son at her home in Surrey. The baby was named James Robert Bruce Ogilvy and christened in the chapel at Buckingham Palace.

Also born on this day:
- Martin France, British Jazz singer
- Ellen Pieters, Dutch actress and singer
- Henrik Sundström, Swedish tennisplayer
- Marek Lesniak, Polish football player and trainer
- Ola Lindgren, Swedish handball player and trainer

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major events:
After completing what would have been the final year of John F. Kennedy's first term, President Johnson re-elected in a landslide over Barry Goldwater / President Johnson declares "war on poverty," introduces a variety of federal welfare programs, including Medicare (initially proposed by Kennedy in 1960) / Three civil rights workers murdered in Mississippi during "Freedom Summer" / 24th Amendment to Constitution adopted, ensuring fair voting practices / Race riots break out in Harlem and other U.S. cities / Investigating the Kennedy assassination, the Warren Commission determines that "Oswald acted alone" in killing the president / U.S. military forces launch attacks on North Vietnam in response to an alleged attack on a U.S. destroyer off the Vietnamese coast; Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin resolution that gives the President greater freedom to authorize combat actions in Vietnam / Soviet leader Khrushchev falls from power, is ultimately replaced by Leonid Brezhnev / Anchorage, Alaska hit by massive earthquake / Turkey attacks Cyprus

business & economy:
Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud, conspiracy and jury tampering / The average hourly wage for blue collar workers has increased from between 50 and 75 percent since 1949

science & technology:
Space probe Mariner IV flies by Mars, transmitting pictures of the planet's surface back to earth / The world's longest suspension bridge, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York, opens / Concern in Britain over "brain drain," or the mass emigration of British scientists to the U.S. / World's Fair held in New York / First lung transplant

sports:
World Series: St. Louis over New York Yankees, 4-3 / Olympics held in Tokyo / Cassius Clay (the future Muhammad Ali) defeats Sonny Liston to win heavyweight boxing title

arts & entertainment:
Movies: Lord of the Flies, A Hard Day's Night, My Fair Lady, Goldfinger, Zorba the Greek, Mary Poppins / Songs: I Want to Hold Your Hand, Hello Dolly!, She Loves You, Can't Buy Me Love, Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Oh Pretty Woman, Baby Love, My Guy / TV Shows: The Munsters, The Virginian, Daniel Boone, Outer Limits, Gilligan's Island, Man From UNCLE, Flipper, Dr. Kildare, Voyage the the Bottom of the Sea / Books: A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemmingway (posthumous publication); Herzog, Saul Bellow; In His Own Write, John Lennon / "Beatlemania" spreads as the Beatles become a global phenomenon / Musicals: Hello Dolly, Fiddler on the Roof debut / Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton after divorcing Eddie Fisher 10 days before / Cole Porter dies

fun facts:
According to some reports, not a single juvenile crime is reported in New York City the night of the Beatles' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964

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