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Hace 3 días · The 1964 United States presidential election was the 45th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. Incumbent Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Republican Senator Barry Goldwater in a landslide victory.
Hace 4 días · This is a list of members of Parliament elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 1964 general election, held on 15 October 1964. Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Geoffrey Howe , Roy Hattersley , Shirley Williams , Peter Shore , Robert Maxwell , Brian Walden , Alan Williams , Anthony Meyer , Alf Morris ...
Hace 1 día · Wilson led Labour to a narrow victory at the 1964 election. His first period as prime minister saw a period of low unemployment and economic prosperity; this was later hindered by significant problems with Britain's external balance of payments.
Hace 1 día · Harold Wilson occupies a strange place in the pantheon of 20th–century prime ministers. Statistically he is one of the greats: he won four out of the five elections he contested; his eight years in Number 10 are beaten only by Churchill and Thatcher in the 20th century; he was the first politician since Gladstone to be Prime ...
Hace 6 días · A consummate politician, Wilson won four of five general elections, more than any other postwar British leader of any party. His own version of politics in his time may be found in his The Labour Government, 1964–1970 (1971), The Governance of Britain (1976), and Final Term: The Labour Government 1974–76 (1979).
11 de may. de 2024 · The general election of 1964 was held on October 15, some five years and six days since the previous election. The Conservatives, having been in power for 13 years and seeking a fourth term, once again entered the election with a new leader.
Hace 2 días · At the 1964 general election he again had a majority of 7,926; but he was persuaded to accept a life peerage, to create a vacancy for the foreign secretary, Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker, who had been defeated at Smethwick in a contest embittered by racial issues.
