The November 3 re-election of Republican George W. Romney as Governor of Michigan, despite a Democratic landslide in the U.S. Presidential and legislative races (AP-1, UPI-1);[3]
Reapportionment of state and federal legislative districts, requiring districts to be redrawn "as nearly as practicable" equal in population, resulting in Democrats seizing control of both houses of the Michigan Legislature and the Congressional delegation (AP-2, UPI-2 [reapportionment] and UPI-4 [Democratic control of legislature]);
New contracts between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the automobile manufacturers providing a lower retirement age and providing for higher pensions, reached after costly strikes against General Motors and Ford Motor Company (AP-3, UPI-3);
A 134-day newspaper strike called by the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union that shut down both the Detroit Free Press and The Detroit News from July 14 until November 25, the longest strike shutdown of metropolitan daily newspapers in American history (AP-5, UPI-5);[4]
A May 8 tornado that struck Chesterfield Township in Macomb County, resulting in 13 deaths, injuries to at least 400 persons, and $14 million in damage (AP-4, UPI-7);[1][5][6]
National Guard scandals arising out of questionable land sales at Camp Grayling and alleged mishandling of armory and liquor funds (AP-7, UPI-6);[1]
A strike against Essex Wire Corp. in Hillsdale, Michigan, and the deployment of national guardsman when the company resumed operations with non-union workers (AP-8, UPI-8);[7][8]
A booming economy in Michigan (AP-6);
Concern over the Great Lakes reaching their lowest water levels in 100 years (AP-9);[9]
Revelation that Daniel West, a successful candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives, had lied about being an honors graduate of Yale Law School and concealed an extensive criminal record (UPI-9);[10][11]
The success of University of Michigan sports teams with Big Ten Conference championships in football, indoor track, wrestling, and gymnastics, a co-championship in basketball, a national championship in men's ice hockey, and second-place finishes in outdoor track, tennis, and baseball (AP-10);[1] and
The exposure of Thomas M. Novak as a fraud after four year practicing medicine without a license (UPI-10).[12][13][14]
The Michigan high school basketball championships won by Benton Harbor (Class A), River Rouge (Class B), Grosse Pointe St. Paul (Class C), and Briton-Macon (Class D).
In the 1960 United States census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 7,823,194 persons, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1970, the state's population had grown 13.4% to 8,875,083 persons.
Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 60,000 based on 1960 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1950 and 1970 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 100,000 based on 1960 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1950 and 1970 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Counties that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.
APBA Gold Cup - Ron Musson in the Miss Bardahl won the 56th Gold Cup unlimited hydroplane race on July 5 before 250,000 spectators on the Detroit River. The victory was the second of three consecutive Gold Cups won by Musson and the Miss Bardahl.[44]
Music
Detroit's Motown record label had many hits in 1964, including the following:
"Where Did Our Love Go" by The Supremes was released on June 17, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was ranked No. 10 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1964.
"Baby I Need Your Loving" by the Four Tops was released July 10, reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, was ranked No. 57 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1964, and was later selected at No. 390 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
"Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas was released on July 31, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was ranked No. 17 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1964.
"Baby Love" by The Supremes was released September 17, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, was ranked No. 33 on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1964, was later selected at No. 324 on the Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
"My Girl" by The Temptations was released on December 21, reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was ranked was ranked No. 88 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
In the Michigan gubernatorial election, Republican incumbent George W. Romney won re-election, defeating Neil Staebler by a margin of 1,761,899 (55.9%) to 1,384,254 (44.0%).[45] Under Michigan's new Constitution, voters cast their ballots for Governor and Lieutenant Governor as part of a single ticket; William Milliken, president of Milliken's department store in Traverse City and a member of the Michigan Senate, was Romney's running mate and became Lieutenant Governor.[46] Milliken later followed Romney as Governor, holding the office from 1969 to 1983.
In the United States House of Representatives elections, districts were realigned to account for population growth in the Detroit suburbs. In the November 3 election, three Republican incumbents were defeated by Democrats: George Meader (49.4%) by Weston E. Vivian (50.4%) in District 2; August E. Johansen (47.3%) by Paul H. Todd Jr. (52.7%) in District 3; and Victor A. Knox (46.7%) by Raymond F. Clevenger (53.3%) in District 11. In all, Democrats gained four seats, with the state's Congressional delegation shifting from an 11–8 Republican majority to a 12–7 Democratic majority.
John Conyers was elected to his first term in District 1 with 83.6% of the vote. He joined Charles Diggs in Michigan's Congressional delegation. Michigan became the first state since Reconstruction to have more than one African-American representative in Congress.[48] Conyers has remained in office for more than 50 years and became the Dean of the United States House of Representatives in 2015.
In close voting, residents of Royal Oak voted to approve service of liquor by the glass for the first time in history. The vote count was 17,663 to 15,479.[49]
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