There was plenty going on in the world in 1964 - the year that The Beatles' appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show triggered Beatlemania across the USA.
The Olympic Games took place in Tokyo, Martin Luther King Jr was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and Lyndon B. Johnson was elected the American President.
In the UK, The Sun newspaper was published for the first time, pirate radio station Radio Caroline began broadcasting, the Great Train Robbery took place and the Labour Party, led by Harold Wilson, won a narrow victory in the general election, ending thirteen years of Conservative rule.
Meanwhile, in Scotland the national team failed to get to the quarter finals of the West Germany World Cup despite being undefeated in their group stage matches, the Forth Road Bridge was opened, and comedian Limmy was born.
Here are 23 pictures from our archives to take you back to that year.
5. Rolling out the barrel
Men rolling barrels at the Chivas whisky plant in Paisley in 1964. | National World
6. Thin blue line
Sergeant Livingstone talking to female police officers at the Central Police Building in Glasgow in December 1964. | National World
7. Worshippers
People coming out of Portree Parish Church, on the Isle of Skye, on a Sunday in 1964. | National World
8. Double act
Brian Marjoribanks and Morag Forsyth in 'The Happiest Days of Your Life', at the Lyceum Theatre in December 1964. | National World