Date | Event |
1964 |
Marco Ambrosini Was Born |
1964 |
Ángel Barrios Died |
1964 |
Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt Died |
1964 |
Luca Belcastro Was Born |
1964 |
Marc Blitzstein Died |
July
13
1964 |
Andreas Boltz Was Born |
1964 |
Nacio Herb Brown Died |
1964 |
Francisco Canaro Died |
1964 |
George Dyson Died |
1964 |
Julia Gomelskaya Was Born |
1964 |
Louis Gruenberg Died |
1964 |
Sigurd Islandsmoen Died |
1964 |
Yoko Kanno Was Born |
1964 |
Joseph Marx Died |
1964 |
Otto Olsson Died |
1964 |
Cole Porter Died |
1964 |
Emil Reesen Died |
1964 |
Richard Rijnvos Was Born |
1964 |
Jean Rogister Died |
1964 |
Matthew Taylor Was Born |
1964 |
Ernst Toch Died |
1964 |
Ian Wilson Was Born |
January
01
1964 |
Zambia, Malawi Gain Independence From Rhodesia Federation |
1964 |
Willem Andriessen Died |
January
08
1964 |
President Johnson Declares ""War On Poverty" |
January
09
1964 |
Martyrs' Day Was An Anti-American Riot In Panama |
January
11
1964 |
U.S. Says Smoking Hazardous To Health |
January
12
1964 |
Zanzibar Revoloution Leads To A Republic |
January
13
1964 |
Calcutta Anti-Muslim Riots: 100 Dead |
January
13
1964 |
Future Pope Appointed Archbishop Of Krakow, Poland |
January
16
1964 |
Hello Dolly Starring Channing Opened On Broadway |
January
23
1964 |
The 24th Amendment Ends The Poll Tax |
January
28
1964 |
USAF Plane Shot Down By Soviet MiG-19 |
January
30
1964 |
Ranger 6 Is Launched |
January
30
1964 |
South Vietnamese Government Overthrown Bloodlessly |
February
01
1964 |
Beatles Take Number One Hit In US |
February
07
1964 |
The Beatles Arrived In The US |
February
09
1964 |
The Beatles Perform On The Ed Sullivan Show |
February
10
1964 |
HMAS Melbourne And Voyager Collide Killing 82 |
February
11
1964 |
Greeks And Turks Fight In Cyprus |
February
17
1964 |
Supreme Court Rules: Congressional District Population Equality |
February
17
1964 |
Aubame Becomes Gabonese President After Coup |
February
25
1964 |
Kim Il-sung Calls For State-run Farms |
February
25
1964 |
U.S. Launches A Satellite In California |
February
27
1964 |
Italian Government Seeks Help In Saving Pisa Tower |
February
29
1964 |
Australian Swimmer Sets New World Record |
March
01
1964 |
Conaripe Town Destroyed By Villarrica Volcano's Eruption |
March
06
1964 |
Constantine II Becomes King Of Greece |
March
06
1964 |
Boxer Clay Takes Islamic Name Muhammad Ali |
March
13
1964 |
Woman Murdered While Others Reportedly Fail To Help |
March
14
1964 |
Jack Ruby Is Found Guilty For Assassin's Murder |
March
20
1964 |
Agreement Establishes ESRO On June 14, 1962 |
March
27
1964 |
Earthquake Hits Alaska, Kills 125 |
March
30
1964 |
Jeopardy!, Hosted By Art Fleming Debuts |
March
31
1964 |
Coup D'état In Brazil Establishes A Military Government |
April
04
1964 |
The Beatles: Top 5 Billboards Pop Hits |
April
07
1964 |
IBM Announces The System/360 |
April
08
1964 |
Gemini 1 (unamanned Test Flight) Launched |
April
13
1964 |
Poitier Becomes First African-American To Win Best Actor In 1963 |
April
15
1964 |
Ford Mustang Showcased Two Days Before Premiere |
April
17
1964 |
Jerrie Mock Circumavigate World By Air |
April
17
1964 |
Ford Mustang Is Introduced To North American Markets |
April
20
1964 |
Fire At Battersea Power Station |
April
21
1964 |
Satellite Fails And Disperses Radioactivity Into The Atmosphere |
April
22
1964 |
First New York World's Fair Opens |
April
26
1964 |
Tanganyika And Zanzibar Merge |
May
02
1964 |
The USS Card Is Sunk In Saigon's Harbor |
May
02
1964 |
Shishapangma Mountain's First Ascent |
May
05
1964 |
May 5th Declared Europe Day |
May
07
1964 |
Passenger Causes Airliner Crash That Kills 44 |
May
09
1964 |
De Facto Ruler Of Vietnam Executed |
May
20
1964 |
Wilson And Penzias Discover Cosmic Microwaves |
May
22
1964 |
President Johnson Announces Great Society Social Reform |
May
28
1964 |
Palestinians Form Liberation Organization |
May
29
1964 |
Arab League To Discuss Palestinian Question |
June
05
1964 |
DSV Alvin Is Commissioned |
June
06
1964 |
Rocket Launches End Permanently In Cuxhaven, Germany |
June
10
1964 |
Senate Breaks 75 Day Civil Rights Impasse |
June
11
1964 |
Seifert Kills 10 In Cologne School Attack |
June
12
1964 |
Mendela Sentenced To Life In South Africa |
June
19
1964 |
The Senate Approves Civil Rights Act |
June
21
1964 |
Civil Rights Workers Murdered By Klan |
June
28
1964 |
Malcolm X Forms Afro-American Unity |
July
02
1964 |
Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act 1964 Desegregates |
July
06
1964 |
Malawi Declares Independence From UK |
July
19
1964 |
Rally In Saigon |
July
20
1964 |
Viet Cong Attack Capital, Killing 51 |
July
27
1964 |
Military Advisers Sent To Vietnam |
July
31
1964 |
Ranger 7 Sends Back Photographs Of Moon |
August
01
1964 |
Democratic Republic Of The Congo Begins |
August
02
1964 |
Gulf Of Tonkin Was Started By North Vietnamese |
August
04
1964 |
Civil Rights Workers Found Dead In Mississippi |
August
04
1964 |
Gulf Of Tonkin Incident |
August
05
1964 |
Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow |
August
06
1964 |
Prometheus, World's Oldest Tree, Cut Down |
August
07
1964 |
Congress Passes Tonkin Gulf Resolution |
August
12
1964 |
South Africa Banned From Olympic Games |
August
12
1964 |
Wilson Escapes From Prison In Birmingham |
August
13
1964 |
UK: Allen And Evans Hanged For West Murder |
August
16
1964 |
Minh Replaced By Khanh S. Vietnam; New Constitution |
August
19
1964 |
First Geostationary Communication Satellite Launched |
August
27
1964 |
South Vietnamese Coup Ended By Agreement |
August
28
1964 |
The Philadelphia Race Riot Begins |
September
04
1964 |
Edinburgh: Forth Road Bridge Opens |
September
12
1964 |
Canyonlands National Park Becomes A National Park |
September
13
1964 |
Generals Fail In South Vietnam Coup |
September
18
1964 |
Constantine II Marries Princess Anne-Marie |
September
18
1964 |
North Vietnamese Begin Southern Infiltration |
September
21
1964 |
Malta Gains Independence From United Kingdom |
September
21
1964 |
First Mach 3 Bomber Makes Maiden Flight |
September
25
1964 |
Mozambique War Against Portugal Begins |
September
27
1964 |
British Aircraft Maiden Flight |
September
29
1964 |
Mafalda Comic Published First Time |
October
01
1964 |
UC Berkeley: Free Speech Movement Launched |
October
01
1964 |
Japan Starts Bullet Trains |
October
10
1964 |
New Technology In Tokyo Olympics Telecast |
October
12
1964 |
Soviet Union Launches Voskhod 1 |
October
14
1964 |
King, Jr. Receives Nobel Peace Prize |
October
14
1964 |
Leonid Brezhnev Becomes General Secretary |
October
16
1964 |
China Detonates Its First Nuclear Weapon |
October
16
1964 |
Collective Leadership Established In USSR |
October
16
1964 |
End premiership of sir Alec Douglas-Home |
October
16
1964 |
Start premiership of Harold Wilson |
October
17
1964 |
Lake Burley Griffin Opens In Canberra |
October
18
1964 |
The World's Fair Closed In 1964 |
October
22
1964 |
Sartre Turns Down Nobel Literature Prize |
October
22
1964 |
New Official Flag Of Canada Selected |
October
24
1964 |
Zambia Gains Independence From U.K |
October
26
1964 |
Cooke Last Person Executed In Australia |
October
27
1964 |
Reagan's Political Career Is Launched |
October
28
1964 |
U.S. Denies Involvement In Vietnam Bombing |
October
29
1964 |
Tanganyika And Zanzibar Renamed United Republic Of Tanzania |
October
29
1964 |
Gems Stolen From New York City Museum |
November
02
1964 |
Saud Deposed And Replaced By Faisal |
November
03
1964 |
D.C. Residents Finally Vote In Election |
November
21
1964 |
Longest Suspension Bridge Verrazano-Narrows Opens |
November
21
1964 |
The Second Vatican Council Closes |
November
28
1964 |
NASA Launches Mariner 4 Probe Towards Mars |
November
28
1964 |
NSC Recommends Lyndon For Boming Escalation |
December
01
1964 |
Meeting Of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson And Advisers |
December
01
1964 |
Malawi, Malta And Zambia Join United Nations |
December
03
1964 |
Police Arrest 800 At UC-Berkeley |
December
05
1964 |
Vietnam Captain Donlon First War Medal Of Honor |
December
11
1964 |
NYC: Guevara Addresses UN |
December
12
1964 |
Kenyatta Becomes President Of Republic Of Kenya |
December
14
1964 |
Supreme Court Rules Congress Can Fight Discrimination |
December
19
1964 |
South Vietnamese Junta Dissolve Council |
December
22
1964 |
Test Flight Of SR-71 Took Place |
December
24
1964 |
Viet Cong Bomb Saigon, South Vietnam Strikes Capital |