Historical Events In 1964

Apr 13 New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day

Apr 05 1st driverless trains run on the London Underground

Nov 28 Mariner 4 launched; first probe to fly by Mars

Nov 30 USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned

Nov 18 J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"

Nov 13 Pope Paul VI donates his jewelled tiara, to the poor of the world

Nov 05 US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned

Nov 21 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)

Nov 24 Rebellion ends in Zaire

Nov 26 Nine helicopters of HU-2 and four from NAS Lakehurst, assisted the Coast Guard in the rescue of 17 men from the Norwegian tanker Stolt Dagali cut in two by collision with the Israeli liner Shalom off the New Jersey coast.

Nov 03 LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for President

Nov 28 President Lyndon Johnson's top advisers--Maxwell Taylor, Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara, and other members of the National Security Council--agree to recommend that the president adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of the bombing of North Vietnam.

Nov 23 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" &"She's a Woman"

Nov 12 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH

Nov 29 Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English

Nov 17 Helicopters of HMM-162 from Princeton, began delivery of 1,300 tons of food and clothing to people in the inland areas of South Vietnam flooded by heavy rains following a typhoon.

Sep 02 Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal

Sep 20 Paramount theater (NYC) presented the Beatles and Steve and Eydie

Sep 21 Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup

Sep 24 The Munsters, starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Al Lewis, makes its TV premiere.

Sep 28 Australia beats US in first clay court Davis Cup

Sep 17 "Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV

Sep 27 The Warren Commission report is issued, stating that JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted without outside help.

Sep 16 "Shindig" premiers

Sep 04 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)

Sep 04 The now-classic comedy, Gilligan's Island, debuts on CBS-TV.

Sep 28 First deployment of Polaris A-3 missile on USS Daniel Webster (SSBN 626) from Charleston, SC

Sep 21 Malta becomes independent within the British Commonwealth

Sep 22 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances

Sep 12 First football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6

Sep 14 Walt Disney awarded the Medal of Freedom at the White House

Sep 21 Malta gains independence from Britain

Sep 24 "The Munsters" premiers

Sep 12 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage

Sep 24 Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd

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