Historical Events In 1964

Jul 17   Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) in the year 1964.  

Jul 18   Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln) in the year 1964.  

Jul 19   Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69 in the year 1964.  

Jul 20   The first surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City" on this day in history.  

Jul 21   Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex in the year 1964.  

Jul 22   In the year 1964 four Navy Divers (LCDR Robert Thompson, MC; Gunners Mate First Class Lester Anderson, Chief Quartermaster Robert A. Barth, and Chief Hospital Corpsman Sanders Manning) submerge in Sealab I for 10 days at a depth of 192 feet, 39 miles off Hamilton, Bermuda. They surfaced on 31 July 1964.  

Jul 22   In the year 1964 steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open  

Jul 23   On this day in history egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage  

Jul 23   On this day in history jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74  

Jul 24   In the year 1964 erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies  

Jul 25   Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 14 weeks on this day in history.  

Jul 25   On this day in history race riot in Rochester NY  

Jul 26   In the year 1964 teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy  

Jul 26   In the year 1964 train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die  

Jul 27   Betty D, was born this day on this day in history.  

Jul 28   On this day in history england all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw  

Jul 28   In the year 1964 ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures  

Jul 31   Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor on this day in history.  

Jul 31   All-nuclear task force with USS Long Beach, USS Enterprise, and USS Bainbridge leaves Norfolk, VA to begin voyage, Operation Sea Orbit, to circle the globe without refueling. They returned on 3 October on this day in history.  

Jul 31   In the year 1964 jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39  

Jul 31   US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon in the year 1964.  

Aug 01   Beatles' "Hard Day's Night" single goes to #1 spot on the charts in the year 1964.  

Aug 01   In the year 1964 jack Kirkwood actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69  

Aug 01   Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30 in the year 1964.  

Aug 01   North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it begins in earnest in the year 1964.  

Aug 01   Race riot in Jersey City NJ in the year 1964.  

Aug 02   On this day in history jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69  

Aug 02   North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts in the year 1964.  

Aug 02   Race riot in Jersey City NJ in the year 1964.  

Aug 02   On this day in history uS destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin  

Aug 03   Flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39 in the year 1964.  

Aug 04   Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James Chaney found buried inside an earthen dam in Mississippi in the year 1964.  

Aug 04   On this day in history civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam  

Aug 05   On this day in history moa Martinson, writer, dies  

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Jan 02   Christopher John Gray, priest was born in the year 1964.  

Jan 02   Pernell Whitaker, boxer (Olympic-gold) was born in the year 1964.  

Jan 02   In the year 1964 birth of rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker  

Jan 04   Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   John Erickson, Woodland Hills Calif, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity) was born in the year 1964.  

Jan 05   Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It) was born in the year 1964.  

Jan 01   On this day in history alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies  

Jan 04   Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1964 edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67  

Jan 07   On this day in history colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62  

Jan 08   Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   In the year 1964 halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80  

Jan 10   In the year 1964 a Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46  

Jan 12   C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies in the year 1964.