Historical Events In 1964

Jul 17   On this day in history don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)   

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

Jul 19   Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Jul 20   In the year 1964 the first surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City"   

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   On this day in history steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open   

Jul 23   Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage in the year 1964.   

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

Jul 24   On this day in history erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies   

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

Jul 25   Race riot in Rochester NY in the year 1964.   

Jul 26   Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy in the year 1964.   

Jul 26   Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die in the year 1964.   

Jul 27   In the year 1964 betty D, was born this day   

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   In the year 1964 al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor   

Jul 31   On this day in history 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.   

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

Jul 31   In the year 1964 uS Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon   

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

Aug 01   Jack Kirkwood actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 in the year 1964.   

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

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

Aug 01   In the year 1964 race riot in Jersey City NJ   

Aug 02   Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Aug 02   North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on this day in history.   

Aug 02   In the year 1964 race riot in Jersey City NJ   

Aug 02   In the year 1964 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Moa Martinson, writer, dies in the year 1964.   

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Jan 02   Christopher John Gray, priest was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1964 birth of pernell Whitaker, boxer (Olympic-gold)   

Jan 02   Rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) was born in the year 1964.   

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   In the year 1964 alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies   

Jan 04   In the year 1964 ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64   

Jan 06   Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 in the year 1964.   

Jan 07   In the year 1964 colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62   

Jan 08   In the year 1964 arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71   

Jan 09   Halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80 in the year 1964.   

Jan 10   On this day in history a Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46   

Jan 12   On this day in history c R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies