Page 11: Historical Events In 1964

Jul 17   Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) on this day in history.   

Jul 18   Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln) on this day in history.   

Jul 19   In the year 1964 carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69   

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   In the year 1964 steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open   

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

Jul 23   Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies on this day in history.   

Jul 25   In the year 1964 beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 14 weeks   

Jul 25   Race riot in Rochester NY on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy on this day in history.   

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   England all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw in the year 1964.   

Jul 28   On this day in history 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   Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39 in the year 1964.   

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

Aug 01   In the year 1964 beatles' "Hard Day's Night" single goes to #1 spot on the charts   

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   In the year 1964 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 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 02   US destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin in the year 1964.   

Aug 03   On this day in history flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39   

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   Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam on this day in history.   

Aug 05   Moa Martinson, writer, dies in the year 1964.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of christopher John Gray, priest   

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

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

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

Jan 03   In the year 1964 birth of bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92)   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1964 birth of ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)   

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   A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46 in the year 1964.   

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