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

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 22   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 on this day in history.  

Jul 22   On this day in history 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   Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 in the year 1964.  

Jul 24   On this day in history 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   Race riot in Rochester NY in the year 1964.  

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

Jul 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1964.  

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

Jul 31   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 01   In the year 1964 johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30  

Aug 01   North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it begins in earnest on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aug 04   Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James Chaney found buried inside an earthen dam in Mississippi on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1964.  

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

Jan 03   Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker was born in the year 1964.  

Jan 04   In the year 1964 birth of stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92)  

Jan 05   In the year 1964 birth of john Erickson, Woodland Hills Calif, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity)  

Jan 05   Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64 in the year 1964.  

Jan 06   On this day in history edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67  

Jan 07   Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62 in the year 1964.  

Jan 08   Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 in the year 1964.  

Jan 09   On this day in history halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80  

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

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