Historical Events In 1964

Jul 17   In the year 1964 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) 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   In the year 1964 arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex  

Jul 22   On this day in history 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   In the year 1964 race riot in Rochester NY  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 28   Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures on this day in history.  

Jul 31   Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor in the year 1964.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Aug 01   On this day in history beatles' "Hard Day's Night" single goes to #1 spot on the charts  

Aug 01   On this day in history jack Kirkwood actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69  

Aug 01   On this day in history johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30  

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

Aug 01   On this day in history race riot in Jersey City NJ  

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

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1964 birth of christopher John Gray, priest  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92)  

Jan 03   Cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.