Page 11: 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   The first surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City" in the year 1964.   

Jul 21   On this day in history arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex   

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   Steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open in the year 1964.   

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   Erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies in the year 1964.   

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

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

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 in the year 1964.   

Jul 28   In the year 1964 england all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw   

Jul 28   Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures in the year 1964.   

Jul 31   In the year 1964 al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor   

Jul 31   In the year 1964 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   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   On this day in history beatles' "Hard Day's Night" single goes to #1 spot on the charts   

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

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history moa Martinson, writer, dies   

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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   In the year 1964 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 in the year 1964.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)   

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.