Page 11: 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   On this day in history carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69   

Jul 20   The first surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City" on this day in history.   

Jul 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1964 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   Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 in the year 1964.   

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

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

Jul 25   On this day in history race riot in Rochester NY   

Jul 26   On this day in history teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy   

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 in the year 1964.   

Jul 28   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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 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 on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history north Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts   

Aug 02   On this day in history race riot in Jersey City NJ   

Aug 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James Chaney found buried inside an earthen dam in Mississippi   

Aug 04   In the year 1964 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   On this day in history birth of christopher John Gray, priest   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92) was born in the year 1964.   

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   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 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 on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1964.