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) in the year 1964.  

Jul 19   On this day in history carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69  

Jul 20   On this day in history 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   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   Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage on this day in history.  

Jul 23   Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 in the year 1964.  

Jul 24   In the year 1964 erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies  

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

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

Jul 26   In the year 1964 teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy  

Jul 26   Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die in the year 1964.  

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   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   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 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   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   In the year 1964 race riot in Jersey City NJ  

Aug 02   Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 in the year 1964.  

Aug 02   North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on this day in history.  

Aug 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1964.  

Aug 04   Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James Chaney found buried inside an earthen dam in Mississippi in the year 1964.  

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   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   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   Stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92) was born in the year 1964.  

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 in the year 1964.  

Jan 04   On this day in history ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64  

Jan 06   In the year 1964 edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67  

Jan 07   On this day in history colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62  

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   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 on this day in history.