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   On this day in history race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)  

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" in the year 1964.  

Jul 21   Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex on this day in history.  

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   Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 27   Betty D, was born this day in the year 1964.  

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

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

Jul 31   On this day in history al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 31   US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 01   Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 02   Race riot in Jersey City NJ on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1964 civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam  

Aug 05   In the year 1964 moa Martinson, writer, dies  

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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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1964.  

Jan 03   In the year 1964 birth of bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker  

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 in the year 1964.  

Jan 05   Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It) was born in the year 1964.  

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   Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   In the year 1964 a Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46  

Jan 12   On this day in history c R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies