Page 8: Historical Events In 1964
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 28 Japan joins OECO. 


Apr 29 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter, dies at 77. 


Apr 29 Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma 


May 01 The inaugural BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth). 


May 02 Beatles' "Second Album" goes #1 and stays #1 for for 5 weeks 


May 02 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champion 


May 02 Nancy N Witcher Astor, US/Eng feminist/ex of Waldorf Astor, dies 


May 03 Diana Wynyard, dies at 58. 


May 04 "Another World" and "As the World Turns" premiere on TV. 


May 04 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva 


May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism) 


May 06 Harold Morris, composer, dies at 74 


May 09 Khrushchev visits Egypt. 


May 09 Peter and Gordon release "World Without Love" 


May 10 Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35 


May 12 Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO 


May 13 Organization and deployment of world's inaugural all nuclear-powered task group, USS Enterprise, USS Long Beach, and USS Bainbridge, to Sixth Fleet 


May 14 Underground America Day is inaugural observed 


May 15 Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61. 


May 15 In this year, Sporting Portugal claims 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp. 


May 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 


May 16 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 


May 16 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion 


May 17 Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82. 


May 18 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on the BBC. 


May 18 Forty 40 hidden microphones are discovered in the U S embassy in Moscow 


May 18 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years 


May 19 US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy 


May 20 Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazier to qualify for US Olympic team. 


May 21 The inaugural nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay) 


May 21 The initiation of the standing carrier presence at Yankee Station in the South China Sea. 


May 21 US begin intelligence flights above Laos. 


May 22 LBJ presents "Great Society". 


May 23 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3 27 45) 


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