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

Jul 19   In the year 1964 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jul 22   On this day in history steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open   

Jul 23   On this day in history egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage   

Jul 23   In the year 1964 jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74   

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

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

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   England all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw on this day in history.   

Jul 28   On this day in history ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures   

Jul 31   In the year 1964 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1964 beatles' "Hard Day's Night" single goes to #1 spot on the charts   

Aug 01   Jack Kirkwood actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1964 jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69   

Aug 02   In the year 1964 north Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts   

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 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 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   In the year 1964 moa Martinson, writer, dies   

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Jan 02   Christopher John Gray, priest was born in the year 1964.   

Jan 02   Pernell Whitaker, boxer (Olympic-gold) was born in the year 1964.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1964 ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64   

Jan 06   Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 in the year 1964.   

Jan 07   Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62 in the year 1964.   

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   A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46 in the year 1964.   

Jan 12   C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies in the year 1964.