Page 11: 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   Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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   Steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open in the year 1964.   

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 in the year 1964.   

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   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 in the year 1964.   

Jul 28   In the year 1964 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 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 in the year 1964.   

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

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

Aug 01   In the year 1964 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   On this day in history race riot in Jersey City NJ   

Aug 02   In the year 1964 jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69   

Aug 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1964 uS destroyer attacked by Vietnamese torpedo boats in Gulf of Tonkin   

Aug 03   On this day in history flannery O'Connor, writer (Good Man is Hard to Find), dies at 39   

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   On this day in history moa Martinson, writer, dies   

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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   Rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92) was born in the year 1964.   

Jan 03   In the year 1964 birth of cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984)   

Jan 03   Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92)   

Jan 05   In the year 1964 birth of john Erickson, Woodland Hills Calif, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity)   

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

Jan 06   Edgar Maass, German/US author (Verdun), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1964.   

Jan 09   On this day in history halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80   

Jan 10   A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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