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Events on the year of 1964 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1964 Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved
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01 Jan 1964 KNMT TV channel 12 in Walker, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jan 1964 KTVS TV channel 3 in Sterling, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jan 1964 The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
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02 Jan 1964 Ayub Khan elected President of Pakistan
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02 Jan 1964 Failed assassination attempt on President Nkrumah of Ghana
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03 Jan 1964 Jack Paar Show, shows a clip of the Beatles singing "She Loves You"
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05 Jan 1964 Pope Paul VI visits Jordan and Israel
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05 Jan 1964 San Diego Chargers win AFL-championship
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06 Jan 1964 Charlie Finlay announces he wants to move Kansas City Athletics to Louisville
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07 Jan 1964 Bahamas becomes self-governing
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07 Jan 1964 Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in air (Boeing 707)
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08 Jan 1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
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08 Jan 1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty"
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08 Jan 1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
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09 Jan 1964 Anti-US rioting broke out in Panama Canal Zone
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09 Jan 1964 Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
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10 Jan 1964 Panama severs diplomatic relations with US
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10 Jan 1964 US version of "That Was The Week That Was, " premieres
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10 Jan 1964 Panam
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10 Jan 1964 Battles between moslems & hindus in Calcutta
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11 Jan 1964 Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)
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11 Jan 1964 Panama ends diplomatic relations with US
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11 Jan 1964 Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
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11 Jan 1964 Panam
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11 Jan 1964 "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 302 performances
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11 Jan 1964 US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
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12 Jan 1964 Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
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12 Jan 1964 Revolution overthrows Sultan of Zanzibar, 1 month after independence
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12 Jan 1964 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 31-17
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13 Jan 1964 Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland.
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13 Jan 1964 Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
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13 Jan 1964 Karol Wojtyla becomes archbishop of Krakow
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14 Jan 1964 Bapu Nadkarni 32-27-5-0 vs England, 21 maiden overs in a row
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14 Jan 1964 14th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 111-107 at Boston
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14 Jan 1964 Jacqueline Kennedy's 1st public appearance (TV) since assassination
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15 Jan 1964 Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract
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15 Jan 1964 Baseball agrees to hold a free-agent draft in New York City NY
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16 Jan 1964 "Hello, Dolly!" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 2,844 performances
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16 Jan 1964 AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City Athletics to Louisville
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16 Jan 1964 Hello, Dolly! (musical) starring Carol Channing opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
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16 Jan 1964 "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens at St James Theater New York City NY for 2,844 performances
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18 Jan 1964 Plans for World Trade Center announced (NYC)
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18 Jan 1964 Plans for the World Trade Center announced (New York City NY)
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18 Jan 1964 Beatles 1st appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35)
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19 Jan 1964 KFME TV channel 13 in Fargo, ND (PBS) begins broadcasting
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20 Jan 1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US
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21 Jan 1964 Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency
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22 Jan 1964 World's largest cheese (15,723 kg) manufactured, Wisconsin
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22 Jan 1964 Kenneth Kaunda becomes premier of North-Rhodesia (Zambia)
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23 Jan 1964 The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
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23 Jan 1964 24th Amendment ratified, barring poll tax in federal elections
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23 Jan 1964 Arthur Miller's "After the Fall" premieres in New York City NY
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24 Jan 1964 CBS purchases 1964 & 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million
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24 Jan 1964 24th Amendment to US Constitution goes into effect & states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes
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24 Jan 1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking
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25 Jan 1964 Beatles 1st US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)
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25 Jan 1964 Echo 2, US communications satellite launched
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27 Jan 1964 "Introducing the Beatles" album released in US
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27 Jan 1964 Margaret Chase Smith (Senator-R-ME) tries for Republican Presidential bid
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27 Jan 1964 Barlow & Graeme Pollock complete 341 stand at Adelaide Oval
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28 Jan 1964 An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
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29 Jan 1964 Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" and"Sie Leibt Dich"
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29 Jan 1964 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria
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29 Jan 1964 Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" & "Sie Leibt Dich"
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29 Jan 1964 Most lopsided high-school basketball score-211-29 (Louisiana)
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29 Jan 1964 NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million
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29 Jan 1964 Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit
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29 Jan 1964 Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove" premieres
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30 Jan 1964 In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
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30 Jan 1964 Ranger program: Ranger 6 is launched.
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30 Jan 1964 Ranger 6 launched; makes perfect flight to Moon, but cameras fail
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30 Jan 1964 Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam
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31 Jan 1964 US report "Smoking & Health" connects smoking to lung cancer
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01 Feb 1964 "Stop the World, I Want to..." closes at Shubert NYC after 556 performances
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01 Feb 1964 Indiana Governor Mathew Walsh tries to ban "Louie Louie" for obscenity
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01 Feb 1964 Suriname River dammed
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01 Feb 1964 The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
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02 Feb 1964 Red Faber, Burleigh Grimes, Tim Keefe, Heinie Manush, John Montgomery Ward, and Miller Huggins are selected to Hall of Fame
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02 Feb 1964 Sjoukje Dijkstra (Neth) wins Olympic gold for figure skating
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03 Feb 1964 "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
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03 Feb 1964 Black and Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools
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04 Feb 1964 Amendment 24 outlaws poll tax
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04 Feb 1964 FAA begins 6 month test of reactions to sonic booms over Okla City
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06 Feb 1964 France and Great-Britain sign accord over building channel tunnel
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06 Feb 1964 WCIU TV channel 26 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
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07 Feb 1964 Baskin-Robbins introduces Beatle Nut ice cream
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07 Feb 1964 Cassius Clay becomes a black Moslem
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07 Feb 1964 The Beatles first arrive in the United States. Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show two days later would mark the beginning of the British Invasion.
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08 Feb 1964 Rep Martha Griffiths address gets civil rights protection for women being added to the 1964 Civil Rights Act
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09 Feb 1964 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers)
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09 Feb 1964 9th Winter Olympic games close at Innsbruck, Austria
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09 Feb 1964 GI Joe character created
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09 Feb 1964 Hanumant Singh scores 105 India vs. England on debut at Delhi
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09 Feb 1964 The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
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10 Feb 1964 Australian destroyer "Voyager" sinks in collision, killing 82
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10 Feb 1964 Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
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10 Feb 1964 Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne
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10 Feb 1964 WBGU TV channel 27 in Bowling Green OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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11 Feb 1964 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.
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11 Feb 1964 Beatles 1st live appearance in US; Washington DC Coliseum
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11 Feb 1964 Taiwan drops diplomatic relations with France
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12 Feb 1964 Beatles 1st NYC concert (Carnegie Hall)
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12 Feb 1964 End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career
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12 Feb 1964 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
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15 Feb 1964 Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
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15 Feb 1964 Bill Bradley scores 51 points for Princeton
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16 Feb 1964 "Foxy" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 72 performances
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16 Feb 1964 Beatles' 2nd appearance on "Ed Sullivan Show"
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17 Feb 1964 Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
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17 Feb 1964 In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
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17 Feb 1964 101st member elected to baseball's hall of fame (Luke Appling)
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17 Feb 1964 US House of Reps accept Law on the civil rights
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17 Feb 1964 US Supreme court rules - 1 man 1 vote (Westberry vs Sanders)
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17 Feb 1964 WMEM TV channel 10 in Presque Isle ME (PBS) begins broadcasting
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18 Feb 1964 Muriel Resnik's "Any Wednesday" premieres in New York NY
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18 Feb 1964 Papandreou government takes power in Greece
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19 Feb 1964 UK flies
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21 Feb 1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US
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22 Feb 1964 Beatles arrive back in England after their 1st US visit
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23 Feb 1964 Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City
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24 Feb 1964 Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title
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25 Feb 1964 Cassius Clay TKOs Sonny Liston in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
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25 Feb 1964 U.S. Air Force launches a satellite employing a US Air Force Atlas/Agena combination from Point Arguello (LC-2-3) in California and from Cape Kennedy in Florida.
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25 Feb 1964 North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones.
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25 Feb 1964 Cassius Clay, a 7-1 underdog, TKOs champion Sonny Liston in the 7th round to win the world heavyweight championship
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25 Feb 1964 Austrian chancellor Alfons Gorbach resigns
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27 Feb 1964 "What Makes Sammy Run?" opens at 84th St. Theater NYC for 540 performances
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27 Feb 1964 The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
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29 Feb 1964 "Rugantino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 28 performances
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29 Feb 1964 In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds).
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29 Feb 1964 Frank Rugani sets badminton shuttlecock distance record, 24.3 meters
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29 Feb 1964 LBJ reveals US secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter
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29 Feb 1964 North Carolina high school basketball teams play to 56-54 score in 13 overtime
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01 Mar 1964 Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe.
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02 Mar 1964 Beatles begin filming "Hard Days Night, " Harrison meets Patti Boyd
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04 Mar 1964 Jimmy Hoffa convicted of jury tampering
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05 Mar 1964 Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr, announces a baseball team is moving there
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05 Mar 1964 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest
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06 Mar 1964 Constantine succeeds Paul I as King of Greece
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06 Mar 1964 Elijah Muhammad renames Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali
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06 Mar 1964 Constantine II becomes King of Greece.
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06 Mar 1964 Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
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08 Mar 1964 Malcolm X leaves Black Muslim Movement
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09 Mar 1964 1st Ford Mustang produced
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09 Mar 1964 Supreme Court issues New York Times vs. Sullivan decision, public officials must prove malice to claim libel and recover damages
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10 Mar 1964 US reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany
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12 Mar 1964 6th Grammy Awards: Days of Wine and Roses, Striesand wins 2
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12 Mar 1964 Jimmy Hoffa sentenced to 8 years
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12 Mar 1964 Malcolm X resigns from Nation of Islam
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12 Mar 1964 S[amuel] N[athaniel] Behrman's "But for Whom Charlie" premieres in New York NY
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12 Mar 1964 WKAB TV channel 32 in Montgomery AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
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13 Mar 1964 American Kitty Genovese is murdered, the media erroneously report that many of the victim's neighbours witnessed the crime yet failed to help, prompting research into the bystander effect.
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13 Mar 1964 Turkey threatens Cyprus with armed attack
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14 Mar 1964 "Girl Who Came to Supper" closes at Broadway NYC after 112 performances
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14 Mar 1964 A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
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14 Mar 1964 Dallas jury sentences Jack Ruby to death for Lee Harvey Oswald murder
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15 Mar 1964 LBJ asks for a War on Poverty
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15 Mar 1964 Liz Taylor's 5th marriage (Richard Burton)
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15 Mar 1964 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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16 Mar 1964 KCOY TV channel 12 in Santa Maria CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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16 Mar 1964 Paul Hornung & Alex Karras reinstated in NFL after 1 year suspension
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19 Mar 1964 Sean Connery's 1st day of shooting on "Goldfinger"
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20 Mar 1964 The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
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20 Mar 1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization
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21 Mar 1964 26th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Duke 98-83
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21 Mar 1964 Beatles' "She Loves You" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
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21 Mar 1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0)
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22 Mar 1964 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of New York Times Magazine section
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22 Mar 1964 Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational
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23 Mar 1964 UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva
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24 Mar 1964 Kennedy half-dollar issued
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25 Mar 1964 Britain sets memorial for the late President John F Kennedy
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25 Mar 1964 Egypt ends state of siege (1952-64)
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26 Mar 1964 "Funny Girl" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1,348 performances
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26 Mar 1964 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 1,348 performances
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27 Mar 1964 1st true Pirate Radio station, Radio Caroline (England)
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27 Mar 1964 Earthquake strikes Alaska, 8.4 on Richter scale, 118 die
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27 Mar 1964 The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
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27 Mar 1964 Earthquake strikes Anchorage AK, 9.2 on Richter scale, 131 die from earthquake and resulting tsunami; this is the most violent eathquake in US history
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27 Mar 1964 Great Train Robbers sentenced to a total of 307 years behind bars
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27 Mar 1964 UN troops arrive on Cyprus
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28 Mar 1964 1st pirate radio station near England (Radio Caroline)
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28 Mar 1964 9.2 earthquake shakes Prince William Sound, Alaska
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29 Mar 1964 1st true Pirate Radio station, Radio Caroline (England)
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30 Mar 1964 Jeopardy!, hosted by Art Fleming debuts.
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30 Mar 1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race
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31 Mar 1964 A coup d'état in Brazil establishes a military government, under the aegis of general Castelo Branco.
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31 Mar 1964 President Jango Goulart of Brazil chased out of office by military
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01 Apr 1964 John Lennon is reunited with his father Freddie after 17 years
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02 Apr 1964 Josef Klaus succeeds Alfons Gorbach as chancellor of Austria
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02 Apr 1964 Military coup in Brazil by General Castello Branco, President Goulart ousted
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02 Apr 1964 USSR launches Zond 1 to Venus; no data returned
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03 Apr 1964 Beatles hold top 6 spots on Sydney Australia record charts
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04 Apr 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
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04 Apr 1964 The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
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05 Apr 1964 1st driverless trains run on London Underground
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06 Apr 1964 Egypt and Belgium restore diplomatic relations
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07 Apr 1964 IBM announces the System/360.
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08 Apr 1964 Unmanned Gemini 1 launched
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08 Apr 1964 Gemini 1 (unmanned test flight) launched.
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10 Apr 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire & sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)
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10 Apr 1964 Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project
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11 Apr 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 9 performances
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12 Apr 1964 28th Golf Masters Championship Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 276
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12 Apr 1964 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
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13 Apr 1964 36th Academy Awards - "Tom Jones, " Sidney Poitier and Patricia Neal win
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13 Apr 1964 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
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13 Apr 1964 New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day
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13 Apr 1964 Sidney Poitier becomes 1st black man to win Oscar for best actor
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13 Apr 1964 Ian D Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
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14 Apr 1964 Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk
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15 Apr 1964 The first Ford Mustang rolls off the show room floor, two days before it is set to go on sale nationwide.
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15 Apr 1964 Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens (Bridge-Tunnel measures 17.6 miles (28.4 km) and is considered the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex)
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15 Apr 1964 Ian Smith becomes premier of Rhodesia
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16 Apr 1964 Geraldine Mock of US is 1st woman to fly solo round the world
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16 Apr 1964 9 men sentenced 25-30 years for Britain's 1963 "Great Train Robbery"
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17 Apr 1964 "Cafe Crown" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 3 performances
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17 Apr 1964 "High Spirits" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 375 performances
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17 Apr 1964 Jerrie Mock becomes 1st woman to fly solo around the world
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17 Apr 1964 Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.
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17 Apr 1964 Jerrie Mock becomes the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air.
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17 Apr 1964 Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base)
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17 Apr 1964 1st game at Shea Stadium, New York Mets lose to Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3
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18 Apr 1964 "Cafe Crown" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 3 performances
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18 Apr 1964 "Foxy" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
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18 Apr 1964 Artisans strike in Belgium ends
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18 Apr 1964 Geraldine Mock of US becomes 1st woman to fly solo round the world
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18 Apr 1964 Sandy Koufax is 1st to strike out the side on 9 pitches
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18 Apr 1964 Van Joe Orton's "Entertaining Mr Sloane"
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19 Apr 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Invitational
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19 Apr 1964 Rightist coup in Laos, Suvanna Phuma remains premier
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19 Apr 1964 Roger Sessions' opera "Montezuma", premieres in West-Berlin
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20 Apr 1964 BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station.
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20 Apr 1964 86% of black students boycott Cleveland schools
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20 Apr 1964 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59
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21 Apr 1964 A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
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21 Apr 1964 Pirates & Cubs combine for 9 homeruns, Pirates win 8-5
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22 Apr 1964 Tanganyika andZanzibar form Republic Tanzania
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22 Apr 1964 The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its first season.
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22 Apr 1964 World's Fair (Flushing Meadow, Corona Park, New York) opens
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23 Apr 1964 Houston Colt 45s Ken Johnson becomes 1st major league pitcher to lose a 9 inning no-hitter, Cincinnati Reds win 1-0
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23 Apr 1964 James Baldwin's "Blues for Mr Charlie", premieres in NYC
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23 Apr 1964 New York State Theater opens
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25 Apr 1964 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 3
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26 Apr 1964 Tanganyika andZanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika andZanzibar
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26 Apr 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
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26 Apr 1964 Tanganyika & Zanzibar unite to form Tanzania (Tanzanian Union Day)
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26 Apr 1964 18th NBA Championship Boston Celtics beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 1
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26 Apr 1964 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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27 Apr 1964 John Lennon's "In His Own Write" is published in the US
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28 Apr 1964 Japan joins OECO
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29 Apr 1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish Prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma
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01 May 1964 1st BASIC program runs on a computer (Dartmouth)
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02 May 1964 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00
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02 May 1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA champ
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02 May 1964 First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
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02 May 1964 Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
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03 May 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Clifford Ann Creed Golf Invitational
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04 May 1964 "Another World" and"As the World Turns" premieres on TV
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04 May 1964 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva
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04 May 1964 KIII TV channel 3 in Corpus Christi, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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04 May 1964 Pulitzer prize awarded to Richard Hofstadter (Anti-intellectualism)
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05 May 1964 Separatists riot in Quebec
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05 May 1964 The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
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09 May 1964 Khrushchev visits Egypt
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09 May 1964 Peter and Gordon release "World Without Love"
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09 May 1964 Ngô Đình Cẩn, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, is executed.
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10 May 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Squirt Ladies' Golf Open Invitational
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12 May 1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as secretary-general of NATO
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14 May 1964 Underground America Day is 1st observed
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15 May 1964 Sporting Portugal wins 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp
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15 May 1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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16 May 1964 90th Preakness: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 1:56.8
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16 May 1964 Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champion
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17 May 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Muskogee Civitan Golf Open Invitational
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17 May 1964 Phillies triple play Houston Colt .45s
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18 May 1964 David Frost interviews Paul McCartney on the BBC
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18 May 1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years
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19 May 1964 US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy
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20 May 1964 Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias.
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20 May 1964 Buster Mathis defeats Joe Frazier to qualify for US Olympic team
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21 May 1964 1st nuclear-powered lighthouse begins operations (Chesapeake Bay)
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21 May 1964 Fire in W
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21 May 1964 US begin intelligence flights above Laos
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22 May 1964 LBJ presents "Great Society"
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22 May 1964 The U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America.
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22 May 1964 LBJ presents "Great Society"
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23 May 1964 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45)
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24 May 1964 18th Tony Awards: Luther & Hello Dolly win
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24 May 1964 Beatles' 3rd appearance on Ed Sullivan
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24 May 1964 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open Invitational
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24 May 1964 Longest homerun (471') in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium (Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota)
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24 May 1964 Panic in Lima Peru soccer stadium, kills 300
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25 May 1964 16th Emmy Awards: Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick Van Dyke & Mary Tyler Moore
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25 May 1964 Frank Gilroy's "Subject is Roses" premieres in NYC
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25 May 1964 Ground is broken for a new stadium in St Louis
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25 May 1964 Supreme Court rules closing schools to avoid desegregation unconstitut
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26 May 1964 "Fade Out-Fade In" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
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27 May 1964 "From Russia With Love" premieres in US
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27 May 1964 "From Russia With Love" premieres in US
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28 May 1964 Palestine National Congress forms the PLO in Jerusalem
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28 May 1964 The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.
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28 May 1964 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 9th String quartet
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28 May 1964 Jawaharlal Nehru cremated in New Dehli
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28 May 1964 Palestine National Congress forms the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in Jerusalem
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28 May 1964 Unmanned Apollo 2 Saturn test launched into Earth orbit
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29 May 1964 The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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30 May 1964 "Beyond the Fringe" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 673 performances
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30 May 1964 Beatles 1961 record of "Cry for a Shadow" is #1 in Australia
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30 May 1964 Beatles' "Love Me Do" single goes #1
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30 May 1964 Giants sweep Mets 5-3 & 8-6 in 23 innings, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game & New York's 22 K's in 2nd games
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31 May 1964 San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets, 8-6, in 23 innings (2nd game) (7 hours 32 minutes)
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31 May 1964 Charles Schmid kills first Pied Piper victim
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31 May 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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02 Jun 1964 "Follies Bergere" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 191 performances
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02 Jun 1964 Lal Bahadur Sjastri elected Premier of India
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02 Jun 1964 Rolling Stones 1st US concert tour debuts in Lynn, Massachusetts
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03 Jun 1964 Ringo Starr collapses from tonsillitis and pharyngitis
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03 Jun 1964 Rolling Stones begin 1st US tour (with Bobby Goldsboro & Bobby Vee)
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04 Jun 1964 Beatles "World Tour" begins in Copenhagen Denmark
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04 Jun 1964 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax 3rd no-hitter beats Phil Phillies, 3-0
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04 Jun 1964 Maldives adopts constitution
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05 Jun 1964 DSV Alvin is commissioned.
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06 Jun 1964 96th Belmont: Manuel Ycaza aboard Quadrangle wins in 2:28.6
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06 Jun 1964 Beatles arrive in the Netherlands
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06 Jun 1964 Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany are terminated. They never resume.
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07 Jun 1964 Beatles travel canals of Amsterdam
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09 Jun 1964 Jack Nicklaus wins British Open golf tournament
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10 Jun 1964 Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago
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10 Jun 1964 United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
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10 Jun 1964 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
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11 Jun 1964 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference
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11 Jun 1964 Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy
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11 Jun 1964 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend
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11 Jun 1964 West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia
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11 Jun 1964 World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
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12 Jun 1964 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
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12 Jun 1964 Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
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12 Jun 1964 South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment
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13 Jun 1964 Basil Heatley runs world record marathon (2:13:55)
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14 Jun 1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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15 Jun 1964 Last French troops leave Algeria
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16 Jun 1964 Amnesty granted to 3,000 political prisoners
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16 Jun 1964 Quake strikes Niigata Japan
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18 Jun 1964 African Groundnut Council forms in Dakar
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19 Jun 1964 Bob Dylan completes UK tour
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19 Jun 1964 Cambuur Leeuwarden BVO soccer team forms in Leeuwarden
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19 Jun 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes 73-27
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19 Jun 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
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20 Jun 1964 64th US Golf Open: Ken Venturi shoots a 278 at Congressional Country Club - Maryland
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21 Jun 1964 3 civil rights workers-Michael H Schwerner Andrew Goodman and James E Chaney-disappeared after release from a Mississippi jail
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21 Jun 1964 Beckwith arrested for murder of Medger Evers, found guilty 30 yr later
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21 Jun 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Lady Carling Eastern Golf Open
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21 Jun 1964 Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in 2nd game of DH, Mets get 3 hits, 3 being fewest hits in NL DH
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21 Jun 1964 Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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21 Jun 1964 Phillies Jim Bunning pitches perfect game (Mets) on Fathers day, in
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23 Jun 1964 Gen Maxwell Taylor appointed US ambassador in South Vietnam
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24 Jun 1964 FTC rules health warnings must appear on all cigarette packages
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25 Jun 1964 Prince A Taylor becomes 1st black Methodist Bishop (NJ)
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26 Jun 1964 Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine
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26 Jun 1964 Beatles release "A Hard Day's Night" album
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27 Jun 1964 "New Phil Silvers Show, " last airs on CBS-TV
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27 Jun 1964 "Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)" by Die Beatles peaks at #97
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27 Jun 1964 Jan and Dean release "Little Old Lady From Pasadena"
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28 Jun 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waldemar Golf Open
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28 Jun 1964 Organization for Afo-American Unity forms in New York by Malcolm X
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28 Jun 1964 Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
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29 Jun 1964 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "The Cage" released
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29 Jun 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate
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30 Jun 1964 Last UN troops leave Congo
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30 Jun 1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
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02 Jul 1964 Grand jury indicts Beckwith in murder of Medger Evers
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02 Jul 1964 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law
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02 Jul 1964 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
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03 Jul 1964 78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63)
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04 Jul 1964 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63)
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06 Jul 1964 Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) declares independence from the UK
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06 Jul 1964 Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
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07 Jul 1964 35th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-4 at Shea Stadium, New York
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07 Jul 1964 All star MVP: John Callison (Philadelphia Phillies)
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10 Jul 1964 Jesus Alou is 1st Giant in 40 years to get 6 hits in a game
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14 Jul 1964 Jacques Anquetil wins his 5th Tour de France
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15 Jul 1964 Barry M Goldwater (Sen-R-Az) nominated for president by Republicans
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16 Jul 1964 Republicans convention selects Barry Goldwater as Presidential Candidate
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17 Jul 1964 Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)
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18 Jul 1964 Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn)
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19 Jul 1964 46th PGA Championship: Bobby Nichols shoots a 271 at Columbus Country Club - Ohio
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19 Jul 1964 Vietnam War: at a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
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20 Jul 1964 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 10th String quartet
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20 Jul 1964 Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Dinh Tuong Province, Cai Be, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children).
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20 Jul 1964 1st surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City"
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21 Jul 1964 Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey vs. Sussex
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21 Jul 1964 Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33)
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21 Jul 1964 Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan
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22 Jul 1964 Steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open
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23 Jul 1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage
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23 Jul 1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside
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25 Jul 1964 Bob Simpson out for 311 at Old Trafford
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25 Jul 1964 Race riot in Rochester, New York
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25 Jul 1964 Beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 14 weeks
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26 Jul 1964 US union leader James Hoffa sentenced for fraud
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26 Jul 1964 Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy
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26 Jul 1964 Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die
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28 Jul 1964 Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures
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30 Jul 1964 US naval fire on Hon Ngu / Hon Mo, North Vietnam
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31 Jul 1964 George Lascelles marries Patricia Tuckwell
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31 Jul 1964 Rolling Stone concert in Ireland halts after 12 minutes due to riot
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31 Jul 1964 Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
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31 Jul 1964 Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor
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31 Jul 1964 US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon
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01 Aug 1964 ALM (Antillian Airlines) begins operation
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01 Aug 1964 The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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02 Aug 1964 Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees
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02 Aug 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
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02 Aug 1964 North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin
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02 Aug 1964 Race riot in Jersey City, New Jersey
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02 Aug 1964 Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident – North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyer USS Maddox.
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04 Aug 1964 Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam
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04 Aug 1964 North Vietnamese torpedos US ships Gulf of Tonkin
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04 Aug 1964 American civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
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04 Aug 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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05 Aug 1964 Actress Anne Bancroft and comedian Mel Brooks wed
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05 Aug 1964 Beatles record "Leave My Kitten Alone"
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05 Aug 1964 Congo rebellion: Christopher Gbenye / Pierre Mulele conquer Stanleyville
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05 Aug 1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner
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05 Aug 1964 US begins bombing North Vietnam
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05 Aug 1964 Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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06 Aug 1964 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Ecclesiam Suam
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06 Aug 1964 Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
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07 Aug 1964 31st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago 28, All-Stars 17 (65,000)
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07 Aug 1964 Turkey begins air attack on Greek-Cypriots
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07 Aug 1964 US Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution
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07 Aug 1964 Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
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08 Aug 1964 "110 in the Shade" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 330 performances
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08 Aug 1964 Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam
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08 Aug 1964 Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert
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09 Aug 1964 1st Rolling Stones concert in the Netherlands
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09 Aug 1964 Bunning continues pitching perfectly to New York Mets until 2 outs in 5th, when Joe Christopher beats out a bunt. He totals 15 innings
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10 Aug 1964 WJSP TV channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
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11 Aug 1964 Race riot in Paterson, New Jersey
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11 Aug 1964 Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC
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12 Aug 1964 Mickey Mantle switch-hits HR record 10th and final time in a game
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12 Aug 1964 Race riot in Elizabeth, New Jersey
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12 Aug 1964 South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
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12 Aug 1964 Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
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12 Aug 1964 10th time Mantle switch-hits HR in a game, one goes 502 feet
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13 Aug 1964 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire
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13 Aug 1964 Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
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14 Aug 1964 Bo Belinsky is suspended after attacking sportswriter Braven Dyer
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14 Aug 1964 Egypt / Iraq / Jordan / Kuwait / Syria form common market
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15 Aug 1964 Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago
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15 Aug 1964 Phillies triple-play New York Mets
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15 Aug 1964 Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Illinois
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15 Aug 1964 Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 3
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16 Aug 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational
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16 Aug 1964 Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
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18 Aug 1964 Beatles arrive in SF, 2nd US visit
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18 Aug 1964 Charles Helu elected President of Lebanon
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18 Aug 1964 South Africa banned from Olympic Games because of apartheid policies
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18 Aug 1964 USSR launch 3 Kosmos satellites
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19 Aug 1964 Communication satellite Syncom 3 launched
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20 Aug 1964 LBJ signs anti-poverty measure totaling nearly $1 billion
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20 Aug 1964 President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act
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20 Aug 1964 President Johnson signs Economic Opportunity Act (totaling nearly $1 billion)
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23 Aug 1964 Marilynn Smith wins Albuquerque Professional Amateur Golf Tournament
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23 Aug 1964 St. Louis Cardinals are 11 games back in NL, and win World Series
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25 Aug 1964 Singapore limits imports from Netherlands due to Indonesian aggression
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26 Aug 1964 Italians CP selects Luigi Longo as chairman
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26 Aug 1964 LBJ nominated at Democratic Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey
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28 Aug 1964 US weather satellite Nimbus 1 launched
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28 Aug 1964 The Philadelphia race riot begins.
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28 Aug 1964 Race riot in Philadelphia
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29 Aug 1964 "Funny Thing Happened" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 965 performances
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29 Aug 1964 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released
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30 Aug 1964 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Riverside Ladies Golf Open
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31 Aug 1964 Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels
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01 Sep 1964 Masanori Murakami is 1st Japanese player in majors (NY Mets)
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02 Sep 1964 Indonesian paratroopers lands in Malaysia
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02 Sep 1964 Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal
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03 Sep 1964 US attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns
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03 Sep 1964 Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson
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04 Sep 1964 Eduardo Frei elected President of Chile
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04 Sep 1964 Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge)
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04 Sep 1964 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
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04 Sep 1964 Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
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07 Sep 1964 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Valhalla Golf Open
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09 Sep 1964 German DR government allows short visits to West Germany
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10 Sep 1964 Palestinian Liberation Army (PLA) forms
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10 Sep 1964 Rod Steward records his 1st single "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl"
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11 Sep 1964 George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company
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11 Sep 1964 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG & ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleve Auditorium
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12 Sep 1964 Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park.
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12 Sep 1964 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6
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12 Sep 1964 Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 4
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12 Sep 1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage
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13 Sep 1964 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council opens in Rome
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13 Sep 1964 78th US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Carole Graebner (61 60)
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13 Sep 1964 84th US Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Frederick S Stolle (64 62 64)
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13 Sep 1964 St. Louis is 1st NL to score runs in every game since 1923, win 15-2
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13 Sep 1964 WKEF TV channel 22 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
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13 Sep 1964 South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.
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14 Sep 1964 WCVE TV channel 23 in Richmond, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Sep 1964 Walt Disney awarded the Medal of Freedom at the White House
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15 Sep 1964 Beatles play at Public Auditorium in Cleveland
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15 Sep 1964 Final edition of socialist British newspaper "Daily Herald"
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16 Sep 1964 "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV
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16 Sep 1964 "Shindig" premiers
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17 Sep 1964 "Bewitched" premieres on ABC TV
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17 Sep 1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 and 2001 and his 450th HR
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17 Sep 1964 Supremes release "Baby Love"
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17 Sep 1964 "Bewitched" premiers on ABC TV
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17 Sep 1964 Beatles are paid a then record $150,000 for a concert (Kansas)
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17 Sep 1964 Mickey Mantle gets hits #1999, 2000 & 2001
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17 Sep 1964 Supremes release "Baby Love"
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18 Sep 1964 Greek King Constantine II marries Danish Princess Anne-Marie
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18 Sep 1964 Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie.
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18 Sep 1964 North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
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20 Sep 1964 Paramount Theater (NYC) presented the Beatles with Steve and Eydie
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21 Sep 1964 Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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21 Sep 1964 The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
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21 Sep 1964 Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup
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21 Sep 1964 Malta gains independence from Britain
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21 Sep 1964 Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives the Cards the pennant
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22 Sep 1964 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 performances
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22 Sep 1964 "Man from U.N.C.L.E, " premieres on NBC-TV
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22 Sep 1964 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances
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22 Sep 1964 "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." premiers on NBC-TV
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23 Sep 1964 "Fiddler on the Roof" with Zero Mostel premieres in New York City
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24 Sep 1964 1st Minuteman II ICBM was tested
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24 Sep 1964 Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as Premier of German DR
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24 Sep 1964 "The Munsters" premiers
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24 Sep 1964 Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd
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25 Sep 1964 Jens Otto Krag forms minority government in Denmark
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25 Sep 1964 The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
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26 Sep 1964 Braves (25) and Phillies (18) set record by using 43 players in 9 inn
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27 Sep 1964 Despite 3 HRs by Johnny Callison, Phils are 14-8 losers to Braves
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27 Sep 1964 The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire.
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27 Sep 1964 Phillies 7th straight loses sends them into 2nd place
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27 Sep 1964 Warren Commission released, finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
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28 Sep 1964 53rd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (3-2)
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28 Sep 1964 Suriname Governor A Currie resigns
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28 Sep 1964 Australia beats US in 1st clay court Davis Cup
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29 Sep 1964 Greece and Bulgaria close boundaries
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29 Sep 1964 The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time.
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30 Sep 1964 "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 125 performances
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01 Oct 1964 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire
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01 Oct 1964 2nd Dutch televisienet begins broadcastings
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01 Oct 1964 Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley
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01 Oct 1964 San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark
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01 Oct 1964 WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, PR (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Oct 1964 WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Oct 1964 The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley.
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01 Oct 1964 Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
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04 Oct 1964 10th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills
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04 Oct 1964 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81
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04 Oct 1964 Italian Autostrada del Sol opens at Milan-Naples
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04 Oct 1964 Phils bomb Reds 10-0 as both teams finish one game behind St. Louis
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05 Oct 1964 KIXE TV channel 9 in Redding, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Oct 1964 San Francisco Fire Department Museum is dedicated
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06 Oct 1964 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 23 performances
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07 Oct 1964 New York Yankees make 14th appearance in last 16 and 29th in 61 World Series
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08 Oct 1964 Gilroy Roberts becomes 1st US chief engraver to retire (than die)
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08 Oct 1964 Ringo Starr takes and passes his driving test
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10 Oct 1964 18th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-2 at Toronto
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10 Oct 1964 The opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite.
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10 Oct 1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo
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12 Oct 1964 KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, CA (PBS) begins
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12 Oct 1964 Voskhod 1 launched: 1st flight with 3 Cosmonauts
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12 Oct 1964 WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND / ABC / CBS / NBC) begin
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12 Oct 1964 WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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12 Oct 1964 The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits
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12 Oct 1964 Launch of Voskhod 1, 1st 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov)
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13 Oct 1964 At Plesman airport, Curacao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record)
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13 Oct 1964 Voskhod 1 crew returns
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14 Oct 1964 Philips begins experimenting with color TV
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14 Oct 1964 Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle hit HRs runs on back-to-back pitches
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14 Oct 1964 Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts weds Shirley Shepherd
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14 Oct 1964 Martin Luther King, Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
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14 Oct 1964 Leonid Brezhnev becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thereby, along with his allies, such as Alexei Kosygin, the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), ousting the former monolithic leader Nikita Khrushchev, and sending him into retirement as a nonperson in the USSR.
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14 Oct 1964 Martin Luther King Jr wins Nobel Peace Prize
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15 Oct 1964 Dr Martin Luther King Jr awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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15 Oct 1964 Kosygin and Brezhnev replace Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
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15 Oct 1964 New York Yankees appears in 14 and win 9 of last 16 World Series
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15 Oct 1964 St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 61st World Series
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15 Oct 1964 Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph
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15 Oct 1964 St Louis Cardinals beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 3 in 61st World Series (NY Yankees appears in 14 & win 9 of last 16 World Series)
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16 Oct 1964 Brezhnev and Kosygin replace Khrushchev as head of Russia
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16 Oct 1964 China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
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16 Oct 1964 Soviet leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin are inaugurated as General Secretary of the CPSU and Premier, respectively and the collective leadership is established.
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16 Oct 1964 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power
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17 Oct 1964 Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opens the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra.
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17 Oct 1964 Yanks fire Manager Yogi Berra
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18 Oct 1964 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
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18 Oct 1964 The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair closes for its first season after a six-month run.
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20 Oct 1964 "Golden Boy" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 569 performances
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20 Oct 1964 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
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20 Oct 1964 Riot at Rolling Stones show in Paris (150 arrested)
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21 Oct 1964 Abebe Bikila runs world / olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2)
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21 Oct 1964 Braves ask NL to allow them to leave Milwaukee for Atlanta
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22 Oct 1964 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers, " they go on to become The Who
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22 Oct 1964 French philosopher / Author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize
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22 Oct 1964 Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.
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22 Oct 1964 Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official flag of Canada.
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23 Oct 1964 Time Magazine uses term "op art" for 1st time
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23 Oct 1964 Japanese beat Russian for 1st Olympic Gold in woman's volleyball
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24 Oct 1964 "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances
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24 Oct 1964 18th Olympic games close at Tokyo, Japan
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24 Oct 1964 Dr Kenneth David Kaunda becomes President of Zaire
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24 Oct 1964 Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the next year, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence).
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24 Oct 1964 Zambia (N Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
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25 Oct 1964 Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner
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25 Oct 1964 Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in the wrong direction for a safety
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26 Oct 1964 Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
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26 Oct 1964 Rolling Stones appear on the Ed Sullivan Show
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27 Oct 1964 "Ben Franklin in Paris" opens at Lunt Fontanne NYC for 215 performances
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27 Oct 1964 Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans / 800 Belgians
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27 Oct 1964 Singers Sonny and Cher wed, Cher wore bell-bottoms
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27 Oct 1964 Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launched his political career and came to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
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28 Oct 1964 Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam.
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29 Oct 1964 Star of India and other jewels are stolen in New York
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29 Oct 1964 The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
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29 Oct 1964 A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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29 Oct 1964 Town of Karmiel founded in the Galilee
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30 Oct 1964 Tran Van Huong appointed Premier of South Vietnam
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31 Oct 1964 Barbra Streisand's "People," album goes #1 for 5 weeks
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01 Nov 1964 George Blanda of Houston throws NFL-record 37 passes in 68 attempts
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01 Nov 1964 Kansas City Chief Len Dawson passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Denver (49-39)
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01 Nov 1964 Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon
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02 Nov 1964 CBS purchases 80% of Yanks for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%
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02 Nov 1964 Faisal succeeds Saudi as King of Saudi Arabia
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02 Nov 1964 King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
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03 Nov 1964 LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for President
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03 Nov 1964 Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium
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03 Nov 1964 Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.
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05 Nov 1964 US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned
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06 Nov 1964 WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
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07 Nov 1964 NL keeps Braves in Milwaukee in 1965, may move to Atlanta in 1966
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08 Nov 1964 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion
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08 Nov 1964 KUPK TV channel 13 in Garden City, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
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08 Nov 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
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08 Nov 1964 Orioles Frank Robinson unanimous choice as AL MVP
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09 Nov 1964 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden NYC for 192 performances
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09 Nov 1964 Eisaku Sato becomes Premier of Japan
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10 Nov 1964 Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium
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12 Nov 1964 Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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12 Nov 1964 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH
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13 Nov 1964 Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor
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13 Nov 1964 Bob Petit (St Louis Hawks) becomes 1st NBAer to score 20,000 points
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14 Nov 1964 "Fade Out-Fade In" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 199 performances
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14 Nov 1964 "Follies Bergere" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances
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14 Nov 1964 "Oliver!" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 774 performances
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14 Nov 1964 Detroit Red Wings Gordie Howe sets NHL record 627th career goal
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15 Nov 1964 Ajax soccer star Johan Cruijff debuts against GVAV
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15 Nov 1964 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Open
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15 Nov 1964 KBYU TV channel 11 in Provo, UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1964 Sudan Premier Ibrahim Abbud resigns
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15 Nov 1964 Mickey Wright shoots a 62, lowest golf score for a woman pro
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16 Nov 1964 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts short-wave transmission
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17 Nov 1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa
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18 Nov 1964 Baltimore Oriole Brooks Robinson wins AL MVP
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18 Nov 1964 J Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King as "most notorious liar"
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21 Nov 1964 "Zizi" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances
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21 Nov 1964 Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
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21 Nov 1964 World's longest suspension bridge "Verrazano Narrows" opens (NYC)
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22 Nov 1964 Lyndon Baines Johnson sworn in as 36th US President
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22 Nov 1964 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational
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22 Nov 1964 WITF TV channel 33 in Harrisburg-Hershey, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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23 Nov 1964 "Bajour" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
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23 Nov 1964 Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy
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23 Nov 1964 Beatles release "I Feel Fine" & "She's a Woman"
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24 Nov 1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)
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24 Nov 1964 For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washington DC permitted to vote
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24 Nov 1964 Rebellion ends in Zaire
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28 Nov 1964 52nd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 34-24
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28 Nov 1964 Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
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28 Nov 1964 Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
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28 Nov 1964 Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars
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29 Nov 1964 Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
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30 Nov 1964 USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned
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01 Dec 1964 Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros
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01 Dec 1964 ML King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign
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01 Dec 1964 Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
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01 Dec 1964 Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.
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03 Dec 1964 "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV
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03 Dec 1964 KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
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03 Dec 1964 Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley
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03 Dec 1964 Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
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04 Dec 1964 Baseball approves a free-agent draft
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04 Dec 1964 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
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05 Dec 1964 Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
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05 Dec 1964 Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
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06 Dec 1964 KTVR TV channel 13 in La Grande, OR (PBS) begins broadcasting
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06 Dec 1964 President Segni of Italy resigns
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10 Dec 1964 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Jr
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11 Dec 1964 Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.
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12 Dec 1964 Shooting starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage" (Menagerie)
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12 Dec 1964 Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
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12 Dec 1964 Shooting starts for "Star Trek" pilot, "The Cage" (Menagerie)
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12 Dec 1964 Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes
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13 Dec 1964 Shirley Englehorn and Sam Snead wins Haig and Haig Mixed Foursome Golf
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13 Dec 1964 In El Paso TX, LBJ & Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz set off an explosion diverting Rio Grande, to reshape US-M
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14 Dec 1964 Michael Brown meets Rene Fladen, then writes "Walk Away Rene"
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14 Dec 1964 American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
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15 Dec 1964 Canada adopts maple leaf flag
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15 Dec 1964 1st time 4 people in space
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15 Dec 1964 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded
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16 Dec 1964 US performs nuclear test at Pacific Ocean
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18 Dec 1964 "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances
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18 Dec 1964 "The Pink Panther" cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink)
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18 Dec 1964 During services held for Sam Cooke, fans caused damage to Funeral Home
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19 Dec 1964 The South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyễn Khánh dissolve the High National Council and arrest some of the members.
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20 Dec 1964 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
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22 Dec 1964 The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
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22 Dec 1964 Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet)
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23 Dec 1964 India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
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24 Dec 1964 Shooting begins on "The Cage" the pilot for Star Trek
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24 Dec 1964 Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
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25 Dec 1964 "Goldfinger" premieres in US
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25 Dec 1964 "Goldfinger" premieres in US
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25 Dec 1964 George Harrison's girlfriend Patti Boyd attacked by female Beatle fans
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26 Dec 1964 Beatles' "I Feel Fine" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
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26 Dec 1964 Moors Murderers claim last victim
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27 Dec 1964 Cleveland Browns beat Baltimore Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game
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28 Dec 1964 Principal filming of "Dr Zhivago, " begins
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28 Dec 1964 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's Stefan Rasin
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28 Dec 1964 Principal filming of "Dr Zhivago" begins
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30 Dec 1964 Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice" premieres in New York NY
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31 Dec 1964 Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph)
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31 Dec 1964 Indonesia proclaims expelled from the UN
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