1964 Calendar
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1964 Historical Event(s)
February 10, 1964
– Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.
February 13, 1964
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
March 14, 1964
– A jury in Dallas, Texas, finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
April 21, 1964
– A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 lb of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
May 2, 1964
– Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship.
May 28, 1964
– The Palestine Liberation Organization is formed.
June 21, 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.
August 2, 1964
– Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident – North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy.
November 28, 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.
December 14, 1964
– American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The United States Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Congress can use the Constitution’s Commerce Clause power to fight discrimination.
Who Were Born On 1964?
January 3, 1964
– Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
March 4, 1964
– Paolo Virzì, Italian screenwriter and director
May 14, 1964
– James M. Kelly, American astronaut
June 3, 1964
– James Purefoy, British actor
August 11, 1964
– Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor
September 10, 1964
– John E. Sununu, American politician
September 20, 1964
– Randy Bradbury, American musician (Pennywise)
October 19, 1964
– Jorge Luis Gonzales, Cuban-born American boxer
November 21, 1964
– Liza Tarbuck, British entertainer
November 28, 1964
– Michael Bennet, American politician