Page 11: Historical Events In 1964

Jul 17   In the year 1964 don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph)   

Jul 18   In the year 1964 race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)   

Jul 19   In the year 1964 carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69   

Jul 20   On this day in history the first surfin' record to go #1-Jan & Dean's "Surf City"   

Jul 21   Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex on this day in history.   

Jul 22   On this day in history four Navy Divers (LCDR Robert Thompson, MC; Gunners Mate First Class Lester Anderson, Chief Quartermaster Robert A. Barth, and Chief Hospital Corpsman Sanders Manning) submerge in Sealab I for 10 days at a depth of 192 feet, 39 miles off Hamilton, Bermuda. They surfaced on 31 July 1964.   

Jul 22   Steve Ballesteros wins the Britsh Golf Open on this day in history.   

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

Jul 23   Jan PML de Vries, Dutch germanist/folklorist, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jul 24   On this day in history erwin F Finlay-Freundlich, British astronomer, dies   

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

Jul 25   Race riot in Rochester NY on this day in history.   

Jul 26   Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa convicted of fraud & conspiracy in the year 1964.   

Jul 26   Train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die in the year 1964.   

Jul 27   In the year 1964 betty D, was born this day   

Jul 28   On this day in history england all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw   

Jul 28   Ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor in the year 1964.   

Jul 31   All-nuclear task force with USS Long Beach, USS Enterprise, and USS Bainbridge leaves Norfolk, VA to begin voyage, Operation Sea Orbit, to circle the globe without refueling. They returned on 3 October on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Jim Reeves, US country singer, dies in air crash at 39 in the year 1964.   

Jul 31   US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon in the year 1964.   

Aug 01   In the year 1964 beatles' "Hard Day's Night" single goes to #1 spot on the charts   

Aug 01   On this day in history jack Kirkwood actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69   

Aug 01   Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30 in the year 1964.   

Aug 01   North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it begins in earnest on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1964 race riot in Jersey City NJ   

Aug 02   Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 in the year 1964.   

Aug 02   North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it starts on this day in history.   

Aug 02   In the year 1964 race riot in Jersey City NJ   

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

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

Aug 04   On this day in history civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James Chaney found buried inside an earthen dam in Mississippi   

Aug 04   Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam in the year 1964.   

Aug 05   Moa Martinson, writer, dies in the year 1964.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1964 birth of pernell Whitaker, boxer (Olympic-gold)   

Jan 02   In the year 1964 birth of rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92)   

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

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

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

Jan 05   John Erickson, Woodland Hills Calif, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies in the year 1964.   

Jan 04   On this day in history ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), dies at 62   

Jan 08   Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Neth Antilles), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 10   In the year 1964 a Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46   

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