Page 11: Historical Events In 1964

Jul 17   Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) on this day in history.   

Jul 18   On this day in history race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln)   

Jul 19   Carol Veazie, actress (Maude-Norby), dies at 69 in the year 1964.   

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

Jul 21   On this day in history arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex   

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

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

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

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

Jul 25   In the year 1964 beatles' "Hard Day's Night, A," album goes #1 & stays #1 for 14 weeks   

Jul 25   Race riot in Rochester NY in the year 1964.   

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

Jul 26   On this day in history train from Povoa de Varzin, Portugal derails near Oporto, 94 die   

Jul 27   Betty D, was born this day on this day in history.   

Jul 28   In the year 1964 england all out 611 in reply to Australia's 8-656 Match a draw   

Jul 28   In the year 1964 ranger 7 launched toward the Moon; sent back 4308 TV pictures   

Jul 31   On this day in history al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor   

Jul 31   On this day in history 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.   

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

Jul 31   US Ranger 7 takes 4,316 pictures before crashing on Moon 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   Jack Kirkwood actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69 in the year 1964.   

Aug 01   On this day in history johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30   

Aug 01   North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin and so it begins in earnest in the year 1964.   

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 in the year 1964.   

Aug 02   Race riot in Jersey City NJ in the year 1964.   

Aug 02   In the year 1964 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 in the year 1964.   

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   On this day in history civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, bodies discovered in an earthen Mississippi dam   

Aug 05   Moa Martinson, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of christopher John Gray, priest   

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

Jan 02   Rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92) was born in the year 1964.   

Jan 03   Cheryl Miller, Riverside Calif, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1984) was born in the year 1964.   

Jan 03   Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker was born in the year 1964.   

Jan 04   In the year 1964 birth of stephanie Maxwell-Pierson, Somerville NJ, US rower (Olympic-92)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of john Erickson, Woodland Hills Calif, golfer (1991 Windsor Charity)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of ted Harris Poley, Englewood NJ, rocker (Danger Danger-Screw It)   

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

Jan 04   Ralph Dumke, actor (Movieland Quiz), dies at 64 in the year 1964.   

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

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

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

Jan 09   In the year 1964 halide Edib Adevar/Salih, Turkish feminist (Handan), dies at about 80   

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

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