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Clockwise from top-left: three typhoons caused widespread flooding in South Vietnam with 7,000 people death; after a prolonged power struggle, Nikita Khrushchev was finally ousted from his post as First Secretary, the Khrushchev Era ends, but the Brezhnev Era begins; the 1964 Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo; massacres of Arabs photographed on the beach after the Zanzibar Revolution, the number is 2,000-20,000; the Brazilian coup ended the Fourth Brazilian Republic and initiating the military dictatorship; the worst football disaster takes place at the National Stadium of Peru, with 328 fatalities; an armed conflict between FRELIMO and Portugal is carried; the New York World's Fair celebrated the 300th anniversary of New Amsterdam being taken by British forces under King James II.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1964 MCMLXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2717 |
| Armenian calendar | 1413 ԹՎ ՌՆԺԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6714 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 120–121 |
| Bengali calendar | 1371 |
| Berber calendar | 2914 |
| British Regnal year | 12 Eliz. 2 – 13 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2508 |
| Burmese calendar | 1326 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7472–7473 |
| Chinese calendar | [[Sexagenary cycle|Template:Chinese calendar/year/]]年月日 (4600/4660-Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".-{{Chinese calendar/day/77/Template:Chinese calendar/year/77|2438396}}) — to — [[Sexagenary cycle|Template:Chinese calendar/year/]]年月日(4601/4661-Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".-{{Chinese calendar/day/77/Template:Chinese calendar/year/77|2438761}}) |
| Coptic calendar | 1680–1681 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1956–1957 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5724–5725 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2020–2021 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1886–1887 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5065–5066 |
| Holocene calendar | 11964 |
| Igbo calendar | |
| - Ǹrí Ìgbò | 964–965 |
| Iranian calendar | 1342–1343 |
| Islamic calendar | 1383–1384 |
| Japanese calendar | [[Shōwa|Shōwa]] Expression error: Missing operand for -. (Expression error: Missing operand for -.年) |
| Juche calendar | 53 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4297 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 53 民國53年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2507 |
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1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1964th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 964th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1960s decade.
Events[]
January[]
January 8: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty
- January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.[1]
- January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem.
- January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba.[2]
- January 9 – Martyrs' Day: Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers.
- January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).[3]
- January 12 – Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a United States Navy destroyer evacuates 61 U.S. citizens.
- January 22 – Kenneth Kaunda is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia.[4]
- January 23 – Thirteen years after its proposal and nearly two years after its passage by the United States Senate, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
- January 27 – France and the People's Republic of China announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations.
- January 28 – A U.S. Air Force jet training aircraft that strays into East Germany is shot down by Soviet fighters near Erfurt; all three crewmen are killed.[5][6]
- January 29–February 9 – The 1964 Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria.
- January 29
- The Soviet Union launches two scientific satellites, Elektron I and II, from a single rocket.
- Ranger 6 is launched by NASA, on a mission to carry television cameras and crash-land on the Moon.
- January 30 – General Nguyễn Khánh leads a bloodless military coup d'état, replacing Dương Văn Minh as Prime Minister of South Vietnam.
February[]
- February 4 – The Government of the United States authorizes the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, outlawing the poll tax.[7]
- February 5 – India backs out of its promise to hold a plebiscite in the disputed territory of Kashmir. In 1948, India had taken the issue of Kashmir to the United Nations Security Council and offered to hold a plebiscite in the held Kashmir under UN supervision.
- February 10 – Melbourne–Voyager collision: 82 Australian sailors die when a Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier and a destroyer collide off New South Wales, Australia.[8]
- February 11
- Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.[9]
- The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China.
- February 17 – Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a military coup and his arch-rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place. However, French intervention restores M'ba's government the next day.[10]
- February 25 – Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) beats Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Florida, and is crowned the heavyweight champion of the world.[11]
- February 26 – U.S. politician John Glenn withdraws from the race for the Democratic Party Senate nomination, following a domestic accident.[12]
- February 27 – The Italian government asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.[13]
March[]
- March 6
- Constantine II becomes King of Greece, upon the death of his father King Paul.
- American boxer Cassius Clay announces the change of his name to Muhammad Ali.[14]
- March 10
- Soviet military forces shoot down an unarmed reconnaissance bomber that has strayed into East Germany; the 3 U.S. flyers parachute to safety.
- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., United States Ambassador to South Vietnam, wins the New Hampshire Republican primary.
- March 14 – A Dallas, Texas, jury finds Jack Ruby guilty of killing John F. Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald.
- March 18 – 1964 Moscow protest: Approximately 50 Moroccan students break into the embassy of Morocco in the Soviet Union and stage an all-day sit-in protesting against sentencing of eleven people to death for the alleged assassination attempt of King Hassan II of Morocco.
- March 19 – The American Jerrie Mock sets out to become the first woman to fly solo around the world, completing her flight on April 17.
- March 20 – June 6 – The first United Nations Conference on Trade and Development takes place.
- March 20 – The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
- March 21 – Non ho l'età by Gigliola Cinquetti (music by Nicola Salerno, text by Mario Panzeri) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 for Italy.
- March 27 (Good Friday) – The Great Alaskan earthquake, the second-most powerful known (and the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history) at a magnitude of 9.2, strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.[15]
- March 28 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia abdicates the throne.[16] His brother, Prince Faisal, does not officially assume the throne until November.
- March 31 – The military overthrows Brazilian President João Goulart in a coup, starting 21 years of dictatorship in Brazil. It ends in 1985.
Births[]
Deaths[]
Nobel Prizes[]
- Physics – Charles Hard Townes, Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov, Aleksandr Prokhorov
- Chemistry – Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
- Physiology or Medicine – Konrad Bloch, Feodor Lynen
- Literature – Jean-Paul Sartre
- Peace – Martin Luther King Jr.
References[]
- ↑ Malawi. Department of Civil Aviation (1965). Civil Aviation and Air Transport: Development Background, Policies and Plans, 1965–1969. p. 5. https://books.google.com/books?id=ufwfAQAAIAAJ.
- ↑ United States. Department of State (1964). Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 546. https://books.google.com/books?id=S2lHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA546.
- ↑ Kayla Ruble (January 12, 2014). "Read the Surgeon General's 1964 report on smoking and health". PBS. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Kaunda Named First Premier of N. Rhodesia", Chicago Tribune, January 23, 1964, p1
- ↑ "T-39 Aircraft Incident". Western-allies-berlin.com. January 28, 1964. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Aviation Safety Network Retrieved on 27 October 2011
- ↑ United States (2013). The Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation, Centennial Edition, Analysis of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 28, 2012. Government Printing Office. pp. 41. ISBN 978-0-16-091735-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=kAAohNvVik8C&pg=PA41.
- ↑ Ferry, D S. "HMAS Melbournen/Voyager Collision: Cause Theories and Inquiries (with aspects of the HMAS Melbourne/USS Frank E Evans collision)". Headmark March, 2014 Issue 151: 2–17. https://navalinstitute.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/headmark-151.pdf.
- ↑ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (1964). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. pp. 6–7. https://books.google.com/books?id=0htC6y1ILz4C&pg=RA6-PA27.
- ↑ Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong; Henry Louis Gates (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 290. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA290.
- ↑ Bruce Madej; Rob Toonkel; Mike Pearson; Greg Kinney (1997). Michigan: Champions of the West. Sports Publishing LLC. pp. 138. ISBN 978-1-57167-115-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=fd87BHQ4VrkC&pg=PA138.
- ↑ John Glenn (1964). Letters to John Glenn. World Book Encyclopedia Science Service; book trade distribution by Doubleday. p. 184. https://books.google.com/books?id=cPFCAAAAIAAJ.
- ↑ Tempo: Indonesia's Weekly News Magazine. Arsa Raya Perdana. 2004. p. 8. https://books.google.com/books?id=AdQTAQAAMAAJ.
- ↑ Wagner, Laura (June 10, 2016). "Muhammad Ali Changed His Name in 1964". Slate. http://www.slate.com/articles/sports/sports_nut/2016/06/muhammad_ali_changed_his_name_in_1964_newspapers_called_him_cassius_clay.html.
- ↑ USGS. "M9.2 – The Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of March 27, 1964". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ United States. Central Intelligence Agency (1964). Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts. pp. 8. https://books.google.com/books?id=IaHM5co7s6QC&pg=RA8-PA26.
External links[]
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Media related to 1964 at Wikimedia Commons
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