Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman
Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman
19 events found for 1964
Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman
A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form the United Republic of Tanzania
Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon
First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders
The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day
Pacific Airlines Flight 773 is hijacked by Francisco Gonzales and crashes in Contra Costa County, California, killing 44
Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is founded, with Yasser Arafat elected as its first leader
The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine L
Having deposed them in a January coup South Vietnamese leader Nguyễn Khánh had rival Generals Trần Văn Đôn and Lê Văn Ki
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed
United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage
World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children an
Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate
A Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in the Shengang District of Taiwan, killing 57 people