WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 1964
Find out what all happened May to August 1964

Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. (5. August 1964)

Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000. (27. July 1964)

Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa. (12. June 1964)

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate. (19. June 1964)

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. (2. July 1964)

DSV Alvin is commissioned. (5. June 1964)

Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. (12. August 1964)

South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies. (12. August 1964)

Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany are terminated. They never resume. (6. June 1964)

The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day. (5. May 1964)

The Philadelphia race riot begins. (28. August 1964)

Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces. (7. August 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. (21. June 1964)

American civil rights movement: civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21. (4. August 1964)

Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom. (13. August 1964)

Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world's oldest tree, is cut down. (6. August 1964)

Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Dinh Tuong Province, Cai Be, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children). (20. July 1964)

Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a Fairchild F-27 airliner, crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger. (7. May 1964)

Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy. (16. August 1964)

The Walt Disney musical film Mary Poppins is released. (27. August 1964)