WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1964
Find out what all happened January to October 1964

In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population. (17. February 1964)

Canada: A Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which becomes the new official Flag of Canada. (22. October 1964)

Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the USS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces are suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She is raised and returned to service less than 7 months later. (2. May 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)

The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. (4. April 1964)

Malta becomes independent from the United Kingdom. (21. September 1964)

Constantine II becomes King of Greece. (6. March 1964)

Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania. (26. April 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)

First Buffalo Wings are made at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York. (3. October 1964)

Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom. (6. July 1964)

The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization. (29. May 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)

Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka. (1. October 1964)

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

The opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, is broadcast live in the first Olympic telecast relayed by geostationary communication satellite. (10. October 1964)

Gabonese president Leon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place. (17. February 1964)

Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity. (28. June 1964)

The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley. (1. October 1964)

DSV Alvin is commissioned. (5. June 1964)