WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1964
Find out what all happened February to June 1964

In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds). (29. February 1964)

A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed. (21. April 1964)

The Good Friday Earthquake, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes South Central Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage. (27. March 1964)

First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders. (2. May 1964)

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

In Copenhagen, Denmark, Gigliola Cinquetti wins the ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Italy singing "Non ho l'età" ("I'm not old enough"). (21. March 1964)

BBC Two launches with a power cut because of the fire at Battersea Power Station. (20. April 1964)

World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance. (11. June 1964)

The Beatles first arrive in the United States. Their performance on The Ed Sullivan Show two days later would mark the beginning of the British Invasion. (7. February 1964)

Melbourne-Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82. (10. February 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)

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

North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones. (25. February 1964)

U.S. Air Force launches a satellite employing a US Air Force Atlas/Agena combination from Point Arguello (LC-2-3) in California and from Cape Kennedy in Florida. (25. February 1964)

Villarrica Volcano begins a strombolian eruption causing lahars that destroy half of the town of Coñaripe. (1. March 1964)

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

Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, is executed. (9. May 1964)

The U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an "end to poverty and racial injustice" in America. (22. May 1964)

Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus. (11. February 1964)

DSV Alvin is commissioned. (5. June 1964)