WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1964
Find out what all happened September to November 1964

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

China detonates its first nuclear weapon. (16. October 1964)

The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. (29. October 1964)

The Argentine comic strip Mafalda is published for the first time. (29. September 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)

Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie. (18. September 1964)

South Vietnamese Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyen Khanh. (13. September 1964)

The British TSR-2 aircraft XR219 makes its maiden flight from Boscombe Down in Wiltshire. (27. September 1964)

Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the next year, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence) (24. October 1964)

Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, but turns down the honor. (22. October 1964)

North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam. (18. September 1964)

Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes. (21. November 1964)

Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed. (26. October 1964)

Vietnam War: U.S. officials deny any involvement in bombing North Vietnam. (28. October 1964)

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

A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. (29. October 1964)

The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits (12. October 1964)

Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park. (12. September 1964)

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

King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal. (2. November 1964)