WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1964
Find out what all happened September to December 1964

Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya. (12. December 1964)

Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital. (24. December 1964)

Soviet leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin are inaugurated as General Secretary of the CPSU and Premier, respectively and the collective leadership is established. (16. October 1964)

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

Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations. (1. December 1964)

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

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

Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opens the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra. (17. October 1964)

Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens. (4. September 1964)

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

The South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyen Khanh dissolve the High National Council and arrest some of the members. (19. December 1964)

Canyonlands National Park is designated as a National Park. (12. September 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 Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of University of California, Berkeley. (1. 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)

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

Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam. (28. November 1964)

Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time. (3. November 1964)

Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars. (28. November 1964)