WHAT HAPPENED IN 1964.
Look what happened the 1964.

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

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

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

The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. (At the time it is the world's longest suspension bridge.) (21. November 1964)

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

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

Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam. (1. December 1964)

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

Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property. (3. December 1964)

Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war. (5. December 1964)

Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York. (11. December 1964)

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

American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States – The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution's Commerce Clause to fight discrimination. (14. December 1964)

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

The first test flight of the SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California. (22. 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)