Nguyễn Khánh Overthrows Dương Văn Minh in South Vietnam Coup, January 30, 1964
Date: January 30, 1964
Date: January 30, 1964
The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand". Date: February 1, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Council of Europe Declares Europe Day,…
South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh. Date: August 27, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅…
Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin. Date: August 4, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 4 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964China Detonates First Nuclear…
Discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation by Robert Woodrow Wilson and Arno Penzias. Date: May 20, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964First Ascent of Shishapangma, Fourteenth Highest Mountain, May 2, 1964Pamela Mason…
Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa. Date: June 12, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Leonid Brezhnev Becomes Soviet Communist Party Leader,…
In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population. Date: February 17, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Gabon Coup Topples…