Pacific Airlines Flight 773 Hijacked and Crashes, Killing 44 – May 7, 1964
Date: May 7, 1964
Date: May 7, 1964
Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, in response to anti-Hindu riots in East Pakistan. About one hundred people are killed. Date: January 13, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964IBM Announces System/360 April 7,…
First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders. Date: May 2, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Jerrie Mock Completes First Woman’s Solo Around-the-World Flight,…
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 📅…
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. Date: February 10, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Zanzibar…
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 1964Curtiss C-46 Crash…
South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh. Date: September 13, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964British Defence Council Replaces Admiralty, War…