Surgeon General Report Warns Smoking May Be Hazardous to Health, January 11, 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 pressure suits. Date: October 12, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. Date: August 5, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. Date: October 1, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco Elected President April…

The Beatles land in the United States for the first time, at the newly renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport. Date: February 7, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Pacific Airlines Flight 773 Hijacked,…

Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later. Date: May 2, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May…