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)
The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a record-setting audience of 73 million viewers across the United States. Date: February 9, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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)
In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam. Date: January 30, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19. Date: January 28, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes. Date: January 25, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified. Date: January 23, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Manchester, New Hampshire, fourteen-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark Fourth Amendment case Coolidge v. New Hampshire (1971). Date: January 13, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day…
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)