Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children). Date: July 20, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam. Date: July 19, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom. Date: July 6, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. Date: July 2, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 2 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Date: June 28, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Date: June 21, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Curtiss C-46 Commando crashes in the Shengang District of Taiwan, killing 57 people. Date: June 20, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate. Date: June 19, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance. Date: June 11, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1964…