Curtiss C-46 Crash in Taiwan Kills 57 June 20, 1964

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 1964Gabon Coup Topples Léon M’ba, Installs Jean-Hilaire Aubame…

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…

Martin Luther King Jr. receives the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence. Date: October 14, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco Elected President April…

The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Date: August 1, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Arab League Meets in East Jerusalem to Form PLO, May 29, 1964British TSR-2…

Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property. Date: December 4, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this…