Date: April 17, 1964
Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin who had shot and killed John F. Kennedy the previous year. Date: March 14, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 14 π Events on this day in 1964 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Martyrs’ Day Panama…
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 β π Other events on January 28 π Events on this day in 1964 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Vietnam War…
South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies. Date: August 12, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 12 π Events on this day in 1964 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans Hanged, Last UK Executions, August 13,…
Kitty Genovese is murdered in New York City, prompting research into the bystander effect due to the false story that neighbors witnessed the killing and did nothing to help her. Date: March 13, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 13 π Events on this day in 1964 π On This…
MelbourneβVoyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMASΒ Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMASΒ Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82. Date: February 10, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 10 π Events on this day in 1964 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Blue…
Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes. Date: July 31, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 31 π Events on this day in 1964 π On This Day (Today) More events from…