NASA Launches Mariner 4 Probe Toward Mars November 28, 1964

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 → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

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 1964The Beatles First U.S. Number One Hit with “I Want…

The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over. Date: February 27, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964NASA Launches Mariner 4 Probe Toward Mars November…

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 1964Jean-Paul Sartre Wins Nobel Prize in Literature, Declines Honor, October…

The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. Date: April 4, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Zambia Gains Independence from the United Kingdom October 24, 1964Council of…

Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians. Date: January 9, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 9 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…