NASA Launches Mariner 4 Probe Toward Mars November 28, 1964

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) More events from 1964Pacific Airlines Flight 773 Hijacked and Crashes,…

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 1964Pamela Mason Murder in Manchester, New Hampshire January…

The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites. Date: October 10, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Jerrie Mock Completes First Woman’s Solo Around-the-World Flight, April 17,…

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) More events from 1964Lyndon B. Johnson Launches Great Society Program,…

Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the 1964 Summer Olympics. Date: August 19, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Walter Seifert Cologne…

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…