Date: May 2, 1964
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 1964Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge Opens…
Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82. Date: February 10, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Civil…
The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962. Date: March 20, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Johnson Advisers Discuss…
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) More events from 1964PLO Founded, Yasser Arafat Elected Leader – May 28, 1964Gabon Coup…
Typhoon Wilda, one of the strongest typhoons to ever strike Japan, makes landfall, causing at least 30 fatalities and sinking at least 64 ships. Date: September 23, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964Vietnam…
The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia. Date: January 1, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1964 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1964The Beatles First U.S. Number…