The Year 1964
History and Politics
Zanzibar declared a republic; sultan banished; Zanzibar unites with Tanganyika to form
Tanzania: Julius Nyerere president; Kenneth Kaunda becomes President of Northern
Rhodesia; which becomes independent republic of Zambia.
24th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified, abolishing the poll tax.
King Paul I of Greece dies; succeeded by his son Constantine II.
Jack Ruby, found quilty of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the alledged assassin of
Presidnet Kennedy, is sentenced to death, he dies of cancer in Jan. 1965.
UN peace force take over in Cyprus; Makarios abrogates 1960 treaty between Greece,
Turkey, and Cyprus; Greece reject direct talks; Turk. planes attack Cyprus;
Gen. Grivas named commander of Greek Cypriot forces.
Douglas MacArthur, American general dies.
Ian Smith elected Premier of Southern Rhodesia.
Pandit Nehru dies and succeeded as Prime Minister of India by Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Nyasaland becomes the independent country of Malawi within the Commonwealth.
Moise Tshombe becomes Premier of the Congo; declares People's Republic.
Malta becomes independent within the Commonwealth.
Nobel Peace Prize: Martin Luther King.
Khrushchev replaced as Soviet Prime Minister by kosygin ans as party Secretary by Brezhnev.
Ex-President Herbert hoover dies.
King Saud id Saudi Arabia deposed; his son Faisal proclaimed King.
Lyndon B. Johnson elected President of US.
Kenya becomes republic with Jomo Kenyatta as president.
Arafat takes over leadership of Arab guerrilla force Al Fatah.
Nobel Prize for Chemistry: Dorothy Hodgkin (Brit.)
Fundamental particle omega-minus discovered using Minrod-cyclotron.
Hoyle and Marlikar (Cambridge) postulate a new theory of gravitation.
Ranger VII, launched from Cape Kennedy, returns close-up photgraphs of the moon's surface.
"Brain Drain"-Brit. scientists emigrate t0 US in great numbers.
Britian grants licenses to drill for oil and gas in the North Sea.
Verrazano-Narrows Brisge, the world's longest suspension bridge, opens to traffic in New York.
Major earthquake in Alaska-114 die; %500 million in property damage.
Easter outbreak of Mod versus Rockers disturb British sea resorts.
300 spectators are killed in riots at soccer match in Lima.
Race riots errupt in Harlem, New York, and in many other US cities
Olypmic Games in Tokyo: USSR, 41 gold medals; US, 37; Japan, 16; Germany, 13; Britian, 5.
Cassius Clay wins world heavyweight boxing championship from Sonny Liston.
Princess Irene of the Netherlands marries Span. Prince Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma.
Arnold Palmer wins 4th Master's since 1958.
World's Fair in Nwe York.
Gracie Allen, American comedian dies.
James Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, found quilty of jury
The Watusi, Frug, Monkey, Funky Chicken, and other varieties of the Twist
"Constellation" (US) outsails "Sovereign" (Brit) 4-0 to win America's Cup.
Eddie Cantor, American comedian dies.
Toronto Maples Leafs win Stanley Cup hockey throphy 3rd year.
Australian tennis team defeats Americans to win Davis Cup.
"Nothern Dancer" Willie Hartack up, wins the Preakness and Kentucky Derby.
Ken Venturi wins the US Open.
Jack Nicklaus is top golf money-winner of the year, with a total of $113,284.50.
Peter Simons lands a 149 lb. amberjack off Bermuda; B C Bain, at
St. Louis (NL) defeats New York (AL) in World Series, 4-3.
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as reaction against enforcement of civil rights laws.
tampering in 1962 and sentenced to 8 yers imprisionment and payment
of $10,000 fine; later, another jury convicts him of fraud and
conspriacy and he is sentenced to 5 years and $10,000 fine.
drive many people to discotheques, where go-go girls set the pace.
Cape Brett, New Zealand, lands a 415 lb. striped marlin.
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