South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.
Tag: 1964
1 February 1964
The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with “I Want to Hold Your Hand”.
12 August 1964
South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country’s racist policies.
19 June 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964′]
26 April 1964
Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania. On 26 April 1964, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form a new republic, the name ’Tanzania’ being adopted…
8 April 1964
A Gemini 1 test flight is conducted. Project Gemini was NASA’s second human spaceflight program. Conducted between projects Mercury and Apollo, Gemini started in 1961…
1 February 1964
The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with “I Want to Hold Your Hand”. “I Want to Hold Your Hand”…
16 October 1964
China detonates its first nuclear weapon. On 16 October 1964, the People’s Republic of China conducted its first nuclear test, making it the fifth nuclear-armed…