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Mar 31, 2024
Eiffel Tower Anniversary Observed
Mar. 31, 1964 - Seventy-five years ago today, the last bit of iron was put into place and the French Tricolor was raised over what was to...

Mar 31, 2024
Massachusetts Governor’s Mother Jailed in St. Augustine
Mar. 31, 1964 - The 72-year-old mother of the Governor of Massachusetts was jailed today for leading racial demonstrations in St....

Mar 31, 2024
Che Guevara Speaks Out
Mar. 31, 1964 - Ernesto (Che) Guevara, Minister of Industry in Cuba, welcomed today a declaration last week by U.S. Senator J.W....

Mar 30, 2024
Senator Morse Hits LBJ on Vietnam War
Mar. 30, 1964 - Senator Wayne Morse, Democrat of Oregon, said today that the Johnson Administration “must be repudiated” unless it...


Mar 30, 2024
Glenn Pulls Out of Ohio Senate Race
Mar. 30, 1964 - Astronaut John Glenn announced from his hospital bed today that he was pulling out of the Senate race in Ohio. The former...

![[VIDEO] Mar. 27, 1964 | Alaska Earthquake Newsreel](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uriYLYhZzPg/sddefault.jpg)
Mar 29, 2024
[VIDEO] Mar. 27, 1964 | Alaska Earthquake Newsreel
Mar. 29, 1964 - A destructive, death-dealing earthquake struck the city of Anchorage and several smaller Alaskan towns this week. In...

Mar 29, 2024
Integrated Easter Service Led by Billy Graham in Birmingham
Mar. 29, 1964 - Whites and Negroes in Birmingham, Ala., long estranged by racial discord, found common ground today in an Easter service...

Mar 28, 2024
Billy Graham Looks Forward to Integrated Easter Service in Birmingham
Mar. 28, 1964 - The Rev. Billy Graham says he hopes his Easter Sunday service in Birmingham, Ala., tomorrow before an integrated audience...


Mar 28, 2024
Tidal Waves Wreck Business District of Crescent City, California
Mar. 28, 1964 - Tidal waves 12 to 15 feet high, set off by the Alaskan earthquake, swept out of the Pacific early today and wrecked the...

Mar 28, 2024
Diem Official Sentenced to Death in Vietnam
Mar. 28, 1964 - A top intelligence officer was sentence today to death for crimes he committed while he served the regime of the late...


Mar 27, 2024
New Survival Kit for Special Forces in Vietnam
Mar. 27, 1964 - Army Special Forces troopers bound for South Vietnam are being given a one-pound survival kit to enable them to evade the...

Mar 27, 2024
Massive Earthquake Strikes Alaska
Mar. 27, 1964 - A destructive, death-dealing earthquake struck the city of Anchorage and several smaller Alaskan towns today. In Juneau,...

Mar 27, 2024
Two U.S. Airmen Missing in Vietnam
Mar. 27, 1964 - Two American airmen were reported missing today on a reconnaissance flight over South Vietnam. A third United States...


Mar 26, 2024
Malcolm X Comments on Civil Rights Bill
Mar. 26, 1964 - Malcolm X, former spokesman for the Nation of Islam and now Black Nationalist leader, said today in Washington that he...

Mar 26, 2024
Author Chosen by Mrs. Kennedy to Write Book on Assassination
Mar. 26, 1964 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy has chosen the author to write what she hopes will be the authoritative story of the...


Mar 26, 2024
U.S. To Boost Effort in Vietnam
Mar. 26, 1964 - The Johnson Administration forcefully rejected today “withdrawal,” “neutralization,” or “peace at any price,” in the war...

Mar 25, 2024
Goldwater Hits McNamara in Detroit
Mar. 25, 1964 - Senator Barry Goldwater, in the city where Robert McNamara became famous as a car-builder, delivered his most scathing...

Mar 25, 2024
LBJ Launches Vietnam PR Campaign
Mar. 25, 1964 - The Johnson Administration has opened a campaign to help break through bureaucratic, industrial, and shipping bottlenecks...


Mar 24, 2024
Riots in Jacksonville
Mar. 24, 1964 - Rioting marked by numerous injuries and considerable property damage plagued Jacksonville, Fla., for the second...

Mar 24, 2024
Lady Bird Johnson Visits Alabama
Mar. 24, 1964 - Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson spent a day full of both future and past at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.,...
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