1964 in the United States

Events from the year 1964 in the United States.

1964
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
See also:

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

July 2: President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964

August

September

October

November

November 3: LBJ re-elected in a landslide

December

  • December 1 Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam (after some debate, they agree on a 2-phase bombing plan).
  • December 3 Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest about 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover of and massive sit-in at the Sproul Hall administration building. The sit-in most directly protested the U.C. Regents' decision to punish student activists for what many thought had been justified civil disobedience earlier in the conflict.
  • December 6 The 1-hour stop-motion animated special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, based on the popular Christmas song, premieres on NBC. It becomes a beloved Christmas tradition, still being shown on television almost 55 years later, despite moving to CBS in 1972 due to poor viewing figures in 1971.
  • December 10 Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
  • December 11
  • December 14 Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (379 US 241 1964): The U.S. Supreme Court rules that, in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, establishments providing public accommodations must refrain from racial discrimination.
  • December 15 The Washington Post publishes an article about James Hampton, who had built a glittering religious throne out of recycled materials.
  • December 18
    • In the wake of deadly riots in January over control of the Panama Canal, the U.S. offers to negotiate a new canal treaty.
    • The deadly Christmas flood of 1964 begins, affecting the United States' Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California. It continues until January 7 and results in 19 deaths, damage to 10 towns, serious damage to 20 major highway and county bridges, and the loss of 4,000 head of livestock.[15]
  • December 27 The Cleveland Browns defeat the Baltimore Colts in the NFL Championship Game.

Undated

Ongoing

Births

Deaths

See also

References

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  28. Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan dies aged 57
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