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Mar 15

Six Americans Killed in Vietnam

Mar. 15, 1964 - Communist ground fire downed a U.S. helicopter and a spotter plane in separate actions in South Vietnam this weekend. Six...

Mar 15

MLK Predicts More Demonstrations

Mar. 15, 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King predicted yesterday there would be enormous civil rights demonstrations throughout the country in...

Mar 14

Warriors Dominate Lakers in L.A. as Chamberlain Shines

Mar. 14, 1964 - Wilt Chamberlain, 7-1 ace of the San Francisco Warriors, methodically chopped up the Lakers tonight before 11,876 at the...

Mar 14

Cassius Clay Now “Muhammad Ali”

Mar. 14, 1964 - Cassius Clay arrived in Chicago last night for a meeting with “my honorable teacher, the honorable Elijah Muhammad,”...

Mar 14

More Comedy on Tap for 1964-65 TV Season

Mar. 14, 1964 - Television, which has grown tired of telling serious stories, will laugh it up next season. Each network will open the...

Mar 14

Humphrey Optimistic on Civil Rights Bill

Mar. 14, 1964 - Senator Hubert Humphrey told 900 New Jersey Democrats in Atlantic City, N.J., today that Congress would pass the civil...

Mar 14

Malcolm X’s Break with Nation of Islam Analyzed by Civil Rights Leaders

Mar. 14, 1964 - Leaders of the civil rights movement in the North and South are weighing the significance of the decision last week by...

Mar 13

Eddie Cotton KO’s Johnny Persol

Mar. 13, 1964 - Eddie Cotton of Seattle, who maintained that he was the victim of a hometown decision in his loss to Johnny Persol of...

Mar 13

Clay Takes Army Exam

Mar. 13, 1964 - A drowsy Cassius Clay sprawled on a living room sofa of his home in Louisville this afternoon. The heavyweight champ...

Mar 13

Goldwater Wants Answers on Vietnam

Mar. 13, 1964 - Senator Barry Goldwater suggested today that Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge should report to a joint session of Congress on...

Mar 13

TV: Tonight on “The Twilight Zone”

Mar. 13, 1964 - Tonight on “The Twilight Zone,” cheating husband Joe Britt (William Demarest) sees his indiscretions shown on his own...

Mar 13

Jack Dempsey Speaks out on Liston and Clay

Mar. 13, 1964 - “A real champion doesn’t quit sitting on his pants in his corner,” Jack Dempsey said today. He was talking about Sonny...

Mar 13

McNamara Seeks Increased U.S. Operations in South Vietnam

Mar. 13, 1964 - Defense Secretary Robert McNamara recommended to President Johnson today a program of increased operations against the...

Mar 12

Doug Jones Wants Shot at Clay’s Title

Mar. 12, 1964 - Doug Jones of New York, recently rated No. 1 challenger for Cassius Clay’s heavyweight championship, today started...

Mar 12

Celtics Are Tops in the East for Eighth Consecutive Year

Mar. 12, 1964 - The Celtics rode to their eighth consecutive Eastern Division NBA crown tonight by defeating the Detroit Pistons,...

Mar 12

Ted Williams Speaks Out on Red Sox Prospects

Mar. 12, 1964 - “Rico Petrocelli is the most advanced of the young Red Sox players — Tony Horton is the best hitter — Tony Conigliaro...

Mar 12

RFK: No Feud with Johnson

Mar. 12, 1964 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today refuted reports of a feud between him and President Johnson. “I have read these...

Mar 12

15,000 Protest School Busing in NYC

Mar. 12, 1964 - In demonstrations at New York City Hall and at Board of Education headquarters in Brooklyn, 15,000 persons — most of them...

Mar 12

[VIDEO] Mar. 12, 1964 | Malcolm X Interview

Mar. 12, 1964 - Malcolm X predicted today that there would be more racial violence than ever in the U.S. in 1964. He declared that...

Mar 12

Movies: “A Tiger Walks”

Mar. 12, 1964 - Opening today is “A Tiger Walks,” a drama directed by Norman Tokar and starring Brian Keith and Vera Miles. Based on the...