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Mar 31

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

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

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

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

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...

Mar 29

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Riots in Jacksonville

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

Mar 24

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.,...