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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 December 2024. This article is about the year 1964. For other uses, see 1964 (disambiguation). 1964 January February March April May June July August September October November December Calendar year Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s ...
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 ...
In August 1964 Johnson secured almost unanimous support in Congress for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave the president very broad discretion to use military force as he saw fit. In July 1965, after extensive consultation and no publicity Johnson dramatically escalated the war, sending in American combat troops to fight the Viet Cong on ...
15 October – 1964 United Kingdom general election. The Labour Party defeats the Conservatives and Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister, having gained a majority of five seats. The election result spells the end of 13 years of Conservative government, although the Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home had entered office only 12 months ago.
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The 1964 election was a major transition point for the South, and an important step in the process by which the Democrats' former "Solid South" became a Republican bastion. Nonetheless, Johnson still managed to eke out a bare popular majority of 51–49% (6.307 to 5.993 million) in the eleven former Confederate states.
For millions of American teenagers, the Beatles‘ Feb. 9, 1964, debut American television performance on The Ed Sullivan Show was the equivalent of an atomic bomb. Indeed, nothing would ever be ...
1964 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by Goldwater, blue denotes states won by Johnson. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic hold: Seats contested: 35 of 100 seats (33 Class 2 seats + 3 special elections) [1] Net seat change: Democratic +2: 1964 Senate results