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* May 2 - An explosion caused by [[Viet Cong]] commandos causes the escort carrier USS ''Card'' to sink in the port of Saigon, resulting in 5 civilian deaths.
* May 2 - An explosion caused by [[Viet Cong]] commandos causes the escort carrier USS ''Card'' to sink in the port of Saigon, resulting in 5 civilian deaths.
* June 3 - South Korean President [[Park Chung-hee]] declares martial law in Seoul, after 10,000 student demonstrators overpower police.
* June 3 - South Korean President [[Park Chung-hee]] declares martial law in Seoul, after 10,000 student demonstrators overpower police.
* June 21 - Civil Rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner are abducted and [[murder]]ed in Neshoba County, Mississippi by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
* June 21 - Civil Rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner are [[Freedom Summer murders|abducted]] and [[murder]]ed in Neshoba County, Mississippi by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
* July 4 - Beginning of the Rhodesian Bush War.
* July 4 - Beginning of the Rhodesian Bush War.
* July 10 - Joe Gaetjens (Haitian soccer player known for playing for the United States national team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup and scoring a goal against England) is kidnapped, tortured and probably murdered by [[François Duvalier]]'s [[secret police]].
* August 2 - The [[1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident]] takes place.
* August 2 - The [[1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident]] takes place.
* August 7 - The United States Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, formally entering the [[Vietnam War]].
* August 7 - The United States Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, formally entering the [[Vietnam War]].
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== Births ==
== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
=== Villain births ===
* January 2 - [[Doug Mastriano]]
* January 13 - [[Michael Charles Hayes]]
* January 13 - [[Michael Charles Hayes]]
* February 1 - [[Idelphonse Hategekimana]]
* February 1 - [[Idelphonse Hategekimana]]
* February 10 - [[Mir Aimal Kansi]]
* February 10 - [[Mir Aimal Kansi]]
* March 7 - [[Mikhail Popkov]]
* April 13 - [[Dokka Umarov]]
* April 13 - [[Dokka Umarov]]
* June 7 - [[Judith Neelley]]
* June 7 - [[Judith Neelley]]
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* August 25 - [[Azmin Ali]]
* August 25 - [[Azmin Ali]]
* August 27 - [[Paul Bernardo]]
* August 27 - [[Paul Bernardo]]
* September 15 - [[Byron Looper]]
* September 24 - [[Kadie Karen Diekmeyer]]
* October 2 - [[Sam Bockarie]]
* October 2 - [[Sam Bockarie]]
* October 26 - [[Marc Lepine]]
* October 26 - [[Marc Lepine]]
* October 29 - [[Donna Hylton]]
* October 29 - [[Donna Hylton]]
* November 10 - [[Patrick Purdy]]
* November 10 - [[Patrick Purdy]] & [[Gao Chengyong]]
* November 17 - [[Moses Sithole]]
* November 17 - [[Moses Sithole]]


=== Victim births ===
=== Victim births ===
* May 17 - Nancy Benoit
* January 12 - Graham Berkeley (9/11 Victim)
* March 17 - Jacqueline "Jackie" Gilliam
*April 21 - Anna Brandt
*May 17 - Nancy Benoit
*June 2 - Lisa Ann French
*July 21 - Ron Helus
*August 14 - Lesley Molseed
*August 24 - Susan Smith
*September 7 - Kenneth Vandever
*September 27 - Francine Trimble
*September 30 - Michael Logan
*October 1 - Katherine Hayes and Carolyn Eaton
* October 18 - Sandra Lee Long
* October 18 - Sandra Lee Long
*December 28 - Blair Adams
*Unknown - Christian Adams (9/11 Victim)


== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
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=== Victim deaths ===
=== Victim deaths ===
* January - Hannah Tailford
* March 13 - Kitty Genovese
* March 13 - Kitty Genovese
* April 7 - Irene Lockwood
* April 22 - Helen Barthelemy
* June 21 - James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner
* June 21 - James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner
* July 10 - Joe Gaetjens
* July 11 - Maria Fleming
* October 23 - Frances Brown
* December 11 - Sam Cooke
* December 11 - Sam Cooke