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Events edit

January 2 to March 28 - The 1964 East Pakistan riots take place.
March 14 - Jack Ruby is found guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald and is sentenced to death.
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 21 - Civil Rights activists James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner are abducted and murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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 7 - The United States Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, formally entering the Vietnam War.
August 11 - Spanish dictator Francisco Franco survives an assassination attempt in Madrid by Scottish anarchist Stuart Christie.
October 14 - Leonid Brezhnev is named General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, after Nikita Khrushchev is removed from power.
December 1 - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz of the Institutional Revolutionary Party is elected President of Mexico.
December 24 - The Brinks Hotel in Saigon, Vietnam is bombed by the Viet Cong, resulting in the deaths of two US soldiers and injuries to a further 60 people, including civilians.
Unknown - FARC is founded.

Births edit

Villain births edit

January 2 - Doug Mastriano
January 13 - Michael Charles Hayes
February 1 - Idelphonse Hategekimana
February 10 - Mir Aimal Kansi
March 7 - Mikhail Popkov
April 13 - Dokka Umarov
June 7 - Judith Neelley
June 18 - Uday Hussein
June 22 - Maria Kisito
June 28 - Tommy Lynn Sells
July 2 - Andrea Yates
August 25 - Azmin Ali
August 27 - Paul Bernardo
September 15 - Byron Looper
September 24 - Kadie Karen Diekmeyer
October 2 - Sam Bockarie
October 26 - Marc Lepine
October 29 - Donna Hylton
November 10 - Patrick Purdy & Gao Chengyong
November 17 - Moses Sithole

Victim births edit

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
December 28 - Blair Adams
Unknown - Christian Adams (9/11 Victim)

Deaths edit

Villain deaths edit

June 11 - Plaek Phibunsongkhram
September 27 - Adib Shishakli
October 21 - Margaret Gibson
November 12 - Heinz Jost

Victim deaths edit

January - Hannah Tailford
March 13 - Kitty Genovese
April 7 - Irene Lockwood
April 22 - Helen Barthelemy
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

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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.
 * 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 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 7 - The United States Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, formally entering the [[Vietnam War]].
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 == Births ==
 === Villain births ===
+* January 2 - [[Doug Mastriano]]
 * January 13 - [[Michael Charles Hayes]]
 * February 1 - [[Idelphonse Hategekimana]]
 * February 10 - [[Mir Aimal Kansi]]
+* March 7 - [[Mikhail Popkov]]
 * April 13 - [[Dokka Umarov]]
 * June 7 - [[Judith Neelley]]
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 * August 25 - [[Azmin Ali]]
 * August 27 - [[Paul Bernardo]]
+* September 15 - [[Byron Looper]]
+* September 24 - [[Kadie Karen Diekmeyer]]
 * October 2 - [[Sam Bockarie]]
 * October 26 - [[Marc Lepine]]
 * October 29 - [[Donna Hylton]]
-* November 10 - [[Patrick Purdy]]
+* November 10 - [[Patrick Purdy]] & [[Gao Chengyong]]
 * November 17 - [[Moses Sithole]]
 === 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
+*December 28 - Blair Adams
+*Unknown - Christian Adams (9/11 Victim)
 == Deaths ==
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 === Victim deaths ===
+* January - Hannah Tailford
 * March 13 - Kitty Genovese
+* April 7 - Irene Lockwood
+* April 22 - Helen Barthelemy
 * 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