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== Events == | == Events == | ||
* January 2 to March 28 - The [[1964 East Pakistan riots]] take place. | * January 2 to March 28 - The [[1964 East Pakistan riots]] take place. | ||
* 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]]. | * March 14 - [[Jack Ruby]] is found guilty of [[murder]]ing [[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 [[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]]. | ||
* 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. | * 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. | * Unknown - [[FARC]] is founded. | ||
== 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]] | |||
=== 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 | ||