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== Events ==

* January 2 to March 28 - The [[1964 East Pakistan riots]] take place.

* May 2 - An explosion caused by [[Viet Cong]] commandos causes the eacort 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]].

* July 4 - Beginning of the Rhodesian Bush War.

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* 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 [[Instirurional 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.

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 == Events ==
 * January 2 to March 28 - The [[1964 East Pakistan riots]] take place.
+* May 2 - An explosion caused by [[Viet Cong]] commandos causes the eacort 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]].
 * July 4 - Beginning of the Rhodesian Bush War.
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 * 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 [[Instirurional 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.