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* 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 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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* March 13 - Kitty Genovese | * March 13 - Kitty Genovese | ||
* June 21 - James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner | * June 21 - James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner | ||
* July 10 - Joe Gaetjens | |||
* December 11 - Sam Cooke | * December 11 - Sam Cooke | ||