1964: Difference between revisions

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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 murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
July 4 - Beginning of the Rhodesian Bush War.
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.
Unknown - FARC is founded.

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 * 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.
 * Unknown - [[FARC]] is founded.