Video: 'Ian Fleming - The CBC Interview (Legendado)'
(Wednesday, August 12, 1964) — Author Ian Fleming, 56, the creator of James Bond, died early this morning in Canterbury, Kent, England, after suffering a heart attack.
Category Archives: 1960s
The Beach Boys complete ‘When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)’ 50 years ago this hour (Aug 10 1964)
Video: 'The Beach Boys Today! (Full Album HQ Stereo Remaster) (1965) - Beach Boys' ('When I Grow Up' at 6:51)
(Monday, August 10, 1964, 11:00 p.m. PDT) — The Beach Boys overdubbed vocals and an instrumental insert to the Aug. 5, 1964, instrumental master of “When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)” today at United Western Recorders studio in Los Angeles to completing the A-side of their next single.
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Congress gives President Johnson broad powers to wage war in North Vietnam 50 years ago today (Aug 7 1964)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Aug. 7, 1964, at 16:08)
(Friday, August 7, 1964; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The House of Representatives and the Senate approved today the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces click here watch a clip from ‘The Presidents: LBJ’ at 1:38:48).
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First American flier shot down, captured by North Vietnam 50 years ago today (Aug 5 1964)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - America's Enemy [5/11]' (Alvarez at 15:07)
(Wednesday, August 5, 1964; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. Navy pilot Everett Alvarez Jr. became the first American flier to be shot down and captured by North Vietnam today; he was held prisoner until February 1973.
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FBI finds three bodies of missing civil rights workers 50 years ago this hour (Aug 4 1964)
Video: 'The True Story of Mississippi Burning' (Aug. 4, 1964, at 32:29)
(Tuesday, August 4, 1964, just after 3:00 p.m. local time; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–68)) — Bodies believed to be those of three civil rights workers (Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney) missing since June 21, 1964, were found buried in an earthen dam early tonight near Philadelphia, Mississippi. Continue reading FBI finds three bodies of missing civil rights workers 50 years ago this hour (Aug 4 1964)
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Communist PT boats allegedly renew raids at Gulf of Tonkin 50 years ago this hour (Aug 4 1964)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - LBJ Goes to War [3/11]' (Gulf of Tonkin incident, Aug. 4, 1964, at 12:35)
(Tuesday, August 4, 1964, 10:30 p.m. North Vietnamese time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Defense Department announced tonight that North Vietnamese PT boats made a “deliberate attack” today on two United States destroyers patrolling international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin off North Vietnam. Continue reading Communist PT boats allegedly renew raids at Gulf of Tonkin 50 years ago this hour (Aug 4 1964)
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Country singer Jim Reeves dies in plane crash 50 years ago this hour (July 31 1964)
Video: 'EXCLUSIVE! Jim Reeves Plane Crash Video'
(Friday, July 31, 1964, 4:52 p.m. local time) — Country singer-songwriter Jim Reeves, 40, and his manager, Dean Manuel, were killed today when the private plane Reeves was piloting crashed in bad weather near Nashville. Continue reading Country singer Jim Reeves dies in plane crash 50 years ago this hour (July 31 1964)
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Ranger 7 reaches the moon, transmits pictures back to Earth 50 years ago this hour (July 31 1964)
Video: 'Ranger VII Photographs of the Moon 1964 NASA JPL First Successful US Lunar Spacecraft'
(Friday, July 31, 1964, 16:50:00 UTC) — Ranger 7 radioed to earth today the first close-up pictures of the moon — a historic collection of 4,000 pictures one thousand times as clear as anything ever seen through earth-bound telescopes.
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The Beatles interviewed in Stockholm 50 years ago today (July 29 1964)
Video: 'The Beatles swedish interviews (1963) Part 2' (July 29, 1964, at 1:56)
(Wednesday, July 29, 1964) — The Beatles were interviewed again today by Klas Burling for Swedish radio during a party in Stockholm.
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The Beatles arrive at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm 50 years ago this hour (July 28 1964)
Video: 'The Beatles in Sweden 1964' (July 28, 1964, airport arrival at 0:00-1:55)
(Tuesday, July 28, 1964, 12:30 p.m. CET) — The Beatles arrived today at Arlanda Airport in Stockholm, where more than 3,000 fans were waiting to welcome them to Sweden.
