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- Jan 11 First government report by US Surgeon General Luther Terry warning that smoking may be hazardous
- Jun 1 Kenya becomes a republic with Jomo Kenyatta as its 1st President
- Jun 12 Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
- Jun 29 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes after an 83-day filibuster in the US Senate
- Jul 2 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law
- Dec 10 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Oslo, Norway
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- Apr 9 Serial killer John Wayne Gacy (22) weds co-worker Marlynn Myers
- Apr 29 Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma
- Jul 31 George Lascelles marries Patricia Tuckwell
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