November 1964 in History

Events in History

Nov 1 Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon

Event of Interest

Nov 2 Faisal succeeds Saud as king of Saudi Arabia

Nov 3 For 1st time since 1800, residents of Washington, D.C. permitted to vote

Election of Interest

Nov 3 Lyndon B. Johnson is elected President of the United States in a landslide, with Hubert Humphrey as his vice president, defeating Republican candidate Barry Goldwater

Nov 5 US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned
Nov 8 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion

Election of Interest

Nov 9 Eisaku Satō becomes Prime Minister of Japan after Hayato Ikeda resigns due to ill health

Nov 11 Murray Schisgal's "Luv" premieres in NYC
Nov 12 Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Nov 12 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH

Event of Interest

Nov 13 Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor

Nov 15 Sudan Premier Ibrahim Abbud resigns
Nov 16 Radio CJCX Sydney Nova Scotia (Canada) starts shortwave transmission
Nov 16 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Nov 17 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa

Event of Interest

Nov 18 J. Edgar Hoover describes Martin Luther King Jr. as a "most notorious liar"

Nov 21 Pope Paul VI signs 3rd sitting of 2nd Vatican council
Nov 21 Verrazano-Narrows suspension bridge opens in New York City, then the world's longest
Nov 24 Rebellion ends in Zaire
Nov 28 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
Nov 28 Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars
Nov 29 Roman Catholic Church in US replaces Latin with English
Nov 30 USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned

Birthdays in History

Nov 2 Britta Lejon, Swedish Social Democratic politician, born in Järfälla Municipality, Sweden
Nov 2 Michael D'Asaro II, American fencer-sabre, born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 7 Gill Holland, Norwegian-American producer (Hurricane Streets), born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Nov 12 Michael Kremer, American economist (2019 Nobel Prize for Economics), born in New York City
Nov 13 Dan Sullivan, American politician (Senator-R-Alaska 2015-), born in Fairview Park, Ohio
Nov 14 Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter
Nov 28 Cornelia Guest, debutante (Debutante's Guide to Life)
Nov 28 Michael Bennet, American politician (Senator-D-Colorado 2009-), born in New Delhi, India

Deaths in History

Nov 5 Lansdale Sasscer, U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 5th District (b. 1893)
Nov 5 Mabel Lucie Attwell, English children's author and illustrator, dies at 85
Nov 6 Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born Swedish biochemist who investigated the fermentation of sugar and enzymes (Nobel 1929), dies at 91
Nov 11 H[enry] Beam Piper, American sci-fi author (4 Day Planet), dies at 60
Nov 14 Heinrich von Brentano, German politician (Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs), dies at 60
Nov 23 Jan Fabricius, Dutch-English playwright (Dolle Hans), dies at 93
Nov 29 Anne de Vries, Dutch teacher and author (Bartje), dies at 60