Year of record

1964

13 verified events recorded in 1964.

13 events From Jan 1, 1964 To Dec 31, 1964 Open in filter view →

Date	Event	Status
1964-12-31	Bracero Program Ends After 22 Years - Farm Wages Immediately Jump 40% 3 src U.S. Congress · United Farm Workers	confirmed
1964-11-21	FBI Mails Anonymous Suicide Letter to Martin Luther King Jr., Weaponizing Surveillance Material 3 src J. Edgar Hoover · William C. Sullivan · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Martin Luther King Jr.	confirmed
1964-11-03	AEI Faces IRS Investigation After Baroody's Control of Goldwater Campaign 2 src American Enterprise Institute · Barry Goldwater · Internal Revenue Service	confirmed
1964-09-03	Wilderness Act Signed After Eight Years of Industry Opposition, Creates National Wilderness Preservation System 3 src Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Forest Service	confirmed
1964-09-01	Segregation Academies Proliferate as White Families Flee Integrated Public Schools With Public Subsidies 3 src White Citizens' Councils	confirmed
1964-08-10	Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Signed: LBJ Receives Advance Blank-Check War Authorization, Template for Post-9/11 AUMF 3 src Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Congress	confirmed
1964-08-07	Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Passes Based on Fabricated Second Attack Authorizing Vietnam War Escalation 4 src Lyndon B. Johnson · Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara · National Security Agency · U.S. Congress	confirmed
1964-07-02	Civil Rights Act of 1964 Passes After Filibuster Defeats Corporate Southern Resistance 3 src Lyndon B. Johnson · Richard Russell · Strom Thurmond · U.S. Chamber of Commerce	confirmed
1964-06-21	Mississippi Burning Murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner During Freedom Summer Voter Registration 3 src Ku Klux Klan · Federal Bureau of Investigation	confirmed
1964-06-10	Senate Invokes Cloture to End 72-Day Filibuster Against Civil Rights Act for First Time in History 3 src Richard Russell	confirmed
1964-05-01	Phyllis Schlafly Publishes 'A Choice Not an Echo,' Launching Conservative Movement Infrastructure 3 src Phyllis Schlafly · Barry Goldwater · Republican Party	confirmed
1964-01-23	24th Amendment Ratified Abolishing Poll Tax in Federal Elections After Decades of Voter Suppression 2 src U.S. Congress · State Legislatures	confirmed
1964-01-01	Goldwater Presidential Campaign Mobilizes Business Coalition and Establishes Conservative Infrastructure 3 src Barry Goldwater	confirmed