What Happened In June 1964 In History

Historical Events for June, 1964

• 5th » DSV Alvin or DSV 'Alvin' is commissioned.
• 6th » Under a temporary order, the Rocket experiments in the area of Cuxhaven named rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany are terminated. They never resume.
• 10th » United States Senate breaks a 75 day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bills passage.
• 11th » World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
• 12th » Anti-apartheid activist and African National Congress e.g ANC leader Nelson Mandela is Nelson Mandela Arrest and Rivonia trial named sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
• 19th » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
• 21st » Three African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) known as civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, Mississippi civil rights workers murders named are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by member
• 28th » Malcolm X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1964

• 1st » Mark Curry (actor) known as Mark Curry, American actor
• 2nd » Caroline Link, German director and screenwriter
• 3rd » Kerry King, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer)
• 3rd » James Purefoy, English actor
• 4th » Sean Pertwee, English actor
• 4th » Kōji Yamamura, Japanese animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 5th » Lisa Cholodenko, American director and screenwriter
• 5th » Dukagjin Pupovci, Kosovo Albanian professor
• 5th » Rick Riordan, American author
• 5th » Karl Sanders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nile (band) or Nile)
• 5th » Laura Sandys, English politician
• 6th » Jay Bentley, American singer and bass player (Bad Religion)
• 6th » Allison Fonte, American actress and pianist
• 6th » Jay Lake, American author (d. 2014)
• 7th » Judie Aronson, American actress
• 7th » Gia Carides, Australian actress
• 7th » Geir Lippestad, Norwegian lawyer and activist
• 8th » Butch Reynolds, American runner
• 9th » Slaid Cleaves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 9th » Gloria Reuben, Canadian actress and singer
• 9th » Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (d. 2009)
• 9th » Hiroko Yakushimaru, Japanese actress and singer
• 10th » Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Starchildren, and The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex)
• 10th » Ben Daniels, English actor
• 10th » Kate Flannery, American actress
• 10th » Tony Martin (comedian) known as Tony Martin, New Zealand-Australian comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
• 10th » Vincent Perez, Swiss actor and director
• 11th » Jean Alesi, French race car driver
• 11th » Kim Gallagher, American runner (d. 2002)
• 11th » Gunnar Sauer, German footballer
• 12th » Derek Higgins, Irish race car driver
• 12th » Kent Jones, American journalist
• 12th » Paula Marshall, American actress
• 12th » Peter Such, Scottish-English cricketer
• 13th » Christian Wilhelm Berger, Romanian organist, composer, and educator
• 13th » Kathy Burke, English actress, director, and playwright
• 13th » Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 14th » Peter Gilliver, English lexicographer
• 14th » Kaija Parve, Estonian biathlete
• 15th » Valeri Bukrejev, Estonian pole vaulter
• 15th » Courteney Cox, American actress, director, and producer
• 15th » Gavin Greenaway, English composer and conductor
• 15th » Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager
• 16th » Danny Burstein, American actor
• 17th » Rinaldo Capello, Italian race car driver
• 17th » Michael Groß, German swimmer
• 17th » Svetla Mitkova-Sınırtaş, Bulgarian-Turkish shot putter and discus thrower
• 17th » Erin Murphy, American actress
• 17th » Steve Rhodes, English cricketer and coach
• 18th » Uday Hussein, Iraqi son of Saddam Hussein (d. 2003)
• 18th » Patti Webster, American publicist and author (d. 2013)
• 19th » Bill Barretta, American actor and puppeteer
• 19th » Brent Goulet, American soccer player and manager
• 19th » Laura Ingraham, American radio host and author
• 19th » Boris Johnson, American-English journalist and politician, Mayor of London
• 19th » Sixten Sild, Estonian Orienteering known as orienteer
• 19th » Brian Vander Ark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Verve Pipe)
• 20th » Pierfrancesco Chili, Italian motorcycle racer
• 20th » Silke Möller, German runner
• 21st » Sammi Davis, English actress
• 21st » David Morrissey, English actor and director
• 21st » Dimitris Papaioannou, Greek director and choreographer
• 21st » Dean Saunders, Welsh footballer and manager
• 21st » Doug Savant, American actor
• 22nd » Cadillac Anderson, African-American basketball players
• 22nd » Dicky Barrett, Musicians from Rhode Island
• 22nd » Amy Brenneman, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 22nd » Dan Brown, American author
• 22nd » John Penrose, English politician
• 23rd » Yun Lou, Chinese gymnast
• 23rd » Nicolas Marceau, Canadian economist and politician
• 23rd » Joss Whedon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 24th » Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (d. 2012)
• 24th » Kathryn Parminter, Baroness Parminter, English politician
• 24th » Gary Suter, American ice hockey player
• 25th » Dell Curry, American basketball player and coach
• 25th » Matt Gallant, American television host
• 25th » Johnny Herbert, English race car driver
• 25th » Greg Raymer, American poker player
• 25th » Emma Suárez, Spanish actress
• 26th » Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish race car driver
• 27th » Stephan Brenninkmeijer, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Chuck Person, American basketball player and coach
• 28th » Mark Grace, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 28th » Tommy Lynn Sells, American serial killer (d. 2014)
• 28th » DJ Quicksilver, Turkish-German DJ and producer
• 28th » Steve Williamson, English saxophonist and composer (Jazz Warriors)
• 29th » Stedman Pearson, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Five Star)
• 30th » Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg
• 30th » Mark Waters (director) known as Mark Waters, American director and producer

Famous Deaths for June 1964

• 3rd » Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author, Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 4th » Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (b. 1887)
• 9th » Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, Canadian-English businessman and politician (b. 1879)
• 21st » James Chaney, American activist (b. 1943)
• 21st » Andrew Goodman, American activist (b. 1943)
• 21st » Michael Schwerner, American activist (b. 1939)
• 22nd » Havank, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1904)
• 26th » Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1889)
• 29th » Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928)

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