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Fidel Castro signs an agreement with the first Soviet deputy Anastas I in Havana. The Soviet brings $5 million of Cuban sugar.
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The 23rd Amendment is proposed, it grants the right to vote to the citizens of the District of Columbia.
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John F. Kennedy is inaugurated in to presidency of the United States.
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Adolf Eichman Hitler is found guilty of crimes against the Jewish people during the Holocaust of World War II.
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The Berlin Wall is built from August 15-17.
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Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth's single season home run record!
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U.S. spacecraft, Ranger 4 becomes the first spaceship to touch the moon.
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AT&T introduces electronic touch-tone telephones in Pennsylvania.
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The assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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The 1964 Winter Olympics take place in Innsbruck, Austria. Opening ceremonies are held.
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Douglas MacArthur, the U.S. general who commanded forces in the South Pacific during World War II and in the Korean War dies in Washington, D.C.
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The 1964 Summer Olympics take place in Tokyo. It marks the first appearance of a women's team sport, Volleyball. Women are finally allowed not just to play their own sport but also in the Olympics
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New York radio station 1010 WINS begins broadcasting as the first all news radio program, and soon after other radio stations follow. As a new employee of the company states, "I was given my first radio as a Christmas present in 1945. One of the first receivers to be manufactured after the war it was a utility model made of polished white wood and had a rudimentary metal plate with no glass in front of it."
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Star-trek premiered on NBC. It was a dominant science fiction television series. People every where were wanting to watch the new show that everyone was buzzed about. Star Trek was the show to watch!
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Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American appointed to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Johnson and was sworn in.
