WORLD EVENTS AND THE YEAR 1964

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World Events of 1964

China explodes its first atomic bomb.

Chinese atomic bomb test
An alleged attack on a US ship (subsequently debunked) is used as a rationalisation for US Congress to pass the "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution". The US / Vietnam War officially starts.
Kosygin takes over as premier of the Soviet Union, replacing Krushchev. However, Brezhnev is made the first secretary of the Communist Party.
Nelson Mandela receives a life sentence in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela
United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).

Tobacco researchers
Plans to build the New York World Trade Center are announced.

World Trade Center
Beatles embark upon tour of the US.

Beatles USA tour
James Bond's "Goldfinger" is released.

"Goldfinger" is released.
Anti-imperialist movement begins in Panama
University of California Regents forbid protests of the Vietnam war on the campus. This starts the Free Speech movement that shuts down the University of California at Berkeley. In the end 800 students are arrested, but serves as model for civil disobedience which is used at other campuses.

Action act UC Berkely

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