1st » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2nd » Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the United States U.S. destroyer USS Maddox DD-731 6.
4th » African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) known as American civil rights movement: Civil and political rights e.g Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
4th » Gulf of Tonkin incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox DD-731 6 and USS Turner Joy DD-951 6 report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
5th » Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: United States American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga CV-14 6 and USS Constellation CV-64 6 bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
7th » Vietnam War: The United States Congress named U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
12th » Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbery (1963) Great Train Robbers, escapes from Birmingham (HM Prison) Winson Green Prison in Birmingham Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
13th » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people Capital punishment in the United Kingdom named executed in the United Kingdom.
19th » Syncom 3, the first Geostationary orbit e.g geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
27th » Army of the Republic of Vietnam known as South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
28th » The 1964 Philadelphia race riot known as Philadelphia race riot begins.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1964
1st » Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer (Counting Crows and The Himalayans)
24th » Oteil Burbridge, American bass player (The Allman Brothers Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Vida Blue (band) e.g Vida Blue, BK3, and Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit)
24th » Dana Gould, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
24th » Salizhan Sharipov, Kyrgyzstani-Russian lieutenant, pilot, and astronaut
25th » Maxim Kontsevich, Russian-American mathematician and academic
25th » Vasilios Kotronias, Greek chess player
25th » Marti Noxon, American screenwriter and producer
25th » Blair Underwood, American actor, director, and producer