* Zbigniew Brzezinski, Samuel P. Huntington, Political power: USA / USSR ‎, Viking Press, 1964, p. 142, 150, 172.

In 1964, Cuba supported the Simba Rebellion of adherents of Patrice Lumumba in Congo-Leopoldville ( present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo ).

Institutionalized racial segregation was ended as an official practice by the efforts of such civil rights activists as Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., working during the period from the end of World War II through the passage of the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 supported by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

It was dismantled for scrap by November 1964, but its stone piers, which supported the Civil War-era bridge, can still be seen today, running parallel to the Veterans ’ Memorial Bridge on Route 462.

In 1948, 95. 85 percent of voters supported Harry S. Truman, in 1960 76. 9 percent of voters chose John F. Kennedy and in 1964, 84. 1 percent of voters supported Lyndon Johnson.

Elements within IBM, notably John Haanstra, an executive in charge of 1401 deployment, supported its continuation in larger models for evolving needs ( e. g., the IBM 1410 ) but the 1964 decision at the top to focus resources on the System / 360 ended these efforts rather suddenly.

Bienville Parish is a traditional Democratic stronghold though it supported the Republican presidential nominees, Barry M. Goldwater in 1964 and Richard M. Nixon in 1972.

January 21, 1964, was " Freedom Day " in Hattiesburg, a major voter registration effort supported by student demonstrators and 50 northern clergymen.

In 1933 Quinlan had 512 residents and thirty businesses ; in 1952 the population of 599 supported twenty-five businesses ; in 1964 the community had 621 persons and twenty-two businesses.

Buchanan was promoted to assistant editorial page editor in 1964 and supported Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign.

He strongly supported so-called " Revolution of 1964 ", a military coup that overthrew President leftist João Goulart in 1964.

During the 1964 presidential election, Spellman supported Lyndon B. Johnson, whose Higher Education Facilities Act and Economic Opportunity Act had greatly benefited the Church.

He supported the 1957 Civil Rights Act, and the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

After 1952, Martin joined the moderate wing of the Republican Party and supported Dwight D. Eisenhower's internationalist outlook ( through support of foreign aid ), endorsed federal aid for school construction, and backed Lyndon B. Johnson's Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

) Caray was also seen as influential enough that he could affect team personnel moves ; Cardinals historian Peter Golenbock ( in The Spirit of St. Louis: A History of the St. Louis Cardinals and Browns ) has suggested Caray may have had a partial hand in the maneuvering that led to the exit of general manager Bing Devine, the man who had assembled the team that won the 1964 World Series, and of field manager Johnny Keane, whose rumored successor, Leo Durocher ( the succession didn't pan out ), was believed to have been supported by Caray for the job.

During his first term, Hartke lobbied for programs like Medicare and Medicaid, and supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

In 1964, Republican state chairman Osro Cobb, a fomer United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, not only refused to endorse Rockefeller but openly supported Faubus, who subseqauently gave Cobb a temporary appointment to the Arkansas Supreme Court.

Although critical of the Vietnam War, he supported Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey in 1968, and met weekly with President Johnson during 1964 – 65.

DeShannon's biggest break came in February 1964 when she supported The Beatles on their first US tour, and formed a touring band with guitarist Ry Cooder.

In the 1970s, Sino-Soviet ideological rivalry extended to Africa and the Middle East, where the Soviet Union and Red China funded and supported opposed political parties, militias, and states, notably the Ogaden War ( 1977 – 1978 ) between Ethiopia and Somalia, the Rhodesian Bush War ( 1964 – 1979 ), the Zimbabwean Gukurahundi ( 1980 – 1987 ), the Angolan Civil War ( 1975 – 2002 ), the Mozambican Civil War ( 1977 – 1992 ), and factions of the Palestinian people.

Outlawed after the 1964 coup d ' état, PCdoB supported the armed struggle against the regime before its legalization on 1988.

After Khrushchev was ousted in 1964, Suslov supported the establishment of a collective leadership.

In 1964, the Soviet Union and its satellite states broke off relations with Beijing over ideological differences, and only Albania and Pakistan supported the People's Republic of China.

* 1964 – Vietnam War: the 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.

* 1964 – Vietnam War: U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.

* 1964 – Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player and radio personality

On September 14, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the United States ' two highest civilian honors.

* 1964 – U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.

* 1964 – President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a " War on Poverty " in the United States.

In 1964, just days before Hoover testified in the earliest stages of the Warren Commission hearings, President Lyndon B. Johnson waived the then-mandatory U. S. Government Service Retirement Age of seventy, allowing Hoover to remain the FBI Director " for life.

Hoover's FBI investigated Hollywood lobbyist Jack Valenti, a special assistant and confidant to President Lyndon Johnson, in 1964.

President Lyndon B. Johnson at the signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

* 1964 – U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces the goals of his Great Society social reforms to bring an " end to poverty and racial injustice " in America.

* 1964 – Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.

Although he accepted an invitation from President Lyndon B. Johnson to revisit the White House in 1964, Nurmi lived a very secluded life until the late 1960s when he began granting some press interviews.

Lyndon B. Johnson's speech outlining his Great Society program was given during U-M's 1964 spring commencement ceremony.

* 1964 – U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson was elected in his own right, defeating United States Senator Barry Goldwater in November.

* 1964 – Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

* 1964 – Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 3.

* July 2 – President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, abolishing racial segregation in the United States.

** United States presidential election, 1964: Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater with over 60 percent of the popular vote.

* During his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson introduced legislation that would come to be know as the " War on Poverty.

It was finally entered into law in 1964 when President Lyndon Johnson helped secure its passage and signed the Civil Rights Act.

Harding's 60. 3 % of the popular vote was also the most since 1820, but has since been exceeded by Franklin Roosevelt in 1936, Lyndon Johnson in 1964, and Richard Nixon in 1972.

As such, as the 1964 presidential campaign began Humphrey made clear his interest in becoming President Lyndon Johnson's running mate.