February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
Day of death October 9, 1964
The temperature on October 9, 1964 was between 6.9 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
February 1 » The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
June 10 » United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
October 1 » Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
October 29 » A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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