A team of scientists invented the sports drink Gatorade in a University of Florida lab.
The Indo-Pakistani War comes to an end after a UN-mandated ceasefire.
The Beatles released their hit single 'Yesterday.'
Casey Stengel announced that he was retiring from managing the New York Mets after 55 years in baseball.
The Gemini V spacecraft returned to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sandwich restaurant Subway was founded in Bridgeport, Connecticut, US.
Singapore separates from Malaysia and becomes independent.
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which was introduced to stop voting discrimination against minority groups.
Maldives gained independence from British rule.
Bob Dylan performed his first electric concert at the Newport Folk Festival.
Mars flyby of Mariner 4.
The Beatles' album 'VI' topped the Billboard charts at number one and stayed there for six weeks.
The idea of the Big Bang Theory being the creation of the universe was supported by scientists.
Soviet spacecraft Luna 6, destined for a moon landing, failed after flying right past it.
NASA launched the second crewed mission of the Gemini Space Program, Gemini 4.
The Soviet Union's Luna 5 uncrewed spacecraft crash-landed on the Moon.
Ellis Island was added to the Statue of Liberty National monument.
The Luna 5 attempted to land on the Moon.
San Francisco Giants outfielder, Willie Mays, broke the record for home runs.
The first commercial communications satellite is launched.
Millions watch NASA spacecraft Ranger 9 crash into the Moon.
The Civil and Women's Rights Activist Dorothy Height wrote her first column in the African-American newspaper 'New York Amsterdam News.'
The portrait of Rembrandt's son, 'Titus,' was purchased at auction for $2.2 million.
Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov made the first spacewalk when he left his Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
Activists started a 54 mile (87 km) march from Selma to Montgomery.
The musical 'The Sound of Music,' starring Julie Andrews, premiered.
Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City, USA.
The Republic of Gambia gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
Canada adopts its current national flag showing a maple leaf.
Martin Luther King Jr. and 250 protestors were arrested.
Over 321,000 people attended Winston Churchill's funeral to say goodbye.
The classic song 'Mr. Tambourine Man' was recorded by The Byrds.
Martin Luther King Jr. pushed hard to encourage the registration of black voters in Selma.
The Supremes first appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' singing 'Come See About Me.'
Time magazine called Susan Sontag 'one of Manhattan's brightest intellectuals' in a review of her groundbreaking essay 'Notes on Camp.'
An attack was made at the UN General Assembly in New York City.
NASA launched the Mariner 4 space probe on a mission to Mars.
Verrazano Narrows Bridge opens in NYC.
A family coup in Saudi Arabia replaced King Saud with Faisal, his half-brother.
Zambia gained its independence from Britain.
Jean‑Paul Sartre wins—and declines—Nobel Prize in Literature.
The American musical comedy 'My Fair Lady,' starring Audrey Hepburn, was released in the US.
China became the fifth country to possess nuclear weapons following the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France.
African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize.
The USSR's Voskhod 1 spacecraft became the first spaceflight with multiple crew members.
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were held in Tokyo, Japan.
The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal began.
Malta gained independence from the United Kingdom.
Disney's Mary Poppins was released and premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
World's First Geostationary Satellite is Launched.
