What Happened in October 1964

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• Oct 1 1st official broadcast of Trans World Radio on Bonaire
• Oct 1 2nd Dutch televisienet begins broadcastings
• Oct 1 Free Speech Movement launched at University of California, Berkley

• Oct 1 San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark
• Oct 1 WSJU TV channel 18 in Carolina, PR begins broadcasting
• Oct 1 WTSJ TV channel 18 in San Juan, PR (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Oct 1 WWAY TV channel 3 in Wilmington, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting

• Oct 3 NY Yankees beat Cleveland Indians, 8-3 to clinch Bronx Bombers 5th consecutive AL pennant, and 29th in club's history
• Oct 4 -7] Hurricane Hilda, kills 38 in La, Miss & Ga
• Oct 4 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81
• Oct 4 Boston Patriots' kicker Gino Cappelletti lands 6-from-6 field goals and 3-from-3 conversions in 39-10 win v Denver Broncos at Bears Stadium, Denver
• Oct 4 Italian Autostrada del Sol opens at Milan-Naples

• Oct 5 KIXE TV channel 9 in Redding, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Oct 5 San Francisco Fire Department Museum dedicated
• Oct 6 "Cambridge Circus" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 23 performances
• Oct 7 The Beatles appear on episode of "Shindig" (ABC-TV) in the US
• Oct 8 Gilroy Roberts becomes first US chief engraver to retire (than die)

• Oct 10 XVIII Summer Olympic Games open in Tokyo, Japan
• Oct 12 American Don Schollander swims an Olympic record 53.4s to beat Briton Robert McGregor by 0.1s and win the 100m freestyle gold medal in Tokyo; first of Schollander's 4 gold medals at the Games
• Oct 12 KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, CA (PBS) begins
• Oct 12 Launch of Voskhod 1, first time 3 people in space (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov)
• Oct 12 WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin
• Oct 12 WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Oct 13 At Plesman airport, Curacao, 125.5 mm rainfalls (record)

• Oct 13 Soviet spacecraft Voskhod 1 successfully returns to earth with record three crew
• Oct 13 US sweeps medals in the men's 200m backstroke at the Tokyo Olympics; Jed Graef swims world record 2:10.3 to win gold ahead of teammates Gary Dilley and Bob Bennett
• Oct 14 American swimmer Cathy Ferguson sets world record 1:07.7 to beat Kiki Caron of France by 0.2s and win the women's 100m backstroke gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 14 American swimmer Dick Roth sets world record 4:45.4 to beat teammate Roy Saari and win the men's 400m individual medley gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 14 Little known American distance runner Billy Mills scores major upset by winning the 10,000m at the Tokyo Olympics; beats Mohammed Gammoudi of Tunisia by 0.4s; only American to ever win the event

• Oct 14 Mary Rand of Great Britain leaps a world record 6.76m to win the women's long jump gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 14 Philips begins experimenting with color TV

• Oct 14 US 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Gary Ilman & Don Schollander swim world record 3:33.2 to beat Germany by 4.0s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics

• Oct 15 American Don Schollander swims a world record 4:12.2 to win the 400m freestyle gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; second of Schollander's 4 gold medals at the Games
• Oct 15 American sprinter Bob Hayes equals world record 10.0s to beat Cuba's Enrique Figuerola by 0.2s and win the men's 100m gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 15 Australian swimmer Ian O'Brien sets world record 2:27.8 to beat Soviet Georgy Prokopenko by 0.4s and win men's 200m breaststroke gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 15 Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals win 7th title; beat NY Yankees, 7-5 at Busch Stadium to clinch series, 4-3; MVP: St Louis pitcher Bob Gibson

• Oct 15 Soviet rower Vyacheslav Ivanov wins his third consecutive Olympic men's single sculls gold medal at the Tokyo Games; also the reigning World and European champion
• Oct 15 US women's 4 x 100m freestyle relay team of Sharon Stouder, Donna de Varona, Lillian Watson & Kathy Ellis swims world record 4:03.8 to beat Australia by 3.1s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 16 American swimmer Sharon Strouder sets world record 1:04.7 to beat Ada Kok of the Netherlands by 0.9s and win the women's 100m butterfly at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 16 China becomes world's 5th nuclear power

• Oct 16 In an incredibly close women's 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics American sprinter Wyomia Tyus runs 11.4s to beat teammate Edith McGuire by 0.2s; Ewa Kłobukowska of Poland takes bronze with the same time as McGuire
• Oct 16 Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland & Dallas
• Oct 16 US men's 4 × 100m medley relay team of Thompson Mann, Bill Craig, Fred Schmidt & Steve Clark swim world record 3:58.4 to beat Germany by 3.2s and win gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics

• Oct 17 In the first ever Olympic women's pentathlon Irina Press of the Soviet Union sets a world record 5,246 points to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Games

• Oct 17 US swimmers go 1-2-3 in the women's 400m individual medley at the Tokyo Olympics; Donna de Varona wins gold in Olympic record 5:18.7 ahead of teammates Sharon Finneran and Martha Randall
• Oct 18 Australian swimmer Kevin Berry sets world record 2:06.6 to beat American Carl Robie by 0.9s and win the men's 200m backstroke gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 19 American sprinter Edith McGuire runs an Olympic record 23.0 to win the women's 200m gold medal in Tokyo; minor place medallists Irena Szewińska of Poland and Australian Marilyn Black both record 23.1
• Oct 19 In a blanket finish in the 80m hurdles at the Tokyo Olympics, Germany's Karin Balzer and Teresa Cieply of Poland both record 10.5s with Pam Kilborn of Australia 10.6; Balzer is awarded the gold medal
• Oct 19 Tamara Press of the Soviet Union wins the women's discus with an Olympic record throw 57.27m in Tokyo; first of 2 gold medals at the Games (shot put)
• Oct 20 Ann Packer of Great Britain runs a world record 2:01.1 to win the women's 800m gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics

• Oct 20 Mad Dog Vachon beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
• Oct 20 Riot at Rolling Stones conecrt in Paris leads to 150 arrests
• Oct 20 Tamara Press of the Soviet Union wins her second gold medal in 2 days by taking out the women's shot put at the Tokyo Olympics; Press' second consecutive Olympic shot put title

• Oct 21 American men's 4×400m relay team beats Great Britain by 0.9s to set world record 3:00.7 and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams & Henry Carr

• Oct 21 MLB Milwaukee Braves ask NL to allow them to move to Atlanta, Georgia
• Oct 21 New Zealand athlete Peter Snell wins the 1,500m at the Tokyo Olympics; his second gold medal of the Games (800m); 3rd career gold
• Oct 21 Polish 4×100m women's relay team runs a world record 43.6 to beat the US by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics; Teresa Ciepły, Irena Kirszenstein, Halina Górecka & Ewa Kłobukowska

• Oct 21 US 4 x 100m men's relay team of Paul Drayton, Gerry Ashworth, Richard Stebbins & Bob Hayes run world record 39.0s to beat Poland by 0.3s and win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 22 EMI rejects audition by "High Numbers"; they go on to become "The Who"

• Oct 22 US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg, Mississippi
• Oct 23 Czech gymnast Věra Čáslavská wins the balance beam at the Tokyo Olympics; her 3rd gold medal of the Games with individual all-round and vault victories
• Oct 23 Dutch 10th dan judoka Anton Geesink wins Open gold medal in the first ever Olympic judo competition in Tokyo; prevents clean sweep of the gold medals by Japan

• Oct 23 Hungary beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win the men's football gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
• Oct 23 Japan beats the Soviet Union 3-0 to claim the inaugural Olympic women's volleyball gold medal in Tokyo; undefeated in 6-team round robin competition
• Oct 23 Japanese gymnast Yukio Endo wins the parallel bars gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics; his 3rd gold medal of the Games (individual all-round and team); 4th career gold (1960, 64)

• Oct 23 Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia finish 8-1 in inaugural Olympic men's volleyball competition in Tokyo; Soviets win 10 team round robin on count back of sets won-lost
• Oct 23 Time Magazine uses term "op art" for 1st time
• Oct 24 "Cambridge Circus" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances
• Oct 24 Belgian paratroopers, with American Air Force support, liberate hundreds of hostages held by rebels in Stanleyville, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Oct 24 Test cricket debut of Pakistani standouts Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan and Khalid Ibadulla in drawn 1st Test vs Australia in Karachi; Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on debut
• Oct 24 Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) gains independence from Britain (National Day) with Kenneth Kaunda becoming President
• Oct 25 "The Wrong Way Run", Viking Jim Marshall runs 66 yards in wrong direction for a safety (NFL's #1 blooper)
• Oct 25 Dutchman Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner

• Oct 25 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
• Oct 26 Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
• Oct 27 Congo rebel leader Christopher Gbenye holds 60 Americans & 800 Belgians
• Oct 27 Mark Sandrich and Sidney Michaels' musical "Ben Franklin in Paris", starring Robert Preston, opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, NYC; runs for 215 performances

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• Oct 1 Harry Hill, British comedian
• Oct 1 Jonathan Sarfati, New Zealand chess player, scientist, and author (FIDE Master), born in Ararat, Australia
• Oct 1 Max Matsuura, Japanese record producer and broadcaster, born in Yokohama, Japan
• Oct 1 Roberto Kelly, Panamanian baseball outfielder and coach (NY Yankees; MLB All Star 1992-93), born in Panama City, Panama
• Oct 2 Michael Brooks, American NFL linebacker (Pro Bowl 1992; Denver Broncos), born in Ruston, Louisiana
• Oct 2 Sheila Echols, American track athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m 1988), born in Memphis, Tennessee
• Oct 3 Clive Owen, English actor (Closer), born in Coventry, England
• Oct 3 Lisa Macuja-Elizalde, Filipino prima ballerina, 1984-2014 (Kirov Ballet; Philippine Ballet Theatre; Ballet Manila), artistic director, and educator, born in Manila, Philippines
• Oct 4 David Brain, Zimbabwean cricketer and fast medium bowler (9 Tests; 23 ODIs), born in Salisbury, Zimbabwe
• Oct 4 Francis Magalona, Filipino Pinoy hip-hop rapper, songwriter, and television personality (Eat Bulaga!, 1995-2009), born in Manila, Philippines (d. 2009)
• Oct 4 Mark McLemore, American MLB baseball player, 1986-2004 (California Angels, Texas Rangers, and 5 other teams), and broadcaster (Texas Rangers), born in San Diego, California
• Oct 4 Matthew Cetlinski, American swimmer (Olympic gold 4x200m freestyle relay 1988), born in Fort Worth, Florida
• Oct 5 Denean Howard, 4X400m relayer (Olympic silver 1988), born in Sherman, Texas
• Oct 5 Malik Saidullaev Chechen businessman
• Oct 5 Terry Mathews, Alexandria LA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
• Oct 5 Warren E. Miller, Maryland politician

• Oct 6 Tom Jager, American swimmer (5 Olympic gold 1984, 88, 92; 50m freestyle world record x 6), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
• Oct 7 Dan Savage, American sex-columnist and author, born in Chicago, Illinois
• Oct 7 Paul Stewart, British footballer (Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool), born in Manchester, England
• Oct 7 Rich Delucia, American baseball pitcher (SF Giants), born in Reading, Pennsylvania
• Oct 7 Sam Brown, English singer-songwriter ("Stop!"), born in Stratford, United Kingdom
• Oct 8 (Priscilla) "CeCe" Winans (Love), American 23-time Dove and 12-time Grammy Award-winning gospel singer, born in Detroit, Michigan
• Oct 8 Alan Igglesden, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 6 wickets; 4 ODIs; Kent CCC), born in Farnborough, England (d. 2021)

• Oct 9 Martín Jaite, Argentine tennis star, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Oct 10 Maxi Gnauck, German uneven parallel bars gymnast (Olympic gold 1980), born in Berlin, Germany
• Oct 10 Quinton Flynn, American voice actor, born in Cleveland, Ohio
• Oct 10 Sarah Lancashire, English actress (Coronation Street, Happy Valley), born in Oldham, England
• Oct 11 Michael J. Nelson, American actor (Mystery Science Theater 3000), born in St. Charles, Illinois
• Oct 12 Fanie De Villiers, South African cricket fast bowler (18 Tests, 85 wickets, BB 6/23, 2 x 50s; Northern Transvaal), born in Vereeniging, South Africa
• Oct 12 JoAnn Willette, American actress (Constance-Just 10 of Us, Real Genius), born in Lewiston, Maine
• Oct 13 Christopher Judge, American-Canadian actor (Stargate SG-1), born in Los Angeles, California
• Oct 13 Niè Hǎishèng, Chinese military pilot and CNSA astronaut, born in Zaoyang, Hubei, China
• Oct 14 Joe Girardi, American MLB catcher (4 teams, including NY Yankees, 1996-99), and manager (Yankees, 2006-17), born in Peoria, Illinois
• Oct 14 Olu Oguibe, Nigerian born American artist, born in Aba, Eastern Nigera
• Oct 15 Lisa Ullén, Korean-Swedish jazz pianist and composer, born in Seoul, South Korea
• Oct 15 Roberto Vittori, Italian air force officer and ESA astronaut, born in Viterbo, Lazio, Italy
• Oct 16 Stephen Paul "Steve" Lamacq [Lammo], British disc jockey (BBC Radio 6), born in Islington, London
• Oct 17 David Cromer, American theatre director and actor (The Band's Visit), born in Skokie, Illinois
• Oct 18 Etsuko Inoue, Japan, tennis star
• Oct 18 George Ferris, Antigua cricketer (Leewards fast bowler), born in Antigua
• Oct 19 Ty Pennington [Gary Tygert Burton], American television host (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Oct 19 Webster Slaughter, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)

• Oct 20 Zap Mama [Marie Daulne], Belgian-Congolese Afro-pop and world music singer-songwriter, born in Isiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Oct 21 Jon Carin, American session and touring keyboardist and guitar player (Pink Floyd; The Who), and producer, born in New York, New York
• Oct 22 TobyMac [Kevin McKeehan], American Christian-hip-hop rapper, singer and songwriter (DC Talk), born in Fairfax, Virginia
• Oct 23 Robert Trujillo, American musician and songwriter (Metallica), born in Santa Monica, California
• Oct 25 Kevin Michael Richardson, American voice actor (Joker-The Batman), born in The Bronx, New York
• Oct 25 Melinda McGraw, American actress (Macenzie-Pursuit Of Happiness), born in Nicosia, Cyprus
• Oct 25 Michael Boatman, American actor (Carter-Spin City), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Oct 25 Nick Thorp, British pop-funk bassist (Curiosity Killed the Cat), born in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England
• Oct 25 Nicole [Hohloch], German pop singer (Eurovision Song Contest, 1982), born in Saarbrücken, Germany
• Oct 25 Pat Swilling, American NFL defensive end and linebacker (Oakland Raiders), born in Toccoa, Georgia
• Oct 26 Lawson Duncan, American tennis star, born in Asheville, North Carolina
• Oct 26 Vencie Glenn, American NFL safety (NY Giants), born in Grambling, Louisiana
• Oct 27 Mark Taylor, Australian cricketer (genius Australian captain since 1994), born in Leeton, Australia
• Oct 27 Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer (3 x Olympic gold 100/200m butterfly, 4x100m medley 1984; WR 100/200m butterfly 1981), born in Louisville, Kentucky
• Oct 28 Costantino Mastroprimiano, Italian classical pianist, educator, and musicologist, born in Foggia, Italy
• Oct 28 Griffin O'Neal, American actor (April Fools Day, Wraith), born in Los Angeles, California
• Oct 28 Paul Wylie, figure skater (Olympic-silver)
• Oct 29 Greg Montgomery, American NFL punter (Baltimore Ravens), born in Morristown, New Jersey (d. 2020)
• Oct 29 Jackie Pereira, Australian field hockey striker (Olympic gold 1988, 96; World Cup gold 1994; Champions Trophy gold 1991, 93, 95), born in Perth, Australia
• Oct 29 Yasmin Le Bon, English supermodel, born in Oxford, England
• Oct 30 Howard Lederer, American poker player, born in Concord, New Hampshire
• Oct 30 Sandra Magnus, American engineer and NASA astronaut (STS-119 Discovery), born in Belleville, Illinois
• Oct 31 Amanda Sandrelli, Italian actress (The Key), born in Lausanne, Switzerland
• Oct 31 Colm Ó Cíosóig, Irish drummer (My Bloody Valentine; Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions), born in Dublin, Ireland
• Oct 31 Darryl Worley, American country singer ("Hard Rain Don't Last"), born in Memphis, Tennessee

• Oct 31 Sanjeev Bhaskar, British actor, comedian (Goodness Gracious Me; The Kumars at No. 42), and chancellor (University of Sussex, 2009-present), born in Ealing, England
• Oct 31 The Boogeyman [Marty Wright], American professional wrestler, born in Phoenix, Arizona

• Oct 1 Ernst Toch, Austrian composer (Geographical Fugue), music theorist (Melodielehre), and Pulitzer Prize winner (1956), dies at 76
• Oct 6 F T Mann, cricketer (father of F G, 281 runs in 5 Tests 1922-23), dies
• Oct 6 Richard Scheibe, German sculptor (Adler mit Hakenkreuz), dies at 85
• Oct 7 Eugen Varga, Hungarian-Russian economist and politician, dies at 84
• Oct 8 Charles Hodge, NYU professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69
• Oct 10 Bedřich Havlík, Czech composer, dies at 71
• Oct 10 Eddie Cantor, American comedian (Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater), dies at 72
• Oct 10 Guru Dutt [Vasanth Padukone], Indian Bollywood actor, regarded as one of the greatest film directors of all time (Pyaasa, Kaagaz Ke Phool), dies from an accidental overdose at 39
• Oct 10 Heinrich Neuhaus, Soviet pianist (The Art of Piano Playing), dies at 76
• Oct 10 Konrad Bayer, Ausrian writer, commits suicide at 31
• Oct 10 Russ Case, American orchestra leader (Julius La Rosa Show), dies at 52
• Oct 12 Mary Pinchot Meyer, American painter romantically linked with President John F. Kennedy, murdered by an unknown gunman at 43

• Oct 15 Games Slayter, American engineer and inventor of fiberglass, dies at 67 [1]
• Oct 19 Maurice Gosfield, actor (Doberman-Phil Silvers Show), dies at 51
• Oct 19 Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (Henry Handel Richardson: A Study), dies at 79
• Oct 20 Ben Simpson, Canadian Football HOF running back, placekicker (Queen's University, Hamilton Tigers), dies at 86

• Oct 20 Miles Lampson, 1st Baron Killearn, English diplomat (High Commissioner of Egypt and the Sudan), dies at 84
• Oct 22 Khawaja Nazimuddin, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan and President of Pakistan Muslim League, dies at 70
• Oct 25 Belle Montrose, actress (Mrs Harrison-Hathaways), dies at 78
• Oct 26 Agnes Miegel, writer, dies
• Oct 27 Sammee Tong, actor (Bachelor Father, Mickey), dies at 63
• Oct 27 Willi Bredel, German writer, dies at 63
• Oct 28 Reginald Horace Blyth, Zen teacher/scholar, dies in Japan at 66
• Oct 31 Theodore Freeman, American aeronautical engineer. US Air Force officer, and NASA astronaut, dies in a T-38 jet crash, NASA's 1st flight related fatality, at 34