1964
From top to bottom, left to right: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ends legal segregation in the United States; the Gulf of Tonkin incident escalates U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War; Beatlemania starts in the U.S. after The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show; the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo mark Japan’s postwar return; the 1964 Alaska earthquake strikes near Anchorage, causing tsunamis and damage; Project 596 makes China the world’s fifth nuclear power; Hurricane Dora hits Florida; the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état overthrows João Goulart; and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer premieres on NBC.
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1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1964th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 964th year of the 2nd millennium, the 64th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1960s decade.