Editing 1964 (section)

===November===
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* [[November 1]] – Mortar fire from North Vietnamese forces rains on the [[Bien Hoa Air Base]], killing four U.S. servicemen, wounding 72, and destroying five [[B-57 Canberra|B-57]] jet bombers and other planes.
* [[November 3]]
** [[1964 United States presidential election]]: Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] challenger [[Barry Goldwater]] with over 60 percent of the [[Direct election|popular vote]].
** The [[Bolivia]]n government of President [[Víctor Paz Estenssoro]] is overthrown by a military rebellion led by General [[Alfredo Ovando Candía]], commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
* [[November 5]] – [[Mariner program]]: ''[[Mariner 3]]'' spacecraft is launched from [[Cape Kennedy]] but fails.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-20 |title=Mariner 3 - NASA Science |url=https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-3/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[November 10]] – Australia partially reintroduces [[compulsory military service]] due to the [[Indonesian Confrontation]].
* [[November 19]] – The [[United States Department of Defense]] announces the closing of 95 military bases and facilities, including [[Fort Jay]], the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] and the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
* [[November 21]]
** [[Second Vatican Council]]: The third period of the [[Catholic Church]]'s [[ecumenical council]] closes. ''[[Lumen gentium]]'', the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, is promulgated.<ref>{{cite book|author=Austin Flannery|title=Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hQJzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1440|date=28 August 2014|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-8146-4929-9|pages=1440}}</ref>
** The [[Verrazano-Narrows Bridge]] across [[New York Bay]] opens to traffic (the world's longest [[suspension bridge]] at this time).<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michael N. Danielson|author2=Jameson W. Doig|title=New York: The Politics of Urban Regional Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sawwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|date=3 October 1983|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04551-4|pages=203}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] – Belgian paratroopers and mercenaries capture [[Kisangani|Stanleyville]], but a number of [[hostage]]s die in the fighting, among them American [[Evangelical Covenant Church]] missionary [[Paul Carlson]].
* [[November 28]]
** [[Mariner program]]: NASA launches the [[Mariner 4]] space probe from Cape Kennedy toward Mars to take television pictures of that [[planet]] in July [[1965]].
** Vietnam War: [[United States National Security Council]] members, including [[Robert McNamara]], [[Dean Rusk]], and [[Maxwell Taylor]], agree to recommend a plan for a 2-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam, to President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
** France performs an underground nuclear test at [[In Ekker series, French nuclear tests|In Ecker]], Algeria.