Editing 1964 (section)

===January===
{{main|January 1964}}
* [[January 1]] – The [[Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland]] is dissolved.<ref>{{cite book|author=Malawi. Department of Civil Aviation|title=Civil Aviation and Air Transport: Development Background, Policies and Plans, 1965–1969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufwfAQAAIAAJ|year=1965|page=5}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] &ndash; In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, [[Pope Paul VI]] and [[Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople]] meet in Jerusalem.
* [[January 6]] – A British firm, the [[Leyland Motors|Leyland Motor Corp.]], announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of [[Cuba]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|title=Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2lHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA546|year=1964|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=546}}</ref>
[[File:Lbj2.jpg|thumb|115px|right| [[January 8]]: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s [[War on Poverty]]]]
* [[January 9]] – ''[[Martyrs' Day (Panama)|Martyrs' Day]]'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the [[Panama Canal Zone]] precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers.
* [[January 11]] – [[United States Surgeon General]] [[Luther Terry]] reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/first-surgeon-general-report-on-smokings-health-effects-marks-50-year-anniversary#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Surgeon%20General's%20first,lung%20cancer%20and%20heart%20disease|title=Read the Surgeon General's 1964 report on smoking and health|date=January 12, 2014|author=Kayla Ruble|website=PBS|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] – [[Kenneth Kaunda]] is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of [[Northern Rhodesia]].<ref>"Kaunda Named First Premier of N. Rhodesia", ''Chicago Tribune'', January 23, 1964, p1</ref>
* [[January 28]] – A U.S. Air Force jet training aircraft that strays into [[East Germany]] is shot down by Soviet fighters near [[Erfurt]]; all three crewmen are killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.western-allies-berlin.com/units/military-liaison-mission/usmlm/detail/t-39-crash |title=T-39 Aircraft Incident |publisher=Western-allies-berlin.com |date=28 January 1964 |access-date=13 April 2010}}</ref>
* [[January 29]] – [[February 9]] – The [[1964 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]].
* [[January 29]]
** The [[Soviet Union]] launches two scientific [[satellite]]s, [[Elektron (satellite program)|Elektron]] I and II, from a single rocket.
** [[Ranger 6]] is launched by the US space agency [[NASA]], on a mission to carry television cameras and crash-land on the Moon.
* [[January 30]] – General [[Nguyễn Khánh]] leads a bloodless military coup d'état, replacing [[Dương Văn Minh]] as Prime Minister of South Vietnam.