Editing 1964 (section)

===February===
{{main|February 1964}}
* [[February 4]] – The [[Federal government of the United States|Government of the United States]] authorizes the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], outlawing the [[Poll tax (United States)|poll tax]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States|title=The Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation, Centennial Edition, Analysis of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 28, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAAohNvVik8C&pg=PA41|year=2013|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-091735-6|pages=41}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – India backs out of its promise to hold a [[plebiscite]] in the disputed territory of Kashmir. In 1948, India had taken the issue of Kashmir [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 47|to the United Nations Security Council]] and offered to hold a plebiscite in the held Kashmir under UN supervision.
* [[February 9]] – [[The Beatles]] [[The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show|perform for the first time]] for an American audience on [[The Ed Sullivan Show]] to a record television audience of 73 million people, launching [[Beatlemania]] in the United States, as part of [[The British Invasion]].
* [[February 10]] – [[Melbourne–Voyager collision|''Melbourne''–''Voyager'' collision]]: 82 Australian sailors die when a [[Royal Australian Navy]] aircraft carrier and a destroyer collide off New South Wales, Australia.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ferry|first=D S|title=HMAS Melbournen/Voyager Collision: Cause Theories and Inquiries (with aspects of the HMAS Melbourne/USS Frank E Evans collision)|url=https://navalinstitute.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/headmark-151.pdf|journal=Headmark|volume=March, 2014 Issue 151|pages= 2–17}}</ref>
* [[February 11]]
** Greeks and Turks begin fighting in [[Limassol]], [[Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Central Intelligence Agency|title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0htC6y1ILz4C&pg=RA6-PA27|year=1964|pages=6–7}}</ref>
** The [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] severs diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China.
* [[February 17]] – Gabonese president [[Léon M'ba]] is toppled by [[1964 Gabon coup d'état|a military coup]] and his arch-rival, [[Jean-Hilaire Aubame]], is installed in his place. However, French intervention restores M'ba's government the next day.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong|author2=Henry Louis Gates|title=Dictionary of African Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA290|date=2 February 2012|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|pages=290}}</ref>
* [[February 25]] – [[Cassius Clay]] (later [[Muhammad Ali]]) beats [[Sonny Liston]] in [[Miami Beach, Florida]], and is [[Ali versus Liston|crowned the heavyweight champion of the world]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bruce Madej|author2=Rob Toonkel|author3=Mike Pearson|author4=Greg Kinney|title=Michigan: Champions of the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fd87BHQ4VrkC&pg=PA138|year=1997|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-57167-115-8|pages=138}}</ref>
* [[February 27]] – The Italian government asks for help to keep the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]] from toppling over.<ref>{{cite book|title=Tempo: Indonesia's Weekly News Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AdQTAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Arsa Raya Perdana|page=8}}</ref>