July 1964

Thursday 02:

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law.

Friday 03:

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits segregation in public places.

Monday 06:

Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.

Sunday 19:

Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.

Monday 27:

Vietnam War: 5,000 more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.

Friday 31:

Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes).