June 1964

Saturday 06:

Under a temporary order, the rocket launches at Cuxhaven, Germany, are terminated, though they never resume.

Thursday 11:

World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.

Friday 12:

South Africa sentences Nelson Mandela to life in prison.

Sunday 21:

Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Mickey Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Friday 26:

The Beatles release the album A Hard Day's Night.

Sunday 28:

Malcom X forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity.