1964
 
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  • Breshnev First Secretary & Kosygin PM of USSR (replacing Kruschev)
  • Indonesia/Malaysia confrontation
  • Britain grants independence to Malawi; Zambia & Zanzibar.
  • Tanganyika joins with Zanzibar to form Tanzania.
  • Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa
  • Harold Wilson PM of UK
  • Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) formed
  • HMAS Voyager & HMAS Melbourne collide, killing 84
  • Oil discovered in Bass Strait
  • Tokyo Olympics
  • First Bullet Train service in Japan
  • Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali) wins World Heavyweight boxing title
  • Craig Breedlove breaks world land speed record (407 mph)
  • Skateboarding craze begins

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Clay knocks out Liston

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