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July 5, 1964

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Historical Context for July 5, 1964

In 1964, the world population was approximately 3,264,487,339 people[†]

Notable Births

Ronald D. Moore

1964Ronald D. Moore, American screenwriter and producer[†]

Ronald Dowl Moore is an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on Star Trek, as well as on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series, for which he won a Peabody Award, and on Outlander, based on the novels of the same name by Diana Gabaldon. In 2019, he created and wrote the series For All Mankind for Apple TV+.

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Headlines from July 5, 1964

THE WORLD

By Unknown Author

After three weeks of alarms and dire warnings on both sides of the struggle in Southeast Asia, it seemed last week that neither the United States nor Communist China wished to push matters any nearer the brink of a wider war. The questions remaining were: Why were the threats exchanged? What had they accomplished?

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Industry Is Nonpartisan

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Article on corps 'good-citizenship' programs; over 500 cos, financial insts, etc, have given US C of C's pol action course since '59

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Curfew Imposed After 9th

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BALTIMORE, July 4—A special Fourth of July curfew cut short a twilight game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles after nine innings today with the teams tied at 6—6.

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CIVIL RIGHTS LAW HAS SHARP RACIAL AND POLITICAL IMPACT; Civil Rights Act

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In 1875, during the turmoil of the Reconstruction years, Congress passed a civil rights law guaranteeing Negroes equality in public facilities such as hotels, inns, theaters and conveyances. Eight years later the Supreme Court struck down the law. The court held that the Constitution prevented the states from invading citizens' rights but did not bar the invasion of such rights by individuals.

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