Major Events
- November 22, 1963: Lyndon B. Johnson became President of the United States on the death of President John Kennedy.
- March 30 – June 10, 1964: The longest filibuster in the history of the Senate was waged against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, with 57 days of debate over a 73 day period. It ended when the Senate voted 71–29 to invoke cloture, the first successful cloture motion on a civil rights bill.
- August 2–4, 1964: Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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