Events from 1964

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1964

14 events
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1964 ID: 1807
MKUltra renamed to MKSEARCH; program continues with new focus
ID: 1807
1964 ID: 1808
Castle Bank registered in Bahamas; Maxwell elected Labour MP
ID: 1808
1964 ID: 1809
Germany holds third EU Council Presidency
ID: 1809
1964 ID: 1810
Nomex fire-resistant fiber first produced commercially by DuPont
ID: 1810
1964 ID: 1811
Brazilian Xavante Tribe Study: 100% had polio antibodies, no paralysis despite universal infection
ID: 1811
1964 ID: 4319
CDC delivers 6600 supercomputer - 3 megaflops, world's fastest computer for 5 years
ID: 4319
1964 ID: 4419
IBM develops PL/I - Programming Language One, attempt to combine FORTRAN, COBOL, ALGOL features
ID: 4419
1964 ID: 4493
John Bell proves Bell's theorem showing quantum mechanics violates local realism
ID: 4493
1964 ID: 4577
Grothendieck conjectures theory of motives - universal cohomology theory still not fully realized
ID: 4577
1964 ID: 4578
Murray Gell-Mann proposes quarks - fundamental constituents of matter based on symmetry
ID: 4578
1964 ID: 4317
April 1964
IBM announces System/360 - $5 billion gamble on compatible computer family revolutionizes industry
ID: 4317
1964 ID: 4318
May 1964
John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz create BASIC at Dartmouth - simple programming language for students
ID: 4318
1964 ID: 4418
May 1964
Kemeny and Kurtz create BASIC at Dartmouth - Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code for student use
ID: 4418
1964 ID: 1806
August 6, 1964
Pope Paul VI issues 'Ecclesiam Suam' on dialogue within the Church
ID: 1806