August 1964

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August 2, 1964: North Vietnamese Navy torpedo boats confront USS Maddox (below) in the Gulf of Tonkin, escalation of Vietnam War follows
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Maddox (DD-731)
August 20, 1964: U.S. President Johnson signs the Economic Opportunity Act into law during the War on Poverty

The following events occurred in August 1964: