Dr. King Timeline: "1964
March 7: Bloody Sunday. About 650 marchers in Selma were attacked by police wielding tear gas, clubs and bullwhips. The assault, recorded by the national media, left 70 blacks hospitalized and another 70 injured.
Summer: Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) initiates a voter-registration drive, run by black and white students, called the Mississippi Summer Project.
June: Dr. King's book Why We Can't Wait is published.
June 21: Three civil rights workers-James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner-are reported missing after a short trip to Philadelphia, Mississippi. Their bodies are found six weeks later by FBI agents.
July: Dr. King attends the signing of the Public Accommodations Bill, part of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the White House.
August: Riots occur in New Jersey, Illinois, and Pennsylvania.
September 18: Dr. King has an audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican.
December 10: Dr. King receives the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway."