<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncom" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syncom">Syncom</a> 3, the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geostationary_communication_satellite" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Geostationary communication satellite">geostationary communication satellite</a>, is launched. Two months later, it would enable live coverage of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Summer_Olympics" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1964 Summer Olympics">1964 Summer Olympics</a>.