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United States 6/19/1964 Civil Rights Act Passes The Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes after an 83 day (60 working days) filibuster in the US Senate. The fillibuster was led by Democrat Senators Richard Russell, Strom Thurmond, Robert Byrd, William Fulbright and Sam Ervin. Richard Russell started it in late March. American President Lyndon B Johnson (11/22/1963-1/20/1969) Argentine President Arturo Umberto Illia (10/12/1963-6/28/1966) Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies (12/19/1949-1/26/1966) Austrian President Adolf Schärf (5/22/1957-2/28/1965) Bahamian Chief Minister Roland Symonette (1/7/1964-1/16/1967) Bahamian Premier Roland Symonette (1/7/1964-1/16/1967) Belgian Prime Minister Théo Lefèvre (4/25/1961-7/28/1965) Brazilian President Humberto Castelo Branco (4/15/1964-3/14/1967) British Prime Minister Harold Wilson (10/16/1964-6/19/1970) Canadian Prime Minister Lester B Pearson (4/22/1963-4/20/1968) East German President Walter Ulbricht (9/12/1960-8/1/1973) German President Heinrich Lübke (9/13/1959-6/30/1969) Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato (11/9/1964-7/7/1972)