1964 in the United Kingdom

none February 2020January 2013 1964 Constituent countries of the United Kingdom England Northern Ireland Scotland Wales popular culture 1964 British Grand Prix 1964 English cricket season Football: England Scotland 1964 in British television 1964 in British music 1964 in British radio UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 thumb|260px|The Forth Road Bridge in Scotland opens on 4 September 1964.|alt= Events from the year 1964 in the United Kingdom. Incumbents Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative) (until 16 October), Harold Wilson (Labour) (starting 16 October) Events January 1 January – Top of the Pops first airs on BBC TV. 11 January – The teen girls magazine Jackie is first published.Angela McRobbie Feminism and youth culture: from "Jackie" to "Just Seventeen" Basingstoke Macmillan 1991 978-0-333-45263-9 20 January – Eleven men go on trial at Buckinghamshire Assizes in Aylesbury charged in connection with the Great Train Robbery five months ago. 21 January – Government figures show that the average weekly wage is £16.Equivalent to £229 in 2021, when the average will actually be around £550. 22 January – The film Zulu is released. 28 January – Families from Springtown Camp make a silent march through Derry, Northern Ireland, to demand rehousing.Springtown Camp from the inside http://www.springtowncamp.com/files/news/2008/jan/07.html Springtown Camp 1946–1967 2006 12 March 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120321082045/http://www.springtowncamp.com/files/news/2008/jan/07.html 21 March 2012 dead 29 January–9 February – Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria and win one gold medal. February 6 February – The British and French governments agree a deal for the construction of a Channel Tunnel. The twin-tunneled rail link is expected to take five years to build.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/6/newsid_2535000/2535625.stm 1964: Green light for Channel Tunnel BBC News 10 January 2008 6 February 1964 https://web.archive.org/web/20071204121956/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/6/newsid_2535000/2535625.stm 4 December 2007 live 11 February – Southampton is granted city status, the first such designation of the current reign.City Status For Southampton The Times 5 12 February 1964 19 February – The actor Peter Sellers marries actress Britt Ekland. 21 February – £10 banknotes are issued for the first time since the Second World War. March 9 March – The London Fisheries Convention is signed. 10 March – The Queen gives birth to her fourth child and third son whose name is registered on 20 April as Edward. 19 March Power dispute talks break down and it is feared that supply disruptions will follow industrial action.The Times 20 March 1964 14, col.A Power Dispute Talks Break Down Overtime Ban On Monday, Union Delegation Walks Out Of Meeting The government announces plans to build three new towns in South East England to act as overspill for overpopulated London.1964: 'Ambitious' plans for south east https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/19/newsid_2570000/2570681.stm 19 March 1964 BBC 5 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20131109203819/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/19/newsid_2570000/2570681.stm 9 November 2013 live One of these is centred on the village of Milton Keynes in north Buckinghamshire.Those were the days https://web.archive.org/web/20130616231627/http://www.expressandstar.com/days/1950-75/1964.html 16 June 2013 26 March – Verdicts are passed on ten men for their role in the Great Train Robbery after one of the longest criminal trials and longest jury retrials in English legal history. 28 March – "Pirate" radio station Radio Caroline begins regular broadcasting from a ship anchored just outside UK territorial waters off Felixstowe.Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 978-0-14-102715-9 2006 29 March – The first purpose-built gurdwara in Britain opens, the Guru Gobind Singh Ji Gurdwara in Bradford.First places of devotion http://www.vaguelyinteresting.co.uk/?p=2416#more-2416 Vaguely Interesting 6 March 2013 5 January 2015 30 March – Violent disturbances between Mods and Rockers occur at Clacton beach.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 422–423 978-0-7126-5616-0 31 March – Minister of Labour Joseph Godber appoints Lord Justice Pearson to chair a court of inquiry into the power dispute.The Times 1 April 1964 10, col.B Lord Justice Pearson Inquiry Chairman April 1 April The UK government create the Ministry of Defence (MoD), amalgamating the duties of the Admiralty (which controlled the Royal Navy), War Office (British Army), and Air Ministry (Royal Air Force) which all cease to exist. The title of Lord High Admiral is revested in the Monarch. The Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science merge to form the Department of Education and Science. 9 April – Labour wins the first elections to the Greater London Council. 10 April – Runcorn, a small town in north Cheshire, is designated as a new town by Alec Douglas-Home's government. Extensive house building and industrial and commercial developments are predicted to inflate the town's population to around 70,000 by 1981. https://web.archive.org/web/20080407213522/http://www2.halton.gov.uk/yourcouncil/townsandvillages/runcornnewtown/?a=5441 7 April 2008 11 April – The National Trust reopens the southern section of the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal, the first major restoration of a British canal for leisure use.Charles Hadfield Charles Hadfield (historian) Norris, John Waterways to Stratford 2nd Newton Abbot David & Charles 1968 978-0-7153-4231-2 16 April – Sentence is passed on eleven men for their role in the Great Train Robbery, seven receiving 30 years each. 18 April – Liverpool win the Football League First Division for the sixth time in their history.On this day – 18 April 1964 – Liverpool FC 20 April – The opening night of BBC2, the UK's third television channel, is disrupted by power cuts in London and all that can be screened is announcer Gerald Priestland delivering apologies from Alexandra Palace. On the same day, the BBC Television Service is renamed BBC1.BBC2 Opening Night http://www.tvhistory.btinternet.co.uk/html/bbc2_opening.html British TV History 5 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121010144949/http://www.tvhistory.btinternet.co.uk/html/bbc2_opening.html 10 October 2012 dead 21 April – BBC2 begins its scheduled broadcasting, its first programme is the children's series Play School which would run until 1988. 29 April – All schools in Aberdeen are closed following 136 cases of typhoid being reported. May 1 May – Princess Margaret gives birth to a baby girl. 2 May West Ham United win the FA Cup for the first time in their history, beating Preston North End 3–2 at Wembley Stadium. The Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh's seven-week-old son is christened Edward Antony Richard Louis; later he is created Earl of Wessex and Duke of Edinburgh.Announcement of the christening of Lady Louise Windsor http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2004/AnnouncementofthechristeningofLadyLouiseWindsor.aspx The British Monarchy 8 April 2004 5 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001852/http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2004/AnnouncementofthechristeningofLadyLouiseWindsor.aspx 31 December 2013 dead 5 May – Granada Television airs the first in what will become a series of documentary interviews with a generation of children, Seven Up! 6 May – Joe Orton's black comedy Entertaining Mr Sloane premieres at the New Arts Theatre in London.Banham Martin 1995 The Cambridge Guide to Theatre Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-43437-9 827 registration https://archive.org/details/cambridgeguideto0000banh/page/827 11 May – Terence Conran opens the first Habitat store on London's Fulham Road. 12 May – "Pirate" radio station Radio Atlanta begins broadcasting from Mi Amigo anchored off Frinton-on-Sea; in July, its operations are merged with Radio Caroline. 15 May – Lord Justice Pearson reports on the power dispute.The Times 16 May 1964 5, col.A Both Sides To Blame in Power Dispute "Bury Past, Build For Future" Report Says 16–18 May – Violent disturbances between Mods and Rockers in Brighton. 27 May – "Pirate" radio station Radio Sutch begins broadcasting from Shivering Sands Army Fort in the Thames Estuary.Radio Sutch & City in Pictures & Audio Part 1 http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/SutchCityPics1/SutchCityPics1.html 31 March 2010 Bob Le-Roi 23 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20130520081926/http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/SutchCityPics1/SutchCityPics1.html 20 May 2013 live 29 May – The official opening of the UK's first undercover shopping centre, at the Bull Ring, Birmingham.Remaking Birmingham: The Visual Culture of Urban Regeneration 17–18 2004 Kennedy, Liam Routledge Ltd. 978-0-415-28839-2 June 17 June – A missing persons investigation is launched in Fallowfield, Manchester, as police search for 12-year-old Keith Bennett who was last seen on his way to his grandmother's house yesterday evening; he is a victim of the Moors murders. July Undated Resale Prices Act ends most resale price maintenance. Helen Brook sets up the first Brook Advisory Centre offering teenage contraception and sexual health advice.Special events in the development of women's equality http://www.catherineofsiena.net/about/firsts.asp Catherine of Siena Virtual College 1 February 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120319163130/http://www.catherineofsiena.net/about/firsts.asp 19 March 2012 dead 6 July Malawi gains its independence.The Hutchinson Factfinder Helicon 1999 978-1-85986-000-7 502 The Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night, is released.IMDb A Hard Day's Night https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058182/ 10 July – More than 300 people are injured in Liverpool when a crowd of some 150,000 people welcome The Beatles back to their home city. 15 July – The Post Office Tower in London is completed, although it does not begin operations until October 1965. 27 July – Former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill is present in the House of Commons for the last time at the age of 89, having been an MP for 63 of the last 65 years. On the following day, he receives a Parliamentary resolution recording his service to the House and nation and marking his retirement.Soames Mary Mary Soames Speaking for Themselves: The Personal Letters of Winston and Clementine Churchill 1998 Doubleday London 978-03-85406-91-8 647 August 4 August The first portable televisions go on sale. Release of London group The Kinks' successful single "You Really Got Me", written by Ray Davies. 13 August – Peter Anthony Allen, at Walton Prison in Liverpool, and Gwynne Owen Evans, at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, are hanged for the murder of John Alan West on 7 April, the last executions to take place in the British Isles.http://www.stephen-stratford.com/last_ones.htm Last executions in the UK Stephen-stratford.com 3 September 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100909070951/http://www.stephen-stratford.com/last_ones.htm 9 September 2010 dead 22 August – The first Match of the Day airs on BBC2. September The British Motor Corporation (BMC) launches the BMC ADO17 family saloon, initially as the Austin 1800, this again wins BMC the European Car of the Year award in its second year. 4 September – The Forth Road Bridge opens over the Firth of Forth, linking Fife and Edinburgh. 14 September – The final edition of the left-wing Daily Herald newspaper is published. 15 September The Sun newspaper goes into circulation, replacing the Daily Herald. Sir Alec Douglas-Home calls a general election for 15 October. 17 September – Goldfinger, the third James Bond film, premieres at Odeon Leicester Square in London. 20 September – At the autumnal equinox, the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids (OBOD) is founded in England, as the equivalent of Wales's Gorsedd of Bards. 21 September – Malta obtains independence from the UK. 29 September – An announcement is made that American car manufacturer Chrysler is taking a substantial share in the British Rootes Group combine which includes the Hillman, Singer and Sunbeam marques.228 The Rootes Brothers: story of a motoring empire John Bullock Sparkford Patrick Stephens Ltd 1993 978-1-85260-454-7 October 10–24 October – Great Britain competes at the Olympics in Tokyo and wins 4 gold, 12 silver and 2 bronze medals. 15 October – 1964 United Kingdom general election. The Labour Party defeats the Conservatives and Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister, having gained a majority of five seats. The election result spells the end of 13 years of Conservative government, although the Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home had entered office only 12 months ago. A surprise casualty as MP is Patrick Gordon Walker who was widely expected to become the Foreign Secretary in a future Labour government, but loses his Smethwick seat to the Conservatives following a controversial racially motivated campaign by the opposing party's supporters.http://www.ukpolitical.info/1964.htm 1964 General election results summary UK Political Info 22 March 2016 17 October – Harold Wilson's cabinet is announced: it includes James Callaghan (who missed out on the Labour leadership in February 1963), Denis Healey, Barbara Castle and Roy Jenkins. Jim Griffiths becomes the first Secretary of State for Wales. 18 October – Harold Wilson creates the Welsh Office. 24 October – Northern Rhodesia, a former British protectorate, becomes the independent Republic of Zambia, ending 73 years of British rule. 29 October – Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the first British woman to win a Nobel "for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances".http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1964/ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1964 10 January 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20121010215854/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1964/ 10 October 2012 live The Daily Mail headlines this as "Oxford Housewife Wins Nobel". November 2 November – The ITV soap opera Crossroads airs for the first time. It will run until 1988 and be revived in 2001, ending again in 2003. 9 November – The House of Commons votes to abolish the death penalty for murder in Britain. The last execution took place in August and the death penalty is set to be officially abolished before the end of next year with the number of executions having gradually fallen during the last decade. 27 November – Power unions announce that they will start balloting for a strike.The Times 28 November 1964 8, col.C Power Dispute Talks Fail Strike Threat Draws Near, Union Ballot To Start On Monday 30 November – The power dispute is settled and strike action called off.The Times 1 December 1964 10, col.C Power Stations Overtime Ban Called Off – Payments Claim Settled December 16 December – Government, Trades Union Congress and employers produce a joint Statement of Intent on Productivity, Prices and Incomes. 21 December – MPs vote 355 to 170 for the abolition of the death penalty, with the abolition likely to be confirmed before the end of next year. The death penalty has gradually fallen out of use over the last twenty years, with the two most recent executions having taken place in August. 23 December Richard Beeching announces his intention to resign as Chairman of the British Railways Board after three-and-a-half years, during which he proposed the closure of many smaller and financially non-viable railway lines as well as many passenger services on surviving lines.https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_4019000/4019181.stm 1964: Beeching to leave British Railways BBC News 10 January 2008 23 December 1964 https://web.archive.org/web/20071218203052/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/23/newsid_4019000/4019181.stm 18 December 2007 live 'Pirate' radio station Wonderful Radio London begins broadcasting from MV Galaxy anchored off Frinton-on-Sea, with a Fab 40 playlist of popular records. 24 December – The Beatles gain the Christmas number one for the second year running with "I Feel Fine" which has topped the singles charts for the third week running. They have now had six number one singles in the United Kingdom alone.The Beatles U.K. Singles Chart Number Ones http://www.jpgr.co.uk/stats_no1_s.html JPGR 2009 5 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20130725053714/http://www.jpgr.co.uk/stats_no1_s.html 25 July 2013 live 26 December – Police launch a missing persons investigation after ten-year-old Lesley Ann Downey goes missing from a fairground near her home in Ancoats, Manchester; she is a victim of the Moors murders. 31 December – Donald Campbell sets the world speed record on water at 276.33 mph on Dumbleyung Lake in Australia. Undated Hanson Trust set up by James Hanson and Gordon White to purchase underperforming companies and turn them around.http://www.heidelbergcement.com/global/en/hanson/about_us/history.htm Our history Hanson 5 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100928110827/http://www.heidelbergcement.com/global/en/hanson/about_us/history.htm 28 September 2010 dead Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies established at the University of Birmingham by Richard Hoggart. Daihatsu becomes the first Japanese carmaker to import passenger cars to the United Kingdom, launching its Compagno on the British market.http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/RoadTestsHistory/Daihatsu-Sirion-1.3-SE/214836/ Daihatsu Sirion 1.0 S Autocar Jack Galusha 13 April 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120403042948/http://www.autocar.co.uk/CarReviews/RoadTestsHistory/Daihatsu-Sirion-1.3-SE/214836/ 3 April 2012 Some 90% of British households now own a television, compared to around 25% in 1953 and 65% in 1959.Tim Lambert http://www.localhistories.org/britain1948.html Britain Since 1948 13 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221221922/http://www.localhistories.org/britain1948.html 21 February 2014 live Publications Agatha Christie's Miss Marple novel A Caribbean Mystery. J. W. B. Douglas's cohort study The Home and the School: a study of ability and attainment in the primary school. Ian Fleming's James Bond novel You Only Live Twice and his children's novel Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (the latter posthumously). William Golding's novel The Spire. Philip Larkin's poetry collection The Whitsun Weddings. Ruth Rendell's first novel From Doon with Death. The research study London: aspects of change, introducing Ruth Glass's concept of gentrification. Births 8 January – Marc Quinn, sculptor 14 January – Mark Addy, actor 17 January – Andy Rourke, musician (died 2023) 18 January Richard Dunwoody, jockey Jane Horrocks, actress((Editors of Chase's)) Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 24 September 2019 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-316-7 91 26 January – Adam Crozier, businessman 28 January – David Lawrence, cricketer (died 2025) 29 January – John Anthony Gallagher, English-New Zealand rugby player 5 February – Martha Fiennes, film director 7 February – Ray Mears, woodman and television presenter 9 February – Mark Carleton-Smith, soldier, Chief of the General Staff 16 February – Christopher Eccleston, actor 18 February – Tommy Scott, British musician and frontman of Space 22 February – Diane Charlemagne, singer (52nd Street, Urban Cookie Collective) (died 2015)Salewicz Chris https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/diane-charlemagne-vocalist-who-rose-to-fame-with-urban-cookie-collective-before-helping-goldie-to-a6715816.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/diane-charlemagne-vocalist-who-rose-to-fame-with-urban-cookie-collective-before-helping-goldie-to-a6715816.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Diane Charlemagne: Vocalist who rose to fame with Urban Cookie Collective before helping Goldie to change the face of drum’n’bass The Independent 16 December 2015 25 February – Lee Evans, comedian and actor 29 February – James Ogilvy, son of Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy and Sir Angus Ogilvy 10 March – Prince Edward (later Earl of Wessex and Duke of Edinburgh), youngest son of the Queen 11 March Emma Chambers, actress (died 2018) Shane Richie, actor 17 March – Lee Dixon, English footballer 18 March – Courtney Pine, jazz saxophonist 19 March – Jake Weber, actor 26 March – Martin Donnelly, Northern Irish racing driver 27 March – Clive Rowe, actor 28 March – Karen Lumley, politician (died 2023) 3 April – Nigel Farage, United Kingdom Independence Party leader and MEP for South East England 4 April – Paul Parker, footballer 9 April – Dan Pearson, landscape designer 13 April Andy Goram, Scottish footballer (died 2022) John Swinney, Scottish politician 18 April – Niall Ferguson, Scottish historian 20 April – Andy Serkis, English film actor 25 April – Andy Bell, singer-songwriter (Yazoo, Erasure) 28 April – Lady Helen Taylor, daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Kent 1 May – Lady Sarah Chatto, daughter of Antony Armstrong-Jones and Princess Margaret 6 May – Diane Holl, engineerDiane Holl https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/4415073/diane-holl-the-henry-ford live https://web.archive.org/web/20200710173757/https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/4415073/diane-holl-the-henry-ford 10 July 2020 23 February 2022 The Henry Ford 1–2 8 May – Dave Rowntree, drummer (Blur) 11 May – John Parrott, snooker player and broadcasterG. 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Hough Chambers Dates https://books.google.com/books?id=vLJkRYSuClEC 1989 Chambers 978-0-550-11831-8 123 15 May – Jill McDonald, businesswomanhttps://www.foodbev.com/news/costa-coffee-appoints-jill-mcdonald-as-new-ceo/ Costa Coffee appoints Jill McDonald as new CEO Upshall Emma 2019-11-22 FoodBev Media 2019-12-03 20 May Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, aristocrat, author, print journalist and broadcaster, younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales Mike Gregory, English rugby player and coach (died 2007) 21 May – Danny Bailey, English footballer 24 May – Adrian Moorhouse, swimmer 28 May – Clive Oppenheimer, vulcanologist 30 May – Mark Sheppard, British-American actor and musician 10 June – Ben Daniels, actorKatie Shimmon College days [Ben Daniels] https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/may/17/furthereducation.uk2 The Guardian (EducationGuardian) 17 May 2005 13 June – Kathy Burke, actress and comedian 14 June – Peter Gilliver, lexicographer and academic 19 June – Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022 21 June Sammi Davis, actress Tania Mathias, ophthalmologist and Conservative Party politician David Morrissey, actor, director, producer and screenwriter Keith Stevens, English footballer 22 June Paterson Joseph, actor John Penrose, politician, Minister for Tourism and Heritage 23 June – Jane Garvey, radio presenter 24 June Hamish Harding, businessman, pilot and explorer (died 2023) Christopher Steele, intelligence officer 25 June – Johnny Herbert, racing driver and commentator 3 July – Joanne Harris, novelist 7 July – Rob Newman, comedian, actor and author 11 July – Craig Charles, actor, comedian and broadcaster 12 July – Gaby Roslin, TV presenter 14 July – Matt Pritchett, pocket cartoonist 17 July – Andy Abraham, singer 21 July – Ross Kemp, actor 22 July – Bonnie Langford, actress and entertainer 23 July Dom Phillips, journalist (died 2022) Matilda Ziegler, actress 25 July – Martin Samuel, sports journalist 3 August – Ralph Knibbs, rugby union playerhttp://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/252243.html Ralph Andrew Knibbs ESPN 3 April 2020 15 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200915011846/http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/player/252243.html dead 16 August – Barry Venison, English footballer and journalist 20 August – Flaminia Cinque, actress 22 August – Diane Setterfield, novelist and educator 25 August – Clive Myrie, journalist and television presenter 26 August – Allegra Huston, English-American author 1 September Sue Carr, judge Gary Mavers, actor Nigel Rhodes, actor and guitarist 8 September – Peter Murrell, Scottish politician 10 September – Edmund de Waal, potter and writer 13 September – Richard Tice, businessman and politician 19 September – Simon Singh, popular science author 23 September – Clayton Blackmore, footballer 30 September – Ian McCall, Scottish footballer and manager 1 October – Harry Hill, comedian, writer and actor 3 October – Clive Owen, English actor 7 October – Paul Stewart, English footballer 8 October – Martin Marquez, English actor 10 October – Sarah Lancashire, English actress 16 October – Steve Lamacq, radio DJ 17 October – Gregg Wallace, English broadcaster 21 October – Mark Sedwill, Cabinet Secretary 22 October Mick Hill, English javelin thrower and coach Craig Levein, Scottish footballer Paul McStay, Scottish footballerhttps://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=299 Paul McStay Scottish FA 11 January 2021 24 October Grant Gee, film maker, photographer and cinematographer Paul Vigay, computer programmer (died 2009) 28 October – Andrew Bridgen, politician 29 October – Yasmin Le Bon, model 7 November – Philip Hollobone, Conservative politician and MP for Kettering 19 November Susie Dent, lexicographer Nicholas Patrick, astronaut 21 November Sean Foley, director, writer, comedian and actor Liza Tarbuck, actress and broadcaster 24 November – Alistair McGowan, actor and comedian 26 November – Gary Love, actor and film director 4 December – Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby union player (died 2026) 7 December – Hugo Blick, filmmaker 9 December – Josie Cichockyj, wheelchair athlete (died 2014) 18 December – Robson Green, actor and television presenter 21 December – Rob Kelly, footballer and manager 25 December Ian Bostridge, tenor Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer, manager and coach Kevin Simms, English rugby player Bob Stanley, English keyboard player, songwriter, producer, and journalist 30 December – Sophie Ward, actress Undated Gillian Reid, Scottish-born chemist Nitin Sawhney, British Indian musician, producer and composer Deaths 7 January – Cyril Davies, blues musician (born 1932)Patricia Romanowski Bashe Patricia Romanowski Holly George-Warren Jon Pareles The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll https://books.google.com/books?id=_hKFAAAAIAAJ 1995 Fireside 978-0-684-81044-7 1981 9 January – Hubert Phillips, economist, journalist, bridge player and composer of puzzles (born 1891) 17 January – T. H. White, novelist (born 1906)Clark Layman Bruccoli Gale Cengage British Children's Writers, 1914-1960 https://books.google.com/books?id=QqERAQAAMAAJ 1996 Gale Research 978-0-8103-9355-4 314 20 February – Verena Holmes, mechanical engineer and inventor (born 1889) 22 February – Verrier Elwin, anthropologist and missionary (born 1902)Asian Folklore Studies https://books.google.com/books?id=AGoLAAAAIAAJ 1964 Nanzan University Institute of Anthropology 212 26 February – F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas, World War II hero (born 1901)https://vcgca.org/our-people/profile/166/Forest-Frederick-Edward YEO-THOMAS FOREST FREDERICK EDWARD YEO-THOMAS GC MC 21 March – Nancy Spain (born 1917) and Joan Werner Laurie (born 1920), journalists, in the crash of a light plane near Aintree 9 June – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-British business tycoon, politician and writer (born 1879) 27 June – Mona Barrie, English actress (born 1909) 21 July – John White, footballer (born 1937) 12 August – Ian Fleming, author and journalist (born 1908)Ian Fleming Biography, Novels, & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ian-Fleming www.britannica.com 9 January 2022 en 31 August – Peter Lanyon, painter (born 1918) 9 September – Sir George Abercromby, 8th Baronet (born 1886) 18 September – Clive Bell, art critic (born 1881) 2 November – Charles Walter Allfrey, general (born 1895) 5 November – Mabel Lucie Attwell, illustrator (born 1879) 1 December – J. B. S. Haldane, geneticist (born 1892) 8 December – Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton, businessman (born 1888) 9 December – Edith Sitwell, poet (born 1887) 21 December – Algernon Kingscote, tennis champion (born 1888) 24 December – Claudia Jones, black activist (born 1915) See also 1964 in British music 1964 in British television List of British films of 1964 References 1964 United Kingdom 1960s Category:Years of the 20th century in the United Kingdom Category:1964 by country Category:1960s in the United Kingdom Category:1964 in Europe