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See photos 527,882,301A, 621 (looking east) (24822219172) (cropped).jpg 1965-01 1964年 首次原子弹爆炸3 (cropped).jpg Doraatlanticbeach.jpg Deposição do Governo João Goulart – Golpe de 1964 30.tif Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer defective copyright notice.jpg 350 From top to bottom, left to right: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ends legal segregation in the United States; the Gulf of Tonkin incident escalates U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War; Beatlemania starts in the U.S. after The Beatles appear on The Ed Sullivan Show; the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo mark Japan’s postwar return; the 1964 Alaska earthquake strikes near Anchorage, causing tsunamis and damage; Project 596 makes China the world’s fifth nuclear power; Hurricane Dora hits Florida; the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état overthrows João Goulart; and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer premieres on NBC. 1964 1964 2 Events January January 1964 January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.Malawi. Department of Civil Aviation Civil Aviation and Air Transport: Development Background, Policies and Plans, 1965–1969 https://books.google.com/books?id=ufwfAQAAIAAJ 1965 5 January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba.United States. Department of State Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers https://books.google.com/books?id=S2lHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA546 1964 U.S. Government Printing Office 546 thumb|115px|right| January 8: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's War on Poverty January 9 – Martyrs' Day: Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/first-surgeon-general-report-on-smokings-health-effects-marks-50-year-anniversary#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Surgeon%20General's%20first,lung%20cancer%20and%20heart%20disease Read the Surgeon General's 1964 report on smoking and health January 12, 2014 Kayla Ruble PBS January 26, 2021 January 22 – Kenneth Kaunda is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesia."Kaunda Named First Premier of N. Rhodesia", Chicago Tribune, January 23, 1964, p1 January 28 – A U.S. Air Force jet training aircraft that strays into East Germany is shot down by Soviet fighters near Erfurt; all three crewmen are killed.http://www.western-allies-berlin.com/units/military-liaison-mission/usmlm/detail/t-39-crash T-39 Aircraft Incident Western-allies-berlin.com 28 January 1964 13 April 2010 January 29 – February 9 – The 1964 Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria. January 29 The Soviet Union launches two scientific satellites, Elektron I and II, from a single rocket. Ranger 6 is launched by the US space agency NASA, on a mission to carry television cameras and crash-land on the Moon. January 30 – General Nguyễn Khánh leads a bloodless military coup d'état, replacing Dương Văn Minh as Prime Minister of South Vietnam. February February 1964 February 4 – The Government of the United States authorizes the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, outlawing the poll tax.United States The Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation, Centennial Edition, Analysis of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 28, 2012 https://books.google.com/books?id=kAAohNvVik8C&pg=PA41 2013 Government Printing Office 978-0-16-091735-6 41 February 5 – India backs out of its promise to hold a plebiscite in the disputed territory of Kashmir. In 1948, India had taken the issue of Kashmir to the United Nations Security Council and offered to hold a plebiscite in the held Kashmir under UN supervision. February 9 – The Beatles perform for the first time for an American audience on The Ed Sullivan Show to a record television audience of 73 million people, launching Beatlemania in the United States, as part of The British Invasion. February 10 – Melbourne–Voyager collision: 82 Australian sailors die when a Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier and a destroyer collide off New South Wales, Australia.Ferry D S HMAS Melbournen/Voyager Collision: Cause Theories and Inquiries (with aspects of the HMAS Melbourne/USS Frank E Evans collision) https://navalinstitute.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/headmark-151.pdf Headmark March, 2014 Issue 151 2–17 February 11 Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.United States. Central Intelligence Agency Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts https://books.google.com/books?id=0htC6y1ILz4C&pg=RA6-PA27 1964 6–7 The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China. February 17 – Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a military coup and his arch-rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place. However, French intervention restores M'ba's government the next day.Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong Henry Louis Gates Dictionary of African Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA290 2 February 2012 OUP USA 978-0-19-538207-5 290 February 25 – Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) beats Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Florida, and is crowned the heavyweight champion of the world.Bruce Madej Rob Toonkel Mike Pearson Greg Kinney Michigan: Champions of the West https://books.google.com/books?id=fd87BHQ4VrkC&pg=PA138 1997 Sports Publishing LLC 978-1-57167-115-8 138 February 27 – The Italian government asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.Tempo: Indonesia's Weekly News Magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=AdQTAQAAMAAJ 2004 Arsa Raya Perdana 8 March March 1964 March 6 Constantine II becomes King of Greece, upon the death of his father King Paul.Greek Royal Family https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/hm-king-constantine-ii.html 2025-09-04 Greek Royal Family en-gb American boxer Cassius Clay announces the change of his name to Muhammad Ali.https://slate.com/culture/2016/06/muhammad-ali-changed-his-name-in-1964-newspapers-called-him-cassius-clay-for-six-more-years.html Muhammad Ali Changed His Name in 1964 Laura Wagner June 10, 2016 Slate March 18 – 1964 Moscow protest: Approximately 50 Moroccan students break into the embassy of Morocco in the Soviet Union and stage an all-day sit-in protesting against sentencing of eleven people to death for the alleged assassination attempt of King Hassan II of Morocco. March 20–June 6 – The first United Nations Conference on Trade and Development takes place. March 20 – The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962. March 21 – Non ho l'età (music by Nicola Salerno, text by Mario Panzeri), sung by Gigliola Cinquetti, wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 (staged in Copenhagen) for Italy. March 27 (Good Friday) – The Great Alaskan earthquake, the second-most powerful known (and the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history) at a magnitude of 9.2, strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.M9.2 – The Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of March 27, 1964 USGS https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/alaska1964/ United States Geological Survey August 28, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20180101194746/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/events/alaska1964/ January 1, 2018 live March 28 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia abdicates.United States. Central Intelligence Agency Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts https://books.google.com/books?id=IaHM5co7s6QC&pg=RA8-PA26 1964 8 His brother, Prince Faisal, does not officially assume the throne until November. March 31 – The military overthrows Brazilian President João Goulart in a coup, starting 21 years of dictatorship in Brazil, lasting until 1985. April April 1964 thumb|110px|right|April 8: Gemini 1 launched April 8 – The U.S. Gemini 1 is launched, the first unmanned test of the 2-man spacecraft.2024-04-09 60 Years Ago: Gemini 1 Flies a Successful Uncrewed Test Flight - NASA https://www.nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-gemini-1-flies-a-successful-uncrewed-test-flight/ 2025-09-14 en-US April 9 – The United Nations Security Council adopts by a 9–0 vote a resolution deploring a British air attack on a fort in Yemen 12 days earlier, in which 25 persons were reported killed. April 11 – The Brazilian Congress elects Field Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco as President of Brazil. April 13 – At the 36th Academy Awards ceremony, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American to win an Academy Award in the category Best Actor in a Leading Role in Lilies of the Field.Carol Bergman Sidney Poitier Melrose Square Publishing Company 1990 124 April 16 – In the Assize Court at Buckingham, England, sentences totalling 307 years are passed on twelve men who stole £2,600,000 in used bank notes, after holding up the night train from Glasgow to London in August 1963 – a heist that becomes known as the Great Train Robbery.Lawrence Goldman Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005–2008 https://books.google.com/books?id=nbGcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA367 7 March 2013 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-967154-0 367– April 17 – Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29 1/2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio. April 19 – In Laos, the coalition government of Prince Souvanna Phouma is deposed by a right-wing military group, led by Brig. Gen. Kouprasith Abhay. Not supported by the United States, the coup is ultimately unsuccessful, and Souvanna Phouma is reinstated, remaining as Prime Minister until 1975. April 20 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson in New York, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow, simultaneously announce plans to cut back production of materials for making nuclear weapons. Nelson Mandela makes his "I Am Prepared to Die" speech at the opening of the Rivonia Trial, a key event for the anti-apartheid movement.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/23/nelsonmandela An ideal for which I am prepared to die The Guardian April 23, 2007 July 10, 2021 In the UK, BBC Two television starts broadcasting for the first time.Asa Briggs The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume V: Competition https://books.google.com/books?id=0pRGjVGtUvwC&pg=PA412 23 March 1995 OUP Oxford 978-0-19-215964-9 412 British businessman Greville Wynne, imprisoned in Moscow since 1963 for spying, is exchanged for Soviet spy Gordon Lonsdale.David Wise Thomas B. Ross The Espionage Establishment https://books.google.com/books?id=HpbeAAAAMAAJ 1968 Cape 978-0-224-61398-9 112 April 25 – Thieves steal the head of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. Although the attack is attributed to Jørgen Nash, the Danish media blame painter Henrik Bruun, who never confesses to the crime.https://alt.obituaries.narkive.com/2uceRUrl/joergen-nash-artist-who-beheaded-little-mermaid-statue Joergen Nash; artist who beheaded Little Mermaid statue alt.obituaries.narkive.com April 26 – Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.United States. Central Intelligence Agency The World Factbook https://books.google.com/books?id=YXdYvDAPRjkC&pg=PA616 2009 Central Intelligence Agency 978-0-16-084587-1 616 May May 1964 May 1 – At 4:00 a.m., John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz run the first computer program written in BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), an easy to learn high level programming language which they have created.Brigham Narins Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present https://books.google.com/books?id=ACQvAQAAIAAJ 2001 Gale Group 978-0-7876-1754-7 1205 BASIC is eventually included on many computers and even some games consoles. May 2 Vietnam War: Attack on USNS Card – An explosion caused by Viet Cong commandos causes carrier USNS Card to sink in the port of Saigon.Sealift https://books.google.com/books?id=iolZDM3vGWUC&pg=RA21-PA21 1963 U.S. Government Printing Office 21 Some 400–1,000 students march through Times Square, New York, and another 700 in San Francisco, in the first major student demonstration against the Vietnam War. Smaller marches also occur in Boston, Seattle, and Madison, Wisconsin. Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, hitchhiking in Meadville, Mississippi, are kidnapped, beaten and murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Their badly decomposed bodies are found by chance in July during the search for missing activists Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner. May 7 Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.Crash of a Fairchild F-27A in San Ramon: 44 killed Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-fairchild-f-27a-san-ramon-44-killed 2025-09-28 www.baaa-acro.com At a mail rockets demonstration by Gerhard Zucker on Hasselkopf Mountain near Braunlage (Lower Saxonia, Germany), three people are killed by a rocket explosion. May 9 – South Korean President Park Chung Hee reshuffles his Cabinet, after a series of student demonstrations against his efforts to restore diplomatic and trade relations with Japan. May 12 – Twelve young men in New York City publicly burn their draft cards to protest against the Vietnam War, the first such act of war resistance.Flynn George Q. https://books.google.com/books?id=ArLuAAAAMAAJ The Draft, 1940–1973 Modern War Studies Lawrence University Press of Kansas 1993 175 978-0700605866 2016-02-13 May 23 – Madeline Dassault, 63, wife of a French plane manufacturer and politician, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 mi km from Paris.Richard Deacon The French Secret Service https://books.google.com/books?id=rJVIAAAAYAAJ 1990 Grafton 978-0-586-20673-7 203 May 24–25 – The crowd at a football match in Lima, Peru, riots over a referee's decision in the Peru-Argentina game; 319 are killed, 500 injured.https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27540668 Lima 1964: The world's worst stadium disaster Piers Edwards BBC Sport 23 May 2014 May 27 – The ongoing Colombian conflict starts, with an assault by 1,000 Colombian soldiers, backed by fighter planes and helicopters, against about 50 guerrillas in the community of Marquetalia.http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/the-farc-1964-2002-from-ragged-rebellion-to-military-machine The FARC 1964-2002: From Ragged Rebellion to Military Machine May 26, 2014 James Bargent InSight Crime https://web.archive.org/web/20160927220044/http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/the-farc-1964-2002-from-ragged-rebellion-to-military-machine September 13, 2024 September 27, 2016 May 28 – The Charter of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is released by the Arab League. May 29 – Having deposed them in a January coup, South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Khanh has rival Generals Tran Van Don and Le Van Kim convicted of "lax morality".New York Times 1964-05-31 2 Khanh Releases 4 Rival Generals; Key Men in Diem's Ouster Are Freed in Vietnam June June 1964 June 3 – South Korean President Park Chung Hee declares martial law in Seoul, after 10,000 student demonstrators overpower police. June 11 Greece rejects direct talks with Turkey over Cyprus. Cologne school massacre: In Cologne, West Germany, Walter Seifert attacks students and teachers in an elementary school with a flamethrower, killing 10 and injuring 21. June 12 – Nelson Mandela and 7 others are sentenced to life imprisonment in South Africa, and sent to the Robben Island prison.Irwin Abrams Peace 1991–1995 https://books.google.com/books?id=Oz1lOfTnqywC&pg=PA65 1999 World Scientific 978-981-02-2723-4 65 June 14 – Freedom Summer, a volunteer Civil Rights project in the United States intended to promote voter registration for as many African Americans as possible in Mississippi, begins with orientation sessions for the 300 volunteers at Western College for Women, Oxford, Ohio.Later part of Miami University. Bruce Watson Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy https://books.google.com/books?id=IZ4bX0aNX9YC 2020 Penguin Books 978-0-143-11943-2 16 June 20 – The Ford GT40 makes its first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Its first victory will come 2 years later in 1966. June 21 – Spain beats the Soviet Union 2–1 to win the 1964 European Nations Cup. June 26 – Moise Tshombe returns to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from exile in Spain. July July 1964 July 2 – The United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is enacted.Civil Rights: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Education/NHD/NHD-2025/NHD-Civil-Rights/ 2025-09-27 history.house.gov en July 6 – Malawi receives its independence from the United Kingdom.United States. Department of State Department of State News Letter https://books.google.com/books?id=rQmEPFsz7BgC&pg=RA7-PA27 1964 Bureau of Administration 7 July 16 – Six days of race riots begin in Harlem, New York, United States, apparently prompted by the shooting of a teenager. July 18 – Judith Graham Pool publishes her discovery of cryoprecipitate, a frozen blood clotting product made from plasma primarily to treat hemophiliacs around the world.Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie Joy Dorothy Harvey The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA1040 2000 Taylor & Francis 978-0-415-92040-7 1040 July 19 – Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister and military leader Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,871317,00.html South Viet Nam: Toward the Showdown? August 7, 1964 Time February 11, 2021 July 20 Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack a provincial capital, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children). The National Movement of the Revolution is established in the Republic of the Congo, becoming the country's sole legal political party.Yearbook on Human Rights for ... https://books.google.com/books?id=FSzCbZRAhZ0C 1964 United Nations 77 July 21 – Race riots begin in Singapore between ethnic Chinese and Malays.Cheng Adeline Low Hwee 2001 The past in the present: Memories of the 1964 'racial riots' in Singapore Asian Journal of Social Science 29 3 431–455 10.1163/156853101X00181 July 22 – The second meeting of the Organisation of African Unity is held. July 24 – A minor criticality accident takes place at a United Nuclear Corporation Fuels recovery plant in Wood River Junction, Rhode Island, United States, causing the death of one worker. July 27 – Vietnam War: The U.S. sends 5,000 more military advisers to South Vietnam, bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000. July 31 – Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the Moon (images are 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from Earth-bound telescopes). August August 1964 August 2 – Vietnam War: United States destroyer Maddox is attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin. Air support from the carrier USS Ticonderoga sinks one gunboat, while the other two leave the battle. August 5 Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow – Aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. The Simba rebel army in the Democratic Republic of the Congo captures Stanleyville, and takes 1,000 Western hostages. August 7 – Vietnam War: The United States Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.Russell D. Buhite Major Crises in Contemporary American Foreign Policy: A Documentary History https://books.google.com/books?id=iEgaAQAAIAAJ 1997 Greenwood Press 978-0-313-29468-6 xxvi August 8 – A Rolling Stones gig in Scheveningen gets out of control. Riot police end the gig after about fifteen minutes, upon which spectators start to fight the riot police.Mark Paytress Rolling Stones: Off The Record https://books.google.com/books?id=F3blvuxKlxMC&pg=PT94 15 December 2009 Omnibus Press 978-0-85712-113-4 94 August 13 – The last judicial hangings in the United Kingdom take place when murderers Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen are executed in Manchester and Liverpool respectively.Peter Hitchens A Brief History of Crime: The Decline of Order, Justice and Liberty in England https://books.google.com/books?id=3c0uAQAAIAAJ 2003 Atlantic 978-1-84354-148-6 167 August 16 – Vietnam War: In a coup, General Nguyễn Khánh replaces Dương Văn Minh as South Vietnam's chief of state and establishes a new constitution, drafted partly by the U.S. Embassy.Ngọc Huy Nguyễn Stephen B. Young Understanding Vietnam https://books.google.com/books?id=OEpwAAAAMAAJ 1982 DPC Information Service 116 August 18 – The International Olympic Committee bans South Africa from the Tokyo Olympics on the grounds that its teams are racially segregated.Lincoln Allison Alan Tomlinson Understanding International Sport Organisations: Principles, power and possibilities https://books.google.com/books?id=lEUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA90 27 March 2017 Taylor & Francis 978-1-317-59043-9 90 August 20 – The International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (Intelsat) began to work. August 22 – Goalkeeper Derek Forster of Sunderland becomes the youngest-ever player to play in the English Football League, aged 15 years and 185 days. August 24–27 – The Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City nominates incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson for a full term, and U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota as his running mate. August 27 – Walt Disney's Mary Poppins has its world premiere in Los Angeles. It will go on to become Disney's biggest moneymaker, and winner of 5 Academy Awards, including a Best Actress for Julie Andrews. It is the first Disney film to be nominated for Best Picture. August 28–30 – Philadelphia 1964 race riot: Tensions between African American residents and police lead to 341 injuries and 774 arrests.Dennis B. Downey Francis J. Bremer A Guide to the History of Pennsylvania https://books.google.com/books?id=oEUWAQAAIAAJ 1993 Greenwood Press 978-0-313-25085-9 227 September September 1964 September 2 – Indian Hungry generation poets, including Malay Roy Choudhury, are arrested on charges of conspiracy against the state and obscenity in literature.Pradip Choudhuri The Black Hole: Selected Poems 1964–1989 https://books.google.com/books?id=hI4hAAAAMAAJ 1990 Inkblot 978-0-934301-27-5 1 September 4 – The Forth Road Bridge opens over the Firth of Forth in Scotland.Passenger Transport https://books.google.com/books?id=1sldAAAAIAAJ 1965 Ian Allan, Modern Transport Publishing Company 148 September 10 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is founded.M.A. van Meerhaeghe International Economic Institutions https://books.google.com/books?id=H4DsCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA17 29 June 2013 Springer Science & Business Media 978-94-017-1930-8 17 September 11 – In Jacksonville, Florida, during a tour of the United States, John Lennon announces that the Beatles will not play to a segregated audience.Laurence Cole Dusty Springfield: In the Middle of Nowhere https://books.google.com/books?id=_NsHAQAAMAAJ 2008 Middlesex University Press 978-1-904750-41-3 122 September 14 The third period of the Second Vatican Council opens.https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/speeches/1964.index.5.html Pope Paul VI - Speeches 1964 Vatican February 26, 2022 The London Daily Herald ceases publication, replaced by The Sun. September 18 – In Athens, King Constantine II of Greece marries Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark, who becomes Europe's youngest Queen at age 18 years, 19 days. September 21 – The island of Malta obtains independence from the United Kingdom. September 24 – The Warren Commission, the first official investigation of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy, submits its written report.Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives https://books.google.com/books?id=l4uTqTCEizwC&pg=RA1-PA384 1992 National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration 1 September 25 – The Mozambican War of Independence is launched by FRELIMO.United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, First Session .... https://books.google.com/books?id=5wylbq5aIt4C&pg=PA10 1976 U.S. Government Printing Office 10 October October 1964 140px|thumbnail|right|October 10–24: The 1964 Summer Olympics begins October – Robert Moog demonstrates the prototype Moog synthesizer.Moog R. A. 1965 Voltage-Controlled Electronic Music Modules Journal of the Audio Engineering Society 13 3 200–206 October 1 Three thousand student activists at the University of California, Berkeley, surround and block a police car from taking a CORE volunteer arrested for not showing his ID, when he violated a ban on outdoor activist card tables. This protest eventually explodes into the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. The Shinkansen high-speed rail system, the world's first such system, is inaugurated in Japan, for the first sector between Tokyo and Osaka. October 5 Twenty-three men and thirty-one women escape to West Berlin through a narrow tunnel under the Berlin Wall. Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh begin an 8-day visit to Canada. October 10–24 – The 1964 Summer Olympics are held in Tokyo, Japan, the first in an Asian country. October 12 – The Soviet Union launches Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits. The flight is cut short and lands again on October 13 after 16 orbits. October 14 – American civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to end racial prejudice in the United States. October 14–15 – Nikita Khrushchev is deposed as leader of the Soviet Union; Leonid Brezhnev and Alexei Kosygin assume power. October 15 – 1964 United Kingdom general election: The Labour Party wins a narrow victory over Sir Alec Douglas-Home's Conservative Party, which has been in power for 13 years. The new prime minister is Harold Wilson.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/basics/4393293.stm 1964: Labour scrapes through BBC News BBC 2005-04-05 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160213202904/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/vote_2005/basics/4393293.stm 2016-02-13 2016-02-13 October 17 – 596 (nuclear test): The People's Republic of China explodes an atomic bomb in Sinkiang. October 22 Canada: A Federal Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects a design to become the new official Flag of Canada. A 5.3 kiloton nuclear device is detonated at the Tatum Salt Dome, 21 mi km from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as part of the Vela Uniform program. This test is the Salmon phase of the Atomic Energy Commission's Project Dribble. October 24 – Northern Rhodesia, a former British protectorate, becomes the independent Republic of Zambia, ending 73 years of British rule. October 26 – Eric Edgar Cooke becomes the last man executed in Western Australia, for murdering 8 citizens in Perth between 1959 and 1963. October 27 – In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rebel leader Christopher Gbenye takes 60 Americans and 800 Belgians hostage. October 29 – A collection of irreplaceable gemstones, including the 565 carat g on Star of India, is stolen from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. November November 1964 November 1 – Mortar fire from North Vietnamese forces rains on the Bien Hoa Air Base, killing four U.S. servicemen, wounding 72, and destroying five B-57 jet bombers and other planes. November 3 1964 United States presidential election: Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater with over 60 percent of the popular vote. The Bolivian government of President Víctor Paz Estenssoro is overthrown by a military rebellion led by General Alfredo Ovando Candía, commander-in-chief of the armed forces. November 5 – Mariner program: Mariner 3 spacecraft is launched from Cape Kennedy but fails.2017-12-20 Mariner 3 - NASA Science https://science.nasa.gov/mission/mariner-3/ 2025-04-05 en-US November 10 – Australia partially reintroduces compulsory military service due to the Indonesian Confrontation. November 19 – The United States Department of Defense announces the closing of 95 military bases and facilities, including Fort Jay, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and the Brooklyn Army Terminal. November 21 Second Vatican Council: The third period of the Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes. Lumen gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, is promulgated.Austin Flannery Vatican Council II: The Conciliar and Postconciliar Documents https://books.google.com/books?id=hQJzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT1440 28 August 2014 Liturgical Press 978-0-8146-4929-9 1440 The Verrazano–Narrows Bridge across New York Bay opens to traffic (the world's longest suspension bridge at this time).Michael N. Danielson Jameson W. Doig New York: The Politics of Urban Regional Development https://books.google.com/books?id=sawwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA203 3 October 1983 University of California Press 978-0-520-04551-4 203 November 24 – Belgian paratroopers and mercenaries capture Stanleyville, but a number of hostages die in the fighting, among them American Evangelical Covenant Church missionary Paul Carlson. November 28 Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 space probe from Cape Kennedy toward Mars to take television pictures of that planet in July 1965. Vietnam War: United States National Security Council members, including Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, and Maxwell Taylor, agree to recommend a plan for a 2-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam, to President Lyndon B. Johnson. France performs an underground nuclear test at In Ecker, Algeria. December December 1964 December 1 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz takes office as President of Mexico. December 3 Berkeley Free Speech Movement: Police arrest about 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover of and massive sit-in at the Sproul Hall administration building. The sit-in most directly protested the U.C. Regents' decision to punish student activists for what many thought had been justified civil disobedience earlier in the conflict.Gene Sharp The Politics of Nonviolent Action: The methods of nonviolent action https://books.google.com/books?id=2NojAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA373 1973 P. Sargent Publisher 978-0-87558-071-5 373 The Danish football club Brøndby IF is founded as a merger between the two local clubs Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening and Brøndbyvester Idrætsforening. The club wins the national championship Danish Superliga 10 times, and the Danish Cups six times, after joining the Danish top-flight football league in 1981. December 5 – Australian Senate election, 1964: The Liberal/Country Coalition Government led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies hold their status quo, while the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell lose one seat to the Democratic Labor Party, who hold the balance of power in the Senate alongside independent Reg Turnbull. December 10 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.Alice Mulcahey Fleming Martin Luther King, Jr: A Dream of Hope https://books.google.com/books?id=YamfeoGeHpsC&pg=PP6 2008 Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. 978-1-4027-5803-4 6 December 11 – Che Guevara addresses the United Nations General Assembly.Guevara Ernesto Che Che Guevara https://books.google.com/books?id=ierlWAqZ_8cC Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara Chronology of Ernesto Che Guevara https://books.google.com/books?id=ierlWAqZ_8cC&pg=PA6 North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Ocean Press 2009 6 978-1920888930 2016-02-13 A bazooka attack is launched at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. December 12 – Jamhuri Day: Kenya becomes a republic, with Jomo Kenyatta as its first President. December 14 – Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (379 US 241 1964): The U.S. Supreme Court rules that, in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, establishments providing public accommodation must refrain from racial discrimination. December 18 – The Christmas flood of 1964 begins in the United States, affecting the Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California. It will continue until January 7, resulting in 19 deaths, serious damage to buildings, roads and bridges, and the loss of 4,000 head of livestock.http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/pa/docs/wrdb/2000/lowercolumbia.pdf Lower Columbia River Basin United States Army Corps of Engineers December 31, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110616105833/http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/pa/docs/wrdb/2000/lowercolumbia.pdf June 16, 2011 December 21 – The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark supersonic attack aircraft, developed for the U.S. Air Force, makes its first flight, at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas.Eden Paul Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark/EF-111 Raven London Amber Books 2004 1-904687-84-9 197 December 22 A cyclone in the Palk Strait destroys the Indian town of Dhanushkodi, killing 1800 people.United States. Naval Oceanographic Office Sailing Directions for the Bay of Bengal: Point Calimere to Laem Pak Phra and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands https://books.google.com/books?id=qNlHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA56 1966 56 The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird makes its first flight at Palmdale, California. December 24 – The Brinks Hotel in Saigon, Vietnam, is bombed by the Viet Cong, resulting in the deaths of two US soldiers and injuries to a further 60 people, including civilians.Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965 Mark Moyar Mark Moyar Cambridge University Press 2006 0-521-86911-0 New York 347 December 30 – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is established as a permanent organ of the UN General Assembly.United States Department of State The Department of State Bulletin https://books.google.com/books?id=4R13dJvs0yIC&pg=PA458 1965 Office of Media Services, Bureau of Public Affairs 458 Date unknown Spring – First recognition of cosmic microwave background radiation as a detectable phenomenon.In a brief paper by Soviet astrophysicists A. G. Doroshkevich and Igor Novikov. Penzias A. 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House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee Prints https://books.google.com/books?id=25IKAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA5-PA605 1971 5– Rudi Gernreich designs the original monokini topless swimsuit in the U.S.http://gernreich.steirischerbst.at/pages/bio1.htm Biografie Rudi Gernreich de Steirischer Herbst Festival GmbH dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160213205151/http://gernreich.steirischerbst.at/pages/bio1.htm February 13, 2016 2016-02-13 The Vishva Hindu Pariṣad is founded in India.Klaus K. Klostermaier A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism https://books.google.com/books?id=DB29DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT11 1 October 2014 Oneworld Publications 978-1-78074-672-2 11 Births births January thumb|100px|Moussa Dadis Camara thumb|100px|Michelle Obama January 1 – Moussa Dadis Camara, Guinean general and 3rd President of Guinea January 2 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (died 2019)https://www.olympic.org/pernell-whitaker Pernell Whitaker IOC January 15, 2021 January 4 – Alexandre Fadeev, Soviet figure skater January 5 – Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Spanish golferhttp://www.miguelangeljimenezgolf.com/About-Miguel-Angel About Miguel Ángel Jiménez 5 February 2021 January 6 Henry Maske, German boxerhttps://www.olympic.org/henry-maske Henry Maske IOC January 15, 2021 Anthony Scaramucci, American financier, entrepreneur, and political figurehttps://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-07-24/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-anthony-scaramucci 10 Things About Anthony Scaramucci Katelyn Newman July 24, 2017 January 13, 2019 U.S. News & World Report January 12, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190112153805/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-07-24/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-anthony-scaramucci live January 7 – Nicolas Cage, American actorJames Cameron-Wilson Young Hollywood https://books.google.com/books?id=yYQjAQAAIAAJ 1994 Batsford 978-0-7134-7266-0 31 January 12 – Jeff Bezos, American Internet entrepreneurChase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82 24 September 2019 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-316-7 82 January 17 – Michelle Obama, American attorney and author, former First Lady of the United StatesRobin S. Doak Michelle Obama https://books.google.com/books?id=CX4MBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6 12 March 2015 Raintree 978-1-4062-7399-1 6 January 27 – Bridget Fonda, American actressPaul T. Hellmann Historical Gazetteer of the United States https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA95 14 February 2006 Routledge 1-135-94859-3 95 January 31 – Jeff Hanneman, American rock guitarist (Slayer) (died 2013)Graham Hartmann January 31, 2014 Slayer Commemorate 50th Birthday of the Late Jeff Hanneman https://loudwire.com/slayer-commemorate-50th-birthday-late-guitarist-jeff-hanneman/ 2021-06-28 Loudwire en February thumb|100px|Francesca Neri thumb|100px|Matt Dillon thumb|100px|Bebeto February 1 – Eli Ohana, Israeli football player and club chairmanhttps://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=%22Eli+Ohana%22+1964+february&pg=PA32 Day by Day in Jewish Sports History Bob Wechsler August 18, 2008 KTAV Publishing House, Inc. 9780881259698 Google Books February 5 Laura Linney, American actressSeptember 2026 Duff McKagan, American rock musician and songwriterDuff McKagan It's So Easy: And Other Lies https://books.google.com/books?id=8I4fw88skq0C&pg=PA21 20 March 2012 Simon and Schuster 978-1-4516-0664-5 21 February 6 – Gord Downie, Canadian rock musician and singer (d. 2017)Mazerolle John 2017-10-18 Tragically Hip's Gord Downie dead at 53 https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/gord-downie-obit-1.4359906 CBC News February 10 − Francesca Neri, Italian actressWho's who in Italy Intercontinental Book & Pub 1995 1233 February 15 − Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (died 1997)Paul Donnelley Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries https://books.google.com/books?id=EmYcAQAAIAAJ 2000 Omnibus 978-0-7119-7984-0 202 February 16 Bebeto, Brazilian footballer13642 Christopher Eccleston, British actorChase's Calendar of Events McGraw-Hill Chase's Calendar of Events 2007 https://books.google.com/books?id=-j7ZyqfsS6MC September 2006 McGraw Hill Professional 978-0-07-146818-3 134 Valentina Yegorova, Russian distance runnerhttps://www.olympic.org/valentina-yegorova Valentina Yegorova IOC January 15, 2021 February 18 − Matt Dillon, American actor and film directorSeptember 2026 February 19 − Jennifer Doudna, American biochemistH. W. Wilson Current Biography Yearbook 2005 https://books.google.com/books?id=6csV7c-tcxMC 2006 H.W. Wilson 978-0-8242-1056-4 130 February 20 − Rudi Garcia, French football managerR. Garcia https://ca.soccerway.com/coaches/rudi-garcia/110849/ soccerway.com Soccer way February 22 − Gigi Fernández, American tennis playerGigi Fernandez https://www.wtatennis.com/players/60014/name Women's Tennis Association February 24 – Yudas Sabaggalet, Indonesian politicianKurnia Reski Lebih Dekat Dengan Bupati Mentawai Dua Periode Yudas Sabaggalet https://www.nawacitapost.com/tokoh/amp/2751283/lebih-dekat-dengan-bupati-mentawai-dua-periode-yudas-sabaggalet nawacitapost.com Nawacita Post 30 March 2024 March thumb|100px|Wanda Sykes thumb|100px|Juliette Binoche March 7 Bret Easton Ellis, American authorClifford Thompson H. W. Wilson World Authors 1990–1995 https://books.google.com/books?id=cWoYAAAAIAAJ 1999 H.W. Wilson 978-0-8242-0956-8 215 Vladimir Smirnov, Kazakh cross-country skierhttps://www.olympic.org/vladimir-smirnov Vladimir Smirnov IOC January 18, 2021 Wanda Sykes, African-American comedian and actressSykes, Wanda 1964- https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/film-and-television-biographies/wanda-sykes Encyclopedia.com Cengage April 24, 2022 March 9 – Juliette Binoche, French actressSeptember 2026 March 10 Neneh Cherry, Swedish-born singer-songwriterSeptember 2026 Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, British prince and third son (youngest child) of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh43268 11 March 1964 2255 March 16 Pascal Richard, Swiss road bicycle racerhttps://www.olympic.org/pascal-richard Pascal Richard IOC January 18, 2021 Gore Verbinski, American film directorSeptember 2026 March 17 – Rob Lowe, American actorRodale, Inc. Best Life https://books.google.com/books?id=6cYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78 August 2008 Rodale, Inc. 78 March 18 – Bonnie Blair, American speed skaterhttps://www.olympic.org/bonnie-blair Bonnie Blair IOC 3 January 2021 March 24 – Liz McColgan, British long-distance runner athletehttps://www.olympic.org/elizabeth-mccolgan-lynch Elizabeth McColgan-Lynch IOC 4 January 2021 March 30 – Tracy Chapman, African-American singerJessie Carney Smith Notable Black American Women https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&pg=PA89 1992 VNR AG 978-0-8103-9177-2 89 April thumb|100px|Russell Crowe thumb|100px|Djimon Hounsou thumb|100px|Hank Azaria April 1 – Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager April 3 Nigel Farage, British politicianNigel Farage https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nigel-Farage britannica.com September 24, 2023 Britannica Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclistGiles Belbin Tour de France Champions: An A-Z https://books.google.com/books?id=Gl_WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT200 3 July 2020 History Press 978-0-7509-9538-2 200 Yelena Ruzina, Russian Olympic athletehttps://www.olympic.org/yelena-ruzina Yelena Ruzina IOC January 15, 2021 April 4 – David Cross, American actor and comedianhttp://www.biography.com/people/david-cross-11026476 David Cross Biography: Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian (1964–) Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks) October 26, 2016 April 21, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160421061231/http://www.biography.com/people/david-cross-11026476 dead April 7 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-born actor April 10 – Hiroshi Tsuburaya, Japanese actor (died 2001) April 13 – John Swinney, Scottish politician, First Minister of ScotlandMr John Swinney (Hansard) https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-swinney/index.html 2026-08-14 api.parliament.uk April 14 – Jim Grabb, American tennis playerhttps://books.google.com/books?id=n_j1DwAAQBAJ&q=jim+grabb+1964&pg=PA227 Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Joseph Siegman 2020 U of Nebraska Press 9781496201881 Google Books April 16 – Esbjörn Svensson Swedish jazz pianist (d. 2008)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/17/jazz.obituaries Esbjörn Svensson 17 June 2008 John Fordham The Guardian 4 October 2022 April 17 Maynard James Keenan, American rock musician (Tool)https://madison.com/birthday-maynard-james-keenan/image_cdd7c234-2127-11e7-acfe-834d7bdb4153.html Birthday: Maynard James Keenan April 14, 2017 Rachel Notley, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta 2015–2019Sydney Sharpe Don Braid Notley Nation: How Alberta's Political Upheaval Swept the Country https://books.google.com/books?id=409kCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84 5 November 2016 Dundurn 978-1-4597-3604-7 84 Tahmasib Ajdarov, Azerbaijani-Ukrainian scientist April 20 John Carney, American football playerJohn Carney C/carnejoh01 November 13, 2022 Crispin Glover, American actorMike Rose cleveland com 2024-04-20 Famous birthdays list for today, April 20, 2024 includes celebrities Carmen Electra, Crispin Glover https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/04/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-april-20-2024-includes-celebrities-carmen-electra-crispin-glover.html 2026-05-08 cleveland en Andy Serkis, English actorRuth Michael Andy Serkis Biography Research Starters EBSCO Research https://www.ebsco.com/ 2026-05-08 EBSCO en April 21 Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish hurdlerhttps://www.olympic.org/ludmila-engquist Ludmila Engquist IOC January 15, 2021 Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi footballer (d. 2020)17330 April 23 – Gianandrea Noseda, Italian composer, music director of the National Symphony Orchestrahttps://books.google.com/books?id=5VHGEQAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA2502&dq=gianandrea+noseda+april+23+1964&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi84IbinYuTAxXVnWoFHSB_MrIQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q&f= International Who’s Who in Classical Music 2026 Europa Publications March 19, 2026 Taylor & Francis Google Books April 24 Cedric the Entertainer, American actor and comedianCedric The Entertainer's Biography https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/cedric-entertainer 2026-05-08 The HistoryMakers en Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor and modelDjimon Hounsou: Biography http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/djimon-hounsou/147508 TV Guide November 22, 2012 June 11, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130611054750/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/djimon-hounsou/147508 dead April 25 – Hank Azaria, American actor, voice artist and comedian April 28 Sarana Gunawardena, Sri Lankan politicianHon. Sarana Gunawardena, M.P. https://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/mp-profile/273 9 June 2026 Parliament of Sri Lanka L'Wren Scott, American fashion designer (d. 2014) April 30 – Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur and businessman May thumb|100px|Melissa Gilbert thumb|100px|Stephen Colbert May 1 – Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed-skaterhttps://www.olympic.org/yvonne-van-gennip Yvonne van Gennip IOC February 5, 2021 May 5 Heike Henkel, German Olympic athletehttps://www.olympic.org/heike-henkel Heike Henkel IOC February 5, 2021 Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer (Two-Mix and DoCo) May 8 – Melissa Gilbert, American actress and president of the Screen Actors GuildPatti Davis The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKR4RaO-7AC&pg=PA20 May 2010 ReadHowYouWant.com 978-1-4587-7222-0 20 May 10 – Emmanuelle Devos, French actresshttps://www.allocine.fr//personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=2376.html?nopub=1# Emmanuelle Devos AlloCiné May 19 – Gitanas Nausėda, president of Lithuaniahttps://concordia.net/community/h-e-gitanas-nauseda/ H.E. 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Younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales.Dod's Parliamentary Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=KXaIAAAAMAAJ 1999 Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited 978-0-905702-27-8 63 May 21 – Rui Maria de Araújo, East Timorese politician May 23 – Ruth Metzler-Arnold, member of the Swiss Federal Council May 24 – Adrian Moorhouse, British swimmerAdrian Moorhouse https://www.olympic.org/adrian-moorhouse IOC January 12, 2021 May 25 – Ray Stevenson, Northern Irish-born actor (d. 2023)https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/movies/ray-stevenson-dead.html Ray Stevenson, Actor in 'Thor' and 'Rome,' Is Dead at 58 23 March 2023 New York Times 25 January 2026 May 26 – Lenny Kravitz, American singer, songwriter, and actorChase's Calendar of Events 2010 https://books.google.com/books?id=dL3UwZjGbC0C 16 October 2009 McGraw Hill Professional 978-0-07-170191-4 293 May 28 – Jeff Fenech, Australian boxerhttps://www.olympic.org/jeffrey-fenech Jeffrey Fenech IOC 2 January 2021 May 30 – Tom Morello, American musician and political activist (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage) June thumb|100px|Courteney Cox thumb|100px|Boris Johnson thumb|100px|Tommi Makinen June 3 – James Purefoy, British actor June 7 – Gia Carides, Greek-Australian actress June 9 – Gloria Reuben, Canadian-American actressChase's ... Calendar of Events https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0KAQAAMAAJ 2003 Contemporary Books 978-0-07-139098-9 319 June 10 Ben Daniels, English actorhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/may/17/furthereducation.uk2 College Days The Guardian May 17, 2005 24 February 2021 Vincent Perez, Swiss actor, director and photographer June 13 Kathy Burke, English actress and comedianhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/Player/Player_Page/0,,43029,00.html Kathy Burke The Guardian August 25, 2021 Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball playerhttps://www.olympic.org/-arunas-marciulionis [S]arunas Marciulionis IOC 11 February 2021 June 15 Courteney Cox, American actress Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager June 17 – Michael Gross, German swimmerMichael Gross – Olympic Swimming https://www.olympic.org/michael-gross International Olympic Committee February 26, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20201124214334/https://www.olympic.org/michael-gross November 24, 2020 June 18 – Uday Hussein, Iraqi Army commander (d. 2003) June 19 – Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 2019–2022 June 21 – Dean Saunders, Welsh football manager and former professional footballerhttp://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/saunders/ Liverpool FC profile Liverpool FC https://web.archive.org/web/20070525114154/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/saunders/ February 28, 2022 May 25, 2007 June 22 Dan Brown, American author Miroslav Kadlec, Czech football defender Nico Jalink, Dutch footballer and football manager June 23 Astrid Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan actress Joss Whedon, American screenwriterhttp://www.biography.com/people/joss-whedon-17181746 Joss Whedon Biography: Screenwriter (1964–) Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks) March 30, 2017 May 9, 2015 https://archive.today/20150509110239/http://www.biography.com/people/joss-whedon-17181746 live June 24 – Günther Mader, Austrian alpine ski racer June 25 – Johnny Herbert, English racing driver June 26 – Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish rally driverhttps://www.motorsportstats.com/driver/tommi-makinen/summary/series/fia-world-rally-championship Tommi Makinen Motor Sport Stats 25 January 2026 June 30 – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Danish aristocrat July thumb|100px|Edi Rama thumb|100px|Courtney Love thumb|100px|Pedro Passos Coelho thumb|100px|Sandra Bullock July 1 Yu Long, Chinese conductor Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach Loli Sánchez, Spanish basketball player July 2 – Jose and Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball players; twin brothers July 3 Joanne Harris, English novelist Aleksei Serebryakov, Russian-Canadian actor July 4 – Edi Rama, 33rd Prime Minister of AlbaniaNick Heath-Brown The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World https://books.google.com/books?id=lDkUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA91 7 February 2017 Springer 978-1-349-57823-8 91 July 6 – Kim Jee-woon, South Korean film director and screenwriter July 9 – Courtney Love, American musician/actress July 13 – Pascal Hervé, French road racing cyclisthttps://www.olympic.org/herve-pascal Hervé Pascal IOC February 16, 2021 July 15 – Tetsuji Hashiratani, Japanese football player and manager July 16 – Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclisthttps://www.olympic.org/miguel-indurain Miguel Indurain IOC 11 February 2021 July 18 – Wendy Williams, African-American talk show hostWendy Williams: Talk Show Host, Radio Talk Show Host (1964–) http://www.biography.com/people/wendy-williams-524056 May 14, 2013 Biography.com March 22, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180322223610/https://www.biography.com/people/wendy-williams-524056 live July 19 Teresa Edwards, American basketball playerBasketball: A Biographical Dictionary David L. Porter Greenwood Press 2005 978-0-313-30952-6 129–130 Miyeegombyn Enkhbold, Mongolian politician, prime minister 2006–7 July 21 Marthen Dira Tome, Indonesian politicianProfil Bupati http://saburaijuakab.go.id/saburaijua255/index.php/profil-bupati.html Sabu Raijua Regency Government https://web.archive.org/web/20150615033613/http://saburaijuakab.go.id/saburaijua255/index.php/profil-bupati.html 15 June 2015 id July 24 Barry Bonds, African-American baseball playerJohn Bloom Barry Bonds: A Biography https://books.google.com/books?id=gFQ7T_ijPKQC&pg=PA4 2004 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-0-313-32955-5 4 Pedro Passos Coelho, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal B. Turner The Statesman's Yearbook 2014: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World https://books.google.com/books?id=r5PlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1009 12 January 2017 Springer 978-1-349-59643-0 1009 July 26 Sandra Bullock, American actress and film producerChase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA384 30 September 2018 Rowman & Littlefield 978-1-64143-264-1 384 Anne Provoost, Belgian author July 28 – Lori Loughlin, American actress https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lori-loughlin-162712/bio/ Lori Loughlin TV Guide March 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302171908/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lori-loughlin-162712/bio/ March 2, 2015 dead July 30 Vivica A. Fox, American actress Jürgen Klinsmann, German football player and managerKeir Radnedge The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer https://books.google.com/books?id=9tcZAQAAIAAJ 2001 Universe Pub. 978-0-7893-0670-8 212 July 31 – C.C. 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Turner The Statesman's Yearbook 2012: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZLlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1210 12 January 2017 Springer 978-1-349-59051-3 1210 August 8 – Giuseppe Conte, Italian Prime Minister (2018–2021) August 9 - John Kiriakou, American whistleblower, author, and former CIA officer Ph.D Jan Goldman https://books.google.com/books?id=b6fOEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA214&dq=John+Kiriakou+%22August+9,+1964%22&hl=en&source=gb_mobile_entity#v=onepage&q=John%20Kiriakou%20%22August%209,%201964%22&f= The Central Intelligence Agency: An Encyclopedia of Covert Ops, Intelligence Gathering, and Spies [2 volumes] 2015-12-14 Bloomsbury Publishing USA 978-1-61069-092-8 en August 15 – Melinda Gates, American philanthropistHarris Paul November 25, 2006 A woman of substance https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/26/theobserver February 10, 2020 The Guardian August 17 – Deen Castronovo, American drummerhttps://www.goldminemag.com/columns/drummer-deen-castronovo-on-revolution-saints-lp-and-a-journey-flip-side Drummer Deen Castronovo on Revolution Saints LP and a Journey flip side Goldmine magazine Kurtz Warren May 22, 2023 June 22, 2023 I got a call from Neal on my birthday, August 17, 2021. 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C. 978-1-57488-482-1 164 February 6 – Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and 1st President of the Philippines (born 1869)https://manilastandard.net/opinion/columns/power-point-by-elizabeth-angsioco/346858/the-gift-that-was-aguinaldo.html The gift that was Aguinaldo Elizabeth Angsioco February 13, 2021 June 12, 2023 The Manila Standard February 7 – Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek politician, three-time Prime Minister of Greece (born 1894) February 8 – Ernst Kretschmer, German psychiatrist (born 1888)Rhodes Nancy Kretschmer, Ernst. 2000 Encyclopedia of psychology, Vol. 4. 461 https://doi.org/10.1037/10519-197 2024-06-06 New York Oxford University Press en 10.1037/10519-197 1-55798-653-3 subscription February 10 – Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (born 1905) February 12 – Gerald Gardner, English polymath, founder of Wiccan religion (born 1884)http://www.thewica.co.uk/Gardners%20death.htm Britain's chief witch dies at sea News of the World 23 February 1964 November 17, 2021 September 8, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180908042334/http://www.thewica.co.uk/Gardners%20death.htm dead February 13 – Paulino Alcántara, Filipino-Spanish footballer (born 1896) February 15 – Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, French theologian (born 1877)Catholic School Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=bGhLAAAAYAAJ 1964 Bruce Publishing Company 19 February 18 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor of the snowmobile and founder of Bombardier Inc. (born 1907) February 25 Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian-American sculptor (born 1887)2011 Finding Aid Alexander Archipenko papers, 1904–1986, (bulk 1930–1964) Archives of American Art http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/alexander-archipenko-papers-7025/more 17 Jun 2011http://www.archipenko.org/aa_chron_1910.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130531060520/http://www.archipenko.org/aa_chron_1910.html The Archipenko Foundation, Chronology, 1910–1914 May 31, 2013 Mariano Jesús Cuenco, Filipino politician and writer (born 1888)https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/960576/did-you-know-130th-birth-anniversary-sen-mariano-jesus-l-cuenco Did you know: 130th birth anniversary Sen. Mariano Jesus L. Cuenco Philippine Daily Inquirer January 16, 2018 January 9, 2021 Grace Metalious, American writer (born 1924)George C. 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Mikhail Brendan Behan: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism https://books.google.com/books?id=OfGxCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38 18 June 1980 Palgrave Macmillan UK 978-1-349-05115-1 38 March 23 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born American actor (born 1904)https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-peter-lorre-19640324-story.html From the Archives: Movie Villain Peter Lorre Found Dead in His Hollywood Apartment 24 March 1964 LA Times March 25 – Alfredo Bigatti, Argentine sculptor (born 1898) March 30 Birinchi Kumar Barua, Indian folklorist (born 1908) Nella Larsen, American novelist (born 1891)https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/larsen-nella-1891-1963/ Nella Larsen (1891–1963) • Doris Richardson Johnson January 19, 2007 April thumb|100px|Douglas MacArthur April 1 – Božidar Kunc, Yugoslav composer (born 1903) April 3 – Franz Joseph, Prince of Hohenzollern-Emden (born 1891) April 5 – Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Army general, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan after World War II (born 1880) April 6 – Jigme Palden Dorji, 1st Prime Minister of Bhutan (born 1919; assassinated)American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division U.S. Army Area Handbook for Liberia https://books.google.com/books?id=ABJuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR7 1964 U.S. Government Printing Office 7 April 13 – Veit Harlan, German film director (born 1899) April 14 Tatyana Afanasyeva, Soviet mathematician and physicist (born 1876) Rachel Carson, American biologist and environmental writer (born 1907)Carson, Rachel 2010 Encyclopædia Britannica 2010 April 18 Fumio Asakura, Japanese sculptor (born 1883) Ben Hecht, American screenwriter (born 1894) April 20 Dimitar Ganev, Bulgarian communist politician, head of the State (born 1898) August Sander, German photographer (born 1876) Sander August August Sander : "In photography there are no unexplained shadows!": an exhibition organised by the August Sander Archive, Kulturstiftung Stadtsparkasse, Cologne, and shown at the National Portrait Gallery, London National Portrait Gallery London 1996 9781855142152 255 April 21 – Bharathidasan, Indian Tamil poet and rationalist (born 1891)Pāppaṇṇā Paramēsvaran̲ Bharathidasan: Life https://books.google.com/books?id=sOwxAAAAMAAJ 1991 Anu Pathippagam 9 April 24 – Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (born 1895) April 29 – Wenceslao Fernández Flórez, Spanish journalist and novelist (born 1885) May May 2 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born British politician (born 1879) May 6 – José Maza Fernández, Chilean politician, lawyer and diplomat (born 1889) May 8 – Kichisaburō Nomura, Japanese admiral and diplomat (born 1877) May 10 – Carol Haney, American dancer and actress (born 1924) May 13 – Diana Wynyard, English actress (born 1906) May 21 – James Franck, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882) May 26 – Ruben Oskar Auervaara, Finnish fraudster (born 1906)Soukola, Timo: "Auervaara, Ruben Oskar (1906–1964)", Suomen kansallisbiografia, volume 1, pp 443–444. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society, 2003. 9789517464413. Online version. May 27 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889) May 30 – Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-born American physicist (born 1898) June thumb|134x134px|Carlos Quintanilla thumb|120px|Plaek Phibunsongkhram June 3 Raoul Magrin-Vernerey, French army officer (born 1892) Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888) June 6 – Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born 1886) Guy Banister, FBI agent. (born 1901)Pope John November 15, 2013 JFK assassination conspiracy: Former FBI agent Guy Banister was on fringes of investigation http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/jfk_assassination_conspiracy_g.html https://web.archive.org/web/20131120173459/http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/11/jfk_assassination_conspiracy_g.html dead November 20, 2013 The Times-Picayune New Orleans April 26, 2017 June 7 Violet Attlee, Countess Attlee, wife of former British PM Clement Attlee (born 1895) Charlie Llewellyn, first non-white South African Test cricketer (born 1876) June 8 – Carlos Quintanilla, 37th President of Bolivia (born 1888) June 9 – Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Canadian-born British newspaper publisher and politician (born 1879) June 11 Catharine Carter Critcher, American painter (born 1868) John Eke, Swedish Olympic athlete (born 1886)https://www.olympic.org/john-eke John Eke IOC February 16, 2021 Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Thai field marshal and 3rd Prime Minister of Thailand (born 1897) June 18 – Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (born 1890) June 20 – Loke Wan Tho, Singaporean business magnate, ornithologist, and photographer (born 1915)https://viweb.org/WanTho.htm Dato Loke Wan Tho viweb.org June 24 – Stuart Davis, American painter (born 1892)Lane Grayson Harris The Eye of Duncan Phillips : a collection in the making 1999 Yale University Press 0-300-08090-5 Passantino Erika D. New Haven [u.a.] 441 June 25 – Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect (born 1888) June 27 – Salvatore Aldisio, Italian politician (born 1890) June 29 – Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist (born 1928) July thumb|100px|Prince Axel of Denmark July 1 – Pierre Monteux, French conductor (born 1875) July 2 – Fireball Roberts, American race car driver and a member of the NASCAR Hall of Fame (born 1929) July 6 – Zeng Junchen, Sichuan's 'King of Opium' (born 1888) July 7 – Lillian Copeland, American athlete (born 1904)https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/08/lillian-copeland-59-dies.html Lillian Copeland, 59, Dies July 8, 1964 The New York Times July 11 – Maurice Thorez, leader of the French Communist Party (born 1900) July 13 – Joel Brand, Hungarian rescue worker (born 1906)https://www.nytimes.com/1964/07/15/archives/joel-brand-58-hungarian-jew-in-eichmanns-truck-deal-dies.html Joel Brand, 58, Hungarian Jew In Eichmann's Truck Deal, Dies July 15, 1964 NYTimes.com July 14 – Prince Axel of Denmark (born 1888) July 15 – Luis Batlle Berres, Uruguayan political figure, 30th President of Uruguay (born 1897) July 16 – Alfred Junge, German art director (born 1886) July 21 – Jean Fautrier, French painter and sculptor (born 1898) July 22 Leonid Baratov, Soviet director (born 1895) Gildo Bocci, Italian actor (born 1886) July 23 – Thakin Kodaw Hmaing, Burmese poet and politician (born 1876) July 25 – Sir John Latham, Australian judge and politician (born 1877)https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/latham-sir-john-greig-7104 Australian Dictionary of Biography Stuart Macintyre Latham, Sir John Greig (1877–1964) National Centre of Biography, Australian National University Australian Dictionary of Biography July 31 – Jim Reeves, American country singer (born 1923) August 100px|thumb|Aleksander Zawadzki 100px|thumb|Gracie Allen August 3 – Flannery O'Connor, American writer (born 1925) Gordon Sarah Flannery O'Connor December 8, 2015 Originally published July 10, 2002 New Georgia Encyclopedia Georgia Humanities Council http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/flannery-oconnor-1925-1964 May 13, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160314114535/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/flannery-oconnor-1925-1964 March 14, 2016 live August 6 – Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English actor (born 1893) August 7 Salima Machamba, Sultan of Mohéli (born 1874)https://www.academie-sabl-dijon.org/celebration/deces-dursule-salima-machamba-derniere-reine-de-moheli-devenue-bourguignonne/ Décès d'Ursule Salima Machamba, dernière reine de Mohéli devenue bourguignonne – Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-lettres de Dijon www.academie-sabl-dijon.org Aleksander Zawadzki, Polish politician, 12th President of Poland (born 1899) August 9 – Fontaine Fox, American cartoonist (born 1884) August 11 – André Aymard, French historian (born 1900) August 12 Isidro Fabela, Mexican judge and politician (born 1882) Ian Fleming, British writer (born 1908)20th Century Fiction https://books.google.com/books?id=UdQ5AAAAMAAJ 1985 St. James Press 978-0-912289-19-9 220 Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Soviet astronomer and inventor (born 1896) August 13 – Mushtaq Hussain Khan, Indian musician (born 1878) August 14 – Johnny Burnette, American singer (born 1934) August 18 – Mohammad Gul Khan Momand, Afghani politician (born 1885) August 20 – Anthony de Francisci, Italian-born American sculptor (born 1887) August 21 – Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party (born 1893) August 22 – Symeon Lukach, Soviet Eastern Catholic bishop, martyr and blessed (born 1893) August 23 – Estella Canziani, British painter (born 1887) August 27 – Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian, known as part of the comedy duo Burns and Allen (born 1895) August 28 – Lumsden Hare, Irish-born actor, theatre director, and theatre producer August 30 – Aleksei Aleksandrovich Grechkin, Soviet commander (born 1893) September thumb|100px|Otto Grotewohl thumb|100px|Harpo Marx September 2 Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (born 1900)Kellar James H. Glenn A. Black, 1900-1964 American Antiquity 1966 31 3 402–405 10.1017/S0002731600089824 2694742 https://www.jstor.org/stable/2694742 Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese military officer and politician, 12th President of Portugal (born 1894) Alvin York, American hero of World War I (born 1887) September 16 – Bobby Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1915) September 17 – Clive Bell, English art critic (born 1881) September 18 J. Frank Dobie, American folklorist and journalist (born 1888)https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/dobie-james-frank Dobie, James Frank Texas State Historical Association Texas State Historical Association Seán O'Casey, Irish writer (born 1880)Sean O'Casey – Irish dramatist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sean-OCasey Encyclopedia Britannica 7 July 2017 en September 21 – Otto Grotewohl, East German Communist politician, 1st Prime Minister of the German Democratic Republic (born 1894) September 28 – Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, mime artist, and musician (born 1888) September 29 – Fred Tootell, American Olympic athlete (born 1902) October thumb|100px|Herbert Hoover thumb|100px|Khawaja Nazimuddin October 1 – Ernst Toch, Austrian composer (born 1887) October 10 – Eddie Cantor, American actor, comedian and dancer (born 1892) October 15 – Cole Porter, American composer and lyricist (born 1891) October 20 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the United States (born 1874) October 22 – Khawaja Nazimuddin, Pakistani political figure, 2nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1894) October 25 – Joe Henderson, American rhythm and blues and gospel music singer (born 1937) October 27 Pierre C. Cartier, French jeweller (born 1878) Rudolph Maté, Polish cinematographer (born 1898) October 29 Claudio Ermelli, Italian actor (born 1892) Henry Larsen, Canadian explorer (born 1899) November thumb|100px|Servant of God Franciszek Barda thumb|100px|Rickard Sandler November 2 Sir Charles Allfrey, British general (b. 1895)https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/18803 C W Allfrey Imperial War Museums José Ramón Guizado, Panamanian politician, 17th President of Panama (born 1899) November 5 Mabel Lucie Attwell, British illustrator (born 1879) John S. Robertson, Canadian film director (born 1878) November 6 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1873) November 10 – Jimmie Dodd, American actor, singer and songwriter (b. 1910) November 11 Franciszek Barda, Polish Roman Catholic clergyman and servant of God (born 1880) Juan de Dios Filiberto, Argentine violinist (born 1885) Eduard Steuermann, Austrian-American pianist and composer (born 1892) November 12 – Rickard Sandler, Swedish politician, 20th Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1884) November 13 – Oskar Becker, German philosopher (born 1889) November 14 – Heinrich von Brentano, German politician (born 1904) November 18 – Tommaso Besozzi, Italian journalist (born 1903) November 25 – Clarence Kolb, American actor (born 1874) December thumb|100px|Pina Pellicer thumb|100px|Sam Cooke thumb|100px|Ólafur Thors December 1 Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta, Congolese Roman Catholic religious sister (born 1939) J. B. S. Haldane, British geneticist (born 1892) December 4 – Pina Pellicer, Mexican actress (born 1934) December 5 – V. Veerasingam, Ceylon Tamil teacher and politician (born 1892) December 6 – Consuelo Vanderbilt, Duchess of Marlborough (born 1877) December 9 – Dame Edith Sitwell, British poet (born 1887) December 10 – Mariano Rossell y Arellano, Guatemalan clergyman (born 1894) December 11 Sam Cooke, American singer and songwriter (born 1931)Johnson Publishing Company Ebony https://books.google.com/books?id=WNQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA88 December 1988 Johnson Publishing Company 88 Alma Mahler, wife of Gustav Mahler (born 1879) December 13 – Ernesto Almirante, Italian actor (born 1877) December 14 – William Bendix, American actor (born 1906) December 15 – C. J. Hambro, Norwegian politician and journalist (born 1885) December 17 – Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1883) December 21 – Carl Van Vechten, American writer and photographer (born 1880)Carl Van Vechten Keep A-inchin' Along: Selected Writings of Carl Van Vechten about Black Art and Letters https://books.google.com/books?id=lNMYAAAAYAAJ 1979 Greenwood Press 978-0-313-21091-4 287 December 22 – Rosa Borja de Ycaza, Ecuadorian writer (born 1889) December 24 – Kuksha of Odessa, Eastern Orthodox priest (born 1875) December 29 – Vladimir Favorsky, Russian artist and engraver (born 1886) December 30 – Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, German neuropathologist (born 1885)https://www.uni-kiel.de/grosse-forscher/index.php?nid=creutzfeldt&lang=e Kiel University | Famous Scholars from Kiel www.uni-kiel.de December 31 Ronald Fairbairn, Scottish psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (born 1889)https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/our-authors-and-theorists/ronald-fairbairn Ronald Fairbairn | Institute of Psychoanalysis psychoanalysis.org.uk June 9, 2023 April 9, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240409093505/https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/our-authors-and-theorists/ronald-fairbairn dead Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (born 1892) Henry Maitland Wilson, British field marshal (born 1881) Nobel Prizes right|100px Physics – Charles Hard Townes, Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov, Aleksandr Prokhorov Chemistry – Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Physiology or Medicine – Konrad Bloch, Feodor Lynen Literature – Jean-Paul Sartre Peace – Martin Luther King Jr. References External links Category:1964 Category:Leap years in the Gregorian calendar