1964
Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 - 1964 - 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Events
- January 1 - Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland dissolved
- January 8 - President Lyndon Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
- January 11 - US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous for one's health. First such statement from US government.
- January 12 - Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt and later proclaim a republic.
- February 11 -
- April 7 - IBM announces the System/360.
- May 2 - Northern Dancer, first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby
- Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
- September 14 - Opening of third period of Second Vatican Council
- October 14-15 - Nikita Khrushchev is deposed as leader of the Soviet Union; Leonid Brezhnev assumes power.
- November - Lyndon Johnson defeats Barry Goldwater in the U.S. presidential election
- November 21 - Closing of third period of Second Vatican Council
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 1964 in film
- 1964 in literature
- 1964 in music
- February 11 - The Beatles have their 1st live appearance in US in the Washington DC Coliseum
- 1964 in sports
- 1964 in television
- April 30 - Television sets manufactured as of this date are required to receive UHF channels.
- The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan show, breaking television ratings records
Births
- January 6 - Henry Maske, German boxer
- January 7 - Nicolas Cage, actor
- January 12 - Jeff Bezos, president of amazon.com
- January 13 - Penelope Ann Miller, actress
- March 9 - Juliette Binoche, actress
- July 3 - Joanne Harris, author
- July 24 - Barry Bonds, baseball player
- August 25 - Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician
- September 29 - Les Claypool, bassist of Primus
- November 11 - Calista Flockhart (actress: Ally McBeal)
Deaths
- June 25 - Gerrit Rietveld, Dutch architect
- July 1 - Pierre Monteux, conductor
- August 28 - Gracie Allen, actress, comedienne
- September 3 - Stewart Holbrook, American author
- October 15 - Cole Porter, American composer
- December 1 - J. B. S. Haldane, British geneticist
Technology
- John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz create BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), an easy to learn high level programming language that has been included on many computers and even some games consoles
- First Moog synthesizer designed by Robert Moog