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=January=

{{main|January 1964}}

  • January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.{{cite book|author=Malawi. Department of Civil Aviation|title=Civil Aviation and Air Transport: Development Background, Policies and Plans, 1965–1969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufwfAQAAIAAJ|year=1965|page=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.{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|title=Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S2lHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA546|year=1964|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=546}}

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  • 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).{{cite web|url=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|title=Read the Surgeon General's 1964 report on smoking and health|date=January 12, 2014|author=Kayla Ruble|website=PBS|access-date=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.western-allies-berlin.com/units/military-liaison-mission/usmlm/detail/t-39-crash |title=T-39 Aircraft Incident |publisher=Western-allies-berlin.com |date=28 January 1964 |access-date=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=

{{main|February 1964}}

  • February 4 – The Government of the United States authorizes the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, outlawing the poll tax.{{cite book|author=United States|title=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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kAAohNvVik8C&pg=PA41|year=2013|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-091735-6|pages=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.{{Cite journal|last=Ferry|first=D S|title=HMAS Melbournen/Voyager Collision: Cause Theories and Inquiries (with aspects of the HMAS Melbourne/USS Frank E Evans collision)|url=https://navalinstitute.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/headmark-151.pdf|journal=Headmark|volume=March, 2014 Issue 151|pages= 2–17}}
  • February 11
  • Greeks and Turks begin fighting in Limassol, Cyprus.{{cite book|author=United States. Central Intelligence Agency|title=Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0htC6y1ILz4C&pg=RA6-PA27|year=1964|pages=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.{{cite book|author1=Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong|author2=Henry Louis Gates|title=Dictionary of African Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39JMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA290|date=2 February 2012|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-538207-5|pages=290}}
  • February 25 – Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) beats Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Florida, and is crowned the heavyweight champion of the world.{{cite book|author1=Bruce Madej|author2=Rob Toonkel|author3=Mike Pearson|author4=Greg Kinney|title=Michigan: Champions of the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fd87BHQ4VrkC&pg=PA138|year=1997|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-57167-115-8|pages=138}}
  • February 27 – The Italian government asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.{{cite book|title=Tempo: Indonesia's Weekly News Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AdQTAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Arsa Raya Perdana|page=8}}

=March=

{{main|March 1964}}

=April=

{{main|April 1964}}

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  • April 8 – The U.S. Gemini 1 is launched, the first unmanned test of the 2-man spacecraft.
  • 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.{{cite book|author=Carol Bergman|title=Sidney Poitier|publisher=Melrose Square Publishing Company|year=1990|page=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.{{cite book|author=Lawrence Goldman|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005–2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nbGcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA367|date=7 March 2013|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-967154-0|pages=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.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/apr/23/nelsonmandela|title=An ideal for which I am prepared to die|website=The Guardian|date=April 23, 2007|access-date=July 10, 2021}}
  • In the UK, BBC Two television starts broadcasting for the first time.{{cite book|author=Asa Briggs|title=The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Volume V: Competition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0pRGjVGtUvwC&pg=PA412|date=23 March 1995|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-215964-9|pages=412}}
  • British businessman Greville Wynne, imprisoned in Moscow since 1963 for spying, is exchanged for Soviet spy Gordon Lonsdale.{{cite book|author1=David Wise|author2=Thomas B. Ross|title=The Espionage Establishment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HpbeAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Cape|isbn=978-0-224-61398-9|page=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.{{Cite web|url=https://alt.obituaries.narkive.com/2uceRUrl/joergen-nash-artist-who-beheaded-little-mermaid-statue|title=Joergen Nash; artist who beheaded Little Mermaid statue|website=alt.obituaries.narkive.com}}
  • April 26 – Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.{{cite book|author=United States. Central Intelligence Agency|title=The World Factbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YXdYvDAPRjkC&pg=PA616|year=2009|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|isbn=978-0-16-084587-1|pages=616}}

=May=

{{main|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.{{cite book|author=Brigham Narins|title=Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ACQvAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-1754-7|page=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.{{cite book|title=Sealift|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iolZDM3vGWUC&pg=RA21-PA21|year=1963|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=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, WI.
  • 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.
  • 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.{{cite book|last1=Flynn|first1=George Q.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ArLuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Draft, 1940–1973|series=Modern War Studies|location=Lawrence|publisher=University Press of Kansas|year=1993|page=175|isbn=978-0700605866|access-date=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 {{convert|27|mi|km}} from Paris.{{cite book|author=Richard Deacon|title=The French Secret Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJVIAAAAYAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Grafton|isbn=978-0-586-20673-7|page=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.
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/the-farc-1964-2002-from-ragged-rebellion-to-military-machine|title=The FARC 1964-2002: From Ragged Rebellion to Military Machine|date=May 26, 2014|author=James Bargent|website=InSight Crime|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927220044/http://www.insightcrime.org/investigations/the-farc-1964-2002-from-ragged-rebellion-to-military-machine |access-date=September 13, 2024|archive-date=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".{{cite news|work=New York Times |date= 1964-05-31|page=2 |title=Khanh Releases 4 Rival Generals; Key Men in Diem's Ouster Are Freed in Vietnam}}

=June=

{{main|June 1964}}

=July=

{{main|July 1964}}

  • July 2 – The United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is enacted.
  • July 6 – Malawi receives its independence from the United Kingdom.{{cite book|author=United States. Department of State|title=Department of State News Letter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQmEPFsz7BgC&pg=RA7-PA27|year=1964|publisher=Bureau of Administration|pages=7}}
  • July 18
  • Six days of race riots begin in Harlem, New York, United States, apparently prompted by the shooting of a teenager.{{cite book|author=Edward C. Banfield|title=The Unheavenly City Revisited|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xoFCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA219|year=1974|publisher=Little, Brown|isbn=978-0-316-08013-2|pages=219}}
  • Judith Graham Pool publishes her discovery of cryoprecipitate, a frozen blood clotting product made from plasma primarily to treat hemophiliacs around the world.{{cite book|author1=Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie|author2=Joy Dorothy Harvey|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTSYePZvSXYC&pg=PA1040|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-92040-7|pages=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.{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,871317,00.html|title=South Viet Nam: Toward the Showdown?|date=August 7, 1964|magazine=Time|access-date=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.{{cite book|title=Yearbook on Human Rights for ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSzCbZRAhZ0C|year=1964|publisher=United Nations|page=77}}
  • July 21 – Race riots begin in Singapore between ethnic Chinese and Malays.{{Cite journal|last=Cheng|first=Adeline Low Hwee|date=2001|title=The past in the present: Memories of the 1964 'racial riots' in Singapore|journal=Asian Journal of Social Science|volume=29 |issue=3|pages=431–455|doi=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=

{{main|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.{{cite book|author=Russell D. Buhite|title=Major Crises in Contemporary American Foreign Policy: A Documentary History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iEgaAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-29468-6|page=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.{{cite book|author=Mark Paytress|title=Rolling Stones: Off The Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3blvuxKlxMC&pg=PT94|date=15 December 2009|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-113-4|pages=94}}
  • August 13 – The last judicial hanging in the United Kingdom takes place when murderers Gwynne Owen Evans and Peter Anthony Allen are executed at Walton Prison in Liverpool.{{cite book|author=Peter Hitchens|title=A Brief History of Crime: The Decline of Order, Justice and Liberty in England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3c0uAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Atlantic|isbn=978-1-84354-148-6|page=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.{{cite book|author1=Ngọc Huy Nguyễn|author2=Stephen B. Young|title=Understanding Vietnam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEpwAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=DPC Information Service|page=116}}
  • August 18 – The International Olympic Committee bans South Africa from the Tokyo Olympics on the grounds that its teams are racially segregated.{{cite book|author1=Lincoln Allison|author2=Alan Tomlinson|title=Understanding International Sport Organisations: Principles, power and possibilities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA90|date=27 March 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-59043-9|pages=90}}
  • August 20 – The International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (Intelsat) began to work.
  • August 22 – Goalkeeper Derek Foster 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.{{cite book|author1=Dennis B. Downey|author2=Francis J. Bremer|title=A Guide to the History of Pennsylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEUWAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-25085-9|page=227}}

=September=

{{main|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.{{cite book|author=Pradip Choudhuri|title=The Black Hole: Selected Poems 1964–1989|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hI4hAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Inkblot|isbn=978-0-934301-27-5|page=1}}
  • September 4 – The Forth Road Bridge opens over the Firth of Forth in Scotland.{{cite book|title=Passenger Transport|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1sldAAAAIAAJ|year=1965|publisher=Ian Allan, Modern Transport Publishing Company|page=148}}
  • September 10 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) is founded.{{cite book|author=M.A. van Meerhaeghe|title=International Economic Institutions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H4DsCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA17|date=29 June 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-017-1930-8|pages=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.{{cite book|author=Laurence Cole|title=Dusty Springfield: In the Middle of Nowhere|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NsHAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Middlesex University Press|isbn=978-1-904750-41-3|page=122}}
  • September 14
  • The third period of the Second Vatican Council opens.{{cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/speeches/1964.index.5.html|title=Pope Paul VI - Speeches 1964|website=Vatican|access-date=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.{{cite book|title=Prologue: The Journal of the National Archives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l4uTqTCEizwC&pg=RA1-PA384|year=1992|publisher=National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|pages=1}}
  • September 25 – The Mozambican War of Independence is launched by FRELIMO.{{cite book|title=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 ....|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5wylbq5aIt4C&pg=PA10|year=1976|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=10}}

=October=

{{main|October 1964}}

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=November=

{{main|November 1964}}

=December=

{{main|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.{{cite book|author=Gene Sharp|title=The Politics of Nonviolent Action: The methods of nonviolent action|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2NojAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA373|year=1973|publisher=P. Sargent Publisher|isbn=978-0-87558-071-5|pages=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.{{cite book|author=Alice Mulcahey Fleming|title=Martin Luther King, Jr: A Dream of Hope|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YamfeoGeHpsC&pg=PP6|year=2008|publisher=Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4027-5803-4|pages=6}}
  • December 11 – Che Guevara addresses the United Nations General Assembly.{{cite book|last1=Guevara|first1=Ernesto Che|author-link=Che Guevara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ierlWAqZ_8cC|title=Che: The Diaries of Ernesto Che Guevara|chapter=Chronology of Ernesto Che Guevara|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ierlWAqZ_8cC&pg=PA6|location=North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |publisher=Ocean Press|year=2009|page=6|isbn=978-1920888930|access-date=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.{{cite web |url=http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/pa/docs/wrdb/2000/lowercolumbia.pdf |title=Lower Columbia River Basin |publisher=United States Army Corps of Engineers |access-date=December 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616105833/http://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/pa/docs/wrdb/2000/lowercolumbia.pdf |archive-date=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.{{citation |editor-last=Eden |editor-first=Paul |title=Encyclopedia of Modern Military Aircraft |chapter=General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark/EF-111 Raven |location= London |publisher=Amber Books |date=2004 |isbn=1-904687-84-9|page=197}}
  • December 22
  • A cyclone in the Palk Strait destroys the Indian town of Dhanushkodi, killing 1800 people.{{cite book|author=United States. Naval Oceanographic Office|title=Sailing Directions for the Bay of Bengal: Point Calimere to Laem Pak Phra and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qNlHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA56|year=1966|pages=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.{{cite book|title=Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965|first=Mark|last=Moyar|author-link=Mark Moyar |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2006 |isbn=0-521-86911-0 |location=New York|page=347}}
  • December 30 – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is established as a permanent organ of the UN General Assembly.{{cite book|author=United States Department of State|title=The Department of State Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4R13dJvs0yIC&pg=PA458|year=1965|publisher=Office of Media Services, Bureau of Public Affairs|pages=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. {{cite journal|last=Penzias|first=A. A.|year=2006|title=The origin of elements|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1978/penzias-lecture.pdf|journal=Nobel Lecture|volume=205|issue=4406|pages=549–54|publisher=Nobel Foundation|doi=10.1126/science.205.4406.549|pmid=17729659|access-date=2006-10-04}}
  • Jerome Horwitz synthesizes zidovudine (AZT), an antiviral drug which will later be used in treating HIV.{{cite book|title=Hospital Practice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXtQAQAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=HP Publishing Company|page=19}}
  • Farrington Daniels becomes an early advocate of solar energy in his book Direct Use of the Sun's Energy, published by Yale University Press in the United States.{{cite book|author1=United States Congress. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries|title=Committee Prints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=25IKAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA5-PA605|year=1971|pages=5–}}
  • Rudi Gernreich designs the original monokini topless swimsuit in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://gernreich.steirischerbst.at/pages/bio1.htm|title=Biografie Rudi Gernreich|language=de|publisher=Steirischer Herbst Festival GmbH|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213205151/http://gernreich.steirischerbst.at/pages/bio1.htm|archive-date=February 13, 2016|access-date=2016-02-13}}
  • The Vishva Hindu Pariṣad is founded in India.{{cite book|author=Klaus K. Klostermaier|title=A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DB29DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT11|date=1 October 2014|publisher=Oneworld Publications|isbn=978-1-78074-672-2|pages=11}}

Births

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=January=

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  • January 1 – Moussa Dadis Camara, Guinean general and 3rd President of Guinea
  • January 2 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer (died 2019){{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/pernell-whitaker|title=Pernell Whitaker|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}
  • January 3 – Farid Alakbarli, Azerbaijani scholar, PhD and professor (d. 2021)
  • January 4
  • Alexandre Fadeev, Soviet figure skater
  • Dot-Marie Jones, American actress and retired athlete (competed as Dot Jones)
  • January 5 – Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Spanish golfer{{cite web|url=http://www.miguelangeljimenezgolf.com/About-Miguel-Angel|title=About|website=Miguel Ángel Jiménez|access-date=5 February 2021}}
  • January 6
  • Henry Maske, German boxer{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/henry-maske|title=Henry Maske|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}
  • Anthony Scaramucci, American financier, entrepreneur, and political figure{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-07-24/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-anthony-scaramucci|title=10 Things About Anthony Scaramucci|first=Katelyn|last=Newman|date=July 24, 2017| access-date=January 13, 2019|work=U.S. News & World Report|archive-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190112153805/https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-07-24/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-anthony-scaramucci|url-status=live}}
  • January 7 – Nicolas Cage, American actor{{cite book|author=James Cameron-Wilson|title=Young Hollywood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYQjAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-7266-0|page=31}}
  • January 12 – Jeff Bezos, American Internet entrepreneur{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA82|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=82}}
  • January 13 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
  • January 17 – Michelle Obama, American attorney and author, former First Lady of the United States{{cite book|author=Robin S. Doak|title=Michelle Obama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CX4MBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA6|date=12 March 2015|publisher=Raintree|isbn=978-1-4062-7399-1|pages=6}}
  • January 18
  • Brady Anderson, American baseball player
  • Carmen Aristegui, Mexican journalist and news anchor
  • January 19 – Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer and songwriter
  • January 20
  • Koko Pimentel, Filipino politician, 28th President of the Senate of the Philippines{{cite web |title=Aquilino Martin "Koko" dela Llana Pimentel III |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926200949/http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen_bio/pimentel_koko_resume18th.asp |archive-date=September 26, 2020|url=http://legacy.senate.gov.ph/senators/sen_bio/pimentel_koko_resume18th.asp|website=Senate of the Philippines |access-date=1 February 2021}}
  • January 23 – Mariska Hargitay, American actress
  • January 27 – Bridget Fonda, American actress{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA95|date=14 February 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-94859-3|pages=95}}
  • January 31 – Jeff Hanneman, American rock guitarist (Slayer) (died 2013){{Cite web|first1=Graham |last1=Hartmann|date=January 31, 2014|title=Slayer Commemorate 50th Birthday of the Late Jeff Hanneman|url=https://loudwire.com/slayer-commemorate-50th-birthday-late-guitarist-jeff-hanneman/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Loudwire|language=en}}

=February=

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  • February 1 – Eli Ohana, Israeli football player and club chairman{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=%22Eli+Ohana%22+1964+february&pg=PA32|title=Day by Day in Jewish Sports History|first=Bob|last=Wechsler|date=August 18, 2008|publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc.|isbn=9780881259698 |via=Google Books}}
  • February 5
  • Laura Linney, American actress
  • Duff McKagan, American rock musician and songwriter{{cite book|author=Duff McKagan|title=It's So Easy: And Other Lies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8I4fw88skq0C&pg=PA21|date=20 March 2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4516-0664-5|pages=21}}
  • February 10
  • Francesca Neri, Italian actress
  • Glenn Beck, American political commentator
  • February 15 − Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (died 1997){{cite book|author=Paul Donnelley|title=Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EmYcAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Omnibus|isbn=978-0-7119-7984-0|page=202}}
  • February 16
  • Bebeto, Brazilian footballer{{NFT player|id=13642}}
  • Christopher Eccleston, British actor{{cite book|author1=Chase's Calendar of Events|author2=McGraw-Hill|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-j7ZyqfsS6MC|date=September 2006|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-146818-3|page=134}}
  • Valentina Yegorova, Russian distance runner{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/valentina-yegorova|title=Valentina Yegorova|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}
  • February 18 − Matt Dillon, American actor and film director
  • February 19
  • Doug Aldrich, American guitarist
  • Jennifer Doudna, American biochemist{{cite book|author=H. W. Wilson|title=Current Biography Yearbook 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6csV7c-tcxMC|year=2006|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-1056-4|page=130}}
  • February 20 − Rudi Garcia, French football manager{{cite web |title=R. Garcia |url=https://ca.soccerway.com/coaches/rudi-garcia/110849/ |website=soccerway.com |publisher=Soccer way}}
  • February 22
  • Gigi Fernández, American tennis player{{cite web |title=Gigi Fernandez |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/60014/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}
  • Ben Aaronovitch, English author and screenwriter
  • February 24 – Yudas Sabaggalet, Indonesian politician{{cite web |last1=Kurnia |first1=Reski |title=Lebih Dekat Dengan Bupati Mentawai Dua Periode Yudas Sabaggalet |url=https://www.nawacitapost.com/tokoh/amp/2751283/lebih-dekat-dengan-bupati-mentawai-dua-periode-yudas-sabaggalet |website=nawacitapost.com |publisher=Nawacita Post |access-date=30 March 2024}}
  • February 27 – Todd Bodine, American racing driver

=March=

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  • March 7
  • Bret Easton Ellis, American author{{cite book|author1=Clifford Thompson|author2=H. W. Wilson|title=World Authors 1990–1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cWoYAAAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-0956-8|page=215}}
  • Vladimir Smirnov, Kazakh cross-country skier{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/vladimir-smirnov|title=Vladimir Smirnov|website=IOC|access-date=January 18, 2021}}
  • Wanda Sykes, African-American comedian and actress
  • March 8 – Bob Bergen, American voice actor
  • March 9 – Juliette Binoche, French actress
  • March 10
  • Edith Lucie Bongo, First Lady of Gabon (died 2009)
  • Neneh Cherry, Swedish-born singer-songwriter
  • Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, British prince and third son (youngest child) of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
  • March 11 – Peter Berg, American director, producer, writer, and actor
  • March 16
  • Pascal Richard, Swiss road bicycle racer{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/pascal-richard|title=Pascal Richard|website=IOC|access-date=January 18, 2021}}
  • Gore Verbinski, American film director
  • March 17 – Rob Lowe, American actor{{cite book|author=Rodale, Inc.|title=Best Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6cYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA78|date=August 2008|publisher=Rodale, Inc.|pages=78}}
  • March 18 – Bonnie Blair, American speed skater{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/bonnie-blair|title=Bonnie Blair|website=IOC|access-date=3 January 2021}}
  • March 20 – Natacha Atlas, Egyptian-Belgian singer
  • March 24 – Liz McColgan, British long-distance runner athlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/elizabeth-mccolgan-lynch|title=Elizabeth McColgan-Lynch|website=IOC|access-date=4 January 2021}}
  • March 30
  • Vera Zimmermann, Brazilian actress
  • Tracy Chapman, African-American singer{{cite book|author=Jessie Carney Smith|title=Notable Black American Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&pg=PA89|year=1992|publisher=VNR AG|isbn=978-0-8103-9177-2|pages=89}}

=April=

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  • April 1 – Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
  • April 3
  • Nigel Farage, British politician{{cite web |title=Nigel Farage |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Nigel-Farage |website=britannica.com |date=September 24, 2023 |publisher=Britannica}}
  • Bjarne Riis, Danish cyclist{{cite book|author=Giles Belbin|title=Tour de France Champions: An A-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gl_WDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT200|date=3 July 2020|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0-7509-9538-2|pages=200}}
  • Yelena Ruzina, Russian Olympic athlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/yelena-ruzina|title=Yelena Ruzina|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}
  • April 4 – David Cross, American actor and comedian{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/david-cross-11026476|title=David Cross Biography: Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian (1964–)|publisher=Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks)|access-date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=April 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421061231/http://www.biography.com/people/david-cross-11026476|url-status=dead}}
  • April 5 – Steve Beaton, English darts player
  • April 6 – David Woodard, American conductor
  • April 7 – Russell Crowe, New Zealand-born actor
  • April 10 – Hiroshi Tsuburaya, Japanese actor (died 2001)
  • April 11 – Steve Azar, American singer and philanthropist
  • April 14 – Jim Grabb, American tennis player{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_j1DwAAQBAJ&q=jim+grabb+1964&pg=PA227|title=Jewish Sports Legends: The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|first=Joseph|last=Siegman|date=2020|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=9781496201881|via=Google Books}}
  • April 16 – Esbjörn Svensson Swedish jazz pianist (d. 2008){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jun/17/jazz.obituaries|title=Esbjörn Svensson|date=17 June 2008|author=John Fordham|website=The Guardian|access-date=4 October 2022}}
  • April 17
  • Maynard James Keenan, American rock musician (Tool){{cite web | url=https://madison.com/birthday-maynard-james-keenan/image_cdd7c234-2127-11e7-acfe-834d7bdb4153.html | title=Birthday: Maynard James Keenan | date=April 14, 2017 }}
  • Rachel Notley, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta 2015–2019{{cite book|author1=Sydney Sharpe|author2=Don Braid|title=Notley Nation: How Alberta's Political Upheaval Swept the Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=409kCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84|date=5 November 2016|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-4597-3604-7|pages=84}}
  • Tahmasib Ajdarov, Azerbaijani-Ukrainian scientist
  • April 19 – Giovanni Alberto Agnelli, Italian businessman and of the Agnelli family (d. 1997)
  • April 20
  • John Carney, American football player{{Cite pro-football-reference|name=John Carney|id=C/carnejoh01 |accessdate=November 13, 2022}}
  • Crispin Glover, American actor
  • Andy Serkis, English actor
  • April 21
  • Ludmila Engquist, Russian-born Swedish hurdler{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/ludmila-engquist|title=Ludmila Engquist|website=IOC|access-date=January 15, 2021}}
  • Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi footballer (d. 2020){{NFT player|id=17330}}
  • April 22 – Estelle Asmodelle, Australian model, actress, and transgender activist
  • April 24
  • Cedric the Entertainer, American actor and comedian
  • Djimon Hounsou, Beninese actor and model{{cite web|title=Djimon Hounsou: Biography|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/djimon-hounsou/147508|work=TV Guide|access-date=November 22, 2012|archive-date=June 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611054750/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/djimon-hounsou/147508|url-status=live}}
  • April 25 – Hank Azaria, American actor, voice artist and comedian
  • April 28 – L'Wren Scott, American fashion designer (d. 2014)
  • April 30
  • Abhishek Chatterjee, Indian actor
  • Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur and businessman

=May=

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  • May 1 – Yvonne van Gennip, Dutch speed-skater{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/yvonne-van-gennip|title=Yvonne van Gennip|website=IOC|access-date=February 5, 2021}}
  • May 5
  • Heike Henkel, German Olympic athlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/heike-henkel|title=Heike Henkel|website=IOC|access-date=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 Guild{{cite book|author=Patti Davis|title=The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjKR4RaO-7AC&pg=PA20|date=May 2010|publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com|isbn=978-1-4587-7222-0|pages=20}}
  • May 10 – Emmanuelle Devos, French actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.allocine.fr//personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=2376.html?nopub=1#|title=Emmanuelle Devos|website=AlloCiné}}
  • May 12 – Julius Maada Bio, 5th president of Sierra Leone
  • May 13 – Stephen Colbert, American comedian, political commentator, and television personality; host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
  • May 17 – Nancy Benoit, American professional wrestling manager and model (d. 2007)
  • May 19
  • Gitanas Nausėda, president of Lithuania[https://www.concordia.net/community/h-e-gitanas-nauseda/ H.E. GITANAS NAUSĖDA]
  • Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian footballer (died 1989)
  • Michael Blake, Canadian-American saxophonist, composer and arranger
  • May 20 – Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, British aristocrat, author, print journalist and broadcaster. Younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales.{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXaIAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-27-8|page=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 swimmer{{cite web|title=Adrian Moorhouse|url=https://www.olympic.org/adrian-moorhouse|website=IOC|access-date=January 12, 2021}}
  • David I. Adelman, American businessman, lawyer and diplomat
  • May 25 – Ray Stevenson, Northern Irish-born actor (d. 2023)
  • May 26 – Lenny Kravitz, American singer, songwriter, and actor{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dL3UwZjGbC0C|date=16 October 2009|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-170191-4|page=293}}
  • May 28
  • Jeff Fenech, Australian boxer{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/jeffrey-fenech|title=Jeffrey Fenech|website=IOC|access-date=2 January 2021}}
  • David Baddiel, English comedian and writer
  • May 29 – Arumugam Thondaman, Sri Lankan politician (died 2020)
  • May 30 – Tom Morello, American musician and political activist (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Prophets of Rage)

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  • June 3 – James Purefoy, British actor
  • June 7 – Gia Carides, Greek-Australian actress
  • June 9 – Gloria Reuben, Canadian-American actress{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9|page=319}}
  • June 10
  • Ben Daniels, English actor{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2005/may/17/furthereducation.uk2|title=College Days|website=The Guardian|date=May 17, 2005|access-date=24 February 2021}}
  • Vincent Perez, Swiss actor, director and photographer
  • June 11 – Jean Alesi, French former racing driver who competed in Formula One
  • June 13
  • Kathy Burke, English actress and comedian{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/Player/Player_Page/0,,43029,00.html|title=Kathy Burke|website=The Guardian|access-date=August 25, 2021}}
  • Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Lithuanian basketball player{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/-arunas-marciulionis|title=[S]arunas Marciulionis|website=IOC|access-date=11 February 2021}}
  • June 15
  • Courteney Cox, American actress
  • Michael Laudrup, Danish footballer and manager
  • June 17 – Michael Gross, German swimmer{{cite web |title=Michael Gross – Olympic Swimming |url=https://www.olympic.org/michael-gross |publisher=International Olympic Committee |access-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124214334/https://www.olympic.org/michael-gross |archive-date=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 20 – Ethella Chupryk, Ukrainian pianist (d. 2019)
  • June 21
  • Dean Saunders, Welsh football manager and former professional footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/saunders/|title=Liverpool FC profile|website=Liverpool FC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525114154/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/past_players/players/saunders/|access-date=February 28, 2022|archive-date=May 25, 2007}}
  • Kiyoshi Okuma, Japanese football player and manager
  • June 22
  • Dan Brown, American author
  • Miroslav Kadlec, Czech football defender
  • Nico Jalink, Dutch footballer and football manager
  • Hiroshi Abe, Japanese model and actor
  • June 23
  • Astrid Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan actress
  • Joss Whedon, American screenwriter{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/joss-whedon-17181746|title=Joss Whedon Biography: Screenwriter (1964–)|publisher=Biography.com (FYI / A&E Networks)|access-date=March 30, 2017|archive-date=May 9, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150509110239/http://www.biography.com/people/joss-whedon-17181746|url-status=live}}
  • June 24 – Günther Mader, Austrian alpine ski racer
  • June 25 – Johnny Herbert, English racing driver
  • June 26 – Tommi Mäkinen, Finnish rally driver
  • June 28 – Husna Ahmad, Pakistan-born British humanitarian and writer
  • June 30 – Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg, Danish aristocrat

=July=

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  • July 1
  • Yu Long, Chinese conductor
  • Bernard Laporte, French rugby player and coach
  • Loli Sánchez, Spanish basketball player
  • Chie Satō, Japanese voice actress
  • Dan Bishop, American politician and attorney
  • July 2 – Jose and Ozzie Canseco, Cuban-born American baseball players; twin brothers
  • July 3
  • Joanne Harris, English novelist
  • Aleksei Serebryakov, Russian-Canadian actor
  • Yeardley Smith, American actress, voice actress, comedian, writer and artist
  • July 4 – Edi Rama, 33rd Prime Minister of Albania{{cite book|author=Nick Heath-Brown|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2016: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDkUDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA91|date=7 February 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-57823-8|pages=91}}
  • July 5 – Stephen H. Scott, Canadian neuroscientist and engineer
  • July 6 – Kim Jee-woon, South Korean film director and screenwriter
  • July 9 – Courtney Love, American musician/actress
  • July 11 – Goran Radaković, Serbian actor
  • July 13 – Pascal Hervé, French road racing cyclist{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/herve-pascal| title=Hervé Pascal|website=IOC|access-date=February 16, 2021}}
  • July 15
  • Tetsuji Hashiratani, Japanese football player and manager
  • Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji, Malaysian politician
  • July 16 – Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclist{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/miguel-indurain|title=Miguel Indurain|website=IOC|access-date=11 February 2021}}
  • July 18 – Wendy Williams, African-American talk show host{{cite web |title=Wendy Williams: Talk Show Host, Radio Talk Show Host (1964–)| url= http://www.biography.com/people/wendy-williams-524056|access-date=May 14, 2013| publisher=Biography.com|archive-date=March 22, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180322223610/https://www.biography.com/people/wendy-williams-524056|url-status=live}}
  • July 19
  • Teresa Edwards, American basketball player{{cite book |title=Basketball: A Biographical Dictionary |editor=David L. Porter |publisher=Greenwood Press |date=2005 |isbn=978-0-313-30952-6|pages=129–130}}
  • Miyeegombyn Enkhbold, Mongolian politician
  • July 20
  • Chris Cornell, American singer (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog) (died 2017)
  • Deon Lotz, South African actor
  • July 24
  • Barry Bonds, African-American baseball player{{cite book|author=John Bloom|title=Barry Bonds: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFQ7T_ijPKQC&pg=PA4|year=2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-32955-5|pages=4}}
  • Pedro Passos Coelho, 118th Prime Minister of Portugal {{cite book|author=B. Turner|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2014: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5PlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1009|date=12 January 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-59643-0|pages=1009}}
  • July 25 – Anne Applebaum, American journalist and historian
  • July 26
  • Sandra Bullock, American actress and film producer{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA384|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=384}}
  • Ancelma Perlacios, Bolivian politician and trade unionist
  • Anne Provoost, Belgian author
  • July 28 – Lori Loughlin, American actress{{cite magazine |url= https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lori-loughlin-162712/bio/ |title=Lori Loughlin |magazine= TV Guide|access-date= March 2, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150302171908/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lori-loughlin-162712/bio/ |archive-date= March 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}
  • July 30
  • Vivica A. Fox, American actress
  • Jürgen Klinsmann, German football player and manager{{cite book|author=Keir Radnedge|title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Soccer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9tcZAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Universe Pub.|isbn=978-0-7893-0670-8|page=212}}
  • July 31 – C.C. Catch, Dutch-born German singer

=August=

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  • August 1 – Natalya Shikolenko, Belarusian javelin thrower{{cite web |title=Natalya SHIKOLENKO |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/belarus/natalya-shikolenko-14269624 |website=World Athletics }}
  • August 2 – Mary-Louise Parker, American actress{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA396|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=396}}
  • August 3
  • Lucky Dube, South African reggae musician (died 2007){{cite book|author=Guy Henderson|title=Crazy world: a tribute to Lucky Dube|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjVEAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Shuter & Shooter|page=3|isbn=9780796035172}}
  • Abhisit Vejjajiva, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand{{cite book|author=B. Turner|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2012: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZLlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1210|date=12 January 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-59051-3|pages=1210}}
  • August 7 – John Birmingham, British-born Australian author
  • August 8 – Giuseppe Conte, Italian Prime Minister
  • August 15 – Melinda Gates, American philanthropist{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Paul |date=November 25, 2006 |title=A woman of substance |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/26/theobserver |access-date=February 10, 2020 |website=The Guardian}}
  • August 17
  • Deen Castronovo, American drummer{{cite news|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/columns/drummer-deen-castronovo-on-revolution-saints-lp-and-a-journey-flip-side |title=Drummer Deen Castronovo on Revolution Saints LP and a Journey flip side |work=Goldmine magazine |last=Kurtz |first=Warren |date=May 22, 2023 |access-date=June 22, 2023 |quote=I got a call from Neal on my birthday, August 17, 2021.}}
  • Jorginho, Brazilian professional football manager and player
  • August 22 – Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/W023/overview|title=Mats Wilander|website=ATP|access-date=8 January 2021}}
  • August 24 – Salizhan Sharipov, Russian cosmonaut and astronaut{{cite web|url=https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Eneide_-_Vittori_mission/ISS_Expedition_Ten_biographies |title=ISS Expedition Ten biographies |work=European Space Agency |access-date=June 22, 2023}}
  • August 25
  • Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician{{cite book|author=Daniel Iagolnitzer|title=Fields Medallists' Lectures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qUVpDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA713|year=2003|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=9812382593|pages=713}}
  • Azmin Ali, Malaysian politician
  • August 26 – Torsten Schmitz, German boxer
  • August 27 – Paul Bernardo, Canadian serial rapist and serial killer
  • August 28 – Robert Abbott, American film director and TV producer

=September=

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  • September 2 – Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor{{cite book|author=Brian J. Robb|title=Keanu Reeves: An Excellent Adventure|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WBZAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Plexus|isbn=978-0-85965-245-2|page=15}}
  • September 6 – Rosie Perez, American actress and comedian
  • September 7
  • Eazy-E, American rapper and record producer (d. 1995){{cite web|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/eric_l_wright_born_1964_9042083|title=Eric L Wright, Born 09/07/1964 in California|publisher=California Birth Index|access-date=October 9, 2015}}
  • Andy Hug, Swiss Seidokaikan karateka and kickboxer (died 2000){{cite book|author=Active Interest Media, Inc.|title=Black Belt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h88DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PP16|date=December 2000|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|pages=16}}
  • September 10
  • Raymond Cruz, American actor{{cite web | url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/09/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-september-10-2024-includes-celebrities-ryan-phillippe-chris-columbus.html?outputType=amp | title=Famous birthdays list for today, September 10, 2024 includes celebrities Ryan Phillippe, Chris Columbus | date=September 10, 2024 }}
  • Jack Ma, Chinese business magnate and billionaire internet entrepreneur
  • Yegor Letov, Russian singer (d. 2008){{cite web|year=2008|title=Yegor Letov: 'Father of Russian punk'|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/yegor-letov-father-of-russian-punk-787304.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626131432/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/yegor-letov-father-of-russian-punk-787304.html|archive-date=26 June 2015|work=The Guardian}}
  • September 13 – Simegnew Bekele, Ethiopian engineer and public administrator (died 2018)
  • September 15 – Robert Fico, Prime Minister of Slovakia
  • September 16 – Molly Shannon, American actress
  • September 19
  • Yvonne Vera, Zimbabwean actress (died 2005)
  • Trisha Yearwood, American country singer{{cite web | url = http://www.biography.com/people/trisha-yearwood-9542124 | title = Trisha Yearwood Biography | publisher= The Biography Channel / A+E Networks | access-date= December 12, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105052442/https://www.biography.com/people/trisha-yearwood-9542124|archive-date=January 5, 2014}}
  • September 20 – Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress
  • September 21 – Jorge Drexler, Uruguayan musician
  • September 23
  • Josefa Idem, German-born Italian kayaker
  • Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
  • September 24 – Abul Kalam Azad, Indian photographer
  • September 25
  • Marc Benioff, American Internet entrepreneur and philanthropist{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLOBDwAAQBAJ&dq=Marc+Benioff+1964&pg=PA40|title=IT Laws in the Era of Cloud-Computing: A Comparative Analysis between EU and US Law on the Case Study of Data Protection and Privacy|first=Xenofon|last=Kontargyris|date=December 10, 2018|publisher=Nomos Verlag|isbn=9783845295626 |via=Google Books}}
  • Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer and voice actress
  • Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Spanish novelist (died 2020)
  • September 27 – Stephan Jenkins, American singer and rock musician (Third Eye Blind){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Nlu-mYCxXgC&dq=stephan+jenkins+1964&pg=PA180|title=Your Birthday, Your Card|first=Robert Lee|last=Camp|date=February 9, 2008|publisher=Sourcebooks, Inc.|isbn=9781402212925 |via=Google Books}}
  • September 28
  • Gregoria Díaz, Venezuelan journalist (died 2023){{Cite web|url=http://efectococuyo.com/la-humanidad/gregoria-diaz-se-fue-sin-pedir-permiso/|title=Gregoria Díaz se fue sin pedir permiso|access-date=2023-09-27|last=Rodríguez Rosas|first=Ronny|date=2023-08-27|website=Efecto Cocuyo}}
  • Janeane Garofalo, American actress and comedian
  • Candice Bergen, Canadian politician
  • September 30
  • Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and model
  • Trey Anastasio, American musician

=October=

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  • October 2 – Makharbek Khadartsev, Russian free-style wrestler{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/makharbek-khadartsev|title=Makharbek Khadartsev|website=IOC|access-date=January 21, 2021}}
  • October 3 – Clive Owen, English actor{{cite book|title=Film Review: Special|publisher=Visual Imagination Limited|year=2005|page=34}}
  • October 4 – Yvonne Murray, Scottish athlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/yvonne-murray| title=Yvonne Murray|website=IOC|access-date=February 16, 2021}}
  • October 6 – Tom Jager, American swimmer{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/thomas-jager|title=Thomas Jager|website=IOC|access-date=January 19, 2021}}
  • October 9
  • Guillermo del Toro, Mexican film director{{cite news|url=http://www.gaceta.udg.mx/Hemeroteca/paginas/475/475_O2-5.pdf|title=El laberinto del Toro|last=Betancourt|first=José Díaz|work=La gaceta|publisher=University of Guadalajara|date=19 March 2007|access-date=27 February 2018|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125135318/http://www.gaceta.udg.mx/Hemeroteca/paginas/475/475_O2-5.pdf|archive-date=25 January 2018|url-status=dead}}
  • Martín Jaite, Argentine tennis player{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/martin-jaite/j004/overview|title=Martin Jaite | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}
  • October 10 – Maxi Gnauck, German gymnast{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/maxi-gnauck| title=Maxi Gnauck|website=IOC|access-date=4 January 2021}}
  • October 20 – Kamala Harris, politician and attorney, 49th vice president of the United States{{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/04/where-was-kamala-harris-born/75058806007/|title=Where was Kamala Harris born? A brief look at her background.|date=September 4, 2024|author=Victor Hagan|website=USA Today|access-date=September 13, 2024}}
  • October 22
  • Dražen Petrović, Croatian basketball player (died 1993)
  • Paul McStay, Scottish footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=299|title=Paul McStay|website=Scottish FA|access-date=11 January 2021}}
  • October 24 – Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer and composer
  • October 25
  • Nicole Seibert, German singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1982 winner{{cite web|url=https://www.nicole-4-u.de/biografie/|title=Biography|website=Nicole official website|access-date=19 January 2021}}
  • Andreas Münzer, Austrian bodybuilder (died 1996)
  • October 26 – Elisabeta Lipă, Romanian rower{{cite web |title=Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39517 |website=olympedia.org}}
  • October 27 – Mary T. Meagher, American swimmer{{cite web |title=Mary T. Meagher |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51118 |website=olympedia.org}}
  • October 31 – Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer and manager

=November=

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  • November 1 – Nita Ambani, Indian businesswoman and philanthropist
  • November 3 – Paprika Steen, Danish actress{{cite web|url=http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnfnavn&p_parmlist=navneid=5131|title=Paprika Steen|website=Danish Film Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506215406/http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnfnavn&p_parmlist=navneid=5131|language=da|access-date=19 January 2021|archive-date=May 6, 2008}}
  • November 11 – Calista Flockhart, American actress
  • November 12
  • David Ellefson, American rock bassist (Megadeth)
  • Michael Kremer, American development economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2019/kremer/facts/|title=Michael Kremer Facts|website=Novel Prize|access-date=4 January 2021}}
  • November 16
  • Diana Krall, Canadian jazz pianist and singer{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA558|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=558}}
  • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Italian-French actress
  • November 19 – Phil Hughes, Irish footballer and coach
  • November 20 – Doug Ford, 26th Premier of Ontario{{cite book|author1=Rob Ford|author2=Doug Ford|title=Ford Nation: Two Brothers, One Vision|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8x8GDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT12|date=22 November 2016|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-1-4434-5177-2|pages=12}}
  • November 22 – Apetor, Norwegian YouTuber (d. 2021){{cite web |title=Tor Eckhoff |website=vareminnesider.no |url=https://boebegravelse.vareminnesider.no/memorial_page/print_funeral_info.php?order_id=3952528&sign=d99499ac49a77985945a04f0ccb4db5a}}
  • November 23
  • Erika Buenfil, Mexican actress and singer{{cite web|website=Alpha Life.me|url=https://www.alphalife.me/erika-buenfil-net-worth-biography|title=Erika Buenfil Net Worth & Biography|access-date=August 24, 2019|archive-date=November 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104000527/https://www.alphalife.me/erika-buenfil-net-worth-biography|url-status=usurped}}
  • Steve Alford, American basketball coach and player
  • November 24 – Conleth Hill, Irish actor
  • November 26 – Vreni Schneider, Swiss alpine skier{{cite book | last = Mallon | first = Bill | title = Historical dictionary of the Olympic movement | publisher = Scarecrow Press | location = Lanham, Md | year = 2006 | isbn = 9780810865242 | page=264}}
  • November 27 – Ronit Elkabetz, Israeli actress, writer and filmmaker (died 2016)
  • November 28
  • Giorgi Bagaturov, Georgian-Armenian chess grandmaster
  • Oscar Muñoz, Colombian wrestler
  • Michael Bennet, American attorney, businessman, and politician
  • November 29 – Don Cheadle, African-American actor{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA576|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=576}}

=December=

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  • December 1 – Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer (d. 2024){{NFT player | 14956| Salvatore Schillaci }}
  • December 4
  • Sertab Erener, Turkish singer-songwriter, Eurovision Song Contest 2003 winner
  • Marisa Tomei, American actress{{cite book|author=|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA585|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=585}}
  • December 8
  • Teri Hatcher, American actress, writer, presenter and singer
  • James Blundell, Australian singer
  • December 9 – Paul Landers, German rock musician (Rammstein){{Cite web|date=2019-12-05|title=Zeitsprung: Am 9.12.1964 kommt Paul Landers von Rammstein zur Welt.|url=https://www.udiscover-music.de/popkultur/paul-landers-rammstein-geburtstag|access-date=2020-12-14|website=udiscover-music.de|language=de|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121193646/https://www.udiscover-music.de/popkultur/paul-landers-rammstein-geburtstag|url-status=dead}}
  • December 10 – Edith González, Mexican actress (died 2019){{cite web|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2019/06/13/telenovela-star-edith-gonzalez-dies-54-ovarian-cancer/1451679001/|title=Telenovela star Edith González dies at 54 of ovarian cancer|date=June 13, 2019|author=Berenice Bautista|website=USA Today|access-date=October 26, 2021}}
  • December 13 – Hide, Japanese musician (died 1998){{cite book|author=James F Hopgood|title=The Making of Saints: Contesting Sacred Ground|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGZCRFOdZP4C&pg=PA144|date=24 April 2005|publisher=University of Alabama Press|isbn=978-0-8173-5179-3|pages=144}}
  • December 16 – Heike Drechsler, German track-and-field athlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/heike-drechsler |title=Heike Drechsler|website=IOC|access-date=21 January 2021}}
  • December 18
  • Stone Cold Steve Austin, American professional wrestler and actor{{cite book|author=Scott Edelman|title=Texas Rattlesnake: The Unfiltered, Completely Unauthorized Story of Steve Austin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9Bek4KHqKIC|year=2000|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-345-44146-1|page=24}}
  • Pierre Nkurunziza, 8th President of Burundi (died 2020){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/12/pierre-nkurunziza-obituary|title=Pierre Nkurunziza obituary|date=June 12, 2020|author=Vava Tampa|website=The Guardian|access-date=October 26, 2021}}
  • December 19 – Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player{{basketball stats|nba=717}}
  • December 23 – Eddie Vedder, American rock singer (Pearl Jam){{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd2bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61535-329-3|pages=73}}
  • December 29 – Josh Harris, American investor and sports team owner{{cite web |title=Commanders notch first playoff berth under Harris |url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/12/30/washington-commanders |website=Sports Business Journal |access-date=December 30, 2024 |date=December 30, 2024}}

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Deaths

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=January=

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=February=

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=March=

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  • Muhammad Umar, Afghan minister of defense (born 1898)
  • March 6 – King Paul of Greece (born 1901)
  • March 9 – Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (born 1870)
  • March 12 – Abbās al-Aqqād, Egyptian journalist (born 1889)
  • March 18
  • Sigfrid Edström, Swedish industrialist, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1870)
  • Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (born 1894){{Cite journal|doi = 10.1063/1.2216967|title = Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics Dark Hero of the Information Age: In Search of Norbert Wiener, the Father of Cybernetics, Flo Conway and Jim Siegelman, Basic Books, New York, 2005. $27.50 (423 pp.). ISBN 0-7382-0368-8|year = 2006|last1 = Brown|first1 = Alexander F.|journal = Physics Today|volume = 59|issue = 5|pages = 59–60|doi-access = free}}
  • March 19 – Leo Maximilian Baginski, German entrepreneur (born 1891)
  • March 20 – Brendan Behan, Irish poet and writer (born 1923){{cite book|author=E.H. Mikhail|title=Brendan Behan: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfGxCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38|date=18 June 1980|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|isbn=978-1-349-05115-1|pages=38}}
  • March 23 – Peter Lorre, Hungarian-born actor (born 1904){{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-peter-lorre-19640324-story.html|title=From the Archives: Movie Villain Peter Lorre Found Dead in His Hollywood Apartment|date=24 March 1964|newspaper=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){{Cite web|url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/larsen-nella-1891-1963/|title=Nella Larsen (1891–1963) •|first=Doris Richardson|last=Johnson|date=January 19, 2007}}

=April=

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=May=

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=June=

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=July=

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=August=

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=September=

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=October=

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=November=

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=December=

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Nobel Prizes

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