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1964 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2048. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1964 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1964

• February 13, 1964 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Dragon in Chinese astrology.
• February 29, 1964 – In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds).
• April 21, 1964 – A Transit-5bn satellite fails to reach orbit after launch; as it re-enters the atmosphere, 2.1 lb of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTG power source is widely dispersed.
• September 13, 1964 – South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.
• September 25, 1964 – The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
• October 17, 1964 – Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies opens the artificial Lake Burley Griffin in the middle of the capital Canberra.
• October 26, 1964 – Eric Edgar Cooke becomes last person in Western Australia to be executed.
• October 29, 1964 – A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is “Murph the surf”) from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
• December 5, 1964 – Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
• December 19, 1964 – The South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyễn Khánh dissolve the High National Council and arrest some of the members.

Who Were Born On 1964?

• January 14, 1964 – Shepard Smith, American journalist
• January 17, 1964 – Andy Rourke, English bass player (The Smiths and Freebass)
• January 30, 1964 – Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager
• February 26, 1964 – Mark Dacascos, American actor and martial artist
• February 28, 1964 – Fernando del Valle, American tenor and actor
• April 28, 1964 – Barry Larkin, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• June 6, 1964 – Jay Bentley, American singer and bass player (Bad Religion)
• June 21, 1964 – Dimitris Papaioannou, Greek director and choreographer
• December 13, 1964 – Hideto Matsumoto, Japanese musician, singer and songwriter (X Japan and Zilch) (d. 1998)
• December 18, 1964 – Don Beebe, American football player and coach