About the day » Tuesday May 12, 1964Calender converter

• David Jon Morrison, Inyo, California, United States († 2009)
• Rene Willem Huis († 1982)
• Maarten de Bruijckere, Amsterdam († 1985)
• Colin Athol JONES († 2016)
• Oosthoek, Den Haag
• Boy MURFET, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1964)
• Gerrit Mattheus Jochems, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrikus Johannes Dominicus Maria van den Bos, Almelo († 1974)
• Adriana Mazina Wegerif, Creil († 2010)
• Rob SCHURING, Rhenen,Utrecht,Nederland († 1983)

• Claude Wayne Hayes (51)
• Anna Maria Francisica Venmans (64)
• Adrianus van Loon (61), Roosendaal (Roosendaal en Nispen) (Noord-Brabant)
• Carolina Blom (92), Leiden
• Berend Jan ter Weele (84), Hengelo
• Catharina Maria Scholte (79), Hasselo, 7558, Nederland
• Boy MURFET (0)
• Albertien Jurriens Spier (62), Beilen
• anna maria fransisca venmans (64), tilburg
• Dirk Telman (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1962 » Brett Gurewitz, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1962 » Emilio Estevez, American actor
• 1962 » Gregory H. Johnson, English-born American astronaut
• 1963 » Gavin Hood, South African actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 » Panagiotis Fasoulas, Greek basketball player and politician
• 1963 » Stefano Modena, Italian race car driver
• 1963 » Vanessa A. Williams, American actress and producer
• 1964 » Pierre Morel, French director and cinematographer
• 1965 » Renée Simonsen, Danish model and writer
• 1965 » Stacy Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1971 » Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (b. 1901)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Ronald
6. John
7. Cornelis
8. Hendrik
9. Paul
10. Pieter
11. Marcel
12. Mark
13. Richard
14. Gerrit
15. Johan
16. Willem

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Monique
6. Yvonne
7. Cornelia
8. Jolanda
9. Anita
10. Ingrid
11. Karin
12. Jacqueline
13. Wilhelmina
14. Petra
15. Catharina
16. Caroline

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
• February 9 » The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
• July 19 » Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
• September 13 » Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne.
• October 27 » Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech launches his political career and comes to be known as "A Time for Choosing".
• November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
• November 28 » Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.

The temperature on May 12, 1964 was between 8.4 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.