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• Louis Lacroix, Schiedam († 1964)
• Marinus Cornelis van den Berge, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Marinus Cornelis van den Berge, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Denis A. Royer, Sint-Truiden, België († 2012)
• Antjo Redmer Meijerhof († 1964)
• Axel Tjeard Terpstra, Vilvoorde, Brabant, Belgium († 1966)
• Benjamin Kouters, Roermond († 1964)
• Roy L Chilson, Troy Bradfor, Pennsylvania († 1981)
• Geoffrey William Hemmes, Australia († 2004)
• Colin Brett Brennan, Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia († 1964)

• Adriana Johanna VLEUT (74), Sassenheim
• Arentje van Duijvenvoorde (82), Katwijk
• Benancio Monios (64), Torrence, Los Angeles, CA
• Arentje van Duijvenvoorde (82), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adelaide M. Keethers (64)
• Antonius Maria Josephus Johannes Smits van Waesberghe (65), Breda
• Andries Schieving (49), Utrecht
• Anna van der Vlag (86), Emmen,Gemeente Emmen,Drenthe,Nederland
• Adriana Marijgje Oskam (87), Nieuwerbrug
• Adriana Janna Dieleman (63), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland

• 1963 » Coolio, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1963 » Dean Wareham, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 » Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor and producer
• 1963 » John Carroll Lynch, American actor
• 1963 » Koichi Wakata, Japanese astronaut and engineer
• 1964 » Adam Duritz, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1964 » Augusta Read Thomas, American composer, conductor and educator
• 1964 » Fiona Hyslop, Scottish businesswoman and politician
• 1965 » Brandt Jobe, American golfer
• 1965 » Sam Mendes, English director and producer

• 1959 » Jean Behra, French race car driver (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)
• 1967 » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1970 » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (b. 1893)
• 1974 » Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (b. 1898)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Monique
6. Yvonne
7. Cornelia
8. Jolanda
9. Anita
10. Ingrid
11. Karin
12. Catharina
13. Jacqueline
14. Wilhelmina
15. Petra
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 17 » In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
• February 27 » The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
• July 2 » Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
• August 4 » Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
• August 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USSTiconderoga and USSConstellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
• September 13 » South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.

The temperature on August 1, 1964 was between 13.1 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.