About the day » Friday August 21, 1964Calender converter

• Theodora Aleida Berdina (Thea) Lamers († 1991)
• Kahty Jane Russell, Burks Falls, Ontario, Canada († 2011)
• Marcus Ids Boer, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Antonius Demas, Maastricht († 2006)
• Paul Van Goubergen, Turnhout, 2300, Antwerpen, België
• Marco Willemen († 1990)
• peter wilhelmus (peter) wijnen, helden-koningslust
• ACM (Alice) Jonk, Volendam († 2022)
• Jan Nantko Snijders, Coevorden
• Margaretha Allegonda Maria van der Aa, Den Dungen († 1964)

• Caroline Waddell Steel MCNEICE (87), Glasgow, Scotland
• Aaltje Bakker (50), Groningen
• Aaltje Kolenbrander (90), Schoonebeek
• Aukje Terpstra (47), Zuidhorn, Groningen, Nederland
• Cora Edna Shaffer (73)
• Bartha Bunte (87), Heerde
• Aurine Nease (52)
• Dawson Vachel Hammond (75)
• Adrianus Voorbraak (80), Rotterdam {ZH}
• Berend Lanting (88), Gieten, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1961 » Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player and coach († 2001)
• 1961 » Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist, and animator († 2018)
• 1961 » V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach († 2019)
• 1962 » John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Pete Weber, American bowler
• 1963 » Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco
• 1963 » Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager
• 1964 » Gary Elkerton, Australian surfer
• 1965 » Jim Bullinger, American baseball player
• 1966 » John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach

• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
• 1964 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)

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. 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. 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.
• March 6 » Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
• May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
• July 20 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
• 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.
• October 14 » Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.
• November 28 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.

The temperature on August 21, 1964 was between 7.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.