About the day » Thursday January 2, 1964Calender converter

• Willem de Leeuw, Randfontijn (Zuid Afrika) († 1994)
• Gerrit Vesters, Ammerzoden
• Cornelia Hendrina Martina Jochems, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Peter Pierik, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2015)
• Ziedses des Plantes Otto-Joost, Rabaul (Papua NG) († 1996)
• Eldon Earl de Wild, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2017)
• Brett Lemar van Huevlen, Kandiyohi County, MN
• Frank(Frank) Zuydweg, Amsterdam

• Albert Leydesdorff (60), Amsterdam
• Augustinus Huijbregts (73), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van Loon (64), Terheijden
• Andries Klein (48), Hoogblokland
• Aaltje Douma (99), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Armand MOXHET (84), THEUX, Liège, Belgique
• Bernardina Petronella Kuipers Verwaaij (75), Venray (L
• Aaltje Stokebrok (82), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Rikken (84)
• Albertus Rikken- (84), Haalderen, Nederland

• 1961 » Craig James, American football player and sportscaster
• 1961 » Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
• 1961 » Paula Hamilton, English model
• 1961 » Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician
• 1963 » David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1963 » Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
• 1964 » Pernell Whitaker, American boxer († 2019)
• 1965 » Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
• 1967 » Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City
• 1967 » Tia Carrere, American actress

• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)

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. 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 10 » Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMASVoyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
• May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
• September 4 » Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
• September 13 » South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.
• September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
• October 22 » Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but turns down the honor.

The temperature on January 2, 1964 was between 0.9 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.