About the day » Sunday January 12, 1964Calender converter

• Glenda Rose Hooker, McBride, British Columbia, Canada († 2008)
• Maria Theresia Catharina Wilhelmina van Ginneken
• Anneke GROENHUIS († 1972)
• Yvonne Hendriks († 2020)
• maria martina (may) zegers, helden-grashoek
• Catrinus van der Meer, Oostermeer († 2021)
• PETER ALBERTUS C. VAN DE KAMP, Alkmaar († 2001)
• Fayola Joy Kiewiet, Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa († 2022)
• Robert Teunissen, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Geertje Fokje Gea Kuipers († 1972)

• Adriana Cornelia Groen de (79), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Tichý (80)
• Benjamin Querido (62), Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Barhorst (67), Den Burg (Texel), Nederland
• Bertha A Patterson (84), Keokuk, Iowa, United States
• Adriana Cornelia de Groen (79), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Gerardus Verdam (55), Heerlen
• Alexander Albert Olivier Anton, Prince of Dietrichstein [[Ch-Wikibio]] sss (64), Munich, Bavaria, Germany
• Albert A. Vande Zande (77), (WI, USA)
• Benjamin Querido (62), Glendale, Californië

• 1961 » Simon Russell Beale, Malaysia-born English actor and historian
• 1962 » Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator
• 1962 » Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler and manager († 2010)
• 1962 » Richie Richardson, Antiguan cricketer
• 1963 » François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1963 » Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1964 » Jeff Bezos, American computer scientist and businessman, founded Amazon.com
• 1965 » Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
• 1966 » Craig Parry, Australian golfer
• 1966 » Olivier Martinez, French actor

• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)
• 1971 » John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)
• 1973 » Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 » Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 » Agatha Christie, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)

• 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.
• January 16 » Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
• April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
• August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
• August 27 » South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Khánh enters into a triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals Trần Thiện Khiêm and Dương Văn Minh, who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
• 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 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 January 12, 1964 was between -4.3 °C and -2.9 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.