About the day » Friday October 2, 1964Calender converter

• Timothy Allen Jackson († 1968)
• Michael James Marshall, Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, Verenigde Staten
• Kevin Lee Shear, Fairbury Livingston Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• John Taylor "Johnny" Lear, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee († 1966)
• Frank Mombarg, Mariënvelde,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1990)
• Wouter de Wit, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 2022)
• Yme Brinksma († 1964)
• Maria Bernadete Longen, Ituporanga, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1966)
• Marga Iedema († 1999)
• Dinja Mennega († 2021)

• Albertus Backers (73), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Betsy Ernestine Augustine Lange (81), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis Dekker (80), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Adrianus NIEUWLAAT (80), Roosendaal (N.Br. Nl)
• Adriaan Geelhoed (79), Brouwershaven
• Bert Allen Shawgo (79), Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois, United States of America
• Bernardina Louisa Destrebecq (73), amsterdam, Nederland
• Bert Kuiper (69), Grand Rapids (Kent, Michigan, USA)
• Bernardus Antonius ten Thij (84), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aline GUERRE (87), Doué-La-Fontaine (Frankrijk)

• 1961 » Jaan Toomik, Estonian director and producer
• 1962 » James Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 » Mark Rypien, Canadian-American football player
• 1963 » Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer and accountant
• 1964 » Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
• 1965 » Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player and coach
• 1965 » Tom Moody, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1967 » Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter
• 1967 » Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist, author, and academic
• 1967 » Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player

• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (b. 1883)
• 1973 » Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1973 » Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1974 » Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1975 » K. Kamaraj, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1903)

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. Wilhelmina
14. Jacqueline
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.
• January 13 » Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
• January 23 » The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
• April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
• April 7 » IBM announces the System/360.
• October 10 » The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.
• 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".

The temperature on October 2, 1964 was between 5.4 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.