About the day » Monday October 5, 1964Calender converter

• Hendrika Maria Rovers, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Adriana Mathilde Heeger, Dokkum, Fr, Nederland († 2005)
• Noël Armirotto, Mechelen, België († 2016)
• Jan Abben Lok († 1981)
• dominique michel georges HARDY, Fourmies (F-59) († 1997)
• Robert B Hunter († 2017)
• Carolien Noom, Heemskerk, Nederland († 2009)
• Michael Eric Luckinbill, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Fransiska 'Siska' Dehullu, Kortrijk († 1964)
• Sandra Costers († 2024)

• Adrianus C. de Bresser (59), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Foppen (66), Harderwijk
• Anna Hermina Seehusen (63), Pomeroy, Calhoun County, Iowa
• Aagje Gerrits X Dekker (84), EaZ
• Aleida van Dooijeweert (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriaan Foppen (66), Harderwijk
• Aaltje Oostindiën (44)
• Annie Boice (56), Sioux Lookout, Kenora District, Ontario, Canada
• Anthonius den Os (65), Delft,Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Alberdina Reinderts Schrijver (72)

• 1963 » Laura Davies, English golfer and sportscaster
• 1963 » Michael Hadschieff, Austrian speed skater
• 1963 » Nick Robinson, English journalist and blogger
• 1963 » Tony Dodemaide, Australian cricketer
• 1964 » Dave Dederer, American guitarist and singer
• 1964 » Korina Sanchez, Filipino journalist
• 1964 » Malik Saidullaev, Russian businessman
• 1964 » Philip A. Haigh, English historian and author
• 1965 » Mario Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 » Trace Armstrong, American football player and agent

• 1943 » Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
• 1950 » Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Barbara Nichols, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1976 » Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1981 » Gloria Grahame, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1983 » Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (b. 1907)
• 1983 » Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1985 » Karl Menger, Austrian-American mathematician from the Vienna Circle (b. 1902)

• 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 9 » Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
• January 13 » Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
• June 21 » Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
• August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack 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.
• October 10 » The Tokyo Summer Olympics opening ceremony is the first to be relayed live by satellites.

The temperature on October 5, 1964 was between 2.4 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.