About the day » Monday December 21, 1964Calender converter

• Anita van de Berg, Baarn († 1976)
• Kathleen Marie Harms, Oregon, Illinois († 2017)
• Glyn Thijs Kussendrager († 2002)
• Lisa Marie Hughes, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa († 2014)
• N.N. Martijnse, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1964)
• Ernet Vanderbemden († 1989)
• Karel Theodoor Schmitz, Den Helder († 2014)
• Peter Johannes Kaandorp, Den Helder († 1967)
• David George Ziegler († 2016)
• Katrien BELLEFROID, Antwerpen

• Anne Nicolaas Westerbeek (0), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna van Efferen (83), Rotterdam(ZH)
• arnoldus bos (86), sevenum
• Alfons Vervaecke (85), Gullegem, WVL, B
• Adrianus Johannes Overes (71), Hazerswoude-Rijndijk
• Antonia Catharina Bastiaansen (70), Breda
• Alexander Kincaid "AK" Haynes (80), Paris, Lamar County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna van Efferen (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Hopper (62), Cincinnati (Hamilton County) (Ohio)
• Aaltje Eisenga (87), Rotterdam

• 1961 » Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
• 1963 » Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
• 1964 » Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1964 » Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director and illustrator
• 1965 » Andy Dick, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 » Anke Engelke, Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1965 » Glenn Coleman, Australian rugby league player
• 1966 » Kiefer Sutherland, British-Canadian actor, director, and producer
• 1966 » William Ruto, Kenyan politician, Deputy President of Kenya
• 1967 » Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach

• 1953 » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish-American wrestler and businessman (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Eric Coates, English-American viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1958 » H.B. Warner, English actor (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Lion Feuchtwanger, German-American author and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Rosanjin, Japanese calligrapher, engraver, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Jack Hobbs, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 1965 » Claude Champagne, Canadian violinist, pianist, and composer (b. 1891)
• 1968 » Vittorio Pozzo, Italian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1886)
• 1974 » Richard Long, American actor and director (b. 1927)

• 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 30 » In a bloodless coup, General Nguyễn Khánh overthrows General Dương Văn Minh's military junta in South Vietnam.
• February 9 » The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
• May 29 » The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
• June 10 » United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
• 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 12 » South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.

The temperature on December 21, 1964 was between -1.7 and 1.5 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.