About the day » Thursday March 12, 1964Calender converter

• Elizabeth (Els) den Burger, Kedichem († 2013)
• Peter Gillissen († 1994)
• Mari Pelders, Tilburg († 2000)
• Gerrie Tappel, Erica (Emmen)
• Elizabeth den Burger, Kedichem (Leerdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Maria Hendrina Elisabeth Pelders, Tilburg, Nederland († 2000)
• Peter Droogleever, Rotterdam (ZH-NLD) († 1969)
• Harry van Loon, Tilburg († 2010)
• Miranda Klazina Schalke, 's-Gravenhage
• Andreas Johannes Valkenet, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)

• Adrianus Cornelius Alphons ALEN (66), Geel Belgie
• Anthonij Nattekaas (67), Ooltgensplaat
• A.J.W. van Lier (66)
• Carrie Oleana Bosarge (73), Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Catharina Duijsens (85), Simpelveld
• Adriana van Kempen (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana van Kempen (64), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalt Groot Karsijn (52)
• Catharina Theresia van de Molengraft (76), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Bruining (84), Barger Oosterveld

• 1963 » Candy Costie, American swimmer
• 1963 » Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager
• 1963 » Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner and coach
• 1963 » John Andretti, American race car driver († 2020)
• 1963 » Paul Way, English golfer
• 1963 » Reiner Gies, German boxer
• 1964 » Dieter Eckstein, retired German footballer
• 1964 » Umirzak Shukeyev, Kazakh chairman of Samruk-Kazyna
• 1965 » Ivari Padar, former Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture of the Estonian Social Democratic Party
• 1965 » Steve Finley, American baseball player

• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
• 1971 » Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
• 1973 » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1974 » George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)

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.
• February 17 » In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
• May 9 » Ngô Đình Cẩn, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngô Đình Diệm before the family's toppling, is executed.
• June 10 » United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
• July 20 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
• August 4 » Civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
• October 22 » An all-party Parliamentary Committee selects the design which will become the new official flag of Canada.

The temperature on March 12, 1964 was between -1.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.