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• Randall Gene Johnson, Longmont, Boulder, Colorado, United States († 2018)
• Astrid Tielrooij, IJmuiden († 2015)
• Gonnie Minkema, Den Helder († 2016)
• Johanna Berendina Maria Arendsen, Bergh (Gel)
• Patrick Van Leugenhaege, Temse († 1984)
• Hendricus Jacobus Wensink, Haarlemmermeer († 2015)
• John Arink, Lichtenvoorde-Lievelde († 1967)
• Johannes Hendrikus Antonius ARINK, Lievelde, gem. Lichtenvoorde († 1967)
• Alexander Wilhelmus Stouten, Sittard, Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland († 2020)
• Ger Buijsman, Berkhout († 1966)

• Bernardus Kolner (72), Hengelo
• Annetje Overeem (84), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Lucia Voorbraak (87), Steenbergen, N-Br, NL
• Aart Pietersz Veerman (74), Naarden(NH)
• Arnoldus Cornelus Alberts (78)
• Berendina Draaijer (82)
• Christiaan Johannes Pennings (25), Beek en Donk, Gemeente Laarbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna J. Oosterhaven (75)
• Bartha Lekkerkerker (71), Rotterdam
• Alexander Verbraeck (65), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands

• 1962 » Judith Donath, American computer scientist and academic
• 1962 » Tony Campbell, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 » Johnny Lee Middleton, American bass player and songwriter
• 1964 » Denis Mandarino, Brazilian guitarist, composer, and painter
• 1964 » Leslie O'Neal, American football player
• 1964 » Ronnie Harmon, American football player
• 1965 » Huang Zhihong, Chinese shot putter
• 1965 » Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1965 » Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler († 1999)
• 1965 » Reuben Davis, American football player

• 1941 » James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 » Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (b. 1884)
• 1978 » Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
• 1986 » Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)

• 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.
• March 14 » Jack Ruby is convicted of killing Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of John F. Kennedy.
• June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
• July 2 » Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
• July 19 » Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
• November 2 » King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
• November 21 » The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.

The temperature on May 7, 1964 was between 11.0 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.