About the day » Friday August 21, 1964Calender converter

• peter wilhelmus (peter) wijnen, helden-koningslust
• Kahty Jane Russell, Burks Falls, Ontario, Canada († 2011)
• Theodora Aleida Berdina (Thea) Lamers († 1991)
• Jan Nantko Snijders, Coevorden
• ACM (Alice) Jonk, Volendam († 2022)
• Paul Van Goubergen, Turnhout, 2300, Antwerpen, België
• Margaretha Allegonda Maria van der Aa, Den Dungen († 1964)
• Marcus Ids Boer, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Antonius Demas, Maastricht († 2006)
• Marco Willemen († 1990)

• David Andrew Slagenweit (75), Woodbury, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
• Charles M. Vaught (73), Pulaski County, Kentucky
• Adriaantje Okkerse (73), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Voorbraak (80), Rotterdam {ZH}
• Caroline Waddell Steel MCNEICE (87), Glasgow, Scotland
• Alida van Duin (91), Noordwijk
• Christian VanderVelden (85), Little Chute Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Arthur Amos Abel Cassell (62), Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
• Christian Vandervelden (85), Little Chute, Wisconsin
• Amy Beatrice Morgan (74)

• 1961 » Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player and coach († 2001)
• 1961 » Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist, and animator († 2018)
• 1961 » V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach († 2019)
• 1962 » John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach
• 1962 » Pete Weber, American bowler
• 1963 » Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco
• 1963 » Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager
• 1964 » Gary Elkerton, Australian surfer
• 1965 » Jim Bullinger, American baseball player
• 1966 » John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach

• 1951 » Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)
• 1957 » Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)
• 1957 » Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
• 1960 » David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)
• 1964 » Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)
• 1971 » George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)
• 1974 » Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)
• 1974 » Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (b. 1894)
• 1978 » Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)

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 10 » Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMASVoyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
• June 2 » The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) is formed.
• August 7 » Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution giving U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on American forces.
• October 12 » The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.
• October 16 » China detonates its first nuclear weapon.
• November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.

The temperature on August 21, 1964 was between 7.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.