About the day » Friday August 21, 1964Calender converter

• Koen Stuer († 2012)
• Margaretha Allegonda Maria van der Aa, Den Dungen († 1964)
• Stéphane TERLINDEN, Leuven, 24062, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgique
• Winand Schouten, Den Haag († 2006)
• Jan Nantko Snijders, Coevorden
• Antonius Demas, Maastricht († 2006)
• Kahty Jane Russell, Burks Falls, Ontario, Canada († 2011)
• Marcus Ids Boer, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Marco Willemen († 1990)
• ACM (Alice) Jonk, Volendam († 2022)

• Catharina Elisabeth Maria Dam (67), Amsterdam
• Bertus van der Velden (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arnold Jozef Haagmans (44), Brunssum, Nederland
• Aaltje Bakker (50), Groningen
• Aaltje Kolenbrander (90), Schoonebeek
• Antonetta van Boxtel (70), Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aurine Nease (52)
• Arthur Amos Abel Cassell (62), Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
• Bernard DANKBAR (54)
• Archie Ray Madsen (74), Ogden (Weber County) (Utah)

• 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)

• 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 16 » Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 2,844 performances.
• 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 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 12 » Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
• November 28 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
• November 28 » Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.

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.