What Happened In December 1964 In History

Historical Events for December, 1964

• 1st » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam.
• 1st » Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.
• 5th » Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
• 11th » Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City called New York, New York.
• 12th » Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first Heads of State of Kenya named President of the Kenya named Republic of Kenya.
• 19th » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam known as South Vietnamese military junta of Nguyễn Khánh December 1964 South Vietnamese coup called dissolve the High National Council and arrest some of the members.
• 22nd » The first test flight of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird e.g SR-71 (Blackbird) took place at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.
• 24th » Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives 1964 Brinks Hotel bombing or bomb the Brinks Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City known as Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1964

• 1st » Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
• 1st » Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet
• 4th » Sertab Erener, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 4th » Jonathan Goldstein (actor) e.g Jonathan Goldstein, American actor and director
• 4th » Scott Hastings (rugby union) known as Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
• 4th » Chelsea Noble, American actress
• 4th » Marisa Tomei, American actress
• 5th » Cliff Eidelman, American composer
• 7th » Roberta Close, Brazilian model and actress
• 7th » Patrick Fabian, American actor
• 7th » Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach
• 8th » James Blundell (singer) known as James Blundell, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 8th » Teri Hatcher, American actress
• 8th » Chigusa Nagayo, Japanese wrestler
• 8th » Mike Ruiz, Canadian-American model, actor, and photographer
• 9th » Hape Kerkeling, German actor and singer
• 9th » Johannes B. Kerner, German journalist and sportscaster
• 9th » Paul Landers, German guitarist (Rammstein, Feeling B, and First Arsch)
• 10th » Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician
• 10th » Bobby Flay, American chef and author
• 10th » George Newbern, American actor
• 11th » Michel Courtemanche, Canadian comedian and actor
• 11th » Justin Currie, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Del Amitri and The Uncle Devil Show)
• 11th » Dave Schools, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Widespread Panic, Stockholm Syndrome (band) called Stockholm Syndrome, and J Mascis + The Fog)
• 11th » Cosy Sheridan, American singer-songwriter
• 11th » Carolyn Waldo, Canadian swimmer
• 12th » Sabu (wrestler) named Sabu, American wrestler
• 12th » Reeta Chakrabarti, English journalist
• 12th » Haywood Jeffires, American football player
• 13th » hide (musician) named Hideto Matsumoto, Japanese musician, singer and songwriter (X Japan and Zilch (band) e.g Zilch) (d. 1998)
• 14th » Rebecca Gibney, New Zealand-Australian actress and producer
• 14th » Antje Vowinckel, German radio artist and musician
• 15th » Michael Le Vell, English actor
• 15th » Paul Kaye, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 16th » Heike Drechsler, German sprinter and long jumper
• 16th » Gail Harris, English actress and producer
• 16th » Georgie Parker, Australian actress
• 16th » Billy Ripken, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 16th » Paul Vogt, American actor
• 16th » Todd Glass, American comedian and actor
• 17th » Ginger (musician) named Ginger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Wildhearts, Ginger & The Sonic Circus, and Silver Ginger 5)
• 17th » Frank Musil, Czech ice hockey player and coach
• 17th » Michele Tafoya, American sportscaster
• 17th » Joe Wolf, American basketball player and coach
• 18th » Stone Cold Steve Austin, American wrestler, actor, and producer
• 18th » Don Beebe, American football player and coach
• 18th » Robson Green, English actor, singer, and producer
• 19th » Béatrice Dalle, French actress
• 19th » Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 20th » Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 21st » Rob Kelly, English footballer and manager
• 21st » Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 21st » Daniel Suarez (author), American author
• 21st » Fabiana Udenio, Argentinian-Italian actress
• 22nd » Simon Kirby, English politician
• 23rd » Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Bad Radio, and Hovercraft (band) called Hovercraft)
• 24th » Mark Valley, American actor
• 25th » Ian Bostridge, English tenor
• 25th » Gary McAllister, Scottish footballer and manager
• 25th » Tim Royes, American director (d. 2007)
• 25th » Bob Stanley (musician) known as Bob Stanley, English keyboard player, songwriter, producer, and journalist (Saint Etienne (band) named Saint Etienne)
• 26th » Elizabeth Kostova, American author
• 27th » Ian Gomez, American actor
• 27th » Theresa Randle, American actress
• 28th » Maite Zúñiga, Spanish runner
• 30th » Almir Kayumov, Russian footballer and referee (d. 2013)
• 30th » Sylvie Moreau, Canadian actress and screenwriter
• 30th » Duglas T. Stewart, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (BMX Bandits (band) e.g BMX Bandits)
• 30th » Sophie Ward, English actress
• 31st » Michael McDonald (comedian) named Michael McDonald, American comedian, actor, and director

Famous Deaths for December 1964

• 1st » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1st » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 5th » V. Veerasingam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (b. 1892)
• 6th » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 6th » Consuelo Vanderbilt, American wife of Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough (b. 1877)
• 9th » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 11th » Percy Kilbride, American actor and singer (b. 1888)
• 12th » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 12th » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)
• 14th » William Bendix, American actor and singer (b. 1906)
• 17th » Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 21st » Carl Van Vechten, American author and photographer (b. 1880)
• 31st » Bobby Byrne (baseball) called Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 31st » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 31st » Henry Maitland Wilson, 1st Baron Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)

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