Historical figures in 1964
The atlas holds 94 people and 131 moments here, in 1964. The most recorded lives are Martin Luther King Jr., Che Guevara and Muhammad Ali. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Musicians and Composers.
Notable people
Kim Il Sung
in 1964
1 moment here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
in 1964
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Congolese revolutionary, rebel leader, and politician. Kabila led the Party of the People’s Revolution and the Maquis of Fizi, became head of the…
Le Corbusier
in 1964
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…
Lyndon B. Johnson
in 1964
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Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973) was a Texas-born teacher, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 36th president of the United States.…
Macfarlane Burnet
in 1964
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Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
Marlene Dietrich
in 1964
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German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Marlon Brando
in 1964
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American actor and activist whose stage and screen career ranged from Broadway in the 1940s to major films through the early 2000s.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1964
5 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Max Theiler
in 1964
1 moment here
South African-American virologist and physician whose work at Harvard, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Yale contributed to the development of the 17D…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1964
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Milton Obote
in 1964
1 moment here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Miriam Makeba
in 1964
2 moments here
South African singer, songwriter, actor, and anti-apartheid activist known as “Mama Africa.” Makeba’s career took her from Johannesburg and Pretoria…
Muhammad Ali
in 1964
3 moments here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Muhammadu Buhari
in 1964
1 moment here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1964
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South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
in 1964
1 moment here
Kenyan novelist, playwright, essayist, language advocate, and academic. Ngũgĩ’s life moved from colonial Kenya through education in Uganda and…
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1964
3 moments here
Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Olav V
in 1964
3 moments here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Olivia de Havilland
in 1964
1 moment here
Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Omar Bongo
in 1964
1 moment here
Gabonese politician who served as Gabon’s second president from 1967 until his death in 2009.…
Park Chung Hee
in 1964
1 moment here
Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…
Pierre Nkurunziza
in 1964
1 moment here
Burundian educator, CNDD–FDD rebel leader, and president of Burundi from 2005 until his death in 2020.…
P. L. Travers
in 1964
1 moment here
Pamela Lyndon Travers, born Helen Lyndon Goff, was an Australian-British writer, actress, journalist, and creator of the Mary Poppins books.…
Pol Pot
in 1964
1 moment here
Cambodian communist revolutionary and dictator, born Saloth Sâr. As leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Democratic Kampuchea, he oversaw a…
Moments
- 1964 Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony John Steinbeck
- 1964 State visit to Belgium Olav V
- 1964 State visit to Luxembourg Olav V
- 1964 State visit to the Netherlands Olav V
- 1964 Presidential visit to the Soviet Union Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1964 Delegation visit to India Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1964 Second Olympic marathon gold Abebe Bikila
- 1964 Carnegie Hall concert recording Astrud Gilberto
- 1964 Faced unrest in Montreal Elizabeth II
- 1964 Settled at Gladstone Avenue Freddie Mercury
- 1964 Marriage to Elliott Arnold Glynis Johns
- 1964 Death in New York City Herbert Hoover
- 1964 Non-Aligned Movement summit Milton Obote
- 1964 Return to Moscow before removal Nikita Khrushchev
- 1964 Vacation at Pitsunda Nikita Khrushchev
- 1964 Leaves Chartwell for the last time Winston Churchill
- 1964 Walk through Red Square Che Guevara
- 1964 London Palladium concerts with Liza Minnelli Judy Garland
- 1964 Visit to Hanoi in 1964 Kim Il Sung
- 1964 Arrival in Ankara exile Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1964 Exile residence in Bursa Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1964 Removal through Mehrabad Airport Ruhollah Khomeini
- 1964 Arrival for the Nobel Prize week Alexander Prokhorov
- 1964 Divorce press conference Astrud Gilberto
- 1964 Departure from New York for world tour Che Guevara
- 1964 United Nations address Che Guevara
- 1964 Accepts Nobel Peace Prize Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1964 Third World Writers' Congress Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1964 State visit to Bonn Park Chung Hee
- 1964 Birth in Bujumbura Pierre Nkurunziza
- 1964 Circumcision ceremony Steve Biko