Born in 1964

What things cost in 1964

1964 figures are annual averages of the published monthly (or quarterly) values. “Today’s dollars” uses the Consumer Price Index for September 2026; “latest” is the most recent published price. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor, via FRED.

Who was in charge in 1964

United States

Lyndon B. Johnson (President)

United Kingdom

Elizabeth II (Queen); Alec Douglas-Home, then Harold Wilson (Prime minister)

Soviet Union

Nikita Khrushchev (General Secretary); Leonid Brezhnev (First Secretary); Leonid Brezhnev, then Anastas Mikoyan (Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet); Nikita Khrushchev, then Alexei Kosygin (Chairman of the Council of Ministers)

People's Republic of China

Mao Zedong (Chairman; Paramount Leader); Liu Shaoqi (President); Zhou Enlai (Premier)

France

Charles de Gaulle (President); Georges Pompidou (Prime minister)

East Germany

Walter Ulbricht (Chairmen of the State Council); Otto Grotewohl, then Willi Stoph (Chairman)

West Germany

Heinrich Lübke (President); Ludwig Erhard (Chancellor)

Japan

Hirohito (Emperor); Eisaku Satō (Prime minister)

Republic of India

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (President); Jawaharlal Nehru, then Lal Bahadur Shastri (Prime minister); Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting Prime minister)

From Wikipedia’s List of state leaders in the 20th century (1951–2000) (revision 1371751893), each name checked against Wikidata. Every country in 1964 →

No. 1 songs of 1964

1. “There! I've Said It Again” — Bobby Vinton (4 weeks)
2. “I Want to Hold Your Hand” — The Beatles (7 weeks)
3. “She Loves You” — The Beatles (2 weeks)
4. “Can't Buy Me Love” — The Beatles (5 weeks)
5. “Hello, Dolly!” — Louis Armstrong (1 week)
6. “My Guy” — Mary Wells (2 weeks)
7. “Love Me Do” — The Beatles (1 week)
8. “Chapel of Love” — The Dixie Cups (3 weeks)
9. “A World Without Love” — Peter and Gordon (1 week)
10. “I Get Around” — The Beach Boys (2 weeks)
11. “Rag Doll” — The Four Seasons (2 weeks)
12. “A Hard Day's Night” — The Beatles (2 weeks)
13. “Everybody Loves Somebody” — Dean Martin (1 week)
14. “Where Did Our Love Go” — The Supremes (2 weeks)
15. “The House of the Rising Sun” — The Animals (3 weeks)
16. “Oh, Pretty Woman” — Roy Orbison (3 weeks)
17. “Do Wah Diddy Diddy” — Manfred Mann (2 weeks)
18. “Baby Love” — The Supremes (4 weeks)
19. “Leader of the Pack” — The Shangri-Las (1 week)
20. “Ringo” — Lorne Greene (1 week)
21. “Mr. Lonely” — Bobby Vinton (1 week)
22. “Come See About Me” — The Supremes (1 week)
23. “I Feel Fine” — The Beatles (1 week)

Weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with issue dates in 1964, from List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1964 (Wikipedia revision 1357528709).

Famous people born in 1964

• 19 June – Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022 source
• May 13 – Stephen Colbert, comedian, political commentator, and television personality; host of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert source
• April 3 – Nigel Farage, British politician source
• June 23 – Joss Whedon, American screenwriter source
• October 20 – Kamala Harris, 49th (and first female) vice president of the United States from 2021 to 2025 source
• July 24 – Barry Bonds, African-American baseball player source
• February 11 – Sarah Palin, politician, Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009, and 2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate source
• January 13 Jeff Bezos founder of amazon source
• July 20 – Chris Cornell, singer (Soundgarden, Audioslave, Temple of the Dog) (died 2017) source
• January 1 – Moussa Dadis Camara, Guinean general and 3rd President of Guinea source
• July 9 – Courtney Love, actress, artist, author, musician, singer-songwriter and Kurt Cobain's wife source
• January 17 – Michelle Obama, lawyer, first African-American First Lady of the United States as wife of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama source
• 22 December - Lee Jae-myung, politician. source
• December 18 – Stone Cold Steve Austin, American professional wrestler and actor source
• February 10 – Glenn Beck, television and radio host, conservative political commentator, author, television network producer, filmmaker and entrepreneur source

What happened in 1964

• January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. source
• 2 January – Anti-Hindu riots begin in Khulna, East Pakistan. They and reciprocal riots in Calcutta would fuel waves of communal violence on either side of the border over the next few months. source
• January 29 – Ranger 6 is launched by the US space agency NASA, on a mission to carry television cameras and crash-land on the Moon. source
• January 9 – Martyrs' Day: Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. source
• 16 March – Turkey unilaterally denounced the Greek-Turkish Convention of Establishment, Commerce and Navigation of 1930, marking the beginning of a mass expulsion of the Greek populace. source
• February 10 – Melbourne–Voyager collision: 82 Australian sailors die when a Royal Australian Navy aircraft carrier and a destroyer collide off New South Wales, Australia. source
• January 29 – February 9 – The 1964 Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria. source
• 4 January – Trygve Jacobsen, Norwegian businessperson (born 1876) source