1964

1964 in variouscalendars
Gregorian calendar	1964; MCMLXIV
Ab urbe condita	2717
Armenian calendar	1413; ԹՎ ՌՆԺԳ
Assyrian calendar	6714
Baháʼí calendar	120–121
Balinese saka calendar	1885–1886
Bengali calendar	1371
Berber calendar	2914
British Regnal year	12Eliz. 2– 13Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2508
Burmese calendar	1326
Byzantine calendar	7472–7473
Chinese calendar	Quý mãoNiên (WaterRabbit); 4661 or 4454; — to —; Giáp thần niên (WoodDragon); 4662 or 4455
Coptic calendar	1680–1681
Discordian calendar	3130
Ethiopian calendar	1956–1957
Hebrew calendar	5724–5725
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	2020–2021
-Shaka Samvat	1885–1886
-Kali Yuga	5064–5065
Holocene calendar	11964
Igbo calendar	964–965
Iranian calendar	1342–1343
Islamic calendar	1383–1384
Japanese calendar	Shōwa39; ( chiêu hòa ３９ niên )
Javanese calendar	1895–1896
Juche calendar	53
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4297
Minguo calendar	ROC53; Dân quốc 53 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	496
Thai solar calendar	2507
Tibetan calendar	Âm thủy thỏ niên; (female Water-Rabbit); 2090 or 1709 or 937; — to —; Dương mộc long niên; (male Wood-Dragon); 2091 or 1710 or 938

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century; 20th century; 21st century;
Decades:	1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
Years:	1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967;

1964(MCMLXIV) was aleap year starting on Wednesdayof theGregorian calendar,the 1964th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 964th year of the2nd millennium,the 64th year of the20th century,and the 5th year of the1960sdecade.

Events

January

January 1– TheFederation of Rhodesia and Nyasalandis dissolved.^[1]
January 5– In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century,Pope Paul VIandPatriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinoplemeet in Jerusalem.
January 6– A British firm, theLeyland Motor Corp.,announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade ofCuba.^[2]

January 9–Martyrs' Day:Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in thePanama Canal Zoneprecipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers.
January 11–United States Surgeon General Luther Terryreports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).^[3]
January 22–Kenneth Kaundais inaugurated as the first Prime Minister ofNorthern Rhodesia.^[4]
January 28– A U.S. Air Force jet training aircraft that strays intoEast Germanyis shot down by Soviet fighters nearErfurt;all three crewmen are killed.^[5]^[6]
January 29–February 9– The1964 Winter Olympicsare held inInnsbruck,Austria.
January 29
- TheSoviet Unionlaunches two scientificsatellites,ElektronI and II, from a single rocket.
- Ranger 6is launched by the US space agencyNASA,on a mission to carry television cameras and crash-land on the Moon.
January 30– GeneralNguyễn Khánhleads a bloodless military coup d'état, replacingDương Văn Minhas Prime Minister of South Vietnam.

February

February 4– TheGovernment of the United Statesauthorizes theTwenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution,outlawing thepoll tax.^[7]
February 5– India backs out of its promise to hold aplebiscitein the disputed territory of Kashmir. In 1948, India had taken the issue of Kashmirto the United Nations Security Counciland offered to hold a plebiscite in the held Kashmir under UN supervision.
February 10–Melbourne–Voyagercollision:82 Australian sailors die when aRoyal Australian Navyaircraft carrier and a destroyer collide off New South Wales, Australia.^[8]
February 11
- Greeks and Turks begin fighting inLimassol,Cyprus.^[9]
- TheRepublic of Chinasevers diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the People's Republic of China.
February 17– Gabonese presidentLéon M'bais toppled bya military coupand his arch-rival,Jean-Hilaire Aubame,is installed in his place. However, French intervention restores M'ba's government the next day.^[10]
February 25–Cassius Clay(laterMuhammad Ali) beatsSonny ListoninMiami Beach, Florida,and iscrowned the heavyweight champion of the world.^[11]
February 27– The Italian government asks for help to keep theLeaning Tower of Pisafrom toppling over.^[12]

March

March 6
- Constantine IIbecomes King of Greece, upon the death of his father KingPaul.
- American boxerCassius Clayannounces the change of his name to Muhammad Ali.^[13]
March 18–1964 Moscow protest:Approximately 50 Moroccan students break into the embassy of Morocco in the Soviet Union and stage an all-daysit-inprotesting against sentencing of eleven people to death for the alleged assassination attempt of KingHassan II of Morocco.
March 20–June 6– The firstUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Developmenttakes place.
March 20– The precursor of theEuropean Space Agency,ESRO(European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
March 21–Non ho l'età(music byNicola Salerno,text byMario Panzeri), sung byGigliola Cinquetti,wins theEurovision Song Contest 1964(staged in Copenhagen) for Italy.
March 27(Good Friday) – TheGreat Alaskan earthquake,the second-most powerful known (and the most powerful earthquake recorded inNorth Americanhistory) at amagnitudeof 9.2, strikesSouthcentral Alaska,killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city ofAnchorage.^[14]
March 28– KingSaud of Saudi Arabiaabdicates.^[15]His brother,Prince Faisal,does not officially assume the throne until November.
March 31– The military overthrowsBrazilian President João Goulartin acoup,starting 21 years ofdictatorshipin Brazil, lasting until1985.

April

April 8– The U.S.Gemini 1is launched, the first unmanned test of the 2-man spacecraft.
April 9– TheUnited Nations Security Counciladopts by a 9–0 vote a resolution deploring a British air attack on a fort inYemen12 days earlier, in which 25 persons were reported killed.
April 11– The Brazilian Congress elects Field MarshalHumberto de Alencar Castelo Brancoas President ofBrazil.
April 13– At the36th Academy Awardsceremony,Sidney Poitierbecomes the first African-American to win anAcademy Awardin the categoryBest Actor in a Leading RoleinLilies of the Field.^[16]
April 16– In the Assize Court at Buckingham, England, sentences totalling 307 years are passed on twelve men who stole £2,600,000 in used bank notes, after holding up the night train fromGlasgowtoLondonin August 1963 – a heist that becomes known as theGreat Train Robbery.^[17]^[18]
April 19– InLaos,the coalition government of PrinceSouvanna Phoumais deposed by a right-wing military group, led by Brig. Gen.Kouprasith Abhay.Not supported by the United States, the coup is ultimately unsuccessful, and Souvanna Phouma is reinstated, remaining as Prime Minister until1975.
April 20
- U.S. PresidentLyndon Johnsonin New York, and Soviet PremierNikita Khrushchevin Moscow, simultaneously announce plans to cut back production of materials for makingnuclear weapons.
- Nelson Mandelamakes his "I Am Prepared to Die" speech at the opening of theRivonia Trial,a key event for theanti-apartheidmovement.^[19]
- In the UK,BBC Twotelevision starts broadcasting for the first time.^[20]
- British businessmanGreville Wynne,imprisoned inMoscowsince 1963 forspying,is exchanged for Soviet spyGordon Lonsdale.^[21]
April 25– Thieves steal the head of theLittle Mermaidstatue inCopenhagen,Denmark. Although the attack is attributed toJørgen Nash,the Danish media blame painter Henrik Bruun, who never confesses to the crime.^[22]
April 26–TanganyikaandZanzibarmerge to formTanzania.^[23]

May

May 1– At 4:00 a.m.,John George KemenyandThomas Eugene Kurtzrun the first computer program written inBASIC(Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), an easy to learn high levelprogramming languagewhich they have created.^[24]BASIC is eventually included on manycomputersand even some games consoles.
May 2
- Vietnam War:Attack on USNSCard– An explosion caused byViet Congcommandos causes carrierUSNSCardto sink in the port ofSaigon.^[25]
- Some 400–1,000 students march throughTimes Square,New York, and another 700 inSan Francisco,in the first major student demonstration against the Vietnam War. Smaller marches also occur in Boston, Seattle, and Madison, WI.
- Henry Hezekiah DeeandCharles Eddie Moore,hitchhiking inMeadville, Mississippi,are kidnapped, beaten and murdered by members of theKu Klux Klan.Their badlydecomposedbodies are found by chance in July during the search formissing activists Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
May 7
- Pacific Air Lines Flight 773crashes nearSan Ramon, California,killing all 44 aboard; theFBIlater reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.
- At amail rocketsdemonstration byGerhard Zuckeron Hasselkopf Mountain nearBraunlage(Lower Saxonia, Germany), three people are killed by a rocket explosion.
May 9– South Korean PresidentPark Chung Heereshuffles his Cabinet, after a series of student demonstrations against his efforts to restore diplomatic and trade relations withJapan.
May 12– Twelve young men in New York City publiclyburn their draft cardsto protest against the Vietnam War, the first such act of war resistance.^[26]^[27]
May 23– Madeline Dassault, 63, wife of a French plane manufacturer and politician, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her Paris home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 miles (43 km) from Paris.^[28]
May 24–25– The crowd at afootballmatch inLima,Peru,riotsover a referee's decision in the Peru-Argentinagame; 319 are killed, 500 injured.
May 27– The ongoingColombian conflictstarts, with an assault by 1,000 Colombian soldiers, backed by fighter planes and helicopters, against about 50 guerrillas in the community of Marquetalia.^[29]
May 28– The Charter of thePalestine Liberation Organization(PLO) is released by theArab League.
May 29– Havingdeposed them in a January coup,South Vietnamese leaderNguyen Khanhhas rival GeneralsTran Van DonandLe Van Kimconvicted of "lax morality".^[30]^[31]

June

June 3– South Korean PresidentPark Chung Heedeclaresmartial lawinSeoul,after 10,000 student demonstrators overpower police.
June 11
- Greece rejects direct talks withTurkeyoverCyprus.
- Cologne school massacre:InCologne,West Germany,Walter Seifertattacks students and teachers in an elementary school with aflamethrower,killing 10 and injuring 21.
June 12–Nelson Mandelaand 7 others are sentenced tolife imprisonment in South Africa,and sent to theRobben Island prison.^[32]
June 14–Freedom Summer,a volunteer Civil Rights project in theUnited Statesintended to promotevoter registrationfor as manyAfrican Americansas possible inMississippi,begins with orientation sessions for the 300 volunteers atWestern College for Women,Oxford, Ohio.^[33]
June 20– TheFord GT40makes its first appearance at the24 Hours of Le Mans.Its first victory will come 2 years later in1966.
June 21–Spainbeats theSoviet Union2–1 to win the1964 European Nations Cup.
June 26–Moise Tshombereturns to theDemocratic Republic of the Congofrom exile in Spain.

July

July 6–Malawireceives its independence from the United Kingdom.^[34]
July 18
- Six days ofrace riotsbegin inHarlem,New York, United States, apparently prompted by the shooting of a teenager.^[35]
- Judith Graham Poolpublishes her discovery ofcryoprecipitate,a frozen blood clotting product made from plasma primarily to treathemophiliacsaround the world.^[36]
July 19–Vietnam War:At a rally inSaigon,South VietnamesePrime Minister and military leaderNguyễn Khánhcalls for expanding the war intoNorth Vietnam.^[37]
July 20
- Vietnam War:Viet Congforces attack a provincial capital, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children).
- TheNational Movement of the Revolutionis established in theRepublic of the Congo,becoming the country's sole legalpolitical party.^[38]
July 21–Race riotsbegin inSingaporebetween ethnic Chinese and Malays.^[39]
July 22– The second meeting of theOrganisation of African Unityis held.
July 24– A minorcriticality accidenttakes place at a United Nuclear Corporation Fuels recovery plant inWood River Junction, Rhode Island,United States, causing the death of one worker.
July 27–Vietnam War:The U.S. sends 5,000 more military advisers to South Vietnam, bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
July 31–Ranger program:Ranger 7sends back the first close-up photographs of the Moon (images are 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from Earth-boundtelescopes).

August

August 2–Vietnam War:United States destroyerMaddoxis attacked in theGulf of Tonkin.Air support from the carrierUSSTiconderogasinks one gunboat, while the other two leave the battle.
August 5
- Vietnam War:Operation Pierce Arrow– Aircraft from carriersUSSTiconderogaandUSSConstellationbombNorth Vietnamin retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in theGulf of Tonkin.
- The Simba rebel army in theDemocratic Republic of the CongocapturesStanleyville,and takes 1,000 Western hostages.
August 7– Vietnam War: The United States Congress passes theGulf of Tonkin Resolution,giving U.S. PresidentLyndon B. Johnsonbroad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.^[40]
August 8– ARolling Stonesgig inScheveningengets out of control. Riot police end the gig after about fifteen minutes, upon which spectators start to fight the riot police.^[41]
August 13– The last judicial hanging in the United Kingdom takes place when murderersGwynne Owen EvansandPeter Anthony Allenare executed atWalton Prison in Liverpool.^[42]
August 16– Vietnam War: In acoup,GeneralNguyễn KhánhreplacesDương Văn Minhas South Vietnam's chief of state and establishes a newconstitution,drafted partly by the U.S. Embassy.^[43]
August 18– The International Olympic Committee bans South Africa from theTokyo Olympicson the grounds that its teams are racially segregated.^[44]
August 20– The International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium (Intelsat) began to work.
August 22– Goalkeeper Derek Foster of Sunderland becomes the youngest-ever player to play in the EnglishFootball League,aged 15 years and 185 days.
August 24–27– TheDemocratic National ConventioninAtlantic Citynominates incumbent PresidentLyndon B. Johnsonfor a full term, and U.S. SenatorHubert HumphreyofMinnesotaas his running mate.
August 27–Walt Disney'sMary Poppinshas its world premiere in Los Angeles. It will go on to become Disney's biggest moneymaker, and winner of 5 Academy Awards, including aBest ActressforJulie Andrews.It is the first Disney film to be nominated forBest Picture.
August 28–30–Philadelphia 1964 race riot:Tensions betweenAfrican Americanresidents and police lead to 341 injuries and 774 arrests.^[45]

September

September 2– IndianHungry generationpoets, includingMalay Roy Choudhury,are arrested on charges of conspiracy against the state and obscenity in literature.^[46]
September 4– TheForth Road Bridgeopens over theFirth of Forthin Scotland.^[47]
September 10– TheAfrican Development Bank(AfDB) is founded.^[48]
September 11– InJacksonville, Florida,during a tour of the United States,John Lennonannounces that theBeatleswill not play to a segregated audience.^[49]
September 14
- The third period of theSecond Vatican Councilopens.^[50]
- The LondonDaily Heraldceases publication, replaced byThe Sun.
September 18– InAthens,KingConstantine II of GreecemarriesPrincess Anne-Marie of Denmark,who becomes Europe's youngest Queen at age 18 years, 19 days.
September 21– The island ofMaltaobtains independence from the United Kingdom.
September 24– TheWarren Commission,the first official investigation of the assassination of United States PresidentJohn F. Kennedy,submits its written report.^[51]
September 25– TheMozambican War of Independenceis launched byFRELIMO.^[52]

October

October –Robert Moogdemonstrates the prototypeMoog synthesizer.^[53]
October 1
- Three thousand student activists at theUniversity of California, Berkeley,surround and block a police car from taking aCOREvolunteer arrested for not showing his ID, when he violated a ban on outdoor activist card tables. This protest eventually explodes into theBerkeley Free Speech Movement.
- TheShinkansenhigh-speed railsystem, the world's first such system, is inaugurated in Japan, for the first sector between Tokyo andOsaka.
October 5
- Twenty-three men and thirty-one women escape toWest Berlinthrough a narrow tunnel under theBerlin Wall.
- Elizabeth IIandThe Duke of Edinburghbegin an 8-day visit to Canada.
October 10–24– The1964 Summer Olympicsare held in Tokyo, Japan, the first in an Asian country.
October 12– The Soviet Union launchesVoskhod 1into Earthorbitas the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight withoutspace suits.The flight is cut short and lands again onOctober 13after 16 orbits.
October 14– American civil rights movement leaderMartin Luther King Jr.becomes the youngest recipient of theNobel Peace Prize,which is awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to endracial prejudicein the United States.
October 14–15–Nikita Khrushchevis deposed as leader of the Soviet Union;Leonid BrezhnevandAlexei Kosyginassume power.
October 15–1964 United Kingdom general election:TheLabour Partywins a narrow victory over SirAlec Douglas-Home'sConservative Party,which has been in power for 13 years. The new prime minister isHarold Wilson.^[54]^[55]
October 17–596 (nuclear test):The People's Republic of China explodes anatomic bombinSinkiang.
October 22
- Canada: A Federal Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects a design to become the new officialFlag of Canada.
- A 5.3kilotonnuclear device is detonated at the Tatum Salt Dome, 21 miles (34 km) fromHattiesburg, Mississippi,as part of theVela Uniformprogram. This test is the Salmon phase of the Atomic Energy Commission's Project Dribble.
October 24– NorthernRhodesia,a former British protectorate, becomes the independent Republic ofZambia,ending 73 years of British rule.
October 26–Eric Edgar Cookebecomes the last man executed in Western Australia, for murdering 8 citizens inPerthbetween1959and1963.
October 27– In theDemocratic Republic of the Congo,rebel leader Christopher Gbenye takes 60 Americans and 800 Belgianshostage.
October 29– A collection of irreplaceablegemstones,including the 565-carat (113.0 g)Star of India,is stolen from theAmerican Museum of Natural Historyin New York City.

November

November 1– Mortar fire from North Vietnamese forces rains on theBien Hoa Air Base,killing four U.S. servicemen, wounding 72, and destroying fiveB-57jet bombers and other planes.
November 3
- 1964 United States presidential election:Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson defeatsRepublicanchallengerBarry Goldwaterwith over 60 percent of thepopular vote.
- TheBoliviangovernment of PresidentVíctor Paz Estenssorois overthrown by a military rebellion led by GeneralAlfredo Ovando Candía,commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
November 5–Mariner program:Mariner 3spacecraft is launched fromCape Kennedybut fails.^{[clarification needed]}
November 10– Australia partially reintroducescompulsory military servicedue to theIndonesian Confrontation.
November 19– TheUnited States Department of Defenseannounces the closing of 95 military bases and facilities, includingFort Jay,theBrooklyn Navy Yardand the Brooklyn Army Terminal.
November 21
- Second Vatican Council:The third period of theCatholic Church'secumenical councilcloses.Lumen gentium,the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, is promulgated.^[56]
- TheVerrazano-Narrows BridgeacrossNew York Bayopens to traffic (the world's longestsuspension bridgeat this time).^[57]
November 24– Belgian paratroopers and mercenaries captureStanleyville,but a number ofhostagesdie in the fighting, among them AmericanEvangelical Covenant ChurchmissionaryPaul Carlson.
November 28
- Mariner program:NASA launches theMariner 4space probe from Cape Kennedy toward Mars to take television pictures of thatplanetin July1965.
- Vietnam War:United States National Security Councilmembers, includingRobert McNamara,Dean Rusk,andMaxwell Taylor,agree to recommend a plan for a 2-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam, to PresidentLyndon B. Johnson.
- France performs an underground nuclear test atEcker,Algeria.

December

December 1–Gustavo Díaz Ordaztakes office asPresident of Mexico.
December 3
- Berkeley Free Speech Movement:Police arrest about 800 students at theUniversity of California, Berkeley,following their takeover of and massive sit-in at the Sproul Hall administration building. The sit-in most directly protested the U.C. Regents' decision to punish student activists for what many thought had been justified civil disobedience earlier in the conflict.^[58]
- The Danish football clubBrøndby IFis founded as a merger between the two local clubs Brøndbyøster Idrætsforening and Brøndbyvester Idrætsforening. The club wins the national championshipDanish Superliga10 times, and theDanish Cupssix times, after joining the Danish top-flight football league in 1981.
December 5–Australian Senate election, 1964:TheLiberal/Country Coalition Governmentled byPrime Minister Robert Menzieshold their status quo, while theLabor Partyled byArthur Calwelllose one seat to theDemocratic Labor Party,who hold the balance of power in theSenatealongside independentReg Turnbull.
December 10– Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.is awarded theNobel Peace PrizeinOslo,Norway.^[59]
December 11–Che Guevaraaddresses theUnited Nations General Assembly.^[60]Abazookaattack is launched at theHeadquarters of the United Nationsin New York City.
December 12–Jamhuri Day:Kenyabecomes a republic, withJomo Kenyattaas its firstPresident.
December 14–Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States(379 US 241 1964): The U.S. Supreme Court rules that, in accordance with theCivil Rights Act of 1964,establishments providing public accommodation must refrain from racial discrimination.
December 18– TheChristmas flood of 1964begins in the United States, affecting the Pacific Northwest and some of Northern California. It will continue until January 7, resulting in 19 deaths, serious damage to buildings, roads and bridges, and the loss of 4,000 head of livestock.^[61]
December 21– TheGeneral Dynamics F-111Aardvark supersonic attack aircraft, developed for the U.S. Air Force, makes its first flight, atCarswell Air Force Base,Texas.^[62]
December 22
- A cyclone in thePalk Straitdestroys the Indian town ofDhanushkodi,killing 1800 people.^[63]
- TheLockheed SR-71 Blackbirdmakes its first flight atPalmdale, California.
December 24–The Brinks Hotelin Saigon, Vietnam, is bombed by theViet Cong,resulting in the deaths of two US soldiers and injuries to a further 60 people, including civilians.^[64]
December 30– TheUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development(UNCTAD) is established as a permanent organ of theUN General Assembly.^[65]

Date unknown

Spring – First recognition ofcosmic microwave background radiationas a detectable phenomenon.^[66]
Jerome Horwitzsynthesizeszidovudine(AZT), anantiviral drugwhich will later be used in treatingHIV.^[67]
Farrington Danielsbecomes an early advocate ofsolar energyin his bookDirect Use of the Sun's Energy,published byYale University Pressin the United States.^[68]
Rudi Gernreichdesigns the originalmonokinitopless swimsuit in the U.S.^[69]
TheVishva Hindu Pariṣadis founded in India.^[70]

Births

Births
January·February·March·April·May·June·July·August·September·October·November·December

January

January 1–Moussa Dadis Camara,Guinean general and 3rdPresident of Guinea
January 2–Pernell Whitaker,American boxer (died2019)^[71]
January 4
- Alexandre Fadeev,Soviet figure skater
- Dot-Marie Jones,American actress and retired athlete (competed as Dot Jones)
January 5–Miguel Ángel Jiménez,Spanish golfer^[72]
January 6
- Henry Maske,German boxer^[73]
- Anthony Scaramucci,American financier, entrepreneur, and political figure^[74]
January 7–Nicolas Cage,American actor^[75]
January 12–Jeff Bezos,American Internet entrepreneur^[76]
January 13–Penelope Ann Miller,American actress
January 17–Michelle Obama,American attorney and author, formerFirst Lady of the United States^[77]
January 20
- Koko Pimentel,Filipino politician, 28thPresident of the Senate of the Philippines^[78]
January 23–Mariska Hargitay,American actress
January 27–Bridget Fonda,American actress^[79]
January 31–Jeff Hanneman,American rock guitarist (Slayer) (died2013)^[80]

February

February 1–Eli Ohana,Israeli football player and club chairman^[81]
February 5
- Laura Linney,American actress
- Duff McKagan,American rock musician and songwriter^[82]
February 10–Francesca Neri,Italian actress
February 11–Ken Shamrock,Americanmixed martial artsfighter
February 15−Chris Farley,American actor and comedian (died1997)^[83]
February 16
- Bebeto,Brazilian footballer^[84]
- Christopher Eccleston,British actor^[85]
- Valentina Yegorova,Russian distance runner^[86]
February 18−Matt Dillon,American actor and film director
February 19−Jennifer Doudna,American biochemist^[87]
February 20−Rudi Garcia,French football manager^[88]
February 22−Gigi Fernández,American tennis player^[89]
February 24-Yudas Sabaggalet,Indonesian politician^[90]