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Monarch - Elizabeth II
28 January - Families from Springtown Camp make a silent march through Derry to demand rehousing.
28 September - Following threats of direct action by Ian Paisley, the Royal Ulster Constabulary remove an Irish tricolour displayed in the office window of Independent Republican election candidate Billy McMillen in West Belfast. Several days of rioting ensue.
15 October - United Kingdom general election, 1964.
New bridge over the River Foyle, linking Lifford and Strabane is built.
Arts and literature
17 April - The band Them, fronted by Van Morrison, play their first gig at his rhythm and blues Club Rado at the Maritime Hotel, Belfast.
Synagogue for Belfast Hebrew Congregation designed by Eugene Rosenberg of Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardall.
Extension to the Ulster Museum, Belfast, designed in Brutalist style by Francis Pym, completed.
Irish League
Irish Cup
Armagh City F.C. founded as Milford Everton.
Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran wins the Gold medal for the two-man bobsleigh with Tony Nash at the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck.
18 January - Richard Dunwoody, jockey.
26 March - Martin Donnelly, motor racing driver.
15 September - Alan Jones, architect.
1 November - Terry Magee, boxer.
8 December - Charles McCrum, cricketer.
John Long, artist.
Terence McNaughton, hurling manager and former player.
Christopher 'Crip' McWilliams, former Chief of Staff of the Irish National Liberation Army.
Dara O'Hagan, Sinn Féin councillor and former MLA.
Ian Wilson, composer.
Robert McLiam Wilson, novelist.
1964 in Northern Ireland Wikipedia (Text) CC BY-SA
