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List of events
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1963
1962
1961
1964
in
Northern Ireland
→
1965
1966
1967
Centuries:
20th
21st
Decades:
1940s
1950s
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1970s
1980s
See also:
1964 in the United Kingdom
1964 in Ireland
Other events of 1964
List of years in Northern Ireland
Events during the year
1964 in
Northern Ireland
.
Incumbents
Governor
-
The Lord Wakehurst
(until 1 December),
The Lord Erskine of Rerrick
(from 1 December)
Prime Minister
-
Terence O'Neill
Events
28 January - Families from
Springtown Camp
make a silent march through
Derry
to demand rehousing.
[1]
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 -
1964 United Kingdom general election
.
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.
Sport
Football
Irish League
Winners:
Glentoran
Irish Cup
Winners:
Derry City
2 - 0
Glentoran
Armagh City F.C.
founded as Milford Everton.
Olympics
Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran
wins the
Gold medal
for the two-man bobsleigh with
Tony Nash
at the
1964 Winter Olympics
at
Innsbruck
.
Births
18 January -
Richard Dunwoody
, jockey.
24 February -
Robert McLiam Wilson
, novelist.
26 March -
Martin Donnelly
,
motor racing
driver.
29 August -
Dara O'Hagan
,
Sinn Féin
MLA
and councillor.
15 September -
Alan Jones
, architect.
1 November -
Terry Magee
, boxer.
8 December -
Charles McCrum
, cricketer.
26 December -
Ian Wilson
,
composer
.
Full date unknown -
John Long
, painter.
Deaths
Main article:
deaths in 1964
Further information:
Category:1964 deaths
See also
1964 in Scotland
1964 in Wales
References
^
"Springtown Camp from the inside"
.
Springtown Camp 1946-1967
. 2006. Archived from
the original
on 2012-03-21
. Retrieved
2011-03-12
.
Categories
:
1964 in Northern Ireland
1960s in Northern Ireland
Years of the 20th century in Northern Ireland
1964 in the United Kingdom
1964 by country
1964 in Europe
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