The following lists events that happened in 1964 in Iceland.
Incumbents President – Ásgeir Ásgeirsson Prime Minister – Bjarni Benediktsson
Events 16 July - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and his son the Prince of Wales (now Charles III) visited Reykjavik 17 August - Liverpool FC play their first match in Iceland, beating KR Reykjavik 5-0 20 September - One of three single-engine planes en route from Halifax to Europe ditches in the sea off Iceland. The pilot is rescued by helicopter. Another is lost entirely and the third lands safely in Reykjavik. 4 November - Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson paid a visit to Israel and met with Israeli prime minister Levi Eshkol.
Births
22 January – María Ellingsen, actress 27 January – Geir Sveinsson, handball player. 23 April – Halla Margrét Árnadóttir, singer 27 April – Thorir Hergeirsson, handballer 29 April – Lúðvík Bergvinsson, politician 2 August – Einar Thor, film director 24 August – Svandís Svavarsdóttir, politician 10 November – Magnús Scheving, writer, actor and entrepreneur References