1. Incumbents

2. Events

3. Births

4. Deaths

5. References

This article is about the particular significance of the year 1964 to Nigeria and its people.

Incumbents

• President: Nnamdi Azikiwe
• Prime Minister: Abubakar Tafawa Balewa

Events

• February - Mid-West Region legislative election takes place with National Council of Nigerian Citizens winning the majority of seats
• October - Nigeria participates in the 1964 Summer Olympics and wins its first medal
• December - the Nigerian parliamentary election starts and continues into 1965
• The National Library of Nigeria whose construction started in 1962 opens
• Construction of the Kainji Dam begins
• The Nigerian Defence Academy is established

Births

• February 2 - Goodluck Nanah Opiah, politician and former speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Nigeria.
• Tubal Rabbi Cain, writer

Deaths

• January 20 - Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi, Roman Catholic priest who worked in Nnewi, Dunukofia, Akpu/Ajalli and Aguleri.^[1] and was later beatified by Pope John Paul II (born 1903)

References

• Ben Nevis hill race
• Ben Nevis (horse)
• Ben Nevis Race
• Ben Nevis (racehorse)
• Ben Nevis Ultra
• Ben Newcomb
• Benneworth
• Ben Newton
• Ben Newton (footballer)
• Ben Newton (footballer, born 1934)
• Ben Newton (footballer, born 1992)
• Benney, David
• Benney moment equations
• Benn family
• Benn F. Reyes
• Ben Nguyen
• Ben Nicolls
• Bennie, Andrew
• Bennie Carl Elmore High School
• Bennie Dickson
• Bennie-Dillon Building
• Bennie Fowler
• Bennie Goldin
• Bennie Hofs
• Bennie Houston