1964 in Romania

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Events from the year 1964 in Romania. The year saw increasing separation from Soviet influence.

Incumbents

President of the State Council and General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.^[1]
Prime Minister: Ion Gheorghe Maurer.^[2]

Events

3 March – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej travels to Beijing for seven days negotiation with the Chinese government.^[3]
22 April – The Central Committee of the Romanian Workers' Party declares independence from the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. This was the first post-war declaration of Romanian economic, political and social sovereignty from the Soviet Union.^[4]
5 May – Romania establishes diplomatic relations at an embassy level with Tanganyika, opening an embassy in Dar es Salaam.^[5]
4 August – Alexandru Todea has his life sentence remitted and is released from prison. He goes on to become Archbishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia.^[6]
7 September – Construction commences on the Iron Gate Hydroelectric Power Station.^[5]

Births

20 January – Vasile Tomoiagă, rower, silver medal winner at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.^[7]
28 January –Rozalia Husti, fencer, silver medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[8]
12 February – Dumitrița Turner, artistic gymnast, silver medal winner at the 1980 Summer Olympics.^[9]
4 March – Emilia Eberle, gymnast, silver medal winner at the 1980 Olympics.^[10]
12 March – Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, political scientist, academic, journalist and writer.
22 March – Ioana Badea, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Olympics.^[11]
10 April – Elena Georgescu, coxswain, gold medal winner at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics.^[12]
13 July – Princess Maria, youngest daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne.^[13]
26 July – Dana Dragomir, pan flute player and composer.^[14]
8 August – Elisabeta Tufan, fencer, silver medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[15]
2 September – Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano.^[16]
26 October – Elisabeta Lipă, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, as well as two silver and one bronze.^[17]
4 December – Sevil Shhaideh, economist and politician.^[18]

Deaths

2 March – Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, engineer and physicist (born 1870).^[19]
17 March – Păstorel Teodoreanu, humorist, poet, and gastronome (born 1894).
11 April – Alexandru Ghika, mathematician, founder of the Romanian school of functional analysis (born 1902).^[20]
2 June – Dumitru Caracostea, folklorist, literary historian, and critic (born 1879).
6 June – Vasile Atanasiu, general in World War II (born 1886).
6 July – Ion Vinea, poet and journalist (born 1895).^[21]
25 July – Cornel Medrea, sculptor (born 1888).
10 August – Visarion Puiu, metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church (born 1879).^[22]
1 September – George Georgescu, composer (born 1887).^[23]
13 November – Maria Antonescu, socialite and philanthropist (born 1892).^[24]

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References

↑ Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
↑ Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.
↑ Croitor, Mihai (2012). "Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and the Beginning of the Sino-Romanian Rapprochement (1963-1964)". Transylvanian Review. 21 (3): 135–154.
↑ Holtsmark, Sven G.; Neumann, Iver B.; Westad, Odd Arne (2016). The Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, 1945–89. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-34923-234-5.
1 2 Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C.; Popa, Marcel; Alexandrescu, Ion; Chiper, Ioan (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Enciclopedică Română. p. 400. OCLC 251025169.
↑ Bozgan, Ovidiu (2004). Cronica unui eşec previzibil: România şi Sfântul Scaun în epoca pontificatului lui Paul al VI-lea:1963–1978[Chronicle of a Predictable Failure: Romania and the Holy See in the Age of the Pontificate of Paul VI: 1963–1978] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Curtea Veche. p. 42. ISBN 978-9-73669-080-8.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vasile Tomoiagă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rozalia Oros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dumitrița Turner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emilia Eberle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ioana Badea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Georgescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
↑ Reynolds, Roger (1982). Who's who in the Royal Family. London: Proteus Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-86276-019-9.
↑ Partoş, Andrei. "Invitaţi: Dana Dragomir şi Mihai Bisericanu" [Guests: Dana Dragomir and Mihai Bisericanu]. Radio Romania Actualitati (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 15 May 2022.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.
↑ Cummings, David (2000). International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Cambridge: International Biographical Centre. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-94887-553-3.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.
↑ Siclitaru, Lavinia (22 December 2016). "Eliberată din funcţie de Orban, Sevil Shhaideh s-ar putea întoarce chiar şi în Consiliul Judeţean Constanţa" [Released from office by Orban, Sevil Shhaideh could even return to Constanţa County Council]. Ziua de Constanta (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.
↑ Olteneanu, Mihai (January 1, 2005), "Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen 1870–1964", Univers Ingineresc, XVIII (1), retrieved September 17, 2022
↑ Nedelea, Marin (1997). Istoria României în date, 1940–1995 [A History of Romania in Data 1940–1995] (in Romanian). Niculescu. p. 147. ISBN 978-9-73568-141-8.
↑ Ioana, Nicolae (1971). Țara poeților: antologie lirică închinată Partidului Comunist Român la cea de-a 50-a aniversare[The Land of Poets: Lyrical Anthology Dedicated to the Romanian Communist Party on its 50th anniversary] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Albatros. p. 377. OCLC 310717537.
↑ Sofronia, Dan (June 16, 2020). "Visarion Puiu, mitropolitul condamnat la moarte de comuniști, despre Iosif Stalin: "Numele lui va fi blestemat din veac în veac"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 25, 2022.
↑ Cowden, Robert H.; Lai, Lim M. (1987). Concert and Opera Conductors: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-31325-620-2.
↑ Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-31747-593-4.

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[1] Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.

[2] Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.

[3] Croitor, Mihai (2012). "Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej and the Beginning of the Sino-Romanian Rapprochement (1963-1964)". Transylvanian Review. 21 (3): 135–154.

[4] Holtsmark, Sven G.; Neumann, Iver B.; Westad, Odd Arne (2016). The Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, 1945–89. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-34923-234-5.

[Constantin-5] 1 2 Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C.; Popa, Marcel; Alexandrescu, Ion; Chiper, Ioan (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Enciclopedică Română. p. 400. OCLC 251025169.

[6] Bozgan, Ovidiu (2004). Cronica unui eşec previzibil: România şi Sfântul Scaun în epoca pontificatului lui Paul al VI-lea:1963–1978[Chronicle of a Predictable Failure: Romania and the Holy See in the Age of the Pontificate of Paul VI: 1963–1978] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Curtea Veche. p. 42. ISBN 978-9-73669-080-8.

[7] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vasile Tomoiagă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015.

[8] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rozalia Oros". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.

[9] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dumitrița Turner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.

[10] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emilia Eberle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.

[11] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ioana Badea". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015.

[12] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elena Georgescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.

[13] Reynolds, Roger (1982). Who's who in the Royal Family. London: Proteus Books. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-86276-019-9.

[14] Partoş, Andrei. "Invitaţi: Dana Dragomir şi Mihai Bisericanu" [Guests: Dana Dragomir and Mihai Bisericanu]. Radio Romania Actualitati (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 15 May 2022.

[15] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabeta Guzganu-Tufan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015.

[16] Cummings, David (2000). International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory. Cambridge: International Biographical Centre. p. 165. ISBN 978-0-94887-553-3.

[17] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015.

[18] Siclitaru, Lavinia (22 December 2016). "Eliberată din funcţie de Orban, Sevil Shhaideh s-ar putea întoarce chiar şi în Consiliul Judeţean Constanţa" [Released from office by Orban, Sevil Shhaideh could even return to Constanţa County Council]. Ziua de Constanta (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 30 September 2020.

[19] Olteneanu, Mihai (January 1, 2005), "Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen 1870–1964", Univers Ingineresc, XVIII (1), retrieved September 17, 2022

[20] Nedelea, Marin (1997). Istoria României în date, 1940–1995 [A History of Romania in Data 1940–1995] (in Romanian). Niculescu. p. 147. ISBN 978-9-73568-141-8.

[21] Ioana, Nicolae (1971). Țara poeților: antologie lirică închinată Partidului Comunist Român la cea de-a 50-a aniversare[The Land of Poets: Lyrical Anthology Dedicated to the Romanian Communist Party on its 50th anniversary] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Albatros. p. 377. OCLC 310717537.

[22] Sofronia, Dan (June 16, 2020). "Visarion Puiu, mitropolitul condamnat la moarte de comuniști, despre Iosif Stalin: "Numele lui va fi blestemat din veac în veac"". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 25, 2022.

[23] Cowden, Robert H.; Lai, Lim M. (1987). Concert and Opera Conductors: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-31325-620-2.

[24] Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2015). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-31747-593-4.

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