1964 in Romania
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. Prime Minister: Ion Gheorghe Maurer. Events
 3 March – Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej travels to Beijing for seven days negotiation with the Chinese government. 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. 5 May – Romania establishes diplomatic relations at an embassy level with Tanganyika, opening an embassy in Dar es Salaam. 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. 7 September – Construction commences on the Iron Gate Hydroelectric Power Station. Births
 20 January – Vasile Tomoiagă,  rower, silver medal winner at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. 28 January –Rozalia Husti,  fencer, silver medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics. 12 February – Dumitrița Turner,  artistic gymnast, silver medal winner at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 4 March – Emilia Eberle, gymnast, silver medal winner at the 1980 Olympics. 12 March – Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, political scientist, academic, journalist and writer. 22 March – Ioana Badea, rower, gold medal winner at the 1984 Olympics. 10 April – Elena Georgescu, coxswain, gold medal winner at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. 13 July – Princess Maria, youngest daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne. 26 July – Dana Dragomir, pan flute player and composer. 8 August – Elisabeta Tufan,  fencer, silver medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics. 2 September – Ruxandra Donose, mezzo-soprano. 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. 4 December – Sevil Shhaideh, economist and politician. Deaths
 2 March – Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen, engineer and physicist (born 1870). 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). 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). 25 July – Cornel Medrea, sculptor (born 1888). 10 August – Visarion Puiu, metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church (born 1879). 1 September – George Georgescu, composer (born 1887). 13 November – Maria Antonescu, socialite and philanthropist (born 1892). References

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