1964
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Author William Moffatt dies in Leeds
January
- 17th
Aberdeen trawler Rangor, A288, wrecked on Ness of Sound.
April
- 21st
BBC Television starts transmitting from the Ward of Bressay ('Da Wart O Bressay')
October
- 15th October
General Election, Jo Grimond, Liberal, returned with a majority of 7,900
