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January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...

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nuclear fission Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei. The fission process often produces gamma photons, and releases a very large amount of energy even by the energetic standards of radio ...

January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...

Abwehr The ''Abwehr'' (German for ''resistance'' or ''defence'', but the word usually means ''counterintelligence'' in a military context; ) was the German military-intelligence service for the ''Reichswehr'' and the ''Wehrmacht'' from 1920 to 1944. A ...

1939 Chillán earthquake The 1939 Chillán earthquake occurred in south-central Chile on 24 January with a surface wave magnitude of 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). With a death toll of around 28,000, compared to the 2,231–6,000 (official estima ...

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

Refik Saydam İbrahim Refik Saydam (8 September 1881 – 8 July 1942) was a Turkish physician, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Turkey, serving from 25 January 1939 until his death on 8 July 1942.Turkey. * January 26 ** Spanish Civil War: Spanish Nationalist troops, aided by Italy, take Barcelona. ** In Paris, French Foreign Minister

Georges Bonnet Georges-Étienne Bonnet (22/23 July 1889 – 18 June 1973) was a French politician who served as foreign minister in 1938 and 1939 and was a leading figure in the Radical Party. Early life Bonnet was born in Bassillac, Dordogne, the son of ...

, in response to rumours (which are true) that he is seeking to end the French alliance system in Eastern Europe, gives a speech highlighting his government's commitment to the '' cordon sanitaire''. *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

– Adolf Hitler orders Plan Z, a 5-year naval expansion programme intended to provide for a huge German fleet capable of crushing the Royal Navy by 1944. The ''

Kriegsmarine The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...

'' is given the first priority on the allotment of German economic resources. *

January 30 Events Pre-1600 *1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. *1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 *1607 – An estimated ...

– Hitler gives a speech before the ''Reichstag'' calling for an "export battle" to increase German foreign exchange holdings. The same speech also sees Hitler's "prophecy", where he warns that if "Jewish financiers" start a war against Germany, "the result will be the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe".

February

*

February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...

– Hungary joins the Anti-Comintern Pact. *

February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...

** British Prime Minister

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states in the House of Commons that any German attack on France will be automatically considered an attack on Britain. ** In a response to

Georges Bonnet Georges-Étienne Bonnet (22/23 July 1889 – 18 June 1973) was a French politician who served as foreign minister in 1938 and 1939 and was a leading figure in the Radical Party. Early life Bonnet was born in Bassillac, Dordogne, the son of ...

's speech of January 26, German Foreign Minister

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, referring to Bonnet's alleged statement of December 6, 1938, accepting Eastern Europe as being in Germany's exclusive sphere of influence, protests that all French security commitments in that region are "now off limits". *

February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...

– John Ford's Western film ''

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'' starring

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premieres in New York City and Los Angeles. * February 18 – The Golden Gate International Exposition opens in San Francisco. *

February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantinople ...

– The United Kingdom and France recognize

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's government.

March

* March – The 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine ends. * March 1 – An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explosion on the outskirts of Osaka kills 94. * March 2 –

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(Cardinal Pacelli) succeeds

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to become the 260th pope. * March 3 – In Durban, South Africa the Timeless Test begins between England and South Africa, the longest game of cricket ever played. It is abandoned 12 days later, when the English team has to catch their ship home. * March 13 – Adolf Hitler advises Jozef Tiso to declare Slovakia's independence, in order to prevent its partition by Hungary and Poland. *

March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...

– The Slovak provincial assembly proclaims independence; priest Jozef Tiso becomes president of the independent Slovak government. * March 15 – German troops occupy the remaining part of

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and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist. The Ruthenian region of Czechoslovakia declares independence as Carpatho-Ukraine. * March 16 ** Princess

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marries Shah

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of Iran. ** Hungary invades Carpatho-Ukraine; final resistance ends on March 18. * March 17 ** British Prime Minister

Neville Chamberlain Arthur Neville Chamberlain (; 18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasemen ...

gives a speech in Birmingham, stating that Britain will oppose any effort at world domination on the part of Germany. ** The nationalist governments of Spain and Portugal sign the

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in Lisbon, pledging mutual defence of the Iberian Peninsula and

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in the event of a general European war. * March 20 **

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, requiring return of the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) to Germany. ** At an emergency meeting in London to deal with the Romanian crisis, French Foreign Minister

Georges Bonnet Georges-Étienne Bonnet (22/23 July 1889 – 18 June 1973) was a French politician who served as foreign minister in 1938 and 1939 and was a leading figure in the Radical Party. Early life Bonnet was born in Bassillac, Dordogne, the son of ...

suggests to Lord Halifax that the ideal state for saving Romania from a German attack is Poland. *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

– Aleister Crowley's ''Eight Lectures on Yoga'' is published by the Ordo Templi Orientis in London. * March 22 ** Following the March 20 ultimatum, Nazi Germany is granted the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory, ''Memelland'') by

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; on the following day German forces occupy the territory. ** In the U.S., undefeated LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds men's basketball team tops undefeated

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in the championship game of the second annual

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, 44–32. LIU's 24–0 final record is the first perfect season of college basketball's postseason tournament era. * March 23 – The Slovak–Hungarian War begins. * March 26 – Final offensive of the Spanish Civil War launched by the Nationalists. * March 27 – The University of Oregon defeats Ohio State University 46–33 in Evanston, Illinois, to win the championship of the first NCAA men's basketball tournament. * March 28 ** General

Francisco Franco Francisco Franco Bahamonde (; 4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general who led the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War ...

assumes power in Madrid, remaining in power until his death in

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

. ** American adventurer

Richard Halliburton Richard Halliburton (January 9, 1900 – Declared death in absentia, presumed dead after March 24, 1939) was an American travel writing, travel writer and adventurer who swam the length of the Panama Canal and paid the lowest toll in its hi ...

delivers a last message from a Chinese junk, before he disappears on a voyage across the Pacific Ocean. In 1945, some wreckage identified as a rudder, and believed to belong to the junk, washes ashore in San Diego, California. *

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...

– Neville Chamberlain gives a speech in the House of Commons, offering the British "guarantee" of the independence of Poland.

April

* April 1 – The Spanish Civil War comes to an end when the last of the Republican forces surrender. * April 3 ** Adolf Hitler orders the German military to start planning for Fall Weiß, the codename for the invasion of Poland. **

Refik Saydam İbrahim Refik Saydam (8 September 1881 – 8 July 1942) was a Turkish physician, politician and the fourth Prime Minister of Turkey, serving from 25 January 1939 until his death on 8 July 1942.Turkey (12th government; Refik Saydam has served twice as a prime minister). *

April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...

**

Faisal II Faisal II ( ar, الملك فيصل الثاني ''el-Melik Faysal es-Sânî'') (2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regici ...

becomes King of Iraq aged three, following the death of his father, Ghazi, in an automobile incident. ** The Slovak–Hungarian War ends, with Slovakia ceding eastern territories to Hungary. ** Polish Foreign Minister Colonel Józef Beck, in London, signs a treaty designed to bilateralize

Neville Chamberlain Arthur Neville Chamberlain (; 18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasemen ...

's "Polish Guarantee" of March 31. * April 7 ** Italy invades Albania; King Zog flees. **

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, 10th

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, dies in office from a heart attack at the age of 59. He is briefly replaced by his deputy Earle Page, who serves as the 11th Prime Minister, until a UAP leadership election is held to replace Lyons. * April 9 – African-American singer Marian Anderson performs before 75,000 people at the

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in Washington, D.C., after having been denied the use both of Constitution Hall by the

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, and of a public high school by the federally controlled District of Columbia.

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Eleanor Roosevelt resigns from the DAR because of their decision. * April 11 – Hungary leaves the League of Nations. * April 14 – At a meeting in Paris, French Foreign Minister

Georges Bonnet Georges-Étienne Bonnet (22/23 July 1889 – 18 June 1973) was a French politician who served as foreign minister in 1938 and 1939 and was a leading figure in the Radical Party. Early life Bonnet was born in Bassillac, Dordogne, the son of ...

meets with Soviet Ambassador Jakob Suritz, and suggests that a "peace front" comprising France, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Poland and Romania would deter Germany from war. * April 18 ** The Soviet Union proposes a "peace front" to resist aggression. **

Robert Menzies The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...

is elected leader of the United Australia Party, and consequently becomes the 12th

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, defeating former Prime Minister

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. However, he will not be sworn in until April 26, due to Earle Page and his Country Party refusing to serve under him. * April 20 – Billie Holiday records "

Strange Fruit "Strange Fruit" is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937. The song protests the lynching of Black ...

", the first anti-lynching song, in the United States. * April 25 – The

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(FSA) is founded in the United States, along with the Civilian Conservation Corps and Public Health Service. * April 28 – In a speech before the ''Reichstag'', Adolf Hitler renounces the Anglo-German Naval Agreement and the German–Polish declaration of non-aggression. * April 30 – The

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opens.

May

* May 1 –

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, the fictional character created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, makes his first appearance in ''

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'' #27. * May 3 ** Vyacheslav Molotov succeeds Maxim Litvinov, as Soviet Foreign Commissar. ** The

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is formed by Netaji

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. * May 6 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler tells the British government that the German and Soviet governments are secretly beginning a rapprochement, with the aim of dividing Eastern Europe between them. Goerdeler also informs the British of German economic problems which he states threaten the survival of the Nazi regime, and advises that if a firm stand is made for Poland, then Hitler will be deterred from war. * May 9 – Spain leaves the League of Nations. *

May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...

– Lina Medina, a 5-year-old Peruvian girl, gives birth to a baby boy, becoming the youngest confirmed mother in medical history. * May 17 **

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and

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arrive in Quebec City, to begin the first-ever tour of Canada by Canada's monarch. ** The British government issues the White Paper of 1939, sharply restricting Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine. **

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, Norway, and Finland refuse Germany's offer of non-aggression pacts. *

May 18 Events Pre-1600 * 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. * 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...

– The Hòa Hảo religious sect is established in Vietnam, by Huỳnh Phú Sổ. * May 20 – Pan American Airways begins transatlantic mail service with the inaugural flight of its Boeing 314

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''Yankee Clipper'' from Port Washington, New York, to Marseille. *

May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. * 11 ...

– Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel. *

May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...

– The first issue of ''

Fashizmi ''Fashizmi'' ('Fascism') was a daily Albanian-Italian bilingual newspaper published from Tirana, Albanian Kingdom 1939-1940. It functioned as the official organ of the Albanian Fascist Party. Fejzi Alizoti was the editor of ''Fashizmi''. Vangjel ...

'' is published in Tirana, Albania. * May 29 – Albanian

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leader

Tefik Mborja Tefik Selim Mborja (6 November 1891 – 1 July 1954) was an Albanian politician and lawyer. He served as the general secretary of the Albanian Fascist Party during the Second World War.Fischer, Bernd Jürgen. Albania at War: 1939-1945'. London: Hu ...

is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.

June

* June 3 – The Soviet government offers its definition of what constitutes "aggression", upon which the projected Anglo-Soviet-French alliance will come into effect. French Foreign Minister

Georges Bonnet Georges-Étienne Bonnet (22/23 July 1889 – 18 June 1973) was a French politician who served as foreign minister in 1938 and 1939 and was a leading figure in the Radical Party. Early life Bonnet was born in Bassillac, Dordogne, the son of ...

accepts the Soviet definition of aggression at once. The British reject the Soviet definition, especially the concept of "indirect aggression", which they feel is too loose a definition, and phrased in such a manner as to imply the Soviet right of inference in the internal affairs of Eastern European nations. * June 4 – The ''St. Louis'', a ship carrying a cargo of 907 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, after already having been turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, many of its passengers later die in Nazi

death camps Nazi Germany used six extermination camps (german: Vernichtungslager), also called death camps (), or killing centers (), in Central Europe during World War II to systematically murder over 2.7 million peoplemostly Jewsin the Holocaust. The v ...

during The Holocaust. * June 10 – MGM's first successful animated character, Barney Bear, makes his debut in '' The Bear That Couldn't Sleep''. However, it is not until 1942 that his name is adopted. *

June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. * 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...

– The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is officially dedicated in

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. * June 14 – Tientsin Incident: The Japanese blockade the British concession in Tianjin, China, beginning a crisis which almost causes an Anglo-Japanese war in the summer of 1939. *

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. * 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...

– In the last public guillotining in France, murderer

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is executed. *

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

– Talks are completed in Ankara between French Ambassador

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and Turkish Foreign Minister Şükrü Saracoğlu, resolving the Hatay dispute in Turkey's favor. Turkey annexes

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. * June 24 – The government of Siam changes its name to Thailand, which means 'Free Land'. * June 29 – The Ford 9N tractor, with the

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hydraulic three-point hitch, is first demonstrated at

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July

* July 4 – The Neuengamme concentration camp becomes autonomous. * July 6 – The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed by the Nazis. *

July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...

– The Pan American Airways Boeing 314

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''Yankee Clipper'' inaugurates the world's first heavier-than-air North Atlantic air passenger service, between the United States ( Port Washington, New York) and Britain. * July 23 – Mahatma Gandhi writes a personal letter to Adolf Hitler from India, addressing him as "My friend", requesting him to prevent any possible war. * July 27 – The first recorded snow falls in Auckland, New Zealand, since records began in

1853 Events January–March * January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. * January 8 – Taiping Reb ...

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August

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August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...

– The Einstein–Szilárd letter is signed, advising President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt of the potential use of uranium to construct an

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. * August 4 – Prime Minister

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dismisses the Parliament of the United Kingdom until October 3. * August 15 – MGM's classic musical film ''

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'', based on L. Frank Baum's famous novel of 1900, and starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in

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. On August 25 it is released in movie theaters throughout the United States. *

August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...

– Adolf Hitler, after evaluating the pace of non-aggression negotiations with the Soviet Union, orders the

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to begin the opening operations for '' Fall Weiß'', the invasion of Poland. The , along with the , as well as dozens of U-boats, cast off for their advance positions. Hitler spends the next few days worrying that the Russians will not come to terms in time for the rest of the invasion plans to unfold as scheduled. * August 20 – Armored forces under the command of Soviet General Georgy Zhukov deliver a decisive defeat to Imperial Japanese Army forces in the Japanese-Soviet border war in Inner Mongolia. * August 23 – The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact is signed between Germany and the Soviet Union, a neutrality treaty that also agrees to division of spheres of influence (Finland, Estonia,

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, eastern Poland and Bessarabia (modern-day Moldova), north-east province of Romania to the Soviet Union;

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and western Poland to Germany). Its annex reassigns Lithuania to the Soviet Union. * August 24 – As details of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact become public, British Prime Minister

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recalls the Parliament of the United Kingdom several weeks early. In a burst of legislation, the

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gives full authority to defence regulations, the British Royal Navy is to be put on a war footing, all military leave is to be cancelled,

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s are to be called up, especially coast defence, radar and anti-aircraft units, and Civil Defence workers are placed on alert. In addition, the last British and French private citizens in Germany are advised to return home by their respective Governments. * August 25 ** The German Foreign Ministry cuts off all telegraph and telephone communication with the outside world, in accordance with the plan for '' Fall Weiß''. At approximately 1830 Central European time, Adolf Hitler postpones ''Fall Weiß'' for 5 days, after receiving a message from

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that he will not honor the Pact of Steel if Germany attacks Poland, and because Chamberlain's government has not fallen as a result of the German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. Some units already in their forward positions (the attack is scheduled for 0430 the next day) do not get the word in time and attack various targets along the border. This same day,

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gives Edward Rydz-Śmigły his "ironclad guarantee" of assistance if Poland is attacked by Germany. **

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: An Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in the centre of Coventry, England, killing 5 people. * August 26 ** The first televised Major League Baseball games are shown on experimental station

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in the United States: a double-header between the

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and the

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at Ebbets Field. ** The

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orders all German-flagged merchant ships to head to German ports immediately, in anticipation of the invasion of Poland. * August 27 – A Heinkel He 178, the first turbojet-powered aircraft, flies for the first time, with Captain Erich Warsitz in command. * August 28 – French ocean liner heads into

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, where she will be interned on September 3, and cut up for scrap, beginning in 1946. * August 30 – Poland begins a mobilization against Nazi Germany. * August 31 – Operation Himmler: Nazi German troops posing as Poles stage a series of

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operations on the border (including the Gleiwitz incident), giving a pretext for the invasion of Poland.

September

*

September 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...

– Beginning of WWII: ** Opening shots of World War II and invasion of Poland: At 4:45am Central European Time, under cover of darkness, the German WWI-era battleship ''Schleswig-Holstein'' quietly slips her moorings at her wharf in Danzig Harbor, drifts into the center of the channel, and commences firing on a Polish military installation on Westerplatte at the northeastern mouth of the port of the internationalized

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, beginning the Battle of Westerplatte and

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. Five minutes previously, the

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in the western part of Poland had commenced, beginning the Battle of the Border. Shock-troops of the German Wehrmacht begin crossing the border into Poland. ** The Reichstag passes a statement, stating that Adolf Hitler's second-in-command Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring should be appointed as Hitler's successor as Führer, should Hitler die during the war.

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is to be appointed in Göring's place, should anything befall Göring. ** Britain and France deliver ultimatums to Germany. Norway, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland declare their neutrality. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt states that "every effort" would be made by his administration to stay out of the war. Italy is advised that Germany does not expect to need its military support at present. ** General

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becomes

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of the United States Army. *

September 2 Events Pre-1600 *44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them ...

– WWII: ** Following the invasion of Poland, the Free City of Danzig (modern-day

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, Poland) is annexed to Nazi Germany. ** Spain and Ireland declare their neutrality. *

September 3 Events Pre-1600 *36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 – San Marino, one of the s ...

– WWII: ** The United Kingdom, France, New Zealand, Australia and India (by its Viceroy) declare war on Nazi Germany. Prime Minister of Canada

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, in English, and Justice Minister Ernest Lapointe, in French, give an international radio address stating the Dominion's intention to declare war also. ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt advocates neutrality, in a nationwide radio address. **

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becomes the first British civilian casualty of the war, when she is torpedoed and sunk by in the eastern Atlantic. Of the 1,418 aboard, 98 passengers and 19 crew are killed. ** Chamberlain offers the war cabinet post of First Lord of the Admiralty to

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, who returns to government for the first time since June 4, 1929. * September 4 – WWII: ** The first

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is carried out, by the British Royal Air Force. ** The

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by irregular Polish militia fails and the city is secured by German Wehrmacht forces who carry out the Katowice massacre. ** Nepal declares war on Germany. * September 5 – WWII: The United States declares its neutrality in the war. * September 6 – WWII: South Africa declares war on Germany. * September 8 ** WWII: Forward elements of General Hoeppner's XVI Panzerkorps take up positions outside Warsaw. The world is stunned by the rapidity of the German advance, and the Polish High Command is effectively isolated, but lack of infantry support and effective civilian resistance cause Hoeppner to halt outside the city itself. ** WWII: Battle of Westerplatte ends when Polish troops on the Westerplatte are forced by lack of food and ammunition to surrender. The garrison of about two hundred had held out against thousands of German forces (many of them naval officer cadets from ''Schleswig-Holstein'') for seven days. ** The

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is founded in Algeria, by

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.

Polish kid in the ruins of Warsaw September 1939

* September 9 – WWII: Troops of the Polish Poznań Army under the command of General Kutrzeba open the Battle of the Bzura, the largest and best organized counter-attack mounted by the Polish forces in the campaign of 1939. For the first few days all goes well, and the Germans are forced to retreat; but quick reaction by mechanized units and the Luftwaffe soon take their toll, and the operation bogs down. * September 10 – WWII: Canada declares war on Germany, the only declaration of war by Canada. * September 13– 14 – WWII:

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– German Wehrmacht soldiers shoot more than 200 Polish prisoners of war. *

September 15 Events Pre-1600 * 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. *1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...

– WWII: Diverse elements of the German Wehrmacht surround Warsaw, and demand its surrender. The Poles refuse, and the siege begins in earnest. *

September 16 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. *1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900 * 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...

– A ceasefire ends the Battles of Khalkhin Gol, the undeclared border war between the Soviet Union (and Mongolian allies) and Japan. *

September 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". * 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...

– WWII: ** The Soviet Union invades Poland, and then occupies eastern Polish territories. ** Royal Navy

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is torpedoed and sunk by in the Western Approaches with the loss of 519 crew (the first British warship loss of the war). * September 18 – WWII: ''Orzeł'' incident: Polish submarine ORP ''Orzeł'' escapes internment from Tallinn Harbour, Estonia, leading both the Soviet Union and Germany to question Estonia's neutrality. * September 19 – WWII: The Poznan pocket collapses, and the Germans capture, according to many sources, over 150,000 men. Many elements of General

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's forces work their way into Warsaw, under extreme difficulty. * September 21 ** Reinhard Heydrich, chief of the Security Police, sends a directive, the Schnellbrief, explaining that Jews living in towns and villages in the Polish occupation zones are to be transferred to ghettos, and Jewish councils,

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, will be established to carry out the German authorities' orders. **

Assassination of Armand Călinescu Armand Călinescu, at the time the Prime Minister of Romania, was assassinated on 21 September 1939, aged 46, in Bucharest by Iron Guard members under the direct leadership of Horia Sima (exiled in Steglitz at the time). This was the culminatio ...

: Prime Minister of Romania Armand Călinescu is shot in Bucharest by members of the fascist

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. **Radio station WJSV in Washington, D.C. records an entire broadcast day, for preservation in the National Archives. *

September 22 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. * 1236 – The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of th ...

– WWII: A joint victory parade is staged by the Wehrmacht and Red Army in

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, at the end of the Invasion of Poland. * September 24 – WWII: The Soviet Union issues an ultimatum to Estonia to allow Soviet military bases on its territory, which Estonia accepts on September 28. Similar ultimatums are issued to

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on October 5 and to

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on October 10, who are forced to accept them as well. *

September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...

– WWII: ** Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland, after their invasion. ** Warsaw surrenders to Germany; Modlin surrenders a day later; the last Polish large operational unit surrenders near

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8 days later. *

September 30 Events Pre-1600 * 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. * 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their b ...

– General Władysław Sikorski becomes Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

October

* October 6 – WWII: The Battle of Kock ends the Polish Campaign. Polish resistance moves underground. * October 7 – WWII: British Royal Navy cruiser departs

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in convoy for Halifax, Nova Scotia, carrying £2M in gold bar to be used for purchase of military materiel in North America, a predecessor of Operation Fish. * October 8 ** WWII: Germany annexes

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. ** The Holocaust: Piotrków Trybunalski Ghetto, the first Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe, is proclaimed in German-occupied Poland. * October 11 – The Einstein–Szilárd letter is delivered to President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, advising of the potential use of uranium to construct an

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, leading to the Manhattan Project. *

October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. * 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...

– sinks the British battleship at anchor in

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(Scotland), with the loss of 833 crew. *

October 15 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 1211 ...

– The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated. * October 17 – Comedy-drama film ''

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'' premieres in Washington, D.C. * October 21 – The first meeting of the U.S.

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is held under Lyman James Briggs, authorized by President Roosevelt to oversee neutron experiments, a precursor of the Manhattan Project. * October 22 – In the first televised

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football game, the

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defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 23–14 at Ebbets Field. * October 24 – Nylon stockings go on sale for the first time anywhere in Wilmington, Delaware.

November

* November – Lebensborn: Policy of kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany initiated in occupied Poland. *

November 1 Events Pre-1600 * 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...

– 2 – WWII: Physicist Hans Ferdinand Mayer writes the Oslo Report on German weapons systems, and passes it to the British

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. * November 4 – WWII: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the

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, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons to non-belligerent nations. * November 4 – Stewart Menzies is appointed head of the British

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. * November 6 ** ''Hedda Hopper's Hollywood'' debuts on radio with gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as host (the show runs until 1951, making Hopper a powerful figure among the

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elite). ** WWII: Sonderaktion Krakau: Germans take action against scientists from the University of Kraków, and other Kraków universities. * November 8 ** WWII: In Munich, an attempt to kill Adolf Hitler is made by

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, while Hitler is celebrating the 16th anniversary of the

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. ** CBS television station

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resumes test transmission, with an all-electronic system broadcast from the top of the Chrysler Building in New York City. *

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...

– WWII:

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: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans. * November 14 – In Washington, D.C., U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial. * November 16 –

Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the ...

is released from

Terminal Island Terminal Island, historically known as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, is a largely artificial island located in Los Angeles County, California, between the neighborhoods of Wilmington and San Pedro in the city of Los Angeles, and the city of Long Be ...

, due to deteriorating health caused by

syphilis Syphilis () is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium ''Treponema pallidum'' subspecies ''pallidum''. The signs and symptoms of syphilis vary depending in which of the four stages it presents (primary, secondary, latent, an ...

. * November 17 – WWII: To punish protests against the Nazi occupation of the Czech homeland, the Nazis storm the University of Prague and murder 9 Czech graduate students, send over 1,200 to concentration camps, and close all Czech universities, an event which will be commemorated as

International Students' Day International Students' Day is an international observance of the student community, held annually on 17 November. Originally commemorating the Czech universities which were stormed by Nazis in 1939 and the students who were subsequently kille ...

. * November 23 – WWII: British armed merchantman is sunk in the GIUK gap, in an action against the German

battleship A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns. It dominated naval warfare in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term ''battleship'' came into use in the late 1880s to describe a type of ...

s and . *

November 26 Events Pre-1600 * 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus. *1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ...

–

Shelling of Mainila The Shelling of Mainila ( fi, Mainilan laukaukset, , russian: Ма́йнильский инциде́нт, Máynil'skiy intsidént) was a military incident on 26 November 1939 in which the Soviet Union's Red Army shelled the Soviet village of Ma ...

: The Soviet Union's Red Army shells the Russian village of Mainila, then claims that the fire originated from Finland, giving a ''

casus belli A (; ) is an act or an event that either provokes or is used to justify a war. A ''casus belli'' involves direct offenses or threats against the nation declaring the war, whereas a ' involves offenses or threats against its ally—usually one b ...

'' for the Winter War. *

November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...

– WWII: ** Winter War: Soviet forces attack Finland and reach the

Mannerheim Line The Mannerheim Line ( fi, Mannerheim-linja, sv, Mannerheimlinjen) was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union. While this was never an officially designated name, during the Winter War it ...

, starting the war. ** Sweden declares itself a

non-belligerent A non-belligerent is a person, a state, or other organization that does not fight in a given conflict. The term is often used to describe a country that does not take part militarily in a war. A non-belligerent state differs from a neutral one in ...

in the Winter War.

December

* December 2 – LaGuardia Airport opens for business in New York City. * December 4 – WWII: ** British battleship strikes a

mine Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging * Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun ...

(laid by ) off the coast of Scotland, and is laid up for repairs until August 1940. ** German submarine ''U-36'' is torpedoed and sunk by British submarine HMS ''Salmon'' off

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

, the first enemy submarine lost to a British one during the war. * December 9 – WWII: The first soldier of the British Expeditionary Force is killed; Corporal Thomas Priday triggers a French land mine. * December 12 – WWII: sinks after a collision with off the coast of Scotland, with the loss of 124 men. * December 13 – WWII – Battle of the River Plate: The German heavy cruiser ''Admiral Graf Spee'' is trapped by cruisers , HMNZS ''Achilles'', and after a running battle off the coast of Uruguay. ''Graf Spee'' is scuttled by its crew off

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

Harbor, on

December 17 Events Pre-1600 * 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. * 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. * 920 – Romanos I Lekap ...

. * December 14 – WWII – Winter War: The League of Nations expels the USSR for attacking Finland. *

December 15 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theod ...

– The epic historical romance film '' Gone with the Wind'', starring

Vivien Leigh Vivien Leigh ( ; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967; born Vivian Mary Hartley), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her definitive performances as Scarlett O'Hara in ''Gon ...

, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland and Leslie Howard, premieres at

Loew's Grand Theatre Loew's Grand Theater, originally DeGive's Grand Opera House, was a movie theater at the corner of Peachtree and Forsyth Streets in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. It was most famous as the site of the 1939 premiere of ''Gone wit ...

in Atlanta. Based on Margaret Mitchell's best-selling novel of 1936, it is the longest American film made up to this date (at nearly four hours) and rapidly becomes the highest-grossing film up to this time. * December 18 – WWII – Battle of the Heligoland Bight:

RAF Bomber Command RAF Bomber Command controlled the Royal Air Force's bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II. From 1942 onward, the British bo ...

, on a daylight mission to attack ''

Kriegsmarine The (, ) was the navy of Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The was one of three official branches, along with the a ...

'' ships in the Heligoland Bight, is repulsed by Luftwaffe

fighter aircraft Fighter aircraft are fixed-wing military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat. In military conflict, the role of fighter aircraft is to establish air superiority of the battlespace. Domination of the airspace above a battlefield ...

. * December 26 – Miners strike in

Borinage The Borinage () is an area in the Walloon province of Hainaut in Belgium. The name derives from the coal mines of the region, ''bores'' meaning mineshafts. In French the inhabitants of the Borinage are called Borains. The provincial capital ...

, Belgium. * December 27 – The 7.8 Erzincan earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (''Extreme''), causing $20 million in damage, and leaving 32,700–32,968 dead.

Date unknown

* Kirlian photography is invented by

Semyon Kirlian Semyon Davidovich Kirlian (; russian: Семён Давидович Кирлиан; hy, Սիմոն Կիրլյան; 20 February 1898 – 4 April 1978) was a Soviet inventor and researcher of Armenian descent, who along with his wife Valentina ...

. * Enzo Ferrari founds Auto Avio Construzioni, the company that becomes

Ferrari Ferrari S.p.A. (; ) is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer based in Maranello, Italy. Founded by Enzo Ferrari (1898–1988) in 1939 from the Alfa Romeo racing division as ''Auto Avio Costruzioni'', the company built its first car in ...

in

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

.

Births

January–February

* January 1 – Ali Mahdi Muhammad, Somali entrepreneur, politician and 4th

President of Somalia The president of Somalia ( so, Madaxaweynaha Soomaaliya) is the head of state of Somalia. The president is also commander-in-chief of the Somali Armed Forces. The president represents the Federal Government of Somalia, Federal Republic of Somal ...

(d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) *

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

** Arik Einstein, Israeli singer (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

) ** Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player ** Vincent Siew, Taiwanese politician, 9th Vice President of the Republic of China *

January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...

**

Valeriy Lobanovskyi Valeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi ( uk, Вале́рій Васи́льович Лобано́вський ; russian: Вале́рий Васи́льевич Лобано́вский; 6 January 1939 – 13 May 2002) was а Ukrainian football playe ...

, Ukrainian footballer, manager (d.

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

) **

Murray Rose Iain Murray Rose, (6 January 1939 – 15 April 2012) was an Australian swimmer, actor, sports commentator and marketing executive. He was a six-time Olympic medalist (four gold, one silver, one bronze), and at one time held the world records ...

, Australian swimmer (d.

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) *

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...

–

Susannah York Susannah Yolande Fletcher (9 January 1939 – 15 January 2011), known professionally as Susannah York, was an English actress. Her appearances in various films of the 1960s, including '' Tom Jones'' (1963) and '' They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' ...

, British actress (d.

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

) *

January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...

** Sal Mineo, American actor (d.

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

) ** Bill Toomey, American athlete * January 11 –

Anne Heggtveit Anne Heggtveit, (born January 11, 1939) is a former alpine ski racer from Canada. She was an Olympic gold medallist and double world champion in 1960. Early years Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Heggtveit was raised in New Edinburgh, one of the ol ...

, Canadian skier * January 12 – Joachim Yhombi-Opango, Congolese politician (d.

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

) * January 17 – Maury Povich, American talk show host * January 19 – Phil Everly, American rock 'n' roll musician (member of Rockabilly Hall of Fame) (d.

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

) *

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...

–

Chandra Wickramasinghe Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe (born 20 January 1939) is a Sri Lankan-born British mathematician, astronomer and astrobiologist of Sinhalese people, Sinhalese ethnicity. His research interests include the interstellar medium, infrared astronomy, ...

, British astronomer and poet *

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...

** Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) **

Alfredo Palacio Luis Alfredo Palacio González (born 22 January 1939) is an Ecuadorian cardiologist and former politician who served as President of Ecuador from 20 April 2005 to 15 January 2007. From 15 January 2003 to 20 April 2005, he served as vice presid ...

, 42nd President of Ecuador ** Ray Stevens, American musician ('' Everything is Beautiful'') * January 29 – Germaine Greer, Australian feminist writer *

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...

–

Ekaterina Maximova Ekaterina Sergeevna Maximova (russian: Екатерина Сергеевна Максимова; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009) was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. Sh ...

, Russian ballerina (d.

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

) *

February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...

– Michael Cimino, American film director (d.

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

) * February 7 –

Francisco Mendes Francisco Mendes, ''nom de guerre'' Chico Té (February 7, 1939 – July 7, 1978), was a Guinea-Bissau, Bissau-Guinean politician. He was the country's first List of prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau, Prime Minister and held that position from Sep ...

, Guinea-Bissau politician, 1st

Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau This article lists the prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of prime minister in 1973. Since Guinea-Bissau's declaration of independence from Portugal on 24 September 1974, there have been twenty prime ministe ...

(d.

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

) * February 8 – Egon Zimmermann, Austrian Olympic alpine skier (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * February 10 ** Adrienne Clarkson, 26th Governor General of Canada **

Tsuyoshi Yamanaka was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m events at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won four silver medals; he also helped Japan win a bronze relay medal in 1964 by swimming in the heat, and placed f ...

, Japanese freestyle swimmer (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) * February 12 –

Ray Manzarek Raymond Daniel Manzarek Jr. (né Manczarek; February 12, 1939 – May 20, 2013) was an American keyboardist. He is best known as a member of the Doors, co-founding the band with singer and lyricist Jim Morrison in 1965. Manzarek was induct ...

, American keyboardist ('' The Doors'') (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

) *

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

– Andrew Peacock, Australian politician (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) * February 18 –

Abdelraouf Al-Rawabdeh Abdelraouf al-Rawabdeh ( ar, عبد الرؤوف الروابدة; born 18 February 1939 in Irbid) was the 32nd Prime Minister of Jordan from 4 March 1999 until 19 June 2000, a leading political figure from the north city of Irbid in Jordan. Po ...

, Jordanian political figure, 65th

Prime Minister of Jordan The prime minister of Jordan is the head of government of the Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The prime minister is appointed by the List of kings of Jordan, king of Jordan, who is then free to form his own Cabinet of Jordan, Cabinet. Th ...

*

February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan ...

– Erin Pizzey, British author, founder of the first domestic violence shelter in the modern world *

February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...

–

Daniel C. Tsui Daniel Chee Tsui (, born February 28, 1939) is a Chinese-born American physicist, Nobel laureate, and the Arthur Legrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Tsui's areas of research include electrical prop ...

, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

March–April

* March 1 – Tzvetan Todorov, Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) * March 2 – Takako, Princess Suga *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...

** Samantha Eggar, English actress ** Chögyam Trungpa, Buddhist meditation master (d.

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

) * March 8 – Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed-skater * March 10 –

Lee Soo-sung Lee Soo-sung (born March 10, 1939) is a South Korean politician and legal scholar. He was the 27th Prime Minister of South Korea from December 18, 1995 to March 4, 1997. Prior to becoming prime minister, he was president of Seoul National Univ ...

, 27th Prime Minister of South Korea * March 13 – Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter *

March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...

– Glauber Rocha, Brazilian film director, actor and screenwriter (d.

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

) * March 17 – Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian footballer and manager * March 20 –

Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney ( ; born March 20, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political sci ...

, 18th Prime Minister of Canada *

March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...

–

D. C. Fontana Dorothy Catherine Fontana (March 25, 1939 – December 2, 2019) was an American television script writer and story editor, best known for her work on the original '' Star Trek'' franchise and several Western television series. After a shor ...

, American television writer (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * March 29 – Terence Hill, Italian actor *

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...

** Zviad Gamsakhurdia,

President of Georgia President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

(d.

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

) ** Volker Schlöndorff, German film director **

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger Karl-Heinz Schnellinger (born 31 March 1939) is a German former footballer who played as a defender. An athletic and hard-tackling player, with a strong physique, he was nicknamed the "Volkswagen" for his continuity of performance, both in qua ...

, German footballer * April 1 – Ali MacGraw, American actress * April 2 –

Marvin Gaye Marvin Pentz Gay Jr., who also spelled his surname as Gaye (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984), was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo ar ...

, American singer (d.

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

) *

April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...

**

Alex George Alexander or Alex George may refer to: *Alex George (botanist) (born 1939), Australian botanist * Alexander L. George (1920–2006), American political scientist * Alexander George (philosopher), American philosopher *Alex George (motorcyclist), Sc ...

, Australian botanist ** Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer and singer (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) ** Ernie Terrell, African-American professional boxer (d.

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

) * April 7 ** Sir

David Frost Sir David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, journalist, comedian and writer. He rose to prominence during the satire boom in the United Kingdom when he was chosen to host the satirical programme ' ...

, English television personality (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

) **

Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five A ...

, American film director * April 9 – Michael Learned, American actress * April 10 – Claudio Magris, Italian author * April 12 –

Alan Ayckbourn Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director. He has written and produced as of 2021, more than eighty full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of ...

, English dramatist *

April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...

– Seamus Heaney, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

) * April 15 – Jaime Paz Zamora , 60th President of Bolivia * April 16 – Dusty Springfield, English pop singer (d.

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

) * April 19 –

Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei ( fa, سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای, ; born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia ''marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously the third president o ...

, Supreme Leader of Iran * April 20 – Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian politician, 1st female Prime Minister *

April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...

–

Helen Prejean Helen Prejean ( ; born April 21, 1939) is a Catholic religious sister and a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty. She is known for her best-selling book, '' Dead Man Walking'' (1993), based on her experiences with t ...

, American writer *

April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...

– Lee Majors, American actor *

April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...

– João Bernardo Vieira,

President of Guinea-Bissau This article lists the presidents of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of president in 1973. List of officeholders ;Political parties ;Other factions ;Symbols Notes Timeline Latest election See also * Polit ...

(d.

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

)

May–June

Jackie Stewart at the 2014 WEC Silverstone round

* May 1 –

Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her ec ...

, American singer-songwriter * May 2 ** Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist and inventor **

Taomati Iuta Taomati T. Iuta (2 May 1939 on Beru Island

,

Vice President of Kiribati The vice-president of Kiribati ( gil, Kauoman-ni-Beretitenti) is the vice president, deputy head of State of the Kiribati, Republic of Kiribati. His or her constitutional functions are to exercise the duties of the President of Kiribati, temporari ...

(1991–94) (d.

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

) * May 4 – Amos Oz, Israeli author and journalist (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) * May 7 ** José Antonio Abreu, Venezuelan orchestral conductor, music educator (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) ** Sidney Altman, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) ** Ruud Lubbers, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1982–94) (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) * May 9 – Ralph Boston, American athlete *

May 13 Events Pre-1600 *1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''. * 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...

– Harvey Keitel, American actor * May 15 –

Barbara Hammer Barbara Jean Hammer (May 15, 1939 – March 16, 2019) was an American feminist film director, producer, writer, and cinematographer. She is known for being one of the pioneers of the lesbian film genre, and her career spanned over 50 years. Hamm ...

, American filmmaker (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) *

May 18 Events Pre-1600 * 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. * 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...

– Peter Grünberg, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) * May 19 ** Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter ** James Fox, English actor ** Nancy Kwan, American actress ** Dick Scobee, American astronaut (d.

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

) * May 20 – Roman Kartsev, Russian actor (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) * May 21 –

Heinz Holliger Heinz Robert Holliger (born 21 May 1939) is a Swiss virtuoso oboist, composer and conductor. Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generation. His repertoire includes Baroque and Classic ...

, Swiss oboist, composer *

May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. * 11 ...

– Paul Winfield, African-American actor (d.

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

) * May 25 ** Dixie Carter, American actress (d.

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

) ** Sir

Ian McKellen Sir Ian Murray McKellen (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. His career spans seven decades, having performed in genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. Regarded as a British cultural i ...

, English actor *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– Don Williams, American musician (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) * May 29 – Maeve Binchy, Irish author (d.

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) *

May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...

–

Michael J. Pollard Michael J. Pollard (born Michael John Pollack Jr.; May 30, 1939 – November 20, 2019) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as C.W. Moss in the film ''Bonnie and Clyde'' (1967), which earned him critical acclaim along with nomi ...

, American actor (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * June 1 – Cleavon Little, African-American actor (d.

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

) * June 4 –

Ottavio Cogliati Ottavio Cogliati (4 June 1939 – 20 April 2008) was an Italian cyclist who won a gold medal in the team time trial at the 1960 Summer Olympics. After that he turned professional and rode the 1962 and 1963 Tour de France The 1963 Tour de ...

, Italian cyclist (d.

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) *

June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...

** Joe Clark, 16th Prime Minister of Canada **

Margaret Drabble Dame Margaret Drabble, Lady Holroyd, (born 5 June 1939) is an English biographer, novelist and short story writer. Drabble's books include '' The Millstone'' (1965), which won the following year's John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, and ''Jer ...

, English novelist *

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...

– Louis Andriessen, Dutch composer (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) * June 9 – Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano * June 11 – Jackie Stewart, Scottish motor racing driver * June 16 – Billy "Crash" Craddock, American country and rockabilly singer *

June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...

– Charles Jencks, American cultural theorist (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * June 22 – Ada Yonath, Israeli crystallographer * June 26 – Osvaldo Hurtado, 34th President of Ecuador * June 29 – Sante Gaiardoni, Italian cyclist * June 30 –

Renzo Rovatti Renzo Rovatti (born 30 June 1939 in Milan) is a retired Italian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally mean ...

, Italian footballer

July–August

*

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...

** Kazi Zafar Ahmed, 8th Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d.

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

) ** Karen Black, American actress (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

) * July 4 **

Abdelmajid Chetali Abdelmajid Al-Chetali ( ar, عبد المجيد الشتالي; born 4 July 1939) is a Tunisian football coach and former player who played a total of 70 games with the national team and scored four goals. He also participated in the 1960 Summ ...

, Tunisian footballer, manager ** Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani, 2nd

Prime Minister of Yemen The prime minister of the Republic of Yemen is the head of government of Yemen. Under the Constitution of Yemen, the prime minister is appointed by the president, and the former, as well as their Cabinet, must enjoy confidence from the House of ...

(d.

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

) * July 6 ** Mary Peters, British athlete ** Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, sovereign ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah * July 7 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian opera singer (d.

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

) *

July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...

** Likulia Bolongo, Congolese politician, general and Prime Minister of Zaire ** Abdelhamid Sharaf, Jordanian ambassador to the United States and Canada, 51st

Prime Minister of Jordan The prime minister of Jordan is the head of government of the Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The prime minister is appointed by the List of kings of Jordan, king of Jordan, who is then free to form his own Cabinet of Jordan, Cabinet. Th ...

(d. 1980) * July 10 – Mavis Staples, African-American rhythm and blues, gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist * July 13 – John Danielsen, Danish football midfielder * July 14 ** Karel Gott, Czech singer (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) ** Sid Haig, American actor (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * July 15 – Aníbal Cavaco Silva, 113th Prime Minister of Portugal, 19th President of Portugal * July 16 – Lido Vieri, Italian footballer and manager * July 17 – Milva, Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) * July 18 – Dion DiMucci, American singer, songwriter (''The Wanderer (Dion song), The Wanderer'') * July 21 – Helmut Haller, German footballer (d.

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) * July 22 – Gila Almagor, Israeli actress and author * July 24 – Walt Bellamy, African-American basketball player (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

) * July 26 – John Howard, 25th

Prime Minister of Australia The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister heads the executive branch of the Australian Government, federal government of Australia and is also accountable to Parliament of A ...

* July 28 – Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor, comedian, and director (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) * July 31 – Susan Flannery, American soap opera actress * August 1 – Robert James Waller, American novelist (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) *

August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...

** Ali Mroudjaé, 9th Prime Minister of the Comoros (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) ** Wes Craven, American film director and writer (d.

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

) * August 5 – Princess Irene of the Netherlands * August 8 – Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romanian athlete * August 9 – Romano Prodi, Italian politician, economist and 52nd Prime Minister of Italy * August 11 – James Mancham, Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) * August 12 ** George Hamilton (actor), George Hamilton, American actor ** S. Jayakumar, Singaporean politician and 4th Senior Minister of Singapore * August 16 ** Seán Brady (bishop), Seán Brady, Irish cardinal ** Valery Ryumin, Soviet cosmonaut (d.

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) *

August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...

** Alan Baker (mathematician), Alan Baker, English mathematician (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) ** Ginger Baker, English drummer (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * August 20 – Fernando Poe Jr., Filipino actor (d.

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

) *August 21 – Clarence Williams III, American actor (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) * August 22 – Valerie Harper, American actress (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * August 23 – Fernando Luján, Mexican actor (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) * August 27 – Bill Mulliken, American swimmer (d.

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

) * August 29 – Joel Schumacher, American film producer and director (d.

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

) * August 30 ** Elizabeth Ashley, née Cole, American actress ** John Peel, né Ravenscroft, English disc jockey (d.

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

)

September

*

September 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...

– Lily Tomlin, American actress (''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'') * September 5 ** George Lazenby, Australian actor ** Claudette Colvin, American civil rights activist and nurse ** William Devane, American actor ** Clay Regazzoni, Swiss Formula One driver (d. 2006) * September 6 – Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * September 7 – Stanislav Petrov, Soviet Air Defence Forces official * September 8 – Carsten Keller, German field hockey player * September 9 – Reuven Rivlin, 10th President of Israel * September 11 – Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) * September 13 ** Richard Kiel, American actor (d.

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

) ** Guntis Ulmanis, 5th President of Latvia *

September 15 Events Pre-1600 * 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. *1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...

– Ron Walker (Australian businessman), Ron Walker, Australian businessman, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) *

September 16 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. *1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900 * 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...

– Breyten Breytenbach, South African writer and painter * September 18 – Jorge Sampaio, 17th President of Portugal (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) *

September 22 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. * 1236 – The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of th ...

– Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (d.

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

) * September 27 – Kathy Whitworth, American professional golfer *

September 30 Events Pre-1600 * 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. * 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their b ...

– Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

October

* Date unknown - Muhammad Banaru Abubakar, Nigerian Administrator and public servant (d.

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

) * October 4 – Ivan Mauger, New Zealand speedway rider, 6 times World Speedway Champion (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) * October 6 - Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, English broadcaster and author * October 7 ** John Hopcroft, American computer scientist ** Clive James, Australian-born writer, humorist and television personality (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) ** Harold Kroto, English organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d.

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

) * October 8 – Paul Hogan, Australian actor and comedian * October 9 ** Carmen Salinas, Mexican actress and politician (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) ** John Pilger, Australian-born journalist * October 11 – Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) *

October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. * 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...

– Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer * October 18 – Lee Harvey Oswald, Alleged American assassin of President John F. Kennedy (d. 1963) * October 21 – Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens (d.

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) * October 22 ** Joaquim Chissano, President of Mozambique ** George Cohen, English footballer (d.

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) * October 24 ** F. Murray Abraham, American actor (Amadeus (film)) **Madalena Iglésias, Portuguese actress and singer (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) * October 27 – John Cleese, English comic actor and writer * October 28 – Jane Alexander, American actress * October 29 – Malay Roy Choudhury, Bengali poet, novelist and creator of the Indian Hungry generation literary and cultural movement * October 30 ** Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ** Grace Slick, American rock singer (''Jefferson Airplane'') * October 31 ** Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer (d. 2006) ** Ron Rifkin, American actor

November

*

November 1 Events Pre-1600 * 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...

– Barbara Bosson, American actress * November 6 ** Athanasios Angelopoulos, Greek academic ** Carlos Emilio Morales, Cuban jazz guitarist (d.

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

) * November 8 – Laila Kinnunen, Finnish singer (d. 2000) * November 10 – Russell Means, Native American activist (d.

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) * November 14 – Wendy Carlos, American electronic composer * November 15 – Yaphet Kotto, African-American actor (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) * November 18 ** Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist ** Amanda Lear, French model and singer ** Brenda Vaccaro, American actress * November 19 – Emil Constantinescu, President of Romania * November 25 ** Rais Khan, Pakistani sitarist (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) ** Thomas Resetarits, Austrian sculptor (d.

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) *

November 26 Events Pre-1600 * 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her king from retaking the throne from Mauregatus. *1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ...

** Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia ** Shettima Mustafa, Nigerian politician (d. 2022) ** Tina Turner, American born Swiss singer and actress * November 27 ** Dudley Storey, New Zealand rower (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) ** Laurent-Désiré Kabila, 3rd President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2001) ** Ulla Strömstedt, Swedish actress (d.

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ...

) *

November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...

– Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Nepalese dwarf, world's shortest man (d.

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December

* December 1 – Lee Trevino, American professional golfer * December 8 ** Jerry Butler, African-American singer-songwriter and politician ** James Galway, Irish flautist ** Fahrudin Jusufi, Kosovar-Serbian footballer and coach (d.

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December 15 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theod ...

– Cindy Birdsong, American singer *

December 17 Events Pre-1600 * 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. * 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison. * 920 – Romanos I Lekap ...

– Eddie Kendricks, African-American singer (''The Temptations'') (d.

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) * December 18 ** Pedro Jirón, Nicaraguan footballer ** Michael Moorcock, English science fiction writer ** Harold E. Varmus, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * December 26 – Phil Spector, American record producer (d.

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) * December 27 – John Amos, African-American actor (''Good Times'')

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*Astratijs Roškovs, former Lithuanian-Russian-Latvian footballer

Deaths

January

Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858 – 1939)

* January 2 – Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864) *January 4 – Mary J. L. Black, Canadian librarian and suffragist (b. 1879) *

January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...

– Gustavs Zemgals, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871) * January 8 – Charles Eastman, American author, physician, reformer, helped found the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1858) * January 13 – Arthur Barker, American criminal, son of Ma Barker (b. 1899) *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...

– Prince Valdemar of Denmark (b. 1858) * January 15 – Kullervo Manner, Finnish Speaker of the Parliament of Finland, Speaker of the Parliament, the Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic, Prime Minister of the FSWR and the Supreme Commander of the Red Guard (Finland), Red Guards (b. 1880) * January 18 – Ivan Mosjoukine, Soviet actor (b. 1889) *

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...

– Léopold Bernhard Bernstamm, Soviet sculptor (b. 1859) * January 23 – Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (b. 1903) * January 24 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, nutritionist (b. 1867) *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

– Helen Ware, American actress (b. 1877) * January 28 – W. B. Yeats, Irish writer, 1923 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)

February

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February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...

– Lawrence Marston, American actor, playwright, and film director (b. 1857) *

February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...

– Vladimir Shukhov, Russian engineer, polymath, scientist and architect (b.

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) *

February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...

– Janez Frančišek Gnidovec, Yugoslav Roman Catholic priest and venerable (b. 1873) * February 4 – Edward Sapir, German-American anthropologist, linguist (b. 1884) * February 5 – Teresa Mañé, Spanish teacher, editor and writer (b. 1865) *

February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...

– Sayajirao Gaekwad III, Maharada of Baroda (b. 1863) * February 9 – Henry Balfour, British archaeologist (b. 1863) * February 10 **

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(b. 1857) ** Patriarch Torkom Koushagian of Jerusalem (b. 1874) * February 11 – Franz Schmidt (composer), Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (b. 1874) * February 12 ** Potenciano Gregorio, Filipino musician (b. 1880) ** S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (b. 1868) *

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

– Alexander Hamilton-Gordon (British Army officer, born 1859), Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon, British general (b. 1859) *

February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...

– Henri Jaspar, Belgian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1870) * February 18 – Okamoto Kanoko, Japanese tanka poet (b. 1899) * February 22 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (b. 1875) * February 23 – Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, British peer, soldier (b. 1895) * February 26 – Ivan Fedko, Soviet army commander (b. 1897) *

February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantinople ...

– Nadezhda Krupskaya, Russians, Russian Marxist revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin's widow (b. 1869)

March

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* March 2 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (b. 1874) * March 3 – Dimitrie Gerota, Romanian anatomist, physician (b. 1867) *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...

– Herbert Mundin, British actor (b. 1898) * March 6 ** Ginepro Cocchi, Italian Roman Catholic priest and Servant of God (b. 1908) ** Patriarch Miron of Romania, Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian cleric, politician, priest and 38th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1868) * March 7 – Matvei Berman, Soviet intelligence officer (b. 1898) * March 13 – Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, French sociologist, anthropologist (b. 1857) *

March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...

– Agostino Borgato, Italian actor, director (b. 1871) *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

– Avril de Sainte-Croix, French author, journalist (b. 1855) * March 23 – Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad, Palestinian revolutionary (b. 1892) * March 27 – Ferdinand von Quast, German general (b. 1850) * March 28 ** Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada, Cuban diplomat, politician, writer and 6th President of Cuba (b. 1871) ** Mario Lertora, Italian artistic gymnast in the 1924 Summer Olympics (b. 1897) * March 29 – Gerardo Machado, Cuban general, 5th President of Cuba (b. 1871) *

March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...

– Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)

April

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April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...

** King Ghazi of Iraq (b. 1912) ** Joaquín García Morato, Spanish fighter ace (b. 1904) * April 7 –

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, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1879) * April 15 – Konstantin Petrovich Grigorovich, Soviet engineer, professor (b. 1886) * April 18 ** Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, British writer, philanthropist (b. 1857) ** Hugo Charlemont, Austrian painter (b. 1850) * April 19 ** Lucilio de Albuquerque, Brazilian painter (b. 1877) ** János Vaszary, Hungarian painter and graphic artist (b. 1867) * April 20 – Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria (b. 1866) * April 22 – Leandro Campanari, Italian conductor, composer and violinist (b. 1859) * April 25 ** John Foulds, British classical music composer (b. 1880) ** Georges Ricard-Cordingley, French painter (b. 1873) *

April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...

– José Gola, Argentinian actor (b. 1904) * April 28 – Archduke Leo Karl of Austria (b. 1893)

May

* May 1 – Bautista Saavedra , 29th President of Bolivia (b. 1870) * May 2 – Phillips Smalley, American actor, director (b. 1875) * May 3 – Wilhelm Groener, German general (b. 1867) * May 4 – James A. Johnson (architect), James A. Johnson, American architect (b. 1865) * May 7 – Francesco Paleari, Italian priest and blessed (b. 1863) * May 9 – Mary, Lady Heath, Irish aviator (b. 1896) * May 10 – James Parrott, American actor (b. 1898) *

May 13 Events Pre-1600 *1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''. * 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...

– Victor Bernau, Norwegian actor, director (b. 1890) *

May 18 Events Pre-1600 * 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. * 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...

**Charles deForest Chandler, American military aviator (b. 1878) **Tang Juwu, Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army (b. 1892) * May 19 – Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Turkish politician, author and writer (b. 1869) * May 20 ** Joseph Carr, 2nd president of the National Football League (b. 1880) ** Alexandra Čvanová, Czechoslovakian soprano (b. 1897) *

May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. * 11 ...

– Ernst Toller, German playwright, Communist politician (b. 1893) * May 23 – Witmer Stone, American ornithologist, botanist (b. 1866) *

May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...

– Aleksander Brückner, German scholar (b. 1856) * May 25 – Álvaro Casanova Zenteno, Chilean painter (b. 1857) * May 25 – Frank Watson Dyson, British astronomer (b. 1868) *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– Alfred A. Cunningham, American aviator, the first United States Marine Corps aviator (b. 1882) * May 29 – Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish Roman Catholic religious professed and saint (b. 1865) *

May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...

– Floyd Roberts, American race car driver (b. 1900)

June

* June 4 – Tommy Ladnier, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1900) *

June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...

** George Fawcett, American actor (b. 1860) ** Constantin Noe, Megleno-Romanian editor and professor (b. 1883) * June 9 – Owen Moore, American actor (b. 1886) * June 15 – Nicolae M. Condiescu, Romanian novelist and general (b. 1880) * June 16 – Chick Webb, American musician (b. 1905) *

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. * 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...

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, German serial killer, last person publicly executed in France (b. 1908) * June 19 – Grace Abbott, American social worker, activist (b. 1878) * June 22 – Benjamin Tucker, American anarchist (b. 1854) *

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

– Ernest Alexander Cruikshank, Canadian general (b. 1859) * June 25 – Richard Seaman, British motor racing driver (b. 1913) * June 26 – Ford Madox Ford, British writer (b. 1873) * June 27 – Margaret Campbell, American actress (b. 1883) * June 28 – Bobby Vernon, American actor (b. 1898) * June 30 – Eduardo Lopez Bustamante, Venezuelan poet, lawyer and journalist (b. 1881)

July

* July 3 – Juan José Gárate, Spanish painter (b. 1869) * July 4 – Louis Wain, English artist (b. 1860) * July 5 – Malietoa Tanumafili I, King of Samoa (b. 1879) * July 7 – Deacon White, American baseball player, MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1847) *

July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...

** Havelock Ellis, British sexologist (b. 1859) ** Anna Pappritz, German writer, suffragist (b. 1861) * July 9 ** Carlo Chiostri, Italian painter (b. 1863) ** Alphonse Laurencic, French painter, architect (b. 1902) Louis_Wain_-_Lascelles

* July 11 – Stiliyan Kovachev, Bulgarian general (b. 1860) * July 14 – Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter, decorative artist (b. 1860) * July 17 – María del Carmen González-Valerio, Spanish Roman Catholic saint (b. 1930) * July 19 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (b. 1850) * July 20 ** Judy Chicago, American feminist artist ** Joseph Mendes da Costa, Dutch sculptor (b. 1863) * July 23 – Jack Duffy (actor), Jack Duffy, American actor (b. 1882) * July 26 – William Mackay (artist), William Mackay, American artist (b. 1876) * July 27 – Stanisław Baczyński, Polish writer, journalist and soldier (b. 1890)

August

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August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...

– Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (b. 1883) * August 6 ** Mehmet Emin Çolakoğlu, Turkish army general (b. 1878) ** Monroe Dunaway Anderson, American founder of Anderson, Clayton and Company; "Father of Texas Medical Center" (b. 1873) * August 10 – Carlo Galimberti, Italian Olympic weightlifter (b. 1894) * August 11 – Jean Bugatti, German automobile designer (b. 1909) * August 12 – Eulalio Gutiérrez, President of Mexico (b. 1881) * August 23 ** Sidney Howard, American writer (b. 1891) ** Germán Busch , 36th President of Bolivia (b. 1903) * August 25 – Arthur Asquith, British general (b. 1883) * August 26 – Rubén González Cárdenas, Venezuelan lawyer (b. 1875) * August 29 – Marthe de Florian, French painter (b. 1864) * August 31 – Richard Bouwens van der Boijen, French architect (b. 1863)

September

Sigmund Freud, by Max Halberstadt (cropped)

* September 6 – Arthur Rackham, British artist (b. 1867) * September 8 – Swami Abhedananda, Indian mystic (b. 1866) * September 10 – Wilhelm Fritz von Roettig, German Waffen SS general, first general killed in action during World War II (b. 1888) * September 12 **Fyodor Raskolnikov, Soviet revolutionary, writer, journalist, naval commander, and diplomat (assassinated) (b. 1892) **Eliodoro Villazón, 27th President of Bolivia (b. 1848) *

September 16 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council. *1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900 * 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...

** Józef Kustroń, Polish general (killed in action) (b. 1892) ** Nikolaos Triantafyllakos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1855) ** Otto Wels, German politician, chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) (b. 1873) * September 18 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish writer, painter (b. 1885) * September 20 ** Paul Bruchesi, Canadian prelate (b. 1855) ** Hermann Brunn, German mathematician (b. 1862) ** Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin, French astronomer (b. 1865) * September 21 – Armand Călinescu, Romanian economist, politician and 39th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1893) *

September 22 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. * 1236 – The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of th ...

** Mikołaj Bołtuć, Polish army general (killed in battle) (b. 1893) ** Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński, Polish general (b. 1890) ** Werner von Fritsch, German general (killed in action) (b. 1880) * September 23 ** Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1856) ** Eugeniusz Kazimirowski, Polish painter (b. 1873) ** Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican diplomat, political figure, and acting President of Mexico (b. 1863) * September 24 ** Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro (b. 1871) ** Carl Laemmle, German film producer (b. 1867)

October

* October 2 – Edgar M. Lazarus, American architect (b. 1868) * October 3 – Fay Templeton, American musical comedy star (b. 1865) * October 6 – Giulio Gavotti, Italian aviator (b. 1882) * October 7 – Harvey Cushing, American neurosurgeon (b. 1869) * October 8 – Gustav Henriksen, Norwegian executive (b. 1872) * October 13 – Ford Sterling, American actor (b. 1882) *

October 14 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. * 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...

– Polaire, French actress (b. 1874) * October 23 **Zane Grey, American writer (b. 1872) **Liao Lei (general), Liao Lei, Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army (b. 1890) * October 28 – Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892) * October 30 – Carlos De Valdez, Peruvian actor (b. 1894) * October 31 ** Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, German field marshal (b. 1865) ** Otto Rank, Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1884)

November

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November 1 Events Pre-1600 * 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...

– Kálmán Darányi, 31st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886) * November 4 ** Percy Douglas, Sir Percy Douglas, chairman of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) Advisory Committee (b. 1876) ** Ma Xiangbo, Chinese Jesuit priest and blessed (b. 1840) * November 7 – Kirsti Suonio, Finnish actress (b. 1872) * November 10 – Charlotte Despard, Anglo-Irish suffragist, socialist, pacifist, Sinn Féin activist, and novelist * November 11 – Alicja Kotowska, Polish Roman Catholic nun, martyr and blessed (b. 1899) * November 12 – Norman Bethune, Canadian humanitarian (b. 1890) * November 13 – Lois Weber, American actress (b. 1881) * November 15 **Platon Ivanovich Ivanov, Soviet-born Finnish civil servant (b. 1863) * November 17 – Aurelio Mosquera, Ecuadorian politician, 25th President of Ecuador (b. 1883) * November 21 – Émile Guépratte, French admiral (b. 1856) * November 22 – King Daudi Cwa II of Buganda (b. 1896) * November 24 – John Harron, American actor (b. 1903) * November 28 – James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (b. 1861) He was 78 years old. * November 29 ** Eugen Kolisko, Austrian-born German physician, educator (b. 1893) ** Józef Krasnowolski, Polish painter (b. 1879) ** Philipp Scheidemann, German politician, 11th Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)

December

* December 3 – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, second youngest daughter of Queen Victoria (b. 1848) * December 5 – Santiago Iglesias, Puerto Rican statesman (b. 1872) * December 8 ** Alimondo Ciampi, Italian sculptor (b. 1876) ** Jean Grave, French anarchist (b. 1854) * December 12 – Douglas Fairbanks, American actor, father of Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (b. 1883) * December 14 – Helene Kröller-Müller, Dutch museum founder and art collector (b. 1869) * December 16 – Juan Demóstenes Arosemena, 18th President of Panama (b. 1879) * December 18 – Bruno Liljefors, Swedish artist (b. 1860) * December 19 ** Dmitry Grave, Soviet mathematician (b. 1863) ** Reginald F. Nicholson, United States Navy admiral (b. 1852) * December 20 – Hans Langsdorff, German naval officer (suicide) (b. 1894) * December 22 – Ma Rainey, African-American blues singer (b. 1886) * December 23 ** Anthony Fokker, Dutch-born American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1890) ** Maxime Laubeuf, French maritime engineer (b. 1864) * December 24 – Walter Gordon (physicist), Walter Gordon, German physicist (b. 1893) * December 25 – Ivan Dmitriyevich Borisov, Soviet aircraft pilot (b. 1913) * December 27 – Rinaldo Cuneo, American artist ("the painter of San Francisco") (b. 1877) * December 31 – Frank Benson (actor), Sir Frank Benson, British actor (b. 1858)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Ernest Lawrence * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt, Leopold Ružička * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Gerhard Domagk * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Frans Eemil Sillanpää * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – not awarded

References

External links

1939 WWII Timeline

– from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia
Paula Phelan, 1939 Into The Dark, 2009, ZAPmedia.
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