Events
January
*
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 ...
- The
first general election
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First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and reco ...
ever in
Vietnam is held.
*
January 7
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting.
* 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
– The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four
occupation zones.
*
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 ...
** The first meeting of the
United Nations is held, at
Methodist Central Hall Westminster in
London.
** ''
Project Diana'' bounces
radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the
Space Age.
*
January 11 -
Enver Hoxha
Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist politician who was the authoritarian ruler of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 unt ...
declares the
People's Republic of Albania
The People's Socialist Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë, links=no) was the Marxist–Leninist one party state that existed in Albania from 1946 to 1992 (the official name of the country was the People's R ...
, with himself as
prime minister.
*
January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
–
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
resigns as head of the
French provisional government.
*
January 17 - The
United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at
Church House, Westminster
The Church House is the home of the headquarters of the Church of England, occupying the south end of Dean's Yard next to Westminster Abbey in London. Besides providing administrative offices for the Church Commissioners, the Archbishops' Council ...
in London.
*
January 19
** The
Bell XS-1 is test flown for the first time (unpowered), with Bell's chief
test pilot Jack Woolams
Jack Valentine Woolams (1917–1946) - was the senior experimental test pilot and later chief test pilot at Bell Aircraft during the introduction of the P-39, P-63, P-59, and X-1 aircraft. He set a world record for altitude and was the first pe ...
at the controls.
** General
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army. He had served with distinction in World War I, was C ...
establishes the
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial or the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on April 29, 1946 to try leaders of the Empire of Japan for crimes against peace, conven ...
in Tokyo, to try Japanese war criminals.
*
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 ...
–
Charles de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
resigns as
president of France.
*
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 ...
**
Iran crisis of 1946:
Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's
Republic of Mahabad, at the
Chahar Cheragh Square
Chahar Cheragh or Chuar-chira Square (Kurdish: ''چوارچرا, Çar Çira'', fa, میدان چهارچراغ) (meaning ''Square of the four candles''), is a public square in the centre of the city of Mahabad. It is now officially called Shahrd ...
in the
Kurdish city of
Mahabad. He is the new president,
Haji Baba Sheikh
Haji Baba Sheikh ( ku, Hacî Baba Şêx – Bukan) was the Kurdish prime minister of the Republic of Mahabad. After the republic was conquered by the Iranian army in 1947, unlike Qazi Muhammad
Qazi Muhammad ( ku, قازی محەممەد / Qaz ...
is the
prime minister.
** The National Intelligence Authority, and its operational arm, the Central Intelligence Group, are established in the United States; these become part of the
Central Intelligence Agency 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 ...
.
*
January 28 – The Canadian schooner ''
Bluenose'' found on a Haitian reef.
*
January 31
** The last session of the
Permanent Court of International Justice occurs.
**
Yugoslavia's
new constitution, modeling the
Soviet Union, establishes 6 constituent republics (
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Croatia,
Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity
* Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...
,
Montenegro,
Serbia and
Slovenia).
February
*
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 ...
**
Trygve Lie of Norway is selected, as the first
United Nations Secretary-General.
** The
Kingdom of Hungary becomes a
republic
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
, heavily influenced by the
Soviet Union.
*
February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
-
ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), an early general-purpose electronic
computer
A computer is a machine that can be programmed to Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation) automatically. Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as C ...
, is unveiled at the
University of Pennsylvania; it weighs 60,000 pounds (over 27 tons), and occupies a big room.
*
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 ...
– The
Gouzenko Affair: Canada announces the shocking discovery of a ring of Canadian communist spies based at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, passing
atomic bomb
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb ...
secrets to Russia.
*
February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
– An explosion kills more than 400 coal miners in
Bergkamen, West Germany.
*
February 24
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.
* 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
* 13 ...
–
Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a military dictatorship, he was elected P ...
is elected
president of Argentina
The president of Argentina ( es, Presidente de Argentina), officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation ( es, Presidente de la Nación Argentina), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Ar ...
.
March
*
March 2
** British troops withdraw from
Iran according to treaty; the Soviets do not.
**
Ho Chi Minh is elected President of
North Vietnam.
*
March 4 –
C. G. E. Mannerheim
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finland, Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the White Guard (Finland), Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as List of reg ...
resigns as
president of Finland
The president of the Republic of Finland ( fi, Suomen tasavallan presidentti; sv, Republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the Finnish Government and the p ...
.
*
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 ...
– In his speech at
Westminster College, in
Fulton, Missouri,
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...
talks about the ''
Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain was the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union (USSR) to block itself and its s ...
''.
*
March 6 –
Vietnam War:
Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France, which recognizes
Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
*
March 7
Events Pre-1600
* 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
* 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
– The
18th Academy Awards
The 18th Academy Awards were held on March 7, 1946 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre to honor the films of 1945. Being the first Oscars after the end of World War II, the ceremony returned to the glamour of the prewar years; notably, the plaster sta ...
Ceremony is held.
Best Picture goes to ''
The Lost Weekend
''The Lost Weekend'' is a 1945 American drama film noir directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. It was based on Charles R. Jackson's The Lost Weekend (novel), 1944 novel about an Alcoholism, alcoholic writer. The film ...
''.
*
March 9 –
Juho Kusti Paasikivi becomes the 7th
President of Finland
The president of the Republic of Finland ( fi, Suomen tasavallan presidentti; sv, Republiken Finlands president) is the head of state of Finland. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the Finnish Government and the p ...
.
*
March 19
** The
Soviet Union and Switzerland resume
diplomatic relations.
**
French Guiana,
Guadeloupe
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...
,
Martinique and
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
become
overseas ''départements'' of France.
*
March 22 – The United Kingdom grants the
British protectorate of the
Emirate of Transjordan (later known as
Jordan) its independence by the
Treaty of London The Treaty of London or London Convention or similar may refer to:
*Treaty of London (1358), established a truce between England and France following the Battle of Poitiers
*Treaty of London (1359), which ceded western France to England
*Treaty of ...
.
*
March 29 – The
Gold Coast has an African majority in its parliament.
April
*
April 1
** The 8.6
Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the
Aleutian Islands, with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of VI (''Strong''). A destructive
tsunami reaches the
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands ( haw, Nā Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kur ...
, resulting in many deaths, mostly in
Hilo
Hilo () is a census-designated place (CDP) and the largest settlement in Hawaii County, Hawaii, Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Hawaii (island), Island of Hawaii. The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 United ...
. Between 165 and 173 are killed.
** The
Malayan Union
The Malayan Union was a union of the Malay states and the Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca. It was the successor to British Malaya and was conceived to unify the Malay Peninsula under a single government to simplify administratio ...
is formed.
**
Singapore becomes a
Crown colony
A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony administered by The Crown within the British Empire. There was usually a Governor, appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the UK Government, with or without the assistance of a local Counci ...
.
*
April 3 – Japanese Lt. General
Masaharu Homma is executed outside
Manila in the
Philippines, for leading the
Bataan Death March.
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
– A
Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in
Rabat
Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ...
,
Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
*
April 10 – In Japan, women vote for the first time, during elections for the House of Representatives of the 90th
Imperial Diet.
*
April 14 – ''
Sh'erit ha-Pletah'' members of
Nakam, the "Jewish Avengers", poison with arsenic bread baked in Nuremberg for
SS prisoners of war, held at
Stalag XIII-D by the Americans.
*
April 17 –
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
's independence from France is officially recognized.
*
April 18
** The inaugural session of the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) takes place at
The Hague.
** The
League of Nations, in its last meeting, transfers its mission to the
United Nations and disbands itself.
** The United States recognizes
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...
's government in
Yugoslavia.
*
April 28 – ''
Kinderdorf Pestalozzi'' (Pestalozzi Children's Village) is established at
Trogen Trogen may refer to:
People
* Karl-Erling Trogen (born 1946)
Places
* Trogen, Switzerland
Trogen is a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. The town is the seat of the canton's judicial authorities.
History
The ...
, Switzerland to accommodate and educate
orphans of World War II, according to
Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi's principles.
*
April 29 – Trials against
war criminals begin in Tokyo; the accused include
Hideki Tōjō,
Shigenori Tōgō and
Hiroshi Ōshima
Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Japanese ambassador to Germany before and during World War II and (unwittingly) a major source of communications intelligence for the Allies. His role was perhaps best summed up by General Geo ...
.
May
*
May 1 – At least 800
Indigenous Australian pastoral workers walk off the job in Northwest Western Australia, starting
one of the longest industrial strikes in Australia.
*
May 7 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed ''
Sony'') is founded, with about 20 employees.
*
May 9 – King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, and is succeeded by his son
Umberto II.
*
May 10
Events Pre-1600
* 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
*1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
**
Jawaharlal Nehru is elected leader of the
Congress Party
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
in India.
** The first
V-2 rocket to be successfully launched in the United States is fired from
White Sands Missile Range.
*
May 21 –
Manhattan Project physicist Dr.
Louis Slotin accidentally triggers a
fission reaction
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 radioac ...
at the
Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States and, although saving his coworkers, gives himself a lethal dose of
hard radiation, making him the second victim of a
criticality accident in history (the incident is initially treated as
classified information).
*
May 25 – The
Emirate of Transjordan becomes the
Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; Romanization of Arabic, tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; Romanization of Arabic, tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levan ...
when its parliament makes the ruling
amir Abdullah their king on the day it ratifies the
Treaty of London The Treaty of London or London Convention or similar may refer to:
*Treaty of London (1358), established a truce between England and France following the Battle of Poitiers
*Treaty of London (1359), which ceded western France to England
*Treaty of ...
.
*
May 26 –
1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Czechoslovakia on 26 May 1946. The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia emerged as the largest party, winning 114 of the 300 seats (93 for the main party and 21 for its Slovak branch) with 38% of the vote. The Com ...
: Communists win with (38%), in the last election before communists take power.
*
May 31 – A Greek
referendum supports the return of the
monarchy.
June
*
June 1
**
Ion Antonescu
Ion Antonescu (; ; – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and ''Conducător'' during most of World War II.
A Romanian Army career officer who made ...
, prime minister and "Conducator" (Leader) of
Romania during World War II, is executed; he was found guilty of betraying the Romanian people for benefits of Germany and sentenced to death by the
Bucharest People's Tribunal.
**
D'Argenlieu, French
High Commissioner for
Indo-China, recognizes an autonomous "Republic of Cochin-China" in violation of the
March 6 Ho–Sainteny agreement, opening the way for conflict between the
Viet Minh and France.
*
June 2 –
1946 Italian institutional referendum
An institutional referendum ( it, referendum istituzionale, or ) was held in Italy on 2 June 1946,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1047 a key event of Italian contemporary history.
Until 1946 ...
: Italians vote to turn Italy from a
monarchy into a
republic
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
. In the simultaneous
1946 Italian general election
General elections were held in Italy on Sunday, 2 June 1946.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1047 They were the first after World War II and elected 556 deputies to the Constituent Assembly. Theoret ...
, the first since the end of World War II and also the first in which women are allowed to vote, the
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.
It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
party, led by Prime Minister
Alcide De Gasperi, wins most seats in the
Constituent Assembly of Italy and forms a coalition government. Christian Democracy leads the Italian government continuously until 1981.
*
June 3 –
Interpol is re-founded; the
telegraphic address "Interpol" is adopted.
*
June 8 – In
Indonesia,
Sukarno
Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
Sukarno was the leader of ...
incites his supporters to fight Dutch colonial occupation.
*
June 9 – In
Thailand, King
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) accedes to the throne after the death of his elder brother, King
Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII). He will reign until his death on
October 13,
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 ...
.
*
June 10 – Italy is declared a
republic
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
.
*
June 13 –
Umberto II of Italy leaves the country and goes into exile in Portugal;
Alcide De Gasperi becomes
head of state.
*
June 14 – The
Baruch Plan
The Baruch Plan was a proposal by the United States government, written largely by Bernard Baruch but based on the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC) during its first meeting in June 1946. The United ...
is proposed to the United Nations.
*
June 17 – Formal ratification of the
Treaty of London The Treaty of London or London Convention or similar may refer to:
*Treaty of London (1358), established a truce between England and France following the Battle of Poitiers
*Treaty of London (1359), which ceded western France to England
*Treaty of ...
grants independence to the
Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; Romanization of Arabic, tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; Romanization of Arabic, tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levan ...
.
*
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 ...
** The 7.5
Vancouver Island earthquake affects the island, with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). Two people are killed.
**
1946 French India municipal election Elections to municipal councils in the 22 municipalities of French India were held by universal direct suffrage on June 23, 1946. The National Democratic Front captured power in all 22 municipalities, winning 101 out of 122 municipal seats up for e ...
: The
National Democratic Front wins a landslide victory.
*
June 25 – The
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution, established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, that is the lending arm of World Bank Group. The IBRD offers l ...
(IBRD) (World Bank) begins operations.
*
June 30 – The
War Relocation Authority, which has administered the
internment of Japanese Americans, is abolished.
July
*
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 ...
–
Nuclear testing
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine nuclear weapons' effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability. Testing nuclear weapons offers practical information about how the weapons function, how detonations are affected by ...
:
Operation Crossroads, a series of
nuclear weapon tests conducted by the
United States at
Bikini Atoll in
Micronesia, is initiated by the detonation of ''Able'' at an altitude of 520 feet (158 m).
*
July 4
** After more than 48 years of American dominance, the
Philippines attains full independence as the 3rd Republic;
Manuel A. Roxas
Manuel Acuña Roxas (born Manuel Roxas y Acuña; ; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines, who served from 1946 until his death due to heart attacks in 194 ...
is 5th
President of the Philippines.
** The
Kielce Pogrom takes place in
Poland.
*
July 5 – The
bikini is first modeled in Paris.
*
July 16 – The
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington DC, and with oversight over , it governs one eighth of the country's la ...
(BLM) within the
Department of the Interior
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government headquartered at the Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is responsible for the mana ...
is formed by the merger of the
Grazing Service
The United States Grazing Service was a part of the United States Department of the Interior that managed grazing lands and carried out the Taylor Grazing Act, which leased public land for grazing. It was later merged with the General Land Offi ...
and
General Land Office.
*
July 21 – An
Irgun bomb explodes in
Jerusalem, due to secretive talks between Jews and Britain to consolidate the state of Israel.
*
July 22 –
King David Hotel bombing: The
Irgun bombs the
King David Hotel (headquarters of the British civil and military administration) in
Jerusalem, killing 90.
*
July 25
**
Nuclear testing
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine nuclear weapons' effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability. Testing nuclear weapons offers practical information about how the weapons function, how detonations are affected by ...
: In the first underwater test of the
atomic bomb
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb ...
, the surplus is sunk near
Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, when the United States detonates the ''Baker'' device during
Operation Crossroads.
** At Club 500 in
Atlantic City
Atlantic City, often known by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The city is known for its casinos, Boardwalk (entertainment district), boardwalk, and beaches. In 2020 United States censu ...
,
New Jersey,
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". M ...
and
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. As his contributions to comedy and charity made him a global figure in popular culture, pop culture ...
stage their first show as a
comedy team.
** In the last mass lynching in the United States, a mob of white men
shoot and kill two
African-American couples, near Moore's Ford Bridge in
Georgia.
August
*
August 1 - The
Scandinavian Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines, more commonly known and styled as SAS, is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. ''SAS'' is an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark ...
System is founded as a consortium of the
flag carriers of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
*
August 3 –
Santa Claus Land
Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a legendary figure originating in Western Christian culture who is said to bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight ...
opens to the public at
Santa Claus, Indiana. It becomes the first themed park, preceding
Disneyland by 9 years, and is later renamed Holiday World.
*
August 4 – The
1946 Dominican Republic earthquake
__NOTOC__
The 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake occurred on August 4 at 17:51 UTC near Samaná, Dominican Republic. The mainshock measured 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale and 8.1 on the surface wave magnitude scale. An aftershock occurred fou ...
(magnitude 8.0) hits the northern Dominican Republic, killing 100 and leaving 20,000 homeless.
*
August 7 – The
Soviet Union escalates the
Turkish Straits crisis through a diplomatic demand to Turkey.
*
August 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
**
Direct Action Day: Violence between Muslims and Hindus in
Calcutta begins "The Week of the Long Knives", which leaves 3,000 dead.
** The
All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress
The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress (AHTUC) was a trade union centre in the Hyderabad State. Affiliated to the All India Trade Union Congress,Bhaskara Rao, V. Agrarian and Industrial Relations in Hyderabad State'. New Delhi: Associated Pub. H ...
is founded in
Secunderabad
Secunderabad, also spelled as Sikandarabad (, ), is a twin cities, twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Telangana. It ...
,
India.
** The
Kurdistan Democratic Party
The Kurdistan Democratic Party ( ku, Partiya Demokrat a Kurdistanê; پارتی دیموکراتی کوردستان), usually abbreviated as KDP or PDK, is the largest party in Iraqi Kurdistan and the senior partner in the Kurdistan Regional Gov ...
is founded in
South Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan ( ku, باشووری کوردستان, Başûrê Kurdistanê) refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of "Kurdistan" in Western Asia, which also incl ...
.
*
August 18 – The
Vergarola explosion
The Vergarola Explosion (known in Italy as Vergarolla Massacre ) took place on 18 August 1946 when the sudden detonation of 12 large pieces of assorted ordnance, containing an estimated 9 tons of explosives, killed more than 100 people and inj ...
of ordnance in
Croatia kills 70.
*
August 30 –
Bell's chief
test pilot,
Jack Woolams
Jack Valentine Woolams (1917–1946) - was the senior experimental test pilot and later chief test pilot at Bell Aircraft during the introduction of the P-39, P-63, P-59, and X-1 aircraft. He set a world record for altitude and was the first pe ...
, dies in a plane crash while flying the
P-39 "Cobra I" over Lake Ontario preparing for an
air race the following day.
September
*
September 1 –
1946 Turin Grand Prix
The 1946 Turin Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Valentino Park on 1 September 1946. It is claimed to be the first ever Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for op ...
, the first official
Formula One ''Grand Prix'', is held in
Italy.
*
September 2 – The
Interim Government of India takes charge, with
Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president, as part of the transition from the
British Raj to full independence for
India and
Pakistan.
*
September 4 – Street violence between Muslims and Hindus erupts in
Bombay.
*
September 8 –
Bulgaria is declared a
People's Republic after a
referendum; King
Simeon II leaves.
*
September 19 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
*
September 24 –
Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (CPA), more widely known as Cathay Pacific (), is the flag carrier of Hong Kong, with its head office and main hub located at Hong Kong International Airport. The airline's operations and subsidiaries have sc ...
Airways is founded in
Hong Kong, by American
Roy Farrell and Australian
Sydney de Kantzow.
*
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 ...
**
1946 Australian federal election
The 1946 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 28 September 1946. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Labor Party led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley ...
:
Ben Chifley's
Labor Government is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the
Liberal/
Country Coalition
A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces.
Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
led by former
Prime Minister 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 ...
. This is the first occasion where a Labor government successfully wins two elections in a row on a federal level, albeit with a swing against them; among the casualties are former Prime Minister Frank Forde. This is also the first election contested by the newly formed Liberal Party, which had replaced the United Australia Party as the main centre-right political party in Australia.
** George II of Greece returns to Athens.
October
* October 1 – Mensa International, Mensa, an international organization for people with a high intelligence quotient (IQ), is founded by Roland Berrill, an Australian-born lawyer, and Dr Lancelot Ware, an English biochemist and lawyer, in Oxford.
* October 2 – Communists take over in
Bulgaria.
* October 6 – Sweden's Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson dies in office of a heart attack.
* October 10 – The Noakhali genocide of Hindus in Bengal begins, at the hands of Muslim mobs.
* October 11 – After a few days of vacancy, the Swedish premiership is taken over by Tage Erlander.
*
October 13 – France adopts the constitution of the French Fourth Republic, Fourth Republic.
* October 14 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
* October 15 – Nuremberg trials: Hermann Göring, founder of the Gestapo and recently convicted Nazism, Nazi war criminal, poisons himself two hours before his scheduled execution.
* October 16
** The remaining ten Nazi war criminals sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials are executed by hanging, in a gymnasium in the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg.
** The
United Nations' first meeting in Long Island is held.
* October 23 – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City.
* October 24 – November 11 – 1946 Bihar riots: Hindu mobs target Muslim families in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in anywhere between 2,000 and 30,000 deaths.
November
* November 4 – UNESCO is established, as a specialized agency of the
United Nations.
* November 10 – At least 1,400 people are killed in an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter magnitude scale, in the Ancash Region and Quiches District in Peru.
* November 12
** A truce is declared between Indonesian nationalist troops and the Dutch army, in
Indonesia.
** In Chicago, a branch of the Exchange National Bank (now part of the LaSalle Bank) opens the first 10 drive-up teller windows.
* November 15 – The Netherlands recognizes the Republic of
Indonesia.
* November 19
** Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the
United Nations.
** 1946 Romanian general election: The Romanian Communist Party wins 79.86% of the vote, through widespread intimidation tactics and electoral fraud.
* November 23
** Vietnamese riot in Haiphong and clash with French troops. The French cruiser ''Suffren'' opens fire, killing 6,000 Vietnamese.
** The Workers' Party of South Korea is founded.
* November 27 – Indian Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the
Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."
* November 29 – The SOBSI, All Indonesia Centre of Labour Organizations (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta.
December
* December 1 – Miguel Alemán Valdés takes office as President of Mexico.
* December 2 – The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is signed in Washington, D.C., to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry" through establishment of the International Whaling Commission.
* December 7 – A Winecoff Hotel fire, fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, United States, kills 119.
* December 11 – UNICEF (the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund) is founded.
* December 12
** The
United Nations severs relations with Francisco Franco, Franco's Spain, and recommends that member countries sever diplomatic relations.
** Léon Blum founds a government of socialist parties in France.
**
Iran crisis of 1946: Iranian troops recapture the Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan province.
* December 14
** The International Labour Organization becomes a specialized agency of the
United Nations.
** Proposed United States purchase of Greenland#1946, Proposed United States purchase of Greenland from Denmark: An offer is made through diplomatic channels.
** Aspen Skiing Company opens Aspen Mountain (ski area) in Colorado with Ski Lift No. 1, at the world's longest chairlift at this time.
* December 15
** The first 1946 French India Representative Assembly election, French India Representative Assembly election is held.
**
Iran crisis of 1946: Iranian troops recapture the Kurdish
Republic of Mahabad.
* December 16 – Thailand, Siam joins the
United Nations (changes its name to
Thailand in 1949).
* December 19 –
Viet Minh forces begin a First Indochina War, war against French occupying forces in
Vietnam, succeeding in 1954 with France's surrender at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
* December 20 – 1946 Nankai earthquake; At least 1,362 people are killed in an earthquake and associated tsunami in Japan.
* December 22 – The Havana Conference begins between U.S. organized crime bosses in Havana, Cuba.
* December 24 – France's French Fourth Republic, Fourth Republic is founded.
* December 25 – The first artificial, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Europe is initiated, within the Soviet Union, Soviet (Russian) nuclear reactor F-1 (nuclear reactor), F-1.
* December 31 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers Proclamation 2714, which officially ends hostilities in World War II.
Date unknown
* The cancelled 1946 FIFA World Cup.
* 8. March Female suffrage is enacted in Belgium,
Romania,
Yugoslavia, Argentina and the Canadian province of Quebec.
* The first female police officers are hired in Korea and Japan.
* The Chinese Civil War intensifies between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party.
* The British government takes emergency powers to deal with the balance-of-payments crisis.
* Eva Perón tours Spain, Italy and France on behalf of Argentina, a circuit called the Rainbow Tour.
* The 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun contract is released.
* The Casio company is founded by engineer Tadao Kashio in Japan.
Births
January
* January 1
** Alfonso Caruana, Italian mobster
** Roberto Rivelino, Brazilian football player
* January 3
** John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones, English rock bassist (Led Zeppelin, Them Crooked Vultures)
** Cissy King, American dancer, singer
* January 4 – Diana Ewing, American actress
* January 5 – Diane Keaton, American actress, film director (''Annie Hall'')
*
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 ...
– Syd Barrett, English rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (Pink Floyd) (d. 2006)
* January 8 – Robby Krieger, American rock musician (The Doors)
* January 9
** Levon Ter-Petrosyan, President of Armenia
** Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician
*
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 ...
** Kalidas Karmakar, Bangladeshi artist
** Ha Yu (actor), Ha Yu, Hong Kong actor
* January 12 – George Duke, African-American musician (d. 2013)
* January 14
** Feró Nagy, Hungarian singer
** Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d. 2004)
*
January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
** Kabir Bedi, Indian actor
** Michael Coats, American astronaut
** Katia Ricciarelli, Italian singer
* January 18
** Paul Shmyr, Canadian former National Hockey League player (d. 2004)
** Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councillor
*
January 19
** Julian Barnes, English novelist
** Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist
*
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 ...
– David Lynch, American film director
*
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 ...
** Malcolm McLaren, English singer, songwriter, musician and music manager (d. 2010)
** Serge Savard, Canadian hockey player, executive
* January 23 – Arnoldo Alemán, President of Nicaragua
* January 24 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor (''The Rookies'')
* January 25 – Géza Bereményi, Hungarian writer, screenwriter and film director
* January 26
** Gene Siskel, American film critic (''Sneak Previews'') (d. 1999)
** Michel Delpech, French singer, songwriter and actor (d.
2016
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)
* January 27 – Nedra Talley, African-American singer (The Ronettes)
* January 29 – Bettye LaVette, African-American soul singer, songwriter
*
January 31 – Terry Kath, American rock musician (Chicago (band), Chicago) (d. 1978)
February
*
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 ...
– Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d. 2011)
* February 2
** Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea
** Blake Clark, American actor, comedian
* February 5 – Charlotte Rampling, British actress
* February 6
** Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer, songwriter (d. 2010)
** Jim Turner (politician), Jim Turner, American politician
* February 7
** Sammy Johns, American country music singer, songwriter (d. 2013)
** Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)
* February 9 – Seán Neeson, Northern Irish politician
* February 13
** Joe Estevez, American actor
** Colin Matthews, British composer
*
February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
** Bernard Dowiyogo, 7-time President of Nauru (d. 2003)
** Gregory Hines, African-American dancer, actor (d. 2003)
* February 16 – Marvin Sease, American blues, and soul singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
* February 19 – Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)
*
February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
** Brenda Blethyn, British actress
** Sandy Duncan, American singer, dancer, comedian and actress
** J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band) (d. 2017)
* February 21
** Alan Rickman, English actor, film director (d.
2016
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)
** Anthony Daniels, English actor
** Vito Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mobster (d. 2013)
** Monica Johnson, American screenwriter (d. 2010)
** Tyne Daly, American actress (Cagney & Lacey)
* February 26 – Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech orchestral conductor (d. 2017)
* February 25
** Andrew Ang, judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore
** Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist
** Jean Todt, French motorsport manager
* February 26 – Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 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 ...
)
* February 27 – Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, British aristocrat (d. 2018)
* February 28
** Don Ciccone, American singer, songwriter (The Critters) (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 ...
)
** Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)
** Don Francisco (Christian musician), Don Francisco, American Christian musician
** Syreeta Wright, African-American singer, songwriter ("With You I'm Born Again") (d. 2004)
March
* March 1
** Jan Kodeš, Czech tennis player
** Lana Wood, American actress, producer
*
March 4
** Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur
** Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker
** Harvey Goldsmith, British impresario
*
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 ...
** Murray Head, English singer, actor
** Lova Moor, French singer, dancer
*
March 6
** Larry Huber, American television producer, animator
** David Gilmour, English rock musician (Pink Floyd)
*
March 7
Events Pre-1600
* 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
* 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
** John Heard (actor), John Heard, American actor (d. 2017)
** Okko Kamu, Finnish conductor, violinist
** Leandro Mendoza, Filipino politician (d. 2013)
** Peter Wolf, American rock musician (The J. Geils Band)
* March 10 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator
* March 12
** Frank Welker, American voice actor, singer
** Liza Minnelli, American singer, actress
* March 13 – Yonatan Netanyahu, American-born Israeli Army officer (d. in Operation Entebbe) (d. 1976)
* March 14
** Álvaro Arzú, 32nd President of Guatemala (d. 2018)
** Wes Unseld, American basketball player (d. 2020)
* March 15 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player, manager (d. 2003)
* March 17 – Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1995)
* March 18 – Larry Langford, American politician (d. 2019)
*
March 19 – Steve Halliwell, English actor
* March 21 – Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor
* March 25 – Cliff Balsom, English footballer
* March 26 – Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, Spanish judge (d. 2019)
* March 27
** Mike Jackson (left-handed pitcher), Mike Jackson, American baseball pitcher
** Miklós Lukáts, Hungarian politician (d. 2022)
* March 28 – Alejandro Toledo, 63rd President of Peru
*
March 29
** Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician, journalist (d. 2017)
** Billy Thorpe, English-born Australian singer, songwriter (d. 2007)
* March 30 – Carolyn Simpson, judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
* March 31
** Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1984)
** F'Murr, French comics artist (d. 2018)
April
*
April 1 – Ronnie Lane, English musician (Small Faces, Faces (band), Faces) (d. 1997)
* April 2 – Hamengkubuwono X, Sultan of the historic Yogyakarta Sultanate in
Indonesia, the current Governor of Yogyakarta Special Region
*
April 3 – Hanna Suchocka, Prime Minister of Poland
* April 4 – Dave Hill, English guitarist (''Slade'')
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
** Jane Asher, English actress
** János Bródy, Hungarian singer, guitarist, composer and songwriter
** Björn Granath, Swedish actor (d. 2017)
* April 7
** Colette Besson, French track and field athlete (d. 2005)
** Léon Krier, Luxembourgian architect
* April 8
** Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999)
** Tim Thomerson, American actor and comedian
*
April 10 – David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
* April 11 – Chris Burden, American artist (d. 2015)
* April 12 – Ed O'Neill, American actor (''Married... with Children'')
* April 13 – Al Green, African-American singer, songwriter and record producer
* April 15 – Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1946), Marsha Hunt, American actress, singer and novelist
* April 16 – Margot Adler, American journalist
*
April 18 – Hayley Mills, English actress
* April 19 – Tim Curry, British actor, voice artist and singer (''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'')
* April 20
** Julien Poulin, Canadian actor
** Ricardo Maduro, President of Honduras
* April 22
** John Waters, American film director
** Paul Davies, English physicist
* April 24 – Phil Robertson, American businessman and reality television personality
* April 25
** John Fox (statistician), John Fox, British statistician
** Talia Shire, American actress (''Rocky'')
** Strobe Talbott, American journalist
** Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician (d. 2022)
* April 26
** Jennie Stoller, British actress (d. 2018)
** Richard S. Fuld Jr., American banker
*
April 28 – Larissa Grunig, American public relations theorist, feminist
*
April 29 – Franc Roddam, English film director, businessman, screenwriter, television producer and publisher
* April 30
** King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
** Bill Plympton, American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker
May
*
May 1 – Joanna Lumley, English actress, author
* May 2
** Lesley Gore, American rock singer ("It's My Party (Lesley Gore song), It's My Party") (d. 2015)
** Ralf Gothóni, Finnish pianist, conductor and composer
* May 3 – Mohammed Ibrahim (businessman), Mohammed Ibrahim, businessman and philanthropist
* May 4 – John Watson (racing driver), John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver
* May 5
** Jim Kelly (martial artist), Jim Kelly, African-American actor, martial artist and tennis player (d. 2013)
** Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 1996)
** Beth Carvalho, Brazilian samba singer, guitarist and composer (d. 2019)
* May 6 – Daouda Malam Wanké, 6th President of Niger (d. 2004)
*
May 7
** Thelma Houston, African-American singer ("Don't Leave Me This Way")
** Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (''Grateful Dead'')
** Michael Rosen, British novelist, poet
*
May 9 – Candice Bergen, American actress
*
May 10
Events Pre-1600
* 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
*1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
** Donovan, Scottish rock musician ("Sunshine Superman (song), Sunshine Superman")
** Birutė Galdikas, Canadian anthropologist, primatologist, conservationist, ethologist and author
** Graham Gouldman, English songwriter, musician (10cc, Wax (pop band), Wax)
** Dave Mason, English rock musician (Traffic (band), Traffic)
** Murade Isaac Murargy, Mozambican diplomat, politician
* May 11 – Robert Jarvik, American physicist, artificial heart inventor
* May 12 – Richard Bruce Silverman, John Evans Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University
* May 13 – Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor, author (d. 2017)
* May 16 – Robert Fripp, British musician
* May 17 – Udo Lindenberg, German musician
* May 18
** Reggie Jackson, American baseball player
** Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006)
* May 19
** André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (d. 1993)
** Claude Lelièvre, Belgian Commissioner for Children Rights
** Roger Sloman, English actor
* May 20
** Craig Patrick, American-Canadian hockey player, coach and manager
** Cher, American actress, rock singer
* May 22
** George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005)
** Howard Kendall, English footballer (d. 2015)
* May 23 – Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor
* May 24
** Tansu Çiller, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey
** Irena Szewińska, Polish Olympic sprinter (d. 2018)
** Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, East Timorese politician, acting President of East Timor (d. 1978)
*
May 26 – Mick Ronson, English guitarist (d. 1993)
* May 28
** Bruce Alexander (actor), Bruce Alexander, English actor
** K. Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet
* May 29 – Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
* May 30
** Dragan Džajić, Serbian footballer
** Candy Lightner, American founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
*
May 31 – Adriana Bittel, Romanian writer
June
*
June 1 – Brian Cox (actor), Brian Cox, Scottish actor
*
June 2
** Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (d. 2020)
** Tomomichi Nishimura, Japanese voice actor
*
June 3 – Michael Clarke (musician), Michael Clarke, American musician (d. 1993)
* June 5 – Stefania Sandrelli, Italian actress
* June 7
** Jenny Jones (presenter), Jenny Jones, Palestinian-Canadian comedian, talk show hostess
** Zbigniew Seifert, Polish musician (d. 1979)
** Robert Tilton, American televangelist, author
*
June 8 – Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of St. Lucia
*
June 10 – Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (d. 1998)
* June 11 – Biancamaria Frabotta, Italian writer (d. 2022)
*
June 13 – Paul L. Modrich, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
*
June 14 – Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality, 45th President of the United States
* June 15
** Noddy Holder, English rock singer (Slade)
** Janet Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters)
** Demis Roussos, Greek singer (d. 2015)
*
June 17 – Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative for the Ninth Congressional District of Ohio
* June 18
** Bruiser Brody, American professional wrestler (d. 1988)
** Russell Ash, British author (d. 2010)
** Fabio Capello, Italian football player, manager
* June 21
** Vincenzo Camporini, Italian Chief of the Defence General Staff
** Kiril Ivkov, Bulgarian football defender
* June 22
** Kay Redfield Jamison, American psychiatrist
** Fabio Enzo, Italian football player (d. 2021)
** Józef Oleksy, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2015)
*
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 ...
– Ted Shackelford, American actor
* June 24
** Nguyễn Đức Soát, Vietnamese general
** Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (d. 1986)
** Robert Reich, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
*
June 25
** Pete Vanderwaal, Dutch engineer
** Henk van Kessel, Dutch road racer
* June 26
** Maria von Welser, German TV journalist, President of UNICEF Germany
** Anthony John Valentine Obinna, Nigerian priest
** Leo Rossi, American actor
** Ricky Jay, American actor, author, and magician (d. 2018)
* June 27 – Russ Critchfield, American basketball player
* June 28
** David Duckham, English rugby union player
** Gilda Radner, American comedian, actress (''Saturday Night Live'') (d. 1989)
** Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and senator, founder of the Independent Democratic Union (d. 1991)
* June 29
** Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
** Gitte Hænning, Danish singer
** Ram Gopal Yadav, Indian politician
** Ernesto Pérez Balladares, President of Panama
*
June 30 – Allan Hunter (footballer), Allan Hunter, Irish footballer, manager
July
*
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 ...
** Alceu Valença, Brazilian composer, writer, performer, actor, and poet
** Mireya Moscoso, President of Panama
* July 2 – Richard Axel, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
* July 3 – Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland
*
July 4
** Sam Hunt (poet), Sam Hunt, New Zealand poet
** Michael Milken, American financier
** Ed O'Ross, American actor
** Roy Cimatu, Filipino general
*
July 5
** Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate
** Ram Vilas Paswan, Indian politician
* July 6
** George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States, 46th Governor of Texas
** Fred Dryer, American football defensive end, actor (''Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series), Hunter'')
** Tiemen Groen, Dutch cyclist
** Peter Singer, Australian philosopher
** Sylvester Stallone, American actor, screenwriter and film director (''Rocky'')
* July 7 – Tadeusz Nowicki, Polish tennis player
* July 8
** Massimo Vanni, Italian actor
** Daniela Beneck, Italian freestyle swimmer
* July 9
**Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2008)
** Bon Scott, Australian rock singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)
* July 10
** Oliver Martin (cyclist), Oliver Martin, American cyclist
** Sue Lyon, American actress (d. 2019)
* July 11
** Jean-Pierre Coopman, Belgian boxer
** Jack Wrangler, American porn star (d. 2009)
* July 12 – Ernesto Mahieux, Italian actor
* July 13
** João Bosco, Brazilian singer, songwriter
** Cheech Marin, Mexican-American actor, comedian (Cheech and Chong)
* July 14
** Vincent Pastore, American actor
** John Wood (actor, born 1946), John Wood, Australian actor
* July 15
**Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
** Linda Ronstadt, American singer, songwriter ("You're No Good")
*
July 16
** Toshio Furukawa, Japanese voice actor
** Dave Goelz, American puppeteer
** Monica Aspelund, Finnish singer
** Ron Yary, American football player
* July 17
** Claudia Islas, Mexican actress
** Alun Armstrong, English actor
* July 18 – Kanat Saudabayev, Kazakhstani politician
* July 19 – Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player
* July 20 – Htin Kyaw, 9th President of Myanmar
*
July 21 – Domingo Cavallo, Argentine economist, politician
*
July 22
** Danny Glover, African-American actor, film director and political activist
** Mireille Mathieu, French singer
** Petre Roman, 53rd Prime Minister of Romania
** Johnson Toribiong, 8th President of Palau
* July 23 – Sally Flynn, American singer
*
July 25 – Rita Marley, Cuban-Jamaican singer
* July 27
** Gwynne Gilford, American actress
** Jacques Sylla, 12th Prime Minister of Madagascar (d. 2009)
* July 28 – Jonathan Edwards (musician), Jonathan Edwards, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
* July 29 – Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
* July 30
** Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)
** A. Rahman Hassan, Malaysian singer (d. 2019)
August
*
August 1
** Mike Emrick, American sportscaster
** Sandi Griffiths, American singer
*
August 3 – Jack Straw, English politician
* August 5
** Reinhard Tritscher, Austrian alpine skier (d. 2018)
** Ron Silliman, American poet
** Loni Anderson, American actress (''WKRP in Cincinnati'')
** Shirley Ann Jackson, African-American President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board
* August 6 – Allan Holdsworth, British musician (d. 2017)
* August 8 – Ralph Gonsalves, 4th Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* August 9 – Jim Kiick, American football player
* August 11 – Óscar Berger, 34th President of Guatemala
* August 12 – Terry Nutkins, English naturalist (d. 2012)
* August 13 – Janet Yellen, American Chair of the Federal Reserve
* August 14 – Dennis Hof, American brothel owner (d. 2018)
*
August 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
**Masoud Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
**Lesley Ann Warren, American actress, singer
* August 17 – Drake Levin, American rock guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders) (d. 2009)
* August 19
** Charles Bolden, African-American astronaut
** Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, 40th and 42nd List of governors of Arkansas, Governor of Arkansas
** Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor
* August 20
** Connie Chung, Asian-American reporter
** Ralf Hütter, German techno musician (Kraftwerk)
** N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman
* August 23
** Keith Moon, English rock drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)
** Raza Murad, Indian actor
* August 24 – John Grahl, British economist
* August 25
** Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
** Charles Ghigna, American poet, children's author
* August 26
** Valerie Simpson, African-American singer
** Mark Snow, American composer
** Zhou Ji (born 1946), Zhou Ji, education minister of the People's Republic of China
** Swede Savage, American race car driver (d. 1973)
* August 29
** Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 2nd President of Burundi (d.
2016
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** Bob Beamon, American athlete
** Demetris Christofias, 6th President of Cyprus (d. 2019)
** Leona Gom, Canadian novelist and poet
*
August 30
** Queen Anne-Marie of Greece
** Peggy Lipton, American actress and model (d. 2019)
* August 31
** Ann Coffey, Scottish politician
** Jerome Corsi, American political commentator and conspiracy theorist
** Tom Coughlin, American football player, coach, and executive
September
*
September 1
** Barry Gibb, English-born Australian singer (Bee Gees)
** Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea (d. 2009)
*
September 2
** Luis Ávalos, Cuban-born American character actor (d. 2014)
** Billy Preston, African-American soul musician ("Nothing from Nothing (Billy Preston song), Nothing from Nothing") (d. 2006)
** Dan White, American politician, murderer (d. 1985)
* September 3
** John N. Abrams, American military officer (d. 2018)
** Francisco Trois, Brazilian chess player
*
September 4
** Gary Duncan, American rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 2019)
** Greg Elmore, American rock drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
* September 5
** Dennis Dugan, American actor, director
** Freddie Mercury, British-Indian singer, songwriter, pianist, frontman of the rock band Queen (band), Queen (d. 1991)
** Loudon Wainwright III, American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor
* September 7
** Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004)
** Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist (d. 2001)
*
September 8
** Aziz Sancar, Turkish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
** Wong Kan Seng, Singaporean business executive, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
* September 9
** Doug Ingle, American rock vocalist (Iron Butterfly)
** Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2004)
* September 10
** Jim Hines, American athlete
** Don Powell, English rock drummer (Slade)
* September 12 – Neil Lyndon, British journalist, writer
* September 13 – Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer
* September 15
** Tommy Lee Jones, American actor (''Men in Black (1997 film), Men in Black'')
** Tetsu Nakamura, Japanese-Afghan physician (d. 2019)
** Oliver Stone, American film director, producer (''JFK (film), JFK'')
* September 16 – Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter music producer and composer (d. 2019)
* September 18
** Peter Alsop, American musician
** Akira Kamiya, Japanese voice actor
*
September 19 – Connie Kreski, American model (d. 1995)
* September 20 – Dorothy Hukill, American politician (d. 2018)
* September 21
** Mikhail Kovalchuk, Russian physicist, official
** Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Federal Councilor
** Richard St. Clair, American musician, composer
** Mart Siimann, Prime Minister of Estonia
* September 23 – Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
*
September 24
** Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
** María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer
* September 25
** Morari Bapu, Hindu Kathakaar
** Felicity Kendal, English actress
** Jerry Penrod, American bass player
* September 26
** Andrea Dworkin, American feminist, writer (d. 2005)
** Topo Igawa, Japanese actor
** Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician
** Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
*
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 ...
– Jeffrey Jones, American actor
* September 29
** Shafie Salleh, Malaysian politician (d. 2019)
** Celso Pitta, Brazilian economist and politician (d. 2009)
* September 30
** Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)
** Claude Vorilhon, French-born 'messenger' of Raëlism
** Fran Brill, Muppeteer
** Lee Yock Suan, Former Minister for Education of Singapore
October
* October 2
** General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, President of the Council for National Security, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army
** Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress
* October 3 – P. P. Arnold, American singer
* October 4
** Susan Sarandon, American actress
** Rhie Won-bok, South Korean artist
** Chuck Hagel, American politician, 24 United States Secretary of Defense
* October 6
** Lloyd Doggett, American politician
** Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (d. 2017)
* October 7
** Nader Al-Dahabi, Prime Minister of Jordan
** Catharine MacKinnon, American feminist
** Xue Jinghua, Chinese ballerina
* October 8
** Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, legislator
** John T. Walton, American son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (d. 2005)
* October 10
** Anne Boyd, Australian musician
** Mildred Grieveson, British writer
** Naoto Kan, 61st Prime Minister of Japan
** Charles Dance, English actor, screenwriter and film director
** Chris Tarrant, British radio, TV personality
* October 11
** Daryl Hall, American rock musician (Hall & Oates)
** Sawao Katō, Japanese gymnast
* October 12 – Drew Edmondson, American politician
*
October 13
** Edwina Currie, English politician
** Dorothy Moore, American singer
** Demond Wilson, African-American actor, minister (''Sanford and Son'')
* October 14
** Craig Venter, American biotechnologist
**Dan McCafferty, Scottish rock singer (d. 2022)
** François Bozizé, President of the Central African Republic
** Joey de Leon, Filipino actor, host
** Justin Hayward, English rock singer, songwriter (The Moody Blues)
* October 15
** Richard Carpenter (musician), Richard Carpenter, American pop musician, composer (The Carpenters)
** John Getz, American actor
* October 16
** Suzanne Somers, American actress, singer (''Three's Company'')
** Elizabeth Witmer, Dutch-born politician
* October 17
** Vicki Hodge, English actress, model
** Bob Seagren, American athlete, actor
* October 18
** James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter
** Howard Shore, Canadian film composer
** Andrea Zsadon, Hungarian soprano
* October 19 – Philip Pullman, English author
* October 20
** Marty Gervais, Canadian writer
** Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate
* October 21 – Lyn Allison, Australian politician
* October 22
** Eileen Gordon, British politician
** Richard McGonagle, American actor
* October 25 – Edith Leyrer, Austrian actress
* October 26 – Pat Sajak, American game-show host (''Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show), Wheel of Fortune'')
* October 27
** Leslie L. Byrne, American politician
** Steven R. Nagel, American astronaut (d. 2014)
** Ivan Reitman, Slovakian-born film director, producer (d. 2022)
* October 28
** John Hewson, Australian politician
** Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet
* October 29
** Peter Green (musician), Peter Green, British musician (d. 2020)
** Kathryn J. Whitmire, Texas politician; Mayor of Houston, Texas
* October 30
** Lynne Marta, American actress
** Andrea Mitchell, American journalist
* October 31 – Stephen Rea, Northern Irish actor
November
* November 1
** Ric Grech, British rock bassist (d. 1990)
** Lynne Russell, American newsreader
* November 2
** Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor, composer (d. 2001)
** Marieta Severo, Brazilian actress
* November 4
** Laura Bush, former First Lady of the United States
** Les Lannom, American actor, musician
** Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989)
* November 5
** Herman Brood, Dutch artist (d. 2001)
** Loleatta Holloway, American singer (d. 2011)
** Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)
* November 6 – Sally Field, American actress, singer (''The Flying Nun'')
* November 7 – Diane Francis, Canadian journalist
* November 8
** Stefan Weber (musician), Stefan Weber, Austrian singer (d. 2018)
** Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwean musician
** John Farrar, Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter (The Shadows; Marvin, Welch & Farrar)
** Guus Hiddink, Dutch football player, manager
* November 10 – Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (d. 2009)
* November 12 – P. P. Arnold, English singer
* November 13 – Ohara Reiko, Japanese actress
* November 15
** Gwyneth Powell, British actress
** Sandy Skoglund, American photographer
* November 16
** Mahasti, Iranian singer (d. 2007)
** Terence McKenna, American writer, philosopher, ethnobotanist and shaman (d. 2000)
** Jo Jo White, American basketball player (d. 2018)
* November 17 – Petra Burka, Canadian figure skater
* November 18
** Andrea Allan, Scottish actress
** Alan Dean Foster, American novelist
* November 20
**Duane Allman, American rock guitarist, co-founder and leader of the Allman Brothers Band (d. 1971)
** Samuel E. Wright, American actor and singer (d. 2021)
* November 21
** Emma Cohen, Spanish actress
** Chaviva Hošek, Czech-born feminist
** Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress
** Marina Warner, English writer
* November 22
** Anne Wheeler, Canadian television, film director
** Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae musician
* November 23
** Diana Quick, English actress
** Bobby Rush, African-American politician, activist and pastor
* November 24 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
* November 25
** Atiku Abubakar, 11th Vice President of Nigeria
** Marika Lindström, Swedish actress
* November 26 – Ottilia Borbáth, Romanian-born Hungarian actress
* November 27
** Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey
** Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, 2nd President of Djibouti
** Nina Maslova, Russian actress
* November 28 – Regina Braga, Brazilian actress
* November 29
** Brian Cadd, Australian singer, songwriter
** Suzy Chaffee, American singer, actress
* November 30
** Marina Abramović, Yugoslavian performance artist
** Barbara Cubin, U.S. Congresswoman from Wyoming
December
* December 1 – Jonathan Katz, American comedian, actor and voice actor
* December 2 – Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)
* December 3
** Marjana Lipovšek, Slovenian singer, actress
** Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
* December 4
** Sherry Alberoni, American actress, voice artist
** Yō Inoue, Japanese voice actress (d. 2003)
** Karina (Spanish singer), Karina, Spanish singer/actress
* December 5
** José Carreras, Spanish tenor
** Eva-Britt Svensson, Swedish politician
* December 6
** Roger Hoy, English footballer (d. 2018)
** Nancy Brinker, American health activist, diplomat
* December 8
** Jacques Bourboulon, French photographer
** John Rubinstein, American actor
** Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress
* December 9 – Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician
* December 10
** Chrystos, American poet
** Thomas Lux, American poet
* December 11
** Rhoma Irama, Indonesian dangdut musician, actor and politician
** Susan Kyle, American writer
** Ellen Meloy, American writer (d. 2004)
* December 12
** Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing car driver
** Gloria Loring, American singer
** Don Gummer, American sculpture, sculptor
* December 13
** Nicholas Kollerstrom, British writer
** Heather North, American television, voice actress (d. 2017)
* December 14
** Antony Beevor, English historian
** Jane Birkin, English actress, singer
** Patty Duke, American actress (d.
2016
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** Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress
** Michael Ovitz, American talent agent, co-founded Creative Artists Agency
* December 16
**Benny Andersson, Swedish rock singer, songwriter (ABBA)
** Alice Aycock, American sculptor
** Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichordist, conductor
* December 17
** Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, comedian and director (''Second City Television'')
** Bel Mooney, English broadcast journalist
** Jayne Eastwood, Canadian actress, voice actress
** Suresh Oberoi, Indian actor
* December 18
** Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1977)
** Nina Škottová, Czech politician, member of the European Parliament
** Steven Spielberg, American film director (''Jaws (film), Jaws'')
* December 19
** Candace Pert, American neuroscientist
** Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002)
* December 20
** Uri Geller, Israeli illusionist
** Sonny Perdue, American politician, 81st Governor of Georgia, 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
** John Spencer (actor), John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005)
** Dick Wolf, American television producer
* December 21
**Brian Davison (cricketer), Brian Davison, Rhodesian cricketer, Tasmanian politician
** Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1998)
* December 23
** Edita Gruberová, Slovakian soprano (d. 2021)
** Susan Lucci, American actress (''General Hospital'')
** John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan, English television scriptwriter (d. 2011)
* December 24
**Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock guitarist (Focus (band), Focus)
** Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French politician, member of the European Parliament
** Brenda Howard, American bisexual activist (d. 2005)
** Jeff Sessions, American politician, United States Attorney General
* December 25 – Jimmy Buffett, American rock singer, songwriter ("Margaritaville")
* December 27 – Janet Street-Porter, English broadcast journalist
* December 28
** Mike Beebe, American politician and attorney
** Edgar Winter, American rock musician ("Frankenstein (instrumental), Frankenstein")
* December 29
** Marianne Faithfull, English singer, actress
** Ruth Shady, Peruvian archaeologist
* December 30
** Patti Smith, American poet, singer
** Berti Vogts, German football player and manager
* December 31 – Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer
Date unknown
* Ali Abu Al-Ragheb, Prime Minister of Jordan
* Jang Song-thaek, North Korean politician (d. 2013)
* Miklós Lukáts, Hungarian politician (d. 2022)
* Afsaneh Najmabadi, Iranian historian, gender theorist
* Raul Bragança Neto, 8th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2014)
Deaths
January
* January 3 – William Joyce, Irish-born American World War II Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as "Lord Haw-Haw" (executed) (b. 1906)
* January 4 – George Woolf, Canadian jockey (b. 1910)
* January 5 – Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864)
*
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 ...
** Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1892)
** Slim Summerville, American actor (b. 1892)
* January 8 – Dion Fortune, British writer (b. 1890)
* January 9
** Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903)
** Nevil Macready, Sir Nevil Macready, British army general, police commissioner (b. 1862)
*
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 ...
** László Bárdossy, Hungarian diplomat, politician and 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1890)
** Harry Von Tilzer, American songwriter (b. 1872)
* January 13 – Wilhelm Souchon, German admiral (b. 1864)
* January 15 – Karl Nabersberg, German youth leader (b. 1908)
* January 23 – Matteo Bartoli, Italian linguist (b. 1873)
* January 25 – Orishatukeh Faduma, American missionary (b. 1855)
* January 29
** Hideo Hatoyama, Japanese jurist (b. 1884)
** Harry Hopkins, American politician (b. 1890)
** Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch–born American astronomer (b. 1884)
*
January 31
** Pietro Boetto, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and eminence (b. 1871)
** Luis Orgaz Yoldi, Spanish general (b. 1881)
February
* February 2 – Rondo Hatton, American actor (b. 1894)
* February 5 – George Arliss, British actor (b. 1868)
* February 6
** Upendranath Brahmachari, Indian scientist (b. 1873)
** Oswald Kabasta, Austrian conductor (suicide) (b. 1896)
* February 8
** Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (b. 1868)
** Miles Mander, British actor (b. 1888)
* February 11 – Ludovic-Oscar Frossard, French socialist, communist politician (b. 1889)
* February 12 – George Dumas, French doctor, psychologist (b. 1866)
*
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 ...
** Maliq Bushati, Albanian collaborator, 18th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1880)
** Cornelius Johnson (athlete), Cornelius Johnson, American field athlete (b. 1913)
* February 17
** Dorothy Gibson, American actress (b. 1889)
** Benjamin I of Constantinople, Benjamin I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1871)
* February 19 – Rafael Erich, Finnish politician, professor, diplomat and 6th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1879)
* February 21 – Theodore Stark Wilkinson, American admiral (b. 1888)
* February 23 – Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (executed) (b. 1885)
* February 25 – René Le Grèves, French cyclist (b. 1910)
* February 26 – Leo the Lion (MGM)#Jackie (1928–1956), Jackie, Nubian-born MGM lion (b. 1915)
* February 27 – James Cecil Parke, Irish rugby player, tennis player and golfer (b. 1910)
* February 28
** Béla Imrédy, Hungarian economist, politician and 32nd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1891)
** Giuseppe Salvago Raggi, Italian diplomat (b. 1866)
March
* March 3 – Viktor Axmann, Yugoslav architect (b. 1883)
*
March 4
** Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)
** Martyrs of Albania, Catholics (executed)
*** Mark Çuni, seminarian (b. 1919)
*** Daniel Dajani, Jesuit priest (b. 1906)
*** Giovanni Fausti, Italian Jesuit priest (b. 1899)
*** Gjelosh Lulashi (b. 1925)
*** Qerim Sadiku (b. 1919)
*** Kolë Shllaku, friar (b. 1906)
*
March 6 – Antonio Caso Andrade, Mexican philosopher (b. 1878)
*
March 9 – Adolfo Ferrata, Italian pathologist, hematologist (b. 1880)
* March 12
** Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian military officer, Fascist politician and 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (executed) (b. 1897)
** Leonida Tonelli, Italian mathematician (b. 1885)
* March 13 – Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
* March 16
** José Júlio da Costa, Portuguese activist (b. 1893)
** Alladiya Khan, Indian singer (b. 1855)
* March 17 – Joseph de Pesquidoux, French writer (b. 1869)
*
March 19 – Augusto Nicolás Martínez, Ecuadorian agronomist, economist, geologist, researcher, educator and mountaineer (b. 1860)
* March 20 – Frederick M. Smith, American religious leader and author (b. 1874)
*
March 22 – Clemens August Graf von Galen, German Catholic Cardinal, Bishop of Münster (b. 1878)
* March 23
** Francisco Largo Caballero, Spanish politician, trade unionist and 66th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1869)
** Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (b. 1875)
* March 24
** Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
** Carl Schuhmann, German athlete (b. 1869)
** Barbu Știrbey, 30th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1872)
* March 26 – Ezequiel Fernández, acting President of Panama (b. 1886)
*
March 29 – László Endre, Hungarian politician (b. 1895)
* March 31 – John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, British field marshal (b. 1886)
April
*
April 1
** Noah Beery, American actor (b. 1882)
** Edward Sheldon, American playwright (b. 1886)
* April 2 – Kate Bruce, American silent screen actress (b. 1858)
*
April 3
** Alf Common, English footballer (b. 1880)
**
Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (executed) (b. 1887)
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
** Ion Boițeanu, Romanian general (b. 1885)
**Vincent Youmans, American composer (b. 1898)
* April 6
** Chief Thunderbird, Native American actor (b. 1866)
** James Young Deer, Native American film producer (b. 1876)
* April 7 – Padmanath Gohain Baruah, Indian novelist, poet and dramatist (b. 1871)
* April 8
** Bo Gu, 3rd General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (accident) (b. 1907)
** Patriarch Eulogius (Georgiyevsky), Eulogius (b. 1868)
* April 13 – William Henry Bell, English-born South African composer, conductor and lecturer.
*
April 14 – Otto Dowling, United States Navy Captain (USN), Captain, 25th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1881)
* April 15
** Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (b. 1858)
** C. W. A. Scott, English aviator (b. 1903)
*
April 17
** Guido Calza, Italian archaeologist (b. 1888)
** Juan Bautista Sacasa, 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
* April 20 – Mae Busch, American actress (b. 1891)
* April 21 – John Maynard Keynes, British economist (b. 1883)
* April 22
** Lionel Atwill, British actor (b. 1885)
** Harlan F. Stone, United States Supreme Court/Chief Justice, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)
*
April 28 – Robert Bartlett (explorer), Robert Bartlett, American explorer, and navigator (b. 1875)
* April 30 – Sava Athanasiu, Romanian geologist, paleontologist (b. 1861)
May
*
May 1
** Bill Johnston (tennis), Bill Johnston, American tennis champion (b. 1894)
** Israfil Mammadov, Soviet WWII heroine (b. 1919)
*
May 9 – Léon Guillet, French metallurgist (b. 1873)
*
May 10
Events Pre-1600
* 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
*1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
– Emile de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian diplomat (b. 1871)
* May 11 – Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Dominican essayist, philosopher, humanist and philologist (b. 1884)
* May 13 – Alexei Nikolaevich Bach, Soviet biochemist, revolutionary leader (b. 1857)
* May 16
** Bruno Tesch, German chemist, Nazi war criminal (executed) (b. 1890)
** Karl Weinbacher, German manager, war criminal (executed) (b. 1898)
* May 19
** Francesco Camero Medici, Italian diplomat (b. 1886)
** Ángel Ossorio y Gallardo, Spanish lawyer, statesman (b. 1873)
** Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869)
* May 20
** Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (b. 1871)
** Enrico Gasparri, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop (b. 1871)
* May 22 – Karl Hermann Frank, German Nazi official, war criminal (executed) (b. 1898)
* May 23 – Billy Sullivan (actor), Billy Sullivan, American actor (b. 1891)
*
May 26
** Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 1865)
** Joseffy, Austrian magician (b. 1873)
* May 27
** Claire Croiza, French soprano (b. 1882)
** Henri Hauser, French historian, geographer and economist (b. 1866)
* May 28 – Claus Schilling, German medical researcher and war criminal (executed) (b. 1871)
* May 29 – Cagnaccio di San Pietro, Italian painter (b. 1897)
* May 30
**Marcela Agoncillo, Filipino who sewed the first Filipino flag (b. 1860)
**
Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist, chemist (b. 1910)
*
May 31 – Picoğlu Osman, Turkish kemenche player (b. 1901)
June
*
June 1
**
Ion Antonescu
Ion Antonescu (; ; – 1 June 1946) was a Romanian military officer and marshal who presided over two successive wartime dictatorships as Prime Minister and ''Conducător'' during most of World War II.
A Romanian Army career officer who made ...
, Romanian soldier, politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania and Romanian dictator (executed) (b. 1882)
** Leo Slezak, German tenor (b. 1873)
*
June 3 – Chen Gongbo, 2nd President of Republic of China during Nanjing regime (executed) (b. 1892)
* June 4 – Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, Hungarian politician, 26th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1864)
* June 5 – Maud Watson, British tennis player, first female Wimbledon champion (b. 1864)
* June 6
** Isidro Ancheta, Filipino painter (d. 1882)
** Gerhart Hauptmann, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
* June 7 – Fabijan Abrantovich, Soviet civic, religious leader (b. 1884)
*
June 9 –
Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII), Monarchy of Thailand, King of
Thailand (assassinated) (b. 1925)
*
June 10 – Jack Johnson (boxer), Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
* June 11 – Juanita Breckenridge Bates, American minister (b. 1860)
* June 12 – Hisaichi Terauchi, Marshal of the Imperial Japanese Army (b. 1879)
*
June 13 – Charles Butterworth (actor), Charles Butterworth, American actor (b. 1896)
*
June 14
** Jorge Ubico, Guatemalan army general, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1878)
** John Logie Baird, British television pioneer (b. 1888)
** Edward Bowes, American radio personality (b. 1874)
* June 15 – João Batista Becker, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop (b. 1870)
* June 18 – Eugen Hirschfield, Australian practitioner (b. 1866)
* June 19 – Theodor Wulf, German physicist, Jesuit priest (b. 1868)
* June 20 – Empress Wanrong of China (b. 1906)
*
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 ...
– William S. Hart, American stage actor, silent film Western (genre), Western star, film director and writer (b. 1864)
* June 24 – Marian Bernaciak, Polish World War II heroine (b. 1917)
* June 27
** Juan Antonio Ríos, Chilean political figure, 24th President of Chile and World War II leader (b. 1888)
** Wanda Gág, American artist, author, translator and illustrator (b. 1893)
* June 28 – Antoinette Perry, American actress, director (b. 1888)
*
June 30 – Jelica Belović-Bernardzikowska, Yugoslav journalist, writer and journalist (b. 1870)
July
*
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 ...
– Augustyn Józef Czartoryski, Polish nobleman (b. 1907)
* July 2
** Mary Alden, American stage, and screen actress (b. 1883)
** Albert Sechehaye, Swiss linguist (b. 1870)
* July 3 – Edoardo Bianchi, Italian entrepreneur, inventor (b. 1865)
*
July 4
** Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1922)
** Elisabeth Becker, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1923)
** Wanda Klaff, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1922)
** Ewa Paradies, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1920)
** Gerda Steinhoff, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1922)
* July 7 – Federico Laredo Brú, 8th President of Cuba (b. 1875)
* July 8 – Orrick Glenday Johns, American writer (b. 1887)
* July 12
** Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist, author (b. 1870)
** Teresa Janina Kierocińska, Polish Discalced Carmelite nun and venerable (b. 1885)
* July 13 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
* July 15 – Benjamin W. Alpiner, American businessman and politician (b. 1867)
*
July 16 – Raffaele Conflenti, Italian engineer, aircraft designer (b. 1889)
* July 17
** Consolata Betrone, Italian Franciscan mystic and servant of God (b. 1903)
** Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
** Kosta Mušicki, Yugoslav general (b. 1897)
** Campbell Tait, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1886)
* July 18
** Ehrhard Schmidt, German admiral (b. 1863)
** Alfons Tracki, Albanian priest (executed) (b. 1896)
* July 19 – George Mackenzie Brown, Canadian-born British publisher (b. 1869)
* July 20 – Shiro Kawase, Japanese admiral (b. 1889)
*
July 21
**Shefqet Vërlaci, Albanian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1877)
** Gualberto Villarroel, 39th President of Bolivia (Lynching, lynched) (b. 1908)
**Arthur Greiser, German general (b. 1897)
*
July 22 – Edward Sperling, Russian-American-Jewish writer, Zionist (assassinated) (b. 1889)
* July 26 – Alexander Vvedensky (religious leader), Alexander Vvedensky, Soviet Russian Orthodox Church, Orthodox religious leader and blessed (b. 1889)
*
July 25 – Harry Davis (gangster), Harry Davis, Canadian gangster (b. 1898)
* July 27
** Franz Anton Basch, German politician (b. 1901)
** Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)
* July 28 – Saint Saint Alphonsa, Anna Muttathupadathu, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic and Eastern Catholic religious sister and saint (b. 1910)
* July 31 – Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylonese politician, Governor-General of Ceylon (b. 1862)
August
*
August 1 – Andrey Vlasov, Soviet general, commander of the Russian Liberation Army (executed) (b. 1901)
* August 2 – Karl, Prince of Leiningen, German prince (b. 1898)
* August 5
** Otto Franke (sinologist), Otto Franke, German sinologist (b. 1863)
** Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer, politician and 17th Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
* August 6
** Blanche Bingley, English tennis champion (b. 1863)
** Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (New York Yankees), MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1903)
* August 8 – Maria Barrientos, Spanish opera singer (b. 1884)
* August 10 – Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer (b. 1864)
* August 11 – Giuseppe Pietri, Italian composer (b. 1886)
* August 12
** Inayatullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (b. 1888)
** Alfred Stock, German chemist (b. 1876)
* August 13
** H. G. Wells, British science fiction writer, historian (''The Time Machine'') (b. 1866)
** Émile Berlia, French politician (b. 1878)
*
August 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
– Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (b. 1875)
* August 17 – Channing Pollock (writer), Channing Pollock, American playwright (b. 1880)
* August 19 – Jules-Albert de Dion, French automobile pioneer (b. 1856)
* August 20 – "Rags" Ragland, American comedian, actor (b. 1905)
* August 22 – Döme Sztójay, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
* August 23 – Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, Prince Fulco Ruffo di Calabria (b. 1884)
* August 24 – James Clark McReynolds, American jurist (b. 1862)
* August 26 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress (b. 1887)
* August 28
** Georgios Kafantaris, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1873)
** Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, British field marshal (b. 1865)
** Florence Turner, American actress (b. 1885)
* August 29 – John Steuart Curry, American painter (b. 1897)
September
* September 3 – Paul Lincke, German composer (b. 1866)
*
September 4 - Nobu Shirase, Japanese army officer and Antarctic explorer (b. 1861)
* September 11 – Francesco Bonifacio, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (killed in action) (b. 1912)
* September 13 – William Watt (Australian politician), William Watt, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
* September 16
** Henri Gouraud (general), Henri Gouraud, French general (b. 1867)
** James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1877)
*
September 24 – Gustav Globočnik Edler von Vojka, Austro-Hungarian nobleman and field marshal (b. 1859)
* September 25 – Heinrich George, German actor (b. 1893)
* September 29 – Raimu, French actor (b. 1883)
* September 30 – Takashi Sakai, Japanese general (executed) (b. 1887)
October
* October 1
** Hiroshi Kawabuchi, Japanese politician (b. 1883)
** Lucy Wheelock, American early childhood education pioneer (b. 1857)
* October 2 – Ignacy Mościcki, Polish chemist, politician and 4th President of Poland (b. 1867)
* October 4 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver, automobile pioneer (b. 1878)
* October 5
** István Bethlen, Hungarian aristocrat, statesman and 28th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1874)
** Alberto Marvelli, Italian member of the Roman Catholic action and blessed (b. 1918)
* October 6
** Per Albin Hansson, Swedish politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1885)
** Joseph Francis Sartori, American banker (b. 1858)
* October 8 – Agustín Parrado y García, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1872)
* October 12 – Joseph Stilwell, American World War II general (b. 1883)
* October 15 – Hermann Göring, German Nazi Reichsmarschall (suicide) (b. 1893)
* October 16
** Nuremberg executions
*** Hans Frank, German Nazi Governor General of Poland (b. 1900)
*** Wilhelm Frick, German Nazi Minister of the Interior (b. 1877)
*** Alfred Jodl, German general, World War II Chief of the German armed forces (b. 1890)
*** Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German Nazi police general (b. 1903)
*** Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (b. 1882)
*** Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Nazi foreign minister (b. 1893)
*** Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi ideologist (b. 1893)
*** Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi general plenipotentiary (b. 1892)
*** Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi leader (b. 1892)
*** Julius Streicher, German Nazi propaganda publisher (b. 1885)
* October 20 – Igor Demidov, Soviet politician (b. 1873)
* October 23 – Francesco Carandini, Italian poet (b. 1858)
* October 24 – Kurt Daluege, German Nazi officer, SS general and police official, war criminal (executed) (b. 1897)
* October 27 - Nathan Francis Mossell, African-American physician (b. 1856)
November
* November 2 – John Barrett (bishop), John Barrett, British clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop and reverend (b. 1878)
* November 4 – Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865)
* November 5 – Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877)
* November 6 – Maria Innocentia Hummel, German Franciscan religious sister and blessed (b. 1909)
* November 7 – Henry Lehrman, American actor (b. 1886)
* November 10 – Baldassare Forestiere, Italian immigrant to America (b. 1879)
* November 11 – Nikolay Burdenko, Soviet surgeon, founder of Soviet neurosurgery (b. 1876)
* November 12 – Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, eminence (b. 1877)
* November 14 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)
* November 18 – Donald Meek, British actor (b. 1878)
* November 24 – László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer (b. 1895)
* November 25 – George Gandy, American entrepreneur (b. 1851)
* November 26 – Sultana Racho Petrova, Bulgarian memoirist (b. 1869)
* November 28 – Maria Izabela Wiłucka-Kowalska, Polish Roman Catholic religious leader, saint (b. 1890)
December
* December 5 – Louis Dewis, Belgian Post-Impressionist Painting, painter (b. 1872)
* December 6 – Charles Stewart (premier), Charles Stewart, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (b. 1868)
* December 7
** Laurette Taylor, American actress (b. 1884)
** Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871)
* December 10
** Walter Johnson, American baseball player (Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators), MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1887)
** Damon Runyon, American writer (b. 1880)
* December 12
** Ben Carter (actor), Ben Carter, American actor (b. 1910)
** Renée Falconetti, French actress (b. 1892)
* December 14 – Tom Dowse, Irish major league baseball player in the 1890s (b. 1866)
* December 16 – Salman al-Murshid, Syrian religious leader, political figure (b. 1907)
* December 20 – Einosuke Harada, Japanese ophthalmologist (b. 1892)
* December 22 – Pierre Bénard, French journalist (b. 1898)
* December 23 – John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (b. 1873)
* December 25
** W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian (b. 1880)
** Henri Le Fauconnier, French painter (b. 1881)
* December 26 – Franjo Bučar, Yugoslav writer (b. 1866)
* December 27 – Pedro Mata Dominguez, Spanish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1875)
* December 28
** Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American singer, songwriter (b. 1862)
** Francis Salabert, French publisher (b. 1884)
* December 29 – John Babington Macaulay Baxter, Canadian politician, 19th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1858)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Percy Williams Bridgman
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – James B. Sumner, John Howard Northrop, Wendell Meredith Stanley
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Hermann Joseph Muller
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Hermann Hesse
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Emily Greene Balch, John Mott
References
Further reading
* Goulden, Joseph C. ''The Best Years: 1945–1950'' (1976), popular social history of USA
* Hennessy, Peter. ''Never Again: Britain, 1945–1951'' (1994)), a scholarly survey.
* Kynaston, David. ''Austerity Britain, 1945–1951'' (2008
excerpt and text search a detaied social history.
* Sebestyen, Victor. ''1946: The Making of the Modern World'' (2015
excerpt* Weisbrode, Kenneth. ''The Year of Indecision, 1946: A Tour Through the Crucible of Harry Truman's America'' (2016
excerpt
External links
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