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, which would last until
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
, ending with the
dissolution of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...
.


Events


January

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January January is the first month of the year in the Julian calendar, Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. The first day of the month is known as New Year's Day. It is, on average, the coldest month of the year within most of the No ...
February February is the second month of the year in the Julian calendar, Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years and 29 in leap years, with the February 29, 29th day being called the ''leap day''. February is the third a ...
Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom The winter of 1946–1947 was harsh in Europe, and noted for its adverse effects in the United Kingdom. It caused severe hardships in economic terms and living conditions in a country still recovering from the Second World War. There were massi ...
: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network. *
January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...
– The '' Canadian Citizenship Act'' comes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law. *
January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading (871), Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great, Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasi ...
– First issue of weekly
magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
''
Der Spiegel (, , stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of about 724,000 copies in 2022, it is one of the largest such publications in Europe. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
'' published in
Hanover Hanover ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Lower Saxony. Its population of 535,932 (2021) makes it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-l ...
,
Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
, edited by
Rudolf Augstein Rudolf Karl Augstein (5 November 1923 – 7 November 2002) was a German journalist, editor, publicist, and politician. He was one of the most influential German journalists, founder and part-owner of magazine. As a politician, he was a member o ...
. *
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 th ...
– The
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of
Trieste Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, ...
. *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Roman emperor, Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to set ...
– Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "
Black Dahlia Elizabeth Short (July 29, 1924 – , 1947), posthumously known as the Black Dahlia, was an American woman found murdered in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, on January 15, 1947. Her case became highly publicized owin ...
", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved. *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the R ...
Vincent Auriol Vincent Jules Auriol (; 27 August 1884 – 1 January 1966) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1947 to 1954. Early life and politics Auriol was born in Revel, Haute-Garonne, as the only child of Jacques Antoine Aurio ...
is inaugurated as president of France. *
January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to '' Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surren ...
– Ferry sinks in the
South Euboean Gulf The South Euboean Gulf (, ''Notios Evvoïkos Kolpos'') is a gulf in Central Greece, between the island of Euboea and the Greek mainland (Boeotia and Attica Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a h ...
of Greece killing 392. *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
– In the third phase of the
Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War () took place from 1946 to 1949. The conflict, which erupted shortly after the end of World War II, consisted of a Communism, Communist-led uprising against the established government of the Kingdom of Greece. The rebels decl ...
,
Dimitrios Maximos Dimitrios E. Maximos (; 6 July 1873 – 17 October 1955) was a Greek banker and politician. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Greece after World War II. Life Maximos was born on 6 July 1873 in Patras. He began his career in banking in ...
forms a monarchist government in Athens and begins a brief term as prime minister. *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
– A
KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. , ),
Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes soon after taking off from Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, killing all 22 people on board, including Prince Gustaf Adolf, second in line to the Swedish throne, and American opera singer
Grace Moore Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898January 26, 1947) was an American operatic lyric soprano and actress in musical theatre and film.Obituary ''Variety Obituaries, Variety'', January 29, 1947, page 48. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee N ...
.


February

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February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1047 – Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, u ...
** The lowest air temperature in North America (−63 degrees Celsius) is recorded in Snag, in the
Yukon Territory Yukon () is a territory of Canada, bordering British Columbia to the south, the Northwest Territories to the east, the Beaufort Sea to the north, and the U.S. state of Alaska to the west. It is Canada’s westernmost territory and the smallest ...
. **
P.L. Prattis Percival Leroy (P.L.) Prattis (April 27, 1895 – February 29, 1980) was an American journalist. He was the city editor of the ''Chicago Defender'', the most influential African-American weekly newspaper in the U.S. at the beginning of World War I. ...
becomes the first
African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
news correspondent allowed in the
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
and
Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
press galleries. *
February 5 Events Pre-1600 * *2 BC – Caesar Augustus is granted the title ''pater patriae'' by the Roman Senate. *AD 62, 62 – AD 62 Pompeii earthquake, Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. *756 – Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself E ...
**
Bolesław Bierut Bolesław Bierut (; 18 April 1892 – 12 March 1956) was a Polish communist activist and politician, leader of History of Poland (1945–1989), communist-ruled Poland from 1947 until 1956. He was President of the State National Council from 1944 ...
becomes the
President of Poland The president of Poland ( ), officially the president of the Republic of Poland (), is the head of state of Poland. His or her prerogatives and duties are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president jointly exercises the executive ...
. ** The Government of the United Kingdom announces the £25 million
Tanganyika groundnut scheme The Tanganyika groundnut scheme, or East Africa groundnut scheme, was a failed attempt by the British government to cultivate tracts of its African trust territory Tanganyika (now part of Tanzania) with peanuts. Launched in the aftermath of W ...
, for cultivation of
peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), goober pea, pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics by small and large ...
s in the
Tanganyika Territory Tanganyika was a colonial territory in East Africa which was administered by the United Kingdom in various forms from 1916 until 1961. It was initially administered under military occupation. From 20 July 1922, it was formalised into a League o ...
. *
February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 & ...
– The South Pacific Commission (SPC) is founded. *
February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
– The Karlslust dance hall fire in Berlin, Germany, kills over 80 people. *
February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...
– In Paris, France, peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary,
Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
,
Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...
and Finland. Italy cedes most of
Istria Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; ; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian: ; ; ) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea. Located at th ...
to the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...
(later
Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
). *
February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular. * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post- ...
** A
meteorite A meteorite is a rock (geology), rock that originated in outer space and has fallen to the surface of a planet or Natural satellite, moon. When the original object enters the atmosphere, various factors such as friction, pressure, and chemical ...
creates an
impact crater An impact crater is a depression (geology), depression in the surface of a solid astronomical body formed by the hypervelocity impact event, impact of a smaller object. In contrast to volcanic craters, which result from explosion or internal c ...
in
Sikhote-Alin The Sikhote-Alin (, , , ) is a mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais, Russia, extending about to the northeast of the Russian Pacific seaport of Vladivostok. The highest summits are Tordoki Yani at above sea level, Ko Mountain () ...
, in the
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
. ** In
Burma Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and ha ...
, the
Panglong Agreement The Panglong Agreement ( ) was reached in Panglong, Southern Shan State, between the Burmese government under Aung San and the Shan Committee, Kachin Committee, and Chin Committee peoples on 12 February 1947. The anniversary of this agreeme ...
is reached between the
Burmese government Myanmar (Names of Myanmar, formerly Burma) () operates ''de jure'' as a unitary state, unitary assembly-independent republic under its 2008 Constitution of Myanmar, 2008 constitution. On 1 February 2021, Tatmadaw, Myanmar's military took ove ...
under its leader, General
Aung San Aung San (, ; 13 February 191519 July 1947), known honorifically as '' Bogyoke'' Aung San, was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he w ...
, and the Shan, Kachin, and
Chin The chin is the forward pointed part of the anterior mandible (List_of_human_anatomical_regions#Regions, mental region) below the lower lip. A fully developed human skull has a chin of between 0.7 cm and 1.1 cm. Evolution The presence of a we ...
ethnic peoples at the Panglong Conference. U Aung Zan Wai, Pe Khin, Major Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Sein Mya Maung and
Myoma U Than Kywe Myoma Than Kywe (, ; 26 December 1924 – 22 September 1983) was a Burmese politician. He was one of the negotiators of the historical Panglong Conference. The signing of Panglong Agreement is now celebrated as a national holiday, Union Da ...
are among the negotiators. *
February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons ...
Cold War The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...
: The
Voice of America Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international broadcasting network funded by the federal government of the United States that by law has editorial independence from the government. It is the largest and oldest of the American internation ...
begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
*
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 pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...
** An explosion at the O'Connor Electro-Plating Company in
Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
leaves 17 dead, 100 buildings damaged, and a crater in the ground. ** The U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Hermes program V-2
rocket A rocket (from , and so named for its shape) is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. Rocket engines work entirely ...
''Blossom I'' is launched into space, carrying plant material and fruitflies, the first living things to enter space. *
February 21 Events Pre-1600 * 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The ...
Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", his
Polaroid Land Camera The Land Camera is a model of self-developing film camera manufactured by Polaroid between 1948 and 1983. It is named after the inventor, American scientist Edwin Land, who developed a process for self-developing photography between 1943 and ...
, to a meeting of the
Optical Society of America Optica, founded as the Optical Society of America (later the Optical Society), is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals, organizes conferences and exhibitions, and ca ...
in
New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...
. *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone o ...
– The
International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. M ...
(ISO) is founded. *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...
** The German state of
Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...
is officially abolished, by the
Allied Control Council The Allied Control Council (ACC) or Allied Control Authority (), also referred to as the Four Powers (), was the governing body of the Allies of World War II, Allied Allied-occupied Germany, occupation zones in Germany (1945–1949/1991) and Al ...
. **
Hachikō Line derailment The was a major fatal railway accident which occurred on 25 February 1947 between and stations on the Hachikō Line in Japan. It is the worst railway accident to have occurred in Japan. A Japanese Government Railways (JGR) passenger train ha ...
: The worst-ever train accident in Japan kills 184 people. ** John C. Hennessy Jr. brings the first
Volkswagen Beetle The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, is a small family car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. One of the most iconic cars in automotive history, the Beetle is noted for its distinctive shape. Its pr ...
to the United States. He purchased the 1946 automobile from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle is shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day. *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic), Fourth Council of Co ...
– In
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
, civil disorder is put down, with large loss of civilian lives.


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
** The
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution funded by 191 member countries, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It is regarded as the global lender of las ...
begins to operate. ** German rocket scientist
Wernher von Braun Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun ( ; ; 23 March 191216 June 1977) was a German–American aerospace engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and '' Allgemeine SS'', the leading figure in the development of ...
marries his first cousin, 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp. *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
– The Treaty of Dunkirk (effective September 8) is signed between the United Kingdom and France, providing for mutual assistance in the event of attack. *
March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of th ...
– The
Cold War The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...
begins: The
Truman Doctrine The Truman Doctrine is a Foreign policy of the United States, U.S. foreign policy that pledges American support for democratic nations against Authoritarianism, authoritarian threats. The doctrine originated with the primary goal of countering ...
is proclaimed, to help stem the spread of
Communism Communism () is a political sociology, sociopolitical, political philosophy, philosophical, and economic ideology, economic ideology within the history of socialism, socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a ...
. *
March 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland. * 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the H ...
– The Thames flood and other widespread flooding occurs, as the exceptionally harsh British winter of 1946–1947 ends in a thaw. *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman R ...
– Hindus and Muslims clash in
Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
. *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
– The
19th Academy Awards The 19th Academy Awards were held on March 13, 1947, honoring the films of 1946. The top awards portion of the ceremony was hosted by Jack Benny. ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' won seven of its eight nominations, including Best Picture, Bes ...
Ceremony is held. The movie ''
The Best Years of Our Lives ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (also known as ''Glory for Me'' and ''Home Again'') is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Ru ...
'' wins the
Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film a ...
, along with several other Academy Awards. *
March 25 Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions (in the Julian calendar). Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending th ...
– A
coal mine Coal mining is the process of resource extraction, extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its Energy value of coal, energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to Electricity generation, generate electr ...
explosion in
Centralia, Illinois Centralia is a city in Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Illinois with the largest portion in Marion County. The city is the largest in three counties, Clinton, Marion, and Washington, but it is not a ...
, United States; 111 miners are killed. *
March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Did ...
– A World War II Japanese
booby trap A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or an animal. It is triggered by the presence or actions of the victim and sometimes has some form of bait designed to lure the victim towards it. The trap may b ...
explodes on
Corregidor Corregidor (, , ) is an island located at the entrance of Manila Bay in the southwestern part of Luzon in the Philippines, and is considered part of Cavite City and thus the province of Cavite. It is located west of Manila, the nation's capi ...
Island, killing 28 people. *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. * 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
– A rebellion against French rule erupts in
Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
– The leaders of the Kurdish People's
Republic of Mahabad The Republic of Mahabad, also referred to as the Republic of Kurdistan (; ), was a short-lived Kurdish self-governing unrecognized state in present-day Iran, from 22 January to 15 December 1946. The Republic of Mahabad, a puppet state of the ...
, the second
Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...
state in the history of
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
, are hanged at
Chuwarchira Square Chahar Cheragh or Chuar-chira Square (, , ) (meaning ''Square of the four candles''), is a public square in the centre of the city of Mahabad. It is now officially called Shahrdari Square (Municipality Square). At this place, the Russian-backed ...
in
Mahabad Mahabad () is a city in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Etymology Mahabad first became the name of the city after World War I, during the ...
, after the state has been overrun by the Iranian army.


April

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April April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the ...
– The previous discovery of the '
Dead Sea Scrolls The Dead Sea Scrolls, also called the Qumran Caves Scrolls, are a set of List of Hebrew Bible manuscripts, ancient Jewish manuscripts from the Second Temple period (516 BCE – 70 CE). They were discovered over a period of ten years, between ...
' in the
Qumran Caves The Qumran Caves ( '; ''HaMeara Kumran'') are a series of caves, both natural and artificial, found around the archaeological site of Qumran in the Judaean Desert. It is in these caves that the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Israel Nature a ...
(above the northwest shore of the
Dead Sea The Dead Sea (; or ; ), also known by #Names, other names, is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Jordan to the east, the Israeli-occupied West Bank to the west and Israel to the southwest. It lies in the endorheic basin of the Jordan Rift Valle ...
) by
Bedouin The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( ; , singular ) are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq). The Bedouin originated in the Sy ...
shepherds, becomes known. *
April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
**
Jackie Robinson Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who became the first Black American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the Baseball color line, ...
, the first
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in
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since the 1880s, signs a contract with the
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. ** Paul I becomes King of Greece, aged 45, following the death of his brother, King George II. ** The 1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies begin. *
April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 &nd ...
– The
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begins operations. *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Em ...
** The Arab
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is established by merger in
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. **The largest recorded
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group appears on the solar surface. *
April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, ...
** Multiple tornadoes strike Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, killing 184 and injuring 970. ** The
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in the
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begins, organized by the
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. *
April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guisca ...
– Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play Major League Baseball since the 1880s. *
April 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1457 BC – Battle of Megido – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide. * ...
**
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: The
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cargo of French-registered Liberty ship explodes in Texas City, Texas in one of the Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions, largest man-made non-nuclear explosions in history, killing at least 581, including all but one member of the city fire department, injuring at least 5,000 and destroying 20 city blocks. Of the dead, remains of 113 are never found, and 62 are unidentifiable. ** American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch describes the post–World War II tensions between the
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and the United States as a "
Cold War The Cold War was a period of global Geopolitics, geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 unt ...
". ** The first public demonstration of a professional video camera, TV camera zoom lens, the ''Jerry Fairbanks Zoomar,'' is held at National Broadcasting Company, NBC studios in New York City, New York. * April 18 ** The British Royal Navy detonates 6,800 tons of explosives, in an attempt to demolish the fortified island of Heligoland, Germany, in another of the largest man-made non-nuclear explosions in history. ** 'Mrs. Ples', an ''Australopithecus africanus'' skull, is discovered in the Sterkfontein area in Transvaal Province, Transvaal, South Africa. * April 20 – King Frederik IX of Denmark, Frederik IX succeeds his father, Christian X, on the throne of Kingdom of Denmark, Denmark.


May

* May 1 – Portella della Ginestra massacre: The Salvatore Giuliano gang of Sicilian separatists opens fire on a Labour Day parade at Portella della Ginestra, Sicily, killing 11 people and wounding 27. * May 2 – The movie ''Miracle on 34th Street'', a Christmastime classic, is first shown in theaters. * May 3 – The new post-war Constitution of Japan goes into effect. * May 11 – The Ferrari 125 S, the first car to bear the Ferrari name, debuts. * May 22 – The
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begins: To fight the spread of
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, President Harry S. Truman signs an Act of Congress that implements the
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. This Act grants $400  million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece. The Cold War Cold War (1985–1991), ends in
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
. * May 25 – Hyundai Togun, the initial name of the Hyundai Group, is founded by Chung Ju-young. * May 29 ** An Air Iceland Douglas C-47 on a domestic flight in Iceland crashes into a mountainside killing all 25 people on board. ** A United States Army Air Forces Douglas C-54 Skymaster crashes on approach to Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan, killing all 41 on board in the worst aviation accident in Japanese history up to this time. * May 30 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 605: A Douglas C-54 Skymaster crashes near Port Deposit, Maryland, Bainbridge, Maryland, killing all 53 aboard (49 passengers, 4 crew), in America's worst commercial aviation disaster to this date. * May 31 – Alcide de Gasperi forms a new government in Italy, the first postwar Italian government not to include members of the Italian Communist Party.


June

* June – The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is introduced. * June 5 – U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan for American reconstruction and relief aid to Europe, in a speech at Harvard University. * June 7 – The Romanian Army founds the association football club CCA (Clubul Central al Armatei – The Army's Central Club), which will become List of football clubs in Romania by major honors won, the most successful Romanian football team during its time as ''CSA Steaua București''. * June 10 – Saab Automobile, SAAB in Sweden produces its first automobile. * June 11–June 15, 15 – The first Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is held in Wales. * June 15 – The ''Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo'' in Portugal orders 11 military officers and 19 university professors, who are accused of revolutionary activity, to resign. * June 21 – The Parliament of Canada votes unanimously to pass several laws regarding displaced foreign refugees. * June 23 – The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives, in overriding President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act. * June 24 – Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting, UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington (state), Washington. Over 1947 flying disc craze, 800 copycat sightings are reported throughout the US in the coming following weeks. * June 25 – ''The Diary of a Young Girl'' by Anne Frank is published for the first time as ''Het Achterhuis: Dagboekbrieven 14 juni 1942 – 1 augustus 1944'' ("The Annex: Diary Notes from 14 June 1942 – 1 August 1944") in Amsterdam, two years after the writer's death in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.


July

* July 1 – The United States begins the National Malaria Eradication Program, successfully eradicating malaria in 1951. * July 6 ** 1947 Sylhet referendum: A referendum is held in Sylhet region, Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India. ** The first prototype AK-47 assault rifles are built to the design of Mikhail Kalashnikov. * July 8 – Roswell UFO incident: A supposedly downed Unidentified flying object, extraterrestrial spacecraft is reportedly found near Roswell, New Mexico. * July 9 ** Rhodes UFO photographs, 'Flying disc' photographs published in Phoenix ** King George VI of the United Kingdom announces the engagement of his daughter Elizabeth II, Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Lt. Philip Mountbatten. * July 11 – The ship ''Exodus (ship), Exodus'' leaves France for Mandatory Palestine, Palestine, with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees on board. * July 17 – Indian passenger ship is capsized by a cyclone at Mumbai, India, with 625 people killed. * July 18 ** Following wide media and UNSCOP coverage, the ''Exodus (ship), Exodus'' is captured by British troops, and refused entry into Palestine at the port of Haifa. ** President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act into law, which places the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, President pro tempore of the Senate next in the line of succession, after the Vice President of the United States, vice president. * July 19 – Burmese nationalist
Aung San Aung San (, ; 13 February 191519 July 1947), known honorifically as '' Bogyoke'' Aung San, was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he w ...
, and six members of his newly formed cabinet, are assassinated during a cabinet meeting. * July 26 –
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: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into law to create the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council, National Security Council. * July 27–July 28, 28 – English endurance swimmer Tom Blower becomes the first person to swim the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel, from Donaghadee in Northern Ireland to Portpatrick in Scotland. * July 29 – After being shut down on November 9, 1946, for a refurbishment, the ENIAC computer in the United States is turned back on again, and remains in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.


August

* August 1 – Indonesian airline Garuda Indonesia is established. * August 2 – 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian ''Star Dust'' accident: A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile (the wreckage will not be found until 1998). * August 5 – The Netherlands ends Operation Product, the first of its major military 'Police actions (Indonesia), police actions' in Indonesia. * August 7 ** Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the ''Kon-Tiki'', smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands, after a 101-day, 4,300 mile, voyage across the Eastern Pacific Ocean, demonstrating that prehistoric peoples could have traveled to the Central Pacific islands from South America. ** The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). * August 14 ** The Muslim majority regions formed by the Partition of India gain independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan. While the transition is officially at midnight on this day, Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14, compared with India on the 15th, because the Pakistan Standard Time is 30 minutes behind the standard time of India. ** Muhammad Ali Jinnah becomes the first Governor-General of Pakistan, governor-general of Pakistan. Liaquat Ali Khan takes office as the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, prime minister of Pakistan. * August 15 ** The greater Indian subcontinent, with a mixed population of Hindus, Hindu, Sikhs, Buddhism in India, Buddhists, Jainism in India, Jains, Zoroastrianism in India, Zoroasters, Judaism in India, Jews, Christianity in India, Christians, Islam in India, Muslims and others formed by the Partition of India, gains independence from the British Empire, as the Dominion of India. 755 years of foreign rule (565 years of Muslim rule (1192–1757) and 190 years British rule (1757–1947)) in India comes to an end. ** Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India, taking his oath from Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, Governor-General of India (but no longer viceroy). * August 16 – In Greece, General Markos Vafiadis takes over the government until 1949. * August 23 – The Prime Minister of Greece, prime minister of Greece,
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, resigns. * August 27 – The French government lowers the daily bread Rationing, ration to 200 grams, causing riots in Verdun and Le Mans. * August 30 – A fire at a movie theater in Rueil-Malmaison, Rueil, a suburb of Paris, France, kills 83 people. * August 31 – In Hungary, communists fail to gain a majority in parliamentary elections (despite widespread fraud) and turn to direct action as part of the country's History of Hungary#Transition to communism (1944–1949), transition to Communism (1944–1949).


September

* September 9 ** Women's suffrage is agreed by Argentina's Congress. ** A moth lodged in a relay is found to be the cause of a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer, logged as the "First actual case of Software bug, bug being found." * September 13 – Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru suggests the exchange of four million Hindus and Muslims between India and Pakistan. * September 15–September 16, 16 – Typhoon Kathleen strikes the Bōsō Peninsula and the entire Kantō region in Japan. Heavy rains cause the Arakawa River (Kanto), Arakawa and Tone Rivers to overflow and embankment collapse. The resulting floods and debris flow kill between 1,077 and 1,920 people, injuring 1,547 and leaving 853 missing. * September 17–September 21, 21 – The 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane in southeastern Florida, and also in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana causes widespread damage, and kills 50 people. * September 18 – In the United States: ** The National Security Act of 1947 becomes effective on this day, creating the United States Air Force, National Security Council (United States), National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency. ** The United States Department of War, Department of War becomes the Department of the Army, a branch of the new United States Department of Defense, Department of Defense. * September 22 – The Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties (Cominform) is founded by the International Communist Movement. * September 30 – Pakistan and Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, Yemen join the
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.


October

* October – First recorded use of the word ''computer'' in its modern sense, referring to an electronic digital machine. * October 1 – The North American F-86 Sabre jet fighter aircraft makes its first flight. * October 5 – President Harry S. Truman delivers the first televised White House address, speaking on the world food crises. * October 14 – United States Air Force test pilot Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 rocket plane faster than the speed of sound, the first time it has been accomplished. * October 20 – A war begins in Kashmir, along the border between India and Pakistan, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. Also, Pakistan establishes diplomatic relations with the United States of America. * October 24 – The first Azad Kashmir Government is established within Pakistan, headed by Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan as its first President supported by the government of Pakistan. * October 30 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is established.


November

* November 2 – In Long Beach, California, United States, designer and airplane pilot Howard Hughes carries out the one and only flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules ("''Spruce Goose''"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built and flown. This flight only lasts 8 minutes. * November 6 – The television program ''Meet the Press'' makes its debut, on the NBC-TV network in the United States. * November 9 – Junagadh is invaded by the Indian army. * November 10 – The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a French Communist Party, French communist riot, that also spreads to Paris. * November 13 – Wataru Misaka makes the roster of the 1947–48 New York Knicks season, New York Knicks to become the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball, months after
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broke the color barrier in
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for the
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. Misaka has led the Utah Utes men's basketball, Utah Utes to the 1944 NCAA basketball tournament, 1944 NCAA and 1947 National Invitation Tournament, 1947 NIT championships. * November 15 ** The International Telecommunication Union becomes a specialized agency of the
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. ** The Universal Postal Union (UPU) becomes a specialized agency of the
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(effective July 1 1948). * November 16 ** In Brussels, 15,000 people demonstrate against the relatively short prison sentences of Belgian Nazi criminals. ** Great Britain begins withdrawing its troops from Palestine. * November 17–December 23 – John Bardeen and Walter Brattain working under William Shockley at AT&T Corporation, AT&T's Bell Labs in the United States demonstrate the transistor effect, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century. * November 17 – The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath. * November 18 – Ballantyne's fire: A fire in Ballantynes department store in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41 people. * November 20 ** Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh: Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth II), the daughter of George VI of the United Kingdom, marries Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey in London. ** Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France. He is succeeded by Robert Schuman, who calls in 80,000 army reservists to quell rioting miners in France. * November 21 – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment begins in Havana, Cuba. This conference ends in 1948, when its members complete the Havana Charter. * November 24 – McCarthyism: The
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votes 346–17 to approve citations of Contempt of Congress against the "Hollywood Ten", after the screenwriters and directors refuse to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of Communism, communist influences in the movie business. The ten men are Hollywood blacklist, blacklisted by the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood movie studios on the following day. * November 25 ** The New Zealand Parliament ratifies the Statute of Westminster 1931, Statute of Westminster, and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ** The new Pakistan Army and Pashtun people, Pashtun Mercenary, mercenaries overrun Mirpur in Kashmir, resulting in the death of 20,000 Hindus and Sikhs. * November 27 – In Paris, France, police occupy the editorial offices of the communist newspapers. * November 29 – The United Nations General Assembly votes for the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine which will partition Mandatory Palestine between Arab and Jewish regions, resulting in the creation of the State of Israel.


December

* December 3 ** French Communist Party, French communist Strike action, strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumors that it is transporting soldiers; 21 people are killed. ** The Tennessee Williams play ''A Streetcar Named Desire (play), A Streetcar Named Desire'', starring Marlon Brando in his first great role, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway in New York City; Jessica Tandy also stars as Blanche Du Bois. * December 4 – French Interior Minister Jules S. Moch takes state of emergency, emergency measures against his country's rioters, after six days of violent arguments in the National Assembly of France, National Assembly. * December 6 ** Arturo Toscanini conducts a concert performance of the first half of Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''Otello'', for a broadcast on NBC Radio in the United States. The second half of the opera is broadcast a week later. ** Women are admitted to full membership of the University of Cambridge in England. following a vote in September. * December 9 – French labor unions call off the general strike, and re-commence negotiations with the French government. * December 12 – The
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ian Royal Army takes back power in the Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan province. * December 14 – Santiago Bernabeu Stadium is officially inaugurated in Madrid, and hosts its first match. * December 21 – During the mass migration of Hindus and Muslims between the new states of India and Pakistan, 400,000 are slaughtered. * December 22 – The Italian Constituent Assembly votes to accept the new Constitution of Italy. * December 30 ** The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet fighter aircraft (NATO reporting name Wikt:fagot, Fagot) makes its first flight in the Soviet Union. ** King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate and the Romanian monarchy is abolished.


Births


January

*
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** F. R. David, Tunisian-born French singer ** Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut), Vladimir Titov, Russian cosmonaut ** Frances Yip, Hong Kong singer * January 2 – Jack Hanna, American Zookeeper and Television Personality (''Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures'') * January 6 ** Sandy Denny, British singer (d. 1978) ** Ian Millar, Canadian dressage rider * January 8 ** David Bowie, English singer, songwriter, and actor (d. 2016) ** Samuel Schmid, Swiss Federal Councillor *
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 th ...
– Peer Steinbrück, German politician * January 13 – Carles Rexach, Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Roman emperor, Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to set ...
– Andrea Martin, Canadian-American actress (''Second City Television'') *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the R ...
** Juliet Berto, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1990) ** Apasra Hongsakula, Thai model, Miss Universe 1965 ** Harvey Proctor, British Conservative politician * January 18 – Takeshi Kitano, Japanese film director, actor * January 20 – Cyrille Guimard, French road racing cyclist * January 21 – Jill Eikenberry, American actress * January 22 – Vladimir Oravsky, Swedish writer * January 23 ** Tom Carper, American politician ** Megawati Sukarnoputri, 5th President of Indonesia *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
** Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (d. 2012) ** Michio Kaku, American theoretical physicist ** Warren Zevon, American rock musician (''Werewolves of London'') (d. 2003) * January 25 – Tostão (Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade), Brazilian footballer *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
– Michel Sardou, French singer and actor * January 27 – Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist (''Hoola Bandoola Band'') (d. 1999) * January 28 – Jeanne Shaheen, US Senator * January 29 – Linda B. Buck, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * January 30 – Steve Marriott, British rock musician (d.
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
) * January 31 – Jonathan Banks, American actor


February

* February 2 – Farrah Fawcett, American actress (''Charlie's Angels'') (d. 2009) *
February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1047 – Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, u ...
** Paul Auster, American novelist (d. 2024) ** Dave Davies, English rock musician (The Kinks) ** Melanie (singer), Melanie (Safka), American folk singer (d. 2024) * February 4 ** Halina Aszkiełowicz-Wojno, Polish volleyball player (d. 2018) ** Dennis C. Blair, American admiral, Director of National Intelligence ** John Campbell Brown, Scottish astronomer (d. 2019) ** Dan Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States *
February 5 Events Pre-1600 * *2 BC – Caesar Augustus is granted the title ''pater patriae'' by the Roman Senate. *AD 62, 62 – AD 62 Pompeii earthquake, Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. *756 – Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself E ...
– Regina Duarte, Brazilian actress; former Special Secretary of Culture of Brazil *
February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 & ...
– Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (Mickey Mouse) (d. 2009) *
February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – The Siege of Baghdad ends with the surrender of the last Abbasid caliph to Hulegu Khan, a prince of the Mongol Empire. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bru ...
– Louise Arbour, Canadian jurist * February 11 ** Yukio Hatoyama, 60th Prime Minister of Japan ** Roy Moore, American politician * February 13 – Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach * February 15 ** John Adams (composer), John Adams, American composer ** Wenche Myhre, Norwegian actress, singer ** Ádám Nádasdy, Hungarian linguist and poet * February 16 – Veríssimo Correia Seabra, Bissau-Guinean military commander (d. 2004) * February 18 ** Princess Christina of the Netherlands (d. 2019) ** José Luis Cuerda, Spanish filmmaker, screenwriter and producer (d. 2020) * February 19 – Gustavo Rodríguez (actor), Gustavo Rodríguez, Venezuelan actor (d. 2014) *
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 pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...
** Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006) ** Peter Strauss, American actor *
February 21 Events Pre-1600 * 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The ...
** Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (d. 2006) ** Renata Sorrah, Brazilian actress *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...
** Lee Evans (sprinter), Lee Evans, American Olympic athlete (d. 2021) ** Doug Yule, American rock singer (The Velvet Underground) * February 26 – Sandie Shaw, British singer * February 27 – Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic), Fourth Council of Co ...
– Stephanie Beacham, English actress


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocleti ...
– Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and television host (d. 2016) * March 2 – Yuri Bogatyryov, Soviet actor (d. 1989) * March 3 **Óscar Tabárez, Óscar Washington Tabárez, Uruguayan football manager and former player **Mike Sheahan, Australian journalist *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
** Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician ** Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor (d. 2015) * March 6 ** Kiki Dee, English pop singer (''Don't Go Breaking My Heart'') ** Dick Fosbury, American high-jumper (d. 2023) ** Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author ** Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, producer, director and activist (''All in the Family'') ** John Stossel, American journalist * March 7 – Walter Röhrl, German racing driver * March 8 ** Carole Bayer Sager, American singer, songwriter ** Michael S. Hart, American author, inventor (d. 2011) * March 9 – Ryszard Peryt, Polish conductor, librettist (d. 2019) * March 10 – Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada * March 11 – Geoff Hunt, Australian squash player *
March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of th ...
** Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist ** Mitt Romney, American businessman, politician, Governor of Massachusetts, 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 presidential candidate, and United States Senate, US Senator (Republican Party (United States), R-Utah, UT) * March 13 – Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician, cellist (d. 2018) *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman R ...
– Ry Cooder, American guitarist * March 16 ** Baek Yoon-sik, South Korean actor ** Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist * March 17 – Yury Chernavsky, Russian-born composer, producer * March 18 – Tamara Griesser Pečar, Slovenian historian *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
– Glenn Close, American actress * March 21 – Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of Yemen (d. 2017) * March 22 – James Patterson, American author * March 24 ** Louise Lanctôt, Canadian terrorist and writer ** Alan Sugar, English entrepreneur *
March 25 Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions (in the Julian calendar). Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending th ...
– Elton John, English singer-songwriter and composer * March 26 – Subhash Kak, Indian-American author *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. * 1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at Vézelay, urging ...
** Wong Choon Wah, Malaysian footballer (d. 2014) ** César Gaviria, Colombian economist, politician and 28th President of Colombia


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
** Alain Connes, French mathematician ** Ingrid Steeger, German actress, comedian (d. 2023) ** Tzipi Shavit, Israeli actress * April 2 ** Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer, actress (d. 2025) ** Emmylou Harris, American singer, songwriter ** Camille Paglia, American literary critic * April 5 – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, 14th President of the Philippines, daughter of president Diosdado Macapagal * April 6 – John Ratzenberger, American actor (''Cheers'') *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Em ...
– Florian Schneider, German musician (d. 2020) * April 10 – Bunny Wailer, Jamaican reggae musician (d. 2021) * April 12 ** Tom Clancy, American author (d. 2013) ** David Letterman, American talk show host * April 13 – Mike Chapman, Australian-born songwriter, record producer *
April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guisca ...
– Lois Chiles, American actress *
April 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1457 BC – Battle of Megido – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide. * ...
** Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, African-American basketball player, actor (''Airplane!'') ** Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter ("Baker Street (song), Baker Street") (d. 2011) * April 18 ** Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997) ** Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director ** James Woods, American actor * April 19 – Murray Perahia, American pianist * April 20 ** Daud Ibrahim, Malaysian cyclist (d. 2010) ** Hector (musician), Hector, Finnish rock musician * April 21 – Iggy Pop, American rock musician * April 24 – Josep Borrell, Spanish minister, Member of the European Parliament, MEP and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, EU High Representative * April 25 ** Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2016) ** Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor * April 27 – Pete Ham, Welsh rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (suicide 1975) * April 29 ** Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian journalist, essayist and professor of philosophy ** Tommy James, American rock singer, producer * April 30 – Malini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actress, filmmaker and politician (d. 2025)


May

* May 1 – Jacob Bekenstein, Mexico-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015) * May 4 – Theda Skocpol, American sociologist * May 5 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician (d. 2012) * May 6 – Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher * May 8 – H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * May 9 – Yukiya Amano, Japanese international civil servant (d. 2019) * May 10 – Caroline B. Cooney, American author * May 11 ** Walter Selke, German physicist ** Butch Trucks, American drummer (''The Allman Brothers Band'') (d. 2017) * May 12 – Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician, philosopher and historian * May 13 – Stephen R. Donaldson, American novelist * May 14 ** José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, Colombian drug lord (d. 1989) ** Tamara Dobson, African-American actress, fashion model (d. 2006) ** Ana Martín, Mexican actress, singer, producer and former model (Miss Mexico Organization, Miss Mexico 1963) * May 15 – Muhyiddin Yassin, Prime Minister of Malaysia * May 18 – John Bruton, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2024) * May 19 – Paul Brady, Northern Irish singer, songwriter * May 21 – Lolit Solis, Filipina talent manager (host of ''Startalk (Philippine TV series), Startalk'', ''CelebriTV'') * May 24 – Maude Barlow, Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians * May 26 – Glenn Turner, New Zealand Captain (cricket), cricket captain * May 27 ** Peter DeFazio, American politician ** Branko Oblak, Slovenian football player and coach * May 28 – Pedro Giachino, Argentine Navy officer (d. 1982)


June

* June 1 ** Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor ** Ronnie Wood, English rock musician (''Faces (band), The Faces'', ''The Rolling Stones'') * June 2 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Punjabi saint, Sikh theologian, military leader (d. 1984) * June 3 – Dave Alexander (musician), Dave Alexander, American musician (d. 1975) * June 4 – Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria * June 5 ** Laurie Anderson, American experimental performance artist, composer and musician ** Jojon, Indonesian comedian, actor (d. 2014) * June 6 ** David Blunkett, British politician ** Robert Englund, American actor (''V (1983 miniseries), V'', ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'') ** Tapani Hyvönen, Finnish designer and business founderTaskinen, Rita: ''Suomalainen Design From Finland, Kuka kukin on, Who’s Who in Finnish Design''. Helsinki: Ornamo 1992, ** Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer * June 8 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine * June 9 ** Françoise Demulder, French war photographer (d. 2008) ** Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter and sculptor * June 10 – Ken Singleton, American baseball player * June 15 ** Alain Aspect, French quantum physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics ** John Hoagland, American war photographer (d. 1984) * June 19 ** Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer ** Salman Rushdie, Indian-born British author (''The Satanic Verses'') * June 20 – Candy Clark, American actress * June 21 ** Rachel Adato, Israeli gynecologist, lawyer and politician ** Shirin Ebadi, Iranian activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient ** Fernando Savater, Spanish philosopher, author * June 22 ** Bruno Latour, French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist (d. 2022) ** Natalya Varley, Soviet, Russian film, theater actress ** Murray Webb, New Zealand caricature artist, test cricketer ** David Jones (golfer), David Jones, Northern Irish European Tour golfer ** Octavia E. Butler, American author (d. 2006) ** Trevor Blades, English cricketer ** Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988) ** Jerry John Rawlings, 2-time President of Ghana (d. 2020) * June 23 ** Bryan Brown, Australian actor ** Thor Hansen, Norwegian-born professional poker player (d. 2018) * June 24 ** Mick Fleetwood, British musician (''Fleetwood Mac'') ** Helena Vondráčková, Czech singer ** Peter Weller, American actor and director * June 25 – Jimmie Walker, African-American actor (''Good Times (TV series), Good Times'') * June 26 – Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Afghan politician * June 27 ** Hans Ooft, Dutch football player, manager ** Abdel Djaadaoui, Algerian footballer * June 29 – David Chiang, Hong Kong actor * June 30 – Jean-Yves Le Drian, French minister


July

* July 1 ** Marc Benno, American singer, songwriter and guitarist ** Arantxa Urretabizkaia, Basque writer, screenwriter and actress ** Sharad Yadav, Indian politician * July 2 – Larry David, American actor, writer, producer and director (''Curb Your Enthusiasm'') * July 3 ** Betty Buckley, American actress, singer ** Mike Burton (swimmer), Mike Burton, American swimmer ** Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch football player (d. 2020) ** Jana Švandová, Czech actress * July 4 ** Francisco Fernández de Cevallos, Mexican politician ** Eva Goës, Swedish politician ** Carla Panerai, Italian sprinter * July 5 – Toos Beumer, Dutch swimmer * July 6 – Shelley Hack, American model, actress, producer, political and media advisor * July 7 ** Richard Beckinsale, English actor (d. 1979) ** King Gyanendra of Nepal ** Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat * July 9 ** Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) ** O. J. Simpson, African-American football player and actor (d. 2024) * July 10 ** Allen Fong, Hong Kong film director ** Arlo Guthrie, American folk singer ("Alice's Restaurant") * July 11 – Riad Ismat, Syrian writer, critic and theatre director * July 12 ** Gareth Edwards (rugby union), Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby union player **Wilko Johnson, English rock musician (d. 2022) ** Lenka Termerová, Czech actress * July 14 – Navin Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius * July 15 – Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2019) * July 16 ** Roelf Meyer, South African politician, businessman ** Alexis Herman, American political figure and social worker (d. 2025) * July 17 – Queen Camilla, Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms since 2022 as the wife of Charles III * July 19 – Brian May, English rock guitarist (Queen (band), Queen) * July 20 ** Gerd Binnig, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate ** Carlos Santana, Mexican-born rock guitarist * July 21 – Co Adriaanse, Dutch football manager * July 22 ** Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director, and novelist ** Erica Gavin, American actress ** Don Henley, American singer, songwriter and musician * July 24 – Peter Serkin, American classical pianist (d. 2020) * July 27 ** Bob Klein, American football player ** Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman), Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008) ** Giora Spiegel, Israeli footballer and coach * July 28 – Su Tseng-chang, Taiwanese politician, 41st and 50th Premier of the Republic of China * July 30 ** William Atherton, American actor ** Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate ** Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American actor, bodybuilder and 38th Governor of California * July 31 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)


August

* August 1 ** Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet ** Leoluca Orlando, Italian politician * August 4 – Hubert Ingraham, Bahamian politician * August 5 – Graham Lovett, English footballer (d. 2018) * August 7 – Franciscus Henri, Dutch-born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist * August 8 ** Terangi Adam, Nauruan politician ** George Costigan, British actor, screenwriter ** Ken Dryden, Canadian NHL goaltender, author and politician * August 9 – John Varley (author), John Varley, American science-fiction author * August 10 ** Ian Anderson, British rock musician (''Jethro Tull (band), Jethro Tull'') ** Drupi, Italian singer ** Anwar Ibrahim, 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia * August 11 ** Diether Krebs, German actor, cabaret artist and comedian (d. 2000) ** Wilma van den Berg, Dutch sprinter * August 14 ** Maddy Prior, English folk singer ** Danielle Steel, American romance novelist * August 15 – Raakhee, Indian actress * August 16 ** Carol Moseley Braun, African-American politician ** Marc Messier, Canadian actor * August 17 – Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician), Mohamed Abdelaziz, Sahrawi politician * August 20 – José Wilker, Brazilian actor (d. 2014) * August 21 – Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada * August 22 ** Cindy Williams, American actress (''Laverne and Shirley'') (d. 2023) ** Peter Irniq, Canadian Commissioner of Nunavut * August 23 – Willy Russell, British playwright * August 24 – Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist * August 26 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (d. 2007) * August 27 – Barbara Bach, American actress * August 28 ** Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (d. 2004) ** Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress ** Alice Playten, American actress (d. 2011) * August 29 ** James Hunt, British 1976 Formula 1 world champion (d. 1993) ** Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert ** Jah Lloyd, Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer (d. 1999) * August 30 – Allan Rock, Canadian politician, diplomat * August 31 ** Ramón Castellano de Torres, Spanish painter ** Somchai Wongsawat, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand


September

* September 3 – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway * September 5 ** Danny Florencio, Filipino basketball player (d. 2018) ** Buddy Miles, African-American drummer, singer and composer (d. 2008) ** Kiyoshi Takayama, Japanese yakuza boss * September 6 ** Jane Curtin, American actress, comedian (''Saturday Night Live'') ** Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer, coach ** Jacob Rubinovitz, Israeli scientist (d. 2018) * September 8 – Amos Biwott, Kenyan Olympic athlete * September 13 – Ajib Ahmad, Malaysian politician (d. 2011) * September 14 ** Sam Neill, British-born New Zealand actor ** Jerzy Popieluszko, Polish Roman Catholic priest and blessed (d. 1984) * September 16 – Russ Abbot, British comedian, actor and singer * September 19 – Tanith Lee, British author (d. 2015) * September 21 ** Don Felder, American musician and songwriter ** Stephen King, American writer and novelist, specializing in the horror genre * September 22 – Jo Beverley, Anglo-Canadian writer (d. 2016) * September 23 – Mary Kay Place, American actress * September 25 ** Cheryl Tiegs, American model, actress ** Cecil Womack, African-American singer, songwriter (''Womack & Womack'') (d. 2013) * September 26 – Lynn Anderson, American country music singer (d. 2015) * September 27 ** Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager ** Meat Loaf, American rock singer, actor (d. 2022) ** Denis Lawson, Scottish actor and director * September 28 ** Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesian politician and former military officer ** Marcelo Guinle, Argentine politician (d. 2017) ** Sheikh Hasina, 10th Prime Minister of Bangladesh * September 30 ** Marc Bolan, English rock musician (d. 1977) ** Rula Lenska, English actress


October

* October 1 ** Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner ** Stephen Collins, American actor ** Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (d. 2006) * October 2 – Ward Churchill, American author, activist * October 3 ** Alain Mucchielli, French physician ** Fred DeLuca, American entrepreneur, co-founder of ''Subway (restaurant), Subway'' (d. 2015) ** John Perry Barlow, American internet activist, writer, and lyricist (d. 2018) * October 4 – Ann Widdecombe, British politician * October 5 – Brian Johnson, English rock singer (AC/DC) * October 9 – France Gall, French singer (d. 2018) * October 13 – Sammy Hagar, American rock musician (Montrose (band), Montrose and Van Halen) * October 14 – Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-Russian professional wrestler (d. 2018) * October 17 – Simi Garewal, Indian actress, producer, director, and talk show host * October 18 ** James H. Fallon, American neuroscientist ** Job Cohen, Dutch politician * October 19 ** Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comics artist and illustrator ** Gunnar Staalesen, Norwegian author * October 24 – Kevin Kline, American actor * October 26 ** Hillary Clinton, American politician, First Lady of the United States, First Lady, United States Senate, US Senator (Democratic Party (United States), D-New York (state), Ny.), United States Secretary of State, Secretary of State, and 2016 Democratic Party (United States), Democratic presidential candidate ** Ene Järvis, Estonian actress * October 28 – Henri Michel, French football player and coach (d. 2018) * October 29 – Richard Dreyfuss, American actor * October 30 ** Numa Turcatti, Uruguayan law student, victim of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash (d. 1972). ** Timothy B. Schmit, American musician * October 31 ** Carmen Alborch, Spanish feminist, writer and politician (d. 2018) ** Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium


November

* November 1 ** Taizo Ichinose, Japanese war photographer (d. 1973) ** Bob Weston (guitarist), Bob Weston, British musician (d. 2012) * November 3 – Mazie Hirono, US Senator * November 5 – Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist, singer and songwriter of tango (d. 2010) * November 6 – E. Lee Spence, German-born American pioneer List of undersea explorers, underwater archaeologist, treasure hunter * November 7 ** Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player ** Usha Uthup, Indian singer ** Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist, writer and founder of ''Manager Daily'' ** Sefi Rivlin, Israeli actor, footballer and comedian (d. 2013) * November 8 – Minnie Riperton, African-American singer (d. 1979) * November 10 ** Glen Buxton, American rock guitarist (d. 1997) ** Greg Lake, English musician, producer (King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (d. 2016) * November 12 – Carlos Ezquerra, Spanish comics artist (d. 2018) * November 13 – Joe Mantegna, American actor, producer and director * November 14 – P. J. O'Rourke, American journalist, satirist (d. 2022) * November 15 ** Steven G. Kellman, American author, critic ** Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2023) * November 17 ** Will Vinton, American animator, filmmaker (d. 2018) ** Inky Mark, Canadian politician * November 18 ** Lim Boon Heng, Singaporean politician ** Ali Bakar, Malaysian football player (d. 2003) * November 19 – Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese Prime Minister (d. 2024) * November 20 ** Joe Walsh, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist ** Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician (d. 2015) * November 21 ** Alcione Nazareth, Alcione, Brazilian singer ** Nickolas Grace, British actor ** Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (d. 2008) * November 22 – Terje Rød-Larsen, Norwegian diplomat, politician and sociologist *November 24 – Dwight Schultz, American actor (''The A-Team'') * November 25 – John Larroquette, American actor (''Night Court'') * November 29 – Mirza Khazar, Azerbaijani author * November 30 ** Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet ** Stuart Baird, English film editor, producer and director ** Véronique Le Flaguais, Canadian actress ** David Mamet, American playwright ** Moses Nagamootoo, 8th Prime Minister of Guyana


December

* December 1 – Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league player (d. 2021) * December 2 – Isaac Bitton, French rock drummer * December 6 – Romildo Ribeiro Soares, Brazilian televangelist, missionary, author, singer, businessman and composer * December 7 ** Oliver Dragojević, Croatian singer (d. 2018) ** Johnny Bench, American baseball player ** Wendy Padbury, British actress ** Jeff Maxwell, American actor (''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'') * December 8 ** Gregg Allman, American singer, songwriter and musician (d. 2017) ** Gérard Blanc, French singer ** Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate * December 9 – Tom Daschle, U.S. Senator * December 10 – Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player * December 12 ** Will Alsop, English architect ** Carmen Zuleta, Venezuelan judge * December 14 ** Christopher Parkening, American guitarist ** Dilma Rousseff, 36th President of Brazil * December 16 ** Ben Cross, English actor (d. 2020) ** Vincent Matthews (athlete), Vincent Matthews, American athlete ** Trevor Żahra, Maltese novelist, poet and illustrator * December 18 – Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian crime fiction writer * December 21 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist (d. 2014) * December 22 ** Mitsuo Tsukahara, Japanese gymnast ** Porfirio Lobo, 54th President of Honduras * December 25 – Pepe Smith, Filipino rock musician (d. 2019) * December 28 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican
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player (d. 2000) * December 29 ** Ted Danson, American actor (''Cheers'') ** Cozy Powell, English drummer (d. 1998) * December 30 – Jeff Lynne, British musician (Electric Light Orchestra) * December 31 ** Rita Lee, Brazilian rock singer, composer (d. 2023) ** Tim Matheson, American actor, film director and producer ** Burton Cummings, Canadian musician


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* Marouf al-Bakhit, twice Prime Minister of Jordan


Deaths


January

* January 3 – Al Herpin, French-born American insomniac, "The Man Who Never Slept" (b. 1862) * January 9 ** Herman Bing, German actor (b. 1889) ** Karl Mannheim, Hungarian sociologist (b. 1893) *
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 th ...
** Arthur E. Andersen, American accountant (b. 1885) ** Hanns Sachs, Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1881) * January 11 – Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born vaudeville performer (b. 1878) * January 12 ** Zdenko Blažeković, Yugoslavian politician (b. 1915) ** Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, Brazilian physician, writer, politician and historian (b. 1876) ** Rosa Smith Eigenmann, American ichthyologist (b. 1858) * January 13 ** Sixto María Durán Cárdenas, Ecuadorian pianist, composer and lawyer (b. 1875) ** Ignazio Lupo, Italian-born American gangster (b. 1877) * January 14 ** Bill Hewitt (American football), Bill Hewitt, American football player (Chicago Bears), Pro Football Hall of Fame member (b. 1909) ** Black Dahlia, Elizabeth Short (Black Dahlia), American murder victim (b. 1924) * January 17 – Hryhoriy Khomyshyn, Ukrainian Roman Catholic bishop, martyr and blessed (b. 1867) * January 18 – Maria Giovanna Fasce, Italian Roman Catholic religious professed, Augustinians, Augustinian nun and blessed (b. 1881) *
January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to '' Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surren ...
– Manuel Machado (poet and playwright), Manuel Machado, Spanish poet (b. 1874) * January 20 ** Josh Gibson, African-American baseball player, MLB Hall of Fame member (b. 1911) ** Andrew Volstead, American politician (b. 1860) * January 22 – Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot, British writer (b. 1888) * January 23 ** Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867) ** Roy Geiger, American general (b. 1885) *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
– August Meyszner, Austrian-born SS officer (executed) (b. 1886) * January 25 – Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899) *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
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, American opera singer, actress (b. 1898) ** Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten (b. 1906) ** Gerrit Johannes Geysendorffer, Dutch aviation pioneer (b. 1892) * January 27 – Vassily Balabanov, Soviet administrator, Provincial Governor of Imperial Russia (b. 1873) * January 28 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-born French composer (b. 1874) * January 30 – Frederick Blackman, British plant physiologist (b.1866)


February

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February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1047 – Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, u ...
– Petar Živković, Yugoslav politician, 11th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1879) * February 6 ** O. Max Gardner, Governor of North Carolina (b. 1882) ** Luigi Russolo, Italian Futurism, Futurist painter, composer (b. 1885) * February 11 ** Martin Klein (wrestler), Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler (b. 1884) ** Ernest Terah Hooley, English fraudster (b. 1859) *
February 12 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular. * 1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sofia performed the first post- ...
** Kurt Lewin, German-born American psychologist (b. 1890) ** Sidney Toler, American actor (b. 1874) * February 14 – Celestina Boninsegna, Italian soprano (b. 1877) * February 15 – Mustafa Abdel-Razek, Egyptian Islamic philosopher (b. 1885) * February 16 ** Pedro de Répide Gallegos, Spanish journalist, writer (b. 1853) ** Bertha Schwarz, German soprano (b. 1855) * February 18 ** Valentina Dmitryeva, Soviet writer, teacher and doctor (b. 1859) ** Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt (b. 1901) * February 19 – James W. Bagley, American aerial photographer, topographic engineer and inventor (b. 1881) *
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 pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...
** Henry Herbert (actor), Henry Herbert, British actor (b. 1879) ** Viktor Gutić, Croatian fascist official (b. 1901) *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone o ...
– Hakim Habibur Rahman, Indian physician, writer, journalist and politician (b. 1881) * February 24 ** Morinosuke Chiwaki, Japanese dentist (b. 1870) ** Pierre Janet, French psychologist (b. 1859) * February 26 ** Antonino D'Agata, Italian politician (b. 1882) ** Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, president of the Federal Council (b. 1868) ** Ben Webster (actor), Ben Webster, British-born American actor (b. 1864) * February 27 – Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1868)


March

* March 2 – Whately Carington, British parapsychologist (b. 1892) * March 5 – Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883) * March 9 ** Carrie Chapman Catt, American suffrage leader (b. 1859) ** Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet, writer (b. 1897) ** Evripidis Bakirtzis, Hellenic Army officer and Greek politician (b. 1895) * March 11 **Victor Lustig, Austrian-born con artist (b. 1890) **Wilhelm Heye, German general (b. 1869) *
March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of th ...
– Walter Samuel Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1862) *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar, the dictator of the Roman R ...
** Jean-Richard Bloch, French critic, novelist and playwright (b. 1884) * March 17 – Taixu, Chinese Buddhist activist (b. 1890) * March 18 – William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (b. 1861) *
March 19 Events Pre-1600 * 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire. * 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
** James A. Gilmore, American businessman and baseball executive (b. 1887) ** Prudence Heward, Canadian painter (b. 1896) * March 20 – Victor Goldschmidt, Swiss geochemist (b. 1888) * March 21 – Homer Lusk Collyer, American hermit brother (''Collyer brothers'') (b. 1881) * March 23 ** Archduchess Louise of Austria, Archduchess Louise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870) ** Ferdinand Zecca, French actor, producer, director and screenwriter (b. 1864) *
March 25 Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England and its dominions (in the Julian calendar). Events Pre-1600 * 410 – The Southern Yan capital of Guanggu falls to the Jin dynasty general Liu Yu, ending th ...
– Chen Cheng-po, Taiwanese painter (b. 1895) *
March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Did ...
** Johnny Evers, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), MLB Hall of Fame member (b. 1881) ** Karol Świerczewski, Polish military leader (b. 1897) *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. * 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
– Manuel de Adalid y Gamero, Honduran composer (b. 1872)


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
– King George II of Greece (b. 1890) * April 5 – Petro Trad, Lebanese lawyer, politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lebanon and 5th President of Lebanon (b. 1876) *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First '' Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Em ...
** Henry Ford, American industrialist, automobile manufacturer (b. 1863) ** Savvas the New of Kalymnos, Greek Orthodox priest and saint (b. 1862) * April 8 – Collyer brothers, Langley Collyer, American hermit brother (b. 1885) *
April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, ...
– William Foden, American composer (b. 1860) * April 10 ** Charles Bally, Swiss linguist (b. 1865) ** John Ince (actor), John Ince, American actor (b. 1878) * April 12 – Duke Robert of Württemberg (b. 1873) * April 14 – Ayoub Tabet, 6th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1884) *
April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guisca ...
– Georg Friederici, German ethnologist (b. 1866) *
April 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1457 BC – Battle of Megido – the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. * 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Roman emperor Otho commits suicide. * ...
** Guido Donegani, Italian engineer, businessman and politician (b. 1877) ** Rudolf Höss, German commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (executed) (b. 1900) * April 17 – Izso Glickstein, American musician (b. 1889) * April 18 – Jozef Tiso, Slovak politician, Roman Catholic priest, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia and President of Slovakia (b. 1887) * April 20 **King Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870) ** Louis R. de Steiguer, American admiral (b. 1867) * April 21 – Heitor da Silva Costa, Brazilian engineer, designer and constructor (b. 1873) * April 23 – Gyula Károlyi, Hungarian politician, 29th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1871) * April 24 – Willa Cather, American novelist (b. 1873) * April 25 ** José María Reina Andrade, acting president of Guatemala (b. 1860) ** Ana Cumpănaș, Austro-Hungarian prostitute (b. 1889) * April 26 – Francesco Paolo Finocchiaro, Italian painter (b. 1868) * April 29 **Gheorghe Ciuhandu (priest), Gheorghie Ciuhandu, Romanian Orthodox priest, theologian, historian and advocate (b. 1875) ** Irving Fisher, American economist (b. 1867) * April 30 ** Francesc Cambó, Andorran politician (b. 1876) ** Almroth WSir Almroth Wright, British bacteriologist and immunologist (b. 1861)


May

* May 8 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American department store magnate (b. 1858) * May 11 – Frederic Goudy, American printer, artist and type designer (b. 1865) * May 13 – Sukanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet (b. 1926) * May 15 – Miguel Abadía Méndez, Colombian politician, 12th President of Colombia (b. 1867) * May 16 ** Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, British biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1861) ** Kalle Hakala, Finnish politician (b. 1880) ** Michael Joseph Curley, American Roman Catholic bishop and reverend (b. 1879) ** Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general of the National Revolutionary Army (b. 1903) * May 17 ** George Forbes (New Zealand politician), George Forbes, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) ** Seabiscuit, thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1933) * May 18 – Lucile Gleason, American actress (b. 1888) * May 20 – Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) * May 23 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (b. 1878) * May 28 – August Eigruber, Nazi war criminal (executed) (b. 1907) * May 30 – Georg Ludwig von Trapp, Austrian sailor, patriarch of the Von Trapp Family of ''The Sound of Music'' fame (b. 1880) * May 31 – Adrienne Ames, American actress (b. 1907)


June

* June 6 ** S. H. Dudley (singer), S. H. Dudley, American urban singer (b. 1864) ** Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish politician, lawyer, diplomat and 5th
President of Poland The president of Poland ( ), officially the president of the Republic of Poland (), is the head of state of Poland. His or her prerogatives and duties are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president jointly exercises the executive ...
(b. 1885) ** José Marques da Silva, Portuguese architect (b. 1869) * June 9 ** Augusto Giacometti, Italian painter (b. 1877) ** J. Warren Kerrigan, American actor (b. 1879) * June 11 – Richard Hönigswald, Hungarian-born American philosopher (b. 1875) * June 14 – Albert Marquet, French painter (b. 1875) * June 17 – Maxwell Perkins, American literary editor (b. 1884) * June 18 **Alfred Allen (actor), Alfred Allen, American actor (b. 1866) ** Richard Cooper (actor), Richard Cooper, British actor (b. 1893) ** Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese rear admiral, convicted war criminal (executed) (b. 1898) **John Henry Patterson (author), John Henry Patteron, Anglo-Irish soldier, hunter and author (b. 1867) * June 19 – Kōsō Abe, Japanese admiral, convicted war criminal (executed) (b. 1892) * June 20 – Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (assassinated) (b. 1906) * June 24 – Bartolomeo Pagano, Bartolome Pagano, Italian actor (b. 1878) * June 26 – R. B. Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870) * June 28 – Franciszek Mączyński, Polish architect (b. 1874)


July

* July 7 – José Luis Tamayo, 20th President of Ecuador (b. 1858) * July 12 – Jimmie Lunceford, American jazz musician (b. 1902) * July 13 – George Francis Davis, New Zealand born Australian industrialist (b. 1883) * July 15 ** Brandon Hurst, American stage, screen veteran (b. 1866) ** Henry Kolker, American actor (b. 1874) * July 17 ** Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat, humanitarian (presumed dead on this date) (b. 1912) ** Prince Sisowath Youtevong, 4th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1913) * July 18 – Fumio Hayashi (doctor), Fumio Hayashi, Japanese physician (b. 1900) * July 19 –
Aung San Aung San (, ; 13 February 191519 July 1947), known honorifically as '' Bogyoke'' Aung San, was a Burmese politician, independence activist and revolutionary. He was instrumental in Myanmar's struggle for independence from British rule, but he w ...
, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915) * July 21 – Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas (b. 1852) * July 23 ** Alice Fischer (actress), Alice Fischer, American actress (b. 1869) ** Ángel Roffo, Argentine doctor (b. 1882) * July 26 – Archbishop Leontios of Cyprus (b. 1896) * July 29 ** Leo Stein, American art collector, critic (b. 1872) ** George Bausewine, American baseball player, umpire (b. 1869) * July 30 ** Joseph Cook, Sir Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860) ** Fedir Krychevsky, Ukrainian painter (b. 1879)


August

* August – Teresa Magbanua, Filipino general (b. 1868) * August 3 ** José Pardo y Barreda, Peruvian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Peru and 2-time President of Peru (b. 1864) ** Vic Willis, American baseball player (Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves), MLB Hall of Fame member (b. 1876) * August 7 – Anton Denikin, Russian military leader (b. 1872) * August 9 – Carlo Romanelli, Italian sculptor (b. 1872) * August 10 – Antonio Sciortino, Maltese sculptor (b. 1879) * August 15 – Claudio Granzotto, Italian Roman Catholic religious professed and blessed (b. 1900) * August 17 – Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (b. 1865) * August 21 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian car designer, founder of Bugatti (b. 1881) * August 23 – Hasmik (actress), Hasmik, Soviet actress (b. 1878) * August 29 ** Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (gored) (b. 1917) ** Kōtarō Nakamura, Imperial Japanese Army general (b. 1881)


September

* September 1 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American Scout, father of the international Scouting movement (b. 1861) * September 8 – Victor Horta, Belgian Art Nouveau architect (b. 1861) * September 9 ** Ananda Coomaraswamy, Ceylonese-born American philosopher (b. 1877) ** Mary Willie Arvin, American nurse (b. 1879) * September 10 – Hatazō Adachi, Japanese general (suicide) (b. 1890) * September 11 **Robert Lee Bullard, American general (b. 1861) **Alice Keppel, mistress of Edward VII (b. 1868) * September 20 **Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor of New York (b. 1882) **Jantina Tammes, Dutch plant biologist (b. 1871) * September 21 ** Harry Carey (actor), Harry Carey, American film actor (b. 1878) ** Vasily Glagolev, Soviet general (b. 1896) * September 26 – Hugh Lofting, British-born writer (b. 1886) * September 27 – Luigi Barlassina, Patriarch of Jerusalem (b. 1872)


October

* October 1 ** Olive Borden, American actress (b. 1907) ** Gregorio Martinez Sierra, Spanish writer, poet, dramatist and director (b. 1881) * October 2 – P. D. Ouspensky, Soviet mathematician (b. 1878) * October 3 ** Ernest L. Riebau, American politician (b. 1895) ** Traian Brăileanu, Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian sociologist and politician (b. 1882) * October 4 – Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858) * October 6 – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887) * October 7 – Arshak Fetvadjian, Armenian artist, painter and designer (b. 1866) * October 10 – Jo Mora, Uruguayan-born American cartoonist (b. 1876) * October 12 ** James Farley (actor), James Farley, American actor (b. 1882) ** Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, Sir Ian Hamilton, British general (b. 1853) * October 13 – Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield, British economist, social reformer (b. 1859) * October 15 – Osmond Brock, British Royal Navy officer (b. 1869) * October 16 – Anna B. Eckstein, German peace campaigner (b. 1868) * October 17 – John Halliday (actor), John Halliday, American actor (b. 1880) * October 18 ** Harry C. Bradley (actor), Harry C. Bradley, American actor (b. 1869) ** Massimo Terzano, Italian cinematographer (b. 1892) ** Murder of Gay Gibson, Gay Gibson, British actress and murder victim (b. 1926) * October 20 – Albert Howard, Sir Albert Howard, English botanist and organic farming pioneer (b. 1873) * October 23 ** Carl Shelton, American gangster (b. 1888) ** Martin Fiebig, German Luftwaffe general convicted of war crimes (b. 1891) * October 24 – Dudley Digges (actor), Dudley Digges, Irish actor (b. 1879) * October 27 – María Teresalina Sánchez, Spanish Franciscan religious sister, missionary and martyr (b. 1918) * October 29 – Frances Cleveland, First Lady of the United States (b. 1864) * October 30 – John Joseph Cantwell, Irish-born American prelate of the Catholic Church (b. 1874)


November

* November 1 – Óscar Castro Zúñiga, Chilean writer and poet (b. 1910) * November 3 ** John Gilbert Winant, American diplomat and politician (b. 1889) ** A. C. Cuza, Romanian politician and economist (b. 1857) * November 7 ** Sándor Garbai, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1879) ** William Ernest Cooke, Australian astronomer (b. 1863) * November 8 ** Mariano Benlliure, Spanish sculptor (b. 1862) ** Constantin Sănătescu, Romanian general, statesman and 44th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1885) * November 14 – Verena Conzett, Swiss magazine publisher and labor and women's rights activist (b. 1861) * November 15 – Eduard Ritter von Schleich, German fighter ace, air force general (b. 1888) * November 16 – Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman, politician (b. 1877) * November 17 – Josaphat Kotsylovsky, Ukrainian Roman Catholic bishop, martyr and blessed (b. 1876) * November 20 ** Georg Kolbe, German sculptor (b. 1877) ** Wolfgang Borchert, German author and playwright (b. 1921) * November 26 – Ernie Adams (actor), Ernie Adams, American actor (b. 1885) * November 28 ** W. E. Lawrence, American actor (b. 1896) ** Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902) * November 30 – Ernst Lubitsch, German film director (b. 1892)


December

* December 1 ** Aleister Crowley, British occultist (b. 1875) ** G. H. Hardy, British mathematician (b. 1877) ** Sir John Fraser, 1st Baronet, of Tain, British surgeon and professor (b. 1885) * December 2 – Franz Xaver Schwarz, German Nazi politician (executed) (b. 1875) * December 3 – Heinrich Hetsch, German physician, microbiologist (b. 1873) * December 4 ** Margaret Butler (sculptor), Margaret Butler, New Zealand sculptor (b. 1883) ** Walter Walker (actor), Walter Walker, American actor (b. 1864) * December 6 – Tadashige Daigo, Japanese admiral (executed) (b. 1891) * December 7 ** Tristan Bernard, French writer, lawyer (b. 1866) ** Nicholas Murray Butler, American president of Columbia University, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (b. 1862) ** Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft, British politician (b. 1881) * December 9 – John Kelly (actor), John Kelly, American actor (b. 1901) * December 10 – Pierre Petit de Julleville, French Roman Catholic priest, bishop and eminence (b. 1876) * December 12 – Huda Sha'arawi, Egyptian feminist (b. 1879) * December 13 ** Nicholas Roerich, Russian painter (b. 1874) ** Juan Bautista Vargas Arreola, Mexican general during Mexican Revolution (b. 1890) * December 14 ** Stanley Baldwin, British Conservative politician, 3-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867) ** Edward Higgins, General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864) * December 15 – Arthur Machen, British writer (b. 1863) * December 16 – Walter Dew, British Metropolitan Police officer (b. 1863) * December 17 ** Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish chemist (b. 1879) ** Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877) ** Bernard Spilsbury, British pathologist (b. 1877) * December 20 ** Benigno Aquino Sr., Filipino politician (b. 1894) ** Luigi Chiarelli, Italian playwright (b. 1880) * December 23 – Ziauddin Ahmad, Indian educationalist and politician (b. 1878) * December 25 – Gaspar G. Bacon, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886) * December 27 – Johannes Winkler, German rocket pioneer (b. 1897) * December 28 – King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869) * December 30 ** Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter, forger (b. 1889) ** Alfred North Whitehead, British mathematician, philosopher (b. 1861) * December 31 – Louise Beaudet, Canadian actress, singer and dancer (b. 1859)


Date unknown

* Ayoub Tabet, 6th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1884) * Mariette Leslie Cotton, American artist (b. 1866) * Gustaf Erikson, Finnish ship-owner (b. 1872) * Mari Gerekmezyan, one of Turkey's first female sculptors and the first female Armenian sculptor (b. 1913)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Edward Victor Appleton * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Robert Robinson (organic chemist), Sir Robert Robinson * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Carl Ferdinand Cori, Gerty Cori, Bernardo Houssay * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – André Gide * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – The Friends Service Council (UK) and The American Friends Service Committee (USA), on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends


References


External links


Pathe newsreel, 1947. Experimental snowplough. Pathe says 'Grantham' but the station name 'Dowlais top' in Wales can be clearly seen
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