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January
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* May 1 – The Grand Théâtre de Genève, opera house of Geneva, Switzerland is almost destroyed in a fire. * May 3 ** King George VI opens the Festival of Britain in London, including the Royal Festival Hall. ** The U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services and U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry S Truman. * May 8 – Operation Greenhouse: The first thermonuclear weapon is tested in the "George" test on Enewetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands by the United States. * May 14 – The first volunteer-run passenger trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales. * May 15 – A military coup occurs in Bolivia. * May 21 – The 9th Street Art Exhibition, otherwise known as the Ninth Street Show, a gathering of a number of notable artists, marks the stepping-out of the postwar New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School (art), New York School. * May 23 – The Tibet (1912–51), Tibetan government signs the Seventeen Point Agreement for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet with the People's Republic of China. * May 24 – Operation Greenhouse: The first atomic bomb "boosted" by the inclusion of tritium is tested in the "Item" test on Enewetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands by the United States. * May 25–May 26, 26 – British spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean leave the United Kingdom to defect to theJune
* June 4 – The Foley Square trial concludes review in the U.S. Supreme Court as ''Dennis v. United States'', with a ruling against the defendants (overturned by ''Yates v. United States'' in 1957). * June 7 - Nazi war criminal Otto Ohlendorf is hung at Landsberg Prison, Bavaria. * June 14 –July
* July 1 ** Colombo Plan operations commence. ** Judy Garland opens the first of 14 concerts in Dublin, Ireland at the Theatre Royal, Dublin, Theatre Royal. * July 5 – William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, of Bell Labs, announce the invention of the grown-junction transistor. Same year, General Electric and RCA develop alloy-junction transistor. * July 10 ** Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong. ** A formal peace agreement between Canada and Germany is signed. * July 13 ** The Great Flood of 1951 reaches its highest point in northeast Kansas, culminating in the greatest flood damage to date in the Midwestern United States. ** Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM's Technicolor film version of ''Show Boat'', starring Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner and Howard Keel, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The musical brings overnight fame to bass-baritone William Warfield (who sings "Ol' Man River" in the film). * July 14 – In Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument becomes the first United States National Monument to honor an African American. * July 16 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son Baudouin of Belgium, Baudouin, who on July 17 takes the oath as king of Belgium. * July 20 – King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian people, Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem. He is succeeded by his son, King Talal of Jordan, Talal. * July 26 ** Walt Disney's 13th animated film, ''Alice in Wonderland (1951 film), Alice in Wonderland'', premieres in London, United Kingdom. ** The first birch bark manuscript is discovered in Novgorod. * July 28 – Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, a multilateral treaty of the United Nations, is signed at a special conference in Geneva, defining the status of refugees and setting out the basis for granting right of asylum, coming into force on 22 April 1954. * July 30 – David Lean's film of ''Oliver Twist (1948 film), Oliver Twist'' is finally shown in the United States, after 10 minutes of supposedly anti-Semitic references and closeups of Alec Guinness as Fagin are cut. It will not be shown uncut in the U.S. until 1970.August
* August 11 – René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France. * August 12 – J. D. Salinger's coming-of-age story ''The Catcher in the Rye'' is first published in the United States. * August 31 – The first Volkswagen Beetle, Volkswagen Type 1 rolls off the production line in Uitenhage, South Africa.September
* September 1 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand all sign a mutual defense pact, the ANZUS Treaty. * September 2 – The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is founded by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. * September 8 ** Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, 48 representatives out of 51 attending sign a peace treaty with Japan, formally ending the Pacific War; the delegations of theOctober
* October 3 – "Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)": One of the greatest moments in Major League Baseball history occurs when the New York Giants' Bobby Thomson hits a game-winning home run in the bottom of the 9th inning off of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca, to win the National League pennant after being down 14 games. * October 3–October 8, 8 –November
* November 1 – Desert Rock exercises, the first military exercises for Nuclear warfare, nuclear war, with infantry troops included, are held in the Nevada desert. * November 2 – 6,000 British troops are flown into Egypt to quell unrest in the Suez Canal zone. * November 10 – Direct distance dialing, Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. * November 11 ** Juan Perón is re-elected president of Argentina. ** Monogram Pictures releases the sci-fi film ''Flight to Mars (film), Flight to Mars'' in the United States. * November 12 – The National Ballet of Canada performs for the first time in Eaton Auditorium, Toronto. * November 20 – The Po (river), Po River floods in northern Italy. * November 22 – Paramount Pictures releases the George Pal science fiction film ''When Worlds Collide (1951 film), When Worlds Collide'' in the United States. * November 24 – TheDecember
* c. December – The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Institute of War and Peace Studies is established by Dwight D. Eisenhower at Columbia University in New York (of which he is List of Presidents of Columbia University, President) with William T. R. Fox as first director. * December 3 – Lebanese University is founded in Lebanon. * December 5 – The Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe is formed. * December 6 – A state of emergency is declared in Egypt, due to increasing riots. * December 13 – A water storage tank collapses in Tucumcari, New Mexico, resulting in 4 deaths and 200 buildings destroyed. * December 14 – Raj Kapoor's first blockbuster movie, ''Awaara'' is released in India. * December 16 – Police series ''Dragnet (1951 TV series), Dragnet'' first airs in its television version in the United States. * December 17 – ''We Charge Genocide'', a petition describing genocide against African Americans, is delivered to the United Nations. * December 20 ** Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-1), the world's first (experimental) nuclear power plant, opens in Idaho. ** A chartered Curtiss C-46 Commando crash-lands in Cobourg, Ontario Canada; all on board survive. ** The World Meteorological Organization becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations. * December 22 – The Selangor Labour Party is founded in Selangor, Federation of Malaya, Malaya. * December 23 – John Huston's drama film ''The African Queen (film), The African Queen'', starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, premieres in Hollywood. * December 24 ** Libya becomes independent from Italy; Idris of Libya, Idris I is proclaimed King. ** Gian Carlo Menotti's 45-minute opera, ''Amahl and the Night Visitors'', premieres live on NBC in the United States, becoming the first opera written especially for television. * December 31 – The Marshall Plan expires, after distributing more than $13.3 billion US in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.Unknown dates
* A fourth and final forest fire starts in the Tillamook Burn, Oregon; but unlike earlier fires this one burns only , and within an area already affected by the earlier fires. * A International Auxiliary Language Association, research team publishes the ''Interlingua–English Dictionary''. * IBM (United Kingdom) is formed. * In Munich, Germany, a collection of mementos and personal papers belonging to Adolf Hitler are turned over to Bayerische Landesbank, for authentication and eventual sale. Among the documents are his ''appointment as Chancellor'' signed by President Paul von Hindenburg, his ''Austrian passport'', as well as an assortment of swastika insignia pins and medals. An initial offer of $200,000.00 is made for the collection."Year by Year 1951". History Channel International. * An 18-year-old sailor is fined for kissing in public in Stockholm, Sweden. The law court calls his actions "obnoxious behavior repulsive to the public morals". * The United States becomes malaria-free (excluding territories and possessions)Births
January
* January 1 ** Dante Garro, Argentine football player and manager (d. 2008) ** Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet ** Nana Patekar, Indian actor, writer, philanthropist and filmmaker * January 2 ** Jan Fischer (politician), Jan Fischer, 8th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic ** Vincenzo Zazzaro, Italian footballer (d. 2019) * January 3 – Charles W. Mills, British-born American philosopher (d. 2021) * January 5 – Steve Arnold (footballer, born 1951), Steve Arnold, English footballer * January 6 – Kim Wilson, American singer, harmonica player * January 8 ** Kenny Anthony, Lucian politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Saint Lucia ** John McTiernan, American director, producer and writer *January 10 – Tim Seelig, American composer * January 12 ** Chris Bell (American musician), Chris Bell, American guitarist, singer and songwriter (d. 1978) ** Rush Limbaugh, American conservative radio personality (d. 2021) * January 18 – Elijah Cummings, African-American politician (d. 2019) *February
* February 1 – Albert Salvadó, Andorran writer (d. 2020) * February 3 ** Blaise Compaoré, 3rd President of Burkina Faso (1987-2014 Burkinabe uprising, 2014) ** Felipe Muñoz, Mexican swimmer ** Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager * February 5 ** O'Neal Compton, American actor and director (d. 2019) ** Ryūsei Nakao, Japanese actor, singer and voice actor * February 10 – Bob Iger, American CEO of The Walt Disney Company *March
* March 1 ** Sergei Kourdakov, Soviet KGB agent, later Christian convert (d. 1973) ** Mike Read, British television presenter, radio disc jockey * March 3 – Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist * March 4 ** Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician ** Kenny Dalglish, Scottish footballer and manager ** Mike Quarry, American light-heavyweight boxer (d. 2006) ** Chris Rea, British singer, musician ** Gwen Welles, American actress (d. 1993) ** Linda Yamamoto, Japanese pop star *April
* April 1 – Tim Bassett, American basketball player (d. 2018) * April 5 ** Joe Bowen, Canadian hockey broadcaster ** Dean Kamen, American inventor, entrepreneur ** Frank Moulaert, Flemish people, Flemish scholar ** Guy Vanderhaeghe, Canadian author * April 6 ** Bert Blyleven, Dutch Major League Baseball player ** Rita Raave, Estonian actress * April 7 – Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter * April 8 ** Geir Haarde, Prime Minister of Iceland (2006–2009) ** Joan Sebastian, Mexican singer, songwriter (d. 2015) *May
* May 3 – Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter * May 6 ** Antonio Saldías, Chilean historian ** Samuel Doe, President of Liberia (d. 1990) * May 9 ** Christopher Dewdney, Canadian poet ** Joy Harjo, Native American poet * May 13 ** Selina Scott, English journalist, television presenter ** Jumbo Tsuruta, Japanese professional wrestler (d. 2000) * May 15 ** Yoshifumi Hibako, Japanese general ** Jonathan Richman, American musician ** Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate ** Paolo Torrisi, Italian actor and voice actor (d. 2005) * May 16 – Unshō Ishizuka, Japanese voice actor (d. 2018) * May 18 – Ben Feringa, Dutch organic chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate * May 19 ** Joey Ramone, American rock musician (Ramones) (d. 2001) ** Dick Slater, American professional wrestler (d. 2018) * May 20 – Christie Blatchford, Canadian newspaper columnist, journalist and broadcaster (d. 2020) * May 21 – Al Franken, American comedian (''Saturday Night Live'') and U.S. Senator (D-MN) * May 23 ** Jill E. Barad, American businessperson ** Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player ** Antonis Samaras, Greek economist, politician and 185th Prime Minister of Greece * May 25 – Jamaluddin Jarjis, Malaysian politician (d. 2015) * May 26 ** Ramón Calderón, Spanish lawyer and businessman ** Lou van den Dries, Dutch mathematician ** Sally Ride, American astronaut (d. 2012) ** Madeleine Taylor-Quinn, Irish politician * May 30 ** Stephen Tobolowsky, American actor ** Fernando Lugo, President of Paraguay * May 31 – Jimmy Nalls, American guitarist (Sea Level (band), Sea Level) (d. 2017)June
* June 2 **Gilbert Baker (artist), Gilbert Baker, American artist and activist, creator of the Rainbow flag (LGBT movement), LGBTQ+ Pride Flag (d. 2017) **Jeanine Pirro, Lebanese-American attorney, politician and conservative political commentator **Larry Robinson, Canadian hockey player * June 3 – Jill Biden, First Lady of the United States * June 5 – Suze Orman, American financial advisor, writer and television personality * June 8 – Bonnie Tyler, Welsh pop singer * June 9 – James Newton Howard, American musician, composer * June 12 ** Brad Delp, American rock vocalist (''Boston (band), Boston'') (d. 2007) ** Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (d. 2007) * June 13 ** Stellan Skarsgård, Swedish actor ** Richard Thomas (actor), Richard Thomas, American actor (''The Waltons'') * June 14 – Paul Boateng, British politician * June 15 ** Jane Amsterdam, American magazine editor ** Álvaro Colom, 35th President of Guatemala * June 16 ** Charlie Dominici, American musician ** Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer * June 17 – Shahidan Kassim, Malaysian politician * June 18 ** Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess grandmaster (d. 2014) ** Steve Miner, American film, television director, film producer * June 19 – Ayman al-Zawahiri, Egyptian-born terrorist (d. 2022) * June 20 ** Tress MacNeille, American voice actress ** Paul Muldoon, Irish-born poet * June 21 ** Nils Lofgren, American musician ** Marcus Mojigoh, Malaysian politician * June 23 – Michèle Mouton, French rally driver * June 24 ** Leslie Cochran, American homeless activist (d. 2012) ** Mohd Sidek Hassan, 12th Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia ** David Rodigan, British radio DJ/actor * June 25 - Elvy Sukaesih, Indonesian dangdut singer * June 27 ** Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player ** Madan Bhandari, Nepalese politician (d. 1993) ** Julia Duffy, American actress ** Mary McAleese, 8th President of Ireland * June 28 ** Mick Cronin (rugby league), Mick Cronin, Australian rugby league player ** Lloyd Maines, American musician, record producer ** Daniel Ruiz, Spanish footballer ** Lalla Ward, British actress * June 29 ** Zvi Eliezer Alonie, Israeli rabbi ** Keno Don Rosa, American comic book author ** Billy Hinsche, Philippine-born American musician (d. 2021) ** Craig Sager, American sports commentator (d. 2016) * June 30 – Stanley Clarke, American bassistJuly
* July 1 ** Sabah Abdul-Jalil, Iraqi footballer and coach (d. 2021) ** Abdul Karim Jassim, Iraqi footballer and coach ** Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed, Djiboutian politician ** Thomas Boni Yayi, 7th President of Benin * July 2 ** Elisabeth Brooks, Canadian actress (d. 1997) ** Wiesław Gawlikowski, Polish sport shooter ** Guido Magherini, Italian footballer and coach ** Stevie Woods (musician), Stevie Woods, American singer (d. 2014) * July 3 ** Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer ** Lodewijk Jacobs, Dutch sprint canoer ** Bob Rigby, U.S. soccer goalkeeper * July 4 ** Beverly Boys, Canadian diver ** S. S. Ahluwalia, Indian politician * July 5 ** Goose Gossage, American baseball player ** Yehoshua Gal, Israeli footballer ** Gilbert Van Binst, Belgian footballer * July 6 – Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor * July 7 – Menachem Ben-Sasson, Israeli politician * July 8 – Anjelica Huston, American actress * July 9 ** Jeje Odongo, Ugandan military officer and politician ** Chris Cooper, American actor * July 10 – Phyllis Smith, American actress * July 11 – Yechiel Eckstein, Israeli-American rabbi (d. 2019) * July 12 – Cheryl Ladd, American actress and singer * July 14 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (d. 2003) * July 15 ** Folorunso Alakija, Nigerian businesswoman ** Rick Kehoe, Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach ** Jesse Ventura wrestler, navy seal, actor, and former mayor and governor * July 16 ** Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian news anchor and journalist ** Che Rosli, Malaysian politician ** Franco Serantini, Italian anarchist (d. 1972) * July 18 ** Eva Wittke, German swimmer ** Elio Di Rupo, Belgian politician * July 21 – Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (d. 2014) * July 22 – William Nyallau Badak, Malaysian politician * July 23 – Edie McClurg, American actress * July 24 ** Fiona Reid, English-born Canadian actress ** Lynda Carter, American actress and singer ** Chris Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, Chris Smith, British politician * July 25 – Yury Kovalchuk, Russian oligarch * July 26 – Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, German politician * July 28 ** Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Spanish politician (d. 2019) ** Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer * July 31 ** Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player ** Vjekoslav Šutej, Croatian orchestral conductor (d. 2009)August
* August 2 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and musician (10cc, Wax (pop band), Wax) (d. 2011) * August 3 – Marcel Dionne, Canadian hockey player * August 6 ** Catherine Hicks, American actress ** Daryl Somers, Australian television personality * August 8 ** Louis van Gaal, Dutch footballer and manager ** Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian politician, 5th President of Egypt (d. 2019) ** Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director ** Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994) * August 10 – Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize * August 11 – Katsumi Chō, Japanese voice actor * August 13 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2007) * August 15 – Jim Allen (cricketer), Jim Allen, West Indian cricketer * August 16 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010) * August 17 – Richard Hunt (puppeteer), Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (d. 1992) * August 19 – John Deacon, English rock bassist * August 20 – Greg Bear, American author (d. 2022) * August 21 ** Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist ** Chesley V. Morton, American politician and securities arbitrator ** Harry Smith (American journalist), Harry Smith, American journalist and editor * August 22 – Chandra Prakash Mainali, Nepalese politician * August 23 ** Jimi Jamison, American musician (Survivor (band), Survivor) (d. 2014) ** Akhmad Kadyrov, President of Chechnya (d. 2004) ** Queen Noor of Jordan, born Lisa Najeeb Halaby, American-born queen consort * August 24 – Orson Scott Card, American writer * August 25 – Rob Halford, English rock singer * August 26 – Edward Witten, American mathematician, Fields medalist * August 28 – Wayne Osmond, American pop singer * August 30 ** Behgjet Pacolli, 3rd President of Kosovo. ** Dana Rosemary Scallon, Irish singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1970 winner and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) * August 31 – Peter Withe, English footballerSeptember
* September 2 ** Jim DeMint, American politician, United States Senator (R-SC) ** Mark Harmon, American actor * September 4 – Judith Ivey, American actress * September 5 – Michael Keaton, American actor * September 6 – Šaban Šaulić, Serbian musician (d. 2019) * September 7 ** Chrissie Hynde, American rock singer ** Mammootty, Indian actor and producer * September 9 – Alexander Downer, Australian politician, diplomat * September 12 ** Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach of Ireland ** Joe Pantoliano, American actor * September 13 ** Jean Smart, American actress ** Salva Kiir Mayardit, 1st President of South Sudan * September 14 ** Duncan Haldane, English-born condensed-matter physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics ** Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukraine, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer * September 15 ** Pete Carroll, American football coach ** Jared Taylor, American author and journalist ** Fred Seibert, American producer and Frederator Studios founder * September 17 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress, known for her role in ''Elvira, Mistress of the Dark'' * September 18 ** Ben Carson, African-American politician, author and neurosurgeon ** Dee Dee Ramone, American bassist (d. 2002) * September 20 ** Guy Lafleur, Canadian hockey player (d. 2022) ** Javier Marías, Spanish novelist (d. 2022) * September 21 – Aslan Maskhadov, President of Chechnya (d. 2005) * September 22 ** David Coverdale, English singer and musician ** Wolfgang Petry, German singer * September 24 – Alfonso Portillo, President of Guatemala * September 25 ** Mark Hamill, American actor, better known for his role in ''Star Wars'' ** Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach * September 26 – Stuart Tosh, Scottish musician * September 28 – Jim Diamond (singer), Jim Diamond, Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2015) * September 29 ** Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile ** Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977) ** Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler ** Mike Enriquez, Filipino radio and television newscaster * September 30 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineOctober
* October 2 – Sting (musician), Sting, British singer, rock musician, philanthropist * October 3 ** Keb' Mo', American musician ** Kathryn D. Sullivan, American astronaut * October 4 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakhs, Kazakh poet * October 5 – **Bob Geldof, Irish musician (The Boomtown Rats) **Karen Allen, American actress * October 6 – Manfred Winkelhock, German racing driver (d. 1985) * October 7 ** Jakaya Kikwete, 4th President of Tanzania ** John Mellencamp, American musician and songwriter * October 10 – Epeli Ganilau, Fijian soldier and statesman * October 11 ** Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer and songwriter ** Jon Miller, American sports announcer * October 15 ** Hani Al-Mulki, Prime Minister of Jordan ** Rafael Vaganian, Armenian chess grandmaster * October 17 – Prabowo Subianto, Indonesian businessman, politician and Lieutenant General of the Indonesian National Armed Forces * October 18 ** Pam Dawber, American actress ** Mike Antonovich (ice hockey), Mike Antonovich, American ice hockey player and executive ** Terry McMillan, American author * October 19 – Annie Golden, Americana actress * October 20 – Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager and player * October 22 – William David Sanders, American victim of the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999) * October 23 – Charly García, Argentine musician and songwriter * October 25 – Richard Lloyd (guitarist), Richard Lloyd, American rock guitarist * October 26 ** Willie P. Bennett, Canadian songwriter and singer (d. 2008) ** Bootsy Collins, American musician, singer-songwriter * October 27 – Éric Morena, French singer (d. 2019) * October 28 - Marvin Heemeyer, American man who went on a rampage with an armored bulldozer in Granby, Colorado (d. 2004) * October 29 - Kelly Sutherland (chuckwagon), Canadian Pro Chuckwagon racer * October 30 – Harry Hamlin, American actor * October 31 – Nick Saban, American football coachNovember
* November 2 – Thomas Mallon, American author and critic * November 3 – Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist (''New York Daily News'') * November 4 – Traian Băsescu, President of Romania * November 7 – Dennis Allen (criminal), Dennis Allen, Australian criminal and drug dealer, eldest son of Kath Pettingill (d.1987) * November 8 – Alfredo Astiz, Argentine commander * November 9 ** Martin Khor, Malaysian journalist and economist (d. 2020) ** Lou Ferrigno, American actor and bodybuilder * November 10 – Danilo Medina, Dominican politician 53rd President of the Dominican Republic * November 11 – Bill Moseley, American Actor * November 12 – Marcelo Rezende, Brazilian journalist and television presenter (d. 2017) * November 14 – Jacob ter Veldhuis, Dutch composer * November 15 ** Alamgir Hashmi, English poet ** Beverly D'Angelo, American actress and singer * November 16 ** Miguel Sandoval, American actor ** Sulaiman Taha, Malaysian politician (d. 2010) ** Paula Vogel, American playwright * November 17 ** Butch Davis, American National Football League, NFL and NCAA football head coach ** Dean Paul Martin, American pop singer and screen actor (d. 1987) ** Stephen Root, American actor and voice actor * November 18 – Justin Raimondo, American political activist (d. 2019) * November 19 ** Zeenat Aman, Indian actress and model ** Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, British politician * November 20 – Rodger Bumpass, American voice actor known for his role as Squidward Tentacles on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' * November 21 – Thomas Roth (journalist), Thomas Roth, German television news anchor and presenter * November 24 – Chet Edwards, American politician * November 26 – Ilona Staller, Cicciolina, Hungarian-Italian actress and politician * November 27 – Teri DeSario, American singer-songwriter * November 29 ** Kathryn Bigelow, American film director ** Roger Troutman, American funk musician (d. 1999) * November 30 – Christian Bernard, French-born mysticDecember
* December 1 ** The Aldridge Sisters, Sherry Aldridge, American singer ** Obba Babatundé, American actor ** Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (d. 1987) ** Treat Williams, American actor, writer and aviator * December 2 – Adrian Devine, American baseball pitcher (d. 2020) * December 3 ** Natalis Chan, Hong Kong actor and producer ** Riki Choshu, Korean-Japanese professional wrestler * December 4 ** Chang Fei, Taiwanese television personality ** Patricia Wettig, American actress * December 6 – Tomson Highway, Canadian writer * December 8 ** Bill Bryson, American-born British non-fiction author ** Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer and songwriter * December 11 – Peter T. Daniels, American writing systems scholar * December 12 ** Wau Holland, German hacker (d. 2001) ** Fyodor Konyukhov, Ukrainian explorer and priest * December 14 ** Mike Krüger, German comedian and singer ** Jan Timman, Dutch chess player * December 17 – Ken Hitchcock, Canadian hockey coach * December 18 – Alvin E. Roth, American academic * December 20 – Peter May (writer), Peter May, Scottish novelist and television dramatist * December 27 ** Levy Fidelix, Brazilian politician, businessman, and journalist (d. 2021) ** Ernesto Zedillo, 54th President of Mexico (1994-2000) * December 29 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (d. 2007)Full date unknown
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* January 2 – Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and footballer (b. 1887) * January 3 – Georgios Drossinis, Greek author, poet, scholar and editor (b. 1859) * January 5 – Yasunosuke Gonda, Japanese sociologist and theorist (b. 1887) * January 6 ** Ken Le Breton, Australian speedway rider (b. 1924) ** Maila Talvio, Finnish writer, nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1871) * January 7 ** René Guénon, French metaphysician (b. 1886) ** Lucien Cuénot, French biologist (b. 1866) * January 10 – Sinclair Lewis, American writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885) * January 12 ** Jacques de Baroncelli, French director and screenwriter (b. 1881) ** Albert Guay, Canadian murderer (executed) (b. 1917) ** Prince Maximilian of Saxony (1870–1951), Prince Maximilian of Saxony (b. 1870) * January 13 ** Dorothea Bate, British palaeontologist, a pioneer of archaeozoology (b. 1878) ** Florence Kahn (actress), Florence Kahn, American actress (b. 1878) ** Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and eminence (b. 1871) * January 15 – Ernest Swinton, Sir Ernest Swinton, British Army general (b. 1868) * January 16 – Tsunejirō Ishii, Japanese admiral (b. 1887) * January 17 – Franziskus Hennemann, South African Titular bishop and reverend (b. 1882) * January 18 ** Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary to India (b. 1867) ** Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt, American actor (b. 1888) *February
* February 1 – Blas Taracena Aguirre, Spanish archaeologist (b. 1895) * February 3 **Choudhry Rahmat Ali, one of the founding fathers of Pakistan (b. 1895) ** Zaifeng, Prince Chun, Qing Dynasty prince (b. 1883) * February 8 ** Fritz Thyssen, German businessman and industrialist (b. 1873) ** Zygmunt Szendzielarz, Polish commander (b. 1910) * February 9 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1909) * February 13 – Lloyd C. Douglas, American author (b. 1877) * February 14 – Andrés Barbero, Paraguayan scientist and botanist (b. 1877) * February 18 ** Lyman Gilmore, American aviation pioneer (b. 1874) ** Miloš Slovák, Czech painter (b. 1885) * February 19 – André Gide, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869) * February 22 – Alfred Lindley, American Olympic rower - Men's eights (b. 1904) * February 28 ** Henry W. Armstrong, American boxer and songwriter (b. 1879) ** Giannina Russ, Italian soprano (b. 1873)March
* March 1 – Maria Dickin, British social reformer (b. 1870) *April
* April 2 – Mikhail Vladimirsky, Soviet politician (b. 1874) * April 4 – George Albert Smith, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870) * April 5 – Cường Để, Vietnamese revolutionary leader (b. 1882) * April 6 – Robert Broom, British paleontologist (b. 1866) * April 9 – Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862) *May
* May 1 – Klymentiy Sheptytsky, Soviet Orthodox priest, martyr and blessed (b. 1869) * May 2 ** Alphonse de Châteaubriant, French writer (b. 1877) ** Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi politician (b. 1921) * May 3 – Homero Manzi, Argentine Tango lyricist and author (b. 1907) * May 5 ** Eddie Dunn (actor), Eddie Dunn, American actor (b. 1896) ** John Flynn (minister), John Flynn, Australian medical services pioneer (b. 1880) ** Andronicus Rudenko, Greek Orthodox priest and blessed (b. 1874) * May 6 – Henri Carton de Wiart, 23rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1869) * May 7 – Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889) * May 8 – Pat Hartigan (actor), Pat Hartigan, American actor and director (b. 1881) * May 10 – Nikola Mushanov, 23rd Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1872) * May 16 – François Hussenot, French engineer (b. 1912) * May 17 ** William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, British field marshal (b. 1865) ** Mary Emelia Moore, New Zealand Presbyterian missionary in China (b. 1869) ** Empress Teimei of Japan, Empress consort of Emperor Taishō (b. 1884) * May 18 – Gaspar Agüero Barreras, Cuban composer, pianist and composer (b. 1873) * May 20 – Marguerite Merington, English-American author (b. 1857) * May 23 – Antonio Gandusio, Italian actor (b. 1875) * May 25 ** Franz Klebusch, German actor (b. 1887) ** Paula von Preradović, Austrian poet and writer (b. 1887) * May 27 – Thomas Blamey, Sir Thomas Blamey, Australian field marshal (b. 1884) * May 29 ** Fanny Brice, American entertainer (b. 1891) ** Antonio Mosca, Italian painter (b. 1870) * May 30 ** Hermann Broch, Austrian author (b. 1886) ** Reginald Tyrwhitt, Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, British admiral (b. 1870)June
* June 1 ** José Alejandrino, Filipino general (b. 1870) ** Rafael Altamira y Crevea, Spanish historian and jurist (b. 1866) ** Ludvig Oskar, Estonian painter (b. 1874) * June 4 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-born conductor (b. 1874) * June 7 ** Paul Blobel, German SS officer (executed) (b. 1894) ** Werner Braune, German SS officer (executed) (b. 1909) ** Erich Naumann, German SS officer (executed) (b. 1905) ** Otto Ohlendorf, German SS officer (executed) (b. 1907) ** Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (executed) (b. 1892) * June 9 – Mayo Methot, American actress (b. 1904) * June 11 – Takuma Nishimura, Japanese general (executed) (b. 1899) * June 13 – Ben Chifley, Australian politician, 16th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1885) * June 16 – Pyotr Pavlenko, Soviet writer and screenwriter (b. 1899) * June 21 – Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer, discovered two moons of Jupiter (Himalia (moon), Himalia and Elara (moon), Elara) (b. 1867) * June 25 – Ferdinand Budicki, Croatian pioneer (b. 1871) * June 27 – David Warfield, American stage actor (b. 1866) * June 28 – Maria Pia Mastena, Italian Roman Catholic religious sister and blessed (b. 1881) * June 29 – Juan Rivero Torres, Bolivian engineer and statesman (b. 1897)July
* July 2 – Ferdinand Sauerbruch, German surgeon (b. 1875) * July 3 – Tadeusz Borowski, Polish writer and journalist (b. 1922) * July 9 ** Harry Heilmann, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1894) ** Egbert Van Alstyne, American songwriter and pianist (b. 1878) * July 13 – Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (b. 1874) * July 15 – Florentino Collantes, Filipino poet (b. 1896) * July 17 ** Charles Desplanques, French anarchist and journalist (b. 1877) ** Riad Al Solh, 2-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1894) * July 18 ** Ludovico di Caporiacco, Italian arachnologist (b. 1901) ** Antti Juutilainen, Finnish farmer and politician (b. 1882) * July 20 ** King Abdullah I of Jordan (assassinated) (b. 1882) ** Elías Ahúja y Andría, Spanish philanthropist, politician, businessman and academic (b. 1863) ** Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (b. 1882) * July 23 ** Robert J. Flaherty, American filmmaker (b. 1884) ** Philippe Pétain, French World War I marshal, leader of Vichy France, 78th Prime Minister of France (b. 1856) * July 25 – Henrik Ramsay, Finnish politician and economist (b. 1886) * July 26 ** Juozas Gabrys, Lithuanian politician and diplomat (b. 1880) ** Maximilian Ritter von Pohl, German army and air force officer (b. 1893) * July 30 – Max Horton, Sir Max Horton, British admiral (b. 1883) * July 31 – Cho Ki-chon, Korean poet (b. 1913)August
* August 14 – William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher (b. 1863) * August 15 – Artur Schnabel, Austrian-born Jewish classical pianist (b. 1882) * August 16 – Louis Jouvet, French actor and director (b. 1887) * August 19 – Władysław Wróblewski, Polish politician, scientist, diplomat and lawyer, provisional Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1875) * August 21 – Constant Lambert, British composer (b. 1905) * August 24 ** Henri Rivière (painter), Henri Rivière, French painter (b. 1864) ** Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante y Sirven, Cuban lawyer (b. 1865) * August 26 – Bill Barilko, Canadian hockey player (b. 1927) * August 28 – Robert Walker (actor, born 1918), Robert Walker, American actor (b. 1918)September
* September 1 ** Louis Lavelle, French philosopher (b. 1883) ** Wols, German painter and photographer (b. 1913) * September 2 – Antoine Bibesco, Romanian aristocrat, lawyer, diplomat and writer (b. 1878) * September 3 ** Ernestina Lecuona y Casado, Cuban pianist, musician, educator and composer (b. 1882) ** Enrico Valtorta, Italian Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong and reverend (b. 1883) ** Serge Voronoff, Russian-born French surgeon (b. 1866) * September 5 – Mário Eloy, Portuguese painter (b. 1900) * September 7 ** Maria Montez, Dominican actress (b. 1912) ** John French Sloan, American artist (b. 1871) * September 9 ** Anton Golopenția, Romanian sociologist (b. 1909) ** Gibson Gowland, British actor (b. 1877) * September 10 – Giuseppe Mulè, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1885) * September 15 – Jacinto Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1895) * September 17 ** František Nušl, Czechoslovak astronomer and mathematician (b. 1867) ** Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898) * September 18 ** Márton Rátkai, Hungarian actor (b. 1881) ** Tomonaga Sanjūrō, Japanese philosopher (b. 1871) * September 26 – Ioan Dimăncescu, Romania army officer (b. 1898) * September 27 – Augusto de Vasconcelos, Portuguese surgeon, politician and diplomat, 57th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1867) * September 29 – Thomas Cahill (soccer), Thomas Cahill, American soccer coach (b. 1864)October
* October 4 – Henrietta Lacks, American originator of the HeLa cell (biology), cell line (b. 1920) * October 6 ** Will Keith Kellogg, American industrialist, founder of the Kellogg Company (b. 1860) ** Otto Fritz Meyerhof, German-born physician and biochemist (b. 1884) * October 12 – Leon Errol, Australian-born actor and comedian (b. 1881) * October 14 – Herman Charles Bosman, South African writer and journalist (b. 1905) * October 16 ** Liaquat Ali Khan, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (assassinated) (b. 1895) ** Saad Akbar Babrak, Afghan assassin (b. 1921 or 1922) * October 17 – József Farkas (politician), József Farkas, Hungarian nobleman, jurist and politician (b. 1857) * October 23 – Fernando Poe Sr., Filipino actor (b. 1916) * October 24 ** Al Baker (magician), Al Baker, American magician (b. 1874) ** Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland (b. 1861) ** Clarence Stewart Williams, American admiral (b. 1863) * October 25 – Amélie of Orléans, Queen consort of Portugal (b. 1865) * October 26 ** William S. Finucane, American businessman and politician (b. 1888) ** Óscar Pérez Solís, Spanish artillery officer, engineer, jurist and politician (b. 1882) * October 28 – Mady Christians, Austrian actress (b. 1892) * October 30 – Gustav Smedal, Norwegian jurist (b. 1888)November
* November 3 ** Aleksei Badayev, Soviet functionary (b. 1883) ** Richard Wallace (director), Richard Wallace, American film director (b. 1894) * November 4 – Khelifa Belkacem, Algerian chaabi singer (b. 1907) * November 5 ** Agrippina Vaganova, Soviet ballerina (b. 1879) ** Reggie Walker (sprinter), Reggie Walker, South African Olympic athlete (b. 1889) * November 9 ** Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi, Italian Roman Catholic layman and blessed (b. 1880) ** Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (b. 1887) * November 13 – Nikolai Medtner, Soviet pianist and composer (b. 1880) * November 14 – Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere, Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta (b. 1866) * November 15 – Robert Elliott (actor), Robert Elliott, American actor (b. 1879) * November 20 ** Thomas Quinlan (impresario), Thomas Quinlan, British opera singer (b. 1881) ** Lou Skuce, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1886) * November 23 – Enrichetta Alfieri, Italian Roman Catholic religious professed and blessed (b. 1891) **Ju Zheng, Chinese politician (b. 1876) * November 25 ** István Friedrich, 24th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883) ** Harry B. Liversedge, American general (b. 1894) * November 27 – Timrava, Slovak novelist (b. 1867) * November 29 – Pramathesh Barua, Indian actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1903)December
* December 1 – Felix Petyrek, Austrian composer (b. 1892) * December 4 – Pedro Salinas, Spanish poet (b. 1891) * December 5 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox) (b. 1889) * December 6 ** J. Edward Bromberg, Hungarian-born character actor (b. 1903) ** André Gobert, French tennis player (b. 1890) ** Harold Ross, American editor (b.1892) * December 10 – Algernon Blackwood, British writer (b. 1869) * December 11 ** Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, British politician and physician (b. 1869) ** Selim Palmgren, Finnish composer, pianist and conductor (b. 1878) * December 12 – Bill Patton (actor), Bill Patton, American actor (b. 1894) * December 15 – Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth, British diplomat, 1st Secretary-General of the League of Nations (b. 1876) * December 19 ** Barton Yarborough, American actor (b. 1900) ** Umberto Cassuto, Italian rabbi and biblical scholar (b. 1883) * December 20 – Anton Durcovici, Austro-Hungarian born Romanian Roman Catholic bishop and blessed (b. 1888) * December 23 – Enrique Santos Discépolo, Argentine tango and milonga musician and composer (b. 1901) * December 24 – Raffaele Rossetti, Italian engineer and military naval officer (b. 1881) * December 31 – Maxim Litvinov, Russian revolutionary and Soviet diplomat (b. 1876)Date unknown
* Ștefan Burileanu, Romanian general, engineer, inventor, and academic (b. 1874)Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Edwin McMillan and Glenn T. Seaborg * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Max Theiler * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Pär Lagerkvist * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Léon JouhauxReferences
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