1957 (
MCMLVII) was a
common year starting on Tuesday
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of the
Gregorian calendar
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, the 1957th year of the
Common Era
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(CE) and ''
Anno Domini
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'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the
2nd millennium
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, the 57th year of the
20th century
The 20th (twentieth) century began on
January 1, 1901 ( MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 ( MM). The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and World War II, nucle ...
, and the 8th year of the
1950s decade.
Events
January
*
January 1
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– The
Saarland
The Saarland (, ; french: Sarre ) is a state of Germany in the south west of the country. With an area of and population of 990,509 in 2018, it is the smallest German state in area apart from the city-states of Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg, a ...
joins
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...
.
*
January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
–
Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric
watch
A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached ...
.
*
January 5
Events Pre-1600
* 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French a ...
– South African player
Russell Endean
William Russell Endean (31 May 1924 – 28 June 2003) was a South African cricketer who played in 28 Test matches from 1951 to 1958.
Endean had a part in two highly unusual Test match dismissals: he was the wicket-keeper whom Len Hutton obstruc ...
becomes the first
batsman to be
dismissed for having ''
handled the ball
Handled the ball was formerly one of the methods of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket, but was integrated into the Law on obstructing the field when the Laws of Cricket were rewritten in 2017. It dictated that either batsman can be g ...
'', in
Test cricket
Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last f ...
.
*
January 9
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
*1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin ...
– British Prime Minister
Anthony Eden
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 until his resignation in 1957.
Achieving rapid promo ...
resigns.
*
January 10
Events Pre-1600
* 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
* 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the ...
–
Harold Macmillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Caricatured as " Supermac", ...
becomes
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...
.
*
January 11
Events Pre-1600
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
* 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muha ...
– The
African Convention
African Convention (french: Convention Africaine, CA) was a political party in French West Africa, originally formed at a meeting in Dakar on 11 January 1957. The CA consisted of the Senegalese Popular Bloc (BPS) of Léopold Sédar Senghor, the ...
is founded in
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...
.
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
* 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written c ...
–
Kripalu Maharaj
Jagadguru Shri Kripalu Ji Maharaj (IAST: '; 5 October 1922 – 15 November 2013) the fifth original Jagadguru in Indian history, the embodiment of the nectar of divine love, was one of the foremost rasik saints who showered the bliss of ...
is named fifth
Jagadguru
, literally meaning " of the universe", is a title used in . Traditionally, it has been bestowed upon or used for belonging to the school (among the six traditional schools of thought in Hinduism) who have written Sanskrit commentaries on the ...
(world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
*
January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
*1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– The film ''
Throne of Blood'',
Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese filmmaker and painter who directed thirty films in a career spanning over five decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Kurosawa displayed a bold, dyna ...
's reworking of ''
Macbeth
''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those w ...
'', is released in Japan.
*
January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 & ...
**
Dwight D. Eisenhower is
privately sworn in for a second term, as President of the United States.
**
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
withdraws from the
Sinai Peninsula
The Sinai Peninsula, or simply Sinai (now usually ) (, , cop, Ⲥⲓⲛⲁ), is a peninsula in Egypt, and the only part of the country located in Asia. It is between the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Red Sea to the south, and is a ...
(captured from
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
on October 29,
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
).
*
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 ...
– The
Ibirapuera
Ibirapuera Park ( pt, Parque Ibirapuera) is an urban park in São Paulo. It comprises 158 hectares between Av. República do Líbano, Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, and Av. IV Centenário, and is the most visited park in South America, with 14.4 million ...
Planetarium
A planetarium ( planetariums or ''planetaria'') is a Theater (structure), theatre built primarily for presenting educational entertainment, educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navi ...
(the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaW ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
February
*
February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
– President
Iskander Mirza
Sahibzada Iskander Ali Mirza ( bn, ইস্কান্দার আলী মির্জা; ur, ; 13 November 1899 – 13 November 1969), , was a Pakistani Bengali general officer and civil servant who was the first President of Pakistan. ...
of
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
lays the foundation-stone of the
Guddu Barrage across the
Indus River
The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmi ...
, near
Sukkur.
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...
** France prohibits U.N. involvement in
Algeria
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.
** The first
nuclear-powered submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...
, , logs its 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional ''
Nautilus'' described in
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the '' Voyages extra ...
's
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
novel ''
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (french: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne.
The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre- ...
''. It is decommissioned on
March 3
Events Pre-1600
* 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
* 1575 & ...
,
1980.
** A coal gas explosion at the giant Bishop Coal Mine in
Bishop, Virginia
Bishop is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, and Tazewell County, Virginia, United States. Bishop lies on the Virginia-West Virginia state line at the intersection of West Virginia Route 16
West Virginia R ...
, United States, kills 37 men.
*
February 6 – The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
announces that Swedish envoy
Raoul Wallenberg
Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg (4 August 1912 – disappeared 17 January 1945)He is presumed to have died in 1947, although the circumstances of his death are not clear and this date has been disputed. Some reports claim he was alive years later. 31 J ...
had died in a Soviet prison ("possibly of a
heart attack
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which ma ...
"), on
July 17
Events Pre-1600
* 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
*1048 – Damasu ...
,
1947.
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, spar ...
– The
Confederation of African Football is founded, at a meeting in
Khartoum
Khartoum or Khartum ( ; ar, الخرطوم, Al-Khurṭūm, din, Kaartuɔ̈m) is the capital of Sudan. With a population of 5,274,321, its metropolitan area is the largest in Sudan. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile, flowing n ...
.
*
February 15 –
Andrei Gromyko
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko (russian: Андрей Андреевич Громыко; be, Андрэй Андрэевіч Грамыка; – 2 July 1989) was a Soviet communist politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as ...
becomes foreign minister of the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
.
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
*1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
*1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...
–
Ingmar Bergman's film ''
The Seventh Seal
''The Seventh Seal'' ( sv, Det sjunde inseglet) is a 1957 Swedish historical fantasy film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set in Sweden during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight (Max von Sydow) and a game of ch ...
'' opens at cinemas in
Sweden.
*
February 17 – A
fire at a home for the elderly in
Warrenton, Missouri
Warrenton is a city in Warren County, Missouri, United States. The population was 7,880 according to the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County. Warrenton is an exurb of St. Louis, and is located in the St. Louis Metropolitan Statis ...
, United States, kills 72 people.
*
February 18
Events Pre-1600
* 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
*1268 & ...
**
Kenya
)
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n rebel leader
Dedan Kimathi
Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (31 October 1920 – 18 February 1957), born ''Kimathi wa Waciuri'' in what was then British Kenya, was the senior military and spiritual leader of the Mau Mau Uprising. Widely regarded as a revolutionary leader, he led th ...
is executed by the British colonial government.
** The last person to be executed in New Zealand,
Walter James Bolton
Walter James Bolton (13 August 1888 – 18 February 1957) was a New Zealand farmer who was found guilty of poisoning his wife. He is known as the last person to be executed in New Zealand before the abolition of capital punishment.
Bolton was bo ...
, is
hanged
Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck.Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. Hanging as method of execution is unknown, as method of suicide from 1325. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' states that hanging i ...
at
Mount Eden Prison
Mount Eden Prisons consists of two separate facilities in the Auckland, New Zealand suburb of Mount Eden — the Mount Eden Prison and the Mount Eden Corrections Facility.
History
The original Mount Eden prison was a military stockade built i ...
for poisoning his wife.
*
February 23 – The founding congress of the
Senegalese Popular Bloc
The Senegalese Popular Bloc (in French: ''Bloc Populaire Sénégalais'' (BPS)) was the result of the merger of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc (BDS) of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese Democratic Union (UDS), Casamancian Autonomous Movement ( ...
opens in
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...
.
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 Diocletian ...
**
U Nu
Nu ( my, ဦးနု; ; 25 May 1907 – 14 February 1995), commonly known as U Nu also known by the honorific name Thakin Nu, was a leading Burmese statesman and nationalist politician. He was the first Prime Minister of Burma under the pr ...
becomes Prime Minister of
Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
.
**
Arturo Lezama Arturo Lezama Bagez (1899–1964) was a Uruguayan political figure.
Background
Lezama was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party which ruled the country for lengthy periods, and was President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1951 and 19 ...
becomes President of the National Council of Government of
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
.
**
Sud Aviation forms, from a merger between
SNCASE
SNCASE (abbreviated from ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est'') or Sud-Est was a French aircraft manufacturer. The company was formed on February 1, 1937, by the nationalization and merger of Lioré et Olivier, Pote ...
(Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and
SNCASO
SNCASO (abbreviated from ''Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest'', or commonly, ''Sud-Ouest'') was a French aircraft manufacturer.
Created during 1936 as one of seven nationalised aeronautical manufacturing companies, ...
(Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest).
*
March 3
Events Pre-1600
* 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
* 1575 & ...
– ''
Net als toen
"Net als toen" (; "Just like then") is a love song written in Dutch by Willy van Hemert, composed by Guus Jansen and performed by Corry Brokken in 1957 as the Netherlands' entry and runaway winner of the pan-European Eurovision Song Contest, whi ...
'', sung by
Corry Brokken
Cornelia Maria "Corry" Brokken (3 December 1932 – 31 May 2016) was a Dutch singer, television presenter and jurist. In 1957, she won the second edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song " Net als toen", representing the Netherlands. ...
(music by Guus Jansen, lyrics by
Willy van Hemert
Willy van Hemert (29 March 1912 – 26 June 1993) was a Dutch actor and theatre and television director, but is best known as a songwriter who penned two winning Dutch songs for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Biography
Van Hemert was born in Utre ...
), wins the
Eurovision Song Contest 1957
The Eurovision Song Contest 1957 was the second edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (HR) on behalf of ARD, the contest, originally known as the (English: Euro ...
(held at
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...
), for the Netherlands.
*
March 6
Events Pre-1600
* 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
* 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
* 845 & ...
** United Kingdom colonies
Gold Coast
Gold Coast may refer to:
Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
and
British Togoland
British Togoland, officially the Mandate Territory of Togoland and later officially the Trust Territory of Togoland, was a territory in West Africa, under the administration of the United Kingdom, which subsequently entered into union with Ghan ...
become the independent nation of
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
.
**
Zodi Ikhia Zodi Ikhia (c. 1919 – February 16, 1996) was a Nigerian politician.
Life and career
Born around 1919 at Winditen, Ikhia came from a wealthy Tuareg family; his father was a prominent person from Taghagar. He received his primary education in Nia ...
founds the
Nigerien Democratic Front
The Nigerien Democratic Front (french: Front démocratique nigérien, FDN) was a political party in Niger. It published the party journal ''L'Unité'' ('Unity').
History
The party was founded by Zodi Ikhia and his followers on March 6, 1957, as ...
(FDN) in
Niger
)
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Events Pre-1600
* 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''.
*1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
* 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bou ...](_blank)
–
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
re-opens the
Suez Canal.
*
March 14 – President
Sukarno declares
martial law
Martial law is the imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to an emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory.
Use
Marti ...
in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
.
*
March 17
Events Pre-1600
* 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
* 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...
–
1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash:
Philippine
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
President
Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automo ...
and 24 others are killed in a plane crash.
*
March 20
Events Pre-1600
* 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka.
* 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 1600 – The Link ...
– The French news magazine ''
L'Express'' reveals that the French army tortures
Algeria
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n prisoners.
*
March 25 – The
Treaty of Rome (''Patto di
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
'') establishes the
European Economic Community (EEC; predecessor of the
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
) between Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
*
March 27
Events Pre-1600
*1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
* 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
– The
29th Academy Awards
For the 29th Academy Awards, the Best International Feature Film was introduced as a competitive category, instead of only a Special Achievement Award. The first winner in this new category was Federico Fellini's ''La Strada'' with Anthony Qu ...
Ceremony is held in
Hollywood. ''
Around the World in 80 Days
''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (french: link=no, Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employe ...
'' wins
Best Picture
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
.
April
*
April
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is the first of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the second of five months to have a length of less than 31 days.
April is commonly associated with ...
–
IBM sells the first compiler for the
Fortran scientific
programming language
A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Most programming languages are text-based formal languages, but they may also be graphical. They are a kind of computer language.
The description of a programming ...
.
*
April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
*1081 – Alexios I Ko ...
– The first new
conscript
Conscription (also called the draft in the United States) is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and it continues in some countries to the present day un ...
s join the
Bundeswehr
The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...
.
*
April 5 – The
Communist Party of India wins the elections in
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, making
E. M. S. Namboodiripad its first chief minister.
*
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, su ...
–
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
reopens the
Suez Canal to all shipping.
*
April 12
Events Pre-1600
* 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...
– The United Kingdom announces that
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...
will gain self-rule on January 1, 1958.
*
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 Guiscar ...
** The
Distant Early Warning Line is handed over by contractors to the U.S. and Canadian military.
**
White Rock secedes from
Surrey, British Columbia, following a referendum.
*
April 17
Events Pre-1600
*1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
*1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
– Suspected English
serial killer
A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A
*
*
*
* with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...
Dr.
John Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder, at the
Old Bailey.
*
April 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
*1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...
–
25 – The
1957 Fethiye earthquakes
The first of the 1957 Fethiye earthquakes occurred on April 24, 1957, with the second and larger event about seven hours later on the following day. Both earthquakes had epicentres in the eastern Mediterranean between Rhodes and the coastal city ...
occur, on the Mediterranean coast of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
.
*
April 30
Events Pre-1600
*311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
*1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.
*1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...
– An
annular solar eclipse was a non-central annular solar eclipse, that does ''NOT'' have a northern path limit. This was the last of 57 umbral solar eclipses of
Solar Saros 118.
May
*
May 2
Events Pre-1600
* 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
*1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
* 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprison ...
– "
Die Stem van Suid-Afrika
Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (, ), also known as "The Call of South Africa" or simply "Die Stem" (), is a former national anthem of South Africa. There are two versions of the song, one in English and the other in Afrikaans, which were in use earl ...
", written by
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven (13 August 1873 – 15 July 1932), who published under his initials C.J. Langenhoven, was a South African poet who played a major role in the development of Afrikaans literature and cultural history. His poetry was ...
, becomes the South African national anthem, replacing "
God Save the Queen
"God Save the King" is the national and/or royal anthem of the United Kingdom, most of the Commonwealth realms, their territories, and the British Crown Dependencies. The author of the tune is unknown and it may originate in plainchant, bu ...
", which is retained as a
royal anthem.
*
May 8 – South Vietnamese President
Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic o ...
begins a
state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.
*
May 15
Events Pre-1600
* 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
* 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...
.
**
Operation Grapple
Operation Grapple was a set of four series of British nuclear weapons tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the P ...
: At
Malden Island
Malden Island, sometimes called Independence Island in the 19th century, is a low, arid, uninhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean, about in area. It is one of the Line Islands belonging to the Republic of Kiribati. The lagoon is enti ...
in the Pacific, Britain tests its first
hydrogen bomb, which fails to detonate properly.
**
Stanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game, he is the only player to have been knighted while sti ...
plays his final international game, ending an
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
record international career of almost 23 years.
*
May 16 –
Paul-Henri Spaak
Paul-Henri Charles Spaak (; 25 January 1899 – 31 July 1972) was an influential Belgian Socialist politician, diplomat and statesman. Along with Robert Schuman, Alcide De Gasperi and Konrad Adenauer he was a leader in the formation of the ...
becomes the new
Secretary General of NATO
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.
*
May 24 –
May 24 incident The May 24 incident (), also called the Liu Ziran incident () and the Reynolds riot, was a 1957 international incident between the United States and Taiwan (ROC) that started over the killing of an ROC national and a court-martial conducted by U.S. ...
:
Anti-American
Anti-Americanism (also called anti-American sentiment) is prejudice, fear, or hatred of the United States, its government, its foreign policy, or Americans in general.
Political scientist Brendon O'Connor at the United States Studies Centr ...
riots erupt in
Taipei
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
.
*
May 30 –
Real Madrid beats
Fiorentina
ACF Fiorentina, commonly referred to as Fiorentina (), is an Italian professional football club based in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original team was founded by a merger in August 1926, while the actual club was refounded in August 2002 fol ...
2–0 at
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
The Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ( es, Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, ) is a football stadium in Madrid, Spain. With a current seating capacity of 81,044, it has been the home stadium of Real Madrid since its completion in 1947. It is the second-larg ...
,
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...
, to win the
1956–57 European Cup
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(football).
June
*
June 9
Events Pre-1600
*411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
* 53 – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
* 68 – Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's ''Aeneid'', thus ending th ...
–
Broad Peak
Broad Peak ( ur, ) is a mountain in the Karakoram on the border of Pakistan and China, the twelfth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It was first ascended in June 1957 by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, ...
, on the China-Pakistan border, is first ascended.
*
June 21 –
John Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker ( ; September 18, 1895 – August 16, 1979) was the 13th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1957 to 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an electi ...
becomes the 13th
Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the confidence of a majority the elected House of Commons; as su ...
.
*
June 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
*1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
* 1499 – Americo Vespucci, on Spanish financed trip, sights coa ...
–
Hurricane Audrey
Hurricane Audrey was one of the deadliest tropical cyclones in U.S. history, killing at least 416 people in its devastation of the southwestern Louisiana coast in 1957. Along with Hurricane Alex in 2010, it was also the strongest June hur ...
demolishes
Cameron, Louisiana
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, U.S., killing 400 people.
July
![Anti-Rightist_Movement](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Anti-Rightist_Movement.jpg)
*
July 1
** The
International Geophysical Year begins.
** The
University of Waterloo
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is founded in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
**
Hugh Everett III
Hugh Everett III (; November 11, 1930 – July 19, 1982) was an American physicist who first proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics, which he termed his "relative state" formulation. In contrast to the then-dominant Cop ...
publishes the first scientifically founded
many-worlds interpretation
The many-worlds interpretation (MWI) is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that asserts that the universal wavefunction is objectively real, and that there is no wave function collapse. This implies that all possible outcomes of quantum ...
of
quantum mechanics
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.
** Production of the
Citroën Traction Avant automobile, begun in
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...
, ceases.
*
July 6
Events Pre-1600
* 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
* 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt ...
- At the age of fifteen on 6 July 1957,
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
met
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...
and his band, the Quarrymen, at the St Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.
*
July 11
Events Pre-1600
* 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
* 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...
– His Highness Prince Karim
Aga Khan IV
Shāh Karim al-Husayni (born 13 December 1936), known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Ismaili followers and elsewhere as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailis, a denomination within Shia Islam. He ha ...
becomes the 49th Imam of the
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mo ...
Ismaili Muslims at age 20. His grandfather Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah
Aga Khan III
Sultan Muhammad Shah (2 November 187711 July 1957), commonly known by his religious title Aga Khan III, was the 48th Imam of the Nizariyya. He played an important role in British Indian politics.
Born to Aga Khan II in Karachi, Aga Khan II ...
appoints Prince Karim in his will.
*
July 14
Events Pre-1600
* 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
* 1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
* 142 ...
–
Rawya Ateya takes her seat in the
National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the
Arab world
The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western A ...
.
*
July 16
Events Pre-1600
* 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
* 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece.
* 1 ...
–
United States Marine
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combi ...
Major
John Glenn flies an
F8U supersonic jet from
California
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to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds, setting a new transcontinental speed record.
*
July 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
* 484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is ...
– The largely
autobiographical novel
An autobiographical novel is a form of novel using autofiction techniques, or the merging of autobiographical and fictive elements. The literary technique is distinguished from an autobiography or memoir by the stipulation of being fiction. Bec ...
''
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
''The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold'' is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in July 1957. It is Waugh's penultimate full-length work of fiction, which the author called his "mad book"—a largely autobiographical account ...
'' by
Evelyn Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (; 28 October 1903 – 10 April 1966) was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires '' Decl ...
was published.
*
July 25
Events Pre-1600
* 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
* 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
–
Tunisia
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, ...
becomes a republic, with
Habib Bourguiba as its first president.
*
July 28
Events Pre-1600
*1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
*1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, Thom ...
** The
6th World Festival of Youth and Students
The 6th World Festival of Youth and Students was held from 28 July to 5 August 1957 in Moscow, capital city of the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The festival attracted 34,000 people from 130 countries. This became possible after the po ...
, a high point of the
Khrushchev Thaw, opens in Moscow.
** Heavy rains and mudslides at
Isahaya
is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on September 1, 1940. As of November 1, 2022, the city has an estimated population of 132,385 and a population density of 389 persons per km². The total area is .
On March 1 ...
, western
Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.
*
July 29
Events Pre-1600
* 587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
* 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
* 904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo ...
– The
International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
August
*
August 4
Events Pre-1600
* 598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during th ...
–
Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for
Maserati, wins the
Formula One
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German Grand Prix
The German Grand Prix (german: Großer Preis von Deutschland) was a motor race that took place most years since 1926, with 75 races having been held. The race has been held at only three venues throughout its history; the Nürburgring in Rh ...
, clinching (with 4 wins this season) his record 5th
world drivers championship
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, including his 4th consecutive championship (also a record); these 2 records endure for nearly half a
century.
*
August 31
Events Pre-1600
* 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
* 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year ...
– The
Federation of Malaya gains independence from the United Kingdom, subsequently celebrated as
Malaysia
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's National Day.
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
Tuanku Sir Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad ( Jawi: ; 24 August 1895 – 1 April 1960) was the first Paramount Ruler or Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation of Malaya, eighth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Seri Menanti and second Yang d ...
,
Yang di-Pertuan Besar
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In Malaysia
# Also known as Yamtuan Besar, it is the title of the elected monarch of the st ...
of
Negeri Sembilan, becomes the first
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
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of
Malaya. The country's new
Constitution
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When these princ ...
had come into force on August 27. The
Alliance Party and its successor are the ruling coalition until 2018.
September
![Flag_of_Malaya](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Flag_of_Malaya.svg)
*
September 9
Events Pre-1600
* 337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
*1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
* 1141 – ...
– The
Civil Rights Act of 1957 is enacted, establishing the
United States Commission on Civil Rights
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.
*
September 21
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
* 1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
* 1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian ...
**
Olav V
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Olav was the only child of King Haakon VII of Norway and Maud of Wales. He became heir apparent to the Norw ...
becomes King of Norway, on the death of his father
Haakon VII
Haakon VII (; born Prince Carl of Denmark; 3 August 187221 September 1957) was the King of Norway from November 1905 until his death in September 1957.
Originally a Danish prince, he was born in Copenhagen as the son of the future Frederick ...
.
** The sailing ship ''
Pamir Pamir may refer to:
Geographical features
* Pamir Mountains, a mountain range in Central Asia
** Pamir-Alay, a mountain system in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, part of the Pamir Mountains
*A pamir (valley) is a high plateau or valley surro ...
'' sinks off the
Azores
)
, motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace")
, anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores")
, image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg
, map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union
, map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...
, in a hurricane.
* September 24 – Camp Nou, home-stadium of FC Barcelona, officially opens in Barcelona, Spain.
* September 29 – The Kyshtym disaster occurs, at the Mayak nuclear reprocessing plant in Russia.
October
![Sputnik asm](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Sputnik_asm.jpg)
* October 1 – The Africanized bee is accidentally released in
Brazil
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.
* October 4
** Space Age – Sputnik program: The
Soviet Union
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launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the earth.
** The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow delta wing interceptor aircraft is unveiled.
* October 10 – Windscale fire: Fire at the Sellafield, Windscale nuclear reactor on the north-west coast of England releases radioactive material into the surrounding environment, including iodine-131.
* October 11
** The Jodrell Bank radio telescope opens in Cheshire, England.
** The orbit of the last stage of the R-7 Semyorka rocket (carrying Sputnik I) is first successfully calculated on an IBM 704 computer at the MIT Computation Center as part of Operation Moonwatch, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
* October 21 – Two trains Yarımburgaz train disaster, collide at Yarımburgaz in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
; 95 die.
* October 23 – Morocco begins its Ifni War, invasion of Ifni.
* October 27 – Celâl Bayar is re-elected president of Turkey.
November
![Posta Romana - 1959 - Laika 120 B](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Posta_Romana_-_1959_-_Laika_120_B.jpg)
* November 1 – The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at this time, opens in the United States, to connect Michigan's two peninsulas.
* November 3 – Sputnik program: The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
launches Sputnik 2, with the first animal to orbit the Earth (a dog named Laika) on board; there is no technology available to return it to Earth.
* November 13
** Gordon Gould invents the laser.
** Flooding in the Po Valley of Italy leads to flooding also in Venice.
* November 15
** 1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash: A flying boat crash on the Isle of Wight leaves 45 dead.
** Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia announces the end of an economic boycott of Francoist Spain (although it does not reinstitute diplomatic relations).
* November 16 – Adnan Menderes of the Democrat Party (Turkey, historical), Democrat Party forms the new government of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in ...
(23rd government, last government formed by DP and Menderes).
* November 30 –
Indonesia
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n president
Sukarno survives a grenade attack at the Cikini School in Jakarta, but six children are killed.
December
* December 1 – In
Indonesia
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Sukarno announces the nationalization of 246 Netherlands, Dutch businesses.
* December 4 – The Lewisham rail crash in London, UK, leaves 92 people dead.
* December 5 – All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from
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* December 6 – The first U.S. attempt to launch a satellite fails, when the Vanguard TV3, Vanguard rocket blows up on the launch pad.
* December 10 – Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson receives the Nobel Peace Prize, for his peacekeeping efforts in the United Nations.
* December 20 – The Boeing 707 airliner flies for the first time.
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* Mao Zedong admits that 800,000 "Enemy of the people, class enemies" had been Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries, summarily liquidated in China, between 1949 and 1954.
* Gruppe SPUR, an artistic collaboration, is founded in Germany.
* Raja Fashions, a tailoring business is founded in Hong Kong.
* The so-called 'mound of Midas', the Great Tumulus near Gordium, is excavated.
* Three new neo-Grotesque (typeface classification), grotesque sans-serif typefaces are released: Folio (typeface), Folio (designed by Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum), Helvetica, Neue Haas Grotesk (designed by Max Miedinger) and Univers (designed by Adrian Frutiger); all will be influential in the International Typographic Style of graphic design.
Births
January
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January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining 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 ye ...
** Isabel Ordaz, Spanish actress
** Ewa Kasprzyk (actress), Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
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January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– Bojan Križaj, Slovenian alpine skier
* January 4 – Patty Loveless, American country music singer
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January 5
Events Pre-1600
* 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French a ...
– Maartin Allcock, English multi-instrumentalist and record producer (d. 2018)
* January 6 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer
* January 7
** Katie Couric, American television host
** Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
** Julian Solís, Puerto Rican former world bantamweight champion boxer
* January 8
** David Lang (composer), David Lang, American composer
** Dwight Clark, American football player (d. 2018)
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January 9
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
*1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin ...
– Bibie, Ghanaian singer
*
January 11
Events Pre-1600
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
* 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muha ...
** Bryan Robson, English footballer
** Claude Criquielion, Belgian bike racer (d. 2015)
* January 12 – John Lasseter, American director, writer and animator
* January 13
** Lorrie Moore, American writer
** Daniel Scioli, Argentine politician and sportsman
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January 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
* 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written c ...
** Anchee Min, Chinese writer
** Wu Chengzhen, Chinese Buddhist Abbot (Buddhism), abbess
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January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
*1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– Mario Van Peebles, African-American actor and director
* January 16 – Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor
* January 17 – Steve Harvey, African-American comedian, television host, radio personality and actor
* January 22
** Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player (d. 2022)
** Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (d. 1993)
** Godfrey Thoma, Nauruan politician
* January 23 – Caroline, Princess of Hanover
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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 ...
– Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
* January 27
** Frank Miller, American comic book writer
** Janick Gers, British heavy metal guitarist
*January 29 – Grażyna Miller, Polish poet
* January 30 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
February
![John Turturro at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/John_Turturro_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg)
* February 1 – Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (d. 1999)
*
February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
– Phil Barney, French singer
* February 5 – Jackie Woodburne, Australian actress
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February 6
** Kathy Najimy, American actress and comedian
** Robert Townsend (actor), Robert Townsend, African-American actor, comedian, director, and writer (''Hollywood Shuffle'')
* February 8 – Cindy Wilson, American rock singer (The B-52's)
* February 9 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
* February 11 – Mitchell Symons, British writer
* February 14 – Soile Isokoski, Finnish lyric soprano
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February 15
** Nathaniel Bar-Jonah, American criminal (d. 2008)
** Shahriar Mandanipour, Iranian writer
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
*1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
*1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...
– LeVar Burton, African-American actor
*
February 17 – Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer, composer, harpist (''Mummers' Dance'')
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February 18
Events Pre-1600
* 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
*1268 & ...
** Marita Koch, German athlete
** Vanna White, American game show presenter (''Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show), Wheel of Fortune'')
* February 19
** Falco (musician), Falco, Austrian rock musician (''Rock Me Amadeus'') (d. 1998)
** Ray Winstone, British actor
* February 20 – Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
*
February 23 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (d. 2009)
* February 25 – Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singaporean politician, 5th Senior Minister of Singapore
* February 27
** Danny Antonucci, Canadian creator of the Cartoon Network show ''Ed, Edd n Eddy''
** Ralph Cox, American professional ice hockey player
** Timothy Spall, English actor
* February 28
** Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer), Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer
** John Turturro, American actor, writer and director
March
![Paul Reiser by Gage Skidmore](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Paul_Reiser_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
* March 4 – Mykelti Williamson, American actor
* March 5 – Mark E. Smith, English singer (d. 2018)
*
March 6
Events Pre-1600
* 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
* 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
* 845 & ...
– Eddie Deezen, American actor, voice actor and comedian
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March 8
Events Pre-1600
* 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''.
*1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
* 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bou ...
– Clive Burr, British heavy metal drummer (d. 2013)
* March 9 – Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician
* March 10
** Matt Knudsen, American actor, comedian and writer
** Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born founder of al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
** Hans-Peter Friedrich, German politician
* March 11 – Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (d. 2020)
* March 12 – Marlon Jackson, African-American singer
* March 13 – David Peaston, American singer (d. 2012)
* March 15
** Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese actor
** Park Overall, American film and television actress
* March 18 – György Pazdera, Hungarian rock bassist (Pokolgép)
* March 19 – Christopher Murray (actor), Christopher Murray, American actor
*
March 20
Events Pre-1600
* 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka.
* 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 1600 – The Link ...
** Vanessa Bell Calloway, African-American actress
** John Grogan, American journalist and non-fiction writer
** Spike Lee, African-American film director and actor
** Theresa Russell, American actress
* March 23
** Edna Molewa, South African politician (d. 2018)
** Teresa Ganzel, American comedian and actress
** Lucio Gutiérrez, 41st President of Ecuador
** Robbie James, Welsh footballer
** Amanda Plummer, American actress
* March 24 – Jack Edwards (sportscaster), Jack Edwards, American play-by-play announcer
* March 26 – Leeza Gibbons, American television personality
*
March 27
Events Pre-1600
*1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom.
* 1329 – Pope John XXII ...
– Stephen Dillane, English actor
* March 28 – Paul Eiding, American actor and voice actor
* March 29 – Christopher Lambert, French-American actor
* March 30
** Shen Yi-ming, Taiwanese Air Force general officer (d. 2020)
** Paul Reiser, American comedian and actor
** Ian Shelton, Canadian astronomer who discovered SN 1987A
* March 31
** Marc McClure, American actor
** Terry Klassen, Canadian voice actor and voice director
April
![Daniel Day Lewis 26 May 2013](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Daniel_Day_Lewis_26_May_2013.jpg)
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April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
*1081 – Alexios I Ko ...
** J. Karjalainen, Finnish rock musician
** Denise Nickerson, American actress (d. 2019)
* April 2
** Mark Alburger, American composer
** Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
* April 4
** Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexican drug lord
** Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
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April 5 – Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan autism campaigner
* April 8 – Henry Cluney, Irish musician
*
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, su ...
– Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (d. 2011)
* April 10 – Ülle Kaljuste, Estonian actress
*
April 12
Events Pre-1600
* 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I.
* 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...
– Vince Gill, American singer and songwriter
* April 14 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
*
April 17
Events Pre-1600
*1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
*1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...
** Afrika Bambaataa, American DJ and producer
** Susan Roman, Canadian voice actress
* April 18 – Genie (feral child), Genie, American feral child
* April 20 - Aviva Chomsky, history professor and coordinator of Latin American studies at Salem State University
* April 21
** Jesse Orosco, American baseball player
** Herbert Wetterauer, German artist and author
** Faustin-Archange Touadéra, 8th President of the Central African Republic
* April 22 – Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland
* April 23
** Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
** Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
*
April 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
*1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...
– Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-British Labour Party politician
* April 25
** Eric Bristow, English darts player (d. 2018)
** Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, 7th Prime Minister and 8th President of Burkina Faso
* April 27 – Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
* April 28 – Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez, Cuban-born experimental filmmaker
* April 29
** Daniel Day-Lewis, English-born actor
** Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist and filmmaker (d. 2003)
May
![Renée Soutendijk 1992](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Ren%C3%A9e_Soutendijk_1992.jpg)
* May 1 – Jo Jorgensen, American libertarian politician and academic
* May 3 – Jo Brand, English comedian
* May 5 – Richard E. Grant, English actor
* May 10 – Sid Vicious (John Beverley), English punk rock bassist (Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
* May 11 – Peter North (actor), Peter North, Canadian adult actor
* May 13 – Carrie Lam, Hong Kong civil servant
* May 14 – Daniela Dessì, Italian operatic soprano (d. 2016)
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May 15
Events Pre-1600
* 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
* 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...
** Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
** Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
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May 16
** Joan Benoit, American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner
** Bob Suter, American professional ice hockey player (d. 2014)
* May 17 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish rock singer and songwriter (Leevi and the Leavings) (d. 2003)
* May 18
** Michael Cretu, Romanian–German new-age musician (Enigma (German band), Enigma)
** Frank Plasberg, German journalist and television presenter
* May 20 – Yoshihiko Noda, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
* May 21
** Rebecca Jones (Mexican actress), Rebecca Jones, Mexican actress
** Judge Reinhold, American actor
** Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
* May 22
** Albert Boonstra, Dutch swimmer
** Shinji Morisue, Japanese gymnast
** Gary Sweet, Australian actor
* May 23 – Jimmy McShane (aka Baltimora), Northern Irish singer and dancer (d. 1995)
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May 24
** John Harrington (ice hockey), John Harrington, American professional ice hockey player
** Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer
** John G. Rowland, American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician, Governor of Connecticut and felon
* May 26
**Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
**Dan Roodt, South African author and politician
* May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, born Susan Ballion, English post-punk singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
* May 28 – Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
* May 29 – Ted Levine, American actor
* May 31 – Jim Craig (ice hockey), Jim Craig, American professional ice hockey player
June
![Gurbanguly_Berdimuhamedow_2012-09-11](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Gurbanguly_Berdimuhamedow_2012-09-11.jpg)
* June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
* June 3 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
* June 5 – Kim Tai-chung, Korean martial artist and former actor and Bruce Lee double (d. 2011)
* June 7 – Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer and songwriter
* June 8
** Scott Adams, American cartoonist (''Dilbert'')
** Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
* June 12
** Timothy Busfield, American actor
** Gamal Al-Ghandour, Egyptian football referee
** Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer
** Tarek Shawki, Egyptian academic, 25th Ministry of Education (Egypt), Minister of Education and Technical Education in Egypt
* June 15 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
* June 19 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d. 2003)
*
June 21
** Michael Bowen (actor), Michael Bowen, American actor
** Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal, Archbishop of Manila
* June 23 – Frances McDormand, American actress
* June 25 – William Goh, Archbishop of Singapore
*
June 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
*1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
* 1499 – Americo Vespucci, on Spanish financed trip, sights coa ...
– Erik Hamrén, Swedish football player
* June 28
** Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player
** Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
* June 29 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
* June 30 – Silvio Orlando, Italian actor
July
![Fumio Kishida 20211004](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Fumio_Kishida_20211005.jpg)
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July 1
** Erdeniin Bat-Üül, Mongolian politician
** Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
* July 2 – Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
* July 3
** Shan Goshorn, American Cherokee artist (d. 2018)
** Ken Ober, American actor and game show host (d. 2009)
* July 4
** Chulabhorn, Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand
** Jenny Seagrove, English actress
** M. Nasir, Singaporean-Malaysian poet, singer-songwriter, composer, producer, actor and film director
** Dmitry Nazarov, Soviet-Russian actor
* July 5 – Doug Wilson (ice hockey), Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey
*
July 6
Events Pre-1600
* 371 BC – The Battle of Leuctra shatters Sparta's reputation of military invincibility.
* 640 – Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeat the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt ...
– Chong Eng, Malaysian politician
* July 7 – Mohd Puad Zarkashi, Malaysian politician
* July 9
** Paul Merton, English writer, actor, comedian, radio and television presenter
** Marc Almond, English singer
** Kelly McGillis, American actress
* July 10 – Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war activist
* July 12
** Götz Alsmann, German television presenter, musician and singer
** Pino Quartullo, Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright
** Rick Husband, American astronaut (d. 2003)
* July 13
** Lília Cabral, Brazilian actress
** Tony Vega, Puerto Rican singer
** Cameron Crowe, American writer and film director
*
July 17
Events Pre-1600
* 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
*1048 – Damasu ...
– Shinobu Otake, Japanese actress
* July 18 – Nick Faldo, British golfer
* July 21
** Jon Lovitz, American actor and comedian
** Stefan Löfven, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden
* July 23 – Theo van Gogh (film director), Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)
* July 24 – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbek politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and 2nd President of Uzbekistan
* July 26
** Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
** Nana Visitor, American actress
* July 27 – Hansi Müller, German footballer
*
July 29
Events Pre-1600
* 587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
* 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
* 904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo ...
** Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
** Fumio Kishida, 100th Prime Minister of Japan
August
![Aj Wej-wej I (2017)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Aj_Wej-wej_I_%282017%29.jpg)
* August 2 – Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali, Malaysian politician (d. 2011)
*
August 4
Events Pre-1600
* 598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during th ...
** Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor
** John Wark, Scottish footballer
* August 6 – Jim McGreevey, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
* August 7 – Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
* August 9 – Melanie Griffith, American actress
* August 10 – Juli Básti, Hungarian actress
* August 11 – Richie Ramone, American rock drummer (Ramones)
* August 14 – Peter Costello, Australian politician
* August 15 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
* August 16
** Tim Farriss, Australian rock guitarist (INXS)
** Laura Innes, American actress and director
** Phil Murphy, American politician
* August 17 – Robin Cousins, British figure skater
* August 18
** Carole Bouquet, French actress
** Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
** Harald Schmidt, German actor, writer, columnist, comedian and television entertainer
* August 19 – Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-born poet
* August 20 – Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
* August 22 – Steve Davis, British snooker player
* August 24 – Stephen Fry, British comedian, author and actor
* August 25 – Simon McBurney, British actor, writer and theatre director
* August 26
** Dr. Alban, Nigerian-born Swedish singer
** Uzo (filmmaker), Uzo, Nigerian-American film producer and director
* August 27 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer
* August 28
** Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia
** Rick Rossovich, American actor
** Daniel Stern (actor), Daniel Stern, American actor
** Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist, philosopher
* August 29
** Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician (d. 2001)
** Shirō Sagisu, Japanese composer
* August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo, American football player
*
August 31
Events Pre-1600
* 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
* 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year ...
** Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)
** Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (d. 1999)
September
![Ferdinand Marcos Jr](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Ferdinand_Marcos_Jr._Inauguration_RTVM_%28Enhanced%29.png)
* September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born American singer
* September 6 – José Sócrates, 117th Prime Minister of Portugal
* September 7
** Ewa Kasprzyk (athlete), Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish athlete
** John McInerney, British-German singer-songwriter (Bad Boys Blue)
* September 8 – Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born Venezuelan singer
* September 11 – Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer
* September 12
** Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
** Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer
** Rachel Ward, English-born actress
** Hans Zimmer, German composer
* September 13
** Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines
** Cesare Bocci, Italian actor
** Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer
* September 16 – David McCreery, Irish footballer
* September 18 – Mark Wells, American professional ice hockey player
* September 19
** Chris Roupas, Greek-American basketball player
** Mark Acheson, Canadian film, television and voice actor
* September 20 – Sabine Christiansen, German journalist and television presenter
*
September 21
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
* 1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
* 1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian ...
** Ethan Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor
** Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
* September 22
** Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor
** Mark Johnson (ice hockey), Mark Johnson, American professional ice hockey player and coach
** Dalia Reyes Barrios, Venezuelan art collector
* September 25 – Michael Madsen, American actor
* September 26 – Luigi De Canio, Italian footballer and football manager
* September 27 – Peter Sellars, American theatre director
* September 28 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician
* September 29 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian
* September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress
October
![Dan Castellaneta cropped](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Dan_Castellaneta_cropped.jpg)
* October 4
**Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
**Aleksandr Tkachyov (gymnast), Aleksandr Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
* October 5 – Bernie Mac, African-American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2008)
* October 7 – Jayne Torvill, British ice dancer and Olympian
* October 8
** Ewan Stewart, Scottish actor
** Magdalena Cajías, Bolivian academic, historian, and politician.
* October 9 – Herman Brusselmans, Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist
* October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist
* October 11
** Dawn French, British comedian
** Eric Keenleyside, Canadian actor
* October 12 – Clémentine Célarié, French actress
* October 15 – Stacy Peralta, American director and skateboarder
* October 20 – Manuel Huerga, Spanish film director and screenwriter
* October 21
** Steve Lukather, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer
** Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate
* October 22 – Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician
* October 23 – Paul Kagame, 4th President of Rwanda
* October 25 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress (Bart Simpson from 'The Simpsons')
* October 26
** Bob Golic, American football player
** Julie Dawn Cole, English actress
* October 27 – Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwanese film director
**Jeff East, American actor
* October 28 – Stephen Morris (musician), Stephen Morris, British drummer
* October 29 – Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor (Homer Simpson from 'The Simpsons')
* October 30
** Kevin Pollak, American actor
** Richard Jeni, American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2007)
* October 31
** Brian Stokes Mitchell, American actor and singer
** Robert Pollard, American musician
** Shirley Phelps-Roper, American political and religious activist
November
![Caroline Kennedy, U](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Caroline_Kennedy%2C_U.S._Ambassador_2.jpg)
* November 3 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artist
* November 4 – Tony Abbott, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
* November 5 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984)
* November 6
** Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer
** Ciro Gomes, Brazilian lawyer and politician
** Klaus Kleinfeld, German business executive
** Lori Singer, American actress and musician
* November 7 – Christopher Knight (actor), Christopher Knight, American actor
* November 10 – George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian
* November 12 – Cécilia Attias, wife of French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy
* November 13
** Greg Abbott, American attorney and politician
** Roger Ingram, American jazz musician, author, educator, trumpet designer
* November 14 – Gregg Burge, American tap dancer and choreographer (d. 1998)
* November 15 – Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist
* November 18 – Olivia Heussler, Swiss photojournalist
* November 19
** Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
** Tom Virtue, American actor
* November 20
** John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)
** Goodluck Jonathan, 14th President of Nigeria
** Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (d. 1985)
* November 21 – Sophie Lorain, Canadian actress, director and producer
* November 22
** Don Newman (basketball), Don Newman, American basketball coach and player (d. 2018)
** Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto
* November 23 – William Kaelin Jr., American cellular biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate
* November 24 – Denise Crosby, American screen actress
* November 26
** Kevin Kamenetz, American politician (d. 2018)
** Matthias Reim, German singer-songwriter
* November 27
** Kenny Acheson, Irish race car driver
** Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic actress, singer, director and artist (d. 2016)
** Caroline Kennedy, American author, attorney and daughter of 35th President John F. Kennedy
* November 30 – Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian
December
![MichaelClarkeDuncanJan09](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/MichaelClarkeDuncanJan09.jpg)
* December 1
** Tjahjo Kumolo, Indonesian politician (d. 2022)
** Deep Roy, Anglo-Indian actor, stuntman, puppeteer, and comedian
** Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
* December 3 – Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician
* December 4 – Eric S. Raymond, American open source software advocate
* December 6
** Thomas Brinkman, American politician
** Andrew Cuomo, American politician
*December 7 – Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)
* December 9
** Peter O'Mara, Australian jazz guitarist and composer
** Donny Osmond, American singer and actor (The Osmonds)
** José Luis Gil, Spanish actor and voice actor
* December 10
** Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
** José Mário Vaz, former List of Presidents of Guinea-Bissau, President of Guinea-Bissau
** Paul Hardcastle, English musician
* December 12 – Sheila E., American percussionist, singer, author, and actress
* December 13 – Steve Buscemi, American actor
* December 15 – Laura Molina (artist), Laura Molina, American artist, musician and actress
* December 16 – Nikolaos Michaloliakos, Greek politician, founder and leader of Golden Dawn (political party), Golden Dawn, a Neo-Nazism, neo-nazi party
* December 17 – Doug Parker (voice actor), Doug Parker, Canadian voice actor and voice director
* December 19
** Tracy Pew, Australian musician (d. 1986)
** Kevin McHale (basketball), Kevin McHale, American basketball player
* December 20
** Billy Bragg, British singer
** Joyce Hyser, American actress
** Anna Vissi, Greek singer
* December 21
** Tom Henke, American baseball player
** Ray Romano, American actor and comedian
* December 24 – Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
* December 25 – Shane MacGowan, Irish singer and songwriter (The Pogues)
* December 30
** Matt Lauer, American newscaster
** Joanna Pacuła, Polish actress
Date unknown
*Emily Alemika, Nigerian Professor of Law
*Genie (feral child), Genie, American feral child
*Marie Mendras, political scientist
Deaths
January
![Humphrey Bogart 1940](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Humphrey_Bogart_1940.jpg)
* January 4 – Theodor Körner (Austrian president), Theodor Körner, Austrian statesman, 5th President of Austria (b. 1873)
*
January 10
Events Pre-1600
* 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
* 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the ...
– Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
* January 13 – A. E. Coppard, English short story writer and poet (b. 1878)
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
* 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written c ...
– Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
* January 16
** Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English army officer and colonial administrator (b. 1874)
** Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
*
January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
* 1156 & ...
– James Brendan Connolly, American Olympic athlete (b. 1868)
*
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 ...
** Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
** William Eythe, American actor (b. 1918)
** José Linhares, Brazilian lawyer, 15th President of Brazil (b. 1886)
**Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat and politician (b. 1887)
February
![Horthy Miklós kormányzó](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Horthy_Mikl%C3%B3s_korm%C3%A1nyz%C3%B3.jpg)
* February 1 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (b. 1890)
*
February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
– Julia Morgan, American architect (b. 1872)
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...
– Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter (b. 1904)
* February 8
** Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
** John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (b. 1903)
* February 9 – Miklós Horthy, Austro-Hungarian admiral and regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (b. 1868)
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, spar ...
– Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
*1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
*1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...
** Josef Hofmann, Polish-born pianist and composer (b. 1876)
** John Sealy Townsend, Sir John Townsend, Irish mathematical physicist (b. 1868)
*
February 18
Events Pre-1600
* 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
*1268 & ...
**
Walter James Bolton
Walter James Bolton (13 August 1888 – 18 February 1957) was a New Zealand farmer who was found guilty of poisoning his wife. He is known as the last person to be executed in New Zealand before the abolition of capital punishment.
Bolton was bo ...
, uxoricide, last person to be executed in New Zealand (b. 1888)
**
Dedan Kimathi
Dedan Kimathi Waciuri (31 October 1920 – 18 February 1957), born ''Kimathi wa Waciuri'' in what was then British Kenya, was the senior military and spiritual leader of the Mau Mau Uprising. Widely regarded as a revolutionary leader, he led th ...
, Kenyan rebel leader, executed (b. 1920)
** Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877)
* February 19 – Märta Torén, Swedish actress (b. 1925)
* February 20 – Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish politician and academic (b. 1878)
*
February 23 – Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1922)
* February 25 – Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
* February 27 – Wiljo Tuompo, Finnish general (b. 1893)
March
![Gheorghe T%C4%83t%C4%83rescu](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Gheorghe_T%C4%83t%C4%83rescu.jpg)
* March 5 – William Cameron Menzies, American film production designer (b. 1896)
*
March 6
Events Pre-1600
* 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
* 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
* 845 & ...
– Alexander Godley, Sir Alexander Godley, British general (b. 1867)
* March 7 – Wyndham Lewis, English painter (b. 1882)
*
March 8
Events Pre-1600
* 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''.
*1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
* 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bou ...
– János Esterházy, Hungarian politician in Czechoslovakia (b. 1901)
* March 11 – Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (b. 1888)
* March 12 – Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
*
March 14 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian racing driver (car crash) (b. 1930)
* March 16 – Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
*
March 17
Events Pre-1600
* 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
* 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...
** Seale Harris, American physician (b.
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
)
**
Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automo ...
, 7th President of the Philippines (killed in plane crash) (b. 1907)
* March 26
** Édouard Herriot, French politician, 66th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
** Max Ophüls, German film director and writer (b. 1902)
* March 28 – Gheorghe Tătărescu, Romanian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1886)
* March 29
** Joyce Cary, Irish author (b. 1888)
** María Josefa Segovia Morón, Spanish Roman Catholic laywoman and venerable (b. 1891)
* March 31 – Gene Lockhart, Canadian actor (b. 1891)
April
![Pedro Infante in Habana, Cuba, c](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Pedro_Infante_in_Habana%2C_Cuba%2C_c.1950s.jpg)
* April 3 – Ned Sparks, Canadian character actor (b. 1883)
* April 4 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)
*
April 5 – Alagappa Chettiar, Indian philanthropist (b. 1909)
* April 6 – Pierina Morosini, Italian Roman Catholic laywoman, martyr and blessed (b. 1931)
* April 8
** Dorothy Sebastian, American actress (b. 1903)
** Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1880)
* April 11 – William Skelly, American oil magnate (b. 1878)
*
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 Guiscar ...
– Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
* April 16 – Johnny Torrio, Italian-born American gangster (b. 1882)
* April 21 – Boris Kozo-Polyansky, Soviet botanist and evolutionary biologist (b. 1890)
* April 23 – Roy Campbell (poet), Roy Campbell, South African poet (b. 1901)
*
April 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
*1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...
– Elizabeth Hesselblad, Swedish nurse and Roman Catholic saint (b.
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
)
* April 25 – Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1880)
* April 26 – Elinor Fair, American actress (b. 1903)
May
![Eliot Ness in 1931](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Eliot_Ness_in_1931.jpg)
* May 1
** Grant Mitchell (actor), Grant Mitchell, American actor (b. 1874)
** George Paish, Sir George Paish, English economist (b. 1867)
*
May 2
Events Pre-1600
* 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
*1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
* 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprison ...
– Joseph McCarthy, American senator (b. 1908)
* May 4 – Katie Johnson (English actress), Katie Johnson, British actress (b. 1878)
* May 7
** Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (b. 1877)
** Zenón Noriega Agüero, Peruvian general, interim President of Peru (b. 1900)
* May 9
** Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)
** Heinrich Campendonk, German-Dutch painter and graphic designer (b. 1889)
* May 12 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian actor and director (b. 1885)
* May 13
** Michael Fekete, Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (b. 1886)
** Prince Makonnen, Ethiopian prince (b. 1923)
** Robert Alfred Theobald, American admiral (b. 1884)
* May 14 – Marie Vassilieff, Soviet artist (b. 1884)
*
May 16
** John Brown (actor), John Brown, British actor (b. 1904)
** Eliot Ness, American Bureau of Prohibition, Prohibition agent (b. 1903)
* May 17 – Francesco Balilla Pratella, Italian composer (b. 1880)
* May 20 – Gilbert Murray, Australian-British classical scholar and intellectual (b. 1866)
* May 29 – James Whale, English film director (b. 1889)
* May 31 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
June
![Ignatius Afram I Barsoum](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Ignatius_Afram_I_Barsoum.jpg)
* June 1
** Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis, Lithuanian military leader (b. 1897)
** Luisa Casati, Italian patron of the arts (b. 1881)
* June 6 – Kulyash Baiseitova, Soviet composer (b. 1912)
* June 12
** Robert Alton, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1906)
** Mario Urteaga Alvarado, Peruvian painter (b. 1875)
** Jimmy Dorsey, American jazz musician (b. 1904)
* June 13 – Irving Baxter, American athlete (b. 1876)
* June 14 – María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo, Filipino Roman Catholic nun and servant of God (b. 1884)
* June 15 – Norina Matchabelli, Princess Norina Matchabelli, Italian perfumier (b. 1880)
* June 17
** Dorothy Richardson, English feminist writer (b. 1873)
** Augusto Samuel Boyd, 20th President of Panama (b. 1879)
* June 18 – Henry H. Goddard, American psychologist and eugenicist (b. 1866)
*
June 21 – Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
* June 23 – Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum (b. 1887)
* June 24 – František Kupka, Czech painter and graphic artist (b. 1871)
* June 26
** Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
** Malcolm Lowry, English poet and novelist (b. 1909)
*
June 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded.
*1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England.
* 1499 – Americo Vespucci, on Spanish financed trip, sights coa ...
** Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
** David Wallin, Swedish artist (b. 1876)
July
![Tomasi di Lampedusa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Tomasi_di_Lampedusa.jpg)
* July 3
** Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (b. 1904)
** Judy Tyler, American actress (b. 1932)
* July 4 – Maria Crocifissa Curcio, Italian Roman Catholic and Carmelite nun (b. 1877)
* July 8 – Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (b. 1879)
* July 10 – Sholem Asch, Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist and essayist (b. 1880)
*
July 11
Events Pre-1600
* 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
* 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...
–
Aga Khan III
Sultan Muhammad Shah (2 November 187711 July 1957), commonly known by his religious title Aga Khan III, was the 48th Imam of the Nizariyya. He played an important role in British Indian politics.
Born to Aga Khan II in Karachi, Aga Khan II ...
, 48th Nizari Imam (b. 1877)
* July 15
** George Cleveland, Canadian actor (b. 1885)
** James M. Cox, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the 1920 United States presidential election, election of 1920 (b.
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
)
** Vasily Maklakov, Russian liberal politician and parliamentary orator (b. 1869)
* July 23 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (b. 1896)
* July 24
** Metodija Andonov-Čento, Macedonian statesman (b. 1902)
** Sacha Guitry, Russian-born French playwright, actor and director (b. 1885)
* July 26 – Carlos Castillo Armas, Guatemalan military officer and politician, 28th President of Guatemala (assassinated) (b. 1914)
*
July 28
Events Pre-1600
*1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
*1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, Thom ...
– Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator and author (b. 1876)
August
![Washington Luís (foto)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Washington_Lu%C3%ADs_%28foto%29.jpg)
* August 3 – Devdas Gandhi, youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1900)
*
August 4
Events Pre-1600
* 598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo during th ...
– Washington Luís, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
* August 5 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
* August 7 – Oliver Hardy, American actor (b. 1892)
* August 11 – Rudolf Weigl, Polish biologist (b. 1883)
* August 16 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
* August 19 – David Bomberg, British Vorticist painter (b. 1890)
* August 20 – Julio Lozano Díaz, President of Honduras (b. 1885)
* August 30 – Harold Gatty, Australian aviator (b. 1903)
September
![Haakon7](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Haakon7.jpg)
* September 1 – Dennis Brain, English French horn player (b. 1921) (car crash)
* September 2 – Bobby Myers (racing driver), Bobby Myers, American NASCAR driver (b. 1927)
*
September 9
Events Pre-1600
* 337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine I as co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
*1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
* 1141 – ...
– Muhammad al-Muqri, grand vizier of Morocco (b. 1844)
* September 15 – Lee Hill (actor), Lee Hill, American actor (b. 1894)
* September 16 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864)
* September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
*
September 21
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
* 1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
* 1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian ...
**Jimmy Callahan (actor), Jimmy Callahan, American actor (b. 1891)
** Norma Giménez, Argentine actress (b. 1930)
** Margaret Ashmore Sudduth, American educator, editor, temperance advocate (b. 1859)
** King Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
* September 22 – Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
* September 25 – Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1895)
* September 28 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician (b. 1888)
* September 29 – George Bagration of Mukhrani, Prince George Bagration, Georgian nobleman (b. 1884)
October
![Gerty Theresa Cori](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Gerty_Theresa_Cori.jpg)
* October 3
** Bernard Maybeck, American Arts and Crafts architect (b. 1862)
** Lőrinc Szabó, Hungarian poet (b. 1900)
* October 9 – Hassiba Ben Bouali, Algerian militant (b. 1938)
* October 19 – V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist (b. 1892)
* October 20 – Jack Buchanan, British actor (b. 1891)
* October 23 – Frederick Burton (actor), Frederick Burton, American actor (b. 1871)
* October 24
** Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)
** Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African artist (b. 1886)
* October 25
** Albert Anastasia, American gangster (b. 1902)
** Lord Dunsany, Irish author (b. 1878)
* October 26
** Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)
** Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (b. 1883)
* October 27 – Giovanni Battista Caproni, Italian aeronautical, civil and electrical engineer, aircraft designer and industrialist (b. 1886)
* October 29 – Louis B. Mayer, American film studio mogul, former head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (b. 1885)
* October 30 – José Patricio Guggiari, Paraguayan politician, 32nd President of Paraguay (b. 1884)
November
* November 2
** William Haywood (architect), William Haywood, British architect (b. 1876)
** Ted Meredith, American Olympic athlete (b. 1891)
* November 3
** Charles Brabin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882)
** Laika, Soviet space dog (b. c. 1954)
** Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1897)
* November 4
** Joseph Canteloube, French composer and singer (b. 1879)
** Shoghi Effendi, Bahá'í leader (b. 1897)
** Grigore Preoteasa, Romanian activist (b. 1915)
* November 7
** Dina Romano, Italian stage and film actress (b. 1888)
** Hasui Kawase, Japanese painter and printmaker (b. 1883)
* November 11 – Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer), Masao Maruyama, Japanese general (b. 1889)
* November 13 – Antonín Zápotocký, 6th President and 15th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
* November 15 – Andrzej Bursa, Polish poet (b. 1932)
* November 17 – Cora Witherspoon, American actress (b. 1890)
* November 18 – Rudolf Diels, German Nazi civil servant and ''Gestapo'' chief (b. 1900)
* November 24 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
* November 25
** Prince George of Greece and Denmark, high commissioner of the Cretan State (b. 1869)
** Raymond Griffith, American actor (b. 1895)
** William V. Pratt, American admiral (b. 1869)
* November 26
** Billy Bevan, Australian actor (b. 1887)
** Petros Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1884)
* November 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
* November 30 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)
December
![James Stevenson-Hamilton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/James_Stevenson-Hamilton.png)
* December 2 – Harrison Ford (silent film actor), Harrison Ford, American silent film actor (b. 1884)
* December 4 – John Lavarack, Sir John Lavarack, Australian general, Governor of Queensland (b. 1885)
* December 6
** Claude Barnard, Australian politician and government minister (b. 1890)
** Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French aircraft designer and pioneer rocket theorist (b. 1881)
* December 8
**Petre Antonescu (general), Petre Antonescu, Romanian general (b. 1891)
**Reginald Sheffield, English actor (b. 1901)
* December 10 – Maurice McLoughlin, American tennis champion (b. 1890)
* December 10
** James Stevenson-Hamilton, first warden of South Africa's Kruger National Park (b. 1867)
** Napoleon Zervas, Greek WW II Resistance leader (b. 1891)
* December 11 – Musidora, French actress (b. 1889)
* December 15 – Alfonso Bedoya, Mexican actor (b. 1904)
* December 17 – Dorothy L. Sayers, British crime writer, poet, playwright and essayist (b. 1893)
* December 21 – Eric Coates, English composer (b. 1886)
* December 24 – Norma Talmadge, American actress (b. 1894)
* December 25
** Alfred Walton Hinds, 17th Naval Governor of Guam (b. 1874)
** Charles Pathé, French film pioneer (b. 1863)
* December 26 – Angelo Motta, Italian entrepreneur (b. 1890)
* December 28 – Hilda Vaughn, American actress (b. 1898)
* December 31 – Óscar Domínguez, Spanish painter (b. 1906)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Chen-Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Alexander R. Todd, Lord Alexander R. Todd
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Daniel Bovet
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Albert Camus
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Lester Bowles Pearson
References
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