Events
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 yea ...
– The
European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being.
*
January 3 – The
West Indies Federation
The West Indies Federation, also known as the West Indies, the Federation of the West Indies or the West Indian Federation, was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that ...
is formed.
*
January 4
**
Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reache ...
's
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
completes the third overland journey to the
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole, Terrestrial South Pole or 90th Parallel South, is one of the two points where Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipod ...
, the first to use powered vehicles.
**
Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up.
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January 13 –
Battle of Edchera
The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain (''la Guerra Olvidada''), was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi I ...
: The
Moroccan Army of Liberation
The Army of Liberation ( ary, جيش التحرير, translit=Jish Etteḥrir; ber, Aserdas Uslelli, script=Latn) was an organization of various loosely united militias fighting for the independence of Morocco from the French-Spanish coalitio ...
ambushes a Spanish patrol.
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January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "
Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in
Washington, D.C.
)
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*
January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
*1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the ...
– The first successful American
satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioi ...
,
Explorer 1, is launched into orbit.
February
*
February 1 –
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
and
Syria unite, to form the
United Arab Republic
The United Arab Republic (UAR; ar, الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, al-Jumhūrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah) was a sovereign state in the Middle East from 1958 until 1971. It was initially a political union between Eg ...
.
*
February 6 – Seven
Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed in the
Munich air disaster in West Germany, on the return flight from a
European Cup game in
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
. 23 people survive, but 4 of them, including manager
Matt Busby and players
Johnny Berry and
Duncan Edwards, are in serious condition. Busby and Berry will pull through, although Berry will never play again. Edwards dies a fortnight later.
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February 11
**Marshal
Chen Yi Chen Yi may refer to:
* Xuanzang (602–664), born as Chen Yi, Chinese Buddhist monk in Tang Dynasty
* Chen Yi (Kuomintang)
Chen Yi (; courtesy names Gongxia (公俠) and later Gongqia (公洽), sobriquet Tuisu (退素); May 3, 1883 – June ...
succeeds
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai (; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman and military officer who served as the first premier of the People's Republic of China from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 January 1976. Zhou served under Chairman Ma ...
as Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs.
**
Ruth Carol Taylor is the first
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
woman hired as a
flight attendant. Hired by
Mohawk Airlines, her career lasts only 6 months, due to another discriminatory barrier – the airline's ban on married flight attendants.
*
February 14 – The
Hashemite
The Hashemites ( ar, الهاشميون, al-Hāshimīyūn), also House of Hashim, are the royal family of Jordan, which they have ruled since 1921, and were the royal family of the kingdoms of Hejaz (1916–1925), Syria (1920), and Iraq (1921 ...
Kingdoms of
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
and
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
unite in the
Arab Federation, with King
Faisal II of Iraq
Faisal II ( ar, الملك فيصل الثاني ''el-Melik Faysal es-Sânî'') (2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regici ...
as head of state.
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February 21
Events Pre-1600
*452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine.
* 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
*1440 – The Pru ...
– A
peace symbol
A number of peace symbols have been used many ways in various cultures and contexts. The dove and olive branch was used symbolically by early Christians and then eventually became a secular peace symbol, popularized by a ''Dove'' lithograph b ...
is designed and completed by
Gerald Holtom
Gerald Herbert Holtom (20 January 1914 – 18 September 1985Westcott, Kathryn (20 March 2008"World's best-known protest symbol turns 50"'' BBC.co.uk (News)'' (Retrieved: 21 February 2010)) was a British artist and designer. In 1958, he designed ...
, commissioned by the
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuc ...
, in protest against the
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment.
*
February 23
**
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
n rebels kidnap five-time world driving champion
Juan Manuel Fangio, releasing him 28 hours later.
**
Arturo Frondizi
Arturo Frondizi Ércoli (October 28, 1908 – April 18, 1995) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher and politician, who was elected President of Argentina and ruled between May 1, 1958 and March 29, 1962, when he was overthrown by a ...
is elected president of
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
*
February 24 – In
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
,
Fidel Castro's ''
Radio Rebelde
Radio Rebelde (English: Rebel Radio) is a Cuban Spanish-language radio station. It broadcasts 24 hours a day with a varied program of national and international music hits of the moment, news reports and live sport events. The station was set up ...
'' begins broadcasting from
Sierra Maestra
The Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of the old Oriente Province in southeast Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast. The range falls mainly within the Santiago de Cuba and in Granma Provinces. Some view it a ...
.
*
February 17 –
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, philosopher, logician, and public intellectual. He had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, ...
launches the
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is an organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuc ...
in the UK.
*
February 28 –
Prestonsburg bus disaster: One of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history occurs when a school bus hits a truck and falls into a river, resulting in 27 deaths, 26 of them schoolchildren. Twenty-two others are rescued.
March
*
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 ...
– Turkish passenger ship capsizes and sinks in the
Gulf of İzmit
Gulf of İzmit ( Turkish: ''İzmit Körfezi''), also referred to as Izmit Bay, is a bay at the easternmost edge of the Sea of Marmara, in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. The gulf takes its name from the city of İzmit. Other cities and towns around ...
, Turkey; at least 300 die.
*
March 2
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost cut o ...
– A British
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
team, led by Sir
Vivian Fuchs
Sir Vivian Ernest Fuchs ( ; 11 February 1908 – 11 November 1999) was an English scientist-explorer and expedition organizer. He led the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition which reached the South Pole overland in 1958.
Biography
Fuchs ...
, completes the first overland crossing of the Antarctic, using
snowcat caterpillar tractors and dogsled teams, in 99 days, via the
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole, Terrestrial South Pole or 90th Parallel South, is one of the two points where Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipod ...
.
*
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 ...
– The is decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy without an active battleship for the first time since
1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that ...
(she is recommissioned October 22, 1988).
*
March 11
Events Pre-1600
* 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander.
* 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the ven ...
– A U.S.
B-47
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet (Boeing company designation Model 450) is a retired American long- range, six-engined, turbojet-powered strategic bomber designed to fly at high subsonic speed and at high altitude to avoid enemy interceptor aircr ...
bomber
accidentally drops an
atom bomb
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb ...
on
Mars Bluff, South Carolina
Mars Bluff is an unincorporated community in Florence County, South Carolina, United States that bears the distinction of having been inadvertently bombed with a nuclear weapon by the United States Air Force.
History
Originally known as Marr's ...
. Without a fissile warhead, its conventional explosives destroy a house and injure several people.
*
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 ...
– The United States launches the
Vanguard 1
Vanguard 1 (Harvard designation: 1958-Beta 2, COSPAR ID: 1958-005B ) is an American satellite that was the fourth artificial Earth-orbiting satellite to be successfully launched, following Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2, and Explorer 1. It was laun ...
satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioi ...
.
*
March 19
Events Pre-1600
* 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.
* 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
– The
Monarch Underwear Company fire occurs in New York, United States, killing 24 people.
*
March 25 – Canada's
Avro Arrow
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) p ...
makes its maiden flight.
*
March 26
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
*1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, ...
** The
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...
launches
Explorer 3.
** The
30th Academy Awards
The 30th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 26, 1958, to honor the best films of 1957.
The Oscar for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium was awarded to Pierre Boulle for ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'', despite the f ...
Ceremony takes place; ''
The Bridge on the River Kwai
''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' is a 1957 epic war film directed by David Lean and based on the 1952 novel written by Pierre Boulle. Although the film uses the historical setting of the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–1943, th ...
'' wins 7 awards, including
Academy Award for Best Picture.
*
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 ...
–
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of the country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. During his rule, Khrushchev s ...
becomes
Premier of the Soviet Union
The Premier of the Soviet Union (russian: Глава Правительства СССР) was the head of government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The office had four different names throughout its existence: Chairman of the ...
.
April
*
April 3
Events Pre-1600
* 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
*1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
*1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.
* ...
– In Cuba,
Castro's revolutionary army begins its attacks on
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. .
*
April 13 – The satellite
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 (, russian: Спутник-2, ''Satellite 2''), or Prosteyshiy Sputnik 2 (PS-2, russian: Простейший Спутник 2, italic=yes, ''Simplest Satellite 2'') was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, on 3 November 195 ...
(launched November 3, 1957) disintegrates during reentry from orbit.
*
April 14
Events Pre-1600
* 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
* 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho ...
–
Van Cliburn
Harvey Lavan "Van" Cliburn Jr. (; July 12, 1934February 27, 2013) was an American pianist who, at the age of 23, achieved worldwide recognition when he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 during the Cold W ...
wins the
International Tchaikovsky Competition
The International Tchaikovsky Competition is a classical music competition held every four years in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia, for pianists, violinists, and cellists between 16 and 32 years of age and singers between 19 and 32 years of ...
for
pianists
A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...
in Moscow, breaking
Cold War tensions.
*
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 ...
– King
Baudouin of Belgium officially opens the
world's fair
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...
in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, also known as
Expo 58. The
Atomium
The Atomium ( , , ) is a landmark building in Brussels, Belgium, originally constructed for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo '58). It is located on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in Laeken (northern part of the City of Brussels), where the ex ...
forms the centrepiece.
*
April 20
Events Pre-1600
* 1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.
1601–1900
*1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament.
*1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys ...
– The
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling is always used instead of ''Canadians''. The French spelling of ''Montréal'' is also sometimes used in the English media. (french: link=no, Les Canadiens de Montréal), officially ...
win the
Stanley Cup in
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
, after
defeating the US team the
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...
in 6 games.
*
April 21 –
United Airlines Flight 736
United Air Lines Flight 736 was a scheduled transcontinental passenger service flown daily by United Airlines between Los Angeles and New York City. On April21, 1958, the airliner assigned to the flight, a Douglas DC-7 with 47 on board, was fl ...
is involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Air Force
F-100F jet fighter in what is now
Enterprise, Nevada; all 49 persons in both aircraft are killed.
May
*
May 1
Events Pre-1600
* 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor.
* 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches.
*1169 – N ...
**
Arturo Frondizi
Arturo Frondizi Ércoli (October 28, 1908 – April 18, 1995) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, teacher and politician, who was elected President of Argentina and ruled between May 1, 1958 and March 29, 1962, when he was overthrown by a ...
becomes
President of Argentina.
** U.S. space scientist
James van Allen
James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa. He was instrumental in establishing the field of magnetospheric research in space.
The Van Allen radiation belts were named aft ...
announces the discovery of Earth's
magnetosphere.
** The
Nordic Passport Union
The Nordic Passport Union allows citizens of the Nordic countriesIceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finlandto travel and reside in another Nordic country without any travel documentation (e.g. a passport or national identity card) or a r ...
comes into force.
*
May 10 – Interviewed in the Chave d'Ouro café, when asked about his rival
António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar (, , ; 28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese dictator who served as President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the ("National Dictatorship"), he reframed the r ...
,
Humberto Delgado
Humberto da Silva Delgado, ComC, GCA, GOA, ComA, OA, ComSE, GCL, OIP, CBE (Portuguese pronunciation: ˈbɛɾtu dɛɫˈɡadu 15 May 1906 – 13 February 1965) was a General of the Portuguese Air Force, diplomat and politician.
Early life ...
utters one of the most famous comments in Portuguese political history: "Obviamente, demito-o! (Obviously, I'll sack him!)".
*
May 12
Events Pre-1600
* 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.
* 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang d ...
– A formal
North American Aerospace Defense Command
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection ...
agreement is signed between the United States and Canada.
*
May 13
Events Pre-1600
*1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''.
* 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...
**
Crisis in France:
French Algerian protesters seize government offices in
Algiers, leading to a military coup.
** During a visit to
Caracas,
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
,
Vice President
A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on ...
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
's car is attacked by
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 ...
demonstrators.
*
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 ...
– 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 3
Sputnik 3 (russian: Спутник-3, Satellite 3) was a Soviet satellite launched on 15 May 1958 from Baikonur Cosmodrome by a modified R-7/SS-6 ICBM. The scientific satellite carried a large array of instruments for geophysical research of ...
.
*
May 18
Events Pre-1600
* 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
* 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of ...
– An
F-104 Starfighter sets a world speed record of .
*
May 20
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
* 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...
– The
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
n government of
Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator ...
launches a counteroffensive against Castro's rebels.
*
May 22
Events Pre-1600
* 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
* 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
* 1 ...
– U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...
becomes the first American elected official to be broadcast on color television.
*
May 23
Events Pre-1600
* 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
*1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
* 1533 – The marriage of King Henry VI ...
–
Explorer 1 ceases transmission.
*
May 28
Events Pre-1600
*585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from ...
–
Real Madrid beats
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan (), commonly referred to as AC Milan or simply Milan, is a professional Association football, football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 ...
3–2 at
Heysel Stadium
The King Baudouin Stadium (french: Stade Roi Baudouin , nl, Koning Boudewijnstadion ) is a sports ground in north-west Brussels, Belgium. Located in the Heysel district of the City of Brussels, it was built to embellish the Heysel Plateau in ...
,
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
and wins the
1957–58 European Cup
The 1957–58 European Cup was the third season of the European Cup, Europe's premier club football tournament. The competition was won by Real Madrid, who beat Milan 3–2 in the final, following a 2–2 draw after 90 minutes. This was Real Ma ...
.
*
May 30 – The bodies of unidentified United States soldiers killed in action during World War II and the
Korean War
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are buried at the
Tomb of the Unknowns
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a historic monument dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified. It is located in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States. The World War I "Unknown" is a re ...
, in
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is one of two national cemeteries run by the United States Army. Nearly 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington, Virginia. There are about 30 funerals conducted on weekdays and 7 held on Sa ...
.
June
*
June 1
Events Pre-1600
*1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
* 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed k ...
**
Charles de Gaulle is brought out of retirement at Colombey-les-Deux-Églises to lead France by decree for 6 months.
**
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
extends its fishing limits to 12 miles (22.2 km).
*
June 4
Events Pre-1600
*1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
* 1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedr ...
– French Prime Minister
Charles de Gaulle visits
Algeria
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.
*
June 16
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal, Roman forces suffer several attacks from the Persians.
* 632 – Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king ...
–
Imre Nagy and other leaders of the failed
Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; hu, 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the Hunga ...
are hanged for treason, following secret trials.
*
June 20 – The iron
barque
A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore- and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, b ...
''Omega'' of
Callao,
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
(built in Liverpool, 1887), sinks on passage carrying
guano from the Pachacamac Islands for
Huacho
Huacho () is a city in Peru, capital of the Huaura Province and capital of the Lima Region. Also is the most populated city of the Lima Region and Norte Chico. It is located 223 feet (68 metres) above sea level and 148 km north of the city of ...
, the world's last
full-rigged ship
A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel's sail plan with three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. A full-rigged ship is said to have a ship rig or be ship-rigged. Such vessels also have each mast stepped in three s ...
trading under sail alone.
*
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 ...
– The
Peronist Party
The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism.
Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...
becomes legal again in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
.
*
June 29
Events Pre-1600
* 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
*1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
* 1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...
–
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 ...
beats
Sweden 5–2 in the
final game, to win the
football World Cup
A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...
in
Sweden.
*
June 30
Events Pre-1600
* 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
* 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
*1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan ...
– The
Ifni War
The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain (''la Guerra Olvidada''), was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by Moroccan insurgents that began in October 1957 and culminated with the abortive siege of Sidi ...
ends in
Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sahara ( es, Sahara Español; ar, الصحراء الإسبانية, As-Sahrā'a Al-Isbānīyah), officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara from 1884 to 1958 then Province of the Sahara between 1958 and 1976, was the name used f ...
.
July
*
July 9 –
1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami
The 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake occurred on PST with a moment magnitude of 7.8 to 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''). The strike-slip earthquake took place on the Fairweather Fault and triggered a rockslide of 30 million ...
: A 7.8 strike-slip earthquake in
Southeast Alaska causes a
landslide that produces a
megatsunami
A megatsunami is a very large wave created by a large, sudden displacement of material into a body of water.
Megatsunamis have quite different features from ordinary tsunamis. Ordinary tsunamis are caused by underwater tectonic activity (movemen ...
. The runup from the waves reaches on the rim of
Lituya Bay
Lituya Bay (; Tlingit: ''Ltu.aa'',. Spelled L'tua in translation of Tebenkov's log. meaning 'lake within the point')
is a fjord located on the coast of the south-east part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is long and wide at its widest point ...
.
*
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, ...
– Count Michael Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde, direct descendant of
Samuel Aba, King of Hungary
Samuel Aba ( hu, Aba Sámuel; before 990 or 1009 – 5 July 1044) reigned as King of Hungary between 1041 and 1044. He was born to a prominent family with extensive domains in the region of the Mátra Hills. Based on reports in the ''Gesta ...
, age 60, is pistol-whipped and murdered over a few hectares of land by
Czechoslovak
Czechoslovak may refer to:
*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
**Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...
Communists, during the collectivization process at his residence in
Olcsvar,
Slovakia
Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...
.
*
July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine II o ...
**
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the developmen ...
, at this time known as
The Quarrymen
The Quarrymen (also written as "the Quarry Men") are a British skiffle/ rock and roll group, formed by John Lennon in Liverpool in 1956, which evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Originally consisting of Lennon and several schoolfriends, the Q ...
, pay 17 shillings and 6 pence to have their first recording session where they record
Buddy Holly's "
That'll Be the Day
"That'll Be the Day" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Jerry Allison. It was first recorded by Buddy Holly and the Three Tunes in 1956 and was re-recorded in 1957 by Holly and his new band, the Crickets. The 1957 recording achieved widespr ...
" and "
In Spite of All the Danger
"In Spite of All the Danger" is the first song recorded by the Quarrymen, then consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, pianist John Lowe, and drummer Colin Hanton.
McCartney wrote the song and Harrison provided the guitar so ...
", a song written by
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 ...
and
George Harrison.
**
Henri Cornelis becomes Governor-General of the
Belgian Congo
The Belgian Congo (french: Congo belge, ; nl, Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964.
Colo ...
, the last Belgian governor prior to independence.
*
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 ...
–
July 14 Revolution in Iraq:
King Faisal is killed.
Abd al-Karim Qasim
Abd al-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli al-Zubaidi ( ar, عبد الكريم قاسم ' ) (21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi Army brigadier and nationalist who came to power when the Iraqi monarchy was overthrown d ...
assumes power.
*
July 15
Events Pre-1600
*484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome
* 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
* 756 – ...
– In
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
, 5,000
United States Marines
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 com ...
land in the capital
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
in support of the pro-Western government.
*
July 24
Events Pre-1600
*1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
* 1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
*1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirl ...
– Fourteen
life peerage
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s, the first under the
Life Peerages Act 1958
The Life Peerages Act 1958 established the modern standards for the creation of life peers by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom.
Background
This Act was made during the Conservative governments of 1957–1964, when Harold Macmillan was Prime M ...
, are created in the United Kingdom.
*
July 26
Events Pre-1600
* 657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
* 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is se ...
**
Explorer program
The Explorers program is a NASA exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, geophysics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Launched in 1958, Explorer 1 was the first spacecraft of the United Stat ...
:
Explorer 4 is launched in the United States.
** Queen
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
of the United Kingdom announces that she is giving her son and
heir apparent
An heir apparent, often shortened to heir, is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person; a person who is first in the order of succession but can be displaced by the b ...
Prince Charles, the customary title of
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers ...
. The announcement is made at the end of the
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, held in Cardiff.
*
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
U.S. Congress
The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washin ...
formally creates the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
*
July 31 – The
Tibetan resistance movement against rule by China receives support from the United States
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
.
August
*
August 3
Events Pre-1600
* 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
* 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emper ...
– The nuclear-powered submarine becomes the first vessel to cross the
North Pole
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's rotation, Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distingu ...
under water.
*
August 6
** Australian athlete
Herb Elliott
Herbert James Elliott (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle distance runner of his era. In August 1958 he set the world record in the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the re ...
clips almost 3 seconds off the
world record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organization ...
for the
mile run
The mile run (1,760 yards or exactly 1,609.344 metres) is a middle-distance foot race.
The history of the mile run event began in England, where it was used as a distance for gambling races. It survived track and field's switch to ...
at
Santry Stadium
Morton Stadium, or the National Athletics Stadium, is an athletics stadium in Santry Demesne, Santry in Ireland. Often called Santry Stadium, it is the centre for athletics events in Dublin city and the home track of Clonliffe Harriers. It has ...
,
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 c ...
, recording a time of 3 minutes 54.5 seconds.
** The
Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy, which outlawed the
Communist Party of Chile
The Communist Party of Chile ( es, Partido Comunista de Chile, ) is a communist party in Chile. It was founded in 1912 as the Socialist Workers' Party () and adopted its current name in 1922. The party established a youth wing, the Communist Youth ...
and banned 26,650 persons from the electoral lists, is repealed.
*
August 14 –
KLM Flight 607-E, a
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
The Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation is an American aircraft, a member of the Lockheed Constellation aircraft line. The L-1049 was Lockheed's response to the successful Douglas DC-6 airliner, first flying in 1950. The aircraft was also produc ...
, crashes into the sea with 99 people aboard.
*
August 17
Events Pre-1600
*309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike.
* 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.
* 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
– The first
Thor-Able
The Thor-Able was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket used for a series of re-entry vehicle tests and satellite launches between 1958 and 1960. It was a two-stage rocket, consisting of a Thor IRBM as a first stage and a Vang ...
rocket is launched, carrying
Pioneer 0, from
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
Space Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17), previously designated Launch Complex 17 (LC-17), was a launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida used for Thor and Delta launch vehicles launches between 1958 and 2011.
It was built in ...
. The launch fails due to a first stage malfunction.
*
August 18
Events Pre-1600
* 684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
* 707 – Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei.
*1304 & ...
–
Brojen Das from
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Myanmar, wi ...
swims across the
English Channel
The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...
in a competition, the first
Bangali as well as the first Asian to ever do it. He is first among 39 competitors.
*
August 21 –
October 15 –
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockf ...
observes the centennial of the
Lincoln–Douglas debates.
*
August 23
Events Pre-1600
*30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Cae ...
– The
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict that took place between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). In this conflict, the PRC shelled the islands of Kinm ...
begins, with the
People's Liberation Army's bombardment of
Quemoy
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It lies roughly east of the city of Xiamen in Fujian, from which it is separate ...
.
*
August 26
Events Pre-1600
* 683 – Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah.
*1071 – The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most ...
– A
general strike is called in
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
.
*
August 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple.
* 1282 – Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
*1363 – The five-week Battle of Lake ...
–
September 1
Events Pre-1600
*1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
*1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona b ...
–
Notting Hill race riots
The Notting Hill race riots were a series of racially motivated riots that took place in Notting Hill, England, between 29 August and 5 September 1958.
Background
Following the end of the Second World War, as a result of the losses during the wa ...
: Riots occur between blacks and whites in
Notting Hill
Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a cosmopolitan and multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and Portobello Road Ma ...
, London.
September
*
September 1
Events Pre-1600
*1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated.
*1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona b ...
– The
first Cod War begins between the United Kingdom and
Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
.
*
September 2
Events
Pre-1600
* 44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
* 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of the ...
**
Hendrik Verwoerd
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (; 8 September 1901 – 6 September 1966) was a South African politician, a scholar of applied psychology and sociology, and chief editor of '' Die Transvaler'' newspaper. He is commonly regarded as the architect ...
becomes the 6th
Prime Minister of South Africa.
** China's first television broadcasts start at Beijing Television Station, a predecessor of
China Central Television.
*
September 4
Events Pre-1600
* 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
* 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne ove ...
–
Jorge Alessandri
Jorge Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez (; 19 May 1896 – 31 August 1986) was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador All ...
is the winner of
Chile's presidential election.
*
September 6
Events Pre-1600
* 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish ''magister militum'' Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
*1492 – Christopher Colu ...
–
Paul Robeson
Paul Leroy Robeson ( ; April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, stage and film actor, professional American football, football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplish ...
performs in concert at the Soviet
Young Pioneer camp
Young Pioneer camp (russian: Пионерский лагерь) was the name for the vacation or summer camp of Young Pioneers. In the 20th century these camps existed in many socialist countries, particularly in the Soviet Union.
The You ...
Artek.
*
September 12
Events Pre-1600
*490 BC – Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.
* 372 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Jin ...
–
Jack Kilby
Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part (along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1 ...
invents the first
integrated circuit, while working at
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globa ...
.
*
September 14
Events Pre-1600
*AD 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
* 629 – Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
* 786 – "Night ...
– Two
rockets
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designed by German engineer
Ernst Mohr (the first German post-war rockets) reach the upper atmosphere.
*
September 18
Events Pre-1600
* 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects.
* 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor a ...
–
BankAmericard
Visa Inc. (; stylized as ''VISA'') is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California. It facilitates electronic funds transfers throughout the world, most commonly through Visa-branded cred ...
, the first
credit card
A credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's accrued debt (i.e., promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus the o ...
to be widely offered, is launched in
Fresno, California
Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, maki ...
in what becomes known as the "Fresno Drop".
*
September 27
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
* 1331 – The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teuton ...
**
Typhoon Ida kills at least 1,269 in
Honshū, Japan.
**
Hurricane Helene, the worst storm of the North Atlantic hurricane season, reaches category 4 status.
*
September 28 – In the
1958 French constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in France on 28 September 1958.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p674 Voters were asked whether they approved of the adoption of a constitution for the French Fift ...
, a majority of 79% says yes to the constitution of the
Fifth Republic.
*
September 30
Events Pre-1600
* 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.
* 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their b ...
– The
U.S.S.R.
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
performs a
nuclear test
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine nuclear weapons' effectiveness, Nuclear weapon yield, yield, and explosive capability. Testing nuclear weapons offers practical information about how the weapons function, how detona ...
at
Novaya Zemlya.
October
* October –
GoldStar, as predecessor for
LG Electronics
LG Electronics Inc. () is a South Korean multinational electronics company headquartered in Yeouido-dong, Seoul, South Korea. LG Electronics is a part of LG Corporation, the fourth largest '' chaebol'' in South Korea, and often considered a ...
, founded in South Korea.
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October 1
Events Pre-1600
* 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela.
* 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated.
* 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadw ...
**
Tunisia
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and
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
join the
Arab League.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil List of government space agencies, space program ...
starts operations and replaces the
NACA
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a United States federal agency founded on March 3, 1915, to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. On October 1, 1958, the agency was dissolved and its assets ...
in the United States.
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October 2
Events Pre-1600
* 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
* 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and ...
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Guinea declares itself independent from France.
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October 4
Events Pre-1600
*AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
*1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
*1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes t ...
** The new
Constitution of France is signed into law, establishing the
French Fifth Republic
The Fifth Republic (french: Cinquième République) is France's current republican system of government. It was established on 4 October 1958 by Charles de Gaulle under the Constitution of the Fifth Republic.. The Fifth Republic emerged from ...
.
**
British Overseas Airways Corporation
British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was the British state-owned airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services throughout World War II. After the pass ...
uses the new
De Havilland Comet
The de Havilland DH.106 Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It featured an aerodynamically clean design with four ...
jets, to become the first airline to fly jet passenger services across the Atlantic.
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October 11
Events Pre-1600
*1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
*1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
* 1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of Engl ...
– ''
Pioneer 1
Pioneer 1 (also known as Able 2) was an American space probe, the first under the auspices of NASA, which was launched by a Thor-Able rocket on 11 October 1958. It was intended to orbit the Moon and make scientific measurements, but due to a g ...
'', the second and most successful of the 3 project
Able space probes, becomes the first spacecraft launched by the newly formed
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil List of government space agencies, space program ...
.
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October 13
Events Pre-1600
* 54 – Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.
* 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the P ...
–
Penny Coelen is crowned
Miss World 1958
Miss World 1958, the 8th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 13 October 1958 at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom. Penelope Anne Coelen of South Africa was crowned by Marita Lindahl of Finland at the end of the pageant. ...
during the 8th Miss World Pageant, the first South African to win the title.
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October 16
Events Pre-1600
* 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
* 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
* ...
– The long-running
BBC Television children's programme ''
Blue Peter'' is first broadcast.
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October 17
Events Pre-1600
* 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China.
*1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
*1346 – The English capture King Davi ...
– ''
An Evening with Fred Astaire'', the first television show recorded on color videotape, is broadcast on
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...
in the United States.
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October 18
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation.
* 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philos ...
– ''
Tennis for Two'', a game invented by
William Higinbotham and considered to be the first pure entertainment computer game, is introduced at the
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory located in Upton, Long Island, and was formally established in 1947 at the site of Camp Upton, a former U.S. Army base and Japanese internment c ...
Visitors' Day Exhibit in the United States.
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October 23
Events Pre-1600
*4004 BC – James Ussher's proposed creation date of the world according to the Bible.
*42 BC – Liberators' civil war: Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat an army under Brutus in the second part of the Batt ...
– The
Nobel Committee
A Nobel Committee is a working body responsible for most of the work involved in selecting Nobel Prize laureates. There are five Nobel Committees, one for each Nobel Prize.
Four of these committees (for prizes in physics, chemistry, physiolo ...
announces Russian novelist
Boris Pasternak as the winner of the 1958 Prize for Literature.
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October 26
Events Pre-1600
* 1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
* 1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally b ...
– A
Pan American World Airways
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was an American airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States ...
Boeing 707 makes its first transatlantic flight.
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October 28
Events Pre-1600
* 97 – Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
* 306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
* 312 – Constantine I defe ...
–
Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...
succeeds
Pope Pius XII, as the 261st pope.
November
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November 3
Events Pre-1600
* 361 – Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
*1333 – The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Fl ...
** The new
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) aimed at promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It ...
building,
World Heritage Centre
UNESCO Headquarters, or Maison de l'UNESCO, is a building inaugurated on 3 November 1958 at number 7 Place de Fontenoy in Paris, France, to serve as the headquarters for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) ...
, is inaugurated in Paris.
**
Jorge Alessandri
Jorge Eduardo Alessandri Rodríguez (; 19 May 1896 – 31 August 1986) was the 27th President of Chile from 1958 to 1964, and was the candidate of the Chilean right in the crucial presidential election of 1970, which he lost to Salvador All ...
is sworn in as
President of Chile
The president of Chile ( es, Presidente de Chile), officially known as the President of the Republic of Chile ( es, Presidente de la República de Chile), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is r ...
.
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November 10
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
* 937 – Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang ...
– The
bossa nova is born in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...
, with
João Gilberto
João Gilberto (born João Gilberto Prado Pereira de Oliveira – ; 10 June 1931 – 6 July 2019) was a Brazilian guitarist, singer and composer who was a pioneer of the musical genre of bossa nova in the late 1950s. Around the world, he was of ...
's recording of ''
Chega de Saudade
"Chega de Saudade" (), also known as "No More Blues", is a bossa nova jazz standard. It is often considered to be the first bossa nova song to be recorded. Like "The Girl from Ipanema", the music for "Chega de Saudade" was composed by Antônio Ca ...
''.
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November 10
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
* 937 – Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang ...
–
Harry Winston
Harry Winston (March 1, 1896December 8, 1978) was an American jeweler. He donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution in 1958 after owning it for a decade. He also traded the Portuguese Diamond to the Smithsonian in 1963 in exchan ...
donates the
Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond is a diamond originally extracted in the 17th century from the Kollur Mine in Guntur, India. It is blue in color due to trace amounts of boron. Its exceptional size has revealed new information about the formation of diamonds. ...
to the
Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...
.
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November 18
Events Pre-1600
* 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.
* 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
* 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called ...
– En route to
Rogers City, Michigan
Rogers City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,827 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Presque Isle County. The city is adjacent to Rogers Township, but is politically independent.
Rogers City is located on L ...
, the
Lake freighter
Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carrier vessels that operate on the Great Lakes of North America. These vessels are traditionally called boats, although classified as ships.
Since the late 19th century, lakers have carried bulk cargoes of ma ...
breaks up and sinks in a storm on
Lake Michigan; 33 of the 35 crewmen on board perish.
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November 20
Events Pre-1600
* 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.
* 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.
* 1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...
–
The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company (formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc.; commonly referred to as Henson) is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for ...
is founded as
Muppets, Inc. in the United States.
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November 22
Events Pre-1600
* 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
* 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fra ...
–
1958 Australian federal election:
Robert Menzies'
Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
/
Country
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Coalition Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...
is re-elected with a slightly increased majority, defeating the
Labor Party led by
H.V. Evatt. This is the first election where television was used as a medium for communicating with voters. Evatt will eventually resign as Labor leader and will be
replaced by his deputy
Arthur Calwell
Arthur Augustus Calwell (28 August 1896 – 8 July 1973) was an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Labor Party from 1960 to 1967. He led the party to three federal elections.
Calwell grew up in Melbourne and attended St J ...
.
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November 25
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
*1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...
–
French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the
French colonial empire.
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November 28
Events Pre-1600
* 587 – Treaty of Andelot
The Treaty of Andelot (or Pact of Andelot) was signed at Andelot-Blancheville in 587 between King Guntram of Burgundy and Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia. Based on the terms of the accord, Brun ...
–
Chad, the
Republic of the Congo, and
Gabon
Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...
become autonomous republics within the French colonial empire.
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November 30
Events Pre-1600
* 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900
*1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...
–
Gaullists win the
French parliamentary election.
December
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December 1
Events Pre-1600
* 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III.
*1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France.
* ...
** Our Lady of the Angels School fire: 90 students and 3 nuns are killed in a fire in Chicago.
** Adolfo López Mateos takes office as President of Mexico.
* December 14 – The ''3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition'' becomes the first ever to reach the Southern Pole of Inaccessibility.
* December 15 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Arthur L. Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes, Charles H. Townes of Bell Laboratories publish a paper in ''Physical Review, Physical Review Letters'' setting out the principles of the optical laser.
* December 16
** A fire breaks out in the Vida Department Store in Bogotá, Colombia and kills 84 persons.
** Soviet Union, Soviet polar pilot V. M. Perov on Li-2 rescues four Belgian polar explorers, led by Gaston de Gerlache, who have survived a plane crash in Antarctica 250 km from their base five days earlier.
* December 18
** The United States launches SCORE (satellite), SCORE, the world's first communications satellite.
** The Bell XV-3 Tiltrotor makes the first true mid-air transition from vertical helicopter-type flight to fully level fixed-wing flight.
* December 19 – A message from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower is broadcast from the SCORE (satellite), SCORE satellite.
* December 21 – General
Charles de Gaulle is elected president of France with 78.5% of the votes.
* December 24 – 1958 BOAC Bristol Britannia crash: A BOAC Bristol Britannia (312 G-AOVD) crashes near Winkton, England, during a test flight, killing nine people. Three crew members survive.
* December 28 – In American football, the Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore Colts beat the New York Giants 23–17 to win the 1958 NFL Championship Game, NFL Championship Game, the first to go into Sudden death (sport), sudden death Overtime (sport), overtime and "The Greatest Game Ever Played".
* December 29 – Battle of Santa Clara: Rebel troops under Camilo Cienfuegos and Che Guevara begin to invade Santa Clara, Cuba.
* December 30 – The Guatemalan Air Force fires on Mexican fishing boats which had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering the Mexico–Guatemala conflict.
* December 31
** Tallies reveal that, for the first time, the total of passengers carried by air this year exceeds the total carried by sea in transatlantic service.
** After the fall of Santa Clara, Cuban President
Fulgencio Batista
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (; ; born Rubén Zaldívar, January 16, 1901 – August 6, 1973) was a Cuban military officer and politician who served as the elected president of Cuba from 1940 to 1944 and as its U.S.-backed military dictator ...
flees the country.
Date unknown
* Denatonium, the bitter (taste), bitterest substance known, is discovered. It is used as an aversive agent in products such as bleach to reduce the risk of children drinking them.
Births
January
![Ellen DeGeneres 2011](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Ellen_DeGeneres_2011.jpg)
*
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 yea ...
– Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian-American hip-hop/rap DJ
*
January 4 – Matt Frewer, Canadian-American actor (''Max Headroom'')
* January 6 – Shlomo Glickstein, Israeli tennis player
* January 7 – Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (died 2009)
* January 8 – Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education
* January 9 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish militant, would-be assassin of Pope John Paul II
* January 10 – Samira Said, Moroccan singer
* January 15 – Boris Tadić, Serbian president
* January 20 – Lorenzo Lamas, American actor, martial artist and reality show participant
* January 21 – Hussein Saeed, Hussein Saeed Mohammed, Iraqi football player
* January 24 – Jools Holland, British musician
* January 26
** Anita Baker, American soul and R&B singer
** Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedian, and television host
* January 28 – Maitê Proença, Brazilian actress
February
![Andriy Bal1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Andriy_Bal1.jpeg)
* February 4 – Tomasz Pacyński, Polish writer (died 2005)
* February 8 – Marina Silva, Brazilian politician
* February 9 – Cyrille Regis, English footballer (died 2018)
* February 10 – Ricardo Gareca, Argentine footballer and manager
*
February 11 – Regina Maršíková, Czechoslovakian tennis player
* February 13 – Pernilla August, Swedish actress
* February 16
** Ice-T, American rapper, songwriter, and actor
** Andriy Bal, Ukrainian football player and coach (died 2014)
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February 21
Events Pre-1600
*452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine.
* 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
*1440 – The Pru ...
** Jack Coleman (actor), Jack Coleman, American actor and screenwriter
** Mary Chapin Carpenter, American singer
* February 26
** María Casal, Spanish actress
** Susan Helms, American astronaut
* February 27 – Maggie Hassan, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
*
February 28 – Natalya Estemirova, Russian activist (died 2009)
March
![Gary Oldman in 2017 (36334517524)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Gary_Oldman_in_2017_%2836334517524%29.jpg)
* March 3 – Miranda Richardson, English actress
* March 4 – Patricia Heaton, American actress
* March 5 – Andy Gibb, English singer, songwriter, performer, and teen idol (died 1988)
* March 7 – Rik Mayall, English comedian and actor (died 2014)
*
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 ...
– Gary Numan, British singer
* March 10
** Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
** Frankie Ruiz, Puerto Rican singer (died 1998)
* March 14
** Bruno Dumont, French film director and screenwriter
** Albert II, Prince of Monaco
* March 20 – Holly Hunter, American actress
* March 21 – Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker
* March 24 – Roland Koch, German politician
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March 26
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
*1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, ...
** Elio de Angelis, Italian racing driver (died 1986)
** Hala Fouad, Egyptian actress (died 1993)
*
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 ...
– Jessica Soho, Philippine television celebrity and reporter
* March 28
** Bart Conner, American gymnast
** Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (died 2003)
* March 30
** Lucy Turnbull, Lord Mayor of Sydney, wife of Malcolm Turnbull
** Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor and comedian
* March 31 – Dietmar Bartsch, German politician
April
![Michelle Pfeiffer 2007](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Michelle_Pfeiffer_2007.jpg)
*
April 3
Events Pre-1600
* 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
*1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
*1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.
* ...
– Alec Baldwin, American actor
* April 4
** Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
** Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Thai billionaire businessman (d. 2018)
* April 10 – Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
* April 11
** Hussniya Jabara, Israeli Arab politician
** Luc Luycx, Belgian coin designer
* April 12 – Ginka Zagorcheva, Bulgarian athlete
*
April 14
Events Pre-1600
* 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
* 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho ...
– Peter Capaldi, Scottish actor
* April 15 – Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer and musician
*
April 21
** Andie MacDowell, American actress
** Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (Crayon Shin-chan) (d. 2009)
* April 24 – Susan Tsvangirai, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (d. 2009)
* April 25 – Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Costa Rica
* April 26 – Giancarlo Esposito, Italian-American actor
* April 29
** Sergey Goryunov, Russian football coach and former Soviet player
** Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
May
![Marie_Fredriksson-Roxette_at_Bospop_festival_The_Netherlands_2011](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Marie_Fredriksson-Roxette_at_Bospop_festival_The_Netherlands_2011.jpg)
* May 4 – Keith Haring, American artist (died 1990)
*
May 10
** Rick Santorum, American politician
** Ellen Ochoa, American astronaut, first Hispanic woman to go into space
*
May 12
Events Pre-1600
* 254 – Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I, becoming the 23rd pope of the Catholic Church, and immediately takes a stand against Novatianism.
* 907 – Zhu Wen forces Emperor Ai into abdicating, ending the Tang d ...
– Dries van Noten, Belgian designer
*
May 20
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
* 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...
– Jane Wiedlin, American musician and actress
*
May 23
Events Pre-1600
* 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
*1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
* 1533 – The marriage of King Henry VI ...
– Drew Carey, American comedian and actor
* May 25 – Paul Weller, English singer-songwriter
* May 26 – Margaret Colin, American actress
* May 27 – Neil Finn, New Zealand singer and songwriter
* May 29
** Annette Bening, American actress
** Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist (died 2011)
*
May 30 – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2019)
June
![Rosa_Mota_na_Exponor](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Rosa_Mota_na_Exponor.JPG)
*
June 1
Events Pre-1600
*1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
* 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed k ...
– Nambaryn Enkhbayar, Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia
* June 2 – Lex Luger, former American professional wrestler
* June 3 – Margot Käßmann, Lutheran theologian, German bishop
* June 5 – Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, Comoroan businessman and politician, President of Comoros 2006-2011
* June 7 – Prince (musician), Prince, African-American musician (died 2016)
* June 14 – Eric Heiden, American speed skater with five Olympic gold medals
* June 15 – Wade Boggs, American baseball player
* June 17 – Jello Biafra, American punk musician and activist (Dead Kennedys)
* June 18 – Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
* June 19 – Sergei Makarov (ice hockey), Sergei Makarov, Russian ice-hockey player and coach
* June 22
** Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress
** Bruce Campbell, American actor, producer, writer and director
* June 24 – Tommy Lister Jr., American actor and professional wrestler (died 2020)
* June 25 – Serik Akhmetov, 8th Prime Minister of Kazakhstan
*
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 ...
– Magnus Lindberg (Finnish composer), Magnus Lindberg, Finnish composer
*
June 29
Events Pre-1600
* 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.
*1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
* 1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...
– Rosa Mota, Portuguese long-distance runner
*
June 30
Events Pre-1600
* 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
* 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.
*1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan ...
** Karl Friesen, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
** Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composer
** Irina Vorobieva, Russian pair skater
** Vasil Yakusha, Belarusian rower
July
![Kate Bush at 1986 Comic Relief (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Kate_Bush_at_1986_Comic_Relief_%28cropped%29.png)
* July 1 – Tom Magee, Canadian world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor
* July 2
** Pavan Malhotra, Indian actor
** Rainer Hasler, Liechtensteiner footballer (died 2014)
* July 3 – Didier Mouron, Swiss artist
* July 5
** Bill Watterson, American cartoonist (Calvin and Hobbes)
** Kyoko Terase, Japanese voice actress
* July 6 – Jennifer Saunders, British comedian and actress
* July 7 – Michala Petri, Danish recorder player
* July 8
** Kevin Bacon, American actor
** Neetu Singh, Indian actress
* July 10 – Fiona Shaw, Irish actress
*
July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine II o ...
– Valery Kipelov, Russian music artist and composer
* July 13 – Arun Pandian, Indian film actor, director, producer and politician
*
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 ...
– Jujie Luan, Chinese-Canadian fencer
*
July 15
Events Pre-1600
*484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome
* 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
* 756 – ...
– Jörg Kachelmann, Swiss presenter, journalist and entrepreneur in the meteorological field
* July 16 – Michael Flatley, Irish-born dancer
* July 17 – Wong Kar-wai, Hong Kong second wave filmmaker
* July 19
** Azumah Nelson, Ghanaian boxer
** Jonathan Lee (musician), Jonathan Lee, Taiwanese musician
* July 20 – Bala Garba Jahumpa, Gambian politician
* July 22 – Tatsunori Hara, Japanese professional-baseball coach and player
* July 27
** Margarethe Schreinemakers, German television presenter
** Christopher Dean, British ice dancer and Olympian
* July 28 – Terry Fox, Canadian athlete and cancer activist (died 1981)
* July 30 – Kate Bush, English singer-songwriter
*
July 31 – Mark Cuban, American entrepreneur and basketball team owner
August
![Michael Jackson 1988](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Michael_Jackson_1988.jpg)
* August 1
** María Ignacia Benítez, Chilean politician (died 2019)
** Adrian Dunbar, Irish actor and director
* August 2 – Shō Hayami, Japanese voice actor and singer
*
August 3
Events Pre-1600
* 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
* 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emper ...
– Lambert Wilson, French actor
* August 5 – Andriy Fedetskyi, Ukrainian football player (died 2018)
* August 7
** Bruce Dickinson, English musician (Iron Maiden)
** Russell Baze, Canadian/American champion jockey
* August 10 – Rami Hamdallah, Palestine politician
* August 16
** Angela Bassett, African-American actress
** Madonna, American-born singer, songwriter, and actress
*
August 17
Events Pre-1600
*309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike.
* 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.
* 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
– Belinda Carlisle, American singer
*
August 18
Events Pre-1600
* 684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
* 707 – Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei.
*1304 & ...
** Reg E. Cathey, African-American actor (died 2018)
** Madeleine Stowe, American actress
* August 19 – Brendan Nelson, Australian politician
* August 22 – Colm Feore, American-born Canadian actor
* August 24 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor
* August 25 – Tim Burton, American film director
* August 27
** Normand Brathwaite, African-Canadian comedian and television and radio host
**Kathy Hochul, American politician, Governor of New York
* August 29
** Michael Jackson, African-American singer, songwriter and dancer (died 2009)
** Lenny Henry, English comedian and actor
* August 31 – Julie Brown, American actress
September
![Joan Jett 2013](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Joan_Jett_2013.jpg)
*
September 2
Events
Pre-1600
* 44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
* 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of the ...
– Zdravko Krivokapić, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister of Montenegro
*
September 6
Events Pre-1600
* 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish ''magister militum'' Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
*1492 – Christopher Colu ...
– Jeff Foxworthy, American comedian, actor and author
* September 10
** Chris Columbus (filmmaker), Chris Columbus, American film director/writer/producer
** Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer (Bananarama, Shakespears Sister)
* September 11 – Julia Nickson-Soul, Singapore actress
* September 13 – Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor
* September 16 – Jennifer Tilly, Canadian/American actress
* September 17 – Janez Janša, 2-Time Prime Minister of Slovenia
*
September 18
Events Pre-1600
* 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects.
* 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor a ...
– Rachid Taha, Algerian singer and activist (died 2018)
* September 19 – Lita Ford, British musician
* September 21 – Bruno Fitoussi, French poker player
* September 22
** Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
** Joan Jett, American rock musician
* September 24
** Kevin Sorbo, American actor
** Eamonn Healy, Irish chemist
*
September 27
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
* 1331 – The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teuton ...
** Shaun Cassidy, American actor, producer and screenwriter
** Irvine Welsh, Scottish writer
* September 29
** Eduardo Cunha, Brazilian politician, former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
** Tom Buhrow, German journalist and intendant of the WDR
October
![Viggo Mortensen Cannes 2016](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Viggo_Mortensen_Cannes_2016.jpg)
* October 3 – Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
* October 5 – Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and science communicator
* October 8 – Ursula von der Leyen, German politician, President of the European Commission
* October 10 – Tanya Tucker, American singer
*
October 13
Events Pre-1600
* 54 – Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina.
* 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the P ...
– Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (died 2018)
* October 14 – Peter Kloeppel, German television journalist
*
October 16
Events Pre-1600
* 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
* 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
* ...
** Noel Cleal, Australian rugby league player
** Tim Robbins, American actor and film director
*
October 17
Events Pre-1600
* 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China.
*1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
*1346 – The English capture King Davi ...
– Alan Jackson, American country singer and songwriter
* October 20
** Mark King (musician), Mark King, English pop-rock guitarist and singer (Level 42)
** Viggo Mortensen, Danish-American actor
* October 25 – Kornelia Ender, German swimmer
*
October 26
Events Pre-1600
* 1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
* 1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally b ...
– Pascale Ogier, French actress (died 1984)
* October 27 – Simon Le Bon, English rock singer
*
October 28
Events Pre-1600
* 97 – Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
* 306 – Maxentius is proclaimed Roman emperor.
* 312 – Constantine I defe ...
– Raúl Pellegrin, Chilean revolutionary, leader of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (died 1988)
* October 29
** Blažej Baláž, Slovak painter
** Stefan Dennis, Australian actor & singer
* October 31 – Jeannie Longo, French cyclist
November
![Jamie Lee Curtis (41851191720) (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Jamie_Lee_Curtis_%2841851191720%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
* November 5 – Robert Patrick, American actor
* November 7 – Dmitry Kozak, Russian politician and deputy Prime Minister of Russia
*
November 10
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Emperor Leo II dies after a reign of ten months. He is succeeded by his father Zeno, who becomes sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire.
* 937 – Ten Kingdoms: Li Bian usurps the throne and deposes Emperor Yang ...
– Vicky Rosti, Finnish singer, former Eurovision contestant
* November 12
** Megan Mullally, American actress, singer and media personality
** Hiromi Iwasaki, Japanese singer
* November 14 – Sergio Goyri, Mexican actor
* November 16
** Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of Kyrgyzstan
** Marg Helgenberger, American actress
** Boris Krivokapić, Serbian academic
* November 17 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
*
November 18
Events Pre-1600
* 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.
* 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
* 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called ...
** Laura Miller, American politician
** Oscar Nunez, Cuban-American actor and comedian
*
November 18
Events Pre-1600
* 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I.
* 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy.
* 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: called ...
– Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine-born Israeli footballer and manager
*
November 22
Events Pre-1600
* 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
* 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fra ...
** Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
** Ibrahim Ismail of Johor, Sultan of Johor
*
November 25
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
*1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...
– Alice Cohen, American singer and fine artist
* November 27 – Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese music producer and songwriter
*
November 30
Events Pre-1600
* 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900
*1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...
– Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
December
![Nick Park, BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2007](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Nick_Park%2C_BBC_Radio_2_Folk_Awards_2007.jpg)
*
December 1
Events Pre-1600
* 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III.
*1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France.
* ...
** Charlene Tilton, American actress
** Javier Aguirre, Mexican football player and manager
* December 2 – Mina Asami, Japanese actress
* December 6 – Nick Park, English filmmaker and animator
* December 10
** Cornelia Funke, German author
** Annelore Zinke, East German gymnast
* December 11 – Nikki Sixx, American rock musician
* December 12
** Monica Attard, Australian journalist
** Lucie Guay, Canadian canoer
** Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian musician
** Sheree J. Wilson, American actress
* December 14 – François Zocchetto, French politician
* December 15 – Alfredo Ormando, Italian writer (died 1998)
* December 16 – Katie Leigh, American voice actress
* December 18 – Julia Wolfe, American composer
* December 25
** Dimi Mint Abba, Mauritanian musician and singer (died 2011)
** Rickey Henderson, African-American baseball player
** Alannah Myles, Canadian singer-songwriter
* December 26 – Mieko Harada, Japanese actress
* December 29 – Lakhdar Belloumi, Algerian football player
* December 31 – Bebe Neuwirth, American actress
Deaths
January
![Petru Groza Anefo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Petru_Groza_Anefo.jpg)
*
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 yea ...
– Edward Weston, American photographer (born 1886)
*
January 3 – Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish general (born 1877)
*
January 4 – Archie Alexander, American designer and governor (born 1888)
* January 7
** Margaret Anglin, Canadian stage actress (born 1876)
** Petru Groza, Romanian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Romania and head of the State (born 1884)
* January 8
** Mary Colter, American architect (born 1869)
** Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (born 1883)
* January 9 – Karl Reinhardt (philologist), Karl Reinhardt, German philologist. (born 1886)
*
January 13
** Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (born 1880)
** Edna Purviance, American actress (born 1895)
* January 16 – Aubrey Mather, English actor (born 1885)
* January 19 – Cândido Rondon, Brazilian military officer (born 1865)
* January 20 – Ataúlfo Argenta, Spanish conductor and pianist (born 1913)
*
January 27 – Prince Oskar of Prussia (born 1888)
* January 30
** Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (born 1878)
** Ernst Heinkel, German aircraft designer and manufacturer (born 1888)
February
![Roger Byrne1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Roger_Byrne1.jpg)
*
February 1 – Clinton Davisson, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
*
February 6 – Manchester United footballers killed in
Munich air disaster
** Geoff Bent (born 1932)
** Roger Byrne (born 1929)
** Eddie Colman (born 1936)
** Mark Jones (footballer, born 1933), Mark Jones (born 1933)
** David Pegg (born 1935)
** Frank Swift (born 1913)
** Tommy Taylor (born 1932)
** Liam Whelan, Liam "Billy" Whelan (born 1935)
* February 7 – Walter Kingsford, English actor (born 1882)
* February 10 – Aleksander Klumberg, Estonian decathlete (born 1899)
*
February 11 – Ernest Jones, Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst (born 1879)
* February 13
** Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragette (born 1880)
** Georges Rouault, French painter (born 1871)
** Helen Twelvetrees, American actress (born 1908)
*
February 14 – Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (1922–1958), Prince Heinrich of Bavaria (born 1922)
* February 16 – Situ Qiao, Chinese painter (born 1902)
*
February 17 – Marguerite Snow, American actress (born 1889)
* February 20 – Thurston Hall, American actor (born 1882)
*
February 21
Events Pre-1600
*452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine.
* 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
*1440 – The Pru ...
** Henryk Arctowski, Polish scientist and explorer (born 1871)
**
Duncan Edwards English footballer, died from injuries sustained in the
Munich air disaster (born 1936)
* February 27 – Harry Cohn, American film producer (born 1891)
March
![Ingeborg of Sweden](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Ingeborg_of_Sweden.jpg)
*
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 ...
– Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (born 1871)
* March 6 – Anton Reinthaller, Austrian right wing politician (born 1895)
*
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 ...
– Brian Swift (cricketer), Brian Swift, Australian cricketer, car accident (born 1937)
*
March 11
Events Pre-1600
* 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander.
* 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the ven ...
– Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman (born 1891)
* March 12 – Princess Ingeborg of Denmark (born 1878)
*
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 ...
– Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (born 1877)
* March 21 – Cyril M. Kornbluth, American writer (born 1923)
* March 22 (in plane crash)
** Mike Todd, American film producer (born 1909)
** Art Cohn, American screenwriter (born 1909)
* March 23
** Charlotte Walker (actress), Charlotte Walker, American actress (born 1876)
** Florian Znaniecki, Polish philosopher and sociologist (born 1882)
* March 24
** Herbert Fields, American librettist and screenwriter (born 1897)
** Alexandros Hatzikyriakos, Greek admiral and politician (born 1874)
*
March 25
**Adegoke Adelabu, Nigerian politician (born 1915)
** Tom Brown (trombonist), Tom Brown, American musician (born 1888)
*
March 26
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
*1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, ...
– Phil Mead, English cricketer (born 1887)
* March 28
** W. C. Handy, African-American blues composer (born 1873)
** Chuck Klein, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1904)
April
* April 2
** Willie Maley, Scottish football player and manager (born 1868)
** Jōsei Toda, Japanese educator and activist (born 1900)
* April 4 – María Luisa Sepúlveda, Chilean composer (born 1898)
* April 5 – Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria (born 1884)
* April 8
** Alcibíades Arosemena, Panamanian politician, 15th President of Panama (born 1883)
** George Jean Nathan, American drama critic (born 1882)
** Frank Eaton, American Deputy Marshal (born 1860)
** Frank Kingdon-Ward, English botanist and explorer (born 1885)
* April 15 – Estelle Taylor, American actress (born 1894)
* April 16 – Rosalind Franklin, English crystallographer (born 1920)
*
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 ...
– Rita Montaner, Cuban singer, pianist and actress (born 1900)
* April 18 – Maurice Gamelin, French general (born 1872)
* April 19 – Billy Meredith, Welsh footballer (born 1874)
May
* May 2 – Henry Cornelius, South African-born director (born 1913)
* May 3 – Frank Foster (cricketer), Frank Foster, English cricketer (born 1889)
* May 5 – James Branch Cabell, American writer (born 1879)
* May 7
** Joan Comorera, Spanish politician (born 1894)
** Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian composer, organist and choir conductor (born 1880)
* May 9 – Koshirō Oikawa, Japanese admiral (born 1883)
*
May 18
Events Pre-1600
* 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
* 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of ...
– Jacob Fichman, Israeli poet and essayist (born 1881)
* May 19
** Ronald Colman, English actor (born 1891)
** Marie Pujmanová, Czechoslovak poet and novelist (born 1893)
** Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (born 1870)
*
May 20
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
* 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...
– Frédéric François-Marsal, 59th Prime Minister of France (born 1874)
*
May 22
Events Pre-1600
* 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
* 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
* 1 ...
– Richmond Palmer, Sir Richmond Palmer, British lawyer and colonial administrator (born 1877)
* May 26 – Constantin Cantacuzino (aviator), Constantin Cantacuzino, Romanian aviator (born 1905)
* May 29 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
June
![Kurt Alder Nobel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Kurt_Alder_Nobel.jpg)
* June 2
** Townsend Cromwell, American oceanographer (plane crash) (born 1922)
** Bell M. Shimada, American fisheries scientist (plane crash) (born 1922)
* June 6
** Lloyd Hughes (actor), Lloyd Hughes, American actor (born 1897)
** Virginia Pearson, American actress (born 1886)
* June 8 – Nicola da Gesturi, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (born 1882)
* June 9 – Robert Donat, English actor (born 1905)
* June 13 – Edwin Keppel Bennett, British writer (born 1887)
*
June 16
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal, Roman forces suffer several attacks from the Persians.
* 632 – Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king ...
**
Imre Nagy, Hungarian politician, 44th Prime Minister of Hungary (executed) (born
1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that ...
)
** Nereu Ramos, Brazilian politician, 20th President of Brazil (born 1888)
*
June 20 – Kurt Alder, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
* June 21
** Herbert Brenon, American film director (born 1880)
** Robert L. Ghormley, American admiral (born 1883)
* June 24 – George Orton, Canadian athlete (born 1876)
* June 25 – Alfred Noyes, English poet (born 1880)
*
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 ...
– Vytautas Augustauskas, Soviet educator (born 1904)
July
![Iven Kincheloe photo portrait head and shoulders](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Iven_Kincheloe_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg)
* July 2 – Martha Boswell, American singer (born 1905)
* July 3 – Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, English politician, 4th Governor-General of New Zealand (born 1867)
* July 5 – Patriarch Vikentije II, Serbian Patriarch, Vikentije II (born 1890)
*
July 9 – James H. Flatley, American naval aviator and admiral (born 1906)
*
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 ...
(killed during ''coup d'état''):
** King
Faisal II of Iraq
Faisal II ( ar, الملك فيصل الثاني ''el-Melik Faysal es-Sânî'') (2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution. This regici ...
(born 1935; assassinated)
** 'Abd al-Ilah, Prince of Iraq (born 1913; assassinated)
** Ibrahim Hashem, Jordanian lawyer and politician, 3-time Prime Minister of Jordan (born 1888)
*
July 15
Events Pre-1600
*484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome
* 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
* 756 – ...
– Nuri al-Said, Iraqi politician, 7th Prime Minister of Iraq (born 1888)
* July 18 – Henri Farman, French aviator and aircraft company founder (born 1874)
* July 20 – Franklin Pangborn, American actor (born 1889)
*
July 24
Events Pre-1600
*1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
* 1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
*1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirl ...
– Mabel Ballin, American actress (born 1887)
* July 25 – Harry Warner, American studio executive (born 1881)
*
July 26
Events Pre-1600
* 657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
* 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is se ...
– Iven Carl Kincheloe Jr., American Korean War fighter ace and test pilot (born 1928)
* July 27 – Claire Lee Chennault, American aviator and general, leader of the Flying Tigers (born 1893)
* July 30 – William A. Glassford, American admiral (born 1886)
August
![Ernest Lawrence](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Ernest_Lawrence.jpg)
* August 1 – Albert E. Smith (producer), Albert E. Smith, English-born American stage magician, film director and producer (born 1875)
* August 2 – Michele Navarra, Italian Sicilian Mafia boss (born 1905)
*
August 3
Events Pre-1600
* 8 – Roman Empire general Tiberius defeats the Dalmatae on the river Bosna.
* 435 – Deposed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Nestorius, considered the originator of Nestorianism, is exiled by Roman Emper ...
– Peter Collins (racing driver), Peter Collins, British Formula 1 driver (born 1931)
* August 4 – Mario Zanin (bishop), Mario Zanin, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and monsignor (born 1890)
* August 8 – Barbara Bennett, American actress (born 1906)
* August 9 – Felipe Boero, Argentine composer (born 1884)
* August 12 – Augustus Owsley Stanley, American politician, Governor of Kentucky (born 1867)
*
August 14 – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (born 1900)
* August 16
** José Domingues dos Santos, Portuguese politician, 89th Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1885)
** Paul Panzer, German actor (born 1872)
*
August 18
Events Pre-1600
* 684 – Battle of Marj Rahit: Umayyad partisans defeat the supporters of Ibn al-Zubayr and cement Umayyad control of Syria.
* 707 – Princess Abe accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as Empress Genmei.
*1304 & ...
– Bonar Colleano, American actor (born 1924)
*
August 21
** Stevan Hristić, Yugoslav composer (born 1885)
** Kurt Neumann (director), Kurt Neumann, German film director (born 1908)
* August 22 – Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
* August 24
** Paul Henry (painter), Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (born 1876)
** J. G. Strijdom, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1893)
*
August 26
Events Pre-1600
* 683 – Yazid I's army kills 11,000 people of Medina including notable Sahabas in Battle of al-Harrah.
*1071 – The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most ...
– Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (born 1872)
* August 27 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
* August 29 – Marjorie Flack, American artist, illustrator and writer (born 1897)
September
* September 3 – Giffard Le Quesne Martel, Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel, British army general (born 1889)
* September 11
** Hans Grundig, German artist (born 1901)
** Robert W. Service, Scottish-born Canadian poet (born 1874)
* September 16 – Alma Bennett, American actress (born 1904)
* September 23
** Alfred Piccaver, British-born American operatic tenor (born 1884)
** Walter Friedrich Otto, German classical philologist (born 1874)
* September 25 – John B. Watson, American psychologist (born 1878)
*
September 27
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
* 1331 – The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teuton ...
– Adolfo Salazar, Spanish historian, composer and diplomat (born 1890)
*
September 30
Events Pre-1600
* 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.
* 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their b ...
– Estate Tatanashvili, Soviet general (born 1902)
October
![Pope Pius XII, April 1958](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Pope_Pius_XII%2C_April_1958.jpg)
* October 9 –
Pope Pius XII (born 1876)
*
October 11
Events Pre-1600
*1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
*1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
* 1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of Engl ...
– Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (born 1876)
* October 14 – Douglas Mawson, Sir Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist and polar explorer (born 1882)
*
October 15 – Jack Norton, American actor (born 1882)
*
October 16
Events Pre-1600
* 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
* 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
* ...
– Michalis Souyioul, Greek composer (born 1906)
*
October 17
Events Pre-1600
* 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China.
*1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
*1346 – The English capture King Davi ...
** Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and eminence (born 1876)
** Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (born 1876)
** Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (born
1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that ...
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* October 24 – G. E. Moore, British philosopher of (''Principia Ethica'') (born 1873)
*
October 26
Events Pre-1600
* 1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
* 1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally b ...
– Herbert A. Bartholomew, American farmer and politician (born 1871)
* October 29 – Zoë Akins, American playwright, poet and author (born 1886)
November
![Tyrone Power - still](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Tyrone_Power_-_still.jpg)
* November 4 – Sam Zimbalist, American film producer (born 1904)
* November 8 – C. Ganesha Iyer, Ceylon Tamil philologist (born 1878)
* November 11 – André Bazin, French film critic and theorist (born 1918)
* November 15 – Tyrone Power, American actor (born 1914).
* November 16 – Samuel Hopkins Adams, American writer (born 1871)
* November 19 – Vittorio Ambrosio, Italian general (born 1879)
* November 24
** Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English politician and diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (born 1864)
* November 27
** Artur Rodziński, Polish conductor (born 1892)
** Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian Communist political, Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly and head of the State (born 1892)
*
November 30
Events Pre-1600
* 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900
*1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...
– Oscar C. Badger II, American admiral (born 1890)
December
![Pauli](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Pauli.jpg)
*
December 1
Events Pre-1600
* 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III.
*1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France.
* ...
– Boots Mallory, American actress (born 1913)
* December 4 – José María Caro Rodríguez, Chilean Roman Catholic cardinal and eminence (born 1866)
* December 5
** Willie Applegarth, British Olympic athlete (born 1890)
** Patras Bokhari, Pakistani humorist (born 1898)
* December 8 – Tris Speaker, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (born 1888)
* December 11 – Alberto Meschi, Italian anarchist (born 1879)
* December 12
** Slobodan Jovanović, Serbian intellectual and politician (born 1869)
** Milutin Milanković, Yugoslav mathematician, astronomer, climatologist and geophysicist, (born 1879)
** Albert Walsh, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (born 1900)
* December 13 – Tim Moore (comedian), Tim Moore, American comedian (born 1887)
* December 15 – Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-born American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)
* December 21
** Lion Feuchtwanger, German novelist and playwright (born 1884)
** H. B. Warner, English actor (born 1876)
* December 27 – Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, 16th Prime Minister of Albania (born 1887)
* December 29 – Doris Humphrey, American dancer and choreographer (born 1895)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov, Ilya Mikhailovich Frank, and Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Frederick Sanger
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – George Wells Beadle, Edward Lawrie Tatum, and Joshua Lederberg
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Boris Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Georges Pire
References
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