The Holocaust.
*
December 17
Events Pre-1600
* 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome.
* 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Byzantine garrison.
* 920 – Romanos I Lekap ...
– A
circus tent fire in
Niterói
Niterói (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms ...
,
Brazil kills 323.
*
December 18 – India opens hostilities in
its annexation of
Portuguese India
The State of India ( pt, Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (''Estado Português da Índia'', EPI) or simply Portuguese India (), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a se ...
, the colonies of
Goa,
Damao and
Diu.
*
December 19
** The
Portuguese surrender Goa to India, after 400 years of Portuguese rule.
**
Indonesian president
Sukarno
Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
Sukarno was the leader of ...
announces that he will take
West Irian by force, if necessary.
*
December 21 – In
Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
, Katangan prime minister
Moise Tshombe recognizes the Congolese constitution.
*
December 23 –
Luxembourg's
national holiday National holiday may refer to:
* National day, a day when a nation celebrates a very important event in its history, such as its establishment
*Public holiday, a holiday established by law, usually a day off for at least a portion of the workforce, ...
, the
Grand Duke's Official Birthday
The Grand Duke's Official Birthday (Luxembourgish: ''Groussherzogsgebuertsdag'', french: Célébration publique de l'anniversaire du souverain), also known as Luxembourgish National Day ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Nationalfeierdag, french: Fête nationale ...
, is set on
June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
* 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
by Grand Ducal decree.
*
December 30
Events
Pre-1600
*534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
*999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushi ...
– Congolese troops capture
Albert Kalonji
Albert Kalonji Ditunga (6 June 1929 – 20 April 2015) was a Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese politician best known as the leader of the short-lived secessionist state of South Kasai (''Sud-Kasaï'') during the Congo Crisis.
Ear ...
of
South Kasai (who soon escapes).
*
December 31 – Ireland's first national television station, ''Telefís Éireann'' (later
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidi (; ; also written Ragdi; born August, 1938) is a Tibetan politician of the People's Republic of China. He served as a vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 2003 to 2008, and the highest ranking Tibeta ...
), begins broadcasting.
Births
January
![Wayne Gretzky 2006-02-18 Turin 001](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Wayne_Gretzky_2006-02-18_Turin_001.jpg)
*
January 2
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
* 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
**
Gabrielle Carteris, American actress, and trade union leader
**
Todd Haynes, American film director
*
January 7
Events Pre-1600
*49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting.
* 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
–
Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
*
January 8
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.
* 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
–
Calvin Smith
Calvin Smith (born January 8, 1961) is a former sprint track and field athlete from the United States. He is a former world record holder in the 100-meter sprint with 9.93 seconds in 1983 and was twice world champion over 200 metres, in 1983 and ...
, American athlete
*
January 11
**
Lars-Erik Torph
Lars-Erik Torph (11 January 1961 – 23 January 1989) was a Swedish rally driver. He debuted in the World Rally Championship in 1980 and took his first points at his home event, the Swedish Rally, in 1984. Driving a Toyota Celica TCT, a Toy ...
, Swedish rally driver (d.
1989
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)
**
Karl Habsburg-Lothringen
Karl von Habsburg (given names: ''Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam''; born 11 January 1961) is an Austrian politician and the head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, therefore being a claimant to the defunct Austro-Hungarian t ...
, Austrian politician, noble
*
January 13
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
–
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, producer and comedian
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
**
Rob Hall
Robert Edwin Hall (14 January 1961 – 11 May 1996) was a New Zealand mountaineer. He was the head guide of a 1996 Mount Everest expedition during which he, a fellow guide, and two clients died. A best-selling account of the expedition was g ...
, New Zealand mountaineer (d.
1996
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)
**
Mike Tramp, Danish rock singer (''
White Lion'')
*
January 17 –
Maia Chiburdanidze, Georgian chess player
*
January 18
**
Peter Beardsley
Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE (born 18 January 1961) is an English football coach and former footballer who played as a forward or midfielder between 1979 and 1999.
In 1987, he set a record transfer fee in the English game and represented his coun ...
, English footballer
**
Mark Messier
Mark John Douglas Messier (; born January 18, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre of the National Hockey League (NHL). His playing career in the NHL lasted 25 years ( 1979– 2004) with the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rang ...
, Canadian hockey player
*
January 22
Events Pre-1600
* 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople.
* 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...
**
Daniel Johnston, American singer-songwriter, musician and artist (d.
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
**
Shigeru Nakahara
is a Japanese voice actor. He is attached to Local Dream and was formerly attached to Arts Vision, Sigma Seven and Vi-Vo.
Voice roles
*''Acrobunch'' (Jun Rando - debut role, 1982)
*''Another Century's Episode 2'' (Aura Battler Dunbine#Characte ...
, Japanese voice actor
*
January 24 –
Guido Buchwald, German footballer
*
January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
–
Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean politician
*
January 26 –
Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player
*
January 27
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
* 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
–
Saifuddin Abdullah
Dato' Sri Saifuddin bin Abdullah ( Jawi: سيف الدين بن عبدالله; born 27 January 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Indera Mahkota since May 2018. He served as Minister of Forei ...
, Malaysian politician
*
January 28 –
Arnaldur Indriðason
Arnaldur Indriðason (pronounced ; born 28 January 1961) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction; his most popular series features the protagonist Detective Erlendur.
Biography
Arnaldur was born in Reykjavík on 28 January 1961, the son of ...
, Icelandic writer
*
January 29 –
Petra Thümer, German swimmer
February
![Mark Latham 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Mark_Latham_1.jpg)
*
February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
–
Volker Fried
Volker Fried (born 1 February 1961 in Osnabrück, Niedersachsen) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who competed at four consecutive Summer Olympics for West and the reunified Germany. He won the gold medal with his team at the ...
, German field hockey player
*
February 3
Events Pre-1600
* 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
*1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
*1488 – ...
–
Jim Balsillie, Canadian CEO and
philanthropist
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
**
Aleksandr Nikitin, Russian football coach and player (d.
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
)
**
Denis Cyr
Denis Cyr (born February 4, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames, Chicago Black Hawks, and St. Louis Blues. He was also a member of the famous junior line, ...
, Canadian-American ice hockey player and politician
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
–
Flordelis
Flordelis dos Santos de Souza (born 5 February 1961), known as Flordelis, is a Brazilian Contemporary Christian singer, Pentecostal pastor, former member of the Chamber of Deputies (representing Rio de Janeiro), and criminal convicted of the m ...
, Brazilian pastor, singer and politician
*
February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
–
Yuko Kobayashi
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and narrator, currently affiliated with 81 Produce and married to voice actor Mitsuaki Hoshino.
Filmography Television animation
*'' Attacker You!'' (1984), You Hazuki
*''Ranma ½'' (1989), Atsuko, Anna and L ...
, Japanese voice actress
*
February 9 –
Jussi Lampi, Finnish musician and actor
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
–
Mary Docter, American speed skater
*
February 12 –
David Graeber
David Rolfe Graeber (; February 12, 1961September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist. His influential work in economic anthropology, particularly his books '' Debt: The First 5,000 Years'' (2011) and ''Bullshit Jobs ...
, American anthropologist, anarchist activist and author (d.
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
)
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
*1462 – The ...
–
Henry Rollins, American musician and activist
*
February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
–
Maria do Carmo Silveira
Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira (born 14 February 1961) served as the 13th prime minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 8 June 2005 to 21 April 2006.
Background
She was educated as an economist at the Donetsk National Univers ...
, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe
*
February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
–
Benoît Chamoux
Benoît Chamoux (19 February 1961 – 6 October 1995) was a French people, French Mountaineering, Alpinist, who claimed to have summited 13 of the Eight-thousanders in the Himalayas.
Three of these climbs are disputed and are not formally rec ...
, French alpinist (d.
1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...
)
*
February 16 –
Niko Nirvi, Finnish journalist
*
February 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
* 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
**
Meir Kessler, Israeli rabbi
**
Andrey Korotayev, Russian anthropologist, economic historian and sociologist
*
February 18 –
Hironobu Kageyama
is a Japanese singer and composer prominent in the soundtracks for anime, video game and tokusatsu productions. He is sometimes called Kami (Kei) by his fans. Kageyama got his big break at age 16, as lead singer of the rock band Lazy. By the ea ...
, Japanese singer
*
February 19
Events Pre-1600
* 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
* 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of pagan ...
–
Justin Fashanu
Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu ( ; 19 February 1961 – 2 May 1998) was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out publicly later in his career, beco ...
, English footballer (d.
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
*
February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
**
Dwayne McDuffie, American writer of comics and television (d.
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
)
**
Phil Powers, American alpinist
**
Imogen Stubbs, British actress and playwright
*
February 21
**
Christopher Atkins, American actor
**
Abhijit Banerjee, Indian-born economist, recipient of the
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
**
Geoff Moore, American Christian musician
*
February 22 –
Akira Takasaki
is a Japanese musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and sole constant member of the heavy metal band Loudness. He is also the guitarist of the band Lazy, with which he first rose to prominence in the 1970s.
Career
He started his ...
, Japanese guitarist
*
February 27
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
–
James Worthy, American basketball player and analyst
*
February 28
Events Pre-1600
*202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
* 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
–
Richard Waugh, Canadian voice actor
March
![Amy Sedaris080112](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Amy_Sedaris080112.jpg)
*
March 3
**
Milorad Mandić
Milorad Mandić Manda ( sr-cyr, Милорад Мандић; 3 May 1961 – 15 June 2016) was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films during his career.
Biography
At the age of 21, he became a member of the Belgrade Amateur Exper ...
, Serbian actor (d.
2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
)
**
Mary Page Keller, American actress
**
John Matteson
John Matteson (born March 3, 1961) is an American professor of English and legal writing at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for his first book, '' Eden's Outc ...
, Pulitzer Prize-winning American biographer
*
March 4
**
Ray Mancini
Ray Mancini (born Raymond Michael Mancino; March 4, 1961), best known as "Boom Boom" Mancini, is an American former professional boxer who competed professionally from 1979 to 1992 and who has since worked as an actor and sports commentator. H ...
, American boxer
**
Roger Wessels
Roger Mark Wessels (born 4 March 1961) is a South African professional golfer.
Career
Wessels was born in Port Elizabeth. He turned professional at a relatively late age in 1987, without having had any major successes as an amateur. Despite t ...
, South African golfer
*
March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
–
Charles Poliquin
Charles R. Poliquin (March 5, 1961 – September 26, 2018) was a Canadian strength coach. He was also the author of eight books.
Early life and education
Charles Poliquin was born on March 5, 1961 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and started strength t ...
, Canadian strength coach
*
March 9
**
Mike Leach, American college football coach
**
Rick Steiner, American professional wrestler
*
March 10
**
Mike Bullard, American hockey player
**
Laurel Clark
Laurel Blair Clark (née Salton; March 10, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was a NASA astronaut, medical doctor, United States Navy captain, and Space Shuttle mission specialist. Clark died along with her six fellow crew members in the Space Shuttle ...
, American astronaut (d.
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
)
**
Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
*
March 11 –
Elias Koteas, Canadian film and television actor
*
March 13 -
Vasily Ignatenko, Soviet firefighter at the Chernobyl disaster (d.
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
)
*
March 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
* 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...
**
Kim Boyce, American Christian musician
**
Gary Dell'Abate
Gary Patrick Angelo Dell'Abate (born March 14, 1961), also known by the nickname Baba Booey, is an American radio producer who has been the executive producer of ''The Howard Stern Show'' since 1984. His autobiography, '' They Call Me Baba Booey'' ...
, American radio producer
**
Marc Koska
Marc Andrew Koska OBE (born 14 March 1961) is best known for inventing the non-reusable K1 auto-disable syringe, thus preventing the medical transmission of blood-borne diseases.
Education
Koska attended Stowe School, a boarding independe ...
, English businessman and inventor
**
Hiro Matsushita, Japanese
Businessman and Former
Racing driver
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition.
Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...
*
March 16
**
Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league player
**
Todd McFarlane, Canadian comic book creator and entrepreneur
**
Michiru Ōshima
is a Japanese composer and arranger. She works on music in wide range of areas, such as anime, films, television series, video games and concerts. She has written scores for over 100 movies, over 200 television titles, video games, various typ ...
, Japanese composer
*
March 17
**
Umayya Abu-Hanna
Umayya Abu-Hanna (born 17 March 1961) is a Palestinian-Finnish writer, journalist, and former member of the Helsinki City Council born in Haifa, Haifa, Israel into a Palestinian family. She moved to Finland in 1981. In 2011, she moved to Amsterda ...
, Palestine-born Finnish writer and politician
**
Alexander Bard, Swedish musician (
Army of Lovers
Army of Lovers is a Swedish dance- pop group which formed in 1987 and had a number of hits in Europe throughout the 1990s. Some of their biggest successes include the song "Crucified", which was a big hit in Europe, charting 31 weeks in the Eu ...
)
**
Sam Bowie
Samuel Paul Bowie (born March 17, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. A national sensation in high school and outstanding collegian and Olympic team member, Bowie's professional promise was undermined by repeated injuries ...
, American basketball player
**
Dana Reeve
Dana Charles Reeve (née Morosini; March 17, 1961 – March 6, 2006) was an American actress, singer, and activist for disability causes. She was the wife of actor Christopher Reeve and mother of television reporter and anchor Will Reeve.
Early ...
, American actress, singer and activist (d.
2006
File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
)
**
Casey Siemaszko
Kazimierz Andrew "Casey" Siemaszko (; born March 17, 1961) is an American actor.
Personal life
Siemaszko was born in Chicago and grew up on the city's northwest side. He attended Saint Ignatius College Preparatory School and graduated from the ...
, American actor
*
March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
**
Kassie DePaiva
Katherine Virginia "Kassie" DePaiva (née Wesley; born March 21, 1961) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Bobby Joe in the horror film '' Evil Dead II'' (1987) and her work in American daytime soap operas. She ...
, American actress
**
Lothar Matthäus, German footballer
*
March 22
**
Simon Furman, British comic book writer
*
March 23
**
Norrie McCathie
Norman "Norrie" McCathie (23 March 1961 – 8 January 1996) was a Scottish professional footballer best known for time with Scottish club Dunfermline Athletic.
Signed by Dunfermline manager Pat Stanton in August 1981 from Cowdenbeath, McCath ...
, Scottish footballer (d.
1996
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)
**
Ali Hewson, Irish activist and businesswoman
**
Helmi Johannes
Helmi Johannes (born 23 March 1961) is an Indonesian television news presenter, newscaster and executive producer. Helmi Johannes now works for the Indonesian service of the Voice of America (VOA), based in Washington, DC. Helmi is responsible for ...
, Indonesian television newscaster
*
March 24
**
Mitsuru Ogata
is a Japanese voice actor. He is affiliated with Mausu Promotion.
Filmography
Television animation
;1998
*''Detective Conan'' (Kenichi Hirai)
*''Maico 2010'' (Kacchin, Katsuo)
;2001
*'' Baki the Grappler'' (Ian McGregor)
;2002
*'' Mao Dante'' ( ...
, Japanese voice actor
**
Yanis Varoufakis, Greek economist, Greek Finance Minister
*
March 25
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
* 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...
**
Reggie Fils-Aimé, American businessman
**
Vitalijus Satkevičius
Vitalijus Satkevičius (born March 25, 1961) is a Lithuanian politician and the current mayor of Panevėžys
Panevėžys (; Latin: ''Panevezen''; pl, Poniewież; yi, פּאָנעװעזש, ''Ponevezh''; see also other names) is the fifth large ...
, Lithuanian politician
*
March 26 –
William Hague, former UK
Foreign Secretary
The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...
and former Leader of the UK
Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
*
March 27 –
Tak Matsumoto, Japanese guitarist (
B'z
are a Japanese rock duo, consisting of guitarist, composer and producer Takahiro "Tak" Matsumoto and vocalist and lyricist Koshi Inaba, 佐伯明『B'z ウルトラクロニクル』ソニー・マガジンズ、2003年。新型光B'zはなぜ ...
)
*
March 28 –
Byron Scott, American basketball player and coach
*
March 29
**
Amy Sedaris, American actress, comedian and writer
**
Gerardo Teissonniere
Gerardo Teissonnière (born March 29, 1961 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican pianist and teacher.
Education
Gerardo Teissonnière studied at the Conservatory of Music in Puerto Rico with Jesús María Sanromá and at the Cleveland Inst ...
, Puerto Rican pianist
*
March 30 –
Doug Wickenheiser
Douglas Peter Wickenheiser (March 30, 1961 – January 12, 1999) was a Canadian ice hockey player, who was drafted first overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft.
Career
Wickenheiser was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. A supe ...
, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
)
*
March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
–
Gary Winick, American filmmaker (d.
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
)
April
![George Lopez 2010](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/George_Lopez_2010.jpg)
*
April 1
**
Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer. She rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of ''Britain's Got Talent'', singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from '.
Boyle's debut studio album, ''I D ...
, Scottish singer
**
Kujira, Japanese voice actress
*
April 2 –
Christopher Meloni, American actor
*
April 3
**
Elizabeth Gracen
Elizabeth Ward Gracen (born Elizabeth Grace Ward, April 3, 1961) is an American actress and beauty pageant contestant who won the title of Miss America in 1982.
Early life and education
Elizabeth Grace Ward was born on April 3, 1961, in Oz ...
, American beauty queen, actress and model
**
Eddie Murphy
Edward Regan Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and singer. He rose to fame on the sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'', for which he was a regular cast member from 1980 to 1984. Murphy has als ...
, African-American actor and comedian
**
Edward Highmore
Edward Thomas Highmore (born 3 April 1961) is an English actor. He was born in Kingston upon Thames, London.
Life and career
Best known for playing Leo Howard in the 1980s BBC drama ''Howards' Way''. He also appeared in '' Doctor Who'', playing ...
, English actor
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
–
Lisa Zane
Lisa Zane (born Elizabeth Frances Zane; April 5, 1961) is an American actress and singer.
Personal life
Zane was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Thalia and William George Zane Sr., founders of a medical technical school. Her family's ...
, American actress
*
April 6 –
Gene Eugene, Canadian actor and singer (d.
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
)
*
April 7
**
DONDI, American graffiti artist (d.
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
**
Thurl Bailey, American basketball player
*
April 9
**
Mick Kennedy
Michael Francis Martin Kennedy (9 April 1961 – 9 February 2019) was a professional association football, footballer who played in the English Football League for Halifax Town A.F.C., Halifax Town, Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town, ...
, Irish footballer (d.
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
**
April Boy Regino
Dennis Magloyuan Regino (April 9, 1961 – November 29, 2020), known professionally as April Boy Regino (), was a Filipino singer, songwriter, and actor who popularized ballads such as "Paano ang Puso Ko", "Umiiyak ang Puso" and "Di Ko Kayang T ...
, Filipino musician (d.
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
)
*
April 10 –
Rudy Dhaenens
Rudy Dhaenens (10 April 1961 – 6 April 1998) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer who is most famous for winning the World Cycling Championships in 1990 as a member of the Belgian national team.
Dhaenens excelled several times i ...
, Belgian road bicycle racer (d.
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
*
April 11 –
Vincent Gallo, American actor
*
April 12 –
Lisa Gerrard, Australian musician
*
April 14
**
Robert Carlyle, Scottish film and television actor
**
Neil Dougherty
Cornelius Aaron "Neil" Dougherty (April 14, 1961 – July 5, 2011) was an American basketball coach, most recently the head coach at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. Dougherty played basketball at West Point for two years under c ...
, American basketball coach (d.
2011
File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...
)
**
Humberto Martins
Humberto Martins Duarte (born 14 April 1961) is a Brazilian actor.
Filmography Television
References
External links
Brazilian male telenovela actors
1961 births
People from Nova Iguaçu
Living people
{{Brazil-actor-stub ...
, Brazilian actor
*
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 ...
**
Igor Lavrinenko, Belarusian politician (d.
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
)
**
Frank J. Christensen
Frank J. Christensen (born April 17, 1961) is an American labor leader who is the general president of the International Union of Elevator Constructors. He was the longest-serving business manager of Elevator Constructors Local 2 in its history. ...
, American labor leader
**
Boomer Esiason, American football player and color commentator
**
Greg Gianforte
Gregory Richard Gianforte (born April 17, 1961) is an American businessman, politician, software engineer, and writer serving as the 25th governor of Montana since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Gianforte served as the U.S. representa ...
, U.S. Representative from Montana's at large district
**
Daphna Kastner, Canadian actress
*
April 18 –
Jane Leeves, English actress
*
April 20
**
Konstantin Lavronenko
Konstantin Nikolaevich Lavronenko (russian: Константи́н Никола́евич Лавро́ненко; born 20 April 1961) is a Soviet and Russian actor most commonly accredited for his performance as the mysterious father of two boys ...
, Russian actor
**
Don Mattingly
Donald Arthur Mattingly (born April 20, 1961) is an American former professional baseball first baseman, coach, and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the bench coach for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed ...
, American baseball player
*
April 21
Events Pre-1600
*753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
**
John Jairo Arias Tascón 'Pinina'
John is a common English name and surname:
* John (given name)
* John (surname)
John may also refer to:
New Testament
Works
* Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John
* First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John
* Second ...
, Colombian criminal (d.
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
)
**
Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress
*
April 22 –
Alo Mattiisen
Alo Mattiisen (22 April 1961 – 30 May 1996) was an Estonian musician and composer.
One of the most famous melodies that he composed was a patriotic song titled "No land is alone", with lyrics written by the Estonian poet Jüri Leesment. Sev ...
, Estonian musician and composer (d.
1996
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
)
*
April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
**
Dirk Bach, German actor and comedian (d.
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
)
**
George Lopez, American actor and comedian
*
April 26
**
Mike Francis
Francesco Puccioni (26 April 1961 – 30 January 2009), better known under his stage name Mike Francis, was an Italian singer and composer, born in Florence, Italy. Internationally, he was best known for his 1984 hit, "Survivor", and his collabo ...
, Italian singer and composer (d.
2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
)
**
Anthony Cumia, American radio personality
*
April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
–
Moana Pozzi, Italian pornographic actress, television personality and politician (d.
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
)
*
April 28 –
Futoshi Matsunaga
is a Japanese serial killer who both defrauded and tortured his victims in what is collectively known as the Kitakyūshū Serial Murder Incident ( ja, 北九州連続殺人事件). Matsunaga was convicted of six counts of murder and one count ...
, Japanese serial killer
*
April 29 –
Fumihiko Tachiki
is a Japanese voice actor and narrator.
Career
Tachiki is known for his low voice. He serves as the narrator for '' Pride Fighting Championships'' and Dream. He and Toshiyuki Morikawa formed the band "2HEARTS" in 2003. Their song, "Ever Free", s ...
, Japanese voice actor
*
April 30 –
Isiah Thomas
Isiah Lord Thomas III (born April 30, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player and coach who is an analyst for ''NBA TV''. The 12-time NBA All-Star was named one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History as well as the 75 Grea ...
, African-American basketball player, coach and team owner
May
![Kevin McDonald-1-17 (13683967045)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Kevin_McDonald-1-17_%2813683967045%29.jpg)
*
May 1 –
Marilyn Milian, American judge
*
May 2 –
Steve James, English snooker player
*
May 3
**
Joe Murray, American animator
**
David Vitter, U.S. Senator (R-LA)
*
May 4
** Jay Aston, British singer (Bucks Fizz (band), Bucks Fizz)
** Mary Elizabeth McDonough, American actress, producer, director and author
*
May 5 – Hiroshi Hase, Japanese professional wrestler
*
May 6
** George Clooney, American actor
** Wally Wingert, American actor and voice actor
** Frans Timmermans, Dutch politician and European Commissioner
* May 7 – Robert Spano, American conductor and pianist
*
May 8
Events Pre-1600
* 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
* 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
** Akira Taue, Japanese professional wrestler
*
May 9
** Rene Capo, American judoka (d.
2009
File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...
)
** John Corbett, American actor and country music singer
* May 10 – Danny Carey, American drummer (Tool (band), Tool, Pigmy Love Circus)
* May 11
** Paul Begala, American political commentator
** Lar Park Lincoln, American actress
* May 12 – Billy Duffy, British guitarist (The Cult)
* May 13 – Dennis Rodman, American basketball player and actor
*
May 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
*1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
* 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...
** Urban Priol, German Kabarett artist and comedian
** Tim Roth, English actor and director
*
May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
*1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 1364 ...
** Solveig Dommartin, French actress (d. 2007)
** Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor, voice actor and comedian
** Charles Wright (wrestler), Charles Wright, American professional wrestler
* May 17 – Enya, Irish musician
* May 18 – Jim Bowden (baseball), Jim Bowden, American baseball executive
* May 20 – Clive Allen, British footballer
*
May 21 – Brent Briscoe, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2017)
*
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.
* 11 ...
** Mike Breen, American sports announcer
** Ann Cusack, American actress
* May 23
** Mitar Subotić, Serbian musician and composer (d.
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
)
** Karen Duffy, American actress
*
May 24
Events Pre-1600
* 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom.
* 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt.
* 1276 – Magnus La ...
– Ilaria Alpi, Italian journalist (d.
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
)
*
May 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed.
* 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
* 1153 &ndash ...
– Peri Gilpin, American actress
*
May 28 – Roland Gift, British singer and musician (Fine Young Cannibals)
* May 29 – Melissa Etheridge, American musician
*
May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
** Ralph Carter, American actor
** Harry Enfield, English comedian, actor, writer and director
*
May 31
** Ray Cote, Canadian ice hockey player
** Lea Thompson, American actress
June
![Ricky Gervais 2010](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Ricky_Gervais_2010.jpg)
*
June 1
** Paul Coffey, Canadian hockey player
** Dilipkumar Viraji Thakor, Indian politician
* June 2 – Dez Cadena, American musician
* June 3
** Lawrence Lessig, American academic and political activist
** Ed Wynne (guitarist), Ed Wynne, English musician (Ozric Tentacles)
*
June 4
**El DeBarge, American urban singer; was member of American urban group DeBarge
**Sam Harris (singer), Sam Harris, American actor and pop musician
* June 5
** Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (d.
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
)
** Anthony Burger, American musician and singer (d.
2006
File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...
)
** Rosie Kane, Member of Scottish Parliament
* June 6 – Tom Araya, Chilean-born rock musician (Slayer)
* June 8 – Katy Garbi, Greek singer
* June 9
** Michael J. Fox, Canadian-American actor, producer and author
** Aaron Sorkin, American screenwriter, producer and playwright
* June 10
** Kim Deal, Kim and Kelley Deal, American musicians
** Maxi Priest, born Max Elliott, British reggae singer
* June 12 – Yuri Rozanov, Russian sports TV commentator (d.
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
)
* June 14 – Boy George, born George O'Dowd, British singer-songwriter and music producer
* June 15
** Dave McAuley, Northern Irish boxer
** Greg Kouri, Lebanese-Canadian investor, real estate businessman, and co-founder of Zip2
*
June 17
Events Pre-1600
* 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
* 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
** Muslimgauze, British ethnic electronica and experimental musician (d.
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
)
** Kōichi Yamadera, Japanese voice actor
* June 18
** Sakahoko Nobushige, Japanese sumo wrestler (d.
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
** Andrés Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
** Alison Moyet, English singer-songwriter
*
June 19 – Bidhya Devi Bhandari, 2nd President of Nepal
* June 20 – Karin Enke, Karin Kania, German speed skater
* June 21
**Iztok Mlakar, Slovenian singer-songwriter and theatre actor
**Joko Widodo, 7th President of Indonesia
*
June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
* 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
** Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist
** David Leavitt, American novelist
* June 24
** Raja Yong Sofia, Malaysian aristocrat
** Lisa Bevill, American Christian musician
** Iain Glen, Scottish actor
** Curt Smith, British singer and keyboardist
*
June 25
** Jamil Khir Baharom, Malaysian politician and former military officer
** Ricky Gervais, English comedian, actor, writer, director, and singer in Seona Dancing
* June 26 – Greg LeMond, American cyclist
*
June 27
** Tim Whitnall, English playwright, screenwriter and actor
** Meera Syal, British-Indian comedian and actress
* June 28
** Jeff Malone, American basketball player
** Eliezer Melamed, Israeli rabbi
* June 29
** Greg Hetson, American rock guitarist
** Sharon Lawrence, American actress, singer and dancer
July
![National Memorial Day Concert 2017 (34117818524) (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/National_Memorial_Day_Concert_2017_%2834117818524%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
*
July 1
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.
* 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
** Diana, Princess of Wales, born The Hon. Diana Spencer, English princess consort as first wife of Charles III of the United Kingdom, Charles, Prince of Wales (d. 1997)
** Vito Bratta, American rock guitarist
** Ivan Kaye, English actor
** Jefferson King, British bodybuilder and wrestler
** Carl Lewis, American athlete
** Fredy Schmidtke, German track cyclist (d. 2017)
** Michelle Wright, Canadian country music artist
* July 2
** Tetchie Agbayani, Filipina actress
** Jimmy McNichol, American child actor
** Samy Naceri, French actor
** Ram Chiang, Hong Kong actor and singer-composer
* July 3
** Tatiana Aleshina, Russian composer, singer-songwriter, theater artist and poet
** Mosi Alli, Tanzanian sprinter
** Suzanne Dando, English Olympic gymnast
** Joe Moreira, Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist
*
July 4
** Charles Hector, Malaysian human rights advocate and activist
** Andrew Zimmern, American television personality (Bizarre Foods)
*
July 5 – Patrizia Scianca, Italian voice actress
* July 6
** Richard Mofe-Damijo, Nigerian actor
** Rick Price, Australian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer
* July 7
** Peter Michael Escovedo, American percussionist and musical director
** Eric Jerome Dickey, American writer
*
July 8
Events Pre-1600
* 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
* 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
** Toby Keith, American country music singer
** Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher, English musician. (d. 2022)
** Olaf Johannessen (actor), Olaf Johannessen, Faroese stage and actor
* July 9 – Raymond Cruz, American actor
* July 10
** Jacky Cheung, Hong Kong singer and actor
** Lee Heung-sil, South Korean footballer
** Liyel Imoke, Nigerian politician
** Killion Munyama, Zambian-Polish economist, academic lecturer and politician
* July 11
** João Donizeti Silvestre, Brazilian businessman, historian, biologist and politician
** Ron Luce, American writer
** Ophir Pines-Paz, Israeli politician
** Sylvester Tung Kiem San, Indonesian bishop
*
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 of ...
– Mark McGann, English actor, director, writer and musician
* July 13 – Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer
* July 14 – Jackie Earle Haley, American actor
* July 15
** Forest Whitaker, African-American actor and film director
** David Cicilline, American politician
* July 16
** Li Ruiying, Chinese media personality and politician
** Copycat (software)#External links, J. Alan Brogan, Irish programmer
*
July 17
** António Costa, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal, 119th Prime Minister (2015–present)
** Jeremy Hardy, English comedian (d.
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
** Guru (rapper), Guru, American rapper (Gang Starr) (d. 2010)
** Zbigniew Zamachowski, Polish actor
* July 18 – Elizabeth McGovern, American actress and musician
* July 19
** Noriyuki Abe, Japanese anime director
** Maria Filatova, Soviet gymnast
** Benoît Mariage, Belgian film director
** Lisa Lampanelli, American stand-up comedian, actress and insult comic
** Campbell Scott, American actor, director, producer and voice artist
*
July 21
** Kenji Haga, Japanese entertainment talent, actor and businessperson
** Mokgweetsi Masisi, 5th President of Botswana
* July 22
** Masumi Hayashi (murderer), Masumi Hayashi, Japanese serial killer
** Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, Porfirije, born Prvoslav Perić, Serbian Patriarch
** Irina Rozanova, Russian actress
** Keith Sweat, American singer
* July 23
** Martin Gore, British musician and songwriter
** Michael Durant, American military pilot
** Milind Gunaji, Indian actor, model, television show host
** Woody Harrelson, American actor and comedian
** David Kaufman (actor), David Kaufman, American actor and voice actor
* July 24
** :fr:Bruno Colmant, Bruno Colmant, Belgian economist and author
** Joseph Kony, Ugandan insurgent, leader of the Lord's Resistance Army
*
July 25
Events Pre-1600
* 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
* 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
** Katherine Kelly Lang, American actress
** Hugo Teufel III, American lawyer and government official, 2nd Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security
* July 26
** Raquel Dodge, General Prosecutor of Brazil
** Gary Cherone, American rock singer-songwriter
** David Heyman, English film producer, founder of Heyday Films
** Keiko Matsui, Japanese pianist and composer
** Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer
* July 27
** Ed Orgeron, American football coach
** Erez Tal, Israeli television host
* July 28
** Mustafa El Haddaoui, Moroccan footballer
** Aleksandr Kurlovich, Soviet-Belarusian Olympic weightlifter (d. 2018)
* July 30 – Laurence Fishburne, African-American actor and film director
August
![Koji kondo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Koji_kondo.jpg)
*
August 1 – Danny Blind, Dutch footballer
* August 2 – Pete de Freitas, English musician and producer (d.
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
)
* August 3
** Art Porter Jr., American jazz saxophonist (d.
1996
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...
)
** Molly Hagan, American actress
** Nick Harvey, English politician
* August 4
** Pumpuang Duangjan, Thai megastar singer and actress (d. 1992)
** Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State of Missouri
** Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
** Lauren Tom, American actress and voice artist
* August 5
** Mercedes Aráoz, 1st Vice President of Peru
** Janet McTeer, English actress
** Hishamuddin Hussein, Malaysian politician
*
August 7
** Ileen Getz, American actress (d. 2005)
** Brian Conley, English actor, comedian, singer and presenter
** Yelena Davydova, Soviet gymnast
** Maggie Wheeler, American actress
* August 8
** The Edge, Irish rock guitarist (U2)
** Bruce Matthews (American football), Bruce Matthews, American football player
** Rikki Rockett, American rock drummer (Poison (American band), Poison)
* August 9
**Brad Gilbert, American tennis player
**John Key, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand
*
August 10 – Beatrice Alda, American actress and filmmaker
*
August 11
Events Pre-1600
* 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
* 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
** Suniel Shetty, Indian actor, producer and entrepreneur
** Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (d.
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
)
* August 12 – Lawrence (musician), Lawrence, English musician
*
August 13
Events Pre-1600
* 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
* 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
* 554 – Em ...
** Mahesh Anand, Indian actor (d.
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
** Dawnn Lewis, American voice actress
** Koji Kondo, Japanese video game composer (Nintendo)
* August 14 – Susan Olsen, American actress
* August 15 – Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress
* August 16
** Elpidia Carrillo, Mexican-American actress
** Urara Takano, Japanese voice actress
* August 17 – Uwe Schmitt, German sprinter and hurdler (d.
1995
File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...
)
* August 18
** Huw Edwards (journalist), Huw Edwards, BAFTA award-winning Welsh journalist and presenter
** Bob Woodruff, American television journalist and activist
* August 19 – Tony Longo, American actor (d.
2015
File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...
)
* August 20
** Plamen Nikolov (footballer born 1961), Plamen Nikolov, Bulgarian footballer
** Linda Manz, American actress (d.
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
)
** Manuel Merino, Peruvian politician, 68th President of Peru
*
August 21
Events Pre-1600
* 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
* 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
*1169 – Battle o ...
– Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist and animator (d. 2018)
* August 22 – Roland Orzabal, British musician and songwriter
* August 23
** Bhupesh Baghel, Indian politician and current Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
** Alexandre Desplat, French film composer
* August 24 – Jared Harris, English actor
*
August 25
** Billy Ray Cyrus, American actor and singer
** Benjamin Bwalya, Zambian footballer and coach (d.
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
)
* August 27 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer and film director
* August 28
** Jennifer Coolidge, American actress and comedian
** Deepak Tijori, Indian actor and director
*
August 30 – Brian Mitchell (boxer), Brian Mitchell, South African boxer
* August 31 – :ms:Saleem, Saleem, Malaysian singer (d. 2018)
September
![Julia Gillard 2010](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Julia_Gillard_2010.jpg)
*
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 Ancon ...
** Bam Bam Bigelow, American professional wrestler (d. 2007)
** Boney James, American saxophonist, songwriter and record producer
* September 2
** Eugenio Derbez, Mexican actor, comedian and filmmaker
** Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
** Ron Wasserman, American composer
** Anthony Wong Chau Sang, Anthony Wong Chau-sang, Hong Kong actor
* September 3
** Andy Griffiths (author), Andy Griffiths, Australian author
** Iwan Fals, Indonesian singer-songwriter
** Yermi Kaplan, Israeli musician
* September 5 – Marc-André Hamelin, Canadian pianist and composer
* September 6
** Bruce W. Smith, American animator, director and producer
** Paul Waaktaar-Savoy, Norwegian rock musician and songwriter (A-ha)
*
September 7 – Kevin Kennedy (actor), Kevin Kennedy, British actor
* September 11
** E.G. Daily, American actress, voice actress and singer
** Virginia Madsen, American actress
*
September 12 – Mylène Farmer, Canadian singer and songwriter
* September 13 – Dave Mustaine, American metal singer, guitarist
*
September 14 – Martina Gedeck, German actress
* September 15
** Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league player and coach
** Dan Marino, American football player
** Colin McFarlane, British actor and voice actor
** Lidia Yusupova, Chechen human-rights lawyer
* September 16 – Jen Tolley, American-Canadian actress and singer
*
September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
– Jim Cornette, American author and podcaster
*
September 18 – James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
* September 20 – Lisa Bloom, American lawyer
* September 22
** Bonnie Hunt, American actress, comedian, writer, director and television producer
** Catherine Oxenberg, American actress
* September 23
** Chi McBride, American actor
** William C. McCool, U.S. Navy Commander and astronaut (d.
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...
)
*
September 24
** Fiona Corke, Australian actress
** Michael Tavera, American composer
* September 25
** Heather Locklear, American actress
** Steve Scott (journalist), Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter
* September 26 – Wes Hopkins, American football player (d. 2018)
* September 27
** Andy Lau, Hong Kong actor and singer
** Melissa Newman, American artist and singer
*
September 28
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
* 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...
** Yordanka Donkova, Bulgarian athlete
** Wayne Westner, South African golfer (d. 2017)
* September 29 – Julia Gillard, 27th Prime Minister of Australia
*
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 ...
** Crystal Bernard, American actress and singer
** Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player
** Eric Stoltz, American actor and director
** Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress
October
![Peter Jackson SDCC 2014](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Peter_Jackson_SDCC_2014.jpg)
*
October 1
** Gary Ablett, Sr., Gary Ablett, Australian rules footballer
** Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler
** Michael Righeira, Italian singer-songwriter, musician and actor
* October 3 – Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer and musicologist
* October 4
** Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (d. 2022)
** Philippe Russo, French singer
** Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
*
October 5 – Matthew Kauffman, American journalist, George Polk Award winner
* October 6 – Mark Shasha, American artist, author and illustrator
*
October 10 – Jodi Benson, American actress and singer
* October 11
** Amr Diab, Egyptian singer
** Steve Young, American football player
*
October 12 – Diego García (runner), Diego García, Spanish long-distance athlete (d. 2001)
* October 13
** Rachel De Thame, English gardener and television presenter
** Doc Rivers, American basketball player and coach
* October 14 – Jim Burns, British science-fiction illustrator
* October 15 – Meera Sanyal, Indian banker (d.
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
* October 16
** Chris Doleman, American football player (d.
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
)
** Scott O'Hara, American pornographic performer, author, poet, editor and publisher (d.
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
** Paul Vaessen, English footballer (d. 2001)
** Randy Vasquez, American actor
** Kim Wayans, American actress, comedian, producer, writer and director
*
October 18
** Wynton Marsalis, African-American trumpeter and composer
** Rick Moody, American writer
** Gladstone Small, Barbadian-English cricketer
*
October 19 – Cliff Lyons, Australian rugby league player
* October 20
** Les Stroud, Canadian survival expert, filmmaker and musician
** Michie Tomizawa, Japanese voice actress
* October 22
** Todd Oldham, American designer
** Robert Torti, American actor and singer
* October 24 – Dave Meltzer, American wrestling journalist
*
October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...
** Ward Burton, American NASCAR driver
** Pat Sharp, British radio DJ and host
** Chad Smith, American musician
*
October 26 – Dylan McDermott, American actor
*
October 29 – Randy Jackson (Jacksons singer), Randy Jackson, African-American pop singer (The Jackson 5)
*
October 30 – Dmitry Muratov, Russian campaigning journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
*
October 31
** Alonzo Babers, American runner
** Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
** Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish rock drummer (U2)
November
![Mariel Hemingway headshot, free use](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Mariel_Hemingway_headshot%2C_free_use.jpg)
*
November 1
Events Pre-1600
* 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
** Anne Donovan, American basketball player and coach (d. 2018)
** Heng Swee Keat, Singaporean politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
*
November 2
** Lisa de Cazotte, American soap opera producer (d.
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
** k.d. lang, Canadian singer and songwriter
*
November 3 – David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon
* November 4
** Daron Hagen, American composer
** Dominic Heale, British journalist and newsreader
** Ralph Macchio, American actor
** Jeff Probst, American television personality
** Jerry Sadowitz, American-born British stand-up comic and card magician
** Nigel Worthington, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
* November 5 – Alan G. Poindexter, American astronaut (d.
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...
)
*
November 9
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
* 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...
** Jill Dando, British journalist and television presenter (d.
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...
)
** Jackie Kay, Scottish poet and novelist
* November 12 – Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast
*
November 14
** Ben Coleman (basketball), Ben Coleman, American basketball player (d.
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
** Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (d. 2007)
** D. B. Sweeney, American actor
* November 16
** Andrea Prodan, Scottish-Italian film actor, composer and musician
** Corinne Hermès, French singer, Eurovision Song Contest 1983 winner
*
November 18
** Michael Hawley, American academic and artist (d.
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
)
** Steven Moffat, Scottish screenwriter
** Anthony Warlow, Australian singer
*
November 19
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...
– Meg Ryan, American actress and film director
*
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 ...
– Dave Watson, English footballer
*
November 21
Events Pre-1600
* 164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.)
* 235 ...
– Maria Kawamura, Japanese voice actress
* November 22
** Mariel Hemingway, American actress
** Stephen Hough, British-Australian pianist
** Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer
*
November 24 – Arundhati Roy, Indian writer and activist
* November 25 – Matthias Freihof, German television actor and director
November 27 Lieselotte Lauer, (child family name: Schröder) German company C. Lorenz AG, SEL (Standard Elektrik Lorenz) Reported missing since July 1992
* November 28 – Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican film director, screenwriter and producer
* November 29
** Kim Delaney, American actress
** Tom Sizemore, American actor
December
![Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev - President of the Republic of Azerbaijan](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Ilham_Heydar_oglu_Aliyev_-_President_of_the_Republic_of_Azerbaijan.jpg)
*
December 1 – Salahuddin Ayub, Malaysian politician
* December 3 – Marcelo Fromer, Brazilian guitarist
* December 4
** Rocky Dennis, American teenager who had craniodiaphyseal dysplasia (d. 1978)
** Frank Reich, American football player
*
December 5
** Alan Davies (footballer), Alan Davies, English-Welsh international footballer (d. 1992)
** Laura Flanders, British born American journalist
* December 6 - Colin Salmon, British actor
*December 8 – Ann Coulter, American author, conservative commentator and attorney
*
December 9
** Beril Dedeoğlu, Turkish politician and academic (d.
2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
** David Anthony Higgins, American actor
*
December 10
** Pasang Lhamu Sherpa, Nepalese Buddhist (d. 1993)
** Nia Peeples, American actress
* December 12
** Daniel O'Donnell, Irish singer
** Sarah Sutton, British actress
* December 13
**Karen Witter, American actress and model
**Per Øystein Sørensen, Norwegian lead singer Fra Lippo Lippi
*
December 15
Events Pre-1600
* 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
* 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theod ...
– Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician
* December 16
** Bill Hicks, American comedian (d.
1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...
)
** Jon Tenney, American actor
** Sam Robards, American actor
** Shane Black, American film director
*
December 19
** Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
** Matthew Waterhouse, British actor
** Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004)
* December 20 – Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer and actor
*
December 21 – Francis Ng, Hong Kong actor
* December 22 – Kassim Majaliwa, 10th Prime Minister of Tanzania
*
December 23 – Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian novelist
* December 24
** Ilham Aliyev, 7th Prime Minister of Azerbaijan and 4th President of Azerbaijan
** Wade Williams, American actor
* December 25
** Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian senator
** Ghislaine Maxwell, British socialite
** David Thompson (Barbadian politician), David Thompson, 6th Prime Minister of Barbados (d. 2010)
* December 26 – John Lynch (actor), John Lynch, Northern Irish actor
* December 27 – Guido Westerwelle, German politician (d.
2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...
)
* December 29 – Jim Reid, Scottish musician
*
December 30
Events
Pre-1600
*534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
*999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushi ...
** Douglas Coupland, Canadian author
** Bill English, 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand
** Sean Hannity, American radio/television host and conservative commentator
** Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter), Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete
Deaths
January
![Patrice Lumumba, 1960](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Patrice_Lumumba%2C_1960.jpg)
*
January 3
Events Pre-1600
*AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor.
* 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman (b. 1896)
* January 4 – Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
*
January 8
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.
* 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
– František Flos, Czech novelist (b. 1864)
*
January 9
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
*1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
– Emily Greene Balch, American writer and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1867)
* January 10 – Dashiell Hammett, American writer (b. 1894)
*
January 13
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
** Nino Marchesini, Italian actor (b. 1895)
** Blanche Ring, American singer and actress (b. 1871)
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
*
January 17 –
Patrice Lumumba, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1925)
*
January 18 – Thomas Anthony Dooley III, physician (b. 1927)
* January 21
** Blaise Cendrars, Swiss writer (b. 1887)
** John J. Becker, American composer and pianist (b. 1886)
*
January 24 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American swimmer and inventor (b. 1884)
*
January 26 – Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b. 1900)
*
January 29 – Jesse Wallace, American naval officer, 29th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1899)
*
January 30
Events Pre-1600
*1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.
*1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.
1601–1900
*1607 – An estimated ...
– Dorothy Thompson, American journalist (b. 1893)
February
![Mohammed V](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Mohammed_V.jpg)
* February 2 – Anna May Wong, Chinese-American actress (b. 1905)
*
February 3
Events Pre-1600
* 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
*1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
*1488 – ...
– William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil, Viscount Dunrossil, Australian Governor-General (b. 1893)
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
** Hazel Heald, American writer (b. 1896)
** Philip Game, Sir Philip Game, British army officer, colonial governor and police officer (b. 1876)
*
February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
– Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, British politician (b. 1876)
* February 7 – William Duncan (actor), William Duncan, American actor (b. 1879)
*
February 9 – Carlos Luz, Brazilian politician, 19th
President of Brazil (b. 1894)
*
February 12 – Richmond K. Turner, American admiral (b. 1885)
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
*1462 – The ...
– Arthur Ripley, American film director (b. 1897)
*
February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
– Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
*
February 16 – Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1891)
*
February 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau.
* 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...
** Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin, Horatio Berney-Filkin, British army general (b. 1892)
** Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
*
February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
– Percy Grainger, Australian composer (b. 1882)
*
February 22
** George de Cuevas, Chilean-American ballet impresario and choreographer (b. 1885)
** Nick LaRocca, American jazz musician (b. 1889)
*
February 26
Events Pre-1600
*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
** Uberto De Morpurgo, Italian tennis player (b. 1896)
** King Mohammed V of Morocco (b. 1909)
*
February 28
Events Pre-1600
*202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
* 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
– Aaron S. Merrill, Aaron S. "Tip" Merrill, American admiral (b. 1890)
March
![Victor d%27Arcy and Harold Abrahams 1920](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Victor_d%27Arcy_and_Harold_Abrahams_1920.jpg)
*
March 3
** Azizul Haq, Bengali Islamic scholar (b. 1903)
** Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887)
* March 6
** George Formby, British singer, comedian and actor (b. 1904)
** Oswald Rayner, British Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 agent (b. 1888)
*
March 8
** Sir Thomas Beecham, English conductor (b. 1879)
** Gala Galaction, Romanian writer (b. 1879)
* March 12
** Victor d'Arcy, British Olympic athlete (b. 1887)
** Belinda Lee, English actress (b. 1935)
*
March 17 – Susanna M. Salter, first woman mayor in the United States (b. 1860)
*
March 22 – Nikolai Massalitinov, Soviet-born Bulgarian actor (b. 1880)
*
March 23 – Valentin Bondarenko, Russian
cosmonaut (b. 1937)
*
March 25
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
* 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...
– Arthur Drewry, English administrator, 5th President of FIFA (b. 1891)
*
March 26 – Carlos Duarte Costa, Brazilian Roman Catholic archbishop and saint, founder of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church (b. 1888)
April
![Padma Shamsher JBR](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Padma_Shamsher_JBR.jpg)
*
April 2 – Wallingford Riegger, American music composer (b. 1885)
*
April 3 – Eliseo Mouriño, Argentine footballer (b. 1927)
*
April 6 – Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1870)
*
April 7
** Vanessa Bell, English artist and interior designer (b. 1879)
** Jesús Guridi, Spanish Basque composer (b. 1886)
** Marian Driscoll Jordan, American actress and radio personality (b. 1898)
*
April 9 – Ahmet Zog/Zog I of Albania, Zog I, Skanderberg III, Albanian political leader, 11th Prime Minister of Albania, 7th President of Albania and King of Albania (b. 1895)
*
April 10 – John Hope Simpson, Sir John Hope Simpson, British politician (b. 1868)
*
April 11 – Padma Shumsher Jang Bahadur Rana, 16th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1882)
*
April 12
** Mbarek Bekkay, 1st Prime Minister of Morocco (b. 1907)
** Aziz Ezzat Pasha, Egyptian politician (b. 1869)
*
April 19 – Manuel Quiroga (violinist), Manuel Quiroga, Spanish violinist (b. 1892)
*
April 21
Events Pre-1600
*753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
– James Melton, American tenor (b. 1904)
*
April 24 – Lee Moran, American actor (b. 1888)
* April 25
** Robert Garrett, American Olympic athlete (b. 1875)
** George Melford, American actor (b. 1877)
*
April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
** Roy Del Ruth, American film director (b. 1893)
** Minoru Sasaki, Japanese general (b. 1893)
*
April 30
** Dickie Dale, English motorcycle road racer (b. 1927)
** Jessie Redmon Fauset, American editor, writer and educator (b. 1882)
May
![Gary Cooper (1952)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Gary_Cooper_%281952%29.jpg)
*
May 3
** Lajos Dinnyés, 41st Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1901)
** Maurice Merleau-Ponty, French phenomenological philosopher (b. 1908)
*
May 6 – Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet and philosopher (b. 1895)
* May 13 – Gary Cooper, American actor (''High Noon'') (b. 1901)
*
May 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
*1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
* 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...
– Albert Sévigny, Canadian politician (b. 1881)
*
May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
*1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 1364 ...
– George A. Malcolm, American jurist and educator (b. 1881)
*
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.
* 11 ...
– Joan Davis, American actress (b. 1912)
*
May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
– Rafael Trujillo, Dominican politician and soldier, 2-time President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1891)
June
![Jeff Chandler - 1958](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Jeff_Chandler_-_1958.jpg)
* June – Constantin Constantinescu-Claps, Romanian general (b. 1884)
* June 6 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist (b. 1875)
* June 9 – Camille Guérin, French bacteriologist and immunologist (b. 1872)
* June 14 – Eddie Polo, Austrian-American actor (b. 1875)
*
June 16 – Marcel Junod, Swiss physician (b. 1904)
*
June 17
Events Pre-1600
* 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
* 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
** Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
** Thomas Darden, American Rear admiral (United States), Rear admiral, 37th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1900)
* June 18 – Eddie Gaedel, American with dwarfism (b. 1925)
*
June 19 – Richard Ernest William Turner, Sir Richard Turner, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1871)
*
June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
* 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
– Nikolai Malko, Soviet conductor (b. 1883)
* June 24
** William J. Connors, American politician (b. 1891)
** George Washington Vanderbilt III, American philanthropist (b. 1914)
*
June 25 – John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and pilot (b. 1886)
*
June 27
** Paul Guilfoyle (actor, born 1902), Paul Guilfoyle, American actor (b. 1902)
** Mukhtar Auezov, Kazakh writer (b. 1897)
* June 30 – Lee de Forest, American inventor (b. 1873)
July
![1913 Ty Cobb portrait photo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/1913_Ty_Cobb_portrait_photo.png)
*
July 1
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.
* 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
** Nasuhi al-Bukhari, Syrian soldier and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Syria (b. 1881)
** Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French writer (b. 1894)
* July 2 – Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (suicide) (b. 1899)
*
July 4 – Franklyn Farnum, American actor (b. 1878)
* July 6
** Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
** Woodall Rodgers, American politician, 43rd Mayor of Dallas (b. 1890)
* July 9 – Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Alger Hiss, Hiss case
* July 15 – Nina Bari, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
*
July 17 –
Ty Cobb, American baseball player and a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball Hall of Fame (b. 1886)
* July 23
** Esther Dale, American actress (b. 1885)
** Valentine Davies, American screenwriter (b. 1905)
** Shigeko Higashikuni, Princess Teru of Japan (b. 1925)
* July 28 – Harry Gribbon, American actor of silent films (b. 1885)
* July 30 – Sediqeh Dowlatabadi, Persian feminist, women's rights activist and journalist (b. 1882)
August
![Sidney George Holland (1953) 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Sidney_George_Holland_%281953%29_2.png)
*
August 1 – Domingo Pérez Cáceres, Spanish Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1892)
* August 4
** Zoltán Tildy, 39th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1889)
** Maurice Tourneur, French film director (b. 1873)
* August 5 – Sidney Holland, New Zealand politician, 25th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1893)
* August 8 – Mei Lanfang, Beijing opera star (b. 1894)
* August 9 – Walter Bedell Smith, American general and diplomat (b. 1895)
*
August 11
Events Pre-1600
* 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
* 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
– William Jackson (gangster), William Jackson, American gangster (b. 1920)
* August 14
** Henri Breuil, French priest, archaeologist, anthropologist and ethnologist (b. 1877)
** Clark Ashton Smith, American writer and sculptor (b. 1893)
* August 20 – Percy Williams Bridgman, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
* August 23 – Beals Wright, American tennis player (b. 1879)
* August 26
** Howard P. Robertson, American physicist (b. 1903)
** Gail Russell, American actress (b. 1924)
*
August 30
** Charles Coburn, American actor (b. 1877)
** Cristóbal de Losada y Puga, Peruvian mathematician and mining engineer (b. 1894)
September
![Mariondavies](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Mariondavies.jpg)
*
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 Ancon ...
– Eero Saarinen, Finnish architect (b. 1910)
* September 3
** Richard Mason (explorer), Richard Mason, British explorer (b. 1934)
* September 4 – Charles D.B. King, President of Liberia from 1920 to 1930 (b. 1875)
*
September 7 – Pieter Gerbrandy, Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1940 to 1945 (b. 1885)
* September 16
** Percy Chapman, English cricketer (b. 1900)
** Hasan Fehmi (Ataç), Hasan Fehmi, Turkish politician (b. 1879)
*
September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
** Miguel Gómez Bao, Spanish-born Argentine actor (b. 1894)
**
Adnan Menderes
Adnan Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He ...
, Turkish statesman, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (executed) (b. 1899)
*
September 18
**
Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, politician and author, 2nd Secretary General of the United Nations, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1905)
*
September 21 – Georgia Ann Robinson, community worker and first African Americans, African American woman to be appointed a Los Angeles police officer (b. 1879)
* September 22 – Marion Davies, American actress (b. 1897)
* September 23 – Elmer Diktonius, Finnish poet and composer (b. 1896)
*
September 24 – Sumner Welles, American diplomat (b. 1892)
* September 25 – Frank Fay (American actor), Frank Fay, American vaudeville comedian and film and stage actor (b. 1891)
* September 26
** Robert L. Eichelberger, American general (b. 1886)
** Juanita Hansen, American actress (b. 1895)
* September 27 – H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), American poet and novelist (b. 1886)
October
![Sergio Osmena photo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Sergio_Osmena_photo.jpg)
*
October 1 – Donald Cook (actor), Donald Cook, American actor (b. 1901)
* October 2 – Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist (b. 1881)
* October 4 – Max Weber (artist), Max Weber, Polish-American artist (b. 1881)
* October 6 – J. Reuben Clark, American politician and Mormon leader (b. 1871)
* October 11
** Lucy Tayiah Eads, Kaw tribal chief (b. 1888)
** Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
* October 13
** Louis Rwagasore, 2nd Prime Minister of Burundi (assassinated) (b. 1932)
** Maya Deren, Russian-born American filmmaker (b. 1917)
** Zoltán Korda, Hungarian screenwriter and director (b. 1895)
** Dun Karm Psaila, Maltese writer (b. 1871)
* October 14
** Paul Ramadier, French politician, 63rd Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)
** Harriet Shaw Weaver, English political activist (b. 1876)
*
October 19
** Şemsettin Günaltay, Turkish historian and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1883)
** Sergio Osmeña, Filipino politician, 4th President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
* October 21 – Karl Korsch, German Marxist theoretician (b. 1886)
* October 22
** Joseph M. Schenck, Russian-born film studio executive (b. 1878)
** Aloys Van de Vyvere, 25th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1871)
*
October 26 – Milan Stojadinović, 12th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1888)
*
October 30 – Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of Italy (b. 1874)
*
October 31 – Augustus John, Welsh painter (b. 1878)
November
![Anselmo Alliegro y Milá](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Anselmo_Alliegro_y_Mil%C3%A1.jpg)
*
November 1
Events Pre-1600
* 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
– Mordecai Ham, American evangelist (b. 1877)
*
November 2
** James Thurber, American humorist (b. 1894)
** Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, 12th Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1894)
*
November 3 – Thomas Flynn (bishop of Lancaster), Thomas Flynn, British Roman Catholic prelate and reverend (b. 1880)
*
November 9
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
* 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...
– Ferdinand Bie, Norwegian Olympic athlete (b. 1888)
* November 15
** Elsie Ferguson, American actress (b. 1883)
** Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch plant pathologist (b. 1883)
* November 16 – Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
* November 22 – Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Cuban politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Cuba, leader of World War II (b. 1899)
*
November 24 – Ruth Chatterton, American actress, novelist and aviator (b. 1892)
* November 25 – Adelina de Lara, British composer (b. 1872)
*
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 ...
– Anna Gould, American heiress and socialite, daughter of financier Jay Gould (b. 1875)
December
![Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Ludwig-006-19, Kurt Meyer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/57/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Ludwig-006-19%2C_Kurt_Meyer.jpg)
*
December 2 – Dulcie Mary Pillers, English medical illustrator (b. 1891)
* December 3 – Pat O'Hara Wood, Australian tennis player (b. 1891)
* December 6 – Frantz Fanon, Caribbean philosopher (b. 1925)
* December 7 – Herbert Pitman, British sailor, third officer of the (b. 1877)
*
December 10 – Elwyn Welch, New Zealand farmer, ornithologist, conservationist and Open Brethren missionary (b. 1925)
* December 13 – Anna Mary Robertson Moses aka Grandma Moses, American naïve painter (b. 1860)
*
December 15
Events Pre-1600
* 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum.
* 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theod ...
– Gioacchino Failla, Italian-born American physicist (b. 1891)
* December 20
** Moss Hart, American dramatist (b. 1904)
** Earle Page, Sir Earle Page, Australian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
*
December 23
** Kurt Meyer, German ''Generalmajor der Waffen-SS'' and war criminal (b. 1910)
** Fanny Schoonheyt, Dutch Communist Lieutenant in the Spanish Civil War. (b. 1912)
* December 25 – Otto Loewi, German-born pharmacologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1873)
* December 27 – Bernard McConville, American screenwriter (b. 1887)
* December 28 – Edith Wilson, First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 (b. 1872)
* December 29
** Anton Flettner, German aviation engineer and inventor (b. 1885)
** Sibyl Morrison, first female barrister in New South Wales, Australia (b. 1895)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Robert Hofstadter, Rudolf Mössbauer
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Melvin Calvin
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Georg von Békésy
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Ivo Andrić
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace –
Dag Hammarskjöld (posthumously)
See also
* Upside down year
References
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