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January

* January 1Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. *
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 ...
Vietnam WarBattle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. *
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 ...
– A total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. *
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 ...
1963 Togolese coup d'état The 1963 Togolese coup d'état was a Togolese Armed Forces, military Coup d'état, coup that occurred in the West African country of Togo on 13 January 1963. The coup leaders — notably Emmanuel Bodjollé, Étienne Eyadéma (later Gnassingbé Ey ...
: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the
penumbral lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Ear ...
and the
annular solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...
, only 12 hours, 29 minutes after apogee. * January 19 – Soviet spy Gheorghe Pintilie is removed from his position as
Deputy Interior Minister Deputy or depute may refer to: * Steward (office) * Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy" * Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including: ** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spa ...
of the Romanian People's Republic, as a step in ensuring Romania's political independence; the Workers' Party
Politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...
discusses way of neutralizing "Soviet intelligence networks ..which Gheorghe Pintilie had coordinated." *
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 ...
– France and West Germany sign the Élysée Treaty. *
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 ...
– A large annular solar eclipse covered 99.5% of the Sun and a narrow path at most 19.6 km (12.2 mi). It was visible in Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Madagascar, and was the 26th solar eclipse of
Solar Saros 140 Saros cycle series 140 for solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an ...
. Gamma had a value of -0.48984. * January 26 – The Australia Day shootings rock Perth; 2 people are shot dead and 3 others injured by Eric Edgar Cooke. * January 29 – French President
Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
vetoes the United Kingdom's entry into the
European Common Market The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
.


February

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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 ...
– The
European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice (ECJ, french: Cour de Justice européenne), formally just the Court of Justice, is the supreme court of the European Union in matters of European Union law. As a part of the Court of Justice of the European Un ...
's ruling in '' Van Gend en Loos v Nederlandse Administratie der Belastingen'' establishes the principle of direct effect, one of the basic tenets of
European Union law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its valu ...
. * February 8 – Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy Administration. * February 10 – Five Japanese cities located on the northernmost part of
Kyūshū is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...
are merged and become the city of
Kitakyūshū is a city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fukuoka. It is one of ...
, with a population of more than 1 million. * February 12
Northwest Airlines Flight 705 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705 was a scheduled passenger flight operated on February 12, 1963, that broke up in midair and crashed into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff from Miami International Airport in a severe thunderstor ...
crashes in the Florida
Everglades The Everglades is a natural region of tropical climate, tropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large drainage basin within the Neotropical realm. The system begins near Orland ...
, killing all 43 aboard. *
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 ...
Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
becomes leader of the opposition Labour Party in the United Kingdom; in October 1964 he becomes prime minister. * February 21 – The 5.6 Marj earthquake affects northern Libya with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), causing 290–375 deaths and 375–500 injuries. *
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 ...
Juan Bosch takes office as the 41st president of the Dominican Republic.


March

* March 4 – In Paris, six people are sentenced to death for conspiring to assassinate President
Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government ...
. De Gaulle pardons five, but the other conspirator, Jean Bastien-Thiry, is executed by firing squad several days later. * March 17Mount Agung erupts on
Bali Bali () is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands. East of Java and west of Lombok, the province includes the island of Bali and a few smaller neighbouring islands, notably Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nu ...
, killing approximately 1,500. * March 23 – "''Dansevise''" by Grethe & Jørgen Ingmann (music by Otto Francker, text by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 for Denmark. * March 30Indigenous Australians are legally allowed to drink alcohol in New South Wales.


April

* April 7Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a socialist republic, and
Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...
is named President for Life. *
April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...
– The
35th Academy Awards The 35th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1962, were held on April 8, 1963, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California, hosted by Frank Sinatra. Ceremony The Best Actress Oscar occasioned the last act of t ...
ceremony is held. '' Lawrence of Arabia'' wins Best Picture. * April 10 – The U.S. nuclear submarine '' Thresher'' sinks east of Cape Cod; all 129 aboard (112 crewmen plus yard personnel) die. * April 11Pope John XXIII issues his final
encyclical An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Roman Church. At that time, the word could be used for a letter sent out by any bishop. The word comes from the Late Latin (originally from ...
, ''
Pacem in terris ''Pacem in terris'' () was a papal encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII on 11 April 1963 on the rights and obligations of individuals and of the state, as well as the proper relations between states. It emphasized human dignity and equality a ...
'', entitled ''On Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity and Liberty'', the first papal encyclical addressed to "all men of good will", rather than to Roman Catholics only. * April 12 – The Soviet nuclear powered submarine '' K-33'' collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S ''Finnclipper'' in the Danish Straits. Although severely damaged, both vessels make it to port. * April 14 – The Institute of Mental Health (Belgrade) is established. * April 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. issues his "
Letter from Birmingham Jail The "Letter from Birmingham Jail", also known as the "Letter from Birmingham City Jail" and "The Negro Is Your Brother", is an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. It says that people have a moral responsibility to b ...
". * April 20 – In Quebec, Canada, members of the terrorist group
Front de libération du Québec The (FLQ) was a Marxist–Leninist and Quebec separatist guerrilla group. Founded in the early 1960s with the aim of establishing an independent and socialist Quebec through violent means, the FLQ was considered a terrorist group by the Canadia ...
bomb a Canadian Army recruitment center, killing night watchman Wilfred V. O'Neill. *
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 ...
23 – The first election of the Supreme Institution of the Baháʼí Faith (known as the Universal House of Justice, whose seat is at the Baháʼí World Centre on
Mount Carmel Mount Carmel ( he, הַר הַכַּרְמֶל, Har haKarmel; ar, جبل الكرمل, Jabal al-Karmil), also known in Arabic as Mount Mar Elias ( ar, link=no, جبل مار إلياس, Jabal Mār Ilyās, lit=Mount Saint Elias/Elijah), is a c ...
in Haifa, Israel) is held. * April 22Lester Bowles Pearson becomes the 14th Prime Minister of Canada. * April 281963 general election is held in Italy. * April 29Buddy Rogers becomes the first WWWF Champion.


May

* May 1The Coca-Cola Company introduces its first diet drink, Tab cola. * May 2Berthold Seliger launches near Cuxhaven a 3-stage rocket with a maximum flight altitude of more than 62 miles (the only sounding rocket developed in Germany). * May 4 – The Le Monde Theater fire in Dioirbel, Senegal, kills 64 people. *
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 ...
Huế Phật Đản shootings The Huế Phật Đản shootings were the deaths of nine unarmed Buddhist civilians on 8 May 1963 in the city of Huế, South Vietnam at the hands of the army and security forces of the government of Ngô Đình Diệm, a Roman Catholic. The ...
: The
Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April ...
opens fire on Buddhists who defy a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha, killing 9. Earlier, President
Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of ...
allowed the flying of the Vatican flag in honour of his brother, Archbishop Ngô Đình Thục, triggering the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam. * May 13 – A smallpox outbreak hits
Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
,
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
, lasting until July. * May 14 – Kuwait becomes the 111th member of the United Nations. * May 15Project Mercury: NASA launches Gordon Cooper on Mercury-Atlas 9, the last Mercury mission (on June 12 NASA Administrator James E. Webb tells Congress the program is complete). * May 22A.C. Milan beats Benfica 2–1 at Wembley Stadium, London and wins the
1962–63 European Cup The 1962–63 European Cup was the eighth season of the European Cup, a football competition for European clubs. The competition was won by Milan, who beat two-time defending champions Benfica in the final at Wembley Stadium in London. Milan's v ...
(football). * May 23
Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
visits the Soviet Union. * May 25 – The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


June

* June 3
Huế chemical attacks The Huế chemical attacks occurred on 3 June 1963, when soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) poured liquid chemicals from tear gas grenades onto the heads of praying Buddhists in Huế, South Vietnam. The Buddhists were pr ...
: The
Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; french: Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) composed the ground forces of the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April ...
rains liquid chemicals on the heads of Buddhist protestors, injuring 67 people. The United States threatens to cut off aid to the regime of
Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of ...
. * June 4 – President of the United States John F. Kennedy signs Executive Order 11110, authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to continue issuing silver certificates. *
June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
– The first annual National Hockey League Entry Draft is held in Montreal. * June 10 – In the United States: ** President John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law. ** President John F. Kennedy delivers his American University speech, "A Strategy of Peace", in Washington, D.C. ** The University of Central Florida is established by the Florida legislature. * June 11 – In
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, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức commits self-immolation to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the
Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of ...
administration. * June 13 ** The cancellation of Mercury-Atlas 10 effectively ends the United States' manned spaceflight Project Mercury. ** The New York Commodity Exchange begins trading silver futures contracts. * June 15 – The AC Cobra makes its first appearance at the
24 Hours of Le Mans The 24 Hours of Le Mans (french: link=no, 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused Sports car racing, sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is the world's oldest active Endurance racing (motorsport), endurance r ...
. It will go on to win its class the following year. * June 16Vostok 6 carries Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman into space. * June 19Valentina Tereshkova the first woman in space, returns to Earth, landing in the Soviet Union. *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
** Establishment of the Moscow–Washington hotline (officially, the Direct Communications Link or DCL; unofficially, the "red telephone"; and in fact a teleprinter link) is authorized by signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in Geneva by representatives of the Soviet Union and the United States. ** Swedish Air Force Colonel Stig Wennerström is arrested as a spy for the Soviet Union. *
June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...
Pope Paul VI (Giovanni Battista Montini) succeeds Pope John XXIII as the 262nd pope. * June 26 ** John F. Kennedy gives his " Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in West Berlin, Germany. ** David Ben-Gurion is replaced by Levi Eshkol as prime minister of Israel.


July

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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 ...
ZIP codes are introduced by the United States Postal Service. * July 5 – Diplomatic relations between the Israeli and the Japanese governments are raised to embassy level. * July 7Double Seven Day scuffle: Secret police loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President
Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of ...
, attack American journalists including Peter Arnett and David Halberstam at a demonstration during the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam. * July 11 – South Africa: police raid Liliesleaf Farm to the north of Johannesburg, arresting a group of African National Congress leaders. * July 19 – American test pilot Joe Walker, flying the X-15, reaches an altitude of 65.8 miles (105.9 kilometers), making it a sub-orbital spaceflight by recognized international standards. * July 26 ** An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,800 dead. ** NASA launches
Syncom Syncom (for "synchronous communication satellite") started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by the Space and Communications division of Hughes Aircraft Comp ...
2, the world's first
geostationary A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit''Geostationary orbit'' and ''Geosynchronous (equatorial) orbit'' are used somewhat interchangeably in sources. (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit in altitude ...
( synchronous) satellite. * July 30 – The Soviet newspaper '' Izvestia'' reports that British diplomat and double agent Kim Philby has been given asylum in Moscow.


August

* August 5 – The United States, United Kingdom and Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. * August 8 – The Great Train Robbery takes place in
Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
, England. *
August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
– A huge and devastating
forest fire A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of Combustibility and flammability, combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire ...
hits the region around Paraná State, Brazil. According to government documents, two million hectares (4.94 million acres) were lost to burning and 110 persons perished. * August 15 – '' Trois Glorieuses'': President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the
Republic of Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...
after a three-day uprising in the capital,
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. *
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 ...
Xá Lợi Pagoda raids The Xá Lợi Pagoda raids were a series of synchronized attacks on various Buddhist pagodas in the major cities of South Vietnam shortly after midnight on 21 August 1963. The raids were executed by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special For ...
: The
Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces ( vi, Lực Lượng Đặc Biệt Quân Lực Việt Nam Cộng Hòa or ') were the elite military units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Following the establishment of the Repub ...
loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President
Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Diệm ( or ; ; 3 January 1901 – 2 November 1963) was a South Vietnamese politician. He was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955), and then served as the first president of South Vietnam (Republic of ...
, vandalise Buddhist pagodas across South Vietnam, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead. In the wake of the raids, the Kennedy administration by Cable 243 orders the
United States Embassy, Saigon The United States Embassy in Saigon was first established in June 1952, and moved into a new building in 1967 and eventually closed in 1975. The embassy was the scene of a number of significant events of the Vietnam War, most notably the Viet Co ...
to explore alternative leadership in the country, opening the way towards a coup against Diệm. * August 22 – American test pilot Joe Walker again achieves a sub-orbital spaceflight according to international standards, this time by piloting the X-15 to an altitude of 67.0 miles (107.8 kilometers). * August 24 – First games played in the Bundesliga, the primary professional Association football league in West Germany, replacing the Oberliga. * August 28Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "
I Have a Dream "I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, Martin Luther King Jr., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called ...
" speech on the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument, and is in the ...
to an audience of at least 250,000, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It is, at that point, the single largest protest in American history.


September

* September 1Establishment of language areas and facilities in Belgium comes into effect. This will become the foundation for further
state reform in Belgium State reform, in the context of Belgium, is the ongoing process of seeking and finding constitutional and legal solutions to the problems and tensions in the different segments of the Belgian population, mostly between the Dutch-speakers of Flande ...
. * September 6 – The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is founded. * September 10
Sicilian Mafia The Sicilian Mafia, also simply known as the Mafia and frequently referred to as Cosa nostra (, ; "our thing") by its members, is an Italian Mafia-terrorist-type organized crime syndicate and criminal society originating in the region of Sicily a ...
boss Bernardo Provenzano is indicted for murder (he is captured 43 years later, on April 11,
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 ...
). * September 15American civil rights movement: The
16th Street Baptist Church bombing The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday, September 15, 1963. Four members of a local Ku Klux Klan chapter planted 19 sticks of dynam ...
, in Birmingham, Alabama, kills 4 and injures 22. * September 16Malaysia is formed through the merging of the
Federation of Malaya The Federation of Malaya ( ms, Persekutuan Tanah Melayu; Jawi script, Jawi: ) was a federation of what previously had been British Malaya comprising eleven states (nine Malay states and two of the British Empire, British Straits Settlements, P ...
and the British
crown colony A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony administered by The Crown within the British Empire. There was usually a Governor, appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the UK Government, with or without the assistance of a local Counci ...
of Singapore,
North Borneo North Borneo (usually known as British North Borneo, also known as the State of North Borneo) was a British Protectorate, British protectorate in the northern part of the island of Borneo, which is present day Sabah. The territory of North Borneo ...
(renamed Sabah) and Sarawak. * September 18 – Rioters burn down the British Embassy in
Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
, to protest the formation of Malaysia. *
September 23 Events Pre-1600 * 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals is established by a Saudi Royal Decree as the ''College of Petroleum and Minerals''. * September 24 – The United States Senate ratifies the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. * September 25 – In the Dominican Republic, Juan Bosch is deposed by a coup d'état led by the military with civilian support. * September 29 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council in Rome opens.


October

* October 1 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy toasts Emperor Haile Selassie at a luncheon in
Rockville, Maryland Rockville is a city that serves as the county seat of Montgomery County, Maryland, and is part of the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The 2020 census tabulated Rockville's population at 67,117, making it the fifth-largest community in ...
. * October 2 ** Nigeria becomes a
republic A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
; The 1st Republican Constitution is established. ** The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women in the United States issues its final reports to President Kennedy. * October 3
1963 Honduran coup d'état The 1963 Honduran coup d'état was a military takeover of the Honduran government on 3 October 1963, ten days before a scheduled election. Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Ramón Villeda Morales as president and initiated two decades of milita ...
: A violent coup in
Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform under President Ramón Villeda Morales and begins two decades of military rule under General Oswaldo López Arellano. * October 4
Hurricane Flora Hurricane Flora is among the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes in recorded history, with a death total of at least 7,193. The seventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the 1963 Atlantic hurricane season, Flora developed from a disturbance in th ...
, one of the worst Atlantic storms in history, hits
Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
and Cuba, killing nearly 7,000 people. * October 7Buddhist crisis: Amid worsening relations, outspoken South Vietnamese First Lady Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu arrives in the US for a speaking tour, continuing a flurry of attacks on the Kennedy administration. * October 9 – In northeast Italy, over 2,000 people are killed when a large landslide behind the Vajont Dam causes a giant wave of water to overtop it. * October 10Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, signed on August 5, takes effect. * October 14 – A revolution starts in Radfan,
South Yemen South Yemen ( ar, اليمن الجنوبي, al-Yaman al-Janubiyy), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (, ), also referred to as Democratic Yemen (, ) or Yemen (Aden) (, ), was a communist state that existed from 1967 to 19 ...
, against British colonial rule. * October 16
Ludwig Erhard Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (; 4 February 1897 – 5 May 1977) was a German politician affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), and chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. He is known for leading the West German postwar economic ...
replaces Konrad Adenauer as Chancellor of West Germany. * October 19
Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and being The 14th Earl of Home from 1951 till 1963, was a British Conservative politician who se ...
succeeds
Harold Macmillan Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative statesman and politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Caricatured as "Supermac", he ...
as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * October 24 – Fire at the Soviet Union's
Baikonur Cosmodrome The Baikonur Cosmodrome ( kk, Байқоңыр ғарыш айлағы, translit=Baiqoñyr ğaryş ailağy, ; russian: Космодром Байконур, translit=Kosmodrom Baykonur, ) is a spaceport in an area of southern Kazakhstan leased to R ...
in an R-9 Desna underground missile silo; seven people are killed. * October 30 – The car manufacturing firm
Lamborghini Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. () is an Italian brand and manufacturer of luxury sports cars and SUVs based in Sant'Agata Bolognese. The company is owned by the Volkswagen Group through its subsidiary Audi. Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916–1993) ...
is founded in Italy. * October 311963 Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum gas explosion: 81 die in a gas explosion during a Holiday on Ice show at the
Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum The Indiana Farmers Coliseum (originally Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum and formerly Pepsi Coliseum and Fairgrounds Coliseum) is a 6,500-seat indoor multi-use arena, located on the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. The Indiana Farm ...
in
Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...
, United States.


November

* November 1
Arecibo Observatory The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science F ...
, a
radio telescope A radio telescope is a specialized antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes are the main observing instrument used in radio astronomy, which studies the radio frequency ...
, officially begins operation in Puerto Rico. * November 2
1963 South Vietnamese coup In November 1963, President Ngô Đình Diệm and the Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of both the Buddhist crisis and the V ...
: Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, the
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
ese President. * November 6
1963 South Vietnamese coup In November 1963, President Ngô Đình Diệm and the Personalist Labor Revolutionary Party of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of both the Buddhist crisis and the V ...
: Coup leader General Dương Văn Minh takes over as leader of
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
. * November 7 – 11 German miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days in what becomes known as the " Wunder von Lengede" ("miracle of Lengede"). * November 8Finnair aircraft OH-LCA crashes before landing at Mariehamn Airport on Åland. *
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 ...
– Two disasters in Japan: ** Miike coal mine explosion: A coal mine explosion kills 458 and sends 839 carbon monoxide poisoning victims to the hospital. **
Tsurumi rail accident The occurred on November 9, 1963 between Tsurumi and Shin-Koyasu stations on the Tōkaidō Main Line in Yokohama, Japan, about south of Tokyo, when two passenger trains collided with a derailed freight train, killing 162 people. Accident T ...
: A triple train disaster in Yokohama kills 161. * November 10Malcolm X makes an historic speech in Detroit, Michigan (" Message to the Grass Roots"). * November 14 – A volcanic eruption under the sea near Iceland creates a new island, Surtsey. * November 22 ** Assassination of John F. Kennedy: In a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, U.S. President John F. Kennedy is fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, and
Governor of Texas The governor of Texas heads the state government of Texas. The governor is the leader of the executive and legislative branch of the state government and is the commander in chief of the Texas Military. The current governor is Greg Abbott, who ...
John Connally is seriously wounded at 12:30 CST. Upon Kennedy's death, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the 36th President of the United States. A few hours later, President Johnson is
sworn in Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon ', also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who conscientiously object to making sacred oaths is to giv ...
aboard
Air Force One Air Force One is the official air traffic control designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. In common parlance, the term is used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used ...
, as Kennedy's body is flown back to Washington, D.C. Stores and businesses shut down for the next four days, in tribute. * November 23 ** The
Golden Age Nursing Home fire The Golden Age Nursing Home fire took place soon after 4:45 am on November 23, 1963, a mile north of Fitchville, Ohio, United States, killing 63 residents. The news of the fire was overshadowed by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, w ...
kills 63 elderly people near
Fitchville, Ohio Fitchville is an unincorporated community in Fitchville Township, Huron County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Norwalk Micropolitan Statistical Area. Fitchville is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 250, State Route 13, and S ...
, United States. ** The long-running sci-fi television series ''
Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...
'' premieres on BBC TV in the United Kingdom. * November 24 ** Lee Harvey Oswald, alleged assassin of John F. Kennedy, is shot dead by
Jack Ruby Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Leon Rubenstein; April 25, 1911January 3, 1967) was an American nightclub owner and alleged associate of the Chicago Outfit who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was accused of th ...
in Dallas, an event seen on live national television. ** Vietnam War: New U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
militarily and economically. * November 25
State funeral of John F. Kennedy The state funeral of John F. Kennedy, 35th U.S. President, took place in Washington, D.C., during the three days that followed his assassination on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy's body was brought back to Washington after ...
: President Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Schools around the nation cancel classes that day; millions watch the funeral on live international television. Lee Harvey Oswald's funeral takes place on the same day. *
November 29 Events Pre-1600 * 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom. * 618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over t ...
** U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of John F. Kennedy. **
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) Flight 831 was a flight from Montréal–Dorval International Airport to Toronto International Airport on November 29, 1963. About five minutes after takeoff in poor weather, the jet crashed about 32 kms (20 miles ...
, a Douglas DC-8 crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from
Dorval International Airport Dorval () is an Greater Montreal, on-island suburban City (Quebec), city on the island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. In 2016, the Canadian Census indicated that the population increased by 4.2% to 18,980. Although the city has the ...
near Montreal, killing all 118 on board, the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history. ** Foundation stone for
Mirzapur Cadet College Mirzapur Cadet College ( bn, মির্জাপুর ক্যাডেট কলেজ) is a Military high school in Tangail, Bangladesh. Like other cadet colleges it follows the national curriculum prescribed by the National Curricul ...
is laid in East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh). * November 30
1963 Australian federal election The 1963 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 30 November 1963. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–Country coalition government, led by Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, w ...
:
Robert Menzies The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory ...
' Liberal/ Country
Coalition A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...
Government is re-elected with an increased majority to an unprecedented eighth term in office, defeating the Labor Party led by Arthur Calwell. (This would be the final lower house election won by Menzies, who would retire from office during the term as the longest-serving Prime Minister in Australian history; he would be replaced by
Harold Holt Harold Edward Holt (5 August 190817 December 1967) was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his presumed death in 1967. He held office as leader of the Liberal Party. Holt was born in S ...
.)


December

* December 3 – The Warren Commission begins its investigation into the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. * December 4 – The second period of the Second Vatican Council closes. * December 5 – The Seliger Forschungs-und-Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH demonstrates rockets for military use to military representatives of non-NATO-countries near Cuxhaven. Although these rockets land via parachute at the end of their flight and no allied laws are violated, the Soviet Union protests this action. * December 7 – The first instant replay system to use videotape instead of film is used by Tony Verna, a CBS-TV director, during a live televised sporting event, the
Army–Navy Game The Army–Navy Game is an American college football rivalry game between the Army Black Knights of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, New York, and the Navy Midshipmen of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapo ...
of
college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...
played in Philadelphia, United States. * December 8 – A lightning strike causes the crash of
Pan Am Flight 214 Pan Am Flight 214 was a scheduled flight of Pan American World Airways from Isla Verde International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Friendship Airport in Baltimore and Philadelphia International Airport. On December 8, 1963, the Boeing 7 ...
near Elkton, Maryland, United States, killing 81 people. * December 10 ** Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom, as a constitutional monarchy under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah. ** Chuck Yeager narrowly escapes death while testing an NF-104A rocket-augmented aerospace trainer when his aircraft goes out of control at 108,700 feet (nearly 21 miles up) and crashes. He parachutes to safety at 8,500 feet after vainly battling to gain control of the powerless, rapidly falling craft. In this incident he becomes the first pilot to make an emergency ejection in the full pressure suit needed for high altitude flights. * December 12Kenya gains independence from the United Kingdom, with
Jomo Kenyatta Jomo Kenyatta (22 August 1978) was a Kenyan anti-colonial activist and politician who governed Kenya as its Prime Minister from 1963 to 1964 and then as its first President from 1964 to his death in 1978. He was the country's first indigenous ...
as prime minister. * December 20 – The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials begin. * December 21Cyprus Emergency: Inter-communal fighting erupts between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. * December 22 – The cruise ship TSMS ''Lakonia'' burns north of
Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthem , image_map=EU-Portugal_with_Madeira_circled.svg , map_alt=Location of Madeira , map_caption=Location of Madeira , subdivision_type=Sovereign st ...
, with the loss of 128 lives. * December 25İsmet İnönü of the
Republican People's Party The Republican People's Party ( tr, Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, , acronymized as CHP ) is a Kemalist and social-democratic political party in Turkey which currently stands as the main opposition party. It is also the oldest political party ...
(CHP) forms the new government of Turkey (28th government, coalition partners; independents, İnönü has served ten times as a prime minister, this is his last government). * December 31
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation or CAF, was a colonial federation that consisted of three southern African territories: the Self-governing colony, self-governing British colony of Southe ...
dissolves.


Date unknown

*
David H. Frisch David Henry Frisch (March 12, 1918 – May 23, 1991) was an American physicist who helped develop the atom bomb in World War II and later became active in the disarmament movement. He was also the husband of Rose Epstein Frisch. Biography Born ...
and J.H. Smith prove that the
radioactive decay Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is consid ...
of mesons is slowed by their motion (see
Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theory ...
's special relativity and general relativity). * The
TAT-3 TAT-3 was the third transatlantic telephone cable, in operation from 1963 to 1986. It had 414 kHz of bandwidth, allowing it to carry 138 telephone circuits (simultaneous calls). It was long, connecting Widemouth Bay in Cornwall, England to Tu ...
transatlantic communications cable goes into operation. *
Ivan Sutherland Ivan Edward Sutherland (born May 16, 1938) is an American computer scientist and Internet pioneer, widely regarded as a pioneer of computer graphics. His early work in computer graphics as well as his teaching with David C. Evans in that subje ...
writes the revolutionary Sketchpad program and runs it on the Lincoln TX-2 computer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. * Construction of Moscow's
Ostankino Tower Ostankino Tower (russian: links=no, Останкинская телебашня, Ostankinskaya telebashnya) is a television and radio tower in Moscow, Russia, owned by the Moscow branch of unitary enterprise Russian TV and Radio Broadcasting N ...
begins. * The IEEE Computer Society is founded. * The Urdu keyboard is standardised by the Central Language Board in Pakistan. * Harvey Ball invents the ubiquitous smiley face symbol. * The classic
Porsche 911 The Porsche 911 (pronounced ''Nine Eleven'' or in german: Neunelfer) is a two-door 2+2 high performance rear-engined sports car introduced in September 1964 by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a rear-mounted flat-six engine and origin ...
is first produced. * The
Reformed Druids of North America The Reformed Druids of North America (RDNA) is an American Neo-Druidic organization. It was formed in 1963 at Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota as a humorous protest against the college's required attendance of religious services. This ori ...
is founded. * Hergé's '' The Castafiore Emerald'' is published. * Marvel releases their Superhero assembly team The Avengers


Births


January

*
January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...
** Dave Foley, Canadian actor and comedian ** Till Lindemann, German singer ( Rammstein) * January 5Jiang Wen, Chinese actor, film director and screenwriter *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan long-distance runner (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 ...
) *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
Kira Ivanova, Soviet Russian figure skater (d.
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...
) *
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 ...
Steven Soderbergh Steven Andrew Soderbergh (; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker. Soderbergh's direc ...
, American film director *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer, cyber security expert, and writer *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
James May, English motoring journalist and television show host * January 17Kai Hansen, German power metal guitarist and singer * January 21
Hakeem Olajuwon Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon (; ; born January 21, 1963), nicknamed "the Dream", is a Nigerian Americans, Nigerian-American former professional basketball player. From 1984 to 2002, he played Center (basketball), center in the National Basketball Ass ...
, Nigerian basketball player * January 23Gail O'Grady, American actress *
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 ...
Fernando Haddad, Brazilian academic and politician * January 26 **
José Mourinho José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix GOIH (; born 26 January 1963), is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of Italian Serie A club Roma. Once dubbed "The Special One" by the British ...
, Portuguese football manager ** Andrew Ridgeley, English singer


February

*
February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
Eva Cassidy, American vocalist (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 ...
) *
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 – ...
Gretel Killeen Gretel Killeen (born 3 February 1963) is an Australian comedian, television presenter, media personality and author. She is known for being the host of '' Big Brother Australia'' from its inception in 2001 until the 2007 season (including ''Ce ...
, Australian journalist *
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 ...
Pirmin Zurbriggen, Swiss alpine skier *
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 ...
** David Capel, English cricketer (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- ...
) **
Cláudia Ohana Maria Cláudia Silva Carneiro (born February 6, 1963), known professionally as Cláudia Ohana (after the maternal surname of her mother, Nazareth Ohana Silva), is a Brazilian actress and singer of Portuguese and Jewish origin. In Brazil, she is ...
, Brazilian actress and singer * February 12John Michael Higgins, American actor and voice actor *
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 ...
** Enrico Colantoni, Canadian actor and director ** Alex Perry, Australian fashion designer *
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 ...
Shoucheng Zhang Shoucheng Zhang (; February 15, 1963 – December 1, 2018) was a Chinese-American physicist who was the JG Jackson and CJ Wood professor of physics at Stanford University. He was a condensed matter theorist known for his work on topological ins ...
, Chinese-American physicist (d.
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
) * February 16Claudio Amendola, Italian actor, television presenter and director *
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 ...
** Jinggoy Estrada, Filipino politician, actor and film producer **
Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. His biography on the official NBA website states: "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the g ...
, American basketball player ** Larry the Cable Guy, American actor and comedian * February 18
Rob Andrew Christopher Robert Andrew (born 18 February 1963) is a former English Rugby Union player and was, until April 2016, Professional Rugby Director at the RFU. He was formerly the Director of Rugby of Newcastle Falcons and has been Chief Executiv ...
, English rugby union player *
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 ...
Seal, English singer *
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 ...
Charles Barkley, American basketball player * February 21William Baldwin, American actor, producer and writer * February 22Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
Reza Abdoh Reza is a Persian name, originating from the Arabic word , ''Riḍā'', which literally means "the fact of being pleased or contented; contentment, approval". In religious context, this name is interpreted as ''satisfaction'' or "''perfect content ...
, Iranian-American director and playwright (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 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. ...
Merab Katsitadze Merab Katsitadze (born 25 February 1963) is a retired Georgian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally mea ...
, retired Georgian professional football player *
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 ...
Virginie Boutaud, Brazilian singer and actress ( Metrô, Virginie & Fruto Proibido)


March

* March 1 ** Miss Shangay Lily, Spanish drag queen, writer, actor, and director (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 ...
) ** Thomas Anders, German singer * March 2 **
Anthony Albanese Anthony Norman Albanese ( or ; born 2 March 1963) is an Australian politician serving as the 31st and current prime minister of Australia since 2022. He has been leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2019 and the member of parlia ...
, 31st
Prime Minister of Australia The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister heads the executive branch of the Australian Government, federal government of Australia and is also accountable to Parliament of A ...
** Tuff Hedeman, American PRCA World Champion Bull Rider * March 3Martín Fiz, Spanish long-distance runner * March 4Jason Newsted, American bassist * March 8
Juan Gilberto Funes Juan Gilberto Funes Baldovino (8 March 1963 – 11 January 1992), nicknamed "''El Búfalo''" (The Buffalo), was an Argentine footballer who played as a striker, known for his physical style of play. He was born in San Luis, Argentina. Biograph ...
, Argentine footballer (d.
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
) * March 9 - Jean-Marc Vallée, Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter (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 ...
) * March 10 ** Rick Rubin, American music producer ** Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, Italian politician * March 11 ** Azem Hajdari, Albanian student leader (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 ...
) ** Alex Kingston, English actress ** David LaChapelle, American photographer *
March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
** Farahnaz Pahlavi, Iranian princess ** Jake Weber, British actor ** Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner * March 13Fito Páez, Argentine musician *
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 ...
** Bruce Reid, Australian cricketer ** Mahiro Maeda, Japanese animator * March 15
Bret Michaels Bret Michael Sychak (born March 15, 1963), known professionally as Bret Michaels, is an American singer and musician. He gained fame as the frontman of rock band Poison who has sold over 50 million albums worldwide and 15 million records in the U ...
, American rock singer (
Poison Poison is a chemical substance that has a detrimental effect to life. The term is used in a wide range of scientific fields and industries, where it is often specifically defined. It may also be applied colloquially or figuratively, with a broa ...
) * March 16Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d.
2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
) * March 17Alex Fong, Hong Kong actor * March 18 ** Ratna Pathak, Indian actress ** Vanessa Williams, American beauty queen, actress and singer * March 20 ** Kathy Ireland, American actress and model ** David Thewlis, British 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 ...
Ronald Koeman, Dutch football player and manager * March 22 ** Marty Natalegawa, Indonesian diplomat ** Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru * March 23Jose Miguel Gonzalez Martin del Campo, Spanish football player *
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 ...
Andrew O'Connor, English actor, comedian, magician, television presenter and executive producer * March 26
Natsuhiko Kyogoku is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan. Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; ''Mōryō no Hako'', which w ...
, Japanese writer * March 27 ** Dave Koz, American jazz musician ** Quentin Tarantino, American actor, director, writer and producer ** Xuxa, Brazilian television personality * March 28 ** Chieko Honda, Japanese voice actress (d.
2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...
) ** Bernice King, American activist, lawyer, and minister * March 30Panagiotis Tsalouchidis, Greek footballer *
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 ...
Stephen Tataw Stephen Tataw Eta (31 March 196331 July 2020) was a Cameroonian football right-back who played club football in his home country and Japan. He captained the Cameroon national team at the 1990 and 1994 editions of the FIFA World Cup. He was th ...
, Cameroonian footballer (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

* April 3Sarah Woodward, English actress *
April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...
** Siraj Raisani, Pakistani politician (d.
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
) ** Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey 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- ...
) ** Graham Norton, Irish comedian and talk show host ** Frank Yallop, Canadian footballer * April 6 ** Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador ** Clark Spencer, American film producer, businessman and studio executive ** Shaun Toub, Iranian-born American actor *
April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. *1139 – Ro ...
Dean Norris, American actor * April 9 **
Marc Jacobs Marc Jacobs (born April 9, 1963) is an American fashion designer. He is the head designer for his own fashion label, Marc Jacobs, and formerly Marc by Marc Jacobs, a diffusion line, which was produced for approximately 15 years, before it was d ...
, American fashion designer **
Erdal Tosun Erdal Tosun (April 9, 1963 – November 30, 2016) was a Turkish actor. Biography Born in Istanbul to actor Necdet Tosun and the older brother of actor Gürdal Tosun, he graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 1982 and began his career ...
, Turkish 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 ...
) * April 10Doris Leuthard, Swiss politician and lawyer * April 11 **
Mavis Agbandje-McKenna Mavis Agbandje-McKenna (April 11, 1963 – March 3, 2021) was a Nigerian-born British medical biophysicist, structural virologist, and a professor of structural biology, as well as the director of the Center for Structural Biology at the Univers ...
, Nigerian-born British biophysicist and virologist (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 ...
) **
Chris Ferguson Christopher Philip Ferguson (born April 11, 1963) is an American professional poker player. He has won six World Series of Poker events, including the 2000 WSOP Main Event, and the 2008 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Ferguson is a ...
, American poker player *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
Garry Kasparov, Russian chess player * April 15 ** Beata Szydło, Prime Minister of Poland ** Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan politician * April 16Jimmy Osmond, American singer * April 18 ** Universo 2000, Mexican professional wrestler (d.
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
) ** Eric McCormack, Canadian actor **
Conan O'Brien Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows for almost 28 years, beginning with ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' (19 ...
, American television entertainer and talk show host *
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 ...
Roy Dupuis, Canadian actor * April 22
Blanca Fernández Ochoa Blanca Fernández Ochoa (22 April 1963 – August 2019)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 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 ...
Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak Mohammad Ali Ramazani Dastak ( fa, محمدعلی رمضانی دستک; 23 April 1963 – 29 February 2020) was an Iranian politician who was elected to the Iranian Parliament in the 2020 Iranian legislative election, 2020 election. Biography H ...
, Iranian politician (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 26Jet Li, Chinese martial artist and actor *
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 ...
Russell T Davies, Welsh television producer and writer * April 28Beate Grimsrud, Norwegian novelist and playwright (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 29Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey coach


May

* May 2
Yoram Yosefsberg Yoram Yosefsberg ( he, יורם יוספסברג; born 2 May 1963) is an Israeli actor and voice actor.May 5James LaBrie, Canadian vocalist (
Dream Theater Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of the ...
) * May 9Gary Daniels, British martial artist and actor *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
** Rich Moore, American film and television animation director, screenwriter and voice actor ** Lisa Nowak, American naval flight officer and NASA astronaut **
A. Raja Andimuthu Raja (born Sathyaseelan; 26 October 1963) is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, who serves as Member of Parliament for the Nilgiris constituency and deputy general secretary for the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He was a member of t ...
, Indian politician *
May 11 Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
**
Roark Critchlow Roark Grant Critchlow (born May 11, 1963) is a Canadian actor. He is known for starring as Dr. Mike Horton on the American daytime soap opera '' Days of Our Lives'' from 1994 to 1999. Career From 1994 to 1999, Critchlow starred on the Americ ...
, Canadian actor ** Natasha Richardson, British-American actress (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 ...
) *
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 ...
Mercedes Echerer Raina A. Mercedes Echerer (born 16 May 1963 in Linz) is an Austrian film and stage actress, host of TV and radio shows, and politician. From 1999 to 2004 she was Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Austrian Green Party, part of the E ...
, Austrian actress and politician * May 21Kevin Shields, Irish-American singer ( My Bloody Valentine) *
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 ...
** Michael Chabon, American author **
Joe Dumars Joe Dumars III ( ; born May 24, 1963) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is the executive vice president and head of basketball operations of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He could play either shoo ...
, American basketball player * May 25 ** Mike Myers, Canadian actor and comedian **
Eha Rünne Eha Rünne (born 25 May 1963 in Tallinn) is a female shot putter and discus thrower from Estonia, who competed in the discus contest at the Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she ended up in 26th p ...
, Estonian shot putter and discus thrower * May 26 ** Clive Cowdery, English insurance entrepreneur ** Musetta Vander, South African actress * May 29Débora Bloch, Brazilian actress * May 31Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary


June

* June 1David Westhead, English actor and producer * June 2Bernard Cazeneuve,
Prime Minister of France The prime minister of France (french: link=no, Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers. The prime minister ...
* June 3
Alessandra Karpoff Alessandra Karpoff (born 3 June 1963) is an Italian voice actress, who voices characters in anime, cartoons, movies, and other content. She was born in Milan. She provides the voice of Misty in the Italian-language version of the anime series ''P ...
, Italian voice actress * June 4 ** Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player ** mossimo giannulli, American fashion designer *
June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
Joe Rudán József "Joe" Rudán (born 5 June 1963 in Pécs) is the vocalist of Hungarian heavy metal band Pokolgép since 1990 to 2010. He is also a bass guitarist, but now he doesn't play on bass guitar in any of his current bands. Bands 1978: Ewerest – b ...
, Hungarian heavy metal singer *
June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
Jason Isaacs, British actor * June 9
Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor and musician. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Award ...
, American actor and film director * June 10Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress * June 11Chic Charnley, Scottish footballer * June 12
Warwick Capper Warwick Richard Capper (born 12 June 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League. An accomplished full-forward, Capper kick ...
, Australian rules footballer * June 13
Bettina Bunge Bettina Bunge (born 13 June 1963) is a retired German tennis player. Born in Adliswil, Switzerland, she was part of a large group of successful German players in the 1980s, which also included Steffi Graf, Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, Sylvia Hanika, a ...
, German tennis player * June 14Rambo Amadeus, Montenegrin singer-songwriter * June 15 **
Helen Hunt Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. Hunt rose to fame portraying Jam ...
, American actress **
Lourdes Valera Lourdes del Valle Valera Galvis (15 June 1963 - 2 May 2012) was a Venezuelan actress who took part in over twenty film and television productions during her career, particularly known for her acting in many telenovelas. Career Valera first took ...
, Venezuelan actress * June 17 – Greg Kinnear, American actor * June 18 ** Juan Chioran, Argentine-Canadian actor ** Rumen Radev, President of Bulgaria * June 19 – Laura Ingraham, American television host *
June 21 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date). * 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...
** Tiger Huang, Taiwanese popular singer ** Rene Medvešek, Croatian actor ** Jan Pinkava, Czech director and writer * June 22 ** Randy Couture, American mixed martial arts fighter and actor ** Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler ** John Tenta, Canadian wrestler (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 ...
) * June 23 ** Marianne Berglund, Swedish road racing cyclist ** Laureen Harper, wife of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper ** Shin Ji-ho, South Korean politician ** Liu Cixin, Chinese science fiction writer ** Márcio França, Brazilian lawyer and politician ** Colin Montgomerie, Scottish golfer * June 24 ** Preki, Serbia-born American footballer ** Sükhbaataryn Batbold, Mongolian politician ** Jascha Richter, Danish single and songwriter, frontman of Michael Learns to Rock * June 25 ** Doug Gilmour, Canadian hockey player ** Yann Martel, Canadian author ** George Michael, British singer-songwriter (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 ...
) * June 26 ** Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman, activist and oligarch ** Farukh Ruzimatov, Russian ballet dancer * June 27 ** Gerrit Plomp, Dutch football defender ** Miroslav Šindelka, Slovak director, writer and producer * June 28 – Wisit Sasanatieng, Thai film director and screenwriter * June 29 ** Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist ** Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Swedish actor ** Mark Bourneville, New Zealand rugby league player ** Rupert Graves, English actor ** Yngwie Malmsteen, Swedish guitarist, composer and bandleader ** Vladimir Vermezović, Serbian football player and coach ** Judith Hoag, American actress


July

*
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 ...
** Naser Khader, Danish-Syrian politician ** Igor Zhelezovski, Belarusian speed skater ** Zhang Zhicheng, Chinese fencer * July 2 – Faiq Al Sheikh Ali, Iraqi lawyer and politician * July 3 – Zainudin Nordin, Singaporean politician * July 4 ** Henri Leconte, French tennis player ** R.S. Thanenthiran, Malaysian politician and businessman * July 5 ** Edie Falco, American actress ** Zbigniew Hoffmann, Polish politician * July 6 – Sorin Matei, Romanian high jumper * July 7 ** Othman Abdul, Malaysian politician ** Vonda Shepard, American pop/rock singer, songwriter and actress ** Doug Dunakey, American golfer ** Fermín Alvarado Arroyo, Mexican politician ** Janni Larsen, Danish female darts player ** José María Larrañaga, Peruvian swimmer ** Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Indian filmmaker and screenwriter * July 8 ** Michael Cuesta, American film and television director ** Luis de Jesús Rodríguez, Dominican attorney, businessman and entrepreneur ** Dmitry Pevtsov, Russian actor * July 9 – Marc Mero, American amateur boxer and professional wrestler * July 10 ** Fatemeh Goudarzi, Iranian actress ** Ian Lougher, British motorcycle racer ** John Altschuler, American television and film producer and writer * July 11 ** Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player ** Manuel Marrero Cruz, Cuban politician; Prime Minister of Cuba ** Lisa Rinna, American actress * July 12 ** Bertus Servaas, Polish entrepreneur ** Aleksandr Domogarov, Russian actor ** Andrés Roemer, Mexican diplomat * July 13 ** Kenny Johnson, American actor, producer, and model ** Spud Webb, American basketball player * July 14 – Wouter Bos, Dutch politician * July 15 ** Steve Thomas (ice hockey), Steve Thomas, British-Canadian retired ice hockey player ** Brigitte Nielsen, Danish actress ** Joy Smithers, Australian actress * July 16 ** Phoebe Cates, American actress ** Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player ** Srečko Katanec, Slovenian football manager and player ** Goran Pandurović, Serbian footballer * July 17 ** Suha Arafat, widow of Yasser Arafat ** King Letsie III of Lesotho ** Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper (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 ...
) * July 18 – Martín Torrijos, President of Panama * July 19 – Sándor Wladár, Hungarian swimmer * July 20 ** Alexander Zhulin, Russian ice dancing coach and competitor ** Gbenga Aluko, Nigerian politician ** Adoni Maropis, Greek-American actor ** Roy Cheung, Hong Kong actor * July 21 – Giant Silva, Brazilian national basketball player, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler * July 22 ** Joanna Going, American actress ** Rob Estes, American actor ** Emilio Butragueño, Spanish football player * July 24 – Karl Malone, American professional basketball player * July 27 – Donnie Yen, Hong Kong actor and martial artist * July 28 – Beverley Craven, British singer-songwriter * July 29 ** Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator ** Alexandra Paul, American actress, activist, health coach, and former model * July 30 ** Lisa Kudrow, American actress ** Chris Mullin, American basketball player, coach, and executive ** Gisèle Meygret, French fencer (d. 1999) ** Mandakini (actress), Mandakini (aka Yasmeen Joseph), Indian Bollywood actress * July 31 ** Fatboy Slim, English DJ, musician, and record producer ** Martin H. Wiggers, German economist, editor, author and businessman


August

* August 1 ** Coolio, American rapper (d. 2022) ** Demián Bichir, Mexican-American actor ** John Carroll Lynch, American actor and film director * August 3 ** Tasmin Archer, English singer ** James Hetfield, American musician (Metallica) * August 4 – Keith Ellison, American politician and lawyer * August 5 ** Mark Strong, English actor ** Doris Schröder-Köpf, German journalist * August 6 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker * August 7 ** Hiroaki Hirata, Japanese voice actor ** Harold Perrineau, American actor ** Wendy van der Plank, Welsh actress * August 9 – Whitney Houston, American singer (d. 2012) * August 13 ** Sridevi, Indian actress (d.
2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...
) ** Édouard Michelin (born 1963), Édouard Michelin, French businessman (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 ...
) ** Valerie Plame, American writer and spy novelist *
August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
– Emmanuelle Béart, French actress * August 15 ** Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter ** Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician and political prisoner * August 16 – Christine Cavanaugh, American actress and voice actress (d. 2014) * August 17 – James Whitbourn, British composer * August 18 – Heino Ferch, German actor * August 19 ** Marcos Palmeira, Brazilian actor ** John Stamos, American actor ** Joey Tempest, Swedish singer-songwriter (Europe (band), Europe) *
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 ...
** King Mohammed VI of Morocco * August 22 – Tori Amos, American singer * August 23 ** Glória Pires, Brazilian actress ** Hans-Henning Fastrich, German field hockey player ** Laura Flores, Mexican actress, hostess and singer ** Park Chan-wook, South Korean film director and screenwriter * August 24 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese director, screenwriter, video game designer and video game producer * August 25 – Miro Cerar, 10th Prime Minister of Slovenia * August 26 ** Liu Huan, Chinese singer ** Michael Tao, Hong Kong actor * August 30 ** Michael Chiklis, American actor ** Phil Mills, British racing driver * August 31 – Todd Carty, Irish actor


September

* September 2 - Tio Pakusadewo, Indonesian actor * September 6 ** Betsy Russell, American actress ** Geert Wilders, Dutch politician and critic of Islam * September 8 – Li Ning, Chinese gymnast * September 9 – Markus Wasmeier, German alpine-skier * September 10 ** Randy Johnson, American baseball player ** Jay Laga'aia, New Zealand-Australian actor and singer ** Gabriel Tiacoh, Ivorian sprinter (d.
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
) * September 11 – Gabriela Goldsmith, Mexican actress * September 12 – Michael McElhatton, Irish actor and writer * September 14 – Robert Herjavec, Canadian businessman, investor and television personality * September 16 ** Andréa Beltrão, Brazilian actress ** Richard Marx, American pop/rock singer * September 17 – Masahiro Chono, Japanese professional wrestler * September 18 ** Christopher Heyerdahl, Canadian actor ** John Powell (film composer), John Powell, English-American composer, conductor, pianist, and record producer ** Dan Povenmire, American animator, producer and voice actor * September 19 ** Jarvis Cocker, English rock musician (Pulp (band), Pulp) ** David Seaman, English football goalkeeper * September 21 ** Cecil Fielder, American baseball player ** Angus Macfadyen, Scottish actor ** Mamoru Samuragochi, Japanese impostor * September 25 – Tate Donovan, American actor and director * September 29 ** Dave Andreychuk, Canadian hockey player ** Les Claypool, American bassist (Primus (band), Primus)


October

* October 1 ** Mark McGwire, American baseball player ** Iriana Joko Widodo, 7th First Lady of Indonesia, wife of Joko Widodo * October 2 – Maria Ressa, Filipina American campaigning journalist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate * October 4 – Marcelo Buquet, Uruguayan-Mexican actor, previously model * October 5 –Dame Laura Davies, English golfer * October 6 – Elisabeth Shue, American actress * October 10 ** Anita Mui, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003) ** Daniel Pearl, American journalist (d.
2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
) ** Jolanda de Rover, Dutch swimmer * October 11 – Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer * October 12 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese anime director (d. 2010) * October 14 – Alan McDonald (association football), Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer * October 19 ** Prince Laurent of Belgium ** Sinitta, Anglo-American singer * October 20 ** Domingos Simões Pereira, 16th Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau ** Gisela Kozak, Venezuelan writer and essayist. ** Julie Payette, Canadian astronaut and Governor General of Canada * October 21 – Marisa Orth, Brazilian actress, singer and TV host * October 22 – Brian Boitano, American figure skater * October 23 – Wilson Yip, Hong Kong actor and director * October 25 – John Levén, Swedish bassist (Europe (band), Europe) * October 26 – Tom Cavanagh, Canadian actor and director * October 27 ** Sergey Smiryagin, Russian freestyle swimmer (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- ...
) ** Feyyaz Uçar, Turkish footballer ** Farin Urlaub, German singer, band Die Ärzte ** Marla Maples, American actress and television personality * October 28 – Lauren Holly, American actress * October 31 ** Johnny Marr, English musician ** Dermot Mulroney, American actor ** Rob Schneider, American actor, comedian and film director


November

* November 1 ** Rick Allen (drummer), Rick Allen, British rock musician (Def Leppard) ** Mark Hughes, Welsh football player & manager ** Katja Riemann, German actress * November 2 ** Brian Kemp, American politician, 83rd Governor of Georgia ** Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker ** Borut Pahor, incumbent President of Slovenia * November 4 – Lena Zavaroni, Scottish entertainer (d. 1999) * November 5 – Tatum O'Neal, American actress and author * November 7 – John Barnes (footballer), John Barnes, Jamaican-born English footballer * November 8 – Paul Butcher (American football), Paul Butcher, American football linebacker * November 10 ** Hugh Bonneville, British actor ** Mike Powell (long jumper), Mike Powell, American long jumper * November 11 – Billy Gunn, American professional wrestler * November 15 – Benny Elias, Australian rugby league player * November 18 – Peter Schmeichel, Danish-born football goalkeeper * November 19 ** Jon Potter, British field hockey player ** Terry Farrell (actress), Terry Farrell, American actress * November 20 – Ming-Na Wen, Macanese-American actress * November 21 – Nicollette Sheridan, English actress * November 23 ** Erika Buenfil, Mexican actress, TV host and singer ** Yoshino Takamori, Japanese voice actress * November 25 – Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer * November 28 – Matt Parkinson (comedian), Matt Parkinson, Australian comedian, actor, radio presenter, and game show personality


December

* December 2 – Ann Patchett, American novelist * December 4 – Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter * December 7 ** Mark Bowen (footballer), Mark Bowen, Welsh footballer ** Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Malaysian politician ** Paul Dobson (actor), Paul Dobson, British voice actor * December 8 ** Greg Howe, American guitarist ** Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler * December 9 ** Empress Masako, Empress of Japan ** Bárbara Palacios, Miss Universe 1986 * December 12 ** Juan Carlos Varela, Panamian politician and 37th President of Panama ** Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress * December 13 ** Uwe-Jens Mey, German speed skater ** Jake White, South African rugby coach * December 14 ** Cynthia Gibb, American actress ** Vytautas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian baritone, professor and television host * December 15 – Helen Slater, American actress, singer and songwriter * December 16 ** Benjamin Bratt, American actor ** Jeff Carson, American singer ** Bärbel Schäfer, German television presenter and talk show host * December 18 ** Pauline Ester, French singer ** Rikiya Koyama, Japanese voice actor ** Charles Oakley, American basketball player ** Brad Pitt, American actor and film producer, co-founder of Plan B Entertainment * December 19 ** Jennifer Beals, American actress ** Til Schweiger, German actor * December 20 ** Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo ** Joel Gretsch, American actor * December 21 ** Donovan Ruddock, Jamaican Canadian former professional boxer ** Govinda Ahuja, Indian actor and politician ** Jacques Simonet, Belgian politician (d. 2007) ** Chua Tian Chang, Malaysian politician * December 22 ** Vladdo, Vladimir Flórez, Colombian cartoonist ** Bryan Gunn, Scottish footballer ** Russell Lewis, British child actor and television writer ** Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American Surrealist painter * December 23 – Donna Tartt, American author * December 24 ** Sanjay Mehrotra, Indian entrepreneur ** Caroline Aherne, English actress, comedienne and writer (d.
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) * December 26 – Lars Ulrich, Danish rock drummer (Metallica) * December 29 ** Graciano Rocchigiani, German professional boxer (d.
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) ** Francisco Bustamante, Filipino billiard player ** Sean Payton, American football coach ** Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, 35th Prime Minister of Sweden * December 30 – Kim Hill (singer), Kim Hill, American Christian singer * December 31 – Azalina Othman Said, Malaysian politician


Deaths


January

*
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 ...
** Jack Carson, Canadian actor (b. 1910) ** Dick Powell, American actor (b. 1904) * January 3 – Shinobu Ishihara, Japanese ophthalmologist (b. 1879) * January 5 – Erik Strandmark, Swedish film actor (b. 1919) *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
– Frank Tuttle, American film director (b. 1892) * January 7 – Erik Lundqvist, Swedish athlete (b. 1908) *
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 ...
– Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-born American aerospace engineer and aviation pioneer (b. 1888) *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
– Franz Planer, Austrian film cinematographer (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 ...
** Sonny Clark, American jazz pianist (b. 1931) ** Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese politician, 1st President of Togo (assassinated) (b. 1902) ** Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Spanish writer (b. 1888) *
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 ...
– Gustav Regler, German socialist novelist (b. 1898) *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– Cesare Fantoni, Italian actor and voice actor (b. 1905) * January 18 ** Hugh Gaitskell, British politician, leader of the Labour Party (b. 1906) ** Edward Charles Titchmarsh, British mathematician (b. 1899) * January 20 ** Fyodor Terentyev, Soviet Olympic cross-country skier (b. 1925) ** Avra Theodoropoulou, Greek suffragist (b. 1880) * January 21 – Al St. John, American actor (b. 1892) * January 23 ** Mohammad Ali Bogra, Pakistani statesman, politician and diplomat, 3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1909) ** Józef Gosławski (sculptor), Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor and medallic artist (b. 1908) * January 24 ** Otto Harbach, American lyricist and librettist (b. 1873) ** Kenneth Western, part of The Western Brothers (b. 1899) *
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 ...
– Marion Sunshine, American actress (b. 1894) * January 26 – Ole Olsen (comedian), Ole Olsen, American actor (b. 1892) * January 27 – John Farrow, Australian-born American film director (b. 1904) * January 29 ** Anthony Coldeway, American screenwriter (b. 1887) ** Robert Frost, American poet (b. 1874) ** Lee Meadows, American baseball player (b. 1894) ** Isaías de Noronha, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1874) * January 30 ** Jane Gail, American silent movie and stage actress (b. 1890) ** Francis Poulenc, French composer (b. 1899) * January 31 – Alasgar Alakbarov, Azerbaijani actor (b. 1910)


February

* February 1 ** Louis D. Lighton, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1895) ** Wyndham Standing, English actor (b. 1880) *
February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
– William Gaxton, American vaudeville, film and theatre performer (b. 1893) *
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 ...
** Abd el-Krim, Riffian political and military leader (b. 1882) ** Piero Manzoni, Italian artist (b. 1933) * February 8 ** George Dolenz, American actor (b. 1908) ** Ernst Glaeser, German writer (b. 1902) * February 9 – Abd al-Karim Qasim, Iraqi general, 24th Prime Minister of Iraq (executed) (b. 1914) * February 11 – Sylvia Plath, American poet and novelist (b. 1932) *
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 ...
** Edgardo Donato, Uruguayan tango composer and orchestra leader (b. 1897) ** Louis J. Gasnier, French film director (b. 1875) ** Bump Hadley, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1904) * February 16 ** Else Jarlbak, Danish film actress (b. 1911) ** László Lajtha, Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor (b. 1892) * February 18 ** Monte Blue, American actor (b. 1887) ** Beppe Fenoglio, Italian writer (b. 1887) ** Fernando Tambroni, Italian politician and 36th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1901) ** Tokugawa Iemasa, Japanese politician, 17th head of the Tokugawa shogunate (b. 1884) ** Zareh I, Armenian Catholicos of Cilicia (b. 1915) *
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 ...
– Benny Moré, Cuban singer (b. 1919) *
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 ...
** Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914) ** Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (b. 1879) ** Bill Hinchman, American baseball player (b. 1883) * February 22 – Arthur Guy Empey, American soldier (in British service), author, screenwriter and actor (b. 1883) * February 24 – Herbert Asbury, American journalist and writer (b. 1889) *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 * 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. ...
– Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist (b. 1895) * February 28 ** Rajendra Prasad, Indian politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884) ** Eppa Rixey, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1891)


March

* March 1 – Irish Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1893) * March 4 – William Carlos Williams, American writer (b. 1883) * March 5 ** Patsy Cline, American singer plane crash (b. 1932) ** Ludde Gentzel, Swedish film actor (b. 1885) ** Cyril Smith (actor), Cyril Smith, Scottish actor (b. 1892) ** Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Egyptian intellectual and anti-colonial activist (b. 1872) * March 6 – Robert E. Cornish, scientist (b. 1903) * March 7 – Joachim Holst-Jensen, Norwegian film actor (b. 1880) * March 11 ** Ignat Bednarik, Romanian painter (b. 1882) ** Joe Judge (baseball), Joe Judge, American baseball player (b. 1894) * March 16 ** Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (b. 1883) ** William Beveridge, British economist (b. 1879) * March 17 ** Thomas Lennon (screenwriter, born 1896), Thomas Lennon, screenwriter (b. 1896) ** Lizzie Miles, American blues singer (b. 1895) * March 18 ** Hubert Gough, Sir Hubert Gough, British general (b. 1870) ** Wanda Hawley, American actress (b. 1895) * March 20 – Manuel Arteaga y Betancourt, Cuban Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1879) *
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 ...
– Felice Minotti, Italian film actor (b. 1887) * March 22 ** Cilly Aussem, German tennis champion (b. 1909) ** Abraham Ellstein, American composer (b. 1907) ** Mihály Székely, Hungarian bass singer (b. 1901) * March 23 – Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician (b. 1887) *
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 ...
– Felix Adler (screenwriter), Felix Adler, American screenwriter (b. 1884) * March 26 – Jean Bruce, French writer (b. 1921) * March 27 – Harry Piel, German actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer (b. 1892) * March 28 ** Antoine Balpêtré, French film actor (b. 1898) ** Frank J. Marion, American motion picture pioneer (b. 1869) * March 29 ** Pola Gojawiczyńska, Polish writer (b. 1896) ** Henry Bordeaux, French writer and lawyer (b. 1870) *
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 ...
** Harry Akst, American songwriter (b. 1894) ** Harold Franklyn, Sir Harold Franklyn, British army general (b. 1885)


April

* April 1 – Agnes Mowinckel, Norwegian actress and stage producer (b. 1875) * April 3 – Alma Richards, American Olympic gold medalist (b. 1890) *
April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...
** Gaetano Catanoso, Italian Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1879) ** Jason Robards Sr., American stage and screen actor, heart attack (b. 1892) ** Oskari Tokoi, leader of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (b. 1873) * April 6 ** Mario Fabrizi, comedian and actor, Stress (biology), stress-related illness (b. 1924) ** Otto Struve, Russian–American astronomer (b. 1897) * April 7 – Amedeo Maiuri, Neapolitan archaeologist (b. 1886) * April 9 ** Eddie Edwards (musician), Eddie Edwards, American jazz trombonist (b. 1891) ** Benno Moiseiwitsch, Jewish-Ukrainian pianist (b. 1890) ** Xul Solar, Argentine painter, sculptor, writer (b. 1887) * April 11 – Nando Bruno, Italian film actor (b. 1895) * April 12 ** Felix Manalo, 1st Executive Minister, Iglesia ni Cristo (b. 1886) ** Herbie Nichols, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1919) * April 14 ** Abdel Messih El-Makari, Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monk, priest and saint (b. 1892) ** Arthur Jonath, German Olympic athlete (b. 1909) ** Kodō Nomura, Japanese novelist and music critic (b. 1882) ** Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian historian, writer and scholar (b. 1893) *
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 ...
** Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, Israel historian and politician, 2nd President of Israel (b. 1884) ** Ferruccio Cerio, Italian film writer and director (b. 1904) ** Paul Fejos, Hungarian film director (b. 1897) ** Harry Harper, American baseball player (b. 1895) ** Don C. Harvey, American television and film actor (b. 1911) ** Frederick Peters (actor), Frederick Peters, American film actor (b. 1884) ** William Lewis Moore, American postal worker (b. 1927) * April 24 ** Rino Corso Fougier, Italian air force general (b. 1894) ** Leonid Lukov, Soviet film director and screenwriter (b. 1909) * April 26 – Roland Pertwee, English playwright, screenwriter, director and actor (b. 1885) *
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 ...
– Kenneth Macgowan, American film producer (b. 1888) * April 30 ** Giovanni Grasso, Italian film actor (b. 1888) ** William C. Mellor, American cinematographer, heart attack (b. 1903) ** Bryant Washburn, American film actor, heart attack (b. 1889)


May

* May 1 – Lope K. Santos, Filipino writer, Father of Filipino language, Philippine National Language and Grammar (b. 1879) * May 2 – Van Wyck Brooks, American literary critic and writer (b. 1886) * May 5 – Mohamed Khemisti, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria (assassinated) (b. 1930) * May 6 ** Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American engineer and physicist (b. 1881) ** Monty Woolley, American actor (b. 1888) *
May 11 Events 1601–1900 *1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. *1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
– Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) * May 12 ** Robert Kerr (athlete), Robert Kerr, Canadian Olympic athlete (b. 1882) ** A. W. Tozer, American Protestant pastor (b. 1897) *
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 ...
– Oleg Penkovsky, Soviet military officer & spy (b. 1919) * May 18 – Ernie Davis, American football player, first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy (b. 1939) *
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 ...
– Elmore James, American blues guitarist (b. 1918) * May 25 – Mehdi Frashëri, Albanian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1872) * May 28 – Ion Agârbiceanu, Romanian writer, journalist, politician and priest (b. 1882) * May 29 – Netta Muskett, British novelist (b. 1887) * May 31 – Edith Hamilton, German-born author (b. 1867)


June

* June 3 ** Pope John XXIII (b. 1881) ** Nâzım Hikmet, Turkish poet (b. 1902) *
June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
– Adrian Carton de Wiart, English general (b. 1880) *
June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
– William Baziotes, American painter (b. 1912) * June 7 – ZaSu Pitts, American actress (b. 1894) * June 9 ** Antony Thachuparambil, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic priest and servant of God (b. 1894) ** Jacques Villon, French painter (b. 1875) * June 10 – Anita King, American actress and race-car driver (b. 1884) * June 11 ** Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese Buddhist monk (suicide) (b. 1897) ** Syed Abdul Rahim, First Indian national football manager (b. 1909) ** Alfred V. Kidder, American archaeologist (b. 1885) * June 12 ** Medgar Evers, American civil rights activist (b. 1925) ** Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Andrew Cunningham, British admiral (b. 1883) * June 17 ** Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, British Field Marshal (b. 1883) **Robert James Hudson, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1885) ** John Cowper Powys, British novelist (b. 1872) * June 18 – Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (b. 1912) * June 19 – Amy Hannah Adamson, Australian principal (b. 1893) * June 24 – Maria Guadalupe Garcia Zavala, Mexican Roman Catholic religious professed and saint (b. 1878) * June 27 – John Maurice Clark, American economist (b. 1884) * June 28 – Frank Baker, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1886)


July

*
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 ...
– Sultan Abdullah bin Khalifa of Zanzibar (b. 1910) * July 4 – Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, British army general and Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889) * July 6 – George, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1899) * July 7 – Frank P. Lahm, American aviator (b. 1877) * July 14 – Rasmus Hatledal, Norwegian topographer and military officer (b. 1885) * July 22 – Albertus Soegijapranata, Indonesian Jesuit priest (b. 1896) * July 27 – Garrett Morgan, American inventor (b. 1877)


August

* August 1 – Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908) * August 4 – Tom Keene (actor), Tom Keene, American actor (b. 1896) * August 10 – Estes Kefauver, American politician (b. 1903) * August 11 ** Clem Bevans, American actor (b. 1880) ** Tanxu, Chinese Buddhist monk (b. 1875) *
August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. The articles, enumerating t ...
– Clifford Odets, American dramatist (b. 1906) * August 17 – Richard Barthelmess, American actor (b. 1895) * August 22 – William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1877) * August 23 ** Mary Gordon (actress), Mary Gordon, Scottish actress (b. 1882) ** Larry Keating, American actor (b. 1899) * August 24 – James Kirkwood, Sr., American film director (b. 1875) * August 27 ** W. E. B. Du Bois, American civil rights activist (b. 1868) ** Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi, Indian founder of the Khaksar Movement (b. 1888) * August 30 – Guy Burgess, British spy, one of the Cambridge Five (b. 1911) * August 31 – Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882)


September

* September 4 – Robert Schuman, French statesman, a Founding fathers of the European Union, founding father of the European Union (b. 1886) * September 9 – Edwin Linkomies, 25th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1894) * September 11 ** Claude Fuess, American author, historian and List of Phillips Academy Heads of School, headmaster (b. 1885) ** Richard Oswald, Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880) ** Suzanne Duchamp, French painter (b. 1889) * September 17 – Eduard Spranger, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1882) * September 19 – David Low (cartoonist), David Low, New Zealand cartoonist (b. 1891) * September 25 ** Alexander Sakharoff, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1886) ** Kurt Zeitzler, German Army officer (b. 1895) * September 30 – Paul Alexiu, Romanian general (b. 1893)


October

* October 4 ** Lloyd Fredendall, American general (b. 1883) ** Kate Gordon Moore, American psychologist (b. 1878) * October 7 – Gustaf Gründgens, German actor (b. 1899) * October 9 – Friedrich, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt (b. 1938) * October 10 – Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (b. 1915) * October 11 – Jean Cocteau, French writer (b. 1889) * October 15 – Alan Goodrich Kirk, American admiral (b. 1888) * October 20 – Diana Churchill, daughter of Winston Churchill (b. 1909) * October 21 – Jean Decoux, French admiral, Governor-General of French Indochina (1940-1945) (b. 1884) * October 24 ** Karl Bühler, German psychologist and linguist (b. 1879) ** Beverly Wills, American actress (b. 1933) * October 25 ** Roger Désormière, French conductor (b. 1898) ** Björn Þórðarson, 9th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1879) ** Karl von Terzaghi, Austrian civil engineer and "father of soil mechanics" (b. 1883) * October 28 – Jack E. Bairstow, American politician and lawyer (b. 1902) * October 29 – Adolphe Menjou, American actor (b. 1890) * October 30 ** Domhnall Ua Buachalla, Irish politician (b. 1866) ** Saburō Hyakutake, Japanese admiral (b. 1872) * October 31 – Henry Daniell, English actor (b. 1894)


November

* November 1 ** Hồ Tấn Quyền, South Vietnamese Navy officer (assassinated) (b. 1927) ** Lê Quang Tung, South Vietnamese Army officer (assassinated) (b. 1923) ** Elsa Maxwell, American gossip columnist and hostess (b. 1883) * November 2 **
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, South Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (
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) (assassinated) (b. 1901) ** Ngô Đình Nhu, South Vietnamese politician (assassinated) (b. 1910) * November 4 – Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexican politician, substitute President of Mexico 1930-1932 (b. 1877) * November 5 – Luis Cernuda, Spanish poet (b. 1902) * November 12 **José María Gatica, Argentine boxer (b. 1925) **John R. Hodge, United States Army general (b. 1893) * November 15 – Fritz Reiner, Hungarian conductor (b. 1888) * November 16 – Albert H. Pearson, American politician (b. 1920) * November 19 – Carmen Amaya, Spanish dancer (b. 1918) * November 21 – Robert Stroud, American prisoner, known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz" (b. 1890) * November 22 ** Wilhelm Beiglböck, German Nazism, Nazi physician at Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905) ** Aldous Huxley, British writer (''Brave New World'') (b. 1894) ** John F. Kennedy, American politician, 35th President of the United States (assassinated) (b. 1917) ** C. S. Lewis, Irish-born British critic, novelist (''The Chronicles of Narnia'') and Christian apologist (b. 1898) * November 23 – John Baumgarten, American businessman and politician (b. 1902) * November 24Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of President John F. Kennedy (murdered) (b. 1939) Warren Commission Report. * November 26 **Gheorghe Băgulescu, Romanian general and diplomat (b. 1886) **Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian opera singer (b. 1882) * November 28 – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban composer (b. 1896) * November 30 ** Phil Baker (comedian), Phil Baker, American comedian and radio personality (b. 1896) ** Cyril Newall, 1st Baron Newall, British Air Marshal and State servant, 6th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1886)


December

* December – Andy Kennedy (footballer, born 1897), Andy Kennedy, Northern Ireland footballer (b. 1897) * December 2 ** Sabu Dastagir, Indian-American actor (b. 1924) ** Thomas Hicks (athlete), Thomas Hicks, American runner (b. 1875) * December 5 – Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (b. 1905) * December 10 – K. M. Panikkar, Indian scholar, diplomat and journalist (b. 1895) * December 12 ** Theodor Heuss, German politician, 5th President of Germany (b. 1884) ** Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese filmmaker (b. 1903) * December 14 ** Hubert Pierlot, Belgian lawyer and jurist, 32nd Prime Minister of Belgium, leader of the Belgian government in exile (b. 1883) ** Dinah Washington, American jazz/blues singer (b. 1924) * December 15 – Rikidōzan, Korean-born Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1924) * December 21 – Jack Hobbs, Sir Jack Hobbs, English cricketer (b. 1882) * December 25 – Tristan Tzara, French poet (b. 1896) * December 26 – Gorgeous George, American professional wrestler (b. 1915) * December 28 ** Paul Hindemith, German composer (b. 1895) ** A. J. Liebling, American journalist (b. 1904)


Nobel Prizes

*Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Eugene Wigner, Maria Goeppert-Mayer and J. Hans D. Jensen *Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta *Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Sir John Carew Eccles, Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley *Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Giorgos Seferis *Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – International Committee of the Red Cross, League of Red Cross Societies


References

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