Events

January

* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark

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, which later becomes the European Union. *

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 ...

– Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 –

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becomes President for Life of the Philippines. *

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...

– Richard Nixon is

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for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

) and Vice President of the United States (

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

). *

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 ...

George Foreman George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American former professional boxer, entrepreneur, minister and author. In boxing, he was nicknamed "Big George" and competed between 1967 and 1997. He is a two-time world heavyweight champio ...

defeats

Joe Frazier Joseph William Frazier (January 12, 1944November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981. He was known for his strength, durability, formidable left hand, and relentless pressure fi ...

to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A

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flight from

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crashes in Kano, Nigeria; 176 people are killed. *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

– U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the

Paris Peace Accords The Paris Peace Accords, () officially titled the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam (''Hiệp định về chấm dứt chiến tranh, lập lại hòa bình ở Việt Nam''), was a peace treaty signed on January 27, 1 ...

February

* February 8 – A military insurrection in Uruguay poses an institutional challenge to President Juan María Bordaberry. * February 21 –

Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 (LN 114) was a regularly scheduled flight from Tripoli to Cairo via Benghazi that was shot down in 1973 by Israeli fighter jets after flying off course into prohibited airspace. On 21 February 1973, the Boeing 7 ...

( Boeing 727) is shot down by Israeli

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over the Sinai Desert, after the passenger plane is suspected of being an enemy military plane. Only 5 (1 crew member and 4 passengers) of 113 survive. *

February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...

– The Republic of Ireland general election is held.

Liam Cosgrave Liam Cosgrave (13 April 1920 – 4 October 2017) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 1973 to 1977, Leader of Fine Gael from 1965 to 1977, Leader of the Opposition from 1965 to 1973, Minister for External Affairs from ...

becomes the new Taoiseach.

March

March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...

– Comet Kohoutek is discovered. * March 10 – Sir Richard Sharples, Governor of Bermuda, is assassinated in Government House. * March 20 – A British government White Paper on Northern Ireland proposes the re-establishment of an Assembly elected by proportional representation, with a possible All-Ireland council. *

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 ...

– The Lofthouse Colliery disaster occurs in Great Britain. Seven miners are trapped underground; none survive. * March 27 – At the 45th Academy Awards, '' The Godfather'' wins best picture.

April

* April 1 **India launches the wildlife conservation program Project Tiger. **Value Added Tax (VAT) is introduced in the United Kingdom. * April 2 – The LexisNexis computerized legal research service begins. * April 3 – The first handheld mobile phone call is made by Martin Cooper of Motorola in New York City. *

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...

** Fahri Korutürk becomes the sixth president of Turkey. ** '' Pioneer 11'' is launched on a mission to study the Solar System. * April 6 – Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees becomes the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball. * April 7 – '' Tu te reconnaîtras'' by

Anne-Marie David Anne-Marie David (born 23 May 1952) is a French singer. She has represented both Luxembourg and France at the Eurovision Song Contest, winning in 1973 and placing third in 1979. Career David was born and raised in Casablanca, French Protecto ...

(music by Claude Morgan, text by Vline Buggy) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 for Luxembourg. * April 10 – Operation Spring of Youth: Israeli commandos raid Beirut, assassinating 3 leaders of the Palestinian Resistance Movement. The Lebanese army's inaction brings the immediate resignation of Prime Minister Saeb Salam, a

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Muslim. * April 10 – The Islamic Republic of Pakistan introduced its new constitution, its supreme law. * April 15 – Naim Talu, a former civil servant, forms the new government of Turkey (36th government). * April 17 – The German counter-terrorist force

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is officially formed in response to the Munich massacre. * April 28 – Six Irishmen, including Joe Cahill, are arrested by the

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off

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, on board a coaster carrying 5 tons of weapons destined for the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

May

250px, Sears Tower * May 3 – The Sears Tower in Chicago is topped-out, becoming the world's tallest building at . * May 5 –

Shambu Tamang Shambu "Shambhu" Tamang ( ne, शम्भू तामाङ; 20 October 1955 – 7 July 2022) was a Nepalese mountaineer who once held the record as the youngest person to successfully ascend Mount Everest, reaching the summit on May 5, 1973. ...

becomes the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. *

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 ...

** The Montreal Canadiens win the

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4 games to 2 over the Chicago Blackhawks, Yvan Cournoyer was voted MVP. ** The Polisario Front, a Sahrawi movement dedicated to the independence of Spanish Sahara, is formed. *

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 ...

– The

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(Sw. ''Datalagen'') − the world's first national data protection law − is enacted in Sweden. * May 14 – Skylab, the United States' first

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, is launched. * May 18 –

Second Cod War The Cod Wars ( is, Þorskastríðin; also known as , ; german: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century confrontations between the United Kingdom (with aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each o ...

Joseph Godber Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington, (17 March 1914 – 25 August 1980) was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister. Background Godber was educated at Bedford School, between 1922 and 1931, and became a n ...

, British Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, announces that Royal Navy

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s will protect British trawlers fishing in the disputed limit around Iceland. * May 23 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police celebrate their 100th anniversary. * May 25 ** Skylab 2 ( Pete Conrad, Paul Weitz, Joseph Kerwin) is launched on a mission to repair damage to the recently launched Skylab space station. ** Héctor José Cámpora becomes democratic president of the Argentine Republic ending the 1966 to 1973

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military dictatorship. *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– Soviet copyright law begins to recognize foreign copyrights. *

May 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...

– Gordon Johncock wins the Indianapolis 500 in the ''Patrick Racing Special''

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, after only 133 laps, due to rain. (The race was begun May 28 but called due to rain.)

June

* June 1 – The Greek military junta abolishes the monarchy and proclaims a

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. * June 3 – A Tupolev Tu-144 crashes at the Paris air show; 15 are killed. * June 10 – Henri Pescarolo and co-driver Gérard Larrousse (both France) win the

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in the ''Equipe Matra'' MS670B. * June 18 – U.S. President Richard Nixon begins several talks with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev. *

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 ...

– The Ezeiza massacre occurs in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers shoot at left-wing Peronists, killing at least 13 and injuring more than 300. * June 24 ** Leonid Brezhnev addresses the American people on television, the first Soviet leader to do so. **

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, an as-yet unsolved attack on a gay bar in New Orleans, Louisiana, in which 32 patrons are killed. * June 25 – Erskine Hamilton Childers is elected the 4th President of Ireland. * June 26 – At Plesetsk Cosmodrome, nine people are killed in the explosion of a Cosmos 3-M rocket. * June 27 – Coup d'état in Uruguay: pressed by the military, President Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament; a 12-year-long civic-military dictatorship begins. *

June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...

– Elections are held for the

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, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland for the first time. * June 30 – A very long total solar eclipse occurs. During the entire second millennium, only seven total solar eclipses exceeded seven minutes of totality.

July

* July 3 – Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). * July 5 ** The Isle of Man Post begins to issue its own postage stamps. ** The catastrophic BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) occurs in

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, following a fire that broke out as

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was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, killing 11 firefighters. This explosion becomes a classic incident, studied in fire department training programs worldwide. * July 10 – The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations. * July 11 – Varig Flight 820 crashes near Orly, France; 123 people are killed. * July 16 – Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate Watergate Committee that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations. * July 17 – King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan while in Italy undergoing eye surgery. * July 20 – France resumes nuclear bomb tests in Mururoa Atoll, over the protests of Australia and New Zealand. * July 21 – Lillehammer affair: Agents of

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, the Israeli secret intelligence agency, shoot and kill a Moroccan waiter in

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, Norway, mistakenly believing him to be a senior member of the Palestinian Black September Organization. * July 23 – The Avianca Building in

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, suffers a serious fire, in which four people are killed. * July 25 – The Soviet '' Mars 5'' space probe is launched. * July 28 – Skylab 3 ( Owen Garriott, Jack Lousma, Alan Bean) is launched, to conduct various medical and scientific experiments aboard Skylab. *

July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...

– A Delta Air Lines DC-9 aircraft flying as

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lands short of Boston's Logan Airport runway in poor visibility, striking a sea wall about 165 feet (50 m) to the right of the runway centerline and about 3,000 feet (914 m) short. All 6 crew members and 83 passengers are killed, 1 of the passengers dying several months after the accident.

August

150px, Flag of CARICOM * August 1 –

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(CARICOM) inaugurated. *

August 2 Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthaginian arm ...

– A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at

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. * August 5 **

Black September Black September ( ar, أيلول الأسود; ''Aylūl Al-Aswad''), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was a conflict fought in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan between the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF), under the leadership of King Hussein ...

members open fire at the Athens airport; 3 are killed, 55 injured. ** Mars 6, also known as 3MP No.50P, is a Soviet spacecraft launched to explore Mars. * August 8 – South Korean politician Kim Dae-jung is kidnapped in Tokyo by the KCIA. * August 15 – The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ends, officially halting 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia according to the Case–Church Amendment-an act that prohibits military operations in

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

, Cambodia, and North and

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Vietnam as a follow up of the

. * August 23 – The Norrmalmstorg robbery occurs, famous for the origin of the term

Stockholm syndrome Stockholm syndrome is a condition in which hostages develop a psychological bond with their captors. It is supposed to result from a rather specific set of circumstances, namely the power imbalances contained in hostage-taking, kidnapping, an ...

September

* September 9 – Scottish racing driver Jackie Stewart becomes World Drivers' Champion when his Tyrrell 003-

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places fourth in the

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. * September 11 – Chile's democratically elected government is overthrown in a violent military coup after serious political instability. President Salvador Allende allegedly commits suicide during the coup in the presidential palace, and General Augusto Pinochet heads a US-backed military junta that governs Chile for the next 17 years. * September 15 –

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, becomes King of Sweden following the deaths of his grandfather,

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. * September 18 – The two German Republics, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), are admitted to the United Nations. * September 20 – The "

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Billie Jean King Billie Jean King (née Moffitt; born November 22, 1943) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. King won 39 major titles: 12 in singles, 16 in women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. King was a member of the victorious United States ...

defeats Bobby Riggs in a televised tennis match, 6–4, 6–4, 6–3, at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas. With an attendance of 30,492, this remains the largest live audience ever to see a tennis match in US history. The global audience that views on television in 36 countries is estimated at 90 million. * September 27 ** Soviet space program: Soyuz 12 ( Vasily Lazarev, Oleg Makarov), the first Soviet manned flight since the Soyuz 11 tragedy in 1971, is launched. **

Luís Cabral Luís Severino de Almeida Cabral (11 April 1931 – 30 May 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who was the first President of Guinea-Bissau. He served from 1974 to 1980, when a military ''coup d'état'' led by João Bernardo Vieira deposed hi ...

declares the independence of the

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from the Estado Novo regime in Portugal. It is later granted in September 1974.

October

* October 6 ** Yom Kippur War begins: The fourth and largest Arab–Israeli conflict begins, as Egyptian and

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n forces attack Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights on Yom Kippur. * October 14 – Thai popular uprising Students revolt in Bangkok – In the Thammasat student uprising over 100,000 people protest in Thailand against the Thanom military government, 77 are killed and 857 are injured by soldiers. *

October 15 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. * 1211 ...

–

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crosses Luzon, Philippines, killing 27 people and causing $5 million in damage. * October 17 – An

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oil embargo against several countries supporting Israel triggers the

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. * October 20 ** The Saturday Night Massacre: U.S. President Richard Nixon orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to dismiss

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Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General

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. Solicitor General Robert Bork, third in line at the Department of Justice, then fires Cox. The event raises calls for Nixon's impeachment. ** The

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is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction work.

* October 25 – The Yom Kippur War ends. * October 26 – The United Nations recognizes the independence of Guinea-Bissau. * October 30 – The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time in history. * October 31 – Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape: Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland after a hijacked helicopter lands in the exercise yard.

November

* November 1 – Watergate scandal: Acting Attorney General Robert Bork appoints Leon Jaworski as the new Watergate Special Prosecutor. * November 3 ** Pan Am cargo flight 160, a Boeing 707-321C, crashes at Logan International Airport, Boston, killing 3 people. ** Mariner program: NASA launches ''

Mariner 10 ''Mariner 10'' was an American Robotic spacecraft, robotic space probe launched by NASA on 3 November 1973, to fly by the planets Mercury (planet), Mercury and Venus. It was the first spacecraft to perform flybys of multiple planets. ''Ma ...

'' toward

Mercury Mercury commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg * Mercury (mythology), a Roman god Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies * Merc ...

(on March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet). * November 7 – The Congress of the United States overrides President Richard Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval. * November 8 – Millennium '73, a festival hosted by Guru Maharaj Ji at the Astrodome, is called by supporters the "most significant event in human history". * November 11 – Egypt and Israel sign a United States-sponsored cease-fire accord. * November 16 ** Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 ( Gerald Carr, William Pogue, Edward Gibson) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on an 84-day mission. ** U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline. * November 17 – The Athens Polytechnic uprising occurs against the military regime in Athens, Greece. *

November 21 Events Pre-1600 *164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.) * 235 & ...

– U.S. President Richard Nixon's attorney,

J. Fred Buzhardt Joseph Fred Buzhardt Jr (February 21, 1924 – December 16, 1978) was an American attorney and public servant. He is best known for serving as special White House Counsel to Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. Previously he had served as Ge ...

, reveals the existence of an -minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to

. * November 25 – Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos is ousted in a military coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis. * November 27 – The United States Senate votes 92–3 to confirm

Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...

as Vice President of the United States. *

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 ...

– 104 people are killed in a Taiyo department store fire in Kumamoto,

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 ...

, Japan. * November – Queen Sisowath Kossamak of Cambodia is released from house arrest to Beijing.

December

* December – Chile breaks diplomatic contacts with

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. * December 1 – Papua New Guinea gains self-government from Australia. * December 3 –

Pioneer program The Pioneer programs were two series of United States lunar and planetary space probes exploration. The first program, which ran from 1958 to 1960, unsuccessfully attempted to send spacecraft to orbit the Moon, successfully sent one spacecraft to ...

: '' Pioneer 10'' sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter. * December 6 – The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm

as Vice President of the United States; he is sworn in the same day. * December 14 –

Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...

executes two Blacks at Salisbury Central Prison for murder * December 18 ** Soviet space program:

Soyuz 13 Soyuz 13 (russian: Союз 13, ''Union 13'') was a December, 1973, Soviet crewed space flight, the second test flight of the redesigned Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft that first flew as Soyuz 12. The spacecraft was specially modified to carry the Ori ...

( Pyotr Klimuk, Valentin Lebedev) is launched. ** The Islamic Development Bank is created as a specialized agency of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) (effective August 12, 1974). * December 20 – Spanish prime minister Luis Carrero Blanco is assassinated in Madrid by the separatist organization ETA. * December 28 – The

Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting imperiled species. Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of ec ...

is passed in the United States. *

December 30 Events Pre-1600 *534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. *999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crushi ...

– Terrorist

Carlos Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

fails in his attempt to assassinate British businessman Joseph Sieff.

Date unknown

* ODECA functions are suspended. * The COSC The Swiss Official Chronometer testing Institute is founded in Switzerland by 5 Watch Cantons &

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. * A large Song dynasty trade ship of c.

1277 Year 1277 ( MCCLXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * March 19 – Byzantine–Venetian Treaty: Emperor Michael VIII (Palaiolo ...

A.D. is dredged up from the waters near the southern coast of China with 12 compartments in its

hull Hull may refer to: Structures * Chassis, of an armored fighting vehicle * Fuselage, of an aircraft * Hull (botany), the outer covering of seeds * Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship * Submarine hull Mathematics * Affine hull, in affi ...

. It confirms the descriptions of bulkheaded hull compartments for

junks A junk (Chinese: 船, ''chuán'') is a type of Chinese sailing ship with fully battened sails. There are two types of junk in China: northern junk, which developed from Chinese river boats, and southern junk, which developed from Austronesian ...

in Zhu Yu's ''Pingzhou Table Talks'' of

1119 Year 1119 (Roman numerals, MCXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Levant * June 28 – Battle of Ager Sanguinis: The Crusader army of the Princ ...

Births

January

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* January 5 – Uday Chopra, Indian actor *

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 ...

–

Sean Paul Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques OD (born 9 January 1973) is a Jamaican rapper and singer who is regarded as one of dancehall's most prolific artists. Paul's singles "Get Busy" and "Temperature" topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in the ...

, Jamaican singer * January 11 –

Rahul Dravid Rahul Sharad Dravid (; born 11 January 1973) is an Indian cricket coach and former captain of the Indian national team, currently serving as its head coach. Prior to his appointment to the senior men's national team, Dravid was the Head of ...

, Indian cricket player and coach. * January 12 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer *

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 ...

** Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player ** Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actress *

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 ...

–

Giancarlo Fisichella Giancarlo Fisichella (; born 14 January 1973), also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian professional racing driver, also captain of the official ''Nazionale Piloti'' association football team (composed of the racing drivers). He has d ...

, Italian racing driver *

** Essam El Hadary, Egyptian goalkeeper ** Tomáš Galásek, Czech football player **

Maksim Martynov Maxim Borisovich Martynov (russian: Максим Борисович Мартынов; born January 15, 1973) is a Soviet and Russian engineer. He currently serves as deputy general designer and the head of the bureau at the interplanetary probe deve ...

, Russian engineer * January 17 – Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer and politician, Governor of Morelos 2018-2024 * January 19 ** Ann Kristin Aarønes, Norwegian footballer ** Wang Junxia, Chinese long-distance runner **

Yevgeny Sadovyi Yevgeny Viktorovich Sadovyi (russian: Евгений Викторович Садовый; born 19 January 1973) is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won three gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics at Barcelona and was subsequently chosen ...

, Russian swimmer *

– Queen Mathilde of Belgium * January 26 – Brendan Rodgers, Northern Irish football manager *

– Shadmehr Aghili, Iranian pop singer, musician and composer * January 29 – Louise Hindsgavl, Danish artist *

January 30 Events Pre-1600 *1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. *1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 *1607 – An estimated ...

– Jalen Rose, American basketball player * January 31 – Portia de Rossi, Australian actress

February

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...

** Yuri Landman, Dutch artist and musician ** Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican football goalkeeper *

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 ...

– Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower *

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 ...

– Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer *

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 ...

** Trijntje Oosterhuis, Dutch pop singer ** Deng Yaping, Chinese table tennis player * February 7 – Juwan Howard, American basketball player * February 9 – Svetlana Boginskaya, Soviet gymnast * February 10 – Gunn-Rita Dahle, Norwegian mountain biker *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

** Jeon Do-yeon, South Korean actress ** Mishal Husain, British news presenter ** Varg Vikernes, Norwegian rock musician * February 12 – Tara Strong, Canadian actress and voice actress *

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 ...

Anna Dogonadze Anna Dogonadze ( ka, ანა დოღონაძე; born February 15, 1973) is a German trampoline gymnast of Georgian origin who won a gold medal in the event of trampolining at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She was born on 15 February 1973 ...

, German trampoline gymnast ** Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer * February 16 – Cathy Freeman, Australian athlete * February 18 – Claude Makélélé, French footballer * February 22 – Shota Arveladze, Georgian football player *

February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...

** Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player ** Yordan Yovchev, Bulgarian gymnast *

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. ...

–

Julio Iglesias Jr. Julio José Iglesias Preysler (born 25 February 1973) is a Spanish singer. In 2008, he was declared the winner of the CMT competition '' Gone Country''. Early life He was born Julio José Iglesias-Preysler (before a later name change) in Madri ...

, Spanish singer *

February 26 Events Pre-1600 *747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is p ...

** ATB, German DJ and music producer ** Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer ** Jenny Thompson, American swimmer *

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 ...

– Peter Andre, English singer and television personality *

– Eric Lindros, Canadian hockey player

March

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* March 1 ** Jack Davenport, English actor **

Ahmed El Sakka Ahmed Mohamed Salah El Din El Sakka ( ar, أحمد محمد صلاح الدين السقا; born March 1, 1973) is an Egyptians, Egyptian action actor. The son of theatre director Salah El Sakka, he began his career with uncredited roles in a lot ...

, Egyptian action actor ** Chris Webber, American basketball player * March 3 – Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player * March 9 – Matteo Salvini, Italian politician * March 10 ** Eva Herzigová, Czech model and actress **

Dan Swanö Dan-Erland Swanö (born 10 March 1973), also known as Dan "The Man" Swanö, is a Swedish musician and record producer who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale, lately vocalist, keyboardist and ...

, Swedish musician * March 13 **

Edgar Davids Edgar Steven Davids (; born 13 March 1973) is a Dutch-Surinamese former professional footballer and current coach. After beginning his career with Ajax, winning several domestic and international titles, he subsequently played in Italy for AC Mi ...

, Dutch footballer ** David Draiman songwriter and lead singer for the band Disturbed ** Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Icelandic actor * March 15 – Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor and model * March 17 –

Caroline Corr Caroline Georgina Corr MBE (born 17 March 1973), known to fans as the "Chick with the Stick", is an Irish singer and drummer for the Celtic folk rock band The Corrs. In addition to the drums, Corr plays the ''bodhrán'', ''cajón'', percussions ...

, Irish musician ( The Corrs) * March 19 ** Magnus Hedman, Swedish footballer **

Simmone Jade Mackinnon Simone Jade Mackinnon (born 19 March 1973) is an Australian actress. She is best known for role as Allie Reese on ''Baywatch'' (1999–2000) and Stevie Hall on ''McLeod's Daughters'' (2003–2009). Early life Mackinnon was born in Mount Isa, Q ...

, Australian actor * March 20 –

Talal Khalifa Aljeri Talal Khalifa Al Jeri ( ar, طلال خليفة الجري) (born 20 March 1973 in Kuwait) is a Kuwaiti businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of Al Jeri Holding Group, chosen by ''Forbes'' in 2018 as a leading educational company. Since be ...

, Kuwaiti businessman * March 23 **

Jerzy Dudek Jerzy Henryk Dudek (; born 23 March 1973) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. After beginning his career in his home country, he went on to have successful spells in the Netherlands and England, winning the Ch ...

, Polish footballer ** Jason Kidd, American basketball player * March 24 ** Jacek Bąk, Polish footballer ** Jim Parsons, American actor and comedian *

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 ...

– Anders Fridén, Swedish musician * March 26 – Larry Page, American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Google (2011-2015) * March 28 – Umaga, Samoan-American professional wrestler (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 ...

) * March 29 – Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer

April

* April 1 ** Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricket captain **

Rachel Maddow Rachel Anne Maddow (, ; born April 1, 1973) is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator. Maddow hosts ''The Rachel Maddow Show'', a weekly television show on MSNBC, and serves as the cable network's special eve ...

, American political commentator * April 2 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress * April 3 ** Jamie Bamber, English actor ** Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor *

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 – ...

** David Blaine, American magician ** Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer *

** Élodie Bouchez, French actress ** Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball pitcher (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 ...

) **

Pharrell Williams Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973) is an American record producer, rapper, singer, and songwriter. Alongside close colleague Chad Hugo, he formed the hip hop and R&B production duo the Neptunes in the early 1990s, with whom he ...

, American musician and producer ( The Neptunes) * April 6 – Rie Miyazawa, Japanese actress and singer *

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 ...

– Emma Caulfield, American actress * April 10 – Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer * April 11 – Jennifer Esposito, American actress * April 12 ** Christina Moore, American actress ** Amr Waked, Egyptian film, television and stage actor *

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 ...

–

Sergey Shnurov Sergey Vladimirovich Shnurov (russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Шну́ров; born 13 April 1973) is a Russian musician and songwriter, best known as ''Shnur'' (lit. cord), of the ska-punk band Leningrad which he formed in ...

, Russian singer * April 14 – Adrien Brody, American actor * April 16 ** Akon, Senegalese American rapper, R&B singer-songwriter and record producer ** Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian sculptor * April 18 – Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian long-distance runner * April 19 – George Gregan, Australian rugby union footballer *

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 ...

– Katsuyuki Konishi, Japanese voice actor *

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 ...

– Cem Yılmaz, Turkish comedian and actor * April 24 ** Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer **

Lee Westwood Lee John Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. Noted for his consistency, Westwood is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on five continents – Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and Oceania – including ...

, English golfer *

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 ...

– Sharlee D'Angelo, Swedish guitarist * April 28 **

Jorge Garcia Jorge Garcia (born April 28, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the television show ''Becker'', but subsequently became best known for his portrayal of Hugo "Hurley ...

, American actor and comedian ** Elisabeth Röhm, German-American actress * April 29 – David Belle, French actor and stunt performer

May

* May 1 ** Paul Burke, Irish rugby player ** Diana Hayden,

Miss World Miss World is the oldest existing international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. Since his death in 2000, Morley's widow, Julia Morley, has co-chaired the pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss Int ...

and Indian actress ** Oliver Neuville, German footballer * May 2 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director * May 3 – Michael Reiziger, Dutch footballer * May 4 – Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer * May 5 – Johan Hedberg, Swedish retired hockey goaltender also known as "Moose" * May 7 – Paolo Savoldelli, Italian professional road racing cyclist *

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 ...

– Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese manga artist * May 9 – Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan long-distance runner *

Keylla Hernandéz Keylla Ivonne Hernández Ramos (May 10, 1973, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico – December 31, 2018, San Juan, Puerto Rico), better known as Keylla Hernández, was a Puerto Rican television reporter. She worked for WAPA-TV. She was the co-anchor of the sta ...

, Puerto Rican television reporter (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 ...

) ** Rüştü Reçber, Turkish football goalkeeper * May 12 – Robert Tinkler, Canadian voice actor * May 14 **

Natalie Appleton Natalie Jane Appleton Howlett (born 14 May 1973) is a Canadian singer. She is a member of the British girl group All Saints and the duo Appleton with her younger sister Nicole Appleton. Appleton joined All Saints in 1996, becoming the fourth ...

, Canadian singer ( All Saints) ** Shanice, African-American singer *

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 ...

** Jason Acuña, American skateboarder and actor ** Tori Spelling, American actress ** Kōsuke Toriumi, Japanese voice actor * May 17 ** Sasha Alexander, American actress **

Josh Homme Joshua Michael Homme ( ; born May 17, 1973) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the founder, primary songwriter, and only continuous member of the rock band Queens of the Stone Age, which he form ...

, American musician * May 18 – Kaz Hayashi, Japanese professional wrestler * May 20 – Elsa Lunghini, French actress and singer * May 21 – Noel Fielding, British comedian *

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 ...

** Bartolo Colón, Dominican baseball player ** Ruslana, Ukrainian pop star, activist,

Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...

2004 winner * May 25 **

Jean-Pierre Canlis Jean-Pierre Canlis (born 1973) is an American glass artist. Jean-Pierre Canlis first picked up a glassblowing pipe in 1991 at the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawai'i. He later studied glass art at Alfred University's School of Art and Design i ...

, American glass artist **

Ai Kobayashi is a Japanese actress and voice actress from Adachi, Tokyo. She is affiliated with HeaT. Biography Filmography Anime *''Turn A Gundam'' (1999) – Lily Borjano *''Overman King Gainer'' (2002) – Sara Kodama *''Inuyasha'' (2004) – Th ...

, Japanese voice actress ** Demetri Martin, American actor and comedian *

– Jack McBrayer, American actor and comedian *

– Minae Noji, American actress * May 31 – Dominique van Roost, Belgian tennis player

June

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AL Medaillengewinner im Viererbob bei den Olympischen Spielen 2002 cropped

* June 1 **

Fred Deburghgraeve Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rodr ...

, Belgian swimmer **

Adam Garcia Adam Gabriel Garcia (born 1 June 1973) is an Australian stage, television, and film actor who is best known for lead roles in musicals such as '' Saturday Night Fever'' and ''Kiss Me, Kate''. He is also a trained tap dancer and singer. Garcia ha ...

, Australian actor and singer **

Heidi Klum Heidi Klum (; born 1 June 1973) is a German-American model, television host, producer, and businesswoman. She appeared on the cover of the ''Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue'' in 1998 and was the first German model to become a Victoria's Secre ...

, German model **

Derek Lowe Derek Christopher Lowe (born June 1, 1973) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. During his career, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland I ...

, American baseball player * June 2 ** Carlos Acosta, Cuban-born ballet dancer **

Kevin Feige Kevin Feige ( ; born June 2, 1973) is an American film and television producer who has been the president of Marvel Studios and the primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise since 2007. The films he has produced have a combin ...

, American film producer and president of

Marvel Studios Marvel Studios, LLC (originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996) is an American film and television production company that is a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of the Walt Disney Company. Marvel Studios produces the Mar ...

* June 8 – Lexa Doig, Canadian actress * June 9 – Tedy Bruschi, American football player * June 10 – Faith Evans, American singer * June 12 – Mitsuki Saiga, Japanese voice actress * June 14 – Ceca, Serbian folk singer * June 15 ** Neil Patrick Harris, American actor, comedian, singer, presenter and host ** Dean McAmmond, Canadian hockey player ** Greg Vaughan, American actor * June 18 – Yumi Kakazu, Japanese voice actress * June 19 – Yuko Nakazawa, Japanese singer *

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 ...

** Zuzana Čaputová, Slovak politician, President of Slovakia **

Juliette Lewis Juliette Lake Lewis (born June 21, 1973) is an American actress and alternative rock singer. She is known for her portrayals of offbeat characters, often in films with dark themes. Lewis became an "it girl" of American cinema in the early 1990s, ...

, American actress **

Fedja van Huêt Fedja van Huêt (born 21 June 1973, in The Hague) is a Dutch stage and film actor. Van Huêt received his professional training at the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. He was in the ensemble of the theater companies RO Theater and Theate ...

, Dutch actor * June 22 **

Carson Daly Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973) is an American television host, radio personality, Television producer, producer, and celebrity, television personality. Prior to 2003, Daly was a VJ (media personality), VJ on MTV's ''Total Request Live'', ...

, American television personality, host of NBC's '' The Voice'' and '' Last Call with Carson Daly'' ** Giorgio Pasotti, Italian actor and martial arts athlete *

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

Davies Chisopa Davies Chisopa (born 23 June 1973)Davies Chisopa
National Assembly of Zambia is a Zambian politician. He is cu ...

, Zambian politician ** Marija Naumova (Marie N), Latvian singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2002 winner * June 24 – Jonathan Lambert, French actor and comedian * June 25 – Jamie Redknapp, English footballer * June 26 – Paweł Małaszyński, Polish actor * June 27 ** Olve Eikemo, Norwegian musician **

Gonzalo López-Gallego Gonzalo López-Gallego (born 27 June 1973) is a Spanish film director who is best known for his movie '' Apollo 18'', a 2011 sci-fi thriller and horror film starring Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, and Ryan Robbins. Filmography *'' The King ...

, Spanish film director *

** Adrián Annus, Hungarian athlete **

Frost Frost is a thin layer of ice on a solid surface, which forms from water vapor in an above-freezing atmosphere coming in contact with a solid surface whose temperature is below freezing, and resulting in a phase change from water vapor (a gas) ...

, Norwegian musician ** Andre Lange, German Olympic bobsledder * June 29 –

Kento Masuda is a Japanese composer and recording artist. He is a voting member of The Recording Academy, and his work has been described as "one of this world's artistic treasures." As an exclusive player for KAWAI pianos, Masuda is the sole player of the on ...

, Japanese composer and recording artist * June 30 –

Hidetada Yamagishi (born 30 June 1973) is a Japanese IFBB professional bodybuilder. In 2007 he became the first Japanese bodybuilder to compete in the Mr. Olympia contest and was the first Japanese bodybuilder to have been invited to compete at the Arnold Classic ...

, Japanese bodybuilder

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 ...

– Akhilesh Yadav, Indian politician * July 3 **

Antonio Filippini Antonio Filippini (born 3 July 1973) is an Italian football coach and a former player who played mainly as a defensive midfielder, currently in charge as head coach of Genoa Women of Serie B. He played in several teams with his twin brother, Em ...

, Italian footballer **

Emanuele Filippini Emanuele Filippini (born 3 July 1973) is an Italian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder, currently working as an assistant coach for the Italy national under-19 football team. He played in several teams with his twin brother, ...

, Italian footballer ** Jonah Lotan, Israeli actor **

Owen H.M. Smith Owen H.M. Smith is a Bahamian-born American television producer, writer, actor and comedian. Smith has written for such television series as Black-ish, Survivor's Remorse, The Arsenio Hall Show, ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore'' and '' ...

, American television producer, writer, actor and comedian **

Patrick Wilson Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor and director. He began his career in 1995, starring in Broadway musicals. He received nominations for two Tony Awards for his roles in '' The Full Monty'' (2000–2001) and '' Okla ...

, American actor * July 4 **

Gackt , better known by his mononymous stage name Gackt (stylized as GACKT), is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Born in Okinawa, Japan, to a Ryukyuan family, Gackt learned the piano at a young age and was raise ...

, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor ** Mathieu Chantelois, Canadian television personality, journalist, magazine editor and marketing executive * July 5 **

Joe Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated ...

, American singer-songwriter and record producer ** Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer and coach ** Andrei Zibrov, Russian actor * July 6 **

Pablo Escudero Morales Pablo Escudero Morales (born July 6, 1973) is a Mexican politician and lawyer, member of the Ecologist Green Party of Mexico (PVEM) and former federal deputy and senator. From 2016 to 2017, he served as President of the Senate of Mexico. Studie ...

, Mexican lawyer and politician ** Jehangir Wadia, Indian businessman * July 7 ** Troy Garity, American actor **

Yoon Kyung-shin Yoon Kyung-shin (born July 7, 1973 in Seoul) is a South Korean handball manager and former player. Playing career Yoon Kyung-shin could play in German Handball-Bundesliga through his outstanding performances in World Championships. He played f ...

, South Korean handball player ** Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga artist *

July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...

** Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and producer ** Medi Sadoun, French actor *

July 9 Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...

– Enrique Murciano, American actor * July 10 **

Julián Legaspi Julián Alejandro Legaspi Oxandabarat (born 10 July 1973 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan-Peruvian actor. He became famous for his role in the miniseries '' El ángel vengador: Calígula''.Personajes que marcaron la vida de 10 actores peruanos�. El ...

, Uruguayan-Peruvian actor ** McNeil Hendricks, South African rugby union player **

Andrej Hrnčiar Andrej Hrnčiar (; born 10 July 1973) is a Slovak people, Slovak professional actor and politician, who has been serving as mayor of the city of Martin, Slovakia, Martin since 2006. He had been a professional actor and a restaurant and bar owner ...

, Slovak actor and politician **

Martin S. Jensen Martin Sejr Jensen (born 10 July 1973), known as Martin S. Jensen, is a Danish football coach and former professional footballer who is a goalkeeping coach for Danish 1st Division side Hobro IK. He played 134 games in the top-flight Danish Su ...

, Danish professional football goalkeeper **

Oleksandr Yanukovych Oleksandr Viktorovych Yanukovych ( uk, Олександр Вікторович Янукович; born July 10, 1973 in DonetskJuly 11 ** Link Abrams, American-New Zealand basketball player ** Andrew Bird, American violinist and singer-songwriter ** Marcelo Charpentier, Argentine tennis player ** Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete ** Mohsen Torky, Iranian football player * July 12 **

Inoke Afeaki Inoke Afeaki (born 12 July 1973 in Tofoa, Tongatapu) is a Tongan former rugby union footballer, coach and administrator. He has played professionally in New Zealand, Japan, Wales, France and Tonga, and coached in France, New Zealand and Singapor ...

, Tongan rugby union footballer ** Christian Vieri, Italian footballer * July 13 ** Roberto Martínez, Spanish football manager ** Danny Williams, British professional boxer * July 14 ** Kanaka, South Indian actress **

Halil Mutlu Halil Mutlu (born Halil Aliev () on 14 July 1973 in Postnik, Bulgaria) is a former professional Turkish weightlifter with several World and Olympic championship titles. Mutlu is one of the five weightlifters who has achieved three consecutive ...

, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter ** Candela Peña, Spanish actress * July 15 ** John Dolmayan, Lebanese-born rock drummer for the band System of a Down ** Brian Austin Green, American actor ** Yasemin Şamdereli, Turkish-German actress, screenwriter and film director * July 16 **

Stefano Garzelli Stefano Garzelli (born 16 July 1973) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1997 and 2013. The high point of his career was his overall win in the 2000 Giro d'Italia, after a close three-wa ...

, Italian professional road racing cyclist **

Yoshihiko Hakamada is a Japanese actor. He graduated from Hamana High School. Hakamada was born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture. He is represented by Platinum Production. Hakamada's wife is ''tarento'' Ai Kawanaka. Discography Singles Albums Filmography ...

, Japanese actor * July 17 – Daimaou Kosaka, Japanese comedian * July 18 –

Chi In-jin Chi In-jin (, born July 18, 1973, in Seoul) is a South Korean former professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 1996. He has held the WBC featherweight title twice between 2004 and 2007. Career Boxing Chi made his debut as a professional bo ...

, South Korean boxer * July 19 **

Aílton Ailton is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Arts and Entertainment * Ailton Krenak (born 1954), Brazilian writer and journalist * Ailton Graça (born 1964), Brazilian actor Religion * Ailton Menegussi (born 1962), Brazilian bisho ...

, Brazilian football player **

Nathalie Boltt Nathalie Boltt (born 19 July 1973) is a South African actress, director and writer known for ''Riverdale'' and ''District 9''. Her initial break into acting was in her birth country, South Africa, as Joey Ortlepp on the SABC 3 drama ''Isidingo' ...

, South African actress **

Toni Brogno Antonio ("Toni") Brogno (born 19 July 1973) is a retired Belgium, Belgian football (soccer), football Striker (association football), striker who was last on the books of R.O.C. de Charleroi-Marchienne, Olympic Charleroi. Before that he also pla ...

, Belgian football striker ** Saïd Taghmaoui, French-American actor and screenwriter * July 20 ** Peter Forsberg, Swedish hockey player ** Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway * July 21 – Ali Landry, American actress * July 22 ** Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer-songwriter and composer **

Jaime Camil Jaime Federico Said Camil de Saldanha da Gama (born 22 July 1973) is a Mexican actor, singer and television personality. He is best known for his roles as Fernando Mendiola in ''La Fea Más Bella'' and Rogelio de la Vega in ''Jane the Virgin'', ...

, Mexican actor and singer ** Daniel Jones, Australian musician and record producer * July 23 ** Omar Epps, American actor ** Fran Healy, Scottish singer-songwriter ** Monica Lewinsky, American White House intern * July 25 – Dani Filth, British vocalist * July 26 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress * July 30 ** Markus Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player ** Sonu Nigam, Indian singer *

– Jacob Aagaard, Danish-Scottish chess player

August

* August 1 – Edurne Pasaban, Basque Spanish mountaineer *

Miguel Mendonca Miguel Mendonça (born August 1973, Salisbury, Rhodesia) is an Anglo-Azorean writer and musician based in Bristol, England. Education Miguel studied forestry at Sparsholt College, Landscape Management at Hadlow College, Journalism and Radio Pro ...

, Anglo-Azorean writer **

Susie O'Neill Susan O'Neill, (born 2 August 1973) is an Australian former competitive swimmer from Brisbane, Queensland, nicknamed "Madame Butterfly". She achieved eight Olympic Games medals during her swimming career. Early life Susan (Susie) O'Neill was ...

, Australian swimmer * August 3 –

Stephen Graham Stephen Joseph Graham (born 3 August 1973) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Andrew "Combo" Gascoigne in the film ''This Is England'' (2006) and its television sequels ''This Is England '86'' (2010), '' This Is England '88'' ( ...

, English actor *

August 6 Events Pre-1600 *1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean. * 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...

Asia Carrera Asia Carrera Lemmon (born Jessica Steinhauser, August 6, 1973) is an American former pornographic actress. Early life Asia Carrera was born Jessica Steinhauser in New York City to a German mother and Japanese father, the oldest of four sibling ...

, American actress ** Vera Farmiga, American actress, director and producer * August 8 – Jessica Calvello, American voice actress * August 9 ** Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor **

Filippo Inzaghi Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi (; born 9 August 1973) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was nicknamed "Superpippo" or "Alta tensione" by fans and commentators during his playing career. He is t ...

, Italian footballer ** Oleksandr Ponomariov, Ukrainian singer * August 10 – Javier Zanetti, Argentine football player * August 11 – Carolyn Murphy, American model * August 14 ** Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer ** Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer ** Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer * August 15 – Kris Mangum, American football player * August 16 – Damian Jackson, American baseball player * August 19 ** Marco Materazzi, Italian football player ** HRH Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway * August 21 ** Sergey Brin, Russian-born American entrepreneur, co-founder of Google ** Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player ** Nikolai Valuev, Russian heavyweight boxing champion * August 22 ** Howie D., American singer (Backstreet Boys) ** Kristen Wiig, American actress, comedian and writer * August 23 ** Chelsi Smith, American actress, singer, television host and beauty queen (d.

) ** Joey Cramer, Canadian child actor * August 24 ** Dave Chappelle, African-American actor and comedian ** Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer ** Grey DeLisle, American voice actress, comedian and singer-songwriter ** Carmine Giovinazzo, American actor * August 28 – Kirby Morrow, Canadian actor, comedian and writer (d. 2020) * August 29 ** Abdo Hakim, Lebanese actor and voice actor ** Jason Spisak, American actor, voice actor and producer * August 30 – Lisa Ling, American journalist

September

* September 1 – Ram Kapoor, Indian actor * September 3 – Alexandra Kerry, American actress, filmmaker, director and producer * September 4 – Diosbelys Hurtado, Cuban boxer * September 5 ** Paddy Considine, British actor, filmmaker and musician ** Rose McGowan, American actress ** Rachel Sheherazade, Brazilian journalist * September 6 ** Carlo Cudicini, Italian footballer ** Greg Rusedski, Canadian-British tennis player * September 7 – Shannon Elizabeth, American actress * September 11 - Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, Iranian footballer * September 12 ** Tarana Burke, American civil rights activist ** Darren Campbell, British athlete ** Paul Walker, American actor (d.

) * September 13 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer * September 14 ** Andrew Lincoln, English actor ** Nas, African-American rapper * September 15 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, né Olof Daniel Westling, Swedish prince, married to Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Crown Princess Victoria * September 17 – Ada Choi, Hong Kong actress * September 18 ** James Marsden, American actor ** Ami Onuki, Japanese singer ** Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur * September 19 ** José Azevedo, Portuguese cyclist ** David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer * September 20 – Jo Pavey, British athlete * September 21 – Oswaldo Sánchez, Mexican footballer * September 22 – Bob Sapp, American professional wrestler, actor, American football player, kickboxer and mixed martial artist * September 24 – Eddie George, American football player * September 25 – Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, American actress * September 29 ** Alfie Boe, English tenor ** Joe Hulbig, American ice hockey player * September 30 – David Ury, American actor

October

* October 2 ** Melissa Harris-Perry, African-American political commentator ** Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer (Aqua (band), Aqua) ** Proof (rapper), Proof, American rapper (D12) (d. 2006) ** Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian Drag queen, comedian and singer,

2007 runner-up * October 3 – Neve Campbell, Canadian actress * October 4 – Abyss (wrestler), Chris Parks, American professional wrestler * October 6 – Ioan Gruffudd, Welsh actor * October 8 – Kari Korhonen, Finnish cartoonist * October 10 – Mario Lopez, American actor * October 11 ** Takeshi Kaneshiro, Taiwanese/Japanese actor ** Daisuke Sakaguchi, Japanese voice actor * October 13 ** Matt Hughes (fighter), Matt Hughes, American mixed martial arts fighter ** Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress * October 14 ** George Floyd, African-American victim of police brutality (d. 2020) ** Lasha Zhvania, Georgian politician *

** Susy Pryde, New Zealand cyclist ** Dax Riggs, American musician * October 16 – Todd van der Heyden, Canadian journalist and news anchor * October 18 ** Sergey Bezrukov, Russian screen and stage actor ** Rachel Nichols (journalist), Rachel Nichols, American sports journalist * October 19 – Joaquin Gage, Canadian ice hockey player * October 22 – Ichiro Suzuki, Japanese baseball player * October 24 – Kurt Kuenne, filmmaker, known for documentary ''Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, Dear Zachary'' * October 26 – Seth MacFarlane, American actor, screenwriter, producer, director and singer * October 28 ** Maryam Nawaz, Pakistani politician ** Montel Vontavious Porter, WWE Raw wrestler * October 29 – Robert Pires, French football player * October 30 ** Silvia Corzo, Colombian newsreader ** Edge (wrestler), Edge, Canadian professional wrestler and 4-time WWE Champion * October 31 – Beverly Lynne, American actress

November

* November 1 ** Assia (singer), Assia, Algerian singer ** Li Xiaoshuang, Chinese gymnast ** Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress,

1994 * November 2 – Marisol Nichols, American actress * November 3 ** Sticky Fingaz, Kirk Jones, African-American rapper (Onyx (hip hop group), Onyx) ** Mick Thomson, American guitarist * November 4 – Steven Ogg, Canadian actor * November 7 – Yunjin Kim, South Korean-American film and theater actress * November 8 – David Muir, American journalist and news anchor * November 9 ** Alyson Court, Canadian actress and voice actress ** Nick Lachey, American actor, singer and television personality and host * November 13 – Jordan Bridges, American actor * November 16 – Marcus Lemonis, Lebanese-American businessman, investor and television personality * November 20 – Sav Rocca, American football player and Australian rules footballer * November 22 – Cassie Campbell, Canadian ice hockey forward and CBC commentator * November 24 – Amy Hayes (announcer), Amy Hayes, American ring announcer and model * November 26 – Peter Facinelli, American actor * November 27 – Sharlto Copley, South African producer, actor and director *

– Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer * November 30 ** Nimród Antal, Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and actor ** Christian Cage, Christian, Canadian professional wrestler ** Im Chang-jung, South Korean actor

December

* December 1 – Lombardo Boyar, American stand-up, comedian, actor and voice artist * December 2 ** Monica Seles, Hungarian-Yugoslavian tennis player ** Jan Ullrich, German professional road bicycle racer * December 3 ** Holly Marie Combs, American actress ** Super Crazy, Francisco Islas Rueda, Mexican professional wrestler * December 4 – Tyra Banks, American supermodel, talk show host * December 5 ** Arik Benado, Israeli footballer ** Sorin Grindeanu, 65th Prime Minister of Romania * December 7 ** Carrie Kei Heim, American actress, lawyer and writer ** Terrell Owens, American football player ** Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer * December 8 – Corey Taylor, American rock vocalist (Slipknot (band), Slipknot, ''Stone Sour) * December 9 – Bárbara Padilla, American operatic soprano * December 10 **Arden Myrin, American comedian **Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan-Mexican actress * December 11 – Mos Def, African-American rapper and actor * December 12 – Paz Lenchantin, Argentine-American musician * December 14 ** Tom S. Englund, Swedish musician ** Tomasz Radzinski, Canadian footballer ** Thuy Trang, Vietnamese-born actress (d. 2001) * December 15 – Surya Bonaly, French figure skater * December 16 – Scott Storch, American hip-hop producer * December 17 ** Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo, Mexican politician (d.

) ** Paula Radcliffe, British athlete * December 18 – Darryl Brown (cricketer, born 1973), Darryl Brown, Trinidad and West Indian cricketer * December 20 – Antti Kasvio, Finnish swimmer * December 21 – Mike Alstott, American football player * December 24 ** Stephenie Meyer, American novelist ** Kerry Nettle, Australian politician * December 25 – Chris Harris (wrestler), Chris Harris, American professional wrestler * December 27 – Wilson Cruz, American actor * December 28 ** Seth Meyers, American actor and comedian, currently hosts ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'' ** Ids Postma, Dutch speed skater *

** Jason Behr, American actor ** Ato Boldon, West Indian athlete * December 31 – Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Russian dancer

Deaths

January

* January 2 – Eleazar López Contreras, 45th President of Venezuela (b. 1883) *

– Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908) * January 23 – Kid Ory, American musician (b. 1886) * January 24 – J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896) * January 26 – Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893) * January 28 – John Banner, Austrian-born actor (b. 1910) * January 31 ** Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895) ** Jack MacGowran, Irish film actor (b. 1918)

February

– J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) *

** Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924) ** Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919) * February 16 – Francisco Caamaño, 50th President of the Dominican Republic (executed) (b. 1932) * February 18 – Frank Costello, Italian-American Mafia gangster and crime boss (b. 1891) * February 19 ** Ivan T. Sanderson, Scottish-American naturalist, cryptozoologist and writer (b. 1911) ** Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892) * February 22 ** Elizabeth Bowen, Irish novelist (b. 1899) ** Katina Paxinou, Greek actress (b. 1900) * February 23 – Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1895) *

– Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (b. 1890)

March

* March 3 – Vera Panova, Soviet-Russian writer (b. 1905) * March 6 – Pearl S. Buck, American writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) * March 8 ** Benjamín de Arriba y Castro, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop and cardinal (b. 1886) ** Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American rock musician (Grateful Dead) (b. 1945) * March 10 – Robert Siodmak, German-born American director (b. 1900) * March 12 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1898) * March 13 – Melville Cooper, British actor (b. 1896) * March 17 – Giuseppe Ferretto, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1899) * March 18 ** Johannes Aavik, Estonian philologist (b. 1880) ** Lauritz Melchior, Danish opera singer (b. 1890) * March 22 – Hilda Geiringer, Austrian mathematician (b. 1893) * March 23 – Ken Maynard, American actor (b. 1895) *

– Edward Steichen, Luxembourg-born American photographer (b. 1879) * March 26 ** Sir Noël Coward, English composer and playwright (b. 1899) ** George Sisler, American baseball player (St. Louis Browns) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1893)

April

– Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist (b. 1881) * April 12 – Arthur Freed, American film producer (b. 1894) *

** Henry Darger, American outsider artist (b. 1892) ** Dudley Senanayake, 2nd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1911) * April 14 – Károly Kerényi, Hungarian philologist and mythologist (b. 1897) * April 16 ** Nino Bravo, Spanish singer (b. 1944) ** István Kertész (conductor), Istvan Kertesz, Hungarian conductor (b. 1929) * April 19 – Hans Kelsen, Austrian-born legal theorist (b. 1881) * April 20 – Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert Armstrong, American actor (b. 1890) *

** Merian C. Cooper, American aviator, director, and producer (b. 1893) ** Arthur Fadden, Sir Arthur Fadden, Australian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894) * April 25 ** Fuad Chehab, 8th President of Lebanon (b. 1902) ** Frank Jack Fletcher, American admiral (b. 1885) * April 26 – Irene Ryan, American actress (b. 1902) * April 28 – Jacques Maritain, French Catholic philosopher (b. 1882)

May

* May 1 – Asger Jorn, Danish painter (b. 1914) * May 6 – Myrna Fahey, American actress (b. 1933) *

– Alexander Vandegrift, American general (b. 1887) *

– Lex Barker, American actor (b. 1919) * May 12 – Frances Marion, American screenwriter (b. 1888) *

– Jacques Lipchitz, French-American sculptor (b. 1891) * May 18 – Jeannette Rankin, American politician (b. 1880) * May 20 – Jarno Saarinen, Finnish motorcycle racer (b. 1945) * May 21 ** Ivan Konev, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1897) ** Vaughn Monroe, American singer (b. 1911) * May 26 ** Karl Löwith, German philosopher (b. 1897) *

– Constantin Daicoviciu, Romanian historian and archaeologist (b. 1898)

June

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* June 1 – Mary Kornman, American actress (b. 1915) * June 8 – Emmy Göring ''nee'' Sonnemann, German actress, second wife of Hermann Göring (b. 1893) * June 9 – Erich von Manstein, German field marshal (b. 1887) * June 10 – William Inge, American playwright (b. 1913) *

– Fay Holden, American actress (b. 1893) * June 24 – Mary Carr, American actress (b. 1874) * June 26 – Ernest Truex, American actor (b. 1889) * June 30 ** Nancy Mitford, English novelist (b. 1904) ** Vasyl Velychkovsky, Vasyl Velychkovsky C.Ss.R, Ukrainian Catholic bishop, martyr and blessed (b. 1903)

July

* July 2 ** Betty Grable, American actress (b. 1916) ** George Macready, American actor (b. 1899) * July 6 ** Joe E. Brown, American actor and comedian (b. 1891) ** Otto Klemperer, German-born conductor (b. 1885) * July 7 ** Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (b. 1895) ** Veronica Lake, American actress (b. 1922) *

** Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-born Israeli educator, historian and politician (b. 1884) ** Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (b. 1877) * July 11 ** Alexander Mosolov, Russian composer (b. 1900) ** Robert Ryan, American actor (b. 1909) * July 12 – Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (b. 1906) * July 13 – Willy Fritsch, German actor (b. 1901) * July 18 – Jack Hawkins, British actor (b. 1910) * July 20 ** Mikhail Isakovsky, Russian poet (b. 1900) ** Bruce Lee, Chinese-American martial artist and actor (b. 1940) ** Robert Smithson, American artist (b. 1938) * July 23 – Eddie Rickenbacker, American World War I flying ace and race car driver (b. 1890) * July 24 – Julián Acuña Galé, Cuban botanist (b. 1900) * July 25 ** Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875) ** Louis St. Laurent, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1882) * July 26 – Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Greek lawyer and professor, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1890) * July 29 ** Henri Charrière, French writer (b. 1906) ** Julio Adalberto Rivera Carballo, 34th President of El Salvador (b. 1921) ** Roger Williamson, British racing driver (b. 1948) *

– Annibale Bergonzoli, Italian general (b. 1884)

August

* August 1 ** Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (b. 1882) ** Walter Ulbricht, East German politician, former leader of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Communist Party and 2nd State Council of East Germany, head of State of the GDR (b. 1893) ** Nikos Zachariadis, Greek politician, former leader of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1903) *

– Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director (b. 1917) * August 4 – Eddie Condon, American jazz musician (b. 1905) *

** Fulgencio Batista, 9th and 12th President of Cuba (b. 1901) ** James Beck, British actor (b. 1929) * August 9 – Charles Daniels (swimmer), Charles Daniels, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1885) * August 10 – Douglas Kennedy (actor), Douglas Kennedy, American actor (b. 1915) * August 11 – Peggie Castle, American actress (b. 1927) * August 12 ** Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) ** Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) * August 16 ** Veda Ann Borg, American actress (b. 1915) ** Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1888) * August 17 ** Conrad Aiken, American writer (b. 1889) ** Jean Barraqué, French composer (b. 1928) ** Paul Williams (The Temptations), Paul Williams, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1939) * August 18 ** François Bonlieu, French Olympic alpine skier (b. 1937) ** Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, British politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1888) * August 30 – Michael Dunn (actor), Michael Dunn, American actor (b. 1934) * August 31 – John Ford, American film director (b. 1894)

September

* September 2 – J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892) * September 11 – Salvador Allende, 30th President of Chile (b. 1908) * September 12 – Marjorie Merriweather Post, American businesswoman (b. 1887) * September 13 – Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913) * September 15 – King Gustaf VI Adolf, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882) * September 16 ** Rafael Franco, 33rd President of Paraguay (b. 1896) ** Víctor Jara, Chilean political activist and singer-songwriter (b. 1932) * September 18 – Théo Lefèvre, 39th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1914) * September 19 – Gram Parsons, American musician (b. 1946) * September 20 – Jim Croce, American songwriter (b. 1943) * September 22 – Paul van Zeeland, 29th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1893) * September 23 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) * September 24 – Josué de Castro, Brazilian writer, physician, geographer and activist against hunger (b. 1908) * September 26 – Anna Magnani, Italian actress (b. 1908) * September 28 ** Norma Crane, American actress (b. 1928) ** Mantan Moreland, American actor and comedian (b. 1902) * September 29 – W. H. Auden, English poet (b. 1907)

October

* October 1 – Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, former Prime Minister of Afghanistan (b. 1921) * October 2 ** Paul Hartman, American dancer and actor (b. 1904) ** Paavo Nurmi, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1897) * October 6 – François Cevert, French racing driver (b. 1944) * October 8 – Gabriel Marcel, French Catholic existential thinker (b. 1889) * October 9 – Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American singer and guitarist (b. 1915) * October 10 – Ludwig von Mises, Austrian economist (b. 1881) * October 16 – Gene Krupa, American jazz drummer (b. 1909) * October 17 – Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet and author (b. 1926) * October 18 ** Leo Strauss, German-American political philosopher (b. 1899) ** Walt Kelly, American cartoonist (b. 1913) ** Crane Wilbur, American actor (b. 1886) * October 19 – Margaret Caroline Anderson, American magazine publisher (b. 1886) * October 22 – Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist and conductor (b. 1876) * October 25 – Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian Olympic athlete (b. 1932) * October 26 – Semyon Budyonny, Cossack cavalryman and Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1883) * October 27 – Allan Lane, American actor (b. 1909) * October 28 ** Cleo Moore, American actress (b. 1928) ** Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (b. 1889)

November

* November 3 ** Arturo de Córdova, Mexican actor (b. 1908) ** Marc Allégret, French film director (b. 1900) * November 7 – Kiyohide Shima, Japanese admiral (b. 1890) * November 11 ** Hassan al-Hudaybi, Egyptian general (b. 1891) ** Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895) * November 12 – Wacław Stachiewicz, Polish writer, geologist, and general (b. 1894) * November 13 ** B. S. Johnson, English experimental novelist (b. 1933) ** Lila Lee, American actress (b. 1905) ** Bruno Maderna, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1920) ** Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian fashion designer (b. 1890) * November 16 – Alan Watts, British philosopher (b. 1915) * November 17 – Mirra Alfassa, multi-origined spiritual leader and founder of Auroville, India (b. 1878) * November 18 – Alois Hába, Czech composer and musicologist (b. 1893) * November 20 – Allan Sherman, American comedy writer, television producer, and song parodist (b. 1924) * November 23 ** Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese-born American actor and film director (b. 1889) ** Constance Talmadge, American actress (b. 1898) * November 25 ** Albert DeSalvo, American criminal, suspect in the Boston Strangler case (b. 1931) ** Laurence Harvey, English actor (b. 1928) * November 28 – John Rostill, English bassist, musician and composer (The Shadows) (b. 1942)

December

* December 1 – David Ben-Gurion, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886) * December 3 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 47th President of Mexico (b. 1889) * December 4 **Lauri Lehtinen, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. 1908) ** Michael O'Shea (actor), Michael O'Shea, American actor (b. 1906) * December 5 – Sir Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, radar pioneer (b. 1892) * December 12 – Atilio García, Argentine-born Uruguayan football player (b. 1914) * December 13 – Giuseppe Beltrami, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1889) * December 16 – Sid Barnes, Australian cricketer (b. 1916) * December 17 – Charles Greeley Abbot, American astrophysicist (d. 1872) * December 20 ** Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1904) ** Bobby Darin, American singer, songwriter, musician, actor, dancer, impressionist and TV presenter (b. 1936) * December 22 – James Anderson (tennis), James Anderson, Australian tennis champion (b. 1894) * December 23 – Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-born American astronomer (b. 1905) * December 25 ** İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and statesman, 3-time Prime Minister of Turkey and 2nd President of Turkey during World War II (b. 1884) ** Gabriel Voisin, French aviation pioneer (b. 1880) * December 26 ** William Haines, American actor (b. 1900) ** Harold B. Lee, American president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1899)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Leo Esaki, Ivar Giaever, Brian David Josephson * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Ernst Otto Fischer, Geoffrey Wilkinson * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz, Nikolaas Tinbergen * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Patrick White * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Henry Kissinger, Lê Đức Thọ * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Wassily Leontief

References

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