Events
January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and DenmarkFebruary
* February 8 – A military insurrection in Uruguay poses an institutional challenge to President Juan María Bordaberry. * February 21 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 ( Boeing 727) is shot down by IsraeliMarch
*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. *May
250px, Sears Tower * May 3 – The Sears Tower in Chicago is topped-out, becoming the world's tallest building at . * May 5 –June
* June 1 – The Greek military junta abolishes the monarchy and proclaims aJuly
* 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 inAugust
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* September 9 – Scottish racing driver Jackie Stewart becomes List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions, World Drivers' Champion when his Tyrrell Racing, Tyrrell Tyrrell 003, 003-Cosworth places fourth in the 1973 Italian Grand Prix at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza. * September 11 – Chile's democratically elected government is overthrown in 1973 Chilean coup d'état, a violent military coup after serious political instability. President Salvador Allende allegedly Death of Salvador Allende, commits suicide during the coup in the La Moneda Palace, presidential palace, and General Augusto Pinochet heads a US-backed military junta that governs Chile for the next 17 years. * September 15 – Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, becomes King of Sweden following the deaths of his grandfather, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, King Gustaf VI Adolf. * September 18 – The two German Republics, the West Germany, Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), are admitted to the United Nations. * September 20 – The "Battle of the Sexes (tennis), Battle of the Sexes": Billie Jean King 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 Grigoryevich Makarov, Oleg Makarov), the first Soviet manned flight since the Soyuz 11 tragedy in 1971, is launched. ** Luís Cabral declares the independence of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau from the Estado Novo (Portugal), 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 Syrian forces attack Israeli forces in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights on Yom Kippur. * October 14 – 1973 Thai popular uprising, 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 – 1973 Pacific typhoon season#Typhoon Ruth .28Narsing.29, Typhoon Ruth crosses Luzon, Philippines, killing 27 people and causing $5 million in damage. * October 17 – An OPEC oil embargo against several countries supporting Israel triggers the 1973 energy crisis. * October 20 ** The Saturday Night Massacre: U.S. President Richard Nixon orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to dismiss Watergate scandal, Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus. Solicitor General Robert Bork, third in line at the United States Department of Justice, Department of Justice, then fires Cox. The event raises calls for Nixon's impeachment. ** The Sydney Opera House 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#Notable accidents, Boeing 707-321C, crashes at Logan International Airport, Boston, killing 3 people. ** Mariner program: NASA launches ''Mariner 10'' toward Mercury (planet), Mercury (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 Prem Rawat, 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 P. Carr, 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 – U.S. President Richard Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, reveals the existence of an -minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate scandal, Watergate. * 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 as Vice President of the United States. * November 29 – 104 people are killed in a Taiyo department store fire in Kumamoto, Kyūshū, Japan. * November – Sisowath Kossamak, Queen Sisowath Kossamak of Cambodia is released from house arrest to Beijing.December
* December – Chile breaks diplomatic contacts with Sweden. * December 1 – Papua New Guinea gains self-government from Australia. * December 3 – Pioneer program: ''Pioneer 10'' sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter. * December 6 – The United States House of Representatives votes 387–35 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States; he is sworn in the same day. * December 14 – Rhodesia executes two Blacks at Salisbury Central Prison for murder * December 18 ** Soviet space program: Soyuz 13 (Pyotr Klimuk, Valentin Lebedev) is launched. ** The Islamic Development Bank is created as a specialized agency of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) (effective August 12, 1974). * December 20 – Spanish prime minister Luis Carrero-Blanco, 1st Duke of Carrero-Blanco, Luis Carrero Blanco is assassinated in Madrid by the separatist organization ETA (separatist group), ETA. * December 28 – The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States. * December 30 – Terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, Carlos fails in his attempt to assassinate British businessman Joseph Sieff.Date unknown
* ODECA functions are suspended. * The COSC The Swiss Official chronometer watch, Chronometer testing Institute is founded in Switzerland by 5 Watch Cantons of Switzerland, Cantons & Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry. * A large Song dynasty trade ship of c. 1277 A.D. is dredged up from the waters near the southern coast of China with 12 compartments in its Hull (watercraft), hull. It confirms the descriptions of Bulkhead (partition), bulkheaded hull compartments for Junk (ship), junks in Zhu Yu (author), Zhu Yu's ''Pingzhou Table Talks'' of 1119.Births
January
* January 5 – Uday Chopra, Indian actor * January 9 – Sean Paul, Jamaican singer * January 11 – Rahul Dravid, Indian cricket player and coach. * January 12 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer * January 13 ** Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player ** Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actress * January 14 – Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian racing driver *February
* February 1 ** Yuri Landman, Dutch artist and musician ** Óscar Pérez Rojas, Mexican football goalkeeper * February 2 – Aleksander Tammert, Estonian discus thrower * February 4 – Oscar De La Hoya, American boxer * February 5 ** 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 ** 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 ** Anna Dogonadze, 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 ** Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player ** Yordan Yovchev, Bulgarian gymnast * February 25 – Julio Iglesias Jr., Spanish singer * February 26 ** ATB, German DJ and music producer ** Ole Gunnar Solskjær, Norwegian footballer ** Jenny Thompson, American swimmer * February 27 – Peter Andre, English singer and television personality *March
* March 1 ** Jack Davenport, English actor ** Ahmed El Sakka, 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, Swedish musician * March 13 ** Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer ** David Draiman songwriter and lead singer for the band Disturbed (band), Disturbed ** Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Icelandic actor * March 15 – Lee Jung-jae, South Korean actor and model * March 17 – Caroline Corr, Irish musician (The Corrs) * March 19 ** Magnus Hedman, Swedish footballer ** Simmone Jade Mackinnon, Australian actor * March 20 – Talal Khalifa Aljeri, Kuwaiti businessman * March 23 ** Jerzy Dudek, Polish footballer ** Jason Kidd, American basketball player * March 24 ** Jacek Bąk, Polish footballer ** Jim Parsons, American actor and comedian * March 25 – Anders Fridén, Swedish musician * March 26 – Larry Page, American entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Google (2011-2015) * March 28 – Umaga (wrestler), Umaga, Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2009) * March 29 – Marc Overmars, Dutch footballerApril
* April 1 ** Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricket captain ** Rachel Maddow, American political commentator * April 2 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress * April 3 ** Jamie Bamber, English actor ** Matthew Ferguson, Canadian actor * April 4 ** David Blaine, American magician ** Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer *May
* May 1 ** Paul Burke (rugby union, born 1973), Paul Burke, Irish rugby player ** Diana Hayden, Miss World 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 – Hiromu Arakawa, Japanese manga artist * May 9 – Tegla Loroupe, Kenyan long-distance runner *June
* June 1 ** Fred Deburghgraeve, Belgian swimmer ** Adam Garcia, Australian actor and singer ** Heidi Klum, German model ** Derek Lowe, American baseball player * June 2 ** Carlos Acosta, Cuban-born ballet dancer ** Kevin Feige, American film producer and president of Marvel Studios * 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 (singer), 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 ** Zuzana Čaputová, Slovak politician, President of Slovakia ** Juliette Lewis, American actress ** Fedja van Huêt, Dutch actor * June 22 ** Carson Daly, American television personality, host of NBC's ''The Voice (U.S. TV series), The Voice'' and ''Last Call with Carson Daly'' ** Giorgio Pasotti, Italian actor and martial arts athlete * June 23 ** Davies Chisopa, Zambian politician ** Marija Naumova (Marie N), Latvian singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2002 winner * June 24 – Jonathan Lambert (actor), 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, Spanish film director *July
* July 1 – Akhilesh Yadav, Indian politician * July 3 ** Antonio Filippini, Italian footballer ** Emanuele Filippini, Italian footballer ** Jonah Lotan, Israeli actor ** Owen H.M. Smith, American television producer, writer, actor and comedian ** Patrick Wilson (American actor), Patrick Wilson, American actor * July 4 ** Gackt, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor ** Mathieu Chantelois, Canadian television personality, journalist, magazine editor and marketing executive * July 5 ** Joe (singer), Joe, American singer-songwriter and record producer ** Marcus Allbäck, Swedish footballer and coach ** Andrei Zibrov, Russian actor * July 6 ** Pablo Escudero Morales, Mexican lawyer and politician ** Jehangir Wadia, Indian businessman * July 7 ** Troy Garity, American actor ** Yoon Kyung-shin, South Korean handball player ** Natsuki Takaya, Japanese manga artist * July 8 ** Kathleen Robertson, Canadian actress and producer ** Medi Sadoun, French actor * July 9 – Enrique Murciano, American actor * July 10 ** Julián Legaspi, Uruguayan-Peruvian actor ** McNeil Hendricks, South African rugby union player ** Andrej Hrnčiar, Slovak actor and politician ** Martin S. Jensen, Danish professional football goalkeeper ** Oleksandr Yanukovych, Ukrainian dentist and businessman * July 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, Tongan rugby union footballer ** Christian Vieri, Italian footballer * July 13 ** Roberto Martínez, Spanish football manager ** Danny Williams (boxer), Danny Williams, British professional boxer * July 14 ** Kanaka (actress), Kanaka, South Indian actress ** Halil Mutlu, 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, Italian professional road racing cyclist ** Yoshihiko Hakamada, Japanese actor * July 17 – Daimaou Kosaka, Japanese comedian * July 18 – Chi In-jin, South Korean boxer * July 19 ** Aílton (footballer, born 1973), Aílton, Brazilian football player ** Nathalie Boltt, South African actress ** Toni Brogno, 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, Mexican actor and singer ** Daniel Jones (musician), Daniel Jones, Australian musician and record producer * July 23 ** Omar Epps, American actor ** Fran Healy (musician), 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 *August
* August 1 – Edurne Pasaban, Basque Spanish mountaineer *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. 2013) * 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 actorOctober
* 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, Eurovision Song Contest 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 * October 15 ** 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 actressNovember
* November 1 ** Assia (singer), Assia, Algerian singer ** Li Xiaoshuang, Chinese gymnast ** Aishwarya Rai, Indian actress, Miss World 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 * November 29 – 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 actorDecember
* 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. 2018) ** 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 * December 30 ** Jason Behr, American actor ** Ato Boldon, West Indian athlete * December 31 – Nikolay Tsiskaridze, Russian dancerDeaths
January
* January 2 – Eleazar López Contreras, 45th President of Venezuela (b. 1883) *February
* February 11 – J. Hans D. Jensen, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) * February 15 ** 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) *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) * March 25 – 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
* April 8 – Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist (b. 1881) * April 12 – Arthur Freed, American film producer (b. 1894) * April 13 ** 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) * April 21 ** 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) * May 8 – Alexander Vandegrift, American general (b. 1887) *June
* 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) * June 23 – 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) * July 8 ** 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) *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) *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 LeontiefReferences
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