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Events


January

* January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States):
John N. Mitchell John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the 67th Attorney General of the United States under President Richard Nixon and chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipal ...
, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the
Watergate The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continual ...
cover-up. *
January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in
Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. *
January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso IV ...
OPEC The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, ) is a cartel of countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), it has, since 1965, been headquart ...
agrees to raise
crude oil Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crude ...
prices by 10%. *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
February 9 – The flight of ''
Soyuz 17 Soyuz 17 (russian: Союз 17, ''Union 17'') was the first of two long-duration missions to the Soviet Union's Salyut 4 space station in 1975. The flight by cosmonauts Aleksei Gubarev and Georgy Grechko set a Soviet mission-duration record o ...
'' with the crew of
Georgy Grechko Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station.
and
Aleksei Gubarev Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev (russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Гу́барев; 29 March 1931 – 21 February 2015) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on two space flights: Soyuz 17 and Soyuz 28. Biography Gubarev grad ...
aboard the ''
Salyut 4 Salyut 4 (DOS 4) (russian: Салют-4; English translation: Salute 4) was a Salyut space station launched on December 26, 1974 into an orbit with an apogee of 355 km, a perigee of 343 km and an orbital inclination of 51.6 degrees. It ...
'' space station. *
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 ...
Alvor Agreement The Alvor Agreement, signed on 15 January 1975 in Alvor, Portugal, granted Angola independence from Portugal on 11 November and formally ended the 13-year-long Angolan War of Independence. The agreement was signed by the Portuguese governmen ...
: Portugal announces that it will grant independence to Angola on November 11. * January 19 – The 6.8 Kinnaur earthquake affected Himachal Pradesh in India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent''), killing 47. *
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 ...
** In Hanoi, North Vietnam, the
Politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contraction ...
approves the final military offensive against
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
. ** Work is abandoned on the British end of the
Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (french: Tunnel sous la Manche), also known as the Chunnel, is a railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (Kent, England, UK) with Coquelles ( Hauts-de-France, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. ...
. * January 24Jazz pianist
Keith Jarrett Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945) is an American jazz and classical music pianist and composer. Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey and later moved on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s, he has also been a ...
plays the solo
improvisation Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...
'' The Köln Concert'' at the Cologne Opera. The live recording becomes the best-selling piano recording in history.


February

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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 ...
– The Haicheng earthquake, the first successfully predicted earthquake, kills 2,041 and injures 27,538 in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. *
February 5 Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– The Argentinian president
Isabel Perón Isabel Martínez de Perón (, born María Estela Martínez Cartas, 4 February 1931), also known as Isabelita, is an Argentine politician who served as President of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads ...
decrees Operativo Independencia, aiming to neutralize or annihilate the "subversive elements" in the province of Tucuman. Isabelita takes advantage to take a self-coup and assume extraordinary powers. *
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 ...
** Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership of the opposition UK Conservative Party. Thatcher, 49, is Britain's first female leader of any political party. ** Colonel
Richard Ratsimandrava Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava (March 21, 1931 Antananarivo – February 11, 1975 Antananarivo) was President of Madagascar for six days in February 1975 before his assassination in office. Biography Military career He was born in 1931 an ...
, President of Madagascar, is assassinated. *
February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...
– A "
Turkish Federated State of North Cyprus The Turkish Federated State of Cyprus ( tr, ) was a state on the region of Northern Cyprus declared in 1975 and existing until 1983, that was not recognised by the international community. It was succeeded by the Turkish Republic of Northern ...
" is declared as an unsuccessful first step to international recognition of a Turkish Cypriot separatist state in Cyprus. * February 21Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General
John N. Mitchell John Newton Mitchell (September 15, 1913 – November 9, 1988) was the 67th Attorney General of the United States under President Richard Nixon and chairman of Nixon's 1968 and 1972 presidential campaigns. Prior to that, he had been a municipal ...
, and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, are sentenced to between 30 months and 8 years in prison. *
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 ...
– The
2 June Movement The 2 June Movement (german: link=no, Bewegung 2. Juni) was a West German anarchist militant group based in West Berlin. Active from January 1972 to 1980, the anarchist group was one of the few militant groups at the time in Germany. Although ...
kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met. *
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 ...
** A major tube train crash at
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, London kills 43 people. ** In Lomé, Togo, the
European Economic Community The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first Lomé Convention. ** The National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) approaches the South African Embassy in London and requests 40 to 50 artillery pieces to assist their cause in the Angolan Civil War.


March

* March 1 **
Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...
win the
Football League Cup The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...
at Wembley, beating Norwich City 1–0 in the final. ** Australian television switches to full-time colour. * March 4 – A Canadian parliamentary committee is televised for the first time. * March 6 ** Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement in their border dispute. ** A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the
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. The March 6 Group (connected to the Red Army Faction) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group. * March 8 – The United Nations proclaims
International Women's Day International Women's Day (IWD) is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 as a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against wom ...
. * March 9 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. * March 10 ** Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột,
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
, on their way to capturing
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. ** An extended portion of '' Sanyō Shinkansen'' between Okayama Station and Hakata Station opens, thus making Shinkansen reach the second island,
Kyushu 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 surroun ...
, Japan. * March 11 – The leftist military government in Portugal defeats a rightist coup attempt in head of the former president António de Spínola. * March 13Vietnam War:
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu orders the Central Highlands evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving troops and civilians (the ''Convoy of Tears''). * March 15 – In Brazil, Guanabara State merges into the state of Rio de Janeiro. The state's capital moves from the city of
Niterói Niterói (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms ...
to the city of Rio de Janeiro. * March 22 – ''Ding-a-dong'' by Teach-In (music by Dick Bakker, text by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens) wins the 20th Eurovision Song Contest 1975 for the Netherlands. *
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 ...
– King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew. * March 27 – The South African government announces that it will consolidate the 113 separate homeland areas into 36. * March 28 – A fire in the maternity wing at Kučić Hospital in
Rijeka Rijeka ( , , ; also known as Fiume hu, Fiume, it, Fiume ; local Chakavian: ''Reka''; german: Sankt Veit am Flaum; sl, Reka) is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primor ...
, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), kills 25 people. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...
of AP forms the new government of Turkey (39th government), a four-party coalition, so-called First National Front ( tr, Milliyetçi cephe, links=no)).


April

*
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 – ...
** Vietnam War: The first military Operation Babylift flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27 minutes after takeoff, killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash. ** Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in
Albuquerque, New Mexico Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
. *
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 ...
– The Soviet manned space mission ('' Soyuz 18a'') ends in failure during its ascent into orbit when a critical malfunction occurs in the second and third stages of the booster rocket during staging at an altitude of 192 km, resulting in the cosmonauts and their
Soyuz spacecraft Soyuz () is a series of spacecraft which has been in service since the 1960s, having made more than 140 flights. It was designed for the Soviet space program by the Korolev Design Bureau (now Energia). The Soyuz succeeded the Voskhod spacecraf ...
having to be ripped free from the vehicle. Both cosmonauts ( Vasily Lazarev and Oleg Makarov) survive. * April 9 ** Asia's first professional basketball league, the Philippine Basketball Association, plays its first game at the Araneta Coliseum. ** Eight people in South Korea, who are involved in the People's Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged. *
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 ...
** Bus massacre: The Kataeb militia kills 27
Palestinians Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
during an attack on their bus in Ain El Remmeneh, Lebanon, triggering the Lebanese Civil War which lasts until
1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
. ** A coup d'état in Chad led by the military overthrows and kills President François Tombalbaye. * April 17 – The
Khmer Republic The Khmer Republic ( km, សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ, ; french: République khmère) was a pro-United States military-led republican government of Cambodia that was formally declared on 9 October 1970. The Khmer Republic wa ...
surrenders, when the
Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...
guerilla forces capture
Phnom Penh Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...
ending the Cambodian Civil War, with mass evacuation of American troops and Cambodian civilians. * April 18 – The
Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...
begins a forcible mass evacuation of the city and starts the genocide. * April 19Nico Diederichs becomes the 3rd
State President of South Africa The State President of the Republic of South Africa ( af, Staatspresident) was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic on 31 May 1961, albeit, outside the Commonweal ...
.Archontology.org: A Guide for Study of Historical Offices: South Africa: Heads of State: 1961–1994
(Accessed on April 14, 2017)
* April 20Taman Mini Indonesia Indah opens to the public in
Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
, Indonesia. * April 24 – Six Red Army Faction terrorists take over the West German embassy in
Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
, take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members; shortly after, they are captured by Swedish police (See West German Embassy siege). * April 25Vietnam War: As North Vietnamese Army forces close in on the
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
ese capital
Saigon , population_density_km2 = 4,292 , population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2 , population_demonym = Saigonese , blank_name = GRP (Nominal) , blank_info = 2019 , blank1_name = – Total , blank1_ ...
, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost 10 years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam. * April 29Vietnam War: North Vietnam concludes its East Sea Campaign by capturing all of the Spratly Islands that were being held by South Vietnam. * April 30 – The Vietnam War ends with the Fall of Saigon: The Vietnam War concludes as
Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
forces from North Vietnam take
Saigon , population_density_km2 = 4,292 , population_density_metro_km2 = 697.2 , population_demonym = Saigonese , blank_name = GRP (Nominal) , blank_info = 2019 , blank1_name = – Total , blank1_ ...
, resulting in mass evacuation of the remaining American troops and South Vietnam civilians. As the capital is taken,
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
surrenders unconditionally and is replaced with a temporary Provisional Government.


May

* May 2 – The
Khmer Rouge The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...
raids several Vietnamese towns, which eventually leads to the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. * May 3West Ham United wins the FA Cup at Wembley, beating Fulham 2–0 in the final. Both goals are scored by Alan Taylor. West Ham legend
Bobby Moore Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer. He most notably played for West Ham United, captaining the club for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England natio ...
, appears for Fulham. * May 6 – The South African government announces that it will provide all Black children with free and compulsory education. * May 15Mayaguez incident: The American merchant ship ''Mayaguez'', seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by the U.S. Navy and Marines; 38 Americans are killed. *
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 ...
** Sikkim accedes to India after a referendum and abolishes the
Chogyal The Chogyal ("Dharma Kings", ) were the monarchs of the former Kingdom of Sikkim, which belonged to the Namgyal dynasty. The Chogyal was the absolute monarch of Sikkim from 1642 to 1975, when the monarchy was abolished and the Sikkimese people ...
, its monarchy. ** Junko Tabei from
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. * May 25Bobby Unser wins the Indianapolis 500 for a second time in a rain-shorted 174 lap, race. *
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 ...
– The Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, UK, results in 32 deaths (the highest ever toll in a United Kingdom road accident). * May 28 – Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.


June

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June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
** The
Suez Canal The Suez Canal ( arz, قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, ') is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. The long canal is a popular ...
opens for the first time since the Six-Day War. *
June 6 Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
– The Georgetown Agreement, formally creating the
ACP Group The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) is a group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean and Pacific Group o ...
, is signed. * June 7 -
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 ...
– The first ever
Cricket World Cup The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), e ...
,
1975 Cricket World Cup The 1975 Cricket World Cup (officially called the Prudential Cup '75) was the inaugural men's Cricket World Cup, and the first major tournament in the history of One Day International (ODI) cricket. Organised by the International Cricket Confer ...
is held in England with West Indies defeating Australia in the final. * June 9 – The Order of Australia is awarded for the first time. * June 11 – After a referendum and seven years of military rule, modern day Greece is established as the
Hellenic Republic Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. * June 25 ** Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
declares a state of emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections. ** Mozambique gains independence from Portugal.


July

*
July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
– The Postmaster-General's Department is disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commission (trading as Telecom Australia) and the Australian Postal Commission (trading as
Australia Post Australia Post, formally the Australian Postal Corporation, is the government business enterprise that provides postal services in Australia. The head office of Australia Post is located in Bourke Street, Melbourne, which also serves as a post o ...
). * July 4 **
Zion Square refrigerator bombing On July 4, 1975, a Palestinian terrorist exploded a booby-trapped refrigerator which contained five kilograms of explosives inside an appliance store at Zion Square in the center of Jerusalem, killing 15 people and wounding 77. The attack A Jewis ...
. A terrorist attack in downtown Jerusalem kills 15 civilians and wounds 77. ** Sydney newspaper publisher
Juanita Nielsen Juanita Joan Nielsen (; 22 April 1937 – disappeared 4 July 1975) was an Australian homicide victim, who was a newspaper owner, publisher and journalist, a model, businesswoman, urban conservationist, and heiress. She was notable for her advo ...
disappears, and is presumed to have been murdered. * July 5
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gains independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule. * July 6 – The
Comoros The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. It ...
declares and is granted its independence from France. *
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 ...
– The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that will pave way for a multi-party system (albeit highly restricted). * July 12
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
declare independence from Portugal. * July 17Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: A manned American Apollo spacecraft and the manned Soviet
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for the '' Soyuz 19'' mission dock in orbit, marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the 2 nations.


August

* The first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to assist the MPLA that controls less than a quarter of Angolan territory. In response, the United States, Zaire and Zambia request South Africa to provide training and support for the FNLA and UNITA forces. * August 1 – The Helsinki Accords, which officially recognize Europe's national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in Finland. * August 8 – The Banqiao Dam, in China's Henan Province, fails after Typhoon Nina; over 200,000 people perish. *
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– Governor Mário Lemos Pires of
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abandons the capital
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, following a UDT coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin. * August 15 ** Founder President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh is killed during a coup led by Major
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. ** Some members of
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believe that Armageddon will occur this year based on the group's chronology and some sell their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believe will be created when Jesus establishes God's Kingdom on Earth. * August 20Viking program: NASA launches the '' Viking 1'' planetary probe toward Mars. * August 24 – Officers responsible for the military coup in Greece in 1967 are sentenced to death in Athens. The sentences are later commuted to
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. * August 25 – The Victoria Falls Conference between Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and the United African National Council is held in a South African Railways coach on the Victoria Falls Bridge, officiated by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and South African Prime Minister John Vorster.


September

* September–October – In New Zealand, Māori leader Whina Cooper leads a march of 5,000 people, in support of Maori claims to their land. * September 5 ** In Sacramento, California, Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent. ** The
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is bombed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army; two people are killed and 63 injured. * September 6 – An earthquake of magnitude kills at least 2,085 in Diyarbakır and
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. * September 14
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's painting '' The Night Watch'' is slashed a dozen times at the
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in Amsterdam. * September 15 – The French department of "''Corse''", comprising the entire island of
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, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica). * September 16 ** Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia. **
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, Mozambique and
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join the United Nations. * September 19 – General Vasco Gonçalves is ousted as Prime Minister of Portugal. * September 20 – The term of Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, as the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, ends. * September 21Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra of Kelantan, becomes the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. * September 27Francoist Spain executes five ETA and FRAP members, the last executions in Spain to date. * September 30 – The
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(later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing IDS) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.


October

* October 1 – ''
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'': Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. * October 14 ** The South African Defence Force invades Angola during Operation Savannah in support of the FNLA and UNITA prior to the Angolan elections scheduled for November 11.Malan, Magnus (2006). ''My lewe saam met die SA Weermag'' (1st ed.). Pretoria: Protea Boekhuis. p. 121. . ** An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground. * October 16 ** The " Balibo Five" Australian television journalists are killed at Balibo by
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special forces in the buildup to the
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. ** The last naturally occurring case of smallpox is diagnosed and treated, the victim being two-year-old Rahima Banu.Image caption of U.S. Centers for Disease Controlbr>Public Health Image LibraryC image number 7762
* October 30 - Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state after General
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concedes that he is too ill to govern. His death on November 20 effectively marks the end of the dictatorship established following the Spanish Civil War and the beginning of Spain's transition to democracy. * October 31 ** The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 takes effect in
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. **
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resigned as Chief Minister of Sabah, a state in Malaysia, bringing to an end speculation that he would attempt to lead secession for Sabah to become an independent nation.


November

* November 6 – The Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King
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to cross into Western Sahara. * November 7 – A vapor cloud explosion at a petroleum cracking facility in
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, Netherlands, leaves 14 dead and 109 injured, with fires lasting for five days. * November 10 ** United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379: By a vote of 72–35 (with 32 abstentions), the United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism. The resolution provokes an outcry among Jews around the world. It is repealed in
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. ** The -long freighter sinks during a storm from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members on board (an event immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot). ** Lev Leshchenko revives '' Den Pobedy'', one of the most popular World War II songs in the USSR. * November 11 ** Angola becomes independent from Portugal and civil war erupts. ** Australian constitutional crisis of 1975:
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as caretaker Prime Minister. ** The first annual Vogalonga rowing "race" is held in
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, Italy. * November 12 – The
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joins the United Nations. * November 14Madrid Accords: Spain agrees to hand over power of the Spanish Sahara to Morocco and Mauritania by the end of February 1976. * November 15 – The " Group of 6" industrialized nations (G-6) is formed and helds its 1st summit at the Château de Rambouillet in France. * November 16 – Beginning of the
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between UK and Iceland, which lasts until June 1976. * November 19 – The United States Congress approves the Clark Amendment, ending aid to the FNLA and UNITA. * November 20 – Former California Governor
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enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President
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. * November 22Juan Carlos is declared
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following the death of General
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; he would reign until his abdication in
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. * November 25
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gains independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. * November 27 - The Jaws film is released in Australia by
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, based on Peter Benchley’s novel of the same name. * November 28 ** Portuguese Timor declares its independence from Portugal as East Timor. ** South African Navy Rothesay-class frigate, frigates evacuate 26 SADF members from behind enemy lines at Ambrizete, north of Luanda in Angola. * November 29 ** The name "Micro-soft" (for microcomputer software) is used by Bill Gates in a letter to Paul Allen for the first time ( Microsoft becomes a registered trademark on November 26, 1976). ** While disabled, the submarine tender discharges radioactive coolant water into Apra Harbor, Guam. A Geiger counter at two of the harbor's public beaches shows 100 millirems/hour, 50 times the allowable dose.


December

* December 2 – In Laos, the Communism, communist party of the Pathet Lao takes over Vientiane and defeats the Kingdom of Laos, forcing King Sisavang Vatthana to abdicate and creating the Lao People's Democratic Republic. This ends the Laotian Civil War, with mass evacuation of American troops and Laotian civilians, but effectively begins the ongoing Insurgency in Laos with the Pathet Lao fighting the Hmong people, Royalist-in-exile and the Right-wings. * December 3 – Wreck of (sunk by mine 1916) is found in the Kea Channel by Jacques Cousteau. * December 7 –
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: Indonesia invades East Timor; the occupation continues until 1999, when U.N. peacekeepers take over control until 2002. * December 13 ** 1975 Australian federal election: The Liberal/ National Country
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led by Malcolm Fraser defeats the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975, recently dismissed Australian Labor Party, Labor Whitlam Government, Government led by Gough Whitlam. The Fraser Government achieves what is so far the largest parliamentary majority in federal Australian political history. Whitlam would subsequently survive a Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1976, leadership challenge against him. ** United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961) comes into effect. * December 18 – The Algerian president Houari Boumédiène, Houari Boumediene orders the Expulsion of Moroccans from Algeria, expulsion of all Moroccans from Algeria. * December 21 – Six people, including Carlos the Jackal, kidnap delegates of an
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conference in Vienna. * December 29 – A bomb explosion at LaGuardia Airport in New York City kills 11 people.


Date unknown

* The Spanish Army quits Spanish Sahara (modern-day Western Sahara), last remnant of the Spanish Empire. The Western Sahara, Sahrawi Republic (RASD) is created. Morocco invades the former territory. * The government of Colombia announces the finding of Ciudad Perdida. * Benoit Mandelbrot coins the mathematical term ''fractal''. * Victoria (Australia) abolishes capital punishment. * South Australia becomes the first Australian state to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults. * The first monster truck, Bigfoot (truck), Bigfoot, is created by Bob Chandler.


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January

* January 1 ** Sonali Bendre, Indian actress ** Eiichiro Oda, Japanese manga artist *
January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
** Dax Shepard, American actor ** Oleksandr Shovkovskiy, Ukrainian footballer ** Vladyslav Vashchuk, Ukrainian footballer ** Robert Westerholt, Dutch musician * January 3 ** Danica McKellar, American actress and education advocate ** Jason Marsden, American actor ** Thomas Bangalter, French musician and record producer * January 5 – Bradley Cooper, American actor * January 6 ** Yukana, Japanese voice actress ** Ricardo Santos (beach volleyball), Ricardo Santos, Brazilian beach volleyball player * January 11 – Matteo Renzi, 56th Prime Minister of Italy * January 13 – Andrew Yang, American entrepreneur, founder of Venture for America, and 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate *
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 ...
– Mary Pierce, French tennis player * January 17 – Tony Brown (rugby union), Tony Brown, New Zealand rugby union footballer * January 23 – Tito Ortiz, American mixed martial arts fighter * January 25 ** Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress ** Tim Montgomery, American athlete * January 28 ** Tanya Chua, Singapore singer ** Hiroshi Kamiya, Japanese voice actor and singer * January 29 – Sara Gilbert, American actress * January 31 – Preity Zinta, Indian actress and entrepreneur


February

* February 1 – Big Boi, American rapper * February 2 ** Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player ** Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer * February 3 – Brad Thorn, New Zealand-Australian rugby player *
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 ...
– Natalie Imbruglia, Australian actress and singer * February 9 – Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player * February 10 – Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball pitcher * February 14 – Malik Zidi, French actor * February 17 ** Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress ** Todd Harvey, Canadian hockey player ** Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2012) ** Václav Prospal, Czech hockey player * February 18 ** Igor Dodon, President of Moldova ** Keith Gillespie, Northern Irish footballer ** Gary Neville, English footballer * February 19 – Mohamed Aly (boxer), Mohamed Aly, Egyptian boxer * February 20 – Brian Littrell, American pop singer * February 22 – Drew Barrymore, American actress and film producer * February 23 ** Wilfred Kigen, Wilfred Kibet Kigen, Kenyan long-distance runner ** Callan Mulvey, New Zealand-born Australian actor * February 25 – Chelsea Handler, American comedian and television host


March

* March 1 ** Maya Kulenovic, Canadian painter ** Valentina Monetta, Sammarinese singer * March 3 **Khadaffy Janjalani, Filipino terrorist **Patric Chiha, Austrian film director and screenwriter * March 5 – Jolene Blalock, American actress * March 6 – Aracely Arámbula, Mexican actress, singer and model * March 9 ** Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer ** Lisa Miskovsky, Swedish musician * March 10 – Jamie Arnold (basketball), Jamie Arnold, American-Israeli basketball player * March 11 ** Buvaisar Saitiev, Chechen wrestler ** David Cañada, Spanish cyclist (d. 2016) * March 12 – Kéllé Bryan, English singer * March 15 ** Eva Longoria, American actress ** Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player ** will.i.am, American rapper and singer * March 17 ** Natalie Zea, American actress ** Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2021) * March 18 – Sutton Foster, American actress * March 19 ** Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model ** Le Jingyi, Chinese swimmer * March 21 ** Fabricio Oberto, Argentinian-Italian basketball player * Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams, Welsh professional snooker player * March 22 – Guillermo Díaz (actor), Guillermo Díaz, American actor *
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 ...
** Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player ** Melanie Blatt, English singer * March 27 – Fergie (singer), Fergie, American singer and actress * March 28 – Richard Kelly (director), Richard Kelly, American director * March 29 – Jan Bos, Dutch speed skater


April

* April 2 ** Nate Huffman, American basketball player (d. 2015) ** Pedro Pascal, Chilean-American actor ** Adam Rodriguez, American actor * April 3 – Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball pitcher *
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 – ...
– Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman and entrepreneur *
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 ...
** John Hartson, Welsh footballer ** Juicy J, American rapper, songwriter, and record producer * April 6 ** Zach Braff, American actor ** Sónia Lopes, Cape Verdean runner * April 8 – Anouk (singer), Anouk, Dutch singer-songwriter and producer * April 9 – Robbie Fowler, English footballer * April 10 – David Harbour, American actor * April 11 – Dariusz Kozubek, Polish footballer *
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 ...
– Jasey-Jay Anderson, Canadian snowboarder * April 14 ** Lita (wrestler), Amy Dumas, American professional wrestler ** Stefano Miceli, Italian conductor and pianist ** Anderson Silva, Brazilian UFC fighter * April 15 – Paul Dana, American racing driver (d. 2006) * April 16 – Sean Maher, American actor * April 17 – Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player * April 21 – Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmer * April 22 ** Greg Moore (racing driver), Greg Moore, Canadian racing driver (d. 1999) ** Carlos Sastre, Spanish road bicycle racer * April 26 – Joey Jordison, American metal drummer (d. 2021) * April 27 – Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper * April 30 ** Johnny Galecki, Belgian-born American actor


May

* May 1 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003) * May 2 ** David Beckham, English footballer ** Ahmed Hassan (footballer, born 1975), Ahmed Hassan, Egyptian footballer * May 3 ** Andreea Bibiri, Romanian actress and theatre director ** Christina Hendricks, American actress * May 7 – Jason Tunks, Canadian discus thrower * May 8 ** Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer ** Jussi Markkanen, Finnish hockey player * May 9 – Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor * May 10 ** Hazem Emam, Egyptian footballer ** Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian racing driver * May 12 ** Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015) ** Jared Polis, American politician, 43rd Governor of Colorado * May 13 – Itatí Cantoral, Mexican actress * May 15 ** Ray Lewis, American football player ** Janne Seurujärvi, Sámi people, Finnish Sami politician, and the first Sami ever to be elected to the Parliament of Finland, Finnish Parliament. *
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 ...
** Tony Kakko, Finnish singer ** Simon Whitfield, Canadian triathlete * May 18 ** John Higgins, Scottish snooker player ** Jack Johnson (musician), Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter ** Irina Karavayeva, Russian trampolinist * May 19 ** Jonas Renkse, Swedish musician ** Dorit Bar Or, Israeli actress ** Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor ** Zhang Ning, Chinese badminton player * May 20 ** Al Bano, Italian singer ** Tahmoh Penikett, Canadian actor * May 21 – Anthony Mundine, Australian rugby league player and boxer * May 22 – Janne Niinimaa, Finnish hockey player * May 25 ** Keiko Fujimori, Peruvian politician ** Lauryn Hill, American singer *
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 ...
** André 3000, American musician, record producer, and actor ** Jamie Oliver, English chef, restaurateur and television personality * May 28 – Charmaine Sheh, Hong Kong actress * May 29 ** David Burtka, American actor and professional chef ** Mel B, English singer, songwriter, rapper, television personality, actress and author ** Daniel Tosh, American comedian * May 31 – Toni Nieminen, Finnish ski jumper


June

* June 1 – Nikol Pashinyan, Armenian politician, Prime Minister of Armenia * June 4 ** Russell Brand, English actor and comedian ** Angelina Jolie, American actress * June 7 ** Shane Bond, New Zealand fast bowler ** Allen Iverson, American basketball player ** Ekta Kapoor, Indian actress * June 8 – Shilpa Shetty, Bollywood actress * June 9 ** Andrew Symonds, British-born Australian cricketer (d. 2022) ** Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and model * June 11 – Choi Ji-woo, South Korean actress and model * June 15 – Elizabeth Reaser, American actress * June 16 – Anabel Conde, Spanish singer * June 18 – Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player * June 19 ** Oksana Chusovitina, German artistic gymnast ** Anthony Parker, American basketball player ** Ed Coode, British rower * June 23 – KT Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter * June 24 – Christie Pearce, American footballer * June 25 ** Linda Cardellini, American actress ** Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress ** Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player * June 26 – Florence Loiret Caille, French actress * June 27 ** Mufti Menk, Zimbabwean Muslim cleric and Mufti ** Tobey Maguire, American actor ** Mosese Rauluni, Fijian rugby union footballer * June 28 ** Jeff Geddis, Canadian film and television actor ** Ning Baizura, Malaysian singer ** Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer (d. 2006) * June 29 – Mime Gopi, Indian actor * June 30 ** James Bannatyne, New Zealand footballer ** Ralf Schumacher, German racing driver ** Angela Tong, Hong Kong actress


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 ...
– Sufjan Stevens, American musician * July 2 – Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby union player * July 3 – Ryan McPartlin, American actor * July 4 – John Lloyd Young, American actor and singer * July 5 ** Zander de Bruyn, South African cricketer ** Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer ** Surya Saputra, Indonesian actor, singer, and model ** Alberto Castillo (pitcher), Alberto Castillo, Cuban baseball pitcher ** Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player * July 6 ** Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor and model ** Alessandro Juliani, Canadian actor and singer * July 7 ** João Bosco Cabral, Timorese footballer ** Khaled Gahwji, Saudi football player ** Nina Hoss, German actress * July 8 ** Amara (singer), Amara, Indonesian actress, model, and singer ** Elias Viljanen, Finnish musician ** Régis Laconi, French motorcycle racer *
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 ...
** Shelton Benjamin, American professional wrestler ** Damián Szifron, Argentine director and screenwriter ** Robert Koenig (filmmaker), Robert Koenig, American film director and producer ** Jack White, American singer and guitarist * July 10 ** Martina Colombari, Italian actress, model and television presenter ** Edoardo Gabbriellini, Italian actor, screenwriter, and director ** Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player ** Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor (d. 2018) * July 12 - Cheyenne Jackson, American actor and singer * July 15 – K Brosas, Filipino actress, comedian, singer and television host * July 16 – Edoardo Gabbriellini, Italian actor, screenwriter, and director * July 17 ** Cécile de France, Belgian actress ** Darude, Finnish DJ and record producer ** Elena Anaya, Spanish actress ** Terence Tao, Australian-American mathematician * July 18 – Daron Malakian, Armenian-American guitarist * July 19 – Kamijo (musician), Kamijo, Japanese singer-songwriter, musician, and music producer * July 20 ** Judy Greer, American actress and author ** Ray Allen, American basketball player * July 21 **David Dastmalchian, American actor **Fredrik Johansson (musician), Fredrik Johansson, Swedish musician * July 23 – Suriya, Indian actor * July 25 ** Håvard Ellefsen, Norwegian musician ** Evgeni Nabokov, Kazakh-Russian hockey goaltender * July 26 – Liz Truss, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom September/October 2022 * July 27 – Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player


August

* August 1 – Danny Chan Kwok-kwan, Hong Kong actor * August 3 – Yoyo Mung, Hong Kong actress * August 4 – Jason Crump, Australian motorcycle speedway rider ** Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist * August 7 ** Gaahl (Kristian Eivind Espedal), Norwegian musician ** Megan Gale, Australian model and actress ** Charlize Theron, South African-born American actress * August 9 – Mahesh Babu, Indian actor * August 12 – Casey Affleck, American actor and film director * August 13 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani fast bowler * August 15 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player * August 16 – Taika Waititi, New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian * August 18 – Kaitlin Olson, American actress * August 22 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor * August 29 – Dante Basco, American film, television and voice actor * August 30 - Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer * August 31 – Sara Ramirez, Mexican-American actress


September

* September 1 ** Sarah Mintz, Maritza Rodríguez, Colombian actress and model ** Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress and singer ** Elvira Rahić, Bosnian singer ** Scott Speedman, Canadian actor * September 3 – Redfoo, American disc jockey * September 4 – Mark Ronson, English DJ, record producer, and singer * September 6 – Ryoko Tani, Japanese judoka * September 7 – Renato Sobral, Brazilian martial artist * September 9 – Michael Bublé, Canadian musician * September 13 ** Peter Ho, American-Taiwanese singer and actor ** Idan Tal, Israeli footballer * September 16 – Gal Fridman, Israeli windsurfer * September 17 – Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver * September 18 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter * September 20 ** Asia Argento, Italian actress, singer, and director ** Moon Bloodgood, American actress * September 22 – Ethan Moreau, Canadian hockey player * September 23 – Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player * September 25 – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player * September 28 – Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia * September 30 ** Marion Cotillard, French actress, singer, songwriter, and musician ** Ta-Nehisi Coates, American author and journalist ** Georges-Alain Jones, French singer


October

* October 1 – Bimba Bosé, Spanish model, actress and singer (d. 2017) * October 3 – Alanna Ubach, American actress and singer * October 5 ** Kate Winslet, British actress ** Gao Yuanyuan, Chinese actress ** Parminder Nagra, British actress * October 9 – Sean Lennon, British-American musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist * October 10 – Ihsahn, Norwegian musician * October 14 ** Floyd Landis, American cyclist ** Shaznay Lewis, English singer * October 15 – Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer * October 16 ** Alexandra Barreto, American actress ** Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer * October 21 ** Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer ** Madchild, Canadian rapper * October 22 – Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor * October 23 – Odalys García, Cuban actress * October 25 – Zadie Smith, English writer * October 27 – Aron Ralston, American outdoorsman, mechanical engineer and motivational speaker * October 28 – Krisztián Zahorecz, Hungarian football player (d. 2019) * October 30 – Ian D'Sa, Canadian guitarist * October 31 – Director X, Canadian music video director


November

* November 2 ** Zhang Ouying, Chinese footballer (d. 2018) ** Danny Cooksey, American actor and comedian * November 3 – Marta Domínguez, Spanish athlete * November 4 ** Éric Fichaud, Canadian hockey player ** Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (d. 2010) * November 5 ** Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer ** Jamie Spaniolo (Jamie Madrox), American rapper * November 7 – Marcus Luttrell, American U.S. Navy Seal * November 8 ** Ángel Corella, Spanish dancer ** Tara Reid, American actress * November 10 – Markko Märtin, Estonian racing driver * November 11 ** Daisuke Ohata, Japanese rugby union player ** Angélica Vale, Mexican-American actress, singer, and comedian * November 12 – Jason Lezak, American swimmer * November 14 ** Faye Tozer, English singer ** Gary Vaynerchuk, American-Belarusians, Belarusian entrepreneur and internet personality * November 16 – Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player * November 18 ** Neal E. Boyd, American singer and reality show winner (''America's Got Talent (season 3), America's Got Talent'') (d. 2018) ** Anthony McPartlin, British TV presenter, actor and singer ** David Ortiz, Dominican-American baseball player * November 19 – Sushmita Sen, Indian actress and model, former Miss Universe. * November 20 ** Dierks Bentley, American country music singer ** Joshua Gomez, American actor * November 21 ** Cherie Johnson, American actress ** Chris Moneymaker, American poker player ** Aaron Solowoniuk, Canadian drummer * November 22 – Michael Cohen (actor), Michael Cohen, Canadian actor and writer * November 24 – Lee Wan Wah, Malaysian badminton player * November 26 – DJ Khaled, American DJ, record executive, songwriter, record producer and media personality * November 28 – Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer * November 30 ** Mindy McCready, American country music singer (d. 2013) ** Ben Thatcher, Welsh footballer


December

* December 3 – Csaba Czébely, Hungarian drummer * December 5 ** Sofi Marinova, Bulgarian singer ** Ronnie O'Sullivan, British snooker player ** Paula Patton, American actress * December 6 – Ashin, Taiwanese singer * December 8 – Kevin Harvick, American race car driver * December 10 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress * December 12 ** Mayim Bialik, Israeli-American actress and neuroscientist ** Houko Kuwashima, Japanese voice actress * December 13 – Tom DeLonge, American musician, author, and UFOlogist * December 17 ** Tim Clark (golfer), Tim Clark, South African golfer ** Nick Dinsmore, American professional wrestler ** Susanthika Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan athlete ** Hilje Murel, Estonian actress ** Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-born American actress and model * December 18 ** Sia, Australian singer-songwriter and music video director ** Trish Stratus, Canadian professional wrestler and model * December 20 – Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer * December 21 ** Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer ** Charles Michel, Belgian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Belgium and President of the European Council * December 23 – Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player * December 26 ** Ed Stafford, English explorer ** Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player * December 27 – Heather O'Rourke, American child actress (d. 1988) * December 29 – Shawn Hatosy, American actor * December 30 – Tiger Woods, American golfer


Deaths


January

* January 3 – Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher (b. 1880) * January 5 – Gottlob Berger, German Nazi senior official (b. 1896) * January 9 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897) * January 14 – Georgi Traykov, former head of List of heads of state of Bulgaria, State of Bulgaria as Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly (b. 1898) * January 17 – Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia (b. 1900) * January 19 – Thomas Hart Benton (painter), Thomas Hart Benton, American artist (b. 1889) * January 23 – Prince Karl Franz of Prussia (b. 1916) * January 24 – Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (b. 1902) * January 27 ** Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak Communist leader and 7th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1904) ** Bill Walsh (producer), Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (b. 1913) * January 28 – Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887)


February

* February 3 – Umm Kulthum, Egyptian actress and singer (b. 1898) *
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 ...
– Louis Jordan, American musician (b. 1908) * February 8 ** Robert Robinson (organic chemist), Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) ** Jan Mukařovský, Czech literary, linguistic and aesthetic theorist. (b. 1891) * February 10 – Dave Alexander (musician), Dave Alexander, American musician (b. 1947) * February 14 ** Sir Julian Huxley, British biologist (b. 1887) ** Sir P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881) * February 16 – Morgan Taylor, American Olympic athlete (b. 1903) * February 17 – Hugo Österman, Finnish general (b. 1892) * February 18 – Chivu Stoica, Romanian Communist politician, 48th Prime Minister of Romania and head of State (b. 1908) * February 19 – Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b. 1904) * February 22 – Lionel Tertis, English violist (b. 1876) * February 24 – Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) * February 25 – Elijah Muhammad, American Nation of Islam leader (b. 1897)


March

* March 2 – Madeleine Vionnet, French fashion designer (b. 1876) * March 3 – Therese Giehse, German actress (b. 1898) * March 6 – Glenn Hardin, American athlete (b. 1910) * March 7 – Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and literary scholar (b. 1895) * March 8 ** Joseph Bech, Prime Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1887) ** George Stevens, American director, producer and cinematographer (b. 1904) * March 9 – Shirley Ross, American actress and singer (b. 1913) * March 11 – Margarita Fischer, German silent film actress (b. 1886) * March 13 – Ivo Andrić, Serbo-Croatian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) * March 14 – Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917) * March 15 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate (b. 1906) * March 16 – T-Bone Walker, American blues performer (b. 1910) * March 19 – Harry Lachman, American set designer and film director (b. 1886) * March 20 – Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (b. 1908) * March 21 - Joe Medwick, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911) *
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 ...
** King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906) ** Michèle Girardon, French actress (b. 1938) * March 27 – Sir Arthur Bliss, British composer and Master of the Queen's Music (b. 1891) * March 30 – Boots Adams, American business magnate, president of Phillips Petroleum Company (b. 1899)


April

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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 ...
** Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese nationalist general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887) ** Harold Osborn, American Olympic athlete (b. 1899) ** Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician and jurist, 40th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1917) * April 10 ** Walker Evans, American photographer (b. 1903) ** Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890) * April 12 – Josephine Baker, France entertainer, activist (b. 1906) * April 14 – Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897) * April 17 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888) * April 23 - William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908) * April 24 – Pete Ham, Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947) * April 30 ** Lê Nguyên Vỹ, South Vietnamese Army general (b. 1933) ** Lê Văn Hưng, South Vietnamese Army general (b. 1933) ** Nguyễn Khoa Nam, South Vietnamese Army general (b. 1927) ** Phạm Văn Phú, South Vietnamese Army general (b. 1927)


May

* May 1 – Trần Văn Hai, South Vietnamese Army general (b. 1927) * May 4 – Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1897) * May 8 – Avery Brundage, American administrator, 5th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887) * May 9 – Philip Dorn, Dutch actor (b. 1901) * May 14 – Ernst Alexanderson, Swedish-born American television pioneer (b. 1878) * May 18 ** Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. 1908) ** Aníbal Troilo, Argentine tango musician (b. 1914) * May 20 – Barbara Hepworth, Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and artist (b. 1903) * May 22 ** Lefty Grove, American baseball player (b. 1900) ** Torben Meyer, Danish actor (b. 1884) * May 28 ** Ezzard Charles, American boxer, former World Heavyweight Champion (b. 1921) ** Lung Chien, Chinese screenwriter and film director (b. 1916) * May 30 ** Steve Prefontaine, American distance runner (b. 1951) ** Michel Simon, Swiss actor (b. 1895)


June

* June 3 ** Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1901) ** Ozzie Nelson, American actor, director and producer (b. 1906) * June 4 – Evelyn Brent, American actress (b. 1899) * June 9 – Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British aristocrat (b. 1898) * June 12 – Rafael Arévalo Martínez, Guatemalan writer (b. 1884) * June 13 – José María Guido, 33rd President of Argentina (b. 1910) * June 15 – William Austin (actor), William Austin, English actor (b. 1884) * June 18 – Hugo Bergmann, German and Israeli Jewish philosopher (b. 1883) * June 27 – G. I. Taylor, British physicist, mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory (b. 1886) * June 28 – Rod Serling, American television screenwriter and narrator (b. 1924) * June 29 – Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)


July

* July 2 – James Robertson Justice, British actor (b. 1907) * July 4 – Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Italian Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1893) * July 10 – Achille Van Acker, 33rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1898) * July 14 – Madan Mohan (music director), Madan Mohan, Indian music director (b. 1924) * July 17 – Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (b. 1893) * July 19 – Lefty Frizzell, American singer (b. 1928) * July 21 – Billy West (silent film actor), Billy West, American actor (b. 1892) * July 23 – Emlen Tunnell, American football player and coach (b. 1924) * July 30 – James Blish, American science fiction and fantasy writer (b. 1921)


August

* August 3 ** Andreas Embirikos, Greek poet (b. 1901) ** Jack Molinas, American basketball player (b. 1931) * August 9 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet and Russian composer (b. 1906) *
August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
** Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Zionist political figure and wife of third President of Israel (b. 1885) ** Anthony McAuliffe, American general (b. 1898) * August 15Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh and 1st and 4th President of Bangladesh (b. 1920) * August 16 – Vladimir Kuts, Soviet runner (b. 1927) * August 17 – Sig Arno, German actor (b. 1895) * August 19 ** Mark Donohue, American race car driver (b. 1937) ** Ima Hogg, American society leader, philanthropist, patron and collector of the arts (b. 1882) ** Frank Shields, American tennis player (b. 1909) * August 23 – Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter (b. 1902) * August 25 – Joseph Kane, American film director and producer (b. 1894) * August 26 – Cullen Landis, American actor (b. 1896) * August 27 – Haile Selassie, Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1892) * August 28 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) * August 29 **Charles C. Bass, American physician and medical researcher (b. 1875) **Éamon de Valera, Irish politician and statesman, 3rd President of Ireland and 3-time Taoiseach (b. 1882)


September

* September 5 – Alice Catherine Evans, American microbiologist (b. 1881) * September 9 ** Minta Durfee, American actress (b. 1889) ** Ethel Griffies, British actress (b. 1878) * September 10 – Sir George Paget Thomson, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) * September 15 – Pavel Sukhoi, Soviet aerospace engineer, twice Hero of Socialist Labour (b. 1895) * September 19 – Pamela Brown (actress), Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917) * September 20 – Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) * September 23 – Ian Hunter (actor), Ian Hunter, British actor (b. 1900) * September 26 – C. H. Waddington, British biologist, paleontologist, geneticist and philosopher (b. 1905) * September 27 ** Mark Frechette, American actor (b. 1947) ** Jack Lang (Australian politician), Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876) * September 29 – Casey Stengel, American baseball player and manager (b. 1890)


October

* October 3 – Guy Mollet, 94th Prime Minister of France (b. 1905) * October 4 – May Sutton, American tennis champion (b. 1886) * October 10 – Norman Levinson, American mathematician (b. 1912) * October 22 – Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian (b. 1889) * October 27 ** Peregrino Anselmo, Uruguayan football player (b. 1902) ** Rex Stout, American author (b. 1886) * October 28 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer (b. 1894) * October 30 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)


November

* November 1 – C. S. Wright, Canadian explorer (b. 1887) * November 2 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922) * November 4 – Francis Dvornik, Czech historian (b. 1893) * November 5 ** Annette Kellerman, Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887) ** Lionel Trilling, American literary critic (b. 1905) * November 13 – R. C. Sherriff, English writer (b. 1896) * November 17 – Kay Johnson, American actress (b. 1904) * November 20
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, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1892) * November 29 ** Tony Brise, English racing driver (b. 1952) ** Graham Hill, English racing driver (b. 1929)


December

* December 4 – Hannah Arendt, German political theorist (b. 1906) * December 7 – Thornton Wilder, American playwright (b. 1897) * December 8 – Plínio Salgado, Brazilian politician and writer (b. 1895) * December 9 – William A. Wellman, American film director (b. 1896) * December 10 – Boy Charlton, Andrew "Boy" Charlton, Australian Olympic swimmer (b. 1907) * December 12 – Saadi Al Munla, 4th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1890) * December 14 – Arthur Treacher, English actor (b. 1894) * December 15 ** Alex Aronson, Jewish-Dutch aid worker (b. 1934) ** Shigeyoshi Inoue, Japanese admiral (b. 1889) * December 17 – Noble Sissle, American jazz composer (b. 1889) * December 18 – Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologist (b. 1900) * December 19 – René Maheu, French professor and administrator, 6th Director-General of UNESCO (b. 1905) * December 20 – William Lundigan, American actor (b. 1914) * December 21 – Rowland V. Lee, American film director (b. 1891) * December 24 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer (b. 1911) * December 30 – Elene Akhvlediani, Soviet painter (b. 1901)


Date unknown

* Sisowath Monireth, 3rd Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1909)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Aage Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson, James Rainwater * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – John Cornforth, Vladimir Prelog * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco, Howard Martin Temin * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Eugenio Montale * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Andrei Sakharov, Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Leonid Kantorovich, Tjalling Koopmans


References

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