Events
January
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January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
– The Bornean Sultanate of
Brunei
Brunei ( , ), formally Brunei Darussalam ( ms, Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , ), is a country located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. Apart from its South China Sea coast, it is completely sur ...
gains full
independence
Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...
from the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
, having become a British protectorate in
1888
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...
.
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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 ...
– Brunei becomes the sixth member of the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN ( , ), officially the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, is a political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, militar ...
(ASEAN).
*
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 ...
** The United States and the
Vatican (
Holy See
The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of Rome ...
) restore full diplomatic relations.
** The
Victoria Agreement is signed, institutionalising the
Indian Ocean Commission.
*
January 24
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
* 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
*1438 – The Cou ...
–
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur, industrial designer, media proprietor, and investor. He was the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a ...
launches the
Macintosh
The Mac (known as Macintosh until 1999) is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple Inc. Macs are known for their ease of use and minimalist designs, and are popular among students, creative professionals, and ...
personal computer in the United States.
February
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February 3
Events Pre-1600
* 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
*1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
*1488 – ...
** Dr.
John Buster
John Edmond Buster (born July 18, 1941) is an American physician who, while working at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, directed the research team that performed the first embryo transfer from one woman to another r ...
and the research team at
Harbor–UCLA Medical Center
Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, is a 570-bed public teaching hospital located at 1000 West Carson Street in West Carson, an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County, California. As implied by the name, the hospital is owned by the Los Angeles ...
announce history's first
embryo transfer from one woman to another, resulting in a live birth.
**
STS-41-B
STS-41-B was the tenth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fourth flight of the . It launched on 3 February 1984, and landed on 11 February 1984 after deploying two communications satellites. It was also notable for including the first untethere ...
:
Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' is launched on the 10th
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program na ...
mission.
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February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nd ...
–
Astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
s
Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless II (born Byron Willis McCandless; June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. In 1984, during the first of his two Space Shuttle missions, h ...
and
Robert L. Stewart
Robert Lee Stewart (born August 13, 1942) is a retired brigadier general of the United States Army and a former NASA astronaut.
Personal
Stewart was born August 13, 1942, in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Hattiesburg High School in Hattie ...
make the first untethered
space walk
Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft. In the absence of a breathable Earthlike atmosphere, the astronaut is completely reliant on a space suit for environmental support. EVA inc ...
.
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February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
*1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...
–
19 – The
1984 Winter Olympics
The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...
are held in
Sarajevo
Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...
,
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
.
*
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 ...
–
Konstantin Chernenko
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko uk, Костянтин Устинович Черненко, translit=Kostiantyn Ustynovych Chernenko (24 September 1911 – 10 March 1985) was a Soviet politician and the seventh General Secretary of the Commun ...
succeeds the late
Yuri Andropov
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (– 9 February 1984) was the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year rule, Andropov served in the po ...
as
General Secretary
Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...
of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
.
*
February 22
Events Pre-1600
* 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...
–
President of Bangladesh,
H M Ershad
Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad ( bn, হুসেইন মুহাম্মদ এরশাদ; 1 February 1930 – 14 July 2019) was a Bangladeshi Army Chief politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1983 to 1990, a time ma ...
upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to
Moulvibazar.
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February 23
Events Pre-1600
* 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
* 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
–
TED (conference)
TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an American-Canadian non-profit media organization that posts international talks online for free distribution under the slogan "ideas worth spreading". TED was founded by Richard Sau ...
founded.
*
February 29
February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to leap years. A leap day is added in various solar calendars (calendars based on the Earth's revolution around the Sun), including the Gregorian calendar standard in mos ...
– Canadian prime minister
Pierre Trudeau
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( , ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), also referred to by his initials PET, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada
The prime mini ...
announces his retirement.
March
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March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
–
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
accuses
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
of using
chemical weapons; the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
condemns their use on
March 30.
*
March 16 – The United States
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
station chief in
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
,
William Francis Buckley, is kidnapped by the
Islamic Jihad Organization and later dies in captivity.
*
March 23 – General
Rahimuddin Khan
Rahimuddin Khan (21 July 1926 – 22 August 2022) was a general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 4th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1984 to 1987, after serving as the 7th governor of Balochistan from 1978 to 1984. He als ...
becomes the first man in
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
's history to rule over two of its provinces, after becoming interim Governor of
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
.
April
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April 2
Events Pre-1600
*1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
– Indian Squadron Leader
Rakesh Sharma
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC (born 13 January 1949) is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space, although ...
is launched into space, aboard the ''
Soyuz T-11
Soyuz T-11 was the sixth expedition to the Soviet Salyut 7 space station, which in 1984 carried the first Indian cosmonaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, ...
''.
*
April 12 –
Palestinian gunmen take Israeli bus number 300 hostage. Israeli special forces storm the bus, freeing the hostages (one hostage, two hijackers killed).
*
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 ...
– India launches
Operation Meghdoot, bringing most of the disputed
Siachen Glacier
The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas at about , just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends. At long, it is the longest glacier in the Kar ...
region of
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
under Indian control and triggering the
Siachen conflict with
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
.
*
April 15 – The first
World Youth Day
World Youth Day (WYD) is an event for young people organized by the Catholic Church that was initiated by Pope John Paul II in 1985, sometimes nicknamed in later years as the "Catholic Woodstock". Its concept has been influenced by the Light-Li ...
gathering is held in Rome, Italy.
![Diretas ja 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Diretas_ja_2.JPG)
*
April 16 – More than one million people, led by
Tancredo Neves, occupy the streets of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...
to demand direct
presidential elections
A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President.
Elections by country
Albania
The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public.
Chile
The pr ...
during the
Brazilian military government
The military dictatorship in Brazil ( pt, ditadura militar) was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, against President João Goulart. The Brazilian dicta ...
of
João Figueiredo
João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (; 15 January 1918 – 24 December 1999) was a Brazilian military leader and politician who was the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, the last of the military regime that ruled the country follo ...
. It is the largest protest during the
Diretas Já civil unrest, as well as the largest public demonstration in the history of Brazil. The elections are granted in
1989
File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...
.
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April 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.
* 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
– ''
Advance Australia Fair'' is proclaimed as Australia's
national anthem
A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European n ...
, and green and gold as the
national colours
National colours are frequently part of a country's set of national symbols. Many states and nations have formally adopted a set of colours as their official "national colours" while others have ''de facto'' national colours that have become well ...
.
*
April 24 – An X-class
solar flare erupts on the Sun.
*
April 26 – Sultan
Iskandar of Johor becomes
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (, Jawi: ), also known as the Supreme Head of the Federation, the Paramount Ruler or simply as the Agong, and unofficially as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The of ...
of
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
, in succession to Sultan
Ahmad Shah, whose term ended the previous day.
May
*
May 2 – South Africa,
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
and Portugal sign an agreement on electricity supply from the
Cahora Bassa dam.
*
May 5
** The Herreys' song ''
Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley'' wins the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
for
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
in
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
. It subsequently became a top ten hit in five European countries.
** The
Itaipu Dam, on the border of Brazil and Paraguay after nine years of construction, begins generating power; it was the
largest hydroelectric dam in the world at the time.
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May 8
Events Pre-1600
* 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
* 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
– The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
announces that it will boycott the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
in
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
.
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May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
– A
transit of Earth from Mars
frameless, upright=0.5, right
A transit of Earth across the Sun as seen from Mars takes place when the planet Earth passes directly between the Sun and Mars, obscuring a small part of the Sun's disc for an observer on Mars. During a transit, Ea ...
takes place.
*
May 12 – The
Louisiana World Exposition, also known as the 1984 World's Fair, opens.
*
May 13
Events Pre-1600
*1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''.
* 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...
–
Severomorsk Disaster
The Severomorsk Disaster was a deadly series of munitions fires that resulted in the detonation and destruction of large amounts of munitions that lasted from May 13 to 17, 1984, within the Okolnaya naval munitions depot, near the Severomorsk Nava ...
: an explosion at the Soviets' Severomorsk Naval Base destroys two-thirds of all the missiles stockpiled for the Soviets' Northern Fleet. The blast also destroys workshops needed to maintain the missiles as well as hundreds of technicians. Western military experts called it the worst naval disaster the Soviet Navy has suffered since WWII.
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May 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
*1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
* 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...
– The one-dollar coin is introduced in Australia.
*
May 23 – A methane gas explosion at
Abbeystead water treatment works in
Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly.
The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
, UK, kills 16 people.
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May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
–
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
beat
Roma
Roma or ROMA may refer to:
Places Australia
* Roma, Queensland, a town
** Roma Airport
** Roma Courthouse
** Electoral district of Roma, defunct
** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council
*Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
5-2 after penalties in the final of the
1984 European Cup football tournament.
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 Indian government begins
Operation Blue Star, the planned attack on the
Golden Temple in
Amritsar
Amritsar (), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ''Ambarsar'', is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab, after Ludhiana. It is a major cultural, transportation and economic centre, located in the Majha r ...
.
*
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 ...
–
Tetris is officially released in the Soviet Union on the
Electronika 60
The Electronika 60 (russian: Электроника 60) is a computer made in the Soviet Union by Elektronika in Voronezh.
Overview
Alone the ''Electronika 60'' is a rack-mounted computer with no built-in display or storage devices. It was usua ...
.
*
June 8
Events Pre-1600
* 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.
* 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
– A F5
tornado
A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, altho ...
nearly destroys the town of
Barneveld, Wisconsin
Barneveld is a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,331 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is part of the Madison, Wisconsin, Madison Madison, Wisconsin metropolitan area, Met ...
, killing nine people, injuring nearly 200, and causing over $25,000,000 in damage.
*
June 16 – The Canadian entertainment company,
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil (, ; "Circus of the Sun" or "Sun Circus") is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Ju ...
, is founded.
*
June 22 –
Virgin Atlantic makes its inaugural flight.
*
June 27 –
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
beats
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
2–0 to win
Euro 84.
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June 30
Events Pre-1600
* 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
* 763 – The Byzantine Empire, Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus (763), Battle of Anc ...
–
John Turner becomes the 17th
Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority the elected Hou ...
.
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 ...
**
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarchy ...
becomes the last country in Europe to grant women the
right to vote
Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...
.
** Argentinian footballer
Diego Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona (; 30 October 196025 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FI ...
is sold by
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Founded ...
(Spain) to
S.S.C. Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli (), is an Italian professional football club based in the city of Naples ( it, Napoli, nap, Napule), Campania that plays in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. Napoli ha ...
(Italy) for a world record fee at this date of $10.48M (£6.9M).
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July 14
Events Pre-1600
* 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
* 1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
* 1420 ...
– New Zealand Prime Minister
Rob Muldoon calls a snap election and is defeated by opposition Labour leader
David Lange
David Russell Lange ( ; 4 August 1942 – 13 August 2005) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989.
Lange was born and brought up in Otahuhu, the son of a medical doctor. He became ...
.
![1984-Newspaper-Vending-Machine](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/1984-Newspaper-Vending-Machine.jpg)
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July 25
Events Pre-1600
* 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
* 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
– ''
Salyut 7
Salyut 7 (russian: Салют-7; en, Salute 7) (a.k.a. DOS-6, short for Durable Orbital Station) was a space station in low Earth orbit from April 1982 to February 1991. It was first crewed in May 1982 with two crew via Soyuz T-5, and last vi ...
'': cosmonaut
Svetlana Savitskaya
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya (russian: Светла́на Евге́ньевна Сави́цкая; born 8 August 1948) is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space. O ...
becomes the first woman to perform a
space walk
Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft. In the absence of a breathable Earthlike atmosphere, the astronaut is completely reliant on a space suit for environmental support. EVA inc ...
.
*
July 28–
August 12 – The
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...
are held in
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
.
August
*
August 1 – Australian banks are
deregulated.
*
August 4
** The African republic
Upper Volta changes its name to
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the ...
.
** reaches a record submergence depth of 1,020 meters.
*
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 ...
** Barefoot South African runner
Zola Budd, and
Mary Decker
Mary Teresa Slaney (formerly Tabb, née Decker, born August 4, 1958) is a retired American middle-distance runner. During her career, she won gold medals in the 1500 meters and 3000 meters at the 1983 World Championships, and was the world re ...
of the U.S. collide in the Olympic 3,000 meters final, neither finishing as medallists.
*
August 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
* 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdan ...
–
John DeLorean
John Zachary DeLorean (January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, widely known for his work at General Motors and as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company.
DeLorean mana ...
is acquitted of all eight charges of possessing and distributing
cocaine
Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant mainly recreational drug use, used recreationally for its euphoria, euphoric effects. It is primarily obtained from t ...
.
*
August 21
Events Pre-1600
* 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
* 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
*1169 – Battle o ...
– Half a million people in
Manila
Manila ( , ; fil, Maynila, ), officially the City of Manila ( fil, Lungsod ng Maynila, ), is the capital of the Philippines, and its second-most populous city. It is highly urbanized and, as of 2019, was the world's most densely populate ...
demonstrate against the regime of
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...
.
![STS-41-D launch August 30, 1984](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/STS-41-D_launch_August_30%2C_1984.jpg)
*
August 30 –
STS-41-D: the
Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' takes off on its maiden voyage.
September
*
September 2
Events
Pre-1600
*44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
* 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them ...
– Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the
Milperra massacre
The Milperra Massacre, Milperra bikie shoot-out or Father's Day Massacre was a gunfight between rival motorcycle gang members on 2 September (Father's Day in Australia) 1984, in Milperra, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The ...
, a shootout between the rival motorcycle
gangs
Bandidos
The Bandidos Motorcycle Club, also known as the Bandido Nation, is an outlaw motorcycle club with a worldwide membership. Formed in San Leon, Texas in 1966, the Bandidos MC is estimated to have between 2,000 and 2,500 members and 303 chapters, l ...
and
Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.
*
September 4 – The
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC; french: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) was a centre-right federal political party in Canada that existed from 1942 to 2003.
From Canadian Confederation in 1867 until 1942, the ...
, led by
Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney ( ; born March 20, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993.
Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political sci ...
, wins 211 seats in the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
The House of Common ...
, forming the largest
majority government
A majority government is a government by one or more governing parties that hold an absolute majority of seats in a legislature. This is as opposed to a minority government, where the largest party in a legislature only has a plurality of seats. ...
in Canadian history.
*
September 5
** ''
STS-41-D'': the
Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' lands after its maiden voyage at
Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County. The hub of the base is E ...
in
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
.
** Western Australia becomes the last Australian state to abolish
capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...
.
*
September 7
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
* 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
*1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen.
*1191 – Third Cru ...
– An
explosion
An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases. Supersonic explosions created by high explosives are known ...
on board a Maltese patrol boat disposing illegal fireworks at sea off
Gozo
Gozo (, ), Maltese: ''Għawdex'' () and in antiquity known as Gaulos ( xpu, 𐤂𐤅𐤋, ; grc, Γαῦλος, Gaúlos), is an island in the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is part of the Republic of Malta. After t ...
kills seven soldiers and policemen.
*
September 14 –
P. W. Botha is inaugurated as the first executive
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 ...
.
*
September 14 –
Joe Kittinger
Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) served as a United States Air Force (USAF) officer from 1950 to 1978. He was a fighter pilot who earned Command Pilot status and retired as a colonel. He held the world record for ...
becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
*
September 16
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
*1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900
* 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...
–
Edgar Reitz's film series ''
Heimat
''Heimat'' () is a German word
translating to 'home' or 'homeland'.
The word has connotations specific to German culture, German society and specifically German Romanticism, German nationalism, German statehood and regionalism so that it ha ...
'' begins release in Germany.
*
September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
–
Brian Mulroney
Martin Brian Mulroney ( ; born March 20, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993.
Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political sci ...
is sworn in as
Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada (french: premier ministre du Canada, link=no) is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority the elected Hou ...
.
*
September 18
Events Pre-1600
* 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects.
* 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor a ...
–
Joe Kittinger
Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) served as a United States Air Force (USAF) officer from 1950 to 1978. He was a fighter pilot who earned Command Pilot status and retired as a colonel. He held the world record for ...
becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic, solo, in a
hot air balloon.
*
September 20 –
Hezbollah
Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...
car-bombs the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 24 people.
*
September 26 – The United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China sign the initial agreement to return
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
to China in
1997
File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ...
.
October
*
October 4 –
Tim Macartney-Snape
Tim Macartney-Snape (born 5 January 1956) is a mountaineer and author. On 3 October 1984 Macartney-Snape and Greg Mortimer were the first Australians to reach the summit of Mount Everest. They reached the summit, climbing without supplementary ...
and
Greg Mortimer become the first Australians to reach the summit of
Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow heig ...
.
*
October 5 – ''
STS-41-G
STS-41-G (formerly STS-17) was the 13th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle ''Challenger''. ''Challenger'' launched on October 5, 1984, and conducted the second shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Center o ...
'':
Marc Garneau
Joseph Jean-Pierre Marc Garneau (born February 23, 1949) is a Canadian politician, retired Royal Canadian Navy officer and former astronaut who served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Par ...
becomes the first
Canadian in space, aboard the
Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.
*
October 9 -
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends
''Thomas & Friends'' (originally known as ''Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends'' and later ''Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures!'') is a British children's television series that aired across 24 series from 1984 to 2021. Based on ''The ...
by
Britt Allcroft broadcasts its first 2 episodes in the United Kingdom.
*
October 11
** Aboard the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'', astronaut
Kathryn D. Sullivan
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist, oceanographer, and a former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions.
A graduate of University of California, Santa Cruz ...
becomes the first American woman to perform a
space walk
Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft. In the absence of a breathable Earthlike atmosphere, the astronaut is completely reliant on a space suit for environmental support. EVA inc ...
.
**
Aeroflot Flight 3352
Aeroflot Flight 3352 was a Tupolev Tu-154 airline flight on a domestic route from Krasnodar to Novosibirsk, with an intermediate landing in Omsk. While landing at Omsk Airport on Thursday, 11 October 1984, the aircraft crashed into maintenanc ...
crashed at
Omsk Airport
: ''Tsentraly may refer, less commonly, to airports in Spilve Airport, Riga, Khodynka Aerodrome, Moscow, Saratov Tsentralny Airport, Saratov, or Orenburg Tsentralny Airport, Orenburg.''
Tsentralny Airport (russian: Аэропорт Централ ...
into maintenance vehicles on the runway, killing 174 people on board and 4 on the ground.
*
October 12 – The
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reun ...
(PIRA) attempts to assassinate
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. S ...
and the British
Cabinet
Cabinet or The Cabinet may refer to:
Furniture
* Cabinetry, a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors and/or drawers
* Display cabinet, a piece of furniture with one or more transparent glass sheets or transparent polycarbonate sheets
* Filing ...
in the
Brighton hotel bombing. The terror attack kills five people and injures 31.
*
October 14
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
* 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...
– The
Detroit Tigers
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
defeat the
San Diego Padres in game five of the 1984 World Series to win the franchise's 4th championship.
*
October 19 – Polish
secret police
Secret police (or political police) are intelligence, security or police agencies that engage in covert operations against a government's political, religious, or social opponents and dissidents. Secret police organizations are characteristic of a ...
kidnap
Jerzy Popiełuszko
Jerzy Popiełuszko ( born Alfons Popiełuszko; 14 September 1947–19 October 1984) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agen ...
, a Catholic priest who supports the
Solidarity
''Solidarity'' is an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration.''Merriam Webster'', http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictio ...
movement. His body is found in a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
11 days later on
October 30.
*
October 20 –
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Monterey Bay Aquarium is a nonprofit public aquarium in Monterey, California. Known for its regional focus on the marine habitats of Monterey Bay, it was the first to exhibit a living kelp forest when it opened in October 1984. Its biologists ...
is opened to the public after seven years of development and construction.
*
October 23 – The world learns from moving
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadca ...
television reports presented by
Michael Buerk of the
famine in Ethiopia, where thousands of people have already died of
starvation
Starvation is a severe deficiency in caloric energy intake, below the level needed to maintain an organism's life. It is the most extreme form of malnutrition. In humans, prolonged starvation can cause permanent organ damage and eventually, dea ...
due to a
famine
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, Demographic trap, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an Financial crisis, economic catastrophe or government policies. Th ...
, and as many as 10,000,000 more lives are at risk.
*
October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...
– 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 ...
makes £1.8 million available to help combat the famine in Ethiopia.
*
October 31 –
Assassination of Indira Gandhi:
Prime Minister of India
The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the ...
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 ...
is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards in New Delhi.
Anti-Sikh riots break out, leaving 10,000 to 20,000 Sikhs dead in Delhi and surrounding areas with majority populations of Hindus.
Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...
becomes Prime Minister of India.
November
*
November 1
Events Pre-1600
* 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
–
4 –
Anti Sikh Mass murder took place in
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
and various parts of India following
the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
*
November 4
Events Pre-1600
*1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
* 1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico.
* 1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's ...
– The
Sandinista Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front ( es, Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional, FSLN) is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas () in both English and Spanish. The party is named after Augusto Cé ...
wins the
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
n
general elections.
*
November 6 –
1984 United States presidential election
The 1984 United States presidential election was the 50th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican President Ronald Reagan defeated Democratic former Vice President Walter Mondale, in a ...
: Republican President
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
defeats Democratic former Vice President
Walter F. Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota ...
with 59% of the popular vote, the highest since
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
's 61%
popular vote victory in
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
. Reagan carries 49 states in the
electoral college; Mondale wins only his home state of
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
(by a mere 3,761 vote margin) and the
District of Columbia
)
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...
.
![ElectoralCollege1984](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/ElectoralCollege1984.svg)
*
November 9
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
* 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...
–
11 – The first
Hackers Conference is held.
*
November 11
Events Pre-1600
* 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with Galerius, ''Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the T ...
– The
Louisiana World Exposition, also known as The 1984 World's Fair, and also the New Orleans World's Fair, and, to the locals, simply as "The Fair" or "Expo 84", closes.
*
November 12
Events Pre-1600
* 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom.
*1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.
* 13 ...
–
Western Sahara conflict:
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
leaves the
Organization of African Unity in protest at the admission of
Western Sahara
Western Sahara ( '; ; ) is a disputed territory on the northwest coast and in the Maghreb region of North and West Africa. About 20% of the territory is controlled by the self-proclaimed Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), while the r ...
as a member.
*
November 14
Events Pre-1600 1601–1900
*1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
* 1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
* ...
–
Zamboanga City
Zamboanga City, officially the City of Zamboanga (Chavacano and es, Ciudad de Zamboanga, Tausug language, Tausūg: ''Dāira sin Sambuangan'', fil, Lungsod ng Zamboanga, ceb, Dakbayan sa Zamboanga), is a city in the Zamboanga Peninsula region ...
mayor
Cesar Climaco
Cesar Cortes Climaco (February 28, 1916 – November 14, 1984) was a Filipino politician who served as mayor of Zamboanga City for 11 years over three nonconsecutive terms. A prominent critic of the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos, he w ...
, a prominent critic of the government of
Philippine President
The president of the Philippines ( fil, Pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as ''Presidente ng Pilipinas'') is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of t ...
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...
, is assassinated in his home city.
*
November 19
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...
– A
series of explosions at the
Pemex
Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexican state-owned petroleum company managed and operated by the Mexican government. It was formed in 1938 by nationalization and expr ...
Petroleum Storage Facility at
San Juan Ixhuatepec
San Juan Ixhuatepec is a town located in the municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz, in the centre of the State of Mexico. The population is 353,300. The name of Ixhuatepec means "place in the leaves hill" in the Nahuatl language.
See also
*San Ju ...
, in Mexico City, ignites a major fire and kills about 500 people.
*
November 21
Events Pre-1600
* 164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.)
* 235 ...
– Start of
Operation Moses
Operation Moses ( he, מִבְצָע מֹשֶׁה, ''Mivtza Moshe'') was the covert evacuation of Ethiopian Jews (known as the "Beta Israel" community or "Falashas") from Sudan during a civil war that caused a famine in 1984. Originally called '' ...
, the evacuation of refugee
Beta Israel
The Beta Israel ( he, בֵּיתֶא יִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Bēteʾ Yīsrāʾēl''; gez, ቤተ እስራኤል, , modern ''Bēte 'Isrā'ēl'', EAE: "Betä Ǝsraʾel", "House of Israel" or "Community of Israel"), also known as Ethiopian Jews ...
Ethiopian Jews from
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
to
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
via Brussels.
*
November 25
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
*1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...
**
Band Aid (assembled by
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof (; born 5 October 1951) is an Irish singer-songwriter, and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as lead singer of the Rock music in Ireland, Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved ...
) records the charity single ''
Do They Know It's Christmas?
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" is a charity song written in 1984 by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia. It was first recorded by Band Aid, a supergroup assembled by Geldof and Ure consisting of pop ...
'' in London to raise money to combat the
famine in Ethiopia. It is released on
December 3.
** 1984 Uruguayan presidential election:
Julio María Sanguinetti is democratically elected President of Uruguay after 12 years of
military dictatorship
A military dictatorship is a dictatorship in which the military exerts complete or substantial control over political authority, and the dictator is often a high-ranked military officer.
The reverse situation is to have civilian control of the m ...
.
*
November 28 – Over 250 years after their deaths,
William Penn
William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ...
and his wife
Hannah Callowhill Penn
Hannah Margaret Penn ( Callowhill; 11 February 1671 – 20 December 1726) was an Anglo-American governor. The second wife of Pennsylvania founder William Penn, she effectively administered the Province of Pennsylvania for six years after her ...
are made
Honorary Citizens of the United States
A person of exceptional merit, a non-United States citizen, may be declared an honorary citizen of the United States by an Act of Congress or by a proclamation issued by the president of the United States, pursuant to authorization granted by Cong ...
.
*
November 30
Events Pre-1600
* 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900
* 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...
–
Kent and Dollar Farm massacres
The Kent and Dollar Farm massacres were one of the earliest massacres carried out by the LTTE during the Sri Lankan Civil War. The massacres took place on 30 November 1984, in two tiny farming villages in the district of Mullaitivu in north-e ...
: the
Tamil Tigers begin the purge of the
Sinhalese people
Sinhalese people ( si, සිංහල ජනතාව, Sinhala Janathāva) are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the island of Sri Lanka. They were historically known as Hela people ( si, හෙළ). They constitute about 75% of t ...
from North and East
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
; 127 are killed.
December
![Boeing 720 Controlled Impact Demonstration](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Boeing_720_Controlled_Impact_Demonstration.jpg)
*
December 1 – A peace agreement between
Kenya
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and
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
is signed in the
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
ian capital
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
. With this agreement, in which Somalia officially renounces its historical territorial claims, relations between the two countries began to improve.
*
December 2
Events Pre-1600
* 1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.
*1409 – The University of Leipzig opens. 1601–1900
*1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren followin ...
–
1984 Australian federal election
The 1984 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 1 December 1984. All 148 seats in the House of Representatives (24 of them newly created) and 46 of 76 seats in the Senate (12 of them newly created) were up for election. The incum ...
:
Bob Hawke
Robert James Lee Hawke (9 December 1929 – 16 May 2019) was an Australian politician and union organiser who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991, holding office as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (A ...
's
Labor Government
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state.
In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...
is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the
Liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
/
National
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, ce ...
Coalition
A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces.
Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
led by
Andrew Peacock.
*
December 3 –
Bhopal disaster
The Bhopal disaster, also referred to as the Bhopal gas tragedy, was a chemical accident on the night of 2–3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. Considered the world's wo ...
: A
methyl isocyanate leak from a
Union Carbide
Union Carbide Corporation is an American chemical corporation wholly owned subsidiary (since February 6, 2001) by Dow Chemical Company. Union Carbide produces chemicals and polymers that undergo one or more further conversions by customers befor ...
pesticide plant in
Bhopal
Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ...
,
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
, India, kills more than 8,000 people outright and injures over half a million (with more later dying from their injuries the death toll reaches 23,000+) in the worst industrial disaster in history.
*
December 4
Events Pre-1600
* 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom.
* 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 D ...
**
Sri Lankan Civil War:
Sri Lankan Army
ta, இலங்கை இராணுவம்
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soldiers
kill 107–150 civilians in
Mannar Mannar may refer to the following places:
India
* Mannar, Alappuzha, a town in Chengannur Taluk, Kerala
Sri Lanka
* Mannar District, one of 25 districts in Sri Lanka
** Mannar Island, an island within the district
**Mannar Bridge, a bridge connect ...
.
**
Hezbollah
Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...
militants
hijack
Hijack may refer to:
Films
* ''Hijack'' (1973 film), an American made-for-television film
* ''Hijack!'', a 1975 British film sponsored by the Children's Film Foundation - see Children's Film Foundation filmography
* ''Hijack'' (2008 film), a Bol ...
a
Kuwait Airlines plane and kill 4 passengers.
*
December 19 – The People's Republic of China and the United Kingdom sign the
Sino-British Joint Declaration on the future of Hong Kong.
*
December 20 –
Disappearance of Jonelle Matthews from
Greeley, Colorado
Greeley is the home rule municipality city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Weld County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 108,795 at the 2020 United States Census, an increase of 17.12% since the 2010 ...
. Her remains were discovered on 23 July 2019, located about southeast of Jonelle's home. The cause of death "was a gunshot wound to the head".
*
December 22
** Four
African-American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American ...
youths (
Barry Allen,
Troy Canty
On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz () shot four young men on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan after they allegedly tried to rob him.
Goetz surrendered to police nine days later and was charged with attempted murder, assault, reck ...
,
James Ramseur
On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz () shot four young men on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan after they allegedly tried to rob him.
Goetz surrendered to police nine days later and was charged with attempted murder, assault, reck ...
, and
Darrell Cabey
On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz () shot four young men on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan after they allegedly tried to rob him.
Goetz surrendered to police nine days later and was charged with attempted murder, assault, endange ...
) board an express train in the
Bronx
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...
borough of New York City. They attempt to rob
Bernhard Goetz
On December 22, 1984, Bernhard Goetz () shot four young men on a New York City Subway train in Manhattan after they allegedly tried to rob him.
Goetz surrendered to police nine days later and was charged with attempted murder, assault, reckles ...
, who shoots them. The event starts a national debate about urban crime in the United States.
** In
Malta
Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
, Prime Minister
Dom Mintoff resigns.
*
December 28 – A
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
cruise missile
A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial or naval targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhe ...
plunges into Inarinjärvi lake in Finnish
Lapland
Lapland may refer to:
Places
*Lapland or Sápmi, an ethno-cultural region stretching over northern Fennoscandia (parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia)
**Lapland (Finland) (''Lappi''/''Lappland''), a Finnish region
*** Lapland (former pr ...
. Finnish authorities announce the fact in public on January 3, 1985.
Date unknown
*
1983–85 famine in Ethiopia intensifies with renewed drought by mid-year, killing a million people by the end of this year.
*
Crack cocaine
Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of the stimulant cocaine that can be smoked. Crack offers a short, intense high to smokers. The ''Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment'' calls ...
, a smokeable form of the drug, is first introduced into Los Angeles and soon spreads across the United States in what becomes known as the
crack epidemic
The crack epidemic was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the United States throughout the entirety of the 1980s and the early 1990s. This resulted in a number of social consequences, such as increasing crime and violence in Ameri ...
.
* The
Chrysler Corporation
Stellantis North America (officially FCA US and formerly Chrysler ()) is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automoti ...
introduces the first vehicles to be officially labeled as "
minivan
Minivan (sometimes called simply as van) is a North American car classification for vehicles designed to transport passengers in the rear seating row(s), with reconfigurable seats in two or three rows. The equivalent classification in Europe i ...
s". They are branded as the
Chrysler Town & Country,
Dodge Caravan
The Dodge Caravan (and the long-wheelbase Dodge Grand Caravan) is a series of minivans that was manufactured by Chrysler from the 1984 to 2020 model years. The Dodge version of the Chrysler minivans, the Caravan was marketed as both a passenger v ...
, and
Plymouth Voyager.
Births
January
![Calvin Harris - Rock in Rio Madrid 2012 - 09](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Calvin_Harris_-_Rock_in_Rio_Madrid_2012_-_09.jpg)
*
January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
–
Paolo Guerrero
José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales (; born 1 January 1984), known as Paolo Guerrero, is a Peruvian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Bras ...
, Peruvian footballer
*
January 5
Events Pre-1600
*1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
**
Shariff Abdul Samat, Singaporean footballer (d.
2020
2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...
)
**
Diego Gómez, Argentine-French footballer
*
January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
**
Priit Loog
Priit is an Estonian masculine given name, cognate to English Fred or Frederick and to German Friedrich.
People named Priit include:
*Priit Aavik (born 1994), swimmer
* Priit Aimla (born 1941), writer, poet, humorist and politician
*Priit Her ...
, Estonian actor
**
Kate McKinnon, American actress and comedian
*
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 ...
–
Max Riemelt
Max Riemelt (born 7 January 1984) is a German actor, known internationally for playing Wolfgang Bogdanow in the Netflix series ''Sense8''. In Germany, he is known for many years of television and cinema both acting and directing.
Career
Rieme ...
, German actor and director
*
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 ...
–
Kalki Koechlin, French-Indian film actress
* January 11 – Mark Forster (singer), Mark Forster, German singer-songwriter
* January 13
** Eleni Ioannou, Greek martial artist (d. 2004)
** Nathaniel Motte, American songwriter, performer, singer, music producer, film composer, instrumentalist, and playwright
* January 15
** Megan Quann, American swimmer
** Victor Rasuk, American actor
** Ben Shapiro, American political commentator and writer
* January 17
** Cassie Hager, American basketball player
** Calvin Harris, British dance musician
* January 18
** Seung-Hui Cho, Korean-born American Virginia Tech shooting, Virginia Tech massacre gunman (d. 2007)
** Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
** Alaixys Romao, Togolese footballer
* January 19
** Trent Cutler, Australian rugby league player
** Zakia Mrisho Mohamed, Tanzanian long-distance runner
** Aliona Savchenko, Ukrainian-born German pair skater
** Thomas Vanek, Austrian hockey player
** Lil Scrappy, American rapper
* January 21
** Luke Grimes, American actor
** Karim Haggui, Tunisian footballer
** Karen Schwarz, Peruvian actress and TV host
* January 22 – Raica Oliveira, Brazilian supermodel
* January 23 – Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
*
January 24
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
* 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
*1438 – The Cou ...
** Emerse Faé, Ivorian footballer
** Yotam Halperin, Israeli basketball player
** Witold Kiełtyka, Polish musician (d. 2007)
* January 25
** Stefan Kießling, German football player
** Robinho, Brazilian footballer
* January 26 – Luo Xuejuan, Chinese swimmer
* January 28 – Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
* January 29
** Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
** Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer
February
![Karolina Kurkova 2011 Shankbone](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Karolina_Kurkova_2011_Shankbone.JPG)
* February 1
** Darren Fletcher, Scottish football player
** Abbi Jacobson, American comedian, writer and actress
** Lee Thompson Young, American actor (d. 2013)
*
February 3
Events Pre-1600
* 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
*1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
*1488 – ...
** Elizabeth Holmes, American fraudster who founded Theranos
** Kim Joon, South Korean rapper, actor, and model
* February 4 – Mauricio Pinilla, Chilean footballer
* February 5 – Carlos Tevez, Argentinian football player
*
February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
*1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...
– Cecily Strong, American actress and comedian
* February 9 – Han Geng, Chinese singer in Korea (Super Junior)
* February 10 – Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress
* February 11
** Mai Demizu, Japanese announcer
** Aubrey O'Day, American singer and actress
* February 12 – Brad Keselowski, American stock car driver
* February 15
** Doda (singer), Doda, Polish singer and model
** The Duffer Brothers, Matt and Ross Duffer, American screenwriters and directors
* February 16 – Oussama Mellouli, Tunisian Olympic swimmer
* February 17 – AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
* February 18 – Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
* February 19 – Marissa Meyer, American novelist
* February 20 – Trevor Noah, South African comedian, actor, and television personality
*
February 22
Events Pre-1600
* 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...
– Tommy Bowe, Irish rugby union player
* February 24 – Wilson Bethel, American actor
* February 25
** Xing Huina, Chinese athlete
** Filip Šebo, Slovak footballer
* February 26
** Emmanuel Adebayor, Togolese footballer
** Beren Saat, Turkish actress
* February 28 – Karolína Kurková, Czech model
*
February 29
February 29, also known as leap day or leap year day, is a date added to leap years. A leap day is added in various solar calendars (calendars based on the Earth's revolution around the Sun), including the Gregorian calendar standard in mos ...
** Mark Foster (singer), Mark Foster, American singer and composer, frontman of Foster the People
** Alicia Hollowell, American softball pitcher
** Cullen Jones, American Olympic swimmer
** Cam Ward, Canadian hockey player
March
![Antonoff in Tucson (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Antonoff_in_Tucson_%28cropped%29.jpg)
* March 1
** Claudio Bieler, Argentinian football player
** Brandon Stanton, American photographer and blogger
* March 6 – Daniël de Ridder, Dutch footballer
* March 7
** Steve Burtt Jr., American-Ukrainian basketball player
** Mathieu Flamini, French football player
** Brandon T. Jackson, American stand-up comedian, actor and rapper
* March 8
** Matthew Wong, Canadian artist (d. 2019)
** Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer
* March 9 – Julia Mancuso, U.S. Olympic skier
* March 10 – Olivia Wilde, American actress
* March 11 – Tom James, British rower
* March 12
** Jaimie Alexander, American actress
** Shreya Ghoshal, Indian playback singer
* March 13 – Noel Fisher, Canadian actor
*
March 16
** Michael Ennis, Australian rugby league player
** Hosea Gear, New Zealand Rugby Union player
* March 18 – Michael Schmid (skier), Michael Schmid, Swiss Olympic freestyle skier
* March 19 – Bianca Balti, Italian model
* March 20
** iJustine, Justine Ezarik, Internet celebrity and actress
** Christy Carlson Romano, American actress and singer
** Fernando Torres, Spanish football player
* March 21 – Sopho Gelovani, Georgian singer
* March 22 – Didit Hediprasetyo, Indonesian fashion designer and socialite
* March 24
** Chris Bosh, American basketball player
** Park Bom, South Korean singer
* March 25 – Katharine McPhee, ''American Idol'' finalist
* March 26 – Stéphanie Lapointe, Canadian singer
*
March 30
** Helena Mattsson, Swedish actress
** Justin Moore, American country music singer
** Anna Nalick, American singer
** Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player
April
![America Ferrara Cannes 2014](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/America_Ferrara_Cannes_2014.jpg)
* April 1 – Murali Vijay, Indian cricketer
* April 3 – Allana Slater, Australian gymnast
* April 4 – Haitham Ahmed Zaki, Egyptian actor (d. 2019)
* April 5
** Marshall Allman, American actor
** Aram Mp3, Armenian singer-songwriter, comedian and showman
** Saba Qamar, Pakistani actress and model
** Phil Wickham, American musician
* April 8
** Austin Ejide, Nigerian footballer
** Ezra Koenig, American musician
* April 9
** Linda Chung, Canadian TVB actress and singer
** Adam Loewen, Canadian pitcher
* April 10 – Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter, and actress
* April 11
** Kelli Garner, American actress
** Nikola Karabatić, French handball player
*
April 12 – Luisel Ramos, Uruguayan model (d. 2006)
*
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 ...
– Hiro Mizushima, Japanese actor and writer
* April 14
** Kyle Coetzer, Scottish cricketer
** Adán Sánchez, American singer (d. 2004)
*
April 15 – Zizan Razak, Malaysian comedian
*
April 16
** Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, American author
** Claire Foy, English actress
* April 17
**Siyar Bahadurzada, Afghan-Dutch mixed martial artist
**Rosanna Davison, Irish model, Miss World 2003
* April 18 – America Ferrera, American actress, producer, and director
*
April 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.
* 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
** Lee Da-hae, South Korean actress
** Dmitry Trunenkov, Russian Olympic bobsledder
* April 20
** John Jairo Castillo, Colombian football player
** Tyson Griffin, American MMA fighter
* April 22 – Amelle Berrabah, British singer
* April 23 – Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player
*
April 24 – Tyson Ritter, American singer-songwriter
* April 25 – Melonie Diaz, American actress
*
April 26 – Emily Wickersham, American actress
* April 27
** Fabien Gilot, French Olympic swimmer
** Patrick Stump, American musician and singer-songwriter (Fall Out Boy)
* April 29
** Taylor Cole, American actress and model
** Kirby Cote, Canadian Paralympic swimmer
** Paulius Jankūnas, Lithuanian basketball player
** Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player and commentator
** Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player
May
![Carmelo Anthony Nov 2013](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Carmelo_Anthony_Nov_2013.jpg)
* May 1
** Kerry Bishé, American actress
** Alexander Farnerud, Swedish footballer
* May 3
** Cheryl Burke, American professional dancer
** Morgan Kibby, American actress and singer-songwriter
* May 4
** Little Boots, British pop singer
** Sarah Meier (figure skater), Sarah Meier, Swiss figure skater
*
May 5 – Chris Birchall, Trinidadian footballer
* May 7
** Kevin Owens, Canadian professional wrestler
** Alex Smith, American football player
*
May 8
Events Pre-1600
* 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
* 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
** Francesco Servino, Italian journalist and activist
** Martin Compston, Scottish actor and former professional footballer
* May 10 – Pe'er Tasi, Israeli singer
*
May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
– Andrés Iniesta, Spanish footballer
*
May 12 – Sajjad Anoushiravani, Iranian weightlifter
*
May 13
Events Pre-1600
*1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''.
* 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...
– Hannah New, English actress and model
*
May 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
*1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
* 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...
** Gary Ablett Jr., Australian rules footballer
** Olly Murs, English singer
** Mark Zuckerberg, American founder and CEO of Facebook
* May 17
** Jayson Blair (actor), Jayson Blair, American actor
** Alejandro Edda, Mexican-American actor
** Andreas Kofler, Austrian ski jumper
** Passenger (singer), Passenger, English singer and songwriter
** Christine Robinson, Canadian water polo player
* May 18 – Yuri Kolovorotny, former Russian professional football player
* May 20
** Dilara Kazimova, Azerbaijani singer and actress
** Naturi Naughton, American singer and actress
* May 21
** Jackson Pearce, American novelist
** Gary Woodland, American golfer
*
May 23 – Adam Wylie, American actor
* May 24 – Monica Bergamelli, Italian artistic gymnast
* May 25
** Kyle Brodziak, Canadian ice hockey player
** Emma Marrone, Italian pop/rock singer
** Kostas Martakis, Greek singer, model and occasional actor
** Nikolai Pokotylo, Russian singer
** Marion Raven, Norwegian singer and songwriter
** Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Miss Iceland, crowned Miss World 2005
* May 29
** Carmelo Anthony, African-American basketball player
** Nia Jax, Australian-born American professional wrestler
** Aleksei Tishchenko, Russian Olympic boxer
* May 31
** Milorad Čavić, Serbian swimmer
** Yael Grobglas, Israeli actress
June
![Fantasia Barrino](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Fantasia_Barrino.jpg)
* June 1
** Olivier Tielemans, Dutch racing driver
** Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar, Mongolian judoka
* June 4
** Jillian Murray, American actress
** Rainie Yang, Taiwanese singer
*
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 ...
– Iris van Herpen, Dutch fashion designer
* June 7 – Balli Kalyanachakravarthy, Indian politician
*
June 8
Events Pre-1600
* 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.
* 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
** Andrea Casiraghi, Prince of Monaco
** Javier Mascherano, Argentinian footballer
* June 9 – Wesley Sneijder, Dutch footballer
* June 13
** Bérengère Schuh, French archer
** Phillip Van Dyke, American actor
* June 15 – Tim Lincecum, American baseball player
*
June 16
** Emiri Miyasaka, Japanese model
** Rick Nash, Canadian hockey player
* June 17 – John Gallagher Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer
* June 19 – Paul Dano, American actor and producer
* June 19 – Teri Ijeoma, American entrepreneur
* June 21
** Kim Ho-jun, South Korean football player
** Zabit Samedov, Azerbaijani kickboxer
** Erick Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
*
June 22 – Janko Tipsarević, Serbian tennis player
* June 23 – Duffy (singer), Duffy, Welsh singer
* June 24
** Javier Ambrossi, Spanish actor, stage director and film director
** JJ Redick, American basketball player
* June 25
** Lauren Bush, American model and producer
** Killian Donnelly, Irish musical theatre performer
* June 26
** Raymond Felton, American basketball player
** Assan Jatta, Gambian football striker
** Aubrey Plaza, American actress
** Deron Williams, American basketball player
** Eddie Wineland, American mixed martial artist
*
June 27
** Son Ho-jun, South Korean singer and actor
** Khloé Kardashian, American television personality
* June 28 – Eric Friedman, American musician and songwriter
*
June 30
Events Pre-1600
* 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
* 763 – The Byzantine Empire, Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus (763), Battle of Anc ...
** Fantasia Barrino, American singer
** Nikos Oikonomopoulos, Greek singer
** Yu Koshikawa, Japanese volleyball player
July
![Gina Rodriguez at 2014 PaleyFest](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Gina_Rodriguez_at_2014_PaleyFest.jpg)
* July – James Holzhauer, American game show champion
*
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 ...
** Jason Reeves (songwriter), Jason Reeves, American singer-songwriter and musician
** Donald Thomas (high jumper), Donald Thomas, Bahamian high jumper
** Heo Jae-won, South Korean football player
* July 2
** Johnny Weir, American figure skater, fashion designer, and television commentator
** Vinny Magalhães, Brazilian mixed martial artist
* July 3 – Syed Rasel, Bangladeshi cricketer
* July 4
** Jin Akanishi, Japanese singer and actor
** Lee Je-hoon, South Korean actor
* July 5
** Yu Yamada, Japanese model, actress, and singer
** Yeon Woo-jin, South Korean actor
** Danay García, Cuban actress and model
* July 6 – Lauren Harris, British rock musician
* July 7
** Oleksiy Honcharuk, Ukrainian politician
** AG Coco, Malaysian musician
** Mohammad Ashraful, Bangladeshi cricketer
* July 9 – LA Tenorio, Filipino professional basketball player
* July 10
** Laurent Recouderc, French tennis player
** Mark González, South African-Chilean footballer
** Óscar Escandón, Colombian boxer
** María Julia Mantilla, Peruvian actress, dancer, model, teacher, and beauty queen
* July 11
** Tiffiny Hall, Australian author, journalist and television personality
** Tanith Belbin White, Canadian-American figure skater
** Joe Pavelski, American hockey player
** Serinda Swan, Canadian actress
** Rachael Taylor, Australian actress
* July 12
** Gareth Gates, English singer
** Amanda Hocking, American fantasy novelist
** Natalie Martinez, American actress and model
** Michael McGovern (footballer), Michael McGovern, Northern Irish footballer
** Sami Zayn, Syrian Canadian professional wrestler
* July 13 – Pio Marmaï, French actor
* July 15
** Vincent Wan (actor), Vincent Wan, Hong Kong actor
** Rustam Totrov, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler
** Lars Øvrebø, Norwegian football player
* July 16 – Sašo Bertoncelj, Slovenian male artistic gymnast
* July 17 – Mohamed Bouchaïb, Libya-Algerian actor
* July 18
** Sam Sexton, British professional boxer
** Liv Boeree, English poker player and TV presenter
** Josh Harding, Canadian hockey player
* July 19
** Lasse Gjertsen, Norwegian videographer
** Andrea Libman, Canadian actress
** Diana Mocanu, Romanian swimmer
** Zhu Zhu, Chinese actress and singer
* July 20 – Huang Yi-hua, Taiwanese table tennis player
* July 21
** Sarah Greene (actress), Sarah Greene, Irish actress and singer
** Iris Strubegger, Austrian model
* July 23 – Brandon Roy, American basketball player
* July 26 – Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
* July 27 – Taylor Schilling, American actress
*
July 28
** Ali Krieger, American soccer player
** Zach Parise, American hockey player
** John David Washington, American actor and former American football player
* July 30
** Anna Bessonova, Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast
** Gina Rodriguez, American actress and producer
August
![Ryan Lochte at 2013 Zajac](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Ryan_Lochte_at_2013_Zajac.jpg)
*
August 1
** Danny Tidwell, American dancer (d.
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** Bastian Schweinsteiger, German football player
* August 2 – Giampaolo Pazzini, Italian footballer
* August 3 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
* August 5 – Helene Fischer, German singer and entertainer
* August 10 – Ryan Eggold, American film and television actor
*
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 ...
** Mojtaba Abedini, Iranian Olympic fencer
** Melky Cabrera, American baseball player
*
August 12 – Sherone Simpson, Jamaican athlete
* August 13
** Alexander Bartz, German politician
** James Morrison (singer), James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* August 14
** Clay Buchholz, American Major League Baseball pitcher
** Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player
* August 17 – Liam Heath, British sprint canoeist
* August 20
** Mirai Moriyama, Japanese actor
** Tsokye Tsomo Karchung, Tsokye Karchung, Bhutanese beauty queen, Miss Bhutan 2008
*
August 21
Events Pre-1600
* 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.
* 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars.
*1169 – Battle o ...
– Alizée, Alizée Jacotey, French singer
* August 23
** Glen Johnson, English footballer
** Ashley Williams (footballer), Ashley Williams, Welsh footballer
* August 24
** Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player
** Yesung, South Korean singer, songwriter, actor, radio personality and MC
* August 25 – Kenan Sofuoğlu, Turkish professional motorcycle racer
* August 28 – Sarah Roemer, American model and actress
* August 31 – Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer
September
![Avril Lavigne @ Grammy Museum 09 05 2019 (49311430057)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Avril_Lavigne_%40_Grammy_Museum_09_05_2019_%2849311430057%29.jpg)
* September 1 – Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and guitarist (Fall Out Boy)
*
September 2
Events
Pre-1600
*44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
* 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them ...
– Danson Tang, Taiwanese actor, model, and singer
* September 3
** Garrett Hedlund, American actor
** Nuša Šenk, Slovenian model, media personality, businesswoman and television host
*
September 4
** Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, and former model
** Kyle Mooney, American comedian
* September 6
** Igor Maksymenko, Ukrainian kickboxer
** Orsi Kocsis, Hungarian model
** Abby Martin, American journalist
*
September 7
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
* 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
*1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen.
*1191 – Third Cru ...
** Kate Miner (actress), Kate Miner, American actress and musician
** Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lankan cricketer
** Vera Zvonareva, Russian tennis player
* September 8 – Daniele Hypolito, Brazilian artistic gymnast
* September 10 – Luke Treadaway, English actor and singer
*
September 14 – André de Vanny, Australian actor
* September 15 – Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, British Prince
*
September 16
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
*1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900
* 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...
** Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer
** Katie Melua, Georgian-English singer
** Ali Fedotowsky, American television personality
*
September 18
Events Pre-1600
* 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects.
* 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor a ...
** Nina Arianda, American actress
** Dizzee Rascal, English rapper
* September 19
** Young Greatness, American rapper (d. 2018)
** Lydia Hearst, American actress and fashion model
** Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
*
September 20
** Brian Joubert, French figure skater
** Soundarya Rajinikanth, Indian graphic designer, producer, and director
** Holly Weber, American actress and model
* September 21 – Ben Wildman-Tobriner, American Olympic swimmer
* September 22
** Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress
** Godfrey Gao, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor (d. 2019)
** Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
* September 23
** Kate French, American television and film actress and model
** Matt Kemp, American baseball player
** Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American actress and singer
* September 25
** Annabelle Wallis, English actress
** CariDee English, American fashion model and TV personality
** Zach Woods, American actor and comedian
* September 27 – Avril Lavigne, Canadian rock musician
* September 28
** Helen Oyeyemi, British novelist
** Melody Thornton, American singer
** Ryan Zimmerman, American baseball player
* September 29 – Per Mertesacker, German football player
* September 30 – Keisha Buchanan, British singer
October
![Kelly Osbourne 2013](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Kelly_Osbourne_2013.jpg)
* October 1
** Beck Bennett, American actor and comedian
** Josh Brener, American actor
** Matt Cain, American baseball player
** Mónica Spear, Venezuelan actress, Miss Venezuela 2004 (d. 2014)
* October 2 – Marion Bartoli, French professional tennis player
* October 3
** Ashlee Simpson, American singer and actress
** Yoon Eun-hye, Korean singer, model, actress and entertainer
** Laura Weissbecker, French actress
** Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress
*
October 4
** Lena Katina, Russian singer
** Álvaro Parente, Portuguese racing driver
*
October 5
** Glenn McMillan, Australian actor
** Brooke Valentine, American urban musician
* October 6
** Joanna Pacitti, American singer
** Magdalena Frackowiak, Polish model
** Valerie Adams, New Zealand athlete
* October 7
** Ikuta Toma, Japanese drama actor
** Andy Bean (actor), Andy Bean, American actor
* October 10
** Pavel Durov, Russian entrepreneur
** Chiaki Kuriyama, Japanese actress
** Steve Turner (rugby league), Steve Turner, Australian rugby league player
*
October 11 – Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress
*
October 12 – Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai, Kenyan long-distance runner
* October 13
** Kathrin Fricke, German web- and video-artist, known as Coldmirror
** Anton Kushnir, Belarusian Olympic freestyle skier
* October 16
** Ben Smith (rugby league), Ben Smith, Australian rugby league player
** Shayne Ward, British singer
* October 17
** Chris Lowell, American actor
** Randall Munroe, American programmer and webcomic artist
* October 18
** Hollie Dunaway, American female boxer
** Robert Harting, German discus thrower
** Esperanza Spalding, American singer
** Lindsey Vonn, American alpine skier
*
October 20 – Mitch Lucker, American heavy metal singer (d. 2012)
*
October 23
** Izabel Goulart, Brazilian model
** Meghan McCain, American author
* October 24
** Ben Giroux, American actor and director
** Erin Lucas, American actress
*
October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...
– Katy Perry, American singer and television judge
* October 26
** Sasha Cohen, American figure skater
** Jefferson Farfán, Peruvian footballer
* October 27
** Kelly Osbourne, English singer and television personality
** Irfan Pathan, Indian cricketer
* October 28 – Obafemi Martins, Nigerian footballer
* October 29 – Eric Staal, Canadian hockey player
November
![Sanna Nielsen, ESC2014 Meet & Greet 02 (crop)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Sanna_Nielsen%2C_ESC2014_Meet_%26_Greet_02_%28crop%29.jpg)
*
November 1
Events Pre-1600
* 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
** Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer
** Natalia Tena, English actress and singer
* November 2
** Julia Stegner, German model
** Tamara Hope, Canadian actress and singer
* November 3
** Ryo Nishikido, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
** Mina Fukui, Japanese actress, tarento and gravure model
*
November 4
Events Pre-1600
*1429 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
* 1493 – Christopher Columbus reaches Leeward Island and Puerto Rico.
* 1501 – Catherine of Aragon (later Henry VIII's ...
** Dustin Brown (ice hockey), Dustin Brown, American hockey player
** Ayila Yussuf, Nigerian footballer
* November 5
** Jon Cornish, Canadian football player
** Tobias Enström, Swedish ice hockey player
** Baruto Kaito, Estonian sumo wrestler
** Eliud Kipchoge, Kenyan long-distance runner
** Nikolay Zherdev, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
*
November 6 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
* November 7
** Mihkel Aksalu, Estonian footballer
** Jonathan Bornstein, American-Israeli soccer player
** Amelia Vega, Miss Universe 2003
* November 8
** Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2012)
** Steven Webb, English actor
*
November 9
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
* 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...
** Delta Goodrem, Australian actress and singer
** Ku Hye-sun, South Korean actress and singer
* November 10
** Britt Irvin, Canadian actress and singer
** Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer
*
November 11
Events Pre-1600
* 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with Galerius, ''Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the T ...
– Birkir Már Sævarsson, Icelandic footballer
*
November 12
Events Pre-1600
* 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom.
*1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros.
* 13 ...
** Omarion, American singer-songwriter and actor
** Sandara Park, Dara, South Korean singer and model
** Yan Zi (tennis), Yan Zi, Chinese tennis player
*
November 14
Events Pre-1600 1601–1900
*1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope.
* 1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile.
* ...
** Marija Šerifović, Serbian singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2007 winner
** Maria Kozhevnikova, Russian politician and actress
* November 15 – Hevrin Khalaf, Kurdish-Syrian politician and civil engineer (d. 2019)
* November 16 – Kimberly J. Brown, American actress
* November 17
** Park Han-byul, South Korean actress
** Lauren Maltby, American actress and psychologist
* November 20 – Jeremy Jordan (actor, born 1984), Jeremy Jordan, American actor and singer
*
November 21
Events Pre-1600
* 164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.)
* 235 ...
– Jena Malone, American actress, musician, and photographer
* November 22 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress and singer
* November 23
** Jarah Mariano, American model
** Lucas Grabeel, American actor, singer, songwriter, and producer
* November 24 – Maria Höfl-Riesch, German alpine skier
*
November 25
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
*1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...
** Ian Lacey, Australian rugby league player
** Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (d. 2022)
* November 26 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
* November 27 – Sanna Nielsen, Swedish pop singer
*
November 28
** Alan Ritchson, American actor, model, and singer
** Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
** Marc-André Fleury, Canadian hockey player
** Trey Songz, African-American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor
** Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress and singer
*
November 30
Events Pre-1600
* 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900
* 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...
– Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
December
![Lebron wizards 2017 (cropped)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Lebron_wizards_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg)
*
December 1 – Ajuma Ameh-Otache, Nigerian footballer (d. 2018)
*
December 3 – Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek football player
*
December 4
Events Pre-1600
* 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom.
* 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 D ...
– Lindsay Felton, American actress
* December 5 – Lauren London, American actress and model
* December 6 – Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland, Swedish princess
* December 7 – Robert Kubica, Polish Formula One racing driver
* December 8
** Sam Hunt (musician), Sam Hunt, American singer-songwriter
* December 10 – Tom Hern, New Zealand actor
* December 11
** Xosha Roquemore, American actress
** Sandra Echeverría, Mexican actress, singer and model
* December 12 – Daniel Agger, Danish football (soccer) player
* December 13 – Santi Cazorla, Spanish football player
* December 14
** Chris Brunt, Northern Irish footballer
** Jackson Rathbone, American actor and singer
* December 15
** Kirsty Lee Allan, Australian actress and fashion model
** Martin Škrtel, Slovak footballer
** Yu Fengtong, Chinese speed skater
* December 16 – Theo James, English actor and singer
* December 17
** Asuka Fukuda, Japanese singer
** Tennessee Thomas, British-born American drummer and actor
** Shannon Woodward, American actress
* December 18 – Tiffany Mulheron, Scottish actress
*
December 20 – Bob Morley, Australian actor
*
December 22
** Basshunter, Swedish singer, record producer and DJ
** Greg Finley, American actor
* December 23 – Alison Sudol, American singer, songwriter, and actress (aka A Fine Frenzy)
* December 25
** Francisco Vargas (Mexican boxer), Francisco Vargas, Mexican professional boxer
** Jessica Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
** Lisa Origliasso, Australian singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer
* December 26 – Jenny Shakeshaft, American actress and model
*
December 28
** Martin Kaymer, German golfer
** Raditya Dika, Indonesian writer, comedian, and filmmaker
* December 30 – LeBron James, American basketball player
Date unknown
* Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Akita, Nepali Sherpa mountaineer
Deaths
January
![Johny Weissmuller-publicity](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Johny_Weissmuller-publicity.JPG)
*
January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
– Alexis Korner, British blues musician and broadcaster (b. 1928)
*
January 5
Events Pre-1600
*1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
– Giuseppe Fava, Italian writer (b. 1925)
*
January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
– Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-born American cinematographer (b. 1898)
*
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 ...
– Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
* January 9 – Sir Deighton Lisle Ward, 4th Governor-General of Barbados (b. 1909)
* January 11 – Jack La Rue, American actor (b. 1902)
* January 13 – Ray Moore (comics), Ray Moore, American comic writer (b. 1905)
* January 14
** Brooks Atkinson, American theater critic (b. 1894)
** Saad Haddad, Lebanese military officer and militia leader (b. 1936)
** Ray Kroc, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)
* January 17
** Kostas Giannidis, Greek composer (b. 1903)
** George Rigaud, Argentinian actor (b. 1905)
* January 20 – Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
* January 21
** Archduke Gottfried of Austria (b. 1902)
** Jackie Wilson, American singer (b. 1934)
* January 22 – Sir Count Mikiel Gonzi, Michael Gonzi, Maltese Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1885)
* January 29 – Frances Goodrich, American screenwriter (b. 1890)
* January 30 – Luke Kelly, lead singer of Irish band The Dubliners (b. 1940)
* January 31 – George Harmon Coxe, American writer (b. 1901)
February
![Yuri Andropov - Soviet Life, August 1983](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Yuri_Andropov_-_Soviet_Life%2C_August_1983.jpg)
* February 5 – El Santo, Mexican professional wrestler and actor (b. 1917)
* February 6 – Jorge Guillén, Spanish poet (b. 1893)
*
February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
*1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...
** Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (b. 1903)
** Philippe Ariès, French medievalist and historian (b. 1914)
* February 9 –
Yuri Andropov
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (– 9 February 1984) was the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year rule, Andropov served in the po ...
, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1914)
* February 10
** David Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1958)
** Claudia Zobel, Filipina actress (b. 1965)
* February 11 – John Comer, English actor (b. 1924)
* February 12
** Anna Anderson, Pretender to the Russian throne (b. 1896)
** Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (b. 1914)
** Tom Keating, English art restorer (b. 1917)
*
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 ...
– Naomi Uemura, Japanese adventurer (b. 1941)
* February 15 – Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
* February 20 – Giuseppe Colombo, Italian scientist (b. 1920)
* February 21 – Mikhail Sholokhov, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
*
February 22
Events Pre-1600
* 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...
** Syed Faiz-ul Hassan Shah, Pakistani religious leader of Allo Mahar Shrif. (b. 1911)
** Jessamyn West (writer), Jessamyn West, American writer. (b. 1902)
March
![Sekou Toure usgov-83-08641](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Sekou_Toure_usgov-83-08641.jpg)
* March 1 – Jackie Coogan, American actor (b. 1914)
*
March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
** Tito Gobbi, Italian operatic baritone (b. 1913)
** William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
* March 6
** Martin Niemöller, German theologian and Lutheran pastor (born 1892)
** Henry Wilcoxon, British actor (b. 1905)
* March 10 – June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
* March 14 – Aurelio Peccei, Italian industrialist and philanthropist, co-founder of the Club of Rome (b. 1908)
* March 15 – Ken Carpenter (discus thrower), Ken Carpenter, American Olympic athlete (b. 1913)
**Konstantin Badygin, Soviet Naval officer and explorer (b. 1910)
* March 12 – Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor (b. 1896)
*
March 16 – John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947)
* March 18 – Paul Francis Webster, American lyricist (b. 1907)
*
March 23 – Peter Kolosimo, Italian journalist and writer (b. 1922)
* March 24 – Sam Jaffe, American actor (b. 1891)
* March 26 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (b. 1922)
* March 27 – Jack Donohue (director), Jack Donohue, American film screenwriter and director (b. 1908)
*
March 30 – Karl Rahner, German Jesuit priest and theologian (b. 1904)
* March 31 – Jack Howarth (actor), Jack Howarth, English actor (b. 1896)
April
![Machito and his sister Graciella Grillo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Machito_and_his_sister_Graciella_Grillo.jpg)
* April 1
** Marvin Gaye, American singer (b. 1939)
** Elizabeth Goudge, English writer (b. 1900)
* April 5
** Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, Arthur "Bomber" Harris, British air marshal (b. 1892)
** Giuseppe Tucci, Italian scholar of oriental cultures (b. 1894)
* April 7 – Frank Church, American politician, U.S senator from 1957 to 1981 (b. 1924)
*April 8 – Pyotr Kapitsa, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1894)
* April 9 – Willem Sandberg, Dutch typographer (b. 1897)
*
April 12 – Edward Sokoine, 2nd Prime Minister of Tanzania (b. 1938)
*
April 15
** Tommy Cooper, Welsh comedian and magician (b. 1921)
** William Empson, English poet and critic (b. 1906)
*
April 16 – Byron Haskin, American film and television director (b. 1899)
* April 17 – Mark W. Clark, American general (b. 1896)
*
April 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested.
* 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persians at ...
– Machito, Cuban jazz musician (b. 1908)
* April 20 – Otto Arosemena, 32nd President of Ecuador (b. 1925)
* April 21 – Marcel Janco, Romanian-Israeli artist (b. 1895)
* April 22 – Ansel Adams, American photographer (b. 1902)
* April 23 – Roland Penrose, English artist, historian and poet (b. 1900)
*
April 26
** Count Basie, American musician and composer (b. 1904)
** May McAvoy, American actress (b. 1899)
* April 30 – Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, Colombian lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
May
![Karl-August Fagerholm](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Karl-August_Fagerholm.jpg)
*
May 2
** Jack Barry (game show host), Jack Barry, American television host and producer (b. 1918)
** Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)
* May 4 – Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)
* May 6 – Mary Cain (editor), Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (b. 1904)
*
May 8
Events Pre-1600
* 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
* 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
– Lila Wallace, American publisher (b. 1889)
*
May 12 – Charlie Stubbs (footballer), Charlie Stubbs, English footballer (b. 1920)
* May 15 – Lionel Robbins, British economist (b. 1898)
* May 16
** Andy Kaufman, American comedian (b. 1949)
** Irwin Shaw, American author (b. 1913)
* May 19 – Sir John Betjeman, English diplomat and poet (b. 1906)
* May 20 – Ólafur Jóhannesson, 15th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1913)
* May 21
** Andrea Leeds, American actress (b. 1914)
** Ann Little, American actress (b. 1891)
* May 22
** Rambai Barni, Queen consort of King Prajadhipok of Thailand (b. 1904)
** Karl-August Fagerholm, 20th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1901)
** John Marley, American actor (b. 1907)
* May 24 – Vincent J. McMahon, professional wrestling promoter WWE, WWF (b. 1914)
* May 26 – Elizabeth Peer, American journalist (b. 1936)
* May 27 – Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer (b. 1923)
* May 28
** Eric Morecambe, British comedian (b. 1926)
** D'Urville Martin, American actor and director (b. 1939)
June
![Enrico Berlinguer](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Enrico_Berlinguer.jpg)
*
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 ...
– Ahmad Fuad Mohieddin, 42nd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1926)
*
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 ...
– Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Sikh theologian, Most powerful Sikh leader of the 20th century (b. 1947)
* June 11 – Enrico Berlinguer, General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party (b. 1922)
* June 15
** Ned Glass, American actor (b. 1906)
** Meredith Willson, American composer (b. 1902)
* June 19 – Lee Krasner, American painter (b. 1908)
* June 20 – Estelle Winwood, English actress (b. 1883)
*
June 22 – Joseph Losey, American film director (b. 1909)
* June 24 – William Keighley, American film director (b. 1889)
* June 25 – Michel Foucault, French philosopher (b. 1926)
* June 26 – Carl Foreman, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
* June 28
** Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist, politician and Military Chief of Staff (b. 1917)
** Claude Chevalley, French mathematician (b. 1909)
*
June 30
Events Pre-1600
* 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
* 763 – The Byzantine Empire, Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus (763), Battle of Anc ...
** Henri Fabre, pioneer French aviator & inventor (b. 1882)
** Lillian Hellman, American playwright (b. 1905)
July
![Studio publicity Flora Robson](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Studio_publicity_Flora_Robson.jpg)
*
July 1
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.
* 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
– Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian founder of the Feldenkrais Method (b. 1904)
* July 3 – Raoul Salan, French general (b. 1899)
* July 7 – Dame Flora Robson, English actress (b. 1902)
* July 8
** Brassaï, Hungarian-born photographer (b. 1899)
** Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1893)
* July 17 – Karl Wolff, German Nazi SS Officer (b. 1900)
* July 19 – Faina Ranevskaya, Soviet and Russian actress (b. 1896)
* July 20 - Gail Kubik, American composer (b. 1914
*
July 25
Events Pre-1600
* 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops.
* 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
– Big Mama Thornton, American singer (b. 1926)
* July 26 – George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (b. 1901)
* July 27 – James Mason, English actor (b. 1909)
*
July 28 – Bess Flowers, American actress (b. 1898)
August
![Muhammad Naguib 1953](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Muhammad_Naguib_1953.jpg)
* August 2 – Quirino Cristiani, Argentine animated film director (b. 1896)
*
August 4 – Mary Miles Minter, American actress (b. 1902)
* August 5 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor (b. 1925)
* August 8 – Richard Deacon (actor), Richard Deacon, American actor (b. 1922)
*
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 ...
– Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (b. 1916)
* August 13
** Clyde Cook (actor), Clyde Cook, Australian actor (b. 1891)
** Tigran Petrosian, Georgian chess player (b. 1929)
* August 14 – J. B. Priestley, British novelist and playwright (b. 1894)
* August 25
** Truman Capote, American writer (b. 1924)
** Viktor Chukarin, Russian Olympic gymnast (b. 1921)
* August 28 – Mohammed Naguib, 30th Prime Minister of Egypt and 1st President of Egypt (b. 1901)
* August 29 – Pierre Gemayel, Lebanese politician, founder of the Kataeb Party (b. 1905)
September
![Perry-Mason-Pidgeon-1963](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Perry-Mason-Pidgeon-1963.jpg)
* September 1 – Madeleine de Bourbon-Busset, Duchess of Parma (b. 1898)
*
September 5
** Adam Malik, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)
** Jane Roberts, American writer (b. 1929)
* September 6 – Ernest Tubb, American singer (b. 1914)
*
September 7
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
* 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII.
*1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen.
*1191 – Third Cru ...
– Joe Cronin, American baseball player and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1906)
* September 8 – Frank Lowson, English Test Cricketer 1951–1955 (b.1925)
* September 9 – Yılmaz Güney, Turkish film director (b. 1937)
* September 10 – Ismael Merlo, Spanish actor (b. 1918)
* September 12 – Yvon Petra, French tennis player (b. 1916)
*
September 14
** Richard Brautigan, American counter-culture author (b. 1935)
** Janet Gaynor, American Academy Award-winning actress (b. 1906)
*
September 16
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Pope Honorius I is posthumously excommunicated by the Sixth Ecumenical Council.
*1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers. 1601–1900
* 1620 – A determined band of 35 relig ...
– Vincenzo Cotroni, Italian-Canadian mobster (b. 1911)
*
September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...
– Richard Basehart, American actor (b. 1914)
*
September 20 – Steve Goodman, American folk musician and songwriter (b. 1948)
* September 24 – Neil Hamilton (actor), Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
* September 25 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (b. 1897)
* September 27 – Toke Townley, English actor (b. 1912)
October
![François Truffaut (1965)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Fran%C3%A7ois_Truffaut_%281965%29.jpg)
* October 1
** Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1911)
** Blagoje Marjanović, Yugoslav football player and manager (b. 1907)
*
October 4 – Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1901)
*
October 5 – Leonard Rossiter, British actor (b. 1926)
* October 6 – George Gaylord Simpson, American paleontologist (b. 1902)
* October 13 – George Kelly (baseball), George Kelly, American baseball player (New York Giants (MLB), New York Giants) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1895)
*
October 14
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
* 1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's i ...
– Martin Ryle, Sir Martin Ryle, English radio astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1918)
* October 16 – Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (b. 1932)
* October 18 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (b. 1957)
*
October 19
** Henri Michaux, Belgian writer and painter (b. 1899)
**
Jerzy Popiełuszko
Jerzy Popiełuszko ( born Alfons Popiełuszko; 14 September 1947–19 October 1984) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest who became associated with the opposition Solidarity trade union in communist Poland. He was murdered in 1984 by three agen ...
, Polish Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1947) (Murdered)
*
October 20
** Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)
** Paul Dirac, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
* October 21 – François Truffaut, French film director (b. 1932)
*
October 23
** David Gorcey, American actor (b. 1921)
** Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (b. 1922)
* October 24 – Walter Woolf King, American singer and actor (b. 1899)
*
October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...
– Pascale Ogier, French actress (b. 1958)
*
October 30 – June Duprez, English actress (b. 1918)
*
October 31
** Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor (b. 1900)
**
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 ...
, Indian politician and political figure, 3rd
Prime Minister of India
The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the ...
(assassinated) (b. 1917)
November
![Martin Luther King Sr, c1977-81](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Martin_Luther_King_Sr%2C_c1977-81.jpg)
*
November 11
Events Pre-1600
* 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with Galerius, ''Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the T ...
– Martin Luther King Sr., American Baptist pastor, missionary, and an early figure in the civil rights movement (b. 1899)
* November 16
** Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (b. 1906)
** Leonard Rose, American cellist (leukemia) (b. 1918)
* November 20
** Trygve Bratteli, Norwegian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1910)
** Carlo Campanini, Italian actor (b. 1906)
December
![Peter Lawford 1955](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Peter_Lawford_1955.jpg)
*
December 4
Events Pre-1600
* 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom.
* 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 D ...
– Jack Mercer, American voice artist (b. 1910)
* December 7 – Jeanne Cagney, American actress (b. 1919)
* December 8 – Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)
* December 9 – Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye, Ivor Moreton, British singer and pianist (b. 1908)
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* December 11
** Oskar Seidlin, Silesian-born Jewish-American literary scholar (b. 1911)
** George Waggner, American film director (b. 1894)
* December 13 – Clemente de la Cerda, Venezuelan director (b. 1935)
* December 14 – Vicente Aleixandre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
* December 15 – Jan Peerce, American tenor (b. 1904)
* December 16 – J. Roderick MacArthur, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1920)
*
December 20
** Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (b. 1946)
** Stanley Milgram, American psychologist (b. 1933)
** Dmitry Ustinov, Dmitriy Ustinov, Soviet Army officer and Minister of Defense (b. 1908)
* December 24
** Ian Hendry, English actor (b. 1931)
** Peter Lawford, English-American actor and socialite (b. 1923)
* December 26 – Sheila Andrews, American country music singer (b. 1953)
*
December 28 – Sam Peckinpah, American film director (b. 1925)
* December 29 – Leo Robin, American composer (b. 1900)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Carlo Rubbia, Simon van der Meer
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Robert Bruce Merrifield
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Niels Kaj Jerne, Georges J. F. Köhler, César Milstein
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Jaroslav Seifert
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Bishop Desmond Tutu, Desmond Mpilo Tutu
* Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Richard Stone
References
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