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January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon,Burma
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* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile
A government in exile (abbreviated as GiE) is a political group that claims to be a country or semi-sovereign state's legitimate government, but is unable to exercise legal power and instead resides in a foreign country. Governments in exile ...
in Oslo.
* January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia.
** The CIA
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, ...
-sponsored Robertson Panel
The Robertson Panel was a scientific committee which met in January 1953 headed by Howard P. Robertson. The Panel arose from a recommendation to the Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC) in December 1952 from a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) r ...
first meets to discuss the UFO phenomenon.
* January 15 – Georg Dertinger
Georg Dertinger (25 December 1902 – 21 January 1968) was a German politician.
He was born in Berlin into a middle-class Protestant family. Dertinger briefly studied law and economics. After his study he became a journalist and later editor fo ...
, foreign minister of East Germany, is arrested for spying.
* January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into '' I Love Lucy'', to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tune into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken.
* January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
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– Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...
is sworn in
Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon ', also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity. A common legal substitute for those who conscientiously object to making sacred oaths is to giv ...
as the 34th President of the United States.
* 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 Counc ...
** Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising, Mau Mau revolt or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963) between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the ''Mau Mau'', an ...
: Rebels in Kenya kill the Ruck family (father, mother, and six-year-old son).
** Leader of East Germany Walter Ulbricht
Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht (; 30 June 18931 August 1973) was a German communist politician. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and later (after spending the years of Nazi rule in ...
announces that agriculture will be collectivized
Collective farming and communal farming are various types of, "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise". There are two broad types of communal farms: agricultural cooperatives, in which member- ...
in East Germany.
* January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the ...
–February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn
The (First) Peace of Thorn w ...
– The North Sea flood of 1953
The 1953 North Sea flood was a major flood caused by a heavy storm surge that struck the Netherlands, north-west Belgium, England and Scotland. Most sea defences facing the surge were overwhelmed, causing extensive flooding.
The storm and fl ...
kills 1,836 people in the southwestern Netherlands (especially Zeeland
, nl, Ik worstel en kom boven("I struggle and emerge")
, anthem = "Zeeuws volkslied"("Zeelandic Anthem")
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), 307 in the United Kingdom, and several hundred at sea, including 133 on the ferry in the Irish Sea.
February
*February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn
The (First) Peace of Thorn w ...
– The surge of the North Sea flood continues from the previous day.
* February 3 – Batepá massacre
Batepá is a village on São Tomé Island in São Tomé and Príncipe. Its population is 775 (2012 census).creoles, known as ''forros'', are massacred in São Tomé, by the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners.
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* January 1 – Gary Johnson, American businessman, politician and 29th Governor of New Mexico
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* August 1
** Robert Cray, American musician
** Steven Krasner, American sportswriter
* August 2 – Butch Patrick, American child actor and musician
* August 4 – Antonio Tajani, Italian politician, President of the European Parliament
* August 5
** András Ligeti, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d.
* October 1
** Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete (d. 2011)
** Klaus Wowereit, German politician
* October 2 – Brandon Wilson (writer), Brandon Wilson, American author and explorer
* October 4 – Kerry Sherman, American actress
* October 7 – Tico Torres, American Drummer (Bon Jovi)
* October 9 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor
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* November 1
**Darrell Issa, American businessman and Congressman
** Susan Tse, Hong Kong actress and opera singer
** Bruce Poliquin, American politician
* November 2 – Tom Lyle, American comics artist (d.
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* January 1
** Maksim Purkayev, Soviet general (b. 1894)
** Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1923)
* January 2 – Guccio Gucci, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
* January 4
** Arthur Hoyt, American actor (b. 1874)
** Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Japanese prince (b. 1902)
* January 5 – Mitchell Hepburn, Canadian politician, 11th Premier of Ontario (b. 1896)
* January 7
**Henry Diesen, Norwegian admiral (b. 1883)
**Martin and Osa Johnson, Osa Johnson, American adventurer and documentary filmmaker (b. 1894)
* January 8 – Charles Edward Merriam, American political scientist (b. 1874)
* January 9 – Madame le Corbeau (Marguerite Pitre), Canadian murderer (b. 1909) (hanged)
* January 13 – Edward Marsh (polymath), Sir Edward Marsh, English polymath and civil servant (b. 1872)
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* May 1 – Everett Shinn, American painter (b. 1876)
* May 8 – Anna Rüling, German journalist, "the first known lesbian activist" (b. 1880)
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* August 1 – Jānis Mendriks, Soviet Roman Catholic priest (b. 1907)
* August 11 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver (b. 1892)
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* September 2 – Jonathan M. Wainwright (general), Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883)
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* October 3 – Arnold Bax, Sir Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1887)
* October 6 – Porter Hall, American actor (b. 1888)
* October 8
** Nigel Bruce, British character actor (b. 1895)
** Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto (b.
* November 5 – Harry A. Marmer, Ukrainian-born American mathematician and oceanographer (b. 1885)
* November 8
** Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
** John van Melle, Dutch-born author (b. 1883)
* November 9
** Louise DeKoven Bowen, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1859)
** King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia (b. 1875)
** Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
* November 16 – T. F. O'Rahilly, Irish academic (b. 1882)
* November 18 – Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer (b. 1901)
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* December – Seth Weeks, African-American jazz mandolinist, composer, arranger and bandleader (b. 1868)
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February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ...
– Walt Disney's feature film '' Peter Pan'' premieres.
* February 11
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...
refuses a clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) and Ethel Rosenberg (; September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. The couple were convicted of providing top-secret i ...
.
** The Soviet Union breaks diplomatic relations with Israel, after a bomb explosion at the Soviet Embassy, in reaction to the ' Doctors' plot'.
* February 12 – The Nordic Council is inaugurated.
* February 13 – Transsexual Christine Jorgensen
Christine Jorgensen (May 30, 1926 – May 3, 1989) was an American trans woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery. She had a career as a successful actress, singer and rec ...
returns to New York after successful sex reassignment surgery in Denmark.
* February 19 – Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
* February 25 – Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati (; born Jacques Tatischeff, ; 9 October 1907 – 5 November 1982) was a French mime, film-maker, actor and screenwriter. In an ''Entertainment Weekly'' poll of the Greatest Movie Directors, he was voted the 46th greatest of all time ...
's film, ''Les Vacances de M. Hulot
''Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot'' (french: Les Vacances de M. Hulot; released as ''Monsieur Hulot's Holiday'' in the US) is a 1953 French comedy film starring and directed by Jacques Tati. It introduced the pipe-smoking, well-meaning but clumsy ...
'', is released in France, introducing the ''gauche'' character of Monsieur Hulot.
* February 28
Events Pre-1600
* 202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
* 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is execute ...
** James Watson and Francis Crick of the University of Cambridge announce their discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule.
** Greece, Turkey, and Yugoslavia sign the Balkan Pact
The Balkan Pact, or Balkan Entente, was a treaty signed by Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia on 9 February 1934
.
March
*March 1
Events Pre-1600
* 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Diocletian ...
** Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke, after an all-night dinner with Soviet Union interior minister Lavrentiy Beria and future premiers Georgy Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin, and Nikita Khrushchev. The stroke paralyzes the right side of his body and renders him unconscious until his death on March 5.
** Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, (21 March 1889 – 4 July 1963) was a British-born New Zealand soldier and Victoria Cross recipient, who served as the List of Governors-General ...
is made deputy constable and lieutenant governor of Windsor Castle.
* March 6
Events Pre-1600
* 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
* 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
* 845 ...
– Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin, as Premier and First Secretary 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)
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, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
.
* March 8 – The Thieves World, which has been transformed into the Russian mafia
Russian organized crime or Russian mafia (, ), otherwise known as Bratva (), is a collective of various organized crime elements originating in the former Soviet Union. The initialism OPG is Organized Criminal (''prestupnaya'' in Russian) Gr ...
, are freed from prisons by the Malenkov regime, ending the Bitch Wars
The Bitch Wars, or Suka Wars (russian: Сучьи войны , translit= ''Suchyi voyny '' or in singular: russian: Сучья война , translit= ''Suchya voyna''), occurred in the Soviet Gulag labor-camp system between 1945 and 1953, around ...
.
* March 13 – The United Nations Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( , ; 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 196 ...
from Sweden as United Nations Secretary General
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The role of the secretary-g ...
.
* March 14 – Nikita Khrushchev is selected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
* March 17
Events Pre-1600
* 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
* 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...
– The first nuclear test of Operation Upshot–Knothole
Operation Upshot–Knothole was a series of eleven nuclear test shots conducted in 1953 at the Nevada Test Site. It followed '' Operation Ivy'' and preceded '' Operation Castle''.
Over 21,000 soldiers took part in the ground exercise Desert ...
is conducted in Nevada, with 1,620 spectators at .
* March 18
Events Pre-1600
* 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10.
*1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Arab ...
– The Yenice–Gönen earthquake affects western Turkey, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''violent''), causing at least 1,070 deaths, and $3.57 million in damage.
* March 19
Events Pre-1600
* 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.
* 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen end ...
– The 25th Academy Awards
The 25th Academy Awards were held on March 19, 1953 at the RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, and the NBC International Theatre in New York City, to honor the films of 1952. It was the first Oscars ceremony to be televised, the first ceremony ...
Ceremony is held (the first one broadcast on television).
* March 25
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
* 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to ...
– 26 – ''Lari Massacre'' in Kenya: Mau Mau rebels kill up to 150 Kikuyu Kikuyu or Gikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) mostly refers to an ethnic group in Kenya or its associated language.
It may also refer to:
*Kikuyu people, a majority ethnic group in Kenya
*Kikuyu language, the language of Kikuyu people
*Kikuyu, Kenya, a town in Centr ...
natives.
* March 26 – Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
* March 29
Events Pre-1600
* 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
*1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of V ...
– A fire at the Littlefield Nursing Home in Largo, Florida, kills 33 persons, including singer-songwriter Arthur Fields
Arthur Fields (August 6, 1884 – March 29, 1953) was an American singer (baritone) and songwriter.
Biography
He was born Abraham Finkelstein in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but grew up mainly in Utica, New York. He became a professional ...
.
April
* April 7
Events Pre-1600
* 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town.
* 529 – First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Empe ...
– Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( , ; 29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 196 ...
is elected Secretary-General of the United Nations
The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or SG) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
The role of the secretary-g ...
.
* April 8
Events Pre-1600
* 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
*1139 – Rog ...
– Jomo Kenyatta is sentenced to 7 years in prison for the alleged organization of the Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising, Mau Mau revolt or Kenya Emergency, was a war in the British Kenya Colony (1920–1963) between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), also known as the ''Mau Mau'', an ...
in the British Kenya Colony.
* April 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
* 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide.
* 73 – Masad ...
** President Eisenhower delivers his "Chance for Peace" speech, to the National Association of Newspaper Editors.
** The Habar Corporation's building in Chicago, United States, catches fire, killing 35 employees.
* April 25
Events Pre-1600
* 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
* 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ...
– Francis Crick and James Watson publish " Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid", their description of the double helix structure of DNA.
May
* May 2
Events Pre-1600
* 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
*1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
* 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and impris ...
– Hussein
Hussein, Hussain, Hossein, Hossain, Huseyn, Husayn, Husein or Husain (; ar, حُسَيْن ), coming from the triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-i-N ( ar, ح س ی ن, link=no), is an Arabic name which is the diminutive of Hassan, meaning "good", " ...
is crowned King of Jordan.
* May 5 – Aldous Huxley
Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. He wrote nearly 50 books, both novels and non-fiction works, as well as wide-ranging essays, narratives, and poems.
Born into the prominent Huxley ...
first tries the psychedelic hallucinogen mescaline, inspiring his book '' The Doors of Perception''.
* May 9
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
* 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
*1386 – England and Portugal formally r ...
** France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...
, with King Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout his ...
.
** Australian Senate election, 1953: The Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and ...
/ Country Coalition Government, led by Prime Minister Robert Menzies, holds their Senate majority, despite gains made by the Labor Party, led by H. V. Evatt
Herbert Vere Evatt, (30 April 1894 – 2 November 1965) was an Australian politician and judge. He served as a judge of the High Court of Australia from 1930 to 1940, Attorney-General and Minister for External Affairs from 1941 to 1949, and l ...
. This is the first occasion where a Senate election is held without an accompanying House Of Representatives election.
* May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
* 1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across ...
– Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits in the downtown section of Waco, Texas
Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the st ...
, killing 114.
* May 15 – The Standards And Recommended Practices Standard may refer to:
Symbols
* Colours, standards and guidons, kinds of military signs
* Standard (emblem), a type of a large symbol or emblem used for identification
Norms, conventions or requirements
* Standard (metrology), an object ...
(SARPS) for Aeronautical Information Service
The Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) is a service established in support of international civil aviation, whose objective is to ensure the flow of information necessary for the safety, regularity, and efficiency of international air navigatio ...
(AIS) are adopted by the ICAO Council. These SARPS are in Annex 15 to the Chicago Convention, and 15 May is celebrated by the AIS community as "World AIS Day".
* May 18 – At Rogers Dry Lake, Californian Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to exceed Mach 1, in a North American F-86 Sabre at .
* May 25
Events Pre-1600
*567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toled ...
– Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site
The Nevada National Security Site (N2S2 or NNSS), known as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the ...
, the United States conducts its only nuclear artillery
Nuclear artillery is a subset of limited- yield tactical nuclear weapons, in particular those weapons that are launched from the ground at battlefield targets. Nuclear artillery is commonly associated with shells delivered by a cannon, but in ...
test: Upshot-Knothole Grable
Upshot–Knothole ''Grable'' was a nuclear weapons test conducted by the United States as part of Operation Upshot–Knothole. Detonation of the associated nuclear weapon occurred 19 seconds after its deployment at 8:30am PDT (1530 UTC) on May ...
.
* May 29 – 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
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: Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineering, mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropy, philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa people, Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became th ...
from New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay (; ''tendzin norgyé''; perhaps 29 May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. He was one of the first two people known to reach the su ...
from Nepal become the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
June
*June 1
Events Pre-1600
*1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
* 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king ...
– Uprising in Plzeň: Currency reform causes riots in Czechoslovakia.
* June 2
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
* 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601� ...
– Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon
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, at Westminster Abbey.
* June 7
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).
* 879 – Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state.
*1002 – Henry II ...
– Italian general election: the Christian Democracy
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.
It was conceived as a combination of modern Democracy, d ...
party wins a plurality in both legislative houses.
* June 7
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).
* 879 – Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state.
*1002 – Henry II ...
- 9 – Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A single storm-system spawns 46 tornadoes of various sizes, in 10 states from Colorado to Massachusetts, over 3 days, killing 246.
* June 8
** On the second day of the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence, a tornado kills 115 in Flint, Michigan; it will be the last to claim more than 100 lives, until the 2011 Joplin tornado
A devastating EF5-rated multiple-vortex tornado struck Joplin, Missouri on the evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011. Part of a larger late-May tornado outbreak, the tornado touched down just west of Joplin and intensified very quickly, reaching a ...
.
** Austria and the Soviet Union open diplomatic relations.
* June 9
Events Pre-1600
*411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
* 53 – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
* 68 – Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's ''Aeneid'', thus ending the Ju ...
** On the third day of the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence, a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado the day before hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.
** CIA
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Technical Services Staff
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The Office of Technical Service (OTS; formerly known as the ''Technical Services Division'' and ''Technical Services Staff'') is a component of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,Central Intelligence Agency press releaseCIA's Office of ...
head Sidney Gottlieb
Sidney Gottlieb (August 3, 1918 – March 7, 1999) was an American chemist and spymaster who headed the Central Intelligence Agency's 1950s and 1960s assassination attempts and mind-control program, known as Project MKUltra.
Early years and ...
approves of the use of LSD in an MKUltra subproject.
* June 13
Events Pre-1600
* 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.
*1325 – Ibn Battu ...
– Hungarian Prime Minister Mátyás Rákosi is replaced by Imre Nagy.
* June 17 – Workers' Uprising in East Germany: The Soviet Union orders a Division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
* June 18
Events Pre-1600
* 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
* 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
* 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of abo ...
** Egypt declares itself a republic.
** Tachikawa air disaster
The occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, June 18, 1953 when a United States Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed three minutes after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board. At the time, the cr ...
: A United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
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The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF ...
crashes just after takeoff from Tachikawa Airfield
is an airfield in the city of Tachikawa, the western part of Tokyo, Japan. Currently under the administration of the Ministry of Defense, it has also served as the civil aviation with Japan's first scheduled air service.
History
Origins
Tach ...
near Tokyo, Japan, killing all 129 people on board in the worst air crash in history up to this time, and the first with a confirmed death toll exceeding 100.
* June 30 – The first roll-on/roll-off
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ferry crossing of the English Channel, Dover–Boulogne
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, takes place.
July
*July 3
Events Pre-1600
* 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
* 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolu ...
– The first ascent
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of Nanga Parbat in the Pakistan Himalayas, the world's ninth highest mountain, is made by Austrian climber Hermann Buhl
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Earl ...
alone on the German–Austrian expedition.
* July 9
Events Pre-1600
* 118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.
* 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...
– The U.S. Treasury formally renames the Bureau of Internal Revenue; the new name (which had previously been used informally) is the Internal Revenue Service.
* July 10 – The Soviet official newspaper '' Pravda'' announces that Lavrentiy Beria has been deposed as head of the NKVD.
* July 17
Events Pre-1600
* 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
* 1048 – Damas ...
– The greatest recorded loss of United States midshipmen in a single event results from an aircraft crash near NAS Whiting Field.
* July 26 – Fidel Castro and his brother lead a disastrous assault on the Moncada Barracks, preliminary to the Cuban Revolution.
* July 27 – The Korean War ends, with the Korean Armistice Agreement
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: The United Nations Command (Korea) (United States), People's Republic of China and North Korea sign an armistice
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agreement at Panmunjom, and the north remains communist, while the south remains capitalist
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.
August
* August 5 –Operation Big Switch
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: Prisoners of war are repatriated to the United States after the Korean War.
* August 8
Events Pre-1600
* 685 BC – Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as t ...
– Soviet prime minister Georgi Malenkov announces that the Soviet Union has a hydrogen bomb
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.
* August 12
Events Pre-1600
*1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
*1121 – Ba ...
** The 1953 Ionian earthquake
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of magnitude 7.2 totally devastates Cephalonia
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and most of the other Ionian Islands, in Greece's worst natural disaster in centuries.
** Soviet atomic bomb project: " Joe 4", the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon, is detonated at Semipalatinsk Test Site
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, Kazakh SSR
; kk, Қазақ Советтік Социалистік Республикасы)
*1991: Republic of Kazakhstan (russian: Республика Казахстан; kk, Қазақстан Республикасы)
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.
* August 13
Events Pre-1600
* 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
* 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
* 554 – Em ...
– Four million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity
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measures.
* August 15
Events Pre-1600
* 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.
* 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constan ...
– 19 – Cold War: 1953 Iranian coup d'état
The 1953 Iranian coup d'état, known in Iran as the 28 Mordad coup d'état ( fa, کودتای ۲۸ مرداد), was the overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in favor of strengthening the monarchical rule of t ...
– Overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran, Mohammad Mosaddegh
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, by Iranian military in favour of strengthening the monarchical rule of the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, with the support of the United States Central Intelligence Agency
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(as "Operation Ajax") and the United Kingdom.
* August 17
Events Pre-1600
*309/ 310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike.
* 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.
* 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
– The first planning session of Narcotics Anonymous is held in Southern California (see October 5
Events Pre-1600
* 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
* 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
* 869 – The Fourth Co ...
).
* August 20
Events Pre-1600
*AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile.
* 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take contro ...
– The French government ousts King Mohammed V of Morocco, and exiles him to Corsica
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.
* August 22
Events Pre-1600
* 392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
* 851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
*1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scot ...
– The last prisoners are repatriated from Devil's Island to France.
* August 25
Events Pre-1600
* 19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to ...
– The French general strike ends.
* August – High Arctic relocation
The High Arctic relocation (french: La délocalisation du Haut-Arctique, iu, ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥᐅᑦᑕ ᓅᑕᐅᓂᖏᑦ, Quttiktumut nuutauningit) took place during the Cold War in the 1950s, when 92 Inuit were moved by the Government of Ca ...
of Inuit families by the Government of Canada.
September
* September 4 – The discovery of REM sleep is first published, by researchers Eugene Aserinsky and Nathaniel Kleitman. *September 5
Events Pre-1600
* 917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.
*1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava
*1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Hen ...
– The United Nations
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rejects the Soviet Union's suggestion to accept the People's Republic of China as a member.
* 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 – Thi ...
– Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet
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Central Committee.
* September 23 – The Pact of Madrid
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is signed by Francoist Spain and the United States of America, ending a period of virtual isolation for Spain.
* September 25 – The first German prisoners of war return from the Soviet Union to West Germany.
* September 26
Events
Pre-1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
* 715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
* 1087 – William II is c ...
– Rationing of sugar ends in the UK.
October
*October
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– The UNIVAC 1103 is the first commercial computer to use random-access memory.
* October 5
Events Pre-1600
* 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
* 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
* 869 – The Fourth Co ...
** Earl Warren is appointed Chief Justice of the United States, by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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.
** The first meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held (the first planning session was held August 17).
* October 6 – UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, is made a permanent specialized agency of the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...
.
* October 9
** West German federal election, 1953
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This elections were the last before Saarland joined West Germany ...
: Konrad Adenauer
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is re-elected as German chancellor.
** Fearing communist influence in British Guiana
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The first European to encounter Guiana was ...
, the British Government suspends the constitution, declares a state of emergency
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, and militarily occupies the colony.
* October 10
Events Pre-1600
* 680 – The Battle of Karbala marks the Martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.
* 732 – Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.
*1471 – Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the ...
** Roland (Monty) Burton
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London to Christchurch air race
Flight Lieutenant Burton became the first man ...
wins the 1953 London to Christchurch air race
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, in under 23 hours flying time.
** The Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea
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is concluded in Washington, D.C.
* October 12
Events Pre-1600
*539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
* 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance u ...
– The play ''The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
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Wouk's novel covered a long stretch of time a ...
'' opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York.
* October 22
Events Pre-1600
* 451 – The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council.
* 794 – Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heian-kyō (now ...
– Laos becomes independent from France.
* October 23 – Alto Broadcasting System
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in the Philippines makes the first television broadcast in southeast Asia, through DZAQ-TV
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. Alto Broadcasting System is the predecessor of what will later become ABS-CBN Corporation
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.
* October 30
Events Pre-1600
* 637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
* 758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
* 1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats R ...
– Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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formally approves the top secret document of the United States National Security Council
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NSC 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.
November
* November 5 – David Ben-Gurion resigns as prime minister of Israel. * November 9 **Cambodia
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becomes independent from France.
** The Laotian Civil War begins between the Kingdom of Laos
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and the Pathet Lao
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, all the while resuming the First Indochina War
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against the French Army in a Two-front war.
* November 20
** The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket
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, piloted by Scott Crossfield
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, becomes the first manned aircraft to reach Mach
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2.
** Authorities at the Natural History Museum, London announce that the skull of Piltdown Man
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(allegedly an early human discovered in 1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
) is a hoax.
* November 20– 22 – First Indochina War
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: Operation Castor
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– In a massive airborne operation in Vietnam, French forces establish a base at Điện Biên Phủ
Điện Biên Phủ (, meaning: ''Established Frontier Prefecture''), is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occ ...
.
* 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.)
* 23 ...
– Puerto Williams
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is founded in Chile, as the southernmost settlement of the world.
* November 25 – Match of the Century (1953 England v Hungary football match): The England national football team loses 6–3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium, their first ever loss to a continental team at home.
* November 29
Events Pre-1600
* 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
* 618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over ...
– First Indochina War
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: Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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– French paratrooper
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s consolidate their position at Điện Biên Phủ
Điện Biên Phủ (, meaning: ''Established Frontier Prefecture''), is a city in the northwestern region of Vietnam. It is the capital of Điện Biên Province. The city is best known for the decisive Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, which occ ...
.
* November 30 – Kabaka crisis: Edward Mutesa II, the ''kabaka
the kabaka Palace in kireka
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'' (king) of Buganda
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, is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
December
*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 followi ...
– The United Kingdom and Iran reform diplomatic relations.
* December 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
*1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
*1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba for gold (wh ...
– With the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Toscanini
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performs what he claims is his favorite Beethoven
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symphony, '' Eroica'', for the last time. The live performance is broadcast across the United States on radio, and later released on records and CD.
* December 7
Events Pre-1600
*43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated in Formia on orders of Marcus Antonius.
* 574 – Byzantine Emperor Justin II, suffering recurring seizures of insanity, adopts his general Tiberius and proclaims him ...
– A visit to Iran by American Vice President Richard Nixon sparks several days of riots, as a reaction to the August 19 overthrow of the government of Mohammed Mossadegh by the U.S.-backed Shah. Three students are shot dead by police in Tehran. This event becomes an annual commemoration.
* December 8
Events Pre-1600
* 395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.
* 757 – The poet Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city duri ...
– U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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delivers his ''Atoms for Peace
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The United States then launched an "Atoms for Peace" program that supplied equipment ...
'' address, to the United Nations General Assembly.
* December 17 – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approves color television (using the NTSC standard).
* December 23
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity.
* 558 – Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
* 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
* 962 &ndas ...
– The Soviet Union announces officially that Lavrentiy Beria has been executed.
* December 24
Events Pre-1600
* 502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.
* 640 – Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death.
* 759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, wh ...
– Tangiwai disaster
The Tangiwai disaster occurred at 10:21 p.m. on 24 December 1953 when a railway bridge over the Whangaehu River collapsed beneath an express passenger train at Tangiwai, North Island, New Zealand. The locomotive and the first six carriages ...
: A railway bridge collapses at Tangiwai
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, New Zealand, sending a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River
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; 151 are killed.
* December 25
Events Pre-1600
* 36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China.
* 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurel ...
– The Amami Islands
The The name ''Amami-guntō'' was standardized on February 15, 2010. Prior to that, another name, ''Amami shotō'' (奄美諸島), was also used. is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest o ...
are returned to Japan, after 8 years of United States military occupation.
* December 30
Events
Pre-1600
* 534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire.
* 999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a crus ...
– Ramon Magsaysay becomes the 7th President of the Philippines.
Date unknown
* Globalmeat packing industry
The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock. Poultry is generally ...
JBS is founded in Anapolis, Goias, Brazil.
* China First Building Corporation, as predecessor part of China State Construction Engineering, founded in Beijing.
Births
January
* January 1 – Gary Johnson, American businessman, politician and 29th Governor of New Mexico
* January 4 – George Tenet
George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, as well as a Distinguished Professor in the Pr ...
, American Central Intelligence Agency director
* January 5
** Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
** Mike Rann
Michael David Rann, , (born 5 January 1953) is an Australian former politician who was the 44th premier of South Australia from 2002 to 2011. He was later Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2014, and Australian am ...
, Australian politician
* January 6 – Malcolm Young
Malcolm Mitchell Young (6 January 1953 – 18 November 2017) was an Australian musician who was the co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist and songwriter of AC/DC. Except for a brief absence in 1988, he was with the band from its beginn ...
, Australian musician (d. 2017
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)
* January 10
** Pat Benatar, American rock singer
** Bobby Rahal
Robert Woodward Rahal (born January 10, 1953) is an American former auto racing driver and team owner. As a driver he won three championships and 24 races in the CART open-wheel series, including the 1986 Indianapolis 500. He also won the 2004 a ...
, American race car driver
* January 11 – Eduard Kučera
Eduard Kučera (born 11 January 1953) is a Czech software engineer and an entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of the computer security company Avast along with Pavel Baudiš. Kučera is the 10th wealthiest person in the Czech Republic as of 2022 acc ...
, Czech businessman, co-founder of Avast Software
Avast Software s.r.o. is a Czech multinational cybersecurity software company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic that researches and develops computer security software, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Avast has more than ...
* January 13 – John Wake
John Wake (born 13 February 1953) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Bedfordshire. He was born in Hexham, Northumberland. Attended Bothal CS School and Ashington GS and played cr ...
, English cricketer
* January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Sp ...
– Robert Jay Mathews
Robert Jay Mathews (January 16, 1953 – December 8, 1984) was an American neo-Nazi activist and the leader of The Order, an American white supremacist militant group. He was killed during a shootout with approximately 75 federal law enforce ...
, American neo-Nazi, founder of the terrorist group '' The Order'' (d. 1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...
)
* January 19 – Richard Legendre, Canadian tennis player, politician
* January 20
Events Pre-1600
* 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution.
* 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom.
*1156 &ndash ...
– Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Edward Epstein ( ; January 20, 1953August 10, 2019) was an American sex offender and financier. Epstein, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School in Manhattan, des ...
, American financier and sex offender (d. 2019
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)
* January 21 – Paul Allen, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Microsoft (d. 2018)
* January 22
** Myung-whun Chung, South Korean conductor, pianist
** Jim Jarmusch, American director
* January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
* 1264 &nda ...
– Dušan Nikolić
Dušan Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Николић; 23 January 1953 – 15 December 2018) was a Yugoslav footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types ...
, Yugoslav footballer (d. 2018)
* 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 Counc ...
– Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in (; ; born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean former politician, civil servant and lawyer who served as the 12th president of South Korea between 2017 and 2022. Prior to his presidency, he served as Senior Secretary for Civil Affairs an ...
, 19th President of South Korea
* January 26
** Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen (; born 26 January 1953) is a Danish politician who was the 24th Prime Minister of Denmark from November 2001 to April 2009 and the 12th Secretary General of NATO from August 2009 to October 2014. He became CEO of politi ...
, Prime Minister of Denmark, Secretary General of NATO
The secretary general of NATO is the chief civil servant of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The officeholder is an international diplomat responsible for coordinating the workings of the alliance, leading NATO's international staff ...
** Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter
* January 28 – Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player, executive
* January 29
** Peter Baumann, German keyboard player, songwriter ('' Tangerine Dream'')
** Paulin Bordeleau
Paulin Joseph Bordeleau (born January 29, 1953) is a Canadian-born French former professional ice hockey forward.
Playing career
Born in Noranda, Quebec, Bordeleau started his National Hockey League career with the Vancouver Canucks in 1973. H ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
** Lynne McGranger
Lynne McGranger (born 29 January 1953) is an Australian actress and longest serving female cast member of a television soap opera in Australia, having starred as Irene Roberts on soap opera ''Home and Away'' for over 29 years. She joined the se ...
, Australian actress
** Juan Paredes, Mexican boxer
** Louie Pérez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
** Fred Riebeling
Fredrick Riebeling (born 29 January 1953) is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2008.
Riebeling was born in Bridgetown. Before becoming a member of parliament, he was a ...
, Australian politician
** Grażyna Szmacińska, Polish chess player
** Teresa Teng
Teng Li-Chun (; 29 January 1953 – 8 May 1995), commonly known as Teresa Teng, was a Taiwanese singer, actress, musician and philanthropist. Referred to by some as " Asia's eternal queen of pop," Teng became a cultural icon for her contributi ...
, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995
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)
** Yorie Terauchi, Japanese actress
** Hwang Woo-suk, South Korean veterinarian, academic
* January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the ...
– Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov ( rus, Сергей Борисович Иванов, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof; born 31 January 1953) is a Russian senior official and politician who has served as the Special Representative of ...
, Russian first deputy prime minister and minister of defense
A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in s ...
February
* February 2 – Duane Chapman
Duane Chapman (born February 2, 1953), also known as Dog the Bounty Hunter, is an American television personality, bounty hunter, and former bail bondsman. Note: Some sources give the year as 1953, including
In 1976, Chapman was convicted of f ...
, American bounty hunter
* February 4 – Kitarō
, born (February 4, 1953), is a Japanese recording artist, composer, record producer, and arranger noted for his electronic-instrumental music, and is often associated with and regarded as one of the most prominent musical acts of new-age musi ...
, Japanese New Age musician
* February 7 – Dan Quisenberry
Daniel Raymond "Quiz" Quisenberry (; February 7, 1953 – September 30, 1998) was an American right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played primarily for the Kansas City Royals. Notable for his submarine-style pitching delivery ...
, American baseball player (d. 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
)
* February 8 – Mary Steenburgen, American actress
* February 9
** Ciarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds (; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), '' Persuasion'' (1 ...
, Irish actor
** Rick Wagoner, American automotive executive
* February 10 – June Jones
June Sheldon Jones III (born February 19, 1953) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the Offensive Coordinator of the Seattle Sea Dragons. Jones was the head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from ...
, American quarterback, current NCAA Football head coach at Southern Methodist University
* February 11 – Jeb Bush
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. Bush, who grew up in Houston, was the second son of former President George H. W. Bush a ...
, American politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
* February 12 – Nabil Shaban
Nabil Shaban (born 12 February 1953) is a Jordanian-British actor and writer. He co-founded Graeae—a theatre group which promotes disabled performers. He's best known as the recurring villain Sil in ''Doctor Who''.
Early years and career
S ...
, Jordanian-British actor and writer
* February 14 – Sergey Mironov
Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov (russian: Серге́й Миха́йлович Миро́нов; born 14 February 1953) is a Russian politician. He was Chairman of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, from 2001 to 2011 ...
, Russian statesman, Speaker of the Federation Council
* February 19
**Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
Cristina Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (; born 19 February 1953), often referred to by her initials CFK, is an Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the Vice President of Argentina since 2019. She also served as the President ...
, Argentine lawyer and politician, President of Argentina and Vice President of Argentina
The vice president of Argentina ( es, Vicepresidente de Argentina), officially known as the vice president of the Argentine Nation ( es, Vicepresidente de la Nación Argentina), is the second highest political position in Argentina, and first in ...
** Massimo Troisi, Italian actor, film director (d. 1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
)
* February 20 – Riccardo Chailly, Italian orchestral conductor
* February 21 – William Petersen
William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his role as Gil Grissom in the CBS drama series '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2000–2015), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild A ...
, American actor
* February 22 – Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer, writer and actor (d. 2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
)
* February 25
** José María Aznar, Prime Minister of Spain
** Martin Kippenberger, German artist
* February 26 – Michael Bolton, American singer
* February 27
** Ian Khama
Seretse Khama Ian Khama (born 27 February 1953) is a Botswana politician and former military officer who was the fourth President of the Republic of Botswana from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2018. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence ...
, 4th President of Botswana
The president of the Republic of Botswana is the head of state and the head of government of Botswana, as well as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, according to the Constitution of Botswana.
The president is elected to a five-year t ...
** Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian comedian, actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won three César Awards from four nominations.
Career
She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept piè ...
, Belgian actress, writer and director
* February 28
Events Pre-1600
* 202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
* 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
*1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is execute ...
** Paul Krugman, American economist
** Ricky Steamboat
Richard Henry Blood Sr. (born February 28, 1953), better known by his ring name Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Jim Crockett Promot ...
, American professional wrestler
** Osmo Vänskä
Osmo Antero Vänskä (born 28 February 1953) is a Finnish conductor, clarinetist, and composer.
Biography
Vänskä started his musical career as an orchestral clarinetist with the Turku Philharmonic (1971–76). He then became the principal clar ...
, Finnish orchestral conductor
March
* March 1
Events Pre-1600
* 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Diocletian ...
– Richard Bruton
Richard Bruton (born 15 March 1953) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Bay North since 2016, and previously from 1982 to 2016 for the Dublin North-Central constituency. He is the Chairman of th ...
, Irish politician, economist
* March 3
Events Pre-1600
* 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
* 1575 &nd ...
** Arthur Antunes Coimbra
Arthur Antunes Coimbra (, born 3 March 1953), better known as Zico (), is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. Often called the "White Pelé", he was a creative playmaker, with excellent technical ...
, Brazilian footballer, manager
** Robyn Hitchcock, British singer-songwriter
** Agustí Villaronga, Spanish filmmaker
* March 4
Events Pre-1600
*AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a st ...
** Emilio Estefan, Cuban percussionist
** Rose Laurens
Rose Laurens, previously billed as Rose Merryl (born Rose Podwojny; 4 March 1951 – 29 April 2018), was a French singer-songwriter, known for her 1982 single "Africa", a top-three hit in several European countries."Africa", in various singles ...
, French singer-songwriter (d. 2018)
** Kay Lenz
Kay Ann Lenz (born March 4, 1953) is an American actress. She is the recipient of a Daytime Emmy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a Saturn Award.
Lenz is best known for her title role in the f ...
, American actress
* March 5 – Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner
* March 6
Events Pre-1600
* 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
* 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
* 845 ...
– Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
* March 10 – Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper
* March 11
Events Pre-1600
* 222 – Roman emperor Elagabalus is murdered alongside his mother, Julia Soaemias. He is replaced by his 14-year old cousin, Severus Alexander.
* 843 – Triumph of Orthodoxy: Empress Theodora II restores the ven ...
** László Bölöni
László Bölöni ( ro, Ladislau Bölöni; born 11 March 1953) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Ligue 2 club Metz. He is best known for his time at Sporting CP as a manager where he introduced C ...
, Romanian footballer
** Bernie LaBarge
Bernie LaBarge (born March 11, 1953) is a Canadian performing and session guitarist, an award-winning singer and songwriter, and producer, who has gone on tour and made recordings with Canadian and international artists.
In a wide-ranging care ...
, Canadian guitarist/vocalist
* March 12
** Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen (; born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels in his spare time, both for adults and for young-adult readers. Two of his no ...
, American author
** Ron Jeremy, American pornographic and straight actor, filmmaker and stand-up comedian
** Madhav Kumar Nepal
Madhav Kumar Nepal ( ne, माधवकुमार नेपाल, ; born 6 March 1953), is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as Prime Minister of Nepal from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011 for nearly two years. ...
, Nepalese politician
* March 14 – Johan Ullman, Swedish medical doctor, physicist and inventor
* March 15 – Kumba Iala
Kumba is a metropolitan city in the Meme department, Southwest Region, Western Cameroon, referred as "K-town" in local slang. Kumba is the most developed and largest city in the Meme Department and has attracted people from the local vill ...
, Guinea-Bissauan politician, 3rd President of Guinea-Bissau
This article lists the presidents of Guinea-Bissau, since the establishment of the office of president in 1973.
List of officeholders
;Political parties
;Other factions
;Symbols
Notes
Timeline
Latest election
See also
* Pol ...
(d. 2014)
* March 16
** Bryan Duncan
Bryan Edward Duncan (born March 16, 1953) is an American contemporary Christian music artist. He is known for being lead singer of the group Sweet Comfort Band, solo career, and involvement with the Nehosoul Band. He is currently involved with ...
, American Christian musician
** Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert (; born 16 March 1953) is a French actress. Described as "one of the best actresses in the world", she is known for her portrayals of cold and disdainful characters devoid of morality. She is the recipient of sev ...
, French actress
** Richard Stallman
Richard Matthew Stallman (; born March 16, 1953), also known by his initials, rms, is an American free software movement activist and programmer. He campaigns for software to be distributed in such a manner that its users have the freedom to ...
, American free software proponent
* March 17
Events Pre-1600
* 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
* 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...
– Filemon Lagman
Filemon Castelar Lagman (March 17, 1953 – February 6, 2001), popularly known as Ka Popoy, was a revolutionary socialist and workers' leader in the Philippines. He shares the ideology of Marxism-Leninism. He split with the Communist Party of t ...
, Filipino revolutionary (d. 2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
)
* March 18
Events Pre-1600
* 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10.
*1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Arab ...
– Takashi Yoshimatsu
is a Japanese classical music composer. He is well known for composing the 2003 remake of ''Astro Boy''.
Biography
Yoshimatsu was born and raised in Yoyogi, Tokyo. He did not receive formal musical training while growing up. Yoshimatsu was a fa ...
, Japanese composer
* March 19
Events Pre-1600
* 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.
* 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen end ...
– Lenín Moreno
Lenín Voltaire Moreno Garcés (; born 19 March 1953) is an Ecuadorian politician who served as the 46th president of Ecuador, from 2017 to 2021. Moreno was vice president from 2007 to 2013, serving under President Rafael Correa.
He was nominat ...
, Ecuadorian politician, 44th President of Ecuador
* March 20 – Sándor Csányi, Hungarian business executive, banker
* March 23
Events Pre-1600
*1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official.
*1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last rel ...
– Chaka Khan
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (), is an American singer. Her career has spanned more than five decades, beginning in the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus. Known as the " Qu ...
, African-American soul singer
* March 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
* 1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margat ...
– Mathias Richling
Mathias Richling (born 24 March 1953 in Waiblingen) is a German actor, author, comedian and Kabarett artist.
Richling studied literature, music and theatre. From 1989 to 1996 he had a program called ''Jetzt schlägt's Richling'' on the German T ...
, German comedian
* March 26
** Lincoln Chafee, American politician
** Elaine Chao, American politician, wife of Senator Mitch McConnell
* March 28
Events Pre-1600
*AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
* 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didiu ...
– Melchior Ndadaye
Melchior Ndadaye (28 March 1953 – 21 October 1993) was a Burundian intellectual and politician. He was the first democratically elected and first Hutu president of Burundi after winning the landmark 1993 election. Though he moved to attempt to ...
, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993
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)
April
* 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. Joh ...
** Jim Allister, Irish politician
** Rosemary Bryant Mariner
Captain Rosemary Bryant Mariner (née Bryant; formerly Conatser; April 2, 1953 – January 24, 2019) was an American pilot and one of the first six women to earn their wings as a United States Naval Aviator in 1974.
She was the first female m ...
, American naval aviator (d. 2019
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)
* April 3
Events Pre-1600
* 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul.
*1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
* 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created.
* ...
** Sandra Boynton
Sandra Keith Boynton (born April 3, 1953) is an American humorist, songwriter, director, music producer, children's author, and illustrator. Boynton has written and illustrated over seventy-five books for children and seven general audience books ...
, American author, songwriter and illustrator
** Russ Francis
Russell Ross Francis (born April 3, 1953) is a former American football player who was a tight end for thirteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers.
Francis finished his ...
, American football player
* April 4
Events Pre-1600
*503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
* 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
* 611 – ...
– Robert Bertrand
Robert "Bob" Bertrand (April 4, 1953 – May 17, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He was born in Fort-Coulonge, Quebec.
Bertrand was a federal member of Parliament for the riding of Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle. He ran and won in the 1993, 1 ...
, Canadian politician
* April 6
Events Pre–1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus.
* 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia.
*132 ...
– Andy Hertzfeld
Andrew Jay Hertzfeld (born April 6, 1953) is an American software engineer and innovator who was a member of the original Apple Macintosh development team during the 1980s. After buying an Apple II in January 1978, he went to work for Appl ...
, American computer programmer
* April 9 – John Howard, English singer-songwriter
* April 10 – Heiner Lauterbach
Heiner Lauterbach (; born 10 April 1953) is a German actor.
Life and work
Heiner Lauterbach was married to German actress Katja Flint who is the mother of his son Oscar (*1988). Later he had a relationship with Jenny Elvers. Since 7 Septem ...
, German actor
* April 11
Events Pre-1600
* 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
*1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
*1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrares ...
** Guy Verhofstadt
Guy Maurice Marie Louise Verhofstadt (; ; born 11 April 1953) is a Belgian politician who was the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe from 2009 to 2019, and has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Belgium ...
, Prime Minister of Belgium
** Andrew Wiles
Sir Andrew John Wiles (born 11 April 1953) is an English mathematician and a Royal Society Research Professor at the University of Oxford, specializing in number theory. He is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem, for which he was awar ...
, British-born mathematician
* 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 du ...
– Stephen Byers, English Labour Party politician, Secretary of State for Transport
* April 14
Events Pre-1600
*43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
* 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho i ...
– Eric Tsang, Hong Kong actor
* April 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1457 BC – Battle of Megido - the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.
* 69 – Defeated by Vitellius' troops at Bedriacum, Otho commits suicide.
* 73 – Masad ...
** Peter Garrett, Australian musician, politician
** J. Neil Schulman
Joseph Neil Schulman (; April 16, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American novelist who wrote ''Alongside Night'' (published 1979) and ''The Rainbow Cadenza'' (published 1983) which both received the Prometheus Award, a libertarian science ficti ...
, American writer, activist
* April 17 – Linda Martin
Linda Martin (born 27 March 1952) is an Irish singer and television presenter. She is best known as the winner of the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest during which she represented Ireland with the song " Why Me?". She is also known within Irela ...
, Irish singer, television presenter and 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 pri ...
1992 winner
* April 18 – Rick Moranis, Canadian actor
* 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 ...
– Ruby Wax, American-born British-based performer
* April 20
Events Pre-1600
*1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.
1601–1900
*1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament.
*1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a ...
– Sebastian Faulks
Sebastian Charles Faulks (born 20 April 1953) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – '' The Girl at the Lion d'Or'', ''Birdsong'' and '' Charlotte Gray''. He has also pub ...
, British novelist
* April 22
Events Pre-1600
*1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
*1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico.
*1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern hem ...
– Juhani Komulainen
Juhani Komulainen (born April 22, 1953, in Jämsänkoski, Finland) is a Finnish composer of modern classical music. He lives in Helsinki.
Biography
Juhani Komulainen has studied composition at the University of Miami in the U.S., and with Einoju ...
, Finnish composer
* April 24
Events Pre-1600
*1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
* 1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ma ...
– Eric Bogosian
Eric Bogosian ( hy, Էրիկ Բոգոսյան; ; born April 24, 1953) is an American actor, playwright, monologuist, novelist, and historian. Descended from Armenian American immigrants, he grew up in Watertown and Woburn, Massachusetts, and a ...
, American actor, playwright, monologist and novelist
* April 25
Events Pre-1600
* 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
* 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ...
– Ron Clements
Ronald Francis Clements (born April 25, 1953) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He often collaborates with fellow director John Musker and is best known for writing and directing the Disney films ''The Grea ...
, American animation director, producer
* April 28
Events Pre-1600
* 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
* 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory o ...
** Roberto Bolaño, Chilean author (d. 2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...
)
** Kim Gordon, American rock musician
* April 29
Events Pre-1600
*1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
*1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and beco ...
** Nikolai Budarin, Russian cosmonaut
** Bill Drummond
William Ernest Drummond (born 29 April 1953) is a Scottish artist, musician, writer, and record producer. He was a co-founder of the late-1980s avant-garde pop group the KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with wh ...
, South African-born British artist and musician ( The KLF, K Foundation etc.)
* April 30 – Merrill Osmond, American pop singer
May
* May 2
Events Pre-1600
* 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
*1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great.
* 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and impris ...
** Valery Gergiev
Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company d ...
, Russian-Ossetian conductor
** Jamaal Wilkes
Jamaal Abdul-Lateef (born Jackson Keith Wilkes; May 2, 1953), better known as Jamaal Wilkes, is an American former basketball player who was a small forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A three-time NBA All-Star, he won four NBA ...
, American basketball player
* May 3
Events Pre-1600
* 752 – Mayan king Bird Jaguar IV of Yaxchilan in modern-day Chiapas, Mexico, assumes the throne.
*1481 – The largest of three earthquakes strikes the island of Rhodes and causes an estimated 30,000 casualties.
...
** Salman Hashimikov, Soviet
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 nationa ...
heavyweight
Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling.
Boxing Professional
Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wor ...
wrestler
** Gary Young, American musician ( Pavement, Gary Young's Hospital)
* May 5
** Ibrahim Zakzaky
Ibraheem Yaqoub El-Zakzaky (alternately Ibraheem Zakzaky, Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky; born 5 May 1953) is a Nigerian religious leader. He is an imprisoned outspoken and prominent Shi'a Muslim leader in Nigeria. He is the head of Nigeria's Islamic Movem ...
, Nigerian Shia-Islam cleric
** Dieter Zetsche
Dieter Zetsche (; born on 5 May 1953) is a German engineer and business executive. He is the chairman of TUI AG. He was the chairman of the board of management of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz until 22 May 2019, a role he had held since 20 ...
, German auto executive
* May 6
Events Pre-1600
*1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
*1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Spani ...
** Aleksandr Akimov
Aleksandr Fyodorovich Akimov (russian: Александр Фёдорович Акимов; 6 May 1953 – 11 May 1986) was a Soviet engineer who was the supervisor of the shift that worked at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Unit 4 on t ...
, Soviet engineer who was the shift supervisor during the events of the Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is one of only two nucl ...
(d. 1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
**Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
** Spain and Portugal ent ...
)
** Tony Blair
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He previously served as Leader of th ...
, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
** Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer, manager
** Lynn Whitfield
Lynn Whitfield (''née'' Smith; born February 15, 1953) is an American actress. She began her acting career in television and theatre before progressing to supporting roles in film. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a ...
, African-American actress
* May 7
Events Pre-1600
* 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch.
* 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I im ...
– Ian McKay, British soldier ( VC recipient) (d. 1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., U ...
)
* May 8
** Billy Burnette
Dorsey William Burnette III (born May 8, 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was part of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1987 to 1995. Burnette also had a brief career in acting.
Family ba ...
, American musician
** Alex Van Halen
Alexander Arthur Van Halen (; born May 8, 1953) is an American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the rock band Van Halen. The band was formed in 1972 by Alex Van Halen, his younger brother Eddie, David Lee Roth, and Mark S ...
, Dutch-born American rock musician
* May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
* 1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route across ...
– David Gest
David Alan Gest (May 11, 1953 – April 12, 2016) was an American producer and television personality. Gest founded the American Cinema Awards Foundation in 1983. He produced the television special '' Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebrati ...
, American entertainer, producer and television personality (d. 2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh c ...
)
* May 14
** Michael Hebranko, American exemplar of morbid/mortal obesity (d. 2013
File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...
)
** Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
* May 15
** George Brett, American Major League Baseball player
** Mike Oldfield
Mike may refer to:
Animals
* Mike (cat), cat and guardian of the British Museum
* Mike the Headless Chicken, chicken that lived for 18 months after his head had been cut off
* Mike (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee featured in several books and documen ...
, English composer ('' Tubular Bells'')
* May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
* 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 13 ...
** Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
** Richard Page
Richard Lewis Page (born 22 February 1941) is a former Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and from December 1979 to 2005.
Early life
Born the son of Victor Charles Page, he went to the independent Hu ...
, American musician
* May 17 – Luca Prodan
Luca Prodan (17 May 1953 – 22 December 1987) was an Italian- Argentinian musician and singer who rose to fame as the leading vocalist of Sumo, one of the most influential rock bands of Argentina,''Argentina Independent''Lo de Luca: Homage to a ...
, Italian–Scottish musician and singer (d. 1987
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...
)
* May 19
Events
Pre-1600
* 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
* 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected.
* 1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.
* 1445 ...
– Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director.
Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over se ...
, English comic performer (d. 2016
File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh c ...
)
* May 20 – Robert Doyle
Robert Keith Bennett Doyle (born 20 May 1953) is an Australian politician who was the 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, elected on 30 November 2008 until he resigned on 4 February 2018 amidst allegations of sexual harassment. He was previously ...
, Australian politician
* May 21 – Jim Devine
James Devine (born 21 May 1953) is a former Member of Parliament. He was the Labour Party member for Livingston from 2005 until 2010 and Chairman of the Scottish Labour Party between 1994 and 1995.
On 16 June 2009, following the 2009 expense ...
, British politician
* May 23
Events Pre-1600
*1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
*1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
*1533 – The marriage of King Henry VIII ...
– Agathe Uwilingiyimana
Agathe Uwilingiyimana (; 23 May 1953 – 7 April 1994), sometimes known as Madame Agathe, was a Rwandan political figure. She served as Prime Minister of Rwanda from 18 July 1993 until her assassination on 7 April 1994, during the opening stages ...
, 4th Prime Minister of Rwanda (d. 1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
)
* May 24 – Alfred Molina
Alfred Molina (born Alfredo Molina; 24 May 1953) is a British-American actor known for his work on the stage and screen. He first rose to prominence in the West End, earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Pl ...
, English actor
* May 26
Events Pre-1600
* 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
* 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire tak ...
** Kay Hagan
Janet Kay Hagan (née Ruthven; May 26, 1953 – October 28, 2019) was an American lawyer, banking executive, and politician who served as a United States Senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, she previ ...
, American lawyer, banking executive and politician (d. 2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
** Michael Portillo, English politician
* May 29
** Aleksandr Abdulov
Aleksandr Gavrilovich AbdulovАбдулов Г. Д.
Ферганский г� ...
, Russian actor (d. Ферганский г� ...
2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
)
** Danny Elfman, American composer
* 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 kilometre ...
– Colm Meaney
Colm J. Meaney (; ga, Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor known for playing Miles O'Brien in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994) and '' Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' (1993–1999). He has guest-starred on many T ...
, Irish actor
* May 31 – Kathie Sullivan, American singer
June
* June 1
Events Pre-1600
*1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
* 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king ...
** David Berkowitz
David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco, June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight shootings that began in New York City on July 29, 1976.
Berkowitz ...
, American serial killer
** Diana Canova
Diana Canova (born June 1, 1953) is an American actress, director, and professor. She is best known for her role as Corinne Tate on ''Soap'' (1977-1980).
Early life
Canova was born Diane Canova Rivero in West Palm Beach, Florida, to actress an ...
, American actress, adjunct professor
* June 2
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.
* 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601� ...
** Keith Allen, British actor
** Cornel West
Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, actor, and public intellectual. The grandson of a Baptist minister, West focuses on the role of race, gender, and class in American society a ...
, African-American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author
* June 3
Events Pre-1600
* 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators.
* 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...
– Erland Van Lidth De Jeude
Erland Philip Peter Van Lidth De Jeude (June 3, 1953 – September 23, 1987) was a Dutch-American actor, opera singer, and amateur wrestler.
Early life and education
Van Lidth De Jeude was born in Hilversum, the Netherlands, and came to the ...
, Dutch-born wrestler, opera singer and actor (d. 1987
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...
)
* June 4
Events Pre-1600
*1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries.
*1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathedra ...
** Paul De Meo
Paul James De Meo (June 4, 1953 – February 26, 2018) was an American screenwriter and producer for film, television and video games. He frequently worked with Danny Bilson. Together, they wrote '' Eliminators'' (1986), '' The Rocketeer'' (1991) ...
, American screenwriter, producer (d. 2018)
** Susumu Ojima
is a Japanese entrepreneur who was a founder and chairman of Huser Co., Ltd.
Biography
In 1953, he was born in Shikama, Kami District, Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture h ...
, Japanese entrepreneur
* 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 of Salerno.
* 1288 ...
– Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer
* June 7
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Emperor Theodosius II marries Aelia Eudocia at Constantinople (Byzantine Empire).
* 879 – Pope John VIII recognizes the Duchy of Croatia under Duke Branimir as an independent state.
*1002 – Henry II ...
** Johnny Clegg
Jonathan Paul Clegg, (7 June 195316 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist, some of whose work was in musicology focused on the music of indigenous South African people ...
, South African Zulu musician and anthropologist (d. 2019
File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...
)
** Dougie Donnelly
Douglas Donnelly (born 7 June 1953) is a Scottish television personality best known for presenting sports coverage.
Career
Donnelly was born in Glasgow, where he began his career with Radio Clyde in the 1970s, presenting the top-rated Mid Morni ...
, Scottish television broadcaster
* June 8 – Ivo Sanader, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
* June 10 – John Edwards
Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents Geor ...
, American politician
* June 11
Events Pre-1600
* 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle ...
** Peter Bergman
Peter Michael Bergman (born June 11, 1953) is an American actor best known for his portrayals on soap operas, such as Cliff Warner on ''All My Children'' (1979–89) on ABC as well as Jack Abbott on ''The Young and the Restless'' (1989–pres ...
, American actor
** Barbara Minty
Barbara Minty (born June 11, 1953), also known as Barbara Minty McQueen, is a former fashion model who was the third wife and widow of American film star Steve McQueen.
Biography
Minty was born in Seattle, Washington, and spent several years growi ...
, American model
* June 12 – Michael Donovan
Michael Donovan is a Canadian voice actor and director known for his roles as Suikotsu in ''Inuyasha'' and Zoken Mato in ''Fate/stay night''. He has also directed many animated series and feature films.
Roles
Animation
* ''3-2-1 Penguins!''K ...
, Canadian voice actor
* June 13
Events Pre-1600
* 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.
*1325 – Ibn Battu ...
** Tim Allen, American actor, comedian ('' Home Improvement'')
** Atso Almila Atso Almila (born 13 June 1953, in Helsinki 1) is a Finnish orchestral conductor, music director, composer, trombonist and teacher.
He has worked with most Finnish orchestras as a guest conductor or otherwise. Though he primarily operates in Fin ...
, Finnish conductor, composer
*June 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1158 – The city of Munich is founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar.
* 1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France takes the city of Winchester, abandoned by John, King of England, and soon ...
– Hana Laszlo
Hana Laszlo ( he, חנה לסלאו; born 14 June 1953) is an Israeli actress, television presenter and comedian. In 2005, she won a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film '' Free Zone''. She has also receiv ...
, Israeli actress and comedian
* June 15
**Antonia Rados
Antonia Rados (born 15 June 1953 in Klagenfurt, Carinthia) is an Austrian television journalist working for RTL Television since 1993.
Nowadays a political scientist with a PhD, Rados began her career in 1978 at ORF. Working as a foreign corresp ...
, Austrian television journalist
**Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, si ...
, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Paramount leader of China
* June 20
Events Pre-1600
* 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
*1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
– Ulrich Mühe
Friedrich Hans Ulrich Mühe (; 20 June 1953 – 22 July 2007) was a German film, television and theatre actor. He played the role of Hauptmann (Captain) Gerd Wiesler in the Oscar-winning film '' Das Leben der Anderen'' (''The Lives of Others'', 20 ...
, German actor (d. 2007
File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ...
)
* June 21
Events Pre-1600
* 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date).
* 1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khagan of the Mo ...
– Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...
, Prime Minister of Pakistan
The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Pakis ...
(d. 2007
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)
* June 22
Events Pre-1600
* 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
*168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus ...
** Wim Eijk
Willem Jacobus "Wim" Eijk (born 22 June 1953) is a Dutch prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal since 2012. He has been the Metropolitan Archbishop of Utrecht since 2007. He was Bishop of Groningen-Leeuwarden from 1999 to 2007. Before his c ...
, Dutch archbishop
** Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper Thornton (born June 22, 1953) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and activist. Her career has spanned over 40 years. Her album ''She's So Unusual'' (1983) was the first debut album by a female artist to achi ...
, American singer (''Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
"Girls Just Want to Have Fun" is a song written, recorded and performed by American musician Robert Hazard, who released it as a single in 1979. It is best known for the version of American singer Cyndi Lauper, who covered the song in 1983. It ...
'')
*June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
*1280 – The Spanish Re ...
**Vincenzo Di Nicola
Vincenzo Di Nicola is an Italian-Canadian psychologist, psychiatrist and family therapist, and philosopher of mind.
Di Nicola is a tenured Full Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry & Addiction Medicine at the University of Montreal, where he ...
, Italian-Canadian psychologist, psychiatrist and philosopher
* June 24 – Ivo Lill
Ivo Lill (24 June 1953 – 4 August 2019) was an Estonian glass artist.
Early life and education
Ivo Lill was born in Tallinn to Felix Lill and Asta Lill (''née'' Multer). His father was arrested by Soviet authorities and spent several years se ...
, Estonian artist
* June 29
** Don Dokken
Donald Maynard Dokken (born June 29, 1953) is an American singer and musician. He's best known for being the lead singer, occasional guitarist, and founder of the glam metal band Dokken. He is known for his vibrato-laden, melodic vocal style whi ...
, American rock singer, musician
** Colin Hay
Colin James Hay (born 29 June 1953) is a Scottish-Australian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of the band Men at Work, and later as a solo artist. Hay's music ha ...
, Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter ('' Men at Work'')
** Ingo Kühl
Ingo Kühl (born 29 June 1953) is a German painter, sculptor and architect.
Life
Grown up in Bovenau near Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein as a son of a policeman, Ingo Kühl attended the Theodor-Storm-Realschule in Hanerau-Hademarschen. Af ...
, German painter, sculptor and architect
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 ...
** Pat Donovan
Patrick Emery Donovan (born July 1, 1953) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football at Stanford University. ''Sports Illustrated'' named him the fourt ...
, American football offensive lineman
** Lawrence Gonzi
Lawrence Gonzi, (born 1 July 1953) is a Maltese politician, retired Nationalist politician and lawyer, who served for twenty-five years in various critical roles in Maltese politics. Gonzi was Prime Minister of Malta from 2004 to 2013, and l ...
, 11th Prime Minister of Malta
** Jadranka Kosor
Jadranka Kosor (; born 1 July 1953) is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader. Kosor was the firs ...
, Croatian politician
** Nasir Ali Mamun, Bengali portrait photographer
** Sangay Ngedup
''Lyonpo'' Sangay Ngedup (born 1 July 1953) was Prime Minister of Bhutan from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2005 to 2006.
Biography
Sangay Ngedup was born in Nobgang village in Punakha. He is the second child and eldest son in a family of three ...
, Prime Minister of Bhutan
* July 2
Events Pre-1600
* 437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome.
* 626 – Li Shimin, ...
– Nacer Sandjak
Nacer Sandjak (born 2 July 1953) is an Algerian football manager and former player who manages MO Béjaïa.
Career
Born in Paris, Sandjak played club football in France for Romainville, Chatillon-sur-Seine and Noisy-le-Sec, as a midfielder and f ...
, Algerian footballer and manager
* July 3
Events Pre-1600
* 324 – Battle of Adrianople: Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium.
* 987 – Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolu ...
** Lotta Sollander, Swedish alpine skier
** Les Strong
Leslie Strong (born 3 July 1953) is a former English association football player. He spent the majority of his career playing at left back for Fulham F.C., where he began as a youth player in 1969 under the guidance of World Cup winner George ...
, English association footballer
* July 11
Events Pre-1600
* 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
* 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdi ...
** Angélica Aragón
Angélica Espinoza Stransky (born 11 July 1953), known as Angélica Aragón (), is a Mexican film, television and stage actress and singer. She is daughter of the Mexican composer José Ángel Espinoza "Ferrusquilla". She is recognized for her ...
, Mexican actress
** Leon Spinks
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to:
Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again fro ...
, African-American boxer (d. 2021
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)
* July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine II of ...
– Alessi Brothers
The Alessi Brothers, also known as Alessi, are an American pop rock singer-songwriter duo who first came to international prominence with their 1977 hit single "Oh Lori". The duo are identical twin brothers, Billy and Bobby Alessi (born July 12, ...
, American pop rock singer-songwriter duo
* July 15
Events Pre-1600
*484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome
* 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
* 756 &ndash ...
** Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide (born 15 July 1953) is a Haitian former Salesian priest and politician who became Haiti's first democratically elected president. A proponent of liberation theology, Aristide was appointed to a parish in Port-au-Prince ...
, President of Haiti
The president of Haiti ( ht, Prezidan peyi Ayiti, french: Président d'Haïti), officially called the president of the Republic of Haiti (french: link=no, Président de la République d'Haïti, ht, link=no, Prezidan Repiblik Ayiti), is the head ...
** Raisul Islam Asad, Bangladeshi actor
* July 17
Events Pre-1600
* 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
* 1048 – Damas ...
– Nuria Bages
Nuria Bages ( born Nuria Bages Romo on December 23, 1950) is a Mexican actress better known for her work in television and the stage.
Active in Mexican television since the early 1980s, Bages became a household name after winning the role of Si ...
, Mexican actress
* July 19
Events Pre-1600
*AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city.
* 484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is r ...
– Shōichi Nakagawa
was a Japanese conservative politician in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), who served as Minister of Finance from 24 September 2008 to 17 February 2009. He previously held the posts of Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry o ...
, Japanese politician (d. 2009
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)
* July 21
** Jeff Fatt
Jeffrey Wayne Fatt, AM (born 21 July 1953) is an Australian musician and actor. He was a member of the children's group The Wiggles from its founding in 1991 to 2012, and was also in the 1980s and 1990s pop band The Cockroaches. He was the old ...
, Australian musician, former member of The Wiggles
The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins, as well as supporting members Evie Ferris, John Pearce, ...
** Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress
* July 23
Events Pre-1600
* 811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
* 1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios. 1 ...
– Najib Abdul Razak
Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malays ...
, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
The prime minister of Malaysia ( ms, Perdana Menteri Malaysia; ms, ڤردان منتري مليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is the head of government of Malaysia. The prime minister directs the executive branch of the feder ...
* July 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1132 – Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily.
*1148 – Louis VII of France lays siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade.
* 1304 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Sti ...
** Tadashi Kawamata, Japanese contemporary artist
** Claire McCaskill
Claire Conner McCaskill (; born July 24, 1953) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Missouri from 2007 to 2019 and as State Auditor of Missouri from 1999 to 2007.
McCaskill is a native of Rolla, Missouri. She gr ...
, U.S. Senator
* 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 ...
– Tim Gunn, American fashion expert
* July 27 – Yahoo Serious, Australian filmmaker
* July 29
Events Pre-1600
*587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
* 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
* 904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo o ...
** Ken Burns
Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary film, documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States, American History of the United States, history and Culture of the ...
, American documentary filmmaker
** Geddy Lee, Canadian rock musician (Rush (band), Rush)
* July 31
** Tōru Furuya, Japanese voice actor
** James Read, American actor
August
* August 1
** Robert Cray, American musician
** Steven Krasner, American sportswriter
* August 2 – Butch Patrick, American child actor and musician
* August 4 – Antonio Tajani, Italian politician, President of the European Parliament
* August 5
** András Ligeti, Hungarian violinist and conductor (d. 2021
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)
** Rick Mahler, American baseball player (d. 2005)
* August 8
Events Pre-1600
* 685 BC – Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as t ...
– Nigel Mansell, English 1992 Formula 1 world champion
* August 9 – Jean Tirole, French Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize-winning economist
* August 11 – Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler
* August 12
Events Pre-1600
*1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
*1121 – Ba ...
** Carlos Mesa, President of Bolivia
** Teddi Siddall, American actress (d. 2018)
* August 14
** Cliff Johnson (game designer), Cliff Johnson, American game designer
** James Horner, American film composer (d. 2015)
* August 15
Events Pre-1600
* 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.
* 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constan ...
** Wolfgang Hohlbein, German writer of science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction
** Carol Thatcher, English television personality
** Sir Mark Thatcher, English businessman
* August 16 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American singer and actress
* August 17
Events Pre-1600
*309/ 310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike.
* 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.
* 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
– Herta Müller, German Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize-winning writer
* August 18 – Louie Gohmert, American politician
* August 19 – Benoît Régent, French actor (d. 1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
)
* August 20
Events Pre-1600
*AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile.
* 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take contro ...
** Peter Horton, American actor and director
** Mike Jackson (Texas politician), Mike Jackson, member of the Texas Senate
* August 21 – Géza Szőcs, Hungarian poet and politician
* August 24 – Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist
* August 26
** Edward Lowassa, 8th Prime Minister of Tanzania
** Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
* August 27 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian rock musician (Rush (band), Rush)
* August 29 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan-born anthropologist
* August 30 – Robert Parish, American basketball player
* August 31 – György Károly, Hungarian author (d. 2018)
September
* September 2 – John Zorn, American musician * September 4 – Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager * September 8 – Stu Ungar, American poker player (d.1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
)
* September 10 – Amy Irving, American actress
* September 12
** Nan Goldin, American photographer
** Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer, artist and photographer (d. 2004)
* September 13 – Ann Dusenberry, American film actress
* September 19 – Probal Dasgupta, Indian linguist and Esperantist
* September 22 – Ségolène Royal, French politician
* September 23 – Alexey Maslov, commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces
* September 27 – Greg Ham, Australian rock musician ( Men at Work) (d. 2012)
* September 29 – Denis Potvin, Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player
October
* October 1
** Grete Waitz, Norwegian athlete (d. 2011)
** Klaus Wowereit, German politician
* October 2 – Brandon Wilson (writer), Brandon Wilson, American author and explorer
* October 4 – Kerry Sherman, American actress
* October 7 – Tico Torres, American Drummer (Bon Jovi)
* October 9 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor
* October 10
Events Pre-1600
* 680 – The Battle of Karbala marks the Martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali.
* 732 – Charles Martel's forces defeat an Umayyad army near Tours, France.
*1471 – Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the ...
– Midge Ure, Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and producer
* October 12
Events Pre-1600
*539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
* 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance u ...
** Les Dennis, British comedian and television presenter
** Serge Lepeltier, French politician
* October 14
** Greg Evigan, American actor
** Shelley Ackerman, American astrologer, actress, writer
* October 15
** Tito Jackson, African-American singer and guitarist (The Jackson 5)
** Larry Miller (comedian), Larry Miller, American actor and comedian
* October 16 – Martha Smith, American model and actress
* October 21
** Keith Green, American-born Christian piano player (d. 1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., U ...
)
** Peter Mandelson, British politician and member of the United Kingdom Labour Party, Labour Party
** Hugh Wolff, American orchestral conductor
* October 22
Events Pre-1600
* 451 – The Chalcedonian Creed, regarding the divine and human nature of Jesus, is adopted by the Council of Chalcedon, an ecumenical council.
* 794 – Emperor Kanmu relocates the Japanese capital to Heian-kyō (now ...
– Loyiso Nongxa, South African mathematician
* October 24
** Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager
** Steven Hatfill, American physician, virologist and bio-weapons expert
** David Wright (British musician), David Wright, British composer and producer, co-founder of AD Music
* October 26 – Keith Strickland, American musician (The B-52's)
* October 27
** Paul Alcock, English football referee (d. 2018)
** Peter Firth, British actor
** Robert Picardo, American actor
* October 29 – Lorelei King, American-born actress
* October 31 – Michael J. Anderson, American actor
November
* November 1
**Darrell Issa, American businessman and Congressman
** Susan Tse, Hong Kong actress and opera singer
** Bruce Poliquin, American politician
* November 2 – Tom Lyle, American comics artist (d. 2019
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)
* November 3
**Koji Horaguchi, Japanese rugby union player (d. 1999)
** Dennis Miller, American comedian and radio host
** Kate Capshaw, American actress
* November 4
** Carlos Gutierrez, American politician
** Peter Lord, British film producer and director
** Van Stephenson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001
The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
)
* November 5 – Florentino V. Floro, Filipino dwarf judge
* November 7 – Ottfried Fischer, German actor and Kabarett artist
* November 8 – John Musker, American animation director
* November 11
** Andy Partridge, British musician and frontman of the band XTC
* November 13
** Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico (2018—present)
** Waswo X. Waswo, American photographer
** Diana Weston, Canadian-born English screen actress
** Mokhtar Dahari, Malaysian footballer (d. 1991)
* November 14 – Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France
* November 15 – Alexander O'Neal, American singer
* November 16 – Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, writer, actor and television presenter
* November 18
** Alan Moore, English writer and magician
** Kevin Nealon, American actor and comedian
** Kath Soucie, American actress and voice actress
* November 19
** Robert Beltran, American actor
** Tom Villard, American actor (d. 1994
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nels ...
)
* November 23 – Francis Cabrel, French singer
* November 24
** Glenn Withrow, American actress
** Tod Machover, American composer
* November 25 – Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
* November 27
** Steve Bannon, American political figure
** Boris Grebenshchikov, Soviet and Russian rock musician
** Curtis Armstrong, American actor
* November 28 – Pamela Hayden, American voice actress
* November 29
Events Pre-1600
* 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
* 618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over ...
**Alex Grey, American artist
** Vlado Kreslin, Slovenian singer
** Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
** Rosemary West, British serial killer
* November 30 – June Pointer, American singer (The Pointer Sisters) (d. 2006)
December
* 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 followi ...
– Joel Fuhrman, American certified family physician
* December 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1060 – Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
*1240 – Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
*1492 – After exploring the island of Cuba for gold (wh ...
**Geoff Hoon, British Labour Party politician
**Tom Hulce, American actor and theater producer
**Gary Ward (outfielder), Gary Ward, American baseball player
* December 8
Events Pre-1600
* 395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.
* 757 – The poet Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city duri ...
** Kim Basinger, American actress and fashion model
** Norman G. Finkelstein, American political scientist
** Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992)
* December 9 – John Malkovich, American actor and film director
* December 13
** Ben Bernanke, American economist, Federal Reserve System chairman
** Bob Gainey, Canadian hockey player
* December 14 – Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 4th Minister for National Defence (Greece), Greek Minister for National Defence
* December 17
** Ikue Mori, Japanese drummer, composer and graphic designer
** Bill Pullman, American actor
* December 18
** Kevin Beattie, English footballer (d. 2018)
** Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov, Chechen bard
* December 21 – András Schiff, Hungarian concert pianist and conductor
* December 23
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity.
* 558 – Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
* 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
* 962 &ndas ...
** Nuria Bages
Nuria Bages ( born Nuria Bages Romo on December 23, 1950) is a Mexican actress better known for her work in television and the stage.
Active in Mexican television since the early 1980s, Bages became a household name after winning the role of Si ...
, Mexican stage and television actress
** Marián Geišberg, Slovak actor (d. 2018)
** Martha Wash, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer
* December 24
Events Pre-1600
* 502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate.
* 640 – Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death.
* 759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, wh ...
– Timothy Carhart, American actor
* December 26
** Leonel Fernández, President of the Dominican Republic
** Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonian politician, 4th President of Estonia
* December 27 – Gina Lopez, Filipino environmentalist and philanthropist (d. 2019
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)
* December 28
** Richard Clayderman, French pianist
** Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese professional wrestler
* December 29
** Thomas Bach, 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
** Stanley Williams, American reformed murderer (d. 2005)
* December 31 – James Remar, American actor
Date unknown
* Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, 6th President of Mauritania (d.2017
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)
* Dan Petrescu (businessman), Dan Petrescu, Romanian businessman and billionaire
Deaths
January
* January 1
** Maksim Purkayev, Soviet general (b. 1894)
** Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and musician (b. 1923)
* January 2 – Guccio Gucci, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
* January 4
** Arthur Hoyt, American actor (b. 1874)
** Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu, Japanese prince (b. 1902)
* January 5 – Mitchell Hepburn, Canadian politician, 11th Premier of Ontario (b. 1896)
* January 7
**Henry Diesen, Norwegian admiral (b. 1883)
**Martin and Osa Johnson, Osa Johnson, American adventurer and documentary filmmaker (b. 1894)
* January 8 – Charles Edward Merriam, American political scientist (b. 1874)
* January 9 – Madame le Corbeau (Marguerite Pitre), Canadian murderer (b. 1909) (hanged)
* January 13 – Edward Marsh (polymath), Sir Edward Marsh, English polymath and civil servant (b. 1872)
* January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Sp ...
– Israel Goldstine, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
* January 21 – Mary Mannering, early 20th-century English stage actress (b. 1876)
* January 28 – James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
* January 29 – Reginald Wingate, Sir Reginald Wingate, British army general and colonial administrator (b. 1861)
* January 30 – Lionel Belmore, English actor (b. 1867)
February–March
* February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn
The (First) Peace of Thorn w ...
– William Sydney Marchant, British colonial official (b. 1894)
* February 2 – Alan Curtis (American actor), Alan Curtis, American actor (b. 1909)
* February 3 – Richard Rushall, British businessman (b. 1865)
* February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ...
– Iuliu Maniu, 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1873)
* February 9 – Cecil Hepworth, English director (b. 1874)
* February 12 – Hal Colebatch, Australian politician (b. 1872)
* February 16 – James L. Kraft, Canadian-American entrepreneur, inventor (b. 1874)
* February 19 – Nobutake Kondō, Japanese admiral (b. 1886)
* February 20 – Francesco Saverio Nitti, Italian economist and political figure, 24th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1868)
* February 21 – Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen, Bavarian general (b. 1862)
* February 24 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
* February 25 – Sergei Winogradsky, Russian scientist (b. 1856)
* February 27 – Paul Hurst (actor), Paul Hurst, American actor (b. 1888)
* March 2 – Jim Lightbody, American middle-distance runner (b. 1882)
* March 3
Events Pre-1600
* 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
* 1575 &nd ...
– James J. Jeffries, American boxing champion (b. 1875)
* March 5
** Herman J. Mankiewicz, American writer and producer (b. 1897)
** Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet and Russian composer (b. 1891)
** Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader (b. 1878)
* March 7 – Edward Sedgwick, American director (b. 1892)
* March 13 – Johan Laidoner, Commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army (b. 1884)
* March 14 – Klement Gottwald, 5th List of presidents of Czechoslovakia, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896)
* March 15 – Carl Stockdale, American actor (b. 1874)
* March 20 – Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian writer (b. 1892)
* March 21 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychoanalyst (b. 1888)
* March 22 – Gustav Herglotz, German mathematician (b. 1881)
* March 23
Events Pre-1600
*1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official.
*1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last rel ...
** Raoul Dufy, French painter (b. 1875)
** Oskar Luts, Estonian writer and playwright (b. 1887)
* March 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6.
* 1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margat ...
** Mary of Teck, consort of George V, George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
** Paul Couturier, French priest (b. 1881)
* March 28
Events Pre-1600
*AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
* 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didiu ...
– Jim Thorpe, Native-American athlete and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1887)
* March 31 – Ivan Lebedeff, Russian actor (b. 1895)
April
* 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. Joh ...
** Jean Epstein, French film director (b. 1897)
** Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
* April 4
Events Pre-1600
*503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
* 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
* 611 – ...
** King Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
** Rachilde, French author (b. 1860)
* April 9
** Eddie Cochems, American father of the forward pass in football (b. 1877)
** Hans Reichenbach, German philosopher (b. 1891)
** Stanisław Wojciechowski, 2nd President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1869)
* April 11
Events Pre-1600
* 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
*1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi.
*1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrares ...
** Boris Kidrič, 1st Prime Minister of Slovenia (b. 1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
)
** Kid Nichols, American baseball player (Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1869)
* April 12 – Lionel Logue, Australian speech and language therapist (b. 1880)
* 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 du ...
– Eduard C. Lindeman, American social worker and author (b. 1885)
*April 20
Events Pre-1600
*1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.
1601–1900
*1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves England's Rump Parliament.
*1657 – English Admiral Robert Blake destroys a ...
– Erich Weinert, German writer, member of the Communist Party of Germany (b. 1890)
* April 27 – Maud Gonne, English-born Irish republican revolutionary, memoirist; spouse of John MacBride (b. 1866)
* April 29
Events Pre-1600
*1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
*1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and beco ...
– Alice Prin, French artists' model (b. 1901)
May–June
* May 1 – Everett Shinn, American painter (b. 1876)
* May 8 – Anna Rüling, German journalist, "the first known lesbian activist" (b. 1880)
* May 16
Events Pre-1600
* 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan.
* 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
* 13 ...
** Nicolae Rădescu, Romanian military officer and statesman, 45th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1874)
** Django Reinhardt, Belgian jazz musician (b. 1910)
* May 19
Events
Pre-1600
* 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
* 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected.
* 1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev.
* 1445 ...
– Dámaso Berenguer, Spanish soldier and Prime Minister (b. 1873)
* May 21 – Ernst Zermelo, German logician and mathematician (b. 1871)
* May 27 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (Cleveland Spiders) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1868)
* May 29 – Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891)
* 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 kilometre ...
– Dooley Wilson, American actor (b. 1886)
* May 31 – Vladimir Tatlin, Soviet and Russian painter and architect (b. 1885)
* June 1
Events Pre-1600
*1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
* 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king ...
– Alex James (footballer), Alex James, Scottish football (soccer) player (b. 1901)
* 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 of Salerno.
* 1288 ...
** William Farnum, American actor (b. 1876)
** Bill Tilden, American tennis champion (b. 1893)
** Roland Young, English actor (b. 1887)
* June 9
Events Pre-1600
*411 BC – The Athenian coup succeeds, forming a short-lived oligarchy.
* 53 – The Roman emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia.
* 68 – Nero dies by suicide after quoting Vergil's ''Aeneid'', thus ending the Ju ...
– Godfrey Tearle, American actor (b. 1884)
* June 15 – Henry Scattergood, American cricketer (b. 1877)
* June 18
Events Pre-1600
* 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
* 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
* 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of abo ...
– René Fonck, French aviator, top Allied World War I Flying Ace (b. 1894)
* June 19
** Harold Cazneaux, Australian photographer (b. 1878)
** Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, American communist spies (b. 1918 and 1915, respectively) (executed on same day)
** Norman Ross, American Olympic swimmer (b. 1896)
* June 22
Events Pre-1600
* 217 BC – Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
*168 BC – Battle of Pydna: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat Macedonian King Perseus ...
– Bill Lange (coach), Bill Lange, American sports coach (b. 1897)
* June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
*1280 – The Spanish Re ...
– Albert Gleizes, French artist and theoretician (b. 1881)
* June 30 – Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator of children's books (b. 1874)
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 ...
– Totius (poet), Totius, Afrikaans poet (b. 1877)
* July 9
Events Pre-1600
* 118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome.
* 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...
– Annie Kenney, British working-class suffragette (b. 1879)
* July 11
Events Pre-1600
* 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.
* 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdi ...
– Oliver Campbell, American tennis player (b. 1871)
* July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine II of ...
– Herbert Rawlinson, English actor (b. 1885)
* July 15
Events Pre-1600
*484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome
* 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. (17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar).
* 756 &ndash ...
– John Christie (murderer), John Christie, English serial killer (b. 1899) (hanged)
* July 16 – Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
* July 17
Events Pre-1600
* 180 – Twelve inhabitants of Scillium (near Kasserine, modern-day Tunisia) in North Africa are executed for being Christians. This is the earliest record of Christianity in that part of the world.
* 1048 – Damas ...
– Maude Adams, American actress (b. 1872)
* July 20 – Dumarsais Estimé, 30th President of Haiti
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(b. 1900)
* July 26 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and Prime Minister of Greece, Prime Minister (b. 1883)
* July 29
Events Pre-1600
*587 BC – The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
* 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
* 904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo o ...
– Richard Pearse, New Zealand airplane pioneer (b. 1877)
* July 31 – Robert A. Taft, American politician, United States Senate Majority Leader (b. 1889)
August
* August 1 – Jānis Mendriks, Soviet Roman Catholic priest (b. 1907)
* August 11 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racing driver (b. 1892)
* August 15
Events Pre-1600
* 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.
* 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constan ...
– Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b. 1875)
* August 22
Events Pre-1600
* 392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
* 851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland.
*1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scot ...
– Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
* August 30
** Gaetano Merola, Italian conductor (b. 1881)
** Maurice Nicoll, British psychiatrist (b. 1884)
September
* September 2 – Jonathan M. Wainwright (general), Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883)
* September 5
Events Pre-1600
* 917 – Liu Yan declares himself emperor, establishing the Southern Han state in southern China, at his capital of Panyu.
*1367 – Swa Saw Ke becomes king of Ava
*1590 – Alexander Farnese's army forces Hen ...
** Richard Walther Darré, Nazi SS General (b. 1895)
** Francis Ford (actor), Francis Ford, American actor and director (b. 1881)
** Constantin Levaditi, Romanian physician and microbiologist (b. 1874)
* 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 – Thi ...
– Nobuyuki Abe, Japanese Prime Minister and military leader (b. 1875)
* September 8 – Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1890)
* September 12
** Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (b. 1884)
** Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)
* September 13 – Mary Brewster Hazelton, American painter (b. 1868)
* September 15 – Erich Mendelsohn, German architect (b. 1887)
* September 24 – Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba, Spanish aristocrat (born 1878)
* September 26
Events
Pre-1600
*46 BC – Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to Venus Genetrix, fulfilling a vow he made at the Battle of Pharsalus.
* 715 – Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
* 1087 – William II is c ...
– Xu Beihong, Chinese painter (b. 1895)
* September 27 – Hans Fritzsche, German Nazi senior official, one of only three acquitted at the Nuremberg trials (b. 1900)
* September 28 – Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1889)
* September 30
** Robert Mawdesley, British stage and radio actor (b. 1900)
** Lewis Fry Richardson, English mathematician, physicist, meteorologist, psychologist and pacifist (b. 1881)
October
* October 3 – Arnold Bax, Sir Arnold Bax, English composer (b. 1887)
* October 6 – Porter Hall, American actor (b. 1888)
* October 8
** Nigel Bruce, British character actor (b. 1895)
** Kathleen Ferrier, British contralto (b. 1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6
** German geophysicist Alfred ...
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* October 12
Events Pre-1600
*539 BC – The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
* 633 – Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance u ...
– Hjalmar Hammarskjöld, Swedish politician, 13th Prime Minister of Sweden, one of the leaders of World War I (b. 1862)
* October 13 – Millard Mitchell, American actor (b. 1903)
* October 14 – Arthur Wimperis, English illustrator and playwright (b. 1874)
* October 20 – Robert Brooke-Popham, Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, British air chief marshal (b. 1878)
* October 25 – Holger Pedersen (linguist), Holger Pedersen, Dutch linguist (b. 1867)
* October 27 – Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)
November
* November 5 – Harry A. Marmer, Ukrainian-born American mathematician and oceanographer (b. 1885)
* November 8
** Ivan Bunin, Russian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
** John van Melle, Dutch-born author (b. 1883)
* November 9
** Louise DeKoven Bowen, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1859)
** King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia (b. 1875)
** Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
* November 16 – T. F. O'Rahilly, Irish academic (b. 1882)
* November 18 – Ruth Crawford Seeger, American composer (b. 1901)
* 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.)
* 23 ...
** António Cabreira, Portuguese polygraph (b. 1868)
** Larry Shields, American musician (b. 1893)
* November 22 – Sulaiman Nadvi, Indian/Pakistani historian, biographer, littérateur and scholar of Islam (b. 1884)
* November 27 – Eugene O'Neill, American writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
* November 28 – Rudolf Bauer (artist), Rudolf Bauer, German-born painter (b. 1889)
* November 29
Events Pre-1600
* 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.
* 618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over ...
** Ernest Barnes, English mathematician, scientist and theologian (b. 1874)
** Sam De Grasse, Canadian actor (b. 1875)
** Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
* November 30 – Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)
December
* December – Seth Weeks, African-American jazz mandolinist, composer, arranger and bandleader (b. 1868)
* 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 followi ...
** Radu Băldescu, Romanian general (b. 1888)
** Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian and Prime Minister of the Empire of Vietnam (b. 1883)
* December 5
** Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)
** Ray Paddock, American farmer and politician (b. 1877)
* December 10 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (b. 1872)
* December 14 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American writer (b. 1896)
* December 19 – Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
* December 21 – Nicholas H. Heck, American geophysicist, oceanographer and surveyor (b. 1882)
* December 23
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – The Arian Vandal Kingdom ceases its persecution of Nicene Christianity.
* 558 – Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.
* 583 – Maya queen Yohl Ik'nal is crowned ruler of Palenque.
* 962 &ndas ...
– Lavrentiy Beria, Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union), Minister of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union (b. 1899)
* December 25
Events Pre-1600
* 36 – Forces of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han, under the command of Wu Han, conquer the separatist Chengjia empire, reuniting China.
* 274 – A temple to Sol Invictus is dedicated in Rome by Emperor Aurel ...
– Lee Shubert, Polish-born theater owner and operator (b. 1871)
* December 27
** Şükrü Saracoğlu, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
** Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894)
* December 31 – Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer (b. 1889)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Frits Zernike * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Hermann Staudinger * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Hans Adolf Krebs, Fritz Albert Lipmann * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Winston Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – George MarshallReferences
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