1957 (
MCMLVII) was a
common year starting on Tuesday of the
Gregorian calendar
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, the 1957th year of the
Common Era
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(CE) and ''
Anno Domini
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'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the
2nd millennium, the 57th year of the
20th century, and the 8th year of the
1950s decade.
Events
January
*
January 1
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– The
Saarland
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joins
West Germany
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.
*
January 3 –
Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric
watch
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.
*
January 5 – South African player
Russell Endean
William Russell Endean (31 May 1924 – 28 June 2003) was a South African cricketer who played in 28 Test matches from 1951 to 1958.
Endean had a part in two highly unusual Test match dismissals: he was the wicket-keeper whom Len Hutton obstruc ...
becomes the first
batsman to be
dismissed for having ''
handled the ball
Handled the ball was formerly one of the methods of dismissing a batsman in the sport of cricket, but was integrated into the Law on obstructing the field when the Laws of Cricket were rewritten in 2017. It dictated that either batsman can be g ...
'', in
Test cricket.
*
January 9 – British Prime Minister
Anthony Eden resigns.
*
January 10 –
Harold Macmillan becomes
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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.
*
January 11 – The
African Convention is founded in
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...
.
*
January 14 –
Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth
Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
*
January 15 – The film ''
Throne of Blood'',
Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''
Macbeth'', is released in Japan.
*
January 20
**
Dwight D. Eisenhower is
privately sworn in for a second term, as President of the United States.
**
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
withdraws from the
Sinai Peninsula (captured from
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
on October 29,
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...
).
*
January 26
Events Pre-1600
* 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
* 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
* 1564 – The Council of T ...
– The
Ibirapuera
Ibirapuera Park ( pt, Parque Ibirapuera) is an urban park in São Paulo. It comprises 158 hectares between Av. República do Líbano, Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, and Av. IV Centenário, and is the most visited park in South America, with 14.4 million ...
Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of
São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaW ...
,
Brazil
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.
February
*
February 2 – President
Iskander Mirza of
Pakistan
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lays the foundation-stone of the
Guddu Barrage across the
Indus River, near
Sukkur.
*
February 4
** France prohibits U.N. involvement in
Algeria
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** The first
nuclear-powered submarine, , logs its 60,000th nautical mile, matching the endurance of the fictional ''
Nautilus'' described in
Jules Verne's
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
novel ''
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''. It is decommissioned on
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 ...
,
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC.
* January 9 – In ...
.
** A coal gas explosion at the giant Bishop Coal Mine in
Bishop, Virginia
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, United States, kills 37 men.
*
February 6 – The
Soviet Union
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announces that Swedish envoy
Raoul Wallenberg
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had died in a Soviet prison ("possibly of a
heart attack"), on
July 17,
1947.
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
*1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...
– The
Confederation of African Football is founded, at a meeting in
Khartoum.
*
February 15 –
Andrei Gromyko becomes foreign minister of the
Soviet Union
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.
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
* 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of K ...
–
Ingmar Bergman's film ''
The Seventh Seal'' opens at cinemas in
Sweden
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.
*
February 17 – A
fire at a home for the elderly in
Warrenton, Missouri
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, United States, kills 72 people.
*
February 18
Events Pre-1600
*1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
* 1268 &n ...
**
Kenya
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n rebel leader
Dedan Kimathi is executed by the British colonial government.
** The last person to be executed in New Zealand,
Walter James Bolton, is
hanged
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at
Mount Eden Prison
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History
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for poisoning his wife.
*
February 23 – The founding congress of the
Senegalese Popular Bloc opens in
Dakar
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.
March
*
March 1
**
U Nu becomes Prime Minister of
Burma
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.
**
Arturo Lezama Arturo Lezama Bagez (1899–1964) was a Uruguayan political figure.
Background
Lezama was a prominent member of the Uruguayan Colorado Party which ruled the country for lengthy periods, and was President of the Chamber of Deputies in 1951 and 195 ...
becomes President of the National Council of Government of
Uruguay.
**
Sud Aviation forms, from a merger between
SNCASE (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Est) and
SNCASO (Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud Ouest).
*
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 ...
– ''
Net als toen'', sung by
Corry Brokken (music by Guus Jansen, lyrics by
Willy van Hemert), wins the
Eurovision Song Contest 1957 (held at
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...
), for the Netherlands.
*
March 6
** United Kingdom colonies
Gold Coast and
British Togoland become the independent nation of
Ghana.
**
Zodi Ikhia Zodi Ikhia (c. 1919 – February 16, 1996) was a Nigerian politician.
Life and career
Born around 1919 at Winditen, Ikhia came from a wealthy Tuareg family; his father was a prominent person from Taghagar. He received his primary education in Nia ...
founds the
Nigerien Democratic Front
The Nigerien Democratic Front (french: Front démocratique nigérien, FDN) was a political party in Niger. It published the party journal ''L'Unité'' ('Unity').
History
The party was founded by Zodi Ikhia and his followers on March 6, 1957, as ...
(FDN) in
Niger.
*
March 8 –
Egypt
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re-opens the
Suez Canal.
*
March 14 – President
Sukarno declares
martial law in
Indonesia
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.
*
March 17 –
1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash
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:
Philippine President
Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others are killed in a plane crash.
*
March 20 – The French news magazine ''
L'Express'' reveals that the French army tortures
Algeria
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n prisoners.
*
March 25 – The
Treaty of Rome (''Patto di
Roma
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* Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...
'') establishes the
European Economic Community (EEC; predecessor of the
European Union
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) between Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
*
March 27 – The
29th Academy Awards
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Ceremony is held in
Hollywood. ''
Around the World in 80 Days'' wins
Best Picture.
April
*
April
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April is commonly associated with ...
–
IBM sells the first compiler for the
Fortran scientific
programming language.
*
April 1 – The first new
conscripts join the
Bundeswehr.
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his ...
– The
Communist Party of India wins the elections in
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Ca ...
, making
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
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its first chief minister.
*
April 9
Events Pre-1600
* 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, su ...
–
Egypt
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reopens the
Suez Canal to all shipping.
*
April 12 – The United Kingdom announces that
Singapore
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will gain self-rule on January 1, 1958.
*
April 15
** The
Distant Early Warning Line is handed over by contractors to the U.S. and Canadian military.
**
White Rock secedes from
Surrey, British Columbia
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, following a referendum.
*
April 17
Events Pre-1600
*1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
* 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Has ...
– Suspected English
serial killer
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*
*
*
* with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...
Dr.
John Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder, at the
Old Bailey.
*
April 24 –
25 – The
1957 Fethiye earthquakes occur, on the Mediterranean coast of
Turkey
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.
*
April 30 – An
annular solar eclipse
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was a non-central annular solar eclipse, that does ''NOT'' have a northern path limit. This was the last of 57 umbral solar eclipses of
Solar Saros 118
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This solar saros is linked to Lunar Saros ...
.
May
*
May 2 – "
Die Stem van Suid-Afrika", written by
Cornelis Jacobus Langenhoven, becomes the South African national anthem, replacing "
God Save the Queen", which is retained as a
royal anthem.
*
May 8 – South Vietnamese President
Ngo Dinh Diem begins a
state visit to the United States, his regime's main sponsor.
*
May 15.
**
Operation Grapple
Operation Grapple was a set of four series of British nuclear weapons tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the ...
: At
Malden Island in the Pacific, Britain tests its first
hydrogen bomb, which fails to detonate properly.
**
Stanley Matthews plays his final international game, ending an
English
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** English national ...
record international career of almost 23 years.
*
May 16 –
Paul-Henri Spaak becomes the new
Secretary General of NATO.
*
May 24 –
May 24 incident The May 24 incident (), also called the Liu Ziran incident () and the Reynolds riot, was a 1957 international incident between the United States and Taiwan (ROC) that started over the killing of an ROC national and a court-martial conducted by U.S. ...
:
Anti-American riots erupt in
Taipei,
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...
.
*
May 30 –
Real Madrid beats
Fiorentina
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2–0 at
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium,
Madrid
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, to win the
1956–57 European Cup (football).
June
*
June 9 –
Broad Peak, on the China-Pakistan border, is first ascended.
*
June 21 –
John Diefenbaker becomes the 13th
Prime Minister of Canada.
*
June 27 –
Hurricane Audrey demolishes
Cameron, Louisiana, U.S., killing 400 people.
July
*
July 1
** The
International Geophysical Year begins.
** The
University of Waterloo is founded in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
**
Hugh Everett III
Hugh Everett III (; November 11, 1930 – July 19, 1982) was an American physicist who first proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics, which he termed his "relative state" formulation. In contrast to the then-dominant Cope ...
publishes the first scientifically founded
many-worlds interpretation of
quantum mechanics
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.
** Production of the
Citroën Traction Avant automobile, begun in
1934, ceases.
*
July 6 - At the age of fifteen on 6 July 1957,
Paul McCartney
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met
John Lennon
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and his band, the Quarrymen, at the St Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton.
*
July 11 – His Highness Prince Karim
Aga Khan IV becomes the 49th Imam of the
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mos ...
Ismaili Muslims at age 20. His grandfather Sir Sultan Mohammed Shah
Aga Khan III
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Born to Aga Khan II in Karachi, Aga Khan II ...
appoints Prince Karim in his will.
*
July 14
Events Pre-1600
* 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy.
*1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II.
*1420 ...
–
Rawya Ateya
Rawya Ateya (, 19 April 1926 – 9 May 1997) was an Egyptian woman who became the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world in 1957. Goldschmidt 2000, p. 26 Karam 1998, p. 44
Early life
Rawya Ateya was born in Giza Governorate on 19 April ...
takes her seat in the
National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the
Arab world
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.
*
July 16 –
United States Marine
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Major
John Glenn flies an
F8U supersonic jet from
California
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to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds, setting a new transcontinental speed record.
*
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 ...
– The largely
autobiographical novel ''
The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
''The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold'' is a novel by the British writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in July 1957. It is Waugh's penultimate full-length work of fiction, which the author called his "mad book"—a largely autobiographical account ...
'' by
Evelyn Waugh was published.
*
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 ...
–
Tunisia
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becomes a republic, with
Habib Bourguiba as its first president.
*
July 28
** The
6th World Festival of Youth and Students, a high point of the
Khrushchev Thaw, opens in Moscow.
** Heavy rains and mudslides at
Isahaya
is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on September 1, 1940. As of November 1, 2022, the city has an estimated population of 132,385 and a population density of 389 persons per km². The total area is .
On March ...
, western
Kyūshū, Japan, kill 992.
*
July 29 – The
International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
August
*
August 4 –
Juan Manuel Fangio, driving for
Maserati, wins the
Formula One German Grand Prix, clinching (with 4 wins this season) his record 5th
world drivers championship, including his 4th consecutive championship (also a record); these 2 records endure for nearly half a
century.
*
August 31 – The
Federation of Malaya gains independence from the United Kingdom, subsequently celebrated as
Malaysia
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's National Day.
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan,
Yang di-Pertuan Besar
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of
Negeri Sembilan, becomes the first
Yang di-Pertuan Agong of
Malaya. The country's new
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When these pr ...
had come into force on August 27. The
Alliance Party and its successor are the ruling coalition until 2018.
September
*
September 9 – The
Civil Rights Act of 1957 is enacted, establishing the
United States Commission on Civil Rights.
*
September 21
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
*1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
*1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian lead ...
**
Olav V becomes King of Norway, on the death of his father
Haakon VII.
** The sailing ship ''
Pamir'' sinks off the
Azores
)
, motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace")
, anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores")
, image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg
, map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union
, map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...
, in a hurricane.
*
September 24 –
Camp Nou, home-stadium of
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly referred to as Barcelona and colloquially known as Barça (), is a professional football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish football.
Found ...
, officially opens in
Barcelona
Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
,
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
.
*
September 29 – The
Kyshtym disaster occurs, at the
Mayak
The Mayak Production Association (russian: Производственное объединение «Маяк», , from 'lighthouse') is one of the biggest nuclear facilities in the Russian Federation, housing a reprocessing plant. The closest ...
nuclear reprocessing plant in Russia.
October
*
October 1 – The
Africanized bee
The Africanized bee, also known as the Africanized honey bee and known colloquially as the "killer bee", is a hybrid of the western honey bee (''Apis mellifera''), produced originally by crossbreeding of the East African lowland honey bee (''A. ...
is accidentally released in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
*
October 4
**
Space Age –
Sputnik program: The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
launches
Sputnik 1, the first artificial
satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioiso ...
to orbit the earth.
** The
Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow delta wing interceptor aircraft
An interceptor aircraft, or simply interceptor, is a type of fighter aircraft designed specifically for the defensive interception role against an attacking enemy aircraft, particularly bombers and reconnaissance aircraft. Aircraft that are ...
is unveiled.
*
October 10 –
Windscale fire: Fire at the
Windscale nuclear reactor
A nuclear reactor is a device used to initiate and control a fission nuclear chain reaction or nuclear fusion reactions. Nuclear reactors are used at nuclear power plants for electricity generation and in nuclear marine propulsion. Heat fr ...
on the north-west coast of England releases radioactive material into the surrounding environment, including
iodine-131
Iodine-131 (131I, I-131) is an important radioisotope of iodine discovered by Glenn Seaborg and John Livingood in 1938 at the University of California, Berkeley. It has a radioactive decay half-life of about eight days. It is associated with n ...
.
*
October 11
** The
Jodrell Bank radio telescope opens in
Cheshire, England.
** The
orbit
In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as ...
of the last stage of the
R-7 Semyorka rocket (carrying
Sputnik I) is first successfully calculated on an
IBM 704 computer at the
MIT Computation Center as part of
Operation Moonwatch,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, ...
.
*
October 21 – Two trains
collide at Yarımburgaz in
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
; 95 die.
*
October 23 –
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...
begins its
invasion of Ifni.
*
October 27 –
Celâl Bayar is re-elected
president of Turkey.
November
*
November 1
Events Pre-1600
*365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
– The
Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest
suspension bridge between anchorages at this time, opens in the United States, to connect
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and t ...
's two
peninsulas.
*
November 3 –
Sputnik program: The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
launches
Sputnik 2, with the first
animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage ...
to orbit the Earth (a dog named
Laika) on board; there is no technology available to return it to Earth.
*
November 13
**
Gordon Gould
Gordon Gould (July 17, 1920 – September 16, 2005) was an American physicist who is sometimes credited with the invention of the laser and the optical amplifier. (Credit for the invention of the laser is disputed, since Charles Townes and A ...
invents the
laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The ...
.
** Flooding in the
Po Valley of Italy leads to flooding also in
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
.
*
November 15
Events Pre-1600
* 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
*1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Mor ...
**
1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash: A
flying boat crash on the
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight ( ) is a county in the English Channel, off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. It is the largest and second-most populous island of England. Referred to as 'The Island' by residents, the Is ...
leaves 45 dead.
**
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...
announces the end of an economic boycott of
Francoist Spain
Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spani ...
(although it does not reinstitute diplomatic relations).
*
November 16 –
Adnan Menderes
Adnan Menderes (; 1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960. He was one of the founders of the Democrat Party (DP) in 1946, the fourth legal opposition party of Turkey. He ...
of the
Democrat Party forms the new government of
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
(23rd government, last government formed by DP and Menderes).
*
November 30 –
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
n president
Sukarno survives a
grenade attack at the Cikini School in
Jakarta, but six children are killed.
December
*
December 1 – In
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
,
Sukarno announces the
nationalization of 246
Dutch businesses.
*
December 4 – The
Lewisham rail crash in London, UK, leaves 92 people dead.
*
December 5 – All 326,000 Dutch nationals are expelled from
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Gui ...
.
*
December 6 – The first U.S. attempt to launch a
satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioiso ...
fails, when the
Vanguard rocket blows up on the
launch pad.
*
December 10 – Canadian diplomat
Lester B. Pearson receives the
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolo ...
, for his peacekeeping efforts in the United Nations.
*
December 20 – The
Boeing 707 airliner flies for the first time.
Date unknown
*
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong pronounced ; also Romanization of Chinese, romanised traditionally as Mao Tse-tung. (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the List of national founde ...
admits that 800,000 "
class enemies" had been
summarily liquidated in
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...
, between
1949 and
1954.
*
Gruppe SPUR
Gruppe SPUR was an artistic collaboration formed by the German painters Heimrad Prem, Helmut Sturm, and Hans-Peter Zimmer, and the sculptor Lothar Fischer in 1957. They published a journal of the same name ''Spur''.
''Spur'' was subject to ...
, an artistic collaboration, is founded in Germany.
*
Raja Fashions
Raja Fashions are a bespoke tailor based in Hong Kong with sales operations in other countries. The company's business model is to take measurement from clients abroad, for instance in Europe and North America, after which clothes are produced by ...
, a tailoring business is founded in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...
.
* The so-called 'mound of
Midas', the Great
Tumulus
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or '' kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones ...
near
Gordium, is excavated.
* Three new neo-
grotesque sans-serif typeface
A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font.
There are thousands o ...
s are released:
Folio
The term "folio" (), has three interconnected but distinct meanings in the world of books and printing: first, it is a term for a common method of arranging sheets of paper into book form, folding the sheet only once, and a term for a book ma ...
(designed by Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum),
Neue Haas Grotesk (designed by
Max Miedinger
Max Miedinger (24 December 1910 – 8 March 1980) was a Swiss typeface designer, best known for creating the ''Neue Haas Grotesk'' typeface in 1957, renamed Helvetica in 1960. Marketed as a symbol of cutting-edge Swiss technology, Helvetica achie ...
) and
Univers (designed by
Adrian Frutiger
Adrian Johann Frutiger ( ; 24 May 1928 – 10 September 2015) was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century. His career spanned the hot metal, phototypesetting and digital ...
); all will be influential in the
International Typographic Style of
graphic design.
Births
January
*
January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the ye ...
**
Isabel Ordaz, Spanish actress
**
Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
*
January 3 –
Bojan Križaj, Slovenian alpine skier
*
January 4 –
Patty Loveless, American country music singer
*
January 5 –
Maartin Allcock
Maartin Allcock (born Martin Allcock; 5 January 1957 – 16 September 2018) was an English multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer.
Biography
Born in Middleton, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England, Allcock studied music ...
, English multi-instrumentalist and record producer (d.
2018
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)
*
January 6 –
Nancy Lopez
Nancy Marie Lopez (born January 6, 1957) is an American former professional golfer. She became a member of the LPGA Tour in 1977 and won 48 LPGA Tour events, including three major championships.
Amateur career
Lopez won the New Mexico Women's ...
, American golfer
*
January 7
**
Katie Couric, American television host
**
Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
**
Julian Solís, Puerto Rican former world bantamweight champion boxer
*
January 8
**
David Lang, American composer
**
Dwight Clark, American football player (d.
2018
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)
*
January 9 –
Bibie
Bibie (pseudonym of Béatrice Adjorkor Anyankor, born on January 9, 1957, in Accra, Ghana) is a singer, famous for her 1985 hit "Tout doucement".
Biography
Her childhood was marked by many countries where her father, a Ghanaian diplomat, was se ...
, Ghanaian singer
*
January 11
**
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBE (born 11 January 1957) is an English football manager and former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972, where he amassed over 200 appearances and was club captain before moving to Manchester United in ...
, English footballer
**
Claude Criquielion, Belgian bike racer (d.
2015)
*
January 12
Events Pre-1600
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
* 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already rei ...
–
John Lasseter, American director, writer and animator
*
January 13
**
Lorrie Moore, American writer
**
Daniel Scioli
Daniel Osvaldo Scioli (, ; born 13 January 1957) is an Argentine politician, sportsman, and businessman. He was Vice President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 and Governor of Buenos Aires Province from 2011 to 2015. From 2020 to 2022 he was Argen ...
, Argentine politician and sportsman
*
January 14
**
Anchee Min, Chinese writer
**
Wu Chengzhen, Chinese Buddhist
abbess
*
January 15 –
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles (born January 15, 1957) is an American film director and actor best known for directing and starring in ''New Jack City'' in 1991 and '' USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage'' in 2016. He is the son of actor and filmmaker Melvin V ...
, African-American actor and director
*
January 16 –
Ricardo Darín, Argentinian actor
*
January 17
Events Pre-1600
* 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.
* 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people ...
–
Steve Harvey, African-American comedian, television host, radio personality and actor
*
January 22
**
Mike Bossy, Canadian hockey player (d.
2022)
**
Rene Requiestas, Filipino comedian (d.
1993)
**
Godfrey Thoma
Godfrey Awaire Thoma (born 22 January 1957) is a Nauruan politician and police officer.
Member of Parliament
Thoma started his first term in the parliament after being elected in 1995, ousting Theodore Moses after only three years. He had bee ...
, Nauruan politician
*
January 23 –
Caroline, Princess of Hanover
*
January 26
Events Pre-1600
* 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
* 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
* 1564 – The Council of T ...
–
Road Warrior Hawk, American professional wrestler (d.
2003)
*
January 27
**
Frank Miller, American comic book writer
**
Janick Gers, British heavy metal guitarist
*
January 29 –
Grażyna Miller
Grażyna Miller (29 January 1957 – 17 August 2009)[Żegnamy tłumaczkę „Trypty ...](_blank)
, Polish poet
*
January 30 –
Payne Stewart, American golfer (d.
1999
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)
February
*
February 1 –
Dennis Brown, Jamaican reggae singer (d.
1999
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)
*
February 2 –
Phil Barney
Phil Barney (real name : Philippe Baranès, born February 2, 1957, in Annaba, Algeria
)
, image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg
, map_caption =
, image_map2 =
, capital ...
, French singer
*
February 5 –
Jackie Woodburne, Australian actress
*
February 6
**
Kathy Najimy
Kathy Ann Najimy ( ; ar, كاثي ان نجيمي ; born February 6, 1957) is an American actress and activist. She is best known for her roles in the films ''Soapdish'' (1991), ''Sister Act'' (1992), '' Hocus Pocus'' (1993), ''Hope Floats'' (1 ...
, American actress and comedian
**
Robert Townsend, African-American actor, comedian, director, and writer (''
Hollywood Shuffle'')
*
February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
* 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
–
Cindy Wilson, American rock singer (
The B-52's)
*
February 9 –
Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan ( born 9 February 1957) is a Scottish former football coach and player. He played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. He has since managed Co ...
, Scottish footballer and manager
*
February 11 –
Mitchell Symons
Mitchell Symons (born 11 February 1957) is a British journalist and writer. Born in London, he was educated at Mill Hill School and the LSE where he studied Law. Since leaving the BBC, where he was a researcher and director, he has worked as a ...
, British writer
*
February 14 –
Soile Isokoski
Soile Marja Isokoski (born 14 February 1957) is a Finnish lyric soprano. She is an opera singer as well as a concert and lieder singer.
Career
Isokoski was born in Posio, Finland. She graduated from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (a cantor-o ...
, Finnish lyric soprano
*
February 15
**
Nathaniel Bar-Jonah
Nathaniel Benjamin Levi Bar-Jonah (born David Paul Brown; February 15, 1957 – April 13, 2008) was an American convicted child molester and suspected cannibalistic serial killer who was sentenced to 130 years in prison without the possibility ...
, American criminal (d.
2008
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)
**
Shahriar Mandanipour Shahriar Mandanipour ( fa, شهریار مندنی پور; also ''Shahriar Mondanipour''(February 15, 1957), Shiraz, Iran, is an Iranian writer, journalist and literary theorist.
Mandanipour was born and raised in Shiraz, Iran. In 1975 he moved to ...
, Iranian writer
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
* 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of K ...
–
LeVar Burton, African-American actor
*
February 17 –
Loreena McKennitt, Canadian singer, composer, harpist (''
Mummers' Dance
"The Mummers' Dance" is a song written and performed by Canadian Celtic fusion singer Loreena McKennitt, released as a single from her sixth studio album, ''The Book of Secrets'' (1997), in November 1997. The song refers to the seasonal mummers' p ...
'')
*
February 18
Events Pre-1600
*1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
* 1268 &n ...
**
Marita Koch, German athlete
**
Vanna White, American game show presenter (''
Wheel of Fortune The Wheel of Fortune or '' Rota Fortunae'' has been a concept and metaphor since ancient times referring to the capricious nature of Fate. Wheel of Fortune may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Art
* ''The Wheel of Fortune'' (Burne-J ...
'')
*
February 19
**
Falco, Austrian rock musician (''
Rock Me Amadeus
"Rock Me Amadeus" is a song recorded by Austrian musician Falco, for his third studio album, ''Falco 3'' (1985). The single was made available for physical sale in 1985 in German-speaking Europe, through A&M. "Rock Me Amadeus" was written by ...
'') (d.
1998)
**
Ray Winstone, British actor
*
February 20 –
Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
*
February 23 –
Ria Brieffies
Maria Petronella "Ria" Brieffies (23 February 1957 – 20 July 2009) was a Dutch singer, best known as a member of 1980s girl group "Dolly Dots".
Life
After leaving school, Brieffies trained as a medical assistant. In her spare time she sang in ...
, Dutch singer (d.
2009)
*
February 25 –
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singaporean politician, 5th
Senior Minister of Singapore
*
February 27
**
Danny Antonucci, Canadian creator of the
Cartoon Network show ''
Ed, Edd n Eddy''
**
Ralph Cox, American professional ice hockey player
**
Timothy Spall, English actor
*
February 28
**
Ian Smith, New Zealand cricketer
**
John Turturro, American actor, writer and director
March
*
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 ...
–
Mykelti Williamson, American actor
*
March 5 –
Mark E. Smith, English singer (d.
2018
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)
*
March 6 –
Eddie Deezen, American actor, voice actor and comedian
*
March 8 –
Clive Burr, British heavy metal drummer (d.
2013
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)
*
March 9
Events Pre-1600
*141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
*1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
*1226 &ndas ...
–
Mona Sahlin, Swedish politician
*
March 10
**
Matt Knudsen, American actor, comedian and writer
**
Osama bin Laden, Saudi-born founder of
al-Qaeda (d.
2011)
**
Hans-Peter Friedrich, German politician
*
March 11 –
Qasem Soleimani, Iranian general (d.
2020)
*
March 12 –
Marlon Jackson
Marlon David Jackson (born March 12, 1957) is an American entertainer, singer and dancer best known as a member of the Jackson 5. He is the sixth child of the Jackson family. Marlon now runs Study Peace Foundation to promote peace and unity wor ...
, African-American singer
*
March 13
Events Pre-1600
* 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh.
*1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
*1591 – At the Battle of Ton ...
–
David Peaston
David Peaston (March 13, 1957 – February 1, 2012) was an American R&B and gospel singer who in 1990 won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist. He was mostly known for the singles, "Two Wrongs (Don't Make it Right)" and ...
, American singer (d. 2012)
* March 15
** Joaquim de Almeida, Portuguese actor
** Park Overall, American film and television actress
* March 18 – György Pazdera, Hungarian rock bassist (Pokolgép)
* March 19 – Christopher Murray (actor), Christopher Murray, American actor
*
March 20
** Vanessa Bell Calloway, African-American actress
** John Grogan, American journalist and non-fiction writer
** Spike Lee, African-American film director and actor
** Theresa Russell, American actress
* March 23
** Edna Molewa, South African politician (d.
2018
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)
** Teresa Ganzel, American comedian and actress
** Lucio Gutiérrez, 41st President of Ecuador
** Robbie James, Welsh footballer
** Amanda Plummer, American actress
* March 24 – Jack Edwards (sportscaster), Jack Edwards, American play-by-play announcer
* March 26 – Leeza Gibbons, American television personality
*
March 27 – Stephen Dillane, English actor
* March 28 – Paul Eiding, American actor and voice actor
* March 29 – Christopher Lambert, French-American actor
* March 30
** Shen Yi-ming, Taiwanese Air Force general officer (d.
2020)
** Paul Reiser, American comedian and actor
** Ian Shelton, Canadian astronomer who discovered SN 1987A
* March 31
** Marc McClure, American actor
** Terry Klassen, Canadian voice actor and voice director
April
*
April 1
** J. Karjalainen, Finnish rock musician
** Denise Nickerson, American actress (d. 2019)
* April 2
** Mark Alburger, American composer
** Giuliana De Sio, Italian actress
* April 4
** Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexican drug lord
** Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his ...
– Ivan Corea, Sri Lankan autism campaigner
* April 8 – Henry Cluney, Irish musician
*
April 9
Events Pre-1600
* 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, su ...
– Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (d.
2011)
* April 10 – Ülle Kaljuste, Estonian actress
*
April 12 – Vince Gill, American singer and songwriter
* April 14 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
*
April 17
Events Pre-1600
*1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
* 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Has ...
** Afrika Bambaataa, American DJ and producer
** Susan Roman, Canadian voice actress
* April 18 – Genie (feral child), Genie, American feral child
* April 20 - Aviva Chomsky, history professor and coordinator of Latin American studies at Salem State University
* April 21
** Jesse Orosco, American baseball player
** Herbert Wetterauer, German artist and author
** Faustin-Archange Touadéra, 8th President of the Central African Republic
* April 22 – Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland
* April 23
** Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian (d. 2014)
** Kenji Kawai, Japanese composer
*
April 24 – Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-British Labour Party politician
* April 25
** Eric Bristow, English darts player (d.
2018
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)
** Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, 7th Prime Minister and 8th President of Burkina Faso
* April 27 – Michel Barrette, Canadian actor and stand-up comedian
* April 28 – Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez, Cuban-born experimental filmmaker
* April 29
** Daniel Day-Lewis, English-born actor
** Timothy Treadwell, American environmentalist and filmmaker (d.
2003)
May
* May 1 – Jo Jorgensen, American libertarian politician and academic
* May 3 – Jo Brand, English comedian
* May 5 – Richard E. Grant, English actor
* May 10 – Sid Vicious (John Beverley), English punk rock bassist (Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
* May 11 – Peter North (actor), Peter North, Canadian adult actor
* May 13 – Carrie Lam, Hong Kong civil servant
* May 14 – Daniela Dessì, Italian operatic soprano (d. 2016)
*
May 15
** Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
** Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
*
May 16
** Joan Benoit, American Olympic gold medal-winning marathon runner
** Bob Suter, American professional ice hockey player (d. 2014)
* May 17 – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish rock singer and songwriter (Leevi and the Leavings) (d.
2003)
* May 18
** Michael Cretu, Romanian–German new-age musician (Enigma (German band), Enigma)
** Frank Plasberg, German journalist and television presenter
* May 20 – Yoshihiko Noda, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
* May 21
** Rebecca Jones (Mexican actress), Rebecca Jones, Mexican actress
** Judge Reinhold, American actor
** Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
* May 22
** Albert Boonstra, Dutch swimmer
** Shinji Morisue, Japanese gymnast
** Gary Sweet, Australian actor
* May 23 – Jimmy McShane (aka Baltimora), Northern Irish singer and dancer (d. 1995)
*
May 24
** John Harrington (ice hockey), John Harrington, American professional ice hockey player
** Walter Moers, German comic artist and writer
** John G. Rowland, American Republican Party (United States), Republican politician, Governor of Connecticut and felon
* May 26
**Pontso Sekatle, Lesotho academic and politician
**Dan Roodt, South African author and politician
* May 27 – Siouxsie Sioux, born Susan Ballion, English post-punk singer (Siouxsie and the Banshees)
* May 28 – Kirk Gibson, American baseball player
* May 29 – Ted Levine, American actor
* May 31 – Jim Craig (ice hockey), Jim Craig, American professional ice hockey player
June
* June 1 – Dorota Kędzierzawska, Polish film director
* June 3 – Horst-Ulrich Hänel, German field hockey player
* June 5 – Kim Tai-chung, Korean martial artist and former actor and Bruce Lee double (d.
2011)
* June 7 – Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer and songwriter
* June 8
** Scott Adams, American cartoonist (''Dilbert'')
** Dimple Kapadia, Indian actress
* June 12
** Timothy Busfield, American actor
** Gamal Al-Ghandour, Egyptian football referee
** Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer
** Tarek Shawki, Egyptian academic, 25th Ministry of Education (Egypt), Minister of Education and Technical Education in Egypt
* June 15 – Seppo Pääkkönen, Finnish actor
* June 19 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (d.
2003)
*
June 21
** Michael Bowen (actor), Michael Bowen, American actor
** Luis Antonio Tagle, Filipino cardinal, Archbishop of Manila
* June 23 – Frances McDormand, American actress
* June 25 – William Goh, Archbishop of Singapore
*
June 27 – Erik Hamrén, Swedish football player
* June 28
** Lance Nethery, Canadian ice hockey player
** Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
* June 29 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Turkmen politician, 2nd President of Turkmenistan
* June 30 – Silvio Orlando, Italian actor
July
*
July 1
** Erdeniin Bat-Üül, Mongolian politician
**
Hannu Kamppuri, Finnish ice hockey player
* July 2 – Bret Hart, Canadian professional wrestler
* July 3
** Shan Goshorn, American Cherokee artist (d.
2018
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)
** Ken Ober, American actor and game show host (d.
2009)
* July 4
** Chulabhorn, Princess Chulabhorn of Thailand
** Jenny Seagrove, English actress
** M. Nasir, Singaporean-Malaysian poet, singer-songwriter, composer, producer, actor and film director
** Dmitry Nazarov, Soviet-Russian actor
* July 5 – Doug Wilson (ice hockey), Doug Wilson, Canadian ice hockey
*
July 6 – Chong Eng, Malaysian politician
* July 7 – Mohd Puad Zarkashi, Malaysian politician
* July 9
** Paul Merton, English writer, actor, comedian, radio and television presenter
** Marc Almond, English singer
** Kelly McGillis, American actress
* July 10 – Cindy Sheehan, American anti-war activist
* July 12
** Götz Alsmann, German television presenter, musician and singer
** Pino Quartullo, Italian actor, director, screenwriter and playwright
** Rick Husband, American astronaut (d.
2003)
* July 13
** Lília Cabral, Brazilian actress
** Tony Vega, Puerto Rican singer
** Cameron Crowe, American writer and film director
*
July 17 – Shinobu Otake, Japanese actress
* July 18 – Nick Faldo, British golfer
* July 21
** Jon Lovitz, American actor and comedian
** Stefan Löfven, 33rd Prime Minister of Sweden
* July 23 – Theo van Gogh (film director), Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)
* July 24 – Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Uzbek politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Uzbekistan and 2nd President of Uzbekistan
* July 26
** Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor
** Nana Visitor, American actress
* July 27 – Hansi Müller, German footballer
*
July 29
** Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
** Fumio Kishida, 100th Prime Minister of Japan
August
* August 2 – Lo' Lo' Mohd Ghazali, Malaysian politician (d.
2011)
*
August 4
** Rupert Farley, British actor and voice actor
** John Wark, Scottish footballer
* August 6 – Jim McGreevey, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
* August 7 – Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
* August 9 – Melanie Griffith, American actress
* August 10 – Juli Básti, Hungarian actress
* August 11 – Richie Ramone, American rock drummer (Ramones)
* August 14 – Peter Costello, Australian politician
* August 15 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
* August 16
** Tim Farriss, Australian rock guitarist (INXS)
** Laura Innes, American actress and director
** Phil Murphy, American politician
* August 17 – Robin Cousins, British figure skater
* August 18
** Carole Bouquet, French actress
** Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
** Harald Schmidt, German actor, writer, columnist, comedian and television entertainer
* August 19 – Li-Young Lee, Indonesian-born poet
* August 20 – Finlay Calder, Scottish rugby player
* August 22 – Steve Davis, British snooker player
* August 24 – Stephen Fry, British comedian, author and actor
* August 25 – Simon McBurney, British actor, writer and theatre director
* August 26
** Dr. Alban, Nigerian-born Swedish singer
** Uzo (filmmaker), Uzo, Nigerian-American film producer and director
* August 27 – Bernhard Langer, German golfer
* August 28
** Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia
** Rick Rossovich, American actor
** Daniel Stern (actor), Daniel Stern, American actor
** Ai Weiwei, Chinese artist, philosopher
* August 29
** Grzegorz Ciechowski, Polish musician (d. 2001)
** Shirō Sagisu, Japanese composer
* August 30 – Manu Tuiasosopo, American football player
*
August 31
** Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)
** Ingrid Washinawatok, Native American activist (d.
1999
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)
September
* September 1 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-born American singer
* September 6 – José Sócrates, 117th Prime Minister of Portugal
* September 7
** Ewa Kasprzyk (athlete), Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish athlete
** John McInerney, British-German singer-songwriter (Bad Boys Blue)
* September 8 – Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-born Venezuelan singer
* September 11 – Preben Elkjær, Danish footballer
* September 12
** Jan Egeland, Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
** Kadim Al Sahir, Iraqi singer
** Rachel Ward, English-born actress
** Hans Zimmer, German composer
* September 13
** Bongbong Marcos, 17th President of the Philippines
** Cesare Bocci, Italian actor
** Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer
* September 16 – David McCreery, Irish footballer
* September 18 – Mark Wells, American professional ice hockey player
* September 19
** Chris Roupas, Greek-American basketball player
** Mark Acheson, Canadian film, television and voice actor
* September 20 – Sabine Christiansen, German journalist and television presenter
*
September 21
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
*1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
*1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian lead ...
** Ethan Coen, American film director, producer, screenwriter and editor
** Kevin Rudd, 26th Prime Minister of Australia
* September 22
** Nick Cave, Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter and actor
** Mark Johnson (ice hockey), Mark Johnson, American professional ice hockey player and coach
** Dalia Reyes Barrios, Venezuelan art collector
* September 25 – Michael Madsen, American actor
* September 26 – Luigi De Canio, Italian footballer and football manager
* September 27 – Peter Sellars, American theatre director
* September 28 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician
*
September 29 – Andrew Dice Clay, American comedian
* September 30 – Fran Drescher, American actress
October
*
October 4
**Bill Fagerbakke, American actor
**Aleksandr Tkachyov (gymnast), Aleksandr Tkachyov, Soviet gymnast
* October 5 – Bernie Mac, African-American stand-up comedian and actor (d.
2008
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)
* October 7 – Jayne Torvill, British ice dancer and Olympian
* October 8
** Ewan Stewart, Scottish actor
** Magdalena Cajías, Bolivian academic, historian, and politician.
* October 9 – Herman Brusselmans, Belgian novelist, poet, playwright and columnist
*
October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist
*
October 11
** Dawn French, British comedian
** Eric Keenleyside, Canadian actor
* October 12 – Clémentine Célarié, French actress
* October 15 – Stacy Peralta, American director and skateboarder
* October 20 – Manuel Huerga, Spanish film director and screenwriter
*
October 21
** Steve Lukather, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer
** Wolfgang Ketterle, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate
* October 22 – Daniel Melingo, Argentine musician
*
October 23 – Paul Kagame, 4th President of Rwanda
* October 25 – Nancy Cartwright, American voice actress (Bart Simpson from 'The Simpsons')
* October 26
** Bob Golic, American football player
** Julie Dawn Cole, English actress
*
October 27 – Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwanese film director
**Jeff East, American actor
* October 28 – Stephen Morris (musician), Stephen Morris, British drummer
* October 29 – Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor (Homer Simpson from 'The Simpsons')
* October 30
** Kevin Pollak, American actor
** Richard Jeni, American stand-up comedian and actor (d. 2007)
* October 31
** Brian Stokes Mitchell, American actor and singer
** Robert Pollard, American musician
** Shirley Phelps-Roper, American political and religious activist
November
*
November 3 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor and martial artist
* November 4 – Tony Abbott, 28th Prime Minister of Australia
* November 5 – Jon-Erik Hexum, American actor (d. 1984)
* November 6
** Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer
** Ciro Gomes, Brazilian lawyer and politician
** Klaus Kleinfeld, German business executive
** Lori Singer, American actress and musician
* November 7 – Christopher Knight (actor), Christopher Knight, American actor
* November 10 – George Lowe, American voice actor and comedian
* November 12 – Cécilia Attias, wife of French Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy
*
November 13
** Greg Abbott, American attorney and politician
** Roger Ingram, American jazz musician, author, educator, trumpet designer
* November 14 – Gregg Burge, American tap dancer and choreographer (d.
1998)
*
November 15
Events Pre-1600
* 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
*1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Mor ...
– Kevin Eubanks, American jazz guitarist
* November 18 – Olivia Heussler, Swiss photojournalist
* November 19
** Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
** Tom Virtue, American actor
* November 20
** John Eriksen, Danish footballer (d. 2002)
** Goodluck Jonathan, 14th President of Nigeria
** Stefan Bellof, German racing driver (d. 1985)
* November 21 – Sophie Lorain, Canadian actress, director and producer
* November 22
** Don Newman (basketball), Don Newman, American basketball coach and player (d.
2018
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)
** Alan Stern, principal investigator of NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto
* November 23 – William Kaelin Jr., American cellular biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate
* November 24 – Denise Crosby, American screen actress
* November 26
** Kevin Kamenetz, American politician (d.
2018
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)
** Matthias Reim, German singer-songwriter
* November 27
** Kenny Acheson, Irish race car driver
** Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic actress, singer, director and artist (d. 2016)
** Caroline Kennedy, American author, attorney and daughter of 35th President John F. Kennedy
*
November 30 – Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian
December
*
December 1
** Tjahjo Kumolo, Indonesian politician (d.
2022)
** Deep Roy, Anglo-Indian actor, stuntman, puppeteer, and comedian
** Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter (d.
2011)
* December 3 – Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician
*
December 4 – Eric S. Raymond, American open source software advocate
*
December 6
** Thomas Brinkman, American politician
** Andrew Cuomo, American politician
*December 7 – Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)
* December 9
** Peter O'Mara, Australian jazz guitarist and composer
** Donny Osmond, American singer and actor (The Osmonds)
** José Luis Gil, Spanish actor and voice actor
*
December 10
** Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
** José Mário Vaz, former List of Presidents of Guinea-Bissau, President of Guinea-Bissau
** Paul Hardcastle, English musician
* December 12 – Sheila E., American percussionist, singer, author, and actress
* December 13 – Steve Buscemi, American actor
* December 15 – Laura Molina (artist), Laura Molina, American artist, musician and actress
* December 16 – Nikolaos Michaloliakos, Greek politician, founder and leader of Golden Dawn (political party), Golden Dawn, a Neo-Nazism, neo-nazi party
* December 17 – Doug Parker (voice actor), Doug Parker, Canadian voice actor and voice director
* December 19
** Tracy Pew, Australian musician (d. 1986)
** Kevin McHale (basketball), Kevin McHale, American basketball player
*
December 20
** Billy Bragg, British singer
** Joyce Hyser, American actress
** Anna Vissi, Greek singer
* December 21
** Tom Henke, American baseball player
** Ray Romano, American actor and comedian
* December 24 – Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
* December 25 – Shane MacGowan, Irish singer and songwriter (The Pogues)
* December 30
** Matt Lauer, American newscaster
** Joanna Pacuła, Polish actress
Date unknown
*Emily Alemika, Nigerian Professor of Law
*Genie (feral child), Genie, American feral child
*Marie Mendras, political scientist
Deaths
January
*
January 4 – Theodor Körner (Austrian president), Theodor Körner, Austrian statesman, 5th President of Austria (b. 1873)
*
January 10 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
*
January 13 – A. E. Coppard, English short story writer and poet (b. 1878)
*
January 14 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
*
January 16
** Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone, English army officer and colonial administrator (b. 1874)
** Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (b. 1867)
*
January 20 – James Brendan Connolly, American Olympic athlete (b. 1868)
*
January 26
Events Pre-1600
* 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
* 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
* 1564 – The Council of T ...
** Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
** William Eythe, American actor (b. 1918)
** José Linhares, Brazilian lawyer, 15th President of Brazil (b. 1886)
**Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese diplomat and politician (b. 1887)
February
*
February 1 – Friedrich Paulus, German field marshal (b. 1890)
*
February 2 – Julia Morgan, American architect (b. 1872)
*
February 4 – Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican painter (b. 1904)
*
February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
* 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
** Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
** John von Neumann, Hungarian-born mathematician (b. 1903)
*
February 9 – Miklós Horthy, Austro-Hungarian admiral and regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (b. 1868)
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
*1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...
– Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
* 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of K ...
** Josef Hofmann, Polish-born pianist and composer (b. 1876)
** John Sealy Townsend, Sir John Townsend, Irish mathematical physicist (b. 1868)
*
February 18
Events Pre-1600
*1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
* 1268 &n ...
**
Walter James Bolton, uxoricide, last person to be executed in New Zealand (b. 1888)
**
Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader, executed (b. 1920)
** Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877)
*
February 19 – Märta Torén, Swedish actress (b. 1925)
*
February 20 – Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish politician and academic (b. 1878)
*
February 23 – Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1922)
*
February 25 – Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
*
February 27 – Wiljo Tuompo, Finnish general (b. 1893)
March
*
March 5 – William Cameron Menzies, American film production designer (b. 1896)
*
March 6 – Alexander Godley, Sir Alexander Godley, British general (b. 1867)
* March 7 – Wyndham Lewis, English painter (b. 1882)
*
March 8 – János Esterházy, Hungarian politician in Czechoslovakia (b. 1901)
*
March 11 – Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (b. 1888)
*
March 12 – Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
*
March 14 – Eugenio Castellotti, Italian racing driver (car crash) (b. 1930)
* March 16 – Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
*
March 17
** Seale Harris, American physician (b.
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
)
**
Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines (killed in plane crash) (b. 1907)
* March 26
** Édouard Herriot, French politician, 66th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
** Max Ophüls, German film director and writer (b. 1902)
* March 28 – Gheorghe Tătărescu, Romanian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1886)
* March 29
** Joyce Cary, Irish author (b. 1888)
** María Josefa Segovia Morón, Spanish Roman Catholic laywoman and venerable (b. 1891)
* March 31 – Gene Lockhart, Canadian actor (b. 1891)
April
* April 3 – Ned Sparks, Canadian character actor (b. 1883)
* April 4 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)
*
April 5
Events Pre-1600
* 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I.
* 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his ...
– Alagappa Chettiar, Indian philanthropist (b. 1909)
* April 6 – Pierina Morosini, Italian Roman Catholic laywoman, martyr and blessed (b. 1931)
* April 8
** Dorothy Sebastian, American actress (b. 1903)
** Pedro Segura y Sáenz, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1880)
* April 11 – William Skelly, American oil magnate (b. 1878)
*
April 15 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
* April 16 – Johnny Torrio, Italian-born American gangster (b. 1882)
* April 21 – Boris Kozo-Polyansky, Soviet botanist and evolutionary biologist (b. 1890)
* April 23 – Roy Campbell (poet), Roy Campbell, South African poet (b. 1901)
*
April 24 – Elizabeth Hesselblad, Swedish nurse and Roman Catholic saint (b.
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
)
* April 25 – Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1880)
* April 26 – Elinor Fair, American actress (b. 1903)
May
* May 1
** Grant Mitchell (actor), Grant Mitchell, American actor (b. 1874)
** George Paish, Sir George Paish, English economist (b. 1867)
*
May 2 – Joseph McCarthy, American senator (b. 1908)
* May 4 – Katie Johnson (English actress), Katie Johnson, British actress (b. 1878)
* May 7
** Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (b. 1877)
** Zenón Noriega Agüero, Peruvian general, interim President of Peru (b. 1900)
* May 9
** Ezio Pinza, Italian bass (b. 1892)
** Heinrich Campendonk, German-Dutch painter and graphic designer (b. 1889)
* May 12 – Erich von Stroheim, Austrian actor and director (b. 1885)
* May 13
** Michael Fekete, Hungarian-born Israeli mathematician (b. 1886)
** Prince Makonnen, Ethiopian prince (b. 1923)
** Robert Alfred Theobald, American admiral (b. 1884)
* May 14 – Marie Vassilieff, Soviet artist (b. 1884)
*
May 16
** John Brown (actor), John Brown, British actor (b. 1904)
** Eliot Ness, American Bureau of Prohibition, Prohibition agent (b. 1903)
* May 17 – Francesco Balilla Pratella, Italian composer (b. 1880)
* May 20 – Gilbert Murray, Australian-British classical scholar and intellectual (b. 1866)
* May 29 – James Whale, English film director (b. 1889)
* May 31 – Leopold Staff, Polish poet (b. 1878)
June
* June 1
** Feliksas Baltušis-Žemaitis, Lithuanian military leader (b. 1897)
** Luisa Casati, Italian patron of the arts (b. 1881)
* June 6 – Kulyash Baiseitova, Soviet composer (b. 1912)
* June 12
** Robert Alton, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1906)
** Mario Urteaga Alvarado, Peruvian painter (b. 1875)
** Jimmy Dorsey, American jazz musician (b. 1904)
* June 13 – Irving Baxter, American athlete (b. 1876)
* June 14 – María Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo, Filipino Roman Catholic nun and servant of God (b. 1884)
* June 15 – Norina Matchabelli, Princess Norina Matchabelli, Italian perfumier (b. 1880)
* June 17
** Dorothy Richardson, English feminist writer (b. 1873)
** Augusto Samuel Boyd, 20th President of Panama (b. 1879)
* June 18 – Henry H. Goddard, American psychologist and eugenicist (b. 1866)
*
June 21 – Johannes Stark, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
* June 23 – Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum (b. 1887)
* June 24 – František Kupka, Czech painter and graphic artist (b. 1871)
* June 26
** Alfred Döblin, German writer (b. 1878)
** Malcolm Lowry, English poet and novelist (b. 1909)
*
June 27
** Hermann Buhl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1924)
** David Wallin, Swedish artist (b. 1876)
July
* July 3
** Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (b. 1904)
** Judy Tyler, American actress (b. 1932)
* July 4 – Maria Crocifissa Curcio, Italian Roman Catholic and Carmelite nun (b. 1877)
* July 8 – Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States (b. 1879)
* July 10 – Sholem Asch, Polish-Jewish novelist, dramatist and essayist (b. 1880)
*
July 11 –
Aga Khan III
Sultan Muhammad Shah (2 November 187711 July 1957), commonly known by his religious title Aga Khan III, was the 48th Imam of the Nizariyya. He played an important role in British Indian politics.
Born to Aga Khan II in Karachi, Aga Khan II ...
, 48th Nizari Imam (b. 1877)
* July 15
** George Cleveland, Canadian actor (b. 1885)
** James M. Cox, Democratic Party (United States), Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the 1920 United States presidential election, election of 1920 (b.
1870
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England.
** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.
* January 3 – Construction of the Br ...
)
** Vasily Maklakov, Russian liberal politician and parliamentary orator (b. 1869)
* July 23 – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (b. 1896)
* July 24
** Metodija Andonov-Čento, Macedonian statesman (b. 1902)
** Sacha Guitry, Russian-born French playwright, actor and director (b. 1885)
* July 26 – Carlos Castillo Armas, Guatemalan military officer and politician, 28th President of Guatemala (assassinated) (b. 1914)
*
July 28 – Edith Abbott, American social worker, educator and author (b. 1876)
August
* August 3 – Devdas Gandhi, youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1900)
*
August 4 – Washington Luís, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
* August 5 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
* August 7 – Oliver Hardy, American actor (b. 1892)
* August 11 – Rudolf Weigl, Polish biologist (b. 1883)
* August 16 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
* August 19 – David Bomberg, British Vorticist painter (b. 1890)
* August 20 – Julio Lozano Díaz, President of Honduras (b. 1885)
* August 30 – Harold Gatty, Australian aviator (b. 1903)
September
* September 1 – Dennis Brain, English French horn player (b. 1921) (car crash)
* September 2 – Bobby Myers (racing driver), Bobby Myers, American NASCAR driver (b. 1927)
*
September 9 – Muhammad al-Muqri, grand vizier of Morocco (b. 1844)
* September 15 – Lee Hill (actor), Lee Hill, American actor (b. 1894)
* September 16 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864)
* September 20 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
*
September 21
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
*1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
*1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian lead ...
**Jimmy Callahan (actor), Jimmy Callahan, American actor (b. 1891)
** Norma Giménez, Argentine actress (b. 1930)
** Margaret Ashmore Sudduth, American educator, editor, temperance advocate (b. 1859)
** King Haakon VII of Norway (b. 1872)
* September 22 – Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
* September 25 – Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1895)
* September 28 – Luis Cluzeau Mortet, Uruguayan composer and musician (b. 1888)
*
September 29 – George Bagration of Mukhrani, Prince George Bagration, Georgian nobleman (b. 1884)
October
* October 3
** Bernard Maybeck, American Arts and Crafts architect (b. 1862)
** Lőrinc Szabó, Hungarian poet (b. 1900)
* October 9 – Hassiba Ben Bouali, Algerian militant (b. 1938)
* October 19 – V. Gordon Childe, Australian archaeologist (b. 1892)
* October 20 – Jack Buchanan, British actor (b. 1891)
*
October 23 – Frederick Burton (actor), Frederick Burton, American actor (b. 1871)
* October 24
** Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)
** Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, South African artist (b. 1886)
* October 25
** Albert Anastasia, American gangster (b. 1902)
** Lord Dunsany, Irish author (b. 1878)
* October 26
** Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1896)
** Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek writer (b. 1883)
*
October 27 – Giovanni Battista Caproni, Italian aeronautical, civil and electrical engineer, aircraft designer and industrialist (b. 1886)
* October 29 – Louis B. Mayer, American film studio mogul, former head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (b. 1885)
* October 30 – José Patricio Guggiari, Paraguayan politician, 32nd President of Paraguay (b. 1884)
November
* November 2
** William Haywood (architect), William Haywood, British architect (b. 1876)
** Ted Meredith, American Olympic athlete (b. 1891)
*
November 3
** Charles Brabin, American director and screenwriter (b. 1882)
**
Laika, Soviet space dog (b. c.
1954)
** Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychoanalyst (b. 1897)
* November 4
** Joseph Canteloube, French composer and singer (b. 1879)
** Shoghi Effendi, Bahá'í leader (b. 1897)
** Grigore Preoteasa, Romanian activist (b. 1915)
* November 7
** Dina Romano, Italian stage and film actress (b. 1888)
** Hasui Kawase, Japanese painter and printmaker (b. 1883)
* November 11 – Masao Maruyama (Japanese Army officer), Masao Maruyama, Japanese general (b. 1889)
*
November 13 – Antonín Zápotocký, 6th President and 15th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
*
November 15
Events Pre-1600
* 655 – Battle of the Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
*1315 – Growth of the Old Swiss Confederacy: The Schweizer Eidgenossenschaft ambushes the army of Leopold I in the Battle of Mor ...
– Andrzej Bursa, Polish poet (b. 1932)
* November 17 – Cora Witherspoon, American actress (b. 1890)
* November 18 – Rudolf Diels, German Nazi civil servant and ''Gestapo'' chief (b. 1900)
* November 24 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
* November 25
** Prince George of Greece and Denmark, high commissioner of the Cretan State (b. 1869)
** Raymond Griffith, American actor (b. 1895)
** William V. Pratt, American admiral (b. 1869)
* November 26
** Billy Bevan, Australian actor (b. 1887)
** Petros Voulgaris, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1884)
* November 29 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b. 1897)
*
November 30 – Beniamino Gigli, Italian tenor (b. 1890)
December
* December 2 – Harrison Ford (silent film actor), Harrison Ford, American silent film actor (b. 1884)
*
December 4 – John Lavarack, Sir John Lavarack, Australian general, Governor of Queensland (b. 1885)
*
December 6
** Claude Barnard, Australian politician and government minister (b. 1890)
** Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French aircraft designer and pioneer rocket theorist (b. 1881)
* December 8
**Petre Antonescu (general), Petre Antonescu, Romanian general (b. 1891)
**Reginald Sheffield, English actor (b. 1901)
*
December 10 – Maurice McLoughlin, American tennis champion (b. 1890)
*
December 10
** James Stevenson-Hamilton, first warden of South Africa's Kruger National Park (b. 1867)
** Napoleon Zervas, Greek WW II Resistance leader (b. 1891)
* December 11 – Musidora, French actress (b. 1889)
* December 15 – Alfonso Bedoya, Mexican actor (b. 1904)
* December 17 – Dorothy L. Sayers, British crime writer, poet, playwright and essayist (b. 1893)
* December 21 – Eric Coates, English composer (b. 1886)
* December 24 – Norma Talmadge, American actress (b. 1894)
* December 25
** Alfred Walton Hinds, 17th Naval Governor of Guam (b. 1874)
** Charles Pathé, French film pioneer (b. 1863)
* December 26 – Angelo Motta, Italian entrepreneur (b. 1890)
* December 28 – Hilda Vaughn, American actress (b. 1898)
* December 31 – Óscar Domínguez, Spanish painter (b. 1906)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Chen-Ning Yang, Tsung-Dao Lee
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Alexander R. Todd, Lord Alexander R. Todd
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Daniel Bovet
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Albert Camus
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Lester Bowles Pearson
References
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