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January

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January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
Unix time Current Unix time () Unix time is a date and time representation widely used in computing. It measures time by the number of seconds that have elapsed since 00:00:00 UTC on 1 January 1970, the beginning of the Unix epoch, less adjustments m ...
epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. *
January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
– The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes
Tonghai County Tonghai County () is located in Yuxi Prefecture-level City, Yunnan Province, China. Geography Tonghai County occupies the fertile valley of Qilu Lake, surrounded on all sides by mountains. The county seat is located on the south side of the lak ...
,
Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
province, China, with a maximum
Mercalli intensity The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...
of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 were killed and 26,783 were injured. *
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 ...
Biafra Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. Its territory consisted of the predominantly Igbo-populated form ...
capitulates, ending the
Nigerian Civil War The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Nigerian–Biafran War or the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence f ...
. *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– After a 32-month fight for independence from
Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
,
Biafra Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. Its territory consisted of the predominantly Igbo-populated form ...
n forces under
Philip Effiong Philip Efiong (also spelled Effiong, 18 November 1925 – 6 November 2003) was the first Vice President and the second President of Biafra, President of the now defunct Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970. Early lif ...
formally surrender to General
Yakubu Gowon Yakubu Dan-Yumma 'Jack' Gowon (born 19 October 1934) is a retired Nigerian Army general and military leader. As Head of State of Nigeria, Gowon presided over a controversial Nigerian Civil War and delivered the famous "no victor, no vanquish ...
.


February

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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 is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
– The
Benavídez rail disaster The Benavídez rail disaster, which occurred on February 1, 1970, is the worst-ever rail disaster in Argentina and South America, leaving 236 dead and more than 500 injured. Summary This accident happened in an isolated, dimly lit area near Benav ...
near
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
, Argentina, kills 236. *
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, sparkin ...
– An
avalanche An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earth ...
at
Val-d'Isère Val-d'Isère (, literally ''Valley of Isère'') is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) in southeastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise Nationa ...
, France, kills 41 tourists. *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– '' Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a
Lambda-4 Lambda is the name of a series of Japanese carrier rockets. It consisted of the types Lambda 2, LS-A, LSC-3, Lambda 3, Lambda 4 and LS-C, developed jointly by Institute of Industrial Science of University of Tokyo, Institute of Space and Astronauti ...
rocket. *
February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...
Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
becomes a Republic within the
Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the Co ...
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March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 *509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first Roman triumph, triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor ...
Rhodesia Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...
severs its last tie with the United Kingdom, declaring itself a
republic A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
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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 ...
— All 57 men aboard the
French submarine Eurydice (S644) ''Eurydice'' was a French submarine, one of eleven of the . On 4 March 1970, while diving in calm seas off Cape Camarat in the Mediterranean, east of Toulon, a geophysical laboratory picked up the shock waves of an underwater explosion. Frenc ...
are killed when the vessel implodes while making a practice dive in the
Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...
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March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
– The
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation ...
goes into effect, after ratification by 56 nations. *
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 & ...
Süleyman Demirel Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish people, Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the List of Presidents of Turkey, 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the ...
of AP forms the new government of
Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
(32nd government). *
March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
Citroën Citroën () is a French automobile brand. The "Automobiles Citroën" manufacturing company was founded in March 1919 by André Citroën. Citroën is owned by Stellantis since 2021 and previously was part of the PSA Group after Peugeot acquired ...
introduces the
Citroën SM The Citroën SM is a high-performance coupé produced by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1970 to 1975. The SM placed third in the 1971 European Car of the Year contest, trailing its stablemate Citroën GS, and won the 1972 ''Motor Tre ...
, the fastest front-wheel drive auto in the world at that time, at the annual
Geneva Motor Show The Geneva International Motor Show is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. The show is hosted at the Palexpo, a convention centre located next to the Geneva Cointrin International Airport. The Salon is organised by th ...
in
Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
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March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. *44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 – Odoa ...
– The
Expo '70 The or Expo 70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as . It was the first world's fair ...
World's Fair opens in Suita, Osaka, Japan. *
March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. *1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
– The complete
New English Bible The New English Bible (NEB) is an English translation of the Bible. The New Testament was published in 1961 and the Old Testament (with the Apocrypha) was published on 16 March 1970. In 1989, it was significantly revised and republished as the Re ...
is published. *
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 Ara ...
– General
Lon Nol Marshal Lon Nol ( km, លន់ នល់, also ; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia The prime minister of Cambodia ( km, នាយករដ្ឋមន្ ...
ousts Prince
Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
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 t ...
and holds Queen Sisowath Kossamak under house arrest. *
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 ends ...
**
Ostpolitik ''Neue Ostpolitik'' (German for "new eastern policy"), or ''Ostpolitik'' for short, was the normalization of relations between the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, or West Germany) and Eastern Europe, particularly the German Democratic Republ ...
: The leaders of
West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
and
East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
meet at a summit for the first time since Germany's division into two republics. West German Chancellor
Willy Brandt Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Ge ...
is greeted by cheering East German crowds as he arrives in
Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...
for a summit with his counterpart, East German ''Ministerpräsident''
Willi Stoph Wilhelm Stoph (9 July 1914 – 13 April 1999) was a German politician. He served as Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1964 to 1973, and again from 1976 until 1989. He ...
. *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Emperor Tenmu, Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Asuka, Yamato#Imperial Palaces, Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka, Yamato, Asuka. *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Au ...
– The Agency for Cultural and Technical Co-operation ( ACCT) (Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique) is founded. *
March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
– ''
All Kinds of Everything "All Kinds of Everything" is a song written by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith; as performed by Dana Rosemary Scallon, Dana, it won the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 representing . "All Kinds of Everything" marked a return to the ballad (music), ...
'', sung by Dana (music and text by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith), wins the
Eurovision Song Contest 1970 The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), the ...
for Ireland. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
**
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
's ''
Explorer 1 Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year; the Soviet Union's ...
'', the first American
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 radioisotope ...
and
Explorer program The Explorers program is a NASA exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, geophysics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Launched in 1958, Explorer 1 was the first spacecraft of the United Stat ...
spacecraft, reenters
Earth's atmosphere The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for ...
after 12 years in orbit. **
Japan Airlines Flight 351 Japan Air Lines Flight 351 was a scheduled passenger flight from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Fukuoka that was hijacked by members of the Red Army Faction of the Japan Communist League on March 31, 1970, in an incident usually referred to in Japanese ...
, carrying 131 passengers and 7 crew from Tokyo to
Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since ancie ...
, is hijacked by
Japanese Red Army The was a militant communist organization active from 1971 to 2001. It was designated a terrorist organization by Japan and the United States. The JRA was founded by Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi Okudaira in February 1971 and was most active i ...
members. All passengers and crew are eventually freed.


April

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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 – ...
– Fragments of burnt human remains believed to be those of
Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...
,
Eva Braun Eva Anna Paula Hitler (; 6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was a German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was a 17-year-old assistant and model for his ...
,
Joseph Goebbels Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 19 ...
,
Magda Goebbels Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels (née Ritschel; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion, and politic ...
and the
Goebbels children The Goebbels children were the five daughters and one son born to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda Goebbels. The children, born between 1932 and 1940, were murdered by their parents in Berlin on 1 May 1945, the day bo ...
are crushed and scattered in the
Biederitz Biederitz is a municipality in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
center in
Magdeburg Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river. Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebur ...
,
East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
. *
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 – Ro ...
** A huge gas explosion at a subway construction site in
Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2. ...
, Japan, kills 79 and injures over 400. ** Israeli Air Force
F-4 Phantom II The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and Bow ...
fighter bombers kill 47 Egyptian school children at an elementary school in what is known as
Bahr el-Baqar massacre The Bahr el-Baqar primary school in the Egyptian village of Bahr el-Baqar (south of Port Said, in the eastern province of Sharqia) was bombed by the Israeli Air Force on 8 April 1970, killing 46 children. Of the 130 children who attended the sc ...
. The single-floor school is hit by five bombs and two air-to-ground missiles. *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...
– In a press release written in mock-interview style, that is included in promotional copies of his first solo album,
Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
announces that he has left
The Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
. *
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-Ferra ...
** An
avalanche An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earth ...
at a
tuberculosis Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, in ...
sanatorium A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, are antiquated names for specialised hospitals, for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often ...
in the
French Alps The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as ...
kills 74, mostly young boys. ** Apollo program:
Apollo 13 Apollo 13 (April 1117, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted aft ...
(
Jim Lovell James Arthur Lovell Jr. (; born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became, with Frank Borman and William Anders, one of th ...
,
Fred Haise Fred Wallace Haise Jr. ( ; born November 14, 1933) is an American former NASA astronaut, engineer, fighter pilot with the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, and a test pilot. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, having f ...
,
Jack Swigert John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo ...
) is launched toward the
Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...
. *
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 ...
– An oxygen tank in the
Apollo 13 Apollo 13 (April 1117, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted aft ...
spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return in four days. *
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 Hasan ...
Apollo program:
Apollo 13 Apollo 13 (April 1117, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the Apollo space program and the third meant to land on the Moon. The craft was launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted aft ...
splashes down safely in the Pacific. *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
– The
Principality of Hutt River The Principality of Hutt River, often referred to by its former name, the Hutt River Province, was a micronation in Australia. The principality claimed to be an independent sovereign state, founded on 21 April 1970. It was dissolved on 3 Augus ...
"secedes" from
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
(it remains unrecognised by Australia and other nations). *
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 m ...
– China's first satellite (''
Dong Fang Hong 1 ''Dong Fang Hong 1'' (), in the western world also known as China 1 or PRC 1, was the first space satellite of the People's Republic of China (PRC), launched successfully on 24 April 1970 as part of the PRC's Dongfanghong space satellite prog ...
'') is launched into orbit using a
Long March The Long March (, lit. ''Long Expedition'') was a military retreat undertaken by the Chinese Red Army, Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the National Revolut ...
-1 Rocket (CZ-1). *
April 26 Events Pre-1600 *1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. * 1348 – Czech king Karel IV founds the Charles University in Prague, which was later named after him and was the first university in Central Europe. * 14 ...
– The
World Intellectual Property Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO; french: link=no, Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI)) is one of the list of specialized agencies of the United Nations, 15 specialized agencies of the United Nation ...
(WIPO) is founded.


May

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May 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''. * 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are ...
Kent State shootings The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre,"These would be the first of many probes into what soon became known as the Kent State Massacre. Like the Boston Massacre almost exactly two hundred years bef ...
: Four students at
Kent State University Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio. The university also includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio and additional facilities in the region and internationally. Regional campuses are located in As ...
in
Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
, USA are killed and nine wounded by
Ohio National Guard The Ohio National Guard comprises the Ohio Army National Guard and the Ohio Air National Guard. The commander-in-chief of the Ohio Army National Guard is the governor of the U.S. state of Ohio. If the Ohio Army National Guard is called to fede ...
smen, at a protest against the incursion into
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 t ...
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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 Spanis ...
**
Arms Crisis The Arms Crisis was a political scandal in the Republic of Ireland in 1970 in which Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney were dismissed as cabinet ministers for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle arms to the Irish Republican Army in North ...
in the
Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern side of the island. A ...
:
Charles Haughey Charles James Haughey (; 16 September 1925 – 13 June 2006) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach on three occasions – 1979 to 1981, March to December 1982 and 1987 to 1992. He was also Minister for the Gaeltacht from ...
and
Neil Blaney Neil Terence Columba Blaney (1 October 1922 – 8 November 1995) was an Irish politician. He was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1948 as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) representing Donegal East. A high-profile member of the party, Blaney ...
are dismissed as members of the
Irish Government The Government of Ireland ( ga, Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that exercises executive authority in Ireland. The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in a government which is headed by the , the head of government. The governm ...
, for accusations of their involvement in a plot to import arms for use by the
Provisional IRA The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republicanism, Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, fa ...
in
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
. **
Feyenoord Feyenoord Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club in Rotterdam, which plays in the Eredivisie, the top tier in Dutch football. Founded as Wilhelmina in 1908, the club changed to various names before settling on being called after its ...
wins the
European Cup The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...
after a 2–1 win over
Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia **Celts (modern) *Celtic languages **Proto-Celtic language * Celtic music *Celtic nations Sports Fo ...
. *
May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...
**
Ulrike Meinhof Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the reputed author ...
helps
Andreas Baader Berndt Andreas Baader (6 May 1943 – 18 October 1977) was one of the first leaders of the West German left-wing militant organization Red Army Faction (RAF), also commonly known as ''the Baader-Meinhof Group''. Life Andreas Baader was born in ...
escape and create the
Red Army Faction The Red Army Faction (RAF, ; , ),See the section "Name" also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang (, , active 1970–1998), was a West German far-left Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla group founded in 1970. The ...
in
West Germany West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
which exists until
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 ...
. ** In the second day of violent demonstrations at
Jackson State University Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States and the fourth largest university in Mississippi in terms of studen ...
in
Jackson, Mississippi Jackson, officially the City of Jackson, is the Capital city, capital of and the List of municipalities in Mississippi, most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi. The city is also one of two county seats of Hinds County, Mississippi, ...
, state law enforcement officers fire into the demonstrators, killing 2 and injuring 12. *
May 17 Events Pre-1600 *1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. * 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Flo ...
Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000&nb ...
sets sail from
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 ...
on the
papyrus Papyrus ( ) is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, '' Cyperus papyrus'', a wetland sedge. ''Papyrus'' (plural: ''papyri'') can also refer to a ...
boat ''
Ra II Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000&nb ...
'', to sail the Atlantic Ocean. *
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 take ...
– The
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
Tupolev Tu-144 The Tupolev Tu-144 (russian: Tyполев Ту-144; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport ai ...
becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. *
May 31 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. * 1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat K ...
** The 7.9 Ancash earthquake shakes
Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...
with a maximum
Mercalli intensity The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...
of VIII (''Severe'') and a
landslide Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated grade (slope), slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of ...
buries the town of
Yungay, Peru Yungay is a town in the Ancash Region in north central Peru, South America. Location Yungay is located in the Callejón de Huaylas on Río Santa at an elevation of approximately 2,500 meters, 450 km north of Lima, the country's capital. Eas ...
. Between 66,794 and 70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured. ** The
1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...
is inaugurated in
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
.


June

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June 1 Events Pre-1600 *1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen people, Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. *1252 – Alfonso X is pr ...
– ''
Soyuz 9 Soyuz 9 (russian: Союз 9, ''Union 9'') was a June, 1970, Soviet crewed space flight. The two-man crew of Andriyan Nikolayev and Vitaly Sevastyanov broke the five-year-old space endurance record held by Gemini 7, with their nearly 18-day fl ...
'', a two-man spacecraft, is launched in the
Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
. *
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 cathedr ...
Tonga Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in ...
gains independence from the United Kingdom. *
June 8 Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
– A coup in
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
brings a new
junta Junta may refer to: Government and military * Junta (governing body) (from Spanish), the name of various historical and current governments and governing institutions, including civil ones ** Military junta, one form of junta, government led by ...
of service chiefs; on
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 about ...
,
Roberto M. Levingston Roberto Marcelo Levingston Laborda (January 10, 1920 – June 17, 2015) was an Argentine Army general who was President of Argentina from June 18, 1970 to March 22, 1971, during the Revolución Argentina period in Argentine history... Early life ...
becomes President. *
June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. * 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
NDFLOAG guerrillas attack military garrisons at
Izki Izki ( ar, إِزْكِي) is a town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, northeastern Oman. It is located at c. altitude, and has a population of 35,173 (2003 census). Geography Izki lies at the end of a route from Muscat to Nizwa. The route ...
and
Nizwa Nizwa ( ar, نِزْوَى, Nizwā) is the largest city in Ad Dakhiliyah Region in Oman and was the capital of Oman proper. Nizwa is about (1.5 hours) from Muscat. The population is estimated at around 72,000 people, including the two areas o ...
in
Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
. *
June 19 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. *1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle chang ...
– The
Patent Cooperation Treaty The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed und ...
is signed into
international law International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards generally recognized as binding between states. It establishes normative guidelines and a common conceptual framework for ...
, providing a unified procedure for filing
patent application A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for an invention described in the patent specification and a set of one or more claims stated in a formal document, including necessary official forms and re ...
s to protect inventions. *
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 ...
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 ...
defeats
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
4–1 to win the
1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...
in Mexico.


July

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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 Revol ...
** All 112 people on board
Dan-Air Flight 1903 Dan-Air Flight 1903 was an unscheduled international passenger service from Manchester to Barcelona, operated by Dan Air Services Limited under contract with British tour operator Clarksons Holidays, which arranged for the flight to carry a gr ...
are killed when the British
De Havilland Comet The de Havilland DH.106 Comet was the world's first commercial jet airliner. Developed and manufactured by de Havilland in the United Kingdom, the Comet 1 prototype first flew in 1949. It featured an aerodynamically clean design with four d ...
crashes into mountains north of
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 ci ...
. **The French Army detonates a 914 kiloton thermonuclear device in the
Mururoa Atoll Moruroa (Mururoa, Mururura), also historically known as Aopuni, is an atoll which forms part of the Tuamotu Archipelago in French Polynesia in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is located about southeast of Tahiti. Administratively Moruroa Atoll i ...
. It is the fifth in a series that started on June 15 in their program to perfect a
hydrogen bomb A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs, a more compact size, a lowe ...
small enough to be delivered by a missile. *
July 5 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – The official opening of Constantine's Bridge (Danube), Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus (Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman Empire, Roman architect Theophilus Pa ...
Air Canada Flight 621 Air Canada Flight 621 was an Air Canada Douglas DC-8, registered as CF-TIW, that crashed on July 5, 1970, while attempting to land at Toronto Pearson International Airport. It was flying on a Montreal–Toronto–Los Angeles route. It crashed in ...
crashes near
Toronto International Airport Lester B. Pearson International Airport , commonly known as Toronto Pearson International Airport, is an international airport located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the main airport serving Toronto, its Greater Toronto Area, metropolit ...
,
Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
,
Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
; all 109 passengers and crew are killed. *
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 ...
Thor Heyerdahl Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000&nb ...
's papyrus boat ''Ra II'' arrives in
Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
. *
July 21 Events Pre-1600 * 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. * 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the ...
– The
Aswan High Dam The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Lo ...
in
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
is completed. *
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. 16 ...
1970 Omani coup d'état The 1970 Omani coup d'état was the overthrow of Sultan of Oman Said bin Taimur by his son Qaboos bin Said in Oman on 23 July 1970. Occurring in the midst of the Dhofar Rebellion, the palace coup was executed with the support of the British and ...
:
Said bin Taimur Said bin Taimur ( ar, سعيد بن تيمور; 13 August 1910 – 19 October 1972) was the 13th Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 10 February 1932 until he was deposed on 23 July 1970 by his son Qaboos bin Said. He was a member of the House of A ...
,
Sultan of Muscat The sultan of the Sultanate of Oman is the monarchical head of state and head of government of Oman. It is the most powerful position in the country. The sultans of Oman are members of the Busaid dynasty, which has been the ruling family of O ...
and
Oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...
, is deposed in a bloodless palace coup by his son,
Qaboos Qaboos bin Said Al Said ( ar, قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said, ...
. *
July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. *1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. *1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands ...
– Damages totalling £485,528 are awarded to 28
Thalidomide Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is a medication used to treat a number of cancers (including multiple myeloma), graft-versus-host disease, and a number of skin conditions including complications of ...
victims.


August

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August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
– Creation of the
International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts The International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts (CIOFF, french: Conseil international des organisations de festivals de folklore et d'arts traditionnels) is an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) in Offic ...
in
Confolens Confolens ( ; oc, Cofolents, ) is a commune in southwestern France. It is one of the two sub-prefectures of the Charente department. Confolens is the administrative center of a largely rural district, which has seen the development of tourism ...
,
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
. *
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 of ...
-
Venera program The Venera (, , which means "Venus" in Russian) program was the name given to a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. Ten probes successfully landed on the s ...
: ''
Venera 7 Venera 7 (russian: Венера-7, lit=Venus 7) was a Soviet spacecraft, part of the Venera series of probes to Venus. When it landed on the Venusian surface on 15 December 1970, it became the first spacecraft to soft land on another planet and ...
'' is launched toward
Venus Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never fa ...
. It later becomes the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet. * August 31 - An Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970, annular solar eclipse is visible in Oceania, and is the 14th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 144.


September

* September 1 – An assassination attempt against King Hussein of Jordan precipitates the Black September in Jordan, Black September crisis. * September 3–September 6, 6 – Israeli forces fight State of Palestine, Palestinian guerillas in southern Lebanon *September 4 – Chilean Socialist Party of Chile, Socialist Senate of Chile, Senator Salvador Allende wins 36.2% of the vote in his 1970 Chilean presidential election, run for presidency defeating former Right-wing politics, right-wing President of Chile, President Jorge Alessandri with 34.9% of the votes and Christian Democratic Party (Chile), Christian Democrat Radomiro Tomic with 27.8% of the votes. *September 5 – Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn: The 101st Airborne Division, United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien Province (the operation ends in October 1971). * September 6 – Dawson's Field hijackings, The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacks four passenger aircraft from Pan Am, TWA and Swissair on flights to New York City, New York from Brussels, Frankfurt and Zürich and flies them to a desert airstrip in Jordan. * September 7 – Fighting breaks out between Arab guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan. * September 8–September 10, 10 – The Jordanian government and Palestinian guerillas make repeated unsuccessful truces. * September 9 – Guinea recognizes the German Democratic Republic. * September 10 -
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 t ...
n government forces break the siege of Kompong Tho after three months. * September 15 – King Hussein of Jordan forms a military government with Muhammad Daoud as the prime minister. * September 17 – "Black September": King Hussein of Jordan orders the Jordanian Armed Forces to oust Palestinian fedayeen from Jordan. * September 19 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial Greek junta led by Georgios Papadopoulos. * September 20 ** Syrian armored forces cross the Jordanian border. ** ''Luna 16'' lands on the Moon and lifts off the next day with samples, landing back on Earth September 24. * September 21 – State of Palestine, Palestinian armed forces reinforce guerillas in Irbidi, Jordan. * September 22 ** The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is founded. ** Tunku Abdul Rahman resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister of Malaysia, and is succeeded by his Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, deputy Tun Abdul Razak. * September 27 ** Richard Nixon begins a tour of Europe, visiting Italy, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, Ireland. ** Pope Paul VI names Saint Teresa of Ávila as the first female Doctor of the Church. * September 28 – Vice President Anwar Sadat is named temporary president of Egypt following the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser. * September 29 – In Berlin,
Red Army Faction The Red Army Faction (RAF, ; , ),See the section "Name" also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang (, , active 1970–1998), was a West German far-left Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla group founded in 1970. The ...
members rob three banks, with loot totaling over Deutsche Mark, DM 200,000.


October

* October 2 – The Wichita State University football team's "Gold" plane Wichita State University football team plane crash, crashes in Colorado, killing most of the players. They were on their way (along with administrators and fans) to a game with Utah State University. * October 3 ** In Lebanon, the government of Prime Minister Rashid Karami resigns. ** The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is formed. ** The Weather Bureau is renamed to National Weather Service, as part of NOAA. ** Pope Paul VI names Saint Catherine of Siena as the second female Doctor of the Church. * October 4 ** Jochen Rindt becomes Formula One List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions, World Driving Champion, the first to earn the honor posthumously. ** In Bolivia, Army Commander General Rogelio Miranda and a group of officers rebel and demand the resignation of President Alfredo Ovando Candía, who fires him. * October 5 – The Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnaps James Cross in Montreal and demands release of all its imprisoned members, beginning Quebec's October Crisis. The next day the Canadian government announces that it will not meet the demand. * October 6 ** Bolivian President Alfredo Ovando Candía resigns; General Rogelio Miranda takes over but resigns soon after. * October 7 – General Juan José Torres becomes the new President of Bolivia. * October 8 ** The U.S. Foreign Office announces the renewal of arms sales to Pakistan. ** Soviet author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. ** Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communism, Communist delegation rejects U.S. President Richard Nixon's peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion." * October 9 – The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in
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 t ...
, escalating the Cambodian Civil War between the government and the Khmer Rouge. * October 10 ** Fiji becomes independent. ** October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group. * October 11 – Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels in Chad. * October 12 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas. * October 13 – Saeb Salam forms a government in Lebanon. * October 14 – A Chinese nuclear test is conducted in Lop Nor. * October 15 ** A section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses into the river below, killing 35 construction workers. ** In
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
, a referendum supports Anwar Sadat 90.04%. * October 16 – October Crisis: The Canadian government declares a state of emergency and outlaws the Quebec Liberation Front. * October 17 ** October Crisis: Pierre Laporte is found murdered in south Montreal. ** A cholera epidemic breaks out in Istanbul. ** Anwar Sadat officially becomes President of Egypt. * October 20 ** The Soviet Union launches the ''Zond 8'' lunar probe. ** Egyptian president Anwar Sadat names Mahmoud Fawzi as his prime minister. * October 22 – Chilean army commander René Schneider is shot in Santiago; the government declares a state of emergency. Schneider dies October 25. * October 23 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas. * October 24 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile, President of Chile by a run-off vote in the National Congress of Chile, National Congress * October 25 – The wreck of the Confederate submarine ''H. L. Hunley (submarine), Hunley'' is found off Charleston, South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, by pioneer underwater archaeologist, Dr. E. Lee Spence, then just 22 years old. ''Hunley'' was the first submarine in history to sink a ship in warfare. * October 28 ** In Jordan, the government of Ahmad Toukan resigns; the next prime minister is Wasfi al-Tal. ** A cholera outbreak in eastern Slovakia causes Hungary to close its border with Czechoslovakia. ** Gary Gabelich drives the rocket-powered ''Blue Flame'' to an official land speed record of on the dry lake bed of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The record, the first above 1,000 km/h, stands for nearly 13 years. * October 30 – In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War.


November

* November 1 ** The Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, kills 146. ** Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Zygfryd Wolniak and three Pakistanis are killed in an attack on a group of Polish diplomats at the Karachi airport. * November 3 ** Salvador Allende takes office as president of Chile. ** The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall in modern-day Bangladesh around high tide, causing $86.4 million in damage (1970 United States dollar, USD, $576 million 2020 USD) and becomes the world's deadliest storm killing over 500,000 people. * November 5 – Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24 soldiers die that week, which is the fifth consecutive week the death toll is below 50; 431 are reported wounded that week, however). * November 8 –
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, Libya and Sudan announce their intentions to form a federation. * November 9 ** The Soviet Union launches ''Luna 17''. ** Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 not to hear a case by the state of Massachusetts, about the constitutionality of a state law granting Massachusetts residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war. * November 13 ** 1970 Bhola cyclone: A 120-mph (193 km/h) tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people (considered the 20th century's worst cyclone disaster). It gives rise to the temporary island of New Moore / South Talpatti. ** Hafez al-Assad comes to power in Syria, following Corrective Movement (Syria), a military coup within the Ba'ath Party. * November 14 ** Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in Wayne County, West Virginia; all 75 on board, including 37 players and 5 coaches from the Marshall University American football, football team, are killed. ** The Soviet Union enters the International Civil Aviation Organization, after having resisted joining the UN Agency for more than 25 years. Russian language, Russian becomes the fourth official language of the ICAO. * November 16 – The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar flies for the first time. * November 17 – Luna programme: The
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lands ''Lunokhod 1'' on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, and is released by the orbiting ''Luna 17'' spacecraft. * November 19 – The six European Economic Community nation prime ministers meet in Munich to begin the new programme of European Political Cooperation (EPC), a unified foreign policy for a future European Union. * November 20 – The Miss World 1970 beauty pageant, hosted by Bob Hope at the Royal Albert Hall, London is disrupted by Women's Liberation protesters. Earlier on the same evening a bomb is placed under a BBC outside broadcast vehicle by The Angry Brigade, in protest at the entry of separate black and white contestants by South Africa. * November 21 ** Syrian Prime Minister Hafez al-Assad forms a new government but retains the post of defense minister. ** In Ethiopia, the Eritrean Liberation Front kills an Ethiopian general. ** Vietnam War – Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force, Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây (Hanoi), Sơn Tây prison camp in an attempt to free American prisoner of war, POWs thought to be held there (no Americans are killed, but the prisoners have already moved to another camp; all U.S. POWs are moved to a handful of central prison complexes as a result of this raid). ** 1970 Australian Senate election: The Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal/National Party of Australia, Country Coalition (Australia), Coalition Gorton Government, Government led by Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister John Gorton and the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam each ended up with 26 seats; both suffering a swing against them. The Democratic Labor Party (historical), Democratic Labor Party won an additional seat and held the balance of power in the Australian Senate, Senate. To date, this was the last occasion where a Senate election was held without an accompanying Australian House of Representatives, House Of Representatives election. * November 22 – Guinean president Ahmed Sékou Touré accuses Portugal of an attack when hundreds of mercenaries land near the capital Conakry. The Guinean army repels the landing attempts over the next three days. * November 25 – November 29, 29 – A U.N. delegation arrives to investigate the Guinea situation. * November 25 – In Tokyo, author and Tatenokai militia leader Yukio Mishima and his followers take over the headquarters of the Japan Self-Defense Forces in an attempted coup d'état. After Mishima's speech fails to sway public opinion towards his right-wing political beliefs, including restoration of the powers of the Emperor of Japan, Emperor, he commits seppuku (public ritual suicide). * November 27 – Bolivian artist Benjamin Mendoza tries to assassinate Pope Paul VI during his visit in Manila. * November 28 – The Montréal Alouettes defeat the Calgary Stampeders, 23–10, to win the 58th Grey Cup.


December

* December 1 ** The Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Italian Chamber of Deputies accepts the new divorce law. ** Ethiopia recognizes the People's Republic of China. ** The Basques, Basque ETA (separatist group), ETA kidnaps West German Eugen Beihl in San Sebastián. ** Luis Echeverría becomes president of Mexico. * December 2 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency is established. * December 3 ** October Crisis: In Montreal, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Government of Canada grants 5 terrorists from the FLQ's Chenier Cell their request for safe passage to Cuba. ** Burgos Trial: In Burgos, Spain, the trial of 16 Basque people, Basque terrorism suspects begins. * December 4 ** The Spanish government declares a 3-month martial law in the Basque county of Guipuzcoa, over strikes and demonstrations. ** The U.N. announces that Portuguese navy and army units were responsible for the attempted invasion of Guinea. * December 5 ** The Asian and Australian tour of Pope Paul VI ends. ** Fluminense wins the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil Football Championship. * December 7 ** Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners. ** The U.N. General Assembly supports the isolation of South Africa for its apartheid policies. ** During his visit to the Polish capital, Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic), German Chancellor
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goes down on his knees in front of a monument to the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto, which will become known as the Warschauer Kniefall ("Warsaw Genuflection"). * December 12 – A
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in western Colombia leaves 200 dead. * December 15 ** The USSR's ''
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'' becomes the first spacecraft to land successfully on Venus and transmit data back to Earth. ** The South Korean ferry ''Namyong Ho'' capsizes off Korea Strait; 308 people are killed. * December 16 – The Ethiopian government declares a state of emergency in the county of Eritrea over the activities of the Eritrean Liberation Front. * December 20 – An Egyptian delegation leaves for Moscow to ask for economic aid, economic and military aid. * December 21 – The Grumman F-14 Tomcat makes its first flight. * December 22 ** The Libyan Revolutionary Council declares that it will nationalize all foreign banks in the country. ** Franz Stangl, the ex-commander of Treblinka, is sentenced to life imprisonment. * December 23 ** The Bolivian government releases Régis Debray. ** Law 70-001 is enacted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amending article 4 of the constitution and making the country a one-party state. * December 25 – The ETA (separatist group), ETA releases Eugen Beihl. * December 27 – President of India V. V. Giri declares 1971 Indian general election, new elections. * December 28 – The suspected killers of Pierre Laporte, Jacques and Paul Rose and Francis Sunard, are arrested near Montreal. * December 29 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs into law the Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States), Occupational Safety and Health Act. * December 30 – In Biscay (Congress of Deputies constituency), Biscay in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque country of Spain, 15,000 go on strike in protest at the Burgos trial death sentences. Francisco Franco commutes the sentences to 30 years in prison. * December 31 –
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sues in Britain to dissolve
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's legal partnership.


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* The first Institutes of Technology in Ireland, Regional Technical Colleges open in Ireland. * Sada Abe, Japanese former prostitute and later actress, disappears. * The Sweet Track is discovered in England. It was the world's oldest engineered roadway at the time of its discovery. * Alvin Toffler publishes his book ''Future Shock''. * Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, the Federal collection of contemporary art, is established in Germany. * PARC (company), Xerox PARC computer laboratory opens in Palo Alto, California. * A Business, multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate, Virgin Group was founded by Richard Branson in England.


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Births


January

* January 2 ** Oksana Omelianchik, Soviet artistic gymnast ** Eric Whitacre, American composer * January 9 – Lara Fabian, Canadian/Belgian singer * January 12 – Zack de la Rocha, American musician * January 13 ** Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004) ** Shonda Rhimes, American TV producer and writer * January 17 – Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator * January 18 – DJ Quik, American rapper and producer * January 20 – Skeet Ulrich, American actor * January 21 – Ken Leung, American actor * January 22 – Alex Ross (comic illustrator), Alex Ross, American comic artist * January 24 – Matthew Lillard, American actor, presenter, director, and producer * January 29 ** Heather Graham, American actress ** Paul Ryan, American politician * January 31 – Minnie Driver, English actress


February

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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 is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...
– Malik Sealy, American basketball player (d. 2000) * February 3 ** Warwick Davis, English actor ** Russo brothers, Anthony Russo, American film and television director * February 8 – Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player * February 9 – Glenn McGrath, Australian test cricketer *
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, sparkin ...
– Ardy Wiranata, Indonesian badminton player * February 13 – Park Hee-soon, South Korean actor * February 14 – Simon Pegg, British comedian, actor, and screenwriter * February 15 – Shepard Fairey, American temporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator, and founder of OBEY (clothing) * February 16 – Armand Van Helden, American DJ and music producer * February 17 ** Tommy Moe, American Alpine skier ** Dominic Purcell, English-Australian actor * February 18 – Susan Egan, American actress, voice actress, singer and dancer * February 19 – Bellamy Young, American actress * February 26 – Cathrine Lindahl, Swedish curler * February 28 ** Daniel Handler, American author ** Noureddine Morceli, Algerian athlete


March

* March 2 – Alexander Armstrong, English comedian, actor and presenter * March 3 – Julie Bowen, American actress *
March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
** John Frusciante, American rock musician ** Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress (d. 2013) ** Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia * March 7 – Rachel Weisz, British-American actress * March 10 ** Antonio Edwards, American football player ** Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer * March 13 – Carme Chacón, Spanish politician (d. 2017) *
March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. *1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
– Paul Oscar (Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson), Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey *
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 Ara ...
– Queen Latifah, American rapper and actress *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Emperor Tenmu, Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Asuka, Yamato#Imperial Palaces, Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka, Yamato, Asuka. *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Au ...
** Bernhard Hoëcker, German comedian ** Linda Larkin, American actress and voice actress ** Michael Rapaport, American actor *
March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
** Jaya (singer), Jaya, Filipino pop singer ** Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American political commentator, activist, and attorney * March 22 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist * March 24 ** Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress ** Sharon Corr, Irish musician * March 27 ** Maribel Díaz Cabello, Peruvian educator, First Lady of Peru ** Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress ** Leila Pahlavi, Iranian princess (d. 2001) * March 28 – Vince Vaughn, American actor, writer, and producer * March 30 – Secretariat (horse), Secretariat, American Thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1989) *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– Alenka Bratušek, 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia


April

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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 – ...
– Barry Pepper, Canadian actor * April 7 – Rosey (wrestler), Rosey, Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2017) *
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 – Ro ...
– Andrej Plenković, 12th Prime Minister of Croatia *
April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 1407 ...
** José Paulo Lanyi, Brazilian journalist, writer and filmmaker ** Q-Tip (musician), Q-Tip, American musician and actor ** Kenny Lattimore, American Contemporary R&B, R&B singing, singer *
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-Ferra ...
– Trevor Linden, Canadian hockey player *
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 ...
– Ricky Schroder, American actor *
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 Hasan ...
– Redman (rapper), Redman, American rapper and actor * April 18 ** Heike Friedrich, German swimmer ** Saad Hariri, 2-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon * April 19 – Luis Miguel, Mexican singer * April 20 ** Sven Benken, German footballer and Manager ** Shemar Moore, American actor ** Adriano Moraes (bull rider), Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
** Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian ** Nicole Sullivan, American actress, comedian, and writer * April 22 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress * April 23 ** Sadao Abe, Japanese actor ** Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league footballer ** Hans Välimäki, Finnish cook * April 25 ** Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress (d. 2011) ** Jason Lee (actor), Jason Lee, American skateboarder and actor *
April 26 Events Pre-1600 *1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. * 1348 – Czech king Karel IV founds the Charles University in Prague, which was later named after him and was the first university in Central Europe. * 14 ...
** Melania Trump, Slovenian model, First Lady of the United States ** Tionne Watkins (T-Boz), American actress and singer-songwriter * April 28 ** Kurt Eversley, Guyanese-born former cricketer ** Nicklas Lidström, Swedish hockey player ** Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer and manager * April 29 ** Andre Agassi, American tennis player ** Uma Thurman, American actress * April 30 – Halit Ergenç, Turkish actor


May

* May 3 ** Bobby Cannavale, American actor ** Ariel Hernández (boxer), Ariel Hernandez, Cuban boxer *
May 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''. * 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are ...
– Will Arnett, Canadian actor *
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 Spanis ...
** Roland Kun, Nauruan politician ** Ade Rai, Indonesian bodybuilder * May 8 ** Michael Bevan, Australian cricketer ** Luis Enrique (footballer), Luis Enrique, Spanish footballer ** Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist * May 9 ** Hao Haidong, Chinese footballer ** Ghostface Killah, American rapper * May 10 ** Craig Mack, American rapper (d. 2018) ** Angelica Agurbash, Belarusian singer and model * May 12 – Samantha Mathis, American actress * May 15 – Ronald de Boer, Ronald and Frank de Boer, Dutch footballers * May 16 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player *
May 17 Events Pre-1600 *1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. * 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Flo ...
– Jordan Knight, American singer * May 18 – Tina Fey, American comedian and actress * May 19 – Choi Kyung-Ju, K.J. Choi, South Korean golfer * May 20 **Juliana Pasha, Albanian singer **Louis Theroux, Singaporean-English journalist and producer * May 21 – Once Mekel, Indonesian singer * May 22 – Naomi Campbell, British model and actress * May 25 ** Jamie Kennedy, American actor and comedian ** Octavia Spencer, American actress *
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 take ...
– Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist * May 27 ** Joseph Fiennes, British actor ** Bianka Panova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast * May 28 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002) * May 30 – Erick Thohir, Indonesian politician and businessman


June

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June 1 Events Pre-1600 *1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen people, Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. *1252 – Alfonso X is pr ...
** Alexi Lalas, American soccer player ** Alison Hinds, Barbadian soca singer born in England now residing in
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. ** R. Madhavan, Indian film actor ** Karen Mulder, Dutch model and singer * June 2 – B-Real, American rapper * June 3 ** Ammon McNeely, American rock climber ** Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician *
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 cathedr ...
– Izabella Scorupco, Polish model and actress * June 5 – Deborah Yates, American dancer and actress * June 7 ** Ronaldo da Costa, Brazilian long-distance runner ** Mike Modano, American hockey player *
June 8 Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
** Gabby Giffords, American politician ** Kelli Williams, American actress * June 13 ** Rivers Cuomo, American musician, frontman of Weezer ** Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 2004) * June 15 – Leah Remini, American actress * June 16 ** Younus AlGohar, Pakistani spiritualist ** Phil Mickelson, American golfer * June 17 ** Will Forte, American actor and comedian ** Michael Showalter, American actor, writer, and director *
June 19 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. *1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle chang ...
– Quincy Watts, American athlete * June 20 ** Russell Garcia (field hockey), Russell Garcia, British field hockey player ** Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, Moulay Rachid, Prince of Morocco ** Michelle Reis, Hong Kong actress and beauty queen ** Athol Williams, South African poet and social philosopher *
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 ...
– Pete Rock, American rapper and DJ * June 22 ** Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman ** Michael Trucco, American actor * June 23 – Marko Albrecht, German disc jockey and electronic producer * June 24 ** Glenn Medeiros, American singer and songwriter ** Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, Spanish screenwriter and film director * June 25 – Pan Lingling, Singaporean actress * June 26 ** Paul Thomas Anderson, American screenwriter and director ** Sean Hayes (actor), Sean Hayes, American actor ** Paweł Nastula, Polish judoka and mixed martial artist ** Chris O'Donnell, American actor ** Nick Offerman, American actor, writer and carpenter * June 27 – Ahmed Ahmed, Egyptian-born American actor and comedian * June 30 ** Leonardo Sbaraglia, Argentine actor ** Erica Sjöström, Swedish female singer and saxophonist


July

* July 2 ** Derrick Adkins, American Olympic athlete ** Yap Kim Hock, Malaysian badminton player ** Steve Morrow, Northern Irish footballer ** Kym Ng, Singaporean television host and actress * July 2 – Scott Aukerman, American writer, actor, comedian, television personality, director, producer, and podcast host *
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 Revol ...
** Teemu Selänne, Finnish hockey player ** Audra McDonald, American actress and singer ** Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian road racing cyclist * July 7 ** Wayne McCullough, Northern Irish boxer ** Masai Ujiri, Nigerian professional basketball executive ** Akram Abdel-Majeed, Egyptian professional footballer ** Atli Örvarsson, Icelandic film score composer * July 8 ** Beck, American singer-songwriter and record producer ** Taiei Kin, Korean-Japanese karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist ** Atul Agnihotri, Indian film actor, producer, and director ** Micky Hoogendijk, Dutch actress, presenter, model and professional photographer * July 10 ** Adam Hills, Australian comedian and television presenter ** Jason Orange, British singer ** John Simm, British actor * July 11 – Justin Chambers, American actor and fashion model *
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 ...
** Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor, singer and model ** Jaason Simmons, Australian actor ** Viétia Zangrandi, Brazilian actress ** Aure Atika, French actress, writer and director * July 13 – Bruno Salomone, French actor and comedian * July 17 ** Jang Hyun-sung, South Korean actor ** William C. Kuebler, American lawyer (d. 2014) ** Gavin McInnes, Canadian writer and political commentator (co-founder of Vice Media) * July 20 – Tunku Abdul Majid * July 22 – Jonathan Zaccaï, Belgian actor, film director and screenwriter *
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. 16 ...
** Thea Dorn, German writer ** Saulius Skvernelis, Prime Minister of Lithuania *
July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. *1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. *1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands ...
** Christopher Nolan, English screenwriter and director ** MC Trouble, African American rapper (d. 1991)


August

* August 1 ** David James (footballer, born 1970), David James, English football goalkeeper ** Elon Lindenstrauss, Israeli mathematician ** Eugenie van Leeuwen, Dutch cricketer * August 2 ** Elijah Alexander, American football linebacker (d. 2010) ** Kevin Smith, American screenwriter, film director, and actor * August 3 – Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game director, designer and writer * August 5 – Konstantin Yeryomenko, Russian futsal (d. 2010) * August 6 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American film director and writer * August 10 ** Brendon Julian, New Zealand cricket player ** Steve Mautone, Australian football player and coach *
August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
– Daniella Perez, Brazilian actress and ballerina (d. 1992) * August 13 ** Hamden Khalif Allah Awad, Egyptian Islamist militant (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 ...
) ** Alan Shearer, English footballer * August 14 – Leah Purcell, Australian actress * August 15 – Anthony Anderson, American actor * August 16 – Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor ** Manisha Koirala, Indian 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 of ...
** Jim Courier, American tennis player ** Tammy Townsend, American actress and singer * August 20 ** Fred Durst, American rapper ** Ove Jørstad, Norwegian footballer (d. 2008) * August 21 ** Erik Dekker, Dutch professional cyclist ** Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress and comedian * August 22 ** Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American celebrity chef ** Ricco Groß, German biathlete ** Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer * August 23 ** Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian ** River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993) ** Fabian Wilnis, Dutch footballer * August 25 – Claudia Schiffer, German model * August 26 ** Olimpiada Ivanova, Russian race walker ** Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, and film producer * August 27 ** Pokwang, Filipino comedian and actress ** Peter Ebdon, English snooker player ** Jim Thome, American baseball player, MLB Hall of Fame member ** Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (d. 2008) * August 28 ** Henny van Schoonhoven, Dutch professional footballer (d. 2009) ** Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet. (d. 2015) * August 29 – Alessandra Negrini, Brazilian actress * August 30 – Guang Liang, Malaysian singer * August 31 ** Debbie Gibson, American singer ** Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen consort of Jordan


September

* September 1 – Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor * September 3 – Jeremy Glick, passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001) * September 4 ** Daisy Dee, Dutch singer and actress ** Ione Skye, British-born American actress * September 7 ** Gao Min (diver), Gao Min, Chinese diver ** Tom Everett Scott, American actor * September 8 – Benny Ibarra, Mexican singer * September 10 – Ménélik, French rapper * September 11 ** Taraji P. Henson, American actress ** Laura Wright, American actress * September 12 – Amala Akkineni, Indian actress, dancer and activist * September 14 – Mike Burns (soccer), Mike Burns, American soccer player * September 17 – Valeria Cappellotto, Italian racing cyclist. (d. 2015) *September 18 ** Darren Gough, English cricketer ** Aisha Tyler, American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host * September 19 ** Dan Bylsma, American ice hockey player ** Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese singer * September 20 – Gert Verheyen, Belgian footballer * September 21 – Samantha Power, Irish-American government official and writer * September 23 – Ani DiFranco, American musician * September 25 – Aja Kong, Japanese professional wrestler * September 26 ** Marco Etcheverry, Bolivian football player ** Yukio Iketani, Japanese gymnast * September 27 – Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese professional shogi player * September 28 ** Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater ** Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player * September 29 ** Ninel Conde, Mexican actress, singer, and television host ** Emily Lloyd, English actress ** Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler * September 30 – Tony Hale, American actor


October

* October 1 – Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan athlete * October 4 – Zdravko Zdravkov, Bulgarian footballer * October 6 – Amy Jo Johnson, American-Canadian actress * October 7 – Nicole Ari Parker, American actress and model * October 8 ** Matt Damon, American actor ** Sadiq Khan, British politician; 3rd Mayor of London (2016–present) ** Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game and film director * October 9 – Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer * October 10 ** Sir Matthew Pinsent, British rower ** Jokelyn Tienstra, Dutch handball player (d. 2015) * October 12 – Kirk Cameron, American actor and Christian activist * October 14 – Daniela Peštová, Czech supermodel ** Roel Vermeulen - Dutch epidemiologist * October 16 – Mehmet Scholl, German footballer * October 17 ** Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer ** Marciano Vink, Dutch footballer * October 19 – Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor * October 20 – Michelle Malkin, American political commentator * October 21 ** Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor ** Tony Mortimer, English singer * October 24 – Stephen Kipkorir, Kenyan middle-distance runner (d. 2008) * October 25 – Adam Goldberg, American actor * October 26 – Chavo Guerrero Jr., Mexican-American professional wrestler * October 27 – Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer * October 27 – Jonathan Stroud, British writer of fantasy fiction * October 29 – Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer * October 30 – Nia Long, American actress ** Xie Jun, Chinese chess grandmaster * October 31 ** Linn Berggren, Swedish singer ** Nolan North, American actor and voice actor


November

* November 1 – Merle Palmiste, Estonian actress * November 2 ** Ely Buendia, Filipino rock lead singer and rhythm guitarist (Eraserheads) ** Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, American wrestling valet * November 3 – Dawn Marie Psaltis, American professional wrestler * November 4 – François Delapierre, French politician (d. 2015) * November 6 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, writer, and film director * November 7 – Morgan Spurlock, American filmmaker and activist * November 8 – Tom Anderson, American co-founder of Myspace * November 9 – Chris Jericho, professional wrestler * November 10 – Warren G, American rapper * November 12 ** Tonya Harding, American figure skater ** Alina María Hernández, Cuban transgender woman (d. 2016) * November 13 – Frederick Herman, American air line pilot * November 15 – Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer * November 16 – Martha Plimpton, American actress * November 17 – Paul Allender, English guitarist * November 18 ** Peta Wilson, Australian actress ** Mike Epps, American comedian and actor * November 21 – Karen Davila, Filipina journalist, TV host and news personality * November 22 – Joe Son, Korean-American actor, wrestler, and convicted felon * November 23 – Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor * November 25 – Eluana Englaro, Italian patient in right-to-die case (d. 2009) * November 26 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian * November 27 – Jorge Luis González Tanquero, Cuban dissident (d. 2016) * November 28 – Richard Osman, English television presenter, producer and director * November 30 ** Yayuk Basuki, Indonesian tennis player ** Natalie Williams, American basketball player


December

* December 1 – Sarah Silverman, American stand-up comedian, actress, singer, producer, and writer * December 3 – Jimmy Shergill, Indian actor * December 4 – Kevin Sussman, American actor and comedian * December 5 ** Tim Hetherington, English-born photojournalist (d. 2011) ** Martin Selmayr, German Eurocrat * December 9 – Kara DioGuardi, American songwriter, producer and singer * December 12 ** Mädchen Amick, American actress ** Jennifer Connelly, American actress ** Regina Hall, American actress * December 14 – Andrew Lewis (boxer), Andrew Lewis, Guyanese professional boxer (d. 2015) * December 15 **Babul Supriyo, Indian singer and politician **Przemysław Truściński, Polish artist * December 17 ** Craig Doyle, Irish television presenter ** Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor * December 18 ** DMX, American rapper and actor (d. 2021) ** Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler * December 20 – Massimo Ellul, Maltese entrepreneur and philanthropist * December 22 ** Ted Cruz, Canadian-American politician, United States Senate, U.S. Senator (Republican Party (United States), R-Texas, Tx.) from 2013 and 2016 United States presidential election, 2016 presidential candidate ** Gary Anderson (darts player), Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player * December 23 – Catriona Le May Doan, Canadian speed skater * December 25 – Emmanuel Amuneke, Nigerian footballer * December 26 – Krissada Sukosol Clapp, Thai actor and singer * December 28 — Yolanda Andrade, Mexican actress and television presenter * December 29 ** Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television presenter ** Kevin Weisman, American actor


Deaths


January–February

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January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 *1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
– Max Born, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882) * January 10 – Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1925) * January 18 – David O. McKay, 9th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873) * January 25 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer (b. 1901) * January 27 – Erich Heckel, German painter (b. 1883) * January 29 ** Basil Liddell Hart, British military historian (b. 1895) ** Thelma Morgan, American socialite (b. 1904) * January 30 – Fritz Bayerlein, German general (b. 1899) * January 31 – Slim Harpo, American singer (b. 1924) * February 2 – Bertrand Russell, British logician and philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1872) * February 3 – Italo Gariboldi, Italian general (b. 1879) * February 7 – Abe Attell, American boxer (b. 1883) * February 14 ** Arthur Edeson, American cinematographer (b. 1891) ** Harry Stradling, American cinematographer (b. 1901) * February 15 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, British RAF Fighter Commander during the Battle of Britain (b. 1882) * February 16 – Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1879) * February 17 ** Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888) ** Alfred Newman (composer), Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1900) * February 19 – Jules Munshin, American actor (b. 1915) * February 20 – João Fernandes Campos Café Filho, João Café Filho, Brazilian politician, 18th President of Brazil (b. 1899) *
February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...
– Dora Boothby, English tennis champion (b. 1881) * February 24 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)


March–April

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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 & ...
– William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915) * March 11 – Erle Stanley Gardner, American crime writer (b. 1889) *
March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. *44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 – Odoa ...
– Arthur Adamov, Russian-French playwright (b. 1908) *
March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. *1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. * 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
– Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945) *
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 Ara ...
– William Beaudine, American film director (b. 1892) *
March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
– Marlen Haushofer, Austrian author (b. 1920) * March 29 – Vera Brittain, British writer (b. 1893) * March 30 – Heinrich Brüning, German academic and politician, 21st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885) *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) * April 1 – Polina Zhemchuzhina, Soviet politician (b. 1897) ** Ludolf von Alvensleben, German Nazi functionary, SS and Police Leader (b. 1901) * April 5 **Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (b. 1877) **Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891) * April 6 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933) *
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 – Ro ...
** Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, consort of Grand Duchess Charlotte (b. 1893) ** Julius Pokorny, Austrian-born Czech linguist (b. 1887) *
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-Ferra ...
– Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923) * April 16 – Richard Neutra, Austrian-born American architect (b. 1892) *
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 Hasan ...
– Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow (b. 1877) * April 18 – Michał Kalecki, Polish economist (b. 1899) *
April 26 Events Pre-1600 *1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. * 1348 – Czech king Karel IV founds the Charles University in Prague, which was later named after him and was the first university in Central Europe. * 14 ...
** Francisco Cunha Leal, Portuguese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1888) ** Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. 1911) * April 27 – Arthur Shields, Irish actor (b. 1896) * April 28 – Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901) * April 30 – Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)


May

* May 1 ** Ralph Hartley, American inventor (b. 1888) ** Yi Un, Crown Prince of Korea (b. 1897) * May 9 – Walter P. Reuther, American labor union leader and president of the United Auto Workers (b. 1907) * May 11 – Johnny Hodges, American jazz musician (b. 1907) * May 12 ** Władysław Anders, General of the Polish Army (b. 1892) ** Nelly Sachs, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) * May 13 – Sir William Dobell, Australian artist (b. 1899) *
May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...
– Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884) *
May 17 Events Pre-1600 *1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. * 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Flo ...
– Heinz Hartmann, Austrian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1894) * May 24 – Phan Khắc Sửu, South Vietnamese politician and Leaders_of_South_Vietnam#Heads_of_state_2, Chief of State of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1893) * May 28 – Iuliu Hossu, Romanian Roman Catholic bishop and servant of God (b. 1885) * May 29 ** John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901) ** Eva Hesse, German-born American sculptor (b. 1936) *
May 31 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. * 1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat K ...
– Terry Sawchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)


June

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June 1 Events Pre-1600 *1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen people, Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. *1252 – Alfonso X is pr ...
– Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, 31st President of Argentina (b. 1903) * June 2 – Bruce McLaren, founder of McLaren Racing (b. 1937) * June 3 – Hjalmar Schacht, Nazi German economic minister (b. 1877) * June 7 ** E. M. Forster, English writer (b. 1879) ** Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez, Spanish archaeologist and historian (b. 1870) ** Prudencia Grifell, Spanish-born Mexican actress (b. 1879) *
June 8 Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
– Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908) * June 9 – Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, 19th President of Costa Rica (b. 1900) * June 10 – Bartolomé Blanche, Chilean military officer, provisional President of Chile (b. 1879) * June 11 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian revolutionary politician (b. 1881) * June 14 – Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (b. 1893) * June 15 – José de Almada Negreiros, Portuguese artist (b. 1893) * June 16 – Heino Eller, Estonian composer and composition teacher (b. 1887) *
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 ...
– Sukarno, 1st President of Indonesia (b. 1901) * June 26 – Leopoldo Marechal, Argentine writer (b. 1900)


July

* July 6 – Marjorie Rambeau, American actress (b. 1889) * July 7 – Sylvester Wiere, Austro-Hungarian-born American slapstick comedian, member of the Wiere Brothers (b. 1909) * July 10 – Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1908), Bjarni Benediktsson, 11th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908) * July 11 – André Lurçat, French modernist architect, landscape architect, (b. 1894) * July 13 ** Leslie Groves, American general, director of the Manhattan Project (b. 1896) ** Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (b. 1895) * July 14 – Luis Mariano, Spanish tenor (b. 1914) * July 19 ** Egon Eiermann, German architect (b. 1904) ** Panagiotis Pipinelis, former Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1899) * July 22 – Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (b. 1892) *
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. 16 ...
– Amadeo Bordiga, Italian Marxist (b. 1889) * July 27 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889) * July 29 – John Barbirolli, Sir John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899) *
July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. *1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. *1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands ...
– George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)


August

* August 1 ** Frances Farmer, American actress and television host (b. 1913) ** Giuseppe Pizzardo, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1877) ** Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1883) * August 10 – Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (b. 1918) * August 12 – Glenn Hartranft, American athlete (b. 1901) * August 18 – Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (b. 1943) * August 20 – Zeki Velidi Togan, Turkish historian (b. 1890) * August 22 – Vladimir Propp, Soviet folklorist (b. 1895) * August 23 – Abdallah Khalil, 3rd Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1892) * August 30 – Del Moore, American actor, comedian and radio announcer (b. 1916)


September

* September – Mahmud al-Muntasir, 1st Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1903) * September 1 – François Mauriac, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885) * September 2 ** Marie-Pierre Kœnig, French general and politician (b. 1898) ** Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer (b. 1906) * September 3 ** Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913) ** Alan Wilson (musician), Alan Wilson, American musician (Canned Heat) (b. 1943) * September 5 ** Jesse Pennington, English footballer (b. 1883) ** Jochen Rindt, Austrian racing driver, 1970 Formula One Driver's Champion (b. 1942) * September 7 – Yitzhak Gruenbaum, noted leader of the Zionism, Zionist movement in the interwar period (b. 1879) * September 14 – Rudolf Carnap, German-American philosopher and mathematician (b. 1891) * September 18 – Jimi Hendrix, American rock musician (b. 1942) * September 22 – Alice Hamilton, the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University (b. 1869) * September 23 – Bourvil, André Bourvil, French actor (b. 1917) * September 25 – Erich Maria Remarque, German author (''All Quiet On The Western Front'') (b. 1898) * September 28 ** John Dos Passos, American novelist (b. 1896) ** Gamal Abdel Nasser, 31st Prime Minister of Egypt and 2nd President of Egypt (b. 1918) * September 29 – Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886) * September 30 – Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1875)


October

* October 1 – Petar Konjović, Yugoslav composer (b. 1883) * October 4 – Janis Joplin, American rock singer (b. 1943) * October 10 – Édouard Daladier, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1884) * October 18 – Prince Zeid bin Hussein (b. 1898) * October 19 – Lázaro Cárdenas, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895) * October 21 ** Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896) ** Ernest Haller, American cinematographer (b. 1896) * October 24 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian (b. 1916) * October 25 – René Schneider, commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army (b. 1913)


November

* November 2 ** Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, Russian mathematician (b. 1891) ** Fernand Gravey, French actor (b. 1904) * November 6 – Agustín Lara, Mexican composer (b. 1897) * November 8 – Napoleon Hill, American author in the area of the new thought (b. 1883) * November 9 – Charles de Gaulle, French general and statesman, 98th Prime Minister of France and 18th President of France (b. 1890) * November 13 – Bessie Braddock, British politician (b. 1899) * November 15 – Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Greek politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1884) * November 19 ** Andrei Yeremenko, Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1892) ** Maria Yudina, Soviet pianist (b. 1899) * November 21 ** C. V. Raman, Indian physicist (b. 1888) ** Percy Ernst Schramm, German historian (b. 1894) * November 23 – Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910) * November 25 ** Louise Glaum, American actress (b. 1888) ** Yukio Mishima, Japanese novelist (b. 1925)


December

* December 7 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (b. 1883) * December 8 – Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (b. 1893) * December 9 – Feroz Khan Noon, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893) * December 14 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, British field marshal and 13th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891) * December 15 – Ernest Marsden, English-New Zealand physicist (b. 1889) * December 16 – Friedrich Pollock, German social scientist and philosopher (b. 1894) * December 29 – Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886–1970), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (b. 1886) * December 30 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. c.1930) * December 31 – Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Hannes Alfvén, Louis Néel * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Luis Federico Leloir * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler, Julius Axelrod * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Norman Borlaug * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences – Paul Samuelson


References

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