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January

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January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
Three bombs explode in
Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
n separatist group. *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...
Mount Nyiragongo Mount Nyiragongo ( ) is an active stratovolcano with an elevation of in the Virunga Mountains associated with the Albertine Rift. It is located inside Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about north of the town of ...
erupts in eastern
Zaire Zaire (, ), officially the Republic of Zaire (french: République du Zaïre, link=no, ), was a Congolese state from 1971 to 1997 in Central Africa that was previously and is now again known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zaire was, ...
(now the
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
). *
January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...
** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. *
January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
** Scientists identify a previously unknown
bacterium Bacteria (; singular: bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among ...
as the cause of the mysterious
Legionnaires' disease Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of ''Legionella'' bacteria, quite often '' Legionella pneumophila''. Signs and symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains, and headaches. Naus ...
. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. **
SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...
Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
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January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...
– An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to
Valencia Airport Valencia Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de Valencia, ca-valencia, Aeroport de València) , also known as ''Manises Airport'', is the tenth-busiest Spanish airport in terms of passengers and second in the region after Alicante. It is situated west of ...
in
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
, killing all 11 people on board. *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...
Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...
is sworn in as the 39th President of the United States. *
January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. *1264 & ...
– Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
of India calls for fresh elections to the
Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...
, and releases all political prisoners. *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. *1438 – The Cou ...
– The Massacre of Atocha occurs, during the
Spanish transition to democracy Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
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February

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February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
– The Congress Party of India, led by
Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
, splits with
Jagjivan Ram Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986), known popularly as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was instrumental in the foundation of the ''All India Depressed Classes League'', an organisation dedicated ...
and other senior leaders, forming
Congress for Democracy The Congress for Democracy (CFD) was an Indian political party founded in 1977 by Jagjivan Ram. It was formed after Jagjivan Ram, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, and Nandini Satpathy left the Indian National Congress of Indira Gandhi and denounced her ru ...
. This party later merges with the
Janata Party The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...
. *
February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...
– In northern
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
a blizzard piles snow on rooftops, causing many to collapse killing at least 31 people. *
February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– Eleven CTA commuters are killed when an elevated train derails from the
Loop Loop or LOOP may refer to: Brands and enterprises * Loop (mobile), a Bulgarian virtual network operator and co-founder of Loop Live * Loop, clothing, a company founded by Carlos Vasquez in the 1990s and worn by Digable Planets * Loop Mobile, an ...
in central Chicago, United States. *
February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 &nd ...
– 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 ...
launches ''
Soyuz 24 Soyuz 24 (russian: Союз 24, ''Union 24'') was a February, 1977, Soviet mission to the Salyut 5 space station, the third and final mission to the station, the last purely military crew for the Soviets and the final mission to a military Sal ...
'' (
Viktor Gorbatko Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko (russian: Ви́ктор Васи́льевич Горбатко́; 3 December 1934 – 17 May 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7, Soyuz 24, and Soyuz 37 missions. Early life Viktor Vasilievich Go ...
,
Yury Glazkov Yury Nikolayevich Glazkov (russian: Ю́рий Никола́евич Глазко́в; 2 October 1939 – 9 December 2008) was a Soviet Air Force officer and a cosmonaut. Glazkov held the rank of major general in the Russian Air Force. Biograph ...
) to dock with the ''
Salyut 5 Salyut 5 (russian: Салют-5 meaning ''Salute 5''), also known as OPS-3, was a Soviet space station. Launched in 1976 as part of the Salyut programme, it was the third and last Almaz space station to be launched for the Soviet military. Two Soy ...
'' space station. *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. * 1268 &ndas ...
– American
Space Shuttle program The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its ...
: First test flight of Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'' mated to the
Boeing 747 The Boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2022. After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, t ...
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One (N905NA) is a 747-100 model, while the other (N911NA) is a short range 747-100SR. The SCAs were used t ...
. *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
Óscar Romero Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago ...
, an outspoken opponent of violence, becomes Archbishop of San Salvador,
El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
. *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
– Queen
Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
opens the
Parliament of New Zealand The New Zealand Parliament ( mi, Pāremata Aotearoa) is the unicameral legislature of New Zealand, consisting of the King of New Zealand (King-in-Parliament) and the New Zealand House of Representatives. The King is usually represented by hi ...
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March

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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 ...
– The 1977 Vrancea earthquake in the
Vrancea Mountains The Vrancea Mountains ( ro, Munții Vrancei) are a mountain range in the Curvature Carpathians in Romania. Located mostly in western Vrancea County, they also cover parts of Bacău, Buzău, and Covasna counties. The highest peak is , at . To t ...
of
Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
kills 1,500. *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. *1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bour ...
– The
Australian parliament The Parliament of Australia (officially the Federal Parliament, also called the Commonwealth Parliament) is the legislature, legislative branch of the government of Australia. It consists of three elements: the monarch (represented by the ...
is opened by
Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states during ...
in her capacity as Queen of Australia. *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. * 1226 – ...
Hanafi Siege: Approximately a dozen armed
Hanafi Movement Hamaas Abdul Khaalis (1921 – November 13, 2003), born Ernest Timothy McGhee, also known as Ernest "XX" McGee and Ernest 2X McGee, was leader of the Hanafi Movement, a African-American Muslims, Black Muslim group based in Washington, D.C. subs ...
members take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing 1 person and taking more than 130 hostages (the hostage situation ends 2 days later). *
March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a t ...
– The
rings of Uranus The rings of Uranus are intermediate in complexity between the more extensive set around Saturn and the simpler systems around Jupiter and Neptune. The rings of Uranus were discovered on March 10, 1977, by James L. Elliot, Edward W. Dunham, and J ...
are discovered. *
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 ...
– The
Centenary Test Centenary Test refers to two matches of Test cricket played between the English cricket team and the Australian cricket team, the first in 1977 and the second in 1980. These matches were played to mark the 100th anniversaries of the first Test cr ...
between Australia and England begins at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadiu ...
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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 ...
– Results of elections to the
Indian Parliament The Parliament of India ( IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the ...
are declared.
Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
's Congress Party is routed by the opposition Janata alliance. *
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 ...
– Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...
withdraws the
state of emergency A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...
which was implemented on June 25, 1975. *
March 27 Events Pre-1600 *1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and Interdict (Catholic canon law), interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. ...
Tenerife disaster The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The collision occurred when KLM Flight 4 ...
: A collision between
KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amste ...
and
Pan Am Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was an American airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States ...
Boeing 747 The Boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2022. After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, t ...
s at
Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitants as of Janu ...
,
Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
, kills 583 people. This becomes the deadliest accident in aviation history.


April

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April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
Horse racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic p ...
:
Red Rum Red Rum (3 May 1965 – 18 October 1995) was a champion Thoroughbred steeplechaser. He achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977, and also came second in the two intervening years, 1975 and ...
wins a record third
Grand National The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap ...
at
Aintree Racecourse Aintree Racecourse is a horse racing, racecourse in Aintree, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, bordering the city of Liverpool. The racecourse is the venue for the Grand National steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase, whi ...
in the UK. *
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 – ...
Southern Airways Flight 242 Southern Airways Flight 242 was a flight from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Atlanta, Georgia, with a stop in Huntsville, Alabama. On April 4, 1977, it executed a forced landing on Georgia State Route 381 in New Hope, Paulding County, Georgia, Unit ...
crashes on a highway in New Hope, Georgia, United States, killing 72 people. *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Empe ...
– German Federal Prosecutor
Siegfried Buback Siegfried Buback (3 January 1920, Wilsdruff, Saxony – 7 April 1977, Karlsruhe) was the Attorney General of West Germany from 1974 until his murder in 1977. Life and career Buback studied at the University of Leipzig. From 1940 to 1945, he w ...
and his driver are shot by
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 while waiting at a red light near his home in
Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...
. The "
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 ...
Commando" later claims responsibility. *
April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, s ...
Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...
legalizes the
Communist Party of Spain The Communist Party of Spain ( es, Partido Comunista de España; PCE) is a Marxist-Leninist party that, since 1986, has been part of the United Left coalition, which is part of Unidas Podemos. It currently has two of its politicians serving as ...
, which had been outlawed since 1939. *
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 ...
London Transport's Silver Jubilee
AEC Routemaster The AEC Routemaster is a Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, front-engined double-decker bus that was designed by London Transport Executive, London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park Royal Vehicles. The ...
buses are launched. *
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 ...
– Belgian Prime Minister
Leo Tindemans Leonard Clemence "Leo" Tindemans (; 16 April 1922 – 26 December 2014) was a Belgian politician. He served as the prime minister of Belgium serving from 25 April 1974 until he resigned as minister on 20 October 1978. He was a member of the Chri ...
' Christian Social Party gains eight seats in the lower house in parliamentary elections. *
April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. * 1428 – Peace of Ferrara betw ...
- An annular solar eclipse was visible in Africa, and was the 29th solar eclipse of
Solar Saros 138 Saros cycle series 138 for solar eclipses occurs at the Moon's descending node, repeating every 18 years, 11 days, containing 70 events. 16 of these are partial solar eclipses. All eclipses in this series occurs at the Moon's descending node. T ...
. *
April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern ...
Optical fiber An optical fiber, or optical fibre in Commonwealth English, is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a means to ...
is first used to carry live telephone traffic. *
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 ...
– In northern
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
, a cyclone kills 13 people and injures about 100 others. *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ...
– A federal court in
Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
, West Germany, sentences
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
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 ...
,
Gudrun Ensslin Gudrun Ensslin (; 15 August 1940 – 18 October 1977) was a German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction (, or RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof Gang). After becoming involved with co-fou ...
, and
Jan-Carl Raspe Jan-Carl Raspe (24 July 1944 – 18 October 1977) was a member of the German militant group, the Red Army Faction (RAF). Early life Raspe was born in Seefeld in Tirol (then Germany, now Austria). He was described as gentle but had difficulty co ...
to life imprisonment. *
April 30 Events Pre-1600 * 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. * 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...
– The
Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
between
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
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
evolves into the
Cambodian–Vietnamese War The Cambodian–Vietnamese War ( km, សង្គ្រាមកម្ពុជា-វៀតណាម, vi, Chiến tranh Campuchia–Việt Nam), known in Vietnam as the Counter-offensive on the Southwestern border ( vi, Chiến dịch Phản ...
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May

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May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 &ndas ...
– The
Taksim Square massacre The Taksim Square massacre ( tr, Kanlı 1 Mayıs, or the Bloody First of May) was an attack on leftist demonstrators on 1 May 1977 (International Workers' Day) in Taksim Square, Istanbul, Turkey. Casualty figures vary between 34 and 42 persons kil ...
in Istanbul results in 34 deaths and hundreds of injuries. * May 12 – Portugal and Israel establish Foreign relations of Israel#Portugal, diplomatic relations. * May 14 ** The 1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash, 1977 IAS Cargo Boeing 707 airplane crash in Lusaka, Zambia kills all six on board. ** In Milan, Italy, during a far-left demonstration, a hooded person shoots at the police, killing a policeman, Antonio Custra. The scene is photographed and the picture of the hooded man shooting in the middle of the street appears in many magazines around the world. ** The Montreal Canadiens sweep the Boston Bruins in four games to win their second straight Stanley Cup. * May 16 – A 20-passenger Sikorsky S-61, S-61L topples sideways at takeoff from the roof of the MetLife Building, Pan Am Building in Midtown Manhattan. Four passengers are killed by the turning rotors and a woman at street level is killed by a falling blade. * May 17 – The Likud Party, led by Menachem Begin, wins the national elections in Israel. * May 23 ** Scientists report using bacteria in a lab to make insulin via gene splicing. ** Moluccan terrorists take over a school in Bovensmilde, northern Netherlands (105 hostages), and a passenger train on the Bovensmilde–Assen route nearby (90 hostages) at the same time. On June 11, Dutch Royal Marines storm the train, and six terrorists and two hostages are killed. * May 27 ** The Aeroflot Flight 331, 1977 Aeroflot Ilyushin 62 airplane crash in Cuba kills 69 people. ** A 1977 Angolan coup d'état attempt, demonstration and coup attempt in Angola takes place. Thousands are killed by the government and Cuban forces. * May 28 – The Beverly Hills Supper Club fire, Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, is engulfed in fire; 165 are killed inside. * May 29 – 1977 Indianapolis 500, Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win the race four times.


June

* June 5 – A bloodless Coup d'état, coup installs France-Albert René as President of the Seychelles. * June 10 – The first Apple II series computers go on sale. * June 15 – Spain has 1977 Spanish general election, its first democratic elections, after 41 years of Francoist Spain. * June 21 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP forms the new government of Turkey (40th government since the founding of the Turkish republic, but fails to receive the vote of confidence). * June 25 – The 1977 Rugby League World Cup culminates in Australia national rugby league team, Australia's 13–12 victory over Great Britain national rugby league team, Great Britain at the Sydney Cricket Ground before about 24,450 spectators. * June 27 – Djibouti receives its independence from France. * June 30 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is permanently disbanded.


July

* July 1 ** The East African Community is dissolved. ** The Championships, Wimbledon (tennis) – Virginia Wade wins the women's singles title in the centenary year of the tournament, Wade's first and only Wimbledon title and her third and final Grand Slam title overall; she remains the last British woman to win the singles title at Wimbledon. * July 5 – General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq overthrows Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan. * July 9 – The Military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990), Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of Francoist Spain. * July 10 – A temperature of , a List of weather records, record for continental Europe, is recorded in Climate of Greece, Greece. * July 13 ** Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ethio-Somali War. ** New York City is affected by a complete New York City blackout of 1977, electricity blackout lasting through the following day that results in citywide looting and other criminal activity, including arson. * July 21 – July 24, 24 – The Libyan–Egyptian War, sparked by a Libyan raid on Sallum, begins. * July 21 – Süleyman Demirel, of Justice Party (Turkey), AP forms the new government of Turkey (41st government a three-party coalition, so-called second national front ( tr, Milliyetçi cephe)). * July 22 – The purged Chinese Communist leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power nine months after the "Gang of Four" was expelled from power in a coup d'état. * July 27 – The Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Soviet Politburo orders Boris Yeltsin to demolish the Ipatiev House, where Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family were shot in 1918. Yeltsin eventually calls this a barbarian act. * July 30 – Left-wing German terrorists Susanne Albrecht, Brigitte Mohnhaupt and Christian Klar assassinate Jürgen Ponto, chairman of the Dresdner Bank in Oberursel, West Germany.


August

* August 3 ** United States Senate hearings on Project MKUltra are held. ** The Tandy Corporation TRS-80 Model I computer is announced at a press conference. * August 4 – U.S. President
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signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy. * August 9 – The military-controlled government of Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in 1981 for a President and General Assembly of Uruguay, Congress. * August 12 – The NASA Space Shuttle, named ''Space Shuttle Enterprise, Enterprise'', makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. * August 15 ** The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the Wow! signal for a notation made by a volunteer on the project. ** Herbert Kappler escapes from the Caelian Hill military hospital in Rome. * August 17 – The Soviet icebreaker ''Arktika (1972 nuclear icebreaker), Arktika'' becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole. * August 20 – Voyager program: The United States launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft. * August 26 – The National Assembly of Quebec passes the Charter of the French Language (Law 101, ''La charte de la langue française'') making French language, French the official language of the Canadian province of Quebec.


September

* September 4 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco, United States. * September 5 ** Voyager program: ''Voyager 1'' is launched after a brief delay. ** German Autumn: Employers Association President Hanns Martin Schleyer is kidnapped in Cologne, West Germany. The kidnappers kill three escorting police officers and his chauffeur. They demand the release of
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prisoners. * September 7 – Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The U.S. agrees to transfer control of the canal to Panama at the end of the 20th century. * September 8 – Interpol issues a resolution against the copyright infringement of video tapes and other material, which is still cited in warnings on opening pre-credits of videocassettes and DVDs. * September 10 – Hamida Djandoubi's is the last guillotine execution in France (at Marseille) and the last legal beheading in the western world. * September 11 – Atari, Inc. releases its Atari 2600, Video Computer System in North America. * September 18 – ''Courageous (yacht), Courageous'' (U.S.), skippered by Ted Turner, sweeps the Australian challenger ''Australia'' in the 1977 America's Cup, 24th America's Cup yacht race. * September 19 ** Under pressure from the Carter Administration, President of Nicaragua Anastasio Somoza Debayle lifts the State of emergency, state of siege in Nicaragua. ** North Korean agents abduct Yutaka Kume from Noto Peninsula starting the North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens. * September 20 – The Petrozavodsk phenomenon is observed in the
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and some northern European countries. * September 28 – The Porsche 928 debuts at the Geneva Motor Show.


October

* October 1 – Energy Research and Development Administration combines with the Federal Energy Administration to form United States Department of Energy. * October 7 ** The Soviet Union adopts its 1977 Constitution of the Soviet Union, third Constitution. The Soviet National Anthem's lyrics are returned after a 24-year period, with Joseph Stalin's name omitted. ** Pelé plays his final professional football game, as a member of the New York Cosmos (1970–85), New York Cosmos. * October 13 – German Autumn: Four Palestinian people, Palestinians hijack Lufthansa Flight 181 to Somalia and demand the release of 11
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members. * October 17 – October 18, 18 – German Autumn: GSG 9 troopers storm the hijacked Lufthansa passenger plane in Mogadishu, Somalia; three of the four hijackers die. * October 18 ** German Autumn:
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members
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,
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and
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commit suicide in Stammheim prison; Irmgard Möller fails (their supporters still claim they were murdered). They are buried on October 27. * October 19 – German Autumn: Kidnapped industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer is found murdered in Mulhouse, France. * October 20 – Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a charter plane crash outside Gillsburg, Mississippi, three days after the release of their fifth studio album ''Street Survivors''. * October 21 – The European Patent Institute is founded. * October 23 – The president of Catalonia, Josep Tarradellas, returns to Barcelona from exile and the autonomous government of Catalonia, the Generalitat de Catalunya, Generalitat, is restored. * October 26 ** The last natural smallpox case is discovered in Merca district, Somalia. The WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC consider this date the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, a great success of vaccination and, by extension, of modern science. **
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: Last test taxi flight of Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'', over California. * October 27 – British punk band Sex Pistols release ''Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols'' on the Virgin Records label. Despite refusal by major retailers in the UK to stock it, it enters the UK Album Charts at number one the week after its release. * October 28 – Hong Kong police attack the Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong), ICAC headquarters.


November

* November 1 – 2060 Chiron, first of the outer Solar System asteroids known as Centaur (minor planet), Centaurs, is discovered by Charles T. Kowal, Charlie Kowal. * November 2 – The worst storm in Athens' modern history causes havoc across the Greek capital and kills 38 people. * November 6 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, United States, fails, killing 39 people. * November 8 ** Greek archaeologist Manolis Andronikos discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina. ** San Francisco elects City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S. * November 9 – Hugo Banzer, Gen. Hugo Banzer, president of the military government of Bolivia, announces that the constitutional democracy will be restored in 1978 instead of 1980 as previously provided. * November 10 – The Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track, soundtrack to ''Saturday Night Fever'' is released. Featuring five new Bee Gees compositions, it will go on to become the then best selling album of all time. * November 19 ** Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becomes the first Arab people, Arab leader to make an official visit to Israel, when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, seeking a permanent peace settlement. ** TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes at Madeira Airport, Funchal, Portugal, killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors. * November 22 ** British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. ** The TCP/IP test succeeds, connecting 3 ARPANET nodes (of 111), in what eventually becomes the Internet protocol. * November 30 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is founded as a specialized agency of the United Nations.


December

* December – The Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific (CESDAP) is implemented. * December 4 ** Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor. ** Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia, killing all 100 passengers and crew on board. * December 6 – South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country. * December 10 – 1977 Australian federal election: Malcolm Fraser's Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal/National Party of Australia, National Country Coalition (Australia), Coalition Fraser Government, Government is re-elected with a slightly reduced majority, defeating the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party led by former Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Consequently, Whitlam resigned as ALP leader after holding the job for nearly 11 years; he would be December 1977 Australian Labor Party leadership election, replaced by former Treasurer of Australia, Treasurer Bill Hayden. * December 13 – a chartered Douglas DC-3 aircraft carrying the University of Evansville basketball team to Nashville, Tennessee, Air Indiana Flight 216, crashes in rain and dense fog about 90 seconds after takeoff from Evansville Regional Airport; 29 people die in the crash, including 14 members of the team and head coach Bob Watson. * December 16 – ''Saturday Night Fever'' is released in theaters and becomes the biggest dancing movie of all time. The movie launches the career of its star John Travolta and catapults the Bee Gees — who performed several songs on the Saturday Night Fever (soundtrack), soundtrack — to newfound success. * December 18 – SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730, an international charter service from Zurich to Funchal Airport (Madeira), hits the sea during a landing attempt. Many of the 36 who die drown, trapped inside the sinking aircraft. Twenty-one people survive with the help of rescuers and by swimming to the shore. * December 19 – The 5.9 1977 Bob–Tangol earthquake, Bob–Tangol earthquake rocks Iran, killing at least 584 people and injuring 1,000. * December 20 – Djibouti and
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join the United Nations. * December 22 – A grain elevator explodes in Westwego, Louisiana, United States, killing 36 people.


Births


January

* January 1 – Jerry Yan, Taiwanese singer * January 3 – Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress * January 4 – Irán Castillo, Mexican actress and singer * January 11 ** Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater ** Devin Ratray, American actor * January 13 – Orlando Bloom, British actor * January 14 – Narain Karthikeyan, Indian Formula One driver * January 15 – Giorgia Meloni, Italian politician *
January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...
– Leigh Whannell, Australian actor and writer *
January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...
– Ma Dongbo, Chinese former footballer *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...
– Melody (Belgian singer), Melody, Belgian singer * January 21 – Jerry Trainor, American actor, comedian and musician * January 22 – Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer *
January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. *1264 & ...
– Kamal Heer, Punjabi singer and musician *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. *1438 – The Cou ...
– Johann Urb, Estonian-born American actor * January 25 ** Christian Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian singer ** Hatem Trabelsi, Tunisian footballer * January 26 ** Niklas Almqvist, Nicholaus Arson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter ** Vince Carter, American basketball player * January 28 – Takuma Sato, Japanese racing driver * January 31 – Kerry Washington, African-American actress


February

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February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
– Shakira, Colombian singer-songwriter and musician *
February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...
– Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican singer * February 5 – Ben Ainslie, British sailor *
February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 &nd ...
– Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman * February 11 – Mike Shinoda, American musician, singer and rapper *
February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. * 1268 &ndas ...
** Ike Barinholtz, American actor, comedian and screenwriter ** László Nemes, Hungarian film director and screenwriter * February 19 – Gianluca Zambrotta, Italian footballer * February 20 ** Stephon Marbury, American basketball player ** Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler and actress * February 21 ** Cyrine Abdelnour, Lebanese singer, actress, and model ** Jonathan Safran Foer, American author ** Steve Francis, American basketball player *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
– Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier * February 24 – Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing champion * February 26 ** Olsi Baze, columnist, writer and human rights activist. ** Shane Williams, Welsh rugby player *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...
** Jason Aldean, American country music singer ** Rafael Amaya, Mexican model, singer, and actor


March

* March 1 – Rens Blom, Dutch athlete * March 2 – Chris Martin, British rock musician * March 3 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer *
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 ...
– Ana Guevara, Mexican track and field athlete and politician * March 5 – Wally Szczerbiak, Spanish-born basketball player * March 6 ** Paquillo Fernández, Spanish race walker ** Santino Marella, Canadian professional wrestler * March 7 ** Ronan O'Gara, Irish rugby player ** Mitja Zastrow, German-born swimmer *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. *1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bour ...
– James Van Der Beek, American actor *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. * 1226 – ...
** Bree Turner, American actress ** Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer ** Shannon Miller, American gymnast ** Robin Thicke, American-Canadian R&B singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor * March 11 ** Becky Hammon, American basketball player ** Jason Greeley, Canadian singer * March 14 ** Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (d. 2011) ** Kim Nam-il, South Korean footballer * March 15 – Brian Tee, Japanese American actor * March 16 – Mónica Cruz, Spanish actress and dancer * March 18 ** Arkady Babchenko, Russian journalist ** Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player * March 24 – Jessica Chastain, American actress * March 25 – Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor * March 26 – Bianca Kajlich, American actress *
March 27 Events Pre-1600 *1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and Interdict (Catholic canon law), interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. ...
– Vítor Meira, Brazilian racing driver * March 28 – Annie Wersching, American actress


April

* April 1 ** Vitor Belfort, Brazilian mixed martial artist ** Paul Kalanithi, Indian-American neurosurgeon and writer (d. 2015) *
April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
** Michael Fassbender, Irish-German actor ** Nicki Pedersen, Danish motorcycle rider * April 5 ** Jonathan Erlich, Israeli tennis player ** Daniel Majstorović, Swedish soccer player * April 8 – Mehran Ghassemi, Iranian journalist (d. 2008) *
April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, s ...
– Gerard Way, American musician and comic book writer * April 12 – Tobias Angerer, German cross-country skier * April 14 ** Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress ** Nate Fox, American professional basketball player (d. 2014) ** Rob McElhenney, American actor * April 15 – Dejan Milojević, Dejan Milojevic, Serbian basketball player * April 16 – Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer *
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 ...
– Frederik Magle, Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist * April 21 – Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater *
April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. * 1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern ...
** Anna Eriksson, Finnish pop-rock singer ** Steven Price (composer), Steven Price, British film composer * April 23 ** Arash (singer), Arash, Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer and producer ** John Cena, American professional wrestler, actor and rapper ** Kal Penn, American actor, producer, and former civil servant *
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 ...
** Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican baseball player ** Rebecca Mader, English actress * April 25 – Manolo Cardona, Colombian actor * April 26 ** Jason Earles, American actor, comedian, and martial artist ** Tom Welling, American actor, director, producer, and model *
April 30 Events Pre-1600 * 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. * 1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...
** Alexandra Holden, American actress ** Ole Jørn Myklebust, Norwegian jazz musician


May

* May 3 – Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player * May 4 – Emily Perkins, Canadian actress * May 5 ** Choi Kang-hee (actress), Choi Kang-hee, South Korean actress ** Virginie Efira, Belgian actress and television anchor ** Jessica Schwarz, German film and television actress * May 8 – Juan Ignacio Sánchez, Pepe Sánchez, Argentine basketball player * May 10 – Nick Heidfeld, German racing driver * May 11 ** Janne Ahonen, Finnish ski jumper ** Victor Matfield, South African rugby player * May 12 ** Graeme Dott, Scottish snooker player ** Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician (d. 2017) * May 13 – Samantha Morton, English actress * May 14 – Roy Halladay, American baseball player (d. 2017) * May 16 ** Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress ** Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer * May 23 ** Richard Ayoade, British actor and presenter ** Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater ** Yevgeny Rodionov, Russian soldier (d. 1996) * May 24 – Jeet Gannguli, Indian singer, music director and score composer * May 26 ** Misaki Ito, Japanese actress ** Luca Toni, Italian footballer * May 27 ** Abderrahmane Hammad, Algerian athlete ** Tommie van der Leegte, Dutch soccer player * May 29 – Massimo Ambrosini, Italian football player * May 31 ** Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer ** Joachim Olsen, Danish athlete and politician ** Moses Sichone, Zambian footballer


June

* June 1 ** Sarah Wayne Callies, American actress ** Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson, Jónsi, Icelandic singer * June 2 – Zachary Quinto, American actor * June 7 – Chen Luyun, Chinese basketball (d. 2015) * June 8 – Kanye West, American rapper and record producer * June 9 – Peja Stojaković, Serbian basketball player * June 11 – Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer * June 12 – Ana Tijoux, French-Chilean musician * June 17 – Bartosz Brożek, Polish philosopher and jurist * June 18 ** Kaja Kallas, 19th Prime Minister of Estonia ** Majed Moqed, Saudi Arabian terrorist (d. 2001) * June 19 ** Peter Warrick, American football player ** Veronika Vařeková, Czech model ** Maria Cioncan, distance runner from Romania (d. 2007) * June 21 – Jochen Hecht, German ice hockey player * June 23 – Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter * June 24 – Mal Michael, Papua New Guinean footballer * June 25 ** Layla El, English dancer, model, and retired professional wrestler ** Naoya Tsukahara, Japanese gymnast * June 26 ** William Kipsang, Kenyan long-distance runner ** Tite Kubo, Japanese manga artist who created BLEACH * June 27 ** Arkadiusz Radomski, Polish footballer ** Raúl (footballer), Raúl, Spanish footballer * June 28 – Harun Tekin, Turkish rock vocalist and guitarist (Mor ve Ötesi) * June 29 ** Jeff Baena, American screenwriter and film director ** Will Kemp (actor, born 1977), Will Kemp, English actor and dancer ** Zuleikha Robinson, British actress and singer ** Bradley Stryker, American actor


July

* July 1 ** Tom Frager, French-born singer and surfer ** Liv Tyler, American actress * July 2 – Carl Froch, British boxer * July 6 – Audrey Fleurot, French actress * July 8 ** Maciej Jachowski, Polish actor and singer ** Belinda Lee (host), Belinda Lee, Singaporean television host and actress ** Milo Ventimiglia, American actor ** Wang Zhizhi, Chinese basketball player * July 9 – Noppadol Sangnil, Thai snooker player * July 10 ** Cary Joji Fukunaga, American film director, writer, and cinematographer ** Chiwetel Ejiofor, English actor ** Li Zimeng, Chinese host * July 11 ** Casper Crump, Danish actor ** Finau Maka, Tongan rugby union footballer * July 12 ** Steve Howey (actor), Steve Howey, American actor ** Brock Lesnar, American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist * July 13 ** Jonah Lotan, Israeli actor ** Kari Wahlgren, American voice actress * July 14 – Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden * July 15 – Lana Parrilla, American actress * July 18 ** Alfian Sa'at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright ** Alexander Morozevich, Russian chess Grandmaster ** Alfian Sa'at, Alfian bin Sa'at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright * July 21 – Paul Casey, English golfer * July 24 ** Danny Dyer, English actor ** Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iranian football player * July 26 – Rebecca St. James, Australian-born Christian musician * July 27 – Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Irish actor * July 28 – Manu Ginóbili, Argentine basketball player * July 30 – Jaime Pressly, American actress


August

* August 1 – Helder Mota Ricardo, East Timorese footballer * August 2 – Edward Furlong, American actor * August 3 – Tom Brady, American football player and entrepreneur * August 5 – David Chang, American restaurateur and author * August 8 – Marílson Gomes dos Santos, Brazilian long-distance runner * August 13 – Michael Klim, Australian swimmer * August 15 ** Martin Biron, Canadian hockey player ** Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast * August 16 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor * August 17 ** Tarja Turunen, Finnish operatic soprano ** Thierry Henry, French footballer ** William Gallas, French footballer * August 18 – Lukáš Bauer, Czech cross-country skier * August 19 – Callum Blue, English actor * August 20 ** Felipe Contepomi, Argentine rugby player ** Manuel Contepomi, Argentine rugby player ** Henning Stensrud, Norwegian ski jumper * August 24 ** Per Gade, Danish footballer ** Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer ** John Green, American author, vlogger, and editor ** Robert Enke, German footballer (d. 2009) * August 29 – Martha Ehlin, Swedish sports teacher (d. 2016) * August 30 ** Jens Ludwig, German guitarist ** Félix Sánchez (hurdler), Félix Sánchez, American-Dominican athlete * August 31 ** Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler ** Ian Harte, Irish footballer


September

* September 1 – Kathleen de Leon Jones, Filipino-Australian actress, dancer, singer and television performer (Hi-5 (Australian band), Hi-5) * September 2 ** Frédéric Kanouté, Malian soccer player ** Elitsa Todorova, Bulgarian singer-songwriter * September 4 – Lucie Silvas, English singer * September 9 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (d. 2003) * September 11 – Ludacris, American rapper and actor * September 12 ** 2 Chainz, American rapper ** James McCartney, English musician and songwriter ** Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter * September 13 – Fiona Apple, American singer * September 15 ** Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author ** Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter ** Tom Hardy, English actor ** Jason Terry, American basketball player * September 18 – Kieran West, British Olympic oarsman * September 20 – Namie Amuro, Japanese singer * September 21 – Marc de Hond, Dutch television presenter and wheelchair basketball player (d. 2020) * September 22 – Paul Sculthorpe, English rugby league player * September 23 – Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer, actress, and murder victim (d. 2008) * September 24 – Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, American football player * September 25 ** Clea DuVall, American actress ** Joel David Moore, American actor * September 27 – Andrus Värnik, Estonian javelin thrower * September 28 ** Se-Ri Pak, South Korean golfer ** Kristal Tin, Hong Kong actress * September 30 ** Roy Carroll, Irish footballer ** Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer


October

* October 2 – Didier Défago, Swiss Olympic alpine skier * October 6 – Daniel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player * October 8 – Anne-Caroline Chausson, French mountain bicycle racer * October 11 ** Matt Bomer, American film, stage, and television actor ** Claudia Palacios, Colombian journalist and newsreader * October 12 – Bode Miller, American skier * October 13 ** Paul Pierce, American basketball player ** Kiele Sanchez, American actress * October 14 ** Kelly Schumacher, American basketball and volleyball player ** Oleg Velyky, Ukrainian and German handball player World champion 2007 (d. 2010) * October 15 – David Trezeguet, French footballer * October 16 – John Mayer, American musician and record producer * October 17 ** Dudu Aouate, Israeli footballer ** André Villas-Boas, Portuguese football manager * October 18 ** Jyothika, Indian actress ** Ryan Nelsen, New Zealand footballer ** Paul Stalteri, Canadian footballer * October 25 – Birgit Prinz, German footballer * October 26 ** Jon Heder, American actor and voice artist ** Louis Crayton, Swiss/Liberian footballer * October 27 – Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer * October 28 – Jonas Rasmussen, Danish badminton player * October 29 – Brendan Fehr, Canadian actor


November

* November 2 – Maajid Nawaz, British-Pakistani activist and radio presenter * November 6 – Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress * November 10 – Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (d. 2009) * November 11 – Scoot McNairy, American actor * November 13 – Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer * November 15 – Sean Murray (actor), Sean Murray, American actor * November 16 ** Oksana Baiul, Ukrainian figure skater ** Maggie Gyllenhaal, American actress * November 17 – Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer * November 18 – Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player * November 19 ** Mette Frederiksen, Danish politician ** Kerri Strug, American gymnast * November 20 – Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer * November 21 – Tobias Sammet, German singer and songwriter * November 24 – Colin Hanks, American actor * November 28 – DeMya Walker, American basketball player * November 30 – Nelsan Ellis, African-American film and television actor and playwright (d. 2017)


December

* December 1 – Brad Delson, American musician (Linkin Park) * December 6 ** Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer ** Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer * December 7 – Luke Donald, English golfer * December 8 ** Elsa Benítez, Mexican model and television host ** Sébastien Chabal, French rugby union player ** Ryan Newman (racing driver), Ryan Newman, American race car driver ** Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor and producer * December 11 – Peter Stringer, Irish rugby union player * December 12 – Adam Saitiev, Chechen wrestler, Olympic gold medalist * December 16 – Anu Nieminen, Finnish badminton player * December 17 – Oxana Fedorova, Russian model * December 20 – Sonja Aldén, Swedish pop singer * December 21 ** Gregor Horvatič, Slovenian politician ** Emmanuel Macron, 25th President of France * December 23 – Jari Mäenpää, Finnish musician * December 24 – Domingo Vega, also known as ''Américo'', Chilean singer * December 25 – Uhm Ji-won, South Korean actress * December 30 ** Laila Ali, American boxer ** Kenyon Martin, American basketball player * December 31 ** Psy, South Korean singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer and record producer ** Donald Trump Jr., American businessman and son of former U.S. President Donald Trump


Deaths


January

* January 2 – Erroll Garner, American musician (b. 1921) * January 4 – Ibrahim Biçakçiu, Albanian politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Albania leader of World War II (b. 1905) * January 5 – Artur Adson, Estonian poet, writer and theatre critic (b. 1889) * January 14 ** Anthony Eden, British politician, 62nd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897) ** Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916) ** Anaïs Nin, French diarist and writer (b. 1903) *
January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...
– Gary Gilmore, American murderer (b. 1940) *
January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
** Džemal Bijedić, Yugoslavian politician, 27th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1917) ** Carl Zuckmayer, German writer and playwright (b. 1896) *
January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...
– Yvonne Printemps, French singer and actress (b. 1894) *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...
– Dimitrios Kiousopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1892) *
January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. *1264 & ...
– Pascual Pérez (boxer), Pascual Pérez, Argentine world Flyweight boxing champion (b. 1926) * January 26 – Dietrich von Hildebrand, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1889) * January 28 – Burt Mustin, American actor (b. 1884) * January 29 – Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (b. 1954)


February

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February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...
– Pauline Starke, American actress (b. 1901) *
February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– Brett Halliday, American writer (b. 1904) * February 5 – Oskar Klein, Swedish theoretical physicist (b. 1894) * February 9 – Alia Al-Hussein, Queen consort of Jordan (b. 1948) * February 15 – Herman Johannes Lam, Dutch botanist (b. 1892) * February 16 ** Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905) ** Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (b. 1897) * February 27 – John Dickson Carr, American crime novelist (b. 1906)


March

* March 1 – Diallo Telli, Guinean diplomat and politician, 1st Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity (b. 1925) * March 3 ** Brian Faulkner, last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (b. 1921) ** Percy Marmont, American stage and screen actor (b. 1883) *
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 ...
** Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b. 1951) ** Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German jurist and senior government official, last führer of Nazi Germany (b. 1887) * March 5 – Tom Pryce, British Formula One racing driver (b. 1949) *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. *1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bour ...
– Henry Hull, American actor (b. 1890) *
March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a t ...
** E. Power Biggs, English-American organist (b. 1906) ** Willem Schermerhorn, Dutch politician and civil engineer, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1894) * March 14 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917) * March 15 – Antonino Rocca, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1921) * March 17 – Claude Roger-Marx, French writer, and playwright (b. 1888) * March 18 – Marien Ngouabi, 3rd President of Congo (b. 1938) *
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 ...
– William L. Laurence, Jewish Lithuanian-American journalist (b. 1888) * March 20 – Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, English politician, 9th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1909) * March 29 – Eugen Wüster, industrialist and terminologist (b. 1898) * March 30 – Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)


April

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April 2 Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
– John Whitaker (gymnast), John Whitaker, British gymnast (b. 1886) * April 5 – Carlos Prío Socarrás, 11th President of Cuba (b. 1903) *
April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Empe ...
– Karl Ritter (director), Karl Ritter, German film producer and director (b. 1888) *
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 ...
– Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900) *
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 ...
– William Conway (cardinal), William Conway, Northern Irish cardinal (b. 1913) * April 20 ** Wilmer Allison, American tennis champion (b. 1904) ** Bryan Foy, American film producer and director (b. 1896) * April 21 – Gummo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1892) * April 27 ** Stanley Adams (actor), Stanley Adams, American actor (b. 1915) ** Charles Alston, American artist and sculptor (b. 1907) *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ...
** Ricardo Cortez, American actor (b. 1899) ** Sepp Herberger, German footballer and manager (b. 1897)


May

* May 5 – Ludwig Erhard, German politician, 28th Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic of Germany), Chancellor of Germany (West Germany) (b. 1897) * May 7 – Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, Spanish Carlist pretender (b. 1889) * May 9 – James Jones (author), James Jones, American writer (b. 1921) * May 10 – Joan Crawford, American actress (b. c. 1904) * May 13 – Otto Deßloch, German World War II Luftwaffe general (b. 1889) * May 15 – Herbert Wilcox, British film director and producer (b. 1892) * May 16 – Modibo Keïta, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915) * May 25 – Willoughby Norrie, 1st Baron Norrie, Willoughby Norrie, British army general and Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1893) * May 31 – William Castle, American film director (b. 1914)


June

* June 2 – Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (b. 1931) * June 3 ** Archibald Hill, English physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) ** Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. 1906) * June 13 – Matthew Garber, English child actor (b. 1956) * June 14 – Alan Reed, American actor (b. 1907) * June 16 – Wernher von Braun, American-German aerospace engineer (b. 1912) * June 22 – Marston Morse, American mathematician (b. 1892) * June 25 – Olave Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting and Girl Guides (b. 1889) * June 26 – Sergei Lemeshev, Russian operatic lyric tenor (b. 1902) * June 30 – Paul Hartmann (actor), Paul Hartmann, American actor (b. 1889)


July

* July 2 – Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-born American writer (b. 1899) * July 9 – Alice Paul, American women's rights activist (b. 1885) * July 15 – Konstantin Fedin, Russian writer (b. 1892) * July 20 – Carter DeHaven, American actor (b. 1886) * July 25 – David Toro, 35th President of Bolivia (b. 1898) * July 26 – Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927–1977), Prince Charles of Luxembourg, Prince of Luxembourg (b. 1927) * July 30 – Jean de Laborde, French admiral (b. 1878) * July 31 – Giuseppe Castellano, Italian general (b. 1893)


August

* August 1 – Francis Gary Powers, American Lockheed U-2, U-2 spy plane pilot (b. 1929) * August 2 – Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira, Portuguese Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1888) * August 3 ** Alfred Lunt, American actor (b. 1892) ** Makarios III, Greek-Cypriot archbishop, 1st President of Cyprus (b. 1913) * August 4 ** Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) ** Ernst Bloch, German Marxist philosopher (b. 1885) * August 6 – Alexander Bustamante, Jamaican politician, 1st Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1884) * August 8 – Son Ngoc Thanh, 2nd Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1908) * August 13 – Henry Williamson, English naturalist, farmer and prolific ruralist (b. 1895) * August 16 – Elvis Presley, American actor, musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1935) * August 17 – Delmer Daves, American screenwriter and director (b. 1904) * August 19 – Groucho Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1890) * August 22 – Sebastian Cabot (actor), Sebastian Cabot, English actor (b. 1918) * August 23 – Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor (b. 1890) * August 29 – Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)


September

* September 1 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896) * September 4 – E. F. Schumacher, German statistician and economist (b. 1885) * September 6 – John Edensor Littlewood, British mathematician (b. 1885) * September 8 – Zero Mostel, American actor (b. 1915) *September 10 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (b. 1901) * September 12 – Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (b. 1946) * September 13 – Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882) * September 16 ** Marc Bolan, British singer and guitarist (b. 1947) ** Maria Callas, Greek soprano (b. 1923) * September 18 – Paul Bernays, Swiss mathematician (b. 1888) * September 29 – Robert McKimson, American animator and director (b. 1910)


October

* October 3 – Tay Garnett, American film director (b. 1894) * October 10 – Jean Duvieusart, Belgian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1900) * October 12 – Dorothy Davenport, American actress (b. 1895) * October 14 – Bing Crosby, American pop singer and actor (b. 1903) * October 17 – Michael Balcon, Sir Michael Balcon, English film producer (b. 1896) * October 20 – Three members of American rock group, Lynyrd Skynyrd, killed in plane crash: ** Ronnie Van Zant, lead singer (b. 1948) ** Cassie Gaines, lead singer (b. 1948) ** Steve Gaines, lead singer and guitarist (b. 1949) * October 25 – Félix Gouin, French Socialist politician (b. 1884) * October 27 ** James M. Cain, American writer (b. 1892) ** Miguel Mihura, Spanish playwright (b. 1905)


November

* November 3 – Florence Vidor, American actress (b. 1895) * November 4 – Betty Balfour, English screen actress (b. 1902) * November 5 ** René Goscinny, French comic book writer (b. 1926) ** Guy Lombardo, Canadian-American bandleader (b. 1902) * November 9 – Gertrude Astor, American actress (b. 1887) * November 10 – Dennis Wheatley, English writer (b. 1897) * November 14 ** A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader (b. 1896) ** Ferdinand Heim, German general, branded the "Battle of Stalingrad, Scapegoat of Stalingrad" (b. 1897) * November 15 – Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Princess Charlotte of Monaco (b. 1898) * November 18 ** Victor Francen, Belgian actor (b. 1888) ** Kurt Schuschnigg, 11th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1897) * November 21 – Richard Carlson (actor), Richard Carlson, American actor (b. 1912) * November 30 – Olga Petrova, English-born American actress (b. 1884)Olga Petrova
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December

* December 3 – Jack Beresford, British Olympic rower (b. 1899) * December 5 – Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1895) * December 12 – Clementine Churchill, wife of Winston Churchill (b. 1885) * December 16 ** Gustaf Aulén, Bishop of Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden (b. 1879) ** Yngve Larsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1881) * December 19 ** Takeo Kurita, Japanese admiral (b. 1889) ** Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician (b. 1876) * December 24 – Juan Velasco Alvarado, 58th President of Peru (b. 1910) * December 25 – Sir Charlie Chaplin, British actor, producer and director (b. 1889) * December 26 – Howard Hawks, American film director (b. 1896) * December 28 – Charlotte Greenwood, American actress (b. 1890)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Philip Warren Anderson, Sir Nevill Francis Mott, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Ilya Prigogine * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Roger Guillemin, Andrew Schally, Rosalyn Yalow * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Vicente Aleixandre * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Amnesty International * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Bertil Ohlin, James Meade


References

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