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1960 (MCMLX) was
a leap year starting on
Friday of the Gregorian calendar,
the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE)
and Anno Domini (AD)
designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of
the 20th century,
and the 1st year of the 1960s decade. It is
also known as the "Year of Africa"
because of major eventsparticularly the independence of seventeen African
nationsthat focused global attention on the continent and intensified
feelings of Pan-Africanism. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] January[edit] Main article: January 1960 ·
January
The state of emergency is
lifted in Kenya, officially ending the Mau Mau Uprising. ·
January 1 Cameroon gains its independence from
French-administered U.N.
trusteeship. ·
January 2 U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) announces his
candidacy for the Democratic presidential
nomination. ·
January 6 The Associations Law comes into force in
Iraq, allowing registration of political parties. ·
January 9 Four groups apply to
register as political parties in Iraq. ·
January 911 Aswan Dam construction begins in Egypt. ·
January 10 British
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan makes the "Wind of
Change" speech for the first time, to little publicity, in Accra, Gold Coast (modern-day Ghana). ·
January 14 The Reserve Bank and Commonwealth Bank are
created in Australia. ·
January 15 The first televised anime, Three Tales,
debuts on NHK. ·
January 19 The Treaty of Mutual
Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is signed in
Washington, D.C. ·
Coalbrook
mining disaster: A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435
miners. ·
Avianca Flight 671 crashes
and burns upon landing at Montego Bay, Jamaica killing 37, the worst air
disaster in Jamaica's history and the first for Avianca. ·
In
France, President Charles de Gaulle fires Jacques Massu, the commander-in-chief of the
French troops in Algeria. ·
Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh descend into the Mariana Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste,
reaching the depth of 10,911 meters (35,797 feet) and become the first human
beings to reach the lowest spot on Earth. ·
January 24 A major insurrection
occurs in Algiers against French colonial policy. ·
January 25 In Washington, D.C.,
the National
Association of Broadcasters reacts to the payola scandal by threatening fines for
any disc jockeys who
accepted money for playing particular records. ·
January 28 The National
Football League announces expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season,
and MinneapolisSt. Paul for
the 1961 NFL season. ·
January 30 The African National
Party is founded in Chad,
through the merger of traditionalist parties. February[edit] Main article: February 1960 ·
February 1 In Greensboro,
North Carolina, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
University begin a sit-in at
a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused
service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many
similar non-violent protests throughout the Southern United
States, and six months later the original four protesters are
served lunch at the same counter. A section of lunch counter from the Greensboro,
North CarolinaWoolworth's
where the Greensboro sit-ins began
is now preserved in the Smithsonian
Institution National
Museum of American History ·
February 3 Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan makes the Wind of Change speech
to the South African Parliament in Cape Town (although he had first made
the speech, to little publicity, in Accra, Gold Coast
now Ghana on January 10). ·
February 5 The first CERN particle accelerator becomes
operational in Geneva, Switzerland. ·
Adolph Coors III, the chairman of the board
of the Coors Brewing
Company, is kidnapped in the United States, and his captors demand
a ransom of $500,000. Coors is later found murdered, and Joseph Corbett, Jr. is
indicted for the crime. ·
Joanne Woodward receives the first star
on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame. ·
February 10 A conference about the
proposed independence of the Belgian Congo begins in Brussels, Belgium. ·
The N-class blimp ZPG-3W of the U.S. Navy is
destroyed during a storm over Massachusetts. ·
Twelve
Indian soldiers die in clashes with Red Chinese troops
along their small common border. ·
February 13 Gerboise Bleue: France tests its first
atomic bomb in the Sahara Desert of Algeria. ·
February 18 The 1960 Winter Olympics begin
at the Squaw Valley Ski
Resort, in Placer County,
California. ·
February 26 A New York-bound Alitalia airliner
crashes into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff,
killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. ·
February 29 The 5.7 Mw Agadir earthquake shakes
coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived
intensity of X (Extreme),
destroying Agadir, and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured. March[edit] Main article: March 1960 The iconic picture of Che Guevara."[1] ·
March 2 American comedian and
producer Lucille Ball files
for divorce from husband Desi Arnaz after 19 years of marriage. ·
March 3 Elvis Presley returns home from Germany
to the United States, after being away on military duty for 2 years. ·
March 5 ·
Alberto Korda takes his iconic
photograph of Che Guevara, Guerrillero Heroico,
in Havana. ·
Elvis Presley receives his honorable
discharge from the U.S. Army. ·
March 6 ·
Vietnam War: The United States announces
that 3,500 American soldiers will be sent to Vietnam. ·
The Canton of Geneva in Switzerland gives
women the right to vote. ·
March 17 Northwest
Orient Airlines Flight 710 crashes near Tell City, Indiana,
killing all 63 on board. ·
March 21 The Sharpeville massacre in
South Africa results in more than 69 dead, 300 injured. ·
March 22 Arthur Leonard
Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive
the first patent for a laser, in the United States. ·
March 23 Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev meets
French president Charles de Gaulle in
Paris. ·
March 29 "Tom Pillibi" by Jacqueline Boyer (music by Andrι Popp, text by Pierre Cour) wins the Eurovision
Song Contest 1960 for France. April[edit] Main article: April 1960 Tiros I prototype on display at the
Smithsonian National
Air and Space Museum ·
April 1 ·
Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad,
1st Yang di-Pertuan
Agong of Malaysia, dies in
office. He is replaced by Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin
Sulaiman Shah, Sultan of Selangor. ·
The
United States launches the first weather satellite, TIROS-1. ·
The 1960 United
States Census begins. There are 179,323,175 U.S. residents on
this day.[2] All
people from Latin America are
listed as white, including blacks from the Dominican Republic,
European whites from Argentina and
Mexicans who resemble Native
Americans. ·
April 4 ·
At
the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, Ben-Hur wins
a record number of Oscars,
including Best
Picture. ·
Elvis Presley's song "Are You
Lonesome Tonight?" is recorded for the first time. ·
April 9 Gunman David Pratt shoots South
African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd in Johannesburg, wounding him seriously. ·
April 12 Eric Peugeot, the youngest
son of the founder of the Peugeot Corporation,
is kidnapped in Paris. Then, he is released on April 15 in exchange for $300,000 in
ransom. ·
April 13 ·
United
States launches navigation satellite Transit
I-b. ·
Proposed
mass-production of Blue Streak
(missile) for the United Kingdom is cancelled. ·
April 19 April Revolution: South Korean students hold
a nationwide pro-democracy protest against President Syngman Rhee, eventually leading him to
resign from that office. ·
April 21 In Brazil, the country's
capital (Federal
District) is relocated from the city of Rio de Janeiro to the new city, Brasνlia, in the highlands. The actual city
of Rio de Janeiro becomes
the State of Guanabara. ·
April 27 Togo gains
independence from France, with the French-administered United
Nations Trust Territory being terminated. May[edit] Main article: May 1960 Francis Gary Powers wearing special pressure
suit for stratospheric flying ·
May 1 ·
Several Soviet surface-to-air
missiles shoot down an
American Lockheed U-2 spy
plane. Its pilot, Francis Gary Powersof
the Central
Intelligence Agency, is captured. ·
In
India, May 1 is declared as 'Maharashtra
Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (also
celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day). ·
May 3 ·
The European
Free Trade Association (EFTA) is established. ·
The Fantasticks, the world's longest-running musical, opens at New York City's Sullivan Street Playhouse, where it will
play for 42 years. ·
May 4 ·
West
German refugee minister Theodor Oberlδnder is
dismissed because of his past with Nazi Germany. ·
A. J. Liebling promulgates Liebling's
Law in The New Yorker magazine:
"Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one." ·
May 6 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs
the Civil Rights Act
of 1960 into law. ·
May 9 The U.S. Food and
Drug Administration announces that it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's
Enovid, making it the world's first approved oral
contraceptive pill. ·
May 10 The U.S. nuclear-powered
submarine USS Triton,
under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach Jr.,
completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the Earth
(codenamed Operation Sandblast). ·
May 11 In Buenos Aires, four Mossad agents abduct the fugitive Nazi criminal against humanity, Adolf Eichmann, in order that he can be
taken to Israel and put on trial. Eichmann is
later convicted and executed. ·
May 13 A joint Swiss and Austrian
expedition makes the first ascent of the Asian mountain Dhaulagiri, the world's 7th highest
mountain. ·
May 14 The Kenyan African National
Congress Party is founded in Kenya, when 3 political parties join forces. ·
May 15 The satellite Sputnik 4 is launched into orbit by
the Soviet Union. ·
May 16 ·
Soviet
premier Nikita Khrushchev demands
an apology from President Dwight D. Eisenhower for
the U-2 reconnaissance
plane flights over the Soviet Union, thus aborting the summit
meeting scheduled for Paris in 1960. ·
Theodore Maiman operates the
first laser. ·
May 18 Real Madrid beats Eintracht Frankfurt 73
at Hampden Park, Glasgow and wins the 195960 European Cup (football). ·
May 20 In Japan, police carry
away socialist members of the Diet of Japan. The Diet next approves a
mutual security treaty with the United States. ·
May 22 The 9.49.6 Mw Valdivia
earthquake affected Chile with a maximum Mercalli intensity
of XII (Extreme). This megathrust
earthquake ruptured from Araucoto Chiloι Archipelago,
causing the most powerful earthquake on record and a destructive
basin-wide tsunami. ·
May 23 Prime Minister
of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann has been captured. ·
May 27 In Turkey, a bloodless
military coup d'ιtat removes President Celβl Bayar and installs General Cemal Gόrsel as the head of state. ·
May 30 Cemal Gόrsel forms the new government
of Turkey (its 24th government, composed mostly
of so-called "technocrats"). June[edit] Main article: June 1960 ·
June 1 New Zealand's first television station begins
broadcasting in the city of Auckland. ·
June 5 The Lake Bodom murders occur
in Finland. ·
June 7 U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy wins the California Democratic primary. ·
June 9 1960 Pacific typhoon season
Typhoon Mary kills 1,600 people in China. ·
June 10 The Domino's Pizza franchise is established
when Tom Monaghan buys
DomiNick's pizza store in Ypsilanti, Michigan. ·
June 15 ·
Violent demonstrations at Tokyo University result in 182 arrests,
589 injuries. ·
The BC Ferries company, later to become the
second-largest ferry operator in the world, commences service between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay,
British Columbia, Canada. ·
June 19 The Associated
Broadcasting Company (modern-day TV5) is founded in the Philippines. ·
June 20 The short-lived Mali Federation, consisting of the Sudanese Republic (modern-day Republic
of Mali) and Senegal, gains
independence from France. ·
June 23 Japanese prime minister
Nobusuke Kishi announces his resignation. ·
June 24 Joseph Kasa-Vubu is elected as
the first President of the independent Democratic Republic of the Congo. ·
June 26 ·
The State of Somaliland (the
former British Somaliland protectorate)
receives its independence from the United Kingdom. Five days later, it unites
as scheduled with the Trust
Territory of Somalia (the former Italian Somaliland)
to form the Somali Republic. ·
The Malagasy Republic,
now Madagascar, becomes independent from France. ·
June 28 King Bhumibol Adulyadej of
Thailand arrives in Washington, D.C. for a 4-day royal visit to the U.S. ·
June 30 ·
The Belgian Congo receives its independence
from Belgium as the Republic
of the Congo (Lιopoldville). A civil war follows shortly. ·
Public
demonstrations by democratic and left forces against Italian government
support of the post-fascist Italian Social
Movement, are heavily suppressed by police. July[edit] Main article: July 1960 ·
July 1 ·
Ghana becomes a republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President. ·
Cold War: A Soviet Air Force MiG-19 fighter plane flying north of Murmansk, Russia, over the Barents Sea shoots down a six-man RB-47 Stratojetreconnaissance plane of
the U.S. Air Force. Four of the U.S. Air Force officers are killed, and the
two survivors are held prisoner in the Soviet Union. ·
The Trust
Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland)
gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with
the five-day-old State of Somaliland (the
former British Somaliland)
to form the Somali Republic. ·
July 4 Following the admission of the
State of Hawaii as the 50th state in August 1959, the new 50-star Flag of the
United States is first officially flown over Philadelphia. ·
July 10 The Soviet
Union national football team defeats the Yugoslavian
national football team 21 in Paris to win the first European
Soccer Championship. ·
July 11 ·
Congo Crisis: Moise Tshombe declares the Congolese
province of Katanga independent.
He requests and receives help from Belgium. ·
Harper Lee publishes her novel To Kill a
Mockingbird, which later wins the Pulitzer Prize for the best American
novel of 1960. ·
July 12 Chin Peng is exiled from Malaysia to Thailand and the Malayan state of emergency is
lifted. ·
July 13 U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy is nominated for
President of the United States at the 1960
Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. ·
July 14 The United
Nations Security Council decides to send troops to Katanga to
oversee the withdrawal of Belgian troops. ·
July 20 Ceylon elects Mrs. Sirimavo
Bandaranaike as its Prime Minister, the world's first elected
female head of government.
She takes office the following day. ·
July 21 Francis Chichester,
English navigator and yachtsman, arrives at New York City aboard his yacht, Gypsy Moth II, crossing
the Atlantic Ocean solo in a new record of just forty days. ·
July 25 The Woolworth
Company's lunch counter in Greensboro,
North Carolina, the location of a sit-in that had sparked
demonstrations by Negroes across the Southern United
States, serves a meal to its first black customer. ·
July 2528 In Chicago, the 1960
Republican National Convention nominates Vice
President Richard Nixon as its candidate for President
of the United States, and Henry Cabot Lodge
Jr., as its candidate to become the new Vice-President. August[edit] Main article: August 1960 ·
August 1 Dahomey,
now known as Benin, becomes independent from France. ·
August 3 Niger becomes independent from France. ·
August 5 Upper Volta,
now known as Burkina Faso,
becomes independent from France. ·
August 6 ·
Cuban Revolution: In response to a United
States embargo against Cuba, Fidel Castro nationalizes all American
and foreign-owned property in Cuba. ·
In
the Republic
of the Congo (Lιopoldville), now the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Albert Kalonji declares the
independence of the Autonomous State of South Kasai. ·
August 7 ·
The Ivory Coast becomes independent from
France. ·
The
world's first standard gauge passenger
preserved railway, the Bluebell Railway, opens to the public in
southern England. ·
August 9 The government of Laos is
overthrown in a coup. ·
August 11 Chad becomes
independent from France. ·
August 13 Ubangi-Shari becomes independent from
France, as the Central African
Republic. It later becomes the Central African
Empire. ·
August 15 Middle Congo becomes independent from
France, as the Republic of Congo
(Congo-Brazzaville). ·
Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a
balloon over New Mexico at an
altitude of about 102,800 feet (31,333 meters). Kittinger sets world records
for: high-altitude jump; free-fall by falling 16.0 miles
(25.7 kilometers) before opening his parachute;
and the fastest speed attained by a human being without mechanical or
chemical assistance, about 982 k.p.h (614 m.p.h.). (Kittinger survives more
or less uninjured, and he is still alive in Florida as of 2013. Felix Baumgartner breaks
his record in 2012.) ·
The
Mediterranean island of Cyprus receives its
independence from the United Kingdom. ·
The
newly named Beatles begin a 48-night
residency at the Indra club in Hamburg, West Germany. ·
Gabon becomes independent from France. ·
The
trial of the American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins
in Moscow. ·
August 18 United States president
Dwight Eisenhower is briefed on the Congo crisis at a meeting with the National
Security Council and asks whether the U.S. "can't get
rid of this guy" (Patrice Lumumba).[3] ·
Cold War: In Moscow, American U-2 pilot
Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage. ·
Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches the satellite Sputnik 5, with the dogs Belka and Strelka (the
Russian for "Squirrel" and "Little Arrow"), 40 mice, two
rats and a variety of plants. This satellite returns to earth the next day
and all animals are recovered safely. ·
August 20 Senegal breaks away from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence. ·
August 25The 1960 Summer
Olympic Games begin in Rome. ·
August 29 Hurricane Donna kills 50 people
in Florida and New England. September[edit] Main article: September 1960 ·
Sultan
Hisamuddin Alam Shah, Sultan of Selangor and 2nd Yang di-Pertuan
Agong of Malaysia, dies in
office. He is replaced by Tuanku Syed Putra, Raja of Perlis. ·
Disgruntled
railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the
event lasts two days). ·
September 2 The first elections of
the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration are
held. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day. ·
1960 Summer
Olympic Games: Muhammad Ali (at this time Cassius
Clay) wins the gold medal in light-heavyweight boxing. ·
The
Congolese president, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, dismisses Patrice Lumumba's entire government and also
places Lumumba under house arrest. ·
September 5 Poet Lιopold Sιdar
Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal. ·
September 6 William
Hamilton Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell, two American cryptologists, announce their defection to
the Soviet Union at a press conference in Moscow. ·
September 8 In Huntsville, Alabama,
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally
dedicates the Marshall
Space Flight Center (which has been activated by NASA on
July 1). ·
September 9 The first regular season
game in the American
Football League (established as a rival league to the NFL)
takes place at Boston's Nickerson Field. The Denver Broncos defeat the Boston Patriots 1310. ·
September 10 1960 Summer
Olympic Games: Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia wins
the gold medal in the marathon, running barefoot in a world time
and becoming the first person from Sub-Saharan Africa to
win Olympic gold. ·
Colonel Joseph Mobutu takes power in Republic
of the Congo via a military coup. ·
The
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded. ·
The
countries of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela form OPEC. ·
September 22 Mali,
the sole remaining member of the "Mali Federation" following the
withdrawal of Senegal one month
earlier, declares its full independence as the Republic of Mali. ·
September 26 The leading candidates
for President
of the United States, Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, make the first televised
debate. ·
September 30 The television animated
sitcom, The Flintstones premieres
on ABC in
the United States. October[edit] Main article: October 1960 ·
Nigeria becomes independent from United
Kingdom, and Nnamdi Azikiwe becomes
its first native-born Governor General. ·
Cameroon declares independence from
United Kingdom. ·
October 3 Jβnio Quadros is elected President of Brazil for
a five-year term. ·
October 5 White South Africans vote
to make the country a republic. ·
October 7 Nigeria becomes the 99th member of
the United Nations. ·
Cold War: Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on
a table at a meeting of the United
Nations General Assembly, his way of protesting the discussion of
the Soviet Union's
policies toward Eastern Europe. ·
Inejiro Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist
Party, is assassinated by Otoya Yamaguchi using a wakizashi during a political debate
in Tokyo being taped for broadcast on Japanese television. ·
The
third John F. Kennedy Richard M. Nixon Presidential Debate
takes place.[4] ·
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat
the New York Yankees in
the seventh game of the World Series on Bill Mazeroski's series-clinching home run. ·
Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea
for the Peace Corps of
the United States. ·
The
Premier of New South Wales officially
opens Warragamba Dam,[5] one
of the world's largest domestic water supply dams. ·
October 24 Nedelin catastrophe:
A large rocket explodes on the launch pad at
the Baikonur Cosmodrome,
killing at least 90 people of the Soviet space program. ·
October 26 Robert F. Kennedy telephones Coretta Scott King,
the wife of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr., and secures King's release from jail regarding a
traffic violation in Atlanta. ·
October 29 In Louisville, Kentucky,
Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali)
wins his first professional boxing match. ·
October 30 Dr. Michael Woodruff carries out the first
successful kidney transplant in
the United Kingdom, at the Edinburgh Royal
Infirmary. November[edit] Main article: November 1960 November 15: Polaris missiletest ·
November 2 Penguin Books is found not guilty
of obscenity, in the case of D. H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's
Lover. ·
November 8 United
States presidential election, 1960: In a close race, Democratic U.
S. Senator John F. Kennedy is
elected over Republican U. S. Vice President Richard Nixon, to become (at 43) the second
youngest man to serve as President of the United States, and the youngest man
elected to this position. ·
November 13 Sammy Davis Jr., marries Swedish actress May Britt. ·
Belgium
threatens to leave the United Nations over criticism of its
policy concerning the Republic
of the Congo. ·
Stιblovα train
disaster: A head-on collision between two trains in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia, kills 117 people. ·
November 15 A Polaris missile is test-launched
from Cape Canaveral, Florida ·
November 22 The United Nations supports the government
of Joseph Kasavubu and Joseph Mobutu in the Republic
of the Congo. ·
November 24 The professional
basketball player Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia 76ers gets
55 rebounds in an NBAgame versus the Boston Celtics. ·
November 28 Mauritania becomes independent of
France. December[edit] Main article: December 1960 ·
December ·
The
African and Malagasy Organisation
for Economic Cooperation (OAMCE) (Organisation Africain et Malagache de
Coopιration Ιconomique) is established. ·
Ιdith Piaf's recording of "Non, je ne
regrette rien" is released in France. ·
Patrice Lumumba, deposed premier of
the Republic
of the Congo, is arrested by the troops of Colonel Joseph Mobutu. ·
A Soviet satellite containing live
animals and plants is launched into orbit. Due to a malfunction it burns up
during re-entry. ·
The Archbishop of
Canterbury, the Most Rev. Geoffrey Francis
Fisher, talks with Pope John XXIII for about one hour
in Vatican City.
This is the first time that any chief of the Anglican Church had ever visited
the Pope. ·
U.S.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes
the use of $1.0 million for the relief and resettlement of Cuban refugees, who had been arriving in Florida at the rate of about 1,000 per
week. ·
December 4 The admission of Mauritania to the United Nations is vetoed by the Soviet Union. ·
Pierre Lagaillarde,
who led the insurrections in 1958 and 1960 in Algeria, fails to appear in court in Paris,
France. He has reportedly[citation needed] fled with his four fellow defendants
to Spain en route to Algeria. ·
Boynton v. Virginia: The Supreme
Court of the United States declares that segregation in
public transportation is illegal in the United States. ·
December 7 The United
Nations Security Council is called into session by the Soviet Union in order to consider
Soviet demands for the Security Council to seek the immediate release of
former Congolese
Premier Patrice Lumumba. ·
December 8 For the first time, Mary Martin's Peter Pan is
presented as a stand-alone two-hour special on NBC instead
of as part of an anthology series. This version, rather than being presented
live, is shown on videotape, enabling
NBC to repeat it as often as they wish without having to restage it. Although
nearly all of the adult actors repeat their original Broadway roles, all of the original
children have, ironically, outgrown their roles and are replaced by new
actors. ·
French
President Charles de Gaulle's
visit to Algeria is bloodied by European and
Muslim rioters in Algeria's largest cities. These riots cause 127 deaths. ·
The
classic British TV soap opera Coronation Street premieres.
Planned as a 13-part drama, it becomes such a success among viewers it
continues to be shown five times per week through 2012. ·
December 11 MGM's The Wizard
of Oz is rerun on CBS only
a year after its previous telecast, thus beginning the tradition of
annual telecasts of the film. ·
December 12 The Supreme
Court of the United States upholds a lower Federal
Court ruling that the State of Louisiana's racial segregation
laws are unconstitutional,
and overturns them. ·
1960
Ethiopian coup attempt: While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Kebur Zabagna (Imperial Bodyguard)
leads a military coup against his rule, proclaiming that the emperor's
son, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Taffari, is the new emperor. ·
The
countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua announce the formation of
the Central
American Common Market. ·
The
U.S. Navy's Commander Leroy Heath (pilot) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe
(bombardier/navigator) establish a world flight-altitude record of 91,450
feet (27,874 m), with payload, in an A-5 Vigilante bomber carrying 2,200 lb
(1,000 kg), and better the previous world record by over four miles
(6 km). ·
Antoine Gizenga proclaims in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo that he has taken over as the country's
premier. ·
First tied Test by
the West Indian cricket team in Australia in Brisbane. ·
King Mahendra of Nepal deposes
the democratic government in his country and takes direct control himself. ·
King Baudouin of Belgium marries
Doρa Fabiola de Mora
y Aragσn. ·
Secretary of
State Christian Herter announces
that the United States will commit five nuclear submarines and
eighty Polaris missiles to
the defense of the NATOcountries by the end of
1963. ·
New York
mid-air collision: A United Airlines DC-8 collides
in mid-air with a TWA Lockheed
Constellation over Staten Island in New York City. All 128
passengers and crewmembers on the two airliners, and six people on the
ground, are killed. ·
December 17 Troops loyal to
Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia overcome the coup that
began on December 13, returning the reins to the Emperor upon his return from
a trip to Brazil. The Emperor absolves his own son of any guilt. ·
December 19 Fire sweeps through
the USS Constellation,
to become the U.S. Navy's largest aircraft carrier, while she is under
construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard;
killing 50 workers and injuring 150. ·
December 27 France sets off its
third A-bomb test at
its nuclear weapons testing
range near Reggane, Algeria. ·
December 31 Last day on which
the farthing,
a coin first
minted in England in the 13th century, is legal tender in the United Kingdom. World population[edit] ·
World population: 3,021,475,000 ·
Africa:
277,398,000 ·
Asia:
1,701,336,000 ·
Europe:
604,401,000 ·
Latin
America: 218,300,000 ·
North
America: 204,152,000 ·
Oceania:
15,888,000 Births[edit] January[edit] ·
January 2 Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author and
artist ·
January 3 Alejandro Illescas,
Mexican voice actor (d. 2008) ·
Art Paul Schlosser,
American comedian, singer and songwriter ·
Michael Stipe, American rock singer (R.E.M.) ·
April Winchell, American writer and voice
actress ·
Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player ·
Howie Long, American football player ·
Nigella Lawson, English journalist,
broadcaster, television personality, gourmet, and food writer ·
Miriam
O'Callaghan, Irish media personality ·
January 7 Mohammad Javad Zarif,
Iranian politician, diplomat ·
Negro Casas, Mexican professional wrestler ·
Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland ·
Oliver Platt, Canadian actor ·
Dominique Wilkins,
American basketball player ·
January 13 Kevin Anderson,
American actor ·
Wan Mohammad
Khair-il Anuar, Malaysian politician, architect, and entrepreneur
(d. 2016) ·
Richard Elliot, Scottish-born American
saxophonist ·
January 18 Mark Rylance, English actor, theatre
director and playwright ·
Sabar Koti, Indian singer (d. 2018) ·
Scott Thunes, American rock musician ·
Will Wright,
American computer game designer ·
Toxey Haas, American entrepreneur, founder
of Haas Outdoors, Inc. ·
Mamoru Nagano, Japanese designer ·
January 22 Michael Hutchence,
Australian rock musician (INXS) (d. 1997) ·
January 23 Patrick de Gayardon,
French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998) ·
January 24 Rick Leventhal, American news journalist ·
January 25 Miki Narahashi, Japanese voice actress ·
January 26 Charlie Gillingham,
American keyboardist ·
January 28 Robert von
Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer and producer ·
Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986) ·
Sean Kerly, British field hockey player ·
Greg Louganis, American diver ·
January 31 - Grant Morrison, Scottish comic book writer
and playwright February[edit] ·
February 2 Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist ·
Marty Jannetty, American professional
wrestler ·
Joachim Lφw, German football manager ·
Kerry Von Erich, American professional
wrestler (d. 1993) ·
February 4 Jonathan Larson, American composer and
playwright (d. 1996) ·
Yasunori Matsumoto,
Japanese voice actor ·
Robert Smigel, American actor, comedian, and
puppeteer ·
James Spader, American actor ·
Benigno Aquino III,
15th President of
the Philippines ·
Alfred Gusenbauer, Chancellor of
Austria ·
February 9 Frederik Ndoci, Albanian singer, songwriter,
poet, writer, actor and international Recording artist ·
Pierluigi Collina,
Italian football (soccer) referee ·
Gary Patterson, American football coach ·
Jim Kelly, American football player ·
Olivia Cheng, Hong Kong actress ·
February 16 Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress ·
Gazebo,
Italian musician ·
Tony Anselmo, American animator and voice
actor ·
February 19 Prince
Andrew, Duke of York, British prince and second son of Elizabeth II and The Duke
of Edinburgh ·
Kee Marcello, Swedish rock guitarist (Easy Action, Europe) ·
Cαndido Muatetema
Rivas, 4th Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (d. 2014) ·
Wendee Lee, American voice actress ·
Henry G. Brinton, American writer and
minister ·
Laurent
Petitguillaume, French radio and television host ·
February 23 Naruhito,
Crown Prince of Japan ·
Andrιs Gσmez,
Ecuadorian tennis player ·
Kara Kennedy, American television producer,
daughter of Ted Kennedy (d. 2011) ·
Tōru Ōkawa, Japanese voice actor ·
Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress
(d. 1980) ·
February 29 Richard Ramirez, American serial killer
(d. 2013) March[edit] ·
March 2 ·
Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player ·
Debra McMichael, American professional
wrestling valet ·
March 4 ·
Mikko Kuustonen, Finnish singer and
songwriter ·
John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer and World Junior
Middleweight champion ·
March 7 ·
Joe Carter, American baseball player ·
Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player ·
March 8 ·
Finn Carter, American actress ·
Jeffrey Eugenides,
American author ·
March 10 Anne
MacKenzie, Scottish broadcaster ·
March 11 Sharon Jordan, American actress ·
March 12 Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer (Loudness) ·
March 13 ·
Adam Clayton, Irish rock bassist (U2) ·
Joe Ranft, American animator and voice actor
(d. 2005) ·
March 14 Kirby Puckett, American baseball player
(d. 2006) ·
March 16 Jenny Eclair, British comedian, actress and
novelist ·
March 19 Simo Aalto, Finnish magician ·
March 20 ·
Norm Magnusson, American artist ·
Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist ·
March 21 ·
Ayrton Senna, Brazilian triple Formula One world champion (d. 1994) ·
Robert Sweet,
American rock drummer (Stryper) ·
March 23 ·
Rafael Ferrer,
American actor ·
Nicol Stephen, Scottish politician ·
March 24 ·
Kelly Le Brock, American model and actress ·
Annabella Sciorra,
Italian-American actress ·
Jan Berglin, Swedish cartoonist ·
Nena,
German singer ·
March 25 - Brenda Strong, American actress ·
March 26 ·
Marcus Allen, American football player ·
Jennifer Grey, American actress ·
March 27 ·
Hans Pflόgler, German footballer ·
Renato Russo, Brazilian singer (Legiγo Urbana) (d. 1996) ·
March 29 Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese voice actress
(d. 2017) April[edit] ·
April 1 Michael Praed, British actor ·
April 2 Linford Christie, British athlete ·
April 3 Elizabeth Gracen, American beauty queen, actress
and model ·
April 4 Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born Australian actor ·
April 8 John
Schneider, American actor (The Dukes of Hazzard) ·
April 10 Fabio Golfetti, Brazilian musician and
record producer (Violeta de Outono, Gong) ·
April 11 Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist,
television show host and comedian ·
April 13 ·
Dinesh
Kaushik, Indian politician ·
Rudi Vφller, German footballer and manager ·
April 14 Brad Garrett, American actor, comedian and
voice actor ·
April 14 Myoma Myint Kywe, Burmese Writer and
Historian ·
April 15 ·
Susanne Bier, Danish film director ·
King Philippe of Belgium ·
April 16 ·
Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (d. 2007) ·
Rafael Benνtez,
Spanish football manager ·
Pierre Littbarski,
German footballer and coach ·
April 18 ·
Neo Rauch, German painter ·
J. Christopher
Stevens, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Libya (d. 2012) ·
April 19 Frank Viola, American baseball player ·
April 20 ·
John Altenburgh, American blues and jazz
musician ·
Miguel Dνaz-Canel,
Cuban politician, 17th President of Cuba ·
April 22 Benjamνn Gallegos
Soto, Mexican pilot and politician (d. 2018) ·
April 23 ·
Valerie Bertinelli,
American actress ·
Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (d. 1991) ·
David Gedge, English musician (The Wedding Present and Cinerama) ·
Lιo Jaime, Brazilian writer, actor and
musician (Joγo
Penca e Seus Miquinhos Amestrados) ·
Claude Julien,
Canadian ice hockey coach ·
April 24 ·
Masami Kikuchi, Japanese voice actor ·
April 25 Michael Lohan, American television
personality; father of Lindsay Lohan ·
April 28 ·
John Cerutti, American baseball player and
announcer (d. 2004) ·
Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States ·
Ian Rankin, Scottish crime novelist ·
April 29 Steve Blum, American voice actor May[edit] ·
May 2 ·
Gjorge Ivanov, President
of Macedonia ·
Stephen Daldry, English film director ·
May 4 ·
Andrew Denton, Australian television
presenter and comedian ·
Werner Faymann, Chancellor of
Austria ·
May 6 John Flansburgh, American singer-songwriter,
half of alternative rock duo They Might Be Giants ·
May 7 Adam Bernstein, American music
video/television director ·
May 8 ·
Eric Brittingham, American rock bassist ·
Patrick McKenna, Canadian actor and comedian ·
May 9 Tony Gwynn, American baseball player
(d. 2014) ·
May 10 Bono,
Irish rock singer (U2) ·
May 14 ·
Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor ·
Steve Williams,
American professional wrestler (d. 2009) ·
Larry
Fleischman, English actor ·
May 15 Julian Jarrold, English film and television
director and producer ·
May 16 ·
Landon Deireragea,
Nauruan politician ·
Lovebug Starski, American rapper and disc
jockey (d. 2018) ·
May 17 John Payne,
British voice actor ·
May 18 ·
Jari Kurri, Finnish hockey player ·
Yannick Noah, French tennis player ·
May 19 Yazz,
British pop singer ·
May 20 ·
John Billingsley, American actor ·
Tony Goldwyn, American actor, voice actor,
and film director ·
May 21 Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer
(d. 1994) ·
May 21 Mohanlal, Indian actor ·
May 22 Hideaki Anno, Japanese director ·
May 23 Linden Ashby, American actor ·
May 24 ·
Guy Fletcher, British keyboardist (Dire Straits) ·
Kristin Scott Thomas,
English actress ·
May 25 Amy Klobuchar, American politician ·
May 26 Rob Murphy, American baseball player ·
May 27 Alexander Bashlachev,
Soviet poet and rock musician (d. 1988) ·
May 29 ·
Thomas Baumer, Swiss economist,
interculturalist and personality assessor ·
Neil Crone, Canadian actor ·
May 31 ·
Greg
Adams, Canadian ice hockey player ·
Chris Elliott, American actor and comedian June[edit] Dr. Mehmet Oz ·
June 1 Elena Mukhina, Soviet artistic gymnast
(d. 2006) ·
June 2 ·
P. Balasubramaniam,
Malaysian police officer (d. 2013) ·
Tony Hadley, British pop musician and was
lead singer of Spandau Ballet ·
Kyle Petty, American NASCAR driver and sports commentator ·
Maria Lourdes Sereno,
Filipina jurist, 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines ·
June 3 Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (d. 2016) ·
June 4 ·
Suzy Aitchison, English actress ·
Paul Taylor,
American musician (Winger) ·
Bradley Walsh, English actor and comedian ·
June 5 Seiichi Endo, Japanese criminal (d. 2018) ·
June 6 ·
Ervin A. Gonzalez,
American attorney (d. 2017) ·
Steve Vai, American guitarist ·
June 8 ·
Gary Trousdale, American animator and film
director ·
Diane Meredith
Belcher, American concert organist, teacher, and church musician ·
Mick Hucknall, English rock singer and
songwriter (Simply Red) ·
Garth Smith,
American pianist ·
June 11 Mehmet Oz, Turkish-American cardiothoracic
surgeon and television personality ·
June 12 Corynne Charby, French model, actress and
singer ·
June 14 Peter Mitchell,
Australian newsreader ·
June 16 Peter Sterling, Australian rugby player ·
June 17 Thomas Haden Church,
American actor and film director ·
June 21 ·
Kate Brown, American politician ·
Kevin Harlan, American sports announcer ·
June 22 ·
Joseph Victor
Gonzales, Malaysian choreographer ·
Erin Brockovich, American environmental
activist ·
June 23 Per Morberg, Swedish actor, chef and news
presenter ·
June 27 ·
Jeremy Swift, English television actor ·
David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley,
British peer and filmmaker ·
Michael Mayer,
American theatre director, film director, television director and playwright ·
June 28 ·
John Elway, American football player ·
Richard Rycroft, English actor and comedian ·
June 29 Ivans Ribakovs, Latvian politician ·
June 30 ·
Anna ikovα,
Slovak actress ·
David Headley, American-Pakistani terrorist ·
Tony Bellotto, Brazilian guitarist and
writer ·
Diego Trujillo, Colombian actor ·
Vincent Klyn, New Zealand-born actor and
surfer July[edit] ·
July 1 Kōji Ishii, Japanese voice actor ·
July 3 ·
Vince Clarke, British musician and composer
(Depeche Mode, Erasure) ·
Perrine Pelen, French alpine skier ·
July 4 ·
Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler ·
Barry Windham, American professional
wrestler ·
Roland Ratzenberger,
Austrian Formula One driver (d. 1994) ·
July 5 ·
Pruitt Taylor Vince,
American actor ·
Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stuntman ·
Bruce Lanoil, American actor and voice actor ·
July 7 ·
Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut ·
Ying Da, Chinese actor and director ·
July 8 Thilo Martinho, German composer and
singer-songwriter ·
July 9 ·
Yūko Asano, Japanese actress and singer ·
Charles Gavin, Brazilian drummer and
producer ·
Michael
Feichtenbeiner, German football coach ·
July 10 Jeff Bergman, American voice actor ·
July 11 ·
Kumar Gaurav, Indian film actor ·
Caroline Quentin, English actress ·
July 12 Sully Dνaz, Spanish actress and singer ·
July 13 ·
Ian Hislop, British journalist and
broadcaster ·
Frane Periin, Croatian actor ·
July 14 ·
Kyle Gass, American music
singer-songwriter-guitarist/actor ·
Jane Lynch, American actress ·
Taung Galay Sayadaw,
Burmese buddhist monk ·
Angιlique Kidjo,
Beninese singer-songwriter and activist ·
July 15 ·
Sergio Kato, Brazilian actor, television
host, comedian and martial artist ·
Kim Alexis, American model and actress ·
July 16 Leila Kenzle, American actress ·
July 17 ·
Robin Shou, Hong Kong martial artist and
actor ·
Mark Burnett, British and television and
film producer ·
Jan Wouters, Dutch football player and
manager ·
July 18 Anne-Marie Johnson,
American actress ·
July 19 Atom Egoyan, Armenian-Canadian film maker ·
July 20 Jonathon Morris, English actor and
television presenter ·
July 21 ·
Ezequiel Viρao,
Argentine-born composer ·
Fritz
Walter, German footballer ·
July 28 ·
Jonathan Gold, American food critic
(d. 2018) ·
Harald Lesch, German physicist, astronomer,
natural philosopher, author, television presenter, professor of physics ·
July 30 Richard Linklater,
American director ·
July 31 Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach August[edit] ·
August 1 ·
Chuck D, American rapper (Public Enemy) ·
Professor Griff, American rapper (Public Enemy) ·
August 4 ·
Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler ·
Josι Luis
Rodrνguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of
Spain ·
August 7 ·
Rosana Pastor, Spanish actress ·
David Duchovny, American actor ·
August 8 Ulrich Maly, German politician and Mayor of
Nuremberg ·
Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and film
director ·
Kenny Perry, American golfer ·
August 12 Laurent Fignon, French road bicycle racer
(d. 2010) ·
Koji Kondo, Japanese composer ·
Phil Taylor,
English darts player ·
August 14 Sarah Brightman, English soprano singer and
actress ·
August 15 Judy Holt, British television actress ·
Timothy Hutton, American actor ·
Martha Moxley,
American murder victim (d. 1975) ·
August 17 Sean Penn, American actor and film director ·
August 19 Morten Andersen, American football player ·
August 20 Elizabeth Alda, American actress ·
August 23 Chris Potter,
Canadian actor and musician ·
August 24 Cal Ripken Jr., American baseball player ·
Branford Marsalis,
African-American musician ·
Ola Ray, American actress and model ·
August 28 Jodi Carlisle, American actress ·
August 29 Viire Valdma, Estonian actress ·
August 30 Chalino Sαnchez,
Mexican musician (d. 1992) September[edit] ·
September 1 Joseph
Williams, American singer and film score composer ·
September 2 John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word
artist ·
Kim Thayil, American rock guitarist (Soundgarden) ·
Damon Wayans, African-American actor and
comedian ·
September 5 Karita Mattila, Finnish soprano ·
Phillip Rhee, American actor, producer and
writer ·
Duan Paek, Slovak ice hockey player
(d. 1998) ·
Mario Batali, American chef and host ·
Hugh Grant, English actor and activist ·
Bob Stoops, American football coach ·
September 10 Colin Firth, English actor ·
September 11 Annie Gosfield, American composer ·
Evan Jenkins,
American politician ·
Robert John Burke,
American actor ·
September 13 Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist
(d. 1994) ·
Melissa Leo, American actress ·
Callum Keith Rennie,
Canadian actor ·
September 15 Jimmy Bridges,
American actor ·
John Franco, American baseball player ·
Yianna Katsoulos, French singer ·
Damon Hill, British 1996 Formula 1 world champion ·
Kevin Clash, American actor and puppeteer ·
September 19 Yolanda Saldνvar,
American murderer of tejano singer Selena ·
September 21 David James Elliott,
Canadian-American actor ·
September 22 Scott Baio, American actor ·
September 27 David Gasman, American voice actor,
translator, and voice director (Rayman, Code Lyoko) ·
September 28 Jennifer Rush, American singer ·
September 29 Alan McGee, British music industry mogul and
musician ·
September 30 Blanche Lincoln, American politician October[edit] ·
Ana Patricia Botνn,
Spanish banker ·
Billy Hatcher, American baseball player ·
Careca, Brazilian footballer ·
Hitomi Kuroki, Japanese actress ·
Daniel Baldwin, American actor ·
Richard
Jobson, Scottish rock singer-songwriter, filmmaker and television
presenter (Skids) ·
Toru
Takahashi, Japanese race car driver (d. 1983) ·
October 12 Alexei Kudrin, Russian Minister of Finance ·
October 13 Joey Belladonna, American heavy metal singer
(Anthrax) ·
October 17 Guy Henry,
English actor ·
Alex Ferrer, Cuban-American television
personality, lawyer and judge ·
Jean-Claude Van
Damme, Belgian actor and martial artist ·
Erin Moran, American actress (d. 2017) ·
October 19 Kerry Sanders, American news correspondent ·
October 21 Paul Rugg, American voice actor and producer ·
BD Wong, American actor ·
Jaime Garzσn, Colombian journalist and
comedian (d. 1999) ·
October 26 Jouke de Vries, DutchFrisian politician ·
October 28 Landon Curt Noll, American astronomer,
cryptographer and mathematician ·
Lνdia Brondi,
Brazilian actress and psychologist ·
Finola Hughes, British actress ·
Dieter Nuhr, German comedian ·
October 30 Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer November[edit] ·
November 1 Tim Cook, American businessman and current
CEO of Apple, Inc ·
Francis Beckwith, American philosopher ·
Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player ·
November 5 Tilda Swinton, British actress ·
November 8 Megan Cavanagh, American actress and voice
actress ·
Andreas Brehme, German football player and
manager ·
Joλlle Ursull, Guadeloupean singer ·
November 10 Neil Gaiman, English author ·
Stanley Tucci, American actor and film
director ·
Lawrence Bayne, Canadian actor and voice
actor ·
Maurane, Belgian singer and actress
(d. 2018) ·
Dave Hackett, professional skateboarder ·
November 13 Neil Flynn, American actor ·
November 15 Susanne Lothar, German actress (d. 2012) ·
November 17 Jonathan Ross, English television presenter ·
Kim Wilde, English singer and gardener ·
Elizabeth Perkins,
American actress ·
Miss Elizabeth, American professional
wrestling valet (d. 2003) ·
Hiroshi Naka, Japanese voice actor ·
November 20 Marc Labrθche, Canadian actor and television
host ·
November 24 Amanda Wyss, American actress ·
Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle
racer (d. 2008) ·
Amy Grant, American Christian and pop
musician ·
John F. Kennedy Jr.,
American lawyer, journalist and son of 35th President John F. Kennedy (d. 1999) ·
Greg Berg, American actor and voice actor ·
Harold Reynolds, American baseball player
and broadcaster ·
Eike Immel, German football player and
manager ·
Tim Pawlenty, American politician ·
Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister
of Ukraine ·
November 29 Cathy Moriarty, American actress ·
Rich Fields, American television personality ·
Gary Lineker, English footballer and sports
presenter December[edit] ·
December 1 Carol Alt, American model and actress ·
Rick Savage, British rock musician ·
Sydney Youngblood,
American singer ·
Daryl Hannah, American actress ·
Julianne Moore, American actress ·
December 4 Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete ·
Brian Bromberg, American jazz bassist and
composer ·
Jack Russell,
American rock singer (Great White) ·
December 9 Steve Doll, American professional wrestler
(d. 2009) ·
Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and
director ·
Michael Schoeffling,
American actor and model ·
December 12 Volker Beck,
German politician ·
December 14 James Comey, American lawyer and former FBI
director ·
December 17 Tarako, Japanese voice actress ·
December 18 Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist ·
December 22 Jean-Michel Basquiat,
American musician and graffiti painter (d. 1988) ·
Maryam d'Abo, British actress ·
Fred Hammond, African-American gospel
musician ·
Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player ·
John Fitzgerald,
Australian tennis player ·
December 29 Dave Pelzer, American author ·
December 30 Heather Wilson, American soldier and
politician; Secretary of the Air Force ·
Steve Bruce, English footballer ·
John Allen Muhammad,
African-American spree killer (d. 2009) Date unknown[edit] ·
Randi Altschul, American inventor Deaths[edit] January[edit] Prince
Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria ·
Gianni Franciolini,
Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1910) ·
Margaret Sullavan,
American actress (b. 1909) ·
January 3 Victor Sjφstrφm,
Swedish actor (b. 1879) ·
Albert Camus, French writer, Nobel Prize winner
(b. 1913) ·
Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter
(b. 1895) ·
January 5 Donald Knight,
English cricketer (b. 1894) ·
January 7 Dorothea Chambers,
English tennis champion (b. 1878) ·
January 9 Elsie J. Oxenham, English children's
novelist (b. 1880) ·
January 10 Arthur S. Carpender,
American admiral (b. 1884) ·
January 11 Isabel Emslie Hutton,
Scottish nurse in Serbia during World War I and psychiatrist (b. 1887) ·
January 12 Nevil Shute, English-born novelist (b. 1899) ·
January 17 Andrew Kennaway
Henderson, New Zealand illustrator, cartoonist and pacifist (b.
1879) ·
January 19 Dadasaheb Torne, Indian filmmaker (b. 1890) ·
Matt Moore,
Irish-American actor (b. 1888) ·
Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor
(b. 1886) ·
Diana Barrymore, American stage and film
actress (b. 1921) ·
Rutland Boughton, English composer (b. 1878) ·
Beno Gutenberg, German-American seismologist
(b. 1889) ·
January 27 Osvaldo Aranha, Brazilian politician
(b. 1894) ·
January 28 Zora Neale Hurston,
American folklorist, anthropologist, and author (b. 1891) ·
January 30 J. C. Kumarappa, Indian economist (b. 1892) February[edit] Blessed Aloysius Stepinac ·
February 2 Swami
Bharati Krishna Tirtha, Hindu teacher (b. 1884) ·
February 3 Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor
(b. 1921) ·
February 6 Jesse Belvin, American urban singer
(b. 1932) ·
February 7 Igor Kurchatov, Soviet physicist (b. 1903) ·
J. L. Austin, British philosopher (b. 1911) ·
Giles Gilbert Scott,
British architect (b. 1880) ·
February 9 Adolph Coors III (b. 1916) ·
February 10 Aloysius Stepinac,
Yugoslav Roman Catholic prelate
(b. 1898) ·
February 11 Ernő Dohnαnyi,
Hungarian conductor (b. 1877) ·
February 12 Jean-Michel Atlan,
French painter (b. 1913) ·
February 14 Masatomi Kimura, Japanese admiral (b. 1891) ·
Leonard Woolley, English archaeologist
(b. 1880) ·
Adone Zoli, Italian politician, 35th Prime Minister of
Italy (b. 1887) ·
Jacques Becker, French director (b. 1906) ·
Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1901),
last Vicereine of India ·
Melvin Purvis, American lawman (b. 1903) ·
Walter Yust, American encyclopedia editor
(b. 1894) March[edit] ·
March 2 Stanisław
Taczak, Polish general (b. 1874) ·
March 4 Leonard Warren, American opera singer
(b. 1911) ·
March 9 Jack Beattie, Irish politician (b. 1886) ·
March 11 ·
Roy Chapman Andrews,
American explorer, adventurer and naturalist (b. 1884) ·
Takuma Kajiwara, Japanese-born American
photographer (b.1876) ·
March 13 ·
Louis Wagner,
French Grand Prix racer, aviator (b. 1882) ·
Yosef Zvi HaLevy, Israeli rabbi and judge
(b. 1874) ·
March 14 Oliver Kirk, American Olympic boxer
(b. 1884) ·
March 23 Franklin Pierce
Adams, American journalist (b. 1881) ·
March 26 Ian Keith, American actor (b. 1899) ·
March 27 ·
Mario Talavera, Mexican songwriter (b. 1885) ·
Gregorio Maraρσn,
Spanish physician, scientist, historian and philosopher. (b. 1887) April[edit] ·
April 1 Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad,
King of Malaysia (b. 1895) ·
April 5 ·
Cuthbert Burnup, English sportsman (b. 1875) ·
Peter Llewelyn
Davies, namesake for Peter Pan (b. 1897) ·
Alma Kruger, American actress (b. 1868) ·
April 10 Arthur Benjamin, Australian composer
(b. 1893) ·
April 17 Eddie Cochran, American rock singer
(b. 1938) ·
April 19 Beardsley Ruml, American economist and tax
plan author (b. 1894) ·
April 24 ·
Hope Emerson, American actress, performer,
and strongwoman (b. 1897) ·
Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1879) ·
George Relph, English actor (b. 1888) ·
April 25 ·
Amānullāh
Khān, Emir and King of Afghanistan (b. 1892) ·
Turan Emeksiz, Turkish student killed during
the demonstrations (b. 1940) ·
April 26 Gustaf Lindblom,
Swedish Olympic athlete (b. 1891) ·
April 28 Carlos Ibαρez del
Campo, Chilean army officer and political figure, 20th President of Chile (b. 1877) May[edit] ·
May 1 Charles Holden, British architect (b. 1875) ·
May 2 Caryl Chessman, American criminal (b. 1921) ·
May 3 Masa Niemi, Finnish actor (b. 1914) ·
May 8 ·
Hersch Lauterpacht,
British international lawyer (b. 1897) ·
J. H. C. Whitehead,
British mathematician (b. 1904) ·
May 11 John D.
Rockefeller Jr., American philanthropist (b. 1874) ·
May 12 Prince Aly Khan, Pakistani United Nations ambassador (b. 1911) ·
May 14 Lucrezia Bori, Spanish opera singer
(b. 1887) ·
May 22 İbrahim
Ηallı, Turkish painter (b. 1882) ·
May 23 Georges Claude, French inventor (b. 1870) ·
May 24 Avraham Arnon, Israeli educator and a
recipient of the Israel Prize (b. 1887) ·
May 25 Rafael Gσmez Ortega,
Spanish bullfighter (b. 1882) ·
May 27 ·
James Montgomery
Flagg, American artist and illustrator (b. 1877) ·
George Zucco, English actor (b. 1886) ·
May 30 Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate
(declined) (b. 1890) ·
May 31 Walther Funk, German Nazi politician
(b. 1890) June[edit] ·
June 4 ·
Jσzef Haller
de Hallenburg, Polish general (b. 1873) ·
Lucien Littlefield,
American actor (b. 1895) ·
June 13 Ken McArthur, South African athlete
(b. 1881) ·
June 14 Ana Pauker, Romanian communist politician
(b. 1893) ·
June 17 Arthur Rosson, English film director
(b. 1886) ·
June 18 Shalva
Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian politician (b. 1884) ·
June 19 Chris Bristow, English race car driver
(b. 1937) ·
June 20 William E. Fairbairn,
English soldier, police officer and hand-to-hand combat expert (b. 1885) ·
June 25 ·
Walter Baade, German astronomer (b. 1893) ·
Otto Ender, Austrian political figure,
8th Chancellor of
Austria (b. 1875) ·
Tommy Corcoran,
American baseball player (b. 1869) ·
June 27 Lottie Dod, English tennis player; Wimbledon
women's champion, 188788, 189193 (b. 1871) ·
June 28 ·
Mσric Esterhαzy,
Hungarian aristocrat and politician, 18th Prime Minister
of Hungary (b. 1881) ·
Jaume Vicens i Vives,
Spanish historians (b. 1910) July[edit] ·
July 2 Margherita Bagni, Italian actress (b. 1902) ·
July 6 Aneurin Bevan, British politician (b. 1897) ·
July 12 Francis Xavier Gsell,
Australian Roman Catholic bishop
and missionary (b. 1872) ·
July 14 Maurice, 6th
duc de Broglie, French physicist (b. 1875) ·
July 15 ·
Anton Giulio
Bragaglia, Italian cinematographer (b. 1890) ·
Set Persson, Swedish politician (b. 1897) ·
Lawrence Tibbett, American opera singer and
actor (b. 1896) ·
July 16 ·
Albert Kesselring,
German field marshal (b. 1885) ·
John P. Marquand, American novelist
(b. 1893) ·
Manuel Gamio, Mexican anthropologist and
archaeologist (b. 1883) ·
July 17 Pavel Peter
Gojdič, Czechoslovak Roman Catholic monk and blessed
(b. 1888) ·
July 22 Buddy Adler, American film producer
(b. 1909) ·
July 24 Hans Albers, German actor and singer
(b. 1891) ·
July 26 Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director
(b. 1893) ·
July 27 Georgi Kyoseivanov,
27th Prime Minister
of Bulgaria (b. 1884) ·
July 28 Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan novelist (b. 1900) ·
July 29 Hasan Saka, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey
(b. 1885) August[edit] ·
August 2 Francesca French, British Protestant missionary (b. 1871) ·
August 5 Arthur Meighen, 9th Prime Minister
of Canada (b. 1874) ·
August 7 ·
Walden L.
"Pug" Ainsworth, American admiral (b. 1886) ·
Luis Αngel Firpo,
Argentine boxer (b. 1894) ·
August 9 Richard Cramer, American actor (b. 1889) ·
Frank Lloyd, American film director
(b. 1886) ·
Oswald Veblen, American mathematician,
geometer and topologist (b. 1880) ·
August 14 Fred Clarke, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates)
and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1872) ·
August 17 Charles W. Ryder, American general (b. 1892) ·
August 18 Carlo Emilio
Bonferroni, Italian mathematician (b. 1892) ·
Eduard Pόtsep, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898) ·
Johannes Sikkar, Estonian politician
(b. 1897) ·
Jersey Flegg, English-Australian rugby league player and chairman
(b. 1878) ·
Oscar Hammerstein II,
American librettist (b. 1895) ·
Bruno Loerzer, German aviator and air force
general (b. 1891) ·
August 27 Stanley Clifford
Weyman, American impostor (b. 1890) ·
August 28 Charles
Forbes, British Admiral (b. 1880) ·
Hazza' al-Majali,
Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1917) ·
Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (b. 1888) ·
David Diop, French West African poet
(b. 1927) September[edit] King Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin
Sulaiman Shah ·
September 1 Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin
Sulaiman Shah, King of Malaysia (b. 1898) ·
September 4 Alfred E. Green, American film director
(b. 1889) ·
Feroze Gandhi, Indian politician (b. 1912) ·
Oscar Pettiford, American jazz string player
(b. 1922) ·
September 9 Jussi Bjφrling,
Swedish tenor (b. 1911) ·
September 11 Edwin Justus Mayer,
American screenwriter (b. 1896) ·
September 13 Leσ Weiner, Hungarian composer (b. 1885) ·
Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballet dancer
(b. 1885) ·
Ernest William
Goodpasture, American pathologist and physician (b. 1886) ·
September 22 Melanie Klein, Austrian-British
psychoanalyst (b. 1882) ·
September 23 Kathlyn Williams, American stage and silent
film actress (b. 1879) ·
September 24 Mαtyαs Seiber,
Hungarian composer (b. 1905) ·
September 27 Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragette (b. 1882) October[edit] Sultan Khalifa bin
Harub of Zanzibar ·
October 5 Alfred L. Kroeber,
American anthropologist (b. 1876) ·
October 11 Richard Cromwell,
American film actor (b. 1910) ·
October 12 Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese socialist
politician (assassinated) (b. 1898) ·
Henny Porten, German actress (b. 1890) ·
Clara Kimball Young,
American actress (b. 1890) ·
October 21 Ma Hongbin, Chinese warlord (b. 1884) ·
October 24 Yevgeny Ostashev, engineer-Lieutenant
Colonel, test pilot of rocket and space complexes, head of the 1st control
polygon NIIP-5 (Baikonur), Candidate of
Technical Sciences, Lenin prize winner (b. 1924) ·
October 31 H. L. Davis, American fiction writer and
poet (b. 1894) November[edit] ·
Dimitri Mitropoulos,
Greek conductor, pianist and composer (b. 1896) ·
Julio Nakpil, Filipino composer and general
(b. 1867) ·
Otoya Yamaguchi ultranationalist who
assassinated Inejiro Asanuma, a politician and head of the Japan Socialist
Party (b. 1943) ·
Bobby Wallace,
American baseball player (St. Louis Browns) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1873) ·
Harold Spencer Jones,
English astronomer (b. 1890) ·
Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903) ·
August Gailit, Estonian writer (b. 1891) ·
Johnny Horton, American country singer
(b. 1925) ·
Mack Sennett, Canadian film producer and
director (b. 1880) ·
Erich
Neumann, German psychologist (b. 1905) ·
Sir John Bonython,
Australian businessman and politician (b. 1875) ·
Erich Raeder, German World War II naval
leader (b. 1876) ·
November 7 A. P. Carter, American singer and songwriter
(b. 1891) ·
November 12 Lord Buckley, American monologist (b. 1906) ·
Paul Faure,
French Socialist politician (b. 1878) ·
Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901) ·
November 19 Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899) ·
November 20 Ya'akov Cohen,
Israeli poet (b. 1881) ·
November 23 Allen Hobbs, 32nd Governor of
American Samoa (b. 1889) ·
November 24 Grand
Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, sister of Tsar Nicholas II (b. 1882) ·
November 25 Patria (b. 1924), Minerva (b. 1926), and Maria Teresa
Mirabal (b. 1935), three Dominican revolutionaries (and their driver, Rufino
de la Cruz) ·
Richard Wright,
American novelist (b. 1908) ·
Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch nobleman, lawyer and
politician, 26th Prime
Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870) December[edit] ·
December 2 Fritz
August Breuhaus de Groot, German architect, interior designer and
designer (b. 1883) ·
December 5 Hashim al-Atassi, Syrian statesman,
2nd Prime Minister of
Syria and 4th President of Syria (b. 1875) ·
Virginia Balestrieri,
Italian actress (b. 1888) ·
Ioannis Demestichas,
Greek admiral (b. 1882) ·
December 12 Christopher Hornsrud,
11th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1859) ·
John Charles Thomas,
American opera singer (b. 1891) ·
Nancy Elizabeth
Prophet, African-American artist known for her sculpture (b. 1890) ·
December 14 Gregory Ratoff, Russian actor and director ·
December 20 Sir Godfrey Ince, British civil servant
(b. 1891) ·
Sophus Black, Danish telegraph manager and
art collector (b. 1882) ·
Ninian Comper, British architect (b. 1864) ·
December 25 Alberto Maria
de Agostini, Italian missionary (b. 1883) ·
Giuseppe Bellanca,
Italian-American aircraft designer and company founder (b. 1886) ·
Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher
(b. 1889) Date unknown[edit] ·
Boixcar (Guillermo Sαnchez Boix),
Spanish cartoonist (b. 1917) Nobel Prizes[edit] ·
Physics Donald Arthur Glaser ·
Physiology
or Medicine Sir Frank Macfarlane
Burnet, Peter Medawar ·
Literature Saint-John Perse ·
Peace Albert Lutuli References[edit] 1.
^ Brand Che: Revolutionary as Marketer's Dream by Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times,
April 20, 2009 2.
^ Population 3.
^ Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges. The Congo: From
Leopold to Kabila. p. 107. 4.
^ "Our Campaigns Event Third Kennedy-Nixon
Debate Oct 13, 1960". 5.
^ Warragamba Dam. |
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