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1950 (MCML) was
a common year starting
on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar,
the 1950th year of the Common Era (CE)
and Anno Domini (AD)
designations, the 950th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of
the 20th century,
and the 1st year of the 1950s decade. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] January[edit] Main article: January 1950 ·
January 1 – The International
Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in
the world – is formed. ·
January 5 – ·
U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation
of organized crime in
the U.S. ·
Sverdlovsk
plane crash: Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm.
All 19 aboard were killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey
team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11
players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.[1] ·
January 6 – The UK recognizes the
People's Republic of China; the Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with
Britain in response. ·
January 7 – A fire consumes Mercy
Hospital in Davenport, Iowa,
killing 41 patients. ·
January 9 – The Israeli government recognizes the
People's Republic of China. ·
January 11 – Hukbalahap guerrillas attack
the town of Hermosa, Bataan in
the Philippines. January 14: Mount Lamington erupts in New Guinea. ·
HMSubmarine Truculent collides
with Swedish oil tanker Divina in
the Thames Estuary and
sinks; 64 die.[2] ·
Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter
Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S. security guarantees. ·
January 13 – Finland forms diplomatic relations with
the People's Republic of China. ·
January 14 - The prototype MiG-17 Fresco makes
its maiden flight. ·
January 17 – Great Brink's
Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from the Brink's armored car company
headquarters in Boston,
Massachusetts. ·
January 21 – Accused communist
spy Alger Hiss is convicted on two ccounts ·
January 23 – The Knesset passes a resolution that
states Jerusalem is the
capital of Israel. ·
January 24 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs, German émigré and physicist,
confesses to an MI5 interrogator that he is a Soviet spy: For seven years, he
passed top secret data
on U.S. and British nuclear weapons
research to the Soviet Union. Fuchs is formally charged on
February 2.[3] ·
January 25 – Alger Hiss receives a five-year
sentence following his conviction on two counts of perjury ·
January 26 – India promulgates
its constitution,
forming a republic, and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its
first president.
The Kingdom of Mysore is
merged into the new republic. ·
January 29 – Lord Balfour criticizes the fact
that rationing is still in force in Britain. ·
United
States President Harry S. Truman orders
the development of the hydrogen bomb,
in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949.[4] ·
The
last Kuomintang troops
surrender in mainland China. ·
December
– First five-year plan is tabled in the Parliament by Jawaharlal Nehru. It emphasizes Agricultural
and Community development. February[edit] Main article: February 1950 ·
February 1 – Chiang Kai-shek is re-elected as a
president of the Republic of China. ·
February 4 – Ingrid Bergman's illegitimate child arouses
ire in the U.S. ·
February 6 – ·
In West Virginia, 372,000 coal miners strike. (They remain out
until March 3.)[5] ·
First Cabinet Secretary N.R.
Pillai appointed in India. ·
The Stasi is founded in East Germany and acts as a secret
police until 1990. ·
Payment
first made by Diners Club card,
in New York, first use of a charge card. ·
February 9 – Second Red Scare: In his speech to the
Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West
Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United
States Department of State of being filled with 205 Communists. ·
Two Viet Minh battalions attack a French
base in French Indochina. ·
Finland
recognizes Indonesia. ·
Pro-communist
riots erupt in Paris. ·
The European
Broadcasting Union is founded. ·
Albert Einstein warns that nuclear war
could lead to mutual destruction. ·
The
U.S. Army begins to deploy anti-aircraft cannons to protect nuclear stations
and military targets. ·
British
Columbia B-36 crash – The U.S. Air Force loses a Convair B-36 bomber that carried
a Mark 4 nuclear bomb off
the west coast of Canada, and produces the world's first Broken Arrow.[citation needed] ·
February 14 – Cold War: ·
The
Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty
(later terminated in 1979). ·
In
an election speech
at Edinburgh, Winston Churchill proposes
"a parley at the summit" with Soviet
leaders, first use of term "summit" for such a meeting.[6] ·
Juho Kusti Paasikivi is
re-elected president of Finland. ·
Walt Disney releases his 12th animated
film, Cinderella in
Hollywood. ·
February 19 – Konrad Adenauer tries unsuccessfully to
negotiate with East Germany to
begin unification. ·
February 21 – Cunard liner Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard
in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career,
the longest of any in the 20th Century. ·
February 23 – United
Kingdom general election, 1950 : The Labour Party, led
by Clement Attlee remains
in office but the Tories, led by Winston Churchill increase their seats in
the House of Commons. March[edit] Main article: March 1950 ·
March 1 ·
Klaus Fuchs is convicted in London of
spying against both Britain and the United States for the Soviet Union, by
giving to the latter top secret atomic bomb data. ·
Acting
Chinese President Li Tsung-jen ends
his term in office. ·
Chiang Kai-shek resumes his duties as
Chinese president after moving his government to Taipei, Taiwan. ·
March 3 – Poland indicates its
intention to exile all Germans. ·
March 8 – The first Volkswagen Type 2 (also
known as the Microbus) rolls off the assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany. ·
March 12 – A plane carrying returning
rugby fans from Ireland to Wales crashes near Llandow,
with the loss of 80 lives. ·
March 13 – Royal Question: Belgian
monarchy referendum, 1950 – In Belgium, the referendum over the monarchy shows
57.7% support the return of King Léopold III,
42.3% against. ·
March 14 – The ship Cygnet hits
a mine off the Dutch coast. ·
March 17 – University
of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of
element 98, which they name "Californium". ·
March 18 – The Belgian government
collapses after the March 12 referendum favouring of the return from
exile of King Léopold III.[7] ·
March 20 – The Polish government enacts
a law to take possession of properties owned by Roman Catholic churches.[8] ·
March 22 – Egypt demands that Britain remove all
its troops in the Suez Canal. ·
March 23 – The 22nd Academy Awards ceremony
is held. April[edit] Main article: April 1950 ·
April 14 ·
Influential
British comic Eagle is
launched ·
NSC 68 is issued by the United
States National Security Council ·
April 15 – Belgian King Leopold III
announces that he is ready to abdicate in favor of his son Baudouin. ·
April 24 – Jordan formally annexes the West Bank ·
April 25 – Trial of alleged communist
spy Judith Coplon commences
in New York City ·
April 27 ·
Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally
segregating the races. ·
Britain
formally recognises Israel. May[edit] Main article: May 1950 ·
May 1 – UNRWA operations begin. ·
May 5 – Coronation of Bhomibol
Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand at The Grand Palace in Bangkok. ·
May 6 ·
The
town of Cazin (Bosnia)
rises up against Communist agrarian reforms. ·
Tollund Man is unearthed in Denmark. ·
May 9 ·
Robert Schuman presents his proposal
for the creation of a pan-European organisation, which he believes to be
indispensable to the maintenance of permanently peaceful relations between
the different nations of the continent. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration",
is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. ·
L. Ron Hubbard publishes Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. ·
May 11 – The Kefauver Committee hearings
into U.S. organized crime begin. ·
May 13 – The first race in the
inaugural FIA Formula One World
Championship is held at Silverstone,
England. ·
May 14 – The Huntsville Times runs
the headline "Dr. von Braun Says
Rocket Flights Possible to Moon." ·
May 17 – Israeli Air Force Spitfires intercept
a Royal Air Force Short Sunderland when it inadvertently
crossed into Israeli airspace, forcing it to land at Lod Airport. The Sunderland's crew had been
issued maps that did not depict Israel, as Britain had not recognized the
Jewish State at the time the maps were issued. ·
May 22 ·
Celâl Bayar becomes the third president
of Turkey. ·
Adnan Menderes of DP forms
the new government of Turkey (19th government) ·
May 24 – United
States Maritime Administration (under Department of
Commerce). ·
May 25 – The Brooklyn–Battery
Tunnel is formally opened to traffic. ·
May 29 ·
St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives
in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ·
The
pilot series of the world's longest-running radio soap opera The Archers, is first broadcast on BBC Light Programme June[edit] June 25: Korean War begins. Main article: June 1950 ·
June 1 – June 23 – Mauna Loa in Hawaii starts erupting. ·
June 3 – Herzog and Lachenal of the French
Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the
summit of an 8,000-metre peak. ·
June 6 – Turkey: The Adhan in Arabic is legalized. ·
June 8 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history. ·
June 16 – Maracana Stadium, which becomes a well-known
sports venue of Brazil, opens in Rio de Janeiro in advance of the
opening of the 1950 FIFA World Cup in
the country[citation needed] on June 24. ·
June 25 – Korean War begins: Troops of the North Korean People's Army cross
the 38th parallel into
South Korea. ·
June 26 – The Parliament of
South Africa passes the Suppression
of Communism Act. ·
June 27 – Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman orders American
military forces to aid in the defense of South Korea. ·
June 28 – Korean War: ·
North
Korean forces capture Seoul but do not win
the war. ·
Hangang Bridge
bombing: The South Korean army, in an attempt to defend Seoul,
blows up the Hangang Bridgewhile
it is crowded with refugees. ·
Seoul
National University Hospital massacre: North Korean troops kill
around 800 medical staff and patients. ·
Bodo League massacre begins: South
Korean armed forces and police summarily
execute at least 100,000 suspected North Korean sympathizers. July[edit] Main article: July 1950 ·
July 14–21 – Korean War: Battle of Taejon – North Korean forces
capture the city held by the U.S.
24th Infantry Division but the delay allows establishment of
the Pusan Perimeter. ·
July 16 – Uruguay beat Brazil 2–1
to win the 1950 World Cup. ·
July 17 – The Suppression
of Communism Act passed on June 26, comes into force in South
Africa. ·
July 30 – 4 workers striking over the
"Royal Question"
in Belgium are shot dead by the Gendarmerie at Grâce-Berleur near Liège.[9] August[edit] Main article: August 1950 ·
August 5 ·
2 Squadron SAAF departs to take part in
the Korean War.[10] ·
1950
Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash – A bomb-laden Boeing B-29
Superfortress crashes into a residential area in California,
killing 17 and injuring 68. ·
August 6 – Monarchist demonstrations
lead to a riot in Brussels. ·
August 8 ·
Florence Chadwick swims
across the English Channel in
13 hours, 22 minutes. ·
Winston Churchill supports
idea of a pan-European army allied with Canada and the U.S. ·
Korean War: Bloody Gulch
massacre. ·
In
his encyclical Humani generis, Pope Pius XII declares evolution to be a serious hypothesis that does not contradict
essential Catholic teachings. ·
August 15 – The 8.6 Mw Assam–Tibet
earthquake shakes the region with a maximum Mercalli
intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 1,500–3,300
people. ·
August 17 – Korean War: In the Hill 303 massacre,
39 U.S. soldiers are executed after being captured in battle by North Korea. ·
August 22 – The Immaculate
Heart of Mary Seminary is founded in Tagbilaran City,
Philippines. ·
August 23 – Legendary
singer-actor Paul Robeson,
whose passport had recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S.
officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is
not reinstated until 1958. September[edit] Main article: September 1950 ·
September 3 – Italian racing
driver Giuseppe Farina becomes
the first winner of the FIA Formula One World Championship being
the only driver to win the championship in his home country. ·
Darlington Raceway in
South Carolina is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race. ·
The comic strip Beetle Bailey is created by Mort
Walker in the United States. ·
A coal mine collapse in New Cumnock, Scotland, kills 13 miners; 116
are rescued. ·
The
game show Truth or
Consequences debuts on television in the United States. ·
September 8 – The Defense Production
Act is enacted into law in the United States, shaping
American military contracting for the next 60 years. ·
September 9 – The U.S. state of California celebrates its centennial
anniversary. ·
September 12 – Communist riots erupt in
Berlin. ·
September 15 – Korean War: Battle of Inchon – Allied troops
commanded by Douglas MacArthur land
in Inchon, occupied by North Korea, to begin a
U.N. counteroffensive. ·
September 18 – Rede Tupi, the first television broadcast
network South America,
is founded in Brazil. ·
September 19 – West Germany decides to
purge communist officials. ·
September 22 – World Dance Council inaugurated. ·
September 26 – Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations. ·
September 30 – NSC 68 is approved by President Truman,
setting U.S. foreign policy for the next 20 years. October[edit] Main article: October 1950 ·
Turing test published.[11] ·
October 2 – The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is
first published in seven U.S. newspapers. ·
October 3 – Getúlio Vargas is
elected president of Brazil for
a 5-year term. ·
October 5 – The Indonesian government
quells riots in the Moluccas. ·
Battle of Chamdo: The incorporation of Tibet into the People's Republic of
China begins with the Chinese People's
Liberation Army invading across the Jinsha River. By October 19 they will have
taken the border town of Chamdo and the
Tibetan army will have surrendered. ·
The Agate Pass Bridge opens
for traffic in Washington State. ·
October 9 – Goyang
Geumjeong Cave massacre starts in South Korea. ·
October 11 – The Federal
Communications Commission in the United States issues the
first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS (RCA will
successfully dispute and block the license from taking effect, however). ·
The
second Tacoma Narrows
Bridge opens in Washington. ·
In East Germany, the Communists win 99.7% of
the vote. ·
October 19 – Korean War: The People's Republic of China
enters the conflict by sending thousands of soldiers across the Yalu River. ·
October 20 – Australia passes the
Communist Party Dissolution Act, which is later struck down by the High
Court. ·
October 28 – Torcida Split is founded in support of
the Association football club HNK Hajduk Split in SFR Yugoslavia. ·
October 29 – Upon the death of Gustaf V of Sweden,
he is succeeded as king by his 68-year-old son Gustaf VI Adolf. ·
October 30 – The Jayuya Uprising is started by Puerto
Rican Nationalists against the United States. November[edit] Main article: November 1950 ·
Pope Pius XII witnesses the "Miracle of the Sun"
at the Vatican[12] and defines a
new dogma of Roman Catholicism,
the Munificentissimus
Deus, which says that God took
Mary's body into Heaven after her death (the "Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary"). ·
Puerto
Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate
U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who is staying at the Blair-Lee House in Washington, D.C.
during White House repairs. ·
November 4 – The United Nations ends the diplomatic
isolation of Spain. ·
November 8 – Korean War: While in an F-80, United States Air
Force Lt. Russell J. Brown intercepts 2 North Korean MiG-15s near the Yalu River and shoots them down in the
first jet-to-jet dogfight in history. ·
November 10 – A U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress bomber, experiencing an in-flight emergency,
jettisons and detonates a Mark 4 nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada (the device
lacked its plutonium core). ·
November 11 – The Mattachine Society is
founded in Los Angeles as
the first gay-liberation organization. ·
The President of
Venezuela, Colonel Carlos Delgado
Chalbaud is kidnapped and murdered in Caracas. ·
A Curtiss
Reid Flying Services plane crashes while en route to Paris
from Rome, killing all 52 on board. ·
November 17 – 15-year-old Tenzin Gyatso
is formally enthroned as 14th Dalai Lama, becoming temporal ruler
of Tibet.[13] ·
November 18 – The United Nations
accepts the formation of the Libyan National Council. ·
November 20 – T. S. Eliot speaks against television
in the UK. ·
Anti-British
riots erupt in Egypt. ·
Shirley Temple announces her retirement
from show business. ·
November 24 – A phenomenal winter storm ravages the northeastern
United States, brings 30 to 50 inches of snow,
temperatures below zero, and kills 323 people. ·
November 26 – Korean War: Troops from the People's
Republic of China launched a massive counterattack against South Korean and
United Nations forces at the Ch'ongch'on
River and the Chosin
Reservoir, dashing any hopes for a quick end to the conflict. ·
Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic
Development in South and South-East Asia ·
Greece
and Yugoslavia reform diplomatic relations. ·
November 29 – The National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA is founded. ·
November 30 – Douglas MacArthur threatens
to use nuclear weapons in Korea. December[edit] Main article: December 1950 ·
December 2 – Korean War: Battle of
the Ch'ongch'on River ends with the Chinese People's
Volunteer Army expelling UN forces from North Korea. ·
December 4 – Foley Square trial commences
review in U.S. Supreme Court as Dennis v. United
States ·
December 31 – The inaugural 12 Hours of Sebring endurance
race is held. Date unknown[edit] ·
Canadians Harry Wasylyk, Larry Hansen and Frank Plomp
introduce the plastic bin bag for garbage collection. ·
Myxomatosis is introduced into
Australia in an attempt to control the escalating rabbit population. ·
IBM Israel
begins operating in Tel Aviv. ·
President Harry Truman sends United States
military advisers to Vietnam to aid
French forces. ·
France
institutes a government-guaranteed minimum wage. ·
Knox's
Translation of the Vulgate Old Testament (commissioned by
the Catholic Church)
is published. ·
Laos gets
involved in the First Indochina War to
overthrow the French Army. Births[edit]
January[edit] ·
Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress ·
David Shifrin, American classical
clarinetist ·
Grant Adcox, American Race Car Driver
(d. 1989) ·
January 3 – Victoria Principal,
American actress ·
John Manley, Canadian politician ·
Charlie
Richmond, Canadian entrepreneur and inventor ·
Louis Freeh, American Director of the FBI ·
Thomas J. Pickard,
American Acting Director of the FBI ·
Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer, songwriter and
philanthropist (d. 2016) ·
Erin Gray, American actress ·
January 9 – Alec Jeffreys, British geneticist, who
developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting and DNA profiling ·
January 10 – Ernie Wasson, American gardener and writer ·
Sheila Jackson Lee,
American politician ·
Dorrit Moussaieff,
Israeli-born British businesswoman; First Lady of
Iceland ·
January 14 – Jagadguru
Rāmabhadrācārya, Hindu religious leader ·
Kalle Könkkölä,
Finnish politician and human rights activist (d. 2018) ·
Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and
choreographer ·
Steve Cuozzo, American writer and columnist ·
Cristina Galbó,
Spanish actress ·
Honey Irani, Indian film actress and
screenwriter ·
Luis López Nieves,
Puerto Rican writer ·
January 18 – Gilles Villeneuve,
Canadian race car driver (d. 1982) ·
January 20 – Edward Hirsch, American poet ·
January 21 – Billy Ocean, West Indian-born musician ·
January 22 – Pamela Salem, British actress ·
January 23 – Richard Dean
Anderson, American actor ·
Daniel Auteuil, French actor ·
Gennifer Flowers, American actress,
connected to Bill Clinton ·
Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-born American
author and scholar ·
Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (d. 2008) ·
Janet Lupo, American model ·
Derek Acorah, British spiritualist and
medium ·
Ulrich Deppendorf,
German journalist and television presenter ·
Ann Jillian, American actress ·
Jody Scheckter, South African race car
driver ·
Miklós Vámos,
Hungarian writer and screenwriter ·
January 30 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988) February[edit] ·
John Bowe,
English actor ·
Mike Campbell,
American musician ·
Kazimierz Nycz, Polish clergyman ·
February 3 – Morgan Fairchild, American actress ·
Natalie Cole, American singer (d. 2015) ·
Timothy Michael
Dolan, Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of New York ·
February 8 – Jonathan Freeman,
American actor and voice actor ·
February 10 – Mark Spitz, American Olympic swimmer ·
Steve Hackett, English songwriter and
guitarist ·
Michael Ironside, Canadian actor ·
February 13 – Peter Gabriel, English rock musician,
original lead singer of Genesis ·
February 14 – Daniel Borel, Swiss businessman, co-founder
of Logitech ·
February 15 – Tsui Hark, Hong Kong film director ·
Peter Hain, British politician ·
Roman Tam, Chinese Cantopop singer (d. 2002) ·
John Hughes,
American film director, producer and writer (d. 2009) ·
Cybill Shepherd, American actress ·
Ken Shimura, Japanese television performer
and actor ·
Tony Wilson, English impresario (d. 2007) ·
Larry Drake, American actor (d. 2016) ·
Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia ·
Julius Erving, American basketball player ·
Awn Al-Khasawneh, Prime Minister of Jordan ·
Miou-Miou, French actress ·
Julie Walters, English actress ·
Neil Jordan, Irish film director, writer and
producer ·
Néstor Kirchner,
49th President of
Argentina (d. 2010) ·
Helen Clark, Prime
Minister of New Zealand ·
Bill Ritter,
American news anchor ·
February 27 – Azean Irdawaty, Malaysian actress and singer
(d. 2013) March[edit] ·
March 2 – Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer
(d. 1983) ·
March 4 – Rick Perry, Governor of Texas ·
March 9 – Danny Sullivan, American race car driver ·
March 10 – Carlos Roberto Flores, President of
Honduras ·
March 11 ·
Bobby McFerrin, American singer ·
Jerry Zucker,
American film producer, director, and writer ·
March 12 – Javier Clemente, Spanish football player and
manager ·
March 13 ·
William H. Macy, American actor ·
Charles Krauthammer,
American political commentator (d. 2018) ·
March 18 – Brad Dourif, American actor ·
March 20 – William Hurt, American actor ·
March 21 – Sergey Lavrov, current
Foreign Minister of Russia ·
March 22 ·
Hugo Egon Balder, German actor and
television presenter ·
Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player
(d. 2012) ·
March 26 ·
Teddy Pendergrass,
American singer (d. 2010) ·
Martin Short, Canadian-born comedian ·
Alan Silvestri, American composer and
conductor ·
March 28 ·
Claudio Lolli, Italian singer-songwriter
(d. 2018) ·
Jeffrey
Miller, Kent State University shooting victim (d. 1970) ·
March 29 ·
Kulsoom Nawaz, Pakistani politician
(d. 2018) ·
Mory Kanté, Guinean musician ·
March 30 ·
Dave Ball,
English guitarist (Procol Harum)
(d. 2015) ·
Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian ·
David Janson, British actor ·
March 31 – Ed Marinaro, American football player and
actor April[edit] ·
April 1 – Samuel Alito, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States ·
April 3 – Sally Thomsett, English actress ·
April 4 – Christine Lahti, American actress ·
April 5 ·
Agnetha Fältskog,
Swedish pop singer and songwriter (ABBA) ·
Harpo, Swedish pop musician ·
April 7 – Marisa
Letícia Lula da Silva, former First Lady of Brazil (d. 2017) ·
April 8 ·
Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer ·
Carmen Twillie,
American actress and singer ·
April 10 – Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player ·
April 12 ·
Joyce Banda, née Mtila, 4th President of Malawi ·
David Cassidy, American actor and singer
(d. 2017) ·
April 13 – Ron Perlman, American actor ·
April 14 – Péter Esterházy,
Hungarian writer (d. 2016) ·
April 15 – Josiane Balasko, French
actress/writer/director ·
April 17 – Bruce McNall, American businessman ·
April 20 – Steve Erickson, American novelist ·
April 22 ·
Peter Frampton, English rock musician ·
Thierry Zéno, Belgian filmmaker ·
April 25 ·
Lenora Fulani, American presidential candidate ·
Apollo C. Quiboloy, Filipino televangelist
and religious leader ·
April 26 – Liz Chase, Zimbabwean field hockey player
(d. 2018) ·
April 28 – Jay Leno, American comedian and talk show
host ·
April 29 – Paul Holmes,
New Zealand radio and television broadcaster (d. 2013) May[edit] ·
May 5 – Googoosh, Iranian singer and actress ·
May 7 – Tim Russert, American journalist (d. 2008) ·
May 10 – Dale Wilson,
Canadian voice actor ·
May 11 ·
Jeremy Paxman, English journalist ·
Sadashiv Amrapurkar,
Indian actor (d. 2014) ·
May 12 ·
Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor ·
Ching Hai, Vietnamese born Taiwanese author,
spiritual leader and jewelry designer ·
Billy Squier, American musician ·
May 13 ·
Danny Kirwan, British musician (d. 2018) ·
Bobby Valentine, American baseball manager ·
Stevie Wonder, American musician ·
May 14 – Jill Stein, American politician, activist,
and presidential candidate ·
May 15 – Renate Stecher, German athlete ·
May 16 – Georg Bednorz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ·
May 17 – Janez Drnovsek, Slovenian politician,
2-Time Prime Minister
of Slovenia and 2nd President of
Slovenia ·
May 18 ·
Thomas Gottschalk,
German radio and television host, entertainer and actor ·
Mark Mothersbaugh,
American composer, artist, and singer (Devo) ·
May 22 – Bernie Taupin, English lyricist ·
May 24 – Thomas DeSimone, American Gangster ·
May 29 ·
Rebbie Jackson, American singer ·
Frederick Sumaye, 7th Prime Minister of
Tanzania ·
May 31 – Gregory Harrison, American actor and
director June[edit] ·
June 3 ·
Deniece Williams, American singer ·
Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
(d. 2015) ·
Suzi Quatro, American singer-songwriter ·
June 5 – Abraham Sarmiento,
Jr., Filipino journalist and political activist (d. 1977) ·
June 7 – Howard Finkel, American ring announcer ·
June 8 – Kathy Baker, American actress ·
June 11 – Graham Russell, English singer and musician
(Air Supply) ·
June 13 – Belinda Bauer,
Australian actress ·
June 14 – Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury ·
June 15 – Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist ·
June 16 – Jerry Petrowski, American politician and
farmer ·
June 19 – Ann Wilson, American singer and
musician (Heart) ·
June 20 – Nouri al-Maliki, 74th Prime Minister of
Iraq ·
June 21 ·
Joey Kramer, American musician ·
Vasilis
Papakonstantinou, Greek singer and musician ·
June 22 ·
Adrian Năstase,
59th Prime Minister of Romania ·
Zenonas Petrauskas,
Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009) ·
June 24 – Nancy Allen,
American actress ·
June 25 ·
Nitza Saul, Israeli actress ·
Marcello Toninelli,
Italian writer ·
June 26 – Jaak Joala, Estonian singer and musician
(d. 2010) ·
June 29 ·
Simone Gbagbo, ICC criminal,
former Ivorian politician
and First Lady ·
Don Moen,
American singer and musician ·
June 30 – Leonard Whiting, British actor July[edit] ·
July 1 – Fakahau Valu, Tongan rugby union player ·
July 4 – Philip Craven, 2nd President of the International
Paralympic Committee ·
July 5 – Huey Lewis, American rock singer ·
July 9 – Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine ·
July 11 – Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani Nuclear physicist and
social activist ·
July 12 – Eric Carr, Former Kiss drummer and musician (d. 1991) ·
July 13 ·
Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of
China (Taiwan) ·
Jurelang Zedkaia, 5th President of the
Marshall Islands (d. 2015) ·
July 14 – Chungsen Leung, Taiwanese-Canadian
businessman and politician ·
July 17 ·
Derek de Lint, Dutch actor ·
Tengku Sulaiman Shah,
Malaysian corporate figure ·
Phoebe Snow, American singer-songwriter
(d. 2011) ·
July 18 ·
Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur ·
Glenn
Hughes, American vocalist (d. 2001) ·
Jack Layton, Canadian politician (d. 2011) ·
July 19 ·
Simon Cadell, English actor (d. 1996) ·
Per-Kristian Foss,
Norwegian Minister of Finance ·
Freddy Moore, American musician ·
July 20 – William Knox Schroeder,
Kent State University shooting victim (d. 1970) ·
July 26 – Susan George,
British actress ·
July 27 – Simon Jones,
English actor ·
July 28 ·
Soh Chin Aun, Malaysian footballer ·
Sir Tapley Seaton, Kittitian politician,
4th Governor-General
of Saint Kitts and Nevis ·
July 29 – Jenny Holzer, American conceptual artist ·
July 30 – Frank Stallone, American actor August[edit] ·
August 1 ·
Bunkhouse Buck, American professional
wrestler ·
Roy Williams,
American basketball coach ·
Frances
Fitzgerald, 24th Tánaiste of Ireland ·
August 3 ·
John Landis, American film director ·
Jo Marie Payton, American actress ·
Ernesto Samper, 29th President of
Colombia ·
August 5 – Rosi Mittermaier, German ski racer ·
August 7 – Alan Keyes, American conservative political
activist ·
August 8 ·
Lucjan Lis, Polish-German cyclist (d. 2015) ·
Ken Kutaragi, ex-C.E.O of Sony Computer
Entertainment ·
August 9 – Nicole Tourneur, French novelist (d. 2011) ·
Erik Brann, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003) ·
Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian weapon designer
(d. 2003) ·
August 12 – Iris Berben, German actress ·
August 13 – Jane Carr, English actress ·
Anne, Princess Royal,
British Princess and daughter of Elizabeth II and The Duke
of Edinburgh ·
Neil J. Gunther, Australian/American
physicist and computer scientist ·
Tom Kelly,
American baseball manager ·
Andres Serrano, American photographer ·
Hasely Crawford, West Indian athlete ·
Marshall Manesh, Persian actor ·
August 17 – Jose
Apolinario Lozada Jr., Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2018) ·
August 19 – Sudha Murthy, Indian social worker and
author ·
August 21 – Arthur Bremer, American convicted attempted
assassin ·
August 22 – Scooter Libby, American political adviser ·
Carl Deuker, American author ·
Annette Badland, English actor ·
Benjamin Hendrickson,
American actor (d. 2006) ·
August 27 – Charles Fleischer,
American actor, stand-up comedian and voice artist September[edit] ·
Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician
and Prime Minister
of Russia (2004–2007) ·
Phil McGraw, American TV psychologist ·
Rosanna DeSoto, American actress ·
Yuen Wah, Hong Kong actor ·
Johann
Friedrich, German-Australian engineer and conman ·
Julie Kavner, American actress ·
September 8 – Mark Gable, Australian singer and songwriter
(The Choirboys) ·
September 10 – Joe Perry,
American rock guitarist (Aerosmith) ·
Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (Free) (d. 1976) ·
Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver ·
September 15 – Rajiv Malhotra, Indian-American author ·
Henry Louis Gates,
American literary critic ·
Loyd Grossman, American television presenter
and chef ·
September 17 – Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of
India ·
September 19 – Joan Lunden, American television broadcaster
and journalist ·
Charles Clarke, British politician ·
Bill Murray, American actor and comedian ·
David Frawley, American author ·
September 22 – Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (d. 2007) ·
Feng Ting-kuo, Taiwanese politician
(d. 2018) ·
Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress ·
September 27 – Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa,
Japanese actor ·
September 28 – John Sayles, American director and
screenwriter October[edit] ·
Boris Morukov, Russian astronaut (d. 2015) ·
Randy Quaid, American actor and comedian ·
Pamela Hensley, American actress ·
Phyllis Nelson, American singer (d. 1998) ·
Eddie Clarke,
English guitarist for Motörhead (d. 2018) ·
Jeff Conaway, American actor (d. 2011) ·
October 7 – Jakaya Kikwete, 4th President of
Tanzania ·
Everett Peck, American animator ·
Jody Williams, American teacher and aid
worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize ·
October 10 – Nora Roberts, American novelist ·
Edward Bloor, American novelist ·
Kaga Takeshi, Japanese actor ·
Pilar Pilapil, Filipina actress ·
October 14 – Joey Travolta, American actor ·
Cecil Bothwell. American atheist writer and
politician ·
Angry Grandpa. American YouTuber (d. 2017) ·
Dean Shek, Hong Kong actor ·
Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996) ·
October 18 – Wendy Wasserstein,
American playwright (d. 2006) ·
October 19 – Bishop Bill Ray, 10th Bishop of
North Queensland ·
October 20 – Tom Petty, American rock singer (d. 2017) ·
Bill
Owens, Governor of Colorado ·
Donald Ramotar, 8th President of Guyana ·
Patricia Parris, American actress and voice
actress ·
Walter Kwok, Hong Kong entrepreneur
(d. 2018) ·
Chris Norman, English singer (Smokie) ·
Annette Humpe, German singer, bands Ideal and Ich + Ich ·
Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights
activist ·
Torcida Split, The oldest supporters group
in Europe ·
October 29 – Abdullah Gül, 11th President of Turkey ·
October 30 – Louise DuArt, American comedian and
impersonator ·
John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor
(d. 1994) ·
Jane Pauley, American television broadcaster
and journalist November[edit] ·
Robert B. Laughlin,
American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ·
Dan Peek, American musician (d. 2011) ·
November 3 – Massimo Mongai, Italian author ·
November 4 – Charles Frazier, American novelist ·
November 6 – Kenny Marks, American Christian musician ·
November 9 – Maravillas Rojo, Catalan politician ·
Debra Hill, American producer (d. 2005) ·
Bob Orton, Jr., American professional
wrestler ·
November 12 – Barbara Fairchild,
American country and gospel singer ·
November 13 – Mary Lou Metzger, American singer and dancer ·
November 16 – David Leisure, American actor ·
November 17 – Roland Matthes, German swimmer ·
November 21 – Alberto Juantorena,
Cuban athlete ·
Jim Lang,
American composer ·
Lyman Bostock, American baseball player
(d. 1978) ·
November 23 – Chuck Schumer, American politician ·
November 24 – Stanley Livingston,
American actor ·
Ed Harris, American actor and film director ·
Russell Alan Hulse,
American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ·
Kenneth Fisher, American financial manager
and journalist ·
November 29 – Olavi Mäenpää,
Finnish politician (d. 2018) December[edit] ·
Manju Bansal, Indian molecular biologist ·
Themba Dlamini, 9th Prime Minister of
Swaziland ·
Richard Keith [birth
name Keith Thibodeaux], American child actor ·
Amin Saikal, Australian academic professor ·
Benjamin Stora, French historian ·
Paul Watson, founder of the Sea
Shepherd Conservation Society ·
December 5 – Camarón de la Isla,
Spanish singer (d. 1992) ·
December 7 – Hasanaga Sadigov, Azerbaijani ashik musician
(d. 2018) ·
Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter and
record producer (d. 1994) ·
Wah Wah Watson, American guitarist (d. 2018) ·
December 9 – Joan Armatrading, St. Kitts-born English
singer-songwriter ·
December 10 – Tom Towles, American actor (d. 2015) ·
Darleen Carr, American actress ·
Heiner Flassbeck, German economist,
professor, publicist, political counselor and State secretary ·
Rajinikanth, Indian actor ·
December 13 – Wendie Malick, American actress ·
December 15 – Sylvester James
Gates, American theoretical physicist ·
December 16 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (d. 2006) ·
December 17 – Laurence F. Johnson,
American futurist and educator ·
December 18 – Leonard Maltin, American film critic ·
December 19 – Manny Trillo, Venezuelan-born American
baseball player ·
December 22 – María
Antonieta de las Nieves, Mexican actress, comedian, and singer, La
Chilindrina in El Chavo del Ocho ·
Vicente del Bosque,
Spanish footballer and manager ·
Michael C. Burgess,
American politician ·
December 25 – Ed Hochuli, American football official ·
December 28 – Alex Chilton, American rock musician (The Box Tops) (d. 2010) ·
December 29 – Jon Polito, American actor (d. 2016) ·
December 30 – Safiya
Henderson-Holmes, African-American poet (d. 2001) Date unknown[edit] ·
Larry Cuba, American computer-animation
artist ·
Koibla Djimasta, 7th Prime Minister of Chad
(d. 2007) ·
Joseph Yodoyman, 4th Prime Minister of Chad
(d. 1993) Deaths[edit]
January[edit] ·
January 1 – William
A. Griffin, American Roman Catholic prelate and reverend
(b. 1885) ·
Emil Jannings, Swiss-born German actor
(b. 1884) ·
Anthony Prusinski,
American politician (b. 1901) ·
Theophrastos
Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883) ·
January 3 – Tess Gardella, Italian-born American actress
and dancer (b. 1894) ·
Monty Banks, Italian comedian and director
(b. 1897) ·
Alfonso
Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Spanish politician, writer, painter and
doctor (b. 1886) ·
Joseph, Duke of
Parma (b. 1875) ·
January 8 – Joseph Schumpeter,
Czech economist and political scientist (b. 1883) ·
January 11 – James A. Colescott, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (b. 1897) ·
January 12 – John M. Stahl, American film director and
producer (b. 1886) ·
January 13 – Gino Frittelli, Italian painter (b. 1879) ·
January 15 – Henry H. Arnold, American five-star general
(b. 1886) ·
January 16 – Ali Moustafa
Mosharafa, Egyptian physicist (b. 1898) ·
January 17 – Seiichi Hatano, Japanese philosopher
(b. 1877) ·
January 18 – Horace Rice, Australian tennis player
(b. 1872) ·
January 20 – Ray Duggan, Australian-born English speedway
rider (b. 1913) ·
January 21 – George Orwell, British author (b. 1903) ·
January 22 – Alan Hale Sr., American actor (b. 1892) ·
January 23 – Vasil Kolarov, Bulgarian Communist
politician, former provisional head of State and 33rd Prime Minister
of Bulgaria (b. 1877) ·
January 29 – Ahmad Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah, Sheikh of Kuwait (b. 1885) February[edit] ·
Sir Lionel Cripps, Rhodesian politician
(b. 1863) ·
Karl Seitz, Austrian politician, 1st President of Austria (b. 1869) ·
February 6 – Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884) ·
D. K. Broster, British historical novelist
(b. 1877) ·
Masao Inoue,
Japanese actor and director (b. 1881) ·
William
Murphy, American Roman Catholic clergyman, bishop and
reverend (b. 1885) ·
Abdul Qadir,
Indian editor (b. 1874) ·
Franz Justus
Rarkowski, German Roman Catholic bishop and reverend
(b. 1873) ·
Ted Theodore, Australian politician, Premier of
Queensland (b. 1884) ·
February 10 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (b. 1872) ·
February 11 – Kiki Cuyler, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1898) ·
February 12 – Bernard Meninsky, Soviet artist, painter,
draughtsman and teacher (b. 1891) ·
February 13 – Rafael Sabatini, Italian writer (b. 1875) ·
Cecilio Guzmán de
Rojas, Bolivian painter (b. 1899) ·
Karl Guthe Jansky,
American physicist and radio engineer, father of the radio astronomy (b. 1905) ·
Johannes Hjelmslev,
Danish mathematician (b. 1873) ·
Mile-a-Minute Murphy,
American cyclist (b. 1870) ·
February 21 – Gerhard Kowalewski,
German mathematician (b. 1876) ·
February 23 – Piotr
Śmietański, Polish executioner (b. 1899) ·
Ignatius Arnoz, Czechoslovakian Roman Catholic prelate and reverend
(b. 1885) ·
George Minot, American physician, recipient
of the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1885) ·
February 26 – Harry Lauder, British entertainer (b. 1870) March[edit] ·
March 2 – Rosli Dhobi, famous Malay Sarawakian (b. 1932) ·
March 4 – Anthony Holles,
British actor (b. 1901) ·
March 5 ·
Sid Grauman, American theatre entrepreneur
(b. 1895) ·
Edgar Lee Masters,
American poet (b. 1868) ·
March 6 ·
Albert François
Lebrun, French politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871) ·
Harry Redfern, British architect (b. 1861) ·
March 10 – Marguerite De La
Motte, American actress (b. 1902) ·
March 11 ·
Ralph Freeman,
British engineer (b. 1880) ·
Heinrich Mann, German novelist (b. 1871) ·
Brock Pemberton, American theatrical
producer (b. 1885) ·
March 15 ·
Alexander Kabiskoy,
Soviet WWII heroine (b. 1920) ·
Carl Storck, 3rd President of the National
Football League (b. 1892) ·
March 18 – Väinö Kivilinna,
Finnish teacher, activist and politician (b. 1875) ·
March 19 ·
Edgar Rice Burroughs,
American author (b. 1875) ·
Norman Haworth, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1883) ·
Alexandru
Vaida-Voevod, 28th Prime Minister
of Romania (b. 1872) ·
March 21 – Katherine Grey,
American actress (b. 1873) ·
March 22 – Emmanuel Mounier, French philosopher
(b. 1905) ·
March 24 ·
James Rudolph
Garfield, American politician (b. 1865) ·
Harold Laski, British political theorist and
economist (b. 1893) ·
March 25 ·
Frank Buck,
American animal collector (b. 1884) ·
Frances Micklethwait,
British chemist (b. 1867) ·
March 30 ·
Léon Blum, French statesman and 2-time Prime Minister of
France (b. 1872) ·
Joe Yule, British entertainer; father
of Mickey Rooney (b. 1894) April[edit] Reverend Franciscus Janssens ·
April 1 – F. O. Matthiessen,
American historian and literary critic (b. 1902) ·
April 2 – Recep Peker, Turkish officer and politician,
6th Prime Minister
of Turkey (b. 1889) ·
April 3 – Kurt Weill, German-born composer (b. 1900) ·
April 5 – Charles Binaggio, American gangster
(b. 1909) ·
April 7 – Walter Huston, Canadian-born American actor
(b. 1883) ·
April 8 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Soviet ballet dancer and
choreographer (b. 1889) ·
April 10 ·
Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish military officer and
statesman, Prime Minister
of Turkey (b. 1876) ·
Alfred Fischer,
German architect (b. 1881) ·
April 11 – Bainbridge Colby, United States Secretary of
State (b. 1869) ·
April 13 ·
Saleh al-Ali, Syrian revolt leader (b. 1884) ·
James Morrison,
Canadian Roman Catholic bishop
and reverend (b. 1861) ·
April 16 – Henry J. Knauf, American politician
(b. 1891) ·
April 17 – Władysław
Filipkowski, Polish military commander (b. 1892) ·
April 23 ·
Gemma Bellincioni,
Italian soprano (b. 1864) ·
Franciscus Janssens,
Dutch Roman Catholic abbot
and reverend (b. 1881) ·
April 26 – G. Murray Hulbert,
American politician (b. 1881) ·
April 27 ·
Hobart Cavanaugh, American character actor
(b. 1886) ·
Karel Koželuh, Czech tennis player (b. 1895) ·
April 30 – Francesco Jovine, Italian writer and author
(b. 1902) May[edit] ·
May 1 – Lothrop Stoddard, American eugenicist
(b. 1883) ·
May 6 – Víctor Manuel
Román y Reyes, Nicaraguan politician, 23rd President of
Nicaragua (b. 1872) ·
May 7 – Gavrilo V,
Serbian Patriarch (b. 1881) ·
May 9 ·
Harry Stubbs,
British-born American actor (b. 1874) ·
Esteban Terradas
i Illa, Andorran mathematician, scientist and engineer (b. 1883) ·
May 10 – Belle da Costa
Greene, American librarian, bibliographer and archivist (b. 1883) ·
May 11 – Cedric Holland, British admiral (b. 1889) ·
May 12 – Harold Basil
Christian, South African-Rhodesian horticulturalist (b. 1871) ·
May 19 ·
Giuseppe Garibaldi
II, Italian soldier, patriot and revolutionary, grandson of
Italian patriot Giuseppe Garibaldi (b. 1879) ·
Giuseppina Suriano,
Italian Roman Catholic nun
and blessed (b. 1915) ·
May 20 – John Gould Fletcher,
American poet (b. 1886) ·
May 22 ·
Andrew McDonald,
British Roman Catholic clergyman,
bishop and reverend (b. 1871) ·
Alfonso Quiñónez
Molina, 27th President of El
Salvador (b. 1874) ·
May 24 ·
Isidore Ngei Ko Lat,
Burmese catechist, Roman Catholic priest,
martyr and blessed (killed in action) (b. 1918) ·
Peter
Petrovich Troyanskii, Soviet educator and scholar (b. 1894) ·
Mario Vergara, Italian Roman Catholic priest, martyr and
blessed (killed in action) (b. 1910) ·
Archibald
Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, British field marshal (b. 1883) ·
May 25 – Nicolae
Ciupercă, Romanian general (b. 1882) ·
May 26 – Stanisław
Kętrzyński, Polish historian and diplomat (b. 1878) ·
May 28 – Vicente Sotto, Filipino politician (b. 1877) June[edit] Metropolitan Theophilus
Pashkovsky ·
June 3 – Ahmad Tajuddin, Sultan of Brunei (b. 1913) ·
June 4 ·
Carmen Baroja, Spanish writer and
ethnologist (b. 1883) ·
George Cecil Ives,
German-born British poet, writer, penal reformer and early gay-rights campaigner (b. 1867) ·
Kazys Grinius, 3rd President of
Lithuania (b. 1866) ·
June 5 – Miklós Bánffy,
Hungarian nobleman, politician and novelist (b. 1873) ·
June 6 – William
Wadsworth, American actor (b. 1874) ·
June 9 – Denis Auguste
Duchêne, French general (b. 1862) ·
June 20 – Etsu Inagaki
Sugimoto, Japanese autobiographer and novelist (b. 1874) ·
June 22 – Jane Cowl, American actress (b. 1883) ·
June 24 – Darwan Singh Negi,
Indian VC recipient (b. 1881) ·
June 26 – Antonina Nezhdanova,
Soviet soprano (b. 1873) ·
June 27 ·
Záviš Kalandra,
Czechoslovak historian and theorist (b. 1902) ·
Theophilus
Pashkovsky, American
Orthodox archbishop and metropolitan (b. 1874) ·
June 28 – Archbishop Makarios II (b. 1870) ·
June 29 – Melitta Bentz, German entrepreneur, who
invented the coffee filter in 1908 (b. 1873) July[edit] ·
July 1 – Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect (b. 1873) ·
July 5 – Salvatore Giuliano,
Italian bandit (b. 1922) ·
July 7 – Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player
(b. 1923) ·
July 8 – Helen Holmes, American actress (b. 1893) ·
July 10 – Richard Maury, American naturalized
Argentine engineer (b. 1882) ·
July 11 – Buddy DeSylva, American songwriter (b. 1895) ·
July 12 – Elsie de Wolfe, American socialite and
interior decorator (b. 1865) ·
July 17 ·
Evangeline Booth, General of The Salvation
Army (b. 1865) ·
Antonie Nedošinská,
Czechoslovakian actress (b. 1885) ·
July 21 – Rex Ingram,
American director (b. 1892) ·
July 22 – William Lyon
Mackenzie King, Canadian political leader, 10th Prime Minister
of Canada (b. 1874) ·
July 27 – Marta Steinsvik, Norwegian author (b. 1877) ·
July 28 – Kevin Budden, amateur Australian
herpetologist (b. 1930) August[edit] ·
August 3 – Pierre-Émile Côté,
Canadian politician (b. 1887) ·
August 6 – Francisco
José Urrutia Olano, Colombian diplomat and jurist (b. 1870) ·
August 8 – Nikolai Myaskovsky,
Soviet composer (b. 1881) ·
August 10 – Tadeusz
Tomaszewski, 34th Prime Minister
of Poland (b. 1881) ·
Black Elk, Wičháša Wakȟáŋ
(Medicine Man or Holy Man) of the Ogala Teton Lakota (Western Sioux)
(b. 1863) ·
Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and
engineer (b. 1871) ·
August 22 – Kirk Bryan,
American geologist (b. 1888) ·
August 23 – Frank
Phillips, American oil executive (b. 1873) ·
Arturo Alessandri,
Chilean political figure and reformer, 2-time President of Chile (b. 1868) ·
Vasily Gordov, Soviet military officer
(b. 1896) ·
August 25 – Giuseppe
Grassi, Italian politician (b. 1883) ·
Giuseppe De Luca, Italian baritone (b. 1876) ·
Ransom E. Olds, American automotive pioneer
(b. 1864) ·
August 27 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist
(b. 1908) ·
August 31 -- Pere Tarrés i Claret,
Spanish Roman Catholic priest
and blessed (b. 1905) September[edit] ·
Max Davidson, German actor (b. 1875) ·
Pieter
Franciscus Dierckx, Belgian painter (b. 1871) ·
September 6 – Olaf Stapledon, British author and
philosopher (b. 1886) ·
September 10 – Raymond Sommer, American race car driver
(b. 1906) ·
Rudolph Palm, Curaçao born composer (b. 1880) ·
Jan Smuts, 2nd Prime
Minister of South Africa (b. 1870) ·
September 13 – Sara Allgood, Irish actress (b. 1880) ·
Maraimalai Adigal,
Indian orator and writer (b. 1876) ·
Baldomero López,
American hero of Korean War (b. 1925) ·
Frederick
Bennett, New Zealand Anglican bishop and reverend (b. 1871) ·
Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881) ·
September 21 – Edward Arthur Milne,
British astrophysicist and mathematician (b. 1896) ·
George Carlton,
American actor (b. 1885) ·
Kenneth Muir,
British soldier and posthumous winner of the Victoria Cross (b.1912) ·
September 29 – Alfréd Meissner,
Czechoslovak politician and Holocaust survivor (b. 1871) ·
September 30 – Prince
Hubertus of Prussia (b. 1909) October[edit] King Gustaf V of Sweden ·
October 1 – Mikhail Rodionov, Soviet statesman, Leader of the
Soviet Union (b. 1907) ·
October 2 – John F. Fitzgerald,
American politician, Mayor of Boston (b. 1863) ·
October 5 – Thomas Addis
Emmet, American-born Jamaican Roman Catholic bishop and reverend
(b. 1873) ·
October 9 – Nicolai Hartmann, German philosopher
(b. 1882) ·
October 11 – Pauline Lord, American actress (b. 1890) ·
October 13 – Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899) ·
October 14 – António Maria da
Silva, Portuguese politician, Interim and 3-time Prime Minister
of Portugal (b. 1872) ·
October 18 – Giuseppe Borgatti,
Italian tenor (b. 1871) ·
Charles Ballantyne,
Canadian politician (b. 1867) ·
Edna St. Vincent
Millay, American poet (b. 1892) ·
Viktor Strazhev, Soviet bibliographer,
translator, poet and literary critic (b. 1879) ·
October 20 – Henry L. Stimson, United
States Secretary of State (b. 1867) ·
October 23 – Al Jolson, American musician and actor
(b. 1886) ·
October 25 – Yi Kwang-su, Korean writer and activist
(b. 1891) ·
October 26 – Miguel Mariano Gómez,
Cuban politician, 7th President of Cuba (b. 1889) ·
Maurice Costello, American actor (b. 1877) ·
King Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1856) ·
Lucien Martin, Canadian violinist, conductor
and composer (b. 1908) ·
October 30 – Raimundo Díaz
Pacheco, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1906) ·
October 31 – Giacomo Gorrini, Italian diplomat (b. 1859) November[edit] ·
November 2 – George Bernard Shaw,
Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1856) ·
November 3 – Kuniaki Koiso, Japanese general, 41st Prime Minister of
Japan (b. 1880) ·
Grover
Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (Philadelphia
Phillies) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1887) ·
Francisca
Herrera Garrido, Spanish writer (b. 1869) ·
November 8 – Bernice Herstein, American socialite
(b. 1918) ·
November 9 – Attilio Andreoli, Italian painter (b. 1877) ·
Alexandros Diomidis,
152nd Prime Minister
of Greece (b. 1875) ·
Lúcio
Alberto Pinheiro dos Santos, Portuguese philosopher and teacher
(b. 1889) ·
Hryhorij Lakota, Soviet Eastern Catholic bishop and blessed
(b. 1893) ·
Julia Marlowe, American stage actress
(b. 1865) ·
November 16 – Bob Smith, American
doctor, physician and surgeon (b. 1879) ·
November 23 – Abdul Hamid Karami,
Lebanese political figure and religious leader, 16th Prime Minister
of Lebanon (b. 1890) ·
Johannes V. Jensen,
Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1873) ·
Gustaf John Ramstedt,
Finnish-born Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873) ·
November 27 – T. Sathasiva Iyer, Ceylon Tamil scholar and a writer
in Tamil language (b. 1882) ·
November 28 – James Corbitt, British murderer (hanged) (b. 1913) ·
Walter Beech, American pioneering aviator
and aircraft manufacturer (b. 1891) ·
Ma Zhanshan, Chinese general (b. 1885) ·
November 30 – Werner Haase, Hitler's personal physician
(b. 1900) December[edit] ·
James
Fenton, Australian politician (b. 1864) ·
Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (b. 1917) ·
December 4 – Jesse L. Brown, American aviator in the
United States Navy (killed in action) (b. 1926) ·
December 5 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872) ·
Ernst
II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (b. 1863) ·
Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and
computing pioneer (b. 1893) ·
Luigi Biancheri, Italian admiral (b. 1891) ·
Peter
Fraser, New Zealand political figure, 24th Prime
Minister of New Zealand, leader of World War II (b. 1884) ·
December 15 – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel,
Indian political leader (b. 1875) ·
December 20 – Enrico Mizzi, Maltese politician, 6th Prime Minister of
Malta (b. 1885) ·
Francisco Lomuto, Argentine pianist and
composer (b. 1893) ·
Walton Walker, American general (b. 1889) ·
December 25 – Xavier Villaurrutia,
Mexican poet and playwright (b. 1903) ·
December 27 – Max Beckmann, German painter (b. 1884) ·
December 30 – Mihail Manoilescu,
Romanian journalist, engineer, economist, politician and memoirist (b. 1891) ·
December 31 – Karl Renner, Austrian Social Democrat
politician and 4th President of Austria (b. 1870) Date unknown[edit] ·
Laura Anning Bell,
British artist (b. 1867) Nobel Prizes[edit] ·
Physics – Cecil Frank Powell ·
Chemistry – Otto Paul Hermann
Diels, Kurt Alder ·
Medicine – Edward Calvin
Kendall, Tadeusz Reichstein, Philip Showalter
Hench ·
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