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Events
January
*January 1
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– Unix time
Current Unix time ()
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epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5
Events Pre-1600
* 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French a ...
– The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 14,621 were killed and 26,783 were injured.
* January 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
* 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written c ...
– Biafra
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. Its territory consisted of the predominantly Igbo-populated f ...
capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War
The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Nigerian–Biafran War or the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence ...
.
* January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
*1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
, Biafra
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. Its territory consisted of the predominantly Igbo-populated f ...
n forces under Philip Effiong
Philip Efiong (also spelled Effiong, 18 November 1925 – 6 November 2003) was the first Vice President and the second President of the now defunct Republic of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War of 1967 to 1970.
Early life
Born in Ibiono Ibo ...
formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon
Yakubu Dan-Yumma 'Jack' Gowon (born 19 October 1934) is a retired Nigerian Army general and military leader. As Head of State of Nigeria, Gowon presided over a controversial Nigerian Civil War and delivered the famous "no victor, no vanquishe ...
.
February
* February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
– The Benavídez rail disaster near Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
, Argentina, kills 236.
* February 10
Events Pre-1600
*1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...
– An avalanche
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.
Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and ea ...
at Val-d'Isère
Val-d'Isère (, literally ''Valley of Isère'') is a commune of the Tarentaise Valley, in the Savoie department (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) in southeastern France. It lies from the border with Italy. It is on the border of the Vanoise Nat ...
, France, kills 41 tourists.
* February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– '' Ohsumi'', Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket.
* February 22
Events Pre-1600
* 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferd ...
– Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
becomes a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the C ...
.
March
*March 1
Events Pre-1600
* 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor Dioclet ...
– Rhodesia
Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of So ...
severs its last tie with the United Kingdom, declaring itself a republic
A republic () is a " state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th ...
.
* March 4
Events Pre-1600
* AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a ...
— All 57 men aboard the French submarine Eurydice (S644)
''Eurydice'' was a French submarine, one of eleven of the .
On 4 March 1970, while diving in calm seas off Cape Camarat in the Mediterranean, east of Toulon, a geophysical laboratory picked up the shock waves of an underwater explosion. Fren ...
are killed when the vessel implodes while making a practice dive in the Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on ...
.
* March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
*1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern j ...
– The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation ...
goes into effect, after ratification by 56 nations.
* March 6
Events Pre-1600
* 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
* 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
* 845 & ...
– Süleyman Demirel
Süleyman Sami Demirel (; 1 November 1924 – 17 June 2015) was a Turkish politician, engineer, and statesman who served as the 9th President of Turkey from 1993 to 2000. He previously served as the Prime Minister of Turkey seven times betwee ...
of AP forms the new government of Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
(32nd government).
* March 12
Events Pre-1600
* 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
*1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the C ...
– Citroën
Citroën () is a French automobile brand. The "Automobiles Citroën" manufacturing company was founded in March 1919 by André Citroën. Citroën is owned by Stellantis since 2021 and previously was part of the PSA Group after Peugeot acquired 8 ...
introduces the Citroën SM, the fastest front-wheel drive auto in the world at that time, at the annual Geneva Motor Show
The Geneva International Motor Show is an annual auto show held in March in the Swiss city of Geneva. The show is hosted at the Palexpo, a convention centre located next to the Geneva Cointrin International Airport. The Salon is organised by t ...
in Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
* March 15
Events Pre-1600
* 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.
* 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place.
* 493 &ndash ...
– The Expo '70
The or Expo 70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as . It was the first world's fai ...
World's Fair opens in Suita, Osaka, Japan.
* March 16
Events Pre-1600
* 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
*1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
* 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
– The complete New English Bible is published.
* March 18
Events Pre-1600
* 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10.
* 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...
– General Lon Nol
Marshal Lon Nol ( km, លន់ នល់, also ; 13 November 1913 – 17 November 1985) was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice (1966–67; 1969–71), as well as serving repeatedly as defence min ...
ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in various capacities throughout h ...
of Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...
and holds Queen Sisowath Kossamak under house arrest.
* March 19
Events Pre-1600
* 1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a two-year truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.
* 1279 – A Mongol victory at the Battle of Yamen en ...
** Ostpolitik: The leaders of West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 ...
and East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In t ...
meet at a summit for the first time since Germany's division into two republics. West German Chancellor Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Ger ...
is greeted by cheering East German crowds as he arrives in Erfurt
Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits in ...
for a summit with his counterpart, East German ''Ministerpräsident'' Willi Stoph.
* March 20
Events Pre-1600
* 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka.
* 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 1600 – The Link ...
– The Agency for Cultural and Technical Co-operation ( ACCT) (Agence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique) is founded.
* March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
– '' All Kinds of Everything'', sung by Dana (music and text by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith), wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1970
The Eurovision Song Contest 1970 was the 15th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest and took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Nederlandse Omroep Stichting (NOS), the ...
for Ireland.
* March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...
** NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeedin ...
's ''Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States in 1958 and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year; the Soviet Union's S ...
'', the first American satellite
A satellite or artificial satellite is an object intentionally placed into orbit in outer space. Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioiso ...
and Explorer program spacecraft, reenters Earth's atmosphere
The atmosphere of Earth is the layer of gases, known collectively as air, retained by Earth's gravity that surrounds the planet and forms its planetary atmosphere. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing fo ...
after 12 years in orbit.
** Japan Airlines Flight 351, carrying 131 passengers and 7 crew from Tokyo to Fukuoka
is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...
, is hijacked by Japanese Red Army
The was a militant communist organization active from 1971 to 2001. It was designated a terrorist organization by Japan and the United States. The JRA was founded by Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi Okudaira in February 1971 and was most active i ...
members. All passengers and crew are eventually freed.
April
*April 4
Events Pre-1600
*503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
* 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
* 611 &ndas ...
– Fragments of burnt human remains believed to be those of Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and the ...
, Eva Braun
Eva Anna Paula Hitler (; 6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was a German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler. Braun met Hitler in Munich when she was a 17-year-old assistant and model for his ...
, Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the '' Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to ...
, Magda Goebbels
Johanna Maria Magdalena "Magda" Goebbels (née Ritschel; 11 November 1901 – 1 May 1945) was the wife of Nazi Germany's Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. A prominent member of the Nazi Party, she was a close ally, companion, and politic ...
and the Goebbels children are crushed and scattered in the Biederitz
Biederitz is a municipality in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It consists of the following ''Ortschaften'' or municipal divisions:KGB center in 
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* January 2
** Oksana Omelianchik, Soviet artistic gymnast
** Eric Whitacre, American composer
* January 9 – Lara Fabian, Canadian/Belgian singer
* January 12 – Zack de la Rocha, American musician
* January 13
** Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
** Shonda Rhimes, American TV producer and writer
* January 17 – Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator
* January 18 – DJ Quik, American rapper and producer
* January 20 – Skeet Ulrich, American actor
* January 21 – Ken Leung, American actor
* January 22 – Alex Ross (comic illustrator), Alex Ross, American comic artist
* January 24 – Matthew Lillard, American actor, presenter, director, and producer
* January 29
** Heather Graham, American actress
** Paul Ryan, American politician
* January 31 – Minnie Driver, English actress
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* March 2 – Alexander Armstrong, English comedian, actor and presenter
* March 3 – Julie Bowen, American actress
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* May 3
** Bobby Cannavale, American actor
** Ariel Hernández (boxer), Ariel Hernandez, Cuban boxer
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* July 2
** Derrick Adkins, American Olympic athlete
** Yap Kim Hock, Malaysian badminton player
** Steve Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
** Kym Ng, Singaporean television host and actress
* July 2 – Scott Aukerman, American writer, actor, comedian, television personality, director, producer, and podcast host
* July 3
** Teemu Selänne, Finnish hockey player
** Audra McDonald, American actress and singer
** Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian road racing cyclist
* July 7
** Wayne McCullough, Northern Irish boxer
** Masai Ujiri, Nigerian professional basketball executive
** Akram Abdel-Majeed, Egyptian professional footballer
** Atli Örvarsson, Icelandic film score composer
* July 8
** Beck, American singer-songwriter and record producer
** Taiei Kin, Korean-Japanese karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist
** Atul Agnihotri, Indian film actor, producer, and director
** Micky Hoogendijk, Dutch actress, presenter, model and professional photographer
* July 10
** Adam Hills, Australian comedian and television presenter
** Jason Orange, British singer
** John Simm, British actor
* July 11 – Justin Chambers, American actor and fashion model
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* August 1
** David James (footballer, born 1970), David James, English football goalkeeper
** Elon Lindenstrauss, Israeli mathematician
** Eugenie van Leeuwen, Dutch cricketer
* August 2
** Elijah Alexander, American football linebacker (d. 2010)
** Kevin Smith, American screenwriter, film director, and actor
* August 3 – Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game director, designer and writer
* August 5 – Konstantin Yeryomenko, Russian futsal (d. 2010)
* August 6 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American film director and writer
* August 10
** Brendon Julian, New Zealand cricket player
** Steve Mautone, Australian football player and coach
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* September 1 – Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
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* October 1 – Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan athlete
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* December 1 – Sarah Silverman, American stand-up comedian, actress, singer, producer, and writer
* December 3 – Jimmy Shergill, Indian actor
* December 4 – Kevin Sussman, American actor and comedian
* December 5
** Tim Hetherington, English-born photojournalist (d. 2011)
** Martin Selmayr, German Eurocrat
* December 9 – Kara DioGuardi, American songwriter, producer and singer
* December 12
** Mädchen Amick, American actress
** Jennifer Connelly, American actress
** Regina Hall, American actress
* December 14 – Andrew Lewis (boxer), Andrew Lewis, Guyanese professional boxer (d. 2015)
* December 15
**Babul Supriyo, Indian singer and politician
**Przemysław Truściński, Polish artist
* December 17
** Craig Doyle, Irish television presenter
** Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor
* December 18
** DMX, American rapper and actor (d. 2021)
** Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler
* December 20 – Massimo Ellul, Maltese entrepreneur and philanthropist
* December 22
** Ted Cruz, Canadian-American politician, United States Senate, U.S. Senator (Republican Party (United States), R-Texas, Tx.) from 2013 and 2016 United States presidential election, 2016 presidential candidate
** Gary Anderson (darts player), Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player
* December 23 – Catriona Le May Doan, Canadian speed skater
* December 25 – Emmanuel Amuneke, Nigerian footballer
* December 26 – Krissada Sukosol Clapp, Thai actor and singer
* December 28 — Yolanda Andrade, Mexican actress and television presenter
* December 29
** Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television presenter
** Kevin Weisman, American actor
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* May 1
** Ralph Hartley, American inventor (b. 1888)
** Yi Un, Crown Prince of Korea (b. 1897)
* May 9 – Walter P. Reuther, American labor union leader and president of the United Auto Workers (b. 1907)
* May 11 – Johnny Hodges, American jazz musician (b. 1907)
* May 12
** Władysław Anders, General of the Polish Army (b. 1892)
** Nelly Sachs, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
* May 13 – Sir William Dobell, Australian artist (b. 1899)
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* July 6 – Marjorie Rambeau, American actress (b. 1889)
* July 7 – Sylvester Wiere, Austro-Hungarian-born American slapstick comedian, member of the Wiere Brothers (b. 1909)
* July 10 – Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1908), Bjarni Benediktsson, 11th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)
* July 11 – André Lurçat, French modernist architect, landscape architect, (b. 1894)
* July 13
** Leslie Groves, American general, director of the Manhattan Project (b. 1896)
** Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (b. 1895)
* July 14 – Luis Mariano, Spanish tenor (b. 1914)
* July 19
** Egon Eiermann, German architect (b. 1904)
** Panagiotis Pipinelis, former Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1899)
* July 22 – Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (b. 1892)
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* August 1
** Frances Farmer, American actress and television host (b. 1913)
** Giuseppe Pizzardo, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1877)
** Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1883)
* August 10 – Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (b. 1918)
* August 12 – Glenn Hartranft, American athlete (b. 1901)
* August 18 – Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (b. 1943)
* August 20 – Zeki Velidi Togan, Turkish historian (b. 1890)
* August 22 – Vladimir Propp, Soviet folklorist (b. 1895)
* August 23 – Abdallah Khalil, 3rd Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1892)
* August 30 – Del Moore, American actor, comedian and radio announcer (b. 1916)
* September – Mahmud al-Muntasir, 1st Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1903)
* September 1 – François Mauriac, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
* September 2
** Marie-Pierre Kœnig, French general and politician (b. 1898)
** Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer (b. 1906)
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* October 1 – Petar Konjović, Yugoslav composer (b. 1883)
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* November 2
** Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, Russian mathematician (b. 1891)
** Fernand Gravey, French actor (b. 1904)
* November 6 – Agustín Lara, Mexican composer (b. 1897)
* November 8 – Napoleon Hill, American author in the area of the new thought (b. 1883)
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* December 7 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
* December 8 – Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (b. 1893)
* December 9 – Feroz Khan Noon, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
* December 14 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, British field marshal and 13th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
* December 15 – Ernest Marsden, English-New Zealand physicist (b. 1889)
* December 16 – Friedrich Pollock, German social scientist and philosopher (b. 1894)
* December 29 – Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886–1970), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (b. 1886)
* December 30 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. c.1930)
* December 31 – Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river.
Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebu ...
, East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In t ...
.
* April 8
Events Pre-1600
* 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
*1139 – Ro ...
** A huge gas explosion at a subway
Subway, Subways, The Subway, or The Subways may refer to:
Transportation
* Subway, a term for underground rapid transit rail systems
* Subway (underpass), a type of walkway that passes underneath an obstacle
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construction site in Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
, Japan, kills 79 and injures over 400.
** Israeli Air Force F-4 Phantom II
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and ...
fighter bombers kill 47 Egyptian school children at an elementary school in what is known as Bahr el-Baqar massacre
The Bahr el-Baqar primary school in the Egyptian village of Bahr el-Baqar (south of Port Said, in the eastern province of Sharqia) was bombed by the Israeli Air Force on 8 April 1970, killing 46 children. Of the 130 children who attended the s ...
. The single-floor school is hit by five bombs and two air-to-ground missiles.
* April 10
Events Pre-1600
* 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
* 1407 ...
– In a press release written in mock-interview style, that is included in promotional copies of his first solo album, Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
announces that he has left The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
.
* April 11
** An avalanche
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain.
Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and ea ...
at a tuberculosis
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by '' Mycobacterium tuberculosis'' (MTB) bacteria. Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but it can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections show no symptoms, ...
sanatorium
A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, are antiquated names for specialised hospitals, for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often ...
in the French Alps
The French Alps are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France, located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as ...
kills 74, mostly young boys.
** Apollo program: Apollo 13
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( Jim Lovell, Fred Haise
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, Jack Swigert
John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Ap ...
) is launched toward the Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...
.
* April 13
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1601–1900
*1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
– An oxygen tank in the Apollo 13
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spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return in four days.
* April 17
Events Pre-1600
*1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
* 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Has ...
– Apollo program: Apollo 13
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splashes down safely in the Pacific.
* April 21
Events Pre-1600
* 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
– The Principality of Hutt River "secedes" from Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by ...
(it remains unrecognised by Australia and other nations).
* April 24
Events Pre-1600
* 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
*1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...
– China's first satellite (''Dong Fang Hong 1
''Dong Fang Hong 1'' (), in the western world also known as China 1 or PRC 1, was the first space satellite of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), launched successfully on 24 April 1970 as part of the PRC's Dongfanghong program, Dongf ...
'') is launched into orbit using a Long March
The Long March (, lit. ''Long Expedition'') was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the National Army of the Chinese ...
-1 Rocket (CZ-1).
* April 26 – The World Intellectual Property Organization
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(WIPO) is founded.
May
*May 4
Events Pre-1600
* 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''.
* 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus ar ...
– Kent State shootings
The Kent State shootings, also known as the May 4 massacre and the Kent State massacre,"These would be the first of many probes into what soon became known as the Kent State Massacre. Like the Boston Massacre almost exactly two hundred years bef ...
: Four students at Kent State University
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in Ohio
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, USA are killed and nine wounded by Ohio National Guard
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smen, at a protest against the incursion into Cambodia
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.
* May 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
* 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
** Arms Crisis
The Arms Crisis was a political scandal in the Republic of Ireland in 1970 in which Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney were dismissed as cabinet ministers for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle arms to the Irish Republican Army in Nor ...
in the Republic of Ireland
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: Charles Haughey
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and Neil Blaney are dismissed as members of the Irish Government
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The Constitution of Ireland vests executive authority in a government which is headed by the , the head of government. The gover ...
, for accusations of their involvement in a plot to import arms for use by the Provisional IRA
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in Northern Ireland
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.
** Feyenoord
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wins the European Cup
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after a 2–1 win over Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
*Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Foo ...
.
* May 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
*1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
* 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and f ...
** Ulrike Meinhof
Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a German left-wing journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader-Meinhof gang". She is the reputed author ...
helps Andreas Baader escape and create the Red Army Faction
The Red Army Faction (RAF, ; , ),See the section "Name" also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang (, , active 1970–1998), was a West German far-left Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla group founded in 1970.
The ...
in West Germany
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which exists until 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
.
** In the second day of violent demonstrations at Jackson State University
Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States and the fourth largest university in Mississippi in terms of studen ...
in Jackson, Mississippi
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, state law enforcement officers fire into the demonstrators, killing 2 and injuring 12.
* May 17 – Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography.
Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000& ...
sets sail from Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to A ...
on the papyrus
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boat '' Ra II'', to sail the Atlantic Ocean.
* May 26
Events Pre-1600
* 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
* 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empir ...
– The Soviet
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Tupolev Tu-144
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The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport ai ...
becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
* May 31
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
* 1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat K ...
** The 7.9 Ancash earthquake shakes Peru
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, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe'') and a landslide
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buries the town of Yungay, Peru. Between 66,794 and 70,000 were killed and 50,000 were injured.
** The 1970 FIFA World Cup
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is inaugurated in Mexico
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.
June
*June 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
*1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed ki ...
– ''Soyuz 9
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'', a two-man spacecraft, is launched in the Soviet Union
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.
* June 4 – Tonga
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gains independence from the United Kingdom.
* June 8
Events Pre-1600
* 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.
* 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
– A coup in Argentina
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brings a new junta
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Government and military
* Junta (governing body) (from Spanish), the name of various historical and current governments and governing institutions, including civil ones
** Military junta, one form of junta, government led by a ...
of service chiefs; on June 18
Events Pre-1600
* 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China.
* 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate.
* 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about ...
, Roberto M. Levingston
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Early life ...
becomes President.
* June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
*1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
– NDFLOAG guerrillas attack military garrisons at Izki
Izki ( ar, إِزْكِي) is a town in the region Ad Dakhiliyah, northeastern Oman. It is located at c. altitude, and has a population of 35,173 (2003 census).
Geography
Izki lies at the end of a route from Muscat to Nizwa. The rou ...
and Nizwa in Oman
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.
* June 19 – The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed into international law
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, providing a unified procedure for filing patent application
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s to protect inventions.
* June 21
Events Pre-1600
* 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to Vandalic War, attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date).
*1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khaga ...
– Brazil
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defeats Italy
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4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup
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in Mexico.
July
* July 3 ** All 112 people on boardDan-Air Flight 1903
Dan-Air Flight 1903 was an unscheduled international passenger service from Manchester to Barcelona, operated by Dan Air Services Limited under contract with British tour operator Clarksons Holidays, which arranged for the flight to carry a ...
are killed when the British De Havilland Comet
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crashes into mountains north of Barcelona
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.
**The French Army detonates a 914 kiloton thermonuclear device in the Mururoa Atoll. It is the fifth in a series that started on June 15 in their program to perfect a hydrogen bomb
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small enough to be delivered by a missile.
* July 5
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – The official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava (Corabia, Romania) and Oescus ( Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius.
* 1316 – The Burgundian a ...
– Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport
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, Toronto
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, Ontario
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; all 109 passengers and crew are killed.
* July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine I ...
– Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography.
Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000& ...
's papyrus boat ''Ra II'' arrives in Barbados
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.
* July 21 – The Aswan High Dam
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in Egypt
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is completed.
* July 23
Events Pre-1600
* 811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
*1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios. 1 ...
– 1970 Omani coup d'état: Said bin Taimur
Said bin Taimur ( ar, سعيد بن تيمور; 13 August 1910 – 19 October 1972) was the 13th Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 10 February 1932 until he was deposed on 23 July 1970 by his son Qaboos bin Said.
He was a member of the House of ...
, Sultan of Muscat
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and Oman
Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...
, is deposed in a bloodless palace coup by his son, Qaboos.
* July 30
Events Pre-1600
* 762 – Baghdad is founded.
* 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
* 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Is ...
– Damages totalling £485,528 are awarded to 28 Thalidomide
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victims.
August
*August 11
Events Pre-1600
* 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
* 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and foun ...
– Creation of the International Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts in Confolens
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, France
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.
* August 17
Events Pre-1600
*309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike.
* 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.
* 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
- Venera program: '' Venera 7'' is launched toward Venus
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. It later becomes the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet.
* August 31
Events Pre-1600
* 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
* 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year ...
- An annular solar eclipse
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is visible in Oceania, and is the 14th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 144.
September
* September 1 – An assassination attempt against King Hussein of Jordan precipitates theBlack September
Black September ( ar, أيلول الأسود; ''Aylūl Al-Aswad''), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was a conflict fought in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan between the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF), under the leadership of King Hussein ...
crisis.
* September 3
Events Pre-1600
*36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
* 301 – San Marino, one of t ...
– 6 – Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i forces fight Palestinian guerillas in southern Lebanon
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*September 4
Events Pre-1600
* 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
* 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne ove ...
– Chile
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an Socialist
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Senator
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Salvador Allende
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wins 36.2% of the vote in his run for presidency defeating former right-wing
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President
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* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
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Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
Jorge Alessandri with 34.9% of the votes and Christian Democrat Radomiro Tomic with 27.8% of the votes.
* September 5 – Vietnam War
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: Operation Jefferson Glenn: The United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnam
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ese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thua Thien Province (the operation ends in October 1971).
* September 6
Events Pre-1600
* 394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman emperor Theodosius I defeats and kills Eugenius the usurper. His Frankish ''magister militum'' Arbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
*1492 – Christopher Colu ...
– Dawson's Field hijackings, The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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hijacks four passenger aircraft from Pan Am
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, TWA and Swissair
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It was formed from a merger between Bal ...
on flights to New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
New York may also refer to:
Film and television
* '' ...
from Brussels
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, Frankfurt
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and Zürich
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, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Z ...
and flies them to a desert airstrip in Jordan.
* September 7 – Fighting breaks out between Arab guerillas and government forces in Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is ...
, Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
.
* September 8– 10 – The Jordan
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ian government and Palestinian guerillas make repeated unsuccessful truces.
* September 9 – Guinea
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recognizes the German Democratic Republic
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* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**G ...
.
* September 10 - Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...
n government forces break the siege of Kompong Tho after three months.
* September 15 – King Hussein of Jordan forms a military government with Muhammad Daoud as the prime minister.
* September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Emp ...
– "Black September
Black September ( ar, أيلول الأسود; ''Aylūl Al-Aswad''), also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was a conflict fought in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan between the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF), under the leadership of King Hussein ...
": King Hussein of Jordan orders the Jordanian Armed Forces
The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) ( ar, الْقُوَّاتُ الْمُسَلَّحَةُ الأرْدُنِية, romanized: ''Al-Quwwat Al-Musallaha Al-Urduniyya''), also referred to as the Arab Army ( ar, الْجَيْشُ الْعَرَب� ...
to oust Palestinian fedayeen
Palestinian fedayeen (from the Arabic ''fidā'ī'', plural ''fidā'iyūn'', فدائيون) are militants or guerrillas of a nationalist orientation from among the Palestinian people. Most Palestinians consider the fedayeen to be " freedom fig ...
from Jordan.
* September 19 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial Greek junta
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels, . Also known within Greece as just the Junta ( el, η Χούντα, i Choúnta, links=no, ), the Dictatorship ( el, η Δικτατορία, i Diktatoría, links=no, ) or the Seven Years ( el, η Ε ...
led by Georgios Papadopoulos
Geórgios Papadopoulos (; el, Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος ; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greek military officer and political leader who ruled Greece as a military dictator from 1967 to 1973. He joined the Royal Hellenic ...
.
* September 20
** Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
n armored forces cross the Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
ian border.
** '' Luna 16'' lands on the Moon and lifts off the next day with samples, landing back on Earth September 24.
* September 21
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
*1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
*1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian lead ...
– Palestinian armed forces reinforce guerillas in Irbidi
Irbid ( ar, إِربِد), known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela (Άρβηλα in Ancient Greek), is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in Jordan after Amman, w ...
, Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
.
* September 22
** The International Hydrographic Organization
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A principal aim of the IHO is to ensure that the world's seas, oceans and navigable waters ...
(IHO) is founded.
** Tunku Abdul Rahman
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ( ms, تونكو عبد الرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 8 Febru ...
resigns as prime minister of Malaysia
The prime minister of Malaysia ( ms, Perdana Menteri Malaysia; ms, ڤردان منتري مليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is the head of government of Malaysia. The prime minister directs the executive branch of the f ...
, and is succeeded by his deputy
Deputy or depute may refer to:
* Steward (office)
* Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy"
* Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including:
** A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain, ...
Tun Abdul Razak
Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein ( ms, عبد الرزاق بن حسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia ...
.
* September 27
** Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
begins a tour of Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...
, visiting Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, Yugoslavia
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, Spain
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, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, ...
, the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and ...
and Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...
.
** Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...
names Saint Teresa of Ávila as the first female Doctor of the Church
Doctor of the Church (Latin: ''doctor'' "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: ''Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis''), is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribu ...
.
* September 28
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
* 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytu ...
– Vice President Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
is named temporary president of Egypt
The president of Egypt is the executive head of state of Egypt and the de facto appointer of the official head of government under the Egyptian Constitution of 2014. Under the various iterations of the Constitution of Egypt following the E ...
following the death of Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-r ...
.
* September 29
Events Pre-1600
*61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
* 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, ...
– In Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitu ...
, Red Army Faction
The Red Army Faction (RAF, ; , ),See the section "Name" also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang (, , active 1970–1998), was a West German far-left Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla group founded in 1970.
The ...
members rob three banks, with loot totaling over DM 200,000.
October
*October 2
Events Pre-1600
* 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
* 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and ...
– The Wichita State University
Wichita State University (WSU) is a public research university in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It is governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The university offers more than 60 undergraduate degree programs in more than 200 areas of study in ...
football team's "Gold" plane crashes in Colorado
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, killing most of the players. They were on their way (along with administrators and fans) to a game with Utah State University
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah ...
.
* October 3
Events Pre-1600
* 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day.
* 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Juliu ...
** In Lebanon
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, the government of Prime Minister Rashid Karami resigns.
** The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA ) is an United States scientific and regulatory agency within the United States Department of Commerce that forecasts weather, monitors oceanic and atmospheric conditi ...
(NOAA) is formed.
** The Weather Bureau is renamed to National Weather Service
The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the ...
, as part of NOAA.
** Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...
names Saint Catherine of Siena
Catherine of Siena ( Italian: ''Caterina da Siena''; 25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380), a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic, was a mystic, activist, and author who had a great influence on Italian literature and on the Catholic Church. ...
as the second female Doctor of the Church
Doctor of the Church (Latin: ''doctor'' "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: ''Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis''), is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribu ...
.
* October 4
Events Pre-1600
*AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
*1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
*1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes t ...
** Jochen Rindt becomes Formula One
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World Driving Champion, the first to earn the honor posthumously.
** In Bolivia
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, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
, Army Commander General Rogelio Miranda
Rogelio Miranda Baldivia (1922 in La Paz – 13 August 2021 in La Paz) was a Bolivian general. He was also Bolivian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Ki ...
and a group of officers rebel and demand the resignation of President Alfredo Ovando Candía
Alfredo Ovando Candía (6 April 1918 – 24 January 1982) was the Commander of the Bolivian Air Forces and ambassador who served as the 48th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively, first as co-president with René Barrientos from 1965 to ...
, who fires him.
* October 5
Events Pre-1600
* 610 – Heraclius arrives at Constantinople, kills Byzantine Emperor Phocas, and becomes emperor.
* 816 – King Louis the Pious is crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by the Pope.
* 869 – The Fourth Coun ...
– The Front de libération du Québec
The (FLQ) was a Marxist–Leninist and Quebec separatist guerrilla group. Founded in the early 1960s with the aim of establishing an independent and socialist Quebec through violent means, the FLQ was considered a terrorist group by the Cana ...
(FLQ) kidnaps James Cross
James Richard Cross (29 September 1921 – 6 January 2021) was an Irish-born British diplomat who served in India, Malaysia and Canada. While posted in Canada, Cross was kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) durin ...
in Montreal and demands release of all its imprisoned members, beginning Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...
's October Crisis
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. The next day the Canadian government announces that it will not meet the demand.
* October 6
** Bolivian President Alfredo Ovando Candía
Alfredo Ovando Candía (6 April 1918 – 24 January 1982) was the Commander of the Bolivian Air Forces and ambassador who served as the 48th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively, first as co-president with René Barrientos from 1965 to ...
resigns; General Rogelio Miranda
Rogelio Miranda Baldivia (1922 in La Paz – 13 August 2021 in La Paz) was a Bolivian general. He was also Bolivian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Ki ...
takes over but resigns soon after.
* October 7 – General Juan José Torres
Juan José Torres González (5 March 1920 – 2 June 1976) was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader who served as the 50th president of Bolivia from 1970 to 1971, when he was ousted in a US-supported coup that resulted in ...
becomes the new President of Bolivia
The president of Bolivia ( es, Presidente de Bolivia), officially known as the president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ( es, Presidente del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), is head of state and head of government of Bolivia and the ca ...
.
* October 8
** The U.S. Foreign Office announces the renewal of arms sales to Pakistan
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.
** Soviet author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian novelist. One of the most famous Soviet dissidents, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repr ...
is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
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, caption =
, awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in literature
, presenter = Swedish Academy
, holder = Annie Ernaux (2022)
, location = Stockholm, Sweden
, year = 1901
, ...
.
** Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: In Paris, a Communist
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delegation rejects U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
's peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion."
* October 9
Events Pre-1600
* 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
* 1238 – James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
* 1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
* 1446 &ndash ...
– The Khmer Republic
The Khmer Republic ( km, សាធារណរដ្ឋខ្មែរ, ; french: République khmère) was a pro-United States military-led republican government of Cambodia that was formally declared on 9 October 1970. The Khmer Republic wa ...
is proclaimed in Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...
, escalating the Cambodian Civil War
The Cambodian Civil War ( km, សង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ) was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (known as the Khmer Rouge, supported by North Vi ...
between the government and the Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 ...
.
* October 10
** Fiji
Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consis ...
becomes independent.
** October Crisis
The October Crisis (french: Crise d'Octobre) refers to a chain of events that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cr ...
: In Montreal
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, Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...
Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.
* October 11 – Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels in Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
.
* October 12 – Vietnam War
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: U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas
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.
* October 13 – Saeb Salam forms a government in Lebanon
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.
* October 14
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
*1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's ...
– A Chinese nuclear test is conducted in Lop Nor
Lop Nur or Lop Nor (from a Mongolian name meaning "Lop Lake", where "Lop" is a toponym of unknown origin) is a former salt lake, now largely dried up, located in the eastern fringe of the Tarim Basin, between the Taklamakan and Kumtag deser ...
.
* October 15
Events Pre-1600
* 1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later.
*12 ...
** A section of the new West Gate Bridge
The West Gate Bridge is a steel, box girder, cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, spanning the Yarra River just north of its mouth into Port Phillip. It carries the West Gate Freeway and is a vital link between the inner ci ...
in Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
collapses into the river below, killing 35 construction workers.
** In Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning the North Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via a land bridg ...
, a referendum supports Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
90.04%.
* October 16
Events Pre-1600
* 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
* 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
* ...
– October Crisis
The October Crisis (french: Crise d'Octobre) refers to a chain of events that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cr ...
: The Canadian government declares a state of emergency
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...
and outlaws the Quebec Liberation Front
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen ...
.
* October 17
** October Crisis
The October Crisis (french: Crise d'Octobre) refers to a chain of events that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cr ...
: Pierre Laporte is found murdered in south Montreal.
** A cholera
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epidemic breaks out in Istanbul
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, postal_code = 34000 to 34990
, area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side)
, registration_plate = 34
, blank_name_sec2 = GeoTLD
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.
** Anwar Sadat
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat, (25 December 1918 – 6 October 1981) was an Egyptian politician and military officer who served as the third president of Egypt, from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 ...
officially becomes President of Egypt.
* October 20
** The Soviet Union launches the ''Zond 8
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'' lunar probe.
** Egyptian president Anwar Sadat names Mahmoud Fawzi
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Biography
Fawzi was born in a village nea ...
as his prime minister.
* October 22 – Chile
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an army commander René Schneider
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is shot in Santiago; the government declares a state of emergency. Schneider dies October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II ...
.
* October 23 – Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
* October 24
Events Pre-1600
* AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.
*1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
* 1360 – The T ...
– Salvador Allende
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is elected President
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
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Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...
of Chile
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by a run-off vote in the National Congress ''National Congress'' is a term used in the names of various political parties and legislatures .
Political parties
*Ethiopia: Oromo National Congress
*Guyana: People's National Congress (Guyana)
*India: Indian National Congress
*Iraq: Iraqi Nati ...
* October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II ...
– The wreck of the Confederate submarine ''Hunley
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*Con Hunley (born 1945), American country music singer
*Gary Hunley (born 1948), American child actor
*Helen Hunley (born 1920), Canadian politician
*Horace Lawson Hunley (1823-1 ...
'' is found off Charleston, South Carolina
)''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no)
, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
, LargestCity = Charleston
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, by pioneer underwater archaeologist
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, Dr. E. Lee Spence
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, then just 22 years old. ''Hunley'' was the first submarine in history to sink a ship in warfare.
* October 28
** In Jordan
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, the government of Ahmad Toukan
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Tuqa ...
resigns; the next prime minister is Wasfi al-Tal.
** A cholera
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outbreak in eastern Slovakia causes Hungary
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to close its border with Czechoslovakia
, rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי,
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, p1 = Austria-Hungary
, image_p1 ...
.
** Gary Gabelich drives the rocket-powered ''Blue Flame
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'' to an official land speed record
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of on the dry lake bed of the Bonneville Salt Flats
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in Utah. The record, the first above 1,000 km/h, stands for nearly 13 years.
* October 30 – In Vietnam
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, the worst monsoon
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to hit the area in six years causes large flood
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s, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War
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.
November
*November 1
Events Pre-1600
*365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
** The Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France, kills 146.
** Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Zygfryd Wolniak and three Pakistanis are killed in an attack on a group of Polish diplomats at the Karachi
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airport.
* November 3
** Salvador Allende
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (, , ; 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the fir ...
takes office as president of Chile
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.
** The 1970 Bhola cyclone
The 1970 Bhola cyclone (Also known as the Great Cyclone of 1970) was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on November 11, 1970. It remains the deadliest tropical cyclone ever re ...
makes landfall in modern-day Bangladesh around high tide, causing $86.4 million in damage (1970 USD, $576 million 2020 USD) and becomes the world's deadliest storm killing over 500,000 people.
* November 5 – Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam
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reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24 soldiers die that week, which is the fifth consecutive week the death toll is below 50; 431 are reported wounded that week, however).
* November 8 – Egypt
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, Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
and Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
announce their intentions to form a federation.
* November 9
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
* 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settleme ...
** The Soviet Union launches '' Luna 17''.
** Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States
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votes 6–3 not to hear a case by the state of Massachusetts
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, about the constitutionality of a state law granting Massachusetts residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
* November 13
** 1970 Bhola cyclone
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: A 120-mph (193 km/h) tropical cyclone
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hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Myanmar, wit ...
(now Bangladesh
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), killing an estimated 500,000 people (considered the 20th century
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January 1, 1901 ( MCMI), and ended on December 31, 2000 ( MM). The 20th century was dominated by significant events that defined the modern era: Spanish flu pandemic, World War I and World War II, nucle ...
's worst cyclone disaster). It gives rise to the temporary island of New Moore / South Talpatti.
** Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad ', , (, 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman and military officer who served as President of Syria from taking power in 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1 ...
comes to power in Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, following a military coup within the Ba'ath Party
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.
* November 14
** Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in Wayne County, West Virginia
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Wayne County ...
; all 75 on board, including 37 players and 5 coaches from the Marshall University
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The university is currently composed of nine colleges ...
football
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team, are killed.
** The Soviet Union enters the International Civil Aviation Organization
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, after having resisted joining the UN Agency for more than 25 years. Russian becomes the fourth official language of the ICAO.
* November 16
Events Pre-1600
* 951 – Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.
*1272 – Whi ...
– The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar
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flies for the first time.
* November 17 – Luna programme
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: The Soviet Union
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lands ''Lunokhod 1
''Lunokhod 1'' ( Russian: Луноход-1 ("Moonwalker 1"), also known as Аппарат 8ЕЛ № 203 ("Device 8EL No. 203")) was the first of two robotic lunar rovers landed on the Moon by the Soviet Union as part of its Lunokhod program. The ...
'' on Mare Imbrium
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(Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, and is released by the orbiting '' Luna 17'' spacecraft.
* November 19
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battl ...
– The six European Economic Community
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nation prime ministers meet in Munich
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to begin the new programme of European Political Cooperation
__NOTOC__
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(EPC), a unified foreign policy for a future European Union.
* November 20
Events Pre-1600
* 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor.
* 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels.
*1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henr ...
– The Miss World 1970
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beauty pageant, hosted by Bob Hope
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at the Royal Albert Hall
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, London is disrupted by Women's Liberation protesters. Earlier on the same evening a bomb is placed under a BBC outside broadcast vehicle by The Angry Brigade, in protest at the entry of separate black and white contestants by South Africa
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.
* November 21
** Syria
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n Prime Minister Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad ', , (, 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman and military officer who served as President of Syria from taking power in 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1 ...
forms a new government but retains the post of defense minister.
** In Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
, the Eritrean Liberation Front
ar, جبهة التحرير الإريترية it, Fronte di Liberazione Eritreo
, war = the Ethiopian Civil War, Eritrean War of Independence and the Eritrean Civil Wars
, image =
, caption = Flag of the ELF ...
kills an Ethiopian general.
** Vietnam War
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– Operation Ivory Coast: A joint Air Force
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and Army team raids the Sơn Tây
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prison camp in an attempt to free American POWs thought to be held there (no Americans are killed, but the prisoners have already moved to another camp; all U.S. POWs are moved to a handful of central prison complexes as a result of this raid).
** 1970 Australian Senate election: The Liberal/Country
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Coalition
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Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
Government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government i ...
led by Prime Minister
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John Gorton
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and the Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1977, he was notable for being the h ...
each ended up with 26 seats; both suffering a swing against them. The Democratic Labor Party won an additional seat and held the balance of power in the Senate
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. To date, this was the last occasion where a Senate election was held without an accompanying House Of Representatives
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election.
* November 22
Events Pre-1600
* 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
* 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fr ...
– Guinea
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n president Ahmed Sékou Touré
Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; January 9, 1922 – March 26, 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was am ...
accuses Portugal of an attack when hundreds of mercenaries land near the capital Conakry
Conakry (; ; sus, Kɔnakiri; N’ko: ߞߐߣߊߞߙߌ߫, Fula: ''Konaakiri'' 𞤑𞤮𞤲𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤭𞤪𞤭) is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its p ...
. The Guinean army repels the landing attempts over the next three days.
* November 25
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...
– 29 – A U.N. delegation arrives to investigate the Guinea situation.
* November 25
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...
– In Tokyo, author and Tatenokai
The or Shield Society was a private militia in Japan dedicated to traditional Japanese values and veneration of the Emperor. It was founded and led by author Yukio Mishima.
Background
The Tatenokai was created on October 5, 1968, recruiting ...
militia leader Yukio Mishima
, born , was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was considered fo ...
and his followers take over the headquarters of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
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in an attempted coup d'état
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. After Mishima's speech fails to sway public opinion towards his right-wing political beliefs, including restoration of the powers of the Emperor
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, he commits seppuku
, sometimes referred to as hara-kiri (, , a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honour but was also practised by other Japanese people ...
(public ritual suicide).
* November 27
Events Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
* 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of " Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the ...
– Bolivian artist Benjamin Mendoza tries to assassinate Pope Paul VI
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during his visit in Manila
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.
* November 28 – The Montréal Alouettes
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defeat the Calgary Stampeders
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, 23–10, to win the 58th Grey Cup.
December
* December 1 ** The Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Italian Chamber of Deputies accepts the new divorce law. **Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
recognizes the People's Republic of China.
** The Basques, Basque ETA (separatist group), ETA kidnaps West German Eugen Beihl in San Sebastián.
** Luis Echeverría becomes president of Mexico.
* December 2 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency is established.
* December 3
** October Crisis: In Montreal
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, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross
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is released by the Front de libération du Québec
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terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Government of Canada grants 5 terrorists from the FLQ's Chenier Cell their request for safe passage to Cuba.
** Burgos Trial: In Burgos, Spain, the trial of 16 Basque people, Basque terrorism suspects begins.
* December 4
** The Spanish government declares a 3-month martial law in the Basque county of Guipuzcoa, over strikes and demonstrations.
** The U.N. announces that Portuguese navy and army units were responsible for the attempted invasion of Guinea.
* December 5
** The Asian and Australian tour of Pope Paul VI ends.
** Fluminense wins the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil Football Championship.
* December 7
** Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.
** The U.N. General Assembly supports the isolation of South Africa for its apartheid policies.
** During his visit to the Polish capital, Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic), German Chancellor Willy Brandt
Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and served as the chancellor of West Ger ...
goes down on his knees in front of a monument to the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto, which will become known as the Warschauer Kniefall ("Warsaw Genuflection").
* December 12 – A landslide
Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of environmen ...
in western Colombia leaves 200 dead.
* December 15
** The USSR's '' Venera 7'' becomes the first spacecraft to land successfully on Venus and transmit data back to Earth.
** The South Korean ferry ''Namyong Ho'' capsizes off Korea Strait; 308 people are killed.
* December 16 – The Ethiopian government declares a state of emergency
A state of emergency is a situation in which a government is empowered to be able to put through policies that it would normally not be permitted to do, for the safety and protection of its citizens. A government can declare such a state du ...
in the county of Eritrea over the activities of the Eritrean Liberation Front
ar, جبهة التحرير الإريترية it, Fronte di Liberazione Eritreo
, war = the Ethiopian Civil War, Eritrean War of Independence and the Eritrean Civil Wars
, image =
, caption = Flag of the ELF ...
.
* December 20 – An Egyptian delegation leaves for Moscow to ask for economic aid, economic and military aid.
* December 21 – The Grumman F-14 Tomcat makes its first flight.
* December 22
** The Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
n Revolutionary Council declares that it will nationalize all foreign banks in the country.
** Franz Stangl, the ex-commander of Treblinka, is sentenced to life imprisonment.
* December 23
** The Bolivia
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, flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat of arms of Bolivia in the center
, flag_alt2 = 7 × 7 square p ...
n government releases Régis Debray.
** Law 70-001 is enacted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, amending article 4 of the constitution and making the country a one-party state.
* December 25 – The ETA (separatist group), ETA releases Eugen Beihl.
* December 27 – President of India V. V. Giri declares 1971 Indian general election, new elections.
* December 28 – The suspected killers of Pierre Laporte, Jacques and Paul Rose and Francis Sunard, are arrested near Montreal.
* December 29 – U.S. President Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
signs into law the Occupational Safety and Health Act (United States), Occupational Safety and Health Act.
* December 30 – In Biscay (Congress of Deputies constituency), Biscay in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque country of Spain, 15,000 go on strike in protest at the Burgos trial death sentences. Francisco Franco commutes the sentences to 30 years in prison.
* December 31 – Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
sues in Britain to dissolve The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
's legal partnership.
Date unknown
* The first Institutes of Technology in Ireland, Regional Technical Colleges open in Ireland. * Sada Abe, Japanese former prostitute and later actress, disappears. * The Sweet Track is discovered in England. It was the world's oldest engineered roadway at the time of its discovery. * Alvin Toffler publishes his book ''Future Shock''. * Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, the Federal collection of contemporary art, is established in Germany. * PARC (company), Xerox PARC computer laboratory opens in Palo Alto, California. * A Business, multi-business Conglomerate (company), conglomerate, Virgin Group was founded by Richard Branson in England.World population
Births
January
* January 2
** Oksana Omelianchik, Soviet artistic gymnast
** Eric Whitacre, American composer
* January 9 – Lara Fabian, Canadian/Belgian singer
* January 12 – Zack de la Rocha, American musician
* January 13
** Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
** Shonda Rhimes, American TV producer and writer
* January 17 – Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator
* January 18 – DJ Quik, American rapper and producer
* January 20 – Skeet Ulrich, American actor
* January 21 – Ken Leung, American actor
* January 22 – Alex Ross (comic illustrator), Alex Ross, American comic artist
* January 24 – Matthew Lillard, American actor, presenter, director, and producer
* January 29
** Heather Graham, American actress
** Paul Ryan, American politician
* January 31 – Minnie Driver, English actress
February
* February 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer.
* 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
– Malik Sealy, American basketball player (d. 2000)
* February 3
** Warwick Davis, English actor
** Russo brothers, Anthony Russo, American film and television director
* February 8 – Alonzo Mourning, American basketball player
* February 9 – Glenn McGrath, Australian test cricketer
* February 10
Events Pre-1600
*1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...
– Ardy Wiranata, Indonesian badminton player
* February 13 – Park Hee-soon, South Korean actor
* February 14 – Simon Pegg, British comedian, actor, and screenwriter
* February 15 – Shepard Fairey, American temporary street artist, graphic designer, activist, illustrator, and founder of OBEY (clothing)
* February 16 – Armand Van Helden, American DJ and music producer
* February 17
** Tommy Moe, American Alpine skier
** Dominic Purcell, English-Australian actor
* February 18 – Susan Egan, American actress, voice actress, singer and dancer
* February 19 – Bellamy Young, American actress
* February 26 – Cathrine Lindahl, Swedish curler
* February 28
** Daniel Handler, American author
** Noureddine Morceli, Algerian athlete
March
* March 2 – Alexander Armstrong, English comedian, actor and presenter
* March 3 – Julie Bowen, American actress
* March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
*1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern j ...
** John Frusciante, American rock musician
** Lisa Robin Kelly, American actress (d. 2013)
** Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia
* March 7 – Rachel Weisz, British-American actress
* March 10
** Antonio Edwards, American football player
** Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer
* March 13 – Carme Chacón, Spanish politician (d. 2017)
* March 16
Events Pre-1600
* 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
*1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
* 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
– Paul Oscar (Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson), Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey
* March 18
Events Pre-1600
* 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10.
* 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...
– Queen Latifah, American rapper and actress
* March 20
Events Pre-1600
* 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka.
* 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 1600 – The Link ...
** Bernhard Hoëcker, German comedian
** Linda Larkin, American actress and voice actress
** Michael Rapaport, American actor
* March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
** Jaya (singer), Jaya, Filipino pop singer
** Cenk Uygur, Turkish-American political commentator, activist, and attorney
* March 22 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
* March 24
** Lara Flynn Boyle, American actress
** Sharon Corr, Irish musician
* March 27
** Maribel Díaz Cabello, Peruvian educator, First Lady of Peru
** Elizabeth Mitchell, American actress
** Leila Pahlavi, Iranian princess (d. 2001)
* March 28 – Vince Vaughn, American actor, writer, and producer
* March 30 – Secretariat (horse), Secretariat, American Thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1989)
* March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...
– Alenka Bratušek, 7th Prime Minister of Slovenia
April
* April 4
Events Pre-1600
*503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
* 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
* 611 &ndas ...
– Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
* April 7 – Rosey (wrestler), Rosey, Samoan-American professional wrestler (d. 2017)
* April 8
Events Pre-1600
* 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
*1139 – Ro ...
– Andrej Plenković, 12th Prime Minister of Croatia
* April 10
Events Pre-1600
* 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
* 1407 ...
** José Paulo Lanyi, Brazilian journalist, writer and filmmaker
** Q-Tip (musician), Q-Tip, American musician and actor
** Kenny Lattimore, American Contemporary R&B, R&B singing, singer
* April 11 – Trevor Linden, Canadian hockey player
* April 13
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1601–1900
*1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
– Ricky Schroder, American actor
* April 17
Events Pre-1600
*1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
* 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Has ...
– Redman (rapper), Redman, American rapper and actor
* April 18
** Heike Friedrich, German swimmer
** Saad Hariri, 2-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon
* April 19 – Luis Miguel, Mexican singer
* April 20
** Sven Benken, German footballer and Manager
** Shemar Moore, American actor
** Adriano Moraes (bull rider), Adriano Moraes, Brazilian rodeo performer
* April 21
Events Pre-1600
* 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
** Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian
** Nicole Sullivan, American actress, comedian, and writer
* April 22 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
* April 23
** Sadao Abe, Japanese actor
** Andrew Gee, Australian rugby league footballer
** Hans Välimäki, Finnish cook
* April 25
** Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress (d. 2011)
** Jason Lee (actor), Jason Lee, American skateboarder and actor
* April 26
** Melania Trump, Slovenian model, First Lady of the United States
** Tionne Watkins (T-Boz), American actress and singer-songwriter
* April 28
** Kurt Eversley, Guyanese-born former cricketer
** Nicklas Lidström, Swedish hockey player
** Diego Simeone, Argentine footballer and manager
* April 29
** Andre Agassi, American tennis player
** Uma Thurman, American actress
* April 30 – Halit Ergenç, Turkish actor
May
* May 3
** Bobby Cannavale, American actor
** Ariel Hernández (boxer), Ariel Hernandez, Cuban boxer
* May 4
Events Pre-1600
* 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''.
* 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus ar ...
– Will Arnett, Canadian actor
* May 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance.
* 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...
** Roland Kun, Nauruan politician
** Ade Rai, Indonesian bodybuilder
* May 8
** Michael Bevan, Australian cricketer
** Luis Enrique (footballer), Luis Enrique, Spanish footballer
** Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
* May 9
** Hao Haidong, Chinese footballer
** Ghostface Killah, American rapper
* May 10
** Craig Mack, American rapper (d. 2018)
** Angelica Agurbash, Belarusian singer and model
* May 12 – Samantha Mathis, American actress
* May 15 – Ronald de Boer, Ronald and Frank de Boer, Dutch footballers
* May 16 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentine tennis player
* May 17 – Jordan Knight, American singer
* May 18 – Tina Fey, American comedian and actress
* May 19 – Choi Kyung-Ju, K.J. Choi, South Korean golfer
* May 20
**Juliana Pasha, Albanian singer
**Louis Theroux, Singaporean-English journalist and producer
* May 21 – Once Mekel, Indonesian singer
* May 22 – Naomi Campbell, British model and actress
* May 25
** Jamie Kennedy, American actor and comedian
** Octavia Spencer, American actress
* May 26
Events Pre-1600
* 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
* 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empir ...
– Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese cartoonist
* May 27
** Joseph Fiennes, British actor
** Bianka Panova, Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
* May 28 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (d. 2002)
* May 30 – Erick Thohir, Indonesian politician and businessman
June
* June 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
*1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed ki ...
** Alexi Lalas, American soccer player
** Alison Hinds, Barbadian soca singer born in England now residing in Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estima ...
.
** R. Madhavan, Indian film actor
** Karen Mulder, Dutch model and singer
* June 2 – B-Real, American rapper
* June 3
** Ammon McNeely, American rock climber
** Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician
* June 4 – Izabella Scorupco, Polish model and actress
* June 5 – Deborah Yates, American dancer and actress
* June 7
** Ronaldo da Costa, Brazilian long-distance runner
** Mike Modano, American hockey player
* June 8
Events Pre-1600
* 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.
* 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
** Gabby Giffords, American politician
** Kelli Williams, American actress
* June 13
** Rivers Cuomo, American musician, frontman of Weezer
** Mikael Ljungberg, Swedish wrestler (d. 2004)
* June 15 – Leah Remini, American actress
* June 16
** Younus AlGohar, Pakistani spiritualist
** Phil Mickelson, American golfer
* June 17
** Will Forte, American actor and comedian
** Michael Showalter, American actor, writer, and director
* June 19 – Quincy Watts, American athlete
* June 20
** Russell Garcia (field hockey), Russell Garcia, British field hockey player
** Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, Moulay Rachid, Prince of Morocco
** Michelle Reis, Hong Kong actress and beauty queen
** Athol Williams, South African poet and social philosopher
* June 21
Events Pre-1600
* 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to Vandalic War, attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date).
*1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khaga ...
– Pete Rock, American rapper and DJ
* June 22
** Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
** Michael Trucco, American actor
* June 23 – Marko Albrecht, German disc jockey and electronic producer
* June 24
** Glenn Medeiros, American singer and songwriter
** Daniel Sánchez Arévalo, Spanish screenwriter and film director
* June 25 – Pan Lingling, Singaporean actress
* June 26
** Paul Thomas Anderson, American screenwriter and director
** Sean Hayes (actor), Sean Hayes, American actor
** Paweł Nastula, Polish judoka and mixed martial artist
** Chris O'Donnell, American actor
** Nick Offerman, American actor, writer and carpenter
* June 27 – Ahmed Ahmed, Egyptian-born American actor and comedian
* June 30
** Leonardo Sbaraglia, Argentine actor
** Erica Sjöström, Swedish female singer and saxophonist
July
* July 2
** Derrick Adkins, American Olympic athlete
** Yap Kim Hock, Malaysian badminton player
** Steve Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
** Kym Ng, Singaporean television host and actress
* July 2 – Scott Aukerman, American writer, actor, comedian, television personality, director, producer, and podcast host
* July 3
** Teemu Selänne, Finnish hockey player
** Audra McDonald, American actress and singer
** Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian road racing cyclist
* July 7
** Wayne McCullough, Northern Irish boxer
** Masai Ujiri, Nigerian professional basketball executive
** Akram Abdel-Majeed, Egyptian professional footballer
** Atli Örvarsson, Icelandic film score composer
* July 8
** Beck, American singer-songwriter and record producer
** Taiei Kin, Korean-Japanese karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist
** Atul Agnihotri, Indian film actor, producer, and director
** Micky Hoogendijk, Dutch actress, presenter, model and professional photographer
* July 10
** Adam Hills, Australian comedian and television presenter
** Jason Orange, British singer
** John Simm, British actor
* July 11 – Justin Chambers, American actor and fashion model
* July 12
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple.
* 927 – King Constantine I ...
** Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor, singer and model
** Jaason Simmons, Australian actor
** Viétia Zangrandi, Brazilian actress
** Aure Atika, French actress, writer and director
* July 13 – Bruno Salomone, French actor and comedian
* July 17
** Jang Hyun-sung, South Korean actor
** William C. Kuebler, American lawyer (d. 2014)
** Gavin McInnes, Canadian writer and political commentator (co-founder of Vice Media)
* July 20 – Tunku Abdul Majid
* July 22 – Jonathan Zaccaï, Belgian actor, film director and screenwriter
* July 23
Events Pre-1600
* 811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
*1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios. 1 ...
** Thea Dorn, German writer
** Saulius Skvernelis, Prime Minister of Lithuania
* July 30
Events Pre-1600
* 762 – Baghdad is founded.
* 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
* 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Is ...
** Christopher Nolan, English screenwriter and director
** MC Trouble, African American rapper (d. 1991)
August
* August 1
** David James (footballer, born 1970), David James, English football goalkeeper
** Elon Lindenstrauss, Israeli mathematician
** Eugenie van Leeuwen, Dutch cricketer
* August 2
** Elijah Alexander, American football linebacker (d. 2010)
** Kevin Smith, American screenwriter, film director, and actor
* August 3 – Masahiro Sakurai, Japanese video game director, designer and writer
* August 5 – Konstantin Yeryomenko, Russian futsal (d. 2010)
* August 6 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American film director and writer
* August 10
** Brendon Julian, New Zealand cricket player
** Steve Mautone, Australian football player and coach
* August 11
Events Pre-1600
* 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
* 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and foun ...
– Daniella Perez, Brazilian actress and ballerina (d. 1992)
* August 13
** Hamden Khalif Allah Awad, Egyptian Islamist militant (d. 1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
)
** Alan Shearer, English footballer
* August 14 – Leah Purcell, Australian actress
* August 15 – Anthony Anderson, American actor
* August 16 – Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor
** Manisha Koirala, Indian actress
* August 17
Events Pre-1600
*309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike.
* 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate.
* 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
** Jim Courier, American tennis player
** Tammy Townsend, American actress and singer
* August 20
** Fred Durst, American rapper
** Ove Jørstad, Norwegian footballer (d. 2008)
* August 21
** Erik Dekker, Dutch professional cyclist
** Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress and comedian
* August 22
** Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American celebrity chef
** Ricco Groß, German biathlete
** Tímea Nagy, Hungarian fencer
* August 23
** Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian
** River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)
** Fabian Wilnis, Dutch footballer
* August 25 – Claudia Schiffer, German model
* August 26
** Olimpiada Ivanova, Russian race walker
** Melissa McCarthy, American actress, comedian, and film producer
* August 27
** Pokwang, Filipino comedian and actress
** Peter Ebdon, English snooker player
** Jim Thome, American baseball player, MLB Hall of Fame member
** Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer (d. 2008)
* August 28
** Henny van Schoonhoven, Dutch professional footballer (d. 2009)
** Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet. (d. 2015)
* August 29 – Alessandra Negrini, Brazilian actress
* August 30 – Guang Liang, Malaysian singer
* August 31
Events Pre-1600
* 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
* 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one year ...
** Debbie Gibson, American singer
** Queen Rania of Jordan, Queen consort of Jordan
September
* September 1 – Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
* September 3
Events Pre-1600
*36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
* 301 – San Marino, one of t ...
– Jeremy Glick, passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
* September 4
Events Pre-1600
* 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
* 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne ove ...
** Daisy Dee, Dutch singer and actress
** Ione Skye, British-born American actress
* September 7
** Gao Min (diver), Gao Min, Chinese diver
** Tom Everett Scott, American actor
* September 8 – Benny Ibarra, Mexican singer
* September 10 – Ménélik, French rapper
* September 11
** Taraji P. Henson, American actress
** Laura Wright, American actress
* September 12 – Amala Akkineni, Indian actress, dancer and activist
* September 14 – Mike Burns (soccer), Mike Burns, American soccer player
* September 17
Events Pre-1600
* 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
* 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Emp ...
– Valeria Cappellotto, Italian racing cyclist. (d. 2015)
*September 18
** Darren Gough, English cricketer
** Aisha Tyler, American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host
* September 19
** Dan Bylsma, American ice hockey player
** Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese singer
* September 20 – Gert Verheyen, Belgian footballer
* September 21
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Avitus enters Rome with a Gallic army and consolidates his power.
*1170 – The Kingdom of Dublin falls to Norman invaders.
*1217 – Livonian Crusade: The Estonian leader Lembitu and Livonian lead ...
– Samantha Power, Irish-American government official and writer
* September 23 – Ani DiFranco, American musician
* September 25 – Aja Kong, Japanese professional wrestler
* September 26
** Marco Etcheverry, Bolivian football player
** Yukio Iketani, Japanese gymnast
* September 27 – Yoshiharu Habu, Japanese professional shogi player
* September 28
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
* 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytu ...
** Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
** Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japanese tennis player
* September 29
Events Pre-1600
*61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
* 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, ...
** Ninel Conde, Mexican actress, singer, and television host
** Emily Lloyd, English actress
** Yoshihiro Tajiri, Japanese professional wrestler
* September 30 – Tony Hale, American actor
October
* October 1 – Moses Kiptanui, Kenyan athlete
* October 4
Events Pre-1600
*AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
*1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
*1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes t ...
– Zdravko Zdravkov, Bulgarian footballer
* October 6 – Amy Jo Johnson, American-Canadian actress
* October 7 – Nicole Ari Parker, American actress and model
* October 8
** Matt Damon, American actor
** Sadiq Khan, British politician; 3rd Mayor of London (2016–present)
** Tetsuya Nomura, Japanese video game and film director
* October 9
Events Pre-1600
* 768 – Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned kings of the Franks.
* 1238 – James I of Aragon founds the Kingdom of Valencia.
* 1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
* 1446 &ndash ...
– Annika Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
* October 10
** Sir Matthew Pinsent, British rower
** Jokelyn Tienstra, Dutch handball player (d. 2015)
* October 12 – Kirk Cameron, American actor and Christian activist
* October 14
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – The Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings.
*1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's ...
– Daniela Peštová, Czech supermodel
** Roel Vermeulen - Dutch epidemiologist
* October 16
Events Pre-1600
* 456 – Ricimer defeats Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the Western Roman Empire.
* 690 – Empress Wu Zetian ascends to the throne of the Tang dynasty and proclaims herself ruler of the Chinese Empire.
* ...
– Mehmet Scholl, German footballer
* October 17
** Anil Kumble, Indian cricketer
** Marciano Vink, Dutch footballer
* October 19 – Chris Kattan, American comedian and actor
* October 20 – Michelle Malkin, American political commentator
* October 21
** Louis Koo, Hong Kong actor
** Tony Mortimer, English singer
* October 24
Events Pre-1600
* AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.
*1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
* 1360 – The T ...
– Stephen Kipkorir, Kenyan middle-distance runner (d. 2008)
* October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II ...
– Adam Goldberg, American actor
* October 26 – Chavo Guerrero Jr., Mexican-American professional wrestler
* October 27 – Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer
* October 27 – Jonathan Stroud, British writer of fantasy fiction
* October 29 – Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer
* October 30 – Nia Long, American actress
** Xie Jun, Chinese chess grandmaster
* October 31
** Linn Berggren, Swedish singer
** Nolan North, American actor and voice actor
November
* November 1
Events Pre-1600
*365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities.
* 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, ...
– Merle Palmiste, Estonian actress
* November 2
** Ely Buendia, Filipino rock lead singer and rhythm guitarist (Eraserheads)
** Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, American wrestling valet
* November 3 – Dawn Marie Psaltis, American professional wrestler
* November 4 – François Delapierre, French politician (d. 2015)
* November 6 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, writer, and film director
* November 7 – Morgan Spurlock, American filmmaker and activist
* November 8 – Tom Anderson, American co-founder of Myspace
* November 9
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
* 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settleme ...
– Chris Jericho, professional wrestler
* November 10 – Warren G, American rapper
* November 12
** Tonya Harding, American figure skater
** Alina María Hernández, Cuban transgender woman (d. 2016)
* November 13 – Frederick Herman, American air line pilot
* November 15 – Patrick M'Boma, Cameroonian footballer
* November 16
Events Pre-1600
* 951 – Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom.
*1272 – Whi ...
– Martha Plimpton, American actress
* November 17 – Paul Allender, English guitarist
* November 18
** Peta Wilson, Australian actress
** Mike Epps, American comedian and actor
* November 21 – Karen Davila, Filipina journalist, TV host and news personality
* November 22
Events Pre-1600
* 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore.
* 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fr ...
– Joe Son, Korean-American actor, wrestler, and convicted felon
* November 23 – Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor
* November 25
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...
– Eluana Englaro, Italian patient in right-to-die case (d. 2009)
* November 26 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
* November 27
Events Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han.
* 176 – Emperor Marcus Aurelius grants his son Commodus the rank of " Imperator" and makes him Supreme Commander of the ...
– Jorge Luis González Tanquero, Cuban dissident (d. 2016)
* November 28 – Richard Osman, English television presenter, producer and director
* November 30
** Yayuk Basuki, Indonesian tennis player
** Natalie Williams, American basketball player
December
* December 1 – Sarah Silverman, American stand-up comedian, actress, singer, producer, and writer
* December 3 – Jimmy Shergill, Indian actor
* December 4 – Kevin Sussman, American actor and comedian
* December 5
** Tim Hetherington, English-born photojournalist (d. 2011)
** Martin Selmayr, German Eurocrat
* December 9 – Kara DioGuardi, American songwriter, producer and singer
* December 12
** Mädchen Amick, American actress
** Jennifer Connelly, American actress
** Regina Hall, American actress
* December 14 – Andrew Lewis (boxer), Andrew Lewis, Guyanese professional boxer (d. 2015)
* December 15
**Babul Supriyo, Indian singer and politician
**Przemysław Truściński, Polish artist
* December 17
** Craig Doyle, Irish television presenter
** Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor
* December 18
** DMX, American rapper and actor (d. 2021)
** Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler
* December 20 – Massimo Ellul, Maltese entrepreneur and philanthropist
* December 22
** Ted Cruz, Canadian-American politician, United States Senate, U.S. Senator (Republican Party (United States), R-Texas, Tx.) from 2013 and 2016 United States presidential election, 2016 presidential candidate
** Gary Anderson (darts player), Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player
* December 23 – Catriona Le May Doan, Canadian speed skater
* December 25 – Emmanuel Amuneke, Nigerian footballer
* December 26 – Krissada Sukosol Clapp, Thai actor and singer
* December 28 — Yolanda Andrade, Mexican actress and television presenter
* December 29
** Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television presenter
** Kevin Weisman, American actor
Deaths
January–February
* January 5
Events Pre-1600
* 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French a ...
– Max Born, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
* January 10 – Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1925)
* January 18 – David O. McKay, 9th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)
* January 25 – Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director and special effects designer (b. 1901)
* January 27 – Erich Heckel, German painter (b. 1883)
* January 29
** Basil Liddell Hart, British military historian (b. 1895)
** Thelma Morgan, American socialite (b. 1904)
* January 30 – Fritz Bayerlein, German general (b. 1899)
* January 31 – Slim Harpo, American singer (b. 1924)
* February 2 – Bertrand Russell, British logician and philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature
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(b. 1872)
* February 3 – Italo Gariboldi, Italian general (b. 1879)
* February 7 – Abe Attell, American boxer (b. 1883)
* February 14
** Arthur Edeson, American cinematographer (b. 1891)
** Harry Stradling, American cinematographer (b. 1901)
* February 15 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, British RAF Fighter Commander during the Battle of Britain (b. 1882)
* February 16 – Francis Peyton Rous, American pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1879)
* February 17
** Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
** Alfred Newman (composer), Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1900)
* February 19 – Jules Munshin, American actor (b. 1915)
* February 20 – João Fernandes Campos Café Filho, João Café Filho, Brazilian politician, 18th President of Brazil (b. 1899)
* February 22
Events Pre-1600
* 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferd ...
– Dora Boothby, English tennis champion (b. 1881)
* February 24 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
March–April
* March 6
Events Pre-1600
* 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor.
* 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
* 845 & ...
– William Hopper, American actor (b. 1915)
* March 11 – Erle Stanley Gardner, American crime writer (b. 1889)
* March 15
Events Pre-1600
* 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce.
* 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place.
* 493 &ndash ...
– Arthur Adamov, Russian-French playwright (b. 1908)
* March 16
Events Pre-1600
* 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang.
*1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York.
* 1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...
– Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1945)
* March 18
Events Pre-1600
* 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10.
* 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...
– William Beaudine, American film director (b. 1892)
* March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
– Marlen Haushofer, Austrian author (b. 1920)
* March 29 – Vera Brittain, British writer (b. 1893)
* March 30 – Heinrich Brüning, German academic and politician, 21st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
* March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V� ...
– Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
* April 1 – Polina Zhemchuzhina, Soviet politician (b. 1897)
** Ludolf von Alvensleben, German Nazi functionary, SS and Police Leader (b. 1901)
* April 5
**Louisa Bolus, South African botanist and taxonomist (b. 1877)
**Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891)
* April 6 – Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
* April 8
Events Pre-1600
* 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
*1139 – Ro ...
** Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, consort of Grand Duchess Charlotte (b. 1893)
** Julius Pokorny, Austrian-born Czech linguist (b. 1887)
* April 11 – Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)
* April 16 – Richard Neutra, Austrian-born American architect (b. 1892)
* April 17
Events Pre-1600
*1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
* 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Has ...
– Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow (b. 1877)
* April 18 – Michał Kalecki, Polish economist (b. 1899)
* April 26
** Francisco Cunha Leal, Portuguese politician, 84th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1888)
** Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. 1911)
* April 27 – Arthur Shields, Irish actor (b. 1896)
* April 28 – Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)
* April 30 – Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
May
* May 1
** Ralph Hartley, American inventor (b. 1888)
** Yi Un, Crown Prince of Korea (b. 1897)
* May 9 – Walter P. Reuther, American labor union leader and president of the United Auto Workers (b. 1907)
* May 11 – Johnny Hodges, American jazz musician (b. 1907)
* May 12
** Władysław Anders, General of the Polish Army (b. 1892)
** Nelly Sachs, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
* May 13 – Sir William Dobell, Australian artist (b. 1899)
* May 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks.
*1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade.
* 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and f ...
– Billie Burke, American actress (b. 1884)
* May 17 – Heinz Hartmann, Austrian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1894)
* May 24 – Phan Khắc Sửu, South Vietnamese politician and Leaders_of_South_Vietnam#Heads_of_state_2, Chief of State of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1893)
* May 28 – Iuliu Hossu, Romanian Roman Catholic bishop and servant of God (b. 1885)
* May 29
** John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901)
** Eva Hesse, German-born American sculptor (b. 1936)
* May 31
Events Pre-1600
* 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome.
* 1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat K ...
– Terry Sawchuk, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
June
* June 1
Events Pre-1600
* 1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu.
*1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed ki ...
– Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, 31st President of Argentina (b. 1903)
* June 2 – Bruce McLaren, founder of McLaren Racing (b. 1937)
* June 3 – Hjalmar Schacht, Nazi German economic minister (b. 1877)
* June 7
** E. M. Forster, English writer (b. 1879)
** Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez, Spanish archaeologist and historian (b. 1870)
** Prudencia Grifell, Spanish-born Mexican actress (b. 1879)
* June 8
Events Pre-1600
* 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.
* 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
– Abraham Maslow, American psychologist (b. 1908)
* June 9 – Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia, 19th President of Costa Rica (b. 1900)
* June 10 – Bartolomé Blanche, Chilean military officer, provisional President of Chile (b. 1879)
* June 11 – Alexander Kerensky, Russian revolutionary politician (b. 1881)
* June 14 – Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (b. 1893)
* June 15 – José de Almada Negreiros, Portuguese artist (b. 1893)
* June 16 – Heino Eller, Estonian composer and composition teacher (b. 1887)
* June 21
Events Pre-1600
* 533 – A Byzantine expeditionary fleet under Belisarius sails from Constantinople to Vandalic War, attack the Vandals in Africa, via Greece and Sicily (approximate date).
*1307 – Külüg Khan is enthroned as Khaga ...
– Sukarno, 1st President of Indonesia (b. 1901)
* June 26 – Leopoldo Marechal, Argentine writer (b. 1900)
July
* July 6 – Marjorie Rambeau, American actress (b. 1889)
* July 7 – Sylvester Wiere, Austro-Hungarian-born American slapstick comedian, member of the Wiere Brothers (b. 1909)
* July 10 – Bjarni Benediktsson (born 1908), Bjarni Benediktsson, 11th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)
* July 11 – André Lurçat, French modernist architect, landscape architect, (b. 1894)
* July 13
** Leslie Groves, American general, director of the Manhattan Project (b. 1896)
** Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (b. 1895)
* July 14 – Luis Mariano, Spanish tenor (b. 1914)
* July 19
** Egon Eiermann, German architect (b. 1904)
** Panagiotis Pipinelis, former Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1899)
* July 22 – Fritz Kortner, Austrian-born director (b. 1892)
* July 23
Events Pre-1600
* 811 – Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury.
*1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios. 1 ...
– Amadeo Bordiga, Italian Marxist (b. 1889)
* July 27 – António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889)
* July 29 – John Barbirolli, Sir John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899)
* July 30
Events Pre-1600
* 762 – Baghdad is founded.
* 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
* 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Is ...
– George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)
August
* August 1
** Frances Farmer, American actress and television host (b. 1913)
** Giuseppe Pizzardo, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1877)
** Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (b. 1883)
* August 10 – Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer (b. 1918)
* August 12 – Glenn Hartranft, American athlete (b. 1901)
* August 18 – Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (b. 1943)
* August 20 – Zeki Velidi Togan, Turkish historian (b. 1890)
* August 22 – Vladimir Propp, Soviet folklorist (b. 1895)
* August 23 – Abdallah Khalil, 3rd Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1892)
* August 30 – Del Moore, American actor, comedian and radio announcer (b. 1916)
September
* September – Mahmud al-Muntasir, 1st Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1903)
* September 1 – François Mauriac, French writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
* September 2
** Marie-Pierre Kœnig, French general and politician (b. 1898)
** Kees van Baaren, Dutch composer (b. 1906)
* September 3
Events Pre-1600
*36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
* 301 – San Marino, one of t ...
** Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
** Alan Wilson (musician), Alan Wilson, American musician (Canned Heat) (b. 1943)
* September 5
** Jesse Pennington, English footballer (b. 1883)
** Jochen Rindt, Austrian racing driver, 1970 Formula One Driver's Champion (b. 1942)
* September 7 – Yitzhak Gruenbaum, noted leader of the Zionism, Zionist movement in the interwar period (b. 1879)
* September 14 – Rudolf Carnap, German-American philosopher and mathematician (b. 1891)
* September 18 – Jimi Hendrix, American rock musician (b. 1942)
* September 22 – Alice Hamilton, the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University (b. 1869)
* September 23 – Bourvil, André Bourvil, French actor (b. 1917)
* September 25 – Erich Maria Remarque, German author (''All Quiet On The Western Front'') (b. 1898)
* September 28
Events Pre-1600
*48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII.
* 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytu ...
** John Dos Passos, American novelist (b. 1896)
** Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-r ...
, 31st Prime Minister of Egypt and 2nd President of Egypt (b. 1918)
* September 29
Events Pre-1600
*61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
* 1011 – Danes capture Canterbury after a siege, taking Ælfheah, ...
– Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)
* September 30 – Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1875)
October
* October 1 – Petar Konjović, Yugoslav composer (b. 1883)
* October 4
Events Pre-1600
*AD 23 – Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
*1209 – Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
*1302 – The Byzantine–Venetian War comes t ...
– Janis Joplin, American rock singer (b. 1943)
* October 10 – Édouard Daladier, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1884)
* October 18 – Prince Zeid bin Hussein (b. 1898)
* October 19 – Lázaro Cárdenas, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
* October 21
** Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896)
** Ernest Haller, American cinematographer (b. 1896)
* October 24
Events Pre-1600
* AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.
*1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
* 1360 – The T ...
– Richard Hofstadter, American historian (b. 1916)
* October 25
Events Pre-1600
* 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.
* 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II ...
– René Schneider
General René Schneider Chereau (; December 31, 1913 – October 25, 1970) was the commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the 1970 Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt. He ...
, commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army (b. 1913)
November
* November 2
** Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, Russian mathematician (b. 1891)
** Fernand Gravey, French actor (b. 1904)
* November 6 – Agustín Lara, Mexican composer (b. 1897)
* November 8 – Napoleon Hill, American author in the area of the new thought (b. 1883)
* November 9
Events Pre-1600
* 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
* 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settleme ...
– Charles de Gaulle, French general and statesman, 98th Prime Minister of France and 18th President of France (b. 1890)
* November 13 – Bessie Braddock, British politician (b. 1899)
* November 15 – Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Greek politician, 2-time Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1884)
* November 19
Events Pre-1600
* 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer.
* 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battl ...
** Andrei Yeremenko, Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1892)
** Maria Yudina, Soviet pianist (b. 1899)
* November 21
** C. V. Raman, Indian physicist (b. 1888)
** Percy Ernst Schramm, German historian (b. 1894)
* November 23 – Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)
* November 25
Events Pre-1600
*571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans.
* 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...
** Louise Glaum, American actress (b. 1888)
** Yukio Mishima
, born , was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the , an unarmed civilian militia. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was considered fo ...
, Japanese novelist (b. 1925)
December
* December 7 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
* December 8 – Christopher Kelk Ingold, British chemist (b. 1893)
* December 9 – Feroz Khan Noon, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
* December 14 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, British field marshal and 13th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
* December 15 – Ernest Marsden, English-New Zealand physicist (b. 1889)
* December 16 – Friedrich Pollock, German social scientist and philosopher (b. 1894)
* December 29 – Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886–1970), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (b. 1886)
* December 30 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. c.1930)
* December 31 – Cyril Scott, English composer, writer, and poet (b. 1879)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Hannes Alfvén, Louis Néel * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Luis Federico Leloir * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler, Julius Axelrod * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature –Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian novelist. One of the most famous Soviet dissidents, Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of communism and helped to raise global awareness of political repr ...
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Norman Borlaug
* Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences – Paul Samuelson
References
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