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1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a
common year starting on Tuesday A common year starting on Tuesday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Tuesday, 1 January, and ends on Tuesday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is F. The most recent year of such kind was 2019, and the next one wi ...
of the
Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian cale ...
, the 1946th year of the
Common Era Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era. Common Era and Before the Common Era are alternatives to the ...
(CE) and ''
Anno Domini The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian and Julian calendar, Julian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" but is often presented using "o ...
'' (AD) designations, the 946th year of the
2nd millennium File:2nd millennium montage.png, From top left, clockwise: in 1492, Christopher Columbus reaches the New World, opening the European colonization of the Americas; the American Revolution, one of the late 1700s Enlightenment-inspired Atlantic Rev ...
, the 46th year of the
20th century The 20th century began on 1 January 1901 (MCMI), and ended on 31 December 2000 (MM). It was the 10th and last century in the 2nd millennium and was marked by new models of scientific understanding, unprecedented scopes of warfare, new modes of ...
, and the 7th year of the
1940s File:1940s decade montage.png, Above title bar: events during World War II (1939–1945): From left to right: Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching Omaha Beach on Normandy landings, D-Day; Adolf Hitler visits Paris, soon after the Battle of ...
decade.


Events


January

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January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...
– The first general election ever in
Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
is held. *
January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of the Roman Republic, Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna ...
– The
Allies of World War II The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international Coalition#Military, military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members were the "Four Policeme ...
recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones. *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and th ...
** The first meeting of the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
is held, at
Methodist Central Hall Westminster The Methodist Central Hall (also known as Central Hall Westminster) is a multi-purpose venue in the City of Westminster, London, serving primarily as a Methodist church and a conference centre. The building also houses an art gallery, a restaura ...
in
London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
. ** ''
Project Diana Project Diana, named for the Roman moon goddess Diana, was an experimental project of the US Army Signal Corps in 1946 to bounce radar signals off the Moon and receive the reflected signals. This was the first experiment in radar astronomy ...
'' bounces
radar Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), direction ( azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track ...
waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the
Space Age The Space Age is a period encompassing the activities related to the space race, space exploration, space technology, and the cultural developments influenced by these events, beginning with the launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4, 1957, and co ...
. *
January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his ...
Enver Hoxha Enver Halil Hoxha ( , ; ; 16 October 190811 April 1985) was an Albanian communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was the Secretary (titl ...
declares the
People's Republic of Albania The People's Socialist Republic of Albania, () was the Marxist-Leninist state that existed in Albania from 10 January 1946 to the 29 April 1991. Originally founded as the People's Republic of Albania from 1946 to 1976, it was governed by the P ...
, with himself as
prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
. *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the R ...
Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Re ...
resigns as head of the French provisional government. *
January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 peopl ...
– The
United Nations Security Council The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, an ...
holds its first session, at
Church House, Westminster The Church House is the home of the headquarters of the Church of England, occupying the south end of Dean's Yard next to Westminster Abbey in London. Besides providing administrative offices for the Church Commissioners, the Archbishops' Counc ...
in London. *
January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to '' Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surren ...
** The Bell XS-1 is test flown for the first time (unpowered), with Bell's chief
test pilot A test pilot is an aircraft pilot with additional training to fly and evaluate experimental, newly produced and modified aircraft with specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques.Stinton, Darrol. ''Flying Qualities and Flight Testin ...
Jack Woolams at the controls. ** General
Douglas MacArthur Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American general who served as a top commander during World War II and the Korean War, achieving the rank of General of the Army (United States), General of the Army. He served with dis ...
establishes the
International Military Tribunal for the Far East The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on 29 April 1946 to Criminal procedure, try leaders of the Empire of Japan for their cri ...
in Tokyo, to try Japanese war criminals. *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...
Charles de Gaulle Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Re ...
resigns as
president of France The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces. As the presidency is the supreme magistracy of the country, the po ...
. *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated b ...
**
Iran crisis of 1946 The Iran crisis of 1946, also known as the Azerbaijan crisis () in Iranian sources, was one of the first crises during the aftermath of World War II, sparked by the refusal of Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union to relinquish occupied Iranian territory ...
:
Qazi Muhammad Qazi Muhammad (, ; 1 May 1893 – 31 March 1947) was an Iranian Kurdish Islamic cleric and political leader who founded the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI) and was the first president of the short-lived, Soviet-backed, though in ...
declares the independent people's
Republic of Mahabad The Republic of Mahabad, also referred to as the Republic of Kurdistan (; ), was a short-lived Kurdish self-governing unrecognized state in present-day Iran, from 22 January to 15 December 1946. The Republic of Mahabad, a puppet state of the ...
, at the Chahar Cheragh Square in the
Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...
city of
Mahabad Mahabad () is a city in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Etymology Mahabad first became the name of the city after World War I, during the ...
. He is the new president, Haji Baba Sheikh is the
prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
. ** The National Intelligence Authority, and its operational arm, the Central Intelligence Group, are established in the United States; these become part of the
Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA; ) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through collecting and analyzing intelligence from around the world and ...
in
1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country i ...
. *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...
– The Canadian schooner '' Bluenose'' founders on a Haitian reef. *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on th ...
** The last session of the
Permanent Court of International Justice The Permanent Court of International Justice, often called the World Court, existed from 1922 to 1946. It was an international court attached to the League of Nations. Created in 1920 (although the idea of an international court was several cent ...
occurs. **
Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...
's new constitution, modeling the
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
, establishes 6 constituent republics (
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...
,
Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...
,
Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...
,
Montenegro , image_flag = Flag of Montenegro.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Montenegro.svg , coa_size = 80 , national_motto = , national_anthem = () , image_map = Europe-Mont ...
,
Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coat of arms of Serbia.svg , national_anthem = () , image_map = , map_caption = Location of Serbia (gree ...
and
Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
).


February

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February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
**
Trygve Lie Trygve Halvdan Lie ( , ; 16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegians, Norwegian politician, labour leader, government official and author. He served as Norwegian foreign minister during the critical years of the Nygaardsvold's Cabinet, N ...
of Norway is selected as the first
United Nations Secretary-General The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the United Nations System#Six principal organs, six principal organs of ...
. ** The
Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from 1000 to 1946 and was a key part of the Habsburg monarchy from 1526-1918. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the Coro ...
becomes a
republic A republic, based on the Latin phrase ''res publica'' ('public affair' or 'people's affair'), is a State (polity), state in which Power (social and political), political power rests with the public (people), typically through their Representat ...
, heavily influenced by the
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
. *
February 14 It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day. Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution#Persian phase, Abbasid Revolution: The Kaysanites Shia#History, Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad ...
ENIAC ENIAC (; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first Computer programming, programmable, Electronics, electronic, general-purpose digital computer, completed in 1945. Other computers had some of these features, but ENIAC was ...
(for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), an early general-purpose electronic
computer A computer is a machine that can be Computer programming, programmed to automatically Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (''computation''). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic set ...
, is unveiled at the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
; it weighs 60,000 pounds (over 27 tons), and occupies a big room. *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
– The
Gouzenko Affair The Gouzenko Affair was the name given to events in Canada surrounding the defection of Igor Gouzenko, a GRU cipher clerk stationed at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, from the Soviet Union in 1945 and his allegations regarding the existence of a ...
: Canada announces the shocking discovery of a ring of Canadian communist spies based at the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, passing
atomic bomb A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission or atomic bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear weapon), producing a nuclear expl ...
secrets to Russia. *
February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...
– An explosion kills more than 400 coal miners in
Bergkamen Bergkamen (; Westphalian: ''Biärgkoamen'') is a town in the district of Unna, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated south of the river Lippe, approx. north-east of Dortmund and south-west of Hamm. Bergkamen, a fairly new town i ...
, West Germany. *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. ...
Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine military officer and Statesman (politician), statesman who served as the History of Argentina (1946-1955), 29th president of Argentina from 1946 to Revolución Libertad ...
is elected
president of Argentina The president of Argentina, officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation, is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Argentina, the national constitution, the president is also the Head of go ...
.


March

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March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost ...
** British troops withdraw from
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
according to treaty; the Soviets do not. **
Ho Chi Minh (born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho () among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first President of Vietnam, president of the ...
is elected President of
North Vietnam North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV; ; VNDCCH), was a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976, with sovereignty fully recognized in 1954 Geneva Conference, 1954. A member of the communist Eastern Bloc, it o ...
. *
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. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
C. G. E. Mannerheim resigns as
president of Finland The president of the Republic of Finland (; ) is the head of state of Finland. The incumbent president is Alexander Stubb, since 1 March 2024. He was elected president for the first time in 2024 Finnish presidential election, 2024. The presi ...
. *
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 Easte ...
– In his speech at Westminster College, in
Fulton, Missouri Fulton is the largest city in and the county seat of Callaway County, Missouri, Callaway County, Missouri, United States. Located about northeast of Jefferson City, Missouri, Jefferson City and the Missouri River and east of Columbia, Missouri, ...
,
Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...
talks about the ''
Iron Curtain The Iron Curtain was the political and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. On the east side of the Iron Curtain were countries connected to the So ...
''. *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...
First Indochina War The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between French Fourth Republic, France and Việ ...
:
Ho Chi Minh (born ; 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), colloquially known as Uncle Ho () among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician who served as the founder and first President of Vietnam, president of the ...
signs an agreement with France, which recognizes
Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union. *
March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cobl ...
– The 18th Academy Awards Ceremony is held.
Best Picture The following is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various films, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Bes ...
goes to ''
The Lost Weekend ''The Lost Weekend'' is a 1945 American drama film noir directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. It was based on Charles R. Jackson's 1944 novel about an alcoholic writer. The film was nominated for seven Academy Aw ...
''. *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem '' Shahnameh''. * 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between ...
– The
Bell 47 The Bell 47 is a single-rotor single-engine light helicopter manufactured by Bell Helicopter. It was based on the third Bell 30 prototype, which was the company's first helicopter designed by Arthur M. Young. The 47 became the first heli ...
becomes the first helicopter certified for civilian use in the
United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
*
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
Juho Kusti Paasikivi Juho Kusti Paasikivi (, 27 November 1870 – 14 December 1956) was a Finnish politician who served as the seventh president of Finland from 1946 to 1956. Representing the Finnish Party until its dissolution in 1918 and then the National Coaliti ...
becomes the 7th
President of Finland The president of the Republic of Finland (; ) is the head of state of Finland. The incumbent president is Alexander Stubb, since 1 March 2024. He was elected president for the first time in 2024 Finnish presidential election, 2024. The presi ...
. *
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 ...
** The
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
and Switzerland resume
diplomatic relations Diplomacy is the communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.Ronald Peter Barston, ''Modern Diplomacy'', Pearson Education, 2006, p. ...
. **
French Guiana French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...
,
Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...
,
Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...
and
Réunion Réunion (; ; ; known as before 1848) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately east of the isl ...
become overseas ''départements'' of France. *
March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthel ...
– The United Kingdom grants the
British protectorate British protectorates were protectorates under the jurisdiction of the British government. Many territories which became British protectorates already had local rulers with whom the Crown negotiated through treaty, acknowledging their status wh ...
of the
Emirate of Transjordan The Emirate of Transjordan (), officially the Amirate of Trans-Jordan, was a British protectorate established on 11 April 1921,Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
) its independence by the Treaty of London. *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. * 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
– The Gold Coast has an African majority in its parliament.


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
** The 8.6 Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the
Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; , "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before Alaska Purchase, 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain ...
, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (''Strong''). A destructive
tsunami A tsunami ( ; from , ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions (including detonations, ...
reaches the
Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands () are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the Hawaii (island), island of Hawaii in the south to nort ...
, resulting in many deaths, mostly in
Hilo Hilo () is the largest settlement in and the county seat of Hawaii County, Hawaiʻi, United States, which encompasses the Island of Hawaiʻi, and is a census-designated place (CDP). The population was 44,186 according to the 2020 census. I ...
. Between 165 and 173 are killed. ** The
Malayan Union The Malayan Union (; Jawi: كساتوان مالايا) was a union of the Malay states and the Straits Settlements of Penang and Malacca. It was the successor to British Malaya and was conceived to unify the Malay Peninsula under a single g ...
is formed on dissolution of the British Military Administration and
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
becomes a
Crown colony A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony governed by Kingdom of England, England, and then Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain or the United Kingdom within the English overseas possessions, English and later British Empire. There was usua ...
. ** The
Battle of Määritsa The Battle of Määritsa (), or the Battle of Osula (), took place in Osula village, at that time in Võru County, Estonia. It began on the night of 31 March 1946, involving members of the Forest Brothers The guerrilla war in the Baltic s ...
takes place between Estonian partisans and Soviet forces in southeastern
Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
. *
April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...
– Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed outside
Manila Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the Capital of the Philippines, capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City, with a population of 1,846,513 people in 2020. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on ...
in the
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
, for leading the
Bataan Death March The Bataan Death March was the Death march, forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 72,000 to 78,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war (POWs) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp ...
. *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
– A British
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crashes into a residential area in
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,
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during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground. *
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). * 140 ...
– In Japan, women vote for the first time, during elections for the House of Representatives of the 90th Imperial Diet. *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor ...
– ''
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'' members of
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, the "Jewish Avengers", use
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to poison bread baked for SS prisoners of war held at Stalag XIII-D by the Americans. *
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 H ...
Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
's independence from France is officially recognized. *
April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. * 1428 – Peace of Ferrara ...
** The inaugural session of the
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(ICJ) takes place at
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. ** The
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, in its last meeting, transfers its mission to the
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and disbands itself. ** The United States recognizes
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's government in the
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. *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V, effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victor ...
– ''
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'' (Pestalozzi Children's Village) is established at
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to accommodate and educate
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s of World War II, according to
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's principles. *
April 29 Events Pre-1600 * 801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. * 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Kom ...
– Trials against
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s begin in Tokyo; the accused include
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,
Shigenori Tōgō was Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Empire of Japan at both the start and the end of the Axis–Allied conflict during World War II. He also served as Minister of Colonial Affairs in 1941, and assumed the same position, renamed the Minist ...
and Hiroshi Ōshima.


May

*
May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 & ...
– At least 800
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pastoral workers walk off the job in Northwest Western Australia, starting one of the longest industrial strikes in Australia. *
May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I im ...
– Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed ''
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'') is founded, with about 20 employees. *
May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. * 1386 – England and Portugal formall ...
– King
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abdicates, and is succeeded by his son
Umberto II Umberto II (; 15 September 190418 March 1983) was the last King of Italy. Umberto's reign lasted for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 until his formal deposition on 12 June 1946, although he had been the ''de facto'' head of state since 1944. Due to hi ...
. *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...
**
Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...
is elected leader of the Congress Party in India. ** The first
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to be successfully launched in the United States is fired from
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. *
May 21 Events Pre-1600 * 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as '' Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy. * 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlab ...
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physicist Louis Slotin accidentally triggers a fission reaction at the
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in the United States and, although saving his coworkers, gives himself a lethal dose of
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, making him the second victim of a
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in history (the incident is initially treated as
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). *
May 23 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. * 1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. *1533 – The marriage of King Henry ...
24A two-day violent tornado outbreak occurs across the Central United States, with at least 15 significant tornadoes killing four people and injuring 42 others. *
May 25 Events Pre-1600 * 567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. * 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes ...
– The Emirate of Jordan becomes the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan when its parliament makes the ruling Abdullah I of Jordan, amir Abdullah their king on the day it ratifies the Treaty of London. * May 26 – 1946 Czechoslovak parliamentary election: Communists win with (38%), in the last election before communists take power. * May 31 – The 1946 Greek referendum supports the return of the monarchy of Greece, monarchy.


June

* June 1 ** Ion Antonescu, prime minister and "Conducator" (Leader) of Romania during World War II, is executed; he was found guilty of betraying the Romanian people for benefits of Germany and sentenced to death by the Bucharest People's Tribunal. ** Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, D'Argenlieu, French High Commissioner for Indo-China, recognizes an autonomous "Republic of Cochin-China" in violation of the
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...
Ho–Sainteny agreement, opening the way for conflict between the Viet Minh and France. * June 2 – 1946 Italian institutional referendum: Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a republic. In the simultaneous 1946 Italian general election, the first since the end of World War II and also the first in which women are allowed to vote, the Christian Democracy (Italy), Christian Democracy party, led by Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi, wins most seats in the Constituent Assembly of Italy and forms a coalition government. Christian Democracy leads the Italian government continuously until 1981. * June 3 – Interpol is re-founded; the telegraphic address "Interpol" is adopted. * June 8 – In Indonesia, Sukarno incites his supporters to fight Dutch colonial occupation. * June 9 – In Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) accedes to the throne after the death of his elder brother, King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII). He will reign until his death on October 13, 2016. * June 10 – Italy is declared a republic. * June 13 – Umberto II of Italy leaves the country and goes into exile in Portugal; Alcide De Gasperi becomes head of state. * June 14 – The Baruch Plan is proposed to the United Nations. * June 17 – Formal ratification of the Treaty of London grants independence to the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan. * June 23 ** The 7.5 1946 Vancouver Island earthquake, Vancouver Island earthquake affects the island, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). Two people are killed. ** 1946 French India municipal election: The National Democratic Front (French India), National Democratic Front wins a landslide victory. * June 25 – The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) (World Bank) begins operations. * June 30 – The War Relocation Authority, which has administered the internment of Japanese Americans, is abolished.


July

* July 1 – Nuclear testing: Operation Crossroads, a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States and nuclear weapons, United States at Bikini Atoll in Micronesia, is initiated by the detonation of ''Able'' at an altitude of 520 feet (158 m).
* July 4 ** After more than 48 years of American dominance, the
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attains full independence as the 3rd Republic; Manuel A. Roxas is 5th President of the Philippines. It marks the end of nearly 400 years of colonial era when the Viceroyalty of New Spain took control since April 27, 1565. ** The Kielce Pogrom takes place in Poland. * July 5 – The bikini is first modeled in Paris. * July 16 – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) within the Department of the Interior is formed by the merger of the Grazing Service and United States General Land Office. * July 21 – An Irgun bomb explodes in Jerusalem, due to secretive talks between Jews and Britain to consolidate the state of Israel. * July 22 – King David Hotel bombing: The Irgun bombs the King David Hotel (headquarters of the British civil and military administration) in Jerusalem, killing 90. * July 25 ** Nuclear testing: In the first underwater test of the
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, the surplus is sunk near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, when the United States detonates the ''Baker'' device during Operation Crossroads. ** At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team. ** In the last mass lynching in the United States, a mob of white men Moore's Ford lynchings, shoot and kill two African-American couples, near Moore's Ford Bridge in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia.


August

* August 1 – The Scandinavian Airlines System is founded as a consortium of the flag carriers of Sweden, Denmark and Norway. * August 3 – Santa Claus Land opens to the public at Santa Claus, Indiana. It becomes the first themed park, preceding Disneyland by 9 years, and is later renamed Holiday World. * August 4 – The 1946 Dominican Republic earthquake (magnitude 8.0) hits the northern Dominican Republic, killing 100 and leaving 20,000 homeless. * August 7 – The
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escalates the Turkish Straits crisis through a diplomatic demand to Turkey. * August 16 ** Direct Action Day: Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta begins "The Week of the Long Knives", which leaves 3,000 dead. ** The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad, India. ** The Kurdistan Democratic Party is founded in South Kurdistan. * August 18 – The Vergarola explosion of ordnance in
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kills 70. * August 30 – Bell Aircraft, Bell's chief
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, Jack Woolams, dies in a plane crash while flying the Bell P-39 Airacobra, P-39 "Cobra I" over Lake Ontario preparing for an Air racing, air race the following day.


September

* September 1 – 1946 Turin Grand Prix, the first official Formula One, Formula One ''Grand Prix'', is held in Italy. * September 2 – The Interim Government of India takes charge, with
Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...
as vice president, as part of the transition from the British Raj to full independence for India and Pakistan. * September 4 – Street violence between Muslims and Hindus erupts in Bombay. * September 8 – Bulgaria is declared a People's Republic after a referendum; King Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Simeon II leaves. * September 19 – The idea of the Council of Europe is introduced in a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich. * September 24 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong, by American Roy Farrell and Australian Sydney de Kantzow. * September 28 ** 1946 Australian federal election: Ben Chifley's Australian Labor Party, Labor Chifley government, government is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal/National Party of Australia, Country Coalition (Australia), Coalition led by former Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister Robert Menzies. This is the first occasion where a Labor government successfully wins two elections in a row on a federal level, albeit with a swing against them; among the casualties are former Prime Minister Frank Forde. This is also the first election contested by the newly formed Liberal Party, which had replaced the United Australia Party as the main centre-right political party in Australia. ** George II of Greece returns to Athens from exile in England.


October

* October 1 – Mensa International, Mensa, an international organization for people with a high intelligence quotient (IQ), is founded by Roland Berrill, an Australian-born lawyer, and Lancelot Ware, an English biochemist and lawyer, in Oxford. * October 2 – Communists establish power in Bulgaria. * October 6 – Sweden's Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson dies in office of a heart attack. * October 10 – The Noakhali genocide of Hindus in Bengal begins, at the hands of Muslim mobs. * October 11 – After a few days of vacancy, the Swedish premiership is taken over by Tage Erlander. * October 13 – France adopts the constitution of the French Fourth Republic, Fourth Republic. * October 14 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded. * October 15 – Nuremberg trials: Hermann Göring, founder of the Gestapo and recently convicted Nazism, Nazi war criminal, poisons himself two hours before his scheduled execution. * October 16 ** The remaining ten Nazi war criminals sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials are executed by hanging, in a gymnasium in the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg. ** The
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' first meeting in Long Island is held. * October 23 – The United Nations General Assembly convenes for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing, Queens, New York City. * October 24–November 11 – 1946 Bihar riots: Hindu mobs target Muslim families in the Indian state of Bihar, resulting in anywhere between 2,000 and 30,000 deaths.


November

* November 4 – UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is established as a specialized agency of the
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. * November 10 – At least 1,400 people are killed when the 6.8–7.0 1946 Ancash earthquake, Ancash earthquake affects the Quiches District of Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). * November 12 ** A truce is declared between Indonesian nationalist troops and the Dutch army in Indonesia. ** In Chicago, a branch of the Exchange National Bank (later part of the Bank of America) opens the first 10 drive-up teller windows. * November 15 – By the Linggadjati Agreement, the Netherlands recognizes the Republic of Indonesia. * November 19 ** Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the
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. ** 1946 Romanian general election: The Romanian Communist Party wins 79.86% of the vote, through widespread intimidation tactics and electoral fraud. * November 23 ** Vietnamese riot in Haiphong and clash with French troops. In the Haiphong incident, the French cruiser ''Suffren'' opens fire, killing 6,000 Vietnamese. ** The Workers' Party of South Korea is founded. * November 27 – Indian Prime Minister
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appeals to the United States and the
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to end nuclear testing and start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster." * November 29 – The Central All-Indonesian Workers Organization (SOBSI) is founded in Jakarta.


December

* December 1 – Miguel Alemán Valdés takes office as President of Mexico. * December 2 – The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is signed in Washington, D.C., to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling industry" through establishment of the International Whaling Commission. * December 7 – The Winecoff Hotel fire in Atlanta, United States, kills 119. * December 10 – John Peters Humphrey becomes director of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights * December 11 – UNICEF (the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) is founded. * December 12 ** The
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severs relations with Francoist Spain and recommends that member countries sever diplomatic relations. ** Léon Blum founds a government of socialist parties in France. **
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: Iranian troops recapture the Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan province. * December 14 ** The International Labour Organization becomes a specialized agency of the
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. ** Proposed United States purchase of Greenland#1946, Proposed United States purchase of Greenland from Denmark: An offer is made through diplomatic channels. ** Aspen Skiing Company opens Aspen Mountain (ski area) in Colorado with Ski Lift No. 1, at the world's longest chairlift at this time. * December 15 ** The first 1946 French India Representative Assembly election, French India Representative Assembly election is held. **
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: Iranian troops recapture the Kurdish
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. * December 16 – Thailand, Siam joins the
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(changes its name to Thailand in 1949). * December 19 – Viet Minh forces begin a First Indochina War, war against French occupying forces in
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, succeeding in 1954 with France's surrender at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. * December 21 – 1946 Nankai earthquake; At least 1,362 people are killed in an earthquake and associated tsunami in Japan. * December 22 – The Havana Conference begins between U.S. organized crime bosses in Havana, Cuba. * December 24 – The French Fourth Republic is founded. * December 25 – The first artificial, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in Europe is initiated, within the Soviet Union, Soviet (Russian) nuclear reactor F-1 (nuclear reactor), F-1. * December 31 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman delivers Proclamation 2714, which officially ends hostilities in World War II.


Date unknown

* The cancelled 1946 FIFA World Cup. * Female suffrage is enacted in Romania,
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, Argentina, and the Canadian province of Quebec. * The first female police officers are hired in Korea and Japan. * The Chinese Civil War intensifies between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party. * Eva Perón tours Spain, Italy and France on behalf of Argentina, a circuit called the Rainbow Tour. * The 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun contract is released. * The Casio company is founded by engineer Tadao Kashio in Japan. * The Magic 8 Ball is invented by Albert C. Carter and Abe Bookman.


Births


January

* January 1 ** Alfonso Caruana, Italian mobster ** Rivellino, Brazilian football player * January 3 ** John Paul Jones (musician), John Paul Jones, English rock bassist (Led Zeppelin, Them Crooked Vultures) ** Cissy King, American dancer, singer * January 4 ** Diana Ewing, American actress ** Lisa Appignanesi, Polish-born British-Canadian writer, novelist, and campaigner for free expression * January 5 – Diane Keaton, American actress, film director (''Annie Hall'') *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...
– Syd Barrett, English rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (Pink Floyd) (d. 2006) * January 8 – Robby Krieger, American rock musician (The Doors) * January 9 ** Levon Ter-Petrosyan, President of Armenia ** Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and th ...
** Kalidas Karmakar, Bangladeshi artist ** Ha Yu (actor), Ha Yu, Hong Kong actor * January 12 – George Duke, African-American musician (d. 2013) * January 14 ** Feró Nagy, Hungarian singer ** Harold Shipman, British serial killer (d. 2004) *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the R ...
** Kabir Bedi, Indian actor ** Michael Coats, American astronaut ** Katia Ricciarelli, Italian singer *
January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 peopl ...
– Frank Bey, American blues singer (d. 2020) * January 18 ** Paul Shmyr, Canadian National Hockey League player (d. 2004) ** Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councillor *
January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to '' Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surren ...
** Julian Barnes, English novelist ** Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli� ...
– David Lynch, American film director (d. 2025) *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated b ...
** Malcolm McLaren, English singer-songwriter, musician and music manager (d. 2010) ** Serge Savard, Canadian hockey player, executive * January 23 – Arnoldo Alemán, President of Nicaragua * January 24 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor (''The Rookies'') * January 25 – Géza Bereményi, Hungarian writer, screenwriter and film director * January 26 ** Gene Siskel, American film critic (''Sneak Previews'') (d. 1999) ** Michel Delpech, French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2016) * January 27 – Nedra Talley, African-American singer (The Ronettes) * January 29 – Bettye LaVette, African-American soul singer-songwriter * January 30 – John Bird, Baron Bird, British social entrepreneur and life peer *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on th ...
– Terry Kath, American rock musician (Chicago (band), Chicago) (d. 1978)


February

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February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
** Elisabeth Sladen, English actress (d. 2011) ** Pascal Bonitzer, French screenwriter, film director, actor and film critic * February 2 ** Isaias Afwerki, President of Eritrea ** Blake Clark, American actor, comedian * February 4 – Ron Anderson (voice coach), Ron Anderson, American vocal coach and opera singer (d. 2021) * February 5 – Charlotte Rampling, British actress * February 6 ** Kate McGarrigle, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2010) ** Jim Turner (politician), Jim Turner, American politician * February 7 ** Sammy Johns, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2013) ** Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011) ** Héctor Babenco, Argentine-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor (d. 2016) * February 9 – Seán Neeson, Northern Irish politician * February 10 – Dick Anderson, American professional football player * February 13 ** Joe Estevez, American actor ** Colin Matthews, British composer ** Richard Blumenthal, American lawyer and politician *
February 14 It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day. Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution#Persian phase, Abbasid Revolution: The Kaysanites Shia#History, Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad ...
** Bernard Dowiyogo, 7-time President of Nauru (d. 2003) ** Tina Aumont, American actress (d. 2006) ** Gregory Hines, African-American dancer, actor (d. 2003) * February 16 – Marvin Sease, American blues and soul singer-songwriter (d. 2011) * February 18 – Michael Buerk, British journalist and newsreader * February 19 – Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974) *
February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. *1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...
** Brenda Blethyn, British actress ** Sandy Duncan, American singer, dancer, comedian and actress ** J. Geils, American guitarist (The J. Geils Band) (d. 2017) * February 21 ** Alan Rickman, English actor, film director (d. 2016) ** Anthony Daniels, English actor ** Vito Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mobster (d. 2013) ** Monica Johnson, American screenwriter (d. 2010) ** Tyne Daly, American actress (Cagney & Lacey) * February 23 – Allan Boesak, South African Dutch Reformed Church cleric, politician and anti-apartheid activist *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. ...
– Jiří Bělohlávek, Czech orchestral conductor (d. 2017) * February 25 ** Andrew Ang, judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore ** Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist ** Jean Todt, French motorsport manager ** Elkie Brooks, English rock, blues and jazz singer * February 26 ** Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016) ** Colin Bell (footballer, born 1946), Colin Bell, English footballer (d. 2021) * February 27 ** Alexandra Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn, British aristocrat (d. 2018) ** Jaroslav Beneš, Czech photographer * February 28 ** Don Ciccone, American singer-songwriter (The Critters) (d. 2016) ** Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005) ** Don Francisco (Christian musician), Don Francisco, American Christian musician ** Syreeta Wright, African-American singer-songwriter ("With You I'm Born Again") (d. 2004)


March

* March 1 ** Jan Kodeš, Czech tennis player ** Lana Wood, American actress, producer ** Tony Ashton, English rock pianist, keyboardist, singer, composer, producer and artist (d. 2001) *
March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost ...
– Morari Bapu, Hindu Kathakaar * March 3 – James C. Adamson, NASA astronaut *
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. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
** Michael Ashcroft, English entrepreneur ** Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker ** Harvey Goldsmith, British impresario *
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 Easte ...
** Murray Head, English singer, actor ** Lova Moor, French singer, dancer ** Rocky Bleier, American professional football player and veteran ** Richard A. Sofio, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1987 to 1990 (d. 2009) *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...
** Larry Huber, American television producer, animator ** David Gilmour, English rock musician (Pink Floyd) *
March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cobl ...
** John Heard (actor), John Heard, American actor (d. 2017) ** Okko Kamu, Finnish conductor, violinist ** Leandro Mendoza, Filipino politician (d. 2013) ** Peter Wolf, American rock musician (The J. Geils Band) *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
** Steve Ashley, English singer-songwriter, recording artist, multi-instrumentalist, writer and graphic designer ** Alexandra Bastedo, British actress (d. 2014) * March 10 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator * March 12 ** Frank Welker, American voice actor, singer ** Liza Minnelli, American singer, actress * March 13 ** Yonatan Netanyahu, American-born Israeli Army officer (d. in Operation Entebbe) (d. 1976) ** Yann Arthus-Bertrand, French environmentalist, activist, journalist and photographer * March 14 ** Álvaro Arzú, 32nd President of Guatemala (d. 2018) ** Wes Unseld, American basketball player (d. 2020) ** Mieke Bal, Dutch cultural theorist, video artist and professor ** Molana Azizullah Bohio, Pakistani religious scholar and politician (d. 2021) * March 15 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player, manager (d. 2003) * March 16 – Sigmund Groven, Norwegian classical harmonica player * March 17 – Georges J. F. Köhler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1995) * March 18 – Larry Langford, American politician (d. 2019) *
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 ...
** Steve Halliwell, English actor (d. 2023) ** Paul Atkinson (guitarist), Paul Atkinson, British guitarist and record company executive (d. 2004) * March 21 – Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor * March 23 – Qamaruzzaman Azmi, Indian Islamic scholar, philosopher and speaker, president of the World Islamic Mission * March 25 ** Cliff Balsom, English footballer ** Stewart W. Bainum Jr., American businessman and politician * March 26 – Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, Spanish judge (d. 2019) * March 27 ** Andy Bown, British singer, songwriter, musician (The Herd, solo, Status Quo) ** Mike Jackson (left-handed pitcher), Mike Jackson, American baseball pitcher ** Miklós Lukáts, Hungarian politician (d. 2022) * March 28 – Alejandro Toledo, 63rd President of Peru *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. * 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
** Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician, journalist (d. 2017) ** Billy Thorpe, English-born Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2007) * March 30 – Carolyn Simpson, judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales * March 31 ** Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1984) ** F'Murr, French comics artist (d. 2018)


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
– Ronnie Lane, English musician (Small Faces, Faces (band), Faces) (d. 1997) * April 2 ** Hamengkubuwono X, Sultan of the historic Yogyakarta Sultanate in Indonesia, Governor of Yogyakarta Special Region ** Beno Axionov, Russian-Moldovan actor, director, drama teacher and screenwriter *
April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...
– Hanna Suchocka, Prime Minister of Poland * April 4 – Dave Hill (guitarist), Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade) *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
** Jane Asher, English actress ** János Bródy, Hungarian singer, guitarist, composer and songwriter ** Björn Granath, Swedish actor (d. 2017) * April 6 – Paul Beresford, British-New Zealander politician * April 7 ** Colette Besson, French track and field athlete (d. 2005) ** Léon Krier, Luxembourgish architect ** Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American professional basketball player * April 8 ** Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (d. 1999) ** Tim Thomerson, American actor and comedian *
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). * 140 ...
– David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001) * April 11 * Chris Burden, American artist (d. 2015) * Bob Harris (radio presenter), Bob Harris, British radio presenter * Nicholas Ball (actor), Nicholas Ball, British actor (d. 2024) * April 12 – Ed O'Neill, American actor (''Married... with Children'') * April 13 – Al Green, African-American singer-songwriter and record producer * April 15 – Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1946), Marsha Hunt, American actress, singer and novelist * April 16 – Margot Adler, American journalist *
April 18 Events Pre-1600 * 796 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The ''patrician'' Osbald is crowned, but abdicates within 27 days. * 1428 – Peace of Ferrara ...
– Hayley Mills, English actress * April 19 – Tim Curry, British actor, voice artist and singer (''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'') * April 20 ** Julien Poulin, Canadian actor (d. 2025) ** Ricardo Maduro, President of Honduras * April 22 ** John Waters, American film director ** Paul Davies, English physicist ** Allahverdi Baghirov, (d. 1992) Azerbaijani Officer (armed forces), officer, leader of the Azerbaijani Popular Front Party of Agdam and head coach of Qarabağ FK * April 23 ** Rosy Afsari, Bangladeshi actress (d. 2007) ** Blair Brown, American actress * April 24 ** Phil Robertson, American businessman and reality television personality ** Kamla Bhasin, Indian developmental feminist activist, poet, author and social scientist (d. 2021) ** Ronnie Bird, French singer * April 25 ** John Fox (statistician), John Fox, British statistician ** Talia Shire, American actress (''Rocky'') ** Strobe Talbott, American journalist ** Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian politician (d. 2022) * April 26 ** Jennie Stoller, British actress (d. 2018) ** Richard S. Fuld Jr., American banker *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V, effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victor ...
** Nour El-Sherif, Egyptian actor (d. 2015) ** Beverly Bivens, American singer (We Five) *
April 29 Events Pre-1600 * 801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. * 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Kom ...
** Franc Roddam, English film director, businessman, screenwriter, television producer and publisher ** Cliven Bundy, American cattle rancher * April 30 ** King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden ** Bill Plympton, American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist and filmmaker ** Lee Bollinger, American attorney and educator


May

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May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 & ...
– Joanna Lumley, English actress, author * May 2 ** Lesley Gore, American rock singer ("It's My Party (Lesley Gore song), It's My Party") (d. 2015) ** Ralf Gothóni, Finnish pianist, conductor and composer * May 3 – Mohammed Ibrahim (businessman), Mohammed Ibrahim, Sudanese-British businessman and philanthropist * May 4 ** John Watson (racing driver), John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver ** John Barnard, English engineer and racing car designer ** Gary Bauer, American civil servant, activist and politician * May 5 ** Jim Kelly (martial artist), Jim Kelly, African-American actor, martial artist and tennis player (d. 2013) ** Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 1996) ** Beth Carvalho, Brazilian samba singer, guitarist and composer (d. 2019) ** Eddie Aikau, Hawaiian lifeguard and surfer (d. 1978) * May 6 ** Daouda Malam Wanké, 6th President of Niger (d. 2004) ** Susan Brown (English actress), Susan Brown, English actress *
May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I im ...
** Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer (Grateful Dead) ** Michael Rosen, British poet and children's author *
May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. * 1386 – England and Portugal formall ...
** Candice Bergen, American actress ** Yoel Bin-Nun, Israeli Religious Zionism, religious Zionist rabbi, a founder of Yeshivat Har Etzion, Gush Emunim, Michlelet Herzog, Alon Shvut, Alon Shevut and Ofra *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...
** Donovan, Scottish rock musician ** Birutė Galdikas, Canadian anthropologist, primatologist, conservationist, ethologist and author ** Graham Gouldman, English songwriter, musician (10cc, Wax (pop band), Wax) ** Dave Mason, English rock musician (Traffic (band), Traffic) ** Murade Isaac Murargy, Mozambican diplomat, politician * May 11 ** Robert Jarvik, American physicist, artificial heart inventor ** Ana Amado, Argentine journalist, filmmaker, academic and feminist (d. 2016) * May 12 – Richard Bruce Silverman, John Evans Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University * May 13 ** Tim Pigott-Smith, English actor, author (d. 2017) ** Basil Al Bayati, Iraqi-born architect and designer * May 14 ** Claudia Goldin, American economic historian, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ** Paul Broun, American physician and politician ** Elmar Brok, German politician * May 15 – Aly Bain, Scottish fiddler * May 16 ** Robert Fripp, British progressive rock guitarist, composer and producer ** Olav Anton Thommessen, Norwegian composer * May 17 – Udo Lindenberg, German musician * May 18 ** Reggie Jackson, American baseball player ** Andreas Katsulas, American actor (d. 2006) ** Ken Kwaku, Ghanaian corporate governance expert * May 19 ** André the Giant, French professional wrestler and actor (d. 1993) ** Claude Lelièvre, Belgian Commissioner for Children Rights ** Roger Sloman, English actor ** Carlos Alberto de Barros Franco, Brazilian physician and professor * May 20 ** Craig Patrick, American-Canadian hockey player, coach and manager ** Cher, American actress, rock singer * May 22 ** George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005) ** Howard Kendall, English footballer (d. 2015) *
May 23 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction. * 1498 – Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy. *1533 – The marriage of King Henry ...
** Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor ** Gary Barnett, American football player and coach * May 24 ** Tansu Çiller, Turkish politician, Prime Minister of Turkey ** Irena Szewińska, Polish Olympic sprinter (d. 2018) ** Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, East Timorese politician, acting President of East Timor (d. 1978) ** Jackie Berroyer, French actor, comedian and writer * May 26 – Mick Ronson, English guitarist (d. 1993) * May 27 – Alma Adams, American politician * May 28 ** Bruce Alexander (actor), Bruce Alexander, English actor ** K. Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet * May 29 – Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000) * May 30 ** Dragan Džajić, Serbian footballer ** Candy Lightner, American founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving * May 31 – Adriana Bittel, Romanian writer


June

* June 1 – Brian Cox (actor), Brian Cox, Scottish actor * June 2 ** Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer (d. 2020) ** Tomomichi Nishimura, Japanese voice actor * June 3 – Michael Clarke (musician), Michael Clarke, American musician (d. 1993) * June 4 ** Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Egyptian actor (d. 2016) ** S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Indian playback singer, television presenter, actor, music composer, Voice acting, dubbing artist and film producer (d. 2020) * June 5 – Stefania Sandrelli, Italian actress * June 7 ** Jenny Jones (presenter), Jenny Jones, Palestinian-Canadian comedian, talk show hostess ** Zbigniew Seifert, Polish musician (d. 1979) ** Robert Tilton, American televangelist, author * June 8 – Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of St. Lucia * June 9 – Kenneth Adelman, American diplomat, political writer, policy analyst and Shakespeare scholar * June 10 – Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (d. 1998) * June 11 – Biancamaria Frabotta, Italian writer (d. 2022) * June 13 ** Paul L. Modrich, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ** Paul Buckmaster, (d. 2017) British cellist, arranger, conductor and composer * June 14 – Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States * June 15 ** Noddy Holder, English rock singer (Slade) ** Janet Lennon, American singer (The Lennon Sisters) ** Demis Roussos, Greek singer (d. 2015) * June 16 ** Rick Adelman, American professional basketball player and coach ** John Astor, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, English businessman and politician * June 17 – Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative for the Ninth Congressional District of Ohio * June 18 ** Bruiser Brody, American professional wrestler (d. 1988) ** Russell Ash, British author (d. 2010) ** Fabio Capello, Italian football player, manager ** Maria Bethânia, Brazilian singer and songwriter * June 21 ** Vincenzo Camporini, Italian Chief of the Defence General Staff ** Kiril Ivkov, Bulgarian football defender * June 22 ** Kay Redfield Jamison, American psychiatrist ** Fabio Enzo, Italian football player (d. 2021) ** Józef Oleksy, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2015) * June 23 – Ted Shackelford, American actor * June 24 ** Nguyễn Đức Soát, Vietnamese general ** Ellison Onizuka, American astronaut (d. 1986) ** Robert Reich, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor * June 25 ** Stan Bunn, American politician and lawyer ** Henk van Kessel, Dutch road racer * June 26 ** Maria von Welser, German TV journalist, President of UNICEF Germany ** Anthony John Valentine Obinna, Nigerian priest ** Leo Rossi, American actor ** Ricky Jay, American actor, author and magician (d. 2018) * June 27 – Russ Critchfield, American basketball player * June 28 ** David Duckham, English rugby union player ** Gilda Radner, American comedian, actress (''Saturday Night Live'') (d. 1989) ** Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and senator, founder of the Independent Democratic Union (d. 1991) ** Robert Asprin, American science fiction and fantasy author and active fan (d. 2008) * June 29 ** Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004) ** Gitte Hænning, Danish singer ** Ram Gopal Yadav, Indian politician ** Ernesto Pérez Balladares, President of Panama * June 30 ** Allan Hunter (footballer), Allan Hunter, Irish footballer, manager ** William J. Boarman, American printer and civil servant (d. 2021)


July

* July 1 ** Alceu Valença, Brazilian composer, writer, performer, actor and poet ** Mireya Moscoso, President of Panama ** Mick Aston, English archaeologist (d. 2013) * July 2 ** Richard Axel, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ** Bahrin Abbas, lawyer and politician in the Government of Brunei * July 3 ** Leszek Miller, Prime Minister of Poland ** Ted Bell, American author (d. 2023) * July 4 ** Sam Hunt (poet), Sam Hunt, New Zealand poet ** Michael Milken, American financier ** Ed O'Ross, American actor ** Roy Cimatu, Filipino general * July 5 ** Gerard 't Hooft, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate ** Ram Vilas Paswan, Indian politician ** Balakumaran, Indian Tamil writer and author (d. 2018) * July 6 ** George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States ** Fred Dryer, American football defensive end, actor (''Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series), Hunter'') ** Tiemen Groen, Dutch cyclist ** Peter Singer, Australian philosopher ** Sylvester Stallone, American actor, screenwriter and film director (''Rocky'') * July 7 ** Tadeusz Nowicki (tennis), Tadeusz Nowicki, Polish tennis player ** Syd Barrett, English singer, guitarist and songwriter and co-founder of Pink Floyd (d. 2006) * July 8 ** Massimo Vanni, Italian actor ** Daniela Beneck, Italian freestyle swimmer * July 9 **Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2008) ** Bon Scott, Australian rock singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980) * July 10 ** Oliver Martin (cyclist), Oliver Martin, American cyclist ** Sue Lyon, American actress (d. 2019) * July 11 ** Jean-Pierre Coopman, Belgian boxer ** Jack Wrangler, American porn star (d. 2009) ** Ed Markey, US Senator * July 12 ** Ernesto Mahieux, Italian actor ** Sian Barbara Allen, American actress (d. 2025) * July 13 ** João Bosco, Brazilian singer, songwriter ** Cheech Marin, Mexican-American actor, comedian (Cheech and Chong) * July 14 ** Vincent Pastore, American actor ** John Wood (actor, born 1946), John Wood, Australian actor * July 15 **Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei ** Linda Ronstadt, American singer, songwriter ("You're No Good") * July 16 ** Toshio Furukawa, Japanese voice actor ** Dave Goelz, American puppeteer ** Monica Aspelund, Finnish singer ** Ron Yary, American football player ** Ahmad Albar, Indonesian rock musician and vocalist ** Barbara Lee, Former US Rep. * July 17 ** Claudia Islas, Mexican actress ** Alun Armstrong, English actor * July 18 – Kanat Saudabayev, Kazakhstani politician * July 19 – Ilie Năstase, Romanian tennis player * July 20 – Htin Kyaw, 9th President of Myanmar * July 21 – Domingo Cavallo, Argentine economist, politician * July 22 ** Danny Glover, African-American actor, film director and political activist ** Mireille Mathieu, French singer ** Petre Roman, 53rd Prime Minister of Romania ** Johnson Toribiong, 8th President of Palau * July 23 ** Sally Flynn, American singer ** Edoardo Bennato, Italian singer-songwriter * July 24 – Farouk Abdul-Aziz, Egyptian TV presenter, interviewer, writer, producer and director * July 25 – Rita Marley, Cuban-Jamaican singer * July 27 ** Gwynne Gilford, American actress ** Jacques Sylla, 12th Prime Minister of Madagascar (d. 2009) * July 28 – Jonathan Edwards (musician), Jonathan Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * July 29 ** Ximena Armas, Chilean painter ** Stig Blomqvist, Swedish Rallying, rally driver * July 30 ** Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994) ** A. Rahman Hassan, Malaysian singer (d. 2019)


August

* August 1 ** Mike Emrick, American sportscaster ** Sandi Griffiths, American singer ** Rick Boucher, American politician ** Boz Burrell, English musician (d. 2006) * August 3 ** Jack Straw, English politician ** Nikolai Burlyayev, Soviet and Russian actor and film director * August 4 – Ramazan Abdulatipov, Russian politician and professor * August 5 ** Reinhard Tritscher, Austrian alpine skier (d. 2018) ** Ron Silliman, American poet ** Loni Anderson, American actress (''WKRP in Cincinnati'') ** Shirley Ann Jackson, African-American President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board ** Jean-Charles Ablitzer, French organist and pedagogue * August 6 – Allan Holdsworth, British musician (d. 2017) * August 8 – Ralph Gonsalves, 4th Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * August 9 – Jim Kiick, American football player * August 11 – Óscar Berger, 34th President of Guatemala * August 12 – Terry Nutkins, English naturalist (d. 2012) * August 13 **Janet Yellen, American Chair of the Federal Reserve * August 14 ** Dennis Hof, American brothel owner (d. 2018) ** Bjørn Kruse, Norwegian painter and composer * August 16 **Masoud Barzani, Iraqi-Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan **Lesley Ann Warren, American actress, singer **Louis-Pierre Bougie, Canadian painter and printmaker (d. 2021) * August 17 – Drake Levin, American rock guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders) (d. 2009) * August 18 – William Brisson, American politician * August 19 ** Charles Bolden, African-American astronaut ** Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States ** Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor * August 20 ** Connie Chung, Asian-American reporter ** Ralf Hütter, German techno musician (Kraftwerk) ** N. R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman * August 22 – Wayne Brown (New Zealand politician), Wayne Brown, New Zealand politician and the mayor of Auckland * August 23 ** Keith Moon, English rock drummer (The Who) (d. 1978) ** Raza Murad, Indian actor ** Bob Boetticher, American funeral director * August 24 – BP Fallon, Irish musician and broadcaster * August 25 ** Rollie Fingers, American baseball player ** Charles Ghigna, American poet, children's author * August 26 ** Valerie Simpson, African-American singer ** Mark Snow, American composer ** Zhou Ji (born 1946), Zhou Ji, education minister of the People's Republic of China ** Swede Savage, American race car driver (d. 1973) * August 29 ** Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, 2nd President of Burundi (d. 2016) ** Bob Beamon, American athlete ** Demetris Christofias, 6th President of Cyprus (d. 2019) ** Leona Gom, Canadian novelist and poet * August 30 ** Queen Anne-Marie of Greece ** Peggy Lipton, American actress and model (d. 2019) ** Gábor Bódy, Hungarian film director, screenwriter, theoretic, and actor (d. 1985) * August 31 ** Ann Coffey, Scottish politician ** Jerome Corsi, American political commentator and conspiracy theorist ** Tom Coughlin, American football player, coach, and executive


September

* September 1 ** Barry Gibb, Manx-born Australian-British singer (Bee Gees) ** Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea (d. 2009) * September 2 ** Luis Ávalos, Cuban-born American character actor (d. 2014) ** Billy Preston, African-American soul musician ("Nothing from Nothing (Billy Preston song), Nothing from Nothing") (d. 2006) ** Dan White, American politician, murderer (d. 1985) * September 3 ** John N. Abrams, American military officer (d. 2018) ** Francisco Trois, Brazilian chess player * September 4 ** Gary Duncan, American rock guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 2019) ** Greg Elmore, American rock drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service) * September 5 ** Dennis Dugan, American actor, director ** Freddie Mercury, British-Indian singer-songwriter, pianist and frontman of rock band Queen (band), Queen (d. 1991) ** Loudon Wainwright III, American folk singer-songwriter, humorist and actor ** Lily Brett, Australian novelist, essayist and poet * September 6 – Ron Boone, American basketball player * September 7 ** Willie Crawford, American baseball player (d. 2004) ** Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist (d. 2001) * September 8 ** Aziz Sancar, Turkish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ** Wong Kan Seng, Singaporean business executive, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore * September 9 ** Doug Ingle, American rock vocalist (Iron Butterfly) ** Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2004) ** Donald Berwick, American government official ** Poseci Bune, Fijian civil servant, diplomat, politician and Cabinet of Fiji, Cabinet Minister (d. 2023) * September 10 ** Michèle Alliot-Marie, French politician ** Jim Hines, American sprinter (d. 2023) ** Don Powell, English rock drummer (Slade) * September 11 – Anthony Browne (author), Anthony Browne, British writer and illustrator of children's books * September 12 – Neil Lyndon, British journalist, writer * September 13 – Henri Kuprashvili, Georgian swimmer * September 15 ** Tommy Lee Jones, American actor ** Tetsu Nakamura, Japanese-Afghan physician (d. 2019) ** Oliver Stone, American film director, producer (''JFK (film), JFK'') ** Emmerson Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe ** James Bamford, American author, journalist and documentary producer ** Rick Blangiardi, American television executive and politician from Hawaii * September 16 – Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter music producer and composer (d. 2019) * September 17 – Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager * September 18 ** Peter Alsop, American musician ** Akira Kamiya, Japanese voice actor ** Jean-Luc Brunel, French model scout (d. 2022) * September 19 ** Connie Kreski, American model (d. 1995) ** Gerald Brisco, American professional wrestler * September 20 ** Dorothy Hukill, American politician (d. 2018) ** Judy Baca, American artist, activist and professor of Chicano studies, world arts, and cultures * September 21 ** Mikhail Kovalchuk, Russian physicist, official ** Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Federal Councilor ** Richard St. Clair, American musician, composer ** Mart Siimann, Prime Minister of Estonia * September 22 ** King Sunny Adé, Nigerian Jùjú music, jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist ** Richard Bauckham, English Anglican scholar in theology and New Testament studies * September 23 – Franz Fischler, Austrian politician * September 24 ** Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland ** María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer * September 25 ** Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer (d. 2023) ** Felicity Kendal, English actress ** Jerry Penrod, American bass player * September 26 ** Andrea Dworkin, American feminist, writer (d. 2005) ** Togo Igawa, Japanese actor ** Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician ** Christine Todd Whitman, American politician * September 27 – Nicos Anastasiades, Cypriot businessperson and former president of Cyprus * September 28 – Jeffrey Jones, American actor * September 29 ** Shafie Salleh, Malaysian politician (d. 2019) ** Celso Pitta, Brazilian economist and politician (d. 2009) * September 30 ** Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993) ** Jochen Mass, German racing driver (d. 2025) ** Claude Vorilhon, French-born 'messenger' of Raëlism ** Fran Brill, Muppeteer ** Lee Yock Suan, Minister for Education of Singapore


October

* October 2 ** General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, President of the Council for National Security, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army ** Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (d. 1985) * October 3 – P. P. Arnold, American, British singer * October 4 ** Susan Sarandon, American actress ** Rhie Won-bok, South Korean artist ** Chuck Hagel, American politician, 24 United States Secretary of Defense * October 5 – Pacita Abad, Ivatan people, Ivatan and Filipino-American artist (d. 2004) * October 6 ** Lloyd Doggett, American politician ** Vinod Khanna, Indian actor, producer and politician (d. 2017) * October 7 ** Nader Al-Dahabi, Prime Minister of Jordan ** Catharine MacKinnon, American feminist ** Xue Jinghua, Chinese ballerina * October 8 ** Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, legislator ** John T. Walton, American son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (d. 2005) * October 10 ** Anne Boyd, Australian musician ** Mildred Grieveson, British writer ** Naoto Kan, 61st Prime Minister of Japan ** Charles Dance, English actor, screenwriter and film director ** Chris Tarrant, British radio, TV personality * October 11 ** Daryl Hall, American rock musician (Hall & Oates) ** Sawao Katō, Japanese gymnast ** John D. Bates, United States district judge * October 12 – Drew Edmondson, American politician * October 13 ** Edwina Currie, English politician ** Dorothy Moore, American singer ** Demond Wilson, African-American actor, minister (''Sanford and Son'') ** H Steven Blum, United States army general * October 14 ** Craig Venter, American biotechnologist **Dan McCafferty, Scottish rock singer (d. 2022) ** François Bozizé, President of the Central African Republic ** Joey de Leon, Filipino actor, host ** Justin Hayward, English rock singer-songwriter (The Moody Blues) ** Eli Bebout, American athlete and politician * October 15 ** Richard Carpenter (musician), Richard Carpenter, American pop musician, composer (The Carpenters) ** John Getz, American actor * October 16 ** Suzanne Somers, American actress, singer (''Three's Company'') (d. 2023) ** Elizabeth Witmer, Dutch-born politician ** Vitaliano Aguirre II, Filipino lawyer and government official * October 17 ** Vicki Hodge, English actress, model ** Bob Seagren, American athlete, actor * October 18 ** James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter ** Howard Shore, Canadian film composer ** Andrea Zsadon, Hungarian soprano ** Frank Beamer, retired American college football coach * October 19 – Philip Pullman, English author * October 20 ** Marty Gervais, Canadian writer ** Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate * October 21 **Lyn Allison, Australian politician **Lux Interior, American rock musician (The Cramps) (d. 2009) * October 22 ** Eileen Gordon, British politician ** Richard McGonagle, American actor * October 25 – Edith Leyrer, Austrian actress * October 26 – Pat Sajak, American game-show host (''Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show), Wheel of Fortune'') * October 27 ** Leslie L. Byrne, American politician ** Steven R. Nagel, American astronaut (d. 2014) ** Ivan Reitman, Slovakian-born film director, producer (d. 2022) * October 28 ** John Hewson, Australian politician ** Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet * October 29 ** Peter Green (musician), Peter Green, British musician (d. 2020) ** Kathryn J. Whitmire, Texas politician; Mayor of Houston, Texas * October 30 ** Lynne Marta, American actress ** Andrea Mitchell, American journalist * October 31 – Stephen Rea, Northern Irish actor


November

* November 1 ** Ric Grech, British rock bassist (d. 1990) ** Lynne Russell, American newsreader ** Sucharit Bhakdi, Thai-German microbiologist * November 2 ** Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor, composer (d. 2001) ** Marieta Severo, Brazilian actress * November 4 ** Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States ** Les Lannom, American actor, musician ** Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (d. 1989) * November 5 ** Herman Brood, Dutch artist (d. 2001) ** Loleatta Holloway, American singer (d. 2011) ** Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973) * November 6 ** Sally Field, American actress, singer (''The Flying Nun'') ** George Young (rock musician), George Young, Scottish, Australian singer, songwriter, musician (''The Easybeats'') (d. 2017) ** Peter Ackerman, American businessman (d. 2022) * November 7 – Diane Francis, Canadian journalist * November 8 ** Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwean musician ** John Farrar, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter (The Shadows; Marvin, Welch & Farrar) ** Guus Hiddink, Dutch football player, manager ** Stefan Weber (musician), Stefan Weber, Austrian singer (d. 2018) * November 10 – Alaina Reed Hall, American actress (d. 2009) * November 11 ** Roger A. Brady, United States Air Force general ** Corrine Brown, American politician * November 12 ** James F. Amos, 35th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, commandant of the Marine Corps * November 13 ** Ohara Reiko, Japanese actress ** Stanisław Barańczak, Polish poet, literary critic, scholar, editor, translator and lecturer (d. 2014) * November 14 – Bharathan, Indian filmmaker, artist and art director (d. 1998) * November 15 ** Gwyneth Powell, British actress (d. 2022) ** Sandy Skoglund, American photographer * November 16 ** David Brandt (farmer), David Brandt, American farmer (d. 2023) ** Mahasti, Iranian singer (d. 2007) ** Terence McKenna, American writer, philosopher, ethnobotanist and shaman (d. 2000) ** Jo Jo White, American basketball player (d. 2018) * November 17 ** Petra Burka, Canadian figure skater ** Martin Barre, English guitarist ** Terry Branstad, American politician and diplomat ** John Spencer (mayor), John Spencer, American politician and senate candidate against Hillary Clinton in 2006 United States Senate election in New York, 2006 * November 18 ** Andrea Allan, Scottish actress ** Alan Dean Foster, American novelist * November 20 **Duane Allman, American rock guitarist, co-founder and leader of the Allman Brothers Band (d. 1971) ** Samuel E. Wright, American actor and singer (d. 2021) * November 21 ** Emma Cohen, Spanish actress ** Chaviva Hošek, Czech-born feminist ** Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress ** Marina Warner, English writer * November 22 ** Aston "Family Man" Barrett, Jamaican reggae musician (d. 2024) ** Anne Wheeler, Canadian screen director * November 23 ** Diana Quick, English actress ** Bobby Rush, African-American politician, activist and pastor * November 24 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989) * November 25 ** Atiku Abubakar, 11th Vice President of Nigeria ** Marika Lindström, Swedish actress ** Marc Brown (author), Marc Brown, American author and illustrator of children's books * November 26 – Ottilia Borbáth, Romanian-born Hungarian actress * November 27 ** Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey ** Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, 2nd President of Djibouti ** Nina Maslova, Russian actress * November 28 – Regina Braga, Brazilian actress * November 29 ** Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter ** Suzy Chaffee, American singer, actress * November 30 ** Marina Abramović, Yugoslavian performance artist ** Barbara Cubin, U.S. Congresswoman from Wyoming ** Jeffrey Boam, American screenwriter and film producer (d. 2000)


December

* December 1 – Jonathan Katz, American comedian, actor and voice actor * December 2 ** Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997) ** John Banks (New Zealand politician), John Banks, New Zealand politician * December 3 ** Marjana Lipovšek, Slovenian singer, actress ** Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist ** Allan Bérubé, American historian, activist, scholar, researcher and author (d. 2007) * December 4 ** Sherry Alberoni, American actress, voice artist ** Yō Inoue, Japanese voice actress (d. 2003) ** Karina (Spanish singer), Karina, Spanish singer/actress ** Angela Browning, British politician * December 5 ** José Carreras, Spanish tenor ** Gloria Comesaña, Spanish philosopher (d. 2024) ** Eva-Britt Svensson, Swedish politician ** Rodney Alexander, American politician * December 6 ** Roger Hoy, English footballer (d. 2018) ** Nancy Brinker, American health activist, diplomat * December 8 ** Jacques Bourboulon, French photographer ** John Rubinstein, American actor ** Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress ** Chava Alberstein, Israeli musician, lyricist, composer and arranger ** Rani Begum, Pakistani actress and model (d. 1993) * December 9 – Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician * December 10 ** Chrystos, American poet ** Thomas Lux, American poet ** John W. Birks, American atmospheric chemist and entrepreneur * December 11 ** Rhoma Irama, Indonesian dangdut musician, actor and politician ** Susan Kyle, American writer ** Ellen Meloy, American writer (d. 2004) * December 12 ** Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing car driver ** Gloria Loring, American singer ** Don Gummer, American sculpture, sculptor * December 13 ** Nicholas Kollerstrom, British writer ** Heather North, American actress (d. 2017) * December 14 ** Antony Beevor, English historian ** Jane Birkin, English actress and singer (d. 2023) ** Jobriath, American musician and actor (d. 1983) ** Patty Duke, American actress (d. 2016) ** Lynne Marie Stewart, American actress (d. 2025) ** Michael Ovitz, American talent agent, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency ** Leon Botstein, Swiss-born American conductor, educator and scholar * December 15 ** Carmine Appice, American rock drummer ** Rodney Bingenheimer, American radio disc jockey * December 16 **Benny Andersson, Swedish rock singer-songwriter (ABBA) ** Alice Aycock, American sculptor ** Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichordist, conductor ** Rick Bartow, Native American artist, a member of the Mad River (California), Mad River band (d. 2016) * December 17 ** Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, comedian and director (''Second City Television'') ** Bel Mooney, English broadcast journalist ** Jayne Eastwood, Canadian actress, voice actress ** Suresh Oberoi, Indian actor * December 18 ** Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (d. 1977) ** Nina Škottová, Czech politician, member of the European Parliament ** Steven Spielberg, American filmmaker * December 19 ** Candace Pert, American neuroscientist ** Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002) * December 20 ** Uri Geller, Israeli illusionist ** Lesley Judd, English television presenter ** Sonny Perdue, American politician, 81st Governor of Georgia, 31st U.S. Secretary of Agriculture ** John Spencer (actor), John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005) ** Dick Wolf, American television producer * December 21 **Brian Davison (cricketer), Brian Davison, Rhodesian cricketer, Tasmanian politician ** Carl Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (d. 1998) ** Cherie Berry, American politician ** Robert D. Bullard, American academic, activist and professor * December 22 – Kuwasi Balagoon, American political activist, anarchist and member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army (d. 1986) * December 23 ** Edita Gruberová, Slovakian soprano (d. 2021) ** Susan Lucci, American actress (''All My Children'') ** John Sullivan (writer), John Sullivan, English television scriptwriter (d. 2011) * December 24 **Jan Akkerman, Dutch rock guitarist (Focus (band), Focus) ** Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French politician, member of the European Parliament ** Brenda Howard, American bisexual activist (d. 2005) ** Jeff Sessions, American politician, United States Attorney General * December 25 – Jimmy Buffett, American rock singer-songwriter (d. 2023) * December 26 – Jean-Noël Prade, French University President * December 27 – Janet Street-Porter, English broadcast journalist * December 28 ** Mike Beebe, American politician and attorney ** Edgar Winter, American rock musician ** Miriam Batucada, Brazilian singer, composer and TV presenter (d. 1994) * December 29 ** Marianne Faithfull, English singer and actress (d. 2025) ** Ruth Shady, Peruvian archaeologist ** Arturo Brion, Filipino judge * December 30 ** Patti Smith, American poet, singer ** Berti Vogts, German football player and manager ** Barry Alvarez, American former college football coach and athletic director * December 31 ** Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-American fashion designer ** Lyudmila Pakhomova, Soviet ice dancer (d. 1986) ** Margaret Travolta, American actress


Date unknown

* Ali Abu Al-Ragheb, Prime Minister of Jordan * Jang Song-thaek, North Korean politician (d. 2013) * Miklós Lukáts, Hungarian politician (d. 2022) * Afsaneh Najmabadi, Iranian historian, gender theorist * Raul Bragança Neto, 8th Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2014) * Daoud Abdel Sayed, Egyptian director and screenwriter * Mari Carmen Aponte, American attorney and diplomat * Terence Anderson (sport shooter), Terence Anderson, Australian-born American sports shooter * Alun Armstrong, English character actor * Dennis Ashbaugh, American painter * Ewart Brown, Bermudian politician and ninth List of Premiers of Bermuda, Premier of Bermuda * Ted Baehr, American media critic and chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission * Wilhelm Barthlott, German botanist and biomimetic materials scientist * Jean-Paul Béraudo, French lawyer, academic and author of legal works * Sonia Berjman, Argentinian urban and landscape historian and researcher on the history of Buenos Aires * Omar Blondin Diop, West-African anti-imperialist philosopher, artist and revolutionary (d. 1973) * Bob Bossin, Canadian folk singer (Stringband), writer and activist * Danièle Bourcier, French lawyer and essayist * Martin Bresnick, American composer * Robert Bringhurst, Canadian poet, typographer and author * Nathaniel Burkett, American serial killer (d. 2021)


Deaths


January

* January 1 – Georgina Sweet, Australian zoologist and women's rights activist (b. 1875) * January 2 ** Fabijan Abrantovich, Soviet civic, religious leader (b. 1884) ** Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (b. 1870) ** Eleanor Rathbone, British politician and long-term campaigner for family allowance and for women's rights (d. 1872) * January 3 – William Joyce, Irish-born American World War II Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as "Lord Haw-Haw" (executed) (b. 1906) * January 4 ** George Woolf, Canadian jockey (b. 1910) ** Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, German pastor, theologian and public health advocate (b. 1877) * January 5 ** Kitty Cheatham, American singer (b. 1864) ** Einar af Wirsén, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and writer (b. 1875) ** Slim Summerville, American film actor and director (b. 1892) *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...
**Dion Fortune, British writer (b. 1890) ** Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (b. 1892) ** Slim Summerville, American actor (b. 1892) ** Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian military officer, politician and leader of the fascist Arrow Cross Party (b. 1897) * January 8 ** Harold Cole, petty criminal, British soldier, operative of Pat O'Leary Line, Pat O'Leary escape line, and agent of Nazi Germany (b. 1906) ** Thomas Barbour, American herpetologist (b. 1884) ** Guy Carleton (United States Army officer), Guy Carleton, career officer in the United States Army (b. 1857) * January 9 ** Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903) ** Nevil Macready, Sir Nevil Macready, British army general, police commissioner (b. 1862) *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and th ...
** László Bárdossy, Hungarian diplomat, politician and 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (executed) (b. 1890) ** Matti Turkia, Finnish politician (b. 1871) ** Harry Von Tilzer, American songwriter (b. 1872) * January 13 – Wilhelm Souchon, German admiral (b. 1864) * January 14 ** Theodore M. Stuart, American football player and coach (b. 1883) ** Maurice Koechlin, Franco-Swiss structural engineer from the Koechlin family. (b. 1856) * January 15 – Karl Nabersberg, German youth leader (b. 1908) * January 18 – Wilhelm von Brincken, German diplomat and spy during World War I (b. 1881) * January 21 – Harry Bateman, British-American mathematician (b. 1882) * January 23 ** Matteo Bartoli, Italian linguist (b. 1873) ** Helene Schjerfbeck, Finnish painter (b. 1862) * January 24 – Morris Alexander, South African politician (b. 1877) * January 25 – Orishatukeh Faduma, American missionary (b. 1855) * January 26 – Katharine Bushnell, doctor, Christian writer, Bible scholar, social activist, and a pioneer of feminist theology (b. 1855) * January 29 ** Hideo Hatoyama, Japanese jurist (b. 1884) ** Harry Hopkins, American politician (b. 1890) ** Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch–born American astronomer (b. 1884) *
January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on th ...
** Pietro Boetto, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and eminence (b. 1871) ** Luis Orgaz Yoldi, Spanish general (b. 1881) ** Franz Ritter von Epp, German general and politician (b. 1868)


February

* February 2 – Rondo Hatton, American actor (b. 1894) * February 3 ** Friedrich Jeckeln, German SS Officer and mass murderer (b. 1895) ** Wang Lianshou, wet nurse to Puyi (b. 1887) * February 4 – Herbert Baker, English architect (b. 1862) * February 5 – George Arliss, British actor (b. 1868) * February 6 ** Upendranath Brahmachari, Indian scientist (b. 1873) ** Oswald Kabasta, Austrian conductor (suicide) (b. 1896) ** Justus D. Barnes, American actor (b. 1862) * February 8 ** Felix Hoffmann, German chemist (b. 1868) ** Miles Mander, British actor (b. 1888) * February 11 – Ludovic-Oscar Frossard, French socialist, communist politician (b. 1889) * February 12 ** Georges Dumas, George Dumas, French doctor, psychologist (b. 1866) ** Ted Thorn (RAF officer), Ted Thorn, Royal Air Force pilot, squadron commander and flying ace in WWII (b. 1913) *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Ti ...
** Maliq Bushati, Albanian collaborator, 18th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1880) ** Cornelius Johnson (athlete), Cornelius Johnson, American field athlete (b. 1913) * February 17 ** Dorothy Gibson, American actress (b. 1889) ** Benjamin I of Constantinople, Benjamin I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 1871) * February 19 ** Rafael Erich, Finnish politician, professor, diplomat and 6th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1879) ** Ahmed Hassanein, Egyptian courtier, diplomat, politician, and explorer (b. 1889) * February 21 – Theodore Stark Wilkinson, American admiral (b. 1888) * February 23 – Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (executed) (b. 1885) *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. ...
** Alfred Henke, German politician (b. 1868) ** Marian Spore Bush, American dentist, painter, and wife of Irving T. Bush (b. 1878) * February 25 – René Le Grèves, French cyclist (b. 1910) * February 26 – Leo the Lion (MGM)#Jackie (1928–1956), Jackie, Nubian-born MGM lion (b. 1915) * February 27 – James Cecil Parke, Irish rugby player, tennis player and golfer (b. 1910) * February 28 ** Béla Imrédy, Hungarian economist, politician and 32nd Prime Minister of Hungary (executed) (b. 1891) ** Giuseppe Salvago Raggi, Italian diplomat (b. 1866)


March

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March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost ...
** John Whittle, Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1882) ** Logan Pearsall Smith, American-born British essayist and critic (b. 1865) * March 3 – Viktor Axmann, Yugoslav architect (b. 1883) *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
** Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Swedish big-game hunter (b. 1886) ** Charles Waldron, merican stage and film actor( b. 1874) ** Martyrs of Albania, Catholics (executed) *** Mark Çuni, seminarian (b. 1919) *** Daniel Dajani, Jesuit priest (b. 1906) *** Giovanni Fausti, Italian Jesuit priest (b. 1899) *** Gjelosh Lulashi (b. 1925) *** Qerim Sadiku (b. 1919) *** Kolë Shllaku, friar (b. 1906) *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...
– Antonio Caso Andrade, Mexican philosopher (b. 1878) *
March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem '' Shahnameh''. * 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between ...
– Frederick W. Lanchester, English polymath and engineer (b. 1868) *
March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, Posthumous name, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the Annals of Quedlinburg, annals of the mo ...
– Adolfo Ferrata, Italian pathologist, hematologist (b. 1880) * March 12 ** Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian military officer, Fascist politician and 37th Prime Minister of Hungary (executed) (b. 1897) ** Leonida Tonelli, Italian mathematician (b. 1885) * March 13 – Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878) * March 14 – Hubert D. Stephens, American lawyer and politician (b. 1875) * March 16 ** José Júlio da Costa, Portuguese activist (b. 1893) ** Alladiya Khan, Indian singer (b. 1855) * March 17 – Joseph de Pesquidoux, French writer (b. 1869) *
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 ...
– Augusto Nicolás Martínez, Ecuadorian agronomist, economist, geologist, researcher, educator and mountaineer (b. 1860) * March 20 ** Frederick M. Smith, American religious leader and author (b. 1874) ** Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author (b. 1870) * March 21 – Howard L. Vickery, U.S. naval officer (b. 1892) *
March 22 Events Pre-1600 * 106 – Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. * 235 – Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. * 871 – Æthel ...
** Clemens August Graf von Galen, German Catholic Cardinal, Bishop of Münster (b. 1878) ** David L. Brainard, career officer in the United States Army and arctic explorer (b. 1856) * March 23 ** Francisco Largo Caballero, Spanish politician, trade unionist and 66th Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1869) ** Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (b. 1875) * March 24 ** Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892) ** Carl Schuhmann, German athlete (b. 1869) ** Barbu Știrbey, 30th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1872) * March 26 – Ezequiel Fernández (Panamanian politician), Ezequiel Fernández, acting President of Panama (b. 1886) *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. * 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
** László Baky, Hungarian Nazi leader (executed) (b. 1898) ** George Washington (inventor), George Washington, Belgian inventor and businessman (b. 1871) * March 31 – John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, British field marshal (b. 1886)


April

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April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. * 1081 – Alexios I Komnenos overthrows the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and, after his tro ...
** Noah Beery, American actor (b. 1882) ** Edward Sheldon, American playwright (b. 1886) * April 2 – Kate Bruce, American silent screen actress (b. 1858) *
April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...
** Alf Common, English footballer (b. 1880) ** Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (executed) (b. 1887) * April 4 – Hans Bothmann, last commandant of the Chełmno extermination camp (b. 1911) *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
** Ion Boițeanu, Romanian general (b. 1885) **Vincent Youmans, American composer (b. 1898) * April 6 ** Chief Thunderbird, Native American actor (b. 1866) ** James Young Deer, Native American film producer (b. 1876) * April 7 – Padmanath Gohain Baruah, Indian novelist, poet and dramatist (b. 1871) * April 8 ** Bo Gu, 3rd General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (accident) (b. 1907) ** Patriarch Eulogius (Georgiyevsky), Eulogius (b. 1868) ** Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (b. 1896) * April 11 ** Andor Jaross, ethnic Hungarian politician (executed) (b. 1896) ** Dem. Theodorescu, Romanian journalist, humorist, and critic (b. 1888) * April 12 – Marian Zyndram-Kościałkowski, Polish politician, freemason and military officer (b. 1892) * April 13 ** William Henry Bell, English-born South African composer, conductor and lecturer (b. 1873) ** Ernest Browne, Irish tennis player (b. 1855) *
April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor ...
– Otto Dowling, United States Navy Captain (USN), Captain, 25th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1881) * April 15 ** Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (b. 1858) ** C. W. A. Scott, English aviator (b. 1903) *
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 H ...
** Guido Calza, Italian archaeologist (b. 1888) ** Juan Bautista Sacasa, 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874) ** Agnes Weinrich, American visual artist (b. 1873) ** V. S. Srinivasa Sastri, Indian politician, administrator, educator, orator and Indian independence activist (b. 1869) * April 19 – Harold Stiles, English surgeon (b. 1863) * April 20 ** Mae Busch, American actress (b. 1891) ** Egerton Reuben Stedman, Canadian politician (b. 1872 in Canada, 1872) * April 21 – John Maynard Keynes, British economist (b. 1883) * April 22 ** Lionel Atwill, British actor (b. 1885) ** Harlan F. Stone, United States Supreme Court/Chief Justice, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872) * April 23 – T. Tileston Wells, American attorney and the Romanian Consul General (b. 1865) * April 26 ** James Larkin White, American cowboy, guano miner, park ranger, and discoverer of the ''Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Carlsbad Caverns'' (b. 1882) ** Antero Svensson, Finnish major general, member of the Jäger Movement and recipient of the Mannerheim Cross (b. 1892) * April 27 ** George E. White (missionary), George E. White, American Congregationalist missionary and witness to the Armenian genocide (b. 1861) ** Franz Anton Basch, Shwovish Nazi politician (b. 1901) *
April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V, effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victor ...
** Robert Bartlett (explorer), Robert Bartlett, American explorer, and navigator (b. 1875) ** Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (b. 1870) * April 30 – Sava Athanasiu, Romanian geologist, paleontologist (b. 1861)


May

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May 1 Events Pre-1600 * 305 – Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman emperor. * 880 – The Nea Ekklesia is inaugurated in Constantinople, setting the model for all later cross-in-square Orthodox churches. * 1169 & ...
** Bill Johnston (tennis), Bill Johnston, American tennis champion (b. 1894) ** Israfil Mammadov, Soviet WWII heroine (b. 1919) * May 3 – Charles Daniel-Vincent, French teacher and politician (b. 1874) *
May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. * 1386 – England and Portugal formall ...
** Léon Guillet, French metallurgist (b. 1873) ** Connie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney, British child artist's model, actress, dancer and singer (b. 1865) *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. * 1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of ...
– Emile de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgian diplomat (b. 1871) * May 11 – Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Dominican essayist, philosopher, humanist and philologist (b. 1884) * May 13 – Alexei Nikolaevich Bach, Soviet biochemist, revolutionary leader (b. 1857) * May 16 ** Bruno Tesch, German chemist, Nazi war criminal (executed) (b. 1890) ** Karl Weinbacher, German manager, war criminal (executed) (b. 1898) ** Karl Eberhard Schöngarth, Nazi SS officer and war criminal (b. 1903) * May 17 – William Jefferson Blythe Jr., American salesman and biological father of Bill Clinton (b. 1918) * May 19 ** Francesco Camero Medici, Italian diplomat (b. 1886) ** Ángel Ossorio y Gallardo, Spanish lawyer, statesman (b. 1873) ** Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869) ** John K. Tener, Irish-born American politician and Major League Baseball player and executive (b. 1863) * May 20 ** Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (b. 1871) ** Enrico Gasparri, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop (b. 1871) * May 22 – Karl Hermann Frank, German Nazi official, war criminal (executed) (b. 1898) *
May 25 Events Pre-1600 * 567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. * 240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes ...
– Ernest Rhys, Welsh-English writer (b. 1859) * May 26 ** Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (b. 1865) ** Joseffy, Austrian magician (b. 1873) ** Francis Lacey, English cricketer, cricket administrator and barrister (b. 1859) * May 27 ** Claire Croiza, French soprano (b. 1882) ** Henri Hauser, French historian, geographer and economist (b. 1866) * May 28 ** Claus Schilling, German medical researcher and war criminal (executed) (b. 1871) ** Otto Moll, Nazi mass murderer and war criminal (b. 1915) ** Wilhelm Ruppert, SS-Totenkopfverbande, SS-TV ''Obersturmbannführer'' in charge of executions at Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905) ** Carter Glass, American newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1858) * May 29 ** `Cagnaccio di San Pietro, Italian painter (b. 1897) ** Martin Gottfried Weiss, commandant of the Dachau concentration camp and Nazi war criminal (b. 1905) * May 30 **Marcela Agoncillo, Filipino who sewed the first Filipino flag (b. 1860) ** Louis Slotin, Canadian physicist, chemist (b. 1910) * May 31 – Picoğlu Osman, Turkish kemenche player (b. 1901)


June

* June 1 ** Ion Antonescu, Romanian soldier, politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Romania and Romanian dictator (executed) (b. 1882) ** Leo Slezak, German tenor (b. 1873) ** Mihai Antonescu, Romanian politician and war criminal (b. 1904) * June 3 – Mikhail Kalinin, 1st List of heads of state of the Soviet Union, Head of State/President of the Soviet Union (b. 1875) * June 4 – Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, Hungarian politician, 26th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1864) * June 5 – Maud Watson, British tennis player, first female Wimbledon champion (b. 1864) * June 6 ** Isidro Ancheta, Filipino painter (b. 1882) ** Gerhart Hauptmann, German writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) * June 8 – John L. Bates, American politician (b. 1859) * June 9 – Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII), Monarchy of Thailand, King of Thailand (assassinated) (b. 1925) * June 10 ** Jack Johnson (boxer), Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878) ** Carruthers Beattie, first principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town (b. 1866) * June 11 ** Juanita Breckenridge Bates, American minister (b. 1860) ** Frank Swettenham, British colonial administrator and first Resident general of the Federated Malay States (b. 1850) * June 12 ** Hisaichi Terauchi, Marshal of the Imperial Japanese Army (b. 1879) ** John H. Bankhead II, American politician (b. 1872) * June 13 – Charles Butterworth (actor), Charles Butterworth, American actor (b. 1896) * June 14 ** Jorge Ubico, Guatemalan army general, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1878) ** John Logie Baird, British television pioneer (b. 1888) ** Edward Bowes, American radio personality (b. 1874) * June 15 ** João Batista Becker, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop (b. 1870) ** Jovita Idar, Mexican-American journalist and political activist (b. 1885) * June 16 – Ludwig Winder, Austrian-Czech German-language writer, journalist and literary critic (b. 1889) * June 18 – Eugen Hirschfield, Australian practitioner (b. 1866) * June 19 ** Theodor Wulf, German physicist, Jesuit priest (b. 1868) ** Beatrice Chanler, American actress (b. 1880) * June 20 – Empress Wanrong of China (b. 1906) * June 23 – William S. Hart, American stage actor, silent film Western (genre), Western star, film director and writer (b. 1864) * June 24 – Marian Bernaciak, Polish World War II heroine (b. 1917) * June 26 – Alma Bridwell White, founder and a bishop of the Pillar of Fire International, Pillar of Fire Church (b. 1862) * June 27 ** Juan Antonio Ríos, Chilean political figure, 24th President of Chile and World War II leader (b. 1888) ** Wanda Gág, American artist, author, translator and illustrator (b. 1893) * June 28 – Antoinette Perry, American actress, director (b. 1888) * June 29 – Miroslav Filipović, Bosnian-Croatian Franciscan friar and Ustashe military chaplain war criminal (b. 1915) * June 30 – Jelica Belović-Bernardzikowska, Yugoslav journalist, writer and journalist (b. 1870)


July

* July 1 – Augustyn Józef Czartoryski, Polish nobleman (b. 1907) * July 2 ** Mary Alden, American stage, and screen actress (b. 1883) ** Albert Sechehaye, Swiss linguist (b. 1870) * July 3 – Edoardo Bianchi, Italian entrepreneur, inventor (b. 1865) * July 4 ** Jenny-Wanda Barkmann, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1922) ** Elisabeth Becker, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1923) ** Wanda Klaff, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1922) ** Ewa Paradies, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1920) ** Gerda Steinhoff, German Nazi overseer at Stutthof concentration camp (executed) (b. 1922) ** Othenio Abel, Austrian paleontologist and evolutionary biologist (b. 1875) * July 7 – Federico Laredo Brú, 8th President of Cuba (b. 1875) * July 8 ** Orrick Glenday Johns, American writer (b. 1887) ** Laura, Lady Troubridge, British novelist and etiquette writer (b. 1867) * July 10 – Sidney Hillman, American labor leader (b. 1887) * July 12 ** Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist, author (b. 1870) ** Teresa Janina Kierocińska, Polish Discalced Carmelite nun and venerable (b. 1885) * July 13 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864) * July 15 – Benjamin W. Alpiner, American businessman and politician (b. 1867) * July 16 – Raffaele Conflenti, Italian engineer, aircraft designer (b. 1889) * July 17 ** Consolata Betrone, Italian Franciscan mystic and servant of God (b. 1903) ** Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867) ** Kosta Mušicki, Yugoslav general (b. 1897) ** Campbell Tait, Sir Campbell Tait, admiral and Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1886) ** Draža Mihailović, Yugoslav Serb general in WWIII and leader of Chetniks (b. 1893) * July 18 ** Ehrhard Schmidt, German admiral (b. 1863) ** Alfons Tracki, Albanian priest (executed) (b. 1896) ** Wilfred Buckland, American art director (b. 1866) * July 19 – George Mackenzie Brown, Canadian-born British publisher (b. 1869) * July 20 – Shiro Kawase, Japanese admiral (b. 1889) * July 21 **Shefqet Vërlaci, Albanian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1877) ** Gualberto Villarroel, 39th President of Bolivia (Lynching, lynched) (b. 1908) **Arthur Greiser, German general (b. 1897) * July 22 – Edward Sperling, Russian-American-Jewish writer, Zionist (assassinated) (b. 1889) * July 23 – James Maxton, British pacifist, politician, and leader of the Independent Labour Party (b.1885) * July 26 – Alexander Vvedensky (religious leader), Alexander Vvedensky, Soviet Russian Orthodox Church, Orthodox religious leader and blessed (b. 1889) * July 25 ** Harry Davis (gangster), Harry Davis, Canadian gangster (b. 1898) ** Tao Xingzhi, Chinese educator and reformer (b. 1891) * July 27 ** Franz Anton Basch, German politician (b. 1901) ** Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874) * July 28 ** Saint Saint Alphonsa, Anna Muttathupadathu, Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic and Eastern Catholic religious sister and saint (b. 1910) ** Emily Thorn Vanderbilt, American philanthropist and a member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1852) * July 31 ** Solomon Dias Bandaranaike, Ceylonese politician, Governor-General of Ceylon (b. 1862) ** Katherine Mary Clutterbuck, Australian Anglican nun who looked after orphaned children (b. 1860)


August

* August 1 ** Andrey Vlasov, Soviet general, commander of the Russian Liberation Army (executed) (b. 1901) ** Sergei Bunyachenko, Soviet Red Army defector (b. 1902) ** Fyodor Truhin, Soviet Union, Soviet major general and defector during WWII (b. 1896) * August 2 – Karl, Prince of Leiningen, German prince (b. 1898) * August 5 ** Otto Franke (sinologist), Otto Franke, German sinologist (b. 1863) ** Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer, politician and 17th Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863) * August 6 ** Blanche Bingley, English tennis champion (b. 1863) ** Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (New York Yankees), MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1903) * August 8 ** Maria Barrientos, Spanish opera singer (b. 1884) ** Vulcana, Welsh strongwoman (b. 1874) * August 9 – Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876) * August 10 – Léon Gaumont, French film pioneer (b. 1864) * August 11 – Giuseppe Pietri, Italian composer (b. 1886) * August 12 ** Inayatullah Khan, King of Afghanistan (b. 1888) ** Alfred Stock, German chemist (b. 1876) ** Egon Brecher, Austria-Hungary-born actor and director (b. 1880) * August 13 ** H. G. Wells, British science fiction writer, historian (''The Time Machine'') (b. 1866) ** Émile Berlia, French politician (b. 1878) * August 14 – Robert Heinrich Wagner, Nazi Party official and politician (b. 1895) * August 16 – Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu (b. 1875) * August 17 – Channing Pollock (writer), Channing Pollock, American playwright (b. 1880) * August 18 ** Che Yaoxian, Chinese communist (b. 1894) ** Luo Shiwen, Chinese communist (b. 1904) * August 19 – Jules-Albert de Dion, French automobile pioneer (b. 1856) * August 20 ** "Rags" Ragland, American comedian, actor (b. 1905) ** Vojtech Tuka, Slovak politician and WWII war criminal (b. 1880) ** Fielding H. Yost, American college football player, coach and athletics administrator (b. 1871) * August 22 – Döme Sztójay, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883) * August 23 – Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, Prince Fulco Ruffo di Calabria (b. 1884) * August 24 – James Clark McReynolds, American jurist (b. 1862) * August 26 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress (b. 1887) * August 28 ** Georgios Kafantaris, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1873) ** Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, British field marshal (b. 1865) ** Florence Turner, American actress (b. 1885) * August 29 – John Steuart Curry, American painter (b. 1897) * August 31 – Harley Granville-Barker, English actor, director, playwright, manager, critic, and theorist (b. 1877)


September

* September 2 – George Robson (racing driver), George Robson, American racing driver (b. 1909) * September 3 – Paul Lincke, German composer (b. 1866) *September 4 – Nobu Shirase, Japanese army officer and Antarctic explorer (b. 1861) * September 10 – Olivér Halassy, Hungarian water polo player and freestyle swimmer (killed by Soviet soldier) (b. 1909) * September 11 – Francesco Bonifacio, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (killed in action) (b. 1912) * September 13 ** William Watt (Australian politician), William Watt, Australian politician, Premier of Victoria (b. 1871) ** Amon Göth, Austrian Nazi military officer and war criminal (b. 1908) ** Paul Wurtsmith, United States Army Air Forces general during World War II (b. 1906) * September 16 ** Henri Gouraud (general), Henri Gouraud, French general (b. 1867) ** James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1877) ** Mamie Smith, American singer (b. 1891) ** Louis Bonnier, French architect (b. 1856) * September 18 – Hassan Suhrawardy, Bengali surgeon, military officer in the British Indian Army, politician, and public official (b. 1884) * September 24 – Gustav Globočnik Edler von Vojka, Austro-Hungarian nobleman and field marshal (b. 1859) * September 25 – Heinrich George, German actor (b. 1893) * September 28 – Shivaji VII, Maharaja of Kolhapur (b. 1941) * September 29 – Raimu, French actor (b. 1883) * September 30 – Takashi Sakai, Japanese general (executed) (b. 1887)


October

* October 1 ** Hiroshi Kawabuchi, Japanese politician (b. 1883) ** Lucy Wheelock, American early childhood education pioneer (b. 1857) * October 2 – Ignacy Mościcki, Polish chemist, politician and 4th President of Poland (b. 1867) * October 4 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver, automobile pioneer (b. 1878) * October 5 ** István Bethlen, Hungarian aristocrat, statesman and 28th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1874) ** Alberto Marvelli, Italian member of the Roman Catholic action and blessed (b. 1918) * October 6 ** Per Albin Hansson, Swedish politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1885) ** Joseph Francis Sartori, American banker (b. 1858) * October 8 – Agustín Parrado y García, Spanish Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1872) * October 10 – Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin, grandchild of King Victor Emmanuel II and member of the House of Savoy (b. 1870) * October 12 – Joseph Stilwell, American World War II general (b. 1883) * October 15 – Hermann Göring, German Nazi Reichsmarschall (suicide) (b. 1893) * October 16 ** Granville Bantock, British composer (b. 1868) ** Nuremberg executions *** Hans Frank, German Nazi Governor General of Poland (b. 1900) *** Wilhelm Frick, German Nazi Minister of the Interior (b. 1877) *** Alfred Jodl, German general, World War II Chief of the German armed forces (b. 1890) *** Ernst Kaltenbrunner, German Nazi police general (b. 1903) *** Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (b. 1882) *** Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Nazi foreign minister (b. 1893) *** Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi ideologist (b. 1893) *** Fritz Sauckel, German Nazi general plenipotentiary (b. 1894) *** Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi leader (b. 1892) *** Julius Streicher, German Nazi propaganda publisher (b. 1885) * October 17 ** Russell R. Waesche, US Coast Guard admiral (b. 1886) ** Frédéric Boissonnas, Swiss photographer (b. 1858) * October 18 – William H. Strayer (politician), William H. Strayer, American attorney and politician (b. 1866) * October 20 ** Igor Demidov, Soviet politician (b. 1873) ** Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig, Nazi Army Oberst (Colonel) transferred to Waffen-SS in WWII (b. 1899) * October 23 ** Francesco Carandini, Italian poet (b. 1858) ** Ernest Thompson Seton, Canadian-American author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians (b. 1860) * October 24 – Kurt Daluege, German Nazi officer, SS general and police official, war criminal (executed) (b. 1897) * October 25 – Rudolf Walden, Finnish industrialist and a military leader (b. 1878) * October 26 ** Ioannis Rallis, prime minister of Greece during the Axis occupation of Greece (b. 1878) ** Jules Brulatour, American film prodicer (b. 1870) * October 27 – Nathan Francis Mossell, African-American physician (b. 1856)


November

* November 2 – John Barrett (bishop), John Barrett, British clergyman, Roman Catholic bishop and reverend (b. 1878) * November 4 ** Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865) ** Semyon Bychkov (pilot), Semyon Bychkov, Soviet military pilot during World War II (b. 1918) ** Ferenc Szombathelyi, Hungarian military officer (b. 1887) * November 5 – Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877) * November 6 – Maria Innocentia Hummel, German Franciscan religious sister and blessed (b. 1909) * November 7 – Henry Lehrman, American actor (b. 1886) * November 10 – Baldassare Forestiere, Italian immigrant to America (b. 1879) * November 11 – Nikolay Burdenko, Soviet surgeon, founder of Soviet neurosurgery (b. 1876) * November 12 – Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, eminence (b. 1877) * November 14 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876) * November 18 ** Donald Meek, British actor (b. 1878) ** Jimmy Walker, former mayor of New York City (b. 1881) ** Vincentas Borisevičius, Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishop of the Telšiai Diocese (b. 1887) * November 23 – Léon Spilliaert, Belgian Symbolism (arts), symbolist painter and graphic artist (b. 1881) * November 24 ** László Moholy-Nagy, Hungarian painter, photographer (b. 1895) ** Samuel Walder, Australian businessman and politician (b. 1879) * November 25 – George Gandy, American entrepreneur (b. 1851) * November 26 – Sultana Racho Petrova, Bulgarian memoirist (b. 1869) * November 28 – Maria Izabela Wiłucka-Kowalska, Polish Roman Catholic religious leader, saint (b. 1890) * November 30 – Gustav Noske, German politician (b. 1868)


December

* December 5 – Louis Dewis, Belgian Post-Impressionist Painting, painter (b. 1872) * December 6 ** Charles Stewart (premier), Charles Stewart, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (b. 1868) ** Elma Yerburgh, member of the Thwaites family who was owner of Thwaites Brewery (b. 1864) ** Charles Stanton, British politician (b. 1873) ** Maximilian Steinberg, ussian composer( b. 1883) * December 7 ** Laurette Taylor, American actress (b. 1884) ** Sada Yacco, Japanese stage actress (b. 1871) * December 9 – Maurice Dior, French industrialist, and father of Christian Dior (b. 1872) * December 10 ** Walter Johnson, American baseball player (Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators), MLB Hall of Famer (b. 1887) ** Damon Runyon, American writer (b. 1880) * December 12 ** Ben Carter (actor), Ben Carter, American actor (b. 1910) ** Renée Falconetti, French actress (b. 1892) * December 14 ** Tom Dowse, Irish major league baseball player in the 1890s (b. 1866) ** Ioan Alexandru Brătescu-Voinești, Romanian short story writer and politician (b. 1868) * December 16 – Salman al-Murshid, Syrian religious leader, political figure (b. 1907) * December 17 – Constance Garnett, English translator of nineteenth-century Russian literature (b. 1861) * December 18 – Moses Russell, Welsh international footballer (b. 1888) * December 20 – Einosuke Harada, Japanese ophthalmologist (b. 1892) * December 21 – Eugene Talmadge, American politician (b. 1884) * December 22 – Pierre Bénard, French journalist (b. 1898) * December 23 ** John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (b. 1873) ** Virginia Walker, American model and film actress (b. 1908) * December 25 ** W. C. Fields, American actor, comedian (b. 1880) ** Henri Le Fauconnier, French painter (b. 1881) * December 26 – Franjo Bučar, Yugoslav writer (b. 1866) * December 27 ** Pedro Mata y Domínguez, Pedro Mata Dominguez, Spanish novelist, playwright and poet (b. 1875) ** Dick Condon, Australian rules footballer (b. 1876) * December 28 ** Carrie Jacobs-Bond, American singer, songwriter (b. 1862) ** Francis Salabert, French publisher (b. 1884) * December 29 ** John Babington Macaulay Baxter, Canadian politician, 19th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1858) ** Georg Thomas, German general during World War II (b. 1890) * December 30 – Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer (b. 1881)


Date unknown

* Armanda Degli Abbati, Italian opera singer (b. 1879) * Robert M. Washburn, American politician and writer (b. 1868) * Jack White (Irish socialist), Jack White, Irish republicanism, Irish republican and Libertarian socialism, libertarian socialist (b. 1879) * Thiounn, Cambodian state official of the Khmer nobility during the French protectorate of Cambodia (b. 1864) * Charles Trussell, British musician (b. 1860) * Frona Eunice Wait, American writer and journalist (b. 1859) * Charles W. Stage, American attorney, politician, professional baseball umpire and track athlete (b. 1868) * Jessica Borthwick, British adventurer, sculptor and filmmaker (b. 1888) * Charles Edgar Corea, Sri Lankan politician and freedom fighter (b. 1866)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Percy Williams Bridgman * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – James B. Sumner, John Howard Northrop, Wendell Meredith Stanley * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Hermann Joseph Muller * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Hermann Hesse * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Emily Greene Balch, John Mott


References


Further reading

* Goulden, Joseph C. ''The Best Years: 1945–1950'' (1976), popular social history of USA * Hennessy, Peter. ''Never Again: Britain, 1945–1951'' (1994), a scholarly survey. * Kynaston, David. ''Austerity Britain, 1945–1951'' (2008
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a detailed social history. * Sebestyen, Victor. ''1946: The Making of the Modern World'' (2015
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* Weisbrode, Kenneth. ''The Year of Indecision, 1946: A Tour Through the Crucible of Harry Truman's America'' (2016
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External links


Newsreel May 23, 1946: Rail strike paralyzes the United States

Newsreel May 29, 1946: End of U.S. coal strike
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