1970(MCMLXX) was acommon year starting on Thursdayof theGregorian calendar,the 1970th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 970th year of the2nd millennium,the 70th year of the20th century,and the 1st year of the1970sdecade.
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Events
editJanuary
edit- January 1–Unix timeepoch reached at 00:00:00UTC.
- January 5– The 7.1MwTonghai earthquakeshakesTonghai County,Yunnanprovince, China, with a maximumMercalli intensityof X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 14,621 are killed and 30,000 injured.
- January 14–Biafracapitulates, ending theNigerian Civil War.
- January 15– After a 32-month fight for independence fromNigeria,Biafranforces underPhilip Effiongformally surrender to GeneralYakubu Gowon.
- January 22-Boeingunveils theBoeing 747Aircraft.
February
edit- February 1– TheBenavídez rail disasternearBuenos Aires,Argentina (a rear-end collision) kills 236.
- February 10– AnavalancheatVal-d'Isère,France, kills 41 tourists.
- February 11–Ohsumi,Japan's first satellite, is launched on aLambda-4rocket.
- February 22–Guyanabecomes a Republic within theCommonwealth of Nations.
- February – Multi-businessconglomerateVirgin Groupis founded as a discount mail-order record retailer byRichard Bransonin the UK.[1]
March
edit- March 1–Rhodesia's white minority government severs its last tie with the United Kingdom, declaring itself arepublic.
- March 4– All 57 men aboard theFrench submarineEurydiceare killed when the vessel implodes while making a practice dive in theMediterranean Sea.[2]
- March 5– TheNuclear Non-Proliferation Treatygoes into effect, after ratification by 56 nations.
- March 6–Süleyman DemirelofAPforms the new government ofTurkey(32nd government).
- March 12–Citroënintroduces theCitroën SM,the world's fastest front-wheel drive auto at this time, at the annualGeneva Motor ShowinSwitzerland.
- March 15– TheExpo '70World's Fair opens in Suita, Osaka, Japan.
- March 16– The completeNew English Bibleis published in the UK.
- March 18– GeneralLon Nolousts PrinceNorodom SihanoukofCambodiaand holds QueenSisowath Kossamakunder house arrest.
- March 19–Ostpolitik:The leaders ofWest GermanyandEast Germanymeet at a summit for the first time since Germany's division into two republics. West German ChancellorWilly Brandtis greeted by cheering East German crowds as he arrives inErfurtfor a summit with his counterpart, East GermanMinisterpräsidentWilli Stoph.
- March 20– TheAgence de Coopération Culturelle et Technique(ACCT) is founded.
- March 21– "All Kinds of Everything",sung byDana(music and lyrics by Derry Lindsay and Jackie Smith), wins theEurovision Song Contest 1970(staged in Amsterdam) for Ireland.
- March 31
- NASA'sExplorer 1,the first AmericansatelliteandExplorer programspacecraft, reentersEarth's atmosphereafter 12 years in orbit.
- Japan Airlines Flight 351,carrying 131 passengers and 7 crew from Tokyo toFukuoka,is hijacked byJapanese Red Armymembers. All passengers and crew are eventually freed.
April
edit- April 4– Fragments of burnt human remains believed to be those ofAdolf Hitler,Eva Braun,Joseph Goebbels,Magda Goebbelsand theGoebbels childrenare crushed and scattered in theBiederitzriver at aKGBcenter inMagdeburg,East Germany.
- April 8
- A huge gas explosion at asubwayconstruction site inOsaka,Japan, kills 79 and injures over 400.
- Israeli Air ForceF-4 Phantom IIfighter bombers kill 47 Egyptian school children at an elementary school in what is known asBahr el-Baqar massacre.The single-floor school is hit by five bombs and two air-to-ground missiles.
- April 10– In a press release written in mock-interview style, that is included in promotional copies ofhis first solo album,Paul McCartneyannounces that hehas leftThe Beatles.[3]
- April 11
- Anavalancheat atuberculosissanatoriumin theFrench Alpskills 74, mostly young boys.
- Apollo program:Apollo 13(Jim Lovell,Fred Haise,Jack Swigert) is launched from the United States toward theMoon.
- April 13– An oxygen tank in theApollo 13spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return in four days.
- April 17–Apollo program:Apollo 13splashes downsafely in the Pacific.
- April 21– ThePrincipality of Hutt River"secedes" fromAustralia(it remains unrecognised by Australia and other nations).
- April 24– China's first satellite (Dong Fang Hong 1) is launched into orbit using aLong March-1 Rocket (CZ-1).
- April 26– TheWorld Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO) is founded.
May
edit- May 4–Kent State shootings:Four students atKent State UniversityinOhio,are killed and nine wounded byOhio National Guardsmenat a protest against theU.S. incursionintoCambodia.
- May 6
- Arms Crisisin theRepublic of Ireland:Charles HaugheyandNeil Blaneyare dismissed as members of theIrish Governmentfor accusations of their involvement in a plot to import arms for use by theProvisional Irish Republican ArmyinNorthern Ireland.
- Feyenoordwin theEuropean Cupin association football after a 2–1 win overCeltic.
- May 11–Lubbock tornado:A strong, multi-vortex F5 tornado impacts areas ofLubbock, Texas,after dark, resulting in 26 fatalities and over 1,500 injuries.
- May 14
- Ulrike MeinhofhelpsAndreas Baaderescape and create theRed Army FactioninWest Germanywhich exists until1998.
- Jackson State killings:In the second day of violent demonstrations atJackson State UniversityinJackson, Mississippi,state law enforcement officers fire into the demonstrators, killing 2 and injuring 12.
- May 17–Thor Heyerdahlsets sail fromMoroccoon thepapyrusboatRa II,to cross the South Atlantic.
- May 26– TheSovietTupolev Tu-144becomes the first commercial transport to exceedMach2.
- May 31
- The 7.9MwAncash earthquakeshakesPeruwith a maximumMercalli intensityof VIII (Severe) and alandslideburies the town ofYungay, Peru.Between 66,794 and 70,000 are killed and 50,000 injured.
- The1970 FIFA World Cupin association football is inaugurated inMexico.
June
edit- June 1–Soyuz 9,a two-man spacecraft, is launched from theSoviet Unionfor an orbital flight of nearly 18 days, an endurance record at this time.
- June 4–Tongagains independence from the United Kingdom.
- June 8– AcoupinArgentinabrings a newjuntaof service chiefs; onJune 18,Roberto M. Levingstonbecomes President.
- June 12–National Democratic Front for the Liberation of Oman and the Arabian Gulfguerrillas attack military garrisons atIzkiandNizwainOman.
- June 19– ThePatent Cooperation Treatyis signed intointernational law,providing a unified procedure for filingpatent applicationsto protect inventions.
- June 21–BrazildefeatsItaly4–1 to win the1970 FIFA World Cupin Mexico.
July
edit- July 1–Xerox PARCcomputer laboratory opens inPalo Alto, California,United States.
- July 3
- All 112 people on boardDan-Air Flight 1903are killed when the chartered BritishDe Havilland Cometcrashes into mountains north ofBarcelonathrough navigational error.
- The French Army detonates a 914 kiloton thermonuclear device in theMururoa Atoll.It is the fifth in a series that started on June 15 in their program to perfect ahydrogen bombsmall enough to be delivered by a missile.
- July 5–Air Canada Flight 621crashes nearToronto International Airport,Toronto,Ontariothrough pilot error; all 109 passengers and crew are killed.
- July 12–Thor Heyerdahl's papyrus boatRa IIarrives inBarbados.
- July 21– TheAswan High DaminEgyptis completed.
- July 23–1970 Omani coup d'état:Said bin Taimur,Sultan of MuscatandOman,is deposed in a bloodless palacecoupby his son,Qabooswith covert British support. Among the reforms he introduces is the abolition of chattelslavery in Oman.[4]
- July 30–Thalidomide scandal:Damages totalling £485,528 are awarded to 28Thalidomidevictims in the UK.[citation needed]
August
edit- August 11– Creation of theInternational Council of Organizations of Folklore Festivals and Folk ArtsinConfolens,France.
- August 17–Venera program:Venera 7is launched from the Soviet Union towardVenus.It later becomes the first spacecraft to transmit data from the surface of another planet successfully.
- August 31–Solar eclipse of August 31, 1970:An annular solar eclipse is visible in Oceania, and is the 14th solar eclipse ofSolar Saros 144.
September
edit- September 1– An assassination attempt against KingHussein of Jordanprecipitates the country'sBlack Septembercrisis.
- September 3–6–IsraeliforcesfightPalestinianguerillas in southernLebanon.
- September 4
- ChileanSocialistSenatorSalvador Allendewins 36.2% of the vote in hisrun for presidencydefeating formerright-wingPresidentJorge Alessandriwith 34.9% of the votes andChristian DemocratRadomiro Tomicwith 27.8% of the votes.
- Soviet Russianprima ballerinaNatalia Makarovadefects to the West while on tour with theKirov Balletin London.[5]
- September 5–Vietnam War:Operation Jefferson Glenn:TheUnited States 101st Airborne Divisionand theSouth Vietnamese1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation inThua ThienProvince (the operation ends in October 1971).
- September 6–Dawson's Field hijackings:ThePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestinehijacks four passenger aircraft fromPan Am,TWAandSwissairon flights toNew YorkfromBrussels,FrankfurtandZürichand flies them to a desert airstrip in Jordan.
- September 7– Fighting breaks out between Arab guerillas and government forces inAmman,Jordan.
- September 8–10– TheJordaniangovernment and Palestinian guerillas make repeated unsuccessful truces.
- September 9–Guinearecognizes theGerman Democratic Republic.
- September 10–Cambodiangovernment forces break the siege of Kompong Tho after three months.
- September 15– KingHussein of Jordanforms a military government with Muhammad Daoud as the prime minister.
- September 17–Black September:KingHussein of Jordanorders theJordanian Armed Forcesto oustPalestinian fedayeenfrom Jordan.
- September 18–Death of Jimi Hendrix:American rock musicianJimi Hendrixdies of an overdose, age 27, in London, two days after last playing in public.[6]
- September 19–Kostas Georgakis,a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorialGreek juntaled byGeorgios Papadopoulos.
- September 20
- Syrianarmored forces cross theJordanianborder.
- Luna 16lands on the Moon and lifts off the next day with samples, landing back on EarthSeptember 24.
- September 21–Palestinianarmed forces reinforce guerillas inIrbidi,Jordan.
- September 22
- TheInternational Hydrographic Organization(IHO) is founded.
- Tunku Abdul Rahmanresigns asprime minister of Malaysia,and is succeeded by hisdeputyTun Abdul Razak.
- September 27
- Richard Nixonbegins a tour ofEurope,visitingItaly,Yugoslavia,Spain,theUnited KingdomandRepublic of Ireland.
- Pope Paul VInames SaintTeresa of Ávila(d. 1582) as the first femaleDoctor of the Church.[7]
- September 28– Vice PresidentAnwar Sadatis named temporarypresident of Egyptfollowing the death ofGamal Abdel Nasser.
- September 29– InBerlin,Red Army Factionmembers rob three banks, with loot totaling overDM200,000.
October
edit- October 2– TheWichita State Universityfootball team's "Gold" planecrashesinColorado,killing most of the players. They were on their way (along with administrators and fans) to a game withUtah State University.
- October 3
- InLebanon,the government of Prime MinisterRashid Karamiresigns.
- TheNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) is formed in the United States and the Weather Bureau is renamed toNational Weather Serviceas part of NOAA.
- Pope Paul VInames SaintCatherine of Siena(d. 1380) as the second femaleDoctor of the Church.
- October 4
- Jochen RindtbecomesFormula OneWorld Driving Champion,the first to earn the honor posthumously.
- InBolivia,Army Commander GeneralRogelio Mirandaand a group of officers rebel and demand the resignation of PresidentAlfredo Ovando Candía,who dismisses him.
- American rock singerJanis Joplinis found dead of an overdose, age 27, in her hotel room in Hollywood.
- October 5– TheFront de libération du Québec(FLQ) kidnaps British trade commissionerJames Crossin Montreal and demands release of all imprisoned FLQ members, beginningQuebec'sOctober Crisis.The next day the Canadian government announces that it will not meet the demand.
- October 6– Bolivian PresidentAlfredo Ovando Candíaresigns; GeneralRogelio Mirandatakes over but resigns soon after.
- October 7– GeneralJuan José Torresbecomes the newPresident of Bolivia.
- October 8
- The U.S. Foreign Office announces the renewal of arms sales toPakistan.
- Vietnam War:In Paris, aCommunistdelegation rejects U.S. PresidentRichard Nixon's peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion."
- October 9– TheKhmer Republicis proclaimed inCambodia,escalating theCambodian Civil Warbetween the government and theKhmer Rouge.
- October 10
- Fijibecomes independent.
- October Crisis:InMontreal,QuebecMinister of LabourPierre Laportebecomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of theFLQterrorist group.
- October 11– Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels inChad.
- October 12–Vietnam War:U.S. PresidentRichard Nixonannounces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops beforeChristmas.
- October 13–Saeb Salamforms a government inLebanon.
- October 14– A Chinese nuclear test is conducted inLop Nor.
- October 15
- A section of the newWest Gate BridgeinMelbournecollapses into the river below, killing 35 construction workers.
- InEgypt,a referendum supportsAnwar Sadat90.04%.
- October 16–October Crisis:The Canadian government declares astate of emergencyand outlaws theQuebec Liberation Front.
- October 17
- October Crisis:Quebec politicianPierre Laporteis found murdered by the FLQ in south Montreal.
- Acholeraepidemic breaks out inIstanbul.
- Anwar Sadatofficially becomes President of Egypt.
- October 20
- The Soviet Union launches theZond 8lunar probe.
- New Egyptian president Anwar Sadat namesMahmoud Fawzias his prime minister.
- October 22–Chileanarmy commanderRené Schneideris shot in Santiago; the government declares a state of emergency. Schneider diesOctober 25.
- October 24–Salvador Allendeis electedPresidentofChileby a run-off vote in theNational Congress
- October 25– The wreck of the Confederate submarineHunleyis found offCharleston, South Carolina,by 22-year-old pioneerunderwater archaeologist,Dr. E. Lee Spence.[8]Hunleyis the first submarine in history to sink a ship in warfare.
- October 28
- InJordan,the government ofAhmad Toukanresigns; the next prime minister isWasfi al-Tal.
- Acholeraoutbreak in eastern Slovakia causesHungaryto close its border withCzechoslovakia.
- Gary Gabelichdrives the rocket-poweredBlue Flame(part fuelled by LNG) to an officialland speed recordof 622.407 mph (1,001.667 km/h)[9]on the dry lake bed of theBonneville Salt Flatsin Utah. The record, the first above 1,000 km/h, stands for nearly 13 years.
- October 30– InVietnam,the worstmonsoonto hit the area in six years causes largefloods,kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts theVietnam War.
November
edit- November 1
- TheClub Cinq-Sept fireinSaint-Laurent-du-Pont,France, kills 146.
- Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Zygfryd Wolniak and three Pakistanis are killed in an attack on a group of Polish diplomats at theKarachiairport.
- November 3
- Salvador Allendetakes office as president ofChile.
- The1970 Bhola cyclonemakes landfall in modern-day Bangladesh around high tide, causing $86.4 million in damage (1970USD,$576 million 2020 USD) and becomes the world's deadliest storm killing over 500,000 people.
- November 5– Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command inVietnamreports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24 soldiers die this week, which is the fifth consecutive week the death toll is below 50; 431 are reported wounded in the week, however).
- November 8–Egypt,LibyaandSudanannounce their intentions to form a federation.
- November 9
- The Soviet Union launchesLuna 17for the moon.
- Vietnam War: TheSupreme Court of the United Statesvotes 6–3 not to hear a case by the state ofMassachusettsabout the constitutionality of a state law granting Massachusetts residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
- November 13
- 1970 Bhola cyclone:A 120-mph (193 km/h)tropical cyclonehits the densely populatedGanges Deltaregion ofEast Pakistan(modern-dayBangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people (considered the20th century's worst cyclone disaster). It gives rise to the temporary island ofNew Moore / South Talpatti.
- Hafez al-Assadcomes to power inSyria,followinga military coupwithin theBa'ath Party.
- November 14
- Southern Airways Flight 932crashes inWayne County, West Virginia;all 75 on board, including 37 players and 5 coaches from theMarshall Universityfootballteam, are killed.
- The Soviet Union enters theInternational Civil Aviation Organization,after having resisted joining the UN Agency for more than 25 years.Russianbecomes the fourth official language of the ICAO.
- November 16– TheLockheed L-1011 TriStarflies for the first time.
- November 17–Luna programme:TheSoviet UnionlandsLunokhod 1onMare Imbrium(Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, and is released by the orbitingLuna 17spacecraft.
- November 19– The sixEuropean Economic Communitynation prime ministers meet inMunichto begin the new programme ofEuropean Political Cooperation(EPC), a unified foreign policy for a future European Union.
- November 20– TheMiss World 1970beauty pageant, hosted byBob Hopeat theRoyal Albert Hall,London is disrupted by Women's Liberation protesters. Earlier on the same evening a bomb is placed under aBBCoutside broadcast vehicle byThe Angry Brigade,in protest at the entry of separate black and white contestants bySouth Africa.
- November 21
- SyrianPrime MinisterHafez al-Assadforms a new government but retains the post of defense minister.
- InEthiopia,theEritrean Liberation Frontkills an Ethiopian general.
- Vietnam War–Operation Ivory Coast:A jointAir Forceand Army team raids theSơn Tâyprison camp in an attempt to free Americanprisoners of warthought to be held there (no Americans are killed, but the prisoners have already moved to another camp; all U.S. POWs are moved to a handful of central prison complexes as a result of this raid).
- 1970 Australian Senate election:TheLiberal/CountryCoalitiongovernmentled byPrime MinisterJohn Gortonand theLabor Partyled byGough Whitlameach ends up with 26 seats, both suffering a swing against them. TheDemocratic Labor Partywins an additional seat and holds the balance of power in theSenate.This is the last occasion on which a Senate election is held without an accompanyingHouse of Representativeselection.
- November 22–GuineanpresidentAhmed Sékou Touréaccuses Portugal of anattackwhen hundreds of mercenaries land near the capitalConakry.The Guinean army repels the landing attempts over the next three days.
- November 25–29– A U.N. delegation arrives to investigate the Guinea situation.
- November 25– In Tokyo, author andTatenokaimilitia leaderYukio Mishimaand his followers take over the headquarters of theJapan Self-Defense Forcesin an attemptedcoup d'état.After Mishima's speech fails to sway public opinion towards his right-wing political beliefs, including restoration of the powers of theEmperor,he commitsseppuku(public ritual suicide).
- November 27– Bolivian artist Benjamin Mendoza tries to assassinatePope Paul VIduring his visit inManila.
- November 28– TheMontréal Alouettesdefeat theCalgary Stampeders,23–10, to win the58th Grey Cupin Canadian football.[10]
December
edit- December 1
- TheItalian Chamber of Deputiesaccepts a new divorce law.
- Ethiopiarecognizes the People's Republic of China.
- TheBasqueETA (separatist group)kidnaps West German Eugen Beihl inSan Sebastián.
- Luis Echeverríabecomespresident of Mexico.
- December 2– TheUnited States Environmental Protection Agencyis established.
- December 3
- October Crisis: InMontreal,kidnapped British trade commissionerJames Crossis released by theFront de libération du Québecterrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Government of Canada grants 5 terrorists from the FLQ's Chenier Cell their request for safe passage toCuba.
- Burgos Trial: InBurgos,Spain, the trial of 16Basqueterrorism suspects begins.
- December 4
- The Spanish government declares a 3-month martial law in the Basque county of Guipuzcoa, over strikes and demonstrations.
- The U.N. announces that Portuguese navy and army units were responsible for the attempted invasion of Guinea.
- December 5
- The Asian and Australian tour of Pope Paul VI ends.
- Fluminensewin theBrazil Football Championship.
- December 7
- Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped inRio de Janeiro;kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.
- The U.N. General Assembly supports the isolation of South Africa for itsapartheidpolicies.
- During his visit to the Polish capital,German ChancellorWilly Brandtgoes down on his knees in front of a monument to the victims of theWarsaw Ghetto,which will become known as theWarschauer Kniefall( "Warsaw Genuflection" ).
- December 12– Alandslidein westernColombialeaves 200 dead.
- December 15
- The USSR'sVenera 7becomes the first spacecraft to land successfully on Venus and transmit data back to Earth.
- The South Korean ferryNamyong Hocapsizes offKorea Strait;308 people are killed.
- December 16– The Ethiopian government declares astate of emergencyin the region of Eritrea over the activities of theEritrean Liberation Front.
- December 20– An Egyptian delegation leaves for Moscow to ask foreconomicandmilitary aid.
- December 21– TheGrumman F-14 Tomcatmakes its first flight.
- December 22
- TheLibyanRevolutionary Council declares that it will nationalize all foreign banks in the country.
- Franz Stangl,the ex-commander ofTreblinka extermination camp,is sentenced to life imprisonment.
- December 23
- TheBoliviangovernment releasesRégis Debray.
- Law 70-001 is enacted in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo,amending article 4 of the constitution and making the country aone-party state.
- December 25–ETAreleases Eugen Beihl in Spain.
- December 27– President of IndiaV. V. Girideclaresnew elections.
- December 28– The suspected killers ofPierre Laporte,Jacques and Paul Rose and Francis Sunard, are arrested near Montreal.
- December 29– U.S. PresidentRichard Nixonsigns into law theOccupational Safety and Health Act.
- December 30– InBiscayin theBasque countryof Spain, 15,000 go on strike in protest at the Burgos trial death sentences.Francisco Francocommutes the sentences to 30 years in prison.
- December 31–Paul McCartneysues in Britain to dissolveThe Beatles' legal partnership.
Date unknown
edit- The firstRegional Technical Collegesopen in Ireland.
- TheSweet Trackis discovered in England. It is the world's oldest engineered roadway at the time of its discovery.
- Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,the Federal collection of contemporary art, is established in Germany.
World population
editWorld population | ||||||
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1970 | 1965 | 1975 | ||||
World | 3,692,492,000 | 3,334,874,000 | 357,618,000 | 4,068,109,000 | 375,617,000 | |
Africa | 357,283,000 | 313,744,000 | 43,539,000 | 408,160,000 | 50,877,000 | |
Asia | 2,143,118,000 | 1,899,424,000 | 243,694,000 | 2,397,512,000 | 254,394,000 | |
Europe | 655,855,000 | 634,026,000 | 21,829,000 | 675,542,000 | 19,687,000 | |
Latin America | 284,856,000 | 250,452,000 | 34,404,000 | 321,906,000 | 37,050,000 | |
North America | 231,937,000 | 219,570,000 | 12,367,000 | 243,425,000 | 11,488,000 | |
Oceania | 19,443,000 | 17,657,000 | 1,786,000 | 21,564,000 | 2,121,000 |
Births
editJanuary
edit- January 2
- Oksana Omelianchik,Soviet artistic gymnast
- Eric Whitacre,American composer
- January 9–Lara Fabian,Canadian/Belgian singer
- January 12–Zack de la Rocha,American musician
- January 13
- Marco Pantani,Italian cyclist (d.2004)
- Shonda Rhimes,American TV producer and writer[11]
- January 15–Shane McMahon,American businessman and professional wrestler
- January 17–Genndy Tartakovsky,Russian-American animator
- January 20–Skeet Ulrich,American actor
- January 21–Ken Leung,American actor
- January 24–Matthew Lillard,American actor, presenter, director and producer
- January 29
- Heather Graham,American actress
- Paul Ryan,American politician[12]
- January 30–Hans Vonk,South African footballer
- January 31–Minnie Driver,English actress
February
edit- February 3–Warwick Davis,English actor
- February 4–Hunter Biden,American attorney and son of U.S. presidentJoe Biden
- February 8–Alonzo Mourning,American basketball player
- February 9–Glenn McGrath,Australian test cricketer
- February 10–Ardy Wiranata,Indonesian badminton player
- February 13–Park Hee-soon,South Korean actor
- February 14–Simon Pegg,British comedian, actor and screenwriter
- February 16–Armand Van Helden,American DJ and music producer
- February 17
- Tommy Moe,American Alpine skier
- Dominic Purcell,English-Australian actor
- February 18–Susan Egan,American actress, voice actress, singer and dancer
- February 26–Cathrine Lindahl,Swedish curler
- February 28
- Daniel Handler,American author
- Noureddine Morceli,Algerian athlete
March
edit- March 2–Alexander Armstrong,English comedian, actor and presenter
- March 3–Julie Bowen,American actress[13]
- March 5
- John Frusciante,American rock musician[14]
- Aleksandar Vučić,President of Serbia
- March 7
- Petra Mede,Swedish comedian, dancer, actress and television presenter
- Rachel Weisz,British-American actress
- March 10
- Antonio Edwards,American football player
- Michel van der Aa,Dutch composer
- March 13–Carme Chacón,Spanish politician (d.2017)
- March 16–Paul Oscar,Icelandic pop singer-songwriter and DJ
- March 18–Queen Latifah,American rapper and actress
- March 21–Jaya,Filipino pop singer
- March 22–Leontien van Moorsel,Dutch cyclist
- March 23–Gianni Infantino,Swiss football administrator
- March 24
- Lara Flynn Boyle,American actress
- Sharon Corr,Irish musician
- March 27
- Maribel Díaz Cabello,Peruvian educator,First Lady of Peru
- Elizabeth Mitchell,American actress
- Leila Pahlavi,Iranian princess (d.2001)
- March 28–Vince Vaughn,American actor, writer and producer
- March 31–Alenka Bratušek,7thPrime Minister of Slovenia
April
edit- April 4
- Rebekka Bakken,Norwegian singer
- Barry Pepper,Canadian actor
- April 7–Rosey,Samoan-American professional wrestler (d.2017)
- April 8–Andrej Plenković,12thPrime Minister of Croatia
- April 10
- José Paulo Lanyi,Brazilian journalist, writer and filmmaker
- Q-Tip,American musician and actor
- April 11–Trevor Linden,Canadian hockey player
- April 12-Retta,American stand-up comedian and actress
- April 13–Ricky Schroder,American actor
- April 14–Anna Kinberg Batra,Swedish politician
- April 17–Redman,American rapper and actor
- April 18
- Heike Friedrich,German swimmer
- Saad Hariri,2-TimePrime Minister of Lebanon
- April 19–Luis Miguel,Mexican singer
- April 20–Shemar Moore,American actor
- April 21
- Rob Riggle,American actor and comedian
- Nicole Sullivan,American actress, comedian and writer
- April 22–Regine Velasquez,Filipino singer and actress
- April 23
- Sadao Abe,Japanese actor
- Andrew Gee,Australian rugby league footballer
- April 25
- Kate Allen,Australian born-Austrian triathlete
- Tomoko Kawakami,Japanese voice actress (d.2011)
- Jason Lee,American skateboarder and actor
- April 26
- Melania Trump,Slovenian model,First Lady of the United States
- Tionne Watkins,American actress and singer-songwriter[15]
- April 28
- Kurt Eversley,Guyanese-born cricketer[16]
- Nicklas Lidström,Swedish hockey player
- Diego Simeone,Argentine footballer and manager
- April 29
- Andre Agassi,American tennis player
- Uma Thurman,American actress
- April 30–Halit Ergenç,Turkish actor
May
edit- May 3
- Bobby Cannavale,American actor
- Ariel Hernandez,Cuban boxer[17]
- May 4
- Will Arnett,Canadian actor
- Dawn Staley,American basketball coach[18]
- May 5–Zorana Mihajlović,Serbian politician
- May 6–Roland Kun,Nauruan politician
- May 8
- Michael Bevan,Australian cricketer
- Luis Enrique,Spanish footballer
- Naomi Klein,Canadian author and activist[19]
- May 9
- Hao Haidong,Chinese footballer
- Ghostface Killah,American rapper[20]
- May 10–Angelica Agurbash,Belarusian singer and model
- May 11–Pooja Bedi,Indian actress
- May 12–Samantha Mathis,American actress
- May 15–RonaldandFrank de Boer,Dutch footballers
- May 16–Gabriela Sabatini,Argentine tennis player
- May 17–Giovanna Trillini,Italian fencer[21]
- May 18–Tina Fey,American comedian and actress
- May 19–K. J. Choi,South Korean golfer
- May 20
- Juliana Pasha,Albanian singer
- Louis Theroux,Singaporean-English journalist and producer
- May 22–Naomi Campbell,British model and actress
- May 25
- Jamie Kennedy,American actor and comedian
- Octavia Spencer,American actress
- May 26–Nobuhiro Watsuki,Japanese cartoonist
- May 27
- Joseph Fiennes,British actor
- Bianka Panova,Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
- May 28–Glenn Quinn,Irish actor (d.2002)
- May 30–Erick Thohir,Indonesian politician and businessman
June
edit- June 1
- Alison Hinds,British-born Bajan soca artist
- Alexi Lalas,American soccer player
- R. Madhavan,Indian film actor
- Karen Mulder,Dutch model and singer
- June 2–B-Real,American rapper
- June 3–Peter Tägtgren,Swedish musician
- June 4–Izabella Scorupco,Polish model and actress
- June 5–Deborah Yates,American dancer and actress
- June 7
- Helen Baxendale,English actress
- Cafu,Brazilian footballer and politician[22]
- Mike Modano,American hockey player
- June 8
- Gabby Giffords,American politician
- Kelli Williams,American actress
- June 13
- Rivers Cuomo,American musician, frontman ofWeezer
- Mikael Ljungberg,Swedish wrestler (d.2004)
- June 15–Leah Remini,American actress
- June 16
- Younus AlGohar,Pakistani spiritualist
- Phil Mickelson,American golfer
- June 17–Will Forte,American actor and comedian
- June 19–Quincy Watts,American athlete
- June 20
- Russell Garcia,British field hockey player
- Moulay Rachid,Prince of Morocco
- Michelle Reis,Hong Kong actress and beauty queen
- Athol Williams,South African poet and social philosopher
- June 21–Pete Rock,American rapper and DJ
- June 22–Michel Elefteriades,Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
- June 23–Marko Albrecht,German disc jockey and electronic producer
- June 24
- Glenn Medeiros,American singer-songwriter
- Daniel Sánchez Arévalo,Spanish screenwriter and film director
- June 25–Pan Lingling,Singaporean actress
- June 26
- Paul Thomas Anderson,American screenwriter and director
- Sean Hayes,American actor
- Paweł Nastula,Polish judoka and mixed martial artist
- Chris O'Donnell,American actor
- Nick Offerman,American actor, writer and carpenter
- June 27–Ahmed Ahmed,Egyptian-born American actor and comedian
- June 30
- Leonardo Sbaraglia,Argentine actor
- Erica Sjöström,Swedish female singer and saxophonist
July
edit- July 2
- Derrick Adkins,American Olympic athlete[23]
- Yap Kim Hock,Malaysian badminton player
- Steve Morrow,Northern Irish footballer
- Kym Ng,Singaporean television host and actress
- July 3
- Serhiy Honchar,Ukrainian road racing cyclist
- Audra McDonald,American actress and singer
- Aşkın Nur Yengi,Turkish singer and actress
- Teemu Selänne,Finnish hockey player
- July 7
- Wayne McCullough,Northern Irish boxer
- Masai Ujiri,Nigerian professional basketball executive
- Atli Örvarsson,Icelandic film score composer
- July 8
- Beck,American singer-songwriter and record producer
- Atul Agnihotri,Indian film actor, producer and director
- Micky Hoogendijk,Dutch actress, presenter, model and professional photographer
- Todd Martin,American tennis player[24]
- July 10
- Jason Orange,British singer
- John Simm,British actor
- July 11–Justin Chambers,American actor and fashion model
- July 12
- Lee Byung-hun,South Korean actor, singer and model
- Aure Atika,French actress, writer and director
- Susan Tyler Witten,American politician[25]
- July 13–Bruno Salomone,French actor and comedian
- July 17
- Jang Hyun-sung,South Korean actor
- Gavin McInnes,Canadian writer and political commentator (co-founder ofVice Media)
- July 19–Nicola Sturgeon,First Minister ofScotland(2014-present)[26]
- July 20–Tunku Abdul Majid
- July 22–Jonathan Zaccaï,Belgian actor, film director and screenwriter
- July 23
- Thea Dorn,German writer
- Saulius Skvernelis,Prime Minister of Lithuania
- July 28–Isabelle Brasseur,Canadian figure skater
- July 30–Christopher Nolan,English screenwriter and director
August
edit- August 1
- David James,English football goalkeeper
- Elon Lindenstrauss,Israeli mathematician
- August 2–Kevin Smith,American screenwriter, film director and actor
- August 3–Masahiro Sakurai,Japanese video game director, designer and writer[27]
- August 4–Hakeem Jeffries,American politician[28]
- August 5–Konstantin Yeryomenko,Russian futsal player (d.2010)
- August 6–M. Night Shyamalan,Indian-American film director and writer[29]
- August 10
- Brendon Julian,New Zealand cricket player
- Steve Mautone,Australian football player and coach
- August 11–Daniella Perez,Brazilian actress and ballerina (d.1992)
- August 13–Alan Shearer,English footballer
- August 14–Leah Purcell,Australian actress
- August 15–Anthony Anderson,American actor[30]
- August 16
- Saif Ali Khan,Indian actor
- Manisha Koirala,Indian actress
- August 17–Jim Courier,American tennis player
- August 19–Fat Joe,American rapper, songwriter, actor, record producer and record executive
- August 20
- Els Callens,Belgian tennis player[31]
- Fred Durst,American rapper[citation needed]
- August 21
- Erik Dekker,Dutch professional cyclist
- Cathy Weseluck,Canadian actress and comedian
- August 22
- Giada De Laurentiis,Italian-American celebrity chef
- Ricco Groß,German biathlete
- Tímea Nagy,Hungarian fencer
- August 23
- Jay Mohr,American actor and comedian
- River Phoenix,American actor (d.1993)
- August 25–Claudia Schiffer,German model
- August 26
- Olimpiada Ivanova,Russian race walker[32]
- Melissa McCarthy,American actress, comedian and film producer
- August 27
- Peter Ebdon,English snooker player
- Jim Thome,American baseball player, MLB Hall of Fame member
- Karl Unterkircher,Italian mountaineer (d.2008)
- August 29–Alessandra Negrini,Brazilian actress
- August 31
- Debbie Gibson,American singer
- Queen Rania of Jordan,Queen consort of Jordan
September
edit- September 1
- Hwang Jung-min,South Korean actor
- Padma Lakshmi,Indian-born American author, activist, actress and model
- September 3
- Jeremy Glick,passenger on board United Airlines Flight 93 (d.2001)
- Gareth Southgate,England national football team manager
- September 5–Kim Hye-soo,South Korean actress
- September 7
- Gao Min,Chinese diver
- Tom Everett Scott,American actor[33]
- September 10–Julie Halard-Decugis,French tennis player[34]
- September 11–Taraji P. Henson,American actress
- September 12–Amala Akkineni,Indian actress, dancer and activist
- September 14
- Ketanji Brown Jackson,American jurist and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Mike Burns,American soccer player
- September 17–Valeria Cappellotto,Italian racing cyclist. (d.2015)
- September 18
- Darren Gough,English cricketer
- Aisha Tyler,American actress, comedian, director and talk show host
- September 19–Takanori Nishikawa,Japanese singer
- September 20–Gert Verheyen,Belgian footballer
- September 21–Samantha Power,Irish-American government official and writer
- September 22–Emmanuel Petit,French footballer[35]
- September 23–Ani DiFranco,American-Canadian musician
- September 25–David Benioff,American producer and director[36]
- September 26
- Marco Etcheverry,Bolivian footballer
- Yukio Iketani,Japanese gymnast
- September 27–Yoshiharu Habu,Japanese professional shogi player
- September 28–Kimiko Date,Japanese tennis player
- September 29
- Ninel Conde,Mexican actress, singer and television host
- Daniëlle Jansen,Dutch politician
- Emily Lloyd,English actress
- Yoshihiro Tajiri,Japanese professional wrestler
- September 30–Tony Hale,American actor[37]
October
edit- October 1–Moses Kiptanui,Kenyan athlete
- October 4
- Olga Kuzenkova,Russian hammer thrower
- Zdravko Zdravkov,Bulgarian footballer
- October 8
- Matt Damon,American actor
- Sadiq Khan,British politician; 3rdMayor of London(2016–present)
- Tetsuya Nomura,Japanese video game and film director
- October 9–Annika Sörenstam,Swedish golfer
- October 10
- SirMatthew Pinsent,British rower
- Jokelyn Tienstra,Dutch handball player (d.2015)
- October 12–Kirk Cameron,American actor and Christian activist[38]
- October 14–Daniela Peštová,Czech supermodel
- October 15–Dalia El Behery,Egyptian actress, model and beauty pageant
- October 16–Mehmet Scholl,German footballer
- October 17–Anil Kumble,Indian cricketer
- October 20–Michelle Malkin,American political commentator[39]
- October 21–Louis Koo,Hong Kong actor
- October 22–Javier Milei,President-elect of Argentina
- October 24
- Stephen Kipkorir,Kenyan middle-distance runner (d.2008)
- Natasa Theodoridou,Greek singer
- October 25–Adam Goldberg,American actor
- October 26–Chavo Guerrero Jr.,Mexican-American professional wrestler
- October 27
- Adrian Erlandsson,Swedish drummer
- Jonathan Stroud,British writer offantasy fiction
- October 29–Edwin van der Sar,Dutch footballer
- October 30–Nia Long,American actress[40]
- Xie Jun,Chinese chess grandmaster
- October 31–Linn Berggren,Swedish singer
November
edit- November 1
- Toma Enache,Romanian film director[41]
- Annemarie Heite,Dutch politician
- Merle Palmiste,Estonian actress
- November 2
- Ely Buendia,Filipino rock lead singer and rhythm guitarist (Eraserheads)
- Lucy Hawking,English journalist and novelist
- November 6–Ethan Hawke,American actor, writer and film director
- November 7
- Marc Rosset,Swiss tennis player[42]
- Morgan Spurlock,American filmmaker and activist (d.2024)
- November 9–Chris Jericho,American-Canadian professional wrestler
- November 10–Warren G,American rapper
- November 12–Tonya Harding,American figure skater
- November 15
- Uschi Disl,German biathlete[43]
- Patrick M'Boma,Cameroonian footballer
- November 16–Martha Plimpton,American actress
- November 17–Paul Allender,English guitarist
- November 18
- Megyn Kelly,American journalist and television host[44]
- Peta Wilson,Australian actress
- Mike Epps,American stand-up comedian and actor
- November 21–Karen Davila,Filipina journalist, TV host and news personality
- November 22–Joe Son,Korean-American actor, wrestler and convicted felon
- November 23–Oded Fehr,Israeli-American actor
- November 24–Julieta Venegas,American born-Mexican singer, guitarist and producer[45]
- November 26–Dave Hughes,Australian comedian
- November 27
- Andreína Mujica,Venezuelan journalist and photographer.[46]
- Jorge Luis González Tanquero,Cuban dissident (d.2016)
- November 28
- Richard Osman,English television presenter, producer and director
- Édouard Philippe,French politician, 100th Prime Minister of France
- November 30
- Yayuk Basuki,Indonesian tennis player
- Natalie Williams,American basketball player
December
edit- December 1–Sarah Silverman,American stand-up comedian, actress, singer, producer and writer
- December 3
- Christian Karembeu,French footballer[47]
- Jimmy Shergill,Indian actor
- December 4–Kevin Sussman,American actor and comedian
- December 5
- Tim Hetherington,English-born photojournalist (d.2011)
- Martin Selmayr,German Eurocrat
- December 6–Michaela Schaffrath,German actress
- December 9–Kara DioGuardi,American songwriter, producer and singer
- December 11–Chris Henderson,American soccer player[48]
- December 12
- Mädchen Amick,American actress
- Jennifer Connelly,American actress[49]
- Regina Hall,American actress[50]
- December 14–Andrew Lewis,Guyanese professional boxer (d.2015)
- December 15
- Babul Supriyo,Indian singer and politician
- Przemysław Truściński,Polish artist
- December 17–Craig Doyle,Irish television presenter
- December 18
- DMX,American rapper and actor (d.2021)[51]
- Rob Van Dam,American professional wrestler
- December 20–Massimo Ellul,Maltese entrepreneur and philanthropist
- December 22
- Yuriko Backes,Luxembourgish diplomat and politician[52]
- Ted Cruz,Canadian-American politician,U.S. Senator(R-Tx.) from 2013 and2016presidential candidate
- Gary Anderson,Scottish darts player
- December 23–Catriona Le May Doan,Canadian speed skater
- December 25–Emmanuel Amuneke,Nigerian footballer
- December 26–Krissada Sukosol Clapp,Thai actor and singer
- December 28
- Yolanda Andrade,Mexican actress and television presenter
- Elaine Hendrix,American actress[53]
- December 29–Aled Jones,Welsh singer and television presenter
Deaths
editJanuary–February
edit- January 5–Max Born,German physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1882)[54]
- January 10–Pavel Belyayev,Soviet cosmonaut (b.1925)[55]
- January 18–David O. McKay,9th president ofthe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints(b.1873)
- January 25–Eiji Tsuburaya,Japanese film director and special effects designer (b.1901)
- January 27–Erich Heckel,German painter (b.1883)
- January 29
- Sir Basil Liddell Hart,British military historian (b.1895)
- Thelma Morgan,American socialite (b.1904)
- January 31–Slim Harpo,American singer (b.1924)[56]
- February 2–Bertrand Russell,British logician and philosopher, recipient of theNobel Prize in Literature(b.1872)[57]
- February 3–Italo Gariboldi,Italian general (b.1879)
- February 7–Abe Attell,American boxer (b.1883)[58]
- February 14
- Arthur Edeson,American cinematographer (b.1891)
- Harry Stradling,American cinematographer (b.1901)
- February 15–Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding,BritishRAF Fighter Commanderduring theBattle of Britain(b.1882)
- February 16–Francis Peyton Rous,American pathologist, recipient of theNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(b.1879)
- February 17
- Shmuel Yosef Agnon,Israeli writer,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1888)
- Alfred Newman,American film composer (b.1900)
- February 19–Jules Munshin,American actor (b.1915)
- February 20
- Café Filho,Brazilian politician, 18thPresident of Brazil(b.1899)
- Sophie Treadwell,American playwright and journalist (b.1885)[59]
- February 22–Dora Boothby,English tennis champion (b.1881)
- February 24–Conrad Nagel,American actor (b.1897)
March
edit- March 6–William Hopper,American actor (b.1915)[60]
- March 11–Erle Stanley Gardner,American crime writer (b.1889)[61]
- March 15–Arthur Adamov,Russian-French playwright (b.1908)[62]
- March 16–Tammi Terrell,American singer (b.1945)
- March 18–William Beaudine,American film director (b.1892)
- March 21–Marlen Haushofer,Austrian author (b.1920)
- March 29–Vera Brittain,British writer (b.1893)[63]
- March 30–Heinrich Brüning,German academic and politician, 21stChancellor of Germany(b.1885)
- March 31–Semyon Timoshenko,Soviet general, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b.1895)[64]
April
edit- April 1
- Polina Zhemchuzhina,Soviet politician (b.1897)
- Ludolf von Alvensleben,German Nazi functionary, SS and police leader (b.1901)
- April 4–Byron Foulger,American actor (b.1898)[65]
- April 5
- Louisa Bolus,South African botanist and taxonomist (b.1877)
- Alfred Henry Sturtevant,American geneticist (b.1891)
- April 6–Maurice Stokes,American basketball player (b.1933)
- April 8
- Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma,consort ofGrand Duchess Charlotte(b.1893)
- Julius Pokorny,Austrian-born Czech linguist (b.1887)
- April 11–Cathy O'Donnell,American actress (b.1923)
- April 16–Richard Neutra,Austrian-born American architect (b.1892)
- April 17–Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow(b.1877)
- April 18–Michał Kalecki,Polish economist (b.1899)
- April 26
- Francisco Cunha Leal,Portuguese politician, 84thPrime Minister of Portugal(b.1888)
- Gypsy Rose Lee,American actress (b.1911)
- April 27–Arthur Shields,Irish actor (b.1896)
- April 28–Ed Begley,American actor (b.1901)
- April 30–Inger Stevens,Swedish-American actress (b.1934)
May
edit- May 1
- Ralph Hartley,American inventor (b.1888)
- Yi Un,Crown Prince of Korea (b.1897)
- May 9–Walter Reuther,American labor union leader and president of theUnited Auto Workers(b.1907)
- May 11–Johnny Hodges,American jazz musician (b.1907)[66]
- May 12
- Władysław Anders,General of the Polish Army (b.1892)
- Nelly Sachs,German writer,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1891)[67]
- May 13–Sir William Dobell,Australian artist (b.1899)
- May 14–Billie Burke,American actress (b.1884)
- May 17–Heinz Hartmann,Austrian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b.1894)
- May 24–Phan Khắc Sửu,South Vietnamese politician andChief of State of the Republic of Vietnam(b.1893)
- May 28–Iuliu Hossu,RomanianRoman Catholicbishop and servant of God (b.1885)
- May 29
- John Gunther,American writer (b.1901)
- Eva Hesse,German-born American sculptor (b.1936)
- May 31–Terry Sawchuk,Canadian ice hockey player (b.1929)[68]
June
edit- June 1–Pedro Eugenio Aramburu,31stPresident of Argentina(b.1903)
- June 2–Bruce McLaren,founder of McLaren Racing (b.1937)
- June 3–Hjalmar Schacht,Nazi German economic minister (b.1877)
- June 7
- E. M. Forster,English writer (b.1879)[69]
- Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez,Spanish archaeologist and historian (b.1870)
- June 8–Abraham Maslow,American psychologist (b.1908)
- June 9–Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia,19thPresident of Costa Rica(b.1900)
- June 10–Bartolomé Blanche,Chilean military officer, provisionalPresident of Chile(b.1879)
- June 11–Alexander Kerensky,Russian revolutionary politician (b.1881)[70]
- June 14–Roman Ingarden,Polish philosopher (b.1893)
- June 16–Heino Eller,Estonian composer and composition teacher (b.1887)
- June 21–Sukarno,1stPresident of Indonesia(b.1901)
- June 26–Leopoldo Marechal,Argentine writer (b.1900)
July
edit- July 6–Marjorie Rambeau,American actress (b.1889)
- July 7– Sylvester Wiere, Austro-Hungarian-born Americanslapstickcomedian, member of theWiere Brothers(b.1909)
- July 10–Bjarni Benediktsson,11thPrime Minister of Iceland(b.1908)
- July 13
- Leslie Groves,American general, director of theManhattan Project(b.1896)
- Sheng Shicai,Chinese warlord (b.1895)
- July 14–Luis Mariano,Spanish tenor (b.1914)
- July 19
- Egon Eiermann,German architect (b.1904)
- Panagiotis Pipinelis,formerPrime Minister of Greece(b.1899)
- July 22–Fritz Kortner,Austrian-born director (b.1892)
- July 23
- Amadeo Bordiga,Italian Marxist (b.1889)
- July 27–António de Oliveira Salazar,Portuguese economist and politician, 100thPrime Minister of Portugal(b.1889)
- July 29–Sir John Barbirolli,English conductor (b.1899)
- July 30–George Szell,Hungarian conductor (b.1897)
- July 31–Sir Wilfrid Kent Hughes,Australian Olympian and politician (b.1895)[71]
August
edit- August 1
- Frances Farmer,American actress and television host (b.1913)
- Giuseppe Pizzardo,ItalianRoman Catholiccardinal (b.1877)
- Otto Heinrich Warburg,German physician and physiologist,Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicinelaureate (b.1883)[72]
- August 7–Tomu Uchida,Japanese film director (b.1898)[73]
- August 8–Jerry Dawson (footballer, born 1888),Burnley and national team (b.1888)
- August 10–Bernd Alois Zimmermann,German composer (b.1918)
- August 12–Glenn Hartranft,American athlete (b.1901)
- August 18–Soledad Miranda,Spanish actress (b.1943)
- August 20–Zeki Velidi Togan,Turkish historian (b.1890)
- August 22–Vladimir Propp,Soviet folklorist (b.1895)
- August 23–Abdallah Khalil,3rdPrime Minister of Sudan(b.1892)
- August 30–Del Moore,American actor, comedian and radio announcer (b.1916)
September
edit- September 1–François Mauriac,French writer,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1885)
- September 2–Marie-Pierre Kœnig,French general and politician (b.1898)
- September 3
- Vince Lombardi,American football player and coach (b.1913)
- Alan Wilson,American musician (Canned Heat) (b.1943)[74]
- September 5
- Jesse Pennington,English footballer (b.1883)[75]
- Jochen Rindt,Austrian racing driver, 1970 Formula One Driver's Champion (b.1942)[76]
- September 7–Yitzhak Gruenbaum,leader of theZionistmovement in theinterwar period(b.1879)
- September 12–Jacob Viner,Canadian economist (b.1892)[77]
- September 14–Rudolf Carnap,German-American philosopher and mathematician (b.1891)
- September 18–Jimi Hendrix,American rock musician (b.1942)[6]
- September 22
- Alice Hamilton,the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University (b.1869)
- Joe Hickey,American politician, jurist, governor and senator fromWyoming(b.1911)
- September 23–André Bourvil,French actor (b.1917)[78]
- September 25–Erich Maria Remarque,German author (All Quiet On The Western Front) (b.1898)[79]
- September 28
- John Dos Passos,American novelist (b.1896)[80]
- Mahmud al-Muntasir,1stPrime Minister of Libya(b.1903)
- Gamal Abdel Nasser,31stPrime Minister of Egyptand 2ndPresident of Egypt(b.1918)
- September 29–Edward Everett Horton,American actor (b.1886)
- September 30–Benedetto Aloisi Masella,ItalianRoman Catholiccardinal (b.1875)
October
edit- October 1–Petar Konjović,Yugoslav composer (b.1883)
- October 4–Janis Joplin,American rock singer (b.1943)
- October 10–Édouard Daladier,72ndPrime Minister of France(b.1884)[81]
- October 12–Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky,Russian illustrator (b.1891)[82]
- October 18–Prince Zeid bin Hussein(b.1898)
- October 19–Lázaro Cárdenas,44thPresident of Mexico(b.1895)[83]
- October 21
- Li Linsi,Chinese educator and diplomat (b.1896)
- Ernest Haller,American cinematographer (b.1896)
- October 24–Richard Hofstadter,American historian (b.1916)
- October 25–René Schneider,commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army(b.1913)
- October 29–Mayme Ousley,American politician and the first female mayor inMissourihistory (b.1887)
November
edit- November 2
- Abram Besicovitch,Russian mathematician (b.1891)
- Fernand Gravey,French actor (b.1904)
- November 4–Friedrich Kellner,German diarist (b.1885)[84]
- November 6–Agustín Lara,Mexican composer (b.1897)[85]
- November 8–Napoleon Hill,American author in the area of the new thought (b.1883)
- November 9–Charles de Gaulle,French general and statesman, 98thPrime Minister of Franceand 18thPresident of France(b.1890)
- November 13–Bessie Braddock,British politician (b.1899)[86]
- November 15–Konstantinos Tsaldaris,Greek politician, 2-timePrime Minister of Greece(b.1884)
- November 19
- Andrei Yeremenko,Soviet military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b.1892)
- Maria Yudina,Soviet pianist (b.1899)
- November 21
- C. V. Raman,Indian physicist (b.1888)
- Percy Ernst Schramm,German historian (b.1894)
- November 23–Yusof bin Ishak,Singaporean politician, 1stPresident of Singapore(b.1910)
- November 25
- Louise Glaum,American actress (b.1888)
- Yukio Mishima,Japanese novelist (b.1925)[87]
December
edit- December 7–Rube Goldberg,American cartoonist (b.1883)
- December 8–Sir Christopher Kelk Ingold,British chemist (b.1893)
- December 9–Sir Feroz Khan Noon,7thPrime Minister of Pakistan(b.1893)
- December 10–Chen Qiyou,chairman of theChina Zhi Gong Party(b.1892)[88]
- December 14–William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim,British field marshal and 13thGovernor-General of Australia(b.1891)
- December 15–Sir Ernest Marsden,English-New Zealand physicist (b.1889)
- December 16–Friedrich Pollock,German social scientist and philosopher (b.1894)
- December 23–Charlie Ruggles,American actor (b.1886)[89]
- December 29–Prince Adalbert of Bavaria(b.1886)
- December 30
- Sonny Liston,American boxer (b. c.1930)
- Lenore Ulric,American actress (b.1892)[90]
- December 31–Cyril Scott,English composer, writer and poet (b.1879)
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