1962

1962

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

1962 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1962 MCMLXII
Ab urbe condita	2715
Armenian calendar	1411 ԹՎ ՌՆԺԱ
Assyrian calendar	6712
Baháʼí calendar	118–119
Balinese saka calendar	1883–1884
Bengali calendar	1369
Berber calendar	2912
British Regnal year	10Eliz. 2– 11Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2506
Burmese calendar	1324
Byzantine calendar	7470–7471
Chinese calendar	Tân sửuNiên (MetalOx) 4659 or 4452 — to — Nhâm dần niên (WaterTiger) 4660 or 4453
Coptic calendar	1678–1679
Discordian calendar	3128
Ethiopian calendar	1954–1955
Hebrew calendar	5722–5723
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	2018–2019
-Shaka Samvat	1883–1884
-Kali Yuga	5062–5063
Holocene calendar	11962
Igbo calendar	962–963
Iranian calendar	1340–1341
Islamic calendar	1381–1382
Japanese calendar	Shōwa37 ( chiêu hòa ３７ niên )
Javanese calendar	1893–1894
Juche calendar	51
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4295
Minguo calendar	ROC51 Dân quốc 51 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	494
Thai solar calendar	2505
Tibetan calendar	Âm kim ngưu niên (female Iron-Ox) 2088 or 1707 or 935 — to — Dương thủy hổ niên (male Water-Tiger) 2089 or 1708 or 936

1962(MCMLXII) was acommon year starting on Mondayof theGregorian calendar,the 1962nd year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 962nd year of the2nd millennium,the 62nd year of the20th century,and the 3rd year of the1960sdecade.

The year saw theCuban Missile Crisis,which is often considered the closest the world came to anuclear confrontationduring theCold War.

Events

January

Main article:January 1962

• January 1–Western Samoabecomes independent fromNew Zealand.
• January 3– The office ofPope John XXIIIannounces theexcommunicationofFidel Castrofor preaching communism and interfering with Catholic churches in Cuba.
• January 8–Harmelen train disaster:93 die in the worstDutchrail disaster.
• January 9– Cuba and theSoviet Unionsign a trade pact.
• January 12– The Indonesian Army confirms that it has begun operations inWest Irian.
• January 13–Albaniaallies itself with thePeople's Republic of China.
• January 15
  • Portugal abandons theUnited Nations General Assemblydue to the debate over Angola.
  • French designerYves Saint Laurentlauncheshis own fashion house.
• January 16– Amilitary coupoccurs in theDominican Republic.
• January 19– A counter-coup occurs in the Dominican Republic; the old government returns, except for the new presidentRafael Filiberto Bonnelly.
• January 22– TheOrganization of American Statessuspends Cuba's membership; the suspension is lifted in2009(47 years later).
• January 24– TheOrganisation armée secrète(OAS, a right-wing paramilitary organisation opposed to Algerian independence) bombs the French Foreign Ministry.
• January 26– U.S. spacecraftRanger 3is launched to study the Moon; it later misses the Moon by 22,000 mi (35,000 km).
• January 27– TheSovietgovernment changes all place names honoringMolotov,KaganovichandGeorgy Malenkov.
• January 30– Two of the high-wire "Flying Wallendas"are killed when their famous seven-person pyramid collapses during a performance inDetroit.

February

Main article:February 1962

• February 3– AUnited States embargo against Cubais announced.
• February 4– First successful winter ascent of theMatterhorn's north face, by Hilti von Allmen and Paul Etter, is completed.
• February 4–5– During anew moonandsolar eclipse,an extremely raregrand conjunctionof theclassical planetsoccurs (it includes all five of thenaked-eye planetsplus the Sun and Moon), all of them within 16° of one another on theecliptic.The totalsolar eclipse of February 5, 1962is visible in Asia, Australia and the Pacific Ocean, and is the 49th solar eclipse ofSolar Saros 130.
• February 5–President of FranceCharles de Gaullecalls forAlgeriato be granted independence.
• February 7
  • TheUnited States embargo against Cubacomes into effect, prohibiting all U.S.-related Cuban imports and exports.
  • Luisenthal Mine Disaster:A coal mine explosion inSaarland,West Germany kills 299.
• February 10– Captured American spy pilotFrancis Gary Powersis exchanged for captured Soviet spyRudolf Abel,in Berlin.
• February 11– The inaugural24 Hours of Daytonasports car endurance race is run as a 3-hour event, atDaytona Beach, Florida.
• February 12– Six members of the Committee of 100 of theCampaign for Nuclear Disarmamentin the U.K. are found guilty of a breach of theOfficial Secrets Act.
• February 14–First LadyJacqueline Kennedytakes television viewers on a tour of theWhite House.
• February 15–Urho Kekkonenis re-elected president of Finland.
• February 17– Heavy storms and high tides result in theNorth Sea flood of 1962on Germany'sNorth Seacoast, mainly aroundHamburg;more than 300 people die and thousands lose their homes.
• February 18–1962 NHRA Winternationals:Carol Coxbecomes the first woman allowed to race at aNational Hot Rod Associationnational event in the United States; she wins in the Super Stock class.
• February 20–Project Mercury:AboardFriendship 7,John Glennbecomes the first American to orbit the Earth, three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
• February 21–Margot FonteynandRudolf Nureyevfirst dance together in aRoyal Balletperformance ofGiselle,in London.

February 23–Friendship 7inspected byPresident Kennedyand astronautJohn Glenn

March

Main article:March 1962

• March–May –Yi–Ta incident:At least 60,000Chinese citizensmigrate from the People's Republic ofChinato theSoviet Union,predominantly (but not exclusively) ethnicKazakhs.
• March 1– In the United States:
  • American Airlines Flight 1(aBoeing 707) crashes on takeoff atNew York International Airport,after a rudder malfunction causes an uncontrolled roll, resulting in the loss of control of the aircraft, with the loss of all 95 on board.
  • Hulk,created byStan LeeandJack Kirby,is introduced byMarvel Comicswith the publication ofThe Incredible Hulk #1as the first issue of the comic book, with cover date of May 1962.
  • The S. S. Kresge Company opens its firstKmartdiscount store inGarden City, Michigan.
• March 2– A military coup inBurmabrings GeneralNe Winto power.
• March 7–Ash Wednesday Storm:A snow storm batters the Mid-Atlantic.
• March 8–12– InGeneva,France and theAlgerianFLNbegin negotiations.
• March 15–KatanganPrime MinisterMoise Tshombebegins negotiations to rejoin theCongo.
• March 16–Flying Tiger Line Flight 739,aLockheed L-1049H Super Constellationchartered by the United StatesMilitary Air Transport Service,and carrying mainlyUnited States Armypersonnel bound forSouth Vietnam,vanishes over the western Pacific Ocean, with the loss of all 107 on board (no wreckage or bodies are ever found).
• March 18
  • Évian Accords:France and Algeria sign an agreement inÉvian-les-Bains,ending theAlgerian War.
  • "Un premier amour", sung byIsabelle Aubret(music by Claude-Henri Vic, lyrics by Roland Stephane Valade), wins theEurovision Song Contest 1962(staged in Luxembourg) for France.
• March 19– Anarmisticebegins in Algeria; however, theOAScontinues itsterroristattacks against Algerians.
• March 23– The Scandinavian States of theNordic Councilsign theHelsinkiConvention on Nordic Co-operation.
• March 24–OASleaderEdmond Jouhaudis arrested inOran.
• March 26– France shortens the term formilitary servicefrom 26 months to 18.

April

Main article:April 1962

• April 3–Jawaharlal Nehruis elected de facto Prime Minister of India, for the fourth time.
• April 6– Belgium reestablishesdiplomatic relationswith theCongo.
• April 7–Milovan Đilas,author and former vice-president ofYugoslaviais re-arrested.
• April 8– In France, theÉvian Accordsare adopted in a referendum, with a majority of 90%.
• April 9– The34th Academy AwardsCeremony is held in the United States;West Side StorywinsBest Picture.
• April 13–OASleaderEdmond Jouhaudis sentenced to death in France.
• April 14– A Cubanmilitary tribunalconvicts 1,179Bay of Pigsattackers.
• April 18– TheCommonwealth Immigrants Actin the United Kingdom removes freeimmigrationfrom the citizens of member states of theCommonwealth of Nations,requiring proof of employment in the U.K. This comes into effect on 1 July.
• April 20– OAS leaderRaoul Salanis arrested inAlgiers.
• April 21– TheCentury 21 ExpositionWorld's Fairopens inSeattle,United States.
• April 26– The U.S.Ranger 4spacecraft crashes into the far side of theMoonwithout returning any scientific data.

May

Main article:May 1962

• May 1
  • Norwich City F.C.wins the EnglishFootball League Cup,beatingRochdalein the final.
  • Dayton Hudson Corporation opens the first of itsTargetdiscount stores, inRoseville, Minnesota.
• May 2
  • An OAS bomb explodes inAlgeria;this and other attacks kill 110 and injure 147.
  • S.L. BenficabeatsReal Madrid5–3 at theOlympic StadiuminAmsterdamto win the1961–62 European Cupin association football.
• May 3–Mikawashima train crash:160 die in a triple-train disaster near Tokyo.
• May 5– TwelveEast Germansescape to the West via a tunnel under theBerlin Wall.
• May 6
  • Antonio Segniis electedPresident of the Italian Republic.
  • A test of aW47warhead fired from aPolarismissile – the only time a nuclear missile has been test fired with its warhead detonated – occurs nearPalmyra Atollsouth of Hawaii.
• May 14
  • Juan Carlos of Spainmarries the GreekPrincess Sophiain Athens.
  • Milovan Đilasis given a further sentence in Yugoslavia, for publishingConversations with Stalin.
• May 22–Continental Airlines Flight 11crashes nearUnionville, Missouri,after the in-flight detonation of a bomb near the rear lavatory in a suicide bombing committed as insurance fraud; all 45 passengers and crew aboard are killed.
• May 23
  • Drilling for the newMontrealSubwaycommences.
  • Raoul Salan,founder of the French terroristOrganisation armée secrète,is sentenced to life imprisonment in France.
  • Ruben Jaramillo,Mexican peasant leader, and his wife and children, are gunned down by the Mexican army and federal police in Xochitepec,Morelos,Mexico.
• May 24–Project Mercury:Scott Carpenterorbits the Earth 3 times, in the U.S.Aurora 7space capsule.
• May 25– The newCoventry Cathedralis consecrated in England.On 30 May,Benjamin Britten'sWar Requiemis premiered here.
• May 29– Negotiations between the OAS and the FLA lead to a real armistice inAlgeria.
• May 30– The1962 FIFA World Cupbegins in Chile.
• May 31– The BritishWest Indies Federationis officially wound up (under terms of the U.K. West Indies Act of 18 April) due to internal dissention.

June

Main article:June 1962

• June–Rachel Carson'sSilent Springbegins serialization inThe New Yorker;it is released as a book on September 27 in the U.S., giving rise to the modernenvironmentalistmovement.
• June 3–Air France Flight 007(aBoeing 707) crashes on take-off atOrly AirportinParis;130 of 132 people on board are killed, 2flight attendantssurvive. Most victims are cultural and civic leaders ofAtlanta.
• June 5–Spider-Man,created byStan LeeandSteve Ditko,is introduced byMarvel Comicswith the publication ofAmazing Fantasy #15with a cover date of August.
• June 11– U.S. President John F. Kennedy gives thecommencement addressatYale University.
• June 12–Alcatraz escape attempt:Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin escape from theAlcatraz Islandprison in the United States; it is never confirmed that they make it ashore.
• June 15–Students for a Democratic Societyin the United States complete thePort Huron Statement.
• June 17
  • TheOASsigns a truce with theFLNin Algeria, but a day later announces that it will continue the fight on behalf of French Algerians.
  • BrazilbeatsCzechoslovakia3–1, to win the1962 FIFA World Cup.
• June 22–Air France Flight 117(aBoeing 707jet) crashes into terrain during bad weather inGuadeloupein the West Indies, killing all 113 on board, the airline's second fatal accident in just 3 weeks, and the third fatal 707 crash of the year.
• June 25
  • Engel v. Vitale:TheUnited States Supreme Courtrules that mandatory prayers in public schools are unconstitutional.
  • MANual Enterprises v. Day:The United States Supreme Court rules that photographs of nude men are not obscene, decriminalizing nude male pornographic magazines.
  • İsmet İnönüof theCHPforms the new government ofTurkey(27th government, coalition partners; YTP andCKMP).
• June 26– A 2-day steelstrikebegins in Italy in support of increased wages and a five-day working week.
• June 30– The last soldiers of theFrench Foreign Legionleave Algeria.

July

Main article:July 1962

• July 1
  • RwandaandBurundigain full independence from Belgium.
  • 1962 Algerian independence referenduminFrench Algeria:Supporters of Algerian independence win a 99% majority in a referendum.
  • A heavysmogdevelops over London.
  • The Helsinki Convention on Nordic Co-operation of March 23 comes into force in the Nordic countries.
• July 2
  • Charles de Gaulleaccepts Algerian independence; the French government recognizes it the next day.
  • The firstWalmartretail store, at this time known asWal-Mart,is opened for business by brothersSamandJames "Bud" WaltoninRogers, Arkansas.
• July 5–Algeriabecomes independent from France.
• July 6–Gay Byrnepresents the first edition ofThe Late Late ShowonRTÉin the Republic of Ireland. Byrne goes on to present the show for 37 years, the longest period through which any individual hosts a televisedtalk showanywhere in the world, and the show itself becomes the world's second longest-running talk show.
• July 9– American artistAndy Warholpremieres hisCampbell's Soup Cansexhibit in Los Angeles.
• July 10–AT&T'sTelstar,the world's first commercialcommunications satellite,is launched into orbit and activated the next day.
• July 12– TheRolling Stonesmake their debut at London'sMarquee Club,opening forLong John Baldry.
• July 13– In what the press dubs the "Night of the Long Knives",United KingdomPrime MinisterHarold Macmillandismisses one-third of hisCabinet.
• July 14–Norma NolanofArgentinais crownedMiss Universe 1962.
• July 17–Nuclear testing:The "Small Boy" test shotLittle Feller Ibecomes the last atmospheric test detonation, at theNevada Test Site.
• July 19– The first annual Swiss & WielderHoop and StickTournament is held.
• July 20– France andTunisiareestablishdiplomatic relations.
• July 22–Mariner program:The U.S.Mariner 1spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
• July 23–Telstarrelays the first live trans-Atlantictelevision signal.
• July 25
  • The firstattack helicoptercompany, Utility Tactical Transport Helicopter Company, of theUnited States Armyis formed onOkinawa Island,Japan.
  • TheInternational Agreement on the Neutrality of Laosis signed inGeneva.
• July 30–Trans-Canada Highwayofficially opens throughout the 4,645-mile (7,475 km) betweenSt. John's, Newfoundland,andVictoria, British Columbia,by completion of theRogers Passsection, making it at this time the world's longest uninterrupted highway.
• July 31
  • Algeriaproclaims independence;Ahmed Ben Bellais the first President.
  • A crowd assaults a rally of SirOswald Mosley's right-wingUnion Movementin London.
  • Solar eclipse of July 31, 1962:An annular solar eclipse is visible in South America, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa and the Indian Ocean, and is the 36th solar eclipse ofSolar Saros 135.

August

Main article:August 1962

• August 5
  • Death of Marilyn Monroe:ActressMarilyn Monroeis found dead aged 36 from an overdose of sleeping pills and chloral hydrate at her home inBrentwood, Los Angeles;it is officially ruled a "probable suicide" (the exact cause has been disputed).
  • Anti-apartheid activistNelson Mandelais arrested by the South African government nearHowick,and charged with incitement to rebellion. On November 7, he is sentenced to imprisonment.
• August 6– The Caribbean island ofJamaicabecomes independent of the U.K.
• August 11–King Kong vs. Godzillais released in Japan, becoming the firstGodzillaandKing Kongfilm in colour. It also becomes the 3rd film in both franchises.
• August 13– First successful ascent of theMatterhorn's west face, by Renato Daguin and Giovanni Ottin.
• August 15– TheNew York Agreementis signed, transferring the DutchWest New Guineacolony to Indonesia.
• August 16–Algeriajoins theArab League.
• August 17–East Germanborder guards kill 18-year-oldPeter Fechteras he attempts to cross theBerlin Wallinto West Berlin, leading to mass protests on the Western side.
• August 18–Norwaylaunches its 1stsounding rocket,Ferdinand 1,fromAndøya Space Centerand becomes a space nation.
• August 22– An assassination attempt is made against French PresidentCharles de Gaulleby machine-gunning his car in the Paris suburbs. The mastermind,Jean Bastien-Thiry,will later be executed.
• August 24
  • A group of armedCuban exileterrorists fire at a hotel inHavanafrom a speedboat.
  • Indonesia officially launches television with the establishment ofTVRItelevision network orTelevisi Republik Indonesia(Indonesian National Channel), broadcasting the opening of the1962 Asian Games.
• August 27–NASAlaunches theMariner 2space probe.
• August 31– The Caribbean island nation ofTrinidad and Tobagobecomes fully independent of the U.K.

September

Main article:September 1962

• September 1
  • Areferendumin Singapore supports the Malayan Federation.
  • Typhoon Wandastrikes Hong Kong, killing at least 130 and injuring more than 600.
• September 2– TheSoviet Unionagrees to send arms to Cuba.
• September 8– Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.
• September 12– PresidentJohn F. Kennedy,in his "We choose to go to the Moon"speech atRice University,reaffirms that the U.S. will put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade.
• September 19–Atlantic Collegeopens its doors for the first time inWales,marking the birth of the pioneering United World College educational movement.
• September 22–Bob Dylanpremieres his song "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall",atCarnegie Hallin New York City.
• September 25–Sonny Listonknocks outFloyd Pattersontwo minutes into the first round of his fight for the boxing world title inChicago.
• September 26– TheNorth Yemen Civil Warerupts.
• September 27– Aflash floodinBarcelona,Spain, kills more than 440 people.
• September 29– The CanadianAlouette 1,the first satellite built outside the United States and the Soviet Union, is launched fromVandenberg Air Force BaseinCalifornia.

October

Main article:October 1962

• October 1 – In the United States:
  • The first black student,James Meredith,registers at theUniversity of Mississippi,escorted by Federal Marshals to protect him from official obstruction and violent segregationalist protest, the "Ole Miss riot of 1962".
  • Johnny Carsontakes over as permanent host ofNBC'sThe Tonight Showon television, a post he will hold for 30 years.
• October 3–Project Mercury:Mercury-Atlas 8– U.S. astronautWalter Schirraorbits theEarthsix times, in theSigma 7space capsule.
• October 5
  • TheFrench National Assemblycensures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate; Prime MinisterGeorges Pompidouresigns, butPresident de Gaulleasks him to stay in office.
  • The Beatles' firstsinglein their own right, "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You",is released in the U.K. onEMI'sParlophonelabel.This version was recorded on September 4, atAbbey Road StudiosinLondon,withRingo Starras drummer.
  • Dr. No,the firstJames Bond film,premieres at theLondon Pavilion,featuringSean Conneryas the hero.
• October 8
  • Spiegelaffair:German magazineDer Spiegelpublishes an article revealing NATO criticism of theBundeswehr(West German defence forces)' poor preparedness; a political scandal erupts.
  • Algeriais accepted into theUnited Nations.
• October 9– Uganda becomes independent of the U.K. within theCommonwealth of Nations.
• October 11–Second Vatican Council:Pope John XXIIIconvenes the firstecumenical councilof theRoman Catholic Churchin 92 years.

October 14– Pictures of Soviet missile silos in Cuba, taken by U.S. spy planes

• October 16–Cuban Missile Crisisbegins whenU.S. President Kennedyis told of photographs (taken fromU-2flights) showing Sovietnuclear weaponinstallations being constructed on Cuba in theCaribbean.A stand-off ensues for 12 days between the United States and theSoviet Union,threatening the world withnuclear war.
• October 20– TheSino-Indian War,a border dispute involving two of the world's largest nations (India and the People's Republic of China), erupts into fighting.
• October 22
  • Cuban Missile Crisis: In a televised address, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba and the U.S. naval blockade of the island.
  • John Vassall,a former clerical officer in British naval intelligence, is sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after admitting to passing secret material to the Soviet Union.
• October 24– Cuban Missile Crisis: The first confrontation occurs between the U.S. Navy and a Soviet cargo vessel; the vessel changes course.
• October 26–Spiegelaffair:German police occupy the offices ofDer SpiegelinHamburg.
• October 27– Cuban Missile Crisis:Vasily Arkhipov,executive officer ofSoviet submarineB-59,refuses to launch nuclear torpedoes against the U.S. Navy. This event is widely regarded as crucial in averting a worldwide nuclear war.
• October 28
  • Cuban Missile Crisis ends: Soviet Union leaderNikita Khrushchevannounces that he has ordered the removal of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. In a secret deal between Kennedy and Khrushchev, Kennedy agrees to the withdrawal of U.S. missiles from Turkey. The fact that this deal is not made public makes it look as though the Soviets have backed down.
  • A referendum in France favors the election of the president by universal suffrage.
• October 31– TheUnited Nations General Assemblyasks the United Kingdom to suspend enforcement of the new constitution in Southern Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), but it comes into effect onNovember 1.

November

Main article:November 1962

• November
  • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn'snovellaOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich(‹See Tfd›Russian:Оди́н день Ива́на Дени́совича,Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha), the author's pseudo-autobiographical account of life in thegulag,is published inNovy Mir,in an unprecedented acknowledgement of theSoviet Union'sStalinistpast.
  • Slavery in Saudi Arabiais abolished.
• November 1
  • The Soviet Union begins dismantling its missiles in Cuba.
  • The comic book antiheroDiabolikfirst appears in Italy.
• November 2–Greville Wynne,a British trader acting as a courier forMI6,is arrested by theKGBinBudapestand imprisoned in Moscow after confessing to espionage.
• November 3– Earliest recorded use of the term "personal computer",in the report of a speech by computing pioneerJohn MauchlyinThe New York Times.
• November 5
  • West German defense ministerFranz Josef Straußis relieved of his duties over theSpiegelaffairdue to his alleged involvement in police action against the magazine.
  • Saudi Arabia breaks off diplomatic relations with Egypt following a period of unrest, partly caused by the defection of several Saudi princes to Egypt.
  • A coal mining disaster inNy-Ålesundkills 21 people; the Norwegian government is forced to resign in the aftermath of this accident, inAugust1963.
• November 6–Apartheid:TheUnited Nations General Assemblypasses a resolution condemning South Africa'sracistapartheidpolicies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
• November 17–Dulles International Airport,in Washington, D.C., is dedicated by PresidentJohn F. Kennedy.
• November 20–Cuban Missile Crisis:In response to theSoviet Unionagreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, President John F. Kennedy ends the blockade of the island.
• November 21– TheSino-Indian Warends with a Chinese ceasefire.
• November 23–United Air Lines Flight 297crashes inColumbia, Marylanddue to abird strike,killing all 17 on board.
• November 24– The first episode ofThat Was the Week That Was,the groundbreaking satirical comedy program hosted byDavid Frost,is broadcast onBBC Televisionin the United Kingdom.
• November 26
  • Spiegelaffair:German police end their occupation of the offices ofDer Spiegel.
  • Mies Bouwmanstarts presenting the first live TV-marathon fundraising show (Open Het Dorpin the Netherlands), which lasts 23 hours non-stop.
• November 27– French President Charles De Gaulle ordersGeorges Pompidouto form a government.
• November 29– An agreement is signed between Britain and France, to develop theConcordesupersonic airliner.
• November 30– TheUnited Nations General AssemblyelectsU ThantofBurma,as the newSecretary-General of the United Nations.

December

Main article:December 1962

• December 2–Vietnam War:After a trip to Vietnam at the request of U.S. PresidentJohn F. Kennedy,U.S. Senate Majority LeaderMike Mansfieldbecomes the first American official to make a pessimistic public comment on the war's progress.
• December 7–Rainier III, Prince of Monacorevises theprincipality'sconstitution,devolving some of his formerly autocratic power to several advisory and legislative councils.
• December 8
  • The first period of theSecond Vatican Councilcloses.
  • The NorthKalimantanNational Army revolts inBrunei,in the first stirrings of theIndonesian Confrontation.
  • The1962–63 New York City newspaper strikebegins, affecting all of the city's major newspapers; it will last for 114 days.
  • QueenWilhelmina of the Netherlands,who died on November 28, is buried at theNieuwe Kerk (Delft).
• December 9– Tanganyika (modern-dayTanzania) becomes a republic within theCommonwealth of Nations,withJulius Nyerereas president.
• December 10–David Lean's epic filmLawrence of Arabia,featuringPeter O'Toole,Omar Sharif,Alec Guinness,Jack HawkinsandAnthony Quinn,premieres in London; 6 days later, it opens in the U.S.
• December 11
  • In West Germany, a coalition government of Christian Democrats, Christian Socialists and Free Democrats is formed.
  • The last execution by hanging is carried out in Canada.
• December 14
  • U.S. spacecraftMariner 2passes byVenus,becoming the first spacecraft to transmit data from another planet.
  • Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th-century painting theMona Lisais assessed for insurance purposes at US$100 million before touring the United States for several months, the highest insurance value for a painting in history. However, theLouvre,its owner, chooses to spend the money that would have been spent on the insurance premium on security instead.
• December 15– Storm over theNorth Sea:Belgianpirate radiostation Radio Uylenspiegel is knocked off the airwaves, never to operate again.
• December 19– Britain acknowledges the right of Nyasaland (modern-dayMalawi) to secede from theCentral African Federation.
• December 24–Cubareleases the last 1,113 participants in theBay of Pigs Invasionto the U.S., in exchange for food worth $53 million.
• December 30
  • United Nationstroops occupy the last rebel positions inKatanga;Moise Tshombemoves toSouth Rhodesia.
  • An unexpected storm buries Maine under five feet of snow, forcing theBangor Daily Newsto miss a publication date for the only time in history. The same day, also, the Netherlands are covered with several feet of snow.

Date unknown

• Thelaser diodeis invented.
• Slavery in Yemenis abolished.

Ongoing

• 1962–1965 rubella epidemic,originating in Europe and spreading to the United States.

Births

January

Suzy Amis Cameron

Jim Carrey

Abdullah II of Jordan

• January 3–Ginette Amara,Central African academician, veterinarian and politician.
• January 4
  • Laila Elwi,Egyptian actress
  • Peter Steele,American musician (Type O Negative) (d.2010)
  • Natalya Bochina,Russian athlete
• January 5–Suzy Amis Cameron,American actress and model
• January 7
  • Ron Rivera,American football player and coach
  • Hallie Todd,American actress, producer and writer
• January 8–Paraguayo Cubas,Paraguayan politician
• January 9–Cecilia Gabriela,Mexican actress
• January 17
  • Jim Carrey,Canadian actor and comedian
  • Karl Davis,African-American fashion designer (d.1987)
  • Denis O'Hare,American-Irish actor
• January 21
  • Tyler Cowen,American economist
  • Marie Trintignant,French actress (d.2003)
• January 22
  • Lyudmila Dzhigalova,Russian athlete
  • Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu,Yang di-Pertuan AgongofMalaysia
• January 23
  • Stephen Keshi,Nigerian footballer and manager (d.2016)
  • Richard Roxburgh,Australian actor
• January 25–Chris Chelios,American ice hockey player
• January 29–Olga Tokarczuk,Polish novelist,Nobel Prizelaureate
• January 30
  • KingAbdullah II of Jordan
  • Mary Kay Letourneau,American child rapist (d.2020)

February

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Axl Rose

Garth Brooks

Eddie Izzard

Sheryl Crow

Lou Diamond Phillips

Steve Irwin

Adam Baldwin

• February 1–Takashi Murakami,Japanese pop artist
• February 2–Kátia Abreu,Brazilian politician
• February 5
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh,American actress
  • Martin Nievera,Filipino singer
• February 6–Axl Rose,American musician, singer-songwriter ofGuns N' Roses
• February 7
  • Garth Brooks,American singer-songwriter
  • David Bryan,American musician (Bon Jovi)
  • Eddie Izzard,British actor and comedian
• February 8
  • Malorie Blackman,British author of young adult fiction
  • Timothy Britten Parker,American actor
• February 9
  • Lolo Ferrari,French actress (d.2000)
  • Zoë Lund,American musician, model, actress, author, producer, political activist and screenwriter (d.1999)
  • Dennis Padilla,Filipino comedian, TV host, radio broadcaster and actor
  • Dany Roland,Argentine-born Brazilian drummer, sound designer, actor, film director and record producer
• February 10
  • Cliff Burton,American musician and songwriter (d.1986)
  • Bobby Czyz,American boxer
• February 11–Sheryl Crow,American singer-songwriter
• February 12
  • Nana Ioseliani,Georgian chess player
  • Jimmy Kirkwood,Irish field hockey player
• February 13
  • Michele Greene,American actress
  • Jackie Silva,Brazilian volleyball player
• February 14–Ken Oosterbroek,South African photojournalist (d.1994)
• February 15–Srettha Thavisin,Thai businessman and polit6ician, 30thPrime Minister of Thailand
• February 17
  • Alison Hargreaves,British mountain climber (d.1995)
  • Lou Diamond Phillips,American actor
• February 19–Nabila Khashoggi,American businesswoman, actress and philanthropist
• February 20–Eduardo de Almeida Navarro,Brazilian philologist and lexicographer
• February 21
  • Vanessa Feltz,British television presenter
  • Chuck Palahniuk,American author
  • David Foster Wallace,American writer (d.2008)
• February 22
  • Steve Irwin,Australian zookeeper, television personality, wildlife expert, environmentalist and conservationist (d.2006)
  • Ethan Wayne,American actor
• February 25–Birgit Fischer,German kayaker
• February 26–Domingos Montagner,Brazilian actor, playwright and entrepreneur (d.2016)
• February 27
  • Adam Baldwin,American actor
  • Grant Show,American actor
• February 28–Angela Bailey,Canadian track and field athlete (d.2021)

March

Jon Bon Jovi

Matthew Broderick

Rosie O'Donnell

Marcia Cross

MC Hammer

• March 2
  • Jon Bon Jovi,American musician
  • Raimo Summanen,Finnish ice hockey player and coach
  • Scott La Rock,American disc jockey (d.1987)
• March 3–Jackie Joyner-Kersee,American athlete
• March 6
  • Rita Sargsyan,Armenian First Lady (d.2020)
  • Erika Hess,Swiss alpine skier
• March 7–Taylor Dayne,American singer-songwriter and actress
• March 10
  • Jasmine Guy,American actress, director, singer and dancer
  • Seiko Matsuda,Japanese pop singer-songwriter
• March 11–Achmad Yurianto,Indonesian military doctor and bureaucrat (d. 2022)
• March 12
  • Julia Campbell,American actress
  • Laurent Castillo,French politician
• March 14–Tsvetanka Khristova,Bulgarian athlete (d.2008)
• March 16–Branco Mello,Brazilian singer, actor and writer
• March 17–Kalpana Chawla,American astronaut (d.2003)
• March 19–Iván Calderón,Puerto RicanMajor League Baseballplayer (d.2003)
• March 20–Stephen Sommers,American film director
• March 21
  • Matthew Broderick,American actor and singer
  • Rosie O'Donnell,American comedian, actress, talk-show host and activist
• March 23
  • Bassel al-Assad,Syrian politician, engineer and equestrian (d.1994)
  • SirSteve Redgrave,English rower
• March 25
  • Fernando Martín Espina,Spanish basketball player (d.1989)
  • Marcia Cross,American actress
  • Bobby D. Singleton,American politician who has served in theAlabama Legislaturesince 2002
• March 26–John Stockton,American basketball player
• March 27–Jann Arden,Canadian singer
• March 29–Ted Failon,Filipino broadcast journalist and radio commentator
• March 30
  • Mark Begich,American politician
  • MC Hammer,American rapper and actor
  • Michael Rooney,American choreographer
  • Gary Stevens,English international footballer and manager

April

Clark Gregg

Hillel Slovak

Jeff Dunham

• April 2–Clark Gregg,American actor, director and screenwriter
• April 3–Jaya Prada,Indian actress and politician
• April 5–Sara Danius,Swedish writer and academic (d.2019)
• April 8–Izzy Stradlin,American guitarist
• April 9–Imran Sherwani,British field hockey player
• April 12
  • Carlos Sainz,Spanish rally driver
  • Sheila Kennedy,American model, actress and contestant onBig Brother 9
• April 13
  • Edivaldo Martins Fonseca,Brazilian footballer (d.1993)
  • Hillel Slovak,Israeli-American guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) (d.1988)
• April 15
  • Nawal El Moutawakel,Moroccan hurdler
  • Jhon Jairo Velásquez,Colombian hitman and drug dealer (d.2020)
• April 16–Antony Blinken,American diplomat, 71stUnited States Secretary of State
• April 18–Jeff Dunham,American ventriloquist
• April 19–Al Unser Jr.,American race car driver
• April 20
  • Scott McGehee,American film director and screenwriter
• April 21–Craig Robinson,Americancollege basketballcoach
• April 22
  • Han Aiping,Chinese badminton player (d.2019)
  • Jeff Minter,British video game designer and programmer
• April 23
  • Bram Bart,Dutch voice actor (d.2012)
  • John Hannah,Scottish film and television actor
• April 25–Flex-Deon Blake,African-American gay pornographic actor (d.2021)
• April 26
  • Debra Wilson,American actress and comedian
  • Michael Damian,American actor and singer
• April 29–Stephan Burger,German Roman Catholic archbishop

May

Sean McNamara

Emilio Estevez

Craig Ferguson

Genie Francis

Bobcat Goldthwait

• May 1–Maia Morgenstern,Romanian actress
• May 2
  • Elizabeth Berridge,American actress
  • Ryan Brown,American comic book writer, artist and toy designer
  • Jimmy White,British snooker player
• May 3–Anders Graneheim,Swedish bodybuilder
• May 5
  • Robby Robbins,American politician
  • Kaoru Wada,Japanese composer
• May 7–Ari Telch,Mexican actor
• May 8–Natalia Molchanova,Russian free-diver
• May 9
  • Dave Gahan,English singer-songwriter
  • Paul Heaton,English singer-songwriter
  • Sean McNamara,American film director, film producer, actor and screenwriter
• May 12–Emilio Estevez,American actor
• May 13–Eduardo Palomo,Mexican actor (d.2003)
• May 14
  • Ferran Adrià,Spanish chef and restaurateur
  • Danny Huston,American actor and film director
• May 15–Rod Lurie,American-Israeli director
• May 16–Michele Marziani,Italian novelist and journalist
• May 17
  • Lise Lyng Falkenberg,Danish writer
  • Craig Ferguson,Scottish-American actor, comedian and television host
  • Ferenc Krausz,Hungarian-bornattosecond physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate
  • Kim Mulkey,American basketball player/coach
  • Arturo Peniche,Mexican actor
• May 18
  • Karel Roden,Czech actor
  • Sandra,German pop singer
• May 19–Frances Ondiviela,Spanish/Mexican actress
• May 20
  • Aleksandr Dedyushko,Russian actor (d.2007)
  • Mike Jeffries,American soccer coach
  • Ralph Peterson Jr.,American jazz drummer and bandleader (d.2021)
• May 21–Cam Brainard,American voice actor and narrator
• May 22–Brian Pillman,American professional wrestler (d.1997)
• May 24–Gene Anthony Ray,American actor (d.2003)
• May 25–Anders Johansson,Swedish drummer
• May 26
  • Genie Francis,American actress
  • Bobcat Goldthwait,American comedian
• May 27
  • Scott Perry,American politician
  • Ravi Shastri,Indian cricketer
• May 28
  • Brandon Cruz,American child actor and punk rocker
  • François-Henri Pinault,French businessman
• May 30–Timo Soini,Finnish politician
• May 31
  • Dina Boluarte,Peruvian politician, 64thPresident of Peru
  • Corey Hart,Canadian singer
  • Noriko Hidaka,Japanese voice actress
  • Victoria Ruffo,Mexican actress

June

Jeff Garlin

Lance Reddick

Arnold Vosloo

Paula Abdul

Viktor Tsoi

Campino

Michael Ball

Bussunda

Ollanta Humala

Jordan Peterson

• June 1–Sherri Howard,American athlete
• June 3–David Cole,American record producer and songwriter (d.1995)
• June 4
  • Trinidad Jiménez,Spanish politician and diplomat
  • Pam Shriver,American tennis player
• June 5–Jeff Garlin,American actor
• June 6–Alex Datcher,American actress
• June 7
  • Thierry Hazard,French singer-songwriter
  • Lance Reddick,American actor and musician (d.2023)
• June 8–Suzy Gorman,American photographer
• June 10
  • Gina Gershon,American actress
  • Ralf Schumann,German sport shooter
  • Ahmed Khaled Tawfik,Egyptian author and physician (d.2018)
• June 11
  • Olga Charvátová,Czech alpine skier
  • Erika Salumäe,Estonian cyclist
  • Toshihiko Seki,Japanese voice actor
• June 12–Jordan Peterson,Canadian clinical psychologist and professor of psychology
• June 13
  • Ally Sheedy,American actress
  • Vladimir Pravik,Soviet firefighter (d.1986)
  • Bence Szabó,Hungarian fencer
• June 14–Emilija Erčić,Yugoslav (Serbian) handball player
• June 15–Andrea Rost,Hungarian lyric soprano
• June 16–Arnold Vosloo,South African actor
• June 17–Bap Kennedy,Northern Irish singer-songwriter (d.2016)
• June 18
  • Lisa Randall,American theoretical physicist
  • Mitsuharu Misawa,Japanese professional wrestler (d.2009)
• June 19–Paula Abdul,American dancer, choreographer and singer
• June 21
  • Pipilotti Rist,Swiss video artist
  • Viktor Tsoi,Soviet underground singer-songwriter (d.1990)
• June 22
  • Campino,German singer
  • Stephen Chow,Hong Kong actor and director
  • Clyde Drexler,American basketball player
• June 23
  • Kari Takko,Finnish ice hockey player
  • Shriti Vadera, Baroness Vadera,Ugandan-born British banker
• June 24
  • Harry van Bommel,Dutch politician, anti-globalisation activist and educator
  • Juan Fernando Brügge,Argentine politician
  • Claudia Sheinbaum,president of Mexico
• June 25
  • Pavla Tomicová,Czech actress
  • Ricardo Iorio,Argentine heavy metal musician
  • Bussunda,Brazilian comedian (d.2006)
• June 26
  • Morten Skogstad,Norwegian drummer
  • Hubert Strolz,Austrian alpine skier
• June 27
  • Michael Ball,British actor and singer
  • Ollanta Humala,Peruvian politician, 65thPresident of Peru
  • Tony Leung Chiu-wai,Hong Kong actor
  • Mambury Njie,Gambian politician
• June 29
  • Mario Castañeda,Mexican voice actor and dubbing director
  • Amanda Donohoe,English actress
  • George D. Zamka,American astronaut
  • Guy Lecluyse,French comedian and actor
• June 30
  • Florence Pernel,French actress
  • Predrag Bjelac,Serbian actress

July

Andre Braugher

Tom Cruise

Thomas Gibson

Hunter Tylo

Tom Kenny

Aya Kitō

Carlos Alazraqui

Federico Franco

Sergey Kiriyenko

Wesley Snipes

• July 1
  • Andre Braugher,American actor (d.2023)
  • Rafał Bruski,Polish politician
  • Ahmad Bin Byat,Emirati businessman
• July 2
  • Doug Benson,American comedian, marijuana rights advocate, television host, actor and judge
  • Roberto Blades,Panamanian Salsa singer
  • Mahasweta Ray,Indian actress
• July 3
  • Tom Cruise,American actor and film producer
  • Brian Canham, Australian Singer and musician ofPseudo Echo
• July 4–Pam Shriver,American tennis player
• July 5–Amrozi,Indonesian terrorist (d.2008)
• July 6
  • Christopher Chaplin,Swiss-English composer and actor
  • Natalia Dicenta,Spanish actress
  • Gilbert Lam,Hong Kong actor
• July 7
  • MC Jazzy Jeff,American rapper
  • Klaus Tange,Danish actor
  • Vadivukkarasi,Indian actress
• July 8
  • Oreste Baldini,Italian actor and voice actor
  • Frank Gallagher,Scottish actor
  • Joan Osborne,American singer-songwriter
• July 9
  • Roni Ben-Hur,Israeli jazz guitarist
  • Sukhbir Singh Badal,Indian politician
  • Nikola Čuturilo,Serbian rock musician
  • Jan Degenhardt,German lawyer and folk-singer
• July 10
  • Trond Helleland,Norwegian politician
  • Grant Kirkhope,Scottish video game composer
• July 11
  • Fumiya Fujii,Japanese singer
  • Pauline McLynn,Irish actress
• July 13
  • Tom Kenny,American actor, voice actor and comedian
  • Zlata Petrović,Serbian pop singer
  • Erry Yulian Triblas Adesta,Indonesian academic
• July 14
  • Michelle Ford,Australian swimmer
  • Patricio Toledo,Chilean footballer
• July 15
  • Martin Roach,Canadian actor
• July 16
  • Mathias Herrmann,German actor
  • Uwe Hohn,German athlete
  • Grigory Leps,Russian singer
• July 17–Rita Rätsepp,Estonian actress and psychologist
• July 18–Shaun Micallef,Australian actor, comedian and writer
• July 19
  • Anthony Edwards,American actor and director
  • Cynthia Farrelly Gesner,American actress
  • Aya Kitō,Japanese diarist (d.1988)
• July 20
  • Carlos Alazraqui,American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, singer, impressionist, producer and screenwriter
  • Abdulai Hamid Charm,Sierra Leonean judge
  • Primož Ulaga,Yugoslavian/Slovenian ski jumper
  • Emmanuel Niyonkuru,Burundian politician (d.2017)
  • Chee Soon Juan,Singaporean politician
• July 21
  • Gabi Bauer,German journalist and television presenter
  • Ike Eisenmann,American actor and voice artist
• July 22
  • Steve Albini,American musician, record producer and music journalist(d.2024)
  • Roman Madyanov,Russian actor
• July 23
  • Eriq La Salle,American actor
  • Bruce Marshall,American ice hockey coach (d.2016)
• July 24
  • Federico Franco,Paraguayan politician, 49thPresident of Paraguay
  • Johnny O'Connell,American race car driver
• July 26
  • Galina Chistyakova,Ukrainian athlete
  • Sergey Kiriyenko,Russian politician and statesman, 31stPrime Minister of Russia
• July 28–Ray Shero,American hockey manager
• July 29
  • Isabel Cristina Mrad Campos,Young Brazilian victim of feminicide declaredblessedby Roman Catholicism (d.1982)
  • Scott Steiner,American professional wrestler
• July 30
  • Kaveinga Faʻanunu,Tongan politician (d.2011)
  • Alton Brown,American chef and television show host
• July 31
  • John Laurinaitis,American professional wrestler
  • Wesley Snipes,African-American actor and martial artist

August

Rob Minkoff

Steve Carell

Felipe Calderón

James Marsters

David Koechner

David Fincher

Dee Bradley Baker

• August 1
  • Robert Clift,British field hockey player
  • Jesse Borrego,American actor
  • Cesar Montano,Filipino actor
• August 4
  • Roger Clemens,American baseball player
  • Lori Lightfoot,African-American lawyer and politician
• August 5–Patrick Ewing,Jamaican-born basketball player
• August 6–Michelle Yeoh,Malaysian-born Hong Kong actress
• August 7–Bruno Pelletier,Canadian singer
• August 8–Yūji Machi,Japanese voice actor
• August 10–Suzanne Collins,American television writer and author ((The Hunger Games))
• August 11–Rob Minkoff,American filmmaker
• August 12–Ariel López Padilla,Mexican actor
• August 13
  • Marcello Novaes,Brazilian actor
  • John Slattery,American actor and film director
• August 15–Tom Colicchio,American chef
• August 16
  • Ayub Bachchu,Bangladeshi singer-songwriter (d.2018)
  • Steve Carell,American actor and comedian
• August 17–Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss,German actor and director
• August 18
  • Felipe Calderón,Mexican politician, 50thPresident of Mexico
  • Rob Minnig,American musician (The Ocean Blue)
• August 19
  • Valérie Kaprisky,French actress
  • Bernd Lucke,German politician and economist
• August 20–James Marsters,American actor and musician
• August 21
  • Tsutomu Miyazaki,Japanese serial killer (d.2008)
  • Gilberto Santa Rosa,Puerto Rican salsa singer
• August 23–Dean Karnazes,American ultramarathon runner
• August 24
  • David Koechner,American actor and comedian
  • Mary Ellen Weber,American astronaut
• August 25–Theresa Andrews,American swimmer
• August 26
  • Roger Kingdom,American hurdler
  • Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco
• August 28–David Fincher,American director and producer
• August 29
  • Jutta Kleinschmidt,German rally driver
  • Lycia Naff,American actress and journalist
  • Richard Angelo,American 'angel-of-death' serial killer
• August 30–Alexander Litvinenko,Russian ex-KGB colonel and ex-FSB lieutenant-colonel (d.2006)
• August 31
  • Dee Bradley Baker,American comedian, announcer and voice artist
  • Mark L. Walberg,American television personality and show host

September

Keir Starmer

Hesham Qandil

Rob Morrow

Nia Vardalos

Melissa Sue Anderson

• September 1–Ruud Gullit,Dutch footballer
• September 2–Keir Starmer,British politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• September 4–Shinya Yamanaka,Japanese physician and researcher
• September 8
  • Thomas Kretschmann,German actor
  • Miss Amy(Amy Otey), American musical fitness singer-songwriter
  • Al Pardo,Spanish-born American baseball catcher
  • Jay Ziskrout,American punk rock drummer
• September 11
  • Kristy McNichol,American actress
  • Victoria Poleva,Ukrainian composer
• September 12–Dino Merlin,Bosnian singer-songwriter, musician and producer
• September 13–Hisao Egawa,Japanese voice actor
• September 15–François Bloemhof,South African author
• September 17
  • Baz Luhrmann,Australian film director
  • Hesham Qandil,51stPrime Minister of Egypt
• September 19
  • Shaharuddin Badaruddin,Malaysian politician (d.2018)
  • Cheri Oteri,American comic actress
  • Gottfried von Bismarck,German aristocrat and socialite (d.2007)
• September 20–Vittorio De Angelis,Italian voice actor (d.2015)
• September 21–Rob Morrow,American actor
• September 22–Martin Crowe,New Zealand cricketer (d.2016)
• September 24
  • Rosamund Kwan,Hong Kong actress
  • Ally McCoist,Scottish footballer and pundit
  • Nia Vardalos,Canadian-American actress
• September 25
  • Ales Bialiatski,Belarusian human rights campaigner,Nobel Prizelaureate
  • Aida Turturro,American actress
• September 26
  • Melissa Sue Anderson,American actress
  • Anabel Ferreira,Mexican actress/comedian
  • Steve Moneghetti,Australian long-distance runner
  • Chunky Pandey,Indian actor
• September 28–Grant Fuhr,Canadian hockey player
• September 30–Frank Rijkaard,Dutch football player and manager

October

Jeff Bennett

Joan Cusack

Branko Crvenkovski

Flea

Mike Judge

Evander Holyfield

Bob Odenkirk

Cary Elwes

• October 1
  • Esai Morales,American actor
  • Fernando Albán Salazar,Venezuelan lawyer and politician (d.2018)
• October 2
  • Jeff Bennett,American voice actor and singer
  • Tawfiq Titingan,Malaysian politician (d.2018)
• October 3–Tommy Lee,American rock musician and drummer
• October 5–Michael Andretti,American race car driver
• October 11–Joan Cusack,American actress and comedian
• October 12
  • Carlos Bernard,American actor
  • Branko Crvenkovski,President of Macedonia
• October 13
  • Margareth Menezes,Brazilian singer
  • Kelly Preston,American actress (d.2020)
  • Jerry Rice,American football player
• October 14
  • Shahar Perkiss,Israeli tennis player
• October 16
  • Manute Bol,Sudanese basketball player and activist (d.2010)
  • Flea,Australian-American actor and musician
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky,Russian baritone (d.2017)
  • Tamara McKinney,American alpine skier
• October 17–Mike Judge,American actor, voice actor, animator, writer, producer, director and musician
• October 18
  • Young Kim,American politician
  • Min Ko Naing,Burmese Democratic activist and dissident
• October 19
  • Tracy Chevalier,American author
  • Evander Holyfield,American boxer
• October 20–Anatoly Khrapaty,Soviet Olympic weightlifter (d.2008)
• October 21–Miki Itō,Japanese voice actress
• October 22–Bob Odenkirk,American actor and comedian
• October 24–Jay Novacek,American football player
• October 25
  • David Furnish,Canadian filmmaker, director and producer
  • Darlene Vogel,American actress
• October 26
  • Cary Elwes,English actor and writer
  • Riorita Paterău,Moldovan politician
• October 27
  • Jun'ichi Kanemaru,Japanese voice actor
  • Ang Peng Siong,Singaporean sportsman
• October 28–Daphne Zuniga,American actress
• October 29–Debra Sandlund,American actress
• October 30
  • Stefan Kuntz,German football player and coach
  • Courtney Walsh,West Indian cricketer
  • Kristina Wagner,American actress

November

Demi Moore

Harland Williams

Jodie Foster

Nicolás Maduro

Jon Stewart

Andrew McCarthy

• November 1
  • Sharron Davies,British swimmer/television presenter
  • Nadica Dreven Budinski,Croatian politician
  • Magne Furuholmen,Norwegian musician (A-ha)
  • Anthony Kiedis,American rock singer (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• November 2–Marcellin Nadeau,French politician
• November 3
  • Phil Katz,American computer programmer (d.2000)
  • Gabe Newell,American business executive
• November 6
  • Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya,Russian pilot andcosmonaut
  • Aznil Nawawi,Malaysian television host
• November 7–Bettina Hoy,German equestrienne
• November 9–Dolores Delgado,Spanish politician and prosecutor
• November 11
  • Mic Michaeli,Swedish keyboardist (Europe)
  • Demi Moore,American actress
  • Nicole P. Stott,American astronaut
• November 12
  • Neal Shusterman,American author
  • Naomi Wolf,American author, feminist and political consultant
• November 13–Steve Altes,American humorist
• November 14
  • Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun,Moroccan businesswoman
  • Laura San Giacomo,American actress
  • Atsuko Tanaka,Japanese voice actress
  • Harland Williams,Canadian-American actor and comedian
• November 15
  • Mark Acres,American basketball player and educator
  • Judy Gold,American comedian and actress
• November 17–Jamie Moyer,American baseball player
• November 18–Kirk Hammett,American guitarist (Metallica)
• November 19–Jodie Foster,American actress and director
• November 21–Steven Curtis Chapman,AmericanChristianmusician
• November 22–Sumi Jo,Korean operatic soprano
• November 23
  • Assim Al-Hakeem,Saudi cleric
  • Nicolás Maduro,63rdPresident of Venezuela
• November 24–John Kovalic,American cartoonist
• November 27
  • Charlie Benante,American drummer
  • Mike Bordin,American drummer
  • Marumi Shiraishi,Japanese actress
  • Davey Boy Smith,British professional wrestler (d.2002)
• November 28
  • Jane Sibbett,American actress and producer
  • Jon Stewart,American actor, comedian, media critic and television personality, host ofThe Daily Show(1999–2015)
• November 29–Andrew McCarthy,American actor
• November 30
  • Bo Jackson,American football and baseball player
  • Daniel Keys Moran,American writer

December

Felicity Huffman

Ben Browder

Ralph Fiennes

• December 1
  • Sylvie Daigle,Canadian speed skater
  • Hayashiya Shōzō IX,Japaneserakugoka,tarentoand voice actor
• December 3–Tammy Jackson,American basketball player
• December 5–José Cura,Argentine tenor
• December 6–Janine Turner,American actress
• December 9
  • Albert Grajales,INTERPOL Director of Puerto Rico and martial artist
  • Felicity Huffman,American actress
  • Leslie Carrara-Rudolph,American actress, voice actress, singer, performer, puppeteer, speaker and artist
• December 10
  • Rakhat Aliyev,Kazakh politician and businessman (d.2015)
  • Scott Capurro,American comedian, writer and actor
• December 11
  • Ben Browder,American actor
  • Denise Biellmann,Swiss figure skater
  • Jasper Britton,English actor
• December 12
  • Tracy Austin,American tennis player
  • Arturo Barrios,Mexican long-distance runner
  • Peter Bergen,American journalist
  • Max Raabe,German singer
• December 14–Yvonne Ryding,Swedish pageant winner (Miss Universe1984)
• December 16–Maruschka Detmers,Dutch actress
• December 17
  • Paul Dobson,English footballer
  • Richard Jewell,American security guard and media figure (d.2007)
  • Galina Malchugina,Russian athlete
  • Rocco Mediate,American golfer
• December 18–James Sie,American actor and voice actor
• December 21–Steven Mnuchin,77thUnited States Secretary of the Treasury
• December 22
  • Andrés Cantor,Argentine/American sportscaster
  • Ralph Fiennes,English actor
• December 23–Keiji Mutoh,Japanese professional wrestler
• December 24–Kate Spade,American fashion designer (d.2018)
• December 25
  • Maryna Bazhanova,Russian handball player (d.2020)
  • Tony Currie,Australian rugby league player
  • Francis Dunnery,English singer-songwriter and musician
• December 27
  • Pierlucio Tinazzi,Italian security guard (d.1999)
  • Mark Few,American basketball coach
  • Bill Self,American basketball coach
  • Sherri Steinhauer,American golfer
  • Joe Mantello,American actor and director
• December 28
  • Michelle Cameron,Canadian synchronised swimmer
  • Choi Soo-jong,South Korean actor
  • Michel Petrucciani,French jazz pianist and composer (d.1999)
• December 29–Carles Puigdemont,Spanish politician
• December 30–Alessandra Mussolini,Italian politician
• December 31–Pedro Cardoso,Brazilian actor, screenwriter, playwright and television director

Unknown date

• Olga Ramos,Venezuelan activist, professor and researcher (d.2022).

Deaths

January

Ernie Kovacs

• January 1–Diego Martínez Barrio,Spanish politician, 2-timePrime Minister of Spain(b.1883)
• January 4–Hans Lammers,German Nazi minister (b.1879)
• January 6–Marziyya Davudova,Soviet actress (b.1901)
• January 13–Ernie Kovacs,American TV comedian (b.1919)
• January 16
  • Ivan Meštrović,Croatian-born American sculptor and architect (b.1883)
  • R. H. Tawney,English historian and social critic (b.1880)
• January 17–Gerrit Achterberg,Dutch poet (b.1905)
• January 19–Snub Pollard,American actor (b.1889)
• January 20–Robinson Jeffers,American poet (b.1887)
• January 21–Arturo Bragaglia,Italian actor (b.1893)
• January 26–Lucky Luciano,American gangster (b.1897)
• January 29–Fritz Kreisler,Austrian violinist (b.1875)

February

Roy Atwell

Hu Shih

• February 1–Carey Wilson,American screenwriter (b.1889)
• February 2–Shlomo Hestrin,Canadian-born Israeli biochemist (b.1914)
• February 4–Daniel Halévy,French historian (b.1872)
• February 5
  • Jacques Ibert,French composer (b.1890)
  • James B. Leonardo,American politician (b.1889)
• February 6
  • Roy Atwell,American actor, comedian and composer (b.1878)
  • Hussein Khalidi,Jordanian statesman, 29thPrime Minister of Jordan(b.1895)
  • Cândido Portinari,Brazilian painter (b.1903)
• February 10–Eduard von Steiger,Swiss politician, 51stPresident of the Swiss Confederation(b.1881)
• February 11–Indalecio Prieto,Spanish Socialist politician (b.1891)
• February 13–Hugh Dalton,British Labour politician (b.1887)
• February 17
  • Joseph Kearns,American actor (b.1907)
  • Bruno Walter,German conductor (b.1876)
• February 19
  • James Barton,American actor (b.1890)
  • Georgios Papanikolaou,Greek inventor (b.1883)
• February 20–Halliwell Hobbes,English-born film actor (b.1877)
• February 24–Hu Shih,Chinese philosopher (b.1891)
• February 25–Antonina De Angelis,ItalianRoman Catholicprofessed sister and blessed (b.1880)
• February 27–Willie Best,American actor (b.1916)
• February 28–Chic Johnson,American actor (b.1891)

March

Arthur Compton

Auguste Piccard

• March 1
  • Roscoe Ates,American actor (b.1895)
  • Richard L. Conolly,American admiral (b.1892)
  • W. Alton Jones,American industrialist and philanthropist (b.1891)
  • Arnold Kirkeby,American hotelier, art collector and real estate investor (b.1901)
  • Emelyn Whiton,American Olympic sailor (b.1916)
• March 2–Walt Kiesling,American football player (Chicago Cardinals) and a member of thePro Football Hall of Fame(b.1903)
• March 3–Pierre Benoit,French novelist (b.1886)
• March 14–Giovanna Berneri,Italian educationalist and anarchist (b.1897)
• March 15–Arthur Compton,American physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1892)
• March 19–Vasily Stalin,Soviet general and son ofJoseph Stalin(b.1921)
• March 20
  • C. Wright Mills,American sociologist (b.1916)
  • A. E. Douglass,American astronomer and founder of dendrochronology (b.1867)
• March 23–Josef van Schaik,Dutch politician (b.1882)
• March 24
  • Jean Goldkette,Greek-born jazz musician (b.1893)
  • Auguste Piccard,Swiss physicist, aeronaut and explorer (b.1884)
• March 27–Augusta Savage,American sculptor (b.1892)

April

Benny Paret

Louise Fazenda

• April 1–Jussi Kekkonen,Finnish major (b.1910)
• April 3–Benny Paret,Cuban welterweight boxer, died as result ofinjuries in the ring;b.1937)
• April 4–James Hanratty,English murderer, one of the last people to be hanged in the U.K. (b.1936)
• April 5–Käte Selbmann,German politician (b.1906)
• April 8–Juan Belmonte,Spanish bullfighter (b.1892)
• April 10
  • Michael Curtiz,Austrian-born film director (b.1886)
  • Manton S. Eddy,American general (b.1892)
• April 14–M. Visvesvaraya,Indian engineer and politician (b.1861)
• April 15
  • Clara Blandick,American actress (b.1876)
  • Arsenio Lacson,Filipino politician and sportswriter (b.1911)
• April 17–Louise Fazenda,American actress (b.1895)
• April 20–Grover Whalen,American politician (b.1886)
• April 21– SirFrederick Handley Page,English aircraft manufacturer (b.1885)
• April 22–Vera Reynolds,American actress (b.1899)
• April 27–Josefa Toledo de Aguerri,Nicaraguan pioneer educator (b.1866)
• April 28–Gianna Beretta Molla,ItalianRoman Catholicpediatrician and saint (b.1922)
• April 29–Hajime Tanabe,Japanese philosopher (b.1885)

May

Pedro Pablo Ramírez

• May 3–Helen Dortch Longstreet,American social advocate, librarian and newspaper publisher (b.1863)
• May 5–Ernest Tyldesley,English cricketer (b.1889)
• May 10–Shunroku Hata,Marshal of the Imperial Japanese Army (b.1879)
• May 12–Pedro Pablo Ramírez,Argentine military general, 26thPresident of Argentina,leader of theWorld War II(b.1884)
• May 13
  • H. Trendley Dean,American dental researcher (b.1893)
  • Franz Kline,American painter (b.1910)
• May 19–Gabriele Münter,German painter (b.1877)
• May 23–Rubén Jaramillo,peasant leader, assassinated by theMexican Army(b. 1900)
• May 26–Wilfrid Wilson Gibson,English poet (b.1878)
• May 27–Egon Petri,German pianist (b.1881)
• May 31–Henry F. Ashurst,American politician (b.1874)

June

Eugeniusz Baziak

• June 1–Adolf Eichmann,German SS officer and a major organiser of the Holocaust (executed) (b.1906)
• June 2–Vita Sackville-West,English writer and landscape gardener (b.1892)
• June 4–Charles William Beebe,American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist and entomologist (b.1877)
• June 6
  • Abba Ahimeir,Soviet-born Israeli journalist (b.1897)
  • Yves Klein,French painter (b.1928)
  • Guinn Williams,American actor (b.1899)
  • Joe Profaci,Italian-American mobster (b.1897)
• June 7–Korneli Kekelidze,Georgian philologist (b.1879)
• June 8–Eugène Freyssinet,French civil engineer (b.1879)
• June 12–John Ireland,English composer (b.1879)
• June 13–Sir Eugene Goossens,English composer (b.1893)
• June 15
  • Eugeniusz Baziak,PolishRoman Catholicarchbishop (b.1890)
  • Alfred Cortot,Swiss pianist and conductor (b.1877)
• June 16–Aleksei Antonov,General of the Soviet Army (b.1896)
• June 19
  • Frank Borzage,American film director (b.1894)
  • Will Wright,American character actor (b.1891)
• June 24–Lucile Watson,Canadian actress (b.1879)
• June 25–Sir Raymond Leane,Australian army general (b.1878)
• June 27–Paul Viiding,Estonian poet, author and literary critic (b.1904)
• June 28–Mickey Cochrane,American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics) and a member of theMLB Hall of Fame(b.1903)
• June 29–Charles Lyon Chandler,American historian (b. 1883)

July

William Faulkner

Denjirō Ōkōchi

• July 1–Bidhan Chandra Roy,Indian physician and politician,Chief Minister of West Bengal(b.1882)
• July 2
  • Arconovaldo Bonaccorsi,Italian soldier (b.1898)
  • Valeska Suratt,American stage actress, silent film star (b.1882)
• July 4–Rex Bell,American actor and politician (b.1903)
• July 6
  • John Anderson,British-born Australian philosopher (b.1893)
  • Sir Paul Boffa,Maltese politician, 5thPrime Minister of Malta(b.1890)
  • William Faulkner,American writer,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1897)
  • Archduke Joseph August of Austria,Austrian field marshal and former regent of Hungary (b.1872)
• July 8–Georges Bataille,French writer and philosopher (b.1897)
• July 10–Yehuda Leib Maimon,Bassarabian-born Israeli rabbi and government minister (b.1875)
• July 11–Owen D. Young,American industrialist, businessman, lawyer and diplomat (b.1874)
• July 12–Roger Wolfe Kahn,American band leader (b.1907)
• July 13–Jerry Wald,American screenwriter and producer (b.1911)
• July 18–Denjirō Ōkōchi,Japanese actor (b.1898)
• July 21–G. M. Trevelyan,English historian (b.1876)
• July 23–Victor Moore,American actor (b.1876)
• July 26
  • Raquel Meller,Spanish singer and actress (b.1888)
  • George Preca,MalteseRoman Catholicpriest and saint (b.1880)
• July 27–Richard Aldington,English poet (b.1892)
• July 29
  • Leonardo De Lorenzo,Italian flautist (b.1875)
  • Sir Ronald Fisher,English-born statistician and geneticist (b.1890)
• July 30–Myron McCormick,American actor (b.1908)

August

Marilyn Monroe

Hermann Hesse

• August 4–Marilyn Monroe,American actress (b.1926)
• August 5–Ramón Pérez de Ayala,Spanish writer and diplomat (b.1880)
• August 6
  • Ángel Borlenghi,Argentine labor leader and politician (b.1904)
  • Emmi Mäkelin,Finnish midwife and politician (b.1874)
• August 9–Hermann Hesse,German-born writer,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1877)
• August 15–Lei Feng,Chinese soldier (b.1940)
• August 18–Cleo Ridgely,American actress (b.1893)
• August 19–Jean Lucienbonnet,French racing driver (b.1923)
• August 21–Ahmad Ibrahim,Malaysian-born Singaporean politician (b.1927)
• August 22–Charles Rigoulot,French Olympic weightlifter (b.1903)
• August 23
  • Hoot Gibson,American actor and film director (b.1892)
  • Joseph Berchtold,Nazi officer, Second commander of theSS(b.1897)
• August 24–Mykolas Biržiška,Lithuanian politician (b.1882)
• August 26–Dušan Simović,Yugoslav general, 18thPrime Minister of Yugoslavia(b.1882)
• August 27–Leopoldo Panero,Spanish poet (b.1909)
• August 28–John Collum,American actor (b.1926)
• August 29–Georgina de Albuquerque,Brazilian painter (b.1885)
• August 31–Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski,Prime Minister of Poland (b.1885)

September

Ahmad bin Yahya

Ouyang Yuqian

• September 1–Hans-Jürgen von Arnim,German general (b.1889)
• September 3–E. E. Cummings,American poet (b.1894)
• September 4
  • Juan Atilio Bramuglia,Argentine composer (b.1903)
  • William Clothier,American tennis player (b.1881)
• September 5–Roy MacNairy,English cricketer (b.1904)
• September 6–Hanns Eisler,Austrian composer (b.1898)
• September 7
  • Karen Blixen,Danish writer (b.1885)
  • Morris Louis,American painter (b.1912)
  • Graham Walker,English motorcycle racer (b.1896)
• September 11–Kenkichi Ueda,Japanese general (b.1875)
• September 12–Wiktor Thommée,Polish general (b.1881)
• September 19
  • Ahmad bin Yahya,King of Yemen (b.1891)
  • Nikolai Pogodin,Soviet playwright (b.1900)
• September 20–Conrad Helfrich,Dutch admiral (b.1886)
• September 21–Ouyang Yuqian,Chinese playwright, director and Peking opera performer (b.1889)
• September 23
  • Louis de Soissons,Canadian-born English architect (b.1890)
  • Patrick Hamilton,English dramatist (b.1904)
• September 26–Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha,Prime Minister of Brazil(b.1910)

October

Henri Oreiller

Gaston Bachelard

• October 1–Ludwig Bemelmans,Austro-Hungarian born American writer (b.1898)
• October 2
  • Henry Louis Larsen,American Marine Corps general;Governor of American SamoaandGovernor of Guam(b.1890)
  • Frank Lovejoy,American actor (b.1912)
• October 6–Tod Browning,American film director (b.1880)
• October 7–Henri Oreiller,French Olympic alpine skier (b.1925)
• October 8–Solomon Linda,South African singer-songwriter (b.1909)
• October 9–Milan Vidmar,Slovenian chess player (b.1885)
• October 10–Stancho Belkovski,Bulgarian architect and lecturer (b.1891)
• October 11–Erich von Tschermak,Austrian agronomist (b.1871)
• October 12–Alberto Teisaire,Argentine Navy officer andVice President of the Republic(assassinated) (b.1891)
• October 14–Irma Gramatica,Italian actress (b.1870)
• October 16
  • Gaston Bachelard,French philosopher (b.1884)
  • Princess Helen of Serbia(b.1884)
• October 17–Natalia Goncharova,Russian artist (b.1881)
• October 20–Jesús Herrera,Spanish international footballer (b.1938)
• October 26–Louise Beavers,American actress (b.1902)
• October 27
  • Otto Froitzheim,German tennis player (b.1884)
  • Enrico Mattei,Italian politician (plane crash) (b.1906)
• October 31–Louis Massignon,French Catholic scholar of Islam (b.1883)

November

Eleanor Roosevelt

Niels Bohr

• November 7–Eleanor Roosevelt,American politician, diplomat and activist,First Lady of the United States(b.1884)
• November 8–Willis H. O'Brien,Americanstop motionanimator (b.1886)
• November 14
  • Alwi bin Thahir al-Haddad,Yemeni-born MalaysianIslamicscholar (b.1884)
  • Manuel Gálvez,Argentine writer and historian (b.1882)
• November 15–Irene (costume designer),American costume designer (b.1901)
• November 18
  • Domingo Arrieta León,Mexican general and statesman (b.1874)
  • Niels Bohr,Danish physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1885)
• November 19–Francisco Tudela y Varela,68th Prime Minister of Peru (b.1876)
• November 21–Frank Amyot,Canadian canoeist (b. 1904)
• November 22–René Coty,17thPresident of France(b.1882)
• November 23–Grace Butler,New Zealand artist (b.1886)
• November 25–Forrest Smithson,American Olympic athlete (b.1884)
• November 26
  • Aleksandr Antonov,Soviet actor (b.1898)
  • Albert Sarraut,2-time prime minister of France (b.1872)
• November 28
  • K. C. Dey,Indian singer, composer, actor and teacher (b.1893)
  • QueenWilhelmina of the Netherlands(b.1880)
• November 29–Erik Scavenius,12thPrime Minister of Denmark(b.1877)
• November 30–Joseph Lade Pawsey,Australian radio astronomer (b.1908)

December

Ahmad Nami

Kazimierz Świtalski

• December 6–Harry Bauler,American politician (b.1910)
• December 7–Kirsten Flagstad,Norwegian soprano (b.1895)
• December 13
  • Sir John Cunningham,British admiral (b.1885)
  • Ahmad Nami,Prince of the Ottoman Empire, 5thPrime Minister of Syriaand 2ndPresident of Syria(b.1879)
• December 14–Alfredo Kindelán,Spanish general and politician (b.1879)
• December 15–Charles Laughton,English actor and director (b.1899)
• December 16–Lew Landers,American TV and film director (b.1901)
• December 17–Thomas Mitchell,American actor (b.1892)
• December 18–Garrett Mattingly,American historian (b.1900)
• December 20–Emil Artin,Austrian mathematician (b.1898)
• December 21–Gary Hocking,Rhodesian motorcycle racer (b.1937)
• December 23–José Giral,Spanish politician, formerPrime Minister(b.1879)
• December 24
  • Wilhelm Ackermann,German mathematician (b.1896)
  • Eveline Adelheid von Maydell,German artist (b.1890)
• December 26–Calcedonio Di Pisa,Italian criminal (b.1931)
• December 28–Kazimierz Świtalski,Polish diplomat, politician, soldier and military officer, 18thPrime Minister of Poland(b.1886)
• December 30–Arthur Lovejoy,American philosopher and historian (b.1873)

Date unknown

• Fawzi Al-Mulki,Prime Minister of Jordan (b.1910)
• Ștefan Balaban,Romanian general (b.1890)
• Abdallah Beyhum,10th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b.1879)
• Petre Cameniță,Romanian general (b.1889)
• Henry Matthew Talintyre,British comic strip artist (b.1893)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics–Lev Landau
• Chemistry–Max Perutz,John Kendrew
• Physiology or Medicine–Francis Crick,James Watson,Maurice Wilkins
• Literature–John Steinbeck
• Peace–Linus Pauling