1946 34631 225828995 2008-07-15T16:18:57Z Prolog 1614547 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/OrgasGirl|OrgasGirl]] ([[User talk:OrgasGirl|talk]]) to last version by Nsaa {{year nav|1946}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1946''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXLVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOCship}} == Events of 1946 == === January === <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 7]] - Allies recognize [[Austria]]n republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided into four occupation zones [[Image:Flag of the United Nations.svg|thumb|110px|right| [[January 10]]: First meeting of [[United Nations|UN]].]] [[Image:Project Diana antenna.jpg|thumb|100px|right| [[January 10]]: [[Project Diana]]]] * [[January 10]] **First meeting of the [[United Nations]] **[[Project Diana]] bounces [[Radar]] waves off the [[Moon]], measuring the exact distance between the [[earth]] and the moon and proving that the communication was possible between the earth and outer space, effectively opening the [[space age]]. * [[January 11]] **[[Enver Hoxha]] declares the [[People's Republic of Albania]] with himself as [[prime minister of Albania|prime minister]]. **[[Porfirio Barba-Jacob]]'s ashes go back to [[Colombia]]. * [[January 16]] - [[Charles de Gaulle]] resigns as a head of a [[France|French]] [[provisional government]] * [[January 17]] ** The [[UN Security Council]] holds its first session ** Senator [[Dennis Chavez]] (D-NM) calls for a vote on an [[FEPC]] bill which called for the end to [[discrimination]] in the work place. A [[filibuster]] prevents it from passing. * [[January 20]] - [[Charles de Gaulle|Charles De Gaulle]] resigns as [[president of France]] * [[January 22]] - [[Iran]]:[[Qazi Muhammad]] declares the independent people's [[Republic of Mahabad]] at the [[Chuwarchira Square]] in the [[Kurds|Kurdish]] city of [[Mahabad]]. He is the new president, [[Hadschi Baba Scheich]] is the [[prime minister]]. [[Image:Stamp Canada 1929 50c Bluenose.jpg|thumb|130px|right| [[January 28|Jan. 28]]: ''[[Bluenose]]'' will founder.]] * [[January 25]] - The [[United Mine Workers]] rejoins the [[American Federation of Labor]]. * [[January 28]] - ''[[Bluenose]]'' founders on a Haitian reef. * [[January 29]] - Central Intelligence Group established, [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] established in 1947 * [[January 31]] - [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]'s [[Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|new constitution]], modeling the [[Soviet Union]], establishes six constituent republics ([[Bosnia-Herzegovina]], [[Croatia]], [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Montenegro]], [[Serbia]] and [[Slovenia]]). === February === <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Jperon.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Juan Peron]], elected President of Argentina in February 1946]] --> * [[February 1]] - [[Trygve Lie]] of [[Norway]] is selected to be the first [[United Nations Secretary General]]. * [[February 2]] - [[monarchy|Kingdom]] of [[Hungary]] becomes a [[republic]]. * [[February 14]] **The [[Bank of England]] [[nationalization|nationalized]] **[[ENIAC]] (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic [[computer]], is unveiled at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] * [[February 15]] - Canada indicts 22 communist agents. * [[February 20]] - Explosion kills more than 400 coal miners in [[West Germany]]. * [[February 24]] - [[Juan Peron]] elected [[president of Argentina]] * [[February 28]] - In [[Philadelphia]], strikers of [[General Electric]] and police clash === March === * [[March 2]] **British troops withdraw from [[Iran]] according to treaty - Soviets do not. **[[Ho Chi Minh]] elected the President of [[North Vietnam]] * [[March 4]] - [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C.G.E. Mannerheim]] resigns from the post of [[president of Finland]] * [[March 5]] - In his speech at [[Westminster College, Missouri|Westminster College]], in [[Fulton, Missouri]], [[Winston Churchill]] talks about the [[Iron Curtain]]. * [[March 6]] **[[Vietnam War]]: [[Ho Chi Minh]] signs an agreement with [[France]] which recognizes [[Vietnam]] as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union. **A [[communist]]-dominated [[government]] under [[Petru Groza]] assumes power in [[Romania]]. * [[March 7]] - [[18th Academy Awards]] ceremony * [[March 9]] - [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]] becomes [[president of Finland]] * [[March 10]] - British troops begin withdrawal from [[Lebanon]] * [[March 15]] - [[Clement Attlee]] promises independence to [[India]] as soon as they can agree on constitution * [[March 19]] **[[Soviet Union]] and [[Switzerland]] reform [[diplomacy|diplomatic relations]]. **[[French Guiana]], [[Guadeloupe]], [[Martinique]] and [[Réunion]] become overseas [[départements]] of [[France]] * [[March 22]] – The [[United Kingdom]] grants [[Transjordan]], as it was then known, its [[independence]]. Three years later the country changes its name to [[Jordan]].<ref>"Year by Year 1946" -- [[History Channel International]]</ref> * [[March 29]] - [[Gold Coast (British Colony)|Gold Coast]] has an African majority in the parliament === April === * [[April 1]] **14-meter high [[tsunami]] strikes [[Hilo, Hawaii|Hilo]] and [[Laupāhoehoe, Hawai'i|Laupāhoehoe]] on the [[Hawaii County, Hawaii|Big Island]] of [[Hawaii]] - 173 dead, thousands injured. **Formation of the [[Malayan Union]]. **[[Singapore]] becomes a [[Crown colony]] * [[April 3]] - [[Japan]]ese Lt. General [[Masaharu Homma]] is executed outside [[Manila]] in the [[Philippines]] for leading the [[Bataan Death March]]. * [[April 7]] - [[Syria|Syria's]] independence from [[France]] is officially recognised * [[April 10]] - In [[Japan]], women vote for the first time in [[parliamentarian elections]] * [[April 18]] - USA recognizes [[Josip Broz Tito]]'s government in [[Yugoslavia]] * [[April 18]] - Last meeting of [[League of Nations]] – it transfers its mission to [[United Nations]] and disbands itself. * [[April 23]] - the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League (Which is now the [[Continental Basketball Association|CBA]]) was founded * [[April 29]] - Trial against [[war criminal]]s begin in [[Tokyo]] – accused include [[Hideki Tojo]], [[Shigenori Togo]] and [[Hiroshi Oshima]]. === May === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 1]] - At least 800 [[Indigenous Australian]] pastoral workers walk off the job in Northwest [[Western Australia]], starting [[1946 Pilbara strike|one of the longest industrial strikes in Australia]] * [[May 2]] - Six prisoners unsuccessfully try to escape from the [[Alcatraz]] prison island * [[May 7]] - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed [[Sony]]) is founded with about 20 employees. * [[May 9]] - King [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy]] abdicates, and is succeeded by his son [[Humbert II of Italy|Humbert II]]. * [[May 10]] - [[Nehru]] elected leader of the [[Congress Party]] in [[India]] * [[May 20]] - In Britain, the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] decides to [[nationalize]] mines. * [[May 21]] - Radiation accident in [[Los Alamos]] laboratory; Dr [[Louis Slotin]] saves his coworkers but receives a fatal dose of [[ionizing radiation|radiation]]. Incident is initially classified * [[May 22]] - Kingdom of [[Transjordan]] founded. * [[May 25]] - The parliament of [[Transjordan]] makes [[Abdullah I of Jordan|emir Abdullah]] their king. * [[May 26]] - [[Czechoslovak]] parliamentary [[Czechoslovak parliamentary election, 1946|election]], with Communist victory (38%), last before communist take power * [[May 31]] - [[Greece]] [[referendum]] supports return of [[monarchy]] === June === * [[June 1]] - [[Ion Antonescu]], prime minister and "Conducator" (Leader) of [[Romania]] during [[World War II]] is executed; he was found guilty of betraying Romanian people for benefits of [[Germany]] and sentenced to death by [[Bucharest People's Tribunal]]. * [[June 2]] - In a [[referendum]] Italians decide to turn [[Italy]] from a [[monarchy]] into a [[Republic]]. After this referendum, the king of Italy [[Humbert II of Italy|Umberto II di Savoia]] was exiled. Women vote for the first time. * [[June 6]] - The [[Basketball Association of America]] is formed in [[New York City]]. * [[June 8]] - In [[Indonesia]], [[Sukarno]] incites his supporters to fight Dutch colonial occupation * [[June 9]] - In [[Thailand]], King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] (Rama IX) accedes the throne after the mysterious death of his brother, King [[Ananda Mahidol]] (Rama VIII). * [[June 9]] - Arthur John "Jack" Johnson, first African-American heavy-weight boxing champion, dies in a high speed car crash. * [[June 10]] - [[Italy]] declared [[republic]] * [[June 13]] - [[Humbert II of Italy]] leaves the country and goes into exile in [[Portugal]]; [[Alcide de Gasperi]] becomes [[head of state]]. * [[June 17]] **[[1946 Windsor-Tecumseh, Ontario tornado|Tornado]] on the [[Detroit River]] - 17 dead **[[Laurence Olivier]]'s ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' opens in the [[United States]] nearly two years after its release in England. It is the first Shakespeare film in color, and critics hail it as the finest film of a Shakespeare play ever made. === July === * [[July 4]] - [[Ankara University]] is founded. * [[July 4]] - After over 381 years of Western dominance, the [[Philippines]] achieves full independence. * [[July 5]] - [[Bikini]]s go on sale in [[Paris]] * [[July 7]] - Mother [[Frances Xavier Cabrini]] becomes the first American saint to be canonized. * [[July 21]] - [[Irgun]] bomb explodes in [[Jerusalem]]. * [[July 22]] - [[King David Hotel bombing]]: [[Irgun]] bombs [[King David Hotel]] in [[Jerusalem]], headquarters of the British civil and military administration killing 90. * [[July 25]] - [[Nuclear testing]]: In the first underwater test of the [[atomic bomb]], the surplus [[USS Saratoga (CV-3)|USS ''Saratoga'']] is sunk near [[Bikini Atoll]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]] when the [[United States]] detonates the "[[Baker Day]]" device. * [[July 25]] - At Club 500 in [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], [[Dean Martin]] and [[Jerry Lewis]] stage their first show as a [[comedy]] team. <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:Goering in Nuremberg.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Hermann Göring]] at Nuremberg]] --> === August === * [[August 1]] - The [[Hungarian Forint]] is introduced in Hungary by the local government this ends the world's biggest [[hyperinflation]] in the country * [[August 4]] - [[1946 Dominican Republic earthquake]] - earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. 100 killed, 20,000 left homeless. * [[August 18]] - Approximately 70 people die in the [[Vergarolla explosion]]. * [[August 19]] - Violence between Muslims and Hindus in [[Calcutta]] leaves 3000 dead. * [[August 25]] - [[Ben Hogan]] wins [[PGA Championship]] === September === * [[September 4]] - Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in [[Bombay]]. * [[September 8]] - [[Bulgaria]] declared a [[People's Republic]] after a [[referendum]] – King [[Simeon II]] leaves. * [[September 24]] - [[Cathay Pacific Airways]] was founded by Roy C Farrell and [[H de Kantzow]]. * [[September 28]] - [[George II of Greece]] returns to [[Athens]] === October === * [[October 1]] - [[Mensa International]] is founded in the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[October 2]] - Communists take over in [[Bulgaria]] * [[October 13]] - [[France]] adopts the constitution of the [[French Fourth Republic|Fourth Republic]]. * [[October 15]] - [[Nuremberg Trials]]: Founder of the [[Gestapo]] and recently convicted [[Nazism|Nazi]] war criminal, [[Hermann Göring]], poisons himself hours before his scheduled execution. * [[October 23]] - [[United Nations]]' first meeting in [[Long Island]]. === November === * [[November 1]] - The New York Knicks played against the Toronto Huskies at the Maple Leaf Gardens, in the first Basketball Association of America game. The Knicks would win 68-66. * [[November 6]] - [[United States Senate election, 1946|Senate]] and [[United States House election, 1946|House]] elections in the [[United States]] both give majorities to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]. * [[November 8]] - Vietnamese riot in [[Haiphong]] and clash with French troops. French cruiser ''Suffren'' opens fire. 6000 Vietnamese killed. * [[November 10]] **At least 1,400 people were killed in an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the [[Richter Scale]] at the [[Ancash Region|Ancash]] and [[Quiches District|Quiches]] area in [[Peru]]. **Opening of the [[WWT Slimbridge|Slimbridge wetland reserve]] in [[England]]. * [[November 12]] **Truce between Indonesian nationalist troops and Dutch army in [[Indonesia]]. **A branch of the [[Exchange National Bank]] in [[Chicago]] opens the first ten [[drive-up teller window]]s. * [[November 17]] - Eight [[United Kingdom|British]] [[British Army|servicemen]] are killed in [[Jerusalem]] by [[Jew]]ish [[nationalists]]. * [[November 15]] - [[Netherlands]] recognized Republic of [[Indonesia]]. * [[November 19]] **[[Afghanistan]], [[Iceland]] and [[Sweden]] join the [[United Nations]] ** [[Romanian general election, 1946|Romanian general election]], carried with 79.86% of the vote by the [[Romanian Communist Party]] through widespread intimidation tactics and [[electoral fraud]] * [[November 22]] - [[Tony Benn]] is elected as [[Treasurer]] of the [[Oxford Union]]. * [[November 23]] - The [[Workers Party of South Korea]] is founded. * [[November 27]] - [[Cold War]]: [[India]]n Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] appeals to the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]] to end [[nuclear testing]] and to start [[nuclear disarmament]], stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster." === December === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[December 7]] - Fire at the [[Winecoff Hotel]] in [[Atlanta]], [[United States]] kills 119. * [[December 11]] - [[UNICEF]] (UNIted nations Children's Emergency Fund) founded. * [[December 12]] **[[United Nations]] severs relations with [[Francisco Franco|Franco]]'s [[Spain]] and recommends the member countries to sever diplomatic relations **[[Léon Blum]] founds a government of socialist parties in France **The new communist government held power in [[Tabriz]] center of [[Iran]]ian [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|Azerbaijan]] Provience. * [[December 19]] - [[Martial law]] in [[Vietnam]] * [[December 20]] - At least 1,330 killed, Richer Scale 8.0 magnitude earthquake following hit tidal wave (tsunami) at [[Kochi]] and [[Gobo]] erea, [[Japan]]. * [[December 22]] - [[Havana Conference]] begins between US [[organized crime]] bosses in [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] * [[December 24]] - [[France]]'s [[French Fourth Republic|Fourth Republic]] founded * [[December 26]] **[[Flamingo Las Vegas|Flamingo Hotel]] opens in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]]. ** [[David Lean]]'s ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'', based on the novel by [[Charles Dickens]], and featuring a cast headed by [[John Mills]], [[Valerie Hobson]], [[Martita Hunt]], [[Alec Guinness]], [[Francis L. Sullivan]], [[Jean Simmons]], and [[Finlay Currie]], is released to great acclaim in England. * [[December 31]] - President [[Harry Truman]] delivers [[Proclamation 2714]], which officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in [[World War II]]. === Undated === *The 20mm [[M61 Vulcan]] [[Gatling gun]] contract is released. *[[Devil's Island]] penal colony closes permanently. *[[Female suffrage]] in [[Belgium]], [[Romania]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], [[Argentina]] and Canadian province of [[Quebec]]. First female police officers in Korea and Japan. *[[Chinese Civil War]] intensifies between [[Kuomintang]] and [[Communist Party of China]]. *First [[Tupperware]] sold in department and hardware stores. *[[Grantley Adams]] becomes the premier of [[Barbados]]. *The [[Alcatraz Island]] prison riot occurs. *The British government takes emergency powers to deal with the balance-of-payments crisis. *[[Eva Perón]] tours [[Spain]], [[Italy]] and [[France]] on behalf of [[Argentina]], a circuit called the Rainbow Tour. * [[Breathalyzer]] machine for estimating [[blood alcohol concentration]] was invented. *[[Howard Hyde Russell]] established the [[Anti-Saloon League]]. *[[George Orwell]] writes [[Politics and the English Language]] *The NFL team [[San Francisco 49ers]] is formed. *'Deaths and Entrances' by [[Dylan Thomas]] is published. It includes one of Thomas' most famous poems, [[Fern Hill]]. === Ongoing === * [[Marshall Plan]] === Fictional === * [[5 November]] - In [[Bioshock]], the underwater [[Objectivism (Ayn Rand)|Objectivist]] [[Gulching|gulch]] city of ''Rapture'' is officially opened. * Undated - In ''[[The X-Files]]'', the first [[X-file]] is opened by [[J. Edgar Hoover]] == Births == {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 21}} === January-February === <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 3]] ** <!--[[January 3]] - -->[[John Paul Jones (musician)|John Paul Jones]], English bassist ([[Led Zeppelin]]) ** <!-- [[January 3]] - -->[[Cissy King]], American dancer and singer ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' * [[January 5]] - [[Diane Keaton]], American actress * [[January 6]] - [[Syd Barrett]], English guitarist and singer ([[Pink Floyd]]) (d. [[2006]]) *[[January 8]] ** <!--[[January 8]] - -->[[Stanton Peele]], American psychologist ** <!--[[January 8]] - -->[[Robby Krieger]], American musician ([[The Doors]]) * [[January 11]] ** <!--[[January 11]] - -->[[Naomi Judd]], American singer ** <!--[[January 11]] - -->[[John Piper (theologian)|John Piper]], American theologian * [[January 12]] - [[George Duke]], American musician * [[January 14]] - [[Harold Shipman]], British serial killer (d.[[2004]]) * [[January 16]] ** <!--[[January 16]] - -->[[Kabir Bedi]], Indian actor ** <!--[[January 16]] - -->[[Katia Ricciarelli]], Italian singer * [[January 18]] - [[Joseph Deiss]], Swiss Federal Councillor *[[January 19]] ** <!--[[January 19]] - -->[[Julian Barnes]], English writer * <!--[[January 19]] - -->[[Dolly Parton]], American singer and actress * [[January 20]] - [[David Lynch]], American film director * [[January 21]] - [[Johnny Oates]], baseball player and manager (d. [[2004]]) * [[January 22]] - [[Serge Savard]], Canadian hockey player and executive * [[January 24]] - [[Michael Ontkean]], Canadian actor * [[January 26]] - [[Gene Siskel]], American film critic (d. [[1999]]) * [[January 27]] - [[Nedra Talley]], American singer ([[Ronettes]]) * [[January 31]] - [[Terry Kath]], American musician (d. [[1978]]) <!--FEBRUARY--> * [[February 2]] - [[Blake Clark]], American actor and comedian * [[February 6]] - [[Jim Turner (Congressman)|Jim Turner]], American politician * [[February 9]] - [[Séan Neeson]], Northern Irish politician * [[February 13]] - [[Colin Matthews]], British composer * February 14 ** <!--[[February 14]] - -->[[Bernard Dowiyogo]], [[President of Nauru]] (d. [[2003]]) ** <!--[[February 14]] - -->[[Gregory Hines]], American dancer and actor (d. [[2003]]) * [[February 19]] - [[Karen Silkwood]], American activist (d. [[1974]]) * [[February 20]] - [[Brenda Blethyn]], English actress * [[February 21]] ** <!--[[February 21]] - -->[[Tyne Daly]], American actress ** <!--[[February 21]] - -->[[Alan Rickman]], English actor * [[February 25]] - [[Franz Xaver Kroetz]], German dramatist * [[February 26]] - [[Ahmed H. Zewail]], Egyptian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[February 28]] - [[Robin Cook]], British politician (d. [[2005]]) === March-April === * [[March 4]] ** <!--[[March 4]] - -->[[Michael Ashcroft]], English entrepreneur ** <!--[[March 4]] - -->[[Haile Gerima]], Ethiopian filmmaker ** <!--[[March 4]] - -->[[Harvey Goldsmith]], British impresario * [[March 6]] - [[David Gilmour]], English musician ([[Pink Floyd]]) * [[March 7]] - [[Peter Wolf]], American musician ([[J Geils Band]]) * [[March 10]] - [[Mike Hollands]], Australian animator * [[March 12]] - [[Liza Minnelli]], American singer and actress * [[March 15]] - [[Bobby Bonds]], baseball player and manager (d. [[2003]]) *[[March 17]] - [[Georges J.F. Kohler]], German biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[1995]]) * [[March 21]] - [[Timothy Dalton]], Welsh actor * [[March 25]] - [[Cliff Balsam]], English footballer * [[March 27]] - [[Olaf Malolepski]], German musician ([[Die Flippers]]) * [[March 30]] - [[Carolyn Simpson (judge)|Carolyn Simpson]], judge of the [[Supreme Court of New South Wales]] * [[March 31]] - [[Gonzalo Márquez]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball]] player (d. [[1984]]) <!--APRIL--> * [[April 4]] - [[Dave Hill]], English guitarist ([[Slade]]) * [[April 7]] ** <!--[[April 7]] - -->[[Colette Besson]], French runner ** <!--[[April 7]] - -->[[John Loder]], musician ([[CRASS]]) * [[April 12]] - [[Ed O'Neill]], American actor * [[April 16]] - [[Margot Adler]], American journalist * [[April 19]] - [[Tim Curry]], British actor, vocalist, and composer * [[April 20]] - [[Julien Poulin]], Canadian actor *[[April 25]] ** <!--[[April 25]] - -->[[John Fox (statistician)|John Fox]], British statistician ** <!--[[April 25]] - -->[[Talia Shire]], American actress ** <!--[[April 25]] - -->[[Strobe Talbott]], American journalist * [[April 30]] - King [[Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden]] === May-June === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 2]] - [[Lesley Gore]], American singer * [[May 4]] - [[John Watson (racing driver)|John Watson]], Northern Irish racecar driver * [[May 7]] - [[Thelma Houston]], American singer * [[May 9]] ** <!--[[May 9]] - -->[[Candice Bergen]], American actress ** <!--[[May 9]] - -->[[Drafi Deutscher]], German Schlager singer (d. [[2006]]) * [[May 10]] ** <!--[[May 10]] - -->[[Donovan|Donovan Leitch]], Scottish musician ** <!--[[May 10]] - -->[[Dave Mason]], English musician ([[Traffic (band)|Traffic]]) * [[May 11]] - [[Robert Jarvik]], American physicist and inventor * [[May 12]] - [[Richard Bruce Silverman]], John Evans Professor of Chemistry at [[Northwestern University]] * [[May 16]] - [[Robert Fripp]], British musician * [[May 17]] - [[Udo Lindenberg]], German musician * [[May 18]] - [[Reggie Jackson]], baseball player * [[May 19]] ** <!--[[May 19]] - -->[[André the Giant]], French professional wrestling (d. [[1993]]) ** <!--[[May 19]] - -->[[Claude Lelièvre]], Belgian Commissioner for Children Rights * [[May 20]] - [[Cher]], American actress and singer * [[May 22]] - [[George Best]], Northern Irish footballer (d. [[2005]]) * [[May 23]] - [[Frederik de Groot]], Dutch actor * [[May 26]] - [[Mick Ronson]], English guitarist (d. [[1993]]) * [[May 28]] - K. [[Satchidanandan]], Malayalam poet * [[May 29]] - [[Fernando Buesa]], Basque politician (d. [[2000]]) * [[May 30]] - [[Candy Lightner]], American founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving <!--JUNE--> * [[June 2]] - [[Peter Sutcliffe]], English serial killer * [[June 8]] - [[Pearlette Louisy]], Governor-General of St. Lucia * [[June 12]] - [[Harry Glasper]], English football historian * [[June 14]] - [[Donald Trump]], American real estate magnate * [[June 15]] ** <!--[[June 15]] - -->[[Demis Roussos]], Greek singer ** <!--[[June 15]] - -->[[Noddy Holder]], English singer ([[Slade]]) ** <!--[[June 15]] - -->[[Roy Holder]], English actor ** <!--[[June 15]] - -->[[Janet Lennon]], American singer, ''[[The Lennon Sisters]]'' * [[June 17]] - [[Marcy Kaptur]], U.S. Representative for the Ninth Congressional District of Ohio, based in Toledo * [[June 18]] - [[Russell Ash]], British author * [[June 20]] - [[Xanana Gusmão]], first [[President of East Timor]] * [[June 22]] - [[Kay Redfield Jamison]], American psychiatrist * [[June 23]] - [[Kathy Wilkes]], English philosopher * [[June 24]] ** <!--[[June 24]] - -->[[Ellison Onizuka]], astronaut (d. [[1986]]) ** <!--[[June 24]] - -->[[Robert Reich]], 22nd United States Secretary of Labor * [[June 28]] - [[Gilda Radner]], American comedienne and actress (d. [[1989]]) * [[June 29]] - [[Egon von Furstenberg]], Swiss fashion designer (d. [[2004]]) === July-August === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 2]] - [[Richard Axel]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] * [[July 4]] ** <!--[[July 4]] - -->[[Ed O'Ross]], American actor ** <!--[[July 4]] - -->[[Michael Milken]], American financier * [[July 6]] ** <!--[[July 6]] - -->[[George W. Bush]], 43rd [[President of the United States]] ** <!--[[July 6]] - -->[[Sylvester Stallone]], American actor * [[July 9]] ** <!--[[July 9]] - -->[[Natasha Pyne]], English actress ** <!--[[July 9]] - -->[[Bon Scott]], Australian singer ([[AC/DC]]) (d. [[1980]]) * [[July 13]] - [[Cheech Marin]], American actor and comedian * [[July 14]] - [[John Wood (Australian actor)|John Wood]], Australian actor * [[July 15]] - [[Linda Ronstadt]], American singer and songwriter * [[July 16]] ** <!--[[July 16]] - -->[[Dave Goelz]], American puppeteer ** <!--[[July 16]] - -->[[Ron Yary]], American football player * [[July 17]] - [[Alun Armstrong (actor)|Alun Armstrong]], English actor * [[July 22]] ** <!--[[July 22]] - -->[[Danny Glover]], American actor ** <!--[[July 22]] - -->[[Mireille Mathieu]], French singer * [[July 23]] - [[Sally Flynn]], American singer ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' * [[July 25]] - [[Rita Marley]], Jamaican singer * [[July 30]] - [[Neil Bonnett]], American race car driver (d. [[1994]]) <!--AUGUST--> * [[August 1]] ** <!--[[August 1]] - -->[[Mike Emrick]], American sportscaster ** <!--[[August 1]] - -->[[Sandi Griffiths]], American singer *[[August 3]] - [[Jack Straw (politician)|Jack Straw]], British politician *[[August 5]] - [[Ron Silliman]], American poet *[[August 9]] - [[Jim Kiick]], American football player * [[August 19]] ** <!--[[August 19]] - -->[[Bill Clinton]], 42nd [[President of the United States]] * <!--[[August 19]] - -->[[Beat Raaflaub]], Swiss conductor * <!--[[August 19]] - -->[[Charles Bolden]], American astronaut * [[August 20]] ** <!--[[August 20]] - -->[[Ralf Hütter]], German singer and musician ([[Kraftwerk]]) ** <!--[[August 20]] - -->[[N.R. Narayana Murthy]], Indian businessman *[[August 23]] - [[Keith Moon]], English drummer ([[The Who]]) (d. [[1978]]) *[[August 24]] - [[John Grahl]], Economist * [[August 25]] ** <!--[[August 25]] - -->[[Charles Ghigna (Father Goose)]], American poet and Children's Author ** <!--[[August 25]] - -->[[Rollie Fingers]], baseball player * [[August 26]] ** <!--[[August 26]] - -->[[Valerie Simpson]], American singer ** <!--[[August 26]] - -->[[Mark Snow]], American composer ** <!--[[August 26]] - -->[[Tom Ridge]], first [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security]] ** <!--[[August 26]] - -->[[Zhou Ji]], education minister of the People's Republic of China * [[August 29]] ** <!--[[August 29]] - -->[[Bob Beamon]], American athlete ** <!--[[August 29]] - -->[[Leona Gom]], Canadian novelist and poet === September-October === *[[September 1]] - ** [[Roh Moo-hyun]], [[President of South Korea]] ** [[Barry Gibb]] - British/Australian Musician [[The Bee Gees]] *[[September 2]] - [[Luis Avalos]], character actor *[[September 4]] ** <!--[[September 4]] - -->[[Gary Duncan]], American guitarist ([[Quicksilver Messenger Service]]) ** <!--[[September 4]] - -->[[Greg Elmore]], American drummer ([[Quicksilver Messenger Service]]) *[[September 5]] - [[Freddie Mercury]], Zanzibar-born singer ([[Queen (band)|Queen]]) (d. [[1991]]) * [[September 7]] ** <!--[[September 7]] - -->[[Willie Crawford]], baseball player (d. [[2004]]) ** <!--[[September 7]] - -->[[Francisco Varela]], Chilean biologist (d. [[2001]]) * [[September 9]] ** <!--[[September 9]] - -->[[Bruce Palmer]], Canadian musician ([[Buffalo Springfield]]) (d. [[2004]]) ** <!--[[September 9]] - -->[[Doug Ingle]], Vocalist ** <!--[[September 9]] - -->[[Billy Preston]], American soul musician (d. [[2006]]) * [[September 10]] ** <!--[[September 10]] - -->[[Jim Hines]], American athlete ** <!--[[September 10]] - -->[[Don Powell]], English drummer * [[September 15]] ** <!--[[September 15]] - -->[[Tommy Lee Jones]], American actor ** <!--[[September 15]] - -->[[Oliver Stone]], American film director *[[September 18]] - [[Rocío Jurado]], Spanish singer and actress. * [[September 21]] ** <!--[[September 21]] - -->[[Moritz Leuenberger]], Swiss Federal Councilor ** <!--[[September 21]] - -->[[Mikhail Kovalchuk]], Russian physicist and official *[[September 23]] - [[Franz Fischler]], Austrian politician *[[September 24]] - [[Lars Emil Johansen]], [[Prime Minister of Greenland]] *[[September 25]] - [[Jerry Penrod]], American bass player *[[September 26]] - [[Christine Todd Whitman]], American politician ** <!--[[September 26]] - -->[[Radha Krishna Mainali]], Nepalese politician * [[September 30]] ** <!--[[September 30]] - -->[[Héctor Lavoe]], Puerto Rican singer (d. [[1993]]) ** <!--[[September 30]] - -->[[Claude Vorilhon]], French-born Messenger <!--OCTOBER--> *[[October 1]] - [[Tim O'Brien (author)|Tim O'Brien]], American author *[[October 2]] - Gen. [[Sonthi Boonyaratglin]], President of the [[Council for National Security]] and Commander-in-Chief of the [[Royal Thai Army]] *[[October 3]] - [[P.P. Arnold]], American singer *[[October 4]] - [[Susan Sarandon]], American actress * [[October 6]] ** <!--[[October 6]] - -->[[Lloyd Doggett]], American politician ** <!--[[October 6]] - -->[[Renate Holub]], German philosopher * [[October 7]] ** <!--[[October 7]] - -->[[Xue Jinghua]], Chinese ballerina ** <!--[[October 7]] - -->[[Catharine MacKinnon]], American feminist * [[October 8]] ** <!--[[October 8]] - -->[[Hanan Ashrawi]], Palestinian scholar ** <!--[[October 8]] - -->[[John T. Walton]], son of Wal-Mart founder [[Sam Walton]] (d. [[2005]]) *[[October 9]] - [[Tansu Çiller]], Turkish politician * [[October 10]] ** <!--[[October 10]] - -->[[Anne Boyd]], Australian musician ** <!--[[October 10]] - -->[[Chris Tarrant]], Radio and TV personality ** <!--[[October 10]] - -->[[Naoto Kan]], Japanese politician ** <!--[[October 10]] - -->[[Mildred Grieveson]] (aka: Anne Mather, Caroline Fleming, Cardine Fleming), British writer * [[October 11]] - -- [[Amitabh Bachchan]] Indian Actor * [[October 13]] ** <!--[[October 13]] - -->[[Edwina Currie]], English politician ** <!--[[October 13]] - -->[[Dorothy Moore]], American singer *[[October 14]] - [[Justin Hayward]], English singer and songwriter ([[Moody Blues]]) * [[October 15]] ** <!--[[October 15]] - -->[[Richard Carpenter (musician)|Richard Carpenter]], American musician and composer ([[The Carpenters]]) ** <!--[[October 15]] - -->[[Marsha Hunt (singer and novelist)|Marsha Hunt]], American singer and novelist * [[October 16]] ** <!--[October 16]] - -->[[Suzanne Somers]], American actress ** <!--[[October 16]] - -->[[Elizabeth Witmer]], Dutch-born politician * [[October 17]] ** <!--[[October 17]] - -->[[Vicki Hodge]], English actress ** <!--[[October 17]] - -->[[Bob Seagren]], American athlete and actor * [[October 18]] ** <!--[[October 18]] - -->[[James Robert Baker]], American novelist, screenwriter ** <!--[[October 18]] - -->[[Howard Shore]], Canadian film composer ** <!--[[October 18]] - -->[[Andrea Zsadon]], Hungarian soprano *[[October 19]] - [[Philip Pullman]], English author *[[October 20]] - [[Elfriede Jelinek]], Austrian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[October 21]] - [[Lyn Allison]], Australian politician *[[October 22]] - [[Eileen Gordon]], British politician *[[October 25]] - [[Edith Leyrer]], Austrian actress *[[October 26]] - [[Pat Sajak]], American game show host * [[October 27]] ** <!--[[October 27]] - -->[[Leslie L. Byrne]], American politician ** <!--[[October 27]] - -->[[Ivan Reitman]], Slovakian-born film director and producer ** <!--[[October 27]] - -->[[Carrie Snodgress]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) *[[October 28]] - [[Sharon Thesen]], Canadian poet *[[October 29]] - [[Kathryn J. Whitmire]], Mayor of Houston, Texas * [[October 30]] ** <!--[[October 30]] - -->[[Lynne Marta]], American actress ** <!--[[October 30]] - -->[[Andrea Mitchell]], American journalist * [[October 31]] ** <!--[[October 31]] - -->[[Caroline Jackson]], British politician ** <!--[[October 31]] - -->[[Stephen Rea]], Northern Irish actor === November === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 1]] ** <!--[[November 1]] - -->[[Marina Abramovic]], Yugoslavian performance artist ** <!--[[November 1]] - -->[[Ric Grech]], British bassist ([[Family (band)|Family]], [[Blind Faith]], [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]] (d. [[1990]]) ** <!--[[November 1]] - -->[[Lynne Russell]], American newsreader *[[November 2]] - [[Giuseppe Sinopoli]], Italian conductor and composer (d. [[2001]]) *[[November 4]] - [[Laura Bush]], [[First Lady of the United States]] * [[November 5]] ** <!--[[November 5]] - -->[[Herman Brood]], Dutch artist (d. [[2001]]) ** <!--[[November 5]] - -->[[Loleatta Holloway]], American singer ** <!--[[November 5]] - -->[[Gram Parsons]], American musician (d. [[1973]]) *[[November 6]] - [[Sally Field]], American actress * [[November 7]] ** <!--[[November 7]] - -->[[Diane Francis]], Canadian journalist ** <!--[[November 7]] - -->[[Martin Barre]], English musician ([[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]) *[[November 8]] - [[Stella Chiweshe]], Zimbabwe musician *[[November 10]] - [[Alaina Reed Hall]], American actress *[[November 11]] - [[Corrine Brown]], American politician *[[November 12]] - [[P.P. Arnold]], English singer *[[November 13]] - [[Ohara Reiko]], Japanese actress *[[November 14]] - [[Carola Dunn]], English writer * [[November 15]] ** <!--[[November 15]] - -->[[Gwyneth Powell]], British actress ** <!--[[November 15]] - -->[[Sandy Skoglund]], American photographer *[[November 17]] - [[Petra Burka]], Canadian figure skater * [[November 18]] ** <!--[[November 18]] - -->[[Andrea Allan]], Scottish actress ** <!--[[November 18]] - -->[[Amanda Lear]], Hong Kong singer *[[November 19]] - [[Terry Baum]], American playwright * [[November 20]] ** <!--[[November 20]] - -->[[Greg Cook]], American football player ** <!--[[November 20]] - -->[[Judy Woodruff]], American television personality * [[November 21]] ** <!--[[November 21]] - -->[[Emma Cohen]], Spanish actress ** <!--[[November 21]] - -->[[Pam Freeman]], American actress ** <!--[[November 21]] - -->[[Chaviva Hosek]], Czech-born feminist ** <!--[[November 21]] - -->[[Ulla Jessen]], Danish actress ** <!--[[November 21]] - -->[[Jacky Lafon]], Belgian actress ** <!--[[November 21]] - -->[[Marina Warner]], English writer *[[November 22]] - [[Anne Wheeler]], Canadian television and film director * [[November 24]] ** <!--[[November 24]] - -->[[Penelope Jones Halsall]] (aka: Caroline Courtney, Melinda Wright, Lydia Hitchcock, Penny Jordan, Annie Groves), British writer ** <!--[[November 24]] - -->[[Ted Bundy]], American serial killer (d. [[1989]]) *[[November 25]] - [[Marika Lindstrom]], Swedish actress *[[November 26]] - [[Ottilia Borbath]], Romanian actress *[[November 27]] - [[Nina Maslova]], Russian actress *[[November 28]] - [[Regina Braga]], Brazilian actress *[[November 29]] **<!--[[November 29]] - --> [[Brian Cadd]], Australian singer-songwriter **<!--[[November 29]] - -->[[Suzy Chaffee]], American singer and actress *[[November 30]] - [[Barbara Cubin]], U.S. Congresswoman from Wyoming === December === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[December 2]] ** <!--[[December 2]] - -->[[Gulsun Karamustafa]], Turkish artist and film director ** <!--[[December 2]] - -->[[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer (d. [[1997]]) * [[December 3]] ** <!--[[December 3]] - -->[[Marjana Lipovsek]], Slovenian singer and actress ** <!--[[December 3]] - -->[[Joop Zoetemelk]], Dutch cyclist * [[December 4]] ** <!--[[December 4]] - -->[[Sherry Alberoni]], American actress ** <!--[[December 4]] - -->[[Angela Browning]], British politician ** <!--[[December 4]] - -->[[You Inoue]], Japanese voice actress (d. [[2003]]) * [[December 5]] ** <!--[[December 5]] - -->[[José Carreras]], Spanish tenor ** <!--[[December 5]] - -->[[Eva-Britt Svensson]], Swedish politician *[[December 6]] - [[Chelsea Brown]], American actress * [[December 8]] ** <!--[[December 8]] - -->[[Jacques Bourboulon]], French photographer ** <!--[[December 8]] - -->[[Sharmila Tagore]], Indian actress *[[December 9]] - [[Sonia Gandhi]], Indian politician * [[December 10]] ** <!--[[December 10]] - -->[[Chrystos]], American poet ** <!--[[December 10]] - -->[[Thomas Lux]], American poet *[[December 11]] - [[Ellen Meloy]], American writer (d. [[2004]]) *[[December 12]] - [[Gloria Loring]], American singer * [[December 14]] ** <!--[[December 14]] - -->[[Jane Birkin]], English actress and singer ** <!--[[December 14]] - -->[[Patty Duke]], American actress * [[December 16]] ** <!--[[December 16]] - -->[[Alice Aycock]], American sculptor ** <!--[[December 16]] - -->[[Benny Andersson]], Swedish singer and songwriter ([[ABBA]]) ** <!--[[December 16]] - -->[[Trevor Pinnock]], English harpsichordist and conductor * [[December 17]] ** <!--[[December 17]] - -->[[Bel Mooney]], English broadcast journalist ** <!--[[December 17]] - -->[[Eugene Levy]], Canadian Actor * [[December 18]] ** <!--[[December 18]] - -->[[Nina Skottova]], Czech politician and member of the European Parliament ** <!--[[December 18]] - -->[[Steven Spielberg]], American film director ** <!--[[December 18]] - -->[[Steve Biko]], Apartheid activist (d. [[1977]]) * [[December 19]] ** <!--[[December 19]] - -->[[Candace Pert]], American nueroscientist ** <!--[[December 19]] - -->[[Robert Urich]], American actor * [[December 20]] ** <!--[[December 20]] - -->[[Lesley Judd]], English actress and television presenter ** <!--[[December 20]] - -->[[John Spencer (actor)|John Spencer]], American actor (d. [[2005]]) ** <!--[[December 20]] - -->[[Dick Wolf]], American television producer *[[December 21]] - [[Carl Wilson]], American musician (d. [[1998]]) * [[December 23]] ** <!--[[December 23]] - -->[[Edita Gruberova]], Slovakian soprano ** <!--[[December 23]] - -->[[Susan Lucci]], American actress * [[December 24]] ** <!--[[December 24]] - -->[[Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin]], French politician and member of the European Parliament ** <!--[[December 24]] - -->[[Brenda Howard]], American bisexual activist (d. [[2005]]) ** <!--[[December 24]] - -->[[Jan Akkerman]], Dutch guitarist, mostly known from [[Focus]] * [[December 25]] ** <!--[[December 25]] - -->[[Jimmy Buffett]], American singer and songwriter ** <!--[[December 25]] - -->[[Larry Csonka]], American football player ** <!--[[December 25]] - -->[[Gene Lamont]], American baseball player and manager *[[December 26]] - [[Joyce Jillson]], American astrologer (d. [[2004]]) * [[December 27]] ** <!--[[December 27]] - -->[[Lenny Kaye]], American guitarist ** <!--[[December 27]] - -->[[Janet Street Porter]], English broadcast journalist ** <!--[[December 27]] - -->[[Polly Toynbee]], English journalist and writer *[[December 28]] - [[Edgar Winter]], American musician * [[December 29]] ** <!--[[December 29]] - -->[[Marianne Faithfull]], English singer and actress ** <!--[[December 29]] - -->[[Ruth Shady]], Peruvian archaeologist *[[December 30]] - [[Patti Smith]], American poet and singer === Unknown dates === *[[Kebby Musokotwane]], [[Prime Minister of Zambia]] (d. [[1996]]) *[[Tyler Burge]], American philosopher *[[Pete Price]], [[Merseyside]] radio disc jockey === Fictional === *[[June 13]] - [[Jason Voorhees]], [[mass murderer]], son of [[Pamela Voorhees|Mrs. Voorhees]] *[[December 4]] - [[Tony Montana]], [[druglord]], though the birthdate is unconfirmed. == Deaths == === January-June === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 4]] - [[George Woolf]], Canadian jockey (b. 1910) * [[January 29]] - [[Harry Hopkins]], American politician (b. [[1890]]) * [[February 5]] - [[George Arliss]], English actor (b. [[1868]]) * [[February 19]] - [[Rafael Erich]], Prime Minister of Finland (b. [[1879]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Bror von Blixen-Finecke]], Danish big-game hunter (b. [[1886]]) * [[March 12]] - [[Joachim Spungel]], Austrian linguistics expert (b. [[1874]]) * [[March 23]] - [[Gilbert N. Lewis]], American chemist (b. [[1875]]) * [[March 24]] - [[Alexander Alekhine]], Russian chess player (b. [[1892]]) * [[April 1]] - [[Noah Beery, Sr.]], American actor (b. [[1882]]) * [[April 3]] - [[Alf Common]], English footballer (b. [[1880]]) * [[April 8]] - [[Qin Bangxian]], [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China]] (b. [[1907]]) * [[April 21]] - [[John Maynard Keynes]], British economist (b.[[1883]]) * [[April 22]] - [[Harlan Fiske Stone|Harlan F. Stone]], [[United States Supreme Court/Chief Justice|Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. [[1872]]) * [[May 19]] - [[Booth Tarkington]], American novelist (b. [[1869]]) * [[May 20]] - [[Jacob Ellehammer]], Danish inventor (b. [[1871]]) * [[June 1]] - [[Ion Antonescu]], Romanian prime minister and dictator (b. [[1882]]) * [[June 6]] - [[Gerhart Hauptmann]], German writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1862]]) * [[June 9]] - King [[Ananda Mahidol]] of [[King of Siam|Siam]] (b. [[1925]]) * [[June 10]] - [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]], American boxer (b. [[1878]]) * [[June 14]] - [[John Logie Baird]], Scottish television pioneer (b. [[1888]]) * [[June 28]] - [[Antoinette Perry]], American actress and director (b. [[1888]]) === July-December === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 8]] - [[Orrick Glenday Johns]], American writer (b. [[1887]]) * [[July 13]] - [[Alfred Stieglitz]], American photographer (b. [[1864]]) * [[July 15]] - [[Razor Smith]], English cricketer (b. [[1877]]) * [[July 27]] - [[Gertrude Stein]], American writer (b. [[1874]]) * [[July 30]] - [[Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov]], Russian poet, scientist and revolutionary (b. [[1854]]) * [[August 5]] - [[Wilhelm Marx]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. [[1863]]) * [[August 13]] - [[H.G. Wells]], English writer (b. [[1866]]) * [[September 17]] - [[Frank Burke (baseball)|Frank Burke]], American baseball player (b. [[1880]]) * [[September 30]] - [[Takashi Sakai]], Japanese General (executed) (b. [[1887]]) * [[October 4]] - [[Barney Oldfield]], American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. [[1878]]) * [[October 6]] - [[Per Albin Hansson]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] (b. [[1885]]) * [[October 15]] - [[Hermann Göring]], Nazi Reichsmarshall (suicide) (b. [[1893]]) * [[October 16]] ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Arthur Seyss-Inquart]], Austrian Nazi Leader (executed) (b. [[1892]]) ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Hans Frank]], Nazi Governor General of Poland (executed) (b. [[1900]]) ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Wilhelm Frick]], Nazi Minister of Interior (executed) (b. [[1877]]) ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Alfred Jodl]], Nazi Chief of OKW (executed) (b. [[1890]]) ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Ernst Kaltenbrunner]], Nazi Police General (executed) (b. [[1903]]) ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Wilhelm Keitel]], Nazi Generalfeldmarschall (executed) (b. [[1882]]) ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Joachim von Ribbentrop]], Nazi foreign minister (executed) (b. [[1893]]) ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Alfred Rosenberg]], Nazi ideologist (executed) (b. [[1893]]) ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Fritz Sauckel]], Nazi General Plenipotentiary (executed) (b. [[1892]]) ** <!-- October 16 - -->[[Julius Streicher]], Nazi propaganda publisher (executed) (b. [[1885]]) * [[November 11]] - [[Nikolai Burdenko]], Russian surgeon, the founder of the Russian neurosurgery (b. [[1876]]) * [[November 14]] - [[Manuel de Falla]], Spanish composer (b. [[1876]]) * [[November 25]] - [[George Gandy]], American entrepreneur (b. [[1851]]) * [[December 7]] - [[Sada Yacco]], Japanese stage actress (b. [[1871]]) * [[December 10]] - [[Walter Johnson]], baseball player (b. [[1887]]) * [[December 14]] - [[Tom Dowse]], Irish baseball player who played in major league baseball in the 1890s (b. [[1866]]) * [[December 23]] - [[John A. Sampson]], American gynecologist (b. [[1873]]) * [[December 25]] - [[W.C. Fields]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1880]]) ===Unknown=== *[[Curtis Hidden Page]] New Hampshire politician. (b. [[1870]]) == Nobel prizes == * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Percy Williams Bridgman]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[James B. Sumner]], [[John Howard Northrop]], [[Wendell Meredith Stanley]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Hermann Joseph Muller]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Hermann Hesse]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Emily Greene Balch]], [[John Mott]] == Ship events == * [[List of ship launches in 1946]] * [[List of ship commissionings in 1946]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1946]] * [[List of shipwrecks in 1946]] == See also == * [[20th century]] * [[1946 (EP)]], a 1996 EP release by Soul-Junk == Notes == <references/> {{commonscat}} == External links == *[http://www.coinpage.com/1946-pictures.html 1946 Coin Pictures] == Table of Contents == __TOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:%%key}} [[Category:1946| ]] [[af:1946]] [[am:1946 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1946]] [[an:1946]] [[frp:1946]] [[ast:1946]] [[gn:1946]] [[av:1946]] [[az:1946]] [[bn:১৯৪৬]] [[zh-min-nan:1946 nî]] [[map-bms:1946]] [[be:1946]] [[be-x-old:1946]] [[bh:१९४६]] [[bs:1946]] [[br:1946]] [[bg:1946]] [[ca:1946]] [[cv:1946]] [[cs:1946]] [[co:1946]] [[cy:1946]] [[da:1946]] [[de:1946]] [[et:1946]] [[el:1946]] [[es:1946]] [[eo:1946]] [[eu:1946]] [[fa:۱۹۴۶ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1946]] [[hif:1946]] [[fr:1946]] [[fy:1946]] [[fur:1946]] [[ga:1946]] [[gan:1946年]] [[gv:1946]] [[gd:1946]] [[gl:1946]] [[ko:1946년]] [[hy:1946]] [[hi:1946]] [[hr:1946.]] [[io:1946]] [[ilo:1946]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৪৬]] [[id:1946]] [[ia:1946]] [[os:1946]] [[is:1946]] [[it:1946]] [[he:1946]] [[jv:1946]] [[pam:1946]] [[kn:೧೯೪೬]] [[ka:1946]] [[csb:1946]] [[kk:1946]] [[kw:1946]] [[sw:1946]] [[ht:1946 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1946]] [[la:1946]] [[lb:1946]] [[lt:1946 m.]] [[lij:1946]] [[jbo:1946moi nanca]] [[lmo:1946]] [[hu:1946]] [[mk:1946]] [[mi:1946]] [[mr:इ.स. १९४६]] [[ms:1946]] [[nah:1946]] [[nl:1946]] [[new:ई सं १९४६]] [[ja:1946年]] [[nap:1946]] [[no:1946]] [[nn:1946]] [[nrm:1946]] [[nov:1946]] [[oc:1946]] [[uz:1946]] [[pi:१९४६]] [[nds:1946]] [[pl:1946]] [[pt:1946]] [[ty:1946]] [[ksh:Joohr 1946]] [[ro:1946]] [[ru:1946 год]] [[se:1946]] [[sq:1946]] [[scn:1946]] [[simple:1946]] [[sk:1946]] [[sl:1946]] [[sr:1946]] [[sh:1946]] [[su:1946]] [[fi:1946]] [[sv:1946]] [[tl:1946]] [[ta:1946]] [[tt:1946]] [[te:1946]] [[tet:1946]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2489]] [[vi:1946]] [[tpi:1946]] [[tr:1946]] [[tk:1946]] [[uk:1946]] [[vec:1946]] [[wa:1946]] [[vls:1946]] [[yi:1946]] [[yo:1946]] [[zh-yue:1946年]] [[cbk-zam:1946]] [[diq:1946]] [[bat-smg:1946]] [[zh:1946年]]