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Year '''1946''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXLVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]].
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== Events of 1946 ==
=== January ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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.
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=== 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 ===
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* [[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 ==
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=== January-February ===
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* [[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]])
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* [[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]])
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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]])
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* [[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
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*[[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.coinpage.com/1946-pictures.html 1946 Coin Pictures]
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