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Year '''1950''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCML]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. It is also the index year, or year 0, that scientists use for [[before present]] figures.
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== Events of 1950 ==
===January===
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* [[January 1]] - The [[International Police Association]] (IPA) - the largest police organisation in the World - was formed.
* [[January 5]] - [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Estes Kefauver]] introduces a [[Resolution (law)|resolution]] calling for examination of [[organized crime]] in the U.S.
* [[January 6]] - The [[United Kingdom]] recognizes the [[People's Republic of China]]. The [[Republic of China]] severs [[diplomatic relations]] with Britain in response.
* [[January 9]] - The [[Israeli]] government recognizes the People's Republic of China.
* [[January 11]] - [[Hukbalahap|Huk]] [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrillas]] manhandle the town of [[Hermosa, Bataan|Hermosa]] in [[Bataan]], [[Philippines]].
[[Image:Mount Lamington 1951.jpg|thumb|180px|right| [[January 15]]: [[Mount Lamington]] erupts in [[New Guinea]].]]
[[Image:India topo big.jpg|thumb|170px|right| [[January 26]]: [[India]] forms a [[republic]].]]
* [[January 12]] - British [[submarine]] ''[[HMS Truculent (P315)|Truculent]]'' collides with a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[oil tanker]] in the [[Thames Estuary]] and sinks - 64 dead.
* [[January 13]] - [[Finland]] forms [[diplomatic relations]] to People's Republic of China.
* [[January 15]] - [[Volcanic]] cloud kills 5000 in [[Mount Lamington]], [[New Guinea]].
* [[January 17]] - The [[Great Brinks Robbery]] - 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an [[Armored car (valuables)|armored car]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
* [[January 21]] - [[Alger Hiss]] is convicted of [[perjury]].
* [[January 23]] - The [[Knesset]] passes a resolution that states [[Jerusalem]] is the capital of [[Israel]].
* [[January 24]] - [[Cold War]]: [[Klaus Fuchs]], a German émigré and physicist, walked into [[London]]'s [[War Office]] and confessed to being a [[Soviet]] spy: for 7 years, he passed [[Classified information|top secret]] data on U.S. and British [[nuclear weapons]] research to the [[Soviet Union]];<ref name="HCI">"Year by Year 1950" -- [[History Channel International]]</ref> formally charged [[February 2]].
* [[January 26]] - [[India]] promulgates its [[constitution]] forming a [[republic]] and [[Rajendra Prasad]] is sworn in as its first [[President of India|president]].
* [[January 28]] - [[Somaliland]] is put under [[Italy|Italian]] mandate
* [[January 29]] - [[Lord Balfour]] criticizes the fact that [[rationing]] is still in force in Britain.
* [[January 31]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] orders the development of the [[Teller-Ulam design|hydrogen bomb]] in response to the detonation of the [[Soviet Union]]'s first [[Nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] in [[1949]].<ref name="HCI">"Year by Year 1950" -- [[History Channel International]]</ref>
* [[January 31]] - Last [[Kuomintang]] troops [[Surrender (military)|surrender]] in mainland [[China]].
===February===
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*February - British [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] forms a new government.
* [[February 1]] - [[Chiang Kai-shek]] re-elected as a president of the Republic of China.
* [[February 4]] - [[Ingrid Bergman]]'s illegitimate child arouses ire in USA
* [[February 9]] - [[Second Red Scare]]: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hote in [[Wheeling, West Virginia]], [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Joseph McCarthy]] accuses the [[United States Department of State]] of being filled with 205 [[communism|Communists]].
* [[February 11]] - Two [[Viet Minh]] battalions attack a [[France|French]] base in [[French Indochina]].
* [[February 11]] - [[Finland]] recognizes [[Indonesia]].
* [[February 12]] - Pro-communist riots in [[Paris]].
* [[February 12]] - [[European Broadcasting Union]] founded.
* [[February 12]] - [[Albert Einstein]] warns that nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction.
* [[February 13]] - The US army begins to deploy anti-aircraft cannons to protect nuclear stations and military targets.
* [[February 13]] - The US Air Force loses a B-36 bomber that carried an Mk-4 atomic bomb off the west coast of Canada, and produced the world's first [[United States military nuclear incident terminology#Broken_Arrow|Broken Arrow]].
* [[February 14]] - The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty.
* [[February 15]] - [[Juho Kusti Paasikivi]] re-elected president of [[Finland]]
* [[February 19]] - [[Konrad Adenauer]] tries unsuccessfully to negotiate with [[East Germany]] to begin unification.
===March===
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* [[March 1]] - Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by giving them [[Classified information|top secret]] [[atomic bomb]] data.
* [[March 1]] - Acting Chinese President [[Li Tsung-jen]] ends his term in office
* [[March 1]] - Chiang Kai-shek resumes his duties as Chinese president after moving his government to [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]].
* [[March 3]] - [[Poland]] states that it intends to exile all Germans.
* [[March 8]] - The Soviet Union claims to have an atomic bomb.
* [[March 8]] - The first Volkswagen Type 2 van - also known as the [[Volkswagen Microbus]] - rolls off the assembly line in [[Wolfsburg]], [[Germany]].
* [[March 12]] - A plane carrying returning rugby fans from Ireland to Wales crashes near [[Llandow air disaster|Llandow]] with the loss of 80 lives.
* [[March 12]]-[[March 13]] - In Belgium, the [[referendum]] over the monarchy shows 57.7% support the return of king [[Léopold III of Belgium|Léopold III]], 42.3% against.
* [[March 14]] - Ship Cygnet hits mine off the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] coast.
* [[March 17]] - [[University of California, Berkeley]] researchers announce the creation of element 98 which they have named "[[californium]]".
* [[March 20]] - Government of Poland decides to confiscate the property of the Polish church.
* [[March 22]] - [[Egypt]] demands that Britain remove all its troops in [[Suez Canal]].
* [[March 23]] - [[22nd Academy Awards]] ceremony
===April===
* [[April 15]] - Belgian king Leopold III announces that he is ready to abdicate in favor of his son [[Baudouin I of Belgium|Baudouin]].
* [[April 24]] - [[Jordan]] formally annexes the [[West Bank]].
* [[April 27]] - [[Apartheid]]: In [[South Africa]], the [[Group Areas Act]] is passed, formally segregating races.
* [[April 27]] - Britain formally recognizes Israel.
===May===
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* [[May 6]] - "Cazin uprising" in town of Cazin ([[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]]) against Communist [[agrarian]] reforms.
* [[May 6]] - [[Tollund Man]] is found.
* [[May 9]] - [[Robert Schuman]] presents his proposal on the creation of an organized [[Europe]], indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "[[Schuman declaration]]", is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the [[European Union]].
* [[May 9]] - [[L. Ron Hubbard]] publishes ''[[Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health]]''.
* [[May 11]] - [[Kefauver Committee]] hearings about US organized crime begin.
* [[May 13]] - The first race in the inaugural [[Formula 1|FIA Formula One World Championship]] was held at [[Silverstone]], [[England]].
* [[May 14]] - [[The Huntsville Times]] runs the headline, "''[[Wernher von Braun|Dr. von Braun]] Says Rocket Flights Possible to Moon.''"
* [[May 25]] - [[Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel]] is formally opened to traffic.
* [[May 29]] - [[St. Roch]], first ship to [[circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] North America arrives in [[City of Halifax|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]].
===June===
* [[June 1]] - [[Mauna Loa]] starts erupting.
* [[June 3]] - First ascent of [[Annapurna|Annapurna I]], 10th highest mountain in the world.
* [[June 6]] - [[Turkey]]: The [[Adhan]] in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] is legalized.
* [[June 8]] - Sir [[Thomas Blamey]] becomes the only [[Field Marshal]] in [[Australia]]n history.
* [[June 23]] - [[Mauna Loa]] stops erupting
* [[June 25]] - Beginning of [[Korean War]]: Americans begin hoarding supplies in case of [[rationing]] and [[shortage]]s.
* [[June 26]] - The [[Union of South Africa|South African]] [[Parliament of South Africa|parliament]] passes the [[Suppression of Communism Act|Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950]].
* [[June 28]] - Korean War - [[North Korea]]n forces capture [[Seoul]].
* [[June 29]] - [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] defeats [[England national football team|England]] 1-0 in the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]].
===July===
* [[July 16]] - [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] beat [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] 2-1 to win the [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 World Cup]].
* [[July 17]] - The Suppression of Communism Act, passed on June 26, comes into force.
===August===
* [[August 5]] - [[Florence Chadwick]] swims across [[English Channel]] in 13 hours, 22 minutes.
* [[August 5]] - A bomb-laden [[B-29 Superfortress]] crashes into a residential area in California: 17 dead, 68 injured.
* [[August 6]] - Riot in [[Brussels]] in monarchist demonstrations.
* [[August 8]] - [[Winston Churchill]] supports idea of pan-European army allied with Canada and USA.
* [[August 12]] - In his [[Encyclical]] [[Humani Generis]], [[Pope]] [[Pius XII]] declares [[evolution]] to be a serious [[hypothesis]] that did not contradict essential [[Catholic]] teachings.
* [[August 15]] - Earthquake and floods in [[Assam]], India: 574 deaths, 5,000,000 believed homeless.
* [[August 22]] - Foundation of the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary]], Tagbilaran City, Philippines.
* [[August 23]] - Legendary singer-actor [[Paul Robeson]], whose passport has recently been revoked because of his alleged [[Communist]] affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958.
===September===
* [[September 4]] - [[Darlington Raceway]] is the site of the inaugural [[Southern 500]], the first 500-mile [[NASCAR]] race.
* [[September 4]] - [[Beetle Bailey]] comic strip started.
* [[September 7]] - [[Coal mine]] collapses in [[New Cumnock]], Scotland - 13 miners dead. 116 rescued.''
* [[September 7]] - The gameshow ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' debuts on television.
* [[September 8]] - The [[Defense Production Act]] is enacted into law in the U.S., shaping American military contracting for the next 60 years.
* [[September 9]] - The U.S. state of [[California]] celebrates its centennial anniversary.
* [[September 12]] - Communist riots in Berlin.
* [[September 15]] - Allied troops land in [[Incheon|Inchon]], occupied by North Korea, to begin the [[Battle of Inchon]].
* [[September 19]] - [[West Germany]] decides to purge communist officials.
* [[September 26]] - [[Indonesia]] admitted to the [[United Nations]].
* [[September 28]] - [[Ray Bradbury]] releases famous short story "The Veldt"
* [[September 30]] - [[NSC-68]] enacted by President Truman, setting US foreign policy for the next twenty years.
===October===
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* [[October 2]] - The [[comic strip]] ''[[Peanuts]]'' by [[Charles M. Schulz]] is first published in seven US newspapers.
* [[October 3]] - [[Getúlio Dornelles Vargas]], elected [[president of Brazil]], for a five-year term.
* [[October 5]] - Indonesian government quells riots in the [[Moluccas]].
* [[October 7]] - The [[1950-1951 invasion of Tibet]] by [[China]] begins.
* [[October 7]] - [[Agate Pass Bridge]] opens for traffic.
* [[October 11]] - The [[Federal Communications Commission]] issues the first license to broadcast [[television]] in color, to [[CBS]] ([[RCA]] will successfully dispute and block the license from taking effect, however).
* [[October 15]] - In East Germany, communists win 99.7% of the vote.
* [[October 20]] - [[Australia]] passes the Communist Party Dissolution Act, later struck down by the High Court.
* [[October 26]] - Sister Mary Teresa begins her charity work in [[Calcutta]] and becomes known as [[Mother Teresa]].
* [[October 28]] - [[Torcida Split]] was founded.
* [[October 30]] - [[The Jayuya Uprising]]/revolt is started by Puerto Rican Nationalists against the United States.
===November===
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* [[November 1]] - Pope [[Pius XII]] witnesses the "[[The Miracle of the Sun|Miracle of the Sun]]" at the Vatican<ref>Joseph Pelletier "The Sun Danced at Fatima", Doubleday, New York (1983), pp150,151</ref> and [[dogmatic definition|defines]] a new [[dogma]] of [[Roman Catholicism]]: that [[God]] [[assumption of Mary|assumed]] Mary's body into Heaven after her death.
* [[November 1]] - Puerto Rican nationalists [[Griselio Torresola]] and [[Oscar Collazo]] attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman, who is staying at the [[Blair-Lee House]] in Washington, D.C. during White House repairs.
* [[November 4]] - [[United Nations]] ends the diplomatic isolation of [[Spain]].
* [[November 8]] - Korean War: While in an [[P-80 Shooting Star|F-80]], [[United States Air Force]] Lt. Russell J. Brown intercepts two North Korean [[MiG-15]]s near the [[Yalu River]] and shoots them down in the first [[jet aircraft|jet]]-to-jet [[dogfight]] in history.
* [[November 10]] - A US Air Force B-50 bomber, experiencing an in-flight emergency, jettisoned and detonated a Mark 4 nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada. The device lacked its plutonium core.
* [[November 11]] - The [[Mattachine Society]] is founded in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] as the first [[Gay]]-liberation organization.
* [[November 13]] - Colonel [[Carlos Delgado Chalbaud]] is kidnapped and murdered in [[Caracas]].
* [[November 13]] - A [[Tete de I'Obiou accident|Curtiss Reid Flying Services plane crashes]] while enroute to [[Paris]] from [[Rome]] killing all 52 on board.
* [[November 18]] - The United Nations accepts the formation of [[Libya]]n national council
* [[November 20]] - [[T. S. Eliot]] speaks against television in the UK.
* [[November 22]] - Anti-British riots in Egypt.
* [[November 22]] - [[Shirley Temple]] announces her retirement from show business.
* [[November 25]] - Phenomenal [[winter storm]] ravages the Northeastern United States, brings 30 to 50 inches of [[snow]], temperatures below zero, and kills 323 people.
* [[November 26]] - Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China move into North Korea and launch a massive counterattack against [[South Korea]]n and American forces at Chosin, ending any thought of a quick end to the conflict.
* [[November 28]] - [[Greece]] and [[Yugoslavia]] reform diplomatic relations.
* [[November 29]] - Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force a retreat of United Nations forces from North Korea.
* [[November 29]] - [[National Council of Churches|National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA]] founded.
* [[November 30]] - Douglas MacArthur threatens to use nuclear weapons in Korea.
===December===
* [[December 3]] - Mt [[Etna]] erupts in [[Sicily]].
* [[December 11]]-[[December 13]] - The [[Maria Hertogh riots]] occur in [[Singapore]], leaving 18 dead and 173 injured.
* [[December 12]] - [[Paula Ackerman]] becomes the first woman in the United States to serve a congregation as a [[Rabbi]].
* [[December 16]] - The [[Office of Defense Mobilization]] is established in the United States.
* [[December 24]]-[[December 25]] - Scottish nationalists take the [[Stone of Scone]] from [[Westminster Abbey]].
* [[December 28]] - The [[Peak District]] becomes Britain's first [[National parks (England and Wales)|National Park]].
===Undated===
*Ralph Schneider founds [[Diners Club]] - it initially only works in 27 restaurants in [[New York City]].
*[[United Nations building]] is finished.
*First [[pager]]s are developed.
*First TV [[remote control]], [[Zenith Electronics Corporation|Zenith Radio]]'s ''Lazy Bones'' is marketed.
*[[Myxomatosis]] is introduced into Australia in an attempt to control the escalating [[rabbit]] population.
*[[IBM]] Israel begins operating in [[Tel Aviv]].
*President Harry Truman sends United States military advisers to [[Vietnam]] to aid [[France|French]] forces.
*France institutes a government-guaranteed [[minimum wage]].
===Ongoing===
* [[Computer Age]], and [[Cold War]]
* [[First Indochina War]]
===World population===
*Total [[world population]]: 2,518,629,000
**[[Africa]]: 221,214,000
**[[Asia]]: 1,398,488,000
**[[Europe]]: 547,403,000
**[[Latin-America]]: 167,097,000
**[[Northern America]]: 171,616,000
**[[Oceania]]: 12,812,000.
==Births==
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===January-February===
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* [[January 5]] - [[John Manley]], Canadian politician
* [[January 5]] - [[Charlie Richmond]], Canadian entrepreneur and inventor
* [[January 12]] - [[Sheila Jackson Lee]], American politician
* [[January 12]] - [[Dorrit Moussaieff]], [[First Lady of Iceland]]
* [[January 16]] - [[Debbie Allen]], American actress, dancer, and choreographer
* [[January 17]] - [[Cristina Galbó]], Spanish actress
* [[January 17]] - [[Luis López Nieves]], Puerto Rican writer
* [[January 18]] - [[Gilles Villeneuve]], Canadian race car driver (d. [[1982]])
* [[January 20]] - [[Edward Hirsch]], American poet
* [[January 21]] - [[Billy Ocean]], West Indian-born musician
* [[January 23]] - [[Richard Dean Anderson]], American actor
* [[January 24]] - [[Gennifer Flowers]], Accused President Clinton of sexual misconduct
* [[January 24]] - [[Benjamin Urrutia]], Ecuadoran author and scholar
* [[January 26]] - [[Janet Lupo]], American model
* [[January 27]] - [[Amos Grunebaum]], Israeli-born obstetrician and gynecologist
* [[January 27]] - [[Derek Acorah]], Spiritualist medium
* [[January 29]] - [[Jody Scheckter]], South African race car driver
* [[January 30]] - [[Trinidad Silva]], American actor (d. [[1988]])
* [[February 1]] - [[Kazimierz Nycz]], Polish clergyman
* [[February 3]] - [[Morgan Fairchild]], American actress
* [[February 4]] - [[Pamela Franklin]], British actress
* [[February 6]] - [[Natalie Cole]], American singer
* [[February 10]] - [[Mark Spitz]], American swimmer
* [[February 12]] - [[Michael Ironside]], Canadian actor
* [[February 12]] - [[Steve Hackett]], British songwriter and guitarist
* [[February 13]] - [[Peter Gabriel]], British musician
* [[February 15]] - [[Tsui Hark]], Hong Kong film director
* [[February 16]] - [[Peter Hain]], British politician
* [[February 18]] - [[Cybill Shepherd]] American Actress, Singer and Former Fashion Model
* [[February 18]] - [[John Hughes (film director)|John Hughes]], American film director, producer, and writer
* [[February 19]] - [[Andy Powell]], British musician ([[Wishbone Ash]])
* [[February 20]] - [[Ken Shimura]], Japanese television performer and actor
* [[February 20]] - [[Tony Wilson]], English impresario (d. [[2007]])
* [[February 22]] - [[Julius Erving]], American basketball player
* [[February 22]] - [[Julie Walters]], English actress
* [[February 22]] - [[Miou-Miou]], French actress
* [[February 22]] - [[Ellen Greene]], American actress
* [[February 25]] - [[Neil Jordan]], Irish film director, writer, and producer
* [[February 25]] - [[Néstor Kirchner]], [[President of Argentina]]
* [[February 26]] - [[Helen Clark]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
* [[February 26]] - [[Bill Ritter (journalist)|Bill Ritter]], [[ABC TV]] News Anchor
===March-April===
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* [[March 2]] - [[The Carpenters|Karen Carpenter]], American singer and drummer (d. [[1983]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Rick Perry]], Governor of Texas
* [[March 9]] - [[Doug Ault]], baseball player (d. [[2004]])
* [[March 9]] - [[Danny Sullivan]], American race car driver
* [[March 11]] - [[Bobby McFerrin]], American singer
* [[March 11]] - [[Jerry Zucker (film director)|Jerry Zucker]], American film producer, director, and writer
* [[March 13]] - [[William H. Macy]], American actor
* [[March 18]] - [[Brad Dourif]], American actor
* [[March 18]] - [[Richard Kretchmer]], English artist and historian
* [[March 20]] - [[William Hurt]], American actor
* [[March 22]] - [[Jocky Wilson]], Scottish darts player
* [[March 26]] - [[Teddy Pendergrass]], American singer
* [[March 26]] - [[Martin Short]], Canadian-born comedian
* [[March 29]] - [[Bud Cort]], American actor
* [[March 30]] - [[Robbie Coltrane]], British actor and comedian
* [[April 3]] - [[Sally Thomsett]], British actress
* [[April 4]] - [[Christine Lahti]], American actress
* [[April 5]] - [[Agnetha Fältskog]], Swedish singer and songwriter ([[ABBA]])
* [[April 5]] - [[Harpo (singer)|Harpo]], Swedish pop musician
* [[April 10]] - [[Steven Seagal]], American actor
* [[April 10]] - [[Ken Griffey, Sr.]], baseball player
* [[April 12]] - [[Kari Palaste]], Finnish architect
* [[April 20]] - [[Steve Erickson]], American novelist
* [[April 22]] - [[Peter Frampton]], English musician
* [[April 25]] - [[Lenora Fulani|Lenora Branch Fulani]], American Presidential candidate
* [[April 28]] - [[Jay Leno]], American comedian and talk show host
* [[April 29]] - [[Paul Holmes (broadcaster)|Paul Holmes]], New Zealand radio and television broadcaster
===May-June===
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* [[May 7]] - [[Tim Russert]] American journalist (d. [[2008]])
* [[May 13]] - [[Stevie Wonder]], American musician
* [[June 5]] - [[Abraham Sarmiento, Jr.]], Filipino journalist and political activist (d. [[1977]])
* [[June 25]] - [[Nitza Saul]], Israeli actress
===July-August===
* [[July 5]] - [[Michael Monarch]], American musician ([[Steppenwolf]])
* [[July 5]] - [[Huey Lewis]], American musician
* [[July 11]] - [[Pervez Hoodbhoy]], [[Pakistan]]i [[Nuclear physicist]] and social activist
* [[July 11]] - [[J. R. Morgan]], British classical scholar
* [[July 18]] - [[Richard Branson|Sir Richard Branson]], British entrepreneur
* [[July 18]] - [[Glenn Hughes (singer)|Glenn Hughes]], American vocalist (d. [[2001]])
* [[July 19]] - [[Per-Kristian Foss]], Norwegian Minister of Finance
* [[July 19]] - [[Simon Cadell]], British actor
* [[July 26]] - [[Susan George (actress)|Susan George]], British actress
* [[August 1]] - [[Roy Williams (coach)|Roy Williams]], American basketball coach
* [[August 11]] - [[Erik Brann]], American Musician, Guitarist (d. [[2003]])
* [[August 11]] - [[Gennadiy Nikonov]], Russian weapon designer
* [[August 14]] - [[Bob Backlund]], American professional wrestler
* [[August 15]] - [[Anne, Princess Royal]]
* [[August 15]] - [[Neil J. Gunther]] Australian/American physicist and computer scientist
* [[August 16]] - [[Hasely Crawford]], West Indian athlete
* [[August 16]] - [[Marshall Manesh]], [[Persia]]n actor
* [[August 26]] - [[Carl Deuker]], American author
* [[August 27]] - [[Charles Fleischer]], American actor
===September-October===
* [[September 1]] -[[Dr. Phil McGraw]], TV psychologist
* [[September 1]] - [[Mikhail Fradkov]], a [[Russia]]n politician, the current [[Prime Minister of Russia]]
* [[September 2]] - [[Rosanna DeSoto]], American actress
* [[September 7]] - [[Julie Kavner]], American actress
* [[September 10]] - [[Joe Perry (musician)]], American guitarist [[Aerosmith]]
* [[September 14]] - [[Paul Kossoff]], British guitarist ([[free (band)|Free]]) (d. [[1976]])
* [[September 14]] - [[Masami Kuwashima]], Japanese race car driver
* [[September 16]] - [[Loyd Grossman]], American television presenter and chef
* [[September 17]] - [[Narendra Modi]], Chief Minister of [[Gujarat]]
* [[September 21]] - [[Charles Clarke]], British politician
* [[September 21]] - [[Bill Murray]], American actor and comedian
* [[September 22]] - [[Kirka Babitzin|Kirka]], Finnish singer
* [[September 24]] - [[Kristina Wayborn]], Swedish actress
* [[September 27]] - [[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]], Japanese actor
* [[September 28]] - [[John Sayles]], American director and screenwriter
* [[October 1]] - [[Randy Quaid]], American actor
* [[October 5]] - [[Jeff Conaway]], American actor
* [[October 5]] - [[Edward P. Jones]], American writer
* [[October 9]] - [[Jody Williams]], American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
* [[October 10]] - [[Nora Roberts]], American novelist
* [[October 12]] - [[Caroline Ellis]], British actress
* [[October 12]] - [[Takeshi Kaga|Kaga Takeshi]], Japanese actor
* [[October 18]] - [[Wendy Wasserstein]], American playwright (d. [[2006]])
* [[October 20]] - [[Tom Petty]], American singer
* [[October 22]] - [[Bill Owens]], Governor of Colorado
* [[October 28]] - [[Sihem Bensedrine]], Tunisian human rights activist
* [[October 31]] - [[John Candy]], Canadian comedian and actor (d. [[1994]])
* [[October 31]] - [[Jane Pauley]], American television broadcaster and journalist
===November-December===
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* [[November 1]] - [[Robert B. Laughlin]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[November 3]] - [[Joe Queenan]], American humorist and social critic
* [[November 3]] - [[Massimo Mongai]], Italian author
* [[November 4]] - [[Charles Frazier]], American author
* [[November 10]] - [[Debra Hill]], American producer (d. [[2005]])
* [[November 10]] - [[Bob Orton, Jr.]], American professional wrestler
* [[November 13]] - [[Mary Lou Metzger]], American singer and dancer
* [[November 21]] - [[Alberto Juantorena]], Cuban athlete
* [[November 22]] - [[Lyman Bostock]], baseball player (d. [[1978]])
* [[November 28]] - [[Russell Alan Hulse]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[November 28]] - [[Ed Harris]], American actor
* [[December 1]] - [[Keith Thibodeaux]], American actor and musician
* [[December 2]] - [[Amin Saikal]], Afghan-Australian academic
* [[December 5]] - [[Camarón de la Isla]], Spanish singer (d. [[1992]])
* [[December 10]] - [[Tom Towles]], American actor
* [[December 13]] - [[Wendie Malick]], American actress
* [[December 15]] - [[Don Johnson]], American actor
* [[December 16]] - [[Roy Schuiten]], Dutch cyclist (d. [[2006]])
* [[December 17]] - [[Laurence F. Johnson]], American futurist and educator
* [[December 17]] - [[Wendy Brown]], wife of [[Gordon Brown]]
* [[December 18]] - [[Leonard Maltin]], American film critic
* [[December 19]] - [[Manny Trillo]], baseball player
* [[December 23]] - [[Michael C. Burgess]], American politician
* [[December 28]] - [[Alex Chilton]], American musician ([[The Box Tops]])
==Deaths==
===January-June===
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*[[January 17]] - [[Seiichi Hatano]], Japanese philosopher (b. [[1877]])
*[[January 21]] - [[George Orwell]], English author (b. [[1903]])
*[[February 6]] - [[Georges Imbert]], Alsatian chemist (b. [[1884]])
*[[February 7]] - [[D. K. Broster]], British historical novelist (b. [[1877]])
*[[February 25]] - [[George Minot]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1885]])
* [[March 5]] - [[Sid Grauman]], American restaurateur (b. [[1895]])
* [[March 19]] - [[Walter Haworth]], British chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1883]])
* [[March 19]] - [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], American author (b. [[1875]])
* [[March 24]] - [[James Rudolph Garfield]], American politician (b. [[1865]])
* [[March 30]] - [[Joe Yule]], Scottish-born comedian (b. [[1894]])
* [[April 26]] - [[G. Murray Hulbert]], American politician (b. [[1881]])
* [[May 1]] - [[Lothrop Stoddard]], American eugenicist (b. [[1883]])
* [[May 9]] - [[Esteban Terradas i Illa]], Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. [[1883]])
* [[May 10]] - [[Belle da Costa Greene]], American librarian, bibliographer, and archivist (b. [[1883]])
*[[June 4]] - [[Kazys Grinius]], President of Lithuania (b. [[1866]])
*[[June 24]] - [[Darwan Singh Negi]], Indian VC recipient (b. [[1881]])
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*[[July 12]] - [[Elsie de Wolfe]], American socialite and interior decorator (b. [[1865]])
*[[July 17]] - [[Evangeline Booth]], General of The Salvation Army (b. [[1865]])
*[[July 22]] - [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]], Canadian politician (b. [[1874]])
*[[August 22]] - [[Kirk Bryan (American Geologist)|Kirk Bryan]], American geologist (b. [[1888]])
*[[August 23]] - [[Frank Phillips]], American oil executive (b. [[1873]])
*[[August 26]] - [[Ransom E. Olds]], American automotive pioneer (b. [[1864]])
*[[August 27]] - [[Cesare Pavese]], Italian poet and novelist (b. [[1908]])
*[[September 6]] - [[Olaf Stapledon]], British author and philosopher (b. [[1886]])
*[[September 10]] - [[Raymond Sommer]], American race car driver (b. [[1906]])
*[[September 11]] - [[Jan Smuts]], [[Prime Minister of South Africa]] (b. [[1870]])
*[[September 21]] - [[Arthur Milne]], British physicist (b. [[1896]])
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*[[October 13]] - [[Ernest Haycox]], American writer (b. [[1899]])
*[[October 19]] - [[Charles Ballantyne]], Canadian politician (b. [[1867]])
*[[October 23]] - [[Al Jolson]], American musician (b. [[1886]])
*[[October 29]] - King [[Gustaf V of Sweden]] (b. [[1858]])
*[[November 2]] - [[George Bernard Shaw]], Irish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1856]])
*[[November 3]] - [[Koiso Kuniaki]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1880]])
*[[November 25]] - [[Johannes Vilhelm Jensen]], Danish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1873]])
*[[November 25]] - [[Gustaf John Ramstedt]], Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. [[1873]])
*[[November 28]] - [[James Corbitt]] [[hanged]] for [[murder]] by [[Albert Pierrepoint]]
*[[November 30]] - [[Werner Haase]], Hitler's personal physician (b. [[1900]])
*[[December 2]] - [[Dinu Lipatti]], Romanian pianist (b. [[1917]])
*[[December 5]] - [[Sri Aurobindo]], Indian guru (b. [[1872]])
*[[December 11]] - [[Leslie Comrie]], New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (b. [[1893]])
*[[December 12]] - [[Peter Fraser]], former [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]](b. [[1884]])
*[[December 15]] - [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]], Indian political leader (b.[[1875]])
*[[December 27]] - [[Max Beckmann]], German painter (b. [[1884]])
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Cecil Frank Powell]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Otto Paul Hermann Diels]], [[Kurt Alder]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Edward Calvin Kendall]], [[Tadeus Reichstein]], [[Philip Showalter Hench]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Bertrand Russell|Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Ralph Bunche]]
==Notes==
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