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1947 (
MCMXLVII ) was a
common year starting on Wednesday of the
Gregorian calendar , the 1947th year of the
Common Era (CE) and
Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the
2nd millennium , the 47th year of the
20th century , and the 8th year of the
1940s decade.
Calendar year
It was the first year of the
Cold War , which would last until
1991 , ending with the
dissolution of the Soviet Union .
Events
January
January 1 :
Nigeria gains
autonomy .
January –
February –
Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom : The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel.
[1] Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network.
[2]
January 1 – The
Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law.
January 4 – First issue of weekly
magazine
Der Spiegel published in
Hanover ,
Germany , edited by
Rudolf Augstein .
[3]
January 10 – The
United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of
Trieste .
[4]
January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "
Black Dahlia ", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved.
January 16 –
Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France.
January 19 – Ferry
SS Heimara sinks in the
South Euboean Gulf of Greece killing 392.
January 24 – In the third phase of the
Greek Civil War ,
Dimitrios Maximos forms a monarchist government in Athens and begins a brief term as prime minister.
[5]
January 26 – A
KLM
Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes soon after taking off from
Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen , killing all 22 people on board, including
Prince Gustaf Adolf , second in line to the Swedish throne, and American opera singer
Grace Moore .
[6]
January 31 – The
Communists take power in the
Polish People's Republic .
February
February 3
February 5
February 7 – The
South Pacific Commission (SPC) is founded.
February 8 – The
Karlslust dance hall fire in Berlin, Germany, kills over 80 people.
February 10 – In Paris, France, peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary,
Romania ,
Bulgaria and Finland. Italy cedes most of
Istria to the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later
Croatia ).
February 12
A
meteorite creates an
impact crater in
Sikhote-Alin , in the
Soviet Union .
In
Burma , the
Panglong Agreement is reached between the
Burmese government under its leader, General
Aung San , and the
Shan ,
Kachin , and
Chin ethnic peoples at the Panglong Conference. U Aung Zan Wai,
Pe Khin , Major Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Sein Mya Maung and
Myoma U Than Kywe are among the negotiators.
February 17 –
Cold War : The
Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the
Soviet Union
February 20
February 21 –
Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", his
Polaroid Land Camera , to a meeting of the
Optical Society of America in
New York City .
February 22 – The Tom and Jerry cartoon
Cat Fishin' is released.
February 23 – The
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
February 25
The German state of
Prussia is officially abolished, by the
Allied Control Council .
[8]
Hachikō Line derailment : The worst-ever train accident in Japan kills 184 people.
John C. Hennessy, Jr. brings the first
Volkswagen Beetle to the United States. He purchased the 1946 automobile from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle is shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day.
[9]
February 28 – In
Taiwan ,
civil disorder is put down , with large loss of civilian lives.
March
March 1
March 4 – The
Treaty of Dunkirk (effective September 8) is signed between the United Kingdom and France, providing for mutual assistance in the event of attack.
March 12 – The
Cold War begins: The
Truman Doctrine is proclaimed, to help stem the spread of
Communism .
March 14 – The
Thames flood and other widespread flooding occurs, as the exceptionally harsh
British winter of 1946–1947 ends in a thaw.
[10]
[11]
March 15 – Hindus and Muslims clash in
Punjab .
March 19 – The
19th Academy Awards Ceremony is held. The movie
The Best Years of Our Lives wins the
Academy Award for Best Picture , along with several other Academy Awards.
March 25 – A
coal mine explosion in
Centralia, Illinois , United States; 111 miners are killed.
March 28 – A World War II Japanese
booby trap explodes on
Corregidor Island, killing 28 people.
March 29 – A
rebellion against French rule erupts in
Madagascar .
March 31 – The leaders of the Kurdish People's
Republic of Mahabad , the second
Kurdish state in the history of
Iran , are hanged at
Chuwarchira Square in
Mahabad , after the state has been overrun by the Iranian army.
April
May
May 1 –
Portella della Ginestra massacre : The
Salvatore Giuliano gang of Sicilian separatists opens fire on a
Labour Day parade at Portella della Ginestra,
Sicily , killing 11 people and wounding 27.
May 2 – The movie
Miracle on 34th Street , a Christmastime classic, is first shown in theaters.
May 3 – The new post-war
Constitution of Japan goes into effect.
May 11 – The
Ferrari 125 S , the first car to bear the
Ferrari name, debuts.
May 22
May 25 – Hyundai Togun, the initial name of the
Hyundai Group , is founded by
Chung Ju-young .
[18]
May 29
May 30 –
Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 : A
Douglas C-54 Skymaster crashes near
Bainbridge, Maryland , killing all 53 aboard (49 passengers, 4 crew), in America's worst commercial aviation disaster to this date.
May 31
June
Marshall Plan .
July
July 1 – The
United States begins the
National Malaria Eradication Program , successfully eradicating malaria in
1951 .
July 6
July 8 –
Roswell UFO incident : A supposedly downed
extraterrestrial spacecraft is reportedly found near
Roswell, New Mexico .
July 9 – King
George VI of the United Kingdom announces the engagement of his daughter
Princess Elizabeth to
Lt. Philip Mountbatten .
July 11 – The ship
Exodus leaves France for
Palestine , with 4,500 Jewish
Holocaust survivor refugees on board.
July 17
July 18
July 19 – Burmese nationalist
Aung San , and six members of his newly formed cabinet, are assassinated during a cabinet meeting.
July 26 –
Cold War : U.S. President
Harry S. Truman signs the
National Security Act of 1947 into law to create the
Central Intelligence Agency , the
Department of Defense , the
Joint Chiefs of Staff , and the
National Security Council .
July 27 –
28 – English endurance swimmer
Tom Blower becomes the first person to swim the
North Channel , from
Donaghadee in
Northern Ireland to
Portpatrick in Scotland.
July 29
After being shut down on November 9, 1946, for a refurbishment, the
ENIAC computer in the United States is turned back on again, and remains in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
Original flying saucer witness Kenneth Arnold interviews
Fred Crisman and Harold Dahl, who claims to
have recovered material dropped from a flying saucer . Dahl also reports the first modern so-called "
Men in Black " encounter.
August
Flag of
Pakistan , the country that gained independence on August 14, 1947
Flag of
India , the country that gained independence on August 15, 1947 and became the largest democracy in the world.
August 1 – Indonesian airline
Garuda Indonesia is established.
August 2 –
1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident : A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile (the wreckage will not be found until 1998).
August 5 – The Netherlands ends
Operation Product , the first of its major
politionele acties (military "police actions") in
Indonesia .
August 7
August 14
August 15
The greater Indian subcontinent, with a mixed population of
Hindu ,
Sikhs ,
Buddhists ,
Jains ,
Zoroasters ,
Jews ,
Christians ,
Muslims and others formed by the
Partition of India , gains independence from the British Empire, as the
Dominion of India . (1192-1757) 565 years of Muslim rule & British rule of (1757-1947) 190 years so, 565+190=755 years of foreign rule ends.
Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first
prime minister of India , taking his oath from
Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma ,
Governor-General of India (but no longer
viceroy ).
August 16 – In Greece, General
Markos Vafiadis takes over the government until
1949 .
August 23 – The
prime minister of Greece ,
Dimitrios Maximos , resigns.
August 27 – The French government lowers the daily bread
ration to 200 grams, causing riots in
Verdun and
Le Mans .
August 30 – A fire at a movie theater in
Rueil , a suburb of Paris, France, kills 83 people.
August 31 – In
Hungary ,
communists fail to gain a majority in parliamentary elections (despite widespread fraud) and turn to direct action as part of the country's
transition to Communism (1944–1949) .
September
The
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), officially born September 18, 1947
October
November
November 2 – In
Long Beach, California , designer and airplane pilot
Howard Hughes carries out the one and only flight of the
Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose "), the largest
fixed-wing aircraft ever built and flown. This flight only lasts 8 minutes.
November 6 – The television program
Meet the Press makes its debut, on the
NBC -TV network in the United States.
November 9 –
Junagadh is invaded by the Indian army.
November 10 – The arrest of four steel workers in
Marseille begins a
French communist riot, that also spreads to Paris.
November 13
November 15
November 16
In
Brussels , 15,000 people demonstrate against the relatively short prison sentences of Belgian
Nazi criminals.
Great Britain begins withdrawing its troops from Palestine.
November 17 –
December 23 –
John Bardeen and
Walter Brattain working under
William Shockley at
AT&T 's
Bell Labs in the United States demonstrate the
transistor effect, a key element for the
electronics revolution of the 20th century.
[28]
November 17 – The
Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
November 18 –
Ballantyne's fire : A fire in
Ballantynes department store in
Christchurch , New Zealand, kills 41 people.
November 20
November 21 – The United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment begins in
Havana , Cuba. This conference ends in 1948, when its members complete the
Havana Charter .
November 24 –
McCarthyism : The
United States House of Representatives votes 346–17 to approve citations of Contempt of Congress against the "
Hollywood Ten ", after the screenwriters and directors refuse to co-operate with the
House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of
communist influences in the movie business. The ten men are
blacklisted by the
Hollywood movie studios on the following day.
[29]
November 25
November 27 – In Paris, France, police occupy the editorial offices of the communist newspapers.
November 29 – The
United Nations General Assembly votes for the
United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine which will partition
Mandatory Palestine between Arab and Jewish regions, resulting in the creation of the
State of Israel .
December
Date unknown
Births
January
David Bowie
Andrea Martin
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Michio Kaku
Jonathan Banks
January 1
January 2 –
Jack Hanna , American Zookeeper and Television Personality (
Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures )
January 6
January 8
January 10 –
Peer Steinbrück , German politician
January 13 –
Carles Rexach , Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
January 15 –
Andrea Martin , Canadian-American actress (
Second City Television )
January 16
January 18 –
Takeshi Kitano , Japanese film director, actor
January 20 –
Cyrille Guimard , French road racing cyclist
January 21 –
Jill Eikenberry , American actress
January 22 –
Vladimir Oravsky , Swedish writer
January 23
January 24
January 25 –
Tostão (Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade), Brazilian footballer
January 26 –
Michel Sardou , French singer and actor
January 27 –
Björn Afzelius , Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist (
Hoola Bandoola Band ) (d.
1999 )
January 29 –
Linda B. Buck , American biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
[45]
January 30 –
Steve Marriott , British rock musician (d.
1991 )
January 31 –
Jonathan Banks , American actor
[46]
February
Farrah Fawcett
Yukio Hatoyama
Edward James Olmos
Lee Evans
February 1 –
Mike Brant , Israeli singer and songwriter (d.
1975 )
February 2 –
Farrah Fawcett , American actress (
Charlie's Angels ) (d.
2009 )
February 3
February 4
February 5 –
Regina Duarte , Brazilian actress; former Special Secretary of Culture of Brazil
February 7 –
Wayne Allwine , American voice actor (
Mickey Mouse ) (d.
2009 )
February 10 –
Louise Arbour , Canadian jurist
February 11
February 13
February 15
February 16 –
Veríssimo Correia Seabra , Bissau-Guinean military commander (d.
2004 )
February 18
February 19 –
Gustavo Rodríguez , Venezuelan actor (d.
2014 )
February 20
February 21
February 22
February 24
February 25
February 26 –
Sandie Shaw , British singer
February 27 –
Gidon Kremer , Latvian violinist
February 28 –
Stephanie Beacham , English actress
March
Rob Reiner
Kim Campbell
Mitt Romney
Glenn Close
Ali Abdullah Saleh
Sir
Elton John
March 1 –
Alan Thicke , Canadian actor and television host (d.
2016 )
[48]
March 2 –
Yuri Bogatyryov , Soviet actor (d.
1989 )
March 3
March 4
March 6
March 7 –
Walter Röhrl , German racing driver
March 8
March 9 –
Ryszard Peryt , Polish conductor, librettist (d.
2019 )
March 10 –
Kim Campbell ,
Prime Minister of Canada
[49]
March 11 –
Geoff Hunt , Australian squash player
[50]
March 12
March 13 –
Beat Richner , Swiss pediatrician, cellist (d.
2018 )
March 15 –
Ry Cooder , American guitarist
[51]
March 16
March 17
March 18 –
Tamara Griesser Pečar , Slovenian historian
March 19 –
Glenn Close , American actress
[52]
March 21 –
Ali Abdullah Saleh ,
President of Yemen (d.
2017 )
March 22 –
James Patterson , American author
March 24
March 25 –
Elton John , English singer-songwriter and composer
March 26 –
Subhash Kak , Indian-American author
March 31
April
John Ratzenberger
Florian Schneider
Tom Clancy
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
James Woods
Iggy Pop
Johan Cruyff
April 1
April 2
April 5 –
Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , 14th
President of the Philippines , daughter of president
Diosdado Macapagal
[55]
April 6 –
John Ratzenberger , American actor (
Cheers )
April 7 –
Florian Schneider , German musician (d.
2020 )
[56]
April 10 –
Bunny Wailer , Jamaican reggae musician (d.
2021 )
April 12
April 13 –
Mike Chapman , Australian-born songwriter, record producer
April 15 –
Lois Chiles , American actress
April 16
April 18
April 19 –
Murray Perahia , American pianist
April 20
April 21 –
Iggy Pop , American rock musician
[58]
April 24 –
Josep Borrell , Spanish minister,
MEP and
EU High Representative
April 25
April 27 –
Pete Ham , Welsh rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (suicide
1975 )
April 29
May
May 1 –
Jacob Bekenstein , Mexico-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d.
2015 )
May 4 –
Theda Skocpol , American sociologist
[60]
May 5 –
Malam Bacai Sanhá , Guinea-Bissau politician (d.
2012 )
May 6 –
Martha Nussbaum , American philosopher
[61]
May 8 –
H. Robert Horvitz , American biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
May 9 –
Yukiya Amano , Japanese international civil servant (d.
2019 )
May 10 –
Caroline B. Cooney , American author
May 11
May 12 –
Michael Ignatieff , Canadian politician, philosopher and historian
[62]
May 13 –
Stephen R. Donaldson , American novelist
May 14
May 15 –
Muhyiddin Yassin ,
Prime Minister of Malaysia
May 17 –
Hawa Abdi , Somali activist and doctor (d.
2020 )
May 18 –
John Bruton , 10th
Taoiseach of Ireland (d.
2024 )
May 19 –
Paul Brady , Northern Irish singer, songwriter
May 21 –
Lolit Solis , Filipina talent manager (host of
Startalk ,
CelebriTV )
May 24 –
Maude Barlow , Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson of
The Council of Canadians
May 26 –
Glenn Turner , New Zealand
cricket captain
May 27
May 28 –
Pedro Giachino , Argentine Navy officer (d.
1982 )
June
Sir
Jonathan Pryce
Ronnie Wood
Viktor Klima
David Blunkett
Robert Englund
Shirin Ebadi
Jerry Rawlings
Mick Fleetwood
Jimmie Walker
June 1
June 2 –
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale , Punjabi saint, Sikh theologian, military leader (d.
1984 )
June 3 –
Dave Alexander , American musician (d.
1975 )
June 4 –
Viktor Klima ,
Chancellor of Austria
June 5
Laurie Anderson , American experimental performance artist, composer and musician
Jojon , Indonesian comedian, actor (d.
2014 )
June 6
June 8 –
Eric F. Wieschaus , American biologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
June 9
June 10 –
Ken Singleton , American baseball player
June 15
June 19
June 20 –
Candy Clark , American actress
June 21
June 22
Bruno Latour , French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist
[71] (d.
2022 )
Natalya Varley , Soviet, Russian film, theater actress
Murray Webb , New Zealand caricature artist, test cricketer
David Jones , Northern Irish European Tour golfer
Octavia E. Butler , American author (d.
2006 )
Trevor Blades , English cricketer
Pete Maravich , American basketball player (d.
1988 )
[72]
Jerry John Rawlings , 2-time
President of Ghana (d.
2020 )
June 23
June 24
June 25 –
Jimmie Walker , African-American actor (
Good Times )
June 26 –
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar , Afghan politician
June 27
June 29 –
David Chiang , Hong Kong actor
June 30 –
Jean-Yves Le Drian , French minister
July
Larry David
O. J. Simpson
Queen Camilla
Sir
Brian May
Albert Brooks
Su Tseng-chang
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
July 1
July 2 –
Larry David , American actor, writer, producer and director (
Curb Your Enthusiasm )
July 3
July 4
July 5 –
Toos Beumer , Dutch swimmer
July 6 –
Shelley Hack , American model, actress, producer, political and media advisor
July 7
July 9
July 10
July 11 –
Riad Ismat , Syrian writer, critic and theatre director
July 12
July 14 –
Navin Ramgoolam , Prime Minister of Mauritius
July 15 –
Roky Erickson , American singer-songwriter (d.
2019 )
July 16
July 17 –
Queen Camilla , Queen consort of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms since 2022 as the wife of
Charles III
July 19 –
Brian May , English rock guitarist (
Queen )
[76]
July 20
July 21 –
Co Adriaanse , Dutch football manager
July 22
July 24 –
Peter Serkin , American classical pianist (d.
2020 )
July 25 –
Scott Shannon , American disc jockey
July 27
July 28 –
Su Tseng-chang , Taiwanese politician, 41st and 50th
Premier of the Republic of China
July 30
July 31 –
Richard Griffiths , English actor (d.
2013 )
August
Cindy Williams
Barbara Bach
Temple Grandin
Somchai Wongsawat
August 1
August 4 –
Hubert Ingraham , Bahamian politician
[78]
August 5 –
Graham Lovett , English footballer (d.
2018 )
August 7 –
Franciscus Henri , Dutch-born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist
August 8
August 9 –
John Varley , American science-fiction author
August 10
August 11
August 14
August 15
August 16
August 17 –
Mohamed Abdelaziz , Sahrawi politician
August 20 –
José Wilker , Brazilian actor (d.
2014 )
August 21 –
Mary Simon ,
Governor General of Canada
August 22
August 23 –
Willy Russell , British playwright
August 24 –
Roger De Vlaeminck , Belgian cyclist
August 26 –
Nicolae Dobrin , Romanian footballer (d.
2007 )
August 27 –
Barbara Bach , American actress
August 28
August 29
August 30 –
Allan Rock , Canadian politician, diplomat
August 31
September
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Amos Biwott
Sir
Sam Neill
Stephen King
Meat Loaf
Marc Bolan
September 3
September 5
September 6
September 8 –
Amos Biwott , Kenyan Olympic athlete
[81]
September 13 –
Ajib Ahmad , Malaysian politician (d.
2011 )
September 14
September 15 –
Theodore Long , American former professional referee and manager
September 16 –
Russ Abbot , British comedian, actor and singer
September 17 –
Tessa Jowell , British politician (d.
2018 )
September 19 –
Tanith Lee , British author (d.
2015 )
September 21
September 22 –
Jo Beverley , Anglo-Canadian writer (d.
2016 )
September 23 –
Mary Kay Place , American actress
September 25
September 26 –
Lynn Anderson , American country music singer (d.
2015 )
September 27
September 28
September 30
October
Brian Johnson
Kevin Kline
Richard Dreyfuss
Herman Van Rompuy
October 1
October 2 –
Ward Churchill , American author, activist
October 3
October 4 –
Ann Widdecombe , British politician
October 5 –
Brian Johnson , English rock singer (
AC/DC )
October 8 –
Hansa Yogendra , Indian yoga guru
October 9 –
France Gall , French singer (d.
2018 )
October 13 –
Sammy Hagar , American rock musician (
Montrose and
Van Halen )
October 14 –
Nikolai Volkoff , Croatian-Russian professional wrestler (d.
2018 )
October 17 –
Simi Garewal , Indian actress, producer, director, and talk show host
October 18
October 19
October 20 –
Abdul Hadi Awang , Malaysian politician
October 24 –
Kevin Kline , American actor
October 26
October 28 –
Henri Michel , French football player and coach (d.
2018 )
October 29 –
Richard Dreyfuss , American actor
October 30
October 31
November
Joe Mantegna
Dwight Schultz
November 1
November 4 –
Rod Marsh , Australian cricketer (d.
2022 )
November 5 –
Rubén Juárez , Argentine bandoneonist, singer and songwriter of tango (d.
2010 )
November 6 –
E. Lee Spence , German-born American pioneer
underwater archaeologist ,
treasure hunter
November 7
November 8 –
Minnie Riperton , African-American singer (d.
1979 )
November 10
November 12 –
Carlos Ezquerra , Spanish comics artist (d.
2018 )
November 13 –
Joe Mantegna , American actor, producer and director
November 14 –
P. J. O'Rourke , American journalist, satirist (d.
2022 )
November 15
November 17
November 18
November 19 –
Anfinn Kallsberg , Faroese Prime Minister (d.
2024 )
November 20
November 21
November 22 –
Terje Rød-Larsen , Norwegian diplomat, politician and sociologist
November 24 –
Dwight Schultz , American actor (
The A-Team )
November 25 –
John Larroquette , American actor (
Night Court )
November 28 –
Reese Wynans , American keyboard player
November 29 –
Mirza Khazar , Azerbaijani author
November 30
December
Gregg Allman
Vincent Matthews
Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Ted Danson
Jeff Lynne
December 1 –
Bob Fulton , English-Australian rugby league player (d.
2021 )
December 2 –
Isaac Bitton , French rock drummer
December 6 –
Romildo Ribeiro Soares , Brazilian televangelist, missionary, author, singer, businessman and composer
December 7
December 8
December 9 –
Tom Daschle , U.S. Senator
December 10 –
Rainer Seifert , German field hockey player
December 11 –
David E. Stone , American sound editor
December 12
December 14
December 16
December 18 –
Leonid Yuzefovich , Russian crime fiction writer
December 21 –
Paco de Lucía , Spanish guitarist (d.
2014 )
December 22
December 25 –
Pepe Smith , Filipino rock musician (d.
2019 )
December 26 –
Mariella Mehr , Swiss novelist (d.
2022 )
December 27 –
Johann-Henrich Krummacher , German politician and clergyman (d.
2008 )
December 28 –
Aurelio Rodríguez , Mexican
Major League Baseball player (d.
2000 )
December 29
December 30 –
Jeff Lynne , British musician (
Electric Light Orchestra )
December 31
Date unknown
Deaths
January
Blessed
Hryhoriy Khomyshyn
Blessed
Maria Giovanna Fasce
Al Capone
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten
January 3 –
Al Herpin , French-born American insomniac, "The Man Who Never Slept" (b.
1862 )
January 5 –
Osami Nagano , Japanese admiral (b.
1880 )
January 8 –
Tadeusz Kutrzeba , Polish general (b.
1885 )
January 9
January 10
January 11 –
Eva Tanguay , Canadian-born vaudeville performer (b.
1878 )
[88]
January 12
January 13
January 14 –
Bill Hewitt , American football player (
Chicago Bears ),
Pro Football Hall of Fame member (b.
1909 )
January 17 –
Hryhoriy Khomyshyn , Ukrainian
Roman Catholic bishop, martyr and blessed (b.
1867 )
January 18 –
Maria Giovanna Fasce , Italian
Roman Catholic religious professed,
Augustinian nun and blessed (b.
1881 )
January 19 –
Manuel Machado , Spanish poet (b.
1874 )
January 20
January 22 –
Vivienne Haigh-Wood Eliot , British writer (b.
1888 )
January 23
January 24 –
August Meyszner , Austrian-born SS officer (executed) (b.
1886 )
January 25 –
Al Capone , American gangster (b.
1899 )
January 26
January 27 –
Vassily Balabanov , Soviet administrator, Provincial
Governor of
Imperial Russia (b.
1873 )
January 28 –
Reynaldo Hahn , Venezuelan-born French composer (b.
1874 )
January 30 –
Frederick Blackman , British plant physiologist (b.
1866 )
February
Petar Zivkovic
Luigi Russolo
Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt
February 3 –
Petar Živković , Yugoslavian politician, 11th
Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b.
1879 )
February 4 –
Luigi Russolo , Italian painter, composer (b.
1885 )
February 6
February 11 –
Martin Klein , Estonian wrestler (b.
1884 )
February 12
February 14 –
Celestina Boninsegna , Italian soprano (b.
1877 )
February 15 –
Mustafa Abdel-Razek , Egyptian Islamic philosopher (b.
1885 )
February 16
February 18
February 20 –
Henry Herbert , British actor (b.
1879 )
February 23 –
Hakim Habibur Rahman , Indian physician, writer, journalist and politician (b.
1881 )
February 24
February 26
February 27 –
Heinrich Häberlin , Swiss Federal Councilor (b.
1868 )
March
Carrie Chapman Catt
April
King
George II of Greece
Henry Ford
King
Christian X of Denmark
Gheorghe Ciuhandu
April 1 – King
George II of Greece (b.
1890 )
April 5 –
Petro Trad , Lebanese lawyer, politician, 14th
Prime Minister of Lebanon and 5th
President of Lebanon (b.
1876 )
April 6 –
Herbert Backe , German Nazi general (b.
1896 )
April 7
April 8 –
Langley Collyer , American hermit brother (b.
1885 )
April 9 –
William Foden , American composer (b.
1860 )
April 10
April 12 –
Duke Robert of Württemberg (b.
1873 )
April 14
Ayoub Tabet , 6th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b.
1884 )
Salvador Toscano, Mexican director, producer and filmmaker (b.
1872 )
April 15 –
Georg Friederici , German ethnologist (b.
1866 )
April 16
April 18 –
Jozef Tiso , Slovak politician,
Roman Catholic priest, 1st
Prime Minister of Slovakia and
President of Slovakia (b.
1887 )
April 20 – King
Christian X of Denmark (b.
1870 )
April 21 –
Heitor da Silva Costa , Brazilian engineer, designer and constructor (b.
1873 )
April 23 –
Gyula Károlyi , Hungarian politician, 29th
Prime Minister of Hungary (b.
1871 )
April 24 –
Willa Cather , American novelist (b.
1873 )
April 25
April 26
April 29
April 30
May
Miguel Abadía Méndez
George William Forbes
May 8 –
Harry Gordon Selfridge , American department store magnate (b.
1858 )
May 13 –
Sukanta Bhattacharya , Bengali poet (b.
1926 )
May 15 –
Miguel Abadía Méndez , Colombian politician, 12th
President of Colombia (b.
1867 )
May 16
May 17
May 18 –
Lucile Gleason , American actress (b.
1888 )
May 20 –
Philipp Lenard , Austrian physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1862 )
May 23 –
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz , Swiss writer (b.
1878 )
May 28 –
August Eigruber , Nazi war criminal (executed) (b. 1907)
May 29 –
Franz Böhme , German general (suicide) (b.
1885 )
May 30 –
Georg Ludwig von Trapp , Austrian sailor, patriarch of the Von Trapp Family of
The Sound of Music fame (b.
1880 )
May 31 –
Adrienne Ames , American actress (b.
1907 )
June
Władysław Raczkiewicz
Richard Bedford Bennett
July
Raoul Wallenberg
Patriarch
Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas
Joseph Cook
August
Blessed
Claudio Granzotto
Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke
September
October
Max Planck
October 1
October 2 –
P. D. Ouspensky , Soviet mathematician (b.
1878 )
October 3 –
Ernest L. Riebau , American politician (b.
1895 )
October 4 –
Max Planck , German physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1858 )
October 6 –
Leevi Madetoja , Finnish composer (b.
1887 )
October 10 –
Jo Mora , Uruguayan-born American cartoonist (b.
1876 )
October 12
October 13 –
Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield , British economist, social reformer (b.
1859 )
October 16 –
Anna B. Eckstein , German peace campaigner (b.
1868 )
October 17 –
John Halliday , American actor (b.
1880 )
October 18
October 20 –
Sir Albert Howard , English botanist and organic farming pioneer (b.
1873 )
October 23 –
Carl Shelton , American gangster (b.
1888 )
October 24 –
Dudley Digges , Irish actor (b.
1879 )
October 27 –
María Teresalina Sánchez , Spanish
Franciscan religious sister, missionary and martyr (b.
1918 )
October 29 –
Frances Cleveland ,
First Lady of the United States (b.
1864 )
November
Constantin Sănătescu
Blessed
Josaphat Kotsylovsky
Ernst Lubitsch
November 7 –
Sándor Garbai , Prime Minister of Hungary (b.
1879 )
[94]
November 8
November 15 –
Eduard Ritter von Schleich , German fighter ace, air force general (b.
1888 )
November 16 –
Giuseppe Volpi , Italian businessman, politician (b.
1877 )
November 17 –
Josaphat Kotsylovsky , Ukrainian
Roman Catholic bishop, martyr and blessed (b.
1876 )
November 20 –
Georg Kolbe , German sculptor (b.
1877 )
November 26 –
Ernie Adams , American actor (b.
1885 )
[96]
November 28
November 30 –
Ernst Lubitsch , German film director (b.
1892 )
December
Stanley Baldwin
King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
December 1
December 2 –
Franz Xaver Schwarz , German
Nazi politician (executed) (b.
1875 )
December 3 –
Heinrich Hetsch , German physician, microbiologist (b.
1873 )
December 4
December 6 –
Tadashige Daigo , Japanese admiral (executed) (b.
1891 )
December 7
December 9 –
John Kelly , American actor (b.
1901 )
December 10 –
Pierre Petit de Julleville , French
Roman Catholic priest, bishop and eminence (b.
1876 )
December 12 –
Huda Sha'arawi , Egyptian feminist (b.
1879 )
December 13
December 14
December 15 –
Arthur Machen , British writer (b.
1863 )
[97]
December 17
December 20
December 23 –
Ziauddin Ahmad , Indian educationalist and politician (b.
1878 )
December 25 –
Gaspar G. Bacon , Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b.
1886 )
December 27 –
Johannes Winkler , German rocket pioneer (b.
1897 )
December 28 – King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b.
1869 )
December 30
Date unknown
Nobel Prizes
Nobel medal awarded to
Edward Victor Appleton
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