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1955
.
1955
(
MCMLV
) was a
common year starting on Saturday
of the
Gregorian calendar
, the 1955th year of the
Common Era
(CE) and
Anno Domini
(AD) designations, the 955th year of the
2nd millennium
, the 55th year of the
20th century
, and the 6th year of the
1950s
decade.
Calendar year
Events
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January
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February
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March
[
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]
- March 2
?
Claudette Colvin
, a 15-year-old
African-American
girl, refuses to give up her seat on a bus in
Montgomery, Alabama
, to a white woman after the driver demands it. She is carried off the bus backwards, while being kicked, handcuffed and harassed on the way to the police station. She becomes a plaintiff in
Browder v. Gayle
(1956), which rules bus segregation to be unconstitutional.
- March 5
- March 7
? The
Broadway musical
version of
Peter Pan
, which had opened in
1954
starring
Mary Martin
, is presented on television for the first time by
NBC
-TV, with its original cast, as an installment of
Producers' Showcase
. It is also the first time that a stage musical is presented in its entirety on TV, almost exactly as it was performed on stage. This program gains the largest viewership of a TV special up to this time, and it becomes one of the first great TV family musical classics.
- March 17
?
Richard Riot
in
Montreal
: 6,000 people protest the
suspension
of
French Canadian
ice hockey
star
Maurice Richard
of the
Montreal Canadiens
by the
National Hockey League
, following a violent incident during a match.
- March 19
?
KXTV
signs on the air in
Sacramento, California
, as the 100th commercial television station in the United States.
- March 20
? The movie adaptation of
Evan Hunter
's novel
Blackboard Jungle
premieres in the United States, featuring the famous single "
Rock Around the Clock
" by
Bill Haley & His Comets
. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to the song.
April
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- April 1
?
EOKA
starts a resistance campaign against British rule in the
Crown colony
of
Cyprus
.
- April 5
- April 6
?
Anthony Eden
becomes
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
.
- April 10
? In the American
National Basketball Association
championship, the
Syracuse Nationals
defeat the
Fort Wayne Pistons
92?91 in Game 7, to win the title.
- April 11
- April 12
? The
Salk polio vaccine
, having passed large-scale trials earlier in the United States, receives full approval by the
Food and Drug Administration
.
- April 14
- April 15
? The first franchised
McDonald's
restaurant is opened by
Ray Kroc
, in
Des Plaines, Illinois
.
[6]
- April 16
? The
Burma
-Japan Peace Treaty, signed in
Rangoon
on
November 5
,
1954
, comes into effect, formally ending a state of war between the two countries.
- April 17
?
Imre Nagy
, the communist Premier of Hungary, is ousted for being too moderate.
- April 18
?
24
? The
Asian-African Conference
is held in
Bandung
, Indonesia.
June
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July
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- July 1
? Transformation from the
Imperial Bank of India
to the
State Bank of India
is given legal recognition through an Act of the
Parliament of India
.
- July 7
? The
New Zealand Special Air Service
is formed.
- July 13
?
Ruth Ellis
is
hanged
for murder in London, becoming the last woman ever to be executed in the United Kingdom.
- July 17
- July 18
– Illinois Governor
William Stratton
signs the Loyalty Oath Act, that mandates all public employees take a loyalty oath to the State of Illinois and the United States or lose their jobs.
- July 18
?
23
?
Geneva Summit
between the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France.
- July 22
? In
Long Beach
,
California
(United States),
Hillevi Rombin
of
Sweden
is crowned
Miss Universe
.
- July 27
?
El Al Flight 402
from
Vienna
(Austria) to
Tel Aviv
, via
Istanbul
, is shot down over
Bulgaria
. All 58 passengers and crewmen aboard the
Lockheed Constellation
are killed.
- July 28
? The first
Interlingua
Congress is held in
Tours
, France, leading to the foundation of the
Union Mundial pro Interlingua
.
August
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September
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- September 2
? Under the guidance of Dr.
Humphry Osmond
,
Christopher Mayhew
ingests 400 mg of
mescaline hydrochloride
and allows himself to be filmed as part of a
Panorama
special for BBC TV in the U.K. that is never broadcast.
- September 3
?
Little Richard
records "
Tutti Frutti
" in New Orleans; it is released in October.
- September 6
?
Istanbul pogrom
:
Istanbul
's Greek minority is the target of a government-sponsored
pogrom
.
- September 10
? The long-running
Western
television series
Gunsmoke
debuts, on the
CBS
network in the United States.
- September 14
? Pope Pius XII elevates many of the
apostolic vicariates
in Africa to
Metropolitan Archdioceses
.
- September 15
?
Vladimir Nabokov
's controversial novel
Lolita
is published in Paris, by
Olympia Press
.
- September 16
- The military coup to unseat President
Juan Peron
of Argentina is launched at midnight.
- A Soviet Navy Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a
ballistic missile
.
- September 18
? The United Kingdom formally annexes the uninhabited Atlantic island of
Rockall
.
- September 19
?
21
?
President of Argentina
Juan Peron
is ousted in a military coup.
- September 19
?
Hurricane Hilda
kills about 200 people in Mexico.
- September 21
?
30
?
Hurricane Janet
, one of the strongest North Atlantic
tropical cyclones
on record, sweeps the
Lesser Antilles
and Mexico, causing more than 1,020 deaths.
[11]
- September 22
?
Commercial television
starts in the United Kingdom with the
Independent Television Authority
's first
ITV
franchises beginning broadcasting in London, ending the
BBC
monopoly.
- September 23
? A
6.8 earthquake
shakes the Chinese county of
Huili
, leaving 728 dead and 1,547 injured.
- September 24
- September 30
? Actor
James Dean
is killed when his automobile collides with another car at a highway junction, near
Cholame, California
.
October
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- October 2
?
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
debuts on the
CBS
TV network in the United States.
- October 3
?
The Mickey Mouse Club
debuts on the
ABC-TV
network in the United States.
- October 4
? The Reverend
Sun Myung Moon
is released from prison in
Seoul
, South Korea.
- October 5
?
Disneyland Hotel
opens to the public in
Anaheim, California
.
- October 11
? 70-mm film for projection is introduced, with the theatrical release of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical film,
Oklahoma!
.
- October 14
? The
Organization of Central American States
secretariat is inaugurated.
- October 20
?
Disc jockey
Bill Randle
of
WERE
(
Cleveland
) is the key presenter of a concert at
Brooklyn High School (Ohio)
, featuring
Pat Boone
and
Bill Haley & His Comets
, and opening with
Elvis Presley
(Elvis's first filmed performance), for a documentary on Randle titled
The Pied Piper of Cleveland
.
- October 26
- October 27
? The film
Rebel Without a Cause
, starring
James Dean
, is released in the United States.
- October 29
?
Soviet battleship
Novorossiysk
explodes at moorings in
Sevastopol
Bay, killing 608 (the
Soviet Union
's worst naval disaster to date).
November
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December
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]
- December 1
? In
Montgomery, Alabama
,
Rosa Parks
refuses to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger, and is arrested, leading to the
Montgomery bus boycott
.
- December 4
? The
International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations
is founded in
Luxembourg
.
- December 5
- December 9
?
Adnan Menderes
of
DP
forms the new government of
Turkey
(22nd government).
- December 10
?
1955 Australian federal election
:
Robert Menzies
'
Liberal
/
Country
Coalition
Government
is re-elected with a substantially increased majority, defeating the
Labor Party
led by
H. V. Evatt
. This election comes in the immediate aftermath of the devastating
split
in the Labor Party, which leads to the formation of the
Democratic Labor Party
. The DLP will preference against Labor, and keep the Coalition in office until
1972
.
- December 14
- The
Tappan Zee Bridge
over the
Hudson River
, in
New York
State, opens to traffic.
- Albania
,
Austria
,
Bulgaria
,
Cambodia
,
Finland
,
Hungary
,
Ireland
,
Italy
,
Jordan
,
Laos
,
Libya
,
Nepal
,
Portugal
,
Romania
,
Spain
and
Sri Lanka
join the
United Nations
simultaneously, after several years of moratorium on admitting new members that began during the
Korean War
.
- December 19
? Australian comedian
Barry Humphries
first introduces his character
Edna Everage
on stage in
Melbourne
.
[15]
- December 20
?
Cardiff
is declared by the British Government as the capital of
Wales
.
- December 22
? American cytogeneticist
Joe Hin Tjio
discovers the correct number of human
chromosomes
, forty-six.
- December 31
World population
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- World population
: 2,755,823,000
- Africa: 246,746,000
- Asia: 1,541,947,000
- Europe: 575,184,000
- South America: 190,797,000
- North America: 186,884,000
- Oceania: 14,265,000
Births
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January
[
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]
- January 1
- Mario Andreacchio
, Australian film director
- Bonnie Arnold
, American film producer
- Mary Beard
, English classicist
- Akissi Kouame
, Ivorian army general (d.
2022
)
- Simon Schaffer
, English academic and historian of science and philosophy
- Ghulam Abbas
, Pakistani radio, television, and film singer
- Mulatu Teshome
, Ethiopian politician and 8th
President of Ethiopia
- Joseph Abiodun Balogun
, Nigerian-American academic
- January 3
–
Hill Carrow
, American-born sports tourism executive
- January 4
–
Mark Hollis
, English musician (d.
2019
)
[16]
- January 5
?
Mamata Banerjee
, Indian politician,
Chief Minister of West Bengal
- January 6
- January 7
–
Belinda Meuldijk
, Dutch actress
- January 8
- January 9
- January 10
- January 11
- January 12
?
Kerry-Lynne Findlay
, Canadian politician
- January 13
- January 15
- January 16
- January 17
- January 18
- January 19
- January 20
- January 21
?
Jeff Koons
, American artist
[19]
- January 22
- January 24
?
Lalan Singh
, Indian politician and
Member of Parliament
- January 25
- January 26
- January 27
- January 28
- January 29
- January 30
- January 31
February
[
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]
- February 1
- February 2
–
Leszek Engelking
, Polish poet, writer and translator (d.
2022
)
- February 3
- February 4
- February 5
–
Mary Chen
, Taiwanese environmentalist and politician
- February 6
- February 7
- February 8
- February 9
- February 10
- February 12
- February 13
–
Hank Risan
, American scientist
- February 14
- February 15
- February 16
- February 17
–
Mo Yan
, Chinese writer
- February 18
–
Cheetah Chrome
, American musician
- February 19
- February 20
?
Mack Wilberg
, American composer
- February 21
?
Kelsey Grammer
, American actor and comedian
- February 22
- February 23
?
Flip Saunders
, American basketball coach (d.
2015
)
- February 24
- February 25
–
Leann Hunley
, American television actress
- February 27
- February 28
–
Gilbert Gottfried
, American stand-up comedian and actor (d.
2022
)
March
[
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]
- March 1
- March 2
- March 3
- March 4
- March 5
- March 6
- March 7
- March 8
?
Don Ashby
, Canadian ice hockey player (d.
1981
)
- March 9
- March 10
- March 11
?
Nina Hagen
, German pop singer
- March 12
?
Richard Martini
, American film director
- March 13
- March 14
- March 15
- March 16
- March 17
- March 18
- March 19
- March 20
- March 21
- March 22
- March 23
- Moses Malone
, American basketball player (d.
2015
)
- Susan Schwab
, American politician, who served under President George W. Bush as United States Trade Representative
- March 24
- March 25
- Wendy Larry
, American head coach of the Old Dominion University Lady Monarchs women's basketball team
- Daniel Boulud
, French chef and restaurateur
- Patty Brard
, Dutch entertainer and entrepreneur of
Indo
descent
- March 26
- March 27
?
Mariano Rajoy
,
Prime Minister of Spain
- March 28
- March 29
- March 30
- March 31
April
[
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]
- April 1
?
Ockie Oosthuizen
, South African rugby union player (d.
2019
)
- April 2
- April 3
?
Mick Mars
, American rock guitarist (
Motley Crue
)
- April 4
- April 5
- April 6
?
Michael Rooker
, American actor
- April 7
- April 8
- April 9
?
Kate Heyhoe
, American food writer
- April 10
?
Philip J. Hanlon
, American mathematician and computer science,
18th President of Dartmouth College
- April 11
- April 12
- April 13
- April 14
- April 15
- April 16
- April 17
- April 18
?
Bobby Castillo
, American baseball player (d.
2014
)
- April 19
?
Ahmoo Angeconeb
, Canadian
Ojibwe
artist (d.
2017
)
- April 20
- April 21
- April 23
- April 24
?
John de Mol
, Dutch media tycoon
- April 25
- Karon O. Bowdre
, United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
- John Nunn
, English chess player and mathematician
- Parviz Parastui
, Iranian actor
- April 26
- April 27
- James Risen
, American Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author
- Eric Schmidt
, American software engineer and businessman, CEO of
Google
(2001-2011)
- Jing Yidan
, Chinese former television host
- April 28
- April 29
- April 30
?
Zlatko Top?i?
, Bosnian writer and screenwriter
- May 1
?
Julie Pietri
, French singer
- May 2
- May 4
- May 5
?
Jon Butcher
, American rock/blues songwriter, guitarist and freelance multimedia producer
- May 6
- Tom Bergeron
, American television host
- Kim Bullard
, American keyboardist, songwriter, record producer, and film composer
- May 7
- May 8
- May 9
- May 10
- May 12
?
Kix Brooks
, American country artist, actor, and producer
- May 13
- Maria Cecilia Botero
, Colombian actress, television presenter and journalist
- Garry Bushell
, English columnist, journalist, television presenter, author, musician and political activist
- May 14
- May 15
- May 16
- Olga Korbut
, Soviet gymnast
- Olli Kortekangas
, Finnish composer
- Dean Corren
, American politician and scientist (d.
2023
)
- Jack Morris
, American baseball player
- Richard Phillips
, American merchant mariner and captain of the
MV Maersk Alabama
- Debra Winger
, American actress
- Edgar Bronfman Jr
., American businessman, filmmaker, theater producer, and media executive
- May 17
- May 18
- May 19
- May 20
- May 21
–
Sergei Shoigu
, Russian politician, (
Russian Defence Minister
)
[
citation needed
]
- May 22
- May 23
- May 24
?
Rosanne Cash
, American entertainer
- May 25
- May 26
?
Doris Dorrie
, German actress and screenplay writer
- May 27
- Richard Schiff
, American actor and comedian
- Eric Bischoff
, American television producer and wrestling booker, promoter, and performer
- May 28
- May 29
- May 30
- May 31
June
[
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]
- June 1
- June 2
?
Dana Carvey
, American actor and comedian
- June 3
- June 4
- June 5
?
Fernando Borrego Linares
, Cuban singer and songwriter (aka Polo Montanez)
- June 6
- June 7
- June 8
- June 9
?
Carlos Manuel Urzua Macias
, Mexican politician and academic (d.
2024
)
- June 10
- June 11
?
Yuriy Sedykh
, Ukrainian hammer thrower (d.
2021
)
- June 12
- June 13
?
John E. Jones III
, American justice
- June 14
- Tito Rojas
, Puerto Rican salsa singer and songwriter (d.
2020
)
- Kim Lankford
, American actress, businesswoman and horse wrangler
- Paul O'Grady
(also known as "Lily Savage"), English talk show host, comedian and drag queen (d.
2023
)
[27]
- June 15
- June 16
- June 18
- June 20
?
Tor Nørretranders
, Danish author
- June 21
- June 22
?
Choi Kyoung-hwan
, South Korean politician;
Prime Minister of South Korea
- June 23
- June 24
?
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki
, Japanese economist and professor
- June 25
?
Victor Manuel Vucetich
, Mexican footballer and manager
- June 26
- June 27
?
Isabelle Adjani
, French actress
- June 29
?
Christopher A. Bray
, American politician and businessman
- June 30
July
[
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]
August
[
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]
- August 1
- Paul Shrubb
, English professional footballer, coach and scout (d.
2020
)
- Tunde Adegbola
, Nigerian scientist, musician, engineer, linguist and culture activist
- August 2
- August 3
- August 4
- August 6
- August 7
- August 8
?
Diddu
, Icelandic soprano and songwriter
- August 9
- August 10
- August 11
- August 12
- August 13
?
Daryl
, American magician (d.
2017
)
- August 17
?
Richard Hilton
, American businessman
- August 19
- August 20
- August 22
- August 23
?
Reuven Amitai
, Israeli-American historian and writer
- August 24
?
Mike Huckabee
, American politician, Governor and 2008 presidential candidate
- August 25
?
John McGeoch
, Scottish musician (d.
2004
)
- August 27
- August 30
- Mayumi Muroyama
, Japanese manga artist
- Andy Pask
, English bass player and composer (
Landscape
)
- Helge Schneider
, comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director
- Jaime Aparicio Otero
, Bolivian diplomat, lawyer, and journalist
- Anthony Coleman
, American avant-garde jazz pianist
- August 31
?
Edwin Moses
, American athlete
September
[
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]
October
[
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]
- October 1
?
P. B. Abdul Razak
, Indian politician (d.
2018
)
- October 2
- October 3
- Tommy Wiseau
, American film director and actor (
The Room
)
- Salah Bachir
, Canadian business executive, entrepreneur, publisher, art collector, fundraiser, and philanthropist
- October 4
?
Dane Sorensen
, New Zealand rugby league player
- October 5
- October 6
?
Wang Huning
, Chinese politician
- October 7
- October 8
- October 11
?
Hans-Peter Briegel
, German former professional football player and
manager
- October 12
?
Pat DiNizio
, American singer-songwriter (
The Smithereens
) (d.
2017
)
- October 13
?
Sergei Shepelev
, Russian ice hockey player
- October 14
?
Arleen Sorkin
, American actress, screenwriter, television presenter and comedian (d.
2023
)
- October 15
- October 17
?
Tyrone Mitchell
, American murderer (d.
1984
)
- October 18
- October 19
- October 20
- October 21
- October 23
?
Andrew Cohen
, American spiritual teacher
- October 24
- October 25
- October 28
- October 29
- October 31
November
[
edit
]
- November 1
?
Joe Arroyo
, Colombian salsa and tropical music singer (d.
2011
)
- November 2
?
Peter Bossman
, Ghanaian-born Slovenian physician and politician
- November 3
- November 4
- November 5
- November 6
- Maria Shriver
, American television journalist, host; First Lady of California
- William H. McRaven
, U.S. Navy admiral and SEAL and led planning for
Operation Neptune Spear
- Alton Coleman
, American serial killer (d.
2002
)
- Jana Bennett
, American-born British media consultant (d.
2022
)
- Paul Romer
, American economist, professor, and
policy entrepreneur
- Catherine Asaro
, American
science fiction
and
fantasy
author, singer and teacher
- Geoff Bullock
, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist
- November 7
- November 8
- November 9
- November 10
- November 11
- November 13
?
Whoopi Goldberg
, American actress and comedian
- November 14
- November 15
?
Idris Jusoh
, Malaysian politician ; Former Chief Minister Of Terengganu
- November 16
?
Guillermo Lasso
,
President of Ecuador
[32]
- November 17
- November 19
?
Dianne de Leeuw
, Dutch figure skater
- November 20
?
Ray Ozzie
, American computer programmer
- November 21
- November 22
- November 23
- November 24
- November 25
- November 26
- November 27
?
Bill Nye
, American science presenter and public television host
- November 28
- November 29
?
Howie Mandel
, Canadian actor and game show host
- November 30
December
[
edit
]
- December 3
- December 4
?
Maurizio Bianchi
, Italian musician
- December 5
- December 6
- December 9
- December 10
?
Ana Gabriel
, Mexican singer and songwriter
- December 12
?
Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki
, Greek politician and businesswoman
- December 13
?
Manohar Parrikar
, Indian politician (d.
2019
)
- December 14
- December 16
- December 17
- December 19
?
Alfredo Castro
, Chilean actor
- December 21
?
Jane Kaczmarek
, American actress
- December 23
- December 24
- December 25
?
Jim Beloff
, American musician
- December 26
- December 27
?
Barbara Olson
, American television commentator (d.
2001
)
- December 28
- December 29
?
Claudi Arimany
, Catalan musician
- December 31
?
Jim Tracy
, American baseball player and manager
Unknown Date
[
edit
]
- Kamal Abbas
, Egyptian activist and trade unionist
- Mostafa Abdollahi
, Iranian stage and film actor, director,
voice artist
, and theater instructor (d.
2015
)
- Richard Abel
, Canadian instrumental musician and pianist
- Richard Bergeron
, Canadian politician
- Saeed Abu Ali
, Palestinian politician and jurist
- Byron Adams
, American composer, conductor, and musicologist
- Lisa Adams
, American painter
- Orit Adato
,
Israeli military commander
and
Israel Prison Service
Commissioner
- Olusegun Olutoyin Aganga
, Nigerian politician
- Candida Alvarez
, American artist and professor
- Du?an Bogdanovi?
, Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist
- Moeness Amin
, Egyptian-American professor and engineer
- David P. Anderson
, American research scientist
- Michal Aviad
, Israeli director, script writer, producer and senior lecturer
- Ron Bloom
, American economic advisor and government official
- Neal Baer
, American pediatrician and television writer and producer
- Malcolm Brabant
, freelance British journalist
- Louise Bedard
, Canadian dancer, choreographer and teacher
- Dona Bailey
, American video game programmer and educator
- Kanti Bajpai
, Indian political scientist, international affairs expert, academic and former headmaster of
The Doon School
- Rene Bazinet
, German-Canadian clown, mime, and stage and film actor
- Mohammad Ali Baniasadi
, Iranian painter, illustrator, cartoonist and sculptor
- Linwood Barclay
, American-born Canadian author, noted as a novelist, humorist, and (former) columnist
- Edwin Battistella
, American linguist
- David Chaum
, American computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor
- Judith Baxter
, British
sociolinguist
and professor
Deaths
[
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]
January
[
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]
February
[
edit
]
- February 3
?
Vasily Blokhin
, Soviet executioner (b.
1895
)
- February 6
?
Constantin Argetoianu
, 41st
Prime Minister of Romania
(b.
1871
)
- February 9
?
Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
, Egyptian poet, publisher, doctor, bacteriologist and bee scientist (d.
1892
)
- February 11
?
Ona Munson
, American actress (b.
1903
)
- February 12
- February 20
?
Oswald Avery
, American physician and medical researcher (b.
1877
)
- February 23
?
Paul Claudel
, French poet, dramatist, and diplomat (b.
1868
)
- February 27
?
Trixie Friganza
, American actress (b.
1870
)
March
[
edit
]
- March 3
?
Katharine Drexel
, American
Roman Catholic
foundress and saint (b.
1858
)
- March 8
?
William C. deMille
, American screenwriter and director (b.
1878
)
- March 9
- March 11
? Sir
Alexander Fleming
, Scottish scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(b.
1881
)
[34]
- March 12
?
Charlie Parker
, American saxophonist (b.
1920
)
- March 14
?
Ruth Poll
, American lyricist and music publisher (b.
1899
)
[35]
[36]
- March 16
?
Nicolas de Stael
, Russian painter (b.
1914
)
- March 18
?
Warder Clyde Allee
, American ecologist (b.
1885
)
- March 19
?
Mihaly Karolyi
, 1st
President of Hungary
and 20th
Prime Minister of Hungary
(b.
1875
)
- March 23
?
Arthur Bernardes
, 12th
President of Brazil
(b.
1875
)
- March 24
?
John W. Davis
, American politician, diplomat, and lawyer (b.
1873
)
April
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]
- April 5
?
Tibor Szele
, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1918)
[37]
- April 7
- April 10
?
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
, French Jesuit priest, philosopher, paleontologist and geologist (b.
1881
)
- April 11
?
Clifton Sprague
, American admiral (b.
1896
)
[38]
- April 13
?
Peyton C. March
, United States Army general (b.
1864
)
- April 18
?
Albert Einstein
, German-born physicist,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b.
1879
)
- April 19
?
Jim Corbett
, Anglo-Indian hunter, conservationist and author (b.
1875
)
[39]
- April 24
- April 25
?
Constance Collier
, English actress and acting coach (b.
1878
)
- April 30
?
John Henry Towers
, American admiral and naval aviation pioneer (b.
1885
)
[40]
- May 2
?
Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie
, 10th
Governor-General of Australia
(b.
1872
)
- May 4
- May 10
?
Tommy Burns
, Canadian boxer (b.
1881
)
- May 16
?
James Agee
, American writer (b.
1909
)
- May 17
?
Owen Roberts
, American jurist (b.
1875
)
[41]
- May 18
?
Mary McLeod Bethune
, American educator (b.
1875
)
- May 19
?
Concha Espina
, Spanish writer (b.
1869
)
- May 23
?
Roy E. Ayers
, American politician and judge (b.
1882
)
- May 26
?
Alberto Ascari
, Italian race-car driver (accident) (b.
1918
)
- May 29
?
Rudolf Klein-Rogge
, German actor (b.
1885
)
- May 30
?
Bill Vukovich
, American race-car driver (accident) (b.
1918
)
June
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]
July
[
edit
]
- July 3
?
Adelbert Ames Jr.
, American scientist (b.
1880
)
- July 9
?
Adolfo de la Huerta
, 38th
President of Mexico
(b.
1881
)
[43]
- July 13
- Ruth Ellis
, British-born murderer, last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom (b.
1926
)
- Stanley Price
, American film and television actor (b.
1892
)
- July 20
?
Calouste Gulbenkian
, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b.
1869
)
- July 23
?
Cordell Hull
,
United States Secretary of State
, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
(b.
1871
)
- July 25
- July 26
?
Raymond C. Archibald
, Canadian-American mathematician (b.
1875
)
- July 29
?
Theda Bara
, American silent film and stage actress (b.
1885
)
- July 31
?
Robert Francis
, American actor (b.
1930
)
August
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edit
]
- August 1
?
William Hamilton
, American Olympic athlete (b.
1883
)
- August 2
- August 5
- August 9
?
Marion Bauer
, American composer, teacher, writer, and music critic (b.
1882
)
- August 11
?
Frank Seiberling
, American inventor, co-founder of
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
(b.
1859
)
- August 12
- August 13
?
Florence Easton
, English opera soprano (b.
1882
)
[44]
- August 17
?
Fernand Leger
, French painter and sculptor (b.
1881
)
- August 22
?
Raymond Duval
, French general (b.
1894
)
[45]
- August 28
?
Emmett Till
, American murder victim (b.
1941
)
- August 31
?
Willi Baumeister
, German painter, scenic designer, art professor, and typographer (b.
1889
)
September
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edit
]
October
[
edit
]
- October 3
?
Julius Ochs Adler
, American publisher, journalist, and United States Army major general (d.
1892
)
- October 4
- October 6
?
Robert Munro
, Scottish lawyer, judge and
Liberal
politician (b.
1868
)
- October 7
?
Rodolphe Seeldrayers
, German journalist and administrator, 4th
President of FIFA
(b.
1876
)
- October 9
- October 10
?
F. Matthias Alexander
, Australian actor and author (b.
1869
)
- October 13
- October 17
?
Dimitrios Maximos
, Prime Minister of Greece (b.
1873
)
- October 18
?
Jose Ortega y Gasset
, Spanish philosopher (b.
1883
)
- October 19
?
John Hodiak
, American actor (b.
1914
)
- October 22
?
Cyril Alington
, English educationalist, scholar, cleric, and author (b.
1872
)
- October 25
?
Sadako Sasaki
, Japanese
atomic bomb sickness
victim (b.
1943
)
- October 27
?
Juan de Dios Martinez
, 23rd President of Ecuador (b.
1875
)
November
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edit
]
- November 1
?
Dale Carnegie
, American writer and lecturer (b.
1888
)
- November 4
?
Cy Young
, American baseball player (
Cleveland Spiders
) and member of the
MLB Hall of Fame
(b.
1867
)
- November 5
?
Maurice Utrillo
, French artist (b.
1883
)
- November 6
?
Edwin Barclay
, 18th president of Liberia (b.
1882
)
[47]
- November 7
?
Tom Powers
, American actor (b.
1890
)
- November 12
?
Alfred Hajos
, Hungarian swimmer and architect (b.
1878
)
- November 14
- November 15
?
Lloyd Bacon
, American actor and director (b.
1889
)
- November 17
- November 20
?
Tomasz Arciszewski
, Polish socialist politician and 31st
Prime Minister of Poland
(b.
1877
)
- November 22
?
Shemp Howard
, American actor and comedian (
The Three Stooges
) (b.
1895
)
- November 27
?
Arthur Honegger
, French-born Swiss composer (b.
1892
)
December
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]
- December 1
?
Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham
, British colonial administrator and politician (b.
1879
)
- December 5
?
Jir? Minami
, Japanese general and
Governor-General of Korea
(1936-1942) (b.
1874
)
- December 6
?
Honus Wagner
, American baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates
) and a member of the
MLB Hall of Fame
(b.
1874
)
- December 8
?
Hermann Weyl
, German mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher (b.
1885
)
- December 13
?
Antonio Egas Moniz
, Portuguese neurologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(b.
1874
)
- December 14
?
Paddy Mayne
, Irish & British lions rugby international, Founding member of the
S.A.S
- December 15
- December 18
?
Anna Murray Vail
, American botanist (b.
1863
)
- December 21
?
Garegin Nzhdeh
, Armenian statesman (b.
1886
)
- December 22
?
Mary Josephine Bedford
, Australian philanthropist (b.
1861
)
- December 24
?
Nana Bryant
, American actress (b.
1888
)
- December 31
?
Charles Ulrick Bay
, American businessman and diplomat (b.
1888
)
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