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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.
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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 politicianJanuary 13 – Carles Rexach , Spanish-Catalan footballer and coachJanuary 15 – Andrea Martin , Canadian-American actress (Second City Television )January 16 January 18 – Takeshi Kitano , Japanese film director, actorJanuary 20 – Cyrille Guimard , French road racing cyclistJanuary 21 – Jill Eikenberry , American actressJanuary 22 – Vladimir Oravsky , Swedish writerJanuary 23 January 24 January 25 – Tostão (Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade), Brazilian footballerJanuary 26 – Michel Sardou , French singer and actorJanuary 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 BrazilFebruary 7 – Wayne Allwine , American voice actor (Mickey Mouse ) (d. 2009 )February 10 – Louise Arbour , Canadian juristFebruary 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 singerFebruary 27 – Gidon Kremer , Latvian violinistFebruary 28 – Stephanie Beacham , English actressMarch 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 driverMarch 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 historianMarch 19 – Glenn Close , American actress[52] March 21 – Ali Abdullah Saleh , President of Yemen (d. 2017 )March 22 – James Patterson , American authorMarch 24 March 25 – Elton John , English singer-songwriter and composerMarch 26 – Subhash Kak , Indian-American authorMarch 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 producerApril 15 – Lois Chiles , American actressApril 16 April 18 April 19 – Murray Perahia , American pianistApril 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 authorMay 11 May 12 – Michael Ignatieff , Canadian politician, philosopher and historian[62] May 13 – Stephen R. Donaldson , American novelistMay 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, songwriterMay 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 musicianJojon , 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 playerJune 15 June 19 June 20 – Candy Clark , American actressJune 21 June 22 Bruno Latour , French philosopher, anthropologist and sociologist[71] (d. 2022 )Natalya Varley , Soviet, Russian film, theater actressMurray Webb , New Zealand caricature artist, test cricketerDavid Jones , Northern Irish European Tour golferOctavia E. Butler , American author (d. 2006 )Trevor Blades , English cricketerPete 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 politicianJune 27 June 29 – David Chiang , Hong Kong actorJune 30 – Jean-Yves Le Drian , French ministerJuly 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 swimmerJuly 6 – Shelley Hack , American model, actress, producer, political and media advisorJuly 7 July 9 July 10 July 11 – Riad Ismat , Syrian writer, critic and theatre directorJuly 12 July 14 – Navin Ramgoolam , Prime Minister of MauritiusJuly 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 managerJuly 22 July 24 – Peter Serkin , American classical pianist (d. 2020 )July 25 – Scott Shannon , American disc jockeyJuly 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 artistAugust 8 August 9 – John Varley , American science-fiction authorAugust 10 August 11 August 14 August 15 August 16 August 17 – Mohamed Abdelaziz , Sahrawi politicianAugust 20 – José Wilker , Brazilian actor (d. 2014 )August 21 – Mary Simon , Governor General of Canada August 22 August 23 – Willy Russell , British playwrightAugust 24 – Roger De Vlaeminck , Belgian cyclistAugust 26 – Nicolae Dobrin , Romanian footballer (d. 2007 )August 27 – Barbara Bach , American actressAugust 28 August 29 August 30 – Allan Rock , Canadian politician, diplomatAugust 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 managerSeptember 16 – Russ Abbot , British comedian, actor and singerSeptember 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 actressSeptember 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, activistOctober 3 October 4 – Ann Widdecombe , British politicianOctober 5 – Brian Johnson , English rock singer (AC/DC )October 8 – Hansa Yogendra , Indian yoga guruOctober 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 hostOctober 18 October 19 October 20 – Abdul Hadi Awang , Malaysian politicianOctober 24 – Kevin Kline , American actorOctober 26 October 28 – Henri Michel , French football player and coach (d. 2018 )October 29 – Richard Dreyfuss , American actorOctober 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 directorNovember 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 sociologistNovember 24 – Dwight Schultz , American actor (The A-Team )November 25 – John Larroquette , American actor (Night Court )November 28 – Reese Wynans , American keyboard playerNovember 29 – Mirza Khazar , Azerbaijani authorNovember 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 drummerDecember 6 – Romildo Ribeiro Soares , Brazilian televangelist, missionary, author, singer, businessman and composerDecember 7 December 8 December 9 – Tom Daschle , U.S. SenatorDecember 10 – Rainer Seifert , German field hockey playerDecember 11 – David E. Stone , American sound editorDecember 12 December 14 December 16 December 18 – Leonid Yuzefovich , Russian crime fiction writerDecember 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 References External links