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January 2 - Unable to resume his rule over Albania after World War II, King Zog abdicated but retained his claim to the throne.

January 4 - Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940

January 7 - Allies recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders - the country is divided into four occupation zones

January 10 - First meeting of the United Nations

January 10 - Project Diana bounces Radar waves off the moon, measuring the exact distance between the earth and the moon and proving that the communication was possible between the earth and outerspace, effectively opening the space age.

January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as prime minister.

January 11 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob's ashes go back to Colombia.

January 16 - Charles de Gaulle resigns as a head of a French provisional government

January 17

The UN Security Council holds its first session

Senator Dennis Chavez (D-NM) calls for a vote on an FEPC bill which called for the end to discrimination in the work place. A filibuster prevents it from passing.

January 20 - Charles De Gaulle resigns as president of France

January 22 - Iran:Qazi Muhammad declares the independent people's Republic of Mahabad at the Chuwarchira Square in the kurdish city of Mahabad. He is the new president, Hadschi Baba Scheich is the prime minister.

January 25 - The United Mine Workers rejoins the American Federation of Labor

January 28 - Bluenose founders on a Haitian reef

January 29 - Central Intelligence Group established, CIA established in 1947

January 31 - Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

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February 1 - Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary General. February 2 - Kingdom of Hungary becomes a republic. February 14 - The Bank of England nationalized February 14 - ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), the first general-purpose electronic computer, is unveiled at the University of Pennsylvania February 15 - Canada indicts 22 communist agents. February 24 - Juan Peron elected president of Argentina February 28 - In Philadelphia, strikers of General Electric and police clash

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March 2 - British troops withdraw from Iran according to treaty - Soviets do not.

March 2 - Ho Chi Minh elected the President of North Vietnam

March 4 - C.G.E. Mannerheim resigns from the post of president of Finland

March 5 - In his speech in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill talks about Iron Curtain.

March 6 - Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with France which recognizes Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.

March 9 - Juho Kusti Paasikivi becomes president of Finland

March 10 - British troops begin withdrawal from Lebanon

March 15 - Clement Attlee promises independence to India as soon as they can agree on constitution

March 19 - Soviet Union and Switzerland reform diplomatic relations.

March 19 - French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion become overseas départements of France

March 22 – Great Britain grants Transjordan, as it was then known, its independence. Three years later the country changes its name to Jordan.

March 29 - Gold Coast has an African majority in the parliament

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April 1 - 14-meter high tsunami strikes Hilo, Hawaii - 173 dead, thousands injured.

April 1 - Formation of the Malayan Union.

April 1 - Singapore becomes a Crown colony

April 3 - Japanese Lt. General Masaharu Homma is executed outside Manila in the Philippines for leading the Bataan Death March.

April 7 - Syria's independence from France is officially recognised

April 10 - In Japan, women vote for the first time in parliamentarian elections

April 18 - USA recognizes Josip Broz Tito's government in Yugoslavia

April 18 - Last meeting of League of Nations – it transfers its mission to United Nations and disbands itself.

April 23 - the Eastern Pennsylvania Basketball League (Which is now the CBA) was founded

April 29 - Trial against war criminals begin in Tokyo – accused include Hideki Tojo, Shigenori Togo and Hiroshi Oshima.

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May 2 - Six prisoners unsuccessfully try to escape from the Alcatraz prison island

May 5 - Glenmore Celtic FC Founded in Dublin Ireland

May 7 - Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded with about 20 employees.

May 9 - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, and is succeeded by his son Humbert II.

May 10 - Nehru elected leader of the Congress Party in India

May 20 - In Britain, the House of Commons decides to nationalize mines.

May 21 - Radiation accident in Los Alamos laboratory; Dr Louis Slotin saves his coworkers but receives a fatal dose of radiation. Incident is initially classified

May 22 - Kingdom of Transjordan founded.

May 25 - The parliament of Transjordan makes emir Abdullah their king.

May 26 - Czechoslovak parliamentary election, last before communist take over

May 31 - Greece referendum supports return of monarchy

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June 1 - Ion Antonescu, prime minister and "Conducator" (Leader) of Romania during World War II is executed; he was found guilty of betraying Romanian people for benefits of Germany and sentenced to death by Bucharest People's Tribunal.

June 2 - In a referendum Italians decide to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After this referendum, the king of Italy Umberto II di Savoia was exiled. Women vote for the first time.

June 6 - The Basketball Association of America is formed in New York City.

June 8 - In Indonesia, Sukarno incites his supporters to fight Dutch colonial occupation

June 9 - In Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) accedes the throne after the mysterious death of his brother, King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII).

June 10 - Italy declared republic

June 13 - Humbert II of Italy leaves the country and goes into exile in Portugal; Alcide de Gasperi becomes head of state.

June 17 - Tornado on the Detroit River - 17 dead

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July 4 - Ankara University was founded.

July 4 - After over 425 years of Western Dominance , the Philippines achieves full independence.

July 5 - Bikinis go on sale in Paris

July 7 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American saint to be canonized.

July 21 - Irgun bomb explodes in Jerusalem.

July 22 - King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration killing 90.

July 25 - Nuclear testing: In the first underwater test of the atomic bomb, the surplus USS ''Saratoga'' is sunk near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean when the United States detonates the "Baker Day" device.

July 25 - At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.

August 18 - Around 70 people died in the Vergarolla explosion.

August 18 - Founding of Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California.

August 19 - Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta – 3000 dead.

August 25 - Ben Hogan wins PGA Championship

September 4 - Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay.

September 8 - Bulgaria declared a People's Republic after a referendum – King Simeon II leaves.

September 28 - George II of Greece returns to Athens

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October 2 - Communists take over in Bulgaria

October 13 - France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.

October 15 - Nuremberg Trials: Founder of the Gestapo and recently convicted Nazi war criminal, Hermann Göring, poisons himself hours before his scheduled execution.

October 20 - Muriel Leichter weds Jay Arnet. Their love lasts a lifetime.

October 23 - United Nations' first meeting in Long Island.

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November 6 - Senate and House elections in the United States both give majorities to the Republicans.

November 8 - Vietnamese riot in Haiphong and clash with French troops. French cruiser Suffren opens fire. 6000 Vietnamese killed.

November 12 - Truce between Indonesian nationalist troops and Dutch army in Indonesia.

November 12 - A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago opens the first ten drive-up teller windows.

November 17 - Eight British servicemen are killed in Jerusalem by Jewish terrorists.

November 15 - Netherlands recognized Republic of Indonesia.

November 19 - Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations

November 22 - Tony Benn is elected as Treasurer of the Oxford Union.

November 27 - Cold War: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."

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December 11 - UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) founded.

December 12 - United Nations severs relations with Franco's Spain and recommends the member countries to sever diplomatic relations

December 12 - Léon Blum founds a government of socialist parties in France

December 19 - Martial law in Vietnam

December 22 - Havana Conference begins between US organized crime bosses in Havana, Cuba

December 24 - France's Fourth Republic founded

December 26 - Flamingo Hotel opens in Las Vegas.

December 31 - President Harry Truman officially proclaims an end of hostilities in World War II.

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The 20mm M61 Vulcan Gatling gun is invented.

Devil's Island penal colony closes permanently.

Female suffrage in Belgium, Romania, Yugoslavia, Argentina and Canadian province of Quebec. First female police officers in Korea and Japan.

Chinese Civil War intensifies between Kuomintang and Communist Party of China.

First Tupperware sold in department and hardware stores.

Grantley Adams becomes the premier of Barbados.

Alcatraz Island prison riot.

The British government takes emergency powers to deal with the balance-of-payments crisis.

Eva Perón tours Spain, Italy and France on behalf of Argentina, a circuit called the Rainbow Tour.

Breathalyzer machine for estimating blood alcohol concentration was invented.

Howard Hyde Russell established the Anti-Saloon League.

George Orwell writes Politics and the English Language

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January 3 - John Paul Jones, English bassist (Led Zeppelin)

January 3 - Cissy King, American dancer and singer The Lawrence Welk Show

January 5 - Diane Keaton, American actress

January 6 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist and singer (Pink Floyd) (d. 2006)

January 8 - Stanton Peele, American psychologist

January 8 - Robby Krieger, American musician (The Doors)

January 11 - Naomi Judd, American singer

January 11 - John Piper, American theologian

January 12 - George Duke, American musician

January 14 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer

January 16 - Kabir Bedi, Indian actor

January 16 - Katia Ricciarelli, Italian singer

January 18 - Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councillor

January 19 - Dolly Parton, American singer and actress

January 20 - David Lynch, American film director

January 21 - Johnny Oates, baseball player and manager (d. 2004)

January 22 - Serge Savard, Canadian hockey player and executive

January 24 - Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor

January 26 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999)

January 27 - Nedra Talley, American singer (Ronettes)

January 31 - Terry Kath, American musician (d. 1978)

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February 6 - Jim Turner, American politician

February 9 - Séan Neeson, Northern Irish politician

February 13 - Colin Matthews, British composer

February 14 - Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (d. 2003)

February 14 - Gregory Hines, American dancer and actor (d. 2003)

February 19 - Karen Silkwood, American activist (d. 1974)

February 20 - Brenda Blethyn, English actress

February 21 - Tyne Daly, American actress

February 21 - Alan Rickman, English actor

February 24 - Barry Bostwick, American actor

February 25 - Franz Xaver Kroetz, German dramatist

February 26 - Ahmed H. Zewail, Egyptian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

February 28 - Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)

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March 4 - Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker, Professor of Film at Howard University, Washington, DC

March 6 - David Gilmour, English musician (Pink Floyd)

March 7 - Peter Wolf, American musician (J Geils Band)

March 10 - Mike Hollands, Australian Animator, founder Act3animation

March 12 - Liza Minnelli, American singer and actress

March 15 - Bobby Bonds, baseball player and manager (d. 2003)

March 17 - Georges J.F. Kohler, German biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1995)

March 21 - Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor

March 25 - Cliff Balsam, English footballer

March 31 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 1984)

April 4 - Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)

April 4 - Craig T. Nelson, American actor

April 7 - Colette Besson, French runner

April 7 - John Loder, co founder of a anarcho-punk band CRASS

April 12 - Ed O'Neill, American actor

April 16 - Margot Adler, American journalist

April 19 - Tim Curry, British actor, vocalist, and composer

April 25 - John Fox, British statistician

April 25 - Talia Shire, American actress

April 30 - King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden

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May 2 - Lesley Gore, American singer

May 4 - John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver

May 7 - Thelma Houston, American singer

May 9 - Candice Bergen, American actress

May 9 - Drafi Deutscher, German Schlager singer (d. 2006)

May 10 - Donovan Leitch, Scottish musician

May 10 - Dave Mason, English musician (Traffic)

May 11 - Robert Jarvik, American physicist and inventor

May 16 - Robert Fripp, British musician

May 17 - Udo Lindenberg, German musician

May 18 - Reggie Jackson, baseball player

May 19 - André the Giant, French professional wrestling (d. 1993)

May 19 - Claude Lelièvre, Belgian Commissioner for Children Rights

May 20 - Cher, American actress and singer

May 22 - George Best, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2005)

May 23 - Frederik de Groot, Dutch actor

May 26 - Mick Ronson, American guitarist (d. 1993)

May 28 - K. Satchidanandan, Malayalam poet

May 29 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)

May 30 - Candy Lightner, American founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving

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June 2 - Peter Sutcliffe, English serial killer

June 8 - Pearlette Louisy, Governor-General of St. Lucia

June 12 - Harry Glasper, Football historian

June 14 - Donald Trump, American real estate magnate

June 15 - Noddy Holder, English singer (Slade)

June 15 - Janet Lennon, American singer, The Lennon Sisters

June 20 - Xanana Gusmão, first President of East Timor

June 22 - Kay Redfield Jamison

June 23 - Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher

June 24 - Ellison Onizuka, astronaut (d. 1986)

June 29 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)

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July 2 - Richard Axel, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

July 4 - Ed O'Ross, American actor

July 6 - George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States

July 6 - Sylvester Stallone, American actor

July 9 - Bon Scott, Australian singer (AC/DC) (d. 1980)

July 13 - Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian

July 14 - John Wood, Australian actor

July 15 - Linda Ronstadt, American singer and songwriter

July 16 - Ron Yary, American football player

July 22 - Danny Glover, American actor

July 22 - Mireille Mathieu, French singer

July 23 - Sally Flynn, American singer The Lawrence Welk Show

July 25 - Rita Marley, Jamaican singer

July 30 - Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994)

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August 1 - Sandi Griffiths, American singer

August 3 - Jack Straw, British politician

August 5 - Ron Silliman, American poet

August 10 - Ian Duncan, Australian Media Personality

August 19 - Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States

August 19 - Beat Raaflaub, Swiss conductor

August 20 - Ralf Hütter, German singer and musician (Kraftwerk)

August 20 - N.R. Narayana Murthy, Indian businessman

August 23 - Keith Moon, English drummer (The Who) (d. 1978)

August 25 - Rollie Fingers, baseball player

August 26 - Valerie Simpson, American singer

August 26 - Mark Snow, American composer

August 26 - Tom Ridge, first United States Secretary of Homeland Security

August 26 - Zhou Ji, education minister of the People's Republic of China

August 29 - Bob Beamon, American athlete

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September 1 - Roh Moo-hyun, President of South Korea

September 4 - Gary Duncan, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)

September 4 - Greg Elmore, American drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service)

September 5 - Freddie Mercury, Zanzibar-born singer (Queen) (d. 1991)

September 7 - Willie Crawford, baseball player (d. 2004)

September 7 - Francisco Varela, Chilean biologist (d. 2001)

September 9 - Bruce Palmer, Canadian musician (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2004)

September 9 - Billy Preston, American soul musician (d. 2006)

September 10 - Jim Hines, American athlete

September 10 - Don Powell, English drummer

September 15 - Tommy Lee Jones, American actor

September 15 - Oliver Stone, American film director

September 18 - Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress.

September 21 - Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss Federal Councilor

September 23 - Franz Fischler, Austrian politician

September 24 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland

September 26 - Christine Todd Whitman, American politician

September 30 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)

September 30 - Claude Vorilhon, French-born Messenger

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October 1 - Tim O'Brien, American author

October 3 - P.P. Arnold, American singer

October 6 - Lloyd Doggett, American politician

October 6 - Renate Holub, German philosopher

October 7 - Xue Jinghua, Chinese ballerina

October 7 - Catharine MacKinnon, American feminist

October 8 - Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar

October 8 - John T. Walton, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton (d. 2005)

October 9 - Tansu Ciller, Turkish politician

October 10 - Anne Boyd, Australian musician

October 10 - Naoto Kan, Japanese politician

October 11 - Leona Gom, Canadian writer

October 13 - Edwina Currie, English politician

October 13 - Dorothy Moore, American singer

October 14 - Justin Hayward, English singer and songwriter (Moody Blues)

October 15 - Marsha Hunt, American singer and novelist

October 16 - Suzanne Somers, American actress

October 16 - Elizabeth Witmer, Dutch-born politician

October 17 - Vicki Hodge, English actress

October 17 - Bob Seagren, American athlete and actor

October 18 - James Robert Baker, American novelist, screenwriter

October 18 - Howard Shore, Canadian film composer

October 18 - Andrea Zsadon, Hungarian soprano

October 19 - Philip Pullman, English author

October 20 - Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian writer, Nobel Prize laureate

October 21 - Lyn Allison, Australian politician

October 22 - Eileen Gordon, British politician

October 25 - Edith Leyrer, Austrian actress

October 26 - Pat Sajak, American game show host

October 27 - Leslie L. Byrne, American politician

October 27 - Ivan Reitman, Slovakian-born film director and producer

October 27 - Carrie Snodgress, American actress (d. 2004)

October 28 - Sharon Thesen, Canadian poet

October 29 - Kathryn J. Whitmire, Mayor of Houston, Texas

October 30 - Lynne Marta, American actress

October 30 - Andrea Mitchell, American journalist

October 31 - Caroline Jackson, British politician

October 31 - Stephen Rea, Northern Irish actor

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November 1 - Marina Abramovic, Yugoslavian performance artist

November 1 - Ric Grech, British bassist (Family, Blind Faith, Traffic (d. 1990)

November 1 - Lynne Russell, American newsreader

November 2 - Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)

November 4 - Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States

November 5 - Herman Brood, Dutch artist (d. 2001)

November 5 - Loleatta Holloway, American singer

November 5 - Gram Parsons, American musician (d. 1973)

November 6 - Sally Field, American actress

November 7 - Diane Francis, Canadian journalist

November 7 - Martin Barre, English musician (Jethro Tull)

November 8 - Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwe musician

November 10 - Alaina Reed Hall, American actress

November 11 - Corrine Brown, American politician

November 12 - P.P. Arnold, English singer

November 13 - Ohara Reiko, Japanese actress

November 14 - Carola Dunn, English writer

November 15 - Gwyneth Powell, British actress

November 15 - Sandy Skoglund, American photographer

November 17 - Petra Burka, Canadian figure skater

November 18 - Andrea Allan, Scottish actress

November 18 - Amanda Lear, Hong Kong singer

November 19 - Terry Baum, American playwright

November 20 - Greg Cook, American football player

November 20 - Judy Woodruff, American television personality

November 21 - Emma Cohen, Spanish actress

November 21 - Pam Freeman, American actress

November 21 - Chaviva Hosek, Czech-born feminist

November 21 - Ulla Jessen, Danish actress

November 21 - Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress

November 21 - Marina Warner, English writer

November 22 - Anne Wheeler, Canadian television and film director

November 24 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)

November 25 - Marika Lindstrom, Swedish actress

November 26 - Ottilia Borbath, Romanian actress

November 27 - Nina Maslova, Russian actress

November 28 - Regina Braga, Brazilian actress

November 29 - Suzy Chaffee, American singer and actress

November 30 - Barbara Cubin, U.S. Congresswoman from Wyoming

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December 2 - Gulsun Karamustafa, Turkish artist and film director

December 2 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)

December 3 - Marjana Lipovsek, Slovenian singer and actress

December 3 - Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist

December 4 - Sherry Alberoni, American actress

December 4 - Angela Browning, British politician

December 4 - You Inoue, Japanese voice actress (d. 2003)

December 5 - José Carreras, Spanish tenor

December 5 - Eva-Britt Svensson, Swedish politician

December 6 - Chelsea Brown, American actress

December 8 - Jacques Bourboulon, French photographer

December 8 - Sharmila Tagore, Indian actress

December 9 - Sonia Gandhi, Indian politician

December 10 - Chrystos, American poet

December 11 - Ellen Meloy, American writer (d. 2004)

December 12 - Gloria Loring, American singer

December 14 - Jane Birkin, English actress and singer

December 14 - Patty Duke, American actress

December 16 - Alice Aycock, American sculptor

December 16 - Benny Andersson, Swedish singer and songwriter (ABBA)

December 16 - Trevor Pinnock, English harpsichordist and conductor

December 17 - Bel Mooney, English broadcast journalist

December 18 - Nina Skottova, Czech politician and member of the European Parliament

December 18 - Steven Spielberg, American film director

December 19 - Candace Pert, American nueroscientist

December 20 - Lesley Judd, English actress and television presenter

December 20 - John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005)

December 20 - Dick Wolf, American television producer

December 21 - Carl Wilson, American musician (d. 1998)

December 23 - Edita Gruberova, Slovakian soprano

December 23 - Susan Lucci, American actor

December 24 - Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin, French politician and member of the European Parliament

December 24 - Brenda Howard, American bisexual activist (d. 2005)

December 25 - Jimmy Buffett, American singer and songwriter

December 25 - Larry Csonka, American football player

December 25 - Gene Lamont, American baseball player and manager

December 26 - Joyce Jillson, American astrologer (d. 2004)

December 27 - Janet Street Porter, English broadcast journalist

December 27 - Polly Toynbee, English journalist and writer

December 29 - Marianne Faithfull, English singer and actress

December 29 - Ruth Shady, Peruvian archaeologist

December 30 - Patti Smith, American poet and singer

December 31 - Galina Starovoitova, Russian politician

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Kebby Musokotwane, Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 1996)

Tyler Burge, American philosopher

Pete Price, Merseyside radio disc jockey

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June 13 - Jason Voorhees, mass murderer, son of Mrs. Voorhees

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January 29 - Harry Hopkins, American politician (b. 1890)

February 5 - George Arliss, English actor (b. 1868)

February 19 - Rafael Erich, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1879)

March 4 - Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)

March 23 - Gilbert N. Lewis, American chemist (b. 1875)

March 24 - Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)

April 1 - Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)

April 3 - Alf Common, English footballer (b. 1880)

April 8 - Qin Bangxian, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1907)

April 22 - Harlan F. Stone, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1872)

May 19 - Booth Tarkington, American novelist (b. 1869)

May 20 - Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (b. 1871)

June 1 - Ion Antonescu, Romanian prime minister and dictator (b. 1882)

June 6 - Gerhart Hauptmann, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)

June 9 - King Ananda Mahidol of Siam (b. 1925)

June 10 - Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)

June 14 - John Logie Baird, television pioneer (b. 1888)

June 28 - Antoinette Perry, American actress and director (b. 1888)

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July 8 - Orrick Glenday Johns, American writer (b. 1887)

July 13 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)

July 15 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)

July 27 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (b. 1874)

August 5 - Wilhelm Marx, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)

August 13 - H.G. Wells, English writer (b. 1866)

October 4 - Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. 1878)

October 6 - Per Albin Hansson, Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1885)

October 15 - Hermann Göring, Nazi leader (suicide) (b. 1893)

October 16 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian Nazi (executed) (b. 1892)

October 16 - Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal (b. 1877)

October 16 - Alfred Jodl, German military officer (b. 1890)

October 16 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian SS officer (b. 1903)

October 16 - Wilhelm Keitel, German military officer (b. 1882)

October 16 - Alfred Rosenberg, Nazi ideologist (b. 1893)

October 16 - Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal (b. 1892)

November 14 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (b. 1876)

December 10 - Walter Johnson, baseball player (b. 1887)

December 25 - W.C. Fields, American actor and comedian (b. 1880)

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Physics - Percy Williams Bridgman

Chemistry - James B. Sumner, John Howard Northrop, Wendell Meredith Stanley

Physiology or Medicine - Hermann Joseph Muller

Literature - Hermann Hesse

Peace - Emily Greene Balch, John Mott

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List of ship commissionings in 1946

List of ship decommissionings in 1946

List of shipwrecks in 1946