1964


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Year 1964 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the 1964.

January

 * January - The Federation of and  is dissolved.
 * - U.S. Senator announces that he will seek the Republican nomination for President.
 * - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the, Pope and Patriarch  meet in Jerusalem.
 * - A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the blockade of.
 * - In his first State of the Union Address, U.S. President declares a "".
 * - : Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers.
 * -  reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).
 * - The predominantly Arab government of is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a U.S. destroyer evacuates 61 U.S. citizens.
 * - Routine U.S. naval patrols of the begin.
 * - In Manchester, NH 14-year-old Pamela Mason is murdered. Edward Coolidge is tried and convicted of the crime, but the conviction is set aside by the landmark 4th Amendment Case "Coolidge vs. New Hamphire (1971)."
 * -  opens in 's St. James Theatre.
 * -, the first American to orbit the , resigns from the space program and announces the next day that he will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senator from.
 * - Plans to build the  are announced.
 * - , the first Beatles album in the, is released.
 * - is inaugurated as the first President of.
 * - Thirteen years after its proposal and nearly 2 years after its passage by the, the , prohibiting the use of es in national elections, is ratified.
 * - 's After the Fall opens on Broadway. A semi-autobiographical work, it arouses controversy over his portrayal of late ex-wife Marilyn Monroe.
 * - and the  announce their decision to establish diplomatic relations.
 * - U.S. Senator (R-ME), 66, announces her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.
 * - A U.S. Air Force jet training plane that strays into, is shot down by Soviet fighters near ; all 3 crew men are killed.
 * - - The are held in,.
 * - The launches 2 scientific s, Elektron I and II, from a single rocket.
 * - is launched by, on a mission to carry  cameras and crash-land on the.
 * - General leads a bloodless military coup d'etat, replacing  as Prime Minister of South Vietnam.

February

 * - vault to the #1 spot on the U.S. singles charts for the first time, with "," forever changing the way rock-and-roll music sounds.
 * - Protesting against alleged de-facto school, Black and Puerto Rican groups in boycott.
 * - The authorized the  outlawing the.
 * - cuts off the normal water supply to the United States, in reprisal for the U.S. seizure 4 days earlier of 4 Cuban fishing boats off the coast of.
 * - A jury, trying  for the murder of  in June, reports that it can not reach a verdict, resulting in a mistrial.
 * - arrive from England at 's, receiving a tumultuous reception from a throng of screaming fans, marking the first occurrence of "" in the United States.
 * - appear on , marking their first live performance on American television. Seen by an estimated 73 million viewers, the appearance becomes the catalyst for the mid-1960s "" of American popular music.
 * - Greeks & Turks begin fighting in,.
 * - The  drops diplomatic relations with France because of French recognition of the.
 * -  (376 US 1 1964): The rules that  districts have to be approximately equal in population.
 * - beats  in, and is.
 * - U.S. politician slips on a bathroom rug in his  apartment and hits his head on the bathtub, injuring his left inner ear, and prompting him (later that week) to withdraw from the race for the  Senate nomination.
 * - The government of asks for help to keep the  from toppling over.
 * - President announces that the United States has developed a jet airplane (the A-11), capable of sustained flight at more than 2,000 MPH and of altitudes of more than 70,000 feet.

March

 * - President  is convicted by a Federal jury of tampering with a Federal jury in.
 * - becomes King of, upon the death of his father King.
 * -, suspended from the , says in that he is forming a black nationalist party.
 * -  (376 US 254 1964): The rules that under the, speech criticizing political figures cannot be censored.
 * - The first rolls off the  at.
 * - military forces shoot down an unarmed reconnaissance bomber that had strayed into ; the 3 U.S. flyers parachute to safety.
 * -, Ambassador to , wins the  primary.
 * - leaves the.
 * - In a notorious incident, 38 of her neighbors in Queens, fail to respond to the cries of, 28, as she is being stabbed to death.
 * - A jury finds  guilty of killing  assassin.
 * - The precursor of the, (European Space Research Organization) is established per an agreement signed on ,.
 * - Non ho l'età by Gigliola Cinquetti (music by Nicola Salerno, text by Mario Panzeri) wins the for.
 * - U.S. Defense Secretary delivers an address that reiterates American determination to give South Vietnam increased military and economic aid, in its war against the  insurgency.
 * - The, the most powerful earthquake in U.S. history at a of 9.2, strikes , killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of.
 * - becomes 's first  station from a ship anchored just outside.
 * - 's game show  debuts on ; is its first host.
 * - The military, backed by the USA, overthrow  in a, starting 21 years of  in.

April

 * - Mrs. Malcolm Peabody, 72, mother of Governor, is released on $450 bond after spending 2 days in a St. Augustine, Florida jail, for participating in an anti-segregation demonstration there.
 * - hold the top 5 positions in the Billboard Top 40 singles in America, an unprecedented achievement. Due mostly to the explosive growth, fragmentation, and marketing of popular music since, this is certain to never happen again. The top songs in America as listed on April 4, in order, are: "Can't Buy Me Love," "Twist and Shout," "She Loves You," "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and "Please Please Me."
 * - Three high school friends in Hoboken, N.J., open the first on Washington St.
 * - General dies at  in.
 * - Jigme Dorfi, Premier of the Himalayan kingdom of, is shot dead by an unidentified assassin in Puncholing, near the Indian border.
 * - announces the.
 * - Four of 5 operating s strike against the Illinois Central Railroad without warning, to bring to a head the 5-year dispute over railroad work rules.
 * -  is launched on the first unmanned test of the 2-man spacecraft.
 * -  was shown in theaters.
 * - The adopts by a 9-0 vote a resolution deploring a British air attack on a fort in  12 days earlier, in which 25 persons were reported killed.
 * - The Brazilian Congress elects Field Marshal as President of.
 * - In, delivers a speech entitled "The Ballot or the Bullet."
 * - A 's third stage motor ignites prematurely in an assembly room at, killing 3.
 * - release their debut album,.
 * - Sentences totalling 307 years are passed on 12 men who stole £2.6m in used bank notes, after holding up the night mail train travelling from to  in August of 1963 - a heist that became known as the.
 * - In the, the is officially unveiled to the public.
 * - opens in.
 * - In, the coalition government of Prince is deposed by a right-wing military group, led by Brig. Gen..
 * - U.S. President in New York, and Soviet Premier  in, announce simultaneously plans to cut back production of materials for making s.
 * - makes his "I Am Prepared to Die" speech at the opening of the, a classic of the anti-apartheid movement.
 * - starts broadcasting in the.
 * - British businessman, imprisoned in Moscow since 1963 for alleged , is exchanged for Soviet spy.


 * - The opens to celebrate 300th anniversary of New Amsterdam being taken over by British forces under the Duke of York (later King James II) and being renamed New York in 1664. The fair runs until Oct. 18, 1964 and reopens, , finally closing , . (Not sanctioned, due to being within 10 years of the  in , some countries declined, but many countries had pavillions with exotic crafts, art & food.)
 * - Thieves steal the head of the statue in, Denmark (Henrik Bruun confesses in ).
 * - and  merge to form.

May

 * - At 4:00 a.m., and  run the first program written in  (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), an easy to learn high level  which they have created. BASIC will eventually be included on many s and even some games consoles.
 * - Senator receives more than 75% of the votes in the  Republican Presidential primary.
 * - Some 400-1,000 students march through, New York and another 700 in , in the first major student demonstration against the Vietnam War. Smaller marches also occur in Boston, Seattle, and Madison, Wisconsin.
 * - Two young men named Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore were hitchhiking in when they were kidnapped and beaten by members of the . Their badly  bodies were found by chance two months later in, during the search for three  workers - Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner.
 * - crashes near, killing all 44 aboard; the  later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.
 * - At a demonstration by  on Hasselkopf Mountain near  (Lower Saxonia, Germany), 3 persons are killed by a rocket explosion.
 * - n President reshuffles his Cabinet, after a series of student demonstrations against his efforts to restore diplomatic and trade relations with.
 * - opens the first  store on 's.
 * - The says that more than 40 hidden microphones have been found embedded in the walls of the U.S. Embassy in.
 * - Mrs. Madeline Dassault, 63, wife of a French plane manufacturer and politician, is kidnapped while leaving her car in front of her home; she is found unharmed the next day in a farmhouse 27 miles from Paris.
 * - paints his fourth 'Head of a Bearded Man'.
 * - - The crowd at a match in,  riots over a referee's decision in the Peru- game (319 dead, 500 injured).
 * - defeats  in the  Republican primary, slowing but not stalling Goldwater's drive toward the nomination.
 * - Prime Minister of India dies; he is succeeded by.

June

 * - Senator Barry Goldwater wins the Republican Presidential primary, making him the overwhelming favorite for the nomination.
 * - Five million shares of stock in the Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat) are offered for sale at $20 a share, and the issue is quickly sold out.
 * - n President declares  in, after 10,000 student demonstrators overpower police.
 * - With a temporary order, the are terminated.
 * - The travel the canals of.
 * - In Federal Court in, army deserter George John Gessner, 28, is convicted of passing United States secrets to the Soviet Union.
 * - The U.S. Senate votes of the Civil Rights Bill after a 75-day filibuster.
 * - rejects direct talks with  over.
 * - In, , attacks students and teachers in an elementary school with a , killing 10 and injuring 21.
 * - Governor  announces his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination, as part of a 'stop-Goldwater' movement.
 * - and 7 others are sentenced to life imprisonment in, and sent to the  prison.
 * - 12-year-old Keith Bennett is abducted by and
 * - U.S. Senator, 32, is seriously injured in a private plane crash at Southampton, Massachusetts; the pilot is killed.
 * - Three civil rights workers,, , and , are murdered near , by local segregationist law enforcement officials.
 * - beats the  2-1 to win the.
 * - The condemns the female.
 * - returns to  from exile in Spain.

July

 * - President Lyndon Johnson signs the into law.
 * - declares its independence from the.
 * - U.S. military personnel announce that U.S. casualties in Vietnam have risen to 1,387, including 399 dead and 17 MIA.
 * - At the in, U.S. presidential nominee  declares that "extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice", and "moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue".
 * - Six days of s begin in.
 * - : At a rally in, ese Prime Minister calls for expanding the war into.
 * - Vietnam War: forces attack a provincial capital, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of which are children).
 * - begin in  between ethnic Chinese and Malays.
 * - The second meeting of the is held.
 * - : The U.S. sends 5,000 more military advisers to South Vietnam, bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
 * - : sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon (images are 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from Earth-bound s).
 * - Country singer (40) is killed when his private plane crashes in thunderstorm near.

August

 * - The Final, "Senorella and the Glass Huarache", is released before the Warner Bros. Cartoon Division is shut down by Jack Warner.
 * - : workers,  and  are found dead in , after disappearing on.
 * - : United States destroyers and  are attacked in the . Air support from the carrier  sinks 2, possibly 3 North Vietnamese gunboats.
 * - Vietnam War: - Aircraft from carriers  and  bomb  in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the.
 * - The Simba rebel army in captures, and takes 1,000 Western hostages.
 * - Vietnam War: The United States Congress passes the, giving U.S. President broad war powers to deal with North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.
 * - A  in  gets out of control. Riot police end the gig after about 15 minutes, upon which spectators start to fight the riot police.
 * - Murderers and  become the last people to be executed in the.
 * - Vietnam War: In a, General replaces  as South Vietnam's chief of state and establishes a new , drafted partly by the U.S. Embassy.
 * -, civil rights activist and Vice Chair of the , addresses the Credentials Committee of the , challenging the all-white delegation.
 * - - The in  nominates incumbent President  for a full term, and U.S. Senator  of  as his running mate.
 * - 's  has its world premiere in Los Angeles. It will go on to become Disney's biggest moneymaker, one of his most highly acclaimed and best remembered films, and winner of five Academy Awards, including a Best Actress award for, who accepted the part after she was passed over by  for the role of Eliza Dolittle in the film version of My Fair Lady , which she played onstage. Mary Poppins is the first Disney film to be nominated for Best Picture.
 * - turns  on to  for the first time
 * - - : Tensions between residents and police lead to 341 injuries and 774 arrests.

September

 * - The opens over the.
 * - receives its 1,000,000th foreign worker.
 * - The third period of opens.
 * - The ' ceases publication, replaced by '.
 * - ' premieres live on the ', featuring the top musical acts of the Sixties.
 * -  was shown in theaters.
 * - The island of obtains independence from the.
 * - The Report, the first official investigation of the assassination of  President, is published.
 * - launched by.

October

 * - Three thousand student activists at surround and block a police car from taking a  volunteer arrested for not showing his ID when he violated a ban on outdoor activist card tables. This protest eventually explodes into the.
 * - release their first album,.
 * - Twenty-three men and thirty-one women escape to through a narrow tunnel under the.
 * - and Prince Phillip begin an 8-day visit to.
 * - - The are held in.
 * - The Soviet Union launches  into Earth as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without s. The flight is cut short and lands again on  after sixteen orbits.
 * - American civil rights movement leader Dr. becomes the youngest recipient of the, which was awarded to him for leading non-violent resistance to end  in the United States.
 * - - is deposed as leader of the Soviet Union;  and  assume power.
 * - The wins the parliamentary elections in the, ending 13 years of Conservative Party rule.
 * - Craig Breedlove's jet-powered car Spirit of America goes out of control in Bonneville Salt Flats in and makes skid marks 9.6 km long.
 * - The defeat the visiting, 7-5 to win the  in seven games (4-3), ending a long run of 29 World Series appearances in 44 seasons for the Bronx Bombers (also known as the Yankee Dynasty).
 * - becomes British Prime Minister.
 * - The explodes an  in.
 * - The closes for the year (it will reopen April 21, 1965).
 * - Former  dies in.
 * - The film version of the hit Broadway stage musical My Fair Lady premieres in New York City. The movie stars in the role of Eliza Dolittle and  repeating his stage performance as Professor Henry Higgins, the role that made him a true United States stage and film star, and which will win him his only Academy Award for Best Actor. The film will win seven other Academy Awards, including, but Audrey Hepburn will not even be nominated. The critics interpret this as a rebuke to Jack L. Warner for not choosing Julie Andrews to repeat her stage role onscreen. Others see it as an unfair slight to Audrey Hepburn.
 * - : A Federal Multi-Party Parliamentary Committee selects a design to become the new official.
 * - Northern, a former British protectorate, becomes the independent Republic of , ending 73 years of British rule.
 * - In, rebel leader Christopher Gbenye takes 60 Americans and 800 Belgians.
 * - A collection of irreplaceable s, including the 565 (113 g), is stolen from the  in.
 * - Campaigning at, New York, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson pledges the creation of the.

November

 * - Mortar fire from North Vietnamese forces rains on the base at Bien Hoa, South Vietnam, killing 4 U.S. servicemen, wounding 72, and destroying 5  jet bombers and other planes.
 * - : Incumbent U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats challenger  with over 60 percent of the.
 * - The n government of President is overthrown by a military rebellion led by General, commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
 * - :, a U.S. space probe intended for , is launched from but fails.
 * - The votes to abolish the death penalty for murder in Britain.
 * - partially reintroduces  due to the.
 * -  becomes the first  player to score 20,000 points.
 * - The announces the closing of 95 military bases and facilities, including the, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, and , New York.
 * - : The third period of the 's closes.
 * - The opens to traffic (the world's longest  at this time).
 * - Belgian paratroopers and mercenaries capture, but a number of s die in the fighting, among them missionary Dr..
 * - : NASA launches the space probe from Cape Kennedy toward Mars to take television pictures of that  in July.
 * - Vietnam War: members, including, , and , agree to recommend a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam, to President.

December

 * - Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam (after some debate, they agree to enact a two-phase bombing plan).
 * - : Police arrest over 800 students at the, following their takeover and massive sit-in at the administration building, protesting the U.C. Regents' decision to forbid Vietnam War protests on U.C. property.
 * - The one-hour stop-motion animated special , based on the popular Christmas song, premieres on . It will become a beloved tradition, still being shown on television more than 40 years later.
 * - is awarded the  in.
 * - addresses the UN General Assembly.
 * -  (379 US 241 1964): The U.S. Supreme Court rules that, in accordance with the, establishments providing public accommodations must refrain from racial discrimination.
 * - The  publishes an article about, who had built a glittering religious throne out of recycled materials.
 * - In the wake of deadly riots in January over control of the, the U.S. offers to negotiate a new canal treaty.
 * - The film  begins its run in  theaters. It will become one of the most successful and popular Bond films ever made.
 * -  is sentenced to four months in prison, concluding a six-month  trial.
 * - commences transmissions with American  format broadcasting, from a ship anchored off the south coast of England.
 * - 10-year-old Lesley Ann Downey is abducted by and.
 * - defeat  in  Championship Game
 * - A performance of 's then rarely televised ballet  is broadcast by . It is performed by the . stars in one of her earliest leading roles. However, this performance is not telecast again in later years, and slips into television obscurity.

Undated

 * 7000 residents of, at the time part of , refuse to pay taxes and found a to purchase.
 * synthesizes, an  used in treating.
 * The is founded.
 * Dr. ' book Direct Use of the Sun's Energy is published by.
 * First designed by.
 * composes the book , which would yield two film-adaptations: A starring, and a  starring.
 * The (OBOD) is founded in.
 * October - In magazine,  announces that  and  will star in the film version of 's play, After the Fall, with Loren in the role that was written about . However, the film was never made.
 * was discovered.

Fictional
The following are references to year 1964 in fiction:
 * the events of.
 * the events of the novel, by Robert Harris

January-February

 * -, American boxer
 * -, German boxer
 * -, Venezuelan swimmer and sports commentator (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American Internet entrepreneur
 * -, American actress
 * -, British actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American football player
 * -, American guitarist, and co-founding member of
 * -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, Minister of Economics and Trade of
 * -, Israeli diplomat
 * -, American fighter
 * -, American actor and comedian (d. )
 * -, British actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor and director
 * -, British comedian and actor
 * -, Uzbekistan cyclist

March-April

 * -, American musician
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American author
 * -, American comedian and actress
 * -, French actress
 * -, British actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American speed skater
 * -, Zambian singer
 * -, Japanese composer
 * -, Belgian singer
 * -, Italian-American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Northern Irish racecar driver
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Dutch cyclist and manager
 * -, Danish cyclist
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * -, New Zealand-born actor
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Hispanic actress, model, and sportscaster/reporter
 * -, Canadian actress and comedian
 * -, American singer and songwriter (bands , , and )
 * -, Brazilian underground comic book writer
 * -, British dancer
 * -, British actor
 * -, American comic and actor
 * -, Russian-born Swedish athlete
 * -, American actor
 * -, English singer and songwriter (band )
 * -, Italian-born actor
 * -, Italian-born actor

May-June

 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actress and president of the Screen Actors Guild
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, American playwright
 * -, U.S. singer, songwriter & pianist
 * -, English snooker player
 * -, American comedian and satirist
 * -, English footballer
 * -, member of the Swiss Federal Council
 * -, British swimmer
 * -, American guitarist and singer
 * -, Irish-American author and paleontologist
 * -, American comedic radio personality and television personality
 * -, Australian boxer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, American singer
 * -, American guitarist
 * -, American news radio anchor/reporter
 * -, American guitarist, and co-founding member of
 * -, British actor
 * -, American comedian
 * -, Greek classical guitarist, professor
 * -, Greek-Australian actress
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, British actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, English actress and comedian
 * -, British politician
 * -, American actress and model
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American author
 * -, English race car driver
 * -, baseball player
 * -, British singer

July-August

 * -, French rugby player & coach
 * -, English author
 * -, American voice actress
 * -, American musician/actress
 * -, British actor
 * -, British TV presenter
 * -, Spanish cyclist
 * -, American musician
 * -, British actor
 * -, British actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American comedian, actor and television personality
 * -, political activist
 * -, baseball player
 * -, UK bass player/singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Irish singer and musician
 * -, South African reggae musician
 * -, American musician
 * -, American computer engineer
 * -, American wife of
 * -, American actor
 * -, American tennis player
 * -, Australian footballer
 * -, cosmonaut
 * -, Russian mathematician

September-October

 * -, actor
 * -, American health care executive and Presidential speechwriter
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American bassist
 * -, Hong Kong actress
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Japanese singer and voice actress
 * -, British singer
 * -, American actress and comedian
 * -, Italian actress and model
 * -, American musician
 * -, English comedian, writer and actor
 * -, German field hockey player
 * -, English actor
 * -, Japanese (voice actor)
 * -, American musician
 * -, American voice actor
 * -, Cuban boxer
 * -, Croatian basketball player (d. )
 * -, American musician
 * -, Canadian serial killer (d. )
 * -, British model
 * -, Dutch football player and manager

November-December

 * -, American voice actor
 * -, English actor
 * -, American television personality and interior designer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American singer
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, Icelandic producer
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American broadcast journalist
 * -, American voice actor
 * -, Canadian jazz pianist and singer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American television personality
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actor
 * -, American wrestler
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * -, British actor and comedian from , Sunil Chitnis, Indian sports star
 * -, American singer
 * -, American director
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Brazilian model
 * -, American wrestler
 * -, British record producer
 * -, American actress
 * -, German musician
 * -, Australian game show host
 * -, American voice actor
 * -, American serial killer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese musician
 * -, New Zealand-born actress
 * -, American football player
 * -, German track and field athlete
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Czech ice hockey player and scout
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, American football player
 * -, Lithuanian basketball player
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor and dancer
 * -, British actress

Unknown dates

 * , New Zealand broadcaster
 * , American Zen Buddhist priest, author, and musician
 * is patented

January-June

 * -, (b. )
 * -, American jazz trombonist (b. )
 * -, British author (b. )
 * -, oil man, banker and real estate investor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American pilot (b. )
 * -, German psychiatrist (b. )
 * -, Austrian aerospace engineer (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, English World War II hero (b. )
 * -, Australian-born costume designer (b. )
 * -, German general (b. )
 * -, Swedish sports official (b. )
 * -, American mathematician (b. )
 * -, Hungarian-born actor (b. )
 * -, U.S. Army general (b. )
 * -, American biologist and environmental writer (b. )
 * -, German , recipient of the (declined) (b. )
 * -, Canadian poet (b. )
 * -, American-born politician (b. )
 * -, German-born physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, Finnish writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, Canadian-born newspaper publisher and politician (b. )
 * - Civil Rights Martyrs in :
 * - (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Dutch architect (b. )
 * -, School Teacher (b. )

July - December

 * -, French conductor (b. )
 * -, American race car driver (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, Italian communist leader (b. )
 * -, American actress and comedian
 * -, American archaeologist (b. )
 * -, American war hero during (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, English art critic (b. )
 * -, Irish writer (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, 31st (b. )
 * -, German-born chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, British geneticist (b. )
 * -, Duchess of Marlborough (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, Austrian wife of , , and (b. )
 * -, Uruguayan-born composer (b. )
 * -, Austrian-born physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American writer and photographer (b. )
 * -, (b. )