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1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year that started on a Friday (link will display full calendar) in the Gregorian calendar.
Events of 1971
January
February
March
- March 1
- March 4 – The southern part of Quebec, and especially Montreal, receive 42 cm of snow in what becomes known as the Century's Snowstorm (la tempête du siècle).
- March 5 – The Pakistani army occupies East Pakistan.
- March 6 – A fire in a mental hospital at Burghölzli, Switzerland, kills 28 people.
- March 7
- The British postal workers' strike, led by UPW General Secretary Tom Jackson, ends after 47 days.
- Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day - Bangladesh), delivers his famous speech in the Racecourse Field in Dhaka, calling on the masses to be prepared to fight for national independence.
- March 8 – Boxer Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden.
- March 12 – Hafez al-Assad becomes president of Syria.
- March 12–13 – The Allman Brothers Band plays their legendary concert at the Fillmore East.
- March 16 – Trygve Bratteli forms a government in Norway.
- March 18 – A landslide at Chungar, Peru crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200.
- March 23 – General Alejandro Lanusse of Argentina takes power in a military coup.
- March 25 – The Pakistani army starts Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan from midnight, after President Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, a military ruler, voids election results that gave the Awami League an overwhelming majority in the parliament.
- March 26
- East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) independence is declared by local Awami League leader Hannan Sarker on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from Kalurghat Radio Station in Chittagong.
- Nihat Erim (a former CHP member) forms the new government of Turkey (33rd government,composed mostly of technocrats)
- March 27 – East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) independence is repeatedly declared by Army Major (later President of Bangladesh) Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, Chittagong.
- March 28 – The Ed Sullivan Show airs its final episode.
- March 29
April
- April 1 – The United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership.
- April 3 – Un banc, un arbre, une rue by Séverine (music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, text by Yves Dessca) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 for Monaco.
- April 5
- April 7 – Greece releases 261 political prisoners, 50 of whom are sent into internal exile.
- April 8 – A right-wing coup attempt is exposed in Laos.
- April 9 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death; in 1972, the sentence for all California Death Row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment.
- April 12 – Palestinians retreat from Amman to the north of Jordan.
- April 17
- April 19
- April 20
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education: The Supreme Court of the United States rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.
- Cambodian Prime Minister Lon Nol resigns, but remains effectively in power until the next elections.
- April 21
- Siaka Stevens is elected the first president of Sierra Leone.
- François Duvalier, president of Haiti, dies; his son Jean-Claude Duvalier follows him as president-for-life.
- April 24
- April 25
- April 26 – The government of Turkey declares a state of siege in 11 provinces, Ankara included, due to violent demonstrations.
- April 28 – The first number of Il Manifesto is issued in Italy.
- April 29 – Bolivia nationalizes the American-owned Matilde zinc mine.
- April 30 – The Milwaukee Bucks win the NBA World Championship, sweeping the Baltimore Bullets in four straight games.
May
- May 1
- May 2 – In Ceylon, left-wing guerillas launch a series of assaults against public buildings.
- May 3
- The Harris Poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the Vietnam War.
- East German leader Walter Ulbricht resigns as Communist Party leader but retains the position of head of state.
- Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington, D.C.; police and military units arrest as many as 12,000, most of whom are later released.
- May 5 – The US dollar floods the European currency markets and threatens especially the Deutsche Mark; the central banks of Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland stop the currency trading.
- May 6 – The Ceylon government begins a major offensive against the People's Liberation Front.
- May 9 – Mariner 8 fails to launch.
- May 12 – An earthquake in Turkey destroys most of the city of Burdur.
- May 15 – Efraim Elrom, Israeli ambassador to Turkey, is kidnapped; he is found killed in Istanbul May 25.
- May 16 – A coup attempt is exposed and foiled in Egypt.
- May 18 – The U.S. Congress formally votes to end funding for the American Supersonic Transport program.
- May 19 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
- May 22 – An earthquake lasting 20 seconds destroys most of Bingöl, Turkey – more than 1,000 are killed, 10,000 made homeless.
- May 23 – An air crash at Rijeka Airport, Yugoslavia kills 78 people, mostly British tourists.
- May 26
- May 27
- Six armed passengers hijack a Romanian passenger plane and force it to fly to Vienna.
- Christie's auctions a diamond known as Deepdene; it is later found to be artificially colored.
- May 28 – Portugal resigns from UNESCO.
- May 30 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars.
- May 31 – The birth of Bangladesh is declared by the government in exile, in territory formerly part of Pakistan.
June
- June – Massachusetts passes its Chapter 766 laws enacting Special Education.
- June 1 – Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast Asia, speak against war protests.
- June 6
- Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 (Vladislav Volkov, Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev) is launched.
- A midair collision between Hughes Airwest Flight 706 Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom jet fighter near Duarte, California, claims 50 lives.
- June 10
- The U.S. ends its trade embargo of China.
- Corpus Thursday: A student rally on the streets of Mexico City is roughly dispersed.
- June 13
- Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers. [1].
- Gijs van Lennep wins the 24 hours of Le Mans together with Helmut Marko.
- June 14 – Norway begins oil production in the North Sea.
- June 16 – Roxy Music releases its debut album.
- June 17
- June 18 – Southwest Airlines, a low cost carrier, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston, And San Antonio.
- June 20 – Britain announces that Soviet space scientist Anatoli Fedoseyev has been granted asylum.
- June 21 – Britain begins new negotiations for EEC membership in Luxembourg.
- June 25 – Madagascar accuses the U.S. of being connected to the plot to oust the current government; the U.S. recalls its ambassador.
- June 27 – Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets) in New York City on March 8, 1968.
- June 28 – Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joe Colombo in the head in a middle of an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma.
- June 30
- After a successful mission aboard Salyut 1, the world's first manned space station, the crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.
- New York Times Co. v. United States: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Pentagon Papers may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint.
July
- July – Nordic Council secretariat inaugurated.
- July 3 – Jim Morrison, leader of The Doors is found dead in his bathtub in Paris, France.
- July 5 – Right to vote: The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution, formally certified by President Richard Nixon, lowers the voting age from 21 to 18.
- July 6 – Hastings Banda is proclaimed President for Life of Malawi.
- July 9 – The United Kingdom increases its troops in Northern Ireland to 11,000.
- July 10–11 – Coup attempt in Morocco: 1,400 cadets take over the king's palace for 3 hours and kill 28 people; 158 rebels die when the king's troops storm the palace. Ten high-ranking officers are later executed for involvement.
- July 10 - Gloria Steinem holds her Address to the Women of America speech.
- July 13
- July 14 – Libya severs its diplomatic ties with Morocco.
- July 16 – Spanish dictator and head of state Francisco Franco makes Prince Juan Carlos his successor.
- July 17 – Italy and Austria sign a treaty that ends the schism about Alto Adige/Südtirol.
- July 18 – The Trucial States are formed in the Persian Gulf.
- July 19 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1,362 feet, making it the second tallest building in the world.
- July 19–23 – Major Hashem al-Atta ousts Jaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiri in a military coup in Sudan. Fighting continues until on July 22, when pro-Nimeiri troops win. Al-Atta and 3 officers are executed.
- July 25–30 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli records in Munich two Debussy works for Deutsche Grammophon; it's his fifth recording.
- July 26 – Apollo 15 (carrying astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin) is launched.
- July 28 – Abdel Khaliq Mahjub, Sudanese communist leader, is hanged.
- July 29 – The United Kingdom opts out of the Space Race, with the cancellation of its Black Arrow launch vehicle.
- July 30 – In Japan, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 collides with a Japanese fighter jet; 162 people are killed.
- July 31 – Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin become the first to ride in a lunar rover, a day after landing on the Moon.
August
- August 1 – In New York City, 40,000 attend the Concert for Bangladesh.
- August 2 – JCPenney debuts its trademark Helvetica wordmark which has been used ever since.
- August 5 – South Pacific Forum (SPF)
- August 6 – A lunar eclipse lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed.
- August 7 – Apollo 15 returns to Earth.
- August 9
- August 11 – Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
- August 12
- August 14
- British troops are stationed on the Ireland border to stop arms smuggling.
- Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain as of February 2002).
- August 15
- The number of British troops in Northern Ireland is raised to 12,500.
- President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.
- August 18
- August 19–22 – A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in Bolivia. Miners and students join troops to support president Juan Jose Torres, but eventually Hugo Banzer takes over.
- August 20
- International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Intelsat) (effective 12 February 1973).
- The USS Manatee (AO-58) spills 1,000 gallons of fuel oil on President Nixon's Western White House beach in San Clemente, California.
- August 21
- The first orca to be named "Shamu" dies.
- A bomb made of two hand grenades by communist rebels explodes in the Liberal Party campaign party in Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila the Philippines, injuring several anti-Marcos political candidates.
- August 25
- August 26 – A civilian government takes power in Greece.
- August 30 – The Progressive Conservatives under Peter Lougheed defeat the Social Credit government under Harry E. Strom in a general election, ending 36 years of uninterrupted power for Social Credit in Alberta.
- August, days unknown – Camden, New Jersey erupts in race riots following the beating death of a Puerto Rican motorist by city police. Looting and arson occurred. This was a turning point in Camden's decline to one of the poorest and highest-crime municipalities in the United States. Camden was, however, the site of a 1949 shooting rampage by Howard Unruh, considered by some to be the first mass murderer in the United States. The riots resulted in the demise of Camden's Sears and A&P branches. Also in 1971, Philadelphia International Records was established, with Camden native Leon Huff as co-founder.
September
- September 3
- September 4 – A Boeing 727 (Alaska Airlines Flight 1866) crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
- September 8 – In Washington, DC, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
- September 9 – September 13 – Attica Prison riots: – A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in Attica, New York. In the end, state police and the United States National Guard storm the facility; 42 are killed, 10 of them hostages.
- September 19 – Ballarat electric tramway system closes.
- September 21 – Pakistan declares a state of emergency.
- September 24 – Britain expels 90 KGB and GRU officials; 15 are not allowed to return.
- September 27 – October 11 – Japanese Emperor Hirohito travels abroad.
- September 28 – Cardinal József Mindszenty, who has taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Budapest since 1956, is allowed to leave Hungary.
- September 29 – A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, in Orissa State in India, kills 10,000.
October
November
- November 3 – The UNIX Programmer's Manual is published.
- November 6 – Operation Grommet: The U.S. tests a thermonuclear warhead at Amchitka Island in Alaska, code-named Project Cannikin. At around 5 megatons, it is the largest ever U.S. underground detonation.
- November 10 – In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging 9 airplanes.
- November 12 – Vietnam War – Vietnamization: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972, as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
- November 13 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully.
- November 14 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is enthroned.
- November 15
- Intel releases the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
- International Organization and System of Space Communications (Intersputnik) (effective 12 July 1972).
- November 20 – A bridge still in construction, called Elevado Engenheiro Freyssinet, falls over the Paulo de Frontin Avenue, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 48 people are killed and several injured. Reconstructed, the bridge is currently a part of the Linha Vermelha elevate.
- November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
- November 24
- During a severe thunderstorm over Washington, a man calling himself D. B. Cooper parachutes from the Northwest Orient Airlines plane he hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money, and is never seen again (as of March 2008, this case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in history).
- A Brussels court sentences pretender Alexis Brimeyer to 18 months in jail for falsely using a noble title; Brimeyer has already fled to Greece.
- November 28 – 59th Grey Cup Game sees the Calgary Stampeders beat the Toronto Argonauts 14 to 11.
December
- December 1 – Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray, 10 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh.
- December 2 – Six Persian Gulf sheikdoms found the United Arab Emirates.
- December 3 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins as Pakistan attacks 9 Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan.
- December 3–4 – The Indian navy destroyer INS Rajput sinks Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi (former USS Diablo).
- December 4
- The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert. The event is memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water". The casino is rebuilt in 1975.
- The McGurk's Bar bombing in Belfast kills 15.
- December 8 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
- December 11 – Nihat Erim forms the new government of Turkey (34th government, Nihat Erim had served two times as a prime minister)
- December 11 – The Libertarian Party (United States) is established.
- December 14 – Facing defeat, the Pakistan Army kills 1,500 Bangladeshi intellectuals.
- December 16 – Victory Day of Bangladesh: The Pakistan Army surrenders to the Joint Force, i.e. Mukti Bahini (Freedom Force) and Indian Armed Forces, ending the Bangladesh Liberation War.
- December 18
- December 19
- The Clube Atletico Mineiro wins the first Brazil Football Championship.
- Intelsat IV (F3) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean February 18, 1972.
- December 24 – Giovanni Leone is elected President of the Italian Republic.
- December 25 – In the longest game in NFL history, the Miami Dolphins beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
- December 25 – Fire at a 22-story hotel in Seoul, South Korea kills 158 people.
- December 29 – The United Kingdom gives up its military bases in Malta.
Undated
- Ray Tomlinson sends the first ARPAnet e-mail between host computers.
- The Free State of Christiania is founded.
- Seychelles International Airport in Victoria, Seychelles (Mahe) is completed.
- Crude oil production peaks in the continental United States at approximately 4.5 million barrels/day.
- The Center for Science in the Public Interest is established.
- The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is established.
Ongoing
Births
January
- January 1 – Sammie Henson, American World Champion wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
- January 2
- Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
- Taye Diggs, American actor
- January 3 – Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 5 – Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
- January 8 – Jason Giambi, American baseball player
- January 9 – Scott Thornton, Canadian hockey player
- January 11 – Mary J. Blige, American singer
- January 12 — Jay Burridge, British artist and television presenter
- January 14 – Lasse Kjus, Norweigian alpine skier
- January 15 – Regina King, American actress
- January 17 – Kid Rock, American rock singer
- January 18 – Fabian Ribauw, Nauruan politician
- January 19 – Shawn Wayans, American actor, writer, and producer
- January 20 – Gary Barlow, British pop singer (Take That)
- January 21 – Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
- January 24 – Kenya Moore, American actress and model
- January 25 – Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver
- January 27
- Fann Wong, Singaporean Chinese actress, model, and singer
- Lil Jon, American rapper and producer
- January 29 – Clare Balding, British sports presenter
- January 31 – Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian and television presenter
February
- February 1
- Michael C. Hall, American actor
- Jill Kelly, American adult film actress
- February 2 – Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier
- February 3 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
- February 4 – Fatmir Limaj, Albanian politician
- February 5 – Sara Evans, American singer
- February 10 – Lisa Marie Varon, American professional wrestler
- February 13 – Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player
- February 14 – Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler
- February 15 – Alex Borstein, American actress
- February 16
- Amanda Holden, British actress
- Steven Houghton, British actor and singer
- February 17 – Denise Richards, American actress
- February 18 – Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer
- February 19 – Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
- February 20 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
- February 23 – Melinda Messenger, English television presenter
- February 24 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
- February 25
- Sean Astin, American actor
- Daniel Powter, Canadian singer
- February 27 – Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
- February 28 – Tristan Louis, French Internet entrepreneur
March
- March 2 – Manami Toyota, Japanese women's professional wrestler
- March 4
- Shavar Ross, American actor and filmmaker
- Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player
- March 5 – Scott Mosier, American producer
- March 7 – Rachel Weisz, British actress
- March 9
- Kinga Rusin, Polish journalist
- Emmanuel Lewis, American actor
- March 11
- Erin O'Donnell, American Christian musician
- Johnny Knoxville, American television personality
- March 12 – Tony Eveready (Duane Moore), American adult film actor, performance artist
- March 16 – Val Venis, American professional wrestler
- March 23
- Karen McDougal, American model
- Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
- March 26 – Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian scientist
- March 27
- March 29 – Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti, Panamanian writer
- March 31
April
- April 2
- Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
- Zeebra, Japanese rapper
- April 3 – Picabo Street, American skier
- April 9 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race driver, Formula 1 world champion
- April 11 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
- April 12 – Shannen Doherty, American actress
- April 14 – Peter Gibson, American writer
- April 15 – Jason Sehorn, American football player
- April 16
- April 18 – David Tennant, Scottish actor
- April 20
- Allan Houston, American NBA player
- Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
- April 22
- April 24 – Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitar player and singer (Evil Superstars, Deus) with Italian/Polish roots
- April 26 – Shondrella Avery, American actress
- April 24 – Alejandro Fernandez, Mexican singer
- April 28 – Bridget Moynahan, American Actress
- April 29 – Siniša Vuco, Croatian musician
May
- May 1 – Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer
- May 8 – Ross Anderson (skier), American Pro Speed skier
- May 12 – Doug Basham, American professional wrestler
- May 14 – Sofia Coppolla, American filmmaker
- May 15 – Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
- May 18 – Desiree Horton, Los Angeles helicopter pilot/TV reporter/USFS aerial firefighter
- May 20 – Tony Stewart, American race car driver
- May 25 – Sonya Smith, American actress
- May 26 – Matt Stone, American television producer
- May 27
June
- June 1 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer
- June 4
- Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Noah Wyle, American actor
- June 5
- Susan Lynch, Irish actress
- Mark Wahlberg, American actor and singer
- June 8
- Troy Vincent, American football player
- Jeff Douglas, Canadian actor
- June 10
- June 12 – Mark Henry, American professional wrestler, former Olympian
- June 16 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper, poet, and actor (d. 1996)
- June 17 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
- June 18 – Nathan Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
- June 21
- June 22
- Kurt Warner, American football player
- Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actor and comedian
- June 25
- Scott Maslen, English actor
- Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer
- June 26 – Max Biaggi, Italian motercycle racer
- June 27
- King Dipendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
- Kieren Keke, Nauruan politician
- June 28
- Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television personality
- Aileen Quinn, American actress
- Fabien Barthez, French football player
- Tichina Arnold, American actress (Everybody Hates Chris)
- June 29 – Matthew Good, Canadian musician
July
- July 1
- July 4 – Koko, American gorilla
- July 9 – Marc Andreessen, American software developer
- July 11 – Brett Hauer, American ice hockey player
- July 12
- Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater
- Robert Allenby, Australian golfer
- Loni Love, American stand-up comedienne
- July 14
- Mark LoMonaco, American professional wrestler
- Joey Styles, American professional wrestling announcer
- Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly, American actress
- July 16 – Corey Feldman, American actor
- July 17 – Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
- July 18 – Penny Hardaway, American basketball player
- July 20 – Sandra Oh, Korean Canadian actress
- July 21 – Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host
- July 22 – Kristine Lilly, American soccer player
- July 23 – Alison Krauss, American country singer
- July 26
- Chris Harrison, American television personality
- Reggie Carthon, American football player
- July 30 - Tom Green, Canadian entertainer
August
- August 2 – Michael Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
- August 4
- Jeff Gordon, American race car driver
- Yo-Yo, American rapper
- August 6 – Merrin Dungey, American actress
- August 8 – Guy Walters, British writer
- August 10
- Roy Keane, Irish footballer
- Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban amateur boxer
- August 12
- Phil Western, Canadian musician
- Pete Sampras, American tennis player
- Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
- August 17
- August 18 – Jacob Vargas, American actor
- August 20 – David Walliams, English comedy actor
- August 21 – Robert Harvey, Australian rules footballer
- August 25 – Mike Lockwood (Crash Holly), American World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) professional wrestler (d. 2003)
- August 26
- Thalía, Mexican actress and singer
- Gaynor Faye, British actress
- August 27 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
- August 28 – Janet Evans, American swimmer
- August 29 – Carla Gugino, American actress
- August 31
- Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
- Chris Tucker, American actor and comedian
September
- September 1 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
- September 2
- Arnold Arre, Filipino graphic novelist
- Tommy Maddox, American football player
- Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Norwegian alpine skier
- September 4 – Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
- September 6 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer
- September 8 – Brooke Burke, American model
- September 9 – Henry Thomas, American actor
- September 10 – Pantea Rahmani, Iranian visual artist
- September 11
- Richard Ashcroft, British singer
- Mack Strong, American National Football League player
- September 13 – Stella McCartney, British fashion designer, daughter of Paul McCartney
- September 18
- September 19 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress
- September 20 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer
- September 21 - Luke Wilson, American actor
- September 23 – Lee Mi-yeon, South Korean actress
- September 24 – Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist & entomologist
- September 25
- John Lynch, American football player
- Brian Dunkleman, American comedian and actor
- September 26 – Joel Breton, American video game producer
- September 30
- Jeff Whitty, American Broadway playwright
- Jenna Elfman, American actress
October
- October 2 – Tiffany, American singer
- October 3 – Kevin Richardson, American pop singer (Backstreet Boys)
- October 5
- Steve Kowalchuk, Canadian musician
- Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor
- October 8 – Sean Palmer, American actor
- October 9 – Michael Manna, American professional wrestler
- October 10 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
- October 13
- October 14
- Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer
- Andrew Cole, English footballer
- October 16 – Craig Phillips, British reality show star (Big Brother UK)
- October 20
- October 21 – Jade Jagger, English jewelry designer and daughter of Mick Jagger
- October 24 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
- October 25
- Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
- Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
- Midori, Japanese violinist
- October 27 – Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer
- October 29 – Winona Ryder, American actress
November
- November 2 – Eric Wall, American writer and political activist
- November 3 – Dylan Moran, Irish comedian, actor, and writer
- November 5 – Jonny Greenwood, British musician, song writer, score composer
- November 8 – Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director
- November 9 – Big Pun (Christopher Rios), American/Latin rapper (d. 2000)
- November 10 – Niki Karimi, Iranian actress and movie director
- November 11 – David DeLuise, American actor
- November 12 – Yasuo Aiuchi, Japanese snowboarder
- November 13 – Noah Hathaway, American actor
- November 14 – Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
- November 16 – Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer
- November 17 – Michael Adams, British chess Grandmaster
- November 18 – Özlem Tekin, Turkish singer
- November 20 – Dion Nash, New Zealand cricket captain
- November 22 – Kyran Bracken, English rugby player
- November 24 – Keith Primeau, Canadian hockey player
- November 25
- November 30 – Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player and actor
December
- December 1
- Jason Chan, Australian actor
- John Schlimm, American author
- Bette Midler, American singer/actor
- December 6
- Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
- Ryan White, American AIDS activist (d. 1990)
- December 7
- Larisa Alexandrovna, Ukrainian feminist
- Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
- December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish football player
- December 12 – Sammy Korir, Kenyan long-distance runner
- December 15 – Arne Quinze, Belgian conceptual artist
- December 17
- Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
- Alan Khan, South African radio DJ
- Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor
- December 18 – Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player
- December 19 – Tyson Beckford, American model
- December 20 – Simon O'Neill, New Zealand opera singer
- December 22 – Khalid Khannouchi, Moroccan long-distance runner
- December 23 – Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
- December 23 – Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite
- December 24
- Christopher Daniels, American professional wrestler
- Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
- December 25 – Dido, English singer
- December 26 – Jared Leto, American actor and musician
- December 27 – Jason Hawes, American paranormal investigator, founder of TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society)
- December 28 – Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder and model
- December 31 – Brent Barry, American basketball player
Deaths
January–March
- January 4 – Arthur Ford, American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient (b. 1896)
- January 5 – Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (b. 1899)
- January 9 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (b. 1876)
- January 10 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
- January 12 – John Tovey, British admiral of the fleet (b. 1885)
- January 14 – Guillermo de Torre, Spanish Dadaist author (b. 1900)
- January 15 – John Dall, American actor (b. 1918)
- January 20 – Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880)
- January 23 – Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1871)
- January 24 – St. John Greer Ervine, Northern Irish dramatist and author (b. 1883)
- January 25 – Isobel Lennart, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
- January 27 – Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
- January 28 – Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
- January 31 – Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist (b. 1891)
- February 1 – Harry Roy, British bandleader (b. 1900)
- February 3 – Jay C. Flippen, American actor (b. 1899)
- February 12 – James Cash Penney, American founder of J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
- February 18 – Jaime de Barros Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1894)
- February 25 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
- February 26 – Fernandel, French comedian (b. 1903)
- March 7 – Barney Balaban, American studio executive (b. 1887)
- March 8
- March 9 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1902)
- March 11 – Philo T. Farnsworth, American television pioneer (b. 1906)
- March 12 – David Burns, American actor (b. 1902)
- March 16 – Bebe Daniels, American actress (b. 1901)
- March 16 – Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York and Presidential candidate (b. 1902)
- March 18 – Leland Hayward, American film and theatrical agent (b. 1902)
- March 23 – Basil Dearden, English film director (b. 1911)
April–June
- April 3 – Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
- April 6 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)
- April 12 – Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
- April 13 – Juhan Smuul, Estonian writer (b. 1922)
- April 15 – Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian writer and critic (b. 1886)
- April 17 – William Corbett, American attorney, acting Governor of Guam (b. 1902)
- April 19 – Earl Thomson, Canadian athlete (b. 1895)
- April 20 – Cecil Parker, English actor (b. 1897)
- April 21
- April 29 – Nikolai P. Barabashov, Russian astronomer (b.1894)
- May 1
- Glenda Farrell, American actress (b. 1904)
- Violet Jessop, British Titanic survivor (b. 1887)
- May 11 – Seán Lemass, Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1899)
- May 12
- Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (b. 1903)
- Heinie Manush, American baseball player (b. 1901)
- May 15
- Goose Goslin, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- Sir Tyrone Guthrie, English film director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
- May 19 – Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
- May 21 – Dennis King, English actor (b. 1897)
- May 26 – Laurence Wild, 1913 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American, former head coach for the Navy Midshipmen men's basketball, and 30th Governor of American Samoa (d. 1890)
- May 27 – Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (b. 1909)
- May 28
- Audie Murphy, American World War II hero and actor (b. 1924)
- Jean Vilar, French stage actor (b. 1912)
- May 30 – Marcel Dupré, French composer (b. 1886)
- June 1 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
- June 10
- Virginia True Boardman, American actress (b. 1889)
- Michael Rennie, English actor (b. 1909)
- June 11 – Ambrose (bandleader), English violinist and bandleader (b. 1896)
- June 15 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
- June 18
- June 25 – John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1880)
- June 30 – Herbert Biberman, Jewish-American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
- June 30 – Crew of Soyuz 11:
- Georgi Dobrovolski (b. 1928)
- Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933)
- Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935)
July–September
- July 1 – William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
- July 3 – Jim Morrison, American rock singer, songwriter, and poet (b. 1943)
- July 4
- Maurice Bowra, British critic (b. 1898)
- August Derleth, American author and anthologist (b. 1909)
- July 6 – Louis Armstrong, African-American jazz trumpeter (What A Wonderful World) (b. 1901)
- July 7
- July 15 – Bill Thompson, American actor (b. 1913)
- July 17 – Cliff Edwards, American actor (b. 1895)
- July 19
- John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, British businessman (b. 1886)
- Norman Reilly Raine, American screenwriter (b. 1894)
- Arsène Roux, French Arabist (b. 1893)
- July 23 – Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
- July 26 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (b. 1923)
- July 27 – Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
- July 30 – Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (b. 1901)
- August 2 – John McDermott, American golf champion (b. 1891)
- August 13 – King Curtis, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
- August 15 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (b. 1895)
- August 17 – Horace McMahon, American actor (b. 1906)
- August 20 – Matiur Rahman, Bangladeshi war hero (b. 1945)
- August 25 – Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
- August 27
- Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer (b. 1904)
- Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television personality (b. 1898)
- August 28 – Reuvein Margolies, Austrian-Hungarian-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar (b. 1889)
- August 29 – Nathan Leopold, American murderer (b. 1904)
- September 7 – Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
- September 10 – Pier Angeli, Italian actress (b. 1932)
- September 11
- September 12 – Lin Biao, Chinese defense minister (plane crash) (b. 1907)
- September 17 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian military turned guerrilla leader (b. 1937)
- September 20 – Giorgos Seferis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
- September 21 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- September 23 – Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894)
- September 25 – Hugo Black, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1886)
October–December
- October 3 – Leah Baird, American actress (b. 1883)
- October 10 – Cyril Burt, British educational psychologist (b. 1883)
- October 11 – Chester Conklin, American comedic actor (b. 1886)
- October 12
- October 14 – Samuel Spewack, American songwriter (b. 1899)
- October 16 – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (b. 1919)
- October 19 – Betty Bronson, American actress (b. 1906)
- October 21 – Raymond Hatton, American actor (b. 1887)
- October 29
- November 2 – Martha Vickers, American actress (b. 1925)
- November 4 – Guillermo León Valencia, President of Colombia (b. 1909)
- November 9 – Maude Fealy, American stage and film actor (b. 1881)
- November 16 – Edie Sedgwick, American actress and model (b. 1943)
- November 17 – Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
- November 22 – József Zakariás, Hungarian soccer player (b. 1924)
- November 25 – Hank Mann, American comedic actor (b. 1888)
- December 9 – Ralph Bunche, African-American diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1904)
- December 11 – Mac Mcdonald, American fast food restaurant owner (McDonald's) (b. 1902)
- December 12 – Torry Gillick, Rangers winger (b. 1915)
- December 12
- Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist (b. 1909)
- Alan Morton, Rangers outside left (b. 1893)
- David Sarnoff, Radio and television pioneer (b. 1891)
- December 18
- December 20 – Roy O. Disney, American studio executive (b. 1893)
- December 22 – Godfried Bomans, Dutch writer (b. 1913)
- December 24
- Maria Koepcke, German ornithologist (b. 1924)
- Dora Altmann, German actress (b. 1881)
- December 26 – Robert Lowery, American actor (b. 1913)
- December 28 – Max Steiner, Austrian-born film composer (b. 1888)
- December 29 – Stuart Holmes, American actor (b. 1884)
- December 30 – Dorothy Comingore, American actress (b. 1913)
- December 31 – Pete Duel, American actor (Alias Smith and Jones) (b. 1940)
Nobel Prizes
Notes
- ↑ "Cigarette Maker Phillip Morris Agrees to Remove Advertising Signs from Sports Stadiums Where They Were Shown on TV" (1995) DOJ315.
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