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'''1921''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXXI]]) was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]] and a [[common year starting on Friday]] in the [[Julian calendar]]. The Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar remained in localized use until 1923. |
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== Events == |
== Events == |
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* [[Albert Einstein]] receives the [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Physics]]. |
* [[Albert Einstein]] receives the [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Physics]]. |
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* [[Partition of Ireland]] (May 3rd) |
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* Irish Civil War (1921-1924) |
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* [[Tulsa race massacre|Tulsa Race Massacre]] in [[Oklahoma]], [[United States]] (May 31st-June 1st) |
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* [[Karl Gareis]] is murdered in [[Munich]], [[Germany]] (June 9th) |
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* Insulin is invented in [[Canada]] by [[Frederick Banting]] and [[Charles Best]] (July 27th) |
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* [[Mathias Ezberger|Matthias Erzberger]] is murdered in Germany (August 25th) |
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* A hurricane devastates [[Tampa Bay]], [[Florida]] (October 20th-October 30th) |
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* [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] signed (December 6th) |
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== Births == |
== Births == |
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=== January === |
=== January === |
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[[File:GD Jean 1967.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]]] |
[[File:GD Jean 1967.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]]] |
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* [[January 19]] – [[Patricia Highsmith]], American writer (d. [[1995]]) |
* [[January 19]] – [[Patricia Highsmith]], American writer (d. [[1995]]) |
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* [[January 27]] - [[Donna Reed]], American actress (d. [[1986]]) |
* [[January 27]] - [[Donna Reed]], American actress (d. [[1986]]) |
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* [[January 29]] – [[Mustafa Ben Halim]], 3rd [[List of heads of government of Libya|Prime Minister of Libya]] (d. [[2021]]) |
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* [[January 31]] – [[Carol Channing]], American actress and singer (d. [[2019]]) |
* [[January 31]] – [[Carol Channing]], American actress and singer (d. [[2019]]) |
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=== February === |
=== February === |
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[[File:President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[K. R. Narayanan]]]] |
[[File:President Clinton with Indian president K. R. Narayanan (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[K. R. Narayanan]]]] |
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[[File:Lana Turner 1940s publicity portrait.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Lana Turner]]]] |
[[File:Lana Turner 1940s publicity portrait.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Lana Turner]]]] |
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[[File:Hua Guofeng.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Hua Guofeng]]]] |
[[File:Hua Guofeng.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Hua Guofeng]]]] |
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[[File:President Suharto, 1993.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Suharto]]]] |
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[[File:Bokassa portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]]]] |
[[File:Bokassa portrait (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]]]] |
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* [[February 4]] – [[K. R. Narayanan]], [[President of India]] (d. [[2005]]) |
* [[February 4]] – [[K. R. Narayanan]], [[President of India]] (d. [[2005]]) |
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* [[February 8]] – [[Lana Turner]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) |
* [[February 8]] – [[Lana Turner]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) |
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* [[February 16]] - [[Hua Guofeng]], Chairman of the [[Communist Party of China]] (d. [[2008]]) |
* [[February 16]] - [[Hua Guofeng]], Chairman of the [[Communist Party of China]] (d. [[2008]]) |
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* [[February 20]] – [[Suharto]], 2nd [[President of Indonesia]] (d. [[2008]]) |
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* [[February 22]] - [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], 2nd [[President of the Central African Republic]] (d. [[1996]]) |
* [[February 22]] - [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], 2nd [[President of the Central African Republic]] (d. [[1996]]) |
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=== March === |
=== March === |
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[[File:Abdul-salam-arif.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Abdul Salam Arif]]]] |
[[File:Abdul-salam-arif.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Abdul Salam Arif]]]] |
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[[File:Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg 1819 Smyslov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 929-3630.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Vasily Smyslov]]]] |
[[File:Interpolisschaaktoernooi Tilburg 1819 Smyslov aan zet, Bestanddeelnr 929-3630.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Vasily Smyslov]]]] |
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[[File:Nancy Kelly 1955.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Nancy Kelly]]]] |
[[File:Nancy Kelly 1955.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Nancy Kelly]]]] |
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* [[March 21]] – [[Abdul Salam Arif]], 2nd [[President of Iraq]] (d. [[1966]]) |
* [[March 21]] – [[Abdul Salam Arif]], 2nd [[President of Iraq]] (d. [[1966]]) |
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* [[March 24]] – [[Vasily Smyslov]], Russian chess player (d. [[2010]]) |
* [[March 24]] – [[Vasily Smyslov]], Russian chess player (d. [[2010]]) |
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=== April === |
=== April === |
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[[File:Portrait of MP Yitzhak Navon.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Yitzhak Navon]]]] |
[[File:Portrait of MP Yitzhak Navon.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Yitzhak Navon]]]] |
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[[File:Thomas Schelling.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Thomas Schelling]]]] |
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[[File:Karel Appel (1982).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Karel Appel]]]] |
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* [[April 9]] - [[Yitzhak Navon]], 5th [[President of Israel]] (d. [[2015]]) |
* [[April 9]] - [[Yitzhak Navon]], 5th [[President of Israel]] (d. [[2015]]) |
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* [[April 14]] – [[Thomas Schelling]], American economist (d. [[2016]]) |
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* [[April 25]] – [[Karel Appel]], Belgian artist (d. [[2006]]) |
* [[April 25]] – [[Karel Appel]], Belgian artist (d. [[2006]]) |
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=== May === |
=== May === |
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[[File:Satyajit Ray in New York (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Satyajit Ray]]]] |
[[File:Satyajit Ray in New York (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Satyajit Ray]]]] |
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[[File:RIAN archive 25981 Academician Sakharov.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Andrei Sakharov]]]] |
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[[File:Jack-Steinberger-2008.JPG|thumb|110px|[[Jack Steinberger]]]] |
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* [[May 2]] – [[Satyajit Ray]], Indian movie maker (d. [[1992]]) |
* [[May 2]] – [[Satyajit Ray]], Indian movie maker (d. [[1992]]) |
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* [[May 3]] – [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], American boxer (d. [[1989]]) |
* [[May 3]] – [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], American boxer (d. [[1989]]) |
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* [[May 21]] – [[Andrei Sakharov]], Soviet physicist and activist (d. [[1989]]) |
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* [[May 25]] – [[Jack Steinberger]], German-American physicist (d. [[2020]]) |
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=== June === |
=== June === |
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[[File:Duke of Edinburgh 33 Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]]] |
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[[File:Jane russell.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jane Russell]]]] |
[[File:Jane russell.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Jane Russell]]]] |
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* [[June 10]] – [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], member of the British royal family, husband of Queen [[Elizabeth II]] (d. [[2021]]) |
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* [[June 21]] – [[Jane Russell]], American actress (d. [[2011]]) |
* [[June 21]] – [[Jane Russell]], American actress (d. [[2011]]) |
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[[File:Nancy Reagan.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Nancy Reagan]]]] |
[[File:Nancy Reagan.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Nancy Reagan]]]] |
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[[File:Geoffrey Wilkinson ca. 1976.png|thumb|110px|[[Geoffrey Wilkinson]]]] |
[[File:Geoffrey Wilkinson ca. 1976.png|thumb|110px|[[Geoffrey Wilkinson]]]] |
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[[File:John Glenn Low Res.jpg|thumb|110px|[[John Glenn]]]] |
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[[File:Giuseppe di Stefano - 1983.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Giuseppe Di Stefano]]]] |
[[File:Giuseppe di Stefano - 1983.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Giuseppe Di Stefano]]]] |
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* [[July 6]] – [[Nancy Reagan]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[2016]]) |
* [[July 6]] – [[Nancy Reagan]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[2016]]) |
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* [[July 14]] – [[Geoffrey Wilkinson]], English chemist (d. [[1996]]) |
* [[July 14]] – [[Geoffrey Wilkinson]], English chemist (d. [[1996]]) |
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* [[July 18]] – [[John Glenn]], American astronaut and politician (d. [[2016]]) |
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* [[July 24]] – [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], Italian operatic tenor (d. [[2008]]) |
* [[July 24]] – [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]], Italian operatic tenor (d. [[2008]]) |
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=== August === |
=== August === |
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[[File:Esther Williams - portrait.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Esther Williams]]]] |
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* [[August 8]] – [[Esther Williams]], American swimmer and actress (d. [[2013]]) |
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=== September === |
=== September === |
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[[File:WFH-paris-derivative.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Willem Frederik Hermans]]]] |
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[[File:Deborah Kerr |
[[File:Deborah Kerr in colour Allan Warren.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Deborah Kerr]]]] |
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* [[September 1]] – [[Willem Frederik Hermans]], Dutch writer (d. [[1995]]) |
* [[September 1]] – [[Willem Frederik Hermans]], Dutch writer (d. [[1995]]) |
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* [[September 30]] – [[Deborah Kerr]], Scottish actress (d. [[2007]]) |
* [[September 30]] – [[Deborah Kerr]], Scottish actress (d. [[2007]]) |
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* [[September 30]] – [[Sagramor de Scuvero Brandão]], Brazilian actress, radio personality and councillor (d. [[1995]]) |
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=== October === |
=== October === |
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[[File:F. Morales Bermúdez (cropped).jpg|thumb|110px|[[Francisco Morales-Bermúdez]]]] |
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[[File:Gunnar Nordahl - AC Milan.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Gunnar Nordahl]]]] |
[[File:Gunnar Nordahl - AC Milan.jpg|thumb|110px|[[Gunnar Nordahl]]]] |
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* [[October 4]] – [[Francisco Morales-Bermúdez]], 112th [[Prime Minister of Peru|Prime Minister]] and 51st [[President of Peru]] (d. [[2022]]) |
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* [[October 19]] – [[Gunnar Nordahl]], Swedish footballer (d. [[1995]]) |
* [[October 19]] – [[Gunnar Nordahl]], Swedish footballer (d. [[1995]]) |
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== Deaths == |
== Deaths == |
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=== January === |
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=== February === |
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=== March === |
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* [[March 1]] – King [[Nicholas I of Montenegro]] (b. [[1841]]) |
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=== April === |
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=== May === |
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=== June === |
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* [[June 9]] – [[Karl Gareis]], German legal scholar (b.[[1889]]) |
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=== July === |
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=== August === |
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* [[August 2]] – [[Enrico Caruso]], Italian operatic tenor (b. [[1873]]) |
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* [[August 25]] – [[Matthias Erzberger]], former German minister of finance (b. [[1875]]) |
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=== September === |
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=== October === |
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=== November === |
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=== December === |
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== Sports == |
== Sports == |
Latest revision as of 16:37, 5 June 2024
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
Decades: | 1890s 1900s 1910s – 1920s – 1930s 1940s 1950s |
Years: | 1918 1919 1920 – 1921 – 1922 1923 1924 |
Gregorian calendar | 1921 MCMXXI |
Ab urbe condita | 2674 |
Armenian calendar | 1370 ԹՎ ՌՅՀ |
Assyrian calendar | 6671 |
Bahá'í calendar | 77–78 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1842–1843 |
Bengali calendar | 1328 |
Berber calendar | 2871 |
British Regnal year | 11 Geo. 5 – 12 Geo. 5 |
Buddhist calendar | 2465 |
Burmese calendar | 1283 |
Byzantine calendar | 7429–7430 |
Chinese calendar | 4617 or 4557 — to — 4618 or 4558 |
Coptic calendar | 1637–1638 |
Discordian calendar | 3087 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1913–1914 |
Hebrew calendar | 5681–5682 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1977–1978 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1842–1843 |
- Kali Yuga | 5021–5022 |
Holocene calendar | 11921 |
Igbo calendar | 921–922 |
Iranian calendar | 1299–1300 |
Islamic calendar | 1339–1340 |
Japanese calendar | Taishō 10 ( |
Javanese calendar | 1851–1852 |
Juche calendar | 10 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
Korean calendar | 4254 |
Minguo calendar | ROC 10 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 453 |
Thai solar calendar | 2463–2464 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 2047 or 1666 or 894 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 2048 or 1667 or 895 |
1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar. The Julian calendar remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- Albert Einstein receives the Nobel Prize in Physics.
- Partition of Ireland (May 3rd)
- Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma, United States (May 31st-June 1st)
- Karl Gareis is murdered in Munich, Germany (June 9th)
- Insulin is invented in Canada by Frederick Banting and Charles Best (July 27th)
- Matthias Erzberger is murdered in Germany (August 25th)
- A hurricane devastates Tampa Bay, Florida (October 20th-October 30th)
- Anglo-Irish Treaty signed (December 6th)
Births
[change | change source]January
[change | change source]- January 5 – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (d. 2019)
- January 17 – Antonio Prohias Cuban-American cartoonist (d. 1998)
- January 19 – Patricia Highsmith, American writer (d. 1995)
- January 27 - Donna Reed, American actress (d. 1986)
- January 29 – Mustafa Ben Halim, 3rd Prime Minister of Libya (d. 2021)
- January 31 – Carol Channing, American actress and singer (d. 2019)
February
[change | change source]- February 4 – Betty Friedan, American feminist, activist, and writer (d. 2006)
- February 4 – K. R. Narayanan, President of India (d. 2005)
- February 8 – Lana Turner, American actress (d. 1995)
- February 16 - Hua Guofeng, Chairman of the Communist Party of China (d. 2008)
- February 20 – Suharto, 2nd President of Indonesia (d. 2008)
- February 22 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (d. 1996)
March
[change | change source]- March 21 – Abdul Salam Arif, 2nd President of Iraq (d. 1966)
- March 24 – Vasily Smyslov, Russian chess player (d. 2010)
- March 25 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (d. 1995)
April
[change | change source]- April 9 - Yitzhak Navon, 5th President of Israel (d. 2015)
- April 14 – Thomas Schelling, American economist (d. 2016)
- April 25 – Karel Appel, Belgian artist (d. 2006)
May
[change | change source]- May 2 – Satyajit Ray, Indian movie maker (d. 1992)
- May 3 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (d. 1989)
- May 21 – Andrei Sakharov, Soviet physicist and activist (d. 1989)
- May 25 – Jack Steinberger, German-American physicist (d. 2020)
June
[change | change source]- June 10 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, member of the British royal family, husband of Queen Elizabeth II (d. 2021)
- June 21 – Jane Russell, American actress (d. 2011)
July
[change | change source]- July 6 – Nancy Reagan, First Lady of the United States (d. 2016)
- July 14 – Geoffrey Wilkinson, English chemist (d. 1996)
- July 18 – John Glenn, American astronaut and politician (d. 2016)
- July 24 – Giuseppe Di Stefano, Italian operatic tenor (d. 2008)
August
[change | change source]- August 8 – Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (d. 2013)
September
[change | change source]- September 1 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (d. 1995)
- September 30 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007)
- September 30 – Sagramor de Scuvero Brandão, Brazilian actress, radio personality and councillor (d. 1995)
October
[change | change source]- October 4 – Francisco Morales-Bermúdez, 112th Prime Minister and 51st President of Peru (d. 2022)
- October 19 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer (d. 1995)
November
[change | change source]December
[change | change source]- December 26 – Steve Allen, American actor, comedian, composer, and writer (d. 2000)
Deaths
[change | change source]January
[change | change source]February
[change | change source]March
[change | change source]- March 1 – King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
April
[change | change source]May
[change | change source]June
[change | change source]- June 9 – Karl Gareis, German legal scholar (b.1889)
July
[change | change source]- July 4 – Antoni Grabowski, early proponent of Esperanto (b. 1857)
August
[change | change source]- August 2 – Enrico Caruso, Italian operatic tenor (b. 1873)
- August 16 – Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
- August 25 – Matthias Erzberger, former German minister of finance (b. 1875)
September
[change | change source]October
[change | change source]November
[change | change source]December
[change | change source]Sports
[change | change source]- Kentucky Derby winner, Behave Yourself