1947

1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1947 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1947
MCMXLVII
Ab urbe condita2700
Armenian calendar1396
ԹՎ ՌՅՂԶ
Assyrian calendar6697
Baháʼí calendar103–104
Balinese saka calendar1868–1869
Bengali calendar1354
Berber calendar2897
British Regnal year11 Geo. 6  12 Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar2491
Burmese calendar1309
Byzantine calendar7455–7456
Chinese calendar丙戌年 (Fire Dog)
4643 or 4583
     to 
丁亥年 (Fire Pig)
4644 or 4584
Coptic calendar1663–1664
Discordian calendar3113
Ethiopian calendar1939–1940
Hebrew calendar5707–5708
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2003–2004
 - Shaka Samvat1868–1869
 - Kali Yuga5047–5048
Holocene calendar11947
Igbo calendar947–948
Iranian calendar1325–1326
Islamic calendar1366–1367
Japanese calendarShōwa 22
(昭和22年)
Javanese calendar1878–1879
Juche calendar36
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4280
Minguo calendarROC 36
民國36年
Nanakshahi calendar479
Thai solar calendar2490
Tibetan calendar阳火狗年
(male Fire-Dog)
2073 or 1692 or 920
     to 
阴火猪年
(female Fire-Pig)
2074 or 1693 or 921

It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Events

January

  • JanuaryFebruary – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel.[1] Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network.[2]
  • January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect.
  • January 4 – First issue of weekly magazine Der Spiegel published in Hanover, Germany, edited by Rudolf Augstein.[3]
  • January 10 – The United Nations adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of Trieste.[4]
  • January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved.
  • January 16Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France.
  • January 19 – Ferry SS Heimara sinks in the South Euboean Gulf of Greece killing 392.
  • January 24 – In the third phase of the Greek Civil War, Dimitrios Maximos forms a monarchist government in Athens and begins a brief term as prime minister.[5]
  • January 26 – A KLM Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes soon after taking off from Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen, killing all 22 people on board, including Prince Gustaf Adolf, second in line to the Swedish throne, and American opera singer Grace Moore.[6]
  • January 31 – The Communists take power in the Polish People's Republic.

February

  • February 3
  • February 5
  • February 7 – The South Pacific Commission (SPC) is founded.
  • February 8 – The Karlslust dance hall fire in Berlin, Germany, kills over 80 people.
  • February 10 – In Paris, France, peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland. Italy cedes most of Istria to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (later Croatia).
  • February 12
    • A meteorite creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
    • In Burma, the Panglong Agreement is reached between the Burmese government under its leader, General Aung San, and the Shan, Kachin, and Chin ethnic peoples at the Panglong Conference. U Aung Zan Wai, Pe Khin, Major Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Dr. Sein Mya Maung and Myoma U Than Kywe are among the negotiators.
  • February 17Cold War: The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
  • February 20
    • An explosion at the O'Connor Electro-Plating Company in Los Angeles leaves 17 dead, 100 buildings damaged, and a 22-foot-deep (6.7 m) crater in the ground.
    • The U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Hermes program V-2 rocket Blossom I is launched into space, carrying plant material and fruitflies, the first living things to enter space.
  • February 21 – In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", his Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
  • February 22 – The Tom and Jerry cartoon Cat Fishin' is released.
  • February 23 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
  • February 25
    • The German state of Prussia is officially abolished, by the Allied Control Council.[8]
    • Hachikō Line derailment: The worst-ever train accident in Japan kills 184 people.
    • John C. Hennessy, Jr. brings the first Volkswagen Beetle to the United States. He purchased the 1946 automobile from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle is shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day.[9]
  • February 28
    • The United States grants France a military base in Casablanca.
    • In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down, with large loss of civilian lives.

March

  • March 1
  • March 4 – The Treaty of Dunkirk (effective September 8) is signed between the United Kingdom and France, providing for mutual assistance in the event of attack.
  • March 12 – The Cold War begins: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed, to help stem the spread of Communism.
  • March 14 – The Thames flood and other widespread flooding occurs, as the exceptionally harsh British winter of 1946–1947 ends in a thaw.[10][11]
  • March 15 – Hindus and Muslims clash in Punjab.
  • March 19 – The 19th Academy Awards Ceremony is held. The movie The Best Years of Our Lives wins the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with several other Academy Awards.
  • March 25 – A coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, United States; 111 miners are killed.
  • March 28 – A World War II Japanese booby trap explodes on Corregidor Island, killing 28 people.
  • March 29 – A rebellion against French rule erupts in Madagascar.
  • March 31 – The leaders of the Kurdish People's Republic of Mahabad, the second Kurdish state in the history of Iran, are hanged at Chuwarchira Square in Mahabad, after the state has been overrun by the Iranian army.

April

  • April – The previous discovery of the 'Dead Sea Scrolls' in the Qumran Caves (above the northwest shore of the Dead Sea) by Bedouin shepherds, becomes known.[12]
  • April 1
  • April 4 – The International Civil Aviation Organization begins operations.
  • April 7
    • The Arab Ba'ath Party is established by merger in Damascus.
    • Edaville Railroad opens in Massachusetts, as the first railway theme park.
    • The largest recorded sunspot group appears on the solar surface.[14]
  • April 9
    • Multiple tornadoes strike Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, killing 184 and injuring 970.
    • The Journey of Reconciliation in the Southern United States begins, organized by the Congress of Racial Equality.
  • April 15 – Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play Major League Baseball since the 1880s.
  • April 16
    • Texas City disaster: The ammonium nitrate cargo of French-registered Liberty ship SS Grandcamp explodes in Texas City, Texas in one of the largest man-made non-nuclear explosions in history, killing at least 581, including all but one member of the city fire department, injuring at least 5,000 and destroying 20 city blocks. Of the dead, remains of 113 are never found, and 62 are unidentifiable.
    • American financier and presidential adviser Bernard Baruch describes the post–World War II tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States as a "Cold War".
  • April 18
    • The British Royal Navy detonates 6,800 tons of explosives, in an attempt to demolish the fortified island of Heligoland, Germany, in another of the largest man-made non-nuclear explosions in history.[15]
    • 'Mrs. Ples', an Australopithecus africanus skull, is discovered in the Sterkfontein area in Transvaal, South Africa.
  • April 20 – King Frederik IX succeeds his father, Christian X, on the throne of Denmark.[16]
  • April 26 – Academy Award-winning Tom and Jerry cartoon, The Cat Concerto, is released to theatres.

May

  • May 1 – Portella della Ginestra massacre: The Salvatore Giuliano gang of Sicilian separatists opens fire on a Labour Day parade at Portella della Ginestra, Sicily, killing 11 people and wounding 27.
  • May 2 – The movie Miracle on 34th Street, a Christmastime classic, is first shown in theaters.
  • May 3 – The new post-war Constitution of Japan goes into effect.
  • May 11 – The Ferrari 125 S, the first car to bear the Ferrari name, debuts.
  • May 22
    • The Cold War begins: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, President Harry S. Truman signs an Act of Congress that implements the Truman Doctrine. This Act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece. The Cold War ends in 1991.
    • David Lean's film Great Expectations, based on the novel by Charles Dickens, opens in the United States. Critics call it the finest film ever made from a Charles Dickens novel.
  • May 25 – Hyundai Togun, the initial name of the Hyundai Group, is founded by Chung Ju-young.[17]
  • May 29
    • An Air Iceland Douglas C-47 on a domestic flight in Iceland crashes into a mountainside killing all 25 people on board.
    • A United States Army Air Forces Douglas C-54 Skymaster crashes on approach to Naval Air Station Atsugi, Japan, killing all 41 on board in the worst aviation accident in Japanese history up to this time.
    • Douglas DC-4 Mainliner Lake Tahoe, operating as United Airlines Flight 521, fails to become airborne while attempting to take off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City, runs off the end of the runway, and slams into an embankment, killing 42 of the 48 people on board in the worst aviation disaster in American history until the following day.
  • May 30 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 605: A Douglas C-54 Skymaster crashes near Bainbridge, Maryland, killing all 53 aboard (49 passengers, 4 crew), in America's worst commercial aviation disaster to that date.
  • May 31
    • Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected prime Minister of Hungary, is forced into resign and go exile under pressure from the Soviet-backed Hungarian Communist Party led by Mátyás Rákosi. The fellow traveler Lajos Dinnyés replaces him, which grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
    • Alcide de Gasperi forms a new government in Italy, the first postwar Italian government not to include members of the Italian Communist Party.

June

July

August

Flag of Pakistan, the country that gained independence on August 14, 1947
Flag of India, the country that gained independence on August 15, 1947
  • August 1 – Indonesian airline Garuda Indonesia is established.
  • August 2 – 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident: A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile (the wreckage will not be found until 1998).
  • August 5 – The Netherlands ends Operation Product, the first of its major politionele acties (military "police actions") in Indonesia.
  • August 7
    • Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands, after a 101-day, 4,300 mile, voyage across the Eastern Pacific Ocean, demonstrating that prehistoric peoples could have traveled to the Central Pacific islands from South America.
    • The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
  • August 14
    • The Muslim majority regions formed by the Partition of India gain independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan. While the transition is officially at midnight on this day, Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14, compared with India on the 15th, because the Pakistan Standard Time is 30 minutes behind the standard time of India.
    • Muhammad Ali Jinnah becomes the first governor-general of Pakistan. Liaquat Ali Khan takes office as the first prime minister of Pakistan.
  • August 15
  • August 16 – In Greece, General Markos Vafiadis takes over the government until 1949.
  • August 23 – The prime minister of Greece, Dimitrios Maximos, resigns.
  • August 27 – The French government lowers the daily bread ration to 200 grams, causing riots in Verdun and Le Mans.
  • August 30 – A fire at a movie theater in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, France, kills 83 people.
  • August 31 – In Hungary, communists fail to gain a majority in parliamentary elections (despite widespread fraud) and turn to direct action as part of the country's transition to Communism (1944–1949).

September

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), officially born September 18, 1947

October

November

December

Date unknown

  • Raytheon produces the first commercial microwave oven, in the United States.
  • Global casual fashion brand H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) is founded, and a first Hennes outlet store opens in Västmanland, Sweden.[36]

Births

Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

Andrea Martin

February

March

Ali Abdullah Saleh
  • March 1 – Alan Thicke, Canadian actor and television host (d. 2016)[46]
  • March 2 – Yuri Bogatyryov, Soviet actor (d. 1989)
  • March 3 Óscar Washington Tabárez, Uruguayan football manager and former player
  • March 4
    • Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician
    • Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor (d. 2015)
  • March 6
    • Kiki Dee, English pop singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart)
    • Dick Fosbury, American athlete
    • Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
    • Rob Reiner, American actor, comedian, producer, director and activist (All in the Family)
    • John Stossel, American journalist
  • March 7 – Walter Röhrl, German racing driver
  • March 8
    • Carole Bayer Sager, American singer, songwriter
    • Michael S. Hart, American author, inventor (d. 2011)
  • March 9 – Ryszard Peryt, Polish conductor, librettist (d. 2019)
  • March 10Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada[47]
  • March 11 – Geoff Hunt, Australian squash player[48]
  • March 12
    • Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist
    • Mitt Romney, American businessman, politician, Governor of Massachusetts, 2012 presidential candidate, and US Senator (R-Ut.)
  • March 13 – Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician, cellist (d. 2018)
  • March 15Ry Cooder, American guitarist[49]
  • March 16
    • Baek Yoon-sik, South Korean actor
    • Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist
  • March 17
    • Yury Chernavsky, Russian-born composer, producer
    • Zhandra Rodríguez, Venezuelan ballet dancer
  • March 18 – Tamara Griesser Pečar, Slovenian historian
  • March 19Glenn Close, American actress[50]
  • March 21 – Ali Abdullah Saleh, President of Yemen (d. 2017)
  • March 22 – James Patterson, American author
  • March 24
    • Mike Kellie, English rock musician (d. 2017)
    • Louise Lanctôt, Canadian terrorist and writer
    • Alan Sugar, English entrepreneur
  • March 25Elton John, English singer-songwriter and composer
  • March 26 – Subhash Kak, Indian-American author
  • March 31
    • Wong Choon Wah, Malaysian footballer (d. 2014)
    • César Gaviria, Colombian economist, politician and 28th President of Colombia

April

Florian Schneider

May

  • May 1 – Jacob Bekenstein, Mexico-born Israeli-American theoretical physicist (d. 2015)
  • May 4 – Theda Skocpol, American sociologist[58]
  • May 5 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician (d. 2012)
  • May 6Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher[59]
  • May 8 – H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  • May 9 – Yukiya Amano, Japanese international civil servant (d. 2019)
  • May 10 – Caroline B. Cooney, American author
  • May 11
  • May 12Michael Ignatieff, Canadian politician, philosopher and historian[60]
  • May 13 – Stephen R. Donaldson, American novelist
  • May 14
    • José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, Colombian drug lord (d. 1989)
    • Tamara Dobson, African-American actress, fashion model (d. 2006)
    • Ana Martín, Mexican actress, singer producer and former model (Miss Mexico 1963)[61]
  • May 15 – Muhyiddin Yassin, Prime Minister of Malaysia
  • May 17 – Hawa Abdi, Somali activist and doctor (d. 2020)
  • May 18 – John Bruton, 10th Taoiseach of Ireland
  • May 19 – Paul Brady, Northern Irish singer, songwriter
  • May 21 – Lolit Solis, Filipina talent manager (host of Startalk, CelebriTV)
  • May 24 – Maude Barlow, Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians
  • May 26 – Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricket captain
  • May 27
    • Peter DeFazio, American politician
    • Branko Oblak, Slovenian football player and coach
  • May 28 – Pedro Giachino, Argentine Navy officer (d. 1982)

June

Viktor Klima
Robert Englund
Jerry Rawlings
Mick Fleetwood
Jimmie Walker

July

Su Tseng-chang
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
  • July 1
    • Marc Benno, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
    • Arantxa Urretabizkaia, Basque writer, screenwriter and actress
    • Sharad Yadav, Indian politician
  • July 2Larry David, American actor, writer, producer and director (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
  • July 3
    • Betty Buckley, American actress, singer
    • Mike Burton, American swimmer[70]
    • Rob Rensenbrink, Dutch football player (d. 2020)
    • Jana Švandová, Czech actress
  • July 4
    • Francisco Fernández de Cevallos, Mexican politician
    • Eva Goës, Swedish politician
    • Carla Panerai, Italian sprinter
  • July 5 – Toos Beumer, Dutch swimmer
  • July 6 – Shelley Hack, American model, actress, producer, political and media advisor
  • July 7
  • July 9
  • July 10
    • Allen Fong, Hong Kong film director
    • Arlo Guthrie, American folk singer (Alice's Restaurant)
  • July 11 – Riad Ismat, Syrian writer, critic and theatre director
  • July 12
    • Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby union player[71]
    • Lenka Termerová, Czech actress
  • July 14 – Navin Ramgoolam, Prime Minister of Mauritius
  • July 15 – Roky Erickson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
  • July 16
    • Roelf Meyer, South African politician, businessman
  • July 17Queen Camilla of the United Kingdom, royal consort
  • July 19Brian May, English rock guitarist (Queen)[72]
  • July 20
  • July 21 – Co Adriaanse, Dutch football manager
  • July 22
    • Albert Brooks, American actor, comedian, director and novelist
    • Erica Gavin, American actress
    • Don Henley, American singer, songwriter and musician
  • July 24 – Peter Serkin, American classical pianist (d. 2020)
  • July 27
    • Bob Klein, American football player
    • Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
    • Giora Spiegel, Israeli footballer and coach[73]
  • July 28 – Su Tseng-chang, Taiwanese politician, 41st and 50th Premier of the Republic of China
  • July 30
  • July 31 - Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)

August

Barbara Bach
Temple Grandin
Somchai Wongsawat
  • August 1
    • Lorna Goodison, Jamaican poet
    • Leoluca Orlando, Italian politician
  • August 4 – Hubert Ingraham, Bahamian politician[74]
  • August 5 – Graham Lovett, English footballer (d. 2018)
  • August 7 – Franciscus Henri, Dutch-born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist
  • August 8
    • Terangi Adam, Nauruan politician
    • George Costigan, British actor, screenwriter
    • Ken Dryden, Canadian NHL goaltender, author and politician
  • August 9 – John Varley, American science-fiction author
  • August 10
  • August 11
    • Diether Krebs, German actor, cabaret artist and comedian (d. 2000)
    • Wilma van den Berg, Dutch sprinter[75]
  • August 14
  • August 15
    • Sonny Carter, American astronaut (d. 1991)
    • Raakhee, Indian actress
  • August 16
    • Carol Moseley Braun, African-American politician
    • Marc Messier, Canadian actor
  • August 17 – Mohamed Abdelaziz, Sahrawi politician
  • August 20 – José Wilker, Brazilian actor (d. 2014)
  • August 21 – Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada
  • August 22
    • Cindy Williams, American actress (Laverne and Shirley)
    • Peter Irniq, Canadian Commissioner of Nunavut
  • August 23 – Willy Russell, British playwright
  • August 24 – Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
  • August 26 – Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (d. 2007)
  • August 27 – Barbara Bach, American actress
  • August 28
    • Emlyn Hughes, English footballer (d. 2004)
    • Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress
    • Alice Playten, American actress (d. 2011)
  • August 29
    • James Hunt, British 1976 Formula 1 world champion (d. 1993)
    • Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert
    • Jah Lloyd, Jamaican reggae singer, deejay and producer (d. 1999)
  • August 30 – Allan Rock, Canadian politician, diplomat
  • August 31
    • Ramón Castellano de Torres, Spanish painter
    • Somchai Wongsawat, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand

September

Kjell Magne Bondevik

October

November

Dwight Schultz
  • November 1
    • Taizo Ichinose, Japanese war photographer (d. 1973)
    • Bob Weston, British musician (d. 2012)
    • Salleh Ibrahim, Malaysian footballer (d. 2020)
  • November 4 – Rod Marsh, Australian cricketer (d. 2022)
  • November 5 – Rubén Juárez, Argentine bandoneonist, singer and songwriter of tango (d. 2010)
  • November 6 – E. Lee Spence, German-born American pioneer underwater archaeologist, treasure hunter
  • November 7
    • Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player
    • Usha Uthup, Indian singer
    • Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist, writer and founder of Manager Daily
    • Sefi Rivlin, Israeli actor, footballer and comedian (d. 2013)
  • November 8 – Minnie Riperton, African-American singer (d. 1979)
  • November 10
  • November 12 – Carlos Ezquerra, Spanish comics artist (d. 2018)
  • November 13Joe Mantegna, American actor, producer and director
  • November 14 – P. J. O'Rourke, American journalist, satirist (d. 2022)
  • November 15
    • Steven G. Kellman, American author, critic
    • Bill Richardson, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Nations[79]
  • November 17
    • Will Vinton, American animator, filmmaker (d. 2018)
    • Inky Mark, Canadian politician
  • November 18 Ali Bakar, Malaysian football player (d. 2003)
  • November 19 Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese Prime Minister
  • November 20
    • Joe Walsh, American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist
    • Nurlan Balgimbayev, Kazakh politician (d. 2015)
  • November 21
    • Alcione, Brazilian singer
    • Nickolas Grace, British actor
    • Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (d. 2008)
  • November 22 - Terje Rød-Larsen, Norwegian diplomat, politician and sociologist
  • November 24 – Dwight Schultz, American actor (The A-Team)
  • November 25 – John Larroquette, American actor (Night Court)
  • November 29 – Mirza Khazar, Azerbaijani author
  • November 30
    • Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet
    • Stuart Baird, English film editor, producer and director
    • Véronique Le Flaguais, Canadian actress
    • David Mamet, American playwright[80]
    • Moses Nagamootoo, 8th Prime Minister of Guyana

December

Gregg Allman
Vincent Matthews
Porfirio Lobo

Date unknown

  • Marouf al-Bakhit, twice Prime Minister of Jordan

Deaths

Deaths
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December

January

Blessed Hryhoriy Khomyshyn
Blessed Maria Giovanna Fasce
Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten

February

Petar Zivkovic
Luigi Russolo
Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt
  • February 3 – Petar Živković, Yugoslavian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1879)
  • February 4 – Luigi Russolo, Italian painter, composer (b. 1885)
  • February 6
    • O. Max Gardner, Governor of North Carolina (b. 1882)
    • Luigi Russolo, Italian Futurist painter, composer (b. 1885)
  • February 11 – Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler (b.1884)
  • February 12
    • Kurt Lewin, German-born American psychologist (b. 1890)
    • Sidney Toler, American actor (b. 1874)
  • February 14 – Celestina Boninsegna, Italian soprano (b. 1877)
  • February 15 – Mustafa Abdel-Razek, Egyptian Islamic philosopher (b. 1885)
  • February 16
    • Pedro de Répide Gallegos, Spanish journalist, writer (b. 1853)
    • Bertha Schwarz, German soprano (b. 1855)
  • February 18
    • Valentina Dmitryeva, Soviet writer, teacher and doctor (b. 1859)
    • Joachim Ernst, Duke of Anhalt (b. 1901)
  • February 20 – Henry Herbert, British actor (b. 1879)
  • February 23 – Hakim Habibur Rahman, Indian physician, writer, journalist and politician (b. 1881)
  • February 24
    • Morinosuke Chiwaki, Japanese dentist (b. 1870)
    • Pierre Janet, French psychologist (b. 1859)
  • February 26
    • Antonino D'Agata, Italian politician (b. 1882)
    • Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, president of the Federal Council (b. 1868)[83]
    • Ben Webster, British-born American actor (b. 1864)
  • February 27 – Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1868)

March

Carrie Chapman Catt
  • March 2 – Whately Carington, British parapsychologist (b. 1892)
  • March 5 – Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
  • March 9
    • Carrie Chapman Catt, American suffrage leader (b. 1859)
    • Jhaverchand Meghani, Indian poet, writer (b. 1897)
  • March 10 – Harukichi Hyakutake, Japanese general (b. 1888)
  • March 11
    • Victor Lustig, Austrian-born con artist (b. 1890)
    • Wilhelm Heye, German general (b. 1869)
  • March 12 – Walter Samuel Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1862)
  • March 15
    • Arthur Machen, British-born author (b. 1863)
    • Jean-Richard Bloch, French critic, novelist and playwright (b. 1884)
  • March 18 – William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (b. 1861)
  • March 19
    • James A. Gilmore, American businessman and baseball executive (b. 1887)[84]
    • Prudence Heward, Canadian painter (b. 1896)
  • March 20 – Victor Goldschmidt, Swiss geochemist (b. 1888)
  • March 21 – Homer Lusk Collyer, American hermit brother (Collyer brothers) (b. 1881)
  • March 23
    • Archduchess Louise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870)
    • Ferdinand Zecca, French actor, producer, director and screenwriter (b. 1864)
  • March 25 – Chen Cheng-po, Taiwanese painter (b. 1895)
  • March 28
  • March 29 – Manuel de Adalid y Gamero, Honduran composer (b. 1872)

April

Gheorghe Ciuhandu

May

Miguel Abadía Méndez
George William Forbes

June

Władysław Raczkiewicz
  • June 6
    • S. H. Dudley, American urban singer (b. 1864)
    • Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish politician, lawyer, diplomat and 5th President of Poland (b. 1885)
    • José Marques da Silva, Portuguese architect (b. 1869)
  • June 9
    • Augusto Giacometti, Italian painter (b. 1877)
    • J. Warren Kerrigan, American actor (b. 1879)
  • June 11 – Richard Hönigswald, Hungarian-born American philosopher (b. 1875)
  • June 12 Cosme Damião, former Portuguese football player and manager (b. 1885)
  • June 14 – Albert Marquet, French painter (b. 1875)
  • June 17 – Maxwell Perkins, American literary editor (b. 1884)
  • June 18
    • Alfred Allen, American actor (b. 1866)
    • Richard Cooper, British actor (b. 1893)
    • Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese rear admiral, convicted war criminal (executed) (b. 1898)
    • John Henry Patteron, Anglo-Irish soldier, hunter and author (b. 1867)
  • June 19 – Kōsō Abe, Japanese admiral, convicted war criminal (executed) (b. 1892)
  • June 20Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (assassinated) (b. 1906)
  • June 22 – Jim Tully, American vagabond, pugilist and writer (b. 1891)
  • June 24 – Bartolome Pagano, Italian actor (b. 1878)
  • June 26R. B. Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
  • June 28 – Franciszek Mączyński, Polish architect (b. 1874)

July

Patriarch Yousef VI Emmanuel II Thomas

August

Blessed Claudio Granzotto
Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke

September

October

November

Constantin Sănătescu
Blessed Josaphat Kotsylovsky

December

Date unknown

  • Ayoub Tabet, 6th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1884)

Nobel Prizes

Nobel medal awarded to Edward Victor Appleton

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