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Events
January 8 – West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 – Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 – Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. Unknown date – Pakistan's first test match. Unknown date – The Asiatic cheetah was declared extinct in India
Births
January 18 - Michael Angelis, English actor (d. 2020) January 20 - Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter and musician (Kiss) February 13 - Erik Yakovici, Croatian politician and Christian Democrat February 14 - Oktawjan Józefowicz, Polish politician and Minister of Health February 23 - Brad Whitford, American guitarist (Aerosmith) March 10 - Mike O'Donnell, English musician and composer March 11 – Douglas Adams March 26 – Luka Oztürk, Croatian politician and Croatian judge April 4 – Gary Moore, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy) (d. 2011) April 16 - Dušan Pavél, Bosnian politicians and rugby union May 11 - Leart Enzo, Macedonian folk music May 13 – Wang Xiaobo, Chinese writer June 28 - John Patrick Lowrie, American voice actor June 30 - Dilfel Tadeo, Bulgarian musician and folk music July 1 – Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor in TV series and movies July 3 - Levin Ante, Croatian-Serbian politician and judge July 6 - Grant Goodeve, American voice over artist July 16 - Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police) August 7 - Gary Schwartz, American voice actor September 12 - Neil Peart, Canadian drummer (Rush) (d. 2020) October 1 - Ivan-Milan Kiraly, Croatian musician October 22 - Dennis "Fly" Amero, American singer-songwriter and musician (Orleans) October 31 - Aron Xavier, Croatian politician and judge November 3 – Jim Cummings, American actor November 16 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese game designer December 1 - Ellen McLain, American voice actress December 11 - Susan Seidelman, American director
Deaths
January 18 – Curly Howard, American actor and comedian
February 6 – King George VI of the United Kingdom
February 19 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1859) February 22 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first President of Finland March 7 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru March 22 – Uncle Dave Macon, country music performer March 31 – Wallace H. White, Jr., U.S. Senator from Maine (b. 1877) April 3 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish union activist April 21 – Sir Stafford Cripps, British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-1950 May 6 – Maria Montessori Italian educator (cerebral hemorrhage) (b. 1870) May 8 – Walter Fox, American movie producer May 21 – John Garfield, actor June 17 – Krystyna Skarbek, SOE agent July 26 – Eva Perón, Argentine wife of Juan Perón September 29 – George Santayana, writer September 30 – Viscount Waldorf Astor, British businessman and politician October 28 – Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia November 9 – Chaim Weizmann, chemist, first President of Israel (b. 1874) November 18 – Paul Eluard, French poet (b. 1895) November 23 – Aaro Hellaakoski, Finnish poet December 12 – Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist December 28 – Fletcher Henderson, jazz musician (b. 1897)