Editing 1971

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{{Year article header|1971}} The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ([[Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971|February 25]], [[Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971|July 22]] and [[Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971|August 20]]) and two total lunar eclipses ([[February 1971 lunar eclipse|February 10]], and [[August 1971 lunar eclipse|August 6]]).

The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/14/global-population-10-billion-worry|title=A global population of 10 billion is nothing to worry about|author=Danny Dorling|work=The Guardian|date=June 14, 2013}}</ref>

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==Events==

===January===
{{Main|January 1971}}
* [[January 2]] – [[1971 Ibrox disaster]]: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland.
* [[January 5]] – The first ever [[One Day International]] [[cricket]] match is played between Australia and England at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].
* [[January 8]] – [[Tupamaros]] kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to [[Uruguay]], in [[Montevideo]], keeping him captive until September.
* [[January 9]] – [[Uruguay]]an president [[Jorge Pacheco Areco]] demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day.
* [[January 12]] – The landmark United States television sitcom ''[[All in the Family]]'', starring [[Carroll O'Connor]] as [[Archie Bunker]], debuts on [[CBS]].
* [[January 14]] – Seventy [[Brazil]]ian political prisoners are released in [[Santiago]], Chile; Giovanni Enrico Bucher is released [[January 16]].
* [[January 15]] – The [[Aswan High Dam]] officially opens in Egypt.
* [[January 18]]
** Strikes in Poland demand the resignation of Interior Minister [[Kazimierz Świtała]]. He resigns January 23 and is replaced by Franciszek Szlachcic.
** [[Ivan Koloff]] defeats [[Bruno Sammartino]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWWF World Heavyweight Championship]] in wrestling ending a seven and two thirds years reign, the longest in the Championships history.
** A South Korean marine kills 6 people in [[1971 Kimpo killings|a mass shooting]] in [[Gimpo|Kimpo, South Korea]].
* [[January 19]] – Representatives of 23 western oil companies begin negotiations with [[OPEC]] in [[Tehran]] to stabilize [[Petroleum|oil]] prices; [[February 14]] they sign a treaty with 6 [[Khalij el-Arab]] countries.
* [[January 24]] – The [[Guinea]]n government sentences to death 92 Guineans who helped Portuguese troops in the [[Operation Green Sea|failed landing attempts in November 1970]]; 72 are sentenced to [[hard labor]] for life; 58 of the sentenced are hanged the next day.
* [[January 25]]
** In [[Uganda]], [[Idi Amin]] deposes [[Milton Obote]] in a coup, and becomes president.
** In Los Angeles, [[Charles Manson]] and 3 female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 [[Tate–LaBianca murders]].
** [[Himachal Pradesh]] becomes the 18th Indian state.
** ''Intelsat IV'' (F2) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean [[March 26]].
* [[January 31]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 14]] (carrying astronauts [[Alan Shepard]], [[Stuart Roosa]], and [[Edgar Mitchell]]) lifts off on the third successful lunar landing mission.
[[File:AswanHighDam Egypt.jpg|thumb| [[January 15]]: [[Aswan Dam]] opens in [[Egypt]].]]

=== February ===
{{Main|February 1971}}
* [[February 4]]
** In Britain, [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] goes bankrupt and is nationalised.
** The [[Nasdaq]] stock exchange is founded in New York City.
* [[February 5]] – [[Apollo 14]] lands on the Moon.
* [[February 6]] – The 4.6 [[Body wave magnitude|Mb]] [[List of earthquakes in Italy|Tuscania earthquake]] shakes the Italian province of Viterbo with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), causing 24 deaths, 150 injuries and extreme damage.
* [[February 7]]
** Switzerland gives women voting rights in state elections, but not in all [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]]-specific ones.
** [[Władysław Gomułka]] is expelled from the Central Council of the Polish Communist Party.
* [[February 8]] – A new [[stock market index]] called the [[Nasdaq Composite]] debuts in the United States.
* [[February 9]]
** The 6.5–6.7 {{M|w}} [[1971 San Fernando earthquake|Sylmar earthquake]] hits the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
** [[Satchel Paige]] becomes the first [[Negro league baseball|Negro league]] player to become voted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]].
** [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 14]] returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
* [[February 10]] – A [[February 1971 lunar eclipse|total lunar eclipse]] is visible from Pacific, Americas, Europe and Africa, and is the 50th lunar eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 123]].
* [[February 11]] – The US, UK, USSR and others sign the [[Seabed Treaty]], outlawing [[nuclear weapon]]s on the ocean floor.
* [[February 11]]–[[February 12|12]] – Palestinian and Jordanian fighters clash in [[Amman]].
* [[February 13]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Backed by American air and artillery support, [[South Vietnam]]ese troops invade [[Kingdom of Laos|Laos]].
* [[February 15]] – [[Decimal Day]]: The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to [[decimal currency]] (see also [[decimalisation]]).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wamsley |first1=Laurel |title=U.K. And Ireland Celebrate 50 Years Since 'Decimal Day' |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/15/968146708/u-k-and-ireland-celebrate-50-years-since-decimal-day?t=1634728736856 |website=NPR |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en |date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[February 16]] – In Italy, a local parliament elects the city of [[Catanzaro]] as the capital of [[Calabria]]; residents of [[Reggio di Calabria]] riot for 5 days because of the decision.
* [[February 20]] – The U.S. [[Emergency Broadcast System]] sends an erroneous warning across the nation's radio and television stations, meant to be a standard weekly test conducted by [[NORAD]] in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. Some stations cease broadcasting until the message is rescinded, as required by federal rules, while most ignore it.<ref>"One Man's Mistake Triggers U.S. Alert; Many Stations Go Off Air", ''Los Angeles Times'', February 21, 1971, p1</ref>
* [[February 21]]
** The [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]] is signed at [[Vienna]].
** Between February 21 and 22, [[February 1971 Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak|an outbreak]] of nineteen [[tornado]]es rages across the [[Mississippi Delta]] in [[Mississippi]] and [[Louisiana]], killing 123 people.
* [[February 23]] – [[Operation Lam Son 719]]: South Vietnamese General [[Do Cao Tri]] is killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fulghum|first1=David|last2=Maitland|first2=Terrence|title=The Vietnam Experience South Vietnam on Trial: Mid-1970–1972|publisher=Boston Publishing Company|year=1984|isbn=0939526107|page=61}}</ref>
* [[February 25]] – A [[Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971|partial solar eclipse]] is visible from Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 18th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 149]].
* [[February 26]] – Secretary General [[U Thant]] signs the [[United Nations]] proclamation of the [[March equinox]] (March 21) as [[Earth Day]].
* [[February 27]] – Doctors in the first Dutch [[abortion clinic]] (Mildredhuis in [[Arnhem]]) start to perform [[abortion]]s.
* [[February 28]] – [[Evel Knievel]] sets a world record and jumps 19 cars on a motorbike in [[Ontario, California]].
[[File:Apollo 14 Shepard.jpg|thumb| [[February 5]]: [[Apollo 14]] on Moon]]
[[File:Tuscania.jpg|thumb| [[February 6]]: Earthquake in [[Tuscania]], Italy.]]
[[Image:A tornado near Anadarko, Oklahoma, on May 3, 1999.jpg|thumb| [[February 21]]: [[Tornado]]es kill over 100 in the U.S. state of [[Mississippi]].]]

=== March ===
{{Main|March 1971}}
* [[March 1]]
** A bomb explodes in the men's room at the [[United States Capitol]]; the [[Weather Underground]] claims responsibility.
** Pakistani president [[Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan]] indefinitely postpones the pending National Assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in [[East Pakistan]].
** Canadian [[John Robarts]] ends his term of office as the 17th [[Premier of Ontario]].
* [[March 2]] – [[Awami League]] leader [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] launched the [[Non-cooperation movement (1971)|non-cooperation movement]] in [[East Pakistan]].
* [[March 4]] – The southern part of [[Quebec]], and especially [[Montreal]], receives 16½" (42&nbsp;cm) of snow in what becomes known as the [[Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971|Century's Snowstorm]] (''la tempête du siècle'').
* [[March 5]]
** The [[Pakistan]]i army occupies [[East Pakistan]].
** In [[Belfast]], a [[Led Zeppelin]] show includes the first public performance of "[[Stairway to Heaven]]," a song from the band's [[Led Zeppelin IV|fourth album]].
* [[March 6]] – A fire in a mental hospital in [[Burghölzli]], Switzerland kills 28 people.
* [[March 7]]
** ''[[Die Sendung mit der Maus]]'' airs its first episode on [[Das Erste]].
** The British postal workers' strike, led by [[Union of Post Office Workers|UPW]] General Secretary [[Thomas Jackson (trade unionist)|Tom Jackson]], ends after 47 days.
** [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], political leader of [[East Pakistan]] (modern day-[[Bangladesh]]), delivers a [[7 March Speech of Bangabandhu|public speech]] at the Racecourse Field in [[Dhaka]] calling for masses to be prepared to fight for national independence.
* [[March 8]]
** The [[Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI]] breaks into the [[Media, Pennsylvania]] offices of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and removes all of its files.
** "[[Fight of the Century]]": Boxer [[Joe Frazier]] defeats [[Muhammad Ali]] in a 15-round [[unanimous decision]] at [[Madison Square Garden]].
* [[March 10]] – [[William McMahon]] replaces [[John Gorton]] as the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Prime Minister of Australia]] after Gorton resigns following a [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1971|vote of confidence]] that was tied 33-all.
* [[March 11]] – ''[[THX 1138]]'', [[George Lucas]]' first full-length film, premieres in theaters.
* [[March 12]] – [[Hafez al-Assad]] becomes president of [[Syria]].
* [[March 12]]–[[March 13|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 in Chungar, [[Peru]] crashes into [[Yanawayin Lake]], killing 200.
* [[March 23]] – General [[Alejandro Lanusse]] of [[Argentina]] takes power in a military coup.
* [[March 25]] –
** The [[Pakistan]]i army starts [[Operation Searchlight]] in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) at midnight after President [[Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan]], a military ruler, voids election results that gave the [[Awami League]] an overwhelming majority in the parliament; start of the [[1971 Bangladesh genocide]]. That ended the [[Non-cooperation movement (1971)|non-cooperation movement]].
** The [[North East Mall]] opens in [[Hurst, Texas]]
* [[March 26]]
** East Pakistan's independence is declared by [[Ziaur Rahman]] on behalf of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and transmitted using [[East Pakistan Rifles]] radio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Independence|title=Declaration of Independence |website=Banglapedia |access-date=2016-03-29}}</ref>
** [[Nihat Erim]] (a former [[Republican People's Party|CHP]] member) forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (33rd government, composed mostly of technocrats).
* [[March 27]] – East Pakistan's 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 29]]
** U.S. Army lieutenant [[William Calley]] is found guilty of 22 murders during the [[My Lai Massacre]] and is sentenced to life in prison (he is later pardoned).
** A [[Los Angeles]] jury recommends the [[death penalty]] for [[Charles Manson]] and female followers [[Susan Atkins]], [[Patricia Krenwinkel]] and [[Leslie Van Houten]].
* [[March 30]] – [[Starbucks]] coffee shop is founded in the U.S. state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The first Starbucks coffee shop, Seattle - a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 36 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/14/the-first-starbucks-coffee-shop-seattle-a-history-of-cities-in-50-buildings-day-36 |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en |date=14 May 2015}}</ref>

=== April ===
{{Main|April 1971}}
* [[April 1]] – The United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership.
* [[April 5]]
** In [[Ceylon]], a group calling themselves the [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna|People's Liberation Front]] begins a rebellion against the [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike|Bandaranaike]] government.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of Asian studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJxRAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|page=515}}</ref>
** [[Mount Etna]] erupts in Sicily.<ref name="GuestSkelhorn1973">{{cite book|author1=John Guest|author2=Raymond Richard Skelhorn|title=Mount Etna and the 1971 Eruption|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQhOAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Royal Society|page=177}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – A right-wing coup attempt is exposed in [[Laos]].
* [[April 12]] – Palestinians retreat from [[Amman]] to the north of [[Jordan]].
* [[April 17]]
** The People's Republic of [[Bangladesh]] forms under [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] at Mujibnagor.<ref>{{cite book|title=International Relations of Bangladesh and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: 1971-1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOxtAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Parama|isbn = 9789848245316}}</ref>
** [[Libya]], [[Syria]] and [[Egypt]] sign an agreement to form a [[confederation]].<ref>"Accord on Union Reached By Egypt, Libya and Syria", by Raymond H. Anderson, ''The New York Times'', April 18, 1971, p1</ref>
* [[April 19]]
** The government of [[Bangladesh]] flees to India.
** [[Sierra Leone]] becomes a [[republic]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Background Notes, Sierra Leone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwZJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5|year=1992|publisher=U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication|pages=5}}</ref>
** The Soviet Union launches ''[[Salyut 1]]''.<ref>"Soviet Sends Another Space Vehicle Into Orbit", ''The New York Times'', April 19, 1971, p4</ref>
** [[Charles Manson]] is sentenced to death in the United States; in 1972, the sentence for all California death-row inmates will be commuted to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite book|author=R. Barri Flowers|title=Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers, and Victims of the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXZsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT134|year=2001|publisher=R. Barri Flowers|pages=134}}</ref>
* [[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 [[school integration in the United States|desegregation]].
** [[Cambodia]]n prime minister [[Lon Nol]] resigns but remains effectively in power until the next elections.<ref>"Lon Nol Resigns, Blaming Health", ''The New York Times'', April 20, 1971, p1</ref>
** [[NPR|National Public Radio]] (NPR) airs its first broadcast.<ref>{{Cite news|title=History:NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/192827079/overview-and-history|access-date=2021-07-22|newspaper=NPR|date=June 20, 2013|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 21]] – [[Siaka Stevens]] is sworn in as the first president of [[Sierra Leone]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Alusine Jalloh|title=African Entrepreneurship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nIVIi54f51sC&pg=PA252|year=1999|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-89680-207-0|pages=252}}</ref>
* [[April 24]]
** ''[[Soyuz 10]]'' fails to dock with ''[[Salyut 1]]''.
** An estimated 200,000 people in Washington, D.C., and a further 125,000 in [[San Francisco]] march in protest against the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>"200,000 Rally in Capital to End War", by James M. Naughton, ''The New York Times'', April 25, 1971, p1</ref>
* [[April 25]]
** [[Todor Zhivkov]] is reelected as the leader of the [[Bulgarian Communist Party]].<ref>"Zhivkov Renamed as Head of Communists in Bulgaria", ''The New York Times'', April 26, 1971, p2</ref>
** [[Franz Jonas]] is reelected as president of [[Austria]].<ref>"President Jonas of Austria Is Re-Elected", ''The New York Times'', April 26, 1971, p3</ref>
* [[April 26]] – The government of [[Turkey]] declares a [[state of siege]] in 11 provinces, including [[Ankara]], in response to violent [[Demonstration (protest)|demonstration]]s.<ref>"Turkey Imposes Martial Law in 11 Areas", ''The New York Times'', April 27, 1971, p</ref>
* [[April 30]] – The [[Milwaukee Bucks]] sweep the [[Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)|Baltimore Bullets]] in four games to win their first [[NBA]] championship.

=== May ===
{{Main|May 1971}}
* [[May 1]]
** [[Amtrak]] begins intercity rail passenger service in the United States.
** The [[Ceylon]]ese government promises [[amnesty]] for guerillas who surrender before [[May 5]].
* [[May 2]] – In [[Ceylon]], left-wing guerillas launch a series of assaults against public buildings.
* [[May 3]]
** [[Arsenal F.C.]] wins the [[Football League First Division|English League First Division]] championship at the home of their bitter rivals [[Tottenham Hotspur]], with [[Ray Kennedy]] scoring the winner. (Arsenal will go on to win the league and cup 'double' six days later by defeating [[Liverpool]] in the [[FA Cup]] final).
** The Harris Poll finds that 60% of Americans are against the [[Vietnam War]].
** East German leader [[Walter Ulbricht]] resigns as [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany|Socialist Unity Party]] leader but retains the position of head of state.
** [[1971 May Day Protests]]: 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|U.S. dollar]] floods the European [[currency market]]s and especially threatens the [[Deutsche Mark]]; the central banks of Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland stop the currency trading.
** [[FedEx]], the [[logistics]] and [[Delivery (commerce)|delivery service]], founded in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], United States.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ziobro |first1=Paul |title=Fred Smith Created FedEx. Now He Has to Reinvent It. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/fred-smith-created-fedex-now-he-has-to-reinvent-it-11571324050 |website=Wall Street Journal |access-date=19 February 2021 |date=17 October 2019}}</ref>
* [[May 6]] – The government of [[Ceylon]] begins a major offensive against the [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna|People's Liberation Front]].
* [[May 9]]
** [[Arsenal FC]] beats [[Liverpool F.C.]] 2–1 to win the English [[FA Cup]], thus completing the league and cup 'double'.
** [[Mariner 8]] fails to launch.
* [[May 12]] – An [[earthquake]] in [[Turkey]] destroys most of the city of [[Burdur]].
* [[May 15]] – [[Israel]]i ambassador to Turkey [[Efraim Elrom]] is kidnapped; he is [[Assassination of Efraim Elrom|found killed]] in [[Istanbul]] [[May 25]].
* [[May 16]] – A coup attempt is exposed and foiled in [[United Arab Republic|Egypt]].
* [[May 18]]
** The U.S. Congress formally votes to end funding for the [[Boeing 2707|American Supersonic Transport program]].
** The [[Montreal Canadiens]] win the [[Stanley Cup]] against the [[Chicago Black Hawks]]. The Canadiens became only the second team in [[NHL]] history to win the Cup in Game 7 on the road, and did so after the home team had won each of the previous six games in the series. This also marked [[Jean Béliveau]]'s last NHL game.
* [[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 and 10,000 are made homeless.
* [[May 23]] – [[Aviogenex Flight 130]] crashes at [[Rijeka Airport]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], killing 78 people, mostly British tourists.
* [[May 26]]
** Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
** [[Qantas]] agrees to pay $500,000 to bomb hoaxer/extortionist Mr. Brown (Peter Macari), who is later arrested.
* [[May 27]]
** Six armed passengers hijack a [[Romania]]n passenger plane and force it to fly to [[Vienna]].
** [[Christie's]] auctions a diamond known as [[Deepdene (diamond)|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 ===
{{Main|June 1971}}
* 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 [[El Halconazo|dispersed]].
** [[Amtrak]] had its first fatal accident when [[1971 Salem, Illinois, derailment|11 people were killed and 163 injured]] in the derailment of the ''[[City of New Orleans (train)|City of New Orleans]]'' train near [[Tonti, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=1971-06-11|title=Illinois Train Accident Kills 10|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/11/archives/illinois-train-accident-kills-10-locked-diesel-wheels-indicated.html|access-date=2021-10-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[June 11]] – [[Neville Bonner]] becomes the first [[Indigenous Australian]] to sit in the [[Parliament of Australia|Australian Parliament]].
* [[June 13]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: ''[[The New York Times]]'' begins to publish the ''[[Pentagon Papers]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm |title = Introduction to the Court Opinion on the New York Times Co. v. United States Case. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051204121721/https://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm |archive-date=4 December 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** Racing drivers [[Gijs van Lennep]] of the Netherlands and [[Helmut Marko]] of Austria win the [[1971 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]] in the [[Martini Racing]] [[Porsche 917]]K.
* [[June 14]] – Norway begins oil production in the [[North Sea]].
* [[June 17]]
** Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the [[1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement|Okinawa Reversion Agreement]], whereby the U.S. will return control of [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/archive/rev71.html|title=Okinawa Reversion Agreement 1971|date=June 17, 1971|website=the ryukyu-okinawa history and culture website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004181232/http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/archive/rev71.html|archive-date=October 4, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=October 4, 2010}}</ref>
** President [[Richard Nixon]] declares the U.S. [[War on Drugs]].
* [[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 [[Anatoly Fedoseyev]] has been granted asylum.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/21/archives/soviet-aide-gets-asylum-in-britain-expert-is-described-as-key.html | title=Soviet Aide Gets Asylum in Britain | work=The New York Times | date=June 21, 1971 }}</ref>
* [[June 21]] – Britain begins new negotiations for [[European Economic Community|EEC]] membership in Luxembourg.
* [[June 25]] – [[Madagascar]] accuses the U.S. of conspiring to oust the government; the U.S. recalls its ambassador.
* [[June 27]] – Concert promoter [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]] closes the legendary [[Fillmore East]], which first opened on 2nd Avenue in New York City on March 8, 1968.
* [[June 28]] – Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots [[Joseph Colombo|Joe Colombo]], boss of his eponymous crime family, in the head during an [[Italian-American]] rally, putting him in a coma.
* [[June 30]]
** ''[[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]].
** After a successful mission aboard ''[[Salyut 1]]'', the world's first human-occupied space station, the crew of the ''[[Soyuz 11]]'' spacecraft die after their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.

=== July ===
{{Main|July 1971}}
[[File:World Trade Center Skyline at Night (29143322320).jpg|thumb|right|[[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]], Lower Manhattan, 1971]]
* July – [[Nordic Council]] secretariat inaugurated.
* [[July 3]] – [[Jim Morrison]], lead singer of [[The Doors]], dies of a [[heart failure]] at the age of [[27 Club|27]] in the bathtub of his apartment on the 3rd floor of the [[Rue Beautreillis]] 17 in [[Paris]], [[France]].
* [[July 4]]
** [[Michael S. Hart]] posts the first [[e-book]], a copy of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]], on the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign]]'s [[mainframe computer]], the origin of [[Project Gutenberg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_History_and_Philosophy_of_Project_Gutenberg_by_Michael_Hart|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830193319/http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_History_and_Philosophy_of_Project_Gutenberg_by_Michael_Hart|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 30, 2006|publisher=Project Gutenberg|title=The History and Philosophy of Project Gutenberg|first=Michael|last=Hart |access-date=2011-10-05 |date=August 1992}}.</ref>
** The first plane lands at [[Seychelles International Airport]] in [[Victoria, Seychelles]] ([[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahe]]).<ref>{{cite book|author=Donald Taylor|title=Launching Out Into the Deep: The Anglican Church in the History of the Seychelles to 2000 AD|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BWUmAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Board of Church Commissioners, Diocese of Seychelles|isbn=978-99931-66-01-6|page=620}}</ref>
* [[July 5]] – [[Right to vote]]: The [[Twenty-sixth 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 the number of its troops in [[Northern Ireland]] to 11,000.
* [[July 10]]–[[July 11|11]] – Coup attempt in [[Morocco]]: 1,400 cadets take over the king's palace for three 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]] makes her [[Address to the Women of America]].
* [[July 11]] – [[Copper]] mines in [[Chile]] are nationalized.
* [[July 13]]
** [[Ólafur Jóhannesson]] forms a government in [[Iceland]].
** [[Jordan]]ian army troops launch an offensive against Palestinian guerillas in Jordan.
** The [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]n government begins allowing foreign companies to take their profits from the country.
** [[Reggie Jackson]]'s long [[home run]], which hits a transformer on the roof of [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]], helps the [[American League]] defeat the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] 6–4 in the [[Major League Baseball]] [[1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] in [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]].
* [[July 14]] – [[Libyan Arab Republic|Libya]] severs its diplomatic ties with [[Morocco]].
* [[July 15]] – American President [[Richard Nixon]] announces his [[1972 Nixon visit to China|1972 visit to China]].
* [[July 17]] – Italy and Austria sign a treaty that ends the dispute (''Südtirolfrage'') regarding [[South Tyrol]].
* [[July 18]] – The [[Trucial States]] are formed in the [[Persian Gulf]].
* [[July 19]] – The [[List of tenants in 2 World Trade Center|South Tower]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]] tops out at {{convert|1,362|ft|m}}, making it the second-tallest building in the world.
* [[July 19]]–[[July 23|23]] – Major [[Hashem al Atta|Hashem al-Atta]] ousts Jaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiri in a military coup in [[Sudan]]. Fighting continues until [[July 22]], when pro-Nimeiri troops regain power. Al-Atta and three officers are executed.
* [[July 22]]
** A [[BOAC]] flight from London to Khartoum is ordered to land at [[Benghazi|Benghazi, Libya]], where two leaders of the unsuccessful Sudanese coup, travelling as passengers, are forced to leave the plane and are subsequently executed.<ref>{{cite news|title=A government hijacking|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1971/1971%20-%201336.html|access-date=2011-11-13|newspaper=[[Flight International]]|date=1971-07-29|page=150|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311052001/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1971/1971%20-%201336.html|archive-date=2012-03-11|url-status=live}}</ref>
** A [[Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971|partial solar eclipse]] is visible from Asia and North America, and is the 70th and final solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 116]].
* [[July 24]] – [[Georgina Rizk]] of [[Lebanon]] is crowned [[Miss Universe 1971]].
* [[July 25]]–[[July 30|30]] – [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]] records two [[Debussy]] works in [[Munich]] for [[Deutsche Grammophon]], his fifth recording.
* [[July 26]] – [[Apollo 15]] (carrying astronauts [[David Scott]], [[Alfred Worden]] and [[James Irwin]]) is launched.
* [[July 28]] – [[Abdel Khaliq Mahjub]], [[Sudan]]ese 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, [[All Nippon Airways Flight 58|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 the [[Lunar Roving Vehicle]], a day after landing on the Moon.

=== August ===
{{Main|August 1971}}
* August – [[Camden, New Jersey]] erupts in [[race riot]]s, with looting and arson, following the beating death of a [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] motorist by city police. Also in 1971, [[Philadelphia International Records]] is established, with Camden native Leon Huff as co-founder.
* [[August 1]] – In New York City, 40,000 attend [[The Concert for Bangladesh]].
* [[August 2]] – U.S. department store chain [[J. C. Penney]] debuts its trademark [[Helvetica]] wordmark which has been used ever since.
* [[August 5]] 
** The [[South Pacific Forum]] (SPF) is established.
** The [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] enters service with [[American Airlines]].
* [[August 6]] – A [[August 1971 lunar eclipse|total lunar eclipse]] lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed, visible from South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, and is the 38th lunar eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 128]].
* [[August 7]] – [[Apollo 15]] returns to [[Earth]].
* [[August 9]]
** India signs a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the [[Soviet Union]].
** [[Internment]] in [[Northern Ireland]]: British security forces arrest hundreds of [[Irish nationalism|nationalists]] and detain them without trial in [[Maze (HM Prison)|Long Kesh]] prison; 20 people die in the riots that follow.
* [[August 10]] – ''[[Mr. Tickle]]'', the first book in the ''[[Mr. Men]]'' series is first published, in the U.K.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr Men and Little Miss books celebrate 40th birthday |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/14476561 |website=CBBC Newsround |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[August 11]] – Construction begins on the [[Louisiana Superdome]] in [[New Orleans]].
* [[August 12]] – [[Syria]] severs diplomatic relations with [[Jordan]] because of border clashes.
* [[August 14]]
** The controversial [[Stanford prison experiment]], led by [[Stanford University]] psychology professor [[Philip Zimbardo]], began in [[Palo Alto, California]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.stanford.edu/pr/97/970108prisonexp.html|title=The Stanford Prison Experiment: Still powerful after all these years|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105151451/https://news.stanford.edu/pr/97/970108prisonexp.html |archive-date=2021-11-05}}</ref>
** British troops are stationed on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to stop arms smuggling.
** [[Bahrain]] declares independence as the State of Bahrain ({{as of|2018}} officially the Kingdom of Bahrain).
* [[August 15]]
** [[Jackie Stewart]] becomes [[Formula One]] World Drivers' Champion in the [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] [[Tyrrell 003|003]]-[[Cosworth]].
** 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 15]]–[[September 5]] – The [[1971 Women's World Cup]] in Association football (an event not recognized by FIFA) is staged in Mexico: [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]] will be the winners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/coupe-du-monde-feminine-2019-a-l-heure-du-premier-mondial-des-bleues-en-1971-1559656752|title=Coupe du monde féminine 2019: à l'heure du premier Mondial des Bleues en 1971|date=2019-06-04|website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] – [[Hastings Banda]], President of [[Malawi]], becomes the first black president to visit South Africa.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/21/archives/black-traveler-in-south-africa-hastings-kamuzu-banda.html | title=Black Traveler in South Africa Hastings Kamuzu Banda | newspaper=The New York Times | date=August 21, 1971 }}</ref>
* [[August 18]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from [[Vietnam]].
** British troops are engaged in a firefight with the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] in [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]].
* [[August 19]]–[[August 22|22]] – A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in [[Bolivia]]. Miners and students join troops to support president [[Juan José Torres]], but eventually [[Hugo Banzer]] takes over.
* [[August 20]]
** [[International Telecommunications Satellite Organization]] (Intelsat) (effective February 12, 1973).
** The [[USS Manatee (AO-58)|USS ''Manatee'']] spills {{convert|1,000|USgal|L}} of fuel oil on [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]]'s Western White House beach in [[San Clemente, California]].
** A [[Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971|partial solar eclipse]] is visible from Southern Ocean, and is the 4th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 154]].
* [[August 21]] – A bomb made of two hand grenades by alleged communist rebels{{efn|Though initially to be accused as communists by President [[Ferdinand Marcos]], some theorized that the bombings were staged by pro-Marcos affiliates, but to this day the perpetrators remain unknown.}} [[Plaza Miranda bombing|explodes]] in the [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]] campaign party in [[Plaza Miranda]] in [[Quiapo, Manila]] the [[Philippines]], injuring several anti-[[Ferdinand Marcos|Marcos]] political candidates.
* [[August 25]]
** Border clashes occur between [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]].
** [[Bangladesh]] and eastern [[Bengal]] are flooded; thousands flee the area.
* [[August 26]] – A civilian government takes power in Greece.
* [[August 30]] – The [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservatives]] under [[Peter Lougheed]] defeat the [[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Credit]] government under [[Harry Strom|Harry E. Strom]] in a [[general election]], ending 36 years of uninterrupted power for Social Credit in [[Alberta]].

=== September ===
{{Main|September 1971}}
* September – [[Operation Sourisak Montry VIII]] opens when forces of the [[Royal Thai Army]] recapture several positions in the territory of [[Laos]] on the south bank of the [[Mekong]] in response to an encroaching Chinese presence to the north.
* [[September 2]] – The [[United Arab Republic]] is renamed to the [[Arab Republic of Egypt]]
* [[September 3]]
** [[Qatar]] gains independence from the United Kingdom. Unlike most nearby [[emirate]]s, Qatar declines to become part of either the [[United Arab Emirates]] or [[Saudi Arabia]].
** [[Manlio Brosio]] resigns as [[NATO]] Secretary General.
* [[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.
** The [[Free State of Christiania]] is founded.
* [[September 8]] – In Washington, D.C., the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s ''[[Mass (Bernstein)|Mass]]''.
* [[September 9]] – English musician [[John Lennon]] releases his second studio album ''[[Imagine (John Lennon album)|Imagine]]''. Worldwide sales of the [[Imagine (John Lennon song)|title track]] will exceed 5 million.
* [[September 9]]–[[September 13|13]] – [[Attica Prison riot]]: A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in [[Attica (town), New York|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 17]] – [[Hugo L. Black]] retires as an Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] after serving for 34 years, at this time a record for longevity; Black dies eight days later.
* [[September 19]] – [[Trams in Ballarat]] (Victoria, Australia) cease to run.
* [[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 (Catholic Church)|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 the Indian state of [[Odisha|Orissa]], kills 10,000.

=== October ===
{{Main|October 1971}}
* [[October 1]] – [[Walt Disney World]] opens in [[Orlando, Florida]].
* [[October 4]]–[[October 7|7]] – [[Pink Floyd]] record their groundbreaking film, ''[[Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii]]'' at the [[Amphitheatre of Pompeii]].
* [[October 13]] – The [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] defeat the [[Baltimore Orioles]] 4–3 in Game 4 of the [[1971 World Series|World Series]] [[Three Rivers Stadium|at home]] in the first ever [[Major League Baseball]] postseason game played at night. The Pirates defeat the Orioles 2–1 in the decisive Game 7 at Baltimore four days later.
* [[October 14]] – [[Greenpeace]] is founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
* October 14 – The largest [[state banquet]] in history is held at the ancient city of [[Persepolis]] in [[Iran]], marking the symbolic [[2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire|Celebration of the 2,500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire]].
* [[October 17]] – The [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] defeat the [[Baltimore Orioles]] to win the [[1971 World Series]].
* [[October 18]] – In New York City, the [[Knapp Commission]] begins public hearings on police corruption.
* [[October 21]]
** U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] nominates [[Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.]] and [[William H. Rehnquist]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].
** The [[Clarkston explosion]] in Scotland, caused by a gas leak, kills 22 people.
* [[October 24]] – [[Texas Stadium]] opens in [[Irving, Texas]]. In the inaugural game, the host [[Dallas Cowboys]] defeat the [[New England Patriots]] 44–21.
* [[October 25]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758 (XXVI)|admits]] the [[People's Republic of China]] and expels the [[Republic of China]] (or Taiwan).
* [[October 27]] – The [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] is renamed [[Zaire]].
* [[October 28]]
** The [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] votes 356–244 in favour of joining the [[European Economic Community]].
** The United Kingdom becomes the sixth nation successfully to launch a satellite into orbit using its own [[launch vehicle]], the [[Prospero (satellite)|Prospero]] (X-3) experimental communications satellite, using a [[Black Arrow]] carrier rocket from [[Woomera, South Australia]].
** The [[Khedivial Opera House]] in [[Cairo]], Egypt, burns down.
* [[October 29]] – [[Vietnam War]] – [[Vietnamization]]: The total number of American troops still in [[Vietnam]] drops to a record low of 196,700 (the lowest since January 1966).
* [[October 30]]
** Rev. [[Ian Paisley]] founds the [[Democratic Unionist Party]] in [[Northern Ireland]].
** ''[[Meddle]]'', the critically acclaimed album by [[progressive rock]] band [[Pink Floyd]], is released.
* [[October 31]] – A bomb explodes at the top of the [[BT Tower|Post Office Tower]] in London.

=== November ===
{{Main|November 1971}}
* [[Erin Pizzey]] establishes the world's first domestic violence shelter in [[Chiswick]], London.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VPPapvrJsTcC&pg=PA262|title=Family Violence|first1=Mildred Daley|last1=Pagelow|first2=Lloyd W.|last2=Pagelow|date=September 18, 1984|publisher=ABC-CLIO|via=Google Books|isbn=9780275916237}}</ref>
* [[November 3]] – The ''[[Unix|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 nuclear testing|underground detonation]].
* [[November 8]] – [[Led Zeppelin]] release their fourth studio album ''[[Led Zeppelin IV]]'', which goes on to sell 23,000,000 copies in the United States.
* [[November 9]] – A [[Royal Air Force]] [[C-130]] [[1971 RAF Hercules crash|crashes into the]] [[Ligurian Sea]] near [[Leghorn, Italy]], killing all 51 people on board.
* [[November 10]] – In [[Cambodia]], [[Khmer Rouge]] forces attack [[Phnom Penh]] and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging 9 [[airplane]]s.
* [[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]]) is founded (effective July 12, 1972).
* [[November 18]] – [[Oman]] gains independence from the [[United Kingdom]].
* [[November 20]] – A bridge still under 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 a part of the Linha Vermelha elevate.
* [[November 22]] – In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the [[Cairngorm Plateau disaster]], five children and one of their leaders are found dead from [[Hypothermia|exposure]] in the Scottish mountains.
* [[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 storm over [[Washington (state)|Washington]] State, a man calling himself Dan Cooper (later misreported as [[D. B. Cooper]]) parachutes from the [[Northwest Orient Airlines]] plane he had hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money, and is never seen again (as of February 2025, 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]] – The [[59th Grey Cup|59th]] [[Grey Cup]] Game sees the [[Calgary Stampeders]] beat the [[Toronto Argonauts]] 14–11.
* [[November 30]] – [[Iran]]ian forces occupy the [[Persian Gulf]] islands of [[Abu Musa]] (joint occupation by agreement with [[Sharjah]]) and the [[Greater and Lesser Tunbs]] (taken by force from [[Ras Al Khaimah]]).<ref>{{Cite book|title=From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates: a society in transition|last=Heard-Bey|first=Frauke|date=2005|publisher=Motivate|isbn=1860631673|location=London|pages=366|oclc=64689681}}</ref>

=== December ===
{{Main|December 1971}}
* [[December 1]] – [[Cambodian Civil War]]: [[Khmer Rouge]] rebels intensify assaults on [[Cambodia]]n government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray, 10 kilometers northeast of [[Phnom Penh]].
* [[December 2]]
** Six of the seven [[Trucial States]] combine in an act of union to found the [[United Arab Emirates]].
** The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Mars 3|Mars 3 lander]] reaches the surface of [[Mars]], transmits for a few seconds and then goes silent. It is the first spacecraft to reach the planet.
* [[December 3]] – The [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] begins with [[Operation Chengiz Khan]] as Pakistan launches preemptive attacks on nine Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan.
* [[December 3]]–[[December 4|4]] – The [[Pakistan]]i [[submarine]] [[PNS Ghazi|PNS ''Ghazi'']] (former {{USS|Diablo}}) sinks mysteriously near the Indian coast while laying mines.
* [[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]] by the [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] in [[Belfast]] kills 15.
* [[December 7]] – [[Battle of Sylhet]] rages between the [[Pakistan Armed Forces|Pakistani military]] and the [[Indian Army]].<ref name=DI>[http://www.defenceindia.com/defenceind/battle_sylhet.html Battle Of Sylhet. Defence India] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070810211600/http://www.defenceindia.com/defenceind/battle_sylhet.html|date=August 10, 2007}}</ref>
* [[December 8]] – U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
* [[December 10]] – The [[John Sinclair Freedom Rally]] in support of the imprisoned activist features a performance by [[John Lennon]] at [[Crisler Arena]], [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]].
* [[December 11]] – [[Nihat Erim]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (34th government; Nihat Erim has served two times as prime minister).
* [[December 16]] – ''[[Victory Day of Bangladesh]]'': The [[Pakistan|Pakistan Army]] in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) surrenders to the joint forces of India and the Bengali nationalist separatists, ending the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Victory Day {{!}} Armed Forces Division(AFD) |url=https://afd.gov.bd/media/important-occations/victory-day |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=afd.gov.bd}}</ref>
* [[December 18]]
** The [[U.S. dollar]] is [[Nixon shock|devalued]] for the second time in history.
** The world's largest [[hydroelectric plant]] in [[Krasnoyarsk]], [[Soviet Union]], begins operations.
* [[December 19]]
** [[Clube Atlético Mineiro]] wins the [[Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|Brazil Football Championship]].
** [[Intelsat IV F-3|Intelsat IV (F3)]] is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean February 18, 1972.
** The controversial dystopian crime film ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', directed by [[Stanley Kubrick]] is released in New York City.
* [[December 20]] – Two groups of French doctors involved in [[humanitarian aid]] merge to form [[Médecins Sans Frontières]].
* [[December 24]]
** [[Giovanni Leone]] is elected [[President of the Italian Republic]].
** [[Juliane Koepcke]] survives a fall of 10,000 feet following disintegration of [[LANSA Flight 508]].
* [[December 25]]
** In the longest [[American football]] game in [[National Football League]] history, the [[Miami Dolphins]] beat the [[Kansas City Chiefs]] 27–24 after 82 minutes, 40 seconds of playing time. [[Garo Yepremian]] kicked the winning 37-yard field goal after 7:40 of the second overtime period.
** [[Daeyeonggak Hotel fire]]: A fire at a 22-story hotel in [[Seoul]], South Korea, kills 158 people.
* [[December 26]]
** Former teacher [[Patrick Critton]] hijacks Air Canada Flight 932, diverting the flight from Canada to Cuba. He would remain a fugitive for almost 30 years.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aircraft Hijackings and Other Criminal Acts against Civil Aviation Statistical and Narrative Reports |url=https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/91941NCJRS.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/91941NCJRS.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |website=Office of Justice Programs |date=May 1983}}</ref>
** The first reported sighting of the [[Nullarbor Nymph]] in Australia was made. The story traveled around the world until it was proven to be a hoax in 1972.
* [[December 29]] – The United Kingdom gives up its military bases in [[Malta]].
* [[December 30]] – The first [[McDonald's]] in Australia opens in [[Yagoona, New South Wales|Yagoona]], [[Sydney]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Ray Tomlinson]] sends the first [[ARPANET]] [[e-mail]] between host computers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/60at60/2015/8/1971-first-ever-email-392973|title=1971: First Ever Email|date=21 August 2015|author=Rachel Swatman|website=Guinness Book of Records|access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref> in late 1971.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2991486/ray-tomlinson-email-inventor-interview-i-see-email-being-used | title=Ray Tomlinson, the inventor of email: 'I see email being used, by and large, exactly the way I envisioned' | date=May 2, 2012 }}</ref>
* The [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] bans the cultural organization [[Matica hrvatska]] (founded in 1842), soon after December 20.
* The [[Center for Science in the Public Interest]] is established in the United States.
* [[Bulant (automobile)|Bulanti]] motorcar built in Australia.
* [[Crude oil]] production peaks in the [[continental United States]] at approximately {{convert|4.5|Moilbbl/d|m3/d}}.

== Births ==
{{BDToC|births|unknown=yes}}

=== January ===
[[File:Jeremy Renner by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeremy Renner]]]]
[[File:Mary J Blige in 2022.png|thumb|100px|[[Mary J. Blige]]]]
[[File:Regina King by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Regina King]]]]
[[File:LilJon2024.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lil Jon]]]]
[[File:Kid Rock at White House.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kid Rock]]]]
[[File:2023-10-04 Fußball, Männer, UEFA Champions League, RB Leipzig - Manchester City FC 1DX 2797 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pep Guardiola]]]]
* [[January 1]] – [[Sammie Henson]], American wrestler, Olympic silver medalist<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Sammie Henson |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/95172 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 2]]
** [[Taye Diggs]], American actor<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973//|title= UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019|work=[[United Press International]]|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=September 2, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/|url-status=live|quote= actor Taye Diggs in 1971 (age 49)}}</ref>
** [[Renée Elise Goldsberry]], American actress, singer and songwriter<ref>{{cite news |title=This day in history - The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/02/this-day-history/JZrUiLeas3bllyVmRevXkL/story.html |access-date=20 September 2018 |work=Boston Globe |date=2 January 2018 |quote=Jan. 2, the second day of 2018... Birthdays... Actress Renee Elise Goldsberry is 47.}}</ref>
* [[January 7]]
** [[DJ Ötzi]], Austrian entertainer and singer
** [[Jeremy Renner]], American actor, singer and producer<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA77|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=77}}</ref>
* [[January 11]] – [[Mary J. Blige]], American singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Steve Hochman|title=Popular Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBwKAQAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-0-89356-987-7|page=107}}</ref>
* [[January 12]]
** [[Arman Alizad]], Iranian-born Finnish tailor and television presenter<ref name="menaiset">{{cite news |last1=Hoimela |first1=Leeni |title=Tätä Arman Alizad ei uskaltaisi tehdä: "Jos olen ollut vaarassa, aistin sen tyttärestäni" |url=https://www.menaiset.fi/artikkeli/ajankohtaista/ihmiset/tata_arman_alizad_ei_uskaltaisi_tehda_jos_olen_ollut_vaarassa_aistin |access-date=7 December 2019 |publisher=Me Naiset |date=21 November 2015}}</ref>
** [[Peter Madsen]], Danish entrepreneur, engineer, and convicted murderer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://youthentrepreneurship.eu/speakers/peter-madsen/|title=Peter Madsen|website=European Youth Entrepreneurship|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref>
* [[January 14]] – [[Lasse Kjus]], Norwegian alpine skier<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/lasse-kjus|title=Lasse Kjus|website=olympic.org|access-date=13 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[Regina King]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA85|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=85}}</ref>
* [[January 16]] – [[Sergi Bruguera]], Spanish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sergi Bruguera |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/B350/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref>
* [[January 17]]
**[[Lil Jon]], American rapper
**[[Kid Rock]], American rock singer
* [[January 18]]
** [[Pep Guardiola]], Spanish football player and manager of [[Manchester City F.C.]]<ref>{{cite book|title=FC Barcelona-Barca: Futbol Club Barcelona. Barca o Blaugrana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FBwONvAToksC&pg=PA127|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331044841/https://books.google.com/books?id=FBwONvAToksC&pg=PA127|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 31, 2022|publisher=epubli|pages=127}}</ref>
** [[Binyavanga Wainaina]], Kenyan writer (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/feb/16/binyavanga-wainaina-gay-rights-kenya-africa|title=Binyavanga Wainaina: coming out in Kenya|last=Adams|first=Tim|date=16 February 2014|work=The Observer|access-date=23 May 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
* [[January 19]] – [[Shawn Wayans]], American actor<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dL3UwZjGbC0C|date=16 October 2009|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-170191-4|page=93}}</ref>
* [[January 20]] – [[Gary Barlow]], British singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Gary Barlow |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb2db65c0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529053927/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bb2db65c0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 29, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] – [[Julie Foudy]], American soccer player and commentator
* [[January 27]]
** [[Sudantha Dias]], Sri Lankan former cricketer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sudantha Dias Profile |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sudantha-dias-48642 |website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Sports Media Ltd. |access-date=24 December 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Fann Wong]], Singporean actress and singer
* [[January 31]] – [[Patricia Velásquez]], Venezuelan actress and model

===February===
[[File:Hynden Walch (9703860029).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hynden Walch]]]]
[[File:Michael C. Hall 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Michael C. Hall]]]]
[[File:Damian Lewis Berlin 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Damian Lewis]]]]
[[File:Susi Susanti.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Susi Susanti]]]]
[[File:Alex Borstein by Gage Skidmore 4 (retouched).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Alex Borstein]]]]
[[File:Denise Richards 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Denise Richards]]]]
[[File:Sean Astin (27506939735) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sean Astin]]]]
* [[February 1]]
** [[Michael C. Hall]], American actor
** [[Adriana Lessa]], Brazilian actress
** [[Zlatko Zahovič]], Slovenian footballer
** [[Hynden Walch]], American voice actress
* [[February 3]] – [[Sarah Kane]], English playwright (d. [[1999]])<ref>Mark Ravenhill [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-sarah-kane-1072624.html Obituary: Sarah Kane], ''The Independent'', 23 February 1999</ref>
* [[February 4]]
** [[Fatmir Limaj]], Albanian politician<ref>{{cite book|title=United States Congressional Serial Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ClA-AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA4-PA9|year=2004|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=4}}</ref>
** [[Rob Corddry]], American actor and comedian
* [[February 5]] – [[Sara Evans]], American country music singer
* [[February 8]] – [[Andrus Veerpalu]], Estonian cross-country skier<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/andrus-veerpalu| title=Andrus Veerpalu|website=IOC|access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[February 10]]
** [[Lorena Rojas]], Mexican actress (d. [[2015]])
** [[Lisa Marie Varon]], American professional wrestler
* [[February 11]]
** [[Damian Lewis]], English actor and producer<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA125|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=125}}</ref>
** [[Susi Susanti]], Indonesian badminton player
* [[February 13]] – [[Mats Sundin]], Swedish ice hockey player
* [[February 14]]
** [[Kris Aquino]], Filipina actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rappler.com/entertainment/kris-aquino-birthday-surprise-josh-bimby|title=Kris Aquino gets a birthday surprise from her sons|date=February 14, 2018|website=rappler|access-date=21 September 2020}}</ref>
** [[Tommy Dreamer]], American professional wrestler
** [[Viscera (wrestler)|Viscera]], American professional wrestler (d. [[2014]])
** [[Noriko Sakai]], Japanese singer and actress
* [[February 15]]
** [[Alex Borstein]], American actress, voice artist, producer and screenwriter
** [[Renee O'Connor]], American actress
* [[February 16]]
** [[Jack Rose (guitarist)|Jack Rose]], American guitarist (d. [[2009]])
** [[Amanda Holden]], British actress
* [[February 17]] – [[Denise Richards]], American actress
* [[February 18]] – [[Thomas Bjørn]], Danish golfer
** [[Hiep Thi Le]], Vietnamese-American actress and restaurateur (d. [[2017]])
* [[February 19]]
** [[Gil Shaham]], Israeli/American violinist<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopedia Britannica|title=Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kbmPiWGOi98C|year=2003|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-59339-073-0|page=107}}</ref>
** [[Jeff Kinney]], American author
* [[February 20]]
** [[Calpernia Addams]], American actress
** [[Jari Litmanen]], Finnish footballer
** [[Joost van der Westhuizen]], South African rugby football player (d. [[2017]])
* [[February 22]]
** [[Lisa Fernandez]], American softball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lisa Fernandez |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1372 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=Olympedia}}</ref>
** [[Lea Salonga]], Filipino singer and actress
* [[February 23]] – [[Angela Alsobrooks]], US Senator 
* [[February 24]]
** [[Pedro de la Rosa]], Spanish [[Formula One]] driver
** [[Gillian Flynn]], American author, comic book writer, and screenwriter
* [[February 25]]
** [[Sean Astin]], American actor, voice actor, director, and producer<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA146|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=146}}</ref>
** [[Nova Peris]], Australian athlete and politician<ref>{{cite book|author=Joanne Crawford|title=Australian Aboriginal Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OIlVy6TjAPgC&pg=PA23|year=2003|publisher=R.I.C. Publications|isbn=978-1-86311-809-5|pages=24}}</ref>
** [[Daniel Powter]], Canadian rock musician
* [[February 26]]
** [[Erykah Badu]], American singer-songwriter and record producer
** [[Max Martin]], Swedish music producer and songwriter
* [[February 27]]
** [[David Rikl]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=David Rikl |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/R203/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref>
** [[Rozonda Thomas]], African-American singer

===March===
[[File:Jon Hamm at PaleyFest 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jon Hamm]]]]
[[File:Johnny-Knoxville.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Johnny Knoxville]]]]
[[File:Method Man at Shattuck Down Low.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Method Man]]]]
[[File:Keegan-Michael_Key_(49550965587)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Keegan-Michael Key]]]]
[[File:Ewan_McGregor_Cannes_2012.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ewan McGregor]]]]
* [[March 1]]
** [[Allen Johnson]], American Olympic athlete<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Allen Johnson |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78609 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
** [[Ma Dong-seok]], Korean American actor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2016/11/18/story_n_13069352.html|title=마동석-예정화, 3개월째 교제중이다|date=18 November 2016|website=허프포스트코리아|language=ko|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=September 11, 2020|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914045701/https://www.huffingtonpost.kr/2016/11/18/story_n_13069352.html/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[March 2]]
** [[Method Man]], American rapper, record producer, and actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/03/happy-birthday-method-man/|title=Happy Birthday, Method Man! - XXL|website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]]|first=Sidney|last=Madden|date=April 1, 2016|access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref>
** [[Karel Rada]], Czech footballer
* [[March 4]] – [[Jovan Stanković]], Serbian footballer
* [[March 5]] – [[Yuri Lowenthal]], American actor, producer and screenwriter
* [[March 6]] – [[Val Venis]], Canadian professional wrestler
* [[March 7]]
** [[Tal Banin]], Israeli footballer and manager<ref>Bob Wechsler (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&dq=Tal+Banin+march+7+1971&pg=PA67 ''Day by Day in Jewish Sports History'']</ref>
** [[Peter Sarsgaard]], American actor
* [[March 9]] – [[Diego Torres (singer)|Diego Torres]], Argentine singer
* [[March 10]] – [[Jon Hamm]], American actor, director and producer<ref>{{cite news|title=Monitor|newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=March 15, 2013|issue=1250|page=23}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] – [[Johnny Knoxville]], American actor, comedian, and stunt performer<ref name=filmr>{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhAIAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=W.H. Allen|isbn=978-1-903111-87-1}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] – [[Alan Tudyk]], American actor<ref>{{cite book|author=John Willis|title=Theatre World 1999-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IB5lAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=978-1-55783-477-5|page=240}}</ref>
* [[March 22]] – [[Karen McDougal]], American model and actress
** [[Iben Hjejle]], Danish actress<ref name=filmr/>
** [[Keegan-Michael Key]], American actor, writer, and comedian<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA185|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=185}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – [[Victoria Prentis]], British politician
* [[March 26]] – [[Rennae Stubbs]], Australian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Rennae Stubbs |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/190117/name |website=wtatennis.com}}</ref>
* [[March 27]]
** [[David Coulthard]], Scottish racing driver<ref>{{cite book|title=Formula 1 Yearbook 1998-99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKxfA8fuZVEC|year=1998|publisher=Dempsey Parr|isbn=978-1-84084-388-0|page=24}}</ref>
** [[Nathan Fillion]], Canadian actor<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-eFrAAAAQBAJ|date=4 October 2013|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-183091-1|page=192}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – [[Villem Lüüs]], Estonian draughts player and World Draughts Federation master (d. 2020)
* [[March 30]] – [[Mark Consuelos]], American actor
* [[March 31]]
** [[Pavel Bure]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web|title = Pavel Bure, NHL.com - Players|url = http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8455738|website = nhl.com|access-date = December 6, 2015|url-status = live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151121102922/http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8455738|archive-date = November 21, 2015}}</ref>
** [[Ewan McGregor]], Scottish actor

===April===
[[File:Shannen Doherty.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shannen Doherty]]]]
[[File:David Tennant (48601852746).jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Tennant]]]]
* [[April 1]]
** [[Jessica Collins]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author1=Nancy E. Rout|author2=Ellen Buckley|title=The Soap Opera Book: Who's Who in Daytime Drama|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzQlimPTTEMC|year=1992|publisher=Todd Publications|isbn=978-0-915344-23-9|page=60}}</ref>
** [[Daniel Vacek]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel Vacek |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/V141/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref>
* [[April 2]]
** [[Francisco Arce]], Paraguayan footballer
** [[Todd Woodbridge]], Australian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/W136/overview|title=Todd Woodbridge Overview|website=ATP|access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
* [[April 3]]
** [[Shireen Abu Akleh]], Palestinian/American journalist (d. [[2022]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/shireen-abu-akleh-al-jazeera-journalist-shot-dead-by-israeli-troops-in-cold-blood-hlpwgmv73|title=Shireen Abu Akleh: reporter shot dead by sniper as Israel raids refugee camp|first=Anchal|last=Vohra|date=June 5, 2023 |via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref>
* [[April 5]] – [[Haifa El Aissami]], Venezuelan lawyer<ref>{{Cite news |title=Aissami Madah Haifa - Edo. Miranda - Venezuela |website=dateas.com |language=es |url=https://www.dateas.com/es/persona_venezuela/aissami-madah-haifa-10301300 |access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref>
** [[Picabo Street]], American skier<ref>{{cite book|title=Skiing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XZDLn5rvnioC&pg=PA134|date=November 1995|pages=134}}</ref>
* [[April 7]] – [[Guillaume Depardieu]], French actor (d. [[2008]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Chutkow|title=Depardieu: A Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ukkcAQAAIAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Knopf|isbn=978-0-679-40943-4|page=191}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – [[Kim Byung-ji]], South Korean goalkeeper
* [[April 9]] – [[Jacques Villeneuve]], Canadian 1997 [[Formula 1]] world champion, 1995 Indy 500 and series champion.<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Hilton|title=Jacques Villeneuve: In His Own Right|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_27Ho16PLLYC|year=1996|publisher=Patrick Stephens|isbn=978-1-85260-557-5|page=13}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – [[Nana Smith]], American born-Japanese tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nana Smith Rogers |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/130137/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] 
** [[Oliver Riedel]], German musician ([[Rammstein]])
** [[Scott Dianda]], American politician and former member of the [[Michigan House of Representatives]] from 2013 to 2019
* [[April 12]]
** [[Shannen Doherty]], American actress (d. [[2024]])<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McClendon |first1=Pat Saperstein,Lamarco |last2=Saperstein |first2=Pat |last3=McClendon |first3=Lamarco |date=2024-07-14 |title=Shannen Doherty, 'Beverly Hills 90210' and 'Charmed' Star, Dies at 53 |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/shannen-doherty-beverly-hills-90210-star-dies-53-1236071496/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
** [[Eyal Golan]], Israeli singer
* [[April 14]] – [[Miguel Calero]], Colombian footballer (d. [[2012]])
* [[April 16]]
** [[Moses Chan]], Hong Kong actor
** [[Selena]], American singer (d. [[1995]])
** [[Natasha Zvereva]], Belarusian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Natasha Zvereva |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/260013/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[April 17]] – [[José Francisco Cevallos]], Ecuadorian footballer
* [[April 18]] – [[David Tennant]], Scottish actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Nigel Goodall|title=A Life in Time and Space - The Biography of David Tennant |date=June 10, 2014 |publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited | isbn=978-1459681439}}</ref>
* [[April 20]] – [[Carla Geurts]], Dutch swimmer
* [[April 23]] – [[D.B. Weiss]], American television producer and writer, and novelist
* [[April 24]] – [[Alejandro Fernández]], Mexican singer<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Burr, Ramiro|title=Heir Apparent|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44|date=7 July 2007|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=44}}</ref>
* [[April 28]]
** [[Markus Beyer]], German Olympic boxer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Bridget Moynahan]], American actress
* [[April 29]]
** [[Leonid Kudayev]], former Russian professional football player
** [[Darby Stanchfield]], American actress
* [[April 30]] – [[John Boyne]], Irish novelist

===May===
[[File:Sofia Coppola Cannes 2013.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sofia Coppola]]]]
[[File:Koningin-maxima-okt-15-s.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Queen Máxima of the Netherlands]]]]
[[File:Matt Stone by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Matt Stone]]]]
[[File:Osborne 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Osborne]]]]
[[File:Paul Bettany (48469131797) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Paul Bettany]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Ajith Kumar]], Indian film actor<ref>{{cite news|title=Ajith celebrating his 41st birthday|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Ajith-celebrating-his-41st-birthday/etarticleshow/12947966.cms|access-date=27 August 2012|date=1 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518165318/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-01/news-interviews/31526182_1_billa-thala-ajith-chakri-toleti|archive-date=18 May 2013|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 6]] – [[Yolanda Díaz]], Spanish politician and lawyer
* [[May 7]] – [[Serhii Gordiienko]], Ukrainian boxing trainer
* [[May 10]] – [[Kim Jong-nam]], eldest son of North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-il]] (d. [[2017]])
* [[May 14]] – [[Sofia Coppola]], American filmmaker
* [[May 17]] – [[Queen Máxima of the Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Orange Is Everywhere As Netherlands Welcomes A New King |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/30/180013890/orange-is-everywhere-as-dutch-welcome-new-king?t=1625576104688 |newspaper=NPR |date = April 30, 2013|access-date=6 July 2021 |language=en|last1 = Memmott|first1 = Mark}}</ref>
* [[May 18]] – [[Brad Friedel]], American soccer player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brad Friedel |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=13615 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – [[Tony Stewart]], American stock car racing driver and team owner
* [[May 21]] – [[Aditya Chopra]], Indian film director, producer and distributor
* [[May 23]] – [[George Osborne]], British politician
* [[May 25]] – [[Kristina Orbakaitė]], Lithuanian-Russian singer and actress
* [[May 26]] – [[Matt Stone]], American actor, animator, writer, producer, and composer<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/05/26/UPI-Almanac-for-Tuesday-May-26-2020/8311589816609/|title= UPI Almanac for Tuesday, May 26, 2020|work= [[United Press International]] | date= May 26, 2020|access-date=June 10, 2020 | archive-date= June 11, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200611014223/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/05/26/UPI-Almanac-for-Tuesday-May-26-2020/8311589816609/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 27]]
** [[Paul Bettany]], British actor<ref>{{cite book|title=Film Review: Special|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5RZAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Visual Imagination Limited|pages=41–43}}</ref>
** [[Lisa Lopes]], African-American rapper ([[TLC (band)|TLC]]) (d. [[2002]])
* [[May 28]]
** [[Ekaterina Gordeeva]], Russian Ice dancer
** [[Marco Rubio]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=RUBIO, Marco |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/R000595 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
* [[May 30]] 
** [[Idina Menzel]], American singer, songwriter and actress
** [[John Ross Bowie]], American actor and comedian

===June===
[[File:Joseph Kabila April 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joseph Kabila]]]]
[[File:Mark Wahlberg 2021.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mark Wahlberg]]]]
[[File:Bobby Jindal August 2015.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Bobby Jindal]]]]
[[File:Tupac's passport headshot.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tupac Shakur]]]]
[[File:Elon Musk Royal Society (crop2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Elon Musk]]]]
* [[June 1]] – [[Mario Cimarro]], Cuban actor and singer
* [[June 3]] – [[Luigi Di Biagio]], Italian footballer
* [[June 4]]
** [[Joseph Kabila]], 4th [[List of heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
** [[Noah Wyle]], American actor
* [[June 5]]
** [[Susan Lynch]], Northern Irish actress
** [[Mark Wahlberg]], American actor, producer, businessman, model and rapper
* [[June 8]] – [[Jeff Douglas]], Canadian actor
* [[June 10]]
** [[Bobby Jindal]], American politician
** [[Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría]], Deputy Prime Minister of Spain<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41788406|title=Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría - Madrid's enforcer for Catalonia|date=27 October 2017|website=BBC World News|access-date=22 September 2020}}</ref>
* [[June 12]] – [[Mark Henry]], American professional wrestler, Olympian
* [[June 16]] – [[Tupac Shakur]], African-American rapper and actor (d. [[1996]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Paul Finkelman|title=Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-First Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vy4OAQAAMAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-516779-5|page=301}}</ref>
* [[June 17]] – [[Paulina Rubio]], Mexican singer
* [[June 18]] – [[Jen Kiggans]], American politician and nurse<ref>{{cite web |title=KIGGANS, Jennifer |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/K000399 |website=bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] – [[Josh Lucas]], American actor
* [[June 21]] – [[Anette Olzon]], Swedish singer ([[Nightwish]], [[Alyson Avenue]])
* [[June 22]] – [[Kurt Warner]], American football player<ref>{{cite book|author=A. R. Schaefer|title=Kurt Warner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MfLMuO_lWPkC&pg=PA11|date=July 2002|publisher=Capstone|isbn=978-0-7368-1295-5|pages=11}}</ref>
* [[June 24]]
** [[Thomas Helveg]], Danish footballer
** [[Ji Jin-hee]], South Korean actor
* [[June 25]]
** [[Angela Kinsey]], American actress
** [[Neil Lennon]], Northern Irish footballer and manager
* [[June 26]] – [[Max Biaggi]], Italian motorcycle racer
* [[June 27]]
** King [[Dipendra of Nepal]] (d. [[2001]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Yuba Raj Singh Karki|title=Nepal Almanac: A Book of Facts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBFuAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Y.R.S. Karki|page=28}}</ref>
** [[Serginho (footballer, born 1971)|Serginho]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Serginho |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/serginho_prs179201/person.shtml |website=eurosport.com}}</ref>
* [[June 28]]
** [[Fabien Barthez]], French racing driver and football player
** [[Kenny Cunningham]], Irish football player
** [[Elon Musk]], South African-born, American entrepreneur and investor<ref>{{cite web |title=Elon Musk {{!}} Biography, SpaceX, Tesla, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elon-Musk |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Aileen Quinn]], American actress
* [[June 29]] – [[Nawal El Zoghbi]], Lebanese singer
* [[June 30]] – [[Monica Potter]], American actress

===July===
[[File:Missy Elliot.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Missy Elliott]]]]
[[File:RUEDA DE PRENSA CONJUNTA ENTRE CANCILLER RICARDO PATIÑO Y JULIAN ASSANGE (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Julian Assange]]]]
[[File:MF Doom - Hultsfred 2011 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[MF Doom]]]]
[[File:Corey Feldman at Vicki Abelson's Women Who Write (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Corey Feldman]]]]
[[File:Sukhwinder Singh (singer).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sukhwinder Singh]]]]
[[File:Sano.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sandra Oh]]]]
[[File:Charlotte Gainsbourg-5647 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Charlotte Gainsbourg]]]]
[[File:Mugshot of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 2004.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]]]]
* [[July 1]]
** [[Julianne Nicholson]], American actress
** [[Amira Casar]], French actress
** [[Missy Elliott]], African-American rapper and singer-songwriter
* [[July 3]]
** [[Julian Assange]], Australian activist<ref>{{cite book|author=Chase's Calendar of Events|title=Chases Calendar of Events, 2012 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MPIyHo-BWPkC|date=15 September 2011|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-176672-2|page=344}}</ref>
** [[Benedict Wong]], English actor
* [[July 7]] – [[Christian Camargo]], American actor, producer, writer and director
* [[July 8]]
** [[Marc Andreessen]], American software developer
** [[Marcel Blaguet Ledjou]], Ivorian Chairman of the Africa Scout Committee
** [[Scott Grimes]], American actor
** [[John Juanda]], Indonesian-American professional poker player
* [[July 11]]
** [[Brett Hauer]], American ice hockey player
** [[Park Hyuk-kwon]], South Korean actor
* [[July 12]] – [[Kristi Yamaguchi]], American figure skater
* [[July 13]] – [[MF Doom]], British rapper (d. [[2020]])<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-22|title=Untangling MF DOOM's Lifelong Struggle With the U.S. Immigration System|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/untangling-mf-dooms-lifelong-struggle-with-the-us-immigration-system/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=Pitchfork|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[July 14]]
** [[Howard Webb]], English football referee<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/RefereeProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10794~628215%2C00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417072957/http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/page/RefereeProfilesDetail/0%2C%2C10794~628215%2C00.html |archive-date=17 April 2008|title=Birthdate and biographical detail|publisher= [[Football League]] |access-date=18 March 2007}}</ref>
* [[July 16]] – [[Corey Feldman]], American actor
* [[July 17]]
** [[Cory Doctorow]], Canadian author and activist<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-07-17|title=Literary Birthday - 17 July - Cory Doctorow|url=https://www.writerswrite.co.za/literary-birthday-17-july-cory-doctorow/|access-date=2020-10-22|website=Writers Write|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024062750/https://www.writerswrite.co.za/literary-birthday-17-july-cory-doctorow/|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[Benjamin Herrmann]], German film producer and distributor
* [[July 18]]
** [[Penny Hardaway]], American basketball player<ref>{{basketballstats|bbr=h/hardaan01}}</ref>
** [[Sukhwinder Singh]], Indian playback singer
* [[July 19]] – [[Vitali Klitschko]], Ukrainian boxer and politician
* [[July 20]] – [[Sandra Oh]], Korean actress
* [[July 21]] – [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]], French actress and singer-songwriter
* [[July 22]] – [[Kristine Lilly]], American soccer player
* [[July 23]]
** [[Ahmed Ezz (actor)|Ahmed Ezz]], Egyptian actor
** [[Alison Krauss]], American country singer<ref>{{cite book|author=Country Music Magazine|title=The Comprehensive Country Music Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bi_aAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Times Books|page=203|isbn=9780812922479}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] – [[Khaled Mahmud]], Bangladeshi cricketer
* [[July 28]] – [[Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi]], Iraqi Islamic extremist leader (d. [[2019]])
* [[July 30]] – [[Mzukisi Sikali]], South African triple world champion boxer (d. [[2005]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/africa-travel/south-africa/cape-town/mzukisi-sikali-fvgr65lhzz8|title=Mzukisi Sikali|date=15 October 2005|website=[[The Times]]|access-date=22 September 2020}}</ref>

===August===
[[File:Jeff gordon (47223209121).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jeff Gordon]]]]
[[File:Roy keane 2014.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Roy Keane]]]]
[[File:Richard Armitage 2014 WonderCon (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Richard Armitage (actor)|Richard Armitage]]]]
[[File:Pete Sampras (2008) 1, cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Pete Sampras]]]]
[[File:ThaliaSodi cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Thalía]]]]
* [[August 1]] – [[Juan Camilo Mouriño]], Mexican politician (d. [[2008]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://topnews.in/mexican-presidents-righthand-man-dies-37-crash-284009|title=Mexican president's right-hand man dies at 37 in crash|date=5 November 2008|website=TopNews|access-date=22 September 2020}}</ref>
* [[August 4]]
** [[Jeff Gordon]], American race car driver
** [[Yo-Yo (rapper)|Yo-Yo]], African-American rapper
* [[August 5]] – [[Valdis Dombrovskis]], Latvian Prime Minister and European Commissioner<ref>{{cite book|author=IBP USA|title=Latvia Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRNjCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA68|date=3 March 2012|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-4387-7481-7|pages=68}}</ref>
* [[August 9]] – [[James Kim]], American television personality and technology analyst (d. [[2006]])
* [[August 10]]
** [[Fábio Assunção]], Brazilian actor
** [[Roy Keane]], Irish footballer and manager
** [[Mario César Kindelán Mesa]], Cuban amateur boxer
** [[Justin Theroux]], American actor
* [[August 12]]
** [[Yvette Nicole Brown]], African-American actress and comedian
** [[Michael Ian Black]], American actor and comedian
** [[Pete Sampras]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5aFyDLBIjJ8C&pg=PA1972|date=14 February 2006|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-94858-5|pages=1972}}</ref>
* [[August 13]]
** [[Moritz Bleibtreu]], German actor
** [[Heike Makatsch]], German actress
* [[August 14]] – [[Peter Franzén]], Finnish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Franzén - Discogs |website=[[Discogs]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1967069-Peter-Franz%C3%A9n |access-date=14 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] – [[Jorge Posada]], Puerto Rican baseball player
* [[August 18]] – [[Aphex Twin]], Irish-born British electronic musician
* [[August 19]] – [[Mary Joe Fernández]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Joe Fernandez |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/60016/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
* [[August 20]]
** [[Helen Grace]], English actress
** [[Ke Huy Quan]], Vietnamese actor
** [[David Walliams]], British actor, author and comedian
* [[August 21]] – [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]], Australian rules footballer
* [[August 22]]
** [[Richard Armitage (actor)|Richard Armitage]], English actor
** [[Benoît Violier]], French born-Swiss chef (d. [[2016]])
* [[August 23]] – [[Gretchen Whitmer]], American politician and 49th Governor of Michigan<ref>{{cite web |title=Gretchen Whitmer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gretchen-Whitmer |website=britannica.com |date=May 22, 2023 |publisher=Britannica}}</ref>
* [[August 25]] – [[Ayumi Miyazaki]], Japanese singer
* [[August 26]] – [[Thalía]], Mexican actress and singer
* [[August 27]] – [[Julian Cheung]], Hong Kong actor and singer
* [[August 28]] – [[Janet Evans]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/janet-evans|title=Janet Evans - Olympic swimmer|website=olympic.org|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>
* [[August 29]] – [[Carla Gugino]], American actress
* [[August 31]]
** [[Pádraig Harrington]], Irish golfer
** [[Kinga Preis]], Polish actress
** [[Chris Tucker]], African-American actor and comedian
** [[Alicia Villarreal]], Mexican singer and songwriter

===September===
[[File:David Arquette 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[David Arquette]]]]
[[File:Martin Freeman-5341.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Martin Freeman]]]]
[[File:Amy Poehler (8894155873) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Amy Poehler]]]]
[[File:Lance Armstrong (Tour Down Under 2009).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Lance Armstrong]]]]
[[File:Jada_Pinkett_Smith_at_NY_PaleyFest_2014_for_Gotham.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jada Pinkett Smith]]]]
* [[September 1]]
** [[Hakan Şükür]], Turkish footballer
** [[Dave Wittenberg]], South African-born American voice actor
* [[September 2]]
** [[Kjetil André Aamodt]], Norwegian alpine skier
** [[César Sánchez]], Spanish footballer
* [[September 4]]
** [[Mark Knowles]], Bahamian tennis player<ref>{{cite news |title=Mark Knowles |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K171/overview |newspaper=Atp Tour |publisher=Association of Tennis Professionals}}</ref>
** [[Anita Yuen]], Hong Kong actress
* [[September 5]] – [[Kevin McAleenan]], American government official, former [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security]]
* [[September 6]] – [[Dolores O'Riordan]], Irish singer ([[The Cranberries]]) (d. [[2018]])
* [[September 7]]
** [[Shane Mosley]], African-American professional boxer
** [[Briana Scurry]], American soccer player
* [[September 8]]
** [[David Arquette]], American actor, professional wrestler, film director, producer, screenwriter and fashion designer
** [[Martin Freeman]], English actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Freeman |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbc3ea006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530033210/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bbc3ea006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2017 |website=BFI |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] 
** [[Sofía Cid]], Chilean politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorable Cámara de Diputadas y Diputados |url=https://www.camara.cl/diputados/detalle/biografia.aspx?prmId=1022 |access-date=2024-11-27 |website=www.camara.cl |language=es-CL}}</ref>
** [[Henry Thomas]], American actor
* [[September 11]] – [[Alessandra Rosaldo]], Mexican actress, singer and dancer
* [[September 13]]
** [[Goran Ivanišević]], Croatian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Goran Ivanisevic |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/I034/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref>
** [[Stella McCartney]], British fashion designer, daughter of [[Paul McCartney]]
* [[September 14]] – [[Andre Matos|André Matos]], Brazilian singer (d. [[2019]])
* [[September 15]] – [[Josh Charles]], American actor
* [[September 16]] – [[Amy Poehler]], American actress
* [[September 17]]
** [[Edílson]], Brazilian footballer
** [[Adriana Sklenarikova]], Slovak fashion model and actress
**  [[Jens Voigt]], German cyclist
* [[September 18]]
** [[Lance Armstrong]], American cyclist
** [[Anna Netrebko]], Russian operatic soprano
** [[Jada Pinkett Smith]], African-American actress, singer, and songwriter
* [[September 19]] – [[Sanaa Lathan]], African-American actress<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&q=Sanaa+Lathan++%22september+19%22&pg=PA197|title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television|author= McCann, Bob |access-date=May 5, 2017 |year=2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786458042}}</ref>
* [[September 20]]
** [[Henrik Larsson]], Swedish footballer and manager
** [[Judith Uitermark]], Dutch judge and politician
* [[September 21]]
** [[Alfonso Ribeiro]], American actor, television director, dancer and TV presenter
** [[Luke Wilson]], American actor
* [[September 23]] – [[Lee Mi-yeon]], South Korean actress
* [[September 27]] – [[Horacio Sandoval]], Mexican artist
* [[September 29]]
** [[Onyeka Ibe]], Nigerian-born American painter<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://harbourgallery.com/2017/onyeka-ibe/|title=Onyeka Ibe (1971 –) – Harbour Gallery}}</ref>
** [[Sibel Tüzün]], Turkish pop/rock/jazz singer
* [[September 30]]
** [[Jenna Elfman]], American actress
** [[Fabiola Zavarce]], Venezuelan activist<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poderopedia |title=Fabiola Zavarce |url=https://poderopediave.org/persona/fabiola-zavarce/ |access-date=2021-08-08 |website=Poderopedia Venezuela |language=es}}</ref>

===October===
[[File:Kevin Richardson on tour.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin Richardson (musician)|Kevin Richardson]]]]
[[File:Premios Goya 2018 - Emily Mortimer (cropped) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Emily Mortimer]]]]
[[File:Sacha Baron Cohen, 2011.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Sacha Baron Cohen]]]]
[[File:Snoop Dogg 2019 by Glenn Francis.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Snoop Dogg]]]]
[[File:Winona Ryder 2010 TIFF.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Winona Ryder]]]]
* [[October 1]] – [[Gigi Lai]], Hong Kong actress and singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Gigi Lai Chi |url=https://www.hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=5965&display_set=eng |publisher=Hong Kong Movie Database}}</ref>
* [[October 2]]
** [[Tiffany Darwish]], American singer
** [[Jim Root]], American guitarist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], ex-[[Stone Sour]])
* [[October 3]] – [[Kevin Richardson (musician)|Kevin Richardson]], American pop singer
* [[October 4]] – [[Ridwan Kamil]], Indonesian architect, politician and current governor of West Java
* [[October 6]] – [[Emily Mortimer]], English actress and screenwriter
* [[October 7]]
** [[Yelena Shevchenko (gymnast)|Yelena Shevchenko]], Soviet gymnast
** [[Melinda Schneider]], Australian singer and songwriter
* [[October 8]] – [[Mayrín Villanueva]], Mexican actress and model
* [[October 10]] – [[Evgeny Kissin]], Russian pianist<ref name="Schick1997">{{cite book|author=Elizabeth A. Schick|title=Current Biography Yearbook: 1997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dVs4gz50FEC|date=October 1997|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-0938-4|page=264}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] – [[Aman Verma (actor)|Aman Verma]], Indian television anchor and actor
* [[October 12]] – [[Đàm Vĩnh Hưng]], Vietnamese singer
* [[October 13]]
** [[Sacha Baron Cohen]], English comedian and actor
** [[Pyrros Dimas]], Greek weightlifter
* [[October 14]] – [[Jorge Costa (footballer)|Jorge Costa]], Portuguese footballer
* [[October 15]] – [[Niko Kovač]], German-Croatian football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=General Information about the player Niko Kovač |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/1730/Niko_Kovac.html |website=national-football-teams.com}}</ref>
* [[October 17]] – [[Andy Whitfield]], Welsh actor and model (d. [[2011]])
* [[October 18]]
** [[Yoo Sang-chul]], South Korean footballer and manager (d. [[2021]])
** [[Stavros V. Kyriakides]], Cypriot businessman and Cultural Manager
* [[October 20]]
** [[Snoop Dogg]], African-American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, media personality, entrepreneur, and actor
** [[Dannii Minogue]], Australian singer
* [[October 21]] – [[Ted Budd]], American politician<ref>{{cite web |title=BUDD, Theodore Paul |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001305 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}}</ref>
* [[October 22]]
** [[Amanda Coetzer]], South African tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Amanda Coetzer |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/30037/name |website=wtatennis.com |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
** [[Jennifer Lee (filmmaker)|Jennifer Lee]], American screenwriter, director, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios
* [[October 23]] – [[Bohuslav Sobotka]], 11th [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]]
* [[October 24]]
** [[Caprice Bourret]], American model and actress
** [[Gustavo Jorge]], Argentina rugby union player
** [[Diane Guthrie-Gresham]], Jamaican track and field athletes
* [[October 25]]
** [[Athena Chu]], Hong Kong actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/983308/sitting-pretty |title=Sitting pretty |newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=30 October 2011|access-date=2016-07-24}}</ref>
** [[Midori (violinist)|Midori Gotō]], Japanese violinist<ref>{{cite book|author=Irene Earls|title=Young Musicians in World History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0X1xlWw29ygC&pg=PA93|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31442-1|pages=93}}</ref>
** [[Pedro Martínez]], Dominican baseball player
** [[Craig Robinson (actor)|Craig Robinson]], African-American actor, comedian and singer
* [[October 26]] – [[Anthony Rapp]], American actor and singer
* [[October 29]]
** [[Chiara Badano]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] religious teenager and blessed (d. [[1990]])
** [[Matthew Hayden]], Australian cricketer
** [[Ma Huateng]], Chinese business magnate, founder of TenCent
** [[Winona Ryder]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Valerie Menard|title=Winona Ryder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cgIvzkR8sk4C|date=October 2000|publisher=M. Lane|isbn=978-1-58415-039-8}}</ref>

===November===
[[File:Tabu at Esha Deol's wedding reception 08.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]]]]
[[File:Joel McHale 2014 Comic Con (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Joel McHale]]]]
[[File:Chris Hardwick Streamys (cropped, remove logo).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Chris Hardwick]]]]
[[File:Christina Applegate 2014 Comic Con (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Christina Applegate]]]]
* [[November 3]] – [[Unai Emery]], Spanish football coach
* [[November 4]] – [[Tabu (actress)|Tabu]], Indian actress
** [[Marco Büchel]] – Swiss-born Liechtenstein retired alpine ski racer
* [[November 5]] – [[Jonny Greenwood]], English musician and composer
* [[November 6]] – [[Laura Flessel-Colovic]], French fencer and politician<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/laura-flessel-colovic|title=Laura Flessel-Colovic|website=IOC|access-date=17 December 2020}}</ref>
* [[November 7]] – [[Rituparna Sengupta]], Indian actress
** [[Martin Björk]], Swedish television presenter
* [[November 8]] – [[Tech N9ne]], American rapper
* [[November 9]] – [[Melinda Kinnaman]], Swedish-born American actress
* [[November 10]]
** [[Big Pun]], American/Latin rapper (d. [[2000]])
** [[Fahri Hamzah]], Indonesian politician<ref>{{cite news|title=Fahri Hamzah|url=https://profil.merdeka.com/indonesia/f/fahri-hamzah/|language=id|access-date=31 August 2017|agency=Merdeka}}</ref>
** [[Niki Karimi]], Iranian actress and movie director
** [[Mario Abdo Benítez]], President of Paraguay
* [[November 12]]
** [[Yasuo Aiuchi]], Japanese snowboarder
** [[Chen Guangcheng]], Chinese civil rights activist
* [[November 13]] – [[Ulla Pirttijärvi-Länsman]], Finnish joik singer
** [[Tommi Ahvala]], Finnish motorcyclist
* [[November 14]] – [[Adam Gilchrist]], Australian cricketer
* [[November 15]] – [[Delsa Solórzano]], Venezuelan lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.secretariagrulacuip.org/web/attachments/article/134/D.Solorzano%20Venezuela.pdf#page=4| title = Secretaría del Grupo Geopolítico de América Latina y del Caribe ante la Unión Interparlamentaria: Currículo de Delsa Solórzano}}</ref>
* [[November 16]]
** [[Justine Clarke]], Australian actress
** [[Alexander Popov (swimmer)|Alexander Popov]], Russian swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/alexander-popov|title=Alexander Popov|website=IOC|access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref>
* [[November 18]] – [[Özlem Tekin]], Turkish singer
* [[November 20]]
** [[Dion Nash]], New Zealand cricket captain<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/dion-nash-15-facts-about-the-former-new-zealand-skipper-510220|title=15 facts about the former New Zealand skipper|date=November 19, 2017|author=Chinmay Jawalekar|website=Cricket Country|access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
** [[Joel McHale]], Italian-born American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and television host
* [[November 22]] – [[Cecilia Suárez]], Mexican actress and activist
* [[November 23]] – [[Chris Hardwick]], American actor, comedian, and television host
* [[November 25]] – [[Christina Applegate]], American actress
* [[November 27]] – [[Albert Demchenko]], Russian luger
** [[Beat Bösch]] – Swiss Paralympic athlete
* [[November 28]] – [[Fenriz]], Norwegian musician
* [[November 30]]
** [[Jessalyn Gilsig]], Canadian actress
** [[Kristi Noem]], American politician<ref>{{Bioguide|title=NOEM, Kristi|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/N000184}}</ref>
** [[Markus Hauser]], Swiss musician

===December===
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[[File:Ricky Martin Golden Globe Awards 2018.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ricky Martin]]]]
[[File:Justin Trudeau of Canada at 2023 North American Leaders’ Summit (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Justin Trudeau]]]]
[[File:Jared Leto, San Diego Comic Con 2016 (2) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jared Leto]]]]
* [[December 2]] – [[Francesco Toldo]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Francesco Toldo |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/francesco-toldo/ |website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>
* [[December 3]] – [[Frank Sinclair]], Jamaican footballer
* [[December 5]]
** [[Katherine Haringhton]], Venezuelan lawyer<ref name="USTreas9Mar2015">{{cite web|date=9 March 2015|title=Issuance of a new Venezuela-related Executive Order; Venezuela-related Designations|url=https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/OFAC-Enforcement/Pages/20150309.aspx|access-date=2 April 2019|publisher=U.S. Department of the Treasury}}</ref>
** [[Kali Rocha]], American actress
* [[December 6]]
** [[Richard Krajicek]], Dutch tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/K214/overview|title=Richard Krajicek|website=ATP|access-date=8 September 2020}}</ref>
** [[Ryan White]], American AIDS activist (d. [[1990]])
** [[Craig Brewer]], American film director
* [[December 7]]
** [[Vladimir Akopian]], Armenian chess player
** [[Larisa Alexandrovna]], Ukrainian-American feminist
* [[December 11]] – [[Erkan Petekkaya]], Turkish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Turkish Actor Erkan Petekkaya — A Striking Biography |url=https://www.doyouknowturkey.com/turkish-actor-erkan-petekkaya-a-striking-biography/ |website=doyouknowturkey.com|date=March 26, 2020 }}</ref>
* [[December 12]]
** [[Sammy Korir]], Kenyan long-distance runner
** [[Alireza Mansourian]], Iranian footballer
* [[December 13]] – [[Sakis Arnaoutoglou]], Greek politician
* [[December 15]] – [[Necati Şaşmaz]], Turkish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Necati Şaşmaz a.k.a Polat Alemdar & Murad Alamdar |url=https://www.doyouknowturkey.com/necati-sasmaz-a-k-a-polat-alemdar-murad-alamdar/ |website=doyouknowturkey.com|date=February 4, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[December 16]]
** [[Scott Booth]], Scottish footballer
** [[Paul van Dyk]], German dance music DJ, musician and record producer<ref>{{cite book|last1=Krech|first1=Eva-Maria|last2=Stock|first2=Eberhard|last3=Hirschfeld|first3=Ursula|last4=Anders|first4=Lutz Christian|title=Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch|language=de|year=2009|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3-11-018202-6|pages=731 and 810}}</ref>
* [[December 17]]
** [[Alan Khan]], South African radio and TV presenter
** [[Antoine Rigaudeau]], French basketball player
** [[Artur Petrosyan]], Armenian footballer
* [[December 18]]
** [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]], Spanish tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/190008/arantxa-sanchez-vicario|title=Arantxa Sánchez Vicario|website=WTA|access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
** [[Li Yanxiu]], Taiwanese politician
* [[December 19]]
** [[Amy Locane]], American actress
** [[Figen Yüksekdağ]], Turkish politician
* [[December 21]] – [[Natalie Grant]], American singer and songwriter
* [[December 22]] – [[Khalid Khannouchi]], Moroccan long-distance runner
* [[December 23]] – [[Corey Haim]], Canadian actor (d. [[2010]])
* [[December 24]]
** [[Giorgos Alkaios]], Greek recording artist
** [[Ricky Martin]], Puerto Rican singer
* [[December 25]]
** [[Dido (singer)|Dido]], English singer
** [[Justin Trudeau]], 23rd [[Prime Minister of Canada]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Arthur Johnson|title=Margaret Trudeau|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9zNLAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=PaperJacks|isbn=978-0-7701-0059-9|page=210}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] – [[Jared Leto]], American actor and musician ([[Thirty Seconds to Mars]])
* [[December 27]] – [[Sergei Bodrov Jr.]], Russian actor (d. [[2002]])
* [[December 31]] – [[Brent Barry]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.nba.com/player/699/|title=Brent Barry|website=NBA|access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>

===Date unknown===
* [[Marcela Walerstein]], Venezuelan actress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-30 |title=Marcela Walerstein |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/peliculas-series/personas/marcela-walerstein-1074447 |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=[[La Vanguardia]]}}</ref>

==Deaths==
{{Further|Category:1971 deaths}}

{{BDToC|deaths|unknown=yes}}

===January===
[[Image:Coco Chanel, 1920.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Coco Chanel]]]]
[[File:Jacobo Arbenz Guzman (oficial).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Jacobo Árbenz]]]]
* [[January 3]] – [[Carlo Braga]], Filipino [[Roman Catholic]] priest, archbishop and servant of God (b. [[1889]])<ref>[https://www.sdb.org/en/Salesian_Holiness/Servants_of_God/Carlo_Braga Carlo Braga]</ref>
* [[January 4]] – [[Arthur Ford (psychic)|Arthur Ford]], American psychic spiritual medium and clairaudient (b. [[1896]])<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1971/01/05/archives/rev-arthur-a-ford-dead-at-75-medium-who-aided-bishop-pike.html Rev. Arthur A. Ford Dead at 75; Medium Who Aided Bishop Pike]</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Douglas Shearer]], Canadian film sound engineer (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 10]] – [[Coco Chanel]], French fashion designer (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Coco Chanel {{!}} Biography, Fashion, Designs, Perfume, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Coco-Chanel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 11]] – [[Hussein Al Oweini]], 18th [[Prime Minister of Lebanon]] (b. [[1900]])<ref>{{cite book|title=MEED.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gthHAAAAYAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Economic East Economic Digest, Limited|page=75}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] – [[John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey]], British admiral (b. [[1885]])
* [[January 14]] – [[Guillermo de Torre]], Spanish Dadaist author (b. [[1900]])
* [[January 15]] – [[John Dall]], American actor (b. [[1920]])
* [[January 17]] – [[Lothar Rendulic]], Austrian-born German general (b. [[1887]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Broncho Billy Anderson]], American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. [[1880]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Bill W.]], co-founder [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (b. [[1895]])<ref>"Bill W. of Alcoholics Anonymous Dies", by John W. Stevens, ''The New York Times'', January 26, 1971, p1</ref>
* [[January 25]] – [[Hermann Hoth]], German general (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book  |last=Hürter  |first=Johannes  |author-link=Johannes Hürter  |title=Hitlers Heerführer - Die deutschen Oberbefehlshaber im Krieg gegen die Sowjetunion 1941/42  |trans-title=Hitler's Army Leaders - The German Commanders-in-Chief in the War against the Soviet Union 1941/42  |language=de  |edition=2nd  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4dzoBQAAQBAJ |location=Munich, Germany  |publisher=[[Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag]]  |year=2007  |isbn=978-3-486-58341-0|page=634}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – [[Jacobo Árbenz]], 19th [[President of Guatemala]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[January 28]] – [[Donald Winnicott]], British psychoanalyst (b. [[1896]])

=== February ===
[[File:Kommunista politikusok a tribünön fortepan 79084 (profile-4).jpg|100px|thumb|[[Mátyás Rákosi]]]]
* [[February 1]] – [[Raoul Hausmann]], Austrian artist (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Patricia Rochard|title=100 Years of Art in Germany: 1885-1985 : Ingelheim Am Rhein, 28 April-30 June 1985|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WQHqAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=The City|page=34}}</ref>
* [[February 3]] – [[Jay C. Flippen]], American actor (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Allan R. Ellenberger|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA215|date=1 May 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5019-0|pages=215}}</ref>
* [[February 4]] – [[Brock Chisholm]], Canadian physician, 1st Director-General of [[World Health Organization]] (b. [[1896]])<ref>{{cite news| title = Dr. Brock Chisholm, Former W.H.O. Head, Dies| work = [[The New York Times]]| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/05/archives/dr-brock-chisholm-former-who-head-diesi-outspoken-psychiatrist-was.html| date = 5 February 1971| access-date = 19 November 2017}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – [[Mátyás Rákosi]], 43rd [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. [[1892]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Radio Free Europe Research: East Europe. Situation report. Hungary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_UcqAQAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Radio Free Europe|page=15}}</ref>
* [[February 6]] – [[Shigeru Fukudome]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1891]])
* [[February 12]] – [[James Cash Penney]], American businessman, founder of [[J. C. Penney]] (b. [[1875]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-C-Penney|title=J.C. Penney &#124; American businessman &#124; Britannica|website=www.britannica.com|date=February 8, 2024 }}</ref>
* [[February 17]] – [[Adolf A. Berle]], American lawyer, educator, author and diplomat (b. [[1895]])
* [[February 18]] – [[Jaime de Barros Câmara]], Brazilian archbishop (b. [[1894]])
* [[February 19]] – [[Ibrahim Mohammad Jahfar]], Bruneian politician (b. [[1902]])
* [[February 25]] – [[Theodor Svedberg]], Swedish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1884]])
* [[February 26]] – [[Fernandel]], French actor (b. [[1903]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fernandel Fernandel French actor]</ref>

=== March ===
[[File:Harold Lloyd - A Pictorial History of the Silent Screen.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Harold Lloyd]]]]
[[File:Arne Jacobsen photo.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Arne Jacobsen]]]]
* [[March 3]] – [[António Silva (actor)|António Silva]], Portuguese actor (b. [[1886]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Stevie Smith]] (Florence Margaret Smith), English poet and novelist (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Sanford Sternlicht|title=Stevie Smith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owsOAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Twayne Publishers|isbn=978-0-8057-6990-6|pages=11–16}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] – [[Harold Lloyd]], American actor and filmmaker (b. [[1893]])
* [[March 9]]
** [[Anthony Berkeley Cox]], English writer (b. [[1893]])
** [[Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria]], Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (b. [[1902]])
* [[March 11]]
** [[Philo T. Farnsworth]], American television pioneer (b. [[1906]])
** [[C. D. Broad]], English philosopher (b. [[1887]])
* [[March 12]] – [[David Burns (actor)|David Burns]], American actor (b. [[1902]])
* [[March 16]]
** [[Bebe Daniels]], American actress (b. [[1901]])
** [[Thomas E. Dewey]], Governor of New York; American presidential candidate (b. [[1902]])
* [[March 22]] – [[Nella Walker]], American actress and vaudevillian (b. [[1886]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Basil Dearden]], English film director (b. [[1911]])
* [[March 24]] – [[Arne Jacobsen]], Danish architect and designer (b. [[1902]])

===April===
[[File:Igor Stravinsky LOC 32392u.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Igor Stravinsky]]]]
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* [[April 3]] – [[Joseph Valachi]], American gangster (b. [[1904]])<ref>{{cite news|title=Mobster|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/30511933/?terms=%22Joseph%2BValachi%22|access-date=October 8, 2016|work=Independent Press-Telegram|location=Long Beach, California|date=April 4, 1971|page=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|url-access=registration|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217185509/https://www.newspapers.com/image/30511933/?terms=%22Joseph%2BValachi%22|archive-date=February 17, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 6]] – [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian composer (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0617.html | work=The New York Times | title=Igor Stravinsky, the Composer, Dead at 88}}</ref>
* [[April 12]] – [[Igor Tamm]], Russian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{cite book|first1=Jagdish |last1=Mehra |author-link1=Jagdish Mehra|first2=Helmut |last2=Rechenberg |author-link2=Helmut Rechenberg|title=The Historical Development of Quantum Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c9ZmLmVFSYQC&pg=PA240|date=28 December 2000|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-95178-2|pages=240}}</ref>
* [[April 15]] – [[Friedebert Tuglas]], Estonian writer and critic (b. [[1886]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Books Abroad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NzkMAAAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=University of Oklahoma|page=636}}</ref>
* [[April 19]] – [[Earl Thomson]], Canadian athlete (b. [[1895]])
* [[April 20]] – [[Cecil Parker]], English actor (b. [[1897]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Shavian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HEpbAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Shaw Society|page=160}}</ref>
* [[April 21]]
** [[François Duvalier]], 32nd [[President of Haiti]] (b. [[1907]])<ref>"Duvalier, 64, Dies in Haiti; Son, 19 Is New President", by Homer Bigart, ''The New York Times'', April 23, 1971, p1</ref>
** [[Edmund Lowe]], American actor (b. [[1890]])
* [[April 25]] – [[T. V. Soong]], [[List of premiers of the Republic of China|Premier of the Republic of China]] (b. [[1891]])<ref>"Soong Choked to Death on Food, Coroner Says", ''Los Angeles Times'', April 27, 1971, p28</ref>
* [[April 30]] – [[Albin Stenroos]], Finnish athlete (b. [[1889]])

===May===
[[File:Glenda Farrell The Road to Reno.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Glenda Farrell]]]]
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[[File:Audie Murphy.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Audie Murphy]]]]
* [[May 1]] – [[Glenda Farrell]], American actress (b. [[1904]])
* [[May 5]] – [[Violet Jessop]], Argentine-born British [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] survivor (b. [[1887]])<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/violet-constance-jessop.html Violet Constance Jessop]</ref>
* [[May 8]] – [[Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern]], English-born Rhodesian politician and physician, [[Prime Minister of Rhodesia]] (b. [[1883]])
* [[May 11]] – [[Seán Lemass]], 4th [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland (b. [[1899]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Tor Johnson]], Swedish wrestler and actor (b. [[1903]])
* [[May 19]] 
** [[Ogden Nash]], American poet (b. [[1902]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Ron Padgett|title=World Poets: Gerard Manley Hopkins-William Shakespeare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5HoHAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|isbn=978-0-684-80609-9|page=245}}</ref>
** [[Earl Thomson]], Canadian athlete, Olympic champion ([[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]]) (b. [[1895]])<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/earl-tommy-thomson Earl “Tommy” Thomson]</ref>
* [[May 27]] – [[Chips Rafferty]], Australian actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[May 28]]
** [[Kim Iryeop]], Korean writer, journalist, feminist activist, [[bhikkhuni|Buddhist nun]] (b. [[1896]])<!-- "Kim" is surname -->
** [[Audie Murphy]], American World War II hero and actor (b. [[1925]])
** [[Jean Vilar]], French stage actor (b. [[1912]])
* [[May 30]] – [[Marcel Dupré]], French composer (b. [[1886]])

===June===
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[[File:Carlos P Garcia photo.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlos P. Garcia]]]]
[[File:Wendell Meredith Stanley.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Wendell Meredith Stanley]]]]
* [[June 1]] – [[Reinhold Niebuhr]], American theologian (b. [[1892]])
* [[June 4]] – [[György Lukács]], Hungarian Marxist philosopher, aesthetician, literary historian, and critic (b. [[1885]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Judith Marcus|author2=Zoltan Tarr|title=Georg Lukacs: Theory, Culture, and Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJDEagebvS0C&pg=RA1-PA207|date=1 January 1989|publisher=Transaction Publishers|isbn=978-1-4128-2451-4|pages=1}}</ref>
* [[June 10]] – [[Michael Rennie]], English actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Carlos P. Garcia]], 8th [[President of the Philippines]] (b. [[1896]])
* [[June 15]] – [[Wendell Meredith Stanley]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1904]])
* [[June 18]]
** [[Thomas Gomez]], American actor (b. [[1905]])
** [[Libby Holman]], American singer and actress (b. [[1904]])
** [[Paul Karrer]], Swiss chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1889]])
* [[June 19]] – [[Garfield Wood]], American motorboat racer (b. [[1880]])
* [[June 25]] – [[John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr]], Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1880]])
* [[June 29]]
** Crew of Soyuz 11:
*** [[Georgy Dobrovolsky]] (b. [[1928]])
*** [[Viktor Patsayev]] (b. [[1933]])
*** [[Vladislav Volkov]] (b. [[1935]])
* [[June 30]] 
** [[Herbert Biberman]], American screenwriter and film director (b. [[1900]])
** [[Kenneth Slessor]], Australian poet (b. [[1901]])<ref>[https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/slessor-kenneth-adolf-11712 Kenneth Adolf Slessor (1901–1971)]</ref>

===July===
[[File:Jim Morrison 1969.JPG|100px|thumb|[[Jim Morrison]]]]
[[File:Louis Armstrong restored.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Louis Armstrong]]]]
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* [[July 1]]
** [[Lawrence Bragg|Sir Lawrence Bragg]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1890]])
** [[Learie Constantine|Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine]], Trinidadian cricketer (b. [[1901]])
* [[July 3]] – [[Jim Morrison]], American singer ([[The Doors]]) (b. [[1943]])
* [[July 4]]
** [[Maurice Bowra|Sir Maurice Bowra]], British critic and academic (b. [[1898]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stephen Spender|author2=Irving Kristol|title=Encounter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ikdAQAAMAAJ|date=July 1972|publisher=Encounter Limited|page=11}}</ref>
** [[August Derleth]], American author and anthologist (b. [[1909]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Ashley|title=The History of the Science-fiction Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Awj6AF-BZTcC&pg=PA300|year=2000|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-779-2|pages=300}}</ref>
** [[Thomas C. Hart]], American admiral and politician (b. [[1877]])
* [[July 6]] – [[Louis Armstrong]], African-American jazz trumpeter (b. [[1901]])
* [[July 7]] – [[Ub Iwerks]], American animator (b. [[1901]])
* [[July 13]] – [[Michel Saint-Denis]], French actor, theatre director, drama theorist and radio broadcaster (b. [[1897]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Michel-Saint-Denis Michel Saint-Denis French director]</ref>
* [[July 17]] – [[Cliff Edwards]], American actor (b. [[1895]])
* [[July 19]] – [[John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever]], American-born British businessman (b. [[1886]])
* [[July 21]] – [[Michael Somogyi]], Hungarian-American biochemist (b. [[1883]])<ref>[https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/article-abstract/17/11/1138/5675907?redirectedFrom=PDF Michael Somogyi, Ph.D. 1883-1971 ]</ref>
* [[July 23]]
** [[Van Heflin]], American actor (b. [[1908]])
** [[William Tubman]], 19th president of Liberia (b. [[1895]])
* [[July 24]] – [[Alan Rawsthorne]], British Composer (b. [[1905]])
* [[July 26]] – [[Diane Arbus]], American photographer (b. [[1923]])

===August===
[[File:Paul Lukas - 1950.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Paul Lukas]]]]
[[File:Margaret Bourke-White 1955.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Margaret Bourke-White]]]]
* [[August 5]] – [[Royal Rife]], American inventor (b. [[1888]])
* [[August 11]] – [[John Burton Cleland|Sir John Cleland]], Australian naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist (b. [[1878]])
* [[August 13]]
** [[W. O. Bentley]], English engineer and entrepreneur (b. [[1888]])<ref>[https://www.rolls-royceandbentley.co.uk/w-o-bentley-the-founder-of-bentley.html W. O. Bentley – The Founder of Bentley]</ref>
** [[King Curtis]], American saxophonist (b. [[1934]])
* [[August 15]] – [[Paul Lukas]], Hungarian-born American actor (b. [[1894]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Wilhelm List]], German field marshal (b. [[1880]])
* [[August 21]] – [[George Jackson (activist)|George Jackson]], American author (b. [[1941]])
* [[August 24]] – [[Carl Blegen]], American archaeologist (b. [[1887]])
* [[August 25]] – [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]], American musician and entertainer (b. [[1890]])
* [[August 27]] 
** [[Margaret Bourke-White]], American photographer (b. [[1904]])
** [[Bennett Cerf]], American publisher (b. [[1898]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bennett-Cerf Bennett Cerf American publisher and editor]</ref>
* [[August 28]] – [[Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey]], British judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II (b. [[1880]])

===September===
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B0628-0015-035, Nikita S. Chruchstschow.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Nikita Khrushchev]]]]
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* [[September 7]] – [[Spring Byington]], American actress (b. [[1886]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Emmett Toppino]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1909]])
* [[September 10]] – [[Pier Angeli]], Italian actress (b. [[1932]])
* [[September 11]]
** [[Bella Darvi]], Polish actress (b. [[1928]])
** [[Percy Helton]], American actor (b. [[1894]])<ref>[https://hometownstohollywood.com/2022/05/01/percy-helton/ Percy Helton]</ref>
** [[Joe Jordan (musician)|Joe Jordan]], American ragtime composer (b. [[1882]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ragpiano.com/comps/jjordan.shtml|title=Joseph Zachariah Taylor Jordan|website=RagPiano.com}}</ref>
** [[Nikita Khrushchev]], Soviet leader (b. [[1894]])
* [[September 13]] – [[Lin Biao]], Chinese defense minister (b. [[1907]])
* [[September 14]] – [[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]], Bangladeshi novelist (b. [[1898]])
* [[September 19]] – [[William F. Albright]], American archeologist and Biblical scholar (b. [[1891]])<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/biography/W-F-Albright W.F. Albright American biblical archaeologist]</ref>
* [[September 20]] – [[Giorgos Seferis]], Greek writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1900]])
* [[September 21]] – [[Bernardo Houssay]], Argentine physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]])
* [[September 23]]
** [[James Waddell Alexander II]], American mathematician and topologist (b. [[1888]])
** [[Billy Gilbert]], American actor (b. [[1894]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Hugo Black]], American [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Justice (b. [[1886]])

===October===
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[[File:Duane Allman.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Duane Allman]]]]
[[File:Arne Tiselius 2.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Arne Tiselius]]]]
* [[October 3]] – [[Leah Baird]], American actress (b. [[1883]])
* [[October 10]] – [[Cyril Burt|Sir Cyril Burt]], British educational psychologist (b. [[1883]])
* [[October 11]] – [[Chester Conklin]], American actor (b. [[1886]])
* [[October 12]]
** [[Dean Acheson]], 51st [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. [[1893]])
** [[Gene Vincent]], American singer (b. [[1935]])
* [[October 15]] – [[Robert Accard]] (b. [[1897]])
* [[October 17]] – [[Sergey Kavtaradze]], Soviet politician and diplomat (b. [[1885]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Betty Bronson]], American actress (b. [[1906]])
* [[October 21]]
** [[Raymond Hatton]], American actor (b. [[1887]])
** [[Naoya Shiga]], Japanese writer (b. [[1883]])
* [[October 24]] – [[Carl Ruggles]], American composer (b. [[1876]])
* [[October 29]]
** [[Duane Allman]], American rock guitarist, co-founder and leader of the [[Allman Brothers Band]] (b. [[1946]])
** [[Arne Tiselius]], Swedish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]])

===November===
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[[File:Guillermo Leon Valencia Munoz.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Guillermo León Valencia]]]]
[[File:Zakariás József fortepan 13743.jpg|thumb|100px|[[József Zakariás]]]]
* [[November 1]] – [[Gertrud von Le Fort]], German writer of novels, poems and essays (b. [[1876]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Katharina M. Wilson|author2=M. Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wf1SVbGFg8C&pg=PA459|year=1991|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-8547-6|pages=459}}</ref>
* [[November 2]] – [[Martha Vickers]], American actress (b. [[1925]])
* [[November 4]]
** [[Ann Pennington (actress)|Ann Pennington]], American actress and dancer (b. [[1893]])<ref>[http://www.dvrbs.com/people/camdenpeople-annpennington.htm Ann Pennington]</ref>
** [[Guillermo León Valencia]], 21st [[President of Colombia]] (b. [[1909]])
* [[November 9]] – [[Maude Fealy]], American stage and film actor (b. [[1883]])
* [[November 10]] – [[Walter Van Tilburg Clark]], American novelist (b. [[1909]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Lawrence L. Lee|title=Walter Van Tilburg Clark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2HohAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Boise State College|isbn=978-0-88430-007-6|pages=13–16}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] – [[A. P. Herbert]], English humorist, novelist and politician (b. [[1890]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Stanley Weintraub|title=Modern British Dramatists, 1900-1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yCdaAAAAYAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=978-0-8103-0937-1|page=231}}</ref>
* [[November 14]] – [[Hanna Neumann]], German mathematician (b. [[1914]])
* [[November 16]] – [[Edie Sedgwick]], American actress and model (b. [[1943]])
* [[November 17]] – Dame [[Gladys Cooper]], British actress (b. [[1888]])
* [[November 22]] – [[József Zakariás]], Hungarian footballer and manager (b. [[1924]])
* [[November 23]] – [[Ryūnosuke Kusaka]], Japanese admiral (b. [[1893]])
* [[November 25]] – [[Hank Mann]], American comedic actor (b. [[1887]])
* [[November 26]] – [[James Alberione]], Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. [[1884]])
* [[November 28]]
** [[Wasfi Tal]], three-time prime minister of Jordan (b. [[1919]])
** Sir [[Grantley Herbert Adams]], 1st [[Premier of Barbados]] (b. [[1898]])
* [[November 29]] – [[Edith Tolkien]], English wife of, and inspiration for, [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] (b. [[1889]])<ref>[https://www.councilofelrond.com/tolkienbiography/edith-tolkien/ Edith Tolkien]</ref>
* [[November 30]] – [[Ilie Crețulescu]], Romanian general (b. [[1889]])<ref>[https://generals.dk/general/Creţulescu/I._Ilie/Romania.html Creţulescu, I. Ilie]</ref>

===December===
[[File:Ralph Bunche - 1963 March on Washington.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Ralph Bunche]]]]
[[File:Roy O. Disney with Company at Press Conference.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Roy O. Disney]]]]
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* [[December 2]] – Sir [[Derwent Hall Caine]], English actor (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 5]] – [[John Langdon-Davies]], British writer (b. [[1897]])<ref>[https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/langdon-davies_john Langdon-Davies, John]</ref>
* [[December 6]] – [[Mathilde Kschessinska]], Russian ballerina (b. [[1872]])
* [[December 9]] – [[Ralph Bunche]], African-American diplomat, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1904]])
* [[December 10]] – [[Gotthard Heinrici]], German general (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 12]]
** [[Alan Morton]], Scottish footballer (b. [[1893]])
** [[David Sarnoff]], American radio and television pioneer (b. [[1891]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Paul Lévy (mathematician)|Paul Lévy]], French mathematician (b. [[1886]])
* [[December 16]] - [[Arun Khetarpal]], Indian Military Officer
* [[December 18]]
** [[Bobby Jones (golfer)|Bobby Jones]], American golfer (b. [[1902]])
** [[Diana Lynn]], American actress (b. [[1926]])
* [[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]])
* [[December 26]] – [[Robert Lowery (actor)|Robert Lowery]], American actor (b. [[1913]])
* [[December 28]] – [[Max Steiner]], Austrian-born film composer (b. [[1888]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Eleonore Lappin|title=Jews and Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spkbAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Mandelbaum|isbn=978-3-85476-127-3|page=24}}</ref>
* [[December 29]] – [[John Marshall Harlan II]], [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] (b. [[1899]])<ref>[https://www.oyez.org/justices/john_m_harlan2?_escaped_fragment John M. Harlan II]</ref>
* [[December 30]]
** [[Jo Cals]], Dutch politician and jurist, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (1965–1966) (b. [[1914]])
** [[Dorothy Comingore]], American actress (b. [[1913]])
* [[December 31]] 
** [[Pete Duel]], American actor (b. [[1940]])
** [[Marin Sais]], American film actress (b. [[1890]])<ref>[https://www.marinij.com/2022/02/07/marin-history-actress-marin-sais-rise-to-fame/ Marin history: Actress Marin Sais’ rise to fame]</ref>

===Date unknown===
* [[Olivér Pittner]],  Hungarian painter (b. [[1911]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Pittner Olivér festőművész kiállítása az Erdélyi Művészeti Központban |url=https://www.sepsiszentgyorgy.info/rendezvenyek/5233-pittner-oliver-festomuvesz-kiallitasa-az-erdelyi-muveszeti-koezpontban.html |website=sepsiszentgyorgy.info |date=May 22, 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023 |language=Hungarian}}</ref>

==Nobel Prizes==
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Dennis Gabor]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Gerhard Herzberg]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[Earl W. Sutherland, Jr]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Pablo Neruda]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Willy Brandt]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[Simon Kuznets]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
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