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1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.
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It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
February 1: A section of lunch counter from the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's where the Greensboro sit-ins began is now preserved in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
February 8: Hollywood Walk of Fame established
- February 1 – Greensboro sit-ins: In Greensboro, North Carolina, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar non-violent protests throughout the Southern United States, and six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same counter.
- February 3 – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan makes the Wind of Change speech to the South African Parliament in Cape Town (although he had first made the speech, to little publicity, in Accra, Gold Coast – modern-day Ghana – on January 10).
- February 5 – The first CERN particle accelerator becomes operational in Geneva, Switzerland.
- February 8 – Hollywood Walk of Fame is established.
- February 10 – A conference about the proposed independence of the Belgian Congo begins in Brussels, Belgium.
- February 11 – Twelve Indian soldiers die in clashes with Red Chinese troops along their small common border.
- February 13 – Gerboise Bleue: France tests its first atomic bomb, in the Sahara Desert of Algeria.
- February 18 – The 1960 Winter Olympics begin at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Placer County, California.
- February 26 – Alitalia Flight 618: An airliner en route to New York crashes into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
- February 29 – The 5.7 Mw Agadir Earthquake shakes coastal Morocco with a maximum perceived intensity of X (Extreme), destroying Agadir and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
March 5: The iconic picture of Che Guevara[3]
April 1: TIROS-I prototype on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- April 1
- April 4 – At the 32nd Academy Awards Ceremony, Ben-Hur wins a record 11 Oscars, including Best Picture.
- April 9 – White gunman David Pratt shoots South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd in Johannesburg, wounding him seriously.
- April 12 – Eric Peugeot, the youngest son of the founder of the Peugeot Corporation, is kidnapped in Paris. He is released on April 15, in exchange for $300,000 in ransom.
- April 19 – April Revolution: South Korean students hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against President Syngman Rhee, eventually leading him to resign from office.
- April 21 – In Brazil, the country's capital (Federal District) is relocated from the city of Rio de Janeiro to the new city, Brasília, in the highlands. The actual city of Rio de Janeiro becomes the State of Guanabara.
- April 27 – Togo gains independence from France, with the French-administered United Nations Trust Territory being terminated.
May 1: USSR shoots down U-2 spy plane and captures USAF spy pilot Francis Gary Powers
- May 1
- May 3 – The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) is established.
- May 4 – West German refugee minister Theodor Oberländer is dismissed because of his Nazi past.
- May 6 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law.
- May 10 – The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine USS Triton, under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach Jr., completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the Earth (codenamed Operation Sandblast).
- May 11 – In Buenos Aires, four Mossad agents abduct fugitive Nazi German war criminal Adolf Eichmann in order that he can be taken to Israel and put on trial. This is announced on May 23 by Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion. Eichmann is convicted and executed in 1962.
- May 13 – A joint Swiss and Austrian expedition makes the first ascent of the Asian mountain Dhaulagiri, the world's 7th highest mountain.
- May 14 – The Kenyan African National Congress Party is founded in Kenya, when 3 political parties join forces.
- May 15 – The satellite Sputnik 4 is launched into orbit by the Soviet Union.
- May 16
- May 18 – Real Madrid beats Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 at Hampden Park, Glasgow, and wins the 1959–60 European Cup in Association football.
- May 22 – The 9.5 Valdivia earthquake affects Chile with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). This megathrust earthquake ruptures from Arauco to Chiloé Archipelago, causing the most powerful earthquake on record and a destructive basin-wide tsunami.
- May 27 – In Turkey, a bloodless military coup d'état removes President Celâl Bayar, and installs General Cemal Gürsel as the head of state.
- May 30 – Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (its 24th government, composed mostly of so-called "technocrats").
June 5: Investigating the campers' tent after the Lake Bodom murders in Finland
June 24: Explosion in Paseo Los Próceres, Caracas, during the attempted assassination of Venezuelan President Rómulo Betancourt
- June 1 – New Zealand's first television station begins broadcasting, in the city of Auckland.
- June 5 – The Lake Bodom murders occur in Finland.
- June 9 – 1960 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Mary kills 1,600 people in China.
- June 10 – The "Hagerty Incident" – As part of the ongoing Anpo protests in Japan against the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, a car carrying Dwight D. Eisenhower's press secretary James Hagerty and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Douglas MacArthur II is mobbed by protesters outside of Tokyo's Haneda Airport, requiring the occupants to be rescued by a U.S. Marine helicopter.[6]
- June 15
- June 16 – Premiere of Alfred Hitchcock's landmark thriller film, Psycho in the United States.
- June 19 – The new U.S.-Japan Security Treaty is automatically ratified 30 days after passing the Lower House of the Diet.[8]
- June 20 – The short-lived Mali Federation, consisting of the Sudanese Republic (modern-day Republic of Mali) and Senegal, gains independence from France.
- June 22 – 1960 Quebec general election: the ruling Union nationale, led by Antonio Barrette, is defeated by the Quebec Liberal Party, led by Jean Lesage, beginning the 'Quiet Revolution' in the historically conservative Canadian province.[9]
- June 23 – Japanese prime minister Nobusuke Kishi announces his resignation.
- June 24
- June 26
- June 28 – King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand arrives in Washington, D.C. for a 4-day royal visit to the U.S.
- June 30
- July 1
- July 4 – Following the admission of the State of Hawaii as the 50th state in August 1959, the new (and continuing) 50-star flag of the United States is first officially flown over Philadelphia.
- July 10 – The Soviet Union national football team defeats the Yugoslavia national football team 2–1 in Paris, to win the first UEFA European Championship.
- July 11 – Congo Crisis: Moise Tshombe declares the Congolese province of Katanga independent. He requests and receives help from Belgium.
- July 12 – Chin Peng is exiled from Malaysia to Thailand, and the Malayan state of emergency is lifted.
- July 14 – The United Nations Security Council decides to send troops to Katanga to oversee the withdrawal of Belgian troops.
- July 20 – Ceylon elects Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike as its Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government (she takes office the following day).
- July 21 – English navigator Francis Chichester wins the first Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race, arriving in New York aboard Gypsy Moth III having made a record solo Atlantic crossing in 40 days.[1]
- July 25 – The Woolworth Company's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, the location of a sit-in that has sparked demonstrations by Negroes across the Southern United States, serves a meal to its first black customer.
- July 25–28 – In Chicago, the 1960 Republican National Convention nominates Vice President Richard Nixon as its candidate for President of the United States, and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., as its candidate to become the new vice-president.
- December – The African and Malagasy Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OAMCE – Organisation Africain et Malagache de Coopération Économique) is established.
- December 1
- December 2 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the use of $1.0 million for the relief and resettlement of Cuban refugees, who had been arriving in Florida at the rate of about 1,000 per week.
- December 4 – The admission of Mauritania to the United Nations is vetoed by the Soviet Union.
- December 7 – The United Nations Security Council is called into session by the Soviet Union, in order to consider Soviet demands for the Security Council to seek the immediate release of former Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba.
- December 8 – For the first time, Mary Martin's Peter Pan is presented as a stand-alone 2-hour special on NBC television in the United States, instead of as part of an anthology series. This version, rather than being presented live, is shown on videotape, enabling NBC to repeat it as often as they wish without having to restage it. Although nearly all of the adult actors repeat their original Broadway roles, all of the original children have, ironically, outgrown their roles and are replaced by new actors.
- December 9 – French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is bloodied by European and Muslim rioters, in Algeria's largest cities. These riots cause 127 deaths.
- December 13
- 1960 Ethiopian coup attempt: While Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Kebur Zabagna (Imperial Bodyguard) leads a military coup against his rule, proclaiming that the emperor's son, Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen Taffari, is the new emperor.
- The countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua announce the formation of the Central American Common Market.
- The U.S. Navy's Commander Leroy Heath (pilot) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe (bombardier/navigator) establish a world flight-altitude record of 91,450 feet (27,870 m), with payload, in an A-5 Vigilante bomber carrying 2,200 lb (1,000 kg), and better the previous world record by over four miles (6.4 km).
- December 14
- December 15
- December 16
- December 17 – Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia overcome the coup that began on December 13, returning the reins to the Emperor upon his return from a trip to Brazil. The Emperor absolves his own son of any guilt.
- December 19 – Fire sweeps through the USS Constellation, to become the U.S. Navy's largest aircraft carrier, while she is under construction at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; killing 50 workers and injuring 150.
- December 23 – Hilkka Saarinen née Pylkkänen is murdered in the so-called the "oven homicide" case in Krootila, Kokemäki, Finland.[12]
- World population: 3,021,475,000
- Africa: 277,398,000
- Asia: 1,701,336,000
- Europe: 604,401,000
- Latin America: 218,300,000
- North America: 204,152,000
- Oceania: 15,888,000
Michael Stipe
April Winchell
Nigella Lawson
Mohammad Javad Zarif
Mark Rylance
Michael Hutchence
- January 2 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author and artist
- January 4
- January 6
- January 7 – Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian politician, diplomat
- January 10
- January 12
- January 16
- January 18 – Mark Rylance, English actor, theatre director and playwright
- January 20
- January 21 – Mamoru Nagano, Japanese designer
- January 22 – Michael Hutchence, Australian rock musician (INXS) (d. 1997)
- January 23 – Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998)
- January 27 – Samia Suluhu, President of Tanzania
- January 29
- January 31 – Grant Morrison, Scottish comic book writer and playwright
James Spader
Benigno Aquino III
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Naruhito, Emperor of Japan
- February 2 – Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist
- February 3 – Joachim Löw, German football manager
- February 4 – Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright (d. 1996)
- February 7
- February 8
- February 9 – Frederik Ndoci, Albanian singer, songwriter, poet, writer, actor and international Recording artist
- February 13 – Pierluigi Collina, Italian football (soccer) referee
- February 14
- February 16 – Tineke Huizinga, Dutch politician
- February 18
- February 19 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York, British prince and second son of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh
- February 20
- February 21
- February 23 – Naruhito, Emperor of Japan
- February 24 – Wendy Sharpe, Australian artist
- February 27
- February 28
Ayrton Senna
Jennifer Grey
- March 2 – Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player
- March 4
- March 7 – Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player
- March 8
- March 10
- March 11 – Sharon Jordan, American actress
- March 12 – Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer (Loudness)
- March 13
- March 15 – Rosa Beltrán, Mexican writer, lecturer, and academic
- March 17 – Arye Gross, American actor
- March 20 – Norbert Pohlmann, German computer scientist
- March 21 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian triple Formula One world champion (d. 1994)
- March 23
- March 24
- March 25 – Brenda Strong, American actress
- March 26 – Jennifer Grey, American actress
- March 27
- March 29 – Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese voice actress (d. 2017)
Gustavo Petro
Hugo Weaving
Jeremy Clarkson
Brad Garrett
Susanne Bier
Philippe of Belgium
Miguel Díaz-Canel
Valerie Bertinelli
- April 1 – Michael Praed, British actor
- April 2 – Linford Christie, British athlete
- April 4 – Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born Australian actor
- April 8 – John Schneider, American actor
- April 9 – Isabel Coixet, Spanish film director
- April 10
- April 11 – Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist, television show host and comedian
- April 12 – David Thirdkill, American basketball player[19]
- April 13
- April 14 – Brad Garrett, American actor, comedian and voice actor
- April 15
- April 16
- April 18
- April 19
- April 20 – Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuban politician, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and 17th President of Cuba
- April 23
- April 24 – Masami Kikuchi, Japanese voice actor
- April 25 – Michael Lohan, American television personality; father of Lindsay Lohan
- April 28
- April 29 – Steve Blum, American voice actor
Gjorge Ivanov
Bono
Tony Goldwyn
Kristin Scott Thomas
Chris Elliott
- May 2
- May 4 – Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria
- May 8
- May 10
- May 14 – Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor
- May 15 – Julian Jarrold, English film and television director and producer
- May 16
- May 17 – John Payne, English actor and voice actor
- May 18
- May 19 – Yazz, British pop singer
- May 20
- May 21
- May 21 – Mohanlal, Indian actor
- May 22
- May 23 – Linden Ashby, American actor
- May 24
- May 25 – Amy Klobuchar, American politician
- May 26 – Rob Murphy, American baseball player
- May 27
- May 29
- May 30
- May 31 – Chris Elliott, American actor and comedian
Gary Trousdale
Dr. Mehmet Oz
Thomas Haden Church
Diego Trujillo
- June 2
- June 3 – Catherine Davani, first female Papua New Guinean judge (d. 2016)
- June 5 – Seiichi Endo, Japanese criminal (d. 2018)
- June 6 – Steve Vai, American guitarist
- June 7 − Hirohiko Araki, Japanese manga writer
- June 8
- June 11 – Mehmet Oz, Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon and television personality
- June 12 – Corynne Charby, French model, actress and singer
- June 15 – Michèle Laroque, French actress
- June 17
- June 18 – Coco Fusco, Cuban-American artist, writer, and curator
- June 20 – Anatoly Donika, Russian former professional ice hockey player
- June 21 – Karl Erjavec, Slovenian lawyer and politician
- June 22 – Erin Brockovich, American environmental activist
- June 23 – Per Morberg, Swedish actor, chef and news presenter
- June 26 – Mauro Carlesse, Brazilian politician, Governor of Tocantins
- June 27 – Michael Mayer, American theatre director, film director, television director and playwright
- June 28 – John Elway, American football player
- June 29 – Ivans Ribakovs, Latvian politician
- June 30
Jane Lynch
John Leguizamo
Richard Linklater
- July 1
- July 3
- July 4 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian Formula One driver (d. 1994)
- July 5
- July 6
- July 7 – Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut
- July 8
- July 9
- July 10
- Jeff Bergman, American voice actor, comedian and impressionist
- Ariel Castro, Puerto Rican-American convicted kidnapper, rapist and former bus driver (d. 2013)
- July 11 – Jafar Panahi, Iranian filmmaker[25]
- July 12 – Sully Díaz, Puerto Rican actress and singer
- July 13
- July 14
- July 15
- July 16
- July 17
- July 19 – Atom Egoyan, Armenian-Canadian film maker
- July 20 – Jonathon Morris, English actor and television presenter
- July 21
- July 22 − John Leguizamo, Colombian-American actor, comedian and producer[26]
- July 27 – Uddhav Thackeray, Indian Politician
- July 28
- Jonathan Gold, American food critic (d. 2018)
- Harald Lesch, German physicist, astronomer, natural philosopher, author, television presenter, professor of physics
- July 30 – Richard Linklater, American director
- July 31 – Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
David Duchovny
Antonio Banderas
Sean Penn
Branford Marsalis
- August 1
- August 4
- August 7
- August 10
- August 12 – Laurent Fignon, French road bicycle racer (d. 2010)
- August 13
- August 14 – Sarah Brightman, English soprano singer and actress
- August 15 – Judy Holt, British television actress
- August 16
- August 17 – Sean Penn, American actor and film director
- August 18 – Stuart Matthewman, English songwriter
- August 19 – Morten Andersen, American football player
- August 20 – Elizabeth Alda, American actress
- August 22 – Regina Taylor, American actress
- August 23 – Chris Potter, Canadian actor and musician
- August 24 – Cal Ripken Jr., American baseball player
- August 26
- August 28
- August 29 – Viire Valdma, Estonian actress
Damon Wayans
Hugh Grant
Colin Firth
Melissa Leo
- September 1 – Joseph Williams, American singer and film score composer
- September 2 – John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist
- September 4
- September 5
- September 7
- September 9
- September 10
- September 11 – Annie Gosfield, American composer
- September 12
- September 13 – Kevin Carter, South African photojournalist (d. 1994)
- September 14
- September 15 – Jimmy Bridges, American actor
- September 18 – Elena Valenciano, Spanish politician
- September 16
- September 17
- September 19 – Yolanda Saldívar, American murderer of tejano singer Selena
- September 21 – David James Elliott, Canadian-American actor
- September 22 – Scott Baio, American actor
- September 25 – Eduardo Yáñez, Mexican film and television actor
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Diego Maradona
Reza Pahlavi
- October 1 – Gilles Dyan, French art dealer[29]
- October 4 – Ana Patricia Botín, Spanish banker
- October 5
- October 6 – Toru Takahashi, Japanese race car driver (d. 1983)
- October 8 – Rano Karno, Indonesian actor and politician
- October 9 – Marin Mazzie, American actress and singer (d. 2018)
- October 13 – Joey Belladonna, American heavy metal singer (Anthrax)
- October 17 – Bernie Nolan, Irish actress and singer (The Nolans) (d. 2013)
- October 18
- October 24
- October 26 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch–Frisian politician
- October 29 – Dieter Nuhr, German comedian
- October 30 – Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer (d. 2020)
- October 31
Tim Cook
Tilda Swinton
Yulia Tymoshenko
Daryl Hannah
- November 1 – Tim Cook, American businessman and current CEO of Apple, Inc[31]
- November 3 – Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player
- November 4 – Siniša Glavašević, Croatian reporter (d. 1991)
- November 5 – Tilda Swinton, British actress
- November 8
- November 9
- November 10 – Neil Gaiman, English author
- November 11 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director
- November 12 – Maurane, Belgian singer and actress (d. 2018)
- November 15 – Susanne Lothar, German actress (d. 2012)
- November 17
- November 18
- November 19
- November 20 – Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
- November 23 – Robin Roberts, American television broadcaster
- November 24 – Amanda Wyss, American actress
- November 25
- November 26
- November 27
- November 29 – Cathy Moriarty, American actress
- November 30
Julianne Moore
Kenneth Branagh
Temuera Morrison
- December 1 – Carol Alt, American model and actress
- December 2 – Silk Smitha, Indian actress (d.1996)
- December 3
- December 4 – Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete
- December 5
- December 8 – Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian politician and former Chief Minister of Penang, Malaysia
- December 9 – Steve Doll, American professional wrestler (d. 2009)
- December 10 – Sir Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director
- December 12 – Volker Beck, German politician
- December 14 – Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian politician, 8th President of Iran (d. 2024)[34]
- December 17 – Tarako, Japanese voice actress
- December 18 – Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist
- December 19 – Michelangelo Signorile, American journalist, author and talk radio host
- December 20 – Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director and screenwriter (d. 2020)
- December 22 – Jean-Michel Basquiat, American musician and graffiti painter (d. 1988)
- December 26 – Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor[35]
- December 27 – Maryam d'Abo, British actress
- December 28
- December 29 – Dave Pelzer, American author
Zora Neale Hurston
Margaret Sullavan
Albert Camus
Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria
Beno Gutenberg
- January 1
- January 2 – Paul Sauvé, Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
- January 3 – Victor Sjöström, Swedish actor (b. 1879)
- January 4
- January 5 – Donald Knight, English cricketer (b. 1894)
- January 7 – Dorothea Chambers, English tennis champion (b. 1878)
- January 9 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English children's novelist (b. 1880)
- January 10 – Arthur S. Carpender, American admiral (b. 1884)
- January 11 – Isabel Emslie Hutton, Scottish nurse in Serbia during World War I and psychiatrist (b. 1887)
- January 12 – Nevil Shute, English-born novelist (b. 1899)
- January 16 – Wilmer W. MacElree, American lawyer and author (b. 1859)
- January 19 – Dadasaheb Torne, Indian filmmaker (b. 1890)
- January 20 – Matt Moore, Irish-American actor (b. 1888)
- January 24 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
- January 25
- January 27 – Osvaldo Aranha, Brazilian politician (b. 1894)
- January 28 – Zora Neale Hurston, American folklorist, anthropologist and author (b. 1891)
- January 30 – J. C. Kumarappa, Indian economist (b. 1892)
Blessed Aloysius Stepinac
Adone Zoli
Eddie Cochran
Max von Laue
Gustaf Lindblom
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Georges Claude
George Zucco
James Montgomery Flagg
- May 2 – Caryl Chessman, American criminal (executed) (b. 1921)
- May 3 – Masa Niemi, Finnish actor (b. 1914)
- May 8
- May 11 – John D. Rockefeller Jr., American philanthropist (b. 1874)
- May 12 – Prince Aly Khan, Pakistani United Nations ambassador (b. 1911)
- May 14 – Lucrezia Bori, Spanish opera singer (b. 1887)
- May 22 – İbrahim Çallı, Turkish painter (b. 1882)
- May 23
- May 24 – Avraham Arnon, Israeli educator and a recipient of the Israel Prize (b. 1887)
- May 25 – Rafael Gómez Ortega, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1882)
- May 27
- May 30 – Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (b. 1890)
- May 31 – Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (b. 1890)
Ken McArthur
Otto Ender
- June 3 – Ana Pauker, Romanian politician (b. 1893)[40]
- June 4
- June 13 – Ken McArthur, South African athlete (b. 1881)
- June 14 – Ana Pauker, Romanian communist politician (b. 1893)
- June 17 – Arthur Rosson, English film director (b. 1886)
- June 18 – Shalva Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian politician (b. 1884)
- June 19 – Chris Bristow, English race car driver (b. 1937)
- June 20 – William E. Fairbairn, English soldier, police officer and hand-to-hand combat expert (b. 1885)
- June 25
- June 27 – Lottie Dod, English tennis player; Wimbledon women's champion, 1887–88, 1891–93 (b. 1871)
- June 28
Pavel Peter Gojdič
Hasan Saka
- July 2 – Margherita Bagni, Italian actress (b. 1902)
- July 6
- July 7 – Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest, famous for his last photos of the RMS Titanic (b. 1880)[44]
- July 12
- July 14 – Maurice de Broglie, French physicist (b. 1875)
- July 15
- July 16
- July 17
- July 22 – Yan Xishan, Chinese warlord and politician (b. 1883)
- July 24 – Hans Albers, German actor and singer (b. 1891)[46]
- July 26 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director (b. 1893)
- July 27 – Georgi Kyoseivanov, 27th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1884)
- July 28 – Enrique Amorim, Uruguayan novelist (b. 1900)
- July 29 – Hasan Saka, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
Arthur Meighen
Carlo Emilio Bonferroni
King Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah
- September 1 – Hisamuddin of Selangor, King of Malaysia (b. 1898)
- September 4 – Alfred E. Green, American film director (b. 1889)
- September 8
- September 9 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
- September 11 – Edwin Justus Mayer, American screenwriter (b. 1896)
- September 13 – Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer (b. 1885)
- September 20
- September 22 – Melanie Klein, Austrian-British psychoanalyst (b. 1882)
- September 23 – Kathlyn Williams, American stage and silent film actress (b. 1879)
- September 24 – Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian composer (b. 1905)
- September 25 – Emily Post, American etiquette expert (b. 1873)[48]
- September 27 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragette (b. 1882)
- September 29 – Vladimir Dimitrov, Bulgarian artist (b. 1882) [49]
- September 30 – St John Philby, Ceylonese-born British Arabist (b. 1885)[50]
Sultan Khalifa bin Harub of Zanzibar
Julio Nakpil
Clark Gable
Dirk Jan de Geer
Richard Wright
Erich Raeder
- November 2
- November 3
- November 5
- November 6
- November 7 – A. P. Carter, American singer and songwriter (b. 1891)
- November 11 – Monte Attell, American boxer (b. 1885)[53]
- November 12 – Lord Buckley, American monologist (b. 1906)
- November 16
- November 19 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
- November 23 – Allen Hobbs, 32nd Governor of American Samoa (b. 1889)
- November 24 – Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, sister of Tsar Nicholas II (b. 1882)
- November 25 – Patria (b. 1924), Minerva (b. 1926), and Maria Teresa Mirabal (b. 1935), three Dominican revolutionaries (and their driver, Rufino de la Cruz) (assassinated)
- November 26 – Helen Hellwig, American tennis player (b. 1874)
- November 28
- November 29 – Sir Andrew Russell, New Zealand Army general (b. 1868)
Hashim al-Atassi
Nancy Elizabeth Prophet
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