Year (''' MCMXLIX ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
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- March 1
- ---World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis retires
- ---Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
- March 2 - The B-50 Superfortress '' Lucky Lady II '' under Captain lands in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world Airplane flight. It was refueled in flight four times.
- March 17 - Grand opening of the Shamrock Hotel in Houston, Texas , owned by oil tycoon Glenn McCarthy .
- March 20 - The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy , Denver & Rio Grande Western and Western Pacific railroads inaugurate the '' California Zephyr '' passenger train between Chicago and Oakland, California as the first long distance train to feature Vista Dome cars as regular equipment.
- March 25 - The extensive deportation campaign was conducted in Estonia , Latvia and Lithuania . The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
- March 26 - The first half of Giuseppe Verdi 's opera '' Aida '', conducted by legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini , and performed in concert (i.e. no scenery or costumes), is telecast by NBC , live from Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center . The second half will be telecast a week later. This will be the only complete Opera that Toscanini will ever conduct on Television .
- March 28 - United States Secretary Of Defense James Forrestal resigns suddenly.
- March 31 - The former British colony of Newfoundland And Labrador joins Canada as its 10th province.
: People's Republic Of China founded.]]
: Typhoon at Korea .]]
: Sukarno , first President of Indonesia .]]
- January 2 - Christopher Durang , American playwright
- January 3 - Sylvia Likens , torture victim (d. 1965 )
- January 7 - Steven Williams , American actor
- January 8 - Wolfgang Puck , Austrian chef
- January 10
- --- George Foreman , American boxer
- --- James Lapine , American stage director and librettist
- --- Linda Lovelace , American actress (d. 2002 )
- January 11 - Kalev Ots , Estonian statesman
- January 12
- --- Haruki Murakami , Japanese author
- --- Wayne Wang , Hong Kong-born film director
- January 13 - Brandon Tartikoff , American television executive (d. 1997 )
- January 14
- --- Lawrence Kasdan , American director and screenwriter
- --- Mary Robison , American writer
- January 15 - Ronnie Van Zant , lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd (d. 1977 )
- January 17 - Andy Kaufman , American comedian (d. 1984 )
- January 18 - Philippe Starck , French designer
- January 19
- --- Robert Palmer , English musician (d. 2003 )
- --- Dennis Taylor , Irish snooker player
- January 20 - Göran Persson , former Prime Minister Of Sweden
- January 24 - John Belushi , American actor (d. 1982 )
- January 30 - Peter Agre , American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry
- January 31 - Ken Wilber , American philosopher
- February 2 - Brent Spiner , American actor
- February 3 - Hennie Kuiper , Dutch cyclist
- February 9 - Jim Sheridan , Irish film director
- February 10
- --- Michael Weiss , jazz pianist and composer
- --- Maxime Le Forestier , French singer
- --- Harold Sylvester , American actor
- February 15 - Ken Anderson , American football player
- February 16 - Lyn Paul , English female singer
- February 18 - Gary Ridgway , American serial killer
- February 19 - Dan Bunten , American computer game designer (d. 1998 )
- February 21 - Ronnie Hellström , Swedish footballer
- February 22 - Niki Lauda , Austrian race car driver
- February 25 - Ric Flair , American professional wrestler
- March 2
- --- Gates McFadden , American actress
- --- Eddie Money , American singer (or March 21)
- --- JPR Williams , Welsh rugby player
- March 3 - Jesse Jefferson , baseball player
- March 6
- --- Shaukat Aziz , Prime Minister Of Pakistan
- --- Martin Buchan , Scottish footballer
- March 7 - Ghulam Nabi Azad , Indian politician
- March 10 - Larry Wall , American computer programmer
- March 12
- --- Bill Payne , American musician ( Little Feat )
- --- Natalia Kuchinskaya , Soviet gymnast
- March 13 - Julia Migenes , American soprano
- March 16
- --- Erik Estrada , Puerto Rican actor
- --- Victor Garber , Canadian actor
- March 17
- --- Patrick Duffy , American actor
- --- Pat Rice , Irish footballer and football manager
- March 18 - Alex Higgins , Irish snooker player
- March 21 - Eddie Money , American singer
- March 22 - Fanny Ardant , French actress
- March 23 - Ric Ocasek , American musician ( The Cars )
- March 24 - Nick Lowe , American musician
- March 26 - Patrick Süskind , German writer
- March 30
- --- Marcia Ball , American musician
- --- Lene Lovich , American singer
- --- Naomi Sims , American model and businesswoman
- --- Elijah Harper , Canadian Aboriginal activist
- April 1
- --- Gérard Mestrallet , French businessman
- --- Sammy Nelson , Irish footballer
- --- Gil Scott-Heron , American musician and composer
- April 3 - Richard Thompson , British musician and songwriter
- April 6 - Horst Ludwig Störmer , German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 14 - John Shea , American actor
- April 15 - Alla Pugacheva , Russian musical performer
- April 16 - Sandy Hawley , Canadian jockey
- April 18 - Geoff Bodine , American race car driver
- April 21 - Patti Lupone . American actress
- April 24 - Veronique Sanson , French singer and songwriter
- May 4 - John Force , American race car driver
- May 7 - Tanya Falan , American singer
- May 9 - Billy Joel , American musician
- May 13 - Zoë Wanamaker , English-American actress
- May 18
- --- Rick Wakeman , English musician and songwriter ( Yes )
- --- Bill Wallace , Canadian musician ( The Guess Who )
- May 19
- --- Enrique Aguirre Cabañas , Gynecology that discovers uterine neck cancer
- --- Archie Manning , American football player
- May 20 - Dave Thomas , Canadian actor and comedian
- May 24 - Tomaž Pisanski , Slovenian mathematician
- May 25 - Prahladananda Swami , ISKCON religious leader
- May 26
- --- Philip Michael Thomas , American actor
- --- Hank Williams Jr. , American singer
- May 29 - Francis Rossi English guitist/singer ( Status Quo )
- May 31 - Tom Berenger , American actor
- June 2 - Heather Couper , British astronomer
- June 8 - Emanuel Ax , Polish-born pianist
- June 11 - Benjamin Vasserman , Estonian artist
- June 13 - Ann Druyan , American writer
- June 14
- --- Jimmy Lea , English musician ( Slade )
- --- Harry Turtledove , American historian and novelist
- June 15 - Jim Varney , American actor (d. 2000 )
- June 17 - Andrei Fursenko , Russian politician, scientist and businessman
- June 18
- --- Chris Van Allsburg , American author and illustrator
- --- Lech Kaczyński , President Of Poland
- --- Jarosław Kaczyński , Polish Prime Minister
- --- Prince Lincoln Thompson , Jamaican musician (d. 1999 )
- June 21
- --- John Agard , British writer
- --- Jane Urquhart , Canadian author
- June 27 - Vera Wang , American fashion designer
- July 3
- --- Jan Smithers , American actress
- --- Johnnie Wilder, Jr. , American R&B singer ( Heatwave ) (d. 2006 )
- July 7 - Shelley Duvall , American actress
- July 11 - Ingrid Newkirk , president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- July 15
- --- Carl Bildt , Prime Minister Of Sweden
- --- Trevor Horn , British singer and producer
- July 17 - Charlie Steiner , American sportscaster
- July 22 - Alan Menken , American composer
- July 26 - Roger Taylor , English musician ( Queen )
- August 6 - Alan Campbell , Northern Irish clergyman
- August 7 - Walid Jumblatt , leader of the Lebanese Druze
- August 12 - Mark Knopfler , British guitarist ( Dire Straits )
- August 15 - Richard Deacon , Welsh sculptor
- August 20 - Philip Lynott , Irish musician ( Thin Lizzy )
- August 22 - Alfred Musema , Rwandan businessperson and Geocidaire
- August 23
- --- Shelley Long , American actress
- --- Rick Springfield , Australian singer and actor
- August 25
- --- Martin Amis , English novelist
- --- Gene Simmons , American musician ( Kiss )
- August 26 - Malcolm McFee , British actor ( Please Sir )
- August 31
- --- Richard Gere , American actor
- --- H. David Politzer , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- September 1 - P.A. Sangma , Indian politician
- September 3 - Patriarch Peter VII Of Alexandria (d. 2004 )
- September 7
- --- Lee McGeorge Durrell , American author, television presenter, and zookeeper
- --- Gloria Gaynor , American singer
- September 9 - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono , Current President of Indonesia.
- September 14 - Eikichi Yazawa , Japanese singer
- September 15 - Joe Barton , American politician
- September 17 - Cassandra Peterson , American actress
- September 18
- --- Mo Mowlam , British politician (d. 2005 )
- --- Peter Shilton , English goalkeeper
- September 19 - Twiggy Lawson , English model
- September 23 - Bruce Springsteen , American singer and songwriter
- September 24 - Pedro Almodóvar , Spanish filmmaker
- September 26 - Jane Smiley , American novelist
- September 27 - Mike Schmidt , baseball player
- October 1 - Isaac Bonewits , American author and occultist
- October 4 - Armand Assante , American actor
- October 7 - Ronnie Mund , American television personality
- October 8 - Sigourney Weaver , American actress
- October 12 - Carlos The Jackal , Venezuelan-born mercenary
- October 14
- --- Katy Manning , British actress
- --- Katha Pollitt , American writer
- October 20 - Valeri Borzov , Ukrainian athlete
- October 21 - Benjamin Netanyahu , Prime Minister Of Israel
- October 22
- --- Stiv Bators , American musician ( The Dead Boys ) (d. 1990 )
- --- Arsene Wenger , French football (soccer) manager
- November 2 - Simon Augustini , Albanian politician
- November 3 - Larry Holmes , American World Heavywieght Boxing Champion
- November 5
- --- Armin Shimerman , American actor
- --- Jimmie Spheeris , American Singer-songwriter (d. 1984 )
- November 6 - Nigel Havers , British Actor
- November 7
- --- Aiswarya , Queen of Nepal (d. 2001 )
- --- Judi Bari , American environmental activist (d. 1997 )
- November 24 - Nicholas Richard Ainger , British politician
- November 25 - Kerry James O'Keeffe , Australian cricketer and commentator
- November 26 - Juanin Clay , American actress (d. 1995 )
- November 28 - Alexander Godunov , Russian-born dancer and actor (d. 1995 )
- November 29
- --- Jerry Lawler , American professional wrestler and commentator
- --- Garry Shandling , American comedian
- December 3 - John Akii-Bua , Ugandan hurdler (d. 1997 )
- December 4
- --- Jeff Bridges , American actor
- --- Pamela Stephenson , New Zealand-born comedienne, actress, and singer
- December 7 - Tom Waits , American singer, composer, and actor
- December 8 - Mary Gordon , American writer
- December 11 - Teri Garr , American actress
- December 12 - Rajinikanth , Indian actor
- December 13
- --- Robert Lindsay , British actor
- --- Tom Verlaine , American singer/guitarist of Television
- December 14 - Bill Buckner , baseball player
- December 16 - Billy Gibbons , American guitarist ( ZZ Top )
- December 17 - Paul Rodgers , British singer ( Free )
- December 19 - Sebastian , Danish musician
- December 22
- --- Maurice Gibb , British musician ( The Bee Gees ) (d. 2003 )
- --- Robin Gibb , British musician ( The Bee Gees )
- December 24 - Randy Neugebauer , American politician
- December 25
- --- Simone Bittencourt De Oliveira , Brazilian singer
- --- Sissy Spacek , American actress
- --- Joe Louis Walker , American musician
- December 26 - José Ramos Horta , Foreign Minister of East Timor, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- ''unknown date'' - Brian Calvin Hartnell , Zodiac Killer survivor
- January 6 - Victor Fleming , American director (b. 1883 )
- January 11 - Nelson Doubleday , American publisher (b. 1889 )
- January 14 - Joaquín Turina , Spanish composer (b. 1882 )
- January 28 - Jean-Pierre Wimille , French race car driver (b. 1908 )
- February 12 - Imam Hassan Al Banna , Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906 )
- February 21 - Tan Malaka , Indonesian nationalist activist and communist leader (b. 1894 )
- March 28 - Grigoraş Dinicu , Romanian composer (b. 1889 )
- March 30
- --- Friedrich Bergius , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884 )
- --- Prince Harald Of Denmark (b. 1876 )
- April 18 - Will Hay , British comedian and actor (b. 1888 )
- April 19 - Ulrich Salchow , Swedish figure skater (b. 1877 )
- May 6 - Maurice Maeterlinck , Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862 )
- May 9 - Louis II, Prince Of Monaco (b. 1870 )
- May 22
- --- James Forrestal , U.S. Secretary of Navy and Defense (suicide) (b. 1892 )
- --- Klaus Mann , German writer (suicide) (b. 1906 )
- June 10 - Sigrid Undset , Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882 )
- June 14 - Russell Doubleday , American author and publisher (b. 1872 )
- June 25 - Buck Freeman , baseball player (b. 1871 )
- July 9 - Fritz Bennicke Hart , English-born composer (b. 1874 )
- July 12 - Douglas Hyde , first President Of Ireland (b. 1860 )
- July 18 - Vítězslav Novák , Czech composer (b. 1870 )
- August 16 - Margaret Mitchell , American writer (b. 1900 )
- August 18 - Paul Mares , American musician (b. 1900 )
- August 30 - Arthur Fielder , English cricketer (b. 1877 )
- September 8 - Richard Strauss , German composer (b. 1864 )
- September 13 - August Krogh , Danish zoophysiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1874 )
- September 14 - Gottfried Graf Von Bismarck-Schönhausen , German Resistance figure (b. 1901 )
- September 19
- --- Will Cuppy , American humorist (b. 1884 )
- --- George Shiels , Irish writer (b. 1886 )
- --- Nikolaos Skalkottas , Greek composer (b. 1901 )
- October 27
- --- Marcel Cerdan , French boxer (plane crash) (b. 1916 )
- --- Ginette Neveu , French violinist (plane crash) (b. 1919 )
- November - Maria Josepha Sophia De Iturbide , head of Imperial House of Mexico (b. {Link without Title} )
- November 2 - Jerome F. Donovan , American politician (b. 1872 )
- November 5 - Abdolhossein Hazhir , Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1899 )
- December 6 - Leadbelly , American musician (b. 1888 )
- December 11 - Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya , Indian philosopher (b. 1875 )
- December 16 - Sidney Olcott , Canadian film director (b. 1873 )
- December 28 - Hervey Allen , American author (b. 1889 )
- December 28 - Jack Lovelock , New Zealand athlete (b. 1910 )
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