Year (''' MCMLX ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar . The year 1960 is known as the " Year Of Africa ."
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- February 1 - 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 nonviolent Protests throughout the Southern United States , and 6 months later the original 4 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 Africa n Parliament in Cape Town (although he had first made the speech, to little publicity, in Accra , Gold Coast - now Ghana - on January 10 the same year).
- February 4 - Vince Deveney and Gaetan DeSimone invent the White Widow.
- February 5 - The CERN Particle Accelerator is inaugurated in Geneva , Switzerland .
- February 9 - Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame .
- February 9 - Adolph Coors III , chairman of the board of the Coors Brewing Company , is kidnapped and captors demand $500,000. Coors is later found dead and Joseph Corbett, Jr. is indicted.
- February 10 — In Brussels , a conference about Belgian Congo Independence begins.
- February 11 - The Airship ZPG-3W is destroyed in a storm in Massachusetts .
- February 11 - Twelve India n soldiers die in clashes with Chinese troops at their common border.
- tests its first Atomic Bomb in the Sahara .
- February 18 - 29 — The 1960 Winter Olympics open in Squaw Valley , California .
- February 29 - March 1 (night) — An Earthquake totally destroys Agadir , Morocco .
- April 1 - Tuanku Abdul Rahman Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad , 1st Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia , dies in office. He is replaced by Hisamuddin Alam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah , Sultan of Selangor .
- April 1 - The United States launches the first Weather Satellite , TIROS-1 .
- April 4 — The first 3 female priests are ordained in Sweden .
- April 12 — Eric Peugeot, youngest son of the founder of Peugeot , is kidnapped in Paris . Kidnappers release him April 15 in exchange for $300,000 Ransom .
- April 13 - The United States launches Navigation Satellite Transat I-b.
- April 13 - The Blue Streak Missile is cancelled, ending the United Kingdom 's imperial ambitions.
- April 16 - Gunman David Pratt attacks South Africa n Prime Minister Henrik Verwoerd in Johannesburg , wounding him seriously.
- April 16 - Brian Hardgroove (bassist and bandleader for legendary hip hop band Public Enemy) is born in New York City (United States).
- April 16 - The Times of London abandons use of the term "Imperial and Foreign News", replacing it with "Overseas News", and changes its house style from "to-day" to "today".
- April 18 - On the campaign trail in West Virginia , Senator John F. Kennedy says, in reply to a question about his Roman Catholic faith, "I don't think that my religion is anyone's business."
- April 21 — In Brazil , the country's capital ( Federal District ) is shifted from Rio De Janeiro to Brasília . The Guanabara State is founded to succeed Rio De Janeiro as the Brazilian Federal District .
- April 27 — Togo gains independence from French -administered UN trusteeship.
- May 1 - A Soviet missile shoots down an American Lockheed U2 spy plane; the pilot Francis Gary Powers is captured.
- May 1 - In India, May 1st is declared as 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (the same day is also celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day).
- May 4 — West German refugee minister Theodor Oberländer is fired because of his Nazi past.
- May 6 - President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act Of 1960 into law.
- May 9 — The U.S. FDA announces that it will approve Birth Control as an additional Indication for Searle 's Enovid, making it the world's first approved Oral Contraceptive Pill .
- May 10 — The nuclear submarine USS ''Nautilus'' completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the Earth .
- May 11 — In Buenos Aires , 4 Mossad agents abduct fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann , who was using the alias "Ricardo Klement".
- May 13 — A Swiss/Austrian expedition makes the first ascent of 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 — Sputnik 4 is launched into Earth orbit.
- May 16 - Nikita Khrushchev demands an apology from U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower for U-2 Spy Plane flights over the Soviet Union , thus ending a Big Four summit in Paris .
- May 16 - Theodore Maiman operates the first Laser .
- May 20 — In Japan , police carry away Socialist members of the Diet ; Parliament then approves a security treaty with the United States .
- 's subduction fault ruptures from Talcahuano to Taitao Peninsula , causing a Tsunami and one of the greatest Earthquake s on record. Seismograph s in Valdivia crash.
- May 23 — Prime Minister Of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi War Criminal Adolf Eichmann has been captured.
- May 27 — In Turkey , a bloodless military Coup D'état removes President Celal Bayar and installs General Cemal Gürsel as head of state.
- July 1 - Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President as Queen Elizabeth II Of The United Kingdom ceases to be the Head Of State .
- July 1 — A Soviet MiG fighter north of Murmansk in the Barents Sea shoots down a 6-man RB-47 . Two United States Air Force officers survive and are imprisoned in Moscow 's dreaded Lubyanka Prison .
- July 1 — Italian Somailand Gains it's Independence from Italy , 5 days after the British Somailand
- July 4 — Following the admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. State the previous year, the 50-star Flag Of The United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
- July 10 — The Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia 2-1 to win the first European Football Championship .
- July 11 - Moise Tshombe declares the Congolese province of Katanga independent; he receives Belgian help.
- July 11 - U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy is nominated for President at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California .
- July 12 — Orlyonok , the main Young Pioneer Camp of the Russian SFSR , is founded.
- July 14 — The United Nations decides to send troops to Katanga to oversee Belgian troops withdrawal.
- July 20 — Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
- July 21 — Francis Chichester , English navigator and yachtsman, arrives in New York aboard ''Gypsy Moth II'' — he has made a record solo Atlantic crossing in 40 days.
- July 25 -- The Woolworth's counter in Greensboro, North Carolina , the subject of a sit-in which sparked sit-ins and pickets across the southern United States in February 1960, serves its first black customer.
- July 25 - July 28 - In Chicago , the Republican National Convention nominates U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon for President and Henry Cabot Lodge for Vice President.
- July 27 — The OECD is founded in Paris .
- August — Stanley Clifford Weyman , U.S. impostor, is killed trying to prevent a robbery.
- August 5 — Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) declares Independence from France .
- embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
- August 6 - In the Democratic Republic Of The Congo , Albert Kalonji declares the independence of the Autonomous State of South Kasai .
- August 7 — Côte D'Ivoire becomes independent.
- August 11 — Chad becomes independent.
- August 13 - Central African Republic becomes independent.
- August 15 - Congo-Brazzaville becomes independent.
- by falling 16 miles (25.7 km) before opening his Parachute ; and fastest speed by a Human without motorized assistance, 982 km/h (614 mi/h).
- August 16 - Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom .
- August 17 - The newly named Beatles begin a forty-eight night residency at the Indra Club in Hamburg , West Germany .
- August 17 - Gabon gains independence from France .
- August 17 - The trial of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow .
- , downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for Espionage .
- launches Sputnik 5 , with the Dog s Belka and Strelka ( Russian for "Squirrel" and "Little Arrow"), 40 Mice , 2 Rat s and a variety of Plant s. The spacecraft returns to earth the next day and all animals are recovered safely.
- August 20 — Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation , declaring independence.
- August 25 - September 11 - The 1960 Summer Olympics are held in Rome .
- August 25 - The '' USS Seadragon (SSN-584) '' surfaces at the North Pole , where the crew plays softball.
- August 29 — September 13 — Hurricane Donna kills 50 in Florida and New England .
- September 1 - Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah , Sultan of Selangor and 2nd Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia , dies in office. He is replaced by Tuanku Syed Putra , Raja of Perlis .
- September 1 - Disgruntled Railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad , marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the event lasts 2 days).
- wins the gold medal in boxing.
- September 5 - Congo president Joseph Kasavubu fires Patrice Lumumba 's government and places him under House Arrest .
- September 8 — In Huntsville, Alabama , U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (which NASA had already activated on July 1 ).
- September 14 - Colonel Joseph Mobutu takes power in Congo in a Military Coup .
- September 14 - Iran , Iraq , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC .
- September 22 - Mali , sole remaining member of the Mali Federation following the withdrawal of Senegal a month earlier, declares full independence as the ''Republic of Mali''.
- September 26 — The 2 leading U.S. presidential candidates, Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy , participate in the first televised presidential debate.
- October 1 — Nigeria gains independence; Nnamdi Azikiwe is the first native Governor General .
- October 3 — Jânio Quadros is elected president of Brazil for a 5-year term.
- October 5 — White South Africa ns vote to make the country a republic.
- October 7 — The second notable flood occurs in Horncastle , England .
- pounds his shoe on a table at a United Nations General Assembly meeting, to protest discussion of Soviet Union policy toward Eastern Europe .
- October 12 - Otoya Yamaguchi assassinates Inejiro Asanuma , chairman of the Japanese Socialist Party.
- October 14 — U.S. presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace Corps .
- October 24 — A rocket explodes in the Baikonur Space Center during fueling, killing 91.
- October 26 - Robert F. Kennedy calls Coretta Scott King , wife of Dr. Martin Luther King , and secures his release from jail on a traffic violation in Atlanta , Georgia .
- October 29 — In Louisville, Kentucky , Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali ) wins his first professional fight.
- October 30 — Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom , at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary .
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- December 1 - Patrice Lumumba , the deposed premier of the Congo , is arrested by troops of Colonel Joseph Mobutu .
- December 1 - A 5-ton Soviet spacecraft containing animals, insects and plants is launched into orbit; it burns up upon re-entry.
- December 2 - The Archbishop Of Canterbury , the Most Rev. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, talks with Pope John XXIII for about an hour in the Vatican . It is the first time in more than 500 years that a head of the Anglican Church had visited the Pope.
- December 2 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the use of $1M for the relief and resettlement of Cuba n Refugees , who have been arriving in Florida at the rate of 1,000 a week.
- December 4 — The admission to the United Nations of Mauritania is vetoed by the USSR .
- December 5 — Pierre Lagaillarde , who led 1958 and 1960 insurrections in Algeria , fails to appear in a Paris court. He has reportedly fled with 4 fellow defendants to Spain en route to Algeria.
- December 7 — The United Nations Security Council is called into session by the Soviet Union , to consider Soviet demands that the U.N. seek the immediate release of former Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba .
- December 9 — French President Charles De Gaulle 's visit to Algeria is marked by bloody riots by European and Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people.
- December 9 - First Episode of long-running drama Coronation Street airs. It was originally planned to be a 16 part drama that ended in early 1961 but became such a success it is still running to the present day 5 times or more per week.
- December 12 — The U.S. Supreme Court upholds a Federal Court ruling that Louisiana 's segregation laws are Unconstitutional .
- December 13 - While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil , his Imperial Bodyguard revolts unsuccessfully against his rule. The rebels proclaim the emperor's son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen , as Emperor.
- December 13 - Guatemala , El Salvador , Nicaragua and Honduras found the Central American Common Market .
- December 13 - Navy Commander Leroy Heath (Pilot) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe (Bombardier/Navigator) establish a world altitude record of 91,450.8 feet (27,874.2 metres) in an A3J Vigilante carrying a 1,000 kilogram payload, besting the previous record by over 4 miles.
- December 14 - Antoine Gizenga proclaims in Stanleyville , Congo , that he has assumed the premiership.
- December 14 - The OECD is formed in Paris .
- December 15 - King Mahendra Of Nepal deposes the government and takes power into his own hands.
- December 15 - King Baudouin Of Belgium marries Doña Fabiola De Mora Y Aragon .
- December 16 - U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter announces that the United States will commit 5 atomic submarines and 80 Polaris Missiles to NATO by the end of 1963 .
- DC-8 collides with a TWA Lockheed Constellation over Staten Island , New York City . All 128 passengers and crew on both planes are killed, as are 6 persons on the ground.
- December 17 — Troops loyal to Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia suppress the revolt that began December 13 , giving power back to their leader upon his return from Brazil . Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
- December 19 — Fire sweeps through the USS ''Constellation'' , the largest U.S. aircraft carrier, while it is under construction at a Brooklyn Navy Yard pier, killing 50 and injuring 150.
- December 20 — Discoverer XIX is launched into polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base , to measure Radiation .
- December 27 — France sets off its third nuclear test blast at its atomic proving grounds at Reggane , Algeria .
The following are references to year 1960 in fiction: the videogame Bioshock.
- World Population : 3,021,475,000
- --- Africa : 277,398,000
- --- Asia : 1,701,336,000
- --- Europe : 604,401,000
- --- Latin-America : 218,300,000
- --- Northern America : 204,152,000
- --- Oceania : 15,888,000
- January 2 - Naoki Urasawa , Japanese manga author and artist
- January 3 - Sandeep Marwah , Founder of Noida Film City
- January 4 - Michael Stipe , American singer ( R.E.M. )
- January 6 - Kari Jalonen , Finnish ice hockey player
- January 6 - Nigella Lawson , British chef and writer
- January 6 - Howie Long , American football player
- January 12 - Oliver Platt , Canadian actor
- January 13 - Kevin Anderson , American actor
- January 20 - Will Wright , American computer game designer best known for games such as The Sims , Sim City , and Spore (video Game)
- January 22 - Michael Hutchence , Australian musician ( INXS ) (d. 1997 )
- January 23 - Patrick De Gayardon , French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998 )
- January 28 - Robert Von Dassanowsky , American cultural historian, writer, and producer
- January 29 - Greg Louganis , American diver
- January 29 - Gia Carangi , American model (d. 1986 )
- January 29 - Sean Kerly , British field hockey player
- February 2 - Jari Porttila , Finnish sports journalist
- February 13 - Pierluigi Collina , Italian football (soccer) referee
- February 13 - Gary Patterson , American football coach
- February 16 - Cherie Chung , Hong Kong actress
- February 19 - Prince Andrew, Duke Of York
- February 21 - Henry G. Brinton , American writer and minister
- February 27 - Andrés Gómez , Ecuadorian tennis player
- March 4 - Mikko Kuustonen , Finnish singer and songwriter
- March 4 - John Mugabi , Ugandan boxer and world Junior Middleweight champion
- March 4 - Mykelti Williamson , American actor
- March 7 - Joe Carter , baseball player
- March 7 - Ivan Lendl , Czech tennis player
- March 8 - Finn Carter , American actress
- March 10 - Anne MacKenzie , British broadcaster
- March 12 - Minoru Niihara , Japanese singer
- March 12 - Maki Nomiya , Japanese singer ( Pizzicato Five )
- March 13 - Adam Clayton , Irish bassist ( U2 )
- March 13 - Joe Ranft , American animator (d. 2005 )
- March 14 - Kirby Puckett , baseball player (d. 2006 )
- March 16 - Jenny Eclair (born Jenny Clare Hargreaves, in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia ) is a Comedian , Actress and Novelist , working in the United Kingdom
- March 18 - Richard Biggs , American actor (d. 2004 )
- March 20 - Norm Magnusson , American artist
- March 21 - Ayrton Senna , Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994 )
- March 23 - Nicol Stephen , Scottish politician
- March 24 - Nena Kerner , German singer
- March 26 - Marcus Allen , American football player
- March 27 - Hans Pflügler , German footballer
- March 27 - Renato Russo , Brazilian singer ( Legião Urbana ) (d. 1996 )
- April 1 - Michael Praed , British actor
- April 2 - Linford Christie , British athlete
- April 3 - Elizabeth Gracen , American beauty queen, actress, and model
- April 4 - Jane Eaglin , English soprano
- April 4 - Hugo Weaving , Australian actor
- April 11 - Jeremy Clarkson , English journalist and television show host
- April 14 - Brad Garrett , American actor
- April 16 - Rafael Benitez , Spanish football manager
- April 18 - Neo Rauch , German painter
- April 19 - Frank Viola , baseball player
- April 23 - Steve Clark , English guitarist ( Def Leppard )
- April 23 - Valerie Bertinelli , American actress
- April 24 - Paula Yates , British television presenter (d. 2000 )
- April 26 - Roger Taylor , English musician ( Duran Duran )
- April 28 - John Cerutti , baseball player and announcer (d. 2004 )
- April 28 - Joel H. Rosenthal , American political scientist
- April 29 - Phil King , British bassist
- May 6 - John Flansburgh , American musician ( They Might Be Giants )
- May 6 - Roma Downey , Irish-born actress
- May 10 - Bono , Irish singer ( U2 )
- May 18 - Jari Kurri , Finnish hockey player
- May 18 - Yannick Noah , French tennis player
- May 20 - John Billingsley , American actor
- May 21 - Jeffrey Dahmer , American serial killer (d. 1994 )
- May 22 - Hideaki Anno , Japanese director
- May 23 - Linden Ashby , American actor
- May 31 - Greg C. Adams , Canadian ice hockey player
- June 4 - Bradley Walsh , English comedian and actor
- June 6 - Steve Vai , American guitarist
- June 8 - Mick Hucknall , English singer and songwriter ( Simply Red )
- June 16 - Peter Sterling , Australian rugby player
- June 17 - Michael Monroe , Finnish singer ( Hanoi Rocks )
- June 18 - Kevin Drinkell , English footballer
- June 20 - John Taylor , English musician ( Duran Duran )
- June 25 - Dario De Judicibus , Italian writer
- June 28 - John Elway , American football player
- June 30 - Tony Bellotto , Brazilian guitarist and writer
- July 3 - Vince Clarke , English songwriter ( Depeche Mode , Yazoo , and Erasure )
- July 5 - Pruitt Taylor Vince , American actor
- July 5 - Rick Devin , American guitarist and singer/songwriter
- July 7 - Kevin A. Ford , American NASA astronaut
- July 9 - Charles Gavin , Brazilian drummer and producer
- July 13 - Ian Hislop , British broadcaster and editor
- July 14 - Kyle Gass , American music singer-song-writer-guitarist/actor
- July 17 - Robin Shou , Hong Kong actor
- July 17 - Jan Wouters , Dutch football player and manager
- July 18 - Anne-Marie Johnson , American actress
- July 21 - Ezequiel Viñao , Argentine-born composer
- July 21 - Fritz Walter , German footballer
- July 22 - Jon Oliva American vocalist and pianist ( Savatage )
- August 4 - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , Prime Minister Of Spain
- August 7 - David Duchovny , American actor
- August 8 - Ulrich Maly , German politician and Mayor of Nuremberg
- August 10 - Antonio Banderas , Spanish actor
- August 10 - Todd David Hess , prominent USAF Colonel and Surgeon
- August 14 - Sarah Brightman , English soprano singer and actress
- August 17 - Sean Penn , American actor
- August 19 - Morten Andersen , American football player
- August 24 - Cal Ripken, Jr. , baseball player
- August 26 - Branford Marsalis , American musician
- September 6 - Bob Stoops , American football coach
- September 9 - Hugh Grant , English actor
- September 10 - Colin Firth , English actor
- September 16 - John Franco , baseball player
- September 22 - Joan Jett , U.S. musician, vocalist & leader of "Joan Jett & The Blackhearts"
- October 6 - Richard Jobson Scottish singer-songwriter ( Skids ) and film-maker, best known as a television presenter
- October 7 - Kyosuke Himuro , Japanese singer
- October 12 - Alexei Kudrin , a Russian Statesman and the Russian Minister of Finance
- October 17 - Guy Henry , English actor
- October 18 - Jean-Claude Van Damme , Belgian actor
- October 24 - Jaime Garzón , Colombian journalist and comedian (d. 1999 )
- October 29 - Finola Hughes , British actress
- October 30 - Diego Armando Maradona , Argentine footballer
- November 3 - Karch Kiraly , American volleyball player
- November 4 - Frl. Menke , German pop singer
- November 10 - Neil Gaiman , English author
- November 11 - Peter Parros , American actor
- November 11 - Stanley Tucci , American actor and film director
- November 17 - Jonathan Ross , English television presenter
- November 18 - Kim Wilde , English singer and gardener
- November 25 - Amy Grant , American musician
- November 25 - John F. Kennedy, Jr. , American lawyer and journalist (d. 1999 )
- November 26 - Harold Reynolds , baseball player and broadcaster
- November 27 - Yulia Tymoshenko , Prime Minister Of Ukraine
- November 30 - Rich Fields , American television personality
- December 2 - Rick Savage , English bassist ( Def Leppard )
- December 3 - Daryl Hannah , American actress
- December 4 - Glynis Nunn , Australian athlete
- December 5 - Brian Bromberg American Jazz bassist and composer
- December 10 - Kenneth Branagh , Northern Irish actor and director
- December 10 - Michael Schoeffling , American actor and model
- December 14 - Bob Paris , American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate
- December 17 - Criss Angel , American/Greek magician and musician
- December 18 - Kazuhide Uekusa , Japanese economist
- December 19 - Mike Lookinland , American actor
- December 24 - Carol Vorderman , British television presenter
- December 24 - Eva Tamargo , American actress
- December 27 - Maryam D'Abo , British actress
- December 28 - John Fitzgerald , Australian tennis player
- December 31 - John Allen Muhammad , American serial killer
- December 31 - Steve Bruce , English footballer
Landon Curt Noll - Number Theorist , who broke the record for the Largest Known Prime three times by age 29.
- January 1 - Margaret Sullavan , American actress (b. 1909 )
- January 4 - Albert Camus , French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (automobile accident) (b. 1913 )
- January 12 - Nevil Shute , English writer (b. 1899 )
- January 24 - Edwin Fischer , Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886 )
- February 3 - Fred Buscaglione , Italian singer and actor (b. 1921 )
- February 10 - Aloysius Stepinac , Catholic prelate (b. 1898 )
- February 11 - Ernő Dohnányi , Hungarian conductor (b. 1877 )
- February 29 - Walter Yust , American encyclopedia editor (b. 1894 )
- March 2 - Stanisław Taczak , Polish general (b. 1874 )
- March 9 - Jack Beattie , Irish politician (b. 1886 )
- April 1 - Tuanku Abdul Rahman Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad , King of Malaysia (b. 1895 )
- April 17 - Eddie Cochran , American singer (b. 1938 )
- April 24 - Max Von Laue , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879 )
- May 3 - Masa Niemi , Finnish actor (b. 1914 )
- May 8 - J. H. C. Whitehead , British mathematician (b. 1904 )
- May 11 - John D. Rockefeller Jr. , American philanthropist (b. 1874 )
- May 27 - Edward Brophy , American actor (b. 1895 )
- May 30 - Boris Pasternak , Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (b. 1890 )
- May 31 - Walther Funk , German Nazi politician (b. 1890 )
- June 14 - Ana Pauker , Romanian politician (b. 1893 )
- June 25 - Tommy Corcoran , baseball player (b. 1869 )
- June 27 - Lottie Dod , English athlete (b. 1871 )
- July 15 - Set Persson , Swedish politician (b. 1897 )
- July 16 - John P. Marquand , American novelist (b. 1893 )
- August 29 - Vicki Baum , Austrian writer (b. 1888 )
- September 1 - Hisamuddin Alam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah , King of Malaysia (b. 1898 )
- September 9 - Jussi Björling , Swedish tenor (b. 1911 )
- October 31 - H. L. Davis , American author (b. 1894 )
- November 2 - Dimitri Mitropoulos , Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (b. 1896 )
- November 5 - Mack Sennett , Canadian film producer and director (b. 1880 )
- November 5 - Johnny Horton , American country singer (b. 1925 )
- November 7 - A.P. Carter , American singer and songwriter (b. 1891 )
- November 14 - Walter Catlett , American actor (b. 1889 )
- November 16 - Clark Gable , American actor (b. 1901 )
- November 24 - Grand Duchess Olga , sister of Nicholas II (b. 1882 )
- December 2 - Fritz August Breuhaus De Groot , German architect, interior designer and designer (b. 1883 )
- December 26 - Watsuji Tetsuro , Japanese philosopher (b. 1889 )
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