
Event of Interest
Jan 6 Bronze memorial statue of Henry Hudson erected in Bronx

Henry Hudson
Event of Interest
Jan 10 Jean Anouilh's "La Sauvage" premieres in Paris

Jean Anouilh
- Jan 10 Paul Vincent Carroll's "White Seed" premieres in NYC
- Jan 11 Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a US national bank
- Jan 13 The Church of England accepts the theory of evolution
- Jan 14 National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY)
- Jan 17 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman
Event of Interest
Jan 17 Joseph P. Kennedy becomes the 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom

Joseph P. Kennedy
Event of Interest
Jan 22 "Our Town", Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winner of small-town life in Grover's Corners, New Hampshire, premieres (NJ)

Thornton Wilder
Event of Interest
Feb 4 Adolf Hitler seizes control of German army and puts Nazis in key posts

Adolf Hitler
- Feb 5 Hans Engnestangen skates world record 500m (41.8 sec)
- Feb 5 III British Empire Games open in Sydney, Australia
- Feb 10 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga
- Feb 12 Austrian chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg visits Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden
- Feb 12 3rd British Empire Games close in Sydney, Australia
- Feb 16 US Federal Crop Insurance program authorized
- Feb 17 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV (London)
- Feb 19 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark
Event of Interest
Feb 20 UK Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden resigns stating Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has appeased Nazi Germany

Anthony Eden

Neville Chamberlain
- Feb 20 Adolf Hitler announces his support for Japan during the Sino-Japanese War
- Feb 24 Du Pont begins commercial production of nylon toothbrush bristles
- Feb 25 Lord Halifax becomes British Foreign Secretary
- Feb 26 1st passenger ship equipped with radar
- Feb 26 US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
- Feb 26 US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
- Mar 2 Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles California)
- Mar 2 Trials of Soviet leaders begins in the Soviet Union
- Mar 3 American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors)
- Mar 11 Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country
- Mar 12 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss)
- Mar 13 In a process known as Anschluss, Austria is annexed into Nazi Germany
- Mar 16 Temple defeats Colorado to win 1st NIT
Italian Air Force Bombs Barcelona
Mar 17 The Italian Air Force, in support of Francisco Franco, bombs Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War
Learn More- Mar 18 NY 1st requires serological blood tests of pregnant women
- Mar 18 President Cardena of Mexico nationalizes US & British oil companies
- Mar 27 The Battle of Taierzhuang takes place.
- Apr 1 Nescafé introduces their flagship brand in Switzerland
- Apr 5 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Dabrowa, Poland
- Apr 6 Teflon invented by Roy J. Plunkett
Appointment of Interest
Apr 10 Second government of Blum replaced by Édouard Daladier's government in France

Édouard Daladier
- Apr 10 Austria becomes a state of Germany
- Apr 10 NY makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license
- Apr 12 1st US law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses (NY)
- Apr 13 Clifford Goldsmith' "What a Life" premieres in NYC
- Apr 16 Great Britain recognizes Italian annexation of Abyssinia
- Apr 18 Headless Mad Butcher victim found in Cleveland
- Apr 23 Sudeten Germans in Czechoslovakia demand self government
- Apr 26 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5,000 Reichsmarks
- May 2 Pulitzer prize awarded to Thornton Wilder for his play "Our Town"
- May 3 Concentration camp at Flossenburg goes into use
- May 3 Lefty Grove defeats Tigers 4-3 for 1st of record 20 consecutive wins at his home field Fenway Park; he doesn't lose there until May 12 1941
Event of Interest
May 3 Vatican recognizes Franco-Spain

Francisco Franco
- May 4 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire
- May 6 Dutch writer Maurits Dekker sentenced to 50 days for "offending a friendly head of state" (Adolf Hitler)
- May 7 Dutch Minister of Justice Goseling calls fugitives of Nazi-Germany "undesired strangers"
- May 8 Stravinsky's "Dumbarton Oaks" premieres in Washington, D.C.
- May 10 Banning speech on anti-fascism demonstration in Amsterdam
- May 12 Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide)
- May 15 Paul-Henri Spak forms red coalition of Belgium
- May 16 1st animal breeding society forms (NJ)
- May 16 38 die in Terminal Hotel fire (Atlanta Ga)
- May 17 US Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy
- May 25 Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante takes place, with 313 deaths.
- May 26 US House of Representatives Committee on un-American Activities forms
- May 28 Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid
- Jun 3 German law on "Entartete Art" legalizes art robbery
Event of Interest
Jun 6 Sigmund Freud arrives in London

Sigmund Freud
Event of Interest
Jun 7 The Douglas DC-4E makes its 1st test flight

Donald Wills Douglas
- Jun 8 Gert Terblanche, a local school boy, discovers fossils of an unknown 'robust-type' human ancestor, later named Paranthropus robustus by Robert Broom, at Kromdraai, Blaauwbank River Valley in South Africa
- Jun 10 Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch v Australia at Trent Bridge
- Jun 11 5.0 Earthquake in Belgium kills 2, strongest in 45 years
- Jun 13 Jews injured & property destroyed in Przemyal, Poland
- Jun 14 Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin
- Jun 14 Dorothy Lathrop wins 1st Caldecott Medal (kid books author)
- Jun 17 Japan declares war on China
- Jun 19 "Olympian Flyer" express train crashes in Montana, killing 47
- Jun 23 Civil Aeronautics Authority (US) established
- Jun 23 Marineland opens in Florida-1st aquarium
- Jun 23 NYC Mayor LaGuardia assigns 21 cops to patrol subway
- Jun 24 500 ton meteorite lands near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Jun 25 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 25 cents per hour (rising to 40 cents by 1945) and a maximum 44 hour working week
- Jun 30 Superman 1st appears in DC Comics' Action Comics Series issue #1
- Jun 30 Final game at Phila's Baker Bowl, Giants beat Phils 14-1
- Jul 1 The South African Press Association (SAPA) is established as a non-governmental institution by South Africa's major newspapers to facilitate the sharing of news, both national and international
Battle of Interest
Jul 3 President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Event of Interest
Jul 10 Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours

Howard Hughes
- Jul 13 Kroller-Muller museum opens in Holland
Historic Publication
Jul 14 Benito Mussolini publishes anti-Jewish/African manifesto

Benito Mussolini
- Jul 17 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan leaves NY flying for LA, winds up in Ireland supposedly by mistake
Oops, Wrong Way!
Jul 18 Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan arrives in Ireland after a 28 hours flight, supposedly left NY flying for California
Learn MoreBirthdays in History
Birthdays 1 - 100 of 270
- Jan 1 Bill Emerson, (Rep-R-MO, 1981- )
- Jan 1 Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005)
- Jan 1 Fuad Masum, 7th President of Iraq (2014-present), born in Koya, Iraq
- Jan 2 Ian Brady [Ian Duncan Stewart], British serial killer (Moors Murders), born in Glasgow (d. 2017)
- Jan 2 Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
Juan Carlos I
Jan 5 Juan Carlos I [Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias], King of Spain (1975-2014), born in Rome, Italy

Juan Carlos I
- Jan 5 Leo Avery, Abbot of Quarr Abbey, born in Wakefield, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
- Jan 5 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan writer, born in Kamirithu
- Jan 6 Prof Adrienne Clarke, Australian botanist, born in Melbourne, Australia
- Jan 6 Mario Rodríguez Cobos (aka Silo), Argentine writer and spiritual leader, born in Mendoza, Argentina (d. 2010)
- Jan 7 Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer (Jan Rao en z'n Maat)
- Jan 7 Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997)
- Jan 9 Aad Kosto, Dutch Labour Party politician who had his house blown up in a failed assassination attempt, born in Oegstgeest, Netherlands
- Jan 10 Donald Knuth, American mathematician & computer scientist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Jan 11 Fischer S Black Jr, financial theorist
- Jan 11 Michael Fenn, docker/socialist
- Jan 11 Arthur Scargill, British Marxist & trade unionist (National Union of Mineworkers), born in Barnsley, United Kingdom
- Jan 13 Jean Cabut [Cabu], French caricaturist (Charlie Hebdo), born in Châlons-en-Champagne, France (d. 2015)
- Jan 17 John Bellairs, American sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom)
- Jan 17 Tabaré Vázque, Uruguayan politician and President of Uruguay (2015-present), born in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Jan 19 Denny Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1981- )
- Jan 21 Wolfman Jack [Robert Weston Smith], American disk jockey (Midnight Special), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1995)
- Jan 22 Joe Esposito, American author and friend of Elvis, born in Chicago (d. 2016)
- Jan 23 Anatoly Marchenko, Soviet dissident, born in Barabinsk, Russia (d. 1986)
- Jan 25 Betico Croes, Arubian politician (Status Aparte), born in Aruba (d. 1986)
- Jan 25 Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese manga author, born in Tome, Japan (d. 1998)
- Jan 25 Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese creator of anime, born in Kurume, Japan
- Jan 26 Margaret Daly, British MEP
- Jan 27 Timothy Elworthy, Captain of The Queen's Flight
- Jan 30 Marcel van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO (VARA Radio/TV)
- Jan 30 Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan (1991-2016), born in Samarkand (d. 2016)
- Jan 31 Ajip Rosidi, Indonesian poet/writer (Madjalah Sunda, Pesta)
- Jan 31 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, former Queen of the Netherlands (1980-2013), born in Soestdijk Palace, Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Jan 31 James G Watt, Colo, US Secretary of Interior (1981-83)
- Feb 2 Nur Hassan Hussein [Nur Adde], Somalian politician, Prime Minister of Somalia (2007-09), born in Mogadishu, Somalia (d. 2020)
- Feb 3 Vladimir Grigoryevich Fartushny, Russian cosmonaut
- Feb 3 Randolfe "Randy" Wicker [Charles Gervin Hayden Jr.], American author, LGBT and pro-cloning activist and blogger, born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Feb 4 Donald W Riegle Jr, (Sen-D-MI, 1976- )
- Feb 7 S. Ramachandran Pillai, Indian communist leader
- Feb 12 Judy Blume, author (Wifey)
- Feb 15 Jack Tinker, British drama critic (d.1996)
- Feb 15 Lord Justice Ward, British judge
- Feb 17 Mary Frances Berry, American lawyer and activist, head of US Commission on Civil Rights, born in Nashville, Tennessee
- Feb 18 Elke Erb, German writer, born in Scherbach
- Feb 20 Mona Mitchell, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra
- Feb 21 Beryl F Anthony Jr, (Rep-D-CA, 1979- )
- Feb 22 Ishmael Reed, American author (Last Days of Louisiana Red), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Feb 22 Pierre Vallières, French-Canadian politician, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1995)
- Feb 24 Kathleen Richardson, president (Methodist Conference)
- Feb 26 Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot freedom fighter, born in Tsada, Cyprus (d. 1957)
- Feb 28 Martin Olav Sabo, (Rep-D-MN, 1979- )
- Mar 1 Michael J[oseph] Kurland, American sci-fi author (Infernal Device)
- Mar 2 Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire
- Mar 2 Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile
- Mar 4 Adam Daniel Rotfeld, Polish diplomat and researcher
- Mar 5 Lynn Margulis, American biologist (serial endosymbiotic theory), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2011)
- Mar 6 Pauline Boty, English artist, born in London (d. 1966)
- Mar 7 David Baltimore, American biologist (1975 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine), born in New York City
- Mar 11 Malcolm Keith Speed, British high court judge
- Mar 12 Karl Soderlund, Duluth Minn, Mr Sally Jesse Raphael
- Mar 12 Norman Hogg, British MP
- Mar 17 Keith O'Brien, Scottish Catholic archbishop (St Andrews & Edinburgh), born in Ballycastle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
- Mar 18 Kenny Lynch, British entertainer, born in London
- Mar 20 Frans J. van der Heijden, Dutch politician (CDA)
- Mar 20 Sergei Petrovich Novikov, Russian Mathematician, Fields Medalist
- Mar 21 Wilf Corrigan, English/US electronic manufacturer (LSI Logic)
- Mar 23 Kenneth J Gregory, warden (Goldsmiths' College)
- Mar 23 Maynard Jackson, first African American mayor of Atlanta (d. 2003)
- Mar 24 David Irving, British historian
- Mar 25 Daniel Buren, French conceptual artist, born in Paris, France
- Mar 26 Anthony James Leggett, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- Mar 27 A J Bellingham, British haematologist and president (Royal College of Pathologists)
- Mar 27 Jock Slater, British Admiral, First Sea Lord (1995-1998)
- Mar 29 Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA), born in Groningen, Netherlands
- Mar 30 Martin Dunne, Lord-Lt (Warwickshire)
- Mar 31 Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
- Mar 31 David Steel, Scottish politician
- Mar 31 Bill Hicke, Canadian NHL right wing (3-time NHL All Star), born in Regina, Saskatchewan (d. 2005)
- Apr 2 John Larsson, Swedish writer and 17th General of The Salvation Army, born in Sweden
- Apr 3 Jeff Barry, American rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Apr 5 Nancy Holt, American artist (land art), born in Worcester, Massachusetts
- Apr 6 Paul Daniels, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), born in South Bank, Yorkshire (d. 2016)
- Apr 6 Frances Schreuder, American socialite convicted of murder, born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2004)
Jerry Brown
Apr 7 Jerry Brown, American politician and Governor of California (Democratic: 1975-83, 2011-19), born in San Francisco, California

Jerry Brown
Kofi Annan
Apr 8 Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat and 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997-2006), born in Comassie, Gold Coast (d. 2018)

Kofi Annan
- Apr 9 Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (Prime Minister of Russia), born in Chernyy Otrog, Russia (d. 2010)
- Apr 11 Michael Deaver, Reagan Administration Deputy White House Chief of Staff, born in Bakersfield, California (d. 2007)
- Apr 13 John Weston, British diplomat, representative for NATO (1992-95) and UN (1995-98)
- Apr 14 Gloria Randle Scott, American educator/President of Beaumont College, born in Houston, Texas
- Apr 15 Hso Khan Pha, 1st President of the democratic and newly independent Union of Burma from 1948-52, born in Yawnghwe State, British Burma (d. 2016)
- Apr 16 Gordon Wilson, Scottish politician (Leader of the Scottish National Party), born in Govan, Glasgow (d. 2017)
- Apr 17 David Dilks, British historian and vice-chancellor (Hull U), born in Foleshill, Coventry
- Apr 17 Ben Barnes, American politician (36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas), born in Gorman, Texas
- Apr 17 Kerry Wendell Thornley, Co-founder of Discordianism, born in California (d. 1998)
- Apr 18 Andreas Liebenberg, South African military commander, born in Upington, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1998)
- Apr 22 Adam Raphael, English journalist and author
- Apr 23 Leonard Ernest John Chant, social worker, born in Yeovil, Somerset (d. 1995)
- Apr 23 Steve Symms, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from Idaho, born in Nampa, Idaho
- Apr 25 Ton Schulten, Dutch painter (landscapes using bright blocks of colour), born in Ootmarsum, Overijssel, Netherlands
- Apr 25 Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist (anticipated challenger disaster), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
Weddings in History
Wedding of Interest
Mar 26 Writer Walter Lippmann (48) weds second wife Helen Byrne Armstrong

Walter Lippmann
- Apr 28 King Zog of Albania marries Countess Geraldine of Hungary
Wedding of Interest
Jun 25 Economist Milton Friedman (25) weds Rose Friedman at the Jewish Seminary in New York City

Milton Friedman
Wedding of Interest
Jul 18 Physicist and Nobel laureate John Bardeen (30) weds Jane Maxwell

John Bardeen
Wedding of Interest
Nov 28 Chinese politician Mao Zedong (44) weds Jiang Qing (24) in a small private ceremony

Jiang Qing

Mao Zedong
Deaths in History
- Jan 3 Arthur Boon, Flemish priest/philologist, dies at 54
- Jan 8 Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880)
- Jan 8 Christian Rohlfs, German painter and artist, dies at 88
- Jan 10 Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68
- Jan 16 Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian Bengali novelist (Devdas), dies at 61
- Jan 17 William Pickering, American astronomer (predicted Pluto), dies at 79
- Feb 5 Hans Litten, German jurist (b. 1903)
- Feb 6 Marianne Von Werefkin, Russian-German-Swiss Expressionist painter, dies at 77
Harvey Firestone
Feb 7 Harvey Firestone, American manufacturer and founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, dies at 69

Harvey Firestone
- Feb 9 Truby King, pioneer of mothercraft, dies
- Feb 16 Otto zur Linde, German author (Lieder of the Leids), dies at 64
- Feb 18 Edward Anseele, Belgian socialist politician, dies at 81
- Feb 18 David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
- Feb 19 Leopoldo Lugones, Argentine poet (Las montañas del oro), dies at 63
- Feb 21 George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (discovery of magnetic fields in sunspot), dies at 69
- Mar 1 Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian poet, writer (Il fuoco, Intruder), playwright and military hero as part of the elite Arditi storm troops, dies of a stroke at 74
- Mar 4 George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)
- Mar 7 Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (1924-25) (b. 1876)
- Mar 13 Clarence Darrow, American defense attorney at Scopes Monkey Trial, dies at 80
- Mar 13 Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin, Russian politician and intellectual, dies at 49
- Mar 27 William Stern, German-American philosopher (Intelligence of Children), dies at 66
- Mar 31 Willem Kloos, Dutch poet and critic (New Guide), dies at 78
- Apr 2 Alice Berend, writer, dies
- Apr 10 Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana
- Apr 12 Feodor Chaliapine, Russian author (Man & Mark), dies at 65
- Apr 13 Grey Owl [Archibald Belaney], Canadian conservationist, dies at 49
- Apr 15 Caesar Vallejo, Peruvian-French poet (Trilce, Russia & 1931), dies at 46
- Apr 16 Bertram Mills, British circus proprietor (Bertram Mills Circus), dies at 70
- Apr 19 Henry John Newbolt, English poet and author (Studies Green & Gray), dies at 75
- Apr 21 Muhammad Iqbal, British East Indies lawyer and Pakistan national hero, dies at 65
- Apr 21 Allama Iqbal, Indian philosopher and poet, dies at 60
- Apr 24 George Grey Barnard, American sculptor, dies at 74
- Apr 26 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (founded School of Phenomenology), dies at 79
- Apr 27 Edmond Rubbens, Belgian minister to Colonies, dies at 44
- May 4 Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist and writer (Nobel Peace Prize 1935), dies at 48
- May 9 Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist, dies at 72
- May 11 Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Hours of Solitude), dies at 81
- May 13 Charles Edouard Guillaume, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
- May 16 Stephen Fairbairn, oarsman/coach, dies
- May 17 Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and Zionist, dies at 60
- May 23 Philip Kleintjes, republic leader, dies at 70
- May 26 John Jacob Abel, American Pharmacologist (endocrine glands), dies at 81
- May 30 Raden Soetomo, Indonesian freedom fighter, dies at 49
- Jun 1 Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian writer (A Child of Our Time), dies at 36
- Jun 6 Rafael Guízar y Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop (cared for the wounded, sick, and dying during the Mexican Revolution), dies at 60
- Jun 7 Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies
- Jun 14 William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and Director of Lick Observatory, dies at 76
- Jun 15 Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58
- Jun 22 C. J. Dennis, Australian poet (The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke), dies at 61
James Weldon Johnson
Jun 26 James Weldon Johnson, African American leader (NAACP), dies in a car crash at 67

James Weldon Johnson
- Jun 30 Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Nove Pesme), dies at 61
- Jul 4 Otto Bauer, Austrian Social Democrat, dies at 56
- Jul 9 Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist, dies at 68
- Jul 18 Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
- Jul 18 Marie, last Queen of Romania as the wife of King Ferdinand I (1914-27), dies at 62
- Jul 21 Owen Wister, American author (The Virginian), dies at 78
- Jul 29 Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885)
- Aug 3 Alexander Malyschkin, writer, dies
- Aug 4 L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
- Aug 7 Konstantin S Stanislavski, Russian director (S Method), dies at 75
- Aug 9 Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist and archaeologist (African cultures), dies at 65
- Aug 12 Ludwig Borchardt, German Egyptologist, dies at 74
- Aug 16 Andrej Hlinka, Slovak politician and Catholic priest, dies at 1938
- Aug 25 Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian author (Jama), dies at 67
- Aug 30 Max Factor, Polish-American make-up artist, inventor and founder of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor & Company, dies at 60
- Sep 3 Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77
- Sep 13 Samuel Alexander, Engl philosopher (Space, time & deity), dies at 79
Thomas Wolfe
Sep 15 Thomas Wolfe, American novelist (Look Homeward Angel), dies of tuberculosis.at 37

Thomas Wolfe
- Sep 17 Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet (b. 1901)
- Sep 21 Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, Croatian writer (The Brave Adventures of Lapitch), dies at 64
- Sep 24 Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
- Sep 28 Charles Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US), dies at 76
- Oct 2 Alexandru Averescu, Romanian soldier and politician (b. 1859)
- Oct 5 Saint Faustina, Polish saint (b. 1905)
- Oct 13 E. C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye), dies at 43
- Oct 18 Karl J Kautsky, Austrian Marxist/socialist, dies at 83
- Oct 24 Ernst Barlach, German writer and artist, dies at 68
- Oct 25 Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (La inquietud del rosal), dies at 46
- Oct 27 Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet/critic, dies at 57
- Nov 1 Francis Jammes, French poet and writer (Jammisme), dies at 69
- Nov 7 Ernst vom Rath, German diplomat, assassinated at 29, providing the pretext for Kristallnacht
- Nov 9 Vasily Blyukher, Soviet military commander (b.1889)
- Nov 9 Edward Murray East, American botanist and geneticist who developed hybrid corn, dies at 59
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Nov 10 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, 1st President of Turkey (1923-38) and founder of the Republic of Turkey, dies of cirrhosis of the liver at 57

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Typhoid Mary
Nov 11 Mary Mallon, Irish-American patient best known as 'Typhoid Mary' and the first person in the United States known to be immune to typhoid, dies at 69

Typhoid Mary
- Nov 17 Ante Trumbić, Croatian politician (23rd Mayor of Split), dies at 74
- Nov 19 Lev Shestov, Russian existentialist philosopher, dies at 72
- Nov 20 Enzo Matsunaga, Japanese writer (b. 1895)
- Nov 20 Edwin Hall, American physicist (discovered Hall effect), dies at 83
- Nov 20 Maud of Wales, Queen of Norway, spouse of King Haakon VII, dies at 68
- Nov 26 Henry Schultz, American economist (econometrics), dies at 45
- Nov 30 Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (founder and leader of the Iron Guard), dies at 39
- Dec 8 Friedrich Glauser, German-language Swiss writer (b. 1896)
- Dec 9 Johannes van Laar, Dutch chemist (thermodynamics), dies at 78
- Dec 11 Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian pacifist and internationalist (Nobel Peace Prize 1921), dies at 69
- Dec 12 James McNeill, Irish politician, 2nd Governor-General of the Irish Free State, dies at 69
- Dec 19 Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland), dies at 65
- Dec 20 Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader, dies at 88
- Dec 21 Helen Miller Shepard, American philanthropist who established Hall of Fame, dies at 70
- Dec 23 Robert Herrick, American novelist (Chimes), dies at 70