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* [[July 2]] - [[North-West Frontier Province]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
* [[July 2]] - [[North-West Frontier Province]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
* [[July 19]] - [[Punjab (Pakistan)]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
* [[July 19]] - [[Punjab (Pakistan)]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
* [[July 22]] – The former [[East Bengal]] province joins Pakistan on the basis of a Muslim-majority region the people had voted in to join the cause for Pakistan, according to the Partition Plan, based on the [[Two-nation theory]]. It later becomes the present day People's Republic of Bangladesh, since 1971.
* [[July 22]] – The former [[Bangladesh#History|East Bengal]] province joins Pakistan on the basis of a Muslim-majority region the people had voted in to join the cause for Pakistan, according to the Partition Plan, based on the [[Two-nation theory]]. It later becomes the present day People's Republic of Bangladesh, since 1971.
* [[August 14]] – [[Pakistan]] is granted freedom from [[Britain]], end of the [[British Raj]].
* [[August 14]] – [[Pakistan]] is granted freedom from [[Britain]], end of the [[British Raj]].
* [[August 15]] – [[India]] gains independence from [[Britain]].
* [[August 15]] – [[India]] gains independence from [[Britain]].
* [[January 1]] - [[Jon Corzine]], American politician
* [[January 1]] - [[Jon Corzine]], American politician
* [[January 8]] – [[David Bowie]], British singer
* [[January 8]] – [[David Bowie]], British singer
*[[January 15]] - [[Deem Bristow]], American actor
* [[March 8]] – [[Carole Bayer Sager]], American actress and singer
* [[March 8]] – [[Carole Bayer Sager]], American actress and singer
* [[March 24]] - [[Alan Sugar]], British [[businessman]]
* [[March 24]] - [[Alan Sugar]], British [[businessman]]
* [[October 4]] - [[Ann Widdecombe]], British politician
* [[October 4]] - [[Ann Widdecombe]], British politician
* [[October 26]] – [[Hillary Clinton]], former [[First Lady of the United States]] and [[United States Secretary of State]]
* [[October 26]] – [[Hillary Clinton]], former [[First Lady of the United States]] and [[United States Secretary of State]]
* [[November 10]] - [[Bachir Gemayel]], Lebanese politician (d. [[1982]])
* [[November 10]] - [[Bachir Gemayel]], [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] politician (d. [[1982]])
* [[November 10]] - [[Greg Lake]], American musician
* [[November 10]] - [[Greg Lake]], [[United States|American]] musician
* [[December 8]] – [[Gregg Allman]], American rock musician
* [[December 8]] – [[Gregg Allman]], American rock musician
* [[January 25]] – [[Al Capone]], American gangster (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Al Capone]], American gangster (b. [[1899]])
* [[March 11]] – [[Victor Lustig]], Austrian-born con artist (b. [[1890]])
* [[March 11]] – [[Victor Lustig]], Austrian-born con artist (b. [[1890]])
* [[March 18]] – [[William C. Durant]], American automobile pioneer (b. [[1861]])
* [[March 18]] – [[William C. Durant]], American [[Car|automobile]] pioneer (b. [[1861]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Prudence Heward]], Canadian painter (b. [[1896]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Prudence Heward]], Canadian painter (b. [[1896]])
* [[March 20]] – [[Victor Goldschmidt]], Swiss geochemist (b. [[1888]])
* [[March 20]] – [[Victor Goldschmidt]], Swiss geochemist (b. [[1888]])
* [[April 20]] – King [[Christian X of Denmark]] (b. [[1870]])
* [[April 20]] – King [[Christian X of Denmark]] (b. [[1870]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Willa Cather]], American novelist (b. [[1873]])
* [[April 24]] – [[Willa Cather]], American novelist (b. [[1873]])
* [[May 8]] – [[Harry Gordon Selfridge]], American department store magnate (b. [[1858]])
* [[May 8]] – [[Harry Gordon Selfridge]], American [[department store]] magnate (b. [[1858]])
* [[May 16]] – [[Frederick Hopkins]], English biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1861]])
* [[May 16]] – [[Frederick Hopkins]], English [[biochemist]], recipient of the [[Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1861]])
* [[May 17]] – [[George William Forbes]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
* [[May 17]] – [[George William Forbes]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]]
* [[May 20]] – [[Philipp Lenard]], Austrian physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1862]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Philipp Lenard]], Austrian physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1862]])
* December 1 – [[G. H. Hardy]], British mathematician (b. [[1877]])
* December 1 – [[G. H. Hardy]], British mathematician (b. [[1877]])
* [[December 7]] – [[Tristan Bernard]], French writer and lawyer (b. [[1866]])
* [[December 7]] – [[Tristan Bernard]], French writer and lawyer (b. [[1866]])
* December 7 – [[Nicholas M. Butler]], American president of Columbia University, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1862]])
* December 7 – [[Nicholas M. Butler]], American president of [[Columbia University]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1862]])
* [[December 17]] – [[J. N. Brønsted]], Danish chemist (b. [[1879]])
* [[December 17]] – [[J. N. Brønsted]], [[Denmark|Danish]] [[chemist]] (b. [[1879]])
== Movies released ==
== Movies released ==
* ''Hue and Cry''
* ''Hue and Cry''
* ''[[The Path to the Nest of Spiders]]'' – [[Italo Calvino]]
* ''[[The Path to the Nest of Spiders]]'' – [[Italo Calvino]]
* ''[[The Pearl]]'' – [[John Steinbeck]]
* ''[[The Pearl]]'' – [[John Steinbeck]]
* ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]
* ''[[The Adventures of Tintin]]''
* ''[[The Plague]]'' (''La Peste'') – [[Albert Camus]]
* ''[[The Plague]]'' (''La Peste'') – [[Albert Camus]]
* ''[[Prince of Foxes]]'' – [[Samuel Shellabarger]]
* ''[[Prince of Foxes]]'' – [[Samuel Shellabarger]]