Global Metrics
Human security
- Major Armed Conflicts:
- Total Deaths in Battle: 700,000 people
- Violent Deaths caused by Government (Other than War):
- Violent Deaths caused by other humans:
- Juvenile Violent Crime:
Political security
- Nations Holding Multi-party Elections:
- Percentage Living under a Fully Democratic System of Governance:
- "Free" Countries:
- Percentage Living in "Free" Countries:
Human wellbeing
- Life Expectancy:
- Teen Birthrates:
- Mortality Rates of Children Under Five:
- Concentration Levels of Major Air Pollutants:
- Green Ceiling per Capita GDP:
Events
January events
February events
March events
April events
May events
June events
July events
September events
October events
November events
December events
Undated events
- A fourth, and final, forest fire starts in the Tillamook Burn; but unlike earlier fires this one only burns 32,700 acres (132 km²), and within area already affected by the earlier fires.
- IBM United Kingdom formed
Year in topic
Births
- January 6 - Kim Wilson, blues singer and harmonica player
- January 12 - Kirstie Alley, actress
- January 12 - Rush Limbaugh, radio personality
- January 30 - Phil Collins, musician
- February 6 - Princess Daphné of Belgium
- February 14 - Kevin Keegan, footballer and football manager
- February 15 - Melissa Manchester, singer
- February 15 - Jane Seymour, actress
- February 20 - Gordon Brown, British politician
- February 25 - Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter
- March 4 - Kenny Dalglish footballer and football manager
- March 4 - Chris Rea, British singer and musician
- March 17 - Kurt Russell, actor
- March 24 - Tommy Hilfiger, fashion designer
- April 6 - Bert Blyleven, baseball pitcher
- April 7 - Janis Ian, singer and songwriter
- April 10 - Steven Seagal, actor
- April 11 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, Houston, Texas socialite (d. 1997)
- April 13 - Peabo Bryson, pop singer
- April 13 - Peter Davison, actor and the fifth Doctor Who
- April 13 - Max Weinberg, drummer
- April 29 - Dale Earnhardt, stock car racer (NASCAR) (d. 2001)
- May 10 - Michael Tarn, actor
- May 15 - Jonathan Richman, musician
- May 23 - Anatoly Karpov, chess world champion
- May 26 - Sally Ride, astronaut
- May 30 - Stephen Tobolowsky, actor
- June 2 - Larry Robinson, Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman
- June 14 - Paul Boateng, British politician, first black Cabinet minister
- June 17 - Mary McAleese, eighth President of Ireland
- June 20 - Tress MacNeille, voice actress
- July 3 - Richard Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer
- July 5 - Rich "Goose" Gossage, baseball pitcher
- July 8 - Anjelica Huston, actress
- July 10 - Cheryl Wheeler, singer/songwriter
- June 28 - Lloyd Maines, country music musician and record producer
- July 24 - Chris Smith, British politician, first "out" gay MP
- August 3 - Marcel Dionne, Hockey Hall of Famer
- August 20 - Greg Bear, science fiction author
- August 23 - Akhmad Kadyrov, President of Chechnya
- August 23 - Queen Noor of Jordan
- August 24 - Orson Scott Card, science fiction author
- September 7 - Julie Kavner, voice actress
- September 12 - Joe Pantoliano, actor
- September 22 - David Coverdale, singer
- September 29 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (d. 1977)
- September 29 - Maureen Caird, Australian hurdler
- October 3 - Dave Winfield, Baseball Hall of Famer
- October 3 - Keb Mo', blues musician
- October 6 - Manfred Winkelhock, auto racing driver
- October 7 - John Mellencamp, musician/songwriter
- October 10 - Ratu Epeli Ganilau, Fijian soldier and statesman
- October 11 - Jean-Jacques Goldman, French pop singer, songwriter
- October 26 - Bootsy Collins, funk musician, singer, songwriter
- November 11 - Marc Summers, television host
- November 15 - Alamgir Hashmi, poet, scholar, professor
- November 19 - Lord Falconer, British lawyer and politician
- November 24 - Chet Edwards, American politician
- November 26 - Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina, pornographic film actress, politician
- November 30 - Christian Bernard, F.R.C., Rosicrucian, Imperator of AMORC
- December 17 - Ken Hitchcock, NHL coach
- December 30 - Meredith Viera, television host
Deaths
- January 10 - Sinclair Lewis, writer
- February 9 - Eddy Duchin, musician
- February 13 - Lloyd C. Douglas, author
- February 18 - Lyman Gilmore, Choctaw Native American airplane pioneer
- February 19 - André Gide, author
- February 21 - Choudhary Rahmat Ali, founding father of Pakistan (b. 1895)
- March 6 - Ivor Novello, actor, musician, composer
- March 10 - Shidehara Kijuro, Japanese prime minister
- March 21 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
- March 25 - Eddie Collins, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1887)
- March 25 - Oscar Micheaux, pioneer African-American, filmmaker/author
- April 4 - Al Christie, early Hollywood director/producer
- April 6 - Robert Broom, paleontologist
- April 22 - Horace Donisthorpe, myrmecologist
- April 23 - Charles G. Dawes, former U.S. vice-president
- May 7 - Warner Baxter, actor
- May 30 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author
- June 4 - Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor (b. 1874)
- June 13 - Ben Chifley, Australian Prime Minister
- June 21 - Charles Dillon Perrine, astronomer (b. 1867)
- July 9 - Harry Heilmann, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1894)
- July 13 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer
- July 20 - King Abdullah, King of Jordan
- July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, filmmaker
- July 29 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author
- August 14 - William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher
- August 15 - Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (b. 1882)
- August 21 - Constant Lambert, composer
- October 16 - Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan
- November 5 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete
- November 9 - Sigmund Romberg, composer
- November 13 - Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist/composer
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Deaths
- January 10 - Sinclair Lewis, writer
- February 9 - Eddy Duchin, musician
- February 13 - Lloyd C. Douglas, author
- February 18 - Lyman Gilmore, Choctaw Native American airplane pioneer
- February 19 - André Gide, author
- February 21 - Choudhary Rahmat Ali, founding father of Pakistan (b. 1895)
- March 6 - Ivor Novello, actor, musician, composer
- March 10 - Shidehara Kijuro, Japanese prime minister
- March 21 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
- March 25 - Eddie Collins, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1887)
- March 25 - Oscar Micheaux, pioneer African-American, filmmaker/author
- April 4 - Al Christie, early Hollywood director/producer
- April 6 - Robert Broom, paleontologist
- April 22 - Horace Donisthorpe, myrmecologist
- April 23 - Charles G. Dawes, former U.S. vice-president
- May 7 - Warner Baxter, actor
- May 30 - Hermann Broch, Austrian author
- June 4 - Serge Koussevitzky, Russian conductor (b. 1874)
- June 13 - Ben Chifley, Australian Prime Minister
- June 21 - Charles Dillon Perrine, astronomer (b. 1867)
- July 9 - Harry Heilmann, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1894)
- July 13 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer
- July 20 - King Abdullah, King of Jordan
- July 23 - Robert J. Flaherty, filmmaker
- July 29 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author
- August 14 - William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher
- August 15 - Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (b. 1882)
- August 21 - Constant Lambert, composer
- October 16 - Liaquat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister of Pakistan
- November 5 - Reggie Walker, South African athlete
- November 9 - Sigmund Romberg, composer
- November 13 - Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist/composer
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