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Revision as of 20:07, 20 November 2001 by 129.128.164.xxx (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century
19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s
1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953
Births
- February 11 - Sue Bernard, Playboy magazine's playmate for December 1966
- October 9 - Jackson Browne, musician
Deaths
- January 30 - Mohandas Gandhi, Indian politician
- February 11 - Sergy Eisenstein, film director.
Events
- February 11 - John Costello follows Eamon De Valera as premier of Ireland.
- December 10, United Nations General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- Summer Olympic Games in London, UK
- Porsche founded.
- Miranda, the innermost moon of Uranus, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper.
- Peace - Not awarded.