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Revision as of 11:35, 30 November 2001 by Derek Ross (talk | contribs) (relink)(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
Years: 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.