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[edit] Events
- January 8 - West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders.
- January 24 - Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria.
- January 24 - Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada.
[edit] Births
- March 11 - Douglas Adams
- July 1 - Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor in TV series and movies
- July 21 - Robin Williams, American actor
[edit] Deaths
- January 18 - Curly Howard, American actor and comedian
- February 6 - King George VI of the United Kingdom
- February 19 - Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1859)
- February 22 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first President of Finland
- March 7 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru
- March 22 - Uncle Dave Macon, country music performer
- March 31 - Wallace H. White, Jr., U.S. Senator from Maine (b. 1877)
- April 3 - Miina Sillanpää, Finnish union activist
- April 21 - Sir Stafford Cripps, British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-1950
- May 6 - Maria Montessori Italian educator (cerebral haemorrage) (b. 1870)
- May 8 - Walter Fox, American movie producer
- May 21 - John Garfield, actor
- June 17 - Krystyna Skarbek, SOE agent
- July 26 - Eva Peron, Argentine wife of Juan Peron
- September 29 - George Santayana, writer
- September 30 - Viscount Waldorf Astor, British businessman and politician
- October 28 - Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia
- November 9 - Chaim Weizmann, chemist, first President of Israel (b. 1874)
- November 18 - Paul Eluard, French poet (b. 1895)
- November 23 - Aaro Hellaakoski, Finnish poet
- December 12 - Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist
- December 28 - Fletcher Henderson, jazz musician (b. 1897)
[edit] Films released
- High Noon
[edit] New books
- Adventures in Two Worlds - A.J. Cronin
- Arrow in the Blue - Arthur Koestler
- A Buyer's Market - Anthony Powell
- Charlotte's Web - E.B. White
- East of Eden - John Steinbeck
- La Formica Argentina - Italo Calvino
- Foundation and Empire - Isaac Asimov
- Giant - Edna Ferber
- Go Tell it On The Mountain - James Baldwin
- The Gown of Glory - Agnes Sligh Turnbull
- Heaven and Earth - Carlo Coccioli
- The Hidden Flower - Pearl S. Buck
- The Houses in Between - Howard Spring
- The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
- Island of Desire - Edith Templeton
- Judgment Night - C. L. Moore
- A Many-splendoured Thing - Han Suyin
- Martha Quest - Doris Lessing
- The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
- The Power of Positive Thinking - Norman Vincent Peale
- The Rolling Stones - Robert A. Heinlein
- The Saracen Blade - Frank Yerby
- The Silver Chalice - Thomas B. Costain
- The Small Miracle - Paul Gallico
- Steamboat Gothic - Frances Parkinson Keyes
- Vermeer - Lawrence Gowing
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C. S. Lewis
[edit] Hit Songs
- "All Of Me" - Johnnie Ray
- "Anytime" - Eddie Fisher
- "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" - Vera Lynn
- "Be My Life's Companion" - The Mills Brothers
- "Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)" - Rosemary Clooney
- "Christmas Roses" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
- "Day Of Jubilo" - Guy Mitchell
- "Delicado" - Percy Faith & his Orchestra
- "The Glow-Worm" - The Mills Brothers
- "A Guy Is A Guy" - Doris Day
- "Half As Much" - Rosemary Clooney
- "Heart And Soul" - The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
- "Here In My Heart" - Al Martino
- "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" - Frankie Laine
- "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" - Karen Chandler
- "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" - Jimmy Boyd
- "I Went To Your Wedding" - Patti Page
- "I'll Walk Alone" - Don Cornell
- "I'm Confessin'" - Les Paul and Mary Ford
- "I'm Just A Poor Bachelor" - Frankie Laine
- "I'm Yours" - Eddie Fisher
- "Kiss Of Fire" - Georgia Gibbs
- "A Kiss To Build A Dream On" - Louis Armstrong
- "Lady Of Spain" - Eddie Fisher
- "Lover" - Peggy Lee
- "Maybe" - Perry Como & Eddie Fisher
- "My Favorite Song" - Georgia Gibbs
- "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" - Guy Mitchell
- "Please, Mr. Sun" - Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
- "Ramblin' Man" - Frankie Laine
- "Rock Of Gibraltar" - Frankie Laine
- "Settin' The Woods On Fire" - Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
- "A Sinner Am I" - Johnnie Ray
- "Slow Poke" - Arthur Godfrey
- "So Madly In Love" - Georgia Gibbs
- "Somewhere Along The Way" - Nat King Cole
- "Sugarbush" - Doris Day & Frankie Laine
- "Tell Me Why" - Eddie Fisher
- "Temptation" - Mario Lanza
- "Tenderly" - Rosemary Clooney
- "Tiger Rag" - Les Paul and Mary Ford
- "Till I Waltz Again With You" - Teresa Brewer
- "Tonight You Belong To Me" - Frankie Laine
- "Unforgettable" - Nat King Cole
- "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" - Johnnie Ray
- "Wheel Of Fortune" - Kay Starr
- "When I Fall In Love" - Doris Day
- "When You're In Love" - Frankie Laine
- "Why Don't You Believe Me" - Joni James
- "Winter Wonderland" - Perry Como
- "Wish You Were Here" - Eddie Fisher
- "You Belong to Me" - Jo Stafford
- "You'll Never Be Mine" - Guy Mitchell