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June 22 – The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to D sseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours.

July

July 4 – African-American boxer Jack Johnson defeats American boxer James J. Jeffries in a heavyweight boxing match, sparking race riots across the United States.
July 22 – A wireless telegraph sent from the results in the identification, arrest and execution of murderer Dr. Hawley Crippen.

August

August – Pan-American Union
August 14 – A fire at the World Exhibition in Brussels destroys exhibitions of Britain and France.
August 22 – The Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty is signed.
August 28 – Montenegro is proclaimed an independent kingdom under Nicholas I.
August 29 – Emperor Sunjong of the Korean Empire abdicates and the country's monarchy is abolished.

September

September 1 – The Vatican introduces a compulsory oath against modernism, to be taken by all priests upon ordination.

October

October – First publication of infrared photographs, by Professor Robert Williams Wood in the Royal Photographic Society Journal
October 5 – Portugal becomes a republic; King Manuel II of Portugal flees to England.
October 20 – The hull of the RMS Olympic is launched at the Harland and Wolff Shipyards in Belfast.
October 23 – Vajiravudh (Rama VI) is crowned King of Siam, after the death of his father, King Chulalongkorn (Rama V).

November

November 7 – The first air flight for the purpose of delivering commercial freight takes place in the United States of America. The flight, made by Wright Brothers pilot Philip Parmalee between Dayton, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio.
November 20 – Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero proclaims the elections of 1910 null and void, and calls for an armed revolution at 6 p.m. against the illegitimate presidency/dictatorship of Porfirio D az.

December

Late December – A form of Pneumonic plague spreads through northeastern China, killing more than 40,000.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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The electric streetcars of Austria-Hungary, France, Germany and Great Britain are carrying 6.7 million riders per year.
Karl Lueger retires as mayor of Vienna.
Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles.

Births

January–February

January 5 – Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete (d. 1949)
January 8 – Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Russian dancer (d. 1998)
January 12 – Luise Rainer, German-born actress
January 23 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist (d. 1953)
January 25 – Edgar V. Saks, Estonian statesman and historian (d. 1984)
January 27 – Edvard Kardelj, Yugoslav political leader and partisan (d. 1979)
January 28 – John Banner, Austrian film and television actor (d. 1973)
February 5 – Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (d. 2010)
February 6 – Irmgard Keun, German author (d. 1982)
February 9 – Jacques Monod, French biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
February 10 – Georges Pire, Belgian monk, Nobel laureate (d. 1969)
February 13 – William Shockley, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1989)
February 15 – Irena Sendler, Polish humanitarian (d. 2008)
February 17 – Arthur Hunnicut, American actor (d. 1979)
February 27
- Joan Bennett, American actress (d. 1990)
- Genrikh Gasparyan, Armenian chess player and composer (d. 1995)

March–April

March 1
- Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
- David Niven, English actor (d. 1983)
March 5 – Momofuku Ando, Japanese inventor and businessman (d. 2007)
March 8 – Claire Trevor, American actress (d. 2000)
March 9 – Samuel Barber, American composer (d. 1981)
March 11
- Robert Havemann, German chemist (d. 1982)
- Jacinta Marto, Portuguese, beatified (d. 1920)
March 13 – Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (d. 1985)
March 23 – Akira Kurosawa, Japanese screenwriter, producer, and director (d. 1998)
March 25 – Magda Olivero, Italian soprano
March 28 – Ingrid of Sweden, Danish queen (d. 2000)
April 2 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian medium (d. 2002)
April 10 – Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
April 23 – Simone Simon, French actress (d. 2005)
April 26 – Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese film producer (d. 1997)

May–June

May 12
- Johan Ferrier, Suriname President (d. 2010)
- Giulietta Simionato, Italian mezzo-soprano (d. 2010)
- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
May 23
- Scatman Crothers, American actor and musician (d. 1986)
- Artie Shaw, American clarinetist and bandleader (d. 2004)
May 28 – T-Bone Walker, American singer (d. 1976)
May 30
- Ralph Metcalfe, American athlete (d. 1978)
- Inge Meysel, German actress (d. 2004)
June 9 – Robert Cummings, American actor (d. 1990)
- June 10 – Armen Takhtajan, Soviet-Armenian botanist (d. 2009)
- June 10 – Howlin' Wolf, Blues Musician (d. 1976)
June 11 – Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, scientist, photographer and researcher (d. 1997)
June 13 – Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995)
June 14 – Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976)
June 18 – E.G. Marshall, American actor (d. 1998)
June 19 – Paul Flory, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
June 22
- Peter Pears, English tenor (d. 1986)
- Konrad Zuse, German engineer (d. 1995)
June 23
- Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (d. 1987)
- Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader (d. 2008)

July–August

July 4 – Gloria Stuart, American actress (d. 2010)
July 14 – William Hanna, American animator (d. 2001)
July 18 – Mamadou Dia, Senegal Prime Minister (d. 2009)
July 29 – Julien Gracq, French author (d. 2007)
August 4
- Anita Page, American actress (d. 2008)
- William Schuman, American composer (d. 1992)
August 7 – Lucien Herv , Hungarian-born French photographer (d. 2007)
August 10 – Aldo Buzzi, Italian architect, director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
August 12
- Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (d. 1970)
- Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. 2006)
August 14 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (d. 1995)
August 25
- Dorothea Tanning, American artist (d. 2012)
- Ruby Keeler, American actress and dancer (d. 1993)
August 26 – Mother Teresa, Albanian nun and humanitarian, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
August 28 – Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)

September–October

September 3 – Maurice Papon, French civil servant and collaborator (d. 2007)
September 14 – Jack Hawkins, British actor (d. 1973)
September 16
- Erich Kempka, German chauffeur and bodyguard of Adolf Hitler (d. 1975)
- Karl Kling, German race car driver (d. 2003)
September 19 – Margaret Lindsay, American film actress (d. 1981)
September 28
- Diosdado Macapagal, 9th President of the Philippines (d. 1997)
- Wenceslao Vinzons, Filipino politician and resistance leader (d. 1942)
September 29 – Virginia Bruce, American actress and singer (d. 1982)
September 30 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish major (d. 1962)
October 1 – Bonnie Parker, American outlaw (d. 1934)
October 8
- Gus Hall, American Communist Leader (d. 2000)
- Paulette Dubost, French actress (d. 2011)
October 10 – Julius Shulman, American architectural photographer (d. 2009)
October 19 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1995)
October 23
- Richard Mortensen, Danish painter (d. 1993)
- Hayden Rorke, American actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (d. 1987)

November–December

November 26 – Cyril Cusack, South African born actor (d. 1993)
December 1 – Alicia Markova, English ballerina (d. 2004)
December 2 – Russell Lynes, American art historian, photographer and author (d. 1991)
December 4 – R. Venkataraman, Indian President (d. 2009)
December 7 – Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian musician (d. 2011)
December 11 – Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (d. 1937)
December 15 – John Hammond, American record producer (d. 1987)
December 19 – Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986)
December 29
- Michel Aflaq, Syrian political theorist, founder of Ba'athism (d. 1989)
- Ronald Coase, British economist, Nobel laureate
- Konsta Jylh , Finnish violinist (d. 1984)
December 30 – Paul Bowles, American author (d. 1999)

Deaths

January–March

January 4 – Leon Delagrange, French pioneer aviator (b. 1873)
January 5 – L on Walras, French economist (b. 1834)
February 20 – Boutros Ghali, Prime Minister of Egypt (assassinated) (b. 1846)
February 23 – Vera Komissarzhevskaya, Russian actress (b. 1864)
March 10 – Karl Lueger, Austrian mayor (b. 1844)
March 26 – An Jung-geun, Korean assassin of a Japanese resident general (b. 1879)
March 27 – Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, American scientist (b. 1835)