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Claude Ryan

Claude Ryan

Claude Ryan, CC, D.h.c. (January 26, 1925 – February 9, 2004) was a Canadian politician and leader of the Parti libéral du Québec from 1978 to 1982. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was the director of Le Devoir, a French-language newspaper available in the province of Quebec, from 1964 to 1978. During his tenure at the head of the editorial staff he became known for his probity and his mastery of contemporary political issues. His advice was sought by nearly all the provincial governments of Quebec, left or right, and by opposition parties. As Liberal leader he led the defeat of the 1980 Quebec referendum on sovereignty against René Lévesque, but then led his party to defeat in the 1981 election and never became Premier of Quebec. After the Liberals regained power under Robert Bourassa in the 1985 election, Ryan served as Minister of Education. While many in English Canada might remember him for his work against the establishment of a completely independent Quebec, separate from Canada, those who followed his career, as a publisher and later as a politician, have noted that he was also totally opposed to the existing federal status quo, which he considered as too centralized, despite statements to the contrary by the then prime minister of Canada Pierre Elliott Trudeau. He retired from politics in September 1994 and died in Montreal, on February 9, 2004 at 4:20 a.m, of stomach cancer. In 1995 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. After his death, he was the target of bitter insults by controversial sovereignist film director Pierre Falardeau. Falardeau's comments met with general disapproval from all sides of the political spectrum.

See also


- Politics of Quebec
- List of Quebec general elections
- List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
- Timeline of Quebec history

External links


- [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/q-r/RYANC.htm National Assembly biography] (in French)
- [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/02/09/claude040209 CBC News: Claude Ryan remembered for his 'unshakeable faith' in Canada] Ryan, Claude Ryan, Claude Ryan, Claude Ryan, Claude Ryan, Claude

Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Order's Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, "Desiring a better country." Created in 1967, the Order was established to recognize the lifetime contributions made by Canadians who made a major difference to Canada. The Order also recognizes efforts made by non-Canadians who have made the world better by their actions. Musicians, politicians, artists, television stars, benefactors, and many more have been accepted into the Order. The Queen of Canada, Queen Elizabeth II, is Sovereign of the Order and the serving Governor General of Canada is its Chancellor and Principal Companion. Since 1967, 5053 people have been appointed to the Order of Canada.

Creation

Governor General of Canada, Sovereign of the Order.]] The Order of Canada was instituted on April 17, 1967, by Prime Minister Lester Pearson. Pearson created the Order to recognize exemplary achievement and service to Canadians and to humanity at large. The first members were appointed on 1 July 1967, the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Dominion of Canada. The creation of the Order was the beginning of the establishment of the Canadian Honours System, a system of awards and decorations to be bestowed onto Canadians and foreigners. Upon the creation of the system, it broke off the dependence of the honours system used by the United Kingdom and by some of its former Crown colonies and dominions. Before the Order of Canada was created, the main order presented to Canadians for the above criteria was the Order of the British Empire. The first appointee (selection) and investiture (inducting) was for Roland Michener, the twentieth Governor General of Canada, to the level of Companion. . Other first appointees included Vincent Massey, Louis St. Laurent, Hugh MacLennan, Father David Bauer, Gabrielle Roy, Donald Creighton, Thérèse Casgrain, Wilder Penfield, Arthur Lismer, and Maurice Richard. Since the Order of Canada was created, Australia has created a system of awards based on the Order of Canada: the Order of Australia. The Order of Australia has been awarded more liberally to foreigners than has the Order of Canada. In 1996, New Zealand created the New Zealand Order of Merit, a five level Order of chivalry which closely resemblers the Order of Canada. The Order of New Zealand is modelled on the Order of the Companions of Honour and the Order of Merit.

Grades

There are three grades (levels) of the Canadian Order: Companion (highest), Officer, and Member, each with respective post-nominal letters that its members are entitled to use. Promotions in grade are possible; typically, this is not done until at least five years after the initial appointment. For example, film director Denys Arcand was promoted from Officer to Companion. Originally, the Order had only two ranks, Companion and the Medal of Courage (now the Cross of Valour). On July 1, 1972, the levels of Officer and Member were introduced and all existing members were made Officers.

Companion

Companions of the Order of Canada (post-nominal: C.C.) have demonstrated the highest degree of merit to Canada and humanity, on the national or international scene. Up to 15 Companions are appointed each year, with a limit of 165 living Companions at any given time, with the exception of honorary Companions. As of September 29, 2005, there were 166 living Companions, including four honorary Companions. However, with the appointment of Michaëlle Jean to the position of Governor General, she will be the 164th Companion that will be living. The Constitution of the Order of Canada also allows for the spouse of the Governor General to be appointed a Companion, so Jean-Daniel Lafond will be the 165th living Companion. On August 29, 2005, Rideau Hall announced that Richard E. Taylor, a Nobel Prize winning scientist from Medicine Hat, Alberta, would be made a Companion. Due to the honorary Companion rule, only three more Companions can be appointed to the Order before the maximum number is reached.

Officer

Officers of the Order of Canada (O.C.) have demonstrated an outstanding level of talent and service to Canadians. Up to 64 Officers are appointed each year. As of September 29 2005, there were 1006 living Officers, although there is no limit to how many may be living at one time.

Member

Members of the Order of Canada (C.M.) have made an exceptional contribution to Canada or Canadians at a local or regional level, group, field or activity. As many as 136 Members may be appointed annually and there is no limit on how many Members may be living. As of September 29 2005, there were 1,964 living members.

Insignia

2005 The badge of the Order is a white enamelled snowflake design, in gilt for Companions and Officers, and in silver for Members. The central disc bears a maple leaf, in red enamel for Companions, in gold for Officers, and in silver for Members, on a white enamel background, surrounded by a red enamel ring (annulus) bearing the motto of the Order, and topped by a crown. The reverse is plain except for the word "Canada". The ribbon consists of white, with red edges. On top of the motto, the crown of St. Edward is present. The ribbon has alternate red and white stripes, similar to the Canadian flag. The insignia can be passed down as a family heirloom but cannot be sold. Canadian flag When wearing medals and decorations, the Order of Canada is worn before all national orders and nearly all other Canadian decorations: only the Victoria Cross and the Cross of Valour are worn before the Order of Canada. The grades of Companion and Officer have their medals worn by a neck ribbon, while the Member grade is displayed on a chest ribbon on the left side of the jacket. Until recently, women appointees had to wear a ribbon bow in order to display the Order, which was positioned to the left. Other than on special occasions laid out by the Governor General, women wear their Order by the same means as the men, although current governor general Michaëlle Jean has taken to displaying the order with the female bow. The chest ribbon is the same for each grade, save for a metallic maple leaf in the centre, the colour of which depends on the grade that one was appointed to: red for a Companion, gold for an Officer, silver stands for a Member. Each appointee is also granted the right to ask for coat of arms from the Canadian Heraldic Authority if one does not exist for them. Companions can ask the Authority for the use of supporters on their personal coat of arms. The Order motto (in gold lettering on a red background) is circled around the shield, while the Order medal is suspended from the base of the shield. Because the Queen is sovereign of the Order, the current Coat of Arms of Canada, in use since 1994, uses the red ribbon with the Order motto in gold. For civilian wear, a lapel pin is worn on the jacket, which is designed as a miniature of the medal design. An example of one being used is shown in [http://www.canadacouncil.ca/canadacouncil/archives/prizes/ggla/2004/images/winners/max/dallaire.jpg this photo] of Roméo Dallaire, O.C. The Governor General also wears a special chain during certain ceremonies. The chain consisted of the Companion medal, suspended from the shield of Canada, submitted by a crown. On each side, the necklace is composed of two repeating elements: a white stylized snowflake and the central disc that appears on the Companion medals.

Eligibility

All living Canadians are eligible for any of the three awards, except federal and provincial politicians and judges while they are holding office. Awards are announced twice annually, on New Year's Day (January 1) and Canada Day (July 1). Appointees who have died before their investiture are still considered part of the Order. Multiple people who have committed the same honourable act or deed are eligible for induction. For example, all three members of the Canadian band Rush (Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart) have all been appointed Officers of the Order. All three members of the popular children's group Sharon, Lois & Bram (Sharon Trostin Hampson, Lois Lilienstein & Bramwell Morrison) have also been made member of the order - although since Lilienstein is an American citizen she was made a honorary member. Citizens of other countries are eligible for honorary appointments at all three levels. No more than five honorary appointments may be made in any year. Bramwell Morrison Adrienne Clarkson in a ceremony performed at Rideau Hall on June 10, 2005.]] Induction ceremonies are generally conducted by the Governor General at Rideau Hall in Ottawa or, on rare occasions when she is in the country, by the Queen herself. The most common reason for the Order not being presented at Rideau Hall is the recipient's inability to come to Ottawa. Two such examples occurred in 1980 with activist athlete Terry Fox and in 2003 with singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, who were both suffering serious medical problems that prohibited travelling. In 2002, shortly before a concert, Lightfoot suffered a serious abdominal haemorrhage that resulted in his being in a coma for a time and months in hospital recovering. On the news of his near-death condition, Lightfoot was promoted to the rank of Companion. Since his condition left him unable to travel, Adrienne Clarkson flew to Toronto and presented him with the insignia in a private ceremony performed in his hospital room. Another example is Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother: in 2000, at the age of 100, she was invested as a Companion at Clarence House in London. Rather than place the insignia on the elderly woman, who was recovering from a hip replacement, which would have required the Queen to stand, Clarkson handed the very frail woman the medallion. She made a point of wearing it around her neck at a special lunch following the private ceremony. Although inductions are usually performed by the Governor General, the task can be delegated to another individual, such as the Lt. Governor of a Canadian province. This was the case when Mervyn Wilkinson was inducted into the order by Iona Campagnolo the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia in 2002. Although sitting federal and provincial politicians cannot be appointed to the Order while in office, it is accepted that influential leaders such as former prime ministers will be appointed after they leave office. In fact, of all the prime ministers alive after the creation of the order (with the exception of recent and current Prime Ministers Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, and Paul Martin), the only prime minister who was not appointed to the Order was John Diefenbaker. After losing the office of the Prime Minister to Lester B. Pearson in 1963 Diefenbaker remained a sitting Member of Parliament and died while still in office in 1979, never becoming eligible. Some prominent politicians such as former NDP leader Ed Broadbent and former Prime Minister Joe Clark were appointed after exiting politics, only to later return to elective office. Although sitting politicians cannot be appointment to the order while in office, individuals who hold a ceremonial political office (for example a Sergeant-at-arms) are considered public servants and therefore can be invested while serving in that office. A new member whose appointment was approved during their lifetime, but who passed away prior to the announcement of that appointment or their investiture, may be invested posthumously. The 2005 appointment of journalist Peter Jennings appointment was announced under these circumstances; his family will accept the award on his behalf. The oldest person ever to be invested into the Order was Dr. Cornelius Wiebe, who was 106 years old when he was invested in 1999.

Removal

Members can be removed from the Order if the Advisory Council feels their actions have brought it into disrepute. As of 2005, only two people have their Order of Canada stripped from them: Alan Eagleson and David Ahenakew. Eagleson was removed from the order after being jailed for fraud in 1998 . Ahenakew began facing calls for his removal due to anti-Semitic comments he made in 2002. After being convicted on charges of willfully promoting hatred (which Ahenakew says he will appeal), the Governor General and the Advisory Council told the CBC that Ahenakew will be stripped of his honour and gave him the option to surrender his badge. On 11 July 2005, the Governor General signed an order, called a revocation ordinance, stripping Ahenakew of his membership in the Order of Canada. In order for a person to be stripped of their honour, the Advisory Council must agree to the removal, the sending a letter to the person telling them of their decision. In this same letter, the Council also gives the person a time to respond to the decision. In the case of Ahenakew, a registered letter was sent to him asking for a response to their idea of taking his honour away. Ahenakew, who had until 9 July 2005 to respond, refused to do so. That led the Governor General to sign the above order on 11 July to take away his honour. Ahenakew is now required to surrender his medal and his civilian lapel pin. While there are no formal rules the Council has to retrieve the insignia, Ahenakew's lawyer Doug Christie said that "I think that once you are given a gift, and it is a gift, I don't think anyone can ask for it back," implying that Ahenakew has the right to keep his items. However, the author of the book The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History and Development, Christopher McCreery, said that since the government owns the medal and the scrolls, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police can be sent and get the items by force. McCreery stated that he does not think the RCMP would be used in Ahenakew's situation.

Advisory Council

Royal Canadian Mounted Police The task of the Advisory Council is to evaluate the nominations of people to the Order and see if the nominated people are worthy enough to be accepted into the Order. The Governor General of Canada makes the appointments to the Order based on recommendations from the Advisory Council. The Secretary General to the Advisory Council announces the decision of the Advisory Council to the Canada Gazette and to the public about any appointments and dismissals from the Order. The Advisory Council, which is chaired by the Chief Justice of Canada, includes the Clerk of the Privy Council, the Deputy Minister of the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Chairperson of the Canada Council for the Arts, the President of the Royal Society of Canada, and the Chairperson of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. As well, five members of the Order are part of the Council for a maximum three-year term. If the nomination involves a non-Canadian, the Deputy Minister of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will be invited by the Advisory Council to evaluate the nomination. The current members of the Advisory Council are:
- The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, P.C., Chief Justice of Canada (Chair)
- The Honourable Thomas R. Berger, O.C.
- Mrs. Ruth Miriam Goldbloom, O.C.
- Mr. Richard Francis Haskayne, O.C.
- Mr. Alex Himelfarb, Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet
- Mr. Tom Jackson, O.C.
- Miss Karen Kain, C.C., Chair, the Canada Council for the Arts
- Mrs. Judith A. LaRocque, C.V.O., Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage
- M. L. Jacques Ménard, O.C.
- Mr. Gilles Paquet, C.M., President, the Royal Society of Canada
- Ms. Bonnie M. Patterson, Chairman of the Board, Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Appointments

Bonnie M. Patterson O.C. and Neil Peart O.C. of Rush]] Rush C.C.]] Rush Rush, C.M. (left)]] Rush The following is a sample list of some of the famous and influential Canadians appointed in the various levels of the Order. More members can be found in :Category:Members of the Order of Canada.

Companion

A full list of Companions can be seen at List of Companions of the Order of Canada
- Margaret Atwood, writer
- Jean Beliveau, professional ice hockey player
- Pierre Berton, journalist, author, popularized Canadian history (deceased)
- Charles Best, prominent scientist (deceased)
- Leonard Cohen, writer, poet and musician
- Robertson Davies, novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor (deceased)
- Tommy Douglas, politician (deceased)
- Terry Fox, athlete and cancer fund-raising activist (deceased, youngest Companion in history)
- Marc Garneau, first Canadian in space
- Ian Hacking, philosopher
- Gordon Lightfoot, folk singer, songwriter
- Joni Mitchell, musician, painter
- Oscar Peterson, musician, former Chancellor of York University
- Judah Hirsch Quastel, biochemist (deceased)
- Mordecai Richler, author (deceased)
- Pierre Trudeau, former Prime Minister (deceased)
- Joe Clark, former Prime Minister of Canada and Statesman

Officer


- Stompin' Tom Connors, writer, musician, Canadian icon
- Roméo Dallaire, general, senator, humanitarian, and author
- Céline Dion, singer
- Atom Egoyan, movie director
- David Foster, composer, pianist, producer, Grammy Award recipient
- Wayne Gretzky, professional ice hockey player
- Lorne Greene, famous television actor (deceased)
- W.P. Kinsella, author
- k.d. lang, singer and songwriter
- Geddy Lee, musician
- Alex Lifeson, musician
- Frederick Lowy, bioethicist and medical educator
- Neil Peart, musician, author
- Lloyd Robertson, journalist
- Jeffrey Simpson, journalist
- Shania Twain, singer
- Indira Samarasekera, researcher

Member


- Pitseolak Ashoona, Inuit artist (deceased)
- Raffi Cavoukian, children's entertainer
- Ernie Coombs, a.k.a. "Mr. Dressup" - CBC TV personality (deceased)
- Ernest Cormier, architect and engineer (deceased)
- Catherine Doherty, social activist (deceased)
- Monty Hall, TV personality
- Bill Hunter, ice hockey owner, general manager and coach (deceased)
- Red Kelly, former NHL hockey player, former NHL coach, NHL Hockey Hall of Famer, former Member of Parliament
- Hugh Allan "Buddy" MacMaster, musician
- Jean Marchand, former cabinet minister, speaker of the Senate (deceased)
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle, musicians
- Loreena McKennitt, musician
- Jan Narveson, educator
- Martin Short, actor
- Dr. Andrew Simone, dermatologist, charity operator
- Miyuki Tanobe, painter
- Kenneth Welsh, actor
- Stu Hart, professional wrestler/promoter

Non-Canadian/Honorary appointments

As of 2005, there have been only eleven honorary investitures to non-Canadians, and one appointee has surrendered his Canadian citizenship. They are as follows:

Companion


- Nelson Mandela, the former President of South Africa (actually an honorary Canadian citizen, Companion) (1998)
- HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother (arguably not a "non-Canadian," Companion) (2000) (deceased)
- Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Secretary-General of the United Nations (originally from Egypt, Companion) (2004)
- Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic (Companion) (2004)
- His Highness the Aga Khan, Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims (Companion) (2005)

Officer


- Professor John Kenneth Galbraith, influential American economist -born in Ontario but surrendered his Canadian citizenship in August 1937 (1997)
- James Hillier, inventor of the electron microscope (1997)
- Charles Dutoit conductor of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra (appointed 1997, invested 2002)
- Tanya Moiseiwitsch, British Theatre actress - a popular performer at the Stratford Festival (2003) (deceased)

Member


- Lois Lilienstein Member of Sharon, Lois & Bram - an American citizen. (2003)
- Francis Cabot Influential Gardener/Horticulturalist (2005)

Other

Media baron Conrad Black became an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1990 , but surrendered his Canadian citizenship to become a British life peer in 2001. Nevertheless, he remains in both the Order of Canada and the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

Provincial and territorial orders

Main article: Canadian provincial and territorial orders Canadian provincial and territorial orders Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross in his official portrait from the Order of British Columbia in 2002. He is seen here wearing the badge of the Order of British Columbia (around his neck), the Victoria Cross, and the badge of the Order of Canada (miniature, on his jacket). Smith passed away in 2005.]] Various Canadian provinces and territories have also created orders to award their citizens on great deeds:
- Alberta Order of Excellence
- Order of British Columbia
- Order of Manitoba
- Order of New Brunswick
- Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Order of Nova Scotia
- Order of Ontario
- Order of Prince Edward Island
- National Order of Quebec
- Saskatchewan Order of Merit
- Yukon Territory Order of Polaris Each province sets up its own rules on how membership in its order is awarded, though there is no rule that Order of Canada members cannot be inducted to provincial and territorial orders. Limitations on the number of provincial order inductions every year by certain provinces has led to this being more common for people from some provinces than from others. An example would be Gordon Lightfoot being a Companion of the Order of Canada and a member of the Order of Ontario (O. Ont.). The Order of Ontario places no limit on the annual number of inductions (although it is usually around 25). The Alberta Order of Excellence is limited to five inductees each year. One of the few Albertans to be part of the provincial and Canadian orders is former prime minister Joe Clark. It is also possible to receive multiple provincial orders. For example Canadian Jazz great Oscar Peterson who was born in Montreal but now lives in Ontario is a Companion of the Order of Canada, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, and a member of the Order of Ontario.

Additional decorations

At certain periods, holders of the order were presented with other decorations. These are usually commemorative medals. Thus far, four commemorative medals have been given automatically to every living member of the Order of Canada, or the Canadian Bravery Decorations:
- Canadian Centennial Medal (1967)
- Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (1977)
- 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal (1992)
- Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Medal (2002) Other provincial commemorative medals such as the Alberta Centennial Medal and the Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan require independent nomination.

Further reading


- McCreery, Christopher (2005). The Order of Canada: Its Origins, History and Development. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802039405

Nomination forms

Nomination forms may be obtained by writting to The Chancellery, Rideau Hall, 1 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario CANADA, K1A 0A1.. Postage is free when mailed within Canada. Alternatively, nomination forms may be obtained in pdf format from the [http://gg.ca/honours/nat-ord/oc/oc-info_e.asp Governor General's Official Website]. Photocopies of nomination forms are also accepted by the Chancellery Office.

See also


- List of Canadian awards

Notes


- Please note that the Governor General's Website was relaunched with the induction of Michaelle Jean in the office. At the moment many of the gg.ca pages are currently broken links
# [http://www.gg.ca/Search/honours_e.asp?Search=2 http://www.gg.ca/Search/honours_e.asp?Search=2]. The criteria was Honours received: All, Living and Records per page: All. # [http://www.etoile.co.uk/Columns/Paul/040530.html http://www.etoile.co.uk/Columns/Paul/040530.html] Paul James article on British Orders. # [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1170 http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1170] Roland Michener's listing on the Order of Canada rolls. # [http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4337 http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4337] Governor General Adrienne Clarkson's speech at an October 30, 2004 Order of Canada investure. # [http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4454 http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4454] Announcement of Denys Arcand's promotion in the Order. # [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005969 http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005969] The Canadian Encyclopedia entry on the Order. # [http://www.gg.ca/honours/oc-con_e.asp http://www.gg.ca/honours/oc-con_e.asp] Order of Canada Constitution. # [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?TypeID=orc http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?TypeID=orc]. The criteria was Honours received: C.C., Living and Records per page: All. # [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?TypeID=orc http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?TypeID=orc]. The criteria was Honours received: O.C., Living and Records per page: All. # [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?TypeID=orc http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/index_e.asp?TypeID=orc]. The criteria was Honours received: C.M., Living and Records per page: All. # [http://www.medals.org.uk/canada/canada001.htm http://www.medals.org.uk/canada/canada001.htm]. Pictures of the backside of the various medal designs. # [http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/arm1_e.cfm http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/arm1_e.cfm] - Coat of Arms of Canada. # Coat of arms of Michaëlle Jean, displaying the Order motto and medal. # [http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/13/canada/lightfoot_031213 http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/13/canada/lightfoot_031213] CBC story on Lightfoot's C.C. presentation. # [http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4090 http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4090]. Gordon Lightfoot's C.C. Citation. # [http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/whatsnew/sp/sp_feb25_1_2002.htm http://www.ltgov.bc.ca/whatsnew/sp/sp_feb25_1_2002.htm] # Cornelius Wiebe's Order of Canada citation [http://www.gg.ca/Search/honours_descript_e.asp?type=2&id=3971 http://www.gg.ca/Search/honours_descript_e.asp?type=2&id=3971] # [http://archives.cbc.ca/IDCC-1-41-1493-10073/sports/alan_eagleson/ http://archives.cbc.ca/IDCC-1-41-1493-10073/sports/alan_eagleson/] CBC account on the rise and fall of Eagleson. # [http://montreal.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=qc_mosesreax20021217 http://montreal.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=qc_mosesreax20021217] CBC article on Ahenakew's comments and reactions. # [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050706.wahenakews0706/BNStory/National/ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050706.wahenakews0706/BNStory/National/] The Globe and Mail article on Ahenakew's removal from the Order. # [http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050707/ca_pr_on_na/crime_ahenakew_hate_1 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050707/ca_pr_on_na/crime_ahenakew_hate_1] Canadian Press confirming the CBC's report of Ahenakew's removal. # [http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/11/ahenakew050711.html http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/11/ahenakew050711.html] CBC announces the Order being revoked from Ahenakew. # [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050713/AHENAKEW13/TPNational/Canada http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050713/AHENAKEW13/TPNational/Canada] Globe and Mail's article on the process of removing Ahenakew from the Order. # [http://www.cbc.ca/news/obit/queenmother/timeline.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/obit/queenmother/timeline.html]. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon received the Order on 31 October 2000. # [http://www.gg.ca/Search/honours_descript_e.asp?type=2&id=7732 http://www.gg.ca/Search/honours_descript_e.asp?type=2&id=7732]. Queen Mum's listing on the Order of Canada rolls. # [http://www.gg.ca/Search/honours_descript_e.asp?type=2&id=2730 http://www.gg.ca/Search/honours_descript_e.asp?type=2&id=2730]. Conrad Black's listing on the Order of Canada rolls. # [http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4090 http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4090]. Gordon Lightfoot's C.C. Citation.

External links


- Please note that the Governor General's website was relaunched when Michaelle Jean was inducted into the office. At the moment many gg.ca pages appear as broken links
- [http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/dhh/honours_awards/engraph/med1_e.asp?cat=3 Canadian Forces Honours and Awards Chart]. Retrieved on June 16, 2005.
- [http://www.admfincs.forces.gc.ca/admfincs/subjects/cfao/018-13_e.asp Canadian Forces Administrative Order 18-13] Retrieved on 14 July, 2005.
- [http://www.gg.ca/honours/oc-con_e.asp Constitution of the Order of Canada]. Retrieved on July 14, 2005.
- [http://www.gg.ca/honours/nat-ord/oc/index_e.asp Governor General's Order of Canada site] Retrieved on 14 June, 2005.
- [http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group02 Modern Honours of Canada - Veteran Affairs Canada]. Retrieved on June 14, 2005.
- [http://www.medals.org.uk/canada/canada001.htm ODM of Canada - Order of Canada]. Retrieved on June 16, 2005.
- [http://www.sja-ontario-cadets.org/medals6.htm St. John Ambulance Cadets of Ontario]. Retrieved on June 16, 2005.

January 26

January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 339 days remaining (340 in leap years).

Events


- 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France.
- 1500 - Vicente Yáñez Pinzón becomes the first European to discover Brazil.
- 1531 - Lisbon, Portugal is hit by an earthquake--thousands die.
- 1699 - Treaty of Carlowitz signed.
- 1700 - The magnitude 9 Cascadia Earthquake took place off the coast of the American Northwest, as evidenced by Japanese records.
- 1736 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
- 1785 - Benjamin Franklin writes a letter to his daughter expressing disappointment over the selection of the eagle as the symbol of the United States; he wanted the turkey.
- 1788 - The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sail into Sydney Harbour to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on the continent. Celebrated as Australia Day.
- 1802 - The U.S. Congress passes an act calling for a library to be established within the U.S. Capitol; eventually this becomes the Library of Congress.
- 1808 - Rum Rebellion, the only successful (but temporary) armed takeover of the government in Australia.
- 1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state.
- 1838 - Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
- 1841 - The United Kingdom formally occupies Hong Kong, which China had ceded.
- 1861 - The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union.
- 1863 - American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker.
- 1863 - American Civil War: Massachusetts Governor receives permission from Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
- 1870 - American Civil War: Virginia rejoins the Union.
- 1885 - Troops loyal to the Mahdi conquer Khartoum.
- 1887 - Battle of Dogali: Abyssinian troops defeat Italians.
- 1905 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier Mine.
- 1911 - Glenn H. Curtiss flies the first successful seaplane.
- 1934 - The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York City.
- 1939 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.
- 1942 - World War II: The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland.
- 1946 - Félix Gouin becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1950 - India promulgates its constitution forming a republic and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president.
- 1956 - 1956 Winter Olympic Games open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
- 1961 - John F. Kennedy appoints Janet G. Travell to be his physician. This is the first time a woman holds this appointment.
- 1962 - Ranger 3 is launched to study the moon. The space probe later missed the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
- 1965 - Hindi becomes the official language of India.
- 1966 - The Beaumont Children go missing from Glenelg Beach in Adelaide, South Australia.
- 1970 - Folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel release classic album Bridge Over Troubled Water.
- 1980 - Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations.
- 1983 - Lotus 1-2-3 is released.
- 1986 - Super Bowl XX: The Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots, 46-10.
- 1992 - Boris Yeltsin announces that Russia is going to stop targeting United States cities with nuclear weapons.
- 1992 - Super Bowl XXVI: The Washington Redskins defeat the Buffalo Bills, 37-24.
- 1993 - Václav Havel elected President of the Czech Republic.
- 1994 - A man fires two blank shots at Charles, Prince of Wales in Sydney, Australia.
- 1996 - Whitewater scandal: Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies before a grand jury.
- 1997 - Super Bowl XXXI: The Green Bay Packers defeat the New England Patriots, 35-21.
- 1998 - Lewinsky scandal: On American television, Bill Clinton denies he had "sexual relations" with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
- 1998 - Compaq buys Digital Equipment Corporation.
- 2000 - Robert F. Vasa ordained Bishop of the Diocese of Baker
- 2000 - XHTML 1.0 becomes a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Recommendation.
- 2001 - A 50-year-old Douglas DC-3 crashes near Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela killing 24.
- 2001 - An earthquake hits Gujarat, India, causing more than 20,000 deaths.
- 2003 - Super Bowl XXXVII: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeat the Oakland Raiders, 48-21, earning the Buccaneers their first Vince Lombardi Trophy.
- 2005 - The Glendale train crash occurs, involving three trains; the accident kills 11 and injures 200 in Glendale, California near Los Angeles early in the morning peak hours.
- 2005 - Having been confirmed earlier in the day by a vote of 85-13 in the United States Senate, Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, becoming the first African American woman to hold the post.
- 2005 - A helicopter crash in eastern Iraq kills 31 United States soldiers.

Births

1497 to 1899


- 1497 - Emperor Go-Nara of Japan (d. 1557)
- 1541 - Florent Chrestien, French writer (d. 1596)
- 1714 - Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (d. 1785)
- 1716 - George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician (d. 1785)
- 1722 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805)
- 1763 - King Charles XIV of Sweden, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, Napoleonic general (d. 1841)
- 1781 - Achim von Arnim, German poet (d. 1831)
- 1813 - Juan Pablo Duarte, founding father of the Dominican Republic (d. 1876)
- 1826 - Julia Dent Grant, First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
- 1880 - Douglas MacArthur, American general (d. 1964)
- 1891 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (d. 1973)
- 1892 - Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)

1900 to 1999


- 1900 - Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (d. 1967)
- 1901 - Stuart Symington, American politician (d. 1988)
- 1902 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (d. 1940)
- 1904 - Ancel Keys, American scientist (d. 2004)
- 1904 - Seán MacBride, Irish statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1988)
- 1905 - Charles Lane, American actor
- 1905 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (d. 1987)
- 1908 - Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Polykarp Kusch, German-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
- 1913 - James Van Heusen, American songwriter (d. 1990)
- 1915 - William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
- 1918 - Nicolae Ceauşescu, Romanian dictator (d. 1989)
- 1918 - Philip José Farmer, American writer
- 1921 - Akio Morita, Japanese businessman (d. 1999)
- 1922 - Michael Bentine, British comedian (d. 1996)
- 1923 - Anne Jeffreys, American actress
- 1924 - Rauf Denktash, Cypriot politician
- 1924 - Annette Strauss, philanthropist and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (d. 1998)
- 1925 - Joan Leslie, American actress
- 1925 - Paul Newman, American actor
- 1927 - José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
- 1928 - Roger Vadim, French film director and actor (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and writer
- 1932 - Clement Seymour "Sir Coxsone" Dodd, Jamaican record producer
- 1935 - Bob Uecker, baseball player, broadcaster, and actor
- 1937 - Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leone political leader (d. 2003)
- 1941 - Scott Glenn, American actor
- 1941 - Henry Jaglom, English director
- 1943 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1943 - Jean Knight, American singer
- 1944 - Angela Davis, American feminist and activist
- 1945 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
- 1946 - Gene Siskel, American film critic (d. 1999)
- 1953 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark
- 1953 - Lucinda Williams, American singer
- 1955 - Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-born musician
- 1958 - Anita Baker, American singer
- 1958 - Ellen DeGeneres, American actress, comedienne, and talk show host
- 1961 - Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player, coach, and team owner
- 1962 - Oscar Ruggeri, Argentine footballer
- 1963 - José Mourinho, Portuguese football manager
- 1963 - Andrew Ridgeley, English musician
- 1970 - Kirk Franklin, American singer
- 1976 - James May, British writer
- 1977 - Vince Carter, American basketball player

Deaths

1630 to 1899


- 1567 - Nicholas Wotton, English diplomat
- 1630 - Henry Briggs, English mathematician (b. 1556)
- 1636 - Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)
- 1697 - Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician (b. 1640)
- 1744 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)
- 1750 - Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
- 1795 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (b. 1732)
- 1799 - Gabriel Christie, British general (b. 1722)
- 1823 - Edward Jenner, English physician (b. 1749)
- 1824 - Théodore Géricault, French writer (b. 1791)
- 1855 - Gérard de Nerval, French writer (b. 1808)
- 1885 - Edward Davy, English inventor, physician, and scientist (b. 1806)
- 1885 - Charles George Gordon, British general (b. 1833)
- 1886 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (b. 1807)

1900 to 2005


- 1942 - Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (b. 1868)
- 1943 - Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenicist (b. 1880)
- 1947 - Grace Moore, American soprano (plane crash) (b. 1898)
- 1947 - Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Westrobothnia, second in line to the Swedish throne (b. 1906)
- 1952 - Horloogiyn Choybalsan, leader of Mongolia
- 1961 - Stan Nichols, English cricketer (b. 1900)
- 1962 - Lucky Luciano, American mobster (b. 1897)
- 1968 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher, and aviation promoter (b. 1883)
- 1968 - Yvor Winters, American poet and critic (b. 1900)
- 1972 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (b. 1911)
- 1973 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (b. 1893)
- 1979 - Nelson Rockefeller, Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)
- 1983 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913)
- 1990 - Lewis Mumford, American historian (b. 1895)
- 1992 - José Ferrer, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1912)
- 1993 - Jan Gies, Dutch resistance leader (b. 1905)
- 1993 - Jeanne Sauvé, Governor-General of Canada (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Harold Brodkey, American author (b. 1930)
- 1996 - Dave Schultz, American wrestler (b. 1959)
- 1997 - Jeane Dixon, American astrologer (b. 1904)
- 1998 - Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese music teacher (b. 1898)
- 2000 - Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
- 2000 - Kathleen Hale, British author (b. 1898)
- 2000 - A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-born author (b. 1912)
- 2001 - Al McGuire, American basketball coach (b. 1928)
- 2003 - Valeriy Brumel, Russian athlete (b. 1942)
- 2003 - Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, English historian (b. 1917)
- 2003 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b. 1931)
- 2004 - Fred Haas, American golfer

Holidays and observances


- Australia - Australia Day
- Roman Empire - third day of the Sementivae in honor of Ceres and Terra
- Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church
  - Timothy and Titus
  - Saint Paula
  - Polycarp
  - Saint Alberic
  - Margaret of Hungary
- India - Republic Day - One of only three state holidays in India, celebrated with pomp and a military parade in New Delhi

External links


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1925

1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar).

Events

January-May


- January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
- January 5 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor in the United States.
- January 27–February 1 - The 1925 serum run to Nome, or the "Great Race of Mercy", relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic
- February 21 - The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
- March 4 - Calvin Coolidge becomes the first President of the United States to have his inauguration broadcasted on radio.
- March 6 - Pionerskaya Pravda, one of the oldest children's newspapers in Europe, is founded
- March 13 - Scopes Trial: A law in Tennessee prohibits the teaching of evolution.
- March 18 - The Tri-State Tornado raked through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana and killed 695 people.
- March 31 - WOWO radio station in Ft. Wayne, Indiana begins broadcasting.
- May 5 - Scopes Trial: Dayton, Tennessee, biology teacher John Scopes is arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
- May 25 - Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
- May 25 - The National Forensics League is founded.
- May 29 - Last communication from the British explorer Percy Fawcett, a telegram to his wife, before he disappears in the Amazon

June-September


- June 1 - Percy and Florence Arrowsmith were married. Celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary June 1, 2005 - Percy is now 105, and wife Florence is 100. Guinness_Book_of_Records said the pair held records for the longest marriage for a living couple and the oldest aggregate age of a married couple
- June 6 - The Chrysler Corporation is founded by Walter Percy Chrysler.
- June 13 - Charles Francis Jenkins achieves the first synchronized transmission of pictures and sound, using 48 lines, and a mechanical system. A 10-minute film of a miniature windmill in motion is sent across 5 miles from Anacostia to Washington, DC. The images were viewed by representatives of the Bureau of Standards, the U.S. Navy, the Commerce Department, and others. Jenkins called this "the first public demonstration of radiovision".
- July 10 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins with John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution in violation of a Tennessee state law.
- July 18 - Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
- July 21 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
- September 3 - US dirigible Shenandoah breaks up en route to Scottfield, St. Louis - 14 crewmen dead

October-December


- October - Major money forgery and fraud of Alves Reis exposed in Portugal
- October 30 - John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
- November 28 - Country-variety show Grand Ole Opry makes its radio debut on station WSM (it would later become the longest-running live music show).

Unknown dates


- Thompson submachine gun sells for $175 in the Sears mail order catalog.
- Vladimir Zworykin takes out the first patent for colour television.
- Introduction of London's first double decker buses.
- The Royal Tweed Bridge in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, is completed.
- The National Football League adds five teams: New York Giants, Detroit Panthers, Providence Steam Roller, a new Canton Bulldogs team, and Pottsville Maroons

Births

January-April


- January 6 - John De Lorean, American car maker (d. 2005)
- January 7 - Gerald Durrell, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and television presenter (d. 1995)
- January 11 - Grant Tinker, American television executive
- January 25 - Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
- January 26 - Paul Newman, American actor
- January 30 - Dorothy Malone, American actress
- February 8 - Jack Lemmon, American actor and film director (d. 2001)
- February 17 - Ron Goodwin, English composer and conductor (d. 2003)
- February 17 - Hal Holbrook, American actor
- February 18 - George Kennedy, American actor
- February 20 - Robert Altman, American film director
- February 21 - Sam Peckinpah, American director (d. 1984)
- February 27 - Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (d. 2004)
- March 12 - Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- March 23 - David Watkin, British cinematographer
- March 26 - Pierre Boulez, French composer
- April 14 - Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1974)
- April 14 - Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002)
- April 25 - Kay E. Kuter, American actor (d. 2003)

May-July


- May 2 - Yogi Berra, baseball player
- May 19 - Pol Pot, Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader (d. 1998)
- May 19 - Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
- May 22 - James King, American tenor (d. 2005)
- May 23 - Joshua Lederberg, American molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- May 25 - Jeanne Crain, American actress (d. 2003)
- June 3 - Tony Curtis, American actor
- June 8 - Barbara Bush, First Lady of the United States
- June 14 - Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's White House Press Secretary (d. 2004)
- July 1 - Farley Granger, American actor
- July 6 - Merv Griffin, American game show developer and host
- July 6 - Bill Haley, American musician (Bill Haley and the Comets) (d. 1981)
- July 10 - Mahathir bin Mohamad, fourth Prime Minister of Maylasia
- July 28 - Baruch S. Blumberg, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

August-September


- August 3 - Dom Um Romão, Brazilian jazz drummer
- August 7 - M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist
- August 8 - Alija Izetbegović, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (d. 2003)
- August 12 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 2004)
- August 12 - Ross McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. 1975)
- August 21 - Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)
- August 27 - Nat Lofthouse, English footballer
- August 28 - Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2003)
- August 30 - Laurent de Brunhoff, French writer and illustrator
- September 8 - Peter Sellers, English comedian and actor (d. 1980)
- September 10 - Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (d. 1996)
- September 24 - Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)
- September 28 - Arnold Stang, American actor

October-December


- October 13 - Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- October 16 - Angela Lansbury, American actress
- October 23 - Johnny Carson, American comedian and television host (d. 2005)
- October 24 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
- October 24 - Al Feldstein, American artist and comic book creator
- October 27 - Albert Medwin, American inventor
- October 31 - John Anthony Pople, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
- November 11 - Jonathan Winters, American actor and comedian
- November 18 - Gene Mauch, baseball manager (d. 2005)
- November 20 - Robert Kennedy, American politician and Attorney General of the United States (d. 1968)
- November 24 - William F. Buckley, Jr., American author and commentator. Founder of National Review Magazine
- November 24 - Simon van der Meer, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 26 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
- November 27 - John Maddox, Welsh science writer
- December 1 - Martin Rodbell, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1998)
- December 3 - Kim Daejung, President of South Korea, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- December 8 - Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, musician, and actor (d. 1990)
- December 11 - Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- December 13 - Dick Van Dyke, American actor
- December 14 - Gloria Malgarini, American actress, spokesperson

Unknown


- Charles Mangin, French general (b. 1866)
- William H. Gates, Sr., American attorney, father of Bill Gates
- Gildo Massó, Puerto Rican housebuilder.

Deaths


- January 4 - Nellie Cashman, Irish-born actress (b. 1845)
- January 8 - George Bellows, American artist (b. 1882)
- January 14 - Camille Decoppet, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1852)
- January 31 - George Washington Cable, American writer (b. 1844)
- February 2 - Jaap Eden, Dutch speed skater (b. 1873)
- February 3 - Oliver Heaviside, English mathematician (b. 1850)
- February 4 - Robert Koldewey, German architect and archaeologist (b. 1855)
- February 10 - Aristide Bruant, French singer and nightclub owner (b. 1851)
- February 18 - James Lane Allen, American writer (b. 1849)
- February 24 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1860)
- February 25 - Louis Feuillade, French silent film director (b. 1873)
- February 28 - Friedrich Ebert, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1871)
- March 2 - Luigj Gurakuqi, Albanian freedom fighter (assassinated) (b. 1879)
- March 4 - John Ward, baseball player (b. 1860)
- March 7 - Georgy Evgenyevich Lvov, Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1861)
- March 12 - Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1866)
- March 14 - Walter Camp, American football coach (b. 1859)
- March 20 - George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India (b. 1859)
- March 25 - Tikhon of Moscow, Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. 1865)
- March 28 - Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, British general (b. 1864)
- April 14 - John Singer Sargent, American artist (b. 1856)
- April 15 - Fritz Haarmann, German serial killer (b. 1879)
- April 19 - John Walter Smith, American politician (b. 1845)
- April 22 - André Caplet, French composer and conductor (b. 1878)
- April 23 - Rupert Brooke, English poet (b. 1887)
- May 2 - Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (b. 1848)
- May 2 - Antun Branko Simic, Croatian poet (b. 1898)
- May 10 - William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b.1856)
- May 12 - Amy Lowell, American poet (b. 1874)
- May 14 - H. Rider Haggard, English writer (b. 1856)
- May 20 - Elias M. Ammons, Governor of Colorado (b. 1860)
- May 22 - John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, British World War I field marshal (b. 1852)
- June 1 - Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President of the United States (b. 1854)
- June 2 - James Ellsworth, American mine owner and banker (b. 1849)
- June 16 - Emmett Hardy, American jazz cornetist (b. 1903)
- June 18 - Robert M. La Follette, Sr., American politician (b. 1855)
- June 29 - Christian Michelsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1857)
- July 1 - Erik Satie, French composer (b. 1866)
- July 26 - Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
- July 26 - William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1860)
- July 26 - Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
- August 17 - Ioan Slavici, Romanian writer (b. 1848)
- August 25 - Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
- September 7 - René Viviani, Prime Minister of France (b. 1863)
- September 16 - Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian mathematician (b. 1888)
- September 29 - Léon Bourgeois, French statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1851)
- October 7 - Christy Mathewson, baseball player (b. 1880)
- October 31 - Mikhail Frunze, Russian Bolshevik leader (b. 1885)
- October 31 - Max Linder, French silent film actor (b. 1883)
- November 20 - Alexandra of Denmark, queen of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1844)
- November 25 - Vajiravudh, King of Siam (b. 1880)
- December 5 - Wladyslaw Reymont, Polish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- December 9 - Pablo Iglesias, co-founder of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (b. 1850)
- December 15 - Battling Siki, Senegalese boxer (b. 1897)
- December 19 - Jose Ignacio Quinton, Puerto Rican composer and pianist (b. 1881)
- December 21 - Jules Méline, Prime Minister of France (b. 1838)
- December 22 -