See also 1940s and Timeline of World War II.
January-
Blessed Louis Mzyk (1905-1940) was arrested by an undercover Gestapo informer. He was tortured and shot to death with two other priests.
February-
27: Howard Hesseman (1940-) of Salem, Oregon, an actor who played Doctor Johnny Fever in the TV series WKRP and was featured in Head of Class, was born.
Barbara Kelly (1940-), CEO of the Scottish Consumer Council, was also born today.
February-
12: Sean O'Casey (1880-1919)'s play, The Star Turns Red, opened in London at the Unity Theatre.
27: Paddy Ashdown (1941-) of New Delhi India, 1st leader of Britain's Social/Liberal Democrat Party, was born.
Ian McGarry (1941-), General Secretary of the British Actors' Equity Association, was born.
Sandy Wilson (1941-), film director of movies, Harmony Cats and American Boyfriends, was born.
March-
May-
Steve Allen, TV personality, of the Steve Allen Show c1950-60, graduated from ASU in Tempe, AZ.
June-
4: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk on the Belgian coast ended as German forces captured the beach port. The nine-day evacuation, the largest of its kind in history and an unexpected success, saved 338,000 Allied troops from capture by the Nazis.
10: Sean O'Casey became a member of the new Advisory Board of the London Daily Worker.
August-
30: Cecilia Elizabeth "Ceil" (Nieman) married Robert James Gray in East Saint Louis Illinois
Near the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean, American and Japanese air and sea forces began the three-day Battle of Midway. The American victory there halted Japan's eastward push.
Salvador Dali (1904-89) published The Secret Life of Salvador Dali.
January-
8- Stephen William Hawking (1942-) was born in Oxford, England.
300th memorial of the death of Galileo (-1644) in Oxford, England.
February-
16: Kim Jong-il was born.
He was considered to be the son of God in China. His father,
Kim Il-sung (April 15, 1912 – 8 July 1994) was the leader of North Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death, when he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-il. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death. He was also the General Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party where he exercised autocratic power. As leader of North Korea, he ended up switching from a Marxist-Leninist ideology to the Juche idea and established a personality cult. North Korea officially refers to him as the "Great Leader" and he is designated in the constitution as the country's "Eternal President". His birthday and the day of his death are public holidays in North Korea.
27: Charlayne Hunter-Gault (1942-) of Due West South Carolina, news reporter for the McNeil-Lehrer Report on PBS, was born.
March-
Sean O'Casey (1880-1919) published Pictures in the Hallway, second volume of his Autobiography.
July
17: A daughter, Cecilia Dolores Gray, was born in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, at the Naval Hospital, the first child of Cecilia Elizabeth "Ceil" (Nieman) and Bob Gray. Her dad was in signal school at SIU.
Memorial of the birth of Anne Hutchinson, who was born Anne Marbury on July 17, 1591 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England. She was the eldest daughter of Francis Marbury (1555-1611), a clergyman educated at Cambridge and Puritan reformer, and Bridget Dryden (1563-1645).
August
29: Blessed Sancja/Santia/Giannina Szymkowiak (1910-42) died.
December-
16: Sean O'Casey (1880-1919) 's Pictures in the Hallway was banned by the Irish Censorship of Publications Board.
February-
27: Mary Frann (1943-), actress who played Joanna-Newhart, on television soap opera Days of Our Lives, was born in Saint Louis, Missouri.
March-
15: Red Roses For Me by Sean O'Casey (1880-1919)opened in Dublin at the Olympia Theatre, directed by Shelah Richards.
July-
Sister Blessed Mary Stella (-1943), mother superior of the Order of the Holy Family of Nazareth, and her companions, prayed that the people of Nowogrodek, Poland, might be spared further suffering,
"O God, if sacrifice of life is needed, accept it from us who are free from family obligations. Spare those who have wives and children."
August-
1: Blessed Mary Stella (-1943) and her Catholic Sisters were martyred by Nazis in Nowogrodek, Poland.
January-
9: Siephen Hawking's 2nd birthday
February-
26: Edwin Joseph "E.J." Haidusek (1944-) was born in Weimar, Texas, to Frances (Heger) and Edwin Henry Haidusek.
27: Alan Fudge (1944-) was born in Wichita Kansas. He was an actor in Man From Atlantis and Paper Dolls.
Graeme Pollock (1944-), cricket player and South African batting prodigy, was born.
Roger Scruton (1944-), philosopher, was born.
March-
21: Timothy Dalton (born March 21, 1944 Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK-) played father Bowdern in The Possessed based on the exorcism by Jesuits in Saint LOuis, which was fictionalized as the Exorcist.
August
9: Sam Eliot was born August 9, 1944 in Sacramento, CA-) The actor was in Houston: the Legend of Texas; Gettysburg; Rough Riders and Off the Map
December
8: Lawrence "Larry" Kinsella was born in Fairview Heights, Illinois to Cyrila and Rita (O'Brien) Kinsella.
January
8: Stephen William Hawking (1942-)'s 3rd birthday in Oxford, England.
4: Rastafarian Bob Marley (1945-) was born. He popularized reggae music.
16: Kim Jon-il's 3rd birthday in Korea.
26: Edwin Joseph "E.J." Haidusek (1944-)'s 1st birthday in Weimar, Texas; parents- Frances (Heger) and Edwin Henry Haidusek.
27: Daniel Olbrychski (1945-) was born in Poland. He was an actor in Andrei Wajda�s La Truite.
Robert James "Bobby" Gray III (1945-), a substitute teacher in Prescott, Arizona, was born to Ceil and Bob at Saint Mary's Hospital in East Saint Louis, Illinois.
On this day in 280 AD, Constantine the Great, Roman emperor (306-37), adopted Christianity.
March
21: Timothy Dalton (1944-)'s 1st birthday in Colwyn Bay, Wales, UK- He played Father Bowdern in The Possessed based on the exorcism by Jesuits in Saint LOuis, which was fictionalized as he Exorcist.
August
9: Sam Eliot was born August 9, 1944 in Sacramento, CA-) The actor was in Houston: the Legend of Texas; Gettysburg; Rough Riders and Off the Map
December
January-
6: Pope Pius XII published his Papal Encyclical, Quemadmodum, an appeal for the world's destitute children.
February-
26: Sean O' Casey (1880-1919)'s play Red Roses for Me opened in London at the Embassy Theatre, presented by Bronson Albery.
June-
1: actor David Cox was born in Dundee, Scotland, UK
Hermann Hesse (July 2, 1877-August 9, 1962), born in Calw, Germany, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1946
Canonization of Saint (Mother) Francis Xavier Cabrini of Chicago in Rome by Pope Pius XII;
The Pope called a consistory of 36 new cardinals from around the world.
Beatification of Saint Teresa Eustochio Verzeri (1801-52).
Jean Genet of France has his novels, Thief's Journal and Our Lady of the Flowers published in under-the-counter editions, with the help of Jean Cocteau.
Jean Paul Sartre's play No Exit was published in an English translation.
Sartre acclaims the work of Genet in his book Saint Genet.
Eugene O'Neill's play, The Iceman Cometh was produced. It was written in 1939.
Deaths:
Gertrude Stein;
January-
305th memorial of the death of Galileo (-1644) in ...)
8: Stephen William Hawking (1942-)'s 4th birthday in Oxford, England.
February-
4: E. H. Haidusek became a book-keeper at 1st State Bank of Weimar, Texas.
18: Monday- John Glennon, Archbishop of Saint Louis, was elevated to Cardinal in Rome.
25: Manuel Borba married Antoinette (Aveta) "Toni" in Italy.
27: Wednesday- Bobby Gray's 1st birthday.
March-
Labor Bill passed over Truman's veto.
Walter Reuther was the leader. Taft-Hartley Law;
6: Ash Wednesday.
8: The new Cardinal Glennon died in Dublin Ireland, before his return to Saint Louis, MO where his funeral was held in the USA;
Apostolic Delegate A. G> Cardinal Cicognani visits Belleville, IL.
Karol Wojtyla (later Pope John Paul II) is ordained a priest after 4 years of study at age 26 yrs.
April-
4: Bob Gray Jr left his job at Anheuser-Busch. An employee had told him, "If you know shorthand, you are wasting your time here in the statistical department."
5: Bob Gray began working for the Veterans Administration.
18: Hayley Mills was born to John Mills in England.
21: Easter Sunday; photos of Nieman Grandparents with their grandchildren:
May-
20: Pat Dennehy's 29th birthday.
June-
July-
17: Cecilia Gray's 4th birthday.
Jimmy Carter graduated from Anapolis, and married Rosalyn (Smith);
28: Death of Alphonsa of India (1910-46).
August-
4: Birth of Faustino Pérez-Manglano Magro(1946-63) at Valencia, Spain.
19: William Jefferson Blythe III, Later known as US President Bill Clinton, was born in Hope Arkansas.
25: Dolores Gray's 27th birthday;
30: Ceil and Bob Gray's 5th wedding anniversary.
September-
Richard Milhaus Nixon elected to US House of Representatives from Ca.
11: Ceil Gray's 26th birthday
14: Darlene Gray's 16th birthday.
18: Melvin Gray's 22nd birthday.
October-
13: Cecilia Gray and Suzanne Schindler dressed in Valentine's dresses and pulled a pink wagon at a shower sponsored by Ceil Gray at Virginia and Carl Schindler's home, 822 N. 24th St. East St. Louis, Il. Guest of honor was Dolores Gray.
19: Patrick Jeremiah Dennehy, honorably discharged from the US Army, married Dolores (Gray) at Saint Philip's Church in Edgemont. Cecilia Dolores Gray was her flower girl;
November-
13: Bob Gray left his job with the Veterans Administration.
18: Bob started working at Amp. Corp.
24: Beatification of Saint Jeanne Marie Kerguin (1864-1900) and Anne-Francoise Moreau/Saint Marie De Saint Just (1866-1900) of France, Saint Marie Adolphine Dierks (1866-1900) of Holland, Pauline Jeuris/Saint Marie Amandine (1872-1900) and Clelia Nanette/ Saint Maria Chaira of Belgium. They are known as the Martyrs of Shanxi or the Martyrs of China.
December-
4: Bob Gray Jr (1917-78)'s 29th birthday.
25: Wednesday- Christmas.
30: Bob Gray contracted as a salesman for Wearever Aluminum Pots and Pans.
He teaches all the relatives "waterless" cooking. See 5-12-1947.
Rob Gray Sr. and Bob Gray Jr. built a house for
Bob's family, starting with the basement, where his family moved, at 551 N. 88th Street in Edgemont.
St. Louis Mary of Montfort, co-founder of the Convent of Mary and the Daughters of Wisdom, was canonized by pope Pius XII.
Beatification of St. Maria Goretti, with her family present.
Victor Immanuel III died;
January-
John Cantwell died; James McIntyre succeeded him as Archbishop of LA, Ca.
8: Stephen William Hawking (1942-)'s 5th birthday in Oxford, England.
305th memorial of the death of Galileo (-1644) in ...)
9: Carmen Frances Haidusek was born to Edwin and Frances (Heger) Haidusek. Edwin became vice-president of 1st State Bank of Weimar, Texas.
10: Bob Gray Jr. left Amp. Corp.
14: William Nieman's 61st birthday.
31: Glenna (Claussen)/Mrs. Bill Weber(1940-)'s 7th birthday.
Alice (Deisner)/Mrs. Melvin Gray (1931-)'s 16th birthday.
Glenna Claussen (1940-)'s 6th birthday. Alice Deisner/Mrs. Melvin Gray (1931-)’s 16th birthday.
February-
27: Thursday- Bobby Gray's 2nd birthday. He weighed 24 lbs. His Daddy, Bob, baked a chocolate cake with white icing in his Wearever Fring Pan.
Gidon Kremer Riga Latvia (1947-), violinist who won the Tchaikovsky Prize in 1970, was born.
Ashley Woodcock (1947-), cricket player (one Test Australia vs New Zealand 1974, only knock 27) was born.
Marian G. Klaren (1947-), Dutch mime and actress in Red Cabbage, was born.
March-
Oscars: < Monsieur Vincent French film won the best foreign film Oscar, it was on the Life of Vincent dePaul.
A Douhble Life with Ronald Colman, won Best Actor.
April-
23: Marie Rosary (Borba) Volbeda born to Manuel and Toni (Aveta).
24: Toni Borba's 24th birthday;
May-
12: Bob Gray Jr. went to work for Wabash RR.
Ronnie Reagan became President of the Screen Actor's Guild (1947-52; 1959)
June-
5: Lionel Gray's birthday.
16: Sadie Gray's birthday.
Sighting of Aliens in Roswell, New Mexico.
July-
3: Henry Althoff, Bishop of Belleville, died.
17: Cecilia Gray's 5th birthday.
August-
19: Marilyn Adele (Niemann) Kinsella born to Frederick and Vera (Klein) Niemann;
Bill Clinton's 1st birthday.
20: Vera's 36th birthday.
John William Carter born to Jimmy and Rosalyn.
September-
Royal Family of Great Britain tours South Africa.
11: Ceil Gray's 27th birthday.
14: Darlene Gray's 17th birthday.
18: Melvin Gray's 23rd birthday.
October-
26: Hillary Rodham-Clinton born to...
November-
20: (Queen) Elizabeth (II) married Prince Philip Mountbatten.
December-
2: Msgr. Albert Zuroweste named 3rd Bishop of the
Diocese of Belleville, Il.
4: Thursday- Bob Gray Jr.'s 30th birthday.
25: Thursday- Christmas.
Here Comes Santa Claus is the ditty of the year, and Miracle on 34th Street was the movie to see for the holidays.
31: Roy Rodgers "Leonard Slye" married Dale Evans " ".
February-
Thomas Stearns
Eliot (born on September 26, 1888-died on January 4,1965) was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Literature
Salvador Dali (1904-89) returned to Spain.
Kim Il-sung (April 15, 1912 – 8 July 1994) was the leader of North Korea from its founding in 1948 until his death, when he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong-il. He held the posts of Prime Minister from 1948 to 1972 and President from 1972 to his death. He was also the General Secretary of the Korean Workers' Party where he exercised autocratic power. As leader of North Korea, he ended up switching from a Marxist-Leninist ideology to the Juche idea and established a personality cult. North Korea officially refers to him as the "Great Leader" and he is designated in the constitution as the country's "Eternal President". His birthday and the day of his death are public holidays in North Korea.
February
2: Vincent Clement "Vince" Gray (1948-), Recreation Supervisor in Arizona, was born to Ceil and Bob Gray at Saint Mary's Hospital in East Saint Louis, Illinois.
Other birthdays on
Vince Gray was baptised at Saint Philip's Church in East Saint Louis, Illinois. His Godparents were Melvin Gray and Vera (Klein) Niemann.
27: 3rd birthday of Bob Gray (1945-)
Eddie Gray (1948-), rock guitarist with Tommy James & Shondells famous for the song Crystal Blue Persuasion, was born. -NR
Charlayne Hunter-Gault (1942-) of Due West South Carolina, news reporter for the McNeil-Lehrer Report on PBS, 6th birthday.
1949
Marilyn Adele Kinsella was born to Frederick and Veronica "Vera" (Klein) Niemann in the Fairview Heights district of Belleville, Ilinois.