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(49 BC) Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River signaling a war between Rome and Gaul.
475 Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople.
1493 Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily
1519 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I died.
1528 Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
1539 Treaty of Toledo signed by King Francis I of France and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
1552 Dutch west coast hit by heavy storm, 100s killed
1583 Holland begins use of Gregorian calendar (yesterday was 1/1/1583)
1598 Pope Clement VIII seizes duchy of Ferrara on death of Alfonso
1684 French king Louis XIV marries Madame Maintenon
1701 Parts of Netherlands, Frisia & Groningen, adopt Gregorian calendar
1715 Composer Jacques Duphly was born.
1723 Handel's opera "Ottone" premieres, London
1755 Tsarina Elisabeth establishes 1st Russian University
1773 The first public Colonial American museum opens in Charleston, South Carolina.
1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
1806 French evacuate Vienna
1807 Gunpowder-ship explodes in Leiden Neth, 150 die
1808 The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
1809 British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from French (until 1814)
1812 1st cargo arrives in New Orleans by steam, from Natchez
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England
1836 Battle of Wetumka, Fla
1836 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia
1839 Anthracite coal 1st used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, Penn
1842 Franciscan nuns begin missionary work on Netherland Antilles
1848 The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
1861 FL state troops demand surrender of Ft Pickens
1863 President Davis delivers his "State of Confederacy" address
1865 Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher NC
1866 The Royal Aeronautical Society was founded in London.
1867 Leo Tolstoy's "Smert Ioonna Groznogo," premieres in St Petersburg
1872 Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
1875 Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
1876 Composer Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari was born.
1879 British Zulu War begins: Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand
1882 Thomas Edison's central station on Holborn Viaduct in London began operation.
1895 The National Trust is founded in Britain.
1895 The first performance of King Arthur took place at the Lyceum Theatre.
1895 The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
1896 At Davidson College, NC, several students of Dr Henry Smith took x-ray photographs. They created the first X-ray photographs to be made in America.
1898 Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
1899 13 crew members and 5 apprentices are rescued off the coast of England by the Lynmouth Lifeboat.
1900 Freeland Colony founded in US
1903 Harry Houdini performs at Rembrandt theater, Amsterdam
1903 Rhodes Opera House burns in Boyertown Pa, killing 170
1904 Southwest-Africa uprising under Samuel Maherero against German garison
1906 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
1906 Football rules committee legalizes forward pass
1906 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election.
1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal
1908 A wireless radio message was sent long-distance for the first time from the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
1911 The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
1912 -47°F (-44°C), Washta, Iowa (state record)
1915 The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
1915 The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
1916 Britain proclaims Gilbert & Ellice Is colony in Pacific
1918 Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
1918 Montreal Canadien Joe Malone scores 5 goals beating Ottawa 9-4
1920 Annual drafting of baseball players from minor leagues to be done in inverse order of the final standings, agreed to
1921 Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
1924 History of Science Society organized at Boston
1925 John Howard Lawson's "Processional," premieres in NYC
1926 "Sam ‘n’ Henry" debuted on WGN Radio in Chicago, IL.
1928 Philip Barry & Elmer Rice's "Cock Robin," premieres in NYC
1928 Sir Thomas Beecham gave his first public performance in the United States.
1928 Vladimir Horowitz debuted as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1929 Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana
1930 NHL's Boston Bruins win then-record 14th consecutive game
1932 France's Laval government falls
1932 Philip Barry's "Animal Kingdom," premieres in NYC
1932 Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
1933 US Congress recognize the independence of Philippines
1933 Uprising of Guardia Civil in Spain, 25 dies
1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented
1938 Austria recognized the Franco government in Spain.
1940 Soviet bombers raided cities in Finland.
1942 British troops reconquer Sollum
1942 Dutch troops on Tarakan surrender
1942 President Franklin Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board during World War II.
1943 The Office of Price Administration announced that standard frankfurters/hot dogs/wieners would be replaced by 'Victory Sausages.'
1944 Churchill & de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh
1944 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterd
1945 During World War II, Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.
1945 German forces in Belgium retreat in Battle of Bulge
1945 US Task Force 38 destroys 41 Jap ships in Battle of South China Sea
1946 "Polonaise" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 113 performances
1946 Edouardo de Filippo's "Questi Fantasmi!," premieres in Rome
1946 NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA
1948 1st Supermarket in UK opens
1948 Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
1948 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states could not discriminate against law-school applicants because of race (Sipuel v Oklahoma State Board of Regents).
1949 "Arthur Godfrey and His Friends" was debuted on CBS-TV. The show stayed on the network for seven years.
1949 "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", the Chicago-based children’s show, made its national debut on NBC-TV.
1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
1950 USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
1951 Ezzard Charles TKOs Lee Oma in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1952 NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13
1952 University of Tennessee admits it's 1st black student
1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
1954 Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hrs later 2nd one-kills 115
1954 Queen Elizabeth II opens NZ parliament
1955 Rod Serling’s career began with the TV production of "Patterns."
1957 Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded
1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1958 NCAA adds 2 point conversion to football scoring
1958 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-7
1958 Syracuse National Dolph Schayes sets NBA record at 11,770 points
1959 Berry Gordy borrowed $800 to found the Motown record empire.
1959 KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 Dolph Schayes of the Syracuse Nationals became the first pro basketball player in the NBA to score more than 15,000 points in his career.
1960 Sobers & Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt v England
1961 "Show Girl" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 100 performances
1961 UN genocide pact goes into effect
1963 "Go Away Little Girl" by Steve Lawrence peaks at #1
1963 Bob Dylan performed in a radio play for the BBC in London. The play was called, "The Madhouse of Castle Street" and he played a folk singer.
1963 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia v England
1964 Leftist rebels in Zanzibar began their successful revolt against the government known as the Zanzibar Revolution and a republic was proclaimed.
1964 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 31-17
1965 "Hullabaloo" premiered on NBC TV.
1965 At 10:58 am PST burn up a nuclear rocket in Nevada
1966 "Batman" with Adam West & Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV
1966 12 day NYC transit strike ends
1966 Red Auerbach wins his 1,000th game as coach of NBA Boston Celtics
1966 U.S. President Johnson said in his State of the Union address that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended.
1967 "Dragnet" returned to NBC-TV after being off the network schedule for eight years.
1967 Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
1967 Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
1968 Beatles Film Production Ltd changes name to Apple Film Production Ltd
1968 Nighttime version of "Hollywood Squares" premieres on NBC TV
1968 The Supremes appeared in an episode of "Tarzan" on NBC-TV. The ladies played a group of nuns.
1969 "Golden Rainbow" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 355 performances
1969 Superbowl III: NY Jets beat Balt Colts, 16-7 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Joe Namath, NY Jets, QB
1970 Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria ending the Nigerian civil war.
1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
1971 "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 3 performances
1971 Congressional Black Caucus organizes
1971 The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others  including a nun & 2 priests (The Harrisburg Seven) are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
1972 Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen)
1973 Yassar Arafat was re-elected as head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
1974 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
1974 Libya & Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"
1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
1975 Superbowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, RB
1976 The UN Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
1977 "Ipi Tombi" opens at Harkness Theater NYC for 39 performances
1977 Anti-French demonstrations takes place in Israel after Paris released Abu Daoud, responsible 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes
1977 In an English court, Keith Richards is fined 750 pounds for possession of cocaine in his wrecked car on May 19, 1976 and charged an additional 250 pounds for court costs. In the same court appearance, he is found not guilty of possession of LSD.
1979 6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win
1979 LA's Hillside Strangler, Kenneth Bianchi, arrested in Bellingham
1979 Record blizzard struck midwest killing over 100
1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) begins NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1981 -35°F (-37°C), Chester, Massachusetts (state record)
1981 Dynasty, a prime time soap opera with Joan Collins inspired by Dallas, premieres on ABC
1981 The Recording Industry Association of America donated Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde," KISS' "Alive!" and "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols" to the Library of Congress.
1983 Brooks Robinson & Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame
1983 NCAA creates football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
1984 Motley Crue opened its first U.S. tour at Madison Square Garden, New York.
1985 After a record 24 weeks as the #1 album in the nation, Prince slipped to the #2 spot with "Purple Rain". Replacing Prince at the top spot: ‘The Boss’ Bruce Springsteen’s "Born In the USA".
1986 24th space shuttle (61-C) mission-Columbia 7-launched
1986 Chic Blackhawk Denis Savard scores at 4 seconds of 3rd period
1986 Miami Dolphins win AFC football championship
1986 Space shuttle Columbia blasted off with a crew that included the first Hispanic-American in space, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diazv and Congressman Bill Nelson on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist..
1987 Britain's Prince Edward resigns from his Royal Marines training
1988 Willie Stargell (Pitts Pirate), elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1989 6 claim to survive in rubble, 35 days after Armenian quake (hoax)
1989 Idi Amin expelled from Zaire
1990 Civil Rights activist Rev Al Sharpton is stabbed in Bensonhurst Bkln
1990 Romania bans Communist party (1st Warsaw Pact member to do so)
1991 Johnny Paycheck was released from an Ohio prison after serving two years of a seven year sentence for a barroom shooting. Before leaving office, Gov. Richard Celeste commuted Paycheck's sentence.
1991 Largest crowd to watch Atlantic Coast Womens Basketball game (11,520)
1991 Melvin Stewart swims world record 200 m butterfly (1:55.69)
1991 The U.S. Congress passed a resolution authorizing President Bush to use military power to force Iraq out of Kuwait.
1992 13th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins 27 awards
1992 Algeria's general elections canceled after strong gains by Islamic Salvation Front in the 1st round
1992 A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in Mali.
1992 Last building in Gateway area in Cleveland is demolished
1992 US male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman
1993 Doctors announce Pitts Penguin Mario Limeux has Hodgkin's disease
1993 MTV hostess Martha Quinn marries longtime boyfriend Jordan Tarlow
1994 Malcolm X's daughter arrested for plotting Louis Farrakham's murder
1994 Steve Carlton (Phillies) elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1995 Major earthquake kills 5,092 in Kobe Japan
1995 Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in LA
1995 Northern Ireland Secretary Patrick Mayhew announced that as of January 16 British troops would no longer carry out daylight street patrols in Belfast.
1995 Pope John Paul II begins visit to SE Asia
1996 Russian troops arrived in Bosnia (joint operation with US)
1997 17th United Negro College Fund raises
1997 Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Tournament of Champions
1997 HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey)
1997 Ice skater Oksana Baiul injured slightly whiled driving intoxicated
1997 Space Shuttle STS 81 (Atlantis 18), launches into space
1997 Tiger Woods wins Mercedes Championships
1998 Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's office with taped conversations between herself and former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
1998 Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
1998 Tyson Foods Inc. pled guilty to giving $12,000 to former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy. Tyson was fined $6 million.
1999 Britney Spears' debut album "...Baby One More Time" was released.
1999 Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball was sold at auction in New York for $3 million to an anonymous bidder.
2000 Charlotte Hornets guard Bobby Phills was killed in a crash during a drag race.
2000 The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, gave police broad authority to stop and question people who run at the sight of an officer.
2002 Adam Ant (Stuart Goddard) was arrested at the Prince of Wales club in London. He was charged with possession of a firearm and with criminal damage and assault. He also allegedly attacked a man in his 40s.
2004 The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
2005 Bob Marley's widow announced her plans to exhume his remains in Jamaica and rebury them in his "spiritual resting place" in Ethiopia.
2005 NASA launched "Deep Impact". The spacecraft was planned to impact on Comet Tempel 1 after a six-month, 268 million-mile journey.
2006 A stampede during the Stoning the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
2006 The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
2006 The U.S. Mint began shipping new 5-cent coins to the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks. The coin has an image of Thomas Jefferson taken from a 1800 Rembrandt Peale portrait in which the president is looking forward. Since 1909, when presidents were first depicted on circulating coins, all presidents had been shown in profile.
2006 The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany declare that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the United Nations Security Council.
2006 Turkey releases Mehmet Ali Ağca from jail after he served 25 years for shooting Pope John Paul II.
2007 Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
2010 The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing at least 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
2013 A failed attempt to rescue a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia, results in 18 deaths
2013 Beijing’s level of air pollution is declared to be at levels that are hazardous to human health
2013 "Mile High Miracle", trailing the Denver Broncos 35-28 with 1:09 remaining in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, the Baltimore Ravens' quarterback Joe Flacco heaved a 70 yard touchdown pass to receiver Jacoby Jones to tie the game - the Ravens would win in overtime and go on to win the Super Bowl
2014 Stephen Bunting and Lisa Ashton win the 2014 BDO World Darts Championship
2014 "True Detective", a crime-drama starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, debuts on HBO
2014 Woody Allen receives the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the 71st Annual Golden Globe Awards
2014 71st Golden Globes: "12 Years a Slave," Matthew McConaughey, & Cate Blanchett win
2015 Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid C.F. wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the best player of the year

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1483 Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German nobleman (d. 1538)
1492 Andreas Alicatus, Italian author
1562 Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)
1576 Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (d. 1660)
1579 Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist, (found boiling point temperature) (d. 1644)
1580 Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)
1588 John Winthrop, 1st governor (Mass Bay Colony)
1588 Jose Ribera [Lo Spagnoletto], Spanish painter (d. 1652)
1597 François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
1599 Adrian van Utrecht, Flemish painter
1628 Charles Perrault, French folklorist (Mother Goose) (d. 1703)
1638 Ernst R Tarhemberg, Austrian fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars)
1674 Reinhard Keiser, composer
1711 Gaetano Latilla, composer
1715 Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789)
1716 Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general (d. 1795)
1721 Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian general (d. 1792)
1723 Samuel Langdon, American college educator (d. 1797)
1729 Edmund Burke, Irish author (Philosophy & Inquiry) (d. 1797)
1729 Lazzaro Spallanzani, Modena Italy, physiologist
1730 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer
1737 Brizio Petrucci, composer
1737 John Hancock, American patriot (d. 1793)
1746 Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Switzerland educator (d. 1827)
1749 Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat
1751 Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, king of Sicily & Naples (d. 1825)
1751 Jacob M R Lenz, writer (Das Leidende Weib)
1772 Count Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
1780 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German exegetist/theologist
1783 Erik Gustaf Geijer, Swedish historian/poet (Natthimmelen)
1786 Sir Robert Inglis, Bt, English politician (d. 1855)
1792 Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)
1792 Robert Patterson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1797 Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)
1804 Hippolyte Monpou, composer
1807 Jan T Beelen, Dutch/Belgian bible expert
1808 Paul "the Great" Taglioni, Vienna, ballet choreographer
1810 King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, king of Sicily (d. 1859)
1814 Jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
1819 Zealous Bates Tower, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1900
1821 Nikolai Afanisev, composer
1822 Étienne Lenoir, French engineer (d. 1900)
1825 Joseph Robert Davis, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
1826 Charles Cruft, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1832 Richard Waterhouse Jr, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1837 Adolf Jensen, composer
1837 Carlos Troyer, composer
1842 Francois Coppee, French poet
1849 Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)
1852 Joseph J C Joffre, French fieldmarshal (Indo China, Marne)
1853 Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro, Italian mathematician (tensor analysis)
1856 John Singer Sargent, US, portrait painter (Wyndham Sisters)
1856 John Singer Sargent, American artist (d. 1925)
1860 Henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)
1863 Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher and Hindu religious leader (d. 1902)
1871 Paul Guthnick, German astronomer
1873 Spiridon Louis, Greek marathon runner (d. 1940)
1875 Marika Stiernstedt, Swedish author (Ulla Bella)
1876 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Venice Italy, composer
1876 Jack London, American author (Call of the Wild) (d. 1916)
1876 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948)
1876 Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish Field Marshal and Prime Minister (d. 1950)
1877 Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)
1878 Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian writer (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) (d. 1952)
1879 Anton Uesson, Estonian politician and engineer (d. 1942)
1879 Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968)
1882 Jakob Jud, Swiss linguist/etymologist
1882 Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930)
1884 Louis Horst, composer
1884 Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933)
1888 Claude Delvincourt, composer
1890 Mordecai W Johnson, educator
1892 Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1976)
1893 Hermann Goering, propoganda minister (Nazi Germany) (d. 1946)
1893 Alfred Rosenberg, German Nazi official (d. 1946)
1894 Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
1895 Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli professor and scholar of Islamic art (d. 1959)
1896 David Wechsler, American psychologist (d.1981)
1896 Rex Ingram, Ireland, actor/director (Elmer Gantry, God's Little Acre)
1897 Hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist
1898 Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer
1899 Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (DDT-Nobel 1948) (d. 1965)
1899 Pierre Bernac, French baritone (d. 1979)
1900 Vaino Hannikainen, composer
1902 Ibn Abdul-Aziz Saud, Kuwait, king (Saudi Arabia)
1902 Ray Teal, Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Sheriff Roy Coffee-Bonanza)
1902 Simon H Spoor, Dutch gen/intelligence officer for Gen MacArthur
1902 Joe E. Lewis (Klewan)
1903 Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist helped develop 1st Soviet nuclear weapon (d. 1960)
1904 Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist
1904 Fred McDowell, American blues musician (d. 1972)
1905 James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997)
1905 Tex (Woodward) Ritter, American country singer and actor (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind) (d. 1974)
1906 Daniil Kharms, Russian playwright (d. 1942)
1906 Henny Youngman, England, comedian (Take my wife please...)
1906 Emmanuel Levinas, French philosopher (d. 1995)
1907 Patsy Kelly, American actress (d. 1981)
1907 Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (d. 1966)
1908 Ben Seijes, Dutch historian (WW II)
1908 Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
1908 Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus)
1908 Jean Delannoy, French film director (d. 2008)
1909 Mauritz Hugo, Sweden, actor (Atomic Blonde, Road Agent)
1910 Charles Martin, cartoonist
1910 Luise Rainer, Austrian actress (Escapade, Good Earth, Big City)
1910 Patsy Kelly, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, North Ave Irregulars) (d. 1981)
1912 Peter Pooley, broadcaster
1914 Edqard John Gurney, politician
1915 Ernest Armstrong, miner/politician
1915 Frank Annunzio, (Rep-D-IL, 1965)
1915 Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Catholic archbishop of Ottawa
1915 Joseph Roy George Ralston, pilot
1915 Martin Agronsky, journalist (1952 Peabody, 1961 DuPont-Columbia)
1915 Paul Jarrico, American writer (d. 1997)
1915 Martin Agronsky
1916 Jay McShann, American musician (d. 2006)
1916 William Pleeth, British cellist (d. 1999)
1916 Pieter Willem Botha, South African politician, Orange Free State, president of South Africa (d. 2006)
1917 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)
1917 Walter Hendl, West New York NJ, conductor
1917 Jimmy Skinner, Canadian hockey coach (d. 2007)
1920 James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist and civil rights leader (d. 1999)
1920 Prof Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-born Australian sociologist (d. 2009)
1921 John Henry Davis Jr, Smithtown NY, weightlifter (Olym-gold-1948, 52)
1921 Leo Smit, Phila Penn, pianist/composer
1922 Tadeusz Zychiewicz, Polish journalist and art historian (d. 1994)
1923 Ira Hayes, American soldier (d. 1955)
1924 Jan Willem Radecker, sculptor/son of John Raedecker
1924 Grethe Holmer, Danish actress (d. 2004)
1924 Olivier Gendebien, Belgian racing driver (d. 1998)
1925 Bill Burrud, Hollywood California, host (Safari to Adventure, Animal World)
1925 Laurentiu Profeta, composer
1925 Ralph Legall, cricket wicket-keeper (WI v India 1954)
1925 Scottie MacGregor, American actress
1925 Bill Burrud, American television host (d. 1990)
1925 Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008)
1925 Scottie MacGregor, American actress
1926 Morton Feldman, American composer (d. 1987)
1926 Ray Price, American singer (Good Times)
1927 Leopold Ahsen, writer
1927 Salvatore Martirano, composer
1928 Lew Gallo, Mt Kisko, actor (12 O'Clock High)
1928 Ruth Brown, American singer (d. 2006)
1928 Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (d. 2009)
1929 Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottis-born American philosopher
1929 Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher
1930 Glenn Yarborough, American singer(The Limeliters)
1930 Jennifer P Johnston, Irish author (Fool's sanctuary)
1930 Tim Horton, Canadian hockey player (d. 1974)
1932 Alain Teister, Dutch sculptor/writer
1932 Des O'Connor, British television presenter
1933 Michael Aspel, British talk show host
1934 Burdette Haldorson, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
1934 James Fergason
1934 Mick Sullivan, English rugby league footballer
1935 "Amazing" Kreskin, Montclair NJ, mentalist/telepath
1935 Ron Harper, Turtle Creek Pa, actor (Wendy & Me, Planet of the Apes)
1935 William Lee Gloden, Brewton Al, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys)
1935 Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress
1936 Raimonds Pauls, Latvian Composer
1937 Liliana Cavani, Bologna Italy, director (Berlin Affair)
1937 Marie Dubois, French actress (Wise Guys, Jules & Jim)
1937 Vicente Sardinero, Spanish baritone (d. 2002)
1937 Shirley Eaton, British actress
1938 Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
1939 Helmut Eisendle, writer
1939 Jacobus M "Jacques" Hamelink, Dutch writer/poet (Cold Unrest)
1939 William Lee Golden (The Oak Ridge Boys)
1940 Dick Motz, cricketer (1st NZer to take 100 Test wickets)
1941 Jaime B Fuster, (Rep-D-PR, 1985)
1941 Long John Baldry, British blues singer (Don't try to Lay No Boogie) (d. 2005)
1942 Bernardine Dohrn, former leader of the radical leftist organization Weather Underground
1942 Vladimir Sergeyevich Kozelsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 24 backup)
1943 Henri J "Adriaan" Adriaansen, mime/director (Stinging Nettle King)
1943 Tucker (Ivan) Frederickson
1944 Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor
1944 Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian euthanasia advocate
1944 Joe Frazier, American HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1964)/champ (1968-73)
1944 Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
1944 Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian chess player
1945 Maggie Bell, Scottish singer  (Stone the Crows)
1946 Lady Cosgrove, Scottish judiciary figure
1946 Cynthia Robinson, American trumpeteer (Sly & the Family Stone)
1946 George Duke, American musician
1947 Tom Dempsey, American football player, NFL record-holder (longest field goal, 63 yards)
1948 Anthony Andrews, English actor (Under the Volcano, The King's Speech)
1948 Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (d. 2001)
1948 William Nicholson, English writer
1948 Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia
1948 Kenny Allen, English footballer
1949 Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
1949 James W Dietz, rower
1949 Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007)
1949 Michael W. Vannier, American radiologist
1949 Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager
1949 Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-born American film director (Chan is Missing, Slamdance)
1950 Bob McEwen, American politician, (Rep-R-OH, 1981)
1950 Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland
1950 Göran Lindblad, Swedish politician
1950 Marilyn R Smith, microbiologist
1950 Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992)
1950 Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician
1951 Ann Althouse, American law professor
1951 Bill Madlock, 4X NL batting champ (Chicago Cubs)
1951 Chris Bell, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Big Star)
1951 Drew Pearson, former NFL all-pro receiver
1951 Kirstie Alley, American actress (Cheers-Rebecca, Star Trek II, Look Who's Talking)
1951 Larry Hoppens, rocker (Orleans-Still the One, Dance With Me)
1951 Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality, author and political commentator
1952 Charles Faulkner, American motivational speaker and author
1952 Ricky Van Shelton, country musician
1952 Walter Mosley, American author
1952 John Walker, New Zealand middle distance runner
1952 Walter Mosley, American author
1954 Howard Stern, American radio personality (WKRK, WYSP, WJFK, Sirius XM), author (Radio's Bad Boy"), Actor (Private Parts)
1955 Patty Hayes, LPGA golfer
1955 Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter
1957 John Lasseter, American animation director (Toy Story)
1957 Tommy Ardolino (NRBQ)
1958 Curt Fraser, American ice hockey coach
1959 Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
1959 Per Helmstad Gessle, Swedish songwriter and musician (Roxette-Must Have Been Love)
1959 Nick Nairn, British celebrity chef
1959 Ralf Moeller, Actor (Gladiator)
1960 Dominique Wilkins, NBA forward (Atlanta Hawks)
1960 Oliver Platt, Canadian actor (X-Men: First Class)
1960 Rob Derksen, Australian baseball head coach (Olympics-1996)
1960 Charlie Gillingham (Counting Crows)
1961 Andrea Carnevale, soccer player (Napoli)
1962 Joe Quesada, American comic book writer
1962 Richie Richardson, cricketer (elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95)
1962 Luna Vachon, Canadian professional wrestler
1963 François Girard, French-Canadian film director and screenwriter
1964 Jeff Bezos, American entrepreneur and founder of Amazon.com
1964 Laura Gildemeister, Argentina, tennis star
1964 Lynne Marie Thurik, Vancouver Wash, Miss Washington-America (1991)
1964 Clare Holman, British actress
1965 Alexandra Wentworth, Actress (Office Space)
1965 Henry Thomas, defensive tackle (Detroit Lions, New England Patriots)
1965 John Francis, model
1965 Mark Moore, British record producer (S'Express-Winter Course)
1965 Rob Zombie, American musician (White Zombie) and film director (Devil's Rejects)
1966 Craig Parry, Sunshine VIC, Australasia golfer
1966 Linda Ferrando, Italy, tennis star
1966 Olivier Martinez, French actor (Unfaithful)
1967 Farrah Forke, Texas, actress (Dweebs, Mr Rhodes, Disclosure, Heat)
1967 Marco Boogers, Dutch soccer player (RKC, Sparta, West Ham United)
1967 Mike Simms, Whittier CA, outfielder (Houston Astros)
1967 Ulf Dahlen, Ostersund SWE, NHL forward (Team Sweden, San Jose)
1967 Vendela [Kirsebom], Stockholm Sweden, model (Sports Illustrated 1993)
1967 TBird (B-Rock and the Bizz)
1967 Subir Chowdhury, Six Sigma Quality Consultant, Author
1967 Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish supermodel
1968 Heather Mills, British activist, model, and writer (Out on a Limb)
1968 Junichi Masuda, Japanese composer
1968 Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
1968 Vince Buck, NFL safety (NO Saints)
1968 Keith Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter
1968 Rachael Harris, American actress (The Hangover)
1969 Cam Russell, Halifax, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks)
1969 Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer
1969 Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and TV producer
1970 Jenny Griffith, Burbank California, WPVA volleyballer (National-13th-1995)
1970 Nigel Wilson, Canadian/US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins)
1970 Takahiro Ikenoue, WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1970 Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)
1970 Mig Ayesa, Australian musician
1970 Raekwon, American rapper (Wu Tang Clan)
1971 Andy Fox, Sacramento CA, infielder (NY Yankees)
1971 Oscar Sturgis, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
1971 Scott Burrell, American basketball player, NBA guard/forward (Chicago Bulls, Charlotte Hornets)
1971 Shane Dronett, NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos)
1972 Dominique Ross, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1972 Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi
1972 Randy Sklar, American comedian
1972 Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player
1972 Jason Sklar, American comedian
1973 Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay)
1973 Greg Morton, Milwaukee Wisc, actor (Scarecrow & Mrs King)
1973 Hande Yener, Turkish singer
1973 Matt Wong, American musician (Reel Big Fish)
1974 Melanie Jayne Chisholm, "Sporty Spice", British singer, vocalist (Spice Girls)
1974 Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier
1974 Claudia Conserva, Chilean television presenter
1975 Chase Hampton, Oklahoma City Oklahoma, rocker (Party-Rodeo, That's Why)
1975 Jason Freese, American musician
1975 Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens)
1976 Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
1977 Cade McNown, American football player
1977 Dominic Etli, American soccer player
1977 Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor
1977 Sara Walsh, South Bend In, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1977 Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
1978 Amerie, American singer and songwriter
1978 Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1978 Jeremy Camp, American musician
1978 Kim Sa Rang, Korean actress
1978 Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris)
1978 Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher
1979 Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
1979 Jenny Schmidgall, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
1979 Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
1979 Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
1980 Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
1981 Dan Klecko, American football player
1982 Chris Ray, American baseball player
1982 Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
1982 Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
1982 Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
1982 Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
1982 Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer
1983 Negar Javaherian, Actress (Gold and Copper)
1984 Scott Olsen, American baseball player
1985 Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer
1985 Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
1986 Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
1986 Kieron Richardson, English actor
1987 Andrew Lawrence, Phila, actor (Andy Roman-Brotherly Love)
1987 Naya Rivera, American actress (Cindy-Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Power of Madonna)
1987 Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
1987 Will Rothhaar, American actor (Battle Los Angeles)
1988 Chris Casement, Irish footballer
1988 Joseph Dundas, British TV Presenter
1988 Andrew Lawrence, American actor (Bean)
1989 Tiler Peck, Actress (Donnie Darko)
1990 Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
1991 Pixie Lott, English singer
1992 Mao Kobayashi, Japanese gravure idol
1993 Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
1993 Zayn Malik, Pop singer (One Direction)
1994 Mason Knight, Actor (Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny)
1995 Laurel McGoff, American singer
1996 Ai Hashimoto, Actress (Confessions)
1996 Sarah Morales, Mexico, Siamese twin (survived)
1996 Sarahi Morales, Mexico, Siamese twin (died on Jan 27, 1996)
1998 Nathan Gamble, American actor (The Dark Knight)
1999 Sam Cohen, Actor (Superhero Movie)
2003 Giselle Nieto, Actress (A Better Life)
2004 Stephanie Schmahl, Actress (One Life to Live)

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689 Benedict Biscop, English saint (b. 628)
1049 Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic
1167 Ailred of Rievaulx, English abbot and saint (b. 1110)
1321 Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
1390 Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian
1519 Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
1537 Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter
1665 Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (Fermat therorem) (b. 1601)
1674 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (Jephta) (b. 1605)
1700 Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)
1705 Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
1732 John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)
1735 John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
1759 Anne of Hannover,English Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
1765 Johann Melchior Molter, German composer (b. 1696)
1777 Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
1781 Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691)
1807 Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian
1807 Joan Lucaz, Dutch scholar/journalist/patriot
1817 Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)
1829 Michael Gottard Fischer, composer
1829 Friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher and poet (b. 1772)
1833 Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)
1834 William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
1839 Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator
1851 Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter
1856 Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)
1860 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves)
1867 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education
1892 William Reeves, bishop, antiquarian (b. 1815)
1897 Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)
1899 Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)
1909 Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)
1921 Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)
1925 Oskar Brefeld, German botanist
1926 Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)
1928 Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair
1933 Vaclav Suk, composer
1934 Pawel Kochanski, Polish violinist, composer and arranger (b. 1887)
1938 Gösta Ekman (senior), Swedish actor (b. 1890)
1940 Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek)
1940 Edward Smith, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1899)
1942 George Francis, cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10)
1943 Jan R T Campert, Dutch resistance fighter and poet (18 Dead) (b. 1902)
1944 Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
1947 Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft)
1950 Koos van de Griend, composer
1953 Simeon Roncal, composer
1956 John Raedecker, Dutch sculptor (WW II Monument Amsterdam)
1956 Norman Kerry, actor (Air Eagles, Phantom of Opera) (b. 1894)
1958 Arthur Shepherd, composer, dies at 77
1958 Charles Mallory Hatfield, U.S. rainmaker (b. 1875)
1960 Nevil Shute, English writer (Town like Alice) (b. 1899)
1962 Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist (b. 1869)
1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash
1962 Richard de Guide, composer
1964 C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts)
1965 Porcupine, in Washington DC zoo, dies at 27; oldest known rodent
1965 Lorraine Hansberry, American writer (b. 1936)
1970 Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84
1972 Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review)
1974 Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
1975 Caryn Campbell, Bundy victim, disappears from Snowmass, Colo
1976 Agatha Christie, English writer (10 Little Indians) (b. 1890)
1977 Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (Diabolique, Truth) (b. 1907)
1978 Nancy Spungen, stabbed to death by boyfriend Sid Vicious
1980 Hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies
1981 Beulah Bondi, actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 89
1981 Isobel Elsom, actress (Unseen, Jane Eyre, Illegal)
1983 Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)
1983 Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. 1903)
1986 Marcel Arland, French author (L'ordre, Lumière du Soir)
1988 Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
1990 Paul Amadeus Pisk, composer
1990 Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-born educator et writer (Peter Princible) (b. 1919)
1991 Vasco Pratolini, Italy, writer (Ragazze di San Frediano)
1991 Keye Luke, Chinese-American actor (Charlie Chan's No 1 Son) (b. 1904)
1992 Harry van Doorn, Dutch MP (KVP/KRO-chairman/PPR/CRM
1992 Walt Morey, US children's book writer (Gentle Ben)
1993 Carles Mira, Spanish director (Que Nos Quiten Lo Bailao)
1994 Bob Horen
1994 Samuel Bronston, Romanian/US producer (El Cid)
1995 Francis Lopez, songwriter
1995 George Price, cartoonist (New Yorker)
1995 Marion Herbst, German/Dutch jewelry designer
1996 Edmund Happold, engineer
1996 Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)
1996 John Howard Purnell, scientist
1996 Peggy Braithwaite, lighthouse-keeper
1997 Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher
1997 Jean Writer-Edern Hallier, dies at 60
1997 Jill Summers, actress (Agatha Coronation Street)
1997 Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1901)
1997 Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936)
1999 Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (b. 1914)
1999 Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
2000 Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2000 Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
2001 Affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975)
2001 Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
2001 William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (b. 1913)
2002 Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)
2002 Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911)
2003 Allan Nunn May, English physicist and Soviet spy (b. 1911)
2003 Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912)
2003 Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. 1930)
2003 Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926)
2003 Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
2004 Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
2004 Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
2005 Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. 2003)
2005 Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
2005 Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914)
2007 Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2007 Sir James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
2007 Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2009 Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)
2009 Claude Berri, French movie director (b. 1934)
2010 Daniel Bensaid, French philosopher (b. 1946)
2010 Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920)
2012 Bill Janklow, four-term Governor of South Dakota
2012 Charles Price, American businessman and diplomat
2012 Reginald Hill, British crime author
2014 Gyula Torok, Hungarian Olympic Champion Boxer
2015 John Bayley, English academic and writer (Iris: A Memoir of Iris Murdoch)
2015 Clifford Adams, American trombone player

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