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532 Nika riots in Constantinople.
888 Odo, Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks.
1099 Crusaders set fire to Mara Syria
1128 Pope Honorius II granted a papal sanction to the military order known as the Knights Templar. He declared it to be an army of God.
1328 Edward III of England marries Philippa of Hainault, daughter of the Count of Hainault.
1435 Sicut Dudum is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV about the enslaving of black natives in Canary Islands by Spanish Natives.
1501 The world's first hymnbook printed in the vernacular was published in Prague. It contained 89 hymns in the Czech language. (The name of the hymnal is no longer known, since the only surviving copy lacks the title page.)
1547 Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
1559 Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey
1605 The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
1607 The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Callisto, 4th satellite of Jupiter
1610 Galileo Galilei discovers Ganymede, 4th moon of Jupiter.
1621 Jan Pieterszoon Coen's fleet sets sail to Moluccas (from Jacarta)
1630 Patent to Plymouth Colony issued
1635 Birth of Philip Jacob Spener, founder of German pietism. The name for the Bible studies (called "collegia pietatis") held in his home came to be associated with his followers, who were afterward called Pietists.
1673 Jean Racine's "Mithridate" premieres in Paris
1683 Composer Johann Christoph Graupner was born.
1690 Composer Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel was born.
1691 Death of George Fox, 67, English founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Fox left the Anglican church at 23 and founded the Quaker movement in 1660 at age 36.
1695 Jonathan Swift ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland
1733 James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists arrive in Charleston, South Carolina.
1770 De Beaumarchais' "Les Deux Amis" premieres in Paris
1785 John Walter publishes the first issue of the Daily Universal Register (later renamed The London Times).
1794 U.S. President Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag to make 15 stars & 15 stripes, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union.
1822 The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
1830 The Great fire in New Orleans thought to be set by rebel slaves
1832 President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
1840 The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
1842 Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad.
1847 The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican-American War in California.
1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co
1854 Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion.
1863 Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City NY
1863 Thomas Crapper pioneers one-piece pedestal flushing toilet
1865 Federals attack Fort Fisher NC
1866 Composer Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov was born.
1869 National convention of black leaders meets in Washington DC, 1st Black labor convention
1873 PBS Pinchback relinquishes office at Louisiana Governor
1874 Battle between jobless & police in New York City NY, 100s injured
1874 US troops land in Honolulu to protect the king
1882 Richard Wagner completes his opera "Parsifal"
1883 Fire in circus Ferroni in Berditschoft Poland kills 430
1883 Henrik Ibsen's "En Folkefiende" premieres in Oslo
1888 National Geographic Society founded (Washington DC)
1893 Britain's Independent Labor Party, a precursor to the current Labor Party, met for the first time, Keir Hardie as its leader.
1893 U.S. Marines land in Honolulu from the U.S.S. Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
1894 Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops
1895 Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband" premieres in London
1898 Emile Zola publishes his open letter (J'accuse) in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, it was published in Paris.
1900 In Austria-Hungary, Emperor Franz Joseph decreed that German would be the language of the imperial army to combat Czech nationalism.
1902 Textile workers strike in Enschede Netherlands till June 1
1904 Composer Richard Addinsell was born.
1906 Hugh Gernsback, of the Electro Importing Company, advertised radio receivers for sale for the price of just $7.50 in "Scientific American" magazine, claimed to receive signals up to one mile.
1908 French pilot Henry Farman is 1st European to fly roundtrip
1908 Montréal Wanderers sweep Ottawa Victorias in 2 for the Stanley Cup
1908 Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, PA killing 171 people.
1910 JM Synge's "Deirdre of the Sorrows" premieres in Dublin
1911 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die Ratten," premieres in Berlin
1911 Roald Amundsens anchors at Walvis Bay
1911 South Africa's 1st win over Australia, at Adelaide
1912 -40°F (-40°C), Oakland, Maryland (state record)
1913 Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated is founded on the campus of Howard University as the second Black Greek Letter Organization for Women. The mission is to make a move towards social activism.
1914 IWW-leader/songwriter Joe Hill arrested "Girl from Utah" East-Prussia
1915 W Churchill presents plan for assault on Dardanelles
1915 An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
1919 Dutch Soccer team OSV forms
1920 New York Times editorial (falsely) reports rockets can never fly
1922 Conference of Cannes concerning German retribution payments ended
1922 Buck Weaver, a Black Sox, applies unsuccessfully for reinstatement
1922 WHA-AM in Madison WI begins radio transmissions
1924 Nationalist Wafd-party wins Egyptian parliament elections
1927 US & Mexico battle over oil interests
1928 Ernst F. W. Alexanderson gave the first public demonstration of television.
1929 Humanist Society established, Hollywood CA
1930 "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears
1934 The Candidate of Science degree is established in the USSR.
1935 A Plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
1936 Baptist clergyman B.B. McKinney, 50, wrote the words and tune to the gospel song, "Wherever He Leads, I'll Go," a few days before the opening of a Sunday School convention in Alabama.
1938 Singer Allan Jones recorded "The Donkey Serenade".
1938 The Church of England accepts the theory of evolution.
1939 Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco
1939 The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometres of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
1941 The four Modernaires joined the Glenn Miller Band on a permanent basis.
1942 Allied Conference for war trials
1942 German U-boats begin harassing shipping on US east coast
1942 Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile, which allowed for a 30% decrease in car weight.
1942 Interallied war trial conference publishes St James Declaration
1942 First use of aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter durinf World War II.
1943 Hitler declares "Total War"
1943 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Casablanca
1943 Russian offensive at Don under General Golikov
1943 US infantry captures Galloping Horse-ridge Guadalcanal
1945 Prokofchev's 5th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1948 1st country music TV show, Midwestern Hayride, premieres on WLW Cincinnati OH
1949 "Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City NY for 180 performances
1951 German general F Christian freed early from Dutch prison
1951 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents; known as the Doctors' Plot
1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
1953 KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia.
1954 Military rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested
1954 WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, FL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 Elvis Presley recorded "All Shook Up" and "That’s When Your Heartaches Begin" in Hollywood.
1957 Wham-O began producing "Pluto Platters." This marked the true beginning of production of the flying disc "frisbee".
1957 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Allen Tate
1957 Mickey Wright wins Sea Island Golf Open
1957 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 19-10
1958 Moroccan Liberation Army ambushes Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
1958 9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test ban
1958 US newspaper "Daily Worker" ceases publication
1959 De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts
1959 King Boudouin promises Belgian Congo independence
1962 "Do Re Mi" closes at St James Theater New York City NY after 400 performances
1962 Ernie Kovacs died in a car crash in west Los Angeles, CA.
1962 Wilt Chamberlain of Philadelphia Warriors scores NBA-record 73 points vs Chicago
1963 AFL Pro Bowl West beats East 21-14
1963 NFL Pro Bowl East beats West 30-20
1964 Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta now Kolkata resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people.
1964 The Beatles released "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the U.S.
1964 Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
1966 1st black selected for pres cabinet (LBJ selects Robert C Weaver-HUD)
1966 Elizabeth Montgomery’s character, Samantha, on "Bewitched," had a baby. The baby's name was Tabitha.
1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member when he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by U.S. President Johnson.
1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Coup in Togo
1967 Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
1968 "Hallelujah, Baby!" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 293 performances
1968 "Illya Darling" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City NY after 320 performances
1968 Dr. K.C. Pollack of the University of Florida audio lab reported that tests found that the noise levels at rock & roll concerts was harmful to teenage ears.
1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam
1968 Minnesota North Stars center Bill Masterton fatally injured (dies on 15th)
1968 Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom Prison
1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album
1971 "Soon" closes at Ritz Theater New York City NY after 3 performances
1972 Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
1972 Prime Minister Kofi Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Col. Ignatius Kutu Acheamphong.
1973 "Tricks" closes at Alvin Theater New York City NY after 8 performances
1973 Efskind skates world record 1000m (1:17.6)
1973 Eric Clapton performed his comeback concert at the Rainbow Theatre, London.
1974 A Gallup poll on religious worship showed that fewer Protestants and Roman Catholics were attending weekly services than ten years earlier, but that attendance at Jewish worship services had increased over the same period.
1974 In Super Bowl VIII Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7 in Houston; Super Bowl MVP Larry Csonka, Miami, Running Back
1974 Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
1976 Sarah Caldwell is 1st woman to conduct at NY's Metropolitan Opera House as she led orchestra in a performance of "La Traviata"
1976 The trial of seven Brunswick Records and Dakar Records employees began. The charges were bilking artists out of more than $184,000 in royalties.
1978 The Police began recording their debut album.
1979 Soul pop singer Donny Hathaway died after jumping, (or falling) from a 15th floor hotel room in New York City at the age of 34.
1979 The Y.M.C.A. filed a lawsuit against the Village People over their song, "Y.M.C.A." The suit was later dropped.
1979 Charlie Daniels hosts the Volunteer Jam
1980 "King of Schnorrers" closes at Playhouse Theater New York City NY after 63 performances
1980 A benefit concert was held for the people of Kampuchea. The featured acts were The Grateful Dead, Beach Boys and Jefferson Starship.
1980 Head of narcotic brigade arrested for drug smuggling in Belgium
1980 Togo's constitution becomes effective
1981 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to May Swenson & Howard Nemerov
1981 Barbara Sonntag, Colorado, crochets record 147 stitches/minutes for 30 minutes
1981 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to May Swenson & Howard Nemerov
1981 Islander's Mike Bossy's 15th career hat trick-4 goals
1982 Hank Aaron & Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame
1982 Shortly after takeoff in a snowstorm, Air Florida Flight 90 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. Coincidentally, a Washington DC Metro Rail train is derailed, killing 3 people.
1983 AMA urges ban on boxing cites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition
1983 Québec Nordiques play 251st NHL game without being shut out
1984 Wayne Gretzky extended his NHL consecutive scoring streak to 45 games.
1984 TV anchor Christine Craft wins $325,000 in her case against KMBC-TV
1985 23rd Tennis Fed Cup Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1)
1985 99-year-old Otto Bucher scores a hole-in-one at Spanish golf course
1985 Blackhawk Doug Wilson failed on 12th penalty shot against Islanders
1985 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $17,1000,000
1985 A passenger train plunged into a ravine at Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
1986 "The Wall Street Journal" printed a real picture on its front page. The journal had not done this in nearly 10 years. The story was about artist, O. Winston Link and featured one of his works.
1986 The NCAA adopted the controversial "Proposal 48," which set standards for Division 1 freshman eligibility based on college exams.
1986 A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties. Began when South Yemen Pres Ali Nasser Mohammed's bodyguard shoots opponents.
1987 7 top New York Mafia bosses sentenced to 100 years in prison each
1987 W German police arrest Mohammed Ali Hamadi, suspect in 1985 hijacking
1988 Supreme Court rules (5-3) public school officials have broad powers to censor school newspapers, plays & other expressive activities
1988 Los Angeles Dodger/San Diego Padre Steve Garvey retires
1989 "Friday the 13th" virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain
1989 Bernhard H. Goetz was sentenced to one year in prison for possession of an unlicensed gun that he used to shoot four youths he claimed were about to rob him. He was freed the following September.
1989 Ruins of Mashkan-shapir (occupied 2050-1720 BC) found in Iraq
1989 Jerry Parks, Oklahoma defensive back, charged with shooting a teammate
1989 Soap opera "Ryan's Hope" final episode after 13½ year run
1990 L. Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
1991 42 killed in exhibition soccer match in Johannesburg South Africa
1991 Pres Mario Soares of Portugal re-elected
1991 12th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 25 awards
1991 Phil Mickelson wins PGA Northern Telecom Golf Open
1991 Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die
1991 UN Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar meets with Saddam Hussein in Baghdad
1991 Soviet Union military troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius. Killed 14 people and wounding 1000.
1992 Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II.
1992 Excavation of new ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) begins
1992 US serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer pleads guilty but insane
1993 Bobby Brown was arrested in Augusta, GA, for simulating a sex act onstage. It was the second time that he had been arrested by the Augusta police department for the same offense.
1993 Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena Cowboys beat Bills
1993 Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
1994 Italian government of Ciampi resigns
1994 Tonya Harding's bodyguard, Shawn Eric Eckardt & Derrick Brian Smith arrested & charged with conspiracy in attack of skater Nancy Kerrigan
1995 America 3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race
1995 26 HNL teams unanimously ratify agreement to end NHL strike
1997 Debbie Reynolds received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1998 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway" opens at St James Theater New York City NY
1998 ABC and ESPN negotiated to keep "Monday Night Football" for $1.15 billion a season.
1998 CBS pays $4 billion to televise AFC games for 8-years
1998 Kevin Dubrow (Quiot Riot) was released from jail. He was arrested for failing to pay a judgment against him for an incident at a 1994 concert. A woman claimed that he threw another fan on top of her breaking her leg.
1998 NBC agreed to pay almost $13 million for each episode of the TV show E.R. It was the highest amount ever paid for a TV show.
1998 One of the 110 missing episodes of the British TV show "Doctor Who" was found in New Zealand.
1999 Basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement only to return in 2001
2000 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position
2001 Earthquake measuring magnitude 7.6 strikes El Salvador, killing more than 840 people
2002 Japan and Singapore signed a free trade pact that would remove tariffs on almost all goods traded between the two countries.
2002 The exhibit "In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." opened at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. More than 100 artists supplied the collection of 120 works of art.
2002 U.S. President George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel.
2003 Pete Townshend was arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. Townshend said that his use of an Internet Web site advertising child pornography was for research for an autobiography
2007 Two thirds of the Venus's southern hemisphere suddenly brightened as something triggered aerosols to form at a furious rate.
2009 Ethiopian military forces began pulling out of Somalia, where they had tried to maintain order for nearly two years.
2012 Cruise ship, Costa Concordia, runs aground at Isola de Giglio, Italy, with at least 15 deaths
2013 Argo, Daniel Day-Lewis, & Jessica Chastain win at the 70th Golden Globes
2014 14 people are killed and 7 are injured after an explosion in an illegal gambling hall in Kaili City, China
2014 Cristiano Ronaldo wins the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or
2016 Record Powerball lottery held in America - $1.6 billion, (3 winning tickets)

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1334 King Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
1381 St Colette, abbess/reformer (Poor Clares)
1406 Matteo Palmieri, Italian writer (Della vita civile)
1505 Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
1562 Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (d. 1601)
1596 Jan van Goyen, Dutch landscape painter (d. 1656)
1610 Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1665)
1616 Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (d. 1680)
1628 Charles Perrault France, lawyer/writer (Mother Goose)
1635 Philipp Jakob Spener, German theologian (d. 1705)
1651 Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
1674 Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon French poet (Atrée et Thyeste)
1683 Johann Christoph Graupner, German composer (d. 1760)
1690 Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer
1720 Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808)
1727 Johann Christoph Schmugel, composer
1734 Luca Sorkocevic, composer
1749 Friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)
1777 Elisa Bonaparte, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1820)
1778 Anton Fischer, composer
1787 John Davis, 14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
1788 Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer
1802 Eduard von Bauernfeld, Vienna, comedic playwright
1804 Paul Gavarni, French caricaturist (d. 1866)
1805 Thomas Dyer, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
1807 Napoleon Bonaparte Buford, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1808 Salmon P Chase, (Senator-R) cabinet member, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (1864-73) (d. 1873)
1812 Humphrey Marshall, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1872
1812 Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
1815 William Henry French, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1824 Ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer
1832 Horatio Alger, Jr., American minister and author (Lost at Sea, Work & Win) (d. 1899)
1835 Gustaaf Rolin-Jaequemyns, Belgian jurist/minister of the Interior
1845 Félix Tisserand, French Astronomer (d. 1896)
1850 Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer
1858 Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d.1931)
1859 Karl Bleibtreu, German author (Revolution of Literature)
1859 Kostis Palamas, Greek poet (Flogera tou Basília) (d. 1943)
1861 Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)
1864 Wilhelm Wien, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (Nobel 1911) (d. 1928)
1865 Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
1866 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, Russian composer (d. 1901)
1869 Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (d. 1931)
1870 Henryk Opienski, Polish composer/conductor (St Moniuszko)
1870 Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist (d.1959)
1874 Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin
1878 Lionel Groulx, Canadian nationalist (d. 1967)
1881 Essington Lewis, Australian industrialist (d. 1961)
1883 Prince Arthur of Connaught (d. 1938)
1884 Johannes Elsensohn, Dutch actor/writer (Arie, novel from the Jordan)
1884 Sophie Tucker, Russian-born singer and performer (d. 1966)
1885 Alfred Fuller, Canadian businessman (The Fuller Brush Man) (d. 1973)
1886 Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964)
1887 George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)
1887 Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (d. 1946)
1890 Jüri Uluots, Estonian Prime Minister (d. 1945)
1892 Paul Smart, US, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1948)
1893 Clarke Ashton Smith, US, sci-fi author (Lost Worlds, Genius Loci)
1893 Jan Evangelista Zelinka, composer
1893 Roy Cazaly, Australian rules footballer (d. 1963)
1893 Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
1895 Anton Betzner, writer
1895 Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer
1898 Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d. 1944)
1898 Pedro DE Teixeira de Mattos, Dutch diplomat
1898 Carlo Tagliabue, Italian baritone (d. 1978)
1899 Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
1900 Yasuji Kiyose, composer
1901 A. B. Guthrie, American novelist, historian (d. 1991)
1901 Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978)
1903 Kay Francis, [Katherine E Gibbs], Oklahoma City OK, actress (False Madonna)
1904 Richard Addinsell, British composer (Warsaw Concerto, Taming of Shrew) (d. 1977)
1905 Percy Humphrey, musician
1905 Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
1906 Maxime Jacob, composer
1906 Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist
1907 Sabine Zlatin, nurse
1908 Earle Wheeler
1909 Danny Barker, jazz guitarist
1909 Butter (Quentin) Jackson
1909 Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934)
1910 Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter (d. 1989)
1911 Johannes Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland, Australia (d. 2005)
1913 Ralph Edwards, Merino Colo, TV host (This is Your Life)
1913 Jeff Morrow, American actor (Bart-Union Pacific, Temperatures Rising) (d. 1993)
1915 Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property developer
1916 Bella Lewitsky, choreographer
1916 Osa Massen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Jack London, Rocketship XM)
1917 Felix Guerro Diaz, composer
1918 Lester Sill, pioneer music publisher/record producer
1918 Steve Dunne, Northampton Mass, actor (Professional Father)
1918 Ted Willis, British television dramatist (It's Great to be Young) (d. 1992)
1919 Army Archerd, Hollywood columnist/TV host (Movie Game)
1919 Robert Stack, American actor (Eliot Ness-Untouchables, Airplane, Unsolved Mysteries) (d. 2003)
1921 Dachine Rainer, British writer (d. 2000)
1922 Albert Lamorisse, French film director and producer (d. 1970)
1923 Jack Watling, London, actor (Nanny, Adventure for 2, Naked Heart)
1923 Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
1924 Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
1924 Philip Rawson, artist/teacher
1924 Roland Petit, French choreographer
1925 Rosemary Murphy, Munich Germany, actress (Margaret-Lucas Tanner)
1925 Georgi Kaloyanchev, Bulgarian actor
1925 Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (Cotton Club, Sweet Charity) (d. 2000)
1926 Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author (Change of Use)
1926 Carolyn Gold Heilbrun [Amanda Cross], American feminist author (Lady Ottoline's Album) (d. 2003)
1926 Michael Bond, British writer
1927 Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
1927 Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
1928 Gregory Walcott, Wilson NC, actor (87th Precinct)
1928 David Sheiner, New York City NY, actor (Paul-Mr Novak, Norman-Diana)
1929 Joseph Anthony Pass, guitarist
1929 Wim Bary, Dutch actor/theater director (Nice Boys)
1929 Joe Pass, U.S. jazz guitarist (d. 1994)
1930 Liz Anderson, rocker
1930 Roman Ciesiewicz, artist/graphic designer
1930 Frances Sternhagen, American actress (Outland, Starting Over)
1930 Robert ‘Squirrel’ Lester (The Chi-Lites)
1931 Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (Match Game, Ghost & Mrs Muir) (d. 2007)
1931 Chris Wiggins, British actor
1931 Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
1932 Barry Bishop, American mountaineer (d. 1994)
1933 Ron[ald Joseph] Goulart, US, sci-fi author (Deadwalk, Plunder, Cheap Thrills)
1933 Tom B Gola, NBA Hall-of-Famer
1933 Nurdin Jivraj, Tanzanian/British hotel magnate (Buckingham International)
1934 Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (Gong Show, $1.98 Beauty Show)
1935 Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress
1935 Mauro Forghieri, Italian automotive & mechanical engineer (Scuderia Ferrari)
1936 Ami Maayani, composer
1936 Renato Bruson, Italian operatic baritone
1936 Edward R Madigan, (Representative-R-IL, 1973)
1937 Hajé J Schartman Dutch MP (CDA)
1938 Paavo Johannes Heininen, composer
1938 William B. Davis, Canadian actor
1938 Billy Gray, Los Angeles CA, actor (Bud-Father Knows Best)
1938 Shivkumar Sharma, santoor player, music composer
1938 Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
1939 Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
1939 Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
1940 Edmund White, American author
1941 Meinhard Nehmer, German Democratic Republic, 2 man bobsledder (Olympics-gold-1976)
1941 Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician
1942 Carol Cleveland, English actress
1943 William Duckworth, composer
1943 Richard Moll, American actor (Night Court, House, Dungeonmaster, Survivor)
1945 [Eileen] Joy[ce] Chant [Rutter], UK, sci-fi author (High Kings)
1946 Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
1947 John Lees, English Musician (Medicine Man)
1947 Peter Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968)
1947 Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
1947 Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków
1948 Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
1948 Kenia Jayantilal, cricketer (5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India)
1948 T Bone' Burnett, rocker
1949 Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (NBC) (d. 1997)
1949 Rakesh Sharma, first Indian and 138th person to visit space (Soyuz T-11)
1950 John McNaughton, American film director
1950 Bob Forsch, American baseball player
1952 Cornelius Bumpus, keyboardist (Doobie Brothers-Minute by Minute)
1952 Sharon Gabet, Fort Wayne IN, actress (Raven-Edge of Night, Brittany-Another World, Melinda-One Life To Live)
1954 Vicki McCarty, Los Angeles CA, playmate (September 1979)
1954 Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
1955 Fred White, Musician (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
1955 Jay McInerney, American writer (Bright Lights, Big City)
1955 Titus M Mafolo, South Africa journalist/ANC-leader
1955 Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter
1956 Janet Hubert-Whitten, actress (Vivian Banks-Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1956 Jay McInerney, writer (Bright Lights, Big City)
1956 Malcolm Foster, rock bassist (Pretenders-Mystery Achievement)
1956 Janet Hubert-Whitten, American actress
1957 Christina Seufert, Sacraento California, diver (Olympic-bronze-1984)
1957 Don Snow, musician (Squeeze)
1957 Lorrie Moore, American writer
1957 Mark Francis O'Meara, Goldsboro NC, PGA golfer (1984 Greater Milw)
1957 Mark Francis O'Meara, Major winning American PGA Golfer (1984 Greater Milwaukee)
1958 Ricardo Acuna, Chile, tennis star
1959 James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth)
1959 Kevin Anderson, Illinois, actor (Hoffa, Sleeping with the Enemy)
1960 Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
1961 Graham "Suggs" McPherson, English singer (Madness-Our House)
1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, NYC, comedienne (SNL, Seinfeld, Soul Man, Troll)
1961 Kent Hull, NFL center (Buffalo Bills)
1961 Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress, comedienne (SNL, Seinfeld, Day by Day, Soul Man, Troll)
1961 Kelly Hrudey, Edmonton, NHL goalie (Los Angeles Kings)
1961 Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips)
1962 Brett Maxie, NFL safety (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
1962 Kevin Mitchell, American baseball player outfielder (New York Met, San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds)
1962 Paul Higgins, Canadian hockey player
1962 Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1963 Felita Carr, Fort Lauderdale Fl, dance skater (& Komarov-1995 Pac Champ)
1963 Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
1963 Tim Patrick Kelly, Trenton NJ, guitarist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
1963 Dirk Tazelaar, cricketer (Queensland & Surrey left-arm pace bowler)
1964 Ronan Rafferty, Northern Irish golfer
1964 Penelope Ann Miller, American actress (Kindergarden Cop, Gwen-Popcorn Kids)
1964 Bill Bailey, British comedian
1966 Joseph Harper, Ventura California, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1966 Tabitha Stevens, fictional character (Bewitched)
1966 Marcus Turner, NFL cornerback/safety (New York Jets)
1966 Patrick Dempsey, American actor (Mike-Fast Times, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Can't Buy Me Love, Face The Music)
1966 Shelagh Fogarty, British radio presenter
1967 Annie Jones, Australian actress
1967 George Paterson, Scottish singer/songwriter DMP
1968 Chara, Japanese singer and actress
1968 Kelly Boucher, Calgary Alberta, Canadian basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1968 Mike Whitlow, English footballer
1968 Traci Bingham, American actress
1969 Andre Cason, US runner (world record 50 indoor)
1969 Dan Footman, NFL defensive end (Cleveland Browns, Indianapolis Colts)
1969 John Flannery, guard/corner (Dallas Cowboys)
1969 Katarzyna Nowak, Lodz Poland, tennis star (1994 Futures France)
1969 Kevin Foster, US baseball pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
1969 Orlando Miller, Changionola Panama, infielder (Houston Astros)
1969 Robert Wilson, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins)
1969 Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
1969 Stephen Hendry, Scottish professional snooker player
1970 Anne-Marie Goddard, Utrechtum Netherlands, playmate (Jan, 94)
1970 Frank Kooiman, soccer player (Sparta)
1970 Keith Mitchell, Palm Springs California, American actor (Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy)
1970 Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
1970 Nachi Abe, WLAF tight end (Scotland Claymores)
1970 Keith Coogan, American actor (Adventures in Babysitting, Hiding Out)
1970 Shonda Rhimes, American screenwriter/creator (Grey's Anatomy)
1971 Elmer Dessens, Hermosillo Mexico, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1971 John Mallory Asher, American film actor/director
1971 Phil Whyman, English paranormal researcher, television personality, writer and musician
1972 Byron "Bam" Morris, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1972 Richard Woodley, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
1972 Byron "Bam" Morris NFL running back (Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1972 Nicole Eggert, American actress (Charles in Charge, Chrissie-TJ Hooker, Summer-Baywatch)
1972 Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor
1972 James O'Brien, British radio presenter and journalist
1972 Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer
1972 Park Jin-Young, Korean singer
1972 Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
1973 Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player, NHL goalie (Winnipeg Jets)
1973 Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actor
1974 Matt Lepsis, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII)
1974 Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player, NHL center (New Jersey Devils)
1975 Angela Holbeck, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1976 Gary Brent, cricketer (Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler 1996)
1976 Michael Peña, American actor
1976 Vaclav Batlik, Costa Mesa California, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1976 Tania Vicent, Canadian short track speed skater
1977 Orlando Bloom, English actor
1977 James Posey, American basketball player
1978 Ashmit Patel, Indian actor
1979 Jill Wagner, American Actor
1980 Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
1980 Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
1980 Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
1980 Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
1981 Jason James, Welsh bassist (Bullet for My Valentine)
1981 Reggie Brown, American football player
1981 Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
1981 Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor
1982 Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
1983 Julian Morris, English actor
1983 William Hung, American Idol contestant
1983 Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
1984 Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
1984 Nathaniel Motte, American musician (3OH!3)
1985 Qi Hui, Chinese swimmer
1986 Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
1987 Lee Seung Gi, K-pop singer
1987 Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer
1989 Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
1989 Bryan Arguez, American soccer player
1989 James Berrett, English footballer
1989 Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
1992 Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
1995 Qaasim Middleton, American musician and actor ;

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86 BC Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
533 Remigius van Reims, 1st bishop of Reims (459-533)/saint
614 Saint Kentigern (Saint Mungo), patron saint of Glasgow
703 Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
858 Aethelwolf, king of Wessex (Battle at Aclea) (b. 795)
888 Charles III the Fat, King of Franconia, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 839)
1049 Derrick IV, Count of Holland (1039-49), dies in battle
1138 Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
1151 Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)
1177 Henry II of Austria, Hendrik Jasomirgott Babenberg, Duke of Austria (b. 1107)
1307 Arnoud van Foreest, Dom deacon of Utrecht, dies
1330 Frederick (III), the Handsome, duke of Austrian, German anti-king (b. 1286)
1363 Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
1488 Hermann Vischer, "the Old", buried
1599 Edmund Spenser, English poet (Faerie Queene) (b. 1552)
1625 Pieter Bruegel "the Older", (Bloemenbruegel), Flemish painter
1625 Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
1630 Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584)
1651 Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver
1658 Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
1682 Simon van Leeuwen, Dutch lawyer/historian
1691 George Fox, English founder of Quakerism (b. 1624)
1702 Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book)
1762 Leonhard Trautsch, composer
1766 King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
1775 Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b. 1693)
1790 Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
1795 Francois-Joseph Krafft, composer, dies at 73
1796 John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
1797 Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
1828 Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer, dies at 80
1832 Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord's cricket ground (b. 1755)
1838 Ferdinand Ries, German composer (b. 1784)
1852 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)
1853 Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)
1860 William Mason, American politician (b. 1786)
1864 Stephen Foster, American composer (My Old Kentucky Home) (b. 1826)
1879 WF Hendrik the Navigator prince of Netherlands/viceroy of Luxembourg
1882 Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)
1885 Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)
1889 Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
1892 Charles Albert White, composer
1894 Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)
1901 Carlo Angeloni, composer
1905 George Thorn, Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
1906 Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
1913 Thomas P Krag, Norwegian author/novelist (Jon Graeff, Ulf Ran)
1914 Bernardus H Heldt, Dutch MP, dies at 72
1914 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer
1915 Mary Slessor, Scottish missionary (b. 1848)
1923 Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b. 1842)
1924 Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke) (b. 1834)
1928 Johan Peter Koch, Danish officer/explorer
1929 Wyatt Earp, US marshall (OK Corral) (b. 1848)
1929 H. B. Higgins, Australian politician and judge (b. 1851)
1930 C-E Auguste Rateau, French inventor (R-steam turbine)
1932 Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)
1934 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, soldier/explorer (Sudan)
1934 Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
1937 Walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wickets in 4 Tests for England 1905-12), dies
1939 Jacob Ruppert, CEO (New York Yankees, 1915-39), dies
1941 James Joyce, Irish writer (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland (b. 1882)
1943 Sophie Taeuber/Täuber-Arp, Swiss sculptor (b. 1889)
1947 Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People)
1954 Roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69
1958 Edna Purviance, actress (Charlie Chaplin, Sunnyside)
1958 John Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/church historian
1958 Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (b. 1880)
1960 Sibilla Aleramo, [Rina Faccio], Italian poet (Una Donna)
1962 Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian, dies in a car crash in West Los Angeles (b. 1919)
1963 Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP), dies at 76
1967 Anatole de Grunwald, British producer and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1968 Bill Masterson, NHL player for the Minnesota Northstars checked into the boards, dies two days later
1969 Wilton Graff, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn)
1969 Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, vs Australia Headingley 1938)
1971 Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910)
1971 Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, German SS-General/contractor (Tulle)
1971 Henri Tomasi French composer (Don Juan de Mañara), dies at 69
1974 Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
1974 Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
1976 Margaret Leighton, English actress (Much ado about nothing) (b. 1922)
1977 Henri Langlois, French film archivist, and a co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)
1978 Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
1978 Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (New York Yankees) (b. 1887)
1979 Marjorie Lawrence, Australian soprano (b. 1907)
1979 Donny Hathaway, American musician (Ghetto), commits suicide (b. 1945)
1980 Andre Kostelanetz, Russian music conductor and arranger (b. 1901)
1981 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Mary, My Child)
1982 Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro) (b. 1912)
1983 Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie)
1983 D Mack Reynolds, US writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed)
1983 Doodles Weaver, comedian (Spike Jones & City Slickers)
1983 John McHugh, actor (Unspeakable)
1985 Carol Wayne, Johnny Carson's teatime movie hostess
1986 Abdel Fattah Ismail, President of South-Yemen (1969-80), murdered
1987 E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal)
1988 Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Taiwan (1978-88) (b. 1910)
1989 Joe Spinell, actor (Maniac, Star Crash, Strike Force)
1992 Josef Neckermann, German founder mail-order firm/travel bureau
1992 Yvonne Bryceland, actress (Road to Mecca)
1993 Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
1993 Rene Pleven, PM of France (1950-51, 51-52)
1994 Frederick William Sternfield, musicologist
1994 Johan J Holst, Norwegian minister of defense/foreign affairs
1995 Arnold Smith, painter (Vigelius Prize 1935)
1995 Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop
1995 Maxwell Henley Harris, Austrian poet/publisher (Critics)
1995 Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost)
1995 Max Harris, Australian poet, columnist and publisher (b. 1921)
1996 Denise Grey, [Edouardine Verthuy], actress (Julietta)
1996 Willian Myuon Bany Guerrilla leader, dies
1997 William Mills, painter, dies at 74
2001 Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
2002 Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b. 1916)
2002 Ted Demme, American film director (b. 1963)
2002 Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban fisherman, Ernest Hemingway's first mate, base for The Old Man and the Sea (b. 1897)
2003 Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
2004 Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937)
2004 Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946)
2004 Zeno Vendler, American philosopher of language (b. 1921)
2005 Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
2005 Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
2006 Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934)
2006 Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
2007 Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949)
2007 Danny Oakes, American racecar driver (b. 1911)
2008 Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
2008 Sergei Larin, Lithuanian tenor (b. 1956)
2009 Doña Mary Ejercito, Filipino supercentarian, mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905)
2009 Nancy Bird Walton, Australian aviator (b. 1915)
2009 William De Witt Snodgrass, American poet under the pseudonym S. S. Gardons (b. 1926)
2009 Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and lyricist (b. 1925)
2009 Patrick McGoohan, American actor (b. 1928)
2010 Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan writer and linguist
2010 Jay Reatard, American garage punk musician (b. 1980)
2010 Teddy Pendergrass, American R&B singer (b. 1950)
2012 Gianpiero Moretti, steering wheel designer, dies from cancer at 71
2012 Rauf Denktash, leader of Turkish Cypriots
2013 Rusi Surti, Indian cricketer
2014 Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer
2015 Ronnie Ronalde [Ronald Charles Waldron], British entertainer and world famous whistler
2015 Trevor Leonard Ward-Davies 'Dozy', English musician (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich)
2016 Brian Bedford, English actor (Anthony-Coronet Blue)

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