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1034 King Malcolm II of Scotland (Máel Coluim mac Cináeda), King of Scots dies (b. 980). Donnchad, the son of his second daughter Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
1120 The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son of Henry I of England.
1165 RC German emperor Frederik I Barbarossa visits Utrecht
1177 Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Chatillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
1185 Pope Lucius III (Ubaldo Allucingoli) reigned 1181-85, dies and is replaced by Umberto Crivelli (Pope Urban III)
1277 Giovanni Gaetano Orsini elected as Pope Nicolas III
1343 A tsunami, caused by the earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples (Italy) and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
1357 Charles IV issues letter of protection of Jews of Strasbourg Alsace
1491 The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, begins.
1500 Governor De Bobadilla of Santo Domingo captures Columbus
1659 Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg
1667 A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
1703 The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, reaches its peak intensity which it maintains through November 27. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people perish in the mighty gale.
1715 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn
1744 Austrian forces pillage & kill Jews of Prague
1755 King Ferdinand IV of Spain granted the Beaterio dela Compania de Jesus or now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary(RVM) a royal protection.
1758 British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control in the French and Indian War. Fort Pitt is built nearby and it grows into modern Pittsburgh.
1759 An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
1766 Pope Clement XIII warns On dangers of anti-Christian writings
1783 The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris, their last military position in US from the American Revolutionary War.
1792 Farmer's Almanac 1st published
1795 Partitions of Poland: Stanislaus August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
1805 Opera "Thaïs" 1st American performance
1817 1st sword swallower in US performs (NYC)
1826 The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
1833 A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2 rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
1834 Delmonico's, one of NY's finest restaurants, provides a meal of soup, steak, coffee & half a pie for 12 cents
1839 A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40 foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.
1841 35 Amistad survivors return to Africa
1847 Opera "Marta" is produced (Vienna)
1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge of the American Civil War at Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
1864 A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City in the American Civil War.
1864 Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
1867 Alfred Nobel patents dynamite.
1867 US Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson
1874 The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
1876 In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack Chief Dull Knife's sleeping Cheyenne village at the headwaters of the Powder River.
1884 John B Meyenberg of St Louis patents evaporated milk
1894 Greenback (Independent) Party organizes in Indianapolis
1897 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy
1899 Battle at Graspan, Cape colony: General Methuen beats Farmers
1902 Franz Lehars opera "Wiener Fraueen," premieres in Vienna
1905 The Danish Prins Carl arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
1908 Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (US) in Madison Square Garden marathon by 60 yds
1911 3rd CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-7
1912 American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill
1912 Socialist International rejects that world war is coming
1913 Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie marries in White House
1918 Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
1920 1st Thanksgiving Parade (Phila)
1920 WTAW of College Station, Tx, broadcast 1st football play-by-play
1922 Archaeologist Howard Carter enters King Tut's tomb
1922 Japanese crown prince Hirohito appointed prince-regent
1925 KPD proposes German Parliament expropriate possession of monarchy
1926 The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history strikes on Thanksgiving day. 27 twisters of great strength are reported in the Midwest, including the strongest November tornado, an estimated F4, that devastates Heber Springs, Arkansas. There are 51 deaths in Arkansas alone, 76 deaths and over 400 injuries in all.
1929 Belgium government Jaspar falls
1930 690 earthquake shocks recorded in 1 day (Ito Japan)
1930 Sporting News picks Bill Terry as NL MVP & Joe Cronin as AL MVP
1933 1st Soviet liquid fuel rocket attains altitude of 261' (80m)
1935 Resident Institution for Social History (IISG) forms in Amsterdam
1936 In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
1937 World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors)
1940 Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
1940 U of Mich retires Tom Harmon's #98
1940 Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
1940 First flight of the deHavilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder in World War II.
1941 Finland joined the Anti-Comintern Pact.
1941 German Jews in Netherlands declared stateless (lose of nationality)
1941 Lou Boudreau, 24, becomes Cleveland Indians player/manager
1942 National Organization for Aid to Underground, LO, forms
1943 U-600 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
1943 Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-Fascist Council for the People's Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, World War II.
1944 32nd CFL Grey Cup, Montreal HMCS defeat Hamilton Flying Wildcats, 7-6
1944 A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's store in Deptford, United Kingdom, killing 160 shoppers during World War II.
1947 New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
1947 The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios during the Red Scare.
1948 Ft Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed
1948 KING TV channel 5 in Seattle, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts
1949 Ted Williams, wins AL MVP
1950 "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
1950 38th CFL Grey Cup, Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0
1950 The "Storm of the Century", a violent snowstorm, paralyzes the northeastern United States and the Appalachians, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 323 people die as a result of the storm.
1950 UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Alabama, America
1951 Cleveland Browns penalized a record 209 yards against Chicago Bears
1951 Commemoration of Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft forbidden
1952 Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play "The Mousetrap" opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London later becoming the longest continuously-running play in history.
1952 George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL
1952 Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23
1953 "Guys & Dolls" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1200 performances
1953 Earthquake and tsnunami strike Honshu Japan
1953 Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3
1955 Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states
1955 Walter Piston's 6th Symphony, premieres
1957 Pres Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech
1958 French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
1958 Senegal becomes an autonomous state in French Community
1959 "Once Upon a Mattress" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 460 performances
1960 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
1960 1st atomic reactor for research & development, Richland Wa
1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
1960 The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
1961 NBA's Bob Cousy becomes 2nd player to score 15,000 points
1962 WBJA (now WMGC) TV channel 34 in Binghamton, NY (ABC) 1st broadcast
1963 President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1965 Congo military coup under Gen Mobutu, Pres Kasavubu overthrown
1966 Cincinnati infielder Tommy Helms is voted NL Rookie of Year
1966 Jimi Hendrix Experience makes its London debut at Bag O' Nails Club
1966 Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) closes down (reopen 12/31)
1967 "Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
1967 Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time
1969 John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War
1969 KC outfielder Lou Piniella is voted AL Rookie of Year
1970 In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
1970 Yankees catcher Thurman Munson wins AL Rookie of Year
1971 "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington
1971 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (QB)
1972 "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances
1973 3 Palestinians hijack KLM B747 above Iraq, to Dubai
1973 61st CFL Grey Cup, Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 22-18
1973 George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
1973 Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
1974 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
1974 Rangers' Mike Hargrove wins AL Rookie of Year
1975 Portuguese leftist officers occupy 4 airbases
1975 Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands (National Day).
1976 OJ Simpson gains 273 yards for Buffalo vs Detroit
1976 The Band's farewell concert at SF's Winterland Ballroom
1976 Viking 1 radio signal from Mars help prove genl theory of relativity
1977 David Steed balanced stationary on a bike for 9 hrs 15 mins
1977 Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr. is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad.
1977 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1977 Thomas Hearns KOs Jerome Hill in 2 rounds in his 1st pro fight
1979 "Most Happy Fella" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 53 perfs
1979 67th CFL Grey Cup, Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 17-9
1979 Israel returns Alma oilfields in Gulf of Suez to Egypt
1979 Pittsburgh gains 606 net yards against Cleveland, winning 33-30
1980 Coup in Burkina abolishes constitution
1980 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1980 Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 v WI Lahore
1980 Sugar Ray Leonard defeats Duran regains WBC welterweight championship
1980 Upper-Volta military coup under Col Saye Zerbo, president Lamizana flees
1981 Failed coup by South African mercenaries in Seychelles
1981 Rollie Fingers is 1st relief pitcher to win AL MVP
1982 The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys an entire city block, including the Northwestern National Bank building and the recently closed Donaldson's Department Store.
1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1983 Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
1983 Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
1983 World's greatest robbery 25,000,000 pounds of gold, Heathrow, England
1984 36 top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
1984 Julio M Sanguinetti wins Uruguay presidential election
1984 William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart
1985 White Sox shortstop Ozzie Guillen, is named AL Rookie of Year
1986 A's Jose Canseco wins AL Rookie of Year
1986 Iran Contra Affair breaks, US Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
1986 Oliver North's sect, Fawn Hill, smuggles documents out of his office
1986 The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
1987 Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England at Lahore
1987 India all out for 75 v West Indies at Delhi, Patterson 5-24
1987 Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
1988 Chuck Berry pays $250 fine to resolve NYC assault charges
1988 Convention on exploitation of Antarctic mineral resources signed
1988 German politician Rita Süssmuth becomes president of the Bundestag.
1988 US & Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson & Akhmilovskaya wed
1988 Widespread earthquake hits North East US, Canada, no damage reported
1989 David Boon scores 200 v NZ at cricket WACA
1990 78th CFL Grey Cup, Winn Blue Bombers defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 50-11
1990 Lech Walesa wins in Poland's 1st popular election
1990 NFL's NY Giants & SF 49ers after winning their 1st 10 games both
1990 Sri Lanka all out 82, Venkatapathy Raju (I) 6-12 off 17 lose, Phil Eagles beat Giants 31-13 & L.A. Rams beat 49ers 28-17
1992 The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia from January 1, 1993.
1993 Dutch Antilles government of Liberia-Peters falls
1993 Failed bomb attack on Egyptian premier Atef Sedki, 1 dead
1994 Sony founder Akio Morita announces he will be stepping down as CEO of the company.
1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" closes at Walter Kerr NYC after 46 perfs
1996 After 24 years, Disneyland Main Street Electrical Parade, ends
1996 An ice storm strikes the central U.S. killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
1997 US telephone tech Richard Bliss, arrested for spying in Russia
1999 The United Nations establishes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women to commemorate the murder of three Mirabal Sisters for resistance against the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship in Dominican Republic.
2000 2000 Baku earthquake took place.
2005 Polish Minister of National Defence Radek Sikorski opens Warsaw Pact archives to historians. Maps of possible nuclear strikes against Western Europe, as well as the possible nuclear annihilation of 43 Polish cities and 2 million of its citizens by Soviet-controlled forces, are released.
2007 The first European Parliament election and a referendum on changing the voting system (called by the President and declared invalid because of insufficient turnout) were held in Romania.
2008 A car bomb in St. Petersburg, Russia, kills three people and injures one.
2009 Powerful storm brings 3 years worth of rain in 4 hours to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, sparking terrible floods known as the 2009 Jeddah Floods, which kill over 150 people and sweep thousands of cars away right in the middle of Hajj in the second largest city of Saudi Arabia, Jeddah.
2011 Sudden violent storms strike southern Sri Lanka, killing 27 people and drowning many fishermen caught by surprise. Thousands of homes lose their roofs and several more sustain damage. Landslides along with flooding was reported on the mainland.
2012 11 people are killed and 30 are wounded by twin car bombs hitting a Protestant church in Nigeria
2012 16 people are killed and 44 injured after a wedding party bus plunges 300 ft down a gorge in India
2012 Sebastian Vettel wins the 2012 Formula One championship for the third consecutive year
2013 17 people are killed and 37 are wounded in a cafe bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
2014 Lionel Messi becomes the UEFA Champions League all-time top scorer
2014 Protest erupt across US after a decision by Missouri grand jury not to bring charges against a white policeman who shot dead a black teenager
2014 Missouri Governor Jay Nixon orders hundreds more US National Guard troops to the town of Ferguson to prevent a second night of rioting and looting
2014 Switzerland's Bern Art Museum agrees to accept artworks looted from their Jewish owners by the Nazis
2014 US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel resigns, ending nearly two years in the Pentagon's top job
2015 Pope Francis begins his trip to Africa, visiting Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic

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1454 Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)
1501 Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1507 Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium)
1562 Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright, poet (Angelica, Arcadia) (d. 1635)
1577 Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629)
1609 Henrietta Maria of France, French-born, Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)
1638 Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
1697 Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)
1697 Maria Karolina Sobieska, Duchess of Bouillon, grand daughter of John III Sobieski (d. 1740)
1703 Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
1712 Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789)
1714 Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
1721 Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies)
1734 Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer
1737 Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer
1741 Johann Christian Frischmuth, composer
1752 Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer
1753 Otto Carl Erdmann Kospoth, composer
1778 Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
1787 Franz Xavier Gruber, Austria, organist/composer (Silent Night)
1814 Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
1817 John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
1823 Joseph Alexander Cooper, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers) (d. 1910)
1825 Edward Augustus Wild, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1891)
1828 Franjo Racki, Croatian historian, politician
1834 Jean-Baptist Colyns, composer
1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
1839 Stanislaw Duniecki, composer
1840 Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)
1841 Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
1843 Henry Ware Eliot, American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)
1844 Karl F Benz, German designer, auto manufacturer (4-taktmotor) (d. 1929)
1845 José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
1846 Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
1852 Johan N Salvator (Johann Orth), archduke of Austria
1856 Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev, Russian composer (Oresteia)
1858 Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922)
1862 Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
1868 Ernst Ludwig, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1937)
1869 Ben Lindsey, American judge and social reformer (d. 1934)
1870 Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. 1937)
1871 Cornelis J "Cor" van Ast, actor/director (Ghost Hotel)
1874 Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
1876 Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1936)
1877 Harley Granville-Barker, London, dramatist, producer, critic
1878 Georg Kaiser, writer
1880 Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (d. 1960)
1880 John Flynn (minister), Founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (d. 1951)
1880 Leonard S Woolf, English author, husband of Virginia Woolf
1881 Jacob Fichman, Romanian-born Israeli poet and essayist (d. 1958)
1881 John XXIII (Angelo Roncalli), Italian 261st pope (1958-63) (d. 1963)
1881 Peder Gram, composer
1883 Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (d. 1939)
1883 Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (d. 1968)
1883 Percy Marmont, British actor (Capt Apache) (d.1977)
1886 Percy Holmes, English cricketer
1886 Rex Maupin, American orchestra leader (Tin Pan Alley TV)
1887 Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943)
1890 Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (d. 1918)
1895 Anastas I Mikoyan, Armenian member of Supreme Soviet
1895 Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)
1895 Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
1895 Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (Unter dem Zimbelstern) (d. 1991)
1896 Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts) (d. 1989)
1899 Vera Reynolds, American silent screen actress (Lawless Woman)
1899 William R Burnett, American author (Little Caesar)
1900 Arthur Schwartz, composer (Girl from Paris, Excuse my Dust)
1900 Helen Gahagan Douglas, American politician, Nixon's 1st opponent (Rep-D-Ca)
1900 Rudolf Höß, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1947)
1901 Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1948)
1901 Tibor Serly, Hungarian violinist/composer (American Elegy)
1902 Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (#2 Boston Bruins), hall of fame (d. 1985)
1903 Martin Soames, traveller
1903 William Dehart Hubbard, American long jumper (Olympic-gold-1924)
1904 Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
1904 Herbert Reynolds Inch, composer
1904 Jessie Royce Landis (Medbury), American actress (North by Northwest)
1904 Lillian Copeland, American athlete, discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1932) (d. 1964)
1904 Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
1907 John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (d. 1938)
1909 Hugh Davson, physiologist, writer
1909 Manny Martindale, cricketer
1909 P.D. Eastman, American children's author and screenwriter (d. 1986)
1910 Leon Poliakov, historian
1911 Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984)
1913 Jack Davies, screenwriter
1913 Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
1914 Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist (Mississippi)
1914 Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player, Yankee Clipper (56 game hitting streak) (d. 1999)
1914 Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
1915 Augusto Pinochet, Chilean Dictator, General (d. 2006)
1915 George Mudie, cricketer
1915 Ron Hamence, Australian cricketer
1917 Luigi Poggi, Archivist Emeritus of the Holy Roman Church
1919 Chaim Pearl, rabbi
1920 Noel Neill, American actress
1920 Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (Fantasy Island, Star Trek II, Naked Gun) (d. 2009)
1920 Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (d. 2000)
1922 Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (d. 2005)
1922 Ilja Hurnik, composer
1922 Shelagh Fraser, British actress (d. 2000)
1923 Jaap van Meekren, Dutch TV host (AVRO/RTL4)
1923 Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland (1982-94)
1924 Paul Desmond, American jazz saxophonist
1924 Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.
1924 Tui St George Tucker, composer
1925 Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage)
1925 Jose Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador
1926 Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. 1969)
1926 Murray Schisgal, playwright (Luv)
1926 Poul (William) Anderson, American sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Mirkheim) (d. 2001)
1928 James "Jimmy" Johnson, American gospel, blues singer, guitarist
1929 Jack Hogan, American actor (Combat, Adam 12, Sierra)
1929 Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Sei Studii)
1931 Dickie Jeeps, English rugby international/chairman Sports Council
1932 Takayo Fischer, American actress
1933 Kathryn Grant Crosby, American actress (Mr Cory, Big Circus)
1933 Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer (Die Teufel von Loudon)
1933 Lenny Moore, NFL back (Baltimore Colts)
1933 Ramiro Cortes, composer
1933 Rene Enriquez, American actor (Ray Calletano-Hill Street Blues)
1936 Matt Clark, American actor, director (Return to Oz, Horror Show)
1936 Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
1938 John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher
1938 Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (Minotaur, Mazzabubu) (d. 2009)
1939 Martin Feldstein, American economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal)
1940 Joe Gibbs, American football coach
1940 Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician
1940 Percy Sledge, American soul singer (When A Man Loves A Woman)
1940 Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
1940 Richard Furrer, German astronaut (STS 22)
1941 Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Indian Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader, some believe his is the Mehdi, Messiah & Kalki Avatar (d. 2001)
1942 Bob Lind, American folk singer and songwriter
1942 Rosa Von Praunheim (Holger Mischwitzky), Latvian director (Affengeil)
1942 Tracey Walter, American actor (Best of the West)
1943 Roy Lynes, musician (Status Quo)
1944 Ben Stein, American actor
1945 Gail Collins, American journalist
1945 George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
1945 Mary Jo Deschanel, Actress (The Patriot)
1945 Patrick Nagel, American artist (d. 1984)
1947 John Larroquette, American actor (Dan Fielding-Night Court, Richie Rich)
1947 Jonathan Kaplan, French-American filmmaker (Heart Like a Wheel)
1947 Linda Laflamme, rocker
1947 Tracey Walter, American actor
1947 Val Fuentes, musician (It's A Beautiful Day)
1948 Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
1948 Storm Field (Elliot), American weatherman (WABC TV, WCBS TV)
1949 Kerry O'Keeffe, Australian cricketer
1949 Rita Jenrette, American wife of Rep John Jenrette (D-SC)
1949 (Boris) Alexander Godunov, Soviet dancer, actor (Die Hard)
1950 Alexis Wright, Australian author
1951 Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
1951 Bill Morrissey, American musician
1951 Bucky Dent, American baseball player, all star shortstop (Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees)
1951 Johnny Rep, Dutch soccer player
1952 Amelia Rorer, LPGA golfer
1952 Ernest Harden Jr, Detroit Mich, actor (Marcus-Jeffersons)
1952 Imran Khan Niaz, Pakistani cricketer
1952 John Lynch, American politician, 90th governor of New Hampshire
1953 Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
1953 Jeffrey Skilling, American businessman, former CEO of Enron
1953 Monique St Pierre, German playmate of year (Nov, 1978)
1955 Bruno Tonioli, Italian-British dancer
1956 Ena Heese, South African costume designer (Willem of Orange)
1956 Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
1956 Liana Vicens, Puerto Rican 100m breaststroke (Olympics 1968)
1957 Bob Ehrlich Jr., former Maryland governor
1957 Chico Walker, baseball player
1958 Gary Coveyou, musician
1959 Charles Kennedy, British politician
1959 Steve Rothery, British guitarist (Marillion)
1960 Amy Grant, American singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby)
1960 John F. Kennedy Jr., American magazine publisher (George), son of JFK (d. 1999)
1960 Kasey Smith, American keyboardist (Danger Danger)
1960 Mary Ostergren, American biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1961 Amy Gibson, actress (General Hospital)
1961 Kenny Monday, American 163 lbs freestyles wrestler (Oly-88, 92, 96)
1962 Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese game designer, game director and game producer
1963 Bernie Kosar, American football player, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns)
1963 Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
1963 Kevin Chamberlin, American actor (Die Hard: With a Vengeance), Broadway actor
1963 Steve Ave, French US 1500m runner
1964 Dan Saleaumua, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks)
1964 Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
1964 Nolan Jay Henke, American PGA golfer (1990 BC Open)
1964 Wendy Wyland, American platform diver (Olympic-bronze-1984)
1965 Anthony Newman, NFL safety (New Orleans Saints)
1965 Cris Carter, American football player, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
1965 Dougray Scott, Scottish television and film actor (Mission: Impossible II)
1965 Jeff Norton, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
1965 Mike Gebhardt, American mistral yachter (Olympics-6th-1996)
1965 Yasmin "Yaz" Farooq, American rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
1966 Billy Burke, American actor (Twilight)
1966 Mark Whiten, American outfielder (Atlanta Braves, NY Yankees)
1966 Stacy Lattisaw, American disco singer (Million Dollar Baby)
1966 Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid, The Transplants)
1967 Andrea Stinson, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
1967 Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer (won Suriname's 1st gold olympic medal)
1967 Curtis Baldwin, American actor (Calvin-227)
1967 Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician
1967 Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
1967 Rodney Sheppard, American musician (Sugar Ray)
1968 Erick Sermon, American rap music artist
1968 Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter
1968 Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host, twin
1968 Jill Hennessy, Actress (Wild Hogs), twin
1968 John Johnstone, American pitcher (Houston Astros)
1968 Jory Husain, American actor (Jawaharial-Head of the Class)
1969 Anthony Peeler, NBA guard (LA Lakers, Vancouver Grizzlies)
1969 Donald Reynolds, WLAF defensive tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress (Dead Ringers)
1969 Jillian Hennessy, Canadian twin actress (Claire-Law & Order, Paper)
1970 Purvis Hunt, NFL, WLAF guard (Houston Oilers, Scottish Claymores)
1970 Saskia Sibilo, Miss Suriname (1990)
1970 Shane Pahukoa, NFL safety (NO Saints)
1971 Christina Applegate, American actress (Kelly-Married With Children)
1971 Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
1972 Kevin Han, Chinese-American badminton player (Olympics-96)
1972 Mark Morton, American guitarist (Lamb Of God)
1972 Petteri Nummelin, Finnish hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
1973 Eddie Steeples, Actor (My Name is Earl, Akeelah and the Bee)
1973 Erick Strickland, American basketball player, NBA guard (Dallas Mavericks)
1973 Yatil Green, wide receiver (Miami Dolphins)
1974 Cynthia Geyn Brown, American playmate (May, 1995)
1974 Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian Actor (The Recruit)
1976 Clint Mathis, American soccer player
1976 Donovan McNabb, American football player
1977 Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
1977 Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
1978 Lauren Hewitt, Australian 100m/200m runner (Olympics-96)
1978 Laurie Miller, Miss Alaska Teen USA (1997)
1978 Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician
1979 Joel Kinnaman, Actor (The Killing)
1979 Jerry Ferrara, Actor (Turtle-Entourage, Think Like a Man)
1979 Michael Lehan, American National Football League player
1979 Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
1980 Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer
1980 John-Michael Liles, American hockey player
1980 Josh Lomberger, American professional wrestling backstage interviewer
1980 Josh Mathews, American professional wrestling personality
1980 Kushan Liyanarachchi, Sri Lankan Live Buddhism Practitioner
1981 Barbara Bush, twin daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
1981 Jenna Bush, twin daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 Mauricio Rua, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1981 Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
1982 Natalia Cordova, Actress (Ella y el Candidato)
1983 Joey Chestnut, American champion competitive eater
1983 Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer, songwriter
1984 Gaspard Ulliel, French actor (A Very Long Engagement)
1984 Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer
1985 Haley Webb, Actress (The Final Destination)
1986 Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim, basis of the Amber Alert system (d. 1996)
1986 Craig Gardner, English footballer
1986 Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress (Taken)
1987 Dolla, American rapper (d. 2009)
1988 Jay Spearing, English footballer
1988 Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010)
1989 Stephen Lunsford, Actor (Bratz)
1990 Eli Russell Linnetz, Actor (The Emperor's New Groove)
1990 Yasmin van der Meer, 15 millionth Netherlander
1991 Jamie Grace, Actress (Grace Unplugged)
1992 Ana Bogdan, Romanian Tennis Player
1992 Martin del Rosario, Filipino actor
1993 Cameron Neale, Actor (The Sinister Prime Minister)
1994 Cody Hanford, Actor (Hounddog)
1995 Shelby Lujan, Actress (Catch me if you can)
1997 Ji Woo, Actress (Villain and Widow)
2001 Alex Bain, Actor (Cronation Street)
2002 Olivia Raqual Carlton, Actress (Final Round)

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311 Peter of Alexandria, Christian martyr (b. 300)
992 Mieszko I, Polish advisor to Pope John XV
1034 King Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 980)
1120 William Adelin, son and hier of Henry I of England, dies in Ship trying to save his half-sister Countess of Perche in the English Channel (b. 1104)
1185 Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)
1326 Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)
1374 Philip II of Taranto, Titular emperor of Constantinople (b. 1329)
1456 Jacques Coeur, French merchant, banker, dies in battle
1560 Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (b. 1466)
1626 Edward Alleyn, English actor (b. 1566)
1640 Giles Farnaby, composer
1686 Nicolas Steno, Danish geologist (b. 1638)
1694 Ismael Bullialdus, French astronomer (b. 1605)
1700 Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American politician (b. 1643)
1748 Isaac Watts, British hymnwriter (b. 1674)
1750 Francesco Feroci, composer
1755 Johann Georg Pisendel, German composer, violist (b. 1687)
1773 Carl Hockh, composer
1785 Richard Glover, British poet (b. 1712)
1815 Johann Peter Saloman, composer
1830 Pierre Rode, composer
1854 John G Lockhart (scorpion), English biographer
1865 Heinrich Barth, German explorer, historian, geographer (Central Africa) (b. 1821)
1881 Theobald Boehm, German inventor of the modern flute (b. 1794)
1883 Ludwig Erk, composer
1884 Adolph Wilhelm Hermann Kolbe, German chemist (b. 1818)
1885 Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85) (b. 1857)
1885 Thomas A Hendricks, 21st Vice President of the United States, dies 8 months after taking office (b. 1819)
1887 Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights
1895 Edmond van der Straeten, Belgian lawyer, musicologist
1899 Robert Lowry, composer
1901 Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, German composer, music theorist
1909 Edward P. Allen, United States congressman from Michigan (b. 1839)
1913 Robert S Ball, Irish mathematician, astronomer (Ball Screw)
1914 Davorin Jenko, composer
1920 Gaston Chevrolet, French-born American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. 1892)
1923 Ernst Debes, German cartographer (Moon Atlas)
1923 Syd Callaway, Australian cricket all-rounder
1935 Maria H "Mina" Beersmans, Flemish actress (After 30 Years)
1941 Pedro Aguirre Cerda, president Chili (People's Front)
1944 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American judge, baseball commissioner (b. 1866)
1944 Kunio Nakagawa, Commander of the Japanese defense force in the Battle of Peleliu, World War II (b. 1898)
1947 Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (b. 1876)
1948 Charles D Brown, actor (Eve Knew Her Apples)
1948 Kanbun Uechi, Japanese karate master (b. 1877)
1949 Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (b. 1878)
1949 Luther "Bill" Robinson, "Bojangles", , African American entertainer, tap dancer
1950 Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
1950 Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
1951 Raden Mas Noto Suroto, Indonesian poet (Wayang Songs)
1952 Antonio Guarnieri, composer
1952 Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer
1955 Louis Lachenal, French alpinist, one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters.(b. 1921)
1958 Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter
1959 Gérard Philipe, French actor (b. 1922)
1961 Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
1963 Alexander Marinesko,Russian naval captain of the S-13 submarine, which sank the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff (10,000 passengers died) (b. 1913)
1964 Clarence Kolb, actor (Mr Honeywell-My Little Margie)
1965 Dame Myra Hess, British pianist (b. 1890)
1967 Ossip Zadkine (Zadkin), Russian sculptor (Destroyed City)
1968 Marcel Labey, composer
1968 Paul Siple, American explorer of the Antarctic. (b. 1908)
1968 Phil Lord, actor (Stud's Place)
1968 Upton Sinclair, American journalist, politician, and author (Jungle) (b. 1878)
1970 Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, nationalist (Harakiri) (b. 1925)
1971 Hank Mann, actor (Keystone Kops)
1972 Hans H B Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic)
1972 Henri Coanda, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886)
1973 Albert DeSalvo, Boston strangler, stabbed to death in prison
1973 Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-born actor (Of Human Bondage) (b. 1928)
1974 Nick Drake, British singer and songwriter, dies of a drug overdose (b. 1948)
1974 Rosemary Lane, actress (Chatterbox, 4 Wives)
1974 (Sithu) U Thant, Burmese UN Secretary-General (1961-72) (b. 1909)
1975 Moyna MacGill, actress (Strange Affair of Uncle Harry)
1977 Richard Carlson, actor (Col MacKenzie-MacKenzie's Raiders)
1978 Elaine Esposito, American woman who holds the record for longest coma (b. 1934)
1980 George Raft, NYC, actor (Scarface)
1981 Jack Albertson, American actor (Chico & the Man) (b. 1907)
1982 Robert Coote, actor (MacBeth)
1984 Yashwantrao Chavan Chief Minister of Maharashtra (b. 1913)
1985 Franz Hildebrandt, German Theologian(b. 1909)
1985 Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (b. 1926)
1987 Anton F Pieck, illustrator (1001 Nights)
1987 Harold Washington, First black mayor of Chicago (D, 1983-1987) (b. 1922)
1989 Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (b. 1907)
1989 Frank M Thomas, actor (Behind the Headlines, M'Liss)
1989 Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Fiji cricketer/Gov-General
1990 Bill Vukovich, Indie 500 driver, dies in crash
1991 Eleanor Audley, voice (Wicked Stepmother-Cinderella)
1993 Anthony Burgess, novelist (Clockwork Orange)
1993 Claudia McNeil, actress (Raisin in the Sun)
1994 Arthur Ballard, artist
1994 Gerard John Toorenaar, Amsterdam police commissa
1995 Alan Nicholls, English footballer (b. 1973)
1995 Ambrose Thibodeaux, cajun accordionist
1995 Léon Zitrone, French journalist and television host (b. 1914)
1996 Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer
1996 Michael Economides, restaurateur
1996 Richard Stubbs, publicity adviser
1997 Barbara, French singer (b. 1930)
1997 Charles Hallahan, actor (Hunter)
1997 Fenton Robinson, US blues guitarist (Tennessee Woman)
1997 Hastings Kamuzu Band, President of Malawi (1964-1966,1966-1994)
1997 Kamuzu Banda, President of Malawi (b. c. 1898)
1998 Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (b. 1933)
1998 Nelson Goodman, American philosopher (b. 1906)
2000 Hugh Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1917)
2001 Harry Devlin, American artist, cartoonist, and children's book illustrator (b. 1918)
2001 Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (b. 1941)
2002 Karel Reisz, Czech theater director (b. 1926)
2005 George Best, Northern Irish footballer (Manchester United, Northern Ireland) (b. 1946)
2005 Richard Burns, English WRC champion (b. 1971)
2006 Antonis Vratsanos, saboteur for the Greek People's Liberation Army (b. 1919)
2006 Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (b. 1919)
2006 Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (b. 1920)
2006 Luciano Bottaro, Italian comic book artist (b. 1931)
2006 Phyllis Fraser, American actress and children's book publisher (b. 1916)
2006 Sean Bell, American shooting victim (b. 1983)
2006 Valentin Elizalde, Mexican singer (b. 1979)
2007 Peter Lipton, American philosopher of science (b. 1954)
2010 Alfred Balk, American magazine editor and journalist (b. 1930)
2010 Bernard Matthews, British poultry industry figure (b. 1930)
2010 C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1933)
2010 Peter Christopherson English musician and video director, designer (b. 1955)
2011 Tom Wicker, American journalist and author
2012 Dinah Sheridan, English actress
2012 Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician
2012 Dinah Sheridan, English actress
2013 Bill Foulkes, English footballer (Manchester United)

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