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754 Pope Stefanus II arrives in Ponthion
1325 Afonso IV succeeds Dionysius as king of Portugal
1450 In Scotland, the University of Glasgow was founded.
1558 Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French under Francois, Duke of Guise
1566 Antonio "Michele" Ghislieri is elected Pope Pius V
1579 England signs an offensive & defensive alliance with the Netherlands
1584 Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia & Holy Roman empire
1598 Boris Godunov seizes the Russian throne on death of Feodore I
1601 Robert, Earl of Essex leads revolt in London against Queen Elizabeth
1608 Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia
1610 Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei, 46, discovered four satellites of Jupiter with the aid of the newly invented telescope. His discovery revolutionized astronomy, and led Galileo to adopt the Copernican (heliocentric) model of the solar system in place of the older, less adequate, Ptolemaic (earth-centered) view. He named them Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
1618 Francis Bacon becomes English lord chancellor
1622 Germany & Transylvania sign Peace of Nikolsburg
1630 Composer Pier Cavalli marries rich widow Maria Sosomeno
1654 Fire after heavy storm destroys 2/3 of De Rijp Netherlands, 1 dies
1698 Russian Czar Peter the Great departs Netherlands to England
1714 Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
1761 India Afghan army beats Mahratten at the Battle at Panipat I
1782 The Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia. It was the first commercial bank in the United States.
1784 1st US seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia
1785 Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon. They successfully made the first air-crossing of the English Channel from the English coast to France.
1789 Americans voted for the electors that would choose George Washington to be the first U.S. president.
1797 The modern Italian flag is first used.
1817 2nd Bank of the United States opens
1822 1st printing in Hawaii
1822 Liberia colonized by Americans
1830 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co begins carrying revenue traffic 1st US Railroad Station (Baltimore MD)
1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago
1842 Gioacchino Rossini's opera "Stabat Mater" premieres in Paris
1856 In London, famed English Baptist preacher Charles H. Spurgeon, 22, married Susannah Thompson, one of the parishioners at the New Park Street Baptist Chapel, where he was pastoring.
1861 Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine
1862 Battle of Manassas Junction, VA
1862 Stonewall Jackson march towards Romney, WV
1868 Arkansas constitutional convention meets in Little Rock
1868 Mississippi constitutional convention meets in Jackson
1876 Composer William Yeates Hurlstone was born.
1879 Dutch King Willem II marries Emma von Waldeck-Pyrmont
1887 Thomas Stevens completed the first worldwide bicycle trip. He started his trip in April 1884. Stevens and his bike traveled 13,500 miles in almost three years time.
1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Valley of Fear" (BG)
1890 W B Purvis patents fountain pen
1892 Mine explosion kills 100, Krebs, Oklahoma-blacks trying to help rescue white survivors, driven away with guns
1893 Hermann Sudermanns "Heimat" premieres in Berlin
1894 Motion picture experiment of comedian Fred Ott filmed sneezing
1894 W.K. Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film.
1896 "Fannie Farmer Cookbook" ,her 1st cookbook, was published.
1899 Composer Francis Poulenc was born.
1899 Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
1903 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blanched Soldier" (BG)
1903 Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel
1904 The distress signal "CQD" was established by Marconi Co. Two years later "SOS" became the radio distress signal because it was quicker to send by wireless radio.
1907 Clyde Fitch' "Truth" premieres in New York City NY
1908 England beat Australia by one wicket at the MCG
1910 Ottawa Senators sweep Galt in 2 games for the Stanley Cup
1911 1st airplane bombing experiments with explosives, San Francisco
1911 Dutch Scouts Organization established in Amsterdam
1913 William M Burton patents a process to "crack" petroleum
1914 1st steamboat passes through the Panamá Canal
1916 German troops conquer Fort Vaux at Verdun
1920 The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
1922 Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64-57 vote.
1923 Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan
1924 George Gershwin completed "Rhapsody in Blue" at the age of 26.
1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City NY
1926 George Burns and Gracie Allen were married.
1927 Harlem Globetrotters play 1st game (Hinckley, Illinois)
1927 In Hinckley IL, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game.
1927 Commercial Transatlantic telephone service Service began between New York and London. 31 calls were made on this first day.
1929 "Tarzan", one of the 1st adventure comic strips, 1st appears
1929 The debut of "Buck Rogers 2429 A.D." occurred in newspapers around the U.S. The title of the comic strip was later changed to "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century."
1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands & East Indies
1930 Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness" premieres in New York City NY
1931 Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
1932 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich
1932 Chancellor Heinrich Brüning declared that Germany cannot, and will not, resume reparations payments.
1933 1st edition of People & Fatherland published in Netherlands
1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts
1934 Converted major league baseball player Billy Sunday, at age 72, began a two-week revival at Calvary Baptist Church in NY City. (Sunday was an evangelist from 1893 until his death in 1935.)
1934 Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld
1935 French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini signed the Italo-French agreements.
1935 Zöe Akins' "Old Maid" premieres in New York City NY
1936 Tennis champs Helen Moody & Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
1939 US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916)
1940 "Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch" debuted on CBS Radio. The show aired for 16 years.
1941 "Good-for-Nothin’-Joe" was recorded by the sultry Lena Horne with Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra on Bluebird Records.
1941 The NBC Blue radio network presented "The Squeaky Door" for the first time. The show was later known as "Inner Sanctum."
1941 In England, the four-day Anglican gathering known as the Malvern Conference opened. It was presided over by Archbishop William Temple.
1942 The World War II siege of the Bataan Peninsula begins.
1944 Air Force announces production of 1st US jet fighter, the Bell P-59
1945 Lord Haw-Haw reports total German victory at Ardennen
1945 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge, World War II.
1946 Cambodia becomes autonomous state inside French Union
1947 Australia vs England at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Australia since 1882
1948 US President Truman raises taxes for Marshall-plan
1949 The announcement of the first photograph of genes was shown at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
1949 1st photo of genes taken at University of Southern California by Pease & Baker
1950 "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater New York City NY after 3 performances
1950 Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"
1950 Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
1950 A fire at the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, kills 41 people.
1952 French Plevin government falls
1952 U.S. President Harry Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.
1954 Georgetown-IBM experiment, the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
1954 The Duoscopic TV receiver was unveiled this day. The TV set allowed the watching of two different shows at the same time.
1955 Marian Anderson became the first African-American to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
1955 WCIQ TV channel 7 in Mt Cheaha AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Vinoo Mankad scores 231 vs New Zealand, 413 opening stand with Roy
1958 USSR shrinks army to 300,000
1959 The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
1960 The Polaris missile is test launched.
1961 Trucial States (now UAE) issue their 1st postage stamps
1961 1st NFL Playoff Bowl (runner-up bowl)-Detroit beats Cleveland 17-16
1962 AFL Pro Bowl West beats East 47-27
1962 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, fails
1962 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to John Hall Wheelock
1963 1st class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents
1963 Gary "U.S." Bonds filed a $100,000 suit against Chubby Checker. The charge was that Checker "stole" "Quarter to Three" and turned it into the song "Dancin' Party." The case was settled out of court.
1964 Long John Baldry formed Hoochie Coochie Men.
1964 Bahamas achieves internal self-government & cabinet responsibility
1964 Dick Weber rolls highest bowling game in the air (Boeing 707)
1965 France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold
1966 Dance Theatre of Harlem debuts
1966 Gene Kiniski beats Lou Thesz in St Louis MO, to become NWA champ
1967 "Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV
1968 "GE College Bowl" quiz show premieres on NBC TV
1968 The cost of a U.S. first class stamp was raised from 5 to 6 cents.
1968 Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from launch complex 36A, Cape Canaveral.
1969 US Congress doubles presidential salary
1970 Max Yasgur was sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers. It was Yasgur's on which the August 1969 Woodstock Festival was held.
1971 -40°F (-40°C), Hawley Lake, Ariz (state record)
1972 LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
1972 Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
1972 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
1972 Iberia Airlines Caravelle 6-R crashes into Mont San Jose on approach to Ibiza Airport killing all 104 on board.
1973 "Purlie" closes at Billy Rose Theater New York City NY after 14 performances
1973 British Darts Organization founded in North London
1973 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1973 Johnny Watkins bowls six overs 0-21 vs Pakistan Never again
1973 US poet James Merrill wins Bollingen Prize
1973 WNPB TV channel 13 in Marquette MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 Mark Essex fatally shoots 10 people and wounds 13 others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana before being shot to death by police officers.
1974 Dutch rations gasoline
1975 "Shenandoah" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 1050 performances
1975 OPEC agreed to raise crude oil prices by 10%, which began a time of world economic inflation.
1975 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to AR Ammons (Sphere)
1975 Gary Geld & Peter Udell's musical "Shenandoah" premieres at Alvin Theater New York City NY for 1050 performances
1975 Led Zeppelin fans riot before Boston concert, causing $30,000 damage
1977 Human Rights Charter '77 established in Prague
1978 Angola revises its constitution
1979 Vietnamese forces captured the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, overthrowing the Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge government.
1980 Larry Williams committed suicide.
1980 U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed legislation that authorized $1.5 billion in loans for the bail out of Chrysler Corporation.
1980 Minnesota ends Philadelphia Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak ends
1982 "Fame" premieres on NBC TV
1982 Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
1983 Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win vs England
1983 Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala
1984 Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
1985 "King & I" opens at Broadway Theater New York City NY for 191 performances
1985 Japanese space probe Sakigake launched to Halley's comet
1985 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA changes call letters to KLSN (now KAQQ)
1985 Lou Brock & Hoyt Wilhelm, elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1986 Netherlands Bank issues 250 guilder notes
1986 STS 61-C mission scrubbed at T -9m because of weather problems
1986 US President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
1987 French airplanes harass Libyan positions in Duadi Doum
1987 Kapil Dev takes his 300th Test wicket, at 28 the youngest
1989 Crown Prince Akihito became the emperor of Japan following the death of his father, Emperor Hirohito.
1989 British Midland Boeing 737 crashes on Motorway
1989 Cleveland Cavaliers block 21 New York Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record
1989 International Conference on Limitation of Chemical Weapons opens in Paris
1989 NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers longest win streak (11); Cavaliers block 21 New York Knick shots tying NBA regulation game record
1990 The Leaning Tower of Pisa was closed to the public. The accelerated rate of "leaning" raised fears for the safety of its visitors.
1990 Lynn Jennings runs world record 5K indoor at 15 22.64
1991 "Nia Peeples Party Machine" premieres on TV
1991 Haiti coup defeated
1991 Soviet paratroopers sent to Baltic Republics
1992 AT&T releases video-telephone ($1499)
1992 Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan
1992 Tom Seaver & Rollie Fingers elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1993 The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as President.
1994 United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5
1994 South Africa beats Australia in the Sydney Test by 5 runs
1994 US female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding
1995 "Christmas Carol" closes at Richard Rodgers Theater New York City NY after 18 performances
1995 "Passion" closes at Plymouth Theater New York City NY after 280 performances
1996 "Crazy after You" closes at Shubert Theater New York City NY after 1622 performances
1996 "Fool Moon" closes at Ambassador Theater New York City NY after * performances
1996 Alvaro Arzu was elected president of Guatemala.
1996 One of the biggest blizzards in U.S. history hit the eastern states. More than 100 deaths were later blamed on the severe weather.
1996 16th United Negro College Fund raises $12,600,000
1997 Prince appeared on the Rosie O'Donnell show.
1997 Newt Gingrich, narrowly re-elected speaker of the House
1998 Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky signed an affidavit denying that she had an affair with U.S. President Clinton.
1999 U.S. President Clinton went on trial before the Senate. It was only the second time in U.S. history that an impeached president had gone to trial. Clinton was later acquitted of perjury and obstruction of justice charges. He had been impeached by the House of Representatives on December 19.
2002 Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates introduced a new device code named Mira. The device was tablet-like and was a cross between a handheld computer and a TV remote control.
2009 Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the move and urged greater international involvement in the energy dispute.
2012 Hot air balloon crashes in Carterton, New Zealand, killing 11
2013 Lionel Messi wins the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year
2013 #2 Alabama beats #1 Notre Dame, 42-14 in the 15th BCS National Championship
2014 Sheikh Hasina wins the general election in Bangladesh
2015 41st People's Choice Awards: Robert Downey & Jennifer Lawrence win (movie star), Patrick Dempsey, Ellen Pomero (TV dramatic)
2015 A car bomb explodes in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, killing 38 people and injuring more than 63
2015 Terrorist attack on the offices of satirical newspaper "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris kills 12 (including Jean Cabut and Stéphane Charbonnier), injures 11

HIDE

1355 Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, son of Edward III of England (d. 1397)
1502 Gregory XIII [Ugo Boncompagni], Bologna, Papal States, Italian pope (1572-85), introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582 (d. 1585)
1528 Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarra/mother of French King Henry IV  (d. 1572)
1539 Sebastian de Covarrubias Horozco, Spanish lexicographer
1611 James Harrington, England, political author (Commonwealth of Oceans)
1612 Paul de La Pierre, composer
1634 Adam Krieger, German composer
1647 Wilhelm Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
1652 Pavao Vitezovic, Croatia, writer/historian
1653 Bernhard Albinus, Germany, court-physician (Frederick of Prussia)
1685 Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company
1685 Jonas Alströmer, Swedish industrialist (d. 1761)
1706 Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
1710 Josef Antonin Sehling, composer
1718 Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790)
1768 Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (d. 1844)
1786 John Catron, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1865)
1796 Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (d. 1817)
1799 Daniel Tyler, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1800 Millard S. Fillmore, Locke NY, (Whig), 13th President of the United States (1850-53) (d. 1874)
1808 Jacob Ammen, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1816 Stephen Miller, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
1821 Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell, Brigadier General (Confed Army), died in 1891
1822 Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author (Goethe)
1822 Theodor Aufrecht, German indologist (Rigveda's Hymns)
1824 James Morrison Hawes, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
1827 Sir Sandford Fleming, Canadian engineer; introduced Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)
1830 (Samuel) Emerson Opdycke, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1830 Albert Bierstadt, Germany, painter (US landscapes)
1831 Heinrich von Stephan, German labor organizer (d. 1897)
1832 James Munro, Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)
1834 Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and inventor (d. 1874)
1842 Johan Lindegren, composer
1844 Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, [St Bernadette of Lourdes], French saint and visionary (d. 1879)
1845 Louis III, last king of Bavaria (1913-18)
1845 Paul Deusen, German philosopher (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft)
1845 King Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921)
1853 Nikolai Arkas, composer
1858 Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language (1st Hebrew newspaper) (d. 1922)
1860 Emanuil Manolov, Bulgarian composer (d. 1902)
1867 Charles Laemmle
1868 Abraham M "Mark" Lidzbarski, Polish/German orientalist
1870 Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943)
1871 Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
1873 Adolph Zukor, Hungary, movie producer/director/executive (Paramount)
1873 Charles Pierre Péguy, French poet and essayist, Catholic writer (God Speaks) (d. 1914)
1873 Adolph Zukor, Hungarian producer (d. 1976)
1875 Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)
1875 Thomas Hicks, English/US marathon runner: (Olympic-gold-1904) (d. 1963)
1876 William Yeates Hurlstone, English composer (d. 1906)
1877 Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer (1 great dog)
1883 Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (WW II)
1890 Henny Porten, Magdeburg Germany, silent screen star (Deception)
1890 Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ (US Open-1912)
1891 Zora Neale Hurston, American writer (d. 1960)
1892 Rudolf Moser, composer
1894 Jose Rozo Contreras, composer
1895 Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. 1960)
1895 Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist
1895 Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and co-founder of QANTAS (d. 1974)
1896 Arnold Ridley, British playwright and actor (The Ghost Train) (d. 1984)
1898 Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. 1941)
1898 Art Baker, New York City NY, TV host (You Asked For It)
1898 Geronimo Baqueiro Foster, composer
1899 Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc, French composer/pianist (Les Biches) (d. 1963)
1899 Kenneth Thomson, Pittsburgh PA, (Broadway Melody, Little Giant)
1900 John Brownlee, Australian tenor (d. 1969)
1903 Albrecht Haushofer, writer
1903 Shalva Azmayparashvili, composer
1903 Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, composer
1903 Alan Napier, English actor  (Alfred-Batman) (d. 1988)
1905 Francis Taylor, builder
1906 Bobbi Trout, American aviator (d. 2003)
1907 Nicanor Zabaleta, Spanish harpist (d. 1993)
1908 Red Allen, American musician (d. 1967)
1910 Alain JG de Rothschild, France, banker/baron
1910 Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Pakistani poet (d. 1984)
1910 Jack Lovelock, New Zealand/US surgeon/runner (Olympics-gold-1936)
1910 Orval Faubus, Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
1911 Merv Waite, cricketer (South Australian all-rounder)
1911 Butterfly [Thelma] McQueen, American actress (Prissy-Gone With the Wind) (d. 1995)
1912 Charles Addams, American cartoonist (New Yorker, Addams Family)  (d. 1988)
1912 Günter Wand, German conductor, composer (d. 2002)
1913 Francis De Wolff, England, actor (From Russia With Love)
1913 Johnny Mize, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1913 Shirley Ross, Omaha NE, actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm)
1915 Herman Musaph, Dutch psychiatrist/sexologist/founder (NVSH)
1916 Gerrit Schulte, [Le Fou Pedalant], Dutch 6 day bicyclist
1916 Paul Keres, USSR, chess grandmaster (1950)
1916 Gerrit Schulte [Le Fou Pedalant], Dutch 6 day bicyclist
1916 Paul Keres, Estonian chess grandmaster (1950) (d. 1975)
1917 Ulysses Sipmson Kay, American composer (d. 1995)
1918 Alessadro Natta, Italian political leader (Communist Party)
1918 Colin Snedden, cricketer (Test New Zealand vs England 1947, 0-46, did not bat)
1920 Albert Meltzer, anarchist
1920 Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer
1920 Lionel Alexander Bethune [Alastair] Pilkington, engineer/Industrialist
1921 John Lanigan, tenor
1922 Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal, French flutist (d. 2000)
1922 Vincent Gardenia, Italian-born actor (All in the Family, LA Law) (d. 1992)
1922 Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager
1922 Eric Jupp, British-born Australian composer, arranger, conductor (d. 2003)
1923 Charles Russell Woolen, composer
1923 Hugh Kenner, Canadian literary critic (d. 2003)
1924 Roloff Beny, Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods)
1924 Geoffrey Bayldon, British actor
1924 Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (d. 1966)
1925 Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer (Mockery Bird) (d. 1995)
1928 Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India)
1928 William Peter Blatty, New York City NY, American screenwriter (The Exorcist)
1929 Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award)
1929 Kenneth Henry, US, 500m speed skater (Olympic-gold-1952)
1929 Terry Moore, [Helen Luella Koford], Los Angeles CA, American actress (Little Sheba)
1930 Jack Greene
1931 Mack Mattingly, (Senator-R-GA, 1981-86)
1932 Joe Berinson, Australian politician
1933 Elliot Kastner, New York City NY, U.S. film producer (Bobo, Big Sleep, Ffolkes)
1934 Charles Lamont Jenkins, American runner, 400m runner (Olympic-gold-1956)
1934 Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician (d. 2002)
1935 Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006)
1935 Noam Sheriff, composer
1935 Tommy Johnson, American tubist (d. 2006)
1935 Valeri Nikolayevich Kubasov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 6, 19, 36/35, Apollo-Soyuz)
1936 Ben Cropp, Australian shark hunter and photographer
1936 Eldee Young, US bassist (Young Holt Unlimited-Hang on Sloopy)
1936 G. Robert Blakey, American attorney
1938 Jasperina de Jong, Dutch cabaret performer (Jan Rao en z'n Maat)
1938 Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders)
1938 Roland Topor, French illustrator (d. 1997)
1938 Lou Graham, American golfer
1939 David Buchan, ethno-musicologist
1939 Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
1939 Tom Kierman, British rugby player
1939 Maury Povich TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Connie Chung's husband
1940 William Elgin Swinton, child psychiatrist
1941 Ann Susan Hills, freelance journalist
1941 Frederick Drew Gregory, Washington DC, Colonel USAF, NASA astronaut (STS 51-B, 33, 44)
1941 Robert Hicks, rocker (Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
1941 Iona Brown, British violinist and conductor (d. 2004)
1941 John E. Walker, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 Manfred Schellscheidt, German American soccer coach
1942 Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev, USSR, weightlifter (Olympic-gold-72, 76)
1942 Paul Revere, Boise ID, keyboardist (Paul Revere & Raiders-Fallin in Love, Good Thing)
1942 Danny Williams, South African singer (d. 2005)
1942 Vasily Alexeev, Russian weightlifter
1943 Jim Lefebvre, Hawthorne California, baseball player and manager (Seattle Mariners)
1943 Leona Williams, singer/songwriter (Ladies Get the Blues)
1943 Nicholas Warner, test Pilot
1943 Sadako Sasaki, Japanese child victim of the Hiroshima atomic bomb (d. 1955)
1943 Sir Richard Armstrong, British conductor
1944 Ad [GB] Nijhuis, Dutch MP (VVD)
1944 Arne Scheie, Norwegian sports commentator
1944 Mike McGear, Liverpool, singer (Paul McCartney's brother)
1944 Tony Whitlam, Australian judge
1945 Dick Marty, Swiss politician
1945 Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya
1945 Tony Conigliaro, Massachusetts, baseball outfielder (Boston Red Sox) (d. 1990)
1945 Gilles Marotte, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1946 Andy Brown, rock drummer (Fortunes Birmingham)
1946 Jann S Wenner, American publisher (Rolling Stone)
1947 David Porcelijn, Dutch composer/conductor
1947 Shobha De, Indian writer
1948 Kaz Lux, Poland/Netherland, singer
1948 Kenny Loggins, American singer (& Messina-This is it, Footloose)
1949 John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)
1949 Marshall Chapman, American country singer/songwriter
1949 Anne Schedeen, American actress
1949 Steven Williams, American actor
1950 Erin Gray, Honolulu Hawaii, American actress (Silver Spoons, Buck Rogers)
1950 Ross Grimsley, American baseball player
1950 Johnny Lever, Indian actor
1950 Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter
1951 Mike Ward, Democratic Congressman for Kentucky & radio talk show host
1951 Talgat Amangeldyyevich Musabayev, Russian mjr/cosmonaut (TM-19, TM-27)
1951 Helen Worth, British actress
1952 Giuliano Ferrara
1952 Erin Gray
1952 Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor
1953 Agha Zahid, cricketer (open batting for Pakistan vs West Indies 1975, scored 14 & 1)
1953 Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers)
1953 Morris Titanic, Canadian ice hockey player
1954 Alan Butcher, cricketer (one Test England v India, scored 14 & 20)
1954 José María Vitier, Cuban music composer and pianist.
1955 Sandra Bernhard, Arizona (Follow That Bird, King of Comedy)
1956 Robin Walton, Boise ID, LPGA golfer (1995 GHP Heartland Classic-15th)
1956 Rosalyn Bryant, Chic Ill, 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1976)
1956 Trudie Styler, England, wife of Sting/sponsor (Rainforest Concert)
1956 David Caruso, American actor (CSI: Miami, King of New York)
1956 Mike Liut, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 Uwe Ochsenknecht, German actor and singer
1957 Julian Solis, Puerto Rican boxer
1957 Katie Couric, [Katherine], American television news host (Today)
1957 Kristen Meadows, actress (Santa Barbara)
1957 Nicholson Baker, American novelist
1957 Reena Roy, Indian actress
1957 Julian Solis, Puerto Rican boxer
1958 Donna Rice, New Orleans La, model, American sex scandal figure, Gary Hart's alleged lover
1958 Peter R Mokaba, president (South African Youth Congress)
1958 David Lee Murphy
1958 Kathy Valentine (The Go-Go's)
1958 Linda Kozlowski, American actress (Crocodile Dundee)
1959 Kathy Valentine, American musician (The Go-Go's)
1959 Jon Larsen, Norwegian musician and composer
1960 David Marciano, American actor (Det Ray Vecchio-Due South)
1960 Loretta Sanchez, American politician
1960 Tierre Turner, Detroit Mich, actor (Waverly Wonders, Cop & the Kid)
1961 Andrew Thomson, Australian politician
1961 Supriya Pathak, Indian actress
1961 Andrew Thomson, Australian politician
1961 John Thune, American politician, junior senator of South Dakota
1962 Aleksandr Dugin, Russian politician
1962 Jeff Montgomery, Wellston OH, pitcher (KC Royals)
1962 Hallie Todd, American actress (Check is in the Mail)
1963 Clint Mansell, English musician and composer
1963 Craig Shipley, Australian/US baseball infielder (San Diego Padres)
1964 Francisco Maciel, Mexico, tennis star
1964 Nicolas Cage (Coppola), American actor (Moonstruck, Leaving Las Vegas, Lord of War)
1965 Mark Rushmere, cricketer (South Africa opening bat in comeback Test 1992)
1966 Ehab Tawfik, Egyptian singer
1966 Jennifer Luff, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1966 Randy Burridge, Fort Erie, NHL left wing (Buffalo Sabres)
1966 Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, American publicist, model/wife of John Kennedy Jr (d. 1999)
1967 Guy Hebert, Troy, American ice hockey player, NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 98)
1967 Irrfan Khan, Actor (Life of Pi)
1967 Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcaster
1967 Scott Galbraith, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys)
1967 Nick Clegg, British Liberal Democrat Leader
1968 Michael Rosati, hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)
1968 Nathaniel Bolton, WLAF running back (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1969 Chris Hatcher, US baseball outfielder (Houston Astros)
1969 David Yost, American actor
1969 Doug E Doug, actor (Cosby)
1969 Erric Pegram, NFL running back (Pit Steelers, New York Giants, San Diego Chargers)
1969 Todd Kinchen, NFL wide receiver (St Louis Rams, Atlanta Falcons)
1970 Darryl Williams, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals)
1970 Frank "Cliff" Mannon, Amarillo TX, team handball (Olympics-1996)
1970 Joao Ricardo, Angolan footballer
1970 Paul McCallum, CFL/WLAF kicker/punter (Claymores, Sask Roughriders)
1970 Todd Day, NBA guard/forward (Boston Celtics)
1970 Doug E. Doug, American actor (Cool Runnings)
1971 Bobby Hamilton, NFL/WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals, New York Jets)
1971 C.W. Anderson, American professional wrestler
1971 Masato Itai, WLAF wide receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 Todd Yeaman, NFL defensive tackle (New York Giants)
1971 Jeremy Renner, American actor (The Hurt Locker)
1971 Tina Anderson, American comic book writer
1972 Aaron John Mcintosh, Auckland New Zealand, sailboard yachter (Olympics-96)
1972 Chuck Levy, kick returner/running back (San Francisco 49ers)
1972 Donald Brashear, Bedford, NHL left wing (Montréal Canadiens)
1973 Bobby Engram, wide receiver (Chicago Bears)
1973 Brian Milne, fullback (Cincinnati Bengals)
1973 Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer
1973 Ricky Wood, Van Nuys California, diver (Olympics-96)
1973 Robert Dunn, Glenn Cove NY, team handball left wing (Olympics-1996)
1974 Jennifer LeRoy, Craig CO, playmate (Feb, 1993)
1974 John Rich, American musician (Big & Rich)
1975 Robert Norman Waddell, Cambridge New Zealand, Single scull rower (Olympics-96)
1976 Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player
1976 Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player
1977 Dustin Diamond, San Jose California, actor (Screech-Saved By Bell)
1977 John Gidding, American architect and TV host (Designed to Sell)
1977 Michelle Behennah, British model
1978 Kevin Mench, American baseball player
1978 Emilio Palma, first person born on the Antarctic continent
1978 Jean Charles de Menezes, Brazilian shooting victim (d. 2005)
1979 Bipasha Basu, Indian model (Jism)
1979 Mariangel Ruiz, Venezuelan actress and model
1979 Ryan Tedder, American singer
1979 Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian racing driver
1980 Zoe Salmon, Northern Irish television presenter
1981 Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 Marquis Daniels, American basketball player
1982 Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan baseball player
1982 Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
1982 Ianina Zanazzi, Argentine racing driver
1982 Lauren Cohan, Actress (Death Race 2)
1983 Liesbeth Mouha, Belgian beach volleyball player
1983 Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
1983 Rhianna (Robin Hannah Louise Kenny) Singer
1983 Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player (raised in Puerto Rico)
1983 Robert Ri'chard, American actor (Cousin Skeeter, Coach Carter)
1984 Jon Lester, American baseball player
1984 Diego Balbinot, Italian footballer
1985 Lewis Hamilton, English F1 racing driver
1986 Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
1987 Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress (Kick-Ass)
1988 Haley Bennett, American Singer and Actress (Marley & Me)
1988 Robert Sheehan, Irish actor (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones)
1988 Scott Pendlebury, Australian rules footballer
1989 Emiliano Insúa, Argentine footballer
1990 Camryn Grimes, American actress
1990 Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
1990 Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian skijumper
1990 Liam Aiken, American actor (Road to Perdition)
1991 Max Morrow, Canadian actor
1992 Michael Belcher, Actor (Mr. Monk and the Astronaut)
1993 Trevor Glen Campbell, Writer (Classroom 216)
1994 Manon Gaurin, Actress (August 15th)
1995 Meeghan Henry, Actress (Eat Rice)
1996 Abbey Speakman, England, born 19 days after her twin sister
1997 Laura Jackson, Actress (Kid's Unlimited)
1998 Mackenzie Milone, Actress (Everybody's Fine)
1999 Abby Julo, Child with exeptional memory skills
2002 Alena and Gabrielle LeBerger, Twin Actresses (Proud Reba)
2004 Ryder Robinson, Grandson of Goldie Hawn, Bill Hudson and Kurt Russell.

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312 Lucianus of Antioch theologist/saint
1130 Baldricus Burgoliensis French historian/archbishop, about 83
1285 Charles I of Anjou king of Naples/brother of King Louis IX, (b. 1226)
1325 Dionysius the justified, King of Portugal (1279-1325)(b. 1261)
1400 Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey, English politician (b. 1374)
1451 Amadeus VIII, Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy, last anti-pope Felix V (1439-49), (b. 1383)
1529 Peter Vischer the Old, German count of Sebaldus
1536 Catherine of Aragon 1st wife of England's King Henry VIII (b. 1485)
1537 Alessandro de' Medici, Italian monarch of Florence, assassinated
1566 Ludovicus Blosius, [Louis de Blois "Dacrianus"],  Flemish wrtier and mystic (b. 1506)
1590 Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Formulae Concordiae), 61
1591 Jacobus de Kerle, French/Flemish composer, about 59
1598 Theodorus I, [Fedor Ivanovitch], czar of Russia (1584-98), 40
1619 Nicholas Hilliard, English painter (b. c.1547)
1625 Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer (b. c.1560)
1655 Innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), 80
1655 Pope Innocent X (b. 1574)
1655 Innocentius X [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55),  (b. 1574)
1658 Theophilus Eaton, American colonist (b. 1590)
1678 Johannes Flittner, composer, 59
1694 Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general (b. c.1618)
1695 Mary II Stuart, queen of England, 32
1700 Raffaello Fabretti, Italian antiquarian (b. 1618)
1715 François Fénelon, French-Catholic theologian and writer (b. 1651)
1721 Rochus Aerts, Flemish sculptor (possibly 1739)
1722 Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet, 60
1736 Ceslav Vanura, composer, 41
1755 Gallus Zeiler, composer, 49
1758 Allan Ramsay Sr, Scottish poet (Gentle Shepherd) (b. 1686)
1767 Thomas Clap, 1st president of Yale University (b. 1703)
1770 Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician (b. 1695)
1783 William Tans'ur, English hymnist (b. 1700)
1786 Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (b. 1715)
1790 Antonio Corbisiero, composer, 69
1810 Joseph Lipavsky, composer, 37
1812 Joseph Dennie, American writer (b. 1768)
1830 Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal's ex, 53
1830 Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)
1830 Charlotte J T infant of Portugal's ex, 53
1830 Thomas Lawrence, English painter (b. 1769)
1833 Ramon Felix Cuellar y Altarriba, composer, 55
1843 Franz Schoberlechner, composer, 45
1858 Willem Broes, vicar/theologist (Textenrol), 91
1864 Caleb Blood Smith, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (b. 1808)
1868 William Batchelder Bradbury, composer, 51
1870 Karl Schwencke, composer, 72
1872 James Fisk, American entrepreneur (b. 1834)
1876 Juste Olivier, Swiss poet (b. 1807)
1878 François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)
1887 Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), 74
1890 Augusta Maria L Katharina, wife of Germ emperor Wilhelm I, 78
1890 Hans Matthison-Hansen, composer, 82
1891 Carl Gottfried Wilhelm Taubert, composer, 79
1892 Tewfik Pasja, viceroy of Egypt, 39
1892 Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (b. 1852)
1893 Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)
1907 Anton Urspruch, composer, 56
1913 Jack Boyle, American baseball player (b. 1866)
1919 Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1843)
1920 Edmund Barton, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1849)
1921 Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), 69
1922 Antonio Scontrino, composer, 71
1929 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), 77
1930 Rudolf Häpke historian (Entstehung Holländ Wirtschaft), 45
1932 Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (Bright Paradise), 60
1932 André Maginot, French eponym of the Maginot Line (b. 1877)
1936 Guy d'Hardelot, French composer, best known for Because (b. 1858)
1936 Howard Francis, cricketer (2 Tests South Africa vs England 1898-99, 39 runs)
1942 Henry, Count of Baillet-Latour, pres of IOC (1925-42), 63
1943 Nikola Tesla, Serbian-born inventor and electrical engineer (tesla motor) (b. 1856)
1944 J Verleun, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1944 Lou Hoover, U.S. First Lady (b. 1874)
1944 Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet (b. 1888)
1946 Adamo Didur, Polish tenor (b. 1874)
1948 Raoul Auernheimer, writer
1951 Johanna C H "Nelly" Bodenheim, painter (Luilekkerland), 76
1951 René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (b. 1886)
1951 René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (b. 1886
1953 Osa Johnson, American explorer (b. 1894)
1955 Gerald Hartigan, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14)
1957 Al White, choreographer (NBC Comedy Hour)
1958 Petru Groza, premier/president (Romania, 1945-58), 74
1960 Dorothea Douglass Chambers (aka Katharine Lambert Chambers), UK tennis player (b. 1878)
1960 Luis da Costa, composer, 80
1961 Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Association, 74
1963 Arthur Moore, Premier of Queensland (b. 1876)
1964 Colin C McPhee, composer (H2O, Mechanical Princibles), 62
1964 Cyril Davies, English musician (b. 1932)
1966 Allan Chapman, Scottish politician (b. 1897)
1967 David Goodis, American writer (b. 1917)
1967 Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (New South Wales & Australia, 5 wicket in 1912 series)
1967 Carl Schuricht, German conductor (b. 1880)
1968 Prof James Smith, South African ichthyologist (b. 1897)
1970 Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), 81
1971 Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), 60
1971 Madame Spivy [LeVoe], actress (All Fall Down), 64
1972 Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wicket for Jamaica)
1972 Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek lyricist (b. 1893)
1972 John Berryman, American poet (Imaginary Jew) (b. 1914)
1979 Zbigniew Turski, composer, 70
1980 Carl White, rocker
1980 Sarah Selby, actress (Tower of London), 74
1980 Larry Williams, American singer and songwriter (b. 1935)
1981 Alvar Lidell, UK radio broadcaster (b. 1908)
1981 Jose Ardevol, composer, 69
1981 Eric Robinson, Australian politician (b. 1926)
1982 Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), in race crash
1983 August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, 79
1984 Alfred Kastler, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
1985 Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), 67
1985 Mary Hardy, Australian radio and television presenter (b. 1931)
1986 Juan Rulfo, Mexican novelist (b. 1917)
1986 M Rooi, editor-in-chief (New Rotterdam Daily), 79
1986 Philip D. Eastman, American children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1909)
1987 Larry Carr, pianist (Flight to Rhythm), 72
1988 Trevor Howard, English actor(Ryan's Daughter) (b. 1913)
1988 Michel Auclair, French actor (b. 1922)
1989 Hirohito Japan`s emperor (1922-89), dies of duodenal cancer at 87 after 62-year reign (1/2 Million line Tokyo streets)(b. 1901)
1990 Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski, American football player (b. 1908)
1990 Gail Lucas, entertainer
1990 Horace Stoneham, American baseball executive  (Giants) (b. 1903)
1990 Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), 73
1991 Joe Hicks, baseball coach, cancer at 64
1992 Jhean Burton, entertainer
1992 Richard Hunt, American puppeteer (The Muppets) (b. 1951)
1993 Richard Branda, actor (2 Minute Warning), dies of colon cancer at 57
1994 Bobby Pratt, jazz Trombone/Piano Player, 67
1994 Jay Blackton, broadway Conductor (Oklahoma!), 84
1994 Lewis Boddington, aerospace Engineer, 85
1994 Lynn Blessing, vibes Player, 65
1994 Phoumi Vongvichit, President of Laos (1986-91)
1994 Vittorio Mezzogiorno, actor (Cafe Express), dies of heart failure 52
1995 Arthur Leavins, violinist, 77
1995 Harry Golombek, chess Grandmaster, 83
1995 Larry Grayson, British entertainer (Generation Game)
1995 Murray Rothbard, American economist (b. 1926)
1995 Viktor Vorobyov, Russian general-major, in battle
1995 William Larry White Grayson, comedian, 71
1996 James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser, 90
1996 Karoly Grosz, PM of Hungry (1987-88), 65
1996 Robley D Evans, nuclear physicist, 88
1996 Seton Howard Frederick Lloyd, archaeologist, 93
1996 Tarō Okamoto, Japanese avant-garde artist (b. 1911)
1996 Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician (b. 1930)
1997 Desmond Flower, publisher, 89
1997 Sandor Vegh, violinist teacher/conductor, 84
1998 Owen Bradley, American record producer (b. 1915)
1998 Vladimir Prelog, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
2000 Gary Albright, American professional wrestler (b. 1963)
2001 James Carr, American Rhythm & Blues and soul musicians (b. 1942)
2002 Avery Schreiber, American actor (b. 1935)
2002 Jon Lee, Welsh musician (Feeder) (b. 1968)
2004 Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (b. 1926)
2005 Eileen Desmond, Irish politician (b. 1932)
2005 Pierre Daninos, French novelist (b. 1913)
2006 Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1912)
2007 Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic-born television presenter (b. 1929)
2007 Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR team owner (b. 1957)
2008 Alwyn Schlebusch, South African vice state president (b. 1917)
2009 Maria Dimitriadi, Greek singer (b. 1950)
2010 Willie Mitchell, American soul singer (b. 1928)
2011 Derek Gardner, British Formula 1 car designer (b. 1931)
2012 Ibrahim Aslan, Egyptian author
2013 David R. Ellis, American film director (b. 1952)
2015 Tadeusz Konwicki, Polish writer (Bohin Manor) and film director
2015 Stéphane Charbonnier (Charb), French cartoonist and editor of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killed in terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris
2015 Jean Cabut (Cabu), French caricaturist (Charlie Hebdo), killed in terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris
2015 Rod Taylor, Australian actor (Time Machine, The Birds)
2016 André Courrèges, French fashion designer
2016 Kitty Kallen, American singer ("Little Things Mean a Lot")

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