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624 Moslem army occupies Kurashitische Caravan
794 Vikings attacked Lindisfarne Island, Church at Lindisfarne, England destroyed.
0871 Ethelred of Wessex beats Danish invasion army at the Battle at Ashdown
1198 Lotario di Segni elected Pope Innocentius III
1214 Earl Ferrand of Flanders drops ties with France
1297 Monaco gains its independence.
1499 Louis XII of France after papal divorce marries Anne, Duchess of Brittany to keep the duchy for the crown
1558 French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais
1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1642 Astronomer Galileo Galilei died in Arcetri, Italy.
1656 Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands)
1675 The first corporation was charted in the United States. The company was the New York Fishing Company.
1705 Georg Friedrich Handel's first opera "Almira" was produced and premiered  in Hamburg.
1716 Dutch gang leader "Sjako" arrested
1734 Premiere performance of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
1745 England, Austria, Netherlands & Saxon sign anti-Prussian Quadruple Alliance
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie's troops occupy Stirling
1760 Comet C/1760 A1 (Great comet) approaches within 0.0682 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
1790 In the United States, George Washington delivered the first State of the Union address in New York City.
1798 11th Amendment ratified, judicial powers construed
1800 Austrians defeat French in 2nd battle of Novi
1800 In London, the first soup kitchens were opened for the relief of the poor.
1800 Wild Boy of Aveyron discovered in southern France
1806 Cape colony becomes English colony
1806 Lewis & Clark find skeleton of 105' blue whale in Oregon
1811 An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
1812 Composer Sigismond Thalberg was born.
1815 The Battle of New Orleans began. Andrew Jackson leads American forces in victory over the British. The War of 1812 had officially ended on December 24, 1814, with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. The news of the signing had not reached British troops in time to prevent their attack on New Orleans.
1830 Dutch King Willem I fires him displeasing parliament members
1833 Boston Academy of Music, 1st US music school, established
1835 The United States national debt is 0 for the first and only time.
1838 Alfred Vail demonstrated a telegraph code he had devised using dots and dashes as letters, New Jersey. The code was the predecessor to Samuel Morse's code.
1838 Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
1842 Dutch King Willem II charters Technical College Delft
1848 Austrian soldiers kill 10 students, Pavia
1853 A bronze statue of Andrew Jackson on a horse was unveiled in Lafayette Park in Washington, DC. The statue was the work of Clark Mills.
1856 Dr John A Veatch discovers borax (hydrated sodium borate), Tuscan Springs, Calif
1857 Dion Boucicauly's "Poor of NY" premieres in New York City NY
1863 Second Battle of Springfield in the American Civil War
1867 Legislation gives suffrage to African American men in Washington, D.C., despite President Johnson's veto
1870 US mint at Carson City, Nevada begins issuing coins
1877 Crazy Horse (Tashunca-uitco) and his warriors fought their final battle against the U.S. Cavalry at Wolf Mountain in Montana.
1878 Secret meeting of King Leopold II's agent & Henry Morton Stanley
1884 Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz
1886 The Severn Railway Tunnel, Britain's longest, was opened.
1889 The tabulating machine (first computer) was patented by Dr. Herman Hollerith. His firm, Tabulating Machine Company, later became International Business Machines Corporation (IBM).
1894 Fire caused serious damage at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, IL.
1897 Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
1900 In South Africa, General White turned back the Boers attack of Ladysmith.
1900 U.S. President McKinley placed Alaska under military rule.
1901 The first tournament sanctioned by the American Bowling Congress was held in Chicago, IL.
1901 New South Wales score 918 all out vs South Australia in 560 minutes
1902 1st National Bowling Championship held (Chicago, Ill)
1904 Pope Pius X banned low cut dresses in the presence of churchmen
1906 A landslide in Haverstraw, New York, caused by the excavation of clay along the Hudson River, kills 20 people.
1906 Arthur Rubinstein made his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
1908 A catastrophic train collision occurred in the smoke-filled Park Avenue Tunnel in New York City. Seventeen were killed and thirty-eight were injured. The accident caused a public outcry and increased demand for electric trains.
1912 The African National Congress is founded.
1913 Frank Chance becomes Yankee manager
1916 During World War I, the final withdrawal of Allied troops from Gallipoli took place.
1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani Italy
1918 Mississippi becomes 1st state to ratify 18th amendment (prohibition)
1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announced his Fourteen Points as the basis for peace upon the end of World War I.
1921 David Lloyd George became the first prime minister tenant at Chequers Court, Buckinghamshire.
1923 Typography strike in Amsterdam
1925 1st all-female US state supreme court appointed, Texas
1925 Russian composer Igor Stravinsky appeared in his first American concert. He conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in a program of his own compositions.
1926 Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz and renames it Saudi Arabia.
1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in NYC, William S. Paley appeared on CBS Radio for the first time to announce that CBS had become the largest regular chain of broadcasting chains in radio history.
1929 1st telephone connection between Netherlands & West-Indies
1930 Belgium Princess Marie-José marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
1931 Philadelphia Quakers set then NHL record of 15 straight loses
1932 Ratification of present San Francisco City Charter
1934 Jaap Speyers "Bluejackets" premieres in Amsterdam
1935 The spectrophotometer was patented by A.C. Hardy.
1937 -50°F (-45.6°C), San Jacinto, Nevada (state record)
1938 Bradman scores 107 for South Australia vs Queensland (1st innings)
1940 Vincent Lopez and his orchestra recorded the third version of Lopez’ theme song titled "Nola"..
1940 Britain's 1st WWII rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)
1941 British Air Marshal Richard Peirse resigns
1945 "Youth for Christ" organizes
1947 General George Marshall becomes Secretary of State
1947 Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game
1948 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason
1949 "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City NY after 429 performances
1949 "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater New York City NY after 95 performances
1949 "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater New York City NY after 134 performances
1951 Thought extinct since 1615, a Cahow is rediscovered in Bermuda
1952 Jordan adopts constitution
1952 Marie Wilson came to TV as "My Friend Irma".
1953 Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts)
1953 René Mayer forms French government
1954 Elvis Presley pays $4 to a Memphis studio & records his 1st two songs, "Casual Love" & "I'll Never Stand in Your Way"
1954 The State Convention of Baptists in Ohio was formed, representing 39 Southern Baptist churches in that state.
1955 After 130 home basketball wins, Georgia Tech defeated Kentucky 59-58 ends Kentucky's 130-game home basketball win streak. It was the first Kentucky loss at home since January 2, 1943.
1955 Furman sets NCAA basketball single-game scoring record with 154 points
1955 Louise Sugg wins LPGA Los Angeles Golf Open
1955 WUNC TV channel 4 in Chapel Hill NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Conrad Aiken
1956 Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" single goes to #1 & stays #1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single)
1956 In Ecuador, Plymouth Brethren missionaries Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully and Pete Fleming were killed by the Auca Indians, while attempting to evangelize their tribe (Operation Auca). Elliot's widow Elisabeth later published the story of their work and martyrdom in her book "Through Gates of Splendor" (1953).
1957 Elvis took the U.S. Army pre-induction exam on his 22nd birthday.
1957 Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from major league baseball in an article that appeared in "LOOK" magazine.
1958 Bobby Fisher, at the age of 14, won the United States Chess Championship for the first time.
1958 Cuban revolutionary forces capture Havana
1959 Charles De Gaulle was inaugurated as president of France's Fifth Republic.
1959 Fidel Castro's Cuban Revolution is completed with the takeover of Santiago de Cuba.
1960 Eddie Cochran's last recording session was held in Hollywood.
1960 The NCAA met in New York and voted against reviving the unlimited substitution rule for college football.
1961 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Yvor Winters
1961 Robert Goulet made his national TV debut this night on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS.
1961 In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
1962 Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was exhibited in America for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. The next day the exhibit opened to the public.
1962 Dutch express train crashes into slow commuter train, 91 die (Netherlands)
1962 Golfer Jack Nicklaus, 21, 1st pro appearance, he came in 50th
1962 The Harmelen train disaster killed 93 people in the Netherlands.
1963 Dmitri Shostakovitch' Katharina Ismailova, premieres in Riga
1963 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
1964 European Parliament accept Mansholt Plan
1964 President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a "War on Poverty" in the United States.
1965 Senator Everett Dirksen introduces a bill to make marigold the American natonal flower (doesn't pass)
1965 The TV dance show "Hullabaloo" debuted on NBC.
1965 Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History
1966 Georges Pompidou appointed French premier
1966 The final episode of "Shindig!" was broadcast on ABC-TV. The show featured the Kinks and the Who.
1966 Beatles' "Rubber Soul" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 6 weeks
1966 Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1966 Stephen Cardinal Wyszynski, the primate of Poland, was barred by the Polish government from attending the Vatican celebration of the 1,000th anniversary of Christianity in Poland.
1968 Jacques Cousteau's 1st undersea special on US network TV
1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island, Calif
1971 Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established
1972 Dmitri Shostakovich's 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
1972 NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
1973 "Tricks" opens at Alvin Theater New York City NY for 8 performances
1973 Elvis Presley sued Priscilla Presley for a divorce.
1973 Secret peace talks between the United States and North Vietnam resumed near Paris, France.
1973 The trial opened in Washington, of seven men accused of bugging Democratic Party headquarters in the Watergate apartment complex in Washington, DC.
1973 USSR launches Luna 21 for Moon landing
1973 Yoko Ono released "Approximately Infinite University" as a two record set.
1973 Greg Chappell's best Test bowling, 5-61 vs Pakistan at SCG
1974 KISS gave a special dress rehearsal after being signed to Casablanca Records. It was their first recording contract.
1974 E Wilson Jr's musical "Let My People Come" premieres in New York City NY
1974 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
1974 Loch Ness Monster photographed
1974 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
1975 Ella Grasso became the governor of Connecticut. She was the first woman to become a governor of a state without a husband preceding her in the governor’s chair.
1975 Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach & Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison
1975 Three Led Zeppelin concerts and Madison Square Garden sold out in a record four hours.
1976 Franklin Mint strikes 1st gold coins for Netherlands Antilles
1978 Israel's Cabinet votes to `strengthen' settlements in occupied Sinai
1979 Rush was named the Canada's official "Ambassadors of Music" by the Canadian government.
1979 512 die as oil tanker Bantry Bay blows up
1979 American Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'A Christian is a person who has the possibility of innumerable new starts.'
1979 Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord
1979 Today Show gets a new theme song
1979 Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh
1979 The tanker Betelgeuse explodes in Bantry Bay, Ireland.
1980 Islander Glenn Resch's 20th shut-out opponent-Canucks 3-0
1980 NCAA decides to sponsor women's championships in 5 sports
1981 "Pirates of Penzance" opens at Uris Theater New York City NY for 772 performances
1981 "Elvis Presley Day" was declared in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, North & South Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
1981 India all out 63 in one-day international vs Australia
1981 Reds become last team to sign a free agent (Larry Biitner)
1982 American Telephone & Telegraph (AT&T) settled the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against it by agreeing to divest itself of the 22 Bell System companies.
1982 Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee
1982 The U.S. Justice Department withdrew an antitrust suit against IBM, pending since 1969
1984 Wash Caps Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals to beat Phila 7-1
1984 NCAA announces that basketball tournament will have 64 teams
1984 Washington Capitals Bengt Gustafsson scores 5 goals
1985 Japan launches Sakigake space probe to Halley's Comet
1986 President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in the US
1986 Willie McCovey is 16th elected to Hall of Fame in his 1st year
1987 The Dow Jones industrial average closed over the 2000 mark for the first time at 2,002.25.
1987 Jack Sikma (Milwaukee) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1988 9th largest NBA crowd 38,873-Chicago at Detroit
1988 Dow Jones down 140.58 points
1988 Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-28S Advanced Scientific Calculator
1988 US female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas
1989 "42nd Street" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY after 3,486 performances
1989 "Starlight Express" closes at Gershwin Theater New York City NY after 761 performances
1989 Beginning of Japanese Heisei era.
1989 Boeing 737-400 crashes in England, 46 die
1989 Richard Marx and Cynthia Rhodes were married.
1989 Soviet Union promises to eliminate stockpiles of chemical weapons
1989 The Kegworth air disaster. British Midland flight 92 crashes into the M1 motorway killing 47 people out of 127 on board.
1991 "Davis Rules," with Jonathan Winters & Randy Quaid premieres on ABC-TV
1991 Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins & Rod Carew elected to Hall of Fame
1991 Rod Carew is 22nd player elected to Hall of Fame on 1st try
1991 Steve Clark (Def Leppard) was found dead. The coroner ruled that the 30-year-old died of a lethal combination of alcohol and drugs.
1991 Tamás Darnyi swims world record 400m medley (4 12.36)
1992 U.S. President George H.W. Bush collapsed during a state dinner in Tokyo. George Bush gets ill & vomits on Japanese prime minister's lap. White House officials said Bush was suffering from stomach flu.
1993 An Elvis Presley commemorative stamp was debuted by the U.S. Postal Service. The 29-cent stamp showed the likeness of the 1950's era Elvis.
1993 Bosnian President Izetbegovic visited the U.S. to plead his government's case for Western military aid and intervention to halt Serbian aggression.
1993 Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point
1993 NBC offers "Tonight Show" to David Letterman
1994 Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov on Soyuz TM-18 leaves for Mir. He would stay on the space station until March 22, 1995, for a record 437 days in space.
1994 Tonya Harding won the ladies' U.S. Figure Skating Championship in Detroit, MI, a day after Nancy Kerrigan dropped out because of a clubbing attack that injured her right knee. The U.S. Figure Skating Association later took the title from Harding because of her involvement in the attack.
1994 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis
1994 Rintje Ritsma skates world record 1500m (1 51.60)
1995 "Guys & Dolls" closes at Martin Beck Theater New York City NY after 1143 performances
1995 Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) hosted a national late-night radio show broadcast titled "Self Pollution Radio" from Seattle, WA.
1995 Mike Schmidt is elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame
1995 The musical revival of "Guys and Dolls" closed after 1143 performances.
1995 15th United Negro College Fund raises $12,200,000
1996 Blizzard buries eastern US causing at least 50 deaths
1996 For 1st time in 25 years no one is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
1996 An Antonov 32 cargo turboprop powered plane crashes into the central market in Kinshasa, Zaire killing more than 350 people.
1997 Mister Rogers received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1998 NY Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position
1998 Ramzi Yousef was sentenced to life in prison for his role of mastermind behind the World Trade Center bombing in New York.
1998 Scientists announced that they had discovered that galaxies were accelerating and moving apart and at faster speeds.
1998 Roseanne files for divorce from 3rd husband Ben Thomas
1998 Unabomber suspect Theodore Kaczynski asks to act as his own lawyer
1999 British Prime Minister Tony Blair concluded a three-day visit to South Africa.
1999 The top two executives of Salt Lake City's Olympic Organizing Committee resigned amid disclosures that civic boosters had given cash to members of the International Olympic Committee.
2002 President George W. Bush signs into law the No Child Left Behind Act.
2002 The Black Crowes released a statement that said "For the time being, Chris Robinson is pursuing a solo career. Steve Gorman has left the band for personal reasons."
2004 The RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, is christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
2005 The rate for U.S. First Class mail was raised to 39¢.
2005 The nuclear sub USS San Francisco collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
2006 A magnitude 6.9 earthquake with its epicenter just off the Greek island of Kythira hits much of the country and is felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean Sea.
2008 New Jersey officially apologizes for slavery, becoming the first Northern state to do so.
2009 A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Costa Rica´s region of Volcan Poás, with an epicenter near Cinchona. It was caused by Varablanca-Angel fault.
2009 In Egypt, archeologists entered a 4,300 year old pyramid and discovered the mummy of Queen Sesheshet.
2011 Attempted assassination of Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and subsequent shooting in Casas Adobes, Arizona at a Safeway grocery store kills 6 and wounds 13, including Giffords
2013 130 wildfires across Australia’s east coast force thousands to evacuate their homes
2013 2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government are exchanged for 48 Iranians kidnapped by Syrian rebels
2013 Steve Nash records his 10,000th career assist against Houston
2014 40th People's Choice Awards: Johnny Depp & Sandra Bullock win (Movie Star) and Josh Charles & Stana Katić win (Dramatic TV)
2016 Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announces the recapture of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, six months after he escaped prison

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1081 Henry V, Roman German king/emperor (1098/1111-25)
1556 Uesugi Kagekatsu, Japanese samurai and warlord (d. 1623)
1583 Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (d. 1643)
1587 Johannes Fabricius, Denmark, German astronomer (discovered sunspots) (d. 1616)
1589 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatisch writer (Dubravka)
1601 Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (d. 1658)
1628 François Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (d. 1695)
1632 Samuel Pufendorf, German jurist (d. 1694)
1635 Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish Archbishop (d. 1709)
1658 Nicolas Coustou, French sculptor (Descente de Croix)
1668 Jean Gilles, composer
1735 John Carroll, American Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1815)
1763 Edmond Charles Genêt, French diplomat (d. 1834)
1767 Abraham de Veer, Dutch governor-general of Suriname (1822-28)
1777 Filippo Traetta, Italy, composer/musicologist
1779 John White, composer
1786 Nicholas Biddle, American banking executive , made 2nd bank of US 1st effective central bank (d. 1844)
1787 Johann Ludwig Bohner, composer
1788 Archduke Rudolph of Austria (d. 1831)
1788 Erik Drake, composer
1788 Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
1791 Jacob Collamer, (US Senator-VT)
1792 Lowell Mason, Medfield Mass, American composer (Zebulo) (d. 1872)
1805 John Bigler, American politician (d. 1871)
1805 Orson Hyde, American religious leader (d. 1878)
1810 Robert Schumann Zwickau Germ, composer (Neue Zeitschrift fuer Musik)
1812 Sigismond Fortune Francois Thalberg, Swiss virtuoso pianist and composer (d. 1871)
1812 William Henry Holmes, composer
1814 Johannes Kneppelhout, [Klikspaan], Dutch humorist
1814 Thomas Green, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1815 George Webb Morell, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1815 Lawrence Pike Graham, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1817 John Selden Roane, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1867
1817 Sir Theophilus Shepstone, South African statesman (d. 1893)
1821 James Longstreet, U.S. Civil War Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV) (d. 1904)
1821 W.H.L. Wallace, American Union general (d. 1862)
1822 Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer
1823 Alfred Russel Wallace, British naturalist and biologist-co-discoverer (evolution) (d. 1913)
1824 Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. 1861)
1824 Per August Olander, composer
1824 William Wilkie Collins, English novelist (The Woman in White, The Moonstone) (d. 1889)
1830 Gouverneur Kemble Warren, Major Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1830 Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (d. 1894)
1830 Albert Bierstadt, German/American painter (d. 1902)
1836 Fannie M Jackson, pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad
1836 Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps (d. 1912)
1843 Frederick Abberline, British police investigator (d. 1929)
1843 John H. Moffitt, American politician (d. 1926)
1846 Albert Cahen, composer
1846 William Wallace Gilchrist, composer
1851 Gérard Leman Belgian count/General
1852 James Milton Carroll, American pastor and author (d. 1931)
1860 Nancy Jones, US black missionary in Africa
1860 Emma Booth, daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1903)
1862 Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (Doubleday & Co) (d. 1934)
1863 Paul Scheerbart [Bruno Küfer], German writer (The Seasnake)
1864 Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)
1866 William G. Conley, American politician (d. 1940)
1867 Emily Green Balch, American writer and pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (Nobel 1946) (d. 1961)
1868 Frank Dyson, proved Einstein right about light bent by gravity
1870 Miguel Primo de Rivera Orbaneja, dictator of Spain (1923-30) (d. 1930)
1871 James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish politician (d. 1940)
1873 Elena of Montenegro, queen of Italy (d. 1956)
1873 Iuliu Maniu, Romanian politician (d. 1953)
1873 Lucien Capet, composer
1881 Henrik Shipstead, American politician (d. 1960)
1883 Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer
1883 Patrick J. Hurley, United States Secretary of War (d. 1963)
1883 Pavel Filonov, Russian painter (d. 1941)
1885 A. J. Muste, Dutch pacifist and activist (d. 1967)
1885 John Curtin, Victoria, Australian PM (Labor, 1941-45) (d. 1945)
1886 Noble Drew Ali, [Timothy Drew], NC, prophet (Moorish Science Temple)
1888 Matthew Moore, Irish-American actor (Coquette, Deluge) (d. 1960)
1888 Richard Courant, German-American mathematician  (What is mathematics?) (d. 1972)
1889 Paul Hartmann, Furth Germany, actor (Haunted Castle)
1890 Sandor Rado, Hungarian/US psycho analyst
1891 Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer
1891 Storm Jameson, English writer (d. 1986)
1891 Bronislava Nijinska, Russian choreographer (d. 1972)
1891 Storm Jameson, English writer (The Green Man, Cousin Honoré) (d. 1986)
1891 Walther Bothe, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954) (d. 1957)
1892 Werner Wehrli, composer
1894 St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)
1896 Arthur Ford, American psychic (d. 1971)
1896 Jaromir Weinberger, Czech-American composer (Bird's Opera) (d. 1967)
1896 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer (Men of the South)
1897 Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)
1899 Solomon WRD Bandaranaike, Ceylonese Prime Minister (1956-59) (d. 1959)
1900 Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia
1900 Ann Schedeen Portland OR, actress (Alf, Paper Dolls, Marcus Welby)
1900 Dame Merlyn Myer, Australian philanthropist (d. 1982)
1901 Edmond Vandercammen, French/Belgian writer (L'amour responsable)
1902 Alexander Gray, Wrightsville Pa, actor (This is Music)
1902 Carl R[ansom] Rogers, American psychologist  (Client-Centered Therapy) (d. 1987)
1902 Georgy M Malenkov, Stalin's successor as head of CPSU, PM (1953-55) (d. 1988)
1902 Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreography (Silent Song)
1903 Gene Roth, [Eugene Stutenroth], South Dakota, actor (She Demons, Spider)
1904 Peter Arno, New York City NY, cartoonist (New Yorker)
1904 Karl Brandt, Alsatian Nazi war criminal (d. 1948)
1905 Carl Gustav Hempel, German Logical Positivist philosopher
1905 Franjo Cardinal Seper, Croatian Catholic cardinal (d. 1981)
1905 Giacinto Scelsi, Italian composer (d. 1988)
1906 Jan A H J S Bruins Slot, Dutch founder illegal Trouw/MP (ARP)
1906 Serge Poliakoff, Russian/French painter/guitarist
1906 Jacob C van Marken Dutch peanut butter maker (Calvé-Delft)
1908 (Fearless) Mary Nadia Wadia, actress
1908 William Hartnell, British actor (Agitator, Jackpot) (d. 1975)
1909 Evelyn Wood, American educator (d. 1995)
1909 Willy Millowitsch, German actor (d. 1999)
1909 Jose Ferrer Actor, director
1909 Bruce Mitchell, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1936 (South African bat, their top run-scorer -3471) (d.1995)
1910 Richard Cromwell, [LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh], LA California, actor (Jezebel)
1910 Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova, Russian ballerina  (Bolshoi) (d. 1988)
1911 Andrej Ocenas, composer
1911 Butterfly McQueen, [Thelma], Tampa Fla, actress (Gone With the Wind)
1911 Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress and entertainer (d. 1970)
1911 Tom Delaney, British racing driver (d. 2006)
1912 José Ferrer, San Juan Puerto Rico, actor/director (Cyrano de Bergerac, Blood Tide, Dune, Big Bus) (d. 1992)
1912 Rudolf G Escher, Dutch composer (True Face of Peace)
1912 Lawrence E. Walsh, American jurist
1913 Horace Smith, cricketer (New Zealand, only Test wicket off his 1st ball -Paynter)
1914 Charles Borromeo Mills, composer
1915 Walker Cooper, American baseball player (d. 1991)
1917 Peter Taylor, US writer
1917 Stanley Prager, New York City NY, comedian (College Bowl)
1920 Hendrikus J Wittebold, civil servant/resistance fighter
1921 Herta Bothe, Nazi concentration camp guard
1922 Abbey Simon, New York City NY, pianist
1923 Giorgio Tozzi, Chicago Illinois, basso
1923 Iva Michiels, [Rik Ceuppens], Flemish writer (Ksiega Alfa)
1923 Johnny Wardle, cricketer (Yorkshire & England left-arm bowler of 50's) (d. 1985)
1923 Joseph Weizenbaum, German-American author and computer scientist, artificial intelligence pioneer (d. 2008)
1923 Larry Storch, New York City NY, comedian (F Troop, Larry Storch Show)
1924 Antai Ribari, composer
1924 Benjamin Lees, [Lysniansky], Harbin Manchuria, American composer
1924 Robert Starer, Vienna Austria, composer
1924 Ron Moody, English actor (Oliver Twist, 12 Chairs, Wrong is Right)
1925 Helmuth Hubener, German activist (d. 1942)
1925 James Saunders, English chemist/playwright (Ark)
1926 Jani Christou, composer
1926 Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004)
1926 Soupy Sales, [Milton Hines], American comedian (Soupy Sales Show) (d. 2009)
1926 Evelyn Lear [Shulman], American soprano
1926 Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
1927 Charles Tomlinson, British poet and translator
1927 Walter Hergesheimer Hockey player
1928 Gaston Miron, Quebec poet and editor (d. 1996)
1928 Sander Vanocur, American news anchor (NBC Weekend News)
1928 Slade Gorton, American politician
1929 Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor
1930 Doreen Wilber, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1931 May Wynn, [Donna Lee Hickey], American actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah's Ark)
1931 Bill Graham, German-born American music promoter (Fillmore) (d. 1991)
1933 Charles Osgood, American journalist and anchor (CBS Weekend News)
1933 Jean-Marie Straub, French film director (Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach)
1933 Ko Un, Korean poet
1934 Alexandra Ripley, American writer (d. 2004)
1934 Gene Freese, American baseball player
1934 Jacques Anquetil, French cyclist, Tour de France bicycle racer (5-time winner) (d. 1987)
1934 Michael Grierson Jarrett, archaeologist
1934 Piet Dankert, Dutch politician (PvdA)
1934 Roy Kinnear, English actor (TW3, Help!, The 3 Musketeers) (d. 1988)
1935 Elvis Aaron Presley, Tupelo Miss, singer, known as "the King of rock 'n' roll" (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog) (d. 1977)
1935 Ian Bargh, Prestwick, Scotland, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (d.2012)
1935 Jesse Garon Presley, stillborn twin brother of Elvis
1935 Nolan Miller, Burkburnett Tx, fashion designer (Dynasty, Love Boat)
1936 Ferdinand Hartzenberg, South African minister of Education (1979-82)
1936 Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, Australian-born British scientist
1936 Zdeněk Mácal, Czech conductor
1937 Robert Moran, composer
1937 Shirley Bassey, Cardiff Wales, singer (Goldfinger, Moonraker)
1937 Dame Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
1938 Bob Eubanks, American game show host, TV host (Newlywed Game)
1938 Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian bass-baritone
1939 Yvette Mimieux Hollywood CA, actress (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are)
1939 Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan fashion designer
1940 Anthony Gaurdine (Little Anthony), Singer (Little Anthony & Imperials-Goin Out of My Head)
1940 Cristy Lane, US, Country-gospel singer
1941 Boris Vallejo, Peruvian illustrator
1941 Graham Chapman, England, comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus) (d. 1989)
1941 Yvette Mimieux Actress ("The Time Machine", "The Most Deadly Game")
1942 John Peterson, rocker
1942 Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist and author  (A Brief History of Time) (Black Holes & Baby Universes)
1942 Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23)
1942 Yvette Mimieux, Los Angeles California, American actress (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are)
1942 Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese politician, Prime Minister 2001-2006
1942 Valya Balkanska, Bulgarian folk singer
1943 Lee Jackson, rocker (Nice)
1943 Marcus Hutson, rock vocalist (Whispers)
1944 Terry Brooks, American sci-fi author (Sword of Shannara)
1945 John Peters, rock drummer (Harpers Bizarre)
1945 Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies)
1945 Ron Ellis Hockey player
1945 Jeannie Lewis, Australian actress and singer
1945 Kathleen Noone, American actress
1945 Kojo Nnamdi, Guyanese-born American radio host
1946 Elaine Cheris, Dotham Al, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
1946 Kathleen Noone, actress (All My Children, Party of 5, Knots Landing)
1946 Robby Krieger, Los Angeles, California, American guitarist (The Doors)
1946 Tod Brannan, Vice President (Logos Network Corp)
1947 Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe)
1947 David Bowie (David Robert Jones), English musician (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust), movies ("The Man Who Fell to Earth", "Labyrinth", "Basquiat"), Broadway ("The Elephant Man")
1947 David Bowie [Jones], London, singer/actor
1947 Igor Ivanov Leningrad, Canadian chess champion (1981-84, 1985)
1947 Don Bendell, American author & karate master
1947 Samuel Schmid, Swiss politician
1948 Gillies Mackinnon, Scottish film director (Playboys)
1948 Mel Pritchard, rocker
1948 Joe Reed, Football player
1948 Paul King, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult)
1949 Lawrence Rowe, cricketer (prolific West Indies batsman, 302 vs England 1974)
1949 Wilbur Howard, Baseball player
1951 John McTiernan, Albany NY, American film director/actor (Predator, Die Hard, Medicine Man)
1951 Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician
1951 Paul Dresher, composer
1951 Gérard Leman, Belgian General
1952 Lauri Walters, San Francisco CA, actress (Joannie, Eight is Enough, Harrad Experiment)
1952 Norm Jarvis, Prince Albert Sask, golfer (1984 Chilliwack)
1952 Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist
1953 Bruce Sutter, American baseball player, pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves)
1955 Mike Reno, Vancouver BC Canada, rock vocalist (Loverboy)
1955 Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer
1957 Nacho Duato, Spanish classical dancer and choreographer
1958 Rey Misterio, Sr., Mexican wrestler
1959 Michael Harwood, Sydney New South Wales, Australasia golfer
1959 Duk Koo Kim, Korean boxer (d. 1982)
1959 Paul Hester, Australian drummer (Crowded House) (d. 2005)
1960 Jolanda Egger, Luzean Switzerland, playmate (June, 1983)
1961 Calvin Smith, American athlete
1961 Shoaib Mohammad, cricketer (son of Hanif Patient & prolific batsman)
1961 Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese comic book writer and artist, creator of Yu-Gi-Oh
1961 Keith Arkell,English Chess Grandmaster
1962 Chris Marion, American musician
1963 Hiromi Kobayashi, Fukushima Japan, LPGA golfer (1993 JAL Big Apple)
1964 Peter [Ped] Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)
1964 Virgil Hill, Missouri, middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1965 Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer (Sri Lankan opening bowler)
1965 Eric Wohlberg, Sudbury Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1965 Maria Pitillo, American actress (Dear God, Nancy Don Lewis-Ryan's Hope)
1965 Michelle Forbes, American actress (Julianna Cox-Homicide, Super 8)
1966 Andrew Wood, American musician (d. 1990)
1966 Darryl Hall, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1966 Loretta Lee, [Lee Lai Chan], China, actress (Happy Ghost)
1966 Maria Pitillo, Actress (Godzilla)
1966 Igor Vyazmikin, Russian ice hockey player
1967 Hollis Conway, Chicago Ill, high jumper (Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92)
1967 Kent Jones, Portales NM, golfer (NM State Amateur-1990-91)
1967 Roger Rowland, Jacksonville FL, Nike golfer (1990 Macon Open-2nd)
1967 Willie Anderson, US, NBA guard (New York Knicks, Olympics-bronze-1988)
1967
1968 Alexander Alexeev, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-98)
1968 Ami Dolenz, LA California, actress (General Hospital, Can't Buy Me Love)
1968 Brian Johnson, Oakland California, catcher (San Diego Padres)
1968 Keith Mullings, American boxer
1968 Mark Duane Croghan, Akron Ohio, 3k steeplechase (Olympics-5th-96)
1968 Paul Carey, US baseball infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1969 Brian Boehringer, St Louis MO, pitcher (New York Yankees)
1969 Jeff Abercrombie, American musician
1969 R Kelly [Robert Sylvester Kelly], Chicago, Illinois, American R&B singer (I Wish I Could Fly)
1969 Ami Dolenz, American actress
1970 Jon Klemm, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
1970 Rachel Friend, Australian actress
1971 Billy Joe Hobert, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
1971 Branislav Janos, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
1971 Brenda Lee Armstrong, Albert Lea MN, Miss Minnesota-America (1990)
1971 Brook Mahealani Lee, Miss Universe/Miss USA (1997-Hawaii)
1971 Darren Langdon, Deere Lake, NHL left wing (New York Rangers)
1971 Jason Giambi, American baseball player, infielder (Oakland A's, NY Yankees)
1971 Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer
1971 Roosevelt Potts, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 Stephane Barin, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1972 Brandie Burton, San Bernardino CA, LPGA golfer (1993 du Maurier Ltd)
1972 Devlin Murphy, Honolulu Hawaii, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1972 Sean McKeever, American writer
1973 Sean Paul, Jamaican singer
1973 Henning Solberg, Norwegian rally driver
1973 Jason Stevens, Australian rugby league footballer
1973 Mark Knight, English sound designer
1974 Arjan Blaauw, Dutch soccer player (FC Groningen)
1974 Brian Roberson, wide receiver (New York Giants)
1974 Maria Matsouka, Greek politician
1975 Star Behl, Miss Delaware-USA (1996)
1975 Vitali Yachmenev, Chelyabinsk Russia, NHL right wing (Los Angeles Kings)
1975 DJ Clue, American DJ and producer
1975 Harris Jayaraj, Indian music composer
1976 Brad Snyder, Ontario, shot putter (Olympics-96)
1976 Carl Pavano, American baseball player
1976 Jenny Lewis, American actress and musician (Becky-Life With Lucy, Bolt)
1976 Josh Meyers, American actor (Brüno, Brother of Seth Meyers)
1977 Amber Benson, American actress (Latter Days)
1977 Lee Yoo-jin, Korean actress
1977 Pearl Amoah, Miss Universe-Ghana (1996)
1977 Ron Pederson, Canadian actor
1977 Ryan Frances, actor (Trevor-Sisters)
1978 Boris Avrukh, Israeli chess grandmaster
1978 Petra Minarova, Miss Czech Republic Universe (1997)
1978 Marco Fu, Hong Kong snooker player
1979 Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer
1979 Mirella van Melis, Dutch track and road cyclist
1979 Sarah Polley, Canadian actress (Sweet Hereafter, Dawn of the Dead)
1979 Seol Ki-Hyeon, South Korean footballer
1979 Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
1979 Sequoyah, chimpanzee (son of Washoe)
1979 Torry Castellano, American musician (The Donnas)
1980 Rachel Nichols, American actress (Star Trek)
1980 Sam Riley, Actor (Control)
1981 Genevieve Nicole Cortese Padalecki Actress (Supernatural, Lazarus Rising)
1981 Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player
1981 Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player
1981 Carmen Schäfer, Swiss curler
1982 Gaby Hoffman, American actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now & Then)
1982 Wil Francis, American singer
1982 Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer
1982 John Utaka, Nigerian footballer
1983 Felipe Colombo, Argentine-Mexican actor and singer
1983 Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler
1984 Jeff Francoeur, American baseball player
1985 Rachael Lampa, American singer
1986 Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
1986 David Silva, Spanish footballer
1986 Maria Ozawa, Japanese/French Canadian Pornstar
1987 Freddie Stroma, Actor (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
1988 Adam T. Siska, American musician
1988 Allison Harvard, American artist and fashion model
1989 Kristján Einar, Icelandic racing driver
1990 Maci Wainwright, American singer
1991 Asuka Hinoi, Japanese singer
1992 Sara Langebæk Gaarmann, Actress (Island of Lost Souls)
1993 Johannes Pautzke, Actor (Lake of Soldiers)
1994 Ezra Laemmle, Actor (Goosed)
1995 Hannah Robinson, Actress (A Cinderella Story)
1996 Ali Ahmed, American football player & comedian
1997 Justin St. Gelais, Actor (The Gatherers)
2000 Noah Cyrus, American actress (Ponyo), Sister of Miley Cyrus
2002 Michael Angeles, Actor (All Babes Want to Kill Me)
2005 Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Actress (Maleficent), Eldest daughter of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
2006 Marvin LiTrenta, Actor (Just Like Illusion)

HIDE

482 Severinus, German monastery founder/saint, Saint Severinus of Noricum
624 Abu Sufjan ibn Harb, Kurashite chief, in battle
1100 Antipope Clement III (b. c.1029)
1107 Edgar of Scotland (b. 1074)
1198 Coelestinus III, [Giacinto Bobo], Pope Celestine III (1191-98),(bc. 1106)
1324 Marco Polo Venetian explorer/Governor of Nanking,(b. 1254)
1336 Giotto di Bondone Italian Renaissance painter, (b. 1267)
1455 Laurentius Justitianus [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, at 73
1456 St Lawrence Justinian, Italian bishop and first Patriarch of Venice (b. 1381)
1464 Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian (b. 1385)
1557 Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (b. 1522)
1567 Jacob Vaet, Flemish composer/royal chaplain master, at about 37
1570 Philibert de l'Orme, French architect (b. c.1510)
1598 Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91) (b. 1525)
1642 Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and scientist , in Arceti Italy (b. 1564)
1651 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, at 56
1696 Michael de Ronghe, composer, at 75
1707 John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648)
1711 Philips van Almonde, Zealand Lieutenant-Admiral, at 66
1713 Arcangelo Corelli, Italian composer (Concerti Grossi) (b. 1653)
1775 John Baskerville, English printer/type designer (b. 1706)
1789 Jack Broughton, English boxer (b. c.1703)
1790 John Stinstra, Dutch baptist vicar, at 81
1794 Justus Möser, German statesman (b. 1720)
1796 Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, French National Convention chairman, at 46
1808 Messenger, horse that sired many great trotters,
1811 Friedrich Nicolai, writer,
1811 Samuel Story, Dutch rear admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), at 58
1815 Edward Pakenham, English General (Battle of New Orleans), in battle (b. 1778)
1819 Christian Gottlob Saupe, composer, at 55
1825 Eli Whitney, American inventor (b. 1765)
1831 Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, at 71
1842 Pierre Earl the Cambronne, French General (Waterloo, Elba), at 71
1854 William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (b. 1768)
1858 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer, at 48
1859 Antoine GB Schayes, Belgian historian/archaeologist, at 50
1864 Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer, at 83
1865 Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (b. 1779)
1874 Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (b. 1814)
1878 Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (b. 1821)
1880 Joshua A. Norton, Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico (b. 1811)
1891 Fredrik Pacius, composer, at 81
1892 John Heykamp, old-catholic archbishop of Utrecht, at 67
1894 Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleontologist (life of tapeworms), at 84
1896 Paul Verlaine, French poet (Elégies, Bonne Chanson) (b. 1844)
1896 William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)
1900 Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wickets in 15 Tests for England)
1901 John Barry, Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1873)
1906 Jacob C van Marken, peanut butter maker (Calvé-Delft), at 60
1907 Theodoor Verstraete, Flemish painter/etcher, at 57
1916 Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress (b. 1860)
1916 Rembrandt Bugatti, Italian sculptor (b. 1884)
1918 Michael Hertz, composer, at 73
1918 Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (b. 1827)
1919 Richard Engländer [Peter Altenberg], Austrian author, at 59
1921 Luis Villalba Munoz, composer, at 48
1922 Charles R Young, colonel, at 58, in Lagos Nigeria
1926 Emile Paladilhe, composer, at 81
1928 Dumitru Kiriac-Georgescu, composer, at 61
1932 Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic (b. 1866)
1934 Alexandre Stavisky, French swindler,
1934 Andrei Bely, Russian writer (b. 1880)
1934 Serge Stavisky, French financier and embezzler (b. 1886)
1937 John Felix August Korling, composer, at 72
1938 Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy (b. 1880)
1941 Robert Baden-Powell, founder (Boy Scout movement) (b. 1857)
1942 Arvo Hannikainen composer, at 44
1942 Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American religious publisher (b. 1869)
1943 Richard Hillary, Australian Spitfire pilot and author (b. 1919)
1944 William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (b. 1878)
1945 Jac[obus] P Thijsse, Dutch biologist (Omgang met planten), at 79
1945 Karl Krafft, Swiss astrologer who was manipulated by the Nazi regime (b. 1900)
1948 Richard Tauber, Austrian tenor (Léhar) (b. 1891)
1948 Kurt Schwitters, German painter (b. 1887)
1950 George Rowe, cricketer (15 wickets in 4 Tests for South Africa 1895-1902)
1950 Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance (b. 1883)
1950 Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader,
1952 Antonia Maury, discoverer (supergiant, giant & dwarf stars),
1952 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader, at 66
1953 Admiral Sir Hugh Binney, British naval commander and Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
1953 Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, at 78
1956 Jim Elliot, American Christian missionary (b. 1928)
1958 Paul Pilgrim, American athlete (b. 1883)
1963 Kay Sage, American artist and poet (b. 1898)
1963 Stark Young, US writer (So Red the Rose), at 81
1963 Kay Sage, American artist and poet (b. 1898)
1964 Arnoldus JC Krafft, theologist (Atlas of Netherlands Antilles), at 71
1964 Julius Raab, Austrian Chancellor (1953-61), at 72
1965 Aloys-Henri-Gerard Fornerod, composer, at 74
1967 Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow) (b. 1927)
1969 Albert Hill, British athlete (b. 1889)
1970 Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)
1970 Jani Christou composer, on 44th birthday
1970 Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)
1970 Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)
1971 Adriano Lualdi, composer, at 85
1972 Kenneth Patchen, American poet ((See You in the Morning) (1911)
1975 Anthony Warde, actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), at 66
1975 Gertrude Olmsted, actress (Cobra, Torrent), at 70
1975 John Dierkes, actor (Red Badge of Courage), at 69
1975 John Gregson, English actor (Rooney, Assassin) (b. 1919)
1975 Louis J H C A de Bourbon, Dutch writer/poet (Gypsy Blood), at 66
1975 Richard Tucker, [Reuben Ticker],  American tenor  (La Gioconda) (b. 1913)
1976 Chou En-lai, China's PM (1949-76), cancer in Beijing at 78
1976 Robert Forgan, British fascist (b. 1891)
1976 Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898)
1978 Walter Keirnan, TV panelist (I've Got a Secret), at 75
1979 Sara Carter, American country musician (b. 1898)
1980 John Mauchly, American physicist (b. 1907)
1980 Oscar Ewing, US government official (Everybody's Business), at 90
1981 Woody Chamblis, actor (Mr Lathrop-Gunsmoke), at 66
1981 Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (b. 1925)
1982 Gregoire Aslan, Armenian actor (Concrete Jungle), of a heart attack (b. 1908)
1982 Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), of emphysema at 69
1983 Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), cancer at 72
1983 Gerhard Barkhorn, German fighter pilot (b. 1919)
1983 Lois Wilson, actress (Alice-Aldrich Family), at 88
1983 Ron Frazer, Australian actor (b. 1924)
1983 Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (b. 1913)
1986 Pierre Fournier, French cellist (b. 1906)
1986 Yaroslav Seifert, Czechoslovakian  poet (Nobel 1984), at 84
1987 P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9),
1987 Peter Adams, actor (Alternative, Blowing Hot & Cold), at 69
1988 Frank Pace Jr, US Secretary of Army (1950-53), at 76
1989 Johnny Jordaan, [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, at 64
1989 Kenneth McMillan, actor (Our Family Honor, Malone, Concrete Beat), of heart attack at 67
1990 Terry Thomas, English comic (Heroes), of Parkinson's disease at 78  (b. 1911)
1991 Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (b. 1960)
1992 Abderrahim Bouabid, Morroco prime secretary (1972),
1992 Johnny [Jan] Meijer, Dutch king of accordians (Body & Soul),
1992 Menachim Begin, Israeli PM, at 78 of a heart attack
1993 Asif Nawaz, Pakistani general,
1993 Hakija Turajlic, Bosnian vice-premier, murdered
1993 Theo Bruins, Dutch pianist/composer (Syncope), at 63
1994 Edward Duke, actor (Decadence, Silver Bears), of cancer at 40
1994 Harvey Haddix, American baseball player, pitcher (12 perfect inning game) (b. 1925)
1994 Jay Blackton, US conductor/arranger (Oklahoma!), at 84
1994 Lady Caithness, wife of Brit undersecretary, commits suicide
1994 Pat Buttram, American actor (Haney-Green Acres), of kidney failure at 78 (b. 1915)
1994 Sri Chandrashekhara Saraswathi, guru of Kanchi, at 99
1994 Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Italian actor (Octopus), at 52
1995 Carlos Monzon, [El Macho], Argentine medium weight boxing champ (1970-77) (b. 1942)
1995 Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner, at 68
1995 Louis "Loulou" Gasté guitarist/composer (Doggy in the Window), at 88
1996 Francois Mitterrand, President of France (1981-95), of cancer at 79
1996 Howard Taubman, American music and theater critic (b. 1907)
1996 Kurt Schmucker, member (Union of Christian Democrats),
1996 William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter, at 52
1996 François Mitterrand, President of France (b. 1916)
1996 John Hargreaves, Australian actor (b. 1945)
1997 Carole Carr, singer/actress (Down Among the Z Men), at 68
1997 Jesse White, actor (Maytag repairman), at 77
1997 Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician, at 76
1997 Phyllis Hartnoll, writer/editor, at 90
1997 Ronald William Eastman, cinematogrpaher, at 60
1997 Melvin Calvin, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1998 Michael Tippett, English composer/conductor (Child of our Time) (b. 1905)
1998 Walter Diemer, inventor (bubble gum 1928), heart failure at 93
2000 Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrianist (b. 1918)
2002 Alexander Prochorow, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1916)
2002 Dave Thomas, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1932)
2003 Ron Goodwin, British composer and conductor (b. 1925)
2004 John A. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1930)
2005 Campbell McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster (b. 1952)
2005 Michel Thomas, Polish linguist (b. 1914)
2005 Warren Spears, American choreographer and dancer (b. 1954)
2006 Tony Banks, British politician (b. 1943)
2007 David Ervine, Northern Irish politician (b. 1953)
2007 Francis Cockfield, British politician (b. 1916)
2007 Iwao Takamoto, American animator (b. 1925)
2007 Jane Bolin, first African American female judge (b. 1908)
2007 Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-born actress (b. 1922)
2008 Clyde Otis, American song writer and music producer (b. c. 1924)
2008 George Moore, Australian champion jockey (b. 1923)
2009 Richard John Neuhaus, Canadian-American Christian writer and editor (b. 1936)
2010 Tony Halme, Finnish boxer and politician (b. 1963)
2010 Monica Maughan, Australian actor (b. 1933)
2011 John Roll, United States Federal Judge (b.1947)
2011 Thorbjørn Svenssen, Norwegian footballer (b. 1924)
2011 Vang Pao, charismatic Laotian general who commanded a secret army of his mountain people in a long, losing campaign against Communist insurgents
2013 Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian Inuit artist
2013 Jeanne Manford, American gay rights activist
2015 Andraé Crouch, American gospel singer (The Color Purple, The Lion King)
2015 Richard Meade, British equestrian (3 Olympic Golds 1968, 1970)
2015 Curtis Lee, American singer (Pretty Little Angel Eyes)
2016 Maria Teresa de Filippis, Italian racing car driver (first woman to complete in Formula One)