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(38 BC) Octavian marries Livia Drusilla.
395 With the death of Emperor Theodosius I (the Great), this became the last day the (Christian) Roman Empire was controlled by a single leader. In his wisdom, Theodosius had divided the empire into western and eastern portions.
1287 King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca.
1377 The Papal See was moved back to Rome by Gregory XI. Located in France for 72 years, it had been moved to Avignon by French pope Clement V in 1305, originally to escape the political turmoil rampant within Italy at the time.
1501 Cesare Borgia returns in triumph to Rome from Romagna
1524 Beginning of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to find a passage to China.
1536 François Rabelais absolved of apostasy by Pope Paul III
1562 French Protestants, Huguenots, were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain.
1584 Bohemia adopts the Gregorian calendar
1595 French king Henri IV declares war on Spain
1601 France gains Bresse, Bugey, Valromey & Gex in treaty with Spain
1605 First publication of Don Quixote.
1608 Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia surprises an Oromo army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 men.
1648 England's Long Parliament passes the Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
1656 Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of Königsberg
1656 Brandenburg & Sweden sign Treaty of Königsberg
1712 Composer John Stanley was born.
1718 Avalanche destroys every building in Leukerbad, Switzerland; kills 53
1728 Composer Johann Gottfried Muthel was born.
1734 Composer Francois-Joseph Gossec was born.
1745 Colonial missionary to the American Indians David Brainerd wrote in his journal: 'Oh, how comfortable and sweet it is, to feel the assistance of divine grace in the performance of the duties which God has enjoined on us!'
1746 Battle of Falkirk Muir, the Jacobites under Charles Stuart defeat Hanoverian forces.
1757 German Diet declares war on Prussia
1773 Captain James Cook and his crew become the first Europeans to sail below the Antarctic Circle.
1775 9 old women burnt as witches for causing bad harvests, Kalisk, Poland
1775 R B Sheridan's "Rivals" premieres in London
1779 Captain Cook's last notation in ship's log Discovery
1781 Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle Battle of Cowpens in South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War .
1795 The Dudingston Curling Society was organized in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1799 Maltese patriot Dun Mikiel Xerri, along with a number of other patriots, is executed.
1806 James Madison Randolph, grandson of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, was the first child born in the White House.
1821 México permits Moses Austin & 300 US families to settle in Texas
1827 Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander
1832 Johannes van den Bosch appointed Governor-General of Dutch-Indies
1850 Composer Alexander Sergeievich Taneyev was born.
1852 The United Kingdom recognizes the independence of the Transvaal Boer colonies of the Transvaal.
1861 Flush toilet (with separate water tank and a pull chain) patented by Mr Thomas Crapper
1862 BBT Fort Henry TN by USS Lexington
1863 Civil War skirmish near Newtown, Virginia
1864 General Longstreet's command ends heavy fighting at Dandridge TN
1871 Andrew S. Hallidie received a patent for a cable car system.
1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
1873 A group of Modoc warriors defeat the United States Army in the First Battle of the Stronghold, a part of the Modoc War.
1874 Armed Democrats seize Texas government ending Radical Reconstruction
1882 Thomas Edison's exhibit opened the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London.
1882 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office
1885 A British force defeats a large Mahdists Dervish army at the Battle of Abu Klea in the Sudan.
1893 -17ºF (-27ºC), Millsboro DE (state record)
1893 Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown when a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic.
1893 The Citizen's Committee of Public Safety, led by Lorrin A. Thurston, overthrows the government of Queen Liliuokalani of the Kingdom of Hawaii, she is deposed, Kingdom of Hawaii becomes a republic.
1895 French President Casimir-Perier resigns, Félix Faure installed as president of France
1900 Mormon Brigham Roberts was denied a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for his practicing of polygamy.
1900 The United States takes possession of Wake Island where there was in important cable link between Hawaii and Manila.
1900 Yaqui Indians in Texas proclaimed their independence from Mexico.
1904 Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
1905 Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer & C G Scannell, Chicago, IL.
1911 Failed assassination attempt on premier Briand in French Assembly
1911 Percy Mackaye's "Scarecrow" premieres in New York City NY
1912 English explorer Robert Falcon Scott & his expedition reach the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten him there by one month. Scott and his party died during the return trip.
1913 All partner interests in 36 Golden Rule Stores were consolidated and incorporated in Utah into one company. The new corporation was the J.C. Penney Company.
1913 Raymond Poincaré elected President of France
1914 Gerhart Hauptmann's "Der Bogen des Odysseus" premieres in Berlin
1915 Antoni van Leeuwenhoek's Hospital in Amsterdam opens
1915 Russia occupies Bukovina & Western Ukraine
1916 Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in NYC, 1st PGA Championship Jim Barnes at Siwanoy Country Club, Bronxville NY.
1917 The United States pays Denmark $25 million for the Virgin Islands.
1920 Paul Deschanel elected President of France
1923 Belgian Working people Party protest against occupied Ruhrgebied
1923 Origin of Brown lunation numbers
1926 George Burns marries Gracie Allen
1928 The fully automatic, photographic film-developing machine was patented by A.M. Josepho.
1929 Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by Elzie Segar, first appears in the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip.
1933 Bradman takes second Test wicket, Hammond, bowled
1934 Ferdinand Porsche submitted a design for a people's car, a "Volkswagen," to the new German Reich government.
1934 Electric Home & Farm Authority incorporated
1934 New York Giants reward NL MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract
1938 "Stepmother" debuted on CBS radio.
1938 Supreme Soviet elects Michail Kalinin as presidium chairman
1939 Ed Barrow is elected Yankee president succeeding deceased J Ruppert
1941 Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek open fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.
1943 Tin Can Drive Day
1944 Corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean
1945 Liberation of Warsaw by Soviet troops (end of Nazi occupation)
1945 Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody. Wallenberg was credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews.
1945 Gilbert Dodds, record miler (4 05.3), retires to do gospel work
1945 Soviet and Polish  forces capture the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw during World War II.
1945 The Nazis begin the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces close in.
1946 The United Nations Security Council holds its first session.
1947 Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
1948 Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire
1948 Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in New York City NY
1949 "The Goldbergs" debuted on CBS-TV. The program had been on radio since 1931. The TV version lasted for four years.
1950 "Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY for 46 performances
1950 The Great Brinks Robbery, 11 men rob $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities from armored car company Brink's offices in Boston, Massachusetts
1951 China refuses cease-fire in Korea
1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)
1954 NFL Pro Bowl East beats West 20-9
1954 Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister)
1955 Submarine USS Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage
1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART
1959 "Say, Darling" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 332 performances
1959 Senegal and the French Sudan joined to form the Federal State of Mali.
1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1960 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 38-21
1961 President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military-industrial complex".
1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders the assassination of Congo's Lumumba
1962 NASA civilian pilot Neil A Armstrong takes X-15 to 40,690 m
1962 Roy Harris' 8th Symphony, premieres in San Francisco
1963 Joe Walker takes X-15 to altitude of 82 km
1963 The Baptist World Mission was incorporated in Chicago. This independent organization of Baptist tradition is engaged primarily in evangelism, church planting and education in 17 overseas countries.
1963 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA San Francisco Warriors scores 67 points vs Los Angeles
1966 A B-52 carrying four H-bombs collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker refuelling tanker and crashes on Spanish coast dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea in the Palomares incident. Eight crewmembers were killed.
1966 Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago
1968 Soyuz 4 & 5 completed 1st docking of 2 manned spacecraft
1969 "Lady Samantha" was released in England. It was one of the very first recordings by Reginald Kenneth Dwight, better known as Elton John.
1969 Charlie Watts' (Rolling Stones) book, Ode to a High Flying Bird was published. The book was a tribute to Charlie Parker.
1969 Led Zeppelin's debut album was released in US.
1969 Soyuz 5 lands
1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK
1970 Billy Stewart and three of his band members were killed when their car went out of control and off a bridge over the River Neuse in North Carolina.
1970 The Doors played the first of several shows at the Felt Forum in New York City. The shows were recorded for use on their "Absolutely Live" album.
1970 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft
1970 AFL Pro Bowl West beats East 26-3
1970 John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Massachusetts)
1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
1971 Marvin Gaye sang the U.S. national anthem at SuperBowl V in Miami, FL.
1971 Super Bowl V Baltimore Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Chuck Howley, Dallas, Linebacker
1972 Highway 51 South in Memphis, TN, was renamed Elvis Presley Blvd.
1973 City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi
1973 New constitution names Ferdinand Marcos "President for Life" of the Philippines.
1974 Dino Martin, singer and son of Dean Martin, was arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of two machine guns. He was arraigned and released the next day on $5,000 bail.
1974 Styne, Comdem & Green's musical "Lorelei" premieres in New York City NY
1976 "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow hits #1
1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency
1977 Double murderer Gary Gilmore became the first to be executed in the U.S. in a decade. The firing squad took place at Utah State Prison, ending a ten-year moratorium on Capital punishment in the United States..
1977 7th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 24-14
1977 Kansas City releases Tommy Davis, ends an 18-year career with 10 teams
1977 Zaire President Mobutu visits Belgium
1979 Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton announced that they would record an album together.
1979 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees Iran
1979 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1979 New York Islanders didn't get a shot off in 1 period against New York Rangers
1980 NASA launches Fltsatcom-3
1981 Philippino President Marcos ends state of siege
1982 "Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
1983 10th American Music Award Kenny Rogers
1983 Alabama Governor George C Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time
1983 The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating.
1984 Supreme Court rules (5-4) private use of home VCRs to tape TV programs for later viewing does not violate federal copyright laws
1985 Leonard Nimoy got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1985 Azharuddin scores second Test century in second Test (v England)
1986 Tim Witherspoon beats Tony Tubbs in 15 to regain WBA heavyweight title
1987 President Reagan signs secret order permitting covert sale of arms to Iran
1988 "Teddy & Alice" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City NY after 77 performances
1988 Leslie Manigay elected President of Haiti
1989 Al Arbour wins his 600th NHL game as coach
1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami
1989 Victoria Murden & Shirley Metz are 1st women to reach South Pole overland (on skis)
1989 Stockton massacre, Patrick Purdy opens fire with an assault rifle at the Cleveland Elementary School playground, killing five children and wounding 29 others and one teacher before taking his own life.
1990 Who, Simon & Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1990 5th Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Awards Bobby Darin
1990 Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract
1990 Who, Simon & Garfunkel, 4 Seasons, 4 Tops, Hank Ballard, Platters & Kinks inducted into Cleveland's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1991 Harald V becomes King of Norway on the death of his father, Olav V.
1991 Coalition airstrikes began against Iraq after negotiations failed to get Iraq to retreat from the country of Kuwait.  Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning. Iraq fires 8 Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation, 1st US pilot shot down (Jeffrey Zahn).
1991 Mountie Jacques Rougeau beats Hart for WWF intercontinental title
1992 "Michael Jackson...the Legend Continues" aired on CBS-TV.
1992 An IRA bomb, placed next to a remote country road in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, killed seven building workers and injured seven others.
1992 Sarah Ferguson attends dinner of Everglades club (club excludes Jews)
1993 14th ACE Cable Awards HBO wins 32 awards
1993 Russian Irina Privalova cycles world record 300m indoor (35.45")
1994 Donny Osmond fought the Partridge Family's Danny Bonaduce in a charity boxing match in Chicago, IL. Bonaduce won a split decision.
1994 The 1994 Northridge earthquake rocked Los Angeles, CA, registering a 6.7 on the Richter Scale. At least 61 people were killed and about $20 billion in damage was caused.
1994 Liz Taylor released from the hospital after hip treatment
1995 "Carousel" closes at Beaumont Theater New York City NY after 322 performances
1995 The Great Hanshin earthquake, More than 6,000 people were killed when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 devastated the city of Kobe, Japan, also causing extensive property damage .
1995 Australia beat Australia A 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1995 Los Angeles Rams announce that they are moving to St Louis
1996 Pink Floyd was officially inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
1996 The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.
1997 A court in Ireland granted the first divorce in the Roman Catholic country's history.
1997 Israel gave over 80% of Hebron to Palestinian rule, but held the remainder where several hundred Jewish settlers lived among 20,000 Palestinians.
1997 Metallica's video "King Nothing" premiered on MTV.
1997 NBA suspends Dennis Rodman indefinitely/$25,000 for kicking cameraman
1997 A Delta 2 carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
1998 Paula Jones accuses U.S. President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment, President Clinton gave his deposition in the Paula Jones sexual harassment lawsuit against him. He was the first U.S. President to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil lawsuit.
1999 Cyndi Lauper was a voice on the TV show "The Simpsons."
2000 British pharmaceutical companies Glaxo Wellcome PLC and SmithKline Beecham PLC agreed to a merger that created the world's largest drugmaker.
2001 Congo's President Laurent Kabila was shot and killed during a coup attempt. Congolese officials temporarily placed Kabila's son in charge of the government.
2001 President Bill Clinton posthumously raises Meriwether Lewis' rank from Lieutenant to Captain.
2001 The director of Palestinian TV, Hisham Miki, was killed at a restaurant when three masked gunmen walked up to his table and shot him more than 10 times.
2002 It was announced that Microsoft had signed a joint venture agreement to produce software with two partners in China. The two partners were Beijin Centergate Technologies (Holding) Co. and the Stone Group.
2002 Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
2007 The Doomsday Clock is set to five minutes to midnight in response to North Korea nuclear testing.
2010 Penang dragon boat accident occurs in Penang, Malaysia
2013 4 people are killed and over 2,000 are evacuated after a massive flood hits Jakarta, Indonesia
2013 8 people are killed in a plane crash in Chiapas, Mexico
2013 33 people are killed by a series of bombs across Iraq
2013 106 people are massacred by Syrian army forces in Homs
2013 Second day of the Hostage Crisis in Amenas, Algeria. Thirty-nine international workers and one security guard die in a hostage crisis at a natural gas facility near In Aménas, Algeria
2013 Japan unveils plans to build the world’s largest wind farm near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
2014 21 people are killed in a suicide bombing in a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan

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1342 Philip, the Bold, duke of Burgundy
1463 Friedrich III, the Wise, Elector of Saxony (1486-25) (d. 1525)
1484 George Spalatin, German reformer (d. 1545)
1501 Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (History of Plants) (d. 1566)
1504 Pius V, (Antonio Ghislieri) saint, pope (1566-72) (d. 1572)
1517 Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of Johannes)
1545 Antonio Pace, composer
1560 Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (d. 1624)
1574 Robert Fludd, composer
1600 Calderon, writer
1600 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Spanish playwright (d. 1681)
1612 Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English Civil War general (d. 1671)
1657 Pieter van Bloemen, (Standaart), Flemish painter, baptized
1659 Antonio Veracini, composer
1666 Antonio Maria Valsalva, Italian anatomist (d. 1723)
1683 Gerard van Loon, Dutch historian
1686 Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766)
1706 Benjamin Franklin, American statesman and inventor (d. 1790)
1712 John Stanley, English composer (d. 1786)
1719 Jean-Joseph Vade, composer
1719 William Vernon, American merchant (d. 1806)
1728 Johann Gottfried Muthel, composer
1732 King Stanislaw II August Poniatowski of Poland, last king of Poland (1764-95) (d. 1798)
1733 Thomas Linley, composer
1734 François-Joseph Gossec, Belgian composer (Les Pêcheurs, Mirza) (d. 1829)
1745 Nicolas Roze, composer
1759 Paul Cuffe, Massachusetts, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist
1761 James Hall, Scottish geologist (d. 1832)
1769 Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer
1771 Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel (Wieland)
1789 August Neander, German theologian (d. 1850)
1798 Auguste Comte, French sociologist (d. 1857)
1806 James Madison Randolph, (Jefferson's grandson) 1st born in White House
1814 Ellen Wood, English author (East Lynne, Pomeroy Abbey) (d. 1887)
1818 Antoine Dorion, (L) joint premier of Canada (1858, 1863-64)
1820 Anne Brontë, British author (Tenant of Wildfell Hall) (d. 1849)
1828 Eduard Remenyi, Hungarian violinist (d. 1898)
1828 Lewis A. Grant, American Civil War general (Union volunteers) (d. 1918)
1831 Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903)
1832 Henry Martyn Baird, American educationalist (d. 1906)
1834 Wilhelmina J R Albregt-Engelman, Dutch actress/daughter of Mimi Bia
1834 August Weismann, German biologist (d. 1914)
1835 Antanas Baranauskas, Lithuanian bishop/poet/dialectologist
1835 Johan Filip von Schantz, composer
1836 Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer
1842 Anton G van Hamel, founder (Roman Philology in Netherlands)
1845 Lucas Lindeboom, Dutch vicar/evangelist (Vredebond)
1850 Aleksandr Sergeyevich Taneyev, Russian composer (d. 1918)
1851 A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)
1853 Alva Vanderbilt Beaumont, women's rights advocate & activist (d. 1933)
1857 Eugene Augustin Lauste, French inventor (1st sound-on-film recording) (d. 1935)
1857 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austrian composer (Evangelimann) (d. 1941)
1858 Tomás Carrasquilla, Colombian writer (Frutos de mi Tierra) (d. 1940)
1860 Anton Chekhov
1860 Douglas Hyde, Irish President of Ireland (d. 1949)
1862 John E Akkeringa, Dutch painter/etcher
1863 Henry Charles Tonking, composer
1863 Constantin Stanislavski, Russian theatre practitioner (Stanislavski Method) (d. 1938)
1863 David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister (1916-22) (d. 1945)
1864 Lucien Herr, France, scientist (Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller)
1865 Charles Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1951)
1867 Carl Laemmle, German-born film executive (d. 1939)
1871 David Earl Beatty British admiral (d. 1936)
1871 Nicolae Iorga, Romanian writer (d. 1940)
1873 Francois Rasse, composer
1875 Florencio Sánchez, Uruguayan dramatist (d. 1910)
1876 Frank Hague, American politician (d. 1956)
1876 Olga Fastrova, writer
1877 Hans Jelmoli, composer
1877 May Gibbs, Australian children's author (d. 1969)
1878 Oscar Apfel, Cleveland OH, actor (Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn)
1880 Mack Sennett, Canadian film director (Keystone Kops) (d. 1960)
1881 Alfred R Radcliffe-Browne, British anthropologist (Andaman Islanders)
1881 Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician (d. 1941)
1881 Harry Price, English psychic researcher and writer (d. 1948)
1882 Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (Mark of Zorro, Sea Wolf) (d. 1946)
1883 Sir Compton Mackenzie, Scottish novelist (d. 1972)
1884 Mack Sennet
1885 E Ball-Hennings, writer
1885 Joseph Arendt, Belgian worker's union leader
1886 Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933)
1886 Ronald Firbank, London England, novelist (The Flower Beneath the Foot)
1886 Glenn L. Martin, American aviation pioneer (d. 1955)
1886 Ronald Firbank, British novelist (d. 1926)
1887 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
1891 Norman "Squab" Read, US aviator who lived to be 101
1891 Walter Eucken, German economist
1891 Marjorie Gateson, Brooklyn NY, actress (One Man's Family)
1896 Harry Reser, Ohio, orchestra leader (Sammy Kaye Show)
1897 Nils Asther, Malmö Sweden, actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster)
1897 Marcel Petiot, French mass murderer (d. 1946)
1899 Al Capone, Italy, gangster (Chicago bootlegging)
1899 Robert Maynard Hutchins, US, educator/civil libertarian
1899 Roel [Martinus F] Houwink, Dutch literary (1 Man Without Character)
1899 Al Capone, American gangster (d. 1947)
1899 Nevil Shute, English author (On the Beach, Town Like Alice) (d. 1960)
19-Nina Wilcox New York City NY, actress (Harbourmaster, Jessica Novak)
19-William Lucking Vicksburg MI, actor (A-Team, Jessie, Shannon)
1900 Olga Maria Nicolis di Robilant, patron of the arts
1901 Aron Gurwitsch, Lithuanian-born philosopher (d. 1973)
1901 Vasily Petrovich Shirinsky, composer
1902 Geoffrey W Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy (1951-55)
1903 Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Assamese poet, playwright, film maker (d. 1953)
1903 Warren Hull, American actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World) (d. 1974)
1904 Grant Withers, Pueblo CO, actor (Oklahoma, Annie)
1904 Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds)
1905 Franz Schmid, Germany, ascended northside of Matterhorn (1931)
1905 Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (d. 1966)
1905 Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1905 Jan Zahradnícek, Czech poet (d. 1960)
1905 Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)
1907 Henk Badings, Dutch composer (Orestes) (d. 1987)
1908 Akkineni LV Lakshmi Varaprasada Rao Prasad, producer
1908 Cus D'Amato, American boxing manager (d. 1985)
1910 Michael Economides, restaurateur
1910 Edith S Green, (Representative-D-OR)
1911 Hermann Pfrogner, Austria, musicologist (Zerrissene Orpheus)
1911 Luis W Alvarez, US, physicist (sub atomic, Nobel 1968)
1911 George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1912 Orest Alexandrovich Evlahkov, composer
1913 Werenfried [Flip] van Straaten, founder (Oostpriesterhulp)
1913 Vido Musso
1913 Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India vs England)
1914 Anacleto Angelini, Chilean businessman (d. 2007)
1914 Irving Brecher, American Screenwriter (d. 2008)
1914 William Stafford, American poet and essayist (d. 1993)
1916 Joel Herron, Chicago Ill, orchestra leader (Jaye P Morgan Show)
1916 Peter Frelinghuysen, American politician
1917 Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, (MGR), Indian film star, politician
1917 Oskar Morawetz, Svetla Czechoslovakia, composer
1917 Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (d. 2007)
1917 Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer
1917 M. G. Ramachandran, Indian politician, actor (d. 1987)
1918 Joseph Walker Barr, banker/politician
1918 George M. Leader, American politician
1918 Keith Joseph, British politician (d. 1994)
1920 Joseph George Handy Hendleman, musician
1920 George Handy
1920 Nora Kaye, New York City NY, prima ballerina
1921 Antonio Prohias, Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
1921 Dehl Berti, Pueblo Colo, actor (John Taylor-Guns of Paradise)
1922 Luis Echeverria Alvarez, president Mexico
1922 Nicholas Katzenbach, American politician
1922 Betty White, American actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls)
1922 Luis Echeverría Álvarez, Mexican President of Mexico
1923 Carol Raye, Australian actress
1923 Onno Molenkamp, Dutch actor (Lifespan, Broken Mirrors, The Lift)
1924 Jewel Plummer Cobb, educator/president (California State University at Fullerton)
1925 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Scenes & Arias)
1925 Duane Hanson, US sculptor
1925 Rock Hudson, Winnetka IL, actor (McMillian & Wife)
1925 Abdul Kardar, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1996)
1925 Edgar Ray Killen, American convict, former preacher and K.K.K. member
1925 Patricia Owens, Canadian actress (d. 2000)
1925 Robert Cormier, American author, columnist and reporter (d. 2000)
1926 Clyde Walcott, cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman)
1926 Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and statesman
1926 Richard Michael Hills, comedy script writer
1926 Clyde Walcott, cricketer (one of the three W's, later ICC chairman)
1926 Moira Shearer, Scottish actress, ballerina (Red Shoes) (d. 2006)
1927 Donald Erb, Youngstown, Ohio, composer
1927 Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer
1927 E.W. Swackhamer, American television & film director (d. 1994)
1927 Eartha Kitt, American actress (The Emperor's New Groove) and singer (Catwoman-Batman) (d. 2008)
1927 Norman Kaye, Australian actor and musician (d. 2007)
1927 Tom Dooley, American humanitarian (d. 1961)
1928 Jean Barraqué, French composer (d. 1973)
1928 Vidal Sassoon, English cosmetologist (Vidal Sasson)
1928 Ken Archer, cricketer (Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s)
1929 Jacques Plante "Jake the Snake" , Canadian ice hockey player, NHL goaltender (#1) (d. 1986)
1930 Bill Benyon, English large landowner/Conservative Lower house leader
1930 Eddie LeBaron, American football player
1930 Robert Ceely, composer
1930 Thomas P Stafford Oklahoma, astronaut (Gemini 6, Gemini 9, Apollo 10)
1931 Frederick Alfred Fox, composer
1931 Don Zimmer, American baseball coach
1931 James Earl Jones, American actor (Dr. Strangelove, Darth Vader-Star Wars, Exorcist II, Soul Man)
1931 L. Douglas Wilder, American 66th Governor of Virginia
1932 Sheree North, American actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Breakout, Madigan) (d. 2005)
1933 Aga Khan, religious leader (Muslims)
1933 Bruno Schroder, British baron/banker/multi-millionaire
1933 (Yolande Christina) Dalida, French singer, Miss Egypt (The 6th Day) (d. 1987)
1933 Sadruddin Aga Khan, French-born Pakistani diplomat, Prince (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) (d. 2003)
1933 Shari Lewis, American ventriloquist (Lamb Chop) (d. 1998)
1934 Donald Cammell, film director
1934 Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer
1935 Jimmy Powell, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1990 Southwestern Bell Classic)
1935 Paul O[sborne] Williams, US, sci-fi author (Ends of the Circle)
1935 Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware
1936 Jerry Fogel, Rochester NY, actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow)
1937 Troy Donahue
1937 Alain Badiou, French philosopher
1938 John Bellairs, US, sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom)
1938 Paul Revere, Harvard Nebraska, pianist (Paul Revere & Raiders)
1939 Maury Povich, American talk show host (Current Affair, Maury)/Mr Connie Chung
1939 Antao D'Souza, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62)
1939 Toini Gustafson, Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier (Olympics-gold-1968)
1940 H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenya, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
1940 Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali, South African poet (Fireflames)
1940 Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan runner
1940 Tabare Vazquez, President of Uruguay
1941 Dame Gillian Weir, New Zealand organist
1942 Muhammad Ali, [Cassius Clay], American heavyweight champ boxer (1964-7 74-8)
1942 Nancy Parsons, American actress (d. 2001)
1942 Randy Boone, Fayetteville NC, actor (Cimarron Strip, Virginian)
1942 Ulf Hoelscher, German violinist
1942 Ita Buttrose, Australian journalist and businesswoman
1943 Daniel Charles Brandenstein, Watertown Wi, astronaut (STS 8, 51-G, 32, 49)
1943 Chris Montez, American singer
1943 Geoffrey Deuel, American actor
1943 René Préval, President of Haiti
1944 Françoise Hardy, French singer
1945 Javed Akhtar, Indian lyricist, poet and scriptwriter
1945 William Hart, US singer (4 Gents, Delfonics-I'm Sorry)
1946 Michèle Deslauriers, Quebec actress
1947 Gail Toushin, LPGA golfer
1947 Todd Susman, St Louis Mo, actor (Goodnight Beantown)
1947 Ulysses Dove, dancer/choreographer
1947 Jane Elliot, New York City NY, actress (Baby Boom, General Hospital, Knots Landing)
1948 Alexander "Alec" Erwin, South African worker's union leader
1948 Mick Taylor, rock bassist (Rolling Stones)
1948 Anne Queffélec, French pianist
1948 Davíð Oddsson, Prime Minister of Iceland
1948 Jim Ladd, American freeform (radio format) Disc Jockey
1949 Debbie Watson, La Mirada CA, actress (Karen, Tammy)
1949 Andy Kaufman, American comedian (Latka Gravas-Taxi) (d. 1984, or did he??)
1949 Mick Taylor, British musician (The Rolling Stones)
1950 Luis López Nieves, Latin American writer
1951 Rolando Thoeni, Italy, slalom (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1952 Darrell Porter, American baseball player (d. 2002)
1952 Larry Fortensky, American former husband of Elizabeth Taylor (7th)
1952 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician (Academy Award 1988, Yellow Magic Orchestra)
1953 Sheila Hutchinson, musician
1953 Carlos Johnson, American blues musician
1954 Janet Dykman, Monterey Park California, archer (Olympics-1996)
1954 Susan Kiefel, Australian lawyer and judge
1954 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer and environmental activist (Natural Resources Defense Council), son of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy
1955 Steve Earle, American musician (Guitar Town)
1956 David Caruso, actor (NYPD Blue, Michael Hayes)
1956 Mitch Vogel, Alhambra California, actor (Jamie-Bonanza)
1956 Paul Young, English musician (Every Time You Go Away)
1957 Ann Nocenti, American comic book writer
1957 Steve Harvey, American actor, comedian and radio personality
1957 Donna Stone, New Jersey, fencer-epee (Olympics-96)
1957 Susanna Hoffs (Bangles)
1957 Keith Chegwin, English television presenter
1957 Michel Vaarten, Belgian cyclist
1958 Jez Strode, musician (Kajagoogoo)
1959 Momoe Yamaguchi, Japanese singer and actress
1959 Susanna Hoffs, American musician (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
1960 John Crawford, Palo Alto Ca, bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away)
1960 Chatchai Plengpanich, Thai actor
1960 Chili Davis, Jamaican-born American baseball player (California Angels)
1960 John Crawford, American musician
1961 Brian Helgeland, American writer and film director
1961 Susanna Hoffs actress/rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
1961 Maia Chiburdanidze, Russian women's Chess grandmaster
1962 Denis O'Hare, Actor (The Proposal)
1962 Jim Carrey, Canadian comedian (Living Color), and actor (Dumb & Dumber, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
1962 Sebastian Junger, American journalist and author
1963 Kai Hansen, German singer and guitarist (Gamma Ray)
1964 Jeff Tabaka, US baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1964 Andy Rourke, English bass guitarist (The Smiths)
1964 Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, wife of Barack Obama
1965 Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
1965 Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer
1966 Anna Ivan, La Jolla Cal, tennis star
1966 Don Myrah, Oakland California, cyclist (Olympics-20th-96)
1966 Karissa Rushing, Benton Arkansas, Miss Arkansas-America (1991)
1966 Rexton Gordon "Shabba Ranks" Jamaican dj/rapper (Extra Naked)
1966 Trish Johnson, Bristol England, LPGA golfer (1993 Las Vegas)
1966 Joshua Malina, American actor (A Few Good Men)
1966 Stephin Merritt, American singer and songwriter (The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths, The Gothic Archies)
1967 Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (d. 2007)
1967 Gregory Caccia, Bayshore NY, team handball right back (Olympics-1996)
1967 Song Kang-ho, South Korean actor
1967 William Michael Heinen Jr, Rayne LA, PGA golfer (1994 Shell Houston)
1967 Richard Hawley, English singer, guitarist, and songwriter (Pulp, The Longpigs)
1968 Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch writer
1968 Svetlana Masterkova, Russian athlete
1968 Craig Strong, American actor & voice actor
1969 Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director
1969 Naveen Andrews, British actor (Lost, The English Patient)
1969 Tijs Verwest, (DJ Tiësto) Dutch DJ
1970 Candace Murray, Vancouver BC, softball shortstop (Olympics-96)
1970 Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-born animator
1970 James Wattana, Thai snooker player
1970 Darnell Walker, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers)
1970 Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player (Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes)
1971 Kid Rock, American singer
1971 Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician
1971 Peter Winter, Australian decathlete (Olympics-96)
1971 Tyler Houston, US baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves)
1971 Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress
1971 Derek Plante, Cloquet, NHL center (Buffalo Sabres)
1971 Ann Wolfe, female boxer
1971 Richard Burns, English rally driver (d. 2005)
1971 Sylvie Testud, French actress
1972 Wendall Gaines, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals)
1972 Rohn Meyer, CFL offensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 Benno Fürmann, German actor
1972 Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter
1973 Amanda Elizabeth Spivey, Spartanburg SC, Miss South Carolina-America (1995)
1973 Aaron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican footballer
1973 Liz Ellis, Australian netball captain
1974 Derrick Mason, American football player, wide receiver (Tennessee Oilers)
1974 Guillermo Mercedes, Dominican/US baseball infielder (Texas Rangers)
1974 Marcus Spriggs, offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills)
1974 Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian musician
1974 Yang Chen, Chinese footballer
1974 Sharon Marie Ferris, New Zealand, yachter (Olympics-96)
1974 Danny Bhoy, Scottish comedian
1974 Marco Antonio Barrera, Mexican boxer
1975 Freddy Rodriguez, Puerto Rican-American actor (Planet Terror)
1975 Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter/producer
1975 Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher)
1976 Anne Stedman, Actress (Space Cowboys)
1977 Ali el Kattabi, soccer player (Sparta)
1977 Kevin Fertig, American professional wrestler
1977 Leigh Whannell, Australian screenwriter/actor (Saw)
1978 Irina A Borisova, Miss Universe-Ukraine (1996)
1978 Pater Sparrow, Hungarian director/production designer
1979 Oleg Lisogor, Ukranian swimmer
1980 Gareth McLearnon, Northern Irish flautist
1980 Kimberly Spicer, American model
1980 Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Ukrainian ballroom dancer
1981 Diogo Morgado, Actor (The Forest)
1980 Zooey Deschanel, American actress (Elf)
1981 Ray J, American R&B singer
1981 Scott Mechlowicz, American actor (EuroTrip)
1981 Warren Feeney, Northern Irish footballer
1982 Alex Varkatzas, American Singer (Atreyu)
1982 Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
1982 Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer (The Wilkinsons)
1982 Fany Hwang, Korean actor
1983 Andrea Lowell, American Model
1983 Julie Budet, French Electronic-Pop Musician
1983 Johannes Herber, German basketball player
1983 Rick Kelly, Australian racing driver
1983 Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish footballer
1984 Calvin Harris, Scottish music producer and vocalist
1984 Sophie Dee, Welsh actress (Theatre of the Deranged), pornographic actress
1985 Kang-In, South Korean singer, dancer, actor, MC, and DJ (Super Junior)
1985 Riyu Kosaka, Japanese singer (BeForU)
1985 Simone Simons, Dutch singer (Epica)
1986 Hale Appleman, American actor
1987 Kim Santiago, Actress (Elektra: The Hand & the Devil)
1988 Jonathan Keltz, Actor (21 & Over)
1989 Hollie-Jay Bowes, English actress
1990 Tiago Resende, Writer (António Resende: Um Portuense Ilustre)
1991 Jameson Moss, Actor (Easy A)
1992 Nate Hartley, Actor (Drillbit Taylor)
1993 Frankie Cocozza, Reaity TV personality (X-Factor)
1994 Bianca Brown, Actress (Vigilance)
1995 Connor Cruise, Actor (Red Dawn)
1996 Caitlin Sanchez, Actress (Phoebe in Wonderland)
1997 Ashley Francis, Actress (Match.Dead)

HIDE

395 Theodosius I, the Great, Spanish emperor of Rome (b. 347)
1103 Frutolf, German monk/musicologist/historian,
1119 Boudouin VII Hapkin, count of Flanders,
1229 Albert of Buxhoeveden, Bishop of Riga, German soldier and founder (Sword Knights)
1369 King Peter I of Cyprus (murdered) (b. 1328)
1468 Skanderbeg, Albanian leader (b. 1405)
1598 Fyodor I Tsar of Russia (b. 1557)
1600 Giordano Bruno, Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer(b. 1548)
1604 Santino Garsi, composer, at 61
1617 Faust Vrančić, Croatian inventor (b. 1551)
1617 Pieter C Bockenberg, Dutch historian, at 68
1620 Diego Alvarez de Paz, Spanish missionary/writer (Peru), at about 59
1625 Nicolo Rubini, composer, at 50
1654 Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (b. 1625)
1661 Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed
1676 Pier Francesco Cavalli, Italian opera composer, at 73
1702 Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin
1705 John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627)
1718 Captain Benjamin Church, Plymouth Colony settler and military leader
1737 Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
1738 Jean-François Dandrieu, French composer (b. 1682)
1751 Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor) (b. 1671)
1781 Marie de Negre Dables, marquess,
1788 Alessio Prati, composer, at 37
1805 Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron, French interpreter, at 73
1820 Daniel W Wyttenbach, Dutch classicist/historian, at 73
1823 Zacharius Werner, German playwright, at 36
1826 Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga y Balzola, Spanish composer (b. 1806)
1830 W Waiblinger, writer,
1833 James Ball Antyne, Scot founder (Ball Antyne Press), at about 60
1833 William Rush, Indians sculptor (Spirit of the Schuylkill),
1834 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (b. 1762)
1856 Thomas Attwood Walmisley, composer, at 41
1861 Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)
1863 E J Horace Vernet, French painter (b. 1789)
1869 Aleksandr Dargomyzhsky, Russian composer (b. 1813)
1874 Chang and Eng Bunker, Chinese/Thai Siamese twins (b. 1811)
1884 Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (b. 1804)
1886 Amilcare Ponchielli Italian composer (La Gioconda), at 51
1887 William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)
1889 Juan Montalvo, Ecuadorian author (Siete Tratados), at 56
1890 Salomon Sulzer, composer, at 85
1891 Johannes Josephus Hermanus Verhulst, composer, at 74
1891 George Bancroft, U.S. historian (b. 1800)
1892 Alexandre Levy, composer, at 27
1893 Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (1877-81) (b. 1822)
1901 Jacob G Agarah, Swedish algologist, at 87
1902 Gideon Scheepers, South African Boer leader, executed
1903 Ignaz Wechselmann, Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
1908 Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1835)
1909 Sir Francis Smith, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1819
1910 Thomas Crapper, inventor (flush toilet),
1910 Wilhelm F Kohlrausch, Germ physicist (Additiviteitsregel), at 69
1910 Thomas Crapper inventor (flush toilet),
1910 Wilhelm F Kohlrausch Germ physicist (Additiviteitsregel), at 69
1911 Francis Galton, English polymath, anthropologist, eugenicist (b. 1822)
1913 Carl Baermann, composer, at 73
1917 Hendrik Goeman Borgesius, Dutch politician, at 70
1927 Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)
1931 Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, son of Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (b. 1864)
1932 Albert Jacka, VC, Australian soldier (b. 1893)
1933 John Hodges, cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests),
1933 Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artist and designer (b. 1848)
1936 Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian author (b. 1885)
1938 William H Pickering, astronomer (predicted Pluto), at 79
1941 Jose Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese scholar (Etnografia), at 82
1942 Frederick Jerome Work, composer, at 61
1942 Walther von Reichenau, German field marshal (b. 1884)
1946 Gottfried Rudinger, composer, at 59
1947 Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, French Archbishop of Quebec (b. 1883)
1947 Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)
1952 Walter O "Spike" Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (Detroit Tigers) (b. 1877)
1955 Joannes A Veraart, Dutch judge/MP, (Jews in Netherlands), at 68
1956 Blind Alfred Reed, American folk, country, and old-time musician (b. 1880)
1959 Abdul Aziz, cricket, at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
1961 Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, murdered (b. 1925)
1962 Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet (Dead End), at 56
1964 Terence Hanbury White, English author (England Have My Bones) (b. 1906)
1966 Vincent J Donehue, director (Lonelyhearts), of Hodgkin's at 50
1967 Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (Redemption) (b. 1884)
1968 Julis Deutsch, Austria politician/General Spanish republican army, at 83
1969 Grazyna Bacewicz, composer, at 59
1970 Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoonist (b. 1890)
1970 Billy Stewart, American singer (I Do Love You), auto-accident (b. 1937)
1972 Betty Smith, American writer and singer (b. 1896)
1972 Rochelle Hudson, actress (That's My Boy, Curly Top), from pneumonia
1973 Fred Essler, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown), at 77
1976 Ad Verhoeven, soccer player (Xerxes/Sparta), in auto-accident
1977 Dougal Haston, Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
1977 Gary Gilmore, American murderer, executed in Utah, 1st US execution since 1967 (b. 1940)
1980 Barbara Britton, actress (Pamela-Mr & Mrs North), at 59
1981 Loukas Panourgias, Greek footballer (b. 1899)
1983 Doodles Weaver, American actor (Ring of Fire), shoots himself (b. 1911)
1987 Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (b. 1908)
1989 Sterling A Brown, US poet/critic (Southern Road), at 87
1990 Charles Hernu, French minister of Defense (1981-85),
1991 King Olav V of Norway, king of Norway (1957) (b. 1903)
1992 Bill Walker, actor (Big Mo, Mask, Harlem Globetrotters), at 95
1992 Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), cancer
1992 Dorothy Alison, actress (Maggie, 3rd Key, Long Arm),
1992 Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (b. 1915)
1993 Albert Hourani, English historian (b. 1915)
1993 Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta),
1994 Allan G Odell, Ad exec (Burma Shave), at 90
1994 Chung Il Kwon, PM of S Korea (1964-70),
1994 Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor Sax Player, at 66
1994 Han Jansen, Dutch journalist (Volkskrant), at 61
1994 Helen Stephens, American runner (b. 1918)
1994 Klaas Peereboom, Dutch sports reporter (Het Parool), at 77
1994 Noel Chiboust, trumpeter/sax, at 84
1994 Yevgeny Ivanov, Soviet spy involved in the Profumo affair (b. 1926)
1995 Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, at 82
1995 Urias Nooteboom, Dutch journalist/critic (The Time), at 54
1996 Amber Hagerman, American namesake of the Amber Alert system (b. 1986)
1996 Barbara Charline Jordan, American politician (b. 1936)
1996 Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist, at 83
1996 Giles William Playfair, writer, at 85
1996 John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman, at 83
1996 Mostafa Sid Ahmed, Sudanese singer (b. 1953)
1996 Robert Covington, drummer/singer, at 54
1997 Andrea Fisher, artist, at 21
1997 Asfa Wossen, [Amha Selassie], crown emperor of Ethiopia in exile,
1997 Bert Kelly, Australian politician (b. 1912)
1997 Clyde William Tombaugh, American astronomer, discoverer (Pluto) (b. 1906)
1998 Emil Sitka, actor (3 Stooges shorts), of stroke at 82
1998 Junior Kimbrough, American bluesman (b. 1930)
1999 Robert Eads, American transsexual (b. 1945)
1999 Samantha Reid, American girl killed by GHB overdose (b. 1984)
2000 Philip Jones, British trumpeter (b. 1928)
2001 Gregory Corso, American poet (b. 1930)
2002 Bishop Karas, Sudanese-born American religious leader (b. 1955)
2002 Camilo Jose Cela, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
2002 Queenie Leonard, American actress (b. 1905)
2003 Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
2003 Richard Crenna, American actor (b. 1926)
2004 Czeslaw Niemen, Polish musician (b. 1939)
2004 Harry Brecheen, American baseball player (b. 1914)
2004 Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931)
2004 Ray Stark, American stage and film producer (b. 1915)
2004 Czeslaw Niemen, Polish musician (b. 1939)
2005 Albert Schatz, American microbiologist (b. 1920)
2005 Charlie Bell, Australian fast food executive (b. 1960)
2005 Virginia Mayo, American actress (b. 1920)
2005 Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919)
2006 Pierre Grondin, French Canadian cardiac surgeon (b. 1925)
2006 Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930)
2007 Art Buchwald, American humorist (b. 1925)
2007 Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951)
2008 Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
2008 Bobby Fischer, American chess player (b. 1943)
2008 Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. 1948)
2008 Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923)
2009 Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (b. 1943)
2010 Daisuke Gouri, Japanese seiyu (b. 1952)
2010 Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983)
2010 Jyoti Basu, Indian politician (b. 1914)
2011 Don Kirshner, American composer (b. 1934)
2012 Johnny Otis, R&B musician and talent scout, known as the godfather of rhythm and blues,
2012 Marty Springstead, American Major League baseball umpire and umpire superviser
2013 Tony Sheridan, British singer, songwriter, and musician (b. 1940)
2013 Robert F. Chew, American actor
2013 Lizbeth Webb, English soprano

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