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250 St Fabian ends his reign as Catholic Pope (236-50), Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Pope Fabian is martyred.
820 Book of mother, published
1045 Giovanni di Sabina elected Pope Sylvester III
1265 In Westminster, the first English parliament conducts its first meeting held by Simon de Montfort in the Palace of Westminster, now also known colloquially as the "Houses of Parliament".
1320 Duke Wladyslaw Lokietek becomes king of Poland.
1356 Scottish king Edward Baliol resigns
1472 Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment.
1502 The present-day location of Rio de Janeiro is first explored.
1503 Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs
1513 Christian II succeeds Johan I as Danish/Norwegian king
1523 Christian II is forced to abdicate as King of Denmark and Norway.
1525 Swiss & German mercenaries desert Francois I's army
1547 King Edward VI of England was enthroned following death of Henry VIII
1576 The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almanza.
1613 Gerard Reynst appointed Dutch gov-gen of East-Indies
1613 Peace of Knärod ends War of Kalmar between Denmark & Sweden
1648 Cornerstone of Amsterdam town hall laid
1649 Charles I of England goes on trial for treason and other "high crimes".
1653 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth
1667 The Treaty of Andrussovo ends a 13 year war between Poland & Russia.  The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cedes Kiev, Smolensk, and left-bank Ukraine to the Tsardom of Russia.
1669 Birth of Susannah Annesley, "Mother of Methodism." Born the 25th child in her family, she married Samuel Wesley in 1689 and bore him 19 children, the last two being John (1703) and Charles (1707) Wesley.
1673 1st recorded wine auction held (London)
1710 Johan Willem Friso becomes viceroy of Groningen Neth
1724 Georg F Handel's opera "Giulio Cesare in Egitto," premieres in London
1725 10 sleeping Indians scalped by whites in NH for £100 a scalp bounty
1732 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna
1737 French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies troops occupy Fort August, Scotland
1746 Bonnie Prince Charlie occupies Castle of Inverness
1758 English founder of Methodism John Wesley wrote in a letter: 'I cannot think of you, without thinking of God. Others often lead me to Him, as it were, going round about. You bring me straight into His presence.'
1768 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn)
1778 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge MA
1781 1st edition of Pieter It Hoens "Post of Neder-Rhijn" published
1783 The Kingdom of Great Britain signs a peace treaty with France and Spain, officially ending hostilities in the Revolutionary War.
1785 Samuel Ellis advertises to sell Oyster Island (Ellis Island), no takers
1788 Pioneer African Baptist church organizes in Savannah GA
1788 The third and main part of First Fleet arrives at Botany Bay. Arthur Phillip decides that Botany Bay is unsuitable for the location of a penal colony, and decides to move to Port Jackson.
1792 US postal service created, postage 6 cents 12 cents depending on distance
1798 Louis Alexandre Berthier removes Pope Pius VI from power.
1800 Napoleon I's sister Carolina marries King Joachim Murat of Naples
1801 John Marshall is appointed the Chief Justice of the United States.
1807 Napoleon convenes the great Sanhedrin, Paris
1809 Supreme Court rules federal government power greater than any state
1809 1st US geology book published by William Maclure
1810 Andreas Hofer, Tyrolean patriot and leader of rebellion against Napoleon's forces, was executed.
1811 Austria declares bankruptcy
1816 Rossini's opera "Barber of Seville" premieres in Rome
1823 English Capt James Weddell reaches 74°15' S, 1520 km from S pole
1831 Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow
1832 Charles Darwin visits Fernando Noronha in Atlantic Ocean
1835 Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die
1839 Congress prohibits dueling in District of Columbia
1839 In the Battle of Yungay, Chile defeats an alliance between Peru and Bolivia.
1840 Dumont D'Urville discovers Adélie Land, Antarctica
1840 Dutch King Willem II crowned
1841 China cedes Hong Kong to the British
1846 British occupy Sikh citadel of Lahore
1850 Investigator, 1st ship to effect northwest passage, leaves England
1856 John Rutledge, Liverpool-NY steamer, hits iceberg; many die
1860 Dutch troops conquer Watampone in Celebes
1861 Dept of Navy of Confederacy forms
1861 Steeple of Chichester Cathedral blown down during a storm
1864 Civil War battle of Olustee, Florida
1865 M I T forms 1st US collegiate architectural school
1866 Prim's Insurrection in Spain ends
1868 Florida constitutional convention meets in Tallahassee
1869 Tenn Gov W C Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis
1869 Elizabeth Cady Stanton becomes 1st woman to testify before Congress
1870 "City of Boston" vanishes at sea with all 177 aboard
1870 Hiram R Revels elected to fill unexpired term of Jefferson Davis
1872 Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin
1872 Luther Crowell patents a machine that manufactures paper bags
1872 Metropolitan Museum of Art opens (NYC)
1872 Silas Noble & JP Cooley patents toothpick manufacturing machine
1872 California Stock Exchange Board organized
1873 University of California gets its 1st Med School (UC/SF)
1877 1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
1877 International Association (minor baseball league) organizes
1879 Birth of Albert S. Reitz, American Baptist evangelist and clergyman. He published over 100 hymns during his lifetime. Of these, the one best remembered today is "Teach Me to Pray, Lord."
1879 British troops under Lord Chelmsford set camp at Isandlwana
1883 Billy Barnes takes a hat-trick, England vs Australia MCG
1885 L.A. Thompson patents the roller coaster.
1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh)
1887 Germany, Austria-Hungary & France end Triple Alliance
1887 The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base.
1890 Amsterdam Theater destroyed by fire
1892 At the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first official basketball game is played.
1895 Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo
1899 Ill Tel & Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system
1901 1st territorial legislature of Hawaii convenes
1902 Heavy surf breaks over Seal Rocks & damages Sutro Baths, SF
1903 Nick Young remains as NL president as AG Spalding ends challenge
1909 Publication of the Futurist Manifesto in the French journal Le Figaro.
1910 Ottawa Senators sweep Edmonton in 2 for the Stanley Cup (2nd of 1910)
1912 Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
1913 King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra.
1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition opens in SF
1917 Ammunitions ship explodes in Archangelsk harbor, about 1,500 die
1917 Kern, Bolton & Wodehouse's musical "Oh, Boy!," premieres in NYC
1918 In Russia, following the Bolshevik Revolution, all church property was confiscated and all religious instruction in the schools was abolished.
1919 French premier Clemenceau injured during assassination attempt
1920 Dutch 2nd Chamber passes school laws
1920 The American Civil Liberties Union is founded.
1921 Riza Khan Pahlevi seizes control of Iran
1921 British submarine K5 leaves with man & mouse
1921 Mountain Autonomous Republic (Dagestan ASSR) established in RSFSR
1921 The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
1922 Marc Connelly & George Kaufman's "To the Ladies," premieres in NYC
1922 Vilinus, Lithuania, agrees to separate from Poland
1922 WOR-AM in New York City begins radio transmissions
1922 Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris
1923 Christy Mathewson becomes pres of Boston Braves
1925 USSR & Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to USSR
1926 2nd German government of Luther begins
1927 Golfers in SC arrested for violating Sabbath
1929 American Samoa organizes as territory of US
1929 Red Sox announce they will play Sunday games at Braves Field
1929 In Old Arizona, the first full-length talking motion picture filmed outdoors, is released.
1930 Capelle soccer team forms
1930 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger" (WXYZ-Detroit)
1931 Congress allows California to build Oakland-Bay Bridge
1932 Japanese troops occupy Tunhua China
1933 Curom, Curacaose Broadcast System starts: Princess Juliana's speech
1933 House of Reps completes congressional action to repeal Prohibition
1933 Sidney Howard's "Alien Corn," premieres in NYC
1934 Virgil Thomson's opera "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens in NYC
1934 Japan sends Henry Pu Yi as regent to emperor of Manchuria
1934 "Fujifilm", the foundation of Fujifilm, the photographic and electronic industry in "Tokyo", "Japan".
1935 Karoline Mikkelson is 1st woman on Antarctica
1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
1937 1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, Ca
1937 -45ºF (-43ºC), Boca CA (state record)
1937 Franklin Roosevelt is inaugurated for a second term as U.S. President. This is the first inauguration on January 20 (held every 4th years thereafter). The date was changed from March 4 by the 20th Amendment to the Constitution.
1938 UK Foreign Sec Eden resigns, says PM Chamberlain appeased Germany
1939 Charles Ives' 1st sonata "Concord" premieres
1939 Hitler proclaims to German parliament to exterminate all European Jews
1940 Larry Clinton & his Orchestra record "Limehouse Blues"
1941 1st transport of Jews to concentration camps leave Plotsk Poland
1941 Nazis order Polish Jews barred from using public transportation
1941 Romania breaks relations with Netherlands
1941 Béla Bartók's 6th string quartet, premieres in New York City NY
1941 Franklin Roosevelt is the only President inaugurated for a third term.
1942 Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace, single-handedly shoots down 5 Japanese heavy bombers.
1942 At the notorious Wannsee Conference in Berlin, German Nazi officials decided on their "Final Solution to the Jewish Question", which called for a mass extermination of all the Jews in Europe, accelerating The Holocaust.
1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
1942 Japanese invade Burma
1943 Allied troops occupy Kasserine pass in Tunisia
1943 American movie studio executives agree to allow the Office of War Information to censor movies.
1943 New volcano Paracutin erupts in farmer's corn patch (Mexico)
1943 Phil Wrigley & B Rickey charter All-American Girls Softball League
1943 Lead SD, temp is 52ºF, while 1.5 miles away Deadwood SD records -16ºF
1943 Operation-Weiss Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian & Croatian
1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
1944 US takes Eniwetok Island
1944 The "Big Week" began with American bomber raids on German aircraft manufacturing centers in World War II.
1944 RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin
1945 Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented fourth and final inauguration is held at the White House due to wartime considerations.
1945 Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies in World War II.
1946 F Gouin follows De Gaulle as temporary leader of French government
1947 Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA
1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
1947 State of Prussia ceases to exist.
1947 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
1948 Czechoslovakia's non-communist minister resigns
1949 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)
1949 J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
1949 Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City NY for 35 performances
1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour
1950 WOL-AM in Washington DC swaps calls with WWDC
1950 Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands
1952 "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in NYC
1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified (Emmett Ashford)
1952 British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1953 August A Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million
1953 US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1953 1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY
1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the first Republican President in twenty years, 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address .
1954 -70ºF (-57ºC), Rogers Pass, Montana (state 48 record)
1954 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia
1954 Dmitri Shostakovich's "Concertino opus 94" premieres
1954 The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
1955 Fay Crocker wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1956 WOSU TV channel 34 in Columbus, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1956 Buddy Holly records "Blue Days Black Night" in Nashville
1957 Hughie Tayfield takes 9-113 v England, 13 wkts for match
1957 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1957 Gomulka wins Poland's parliamentary election
1957 Morton Gould's "Declaration" premieres in Washington DC
1958 Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
1958 LA Coliseum Comm approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility
1958 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1958 KUED TV channel 7 in Salt Lake City UT (PBS) begins broadcasting
1959 The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate.
1959 Dmitri Shostakovich's "Moscow-Tsjerjomoesjki" premieres in Moscow
1959 The first flight of the Vickers Vanguard.
1960 Jimi Hendrix, rock and roll guitarist, plays his first gig.
1960 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
1960 Hendrik Verwoerd announces a plebiscite on whether South Africa should become a Republic.
1961 Arthur M Ramsay becomes archbishop of Canterbury
1961 Francis Poulenc's "Gloria" premieres in Boston
1961 Robert Frost recites "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration
1961 Yugoslav ex-Vice-President Milovan Djilas flees
1961 John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the youngest elected and first Roman Catholic President of the U.S. His inaugural address is one of the most memorable of the 20th century.
1962 "Kean" closes at Broadway Theater New York City NY after 92 performances
1962 John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth (Friendship 7)
1963 End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey & Alan Davidson
1963 Willie Mays (SF Giants) signs a record $100,000 per year contract
1964 "Meet The Beatles" album released in US
1965 Beatles record "That Means a Lot"
1965 Ranger 8 makes hard landing on the Moon, returns photos, other data
1965 Turkish government of Uerguplu forms
1965 Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain
1965 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return
1965 The Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)
1965 The Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"
1966 Author Valery Tarsis banished in USSR
1968 John Cleese (Monty Python) marries Connie Booth
1968 State troopers used tear gas to stop demonstration at Alcorn A & M
1968 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1968 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
1968 The Houston Cougars defeat the UCLA Bruins 71-69 to win the Game of the Century, Houston ends UCLA's 47-game basketball winning streak.
1969 Richard M Nixon inaugurated as President
1969 U of Arizona reports 1st optical id of pulsar (in Crab Nebula)
1970 20th NBA All-Star Game East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia
1970 23rd NHL All-Star Game East beat West 4-1 at St Louis
1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali & Marciano
1971 Bruin Phil Esposito is NHL's quickest to score 50 goals in a season
1971 General Idi Amin Dada appointed president of Uganda
1971 Maj General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself president of Uganda
1971 Natl Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio & TV stations to go off the air. Mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1 18.8)
1971 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan
1972 1st time Cleveland Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)
1972 Ard Schenk becomes world champ skater
1972 Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee
1973 10th time Islanders shut-out-4-0 vs Penguins
1974 Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono
1974 Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1M from Houston Aeros, WHA
1974 4th NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 15-13
1974 7th ABA All-Star Game East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia
1974 Essex Community College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
1975 Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore
1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conserv Party
1975 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 5th NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 17-10
1975 Terrence McNally's "Ritz" premieres in New York City NY
1976 Muhammad Ali KOs Jan Pierre Coopman in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
1976 The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
1976 29th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 7-5 at Philadelphia
1977 "My Fair Lady" closes at St James Theater NYC after 384 performances
1977 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1977 George Bush, ends term as 11th director of CIA
1977 Mr Knoche, serves as acting director of CIA through March 9
1977 Jimmy Carter is inaugurated as the 39th President of the United States. He is the last President inaugurated at the east front of the Capitol, which had been the traditional site for Presidential inaugurations since 1829.
1978 4th People's Choice Awards: Star Wars, Carol Burnett & Bob Hope
1978 Bob Backland beats Billy Graham in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
1978 Egypt announces it is pulling its diplomats out of Cyprus
1978 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie"
1979 "Comin' Uptown" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 45 performances
1980 Actress Susan Dey (LA Law) weds producer Bernard Sofronski
1980 President Jimmy Carter announces US boycott of Olympics in Moscow
1980 Super Bowl XIV Pittsburgh Steelers beat Los Angeles Rams, 31-19 in Pasadena; Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, Quarterback
1980 US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1980 US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1981 Flight readiness firing of Columbia's main engines; 20 seconds
1981 James Sanford equals 50m indoor world record (5.61 sec)
1981 52 Americans held hostage in Iran for 444 days freed
1981 Admiral Stansfield Turner, USN (Retired), ends term as 12th director of CIA
1981 Islander Glenn Resch's 25th & last shut-out opponent-Flames 5-0
1981 Ronald Reagan inaugurated as President. Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated, at age 69 the oldest man ever to be inaugurated as U.S. President, Iran releases 52 American hostages. It is the first Presidential inauguration to be held at the west front of the Capitol.
1982 NY Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game
1982 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor KY
1982 Honduras constitution goes into effect
1982 Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament
1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)
1983 Roland Liboton becomes world champ cross-country cycling
1984 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1985 After defending his WBC flyweight championship, Sot Chitalada's check for $104,000 is stolen by a ringside pickpocket
1985 Cold front strikes US, at least 40 die (-27ºF (-33ºC) in Chicago)
1985 Super Bowl XIX San Francisco 49ers beat Miami Dolphins, 38-16 in Stanford; Super Bowl MVP Joe Montana, San Francisco, Quarterback
1986 LA Dodger Orel Hershiser is 1st to win a $1M salary by arbitration
1986 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a woman in Albany NY
1986 1st federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr
1986 Chunnel announced (railroad tunnel under English Channel)
1986 Military coup in Lesotho under General-Major Lekhanya & premier Leabua Jonathan
1986 Martin Luther King, Jr. day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
1987 Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City
1987 David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America," after 11 years
1987 Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon
1987 Rhino Records 1st #1-Billy Vera & the Beaters' "At This Moment"
1987 Church of England envoy Terry Waite is kidnapped in Lebanon.
1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil
1988 Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating
1988 Cornelia Oschkenat hurdles indoor world record 50m (6.58 sec)
1988 Kelly Hrudy's 5th Islander shut-out win-Hartford 3-0
1988 Peter Kalikow purchases NY Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million
1988 Rob Druppers runs world record indoor 1000m (2:16.2)
1988 Stefka Kostadinova high jumps indoor world record (2.06 m)
1988 André Hoffman skates world record 1500m (1 52.06)
1988 Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham
1989 An IRA bomb destroys a section of a British Army barracks in Ternhill, England
1989 Members of 1949 Oklahoma football team cancelled an April reunion because of deplorable conduct of Oklahoma players
1989 Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
1989 George H. W. Bush is inaugurated as the 41st President of the United States. Bush is the first Vice President in 148 years to rise to the Presidency other than by death or resignation. By serving two full terms, outgoing President Ronald Reagan has broken the Curse of Tippecanoe, Quayle becomes 44th Vice President.
1990 47th Golden Globes Born on 4th of July, Driving Miss Daisy win
1990 US 64th manned space mission STS 32 (Columbia 10) returns from space
1990 Tragedy at Baku, The Red Army killed Azerbaijani people in Baku.
1991 "Black & Blue" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City NY after 829 performances
1991 "Les Miserables" opens at Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles
1991 "Peter Pan" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City NY or 45 performances
1991 "Shogun The Musical" closes at Marquis Theater New York City NY after 72 performances
1991 "Taking Steps" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 78 performances
1991 33rd Grammy Awards: Another Day in Paradise, Mariah Carey
1991 A gigantic statue of Albania's long-time dictator, Enver Hoxha, is brought down in the Albanian capital, Tirana, by mobs of angry protesters.
1991 13th UCP Telethon
1991 Buffalo Bills beat Los Angeles Raiders 51-3 for AFC title
1991 Iraq pardes captured Allied airmen on TV
1991 Jane Geddes wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
1991 Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title
1991 US Patriot missiles begins shooting down Iraqi missiles
1991 Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
1992 "Private Lives" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 37 performances
1992 Orthodox patriarch Shenouda III visits Netherlands
1992 Ross Perot says he'll run for President on Larry King Show
1992 Australia beat India 2-0 to win the World Series Cup
1992 Score begins selling international soccer cards
1992 Air Inter Flight 148 crashes near Strasbourg, France, killing 82 passengers and 5 crew.
1993 Florida Marlins open their 1st spring training camp
1993 Lisa Walters wins LPGA Itoki Hawaiian Ladies Golf Open
1993 NY Islanders retire Billy Smith's number 31
1993 Admiral Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA
1993 Bill Clinton inaugurated as 42nd President
1994 3 Afghans take 70 Pakistani children hostage
1994 Johann Olav Koss skates world record 10 km (13:30.55)
1994 Pope John Paul II demands juristic discrimination of homosexuals
1995 "Love! Valor! Compassion!" opens at Walter Kerr New York City NY for 276 performances
1995 1994-95 NHL Season begin after a lengthy strike
1995 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record)
1996 46th NHL All-Star Game East beat West 5-4 at Fleet Center Boston
1996 Australia defeat Sri Lanka 2-0 to win World Series Cup
1996 US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
1996 WPAT FM New York City NY radio station switches to English-Spanish format
1997 "Stanley" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
1997 SF Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract
1997 Comet Hale-Bopp crosses Mars' orbit
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in New Orleans LA on KKND 106.7 FM
1997 Pakistan defeats West Indies 2-0 to win Australia one-day Series
1998 Tara Lipinski wins Olympic figure skating gold medal
1998 UN Sec-Gen Kofi Annan lands in Baghdad, for peace negotiations
1998 US movie box office hits quickest $1 billion for year (51 days)
1998 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts Mama & Papas, Eagles
1998 Warner Brothers TV Network begins Tuesday night programming
1999 The China News Service announces new government restrictions on Internet use aimed especially at Internet cafés.
2001 Philippine president Joseph Estrada is ousted in a nonviolent 4-day revolution, and is succeeded by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
2002 In Reqa Al-Gharbiya, Egypt, a fire on a train injures over 65 and kills at least 370.
2003 During a Great White concert in West Warwick, Rhode Island, a pyrotechnics display sets the club ablaze, killing 100 and injuring over 300 others.
2005 Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
2010 In Madeira Island, Portugal, heavy rain causes floods and mudslides, leaving at least 32 deaths in the worst disaster on the history of the archipelago.
2012 Scientists successfully regenerate Silene stenophylla from a 31,800 year old piece of fruit, greatly surpassing the previous record of 2,000 years
2012 South Korea angers North Korea as it proceeds with live fire drills in disputed Korean sea borders
2013 Austria votes to maintain compulsory military service in a referendum
2013 Final 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 Baltimore Ravens beat New England Patriots 28-13 in the AFC Championship Game
2013 San Francisco 49ers beat Atlanta Falcons 28-24 in the NFC Championship Game
2014 Credit cards of at least 20 million South Koreans are hacked

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225 Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)
1292 Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330) (d. 1330)
1358 Eleanor of Aragon, wife of John I of Castile (d. 1382)
1435 Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (d. 1490)
1494 Johan Friis, chancellor (Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism)
1507 Gentile Bellini, Italian artist (Sultan Mohammed II)
1523 Jan Blahoslav, Czech humanist/bishop (Bohemian brothers)
1554 King Sebastian of Portugal (d. 1578)
1586 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer (Fontana d'Israel) (d. 1630)
1622 Susanna van Baerle Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns
1632 Thomas Osborne, Duke of Leeds, English PM (1690-94)/founder (Tories)
1633 Jan de Baen, portrait painter/etcher
1654 Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet
1656 Johannes Schenck, German/Neth composer, baptised
1664 Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)
1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer
1703 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer
1716 Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer  (Greek Antiquity) and numismatist (d. 1795)
1716 King Charles III of Spain (1759-88) (d. 1788)
1732 Richard Henry Lee, American statesman (signed Declaration of Independence) (d. 1794)
1734 Franz Ignaz Beck, composer
1743 Pascal Boyer, composer
1745 Henry James Pye, English poet (d. 1813)
1745 Johann Peter Salomon, composer
1751 Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (d. 1826)
1752 Charles Broche, composer
1753 Louis Alexandre Berthier, French marshal (d. 1815)
1757 John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, English philanthropist (d. 1834)
1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer
1762 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer
1763 Adalbert Gyrowetz, composer
1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot
1770 Ferdinando Carulli, composer
1775 André-Marie Ampère, French physicist, discovered electromagnetism (d. 1836)
1779 Augustus Callcott, landscape painter, Kensington
1781 Joseph Hormayr Freiherr zu Hortenburg, Austrian politician (d. 1848)
1782 Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria
1783 Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
1784 Adam Black, Edinburgh Scotland, politician/publisher
1791 Carl Czerny, Vienna Austria, pianist/composer (Schule der Virtuosen)
1794 William Carleton, Irish novelist (d. 1869)
1796 Eduard W van Dam van Isselt, Dutch military/liberal politician
1798 Anson Jones, 5th and last President of Texas (d. 1858)
1802 Charles-Auguste de Beriot, Belgian violinist/composer
1803 Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer
1804 Eugène Sue, French novelist (d. 1857)
1805 Angelina Grimke, reformer/abolitionist/politician/lawyer
1806 Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder (American Monthly Magazine)
1808 Daumier, Marseilles France, artist
1809 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Neth-Indies
1809 Henry Walton Wessells, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1809 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer (La Paloma)
1812 Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
1812 Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896)
1813 Jacon Gartner Lauman, Brevet Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
1816 Josef Michal Ksawery Jan Poniatowski, composer
1819 Alfred Escher, Swiss politician, railroad entrepreneur (d. 1882)
1820 Mahlon Dickerson Manson, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1820 Anne Jemima Clough England, promoted higher education for women
1827 Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
1831 Pieter J Joubert, General (South Africa)
1834 George D. Robinson, 34th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896)
1835 Allessandro d'Ancona, Italian philologist
1837 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)
1838 James Barbour Terrill, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1839 Benjamin Waugh, American minister; founder of the NSPCC (d. 1908)
1843 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid, Constantinople, London)
1844 Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)
1844 Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist (statistical mechanics)
1844 Johan Peter Selmer, composer
1847 W R Pettiford, Founder (Alabama Penny Savings Bank)
1848 Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)
1850 Nérée Beauchemin, Canadian physician and poet (d. 1931)
1852 Nikolai Garin (Michailovski), Russian author (Tjoma Kartashov)
1854 Louis F M van Westerhoven, actor/singer/opera director (Youth)
1855 Ernest Chausson, French composer (Poème for Violin & Orchestra) (d. 1899)
1861 Nicolaas van Meeteren, Curacao, folklorist
1865 Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck
1866 Carl Westman, Swedish architect and designer (d. 1936)
1866 Richard Le Gallienne, English writer (Maker of Gainborg)
1867 Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (d. 1931)
1867 Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (d. 1944)
1868 Wilhelm Schäfer, German writer (Ein Totschläger)
1870 Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Holland, mystic poet/scholar (Verzen)
1870 Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer
1873 Charles A Ellwood US, sociologist/psychologist
1873 Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Nobel laureate (Energy Storage, Nobel 1944) (d. 1950)
1874 Mary Garden, Aberdeen Scotland, opera star
1876 Fyodor Akimenko, composer
1876 Józef Hofmann, Polish pianist (d. 1967)
1878 Finlay Currie, Scottish actor (Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers) (d. 1968)
1878 Ruth St. Denis, American dancer (Dances of the 5 Senses) (d. 1968)
1880 Jacques d'Adelswärd-Fersen, French aristocrat and novelist (d. 1923)
1880 Walter W. Bacon, American politician (d. 1962)
1881 Pedro Munoz Seca, Spanish playwright (Vengeanza de Don Mendo)
1883 Shiga Naoya, Japan, novelist (Road Through Dark Night)
1883 Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces
1884 A(braham P) Merritt, USA sci-fi author (Moon Pool, Creep Shadow!)
1886 Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)
1887 David McKinley Williams, composer
1887 Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright (Writ for Libel)
1888 Georges Bernanos, France, novelist (Diary of a Country Priest)
1888 Marie Rambert, Warsaw, English ballet producer/director/teacher
1889 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer
1889 Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter, Mooringsport LA, blues 12 string guitarist (Rock Island Line)
1889 Allan Haines Loughead, American aviation executive (d. 1969)
1891 Mischa Elman, Ukrainian born violinist (d. 1967)
1892 Roscoe Ates, Grange MS, actor (Deputy Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass)
1893 Elizabeth Holloway Marston, American psychologist (d. 1993)
1893 Russel Crouse, journalist/novelist/playwright (Life with Father)
1893 Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist (Eskimos)
1893 Georg Åberg, Swedish athlete (d. 1946)
1894 Harold L Gray creator (Little Orphan Annie)
1894 Walter Hamor Piston, American composer (Incredible Flutis) (d. 1976)
1895 Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)
1895 Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)
1895 Gábor Szego, Hungarian mathematician (d. 1985)
1896 Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist
1896 Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author (Janne Kubik)
1896 Rolfe Sedan, New York City NY, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show)
1896 George Burns, American actor, comedian (Oh God) (d. 1996)
1896 Isabel Withers, American actress (d. 1968)
1897 Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)
1897 Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist)
1898 Colin Clive (Greig), St Malo France, actor (Bride of Frankenstein)
1898 U Razak, Burmese politician (d. 1947)
1899 Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, LI NY, founder (Pan Am Airways)
1899 Leon Woizikowski, Polish dancer/ballet master (Ballets Russes)
1899 Alexander Tcherepnin, composer
1899 Clarice Cliff, English ceramic artist (d. 1972)
1899 Kenjiro Takayanagi, Japanese development of television (JVC) (d. 1990)
19-Colleen Zenk Pinter, Barrington IL, actress (Barbara-As the World Turns)
19-Karen Morris Gowdy, Cheyenne WY, actress (Faith-Ryan's Hope)
1900 Antonio Veretti, composer
1900 Graham Spry, St Thomas Ontario, Canadian radio pioneer
1900 Jean Negulesco
1900 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer
1900 Doris Deane Wisconsin, entertainer
1900 Colin Clive, British actor (d. 1937)
1901 Ali Muhammad Naguib, Khartoum, president of Egypt (1952-54)
1901 Cecil H King, Irish/British daily newspaper publisher (Daily Mirror)
1901 Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist
1901 Louis I Kahn, Estonia, architect (Bryn Mawr dormitory) (or Dec 20)
1901 René Jules Dubos, France, US microbiologist/author (Health & Disease)
1902 Ansel Adams, photographer (1966 ASMP Award)
1902 Leon Ames, American actor (Mr Ed, Father of the Bride) (d. 1993)
1903 Ella Maillart, explorer
1903 Karel Janacek, composer
1903 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer
1903 Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian
1904 Aleksei N Kosygin, Soviet premier (1964-80)
1904 Armin Loos, composer
1904 Bramwell Fletcher, Yorkshire England, actor (White Cargo, Mummy)
1904 Alexandra Danilova Peterhof, Russia, ballerina (Turning Point)
1904 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/grandson of Bakunin
1904 Theodore Brameld, author/educator (Use of Explosive Ideas)
1905 Jascha Golowanjuk, Swedish writer (Acrobat)
1907 Malcolm Atterbury, Phila, actor (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way)
1907 Nadine Conner, California, soprano (Carmen, Pamina-Magic Flute)
1907 Owain Jenkins, company director
1907 Roy Welensky, Premier (Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63)
1907 Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
1908 Grigori Yakovlevich Bakhchivangi, test pilot (BI-1)
1908 Rosalind Laura Burke, aviatrix
1908 Ian Peebles, cricketer (Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31)
1908 Paula Wessely, Austrian actress/producer (Masquerade)
1908 Wilfred Conwell Bain, composer
1908 Fleur Cowles, American writer, editor and artist (d. 2009)
1910 Julian Trevelyan, English Surrealist painter/collage maker
1910 Millicent Fenwick, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82)
1910 Abram Hill, director/playwright/founder (American Negro Theater)
1910 Ennio Porrino, composer
1910 Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician
1910 Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher
1910 Joy Adamson, Austrian naturalist and writer (Born Free) (d. 1980)
1911 Margot Grahame
1911 Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody)
1911 Wendell J. Westcott, American carillonneur
1912 Pierre Boulle, French author (d. 1994)
1912 Christopher Casson, Irish actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita)
1912 Walter Briggs, Jr., American sports executive (d. 1970)
1913 Jozef Kresanek, composer
1913 Mary Durack, poet
1913 Rex Tucker, TV writer/director
1914 John Daly, South Africa, newscaster/TV game show host (What's My Line)
1914 Marion Kettlewell, British director (WRNS)
1914 Willem J H Baart, Dutch vicar (Cuentanan di Nanzi)
1914 Wensley Pithey, Cape Town South Africa, actor (Winston Churchill-Ike)
1915 Philip Friend, Horsham England, actor (Vulture, Fur Collar)
1915 C W Ceram (Kurt W Marek), German/US writer (March of Archaeology)
1915 Joe Hitchcock, darts player (leader of St Dunstan's Four)
1915 Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan (d. 2006)
1916 Jackie Gleason, Bkln NY, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners)
1916 Julius Juzeliunas, composer
1916 Paul Tripp, NYC, TV host (Mr I Magination)
1916 Jopie (Johan A) Pengel, premier of Suriname (1963-69)
1916 Walter Bartley, biochemist
1917 Frederick Page, CEO (British Aerospace Aircraft Group)
1918 Leonore Annenberg, American Billionaire
1918 Juan García Esquivel, Mexican bandleader (d. 2002)
1918 Nevin S. Scrimshaw, American clinical
1919 Alex Nicol, Ossining NY, actor (Man From Laramie, Air Cadet)
1919 Royalton Kisch, British conductor
1919 Stepan Lucky, composer
1920 Armin Schibler, Dutch Swiss composer (Devil in the Winter Palace)
1920 Evgeny Dragunov, Russian weapons designer (d. 1991)
1920 Liesbeth Tonckens, (Wilhelmina), actress/lecturer (Free People)
1920 Federico Fellini Rimini, Italy, director (8½, Satyricon, La Dolce Vita)
1920 Peter Clemoes, anglo-Saxon scholar
1920 Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist
1920 Sam M Gibbons, (Representative-D-FL, 1963)
1920 DeForest Kelley, American actor (Dr McCoy-Star Trek) (d. 1999)
1920 Federico Fellini, Italian film director (d. 1993)
1920 Frank Kush, American football player and coach
1920 Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian author and ski jumper (d. 2006)
1921 Amanda Blake, (Beverly), Buffalo NY, actress (Kitty Russell-Gunsmoke)
1921 Joseph Albert Walker, Wash DC, test pilot (X-15)
1921 Nurv Shiner, singer
1921 Ruth Gipps, British(?) conductor/composer
1921 Bernt Engelmann, Germany, writer
1921 Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
1922 Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords (Conservative)
1922 Graham Stark, British actor
1922 Ray Anthony, American trumpeter, bandleader and actor (Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme)
1923 Forbes Burnham, premier Guyana (1964-85)
1923 Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer
1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, don't my jeans look great (poor little rich girl)
1924 Sidney Poitier, actor (Porgy & Bess, A Raisin in the Sun) or 1927
1924 Yvonne Loriod Houilles, France, pianist
1924 Slim Whitman, American singer
1925 Alex La Guma, Cape Town South Africa, novelist (A Walk in the Night)
1925 Heinz Kluncker, German trade union leader
1925 Pramudya Ananta Tur, Javanese author (Anak semua bangsa)
1925 Robert Altman, Kansas City MO, director (Nashville, M*A*S*H)
1925 Edwin Gordon, New York City NY, VOA correspondent
1925 Eugen Gomringer, writer
1925 George Connol NFL Hall-of-Famer
1925 Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan theologian and politician
1926 Cameron Rusby, British Vice-Admiral
1926 Edgar Meuli, cricketer (opened NZ batting in Test v South Africa 1953)
1926 Kenneth H Olsen, US, engineer/founder (Digital Equipment Corp)
1926 Richard Matheson, American author
1926 Robert Eugene Richards, Ill, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-48, 52, 56)
1926 David Eugene Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1926 Michael Higgins, Brooklyn NY, actor (1918, Wanda, Black Stallion)
1926 Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean
1926 Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, essayist and columnist
1926 Patricia Neal, American actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses)
1926 Qurratulain Hyder, Indian and Pakistani novelist (d. 2007)
1927 Roy Cohn, lawyer, "grand inquisitor" (for Sen Joseph McCarthy)
1927 Sidney Poitier, American actor
1927 Geoffrey WT Atkins ,British World Champion racket player (1954-72)
1927 Olivier Strebelle, Belgian sculptor/ceramist
1928 Donald Longmore, British cardiac surgeon
1928 Elroy Face, baseball pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1928 Martin Landau, Brooklyn NY, actor (Mission Impossible, Tucker, Space 1999)
1928 Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, actor (Flamingo Road, Different Story)
1928 William Berger, Austria, actress (Adventure of Hercules)
1928 Rudy Boesch, Contestant on Survivor: Borneo (3rd Place) and Survivor: All-Stars (17th Place)
1929 Amanda Blake, American actress (d. 1989)
1929 Toshiro Mayuzumi, Yokohama Japan, composer (Sphenogramme)
1929 Arte Johnson, American actor (Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie)
1929 Glenn Roberts, American race car driver (d. 1964)
1929 Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer
1930 Bill Walker, British MP
1930 Patricia Smith, New Haven Ct, actress (Bob Newhart Show)
1930 Willie Cunningham, Northern Irish footballer
1930 Edwin E "Buzz" Aldrin Jr, American astronaut (Gemini 12, Apollo 11)
1931 Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer (Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife)
1931 Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator
1931 David Lee, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate
1931 Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese songwriter and pianist (d. 1992)
1932 Adrian Cristobal, Filipino writer (d. 2007)
1932 Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player
1933 Hannes Postma, Dutch graphic artist
1933 Ron Townson, American singer (The 5th Dimension) (d. 2001)
1934 Bobby Unser, auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
1934 Lady Wharton
1934 Tom Baker, British actor (Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror)
1935 Alexander Men, Russian priest (d. 1990)
1935 Joan Weston, Roller Derby Queen (d. 1997)
1936 Larry Hovis, Wapito Wash, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Hogan's Heroes)
1936 Marj Dusay, (Mahoney), Russell Ks, actress (Kate-Bret Maverick)
1936 Roy Beggs, British MP
1936 Eldred G Maduro, minister (Netherlands Antilles)
1937 David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter (American Gothic)
1937 Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love)
1937 Robert Huber, Munich Germany, biochemist (Nobel 1988)
1937 Roger Penske, auto racer
1937 Dorothy Provine, American singer, dancer and actress (Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat)
1938 Jack Bicknell, WLAF head coach (Barcelona Dragons)
1938 Mona Mitchell, Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra
1938 Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2007)
1938 William Berger, Austrian actor (d. 1993)
1939 Barbara Ellis, Olympia Wa, rocker (Fleetwoods)
1939 Frank Arundel, English footballer
1939 Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher
1939 Murle Breer, LPGA golfer
1939 Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer
1939 Paul Coverdell, American politician (d. 2000)
1940 Barbara Laine Ellis, singer
1940 Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
1940 Jimmy Greaves, British broadcaster/soccer player
1940 RA Weiss, director (Institute of Cancer Research)
1940 V Payne, British headmistress (Malvern Girls' College)
1940 Carol Heiss Jenkins, New York City NY, figure skater (Olympics-gold/silver-56, 60)
1940 Jorge Peixinho, composer
1940 Carol Heiss, American figure skater
1940 Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician
1941 Buffy Sainte-Marie, Maine, folksinger (Now That the Buffalo Are Gone)
1941 Ronald Townson, rock vocalist (5th Dimension-Aquarius)
1941 Pierre Lalonde, Canadian singer and television host
1942 Charlie Gillett, Lancashire, rock broadcaster (Sound of the City)
1942 Claude Miller, director (Garde a Vue, Little Thief, Wild Child), (d. 2012)
1942 David O'Dowd, Chief Constable (Northamptonshire)
1942 Mitch McConnell, (Sen-R-KY, 1985)
1942 Peter Strauss, Croton-on-Hudson NY, actor (Rich Man Poor Man)
1942 Phil Esposito, NHL center/GM (Bruins, Rangers)
1942 Slim Whitman, yodeler/country singer (Home on the Range)
1942 Linda Moulton Howe, American investigative journalist and documentary producer-writer-director-editor
1943 Aleksandr Pavlovich Alexandrov, Russian, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-9, TM-3)
1943 Antonio Inoki, (Kanji Rikidozan), wrestler (NJPW/JWA)
1943 Lord McNally
1943 Mike Leigh, dramatist/director (High Hopes, Secrets & Lies)
1943 Roeland HG "Roel" van Duyn, Dutch Provo politician
1944 Lew Soloff, Bkln NY, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1944 Robert de Cotret, French Canadian politician (d. 1999)
1944 Roger Knapman, British MP
1944 Willem van Hanegem, Dutch soccer champ/coach (Feyenoord)
1944 Eddie Shah, English publisher (Today, Post)
1944 Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo (Olympics-gold-1964)
1944 Lieven Soete, Dutch publicist (Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact)
1944 Farhad Mehrad, Iranian musician (d. 2002)
1944 José Luis Garci, Spanish filmmaker
1945 Alan Hull, singer/composer
1945 Andrew Bergman, director/screenwriter (Soapdish, Honeymoon in Vegas)
1945 Annu Kapoor, Indian actor
1945 Brion James, American actor (d. 1999)
1945 Peter Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire
1945 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, cricket commentator and correspondent
1945 Eric Stewart, English musician and songwriter (10cc)
1945 Robert Olen Butler, American writer
1946 Brenda Blethyn, actress (Secrets & Lies)
1946 J(erome) Geils, NYC, rock guitarist (J Geils Band-Centerfold)
1946 Mieke H A Boers-Wijnberg, Dutch MP (CDA)
1946 Sandy Duncan, Henderson Tx, actress (Hogan Family)
1946 David Lynch, American film director (Blue Velvet, Dune, Eraserhead, Twin Peaks)
1947 Andre van Duin, (Kyvon), Dutch entertainer (Bloemkoole)
1947 Eggert Magnusson, Icelandic football executive
1947 Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42)
1947 Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
1947 Peter Strauss, American actor
1947 George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes)
1947 Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen)
1947 Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and directeur sportif
1948 A C Fabian, astronomer
1948 Barry Wordsworth, conductor
1948 Billy Zoom, musician
1948 Gerda Boykin, LPGA golfer
1948 John Browne, group chief executive, British Petroleum Company
1948 Anatoly Shcharansky, Soviet human rights activist/émigré
1948 Jerry L Ross, Indiana, Lieutenant-Colonel USAF/astronaut (STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74, 88)
1948 Melvyn John Pritchard, British Musician (Barclay James Harvest)
1948 Nancy Kress, American writer
1948 Natan Sharansky, Russian-born physicist and politician
1949 Eddie Hemmings, cricket off-spinner (immense England)
1949 Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Cz, ex-wife of Donald Trump (1st Wives Club)
1949 Kieron Walsh, academic
1949 Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden
1950 John Voldstad, Oslo Norway, actor (Darryl-Newhart)
1950 Ken Shimura, Japanese performer and actor
1950 Walter Becker, NYC, rock bassist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1950 Henk Batenburgh, cabaret performer/singer (Waaldrecht)
1950 Chuck Lefley, Canadian ice hockey player
1950 Edward Hirsch. American poet
1950 Liza Goddard, British actress
1950 Mahamane Ousmane, President of Niger
1951 Bonnie Lauer, LPGA golfer
1951 Edward Albert, LA Ca, actor (Jeff-Falcon Crest, Butterflies are Free)
1951 Gordon Brown, Giffnock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, British Labour Prime Minister (2007–10)
1951 Kathy Baillie, Morristown NJ, country vocalist (Baille Boys-Oh Heart)
1951 Phil Neal, English soccer player
1951 Randy California, (Wolfe), Cal, guitarist (Spirit-I Got a Line on You)
1951 Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russian cosmonaut
1951 Ian Hill, British musician, bass guitarist (Judas Priest)
1951 Ivan Fischer, Hungarian conductor
1952 Catherine Cummins, Clintwood Va, 1st of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1952 Paul Stanley, American musician (Kiss)
1953 Carol Cummins, Clintwood Va, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1953 Poison Ivy, American musician (The Cramps)
1953 Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch)
1954 Anthony Stewart Head, actor (Buffy Vampire Slayer)
1954 Jon Brant, rock bassist (Cheap Trick)
1954 Patty Hearst Shaw, SF, famous kidnap hostage (Tanya)
1954 Vasili Vasilyevich Tsibliyev, Rus col/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-17, TM-25)
1954 Ken Page, American cabaret singer and actor
1955 Kelsey Grammer, Virgin Islands, actor (Fraiser Crane-Cheers/Fraiser)
1955 Michael Anthony, rock bassist/singer (Van Halen-Pretty Woman, Jump, 1984)
1955 Hiromi Ota, Japanese singer
1955 Joe Doherty, Provisional Irish Republican Army member (jailed in US)
1955 Wyatt Knight, American actor
1956 Charles Cummins, Clintwood Va, 3rd of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1956 Charlie Adler, American voice actor
1956 Bill Maher, comedian
1956 John McNally Naha Okinawa, US rapid fire pistol (Olympics-84, 88, 92, 96)
1956 John Phillips Naber, Evanston IL, swimmer (Olympics-4 gold/silver-76)
1956 Bill Maher, American actor, comedian, and political analyst (Politically Incorrect, Real Time)
1956 Maria Larsson, Swedish politician
1957 Glen Hanlon, Canadian ice hockey coach
1957 Leonard C Clements, Cherry Point NC, PGA golfer (1994 Bob Hope-2nd)
1958 Carol Ficatier, Auscene France, playmate (December, 1985)
1958 James Wilby, Burma, actor (Howards End, Maurice)
1958 Lorenzo Lamas, American actor (Lance-Falcon Crest, California Fever)
1959 Bill Gullickson, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1959 Joel Rifkind, NY serial killer
1959 Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver
1959 Lea Antonoplis, West Covina CA, tennis star
1960 Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
1960 Kee Marcello, Swedish guitarist (Europe-Final Countdown)
1960 Mark Reilly, (Matt Bianco), rocker (Indio-Big Harvest)
1960 Apa Sherpa, Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer, summitted Everest 19 times
1960 Scott Thunes, American musician (Frank Zappa)
1960 Will Wright, American computer game designer
1961 Claudia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 4th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1961 Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress (Summer Story)
1961 Steve Lundquist, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1984)
1962 Adam Schreiber, NFL center/guard (Atlanta Falcons, NY Giants)
1962 Joel Ellis, rocker
1962 Kenn Nesbitt, American children's author
1962 Ria Coyne, Scranton Penn, comedienne (Betsy-Batman Forever)
1963 Charles Barkley, Leads Ab, NBA forward (Phoenix, Rockets, Oly-gold-96)
1963 Ian Brown, English rock vocalist (Stone Roses-Made of Stone)
1963 Jon Lynn Christensen, former Nebraska Congressman
1963 Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, Greek politician
1963 William Baldwin, NY, actor (Backdraft, Sliver, Flatliners)
1963 Scott Fisher, San Jose CA, Australian basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1963 Firebreaker Chip, American professional wrestler
1963 James Denton, American actor
1964 Christian Ruuttu, Lappeenranta FIN, hockey forward (Team Finland)
1964 French Stewart, NM, actor (Harry Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun)
1964 Jeffrey Allan Maggert, Columbia MO, PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney)
1964 Rodney Rowland, American actor
1964 Terry Ilous, rock vocalist (XYZ, Cannibal Jacket) (or Jun 28)
1964 Ozzie Guillen (Oculare del Tuy Venezuela), Venezuelan-born baseball player and manager (Chicago White Sox)
1964 Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player
1964 Victoria Sellers, London England, actress (Crime Zone, Warlords)
1964 Kazushige Nojima, Japanese game scenario writer
1964 Ron Harper, American basketball player, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
1965 Federica Moro, Carate Brianza Italy, Miss Italy (1982)
1965 Brad Brink, US baseball pitcher (San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies)
1965 Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
1965 Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer
1965 Greg Kriesel, American bassist (The Offspring)
1965 John Michael Montgomery, American singer
1965 Sophie, The Countess of Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
1966 Britt Hager, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos, St Louis Rams)
1966 Cecilia Cummins, Clintwood Va, 5th of 5 siblings born on 2/20
1966 Cindy Crawford, Dekalb Ill, super model (Sports Illustrated Swimsuit)
1966 Dennis Allen Mitchell, Cherry Point NC, 100m/200m (Olympics-silver-96)
1966 Derek Lilliquist, US baseball pitcher (Cleveland Indians, Atl Braves)
1966 Bert Weidner, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins)
1966 Chris Morris, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
1966 Rich Gannon, NFL quarterback (Kansas City Chiefs)
1966 Tia Carrere, Honolulu HI, actress (Wayne's World, General Hospital)
1966 Rainn Wilson, American actor
1966 Stacey Dash, American actress
1966 Tracii Guns, American guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
1967 Andrew Shue, actor (Melrose Place)
1967 Broderick Thomas, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Minn, Cowboys)
1967 Chris Singleton, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1967 Katherine Soucie, American voice actress
1967 Kurt Cobain, rock vocalist (Nirvana)/husband of Courtney Love
1967 Kurt Knudsen, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1967 Lili Taylor, actress (Ransom, Short Cuts)
1967 Rebekka Lynn Armstrong, Bakersfield Ca, playmate (Sep, 1986)
1967 Theresa Luke, Vancouver BC, rower (Olympics-96)
1967 Tom Waddle, NFL player (Chicago Bears/Cincinnati Bengals)
1967 Joe Pasquale, Musician (Prey)
1967 Mark Stepnoski, NFL center (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1967 Stacey Dash, Bronx NY, actress (Dionne-Clueless)
1968 Bennie Goods, CFL defensive tackle (Edmonton Eskimos)
1968 Lorraine Olivia, Geneva Ill, playmate (Nov, 1990)
1968 Ted Hankey, English darts player
1968 Junior Murray, cricketer (West Indies keeper, no relation to Derryck or David)
1968 Melissa Rivers, American reporter and actress
1968 Nick Anderson, American basketball player, NBA guard/forward (Orlando Magic)
1969 Gedo, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 Tommy Vardell, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions)
1969 Vaginal Davis, American drag queen and performance artist
1969 Andre Romal Cason, Virginia Beach VA, 100m runner
1969 Melissa Rivers, New York City NY, TV hostess (MTV, CBS Morning News)
1969 Tia Marie Zorne, Las Vegas NV, Miss America-Nevada (1990)
1969 Nicky Wire, British musician (Manic Street Preachers)
1969 Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker
1970 Bryan Robinson, defensive end (St Louis Rams)
1970 Cheyenne Brando, Papeete Tahiti, daughter of Marlon
1970 Jeff Robinson, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos, St Louis Rams)
1970 Leo Stefan, Chelyabinsk Russia, hockey forward (Team Germany)
1970 Anita St Rose, Miss Great Britain-Universe (1996)
1970 Dennis Hulshof ,soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1970 Deon Figures, cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1970 Marvin Benard, Bluefields Nicaragua, outfielder (San Francisco Giants)
1970 Rob Gaudreau Lincoln, NHL center (Ottawa Senators)
1970 Ron Carpenter, NFL/WLAF safety (New York Jets, Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 Terry Kirby, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers)
1970 Thomas "Tom" Murray, Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
1970 Kerri Kenney-Silver, American actress
1970 Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter, actor
1970 Skeet Ulrich, American actor (Scream)
1971 Jari Litmanen, soccer player (Ajax)
1971 Shalanda Burt, US murderess
1971 Shawn McKenzie, American programmer
1971 Alan Young, NFL defensive end (New York Jets)
1971 Andrei Skabelka, NHL forward (Belarus, Olympics-98)
1971 Johnny Mitchell, NFL tight end (New York Jets)
1971 Karin Smith, Miss Minnesota USA (1996)
1971 Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, American drummer (The Roots)
1971 Brian Giles, American baseball player
1971 Derrick Green, American singer (Sepultura)
1971 Gary Barlow, English singer (Take That)
1971 Gerard McDonnell, Irish mountaineer (d. 2008)
1972 Corinna Harney, Bremerhaven Germany, playmate (Aug, 1991)
1972 K-OS, Canadian musician/rapper
1972 Alcides Catanho, NFL outside linebacker (New England Patriots)
1973 Vladimir Iiic, WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons, Rhein Fire)
1973 Eddie Kennison, wide receiver (St Louis Rams)
1973 Jalen Rose, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
1973 Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant
1974 Katerina Kroupova, Olomouc Czech, tennis star (1994 Futures-Sofia-BUL)
1974 Ophelie Winter, French actress
1974 Calvin Harrison, Orlando Florida, 200m/400m runner
1974 Rae Carruth, wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
1974 David Dei, Italian footballer
1975 Brendan Witt, Humboldt, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
1975 Brian Littrell, singer (Backstreet Boys)
1975 Ismael Kirui, Marakwet Kenya, 5k runner
1975 Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player
1975 David Eckstein, American baseball player
1975 Norberto Fontana, Argentine racing driver
1976 Ed Graham, English drummer (The Darkness)
1976 Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
1976 Rohan Gavaskar, Left-handed batsman, India ODI 2004 (son of Sunil Gavaskar)
1976 Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
1976 Kirsty Gallacher, Scottish television presenter
1977 Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model
1977 Bartosz Kizierowski, Polish swimmer
1977 Sarah Ryan, Adelaide SA Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1977 Stephon Marbury, NBA guard (Minn Timberwolves)
1977 T.J. Slaughter, American football player
1977 Veronica Ledesma, Miss Universe-Argentina (1996)
1977 Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer (lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa)
1977 Melody, Belgian singer
1977 Sid Wilson, American Musician, (Slipknot)
1978 Andrea Moody, Abbotsford BC, 4X100 swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978 Jakki Degg, English glamour model/actress
1978 Jay Hernandez, American actor
1978 Julia Jentsch, German actress
1978 Lauren Ambrose, American actress
1978 Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer
1978 Joy Giovanni, American actress and glamour model
1978 Sonja Kesselschläger, German heptathlete
1979 Asaka Kubo, Japanese gravure idol of 20th Century
1979 Shang Yi, Chinese footballer
1979 Will Young, British singer
1980 Artur Boruc, Polish footballer
1980 Imanol Harinordoquy, French rugby union footballer
1980 Brigitte Olivier, Belgian judoka
1980 Philippe Cousteau, Jr., French oceanographer; grandson of Jacques Cousteau
1981 Chris Thile, American musician
1981 Tony Hibbert, English footballer
1981 Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress
1981 Daniel Cudmore, Canadian actor
1981 Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
1981 Jason Richardson, American basketball player
1981 Owen Hargreaves, English footballer
1982 Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
1982 Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer
1982 Joe Swash, English actor
1983 Jose Morales, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 Justin Verlander, American baseball player
1983 Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican baseball player
1983 Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
1983 Paula Taylor, English-Thai actress, model and presenter
1984 Olivia Hallinan, English actress
1984 Toni Gonzaga, Filipina actress and singer
1985 Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player
1985 Yulia Volkova, Russian singer (t.A.T.u.)
1986 Derek Fathauer, American professional golfer
1988 Rihanna, Barbadian singer
1989 Melanie Leishman, Canadian actress
1991 Jolyon Palmer, English racing driver; son of Jonathan Palmer

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250 Fabianus Pope (236-50), saint
287 St. Sebastian
702 K'inich Kan B'alam II, king of the Maya state of Palenque (b. 635)
820 Abu Abdallah M ibn Idris al-Sjafi'i Islamic (Book of Mother),
842 Theophilus Byzantine, kaiser (829-42), dies
882 Louis II/III the Younger, German king (876-82)
1054 Yaroslav I, the Wise, ruler (Kiev)
1154 Saint Wulfric of Haselbury Plucknett
1156 Bishop Henry, patron saint of Finland
1171 Conan IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1138)
1191 Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (b. 1167)
1194 Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies
1258 Al-Musta'sim, last Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad
1408 Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (b. 1342)
1431 Martinus V, (Oddo Colonna), Italian Pope (b. 1368)
1479 King John II of Aragon (b. 1397)
1524 Tecún Umán, last leader of the Quiché-Maya
1568 Myles Coverdale, English Bible translator
1569 Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician, 50
1579 Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)
1595 Ernst, archduke of Austria, 41
1612 Rudolf II von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612) (b. 1552)
1618 Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)
1626 John Dowland, composer
1628 Gregor Aichinger, German composer/organist, about 63
1639 Mustapha I, sultan of Turkey (1622-23), dies
1656 James Ussher, Irish bible scholar/anglican archbishop, 76
1663 Isaac Ambrose, English Puritan divine (b. 1604)
1666 Anna of Austria, queen of France, wife of Louis XIII of France and regent, daughter of Philip III (b. 1601)
1667 David ben Samuel Halevi, rabbi/author (Shulchan Aruch)
1691 Christian de Placker, composer, 77
1707 Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707)
1707 Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
1709 François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624)
1713 Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian
1727 John van Bylevelt, Catholic apostle,
1731 Frederich Karl Erbach, composer, 50
1737 Elizabeth Rowe, poet
1739 Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)
1745 Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), 47
1746 Guillaume Coustou Sr, French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), 68
1751 John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician (b. 1665)
1762 Tobias Mayer, German astronomer (b. 1723)
1770 Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1722)
1771 Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (b. 1678)
1773 Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia/Duke of Savoy (CE III), 71
1778 Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (b. 1711)
1779 John Burman, Dutch botanist/director (botanical gardens), 71
1779 David Garrick, English actor (b. 1717)
1786 Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht, composer, 70
1788 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Dutch regent (Utrecht), 68
1789 Johann Christoph Oley, composer, 50
1790 Joseph II, Emperor of Holy Roman empire, 48
1798 Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master, 66
1803 Marie Dumesnil, French actress (b. 1713)
1806 Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (b. 1725)
1809 Johann Joseph Emmert, composer, 76
1810 Andreas Hofer, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France), executed at 42
1810 Johann Friedrich Kranz, composer, 57
1810 Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (b. 1722)
1813 C M Wieland, writer, 79
1817 Martin de Ron, composer, 27
1819 Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) (b. 1748)
1830 Michal Bogdanowicz, composer, 50
1837 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), 84
1838 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, 64
1845 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer, 57
1848 (Willem) Alexander FCNM, prince of Neth/gen-maj, 29
1848 Christian VIII of Denmark (b. 1786)
1850 Adam Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (b. 1779)
1851 Josef Alois Ladurner, composer, 81
1855 Joseph Hume, social reformer, dies
1857 Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer, 32
1859 Bettina Brentano, composer, 73
1859 B v Arnim, writer, 73
1860 Henry Drummond, English banker/religious leader, 69
1862 Felix Zollicoffer, General, killed after mistakenly riding into Union lines
1871 Paul Kane, Irish-born painter (b. 1810)
1873 The Venerable Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
1875 Jean-François Millet, French painter (b. 1814)
1877 Dato Maharajalela Lela, Malay nationalist.
1882 John Linnell, British painter/miniaturist/engraver
1890 Franz Paul Lachner, composer, 86
1891 David Kalakaua, King of Hawaii (b. 1836)
1892 Hermann Kopp, German chemist (Law of Kopp), 74
1893 P.G.T. Beauregard, American Confederate general (b. 1818)
1895 Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, 77
1896 Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, 37
1900 Richard D Blackmore English novelist (Lorna Doone), 74
1900 John Ruskin, English art critic (Dearest Mama Talbot) (b. 1819)
1901 Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (b. 1826)
1904 Gustav Adolf Heinze, composer, 83
1905 Jeremiah W. Farnham, American merchant captain
1905 Stanislaw Pilinski, composer, 65
1907 (Ferdinand-Frederic-)Henri Moissan, chemist (Nobel 1906), 54
1908 John Ordronaux, American Civil War army surgeon, a professor of medical jurisprudence, and pioneering mental health commissioner (b. 1830)
1910 Boetros Ghali, Egyptian premier, murdered
1911 Alexander Alexandrovich Kopilov, composer, 56
1911 Peter Nicolai von Wilm, composer, 76
1913 José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852).
1914 Emil Liebling, composer, 62
1914 Henry Southwick Perkins, composer, 80
1916 Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Swedish politician (Nobel 1908), 71
1920 Robert E Peary, US pole explorer (North Pole, 6/4/1909), 63
1920 Georg Lurich, Estonian wrestler (b. 1876)
1936 John Hope, president of Atlanta University, 67
1936 Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
1936 King George V of the United Kingdom, succeeded by Edward VIII (b. 1865)
1937 "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series)
1940 Omar Bundy, American army general (b. 1861)
1941 La Bolduc, French Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1894)
1942 Guido Gasperini, composer, 76
1943 Giacomo Benvenuti composer, 57
1944 James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist (b. 1860)
1946 Hugh Allen, musician, dies
1947 Josh Gibson, American baseball player, Negro League (b. 1911)
1948 Mahatma Gandhi, India's pacifist, assassinated
1949 Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), 87
1951 Howard Brockway, composer, 80
1952 Arthur Farwell, composer, 74
1954 Warren Bardsley, cricketer (41 Tests for Australia, 2469 runs)
1954 Fred Root, English cricketer (England pace bowler in 3 Tests vs Australia 1926) (b. 1890)
1957 James Connolly, 1st Olympic winner (1896) since Barasdates (369 CE)
1958 Thurston Hall, actor (Mr Schuyler-Topper), 75
1959 Ray McDonald, dancer, dies of barbituate overdose at 38
1959 Carl Switzer, actor (Alfalfa-Our Gang), shot to death at 31
1960 Leonard Woolley, archaeologist, dies
1960 Matt Moore, actor (Deluge, Coquette), 72
1961 Otto E Huiswoud, (Frank Billings), editor (Negro Worker), 67
1961 Percy Aldridge Grainger, Australian/US composer/pianist, 78
1962 Halliwell Hobbes, 64
1962 Robinson Jeffers, American poet (Dear Judas) (b. 1887)
1963 Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor (b. 1914)
1963 Jacob Gade, Danish composer(b. 1879)
1964 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28)
1964 Jan Rychlik, composer, 47
1965 Fred Immler, German actor (b. 1880)
1965 Alan Freed, American disk jockey (Big Beat) (b. 1922)
1966 Chester W Nimitz, US admiral (WW II), 80
1968 Anthony Asquith, dies
1969 Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor/composer, 85
1969 Jack Ingram, actor (Law of the West), dies of heart attack at 66
1970 Albert Louis Wolff, composer, 86
1970 Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (b. 1885)
1971 Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (1st Movie Cowboy) (b. 1880)
1972 Herbert Menges, composer, 69
1972 Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love & Hisses), 74
1973 Brigitte Reimann, writer, 39
1973 Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian/US violinist, 80
1973 Maurice Dallimore, actor (Collector), 60
1973 Amilcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan and Cape Verdian politician, fought for Guinea Bissau independence, murdered (b. 1924)
1973 Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician (b. 1885)
1974 David Monrad Johansen, composer, 85
1974 Edmund Blunden, British poet/critic, 77
1975 Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild, bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), 76
1975 Lillian Fontaine, actress (Suddenly it's Spring), 88
1975 Robert Strauss, actor (Sgt Gruzewsky-Mona McCluskey), 61
1975 Franz André, Belgian conductor, 81
1976 Kathryn Kuhlman, religious leader/faith healer, dies
1979 Gustav Winckler, Danish singer (b. 1925)
1980 Alice Longworth Roosevelt, youngest daughter of Theodore, 96
1983 Fritz Köberle, Austrian-Brazilian physician (b. 1910)
1983 James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), 37 in ski accident
1983 Ray Vitte, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest), killed by police at 33
1983 Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
1984 Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, composer, 61
1984 Paul Dirac, British theoretical physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (b. 1902)
1984 Jackie Wilson, musician, 49 from a heart attack
1984 Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (Tarzan, Jungle Jim) (b. 1904)
1985 Clarence Nash, voice (Donald Duck), 80 of leukemia, in Calif
1985 Jo Juda Dutch, musician, 75
1986 Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer, 88
1986 Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch foreign minister (VVD), 58
1987 Ivan Brkanovic, composer, 80
1987 Tom Dollery, cricketer (4 Tests for England 1947-50)
1988 Philippe de Rothschild, Bordeaux, Vineyard manager, dies in Paris at 86
1988 Dora Stratou, Greek choreographer and folklorist (b. 1903)
1988 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pashtun Nationalist & non-violent freedom fighter (b. 1890)
1989 Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), 94
1989 Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (b. 1938)
1990 Miloslav Istvan, composer, 61
1990 Naruhito Higashi-Kuni, Japanese PM (1945)
1990 Barbara Stanwyck (Ruby Stevens), American actress (Big Valley) (b. 1907)
1990 Hayedeh, Persian singer (b. 1942)
1991 Bill Riordon, US tennis promoter (Jimmy Connors)
1991 Louis Seigner, actor (Eclipse, Special Section), dies in a fire at 87
1992 Andrew Schenck, conducter, dies of melanoma at 51
1992 Dick York, actor (Bewitched), dies of emphysema at 63
1992 Joan Dixon, actress (Hot Lead, Bunco Squad, Gunplay), 66
1992 Roberto D'Aubuisson, El Salvadorian founder (ARENA)
1992 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72)
1992 Roberto d'Aubuisson, leader of El Salvador, dies
1993 Ferruccio Lamborghini, Italian auto-designer (Miura)
1993 Joseph Anthony (Deuster), US director/actor (Rainmaker), 80
1993 Mercer McCleod, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 86
1993 Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Roman Holiday) (b. 1929)
1994 Derek Jarman, English director (Last of England), 52
1994 Manuel F "Garincha" dos Santos, soccer player (Brazil), 49
1994 Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan Vice-President (1963-66), about 81
1994 Sir Matt Busby, Scottish football player and coach (Manchester United) (b. 1909)
1995 John Humphreys Whitfield, italianist, 88
1995 Shlomo Averbach, Rabbi, buried in Jerusalem, 250,000 attend
1995 John Halas, Hungarian/US cartoonist (Animal Farm), 81
1995 Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), 86
1995 Robert Shaw, town Planner, 81
1996 Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot, 83
1996 Michael Herford Wooller, TV/film producer, 69
1996 Solomon Asch, American psychologist (b. 1907)
1996 Toru Takemitsu, composer, 65
1996 Walter Charles Marshall, scientist, 63
1996 Buster Benton, singer/guitarist, 63
1996 David Robin Francis Guy Greville, 8th Duke of Warwick, 61
1996 Ellis Hillman, politician, 68
1996 Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent, 83
1996 Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic, 85
1996 Sidney Korshak, lawyer, 87
1996 Gerry Joseph Mulligan, American musician, baritone saxophonist/composer (b. 1927)
1997 Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. 1960)
1997 Curt Flood, dies of throat cancer at 59
1997 Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor of Titanic, 100
1997 Vladimir Yamnikov, owner (Kristall vodka), dies of cirrhosis at 56
1997 Curt Flood, American baseball player, centerfielder Stl Cardinals (b. 1938)
1998 Zevulun Hammer, Vice PM of Israel, dies
1998 Bobo Brazil, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
1999 Gene Siskel, American film critic (b. 1946)
1999 Sarah Kane, English playwright (b. 1971)
2000 Anatoly Sobchak, Russian politician (b. 1937)
2001 Rosemary DeCamp, American actress (b. 1910)
2002 Carrie Hamilton, actress and singer (b. 1963). Daughter of comedienne/actress Carol Burnett.
2003 Harry Jacunski, American football player
2003 Maurice Blanchot, French author (b. 1907)
2003 Mushaf Ali Mir, Pakistani Chief of the Air Staff (b. 1947)
2003 Orville Freeman, American politician (b. 1918)
2003 Ty Longley, American guitarist (Great White) (b. 1971)
2003 Al Hirschfeld, American caricaturist (b. 1903)
2003 Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
2003 Craig Kelly, American snowboarder (b. 1966)
2003 Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
2004 Guinn Smith, American athlete (b. 1920)
2005 Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
2005 John Raitt, American actor (b. 1917)
2005 Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. 1954)
2005 Sandra Dee, American actress (b. 1944)
2005 Tom Willmore, English geometer (b. 1919)
2005 Jan Nowak-Jezioranski, Polish journalist, writer, and politician (b. 1913)
2005 Miriam Louisa Rothschild, British zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908)
2005 Per Borten, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913)
2005 Roland Frye, American literary critic and theologian (b. 1921)
2006 Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (b. 1919)
2006 Lucjan Wolanowski, Polish journalist, writer and traveller (b. 1920)
2006 Dave Lepard, Swedish rock singer and guitarist (b. 1980)
2007 F. Albert Cotton, American chemist (b. 1930)
2007 Mike Awesome, Pro Wrestler (b. 1965)
2008 Emily Perry, English Actress (b. 1907)
2008 Larry Davis (criminal)
2009 Larry H. Miller, American businessman and owner of the Utah Jazz (b. 1944)
2009 David Newman, American jazz musician, nicknamed "Fathead" (b. 1933)
2009 Sheila O'Nions Walsh (aka Sheila Walsh, Sophie Leyton), English romance writer (b. 1928)
2009 Stan Hagen, Canadian politician (b. 1940)
2009 Stéphanos II Ghattas, Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria for the Coptic Catholic Church (b. 1920)
2010 Alexander Haig, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
2012 Renato Dulbecco, Italian-born American virologist and Nobel laureate
2012 John F Baker Jnr, United States Army Master Sergeant and Medal of Honour recipient
2012 Etta James, American singer
2013 Freddie Williams, Welsh motorcycle speedway champion
2013 Bob Engemann, American singer, (The Lettermen)
2015 Edgar Froese, German musician (Tangerine Dream)
2016 George Weidenfeld, British Publisher (Weidenfeld and Nicolson)

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