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871 Battle at Marton: Ethelred van Wessex beats Danish invasion army
986 Louis V becomes King of the Franks.
1121 Dirk VI becomes count of Holland
1127 Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.
1458 Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia
1498 Vasco da Gama's fleet visits Mozambique Island
1629 English king Charles I leaces house of commons
1675 Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel
1717 The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England.
1776 Americans begin shelling British troops in Boston
1789 Pennsylvania ends prohibition of theatrical performances
1791 Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
1799 Congress standardizes US weights & measures
1807 The U.S. Congress passes an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country." effective January 1, 1808
1808 The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was held in Edinburgh.
1815 Signing of the Kandyan Convention treaty by British invaders and the King of Sri Lanka.
1817 1st Evangelical church building dedicated, New Berlin, Penn
1819 Territory of Arkansas organized
1819 US passed its 1st immigration law
1824 Interstate commerce comes under federal control
1825 1st grand opera in US sung in English, NYC
1829 New England Asylum for the Blind, 1st in US, incorporated, Boston
1831 John Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission
1836 Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
1842 The Grand National steeplechase at Aintree near Liverpool England is won by Gaylad, ridden by Tom Olliver.
1853 Territory of Washington organized after separating from Oregon Ter
1855 Aleksandr Romanov becomes tsar of Russia
1858 Frederick Cook, New Orleans, patents a cotton-bale metallic tie
1861 Emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, Tsar Alexander II signs the emancipation reform into law, abolishing Russian serfdom.
1861 Government Printing Office purchases 1st printing plant, Washington
1861 The Nevada Territory and Dakota Territory are organized as political divisions of the United States. Created  out of the Nebraska & Utah territories.
1863 The U.S. Congress authorizes a track width of 4 ft 8+1/2 in (1,435 mm) for the Union Pacific Railroad
1865 British newspaper "Morning Chronicle" begins publishing
1865 The Volkner Incident in New Zealand, Second Taranaki War / East Cape War.
1865 Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865
1865 Gen Early's army is defeated at Waynesborough
1866 1st US company to make sewing needles by machine incorporated, Conn
1867 US Congress abolishes peonage in New Mexico
1867 Jesse James-gang robs bank in Savannah Missouri, 1 dead
1867 The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act
1867 US Congress creates the Department of Education
1868 University of Illinois opens
1874 Baseball batter's box is officially adopted
1877 U.S. presidential election, 1876, Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote but is 1 electoral vote shy of victory on November 7, 1876.,
1882 Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in Windsor.
1887 American Trotting Association organized in Detroit
1888 The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
1889 Kansas passes 1st US antitrust
1890 Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 5 km (9:19)
1893 1st federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features
1896 Ethiopia defeats Italy in the Battle of Adwa, marking the first victory of an African nation over a colonial power.
1896 George Lohmann takes 9-28 v South Africa at Johannesburg
1898 Australia complete a 4-1 series annihilation of England
1899 Mount Rainier National Park is established in the state of Washington, USA.
1899 Pres McKinley signs bill creating Mt Rainier Natl Park (5th in US)
1901 Hawaii's 1st telegraph company opens
1901 The United States Congress passes the Platt amendment, limiting the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for the withdrawal of American troops.
1902 Jimmy Collins, leaves Boston Beaneaters (NL) club to manage AL's new Boston Somersets
1903 In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
1903 Martha Washington Hotel, catering to women only, opens in NYC
1904 "Official Playing Rules of Professional Base Ball Clubs" adopted
1904 Gabriele d'Annunzio's "La figlia di Iorio," premieres in Milan
1907 General Louis Botha named premier of Transvaal
1907 Georges Feydeaus' "La Puce à l'Oreille," premieres in Paris
1909 Gr Brit, France, Germ & It asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
1910 2 trains crash in snow storm in Wellington Washington, 118 die
1915 British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts
1915 Vladmir Jabotinsky forms a Jewish military force to fight in Palestine
1917 The enactment of the Jones-Shafroth Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.
1918 NY Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers & immediately trades him to Phila A's
1919 The 1st congress of Communist International opens at the Kremlin, Moscow.
1920 Karel Capék's "Loupeznik," premieres in Prague
1922 WBAP-AM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
1922 WLW-AM in Cincinnati OH begins radio transmissions
1923 Time magazine debuts
1925 Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament
1925 Japan's House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage
1925 Nationwide road numbering system & US shield marker adopted
1925 SDAP-Second-Faction of parliament demands drastic disarmament
1927 Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year)
1929 Chicago Black Hawks shut-out for NHL record 8th straight game
1929 Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
1930 1st US indoor glider flight, St Louis Terminal Building
1933 Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan
1933 The film "King Kong" opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall and RKO Roxy NYC.
1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha
1936 Bradman scores 369 in 253 mins, SA v Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes
1937 Mexico nationalizes oil
1937 The Steel Workers Organizing Committee signs a collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Steel, leading to unionization of the United States steel industry.
1938 Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (LA California)
1938 Trials of Soviet leaders begins in the Soviet Union
1939 Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII.
1939 Massachusets Legislature votea to ratify the Bill of Rights 147 years late
1940 1st intercollegiate track meet telecast, Madison Square Garden, NYC
1940 Soviet armies conquer Tuppura Island Finland
1941 First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact, World War II.
1942 14th Academy Awards "How Green was My Valley," Cooper & Fontaine win
1942 Admiral Helfrich departs Java for Ceylon
1942 Australia declares war on Thailand, World War II.
1943 1st transport from Westerbork Neth to Sobibor concentration camp
1943 Battle of the Bismarck Sea United States and Australian forces sink Japanese convoy ships, World War II.
1944 16th Academy Awards "Casablanca," Jennifer Jones & Paul Lukas win
1944 Fumes from locomotive stalled in a tunnel suffocates 521 in Italy
1945 8th Air Force bombs Dresden
1945 King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government
1946 Dutch troops land on East Bali
1946 Ho Chi Minh is elected the President of North Vietnam.
1946 Kingman Douglass, becomes deputy director of CIA
1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
1949 Captain James Gallagher lands his USAF B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight covering 23,452-miles in 94 hours and one minute.
1949 The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Conn..
1951 1st NBA All-Star Game, East beats West 111-94 at Boston
1952 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1953 The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
1955 King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.
1955 William Inge's "Bus Stop," premieres in NYC
1956 Morocco tears up the Treaty of Fez, declares independence from France
1958 1st surface crossing of Antarctic continent is completed in 99 days
1958 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
1958 Yemen announces it would join the United Arab Republic
1961 "13 Daughters" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 28 performances
1962 In Burma, the army led by General Ne Win seizes power in a coup d'état.
1962 JFK announces US will resume above ground nuclear testing
1962 Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
1964 Beatles begin filming "Hard Days Night," Harrison meets Patti Boyd
1965 "Sound Of Music" opens
1965 Montcalm Community College in Sidney Mich, founded
1966 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam
1967 9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night, Michele wins
1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
1968 Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Belousova & Protopopov (USSR)
1968 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT)
1968 USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world
1968 USSR launches space probe Zond 4; fails to leave Earth orbit
1968 Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (US)
1969 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde
1969 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 14th Symphony
1969 In Toulouse, France the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
1969 Phil Esposito becomes 1st NHL Player to score 100 points in a season
1969 Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River (approx 70 die).
1970 American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747
1970 Rhodesia declares itself an independent republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
1970 Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years
1972 Jean-Bédell Bokassa appoints himself pres for life of Cent African Rep
1972 Pioneer 10 launched for
1972 The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets (Jupiter flyby).
1973 "Black September" terrorists occupy Saudi Embassy in Khartoum
1974 1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents
1974 16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly, Bette Midler wins
1974 Grand jury concludes Pres Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up
1974 Greg Chappell makes 247* v NZ, 410 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
1976 "Bubbling Brown Sugar" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 766 performances
1976 Bob Lurie becomes CEO of SF Giants
1976 Holgate, Kemp & Lopez' musical premieres in NYC
1976 Walt Disney World logged its 50 millionth guest
1977 Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive Life Achievement Award
1977 Future Tonight Show host Jay Leno debuts with host Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show
1977 Libya amends constitution
1978 1st broadcast of "Dallas" on CBS TV
1978 Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
1978 Soyuz 28 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Czechoslovakian) to Salyut 6
1980 3rd Islander scoreless tie-Penguins in Pitts
1980 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Sun City Golf Classic
1980 Mike Bratz (Phoenix) ends NBA free throw streak of 57 games
1981 Aircraft hijacked by 3 Pakistani terrorists
1981 Howard Stern begins broadcasting on WWDC in Wash DC
1982 60th hat trick in Islander history-Bryan Trottier
1982 Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru
1983 Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
1983 Final episode of M*A*S*H; 125,000,000 viewers
1983 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1984 Iran offensive against Iraq fails
1984 John Long (Detroit) begins NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1985 US approves screening test for AIDS
1986 1st million-dollar purse for a handicap race won at Santa Anita
1986 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins Uniden LPGA Golf Invitational
1986 Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to US
1988 30th Grammy Awards: Graceland, Joshua Tree, Jody Watley
1988 Dutch Liberal Party merged with SDP
1989 12 European nations agree to ban chlorofluorocarbon production by 2000
1989 Exxon Houston runs aground in Hawaii, spills 117,000 gallons of oil
1989 Madonna's "Like a Prayer" premieres on worldwide Pepsi commercial
1989 NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers win 22nd straight home game
1989 NY Met Darryl Strawberry swings at teammate Keith Hernandez
1989 Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
1990 Greyhound Bus goes on strike
1990 Mark Tewsksbury swims world record 50m backstroke (25.06 sec)
1990 Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
1991 "Aspects of Love" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 377 perfs
1991 "La Bete" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 24 performances
1991 Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
1991 Deb Richard wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
1991 Del Ballard Jr throws most famous gutter ball in PBA Tour history
1991 NC State Chris Corchiani becomes 1st NCAAer to get 1,000 assists
1991 UN votes in favor of US resolutions for cease fire with Iraq
1992 Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35)
1992 Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, San Marino, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan join the United Nations.
1993 Claudette Colbert, suffers a stroke at 89
1993 Salman Rushdie divorces Marianne Wiggins
1994 Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender if taped statement is broadcasted, it is, but he doesn't
1994 Miami begins a latin walk of fame, 1st star for Gloria Estefan
1994 William Natcher, (Rep-D-Ky), casts his 18,401 & last consecutive vote
1995 "Smokey Joe's Cafe," opens at Virginia Theater NYC
1995 British trader Nick Leeson arrested for collapse of Barings Bank PLC
1995 Ferry boat sinks off Sumbe Angola, 42+ killed
1995 Space shuttle STS-67 (Endeavour 8), launches
1996 Copeland swimming pool re-opened by Gladiator
1996 Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind v SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose
1997 Gail Graham wins LPGA Alpine Australian Ladies Masters
1997 Nick Faldo wins Nissan Golf Open
1997 Saudi Arab billionaire Prince al-Waleed bin Talal aquires 5% of Apple
1997 Soyuz TM-24 returns to Earth (Russia)
1998 Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
2000 Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet heads home after being told the UK would not extradite him on torture charges
2002 U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
2003 The first International Symposium on Taiwan Sign Language Linguistics is held at Chung Cheng University.
2004 Voters in the U.S. state of Georgia vote on a referendum concerning its Confederacy-derived flag.
2004 Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500, War in Iraq.
2008 Riots in Yerevan, Armenia concerning the Armenian presidential election, 2008 come to a fatal end, with police forces clashing with civilians in their peaceful protest, resulting in 8 deaths
2012 New fiscal compact to prevent excessive debt is signed by 25 out of 27 European Union members
2012 The Red Cross is denied access to provide relief to the Baba Amr district in Homs by the Syrian army
2012 Tornadoes kill at least 27 people in the American states of Indiana and Kentucky
2014 "12 Years a Slave," Matthew McConaughey & Cate Blanchett win at the 86th Academy Awards
2014 President Vladimir Putin receives unanimous approval from Russia's parliament to send troops to the Ukraine
2016 Longest non-stop scheduled commercial flight by distance, Emirates A380 flies 14,200km (8,824 miles) Dubai to Auckland in 17 hours, 15 minutes
2016 Oldest known land fossil (Tortotubus - 440 million years old) from Gotland, Sweden, revealed by British scientists
2016 US astronauts Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to earth after nearly a year (340 days), setting an ISS record

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1316 Robert II, the Steward, King of Scotland (1371-90) (d. 1390)
1409 John II of Alençon, Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche (d. 1476)
1459 Adrian VI (Adriaan F Boeyens), Netherlands, Pope (1522-23) (d. 1523)
1481 Franz von Sickingen, German knight
1545 Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (d. 1613)
1555 Ludovico Spontoni, composer
1578 George Sandys, English colonist and poet (d. 1644)
1705 William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish judge and politician (d. 1793)
1755 Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer
1759 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer
1760 Camille Desmoulins, French journalist, politician, and revolution leader (d. 1794)
1769 DeWitt Clinton, (Gov/Sen-NY)
1770 Louis Gabriel Suchet, French Marshal (d. 1826)
1779 Joel Roberts Poinsett, American statesman and botanist (d. 1851)
1793 Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas (1836-38, 1841-44) (d. 1863)
1800 Evgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (d. 1844)
1810 Leo XIII (Vincenzo G Pecci), 256th pope (1878-1903) (d. 1903)
1813 George Alexander Macfarren, composer
1815 Antonio Buzzolla, composer
1816 Alexander H. Bullock, 26th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1882)
1817 Janos Arany, Hungary, epic poet (Toldi, Death of King Buda)
1820 Multatuli, Dutch writer (d. 1887)
1824 Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau) (d. 1884)
1824 Constantine D Uschinsky, Russian theorist [NS]
1824 Henry Beebee Carrington, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
1828 Jefferson Columbus Davis, Bvt Mjr General (Union Army), died in 1879
1829 Carl Schurz, German revolutionary and statesman (Union volunteers) (d. 1906)
1836 Henry Billings Brown, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1913)
1838 David Duffle Wood, composer
1842 Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
1843 Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (d. 1911)
1844 Hermanus J A M Schaepman, clergyman/Dutch politician
1849 Robert Means Thompson, U.S. Naval Officer (d. 1930)
1859 Sholom Aleichem, Russian novelist (d. 1916)
1860 Susanna M. Salter, American politician (d. 1961)
1862 Boris Borisovich Galitzine, Russian physicist (d. 1916)
1862 John Jay Chapman, US advocate/poet/writer (Learning & Other Essays)
1875 Hans Lietzman, German theologist/church historian
1876 Pius XII (Euhenio MGG Pacelli), 260th Pope (1939-58) (d. 1958)
1878 Wander J de Haas, Dutch physicist/son-in-law of Lorentz
1878 William Kissam Vanderbilt II, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1944)
1882 Wallis Clark, Essex England, actress (Postal Inspector)
1884 Leon Jongen, composer
1886 Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962)
1893 Maxime Dumoulin, composer
1894 Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor
1895 Felix Bressart, Germany, actor (Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads)
1897 Minor Hall, American jazz musician (d. 1959)
1899 Pattie Maie Menzies, Australian dame
1900 Kurt J Weill, , German composer and Brecht collaborator (Mahogany) (d. 1950)
1901 Willem Bruynzeel, Dutch timber-merchant
1902 Edward Uhler Condon, atomic scientist (Manhattan Project)
1902 Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (d. 1972)
1904 Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel), American author (The Cat in the Hat) (d. 1991)
1905 Marc Blitzstein, Phila Pa, composer (Cradle Will Rock)
1908 Fyodor Matveyevich Okhlopkov, Yakut-born Soviet sniper (d. 1968)
1908 Jan Brasser, Dutch resistance fighter (Witte Ko) and communist
1908 Walter Bruch, German engineer (d. 1990)
1909 Hanoch Jacoby, composer
1909 Jan Fabricius, Dutch playwright
1909 Mel Ott, American baseball player, 1st NLer to hit 500 home runs, hall of famer (NY Giants) (d. 1958)
1910 Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector
1911 William Hansen, WA, actor (Homebodies)
1912 Arthur Beaumont C Langton, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler of 1930's)
1912 Henry Katzman, American composer and pianist (d. 2001)
1913 Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist (d. 1996)
1913 Godfried Bomans, Flemish author and television personality (d. 1971)
1913 Godfried (Jan Arnold) Bomans, Dutch humorist/writer (Pieter Bas)
1913 Marjorie Weaver, Crossville Tennessee, actress (Young Mr Lincoln)
1913 Mort Cooper, American baseball player (NL MVP 1942) (d. 1958)
1914 Martin Ritt, American director (d. 1990)
1915 Lona Andre, actress (Case of Baby Sitter)
1916 Anne Vondeling, Dutch politician (PvdA)
1916 Bernard George Stevens, composer
1917 David Goodis, American writer (d. 1967)
1917 Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor (I Love Lucy) and bandleader (d. 1986)
1917 Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (NL MVP 1950) (d. 1976)
1917 John Gardner, composer
1918 Peter O'Sullevan, Irish horse racing commentator
1919 Eddie Lawrence, comedian
1919 Jennifer Jones (Phyllis Isley), American actress (Farewell to Arms) (d. 2009)
1919 Tamara Toumanova, Russian ballerina and actress (d. 1996)
1920 Enrique Franco, composer
1921 Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson, composer
1922 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, American jazz tenor saxophonist (d. 1986)
1922 Eric Feldbush, composer
1922 Mario Zafred, composer
1923 "Doc" Watson, bluegrass musician, (d. 2012)
1923 Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, England (d. 1999)
1923 Don Taylor, cricketer (NZ 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden)
1923 Orrin Keepnews, American writer and critic
1923 Robert H. Michel, American politician (Rep-R-IL, 1957)
1924 Albert TLCA Vogel, Dutch elocutionist
1926 Murray Rothbard, American economist and politition (Anarcho-Capitalism) (d. 1995)
1927 Roger Walkowiak, French cyclist and economist
1927 Siegfried Kohler, composer
1927 Witold Szalonec, composer
1928 Father John Romanides, Greek priest and professor (d. 2001)
1928 Philip K Dick, writer
1929 Donald Gosling, English parkeerplaatsenmagnaat/multi-millionaire
1930 Emma Penella, Spanish actress (d. 2007)
1930 Jan van Noor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
1930 John Cullum, American actor and singer (Hamlet, Hawaii, Northern Exposure)
1931 Duane E Graveline, Newport Vt, astronaut
1931 Mikhail Gorbachev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1985-91)
1931 Tom Wolfe, American author (Right Stuff)
1934 Bernard Rands, Sheffield England, composer (Wildtrack)
1934 Dottie Rambo, American singer (d. 2008)
1934 Howard "Hopalong" Cassady, NFLer
1935 Al Waxman, Canadian actor (Cagney & Lacey, Meatballs 3, Spasms) (d. 2001)
1936 Henny Boskamp, [Hoelscher], actor (Troeleke)
1937 Abdelaziz Bouteflika, President of Algeria
1937 Denny Crum, College basketball coach
1938 Alan Lewis, English textile factory/multi-millionaire
1938 Donald Schwall, baseball player (1961 AL rookie of year)
1938 Lawrence Payton, American singer and songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 1997)
1938 Ricardo Lagos, President of Chile
1938 Simon Estes, Centerville Iowa, bass/baritone (Wonton, Don Carlos)
1939 Barbara Luna, NYC, actress (5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage)
1939 Gerard van Tongeren, Dutch singer (Buffoons)
1940 Frederik van Zyl Slabbert, chairman (S Afr Prog Fed Party, 1979-86)
1940 Tony Croatto, Italian-born composer (d. 2005)
1941 David Satcher, 16th United States Surgeon General
1941 Jon Finch, English actor
1942 John Irving, American author (World According to Garp)
1942 Kwang Jo Choi, Korean Choi Kwang-Do champion and founder, one of the twelve original Masters of Taekwon-Do.
1942 Lou Reed, American singer and guitarist (Velvet Underground)
1942 Luc Plamondon, French Canadian lyricist
1942 Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Last Prime Minister of Iran
1942 Peter Guber, American film producer
1943 Claude Larose, Canadian ice hockey player
1943 Gordon Black, English industrialist
1943 Peter Straub, American author
1943 Rosa DeLauro, (Rep-D-Connecticut)
1943 Stephen Dickman, composer
1943 Tony Meehan (Daniel Meehan), English drummer (The Shadows, Drifters, Vipers) (d. 2005)
1943 Zygfryd Blaut, Polish footballer (d. 2005)
1944 Katherine Crawford, actress (Captains & Kings, Gemini Man)
1944 Leif Segerstam, composer
1944 Pam Barnett, LPGA golfer
1944 Uschi Glas, German actress
1945 Gordon Thompson, Ottawa Canada, actor (Adam Carrington-Dynasty)
1945 Joy Garrett, actress (Jo-Days of Our Lives)
1946 Brian J Donnelly, (Rep-D-MA, 1979)
1947 Harry Redknapp, English football manager
1948 Jeff Kennett, Australian politician
1948 Larry Carlton, American guitarist (Against All Odds, Who's the Boss)
1948 Rory Gallagher, Irish guitarist and songwriter (See Here) (d. 1995)
1949 Alain Chamfort, French singer
1949 Gates McFadden, American actress (Beverly Crusher-Star Trek Next Generation)
1949 J. P. R. Williams, Welsh rugby union player
1950 Jeffrey Chodorow, American restaurateur and financier
1950 Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983)
1950 Matthew Laurance, actor (Duet)
1950 Mitchel Laurance, actor (LA Law, Not Necessarily the News)
1951 Cassie Yates, Macon Ga, actress (Osterman Weekend, Dynasty)
1952 Laraine Newman, American actress (Saturday Night Live)
1952 Mark Evanier, American writer
1953 Russ Feingold, American politician
1953 William Simmons, sax/keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
1954 Eddie Johnstone, Canadian ice hockey player
1954 Stone Phumelele Sizani, South African treasurer (UDF)
1955 Dale Bosworth, TV host (America's Most Wanted)
1955 Jay Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds, Donnie & Marie)
1955 Ken Salazar, American politician
1955 Shoko Asahara (Chizuo Matsumoto), Japanese cult leader
1955 Steve Small, cricketer (stalwart NSW opening batsman)
1955 Terrence Stone, Irish-American voice actor
1956 John Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills)
1956 Mark Evans, Australian bassist (AC/DC)
1958 Ian Woosnam, Welsh golfer
1958 Kevin Curren, South African–born tennis player
1958 Peter Arnold, American architect
1959 Andrew Farriss, Australia, rock keyboardist (Inxs-Kiss the Dirt)
1959 Larry Stewart, Paducah KY, country singer (Restless Heart-Wheels)
1959 Laura Hurlbut, LPGA golfer
1960 Debra Marshall, American professional wrestler and manager
1960 Hector Calma, Filipino basketball player
1961 Simone Young, Australian conductor
1962 Al Del Greco, American football player, NFL kicker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1962 Jon Bon Jovi, American musician (Bon Jovi)
1962 Michael Salinger, American poet
1962 Morioka Hiroyuki, Japanese writer
1962 Philip Jonas, Johannesburg SA, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Payless-2nd)
1962 Raimo Summanen, Finnish ice hockey player and coach
1962 Scott Sterling, American musician (Scott La Rock) (d. 1987)
1962 Terry Steinbach, New Ulm MN, catcher (Oakland A's)
1962 Tom Nordlie, Norwegian football coach
1963 Suzette Charles, NJ, replaced Vanessa Williams as Miss America (1983)
1963 Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
1963 Tuff Hedeman, American bull rider
1964 Megan Leigh, American porn star (d. 1990)
1964 Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1987)
1965 Lembit Öpik, British politician
1965 Ron Gant, American baseball player, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1966 Judith Wiesner, Hallein Austria, tennis star (1994 Schenectady)
1966 Stevie Rachelle, rock vocalist (Tuff-What Comes Around Goes Around)
1967 Allan Boyko, CFL slot back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1967 Bruce Boyko, CFL fullback (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1967 Leo Gomez, Canovanas Puerto Rico, infielder (Chicago Cubs)
1968 Daniel Craig, English actor
1968 Penny "Stamper" Davis, Carlisle England, Canadian 470 yachter (Oly-96)
1970 Kevin Miniefield, NFL defensive back (Chic Bears)
1970 Steve Holman, Indianapolis Indiana, miler
1971 Amber Smith, American actress and model (Faithful, Funeral, Mirror Has 2 Faces)
1971 Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian
1971 Donna Perry, Glendale CA, playmate (Nov, 1994)
1971 Elizabeth Lackey, Australian actress
1971 James Hammerstrand, LaMesa California, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-96)
1971 Ray Hall, NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 Ruffin Hamilton, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 Richard Ruccolo, American actor
1973 Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
1973 John Elmore, guard (Baltimore Ravens)
1973 Paul Popowich, actor (Tommy Tricker & Stamp Traveler)
1973 Trevor Sinclair, English footballer
1974 Hayley Lewis, Australian swimmer
1974 Martine Dessureault, Montreal Quebec, 50m swimmer (Olympics-96)
1974 Monika Niederstätter, Italian athlete
1975 Arleen McDonald, Miss USA-Mississippi (1997)
1976 Glenn Rubenstein, American writer and journalist
1976 Lars Bruggemann, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
1977 Andrew Strauss, English cricket player
1977 Chris Martin, English musician (Coldplay)
1977 Dominique Canty, American basketball player
1977 Heather McComb, American actress
1977 Jay Gibbons, American baseball player
1978 Giannis Skopelitis, Greek footballer
1978 Tomáš Kaberle, Czech ice hockey player
1979 Amanda Ireton, American reality TV figure (MTV's A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila)
1979 Damien Duff, Irish footballer
1979 Nicky Weaver, English footballer
1979 Sergei Davydov, Belarusian figure skater
1980 Karl Dominik, Polish-born actor
1980 Lance Cade, American professional wrestler
1980 Sunny Lane, American pornographic actress
1980 Vincent Walker, American musician (Suburban Legends)
1980 Édson Nobre, Angolan footballer
1981 Bryce Dallas Howard, American actress
1982 Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
1982 Corey Webster, American football player
1982 Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
1982 Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
1983 Glen Perkins, American baseball player
1983 Jay McClement, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 Elizabeth Jagger, English model and actress
1985 Luke Pritchard, British singer (The Kooks)
1985 Reggie Bush, American football player
1985 Robert Iler, American actor
1985 Suso Santana, Spanish football player
1988 Keith Jack, British singer and actor
1988 Matthew Mitcham, Australian diver
1988 Nadine Samonte, Filipino actress

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855 Lothair, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor (b. 795)
986 Lotharius, King of France (954-86)
1122 Floris II, the fat one, count of Holland
1127 Charles, the Good, Count of Vlanderen, murdered
1316 Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert I of Scotland (b. 1296)
1333 Wladyslaw IV, the Short One/Great, duke/king of Poland
1383 Amadeus VI, count of Savoy
1572 Mem de Sá, Portuguese Governor-General of Brazil
1589 Alessandro Cardinal Farnese, Italian cardinal (b. 1520)
1619 Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish king Frederik II
1729 Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
1755 Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (b. 1675)
1758 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German stucco worker
1758 Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (b. 1679)
1772 Robert J Pothier, French lawyer
1787 Jean SOME Allamand, French theologist/natural philosopher
1791 John Wesley, English founder of Methodism (b. 1703)
1793 Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-born artist
1797 Horace (Horatio) Walpole, British horror writer (b. 1717)
1800 Christian Friedrich Schale, composer
1822 Christian Friedrich Hermann Uber, compose
1829 Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768)
1830 Samuel Thomas von Sömmering, German physician (b. 1755)
1835 Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
1840 Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (comets & asteroids) (b. 1758)
1855 Nicholas I of Russia, Emperor of Russia (1825-55) (b. 1796)
1862 Frederick West Lander, US Union brig-general/poet,
1864 Ulric Dahlgren, American Unionist colonel (b. 1842)
1865 Carl Sylvius Völkner, German missionary to New Zealand (b. 1819)
1867 French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect
1868 Carl Eberwein, composer
1880 Sir John MacNeill, Irish civil engineer (b. 1790)
1882 Louis Kufferath, composer
1887 August W Eichler, German botanist
1887 Wilhelm Troszel, composer
1895 Berthe Morisot, French painter (b. 1841)
1895 Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (1863-79) (b. 1830)
1916 Elisabeth OL (Carmen Sylva), Queen of Romania
1919 Melchora Aquino, Filipino revolutionary hero (b. 1812)
1921 Champ Clark, American politician (b. 1850)
1921 King Nicholas I of Montenegro (b. 1841)
1930 D(avid) H(erbert) Lawrence, English writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover) (b. 1885)
1937 Gustav Wohlgemuth, composer
1938 Ben Harney, American composer and pianist (b. 1871)
1939 Howard Carter, British archaeologist (King Tut) (b. 1874)
1943 Alexandre Yersin, Swiss bacteriologist (bacteria plague)
1945 Emily Carr, Canadian artist (b. 1871)
1946 Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian National socialist (b. 1895)
1946 George E. Stewart, American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
1950 M Joseph V d'Arbaud, French poet/author (Li cant palustre)
1950 Rosli Dhobi, famous Malay Sarawakian (b. 1932)
1953 Jim Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
1957 Harry E Soref, inventor (padlock)
1958 Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (b. 1888)
1959 Eric Blore, English actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Love Happy) (b. 1887)
1960 Stanislaw Taczak, Polish general, commander-in-chief of the Greater Poland Uprising (b. 1874)
1962 Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1866)
1967 Gordon Harker, actor (Inspector Hornleigh)
1967 José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
1970 Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (b. 1888)
1971 Charles W Engelhard, US silver multi-millionaire
1972 Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC)
1973 Cleo A. Noel, Jr., US Chief of Mission to Sudan, assassinated (b. 1918)
1974 Barbara Ruick, actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show)
1974 Salvador Puig Antich, Spanish anarchist (b. 1948)
1975 Jean Kurt Forest, composer
1975 Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b.1929)
1979 Christy Ring Irish hurler (b. 1920)
1979 Edith Craig, actress (Harmony Lane, Smashing Rackets)
1979 Mollah Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish leader
1979 Richard Sykes, British ambassador, assassinated
1981 Janear Hines, actress (Roberta-Julia)
1982 Philip K. Dick, American author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity) (b. 1928)
1984 Louis Basile, actor (Louie-The Super)
1985 John B Kelly Jr, chairman US Olympic Committee
1985 Michael Redgrave, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips)
1986 Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian
1986 Zafer Masri, mayor of Nablus, murdered
1987 Randolph Scott, American actor and director (Fort Worth, Gung Ho, Jesse James) (b. 1898)
1991 Clark Mollenhoff, US journalist (Pulitzer Prize)
1991 Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-nazi
1991 James "Cool Papa" Bell, Negro baseball league great
1991 Serge Gainsbourg, French singer (Fury of Hercules) (b. 1928)
1992 Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
1993 Floortje Peneder, Dutch poet (Diary)
1993 Paul D Zimmerman, US screenwriter (King of Comedy)
1994 Anita Morris, American actress (b. 1943)
1994 Donald McKenzie MacKinnon, philosopher
1994 Tengiz Abuladze, filmmaker
1995 Hugo Cole, musician/critic
1995 Vladislav Listyev, TV journalist
1996 Jacobo Majluta, president of Dominican Rep (1982)
1999 David Ackles, American singer and songwriter (b. 1937)
1999 Dusty Springfield, English singer (b. 1939)
2000 Sandra Schmirler, Canadian World Class curler (b. 1963)
2001 John Diamond, British journalist (b. 1953)
2003 Hank Ballard, American musician (b. 1927)
2003 Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (b. 1931)
2004 Cormac McAnallen, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer (b. 1980)
2004 Marge Schott, American baseball team owner (b. 1928)
2004 Mercedes McCambridge, American actress (b. 1916)
2005 Martin Denny, American musician (b. 1911)
2005 Rick Mahler, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2006 Jack Wild, British actor (b. 1952)
2006 Milton Katims, American violist and conductor (b. 1909)
2007 Clem Labine, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2007 Henri Troyat, French writer, dean of the Académie française (b. 1911)
2007 Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (b. 1956)
2007 Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. politician (b. 1919)
2008 Jeff Healey, Canadian musician (b. 1966)
2009 Chris Finnegan, British Olympic Boxing Gold Medallist (b. 1944)
2009 João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1939)
2010 Winston Spencer-Churchill, British politician (b. 1940)
2012 James Wilson, American criminologist
2012 Lawrence Anthony, South African conservationist and author
2012 Van Barfoot, American army colonel and Medal of Honour recipient
2012 Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, British MP (1964-1987)
2014 Justin Kaplan, American editor and biographer (Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain - Pulitzer Price 1967)
2015 Mal Peet, British children's author

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