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1081 Alexios I Komnenos is crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, beginning the Komnenian dynasty.
1460 University of Basle in Swizerland forms
1541 Ignatius of Loyola becomes 1st superior-general of Jesuits
1552 Mauritius van Saksen begins alliance with Karel Anikita Stroganov
1558 Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders
1581 Frances Drake completes circumnavigation of world, is knighted
1588 Christian IV succeeds Frederik II as king of Denmark
1625 Viceroy Frederik Henry marries Amalia countess von Solms-Braunfels
1655 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis, English fleet beats Barbarian pirates
1655 The miraculous statue entitled the Infant of Prague is solemnly crowned by command of Cardinal Harrach.
1660 English king Charles II sends Declaration of Breda (freedom of religion)
1686 English king James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence
1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church
1716 Russian & Prussian troops occupy Wismar
1721 Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
1737 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor
1812 U.S. President James Madison enacted a ninety-day embargo on trade with the United Kingdom.
1814 Napoleon abdicates for the first time.
1818 The United States Congress adopts the flag of the United States with 13 red and white stripes and one star for each state (then 20).
1828 Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)
1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro
1841 William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia becoming the first President of the United States to die in office and the one with the shortest term served.
1850 Los Angeles, California is incorporated as a city.
1850 The Great Fire of Cottenham, a large part of the Cambridgeshire village (England) is burnt to the ground under suspicious circumstances.
1859 Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
1859 Opera "Dinorah" is produced (Paris)
1862 Battle of Yorktown begins
1862 US begins Peninsular Campaign aimed at capturing Richmond
1864 Skirmish at Elkin's Ford (Little Missouri River), Arkansas
1865 A day after Union forces capture Richmond, Virginia, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln visits the Confederate capital, American Civil War.
1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse
1866 Alexander II of Russia narrowly escapes an assassination attempt in the city of Kiev.
1870 Golden Gate Park forms by City Order #800
1873 The Kennel Club is founded, the oldest and first official registry of purebred dogs in the world.
1887 Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the United States.
1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS)
1896 Announcement of Gold in Yukon
1899 South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11)
1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII
1900 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer general De Wet
1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million
1905 In India, the 1905 Kangra earthquake hits the Kangra valley, kills 20,000, and destroys most buildings in Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala.
1911 Hugh Chalmers, automaker, suggests idea of baseball MVP
1912 Army fires on striking mine workers at Lena-gold fields Siberia
1912 Chinese republic proclaimed in Tibet
1913 The Greek aviator Emmanuel Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot victim of the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
1914 "Perils of Pauline" shown for 1st time in LA
1916 US Senate agrees (82-6) to participate in WW I
1918 Food riot in Amsterdam
1918 Second Battle of the Somme ends, World War I.
1920 Arabs attack Jews in Jerusalem
1921 Stanley Cup, Ottawa Senators (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
1922 WAAB (Baton Rouge La) becomes 1st US radio station with "W" calls
1926 Greek dictator Theodorus Pangalos elected president
1929 "New Moon" musical opens in London
1929 1st AAU Greco-Roman wrestling championships held
1930 Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century
1930 Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
1930 The Communist Party of Panama is founded.
1932 George Bernard Shaw's "Too True to be Good," premieres in NYC
1932 Vitamin C 1st isolated, CC King, Univ of Pittsburgh
1933 US Dirigible Akron crashes off coast of NJ, 73 die
1937 4th Golf Masters Championship, Byron Nelson wins, shooting a 283
1938 5th Golf Masters Championship, Henry Picard wins, shooting a 285
1939 Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq
1940 R Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher," premieres in NYC
1941 German troops conquer Banghazi
1944 British troops capture Addis Ababa Ethiopia
1944 De Gaulle forms new regime in exile, with communists
1944 First bombardment of Bucharest (targeting railroads) by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians, World War II.
1945 Hungary liberated from Nazi occupation by Soviet Army (National Day)
1945 US tanks/infantry conquer Bielefeld
1945 American troops liberate Ohrdruf, a Nazi forced labor and death camp in Germany, World War II.
1947 Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect, UN's International Civil Aviation Organization forms
1947 Largest group of sunspots on record
1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie
1949 Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement
1949 Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington DC, USA, creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
1950 Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES
1951 Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Peron in Buenos Aires
1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
1955 British government signs military treaty with Iraq
1956 Enid Bagnold's "Chalk Garden," premieres in London
1957 Heitor Villa-Lobos' 10th Symphony, premieres in Paris
1958 1st march against nuclear weapons (Aldermaston England)
1958 Eugene Ionesco's "Tueur sans Gages" premieres in Darmstadt
1958 The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
1959 Fed of Mali, consisting of Senegal & French Sudan (dissolved 1960)
1960 32nd Academy Awards "Ben-Hur," Charlton Heston & Simone Signoret win
1960 Oscar awarded to Neth director Bert Haanstra
1960 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center
1960 Senegal declares independence from France (Senegal independence day)
1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 9 performances
1964 Beatles' "Can't Buy Me Love," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 5 weeks
1964 The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
1965 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational
1965 The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft plane is unveiled.
1966 Pirate Radio Scotland changes name to Radio Ireland
1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
1967 Dutch De Young government forms
1967 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
1968 "Education of Hyman Kaplan" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 28 perfs
1968 AEK Athens BC becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
1968 NASA launches Apollo 6 atop Saturn V; unmanned
1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
1969 Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
1970 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Don Johnson
1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances
1971 Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec)
1972 1st electric power plant fueled by garbage begins operating
1973 The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
1975 130, killed as USAF plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crashes
1975 Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
1975 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes
1975 Operation Baby Lift A United States Air Force C-5A Galaxy crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff, transporting orphans 172 die, during the Vietnam War.
1976 5th Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Judy Rankin
1976 Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
1976 Seni Pramoj's Democratic Party wins elections in Thailand
1979 President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan is executed.
1979 The 2nd Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 Henry Cisneros becomes 1st Mexican-American mayor (San Antonio)
1982 11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little
1983 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC State beats Houston 54-52
1983 Space Shuttle Challenger 1 makes its maiden voyage into space, The 6th space shuttle mission (STS-6).
1984 Michael Frayn's "Benefactors" premieres in London
1984 President Ronald Reagan calls for an international ban on chemical weapons.
1984 Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984" begins his secret diary
1985 Tulane University cancels its basketball season amidst scandal
1986 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record with 213th point of season
1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts
1988 50th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, Kansas beat Oklahoma 83-79
1988 Eddie Hill becomes the world's first driver to cover the quarter mile in under 5 seconds
1988 Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
1988 Largest crowd (55,438) at a season game at Riverfront (Reds Vs Cards)
1988 Last broadcast of "Crossroads" on British TV
1988 Mets set Opening Day record with 6 HRs
1989 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's last NBA game in Seattle
1989 NY Yankee Tommy John ties record of playing 26 seasons, his 287th win puts him 19th overall as Yanks beat Twins on opening day 4-2
1990 "Marshall Chronicles" premieres on ABC-TV
1990 Gloria Estefan released from hospital after her accident
1990 Security law violator Ivan Boesky is released from federal custody
1991 "Lucifer's Child" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 28 performances
1991 Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their plane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
1992 Game 1 of Mayor Challenge NY Yankees beat NY Mets 6-4 at Yank Stad
1992 John Tesh (Entertainment Tonight) marries actress Connie Selleca
1992 Jury deliberations begin in Noriega case
1992 Sali Berisha becomes president/Alexander Meksi premier of Albania
1993 5th Seniors Golf Tradition, Tom Shaw
1993 12th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Texas Tech beats OH State 84-82
1993 Trish Johnson wins Las Vegas LPGA at Canyon Gate Golf Tournament
1993 Wrestlemania IX at Caesar's Palace Las Vegas, Hulk Hogan pins Yokozuna
1994 1st game played at Jacobs Field, Indians beat Mariners 4-3 in 11 inn
1994 56th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, Ark Razorbacks beats Duke 76-72
1994 Cubs Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes, hit 3 HRs in 1993 hits 3 HRs on opening
1994 Day vs Mets starter Dwight Gooden
1994 KLM Saab 340B crashes at Schiphol, 3 killed
1994 LA Dodger Darryl Strawberry begins substance abuse treatment
1994 Largest Opening Day crowd at Yankee Stadium, 56,706
1994 Marc Andreessen and Jim Clark found Netscape Communications Corporation under the name "Mosaic Communications Corporation".
1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications
1994 Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
1996 "Inherit the Wind" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 45 performances
1996 Comet Hyakutake is imaged by the USA Asteroid Orbiter Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Austin TX on KJFK 98.9 FM
1997 Anaheim Ducks clinch their 1st-ever playoff berth
1997 Braves officially open Turner Field against Cubs
1997 DMSP Titan 2 launched
1997 STS 83 (Columbia 22), launches
1998 NFL Europe (Formerly WLAF), kicks off season
2002 The Angolan government and UNITA rebels sign a peace treaty ending the Angolan Civil War.
2007 15 British Royal Navy personnel held in Iran are released by the Iranian President.
2008 The raid on the FLDS owned ranch called the YFZ Ranch in Texas, 401 children were taken into custody. 133 woman were taken into state custody also, the total number of woman and children is 534.
2011 Connecticut beats Butler 53-41 in the 73rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
2012 Boris Todic, President of Serbia, resigns
2012 German Nobel Laureat, Gunter Grass, publishes controversial poem that claims Israel is plotting to wipe out Iran
2012 Somalia's National Theatre is struck by a suicide bomber killing ten people including the presidents of the Somali Olympic Committee and Football Federation
2013 9 people have been killed on an axe-murdering rampage in Chhattisgarh state, India
2013 74 people are killed after an illegally constructed building collapses in Thane, India
2013 Poecilotheria rajaei, a giant tarantula with a 20cm leg span, is discovered in Sri Lanka
2014 President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, claims that climate change will lead to battles over water and food within the next five to ten years

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186 Caracalla (Marcus Aureiius Antoniius), Roman emperor (211-17) (d. 217)
1492 Ambrosius Blarer, German reformer (d. 1564)
1527 Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer
1572 William Strachey, English writer (d. 1621)
1593 Edward Nicholas, English statesman (d. 1669)
1646 Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
1648 Grinling Gibbons Dutch woodcarver (d. 1721)
1688 Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer (d. 1768)
1716 John Evangelist Schreiber, composer
1718 Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783)
1731 Francisco Morera, composer
1740 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
1752 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, composer (Andromeda)
1755 Vincenc Masek, composer
1758 John Hoppner, portrait painter
1762 Stephen Storace, composer
1772 Nachman of Breslov, Ukrainian founder of Breslov Hasidut (d. 1810)
1785 Bettina von Arnim, German writer (This Book Belongs to the King) (d. 1859)
1786 John Franklin, British explorer (Arctic)
1792 Thaddeus Stevens, US Radical Republican congressional leader (Rep-R)
1802 Dorothea Dix, American social activist (d. 1887)
1804 Joseph Fischhof, composer
1809 Benjamin Pierce, US mathematician/astronomer
1814 John Blair Smith Todd, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1872)
1817 John Wilson Sprague, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers) (d. 1893)
1818 Thomas Mayne Reid, Irish-American novelist (d. 1883)
1819 Queen Maria II of Portugal (d. 1853)
1820 Charles Devens Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers) (d. 1891)
1821 Linus Yale, Jr., American inventor (Yale cylinder lock) and manufacturer (d. 1868)
1823 Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables)
1823 Robert Byington Mitchell, Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
1826 Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (d. 1901)
1828 Margaret Oliphant, Scotland, novelist/biographer (Beleaguered City)
1831 Edward Cary Walthall, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1898)
1832 Jose Echegaray y Elizaguirre, playwright/scientist (Teatro Escogido)
1836 Jerome Hopkins, composer
1842 Edouard Lucas, French mathematician (d. 1891)
1843 Hans Richter, composer
1846 Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)
1853 Tad Lincoln, son of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (d. 1871)
1858 Remy de Gourmont, French poet (d. 1915)
1866 George P Baker, US playwright (47 Workshop)
1870 George A Smith, Salt Lake City Utah, 8th pres of Mormon church
1872 Nikolai Amani, composer
1872 Pauline de Haan-Manifarges, Dutch singer
1875 Jozef Szulc, composer
1875 Pierre Monteux, French conductor (Boston Symph Orch 1919-24) (d. 1964)
1875 Samuel S Hinds, Brooklyn NY
1876 Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (Village in the Snow) (d. 1958)
1879 Gabriel Groulez, composer
1881 Charles Funk, Ohio, Encylopediest (Funk & Wagnalls)
1882 Kurt von Schleicher, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1934)
1882 Mary Howe, composer
1884 Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (d. 1971)
1884 Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese naval commander (d. 1943)
1888 Tris Speaker, American baseball player (d. 1958)
1888 Zdzislaw Zygulski, Sr., Polish literary historian (d. 1975)
1892 Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot)
1892 Esther Howard, MT
1895 Arthur Murray, American dance teacher (Arthur Murray Dance Party) (d. 1991)
1895 Charlie Hallows, cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28)
1896 Robert E. Sherwood, American playwright (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight) (d. 1955)
1896 Tristan Tzara (Samuel Rosenfeld) French poet (Approximate Man)
1897 Pierre Fresnay, French stage and film actor (Grand Illusion) (d. 1975)
1898 Agnes Ayres, American actress (d. 1940)
1899 Hillel Oppenheimer, German-born Israeli botanist (d. 1971)
1899 William Brann, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23)
1901 Carmel Myers, SF California, actress (Carmel Myers Show)
1902 Louise Leveque de Vilmorin, French writer (Lutin Sauvage) (d. 1969)
1902 Stanley G. Weinbaum, American science-fiction author (d. 1935)
1905 Eugene Bozza, French modern composer (d. 1991)
1906 Bea Benaderet, American actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction) (d. 1968)
1906 John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (Timex, Hindenberg) (d. 1995)
1907 Nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963)
1908 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, American memoirist (Cheaper by the Dozen) (d. 2006)
1910 Agnes Patrick, campaigner
1911 Max Dupain, Australian photographer (d. 1992)
1913 Frances Langford, American actress (Armed Forces Hour, Star Time) (d. 2005)
1913 Jerome Weidman, US writer (Tenderloin)
1913 Jules Léger, Quebec diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. 1980)
1913 Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield), American blues guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man) (d. 1983)
1913 Rosemary Lane, Indianola IA, actress (4 Mothers, Harvest Melody)
1914 Gustave Camus, Belgian painter
1914 John Beith, British diplomat
1914 Marguerite Duras, French writer (Sea Wall) (d. 1996)
1915 Jan Drda, Czech writer (Nema Barikada, Mestecko Na Dlani)
1915 Lars G Ahlin, Swedish writer (Death of Me)
1916 David White, American actor (Larry Tate-Bewitched) (d. 1990)
1916 Herbert Eugene Caen, columnist
1916 Mickey Owen, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1916 Nikola Ljubicic, Yugoslav general, Serbian communist politician (d. 2005)
1917 Joseph Ortiz, French-Algerian extremist (barricade uprising)
1918 Earl Jellicoe, chancellor (U of Southhampton)
1918 George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe (d. 2007)
1918 Margaret Dupont, tennis champion
1919 Antony Tudor, England, choreographer (Metropolitan Opera 1957)
1920 Éric Rohmer, French film director (6 in Paris, Collector, Perceval) (d. 2010)
1921 Willem J "Wim" the Villiers, S Afr minister of Administration
1922 Elmer Bernstein, American composer (Robot Monster) (d. 2004)
1923 Manon H E Alving, Dutch actress (Short American)
1923 Nancy Francy, director (Claire's Knee)
1923 Peter Vaughan, English actor
1924 Christopher Prater, screen printer
1924 Gil Hodges, American baseball player and manager (Bkln Dodgers, NY Mets) (d. 1972)
1924 Peter Vaughan, actor (Haunted Honeymoon, Die Die My Darling)
1925 Claude Wagner, French-Canadian politician and judge (d. 1979)
1925 Elizabeth Wilson, Grand Rapids Mich, actor (Doc, East Side/West Side)
1925 Emmett Williams, American poet (d. 2007)
1925 Erna Spoorenberg, Dutch singer
1926 Cloris Leachman, Des Moines Iowa, actress (Phyllis, High Anxiety)
1927 Bob Stump, (Rep-R-AZ, 1977)
1928 Bill Ryan, Bkln NY, newscaster (Smithsonian)
1928 Jimmy Logan, British comedian (Mad Death)
1928 Maya Angelou (Marguerite Johnson), American writer and actress (Nyo-Roots)
1928 Monty Norman, composer/writer
1929 William F Clinger Jr, (Rep-R-PA, 1979)
1930 David Sexton, soccer manager
1931 Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence director
1931 Denis Frank Owen, Natural historian
1931 Harold L Volkmer, (Rep-D-MO, 1977)
1932 Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film director (Solaris, Stalker) (d. 1986)
1932 Anthony Perkins, American actor (Psycho, Fear Strikes Out, Pretty Poison) (d. 1992)
1932 Bapu Nadkarni, cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68)
1932 Clive Davis, American record producer
1932 Estelle Harris, American actress
1932 Richard G Lugar, American politician (Sen-R-IN, 1977)
1933 Bill France, Jr., NASCAR pioneer (d. 2007)
1933 Fritz Bolkestein, Dutch CEO (Shell)/Minister of Defense (VVD)
1933 Robin Phillips, English multi-millionaire manufacturer (hand-dryer)
1933 Seoirse Bodley, composer
1934 Dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster
1935 Easton Dudley Ashton St John McMorris, cricketer (WI batsman of 60's)
1935 Francois-Bernard Mache, composer
1935 Lord Ichayra, secretary-general (British Banking Association)
1935 Trevor Griffiths, playwright (Absolute Beginners)
1936 Margo J Sylvia, rocker (Tune Weavers)
1937 Ian St James, novelist (Balfour Conspiracy, Vengeance, Money Stones)
1937 J Hans van den Doel, economist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1938 A. Bartlett Giamatti, American university president (Yale) and Commissioner of Baseball (1989) (d. 1989)
1938 Michael Parks, Corona California, actor (Then Came Bronson)
1938 Peter Attenborough, British headmaster (Charterhouse)
1939 Hugh Masekela, South African musician, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid)
1939 JoAnne Carner, American golfer, LPGA tour (1976 US Women's Open)
1939 Major Lance, American singer (d. 1994)
1940 Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London)
1940 Richard Attwood, British racing driver
1940 Robby Mueller, cinematographer (Breaking the Waves, Dead Man, Korczak)
1940 Sharon Sheeley, American songwriter (d. 2002)
1940 Vladimir Timofeyevich Isakov, Russia, cosmonaut
1942 Jim Fregosi, American baseball player and manager
1942 Kitty Kelley, American writer (Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra)
1942 Kris Jensen, rocker
1943 Ian Robertson, British museum director (National Army Museum)
1944 Craig T. Nelson, American actor (Poltergeist, Hayden Fox-Coach)
1944 David Melville, professor/director (Middlesex Polytechnic)
1944 Lawrence A Hough, US, rower (Pairs w/o cox-1968 olympic silver)
1944 Magda Aelvoet, Belgian politician
1945 Bryan Andrews, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74)
1945 Caroline McWilliams, American actress (Sally-Soap, Marcy-Benson) (d. 2010)
1945 Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist
1945 Walter Charles, East Strousberg PA, actor (Fletch Lives, Weeds)
1946 Colin Coates, Australian speed skater
1946 Dave Hill, English guitarist (Slade)
1946 Katsuaki Sato, Japanese martial artist
1947 Luke Halpin, American actor
1947 Ray Fosse, American baseball player and broadcaster
1947 Salvatore Sciarrino, composer
1947 Wiranto, Indonesian general
1948 Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party
1948 Berry Oakley, American bassist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1972)
1948 Dan Simmons, American writer
1948 Derek Thompson, Northern Irish actor
1948 Gail Davies, Broken Bow Ok, country singer (Blue Heartache)
1948 Michael Blassie, American military officer (d. 1972)
1948 Pick Withers, rocker (Dire Straits)
1949 Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (The Wailers) (d. 1999)
1949 Larry Lingle, rocker
1949 Shing-Tung Yau, Chinese mathematician
1950 Christine Lahti, American actress (Harvey Korman Show, Swing Shift)
1951 Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia
1951 John Hannah, American football player
1951 Steve Gatlin, Olney Tx, country singer (Gatlin Bros-Broken Lady)
1952 Dave Hill, England, rock guitarist (Slade-Coz I Love You)
1952 Gary Moore, Irish guitarist (Thin Lizzy)
1952 Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. 1995)
1952 Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey coach
1952 Peter Haycock, rock guitarist (All Along the Watchtower)
1952 Rosemarie Ackermann, German athlete, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1976)
1952 Villy Søvndal, Danish politican
1953 Henry Fotheringham, former South African cricketer
1953 Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
1953 Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician
1954 Julie Carmen, American Actress (Gloria, Last Plane Out)
1955 Mick Mars, Musician
1956 David E. Kelley, American writer and TV producer
1956 Evelyn Hart, prima ballerina (Royal Winnipeg Ballet)
1956 Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, Suk Giuma Libya, bomber (Pan Am Flight 103)
1956 Tom Herr, American baseball player
1957 Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
1957 Ali El Haggar, Egyptian singer and actor
1957 Graeme Kelling, Scottish musician (Deacon Blue) (d. 2004)
1957 Kelso, American racehorse (d. 1983)
1957 Nobuyoshi Kuwano, Japanese musician (Rats & Star)
1957 Paul Downton, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 80's)
1958 Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. 1990)
1958 Derek Kallicharran, cricket all-rounder (Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy)
1958 Hrvoje Horvatic, video artist
1958 John Wesley Jones, Lawton Ok, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1976)
1958 Mary-Margaret Humes, American actress
1958 Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, painter
1960 Bev Smith, Armstrong BC, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
1960 Hugo Weaving, Nigerian-born English-Australian actor
1960 Jane Eaglin, English soprano
1960 Jonathan Agnew, British broadcaster, test bowler (England, late 80's)
1961 Matt Cole, Stratford Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Space Coast)
1962 Ava Fabian, Brewster NY, playmate (Aug, 1986)/actress (Cafe Nostra)
1962 Craig Adams, English musician (The Sisters of Mercy, Mission UK)
1962 Sherrin Smyers, Newcastle Aust, LPGA golfer (1995 Youngstown-11th)
1962 Tina Tombs, Montreal Quebec, LPGA golfer (1990 Jamie Farr Toledo)
1963 Anthony Clark, comedian (Boyd Pritchett-Boston Common)
1963 Dale Hawerchuk, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
1963 David Gavurin, English pop guitarist/composer (Sundays, Blind)
1963 Graham Norton, Irish talk show host
1963 Jack Del Rio, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1964 Branco, Brazilian footballer and coach
1964 Dang Than, Vietnamese poet and writer
1964 David Cross, American actor and comedian
1964 Gregory Thomas Kraft, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1993 Walt Disney-2nd)
1964 Paul Parker, soccer player
1964 Robbie Rist, American actor (Oliver-Brady Bunch)
1965 Black Francis (Charles Thompson), US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
1965 Robert Downey, Jr., American actor (SNL, Less than Zero, Back to School)
1965 Tony Burse, CFL fullback (Edmonton Eskimos)
1965 Zwart Francis (Charles Thompson), US singer/songwriter (Pixies)
1966 Christos Tsekos Greek basketball player
1966 Michal Clingman, Indio California, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-9th-1994)
1966 Mike Starr, American musician, Bassist (Alice In Chains) (d. 2011)
1966 Myriam Schropp, West Germany, tennis star
1966 Nancy McKeon, American actress (Jo Polniazek-Facts of Life)
1966 Riduan Isamuddin, Guantanamo detainee
1966 Stanislav Medrik, Nitra CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1967 George Mavrotas, Greek water polo player
1967 Juliana "Juli" Furtado, NYC, cyclist (Olympics-10th-96)
1968 Andre Bowden, WLAF LB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1968 Jennifer Lynch, American director
1968 Jesús Miguel Rollán Prada, Spanish water polo player (d. 2006)
1968 Xenia Seeberg, German film and television actress
1969 Anthony Tucker, NBA forward (NY Knicks)
1969 Carlos Reyes, Miami FL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
1969 Dennis de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1969 Gerard de Nooijer, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
1970 Barry Pepper, Canadian actor
1970 Barry van Galen, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC)
1970 Jason Stoltenberg, Australia, tennis star
1970 Michael Schwartz, American turntablist, known as Mix Master Mike, DJ for the Beastie Boys
1970 Wendy Bell, Television news reporter
1971 Allan Houston, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Detroit Pistons)
1971 Felipe Lira, Miranda Venezeula, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1971 Jaime Fernandez, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1971 John Zandig, American professional wrestler
1971 Josh Todd, American lead singer of rock band Buckcherry
1971 Mark Chapman, British radio sports newsreader and DJ
1971 Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL center (LA Kings)
1972 Chad Eaton, defensive tackle (New England Patriots)
1972 Jill Scott, American soul singer
1972 Jim Werland, Ventura California, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
1972 Lisa Ray, Indo-Canadian actress
1972 Magnus Sveningsson, Swedish musician (The Cardigans)
1972 Matt Wagner, Cedar falls IA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1973 Chris McCormack, Australian triathlete
1973 Damon Allen, Winston-Salem NC, figure skater (1997 Midwestern champ)
1973 David Blaine, American illusionist
1973 Loris Capirossi, Italian motorcycle racer
1973 Peter Hoekstra, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Ajax)
1973 Ryan Coughlin, CFL offensive linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1973 Tiffany Woosley, WNBA guard (Houston Comets)
1974 Dave Mirra, American athlete
1974 O J Santiago, tight end (Atlanta Falcons)
1975 Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman
1975 Kisha Ford, WNBA guard/forward (NY Liberty)
1975 Pamela Ribon, American author, actress
1975 Roy Padrick, American journalist
1975 Scott Rolen, American baseball player
1975 Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish cross-country skier
1976 Emerson, Brazilian footballer
1976 James Roday, American actor
1976 Sébastien Enjolras, French racing driver (d. 1997)
1977 Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist and producer(Killswitch Engage)
1977 Omarr Ali Hasan Smith, American Arena Football League defensive back
1977 Stephen Mulhern, British magician, CITV Presenter
1978 Alan Mahon, Irish footballer
1978 Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer
1978 Irene Skliva, Greek 1996 Miss World winner
1978 Jason Ellison, American baseball player
1978 Lemar, English R&B singer
1978 Sam Moran, Australian entertainer
1979 Andy McKee, American musician
1979 Charles Butler, Salt Lake City Utah, dance skater (& Joseph-1997 Natl)
1979 Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
1979 Jessica Napier, New Zealand actress
1979 Natasha Lyonne, American actress
1979 Rebecca Stoyel, South Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1979 Roberto Luongo, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
1980 Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver
1980 Johnny Borrell, English singer (Razorlight)
1980 Trevor Moore, American comedian
1981 Ned Vizzini, young adult author
1983 Angelle Tymon, American journalist and TV game-show host
1983 Ben Gordon, American professional basketball player
1983 Doug Lynch, Canadian ice-hockey player
1983 Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer
1984 Arkady Vyatchanin, Russian swimmer
1985 Rudy Fernández, Spanish basketball player
1985 Tyson Johnson, American Mixed Martial Artist
1986 Aiden McGeady, Irish footballer (Republic of Ireland, Celtic)
1986 Cameron Barker, Canadian ice-hockey player
1986 Eunhyuk, Korean singer (Super Junior)
1987 Cameron Maybin, American baseball player
1987 Devon Anderson, English actor
1987 Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress
1988 Frank Fielding, English footballer
1991 Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer
1992 Alexa Nikolas, American actress
1992 Christina Metaxa, Cypriot singer
1994 Risako Sugaya, Japanese singer
2001 Ashley Nicole Greene, American actress

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397 Ambrosius, gov of Liguria, bishop of Milan (374-97), saint (b. c. 338)
636 Saint Isidore of Seville, Church Father and the proposed patron of Internet (b. c. 560)
896 Formosus, Pope (891-96) (b. 816)
1229 Hugo van Pierrepont, bishop of Liege
1284 Alfonso X, "El Sabio" King of Castile and Leon (1252-84) (b. 1221)
1292 Nicholas IV (Girolamo Masci), Pope (1288-92) (b. 1227)
1305 Jeanne of Navarre, wife of Philip IV of France (b. c. 1217)
1393 Floris van Wevelinkhoven, bishop of Utrecht
1406 Robert III, King of Scotland (1390-1406)
1417 John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria
1536 Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1460)
1585 Caspar de Robles, Spanish viceroy of Frisia
1588 Frederik II, King of Denmark and Norway (1559-88) (b. 1534)
1604 Thomas Churchyard, poet/pamphleteer
1609 Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (b. 1526)
1617 John Napier, Scottish mathematician and inventor (logarithms) (b. 1550)
1643 Simon Episcopius (Bisschop), Dutch theologist (b. 1583)
1661 Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven, Scottish soldier (b. c. 1580)
1662 Davis Mell, composer
1662 Leonhart Kern, German sculptor
1664 Adam Willaerts, Dutch seascape painter
1701 Joseph Haines, entertainer and author
1714 Karel, duke of Berry/French heir to the throne
1734 Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist
1743 Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678)
1761 Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (b. 1722)
1766 John Taylor, English classical scholar (b. 1704)
1774 Oliver Goldsmith, Irish poet (She Stoops to Conquer) (b. 1728)
1784 Mary Mead, wife of English journalist John Wilkes
1792 James Sykes, American politician (b. 1725)
1806 Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer
1807 Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande, French astronomer (b. 1732)
1817 André Masséna, Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and Marshal of France (b. 1758)
1817 Prince d'Essing
1841 William Henry Harrison, 9th President of the United States, 1st pres to die in office (b. 1773)
1844 Charles Bulfinch, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House)
1846 Solomon Sibley, American senator from Michigan Territory (b. 1769)
1861 John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1785)
1862 Harmen S Sytstra, Dutch poet/editor (Iduna)
1863 Ludwig Emil Grimm, German painter and engraver (b. 1790)
1864 Joseph Pitty Couthouy, American naval officer (b. 1808)
1870 Heinrich Gustav Magnus, German chemist and physicist (b. 1802)
1874 Charles Ernest Beulé, French archaeologist and politician (b. 1826)
1878 Richard Brewer, American gunslinger/cowboy (b. 1850)
1879 Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, German physicist (b. 1803)
1883 Peter Cooper, American industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. 1791)
1884 Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian artist and diarist (b. 1860)
1889 Thomas T H Jorissen, historian
1890 Edmond Hébert, French geologist (b. 1812)
1890 Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, Quebec politician (b. 1820)
1893 Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist
1900 Edward VII, King, assassinated
1905 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor
1908 Josef Sucher, composer
1919 William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (Crookes-pipe) (b. 1832)
1923 John Venn, British mathematician (b. 1834)
1923 L Martov (Joulij O Tsederbaum), Russian revolutionary
1929 Karl Friedrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes) (b. 1844)
1930 Vladimir Majakovski, Russian poet
1931 André Michelin, French industrialist (b. 1853)
1931 George Whitefield Chadwick, composer
1932 Ottokar T Czernin von und zu Chudenitz, Austrian minister
1932 Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel Prize laureate 1909) (b. 1853)
1934 Braulio Dueno Colon, composer
1937 Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic
1938 Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935)
1941 Andre Michelin, French tire manufacturer
1941 Max Frisch, writer
1943 Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor
1943 Raoul Laparra, composer
1944 John Peale Bishop, US poet (Undertaker's Garland)
1944 Karel Weis, composer
1947 William O'Donnell, Irish politician
1951 Al Christie, Canadian film director and producer (b. 1881)
1951 George Albert Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. 1870)
1953 Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40) (b. 1893)
1953 Rachilde (Marguerite Vallette-Eymery), French author
1957 E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat (b. 1909)
1958 Hendrik Heyman, Belgian minister of Nijverheid/mayor
1958 Johnny Stompanato, American organized crime figure (b. 1925)
1959 Stanley Snooke, cricketer (bro of S J, duck in South African Test)
1961 Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician (b. 1873)
1962 James Hanratty, British rapist and murderer, executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. 1936)
1963 Endzion Barelli, dies 2 days after winning a boxing match (18yo)
1963 Jason Robards Sr, actor (Acapulco),
1967 Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
1967 Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)
1967 Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist
1968 Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929), assassinated at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee
1970 Byron Foulger, American actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction) (b. 1899)
1972 Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American politician (Rep-D-NY) (b. 1908)
1972 John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal)
1972 Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus & Elidco) (b. 1902)
1976 Harry Nyquist, Swedish contributor to information theory (b. 1889)
1977 Jeno Zador, composer
1978 Gino Contilli, composer
1979 Edgar Buchanan, American actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction) (b. 1903)
1979 Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani President (1971-1973) and Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973-1977), hanged (b. 1928)
1980 Red Sovine, American country music singer (b. 1917)
1981 Brad Johnson, actor (Annie Oakley)
1982 Tsvetan Tsvetanov, composer
1983 Gloria Swanson, American actress (Airport 1975) (b. 1899)
1983 Jacqueline Logan, silent film leading lady
1984 John Arnold, cricketer (Eng bat v NZ 1931, scored 34 only Test)
1984 Oleg Antonov, Soviet airplane engineer (b. 1906)
1985 Kate Roberts, Welsh nationalist and writer (b. 1891)
1986 Frank Mortelmans, Belgian painter
1987 C(atherine) L(ucille) Moore, American writer (Judgment Night) (b. 1911)
1991 Edmund Adamkiewicz, German footballer (b. 1920)
1991 Forrest Towns, American hurdler (b. 1914)
1991 H. John Heinz III, U.S. Senator (Sen-R-Pa), dies in a plane crash (b. 1938)
1991 Luc de Rijck, Belgian soccer player (Turnhout)
1991 Max Frisch, Swiss architect and writer (Stiller, Biedermann) (b. 1911)
1992 Arthur Russell, American cellist (b. 1951)
1992 Jack Hamilton, Australian football player (b. 1928)
1992 Karl Tunberg, US scriptwriter (Ben Hur), dies
1992 Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80
1992 Sy Kramer, singer/comedy writer dies of cancer at 59
1992 Yvette Brind'Amour, French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. 1918)
1993 Alfred Mosher Butts, American architect and inventor (Scrabble) (b. 1899)
1993 Bep (Alberta B) Ogterop (Rita la Roche), singer
1994 Olga Lowina, Dutch yodeler (Edelweisskapel)
1994 Virginia "Ginny" Simms, actress/singer (Kay Kyser Band)
1995 Kenny Everett, British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. 1944)
1995 Peter Brinson, dance educationalist
1995 Priscilla Lane, American singer and actress (Saboteur, Bodyguard) (b. 1915)
1996 Barney Ewell, American athlete (b. 1918)
1996 Boone Guyton, American test pilot (b. 1913)
1996 Carl Burton Stokes, politician
1996 David Keylsey, actor/director
1996 David Whitton, campaigner
1996 Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist
1996 Joy Newton, dancer
1996 Larry LaPrise, American songwriter (b. 1913)
1996 Seamas NacNeill, piper
1997 Leo Picard, Israeli geologist (b. 1900)
1999 Early Wynn, American baseball player (b. 1920)
1999 Faith Domergue, American actor (b. 1924)
2001 Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, American custom car designer (b. 1932)
2002 Harry L. O'Connor, Czech film stuntman
2003 Anthony Caruso, American actor (b. 1916)
2003 Resortes, Mexican comedian (b. 1916)
2004 Alberic Schotte, Belgian cyclist (b. 1919)
2004 Casey Sheehan, American soldier, son of Cindy Sheehan (b. 1979)
2005 Edward Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1924)
2007 Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)
2007 Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (b. 1927)
2008 Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (b. 1923)
2009 Gonzalo Olave, Chilean television actor (b. 1983)
2011 Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, filmmaker and political activist (b. 1958)
2011 Scott Columbus, American drummer (Manowar) (b. 1956)
2012 Claude Miller, French director and screen writer
2013 Roger Ebert, American film critic and writer (Pulitzer Prize 1975)(b. 1942)
2013 Carmine Infantino, American comic book artist
2013 Ian Walsh, Australian rugby league player
2015 Elmer Lach, Canadian professional ice hockey player
2016 Carlo Mastrangelo, musician (Dion and The Belmonts)

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