April 10th
Holidays and Festivals
ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) Day
Salvation Army Founder's Day
National Sibling(s) Day
Original Arbor Day * CLICK HERE
Golfer's Day
National Farm Animals Day
Safety Pin Day
Commodore Perry Day
Anniversary of the Safety Pin Patented
Birthday of Lech Kaczynski, President of Poland (b. 1949)
Birthday of Maria Kaczynska, First Lady of Poland (b. 1942)
Birthday of Dixie Carter, an American actress (2010 – b.1939)
Christian Feast Day of Fulbert of Chartres
Christian Feast Day of James, Azadanus and Abdicius
Feast of William of Ockham (Church of England)
* Snowbombing Festival - Mayrhofen, Austria, Europe April 5 – 10 (6of6) (2010)
* Top of the Hops Festival - Greenville SC (2010)
* White Country Cork & Keg Festival - Helen GA
Toast of The Day
"A generation of children on the children of your children."
- Traditional
Drink of The Day
Purple People Eater
1 Part bacardi
1 Part peach schnapps (archers)
1 Part Blue Curacao
Splash of grenadine
Fill with lemonade
Mix all ingredients and pour over ice.
- In Honor of Shelby F. "Sheb" Wooley (April 10, 1921 – September 16, 2003) was a character actor and singer, best known for his 1958 novelty song "The Purple People Eater".
Wine of The Day
Duck Pond 2008 Pinot Noir
Style - Pinot Noir
Willamette Valley
$25
Beer of The Day
Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout
Brewer - Great Divide Brewing, Denver, Colorado, USA
Style - Russian Imperial Stout
ABV - 9.5%
Joke of The Day
The husband was not home at his usual hour, and the wife was fuming, as the clock ticked later and later. Finally, about 3:00 AM she heard a noise at the front door, and as she stood at the top of the stairs, there was her husband, drunk as a skunk, trying to navigate the stairs. "Do you realize what time it is?" she asked. He answered, "Don't get excited. I'm late because I bought something for the house." Immediately her attitude changed, and as she ran down the stairs to meet him halfway, she asked, "What did you buy for the house, dear?" His answer was, "A round of drinks!"
Quote of The Day
"Enjoy the little things in life, because one day you will look back, and realize they were the big things."
- Unknown
Whisky of The Day
April Observances
ASPCA Month
Alcohol Awareness Month
Amateur Radio Month
Atlanta Food & Wine Month
Brussels Sprouts and Cabbage Month
Cancer Control Month
Celebrate Diversity Month
Community Spirit Days
Confederate History Month
Couple Appreciation Month
Cranberries and Gooseberries Month
DNA, Genomics and Stem Cell Education and Awareness Month
Defeat Diabetes Month
Emotional Overeating Awareness Month
Facial Protection Month
Fair Housing Month
Financial Literacy Month
Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month
Frog Month
Get Yourself Tested Month
Global Child Nutrition Month
Grange Month
Holy Humor Month
Home Improvement Time (April-Sept.30)
Honor Society Awareness Month (Different Sponsor to March)
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month
Informed Woman Month
Injury Prevention Month
International Cesarean Awareness Month
International Customer Loyalty Month
International Daffynitions Month
International Guitar Month
International Twit Award Month
Jazz Appreciation Month
Keep America Beautiful Month
Lawn and Garden Month
Learn Thai Month
Library Snapshot Month
Math Awareness Month
Month of the Military Child
Month of the Young Child
National African American Women's Fitness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Car Care Month
National Card and Letter Writing Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National DNA & Genomics & Stem Cell Education & Awareness Month
National Decorating Month
National Donate Life Month
National Garden Month
National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Month
National Humor Month
National Kite Month
National Knuckles Down Month
National Landscape Architecture Month
National Multiple Birth Awareness Month
National Occupational Therapy Month
National Oral Health Month
National Parkinson's Awareness Month
National Pecan Month
National Pest Management Month
National Pet First Aid Awareness Month
National Pet Month
National Poetry Month
National Prepare Your Home To Be Sold Month
National Rebuilding Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
National Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) Education and Awareness Month
National Stress Awareness Month
National Welding Month
National Welding Month
National Youth Sports Safety Month
Patient Safety Awareness Month
Pharmacists War on Diabetes Month
Physical Wellness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
Prevent Lyme in Dogs Month
Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month
Procrastination Awareness Month
Records and Information Management Month
Rosacea Awareness Month
School Library Media Month
Southern Belles Month
Soy Foods Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
Straw Hat Month
Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
Tomatillo and Asian Pear Month
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Workplace Conflict Awareness Month
World Habitat Awareness Month
Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month
Observances this Week
American Indian Awareness Week, Second Week of AprilGarden Week, Second Week of April
National Animal Control Appreciation Week, First Full Week of April
National Blue Ribbon Week (Child Abuse), First Full Week of April
National Public Health Week, First Full Week of April
National Week of the Ocean, First Full Week of April
National Window Safety Week, First Full Week of April
The Masters Tournament, Second Wednesday through Sunday in April
Hate Week, April 4th through 10th
National Week of the Ocean, Usually the Week of April 6th
Historical Events on April 10th
837 Comet 1P/837 F1 (Halley) approaches within 0.0334 AUs of Earth
847 St Leo IV begins his reign as Catholic Pope
879 Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks.
1407 the lama Deshin Shekpa visits the Ming Dynasty capital at Nanjing. He is awarded with the title Great Treasure Prince of Dharma.
1500 France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan
1500 Ludovico Sforza is captured by the Swiss troops at Novara and is handed over to the French.
1512 Pope Julius II opens 5th Council of Lateranen
1516 1st ghetto, Jews are compelled to live in specific area of Venice
1552 Henri II of France occupies Metz
1589 Spanish troops conquer Geertruidenberg
1606 The Charter of the Virginia Company of London is established by royal charter by James I of England with the purpose of establishing colonial settlements in North America.
1656 Dutch fleet occupiers Colombo Ceylon
1694 Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale
1710 The first law regulating copyright is issued in Great Britain.
1739 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing
1741 Prussia defeats Austria in the Battle of Mollwitz during the War of the Austrian Succession.
1790 Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth
1790 US Patent system forms
1815 Austria declares war on realm of Naples
1815 The Mount Tambora volcano begins a three-month-long eruption, lasting until July 15. The eruption ultimately kills 71,000 people and affects Earth's climate for the next two years.
1816 2nd Bank of US chartered
1816 The United States Government approves the creation of the Second Bank of the United States.
1821 Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Turks from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus.
1825 1st hotel in Hawaii opens
1825 Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at Leon
1826 The 10,500 inhabitants of the Greek town Messolonghi start leaving the town after a year's siege by Turkish forces. Very few of them survive.
1835 Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile
1841 NY "Tribune" begins publishing under editor Horace Greeley
1845 More than 1,000 buildings damaged by fire in Pittsburgh Pa
1849 Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (NYC); sold rights for $400
1856 The Theta Chi Fraternity is founded at Norwich University.
1858 The original Big Ben, a 14.5 tonne bell for the Palace of Westminster is cast in Stockton-on-Tees by Warner's of Cripplegate. This however cracked during testing and was recasted into the 13.76 tonne bell by Whitechapel Bell Foundry and is still in use to date.
1863 Rebel Gen Earl Van Dorn attacks at Franklin, Tenn
1864 Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is elected emperor of Mexico.
1865 A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time in the American Civil War.
1866 The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
1868 1st performance of John Brahms' "Ein german Requiem"
1868 At Arogee in Abyssinia, British and Indian forces defeat an army of Emperor Tewodros II. While 700 Ethiopians are killed and many more injured, only two die from the British/Indian troops.
1868 Brits defeat King of Abyssinia at Magdala
1869 Congress increases number of Supreme Court judges from 7 to 9
1869 José Martí founds the Cuban Revolutionary Party.
1871 William Hammond Hall's maps & surveys of Golden Gate Park accepted
1872 1st National black convention meets in New Orleans
1872 Arbor day first celebrated in Nebraska, later changed to Apr 22
1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London
1877 Federal troops withdrawn from Columbia SC
1878 California St Cable Car RR Co starts service
1882 Matson founds his shipping company (San Francisco & Hawaii)
1884 US Senate accepts Belgian administration of Congo
1887 On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of The Catholic University of America.
1887 President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il
1887 Soccer team Be Quick forms in Hairs Groningen
1896 Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50)
1904 British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the third and final chapter of The Book of The Law.
1912 RMS Titanic sets sail for its 1st & last voyage
1912 The Titanic leaves port in Southampton, England for her first and only voyage.
1913 Pres Woodrow Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1
1913 Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings
1916 The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City, First professional golf tournament held.
1917 Munition factory explosion at Eddystone PA, kills 133 workers
1919 Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
1923 Hitler demands "hatred & more hatred" in Berlin
1924 Tubular steel golf club shafts approved for championship play
1925 Czarina re-christened Stalingrad (now Volgograd)
1925 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner's Sons.
1930 George Headley scores 223 v England at Kingston
1930 Synthetic rubber 1st produced
1932 Paul von Hindenburg elected 1st German president (Hitler is 2nd)
1933 The Civilian Conservation Corps is created, part of The New Deal.
1934 Stanley Cup, Chicago Blackhawks beat Detroit Red Wings, 3 games to 1
1935 Vaughan Williams' 4th Symphony premieres in London
1936 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena
1938 2nd government of Blum replaced by Daladier government in France
1938 Austria becomes a state of Germany
1938 NY makes syphilis test mandatory in order to get a marriage license
1939 Colijn's Dutch government opens camp Westerbork for German Jews
1939 Grens mobilization due to Italian invasion in Albania
1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"
1940 World War II, Katyn more than 20 000 Polish soldiers, policemen was executed by Soviet Union.
1941 German troops conquer Libyan county Cyrenaica
1941 The Axis Powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelic's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power, World War II.
1942 Cigarettes & candy rationed in Holland
1943 12 Jewish patients of Herren Loo-Lozenoord escape nazis
1943 General Montgomery occupies Sfax Tunisia
1944 "Patrolling the Ether" is shown on 3 TV stations simultaneously
1944 Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler escape from the Birkenau death camp.
1944 Soviet forces liberate Odessa from Nazis
1945 Allies liberate 1st Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald (Czech)
1945 Canadian troops conquer Deventer
1945 General Blaskowitz becomes nazi leader of "Fort Holland"
1945 German troops attack Ijsselbrug
1945 NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge
1945 US troops land on Tsugen Shima Okinawa
1945 US troops liberate Nazi concentration camp at Buchenwald, Germany
1945 William Schuman & Antony Tudors ballet premieres in NYC
1946 1st election for Japanese Diet
1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)
1947 King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
1948 Jewish Hagana repels an Arab attack on Mishmar HaEmek
1949 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282
1953 "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (NYC)
1953 7th NBA Championship, Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 1
1953 Warner Brothers premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax.
1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1955 9th NBA Championship, Syracuse Nats beat Ft Wayne Pistons, 4 games to 3
1955 19th Golf Masters Championship, Cary Middlecoff wins, shooting a 279
1955 Dr Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine
1955 Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely
1956 Philips broadcasts 1st Dutch color TV programs
1956 Stanley Cup, Montreal Canadiens beat Detroit Red Wings, 4 games to 1
1957 John Osborne's "Entertainer," premieres in London
1957 Jordanian government of Naboelsi resigns
1957 The Suez Canal is reopened for all shipping after being closed for three months.
1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test
1958 Northern strip of Spanish Sahara ceded to Morocco
1959 Japan's Crown Prince Akihito marries commoner Michiko Shoda
1960 24th Golf Masters Championship, Arnold Palmer wins, shooting a 282
1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1960 Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
1961 25th Golf Masters Championship, Gary Player wins, shooting a 280
1961 Adolf Eichmann tried as a war criminal in Israel
1961 Dutch foreign minister Luns talks to JFK about New Guinea
1961 New Wash Senators loses 1st regular-season game 4-3 to White Sox
1962 1st baseball game at LA's Dodger Stadium, they lose 6-3 to Reds
1962 1st major league game in Houston, Colt .45s beat Chicago Cubs, 11-2
1962 NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits his 375th HR
1963 129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.
1963 Thresher, US atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston
1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 Demolition begins on Polo Grounds to clear way for housing project
1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire & sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf)
1967 39th Academy Awards, "Man For All Seasons," E Taylor & P Scofield win
1968 "George M!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 435 performances
1968 40th Academy Awards, "Heat of the Night," Rod Steiger & K Hepburn win
1968 Ferry Wahine sinks in Wellington harbour, New Zealand on route from Lyttelton (51 killed)
1968 Shipwreck of the New Zealand inter-island ferry TEV Wahine outside Wellington harbour.
1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1
1971 US table tennis team arrives in China PR, In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.
1972 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars
1972 20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.
1972 US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
1972 For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
1973 A British Vanguard turboprop crashes during a snowstorm at Basel, Switzerland killing 104.
1973 BEA flight to Basel Switz, crashes on landing, killing 104 of 143
1973 KC opens its new park, Royals Stadium, with 12-1 rout of Rangers
1973 Pakistan suspends constitution
1974 American Boccaccio Association forms
1974 Magicians Penn & Teller 1st meet
1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir
1975 Rangers score 8 goals against Islanders in playoffs
1976 Brewers' Don Money's grand slammer disallowed-Yanks win 9-7
1976 Cleveland Cavaliers win their 1st NBA Central Division title
1977 41st Golf Masters Championship, Tom Watson wins, shooting a 276
1977 Beverly Klass wins LPGA Women's International Golf Satellite
1977 Cleveland Indians set club record for longest, 9 inn game (3:17)
1978 Formation of Major Indoor Soccer League announced
1979 J R Richard throws major league record 6 wild pitches in Astrodome
1979 During the Red River Valley Tornado Outbreak, A tornado lands in Wichita Falls, Texas killing 42 people.
1979 Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
1981 "Caveman" with Ringo premieres
1981 Computer glitch keeps Space Shuttle Columbia grounded
1981 France performs nuclear test
1981 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands elected to Brittish Parliament
1982 LA Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5
1982 Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-PreliminaryIsles hold 2-1 lead
1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
1983 Caps 3-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Isles win series 3-2
1983 Hennie Kuiper (Neth) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race
1983 Jordan king Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1984 Damaged Solar Max satellite snared by Challenger shuttle
1984 John Long (Detroit) ends NBA free throw streak of 51 games
1984 US Senate condemns CIA mining of Nicaraguan harbors
1985 At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game
1985 Caps 4-Isles 3 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals-Caps hold 1-0 lead
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-B mission
1986 "Big Deal" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 70 performances
1986 Benazir Bhutto returns to Pakistan
1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 8th Golden Raspberry Awards, Leonard Part 6 wins
1988 52nd Golf Masters Championship, Sandy Lyle wins, shooting a 281
1988 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA San Diego Inamori Golf Classic
1988 Herschel Walker performs Fort Worth Ballet
1988 Islanders beat Devils 5-4 (OT) 1st round tied at 2-2
1989 10th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1989 24th Academy of Country Music Awards, Hank Williams Jr, Alabama
1989 H J Heinz, Van Camp Seafood & Bumble Bee Seafood say they would not buy tuna caught in nets that also trap dolphins
1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip
1990 CUNY/Lehman College, Bronx, opens a branch campus in Hiroshma Japan
1990 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
1991 A rare tropical storm develops in the Southern Hemisphere near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
1991 Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.
1991 LA King Wayne Gretzky scores NHL record 93rd playoff goal
1991 Last automat (coin operated cafeteria) closes (3rd & 42nd St, NYC)
1991 Martin Zubero swims world record 200m backstroke (1:52.51)
1992 25 die in a bus bombing in Sri Lanka
1992 Floriade (Flower Show) opens at Hague Neth
1992 NHL strike ends after 10 days
1992 The Maraghar Massacre, killing of ethnic Armenian civil population of the village Maraghar by Azerbaijani troops during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
1993 BPAA US Open by Del Ballard Jr
1993 Ottawa Senators win 1st road game (Islanders) after 38 straight loses
1993 Pittsburgh Penguins win their NHL record 17 game winning streak
1994 "Les Miserables," opens at Hiten Theatre, Osaka
1994 58th Golf Masters Championship: Jose M Olazabal wins, shooting a 279
1995 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 24 perfs
1995 NYC bans smoking in all restaurants that seat 35 or more
1998 The Belfast Agreement is signed.
2006 Hundreds of thousands protest H.R. 4437 (aka the "Sensenbrenner Bill") in the United States.
2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyński.
2012 Apple Inc claims a value of $600 billion making it the largest company by market capitalization in the world
2012 Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance Leader, dies at 97
2012 Rick Santorum suspends his candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination making Mitt Romney the overwhelming favourite
2012 United Nations deadline for Syrian troop withdrawal passes as violence continues
2013 Japan and Taiwan sign an agreement on fishing rights around the Senkaku Islands
2014 88 civilians are killed by barrel bombs from Syrian war planes in Aleppo, Syria
2014 The Council of Europe suspends Russia's right to vote
Born on April 10th
401 Theodosius II, the Younger, Eastern Roman emperor
1512 James V, king of Scotland (1513-42)
1569 Emilia van Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange & Anna of Saxon
1583 Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer, father of international law (d. 1645)
1633 Werner Fabricius, composer
1651 Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
1656 René Lepage de Ste-Claire, lord-founder of the town of Rimouski, in New France (d. 1718)
1695 Balthazar Huydecoper, Dutch translator/historian
1704 Benjamin Heath, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (d. 1788)
1735 Button Gwinnett, Signer of the US Declaration of Independence (d. 1777)
1737 Francois Giroust, composer
1755 Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, originator of homeopathy (d. 1843)
1762 Giovanni Aldini, Italian physicist (d. 1834)
1778 William Hazlitt, English writer (d. 1830)
1783 Hortense E de Beauharnais, French queen of Netherlands (1806-10)
1794 Matthew Calbraith Perry, American Commodore, opened Japan (d. 1858)
1796 James Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)
1797 Claude Ambroise Seurat, Troyes France, (World's skinniest man)
1806 Leonidas Polk, Lt Gen (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)
1808 Auguste Franchomme, composer
1823 Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1827 Lewis Wallace, Union general in the American Civil War and novelist (Ben Hur) (d. 1905)
1829 William Booth, English founder of the Salvation Army (d. 1912)
1833 David McMurtrie Gregg, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1833 James Edward Rains, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1837 Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)
1847 Charles Swinnerton Heap, composer
1847 Joseph Pulitzer, American journalist and publisher (St Louis Post-Dispatch, NY World) (d. 1911)
1854 Jozef M T Orelio, baritone
1857 Henry Ernest Dudeney, mathematician/puzzle maker
1864 Eugene Francis Charles D'Albert, German pianist and composer (Golem) (d. 1932)
1864 Tully Marshall, Nevada City CA
1865 Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist (d. 1944)
1867 George William Russell, Irish nationalist (d. 1935)
1868 George Arliss, English actor (Devil, Green Goddess) (d. 1946)
1877 Alfred Kubin, writer
1880 Frances Perkins, American politician and 1st woman to hold cabinet-level position (Labor) (d. 1965)
1880 Mohammed Nadir Shah, Afghan king (d. 1933)
1880 Montague Summers, English writer (d. 1948)
1882 Simon F H J Berkelbach Van der Sprenkel, theologist (Fear & Religion)
1886 Val Paul
1887 Bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel laureate 1947) (d. 1971)
1887 Heinz Tiessen, composer
1891 Frank Barson, English footballer (d. 1968)
1891 Tim McCoy, Saginaw MI
1892 Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist (Rassenkunde)
1892 Victor de Sabata, Trieste Italy, conductor/composer (Il Macigno)
1894 Ben Nicholson, English painter/sculptor (Circle)
1894 Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983)
1896 Edith Day, Minneapolis MN
1897 Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)
1900 Jean Duvieusart, premier (Belgium 1950)
1903 Claire Boothe Luce, American activist, US ambassador (to Vatican) (d. 1987)
1903 Nick Stuart, Romania, bandleader
1905 Jan H van Roijen, diplomat/Netherland foreign minister
1906 Fud Livingston, composer
1906 Kathleen Major, principal (St Hilda's College, England)
1906 Lili Darvas, Budapest Hungary, actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron)
1907 Pete Desjardins, US, platform/springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1928)
1908 Aidan Crawley, CEO (London Weekend TV)
1910 Abu-Bakr Khairat, composer
1910 David Gilroy Bevan, politician
1910 Paul Sweezy, American economist and editor (d. 2004)
1911 Martin Denny, American musician (d. 2005)
1911 Maurice Schumann, French statesman/writer (La Voix du couvre-feu)
1912 Boris Kidric, Slovenian resistance leader and Communist politician (d. 1953)
1912 Clarke Hinkle, NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers)
1912 Martin Denny, rocker/actor (Forbidden Island)
1912 Roy Hofheinz, engineer (Houston Astrodome)
1913 Stefan Heym, German author (Crusaders, Family Benda) (d. 2001)
1914 E A V "Foffie" Williams, cricketer (WI all-rounder 1939-48)
1914 Jack Badcock, cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's)
1915 Harry Morgan, American actor (December Bride, M*A*S*H, Dragnet)
1915 Leo Vroman, Dutch/US poet/biologist
1917 Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, (Nobel laureate 1965) (d. 1979)
1918 Lee Bergere, American actor (d. 2007)
1921 Chuck Connors, American actor (Rifleman, Branded, Cowboy in Africa) (d. 1992)
1921 Peter Herbert Penwarden, priest
1921 Sheb Wooley, American actor and singer (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw) (d. 2003)
1923 Floyd M Simmons, actor/decathlete (Olympic-bronze-1948, 52)
1923 John Watkins, cricketer (South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57)
1923 Roger Gaillard, Haitian historian and novelist (d. 2000)
1924 Kenneth Noland, American painter (d. 2010)
1925 Linda Goodman, New York Times bestselling American astrologer and poet (d. 1995)
1926 "Alvin" Junior Samples, Cummings Ga, country singer (Hee Haw)
1926 Jacques Casterede, composer
1926 Johnnie Tillmon, civil rights activist (Natl Welfare Rights Association)
1926 Junior Samples, American southern comedian (d. 1983)
1927 Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2010)
1929 Dusan Radic, composer
1929 Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape)
1929 Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (d. 1959)
1930 Claude Bolling, French jazz composer and pianist
1930 Dolores Huerta, American labor activist
1930 Lord Morton, of Shauna, senator (College of Justice, Scotland)
1930 Norma Candal, Puerto Rican actor and comedian (d. 2006)
1930 Shuja-ud-Din, cricketer (batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62)
1930 Spede Pasanen, Finnish comedian (d. 2001)
1931 Marcel van Maele, Belgian poet
1932 Adrian Henri, poet/president (Liverpool Academy of Arts)
1932 Delphine Seyrig, Beirut Lebanon, actress (Freak Orlando, Reperages)
1932 Hari Rhodes, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Mike-Daktari, Roots)
1932 Mae Heriwentha Faggs Starr, NJ, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1952)
1932 Nathaniel Nelson, rocker (Flamingos)
1932 Omar Sharif (Michael Shalhoub), Egyptian actor (Dr Zhivago, Top Secret)
1933 Philip Corner, composer
1933 Poncie Ponce, actor (Kazuo Kim-Hawaiian Eye)
1933 Robert Rhodes James, historian (Gallipoli)
1933 Rokusuke Ei, Japanese lyricist and author
1934 David Halberstam, American journalist and author, intl correspondent (NY Times/Pulitzer 1964) (d. 2007)
1934 Vladimir Posner, Russian journalist
1934 Zsolt Durko, composer
1935 John A. Bennett, American convicted rapist (d. 1961)
1935 Jorge Mester, Mexico City Mexico, conductor (Louisville Orch 1967-79)
1935 Patrick Garland, director (Doll House)
1936 John Madden, American NFL football coach (Oakland Raiders) and commentator (CBS, FOX)
1936 Michael Naylor, insurance broker
1936 Robert "Bobby" Smith, US singer (Spinners)
1937 Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet
1937 Stan Mellor, British racehorse trainer/jockey
1938 Don Meredith, American football player - NFL QB (Cowboys), and broadcaster (Monday Night Football)
1939 Alan Rothenberg, US Soccer pres (1990)
1939 Claudio Magris, Italian author
1939 Daniel Oliver, NYC, CEO (Federal Trade Commission)
1940 Gloria Hunniford, Northern Irish TV and radio presenter (Old Curiosity Shop)
1941 Paul Theroux, American travel book writer (Mosquito Coast)
1942 Ian Callaghan, English footballer
1942 Nick Auf der Maur, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1943 Andrzej Badenski, Polish athlete
1944 Danny Woods, US musician (CEO of the Board)
1945 Vera Misevich, USSR, equestrian dressage (Olympic-gold-1980)
1946 Armand (Herman van Loenhout), singer (Blommenkinders)
1946 David Angell, American television producer (d. 2001)
1947 Bunny Wailer, Jamaican musician (Bob Marley & Wailers)
1947 Karl Russell, rocker
1948 Thomas Spencer, MEP (Conservative)
1949 Daniel Mangeas, French sports commentator
1949 Frank de Leeuw, Dutch rock guitarist (Bob Color)
1950 Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and television performer
1950 Barry M. Riemer, American author
1950 Dave Peverett, rocker (Foghat)
1950 Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (Parliment Funkadelic, The Temptations) (d. 1992)
1950 Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
1951 David Helvarg, American journalist and environmental activist
1951 Mark Roth, bowler (4-time PBA Player of Year)
1951 Steven Seagal, American actor (Above the Law, Hard to Kill)
1952 Narayan Rane, Indian politician
1953 David Moorcroft, British athlete
1953 Terre Roche, rocker (Roches)
1954 Peter MacNicol, American actor (Chicago Hope, Sophie's Choice)
1955 Cary Middlecoff, golfer (Masters)
1955 Lesley Garrett, British soprano
1957 John M. Ford, American science fiction author and poet (d. 2006)
1957 Steven Gustafson, American musician (10,000 Maniacs)
1958 Bob Bell, British engineer
1958 Ken Griffey, baseball player (Cin Reds, NY Yanks)
1958 Kenneth Edmonds, American music producer known by his nickname "Babyface"
1958 Yefim Bronfman, Russian-born pianist
1959 Brian Setzer, American musician (Stray Cats)
1959 Davy Carton, Irish musician (Saw Doctors)
1959 Yvan Loubier, Quebec politician
1960 Julie Fulton, Evanston Ill, actress (Lime Steel)
1960 Katrina Leskanich, American musician
1960 Steve Bisciotti, American owner of the Baltimore Ravens
1960 Terry Teagle, American basketball player
1961 Jeb Adams, Hollywood California, actor (Lt Jeb Pruitt-Baa Baa Black Sheep)
1961 Joe Cole, American roadie (d. 1991)
1961 Nicky Campbell, Scottish TV & radio presenter
1961 Olivia Brown, Frankfurt GFR, actress (Det Trudy Joplin-Miami Vice)
1962 Cathy Turner, Rochester NY, short track skater (Olympics-gold-1994
1962 Jukka Tammi, hockey goaltender (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998)
1962 Steve Tasker, American football player, wide receiver (Buffalo Bills)
1963 Claire Smith, Ottawa Ontario, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96)
1963 Doris Leuthard, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1963 Kirk Lowdermilk, NFL center (Indianapolis Colts)
1963 Marvin Freeman, Chicago IL, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
1963 Mike Devereaux, Casper WY, outfielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1963 Warren DeMartini, American musician (Dokken, Ratt)
1964 Alan "Reni" Wren, English pop drummer (Stone Roses-Fools Gold)
1964 Felicia Collins, Albany NY, guitarist (David Letterman)
1964 Manon Bollegraf, den Bosch Neth, tennis star (semi 1996 Aust doubles)
1965 Karen Booker, WNBA center (Utah Starzz)
1965 Tim "Herb" Alexander, American musician, Drummer (Primus)
1966 Neil Smith, NFL defensive end (KC Chiefs, Den Broncos-Superbowl 32)
1967 David Rovics, American folksinger
1967 Donald Dufresne, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (Edmonton Oilers)
1967 Kay Whitmore, Sudbury, NHL goalie (NY Rangers)
1968 Orlando Jones, American actor and comedian
1969 Billy Jacoby, Flushing NY, actor (Brad-Silver Spoons, Maggie)
1969 Billy Jayne, American actor
1969 Dennis Vial, Sault Ste-Marie Ca, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1969 Ekaterini Koffa, Greek sprinter
1969 Mike Mushok, American musician
1969 Wayne Lammle, WLAF kicker/punter (Scotland Claymores)
1969 William Jayne, actor (Mikey Randall-Parker Lewis Can't Lose)
1970 Enrico Ciccone, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks)
1970 J J McCleskey, NFL safety (NO Saints, Arizona Cardinals)
1970 Kenny Lattimore, American singer
1970 Leonard Dorin, Canadian boxer
1970 Matt Barlow, American musician
1970 Mike Mushok, American musician
1970 Q-Tip, American musician
1970 Sean Gilbert, defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
1970 Wesley Barnett, St Joseph Mo, Oly weightlifter (Pan Am-silver-1987)
1971 Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player
1971 Brad William Henke, American actor
1971 Karl Williams, wide receiver (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1971 Mihai Bagiu, Timisoara Romania, US gymnast (Olympics-96)
1971 Nana Miyagi, Seattle Wash, tennis star (1995 final Surabaya doubles)
1972 Ed Byrne, Irish stand up comedian/voice over artist
1972 Maurice Harrell, NFL tight end (San Diego Chargers)
1972 Richard Wearne, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1972 Sue Merz, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
1973 Aidan Moffat, Scottish musician
1973 Christopher Simmons, American designer
1973 Guillaume Canet, French actor and film director
1973 Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer
1974 Eric Greitens, American former military officer
1974 Petros Passalis, Greek footballer
1974 Sherry Johnson, Owatonna Minnesota, Miss America-Minnesota (1996)
1975 Chris Carrabba, American singer
1975 Eric Den Besten, Bettendorf Iowa, rower (Olympics-1996)
1975 Floris, Prince of Netherlands
1975 Steve Washburn, Ottawa, NHL center (Florida Panthers)
1976 Sara Renner, Canadian cross country skier
1977 Claudia Delpin, Miss Chile Universe (1997)
1978 Jessica Davis, Greenbrae California, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-27th-96)
1978 Sir Christus, Finnish guitarist
1979 Peter Kopteff, Finnish footballer
1979 Rachel Corrie, American activist (d. 2003)
1979 Shemekia Copeland, American singer
1979 Sophie Ellis-Bextor, English singer
1979 Tsuyoshi Domoto, Japanese artist
1980 Bryce Soderberg, American musician
1980 Charlie Hunnam, British actor
1980 Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver
1980 Sean Avery, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 Alexei Semenov, Russian ice hockey player
1981 Gretchen Bleiler, American snowboarder
1981 Laura Bell Bundy, American actor
1981 Liz McClarnon, British singer (Atomic Kitten)
1981 Michael Pitt, American actor
1982 Andre Ethier, American baseball player
1982 Chyler Leigh, American actress
1982 Damián Lanza, Ecuadorian footballer
1983 Jamie Chung, American actress
1983 Ryan Merriman, American actor
1984 Cara DeLizia, American actress
1984 Mandy Moore, American singer/actor
1984 Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child
1985 Carlos Tevez, Argentine footballer
1985 Dion Phaneuf, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 Ayesha Takia, Indian actress
1986 Fernando Gago, Argentine footballer
1986 Olivia Borlée, Belgian athlete
1986 Vincent Kompany, Belgian footballer
1987 Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano
1988 Haley Joel Osment, American actor (Matt-Jeff Foxworthy Show)
1990 Alex Pettyfer, English actor
1990 Ben Amos, English footballer
1990 Lulinha, Brazilian footballer
1991 Amanda Michalka, American actress and singer
2007 Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Dutch Princess
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879 Louis II, the Stammerer, King of the West Franks, King of France (877-79) (b. 846)
947 Hugo van Arles, count of Arles/king of Italy
948 King Hugh of Italy
1008 Notger, bishop of Luik (972-1008)
1362 Machteld, countess of Holland
1533 Frederik I, King of Denmark/Norway (1523-33) (b. 1471)
1545 Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
1585 Gregory XIII (Ugo Buoncampagni), Italian Pope (1572-85) (b. 1502)
1599 Gabrielle d'Estrée, mistress of King Henry IV of France (b. 1571)
1601 Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet (b. 1562)
1619 Thomas Jones, Archbishop of Dublin (b. c. 1550)
1640 Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer (b. 1578)
1640 Charlotte Flandrina van Nassau, daughter of Willem I
1646 Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
1704 William Egon of Fürstenberg, Bishop of Strassburg (b. 1629)
1706 Arthur Chichester, 3rd Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1666)
1712 Yusuf Nabi, Turkish poet (Hayriye)
1723 Claude F Tserclaes, South Neth earl of Tilly
1731 Maximilian Dietrich Freisslich, composer
1756 Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (d. 1661)
1760 Gerard George Clifford, head of East-Indian Company
1760 Jean Lebeuf, French historian (b. 1687)
1784 Simon Fokke, book illustrator
1786 John Byron, British naval officer (b. 1723)
1806 Horatio Gates, American Revolutionary War hero (b. 1727)
1810 Konrad Back, composer
1813 Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Italian-born mathematician and astronomer (b. 1736)
1823 Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher (b. 1757)
1825 Paul-Louis Courier, (Mere), French writer/interpreter, dies at 53
1848 Godert AGP baron van Capellen, gove-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 69
1862 William Harvey Lamb Wallace, US lawyer/brig-general, dies at 40
1863 Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist, dies at 77
1882 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (b. 1828)
1885 John H Scholten, theologist (Free Want), dies at 73
1904 Queen Isabella II of Spain (b. 1830)
1909 Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet and critic (b. 1837)
1910 Jean Moréas, Greek poet (b. 1856)
1911 Mikolajus Konstantinas Ciurlionis, composer, dies at 35
1919 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, murdered (b. 1879)
1920 Moritz B Cantor, German mathematician (b. 1829)
1920 Tryggve Andersen, Norwegian writer (Mod Kvaeld)
1927 Ivo Bligh, cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83)
1929 Edmond Thieffry, Belgium, WW I pilot,
1931 Khalil Gibran, Lebanese poet and painter (b. 1883)
1932 Andre Baillon, Belgian/French author (& sabots)
1937 Algernon Ashton, composer
1938 Joe "King" Oliver, American musician (b. 1885)
1938 Nana Annor Adjaye, Pan-Africanist, dies in W Nzima Ghana
1939 Alfredo Panzini, Ital author (Il Bacio de Lesba)
1945 Charles Nordhoff, English-born writer (b. 1887)
1945 Hendrik N Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (Blue Boat), executed (b. 1882)
1954 Auguste Lumière, French film pioneer (b. 1862)
1954 Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst)=
1954 Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
1955 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer
1955 Teilhard de Chardin, French paleontologist and theologian (b. 1881)
1956 Bozidar Sirola, composer
1956 Clarence Beaumont, 1st batter in 1st World Series
1956 Jozef Szulc, composer
1958 Chuck Willis, American singer and songwriter (b. 1928)
1960 Arthur Benjamin, Austral composer/pianist (Devil Take Her)
1961 Irene Warfield, silent screen actress (Satan Sanderson)
1962 Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (b. 1886)
1962 Stuart Sutcliffe, English musician (The Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage (b. 1940)
1965 Linda Darnell, American actress, dies from burns received in a fire (b. 1923)
1965 Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928)
1966 Christian J Modeste, Dutch king of gypsies
1966 Evelyn Waugh, English writer (Black Mischief) (b. 1903)
1968 Gustavs Celmins, Latvian politician (b. 1899)
1969 Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (b. 1893)
1970 Charles Paton
1974 Patricia Collinge
1974 Roger Bastide, French sociologist
1975 Marjorie Main, American actress (Ma & Pa Kettle) (b. 1890)
1975 Sophia JW "Sophie" Hermse, actress (But a Dream)
1975 Walker Evans, US photographer (Fortune Magazine)
1979 Henriette P "Hetty" Beck, actress (Dodendans)
1979 Nino Rota, Italian composer (Torquemada) (b. 1911)
1980 Kay Medford, American actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love) (b. 1914)
1983 Issam Sartawi, senior member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (assassinated) (b. 1935)
1983 Ulf S von Euler-Chelpin, Swedish physiologist
1984 Nate Nelson, R&B-singer (Flamingos-I'll Be Home), dies on his 52nd birthday
1984 Ray Middleton
1986 Joseph P Addabbo, US defence specialist/(Sen-D)
1986 Linda Creed, American songwriter (b. 1948)
1988 Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49)
1989 Joan Barry
1991 Kevin Peter Hall, American actor (Harry & Hendersons) (b. 1955)
1991 Natalie Schafer, American actress (Gilligan's Island) (b. 1900)
1992 Ken Ward
1992 Sam Kinison, American comedian, dies in a car crash (b. 1953)
1993 Chris Hani, South African activist, Communist Party, assassinated (b. 1942)
1994 James L Lyons, jazz promoter
1994 Sam B. Hall, American politician (b. 1924)
1994 Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89)
1995 Chen Yun, VPM of China (1949-75, 79-80)
1995 Glyn Jones, writer
1995 Gunter Guillaume, German politican
1995 Joseph Anthony "Joe" Richards, singer/actor (Colo Ranger)
1995 Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (1977-79) (b. 1896)
1996 Jessica Dubroff, attempting to be youngest pilot, dies in crash at 7
1997 Michael Dorris, American author (b. 1945)
1999 Heinz Fraenkel-Conrat, German-born biochemist (b. 1910)
1999 Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
2000 Kirsten Rolffes, Danish actress (b. 1928)
2000 Larry Linville, American actor (b. 1939)
2000 Peter Jones, English actor (b. 1920)
2003 Little Eva, American singer (b. 1943)
2005 Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
2005 Iakovos, Archbishop of America (b. 1911)
2005 Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (b. 1923)
2005 Scott Gottlieb, American drummer (Bleed the Dream) (b. 1970)
2007 Dakota Staton, American singer (b. 1930)
2009 Deborah Digges, American poet (b. 1950)
2010 Dixie Carter, an American actress (b.1939)
2010 Passengers in the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash
2011 Homer Smith, American football coach (b. 1931)
2011 Mikhail Rusyayev, Russian footballer (b. 1964)
2012 Raymond Aubrac, French Resistance Leader
2013 Jimmy Dawkins, American electric blues musician
2013 Robert G Edwards, British physiologist, IVF pioneer, and Nobel laureate (b. 1925)
2014 Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician, Minister of Finance (2006-2014)
2015 Richie Benaud, Australian cricketer (leg spinner) and commentator
2016 Howard Marks, British drug dealer and author (Mr Nice)