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(217 BC) Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
(168 BC) Battle of Pydna, Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War.
431 Council of Ephesus (3rd ecumenical council) opens
816 Pope Stephen IV, [V] elected to succeed Leo III
1342 Bilbo Baggins returns to his home at Bag End, (Shire Reconning)
1377 Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England
1476 Battle at Morat/Murten: Charles the Stout invades Switzerland
1497 Antitax insurrection in Cornwall suppressed at Blackheath
1533 Ferdinand of Austria & Sultan Suleiman sign peace treaty
1559 Jewish quarter of Prague burned & looted
1593 Battle of Sisak, Allied Christian troops defeat the Turks.
1596 Cornelis de Houtmans fleet reaches Banten Java
1611 Henry Hudson set adrift in Hudson Bay by mutineers on his ship Discovery & never seen again
1633 The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe (on Oct 31, 1992, Vatican admits it was wrong).
1675 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
1679 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde, Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish
1740 King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press
1745 Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland
1772 Slavery outlawed in England
1774 English parliament accepts Quebec Act
1775 1st Continental currency issued ($3,000,000)
1783 A poisonous cloud from Laki volcanic eruption in Iceland reaches Le Havre in France.
1799 England & Russia decide to invade Bataafse Republic
1807 British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812
1808 Zebulon Pike reaches his peak
1812 Napoleon's Grand Army invades Russia
1814 1st match at the present Lord's, MCC v Herefordshire
1815 2nd abdication of Napoleon (after Waterloo)
1825 The British Parliament abolishes feudalism and the seigneurial system in British North America.
1832 John Howe patents pin manufacturing machine
1844 Influential North American fraternity Delta Kappa Epsilon is founded at Yale University.
1847 Doughnut created
1848 Barnburners (anti-slavery) party nominates Martin Van Buren for Pres
1848 Beginning of the June Days Uprising in Paris.
1849 Stephen C Massett opens courthouse using only piano in Calif
1851 Fire destroys part of SF
1864 Battle of Ream's Station, VA (Wilson's Raid)
1864 Skirmish at Culp's (Kulp's) House, Georgia
1865 1st class cricket debut of Dr W G Grace
1868 Arkansas re-enters US
1870 1st Boardwalk in America invented
1870 Congress creates Department of Justice
1873 Prince Edward Island joins Canada
1874 Dr Andrew T Still, discovers the science of osteopathy
1874 Game of lawn tennis introduced
1875 Garonne Flood, great damage in Verdun & Toulouse, kills about 1,000
1889 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss
1893 British fleet under vice-admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut, The Royal Navy battleship HMS Camperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMS Victoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
1894 Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner
1897 British colonial officers Rand and Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Ranade, who are later caught and hanged. They are considered the first martyrs to the cause of India's freedom from Britain. The film 22 June 1897 is based on the incident.
1897 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee procession in London.
1898 United States Marines land in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1906 Hakon VII crowned king of Norway
1906 The Flag of Sweden is adopted.
1907 The London Underground's Charing Cross, Euston and Hampstead Railway opens.
1910 1st airship with passengers sets afloat-Zeppelin Deutscheland
1911 George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1915 BMT, then Brooklyn Rapid Transit, begins subway service
1918 32nd US Womens Tennis, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats E E Goss (64 63)
1918 The Hammond circus train wreck (rammed by troop train) kills 86 and injures 127 in Ivanhoe near Hammond, Indiana.
1919 The Flag of the Faroe Islands is raised for the first time.
1921 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:40.2)
1922 Herrin massacre, 19 strikebreakers and 2 union miners are killed in Herrin, Illinois.
1925 Spain & France fight Morocco
1926 Cardinals pick up 39-year-old Grover Alexander on waivers from Cubs
1929 Mel Ott (Giants) homers off Leo Sweetland (Phillies) in doubleheader
1930 Lou Gehrig hits 3 HRs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader
1931 RVU, Radio-Volks-University, forms
1932 NL, finally approves players wearing numbers
1933 German social-democratic party (SPD) forbidden
1936 Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee & survives
1936 Virgin Islands receives a constitution from US (Organic Act)
1937 Joe Louis KOs James J Braddock in 18 for heavyweight boxing title
1938 Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling at 2:04 of 1st round at Yankee Stadium
1939 Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip
1940 France falls to Nazi Germany, France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany, France disarms.
1940 SS rounds up 31 German/Polish/Dutch Jews in Roermond Neth
1941 Estonians starts armed resistance against Soviet occupation
1941 Finland invades Karelia
1941 Germany, Italy & Romania declares war on Soviet Union during WW II
1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Russian The 22 June song is devoted to this day, Germany attacks the Soviet Union & occupies the Baltic states.
1941 Michael Gerasimov opens grave of Tamerlan "Lenk"
1941 President Franklin Roosevelt signs "GI Bill of Rights"
1941 The June Uprising in Lithuania begins, The Lithuanian 1941 independence begins.
1941 Various Communist and Socialist French Resistance movements merge to one group.
1942 Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the capture of Tobruk.
1942 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon
1942 Jewish Brigade attached by British Army in WW II, forms
1943 WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters
1944 Boston Brave Jim Tobin 2nd no-hitter of yr beats Phils, 7-0 in 5 inn
1944 British 14th army frees Imphal Assam
1944 FDR signs "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act)
1944 Longest shut out in Phillies history, Phils beat Braves 1-0 in 15 inn
1944 Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against Army Group Centre.
1946 Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket
1946 Bill Veeck purchases Cleveland Indians
1947 12" rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO)
1947 Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn)
1949 Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title
1951 Gene Rayburn & Dee Finch show premieres on NBC radio
1954 Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands
1955 Antonio Segni forms government in Italy
1955 US air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea
1957 KC stops using streetcars in it's transit system
1957 The Soviet Union launches an R-12 missile for the first time (in Kapustin Yar).
1958 Game in KC between A's & Red Sox delayed 29 minutes due to tornado
1958 Patty Berg wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1959 "Along Came Jones" by Coasters peaks at #9
1959 "Class" by Chubby Checker peaks at #38
1959 Eddie Lubanski bowls 2 consecutive perfect games
1959 Most Phillies strike out in a game (16 by Sandy Koufax)
1959 Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to SF voyage
1959 Vanguard SLV-6 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1961 Beatles record Aint She Sweet, Cry for a Shadow, When the Saints Go Marching In, Why, Nobody's Child & My Bonnie, in Hamburg
1961 Moise Tsjombe freed from prison in Congo
1962 1st test flight of Hoovercraft
1962 An Air France Boeing 707 jet crashes in bad weather in Guadeloupe, West Indies killing 113.
1963 "Little" Stevie Wonder (13) releases "Fingertips"
1965 Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, v NZ at Lord's
1966 "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opens
1968 "Here Come Da Judge" by The Buena Vistas peaks at #88
1969 Aretha Franklin arrested in Detroit for creating a disturbance
1969 Susie Berning wins LPGA Pabst Ladies' Golf Classic
1969 The Cuyahoga River catches fire, which triggers a crack-down on pollution in the river.
1970 Pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18)
1970 Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional
1970 WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting
1972 "Man of La Mancha" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 140 performances
1973 Dutch High Council stops fluorine addition to drink water
1973 George Harrison releases "Living in the Material World"
1973 Skylab 2's astronauts land
1975 Betsy Cullen wins LPGA Hoosier Golf Classic
1976 "Godspell" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 527 performances
1976 SD Padre pitcher Randy Jones ties record of 68 innings without a walk
1976 The Canadian House of Commons abolishes capital punishment.
1977 Former AG John Mitchell starts 19 months in Alabama prison
1977 Walt Disney's "Rescuers" released
1978 Charon, a satellite of the dwarf planet Pluto, is discovered by James Christy.
1978 Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in Jewish community of Skokie, Ill
1979 Larry Holmes TKOs Mike Weaver in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1979 Little Richard quits rock & roll for religious pursuit
1979 Pro Football Researchers Association forms (Canton Ohio)
1980 Jim King begins riding Miracle Strip Roller coaster 368 hours
1980 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1981 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2
1981 Iran president Bani Sadr deposed
1981 John McEnroe exhibits a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbledon
1981 Mark David Chapman pleads guilty to killing John Lennon
1982 Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes
1982 Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place
1982 Prince Charles & Lady Diana take Prince William home from hospital
1982 Susan Lea Hammett, of Miss, 18, crowned 25th America's Junior Miss
1983 "Monty Python's The Meaning of Life," released in France
1983 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit, by Space Shuttle
1983 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period
1984 Calvin Griffith signs letter of intent to sell ownership of Twins
1984 Carl Pohlad becomes CEO of Minnesota Twins
1984 Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30)
1984 Joseph Luns resigns as secretary-general of NATO
1984 Virgin Atlantic Airways launches with its first flight from London Heathrow Airport.
1985 "Grind" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 79 performances
1985 "Smuggler's Blues" by Glenn Frey peaks at #12
1986 Judy Dickinson wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1986 Pirate Radio Euro Weekend (Holland) begins transmitting
1986 Spain's premier Gonzalez' Socialist Party wins elections
1987 Tom Seaver retires after 3rd try with NY Mets
1990 Billy Joel performs a concert at Yankee Stadium
1990 Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox
1990 Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit
1990 Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns
1991 "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 88 perfs
1991 Quebec Nordiques pick Eric Lindros #1 at NHL entry draft
1991 Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in Philippines
1992 2 skeletons excavated in Yekaterinburg IDed as Czar Nicholas II & wife
1992 Supreme Court rules "hate crime" laws violated free-speech rights
1993 NY Met Anthony Young ties record of 23rd straight lose
1993 Wilson Pickett plead guilty to auto assault due to drunk driving
1994 48th NBA Championship, Houston Rockets beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
1994 Ken Griffey Jr breaks Ruth's record for most HRs by end of June (31)
1994 Mets reliever John Franco sets lefty save mark at 253
1994 US beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup (1st win since 1950)
1996 29th Curtis Cup, Great Britain & Ireland wins 11-6
1996 Michael Moorer beats Axel Shultz in 11 for IBF heavyweight boxing title
1996 Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut
1997 Ernie Els wins golf's Buick Classic
1997 Nationwide Senior Golf Championship
1997 Penny Hammel wins LPGA Rochester International
1997 World Bowl, Barcelona Dragon beat Rhein Fire, 38-24
2002 An earthquake in western Iran measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale kills more than 261 people
2003 The largest hailstone ever recorded falls in Aurora, Nebraska
2009 Eastman Kodak Company announces that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon
2009 June 22, 2009 Washington Metro train collision, Two Metro trains collide in Washington, D.C., USA, killing 9 and injuring over 80
2012 Two Baghdad market bombings kill 14 people and injure 106
2015 JAMA Internal Medical Journal announces obese Americans now outnumber those just overweight
2015 South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley calls for the removal of the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds in wake of killings in a Charleston church

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1478 Philips de Schone, Archduke of Austrian/King of Castilia (Philips I)
1611 Pablo Bruna, composer
1613 Lambert Pietkin, composer
1674 Eugene J P, Earl of Merode, Belgian marquis of Westerloo
1680 Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754)
1684 Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, Italian baroque composer (d. 1762)
1701 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle)
1704 John Taylor, English classical scholar (d. 1766)
1713 Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
1738 Jacques Delille, French poet and translator (d. 1813)
1741 Alois Luigi Tomasini, composer
1742 Heinrich Gottfried Reichard, composer
1757 George Vancouver, British explorer, surveyed Pacific coast from SF to Vancouver I (d. 1798)
1767 Wilhelm von Humboldt, German philosopher and statesman (d. 1835)
1796 Nikoli A Poveloi, Russian writer/publisher (Sotsjinenija)
1805 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary (Il Apostolato Popolare) (d. 1872)
1814 James Henry Lane, MC (Union) (d. 1866)
1824 Frederic Louis Ritter, composer
1830 Theodor Leschetizky, composer
1837 Paul Morphy, American chess master, concidered the greatest chess player of all time (1857-61) (d. 1884)
1840 Ernest Debes, German cartographer (Baedeker)
1845 Tom Dula, American folk character (Tom Dooley) (d. 1868)
1849 Stephen C Massett opens at courthouse as 1st pro entertainer
1855 Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)
1856 H(enry) Rider Haggard, English author (King Solomon's Mine, She, Dawn) (d. 1925)
1859 Frank Heino Damrosch, author/musician/teacher (found Inst of Music)
1861 Maximilian von Spee, German admiral (d. 1914)
1864 Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (d. 1909)
1869 Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (AR 1933-39)
1871 William McDougall, British psychologist and polymath (d. 1938)
1879 Thibaudeau Rinfret, jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1962)
1883 Jose Rolon, composer
1884 James Rector, American athlete (d. 1949)
1885 Milan Vidmar, Slovenian engineer and chess player (d. 1962)
1887 Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising & Remorse)
1887 Julian S Huxley, British biologist and philosopher, Darwin's Bulldog (d. 1975)
1888 Harold Burton, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1964)
1891 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy)
1891 Harry Seymour, NY, actor (Boy Meets Girl, Tenderfoot)
1892 Robert Ritter von Greim, German field marshal (d. 1945)
1893 Osvald Chlubna, composer
1896 Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)
1897 Edmund A. Chester, American broadcaster and journalist (d. 1973)
1897 Norbert Elias, German sociologist and philosopher (Process of Civilization) (d. 1990)
1898 Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (All Quiet on the Western Front) (d. 1970)
1898 R M Remarque, writer
1899 Dorothy Devore, Fort Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil)
1899 Michal Kalecki, Polish economist (d. 1970)
1900 Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47)
1901 Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)
1901 Naunton Wayne, Wales, actor (Quartet, Hidden Room, Double Confession)
1902 Arnold J d'Ailly, dir (Nederlandsche Bank)/mayor (Amsterdam, 1946-56)
1902 David Burns, actor (Music Man, Hello Dolly!)
1902 Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (d. 1950)
1903 Carl Hubbell, baseball player, pitcher (NY Giants) 253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA (d. 1988)
1903 John Dillinger, American bank robber (d. 1934)
1905 Walter Leigh, composer
1906 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot, Charles' wife (d. 2001)
1906 Billy Wilder, Austrian-born director (Some Like It Hot, Apartment, Stalag 17) (d. 2002)
1906 Richard Fanshawe, England, equestion 3 day event (Olympic-bronze-1936)
1907 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, aviator/author (Gift from the Sea)
1907 Mike Todd, American film producer (d. 1958)
1908 George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher
1909 Katherine Dunham, dancer/choreographer (Casbah, Stormy Weather)
1909 Maurice Adler, American film producer (d. 1960)
1909 Mike Todd (Avrom Goldbogen), US director (80 days)
1910 John Hunt, Leader of the 1953 British Expedition to Mount Everest (d. 1998)
1910 Konrad Zuse, German engineer and computer pioneer (d. 1995)
1910 Peter Pears, English tenor (Death in Venice) (d. 1986)
1911 Guus Jansen, jazz pianist (Net als Toen)
1911 Marie Philipsen-Braun, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1928)
1912 Princess Caroline Mathilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1983)
1912 Vit Nejedly, composer
1913 Wladyslaw Sila-Nowicki, Poland, lawyer (Solidarity)
1914 Lilo Hardel, writer
1916 Johnny Jacobs, American television announcer (d. 1982)
1918 Richard Eastham, Opelousas LA, actor (Not With My Wife)
1919 Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1980)
1920 Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52)
1920 Gladys Marea Hartman, athletics Administrator
1920 Jovito Salonga, Filipino politician and activist
1920 Paul Frees, American voice actor, animation voice (Bullwinkle) (d. 1986)
1921 Barbara F Vucanovich, (Rep-R-NV, 1983)
1921 Gower Champion, choreographer (42nd Street, Showboat)
1921 Joseph Papp, American director and producer (Pirates of Penzance) (d. 1991)
1922 Bill Blass, American fashion designer (Nancy Reagan) (d. 2002)
1922 Geza Vermes, Hungarian author and scholar of religious history and the Dead Sea Scrolls
1922 Mona Lisa, Filipino actress
1923 Jimmy Cameron, cricketer (brother of John WI batsman 1948-49)
1926 Ruth Zechlin, composer
1927 Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
1929 Ralph Waite, White Plains NY, actor (Cool Hand Luke, 5 Easy Piece)
1930 Yuri Artyukhin, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1998)
1931 Henk Vonhoff, Dutch politician (VVD)
1932 Amrish Puri, Indian actor (d. 2005)
1932 Michael Horvit, composer
1932 Prunella Scales, English actress
1933 Dianne Feinstein, American politician (Sen-D-Ca), 1st female mayor of SF
1933 Jacques Martin, French TV host (d. 2007)
1933 Libor Pešek, Czech conductor
1934 Arthur Miller, legal reporter
1935 V V Kumar, cricketer (useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests)
1936 Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian musician
1936 Kris Kristofferson, American singer and songwriter (Me and Bobby McGee) and actor (Amerika, Millenium)
1936 Verne Allison, singer (Dells-Open Up My Heart)
1938 Andrew Brown, film Producer
1939 Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
1940 Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up) and poet
1940 Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
1941 Ed Bradley, American journalist (CBS 60 Minutes) (d. 2006)
1941 Michael Lerner, American actor (8 Men Out, Harlem Nights)
1942 Margreet M H Kamp, Dutch MP (VVD)
1942 Toyohiro Akiyama, Japan, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11)
1943 Brit Hume, American news anchor and commentator
1943 Eumir Deodato, Brazilian artist, producer and arranger
1943 Jimmy Castor, NYC, rocker/sax (Troglodyte, Jimmy Castor Bunch)
1943 Judith Barker.English actress
1944 Klaus Maria Brandauer, Austria, actor (Mephisto, Out of Africa)
1944 Michael Obst, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1960)
1944 Peter Asher, British singer, guitarist and producer (Peter & Gordon)
1944 Steve Weber, guitarist, (Rounders-Holy "Boobs" Modal)
1945 Howard Kaylan, rocker (Flo & Eddie/Turtles-Happy Together, Eleanor)
1946 Andrew Rubin, New Bedford Mass, actor (Police Academy) [or Jan 22]
1946 Eliades Ochoa, Cuban guitarist (Buena Vista Social Club)
1947 David L Lander, American actor (Squiggy-Laverne & Shirley) and baseball scout
1947 Don Henley, drummer and singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer)
1947 Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles
1947 Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
1947 Murray Webb, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75)
1947 Octavia E(stelle) Butler, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed) (d. 2006)
1948 "Pistol" Pete Maravich, American basketball player, NBA star (Atlanta Hawks) (d. 1988)
1948 Nolan Clarke, cricketer (Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart)
1948 Sue Roberts, LPGA golfer
1948 Todd Rundgren, American songwriter (Hello it's Me) and record producer
1949 Alan Osmond, American singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
1949 Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine)
1949 Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special)
1949 Lindsay Wagner, American actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
1949 Meryl Streep, American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)
1950 Murphy Cross, Harve de Grace Md, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect)
1950 Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
1952 Graham Greene, Canadian actor
1953 Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
1953 Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just want to have Fun, Time after Time)
1953 Wim Eijk, Dutch archbishop
1954 Amparo Munoz, Malgra Spain, Miss Universe (1974)
1954 Bobby Valentino, rocker (Fabulous Poodles)
1954 Charles T Canady, (Rep-R-Florida)
1954 Chris Lemmon, actor (Brothers & Sisters, Richard-Duet) [or Jan 22]
1954 Freddie Prinze, American actor (Chico & the Man) and comedian (d. 1977)
1955 Green Gartside, Welsh singer songwriter
1955 LeAnn Cassaday, LPGA golfer
1956 Alfons De Wolf, Belgian cyclist
1956 Derek Forbes, rocker (Simple Minds-Water Front)
1956 Green (Gartside), rock vocalist (Scritti Politti-Flesh & Blood)
1956 Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Pakistani Politician and Foreign Minister
1956 Tim Russ, American actor (Tuvoc-Star Trek Voyager)
1957 Danny Baker, English comedy writer and radio presenter
1957 Garry Beers, Australian bassist (Inxs)
1957 John Ryder, rock bassist (Face To Face)
1957 Nick Santagata, jockey
1958 Bruce Campbell, American actor (Army of Darkness)
1959 Ed Viesturs, American Mountain Climber.
1959 Nicola Sirkis, French singer and lyricist (Indochine)
1959 Wayne Federman, American comedian
1960 Colleen Devine, San Gabriel Cal, actress (Irreconcilable Differences)
1960 Erin Brockovich-Ellis, American environmental activist
1960 Tracy Pollan, American actress (Family Ties)
1961 Bobby Gillespie, rocker (Primal Scream)
1961 Jimmy Somerville, Scottish singer (Bronski Beat, Communards)
1961 Stephen Batchelor, British field-hockey player
1962 Bobby Gillespie, Scottish musician (Primal Scream)
1962 Clyde "Glide" Drexler, American NBA player, NBA Guard (Houston Rockets, Port Trailblazers)
1962 Ruby Turner, rocker (No Where to Run)
1962 Stephen Chow, Hong Kong actor and director
1963 Anne-Marie Ruddock, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
1963 John Tenta, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2006)
1963 Randy Couture, American mixed martial artist (Light-Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champ), 198 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Olymp-96)
1964 Amy Brenneman, American actress (Janice-NYPD Blue)
1964 Dan Brown, American author of thriller fiction (The Da Vinci Code)
1964 Greg Anderson, NBA forward/center (San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks)
1964 Kevin Sargeant, rocker (Thrashing Doves-Reprobate's Hymm)
1964 Mark Royals, NFL punter (New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions)
1964 Mike Edwards, British rock vocalist (Jesus Jones-Devil you Know)
1964 Nico Jalink, Dutch soccer player (Sparta, NAC)
1964 Tommy Cunningham, Musician (Wet Wet Wet-Wishing I Was)
1965 Lubomír Moravcík, Slovak footballer
1965 Uwe Boll, German film director
1965 Ľubomír Moravčík, Slovakian footballer
1966 Camille Benjamin, Cleveland Ohio, tennis star
1966 Emmanuelle Seigner, French actress
1966 Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, English baron/multi-millionaire
1966 Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler (South African)
1966 Michael Park, WRC co-pilot (d. 2005)
1966 Paul Randolph, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
1966 Schooly D, American rapper
1967 Al Carlay, Manila Philippines, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1967 Eric Green, NFL tight end (Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens)
1967 Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese professional wrestler
1967 Mark van Hintum, soccer player (Willem II)
1968 Darrell Armstrong, American basketball player, NBA guard (Orlando Magic)
1968 Paula Irvine, Hollywood California, actress (Lily Blake-Santa Barbara)
1969 Derek Russell, NFL wide receiver (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 Anne "Annie" Summertime Kakela, US rower (Olympics-4th-96)
1970 David Frisch, NFL tight end (NE Patriots)
1970 Michel Elefteriades, Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman
1970 Rastko Cvetkovic, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
1970 Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
1971 Brant Brown, Porterville CA, infielder (Chicago Cubs)
1971 Kurt Warner, American football player, QB (St. Louis Rams)
1971 Laryssa Biesenthal, Walkertown Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
1971 Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress (Chloe O'Brian-24)
1972 David Rees, American cartoonist
1973 Benjamin Fairbrother, CFL offensive tackle (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1973 Carson Daly, American television personality
1973 Cory Alexander, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1973 Lacy Goranson, Evanston Ind, actress (Becky-Roseanne)
1974 Donald Faison, American actor
1974 (Joseph) Vijay, Indian actor
1974 Mark Wetges, Walnut Creek California, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
1974 Nicole Juvan, Essex Junction Vermont, Miss America-Vermont (1997)
1975 Andreas Klöden, German professional road bicycle racer
1975 Laila Rouass, Moroccan-Indian actress
1976 Gordon Moakes, English musician (Bloc Party)
1978 Champ Bailey, American football player
1978 Dan Wheldon, British race car driver
1978 Jai Rodriguez, American TV personality
1978 Tim Driesen, Belgian Actor and Singer-songwriter
1979 Brad Hawpe, American baseball player
1979 Joey Cheek, American speed skater
1979 Leire Martínez, Spanish-Basque singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of La Oreja de Van Gogh
1979 Thomas Voeckler, French road bicycle racer
1981 Chris Urbanowicz, guitarist of British rock band Editors
1981 Lisa Moro, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)
1982 Ian Kinsler, American baseball player, 2B
1982 Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
1984 Dustin Johnson, American golfer
1984 Janko Tipsarevic, Serbian tennis player
1984 Jerome Taylor, West Indies international cricketer
1985 Rosa Kato, Italian-Japanese model and actress
1985 Scott MacIntyre, American singer
1985 Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Greek-Cameroonian basketball player
1986 Ramin Ott, American Samoan football player
1987 Danny Green (basketball), American NBA player
1987 Joe Dempsie, English Actor
1987 Lee Min Ho, Korean Actor
1987 Nikita Rukavytsya, Australian footballer
1988 Kieran Lee, English footballer
1988 Omri Casspi, first Israeli in NBA
1990 Kei Inoo, Japanese Actor and Singer
1990 Sebastian Jung, German footballer
1993 Ingmar Lazar, French classical pianist

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1276 Innocent V (Pierre the Tarantaise), Pope (1276)
1429 Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician (b. 1380)
1535 John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (1504-35) Cardinal, executed (beheaded)
1632 James Whitelocke, English judge (b. 1570)
1634 Johann von Aldringen, Austrian field marshal (b. 1588)
1699 Josiah Child, English Governor of the East India Company (b. 1630)
1714 Matthew Henry, English non-conformist minister (b. 1662)
1735 Pirro Conte d' Albergati Capacelli, composer
1741 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer
1745 Hubert Renotte, composer
1754 Nicholas Siret, composer
1777 Josef Christian, German sculptor
1803 Wilhelm Heinse, writer
1843 Gabriele Prota, composer
1868 Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (b. 1801)
1874 Howard Staunton, English chess master, world champion, designer of chess pieces (b. 1810)
1885 Mahdi (Muhammad Ahmed), Sudanese music reviewer
1892 Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (b. 1819)
1894 Alexandre-Antonin Taché, Canadian archbishop (b. 1823)
1897 Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist
1898 Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist
1903 George White, black resident of Delaware, lynched
1905 Francis Lubbock, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)
1906 Fritz Schaudinn, German animal scholar: examined amoebasis
1909 Detlev (Freiherr Friedrich A von) Liliencron, German poet
1910 Marie, Princess of Wied/Orange Nassau
1913 Stefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet (b. 1875)
1922 Henry H Wilson, Field Marshal, murdered in London
1925 Felix Klein, German mathematician (b. 1849)
1926 Hermann Suter, composer, dies at 56
1928 A. B. Frost, American illustrator (b. 1851)
1928 George Siegmann, actor (Birth of Nation, Queen of Sheba)
1930 Karl von Amira, German historian
1931 Armand Fallières, French president (b. 1841)
1932 Tommy Treichel, American professional wrestler (b. 1892)
1933 Henry Birkin, British racing driver (b. 1896)
1935 Szymon Askenazy, Polish historian, diplomat and politician (b. 1866)
1936 Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher (b. 1882)
1938 C.J. Dennis, Australian writer and poet (b. 1876)
1940 M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket)
1945 Isamu Tsjo, Japanese chief-staff (32nd Army), commits harakiri
1945 Mitsuru Ushijima, Japanese general at Okinawa (32nd Army), commits harakiri (b. 1887)
1950 Julio Fonseca, composer
1954 Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)
1955 Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India)
1955 Wyllis Cooper, TV narrator (Volume One)
1959 Hermann Brill, German politician (b. 1895)
1961 Betty Elder, actress (Annie Get Your Gun)
1961 Maria of Romania, Queen Consort of Yugoslavia (b. 1900)
1963 Maria Tanase, Romanian singer of traditional and popular music (b. 1913)
1964 Havank (HF van der Kallen), Dutch detective writer (Shade) (b. 1904)
1965 Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA)
1965 David O. Selznick, American film producer (Gone With the Wind) (b. 1902)
1966 Roger Blunt, cricketer (9 Tests for NZ, 330 runs, 12 wickets)
1967 Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer
1969 Judy Garland, American singer and actress (Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade), dies of an overdose (b. 1922)
1973 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer
1974 Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
1974 Horace Lindrum, Australian snooker and billiards player (b. 1912)
1977 Peter Laughner, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs, Pere Ubu) (b. 1952)
1979 Emory Parnell, St Paul Minn, actor (Life of Riley)
1979 Julius Sommer, dies of heart failure, buried in Dayton Ohio
1979 Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899)
1980 Dimitrios Partsalidis, Greek politician (b. 1905)
1981 Lola Lane, actress (Zanzibar, Mystery Ship, Big Fight)
1982 Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Challenge to Lassie)
1984 Joseph Losey, American theater and film director (Go-Between, M, Concrete Jungle) (b. 1909)
1987 Fred Astaire, American dancer and actor (Royal Wedding, Let's Dance) (b. 1899)
1988 Bramwell Fletcher, actor (Mummy, Raffles, Svengali)
1988 Dennis Day, American singer and actor (Jack Benny Show) (b. 1916)
1988 Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol)
1989 Bengt Viktor Johansson, composer
1989 Lee Calhoun, hurdler (Olympics-gold-56, 60)
1989 Lucien Saulnier, Canadian politician (b. 1916)
1990 Ilya Frank, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
1991 Cameron Miller, actor (Portrait of Claire)
1991 Kevin O'Connor, actor (Bogie)
1992 Chuck Mitchell, American actor (Penitentiary) (b. 1927)
1992 Frederic I Rinaldo, writer (Abbott & Costello meet Frankenstein)
1992 M F K Fisher, cook book author
1993 Hannah Troy, fashion designer (petite)
1993 M'hammed Boukhozba, Algerian sociologist, murdered
1993 Pat Nixon, First Lady of the United States (1969-75) (b. 1912)
1994 Jack Davies, screenwriter
1995 Al Hansen, American artist (b. 1927)
1995 Georges Yves Marie Congar, Dominican theologian cardinal
1995 Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet-songwriter (b. 1931)
1996 James Leander "Leo" Nichols, honorary consul
1996 Ray Lindwall, cricketer (228 wkts 61 Tests for Australia)
1996 Salah Abou Seif, film director
1996 Tertius Metcalf, businessman
1997 Don Henderson, English actor (b. 1932)
1997 Gérard Pelletier, Canadian journalist, politician, and diplomat (b. 1919)
1997 Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer (b. 1956)
2002 Ann Landers, American columnist (b. 1918)
2002 Darryl Kile, American baseball player (b. 1968)
2004 Bob Bemer, American computer scientist (b. 1920)
2004 Kim Sun-il, South Korean translator (b. 1970)
2004 Mattie Stepanek, American poet (b. 1990)
2006 Moose (dog actor), dog actor popular for role on Frasier (b. 1990)
2007 Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
2007 Nancy Benoit, professional wrestling valet (b. 1964)
2008 Dody Goodman, American comedienne (b. 1914)
2008 George Carlin, American comedian, actor (b. 1937)
2008 Jane McGrath, British-born Australian cancer support campaigner (b. 1966)
2011 Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
2012 Fernie Flaman (Ferdinand), Canadian Hall of Fame NHL player
2014 Teenie Hodges, American rhythm and blues guitarist
2015 James Horner, American film composer (Titanic, Apollo 13, Casper)
2015 Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (Wifemistress, Divine Nymph)
2015 Gabriele Wohmann, German writer

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