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70 Tower of Antonia destroyed by Romans
870 Kings Charles the Bare & Louis the German divide Lutherans
936 German king Otto I the Great, crowned
1220 Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
1322 Emperor Godaigo, makes Sojiji monastery. chief monastery of Soto Sect
1502 Jacobus IV of Scotland marries Margaretha Tudor
1503 King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor, daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1509 The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
1549 France declares war on England
1567 Duke of Alva's army enters Brussels Belgium
1570 Peace of Saint-Germain-and-Laye, more freedom for huguenots
1576 The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on Hven.
1585 John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage.
1585 Pope Sixtus excommunicates Hendrik van Navarra (Henri IV)
1588 Battle of Gravelines of the Anglo-Spanish War, The naval engagement ends, ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.
1605 The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
1609 Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope
1619 Duke Maximilian I & Emperor Ferdinand II signs Treaty of Munchen
1647 Battle of Dungans Hill of The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms, English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
1673 Dutch battle fleet of 23 ships demands surrender of NYC
1700 Denmark & Sweden sign peace treaty
1709 First known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon (indoors).
1758 British troops occupy & plunder Cherbourg
1786 Congress adopts silver dollar & decimal system of money
1786 Mont Blanc on the French Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
1788 King Louis XVI calls French States & Generals together
1793 The insurrection of Lyon occurs during the French Revolution.
1794 Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.
1796 Boston African Society establishes with 44 members
1809 70 disciples of Gaon of Vilnus, arrive in Israel (Palestine)
1810 Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib marries Maaroof, daughter of Nawab Ilahi Baksh, and moves to Delhi.
1814 Peace negotiations begin in Ghent, Belgium
1815 Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St Helena
1816 Bavarian joins Saint Alliance
1829 French government of De Polignac forms
1831 Battle of Hasselt Dutch army drives out Belgian Army
1839 Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio.
1843 Natal (in South Africa) is made a British colony
1844 The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church) following Joseph Smith's death.
1853 Russian fleet appears at Nagasaki Japan
1854 Smith & Wesson patents metal bullet cartridges
1860 Queen of Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) arrives in NYC
1863 Tennessee's "military" Governor Andrew Johnson frees his personal slaves during the American Civil War. During the early 20th century, the day was celebrated by blacks in Tennessee as a holiday.
1863 Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg of the American Civil War, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).
1864 Comet C, 1864 N1 (Tempel) approaches within 0.0964 AUs of Earth
1864 Red Cross forms in Geneva
1864 Union troops/fleet occupy Fort Gaines, Alabama
1868 Quake destroyes Arica Chile
1870 Magic (US) defeats Cambria (Engld) in 2nd running of America's Cup
1870 The Republic of Ploiesti, a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
1876 Dan O'Leacy completes 500 mile walk in 139h32m
1876 Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
1882 Snow falls on Lake Michigan
1900 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later
1902 2nd Davis Cup, USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)
1903 3rd Davis Cup, British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1)
1903 In 11th an old black ball is put into play against Cleveland, Tigers' Nap Lajoie protests ignored, he hurls ball out of park & forfeits the game.
1908 Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
1910 The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.
1911 Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. The law would come into effect in 1913.
1911 The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.
1913 Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia
1914 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"
1914 French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas
1914 Montenegro declares war on Germany
1916 A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road
1918 6 US soldiers are surrounded by Germans in France, Alvin York is given command & shoots 20 Germans & captures 132 more
1918 Canada, Australian, British breakthrough with 600 tanks at The Battle of Amiens of World War I, It begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi, British recognize Afghanistan's independence
1920 Tigers beat Yanks 1-0 in shortest AL game, 73 minutes
1922 Italian general strike broken by fascist terror
1922 Pirates set record of 46 hits in a doubleheader (against Phillies)
1924 British-Russian trade agreement signed
1925 1st national march of Ku Klux Klan (200,000) in Washington, DC
1929 1st airship flight around Earth flying eastward begins
1929 Salem Oregon airport dedicated
1929 The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
1930 St Louis Cards are 12 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
1931 Wash Senator Bob Burke no-hits Boston Red Sox, 5-0
1931 Workers go on strike at the Hoover dam.
1937 Bonneville Dam on Columbia River begins producing power
1938 The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins.
1940
1940 Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks, 31 German aircrafts shot down over England
1940 The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
1941 20 divisions of Russian 6th/12th Army surrender at Oeman
1942 "Monty" appointed commandant of British 8th Army at Alamein
1942 Dianthus sinks U-379
1942 Russian anti-offensive of Voronezh under marshal Timosjenko
1942 The Quit India resolution is passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, leading to the start of a civil disobedience movement across India.
1942 In Washington, DC, six convicted Nazi German would-be saboteurs (Operation Pastorius), who landed in US, are executed during World War II.
1943 Common Chiefs of staff meet in Quebec
1943 US amphibians land at St Agata on North coast of Sicily
1943 Vegetables & fruit rationed in Holland
1944 Canada, Polish troops occupy Cramesnil/Secqueville/Cintheaux/St-Aignan
1944 US 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans
1945 England & Austria Services draw 4th Victory Test
1945 President Harry S Truman signs UN Charter
1945 The United Nations Charter is signed by the United States, which becomes the third nation to join.
1945 US, USSR, England & France sign Treaty of London
1945 USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea.
1945 The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation of World War II.
1946 Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney & John Galbreath for $25 million
1946 First flight of the Convair B-36.
1946 India agrees to give Bhutan 32 sq miles
1947 Pakistan's National Flag is approved.
1948 "Hold It!" opens at National Theater NYC for 46 performances
1949 Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy
1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
1950 Florence Chadwick swims English Channel (13:23)
1952 Syngman Ree re-elected president of South-Korea
1953 Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb
1953 US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact
1955 Fidel Castro forms "July 26th Movement"
1955 Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy
1956 Fire & explosion kill 263 miners at Marcinelle, Belgium
1956 WDIQ (now KMCT) TV channel 2 in Dozier, AL (PBS) begins
1957 USSR offers Syria economic/military aid
1960 "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" hits #1
1960 Ivory Coast declares independence
1960 South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
1961 Ham Tigercats (CFL) beat Buff Bills (NFL) 38-21 in Hamilton, Ontario
1961 Verne Gagne beats Gene Kiniski in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ
1963 Great Train Robbery, in England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £2.6 million pounds ($7.3 million) in bank notes.
1963 Kingsmen release "Louie, Louie," radio stations label it obscene
1963 LA Dodgers F Howard & B Skowron are 3rd to hit consecutive pinch HRs
1963 Verne Gagne beats Fritz Von Erich in Amarillo, to become NWA champ
1964 "110 in the Shade" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 330 perfs
1964 Dutch Opera forms in Amsterdam
1964 Rolling Stones 1st Dutch concert
1965 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
1965 Singapore leaves Malaysian Federation
1966 South Arican Broadcasting bans Beatles (Lennon's anti-Jesus remark)
1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore & Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
1967 The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
1968 Jarry Park is approved by Mayor Jean Drapeau for interim use by Expos
1968 Juro Wada successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant.
1968 Race riot in Miami Florida
1968 Republican convention in Miami Beach nominates Nixon for pres
1970 NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37 (BTG was there)
1971 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1971 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
1972 NY Yanks sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium
1973 Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.
1973 U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew appears on television to denounce accusations he had taken kickbacks from government contracts in Maryland while governor of Maryland. He called them "damned lies" and vowed not to resign.
1974 U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation from office in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, effective the next day 12PM (Aug 9).
1976 As part of the ABA-NBA merger agreement, a dispersal draft was conducted to assign teams for the players on the two ABA franchises which had folded.
1976 Chic White Sox suit up in shorts
1977 Maurine Stuart, ordained as Zen priest by Eido Tai Shimano Roshi
1977 Texas Rangers turn their 1st triple play (vs A's)
1978 Pioneer-Venus 2 with 5 atmospheric probes launched toward Venus
1979 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein executes 22 political opponents
1980 LBV Conference Center & Club Lake Villas open
1980 The Central Hotel Fire, Bundoran occurs in Ireland.
1982 64th PGA Championship, Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa
1982 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
1983 Brig Gen Efrain Rios Montt was deposed as president of Guatemela
1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned)
1983 Military coup in Guatemala, Pres Rios Montt flees
1984 "Rink" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 204 performances
1984 Carl Lewis wins 3rd (200m) of 4 gold medals in Summer
1984 Milwaukee 10-game losing streak ends
1985 Baseball's new agreement permits 2 new NL teams in 1993
1985 Japan launches Planet A, a probe to Halley's comet
1986 Altaf Hussain's address at Nishtar Park Karachi, announcing the establishment of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement political movement, it first comes to prominence..
1986 Record 3 grandslams in a game-(Harrah-Tex, Sheets & Dwyer-Orioles)
1987 Brewers' Rob Deer struck-out 5 times in a game
1987 Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from US to Russia across Bering Strait
1987 Pakistan all out 708 v England at The Oval, Botham 3-217
1988 Army in Rangoon shoots on students, 5-10,000 killed
1988 9th US Seniors Golf Open: Gary Player
1988 Angola, Cuba & South Africa sign cease fire treaty
1988 Cubs & Phillies attempt to play 1st night game ever at Wrigley Field but are rained out in 4th inning with Chicago leading, 3-1
1988 Discovery of most distant galaxy (15 * 10 ^ 12 light yrs) announced
1988 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
1988 Goose Gossage registers career save #300
1988 Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar
1988 Jose Canseco becomes 11th to get 30 HRs & 30 steals in a season
1988 Matt Biondi swims US record 200m freestyle (1:47.72)
1988 Minnesota Twins pull 2nd triple-play of year & beat Cleve 6-2
1988 Renovated Central Park Zoo reopens after 4 years
1988 Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after 9 year war
1988 Sec of State Shultz narrowly escapes assassin attempt in Bolivia
1988 South Africa declares cease-fire in Angola
1988 Temperature hits high of 88 on 8/8/88 in NYC
1988 The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Burma.
1988 The lights are turned on at Wrigley Field for the first time, making it the last major league stadium to host night games. (The game, against the Philadelphia Phillies, is rained out after three-and-a-half innings.)
1989 US space shuttle STS-28 Mission Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.
1990 Balt Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland)
1990 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher
1990 Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed as its 19th province to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
1990 Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp
1991 Billy Preston charged with exhibiting porno to a minor
1991 Carlos Santana pleads no contest to marijuana possession charge
1991 Gary Oldman, actor (State of Grace), arrested for drunk driving
1991 John McCarthy, British journalist held hostage in Lebanon for more than five years by Islamic Jihad, is released.
1991 Shite Moslems release British hostage John McCarthy
1991 The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
1991 With two months left, White Sox set new home attendance (2,150,951)
1992 Actress Barbara Hershey weds artist Stephen Douglas
1992 Lou Whitaker hits his 200th career HR
1993 California state senator Tom Hayden (54) weds actress Barbara Williams (40)
1993 Dana Lofland wins McCall's LPGA Golf Classic Dormann at Stratton Mt
1993 Tropical storm Bret ravages Venezuela, about 100 killed
1995 Jeff King of Pirates is 16th NL player to HR twice in one inning
1997 Mariners Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Chic White Sox
2000 Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.
2007 An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York State, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
2008 Georgian invasion into South Ossetia. Begin of five-day war between Georgia and Russia.
2012 16 people are killed from flooding from heavy rain in Manilla, Philippines
2012 China announces that it plans to close 23 rare earth mines and up to 50 smelting companies
2013 14 people are killed by a bomb explosion in Nangarhar, Afghanistan
2013 28 people are killed by a suicide bombing in Quetta, Pakistan

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1079 Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)
1518 Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)
1571 John Ward, composer
1586 Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen
1605 Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)
1617 Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)
1646 Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)
1653 Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar
1673 John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
1693 Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)
1694 Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)
1705 Gustaaf Imhoff, gov of Ceylon (1736-40)/gov of Neth-Indies (1743-50)
1720 Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796)
1732 Johann C Adelung, German linguist/librarian
1746 Hieronymus van Alphen, Dutch attorney/poet (church songs)
1755 Luigi Marchesi, composer
1763 Charles Bulfinch, Boston Mass, 1st US pro architect (Mass State House)
1805 Antoon Jurgens, Dutch margarine manufacturer
1807 Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (d. 1892)
1812 John Rodgers II, Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1882)
1814 Esther Hobart Morris, American jurist, suffragist, anti-slavery activist (d. 1902)
1819 Charles Anderson Dana, Asst Secy War, (Union) died in 1897
1820 Winfield Scott "Old Swet" Featherston, Army Brigadier General (Confederate)
1823 Theodule Augustin Ribot, painter
1824 Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse), Tsarina of Russia (d. 1880)
1835 James William Forsyth, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1906)
1839 Nelson Appleton Miles, American Major General (Union volunteers) (d. 1925)
1852 Barend Barendse, actor/director (Wandering Jew)
1857 Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1857 Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author (52 Years of Research)
1861 William Bateson, English biologist (originator of term "genetics")
1864 Henri de Vries (Van Walterop), Dutch actor (Cleopatra, White Cargo)
1866 Matthew A Henson, 1st Black to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)
1871 William Henry Squire, composer
1875 Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (d. 1955)
1879 Bob Smith, American founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)
1879 Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader (d. 1919)
1880 Earle Page, Australian politician (d. 1961)
1881 Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (d. 1960)
1881 Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (Eastern Front) (d. 1954)
1882 Ladislas Starevich, Polish animator (d. 1965)
1884 Sara Teasdale, American poet (1st Pulitzer Prize-1918-"Love Songs") (d. 1933)
1886 Daniel Ruyneman, composer
1886 Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer
1887 Esme Percy, London England, actor (Old Spanish Custom)
1887 J C Heldring, Dutch businessman
1887 Malcolm Keen, Bristol England, actor (Uncle Chris-Mama)
1887 Ullrich Haupt, Prussia, actor (Morocco, Du Barry-Woman of Passion)
1889 Jack Ryder, Australian cricketer (d. 1977)
1891 Adolf Busch, German violinist (d. 1952)
1892 Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)
1895 Law Pendleton, US, wrestler/actor (Laughing Lady)
1896 Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (Yearling) (d. 1953)
1898 Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (d. 1990)
1898 Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans)
1900 Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange
1900 Victor Young, Chic Ill, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show, In Old California)
1901 Ernest O. Lawrence, American physicist (Cyclotron) (Nobel Prize laureate 1939) (d. 1958)
1902 Paul Dirac, English physicist (Quantum Mechanics) (Nobel Prize laureate 1933) (d. 1984)
1903 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
1904 Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948)
1904 Istvan Szelenyi, composer
1905 André Jolivet, French composer (L'Eunuque) (d. 1974)
1905 Nino Martini, Verona Italy, actor (Here's to Romance)
1905 Wachtang Ananjan, writer
1906 Andre Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)
1907 Benny Carter, American musician (Easy Money, King Carter) (d. 2003)
1908 Arthur J Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court justice (1962-65), UN ambassador (d. 1980)
1908 Chivu Stoica, premier of Romania (1955-61)
1909 Bill Voce, England cricketer (d. 1984)
1910 Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)
1910 Sylvia Sidney, American actress (WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon) (d. 1999)
1911 Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (Grandma Winslow-Family Matters) (d. 2002)
1912 Daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director (Willard, Butterfield 8)
1913 Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orchestra leader (Frank Sinatra Show)
1913 Daan Wildschut, painter/glazenier/author
1913 Robert T Stafford, (Sen-R-VT, 1971-88)
1914 Arthur Holt, politician
1915 Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (d. 1981)
1918 Rory Calhoun, LA California, actor (Capitol, Motel Hell, Bill-Texan)
1919 Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer (King Kong)
1920 Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (d. 2006)
1920 Don Cook, foreign Correspondent
1920 Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997)
1920 Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006)
1921 Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer
1921 John Herbert Chapman, British physicist (d. 1979)
1921 Roger Nixon, composer
1921 Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (d. 2001)
1921 Webb Pierce, American singer (d. 1991)
1921 William Asher, American film producer
1922 Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian
1922 Michael Parkin, journalist
1922 Rory Calhoun, American actor (Blue & Gray, Judson Tyler-Capitol) (d. 1999)
1922 Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-born fashion designer (1st women's topless swimsuit, miniskirt) (d. 1985)
1923 Esther Williams, Inglewood Cal, actress/swimmer (Dangerous when Wet)
1924 Thomas Beversdorf, composer
1925 Alija Izetbegovic, Bosniak politician (d. 2003)
1925 Jack Stoddart, designer/socialist
1926 Richard Anderson, American actor (Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man)
1926 Webb Pierce, West Monroe La, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1927 Elis Juliana, Antillian writer/poet (Lady of the Night: A flower)
1927 Jim Weaver, (Rep-D-OR, 1975)
1927 Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)
1927 Juri Kasakow, writer
1928 Don Burrows, Australian musician
1928 Ken Scowcroft, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
1929 Josef Suk, Prague Czechoslovakia, violinist (Artist of Merit-1977)
1929 Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (d. 2004)
1929 Ronald Biggs, British criminal
1929 Rose Nyland, writer
1930 Jerry Tarkanian, basketball coach (California State, UNLV, 625-122)
1930 Joan Mondale, wife of US vice-president Walter Mondale (1977-81)
1930 Nita Talbot, NYC NY, actress (Supertrain, Here We Go Again)
1930 Terry Nation, Welsh novelist and screenwriter (Dr Who, Blake 7) (d. 1997)
1931 Jonathan Elkus, composer
1931 Sir Roger Penrose, British physicist
1932 Jimmy Witherspoon, singer
1932 Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian dictator
1932 Mel Tillis, American country singer (Who's Julie, M-M-Mel)
1933 Joe Tex, American singer (Hold What You've Got) (d. 1982)
1933 Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (d. 2007)
1934 Julian C Dixon, (Rep-D-California, 1979)
1935 Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer
1935 John Laws, Australia radio personality
1935 Ron Marlenee, (Rep-R-MT, 1977)
1935 Sandy Horn, lesbian activist
1936 Don Bowden, US, 1st American to run a sub 4 min mile
1936 Frank Howard, American baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960)
1936 Keith Barron, English actor (At Earth's Core, Baby Love)
1937 Dustin Hoffman, American actor (Graduate, Tootsie, Kramer vs Kramer)
1937 Louis Neefs, Belgian singer
1938 Connie Stevens, American singer and actress (Hawaiian Eye, Back to Beach)
1938 Jacques Hétu, French Canadian composer
1939 Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat
1939 Philip E Baisley, Augusta Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57)
1939 Viorica Viscopoleanu, Romania, long jumper (Oly-gold-68)
1939 William Alden Hibbard, composer
1940 Dennis Tito, American businessman and space tourist
1940 Dilip Sardesai, Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
1942 Jay David, Musician (Dr Hook & Medicine Show)
1944 Brooke Bundy, American actress
1944 Hans van Eijk, Dutch rock guitarist (Jumping Jewels)
1944 John Renbourn, English musician
1944 Michael Johnson, rocker
1946 French W Weisglas, Dutch MP (VVD)
1946 James W. Lewis, American convicted extortionist
1946 Robin M Tallon, (Rep-D-SC, 1983)
1947 José Cruz, Puerto Rican baseball player, leftfielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros)
1947 Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and parliamentarian
1947 Larry Wilcox, American actor (Lassie, Officer Jon Baker-CHiPs)
1947 Terangi Adam, Nauruan politician
1948 Svetlana Y Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-7, T-12, T-15A)
1949 Airrion Love, US singer (Stylistics-16 Bars)
1949 Bela Magyari, Hungary, cosmonaut
1949 Keith Carradine, American actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby)
1949 Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
1950 Ken Kutaragi, Founder of PlayStation
1950 Willie Hall, American drummer
1951 Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
1951 Martin Brest, Bronx NY, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
1951 Phil Carlson, Australian cricketer
1951 Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1952 Anton Fig, South African Drummer (David Letterman Band, ex-Frehley's Comet)
1952 Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
1952 Robin Quivers, American radio personality (Howard Stern's sidekick)
1952 Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer
1953 "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
1953 Don(ny) Most, American actor (Ralph Malph-Happy Days)
1953 Mark Lazarowicz, British Politician
1953 Nigel Mansell, English race car driver, formula-1 (Portugal Grand Prix-1990)
1955 Ali Score, rock drummer (Flock Of Seagulls)
1955 Diddú, Icelandic soprano and songwriter
1955 Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer
1956 Branscombe Richmond, American actor
1956 Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress
1956 Chris Foreman, English guitarist (Madness)
1956 David Grant, English singer and vocal coach (Stop & Go, Heaven Knows)
1956 Wes Chandler, Florida, WLAF wide receiver coach (Rhein Fire)
1957 Dieuwertje Blok, Dutch TV hostess
1957 Nancy Glass, TV broadcaster (American Journal)
1958 Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress
1958 Chris(sie Boy) Foreman, rock guitarist (Madness)
1958 Deborah Norville, American television host, news anchor (Today Show, Inside Edition)
1958 Harry Crosby, LA California, actor (Friday the 13th)
1959 Rikki Rockett, rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn)
1959 Ronald Weigel, German DR speed walker (5 km indoor)
1960 Ulrich Maly, German politician
1961 Bruce Matthews, American football player, NFL guard and center (Houston Oilers)
1961 Charmaine Crooks, Jamaica, Canadian 4X400m relayer (Oly-silver-1984)
1961 Daniel House, American music executive
1961 Paul Jackson, rocker
1961 Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison)
1961 The Edge (Dave Evans), Irish guitarist (U2)
1962 Charmaine Crooks, Mandeville JAM, Can 800m runner (Oly-84, 88, 92, 96)
1962 Jim Sweeney, NFL center/guard (Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1962 Kool Moe Dee, American rapper
1962 Mike Zanier, Canadian ice hockey player
1962 Suzee Pai, Toledo Ohio, actress (Big Trouble in Little China)
1963 Carol Lewis, Willingboro NJ, high jumper (Olympic-9th-1984)
1963 Jon Turteltaub, American director
1963 Ron Karkovice, Union NJ, catcher (Chic White Sox)
1963 Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive
1964 Anastasia Ashman, American writer
1964 Harry Lee "Butch" Reynolds, US, 400m runner (world record)
1964 Paul Taylor, England cricketer
1965 Aaron Abeyta, American musician
1965 Akitoshi Saito, wrestler (NJPW)
1965 Angus Fraser, England cricketer
1965 Kate Langbroek, Australian media personality
1966 Chris Eubank, English boxer
1966 John Hudek, American baseball player
1967 Ben Fouchee, Kuruman South Africa, Canadian Tour golfer (1987 S Afr Amateur)
1967 Eric Angle, American wrestler
1967 Howard Cross, NFL tight end (NY Giants)
1967 Jessica Moore, Italian actress
1967 Lee Unkrich, American director and film editor
1967 Lorraine Pearson, Romford Essex, rock vocalist (5 Star-Silk & Steel)
1967 Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player
1967 Margo Malowney, Saint John New Brunswick, volleyball player (Oly-96)
1967 Rena Mero, American wrestler
1968 Abey Kuruvilla, Indian cricketer
1968 Huey Morgan, American singer / guitarist (Fun Lovin' Criminals)
1968 Matthew Lane, Wellington NZ, Nike golfer (1991 S Australian Open-4th)
1968 Patricia Arquette, NYC actress (Ed Wood, Pretty Smart)
1968 Suzy Hamilton, US olympic 1500m runner
1969 Dick Togo, Japanese professional wrestler
1969 Divine Brown (Estelle Marie Thompson), American prostitute (Hugh Grant)
1969 Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress
1969 Jerome Henderson, NFL cornerback (NY Jets, Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 Yvie Burnett, British television vocal coach
1970 Amaia Arruti, LPGA golfer
1970 Catriona Fallon, Burlingame California, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96)
1970 Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor
1970 Trev Alberts, American football player, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1971 John Raposo, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 Marcello Simmons, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 Steve Hinton, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)
1972 Axel Merckx, Belgian bicycle racer
1972 Joely Collins, Canadian actress
1972 Lüpüs Thünder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
1973 Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed)
1973 Senta Moses, American actress
1973 Shane Lee, Australian cricketer
1973 Toby Allen, Australian singer (Human Nature)
1974 Andrei Mezin, NHL goaltender (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
1974 Andy Priaulx, British race car driver
1974 Brian Harvey, English singer
1974 Scott D'Amore, Canadian professional wrestler and manager
1976 Drew Lachey, American singer
1976 JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)
1976 Jeff Simmons, American race car driver
1976 Liraz Mesilaty, Miss Universe-Israel (1996)
1976 Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player
1976 Tawny Cypress, American actress
1977 Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer
1977 Lindsay Sloane, American actress
1977 Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
1977 Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 Szilard Nemeth, Slovak footballer
1978 Alan Maybury, Irish footballer
1978 Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
1978 Louis Saha, French footballer
1978 Miho Shiraishi, Japanese actress
1979 Dan Smith, English musician (Noisettes)
1979 Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, Icelandic handball player
1979 Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir
1979 Rashard Lewis, American basketball player
1979 Richard Harwood, British cellist
1979 Sam Totman, English musician (Dragonforce)
1980 Denisse Guerrero, Mexican Singer (Belanova)
1980 Michael Urie, American actor and director
1980 Mike Hindert, American musician
1980 Pat Noonan, American footballer
1980 Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player
1981 Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer
1981 Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress
1981 Meagan Good, American actress
1981 Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player (16 grand slams)
1981 Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter
1982 David Florence, British canoeist
1983 Guy Burnet, British actor
1984 Devon McTavish, American footballer
1984 Kirk Broadfoot, Scottish footballer
1984 Martrez Milner, American football player
1985 Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican football player
1986 Chris Kelly, American Freight Thrower
1986 Chris Pressley, American football player
1986 Peyton List, American actress
1987 Katie Leung, Scottish actress
1987 Pierre Boulanger, French actor
1988 Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl
1988 Danilo Gallinari, Italian basketball player
1988 Princess Beatrice of York , Princess of York and British princess
1989 Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player
1995 Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer

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869 Lothair II of Lotharingia, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869) (b. 825)
1445 Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer
1506 Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter
1553 Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)
1555 Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)
1588 Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter
1604 Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)
1616 Cornelis Ketel, Dutch portrait painter/poet
1631 Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)
1684 George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)
1685 Sassoferrato (Giovanni B Salvi), Ital painter (Madonna)
1694 Antoine Arnauld (le grand Arnauld), French lawyer/theology
1700 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer
1705 Willem Roukens, mayor (Nimegen ort Nimeguen), beheaded
1747 Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)
1759 Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer (b. 1704)
1788 Louis FAD Duke the Richelieu, French marshal
1816 Blas de Laserna, composer
1827 George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, minister of Foreign affairs (b. 1770)
1828 Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)
1834 Silvestro Palma, composer
1863 Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b. 1825)
1879 Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)
1887 Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)
1888 Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns, composer
1897 Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss art and cultural historian (b. 1818)
1898 Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)
1902 Jean Y Y Tissot, French painterand illustrator (b. 1836)
1908 Joseph (Maria) Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession)
1909 Mary Mackillop, Foundress of the "Sisters of St. Josephs" (b. 1842)
1911 William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)
1918 Gertrude E Durden Rush, US composer/playwright
1921 Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)
1928 Stjepan Radic, Croatian politician, founder and leader (Croatian Boer party) (b. 1871)
1933 Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (b. 1870)
1934 Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, hall-of-famer, manager (Brookln Dodgers) (b. 1863)
1940 Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)
1944 Chaim Soutine, Russian painter (b. 1894)
1944 Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal, hanged (b. 1881)
1944 Michael Wittmann, German Tank ace and Knight's Cross holder, killed in action, Normandy. (b. 1914)
1947 Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)
1950 Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, founder National-India Party
1950 Fergus McMaster, Australian businessman (b. 1879)
1950 Nicolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky, composer
1954 Gino Tagliapietra, composer
1960 Danton Walker, columnist (Broadway Spotlight)
1961 Charlie Gemora, actor (who portrayed King Kong)
1961 Franc N D Buchman, US theology (Moral Rearms)
1961 Mei Lanfang, Chinese opera performer (b. 1894)
1963 Sandor Jemnitz, composer
1965 Shirley Hardie Jackson, American author (Road Through the Wall) (b. 1916)
1966 Pierre Charles, Belgian heavyweight boxer
1967 Jaromir Weinberger, Czech/US composer (Czech Rhapsody)
1969 Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and Nazi physician (b. 1896)
1969 Sharon Tate, murdered by the Manson family
1971 Freddie Spencer Chapman, British army officer (b. 1907)
1972 Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948)
1973 Dean Corll, American serial killer (b. 1939)
1973 Nikos Zachariadis, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (b. 1903)
1973 Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (b. 1898)
1974 Baldur von Schirach, German author, Nazi youth leader (b. 1907)
1975 Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1928)
1976 John Roselli, hired by CIA to kill Castro, found murdered
1977 Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1889)
1979 Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. 1910)
1980 Aga Yahya Khan, Pakistan military/politician
1980 Jacqueline Cochrane, US pilot/1st female faster than sound
1980 Paul Triquet, French Canadian army officer (b. 1910)
1982 Eric Brandon, British racing driver (b. 1920)
1982 Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus)
1982 Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes)
1982 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist
1982 Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen)
1984 Ellen Raskin, American author(b. 1928)
1984 Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show)
1985 Louise Brooks, American actress (Pandora's Box) (b. 1906)
1987 Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (b. 1903)
1988 Alan Napier, English actor (Alfred-Batman) (b. 1903)
1988 Félix Leclerc, Quebec singer and songwriter (b. 1914)
1988 Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
1991 Brad Davis, actor (Sybil, Midnight Express)
1991 James B Irwin, American astronaut (Apollo 15) (b. 1930)
1991 John Brasser, Zaans resistance fighter (White Ko)
1991 Julissa Gomez, American gymnast (b. 1972)
1991 Magdalena G Schenk, historical (Vorstenhuizen of our time)
1992 Abul Qassim Khoei, Iraqi great-ayatollah/leader of Sjiieten
1992 Alison L Gertz, US aids-activist/Esquire women of year
1992 Arthur Lang, US boxer/businessman
1992 Eitan Berglas, Israeli banker/advisor
1992 Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qasim Khoei, considered to be the Supreme Shi'ite authority at the time of his death (b. 1899)
1992 John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)
1992 Lou Krugman, actor (I Want to Live)
1992 Thomas J McIntyre, US, senator/writer (Fear Brokers)
1993 Harry Bellaver, actor (Blue Collar, Old Man & the Sea)
1993 Lou van Raised, impresario
1993 Roy London, US actor/director (Tiger Warsaw)
1994 Henriette Santer, clinical psychologist
1994 Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, Russian playwright (Russky Lesson)
1994 Robin Cavendish, disabled Campaigner
1995 David Begelman, film producer
1995 John Adams, American football player (b. 1937)
1996 Didi Duprat, French guitarist
1996 Frank A Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine
1996 George Richard Samways, children's writer
1996 Herbert Huncke, writer
1996 Julian Stryjkowski, writer
1996 Nevill Francis Mott, physicist (Nobel Prize Laureate) (b. 1905)
1997 Duncan Swift, jazz pianist
1998 Mahmoud Saremi, Iranian journalist
2004 Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor (b. 1934)
2004 Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907)
2005 Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918)
2005 Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)
2005 Dean Rockwell, World War II hero at D-Day and Olympic Greco-Roman wrestling coach
2005 Gene Mauch, American baseball player (b. 1925)
2005 Ilse Werner, German actress (b. 1921)
2005 John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (b. 1918)
2005 Monica Sjöö, Swedish artist (b. 1938)
2007 Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (b. 1949)
2007 Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952)
2007 Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2008 Orville Moody, American golfer (b. 1933)
2009 Daniel Jarque, Spanish football player (b. 1983)
2010 Patricia Neal, American actress
2013 Regina Resnik, American operatic singer
2013 Karen Black, American actress
2014 Charles Keating, English actor

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