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(3114 BC) According to the Lounsbury correlation, the start of the Maya calendar.
523 St John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1099 Raniero elected as Pope Paschal II
1326 Aradia de Toscano, according to legend/folklore, is initiated into a Dianic witchcraft cult and subsequently founds the tradition of Stregheria, later known as the Malandanti.
1415 King Henry V of England army lands on mouth of Seine River
1516 The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis recognises Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles recognises Francis's claim to Milan.
1521 Aztec city Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1536 Buddhist monks from Kyōto's Enryaku Temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout Kyoto in the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
1553 Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva as a heretic.
1578 Duke French van Anjou recognized as protector of Netherlands
1608 John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication
1624 Cardinal Richelieu appointed Chief Minister of France by Louis XIII
1630 Ferdinand II fires supreme commander Albrecht von Wallenstein
1642 Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap
1645 Sweden & Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro
1651 Litchfield, CT founded
1695 French troops under Villeroi shoot in Brussels
1696 State of Drenthe accredits Willem III as mayor
1704 Battle of Blenheim of the War of the Spanish Succession, English and Austrians victorious over French and Bavarians at Blenheim, Germany.
1713 King Frederik Willem declares war on Brandenburg-Prussia
1732 Voltaire's "Zaire," premieres in Paris
1740 Hunger strike in Rotterdam
1784 English parliament accept India Act
1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90
1792 French royals including Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
1799 English fleet under lord Seymour overthrows Suriname
1814 The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.  Treaty of London Netherland stops transporting slaves, Cape of Good Hope formally ceded to British by the Dutch.
1831 Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
1864 Battle of Deep Bottom VA (Strawberry Plains) & Fussell's Mill VA
1868 Earthquakes kill 25,000 & causes $300 million damages (Peru & Ecuador)
1876 Reciprocity Treaty between US & Hawaii ratified
1876 Wagner's "Of the Ring," premieres
1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolese monarch
1889 German Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "Navigable Balloon"
1889 William Gray patents coin-operated telephone
1892 US black newspaper "Afro-American" begins publishing from Baltimore
1898 US forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war
1902 England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory
1906 Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas
1906 Cub's Pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 games (187 complete, 15 relief) by Dodgers in 3rd inning
1907 1st taxicab (NYC)
1908 Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team
1910 Dodgers & Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball & 1 hit by pitch
1913 First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
1913 Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
1914 German army occupies forts at Luik
1914 Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st US bus line, in Minnesota
1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I
1917 Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves
1918 Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
1918 Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
1919 British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350
1919 Man o'War's only defeat (Upset wins at Saratoga)
1920 24th US Golf Open, Ted Ray shoots a 295 at Inverness Club in Ohio
1920 Battle of Warsaw of the Polish-Soviet War begins, lasts till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
1921 Simon Kaufman & Marc Connelly's "Dulcy," premieres in NYC
1923 Gustav Stresemann becomes premier of coalition government of Germany
1923 Turkish National Congress selects Moestafa Kemal Pasja as president
1923 US Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day
1928 Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins
1931 Cin Red Tony Cuccinello goes 6 for 6
1932 Hitler refuses Von Hindenburg's proposal to become vice-chancellor
1932 Yankee pitcher Red Ruffing homers & wins game 1-0 in 10 tying
1933 16th PGA Championship, Gene Sarazen at Blue Mound CC Milwaukee
1933 Jacques van Egmond becomes world champion amateur cyclist
1935 Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum)
1937 Battle of Shanghai begins, Japanese attack.
1939 Sabotage suspected in crash of 'City of San Francisco'
1939 Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over A's
1940 Goering's "Adler Tag" 45-48 German aircrafts shotdown over South-Engld
1940 Battle of Britain of World War II begins the Luftwaffe launches a series of attacks on British fighter bases and radar installations in South England.
1941 Red army evacuates Smolensk
1943 Red army recaptures Spas-Demensk
1944 British 8th army occupies Florence
1944 Generals Montgomery, Dempsey, Bradley discuss naderende breakthrough
1944 Jackie Gleason and Les Tremayne show premieres on NBC radio
1946 Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus
1948 Satchel Paige at 42, pitches his 1st major league complete game
1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1950 US President Harry Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
1951 Great-Britain & Iraq sign new oil contract
1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations
1953 US President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee
1953 US General Omar Bradley's becomes chief of staff
1954 21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game, Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470)
1954 Radio Pakistan broadcasts the National Anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
1955 Larry Doby's ends AL record of 167 errorless games in outfield
1956 WBIR TV channel 10 in Knoxville, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 Indians' right fielder Rocky Colavito makes his pitching debut, hurling 3 hitless innings, Detroit 3, Cleveland 2
1959 Milt satellite Discoverer 5 launched (into polar orbit)
1960 The Central African Republic & Chad proclaim independence from France.
1960 The first two-way conversation via satellite is undertaken using Echo 1
1960 USSR draws adviseors out of China
1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open
1961 The German Democratic Republic closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin, to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, Construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany.
1962 Bert Campaneris of Daytona Beach (FSL) pitches ambidextrously
1963 Custom agents confiscate 21 gold coins from Witte Museum
1963 Warren Spahn sets left-hander strike out mark at 2,382
1964 1st broadcast by Trans World Radio on Bonaire
1967 WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel G. Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
1969 Baltimore Oriole Jim Palmer no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
1969 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote
1969 The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they're awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Richard Nixon.
1971 Paul & Linda McCartney release "Back Seat of My Car"
1972 Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th & last "Bonanza"
1972 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Pabst Ladies Golf Classic
1975 Viv Richards out for 291 v England at Cricket Oval
1977 First test glide of shuttle
1977 Randy Bachman quits BTO, they disband
1978 150 Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the Second Phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
1978 Bomb attack in Beirut, 175 killed
1978 Judy wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic Rankin
1978 Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th. but rain causes game to be halted & thus score goes back to previous inning, Balt wins 3-0
1979 Lou Brock, is 14th to get 3,000 hits
1979 The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon near Chicago, Illinois collapses, killing 5 workers and injuring 16.
1980 Suriname president Johan Ferrier ousted
1980 Tatyana Kazankina of USSR sets 1.5k woman's record (3:52.47) in USSR
1981 Last broadcast of "Waltons" on CBS-TV
1981 Mary Terstegge Meagher swims world record 200m butterfly (2:05.96)
1984 Morocco & Libya sign "Arabic-African Union" treaty
1986 KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KBLX (now KBFN)
1987 Cardinbals outfield sets record of no putouts in a 4-2 in 13 inning
1987 Jackie Joyner-Kersee ties world record with 24'5½" jump
1988 Boston Red Sox win AL record 24 straight home games
1988 Palace of Auburn Hills in Detroit Opens
1988 Ronald J Dossenbach sets world record for pedaling across Canada from Vancouver, BC to Halifax, NS in 13 days, 15 hr, 4 min
1988 US beats Jamacia 5-1, in 2nd round of 1990 world soccer cup
1989 2 hot-air balloon crash at Alice Springs Australia, 13 killed
1989 71st PGA Championship, Payne Stewart shoots 276 at Kemper Lakes GC Ill
1989 US space shuttle STS-28 lands
1991 Michael Ray Barrowman swims world record 200m breaststroke (2:10.60)
1991 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney versus England at Old Trafford
1991 VP Quayle makes a speech attacking lawyers
1993 Blue Jay Rickey Henderson pays Turner Ward $25,000 for his #24
1993 Hotel in Nakhon Ratchasima Thailand, collapses, 114 killed
1993 US Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail
1994 Train crash in Tbilisi Georgia, 24 killed
1995 77th PGA Championship, Steve Elkington shoots a 267 at Riviera Calif
1995 Beth Daniels wins LPGA PING Welch's Golf Championship
1996 Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0
1997 Boston Red Sox trade Mike Stanley back to the NY Yankees
1997 SD Padres trade Rickey Henderson to Anaheim Angels
1997 South Park's first episode is aired.
2004 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
2004 Black Friday crackdown by NSS on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé.
2004 Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
2008 Michael Phelps sets the Olympic record for most the gold medals won by an individual in Olympic history with his win in the men's 200m butterfly.
2012 Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus is stripped of her shot-put gold medal after failing a doping test
2014 Israeli and Palestinian cease fire agreed to on August 8 is extended for another 120 hours to provide time for further negotiations
2015 Swedish Prosecutors announce they are dropping allegations against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange of sexual molestation and coercion
2015 US Government formally returns to France Picasso's painting La Coiffeuse, stolen from Paris' National Museum of Modern Art in 2001
2015 76 people are killed & 212 are wounded by an ISIL truck bomb in Baghdad, Iraq.

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582 Arnulf of Metz, French bishop and saint (d. 640)
1311 King Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon (d. 1350)
1422 William Caxton, 1st English printer (Histories of Troy)
1584 Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English politician (d. 1640)
1617 Johann A Quenstedt, German Lutherian theologist
1625 Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
1655 Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)
1662 Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (d. 1748)
1666 William Wotton, English scholar (d. 1727)
1692 Anton Simon Ignaz Praelisauer, composer
1700 Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763)
1704 Lorenzo Fago, composer
1717 Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer
1717 Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)
1721 Francis Ireland, composer
1747 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer
1748 Pieter L van de Kasteele, Dutch politician/patriot
1752 Maria Carolina of Austria, queen of the Two Sicilies (d. 1814)
1764 Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
1790 William Wentworth, Australian explorer and politician (d. 1872)
1792 Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1849)
1802 Nikolaus Lenau, Hungary, German poet (Faust, Die Albigenser)
1803 Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1869)
1814 Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist (d. 1874)
1817 Karoly Thern, composer
1818 Lucy Blackwell-Stone, American abolitionist, suffragette (US Woman's Suffrage Association) (d. 1893)
1819 George Gabriel Stokes, Irish physicist, mathematician (spectroscope) (d. 1903)
1820 Joseph Alberdingk Thijm, [Pauwels Foreestier], poet (Dietsche Warande)
1820 George Grove, English music historian, misicographer (d. 1900)
1823 Goldwin Smith, English-born historian and journalist (d. 1910)
1826 William Thomas Best, composer
1831 Salomon Jaoassohn, composer
1840 Giovanni Verga, Italian writer (Eros)
1841 Johnny Mullagh, Australian First Class cricketer (d. 1891)
1841 Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)
1851 Felix Adler, German-born educator (d. 1933)
1851 John Lincoln Clem, Drummer (Union volunteers) (d. 1937)
1860 Annie Oakley (Phoebe Ann Moses), American sharpshooter (Buffalo Bill's Wild West) (d. 1926)
1866 Giovanni Agnelli, Italian industrialist (d. 1945)
1867 Rudolf Georg Binding, German songwriter/writer (Legenden Der Zeit)
1867 William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer (Skotlands Rimur)
1871 Karl Liebknecht, German revolutionary marxist (Sparta Party)
1872 Richard Willstätter, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
1878 Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer
1878 Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, Dutch zionist/socialist theorist
1879 John N Ireland, English composer, pianist (Mai-Dun) (d. 1962)
1881 Jacqueline (Pierrette) R van Stuwe (Eline v S), Dutch author
1884 Harry Dean, England cricketer (d. 1957)
1886 Jacob Pierneef, South Africa, painter
1887 Julius Freed, American inventor and banker (d. 1952)
1888 Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
1888 John Logie Baird, Scottish , inventor (father of TV) (d. 1946)
1889 Camillien Houde, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
1890 Ellen Osiier, Danish Olympic champion fencer (d. 1962)
1890 (Lavinia) Marian Fleming Poe, black US advocate in Virginia
1894 Ferdinand Sassen, Dutch philosopher/director
1894 Leonid Alexeyevich Polovinkin, composer
1895 Bert Lahr (Irving Lahrheim), American comic, actor (Lion-Wizard of Oz) (d. 1967)
1895 Robert Burton, actor (Dr Gordon-Kings Row)
1896 Leo(nhard) Pappenheim, conductor
1898 Jean Borota, France, tennis champ (35 Wimbledons between 1922-64)
1899 Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window) (d. 1980)
1901 Ian Whyte, composer
1902 Bartoes (Albertus J Wijstma), cabaret performer/comic
1902 Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine) (d. 1988)
1902 Lord Sainsbury of Drury Lane, president (J Sansbury Pics)
1902 Regis Toomey, Pitts Pa, actor (Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction)
1903 Wilton Graff, St Louis MO, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn)
1904 Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, American actor (Wings) (d. 1999)
1907 Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer
1907 Sir Basil Spence, Scottish architect (d. 1976)
1908 Gene Raymond, American actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater) (d. 1998)
1909 John Beal, Joplin MO, actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D)
1909 Wilhelmina Von Bremen, US 4X100 relay sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932)
1911 William Bernbach, Famous Advertiser (d. 1982)
1912 Ben Hogan, American golfer, PGA tour (US Open 1950, 51, 53) (d. 1997)
1912 Jan Peeters, Dutch water colors painter/monumental artist
1912 Max Croiset, playwright/director/actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark)
1912 Metten Koornstra, Dutch painter/graphic artist
1912 Rita Johnson, Worcester Mass, actress (Honolulu, All Mine to Give)
1912 Salvador E Luria, Italian biologist (Nobel prize Laureate 1969) (d. 1991)
1913 Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatiryov, composer
1913 Francisco Escudero, composer
1913 Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
1913 Liesbeth Askonas, concert agent
1913 Lord Oram, British MP (Labour)
1913 Makarios III (Michail Moeskos), Archbishop and first President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
1914 Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
1917 Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
1918 Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal
1918 Frederick Sanger, English biochemist (Nobel Prize Laureate 1958, 1980)
1918 John Bunting, senior civil servant
1919 Rex Humbard, American television evangelist (d. 2007)
1920 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist
1920 George Shearing, British blind jazz pianist (Lullabye of Byrdland)
1920 Neville Brand, American actor (DOA, Eaten Alive, Fire, Mohawk) (d. 1992)
1924 John Milne, CEO (Blue Circles Industries)
1925 Benny Bailey, jazz trumpeter
1925 Leslie Joseph, QC
1926 Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary and politician, dictator-president (1959-2008)
1929 Augustyn Bloch, composer
1929 Charles Lyon, gen-sect (Transport Salaried Staffs Association)
1929 Michael Beavis, deputy cmdr-in-chief (Allied Forces Central Europe)
1929 Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor (Danny Thomas Show, 1 Day at a Time)
1930 Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
1930 Don Ho, American musician (d. 2007)
1930 Don Ho, Hawaii, ukulele player (Tiny Bubbles)
1930 Heino Jurisalu, composer
1930 Marquess Camden
1930 Wilmer David Mizell, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1931 Norman Read, NZ, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1956)
1931 Roy Evans, general sect (British Iron & Steel Trade Confederation)
1933 Joycelyn Elders, American physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
1933 Madhur Jaffrey, cookbook writer/actress (Shakespeare Wallah)
1934 Gary Davidson, US sports league founder (ABA, WHA, WFL)
1934 Leifur Thorarinsson, composer
1935 Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
1935 Rod Hull, British television entertainer (d. 1999)
1938 Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pop keyboardist
1939 Saul Steinberg, artist (The Art of Living)
1940 Ann Armstrong Dailey, founder (Children's Hospice Intl)
1940 Bill Musselman, American basketball head coach (d. 2000)
1940 Timothy Wood, British government asst whip
1941 Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
1941 Jim Barnes, Tuckerton Ark, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1964)
1942 Robert Lee Stewart, Wash DC, Brig Gen US Army/astronaut (STS 41B, 51J)
1942 Sheila Armstrong, soprano
1943 Gary Ilman, US, 100m freestyle (Olympic-4th-1964)
1943 Michael Willetts, English George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
1943 Susan Jameson, actress (Secret World of Polly Flint)
1943 Yuri Fedorovich Isaulov, Russia, cosmonaut
1944 David Mahler, composer
1944 Divina Galica, British athlete and racing driver
1944 Kevin Tighe, American actor (Newsie, Another 48 Hours, K-9)
1945 Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician
1945 Robin Jackman, England cricketer
1947 Gretchen Corbett, Camp Sherman Ore, actress (Beth-Rockford Files)
1947 John Stocker, Canadian actor
1947 Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician
1948 Kathleen Battle, American soprano (Shephard-Tannhäuser)
1948 Mosiuoa Patrick "Terror" Lekota, South African UDF/ANC-leader
1948 Tony Santini, rocker (Sha Na Na)
1949 Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL coach (Phila Flyer)
1949 Peter J Visclosky, (Rep-D-Indiana, 1985)
1949 Philippe Petit, French high wire artist
1949 Sheralee, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
1950 Andre van de Berg, actor/director (Transport)
1951 Dan Fogelberg, American singer and songwriter(Same Auld Lang Syne) (d. 2007)
1951 Gwen Cheeseman, Harrisburg Pa, field hockey goalie (Oly-bronze-1984)
1951 Jeff Altman, comedian/actor (Nurses, Pink Lady, Soul Man)
1952 Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2004)
1952 Hughie Thomasson, American musician (d. 2007)
1952 Marie Helvin, model/actress (Children)
1953 Jimmy McCulloch, rocker (Wings)
1954 Lincoln Diaz-Balart, (Rep-R-Florida)
1954 Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
1955 Betsy King, Reading PA, LPGA golfer (1990 US Women's Open)
1955 Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese racing driver
1955 Keith Ahlers, British racing driver
1955 Paul Greengrass, English film director
1958 David W Feherty, Irish PGA golfer (1994 New England-2nd)
1958 Feargal Sharkey, musician (Undertones-Never Never, Good Heart)
1958 Randall Shughart, American Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1958 Scott Hamilton, Toledo Ohio, figure skater (Oly-gold-1984)
1959 Bruce French, England cricketer
1959 Danny Bonaduce, American actor (Danny-Partridge Family)
1959 Mark Nevin, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love)
1959 Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
1960 Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
1960 Phil Taylor, English darts player
1961 Bettine Vriesekoop, Dutch table tennis star
1961 Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player
1961 Dawnn Lewis, American actress (Jaleesa-Different World)
1961 Neil Mallender, England cricketer
1961 Stuart Maconie, English music writer and broadcaster
1961 Sunil Shetty, Indian Actor, Producer
1961 Tom Perrotta, American novelist
1962 Adam Kase, Socorro NM, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Alberta Open-3rd)
1962 John Slattery, American actor
1962 Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer
1963 Elizabeth Bourland, Costa Rica, US 3x20 rifle (Olympics-7th-1996)
1963 John Slattery, American actor
1963 Pamela Jean Stein, Syracuse NY, playmate (Nov, 1987)
1963 Sridevi, Indian actress
1963 Tigg Ketler, Chula Vista Ca, drummer (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
1964 Hank Cheyne, American actor
1964 Ian Haughland, heavy metal rocker (Europe-The Final Countdown)
1964 Jay Buhner, American baseball player, outfielder (Seattle Mariners, NY Yankees)
1964 Tom Prince, Kankakee IL, catcher (LA Dodgers)
1965 Cris Dishman, NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers, Wash Redskins)
1965 Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
1965 Leo Groenewegen, CFL guard (Edmonton Eskimos)
1965 Mark Lemke, American baseball player, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
1966 Glenn Donald Hamilton, NZ, beach volleyball player (Olympics-96)
1966 Sean Hood, American screenwriter
1966 Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL forward (Team Canada Oly-1998, Montreal)
1967 Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
1967 Quinn Cummings, American actress (Annie-Family, Goodbye Girl)
1967 Taro Tan, Montreal Quebec, 65 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1967 Tracy Rogers, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1968 Joe Garten, WLAF corner/guard (Barcelona Dragons)
1968 William Thomas, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 Alex Fernandez, Miami Beach FL, pitcher (Chic White Sox)
1969 Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater (Oly-silver-92)
1970 Alan Shearer, English footballer
1970 Elvis Grbac, American football player, NFL quarterback (SF 49ers, KC Chiefs)
1970 Matt Hyson, American professional wrestler
1970 Tim Watson, NFL/WLAF safety (Raiders, Barcelona Dragons)
1970 Will Clarke, American novelist
1971 Camille Thompson, Salmon Arm BC, basketball center (Olympics-96)
1971 Chad Cota, NFL safety (Carolina Panthers)
1971 Marcus Ragnarsson, Ostervala SWE, NHL defenseman (SJ Sharks, Sweden)
1971 Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
1971 Patrick Carpentier, Quebec race car driver
1971 Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born actor
1971 Ron Dickerson, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores, London Monarchs)
1972 John Safran, Australian television presenter.
1972 Kevin Plank, American entrepreneur (Under Armour)
1972 Lisa Kiggens, Salinas CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester International)
1973 Armon Williams, NFL safety and linebacker (Tennessee Oilers)
1973 Brittany Andrews, American pornographic actress
1973 Eric Medlen, American drag racer and rodeo star (d. 2007)
1973 Molly Henneberg, American journalist
1973 Sherman Williams, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1974 Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
1974 Sam Endicott, American singer (The Bravery)
1975 James Carpinello, American actor
1975 Jason Gleasman, Wilmington DE, 220 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-1996)
1975 Joe Perry, English snooker player
1975 Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
1976 Jody Thompson, Canadian actress
1977 Michael Klim, Australian swimmer (Olympics-96)
1978 Benjani Mwaruwari, Zimbabwean footballer
1978 Kristiina Heinmets, Miss Estonia Universe (1997)
1979 Corey Patterson, American baseball player
1979 Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
1979 Taizo Sugimura, Japanese politician
1980 Panagiotis Markouizos, Greek figure skater
1982 Shani Davis, American speed skater
1983 Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
1983 Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born actor
1983 Ľubomír Michalík, Slovakian footballer
1984 Baby Blue, American rapper (Pretty Ricky)
1984 Boone Logan, American baseball player
1984 Heath Pearce, American soccer player
1984 Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
1986 Joseph Lapira, American soccer player
1992 Katharine Close, Scripps National Spelling Bee champion

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586 Radegund, consort of Clotaire I
587 Radegundis, daughter of Thurings king Berthar, saint
662 Maximus Confessor, Greek theologist/crusader
900 Zwentibold, king of Lutherans (895-900), dies in battle (b. 870)
1134 Irene of Hungary (Piroska), Byzantine empress, consort of John II Comnenus (b. 1088)
1191 Philips van Heinsberg, archbishop of Cologne
1278 Daikaku, Zen teacher Rinzai line/head of Kenchoji
1382 Eleanor of Aragon, consort of John I of Castile (b. 1358)
1523 Gerard David, Flemish painter
1617 Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss Protestant clergyman (b. 1540)
1637 Dirck J Bas, Dutch merchant/regent/government leader (OIC)
1667 Jeremy Taylor, Irish author and bishop (b. 1613)
1674 Lars Johnstown (Lasse Lucidor), Swedish poet
1686 Louis Maimbourg, French historian (b. 1610)
1721 Jacques Lelong, French bibliographer (b. 1665)
1744 John Cruger, Dutch-born American politician and mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
1749 Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (b. 1719)
1755 Francesco Durante, Italian composer (b. 1684)
1762 John Alberti, theologist/philological
1787 Isaac de Pinto, merchant/lender/Dutch States-general
1808 Henri Hardouin, composer
1826 René Laënnec, French physician (b. 1781)
1841 Bernhard Heinrich Romberg, German composer, cellist
1860 Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro
1863 Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
1865 Ignaz Semmelweis, Austro-Hungarian physician, gynecologist (b. 1818)
1886 Adolf von Doss, composer
1895 Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition)
1896 John Everett Millais, English painter
1897 Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian
1908 Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns)
1910 Florence Nightingale, English nurse (b. 1820)
1912 Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon) (b. 1842)
1913 F August Bebel, German social-democrat
1916 Fritz Steinbach, composer
1917 Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1860)
1924 Julian Aguirre, composer
1927 James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men)
1928 Fernand de La Tombelle, composer
1933 Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher, composer
1937 Arthur Plunkett, Australian civil engineer (b. 1890)
1940 George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent)
1946 H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells, English sci-fi author (Time Machine) (b. 1866)
1946 Valery Viktorovich Zhelobinsky, composer
1947 Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist
1948 Edwin Maxwell, actor (Taming of the Shrew)
1948 Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
1953 Dmitri Arakishvili, composer
1954 Hermann W S Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer
1956 Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96)
1958 Otto Witte, German acrobat and claimant to the Albanian throne (b. 1868)
1959 Henry Garat, actor (Congress Dances)
1961 Adeline De Walt Reynolds, actress (Son of Dracula)
1965 Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
1967 Jane Darwell, actress (Girls in Prison)
1970 Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer
1971 King Curtis (Curtis Ousley), US musician, murdered
1972 George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees)
1973 Ben van Eysselsteijn, Dutch playwright (Arid Earth)
1974 Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England)
1974 Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer)
1977 Henry Williamson, English author (Tarka the Otter)
1982 Charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society)
1982 Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show)
1982 Joe Tex (Joseph Arrington Jr), American singer and songwriter (Getting Scarce) (b. 1933)
1984 Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven)
1984 Tigran Petrosian, Soviet-Armenian chess player (b. 1929)
1985 Marion Martin, actress (Dakota Lil, Queen of Burlesque)
1986 Helen Mack, actress (Son of Kong, Milky Way)
1986 Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
1987 Vincent Persichetti, US composer (Sibyl)
1988 Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77)
1989 Larkin Smith, U.S. Representative from Mississippi (b. 1944)
1989 Tim Richmond, American race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races) (b. 1955)
1990 Jimmy Starr, actor (Hot Flashes), dies at 86
1991 Jack Ryan, American designer, inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels) (b. 1926)
1992 Bill Elverman, playwright/actor (After Hours)
1992 Clifford Allison, US stock-car racer, dies in an accident
1992 David Kaplan, news director (ABC)
1992 Jan Elburg (Joannes G), poet (Geen letterheren)
1994 Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94)
1995 Alison Hargreaves, mountaineer
1995 Jan Kresadlo, Czech writer (b. 1926)
1995 Jesse Thomas, blues singer
1995 Mickey Mantle, American baseball player (NY Yankees) (b. 1931)
1995 Per-Jakez Helias, Writer/teacher
1995 Rob Slater mountain climber (1960)
1996 Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, Portuguese general and politician (b. 1910)
1996 Christopher John Gray, priest
1996 David Randall, priest
1996 David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
1996 Tom Mees, ESPN sports anchors (NHL)
1996 W Gordon Smith, playwright
1998 Julien Green, American novelist (b. 1900)
1998 Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and composer (b. 1934)
1998 Waneta Hoyt, American serial killer (b. 1946)
1999 Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian, murdered (b. 1960)
2000 Nazia Hassan, Pakistani pop singer (b. 1965)
2001 Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
2003 Ed Townsend, American songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
2004 Julia Child, American chef and television personality (b. 1912)
2005 David Lange, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
2006 Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish vocalist (b. 1975)
2006 Payao Poontarat, Thai Olympic boxer (b. 1957)
2006 Tony Jay, English actor (b. 1933)
2007 Brian Adams (Demolition Crush), American professional wrestler (b. 1964)
2007 Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
2007 Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
2007 Yone Minagawa, Japanese woman, oldest person (114) (b. 1893)
2008 Bill Gwatney, American political figure (b. 1959)
2008 Dino Toso, American Formula-1 engineer (b. 1969)
2008 Henri Cartan, French mathematician (b. 1904)
2008 Jack Weil, American businessman, oldest working CEO (b. 1901)
2008 Sandy Allen, American second-tallest woman in the world (b. 1955)
2009 Les Paul, American guitarist and inventor (b. 1915)
2010 Edwin Newman, American broadcast journalist (b. 1919)
2010 Lance Cade, American professional wrestler (b. 1981)
2011 Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish musician (b. 1952)
2012 Helen Gurley Brown, American author/publisher
2012 Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager
2013 Tompall Glaser, American country singer
2013 Jon Brookes, English drummer (The Charlatans)
2016 Kenny Baker, English actor (R2D2-Star Wars)

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