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1056 Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill, dying suddenly a few days later, without children to succeed the throne, ending the Macedonian dynasty.
1142 With the aid of Hiawatha and Deganawidah, The Great Peacemaker, the Iroquois tribes establish the Confederation of the Haudenosaunee.
1218 Al-Kamil becomes Sultan of Egypt, Syria and nortehrn Mesopotamia on the death of his father Al-Adil.
1230 Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice
1310 German king Heinrich VII makes his son Johan king of Bohemia
1422 Henry VI, becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.
1535 Pope Paul II deposed & excommunicated King Henry VIII
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie reaches Blair Castle Scotland
1751 English troops under sir Robert Clive occupy Arcot India
1772 Hurricane destroy ships off Dominica
1778 British kill 17 Stockbridge indians in Bronx during Revolution
1803 Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 o clock in the morning.
1813 At the final stage of the Peninsular War British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia-San Sebastian, resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town.
1829 Opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris)
1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands
1842 Micah Rugg patents a nuts & bolts machine
1842 US Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress
1843 Liberty Party nominates James Birneyas presidential candidate
1850 California pioneers organized at Montgomery & Clay Streets
1864 Battle of Jonesboro Georgia of the Atlanta Campaign, 1900 casualties
1864 During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
1876 Ottoman sultan Murat V is deposed and succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid II.
1881 First US men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI)
1886 First major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston South Carolina, 110 die
1886 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized
1887 Thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)
1888 Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's known victims.
1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Cardboard Box" (BG)
1894 Phillies Billy Hamilton steals 7 bases
1895 1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid $10 & won 12-0)
1896 Louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in NYC
1897 General Kitchener occupies Berber, North of Khartoum
1897 Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
1900 British troops over run Johannesburg
1900 Dodgers' Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Phillies
1902 Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (horse rider)
1903 Joe McGinnity wins his 3rd doubleheader of month
1905 25th US Mens Tennis, Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119)
1905 Mbunga-rebellion takes German Fort Mahenge East-Africa
1907 Britain & Russia sign treaty with Afghanistan, Persia & Tibet
1907 England, Russia & France form Triple Entente, Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.
1909 A J Reach Co patents cork-centered baseball
1909 Thure Johnstown wins Stockholm marathon (2:40:34.2)
1911 Anthony Fokker's demonstrates aircraft "Snip"
1913 Soccer club PSV forms in Eindhoven Netherlands
1914 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan (state record)
1914 Ecuador becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1914 General von Kluck decides not to attack Paris
1914 German troops reconquer Soldau, Neidenburg East-Prussia
1914 Germany defeats Russia (battle at Tannenberg/30,000 Russians die)
1915 Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1915 Chicago White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits NY Giants, 2-0
1916 Oscar Asche's musical "Chu Chin Chow," premieres in London
1918 Boston Red Sox, win earliest AL pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)
1919 John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago
1919 Petlyura's Ukrainian Army kills 35 members of a Jewish defense group
1919 Ukranian (Petlyura) Army recaptures Kiev
1920 Belgium starts paying old age pensions
1920 Detroit radio station is 1st to broadcast a news program on the air
1920 First radio news program broadcast by station 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.
1920 Polish-Bolshevik War, A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
1923 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German)
1923 Mussolini's troops occupy Korfu
1924 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 10,000m (30:06.2)
1928 Brecht & Weils "Dreigroschenoper" premieres
1934 First NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 0, All-Stars 0 (79,432)
1935 First national skeet championship (Indianapolis)
1935 Chicago White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Cleve Indians, 5-0
1935 FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents
1935 Russian Aleksei Stachanov digs 6 hours, 105 tons of cabbages
1935 White Sox Vern Kennedy no-hits Indians 5-0
1937 Detroit's rookie Rudy York sets record for HRs of 18 HRs in August
1938 5th NFL Chicago All-Star Game, All-Stars 28, Washington 16 (74,250)
1939 Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia
1939 Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, starting World War II in Europe.
1939 Staged "Polish" assault on radio station in Gleiwitz
1940 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands
1940 56 U-boats sunk this month (268,000 ton)
1940 Fighter Command loses 39, Luftwaffe 41 airplanes
1940 German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration
1940 Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident was the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
1940 US National Guard assembles
1941 23 U-boats sunk this month (80,000 ton)
1941 Great Gildersleeve, a spin-off of Fibber McGee & Molly debuts on NBC
1942 Battle at Alam Halfa, German & Italians assault
1942 U boats sunk this month 108 ships (544,000 ton)
1943 1st battle of Essex,new Yorktown, US assault on Marcus Island
1943 Japanse occupiers intern Jewish Congregation of Sorabajo
1943 The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
1944 Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie," Italy
1944 French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris
1944 French troops liberate Bordeaux
1944 Russian-Romanian troops march into Bucharest
1945 The Liberal Party of Australia is founded by Robert Menzies.
1947 Hungarian communist party wins election
1947 NY Giants set season record for HRs by a club 183 (en route to 221)
1948 Actor Robert Mitchum is arrested in a Hollywood drug raid. He would later be found guilty of criminal conspiracy to possess marijuana and sentenced to 60 days in prison.
1948 Queen Wilhelmina celebrates 50th jubilee
1949 The retreat of the Greek Democratic Army in Albania after its defeat in mountain Grammos marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves
1951 1st 33 1/3 album introduced in Dusseldorf
1953 KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins
1954 Census Bureau forms
1954 Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die
1954 Indians beat Yanks 6-1 for record tying 26 wins in August (1931 A's)
1954 WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins
1955 1st microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Tx)
1955 1st sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill
1955 KTRE TV channel 9 in Lufkin, TX (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1957 The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1959 48th Davis Cup, Australia beats USA in New York (3-2)
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
1959 Sandy Koufax breaks Dizzy Dean's NL mark of 18 strikeouts in a game
1960 Agricultural Hall of Fame forms
1961 Amsterdam National Ballet forms
1962 Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain (National Day)
1964 Ground is broken for Anaheim Stadium, future home of Angels
1965 U.S. House of Representatives joins Senate establish Dept of Housing & Urban Develop
1965 The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Aircraft makes its first flight.
1966 Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
1968 12,000 die in 7.8 quake destroys 60,000 buildings in NE Iran
1968 68th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Bruce Fleisher
1968 Garfield Sobers becomes the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in one over.
1968 Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon & Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on cover
1968 Roy Face ties W Johnson's record of 802 pitching appearances with club
1968 Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
1969 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival
1970 59th Davis Cup, USA beats Germany in Cleveland (5-0)
1970 Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted
1970 Molukkers occupy Indonesian ambassador's home in Wassenaar
1970 Peter Yarrow arrested for taking "immoral liberties" with girl, 14
1970 WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
1971 Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
1972 Lasse Viren runs Olympic/world record 10,000m (27:38.4)
1972 Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics
1973 1st heavyweight championship fight in Japan (Foreman beats Roman)
1973 PBA National Championship Won by Earl Anthony
1974 Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor
1975 Former Teamsters' president James Hoffa reported missing
1976 George Harrison found guilty of plagurizing "My Sweet Lord"
1976 Mexican peso devalued
1976 Trinidad & Tobago adopts constitution
1976 Waldemar Cierpinski wins 18th Olympics Marathon (2:09:55.0)
1977 Aleksandr Fedotov sets aircraft alt rec of 38.26 km (125,524')
1977 Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote
1977 Spyros Kyprianou appointed president of Cyprus
1978 Constitution adopted by Sri Lanka
1978 Emily & William Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst
1978 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1978 William and Emily Harris, founders of the Symbionese Liberation Army, plead guilty to the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst.
1979 16 yr old Tracy Austin defeats 14 yr old Andrea Jaeger at US Open
1979 Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with Sun
1979 Donald McHenry named to succeed Andrew Young as UN ambassador
1979 Phillies replaces manager Danny Ozark with Dallas Green
1980 "Oklahoma!" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 301 performances
1980 80th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Hal Sutton
1980 Poland's Solidarity labor union forms
1980 The Gdańsk Agreement is signed.
1980 Zimbabwe establishes diplomatic relations with Algeria.
1981 Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, v England at Lord's
1981 Royals manager Jim Frey is fired & replaced by Dick Howser
1982 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
1984 Pinklon Thomas beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 "Prakas" sets trotting mile record of 1:53.4 at Du Quoin, Ill
1985 Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M
1985 Night Stalker suspect that terrorized S California captured in East LA
1986 Aeroméxico DC-9 Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
1986 The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
1987 Curtis Strange sets golf's earning for year record ($697,385)
1987 Michael Jacskon's "Bad" video premieres on CBS TV
1987 South Africa longest mine strike in history ends
1988 5-day power blackout of downtown Seattle begins
1988 Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents
1988 Bomb attack on office of South Africa Council of Churches
1989 Aeromexico DC-9 collides over LA, 82 die (15 on the ground)
1989 Arbitrator T Roberts orders owners to pay $105 million for collusion
1990 Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
1990 East & West Germany sign a treaty to join legal & political systems
1990 Ken Griffey Sr & Jr are 1st father & son to play on same team each goes 1 for 4 for Seattle Mariners
1991 Houston QB David Klingler sets NCAA record with 6 touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter as the Cougars clobbered Louisiana Tech 73-3
1991 Jan Berry (Jan & Dean) weds Gertie Filip
1991 Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 Richard J Kerr, ends term as deputy director of CIA
1991 Rockies bat out of order against Expos in 1st inning
1991 William H Webster, ends term as 14th director of CIA
1992 44th Emmy Awards, Northern Exposure, Christopher Lloyd & Dana Delane
1992 Dynamite explosion in Philipines mine; 500 die
1992 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Cleveland OH on WNCX 98.5 FM
1992 Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo .
1993 HMS Mercury closes after 52 years in commission.
1993 Minnesota Twins beat Cleveland Indians 5-4 in 22 innings
1993 Venezuela president Carlos Perez flees
1994 Last Russian soldiers leave Estonia & Latvia
1994 Northern Ireland Sinn Fein proclaims ceases-fire
1994 Pentium computer beats world chess champ Gari Kasparov
1994 The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
1997 "Gin Game," closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 144 performances
1997 Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Al-Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
1997 Don Mattingly's #23 is retired by NY Yankees
1997 Last episode of Rolanda airs
1997 Pittsburgh Senior Golf Classic
1997 Scott Hoch wins Greater Milwaukee Golf Open with a 268
1998 North Korea reportedly launches Kwangmyongsong, its first satellite.
1999 A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including 2 on the ground.
1999 The first of a series of Russian Apartment Bombings in Moscow, killing one person and wounding 40 others.
2005 A stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.
2006 Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream was recovered from a raid by Norwegian police. The paintings were said to be in a better-than-expected condition.
2012 Apple loses its patent dispute with Samsung in Tokyo, Japan
2015 President Obama officially re-designates Alaska’s Mt. McKinley as Denali, its native American name
2015 Violent protests in Kiev after Ukraine parliament vote leave 1 national guard dead, 100 injured
2015 US President Barak Obama arrives in Alaska on a 3 day tour highlighting climate change

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12 Caligula (Gaius Caesar), 3rd Roman emperor (37-41 AD) (d. 41)
161 Commodus, Roman Emperor (180-92) (d. 192)
1569 Djehangir-Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627)
1602 Amalia von Solms, countess of Solms-Braunfels, wife of Gov Frederik Hendrik (d. 1675)
1652 Ferdinand Charles, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (d. 1708)
1663 Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)
1696 Johann Paul Kunzen, composer
1721 George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, British statesman (d. 1775)
1741 Husein Gradašcevic, Bosniak general (d. 1834)
1741 Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, French composer (d. 1816)
1748 Jean-Etienne Despreaux, composer
1749 Radistschew, writer
1755 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer
1767 Henry Joy McCracken, United Irishman (d. 1798)
1775 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa, composer
1811 Goode Bryan, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1885)
1811 Theophile Gautier, Tarbas France, writer/poet (Albertus)
1821 Hermann von Helmholtz, German scientist (d. 1894)
1821 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer
1822 Fitz John Porter, Major General (Union volunteers) (d. 1901)
1822 Galusha A(aron) Grow, American politician, MC (Union) (d. 1907)
1828 George Leonard Andrews, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1834 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer (I Lituani) (d. 1886)
1842 Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American publisher, journalist, suffragist, civil rights leader (d. 1924)
1843 Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1919)
1852 Georges-Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister
1855 Stefan Surzynski, composer
1856 Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, composer
1864 Max Wilhelm Zach, composer
1870 Maria Montessori, Italian educator (spontaneous response) (d. 1952)
1871 James E. Ferguson, Governor of Texas (d. 1944)
1878 Albert Riemenschneider, composer
1878 Frank Jarvis, American athlete (d. 1933)
1879 Alma Mahler, Austrian socialite, wife of composer Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, and Franz Werfe (d. 1964)
1879 Joshihito, emperor of Japan (1912-26)
1879 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer
1880 Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands (1898-1948) (d. 1962)
1884 George Al Sarton, Belgian/US historian
1885 DuBose Heyward, American playwright (Porgy), novelist (d. 1940)
1887 Friedrich A Paneth, Austrian-British chemist
1888 Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer/diplomat (La Obra de Trajano)
1889 A Provost Idell, father of modern volleyball
1892 Claire DuBrey, Bonner's Ferry ID, actress (Lightnin' in the Forest)
1893 Lily Laskine, French harpist (d. 1988)
1894 Albert Facey, Australian writer (d. 1982)
1895 Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer
1896 Félix-Antoine Savard, French-Canadian priest and novelist (d. 1982)
1897 Fredric March, American actor (Dr Jeckyll) (Acad Awards 1932/1946) (d. 1975)
1897 Marianne Bruns, writer
1899 Paul E Garber, US founder/1st curator of National Air & Space Museum
1899 Walter Muller von Kulm, composer
1900 Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1943)
1900 Roland Culver, London England, actor (Thunderball, Encore)
1903 Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scout) (d. 1983)
1903 Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher (d. 1985)
1905 Dore Schary, producer, writer, director (Act 1, Boys Town, Big City)
1905 Sal Tas, Dutch journalist & CIA agent (Het Parool) [or 1897]
1905 Sanford Meisner, American actor and teacher (d. 1997)
1906 Vivienne Byerley, publicist
1907 Altiero Spinelli, Italian advocate of European federalism (d. 1986)
1907 Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician and civil rights lawmaker (Rep-D-CA, 1963) (d. 2007)
1907 Ramon Magsaysay, 7th President of the Philippines (US Legion of Merit-1952) (d. 1957)
1907 William Shawn, American editor (d. 1992)
1908 Lab Rachel Katherine Hamilton-Russell ouchere, local historian
1908 Peter Conrad Baden, composer
1908 William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright (Time of Your Life) (d. 1981)
1911 Edward Brongersma, Dutch politician, writer and political activist. (d. 1998)
1911 Hilde Jarecki, educationist
1912 Ramon Vinay, operatic tenor/baritone
1912 Reinoud Anders, [Lady Blits], Dutch actor (Hamlet)
1913 Helen Levitt, American photographer (d. 2009)
1913 Michiel P Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curacao (1951-67)
1913 Sir Bernard Lovell, English radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank Observatory (d. 2012)
1914 Richard Basehart, American actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea) (d. 1984)
1916 Daniel Schorr, American journalist (CBS)
1916 Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach
1916 John S. Wold, American politician
1918 Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist (Lerner & Loewe-My Fair Lady) (d. 1986)
1918 Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, composer
1919 Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005)
1920 Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan singer (d. 2010)
1920 James Lanphier, NY, actor (Flight of Lost Balloon)
1921 Raymond Williams, Welsh academic (d. 1988)
1923 Larry White Grayson, British comedian (Generation Game)
1923 Serafina K "Sera" Anstadt, Polish/Dutch actress/author
1924 Buddy (Leonard) Hackett, American actor and comedian (God's Little Acre, Music Man) (d. 2003)
1924 Klaus Hashagen, composer
1926 Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russia, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 backup)
1926 Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses (CDA)
1928 Jaime Cardinal Sin, Philippine Catholic Church leader and patriot (d. 2005)
1928 James Coburn, American actor (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven) (d. 2002)
1928 Jeremy Stephen Maas, writer/art dealer
1929 Julio Ramon Ribeyro, writer
1930 Owen B Pickett, (Rep-D-Virginia)
1930 Tiny Little Jr, Worthington Minn, pianist (Lawrence Welk Show)
1931 Dan Rather, news anchor (CBS-TV)
1931 Jean Marc Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL center (Montreal Canadiens, 10 Stanley Cups)
1931 Noble Willingham, American actor (d. 2004)
1932 Benito Wogatzki, writer
1932 Robert (Franklin) Adams, American sci-fi author (Castaways in Time)
1932 Roy Castle, entertainer
1934 Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor
1935 Eldridge Cleaver, American political activist, Black Panther turned Republican (d. 1998)
1935 Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager (MVP 1961-NL 1966-AL)
1936 Marva Nettles Collins, educator (west side preparatory school)
1937 Bobby Parker (guitarist) from USA
1937 Guido de Moor, Dutch actor (Apart, Because the Cats)
1937 Warren Berlinger, American actor (Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two)
1938 Martin Bell, British journalist
1938 Murray Gleeson, Chief Justice of Australia
1939 Jerry Allison, American drummer (The Crickets)
1940 Alain Calmat, France, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1964)
1940 Jack Thompson (John Pain), Australian actor (Breaker Morant)
1940 Roger Newman, British born-American television actor and writer (d. 2010)
1941 Emanuel Nunes, composer
1941 Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host (Paul Meier Show)
1941 William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
1942 Carole Wells, Shreveport La, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats)
1942 Isao Aoki, Abiko Chiba Japan, PGA golfer (1983 Hawaiian Open)
1943 Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
1944 Clive Hubert Lloyd, Guyanese West Indies cricketer
1944 Jos LeDuc, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1944 Roger Dean, English artist
1945 Itzhak Perlman, Israeli violinist (14 Grammys)
1945 Leonid Ivanovich Popov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 35/37, 40, T-7)
1945 (George I) Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician (Here Comes the Night)
1946 Jerome Corsi, American writer
1947 Luca di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
1947 Mona Marshall, American voice actress
1947 Somchai Wongsawat, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
1947 Yumiko Oshima, Japanese manga artist
1948 Harald Ertl, Austrian racing driver (d. 1982)
1948 Holger Osieck, German footballer and coach
1948 Ken McMullen, English film director
1948 Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter
1948 Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions)
1949 H. David Politzer, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1949 Richard Gere, American actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman)
1949 Rick Roberts, rocker (Firefall)
1952 Bruce Soboroff, Chic Il, rocker (Buckinghams)
1952 Herbert Reul, German politician
1952 Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist (Scorpions-Virgin Killer)
1953 György Károly, Hungarian author
1953 Marcia Clark (Kleks), Berkeley CA, LA DA (OJ Simpson Case)
1953 Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentine racing driver
1953 Pavel Vinogradov, Russian cosmonaut
1954 Julie Brown, American actress, singer-songwriter and screenwriter
1954 Tula (Barry Kenneth Cossey), English transsexual (For Your Eyes Only)
1955 Edwin Corley Moses, American athlete, 400m hurdler (Oly-2 gold/br-76, 84, 88)
1955 Gary Webb, American journalist (d. 2004)
1956 Maria Balazova, Slovak painter
1956 Masashi Tashiro, Japanese television performer
1957 Colm O'Rourke, Irish Gaelic footballer and commentator
1957 Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)
1957 Glenn Tilbrook, English singer and guitarist (Squeeze)
1957 Tom Candiotti, Walnut creek CA, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1958 David H Mattheisen, Blue Island Ill, PhD/astronaut (STS 73 alt)
1958 Serge Blanco, French rugby union footballer
1959 Rachel Dennison, Knoxville Tn, actress (Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5)
1959 Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey coach
1959 Tony DeFranco, rocker (DeFranco Family)
1960 Chris Whitley, American musician (d. 2005)
1960 Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
1961 David Chastain, heavy metal rocker (Chastain-Rule of Wasteland)
1962 Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
1962 Wanda Guenette, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
1963 Reb Beach, American guitarist (Winger, Whitesnake)
1963 Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer (soccer) (Ajax)
1963 Todd Carty, Irish actor
1964 Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and editor
1965 Céline Bonnier, French Canadian actress
1965 Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor
1965 Willie Watson, New Zealand cricketer
1966 Jan Einar Thorsen, Norwegian Alpine skier
1966 Jeff Frye, Oakland CA, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
1967 Anita Moen, Norwegian Cross-country skier
1967 Diane Madl, Mountain Top PA, field hockey forward/midfielder (Oly-96)
1967 Gene Hoglan, American musician
1967 Jonathan Cake, British actor
1967 Melanie Sullivan, Branford Ct, WPVA volleyballer (National-13th-1994)
1968 Glenroy Gilbert, Trinidad, Canadian 4X100m sprinter (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1968 Jennifer Azzi, Oak Ridge Tenn, basketball guard (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 Jim Bob Howard, Wichita Falls Texas, actor (Flash & Bone)
1968 Jolene Watanabe, LA California, tennis star (1994 Futures-Evansville)
1968 Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician and Australian football player
1969 Andrei Trefilov, Kirovo Russia, NHL goalie (Buffalo Sabres, Oly-S-98)
1969 Andrew Cunanan, American spree killer (d. 1997)
1969 Andrew Phillip Cunanan, serial killer (Gianni Versache)
1969 Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer
1969 Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor
1969 Nathalie Bouvier, French alpine skier
1969 Nathan Minchey, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1969 Victor Alexander, NBA forward and center (NY Knicks)
1970 Amy Stein, American photographer
1970 Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer
1970 Deborah (Debbie) Gibson, American singer (Only in My Dreams)
1970 James Robinson, NBA guard (LA Clippers, Portland Trail Blazers)
1970 Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian Prime Minister
1970 Queen Rania of Jordan
1970 Steve Nikataras, cricketer (left-arm pace bowler for NSW 1996-97)
1970 Zack Ward, Canadian actor
1971 Greg Jefferson, NFL defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
1971 Mike Caldwell, NFL linebacker (Cleveland Browns, Arizona Cardinals)
1971 Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
1972 Chris Tucker, American actor and comedian
1973 Earl Scott, WLAF OL (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 Priest Lauderdale, NBA center (Denver Nuggets)
1973 Reggie Geary, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
1973 Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (NJ Devils)
1974 Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian tennis player (1991 French Open junior)
1974 Jeremy O'day, CFL offensive linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1974 Jessy Viceisza, Miss Universe-Bonaire (1996)
1975 Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer
1975 Daniel Harding, British conductor
1975 Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager
1975 John Grahame, American ice hockey player
1975 Raleigh Roundtree, tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1975 Sara Ramírez, American actress
1975 Takahiro Suwa, Japanese professional wrestler
1976 Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player
1976 Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer
1976 Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer
1977 Craig Nicholls, Australian musician (The Vines)
1977 Ian Harte, Irish footballer
1977 Jeff Hardy, American professional wrestler
1978 Philippe Christanval, French footballer
1978 Phina Oruche, British actress
1979 Clay Hensley, American baseball player
1979 Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
1979 Mickie James, American professional wrestler
1979 Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
1979 Simon Neil, Scottish musician (Biffy Clyro)
1979 Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian film music composer
1980 Joe Budden, American rapper
1981 Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby union footballer
1981 Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player
1982 Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-born ice hockey player
1982 Chris Duhon, American basketball player
1982 Ian Crocker, American swimmer
1982 Josh Kroeger, American baseball player
1982 José Reina, Spanish footballer
1982 Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
1982 Michele Rugolo, Italian racing driver
1983 Larry Fitzgerald, American football player
1984 Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer
1984 Matti Breschel, Danish road bicycle racer
1984 Ted Ligety, American alpine skier
1985 Andrew Foster, Australian rules footballer
1986 Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player
1987 Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer
1993 Ajene' Robinson, American football player and rapper

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651 Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
683 Pacal II ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque (b. 603)
1056 Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)
1057 Leofric, count of Mercia/husband of Lady Godiva, dies
1158 Sancho III, King of Castile, dies
1218 Al-Malik ab-Adil, Saphadin, Saif al-Din), Sultan of Egypt, Syria and northern Mesopotamia., brother of Saladin
1234 Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
1372 Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)
1422 Henry V, King of England (1413-22), France (1416-19) (b. 1387)
1590 Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht
1604 Giovanale Ancina, composer
1616 Gemignano Capilupi, composer
1631 Nicolaus Erich, composer
1638 John Ward, composer
1645 Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566)
1654 Ole Worm, Danish physician (b. 1588)
1667 Johann Rist, composer
1688 John Bunyan, English preacher, writer (Pilgrim's Progress) (b. 1628)
1730 Gottfried Finger, Czech composer (b. 1660)
1741 Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (b. 1681)
1772 William Borlase, English naturalist (b. 1695)
1795 François-André Danican Philidor, French chess player (b. 1726)
1799 Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (b. 1720)
1805 Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer
1814 Arthur Phillip, British admiral, first Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
1832 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer
1862 George William Taylor, US Union brig-general, dies in battle
1862 Ignaz Assmayer, composer
1864 Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician (ADA)
1867 (Pierre-)Charles Baudelaire, French poet (Journaux Intimes) (b. 1821)
1869 Mary Ward, Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. 1827)
1873 Charles F Pahud de Montagnes, gov-gen (Dutch East Indies)
1875 Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde)
1879 William Barber, 6th US chief engraver (1844-79)
1885 Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy-Mamba's daughters)
1888 Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols, British first victim of Jack the Ripper, a 42-year-old prostitute (b. 1845)
1902 Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess
1910 Emils Darzins, composer
1918 Joe English, Irish/Flemish signaler (WW I)
1920 Jens Oliver Lisberg, Danish-Faroese law student (b. 1896)
1920 Wilhelm Wundt, German psychologist, philosopher, and physiologist (b. 1832)
1924 Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1881)
1931 Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar
1934 Johan H A Schaper, Dutch MP (SDAP)
1935 Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh)
1940 Georges Gauthier, French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1871)
1940 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress
1941 Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet (b. 1892)
1942 Von Bismarck, German major general, (Africa Corps), dies in battle
1944 Killinger, German ambassador to Romania, commits suicide
1946 Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer/conductor
1948 Andrei A Zjdanov, Rus politician (against kosmopolitism)
1948 Billy Laughlin, American actor (b. 1932)
1949 Andre Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium)
1949 Paul Hoffer, composer
1952 Henri Bourassa, French Canadian political leader (b. 1868)
1954 Elsa Barker, American writer (b. 1869)
1959 Charles Delaney
1963 George F Broque, cubist painter
1963 Georges Braque, French painter (b. 1882)
1964 Carole Coleman, singer (Make Mine Music)
1966 Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer
1967 Ilja G Ehrenburg, Russian poet and writer (9th wave) (b. 1891)
1967 Michael Fitzmaurice
1968 Dennis O'Keefe, actor (Suspicion)
1968 George P Gooch, English historian/House of Commons leader
1969 Ottmar Gerster, composer
1969 Rocky Marciano, American boxer, heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash (b. 1923)
1973 John Ford, American film director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach) (b. 1894)
1973 Raymond Keane
1973 Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36)
1974 Norman Kirk, New Zealand prime minister (b. 1923)
1974 William Pershing Benedict, American pilot (b. 1928)
1975 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien)
1976 Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent)
1978 John Wrathall, President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)
1979 E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14)
1979 Sally Rand, American dancer and actress (b. 1904)
1979 Tiger Smith, England cricketer (b. 1886)
1981 Joseph H Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum
1981 Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (7 games for NSW, 74 runs 12 wkts)
1985 Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian biologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1899)
1986 Henry Moore, English sculptor and cartoonist (b. 1898)
1986 Urho K Kekkonen, President of Finland (b. 1900)
1990 Johnny Lindsay, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1947)
1990 Nat (Sweetwater) Clifton, NY Knick
1991 Leigh Watson, US aviation pioneer/air force general
1993 Gerben Wagenaar, Dutch resistance fighter (communist)
1994 Artur Balsam, Polish/US pianist
1994 Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter
1994 Norman "Doc" Jones, bassist
1995 Barry Lee Fairchild, American convicted murderer (b. 1954)
1995 Beant Singh, PM of Punjab province of India, assassinated
1995 David Farrar, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi)
1995 David Richard Holloway, literary Editor
1995 Hajime Miterai, industrialist
1995 Horst Janssen, graphic Artist
1995 John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas
1996 David Scott, priest
1996 Harald James Penrose, pilot
1996 Ljuba Welitsch, opera singer
1996 Milton "Tippy" Larkin, band leader
1997 Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, dies in car crash in Paris (b. 1961)
1997 Dodi Al-Fayed, Egyptian film producer (b. 1955)
2000 Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912)
2000 Patricia Owens, Canadian actress (b. 1925)
2002 Farhad Mehrad, Persian musician (b. 1944)
2002 George Porter, English chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
2002 Lionel Hampton, American vibraphone player (b. 1908)
2004 Carl Wayne, English singer (b. 1943)
2005 Joseph Rotblat, Polish-born British physicist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1908)
2005 Michael Sheard, British actor (b. 1940)
2006 Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977)
2006 Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
2006 Tom Delaney, British racing driver (b. 1911)
2007 Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)
2007 Karloff Lagarde, Mexican professional wrestler (b. 1928)
2008 Ike Pappas, American news correspondent (b. 1933)
2008 Jerry Reed, American country music singer and actor (b. 1937)
2008 Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1939)
2009 Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious figure (b. 1925)
2010 Laurent Fignon, French bicycle racer (b. 1960)
2011 Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976)
2013 David Frost, British broadcaster
2014 Jimi Jamison, rocker (Survivor)

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