September 16th
Holidays and Festivals
Independence Day (Mexico) * (see below)
Hari Malaysia (Malaysia) * (see below)
Independence Day (Papua New Guinea) * (see below)
Mad Jack Churchill Day * (see A Special Toast)
Mayflower Day
Trail of Tears Commemoration Day
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Working Parents Day
Anne Bradstreet Day
Collect Rocks Day
National Play Doh Day
Third day of the Eleusinian MysteriesIn (Ancient Greece) commemorating the initiates who walked to the sea at Phaleron and purified themselves in the water.
Feast of Saint Cyprian (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Pope Cornelius (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Saint Ludmila (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Curcodomus
* Ibiza Closing Parties Ibiza, Spain - Last 3 weeks of Sept (8-21)
* Independence Day (Mexico) from Spain; proclaimed 1810, recognised 1821, instituted 1825.
*Hari Malaysia (Malaysia) comemorating the formation of Malaysia in1963.
* Independence Day (Papua New Guinea) from Australia in 1975.
Fête de la Panier Translation: Pack Basket Day (French Republican) The 30th day of the Month of Fructidor in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"We'll think of all the friends we know
And drink to all worth drinking to."
- Unknown
Drink of The Day
Margarita 2
4 -6 cubes (cracked) Ice
3 Part white tequila
1 Part triple sec
2 Part lime Juice
Rub rim of chilled Cocktail Glass With Lemon wedge and dip in coarse salt to frost. Put cracked ice cubes in Shaker With the tequila, triple sec and lime Juice. Shake well. Strain into prepared Glass and Decorate With lime slice.
Variations: Frozen Margarita, Blue Margarita, Margarita Imperiale, Peach Margarita.
- In celebration of Independence Declaration Day in Mexico
Wine of The Day
Tarsus (2001) Reserva
Ribera del Duero
$30
Beer of The Day
Hercules Double IPA
Brewer - Great Divide Brewing
Style - Double IPA
ABV - 10%
Joke of The Day
Occupational Motivations
*Never do today that which will become someone else's responsibility tomorrow.
*If you treat the people around you with love and respect, they will never guess that you're trying to get them fired.
*If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.
*You have to be 100% behind someone, before you can stab them in the back.
*If you can keep your head when all around you have lost theirs, then you probably haven't understood the seriousness of the situation.
Quote of The Day
"Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
- Unknown
A Special Toast to..
"Mad" Jack Churchill CLICK HERE
September Observances
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
All American Breakfast Month
Apple Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Baby Safety Month
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Better Breakfast Month
Bourbon Heritage Month
Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childrens' Good Manners Month
Chili Peppers and Figs Month
Classical Music Month
College Savings Month
Craniofacial Acceptance Month
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Happy Cat Month
Healthy Aging Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hunger Action Month
International Guide Dogs Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Little League Month
Menopause Awareness Month
Million Minute Family Challenge (September-December)
Mold Awareness Month
National 5-A-Day Month
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Biscuit Month
National Blueberry Popsicle Month
National Campus Safety Month
National Chicken Month
National Child Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Civics Awareness Month
National Coupon Month
National Courtesy Month
National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Fruit and Veggies Month (Also June)
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
National Home Furnishings Month
National Honey Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (ovarian.org)
National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month
National Piano Month
National Potato Month
National Preparedness Month
National Prime Beef Month
National Prosper Where You Are Planted Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Rice Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Wilderness Month
One-on-One Month
Passion Fruit and Peach Month
Peas and Radish Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Reunion Planning Month
Save The Koala Month
Sea Cadet Month
Self Improvement Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Southern Gospel Music Month
Sports and Home Eye Health and Safety Month
Subliminal Communications Month
United Planet Month
Update Your Resume Month
Virtual AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days
Whole Grains Month
Women's Friendship Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
World Leukemia, Lymphoma And Myeloma Awareness Month
Observances this Week
International Housekeepers Week, Second Full Week of SeptemberSubstitute Teacher Appreciation Week, Second Full Week of September
Surgical Technologists Week, Third Week of September
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week, Third Week of September
Adult Day Services Week, Third Week of September
National Farm Safety and Health Week, Third Week of September
National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week, Third Week of September
Balance Awareness Week, Third Week of September
Tolkien Week, Third Week in September (Hobbit Day falls on 9/22)
Dating and Life Coach Recognition Week, Third Week of September
National Singles Week, Third Week of September
National Emergency Preparedness Week, September 11th to September 17th
National Love Your Files Week, Third Monday through Friday
Historical Events on September 16th
1400 Owain Glyndwr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1575 King Johan Casimir of Palts promises military aid to hugenots
1597 French troops chase away Albrecht of Austria
1630 Mass village of Shawmut changes name to Boston
1652 Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk
1654 Russian troops occupy Smolensk on Poland
1662 Flamsteed sees solar eclipse, 1st known astronomical observation
1666 "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi becomes Islamiet
1668 King John II Casimir of Poland resigns, flees to France
1701 James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1702 Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne & Bavaria
1729 Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Groningen
1741 George Frederick Handel's "The Messiah," premieres in Dublin
1747 French troops occupy Bergen on Zoom
1776 American Revolutionary War: the Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1782 Great Seal of US used for 1st time
1795 The first occupation by United Kingdom of Cape Colony, South Africa with the Battle of Hout Bay, after successive victories at the Battle of Muizenberg and Wynberg, after William III requested protection against revolutionary France's occupation of the Netherlands.
1810 With the Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain. Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event.
1812 Russians set fire to Moscow shortly after midnight the city burns down completely days later.
1830 Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides"
1847 United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon
1848 Slavery abolished in all French territories
1857 Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)
1857 Typesetting machine patent
1858 1st overland mail for California
1859 Lake Nyasa, which forms Malawi's boundary with Tanzania & Mozambique discovered by British explorer David Livingstone
1861 Battle of Princeton WV
1861 British Post Office Savings Banks opens
1862 Gen Bragg's army surrounds 4,000 federals at Munfordville, KY
1862 Liliuokalani, queen of Hawaii (1891-93) marries John Owen Dominis
1863 Robert College of Istanbul-Turkey, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1864 Battle of Coggin's Point, Virginia (Hampton-Rosser Cattle Raid)
1867 Ottawa Rough Riders & Senators play Canadian Football game
1873 German troops leave France
1885 Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup
1890 Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers
1892 Amsterdam swim club renamed "The Y"
1893 Settlers race in Oklahoma for prime land in the Cherokee Strip.
1901 Alturas, California, is incorporated as the only city in Modoc County.
1906 Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon
1906 Roald Amundsen discovers Magnetic South Pole
1908 Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp.
1908 William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in Janesville Wisc
1913 1000s of women demonstrate for Dutch female suffrage
1915 Czar Nicolas II adjourns 4th Duma
1915 US takes control of customs & finances of Haiti for 10 years
1919 American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress.
1919 Dutch Ruether beats Giants 4-3 to clinch Cincinnati 1st NL pennant
1920 The Wall Street bombing, a bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City 38 are killed and 400 injured.
1922 42nd US Mens Tennis, Bill Tilden beats W M Johnston (46 36 62 63 64)
1922 Turkish troops chase Greeks out of Asia
1924 Cardinal Jim Bottomley bats in 12 RBIs in 1 game
1926 Hurricane in Florida & Alabama, kills 372
1926 Italian-Romanian peace treaty signed
1926 Philip Dunning & George Abbott's "Broadway," premieres in NYC
1926 St Louis Cards beat Phillies 23-3
1927 Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Association title
1928 Hurricane hits West Palm Beach-Lake Okeechobee Florida; 3,000 die
1929 Police shoots at strikers at Maastricht, 2 killed
1930 Phillies trailing 10-5, score 5 in 9th, then Pirates score 4 in top of 10th, so Phillies score 5 in bottom of 10th to win 15-14
1931 Blimp is moored to Empire State Building (NYC)
1931 Hanging of Omar Mukhtar.
1931 St Louis Cards repeat as NL champions with a 6-3 win over Phillies
1932 30.8 cm rainfall at Westerly, Rhode Island (state record)
1938 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH
1939 53rd US Womens Tennis, Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64)
1939 59th US Mens Tennis, Robert L Riggs beats S Welby van Horn (64 62 64)
1939 NY Yankees clinch their 11th & 4th successive pennant
1940 Dutch SS forms
1940 FDR signs Selective Training & Service Act (1st peacetime draft)
1940 Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot"
1940 Luftwaffe attacks center of London
1940 Samuel T Rayburn of TX elected speaker of House
1940 St Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to HR from each side of plate
1941 German armour troops surround Kiev Ukraine
1941 Hitler orders for every dead German, 100 Yugoslavians be killed
1941 Jews of Vilna Poland confined to Ghetto
1941 Concerned that Reza Pahlavi the Shah of Persia was to align his petroleum-rich country with Germany during World War II, the United Kingdom and the USSR invade Iran in late August and force him to resign in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
1942 Japanese attack on Port Moresby repelled
1943 Montgomery's 8th army contacts invasion arm forces at Salerno
1943 Soviet army under general Vatutin reconquer Romny
1945 Barometric pressure at 856 mb (25.55") off Okinawa (record low)
1945 Surrender of the Japanese forces in Hong Kong in World War II. The ceremony was presided by British Admiral Cecil Harcourt.
1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH
1947 Typhoon Kathleen hit Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
1948 "Heaven on Earth" opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 performances
1948 "Mr Strauss Goes to Boston" closes at Century NYC after 12 perfs
1949 KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1950 Cleveland Browns (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Phila 35-10)
1950 Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
1951 6th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1951 NL ump Frank Dascoli clears the Dogers bench ejecting 15 players
1953 AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles
1954 CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting
1955 Bauer & Berra homer in 9th beating Red Sox 5-4 taking over 1st
1955 Juan Perón is deposed in Argentina.
1955 US Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories
1955 Yankee Mickey Mantle pulls a hamstring muscle running out a bunt
1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Clock Golf Open
1957 Coup in Thailand (Premier Songgram deposed)
1957 LA City Council approves 300-acre site in Chavez Ravine for Dodgers
1959 President De Gaulle recognizes Algerian right of self determination
1960 Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98
1960 Mil Brave Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0
1961 CDU loses West German election
1961 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1961 WLKY TV channel 32 in Louisville, KY (ABC) begins broadcasting
1962 Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8)
1962 Gerda Kroon runs European record 800 m in 2:02.8
1962 Public TV channel 13 begins in NYC
1962 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open
1962 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1963 "Outer Limits" premieres on ABC-TV
1963 Malaysia is formed from Malaya, Singapore, British North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak.
1963 WVAN TV channel 9 in Savannah, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1964 "Shindig" premieres on ABC-TV
1965 Boston Red Sox Dave Morehead no-hits Cleve Indians, 2-0
1965 Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany
1966 The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera, Antony and Cleopatra.
1967 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26)
1967 KPAZ TV channel 21 in Phoenix, AZ (IND) begins broadcasting
1967 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 KLNI (now KADN) TV channel 15 in Lafayette, LA (IND) begins
1968 Richard Nixon appears on "Laugh-in"
1970 King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit.
1971 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses
1971 West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with Soviet president Brezhnev
1972 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie
1972 Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies"
1973 "Desert Song" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 15 performances
1973 Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes 250 yards (2 TDs), beating NE Pats 31-13
1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
1974 BART begins regular transbay service
1974 Bob Dylan records Blood on the Tracks
1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters
1974 US General Haig becomes NATO-supreme commander in Europe
1975 Cape Verde, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe join the United Nations.
1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia (National Day)
1975 Pirates beat Cubs 22-0, Rennie Stennett is 3rd to go 7 for 7
1975 Rennie Stennett is 2nd to hit 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game
1975 The first prototype of the MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1976 Egypt president Sadat re-elected
1976 Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests & bishop
1976 Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from the trolleybus that had fallen into Erevan reservoir.
1977 90 minute pilot of "Logan's Run" premieres on TV
1977 Ringo releases "Drowning in Sea of Love"
1977 Seattle beats Royals, 4-1, to end KC's winning streak at 16 games
1978 An earthquake measuring 7.5-7.9 on the Richter scale hits the city of Tabas, Iran killing about 25,000 people.
1978 Filming on Monty Python's Life of Brian, begins
1978 Grateful Dead perform in Cairo Egypt
1978 Yanks beat Red Sox for 6th time in 2 weeks, 3-2
1979 23rd Ryder Cup, US wins, 17-11 at The Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, US)
1979 Catfish Hunter Day at Yankee Stadium
1979 Coup in Afghanistan under Hafizullah Amin
1979 KC's Willie Wilson hits 5th inside-the-park HR (most since 1925)
1979 Nancy Lopez, JoAnn Washam wins PortlandPing Team Golf Championship
1979 USSR performs nuclear test
1980 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines join the United Nations.
1981 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV
1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon. Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila & Sabra begins.
1983 Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen
1984 "Miami Vice" premieres
1984 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation
1984 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1986 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
1987 Calif's Bob Boone catches record 1,919th major league game
1987 NASA launches space vehicle S-209
1987 NY's WNET-TV channel 13 begins round clock broadcasting
1987 The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
1987 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 Cincinati Reds Tom Browning pitches a perfect game, beats Dodgers, 1-0
1988 Fish leaves rock group Marillion
1988 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, v Australia
1988 Jury awards Valerie Harper $1.6 M in dispute over TV series
1988 Tom Browning of Cincinnati Reds pitches a perfect game against LA
1989 Debbye Turner (Mont), 23, crowned 63rd Miss America 1990
1989 Singer Natalie Cole marries record producer Andre Fisher
1990 42nd Emmy Awards, LA Law, Murphy Brown, Peter Falk & Patricia Wettig
1990 101 year old Sam Ackerman weds 95 year old Eva in New Rochelle NY
1990 A rail link between China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding an important connection to the Eurasian Land Bridge.
1990 Dennis Quaid & Meg Ryan wed
1990 Iraq televises an 8 minute uncensored speech from George Bush
1990 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
1990 Pirate Radio NY International begins transmissions on WWCR
1991 Atlanta's Otis Nixon suspended for rest of 1991 due to cocaine
1991 Norm Charlton suspended for 7 days for intentionally hitting Steve Scioscia with a pitch
1991 The trial of deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega begins in the United States.
1992 "Les Miserables," opens at Nuevo Apolo, Madrid
1992 900 die in flood in Pakistan
1992 Black Wednesday, the Pound Sterling is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the Deutschmark.
1992 FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service
1993 Minnesota Twins Dave Winfield, is 19th to get 3,000 hits
1993 Singer Karen Akers (48) weds businessman Kevin Powers (41)
1994 Fire Dept puts out smokey electrical fire in White House
1995 Greg Maddux of Braves sets record of 17 consecutive road victory
1995 Shawntel Smith (Okla), 24, crowned 69th Miss America 1996
1995 Stephen Hawkins (53) weds Elaine Mason
1996 1st one-day international in Canada, India v Pakistan at Toronto
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Panama City FL on WTBB 97.7 FM
1996 Paul Molitor of Twins is 21st player to reach 3,000 hits
1996 Space Shuttle STS 79 (Atlantis 17), launches into space
1997 ABL MVP Nikki McCray signs with WNBA
1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO
1997 Mark McGwire signs with the St Louis Cards for $26M
2000 Sammy Sosa's becomes the second player to hit 50 or more home runs in three consecutive years, joining Mark McGwire
2005 Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples.
2007 One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
2008 Rentrer en soi announces that they would be breaking up.
2012 8 female civilians are killed by a NATO airstrike in Laghman, Afghanistan
2012 8 police officers are killed by a roadside bombing by Kurdistan Workers' Party militants in Turkey
2012 14 people are killed and 7 wounded by a roadside bomb Jandol, Turkey
2012 37th Toronto International Film Festival: "Silver Linings Playbook" directed by David O. Russell wins the People's Choice Award
2012 Anti-Japanese protesters set fire to Panasonic plant in Qingdao, China
2012 Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, seeks a court order to resolve a week long teachers strike
2012 NHL locks out its players after the expiry of the collective bargaining agreement
2013 12 people are killed after a gunman opens fire at a naval yard in Washington, D.C.
2013 21 people are killed by Hurricane Ingrid in Mexico
2013 Paul Kagame wins the Rwandan presidency in a landslide
2015 8.3 magnitude quake hits off coast of Illapel, Chile killing 11 and prompting evacuation of 1 million
2015 700 million Maleria cases prevented in Africa since 2000 in report by University of Oxford in "Nature" journal
2015 Oil tanker explosion kills 170 in Maridi, South Sudan
2015 Military coup in Burkina Faso, President Michel Kafando and other officals seized by presidential guards
2015 Report 3 million people die each year of air pollution, more than Maleria and HIV/Aids combined published in "Nature" journal
2015 Second Republican presidential candidates debate, hosted by CNN, Carly Fiorina and Donald Trump face off at the Reagan Presidential Library
Born on September 16th
16 Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder (d. 38)
1098 Hildegard of Bingen, German magistra and the first composer whose biography is known (d. 1179)
1386 King Henry V of England, (d. 1422)
1386 Traversari Ambrosius, Italian humanist, sciencist, general
1387 Henry V, king of England (1413-22)
1507 Jiajing, Emperor of China (d. 1567)
1547 Abu al-Faiz ibn Mubarak Faizi, Persian-Dutch East Indies poet
1557 Jacques Mauduit, French composer (d. 1627)
1574 Samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright (Polyxena)
1584 Matthias Gallas, Austria earl of Campo/duke of Lucerna/general-major
1651 Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (d. 1716)
1666 Antoine Parent, French mathematician (d. 1716)
1678 Henry St John, English statesman and philosopher (d. 1751)
1685 John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera)
1722 Gabriel Christie, British general (d. 1799)
1725 Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d. 1815)
1736 Johann N Tetens, German-Danish philosopher/mathematician
1745 Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
1762 Charles G G, earl of Merode, mayor of Brussels, French senator
1782 Daoguang, Emperor of China (d. 1850)
1795 Saverio Mercadante, Italian composer (d. 1870)
1797 Anthony Panizzi, Librarian at British Museum
1800 Jozef Nowakowski, composer
1818 Francis Seymour Haden, English surgeon, graphic artist
1822 Charles S Crocker, Pres of Central & South Pacific Railroad
1823 Francis Parkman, American historian (Oregon Trail) (d. 1893)
1823 Michael Obrenovic, ruler of Serbia
1827 Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist (d. 1908)
1832 George Washington Custis Lee, Major General (Confederate Army)
1837 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61)
1838 James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad)
1844 Claude-Paul Taffanel, French flautist, conductor and instructor regarded as the founder of the French Flute School (d. 1908)
1847 Albert Ross Parsons, composer
1853 Albrecht Kossel, German physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1927)
1858 Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (C, 1922-23) (d. 1923)
1859 Yuan Shikai, Chinese politician (d. 1916)
1872 Henriette de Vreker-Verschuur, Dutch/Flemish actress (Rose Kate)
1875 J(ames) C(ash) Penney, American department store founder (J C Penney) (d. 1971)
1877 James J Jeans, cosmologist/astrophysicist (Mysterious Universe)
1877 Willem H Rassers, Dutch cultural anthropologist (Panji)
1878 Karl Albiker, German sculptor (German Art, female nudes)
1880 Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Loom of Years, Highwayman)
1881 Clive Bell, English art critic (d. 1964)
1882 Mart Saar, composer
1883 T. E. Hulme, English writer (d. 1917)
1885 Karen Horney, German/US, neo-freudian psychoanalyst
1886 Jean Arp, Alsatian sculptor and painter (d. 1966)
1887 Hans-Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor
1887 Nadia Boulanger, French composer and teacher (d. 1979)
1888 Almira Sessions, Washington DC, actress (Oklahoma Annie)
1888 F. E. Sillanpää, Finnish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
1889 Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press)
1890 Ernst Deutsch (Dorian), Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man)
1891 Czeslaw Josef Marek, composer
1891 Isabel Jeans, London England, actress (Easy Virtue, Heavens Above)
1891 Karl Dönitz, German naval leader (d. 1980)
1891 Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-born German spy (d. 1972)
1893 Albert Szent-Györgyi, Hungarian physiologist (Vitamin C) (Nobel Prize laureate 1937) (d. 1986)
1893 Alexander Korda, Hungarian film director (3rd man) (d. 1956)
1894 Clarence R Hennecke, Omaha NE, actor (Keystone Kops)
1895 Charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals)
1895 Karol Rathaus, composer
1896 Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist
1896 Margaret Fitzgerald, Canadian supercentenarian (d. 2009)
1897 Milt Franklyn, American musician (d. 1962)
1898 H.A. Rey, American children's author, creator of "Curious George" (d. 1977)
1899 Hans Swarowsky, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Graz Opera 1947-50)
1901 Andree Joly Bunet, France, figure skater pair (Olympic-gold-1928, 32)
1901 CFH "Freddie" Gough, British major scout (WW II, Arnhem)
1903 Richard Hall, composer
1905 Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (d. 1980)
1906 "Mad Jack" Jack Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, English soldier (d. 1996) * SEE SPECIAL TOAST
1906 Annie Hermes, Dutch singer
1908 Beecher Moore, sailor
1908 Jacobus "Ko" van de Bosch, actor/cabaret performer/director (Nemo)
1908 James "Jimmy" Johnson, English Labor MP (1950-59, 64-83)
1909 John Megaw, British Lord Justice of Appeal
1909 (Hans JM) Fernand Lodewick, literature historian
1910 Erich Kempka, Adolf Hitler's chauffeur (d. 1975)
1910 Joan Alice Chetwode Ramsey nee Hamilton, lady Ramsey of Canterbury
1910 Karl Kling, German race car driver (d. 2003)
1911 Wilfred Burchett, Australia, communist/writer (Catapult to Freedom)
1912 Jerry Wald, NYC, producer (Mildred Pierce, Johnny Belinda)
1914 Allen Funt, American radio, television host & creator (Candid Camera) (d. 1999)
1915 Cy Walter, Minneapolis Mn, pianist (3's Company)
1916 Frank Leslie Walcott, Barbadian labour leader (d. 1999)
1916 Lord Ryder of Eaton hastings, CEO (Intl Publishing House)
1916 M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004)
1916 Robert Bradshaw, Saint Kitts and Nevis politician (d. 1978)
1916 Willem Noordhoek, photographer
1918 Baroness Pike, MP
1919 Andy Russell, LA California, singer (Andy & Della Russell Show)
1919 Laurence J. Peter, Canadian born educator and writer (d. 1990)
1919 Milan Harasta, composer
1920 Franco Pandolfini, Italy, water polo (Olympic-gold-1948)
1920 Hannie (Jannetje J) Schaft, "Girl with red hair"
1920 Sheila Quinn, adviser (British Red Cross)
1921 Dusty Hughers, playwright
1921 Fritz Geissler, composer
1921 John Hendricks, American jazz lyricist and singer (Lambert, Hendricks & Ross)
1921 William Johnston, Chaplain to Queen of Scotland
1922 Guy Hamilton, English film director
1922 Janis Paige, American actress (Lanigan's Rabbi, Trapper John MD)
1922 Marcel Mouloudji, French actor and singer (d. 1994)
1923 Lee Kuan Yew, Minister Mentor of Singapore
1924 Lauren Bacall, American actress (Dark Passage, Key Largo)
1924 Paddy Stone, Winnipeg Manitoba, choreographer (Piccadilly Palace)
1925 B(lues) B(oy) King, American blues singer and guitarist (Thrill is Gone)
1925 Charles Haughey, Irish president (1979-81, 82, 87-92) (d. 2006)
1925 Charlie Byrd, American musician, guitarist (Desfinado) (d. 1999)
1926 John Knowles, US writer (Morning in Antibes)
1926 Robert Schuller, televangelist (Glass Cathedral, Hour of Power)
1926 Tommy "Butch" Bond, American actor (Butch-Our Gang) (d. 2005)
1927 Jack Kelly, American actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love) (d. 1992)
1927 Peter Falk, American actor (Colombo, Scared Straight)
1928 Lady Gwen Thompson, British occultist (d. 1986)
1929 Dale E Kildee, (Rep-D-Michigan, 1977)
1930 Anne Francis, American actress (Honey West, Pancho Villa)
1930 Ken Coates, MEP (Labour)
1931 Jan Johansson, composer
1932 Mickey Stewart, manager (England Cricket Team)
1933 George Chakiris, Norwood Ohio, actor (West Side Story)
1933 Jim Gilbert, artist
1934 Elgin Baylor, American basketball player, NBA star (1958-59 Rookie of Year-Lakers)
1934 Eva Clayton, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
1934 George Chakiris, American actor
1934 Ronnie Drew, Ex-Singer of The Dubliners and Solo Artist (d. 2008)
1935 Bob Kiley, American public transit specialist
1935 Carl Andre, American artist, sculptor (minimal/conceptual art)
1935 Jules Bass, American author, producer, director and composer
1936 Frits Niessen, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1937 Alexander Medved, Russian wrestler, super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1964 68, 72)
1937 Vincent J Naimoli, Paterson NJ, owner (SF Giants)
1939 Breyten Breytenbach, South African writer and painter
1941 Jim McBride, NYC, director/actor (Hot Times, Breathless, Big Easy)
1941 Joe Butler, Glen Cove NY, rock vocalist/drummer (Lovin' Spoonful)
1941 Richard Perle, American political advisor
1941 Tommy Carberry, jockey
1942 Amos Tom Wargo, Marlette MI, PGA golfer (1993 PGA Seniors Champion)
1942 Bernie Calvert, British musician, bassist (The Hollies)
1942 Linda G Miller, NYC, actress (Night of the Juggler, Mississippi)
1943 David Wilshire, British MP (C)
1943 Dennis W Conner, yachting pro (4-time America's Cup-winning skipper)
1943 James Alan McPherson, American writer
1944 Ard Schenk, Holland 1500m, 5K, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972)
1944 Betty Kelly, Detroit, rocker (Martha Reeves & Vandellas)
1944 Winston Grennan, Jamaican American drummer
1946 Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer
1946 Cathee Dahmen, American fashion model
1946 Lord Walton of Detchant, physician (Warden of Green College Oxford)
1946 Mike Reynolds, Australian politician
1947 Aleksandr V Rutskoi, Ukrainian Hero of USSR/VP (1991)
1947 Andy Irvine, rugby player
1947 Enrique Krauze, Mexican historian and writer
1947 Ilona Gusenbauer, Austria, high jumper (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1947 Lucius Allen, NBA star (Milwaukee Bucks)
1947 Michael R McNulty, (Rep-D-NY)
1947 Russ Abbott, British TV comedian (September Song)
1948 Kenney Jones, English musician (The Small Faces, Faces, The Who)
1948 Ron Blair, American bassist
1948 Rosemary Casals, tennis star (US Open doubles 1967,71,74) [or Oct 10]
1948 Susan Ruttan, American actress
1949 Ed Begley, Jr., American actor (Eating Raoul, St Elsewhere, Parenthood)
1949 Susan Ruttan, Oregon City Ore, actress (Roxanne Melman-LA Law)
1950 David Bellamy, Darby Fla, singer (Bellamy Bros-Let Your Love Flow))
1950 Henry Louis Gates, American scholar
1950 Loyd Grossman, American television presenter
1952 Mickey Rourke, American actor
1952 Ron Blair, Macon Ga, rock bassist (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
1953 Alan Barton, English musician (Black Lace, Smokie) (d. 1995)
1953 Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist
1953 Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-Mississippi)
1953 Jerry Pate, Macon Ga, PGA golfer (US Open 1976, Canadian Open 1976)
1953 Lenny Clarke, Boston, actor (Officer Hampton-John Larroquette Show)
1953 Nancy Huston, Canadian-born novelist and essayist
1954 Colin Newman, English musician (Wire)
1954 Earl Klugh, American jazz guitarist
1954 Frank Reed, American singer (The Chi-Lites)
1954 William McKeen, American author
1955 Janet Ellis, British television presenter
1955 Liz Knights, publisher
1955 Robin Yount, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers, MVP 1982, 1989, 3,142 hits)
1955 Ron Brewer, American basketball player
1955 Vicki Tabor, LPGA golfer
1955 Yolandita Monge, Puerto Rican singer
1956 Anatoly Beloglazov, USSR, 52 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic-gold-1980)
1956 Charles Fearing, rock guitarist (Raydio)
1956 David Copperfield (Kotkin), American magician
1956 Kevin R Kregel, NYC NY, Pilot/astronaut (STS 70, 78, 87)
1956 Mark Daniel Gearan, Gardner Mass, campaign manager (Al Gore)
1956 Mickey Rourke, American boxer/actor (Wild Orchid, Barfly)
1956 Nick Banton, founder (Body Positive)
1956 Peter Zaremba, rocker (Fleshtones)
1956 Sergei Beloglazov, USSR, 57 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympic-gold-1980)
1957 David McCreery, Irish footballer
1957 Keith Connor, Anguilla, British triple jumper (Olympic-bronze-1984)
1958 Jennifer Tilly, American actress (Let it Ride, Off Beat, Psycho II)
1958 Neville Southall, Welsh footballer
1958 Orel Hershiser, American baseball player, pitcher (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Indians)
1958 Terry McBride, Austin Tx, singer (McBride & Ride-Can I Count on You)
1959 Dave Richardson, former South African cricketer
1959 Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor
1959 Tim Raines, American baseball player
1960 Danny John-Jules, British actor
1960 Kurt Busiek, American comic book writer
1960 Mickey Tettleton, Oklahoma City OK, catcher (Texas Rangers)
1960 Yianna Katsoulos, French singer
1961 Alessandro Cecchi Paone, Italian entertainer
1961 Bilinda Butcher, British singer (My Bloody Valentine)
1961 Mark Parent, Ashland OR, catcher (Detroit Tigers)
1961 William M "Bill" Hicks, comedian
1962 Julie Larsen Piers, Westchester NY, LPGA golfer (1995 Edina Realty)
1962 Kimberly McArthur, Fort Worth Texas, playmate (January, 1982)
1963 Garth Jax, NFL middle linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
1963 Richard Marx, American singer (Hold on to the Night)
1964 Dave Michael Sabo, American musician (Skid Row)
1964 Mary Coustas, Austalian entertainer
1964 Molly Shannon, American actress
1964 Rossy de Palma, Spanish actress
1965 Katy Kurtzman, American actress (Lindsay-Dynasty)
1966 Kevin Curtis Young, American athlete, 400m hurdler
1967 Bernie Parmalee, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins)
1967 Dana Dormann, Oxnard CA, LPGA golfer (1993 McCall's LPGA Classic
1967 Hiroya Oku, Japanese Manga-ka
1967 Michael Smith, Kenora Ontario, decathlete (Olympics-96)
1968 Charles McRae, NFL guard/tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1968 Marc Anthony, American singer
1968 Tara Cross-Battle, Houston Texas, volleyball hitter (Oly-br-92, 96)
1968 Walt Becker, American director and writer
1969 Andrew Borodow, Montreal, 130 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-5-92, 96)
1969 Chester McGlockton, NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1969 Justine Frischmann, English musician (Elastica)
1969 Kathi Wolfgram, Minneapolis, rocker (Jets-You Got it All)
1969 Marthijn Pothoven, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1970 Anthony Marshall, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
1970 Mark Schultz, American musician
1970 Paul Shuey, Lima OH, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
1971 Amy Poehler, American comedian (Saturday Night Live)
1971 Charlie Fields, Bkln NY, actor (Shannon)
1971 Derrell Mitchell, NFL/CFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons, Argonauts)
1971 Shawntel Smith, Oklahoma, Miss America (1996)
1972 Don Sasa, NFL defensive tackle (San Diego Chargers)
1972 James Westman, Canadian Operatic Baritone
1972 Mark Bruener, American football player, NFL tight end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1972 Ramon van Haaren, soccer player (RKC)
1972 Shalane McCall, American actress (Charlie Wade-Dallas)
1972 Sprent Dabwido, Nauruan politician
1972 Steve Russ, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1973 Alexander Vinokourov, Kazakh cyclist
1973 Clint Peay, Columbia Md, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
1973 George Corrie, English Footballer
1973 Justin Haythe, American writer
1974 Justin Whalin, SF California, actor (Jimmy Olsen-Lois & Clark)
1975 Kip Harkrider, Carthage TX, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 Shannon Noll, Australian singer and songwriter
1976 Andres Javier Blazquez, PR, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
1976 Greg Buckner, American basketball player
1976 Heather Hopper, American actress
1976 Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club)
1977 Greg Ball, American politician
1978 Dan Dickau, American basketball player
1978 Jason Grant, gentleman and a scholar
1978 Matthew Rogers, American singer
1979 Bobby Korecky, American baseball player
1979 Fanny, French singer
1980 Patrik Stefan, Czech hockey player
1981 Alexis Bledel, American actress (Gilmore Girls)
1981 Fan Bingbing, Chinese actress
1982 Leon Knight, English footballer
1982 Michael McCall, Irish chemist
1983 Brandon Moss, American baseball player
1983 Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer
1984 Katie Melua, Georgian-British singer
1984 Sabrina Bryan, American actress and singer (The Cheetah Girls)
1985 Madeline Zima, American actress
1986 Gordon Beckham, American baseball player
1986 Kyla Pratt, American actress
1987 Anthony Padilla, American Youtuber, part of popular channel Smosh
1987 Daren Kagasoff, American actor
1987 Louis Clement Ngwat-Mahop, Cameroonian football player
1987 Madeline Zima, New Haven Ct, actress (Grace Sheffield-Nanny)
1987 Travis Wall, American dancer and dance instructor
1988 Sarah Steele, American actress
1988 Teddy Geiger, American singer
1989 Dustin Tokarski, Canadian ice hockey goalie
1992 Nick Jonas, American singer and guitar player (Jonas Brothers)
2005 Princess Jalilah bint Ali, of Jordan
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96 Titus Flavius Domitianus, emperor of Rome (81-96), murdered (b. 51)
307 Flavius Valerius Severus, deposed Roman Emperor (murder)
655 Martinus I, bannished Pope (649-53)
827 Valentine, Pope
1087 Victor III (Dauferio, Desiderius), Italian Pope (1086-87) (b. 1026)
1100 Bernold of Constance, German chronicler (b. 1054)
1345 John IV, Duke of Brittany (b. 1295)
1380 Charles V, the Wise, King of France (1364-80) (b. 1338)
1394 Clement VII (Robert de Geneve), Pope (1378-94) (b. 1342)
1406 Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1336)
1498 Tomás de Torquemada, first grand inquisitor of Spain, burned 10,000 people (b. 1420)
1542 Diego de Almagro, Spanish captain-general of Peru, beheaded
1589 Michael Baius, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
1652 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer
1672 Anne Bradstreet, American colonial poet, New England's first published poet (b. 1612)
1696 Lambert Pietkin, composer
1701 James II of England and VII of Scotland (b. 1633)
1736 Daniel G Fahrenheit, German physicist (thermometer) (b. 1686)
1775 Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl Bathurst, English privy councillor (b. 1684)
1782 Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (b. 1705)
1792 Quang Trung, Tay Son dynasty's emperor of Viet Nam (b. 1788)
1798 Damasus Brosmann, composer
1803 Nicolas Baudin, French explorer (b. 1754)
1824 Louis XVIII SX, Earl of Province, King of France (1814-24) (b. 1755)
1829 Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and statesman (b. 1771)
1834 Antoine-Vincent Arnault, French writer (Guillaume the Nassau)
1837 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61)
1843 Ezekiel Hart, Canadian entrepreneur and politician, and the first Jew to be elected to public office in the British Empire (b. 1770)
1845 John Kinker, translator, philosopher, poet
1864 John Hanning Speke, English explorer (b. 1827)
1865 Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general (b. 1792)
1896 Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (b. 1836)
1898 Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (b. 1827)
1911 Edward Whymper, English mountain climber (Ascent of Matterhorn) (b. 1840)
1920 Daniel Andersson, Swedish poet/writer (Polar History)
1925 Alexander Alexandrovich Friedman, Russian physicist (b. 1888)
1925 Leo(pold) Fall, Austria operetta composer (That Pink von Stambul)
1926 Rudolf C Eucken, German philosopher (Nobel 1908)
1932 Ronald Ross, English physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1857)
1933 George Gore, baseball player (b. 1857)
1936 Irving Thalberg, US producer (MGM)
1936 Karl Buresch, Austrian politician
1944 Gustav Bauer, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1870)
1945 John "Pa" van de Steur, philanthropist (Java)
1945 John McCormack, Irish singer (Irish national anthem, folk songs) (b. 1884)
1946 James Jeans, English physicist/mathematician/astronomer
1948 Ferdinand I MKLM, prince of Saxony-Coburg, tsar of Bulgaria
1950 Pedro De Cordoba, American actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire) (b. 1881)
1953 Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro-chemistry)
1955 Leopold C M S Amery, Brit minister of Colonies (India)
1957 Ch'i Pai-shih, traditional Chinese painter
1957 Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (b. 1864)
1961 A P F Chapman, cricketer (26 Tests for England)
1961 Yme C Schuitmaker, potato farmer/dramatist
1962 Saif al-Islam Achmad, monarch of Yemen
1964 Leo Weismantel, German writer (Das Totenliebespar)
1965 Ahn Eak-tai, Korean musician, composer, and conductor (b. 1906)
1971 Ferdinand LR Sassen, priest/philosopher (Descartes)
1973 Frederic Meyer, actor (Faraway Hill)
1975 Irene Hayes, Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman (b. 1896)
1977 Marc Bolan, English musician (T Rex), dies in a car crash (b. 1947)
1977 Maria Callas, Greek-American soprano (b. 1923)
1978 Lavrentis Dianellos, Greek actor (b. 1911)
1979 Nur Mohammed Taraki, president of Afghanistan (1978-79), killed
1980 Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (b. 1896)
1982 Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mr Beasley-Burns & Allen Show)
1987 Howard Moss, American poet, dramatist, and critic (b. 1922)
1990 Loretta Tupper, radio/TV entertainer
1990 Steve Condos, tap dancer
1991 Carol White, actress (Prehistoric Women, Dulcima)
1992 Duke Robbins, entertainer
1992 Lee Tully, entertainer
1992 Millicent Fenwick, American politician and writer (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82) (b. 1910)
1993 Johanna F Zandstra-Giezen, oldest person in Netherland
1993 Rok Petrovic, Slovenian skier (b. 1966)
1993 Willie Mosconi, world billiards champ
1994 Alain Bernardin, impressario of the Crazy Horse Saloon
1994 Albert de Courtray, French archbishop of Lyon/cardinal
1994 Bernie Lazaroff Leighton, pianist
1994 Dolly Hare, German/British actress (Broken Blossom)
1994 Jack Dodson, actor (Howard Sprague-Andy Griffith Show)
1995 Michael Balfour, historian
1995 Pierre Olaf, cabaret artist, clown
1996 Andrew MacElhone, bar owner
1996 Gene Nelson, American actor (SOB, Purple Hills, Starlift) (b. 1920)
1996 McGeorge Bundy, U.S. National Security Advisor (1961-66) (b. 1919)
1997 Antony Kearey, television producer
2000 Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
2001 Samuel Z. Arkoff, American film producer (b. 1918)
2002 James Gregory, American actor (b. 1911)
2003 Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
2003 Sheb Wooley, singer and actor (b. 1921)
2004 Michael Donaghy Poet, (b. 1954)
2005 Gordon Gould, inventor of the laser (b. 1920)
2006 Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
2006 Rob Levin, creator of Freenode (b. 1955)
2007 Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series (b. 1948)
2008 Norman Whitfield, associated with the Temptations (b. 1940)
2009 Mary Travers, American singer (Peter, Paul, and Mary) (b. 1936)
2009 Myles Brand, NCAA President (b. 1942)
2012 John Ingle, American actor