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772 Pope Adrian I elected
800 Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican.
1167 Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
1420 Henry V of England enters Paris.
1566 Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva
1626 Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out
1640 End of the Iberian Union, Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule, Portugal acclaims as King João IV of Portugal, ending 60 years of personal union of the crowns of Portugal and Spain and the end of the rule of the House of Habsburg (also called the Philippine Dynasty).
1641 Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
1653 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
1656 Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
1708 Great Alliance occupies Brussels
1742 Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
1750 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md
1768 The slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøy in Norway.
1783 Jacques Charles & Nicolas Roberts make first untethered ascension with gas hydrogen balloon in Paris
1821 Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
1822 Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil
1822 Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran
1822 Peter I is crowned Emperor of Brazil.
1824 House of Representatives begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams
1824 Jackson, WH Crawford & H Clay Adams eventually declared president
1824 In the United States presidential election of 1824, no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
1826 French philhellene Charles Nicolas Fabvier forces his way through the Turkish cordon and ascends the Acropolis of Athens, which had been under siege.
1831 Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
1834 Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.
1835 Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales
1843 First chartered mutual life insurance company opens
1852 Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands
1862 In his State of the Union Address President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation.
1864 Raid at Stoneman, Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA
1864 Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia
1865 Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
1868 John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war
1878 1st White House telephone installed
1884 American Old West: Near Frisco, New Mexico, deputy sheriff Elfego Baca holds off a gang of 80 Texan cowboys who want to kill him for arresting Charles McCarthy.
1885 First serving of the soft drink Dr Pepper at a drug store in Waco, Texas (United States).
1887 Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet"
1887 Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao
1891 James Naismith creates the game of basketball
1896 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)
1900 South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders
1903 "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released
1906 Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris)
1906 Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of Köpenick) sentenced to 4 yrs
1909 First Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
1909 First Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef
1913 First drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts)
1913 Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38)
1913 Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
1913 The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the southern hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
1913 The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
1917 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
1918 Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade
1918 The Kingdom of Iceland becomes a sovereign state, yet remains a part of the Danish kingdom.
1918 The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
1918 Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
1918 Yugoslavia declares independence, monarchy established
1919 AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester
1919 Lady Nancy Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (she had been elected to that position on November 28).
1921 1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight
1921 US Post Office establishes philatelic agency
1922 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Capt Turner, RAF
1922 Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns
1923 CFL Grey Cup, Queen's U beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto
1924 Calles becomes president of Mexico
1924 George & Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in NYC
1925 Treaty of Locarno signed
1928 CFL Grey Cup, Ham Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton
1928 Railroad museum opens in Utrecht Neth
1929 Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
1930 NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty
1930 Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent
1931 Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
1933 Rudolf Hess & Earnest Rohm become a minister in Hitler government
1934 In the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergei Kirov is shot dead by Leonid Nikolayev at the Communist Party headquarters in Leningrad.
1934 Leningrad mayor Sergey Kirov assassinated, used by Stalin as the excuse to begin the Great Purge of 1934-38.
1935 Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp
1936 2nd Heisman Trophy Award, Larry Kelley, Yale (E)
1936 Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
1936 EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants
1937 Japan recognizes Franco government
1938 School bus & train collide in Salt Lake City Utah
1939 SS-Fuhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews
1941 British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python
1941 Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war
1941 Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
1941 Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
1941 US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes
1941 Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol in World War II.
1942 Gasoline rationed in US
1943 FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)
1944 Béla Bartòk's Concerto for orchestra, premieres
1944 Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands
1944 Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres
1945 CFL Grey Cup, Toronto beats Winnipeg, 35-0 at Toronto
1946 Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187)
1947 Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba
1947 India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2
1948 Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine
1948 Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player
1948 Taman Shud Case, The body of an unidentified man is found in Adelaide, Australia, involving an undetectable poison and a secret code in a very rare book; the case remains unsolved and is "one of Australia's most profound mysteries."
1949 WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1951 17th Heisman Trophy Award, Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB)
1951 Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London
1951 Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds
1952 The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgenson, the first notable case of sexual reassignment surgery.
1953 Red Sox trade M McDermott & Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen
1953 WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Walter Alston named Dodger manager
1954 Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement
1954 Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal)
1955 In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, She is arrested, an incident which leads to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1956 "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances
1956 Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0)
1956 Frank Robinson (NL) & Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year
1956 Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta, resigns
1957 Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show
1958 "Flower Drum Song" opens at St James Theater NYC for 602 performances
1958 The Central African Republic attains self rule within the French Union (National Day).
1958 The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago, Illinois, kills 92 children and three nuns.
1959 First color photograph of Earth from outer space
1959 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica
1959 25th Heisman Trophy Award, Billy Cannon, LSU (HB)
1959 Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
1959 The first color photograph of Earth received from outer space
1960 Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo
1960 Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
1961 The independent Republic of West Papua is proclaimed in modern-day Western New Guinea.
1962 Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27)
1962 KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1963 NY Jets 1st shutout, beat KC 17-0
1963 Nagaland becomes the 16th state of India.
1964 Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros
1964 ML King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign
1964 Malawi, Malta and Zambia join the United Nations.
1964 U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
1965 Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began
1965 South African government says children of white fathers are white
1965 The Border Security Force is formed in India as a special force to guard the borders.
1966 Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor
1966 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colo
1966 The first Gävle goat, an annual Swedish Yule Goat tradition, is first erected in Gävle.
1967 Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)
1967 Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope
1967 Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams
1967 Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses
1968 "Promises Promises" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1281 performances
1968 Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in NYC
1968 Gonzalo Barrios elected pres of Venezuela
1968 Peggy Wilson wins LPGA Hollywood Lakes Golf Open
1968 Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting
1969 The first legislation to limit aircraft noise levels at airports is introduced in U.S. Federal Air Regulation, Part 36.
1969 The first draft lottery in the United States is held since World War II, for the Vietnam War.
1970 Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen
1970 Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico
1970 NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins
1971 "2 Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St James Theater NYC for 613 perfs
1971 Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray in the Cambodian Civil War.
1971 Cubs release Ernie Banks & sign him as a coach
1971 Galt MacDermot, John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona," premieres in NYC
1971 John & Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
1971 People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
1971 The Indian Army recaptures part of Kashmir occupied forcibly by Pakistan.
1972 Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK
1973 Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea
1973 Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year
1973 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic
1973 Papua New Guinea gains self-government from Australia.
1973 Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ
1974 Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5)
1974 LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8
1974 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International.
1974 TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport in Upperville Virginia, killing all 92 people on board.
1975 US president Gerald Ford visits China PR
1976 Angola joins the United Nations.
1976 Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president
1976 Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"
1978 President Carter more than doubles national park system size
1978 Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, v England at the Gabba
1978 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 46th Heisman Trophy Award, George Rogers, South Carolina (RB)
1980 Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"
1980 US Justice Dept sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination
1981 A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 people on board.
1981 The AIDS virus is officially recognized.
1982 Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
1982 Michael Jackson releases "Thriller"
1982 Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as pres of Mexico
1983 Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury
1984 50th Heisman Trophy Award, Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
1984 France performs nuclear test
1984 Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
1984 NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner was deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of airplane crashes.
1985 Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster
1985 STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms
1986 Muséed'orsay opens in Paris
1986 Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
1987 Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel
1988 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless
1988 Benazir Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister of a Muslem country (Pakistan)
1988 Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow
1988 NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics
1988 NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St Louis Blues
1989 "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS
1989 1989 Philippine coup attempt: The right-wing military rebel Reform the Armed Forces Movement attempts to oust Philippine President Corazon Aquino in a failed bloody coup d'état.
1989 East Germany's parliament drops communist monopoly by abolishish the constitutional provision granting the communist party the leading role in the state.
1989 Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract
1989 USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican
1990 56th Heisman Trophy Award, Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (QB)
1990 English Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France meet 40 metres beneath the seabed.
1990 Hissène Habré of Chad flees to Cameroon
1990 Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks
1990 Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia hold their 1st joint session
1990 NY Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96
1991 "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 perfs
1991 "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 perfs
1991 80th Davis Cup, France beats USA in Lyon (3-1)
1991 AIDS awareness day
1991 Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approve a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
1991 Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election
1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan
1991 US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 lands
1991 Ukrainian people vote for independence
1992 2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana & crash, 13 die
1992 Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 yrs for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco
1993 Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18
1994 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident
1994 Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere announce they are seperating
1994 Ernesto Zedillo innaugrated as president of Mexico
1994 PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail
1994 Rober Schumanns 2nd Symphony premieres in London
1996 85th Davis Cup, France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2)
1996 Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India
1997 GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM
1997 In the Indian state of Bihar, Ranvir Sena attacked the CPI(ML) Party Unity stronghold Lakshmanpur-Bathe, killing 63 lower caste people.
1997 Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS
1998 Exxon announces a $73.7 billion USD deal to buy Mobil, thus creating Exxon-Mobil, the world's largest company.
2001 Captain Bill Compton brings Trans World Airlines Flight 220, an MD-83, into St. Louis International Airport bringing to an end 76 years of TWA operations following TWA's purchase by American Airlines.
2009 The Treaty of Lisbon, which amends the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community, which together comprise the constitutional basis of European Union, comes into effect.
2012 8 people are killed and 36 injured after a bus overturns in Bolivia
2012 Enrique Peña Nieto sworn in as President of Mexico
2012 Jovan Belcher,  an NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Cheifs, Murdered his girlfriend then drove to and commited suicide in the Chiefs' training facility   (b. 1987)
2012 Ukranian Anna Ushenina wins the Women's World Chess Championship 2012

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1081 Louis VI of France (d. 1137)
1083 Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)
1521 Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)
1525 Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
1549 Johan van der Veeken, merchant, co-founder (VOC)
1566 Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem, Nijmegen
1573 Philippus Rovenius (Rouveen), apostile
1580 Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)
1605 Juan de Padilla, composer
1634 John-Erasmus Quellinus (Quellien), Flemish painter
1671 Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker, son of Antonius
1671 Keill, mathematician
1690 Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England, English lawyer and politician (d. 1764)
1709 Franz Xaver Richter, Austrian-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1789)
1712 Bernhard Christian Weber, composer
1716 Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)
1722 A L Karschin, writer
1724 Charles Theodoor, elector (Palts & Bayern)
1724 Dismas Hatas, composer
1726 Eggert Olafsson, Icelandic writer
1726 Oliver Wolcott, American judge, signer (Declar of Independence)
1729 Giuseppe Sarti, composer
1743 Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (uranium) (d. 1817)
1761 Marie Tussaud, French sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (d. 1850)
1766 Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
1779 Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer
1781 Charles Philippe Lafont, composer
1784 Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer
1787 Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer
1792 Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856)
1810 Joseph Gungl, composer
1814 August Rockel, composer
1823 Ernest Reyer, composer
1826 William Mahone, Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1895)
1832 Archibald Gracie Jr, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)
1835 Micah Jenkins, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)
1844 Alexandra, Danish princess, Queen of Great Britain & Ireland (d. 1925)
1844 Alfred Cellier, composer
1847 Agathe Grondahl, composer
1847 Julia Ann Moore, American poet (d. 1920)
1850 Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer
1869 Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic, assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923)
1871 Archie MacLaren, cricketer
1873 Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Netherlands (1918-25, 29-33)
1873 Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924)
1874 Dominicus Johner, composer
1876 Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje)
1878 Arthur B Spingarn, American NAACP-chairman (1940-65)
1883 Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer
1884 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976)
1884 Torben Myer, Danish actor (Girl Who Came Back)
1885 Guy de Lioncourt, composer
1886 Jack Crawford, English cricketer
1886 Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (Fugitives & Constants)
1886 Rex Stout,  American mystery writer (Nero Wolf novels) (d. 1975)
1886 Willem E Crown, Antillian writer
1891 Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer (wreck laws)
1893 Ernst Toller, writer
1893 Herman Griffith, Western Indian cricketer
1895 Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
1896 Georgy Zhukov, Russian general (d. 1974)
1896 Petko Staynov, composer
1897 Manuel A Neat, Curacaos author (Nobleza di Coerazon)
1898 Cyril Ritchard, Australian actor (Peter Pan, Hans Brinker)
1898 Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977)
1899 Robert Welch, founder (John Birch Society)
1901 Dorothy James, composer
1901 Ilona Feher, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. 1988)
1902 Morris "Red" Badgro, American NFL hall of famer (Yanks, Giants, Dodgers)
1904 W A "Tony" Boyle, United Mine Workers president
1905 Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter (d. 1994)
1905 Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. 1994)
1905 Charles Finney, American author (Circus of Dr Lao)
1905 Ida Carroll, musician
1906 Jean Cartan, composer
1908 Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (d. 1984)
1909 Jan Koplowitz, writer
1910 Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004)
1910 Dame Markova (Alicia Lilian Alice Marks), English ballerina
1910 Joel Fluellen, LA, actor (Burning Cross, Learning Tree)
1911 Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman, baseball executive (d. 1999)
1911 Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (Dodgers) (d. 1984)
1912 Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (World Trade Center) (d. 1986)
1912 Terence Beckles, pianist, teacher
1913 Mary Martin, American actress (Peter Pan) and singer (d. 1990)
1914 Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32)
1914 Johnny Johnston, American singer (Make that Spare)
1916 Wan Li, Chinese politician
1917 Marty Marion, American baseball player (NL MVP 1944) and manager (d. 2011)
1917 Thomas Hayward, American tenor (d. 1995)
1917 William Tracy, American actor (To the Shores of Tripoli)
1918 Kirby Laing, English contractor, multi-millionaire
1919 Anne Cox Chambers, American US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81)
1919 Ike Isaacs, guitarist
1921 Ralph Manza, American actor (Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart)
1922 Geraldine McCulloug, American painter, sculptor (Phoenix)
1922 Miroslav Kluc, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2012)
1922 Paul Picerni, American actor (Agent Lee Hobson-Untouchables) (d. 2011)
1922 Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1979)
1923 Morris, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke) (d. 2001)
1923 Stansfield Turner, American admiral, 12th Director of Central Intelligence
1925 David Doyle, American actor (John Bosley-Charlie's Angels)
1925 Jaime Mendoza-Nava, composer
1925 Jordan Klein, American cameraman, director (Thunderball)
1925 Martin Rodbell, American chemist (Nobel Prize laureate) (d. 1998)
1926 Allyn Ann McLerie, Quebec actress (Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds)
1926 Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (d. 2010)
1926 Keith Michell, Australian actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII)
1926 Robert Symonds, American actor (Robert E Lee-Blue & Gray) (d. 2007)
1927 Grant Beglarian, composer
1928 Emily McLaughlin, American actress (d. 1991)
1929 Alan Mouncer, film director/producer
1929 David Doyle, American actor (d. 1997)
1929 Dick Shawn, American actor (Producers, Maid to Order, Angel)
1929 Emily McLaughlin, American actress (Jessie-General Hospital)
1929 Leon Biriotti, composer
1930 Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002)
1930 Matt Monro, English singer (d.1985)
1931 Jim Nesbitt, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1931 Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (d. 1986)
1932 Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985)
1932 Robert T Herres, American USAF/astronaut
1933 Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoon artist (d. 1996)
1933 Hiroshi Fujimoto, Japanese writer and illustrator (d. 1996)
1933 Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter (Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man), producer, and actor (d. 2006)
1934 Billy Paul, American singer (Me & Mrs Jones)
1934 Hilly Axwijk, Suriname social worker
1935 Roger Christian, American ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1935 Woody Allen (Allen Konigsberg), American screenwriter, director, and actor (Zelig, Annie Hall)
1937 Chuck Low, American actor
1937 Gordon Crosse, English composer (Grace of Todd)
1937 Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano (d. 2005)
1937 Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, Latvian politician, 6th President of Latvia
1938 Bill Playle, New Zealand cricketer
1938 Sandy Nelson, American drummer (Teen Beat, All Night Long)
1939 Dianne Lennon, American singer (Lennon Sisters)
1939 Lee Buck Trevino, American PGA golfer (US Open 1968, 71)
1940 Matthias Habich, actor (Straight to the Heart, A Corps Perdu)
1940 Mike Denness, English cricketer
1940 Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy) (d. 2005)
1940 Ron Finn, Canadian NHL linesman
1940 Tasso Wild, German footballer
1942 John Crowley, American sci-fi author (Deep, Beasts, Novelty)
1942 Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian diplomat, Foreign Minister of Egypt
1942 Peter Kalikow, American real estate developer/publisher (NY Post)
1943 Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist
1943 Nicholas Peter Negroponte, American founder, director (Media Lab at MIT)
1943 Orton Enderlein, German luger (Olympic-gold-1964)
1944 Daniel Pennac, French writer born in Morocco
1944 Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult)
1944 John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter (The Doors, The Butts Band)
1944 Michael Hagee, American general, 33rd Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
1944 Pierre Arditi, French film and stage actor
1944 Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan-French poet
1944 Werner Scholz, German footballer
1945 Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter (Beaches, Wind Beneath my Wings), producer, and actress
1945 Ross Edwards, Australian cricketer
1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist (Alone Again Naturally)
1946 Ho-Jun Li, Korean rifleman (Olympic-gold-1972)
1946 Kemal Kurspahić, Bosnian journalist
1947 Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
1947 Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league player
1948 George Foster, American baseball player
1948 John Roskelley, American mountaineer
1948 N. T. Wright, English bishop and scholar
1948 Sarfraz Nawaz, Pakistani cricketer
1948 Tom Wright, English bishop and theologian
1949 Jan Brett, American author and illustrator
1949 Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (d. 1993)
1949 Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile
1950 Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek politician
1950 Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer (David and the Giants)
1950 Richard Keith, American actor (Little Ricky-I Love Lucy)
1951 Albert Ho, Hong Kong politician
1951 Alexander Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgarian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-5)
1951 Jaco Pastorius, American jazz bass player, songwriter, and producer (Weather Report, Trio of Doom, and Blood, Sweat & Tears) (d. 1987)
1951 Obba Babatundé, American actor
1951 Treat Williams, American actor (Flashpoint, Hair)
1954 Annette Haven, American porn actress
1954 Bob Goen, American television host (Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight)
1955 Mark Thompson, American radio host and actor
1955 Pat Spillane, Gaelic footballer
1955 Uwe Benter, German athelete, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1972)
1955 Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
1956 Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter and actress
1956 Stuart Kimball, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
1957 Chris Poland, American guitarist (Megadeth, Circle Jerks, Damn the Machine, and OHM)
1957 Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)
1958 Candace Bushnell, American author
1958 Charlene Tilton, American actress (Lucy Ewing-Dallas)
1958 Gary Peters, American politician
1958 Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and coach
1958 Justin Chadwick, Director (The Other Boleyn Girl)
1958 Lisa Fischer, American singer-songwriter
1959 Billy Childish, English singer-songwriter, guitarist(The Medway Poets, Thee Mighty Caesars, and Thee Headcoats), and painter
1959 Rick Leventhal, American broadcast journalist
1959 Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player
1960 Carol Alt(man), American model and actress (Private Parts)
1960 Jane Turner, Australian actress
1961 Armin Meiwes, German cannibal and murderer
1961 Barb Mucha, American LPGA golfer (1992 Oldsmobile Classic)
1961 Jeremy Northam, English actor (Cypher)
1962 Joe Quesada, American writer and illustrator
1962 Pamela McGee, WNBA center, forward (Sacramento Monarchs)
1962 Stan Albers, American actor (Curtis-Loving)
1962 Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
1963 Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer
1963 Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver
1963 Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater
1964 Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
1964 Soren Henriksen, Danish cricket all-rounder
1966 Ali Mosaffa, Iranian actor and director
1966 Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 Craig David Parry, Canadian PGA golfer (1994 Honda-2nd)
1966 Greg McMichael, American pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1966 Katherine LaNasa, American actress (The Campaign)
1966 Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player
1966 Matthew Laborteaux, actor (Killing Stone, Deadly Friend)
1966 Mike Flores, NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins)
1966 Steve Walsh, American NFL quarterback (Chic Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1967 Nestor Carbonell, American actor (Luis-Suddenly Susan)
1967 Reggie Sanders, American baseball player, outfielder (Cincinati Reds)
1968 Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer, free style (world record 400m)
1968 Eddie Britton, wide reciever (Baltimore Ravens)
1968 Justin Chadwick, British actor and director
1970 Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter
1970 Jouko Ahola, Finnish strongman and actor
1970 Kirk Rueter, American baseball player, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1970 Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress (Sarah Silverman Show, Wreck-It Ralph), and singer
1970 Takahiro Ikenoue, WLAF LB (Rhein Fire)
1970 Todd Steussie, NFL guard & tackle (Minnesota Vikings)
1971 Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee, Mongolian professional wrestler
1971 Emily Mortimer, English actress (Shutter Island)
1971 John Schlimm, American author
1971 Melanie Peres, German-Israeli model, actress, and singer
1971 Mika Pohjola, Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer
1971 Nate Torrence, Actor (She's Out of My League)
1971 Oscar Sturgis, WLAF DE (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio host
1971 Rob Zatechka, NFL guard (NY Giants)
1971 Stephanie Finochio, American professional wrestler and stuntwoman
1971 Tom Robsock, NFL, WLAF guard (Raiders, Barcelona Dragons)
1972 Andre Royal, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
1972 Charlie Jones, wide reciever (San Diego Chargers)
1972 Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian
1973 Eric Thomas, Chartage Texas, 400m hurdler
1973 Jon Theodore, American drummer (One Day as a Lion, The Mars Volta, and Golden)
1973 Mia Farrance, Australian canoeist (Olympics-96)
1973 Steve Gibb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Black Label Society and Crowbar)
1974 Costinha, Portuguese footballer
1974 David Ludwig, American composer
1974 Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboardist (The Mars Volta, De Facto, and Free Moral Agents)
1974 Richard Jordan, linebacker (Detroit Lions)
1975 Alya Rohali, Miss Universe-Indonesia (1996)
1975 Matt Fraction, American author
1975 Sandra Maidana, Miss Universe-Uruguay (1996)
1975 Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
1976 Brently Heilbron, American satirist
1976 Dean O'Gorman, Actor (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
1976 Konerak Sinthasomphone, American victim (Jeffrey Dahmer)
1976 Laura Ling, American journalist
1976 Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998)
1977 Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer (Linkin Park)
1977 Jared Fogle, American Subway spokesperson
1977 Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist
1978 Mat Kearney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1979 Angelique Bates, American Actress
1979 Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player
1980 Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
1980 Roger Peterson, Aruban-Dutch singer-songwriter (Intwine)
1981 Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer
1981 Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter
1982 Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer
1982 Christos Melissis, Greek footballer
1982 Lloyd Doyley, English footballer
1982 Riz Ahmed, Actor (Four Lions)
1983 Cory Kastle, Actor (Greg Belmont, Emo Werewolf Hunter)
1983 Nicole Scott, Adult Film Actress
1984 Laura Harrison, Actress (One Small Hitch)
1985 Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer
1985 Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter
1985 John Coughlin, American figure skater
1985 Philip DeFranco, American video blogger
1986 DeSean Jackson, American football player
1987 Brett Williams, English footballer
1987 Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter
1988 Zoe Kravitz, American actress (X-Men: First Class) and singer, daughter of Lisa Bonet & Lenny Kravitz
1989 Jessica Jann, Actress (Lethal Weapon 4)
1990 Chanel Iman, American model
1990 Taylor Roberts, Actress (Mona Lisa Smile)
1990 Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player
1991 Jeanne Allen, Actress (Emma's Wish)
1992 Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer
1993 Greta Cervantes, Actress (Aquí comienza la leyenda)
1994 Harrison Wagner, Actor (Protection)
1996 Griffin Armstorff, Actor (Blades of Glory)
1997 Liam McGuckian, Actor (Inconceivable)
1998 Kavana Crossley, Actor (Travelling Along River Thames)
1999 Macauley Keeper, Actor (The Monster-Sitter)
2000 Diego Savoia, Actor (Chico Stick)
2001 Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan
2001 Savannah McReynolds, Actress (Beyond the Blackboard)
2005 Violet Affleck, Daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner
2003 Robert Clarence Irwin, Son of to Steve Irwin and Terri Irwin

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660 Eligius Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon, saint
1135 Henry I Beauclerc, King of England (1st English King fluent in the English language) (b. 1068)
1241 Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)
1374 Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway & Sweden
1377 Magnus II, King of Sweden (b. 1316)
1417 Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland
1433 Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)
1455 Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor (b. 1378)
1521 Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici), Italian Pope (1513-21) (b. 1475)
1530 Margaret of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, Duchess of Savoy (b. 1480)
1580 Edmund Campion, English jesuit
1580 Giovanni Morone, Italian theologian, diplomat, cardinal (b. 1509)
1581 Alexander Briant, English martyr, saint (b. 1556)
1581 Edmund Campion, English priest and martyr (b. 1540)
1581 Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic martyr and saint (b. 1550)
1602 Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582)
1623 Thomas Weelkes, composer
1633 Isabella Clara Eugenia, Spanish wife of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Infante of Spain, Governess in Holland (b. 1566)
1635 Melchior Teschner, composer
1640 Miguel de Vasconcelos, Portuguese politician (b. 1590)
1651 Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer
1660 Pierre d'Hozier, French genealogist (b. 1592)
1700 Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia
1707 Jeremiah Clarke, English composer (b. 1674)
1709 Abraham a Sancta Clara (Johann Megerle), Austrian monk, court preacher (b. 1644)
1723 Susanna Centlivre, English actress and playwright (b. 1667)
1727 Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer
1729 Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer
1729 Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665)
1736 Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36)
1750 Doppelmayr, mathematician
1750 Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
1755 Maurice Greene, English composer (b. 1696)
1767 Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, Scottish politician (b. 1710)
1797 Oliver Wolcott, US judge, signer (Decl of Independence)
1808 Anton Fischer, composer
1813 Ferdinando Bertoni, composer
1817 Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer
1825 Alexander I, Tsar of Russia (1801) (b. 1777)
1830 Pope Pius VIII (b. 1761)
1842 Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged
1865 Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (b. 1796)
1865 Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder
1866 George Everest, Welsh geographer and surveyor, namesake of Mt. Everest (b. 1790)
1884 William Swainson, English-New Zealand lawyer and Attorney-General of the Crown Colony of New Zealand (b. 1809)
1887 Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies
1892 Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered
1893 Eduard Franck, composer
1901 George Lohmann, South African cricketer
1914 Alfred Thayer Mahan, American captain and historian (b. 1840)
1916 Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer
1916 Charles de Foucauld, French priest (b. 1858)
1917 John January, American soccer player (b. 1882)
1923 Virginie Loveling, Belgian author and poet (b. 1836)
1925 Vicente Arregui Garay, composer
1926 Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer
1928 José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian lawyer and poet (b. 1888)
1932 Amadeo Vives, composer
1934 Sergei M Kirov, Russian politician, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad (b. 1886)
1935 Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera)
1939 Max Fiedler, composer
1941 Horace Chapman, South African cricketer
1943 Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b. 1862)
1945 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer
1947 Aleister Crowley, English magician, occultist and author (b. 1875)
1947 G. H. Hardy, English mathematician (b. 1877)
1950 E(rnest) J(ohn) Moeran, English composer (b. 1894)
1951 Felix Petyrek, composer
1952 Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19)
1954 Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and music publishing executive (b. 1897)
1960 Ion Vasilescu, composer
1964 Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
1964 J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish-Indian geneticist (b. 1892)
1968 Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
1968 Hugo Haas, actor, director (Bait, Pick Up)
1968 Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)
1969 Magic Sam, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
1970 Frank Smailes, English cricketer
1971 Arthur B Springarn, American NAACP chairman (1940-65)
1972 Antonio Segni, Italian President (1955-57, 1959-1960, 1962-1964)
1973 David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
1974 Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian-American author (Angry Angel)
1974 Stephen Gill Spottswood, American bishop, chairman (NAACP)
1975 Anna E. Roosevelt Halsted, American radio personality, daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt (b. 1906)
1975 Nellie Fox, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1975 Nick Kenny, American columnist, songwriter (Nick Kenny Show)
1977 Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country
1980 Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women)
1982 Dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday
1983 Mirsky, mathematician
1984 Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (b. 1911)
1986 Frank McCarthy, American army officer and film producer (b. 1912)
1986 Horace Heidt, orchestra leader (Swift Show Wagon)
1986 Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions)
1986 (Irving) Lee Dorsey (Kid Chocolate), American boxer, singer
1987 Donn Fulton Eisele, Colnol USAF astronaut
1987 James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country)
1987 James Baldwin, American author, poet, and critic (b. 1924)
1987 Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager (b. 1918)
1989 Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations) (b. 1931)
1990 Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland)
1991 Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt)
1991 George Joseph Stigler, American economist (Nobel 1982)
1991 George Stigler, American economist (Nobel Prize laureate) (b. 1911)
1993 Ray Gillen, American singer-songwriter (Badlands, Black Sabbath, Blue Murder, and Sun Red Sun) (b. 1959)
1994 Hugh Chilvers, Australian cricketer
1994 Lionel Stander, actor (Max-Hart to Hart)
1995 Colin Tapley, New Zealand-English actor (b. 1907)
1995 Hopper Levett, English cricketer (b. 1908)
1995 Maxwell R. Thurman, American general (b. 1931)
1996 Barbak Karmal, politician
1996 Irving Gordon, songwriter
1996 Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
1997 Denis Gerald Barrington, artist
1997 Endicott Peabody, American politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1920)
1997 Michel Bélanger, French-Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
1997 Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (Quintette du Hot Club de France) (b. 1908)
1998 Freddie Young, British cinematographer (b. 1902)
2001 Ellis R Dungan, American-Indian director (b. 1909)
2002 Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2003 Clark Kerr, American academic, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
2003 Eugenio Monti, Italian bobsledder (b. 1928)
2004 Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands, Lippe-Biesterfeld (b. 1911)
2005 Freeman V. Horner, American army officer (b. 1922)
2005 Gust Avrakotos, American intelligence case officer (CIA) (b. 1938)
2005 Mary Hayley Bell, English actress and playwright (b. 1911)
2006 Bruce Trigger, Canadian archaeologist (McGill University) (b. 1937)
2006 Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
2007 Anton Rodgers, English actor and director (b. 1933)
2008 Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader, member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1917)
2008 Mikel Laboa, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
2008 Paul Benedict, American actor (b. 1938)
2009 Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan tenor and actor (b. 1920)
2010 Adriaan Blaauw, Dutch astronomer (b. 1914)
2010 Hillard Elkins, American theatre and film producer (b. 1929)
2011 Christa Wolf, German author (b. 1929)
2012 Arthur Chaskalson, South African judge (b. 1931)
2012 Bhim Bahadur Tamang, Nepali politician (b. 1933)
2012 Edgar Price, American politician (b. 1918)
2012 Gerard Parker, American tribal leader (b. 1936)
2012 James R. Whelan, American journalist (b. 1933)
2012 Jovan Belcher, American football player, NFL linebacker, Murderer, commits suicide by gunshot (b. 1987)
2012 Mitchell Cole, English footballer (b. 1985)
2012 Phil Taylor, English footballer (b. 1917)
2012 Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter, and producer (b. 1949)
2012 Rick Majerus, American basketball coach (b. 1948)
2012 Steve Fox, English footballer (b. 1958)
2012 Yoshinori Watanabe, Japanese mobster (b. 1941)
2013 Richard Coughlan, English drummer

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