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771 Austrasian King Carloman joint King of the Franks, dies, leaving his older brother Charlemagne, sole ruler of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
1110 Syria harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders (First Crusade)
1197 Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
1259 Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
1489 Battle of Baza-Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
1534 Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad
1563 The final session of the Council of Trent is held after 18 years (it opened on December 13, 1545).
1619 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas).
1644 1st European peace congress opens in Munster
1655 Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue
1665 Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand," premieres in Paris
1674 Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
1676 Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
1680 Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
1682 1st General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
1688 General strategist John Churchill joins with Willem III
1691 Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
1691 Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of S Netherlands
1745 Charles Edward Stewart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the second Jacobite Rising.
1783 At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.
1791 The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published in England.
1798 Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
1812 Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pa patents a horse-drawn mower
1816 James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
1829 In the face of fierce local opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abet "suttee" (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre) in India are guilty of culpable homicide.
1832 French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp
1833 American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila
1836 Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa
1843 Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented, Mass
1843 Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri," premieres in Leipzig
1844 James K Polk elected 11th president of USA
1851 Pres Louis Napolean Boaparte forces crush a coup d'etat in France
1863 Storm flood ravages Nethe coastal provinces
1864 Sherman's March to the Sea At Waynesboro (Brier Creek), Georgia in the American Civil War, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia.
1864 Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
1867 Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
1872 The crewless American ship  Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged).
1875 Notorious New York City politician William Marcy "Boss" Tweed escapes from prison (NYC-Tammany Hall) and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
1881 The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1889 Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
1893 A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland in the First Matabele War.
1899 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
1899 Webb Hayes son of pres Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
1901 Anne Russell's "Girl & the judge," premieres in NYC
1905 British government of Balfour resigns
1906 Alpha Phi Alpha, 1st Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
1908 Haiti's president-General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
1909 1st Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26–6.
1909 The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
1914 Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
1915 F F Fletcher is 1st admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
1915 Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Ga
1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition opens
1918 U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I Versailles Peace Conference in France, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
1920 First Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
1920 8th CFL Grey Cup, U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
1921 The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
1922 Lucille Atcherson, becomes 1st woman legation sect-US foreign service
1923 Cecil B DeMille's 1st version of "Ten Commandments" premieres
1923 WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
1926 14th CFL Grey Cup, Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7
1927 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow
1927 Duke Ellington opens at Cotton Club in Harlem
1927 Pirates Paul Waner wins NL MVP
1928 Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee," premieres in NYC
1930 French government of Tardieu falls
1930 Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
1931 "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
1933 FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1933 Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road," premieres in NYC
1935 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Phila) enroll in anticommunism class
1937 The first issue of the children's comic, The Dandy Comic, is published, one of the first to use speech balloons.
1939 HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast in World War II and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
1941 Nazi ordinances places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
1942 First US citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)
1942 FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
1942 In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Filipowicz set up the Żegota organization.
1942 US bombers struck Italian mainland for 1st time in WW II
1942 Works Progress Administration liquidated
1942 Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends, World War II.
1943 2nd conference of Cairo, FDR, Churchill & Turkish pres Inonu
1943 Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes
1943 In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile, World War II.
1943 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of World War II wartime employment in the United States.
1944 Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
1945 11th Heisman Trophy Award, Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)
1945 By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN is established on October 24, 1945).
1947 USSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union
1948 "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances
1948 SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China, sinks killing 2,750 die
1949 Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
1951 Copland & Robbins' "Pied Piper," premieres in NYC
1951 Mir Waiz Maulvi Muhammad Yusouf is appointed President of Azad Kashmir Government.
1951 Superheated gases roll down Mount Catarman (Philippines), kills 500
1952 Killer fogs begin in London England, "Smog" becomes a word
1952 Walter P Reuther chosen chairman of CIO
1954 "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs
1954 "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
1954 The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, United States
1955 Mgr Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1956 22nd Heisman Trophy Award, Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)
1956 The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studios for the first and last time.
1957 1st edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published
1957 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's England)
1958 Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within Fr Community
1958 Finnish government of Fagerholm, resigns
1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days
1961 Smallest NY Knick, 49th St Madison Square Garden crowd (1,300) due to a snowstorm.
1961 Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN
1961 WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 Aldo Moro forms Italian government
1963 Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council
1964 Baseball approves a free-agent draft
1964 Beatles release "Beatles For Sale" album
1964 Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
1964 Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
1965 "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 perfs
1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die
1965 2nd NY Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
1965 Gemini 7 (Borman & Lovell) launched
1965 SF Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000
1966 KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational
1967 US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War.
1969 Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
1970 Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
1971 "The Troubles", The Ulster Volunteer Force bombs a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, killing 15 civilians and wounding 17. It was the city's highest death toll from a single incident during the conflict.
1971 The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
1971 The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
1971 The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
1973 Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter
1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
1974 Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison
1975 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
1975 Suriname joins the United Nations.
1977 Hollis Stacy/Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
1977 Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
1977 Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
1977 NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
1977 Neil Simon's "Chapter Two," premieres in NYC
1978 Dianne Feinstein is named SF 1st female mayor
1978 Dutch War criminal Pieter Menten freed
1978 Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California's first female mayor (she served until January 8, 1988).
1978 Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
1978 War criminal Pieter Menten freed
1979 Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 7, Bingo Smith
1979 The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
1980 2 months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin breaks up
1980 English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25th.
1980 Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
1981 "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
1981 According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa
1981 Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
1981 South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
1982 48th Heisman Trophy Award, Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
1982 Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
1982 The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
1983 "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
1983 "Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
1983 David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in NYC
1983 NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
1983 US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
1984 Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
1984 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner
1985 "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
1985 French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
1985 President Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser
1986 NASA launches Fltsatcom-7
1986 Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound," premieres in NYC
1987 Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51)
1988 Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
1988 Amy Benz & John Huston wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1988 Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers
1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC
1990 Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
1991 Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
1991 Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
1991 Judds final concert (Nashville)
1991 Muslim Shites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)
1991 Pan American World Airways goes bankrupt and ceased operations
1991 Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
1992 President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa during the Somali Civil War.
1993 A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
1993 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
1993 Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
1994 "Angels in America-Millennium Approach" closes at Kerr after 367 perfs
1994 "Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 perfs
1994 83rd Davis Cup, Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
1994 Marta Figueras-Dottie & Brad Bryant win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1995 Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test
1996 7th Billboard Music Awards
1996 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
1996 Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57
1997 "Diary of Anne Frank," opens at Music Box Theater NYC
1997 NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach
1998 The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
2005 Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
2006 An adult giant squid is caught on video by Kubodera for the first time by Tsunemi Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo.
2006 Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana, US. The subsequent court case becomes a cause célèbre.
2012 29 people are killed by a mortar attack in Bteeha, Syria
2012 Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines killing at least 81 people
2013 Xavier Bettel becomes Luxenberg's first openly gay Prime Minister
2014 The United Nations warns that the world is on course for the warmest year since records began
2014 Ukraine and Pro-Russian rebels agree to cease fire in the eastern war zone, beginning December 9
2014 US authorities promise a "fair" investigation into the death of Eric Garner, a black man, after a white police officer held him in a choke-hold faces no charges
2015 Floods in Chennai and Tamil Nadu state, India start receding after a month of heavy rainfall, leaving more 260 dead and thousands stranded

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1555 Heinrich Meibom, German poet and historian (d. 1625)
1580 Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)
1584 John Cotton, English-American minister (Massachusets Bay colony) (d. 1652)
1595 Jean Chapelain, French poet (d. 1674)
1646 Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, French field marshal (d. 1730)
1647 Daniel Eberlin, German composer and conductor (d. ca. 1715)
1660 André Campra, French composer and conductor (d. 1744)
1667 Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer (d. 1737)
1670 John Aislabie, English politician (d. 1742)
1708 Marianus Konigsperger, composer
1711 Barbara of Portugal, Queen of Spain (d. 1758)
1713 Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and playwright (d. 1786)
1720 Jean-Jacques Robson, composer
1777 Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman, socialite (d. 1849)
1786 John LA Luyten, Catholic Member of Dutch 2nd parliament
1791 Johann Gottlob Topfer, composer
1795 Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, historian (French Revolution) (d. 1881)
1798 Jules Armand Dufaure, French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1881)
1800 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician, poet (Ritornellen)
1803 Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner (Red Z Lane)
1808 Ernest Panckoucke, French publisher (Horatius)
1812 Elias Smith Dennis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) (d. 1894)
1817 Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet (d. 1845)
1818 William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army)
1822 Frances Crabbe, English feminist founder (Anti-Vivisection Society)
1825 Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer
1835 Samuel Butler, English author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh) (d. 1902)
1838 Melesio Morales, composer
1840 Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)
1844 Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
1852 Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (d. 1934)
1858 Billy Gunn, English cricketer
1861 Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)
1861 Lillian Russell (Helen Leonard), American singer and actress (Great Mogul) (d. 1922)
1865 Edith Louisa Cavell, English nurse (WW I)
1866 Vassily V Kandinsky, Russian abstract painter (Dreamy Inspiration)
1868 Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)
1868 Richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist, painter
1874 Jean H L Bossard, actor, impresario (Merchant of Venice)
1875 Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
1875 Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (Duino Elegies) (d. 1926)
1876 Dimitur Poljanov (Popov), Bulgarian poet (Iron Poems)
1878 Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1918)
1879 Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer
1880 Tom Taylor, Canadian soccer player (d. 1945)
1881 Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot) (d. 1944)
1883 Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969)
1886 Jan Thomée, Dutch football player (d. 1954)
1888 Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, King of Yugoslavia (1921-34)
1889 Buck Jones (Charles F Gebhart), American actor (War Horse)
1889 Isabel Randolph, American actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)
1889 Lloyd Bacon, American actor and director (d. 1955)
1892 Francisco Franco, Spanish general and politician, Spanish dictator (1936-75), Caudillo (d. 1975)
1892 Liu Bocheng, Chinese army officer (d. 1986)
1895 Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990)
1895 Nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)
1896 Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]
1897 Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)
1899 Charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953)
1899 Douwe Hermans Kiestra (Harm Harmstra), Frisian farmer, writer
1899 (Charlie Spencer) English footballer and manager (d. 1953)
1903 Alfred Leslie Rowse, historian
1903 Anna van der Vegt, Dutch gymnast (d. 1983)
1903 Cornell Woolrich, American author (El Angel Negro) (d. 1968)
1905 Emilio Médici, president Brazil (1969-74)
1907 Jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)
1908 Alfred D Hershey, American bacteriologist (Nobel Prize laureate 1969) (d. 1997)
1909 Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)
1910 Alex North, American composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata) (d. 1991)
1910 Amar Singh, Indian cricketer
1910 Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (1987-92) (d. 2009)
1912 Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish-British actor (Family Stastok)
1912 Jack Walsh, Australian cricket bowler
1912 Jimmy Jewel, comedian
1912 John W Pritchard (Ian Wallace), American sci-fi author (Megalomania)
1912 Pappy Boyington, American pilot, Medal of Honor, recipient (d. 1988)
1913 Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1978)
1914 Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
1914 Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
1915 Allan Jackson, American newscaster (Youth Takes a Stand)
1915 Eddie Heywood, American pianist (d. 1989)
1915 Fred Freer, Australian cricketer
1916 Ely Jacques Kahn Jr., American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1917 Movita Castaneda, American actress
1918 Albert Francis Capone, American son of Al Capone (d. 2004)
1919 I. K. Gujral, Indian politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (d. 2012)
1920 Michael Bates, Indian actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton)
1920 Neville Thiele, Australian engineer (d. 2012)
1921 Deanna Durbin, Canadian-American actress and singer (100 Men & a Girl)
1922 Gérard Philipe, French actor (Caligula, Le Diable au Corps) (d. 1959)
1923 Charles Keating, American lawyer and businessman, district attorney (LA California)
1924 John C. Portman Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square (Ivan Allen Award-1964)
1925 Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist
1925 Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
1925 Maurice Binder, American photographer/film titler (James Bond)
1926 Lee Doraey, rocker
1927 William Labov, American linguist
1928 Dena Dietrich, American actress
1928 Russell L Rogers, USAF astronaut (X-20)
1930 Harvey Kuenn, baseball player (AL Rookie of the Year-1953)
1930 Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist and composer
1930 Paul-Heinz Dittrich, composer
1930 Roman Semyonovich Ledenyou, composer
1930 Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor, comedian (2 Ronnies)
1931 Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player
1931 Wally George, American talk show host (d. 2003)
1932 Edgar Valcarcel, composer
1932 Joanne Battiste, artist (heroines)
1932 Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (1988-93)
1933 Horst Buchholz, German actor (Magnificent 7, Raid on Entebbe) (d. 2003)
1934 Victor French, American actor (Highway to Heaven) (d. 1989)
1934 Wink Martindale, American game show host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This)
1935 Fred Rumsey, English cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65)
1935 Paul O'Neill, American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury
1935 Robert Vesco, American financier and fugitive (d. 2007)
1936 Derek Nally, Irish politician
1936 Larry Davis, blues singer/guitarist
1937 Max Baer Jr., American actor (Jethro-Beverly Hillbillies), director, and producer, son of Heavyweight boxing champion.
1938 Andre Marrou, American politician, Libertarian Presidential candidate (1992)
1938 Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Miep Gies-Anne Frank)
1938 Lynn Blessing, vibes Player
1938 Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano
1940 Freddy Cannon (Picariello), American singer (Palisades Park)
1940 Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
1940 Gerd Achterberg, German football manager
1941 Humberto Solas, director, writer (Lucia)
1941 Raul Blanco, Australian soccer asst coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1942 Bob Mosley, American bassist (Moby Grape)
1942 Gemma Jones, English actress (Bridget Jones's Diary)
1943 Patti Chandler, California, actress (Bikini Beach)
1944 Anna McGarrigle, Canadian singer-songwriter (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Mountain City Four)
1944 Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds, The Hillmen, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Manassas)
1944 Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, drummer, vocalist, and producer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1983)
1944 François Migault, French race car driver (d. 2012)
1945 Michael Gerzon, mathematician
1945 Pam Higgins, LPGA golfer
1945 Roberta Bondar, Canadian astronaut
1946 Geert Mak, Dutch journalist and author
1947 Terry Woods, Irish guitarist (The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, The Bucks, Dr. Strangely Strange)
1947 Ursula Krechel, writer
1948 Lin Onus, artist
1948 Roberta Lynn Bondar, Ontario, astronaut (STS 42)
1948 Southside Johnny Lyon, American singer-songwriter (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes)
1949 Jeff Bridges, American actor (Big Lebowski, Against All Odds), singer, and producer
1949 Mary Bea Porter-King, American LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic)
1949 Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-American actress (Superman 3, Sat Night Live) and psychologist
1949 Russ Karel, director
1950 Jan Rietman, Dutch radio/TV host
1950 Karel van de Graf, Dutch TV host
1951 Gary Rossington, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington-Collins Band, and The Rossington Band)
1951 Patricia Wettig, American actress (Nancy Weston-30 Something, City Slickers)
1952 Ronald Michael Sega, Cleve Ohio, PhD/Astronaut (STS 60, 76)
1953 Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player
1954 Tony Todd, American actor (The Man from Earth) and producer
1955 Brian Prout, Troy NY, singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle)
1955 Cassandra Wilson, American singer-songwriter, jazz singer, and producer
1955 Dave Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player
1956 Bernard King, American basketball player (NY Knicks, NJ Nets)
1956 Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgarian 82.5 kg weightlifer (Olympics-silver-1976)
1956 Herbert Groenemeyer, German rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge)
1957 Eric S. Raymond, American computer programmer and author, open source advocate
1957 Lee Smith, Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1957 Raul Boesel, Brazilian Indy-car racer (CART)
1958 Bill Roy, American skeet (Olympics-1996)
1959 Christa Rothenburger, German speed skater and cyclist
1959 Paul McGrath, Irish footballer
1959 Susan W. Krebs, American politician
1960 David Green, American baseball player
1960 Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete
1961 Frank Reich, American football player, NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers)
1961 Naomi Robson, American-Australian journalist
1962 Arnold Scholten, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1962 John Gaasbeek, soccer player (FC Twente/NAC)
1962 Julie Lemieux, Canadian voice actress
1962 Kevin Richardson, English footballer
1962 Stan Gelbaugh, NFL quarterback (Seattle Seahawks)
1963 Johanna Wright, Raleigh NC, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo Beach-4th)
1963 Mike Snoei, soccer player (Sparta)
1963 Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter (Olympics-gold-88, 92)
1964 Bill Peterson, American WLAF general mgr (Amsterdam Admirals)
1964 Chelsea Noble, American actress (Left Behind)
1964 Jonathan Goldstein, American actor
1964 Marisa Tomei, American actress (My Cousin Vinny, The Wrestler)
1964 Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player
1964 Sertab Erener, Turkish singer-songwriter
1965 Rob Smits, pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm)
1965 Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish director (The Day of the Beast), screenwriter, and producer
1966 Chris Shepherd, English film director
1966 Fred Armisen, American actor (SNL, Portlandia) and comedian
1966 Masta Ace, American rapper (eMC and Juice Crew)
1966 Suzanne Malveaux, American journalist, television news reporter
1967 Klaus Wilmsmeyer, NFL punter (NO Saints)
1967 Martha O'Kelley, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1968 Mike Barrowman, American swimmer, 200m breast stroke (Oly-g-92, 96)
1969 Ferric Collons, NFL defensive end (New England Patriots)
1969 Jacques Landry, Saskatoon Saskatchawan, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1969 Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records
1969 Marie-Josee Morneau, Canadian 56 kg judoka (Olympics-96)
1969 Mik Middleton, WLAF safety (Barcelona Dragons)
1969 Plum Sykes, English-American author
1969 Terry Glenn, wide reciever (New England Patriots)
1970 Jeff Blake, NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
1970 John L. Adams, American actor
1970 Kevin Sussman, American actor (A.I. Artificial Intelligence)
1970 Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
1971 Shannon Briggs, American boxer
1971 Terrence Wisdom, NFL & WLAF guard/center (NY Jets, London Monarchs)
1972 Damien Covington, NFL linebacker (Buffalo Bills)
1972 Howard Eisley, NBA guard (Utah Jazz)
1972 Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
1972 Jude St John, CFL offensive linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1972 Kerry Anne Guse, Austalian tennis star (1996 final Hobart)
1972 Nikki Tyler, American porn actress and model
1972 Ted Johnson, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
1973 Atsushi Tamura, Japanese actor, and singer (jealkb)
1973 Corliss Williamson, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1973 Ferry Corsten, Dutch DJ and producer (Gouryella)
1973 Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player (The Gathering)
1973 Kate Rusby, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Poozies)
1973 Keith Caputo, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Life Of Agony)
1973 Racci Shay, American drummer (Murderdolls, Synical, Dope, and Genitorturers)
1973 Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league footballer
1973 Tyra Banks, American model and actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
1974 Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star (1996 finalist Australian)
1974 Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
1976 Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997)
1976 John Lee, American dance skater (& Julia Bikbova)
1976 Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
1977 Big Pokey, American rapper (Screwed Up Click)
1977 Emily Ballard, Miss Washington Teen USA (1996)
1977 Morten Veland, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Sirenia, Tristania, and Mortemia)
1977 Shahid Nazir, Pakistani cricketer
1978 Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress
1978 Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
1979 Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
1979 Ysabella Brave, American singer
1980 Sean Riggs, Actor (Stomp the Yard)
1981 Courtney Cummz, American porn actress
1981 Lila McCann, American singer
1982 Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese race car driver
1982 Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer
1983 Jimmy Bartel, Australian footballer
1984 Brooke Adams, American wrestler and model
1984 Joe Thomas, American football player
1984 Lauren London, American actress
1984 Lindsay Felton, American actress
1984 Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer
1985 Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
1985 Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
1986 Martell Webster, American basketball player
1987 Dree Hemingway, Actress (Starlet)
1987 Orlando Brown, American actor (Major Payne) and rapper
1988 Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer
1989 Nafessa Williams, Actress (Streets)
1990 Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer
1991 Aiden Grimshaw, Singer (featured on the show 'The X Factor')
1992 Cole Petersen, Actor (Sex Drive)
1992 Guan Xueting, Chinese ice dancer
1992 Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
1992 Līna Mūze, Latvian javelin thrower
1993 Sam Rosbottom, Actor (Drop Dead Gorgeous)
1995 Liam Connery, Singer (The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts)
1997 Caleb Freundlich, Actor (Trust the Man)
1998 Olawoyin Olufemi, Nigerian Musician
1999 Nathan Morrow, Reality TV Star (Keeping Up with the Kardashians)
2000 Diego Turturro, Actor (Romance & Cigarettes)
2003 Lauren Boles, Actress (The Substitute)

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749 John of Damascus, Syrian monk, priest, and saint (b. 676)
765 Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)
771 Carloman I, Italian king (b. 751)
811 Charles The Younger, King the of Franks, son of the Emperor Charlemagne
1075 Anno II, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 1010)
1123 Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
1137 Lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37)
1182 Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82)
1214 William the Lion, Scottish king (b. 1143)
1270 Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre (b. 1238)
1334 Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
1340 Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
1371 Reinald III, the Fat Duke, duke of Gelre (1343-61)
1371 Stefanus X Uros V, king of Serbia (1355-71)
1459 Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)
1514 Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide
1576 Rheticus, Austrian mathematician (b. 1514)
1585 John Willock, Scottish reformer (b. 1515)
1603 Maarten de Vos, Flemish painter
1609 Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560)
1642 Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon
1642 Cardinal Richelieu, French clergyman and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the French King (b. 1585)
1649 Outgert Arisz Akersloot, Dutch silversmith
1649 William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)
1676 Johann Georg Ebeling, composer
1679 Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)
1680 Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
1696 Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624)
1732 John Gay, English poet (Beggar's Opera) and playwright (b. 1685)
1798 Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomy, physicist (b. 1737)
1807 Prince Hall, activist, Masonic leader, dies in Boston
1828 Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
1836 Daniel Read, composer
1841 David Daniel Davis, Welsh physician (b. 1777)
1850 William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
1884 Alice Mary Smith, composer
1890 Willem III, Dutch king
1893 Allan Wilson, British-Rhodesian Major, dies in battle against the Ndebeles during First Matabele War
1893 John Tyndall, Irish physicist (b. 1820)
1897 Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
1902 Charles Dow, American journalist (Dow Jones & Company Wall Street Journal) (b. 1851)
1909 Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter, graphic artist (Elle)
1915 Gustav Hollaender, composer
1926 Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861)
1932 Gustav Meyrink, writer
1933 Stefan George, German poet (Das neue Reich) (b. 1868)
1935 Charles Richet, French physiologist (Nobel Prize laureate) (b. 1850)
1935 Hylton Philipson, English cricketer
1935 Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (b. 1864)
1938 Dina Appeldoorn, Dutch pianist, composer
1938 Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
1943 Carlo Mierendorff, German politician/antifascist
1944 Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879)
1945 Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist (Nobel Prize laureate) (b. 1866)
1948 Frank Benford, American engineer and physicist (b. 1883)
1948 Karl Bonhoeffer, German psychiatrist, neurologist
1952 Karen Horney, German-American neo freudian psycho analyst
1953 Daniel Gregory Mason, composer
1954 Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj
1955 József Galamb, Hungarian engineer (b. 1881)
1956 Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891)
1959 Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident
1967 Bert Lahr (Irving Lahrheim), American actor, comic (Wizard of Oz) (b. 1895)
1969 Alceo Toni, composer
1969 Fred Hampton, American activist, Black-Panther leader, murdered (b. 1948)
1971 Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese-American spiritual teacher, founder (SF Zen Center) (b. 1904)
1973 Michael O'Shea, actor (Smart Woman)
1974 Lee Kinsolving, actor (Explosive Generation)
1975 Hannah Arendt, German-American theorist, sociologist (b. 1906)
1976 Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera) (b. 1913)
1976 Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (Zephyr, James Gang, and Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose (b. 1951)
1976 W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
1977 Leila Hyams, actress (Red Headed Woman, Freaks)
1978 Samuel Abraham Goldsmith, Dutch-American phycists
1979 Robert Karnes, actor (Max-The Lawless Years)
1980 Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
1980 Stella Walsh-S-Walasiewicz, Polish-American sprinter (Olympic-gold-1932), shot (b. 1911)
1983 Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays)
1984 Jack Mercer, American animator and voice actor (b. 1910)
1984 John Rock, US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil
1985 Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist
1986 Reuben Nakian, US sculptor
1987 Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American director (Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde) (b. 1897)
1988 Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899)
1990 Edward Binns, American actor (12 Angry One)
1992 Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
1993 Frank Sturgis, watergate burglar
1993 Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Mothers of Invention) (b. 1940)
1993 Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist
1993 Margaret Landon, American author (Anna & the King of Siam) (b. 1903)
1994 Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer
1994 Jakob Kaplan, French head rabbi (1955-81)
1994 Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Peruvian playwright
1994 Robert Jesse Charleston, museum curator
1994 Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator
1995 Adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham & Diane Zamora
1995 Itzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel (1968-73), assassinated
1995 Lionel Giroux, Canadian wrestler (b. 1935)
1996 Basil Nield, judge, politician
1996 Muriel Monkhouse, Red Cross worker
1997 David Abell Wood, priest
1997 Richard Vernon, English actor (Gandhi, Hard Days Night) (b. 1925)
1999 Rose Bird, American judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
2003 Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
2004 Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
2004 Teo Peter, Romanian bass player (b. 1954)
2005 Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
2005 Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (b. 1922)
2005 Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
2006 James Kim, American television host and blogger (b. 1971)
2006 Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier (b. 1987)
2007 Chip Reese, American poker player (b. 1951)
2007 Norval Morrisseau, Canadian painter (b. 1932)
2007 Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (b. 1973)
2009 Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
2009 Liam Clancy, Irish singer, guitarist, and actor (The Clancy Brothers) (b. 1935)
2009 Umaga, Samoan-American wrestler (b. 1973)
2011 Hubert Sumlin, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
2011 Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (b. 1954)
2012 Anthony Deane-Drummond, English army officer (b. 1917)
2012 Besse Cooper, American super-centenarian (b. 1896)
2012 Carroll E. Lanier, American politician (b. 1926)
2012 Eamon Kelly, Irish criminal (b. 1947)
2012 Grady Allen, American football player (b. 1946)
2012 Hilmar Moore, American politician (b. 1920)
2012 Jack Brooks, American politician (b. 1922)
2012 John Ward, American football player (b. 1948)
2012 Jonathan Harvey, English composer (b. 1939)
2012 Ken Trickey, American basketball coach (b. 1933)
2012 Larry Lawrence, American football player (b. 1949)
2012 Michael Till, English priest (b. 1935)
2012 Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer (b. 1971)
2012 Miroslav Kluc, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1922)
2012 Paul Marcotte, American politician (b. 1928)
2012 Peter Kiesewetter, German composer (b. 1945)
2012 Tony Sweeney, Irish journalist (b. 1931)
2012 Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet (b. 1932)
2015 Robert Loggia, American actor (Officer and a Gentleman, Scarface)

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