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(63 BC) Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations.
663 Fourth Council of Toledo takes place.
771 Charlemagne becomes the sole King of the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman.
1082 Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona is assassinated.
1301 Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee)
1349 500 Jews of Nuremberg massacre during Black Death riots
1360 The French Franc is created.
1408 Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reaches Moscow.
1448 Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
1456 Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die
1484 Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and James Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany and leads to one of the most oppressive witch hunts in European history.
1492 Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).
1496 King Manuel I of Portugal issues a decree of expulsion of "heretics" (Jews) from the country.
1590 Niccolo Sfondrati chosen Pope Gregory XIV
1602 Giulio Caccini's "Euridice," premieres in Florence
1741 Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers
1746 Revolt in Genoa against the Spanish rule.
1757 Battle of Leuthen of the Seven Years' War, Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
1766 In London, auctioneer James Christie holds his first sale.
1775 At Fort Ticonderoga, Henry Knox begins his historic transport of artillery to Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1776 1st US fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa (William & Mary College), forms
1792 George Washington re-elected US pres
1798 Government troops occupy Hasselt
1804 Thomas Jefferson re-elected US pres/George Clinton vice-pres
1813 Lubeck surrenders to allied armies
1815 Foundation of Maceió in Brazil.
1830 Hector Berlioz' "Symphonique fantastique," premieres in Paris
1831 Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.
1832 Andrew Jackson re-elected president of US
1837 Hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres
1837 Uprising under William Lyon Mackenzie in Canada
1846 C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive
1847 Jefferson Davis is elected to the US senate, his first political post.
1848 In a message before the U.S. Congress, US President James K. Polk confirms that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California sparking the California Gold Rush of '49.
1854 Aaron Allen of Boston patents folding theater chair
1859 Dion Boucicault's "Octaroon," premieres in NYC
1862 Battle of Coffeeville, MS
1865 Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
1868 1st American bicycle college opens (NY)
1876 Daniel Stillson (Mass) patents 1st practical pipe wrench
1876 Fire at Brooklyn Theater in Brooklyn, NY kills 295, trampled or burned to death
1879 First automatic telephone switching system patented
1881 47th Congress (1881-83) convenes
1887 Stanley's expedition reaches plateau at Lake Albert Congo
1890 Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens," premieres in Karlsruhe
1892 Anti-semite Hermann Ahlwardt elected to Germany's Reichstag
1892 Sir John Thompson becomes the fourth Prime Minister of Canada.
1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1894 Georges Feydeaus' "L'hôtel du libre échange," premieres in Paris
1896 Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer," premieres in Leipzig
1905 Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes UK PM
1906 British government-Balfour resigns
1908 1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
1914 6th CFL Grey Cup, Toronto Argonauts defeats U of Toronto, 14-2
1914 The Italian Parliament proclaims the neutrality of the country.
1918 Oil refinery on Curacao opens
1920 Dimitrios Rallis forms a government in Greece.
1920 Pro football playoff game Akron & Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
1924 Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Tor Maple Leafs 10-5
1925 13th CFL Grey Cup, Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1
1925 German government of Luther falls
1926 Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts
1928 England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
1928 MW Miklas elected president of Austria
1929 1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC)
1931 CFL Grey Cup, Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal
1932 German physicist Albert Einstein is granted a visa to enter America
1933 21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST)
1933 Prohibition in the United States ends, Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States).
1934 Abyssinia Crisis, Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Abyssinia, taking four days to capture the city.
1935 1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello California)
1935 National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)
1936 24th CFL Grey Cup, Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20
1936 The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR. Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union
1941 Football Writers Association of America organized
1941 Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street," premieres in NYC
1941 Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army
1941 Sister Elizabeth Kenny new treatment for infantile paralysis approved
1941 US aircraft carrier Lexington & 5 heavy cruisers leave Pearl Harbor
1941 Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania in World War II.
1941 In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launches a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army, with the biggest offensive launched against Army Group Centre in World War II.
1942 CFL Grey Cup, Tor beats Win RCAF, 8 -5 at Toronto
1942 Seyss-Inquart orders students in nazi-Germany to go work
1942 West Indies chocolate, coffee drop above Netherlands
1943 NFL Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburg Steeler merger disolves
1943 U.S. Army Air Force begins attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow during World War II.
1944 German troops rob all the silver coin in Utrecht
1945 "Lost Squadron" Flight 19 crashes east of Florida (Bermuda Triangle)
1945 Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl
1946 President Harry Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Exec Order #9808
1947 Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1948 NY Giant Charley Conerly sets NFL record of 36 pass completions
1949 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1950 Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
1951 "Dragnet" premieres
1952 Great Smog of 1952: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow.
1954 KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 AFL & CIO merge, with George Meany as president
1955 E.D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1955 Historic bus boycott begins in Montgomery Alabama by Rosa Parks
1955 The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL-CIO.
1956 Thornton Wilder's "Matchmaker," premieres in NYC
1957 NYC is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law)
1957 Sukarno expels all Dutch people from Indonesia.
1957 William Inge's "Dark at the Top of the Stairs," premieres in NYC
1958 Phillies drop plans for NY sportcast as Yankees threat to do same in Philadelphia
1958 Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
1958 The Preston bypass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.
1958 WTOL TV channel 11 in Toledo, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
1959 Intikhab Alam bowls Colin McDonald with 1st ball in Tests
1960 Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium
1964 For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the Vietnam War.
1966 "I Do! I Do!" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 561 performances
1967 Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens
1967 Benjamin Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war
1968 Rolling Stones release "Beggar's Banquet" LP
1969 The four node ARPANET network is established
1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1970 LA Rams Willie Ellison sets NFL record of 247 yards rushing
1970 Premiere of Dario Fo's Morte accidentale di un anarchico.
1970 Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy & Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame
1971 KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
1972 38th Heisman Trophy Award, Johnny Rodgers, Nebraska (FL)
1972 Australia Labour party wins parliamentary election
1972 Joseph A Walkers "River Niger," premieres in NYC
1973 Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade
1973 Dodgers trade Willie Davis to Expos for relief pitcher Mike Marshall
1973 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" album
1974 "Monty Python's Flying Circus" last shown on BBC
1974 1st Washington Capitals penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres
1974 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida
1974 Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)
1974 Monty Python's final episode airs on BBC
1974 NFL's Seattle Seahawks forms
1974 Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
1974 Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Wash Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot
1975 "Me & Bessie" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances
1975 NASA launches space vehicle S-196, it failed
1976 Buffalo Bill OJ Simpson rushes for 203 yards
1976 The United Nations General Assembly adopts Pakistan's resolution on security of non-Nuclear States.
1977 Egypt breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move is in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt.
1978 EG decides establishes EMS, European Monetary System
1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies, becomes highest paid baseball player.
1978 Islanders took 28 shots in 1 period vs Penguins Penguins' Ross Lonsberry failed on 7th penalty shot against Islanders
1978 Pioneer Venus 1 begins orbiting Venus
1978 Sam Shepard's "Buried Child," premieres in NYC
1978 The Soviet Union signs a "friendship treaty" with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
1979 Ireland premier Jack Lynch resigns
1979 Sonia Johnson is formally excommunicated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for her outspoken criticism of the church concerning the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
1980 Bank of Canada's Canadian Currency Museum opens
1981 47th Heisman Trophy Award, Marcus Allen, Southern Cal (RB)
1981 56th Australian Women Tennis, Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75)
1981 France performs nuclear test
1982 Cleveland Browns' Brian Sipe sets club record with 33 pass completions
1982 Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy
1982 Ingrid Berghmans (Netherlands) retains judo's world championship
1982 Mel Gray ends NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
1982 Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Cen Am refugees
1982 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
1983 Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
1983 ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
1983 LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
1984 A's trade Rickey Henderson to Yankees for Jay Howell & Jose Rijo
1984 French colonies killed 10 Kanaken in New Caledonia
1984 Yankees trade catcher Rick Cerone to Braves for pitcher Brian Fisher
1985 Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time
1985 Great Britain performs nuclear test
1985 Sam Shepard's "Lie of the Mind," premieres in NYC
1987 53rd Heisman Trophy Award, Tim Brown, Notre Dame (WR)
1987 David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane
1987 Schonbrunn skates world record 3 km ladies (4:16.76)
1988 NC fed grand jury indict PTL founder Jim Bakker on fraud & conspiracy
1988 Shuttle Atlantis launches world's 1st nuclear-war-fighting satellite
1989 France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
1990 Blue Jays trade F McGriff & T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar & J Carter
1990 Former Noriega aide Luis del Cid pleads guilty
1990 Salman Rushdie, author, ordered to death by Iran for blasphemy, appears in public for 1st time in 2 years
1991 "Catskills on Broadway" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 452 perfs
1991 Charles Keating Jr (Lincoln Savings & Loan fraud), found guilty
1991 NY Daily News files for protection under chapter 11
1993 "Timon of Athens" closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 37 performances
1993 82nd Davis Cup, Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1)
1993 Astronauts begin repair of Hubble telescope in space
1993 Melissa Mcnamara & Mike Sopringer wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1993 Rafael Caldera elected president of Venezuela
1993 The mayor of Wien (Vienna), Helmut Zilk, is wounded by a letter bomb.
1995 The Sri Lankan government announces the conquest of Tamil stronghold of Jaffna.
1996 "Dreams & Nightmares," opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1996 Players union approves new collective bargaining agreement
1996 Portland's Jermaine O'Neal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player
1997 1st Game at Wash Capitals' MCI Center vs Fla Panthers
1997 STS 87 (Columbia 24) lands
2004 The Civil Partnership Act comes into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership is registered there.
2005 The Lake Tanganyika earthquake causes significant damage, mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2006 Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrows the government in Fiji
2007 Westroads Mall massacre: A gunman opens fire with a semi-automatic rifle at an Omaha, Nebraska mall, killing eight people before taking his own life.
2008 Human remains previously found in 1991 are finally identified by Russian and American scientists as those of Tsar Nicholas II.
2012 8 people are killed and 12 injured by a magnitude 5.6 earthquake in South Korea
2013 52 people are killed and 167 are injured in a militant attack on a defense ministry compound in Sana'a, Yemen

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1377 Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
1443 Julius II, Albisola, Republic of Genoa, Pope (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael, (d. 1513)
1495 Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian, philologist (d. 1542)
1537 Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)
1539 Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)
1545 Janus Dousa (Johan van de Does), Dutch politician, poet
1547 Ubbo Emmius (van Embden), Dutch-Frisian humanist, historian, and geographer (d. 1625)
1595 Henry Lawes, English musician and composer (d. 1662)
1661 Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, English premier (1710-1714) (d. 1724)
1666 Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, Italian composer (d. 1741)
1687 Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
1697 Carlo Arrigoni, composer
1697 Giuseppe de Majo, Italian organist and composer (d. 1771)
1724 Joseph Friebert, composer
1782 Martin Van Buren, American politician, 8th President of the United States (1837-1841) (d. 1862)
1786 Henry Drummond, English banker/apostole
1803 Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Russian poet (d. 1873)
1820 Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (d. 1892)
1822 Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American academic, co-founder and president (Radcliffe College) (d. 1907)
1824 Titian James Coffey, Atty Gen (Union) (d. 1867)
1826 John Benjamin Sanborn, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers) (d. 1904)
1829 Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (d. 1908)
1830 Christina Rossetti, English poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away) (d. 1894)
1839 George Armstrong Custer, American Major General (Union volunteers) (d. 1876)
1841 Marcus Daly, Irish-American mining tycoon (d. 1900)
1844 John Frederick Bridge, composer
1852 Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer
1855 Clinton Hart Merriam, American ornithologist (d. 1942)
1859 John Jellicoe, English admiral (d. 1935)
1861 Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal, minister of War (1922-24)
1863 Paul P Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, Prime Minister of France (1917, 1925) (d. 1933)
1867 Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist (d. 1925)
1867 Józef Piłsudski, Polish revolutionary and politician, Chief of State of the Second Republic of Poland (d. 1935)
1868 Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (d. 1951)
1869 Ellis Parker Butler, American author (d. 1937)
1870 Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949)
1871 Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (d. 1932)
1872 Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906)
1875 Arthur Currie, Canadian general (d. 1933)
1878 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer
1879 Clyde Vernon Cessna, American aviator and businessman, founder (Cessna Aircraft Corporation) (d. 1954)
1880 Alexander Schmuller, Russian-Dutch violinist, conductor
1881 René Cresté, French actor (d. 1922)
1884 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor, pianist
1885 Dirk H W Filarski, Dutch painter, lithographer (Bergense School)
1886 Pieter J Oud, Dutch lawyer, minister of Finance, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52) (d. 1968)
1886 Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (d. 1968)
1888 Askell Snorrason, composer
1890 David Bomberg, English painter (d. 1957)
1890 Fritz Lang, Austrian-American director, screenwriter, and producer (M, Metropolis) (d. 1976)
1892 Cyril Ring, American actor (Body & Soul)
1892 Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (d. 1973)
1894 Charles Robberts Swart, South African politician, 1st State President of South Africa (d. 1982)
1895 Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician (d. 1969)
1895 Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cellist, pianist, composer
1896 (Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author
1896 Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1896 Willem F M Lampe, Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles
1897 Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli philosopher and historian (d. 1982)
1897 Nunnally Johnson, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1977)
1898 Grace Moore, American soprano (One Night of Love) (d. 1947)
1898 Josh Malihabadi, Indian Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982)
1899 Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck Miller), blues musician
1901 Hanns Jelinek, composer
1901 Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (d. 1980)
1901 Walt(er Elias) Disney, American animator, director, screenwriter, and producer, co-founder (Walt Disney Company) (d. 1966)
1901 Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, discovered uncertainty (Nobel Prize laureate 1932) (d. 1976)
1902 Emeric Pressburger, English screenwriter, director and producer (d. 1988)
1902 (Steve James) Strom Thurmond, American politician, 103rd Governor of South Carolina (Sen-D/R-SC) (d. 2003)
1903 Cecil Frank Powell, English physicist, discovered pion (Nobel Prize laureate 1950) (d. 1969)
1903 Johannes Heesters, Dutch actor and singer (d. 2011)
1905 Gus Mancuso, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1906 Otto Preminger, Austrian director, producer, and actor (Laura, Exodus) (d. 1986)
1907 Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
1907 Lin Biao, Chinese military officer and politician, Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1971)
1909 Musashiyama Takeshi, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1969)
1910 Abraham L Polonsky, American screenwrite, director (Tell them Willie Boy is Here) (d. 1999)
1911 Alfred Manessier, French painter (leaded windows)
1911 Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2000)
1912 Maisie Fitter, editor, conservationist
1912 Sonny Boy Williamson II, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1965)
1914 Hans Hellmut Kirst, German author (d. 1989)
1915 Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer
1915 Margaret Hayes, American actress (Robert Montgomery Presents)
1916 Hilary Koprowski, Polish virologist
1917 Ken Downing, English race car driver (d. 2004)
1917 Simone Gallimard, publisher
1917 Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (d. 2011)
1919 Victor Collin Matthews, businessman
1921 Alvy Moore, American actor (Mr Kimball-Green Acres) (d. 1997)
1921 George Henderson, priest, politician
1921 Peter Hansen, American actor (Mr Parkson-Mr Novak, Gen Hospital)
1923 Tendrjakow, writer
1925 Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle, 73rd President of Nicaragua  (1967-1979) (d. 1980)
1926 George Savalas, American actor (Kojak)
1927 Rama IX (Bhumibol Adulyadej), King of Thailand (1946)
1931 Ladislav Novák, Czech footballer (d. 2011)
1932 Jim Hurtubise, American race car driver (d. 1989)
1932 Little Richard (Wayne Penniman), American singer-songwriter (Tutty Fruity), pianist, and actor
1932 Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1933 Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer, music educator
1934 Joan Didion, American author, journalist (Salvador)
1934 Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and director (d. 2007)
1935 Calvin Trillin, American journalist, author (New Yorker), and poet
1935 Yury Vlasov, Soviet weightlifter
1936 James Lee Burke, American author
1938 J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (d. 1991)
1938 J(ohn) J Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Leathercoated Minds, After Midnight)
1939 Frederik van Rossum, composer
1939 Horst Bastian, writer
1939 Minita Chico-Nazario, Filipino jurist
1940 Adrian Street, Welsh professional wrestler
1940 Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager
1940 Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
1940 Peter Pohl, Swedish author, screenwriter, and director
1941 David Wilson, English contractor, multi-millionaire
1942 Randy Kirby, American actor (Randy-Girl From UNCLE)
1943 Eva Joly, Norwegian-French politician
1944 Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor
1944 Loukas Sideras, Greek drummer and producer (Aphrodite's Child)
1945 J W "Corkey" Fornof, American stunt coordinator (Octopussy)
1945 Jocelyn, Italian entertainer
1945 Moshe Katsav, Israeli politician, 8th President of Israel
1945 Serge Chapleau, Canadian cartoonist
1946 Andy Kim (Andrew Joachim), Canadian singer-songwriter
1946 José Carreras, Spanish opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors)
1946 Sarel van der Merwe, South African race car driver
1947 Bruce Golding, Jamaican politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
1947 Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Buffalo Springfield, Loggins and Messina, and Poco)
1947 Jim Plunkett, American football player, NFL quarterback (New England, Oakland)
1947 Jugderdemidjin Gurragcha, Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39)
1947 Tony Gregory, Irish politician (d. 2009)
1949 Abdullah Senussi, Sudanese-Libyan military officer
1949 Bruce E Melnick, American USCG Commander, astronaut (STS 41, STS 49)
1949 John Altman, English composer and conductor
1949 Lanny (Jerry Lanston) Wadkins Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1972 Sahara)
1949 Lewis Arlt, American actor (Littlest Victims, Ken-Another World)
1949 Ray Comfort, New Zealand evangelist
1950 Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (d. 1992)
1950 James Knaggs, American officer in The Salvation Army
1950 Osvaldo Golijov, Argentinian composer
1951 Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian painter and illustrator
1951 Larry Zbyszko, American wrestler
1951 Morgan Brittany (Suzanne Cupito), American actress (Katherine-Dallas)
1951 Thomas Warren Purtzer, American PGA golfer (1977 Glen Campbell)
1952 Bobby Barth,  vocalist & guitarist (Axe)
1953 Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
1953 Jonathan Lewis, trombonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
1953 Larry Zbyszko (Living Legend, Whistler), wrestler (WCW/AWA/NWA/WWF)
1954 Gary Roenicke, American baseball player
1954 Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright
1954 Kathryn Young, LPGA golfer
1956 Brian Backer, American actor
1956 Klaus Allofs, German footballer
1956 Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist
1957 Art Monk, American football player, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles)
1957 Charlene Morett, American field hockey left wing (Oly-bronze-1984)
1957 Phil Collen, English heavy-metal guitarist (Def Leppard-Love Bites)
1957 Raquel Argandoña, Chilean model, actress, and politician
1958 Dean Erickson, American actor
1958 Dynamite Kid, English wrestler
1959 Lee Chapman, English footballer
1959 Nikki Gianulias, American bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1979)
1959 Shirley Furlong, American LPGA golfer (1988 Lady Keystone Open)
1960 Andrzej Chylinski, American 50k walker (Olympics-26th-96)
1960 Darryl James, Canadian Tour golfer (Glenco-1992, 93)
1960 Frans Adelaar, Dutch footballer and manager
1960 Jack Russell, American singer-songwriter and producer (Great White)
1960 John Felton, Kyogle Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1960 Les Nemes, bassist (Haircut 100)
1961 Ralf Dujmovits, German mountaineer
1961 Sophia Vossou, Greek singer
1962 Connie Needham Newton, American actress (Elizabeth-8 is Enough)
1962 Fred Rutten, Dutch footballer and manager
1962 José Cura, Argentine tenor
1962 Nivek Ogre, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor (Skinny Puppy, ohGr, Ministry, and Rx)
1962 Pablo Morales, American swimmer
1963 Bob Friend, Pittsburgh PA, Nike golfer (1991 Fort Wayne Open)
1963 Carrie Hamilton, American actress, Carol Burnett's daughter (d. 2002)
1963 Doctor Dré, American television and radio host
1963 Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards, English ski jumper
1963 Ty England, American singer and guitarist
1964 Pablo Morales, American butterfly swimmer (Oly-3 gold/2 silver-1984, 92)
1965 John Rzeznik, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Goo Goo Dolls)
1965 Wayne Smith, Jamaican reggae rapper
1966 Bruce Deacon, Canadian marathoner (Olympics-96)
1966 Joseph Barbara, American actor (Joe Carlino-Another World)
1966 Lee Seung-Cheol, South Korean singer (Boohwal)
1966 Linda Hunt, LPGA golfer
1966 Niege Dias, Brazil, tennis star
1966 Patricia Kaas, French singer-songwriter (Mademoiselle Chant) and actress
1967 Ann Schirman, San Diego, WPVA volleyballer (National-17th-1994)
1967 Gary Allan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1967 Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, titular Bulgarian royal family
1967 René Shuman (Shumans), rockabilly-bandleader/singer
1968 Lisa Marie (Sliwa), American model and actress (Sleepy Hollow, Mars Attack)
1968 Lydia Millet, American author
1968 Margaret Cho, American comedian and actress (Face/Off)
1968 Rhett Hall, NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1969 Alex Kapp Horner, American actress
1969 Eric Etebari, American actor
1969 Lewis Gordon Pugh, English swimmer, lawyer, polar explorer, and motivational speaker
1969 Mark Dekker, Zimbabwe cricket opening batsman (1993)
1969 Morgan J. Freeman, American director
1969 Ramón Ramírez, Mexican footballer
1970 Heather Crickard, Miss Oklahoma USA (1996)
1970 Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL defenseman (Philadelphia Flyers)
1970 Susan Sloane, American tennis star
1970 Thomas Smith, NFL cornerback (Buffalo Bills)
1971 Bryan Schwartz, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 Joe Fleming, CFL defensive end (BC Lions)
1971 Kali Rocha, American actress (Meet the Parents)
1971 Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German politician
1971 Kavus Torabi, Iranian-English guitarist (Knifeworld, Cardiacs, The Monsoon Bassoon, Guapo, and Chrome Hoof)
1971 Marrio Grier, fullback (New England Patriots)
1972 Angela Shelton, American actress, screenwriter, and producer
1972 Cliff Floyd, American baseball player, outfielder & 1st baseman (Montreal Expos)
1972 Kevin Sally, Canadian archer (Olympics-96)
1972 Mike Mahoney, American baseball player
1972 Randolph Ross, American 110m hurdler
1972 Roderick Mullen, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 Stanislav Jasecko, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
1973 Arik Benado, Israeli footballer
1973 Corissa Yasen, WNBA forward/guard (Sacramento Monarchs)
1973 Danielle Winits, Brazilian actress
1973 Luboš Motl, Czech physicist
1973 Mikelangelo Loconte, Italian singer-songwriter
1973 Shalom Harlow, Canadian model and actress (House of Style, Harper's Bazaar)
1974 Charlie Batch, American football player, NFL quarterback
1975 Paula Patton, American actress (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol)
1975 Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player
1976 Amy Acker, American actress (The Cabin in the Woods)
1976 Rachel Komisarz, American swimmer
1976 Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby union player
1977 Michelle Marie Jefferson, Miss Wyoming Teen USA (1996)
1977 Peter van der Vlag, Dutch footballer
1978 Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
1978 Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
1978 Pachrapa Chaichua, Thai actress
1979 Evonne Hsu, American-Taiwanese singer
1979 Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer
1979 Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
1979 Nick Stahl, American actor (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
1979 Niklas Hagman, Finnish ice hockey player
1980 Ibrahim Maalouf, Lebanese-French trumpet player and composer
1980 Shizuka Itō, Japanese voice actress (seiyū) and singer
1980 Tamara Feldman, American actress (Hatchet)
1981 Adan Canto, Actor (The Following)
1981 Leila Tong, Hong Kong actress
1982 Eddy Curry, American basketball player
1982 Keri Hilson, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
1982 Jessica Paré, Actress (Lost and Delirious)
1982 Trai Essex, American football player
1983 Cooper Cronk, Australian rugby player
1983 JP White, Swedish bass player (Vains Of Jenna)
1983 Tiffany Weimer, American soccer player
1984 Chris Solinsky, American distance runner
1984 Lauren London, Actress (I Love You, Beth Cooper)
1985 Frankie Muniz, American actor (Malcolm in the Middle) and race car driver
1985 Josh Smith, American basketball player
1985 Nico Verdonck, Belgian race car driver
1986 James Hinchcliffe Canadian race car driver
1987 Tommy Fraser, English footballer
1988 Miralem Sulejmani, Serbian footballer
1988 Ross Bagley, Actor (Independence Day)
1989 Gregory Tyree Boyce, American actor
1989 Kwon Yuri, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation)
1989 Najarra Townsend, Actress (Contracted)
1989 Ross Bagley, actor (Nicky-Fresh Prince Of Bel Air)
1990 James Merryman, Actor (El Maya)
1991 Carolin Schäfer, German hepathlete
1991 Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer
1992 Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
1993 Emanuele Annunziata, Actor (Mario's War)
1994 Emily Marie Estefan, daughter of Gloria & Emilio
1995 Clément Apertet, Actor (Rivals)
1996 Natalie Schmidt, Actress (Twist of Fate: Part 2)
1997 Facundo Tedesco, Actor (Y ahora que?)
1998 Lotte Becker, Actress (The Great Tom)
1999 Viktoria Quilty, Actress
2000 Lucas Leguizamo, Actor (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs)
2001 Marky George, Actor (Vancouver)
2006 Knut, male polar bear featured in the TV Show Hallo Knut! (d.2011)

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(63 BC) Publius Cornelius Lentulus (Sura), Roman statesman
749 Saint John of Damascus, theologian
1082 Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona (b. 1053)
1212 Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212)
1244 Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44)
1355 John III, Duke of Brabant, Limburg (b. 1300)
1560 Francis II, King of France (1559-60) (b. 1544)
1570 Johan Friis, Danish politician (b. 1494)
1594 Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher, cartographer
1624 Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560)
1654 Jean François Sarrazin, French author (b. 1611)
1663 Severo Bonini, Italian composer (b. 1582)
1675 John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae)
1745 Christoph Forster, composer
1749 Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, French-Canadian military officer and explorer (b. 1685)
1758 Johann Friedrich Fasch, German composer (b. 1688)
1770 James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (Formula of Stirling) (b. 1692)
1784 Phillis Wheatley, American poet, First important black poet in America (b. 1753)
1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1756)
1799 Robert Kimmerling, composer
1818 Bruno Daalberg, Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel
1819 Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750)
1835 August v Platen, writer
1842 MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers
1853 Johann Peter Heuschkel, compose
1859 Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker
1870 Alexandre Dumas, French author (b. 1802)
1886 Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologis
1887 Eliza R(oxcy) Snow, American poet (b. 1804)
1891 Pedro II of Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-1889) (b. 1825)
1895 Chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840)
1902 Henry Stephen Cutler, composer
1916 Hans Richter, composer
1918 Schalk Willem Burger, South African politician, 6th President of the South African Republic (b. 1852)
1922 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian, archivist
1925 Wilhelmina E Drucker (Lensing), Dutch feminist
1925 Władysław Reymont, Polish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
1926 Claude Monet, French impressionist painter (b. 1840)
1928 Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor, husband of Truus Soete
1931 Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
1935 Frans (MJ Francois) Erens, literary (Years Gone By
1938 Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist, composer
1940 Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
1940 Mordechai Frizis, Jewish Greek military officer (b. 1893)
1941 Amrita Sher-Gil, Indian painter (b. 1913)
1942 Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
1942 Jock Delves Broughton, English noble (b. 1883)
1946 Louis Dewis, Belgian painter (b. 1872)
1950 Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru and poet (b. 1872)
1951 "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, American baseball player, baseball's black sox scandal (b. 1887)
1951 Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter (b. 1871)
1953 Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)
1955 Glenn L. Martin, American businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
1955 Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree)
1958 Ferdinand Bruckner, writer
1959 K S Duleepsinhji, English cricketer
1961 Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
1963 Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY)
1963 Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Pakistani politician, 5th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1892)
1963 Karl Amadeus Hartmann, German composer (b. 1905)
1964 Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel)
1965 Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist (shock therapy) (Nobel Prize laureate) (b. 1874)
1966 Sylvère Maes, Belgian cyclist (b. 1909)
1968 Fred Clark, American actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame) (b. 1914)
1969 Claudius Dornier, German businessman, founded Dornier Flugzeugwerke (b. 1884)
1969 Alice, Princess of Battenberg (b. 1885)
1971 Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit)
1972 Kenny Dorham (McKinley), American jazz trumpeter
1973 Robert Watson-Watt, Scottish engineer, invented the radar (b. 1892)
1974 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11)
1974 Henry Wadsworth, actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero
1974 Pietro Germi, actor, director (Serafino, Climax)
1975 Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits)
1977 Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Soviet military commander (b. 1895)
1979 Jesse Pearson, American actor (b. 1930)
1980 Don Taylor, New Zealand cricketer
1983 Robert Aldrich, American director, producer (Last Sunset) (b. 1918)
1984 Adam Malik, Third Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)
1986 Carmol Taylor, country songwriter
1986 Edward Youde, Welsh diplomat, 26th Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1924)
1987 "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom)
1989 John M Pritchard, English conductor (b. 1921)
1990 Steven Shaw
1991 Aad Mansfield, soccer player, trainer (ADO, Feyenoord, FC Utrecht
1991 Jill Browne
1991 Richard Speck, American murderer (b. 1941)
1991 Robert Karvelas, American actor (b. 1921)
1992 Hilary Tindall
1992 Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut
1993 Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian, French set designer (Harem)
1993 Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam)
1993 Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms) (b. 1961)
1993 Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun sho
1994 Harry Horner, Czech-American set designer, art director (Our Town) (b. 1910)
1994 Richard Brian Waring Barton-Chapple, writer
1994 Ronald Ridout, school textbook author
1995 Charles Evans, English mountaineer and surgeon (b. 1918)
1995 Gwen Harwood, Australian poet (b. 1920)
1995 Lisa McPherson, American homicide victim, Scientologist (b. 1959)
1995 Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer, doctor
1995 Robert Parrish, film director editor, actor (Casino Royale)
1995 Victor Collin Matthews, businessman
1996 Peter Hall, folklorist, musician
1996 Wilf Carter, country singer
1997 Colin Franklin, doctor
1997 Daphne Fielding, socialite, writer
1998 Al(bert) Gore Sr., American politician (b. 1907)
2001 Franco Rasetti, Italian physicist (b. 1901)
2002 Ne Win, Burmese military officer and politician, 4th President of Burma (b. 1911)
2002 Roone Arledge, American sports broadcasting pioneer (b. 1931)
2005 Ed(ward) L. Masry, American lawyer (b. 1932)
2005 Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (b. 1905)
2005 Kevin "Big Kev" McQuay, Australian businessman (b. 1949)
2006 David Bronstein, Ukrainian chess grandmaster (b. 1924)
2007 Andrew Imbrie, American composer (b. 1921)
2007 George Paraskevaides, Greek-Cypriot businessman, co-founded Joannou & Paraskevaides (b. 1916)
2007 Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (b. 1928)
2008 Alexy II of Moscow, Russian religious leader, 15th Patriarch of Moscow and all the Rus' (b. 1929)
2008 Anca Parghel, Romanian jazz singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1957)
2008 Constantin Ticu Dumitrescu, Romanian politician and president of the Association of Romanian Former Political Prisoners. (b. 1928)
2008 Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress (b. 1924)
2008 Patriarch Alexy II of Russia, head of the Russian Orthodox Church (b. 1929)
2009 Vimolchatra, Princess of Thailand and cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (b. 1921)
2010 Alan Armer, American television producer and director (b. 1922)
2010 Don Meredith, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1938)
2010 John Leslie, American pornographic actor and filmmaker (b. 1945)
2011 Gennady Logofet, Russian footballer (b. 1942)
2011 Peter Gethin, English race car driver (b. 1940)
2012 Chen Wencong, Singaporean actor (b. 1970)
2012 Dave Brubeck, American jazz pianist and composer (Dave Brubeck Quartet) (b. 1920)
2012 Doug Smith, Scottish footballer (b. 1937)
2012 Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist (b. 1920)
2012 Elisabeth Murdoch, Australian philanthropist (b. 1909)
2012 Frigyes Hollósi, Hungarian actor (b. 1941)
2012 Geoffrey Clatworthy, New Zealand activist (b. 1939)
2012 Ignatius IV of Antioch, Syrian patriarch (b. 1920)
2012 Jan Carew, Guyanese author (b. 1920)
2012 Michael A. Gorman, American politician (b. 1950)
2012 Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Japanese actor (b. 1955)
2012 Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and Cathedral of Brasília (b. 1907)
2012 Sammy Arena, American singer (b. 1931)
2012 Sarah Kirsch, American singer and guitarist (Fuel, Pinhead Gunpowder, and Fifteen) (b. 1970)
2012 Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch bishop (b. 1917)
2012 Yves Niaré, French shot putter (b. 1977)
2013 Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist, political prisoner (1962-90) and South African President (1994-99)
2013 Colin Wilson, English writer

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