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627 Battle of Nineveh, A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh.
1098 Massacre of Ma'arrat, First Crusaders capture & plunder Mara Syria, al-Numan Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
1408 Order of the Dragon, The Order of the Dragon was first created on December 12, 1408 by Emperor Sigismund, then King of Hungary, and his wife Queen Barbara of Celje following the battle for possession of Bosnia.
1474 Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile & Aragon
1479 Jews are expelled from Schlettstadt Alsace by Emperor Frederick III
1524 Pope Clement VII approves Organization of Jewish Community of Rome
1527 Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice
1653 Barebone-parliament ends
1677 Brandenburgs army occupies Stettin
1700 Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar
1715 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund [NS=12/23]
1769 Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee
1781 American Revolutionary War: Second Battle of Ushant A British fleet led by HMS Victory defeats a French fleet.
1787 Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution five days after Delaware became the first.
1791 Bank of US opens
1792 In Vienna, Ludwig Von Beethoven (22) receives 1st lesson in music composition from Franz Joseph Haydn
1800 Washington DC established as capital of US
1812 French invasion of Russia comes to an end.
1822 Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US
1858 1st Canadian coins circulated (1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent & 20 cent)
1862 Battle of Dumfries, VA
1862 Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, the USS Cairo sinks, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.
1870 Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the second black U.S. congressman, the first being Hiram Revels.
1871 Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum
1878 Joseph Pulitzer begins publishing "St Louis Dispatch"
1884 1st Test match played at the Adelaide Oval
1897 Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania
1897 Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded.
1897 Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in NY Journal
1898 1st 1st-class game between NSW & Tasmania
1899 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii
1899 George F Bryant of Boston patents the wooden golf tee
1900 National Negro Anthem, "Lift Every Voice & Sing," composed
1901 Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland from England.
1903 Roger Casement completes report about abuses in Belgian Congo
1904 CMS McClellans "Leah Kleschna," premieres in NYC
1906 Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish government member, appointed Sec of Commerce
1911 Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.
1911 King George V and Mary of Teck are enthroned as Emperor and Empress of India.
1912 R Friml & O Harbachs musical "Firefly," premieres in NYC
1913 "Mona Lisa," stolen from Louvre Museum in 1911, recovered
1913 Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
1914 The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones Industrial Average, down 24.39%.
1915 1st all-metal aircraft (Junkers J-1) test flown at Dessau Germany
1915 Aristide Briand forms French war government
1915 President of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China.
1915 Russian troops overrun Hamadan, Persia
1916 Worst train disaster ever (Modane France-543 killed)
1917 French troop train derails in French Alps killing 543
1917 In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
1918 The Flag of Estonia is raised atop the Pikk Hermann for the first time.
1920 Maurice Ravels ballet "La Valse," premieres in Paris
1925 Arthur Heinman coins term "motel," opens Motel Inn, San Luis Obispo
1925 Last Qajar Shah of Iran deposed, The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Cossack officer, ex-premier Reza Shah Pahlavi as the new Shah of Persia.
1926 Premier of Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 1st Pianoconcert in Leningrad.
1928 Nichols & Brownes "Wings over Europe," premieres in NYC
1930 Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book, ball bounces into stands not a HR, now a double
1930 Start of the 1st Australia v West Indies Test (at Adelaide)
1931 Japanese government of Imukai forms
1932 S N Behrmans "Biography," premieres in NYC
1932 USSR & China resume diplomatic relations
1935 Lebensborn Project, a Nazi reproduction program, is founded by Heinrich Himmler.
1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
1936 Xi'an Incident, The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang.
1937 USS Panay incident, Japanese aircraft shell & sink US gunboat Panay on Yangtze River in China. (Japan apologized & eventually paid US $2.2M in reparations)
1937 NBC & RCA sends first mobile-TV vans onto the streets of NY
1937 Washington Redskins win NFL championship
1939 HMS Duchess sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men.
1939 Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast, 750 die
1939 Battle of Tolvajärvi of the Winter War, Finnish forces defeat those of the Soviet Union in their first major victory of the conflict.
1940 British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani
1940 Approximately 70 people are killed in the Marples Hotel, Fitzalan Square, Sheffield, as a result of a German air raid in World War II.
1941 Adolf Hitler announces extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery
1941 European reservists on Java mobilizes
1941 German occupying army do a house search in Paris looking for Jews
1941 Russian 20th army recaptures Soljetsjnogorsk
1941 Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines in World War II. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed.
1941 The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria in World War II. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan.
1941 USMC F4F "Wildcats" sink the first 4 major Japanese ships off Wake Island in World War II.
1942 A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland, kills 100 people.
1942 German offensive in South Western Stalingrad
1942 German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
1945 Special Court of justice convicts NSB-leader Mussert to death
1946 A fire at a New York City ice plant spreads to a nearby tenement building killing 37 people.
1946 Tide detergent introduced
1946 UN accepts 6 Manhattan blocks as a gift from John D Rockefeller Jr
1947 United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL
1948 Malayan Emergency, Batang Kali Massacre 14 members of the Scots Guards stationed in Malaysia allegedly massacre 24 unarmed civilians and set fire to the village.
1949 AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball
1950 16th Heisman Trophy Award, Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB)
1950 Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus & high school rule
1950 Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.
1951 Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement
1952 Dallas Texans (former Boston Yanks) play last game, last original team
1953 Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
1955 First prototype of hovercraft patented by Brit eng Christoper Cockerell
1956 Commencement of the Irish Republican Army's Border Campaign.
1957 Major Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo
1957 US announces manufacture of Borazon (harder than diamond)
1958 Dutch social democratic party-ministers/premier Drees dismissed
1958 Fergie Gupte takes 9-102 with leggies v W Indies at Kanpur
1958 Guinea joins the United Nations.
1959 UN Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established
1961 Ham radio satellite Oscar 1 launched with military Discoverer 36
1961 Martin Luther King Jr & 700 demonstraters arrested in Albany Ga
1962 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Peron
1963 Frank Sinatra Jr returned after being kidnapped
1963 Kenya (formerly British East Africa) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1964 Cleveland Browns' Frank Ryan sets club record of 5 TD passes
1964 Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta becomes the first President of the Republic of Kenya.
1964 Shooting starts for "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage" (Menagerie)
1965 Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
1965 Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155
1965 Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record
1965 Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St & Amsterdam Ave NYC
1966 US Supreme Courts votes 4-3 allowing Braves to move to Atlanta
1967 US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit
1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis
1968 Rolling Stones film TV show "Rock 'n Roll Circus"-never aired
1968 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 "Hello Dolly" with Barbra Striesand premieres
1969 Bill Toomey achieves world record-score (8417 points)
1969 Strategia della tensione, Piazza Fontana bombing, The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed, 14 killed.
1970 Polish government proclaims price rise
1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays
1970 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 Canada begins selling Olympic coins ($5 & $10 silver coins)
1973 San Diego files anti-trust against NL (stopping Padres move to DC)
1975 Gas stove explodes & starts fire killing 138 (Mecca Saudi Arabia)
1975 Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill Pres Gerald Ford
1976 NFL QB Joe Namath last game as a NY Jet
1977 NY Yankees purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves
1979 A major earthquake and tsunami kill 259 people in Colombia.
1979 Coup d'état of December Twelfth, South Korean Army Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President Park Chung Hee.
1979 Gold hits record $462.50 an ounce
1979 President of Pakistan, Zia-ul-Haq, confers Nishan-e-Imtiaz on Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam.
1979 Rhodesia becomes independent nation of Zimbabwe and returns to British control and resumes using the name Southern Rhodesia.
1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs
1981 "1st" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 37 performances
1981 Gambia & Senegal sign agreement to be known as Senegambia in Feb 1982
1981 Wayne Gretzky scores quickest 50th goal (game 39)
1982 "Herman Van Veen: All of Him" closes at Ambassador NYC after 6 perf
1982 $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in NYC
1982 57th Australian Womens Tennis: C Evert beats M Navratilova (63 26 63)
1982 Joanne Carner & John Mahaffey wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1983 A truck bomb explodes at US Embassy in Kuwait
1983 the Australian Labor government led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating floats the Australian dollar.
1984 Maaouiya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya becomes the third president of Mauritania after a coup d'état against Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla while the latter is attending a summit.
1985 248 US soldiers & 8 crew members die in Arrow Air charter crash
1985 Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing 256, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.
1985 DC-8 crashes near Gander, Newfoundland; 258 die
1985 NASA launches space vehicle S-207
1986 David Boon's fourth Test century, 103 v England at Adelaide
1986 James "Bone Crusher" Smith TKO's WBA champ Tim Witherspoon in Madison Square Garden
1986 Russian Tupolev-134 crashes in East Berlin, 70 killed
1986 South African journalist Zwelakhe Sisulu arrested
1987 Mookie Blaylock sets NBA record of 13 steals in a game
1987 Okla's sets NCAA record of 33 steals vs Centenary
1987 Rollermania at Madison Square Garden, Eastern Express beats Midwest Pioneers
1988 NYC Subway system adds new stations (Z line)
1988 PLO leader Yasi Arafat accepts Israel's right to exist
1988 Sandra Miller of Queens sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
1988 The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
1990 US accuses Iraq of dragging its feet on dates for talks
1990 US ambassador to Kuwait, Nathaniel Howell leaves Kuwait
1991 Maastricht Treaty signed to create a European Community
1991 NJ Nets set NBA record of 22 blocks beating Nuggets 121-81
1991 Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection
1991 Tampa Bay Bucaneer Dexter Manley, retires after failing drug test
1991 The Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR.
1992 6.8-7.5 earthquake strikes Flores Island (tsunami kills 3,000)
1992 58th Heisman Trophy Award, Gino Torretta, Miami-Fla (QB)
1992 Japanese crown prince Naruhito announces engagement to Masaka Owada
1992 Julia Kurotchkina, 18, of Russia, crowned 42nd Miss World
1992 NY Giants lose 19-0 to Phoenix Cardinals
1993 "Any Given Day" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 32 performances
1993 "Kentucky Cycle" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 34 performances
1993 WAQX 104.3 (Q-104) rock format replaces WNCN classic format in NYC
1995 Amendment to make it illegal to physically desecrate the flag turned down by senate 63-36 (need 2/3 vote)
1995 CBC announces Radio Canada International service to end on March 31
1995 Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres address both house of US congress
1995 NBA referees return to work after striking
1996 Assassination attempt on Uday (Iraqi's heir to Sadam Hussain)
1996 Marlins sign their 6th free-agent since Nov 22, Moises Alou
1997 Carlos the Jackal, "professional revolutionary" goes on trial in Paris
1997 Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him
1997 Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin
1997 Japanese train builders (Maglev) claim world speed record at 332 MPH
1997 Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract
1997 SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Fla, freeing 2 young hostages
1997 TWA 800 hearings end
2000 The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore
2006 Peugeot produces its last car at the Ryton Plant signalling the end of mass car production in Coventry, formerly a major centre of the British motor industry
2011 Robert Griffin III, Baylor (QB) wins the 77th Heisman Trophy Award
2012 North Korea successfully launches its first satellite, Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2, using a Unha-3 carrier rocket
2013 The United States announces sanctions on the two dozen companies who assisted Iran with their nuclear program
2014 Over 200 pro-democracy activists arrested in Hong Kong
2014 UN climate change talks in Peru continue past scheduled time as negotiations continue to stall
2015 First women ever elected in Saudi Arabia in municipal council elections

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1298 Albert II, Duke of Austria (d. 1358)
1418 Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)
1526 Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (d. 1588)
1574 Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish King Frederik II and Queen Consort of James I of England (d. 1619)
1579 Heinrich Steuccius, composer
1610 Basil of Ostrog, Serbian saint (d. 1671)
1610 Saint Vasilije (d. 1671)
1612 Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1670)
1630 Olof Rudbeck, composer
1659 Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect, designer (d. 1739)
1660 Peter Rabus, poet, translator (Liberated Britanje)
1673 Ahmed III, 23rd sultan (Turkey, 1703-30)
1685 Lodovico Giustini, Italian composer and pianist (d. 1743)
1712 Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen
1712 Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine (d. 1780)
1715 Gennaro Manna, Italian composer (d. 1779)
1724 Samuel Hood, First Viscount Hood, English admiral (d. 1816)
1731 Erasmus Darwin, English physician and poet (d. 1802)
1745 John Jay, American jusrist, diplomat, governor (NY), 1st Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1829)
1766 Nikolay Karamzin, Russian poet and historian (d. 1826)
1779 Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint, founder (Society of the Sacred Heart) (d. 1865)
1783 Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (d. 1865)
1786 William L. Marcy, American politician, 21st United States Secretary of State (d. 1857)
1791 Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (d. 1847)
1791 Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (d. 1847)
1792 Alexandros Ypsilanti, Greek resistance fighter, prince (d. 1828)
1799 Karl Briullov, Russian painter (d. 1852)
1805 Henry Wells, American businessman, co-founder (Wells Fargo, American Express) (d. 1878)
1805 William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist (d. 1879)
1806 Stand Watie, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1871)
1812 John Sandfield Macdonald, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Ontario (d. 1872)
1818 Paul Octave Hebert, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1880)
1821 Gustave Flaubert, French author (Madame Bovary) (d. 1880)
1830 Joseph Orville Shelby, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1897)
1832 Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker, politician
1833 Matthias Hohner, German manufacturer (harmonica)
1835 Georges Jean Pfeiffer, composer
1838 Sherburne W Burnham, American astronomer (binary stars)
1842 Adolf Bötticher, German historian (d. 1901)
1845 Bruce Price, American architect (American Surety Building, Bank of the Metropolis) (d. 1903)
1849 William Kissam Vanderbilt, American businessman, horse breeder, yachtsman (donated Vanderbilt Cup) (d. 1920)
1859 Edward Bradley, horse owner (1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners)
1859 Maurice Donnay, French playwright (Lovers)
1862 André Fauquet-Lemaître, French polo player (d. 1943)
1862 J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (d. 1937)
1863 Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter, print maker (The Scream) (d. 1944)
1864 Paul Elmer More, American journalist (d. 1937)
1866 Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist (Nobel Prize laureate 1913) (d. 1919)
1870 Walter Benona Sharp, American oil baron, co-founder (Hughes Tool Company) (d. 1912)
1874 Volter A Kilpi, Finnish writer (Alastalon salissa)
1875 Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit, literature historian
1875 Karl Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (Normandy) (d. 1953)
1876 Alvin Kraenzlein, American Olympic gold medalist hurdler and runner (d. 1928)
1879 Friedrich Christiansen, nazi commander Wehrmacht Netherland
1879 Laura Hope Crews, American actress (Camille, Gone with the Wind)
1879 Percy Fletcher, composer
1881 Harry Warner, Polish-American businessman, co-founder (Warner Bros.) (d. 1958)
1882 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theory)
1886 Owen Moore, Irish actor (She Done Him Wrong)
1887 Kurt Magnus Atterberg, Swedish composer (d. 1974)
1889 Vaclav Stepan, composer
1892 Herman Potočnik aka Hermann Noordung, Slovenian rocket engineer (d. 1929)
1892 Milko Kos, Slovenian historian (d. 1972)
1893 Edward G. Robinson (Goldenberg), Romanian-American actor (10 Commandments) (d. 1973)
1896 Eslanda Goode, American anthropology, author under Paul Robeson
1900 Sammy Davis Sr., American dancer (d. 1988)
1902 Howard Koch, screenwriter
1902 Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (d. 2003)
1903 Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer (d. 1976)
1903 Enid Balint-Edmonds, psychoanalyst
1903 Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director (d. 1963)
1904 Jim Christy, Australian cricket batter
1904 Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker, magazine editor, and actor (d. 1981)
1905 Manès Sperber, Austrian-French author and psychologist (d. 1984)
1906 William C Pahlmann, interior decorator (4 Season restaurant, NYC)
1907 Fred Elizalde, composer
1907 F van Heek, Dutch sociologist
1907 Roy Douglas, English composer and orchestrator
1908 Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1993)
1909 Armand H F Boni, the Good One, Flemish poet, writer
1909 Hans Keilson, German-Dutch author, poet, and psychologist (d. 2011)
1909 Karen Morley, American actress (d. 2003)
1910 Richard Sagrits, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
1911 Anna Russell, composer
1912 Yusef Bedri, educationist
1913 Eve Lister, actress, singer (No Limit, Hyde Park)
1913 Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires)
1913 Stanley Bate, composer
1914 Denis Begbie, South African cricketer
1914 Patrick O'Brian, English author (d. 2000)
1915 Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (old blue eyes) (d. 1998)
1917 Edward Firth Henderson, arabist
1917 James Wall, American actor (d. 2010)
1918 Joe Williams, American jazz singer (Everyday I have the Blues) (d. 1999)
1918 Nilda Pinto (Geerdink-Jesurun), Curacao writer (Nanzi)
1919 B. B. Nimbalkar, Indian cricketer (d. 2012)
1919 Dan DeCarlo, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
1919 Olivia Barclay, English astrologer (d. 2001)
1920 Fred Kida, American comics artist
1921 Toni Blankenheim, German opera singer (d. 2012)
1922 Arthur R Hawkins, US pilot, captain (WW II, downed 14 jap planes)
1922 Christian Dotremont, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1979)
1923 Bob Barker, American game show host (Price is Right), Actor (Happy Gilmore)
1923 Bob Dorough, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1923 Ken Kavanagh, Australian motorcycle racer
1924 Ed Koch, American lawyer and politician, 105th Mayor of New York City (1977-1989), judge (People's Court)
1924 Francis Miroglio, composer
1924 Nevit Kodali, composer
1924 Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer
1924 Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong radio host
1924 Robert Coogan, American actor (d. 1978)
1925 Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (d. 2000)
1925 Cora Lee Johnson, social activist for rural poor
1925 D G "Dattu" Phadkar, Indian cricketer
1925 Ghulam Guard, Indian cricketer
1925 Vladimir Shainsky, Russian composer
1927 Robert Noyce, American inventor and businessman, inventer (microchip), co-founder (Intel Corporation) (d. 1990)
1928 Aitmatow, writer
1928 Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet-Kyrgyzstani author (d. 2008)
1928 Helen Frankenthaler, American abstract expressionist painter (Arden) (d. 2011)
1928 Lonesome Sundown, blues singer, guitarist
1929 Doug Ford, Australian cricket wicket-keeper
1929 John Osborne, English playwright (Look Back in Anger, Luther-TONY 1964) and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1929 Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese pianist and composer (Toshiko Akiyoshi Lew Tabackin Big Band)
1930 Bill Beutel, American journalist (d. 2006)
1930 Friedrich Voss, composer
1930 Silvio Santos, Brazilian television host, founder (Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão)
1931 Lionel Blair, English actor, dancer, and choreographer (Spotlight)
1932 Bob Pettit, American basketball player
1932 Robert Pettit, NBA star (St Louis Bombers/1959 MVP)
1934 Habib Hassan Touma, composer
1934 Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican politician, 52nd President of Mexico (1982-1988) (d. 2012)
1936 Bengt Emil Johnson, composer
1936 Iolanda Balas, Romania, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1960)
1936 Jefferson Kaye, American radio announcer (d. 2012)
1937 Buford Pusser, American sheriff (d. 1974)
1937 Philip Ledger, English organist and composer (d. 2012)
1938 Connie Francis, American singer, actress (Where the Boys Are)
1938 Joel Chadabe, composer
1940 Dionne Warwick, American singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose) and actress
1940 Frances Willard, American magician
1940 Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1940 Shirley Englehorn, LPGA golfer
1941 Liesbeth List, Dutch actress, vocalist (Theodorakis)
1941 Robert Covington, drummer, singer
1941 Terry Kirkman, American vocalist, keyboardist (Association)
1941 Tim Hauser, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction)
1942 Mike Heron, rocker
1942 Mike Pinder, English Musician (Moody Blues)
1942 Morris Sadek, Egyptian-American lawyer and activist
1942 Peter Sarstedt, English musician
1943 Dave Munden, drummer (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
1943 Dickey Betts, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band)
1943 Gianni Russo, Actor (The Godfather)
1943 Grover Washington, Jr., American singer-songwriter (Mr Magic), jazz saxophonist, and producer (d. 1999)
1943 Mike Smith, rocker
1943 Vassilis Alexakis, Greek-French author
1944 Jean Doré, Canadian politician, 39th Mayor of Montreal
1944 Kenneth Cranham, Scottish actor
1944 Rob Tyner, American singer-songwriter and bass player (MC5) (d. 1991)
1944 Zoe Laskari, Greek actress
1945 Alan Ward, Musician
1945 Karl Edward Wagner, American sci-fi author (Bloodstone, Night Winds)
1945 Leslie Holbert, LPGA golfer
1945 Susi Hush, TV producer
1945 Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (The Tony Williams Lifetime) (d. 1997)
1946 Clive Bunker, drummer (Jethro Tull)
1946 Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver, Indy (over 10 wins)
1946 George Santo Pietro, husband of Vanna White
1946 Marlous Fluitsma, actress (De Prooi, Apart, Alle Dagen Feest)
1946 Paula Wagner, American film producer
1947 Ralph Scala, Musician
1947 Wings Hauser, American actor
1948 Ray Jackson, Musician
1948 Tom Wilkinson, English actor
1949 Bill Nighy, English actor (Love Actually)
1949 Marc Ravalomanana, Malagasy politician, President of Madagascar
1949 Ricardo Luis Carreras, American bantamweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1950 Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL goaltender (NY Islanders)
1950 Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist
1950 Rajinikanth, Indian actor, screenwriter, and producer
1951 Caren Kaye, American actress (My Tutor, Blansky's Beauties)
1951 Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician
1951 Steven Alan Hawley, American Astronaut, Doctor (STS 41-D, 61-C, 31, 82)
1952 Ajit De Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
1952 Cathy Rigby, American gymnast (Olympic-4th-1968) and actress
1952 Herb Dhaliwal, Indian-Canadian politician
1952 Sarah Douglas, English actress (Conan, Superman II, Falcon Crest)
1953 Bruce Kulick, American guitarist, singer (Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad, Blackjack, Union, and Eric Singer Project)
1953 Dave Meniketti, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Y&T)
1953 Rafael Septien, Mexican-American football player
1954 Hemant Karkare, Indian police officer (d. 2008)
1954 Liz Claman, American television anchor
1955 Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
1955 Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek businesswoman
1955 Lenore Rittenhouse, Hawiian LPGA golfer (1983 United Va Bank)
1956 Ana Alicia Ortiz, Mexican actress (Melissa-Falcon Crest)
1956 Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
1956 Sondra Theodore, American playmate (July, 1977)
1957 Cy Curnin, English rock vocalist (Fixx-Sign of Fire)
1957 Robert Lepage, Canadian actor, scriptwriter, and director
1957 Sheila E(scovedo), American singer-songwriter, drummer (Krushgrove, Holly Rock), and actress
1958 Dag Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kids and TNT)
1958 Lucie Guay, Canadian canoe racer
1958 Monica Attard, Australian journalist
1958 Sheree J. Wilson, American actress (Our Family Honor, Dallas, Crimewave)
1959 Belouis Some, Musician (Neville Keighley-Some People)
1959 Krishnammachari Srikkanth, Indian cricketer
1959 Scott D Vangen, American astronaut
1960 Amal Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
1960 Jaap van Sweden, Dutch violinist, concert master
1961 Dale Sanderson, CFL guard (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1961 Daniel O'Donnell, Irish singer, Television presented
1962 Holly Gagnier, American actress (One Life to Live)
1962 Mike Golic, American football player, commentator
1962 Nadeem Ghauri, Pakistani cricketer
1962 Peter Bergen, American-English journalist and author
1962 Ray Brown, NFL guard (Washington Redskins, SF 49ers)
1962 Tracy Austin, American tennis player (US Open 1979, 81)
1963 Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
1963 Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican politician (d. 2012)
1963 Liz Claman, American journalist
1963 Teresa Blake, American actress (Gloria Marsh-All My Children)
1964 Haywood Jeffries, American football player, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)
1964 Rockin' Jeff, Musician (The Pasadenas-Riding on a Train)
1964 Sabu, American professional wrestler
1965 Laurie Grover-Tavares, American biathelete (Olympics-1994)
1965 Will Carling, English rugby player
1966 Cheryl Dickey, American 100m hurdler
1966 Jim Sandlak, Kitchener, NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
1966 Kouichi Nagano, Japanese voice actor
1966 Royce Gracie, Brazilian mixed martial artist
1966 Último Dragón, Japanese wrestler and actor
1967 David Szott, NFL guard (KC Chiefs)
1967 Deke Sharon, American singer-songwriter and producer (The House Jacks and Beelzebubs)
1967 John Randle, American football player, NFL defensive tackle (Minnesota Vikings)
1967 Masood Anwar, Pakistani cricketer
1967 Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer and voice actor
1967 Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer and producer
1968 Chris Walsh, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings)
1968 Kate Humble, English television presenter
1968 Kurt Schulz, safety (Buffalo Bills)
1968 Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (d. 2002)
1968 Ray Ethridge, wide reciever (Baltimore Ravens)
1968 Rory Kennedy, American director and producer
1968 Tatianna, American-spanish singer (Baile Commigo, Chicad de Hoy)
1969 Carrie Westcott, American model, actress, playmate (Sep, 1993)
1969 Courtney Hawkins, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs, Pittsburgh Steelers)
1969 Doug Terry, NFL & WLAF safety (KC Chiefs, Scotland Claymores)
1969 Frank Dikstaal, footballer (MVV)
1969 Jane Robinson, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1969 Kris Wirtz, Canadian ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada)
1969 Sebastian Savage, WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire)
1970 Ivano Newbill, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1970 Jennifer Connelly, American actress (Labyrinth, Requiem for a Dream)
1970 Kirk Cameron, actor (Mike-Growing Pains, Teen Wolf II)
1970 Mädchen Amick, American actress (Shelly Johnson-Twin Peaks)
1970 Orlando Brown, NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
1970 Regina Hall, American actress (Scary Movie 4)
1971 Becky Sunshine (Rebekah Jayne Hunter), American Model, Miss Nude California (1993)
1971 John Sacca, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 Tito Wooten, NFL safety (NY Giants)
1971 Toni Hodgkinson, Auckland NZ, 800m (Olympics-96)
1972 Brandon Teena, American hate crime murder victim (d. 1993)
1972 Georgios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter
1972 Greg Randolph, American road cyclist (Olympics-74th-96)
1972 Hank Williams III, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Assjack, Superjoint Ritual, and Arson Anthem)
1972 Jamal Willis, NFL running back (SF 49ers)
1972 John Walsh, NFL quarterback (Cin Bengals)
1972 Kara Williams, Miss Texas USA (1996)
1972 Kevin Parent, French-Canadian singer and songwriter
1972 Missy Francis, American actress (Little House on the Prairie)
1972 Nicky Eaden, English footballer
1972 Oliver Quass, WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 Wilson Kipketer, Danish middle-distance runner
1972 Yeoryios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter
1973 Gary Breen, English footballer
1973 Michael DiVenuto, Tasmanian cricketer
1973 Reinard Wilson, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1973 Stanley Pritchett, running back (Miami Dolphins)
1973 Tony Hsieh, American businessman, founded LinkExchange
1973 Walter Otta, Argentine footballer
1973 William Hutton, American engineer
1974 Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer
1975 Craig Moore, Australian footballer
1975 Mayim Bialik, American actress (Blossom, Beaches)
1975 Wesley Charles, Vincentian footballer
1976 Dan Hawkins, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Darkness, Stone Gods)
1976 Lloyd Owusu, Ghanaian footballer
1977 Bridget Hall, American model (Ford)
1977 Colin White, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 Erica Dahm, American triplet model (Playboy) and actress
1977 Jaclyn Dahm, American triplet model (Playboy) and actress
1977 Nicole Dahm, American triplet model (Playboy) and actress
1977 Orlando Hudson, American baseball player
1978 Derrick Delmore, American figure skater (1996 Grand Prix champ)
1978 Evren Genis, Turkish composer
1978 Gbenga Akinnagbe, Actor (The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3)
1978 Jennifer Rovero, American model, Playboy Playmate
1978 Louis, Korean singer ("Jung Hwa Ban Jum")
1978 Monica Barladeanu, Romanian actress
1979 Garrett Atkins, American baseball player
1979 John Salmons, American basketball player
1979 Nate Clements, American football player
1979 Sharin Foo, Danish singer and bassist
1980 Dorin Goian, Romanian footballer
1980 Gus G, Greek guitarist and songwriter (Firewind, Mystic Prophecy, and Dream Evil)
1981 Jeret Peterson, American aerial skier
1981 Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer
1981 Ronnie Brown, American football player
1981 Shane Costa, American baseball player
1981 Stephen Warnock, English footballer
1981 Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
1982 Ai Kato, Japanese actress
1982 Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player
1982 Jeremiah Riggs, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1982 Lim Jae-Duk, South Korean gamer
1983 Katrina Elam, American singer-songwriter
1984 Daniel Agger, Danish footballer
1984 Daniel Merrett, Australian footballer
1984 Sohail Tanvir, Pakistani cricketer
1985 Chris Jennings, American football player
1985 David Veikune, American football player
1985 Erika Van Pelt, American singer
1985 Giannis Zaradoukas, Greek footballer
1985 Pat Calathes, Greek-American basketball player
1986 Nina Kolarič, Slovenian long jumper
1986 Perparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer
1986 Qri, South Korean singer and actress (T-ara)
1986 T. J. Ward, American football player
1986 Thomas Wansey, English actor
1987 Kate Todd, Actress (The Tracey Fragments)
1988 Ham Eun-jung, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (T-ara)
1989 Meagan Lee Farrell, Actor (Temple of Doom)
1990 Alexandra Stamler, Actress (Role Models)
1990 Seungri, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor (Big Bang)
1990 Victor Moses, Nigerian-English footballer
1991 Chanel Celaya, Actress (21 Jump Street)
1991 Daniel Magder, Canadian actor
1992 Mitchell Abbott, Actor (Something Like a Business)
1993 Braman Ariana Warren, Actress (Fifth Annual)
1995 Simonna (Milinyte), Lithuanian vocalist
1996 Morgan Eastwood, Actress (Changeling), Daughter of Clint Eastwood
1997 Hailey Noelle Johnson, Actress (Friends with Money)
1998 Erika-Shaye Gair, Actress (The Wicker Man)
1999 Bea Atienza, Chef (Junior MasterChef: Pinoy Edition)
2000 Evan Lake Schelton, Actor (Amexica)

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884 Carloman II, Frankish king (879, 882-884), (b. 866)
1112 Tancred, monarch of Galilea, Edessa, Antioch
1204 Maimonides (Moses Ben Maimon), Spanish-Egyptian rabbi
1212 Geoffrey, English Archbishop of York (b. 1152)
1263 Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63)
1569 Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow (b. 1507)
1574 Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)
1586 Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)
1600 John Craig, Scottish church reformer, James VI's court vicar
1677 Jacob Binckes-Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle
1685 John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)
1751 Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)
1754 Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)
1766 Johann Christoph Gottsched, German author (b. 1700)
1772 Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer
1777 Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician, biologist, author
1777 Benjamin Russen, Reverend, executed at Tyburn England for rape
1788 Joseph Gibbs, composer
1789 John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713)
1790 Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)
1812 John Malchair, composer
1817 Tekle Giyorgis I, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1751)
1836 Giuseppe Farinelli, composer
1843 Willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40) (b. 1772)
1858 Jacques Viger, Canadian antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)
1872 Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician
1877 Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer, minister of Justice
1880 Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry)
1889 Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book) (b. 1812)
1889 Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician (b. 1804)
1894 John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian politician and judge, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
1894 Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)
1912 Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern
1913 Menelik II, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1844)
1914 Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La
1920 Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination)
1920 Paul Lacome, composer
1921 Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover
1923 Raymond Radiguet, French journalist, author (Ball du Comte) (b. 1903)
1926 Jean Richepin, French poet (Contes sans morale) (b. 1849)
1927 Heinrich Reitsch, composer
1929 Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (b. 1836)
1932 Egon Richter, writer
1933 Theodore Moses Tobani, composer
1934 Oscar Goerke, American cyclist (b. 1883)
1934 Thorleif Haug, Norwegian Nordic skier (b. 1894)
1937 Alfred Abel, actor (Dr Mabuse, Metropolis)
1939 Douglas Fairbanks, American actor (Zorro, 3 Musketeers, Robin Hood) (b. 1883)
1941 Cesar Basa, Philippine Air Force and World War II hero (b. 1915)
1951 Mildred Bailey, American jazz singer (b. 1907)
1952 Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
1956 Lorenzo Perosi, composer
1957 Robert Frank Kurka, composer
1958 Albert Walsh, Canadian politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
1959 Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln)
1961 Daiun Sogaku Harada, Zen founder of Sanbo Kyodan lineage
1962 Sid Saylor, actor (Wally-Waterfront)
1963 Yasujiro Ozu, Japanese film director (b. 1903)
1964 H I "Sailor" Young, English cricketer
1964 Maithili Sharan Gupt Indian poet (b. 1866)
1965 Johnny Lee, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy)
1966 Karl Ruberl, Austrian swimmer (b. 1880)
1968 Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (All Star Revue) (b. 1902)
1968 Walter Robins, English cricketer
1970 Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)
1970 Louis Zimmer, Flem clock maker (Jubelklok, Wonder Clock)
1971 David Sarnoff, Russian-American businessman, founder (NBC, RCA)(b. 1891)
1971 Frank Wolff, actor (Erotic Illusion, Last Gun), suicide
1971 Jack Barnhill, Northern Ireland senator, assassinated
1971 John A Emmens, art historian, poet (Dog of Pavlov)
1971 Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and linguist (b. 1909)
1976 Jack Cassidy, American actor (Oscar, Jetman-He & She) (b. 1927)
1976 Vinko Zganec, Croatian ethno-musicologist (b. 1890)
1977 Clementine O Spencer-Churchill (Hozier), English barones, wife of Winston Churchill (b. 1885)
1978 Clifton Chenier, US accordionist (Bayou Blues)
1978 Fay Compton, English actress (Othello) (b. 1894)
1980 Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Premier of Quebec (b. 1912)
1983 Amza Pellea, Romanian actor (b. 1931)
1985 Anne Baxter, American actress (Myra-Marcus Welby, Victoria-Hotel) (b. 1923)
1985 Ian Stewart, Scottish keyboard player (The Rolling Stones) (b. 1938)
1987 Enrique Jorrín, Cuban violinist and composer (b. 1926)
1987 Louis de Meester, composer
1988 Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano, American Mafia figure (b. 1917)
1988 John Canning, NY Post managing editor
1991 Eleanor Boardman, actor (Crowd)
1991 Ken Keltner, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians)
1991 Lex Karsemeijer, Dutch tenor, choral director (Sweet 16, Pro Musica)
1992 Bernard CJ Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposopher (Free College)
1992 Jasu Patel, Indian cricketer
1992 Suzanne Lilar, Belgian author and playwright (b. 1901)
1993 Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist, founder (NVSH)
1993 Jeremiah Sullivan, actor (Soldier, Double-Stop
1993 József Antall, Hungarian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (1990-1993) (b. 1932)
1994 Antoine Pinay, French Prime Minister (1952), foreign ministe
1994 Donna J. Stone, American poet (b. 1933)1
1994 Herman H Felderhof, radio-announcer, head (NRU/NOS Radio)
1994 John Edward Caulwell Hearne, writer
1994 Stuart Allen Roosa, American astronaut (Apollo 14) (b. 1933)
1995 Andrew Olle, broadcaster
1995 David Lincoln Lightbown, politician
1995 David Saul Marshall, diplomat lawyer, politician
1995 James Altgens, JFK assassination photographer
1995 Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian
1995 Mary Bruce, dance Teacher
1995 Mohyedin Alempour, tajik artist, journalist
1996 Gerald Ian Lacey, architect, town planner
1996 Jack Perry, businessman
1996 Jean-Pierre Guerlain, cosmetics pioneer
1996 Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher
1996 Vance Oakley Packard, American author (Hidden Perseuders) (b. 1914)
1997 Yevgeniy Landis, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
1998 Lawton Chiles, U.S. Senator from Florida, 41st Governor of Florida (b. 1930)
1998 Marco Denevi, Argentine author (b. 1922)
1998 Mo Udall, American politician (b. 1922)
1999 Joseph Heller, American author (b. 1923)
1999 Paul Cadmus, American painter (b. 1904)
2000 George Montgomery, American actor (b. 1916)
2000 Ndabaningi Sithole, Zimbabwean militant leader, founded Zimbabwe African National Union (b. 1920)
2001 Ardito Desio, Italian geologist and explorer (b. 1897)
2001 Jean Richard, French actor (b. 1921)
2002 Brad Dexter, American actor (b. 1917)
2002 Dee Brown, American author (b. 1908)
2002 Jay Wesley Neill, American convicted murderer (b. 1965)
2003 Gangodawila Soma Thero, Sri Lankan monk (b. 1948)
2003 Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijani politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (b. 1923)
2003 Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic Bishop (b. 1926)
2003 Keiko , Killer Whale (Orca), star of Free Willy (b. 1976)
2005 Annette Vadim, Danish actress (b. 1936)
2005 Gebran Tueni, Lebanese journalist and politician (b. 1957)
2005 Ramanand Sagar, Indian director (b. 1917)
2005 Robert F. Newmyer, American film producer (b. 1946)
2006 Al Shugart, pioneering American computer engineer and co-founder of Seagate Technology (b. 1930)
2006 Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1935)
2006 Paul Arizin, American basketball player (b. 1928)
2006 Peter Boyle, American actor (b. 1935)
2006 Raymond P. Shafer, American politician, 38th Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1917)
2007 François al-Hajj, Lebanese general (b. 1953)
2007 Ike Turner, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Kings of Rhythm, Ike & Tina Turner) (b. 1931)
2008 Avery Dulles, Roman Catholic Cardinal, theologian (b. 1918)
2008 Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot politician, 5th President of Cyprus (b. 1934)
2008 Van Johnson, American actor (b. 1916)
2010 Peter Pagel, German footballer (b. 1956)
2010 Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver, Formula 1 team owner (b. 1946)
2012 Augustin Sagna, Senegalese bishop (b. 1920)
2012 David Tait, English rugby player (b. 1987)
2012 Eddie "Guitar" Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)
2012 Else Marie Jakobsen, Norwegian designer (b. 1927)
2012 Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (b. 1924)
2012 N.M. Mohan, Indian writer and illustrator (b. 1949)
2012 Nityanand Swami, Indian politician (b. 1927)
2012 Ray Briem, American radio host (b. 1930)
2012 Richard Eyre, English priest (b. 1929)
2012 Walt Kirk, American basketball player (b. 1924)
2013 Audrey Totter, American actress

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