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484 Huneric dies and is succeeded by his nephew Gunthamund, who becomes king of the Vandals. During his reign the Catholics are free from persecutions.
619 Boniface V begins his reign as Catholic Pope
962 Byzantine-Arab Wars: Under the future Emperor Nicephorus Phocas, Byzantine troops stormed the city of Aleppo, recovering the tattered tunic of John the Baptist in the Arab–Byzantine Wars.
1482 Peace of Atrecht
1493 Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle is published.
1572 Theologian Johann Sylvan executed in Heidelberg for his heretical Antitrinitarian beliefs.
1620 French huguenots declare war on King Louis XIII
1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a satellite of Saturn
1688 As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.
1690 John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
1715 Russian/Prussian troops occupy Stralsund
1724 Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth
1728 Prussian Emperor Karel VI sign Treaty of Berlin
1751 France sets plan to tax clergymen
1776 Continental Congress negotiates a war loan of $181,500 from France
1776 Thomas Paine writes "These are the times that try men's souls"
1779 Benedict Arnold court-martialed for improper conduct
1783 General George Washington resigns his military commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army to Congress at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland.
1788 Maryland votes to cede a 10 sqaure mile area for Dist of Columbia
1793 The Battle of Savenay, decisive defeat of the royalist counter-revolutionaries in War in the Vendée during the French Revolution.
1793 Thomas Jefferson warned of slave revolts in West Indies
1823 A Visit from St. Nicholas, also known as The Night Before Christmas, is published by C Moore published in Troy (NY) Sentinel.
1832 Dutch troops in Antwerp surrender
1834 Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs
1852 1st Chinese theater in US, Celestial John, opens in San Francisco
1862 Union General Ben "Beast" Butler is proclaimed a "felon, outlaw & common enemy of mankind" by Jefferson Davis
1867 1st self-made millionairess (Sarah Breedlove-hair straightner)
1876 Turkey's 1st constitution proclaimed
1888 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear
1893 The opera "Hansel and Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
1894 Debussy's ballet "L'aprés-midi d'un faune," premieres in Paris
1899 British Fieldmarshall Lord Roberts departs Southampton to South Africa for the 2nd Boer War
1899 Tentative Turkish & German treaty on construction of Baghdad railway
1907 1st all-steel passengar railroad coach completed, Altoona, Pa
1909 Albert becomes king of Belgians
1911 Frank Wedekind's "Oaha, die Satire der Satire," premieres in Munich
1911 Opera "I Giojelli Della Madonna" is produced (Berlin)
1912 First "Keystone Kops" film, titled "Hoffmeyer's Legacy"
1912 Aswan Dam in Nile begins operation
1913 The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.
1914 Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt in World War I.
1915 J Kern & S Greene's musical "Very Good Eddie," premieres in NYC
1916 Battle of Magdhaba of World War I, Allied forces defeat Turkish forces in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
1917 3 British warships come close to Holland
1919 First hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched
1919 Alice H Parker patents gas heating furnace
1919 Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.
1920 Ireland divided into 2 parts, each with its own parliament
1920 King George V signs Home Rule Act
1921 Visva-Bharati University is inaugurated.
1922 BBC Radio began daily newscasts
1922 Pope Pius XI pleas for peace: encyclical Ubi arcano
1923 Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000
1925 Sultan Ibn Saud of Nedzjed conquers Djeddah
1926 KEX-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions
1928 NBC sets up a permanent, coast-to-coast radio network
1930 Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios
1930 Police Bureau of Criminal Alien Investigation started in NYC
1933 Howie Morenz takes over NHL career goal lead at 251
1933 Marinus van der Lubbe sentenced to death
1933 Train crash in Eastern Paris; 230 die
1936 Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1936 First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
1938 Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa.
1938 Margaret Hamilton's costume catches fire in filming of "Wizard of Oz"
1939 Finnish counter offensive at Summa
1939 South Australia score 7-821 against Queensland
1940 John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in NYC
1940 Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta in World War II.
1941 After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island. American forces surrender to Japanese in World War II.
1941 British troops overrun Benghazi Libya in World War II.
1941 Japan begins assault on Rangoon Burma in World War II.
1942 Allies air attack on Den Helder
1943 1st telecast of a complete opera (Hansel & Gretel), Schenectady, NY
1943 Gen Montgomery told he is appointed commandant for D-day
1944 Beginning of harsh winter
1945 Frederick Astons "Cinderella" premieres in London
1945 Pope Pius XII encyclical Orientals omnes, about Rutheense church
1946 Belgian Council of State forms
1946 Highest ridership in NYC subway history (8.8 million passengers)
1946 U of Tennesee refuses to play Duquesne U, because they may use a black player in their basketball game
1947 The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories. Invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs.
1948 Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.
1951 First coast-to-coast televised football game (Dumont paid $75,000) LA Rams beat Cleveland Browns 24-17 in NFL championship game
1951 Last Belgian communities get electricity
1953 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year
1954 The first human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray and J. Hartwell Harrison at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
1957 Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout & Bobby Simpson v South Africa
1958 "Party with Comden & Green" opens at John Golden NYC for 38 perfs
1958 Abdallah Ibrahim forms government of Morocco
1958 Dedication of Tokyo Tower, the world's highest self-supporting iron tower.
1960 De Quay's Dutch government falls
1960 King Saudi of Saudi-Arabia takes power
1961 Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food & medical supplies
1961 KICU TV channel 43 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1961 Train accident in Italy, 70 die
1962 Cuba starts returning US prisoners from Bay of Pigs invasion
1962 Dallas Texans beat Houston Oilers 20-17 in AFL championship game
1963 Beach Boys first appearance on "Shindig"
1963 Fire on Greek ship Laconia, 128 die
1964 India & Ceylon hit by cyclone, about 4,850 killed
1966 Britains rock TV show, "Ready Steady Go," last program
1967 NATO-Council accept "Flexible Response"-strategy, Brussels
1968 Borman, Lovell & Anders become 1st men to orbit Moon, First US case of space motion sickness
1968 The 82 sailors from the USS Pueblo are released after eleven months of internment in North Korea.
1970 7,511th performance of Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" (record)
1970 French author Régis Debray freed in Bolivia
1970 The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world.
1970 USSR performs nuclear test
1972 "Immaculate Reception" Steelers turns around a 7-6 defeat with a last second touchdown reception against Raiders to win 13-7
1972 A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10,000.
1972 Chandrasekhar takes 8-79 India v England at Delhi
1972 Islanders end 15 games winless streak
1972 The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism.
1973 "Young & Restless" premieres on TV
1973 6 Persian Gulf nations double their oil prices
1973 French Caravelle crashes in Morocco, 106 killed
1974 "Good News" opens at St James Theater NYC for 16 performances
1974 premier of Dmitri Sjotakovitsj' Michelangelo-liederen in Leningrad
1975 Congress passes Metric Conversion Act
1975 Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith & Dave McNally free agents
1978 Islanders scored 7 goals in 1 period against NY Rangers, Trottier scores 8 points vs Rangers, 5 goals-NHL record 6 pts in 1 period
1979 NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs Chicago Black Hawks
1979 Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital in the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
1979 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh, Semipalitinsk USSR
1980 Sam Shepard's "True West," premieres in NYC
1981 Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033
1982 The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.
1983 Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
1984 Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG
1986 Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California becoming the first aircraft to fly non-stop around the world without aerial or ground refueling.
1987 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of Pres Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison
1990 "Lettice & Lovage" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 284 perfs
1990 In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
1991 NY Daily News publisher Kevin Maxwell resigns
1994 Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players
1996 4 women ordained priests in Jamaica, 1st in 330-year Anglican history
1997 Chicago Bull coach Phil Jackson is quickest to reach 500 wins (682 games)
1997 Colorado Avalanche Jari Kurri is 8th NHLer to score 600 career goals
1997 Terry Nichols found guilty of manslaughter in Oklahoma bombing
1997 US Agriculture Dept estimates it costs $149,820 to raise a child to 18
2002 A MQ-1 Predator is shot down by an Iraqi MiG-25, making it the first time in history that an aircraft and an unmanned drone had engaged in combat.
2003 PetroChina Chuandongbei natural gas field explosion, Guoqiao, Kai County, Chongqing, China, killing at least 234.
2004 Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean is hit by an 8.1 magnitude earthquake.
2005 Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 217 from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Aktau, Kazakhstan crashes shortly after takeoff killing 23 people.
2005 Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
2007 An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state.
2012 200 civilians are killed by the Syrian government’s warplanes in Helfaya, Syria
2012 The Seleka rebel coalition takes over Bambari, the third largest town in the Central African Republic

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245 Zenobia, Palmyra, Syria, Queen of Palmyra, (d. 274)
1173 Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1231)
1513 Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)
1537 King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1544 Anna, duchess of Saxson, wife of prince Willem of Orange (1561-71)
1548 Pieter C Bockenberg, historian (Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae)
1582 Severo Bonini, Italian composer (d. 1663)
1597 Martin Opitz "Father of Modern German Poetry", German poet (d. 1639)
1613 Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish military commander (d. 1676)
1621 Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (d. 1678)
1621 Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1682)
1644 Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco, composer
1689 Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)
1690 Pamheiba, Indian emperor (d. 1751)
1699 Joseph Gibbs, composer
1709 Jean-Noel Hamal, composer
1713 Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna (d. 1749)
1714 Johann Siebenkas, composer
1716 Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer
1732 Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor (Water frame, spinning frame) (d. 1792)
1743 Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (d. 1803)
1749 Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer
1750 Frederik Augustus I the Righteous, King of Saxony (1806-1827) (d. 1827)
1758 Nathan Wilson, American politician, U.S. Representative from New York (d. 1834)
1763 John Davy, composer
1777 Aleksandr I Romanov, Tsar of Russia (1801-1825) (d. 1825)
1780 Charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher
1790 Jean-François Champollion, French scholar, philologist, and orientalist, deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics (d. 1832)
1795 Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer (Atlas Universel)
1804 Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve, French critic, writer (Informal Talk) (d. 1869)
1805 Joseph Smith Jr, American religious leader, founder and leader (Latter Day Saint movement, Mormon Church), (d. 1844)
1808 Thomas Turner, Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1883)
1812 Samuel Smiles, Scottish author (Self-Help, Character, Duty) (d. 1904)
1812 William Hauser, composer
1815 Henry Highland Garnet, American minister, abolitionist, diplomat
1818 David Addison Weisiger, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1899)
1819 Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch poet and clergyman (d. 1889)
1822 Wilhelm Bauer, German engineer (d. 1875)
1823 Alexandru Flechtenmacher, composer
1827 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Austrian admiral (Helgoland/Lissa)
1828 Mathilde Wesendonk, German writer, poet (Tagebuchblatter)
1830 Adam Minchejmer, composer
1839 János Murkovics, Slovene-Hungarian author and educator (d. 1917)
1843 Richard Conner, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (Civil War) (d. 1924)
1845 Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, founder (Notre Dame Hospital, Montreal)
1845 Gustave Ador, union president of Austria (1919)
1854 Henry B. Guppy, British botanist (d. 1926)
1855 Alan Gray, composer
1858 Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, playwright (Life in Russian Theater)
1860 Harriet Monroe, American poet, editor of Poetry magazine (You & I)
1862 Henri Pirenne, Belgian historian (History of Belgium)
1864 Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (d. 1890)
1867 Madame C. J. Walker, American cosmetic businesswoman and philanthropist (Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company) (d. 1919)
1874 Viggo Wiehe, Danish actor (d. 1956)
1878 Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-American mechanical engineer (d. 1972)
1883 Hubert M E Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45)
1885 Pierre Brissaud, French painter (d. 1964)
1886 Albert Ehrenstein, Austrian writer (Message from the Madhouse)
1887 Eric Blore, English actor (Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad)
1887 John Cromwell, American actor, director (Spitfire, Of Human Bondage)
1888 Eric Blore, English-American actor (Great Gatsby, Bowery to Baghdad)
1888 Friedrich Wolf, writer
1891 Alexander Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (d. 1956)
1893 Ann O'Neal, American actress (Nana-Professional Father)
1894 Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer
1896 Alberto Hemsi, composer
1896 Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer (Der Leopard) (d. 1957)
1897 Julien Carette, French actor (Sylvia & the Phantom)
1900 Otto Soglow, American cartoonist (d. 1975)
1901 Gene Sarazen, golfer (PGA 1922, 23, 33)
1902 Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (d. 1987)
1902 Norman Maclean, American author (d. 1990)
1903 Fredi (Fredericka) Carolyn Washington, actress (Black & Tan)
1903 Michael Kalatozov, Russian producer (When the Cranes Fly)
1905 Arn Bjornsson, composer
1906 Ross Lee Finney, American composer (Landscapes Remembered)
1907 Avraham Stern, Polish-born Zionist leader (d. 1942)
1907 Don McNeill, American host (Don McNeill TV Club)
1907 James Roosevelt, American soldier and politician (d. 1991)
1907 Manuel Lopes, Cape Verdean author and poet (d. 2005)
1908 Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-Canadian portrait photographer (Life Magazine) (d. 2002)
1909 Barney Ross, American Welterweight Boxing Champ (1934)
1909 Don Cleverley, New Zealand cricketer
1909 Maurice Denham, English actor (Mr Love, Damn the Defiant)
1910 Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (d. 1961)
1911 James Gregory, American actor (My Favorite Martian, Barney Miller) (d. 2002)
1911 Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1913 Hans Henkemans, composer
1913 Leo A Ketelaars, Dutch oratorio vocalist
1914 Dezider Kardos, composer
1916 Dino Risi, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1918 Helmut Schmidt, German politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (SPD, 1974)
1918 José Greco, Italian-American flamenco dancer and choreographer (Holiday for Lovers) (d. 2000)
1918 Kumar Pallana, Indian-American actor
1919 Kenneth M. Taylor, American pilot (d. 2006)
1921 Gerald S O'Loughlin, American actor (Storefront Lawyer, Rookies, Wheels)
1921 Guy Beaulne, French-Canadian actor and director (d. 2001)
1922 Ian Powell Bancroft, civil servant
1922 Micheline Ostermeyer, French athlete, shot-put &discus thrower (Oly-gold-1948), pianist (d. 2001)
1923 Bob Barker, American TV host (Price is Right)
1923 Claudio Scimone, Italian conductor
1923 Günther Schifter, Austrian music journalist (d. 2008)
1923 James Stockdale, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (Vietnam), Ross Perot's 1992 running mate (d. 2005)
1923 Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster
1923 Leonard Stern, American producer, TV writer (Phil Silvers Show, Get Smart)
1923 Lucas M Mangope, First president of Bophuthatswana (1977-1994)
1923 Milt Okun, American orchestra leader (Starland Vocal Band Show)
1923 Onofre Marimón, Argentine race car driver (d. 1954)
1923 Ruth Roman, American actress (Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas)
1924 Bob Kurland, American basketball player
1924 Floyd Kalber, American newscaster (NBC Weekend News Anchor-1973)
1925 Duncan Hallas, English author and politician (d. 2002)
1925 Harry Guardino, American actor (Monty Nash, Perry Mason, Hill St Blues)
1925 Rayner Unwin, English publisher (d. 2000)
1926 Dusan Kostic, composer
1926 James Dewar, journalist, documentary film-maker
1926 Robert Bly, American poet, author, editor, translator (Loving a Woman in 2 Worlds)
1927 Joseph Castaldo, composer
1928 Chronis Aidonidis, Greek singer
1929 Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player and singer (d. 1988)
1929 Dick Weber, American bowler (16, 300 games) (d. 2005)
1931 Ronnie Schell, American actor, comedian (Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World)
1932 Revjames Cleveland, Musician
1932 Tertius Metcalf, businessman
1933 Akihito, Japanese emperor (1989)
1935 Abdul Ghani Minhat, Malaysian footballer (d. 2012)
1935 Esther Phillips (EM Jones), American singer (When a Woman Loves a Man) (d. 1984)
1935 Paul Hornung (the Golden Boy), American football player (Green Bay Packers)
1936 Bobby Ross, NFL coach (San Diego Chargers)
1936 Claude Albert Coppens, composer
1936 Frederic Forrest, American actor (Music Box, Lonesone Dove, Apocalypse Now)
1936 James Stacy, American actor (Fred-Adv of Ozzie & Harriet)
1937 Avi, American author
1937 Barney Rosenzweig, American screenwriter and producer
1937 Karol Joseph Bobko, American USAF astronaut (STS 6, STS 51D, STS 51J)
1938 Bob Kahn, American computer scientist, engineer, Internet pioneer, co-developer (Transmission Control Protocol)
1939 Johnny Kidd (Frederick Heath), American musician (Johnny Kidd & Pirates)
1940 Eugene Record, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Chi-Lites) (d. 2005)
1940 Jorma Kaukonen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
1940 Robert Labine, French-Canadian politician
1941 Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (Walking Tall, Beguilled)
1941 Ron Bushy, American musician
1941 Serge Reding, Belgian weightlifter (d. 1975)
1941 Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (If I Were a Carpenter, Bird on a Wire) (d. 1980)
1942 Friedrich Schenker, composer
1942 Jerry Koosman, pitcher (NY Mets)
1942 John Peterman, American businessman, founded The J. Peterman Company
1942 Quentin Bryce, Australian politician, 25th Governor-General of Australia
1943 Derek Small, Musician (Spinal Tap)
1943 Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (d. 1987)
1943 Harry Shearer, American actor (SNL, Simpsons, Pure Luck)
1943 Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, Russian-French mathematician
1943 Peter Quaife, English bassist (Kinks-Long Tall Sally)
1943 Silvia, Queen of Sweden
1943 Roelof den Ambtman, Dutch actor, director (One Evening at Eva)
1943 Ron Allen, American baseball player
1943 Ross Edwards, composer
1943 Silvia Sommerlath, German wife of King Carl XVI of Sweden (1973)
1943 Stephen Wallace, director (For Love Affair, Hunger, Mail Order Bride)
1944 D J D Dees, Dutch minister of WVC (VVD), pharmacist
1944 U C Joshi, cricketer
1944 Wesley Clark, American military officer
1945 Georges Aperghis, composer
1945 Richard C Wohlhuter, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1976)
1945 Ronald Bushy, Musician (Iron Butterfly-Ina gada davida)
1946 Edita Gruberova, Slovak operatic soprano
1946 John Sullivan, English screenwriter (d. 2011)
1946 Susan Lucci, American actress (Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna)
1946 Tony Craig (Kulasa), American actor (That Boy Next Door)
1947 Bill Rodgers, marathon runner (Boston, NY)
1947 Graham Bonnet, English singer-songwriter (The Marbles, Rainbow, Anthem, and Michael Schenker Group)
1948 Charles Herbert, American actor (13 Ghosts)
1948 Jack Ham, American football player (Steelers)
1948 Jim Ferguson, American guitarist, composer, author, and journalist
1948 Leslie Moonves, American television executive
1948 Susan Lucci, American actress (All My Children, Mafia Princess)
1949 Adrian Belew, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson, Tom Tom Club, and The Bears)
1949 Luther Grosvenor, Musician (Spooky Tooth)
1949 Reinhold Weege, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2012)
1949 Wally Edwards, Australian cricketer
1950 Ilchi Lee, South Korean educator and author
1950 Michael C. Burgess, American politician
1950 Vicente del Bosque, Spanish footballer and manager
1951 Anthony Phillips, English guitarist and songwriter (Genesis)
1951 Johnny Contardo, singer (Sha Na Na)
1952 Hans Abrahamsen, composer
1952 William Kristol, American politician, journalist, political commentator, founder (The Weekly Standard)
1953 Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia
1953 John Callahan, American actor (Craig-Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest)
1953 Tatsumi Fujinami, wrestler (WWF, NWA)
1954 Brian Teacher, American tennis star
1955 Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright
1956 Dale Berra, American baseball player
1956 Dave Murray, English guitarist and songwriter (Iron Maiden, Urchin)
1956 Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (formula-1 - Ferrari) (d. 2001)
1957 Dan Bigras, Canadian singer and actor
1957 Trisha Goddard, English television host and actress
1958 Denise McConnell, German playmate (March, 1979)
1958 Joan Severance, American actress (Hear No Evil, See No Evil)
1958 Victoria Williams, American singer-songwriter (Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers)
1959 Geoff Willis, English engineer
1960 William Sinnot, Scottish pop musician (Shamen-Move Any Mountain)
1960 Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson & Winnie Mandela
1961 Carol Smillie, Scottish model and actress
1961 Ezzat el Kamhawi, Egyptian author
1961 Lorna Tolentino, Filipino actress
1962 Bertrand Gachot, Belgian race car driver
1962 Jerry Reynolds, NBA guard & forward (Milwaukee Bucks)
1962 Kang Je-gyu, South Korean film director
1962 Keiji Mutoh, Japanese wrestler
1963 Ante Zelck, German businessman
1963 Carol Peterka, American team handball back court (Oly-92, 96)
1963 Donna Tartt, American author
1963 Jess Harnell, American voice actor (Animaniacs, Up) and singer (Rock Sugar)
1963 Jim Harbaugh, American football player, NFL quarterback (Indianapolis Colts)
1963 Keiji Muto, wrestler (NWA, WWC, NJPW)
1964 Andy Gabel, American short track skater (Olympics-1994)
1964 Eddie Vedder, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pearl Jam, Temple of the Dog, Bad Radio, Hovercraft)
1964 Petr Klima, Czech NHL right wing (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1964 Shelley Malil, Actor (The 40-Year-Old Virgin)
1966 Badi Assad, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 Hans van Arum, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse, Willem II)
1967 Carla Bruni, Italian-French singer-songwriter and model
1967 Lamar Lathon, NFL linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
1967 Otis Grant, Jamaican-Canadian boxer
1967 Tim Fountain, British playwright
1968 Karyn Bryant, American television host and actress
1968 Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, American photographer
1968 Quincy Jones III, Swedish-American songwriter and producer
1968 René Tretschok, German footballer
1969 Greg Biffle, American racecar driver
1969 Martha Byrne, American actress
1969 Mary Boquitas, Mexican singer and actress
1969 Nick Moran, Actor (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels)
1969 Rob Pelinka, American basketball player, sports agent, and lawyer
1969 Rodney Culver, American football player, NFL running back (San Diego Chargers) (d. 1996)
1969 Stephen Grant, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
1970 Catriona Le May Doan, Canadian speed skater
1970 Holly Samos, English radio host
1970 Karine Polwart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Burns Unit, Malinky, and The Fruit Tree Foundation)
1970 Kimberly Ann Cooley, American Miss America-ND (1996)
1970 Martha Byrne, actress (Lily Grimaldi-As the World Turns)
1970 Raymont Harris, American football player, NFL running back (Chicago Bears)
1970 Shannon Noelle DePuy, American Miss Virg-America (1991-top 10)
1971 Corey Haim, Canadian-American actor (Silver Bullet, Lost Boys, Lucas, License to Drive) (d. 2010)
1971 Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter
1971 Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer
1971 Pete Bercich, NFL linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1971 Steve Stenstrom, quarterback (Chicago Bears)
1971 Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English model and author
1971 Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist
1972 Christian Potenza, Canadian actor
1973 Tony Graziani, quarterback (Atlanta Falcons)
1974 Agustín Delgado, Ecuadorian footballer
1974 Mieszko Talarczyk, Polish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nasum and Genocide Superstars) (d. 2004)
1975 Lady Starlight, American singer
1975 Sky Lopez, American porn actress
1975 Thanasis Sentementes, Greek footballer
1975 Vadim Sharifijanov, Russian ice hockey player
1976 Brad Lidge, American baseball player, closer (Philadelphia Phillies)
1976 Dimitris Mavrogenidis, Greek footballer
1976 Jamie Noble, American professional wrestler and producer
1977 Alge Crumpler, American football player
1977 Becky Ruehl, American diver (Olympics-4th-1996)
1977 Helen Mahmastol, Miss Universe-Estonia (1996)
1977 Jari Mäenpää, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wintersun, Ensiferum, and Arthemesia)
1977 Matt Baker, English television host
1977 Paul Shirley, American basketball player
1978 Andra Davis, American football player
1978 Estella Warren, Canadian model and actress (Planet of the Apes)
1978 Esthero, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
1978 Jodie Marsh, English model
1978 Víctor Martínez, Venezuelan baseball player
1979 Holly Madison, American model (Playboy Bunny), Reality TV Star (THe Girls Next Door) and actress
1979 Kenny Miller, Scottish footballer
1979 Scott Gomez, American ice hockey player
1979 Summer Altice, American model and actress (Wedding Crashers)
1980 Cody Ross, American baseball player
1980 Elvin Ng, Singaporean actor
1980 Lexi Love, Adult Film Actress, Actress (Flight Attendants)
1981 Agnes Milowka, Polish-Australian diver, explorer, author, and photographer (d. 2011)
1981 Beth, Spanish singer and actress
1981 Mario Santana, Argentine footballer
1981 Maritza Correia, American swimmer
1981 Yuriorkis Gamboa, Cuban boxer
1982 Brad Nelson, American baseball player
1982 Thomas Rohregger, Austrian cyclist
1983 Carlos Jiménez, Spanish basketball player
1983 Hanley Ramírez, Dominican baseball player, SS (LA Dodgers)
1983 Michael Chopra, English footballer
1984 Sebastian Werle, German rugby player
1985 Harry Judd, British drummer (McFly)
1985 Luke O'Loughlin, Australian actor
1986 Beau Champion, Australian rugby player
1986 T. J. Oshie, American ice hockey player
1987 Owen Franks, New Zealand rugby player
1987 Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
1988 Eliana Ramos, Uruguayan model (d. 2007)
1988 Eri Kamei, Japanese singer (Morning Musume and Tanpopo)
1988 Yuka Kashino, Japanese singer and dancer (Perfume)
1989 Sam, Chimp Actor (Dunston Checks In)
1990 Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, American actress (Camp Rock), model, and singer
1991 Holly Mann, Actress (Bang)
1992 Jeff Schlupp, German footballer
1992 Spencer Daniels, Actor (Star Trek)
1993 Nathan Waddle, New Zealander
1994 Nathan R. Wilson, Producer (The Girl Who Cried Wolf)
1997 Wyatt Turner, Actor (Kids in the Yard)
1998 Conor Carroll, Actor (Ender's Game)
2010 Phoenix Nicholson, Actor (All My Children)

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484 Huneric, African king
558 Childebert, king of France (511-58)
668 Mor Gabriel, Syriac bishop and saint (b. 594)
679 Dagobert II, Frankish king of Austrasia (676-679), murdered (b. 650)
910 Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
910 Saint Naum, Bulgarian missionary and scholar (b. 830)
918 Conrad I, East Frankish, German king (911-918) (b. 890)
1116 Ivo van Chartres, French canonist, bishop of Chartres, saint
1230 Berengaria of Navarre, queen of Richard I of England (b. 1165)
1236 Philippus Cancellarius, French theologist, poet (Summa Cum Laude)
1502 Margaretha, English princess of Burgundy
1556 Nicholas Udall, English playwright (b. 1504)
1568 Roger Ascham, English educator and scholar, tutor of Elizabeth I of England (b. 1515)
1569 St Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow, martyred by Ivan the Terrible
1575 Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese military commander, hanged (b. 1531)
1588 Hendrik de Guise, French leader of Catholic League, murdered (b. 1550)
1619 Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg, duke of Prussia
1631 Michael Drayton, English poet (b. 1563)
1646 François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)
1652 John Cotton, English-American minister (Massachusets Bay Puritan) (b. 1585)
1675 Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French marshal and diplomat (b. 1602)
1688 Jean-Louis Lully, composer
1696 Johann David Mayer, composer
1722 Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)
1761 Alestair Ruadh MacDonnell, Scottish Jacobite spy (b. 1725)
1763 Antoine François Prévost, French author (b. 1697)
1771 Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns (b. 1701)
1779 Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, British admiral and politician (b. 1724)
1789 Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and educator (b. 1712)
1793 Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (b. 1697)
1793 Johann Adolph Hasse, German composer (b. 1699)
1795 Henry Clinton, English general and politician (b. 1730)
1805 Pehr Osbeck, Swedish explorer and naturalist (b. 1723)
1812 Michel Delalande, composer
1834 Thomas Malthus, English demographer and economist (b. 1766)
1846 Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, French naturalist (b. 1780)
1884 John Chisum, American cattle baron (b. 1824)
1891 Holger Simon Paulli, composer
1902 Frederick Temple, English archbishop and academic (b. 1821)
1908 Eduard Wachmann, composer
1908 Francois A Gevaert, Belgian-Dutch composer (Diable au Moulin)
1911 Karl L Hoschna, composer
1912 Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist (b. 1850)
1913 James Middleton, South African cricketer
1915 Roland Leighton
1925 A S C Wallis (Adele von Antal-Opzoomer), writer (Vorstengunst)
1926 Swami Shraddhanand, Indian educator (b. 1856)
1930 Johannes H Been, Brielle archivist
1931 Wilson Bentley, American photographer, scientist (b. 1865)
1938 Robert Herrick, American writer (Chimes)
1939 Anthony H G Fokker, Dutch aircraft manufacturer, designer (Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII) (b. 1890)
1943 Theo(dorus J) Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees de Jongen)
1944 Peder Lykkeberg, Danish swimmer (b. 1878)
1945 Mogens Klitgaard, Danish author (Brunkul)
1946 John A. Sampson, American gynecologist (b. 1873)
1946 Kiki Preston, American socialite (b. 1898)
1948 Akira Mutō, Japanese army commander (b. 1883)
1948 Hideki Tōjō, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (1941-44), hanged for war crimes (b. 1884)
1950 Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)
1951 Alfreds Kalnins, composer
1951 Benito Lynch, Irish-Argentine writer (Palo Verde)
1953 Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed (b. 1899)
1954 René Iché, French sculptor (b. 1897)
1959 Edward FLW Halifax, English viscount, Viceroy of India
1959 Lester Lonergan Jr, actor (Growing Paynes)
1959 Lord Irwin, Ambassador to US (1940-46)
1961 Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (b. 1910)
1962 George Saiko, writer
1962 Luis Alberni, actor (Topaze)
1964 Arrigo Pedrollo, composer
1966 Hv Doderer, writer
1966 Robert Keith, actor (Battle Circus, Men in War)
1967 Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground)
1967 Richard Flury, composer
1967 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America
1969 Donald Foster, actor (Scaramouche)
1970 Charles Ruggles, American actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show) (b. 1886)
1971 Carlo Jachino, composer
1971 Pasha Hristova, Bulgarian singer (b. 1946)
1972 Andrej N Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer (Tupolev Tu-95 and Tupolev Tu-104) (b. 1888)
1973 Arthur Richardson, cricketer
1973 Charles Atlas (Angelo Siciliano), Italian-American bodybuilder (b. 1892)
1973 Irna Phillips, American screenwriter, director, and producer (b. 1901)
1975 Richard S Welch, CIA station chief in Athens, shot dead
1976 Frank Forest, actor (Big Broadcast of 1937, Champagne Waltz)
1976 Paul M Frank Forest
1976 Walter Bauer, writer
1979 Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (b. 1898)
1982 Jack Webb, American actor (Joe Friday-Dragnet), producer, and director (b. 1920)
1982 Norman Dinnerstein, composer
1983 Colin Middleton, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1910)
1984 Joan Lindsay, Australian author (b. 1896)
1985 James Vance  & Raymond Belknap, commit suicide, sparking their families to sue rock group Judas Priest for subliminal messages
1989 Josef Alexander, composer
1990 Frank King, West Indian cricketer
1991 Byron Q Griffith, producer, actor
1992 Cyril Walters, English cricketer
1992 Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (Parliament Funkadelic) (b. 1950)
1992 Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer (b. 1934)
1993 Gertrude "Trudi" Duby Blom, actress, shot to death
1994 Charles Shirley, jazz arranger
1994 Didier Rocher, son of French cosmetic maker Yves Rocher
1994 Nora Dunfree, US actress (Grass Harp)
1994 Sebastian Lewis Shaw, English actor (High Season, Ace of Spades) (b. 1905)
1995 David Land, impressario
1995 Gabrielle Keiller, collector, golfer
1995 Patric (Reginald Lawrence) Knowles, English actor (Chisum, Mutiny) (b. 1911)
1996 Rina Ketty, singer
1996 Ronnie Scott, musician, club-owner
1997 Austin Whitaker, schoolmaster classical scholar, archivist
1997 Brian Malzard Foss, psychologist
1997 Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist
1997 Hrvoje Horvatic, video artist
1997 Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist
1997 Stanley Cortez, American cinematographer (Magnificent Ambersons) (b. 1908)
1998 Michelle Thomas, American actress (b. 1968)
2000 Billy Barty, American actor (b. 1924)
2000 Noor Jehan, Pakistani singer and actress (b. 1926)
2000 Victor Borge, Danish-American comedian, conductor, and pianist (b. 1909)
2001 Bola Ige, Nigerian lawyer and politician, Governor of Oyo State (b. 1930)
2004 P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian politician, 9th Prime Minister of India (b. 1921)
2005 Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1914)
2005 Norman D. Vaughan, American polar explorer and dogsled driver (b. 1905)
2006 Charlie Drake, English comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1925)
2006 Johnny Vincent, English footballer (Birmingham City, Middlesbrough) (b. 1947)
2006 Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (b. 1952)
2007 Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1915)
2007 Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1925)
2007 William Francis Ganong Jr., American physiologist (b. 1924)
2009 Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian Roman Catholic theologian (b. 1914)
2009 Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan general and politician (b. 1910)
2009 Robert L. Howard, American soldier (Medal of Honor recipient) (b. 1939)
2010 Fred Hargesheimer, American World War II pilot (b. 1916)
2010 K. Karunakaran, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Kerala (b. 1918)
2011 Denise Darcel, French actress
2012 Abe Deutschendorf, American politician (b. 1935)
2012 Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (b. 1963)
2012 Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (b. 1982)
2012 Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist (b. 1979)
2012 Jean Harris, American educator and murderer (b. 1923)
2012 Judy Nerat, American politician (b. 1948)
2012 Pedro Toledo, Puerto Rican police officer (b. 1943)
2013 Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, Russian general and inventor
2013 Yusef Lateef, jazz composer
2015 Alfred G. Gilman, American scientist, (1994 Nobel Prize for G-protein discoveries)

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