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418 (Etalius) begins his reign as Catholic Pope
537 The Hagia Sophia is completed, inaugurated by the Emperor Justinian.
1437 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Bohemia
1503 Battle at Garigliano, Spanish army under G Cordoba beats France
1512 The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the conduct of settlers with regards to native Indians in the New World.
1521 "Zwickauer profeten" appear in Wittenberg
1655 Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
1657 The Flushing Remonstrance is signed.
1679 Dutch troops capture Madurees prince Trunudjojo in Java
1703 Portugal and England sign the Methuen-Asiento trade agreement Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England.
1741 Prussian forces took Olmutz, Czechoslovakia
1814 The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed in the War of 1812: . It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
1825 1st public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England
1831 Charles Darwin embarks on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle for South America, during which he will begin to formulate the theory of evolution.
1836 The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
1845 Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.
1850 Hawaiian Fire Dept established
1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bluffs, MS (Chickasaw Bayou)
1862 Battle of Elizabethtown, KY
1867 Ontario & Quebec legislatures hold first meeting
1871 World's first cat show (Crystal Palace, London)
1884 Netherlands recognizes King Leopold II's Congo Free State
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Blue Carbuncle" (BG)
1892 Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St John laid (NYC)
1892 N C Biddle beats Livingston 4-0 in 1st black college football game
1897 In the Stanley Cup, Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals 15-2
1900 Carrie Nation's 1st public smashing of a bar (Carey Hotel, Wichita KS)
1903 "Sweet Adaline," a barbershop quartet favorite, is 1st sung
1904 Duke of York Theatre opens in London (1st musical Peter Pan)
1904 W B Yeats & Lady Gregory's "On Baile's Strand," premieres in Dublin
1905 M A Noble scores 281 (369 mins, 21 fours) NSW v Victoria
1906 First annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI
1911 "Jana Gana Mana", the national anthem of India, is first sung in the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.
1918 The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
1919 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
1922 Japanese aircraft carrier Hōshō becomes the first purpose built aircraft carrier to be commissioned in the world.
1923 Daisuke Namba, a Japanese student, tries an Unsuccessful assassination attempt on the Prince Regent Hirohito of Japan.
1926 Depot Square in Bronx renamed Botanical Square
1926 Latkin Square in Bronx named for 1st US Jewish soldier to die in WW I
1927 Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat", considered to be the first true American musical, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
1927 Philip Barry's "Paris Bound," premieres in NYC
1927 Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled
1932 Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City, New York.
1934 First youth hostel in US opens (Northfield, Mass)
1934 Shah of Persia declares Persia now Iran
1934 Vernon Duke & James Hanley's musical premieres in NYC
1937 Bradman scores 246 SA v Queensland, 364 mins, 20 fours
1937 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany
1937 Mae West performs Adam & Eve skit that gets her banned from NBC radio
1939 First American skimobiles (North Conway, NH)
1939 Between 20,000 & 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake in Erzincam, Turkey.
1939 Finland holds off a Soviet Union attack in the Battle of Kelja during the Winter War.
1941 Japan bombs Manila even though it was declared an "open city"
1941 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 7th Symphony in Siberia.
1942 First Japanese women camp (Ambarawa) goes into use
1942 NFL Pro Bowl, NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14
1942 The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded.
1943 France transfers most of her powers in Lebanon to Lebanese government
1943 German warship "Scharnhorst" sinks in Barents Sea
1943 Montgomery discusses Overlord with Eisenhower & Bedell Smith
1944 British premier Churchill flies back to London from Greece.
1945 Arthur Laurent's "Home of the Brave," premieres in NYC
1945 International Monetary Fund established-World Bank founded
1945 The World Bank and International Monetary Fund are created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
1947 First "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
1949 Indonesian National Revolution, The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
1949 Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
1951 40th Davis Cup, Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2)
1953 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game
1954 "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs
1954 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint," premieres in NYC
1956 45th Davis Cup, Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0)
1956 Bill Sharman (Boston) ends NBA free throw streak of 55 games
1959 Baltimore Colts beat NY Giants 31-16 in NFL championship game
1960 France performs nuclear test
1961 Belgium & Congo resume diplomatic relations
1961 Styne, Comden & Green's musical "Subways are for Sleeping," premieres at St James Theater NYC for 205 performances.
1962 28th Heisman Trophy Award, Terry Baker, Oregon State (QB)
1964 Cleveland Browns beat Baltimore Colts 27-0 in NFL championship game
1966 "At the Drop of Another Hat" opens at Booth Theater NYC for 105 perfs
1966 The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
1968 Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
1968 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1970 "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances
1972 "Purlie" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 14 performances
1972 Belgium recognizes German DR
1972 LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak
1972 New North Korean constitution comes into effect
1973 LA Dodgers announce night games will start at 7:30 instead of 8
1974 40th Heisman Trophy Award, Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
1974 Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
1974 FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party
1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1975 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses drowning 350 (Dhanbad India)
1976 Albania constitution goes into effect
1978 King Juan Carlos ratifies Spain's 1st democratic constitution
1978 Spain becomes a democracy after 40 years of dictatorship.
1979 "Knots Landing," premieres on CBS-TV
1979 Red Army beats NY Rangers 5-2 at Madison Square Garden
1979 The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, President Hafizullah Amin is overthrown.
1980 Calvin Murphy (Rockets) begins longest NBA free throw streak of 78
1981 Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310
1981 Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game)
1981 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory v India at Karachi
1983 Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca)
1983 Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo
1984 Padres' free agent pitcher Ed Whitson signs with NY Yankees
1985 Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people  & wound 110 inside Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria airports, President Reagan blames Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
1986 "Les Miserables" opens at Kennedy Center, Wash DC
1986 10th Soap Opera Digest Poll Awards Young & Restless wins
1987 Steve Largent sets all-time NFL record for career catches when he catches his 752nd pass
1987 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1989 Oregon begins taking bids on NBA games
1991 "Carol Burnett Show" last airs on CBS-TV
1991 Bengals hire Dave Shula as youngest NFL coach (32)
1991 Chuck Knox retires as Seattle Seahawk coach
1992 "3 From Brooklyn" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 45 perfs
1992 "Les Miserables" opens at Ostregaswerks, Copenhagen
1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song & Dance Act" opens at Gershwin NYC for 10 per
1992 13th United Negro College Fund raises $11,000,000
1992 Harry Connick Jr is caught with 9mm gun in NY's JFK airport
1992 Nancy Sheehan wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge Golf Tournament
1993 "Candles, Snow, & Mistletoe" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 7 perfs
1993 Dow-Jones hits record 3792.93
1995 Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG)
1996 Carquest Bowl 7: Miami beats Virginia, 31-21
1996 Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
1997 Protestant paramilitary leader Billy Wright is assassinated in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
2001 The People's Republic of China is granted permanent normal trade relations with the United States.
2002 Two truck bombs kill 72 and wound 200 at the pro-Moscow headquarters of the Chechen government in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.
2004 Radiation from an explosion on the magnetar SGR 1806-20 reaches Earth. It is the brightest extrasolar event known to have been witnessed on the planet.
2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto is assassinated by a suicide bomber.
2007 Riots erupt in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki is declared the winner of the presidential election, triggering a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
2008 Israel launches 3-week operation on Gaza Operation Cast Lead.
2009 Iranian election protests, On the Day of Ashura in Tehran, Iran, government security forces fire upon demonstrators
2012 NASA unveils plans to capture a 500 ton asteroid in 2025
2013 29 people are killed after a bus plunged off the Huay Tong Bridge, Thailand
2015 Iraqi forces retake IS held city of Ramadi (ISIS first captured in May)

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1390 Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411)
1555 Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist
1571 Johannes Kepler, German astronomer (planetary Motion) (d. 1630)
1572 Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech humanist, composer, pedagogue, poet, and dramatist (d. 1622)
1645 Giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized
1654 (Jean)Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)
1683 Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750)
1709 Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague)
1714 George Whitefield, English-American preacher (d. 1770)
1715 Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)
1717 Pius VI, Pope (d. 1799)
1721 Franciscus "French" Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
1748 William Marshall, composer
1752 Johann Georg Anton Mederitsch-Gallus, composer
1755 Antons Klemens Theodor, King of Saksen (1827-36)
1761 Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Russian military commander (d. 1818)
1773 George Cayley, English scientist, inventor (aerodynamics), and politician (d. 1857)
1776 Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (d. 1811)
1796 Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869)
1800 John Goss, composer
1801 Guillaume L Baud, Dutch minister of Colonies (1848-49)
1802 Thomas Fearnley, Norweigan landscape painter
1803 François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, French Canadian Patriote (d. 1839)
1803 John ACA van Nispen Sevenaer, Member of Dutch 2nd parliament (1848-75)
1814 James Henry Carleton, Bvt Major General (Union Army) (d. 1873)
1816 Eliakim Parker Scammon, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1894)
1822 John Roberts, composer
1822 Louis Pasteur, French scientist, bacteriologist (pasturization) (d. 1895)
1823 Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1917)
1825 Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer
1829 James Clay Rice, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1864)
1831 Lucius Fairchild, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1896)
1832 Pavel Tretyakov, Russian businessman and patron of art (d. 1897)
1836 Henricus Oort, Dutch theologist (Leidse translation)
1845 Augusto de Oliviera Machado, composer
1855 Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist, mythologist
1856 Andre Gedalge, composer
1859 William Henry Hadow, composer
1864 René Georges Hermann-Paul, French artist (d. 1940)
1874 Max Ettinger, composer
1879 Robert Greig, Australian actor (Horse Feathers)
1879 Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (Maltese Falcon) (d. 1954)
1883 Cyrus S. Eaton, Canadian-American financier, industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1979)
1884 Bernard van Dieren, composer
1888 Thea von Harbou, German author and actress (d. 1954)
1890 Maurice Schoemaker, composer
1892 Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian World War One flying ace (d. 1917)
1892 Feliks Roderyk Labunski, composer
1895 Sig Arno, German actor (Holiday in Havana)
1896 Arch Ward, sportswriter (proposed baseball's all-star game)
1896 Carl Zuckmayer, German-Swiss author and dramatist (d. 1977)
1896 Ewan Calague, economist, statistician (Social Security Board)
1896 Louis Bromfield, American writer (Early Autumn) (Pulitzer-1926) (d. 1956)
1896 Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)
1897 Iwan S Konew, Russian marshal, supreme commander pact of Warsaw
1899 Paul Costello, American double sculls (Olympic-gold-1920, 24, 28)
1900 Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)
1901 Irene Handl, English actress (Riding High, Morgan) (d. 1987)
1901 Marlene Dietrich (Maria Losch), German singer, actress (Blue Angel) (d. 1992)
1902 Ferenc Szabo, composer
1906 Ivan Brkanovic, composer
1906 Ivan Mark Waller, mountaineer
1906 Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer and actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life) (d. 1972)
1907 Conrad L. Raiford, Goodwill Ambassador (d. 2002)
1907 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher
1907 Jan Willem van Otterloo, Dutch composer
1907 Mary Howard aka Josephine Edgar, British writer (d. 1991)
1907 Nils-Eric Ringbom, composer
1907 Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and writer (d. 1999)
1907 Willem van Otterloo, Dutch conductor (Melbourne 1967-71) and composer (d. 1978)
1908 Louis de Bourbon, Dutch writer, poet (Black Banners)
1909 James Riddell, British champion skier and author (d. 2000)
1909 Johan(nes B) Schmitz, Dutch actor, reciter (Lucifer, MacBeth)
1910 Charles Olson, American poet (d. 1970)
1910 Jack Massey, groundsman
1910 Neville Crump, racehorse trainer
1911 Anna Russell, English-born Canadian singer and comedian (d. 2006)
1911 Endre Szervanszky, composer
1914 Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red)
1914 Ivan Sutton, British concert promoter
1915 Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (d. 1999)
1915 Mary Kornman, American actress (Queen of the Jungle) (d. 1973)
1915 William Howell Masters, American gynecologist, sex author, physician (d. 2001)
1916 Werner Baumbach, German bomber pilot (d. 1953)
1917 Earl of Inchcape, English large landowner/industrialist (P&O)
1917 Onni Palaste, Finnish writer (d. 2009)
1918 John Celardo, American comic strip artist (d. 2012)
1919 Charles Sweeney, American general (d. 2004)
1920 Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (d. 2005)
1922 Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller, supply specialist
1923 Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter (d. 2012)
1924 James A. McClure, American politician (Sen-R-Idaho) (d. 2011)
1924 Mokta Ould Daddah, president Mauritania (1961-78)
1924 Wouter Eijkelemboom, Dutch architect (Holy-hospital, Vlaardingen)
1925 Allan Blank, composer
1925 Maurice Bambier, French politician (d. 1994)
1925 Michel Piccoli, French actor (Topaz, Peril, May Fools)
1926 Jerome Courtland, American actor (Tonka, Tharus), director and producer
1927 Agnes Nixon, American television producer, director, and writer
1927 Antony Gardner, British politician (d. 2011)
1927 Audrey Wagner, American baseball player (d. 1984)
1927 Nityanand Swami, Indian politician (d. 2012)
1930 Jacqueline Fontijn, Flemish composer
1930 Marshall Sahlins, American Anthropologist
1930 Meg Greenfield, American politician
1930 Wilfrid Sheed, English-American writer (Boys of Winter, Hack) (d. 2011)
1931 Scotty Moore, American guitarist (Elvis Prestley)
1934 Larissa Latynina, Ukrainian gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1935 Norma Rae Beatty Ashby, broadcaster, TV producer
1936 Lee Salk, doctor (CBS TV)
1936 Phil Sharpe, English cricketer
1938 Stanislav Stanojevic, Serbian-born French film director and actor
1939 John Amos, American actor (Good Times, Coming to America, Die Hard 2)
1940 Jerry Lambert, jockey (rode Native Diver)
1940 Pete Brown, rocker
1941 Leslie Maguire, rocker (Gerry & Pacemakers-Ferry Crossed the Mersey)
1941 Michael Pinder, British musician (The Moody Blues)
1941 Nolan Richardson, American basketball coach
1942 Byron Browne, baseball player
1942 Charmian Carr, American actress (The Sound of Music)
1942 Ron Rothstein, American basketball coach
1942 Thomas Menino, American politician
1943 Cokie Roberts, American journalist, newscaster (ABC-TV)
1943 Dave Rowberry, English Musician (Animals)
1943 Joan Manuel Serrat, Spanish musician
1943 Peter Sinfield, British lyricist and producer
1943 Roy White, American baseball player
1944 Mick Jones, British musician (Foreigner)
1944 Tracy Nelson, American singer
1946 Janet Street-Porter, British journalist, producer, TV personality (Youth)
1946 Joyce Spiliotis, American politician (d. 2012)
1946 Lenny Kaye, American guitarist
1947 Bill Eadie, professional wrestler, "Ax" of Demolition
1947 Janet Perry, American soprano
1947 Mickey Redmond, Canadian hockey player
1947 Peter Criss, Drummer (Kiss)
1947 Tracy Nelson, American blues singer
1947 Willy Polleunis, Belgian athlete
1948 Gérard Depardieu, French actor (Life of Pi)
1948 Larry Byrom, Musician (Steppenwolf)
1948 Tovah Feldshuh, American actress (Idolmaker, Terror out of the Sky)
1950 Doug Stone, Canadian voice actor
1950 Haris Alexiou, Greek singer
1950 Jack van Gelder, Dutch TV host
1950 Morgan Chu, American lawyer and intellectual property expert
1950 Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer
1950 Terry Bozzio, American drummer (Missing Persons)
1951 Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico
1951 William Waldorf, 4th viscount Astor, English large landowner
1952 David Knopfler, British musician (Dire Straits)
1952 Jay Hill, Canadian politician
1952 Karla Bonoff, American singer and songwriter (New World, Restless Nights)
1952 Raimund Krauth, German footballer (d. 2012)
1952 Tovah Feldshuh, American actress
1953 Arthur Kent, newscaster (NBC-Gulf War coverage)
1953 Kevin Wright, Australian cricketer, wicket keeper
1955 Barbara Olson, American political commentator (d. 2001)
1955 Brad Murphey, Australian racing driver
1955 E. E. Bell, American actor
1956 Doina Melinte, Romanian running star (world record 1500 m/mile indoor)
1957 Connie Chillemi, Eglin AFB FL, golfer (1994 Standard Register-13th)
1957 Greg Mortenson, American author
1957 James Sanford, American runner (world record 50m indoor)
1957 Jerry Gaskill, American musician (King's X)
1958 Barbara Crampton, American actress
1958 Norbert Schmitz, German footballer (d. 1998)
1958 Steffen Mensching, writer
1958 Steven Glen Jones, American PGA golfer (1988 AT&T Pebble Beach)
1959 Andre Tippett, American football player, NFL linebacker (New England Patriots)
1959 Gerina Dunwich, American author
1959 Mary Holland, American WPVA volleyballer
1960 Donald Nally, American choral conductor
1960 Maryam D'Abo, English actress (Living Daylights, Xtro, Until Sept)
1960 Terry Price, Australasia golfer
1960 Victoria Paige Meyerink, American actress and producer
1961 Caroline Gowan, American LPGA golfer (SC Women's Amat-1981, 83)
1962 Barbara Crampton, American actor (Body Double, Young & Restless)
1962 Bill Self, American basketball coach
1962 Mark Few, American basketball coach
1962 Pierlucio Tinazzi, Italian security guard (d. 1999)
1962 Sherri Steinhauer, American LPGA golfer (1992 du Maurier Ltd)
1962 Timothy Hacker, American 10k runner
1963 Dana Chladek, Czech-American slalom Kayak (Olympics-br/silver-92, 96)
1963 Gaspar Noé, Argentinian-born director
1963 Jim Leyritz, American MLB catcher (NY Yankees)
1963 Mark Pike, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1964 David Tikolo, Kenyan cricket batsman (1996 World Cup)
1964 Ian Gomez, American actor
1964 Randy Kirk, NFL outside linebacker (AZ Cardinals, SF 49ers)
1964 Steve Wallace, NFL tackle (SF 49ers, KC Chiefs)
1964 Theresa Randle, American actress
1965 Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (d. 2007)
1965 Gamini Wickremasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer, wicket keeper
1965 Salman Khan, Indian actor (Dabangg)
1966 Bill Goldberg, American football player, professional wrestler (WCW), actor (The Longest Yard)
1966 Eva LaRue, American actress (Cries in the Dark)
1966 Fabian Núñez, American politician
1966 Wendy Coakley-Thompson, American writer
1967 Niels Meijer, Dutch rock keyboardist (Bob Color)
1968 Dean Palmer, American infielder (Texas Rangers)
1969 Chris Humbert, American water polo 2m offense (Olympics-96)
1969 Chyna, American professional wrestler
1969 Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver
1969 Sarah Vowell, American author and journalist
1969 Suzanne Paxton, Balt Md, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1970 Brendon Cook, Australian racing driver
1970 Chyna, American professional wrestler
1970 Frank Messmer, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 Lorenzo Neal, American football player, NFL fullback (NO Saints, NY Jets)
1970 Mike Salmon, NFL, WLAF safety (Houston Oilers, Rhein Fire, SF 49ers)
1970 Steve Hoyem, WLAF offensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
1971 Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player, NHL forward (Team USA, Pitts Penguins)
1971 Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer
1971 James Stewart, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 Jason Hawes, Paranormal investigator
1972 Charles Way, NFL fullback (NY Giants)
1972 Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby union player
1972 Dewayne Washington, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 Kevin Ollie, American basketball player
1972 Matt Slocum, American musician (Sixpence None the Richer)
1972 Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor (Jason-Knots Landing)
1973 Bill Clay, Japaneese-Born American sprint cyclist (Olympics-96)
1973 Dee Ferris, British painter
1973 Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer
1973 Wilson Cruz, Puerto Rican actor (My So Called Life, Ally McBeal)
1974 Edgar Ponce, Mexican actor and dancer (d. 2005)
1974 Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
1974 Jay Pandolfo, American ice hockey player
1974 Masi Oka, Japanese-American actor (Friends with Benefits)
1974 Sal Longobardo, Actor (22 Jump Street)
1975 Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif, Yemeni criminal (d. 2012)
1975 Heather O'Rourke, American actress (Happy Days, Poltergeist) (d. 1988)
1975 Patrick Paauwe, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Graafschap)
1976 Aaron Stanford, American actor (X-Men : The Last Stand)
1976 Fernando Pisani, Canadian-Italian ice hockey player
1976 Nikolaos Georgeas, Greek footballer
1977 Jacqueline Pillon, Canadian actress
1977 Kate Nelson, American rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1978 Deuce McAllister, American football player
1978 Lisa Jakub, Actress (Independence Day)
1979 Carson Palmer, American football player
1979 David Dunn, English footballer
1980 Bernard Berrian, American football player
1980 Cas Haley, American singer and guitarist
1980 Claudio Castagnoli, Swiss wrestler
1980 Dahntay Jones, American basketball player
1981 David Aardsma, American baseball player
1981 Emilie de Ravin, Australian actress (The Hills Have Eyes)
1981 Javine Hylton, English singer
1981 Moise Joseph, American-Haitian runner
1981 Patrick Sharp, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 James Mead, American guitarist (Kutless)
1982 Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist, (Týr)
1983 Anthony Boric, New Zealand All Black rugby player
1983 Cole Hamels, American baseball player
1984 Gilles Simon, French tennis player
1984 Pleasure P, American R&B Singer (Pretty Ricky)
1985 Jérôme d'Ambrosio, Belgian racing driver
1985 Logan Bailly, Belgian footballer, goalkeeper
1985 Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1986 Brett Clouser, Reality TV Star (Survivor)
1987 Elle Logan, Olympic Rower (2008 Gold Medal)
1988 Hayley Williams, American singer (Paramore)
1988 Heather O'Rourke, Actress (Poltergeist)
1988 Ok Taecyeon, South Korean actor & singer (2PM)
1988 Rick Porcello, American baseball player, pitcher
1988 Zavon Hines, English football player
1989 Ingrid Várgas Calvo, Peruvian tennis player
1990 Luis Trujillo, Peruvian Football Player
1990 Milos Raonic, Canadian tennis player
1991 Chloe Bridges, American actress (Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam)
1991 Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer
1992 Houston Tumlin, Actor (Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby)
1993 Olivia Cooke, Actress (First You Dream, Then You Die)
1995 Laurence Belcher, Actor (X-Men: First Class)
1996 Charlie Glossop, Actor (Five Pillars)
1997 Noah Dahl, Actor (Mr. & Mrs. Smith)
1999 Toke Lars Bjarke, Actor (In a Better World)
2008 Tripp Palin, Grandson of Sarah Palin, Son of Bristol Palin

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418 Zosimus, Greek Pope (417-8)
975 Balderik, bishop of Utrecht (918-75)
1065 Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile
1076 Svyatoslav II, Prince of Kiev (b. 1027)
1087 Bertha of Savoy, (b. 1051)
1381 Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician (b. 1352)
1543 George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (b. 1484)
1548 Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502)
1590 Emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty
1595 Pietro Pontio, composer
1603 Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian clergyman, publicist (b. 1535)
1631 John Pijnas, Dutch painter
1641 Francois van d'Aerssen, ruler of Sommelsdijk, diplomat
1704 Hans Albrecht von Barfus, Prussian field marshal and politician (b. 1635)
1707 Jean Mabillon, French monk, palaeograopher, diplomat, and scholar (b. 1632)
1737 William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)
1743 Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659)
1771 Henri Pitot, French engineer, invented the Pitot tube (b. 1695)
1782 Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish judge and philosopher (b. 1697)
1800 Hugh Blair, Scottish minister and author (b. 1718)
1805 Belle van Zuylen, Dutch-Swiss writer (Trois Femmes)
1812 Joanna Southcott, English prophet (b. 1750)
1812 Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi, founder (Chabad Hasidism) (b. 1745)
1834 Charles Lamb, English author (b. 1775)
1836 Stephen Fuller Austin, American army officer, politician, founder (state of Texas) (b. 1793)
1858 Alexandre Pierre François Boëly, French composer and pianist (b. 1785)
1877 Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki)
1880 Alessandro Nini, composer
1896 John Brown, English businessman, manufacturer (b. 1816)
1900 William G Armstrong, First Baron Armstrong, English engineer and businessman, founder (Armstrong Whitworth) (b. 1810)
1914 Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and inventor (b. 1863)
1916 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer
1919 Achilles Alferaki, composer
1919 Theodoor H de Meester, Dutch lib premier (1905-08)
1923 Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect, co-designer (Eiffel Tower, Paris) (b. 1832)
1924 William Archer, Scottish critic, playwright (Green Goddess)
1925 Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer, literary (Assault!)
1925 Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (b. 1895)
1930 William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth)
1931 Peter Christian Lutkin, composer
1931 Walter Courvoisier, composer
1936 Hans von Seeckt, German General, advisor of Chiang Kai-shek
1938 Calvin Bridges, American geneticist (b. 1889)
1938 Emile Vandervelde, President of the International Socialist Bureau (1900–1918), Minister of 3 Belgian governments
1938 O Mandelstam, writer
1938 Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (b. 1891)
1944 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, composer
1950 Max Beckmann, German painter, graphic artist (b. 1884)
1952 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander (army & navy - 1940)
1952 Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian Roman Catholic priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
1953 Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894)
1955 Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter, English navy officer (b. 1881)
1956 Lambert McKenna, Irish editor and lexicographer (b. 1870)
1957 Alan Bridge, actor (Hail the Conquering Hero)
1958 Harry Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founder (Warner Bros.) (b. 1881)
1959 Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet, historian, diplomat
1965 Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
1966 Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (b. 1905)
1972 Lester B. Pearson, Canadian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Canada (Nobel Prize laureate 1957) (b. 1897)
1974 Amy Vanderbilt, American author (Complete book of etiquette)
1974 Raymond Glenn, actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones)
1974 Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist (b. 1898)
1978 Bob Luman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
1978 Bob de Lange, Dutch actor, director (Daniel)
1978 Chris Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Big Star), killed in car crash (b. 1951)
1978 Houari Boumediene, Algerian politician, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932)
1979 Hafizullah Amin, Afghan politician, 2nd President of Afghanistan (1979), murdered (b. 1929)
1981 Hoagy Carmichael, American singer-songwriter (Stardust), pianist, and actor (b. 1899)
1982 Jack Swigert, American astronaut (b. 1931)
1982 John Leonard Swigert Jr, astronaut (Apollo 13)
1983 Walter Scott, rocker
1985 Dian Fossey, American zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist), found dead in Rwanda (b. 1932)
1986 Lars-Eric Vilner Larsson, composer
1987 Geoffrey D Lloyd, Chairman of the guild of British Newspaper editors (b. 1933)
1987 Priscilla Dean, actress (Outside the Law)
1987 Rewi Alley, New Zealand author, pro Chinese communist
1988 Fox Harris, actor (Alienator, Warlords, Sid & Nancy)
1988 Hal Ashby, American director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die) (b. 1929)
1991 Edward M Love, choreographer, dancer
1991 John Morgan Evans, actor
1991 W Hudson, American "strongest man to the world" (540 kg)
1992 Cardew "the Cad" (Douglas) Robinson, English comedian (Alfie)
1992 Jan Peeters, Dutch watercolorist, monument artist
1992 Kay Boyle, American author (b. 1902)
1993 André Pilette, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
1993 Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (b. 1902)
1993 Youssef Sebti, Algerian scholar, poet, murdered
1994 Fanny Cradock, English chief, author, and critic (b. 1909)
1994 Hans Berghuis, author, poet (Kleitabletten)
1994 J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (b. 1902)
1994 Karl AF Schiller, West German economist, SPD-minister
1994 Peter Barker Howard May, English cricketer
1994 Sadi de Gorter, Dutch author, diplomat (Abscess)
1995 Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player (b. 1910)
1995 Jeremy John Beadle, writer, broadcaster
1995 Peter Refn, Danish journalist, director (Violets are Blue)
1995 Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist (b. 1909)
1997 Billy Wright, Irish Protestant paramilitary leader (b. 1960)
1997 Brendan Gill, American journalist (b. 1914)
1997 Dorothy Stroud, garden historian
1997 Ewart G Abner Jr, president (Motown Records)
1997 Tom Hudson, artist, teacher
2002 George Roy Hill, American film director (b. 1922)
2003 Alan Bates, English actor (b. 1934)
2003 Iván Calderón, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1962)
2003 Vestal Goodman, American singer (b. 1929)
2004 Hank Garland, American guitarist (b. 1930)
2005 William Doody, Canadian politician (b. 1931)
2007 Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan, assassinated (b. 1953)
2007 Jaan Kross, Estonian author (b. 1920)
2007 Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Polish film director (b. 1922)
2008 Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Delaney & Bonnie) (b. 1939)
2008 Robert Graham, Mexican sculptor (b. 1938)
2009 Isaac Schwartz, Ukrainian composer (b. 1923)
2011 Catê, Brazilian footballer (b. 1973)
2011 Helen Frankenthaler, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1928)
2011 Johnny Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2011 Michael Dummett, English philosopher (b. 1925)
2012 Albert Riederer, American jurist and politician (b. 1945)
2012 Archie Roy, Scottish astronomer (b. 1924)
2012 Edgar May, American politician (b. 1929)
2012 Hamid Ghodse, Iranian-English academic (b. 1938)
2012 Harry Carey, Jr., American actor (b. 1921)
2012 Jesco von Puttkamer, German-American engineer (b. 1933)
2012 John Quimby, American politician (b. 1935)
2012 Jorma Kortelainen, Finnish skier (b. 1932)
2012 Lloyd Charmers, Jamaican singer, keyboard player, and producer (The Uniques) (b. 1938)
2012 Maurice Paul Delorme, French bishop (b. 1919)
2012 Mlađa Veselinović, Serbian actor (b. 1915)
2012 Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., American general (Gulf War - Iraq) (b. 1934)
2012 Salt Walther, American race car driver (b. 1947)
2012 Sohrab Hossain, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1922)
2012 Tingye Li, Chinese-American physicist (b. 1931)
2012 Valentin Boreyko, Russian rower (b. 1933)
2015 Stevie Wright, British-born Australian singer with the Easybeats (Friday on my Mind)
2015 Meadowlark Lemmon, American basketball star (Harlem Globetrotters)
2015 Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and director
2015 Stein Eriksen, Norwegian giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952)

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