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27 BC The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate.
308 St Marcellus I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
550 Gothic War (535-552): The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison.
1120 The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem.
1219 Floods in Northern Netherlands after storm, 1,000s killed
1325 Laure de Noves, beloved of Petrarch, marries Hugues de Sade
1362 A great storm tide in the North Sea destroys the German island of Strand and the city of Rungholt.
1412 The Medici family is appointed official banker of the Papacy.
1492 The first grammar of a modern language, in the Spanish language, is presented to Queen Isabella.
1493 Columbus returns to Spain on his 1st trip
1531 English Reformation parliament's 2nd sitting
1545 Death of Georg Spalatin, 61, German reformer and friend of Martin Luther. Spalatin's court life allowed him to give secular government a better understanding of Luther's ideas.
1547 Ivan IV the Terrible crowns himself 1st tsar of Russia
1556 Emperor Karel appoints his son Philip II, king of Spain
1556 Philip II becomes King of Spain.
1572 Thomas Howard, The 4th Duke of Norfolk was tried for treason for complicity in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. He was executed on June 2.
1581 The English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism.
1604 At the Hampton Court Conference in England, John Rainolds presented to King James I the motion '...that there might bee a newe translation of the Bible.' Approved the next day, Rainolds' motion led to the 1611 publication of the Authorized (King James) version of the Bible.
1605 The first edition of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (Book One of Don Quixote) by Miguel de Cervantes is published in Madrid.
1707 The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
1740 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in a letter: 'If I see a man who loves the Lord Jesus in sincerity, I am not very solicitous to what...communion he belongs. The Kingdom of God, I think, does not consist in any such thing.'
1756 England & Prussia sign Treaty of Westminster
1759 British Museum opens in London
1761 The British capture Pondicherry, India from the French.
1765 Charles Messier catalogs M41 (galactic cluster in Canis Major)
1776 Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks
1777 Vermont declares its independence from New York.
1780 Battle at Cape St Vincent: admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet
1780 Admiral Rodney beats Spanish fleet at the Battle at Cape St Vincent
1786 The Virginia Legislature adopted the Ordinance of Religious Freedom, which guaranteed that no man would be forced to attend or support any church. This mandate later became the model for the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1795 French army under Pichegru occupies Utrecht Netherlands
1809 The British defeated the French at the Battle of Corunna, in the Peninsular War.
1819 Godert baron van der de Capellen becomes governor of Dutch-Indies
1832 Charles Darwin lands at San Tiago, Cape Verde
1847 John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
1863 Cruise of CSS Florida
1864 Heavy fighting takes place near Dandridge, Tennessee
1865 Confederate Brigadier General John Pegram marries Hetty Cary
1865 Drunken sailor attacks munitions at Fort Fisher NC, 40 die
1865 General William Sherman issues Field Order #15 (land for blacks)
1865 San Francisco Dramatic Chronicle started
1866 Mr. Everett Barney patented the metal screw, clamp skate.
1868 Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit
1870 Virginia becomes 8th state re-admitted to US after Civil War
1871 Jefferson Long of Georgia sworn in as 2nd black congressman
1877 Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop
1878 Captain Burago with a squadron of Russian Imperial army dragoons liberates Plovdiv from Ottoman rule in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Battle of Plovdiv.
1879 January record 13" of snow falls in New York City NY (broken Jan 7, 1996)
1883 Quebec Rugby Football Union forms
1883 The United States Civil Service Commission was established as the Pendleton Act went into effect.
1887 Cliff House damaged when schooner "Parallel"'s powder cargo explodes
1889 128ºF (53ºC), Cloncurry, Queensland (Australian record)
1896 The first five-player college basketball game was played at Iowa City, IA.
1896 Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire.
1897 John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal
1900 The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
1905 Composer Ernesto Halffter was born.
1905 Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Dawson City (Yukon) in 2 games Ottawa Silver 7 beats Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for Stanley Cup, this is most lopsided playoff game, Frank McGee scores 14 goals
1905 Baseball outfielder Frank Huelsman traded for 6th time in 8 months
1906 Conference of Algeciras (about Morocco)
1908 Pinnacles National Monument, California established
1909 British explorer Ernest Shackleton finds magnetic south pole
1909 David, Mawson & Mackay reach south magnetic pole
1911 Pandora becomes 1st 2-man sailboat to round Cape Horn west to east
1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule for Ireland
1914 Writer Maksim Gorki returns to Russia
1915 Congress authorizes $1 & $50 Panamá-Pacific International Expo gold coin
1919 The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933.
1920 The motion picture "The Kid" opened.
1920 1st assembly of League of Nations (Paris)
1920 18th Amendment, prohibition, becomes the law of the land one year after ratification; it is repealed in 1933
1920 Georgia declares independence
1925 Leon Trotsky was dismissed as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of the USSR, replaced by General M Froense as People's Commissioner of Defense.
1931 Bradman scores 223 Australia vs West Indies, 297 minutes, 26 fours
1932 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra recorded "It Don't Mean a Thing."
1933 Bert Oldfield flattened by Larwood delivery in Adelaide Test
1936 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah FL
1936 Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president
1936 Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular
1938 Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing
1939 The "I Love a Mystery" debuted on NBC’s West-Coast outlets.
1939 Comic strip "Superman" debuts
1941 US vice admiral Bellinger warns of an assault on Pearl Harbor
1941 War Department forms 1st Army Air Corps squadron for black cadets
1942 William Knudsen becomes 1st civilian appointed a General in US army
1942 Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
1943 -60ºF (-51ºC), Island Park Dam ID (state record)
1943 Ernest Tubb made his debut appearance at "The Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville, TN.
1943 Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad
1943 1st US air raid on Ambon
1943 German 2nd SS-Pantzer division evacuates Charkow
1943 Red Army recaptures Pitomnik airport at Stalingrad
1944 General Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.
1945 Scottish 52nd land division/1st Commando brigade-assault at Heinsberg
1945 US 1st & 3rd army meet at Houffalise
1945 Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.
1947 Vincent Aurial elected President of France
1948 35 Haganah members are ambushed & killed in Gush Etzyon
1949 "Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City NY after 23 performances
1949 KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
1949 WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington DC (CBS) 1st broadcast
1950 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands recognize Israel
1951 Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi
1951 World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville TX, to 134th St, New York City NY)
1952 New Dutch bible translation finished
1952 US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
1953 27th Australian Womens Tennis Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (63 62)
1953 41st Australian Mens Tennis Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64)
1953 Egyptian Premier General Naguib disbands all political parties
1953 KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
1954 "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater New York City NY after 1928 performances
1955 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open
1955 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 26-19
1956 Egyptian President Nassar pledges to reconquer Palestine
1956 President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt vows to reconquer Palestine.
1957 Cavern Club opens on Matthews Street in Liverpool, England, home of The Beatles' 1st appearance
1957 Little Richard recorded "Lucille."
1957 3 B-52s leave California for 1st non-stop round the world flights
1958 William Gibson's "Two for the Seesaw" premieres in New York City NY
1961 "Conquering Hero" opens at ANTA Theater New York City NY for 8 performances
1961 Mickey Mantle signed a contract that made him the highest paid baseball player in the American League at $75,000 for the 1961 season.
1961 Russian espionage ring detected in Great Britain
1962 Shooting begins on "Dr No"
1962 Suit accuses New York City NY Board of Education uses "racial quotas"
1963 Khrushchev claims to have a 100-megaton nuclear bomb
1963 Tennessee Williams' "Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore" premieres
1964 "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens at St James Theater New York City NY for 2,844 performances
1964 AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City A's to Louisville
1965 "Oh What a Lovely War" closes at Broadhurst New York City NY after 125 performances
1965 "Outer Limits" last airs on ABC-TV
1965 The first Guess Who album, "Shakin' All Over," was released.
1965 AFL Pro Bowl West beats East 38-14
1965 Searchers' "Love Potion #9" peaks at #3
1965 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR
1966 Harold R Perry becomes 2nd black Roman Catholic bishop in US
1966 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center
1967 1st black government installed in Bahamas
1967 Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Alabama) black sheriff in 20th century
1968 The Youth International Party is founded.
1968 21st NHL All-Star Game Toronto beat All-Stars 4-3 at Toronto
1968 Jay Allen's "Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" premieres in New York City NY
1969 Jan Palach immolates himself to protest Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
1969 Soviet Soyuz 4 & Soyuz 5 perform 1st transfer of crew in space
1969 Czech student Jan Palach commits suicide by self-immolation in Prague, in protest against the Soviets' crushing of the Prague Spring the year before.
1970 Buckminster Fuller, the designer of the geodesic dome, was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects.
1970 Colonel Muammar el-Quaddafi became virtual president of Libya.
1970 John Lennon's London Art gallery exhibit of erotic lithographs, Bag One, was closed by Scotland Yard and eight prints were confiscated as evidence of pornography.
1970 AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3½" from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed
1970 Colonel Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya
1970 Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause
1970 NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4)
1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1 58.7)
1972 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ
1972 Super Bowl VI Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Roger Staubach, Dallas, Quarterback
1973 NBC presents 440th & final showing of "Bonanza"
1973 USSR's Lunakhod 2 begins radio-controlled exploration of the Moon
1974 "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published
1974 L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon
1974 New York Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame
1976 "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV
1976 Peter Frampton released platinum live album "Frampton Comes Alive"
1976 The TV show "Donny & Marie" premiered on ABC-TV.
1977 Cap's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders
1977 Washington Capital's H Monahan scored on 2nd penalty shot against Islanders
1978 Soyuz 27 returns to Earth
1978 5th American Music Award Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac & Conway Twitty
1979 Cher and Greg Allman were divorced.
1979 Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi of Iran and his family fled flees Iran and relocates to Egypt.
1980 Paul McCartney was jailed in Tokyo for possession of a half pound of marijuana. He spent ten days behind bars before being kicked-out of the country by Japanese authorities. The remainder of his tour was canceled.
1981 Boxer Leon Spinks is mugged, his assailants even took his gold teeth
1981 Protestant gunmen shoot & wound Bernadette Devlin McAliskey & husband
1981 Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in the Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Björn Borg
1981 John Lennon's "Woman" is released in UK
1982 Great Britain established full diplomatic relations with the Vatican after a break of over 400 years.
1984 11th American Music Award: Michael Jackson
1984 Paul & Linda McCartney arrested in Barbados-possession of cannabis
1985 "Playboy" magazine announced its 30-year tradition of stapling centerfold models in the bellybutton and elsewhere would come to an immediate end.
1986 Police arrested 3 IRA-terrorists in Amsterdam
1986 First meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force.
1987 The Beastie Boys became the first act censored on "American Bandstand."
1988 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after telling a TV station in Washington, DC, that, during the era of slavery, blacks had been bred to produce stronger offspring.
1988 NFL St Louis Cardinals announce move to Phoenix
1988 4th Soap Opera Digest Awards Days of Our Live wins
1989 Police arrest writer Vaclav Havel in Prague
1989 USSR announces plan for 2-year manned mission to Mars
1990 2 Bank of Credit & Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering
1991 7th Soap Opera Digest Awards Days of Our Live wins
1991 Operation Desert Storm begins US & 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (air war begins January 17 at 2:38AM (local time) or January 16 at 6:38PM EST due to an 8 hour time difference, with an Apache helicopter attack)
1992 "2 Shakespearean Actors" opens at Cort Theater New York City NY for 29 performances
1992 Officials of the government of El Salvador and rebel leaders signed a pact in Mexico City ending 12 years of civil war. At least 75,000 people were killed during the fighting.
1994 The Diana Ross TV movie "Out of Darkness" aired on CBS-TV.
1994 Scott skates world record 1000m (1 12.54)
1995 UPN (Universal-Parmount Network) begins telecasting (WWOR in New York City NY)
1996 Jamaican authorities fired upon on Jimmy Buffett's seaplane, after mistaking it for a drug trafficker's plane. U2 singer Bono was with Buffett, but neither was hurt.
1996 Wayne Newton performed his 25,000th Las Vegas show.
1997 Bill Cosby's only son, Ennis, 27, was shot to death while changing a flat tire on a dark road in Los Angeles, CA.
1997 Anthony Stuart takes ODI hat-trick, Australia vs Pakistan, MCG
1998 It was announced that Texas would receive $15.3 billion in a tobacco industry settlement. The payouts were planned to take place over 25 years.
1998 NASA officially announced that John Glenn would fly aboard the space shuttle Discovery in October.
1998 Researchers announce that an altered gene helped to defend against HIV.
1998 The Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, cancelled the premiere of Nick Broomfield's documentary "Kurt and Courtney" due to unresolved legal issues.
1998 The first woman to enroll at Virginia Military Institute withdrew from the school.
1998 Three federal judges secretly granted Kenneth Starr authority to probe whether U.S. President Clinton or Vernon Jordan urged Monica Lewinsky to lie about her relationship with Clinton.
1999 At least 37 bodies were found mutilated of executed in southern Kosovo. They were all in civilian clothing. This occurred one day after a fierce attack by Serb forces.
2000 A truck loaded with evaporated milk was rammed into California's state capitol building in Sacramento, CA. The driver was killed in the incident.
2000 Ricardo Lagos was elected Chile's first socialist president since Salvador Allende.
2001 Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards.
2001 US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War.
2001 The First surviving wikipedia edit is made: UuU
2002 In Grundy, VA, student killed three and wounding three others at the Appalachian School of Law.
2002 The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted sanctions against Osama bin Laden, his terror network and the remnants of the Taliban. The sanctions required that all nations impose arms embargoes and freeze their finances.
2002 U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that John Walker Lindh would be brought to the United States to face trial. He was charged in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, VA, with conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, providing support to terrorist organizations, and engaging in prohibited transactions with the Taliban of Afghanistan.
2002 The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, Al-Qaida, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
2003 The Space Shuttle Columbia takes off for mission STS-107 which would be its final one. Columbia disintegrated 16 days later on re-entry.
2006 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia's new president. She becomes Africa's first female elected head of state.
2009 Boy George was sentenced to 15 months in jail for falsely imprisoning a male escort
2013 24 people are dead after three car bombs exploded in Idlib Governorate, Syria
2013 25 people are killed after an apartment block collapses in Alexandria, Egypt 2013 First day of the four-day Hostage Crisis at a Algerian BP facility near Amenas, Algeria. Thirty-nine international workers and one security guard die over the four day crisis
2014 12 Years a Slave wins Best Film at the 19th Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2016 First ever flower grown in space - a zinnia aboard the International Space Station using NASA Veggie system

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1245 Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III of England (d. 1296)
1409 René I of Naples (d. 1480)
1477 Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
1501 Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1559)
1587 Alexander Adriaenssen, Flemish painter
1616 François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort, French soldier (d. 1669)
1626 Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (d. 1699)
1634 Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (d. 1716)
1672 Francesco Mancini, composer
1675 Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French writer (d. 1755)
1697 Richard Savage, English poet
1728 Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (Buona Figliuola) (d. 1800)
1749 Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian count/poet (Maria Stuarda)
1757 Samuel McIntire, woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem)
1804 Karl August Krebs, composer
1807 Charles Henry Davis, American Civil War Admiral (Union Navy) (d. 1877)
1815 Adolph Trube, composer
1815 Henry Wagner "Old Brains" Halleck, American Civil War Maj-General (Union Army)(d. 1872)
1821 John C. Breckinridge, U.S. Vice-President and Confederate general (d. 1875)
1834 Albert Lindley Lee, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
1834 Robert R. Hitt, American politician (d. 1906)
1836 King Francis II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1894)
1837 James Phillip Simms, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
1838 Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
1844 Ismail Qemali, Albanian nationalist (d. 1919)
1847 Kálmán Mikszáth Hungary, writer (Wonderparaplu)
1853 Gen Sir Ian Hamilton, British military commander (d. 1947)
1853 Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov, Russian philosopher (d. 1900)
1853 Andre Michelin, French industrialist (Michelin) (d. 1931)
1853 Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and theatre manager (Kathleen) (d. 1937)
1864 Frank Bacon, actor/author (Lightnin)
1868 Cyril Metodej Hrazdira, composer
1870 Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (hardening of oils)
1872 Edward Gordon Craig, English actor, producer, director and scenic designer (On the art of theatre) (d. 1966)
1872 Henri Busser, French composer (d. 1973)
1873 Boyd Alexander, English explorer
1874 Robert W. Service, Canadian poet (Cremation of Sam McGee) (d. 1958)
1875 Leonor Michaelis, German enzyme kinetic theorist (d. 1947)
1878 Robert Garbe, German poet (Gorniek)
1878 Harry Carey, American silent film actor (Aces Wild, Border Cafe, Air Force) (d. 1947)
1885 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40)
1885 Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (d. 1967)
1886 John Hamilton, American actor (Perry White-Superman) (d. 1958)
1888 Osip Brik, Russian writer (d. 1945)
1890 Karl Freund, Czech/Austrian cameraman/director
1890 Lloyd Bacon, San Jose CA, actor (Charlie Chaplin)
1893 Daisy Kennedy, Australian violinist (d. 1981)
1893 Henry C Rümke Dutch psychiatrist (Periods in Man's Life)
1894 Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards)
1894 Irving Mills, American jazz music publisher (d. 1985)
1895 Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
1896 Ruth Rose, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
1897 Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
1898 Irving Rapper, UK-US film director (d. 1999)
1898 Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
1901 Frank Zamboni, American inventor (d. 1988)
1901 Fulgencio Batista, Cuban leader (1933-44, 1952-59) (d. 1973)
1902 Evelyn Levine, composer
1902 Eric Liddell, Scottish runner (Olympic-gold-1924) (d. 1945)
1903 William Grover-Williams, English-French racing driver and WWII resistance fighter (d. 1945)
1904 Max Vredenburg, composer
1905 Ernesto Halffter, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1989)
1906 Clement Greenberg, art critic
1906 Diana Wynyard, British actress (Cavalcade) (d. 1964)
1907 Alexander Knox, Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind)
1907 Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
1907 Phillip Humphrey Vellacott, classicist
1907 Alexander Knox Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind)
1907 Phillip Humphrey Vellacott classicist
1907 Alexander Knox, Canadian actor (d. 1995)
1907 Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
1908 Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (Anything Goes, Call Me Madam, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World) (d. 1984)
1908 Günther Prien, German World War II submarine captain (d. 1941)
1910 David McCampbell, US pilot/captain (WWII-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes)
1910 Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (d. 1974)
1911 Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar
1911 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, HOF baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1911 Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
1911 Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician (1964-70) (d. 1982)
1912 Franz Tumler, Austria, author/novelist (Cloak, Aufruf)
1914 Roger Aubert, Belgium, church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX)
1914 Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
1915 Leslie H. Martinson, American television and film director.
1916 Frederick Stewart, British geologist
1916 Philip Lucock, Australian politician and Presbyterian minister (d. 1996)
1917 Buddy Lester, Chicago Ill, actor (Nick-Phil Silvers Show)
1917 Carl Karcher, founded the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008)
1918 Clem Jones, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia (d. 2007)
1918 Nel Benschop, Dutch poet (d. 2005)
1918 Allan Ekelund, Swedish film producer (d. 2009)
1918 Stirling Silliphant, American writer (d. 1996)
1919 Bob Boucher, Kent Ohio, orchestra leader (Music on Ice)
1920 Elliot Reid, New York City NY, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
1920 Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (d. 1991)
1920 Elliott Reid, American actor
1921 Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (d. 2004)
1922 Ernesto Bonino, Italian singer (d. 2008)
1923 Anthony Hecht, American poet (d. 2004)
1923 Gene Feist, American stage actor and producer
1923 Martin Stokken, Norway, nordic relay (Olympic-silver-1952)
1923 Roy Lanham, rocker (Sons of the Pioneers)
1923 Willem Aantjes, Dutch politicial leader (CDA)
1924 Katy Jurado, Mexican actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo) (d. 2002)
1926 John "Jack" Layden, local politician
1928 Ezra Sims, composer
1928 John William Fozard, aircraft designer
1928 Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
1928 William Kennedy, American author
1929 Allard Lowenstein, radical (Students for Democratic Action)
1929 Francesco Scavullo, Staten Island NY, celebrity photographer
1929 Tage Nielsen, composer
1929 G.T. (Granville) Hogan
1930 Norman Podhoretz, Brooklyn NY, author/editor (New York Post)
1930 Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (d. 2006)
1930 Norman Podhoretz, US writer, foreign policy adviser
1931 Johannes Rau, German politician (d. 2006)
1931 Vladimir Skutina, writer playwright/journalist
1932 Jim Berry, cartoonist (Berry's World)
1932 Dian Fossey, American zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist) (d. 1985)
1933 Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12, 18A, 27, T-3)
1933 Susan Sontag, American writer (Benefactor, 1966 Pol Award) (d. 2004)
1934 Richard Wernick, Boston Mass, composer
1934 Bill Alexander, (Representative-D-AR, 1969)
1934 Marilyn Horne, American opera singer
1935 A.J. Foyt, American race car driver and team owner (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77)
1936 Michael White, theater/film producer (From Russia With Love)
1937 Bob Bogle, Portland, rock bassist/guitarist (Ventures-Batman Theme)
1937 Conny Vandenbos, Dutch singer (My rose, my little rose)
1937 Lorraine Bayly, Australian actress
1937 Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver
1938 Jô Soares, Brazilian author, musician and TV personality
1938 Michael Pataki, Youngstown Ohio, actor (Get Christie Love)
1939 Cliff Thorburn, English snookers player
1941 Christine Janes, tennis player
1941 Richard Bohringer, Paris France, actor (Diva, I Married a Shadow)
1941 Tÿmen G J "Tim" Beekman actor (Nosferatu)
1942 William Francis, Musician (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show)
1942 Tony P Hall (Representative-D-OH, 1979)
1942 Barbara Lynn, American singer
1942 René Angélil, Canadian music executive
1943 Brian Ferneyhough, British composer
1943 Gavin Bryars, English composer and double bassist
1944 Chris de Marigny, painter/designer
1944 Ronnie Milsap, American singer and songwriter (Any Day Now, Legend in My Time)
1944 Jim Stafford, American singer and songwriter (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill)
1946 Michael L Coats, Sacramento CA, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 41-D, 29, 39)
1946 Kabir Bedi, Indian actor (Thief of Baghdad, Terminal Entry)
1946 Katia Ricciarelli, Italian soprano
1947 Georgette Mosbacher, CEO (La Prairie cosmetics)
1947 Harvey Proctor, British politician
1947 Juliet Berto, Grenoble France, actress (Le Sex Shop)
1947 Magdalen Nabb, British author (d. 2007)
1947 Dr. Laura Schlessinger, American radio talk show host (Go take on the day)
1948 Anatoli Yakovlevich Solovyov, Riga, cosmonaut (TM-5,9,15,26, STS 71)
1948 Christopher Moran, English financier/multi-millionaire
1948 Dalvanius Prime, New Zealand entertainer (d. 2002)
1948 Cliff Thorburn, Canadian snooker player
1948 John Carpenter, American film director (Halloween, The Thing)
1948 Ruth Reichl, American magazine editor
1949 Andrew Refshauge, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of New South Wales
1950 Debbie Allen, Houston Tx, dancer/actress
1950 Jesse Dizon, Oceanside CA
1950 Caroline Munro Windsor England, actress (Spy Who Loves Me)
1950 Jesse Dizon, Oceanside CA
1950 Brian Castro, Australian author
1950 Caroline Munro, British actress (Spy Who Loves Me)
1950 Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can)
1950 Debbie Allen, American dancer, choreographer (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame), and actress (The Old Settler)
1950 Robert Schimmel, American Comedian
1951 Richard Thompson, rocker (BT Express-Here Comes the Express)
1951 Glenn Ordway, American radio talk show host
1952 King Fuad II of Egypt
1952 Roberta Baskin, NY, correspondent (48 Hours)
1952 Lloyd Blaine Hammond Jr, NASA astronaut, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 64)
1953 Robert Jay Mathews, American neo-Nazi (d. 1984)
1955 Jerry M Linenger, NASA Astronaut, PhD/Commander (STS 81/84)
1956 Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist (d. 2007)
1956 Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress
1956 Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
1956 Wayne Daniel, cricketer (West Indies fast bowler 1976-84)
1956 Martin Jol, Dutch football manager
1957 Ricardo Darin, Argentine actor (The Secret in Their Eyes)
1958 Anatoli Boukreev, Russian climber (d. 1997)
1958 Lena Ek, Swedish politician
1959 Sade [Helen Folsade Ady], Nigerian-born singer(Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer)
1959 Juanita Bynum, American televangelist
1961 Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter
1961 Paul Raven, English musician (Killing Joke) (d. 2007)
1962 Jan Koster, Dutch drummer (Sleeze Beez-Powertool)
1962 Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian Labor Party politician
1962 Kevin Ross, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs)
1962 Paul Webb, British musician (Talk Talk, .O.rang)
1962 Tracey Moore, voice actress
1963 James May, English television presenter (Top Gear)
1964 Gail Graham, Vanderhoof BC, LPGA golfer (1995 Fieldcrest Cannon)
1964 Trevor Barsby, cricketer (Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85)
1964 Mark Collins, NFL cornerback/safety (New York Giants, Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay Packers)
1965 Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
1965 Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter
1966 Anthony Washington, Glasgow Montana, discus thrower (Olympics-4th-96)
1966 (Black)Jack McDowell, Van Nuys CA, pitcher (New York Yankees, White Sox, Indians)
1967 Jeff Branson, Waynesboro MI, infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
1968 David Chokachi, American actor (Baywatch, Witchblade)
1969 Chelan Kozak, Revelstoke BC, equestrian (Olympics-96)
1969 Dead, Swedish black metal vocalist (Mayhem) (d. 1991)
1969 Neil Back, England rugby player
1969 Roy Jones Jr., American boxer (Olympics-silver-1988)
1970 Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author
1970 Don MacLean, NBA forward (New Jersey Nets, Denver Nuggets)
1970 Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies)
1970 Ron Villone, American baseball player (San Diego Padres)
1971 Michel Kreek, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
1971 Scott Williams, Orange California, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
1971 Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord)
1971 Josh Evans actor (Ricochet, The Doors)
1971 Jukka-Pekka Nummi WLAF cornerback (Scottish Claymores)
1971 Junior Bryant, NFL defensive end (San Francisco 49ers)
1971 Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player
1972 Dameon Clarke, Actor (Dragon Ball Z)
1972 Desiree Leipham, Spokane Wash, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995)
1972 Joe Horn, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs)
1972 Richard T. Jones, American actor (Collateral)
1972 Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner
1972 Lee McIntyre, Peak Hill Australia, golfer (T3 1995 New South Wales Trainee Champ)
1972 Alen Peternac, Croatian footballer
1972 Ang Christou, Australian rules footballer
1972 Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor
1972 Ezra Hendrickson, Vincentian footballer
1972 Greg Page, Australian musician and actor
1972 Ruben Bagger, Danish footballer
1972 Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner
1972 Yuri Drozdov, Russian footballer
1973 Eriko Tamura, Actress (Dragonball: Evolution)
1973 Mario Bates, NFL-running back (New Orleans Saints)
1973 Willie Whitehead, CFL defensive end (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1973 Josie Davis, American actress (Sarah-Charles in Charge, The Ascent)
1974 Kate Moss, English model (Calvin Klein)
1974 Marlon Anderson, American baseball player
1975 Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
1975 Greg Strause, American visual effects creator
1976 Trisha Stillwell, Miss USA-Oklahoma (1997, top 10)
1976 Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver
1976 Martina Moravcová, Slovak female swimmer
1977 Jeff Foster, American basketball player
1977 Ariel Zeevi, Israeli judoka
1978 Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
1979 Brenden Morrow, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1979 Aaliyah, American R&B singer/actress (Rock the Boat) (d. 2001)
1980 Albert Pujols, Dominican-born baseball player
1980 Lin Manuel Miranda, American actor, composer, lyricist (In The Heights)
1980 Michelle Wild, Hungarian model
1980 Seydou Keita, Malian footballer
1981 Nick Valensi, American guitarist (The Strokes)
1981 Bobby Zamora, English footballer
1982 Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Actress (Marie Krøyer)
1982 Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)
1982 Tuncay Sanli, Turkish footballer
1983 Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
1984 Jared Slingerland, Canadian musician
1984 Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
1985 Jonathan Richter, Danish professional football midfielder
1985 Joe Flacco, American football player
1986 Mason Gamble, actor (Dennis the Menace, Rushmore)
1986 Paula Pareto, Argentine judoka
1987 Lauren McAvoy, British fashion model
1988 Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
1989 Travis Caldwell, Actor (Family Karma)
1989 Yvonne Zima, American actress (The Long Kiss Goodnight)
1990 Chelsea Makela, Actress (Dance Flick)
1991 Matt Duchene, Canadian hockey player
1992 Robert Wagner, Actor (Blind Ambition)
1993 Illia Afanasiev, Film Compositor (Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning)
1994 Charlotte Best, Actress (Home and Away)
1996 Braeden Kennedy, Actor (Chickenfüt)
1998 Manon Chevallier, Actress (La Vie en Rose)

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308 Marcellus I, Catholic Pope (-308), dies
429 Honoratius of Arles, bishop, saint
960 Polyeuctus, Patriarch of Constantinople
1343 Robert of Anjou, king (Naples), dies
1387 Elizabeth of Bosnia, Hungarian queen and regent (b. 1340)
1400 John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter, English politician (executed) (b. 1352)
1545 George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)
1547 Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477)
1554 Christiern Pedersen, Danish humanist (b. 1480)
1585 Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln, English admiral (b. 1512)
1595 Murad III, sultan of Turkey (1574-95), dies
1659 Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
1703 Matteo Coferati, composer, dies at 64
1710 Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
1711 Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (b. 1651)
1747 Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680)
1748 Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1684)
1750 Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)
1752 Francis Blomefield, English topographer (b. 1705)
1794 Edward Gibbon, English historian (Decline & Fall) (b. 1737)
1809 John Moore, British general (b. 1761)
1817 Alexander J. Dallas, American statesman (b. 1759)
1817 Antonin Josef Alois Volanek, composer, dies at 55
1826 Lindley Murray, grammarian (b. 1745)
1834 Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician (b. 1769)
1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]
1842 Thomas Freanby, Norwegian landscape painter, dies
1849 Wilhelm M L de Wette, German theologist, dies at 69
1856 Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (b. 1795)
1864 Anton Schindler, Austrian biographer of Beethoven (b. 1795)
1865 Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (b. 1828)
1879 Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827)
1886 Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian opera composer (La Gioconda) (b. 1834)
1891 Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes, composer, dies at 54
1891 Léo Delibes, French composer (Lakmé) (b. 1836)
1892 Imakita Kosen, Zen teacher/abbot of Engagkuji monastery, dies
1893 Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74
1898 Charles Pelham Villiers, British Member of Parliament, longest-serving (b. 1802)
1901 Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter (b. 1827)
1901 Hiram Revels, first African-American to serve in the U. S. Senate (b. 1822)
1901 Jules Barbier, French opera librettist (b. 1825)
1906 Marshall Field, American entrepreneur, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834)
1907 Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies
1912 Georg Heym, writer, dies at 24
1916 Arnold Aletrino, Dut physician-criminologist (From Death), dies at 57
1917 George Dewey, American admiral (b. 1837)
1919 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, President of Brazil (b. 1848)
1919 Jaroslav Jeremias, composer, dies at 19
1920 Reginald De Koven, American music critic and operetta composer (b. 1859)
1924 Winifred Cochrane, Countess of Dundonald, Scottish philanthropist (b. 1859)
1934 Annie Patterson, composer, dies at 65
1935 Richard Wetz, composer
1935 Ma Barker, American criminal (b. 1871)
1936 Albert Fish, American serial killer, executed (b. 1870)
1942 Barbara Lynn, [Ozen], US singer (You'll Lose a Good Thing), dies
1942 Carole Lombard, actress,, & mom  at 32
1942 Carole Lombard, American actress (Bolero), killed in plane crash (b. 1908)
1942 Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria (b. 1850)
1943 Franz Courtens, Flemish painter (Sunny Lane), dies at 88
1945 Dennis Donnini, Brit rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
1946 Johanna HC Albregt, actress/wife of Henri Dons (Paradise), dies at 71
1954 Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies
1955 Jonkheer Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch min (1908-13), dies
1955 Reneke de Marees van Swinderen, Dutch minister (1908-13), dies at 94
1957 Alexander Cambridge, gov-gen (S Afr 1923-31/Canada 1940-5), dies at 82
1957 1st Earl of Athlone, British royal, brother of Queen Mary (b. 1874)
1957 Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor (NBC) (b. 1867)
1961 Janos Viski, composer, dies at 54
1962 Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Holbein in England), dies at 77
1962 Frank Hurley, Australian photographer (b. 1885)
1962 Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (b. 1883)
1963 Gilardo Gilardi, composer, dies at 73
1963 Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player (b. 1918)
1966 Margarete Susman, writer, dies at 91
1967 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72
1967 Robert J. Van de Graaff, American nuclear physicist (b. 1901)
1968 Robert R "Bob" Jones, founder (Bob Jones University), evangelist (b. 1883)
1969 Jan Palach, Czech political protester, self immolates (b. 1948)
1969 Vernon Duke, American composer and songwriter (b. 1903)
1970 Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at 61
1971 Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68
1971 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890)
1972 David Seville, singer (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
1972 Teller Ammons, American politician (b. 1895)
1972 Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (David Seville), American actor (b. 1919)
1973 Ray Barrett, sportscaster (Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 65
1979 Fred Elizalde, composer, dies at 71
1979 Ted Cassidy, actor (Lurch-Addams Family), dies at 46
1979 August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (b. 1897)
1979 Ted Cassidy, American actor (b. 1932)
1980 Anna van Wageningen-Salomons, Dut author (Unspoilt Dream), dies at 94
1981 Bernard Lee, English actor (Fallen Idol, Dr No) (b. 1908)
1982 Red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905)
1985 Robert Fitzgerald, American poet and translator (b. 1910)
1986 Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
1987 Bertram Wainer, Australian pro-abortion campaigner (b. 1928)
1987 Earl Wilson, Bdwy columnist (Midnight Earl), dies in Yonkers at 79
1987 Ilse Langen, writer, dies at 87
1987 Joyce Jameson, comedienne (Spike Jones Show), dies at 54
1988 Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899)
1988 Ballard Berkeley, English actor (b. 1904)
1989 Pierre Boileau, screenwriter (Vertigo), dies at 82
1989 Romo Vincent, actor (Naked Jungle), dies
1989 Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
1989 Prem Nazir, Malayalam actor (b. 1926)
1992 Roselle Novelle, silent film actress, dies at 95
1993 Florence Desmond, [Dawson], actress (Sally in Our Alley), dies at 87
1993 Glenn Corbett, US actor (Shenandoah, Chisum, Midway), dies at 63
1993 Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strength athlete (b. 1960)
1993 Sathasivam Krishnakumar, Sri Lanka commander, commits suicide
1993 Glenn Corbett, American actor (b. 1930)
1994 Harry Nilsson, singer/Songwriter, dies at 52
1994 Martin Kosleck, German/US actor (Hitler Gang), dies at 86
1994 Stephen Kritsick, veterinarian (Good Morning America), dies at 42
1995 William Dillard, trumpeter/singer, dies at 83
1995 Eric Mottram, English poet, teacher, critic, and editor (b. 1924)
1996 Harry Potts, footballer/manager, dies at 75
1996 Kaye Webb, publisher, dies at 81
1996 Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)
1997 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76
1997 Jim Kensil, NFL president (NY Jets), dies of heart failure at 66
1997 Stephen Fitz-Simon, entrepreneur, dies at 59
1997 Ennis Cosby, son of entertainer Bill Cosby, murdered on LA highway (b. 1969)
1998 David "Junior" Kimbrough, blues musician, dies at 67
1998 Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (b. 1921)
1998 Peter Diamand, artistic administrator, dies at 84
1999 Jim McClelland, Australian solicitor, politician, Minister, Royal Commissioner, judge (b. 1915)
2000 Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters) (b. 1928)
2000 John Morris Rankin, Canadian musical entertainer (b. 1959)
2001 Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (b. 1939)
2001 Laurent-Désiré Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. 1939)
2002 Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928)
2002 Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948)
2002 Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
2002 Robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
2002 Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952)
2002 Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928)
2002 Eddie Meduza, Swedish composer (b. 1948)
2002 Michael Bilandic, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1923)
2002 Robert Hanbury Brown, British astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
2003 Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918)
2004 Kalevi Sorsa, Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930)
2005 Marjorie Williams, American journalist (b. 1958)
2006 Stanley Biber, American physician, pioneer of transgender surgery, (b. 1923)
2007 Benny Parsons, American racecar driver and commentator (b. 1941)
2007 Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935)
2009 Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter (b. 1917)
2009 Joe Erskine, American boxer and long distance runner (b. 1930)
2009 John Mortimer, British barrister, screenwriter and author. (b. 1923)
2012 Gustav Leonhardt, Master Dutch harpsichordist, organist and conductor
2012 Jimmy Castor, American pop and funk musician
2013 Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Soviet skier
2013 Pauline Phillips, American advice columnist
2014 Russell Johnson, American television and film actor, best known for his role as "The Professor" on Gilligan's Island
2014 Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor

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