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380 Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal entry, into Constantinople.
496 Anastasius II succeeds Gelasius I as Catholic Pope
642 Theodore I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1105 Rabbi Nathan ben Yehiel of Rome completes Talmudic dictionary
1190 Isabella of Jerusalem marries Conrad of Montferrat at Acre, making him de jure King.
1429 Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
1434 Thames River freezes
1542 Battle of Solway Moss, The English army defeats the Scottish under King James
1587 Battle at Auneau: Henri de Guise wins
1601 Earl Mauritius ceases siege of De Bosch due to strict monarchy
1628 John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy," premieres in London
1639 Jeremiah Horrocks observes the transit of Venus, an event he had predicted (only 2, record event).
1642 Abel Janzoon Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).
1643 Battle at Tuttlingen, Beiers army under Gen Mercy beats France
1655 English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans
1688 General strategist John Churchill meets Willem III
1703 1st Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Phila
1715 Thames River freezes
1759 Destructive eruption of Vesuvius
1800 Weber's opera "Das Waldmadchen," premieres in Freiburg
1832 South Carolina passes Ordinance of Nullification
1835 Texas Rangers, mounted police force authorized by Texas Provisional Government
1850 Danish troops defeat a Schleswig-Holstein force in the town of Lottorf, Schleswig-Holstein.
1859 Charles Darwin publishes "On the Origin of Species"
1861 Luik-Visé-Maastricht railway opens
1862 M Levy publishes Gustave Flauberts "Salammbo"
1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain of the American Civil War Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
1869 American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
1871 National Rifle Association organized (NYC)
1874 Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire
1880 Southern University forms
1887 Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris
1896 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont
1897 Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston
1898 The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens.
1903 Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter
1903 George Ade's "County Chairman," premieres in NYC
1905 Moshav Hertzlia forms in Israel
1906 The Canton Bulldogs-Massillon Tigers Betting Scandal, the first major scandal in professional American football.
1914 Benito Mussolini leaves Italy's socialist party
1914 Dutch Overseas Trustmaatschappij (NOT) forms
1915 Serbian leader flees to Albania
1917 Nine police officers and one civilian are killed when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin police headquarters building.
1918 Béla Can forms Hungarian Communist Party
1922 Author and Irish Republican Army member Robert Erskine Childers is executed by an Irish Free State firing squad for illegally carrying a revolver.
1922 Italian parliament gives Benito Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year"
1923 Radio Belgium's 1st transmission
1924 1st Dutch airplane (Fokker's F-7) reaches Batavia (Java)
1925 1st radio-broadcast of Dutch KRO (Catholic Radio Broadcast)
1925 Eugene O'Neill Theater (Coronet, Forrest) opens at 230 W 49th St NYC
1926 KVI-AM in Seattle WA begins radio transmissions
1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, NY to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days
1932 In Washington, D.C., the FBI Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory (better known as the FBI Crime Lab) officially opens.
1934 CFL Grey Cup, Sarnia beats Regina, 20-12 at Toronto
1934 SN Behrman's "Rain from Heaven," premieres in NYC
1935 King George II returns to Greece after 12 years
1935 The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
1936 Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30," premieres in NYC
1936 Pacifist-anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize
1938 Clifford Odets' "Rocket to the Moon," premieres in NYC
1938 National Semi-Pro Basketball Congress authorizes yellow basketball
1940 Slovakia becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers in World War II.
1941 "Life Certificates" issued to some Jews of Vilna, rest exterminated
1941 Indian infantry attacks German tanks at Sidi Omar
1941 US troops land on Suriname to protect bauxite mine in World War II.
1941 The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French in World War II.
1942 Fieldmarshal Erich von Manstein arrives in Starobelsk
1942 French collaborator earl De Brinon establishes "African Falanx"
1943 The USS Liscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks with nearly 650 men killed in World War II.
1944 Bombing of Tokyo The first bombing raid against the Japanese capital from the east and by land is carried out by 88 American aircraft based on Saipan in World War II.
1947 John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published
1947 Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
1948 Ireland votes for independence from UK
1948 WAVE TV channel 3 in Louisville, KY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1949 Britain nationalizes it's steel & iron industry
1949 Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
1950 "Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
1950 UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas, US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea
1951 "17" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
1951 "Music in the Air" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 56 perfs
1951 39th CFL Grey Cup, Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 21-14
1951 British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge
1952 Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opens in London (still running)
1953 Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954
1954 Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
1954 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
1955 1st test flight of Fokker's F-27 Friendship
1956 "Pajama Game" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1063 performances
1956 44th CFL Grey Cup, Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 50-27
1957 Cleveland Browns' fullback Jim Brown sets club record of 237 yds rushing
1958 Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
1960 Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)
1962 Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea
1962 The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
1963 Lee Harvey Oswald is murdered by Jack Ruby in the basement of Dallas police department headquarters. The shooting is broadcast live on television, 1st live murder on TV.
1963 Newly sworn-in US President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam both militarily and economically in the Vietnam War.
1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award, John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB)
1964 Cards' 3rd baseman Ken Boyer is voted NL MVP
1964 For 1st time since 1800, residents of Wash DC permitted to vote
1964 Rebellion ends in Zaire
1965 Joseph Désiré Mobutu (Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu) seizes power in the Congo (Zaire) and becomes President, he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire)
1966 400 die of respiratory failure & heart attack in killer NYC smog
1966 A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia.
1966 New York City experiences the smoggiest day in the city's history.
1966 The Beatles began recording sessions for "Sgt Pepper"
1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational
1969 The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon.
1969 Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial
1969 West German pres Heinemann visits Netherlands
1970 36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
1971 Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
1971 During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (AKA D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
1971 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison NJ
1972 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1974 2 truck hijackers freed (3/3/1974)
1974 62nd CFL Grey Cup, Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7
1974 Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression.
1974 Gerald Ford & Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty
1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
1975 "Boccaccio" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 7 performances
1976 NBA Atlanta Hawks end a 28 game road losing streak
1976 Reds Joe Morgan wins his 2nd straight NL MVP Award
1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1977 Miami Bob Greise passes for 6 touchdowns vs St Louis (55-14)
1979 Kings' Charley Simmer fails on 8th penalty shot against Islanders
1979 US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
1980 Ronald Reagan Jr marries Doria Palmieri
1981 1st air-launched cruise missile tested
1982 Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year
1982 Yasuhiro Nakasone succeeds Zenko Suzuki as premier of Japan
1983 PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese
1983 Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay
1985 73rd CFL Grey Cup, BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 37-24
1985 Egyptian commandos storm captured Boeing in Malta, 60 killed
1986 "Smile" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 48 performances
1986 Cardinals reliever Todd Worrell wins NL Rookie of Year
1986 Wrestler John Tatum charged with possession of marijuana
1987 Li Peng succeeds premier Zhao Ziyang in China PR
1989 Communist Party resigns in Czechoslovakia
1989 Elias Hrawi elected president of Lebanon
1989 Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record
1991 1st intl flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico)
1991 79th CFL Grey Cup, Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 36-21
1991 After going 12-0, Washington Redskins lose to Dallas 24-21
1991 Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year
1991 Rachmon Nabijev elected pres of Tadzjikistan
1991 US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched
1992 A China Southern Airlines Boeing 734 domestic flight in the People's Republic of China, crashes into a mountain, killing all 141 people on-board.
1993 Brady bill passes establishing 5-day waiting period for handgun sales
1993 End of world, according to Ukrainian sect White Brotherhood
1993 In Liverpool, 11-year-olds Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are convicted of the murder of 2-year-old James Bulger.
1995 Ireland votes to end 70-year-old ban on divorce (50.28% to 49.72%)
1996 "Juan Darien A Carnival Mass," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1996 CFL Grey Cup, Toronto beats Edmonton, 43-37 at Hamilton
1996 Karrie Webb wins ITT LPGA Tour Championship
1996 Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
1996 Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore
1996 Rookie Karrie Webb wins LPGA Tour Championship
1997 "Street Corner Symphony," opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 79 perfs
2005 Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Parliament Stephen Harper, introduces a motion of no confidence. The motion is passed on November 28 leading to the dissolution of the 38th Canadian Parliament.
2006 Israeli rapist Benny Sela escapes from police custody while being transferred to a court hearing.
2007 Australians elect the Kevin Rudd-led centre-left Australian Labor Party at the federal election, ending the eleven-year tenure of the John Howard-led centre-right Liberal-National coalition government. John Howard, becomes the first since 1929 to lose his own seat.
2012 Alabama beats Auburn 49-0 in Tuscaloosa at the 77th Iron Bowl 2012 Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone
2012 Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed youtube video surpassing 808 million views
2012 The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled
2013 Taylor Swift & Justin Timberlake win at the 40th American Music Awards
2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 45-23 at the 101st CFL Grey Cup
2013 Sebastian Vettel wins the 64th Formula One WDC by 155 points
2014 A 12-year-old boy is shot dead by police in Cleveland, after brandishing what turned out to be a fake gun in a playground
2015 Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder of 17 year old African American Laquan McDonald in 2014
2015 Tunisia declares state of emergency after an attack on a bus in Tunis carrying presidential guards kills at least 12
2015 Turkey shots down a Russian fighter jet after claiming it had flown into Turkish airspace
2015 Venezuelan opposition leader Luis Díaz is shot and killed days before the cuntry's general election

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1273 Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)
1394 Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
1420 John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
1583 Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
1615 Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690)
1630 Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
1632 Baruch "Benedict" de Spinoza, Dutch rationalist philosopher (d. 1677)
1642 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, earl of Tourville/knight/admiral/marshal
1655 Charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97) (d. 1697)
1690 Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750)
1712 Willem Bachiene, theologist, geographer, astronomer (Ecclesiastical)
1713 Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary (California) (d. 1784)
1713 Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist, satirist (Tristram Shandy) (d. 1768)
1724 Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
1729 Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
1740 John Bacon, English sculptor
1745 Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
1747 Felice Alessandri, composer
1766 J J Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect/archaeologist
1768 Jean-Engelbert Pauwels, composer
1774 Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
1784 Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (Mar 5, 1849-July 9, 1850) (d. 1850)
1787 Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist (d. 1863)
1795 Josif Josifovich Genishta, composer
1801 Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
1806 Omar Pasha (Michael Lats), Croatian governor, viceroy of Bosnia, Iraq
1806 William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872)
1811 Ditler G Monrad, Danish theologist, bishop, premier (1863)
1811 Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890)
1815 Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
1815 James Trapier, American General (Confederate Army) (d. 1865)
1817 Juan de la Cruz Moreno Maisonave, Guatemala
1824 Karel M M Verlat, Flemish painter, graphic artist
1826 Collodi (Carlo Lorenzini), Italian author (Pinocchio) (d. 1890)
1829 William Passmore Carlin, Bvt Major General (Union Army) (d. 1903)
1833 Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
1848 Lilli Lehmann, opera singer
1849 Frances Hodgson Burnett, British author of childrens book (My Secret Garden) (d. 1924)
1853 Bat Masterson, American gunfighter (d. 1921)
1859 Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (At the Moulin Rouge) (d. 1901)
1868 Scott Joplin, American Ragtime Composer (The Entertainer) (d. 1917)
1869 António Óscar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
1873 Julius Martov, Russian communiust leader (d. 1923)
1873 L Martov (Yuly O Tsederbaum), Russian revolutionary
1874 Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
1876 Walter Burley Griffin, American architect, city planner (Canberra, Australia) (d. 1937)
1877 Alben W. Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States (1949-1953) (d. 1956)
1877 Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941)
1878 Mark N Tod, English classicist, historian
1881 Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
1884 Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
1884 Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School)
1885 Christian Wirth, commandant of Belzec extermination camp (d. 1944)
1886 Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist (L'art et Son Avenir)
1886 Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d. 1973)
1887 Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973)
1888 Cathleen Nesbitt, Irish actress (Agatha-Farmer's Daughter)
1888 Dale Carnegie, American author (How to Win Friends & Influence People) (d. 1955)
1888 Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972)
1888 Rudolf Klein-Rogge, German actor (Metropolis, Spies)
1889 Albert J Sylvester, English ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977)
1889 Cissy van Marxfield (Setske Beek-de Haan), Dutch author
1892 Isidor Achron, composer
1893 Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1893 Fern Andra, American actress (Eyes of the World)
1894 Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978)
1896 Charles "Lucky" Luciano, American NYC Mafia gangster, (d. 1962)
1899 Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer
1899 Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966)
1900 Cornelius Kee, composer
1900 Jerzy Bonawentura Toeplitz, film maker, teacher
1901 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker
1902 Fernand Braudel, French historian
1905 Irene Wicker, singer, actress (Singing Lady)
1906 Andreina Pagnani, Italian actress (Il Commandante)
1906 Eduard Ludwig, German architect (Air Bridge monument Berlin)
1908 Harry Kemelman, American detective author (rabbi-omnibus)
1908 Libertad Lamarque, Argentine actress (Madreselva, Puerta Cerrada) and singer (d. 2000)
1908 Ray Carter, American orchestra leader (Arthur Murray Dance Party)
1909 Hans Melchior Brugk, composer
1909 Hotze de Roos, Dutch youth book author (Chameleon)
1910 Larry Siemering, American college football head coach (d. 2009)
1910 Lennox Brown, Sout hAfrican cricketer
1911 Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
1911 Kirby Grant, American actor (Sky King) (d. 1985)
1911 Walter Goetz, illustrator cartoonist, painter
1912 Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (Johnson murderer) (d. 1993)
1912 Garson Kanin, American playwright, producer (Double Life) (d. 1999)
1912 Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, American jazz pianist, arranger (d. 1986)
1913 Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish actress (Pawnbroker, Easy Money) (d. 2005)
1913 Gisela Mauermeyer, German discus thrower (Olympic-gold-1936)
1913 Howard Duff, American actor (Flamingo Road, Knots Landing)
1914 Elise Hoomans, Dutch director, actress (Jane Eyre)
1916 Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer, invented the term "sci-fi" (d. 2008)
1916 Irwin Allen, American film producer (d. 1991)
1917 Howard Duff, American actor (d. 1990)
1917 Richard Bilderback Hervig, composer
1917 Rita Corita (Hendrika Sturm), Dutch singer
1918 Roley Jenkins, English cricketer
1918 Tom "Stubby" Fouts, American actor (Polka-go-round)
1918 William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician
1919 David Kossoff, British actor (d. 2005)
1919 John Silverlight, journalist
1920 Anthony Griffin, sailor
1920 Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner
1921 Joe "Ducky" Medwick, baseball player
1921 John V Lindsay, American politician (Mayor-R/D-NY, 1965-73) (d. 2000)
1924 Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
1925 Alun Owen, Welch writer (Hard Days Night)/actor (Servant)
1925 Simon van der Meer, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 William F. Buckley Jr., American conservative author and commentator (National Review, Firing Line) (d. 2008)
1926 Alan Owen, English author (Maggie May, Ronnie Barker Show)
1926 Alfred "Fred" Benavente, director, actor (Farce Majeur)
1926 Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
1927 Alfred Kraus, Canary Islands tenor (La Scala)
1927 Emma Lou Diemer, composer
1929 Eileen Barton, American singer (Broadway Open House)
1930 Bob Friend, baseball player
1930 C T Patankar, Indian cricketer
1930 Ken Barrington, English cricketer (tough batsman)
1932 Fred Titmus, English cricketer
1934 Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (St Florian) (d. 1998)
1934 Claudio Prieto, composer
1934 Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist (Annie, West Side Story)
1935 Ronald Vernie Dellums, U.S. Representative from California (Rep-D-California, 1971)
1938 Charles Starkweather, American Spree Killer (d. 1959)
1938 Oscar Robertson (The Big O), American basketball player, NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960)
1938 Willy Claes, Belgian politician
1938 Wynne Bradburn, New Zealand cricketer
1939 Jim Northrup, baseball player
1939 Jim Yester, American vocalist, guitarist (Association)
1939 Yoshinobu Miyake, Japanese featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1940 Don Metz, American architect
1940 Eric Wilson, Canadian children's author.
1940 Paul Tagliabue, commissioner of the National Football League
1940 Wendell Morris Logan, composer
1941 Donald "Duck" Dunn, American bassist (Booker T. and the M.G.'s) (d, 2012)
1941 Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)
1941 John de Andrea, US sculptor
1941 Pete Best, British musician, original drummer for The Beatles.
1942 Bayani Mendoza de Leon, composer
1942 Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian and actor (Blue Money, Brave)
1942 Marlin Fitzwater, U.S. White House Press Secretary (George Bush)
1943 Barry Milburn, New Zealand cricketer
1943 Dave Bing, seven-time All-Star basketball player and 70th mayor of Detroit
1943 Lee Michaels, rocker
1943 Richard Tee, American pianist (Stuff, Strokin')
1943 Robin Williamson, Scottish musician (Incredible String Band)
1944 Bev(erley) Bevan, English drummer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
1944 Claudia Dreifus, interviewer, author (7 Stories)
1944 Dan Glickman, American political figure (Rep-D-KS, 1977)
1944 Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
1944 Jules Deelder, Dutch poet (T of Vondel)
1945 Lee Michaels, American musician and singer
1946 Penelope Jones Halsall (aka Annie Groves, Caroline Courtney, Lydia Hitchcock, Melinda Wright, Penny Jordan), English novelist
1946 Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
1947 Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
1947 Dwight Schultz, American actor (A-Team, Star Trek: First Contact)
1948 Ashok Gandotra, Indian cricketer
1948 Spider Robinson, Canadian science fiction author (3 Hugo, Callahan's Secret)
1948 Steve Yeager, baseball player, catcher (LA Dodger)
1949 Anita Louis, American singer (Soul Children, I'll Be the Other Woman)
1949 Linda Tripp, American political figure
1949 Martin Duiser, pop producer (Vanessa, Lee Towers)
1949 Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
1950 Damon Evans, American actor (Lionel-The Jeffersons)
1950 Stanley Livingston, American actor (Chip-My 3 Sons)
1951 Chet Edwards, American politician (Rep-D-Texas)
1951 Gaby Landhage, Swedish model (Model of the Rear)
1951 Graham Price, British rugby player
1951 Mimis Androulakis, Greek politician and writer
1952 Brijesh Patel, Indian cricketer
1952 Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz)
1952 Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor
1953 Glenn Withrow, American actor
1953 Tod Machover, composer
1954 Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
1955 Clement Burke, American drummer (Blondie)
1955 Elvis Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones)
1955 Ian Botham, England test cricketer
1955 Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
1955 Scott Mabon Hoch, American PGA golfer (1982 USF&G Classic)
1955 Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
1956 Doug Davidson, actor (Young & Restless)
1957 Chris Hayes, American rock guitarist (Huey Lewis & The News)
1957 Denise Crosby, American actress (Tasha-Star Trek: Next Gen, Pet Sematary)
1957 Edward Stourton, British radio presenter
1958 Alain Chabat, French actor and director (French Twist, Six Days Six Night)
1958 Carmel (McCourt), English musician (Storm, More More More)
1958 Roy Aitken, Scottish former footballer
1960 Amanda Wyss, American actress (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
1960 Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
1961 Arundhati Roy, Indian writer
1961 Carl Sundquist, American cyclist (Olympics-96)
1961 Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament
1962 John Kovalic, British-born cartoonist
1962 John Squire, British guitarist (The Stone Roses)
1962 Lesa Ann Pedriana, American playmate (April, 1984)
1962 Randy Velarde, American baseball player, infielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)
1962 Tracey Wickham, Australian swimmer
1963 Lisa Howard, actress (Days of Our Life, Rolling Vengeance)
1964 Brad Sherwood, American comedian
1964 Conleth Hill, Actor (Whatever Works)
1964 Garret Dillahunt, American actor (No Country for Old Men)
1964 Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
1965 Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor
1965 Nyla Jane Carroll, New Zealand runner, 5k/10k/marathoner (Olympics-96)
1965 Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress (Trainspotting)
1966 Ledell Eackles, NBA guard (Wash Wizards/Bullets)
1966 Paul Robinett, American internet personality
1966 Russell Watson, British singer
1967 Al Martin, American baseball player, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1967 Ben McDonald, American baseball player, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
1967 Cal Eldred, American baseball player
1967 Henrik Brockmann, Danish heavy metal singer
1968 Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
1968 Dave Hansen, American baseball player, infielder (LA Dodgers)
1968 Dave Jukes, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Kawartha Lakes)
1968 Dawn Robinson, singer (En Vogue)
1968 Ken Johnson, American marksman, 3x40 rifle (Olympics-1996)
1968 Todd Beamer, American, acclaimed hero of United Airlines Flight 93 (d. 2001)
1969 David Adeang, Nauruan politician
1969 Rob Nicholson, American musician
1969 Romesh Kaluwitharana, cricket
1970 Ashley Ward, British footballer
1970 Brett Wallerstedt, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
1970 Chad Taylor, musician (Live)
1970 Chris Hall, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 Doug Brien, American football player, kicker (New Orleans Saints)
1970 Jason Jacome, American baseball player, pitcher (KC Royals)
1970 Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
1970 Kelly Blair, American Athelete, heptathlete
1970 Lemanski Hall, NFL linebacker (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
1970 Nancy Mason, American volleyballer, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995)
1971 Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
1971 Keith Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL forward (Carolina, Detroit)
1971 Lola Glaudini, Actress (Blow)
1971 Tony Cline, NFL tight end (Buffalo Bills)
1972 Barry Potomski, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL left wing (LA Kings)
1972 Fred Brathwaite, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL goalie (Edmonton Oilers)
1973 Danielle Nicolet, Actress (Red Faction: Origins)
1973 Donny Brady, defensive back (Baltimore Ravens)
1973 Kendel Shello, DL (Indianapolis Colts)
1974 Machel Montano, Trinidad & Tobago musician
1974 Stephen Merchant, British comedian (Ricky Gervais Show) and Writer (Cemetery Junction)
1974 Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
1975 Carly Jarmon, Mesquite Texas, Miss America-Texas (1996)
1975 Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer
1976 Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater (Olympics-Bronze-94)
1976 Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 Dave Aizer, American television host
1977 Colin Hanks, American actor (King Kong)
1977 Kimi Fairchild, Miss Louisiana Teen USA (1996)
1978 Katherine Heigl, American actress (Grey's Anatomy, Knocked Up)
1979 Awino Gam, Actor (Tears of the Sun)
1980 Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
1981 Celina Jaitly, Actress (No Entry)
1982 Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby league footballer
1983 Dean Ashton, English footballer
1983 Karine Vanasse, Canadian actress (Midnight in Paris)
1983 Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
1984 Maria Riesch, German alpine skier
1985 Julia Alexandratou, Greek fashion model and singer
1985 Tony Hunt, American NFL football player
1986 Aida Folch, Actress (Mondays in the Sun)
1987 Elena Satine, Actress (Just Go with It)
1987 Megan Mullins, American singer
1988 Anina Abt-Stein, Actress (Castle Einstein)
1989 Johnny Exantus, Hatian soccer player
1990 Sarah Hyland, Actress (Another World)
1992 Adam Sienkiewicz, Director (Hunter X)
1993 Alexa Losey, Actress (V-log)
1995 Michaela West, Documentary Star (Mum, Dad and Michela)
1996 Brett Venable, Actor (Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration)
1998 Brecken Palmer, American actor
2001 Jemma Giles, Actress (Emmerdale)

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654 Emperor Kōtoku of Japan (b. 596)
1072 Bagrat IV of Georgia (b. 1018)
1115 Mathilde, markgravin of Toscane,
1192 Albert I van Leuven/Luik, Belgian bishop of Luik/saint
1265 Magnus Olafsson, Manx king
1326 Hugh Despenser the Younger, English courtier (b. 1296)
1468 Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
1531 Johannes Oecolampadius, German religious reformer (b. 1482)
1541 Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (b. 1489)
1555 French Vervoort, Flemish mystic (Bruylocht Cleedt)
1571 Jan Blahoslav, Czech bishop
1572 John Knox, Scottish pastor and theologian (b. 1510)
1583 René de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (b. 1506)
1615 Sethus Calvisius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
1650 Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1566)
1674 Franciscus van Enden, Flemish jesuit/free thinker, executed
1675 Guru Tegh Bahadur, Indian guru (b. 1621)
1722 Johann Adam Reincken, Dutch-German organist and composer (b. 1623)
1741 Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (b. 1688)
1770 Charles-Jean-François Hénault, French historian and author (b. 1685)
1775 Lorenzo Ricci, Italian religious leader, 18th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1703)
1781 James Caldwell, American revolutionary (b. 1734)
1793 Clément Charles François de Laverdy, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1723)
1801 Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (b. 1725)
1807 Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea), American tribal leader (b. 1742)
1822 Karl Jacob Wagner, composer
1827 Harman W Muntinghe, lawyer/colonial director
1838 Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer
1840 Cornelis RT Krayenhoff, fortress architect/cartographer
1842 Pehr Frigel, Swedish composer, dies at 92
1848 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1779)
1863 Claudius Charles Wilson, Confederate brig-gen during American Civil War, dies of fever at camp in Ringgold, Georgia
1870 Comte de Lautréamont, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1846)
1880 Napoléon Henri Reber, French composer
1885 Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85)
1885 Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (b. 1837)
1890 August Belmont, German-American banker and politician, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (b. 1816)
1899 Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99)
1903 Charles Dupee Blake, composer
1914 Louis de Raet, Belgian economist/Flemish People Party
1916 Hiram Maxim, American-English engineer, invented the Maxim gun (b. 1840)
1916 John Francis Barnett, composer
1920 Alexandru Macedonski, Romanian author and poet (b. 1854)
1920 Lado Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian actor and director (b. 1857)
1922 Robert Erskine Childers, Irish soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1870)
1923 Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School)
1929 Georges Clemenceau, French physician, publisher, and politician, 72nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1841)
1936 Lucio Godina, Filipino conjoined twin (b. 1908)
1943 Doris Miller, American soldier and chef, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1919)
1943 Martin Raschke, German author/war correspondent
1943 Reina Prince Geerligs, (Leentjes Vandendriesch), anti-fascist
1944 EMHCH Houtappel, resistance fighter: in Neuengamme
1944 Vaclav Stepan, composer
1946 Alfonso Broqua, composer
1948 Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (b. 1864)
1948 Raoul Armand Georg Koczalski, composer
1953 George Alexander Russell, composer
1953 Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist
1956 Guido Cantelli, Italian conductor (b. 1920)
1957 Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and sculptor (b. 1886)
1958 Edgar A Robert Cecil viscount of Chelwood, (Nobel 1937)
1958 Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
1959 Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player, cricketer, and sailor (b. 1883)
1959 Lyman Bryson, educator (UN Casebook)
1959 Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainen writer (Commissioners)
1960 Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1882)
1960 Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist
1961 Ruth Chatterton, American actress (Female, Dodsworth) and singer (b. 1893)
1962 James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here)
1963 Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy 2 days earlier, shot dead by nightclub owner Jack Ruby live on TV (b. 1939)
1964 Herbert Johanson, Estonian architect (b. 1884)
1964 John Fabricius, playwright
1965 Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1895)
1967 Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56)
1967 Louis Fratto, American gangster (b. 1908)
1968 D. A. Levy, American poet and publisher (b. 1942)
1970 Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer
1972 Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree)
1973 John Neihardt, American author and poet (b. 1881)
1977 Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted)
1980 George Raft, American actor, singer, and dancer (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace) (b. 1895)
1980 Henrietta Hill Swope, American astronomer and academic (b. 1902)
1980 Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (b. 1897)
1982 Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist and academic (b. 1936)
1985 Big Joe Turner, American singer (b. 1911)
1985 Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator
1987 Jehane Benoît, French Canadian culinary author (b. 1904)
1989 Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host
1990 Bülent Arel, Turkish-American composer and educator (b. 1919)
1990 Dodie Smith, English novelist and playwright (b. 1896)
1990 Fred Shero, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
1990 Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1934)
1990 Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer of the depression (b. 1910)
1990 Nistani Keiji, philosopher, dies in Kyoto Japan
1991 Anton Furst, production designer (Batman)
1991 Eric Carr, American drummer and songwriter (KISS) (b. 1950)
1991 Freddie Mercury, Zanzibari-English singer-songwriter and producer (Queen and Ibex) (b. 1946)
1992 Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73)
1992 Mary Smithuysen, Dutch dancer/actress (Bridge Too Far)
1992 Theo Edison, son of Thomas Edison
1993 Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Don't Lose Your Cool) (b. 1932)
1993 Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist
1993 Imad Aqal, Palestinian Hamas leader
1993 Jan Schrauwen, Dutch sculptor
1993 Wu Yi Shen, mayor of Shen Yang China, dies in helicopter
1994 Ivo Perilli, Italian screenplay/director (Ragazzo)
1994 Jo Vis, Dutch resistance fighter (Yad Vashem)
1995 Eduard Ole, Estonian-Swedish painter (b. 1898)
1995 Jeffrey Lynn, American actor (Tony Rome, Butterfield 8, Up Front)
1995 Stuart Henry, disc jockey
1995 Woiciech Woytek Wiesidlowski Lowski, dancer
1996 Edison Vasalievich Denisov, composer
1996 Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist
1996 Sorley MacLean (Somhairle MacChaluim), Scottish soldier and poet (b. 1911)
1997 Barbara, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1930)
1999 Hilary Minster, English actor (b. 1944)
2001 Melanie Thornton, American-German singer (La Bouche) (b. 1967)
2002 John Rawls, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1921)
2003 Anthony Hollis, British High Court Judge
2003 Floquet de Neu, Ecuato Guinean albino gorilla (b. 1964)
2003 Snowflake, Spanish gorilla (b. 1964)
2003 Warren Spahn, Major League Baseball player and coach (b. 1921)
2004 Arthur Hailey, English-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1920)
2004 James Wong, Chinese actor and songwriter (b. 1940)
2004 Joseph Hansen, American author and poet (b. 1923)
2004 Wong Jim, Hong Kong songwriter (b. 1940)
2005 Pat Morita, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (Happy Days, Karate Kid) (b. 1932)
2006 George W. S. Trow, American author, playwright, and critic (b. 1943)
2006 Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
2006 Zdeněk Veselovský, Czech zoologist and ethologist (b. 1938)
2007 Casey Calvert, American guitarist (Hawthorne Heights) (b. 1981)
2008 Cecil H. Underwood, American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1922)
2008 Kenny MacLean, Scottish-Canadian bass player and songwriter (Platinum Blonde) (b. 1956)
2009 Abe Pollin, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1923)
2009 Chan Hung-lit, Chinese actor and director (b. 1943)
2009 Hale Smith, American composer
2009 Jun Ross, Filipino basketball player (b. 1949)
2009 Kan Ishii, Japanese composer
2009 Samak Sundaravej, Thai politician, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1935)
2010 Huang Hua, Chinese translator and politician, 5th Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1913)
2012 Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
2012 Ernie Warlick, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1932)
2012 Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican professional boxer, dies from gunshot injuries (b. 1962)
2012 Jimmy Stewart, American baseball player and manager (b. 1939)
2012 Nicholas Turro, American chemist and academic (b. 1938)
2012 Tony Leblanc, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2013 Arnaud Coyot, French cyclist (b. 1980)
2013 Jean King, American politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii (b. 1925)
2013 June Keithley, Filipino actress and journalist (b. 1947)
2013 Lou Hyndman, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1935)
2013 Matthew Bucksbaum, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded General Growth Properties (b. 1926)
2013 Matti Ranin, Finnish actor (b. 1926)
2013 Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown, English banker and politician, Governor of the Bank of England (b. 1927)
2014 Jorge Herrera Delgado, Mexican engineer and politician (b. 1961)
2014 Murli Deora, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Corporate Affairs (b. 1937)
2014 Nenad Manojlović, Serbian water polo player and manager (b. 1957)
2014 Peter Henderson, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1926)
2014 Viktor Tikhonov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
2015 Douglas W. Shorenstein, American businessman (b. 1955)
2015 Heinz Oberhummer, Austrian physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1941)
2015 John Forrester, English historian and philosopher (b. 1949)
2015 Quincy Monk, American football player (b. 1979)
2015 Robert Ford, English general (b. 1923)

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