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69 General Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor after defeating the Emperor Vitellius.
217 The papacy of Zephyrinus ends. Callixtus I is elected as the sixteenth pope, but is opposed by the theologian Hippolytus who accuses him of laxity and of being a Modalist, one who denies any distinction between the three persons of the Trinity.
1046 Benedictus IX & Silvester III & names Bishop Siutger, Pope Clemens II at the Council of Sutri
1046 Synod of Sutri, German King Henry III removes Popes Gregory VI
1192 Richard I the Lionhearted of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third Crusade.
1448 Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal
1522 The Siege of Rhodes, Suleiman the Magnificent accepts the surrender of the surviving Knights of Rhodes, who are allowed to evacuate. They eventually settle on Malta and become known as the Knights of Malta.
1585 English fleet & Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, reach Vlissingen
1600 Ottario Rinuccini/Giulio Caccini's opera "Euridice" published
1606 The Virginia Company loads three ships with settlers and sets sail to establish Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.
1626 Emperor Ferdinand II/Transylvanian monarch Gabor Betlen signs Peace of Pressburg
1661 Corporation Act enforced in England
1669 1st jury trial in Delaware; Marcus Jacobson condemned for insurrection & sentenced to flogging, branding & slavery
1688 Prince Willem III's troops pull into London
1694 Frederik van Brandenburg flees Schweiben
1699 Peter the Great ordered Russian New Year changed-Sept 1 to Jan 1
1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army meets de Esk
1780 England declares war on Netherlands
1790 1st successful US cotton mill to spin yarn (Pawtucket, RI)
1803 The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans, Louisiana, formally transferred from France to US for $27M.
1808 The Siege of Zaragoza of the Peninsular War begins.
1820 Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men between 21 & 50
1823 Franz Schuberts "Ballet-Musik aus Rosamunde," premieres in Vienna
1830 Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria & Russia recognize Belgium
1850 Hawaiian post office established
1860 South Carolina votes 169-0 for Ordinace of Secession, becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
1861 Battle of Dranesville, VA of the American Civil War
1862 Battle of Kelly's Ford, VA of the American Civil War
1862 Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War
1862 Battle of Holly Spring, MS of the American Civil War
1862 Brig-gen Nathan Bedford Forrest occupies Trenton, Kentucky
1864 Battle of Ft Fisher, NC of the American Civil War
1865 De Clear-Alkmaar railway opens
1879 Tom Edison privately demonstrated incandescent light at Menlo Park
1880 Battle at Bronker's Spruit, Transvaal, Farmers beat Britten
1880 NY's Broadway lit by electricity, becomes known as "Great White Way"
1883 Intl cantilever railway bridge opens at Niagara Falls
1891 Strongman Louis Cyr withstands pull of 4 horses
1892 Phileas Fogg completes around world trip, according to Verne
1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, NY
1893 First state anti-lynching statue approved, in Georgia
1894 England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket, Australia needed 177 to win, all out at 166 on 6th day
1900 Giacobini discovers a comet (will be 1st comet visited by spacecraft)
1906 Venezuela under vice-pres Gomez attack Dutch fleet
1907 Explosion at Yolande Alabama, coal mine kills 91
1912 J Hartley Manners' "Peg O' My Heart," premieres in NYC
1912 Paul Claudels "L'Annonce Faite à Marie," premieres in Paris
1915 Russian troops overrun Qom, Persia
1915 The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli in World War I.
1917 Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
1917 Russian secret police in Cheka forms under Felix Dzerzjinski
1918 Eugene O'Neill's "Moon of the Caribees," premieres in NYC
1919 Canadian Natl Railways established (N America's longest, 50,000 KM)
1919 US House of Representatives restricts immigration
1920 Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG
1920 Bob Hope became an American citizen
1921 AL votes to return to best-of-7 World Series, while NL votes best-of-9 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis casts deciding vote for best-of-7
1922 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR)
1922 Polish parliament selects Stanislaw Wojcieckowski as president
1924 Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison early.
1926 Cardinals trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch & Jimmy Ring
1926 Pope Pius XI convicts fascist pursuit in Italy
1926 Sidney Howard's "Silver Cord," premieres in NYC
1928 First international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que
1928 Ethel Barrymore Theater opens at 243 W 47th St NYC
1929 Heinie Wagner replaces Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager
1929 Mount Davidson dedicated as a SF city park
1930 Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5)
1932 Queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13
1933 Bolivia & Paraguay sign weapon cease fire
1935 Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii
1937 Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia
1938 Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system
1939 Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service
1940 Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000
1941 Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon
1941 Japanese troops lands on Mindanao in World War II.
1941 First battle of the American Volunteer Group, better known as the "Flying Tigers" in Kunming, China in World War II.
1942 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta in World War II.
1943 "International" is no longer USSR National Anthem
1944 Archbishop De Young & bishop Huibers condemn black market
1944 Battle of Bastogne, Nazis surround 101st Airborne in World War II.
1944 Bishop forbids membership in non Catholic unions
1944 Terence Rattigans "O Mistress Mine," premieres in London
1945 Rationing of auto tires ends in US
1946 Darius Milhaud's 2nd Symphony, premieres
1946 The popular Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life is first released in New York, New York.
1948 Second Chamber accept 2nd Police Action in Indonesia
1949 Maurice Ravel & John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast," premieres
1950 "Harvey," starring James Stewart, premieres in NY
1951 The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.
1952 A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.
1952 KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
1953 KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
1956 Military coup under colonel Simbolon in Sumatra
1956 Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses
1957 Elvis Presley given draft notice to join US Army for National Service
1959 Jasu Patel takes 9-69, India v Australia at Kanpur
1959 Unknown attackers murder the Walker family in Osprey, Florida.
1960 Auschwitz-commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR
1960 National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
1960 The National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
1962 D Sjostakovitz opera "Katerina Ismailova," premieres in Moscow
1962 Osmond brothers debut on Andy Williams Show
1963 Berlin Wall opens for 1st time to West Berliners
1963 Massemba-Debate elected pres of Congo-Brazzaville
1963 Trial against 21 camp guards of Auschwitz begins
1964 Levi Eshkol forms Israeli government
1966 Nuclear Planning Group established in Brussels
1966 NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for the 1967-68 season
1966 Nuclear Planning Group forms in Brussels
1966 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 "Graduate," starring Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft, premieres
1967 474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam
1967 Ian Anderson & Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull
1968 The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
1969 Peter, Paul & Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1
1970 Edward Gierek succeeds Wladyslaw Gomulka as Poland's party leader
1971 Pakistan president Yahya Khan resigns
1971 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto takes over as the fourth President of Pakistan.
1972 Neil Simons "Sunshine Boys," premieres in NYC
1973 AL pres Joe Cronin refuses to allow Dick Williams to manage Yankees
1973 Dutch Antillean government of Evertsz forms
1973 Montreal Canadien Henri Richard scores his 1,000th NHL point
1973 The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.
1974 Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state
1974 George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in UK
1975 Joe Walsh recruited to join Eagles
1975 Pope Paul VI named J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht
1976 "Music Is" opens at St James Theater NYC for 8 performances
1976 Israel's PM Yitzhak Rabin resigns
1977 First Space walk made by G Grechko from Salyut
1977 Djibouti and Vietnam join the United Nations.
1977 RAF -terrorist Knut Folkerts sentenced to 20 years
1978 H R Haldeman, Nixon's White House chief of staff released from jail
1980 NBC broadcasts NY Jets' 24-17 win over Dolphins without audio
1980 USSR formally announces death of Alexei Kosygin
1981 "Dreamgirls" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1522 performances
1981 Browns set team records for most fumbles (9) & most turnovers (10)
1981 Doug Small (Winnipeg Jets) ties NHL record scoring at 5 second mark
1981 Harry Krieger & Tom Eyen's musical "Dreamgirls," premieres in NYC
1983 El Salvador adopts constitution
1983 Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
1983 NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins
1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat & 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
1984 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library
1984 The Summit Tunnel fire is the largest underground fire in history, as a freight train carrying over 1 million liters of gasoline derails near the town of Todmorden, England in the Pennines.
1984 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 Denis Potvin passes Bobby Orr as NHL defenseman scorer (916 points)
1985 Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st)
1985 Sportscaster Howard Cosell retires from television sports after 20 years with ABC
1986 White teenagers beat blacks in Howard Beach, NY
1987 "Nuts" with Barbra Striesand premieres
1987 76th Davis Cup, Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0)
1987 In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
1987 Nancy Lopez & Miller Barber win LPGA Mazda Golf Championship
1988 Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's dept store, London
1988 NBC signs lease to stay in NYC, 33 more years
1988 Premier Ranasinghe Premadasa elected pres of Sri Lanka
1988 The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances is signed in Vienna, Austria.
1989 Premier Lubbers sees CDA-party leader Elco Brinkman as successor
1989 The United States sends troops into Panama to overthrow government of Manuel Noriega, but don't catch him. This is also the first combat use of purpose-designed stealth aircraft.
1990 Pentagon warns Saddam that US air power is ready to attack on 1/15
1990 Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-NJ Knights for $11 million
1990 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns
1991 A Missouri court sentences the Palestinian militant Zein Isa and his wife Maria to death for the honor killing of their daughter Palestina.
1991 NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning & Ottawa Senators
1991 Paul Keating installed as premier of Australia
1992 Northwest & KLM introduce a new joint logo "Worldwide Reliability"
1992 Slobodan Milosevic re-elected president of Serbia
1995 "Paul Roebson" opens at Longacre Theater NYC for 14 performances
1995 American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain 50 km north of Cali, Colombia killing 159, 5 survive.
1995 NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.
1996 NeXT merges with Apple Computer, starting the path to Mac OS X.
1998 Wendy's Three-Tour Golf Challenge
1999 Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
1999 Portugal returns Macau to China
2001 Argentine economic crisis: President of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa is forced out of office.
2002 US Senator Trent Lott resigns as majority leader.
2004 A gang of thieves steal £26.5 million worth of currency from the Donegall Square West headquarters of Northern Bank in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, one of the largest bank robberies in British history.
2005 2005 New York City transit strike: New York City's Transport Workers Union Local 100 goes on strike, shutting down all New York City Subway and Bus services.
2005 Aleksandër Moisiu University was founded in Durrës, Albania.
2005 The first same sex civil partnerships in Scotland are celebrated.
2005 US District Court Judge John E. Jones III rules against mandating the teaching of "intelligent design" in his ruling in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.
2006 A judge rules against the death penalty in the case of Naveed Haq, a man convicted in the shooting death and injuries at the Jewish Federation in Seattle.
2007 Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom, surpassing Queen Victoria, who lived for 81 years, 7 months and 29 days.
2007 The painting Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904), by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with O Lavrador de Café, by the major Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari.
2012 Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities
2012 Intercontinental Exchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest in the world, for $8 billion
2015 Landslide from construction waste in Shenzhen, China leaves 74 dead or missing and buries 30 buildings

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1494 Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)
1537 John III, King of Sweden (d. 1592)
1539 Paul Melissus (Paul Schede), German poet, composer
1566 Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)
1579 John Fletcher, Elizabethan dramatist (Phylaster) (baptized)
1594 Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer
1606 Christoph Schultze, composer
1626 Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German politician (d. 1692)
1629 Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)
1659 Francois Fagel, Dutch lawyer, statesman
1717 Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French politician and diplomat (d. 1787)
1720 Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie, Young Pretender)
1729 Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer
1740 Arthur Lee, American diplomat (d. 1792)
1758 Othon Joseph Vandenbroek, composer
1774 Guillaume-Perre-Antoine Gatayes, composer
1786 Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)
1792 Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter (d. 1845)
1807 Richard Lucian Page, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1901)
1808 Thomas Tinsley Craven, Commander (Union Navy) (d. 1887)
1809 Friedrich Karl Kuhmstedt, composer
1812 Achille Peri, composer
1813 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood, (Gov-Iowa), US Sect of Interior (1881-82)
1819 John Geary, 1st SF postmaster, 1st mayor (May 1, 1850)
1825 Romeyn Beck Ayres, Bvt Major General (Union Army) (d. 1888)
1833 Samuel A Mudd, American physician, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth (d. 1883)
1838 Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster, theologian, and author (d. 1926)
1841 Ferdinand Buisson, French politician, pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize laureate) (d. 1932)
1858 Jean-Johannes T "Jan" Toorop, Dutch painter, graphic artist (3 Brides)
1859 Antonius J Derkinderen, Dutch painter, etcher
1860 Dan Leno, English actor (d. 1904)
1861 Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)
1865 Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator (d. 1950)
1865 Maude Gonne, Irish nationalist (Irish Joan of Arc)
1867 Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer
1868 Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founder (Firestone Tire and Rubber Company) (d. 1938)
1869 Charley Grapewin, American actor (Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady) (d. 1956)
1870 Pieter C Boutens, Dutch poet (Voices, Carmina)
1871 Henry Kimball Hadley, composer
1872 Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer
1873 Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian (d. 1948)
1874 Frederick Steep, Canadian soccer player (d. 1956)
1875 T F Powys, Welch writer (Captain Patch, Goat Green)
1876 Jan Van Oudshoorn (Jan K Feylbrief), Dutch writer (Maze of Senses)
1876 Walter S Adams, American astronomer, director of Mount Wilson (1923-46)
1881 Branch Rickey, American baseball player, manager, executive (Dodgers) (d. 1965)
1884 Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch nazi collaborator/traitor
1886 Domingo Julio Gomez Garcia, composer
1886 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (US Open 1909-11) (d. 1974)
1888 Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (d. 1958)
1888 Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian (d. 1980)
1889 Bozidar Sirola, composer
1890 Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist (Nobel Prize laureate) (d. 1967)
1890 Yvonne Arnaud, French-English actress and singer (d. 1958)
1894 Robert Menzies, Australian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia  (1939-41, 1949-66) (d. 1978)
1895 Susanne Langer, American philosopher, educator (Philosophy in a New Key)
1898 Irene (Marie) Dunne, American actress (Show Boat, I Remember Mama) (d. 1990)
1898 Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)
1900 Gabby Harnett, (NL MVP 1935)
1901 Louis I Kahn, American architect
1901 Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist (Mobility of Gaseous Ions), invented the Van de Graaff generator (d. 1967)
1902 George E(dward) A(lexander) W(indsor), English Prince, Earl of St Andrews, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
1902 Max Lerner, American columnist (NY Post)
1902 Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
1902 Sidney Hook, American anticommunist philosopher, author (Paradoxes of Freedom) (d. 1989)
1904 Albert Van Dekker, American actor (Dr Cyclops, Beau Gesture)
1904 Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984)
1904 Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian philosopher (d. 1977)
1904 (Schmidt) Hans Burkhardt, artist
1905 "Tiger" Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (mighty Australian leg-spinner)
1905 Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (d. 1992)
1906 Dick White, head of British secret service (MI-5, MI-6)
1906 Irving Krick, meteorologist
1906 Lowell Gilmore, American actor (Living Christ Series)
1907 Paul Francis Webster, American songwriter (d. 1984)
1908 Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994)
1908 Giulio Cesare Brero, composer
1908 Norman Hackforth, broadcaster
1909 Vagn Holmboe, composer
1909 Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (d. 2000)
1911 Hortense Calisher, American author (Arts & Letters 1967) (d. 2009)
1914 Harry F. Byrd Jr., American politician
1915 Aziz Nesin, Turkish author (d. 1995)
1916 Michel Chartrand, Canadian union leader (d. 2010)
1917 David Bohm, American-English physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d. 1992)
1918 Audrey Totter, American actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up)
1918 Jean Marchand, Canadian trade unionist and politician (d. 1988)
1922 Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter
1922 Charita Bauer, American actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family)
1922 George Roy Hill, American director (Slap Shot, Little Drummer Girl, Little Romance) (d. 2002)
1923 Nadine Gordimer, South African novelist
1924 Errol John, Trinidad actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen)
1924 Ingeborg E A "Inge" Beekman, actress (Horizon)
1924 Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author, and broadcaster (d. 1980)
1925 Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)
1925 Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders)
1925 Datuk Seri Mahathir bin Mahamad, Premier of Malaysia (1981)
1925 Frederick Edward Nicklin, architect
1925 Vlastimir Nikolovski, composer
1926 David Levine, US painter
1926 Geoffrey Howe, Welsh politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1926 Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician (d. 2009)
1927 Charlie Callas, American actor (d. 2011)
1927 Jim Simpson, sportscaster
1927 Kim Young-sam, South Korean politician, 7th President of South Korea
1928 Charles Donald Adams, singer
1928 Jack Christiansen, American NFL hall of famer defensive back (Lions)
1929 Milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia
1931 Mala Powers, American film actress (d. 2007)
1931 Terry Sanders, American director and producer
1932 John Hillerman, American actor (Magnum PI, Chinatown)
1932 Leslie Adams, American composer and educator
1933 Gordon Getty
1933 Jean Carnahan, American politician, U.S. Senator
1933 Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist (world champion, 1961)
1935 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer
1938 John Harris Harbison, American composer
1939 Agatha N "Kim" Weston, American gospel singer (It Takes Two)
1939 Dianne Arndt, artist, photographer
1939 Kathryn Joosten, American actress (Desperate Housewives), (d. 2012)
1939 Klaus Schweizer, composer
1940 Larry Willis, keyboardist (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1940 Pat Chapman, English author, founder The Curry Club
1941 Frank Creton, Suriname-Dutch painter
1941 Tommy Cole, American actor, singer, and makeup artist
1942 Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist
1942 Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan
1942 Robert L Hayes, American 100m/4x100m runner (Oly-2 gold-1964)
1943 Angel Tompkins, American actress (Gloria-Search) [or 12/29/49]
1944 Bobby Colomby, American drummer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1944 G Wolfgruber, writer
1944 Jean Fergusson, English actress
1944 Robert Colomby, American drummer (Blood Sweat & Tears-When I Die)
1945 Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Kiss, Wicked Lester, Chelsea)
1945 Sivakant Tiwari, Singaporean lawyer (d. 2010)
1946 Dick Wolf, American director, screenwriter, and producer, creator (Miami Vice, Law & Order)
1946 John Spencer, American actor (Tommy Mullanney-LA Law, The Rock) (d. 2005)
1946 Lesley Judd, English dancer and television host
1946 Lloyd Mumphord, American football player
1946 Patti Smith, singer, songwriter
1946 Sonny Perdue, American politician, 81st Governor of Georgia
1946 Uri Geller, Israeli psychic (bends forks)
1947 Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter and journalist
1947 Peter Criss(coula), American Musician (Kiss-Beth)
1948 "Little" Stevie Wright, rocker (Easybeats)
1948 Alan Parsons, English keyboard player, music producer, and audio engineer (The Alan Parsons Project)
1948 Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (The Easybeats)
1949 Cecil Cooper, American baseball player
1949 Claudia Jennings (Mary Ellen Chestrerton), American playmate (Nov, 1969)
1949 Leigh Hamilton, New Zealand-American actress (d. 2012)
1949 Oscar Gamble, American baseball player
1949 Soumaïla Cissé, Malian politician
1950 Alex Chllton, Musician
1950 Arturo Márquez, Mexican composer
1951 Gilbert Montagné, French singer-songwriter and pianist
1951 Peter May, Scottish author and scriptwriter
1952 Jenny Agutter, English actress (Logan's Run, The Avengers, Amy)
1952 Sergio Vastano, Italian actor (Nightclub, Prete Bello)
1952 Sky Gilbert, Canadian drag queen performer, actor, and author
1954 Michael Badalucco, American actor
1954 Sandra Cisneros, American author
1955 David Breashears, American mountaineer
1955 Ed Kuepper, German-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Saints, Laughing Clowns, The Apartments)
1955 Pierre Bokma, Dutch actor (Avonden, Leedvermaak)
1955 Rory Markas, American sportscaster (d. 2010)
1955 Sammy Mitchell, American programmer (Qedit/TSE/Semware)
1956 Blanche Baker, American actress (French Postcard, Sixteen Candles), Carroll Baker's Daughter
1956 Guy Babylon, American keyboardist (d. 2009)
1956 Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania
1957 Anita Baker (Ward), American vocalist (Rapture)
1957 Anna Vissi, Greek-Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress (Epikouri)
1957 Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957 Joyce Hyser, American actress
1957 Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Banyan, Minutemen, Dos, The Stooges, Firehose)
1957 Stephen Bicknell, English organ builder (d. 2007)
1958 Billy Bragg, English rocker (It Says Here, Ideology)
1958 James Thomson, American biologist
1958 Steve Sailer, American political commentator
1959 David Lutz, NFL guard, tackle (Detroit Lions)
1959 Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland
1959 Trent Tucker, American basketball player
1960 Carolyn Seaward, English Miss United Kingdom (1979)
1960 John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis star
1960 Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring)
1960 Nalo Hopkinson, Canadian author
1960 Piet Keur, Dutch soccer player, trainer (SC Heerenveen, AZ)
1961 Bonnie Marino, American playmate (Jun, 1990)
1961 Gale Gilbert, NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers)
1961 Mike Keneally, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dethklok)
1961 Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer-songwriter and actor
1961 Nate Newton, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys)
1962 Thomas Newberry, NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1963 Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo
1963 Iqbal Theba, Pakistani actor
1963 Joel Gretsch, American actor (Push)
1963 Karen Moncrieff, American actress (Xtro 3, Days of Our Lives)
1963 Pam Casale, American tennis player (Marco Island finals 1985)
1964 Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist
1965 Jim Carr, American educator
1965 Rich Gannon, American football player
1965 Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor
1966 Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Black Crowes, Phil Lesh and Friends, Chris Robinson Brotherhood)
1966 Ed de Goey, Dutch soccer goalie (Feyenoord)
1966 Matt Neal, English race car driver
1966 Myrra Malmberg, Swedish singer
1966 Tim Hauck, NFL safety (Denver Broncos, Seattle Seahawks)
1967 Duncan Kennedy, Californian luger (Olympics-1994)
1967 Wendy Hamilton, American playmate (Dec, 1991)
1968 Joe Cornish, English comedian and actor (Attack the Block)
1968 Karl Wendlinger, Austrian race car driver
1969 Bobby Phills, American basketball player, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Charlotte Hornets) (d. 2000)
1969 Brian O'Halloran, Actor (Dante-Clerks)
1970 Alister McRae, Scottish race car driver
1970 Dino Felicetti, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1970 Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
1970 Jason Simmons, CFL, WLAF defensive tackle (Roughriders, Claymores)
1970 Jörg Schmidt, German footballer
1970 Nicole DeBoer, Canadian actress (Cube)
1970 Todd Phillips, Producer (Old School)
1970 Tony Semple, NFL guard (Detroit Lions)
1970 Travis Green, NHL center (NY Islanders)
1971 Jerry Ellison, NFL running back (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1971 Roger J. Beaujard, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Mortician)
1972 Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Cadaver, Magenta, Satyricon, Celtic Frost, Apoptygma Berzerk, Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult)
1972 Jan Caloun, hockey forward (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
1972 Jonathan Wyatt, New Zealand 5000m (Olympics-96)
1972 Scott Slutzker, American football tight end (Indianapolis Colts)
1973 Barry Stokes, WLAF offensive linesman (Rhein Fire)
1973 Cory Stillman, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
1973 David Nedohin, Canadian curler
1973 Jenny Boucek, WNBA guard (Cleveland Rockers)
1973 Muadianvita Kazadi, linebacker (St Louis Rams)
1974 Augie Ojeda, American baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1974 Die, Japanese guitarist (Dir En Grey)
1975 Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
1975 Jaydy Michel, Mexican model
1976 Adam Powell, Welsh game designer and businessman, co-founder (Meteor Games)
1976 Aubrey Huff, American baseball player, Mullti-position (Baltimore Oriels)
1976 Jang Hyuk, South Korean actor
1976 Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer
1976 Ramon Stoppelenburg, Dutch author, world traveler
1977 Saukrates, Canadian rapper
1978 Amanda Swisten, Actress (The Girl Next Door)
1978 Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player
1978 Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
1979 David DeJesus, American baseball player
1979 George Lamb, English radio and television host
1979 Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist
1979 Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican American actor
1980 Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer
1980 Ashley Cole, English footballer
1980 Fitz Hall, English footballer
1980 Israel Castro, Mexican footballer
1980 Martín Demichelis, Argentine footballer
1980 Tony, French-born Portuguese footballer
1981 Chris Edwards, British musician (Kasabian)
1981 James Shields, American baseball player, pitcher (Tampa Bay Rays)
1981 Roy Williams, American football player
1981 Royal Ivey, American basketball player
1982 David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Axium and Midwest Kings), winner of American Idol
1982 David Wright, American baseball player
1982 Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
1982 Keny Arkana, French rapper
1982 Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer
1983 Adrián Varela, Mexican singer
1983 Chelsea Johnson, American pole vaulter
1983 Darren Sammy, St. Lucian-West Indies cricketer
1983 Gia Allemand, Reality TV Star (The Bachelor)
1983 Jonah Hill, American actor (21 Jump Street), producer, and screenwriter
1983 Lara Stone, Dutch model
1983 Lucy Pinder, English model
1984 David Tavaré, Spanish singer
1984 Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer
1985 Vanya Asher, Actor (The Psychic Life of Plants)
1986 Anoop Desai, American singer-songwriter
1986 Benjamin Brierley, English-German rugby player
1987 Tariel Zintiridis, Greek martial artist
1988 Andrés Bottiglieri Italian–Argentine footballer
1989 Allan Hyde Danish actor
1989 Virgilio Falco, Italian politician
1990 Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque, American singer-songwriter and actress (RV)
1991 Hunter Gomez, American actor (National Treasure)
1992 Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater
1992 Thomas Kasp, Actor (Pictures on the Wall)
1993 Alix Kermes, Actress (Prodigal)
1994 Jesse Stevenson, Actor (Stacy's Mom)
1995 Afonso Maló, Actor (O Sanatório)
1996 Sloane Momsen, Actress (We Were Soldiers)
1998 Shanice Archer, Actress (Winslow Takes the Cake)
1999 Hunter Wilichoski, Actor (The Fighter)

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217 Pope Zephyrinus
860 Æthelbald, King of Wessex (b. 834)
910 Alfonso III the Great, King of Leon, Galicia and Asturias
1022 Elvira Mendes, Portuguese wife of Alfonso V of Castile (b. 996)
1073 Domingo, Spanish monastery founder, abbot, saint
1355 Stefanus IX Uros IV Dusan, King (1331-46), Serbia (1346-55) (b. 1308)
1494 Matteo Maria Boiardo, Italian poet (b. 1434)
1524 Thomas Linacre, English physician and scholar (b. 1460)
1539 Johannes Lupi, Flemish composer (b. 1506)
1590 Ambroise Paré, French physician (b. 1510)
1632 Nicolas Antoine, French cath pastor who converted to Judaism, executed
1676 John Galle, Flemish engraver, printer
1679 Johan Maurits, count of Nassau-Siegen
1722 Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)
1723 Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652)
1740 Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and politician (b. 1675)
1749 Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java
1765 Louis, Dauphin of France (b. 1729)
1768 Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (b. 1692)
1783 Antonio Francisco Jawer Jose Soler, Spanish composer (Fandango) (b. 1729)
1793 Joseph Legros, composer
1798 Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Dutch engraver, art collector
1799 David Traugott Nicolai, composer
1812 Sacagawea, Shoshone interpreter of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, on The U.S. dollar coin (b. 1788)
1815 Giovanni Meli, Sicilian poet (Buccolica)
1819 Louis-Luc Loiseau de Persuis, composer
1821 Gian Francesco Fortunati, composer
1856 Francesco Bentivegna, Italian revolutionary (b. 1820)
1862 Robert Knox, Scottish surgeon, anatomist, and zoologist (b. 1791)
1875 Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian, writer (Povesti)
1876 Hannah Omish, at 12 is youngest person ever hanged in US
1880 Gaspar Tochman, Polish-American soldier (b. 1797)
1903 Gavriil Musicescu, composer
1909 Benjamin Ipavec, composer
1915 Upendrakishore Ray, Indian painter and composer (b. 1863)
1916 Louis de Champsavin, French horse rider (b. 1867)
1916 Manuel Giro, composer
1916 William Wallace Gilchrist, composer
1917 Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (b. 1882)
1920 Linton Hope, English sailor and architect (b. 1863)
1921 Hans Hartwig von Beseler, German general (b. 1850)
1927 Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (b. 1872)
1929 Émile Loubet, French politician, Premier (1892), 8th President of France (1899-1906) (b. 1838)
1935 Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian soldier (b. 1882)
1936 Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered
1937 Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I) (b. 1865)
1938 Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (b. 1850)
1938 Matilda Howell, American archer (b. 1859)
1939 Hans Langsdorff, German captain (Graaf Spee), commits suicide
1941 Igor Severyanin, Russian poet (b. 1887)
1942 Jean Gilbert (Max Winterfield), German composer
1944 Abbas Hilmi II, viceroy of Egypt (1892-1914)
1945 Charles Eady, Tasmanian cricketer
1948 C Aubrey Smith, actor (Prisoner of Zenda)
1948 Ladha Ramji, Indian cricketer
1954 Emilis Melngailis, composer
1954 James Hilton, English author (Lost Horizon) (b. 1900)
1956 Ramon Carrillo, Argentine neuroscientist and Public Health minister (b. 1906)
1961 Earle Page, Australian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
1961 Moss Heart, American playwright (You can't take it with you) (b. 1904)
1962 Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer
1962 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer
1963 Paul Constantinescu, composer
1965 Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist
1968 Bax Brod, composer
1968 John Steinbeck, American author (Grapes of Wrath) (Nobel Prize laureate 1940, 1962) (b. 1902)
1968 Max Brod, writer
1971 Roy O. Disney, American bussnessman, co-founded The Walt Disney Company, Brother of Walt (b. 1893)
1973 Bobby Darin, American singer-songwriter (Mack the Knife) and actor (b. 1936)
1973 Luis Carrero Blanco, Spanish admiral and politician, 69th President of the Government of Spain (1973), assassinated by ETA (b. 1904)
1974 Andre Jolivet, French composer (L'eunuque) (b. 1905)
1975 Vincent Lopez, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard)
1975 William Lundigan, American actor (Climax)
1976 Richard J. Daley, American politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1902)
1976 Walter Fitzgerald, actor (Adv of Sadie, Fallen Idol)
1981 Dimitris Rontiris, Greek actor and director (b. 1899)
1982 Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (My Young Years) (b. 1887)
1984 Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1946)
1986 Joe DeSa, American baseball player (b. 1959)
1988 Alphonse Ouimet, Canadian businessman, television pioneer (b. 1908)
1988 Max Robinson, 1st black network (ABC) TV anchor
1989 Audrey Christie, actress (Splendor in the Grass)
1989 Kurt Böhme, German opera singer (b. 1908)
1991 Albert Van Vlierberghe, Belgian cyclist (b. 1942)
1991 Andries D Copier, Dutch glass designer (Guild glass)
1991 Fop(pe) I Brouwer, biologist (Everything That Lives & Grows)
1991 Helene Heigh, actress (Undercover Woman, Teen Age Thunder)
1991 Sam Rabin (speaker of house), English wrestler, sculptor and singer (b. 1903)
1991 Simone Beck, French chef (b. 1904)
1991 Stephen Birnbaum, American tourism writer
1991 Thomas Newman, actor, composer (Cape Fear)
1991 Walter Chiari, actor (Girl Under Sheet)
1993 Moses Gunn, actor (Shaft)
1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin)
1993 W Edwards Deming, American economist (helped Japan after WW II)
1994 Dean Rusk, American diplomat, 54th United States Secretary of State (1961-1969) (b. 1909)
1994 J C "Jody" Bateman, fiddler
1995 John Henry Jacques, co-operative retailer
1995 Madge Sinclair, actress (Star Trek IV, Conrack, Convoy)
1996 Amata Kabua, Pres of Marshall Islands (1979-96)
1996 Carl Sagan, American astronomer (Contact) and author (b. 1934)
1996 Roger Peacock), writer
1997 Dawn Steel, American film producer (When Harry Met Sally) (b. 1946)
1997 Denise Levertov, English-American poet (b. 1923)
1997 Jūzō Itami, Japanese actor and director (b. 1933)
1997 Vincent Ciccone, inventor (Blow-Pops candy)
1998 Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, English physiologist (Nobel Prize laureate) (b. 1916)
1998 C(hester) P. Lyons, Canadian naturalist and author (b. 1915)
1998 Irene Hervey, American actress (b. 1909)
1999 Hank Snow, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
1999 Riccardo Freda, Italian film director (b. 1909)
2000 Mirza Ghulam Hafiz, Bangladesh statesman, politician, and philanthropist (b. 1920)
2001 Foster Brooks, American actor and comedian (b. 1912)
2001 Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese politician, first President of Senegal (b. 1906)
2002 Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (b. 1934)
2005 Maniam Moorthy, Malaysian mountaineer
2006 Anne Rogers Clark, American dog breeder and trainer (b. 1929)
2006 Piergiorgio Welby, Italian poet and activist (b. 1945)
2006 Shi Yuejun, Chinese serial killer (b. 1970)
2007 Nataline Sarkisyan, American medical patient (b. 1990)
2008 Adrian Mitchell, English poet (b. 1932)
2009 Arnold Stang, American comic actor (b. 1918)
2009 Brittany Murphy, American actress (b. 1977)
2009 Jack Hixon, English football talent scout (b. 1921)
2009 Mairoon Ali, Trinidadian comedienne and actress (b. 1954)
2010 Brian Hanrahan, British journalist (b. 1949)
2010 James R. Mann, American attorney and politician (b. 1920)
2010 Steve Landesberg, American actor and comedian (b. 1936)
2011 Barry Reckord, Jamaican playwright (b. 1926)
2012 Albert Renaud, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1920)
2012 Dennis Stevens, English footballer (b. 1933)
2012 Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1923)
2012 Jimmy McCracklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1921)
2012 Kamil Sönmez, Turkish singer and actor (b. 1947)
2012 Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1929)
2012 Leslie Claudius, Indian field hockey player (b. 1927)
2012 Niall FitzGerald, Irish footballer (b. 1931)
2012 Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (b. 1947)
2012 Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (b. 1929)
2012 Stan Charlton, English football player and manager (b. 1929)
2012 Victor Merzhanov, Russian pianist (b. 1919)
2014 John Freeman, British politician (Labour), ambassador, TV host
2015 Patricia Elliott, American actress (Renee-Empire, One Life to Live)

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