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Events
37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. 193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1794 - Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1802 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
1809 - Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
1834 - The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in de-funding the Second Bank of the United States.
1854 - Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1860 - First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass - in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory.
1871 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
1910 - Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
1913 - Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1920 - Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1930 - Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
1939 - Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
1940 - Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.
1941 - World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan - in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
1942 - World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
1946 - Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1969 - Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1969 - The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.
1978 - The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1979 - In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails in the Three Mile Island accident, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water causing a nuclear meltdown.
1979 - British Prime Minister James Callaghan, is defeated by one vote in a Motion of No Confidence. This results in Parliament being dissolved to make way for a General Election.
1990 - President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994 - In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
1994 - BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom
2000 - A Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die in this accident).
2003 - In a "friendly fire" incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
2005 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1960.
2006 - At least 1 million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
[edit] Births
1472 - Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
1515 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun (d. 1582)
1522 - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)
1569 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)
1592 - Comenius, Czech bishop (d. 1670)
1599 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
1609 - King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)
1613 - Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu (d. 1688)
1652 - Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
1725 - Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
1750 - Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (d. 1816)
1760 - Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846)
1773 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
1793 - Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864)
1795 - Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
1806 - Thomas Hare, English barrister (d. 1891)
1815 - Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
1818 - Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902)
1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
1836 - Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
1840 - Emin Pasha, Equatorian politician (d. 1892)
1842 - William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officier (d. 1908)
1849 - James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894)
1851 - Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
1862 - Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
1866 - Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
1868 - Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)
1871 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
1890 - Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967)
1892 - Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1892 - Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
1893 - Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971)
1895 - Christian Herter, 59th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1966)
1895 - Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1985)
1897 - Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)
1899 - Harold B. Lee, American religious leader (d. 1973)
1899 - August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate and American baseball executive (d. 1989)
1899 - Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (d. 1941)
1899 - Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
1900 - Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (d. 2004)
1902 - Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
1902 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991)
1903 - Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
1905 - Marlin Perkins, American naturalist and television host (d. 1986)
1905 - Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996)
1907 - "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
1909 - Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981)
1910 - Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American Librarian (d. 2001)
1910 - Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
1910 - Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000)
1911 - J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960)
1912 - A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (d. 1984)
1912 - Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
1914 - Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1914 - Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997)
1914 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (d. 1996)
1914 - Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
1915 - Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1919 - Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1921 - Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999)
1921 - Herschel Grynszpan, German political assassin (d. between 1943 and 1945)
1922 - Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
1922 - Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
1922 - Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
1924 - Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (d. 1992)
1925 - Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress
1926 - Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
1927 - Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)
1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Advisor
1928 - Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
1929 - Paul England, Australian racing driver
1930 - Robert Ashley, American composer
1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
1930 - Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1933 - Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
1933 - Frank Murkowski, American politician
1935 - Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and politician
1940 - Tony Barber, Australian television personality
1941 - Alf Clausen, orchestra conductor (The Simpsons)
1941 - Jim Turner, American football player
1942 - Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
1942 - Neil Kinnock, British politician
1942 - Mike Newell, English film director
1942 - Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
1942 - Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
1942 - Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach
1943 - Conchata Ferrell, American actress
1944 - Rick Barry, American basketball player
1944 - Ken Howard, American actor
1945 - Count Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
1946 - Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
1946 - Henry Paulson Jr., Current U.S. Treasury Secretary
1946 - Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
1947 - John Landecker, American disk jockey
1948 - Dianne Wiest, American actress
1948 - Gerry House, American radio personality
1948 - John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull)
1948 - Milan Williams, American musician The Commodores (d. 2006)
1948 - Matthew Corbett, English retired actor
1951 - Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
1951 - Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
1952 - Tony Brise, racing driver (d. 1975)
1953 - Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993)
1954 - Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
1955 - John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
1955 - Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
1956 - April Margera, Bam Margera's mother
1958 - Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1959 - Chris Myers, American sportscaster
1960 - Chris Barrie, British actor
1960 - José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
1960 - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist
1961 - Orla Brady, Irish actress
1961 - Byron Scott, American basketball player
1962 - Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
1962 - Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler
1965 - Steve Bull, English footballer
1968 - Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004)
1968 - Nasser Hussain, English cricketer
1968 - Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
1968 - Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter
1968 - Max Perlich, American actor
1969 - Brett Ratner, American film director
1969 - Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1970 - Vince Vaughn, American actor
1970 - Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician
1971 - Mr. Cheeks, American rapper
1972 - Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
1972 - Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
1973 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler
1973 - Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter
1974 - Mark King, English snooker player
1974 - Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey
1975 - Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen
1975 - Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
1975 - Matt Reis, American soccer goalkeeper
1975 - Richard Kelly, American film director
1975 - Derek Hill, American racing driver
1976 - David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
1977 - Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
1977 - Lauren Weisberger, American novelist
1979 - Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
1980 - Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
1980 - Luke Walton, American basketball player
1981 - Julia Stiles, American actress
1981 - Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor
1981 - Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
1981 - Lindsay Frimodt, American model
1982 - Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
1983 - Ryan Ashington, English footballer
1984 - Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
1984 - Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
1984 - Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
1986 - J-Kwon, American rapper
1986 - Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
1988 - Lacey Turner, British soap actress
1989 - Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
1989 - Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
1989 - Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
1989 - Afrikan Boy, a Nigerian rapper
1991 - Amy Bruckner, American actress
[edit] Deaths
193 - Pertinax, Roman Emperor (b. 126)
1072 - Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
1239 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
1285 - Pope Martin IV
1563 - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
1566 - Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (b. 1486)
1677 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born actor (b. 1607)
1687 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
1794 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
1850 - Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (b. 1788)
1866 - Solomon Foot, American politician (b. 1802)
1868 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader (b. 1797)
1870 - George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
1874 - Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795)
1881 - Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (b. 1839)
1910 - David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
1910 - Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (b. 1838)
1929 - Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)
1939 - Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
1941 - Virginia Woolf, English feminist writer (b. 1882)
1942 - Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet, death in prison (b. 1910)
1943 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1873)
1944 - Stephen Leacock, Canadian humorist (b. 1869)
1946 - Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
1947 - Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
1949 - Grigoraş Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (b. 1889)
1953 - Jim Thorpe, American athlete (b. 1887)
1958 - W.C. Handy, American composer (b. 1873)
1962 - Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)
1965 - Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1885)
1965 - Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
1969 - Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
1974 - Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905)
1976 - Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905)
1976 - Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
1978 - Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)
1979 - Emmett Kelly, American clown (b. 1898)
1980 - Dick Haymes, Argentine-born singer and actor (b. 1918)
1982 - William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1984 - Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914)
1985 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (b. 1887)
1986 - Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
1987 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (b. 1905)
1987 - Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)
1993 - Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956)
1994 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (b. 1909)
1995 - Hugh O'Connor, American actor (b. 1962)
1999 - Freaky Tah, American rapper (Lost Boyz) (b. 1971)
2000 - Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
2001 - Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
2003 - Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
2004 - Art James, American game show host (b. 1929)
2004 - Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
2005 - Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
2006 - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
2006 - Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
2006 - Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
2006 - Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)
Events
37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. 193 - Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
364 - Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
1776 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1794 - Allies under the prince of Coburg defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
1795 - Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1802 - Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man.
1809 - Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.
1834 - The United States Senate censures President Andrew Jackson for his actions in de-funding the Second Bank of the United States.
1854 - Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1860 - First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass - in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory.
1871 - The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
1910 - Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
1913 - Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1920 - Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1930 - Constantinople and Angora change their names to Istanbul and Ankara.
1939 - Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid.
1940 - Construction begins of the exhibition center to host the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair.
1941 - World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan - in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers.
1942 - World War II: In occupied France, British naval forces raid the German-occupied port of St. Nazaire.
1946 - Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1969 - Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1969 - The McGill français movement protest occurs, the second largest protest in Montreal's history with 10,000 trade unionists, leftist activists, CEGEP students, and even some McGill students at McGill's Roddick Gates. This led to the majority of the protesters getting arrested.
1978 - The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1979 - In Pennsylvania, a pump in the reactor cooling system fails in the Three Mile Island accident, resulting in the evaporation of some contaminated water causing a nuclear meltdown.
1979 - British Prime Minister James Callaghan, is defeated by one vote in a Motion of No Confidence. This results in Parliament being dissolved to make way for a General Election.
1990 - President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994 - In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths.
1994 - BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom
2000 - A Murray County, Georgia, school bus is hit by a CSX freight train (3 children die in this accident).
2003 - In a "friendly fire" incident, two A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft from the United States Idaho Air National Guard's 190th Fighter Squadron attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing British soldier Matty Hull.
2005 - The 2005 Sumatran earthquake rocks Indonesia, and at magnitude 8.7 is the second strongest earthquake since 1960.
2006 - At least 1 million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.
[edit] Births
1472 - Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
1515 - Saint Teresa of Avila, Spanish Carmelite nun (d. 1582)
1522 - Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)
1569 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)
1592 - Comenius, Czech bishop (d. 1670)
1599 - Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch naval officer (d. 1658)
1609 - King Frederick III of Denmark (d. 1670)
1613 - Xiaozhuangwen Grand Empress Dowager, Empress of Manchu (d. 1688)
1652 - Samuel Sewall, American magistrate (d. 1730)
1725 - Andrew Kippis, English clergyman and biographer (d. 1795)
1750 - Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (d. 1816)
1760 - Thomas Clarkson, British abolitionist (d. 1846)
1773 - Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general (d. 1844)
1793 - Henry Schoolcraft, American geographer and geologist (d. 1864)
1795 - Georg Heinrich Pertz, German historian (d. 1876)
1806 - Thomas Hare, English barrister (d. 1891)
1815 - Arsène Houssaye, French novelist (d. 1896)
1818 - Wade Hampton III, American soldier and politician (d. 1902)
1819 - Sir Joseph Bazalgette, English civil engineer (d. 1891)
1836 - Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
1840 - Emin Pasha, Equatorian politician (d. 1892)
1842 - William Harvey Carney, American Civil War officier (d. 1908)
1849 - James Darmesteter, French author and antiquarian (d. 1894)
1851 - Bernardino Machado, Portuguese politician (d. 1944)
1862 - Aristide Briand, French politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
1866 - Jimmy Ross, Scottish footballer (d. 1902)
1868 - Maxim Gorky, Russian author (d. 1936)
1871 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (d. 1951)
1890 - Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (d. 1967)
1892 - Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1892 - Tom Maguire, Irish republican (d. 1993)
1893 - Spyros Skouras, Greek-born American movie executive (d. 1971)
1895 - Christian Herter, 59th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1966)
1895 - Spencer W. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1985)
1897 - Sepp Herberger, German football coach (d. 1977)
1899 - Harold B. Lee, American religious leader (d. 1973)
1899 - August Anheuser Busch, Jr., brewing magnate and American baseball executive (d. 1989)
1899 - Ernst Lindemann, German naval officer (d. 1941)
1899 - Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
1900 - Edward Wagenknecht, American literary critic (d. 2004)
1902 - Dame Flora Robson, English actress (d. 1984)
1902 - Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (d. 1988)
1903 - Rudolf Serkin, Austrian pianist (d. 1991)
1903 - Charles Starrett, American actor (d. 1986)
1905 - Marlin Perkins, American naturalist and television host (d. 1986)
1905 - Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (d. 1996)
1907 - "Swifty" Lazar, American talent agent (d. 1993)
1909 - Nelson Algren, American writer (d. 1981)
1910 - Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr., American Librarian (d. 2001)
1910 - Jimmie Dodd, American actor (d. 1964)
1910 - Queen Ingrid of Denmark (d. 2000)
1911 - J. L. Austin, British philosopher of language (d. 1960)
1912 - A. Bertram Chandler Australian author (d. 1984)
1912 - Marina Raskova, Russian navigator (d. 1943)
1914 - Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1914 - Bohumil Hrabal, Czech writer (d. 1997)
1914 - Edmund Muskie, American politician (d. 1996)
1914 - Kenneth Richard Norris, Australian entomologist (d. 2003)
1915 - Jay Livingston, American composer and songwriter (d. 2001)
1919 - Vic Raschi, American baseball player (d. 1988)
1921 - Dirk Bogarde, English actor (d. 1999)
1921 - Herschel Grynszpan, German political assassin (d. between 1943 and 1945)
1922 - Neville Bonner, Australian politician (d. 1999)
1922 - Felice Chiusano, Italian singer (d. 1990)
1922 - Joey Maxim, American boxer (d. 2001)
1924 - Freddie Bartholomew, Irish actor (d. 1992)
1925 - Dorothy DeBorba, American child actress
1926 - Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba
1927 - Marianne Fredriksson, Swedish author (d. 2007)
1928 - Zbigniew Brzezinski, U.S. National Security Advisor
1928 - Alexander Grothendieck, German mathematician
1929 - Paul England, Australian racing driver
1930 - Robert Ashley, American composer
1930 - Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer
1930 - Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1933 - Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
1933 - Frank Murkowski, American politician
1935 - Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster
1936 - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian author and politician
1940 - Tony Barber, Australian television personality
1941 - Alf Clausen, orchestra conductor (The Simpsons)
1941 - Jim Turner, American football player
1942 - Daniel Dennett, American philosopher
1942 - Neil Kinnock, British politician
1942 - Mike Newell, English film director
1942 - Samuel Ramey, American opera singer
1942 - Conrad Schumann, East German border guard (d. 1998)
1942 - Jerry Sloan, American basketball player and head coach
1943 - Conchata Ferrell, American actress
1944 - Rick Barry, American basketball player
1944 - Ken Howard, American actor
1945 - Count Björn Hamilton, Swedish politician
1946 - Alejandro Toledo, President of Peru
1946 - Henry Paulson Jr., Current U.S. Treasury Secretary
1946 - Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut
1947 - John Landecker, American disk jockey
1948 - Dianne Wiest, American actress
1948 - Gerry House, American radio personality
1948 - John Evan, British musician (Jethro Tull)
1948 - Milan Williams, American musician The Commodores (d. 2006)
1948 - Matthew Corbett, English retired actor
1951 - Karen Kain, Canadian ballerina
1951 - Matti Pellonpää, Finnish actor and musician (d. 1995)
1952 - Tony Brise, racing driver (d. 1975)
1953 - Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician (d. 1993)
1954 - Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
1955 - John Alderdice, Northern Irish politician
1955 - Reba McEntire, American singer and actress
1956 - April Margera, Bam Margera's mother
1958 - Curt Hennig, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
1959 - Chris Myers, American sportscaster
1960 - Chris Barrie, British actor
1960 - José Maria Neves, Cape Verdeian politician
1960 - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, French author and dramatist
1961 - Orla Brady, Irish actress
1961 - Byron Scott, American basketball player
1962 - Jure Franko, Slovenian skier
1962 - Terry Szopinski, American pro-wrestler
1965 - Steve Bull, English footballer
1968 - Iris Chang, American author (d. 2004)
1968 - Nasser Hussain, English cricketer
1968 - Jon Lee, British drummer (d. 2002)
1968 - Tim Lovejoy, British television presenter
1968 - Max Perlich, American actor
1969 - Brett Ratner, American film director
1969 - Rodney Atkins, American country music singer-songwriter
1970 - Vince Vaughn, American actor
1970 - Michelle Gildernew, Irish republican politician
1971 - Mr. Cheeks, American rapper
1972 - Nick Frost, English comedian and actor
1972 - Keith Tkachuk, American ice hockey player
1973 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan professional wrestler
1973 - Matt Nathanson, American singer-songwriter
1974 - Mark King, English snooker player
1974 - Scott Mills, British radio disc jockey
1975 - Shanna Moakler, former beauty queen
1975 - Iván Helguera, Spanish footballer
1975 - Matt Reis, American soccer goalkeeper
1975 - Richard Kelly, American film director
1975 - Derek Hill, American racing driver
1976 - David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers)
1977 - Erik Rasmussen, American ice hockey player
1977 - Lauren Weisberger, American novelist
1979 - Park Chae-rim, South Korean actress
1980 - Stiliani Pilatou, Greek long jumper
1980 - Luke Walton, American basketball player
1981 - Julia Stiles, American actress
1981 - Gareth David-Lloyd, Welsh Actor
1981 - Edwar Ramirez, American baseball player
1981 - Lindsay Frimodt, American model
1982 - Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
1983 - Ryan Ashington, English footballer
1984 - Christopher Samba, French-born footballer
1984 - Nikki Sanderson, British actress and model
1984 - Yordanos Abay, Ethiopian footballer
1986 - J-Kwon, American rapper
1986 - Barbora Strýcová, Czech tennis player
1988 - Lacey Turner, British soap actress
1989 - Marek Suchý, Czech footballer
1989 - Lukas Jutkiewicz, English footballer
1989 - Mira Leung, Canadian figure skater
1989 - Afrikan Boy, a Nigerian rapper
1991 - Amy Bruckner, American actress
[edit] Deaths
193 - Pertinax, Roman Emperor (b. 126)
1072 - Ordulf, Duke of Saxony
1239 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)
1285 - Pope Martin IV
1563 - Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)
1566 - Sigismund von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat and historian (b. 1486)
1677 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born actor (b. 1607)
1687 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (b. 1596)
1794 - Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1743)
1850 - Gerard C. Brandon, American politician (b. 1788)
1866 - Solomon Foot, American politician (b. 1802)
1868 - James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, British military leader (b. 1797)
1870 - George Henry Thomas, American general (b. 1816)
1874 - Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (b. 1795)
1881 - Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer (b. 1839)
1910 - David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1837)
1910 - Edouard Judas Colonne, French violinist (b. 1838)
1929 - Lomer Gouin, Quebec politician (b. 1861)
1939 - Francis Matthew John Baker, Australian politician (b. 1903)
1941 - Virginia Woolf, English feminist writer (b. 1882)
1942 - Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet, death in prison (b. 1910)
1943 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer and pianist (b. 1873)
1944 - Stephen Leacock, Canadian humorist (b. 1869)
1946 - Chick Fullis, baseball player (b. 1904)
1947 - Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
1949 - Grigoraş Dinicu, Romanian composer and violinist (b. 1889)
1953 - Jim Thorpe, American athlete (b. 1887)
1958 - W.C. Handy, American composer (b. 1873)
1962 - Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)
1965 - Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (b. 1885)
1965 - Clemence Dane, British novelist and playwright (b. 1888)
1969 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (b. 1890)
1969 - Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
1974 - Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1905)
1976 - Arthur Crudup, American blues singer and guitarist (b. 1905)
1976 - Richard Arlen, American actor (b. 1898)
1978 - Dino Ciani, Italian pianist (d. 1941)
1979 - Emmett Kelly, American clown (b. 1898)
1980 - Dick Haymes, Argentine-born singer and actor (b. 1918)
1982 - William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
1984 - Carmen Dragon, American conductor, composer and arranger (b. 1914)
1985 - Marc Chagall, Russian-born painter (b. 1887)
1986 - Virginia Gilmore. American actress (b. 1919)
1987 - Maria von Trapp, Austrian-born singer (b. 1905)
1987 - Patrick Troughton, British actor (b. 1920)
1993 - Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956)
1994 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (b. 1909)
1995 - Hugh O'Connor, American actor (b. 1962)
1999 - Freaky Tah, American rapper (Lost Boyz) (b. 1971)
2000 - Anthony Powell, British novelist (b. 1905)
2001 - Moe Koffman, Canadian musician (b. 1928)
2003 - Rusty Draper, American country and pop singer (b. 1923)
2004 - Art James, American game show host (b. 1929)
2004 - Peter Ustinov, British actor (b. 1921)
2005 - Dame Moura Lympany, British pianist (b. 1916)
2006 - Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1917)
2006 - Charles Schepens, American ophthalmologist (b. 1912)
2006 - Kevin Pro Hart, Australian artist (b. 1928)
2006 - Proinsias Ó Maonaigh, Irish musician (b. 1922)