Date | Event |
---|---|
1182 |
Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204) |
1458 |
Bernardo Accolti, [Unico Aretino], Italian writer (Virginia) |
1476 |
Louise of Savoye, French mother/regentes of king Francois I |
1522 |
Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical |
1523 |
Pierre de Ronsard, poet |
1525 |
Johan Georg, elector of Brandenburg (1571-91) |
1584 |
Thomas Erpenius, [van Erpe], Dutch orientalist/arabist (grammar) |
1611 |
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675) |
1614 |
Philipp Buchner, composer |
1681 |
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741) |
1700 |
James Thomson, songwriter (Rule Britannia) |
1723 |
Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790) |
1741 |
Johann J Angel, German author (Herr Lorenz Stark) |
1753 |
Friedrich August Baumbach, composer |
1764 |
Valentino Fioravanti, composer |
1786 |
Friedrich Kuhlau, composer |
1798 |
Franz E Neumann, German mineralogist/mathematician/physicist |
1800 |
Daniel S. Dickinson, New York senator (d. 1866) |
1804 |
Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [NS] |
1806 |
Joshua Blackwood Howell, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 |
1807 |
Ignaz Lachner, composer |
1813 |
Conrad Feger Jackson, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862 |
1816 |
Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d. 1888) |
1825 |
Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904) |
1835 |
William Wirt Allen, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 |
1836 |
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870) |
1838 |
John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul |
1844 |
George Clement Martin, composer |
1859 |
Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905) |
1860 |
Marianne V von Werefkin, Russian/German/Swiss painter [NS] |
1860 |
James Allan, former All Black (d. 1934) |
1861 |
Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio) |
1862 |
O Henry, [William Sydney Porter], American short story writer (d. 1910) |
1862 |
Julian Byng, British army officer (d. 1935) |
1865 |
Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929) |
1874 |
Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer |
1876 |
Alfonso Broqua, composer |
1877 |
Felix Dzerzhinsky [Iron Felix, Bloody Felix], Ivyanets, Lithuania, Soviet statesman, established and developed Soviet secret police (Cheka, forerunner to the KGB) |
1877 |
James Jeans, England, physicist/mathematician/astronomer |
1881 |
Asta Nielsen, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Joyless Street) |
1883 |
Grogorij J Zinovjev, [Gerson Radomyslski], Russian |
1885 |
David Herbert Lawrence (DH), Eastwood Nottinghamshire, poet/writer (Lady Chatterley's Lover) (d. 1930) |
1885 |
Eratstus Flaval Beadle, publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels) |
1885 |
Herbert Stothart, composer |
1890 |
Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad, composer |
1891 |
Noel Gallon, composer |
1891 |
William Thomas Walsh, American author (d. 1949) |
1892 |
Pinto Colvig, OR, animation voice (Goofy, Pluto) |
1892 |
Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (d. 1980) |
1893 |
W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (d. 1974) |
1895 |
Harry Tobias, songwriter |
1899 |
Nelly A "Nell" Knoop, Dutch actress (Driestuivers Opera) |
1899 |
Jimmie Davis, Quitman, Louisiana, American singer and songwriter (You Are My Sunshine) |
1900 |
D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman (d. 1999) |
1902 |
Alice Tully, Corning, NY, singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall) |
1903 |
Theodor Adorno, German philosopher/sociologist |
1906 |
Roye England, modeller/museum curator |
1908 |
Everhardus J van Romondt, physician/Dutch Antillean minister of Eco |
1909 |
Anne Seymour, England, actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show) |
1909 |
William H Natcher, (Rep-D-Kentucky, 1953- ) |
1911 |
Bola de Nieve, Cuban pianist (d. 1971) |
1913 |
Paul "Bear" Bryant, US football coach (Alabama Crimson Tide) |
1915 |
Athena Lorde, NY, actress (Fuzz, Skin Game, Firecreek) |
1915 |
Jack Fascinato, Bevier Mo, pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla Fran & Ollie) |
1916 |
Ed Sabol, Atlantic City New Jersey, American filmmaker (NFL Films) |
1917 |
Ferdinand Marcos, Philippines President (1965-86) |
1917 |
Henderson Forsythe, Macon MO, actor (Crisis at Central High) |
1917 |
Jessica Lucy Mitford, author (American Way of Death) |
1917 |
Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (d. 2001) |
1918 |
Donald Blakeslee, American aviator (d. 2008) |
1921 |
Edwin Richfield, British Actor (d. 1990) |
1922 |
Charles Evers, civil rights leader (Amazing Grace) |
1923 |
Alan Badel, Manchester England, actor (Shogun) |
1923 |
Betsy Drake, fitness expert/actress (Every Girl Should be Married) |
1924 |
Daniel Kahikina Akaka, (Rep-D-HI, 1977- /Sen-D Hawaii) |
1924 |
Tom Landry, Mission Texas, NFL player (NY Giants)/coach (Dallas Cowboys) |
1924 |
Rudolf Vrba, Jewish Canadian professor, Holocaust survivor (d. 2006) |
1925 |
Ashley Heenan, composer |
1925 |
Harry Stuart Somers, composer |
1926 |
Alfred Slote, author (Love & Tennis, Omega Station) |
1926 |
Gerrit van Niekerk Viljoen, South African minister of Legislation |
1926 |
Lee Richardson, Chicago, actor (Sweet Lorraine, Fly 2, Tiger Warsaw) |
1926 |
Eddie Miksis, baseball player (d. 2005) |
1927 |
David Schine, businessman |
1927 |
Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002) |
1928 |
Earl Holliman, Delhi La, actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic) |
1928 |
Reubin Askew, (Gov-Fla) |
1929 |
David S Broder, Chicago Hgts Ill, journalist (Pulitzer 1973) |
1930 |
Cathryn Damon, Seattle Wash, actress (Mary-Soap, She's Having a Baby) |
1930 |
Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player (d. 2002) |
1931 |
Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian |
1932 |
Herbert "Sonny" Leon Callahan, (Rep-R-Alabama, 1985- ) |
1932 |
Robert W "Bob" Packwood, (Sen-R-OR, 1969- ) |
1932 |
Peter Anderson, English footballer |
1933 |
William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002) |
1934 |
Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist |
1934 |
Norma Croker, Australian sprinter |
1934 |
Ian Abercrombie, Grays, Essex, English actor (Birds of Prey, Desperate Housewives) |
1935 |
Arvo Part, composer |
1935 |
Gherman Stepanovich Titov, USSR, cosmonaut (Vostok II) |
1936 |
Charles Dierkop, LaCrosse Wisc, actor (Det Pete Royster-Police Woman) |
1937 |
Paola Ruffo di Calabria, Ital princess/queen of Belgium (1993- ) |
1937 |
Robert L Crippen, Beaumont Tx, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 1, 7, 41C, 41G) |
1937 |
Iosif Kobzon, Soviet singer and Russian businessman |
1938 |
Charles Patrick, rocker (Monotones) |
1939 |
Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman |
1940 |
Bernie Dwyer, rock drummer (Freddie & The Dreamers) |
1940 |
Brian DePalma, Newark NJ, film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill) |
1940 |
Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General |
1940 |
Robert Palmer, last CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation |
1942 |
Tom Dreesen, Harvey, Illinois, comedian (Tim Ried's partner) |
1942 |
Lola Falana [Loletha Elayne], Camden, New Jersey, American singer and actress (Golden Boy, A Man Called Adam) |
1942 |
Gerome Ragni American Playwright |
1943 |
Mickey Hart, drummer (Grateful Dead) |
1943 |
Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian terrorist |
1944 |
Everaldo, Brazilian footballer |
1944 |
Freddy Thielemans, mayor of Brussels |
1945 |
Leo Kottke, Athens Ga, guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse) |
1945 |
Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer |
1946 |
Dennis Tufano, Chicago, rock guitarist/vocalist (Buckinghams) |
1948 |
John Martyn, English musician |
1949 |
Marty Liquori, US, runner (AAU 3 mile-1979 (13:14.7)) |
1949 |
Roger Uttley, English rugby player |
1949 |
Bill Whittington, race car driver |
1950 |
Amy Madigan, Chicago Ill, actress (Uncle Buck, Twice in a Lifetime) |
1950 |
Barry Sheene, British auto maker |
1951 |
Richard D. Gill, British-Dutch mathematician |
1951 |
Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 2008) |
1953 |
Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer (Styx) |
1953 |
Jani Allan, South African journalist and media personality |
1954 |
Reed Birney, Alexandria Va, actor (Greatest Man in the World) |
1956 |
Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director |
1957 |
Jeffrey George Sluman, Rochester NY, PGA golfer (1988 PGA Champ) |
1957 |
Jon Moss, rock drummerer (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me) |
1957 |
Brad Bird, American director and animator |
1958 |
Don Slaught, Long Beach CA, catcher (California Angels, NY Yankees) |
1958 |
Mick Talbot, rock keyboardist (Style Council-You're the Best Thing) |
1958 |
Scott Patterson, American actor |
1958 |
Roxann Dawson, American actress |
1958 |
Phoef Sutton, American television writer and producer |
1959 |
David Laurence Frost, Cape Town South Africa, PGA golfer (1988 Southern Open) |
1959 |
Robert Wrenn, Richmond VA, Nike golfer (1987 Buick Open) |
1960 |
Neal X, rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik-Love Missile F-111) |
1961 |
Virginia Madsen, Chicago Ill, actress (Dune, Hot Spot, Class) |
1961 |
Elizabeth Daily, Los Angeles, California, American actress and singer (Buttercup-The Powerpuff Girls) |
1961 |
Philip Ardagh, British writer |
1962 |
Kristy McNichol, Los Angeles California, actress (Buddy-Family, Barbara-Empty Nest) |
1962 |
Filip Dewinter Belgian politician |
1962 |
Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer |
1963 |
Bonnie Gadusek, Pittsburgh, tennis player (French Juniors 1981) |
1963 |
Gerald Wilkins, NBA guard (Orlando Magic) |
1963 |
Colin Wells, English actor |
1964 |
Ellis Burks, Vicksburg MS, outfielder (Colorado Rockies) |
1964 |
Eric Thomas, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos) |
1964 |
Jean-Phil LeMoine, hockey defenseman (Team France 1998) |
1964 |
Roxanne Biggs-Dawson, actress (B'Elanna Torres-Star Trek Voyager) |
1964 |
Victor Wooten, American musician |
1965 |
John Schofield, journalist |
1965 |
Tony Woods, NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins) |
1965 |
Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria |
1965 |
Paul Heyman, American wrestling manager |
1965 |
Moby, American musician |
1966 |
Richard Harvey, NFL linebacker (NO Saints) |
1966 |
Stewart Carr, Indianapolis Ind, canoe (alt-Olympics-96) |
1966 |
Princess Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family |
1967 |
Kendra Lee Ruwe, Madison Idaho, Miss Idaho-America (1991) |
1967 |
Simon Burgess, Australian rower (Olympics-96) |
1967 |
Harry Connick Jr, New Orleans Louisiana, singer (We Are in Love) |
1967 |
Maria Bartiromo, financial broadcast journalist |
1968 |
Konstantin Shafranov, hockey forward (Team Kazkhstan 1998) |
1968 |
Kay Hanley, American musician |
1968 |
Paul Mayeda Berges, American film writer and director |
1969 |
Laura Sisk, Maryland, actress (Allison Rescott-Loving) |
1969 |
Tracy Scroggins, NFLer (Detroit Lions) |
1969 |
Eduardo Perez, American baseball player |
1969 |
Gidget Gein, American musician |
1970 |
Berry Richter, Madison Wis, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994) |
1970 |
Dan Hackett, Syracuse NY, water polo goalkeeper (Olympics-96) |
1970 |
Chris Garver, tattoo artist |
1970 |
Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer |
1970 |
William Joppy, American boxer |
1970 |
Ted Leo, American musician |
1971 |
Mack Strong, NFL fullback (Seattle Seahawks) |
1971 |
Todd Norman, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks) |
1971 |
Richard Ashcroft, British singer |
1971 |
Markos Moulitsas, American blogger and author |
1971 |
Johnny Vegas, English comedian |
1971 |
Shelton Quarles, American football player |
1972 |
Kip Simons, Media Pa, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96) |
1972 |
Mark Pope, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers) |
1972 |
Matthew Gilmore, Belgian cyclist |
1973 |
Fred Thomas, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks) |
1974 |
Lucian Sahetapy, soccer player (FC Groningen) |
1975 |
Juliette Spier, Miss North Dakota USA (1996) |
1975 |
Tiffany Parks, Miss Arkansas USA (1996) |
1975 |
Juan Cobián, former Argentine footballer |
1975 |
Mark Klepaski, American musician |
1976 |
Elephant Man, Jamaican musician |
1976 |
Flora Redoumi, Greek hurdler |
1976 |
Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver |
1977 |
Ludacris, American rapper |
1977 |
Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player |
1977 |
Jon Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay) |
1978 |
Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer |
1978 |
Ed Reed, American football player |
1978 |
Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer |
1979 |
Ariana Richards, Healdsburg CA, actress (Spaced Invaders, Prancer) |
1979 |
Nathan Gale, American murderer (d. 2004) |
1979 |
Frank Francisco, Major League Baseball pitcher |
1979 |
Steve Hofstetter, comedian & radio personality |
1979 |
David Pizarro, Chilean footballer |
1980 |
Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver |
1980 |
Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player |
1981 |
Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer |
1981 |
Dylan Klebold, Columbine High School Massacre co-perpetrator (d. 1999) |
1982 |
Shriya Saran, South Indian actress |
1983 |
Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player |
1983 |
Ike Diogu, American basketball player |
1985 |
Shaun Livingston, American basketball player |
1985 |
Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player |
1986 |
Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player |
1986 |
Dwayne Jarrett, American football player |
1987 |
Tyler Hoechlin, American actor |
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