Date | Event |
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973 |
Al-Biruni, mathematician (d. 1048) |
1254 |
Marco Polo, Venice, Italian explorer (Il Milione), (d. 1324) |
1505 |
Maria, queen of Hungary/wife of Louis II/governess of Neth (1531-55) |
1533 |
Catherine of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1572) |
1572 |
Erasmus Widmann, composer |
1580 |
Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659) |
1586 |
Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer |
1613 |
François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (d. 1680) |
1649 |
Titus Oates, English minister and plotter (d. 1705) |
1666 |
Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726) |
1685 |
Gottfried Kirkhoff, composer |
1690 |
Ignazio Prota, composer |
1736 |
Jean-Sylvain, French historian (History of France) |
1744 |
Georg Ritschel, composer |
1760 |
Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general of the Napoleonic Wars (d. 1824) |
1764 |
Friedrich Heine, composer |
1764 |
Paolo Francesco Parenti, composer |
1789 |
James Fenimore Cooper, Burlington New Jersey, 1st major American novelist (Last of Mohicans) |
1808 |
Louis Clapisson, composer |
1811 |
Jan Nepomuk Skroup, composer |
1811 |
Willem J van Zeggelen, Dutch author |
1816 |
Edward Wolff, composer |
1828 |
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886) |
1830 |
Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz, president of Mexico (1877-1911) |
1834 |
Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian/parliament member |
1837 |
Leo van Gheluwe, composer |
1843 |
Willem F Mauritius HK, prince of Orange/son of king Willem III |
1851 |
Emilia Pardo Bazan, Spanish countess/writer (Sirena Negra) |
1851 |
Josif Marinkovic, composer |
1852 |
Jan E Matzeliger, Surinamese inventor (shoe lacing machine) |
1852 |
Edward Bouchet, American physicist (d. 1918) |
1857 |
William Howard Taft, Cin, (R) 27th pres (1909-13), chief justice |
1858 |
Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer/hermit |
1858 |
Jeno Hubay, composer |
1860 |
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962) |
1863 |
Horatio William Parker, composer |
1865 |
Henri [Lucien] Capitant, French lawyer (Loi Falcidie) |
1865 |
Nicolaus Adriani, linguist (Middle-Celebes languages) |
1868 |
Dirk B Nanninga, Dutch painter |
1876 |
Bruno Walter, [B W Schlesinger], Berlin Germany, conductor (NY Phil) |
1876 |
Frank E Gannett, Rochester, newspaper publisher (Gannett) |
1876 |
Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938) |
1877 |
Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian politician and zionist (d. 1938) |
1879 |
Joseph Lyons, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939) |
1881 |
Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Milan, race car builder (Amaz Bugattis) |
1883 |
Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950) |
1884 |
Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer |
1887 |
Jean/Hans Arp, French/Swiss sculptor, artist and poet |
1887 |
Carlos Dávila, former President of Chile (d. 1955) |
1888 |
Antonio Ascari, Italian racing driver (d. 1925) |
1889 |
Robert Benchley, Worcester MA, humorist (My 10 Years in a Quandary) |
1890 |
Agatha Christie, Torquay Devon, British crime writer (Murder on Orient Express), (d. 1976) |
1890 |
Claude McKaye, Jamaica/US author (Songs of Jamaica, Banjo) |
1890 |
Frank Martin, Geneva Switzerland, composer (In Terra Fax) |
1892 |
Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962) |
1894 |
Jean Renoir, French director (Madame Bovary, Nana, Grand Illusion) |
1894 |
Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977) |
1895 |
Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977) |
1895 |
Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (d. 1974) |
1896 |
Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer |
1898 |
John J Slauerhoff, Dutch ship's doctor/writer/poet (El Dorado) |
1899 |
Milton S Eisenhower, Dwight's brother/pres (Pennsylvania State) |
1900 |
Larry Kent, CA, director (High Stakes) |
1901 |
Sir Donald Bailey, British engineer (d. 1985) |
1902 |
Magda [Helena] Lupescu, wife of King Carol II of Romania |
1903 |
Roy Acuff, Maynardville Tenn, country musician (Hee Haw) |
1904 |
Tom Conway, Russia, actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show) |
1904 |
Umberto II, van Piemonte, the last King of Italy (ruled 1946) |
1906 |
Kathryn Murray, Jersey City NJ, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party) |
1906 |
Penny Singleton, Phila Pa, voice (Jane Jetsons)/actress (Blondie) |
1907 |
Fay Wray, Alberta Canada, actress-King Kong's main squeeze |
1907 |
Jack Bailey, Hampton Iowa, TV host (Queen for a Day) |
1908 |
Gerd Gaiser, German writer (Ship in the Mountain) |
1908 |
Penny Singleton, American actress (d. 2003) |
1909 |
Carlos Estrada, composer |
1909 |
Jean Batten, NZ air pioneer (1st woman to fly solo Australia- |
1909 |
Phil Arnold, NJ, actor (Errand Boy, Stud Lonigan, Damn Yankees) |
1909 |
C.N.Annadurai, Former Chief Minister of Tamilnadu |
1910 |
George D Kilpatrick, Canadian/British bible scholar |
1910 |
Richard Baerlein, racing writer |
1911 |
Silas Hogan, blues singer/guitarist |
1911 |
Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-born American golf entrepreneur (d. 2000) |
1912 |
Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer |
1913 |
Hans Filbinger, German politician (CDU) |
1913 |
Henry Dreyfus Brant, Montreal Canada, composer (Great American Goot) |
1913 |
John Mitchell, Nixon's attorney general who went to jail |
1913 |
Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer |
1914 |
Creighton Abrams, US, army general (Vietnam War) |
1914 |
Jens Otto Krag, premier of Denmark (1962-68, 71-72) |
1914 |
Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (d. 1999) |
1915 |
Helmut Schoen, football coach |
1915 |
John Conte, Plamer Mass, actor (Mantovani) |
1915 |
Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (d. 1972) |
1916 |
Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress (Lady Vanishes) |
1917 |
Richard Arnell, composer |
1918 |
Nipsey Russell, American comedian (d. 2005) |
1919 |
Fausto Coppi, Italian bicylist (world record 45,798 km) |
1919 |
Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004) |
1921 |
Jan Frank Fischer, composer |
1921 |
Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001) |
1922 |
Jackie Cooper, Los Angeles, California, American actor and director (Skippy, Superman) |
1922 |
Bob Anderson, English Olympic Fencer, renowned film fight choreographer (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings) (d.2012) |
1923 |
Anton Heiller, composer |
1924 |
Bobby Short, Danville Ill, singer/pianist (Carlisle Hotel) |
1924 |
Lucebert, Dutch poet/painter/cartoonist (Boozz, PC Hooft prize 1967) |
1925 |
Forrest Compton, Reading Pa, actor (Gomer Pyle USMC, Edge of Night) |
1925 |
Carlo Rambaldi, Vigarano Mainarda, Italy, Special effects artist (Alien, E.T.), (d. 2012) |
1926 |
Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician |
1926 |
Shohei Imamura, Japanese film director (d. 2006) |
1926 |
Edward Derwinski, Chicago, Illinois, American congressman for Chicago 1959-83, first Secretary of Veteran Affairs 1989-1992 |
1927 |
Norm Crosby, Boston Mass, comedian/double talker (Liar's Club) |
1927 |
David Stove, Australian philosopher, (d. 1994) |
1928 |
Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, Tampa Florida, US jazz hard bop musician (Black Messiah) |
1928 |
Rod Robbie, Poole, England, Canadian architect and planner (Roger's Centre/ Sky Dome, Toronto), (d. 2012) |
1929 |
Murray Gell-Mann, physicist who predicted quarks |
1929 |
Eva Burrows, the 13th General of The Salvation Army |
1933 |
Henry Darrow, NYC, actor (Harry O, New Dick Van Dyke Show) |
1933 |
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor |
1934 |
Fred Nile, Australian politician |
1935 |
Jacques d'Ancona, journalist/TV host (Sound-Mix Show) |
1936 |
ashley j cooper, Melbourne Victoria, Australian tennis champ (US Open-1957) |
1937 |
Cynthia Anzolut, Harrisburg PA, LPGA golfer |
1937 |
Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist, Nobel laureate |
1937 |
Fernando de la Rúa, 51st President of Argentina |
1938 |
Gaylord Perry, baseball player (1972 AL Cy Young winner) |
1938 |
Rafael H Osuna, tennis champ (US Open - 1963) |
1939 |
Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet/painter |
1940 |
Frank Linzy, baseball player |
1940 |
Merlin Olsen, UT, NFL tackle (Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy) |
1940 |
Norman [Richard] Spinrad, US, sci-fi author (Child of Fortune) |
1941 |
Miroslav Hermazewski, Poland, cosmonaut (Soyuz 30) |
1941 |
Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer |
1941 |
Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish cosmonaut |
1941 |
Yuri Norstein, Russian animator |
1942 |
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, US, sci-fi author (Hotel Transylvania) |
1942 |
Phil Harris, English carpet manufacturer/multi-millionaire |
1942 |
Lee Dorman, St. Louis Missouri, American bassist (Iron Butterfly) |
1944 |
Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician |
1945 |
Jessye Norman, US, opera singer (Carmen) |
1945 |
Carmen Maura, Spanish actress |
1945 |
Ron Shelton, American film director |
1946 |
Fighting Mack, [Edwin Alberto], Antillian welterweight boxer |
1946 |
Oliver Stone, NYC, director (Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon) |
1946 |
Tommy Lee Jones, actor (Executioner's Song, Bloody Monday, Fugitive) |
1946 |
Howard Waldrop, American science fiction author |
1948 |
Suzyn Waldman, American Sportscaster |
1949 |
Joe Barton, Waco Texas, American politician (U.S. House of Representatives since 1985) |
1951 |
Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer |
1952 |
Kelly Keagy, rock vocalist (Night Ranger) |
1953 |
Bruce Heuchan, Kingston Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Alberta-7th) |
1953 |
Jerry Page, golfer (largest PGA victory margin) |
1953 |
Pat Barrett, rocker (Crew Cuts) |
1954 |
7th marquess of Bristol, English large landowner/multi-millionaire |
1954 |
Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (d. 2007) |
1955 |
Mac Sweeney, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- ) |
1955 |
Željka Antunović, Croatian politician |
1955 |
Renzo Rosso, Italian clothing designer |
1956 |
Jaki Graham, British personality |
1956 |
Ned Rothenberg, composer |
1956 |
Tawny Elaine Godin Schneider, Maine, Miss America (76)/(Eye on Hollywood) |
1956 |
Maggie Reilly, Scottish folk singer |
1957 |
Fulton Peter Allem, Kroonstad South Africa, PGA golfer (1993 SW Bell) |
1958 |
Lesley Player, Redhill England, Sarah Fergusson's father's lover |
1958 |
Wendie Jo Sperber, Hollywood, California, American actress (Wanna Hold Your Hand, Bossom Buddies) |
1958 |
Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains) |
1960 |
Scott Thompson Baker, Minneapolis, actor (Gen Hosp, All My Children) |
1960 |
Kevin Allen, Welsh actor |
1961 |
Dan Marino, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins) |
1962 |
Aubrey Matthews, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions) |
1962 |
Earnest Byner, NFL running back (Cleveland Browns) |
1962 |
Patricia "Patty" Shea, Belmont NY, field hockey goalie (Olympics-96) |
1962 |
Dina Lohan, American actress and reality television star, mother of Lindsay Lohan |
1964 |
Andrew Landenberger, Australian tornado yachter (Oly-bronze-92, 96) |
1964 |
Robert Farley, Ndola Zambia, Australasia golfer |
1964 |
Ryoko Kikuchi, Zama City, Kanagawa, Japanese cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-11) and reporter |
1964 |
Róbert Fico, Slovak Prime minister |
1964 |
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, former guitarist for horror punk band The Misfits |
1965 |
Rob Whitlock, Newcastle NSW, Australasia golfer |
1966 |
Sherman Douglas, NBA guard (NJ Nets) |
1967 |
Dexter Carter, NFL running back (SF 49ers) |
1967 |
Jerry Dixon, heavy metal bassist (Warrant-Cherry Pie) |
1968 |
Danny Nucci, actor (Gabriel Ortega-Falcon Crest) |
1968 |
Michael Puschacher, hockey goalie (Team Austria 1998) |
1968 |
Rich Robertson, Nacogdoches TX, pitcher (Minnesota Twins) |
1969 |
KG, rocker (Naughty by Nature) |
1969 |
Jim Curtiss, American writer |
1969 |
Jeffrey Schwarz, American film director/producer |
1970 |
Danny Ellis, Orlando Fla, golfer (All-American-1990, 92, 93) |
1971 |
Chad Bratzke, NFL defensive end (NY Giants) |
1971 |
Crystal McLaurin-Coney, Miss USA-North Carolina (1997) |
1971 |
Josh Charles, actor (Crossing the Bridge, Cooperstown) |
1971 |
Myron Bell, NFL safety (Pittsburgh Steelers) |
1971 |
Wayne Ferreira, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star (Munich 1995) |
1971 |
Will Shields, NFL guard (KC Chiefs) |
1971 |
Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers) |
1972 |
Amanda Lynn Granrud, Great Falls Montana, Miss America-Montana (1996) |
1972 |
Jimmy Carr, English comedian |
1972 |
Kit Chan, Singaporean singer |
1972 |
Princess Letizia of Spain |
1973 |
Julie Cox, English actress |
1974 |
Jamie Stevens, German singer |
1975 |
Tom Dolan, US, 400m freestyle/200m/400m medley swimmer (Oly-gold-96) |
1975 |
Tsutsumi Otomo, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) |
1976 |
Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand) |
1976 |
Matt Thornton, American baseball player |
1977 |
Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter |
1977 |
Sophie Dahl, English model |
1977 |
Leander Jordan, National Football League offensive lineman |
1977 |
Marisa Ramirez, American actress |
1977 |
Jason Terry, American basketball player |
1977 |
Tom Hardy, British actor |
1978 |
Amanda Rochelle Penix, Miss Oklahoma Teen USA (1997) |
1978 |
Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer |
1979 |
Dave Annable, American actor |
1979 |
Amy Davidson, American actress |
1979 |
Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan soccer player |
1979 |
Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player |
1980 |
David Diehl, American football player |
1980 |
Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese pop singer |
1980 |
Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player |
1983 |
Luke Hochevar, American baseball player |
1984 |
Henry Charles Albert David, Prince of Wales, 3rd in British succession |
1986 |
Heidi Montag, American reality television star |
1987 |
Aly Cissokho, French football (soccer) player |
1988 |
Chelsea Staub, American actress |
1989 |
Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand musician |
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