Date | Event |
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480 |
Euripides, Salamís, Greek playwright (Medea), (d. 406 BC) |
63 |
Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. 14) |
BC AD | |
1158 |
Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186) |
1161 |
Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181) |
1215 |
Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294) |
1434 |
Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1478) |
1555 |
Louise de Coligny, French 4th wife of Willem of Orange |
1591 |
Michael Lohr, composer |
1596 |
Joan Blaeu, cartographer/publisher |
1598 |
Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655) |
1605 |
Daniel von Czepko, German poet |
1641 |
Adrian "Aart" van Wijck, theologist (against jansenisme) |
1642 |
Giovanni Maria Bononcini, composer |
1647 |
Joseph Dudley, American statesman (d. 1720) |
1650 |
Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726) |
1684 |
Johann Theodor Romhild, composer |
1703 |
Jean-Marie Leclair, composer |
1712 |
Ferdinand VI, the wise, King of Spain (1746-59) |
1740 |
Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813) |
1745 |
John Sevier, Tennessee, indian fighter (Gov/Rep-Tn) |
1768 |
William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (Rights of Wallace) |
1771 |
Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840) |
1781 |
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860) |
1782 |
Jacques-Fereol Mazas, composer |
1791 |
Johann F Encke, German astronomer (Encke Comet) |
1791 |
Karl T Korner, German poet (Zriny, Leyer und Schwerdt) |
1795 |
Alexander Twilight, minister and politician, first African American to graduate and to hold public office, born Corinth Vermont (d.1857) |
1800 |
William H McGuffey, educator (McGuffey Readers) |
1804 |
David Van de Kellen, coin engraver |
1805 |
Matthew Adams Stickney, Rowley Mass, numismatist |
1816 |
Elihu Benjamin Washburne, MC (Union), died in 1887 |
1816 |
Julius White, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 |
1817 |
Leon Charles Francois Kreutzer, composer |
1819 |
Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896) |
1820 |
Thomas Kilby Smith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
1838 |
Victoria Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer - first woman to be nominated for US presidency |
1842 |
Karl Munzinger, composer |
1849 |
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ivanov, composer |
1852 |
William Stewart Halsted, established 1st US surgical school |
1853 |
Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar |
1854 |
Cornelis W Lely, Dutch engineer/gov of Suriname (1902-05) |
1856 |
William Archer, Scotland, writer (Green Goddess) |
1861 |
Edmond H H Allenby, British field marshal |
1861 |
Robert Bosch, German inventor and industrialist (d. 1942) |
1863 |
Alexandre EJ Yersin, Swiss/French bacteriologist (bacteria plague) |
1863 |
Mary Church Terrell, civil rights activist |
1864 |
Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (d. 1903) |
1865 |
Emmuska Orczy, Tarnaörs Hungary, Hungarian-born British writer (Scarlet Pimpernel) |
1866 |
Edouard Combe, composer |
1869 |
Mary Mallon, Cookstown County Tyrone, Irish-American patient best known as 'Typhoid Mary' and the first person in the United States known to be immune to typhoid, as a carrier of the disease she infected at least 51 people in the New York City area |
1870 |
John Lomax, Miss, folk song collector/ethnomusicologist |
1871 |
Frantisek Kupka, Czech writer |
1880 |
John Boyd Orr, nutritionist, UN's FAO (Nobel 1949) |
1888 |
Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semitic theologist (Die Oden Salomons) |
1889 |
Walter Lippmann, New York City New York, American journalist/political writer (Public Opinion) |
1890 |
Arthur Walter Kramer, composer |
1890 |
Friedrich Paulus, German Generalfieldmarshal (Stalingrad). Dies 1957. |
1894 |
Kornelis H Miskotte, theologist (Edda & Thora) |
1895 |
Miron Merzhanov, Soviet architect (d. 1975) |
1895 |
Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985) |
1897 |
Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (surrealist) |
1897 |
Walter Pidgeon, New Brunswick Can, actor (Mrs Miniver, Madame Curie) |
1899 |
Louise Nevelson, Kiev, Russia, sculptor (Sky Cathedral) |
1899 |
Marcel Dalio, [Israel Blauschild], Paris France, actor (China Gate) |
1899 |
William Levi Dawson, composer |
1900 |
Bill Stone, British serviceman; one of the last surviving veterans of World War I |
1901 |
Adrian Pitlo, lawyer |
1901 |
Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet (Nobel 1984) |
1902 |
Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and educator (d. 2003) |
1904 |
Meyer Schapiro, art historian |
1904 |
Wallace "Scotty" Scott, rock vocalist (Whispers) |
1905 |
Jeno Kenessey, composer |
1906 |
Willard F McMurry, musician |
1907 |
Jarmila Novotna, soprano (Met Opera)/pres of Czechoslovakia (1957-68) |
1907 |
Dominique Aury, French novelist (d. 1998) |
1907 |
Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, heir to the throne of Portugal (d. 1976) |
1909 |
Marianne Straub, weaver |
1910 |
Elliot Roosevelt, son of FDR/writer (Murder in the Oval Office) |
1910 |
Soulima Stravinsky, Lausanne Switz, Russian pianist (Igor's son) |
1911 |
Frank Moss, United States Senator from Utah (d. 2003) |
1912 |
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (d. 2005) |
1912 |
Tony Smith, American sculptor (d. 1980) |
1913 |
Alexey Davidovich Machavariani, composer |
1914 |
Norman Cazden, composer |
1914 |
Omar Ali Saifuddin III, Sultan of Brunei (d. 1986) |
1915 |
Finn Arnestad, composer |
1915 |
Ian Dawson-Shepherd, campaigner |
1916 |
Aldo Moro, Maglie Italy, Italian politician (d. 1978) |
1917 |
Imry Nemeth, Hungary, hammer thrower (Olympic-gold-1948) |
1920 |
Alexander Arutiunian, composer, (d. 2012) |
1920 |
Gerard W Taylor, South African/British surgeon |
1920 |
Jiri Jaroch, composer |
1920 |
Mickey Rooney, American actor |
1922 |
Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard, scholar theologian poet/translator |
1925 |
Barry Linehan, actor (Bullseye, Dark Places, Witchcraft) |
1925 |
Denis Twitchett, Cambridge scholar, and Chinese historian (d. 2006) |
1925 |
Eleonora Rossi Drago, Italian actress |
1926 |
John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight) |
1928 |
Robert Helps, composer |
1929 |
Wally Whyton, musician/broadcaster |
1930 |
Colin Blakely, Bangor N Ireland, actor (Shattered, Equus, King Lear) |
1930 |
Pyotr Ivanovich Kolodin, cosmonaut (Soyuyz 7, 10, 11 backup) |
1930 |
Ray Charles [Robinson], Albany Ga, singer/pianist (Georgia), (Georgia on My Mind, Mess Around) (d. 2004) |
1930 |
Sehba Akhtar, poet of Pakistan (d.1996) |
1931 |
Ruud van den Hende, sports reporter |
1931 |
Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator (d. 2004) |
1934 |
Per Olov Enquist, Swedish writer (Hour of the Lynx) |
1935 |
Pierre Marietan, composer |
1936 |
Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician |
1938 |
Clifford Ann Creed, LPGA golfer |
1938 |
Romy Schneider, Vienna Austria, actress (Bloodline, Death Watch) |
1938 |
Tom Lester, American actor |
1939 |
Roy Buchanan, Ozark Ark, rocker |
1939 |
Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator |
1939 |
Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988) |
1939 |
Janusz Gajos, Polish actor |
1940 |
Tim Rose, rocker |
1941 |
Simon Nolet, French-Canadian ice hockey player |
1942 |
Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican politician |
1943 |
Bob Clement, (Rep-D-Tennessee) |
1943 |
Julio Iglesias, Spain, singer (Of All the Girls I Loved Before) |
1943 |
Walter Scott, rock vocalist (Whispers) |
1943 |
Marty Schottenheimer, McDonald Pennsylvania, American football coach (Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers) |
1944 |
Loren J Shriver, Iowa, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 51-C, STS 31, STS 46) |
1945 |
Paul Petersen, Glendale California, actor (Jeff Stone-Donna Reed Show) |
1945 |
Ronald Bushy, Washington DC, rock drummer (Iron Butterfly) |
1945 |
Igor Ivanov, Russian politician |
1946 |
Franz Fischler, Austrian politician |
1947 |
Don Grolnick, jazz musician |
1947 |
Mary Kay Place, Tulsa Oklahoma, actress/country singer (Mary Hartman!) |
1948 |
Rob van Koningsbruggen, sculptor |
1949 |
Bruce Springsteen, [Boss], Asbury NJ, rock musician (Born in the USA) |
1951 |
Ron Klink, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania) |
1954 |
Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996) |
1955 |
Patti Weaver, WV, actress (Days of our Life, Gina-Young & Restless) |
1956 |
June Forester, Chattanooga Tn, country singer (Forester Sister-Men) |
1956 |
Lili Carati, Varese Italy, Miss Italy (1975)/actress (Alcove) |
1956 |
Maren Jensen, Arcadia California, actress (Athena-Battlestar Galactica) |
1956 |
Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer |
1956 |
Peter David, American writer |
1957 |
Sylvie Garant, Montmagny Quebec, playmate (Nov, 1979) |
1957 |
Tony Fossas, Cuba, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) |
1957 |
Rosalind Chao, American actress |
1957 |
Kumar Sanu, Indian playback singer |
1958 |
Larry Hogan Mize, Augusta GA, PGA golfer (1987 Masters) |
1958 |
Danielle Dax, British musician |
1958 |
Marvin Lewis, American football coach |
1959 |
Heather Drew, St Louis MO, LPGA golfer (1987 Henredon Classic-5th) |
1959 |
Jason Alexander, [Greenspan], Newark NJ, actor (George-Seinfeld) |
1960 |
John Rocca, English funk singer (Southern Freeze) |
1961 |
Elizabeth Peña, Elizabeth, New Jersey, American actress (La Bamba, Jacob's Ladder) |
1961 |
Phyllis Hines, Nashville TN, cyclist (Olympics-96) |
1961 |
William C McCool, San Diego California, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut |
1961 |
Chi McBride, American actor |
1962 |
Jack Warren Pierce, Cherry Hill NJ, hurdler |
1963 |
Gabriele Reinsch, German DR, discus thrower (world record 1988) |
1964 |
Diane Dixon, Brooklyn New York, American 4x400m runner (Olympic-silver-1988) |
1964 |
Leon Meijs, soccer player (Willem II) |
1964 |
Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer |
1964 |
Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z) |
1965 |
Ian Leggatt, Cambridge Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Canadian Tour) |
1965 |
Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star (1993 Wimbledon mixed) |
1966 |
Doug Widell, NFL guard (Detroit Lions) |
1966 |
Pete Harnisch, Commack NY, pitcher (NY Mets) |
1967 |
LisaRaye, American actress |
1968 |
Yvette Fielding, English television presenter |
1969 |
Jeff Cirillo, Pasadena CA, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers) |
1969 |
Patrick Fiori, French singer |
1969 |
Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish rally driver |
1970 |
Brian Wells, Carmel California, pairs skater (& Lyons-1995 Midwest champ) |
1970 |
Georgios Koltsidas, Greek footballer |
1970 |
Ani DiFranco, American musician |
1971 |
Eric Montross, NBA center (Detroit Pistons) |
1971 |
Marcel Boudesteyn, soccer player (Excelsior/FC Groningen) |
1971 |
Osamu Nishimura, wrestler (NJPW) |
1971 |
Taunya Harris, Miss USA-New Mexico (1997) |
1971 |
Willie Greene, Milledgville GA, infielder (Cin Reds) |
1972 |
Karl Pilkington, British radio personality |
1972 |
Jermaine Dupri, Asheville, NC, record producer & rapper (Grammy - We Belong Together) |
1973 |
Grant McDonald, Australian baseball outfielder (Olympics-1996) |
1973 |
Michelle Tolson, Manchester NH, Miss America-NH (1997) |
1973 |
Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist |
1974 |
Doris Glenn Easterly, Richmond Va, diver (Olympics-96) |
1974 |
Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler |
1974 |
Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model |
1975 |
Vitaliy Yeremeyev, hockey goalie (Team Kazkhstan 1998) |
1975 |
Jaime Bergman, American model and actress |
1975 |
Layzie Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) |
1975 |
Chris Hawkins, British radio personality |
1976 |
Faune A. Chambers, American actress |
1976 |
Kip Pardue, American actor and model |
1977 |
Rachael Yamagata, American singer and songwriter |
1977 |
Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player |
1977 |
Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2008) |
1978 |
Worm Miller, American filmmaker |
1978 |
Keri Lynn Pratt, American actress |
1979 |
Red, Los Angeles California, rapper (Another Bad Creation) |
1979 |
Ricky Davis, American basketball player |
1979 |
Bryant McKinnie, Woodbury, NJ, NFL Offensive Tackle (Minnesota Vikings) |
1980 |
Cameron Litvack, American television producer |
1981 |
Robert Doornbos, Dutch race car driver |
1981 |
Natalie Horler, German singer (Cascada) |
1981 |
Misti Traya, American actress |
1984 |
Anneliese van der Pol, American actress |
1984 |
Louie Stephens, American musician (Rooney) |
1984 |
Nathan Jendrick, American author |
1984 |
Matt Kemp, American baseball player |
1985 |
Maki Goto, Japanese pop singer |
1985 |
Jared High, American victim of bullying (d. 1998) |
1985 |
Brian Brohm, American football player |
1985 |
Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player |
1985 |
Hossein Ka'abi, Iranian footballer |
1985 |
Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player |
1986 |
Martin Cranie, English footballer |
1989 |
Brandon Jennings, American basketball player |
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