Date | Event |
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214 |
Aurelian, Serdica, Roman Emperor (270-275) |
384 |
Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423) |
1349 |
Duke Albert III of Austria (d. 1395) |
1427 |
Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros, English politician (d. 1464) |
1466 |
Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523) |
1558 |
Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (d. 1602) |
1583 |
Girolamo Frescobaldi, composer |
1585 |
Armand-Jean du Plessicide de Richelieu, premier of France (1624-42) |
1618 |
Joan Cererols, composer |
1629 |
Cornelis Tromp, Dutch lt-adm-gen/son of Maarten Tromp |
1646 |
Zeger B van Espen, Flemish theologist |
1664 |
Johann Christoph Pez, composer |
1687 |
Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer |
1700 |
Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1780) |
1711 |
Thomas Hutchinson, American politician (d. 1780) |
1731 |
Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican writer (d. 1787) |
1752 |
Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer |
1754 |
William Bligh, nasty ship's captain (HMS Bounty) |
1755 |
Benjamin Bourne, American politician (d. 1808) |
1769 |
Cornelis F van Maanen, Dutch minister of Justice (1807..42) |
1789 |
William Cranch Bond, US, astronomer (codiscovered Hyperion) |
1794 |
William Lonsdale, Bath, English Geologist and Paleontologist (fossil coral) |
1809 |
William Radford, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1890 |
1817 |
Speed Smith Fry, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 |
1819 |
Martin Luther Smith, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1866 |
1822 |
Napoleon J K P Bonaparte, French prince/member National Convention |
1826 |
Frederich I W L, Grand Duke of Baden (1856-1907) |
1826 |
Thomas John Lucas, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1908 |
1828 |
Leo Tolstoi, Russian writer (War & Peace, Anna Karenina) [OS] |
1834 |
Joseph H Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant) |
1834 |
William MacRae, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1882 |
1840 |
Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer |
1850 |
Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi |
1850 |
Leopoldo Miguez, composer |
1853 |
Frederick R Spofforth, Australia, cricketer (Demon) |
1855 |
Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist |
1855 |
Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-born oil exploration pioneer (d. 1921) |
1858 |
Benjamin Kidel, English Sudan (Control of the Tropics) |
1865 |
Edwin Lehare, composer |
1868 |
Mary Austin, Ill, feminist/nature writer (Land of Little Rain) |
1872 |
Delilah L Beasley, US author/columnist (Negro trail-blazers) |
1872 |
Josef Stransky, composer |
1873 |
Edward Burlingame Hill, composer |
1877 |
Frank Chance, baseball player/manager, Tinkers to Evers to Chance |
1878 |
Adelaide Crapsey, American poet (d. 1914) |
1878 |
Sergio Osmeña, 4th President of the Philippines (d. 1961) |
1880 |
Viking Eggeling, Sweden, artist/film maker (Diagonal Symphony) |
1882 |
Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (d. 1962) |
1887 |
Alf (Alfred) Landon, (R-Ks) American politician and Presidential candidate (1932, 1936). Dies 1987 |
1887 |
Raymond Walburn, Plymouth In, actor (Christmas in July) |
1890 |
Harland Sanders, Henryville Ind, colonel/CEO (Kentucky Fried Chicken), (d. 1980) |
1892 |
Bruno Sturmer, composer |
1892 |
Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American actress (d. 1961) |
1894 |
Arthur Freed, American songwriter and film producer (d. 1973) |
1894 |
Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (d. 1976) |
1896 |
Fritz Reuter, composer |
1898 |
Frank "Fordham Flash" Frisch, NYC, baseball player (NL MVP 1931) |
1899 |
Louis Cheslock, composer |
1899 |
Neil Hamilton, Lynn Mass, actor (Commisioner Gordon-Batman) |
1899 |
Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (d. 1984) |
1900 |
James Hilton, English novelist (Goodbye Mr Chips) |
1903 |
Phyllis Whitney, American writer (d. 2008) |
1904 |
Feroze Khan, Pakistani field hockey player (d. 2005) |
1905 |
Hussain Sha - Indian Saint, Philosopher, Pithapuram |
1907 |
Leon Edel, biographer |
1907 |
Pinky Tomlin, Eureka Springs Ark, singer/actor (Tip-Waterfront) |
1908 |
Cesare Pavese, Italian writer (La belle estate) |
1908 |
John Haeton, US, bobsled (Olympic-silver-1928, 48) |
1909 |
Jane Baxter, [Feodora Forde], Bremen Germany, actress (We Live Again) |
1911 |
John Gorton, Australian politician (d. 2002) |
1911 |
Paul Goodman, American poet and writer (d. 1972) |
1917 |
Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (d. 1942) |
1918 |
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Novara, Italy, politician (Italian President, 1992-1999), (d. 2012) |
1919 |
Jacques Marin, Paris, actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo) |
1919 |
Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, gambler/sportscaster (lay you 5 to 1) |
1919 |
Richard Webb, Bloomington IL, actor (Invisible Monster, Git) |
1919 |
Gottfried Dienst, Swiss football referee (d. 1998) |
1920 |
Michael Aldridge, Glastonbury England, actor (Murder in Cathedral) |
1920 |
Robert Wood Johnson III, American philanthropist (d. 1970) |
1920 |
Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician (d. 1993) |
1921 |
Andrzej Dobrowolski, composer |
1922 |
Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat |
1922 |
MacKenzie John, pipe major |
1922 |
Manolis Glezos, Greek politician and writer |
1922 |
Hoyt Curtin, American songwriter (d. 2000) |
1923 |
Cliff Robertson, La Jolla, California, American actor (Charly) and spokesman for AT&T |
1923 |
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, American virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
1924 |
Jane Greer, Wash DC, actress (Prisoner of Zenda, Clown) |
1924 |
Nino Bibbia, Italy, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1948) |
1924 |
Rik Van Steenbergen, Belgian cyclist (d. 2003) |
1926 |
Annie nee Becker Kriegel, historian |
1926 |
Jake Carey, US R&B-singer (Flamingos-I Know Better) |
1926 |
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, prominent Egypt Muslim cleric |
1927 |
Elvin Jones, Pontiac Michigan, American jazz drummer (Coltrane's A Love Supreme') |
1929 |
Stan Parris, (Rep-R-VA, 1973-74, 81- ) |
1929 |
Claude Nougaro, French singer (d. 2004) |
1930 |
Paolo Castaldi, composer |
1930 |
Frank Lucas, Drug Lord |
1932 |
Ali Doelman-Pel, Dutch MP (PvdA) |
1932 |
Sylvia Miles, NYC, actress (Midnight Cowboy, Farewell My Lovely) |
1934 |
Sonia Sanchez, US playwright/poet (The Bronx is Next) |
1935 |
[Chaim] Topol, Tel Aviv Israel, actor (Fiddler on the Roof) |
1935 |
Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author |
1936 |
Augustinius Franz Kropfreiter, composer |
1937 |
Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion (1960-61) |
1938 |
Richard Sharpe, English rugby player |
1939 |
Howard P McKeon, (Rep-R-California) |
1939 |
Carlos Ortiz, Puerto Rican boxer |
1940 |
Joe Negroni, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers) |
1941 |
Curtis Otto Bismark Curtis-Smith, composer |
1941 |
Les Braid, England, bass (Swinging Blue Jeans-You're No Good) |
1941 |
Otis Redding, Dawson Ga, rock bassist (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay) |
1941 |
Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist |
1942 |
Inez Foxx, Greensboro NC, rocker (Mockingbird, Hi Diddle Diddle) |
1942 |
John Linder, (Rep-R-Georgia) |
1942 |
Luther Simmons, rocker (Main Ingredient |
1943 |
Art LaFleur, American actor |
1944 |
Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina |
1945 |
Omukama Patrick David Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, king of Toro |
1945 |
Dee Dee Sharp [Dione Larue], Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American R&B singer (I Love You Anyway) |
1946 |
Christopher Francis Palmer, orchestrator/Author |
1946 |
Doug Ingle, Omaha Nebraska, rock vocalist/keyboards (Iron Butterfly) |
1946 |
Pete Gavin, rocker |
1946 |
Hayato Tani, Japanese actor |
1947 |
David Rosenboom, composer |
1947 |
Freddy Weller, Georgia, rocker (Paul Revers & The Raiders) |
1947 |
Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner (ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs) |
1949 |
Joe Theismann, NFL QB (Redskins)/sportscaster |
1949 |
John Curry, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976) |
1949 |
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesian politician |
1950 |
John McFee, Santa Cruz California, rock guitarist (Doobie Brothers) |
1951 |
Corry Konings, Dutch singer |
1951 |
Robert Desiderio, Bronx NY, actor (Det Kennedy-Heart of the City) |
1951 |
Tom Wopat, Lodi, Wisconsin, American actor and singer (The Dukes of Hazzard, One Life to Live) |
1951 |
Alexander Downer, Australian politician |
1952 |
Angela Cartwright, England (Make Room for Daddy, Lost in Space) |
1952 |
Bonnie Large, Glendale CA, playmate (March 1973) |
1952 |
David Stewart, rock guitarist (Eurtyhmics-Here Comes the Rain Again) |
1952 |
Lee M Morin, Manchester NH, cmdr USN/astronaut |
1952 |
Manuel Göttsching, German musician (Ash Ra Tempel) |
1954 |
Walter Paul Davis, Pineville NC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976) |
1954 |
Jeffrey Combs, American actor |
1955 |
John Kricfalusi, Canadian animator |
1956 |
Anatoli Pavlovich Artsebarsky, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-12) |
1957 |
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, French pianist |
1957 |
Gabriele Tredozi, Italian engineer |
1959 |
Eric Serra, French composer |
1960 |
Christopher Sherratt White, Hamilton NZ, rower (Olympics-96) |
1960 |
Hugh Grant, London England (4 Weddings & a Funeral, 9 Months) |
1960 |
Mario Batali, American chef and restaurateur |
1960 |
Bob Stoops, American football coach |
1961 |
Jim Corsi, Newtonville MA, pitcher (Oakland A's) |
1962 |
Aleta Rzepecki Sill, Detroit Mich, bowler (1983 WIBC single) |
1962 |
Derek Kennard, NFL guard (Dallas Cowboys) |
1962 |
Jack Trudeau, NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers) |
1963 |
Leslie Thompson, Burlington Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994) |
1964 |
Skip [Jules I] Kendall, Milwaukee WI, PGA golfer (1993 Intl-8th) |
1964 |
Willie Broughton, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints) |
1965 |
Brenda Epperson, actress (Ashley Abbott-Young & Restless) |
1965 |
Dan Majerle, NBA guard (Miami Heat) |
1965 |
Marc Dunn, Kingston Ontario, volleyball player (Olympics-96) |
1965 |
Todd Zeile, Van Nuys CA, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies) |
1966 |
Adam Sandler, Brooklyn New York, actor/comedian (Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Saturday Night Live) |
1966 |
Alison Sydor, Edmonton Alberta, x-ctry cyclist (Olympics-silver-96) |
1966 |
David Bennent, Lausanne, actor (Tin Drum, Legend) |
1966 |
Kevin Hatcher, Detroit MI, NHL defenseman (Team USA, Dallas, Pitts) |
1966 |
Georg Hackl, German luger |
1967 |
B J Armstrong, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets) |
1967 |
Laurence Tremolet, Rodez France, actress (Cyclo, Metisse,) |
1967 |
Akshay Kumar, Indian Actor |
1968 |
Jonathan A Drummond Jr, Phila, 4X400m runner (Olympics-silver-96) |
1968 |
Julia Sawalha, actress (Saffron-Abfab, Chrissy-Buddy's Song) |
1968 |
Thomas P Auth, Orange NJ, rower (Olympics-1996) |
1968 |
Jon Drummond, American former sprinter |
1968 |
Clive Mendonca, English Footballer |
1969 |
Christine Smith, Darien Conn, rower (Olympics-96) |
1969 |
Scott DeFreitas, Newton Mass, actor (Andy Dixon-As the World Turns) |
1969 |
Sean Rooks, NBA center (LA Lakers) |
1969 |
Constance Marie, American actress |
1970 |
Dan Miceli, Newark NJ, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates) |
1970 |
Joey Hamilton, Statesboro GA, pitcher (San Diego Padres) |
1970 |
Mike Faulkerson, NFL fullback (Chic Bears) |
1970 |
Natalia Streignard, Venezuelan actress |
1971 |
Jill Sudduth, Balt MD, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96) |
1972 |
Ben Bronson, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions) |
1972 |
Mike Hampton, Brooksville FL, pitcher (Houston Astros) |
1972 |
Miriam Oremans, Berlicum Neth, tennis star |
1972 |
James Farmer, American educator and artist |
1972 |
Natasha Kaplinsky, British newsreader |
1972 |
Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor |
1973 |
Mike Schlegel, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons) |
1973 |
Peter Scott, Newcastle Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96) |
1973 |
Todd McMillon, CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders) |
1973 |
Troy Rudolph, production asst (Suburbanators, Viper) |
1973 |
Kazuhisa Ishii, Japanese baseball player |
1974 |
Jennie Kwan, Glendale California, actress (Samantha Woo-California Dreams) |
1974 |
Leah O'Brien, Garden Grove California, softball infielder (Olympic-gold-96) |
1974 |
Mathias Färm, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin) |
1974 |
Vikram Batra, Officer of the Indian Army |
1974 |
Ana Carolina, Brazilian singer, composer and musician |
1975 |
Michael Bublé, Canadian singer and actor |
1976 |
Mattias Ohlund, NHL goaltender (Vancouver Canucks, Team Sweden 1998) |
1976 |
Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian musician (Ulver, ex-Borknagar) |
1976 |
Aki Riihilahti, Finnish footballer |
1976 |
Emma de Caunes, French film actress |
1976 |
Chace Ambrose, American actor and writer |
1976 |
Juan A. Baptista, Venezuelan actor |
1977 |
Chae Jung-an, South Korean actress and singer |
1977 |
Soulja Slim, American rapper (d. 2003) |
1977 |
Kyle Snyder, Major League Baseball pitcher |
1978 |
Jhane Landwier, Miss Bonaire Universe (1997) |
1978 |
Kurt Ainsworth, Major League Baseball pitcher |
1978 |
Shane Battier, American basketball player |
1978 |
Mariano Puerta, Argentine tennis player |
1980 |
Todd Coffey, American baseball player |
1980 |
Michelle Williams, Kalispell, Montana, actress (Dawson's Creek) |
1981 |
Julie Gonzalo, Argentinian actress |
1982 |
Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer and songwriter |
1983 |
Kyle Davies, American baseball player |
1983 |
Edwin Jackson, Major League Baseball pitcher |
1983 |
Sam Hollenbach, National Football League quarterback |
1983 |
Cleveland Taylor, International footballer |
1984 |
James Hildreth, English Cricketer |
1985 |
Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer |
1985 |
J.R. Smith, American basketball player |
1986 |
Justice Chibhabha, Zimbabwean cricketer |
1986 |
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Cameroonian basketball player |
1986 |
Michael Bowden, American baseball player |
1987 |
Alexandre Song, Cameroonian footballer |
1987 |
Joshua Herdman, English actor |
1990 |
Melody Klaver, Dutch actress |
2000 |
Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón, granddaughter of king Juan Carlos I of Spain |
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