285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers.473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire.1147 – Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum .1147 – Reconquista : After a siege of four months , crusader knights reconquer Lisbon.
1415 – Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his lightly armoured infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt .1601–1900 Edit 1901–present Edit 1911 – The Xinhai Revolution spreads to Guangzhou , where the Qing general Feng-shan is assassinated by the Chinese Assassination Corps .[3] 1917 – Old Style date of the October Revolution in Russia.1920 – After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.1924 – The Zinoviev letter , which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail ; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.1927 – The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.1940 – Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.1932 – George Lansbury became the leader of the opposition British Labour Party .[4] 1944 – World War II : Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates , a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.1944 – World War II: The USS Tang under Richard O'Kane (the top American submarine ace of the war) is sunk by the ship's own malfunctioning torpedo.
1944 – World War II: The final attempt of the Imperial Japanese Navy to win the war climaxes at the Battle of Leyte Gulf .
1945 – Fifty years of Japanese administration of Taiwan formally ends when the Republic of China assumes control.1949 – The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.1962 – Cuban Missile Crisis : Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.1968 – A Fairchild F-27 crashes into Moose Mountain while on approach to Lebanon Municipal Airport in Lebanon, New Hampshire , killing 32 people.[5] 1971 – The People's Republic of China replaces Republic of China at the United Nations.1973 – Egypt and Israel accept United Nations Security Council Resolution 339 .1980 – Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.1983 – The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada , six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état .1995 – A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.1997 – After a civil war , Denis Sassou Nguesso proclaims himself President of the Republic of the Congo.2001 – Microsoft releases Windows XP , becoming one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.[6] 2009 – The October 2009 Baghdad bombings kill 155 and wound at least 721.2010 – Mount Merapi in Indonesia begins a month-long series of violent eruptions that kill 353 people and cause the evacuation of another 350,000 people.[7]
1601–1900 Edit 1612 – James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose , Scottish soldier (d. 1650)1667 – Louis Frederick I , Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1718)1683 – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton , English-Irish politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1757)1692 – Elisabeth Farnese , Queen of Spain (d. 1766)1709 – Georg Gebel , German organist and composer (d. 1753)1714 – James Burnett, Lord Monboddo , Scottish judge (d. 1799)1736 – Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry , Anglo-Irish politician and peer (d. 1824)1743 – Friedrich Karl August , Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (d. 1812)1749 – Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein , Swedish chamberlain (d. 1802)1754 – Richard Howell , 3rd Governor of New Jersey (d. 1802)1755 – François Joseph Lefebvre , French military commander (d. 1820)1757 – Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , Prussian statesman (d. 1831)1759 – Maria Feodorovna , Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)1759 – William Grenville , English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1834)
1760 – Arnold Hermann Ludwig Heeren , German historian (d. 1842)1767 – Benjamin Constant , Swiss-French philosopher and politician (d. 1830)1768 – Frederick William , ruler of Nassau-Weilburg (d. 1816)1772 – Victoire de Donnissan de La Rochejaquelein , French memoirist (d. 1857)1772 – Géraud Duroc , French general and diplomat (d. 1813)
1779 – Pedro Velarde y Santillán , Spanish artillery captain (d. 1808)1781 – Friedrich von Berchtold , Bohemian physician and botanist (d. 1876)1782 – Levi Lincoln Jr. , American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)1789 – Carlos María de Alvear , Argentine soldier and statesman (d. 1852)1789 – Heinrich Schwabe , German astronomer (d. 1875)
1790 – Robert Stirling , Scottish clergyman and inventor (d. 1878)1792 – Jeanne Jugan , French nun (d. 1879)1795 – John P. Kennedy , American novelist and Whig politician (d. 1870)1800 – Maria Jane Jewsbury , English writer, poet, literary reviewer (d. 1833)[9] 1800 – Thomas Babington Macaulay , English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (d. 1859)
1800 – Jacques Paul Migne , French priest (d. 1875)
1800 – Julius von Mohl , German orientalist (d. 1876)
1802 – Richard Parkes Bonington , English painter (d. 1828)1802 – Joseph Montferrand , Canadian logger and strongman (d. 1864)
1803 – Maria Doolaeghe , Flemish novelist (d. 1884)[10] 1806 – Max Stirner , German philosopher and author (d. 1856)1811 – Évariste Galois , French mathematician and theorist (d. 1832)1814 – Prince Louis , Duke of Nemours (d. 1896)1815 – Camillo Sivori , Italian virtuoso violinist and composer (d. 1894)1819 – Christian August Friedrich Garcke , German botanist (d. 1904)1821 – Antonio Ciseri , Swiss-Italian painter (d. 1891)1825 – Johann Strauss II , Austrian composer and educator (d. 1899)1825 – Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt , German astronomer and geophysicist (d. 1884)
1827 – Marcellin Berthelot , French chemist and politician (d. 1907)1832 – Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1909)1838 – Georges Bizet , French pianist and composer (d. 1875)1838 – James Maybrick , English cotton merchant, victim of the "Aigburth Poisoning" (d. 1889)
1844 – Philip Wicksteed , English economist (d. 1927)1848 – Carlo Emery , Italian entomologist (d. 1925)1848 – Karl Emil Franzos , Austrian novelist (d. 1904)
1852 – Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak , Russian author (d. 1912)1853 – Karl August Otto Hoffmann , German botanist (d. 1909)1856 – Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger , Croatian geologist, paleontologist, and archaeologist (d. 1936)1858 – Take Ionescu , Romanian politician, diplomat, journalist and lawyer (d. 1922)1864 – John Francis Dodge , American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Company (d. 1920)1864 – Alexander Gretchaninov , Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 1956)
1864 – Toktogul Satylganov , Kyrgyz Akyn , poet and singer (d. 1933)
1866 – Thomas Armat , American mechanic and inventor (d. 1948)1866 – Norbert Klein , Bishop of Brno (d. 1933)
1866 – Georg Schumann , German composer (d. 1952)
1867 – Józef Dowbor-Muśnicki , Polish general (d. 1937)1868 – Dan Burke , American baseball player (d. 1933)1868 – Oskar Kallas , Estonian linguist and diplomat (d. 1946)
1874 – Emma Gramatica , Italian actress (d. 1965)1874 – Victor Sonnemans , Belgian water polo player (d. 1962)
1874 – Huang Xing , Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman (d. 1916)
1875 – Carolyn Sherwin Bailey , American author and educator (d. 1961)[11] 1875 – Arthur Birkett , British cricketer (d. 1941)
1877 – Adolf Moller , German rower (d. 1968)1877 – Henry Norris Russell , American astronomer (d. 1957)
1879 – Fritz Haarmann , German serial killer (d. 1925)1880 – Bohumír Šmeral , Czech politician (d. 1941)1881 – Pablo Picasso , Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1973)1882 – John T. Flynn , American journalist and author (d. 1964)1882 – Tony Jackson , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1921)
1882 – André-Damien-Ferdinand Jullien , French Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1964)
1882 – Theodora Agnes Peck , American author and poet (d. 1964)[12]
1883 – Nikolay Krestinsky , Russian revolutionary and politician (d. 1938)1884 – Maria Czaplicka , Polish cultural anthropologist (d. 1921)1885 – Sam M. Lewis , American singer and lyricist (d. 1959)1885 – Xavier Lesage , French equestrian (d. 1968)
1886 – Leo G. Carroll , English-American actor (d. 1972)1886 – Karl Polanyi , Austro-Hungarian economist and historian (d. 1964)
1887 – Alexander McCulloch , British rower (d. 1951)1888 – Richard E. Byrd , American admiral and pilot (d. 1957)1888 – Nils Dardel , Swedish-American painter (d. 1943)
1888 – Jan Palouš , Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 1971)
1888 – Léon Tom , Belgian fencer and bobsledder
1889 – Abel Gance , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1981)1890 – Floyd Bennett , American aviator (d. 1928)1890 – Kōtarō Tanaka , Japanese jurist and politician (d. 1974)
1891 – Charles Coughlin , Canadian-American priest and radio host (d. 1979)1891 – Karl Elmendorff , German conductor (d. 1962)
1892 – Nell Shipman , Canadian-American actress, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1970)1894 – Claude Cahun , French photographer and sculptor (d. 1954)1894 – Âşık Veysel Şatıroğlu , Turkish poet and songwriter (d. 1973)
1894 – Johan Wilhelm Rangell , Prime Minister of Finland (d. 1982)
1895 – Levi Eshkol , Ukrainian-Israeli soldier and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1969)1895 – Vsevolod Merkulov , Russian head of the NKGB (d. 1953)
1895 – Arthur Schmidt , German officer (d. 1987)
1896 – Nils Backlund , Swedish water polo player (d. 1964)1897 – Erwin von Lahousen , German Abwehr official (d. 1955)1897 – Karl Olivecrona , Swedish lawyer and philosopher (d. 1980)
1897 – Luigi Pavese , Italian actor (d. 1969)
1898 – Karl Anton , German director, screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)1899 – Armand Thirard , French cinematographer (d. 1973)1900 – Johan Greter , Dutch equestrian (d. 1975)1900 – Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti , Nigerian educator and activist (d. 1978)[13]
1900 – William Stevenson , American track and fielder (d. 1985) 1901–present Edit 1902 – Henry Steele Commager , American historian and author (d. 1998)1902 – Carlo Gnocchi , Italian priest, educator and writer (d. 1956)
1902 – Eddie Lang , American jazz guitarist (d. 1933)
1903 – Piet van der Horst , Dutch cyclist (d. 1983)1904 – Cemal Reşit Rey , Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1985)1904 – Denny Shute , American golfer (d. 1974)
1904 – Bill Tytla , Ukrainian-American animator (d. 1968)
1905 – Bob McPhail , Scottish footballer (d. 2000)1906 – Karl Humenberger , Austrian footballer (d. 1989)1908 – Carmen Dillon , English film and production designer (d. 2000)1908 – Gotthard Handrick , German fighter pilot and Olympic athlete (d. 1978)
1908 – Polly Ann Young , American actress (d. 1997)
1909 – Whit Bissell , American actor (d. 1996)1909 – Jean-Paul Le Chanois , French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1985)
1909 – Ken Domon , Japanese photographer (d. 1990)
1909 – Edward Flynn , American boxer (d. 1976)
1910 – William Higinbotham , American physicist and video game designer (d. 1994)1910 – Johnny Mauro , American race car driver (d. 2003)
1910 – Tyrus Wong , Chinese-American artist (d. 2016)
1912 – Abdelkader Ben Bouali , French footballer (d. 1997)1912 – Alfred Klingler , German field handballer
1912 – Minnie Pearl , American entertainer and philanthropist (d. 1996)
1912 – Luigi Raimondi , Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 1975)
1913 – Klaus Barbie , German SS captain (d. 1991)1913 – Anton Kochinyan , Soviet-Armenian politician (d. 1990)
1914 – John Berryman , American poet and scholar (d. 1972)1915 – Ivan M. Niven , Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1999)1916 – Helge Larsson , Swedish canoeist (d. 1971)1917 – Carl Forssell , Swedish fencer (d. 2005)1917 – Dmitry Polyansky , First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 2001)
1918 – David Ausubel , American psychologist (d. 2008)1919 – Beate Uhse-Rotermund , German pilot and entrepreneur (d. 2001)1919 – Raoul Remy , French cyclist (d. 2002)
1920 – Megan Taylor , British figure skater (d. 1993)1921 – Michael I of Romania (d. 2017)1922 – Gloria Lasso , Spanish singer (d. 2005)1923 – Achille Silvestrini , Italian prelate (d. 2019)1923 – Beate Sirota Gordon , Austrian-American director and producer (d. 2012)
1923 – Bobby Thomson , Scottish-American baseball player (d. 2010)
1924 – Billy Barty , American actor (d. 2000)1924 – Earl Palmer , American Hall of Fame drummer (d. 2008)
1925 – Oralia Dominguez , Mexican operatic mezzo-soprano singer (d. 2013)1925 – Joseph Michel , Belgian politician (d. 2016)
1926 – Bo Carpelan , Finnish poet and author (d. 2011)1926 – Jimmy Heath , American saxophonist and composer (d. 2020)
1926 – Galina Vishnevskaya , Russian-American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
1927 – Barbara Cook , American singer and actress (d. 2017)1927 – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez , Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay (d. 2016)
1927 – Lawrence Kohlberg , American psychologist and author (d. 1987)
1927 – Lauretta Masiero , Italian actress and singer (d. 2010)
1928 – Jeanne Cooper , American actress (d. 2013)1928 – Paulo Mendes da Rocha , Brazilian architect (d. 2021)
1928 – Anthony Franciosa , American actor (d. 2006)
1928 – Adolphe Gesché , Belgian Catholic priest and theologian (d. 2003)
1928 – Peter Naur , Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (d. 2016)
1928 – Marion Ross , American actress
1928 – Yakov Rylsky , Soviet Jewish sabre fencer (d. 1999)
1929 – Michel Knuysen , Belgian rower (d. 2013)1929 – Zdravko Milev , Bulgarian chess player (d. 1984)
1929 – Claude Rouer , French cyclist (d. 2021)
1929 – Peter Rühmkorf , German writer (d. 2008)
1930 – Harold Brodkey , American author and academic (d. 1996)1930 – Karoly Honfi , Hungarian chess player (d. 1996)
1931 – Annie Girardot , French actress and singer (d. 2011)1931 – Jimmy McIlroy , Northern Irish footballer and manager (d. 2018)
1932 – Vitold Fokin , Ukrainian first deputy prime minister1932 – Jerzy Pawłowski , Polish fencer and double agent (d. 2005)
1932 – Theodor Pištěk , Czech costume designer
1933 – René Brodmann , Swiss footballer1933 – Martti Mansikka , Finnish gymnast
1934 – Carlos Sherman , Belarusian–Spanish translator, writer, activist (d. 2005)1935 – Rusty Schweickart , American soldier, pilot, and astronaut1936 – Martin Gilbert , English historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)1936 – Arnfinn Nesset , Norwegian nurse and convicted serial killer
1936 – Masako Nozawa , Japanese actress and singer
1937 – Vendramino Bariviera , Italian cyclist (d. 2001)1937 – Ignacio Carrasco de Paula , Spanish prelate
1937 – Roberto Menescal , Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1938 – Bob Webster , American diver1939 – Zelmo Beaty , American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)1939 – Sara Dylan , American actress and model
1939 – Nikolay Kiselyov , Soviet Nordic combined athlete (d. 2005)
1939 – Nikos Nikolaidis , Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1939 – Dave Simmonds , British motorcycle racer (d. 1972)
1939 – Robin Spry , Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1940 – Jimmy Herman , Canadian actor (d. 2013)1940 – Bob Knight , American basketball player and coach
1941 – Lynda Benglis , American sculptor and painter1941 – Helen Reddy , Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2020)
1941 – Gordon Tootoosis , Aboriginal Canadian actor (d. 2011)
1941 – Anne Tyler , American author and critic
1941 – Dave Weill , American discus thrower
1942 – Terumasa Hino , Japanese jazz trumpeter1942 – Gloria Katz , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2018)
1942 – Franklin Loufrani , French President of the Smiley Company
1943 – Orso Maria Guerrini , Italian actor1944 – Azizan Abdul Razak , Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (d. 2013)1944 – Jon Anderson , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – James Carville , American lawyer and political consultant
1944 – Donald Ford , Scottish footballer
1944 – Fred Housego , Scottish-English taxi driver and game show host
1944 – Kati Kovács , Hungarian singer-songwriter and actress
1944 – Ren Zhengfei , Chinese businessman
1945 – Peter Ledger , Australian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1994)1945 – Roy Lynes , English keyboardist and singer
1945 – Yuriy Meshkov , Ukrainian politician and Russian separatist (d. 2019)
1945 – Phil "Fang" Volk , American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer
1945 – Krzysztof Piesiewicz , Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician
1945 – Francisco Sá , Argentine footballer
1945 – David S. Ward , American director and screenwriter
1945 – Keaton Yamada , Japanese voice actor
1946 – Yazzie Johnson , Navajo artist1946 – Elías Figueroa , Chilean footballer
1946 – Peter Lieberson , American composer
1947 – Requena Nozal , Spanish artist1947 – Glenn Tipton , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Dave Cowens , American basketball player and coach1948 – Dan Gable , American wrestler and coach
1948 – Dan Issel , American basketball player and coach
1948 – Sigleif Johansen , Norwegian biathlete
1949 – Réjean Houle , Canadian ice hockey player and manager1949 – Walter Hyatt , American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
1949 – Brian Kerwin , American actor
1949 – Wilfried Louis , Haitian footballer
1950 – Anne Alvaro , French actress1950 – Fernando Arêas Rifan , Brazilian bishop
1950 – Roger Davies , English footballer
1950 – John Matuszak , American footballer (d. 1989)
1950 – Francisco Oscar Lamolina , Argentine football referee
1950 – Chris Norman , English singer-songwriter
1951 – Richard Lloyd , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1952 – Samir Geagea , Lebanese commander and politician1952 – Wendy Hall , English computer scientist, mathematician, and academic
1952 – Ioannis Kyrastas , Greek footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1952 – Tove Nilsen , Norwegian author
1953 – Daniele Bagnoli , Italian volleyball coach1953 – Jasem Yaqoub , Kuwaiti footballer
1954 – Mike Eruzione , American ice hockey player and coach1954 – Ed Powers , American founder of Ed Powers Productions
1955 – Glynis Barber , South African-English actress1955 – Robin Eubanks , American trombonist and educator
1955 – Gale Anne Hurd , American producer
1955 – Matthias Jabs , German guitarist and songwriter
1955 – Leena Lander , Finnish author
1955 – Lito Lapid , Filipino actor
1956 – Stephen Leather , British author1957 – Nancy Cartwright , American voice actress1957 – Enrique López Zarza , Mexican footballer
1957 – Robbie McIntosh , English guitarist
1957 – Piet Wildschut , Dutch footballer
1958 – Kornelia Ender , East German swimmer1958 – Kjell Inge Røkke , Norwegian businessman and philanthropist
1959 – Óscar Aguirregaray , Uruguayan footballer1959 – Chrissy Amphlett , Australian singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2013)
1960 – Hong Sang-soo , South Korean director and screenwriter1961 – John Sivebæk , Danish footballer1961 – Chad Smith , American drummer
1962 – David Furnish , Canadian filmmaker1962 – Steve Gainer , American cinematographer and director
1962 – Steve Hodge , English footballer and manager
1962 – John Stollmeyer , American soccer player
1963 – John Levén , Swedish bass player and songwriter1963 – Michael Lynagh , Australian rugby union footballer
1963 – Melinda McGraw , American actress
1963 – José Ortiz , Puerto Rican basketball player
1963 – Tracy Nelson , American actress
1964 – Michael Boatman , American actor1964 – Johan de Kock , Dutch footballer
1964 – Nicole , German singer
1964 – Kevin Michael Richardson , American voice actor and singer
1965 – 2 Cold Scorpio , American wrestler1965 – Mathieu Amalric , French actor and director
1965 – Valdir Benedito , Brazilian footballer
1965 – Claire Colebrook , Australian philosopher, theorist, and academic
1965 – Dominique Herr , Swiss footballer
1965 – Derrick Rostagno , American tennis player
1965 – Rainer Strecker , German actor
1966 – Zana Briski , British photographer and filmmaker1966 – Lionel Charbonnier , French footballer
1966 – Wendel Clark , Canadian ice hockey player
1966 – Perry Saturn , American wrestler
1967 – Martin Marinov , Australian canoeist1967 – Taiyō Matsumoto , Japanese manga artist
1967 – Gary Sundgren , Swedish footballer
1968 – Doris Fitschen , German footballer1968 – Speech , American rapper
1969 – Samantha Bee , Canadian-American comedian and television host1969 – Josef Beránek , Czech ice hockey player and coach
1969 – Slavko Cicak , Swedish chess Grandmaster
1969 – Nika Futterman , American voice actress, comedian and singer
1969 – Ibragim Gasanbekov , Azerbaijani footballer
1969 – Oleg Salenko , Russian footballer
1969 – Alex Webster , American bass player
1970 – J. A. Adande , American journalist and academic1970 – Peter Aerts , Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist
1970 – Adam Goldberg , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1970 – Damir Mršić , Bosnian basketball player
1970 – Adam Pascal , American actor and singer
1970 – Rafael González Robles , Spanish footballer
1970 – Ed Robertson , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1970 – Daniel Scheinhardt , German footballer
1970 – Chely Wright , American singer-songwriter and actress
1971 – Simon Charlton , English footballer and manager1971 – Athena Chu , Hong Kong actress and singer
1971 – Neil Fallon , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1971 – Midori Gotō , Japanese-American violinist and educator
1971 – Leslie Grossman , American actress
1971 – Rosie Ledet , American singer-songwriter and accordion player
1971 – Pedro Martínez , Dominican-American baseball player and sportscaster
1971 – Craig Robinson , American actor and singer
1971 – Elif Şafak , French-Turkish journalist, author, and academic
1972 – Cristian Dulca , Romanian footballer1972 – Rodolfo Falcón , Cuban swimmer
1972 – Maxi Mounds , American nude big-bust model and pornographic actress
1972 – Jonathan Torrens , Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Persia White , American actress
1973 – Fırat Aydınus , Turkish football referee1973 – Lamont Bentley , American actor and rapper (d. 2005)
1973 – Michael Weston , American actor
1974 – Lee Byung-kyu , South Korean baseball player1974 – Yoo Yong-sung , South Korean badminton player
1975 – Eirik Glambek Bøe , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist1975 – Ryan Clement , American football player
1975 – Agustín Julio , Colombian footballer
1975 – Zadie Smith , English author and academic
1975 – Antony Starr , New Zealand actor
1976 – Deon Burton , Jamaican footballer1976 – Ahmed Dokhi , Saudi Arabian footballer
1976 – Akihisa Ikeda , Japanese manga artist
1976 – Steve Jones , Northern Irish footballer
1976 – Brett Kirk , Australian footballer and coach
1976 – Anton Sikharulidze , Russian pair skater
1977 – The Alchemist , American rapper, DJ, and producer1977 – Yeho , Israeli singer and actor
1977 – Rodolfo Bodipo , Equatoguinean retired footballer
1977 – Mitică Pricop , Romanian sprint canoer
1977 – Birgit Prinz , German footballer and psychologist
1977 – Rakan Rushaidat , Croatian actor
1977 – Kateryna Serebrianska , Ukrainian gymnast
1977 – Mihai Tararache , Romanian footballer
1978 – Russell Anderson , Scottish footballer1978 – Zachary Knighton , American actor
1978 – Bobby Madden , Scottish football referee
1978 – Robert Mambo Mumba , Kenyan footballer
1978 – Markus Pöyhönen , Finnish sprinter
1978 – An Yong-hak , North Korean footballer
1979 – Bat for Lashes , English singer1979 – Rob Hulse , English footballer
1979 – Mariana Klaveno , American actress
1979 – João Lucas , Portuguese footballer (d. 2015)
1979 – Rosa Mendes , Canadian-American wrestler and model
1980 – Mehcad Brooks , American model and actor1980 – Félicien Singbo , Beninois footballer
1981 – Hiroshi Aoyama , Japanese motorcycle racer1981 – Josh Henderson , American actor and singer
1981 – Shaun Wright-Phillips , English footballer
1982 – Victoria Francés , Spanish illustrator1982 – Devin Green , American basketball player
1982 – Guido Grünheid , German basketball player
1982 – Camilla Jensen , Danish curler
1982 – Michael Sweetney , American basketball player
1982 – Mickaël Tavares , Senegalese footballer
1983 – Princess Yōko of Mikasa 1983 – Hotaru Akane , Japanese actress and activist
1983 – Stanislav Bohush , Ukrainian footballer
1983 – Daniele Mannini , Italian footballer
1983 – Han Yeo-reum , South Korean actress
1984 – Nicolas Besch , French ice hockey player1984 – Ticia Gara , Hungarian chess player
1984 – Sara Lumholdt , Swedish singer and dancer
1984 – Katy Perry , American singer-songwriter and actress
1984 – Iván Ramis , Spanish footballer
1984 – Karolina Šprem , Croatian tennis player
1985 – Ciara , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress1985 – Óscar Granados , Costa Rican footballer[14]
1985 – Kara Lynn Joyce , American swimmer[15]
1985 – Daniele Padelli , Italian footballer[citation needed
1986 – Tweety Carter , American basketball player1986 – Roger Espinoza , Honduran footballer
1986 – Eddie Gaven , American soccer player
1986 – Kristian Sarkies , Australian footballer
1986 – Ekaterina Shumilova , Russian biathlete
1987 – Bill Amis , American basketball player1987 – Darron Gibson , Irish footballer
1987 – Fabian Hambüchen , German gymnast
1988 – Robson Conceição , Brazilian boxer1988 – Lewis McGugan , English professional footballer
1988 – Chandler Parsons , American basketball player
1988 – Kaz Patafta , Australian footballer
1988 – Karim Yoda , French footballer
1989 – Filip Grgić , Croatian taekwondo practitioner1989 – Sten Grytebust , Norwegian footballer
1989 – David Hala , Australian rugby league player
1989 – Ivan Marconi , Italian footballer
1990 – Mattia Cattaneo , Italian cyclist1990 – Sara Chafak , Finnish beauty pageant winner
1990 – Asha Philip , British athlete
1990 – Milena Rašić , Serbian volleyball player
1990 – Dzina Sazanavets , Belarusian weightlifter
1991 – Davide Faraoni , Italian footballer1991 – Isabella Shinikova , Bulgarian tennis player
1992 – Clarisse Agbegnenou , French judoka1992 – Davide Formolo , Italian cyclist
1992 – Sergey Ridzik , Russian freestyle skier
1993 – Isaiah Austin , American basketball player1993 – Iván Garcia , Mexican diver
1994 – Richard Jouve , French cross-country skier1994 – Jefferson Lerma , Colombian footballer
1994 – Matteo Lodo , Italian rower
1994 – Gor Minasyan , Armenian weightlifter
1994 – Ray Robson , American chess Grandmaster
1995 – Conchita Campbell , Canadian actress1995 – Patrick McCaw , American basketball player
1997 – Federico Chiesa , Italian footballer2000 – Vincent Zhou , American figure skater2001 – Princess Elisabeth , Belgian princess
625 – Pope Boniface V [16] 912 – Rudolph I , king of Burgundy (b. 859)1047 – Magnus the Good , Norwegian king (b. 1024)1053 – Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu 1154 – Stephen, King of England [17] 1180 – John of Salisbury , French bishop (b. c. 1120)1200 – Conrad of Wittelsbach , German cardinal (b. 1120)1230 – Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Gloucester , English soldier (b. 1180)1292 – Robert Burnell , Lord Chancellor of England1349 – James III of Majorca (b. 1315)1359 – Beatrice of Castile , queen consort of Portugal (b. 1293)1400 – Geoffrey Chaucer , English philosopher, poet, and author (b. c.1343)[18] 1415 – Charles I of Albret 1415 – Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)
1415 – Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont (b. 1371)
1415 – Jean I, Duke of Alençon (b. 1385)
1415 – Anthony, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
1415 – Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk , English soldier (b. 1394)
1415 – Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York , English politician (b. 1373)
1415 – Dafydd Gam , Welsh nobleman (b. c. 1380)
1478 – Catherine of Bosnia (b. 1425)1492 – Thaddeus McCarthy , Irish bishop (b. 1455)1495 – John II of Portugal (b. 1455)1514 – William Elphinstone , Scottish bishop and academic, founded University of Aberdeen (b. 1431)1557 – William Cavendish , English courtier and civil servant (b. 1505)1601–1900 Edit 1647 – Evangelista Torricelli , Italian physicist and mathematician (b. 1608)1651 – Saint Job of Pochayiv , Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint (b. 1551)1683 – William Scroggs , English judge and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b. 1623)1733 – Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri , Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1667)1757 – Antoine Augustin Calmet , French monk and theologian (b. 1672)1760 – George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)1806 – Henry Knox , American general and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of War (b. 1750)1826 – Philippe Pinel , French physician and psychiatrist (b. 1745)1833 – Abbas Mirza , Persian prince (b. 1789)1852 – John C. Clark , American lawyer and politician (b. 1793)1889 – Émile Augier , French playwright (b. 1820)1895 – Charles Hallé , German-English pianist and conductor (b. 1819)1901–present Edit 1902 – Frank Norris , American journalist and novelist (b. 1870)1910 – Willie Anderson , Scottish-American golfer (b. 1878)1916 – William Merritt Chase , American painter and educator (b. 1849)1919 – William Kidston , Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (b. 1849)1920 – Alexander of Greece (b. 1893)1920 – Terence MacSwiney , Irish playwright, politician, Lord Mayor of Cork and hunger striker (b. 1879)[19]
1921 – Bat Masterson , American lawman, buffalo hunter, and sport writer (b. 1853)1924 – Ziya Gökalp , Turkish sociologist, poet, and activist (b. 1876)1938 – Alfonsina Storni , Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (b. 1892)1940 – Thomas Waddell , Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1854)1941 – Franz von Werra , Swiss-German captain and pilot (b. 1914)1945 – Robert Ley , German politician (b. 1890)1949 – Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed , English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867)1953 – Holger Pedersen , Danish linguist and academic (b. 1867)1954 – Purshottam Narayan Gadgil , Indian jeweller and namesake of P. N. Gadgil Jewellers (b. 1874)[20] 1955 – Sadako Sasaki , Japanese girl (b. 1943)1956 – Risto Ryti , Finnish lawyer, politician and Governor of the Bank of Finland ; 5th President of Finland (b. 1889)[21] [22] 1957 – Albert Anastasia , Italian-American mob boss (b. 1902)1957 – Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany , English-Irish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1878)
1960 – Harry Ferguson , Irish-English engineer, founded the Ferguson Company (b. 1884)1963 – Roger Désormière , French conductor and composer (b. 1898)1967 – Margaret Ayer Barnes , American author and playwright (b. 1886)[23] 1969 – Ellinor Aiki , Estonian painter (b. 1893)1970 – Ülo Sooster , Estonian painter (b. 1924)1971 – Mikhail Yangel , Soviet missile designer (b. 1911)1972 – Johnny Mantz , American race car driver (b. 1918)1973 – Abebe Bikila , Ethiopian runner (b. 1932)1973 – Cleo Moore , American actress (b. 1928)
1973 – Robert Scholl , German accountant and politician (b. 1891)
1975 – Vladimir Herzog , Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1937)1976 – Raymond Queneau , French poet and author (b. 1903)1977 – Félix Gouin , French politician (b. 1884)1979 – Gerald Templer , English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (b. 1898)1980 – Virgil Fox , American organist and educator (b. 1912)1980 – Víctor Galíndez , Argentine boxer (b. 1948)
1980 – Sahir Ludhianvi , Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1921)
1982 – Bill Eckersley , English footballer (b. 1925)1982 – Arvid Wallman , Swedish diver (b. 1901)
1985 – Gary Holton , English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)1986 – Forrest Tucker , American actor (b. 1919)1989 – Mary McCarthy , American novelist and critic (b. 1912)1990 – Alberto da Costa Pereira , Portuguese footballer (b. 1929)1991 – Bill Graham , German-American concert promoter (b. 1931)1992 – Roger Miller , American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1936)1992 – Richard Pousette-Dart , American painter and educator (b. 1916)
1993 – Danny Chan , Hong Kong singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1958)1993 – Vincent Price , American actor (b. 1911)
1994 – Kara Hultgreen , American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1965)1994 – Mildred Natwick , American actress (b. 1905)
1995 – Viveca Lindfors , Swedish actress (b. 1920)1995 – Bobby Riggs , American tennis player (b. 1918)
1999 – Payne Stewart , American golfer (b. 1957)2000 – Mochitsura Hashimoto , Japanese commander (b. 1909)2002 – Richard Harris , Irish actor and singer (b. 1930)2002 – René Thom , French mathematician and biologist (b. 1923)
2002 – Paul Wellstone , American academic and politician (b. 1944)
2003 – Pandurang Shastri Athavale , Indian spiritual leader and philosopher (b. 1920)2003 – Veikko Hakulinen , Finnish skier and technician (b. 1925)
2004 – John Peel , English radio host and producer (b. 1939)2010 – Lisa Blount , American actress (b. 1957)2010 – Gregory Isaacs , Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (b. 1951)
2010 – Vesna Parun , Croatian poet and author (b. 1922)
2012 – Jacques Barzun , French-American historian and author (b. 1907)2012 – Jaspal Bhatti , Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
2012 – John Connelly , English footballer (b. 1938)
2012 – Emanuel Steward , American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (b. 1944)
2013 – Ron Ackland , New Zealand rugby player and coach (b. 1934)2013 – Arthur Danto , American philosopher and critic (b. 1924)
2013 – Nicholas Hunt , Welsh-English admiral (b. 1930)
2013 – Hal Needham , American actor, stuntman, director, and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2013 – Paul Reichmann , Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Olympia and York (b. 1930)
2013 – Bill Sharman , American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
2013 – Marcia Wallace , American actress and comedian (b. 1942)
2014 – Jack Bruce , Scottish-English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1943)2014 – Carlos Morales Troncoso , Dominican lawyer and politician, 34th Vice President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1940)
2015 – David Cesarani , English historian and author (b. 1956)2015 – Lisa Jardine , English historian, author, and academic (b. 1944)
2015 – Cecil Lolo , South African footballer (b. 1988)
2015 – Flip Saunders , American basketball player and coach (b. 1955)
2016 – Carlos Alberto Torres , Brazilian football player and manager (b. 1944)2016 – Bob Hoover , USAF, Test, and Airshow pilot (b. 1922)
2018 – Thomas Keating , an American Trappist monk and a principal developer of Centering Prayer (b. 1923)[24] 2019 – Dilip Parikh , Indian politician (b. 1937)
Holidays and observances Edit
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