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Birthdays
VIP
1959 – Stephen Harper
Canadian economist and politician
22nd Prime Minister of Canada, 2006-2015
Notable
1245 – Philip III of France (d. 1285)
1331 – Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)
1425 – William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (d. 1482)
1553 – Louise of Lorraine (d. 1601)
1623 – François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop and saint (d. 1708)
1651 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (d. 1719)
1662 – Mary II of England (d. 1694)
1664 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (d. 1709)
1710 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (d. 1806)
1758 – Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (d. 1802)
1770 – David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer (d. 1857)
1771: Hosea Ballou (d. 7 Jun 1852)
American Universalist clergyman and theological writer
1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1855)
1803 – Albrecht von Roon (d. 1879)
Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia
1812 – Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (d. 1833)
1813: Cyrus Augustus Bartol, American Unitarian minister (d. 16 Dec 1900)
1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (d. 1884)
1834: John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (d. 28 May 1913)
British statesman, banker, philanthropist, scientist, and polymath.
1850 – George Gibb, Scottish-English businessman (d. 1925)
1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (d. 1940)
1857 – Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1920)
1864 – Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (d. 1912)
1864 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet and author (d. 1913)
1865 – Max Nettlau, German historian and academic (d. 1944)
1869 – Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus
1870 – Franz Lehár, Slovak-Austrian composer (d. 1948)
1870 – Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1944)
1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author (d. 1949)
1876 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (d. 1937)
1877 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist (d. 1917)
1877 – Alice B. Toklas, American-French author (d. 1967)
1880 – Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (d. 1967)
1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author (d. 1923)
1883 – Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (d. 1947)
1884 – Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
1888 – John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (d. 1974)
1893 – Harold Breen, Australian public servant (d. 1966)
1893 – Joachim von Ribbentrop (d. 1946)
German soldier and politician
14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs
1895 – Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1960)
1896 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (d. 1972)
1896 – Hans List (d. 1996)
Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company
1897 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1900 – Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (d. 1984)
1900 – David Manners, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1998)
1901 – Simon Kuznets (d. 1985)
Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
1905 – Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
1908 – Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson (d. 1970)
Icelandic journalist and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland
1908 – Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician (d. 1997)
1909 – F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor and educator (d. 1992)
1909 – Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1910 – Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 2002)
1910 – Sri Sri, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1983)
1913 – Ilmar Raud, Estonian chess player (d. 1941)
1914 – Charles Beetham, American middle-distance runner (d. 1997)
1914 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (d. 2008)
1916 – Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (d. 2001)
1916 – Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (d. 2003)
1916 – Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
1917 – Bea Wain, American singer
1920 – Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot (d. 1994)
1921 – Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (d. 2014)
1921 – Tove Maës, Danish actress (d. 2010)
1922 – Anton Murray, South African cricketer (d. 1995)
1923 – Percy Heath, American bassist (Heath Brothers and Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
1923 – Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (d. 2004)
1923 – Al Lewis, American actor and politician (d. 2006)
1923 – Francis Tucker, South African race car driver (d. 2008)
1924: Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist
1924 – Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author (d. 2008)
1925 – Corinne Calvet, French-American actress (d. 2001)
1925 – Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1960)
1926 – Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer (d. 2011)
1926 – Cloris Leachman, American actress
1928 – Hugh Hood, Canadian author and academic (d. 2000)
1930 – Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (d. 1992)
1933 – Dickie Davies, English television host
1933 – Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician
1933: Helen Vendler, American literary critic
1934 – Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter (d. 1995)
1934 – Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1937 – Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright
1938 – Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (d. 2012)
1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter
1938 – Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter
1940 – Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician
1940 – Burt Young, American actor and painter
1941 – Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs
1941 – Johnny Farina, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Santo & Johnny)
1942 – Maurizio Arcieri, Italian singer (The New Dada and Krisma) (d. 2015)
1943 – Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (d. 2011)
1943: Bob Livingston
American politician, lobbyist]
U.S. Representative, R. LA, 1977-1999
1943 – Bobby Vee, American singer
1944 – Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)
1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress and singer (d. 2010)
1944 – Graham Upton, English-Australian academic
1945 – J. Michael Brady, Emeritus Professor of Oncological Imaging at the University of Oxford
1945 – Annie Dillard, American author and poet
1945 – Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2001)
1945 – Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)
1946 – Lee Bollinger, American lawyer and academic
1946 – Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
1946 – Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Don Schollander, American swimmer
1947 – Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic
1947 – Leslie Grantham, English actor and producer
1947 – Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager
1947 – Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets
1947: Bobby Scott, American politician
U.S. Representative, D. VA, 1983-present
1948 – Perry King, American actor
1948: Wayne Kramer, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer,
and film and television composer
1948 – Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (d. 1973)
1948 – Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1948 – Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete
1949 – Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager
1949 – António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician
114th Prime Minister of Portugal
1949 – Karl Meiler, German tennis player (d. 2014)
1952 – Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter
1953 – Merrill Osmond, American singer, bass player, and actor (The Osmonds)
1954 – Thom Bray, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union
1954 – Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist
1955 – David Kitchin, English lawyer and judge
1955 – Dimitra Liani, Greek wife of Andreas Papandreou
1955 – Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter
1956 – Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese opera singer
1956 – Lars von Trier, Danish director and screenwriter
1957: Duane G. Carey, American astronaut
1957 – Aviva Chomsky, American teacher, historian, author, and activist
1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Paul Gross, Canadian actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – W. Thomas Smith, Jr., American journalist and author
1960 – Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician
1960 – Kerry Healey, American academic and politician
70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
1960 – David Miscavige, American religious leader
1961 – Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1963 – Andrew Carwood, English tenor and conductor
1963: James Marsh, British director
1963 – Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster
1964 – Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group
1964 – Ian Healy, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1964 – Barrington Levy, Jamaican rapper
1964 – Lorenzo Staelens, Belgian footballer and manager
1965 – Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower
1965 – Steven Klein, American photographer
1965 – Adrian Pasdar, American actor and director
1966 – Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1966 – Dave Meggett, American football player and coach
1967 – Christine Jacob, Filipino-American actress, swimmer, and journalist
1967 – Philipp Kirkorov, Bulgarian-Russian singer, actor, and producer
1967 – Steven Mackintosh, English actor
1968 – Dave Halili, American illustrator and graphic designer
1969 – Warren Defever, American bass player and producer (His Name Is Alive and Elvis Hitler)
1969 – Justine Greening, English accountant and politician
Secretary of State for International Development
1969 – Paulo Jr., Brazilian bass player and songwriter (Sepultura)
1971 – John Boyne, Irish author
1971 – Darren Emerson, English DJ and producer (Underworld)
1971: Anthony Foxx, American politician
17th United States Secretary of Transportation, 2013-present
1972 – J. R. Richards, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Dishwalla)
1973 – Leigh Francis, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1973 – Kinna McInroe, American actress and screenwriter
1973 – Naomi Novik, American computer programmer and author
1973 – Jamie Staff, English cyclist and coach
1973 – Jeff Timmons, American singer-songwriter and producer (98 Degrees)
1975 – Michael Chaturantabut, Thai-American actor and stuntman
1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor
1975 – Tomi Joutsen, Finnish singer-songwriter (Amorphis)
1975 – Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
1976 – Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter
1976 – Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist
(The Dresden Dolls and Evelyn Evelyn)
1976 – Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player
1977 – Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
1977 – Meredith L. Patterson, American technologist, journalist, and author
1978: Inga Cadranel, Canadian actress
1978 – Tom Fulp, American businessman,
founder of Newgrounds and co-founder of The Behemoth
1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
1979 – Sean Mackin, American singer and violinist (Yellowcard)
1980 – Atsushi Satō (bka Atsushi), Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Exile)
1980: Sam Heughan, Scottish actor
1980 – Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player
1980 – Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
1981 – Tom Goss, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1981 – Nicole Kaczmarski, American basketball player
1981 – Kunal Nayyar, English-American actor
1981 – John O'Shea, Irish footballer
1981 – Emma Pierson, English actress
1981 – Megan Reinking, American actress
1981: Justin Vernon, American musician
1981 – Ali Williams, New Zealand rugby player
1982 – Lloyd Banks, American rapper and actor (G-Unit)
1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
1982 – Cleo Higgins, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Cleopatra)
1982 – Drew Seeley, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1983 – Chris Carr, American football player
1983 – Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
1983 – Marina Tomić, Slovenian hurdler
1983 – Troy Williamson, American football player
1984 – Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager
1984 – Risto Mätas, Estonian javelin thrower
1984 – Lee Roache, English footballer
1984 – Sophie Turner, Australian model and lawyer
1985 – Brandon Bass, American basketball player
1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré (aka Kristen)
American Journalist, singer, prostitute
1985 – Gal Gadot, Israeli model and actress, Miss Israel 2004
1986 – Dianna Agron, American actress, singer, and dancer
1986 – Martten Kaldvee, Estonian biathlete
1987 – Alipate Carlile, Australian footballer
1987 – Chris Morris, South African cricketer
1987 – Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
1987 – Robbin Söderlund, Swedish DJ and music producer
1987 – Kaspar Taimsoo, Estonian rower
1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian singer and actress
1988 – Andy Allen, Australian chef
1989 – Baauer, American DJ and producer
1989 – Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (2PM)
1990 – Mac DeMarco, Canadian singer-songwriter
1990 – Kaarel Kiidron, Estonian footballer
1991 – Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player
1991 – Kaarel Nurmsalu, Estonian ski jumper
1991: Lindsay Pearce, American actress and singer
1992 – Travis Scott, American rapper and producer
1992 – Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer
1994 – Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player
1997 – Adam Ryczkowski, Polish footballer
1998; Olivia DeJonge, Australian actress
Family
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Evelyn Gibson
Ernie Manderscheid
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Ben & Arlene Coats
Deaths
VIP
1956 – Alben W. Barkley (b. 1877)
American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States
Notable
65 – Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
535 – Amalasuntha, Italian daughter of Theoderic the Great (b. 495)
783 – Hildegard of the Vinzgau (b. 758)
1030 – Mahmud of Ghazni (b. 971)
1063 – Emperor Renzong of Song (b. 1010)
1131 – Adjutor, French knight and saint
1341 – John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
1439 – Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (b. 1382)
1513 – Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk
English son of Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk (b. 1472)
1524 – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
1544 – Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden (b. 1488)
English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England
1550 – Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (b. 1516)
1632 – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
1632 – Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (b. 1566)
1637 – Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyo (b. 1571)
1642 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
1655 – Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
1660 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1576)
1672 – Marie of the Incarnation (b. 1599)
French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec
1696 – Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (b. 1640)
1712 – Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633)
1736 – Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (b. 1668)
1758 – François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (b. 1684)
1792 – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (b. 1718)
English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department
1795 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)
1806 – Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)
1841 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)
1847 – Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen (b. 1771)
1863 – Jean Danjou, French captain (b. 1828)
1865 – Robert FitzRoy (b. 1805)
English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand
1870 – Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)
1875 – Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
1879 – Emma Smith, American religious leader (b. 1804)
1883 – Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
1891 – Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)
1900 – Casey Jones, American engineer (b. 1863)
1903 – Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)
1910 – Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)
1936 – A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)
1939 – Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)
1941 – Edgar Aabye, Danish tug of war competitor (b. 1865)
1943 – Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860)
1943 – Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)
1945 – Eva Braun, German wife of Adolf Hitler (b. 1912)
1945 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German soldier and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1889)
1953 – Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)
1966 – Richard Fariña, American author and singer (b. 1937)
1970 – Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (b. 1934)
1972 – Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (b. 1934)
1973 – Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)
1974 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress and singer (b. 1900)
1980 – Luis Muñoz Marín (b. 1898)
Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico
1982 – Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (b. 1949)
1983 – George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
1983 – Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
1983 – Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897)
1986 – Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)
1989 – Yi Bangja, Japanese daughter of Prince Nashimoto Morimasa (b. 1901)
1989 – Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1993 – Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
1994 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
1994 – Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (b. 1919)
1995 – Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)
1996 – David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
1998 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (b. 1926)
1999 – Darrell Sweet, English drummer (Nazareth) (b. 1947)
2000 – Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914)
2002 – Nitsa Tsaganea, Greek actress (b. 1899)
2002 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)
2003 – Mark Berger, American economist and academic (b. 1955)
2003 – Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
2005 – Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918)
2005 – Ron Todd, English union leader (b. 1927)
2006 – Lawrence Patrick, American mechanic and educator (b. 1920)
2006 – Jean-François Revel, French journalist and author (b. 1924)
2006 – Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (b. 1934)
2006 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (b. 1925)
2007 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
2007 – Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
2007 – Tom Poston, American actor, comedian and game show panelist (b. 1921)
2007 – Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
2007 – Zola Taylor, American singer (The Platters) (b. 1938)
2008 – John Cargher, English-Australian journalist and author (b. 1919)
2009 – Venetia Burney, English girl who named Pluto (b. 1918)
2009 – Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (b. 1935)
2010 – Gerry Ryan, Irish radio and television host (b. 1956)
2011 – Dorjee Khandu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955)
2011 – Evald Okas, Estonian painter (b. 1915)
2011 – Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist, author, and painter (b. 1911)
2012 – Ernst Bolldén, Swedish table tennis player (b. 1966)
2012 – Tomás Borge (b. 1930)
Nicaraguan poet and politician
co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front
2012 – Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (b. 1985)
2012 – Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (b. 1958)
2012 – George Murdock, American actor (b. 1930)
2012 – Benzion Netanyahu, Russian-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1910)
2012 – Achala Sachdev, Pakistani-Indian actress (b. 1920)
2012 – Sicelo Shiceka, South African politician (b. 1966)
2013 – Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1937)
2013 – Shirley Firth, Canadian skier (b. 1953)
2013 – Viviane Forrester, French author and critic (b. 1925)
2013 – Emil Frei, American physician and oncologist (b. 1924)
2013 – Mike Gray, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2013 – Andrew J. Offutt, American author (b. 1934)
2014 – Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919)
2014 – Chris Harris, English actor and director (b. 1942)
2014 – Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (b. 1946)
2014 – Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (b. 1929)
2014 – Ian Ross, Australian journalist (b. 1940)
2015 – Lennart Bodström, Swedish politician (b. 1928)
2015 – Steven Goldmann, Canadian director and producer (b. 1961)
2015 – Rutger Gunnarsson, Swedish musician (b. 1946)
2015 – Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Drifters) (b. 1938)
2015 – Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (b. 1991)
2015 – Patachou, French singer and actress (b. 1918)
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