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Birthdays
VIP
1908 – Carl Albert (d. 4 Feb 2000)
American lawyer and politician
54th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1971-1977
Notable
213 – Claudius Gothicus, Roman emperor (d. 270)
1002 – Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Iraqi historian and scholar (d. 1071)
1265 – Emperor Fushimi of Japan (d. 1317)
1604 – Jean Mairet, French author and playwright (d. 1686)
1640 – Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1701)
1697 – Jean-Marie Leclair, French violinist and composer (d. 1764)
1714 – Sophie Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1792)
1727 – Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune (d. 1781)
French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances
1755 – Robert Gray, American captain and explorer (d. 1806)
1756 – Singu Min, Burmese king (d. 1782)
1760 – Johann Peter Hebel, German author and poet (d. 1826)
1760 – Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French captain, engineer, and composer (d. 1836)
1770 – Louis-Nicolas Davout, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1823)
1775 – Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, French general (d. 1809)
1788 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer (d. 1827)
1788 – Catherine Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1819)
1789: James L. Petigru, American lawyer, politician, and jurist
1789: Jared Sparks, American historian, educator (d. 14 Mar 1866)
1810 – E. Cobham Brewer, English lexicographer and author (d. 1897)
1812 – William Henry Barlow, English engineer (d. 1902)
1813 – Montgomery Blair (d. 1883)
American lieutenant and politician, 20th United States Postmaster General
1816: J. C. Ryle (d. 10 Jun 1900)
English clergyman
1st Anglican bishop of Liverpool, 1880-1900
1838 – John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)1938: James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (d. 22 Jan 1922)
British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician.
1840 – Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian warlord (d. 1868)
1841 – James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (d. 1918)
American publisher and broadcaster, co-founded Commercial Cable Company
1843 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (d. 1920)
1847 – Wilhelm Killing, German mathematician and academic (d. 1923)
1855 – Yukteswar Giri, Indian guru and educator (d. 1936)
1863 – Kaarle Krohn, Finnish historian and academic (d. 1933)
1866 – Léon Bakst, Russian painter and costume designer (d. 1924)
1868 – Ed Barrow, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
1872 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (d. 1950)
1874 – Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and orientalist (d. 1941)
1876 – Ivan Cankar, Slovenian poet and playwright (d. 1918)
1878 – Konstantinos Parthenis, Greek painter (d. 1967)
1878 – Gustav Stresemann (d. 1929)
German journalist and politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate
1879 – Symon Petliura, Ukrainian journalist and politician (d. 1926)
1886 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (d. 1968)
1886 – Felix Manalo, Filipino religious leader, founded Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963)
1886 – Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (d. 1950)
1888 – Max Steiner, Austrian-American composer and conductor (d. 1971)
1889 – Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1965)
1890 – Alfred Jodl, German general (d. 1946)
1891 – Mahmoud Mokhtar, Egyptian sculptor and academic (d. 1934)
1893 – Tonita Peña, San Ildefonso Pueblo (Native American) artist (d. 1949)
1894 – Elvira Popescu, Romanian-French actress and director (d. 1993)
1894 – Dimitri Tiomkin, Ukrainian-American composer and conductor (d. 1979)
1895 – Kama Chinen, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2010)
1896 – Alberts Ozoliņš, Latvian weightlifter (d. 1985)
1897 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Norway (d. 1987)
1898 – Ariel Durant, American historian and author (d. 1981)
1899 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1987)
1900 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, English-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1979)
1901 – John Desmond Bernal, Irish-English crystallographer and physicist (d. 1971)
1902 – Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1974)
1902 – David O. Selznick, American director and producer (d. 1965)
1903 – Otto Bradfisch, German economist, jurist, and SS officer (d. 1994)
1903: Hans Jonas, German-born American philosopher (d. 5 Feb 1993)
1904 – David Brown, English businessman (d. 1993)
1905 – Markos Vamvakaris, Greek singer-songwriter and bouzouki player (d. 1972)
1907 – Harilaos Perpessas, Greek composer (d. 1995)
1909 – Maybelle Carter, American autoharp player (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 1978)
1910: Eric Berne, Canadian psychiatrist (d. 15 Jul 1970)
1911 – Bel Kaufman, American author and educator (d. 2014)
1915 – Monica Dickens, English author (d. 1992)
1915 – Denis Thatcher (d. 2003)
English soldier and businessman
Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1916 – Milton Babbitt, American composer and educator (d. 2011)
1918 – T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician and author
1918 – Desmond MacNamara, Irish painter, sculptor, and author (d. 2008)
1919: Daniel Bell, American sociologist (d. 25 Jan 2011)
1920 – Jeff Cooper, American soldier (d. 2006)
1920 – Basil Kelly, Northern Irish barrister, judge and politician (d. 2008)1920 – Bert Weedon, English guitarist (d. 2012)
1922 – David Azrieli, Polish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
1922 – Nancy Walker, American actress, singer, and director (d. 1992)
1923 – Heydar Aliyev, Azerbaijan general and politician, 3rd President of Azerbaijan (d. 2003)
1923 – Otar Korkia, Georgian basketball player and coach (d. 2005)
1926 – Hugo Banzer, Bolivian general and politician, 62nd President of Bolivia (d. 2002)
1927 – Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
1928 – Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, 3rd President of Estonia
1928 – Lothar Schmid, German chess player (d. 2013)
1929 – Audun Boysen, Norwegian runner (d. 2000)
1929 – George Coe, American actor and producer (d. 2015)
1929 – Antonine Maillet, Canadian author and playwright
1930 – George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 – Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2013)
1931 – Michael Mustill, Baron Mustill, English lawyer and judge (d. 2015)
1931 – Ichirō Nagai, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
1931 – Ettore Scola, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1932 – Karthigesu Sivathamby, Sri Lankan author and academic (d. 2011)
1933 – Barbara Taylor Bradford, English-American author
1933 – Françoise Fabian, Algerian-French actress
1934 – Sir William Lithgow, 2nd Baronet, Scottish businessman
1934: Gary Owens, American Actor (d. 12 Feb 2015)
1934 – Kenneth D. Taylor, Canadian diplomat (d. 2015)1934 – Cliff Wilson, Welsh snooker player (d. 1994)
1935: Bruce McCall, Canadian author and illustrator
1935 – Larry Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1980)
1936 – Timothy Birdsall, English illustrator (d. 1963)
1937 – Jim Hickman, American baseball player
1937: Jean Houston [American author]
1937 – Tamara Press, Ukrainian shot putter and discus thrower1938 – Jean Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1938 – Dang Nhat Minh, Vietnamese director and screenwriter
1938 – Henry Fambrough, American singer (The Spinners)
1938 – Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player
1938 – Marina Vlady, French actress
1939: Robert Darnton, American historian, librarian
1939 – Peter Wilenski, Australian public servant (d. 1994)
1940 – Bill Cash, English lawyer and politician
1940 – Wayne A. Downing, American general (d. 2007)
1940 – Dr. Wayne Dyer, American self-help author and motivational speaker (29 Aug 2015)
1940: Stephen M. Ross, American real estate developer, philanthropist and sports team owner
1941 – Winfried Bischoff, German-English banker and businessman1941 – Aydın Güven Gürkan, Turkish academician and politician (d. 2006)
1942 – Youssouf Sambo Bâ, Nigerien-Burkinabe educator and politician
1942 – Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
1942 – Carl Douglas, Jamaican-English singer
1943 – David Clennon, American actor
1943: Judith Jamison, American dancer and choreographer
1944 – Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1944: John Fredriksen, Norwegian businessman
1944: Judith McNaught, American novelist
1944 – Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 2011)1946 – Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter (10cc, The Mindbenders, and Wax)
1946 – Donovan Philips Leitch (bka Donovan)
Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1946 – Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Traffic and Fleetwood Mac)
1946: K. V. Thomas, Indian politician
1946 – Diderik Wagenaar, Dutch composer and theorist
1947: Andrew Card, American politician
21st White House Chief of Staff, 2001-2006
11th United States Secretary of Transportation, 1992-1993
U.S. Representative, R. MA, 1979-1983
1947 – Caroline B. Cooney, American author1948 – Meg Foster, American actress
1949 – Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
1950 – Natalya Bondarchuk, Russian actress and director
1952 – Kikki Danielsson, Swedish singer
(Wizex, Chips, Kikki, Bettan & Lotta, and Kjell Roos Band)
1952 – Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer
(Sly and Robbie, The Aggrovators, The Upsetters, and The Revolutionaries)
1952 – Vanderlei Luxemburgo, Brazilian footballer and manager
1953 – Tito Santana, American wrestler and coach
1955 – Mark David Chapman, American murderer
1956 – Yves Jacques, Canadian actor
1956 – Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist (d. 1995)
1956 – Paige O'Hara, American actress and singer
1956 – Jonathan Roberts, American screenwriter, producer, and author
1957 – Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player (Sex Pistols) (d. 1979)
1958 – Tauseef Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer
1958 – Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
1958 – Vlada Divljan, Serbian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1958: Ellen Ochoa, American astronaut
Director of the Johnson Space Center, 2012-present
1958 – Rick Santorum [American lawyer and politician]
U.S. Senator, R. PA, 1995-2007
U.S. Representative, R. PA, 1991-1995
1959 – Victoria Rowell, American actress1959 – Danny Schayes, American basketball player
1960 – Dean Heller, American lawyer and politician, 15th Secretary of State of Nevada
1960 – Paul David Hewson (bka Bono)
Irish singer-songwriter, humanitarian, and activist (U2)
1960 – Merlene Ottey, Jamaican-Slovenian runner
1961 – Randy Cunneyworth, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1961 – Ayako Fuji, Japanese singer
1961 – Blyth Tait, New Zealand equestrian
1961 – Johanna ter Steege, Dutch actress
1962 – John Ngugi, Kenyan runner
1963 – Lisa Nowak, American commander and astronaut1963: Suzan-Lori Parks, American playwright
1963 – Debbie Wiseman, English composer and conductor
1964: Francisco Costa, Brazilian fashion designer
1965 – Linda Evangelista, Canadian model
1965 – Rony Seikaly, Lebanese-American basketball player and radio host
1966 – Ilian Djevelekov, Bulgarian film director and producer
1966 – Jonathan Edwards, English triple jumper
1966: Bill Gurley, American businessman
1967: Joe Miller, American politician
1967: Jon Ronson, Welsh journalist
1967 – Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster1967 – Marvin Young (bka Young MC), English-American rapper, producer, and actor
1968 – Al Murray, English comedian and television host
1968 – Erik Palladino, American actor
1968 – Darren Kenneth Matthews (bka William Regal, Steven Regal, others)
English wrestler and sportscaster
1968 – Tatyana Shikolenko, Russian javelin thrower1969 – Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch footballer and manager
1969 – John Scalzi, American author and blogger
1970 – Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan-American pianist
1970 – Gina Philips, American actress
1970: Sally Phillips, British actress
1970 – Dallas Roberts, American actor
1970 – David Weir, Scottish footballer and manager1971 – Adriano Giannini, Italian actor
1971 – Monisha Kaltenborn, Indian-Swiss lawyer and businesswoman
1971 – Kim Nam-joo, South Korean actress
1971 – Craig Mack, American rapper and producer
1971 – Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater
1971 – Leslie Stefanson, American model and actress
1972 – Radosław Majdan, Polish footballer1973 – Aviv Geffen, Israeli singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blackfield)
1973 – Rüştü Reçber, Turkish footballer
1973 – Tora Sudiro, Indonesian actor
1974 – Liu Fang, Chinese pipa player
1974 – Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer1975 – Andrea Anders, American actress
1975 – Torbjørn Brundtland, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (Röyksopp)
1975 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
1975 – Adam Deadmarsh, Canadian-American ice hockey player
1975 – Shin Jung-hwan, South Korean singer and actor (Roo'ra)
1976 – Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
1976 – Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greek javelin thrower
1977: Amanda Borden, American gymnast
1977 – Henri Camara, Senegalese footballer
1977 – Nick Heidfeld, German race car driver
1977 – Denise Ho, Hong Kong-Canadian singer and actress
1977: Todd Lowe, American actor
1977 – Sergei Nakariakov, Russian trumpet player1978 – Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
1978 – Kenan Thompson, American actor
1979 – Lee Hyori, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Fin.K.L)
1981 – Samuel Dalembert, Haitian-Canadian basketball player
1981: Katori Hall, American playwright
1981 – Humberto Suazo, Chilean footballer
1981 – Nicky Whelan, Australian model and actress
1983 – Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician, Swedish Minister of Education
1984 – Edward Mujica, Venezuelan baseball player
1985 – Odette Annable, American actress
1985 – Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Jon Schofield, English canoe racer
1986 – Emilio Izaguirre, Honduran footballer
1987 – Wilson Chandler, American basketball player
1987 – Anej Lovrečič, Slovenian footballer
1989 – Lindsey Shaw, American actress, singer, and producer
1990 – Karmen Pedaru, Estonian model
1990 – Lauren Potter, American actress
1990 – Ivana Španović, Serbian long jumper1991 – Giorgos Machlelis, Greek footballer
1992 – Charice Pempengco, Filipino singer-songwriter and actress
1993 – Tímea Babos, Hungarian tennis player
1993: Halston Jean Schrage (bka Halston Sage), American actress)
1993 – Mirai Shida, Japanese actress
1994 – Jamar Loza, Jamaican footballer
1995 – Missy Franklin, American swimmer
1996 – Tyus Jones, American basketball player
1996 – Kateřina Siniaková, Czech tennis player
2013 – Taufaʻahau Manumataongo of Tonga
Family
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Lenny Geer
Ashley Weimerskirch
Todd Miller
Sara Morales
John Higginbotham
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
689 – Prince Kusakabe of Japan (b. 662)
884 – Ahmad ibn Tulun, ruler of Egypt and Syria (b. 835)
1034 – Mieszko II Lambert, King and Duke of Poland (b. 990)
1290 – Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (b. 1271)
1424 – Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan (b. 1347)
1482 – Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1397)
1493 – Colin Campbell, 1st Earl of Argyll, Scottish politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1433)
1521 – Sebastian Brant, German author (b. 1457)
1566 – Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist (b. 1501)
1641 – Johan Banér, Swedish field marshal (b. 1596)
1657 – Gustav Horn, Count of Pori (b. 1592)
1691 – John Birch, English soldier and politician (b. 1615)
1692 – Sarah Osborne, Salem witch trials victim (b. 1643)
1717 – John Hathorne, American merchant and politician (b. 1641)
1721 – Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (b. 1647)
1726 – Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans (b. 1670)
English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
1733 – Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)
1737 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b. 1702)
1774 – Louis XV of France (b. 1710)
1775 – Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (b. 1757)
1775 – Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (b. 1751)
1787 – William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (b. 1715)
1798 – George Vancouver, English navigator and explorer (b. 1757)
1802 – Johann Martin von Elmpt, Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (b. 1725)
1807 – Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau, French general (b. 1725)
1818 – Paul Revere, American engraver and soldier (b. 1735)
1829 – Thomas Young, English physician and linguist (b. 1773)
1849 – Hokusai, Japanese painter and illustrator (b. 1760)
1863 – Stonewall Jackson, American general (b. 1824)
1868 – Henry Bennett, American lawyer and politician (b. 1808)
1889 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1826)
1897 – Andrés Bonifacio, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the Philippines (b. 1863)
1904 – Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
1910 – Stanislao Cannizzaro, Italian chemist and academic (b. 1826)
1916 – Heinrich Rosenthal, Estonian physician and author (b. 1846)
1945 – Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
1945 – Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
1950 – Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian (b. 1883)
1955 – Tommy Burns, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1881)
1955 – John Radecki, Australian stained glass artist (b. 1865)
1960 – Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
1962 – Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal and politician, 48th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1879)
1964 – Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
1965 – Karl Burman, Estonian architect and painter (b. 1882)
1965 – Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
1967 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver (b. 1935)
1968 – Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
1974 – Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
1976 – Elias Aslaksen, Norwegian religious leader (b. 1888)
1977 – Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
1982 – Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)
1988 – Shen Congwen, Chinese author and academic (b. 1902)
1989 – Dimitar Ilievski-Murato, Macedonian mountaineer (b. 1953)
1989 – Woody Shaw, American trumpet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1944)
1990 – Walker Percy, American author and academic (b. 1916)
1994 – John Wayne Gacy, American criminal (b. 1942)
1999 – Shel Silverstein, American poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1930)
2000 – Jules Deschênes, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
2000 – Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (b. 1954)
2000 – Dick Sprang, American illustrator (b. 1915)
2000 – Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (b. 1954)
2001 – Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian politician, 16th Governor of Himachal Pradesh (b. 1934)
2002 – Kaifi Azmi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1919)
2002 – Yves Robert, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2003 – Milan Vukcevich, Serbian-American chemist and chess player (b. 1937)
2005 – David Wayne, American singer-songwriter (Metal Church, Reverend, and Wayne) (b. 1958)
2006 – Soraya, Colombian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1969)
2006 – Val Guest, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
2006 – Raizo Matsuno, Japanese politician (b. 1917)
2006 – A. M. Rosenthal, Canadian-American journalist (b. 1922)
2008 – Leyla Gencer, Turkish soprano (b. 1928)
2010 – Frank Frazetta, American illustrator and painter (b. 1928)
2012 – Horst Faas, German photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
2012 – Günther Kaufmann, German actor and singer (b. 1947)
2012 – Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese pianist and composer (b. 1970)
2012 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver and designer (b. 1923)
2012 – Gunnar Sønsteby, Norwegian captain and author (b. 1918)
2013 – Félix Agramont Cota, Mexican engineer and politician, 8th Governor of Baja California Sur (b. 1918)
2014 – Carmen Argibay, Argentinian lawyer and judge (b. 1939)
2014 – Gene Chyzowych, Ukrainian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1935)
2014 – Patrick Lucey, American soldier and politician, 38th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1918)
2015 – Ninad Bedekar, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1949)
2015 – Jack Body, New Zealand composer and photographer (b. 1944)
2015 – Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic (b. 1946)
2015 – William T. Cooper, Australian ornithologist and illustrator (b. 1934)
2015 – Rachel Rosenthal, French-American actress and dancer (b. 1926)
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