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Birthdays
VIP
1836 – Joseph Gurney Cannon (d. 1926)
American lawyer and politician
40th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
1847 – Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (d. 1929)
English politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Notable
1328 – Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1365)
1530 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1569)
1605 – Patriarch Nikon of Moscow (d. 1681)
1643 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt (d. 1700)
American politician, 10th Mayor of New York City
1700 – Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-American physician (d. 1772)
1704 – Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (d. 1759)
1711 – David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1776)
1724 – Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal (d. 1797)
1740 – Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general (d. 1814)
1748 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher (d. 1793)
1754: Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist (d. 4 May 1824)
1763 – Józef Poniatowski, Polish general (d. 1813)
1767 – Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (d. 1820)
1774 – William Bainbridge, American commodore (d. 1833)
1787 – Jacques Viger (d. 1858)
Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal
1812 – Robert Browning, English poet and playwright (d. 1889)
1826 – Varina Davis, American wife of Jefferson Davis (d. 1906)
1833 – Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (d. 1897)
1837 – Karl Mauch, German geographer and explorer (d. 1875)
1840 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and educator (d. 1893)
1841: Gustave Le Bon (d. 13 Dec 1931)
French social psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, inventor, and amateur physicist
1850: Anton Seidl, Hungarian conductor (28 Mar 1898)
1857 – William A. MacCorkle
American lawyer and politician
9th Governor of West Virginia
1860 – Tom Norman, English businessman (d. 1930)
1861 – Rabindranath Tagore (d. 7 Aug 1941)
Bengali polymath, author, and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature 1913
1867 – Władysław Reymont (d. 5 Dec 1925)
Polish novelist, Nobel Prize in Literature 1924
1869: Margaret Barber (aka Michael Fairless) (d. 24 Aug 1901)
English Christian writer
1875 – Bill Hoyt, American pole vaulter (d. 1951)
1880 – Pandurang Vaman Kane, Indologist and Sanskrit scholar, Bharat Ratna awardee (d. 1972)
1881 – George E. Wiley, American cyclist (d. 1954)
1882 – Willem Elsschot, Belgian author and poet (d. 1960)
1885 – George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor (d. 1969)
1988: Fenton Johnson (d. 17 Sep 1958)
American poet, essayist, author of short stories, editor, and educator
1889 – Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (d. 1943)
1891 – Harry McShane, Scottish engineer and activist (d. 1988)
1892 – Archibald MacLeish, American poet, playwright, and lawyer (d. 1982)
1892 – Josip Broz Tito (d. 1980)
Yugoslav field marshal and politician, 1st President of Yugoslavia
1893 – Frank J. Selke, Canadian ice hockey coach and manager (d. 1985)
1896 – Kathleen McKane Godfree, English tennis and badminton player (d. 1992)
1899 – Alfred Gerrard, English sculptor and academic (d. 1998)
1901 – Gary Cooper, American actor (d. 1961)
1903 – Jimmy Ball, Canadian sprinter (d. 1988)
1904 – Kurt Weitzmann, German-American historian and author (d. 1993)
1906 – Eric Krenz, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1931)
1909 – Edwin H. Land (d. 1991)
American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation
1911 – Ishirō Honda, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
1911 – Rıfat Ilgaz, Turkish author, poet, and educator (d. 1993)
1912 – Pannalal Patel, Indian author (d. 1989)
1913 – John Spencer Hardy, American general (d. 2012)
1913 – Simon Ramo, American physicist and engineer
1914 – Arthur Snelling (d. 1996)
English civil servant and diplomat. British Ambassador to South Africa
1916 – Huw Wheldon, Welsh-English broadcaster (d. 1986)
1916 – W. B. Young, Scottish rugby player and physician (d. 2013)
1917 – Domenico Bartolucci, Italian cardinal and composer (d. 2013)
1917 – Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant
1917 – David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000)
1919 – La Esterella, Belgian singer (d. 2011)
1919 – Eva Perón, Argentinian actress, 25th First Lady of Argentina (d. 1952)
1921 – Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, English historian and academic
1921 – Gaston Rébuffat, French mountaineer and author (d. 1985)
1922 – Lew Anderson, American actor and singer (d. 2006)
1922 – Darren McGavin, American actor and director (d. 2006)
1922 – Joe O'Donnell, American photographer and journalist (d. 2007)
1923 – Anne Baxter, American actress and singer (d. 1985)
1923 – Bülent Ulusu, Turkish admiral and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 2015)
1924 – Albert Band, French-American director and producer (d. 2002)
1925 – Lauri Vaska, Estonian-American chemist and academic (d. 2015)
1926 – Val Bisoglio, American actor
1927 – Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1927 – Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter
1928 – John Ingle, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
1929 – Dick Williams, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2011)
1930 – Totie Fields, American comedian and author (d. 1978)
1930 – Babe Parilli, American football player and coach
1930 – John Smith, Baron Kirkhill, English politician
1931 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (d. 2007)
1931 – Gene Wolfe, American author
1932 – Jordi Bonet, Spanish-Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 1979)
1932 – Alan Cuthbert, English pharmacologist and academic
1932 – Pete Domenici, American lawyer and politician, 37th Mayor of Albuquerque
1933 – Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian Kosovar singer and actress
1933 – Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1935 – Avraham Heffner, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1935 – Michael Hopkins, English architect
1936 – Bobby Joe Green, American football player and coach (d. 1993)
1936 – Robin Hanbury-Tenison, English explorer and author
1936 – Tony O'Reilly, Irish rugby player and businessman
1936 – Jimmy Ruffin, American singer (d. 2014)
1937 – Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball player and coach
1939 – Sidney Altman
Canadian-American biologist and academic
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989
1939 – Ruggero Deodato, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
1939 – Ruud Lubbers
Dutch economist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1939 – Clive Soley, Baron Soley, English politician
1939 – Marco St. John, American actor
1940 – Angela Carter, English author and journalist (d. 1992)
1940 – Dave Chambers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940: Kim Chernin, American writer, feminist, and poet
1940 – Jim Connors, American radio host (d. 1987)
1941 – Lawrence Collins, Baron Collins of Mapesbury, English lawyer and judge
1941 – Kinichi Hagimoto, Japanese comedian
1943 – Terry Allen, American singer and painter
1943 – Harvey Andrews, English singer-songwriter and poet
1943 – John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (d. 2015)
1943 – Peter Carey, Australian author and educator
1944 – Eva Norvind, Norwegian-Mexican actress, director, and producer (d. 2006)
1944 – Richard O'Sullivan, English actor and singer
1945 – Christy Moore, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Planxty and Moving Hearts)
1945 – Robin Strasser, American actress
1946: Bill Danoff, American singer and songwriter
1946 – Thelma Houston, American singer-songwriter and actress (Sisters of Glory)
1946 – Marv Hubbard, American football player (d. 2015)
1946 – Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer
(Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead, 7 Walkers, Rhythm Devils, and BK3)
1946 – Jerry Nolan, American drummer (d. 1992)
(New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, and The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle)
1946 – Michael Rosen, English author and poet
1946 – Brian Turner, English chef and television host
1947 – Frank Michael, Italian-Belgian singer
1948 – Susan Atkins, American murderer (d. 2009)
1949 – Kathy Ahern, American golfer (d. 1996)
1949 – Deborah Butterfield, American sculptor
1950 – Randall "Tex" Cobb, American boxer and actor
1950 – Tim Russert, American journalist and lawyer (d. 2008)
1951 – Robert Hegyes, American actor and director (d. 2012)
1951 – Bernie Marsden
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, Babe Ruth, and The Snakes)
1951 – Raia Prokhovnik, British political scientist
1952 – Stanley Dickens, Swedish race car driver
1953 – Müslüm Gürses, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2013)
1953 – Pat McInally, American football player and coach
1953 – Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1982)
1954 – Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
1954 – Joanna Haigh, English meteorologist and physicist
1954 – Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1954: Candice S. Miller, American politician
U.S. Representative, R. MI, 2013-present
1955 – Florența Crăciunescu, Romanian discus thrower (d. 2008)
1955 – Clément Gignac, Canadian politician
1955 – Ben Poquette, American basketball player
1955 – Peter Reckell, American actor
1955 – Axel Zwingenberger, German pianist and songwriter
1956 – Jan Peter Balkenende
Dutch jurist and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
1956 – Anne Dudley, English pianist and composer (Art of Noise)
1956 – Raymond Fernandez (bka Hercules), American wrestler (d. 2004)
1956 – Nicholas Hytner, English director and producer
1956 – Jean Lapierre, Canadian talk show host and politician
1956 – Calum MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician
1957 – Ned Bellamy, American actor
1958 – Mikhail Biryukov, Russian footballer and manager
1958 – Mark G. Kuzyk, American physicist and academic
1958 – Anne Marie Rafferty, English nurse and academic
1959 – Michael E. Knight, American actor
1959 – Georgiy Kolnootchenko, Belarusian discus thrower
1959 – Heiki Valk, Estonian archeologist and academic
1959 – Barbara Yung, Hong Kong actress (d. 1985)
1960 – Adam Bernstein, American director and screenwriter
1960 – Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham, Iraqi-English surgeon and academic
1960 – Almudena Grandes, Spanish author
1960: Jackson Katz, American educator, filmmaker, and author
1961 – Hans-Peter Bartels, German politician
1961 – Sue Black, Scottish anthropologist and academic
1961 – Phil Campbell, Welsh guitarist and songwriter
1961 – Ivar Must, Estonian composer and producer
1962 – Tony Campbell, American basketball player and coach
1962: Nicholas A. Christakis, American sociologist and physician
1962 – Judith Donath, American computer scientist and academic
1962 – Dominik Moll, German-French director and screenwriter
1963 – Johnny Lee Middleton
American bass player and songwriter
(Savatage and Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
1964: Brian Kilmeade, American journalist
1964 – Ronnie Harmon, American football player
1964 – Denis Mandarino, Brazilian guitarist, composer, and painter
1964 – Leslie O'Neal, American football player
1964: Elliot Perlman, Australian author and barrister
1965 – Reuben Davis, American football player
1965 – Owen Hart, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 1999)
1965 – Takaya Kamikawa, Japanese actor
1965 – Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1965 – Huang Zhihong, Chinese shot putter
1966: Kamal Ahmed, American comedian
1967 – Martin Bryant, Australian spree killer
1967 – Adam Price, Danish chef and screenwriter
1967 – Joe Rice, American colonel and politician
1967: Wendy Whelan, American ballet dancer
1968 – Traci Lords, American actress, director, and producer
1968 – Lisa Raitt, Canadian lawyer and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Transport
1968 – Florian Schwarthoff, German hurdler
1969 – Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
1969 – Jun Falkenstein, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Katerina Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
1969 – Rick Porras, American director and producer
1970 – Kim Su-ro, South Korean actor
1971 – Reidar Horghagen, Norwegian drummer (Immortal, Hypocrisy, and Grimfist)
1971 – Dave Karpa, Canadian ice hockey player
1971 – Thomas Piketty, French economist
1971 – Ivan Sergei, American actor
1972 – Peter Dubovský, Czech-Slovak footballer (d. 2000)
1972 – Jennifer Yuh Nelson, South Korean-American animator
1972 – Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1973 – Kristian Lundin, Swedish songwriter and producer
1973 – Paolo Savoldelli, Italian cyclist
1974 – Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter
1974 – Breckin Meyer, American actor and screenwriter
1974 – Ian Pearce, English footballer and manager
1975 – Ashley Cowan, English cricketer
1975 – Martina Topley-Bird, English singer-songwriter
1975 – Jason Tunks, Canadian discus thrower
1976 – Calvin Booth, American basketball player
1976 – Berke Hatipoğlu, Turkish guitarist and songwriter (Redd)
1976 – Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
1976 – Andrea Lo Cicero, Italian rugby player
1976 – Michael P. Murphy, American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2005)
1977 – Elton Flatley, Australian rugby player
1977 – Lisa Kelly, Irish singer
1978 – Stian Arnesen
Norwegian guitarist, drummer, and songwriter
(The Kovenant, Dimmu Borgir, and Carpe Tenebrum)
1978 – James Carter, American hurdler
1978 – Brian Clevinger, American author
1978 – Shawn Marion, American basketball player
1978 – Stephanie Pohl, German beach volleyball player
1979 – Katie Douglas, American basketball player
1979 – Nikki Hayes, Irish radio host
1980 – Johan Kenkhuis, Dutch swimmer
1980 – Kate Lawler, English model and radio host
1981 – Tim Connolly, American ice hockey player1981 – Monzavous "Rae" Edwards, American sprinter
1982 – Jay Bothroyd, English footballer
1982 – Ákos Buzsáky, Hungarian footballer
1983 – Nikos Fousias (aka DJ Row), Greek-American DJ and producer
1984 – Yemisi May Odegbami (aka May7ven)
Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
1984 – James Loney, American baseball player
1984 – Alex Smith, American football player
1984 – Drew Stanton, American football player
1984 – Kevin Steen (aka Kevin Owens), Canadian professional wrestler
1985 – Jarrad Hickey, Australian rugby league player
1985 – Drew Neitzel, American basketball player
1985 – Dan Sweetman, Australian television host
1986 – Mark Furze, Australian actor and singer
1986 – Matt Helders, English drummer (Arctic Monkeys and Mongrel)
1987 – Aidy Bryant, American actress
1987 – Serge Gakpé, Togolese footballer
1987 – Michael Hinz, German footballer
1987 – Asami Konno, Japanese singer(Morning Musume, Ongaku Gatas, Tanpopo, and Country Musume)
1987 – Michael Maidens, English footballer (d. 2007)
1987 – Jérémy Ménez, French footballer
1987 – Aidy Bryant, American actress
1987 – Mark Reynolds Scottish footballer
1988: Brandon Jones, American actor, musician, and producer
1988 – Eino Puri, Estonian footballer
1988 – Sander Puri, Estonian footballer
1989 – Theo Jerome Kerlin (aka Master Shortie), English rapper and producer
1989 – Oh Hye-rin (bka Raina)
South Korean singer, dancer, model and rapper
(After School and Orange Caramel)
1990 – Kimito Totani, Japanese actor
1990 – Yoon Bit-garam, South Korean footballer
1991 – Anais Pouliot, Canadian model
1992 – Alexander Ludwig, Canadian actor
1994: Taylor Wilson, American nuclear scientist
1995 – Seko Fofana, French footballer
1997 – Darya Kasatkina, Russian tennis player
1998 – Jesse Puljujärvi, Finnish ice hockey player
1999 – Masaki Sato, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
2000 – Maxwell Perry Cotton, American actor
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Anniversaries
Coulee City
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Deaths
VIP
Notable
685 – Marwan I, Umayyah general and caliph (b. 623)
973 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 912)
1092 – Remigius de Fécamp, English monk and bishop
1427 – Thomas la Warr, 5th Baron De La Warr, English priest (b. 1352)
1523 – Franz von Sickingen, German knight (b. 1481)
1539 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (b. 1466)
1617 – David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)
1667 – Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (b. 1616)
1682 – Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
1718 – Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
1793 – Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
1800 – Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
1805 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (b. 1737)
Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1815 – Jabez Bowen (b. 1739)
American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island
1825 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)
1840 – Caspar David Friedrich, German painter and educator (b. 1774)
1868 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (b. 1778)
Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
1872 – Alexander Loyd, American carpenter and politician, 4th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1805)
1876 – William Buell Sprague, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1795)
1887 – C. F. W. Walther, German-American religious leader and theologian (b. 1811)
1896 – H. H. Holmes, American serial killer (b. 1860)
1902 – Agostino Roscelli, Italian priest and saint (b. 1818)
1917 – Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (b. 1896)
1922 – Max Wagenknecht, German pianist and composer (b. 1857)
1924 – Alluri Sitarama Raju, Indian activist (b. 1897)
1925 – William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (b. 1851)
English businessman and politician
1937 – Ernst A. Lehmann, German captain and author (b. 1886)
1940 – George Lansbury, English journalist and politician (b. 1859)
1941 – James George Frazer, Scottish-English anthropologist and academic (b. 1854)
1942 – Felix Weingartner, Croatian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
1943 – Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1880)
1946 – Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (b. 1864)
1951 – Warner Baxter, American actor (b. 1889)
1958 – Mihkel Lüdig, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1880)
1978 – Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (b. 1915)
1986 – Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (b. 1949)
1986 – Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (b. 1915)
1987 – Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930)
1987 – Paul Popham (b. 1941)
American soldier and activist, co-founded Gay Men's Health Crisis
1989 – Guy Williams, American actor (b. 1924)
1990 – Sam Tambimuttu, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
1993 – Duane Carter, American racing driver (b. 1913)
1993 – Mary Philbin, American actress (b. 1903)
1995 – Ray McKinley (b. 1910)
American drummer, singer, and bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra)
1998 – Allan McLeod Cormack (b. 1924)
South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1998 – Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
2000 – Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (b. 1909)
2001 – Jacques de Bourbon-Busset, French author and politician (b. 1912)
2002 – Kevyn Aucoin, American makeup artist and photographer (b. 1962)
2002 – Robert Kanigher, American author (b. 1915)
2004 – Waldemar Milewicz, Polish journalist (b. 1956)2005 – Tristan Egolf, American author and activist (b. 1971)
2005 – Peter Rodino, American captain and politician (b. 1909)
2005 – Otilino Tenorio, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1980)
2006 – Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (b. 1943)
2006 – Joan C. Edwards, American singer and philanthropist (b. 1918)
2006 – Machiko Soga, Japanese actress (b. 1943)
2007 – Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (b. 1958)
2007 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (b. 1977)
2007 – Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
2007 – Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (b. 1935)
2007 – Nicholas Worth, American actor (b. 1937)
2009 – Mickey Carroll, American actor (b. 1919)
2009 – David Mellor, English designer (b. 1930)2009 – Danny Ozark, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1923)
2011 – Seve Ballesteros, Spanish golfer (b. 1957)
2011 – Willard Boyle, Canadian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
2011 – Big George, English songwriter, producer, and radio host (b. 1957)
2011 – Allyson Hennessy, Trinidadian journalist (b. 1948)
2012 – Sammy Barr, Scottish union leader (b. 1931)
2012 – Ferenc Bartha, Hungarian economist and politician (b. 1943)
2012 – Dennis E. Fitch, American captain and pilot (b. 1942)
2013 – Ray Harryhausen, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1920)
2013 – Ferruccio Mazzola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1948)
2013 – Teri Moïse, American singer (b. 1970)
2013 – Anthony Wayne Moore (aka Romanthony) (b. 1967)
American disc jockey, singer, and producer
2013 – Peter Rauhofer, Austrian DJ and producer (b. 1965)
2013 – George Sauer, Jr., American football player (b. 1943)
2013 – Aubrey Woods, English actor and singer (b. 1928)
2014 – Nazim Al-Haqqani, Cypriot Sufi leader (b. 1922)
2014 – Neville McNamara, Australian air marshal (b. 1923)
2014 – Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (b. 1943)
2014 – David Prentice, English painter (b. 1936)
2014 – Wilbur Rakestraw, American race car driver (b. 1928)
2014 – Dick Welteroth, American baseball player (b. 1927)2015 – Frank DiPascali, American businessman (b. 1956)
2015 – John Dixon, Australian-American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
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