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Births
VIP
1890: Charles Erwin Wilson (d. 26 Sep 1961)
American engineer and businessman
5th United States Secretary of Defense, 1953-1957
Notable
1439 – John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (d. 1507)
1501 – Isabella of Austria (d. 1526)
1504 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss pastor and reformer (d. 1575)
1552 – Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1612)
1634 – Johannes Camphuys (d. 1695)
Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
1659 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
1670 – Giovanni Bononcini, Italian cellist and composer (d. 1747)
1718 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1808)
1720 – Gilbert White, English ornithologist and ecologist (d. 1793)
1724 – Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria (d. 1780)
1726: Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet, English politician (d. 10 Jan 1784)
1797 – Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher and academic (d. 1879)
1811 – William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (d. 1863)
1818 – Louis Gerhard De Geer (d. 1896)
Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden
1821 – Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (d. 1910)
1823: Archibald Alexander Hodge (d. 12 Nov 1886)
3rd Principal of Princeton Theological Seminary, 1878-1886
1837 – Vasil Levski, Bulgarian priest and activist (d. 1873)
1845 – Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875)
1848 – W. G. Grace, English cricketer and physician (d. 1915)
1850 – Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet (d. 1939)
1852 – Anthony Sweijs, Dutch target shooter (d. 1937)
1853 – Hendrik Lorentz (d. 1928)
Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1862 – Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (d. 1933)
1863: Kelly Miller (d. 29 Dec 1939)
African-American mathematician, sociologist, essayist,
newspaper columnist, and author
1864 – Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden (d. 1937)
English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
1865: Laurence Housman, English writer and illustrator (d. 20 Feb 1959)
1867 – Margaret Brown, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1932)
1871 – Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer (d. 1946)
1879 – Adolf Spinnler, Swiss gymnast (d. 1951)
1881 – Larry McLean, Canadian-American baseball player (d. 1921)
1884 – Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (d. 1979)
1886 – Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., American general (d. 1945)
1887 – Vidkun Quisling (d. 1945)
Norwegian military officer and politician, Minister President of Norway
1889 – Kōichi Kido (d. 1977)
Japanese politician, 13th Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
1890 – Frank Forde (d. 1983)
Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia
1892 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (d. 1969)
1893 – David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie (d. 1968)
Scottish peer, soldier and courtier
1895 – George Francis Barnes Jr. (bka Machine Gun Kelly) (d. 1954)
American gangster
1895 – Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1991)
1897 – Ernest Eldridge, English race car driver and engineer (d. 1935)
1898 – John Stuart, Scottish-English actor (d. 1979)
1899 – Ernst Scheller (d. 1942)
German soldier and politician, 8th Mayor of Marburg
1900 – Nathalie Sarraute, French lawyer and author (d. 1999)
1902 – Jessamyn West, American author (d. 1984)
1903 – Chill Wills, American actor and singer (d. 1978)
1906 – S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician (d. 1992)
1906 – Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1963)
1908 – Mildred Lisette Norman (bka Peace Pilgrim) (d. 1981)
American mystic and activist
1908 – Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (d. 1944)
1909 – Bishnu Dey, Indian poet, critic, and academic (d. 1982)
1909 – Andrei Gromyko (d. 1989)
Belarusian-Russian economist and politician
Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs
1909 – Mohammed Daoud Khan (d. 1978)
Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan
1909 – Harriet Nelson, American singer and actress (d. 1994)
1910: Lou Busch (bka Joe "Fingers" Carr) (d. 19 Sep 1979)
American record producer, musician, and songwriter
1910 – Diptendu Pramanick, Indian businessman (d. 1989)
1911 – Hume Cronyn (d. 2003)
Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1912 – Max Rousié, French rugby union footballer (d. 1950)
1913 – Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
1914 – Gino Bartali, Italian cyclist (d. 2000)
1915: Philip Leslie "Phil" Graham (d. 3 Aug 1963)
American newspaper publisher
1917 – Henri Salvador, French singer and guitarist (d. 2008)
1918 – Nelson Mandela (d. 2013)
South African lawyer and politician
1st President of South Africa
Nobel Prize laureate
1920 – Eric Brandon, English race car driver and businessman (d. 1982)
1921 – Peter Austin, English brewer, founded Ringwood Brewery (d. 2014)
1921 – Aaron T. Beck, American psychiatrist and academic
1921 – John Glenn, American colonel, astronaut, and politician
U.S. Senator, D. OH, 1974-1999
1921 – Richard Leacock, English-French director and producer (d. 2011)
1922 – Thomas Kuhn, American physicist, historian, and philosopher (d. 1996)
1923 – Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and businessman (d. 1997)
1924 – Inge Sørensen, Danish swimmer (d. 2011)
1925 – Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler (d. 2004)
1925 – Friedrich Zimmermann (d. 2012)
German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior
1926: Elizabeth Jennings, English poet (d. 26 Oct 2001)
1926 – Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (d. 1987)
1927 – Kurt Masur, German conductor and educator (d. 2015)
1928 – Andrea Gallo, Italian priest and author (d. 2013)
1928 – Franca Rame, Italian actress and playwright (d. 2013)
1929 – Dick Button, American figure skater and actor
1929 – Screamin' Jay Hawkins (d. 2000)
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1930 – Burt Kwouk, English actor (d. 2016)
1932 – Robert Ellis Miller, American director and screenwriter
1932 – Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet and playwright
1933 – Syd Mead, American set designer
1933 – Jean Yanne, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1934 – Edward Bond, English director, playwright, and screenwriter
1934 – Darlene Conley, American actress (d. 2007)
1934 – Roger Reynolds, American composer and educator
1935 – Tenley Albright, American figure skater and physician
1935 – Jayendra Saraswathi, Indian guru, 69th Shankaracharya
1937 – Roald Hoffmann, Polish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist and author (d. 2005)
1938 – John Connelly, English footballer (d. 2012)
1938 – Lennart Hjulström, Swedish actor and director
1938 – Ian Stewart (d. 1985)
Scottish keyboard player and manager (The Rolling Stones and Rocket 88)
1938 – Paul Verhoeven, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter
1939 – Brian Auger, English keyboard player
(Brian Auger and the Trinity, CAB, and The Steampacket)
1939 – Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Dion and the Belmonts)
1939 – Jerry Moore, American football player and coach
1940 – James Brolin, American actor, director, and producer
1940 – Joe Torre, American baseball player and manager
1941: Bill Delahunt, American politician
U.S. Representative, D. MA, 1997-2011
1941 – Frank Farian, German songwriter and producer1941 – Lonnie Mack, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
1941 – Martha Reeves, American singer, actress, and politician
(Martha and the Vandellas and The Fascinations)
1942 – Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (d. 2006)
1942 – Adolf Ogi, Swiss politician, 84th President of the Swiss Confederation
1943 – Joseph J. Ellis, American historian and author
1943: Calvin Peete, American golfer (d. 29 Apr 1915)
1944 – David Hemery, English hurdler and author
1945 – Pat Doherty, Irish republican politician
1946 – Leo Madder, Belgian actor and director
1946 – John Naughton, Scottish-Irish journalist, author, and academic
1947 – Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician
1948 – Carlos Colón Sr., Puerto Rican-American wrestler and promoter
1948 – Jeanne Córdova, American journalist and activist (d. 2016)
1948 – Hartmut Michel, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1949: Wally Bryson, American musician (The Raspberries and The Bryson Group)
1949 – Dennis Lillee, Australian cricketer and coach
1950 – Richard Branson, English businessman, founded Virgin Group
1950 – Jack Dongarra, American computer scientist and academic
1950 – Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer
1950 – Glenn Hughes (d. 2001)
American singer, dancer, and actor (Village People)
1950 – Jack Layton (d. 2011)
Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician
1950 – Mark Udall, American educator and politician
1951 – Elio Di Rupo
Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium
1951 – Margo Martindale, American actress
1952: Per Petterson, Norwegian novelist
1954 – Peter Crane, English-American botanist and academic
1954 – Ricky Skaggs
American singer-songwriter, mandolin player, and producer (New South)
1955 – Terry Chambers, English drummer (XTC and Dragon)
1955 – Bernd Fasching, Austrian painter and sculptor
1956 – Razor Shines, American baseball player, manager, and coach
1957 – Nick Faldo, English golfer and sportscaster
1957 – Keith Levene, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
(Public Image Ltd, The Flowers of Romance, and The Clash)
1957 – Alexander Titov, Russian bass player (Aquarium and Kino)
1958 – Chris Ruane, Welsh educator and politician
1959 – Jonathan Dove, English composer
1960: William A. Dembski, American mathematician, philosopher, and theologian
1960 – Simon Heffer, English journalist and author1960 – Anne-Marie Johnson, American actress
1961 – M.J. Alexander, American author and photographer
1961 – Elizabeth McGovern, American actress
1961 – Alan Pardew, English footballer and manager
1961 – Pasi Rautiainen, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
1961 – Krustyo Lafazanov, Bulgarian actor
1962 – Lee Arenberg, American actor and screenwriter
1962 – Jensen Buchanan, American actress
1962 – Jack Irons, American drummer
(Spinnerette, The Wallflowers, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, and Eleven)
1962 – Shaun Micallef, Australian comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1963 – Marc Girardelli, Austrian-Luxembourgian skier
1963 – Mike Greenwell, American baseball player and race car driver
1963 – Al Snow, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor
1963 – Martín Torrijos
Panamanian economist and politician, 35th President of Panama
1964 – Wendy Williams, American talk show host, actress, and author
1965 – Jim Bob Duggar, American real estate agent and politician
1965 – Vesselina Kasarova, Bulgarian soprano
1965 – Steve Webb, English academic and politician
1966 – Lori Alan, American actress
1966 – Dan O'Brien, American decathlete and coach
1967 – Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Grant Bowler, New Zealand-Australian actor
1968 – Alex Désert, American actor and singer (Hepcat)
1968 – Scott Gourley, Australian rugby player
1969 – Elizabeth Gilbert, American author
1969 – Masanori Murakawa (bka The Great Sasuke)
Japanese wrestler and politician
1969: Andre Royo, American actor, producer, and writer
1971 – Penny Hardaway, American basketball player and coach
1971 – Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress
1971 – Sukhwinder Singh, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
1972: Abel Korzeniowski, Polish composer
1973 – Jasse Jalonen, Finnish footballer
1974 – Alan Morrison, British poet1974: Jed Whedon, American screenwriter and musician
1975 – Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam (bka M.I.A.), English rapper and producer
1975 – Torii Hunter, American baseball player
1975 – Daron Malakian, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1976 – Valerie Cruz, American actress
1976 – Elsa Pataky, Spanish actress
1977 – Alexander Morozevich, Russian chess player and author
1977 – Kelly Reilly, English actress and producer
1977 – Alfian Sa'at, Singaporean poet and playwright
1978 – Adabel Guerrero, Argentinian actress, singer, and dancer
1978 – Shane Horgan, Irish rugby player and sportscaster
1978 – Joo Sang-wook, South Korean actor
1978 – Annie Mac, Irish radio and television host
1978 – Eddie Matos, Puerto Rican-American actor
1978 – Verónica Romeo, Spanish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1978 – Ben Sheets, American baseball player and coach1978 – Mélissa Theuriau, French journalist
1979 – Adam Birch (aka Joey Mercury), American wrestler and producer
1979 – Deion Branch, American football player
1979: Jared Hess, American filmmaker
1980 – Kristen Bell, American actress, singer, and producer
1980 – Ryōko Hirosue, Japanese actress and singer
1981: Michiel Huisman, Dutch actor and musician
1981 – Dennis Seidenberg, German ice hockey player
1982 – Ryan Cabrera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian model, actress, and singer, Miss World 2000
1982 – Dominika Luzarová, Czech tennis player
1983 – Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
1983 – Aaron Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and drummer
(Underoath and The Almost)
1983 – Mikk Pahapill, Estonian decathlete
1983 – Jan Schlaudraff, German footballer
1985 – Marcus Jamal Hopson (bka Hopsin), American rapper, producer, and actor
1985 – Chace Crawford, American actor
1985 – Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
1986 – Natalia Mikhailova, Russian ice dancer
1987 – Tontowi Ahmad, Indonesian badminton player
1988 – Änis Ben-Hatira, German-Tunisian footballer
1988 – Sofia Kvatsabaia, Georgian tennis player
1988 – César Villaluz, Mexican footballer
1989 – Jamie Benn, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Sebastian Mielitz, German footballer
1989 – Yohan Mollo, French footballer
1991 – Karina Pasian, American singer and pianist
1991 – Eugenio Suárez, Venezuelan baseball player
1991 – Mizuki Yamamoto, Japanese actress and model
1993 – Lee Taemin, Maknae of the South Korean boy band SHINeeFamily
Coulee City
Ken Valentine
Deanne Stone-Kaech
Brenndon Baie
Dr. Suzy Sample-Staudinger
Kyle Jones
Bruce Hetsler
Scott Hamann
Clancy Floetke
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
707 – Emperor Monmu of Japan (b. 683)
715 – Muhammad bin Qasim, Umayyad general (b. 695)
912 – Zhu Wen, Chinese emperor (b. 852)
924 – Abu'l-Hasan Ali ibn al-Furat, Abbasid vizier (b. 855)
1100 – Godfrey of Bouillon, Frankish knight (b. 1016)
1300 – Gerard Segarelli, Italian religious leader, founded the Apostolic Brethren (b. 1240)
1566 – Bartolomé de las Casas, Spanish bishop and historian (b. 1484)
1591 – Jacobus Gallus, Slovenian composer (b. 1550)
1608 – Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1546)
1610 – Caravaggio, Italian painter (b. 1573)
1639 – Bernard of Saxe-Weimar, German general (b. 1604)
1695 – Johannes Camphuys, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1634)
1698 – Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1633)
1721 – Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter (b. 1684)
1730 – François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (b. 1644)
1756 – Pieter Langendijk, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1683)
1792 – John Paul Jones, Scottish-American admiral and diplomat (b. 1747)
1817 – Jane Austen, English novelist (b. 1775)
1837 – Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (b. 1777)
1863 – Robert Gould Shaw, American colonel (b. 1837)
1872 – Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (b. 1806)
1884 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (b. 1829)
1890 – Lydia Becker (b. 1827)
English journalist, author, and activist, co-founded the Women's Suffrage Journal
1892 – Thomas Cook, English travel agent, founded the Thomas Cook Group (b. 1808)
1899 – Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist (b. 1832)
1916 – Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
1918 – Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1864)
1925 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (b. 1840)
1932 – Jean Jules Jusserand (b. 1855)
French author and diplomat, French Ambassador to the United States
1937 – Julian Bell, English poet and academic (b. 1908)
1938 – Marie of Romania (b. 1875)
1944 – Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1870)
1947 – Heiti Talvik, Estonian poet (b. 1904)
1947 – Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
1948 – Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (b. 1877)
1949 – Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (b. 1870)
1950 – Carl Clinton Van Doren, American author and critic (b. 1885)
1952 – Jack Earle, American actor (b. 1906)
1952 – Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)
1953 – Lucy Booth, English-Swedish daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1868)
1953 – Sigfred Johansen, Danish actor (b. 1908)
1954 – Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (b. 1895)
1966 – Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Bobby Fuller Four) (b. 1942)
1968 – Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
1969 – Mary Jo Kopechne, American educator and secretary (b. 1940)
1973 – Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (b. 1910)
1975 – Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (b. 1941)
1982 – Lionel Daunais, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1902)
1982 – Roman Jakobson, Russian–American linguist and theorist (b. 1896)
1984 – Lally Bowers English actress and singer (b. 1914)
1984 – Grigori Kromanov, Estonian director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
1985 – Shahnawaz Bhutto, Pakistani son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (b. 1958)
1985 – Louisa Ghijs, Belgian-German actress (b. 1902)
1988 – Nico (born Christa Päffgen) (b. 1938)
German singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and actress
1988 – Joly Braga Santos, Portuguese composer and conductor (b. 1924)
1989 – Donnie Moore, American baseball player (b. 1954)
1989 – Marika Nezer, Greek actress (b. 1906)
1989 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (b. 1967)
1990 – Karl Menninger, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1896)1990 – Yun Posun, South Korean politician, 2nd President of South Korea (b. 1897)
1990 – Johnny Wayne, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
1995 – Srinagarindra, Thai wife of Mahidol Adulyadej (b. 1900)
1995 – Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (b. 1970)
1997 – Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist and astronomer (b. 1928)
1999 – Meir Ariel, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
2001 – Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
2001 – James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958)
2001 – Fabio Taglioni, Italian engineer (b. 1920)
2002 – Louis Laberge, Canadian union leader (b. 1924)
2002 – Metin Toker, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1924)
2004 – André Castelot, Belgian-French historian and author (b. 1911)
2004 – Paul Foot, Israeli-English journalist and author (b. 1937)
2004 – Émile Peynaud, French wine maker (b. 1912)
2005 – Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1938)
2005 – William Westmoreland, American general (b. 1914)
2007 – Jerry Hadley, American tenor (b. 1952)
2007 – John Kronus, American wrestler (b. 1969)
2007 – Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908)
2008 – Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (b. 1944)
2009 – Henry Allingham, English soldier (b. 1896)
2009 – Jill Balcon, English actress (b. 1925)
2011 – Georgess McHargue, American author and poet (b. 1941)
2012 – Yosef Shalom Eliashiv, Lithuanian-Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1910)
2012 – Jean François-Poncet (b. 1928)
French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
2012 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor, producer, politician (b. 1942)
2012 – Pancho Martin, Cuban-American horse trainer (b. 1925)
2012 – Jack Matthews, Welsh rugby player and physician (b. 1920)
2012 – Dawoud Rajiha, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (b. 1947)
2012 – Assef Shawkat, Syrian general and politician (b. 1950)
2012 – Hasan Turkmani, Syrian general and politician, Syrian Minister of Defense (b. 1935)
2013 – Vaali, Indian poet, songwriter, and actor (b. 1931)
2013 – Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and academic (b. 1953)
2013 – Samar Mukherjee, Indian politician (b. 1913)
2014 – Andreas Biermann, German footballer (b. 1980)
2014 – João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)
2014 – Augie Rodriguez, American dancer (b. 1928)
2014 – Dietmar Schönherr, Austrian-Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
2015 – Alex Rocco, American actor (b. 1936)
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