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Birthdays
VIP
1955 – John Roberts
American lawyer and judge
17th Chief Justice of the United States, 2005-present
Notable
1443 – Albert III (d. 12 Sep 1500)
Duke of Saxony and Margrave of Meissen, 1464-1500
1546 – Joachim III Frederick (d. 18 Jul 1608)
Elector of Brandenburg, 1598-1608
1571 – Abbas I of Persia (d. 1629)
Shahanshah of Iran, 1588-1629
1585 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (d. 1634)
1603 – Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet (d. 1685)
English lawyer and politician
Speaker of the British House of Commons
1621 – Thomas Willis, English physician and anatomist (d. 1675)
1662 – Richard Bentley
English scholar and theologian (d. 14 Jul 1742)
1687 – Johann Balthasar Neumann (d. 1753)
German engineer and architect
designed Würzburg Residence and Basilica of the Fourteen
Holy Helpers
1701 – Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (d. 1790)
German historian and theologian
1708 – Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 4 Mar 1728)
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp, 1727-1728
1720: Samuel Foote (d. 21 Oct 1777)
British dramatist, actor and theatre manager
1741 – Hester Lynch (Salusbury) (Thrale) Poizzi (d. 2 May 1821)
Welsh diarist, author, and patron of the arts
1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (d. 5 Dec 1791)
Austrian pianist and composer
1775 – Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (d. 1854)
German-Swiss philosopher and academic
1795 – Eli Whitney Blake (d. 1886)
American engineer, invented the Mortise lock
1805 – Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 13 Sep 1877)
Queen consort of Saxony, 1836-1854
1805 – Princess Sophie of Bavaria (d. 28 May 1872)
Archduchess of Austria, 1824-1872
1805 – Samuel Palmer, English painter and etcher (d. 1881)
1806 – Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (d. 1826)
Spanish composer and educator
1807 – David Friedrich Strauss (d. 8 Feb 1874)
German theologian and author
1814 – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (d. 1879)
French architect, designed the Lausanne Cathedral
1821 – John Chivington (d. 4 Oct 1894)
American colonel and pastor
1823 – Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (d. 1892)
1826 – Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (d. 1889)
Russian journalist and author
1826 – Richard Taylor (d. 12 Apr 1879)
son of U.S. President Zachary Taylor
American planter, politician, military historian,
and Confederate general
1827 – Nakahama Manjirō, Japanese translator (d. 1898)
1832 – Lewis Carroll (d. 14 Jan 1898)
English mathematician, photographer, and author
1832 – Carl Friedrich Schmidt (d. 1908)
Estonian-Russian geologist and botanist
1836 – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (d. 1895)
Austrian journalist and author
1842 – Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1910)
1848 – Tōgō Heihachirō, Japanese admiral (d. 1934)
1850 – John Collier, English painter and author (d. 11 Apr 1934)
1850 – Samuel Gompers (d. 13 Dec 1924)
English-American labor leader
1850 – Edward Smith, English captain (d. 1912)
1858 – Neel Doff, Dutch-Belgian author (d. 1942)
1859 – Wilhelm II, German Emperor (d. 4 Jun 1941)
German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, 1888-1918
1862 – Eustaquio de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1933)
1869 – Will Marion Cook (d. 1944)
American violinist and composer
1872: Learned Hand (Billings Learned Hand) (18 Aug 1961)
American judge and judicial philosopher
1875 – Elizabeth Israel, Dominican super-centenarian (d. 2003)
1885 – Jerome Kern (d. 1945)
American composer and songwriter
1885 – Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953)
1885 – Seison Maeda, Japanese painter (d. 1977)
1886 – Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)
1886 – Balthasar van der Pol (d. 1959)
Dutch physicist and academic
1891 – Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (d. 1967)
1893 – Soong Ching-ling (d. 1981)
Chinese politician
President of the People's Republic of China
1895 – Joseph Rosenstock (d. 1985)
Polish-American conductor and manager
1895 – Harry Ruby (d. 1974)
American composer and screenwriter
1900 – Hyman G. Rickover, American admiral (d. 8 Jul 1986)
1901 – Willy Fritsch (d. 1973)
German actor, singer, and screenwriter
1901 – Art Rooney (d. 1988)
American football player and coach
founded the Pittsburgh Steelers
1902 – Carl Berner (d. 2013)
German-American super-centenarian
1903 – John Eccles (d. 1997)
Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1903 – Otto P. Weyland (d. 2 Sep 1979)
American Air Force general
1904 – James J. Gibson (d. 1979)
American psychologist and academic
1905 – Howard McNear, American actor (d. 1969)
1908 – William Randolph Hearst, Jr. (d. 14 May 1993)
American journalist and publisher
1908 – Hot Lips Page (d. 1954)
American trumpet player, singer, and bandleader
1910 – Edvard Kardelj (d. 1979)
Slovene general, economist, and politician
2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia
1912 – Arne Næss (d. 2009)
Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist
1912 – Francis Rogallo (d. 2009)
American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing
1915 – Jules Archer (d. 13 Nov 2008)
American historian and author
1915 – Jacques Hnizdovsky (d. 1985)
Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, and illustrator
1915: Kenneth Millar (bka Ross Macdonald) (d. 11 Jul 1983)
American-Canadian novelist
1918 – Skitch Henderson (d. 1 Nov 2005)
American pianist, composer, and conductor
1918 – Elmore James (d. 1963)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1918 – William Thomas Seawell (d. 20 May 2005)
American Air Force general
1919 – Tom Addington, English soldier (d. 2011)
1919 – Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (d. 1972)
American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
1920 – John Box (d. 2005)
English production designer and art director
1920: Philip Caldwell (d. 10 Jul 2013)
American businessman
1920 – Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese flying ace (d. 1944)
1920 – Helmut Zacharias (d. 2002)
German violinist and composer
1921 – Donna Reed, American actress (d. 14 Jan 1986)
1923: Robert Burchfield (d. 5 Jul 2004)
New Zealand born British lexicographer, scholar, and writer
1924 – Sabu Dastagir (d. 1963)
Indian-American actor and singer
1924 – Rauf Denktaş (d. 2012)
Cypriot lawyer and politician
1st President of Northern Cyprus
1924 – Brian Rix, Baron Rix
English actor, producer, academic and life peer
1924 – Harvey Shapiro (d. 7 Jan 1913)
American poet and academic
1926 – Fritz Spiegl (d. 2003)
Austrian flute player and journalist
1926 – Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress and director (d. 2004)
1928 – Hans Modrow
Polish-German politician
5th Prime Minister of East Germany
1929 – Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian-Swiss businessman
1929 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (d. 1984)
1930 – Bobby Bland, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
1931 – Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (d. 2009)
1931 – Mordecai Richler (d. 4 Jul 2001)
Canadian author and screenwriter
1932 – Boris Shakhlin, Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2008)
1933 – Jerry Buss (d. 2013)
American chemist and businessman
1934 – Édith Cresson
French politician; 160th Prime Minister of France
1934 – George Follmer, American race car driver
1936 – Troy Donahue, American actor and singer (d. 2001)
1936 – Florin Piersic, Romanian actor
1936 – Samuel C. C. Ting
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Fred Åkerström
Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
1937 – John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1938 – Roy Bourgeois, American priest and activist
1939 – Julius Lester, American author and academic
1937 – Tigran Mansurian
Armenian composer of classical music and film scores
1940 – Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin
Turkish engineer and politician
35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1940 – James Cromwell, American actor and producer
1940 – Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1940 – Petru Lucinschi
Romanian politician, 2nd President of Moldova
1940 – Reynaldo Rey (d. 2015)
American actor, comedian and television personality
1941 – Bobby Hutcherson
American vibraphone player and composer
1941 – Beatrice Tinsley (d. 1981)
New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist
1942 – Maki Asakawa (d. 2010)
Japanese singer and composer
1942 – Stewart Raffill, American director and screenwriter
1942 – John Witherspoon, American actor
1942 – Kate Wolf (d. 1986)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1942: Steve Wynn, American business magnate
1943 – Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege
English businesswoman and politician
1943: John Luigi Mica
American businessman and politician
U.S. Representative, R. FL, 1993-present
1944 – Peter Akinola, Nigerian archbishop
1944 – Mairead Maguire
Northern Irish peace activist; Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Nick Mason
English drummer, songwriter, and producer (Pink Floyd)
1945 – Harold Cardinal (d. 2005)
Canadian lawyer and politician
1945: Clarissa Pinkola Estes
American Jungian analyst, post-trauma specialist, author,
poet, and spoken word artist
1946 – Christopher Hum
English academic and diplomat
British Ambassador to China
1946 – Nedra Talley, American singer (The Ronettes)
1947 – Björn Afzelius (d. 1999)
Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Vyron Polydoras
Greek politician; Greek Minister for Public Order
1948 – Mikhail Baryshnikov
Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor
1948 – Valeri Brainin, Russian-German composer and poet
1948 – Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
1950: Rick Bayan
American author, webmaster, and advertising copywriter
1951 – Brian Downey, Irish drummer and songwriter
1951 – Cees van der Knaap, Dutch soldier and politician
1952 – Billy Johnson, American football player and coach
1952 – Tam O'Shaughnessy
American tennis player, psychologist, and academic
1953: John Irving Bloom (aka Joe Bob Briggs)
American film critic, writer, and comic performer
1954 – Peter Laird, American author and illustrator
1954 – Jōkō Ninomiya, Japanese-American martial artist
1955 – Brian Engblom
Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1955 – Koji Ushikubo, Japanese race car driver
1956 – Mimi Rogers, American actress and producer
1956 – Susanne Blakeslee, American actress
1957 – Janick Gers, British Guitar player
1957 – Frank Miller
American illustrator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – James Grippando, American lawyer and author
1958 – Kadri Mälk, Estonian jewelry designer
1958 – Alan Milburn
English businessman and politician
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1958 – Susanna Thompson, American actress
1959 – Cris Collinsworth
American football player and sportscaster
1959 – Göran Hägglund
Swedish politician
28th Swedish Minister for Social Affairs
1959 – Keith Olbermann, American journalist and author
1960 – Fiona O'Donnell, Canadian-Scottish politician
1961 – Zarganar, Burmese comedian, actor, and director
1961 – Dina Bonnevie, Filipino actress
1961 – Gillian Gilbert
English keyboard player and singer
(New Order and The Other Two)
1961 – Willie Revillame
Filipino actor, singer, and game show host
1961 – Narciso Rodriguez, American fashion designer
1961: Zack Space
American attorney and politician
U.S. Representative, D. OH, 2997-2011
1962 – Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian director and composer
1963: Arpad Busson, French financier
1963 – George Monbiot, English-Welsh author and activist
1964 – Patrick van Deurzen, Dutch composer and academic
1964 – Bridget Fonda, American actress
1964 – Jack Haley (d. 2015)
American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1965 – Alan Cumming
Scottish-American actor, singer, director, and producer
1965 – Oktay Kaynarca, Turkish actor and producer
1965: Ross MacDonald, Canadian Olympic sailor
1965 – Ignacio Noé, Argentinian author and illustrator
1965 – Attila Sekerlioglu, Austrian footballer and manager
1966 – Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese-American actress and singer
1967 – Bobby Deol, Indian actor and singer
1967 – Dave Manson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Tricky, English rapper, producer, and actor
1968 – Patrick Blondeau, French footballer
1968 – Mike Patton
American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
(Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Tomahawk,
and Lovage)
1968 – Matt Stover, American football player
1969 – Patton Oswalt
American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1969 – Keigo Oyamada (bka Cornelius)
Japanese singer, guitarist, and producer
(Flipper's Guitar and Plastic Ono Band)
1970: Todd Louiso, American actor and director
1970 – Emmanuel Pahud, Swiss flute player
1971 – Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1971 – Fann Wong, Singaporean actress and singer
1972 – Mark Owen, English singer-songwriter (Take That)
1972 – Josh Randall, American actor
1972 – Keith Wood, Irish rugby player and hurdler
1973 – Valyantsin Byalkevich (d. 2014)
Belarusian footballer and manager
1974 – Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian skier and biathlete
1974 – Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player and coach
1974 – Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1976 – Clint Ford, American actor and writer
1976 – Ahn Jung-hwan, South Korean footballer
1976 – Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress, singer, and producer
1978 – Jake Pavelka, American pilot and television personality
1979 – Akiko Hinagata, Japanese actress and model
1979 – Rosamund Pike, English actress
1979 – Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1980 – Eva Padberg, German fashion model, singer, and actress
1980 – Marat Safin, Russian tennis player and politician
1981 – Yaniv Katan, Israeli footballer
1981 – Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
1981 – Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 – Tim Kasten, German rugby player
1985 – Gerard Aafjes, Dutch footballer
1985 – Dustley Mulder, Dutch footballer
1986 – Giorgi Loria, Georgian footballer
1987 – Lily Donaldson, English model
1987: Anthony Pettis, American mixed martial artist
1987 – Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer
1987 – Anton Shunin, Russian footballer
1988 – Kerlon, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Liu Wen, Chinese model
1989 – Alberto Botía, Spanish footballer
1989 – Daisy Lowe, English model
1989 – Ricky van Wolfswinkel, Dutch footballer
1990: Brendan Dooling, American actor
1993 – Yaya Sanogo, French footballer
1994 – Rani Khedira, German footballer
Family
Coulee City
Kiley Nutt
Heather Miller
Phil Borst
Scott Miller
Jody Rock
Trisia McClung
Jacquie Wheeler
L. Stefan Carlson
Other
1950: Delbert Arthur Long
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
98 – Nerva, Roman emperor (b. 35)
457 – Marcian, Byzantine emperor (b. 392)
661 – Ali, Arab general and caliph (b. 607)
672 – Pope Vitalian
1490 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Japanese shogun (b. 1435)
1540 – Angela Merici (b. 1474)
Italian educator and saint, founded the Company of St. Ursula
1596 – Francis Drake, English captain and explorer (b. 1540)
1629 – Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1560)
1638 – Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses, Spanish author and poet (b. 1585)
1651 – Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566)
1689 – Robert Aske, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1619)
1731 – Bartolomeo Cristofori (b. 1655)
Italian instrument maker, invented the Piano
1733 – Thomas Woolston, English theologian and author (b. 1669)
1740 – Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1692)
1794 – Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille, French general (b. 1765)
1812 – John Perkins, Jamaican captain
1814 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher and academic (b. 1762)
1816 – Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, English admiral and politician (b. 1724)
1851 – John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter (b. 1789)
1860 – János Bolyai, Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)
1880 – Edward Middleton Barry (b. 1830)
English architect
co-designed the Halifax Town Hall and the Royal Opera House
1901 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
1910 – Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
1919 – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
1921 – Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
1922 – Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
1927 – Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
1931 – Nishinoumi Kajirō II (b. 1880)
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna
1940 – Isaac Babel, Russian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1894)
1942 – Kaarel Eenpalu (b. 1888)
Estonian journalist and politician; Prime Minister of Estonia
1951 – Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (b. 1867)
Finnish field marshal and politician; 6th President of Finland
1956 – Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
1961 – Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
1963 – John Farrow
Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1965 – Abraham Walkowitz, American painter (b. 1878)
1967 – Roger B. Chaffee, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1935)
1967 – Gus Grissom, American pilot and astronaut (b. 1926)
1967 – Alphonse Juin, Algerian-French general (b. 1888)
1967 – Edward Higgins White (b. 1930)
American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
1970 – Rocco D'Assunta, Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)
1971 – Jacobo Árbenz (b. 1913)
Guatemalan captain and politician; President of Guatemala
1972 – Richard Courant, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1888)
1972 – Mahalia Jackson, American singer and actress (b. 1911)
1974 – Georgios Grivas, Cypriot general (b. 1898)
1975 – Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
1979 – Qalandar Baba Auliya (b. 1898)
Indian-Pakistani mystic, philosopher, and scholar
1983 – Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
1986 – Lilli Palmer, German-American actress (b. 1914)
1987 – Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)
1988 – Massa Makan Diabaté, Malian historian, author, and playwright (b. 1938)
1989 – Thomas Sopwith, English aviator (b. 1888)
1993 – André the Giant, French wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
1994 – Claude Akins, American actor (b. 1918)
1996 – Ralph Yarborough, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
2000 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930)
2003 – Louis Archambault, Canadian sculptor (b. 1915)
2003 – Henryk Jabłoński (b. 1909)
Polish historian and politician, President of Poland
2004 – Salvador Laurel (b. 1928)
Filipino politician; 10th Vice President of the Philippines
2004 – Jack Paar, American talk show host and author (b. 1918)
2005 – Shah A M S Kibria, Bangladeshi economist and politician (b. 1931)
2006 – Gene McFadden (b. 1948)
American singer-songwriter and producer (McFadden & Whitehead)
2006 – Johannes Rau (b. 1931)
German journalist and politician, 8th President of Germany
2007 – Tige Andrews, American actor (b. 1920)
2007 – Yang Chuan-kwang (b. 1933)
Taiwanese decathlete, long jumper, and hurdler
2008 – Suharto (b. 1921)
Indonesian general and politician; 2nd President of Indonesia
2008 – Gordon B. Hinckley (b. 1910)
American religious leader and author
15th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2009 – Mino Reitano, Italian singer and actor (b. 1944)
2009 – John Updike, American author, poet, and critic (b. 1932)
2009 – R. Venkataraman (b. 1910)
Indian lawyer and politician; 8th President of India
2010 – Zelda Rubinstein, American actress (b. 1933)
2010 – J. D. Salinger, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1919)
2010 – Ajmer Singh, Indian sprinter and academic (b. 1940)
2010 – Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist (b. 1922)
2011 – Charlie Callas, American actor and drummer (b. 1927)
2011 – Mārtiņš Freimanis, Latvian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1977)
2013 – Ivan Bodiul, Ukrainian-Russian politician (b. 1918)
2013 – Phạm Duy, Vietnamese singer-songwriter (b. 1921)
2013 – Stanley Karnow, American journalist and historian (b. 1925)
2014 – Ichirō Nagai, Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)
2014 – Pete Seeger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1919)
2015 – David Landau, English-Israeli journalist (b. 1947)
2015 – Charles Hard Townes (b. 28 Jul 1915)
American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Family
Coulee City
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