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Birthdays
VIP
1843 – William McKinley (d. 14 Sep 1901)
American soldier, lawyer, and politician
25th President of the United States, 1897-1901
39th Governor of Ohio, 1892-1896
U.S. Representative, R. OH, 1877-1891
Notable
1584 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 14 Mar 1647)
Prince of Orange, 1625-1647
1632 – Johann Georg Graevius (d. 1703)
German scholar and critic
1688 – Emanuel Swedenborg (d. 29 Mar 1772)
Swedish-English astronomer, philosopher, and theologian
1703 – Carlmann Kolb, German priest and composer (d. 1765)
1711 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)
1715 – Georg Christoph Wagenseil
Austrian organist and composer (d. 1777)
1717 – Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (d. 1797)
English field marshal and politician
19th Governor General of Canada
1718 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (d. 1794)
1737 – Thomas Paine (d. 8 Jun 1809)
English-American author, activist, and theorist
1749 – Christian VII of Denmark (d. 13 Mar 1808)
King of Denmark-Norway and Duke of Schleswig
and Holstein, 1766-1808
1754 – Moses Cleaveland (d. 1806)
American general, lawyer, and politician,
founded Cleveland, Ohio
1756 – Henry Lee III (d. 1818)
nickname "Light-Horse Harry"
American general and politician
father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee
9th Governor of Virginia, 1791-1794
U.S. Representative, F. VA, 1799-1801
1761 – Albert Gallatin (d. 12 Aug 1849)
Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician
4th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1849)
1782 – Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)
1801 – Johannes Bernardus van Bree (d. 1857)
Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
1801 – Horatia Nelson (d. 1881)
English daughter of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
1805: Eugénie de Guérin, French writer (d. 31 May 1848)
1810 – Ernst Kummer (d. 1893)
Polish-German mathematician and academic
1846 – Karol Olszewski (d. 1915)
Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist
1850: Lawrence Hargrave (d. 6 Jul 1915)
Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor
and aeronautical pioneer
1852 – Frederic Hymen Cowen, British composer (d. 1935)
1858 – Henry Ward Ranger, American artist (d. 1916)
1860 – Anton Chekhov (d. 14 Jul 1904)
Russian physician and author
1862 – Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)
1866 – Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter (d. 1944)
1866 – Romain Rolland (d. 1944)
French historian, author, and playwright
Nobel Prize laureate
1867 – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (d. 1928)
Spanish journalist and author
1870 – Süleyman Nazif, Ottoman Turkish poet (d. 1927)
1874 – John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (d. 11 May 1960)
American businessman and philanthropist
1876 – Havergal Brian, English composer (d. 1972)
1877 – Georges Catroux (d. 1969)
French general and diplomat
1880 – W. C. Fields (d. 25 Dec 1946)
American actor, comedian, singer, and screenwriter
1884 – Juhan Aavik (d. 1982)
Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor
1884 – Douglass Cadwallader, American golfer (d. 1971)
1888 – Sydney Chapman (d. 1970)
English mathematician and geophysicist
1891 – Elizaveta Gerdt (d. 1975)
Russian ballerina and educator
1891 – R. Norris Williams (d. 1968)
Swiss-American tennis player and banker
1895 – Muna Lee, American poet and author (d. 1965)
1901: Lillian Ruth (LeVesconte) Dickson (d. 14 Jan 1982)
Canadian Presbyterian missionary
1901 – Allen B. DuMont (d. 1965)
American engineer and broadcaster
founded the DuMont Television Network
1901 – E. P. Taylor (d. 1989)
Canadian businessman and horse breeder
1905 – Barnett Newman (d. 1970)
American painter and etcher
1906 – Joe Primeau (d. 1989)
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1910 – Colin Middleton, Irish painter and poet (d. 1983)
1911 – Peter von Siemens, German businessman (d. 1986)
1912: Martha Griffiths (d. 22 Apr 2003)
American lawyer, judge, and politician
59th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1983-1991
U.S. Representative, D. MI, 1955-1974
1913 – Victor Mature (d. 4 Aug 1999)
American actor and singer
1913 – Daniel Taradash (d. 2003)
American director and screenwriter
1913 – Peter von Zahn (d. 2001)
German journalist and author
1915 – John Serry, Sr. (d. 2003)
American accordion player and composer
1917 – John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
1918 – John Forsythe, American actor (d. 1 Apr 2010)
1920 – José Luis de Vilallonga
Spanish actor and author (d. 2007)
1922 – Gerda Steinhoff (d. 1946)
German concentration camp guard
1923 – Paddy Chayefsky (d. 1981)
American author and screenwriter
1923 – Ivo Robić, Croatian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1924 – Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
1925 – Tofiq Bahramov (d. 1993)
Azerbaijani footballer and referee
1925 – Raúl Corrales Forno, Cuban photographer (d. 2006)
1925 – Robert W. McCollum (d. 2010)
American virologist and epidemiologist
1926 – Franco Cerri, Italian guitarist
1926 – Abdus Salam (d. 1996)
Pakistani-English physicist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Edward Abbey (d. 14 Mar 1989)
American environmentalist and author
1928 – Lee Shau-kee
Hong Kong businessman
founded Henderson Land Development
1929 – Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1929 – Ed Shaughnessy (d. 2013)
American drummer (The Tonight Show Band)
1929 – Joseph Kruskal (d. 2010)
American mathematician and computer scientist
1929 – Puggy Pearson, American poker player (d. 2006)
1930: Derek Bailey, English guitarist (d. 25 Dec 2005)
1930 – Christopher Collier, American historian and author
1931 – Richard Bakalyan, Armenian-American actor (d. 2015)
1931 – Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer
1931 – Ferenc Mádl (d. 2011)
Hungarian academic and politician
2nd President of Hungary
1932 – Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958)
1933 – Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
1933 – Hugo Herrestrup, Danish actor (d. 2009)
1934 – Noel Harrison (d. 2013)
English singer, actor, and skier
1934 – Branko Miljković, Serbian poet (d. 1961)
1936 – James Jamerson (d. 1983)
American bass player (The Funk Brothers)
1936 – Veturi Sundararama Murthy (d. 2010)
Indian poet and songwriter
1937 – Hassan Habibi (d. 2013)
Iranian lawyer and politician; 1st Vice President of Iran
1937: Charley Reese (d. 21 May 2013)
American journalist and syndicated columnist
1938 – Shuji Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
1939 – Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author
1940 – Katharine Ross, American actress and author
1940 – Kunimitsu Takahashi
Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver
1941 – Robin Morgan
American actress, journalist, and author
1942 – Claudine Longet
French-American singer, actress, and dancer
1943 – Désiré Letort, French cyclist (d. 2012)
1943 – Molly Meldrum
Australian journalist, critic, and producer
1943 – Pat Quinn (d. 2014)
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1944 – Andrew Loog Oldham
English record producer and manager
1944 – Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican judge
1944 – Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
1945 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1945 – Jim Nicholson, Irish farmer and politician
1945 – Tom Selleck
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter
1947 – Linda B. Buck
American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1947 – Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer
1948 – Raymond Keene, English chess player and author
1948 – Pat Kenny, Irish radio and television host
1948 – Cristina Saralegui, Cuban-American talk show host
1948 – Marc Singer, Canadian-American actor
1949 – Evgeny Lovchev, Russian footballer and manager
1949 – Tommy Ramone (d. 2014)
Hungarian-American drummer and producer
1950: Tom Brown, Jr.
American naturalist, tracker, survivalist, and author
1950 – Ann Jillian, American actress and singer
1950 – Jody Scheckter
South African race car driver and sportscaster
1950 – Miklós Vámos, Hungarian talk show host and author
1951 – Fereydoon Forooghi, Iranian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1951 – Andy Roberts, Caribbean cricketer
1952 – Tim Healy, English actor and singer
1953 – Peter Baumann
German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream)
1953 – Caesar Cervin, American soccer player and coach
1953 – Dennis Delaney, American actor and playwright
1953 – Paul Fusco, American puppeteer and voice actor
1953 – Hwang Woo-suk
South Korean veterinarian and academic
1953 – Ronnie Moore, English footballer and manager
1953 – Grażyna Szmacińska, Polish chess players
1953 – Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
1953 – Charlie Wilson
American singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Christian Bjelland IV
Norwegian businessman and art collector
1954 – Yukinobu Hoshino, Japanese illustrator
1954 – Terry Kinney, American actor and director
1954 – Doug Risebrough
Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1954 – Oprah Winfrey
American talk show host, actress, media entrepreneur,
and producer; founded Harpo Productions
1955 – Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and coach
1955 – Femi Pedro, Nigerian banker and politician
1956 – Jan Jakub Kolski
Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
1956 – Anton Otulakowski, English footballer
1957 – Julie Mellor, English politician
1957 – Grażyna Miller, Italian journalist and poet
1957 – Ron Franscell, American journalist and author
1958 – Glen Cochrane, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1958 – Judy Norton Taylor, American actress and director
1958 – Linda Smith, English comedian and actress (d. 2006)
1959 – Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Michael Sloane
American actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Nick Xenophon, Australian lawyer and politician
1960 – Matthew Ashford
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
1960 – Sean Kerly
English field hockey player and sportscaster
1960 – Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwanese American violinist
1960 – Greg Louganis, American diver and author
1960 – Steve Sax, American baseball player and sportscaster
1960 – J. G. Thirlwell
Australian-English singer-songwriter and producer
1961 – Mike Aldrete, American baseball player and coach
1961 – Petra Thümer, German swimmer and photographer
1962 – Taija Rae, American porn actress
1962 – Nicholas Turturro
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963: Ismail Haniyeh
Palestinian National Authority politician (Hamas)
1963 – Hardcore Holly, American wrestler and trainer
1963 – Monica Horan, American actress
1963 – Octave Octavian Teodorescu
Romanian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1964 – Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Andre Reed, American football player and sportscaster
1964 – Anna Ryder Richardson
Welsh interior designer and television host
1965: David Agus, American physician and author
1965 – Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
1965 – Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis player and coach
1966 – Keith Dublin, English footballer
1966 – Romário de Souza Faria (bka Romário)
Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician
1967 – Stacey King
American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1967 – Cyril Suk, Czech-American tennis player
1968 – Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer
1968 – Susi Erdmann, German luger and bobsledder
1968 – Sora Jung, South Korean actress
1969 – Hideto Takarai (bka Hyde)
Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1970 – Heather Graham
American actress, singer, and producer
1970 – Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
1970 – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Indian target shooter and politician
1970 – Paul Ryan, American economist and politician
1970 – Mohammed Yusuf (d. 2009)
Nigerian militant leader, founded Boko Haram
1971: Clare Balding OBE
British broadcaster, journalist and author
1972 – Engin Günaydın, Turkish actor and screenwriter
1973 – Jason Schmidt, American baseball player
1975 – Sara Gilbert
American actress, producer, and talk show host
1976 – Karsten Kroon, Dutch cyclist
1977 – Justin Hartley, American actor
1977: Sam Jaeger, American actor and screenwriter
1978 – Rob Bironas, American football player (d. 2014)
1978 – Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper
1979 – Marvin Agustin, Filipino actor and singer
1979 – Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
1979 – Andrew Keegan, American actor and producer
1979 – Andreas Thorstensson, Swedish businessman
1980 – Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli model and actress
1980 – Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Icelandic handball player
1980 – Ivan Klasnić, Croatian footballer
1980 – Jason James Richter, American actor and producer
1981 – Ryūji Aoki, Japanese impressionist and singer
1981 – Rui En, Singaporean singer and actress
1981 – Jonny Lang, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Darío Lopilato, Argentinian actor
1981 – Vladimir Gojković, Montenegrin water polo player
1981 – Álex Ubago, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Wallis Bird, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Adam Lambert, American singer-songwriter and actor
1982 – Heidi Mueller, American actress
1982 – Riff Raff, American rapper
1983 – Biagio Pagano, Italian footballer
1983 – Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player
1984 – Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
1984 – Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
1984 – Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer
1985 – Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
1985 – Isabel Lucas, Australian model and actress
1985: Jessica Marais, South African-Australian actress
1985 – Martynas Mažeika, Lithuanian basketball player
1985 – Athina Onassis Roussel, French horse rider
1986 – Drew Tyler Bell, American actor and dancer
1986: Devin Kelley, American actress
1986 – Sotaro Yasuda (bka Sotaro)
Japanese-American actor and model
1986 – Simon Vukčević, Montenegrin footballer
1987 – José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
1987 – Matthew Wilson, English race car driver
1988 – Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
1988 – Stephanie Gilmore, Australian surfer
1988 – Masaki Kaji, Japanese actor and singer
1988 – Shaleum Logan, English footballer
1988 – Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
1988 – Margarita Žernosekova, Estonian footballer
1989 – Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
1993 – Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portuguese tennis player
1993 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer and model
1994 – Lucas Hufnagel, German footballer
1994 – Ayane Sakura, Japanese voice actress
1996 – Nora Foss al-Jabri, Iraqi-Norwegian singer
1996 – Juho Lammikko, Finnish ice hockey player
1998 – Mion Mukaichi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)
Family
Coulee City
Eddie Green
Kerry Fuller
Phyllis Mason
Sophie Matthewson
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Notable
Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward (1958)
Deaths
VIP
Notable
702 – Princess Ōku, Japanese princess (b. 661)
1119 – Pope Gelasius II (b. 1060)
1342 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
1597 – Elias Ammerbach, German organist and composer (b. 1530)
1608 – Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)
1647 – Francis Meres, English author (b. 1565)
1678 – Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
1706 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
1737 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (b. 1666)
Scottish-English field marshal and politician; Colonial Governor of Virginia
1743 – André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)
1763 – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
1820 – George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
1829 – Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French politician (b. 1755)
1829 – István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
1870 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
1871 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
1888 – Edward Lear, English author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1812)
1899 – Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
1906 – Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
1928 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
1933 – Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
1934 – Fritz Haber (b. 1868)
Polish-German chemist and engineer; Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Ioannis Metaxas (b. 1871)
Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece
1944 – William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
1946 – Harry Hopkins (b. 1890)
American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce
1948 – Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
1950 – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
1951 – Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
1956 – H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
1959 – Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
1961 – John F. O'Ryan, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1874)
1962 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
1963 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
1964 – Alan Ladd, American actor and producer (b. 1913)
1966 – Pierre Mercure, Canadian bassoon player and composer (b. 1927)
1969 – Allen Welsh Dulles (b. 1893)
American banker, lawyer, and diplomat; 5th Director of Central Intelligence
1970 – B. H. Liddell Hart (b. 1895)
French-English soldier, historian, and journalist
1975 – Orestis Makris, Greek actor and tenor (b. 1898)
1977 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer and lawyer (b. 1902)
1977 – Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
1980 – Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer, and pianist (b. 1893)
1986 – Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
1987 – Emvin Cremona, Maltese artist (b. 1919)
1989 – Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (b. 1900)
1991 – Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (b. 1907)
1992 – Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1915)
1993 – Adetokunbo Ademola (b. 1906)
Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria
1994 – Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967)
1999 – Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (b. 1918)
2002 – Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
2003 – Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
2004 – Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)
2004 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-English author and playwright (b. 1908)
2005 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)
2006 – Nam June Paik, Korean-American artist (b. 1932)
2007 – Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi cult leader (b. 1970)
2008 – Raymond Jacobs (b. 1925)
American marine, member of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
2008 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (b. 1925)
2008 – Margaret Truman, American singer and author (b. 1924)
2009 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
2009 – John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
2011 – Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)
2012 – Ranjit Singh Dyal (b. 1928)
Indian general and politician; 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
2012 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (b. 1918)
Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy
2012 – Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (b. 1919)
2013 – Said al-Muragha, Palestinian colonel (b. 1927)
2013 – Frank Hahn, German-English economist and academic (b. 1925)
2013 – Anselm Hollo, Finnish-American poet and academic (b. 1934)
2013 – Butch Morris, American cornet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1947)
2014 – François Cavanna, French journalist and author (b. 1923)
2014 – Lars Andreas Larssen, Norwegian actor (b. 1935)
2015 – Taeko Kono, Japanese author and critic (b. 1926)
2015 – Colleen McCullough (b. 1 Jun 1937)
Australian neuroscientist, author (The Thorn Birds) and academic
2015 – Rodney Marvin "Rod" McKuen (b. 29 Apr 1933)
American singer-songwriter and poet
2015 – Kel Nagle, Australian golfer (b. 1920)
2015 – Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (b. 1918)
Family
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