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Notable
1484 – Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 11 Jul 1535)
Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, 1499–1535
1556 – Sethus Calvisius (d. 1615)
German astronomer, composer, and theorist
1621 – Rebecca Nurse (d. 1692)
English-American victim of the Salem witch trials
1635: Thomas Flatman (d. 8 Dec 1688)
English poet and miniature painter
1705 – Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral (d. 1781)
1721 – John McKinly (d. 1796)
Irish-American physician and politician
1st Governor of Delaware
1723 – Louis-Pierre Anquetil, French historian and author (d. 1808)
1728 – Peter III of Russia (d. 17 Jul 1762)
Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias (1762)
1738 – Franz Ludwig von Cancrin (d. 1812)
German minerologist employed by Catherine the Great
1755: Anne Macvicar Grant (d. 7 Nov 1838)
Scottish American poet and author
1783 – Catharina of Württemberg (d. 29 Nov 1835)
Queen consort of Westphalia, 1807-1813
1791 – Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1857)
1794 – Antonio López de Santa Anna (d. 21 Jun 1876)
Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico
1801 – Bl. John Henry Newman, English cardinal (d. 11 Aug 1890)
1817 – José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1893)
1821 – Charles Scribner I (d. 26 Aug 1871)
American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons
1836 – Léo Delibes, French pianist and composer (d. 1891)
1837 – Phillip Blashki, Polish businessman and JP (d. 1916)
1844 – Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (d. 1937)
1860 – Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (d. 1927)
1860 – Goscombe John, Welsh-English sculptor (d. 1952)
1865 – John Haden Badley (d. 1967)
English author and educator, founded the Bedales School
1867 – Otto Hermann Kahn, German banker and philanthropist (d. 1934)
1875 – Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian (d. 1997)
1876 – Pyotr Konchalovsky, Russian painter (d. 1956)
1878 – Mirra Alfassa, French-Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973)
1880 – Waldemar Bonsels, German author (d. 1952)
1885 – Sacha Guitry (d. 1957)
Russian-French actor, director, and playwright
1887 – Korechika Anami (d. 1945)
Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of War
1888 – Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (d. 1965)
1892 – Harry Stack Sullivan (d. 1949)
American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
1893 – Celia Lovsky, Austrian-American actress (d. 1979)
1893 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (d. 1987)
1894 – Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar (d. 1955)
Indian chemist and academic
1895 – Henrik Dam (d. 1976)
Danish biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1896 – Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala', Indian poet and author (d. 1961)
1899 – Sigrid Holmquist, Swedish actress (d. 1970)
1900 – Madeleine Renaud, French actress (d. 1994)
1902 – Arthur Nock (d. 1963)
English classicist, theologian, and Harvard University professor
1903 – Francis Hillman "Scrapper" Blackwell (d. 7 Oct 1962)
American singer and guitarist
1903: Fairfax M. Cone (d. 20 Jun 1977)
American businessman and advertising executive
1903 – Anaïs Nin, French-American author (d. 14 Jan 1977)
1903 – Raymond Queneau, French poet and author (d. 1976)
1903: Thomas Austin "Tom" Yawkey (d. 9 Jul 1976)
American industrialist and baseball executive
Owner of the Boston Red Sox, 1933-1976
1907 – W. H. Auden (d. 29 Sep 1973)
English-American poet, playwright, and composer
1909 – Hans Erni, Swiss painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 2015)
1910 – Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (d. 1982)
1910 – Carmine Galante, American gangster (d. 1979)
1912 – Arline Judge, American actress (d. 1974)
1913 – Roger Laurent, Belgian racing driver (d. 1997)
1914 – Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (d. 1999)
1914 – Zachary Scott, American actor (d. 3 Oct 1965)
1915 – Ann Sheridan, American actress (d. 21 Jan 1967)
1917 – Lucille Bremer, American actress and dancer (d. 1996)
1921 – John Rawls (d. 24 Nov 2002)
American philosopher and academic
1921 – Peter Whalley, Canadian cartoonist and sculptor (d. 2007)
1924 – Thelma Estrin (d. 2014)
American computer scientist and engineer
1924 – Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwean politician, 2nd President of Zimbabwe
1925 – Sam Peckinpah, American director and screenwriter (d. 1984)
1925 – John Travilla "Dr. Jack" Ramsay (d. 28 Apr 2014)
American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1927 – Erma Bombeck (d. 22 Apr 1996)
American journalist and author
1927 – Hubert de Givenchy
French fashion designer, founded Givenchy
1929 – Roberto Gómez Bolaños (bka Chespirito)
Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1930 – Pedro R. Dean, Filipino archbishop
1933 – Nina Simone, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2003)
1934 – Rue McClanahan, American actress and singer (d. 3 Jun 2010)
1935 – Richard A. Lupoff, American author
1936 – Barbara Jordan, American lawyer and politician (d. 1996)
1937 – Harald V of Norway
King of Norway, 1991-present
1937 – Ron Clarke, Australian runner and politician (d. 2015)
1937 – Jilly Cooper, English journalist and author
1937 – Gary Lockwood, American actor
1938 – Bobby Charles, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1940 – Peter Gethin, English race car driver (d. 2011)
1940 – Wong Jim (d. 2004)
Hong Kong actor, screenwriter, and composer
1940 – John Lewis, American politician
1940: Peter McEnery, English actor
1942 – Tony Martin (d. 2013)
Trinidadian-American historian and educator
1942 – Margarethe von Trotta, German actress and director
1943 – David Geffen
American film and record producer
co-founded DreamWorks and Geffen Records
1945 – Paul Newton, English bass player (Uriah Heep)
1946 – Tyne Daly, American actress and singer
1946 – Anthony Daniels, English actor and producer
1946 – Alan Rickman (d. 2016)
, English actor, director, and screenwriter
1946 – Vito Rizzuto, Italian-Canadian mob boss (d. 2013)
1946 – Bob Ryan, American journalist and author
1947 – Johnny Echols
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Love)
1947 – Olympia Snowe, American politician
1947 – Victor Sokolov, Russian journalist (d. 2006)
1948 – Bill Slayback, American baseball player and singer (d. 2015)
1949 – Frank Brunner, American illustrator
1949 – Jerry Harrison
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
(Talking Heads and The Modern Lovers)
1951 – Dos Caras, Mexican wrestler and actor
1951: William McDonough, American architect
1951 – Vince Welnick (d. 2006)
American keyboard player
(Grateful Dead, The Tubes, and Missing Man Formation)
1952 – Jean-Jacques Burnel
English bass player, songwriter, and producer (The Stranglers)
1952 – Jeff Shaara, American author
1953 – Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer
1953 – William Petersen, American actor and producer
1954 – Victor Martinez, Mexican-American author and poet (d. 2011)
1954 – Mike Pickering
English DJ and saxophonist (Quando Quango and M People)
1955 – Kelsey Grammer
American actor, singer, director, and producer
1958 – Jake Burns
Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Stiff Little Fingers)
1958 – Mary Chapin Carpenter
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958: Jack Coleman, American actor
1958: John Shimkus
U.S. Representative, R. IL, 1997-present
1958 – Alan Trammell, American baseball player and manager
1959 – José María Cano
Spanish singer-songwriter and painter (Mecano)
1960 – Issac Julien, British installation artist and filmmaker
1960 – Plamen Oresharski
Bulgarian economist and politician
52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria
1960 – Laurent Petitguillaume, French radio and television host
1960 – Steve Wynn
American singer-songwriter
(The Dream Syndicate and The Baseball Project)
1961: Christopher Atkins, American actor
1961: Martha Hackett, American actress
1962 – Vanessa Feltz, English journalist and actress
1962: Randy Lerner
American entrepreneur and sports team owner
majority owner of the Cleveland Browns, 2002-2012
1962: Chuck Palahniuk, American journalist and author
1962 – David Foster Wallace, American author and academic (d. 2008)
1963 – William Baldwin, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Mark Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1964 – Scott Kelly, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1964 – Jane Tomlinson, English runner and activist (d. 2007)
1967 – Leroy Burrell, American runner and coach
1969 – James Dean Bradfield
Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Manic Street Preachers)
1969 – Aunjanue Ellis, American actress
1969 – Tony Meola, American soccer player
1969 – Cathy Richardson
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Jefferson Starship and Big Brother and the Holding Company)
1970 – Michael Slater, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1970 – Eric Wilson
American bass player
(Sublime, Sublime with Rome and Long Beach Dub Allstars)
1971 – Randy Blythe, American singer-songwriter (Lamb of God)
1972 – Seo Taiji, South Korean singer-songwriter (Sinawe)
1973: Justin Cathal Geever (bka Justin Sane)
American guitarist and singer/songwriter (Anti-Flag)
1973 – Heri Joensen, Faroese singer-songwriter and guitarist (Týr)
1973 – Brian Rolston, American ice hockey player
1973 – Bowie Tsang, Taiwanese singer and actress
1974 – Iván Campo, Spanish footballer
1974 – Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist
1975 – Wish Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-n-Harmony)
1976 – Tomasz Kiełbowicz, Polish footballer
1976 – Ryan Smyth, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Jonathan Safran Foer, American author and academic
1977 – Steve Francis, American basketball player
1977 – Owen King, American author
1977 – Kevin Rose
American businessman and television host, founded Digg
1978 – Park Eun-hye, South Korean actress
1978 – Kim Ha-neul, South Korean actress
1978: Kumail Nanjiani
Pakistani-American stand-up comedian, actor and podcast host
1978 – Nicole Parker, American actress and comedian
1979 – Pascal Chimbonda, Guadeloupean-French footballer
1979 – Carly Colón, Puerto Rican and Canadian wrestler
1979 – Shane Gibson (d. 2014)
American guitarist (stOrk and Jonathan Davis and the SFA)
1979 – Jennifer Love Hewitt, American actress and producer
1979: Bryan Lee O'Malley, Canadian cartoonist
1979 – Jordan Peele, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1980 – Brad Fast, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Tiziano Ferro, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
1980 – Yannick Lupien, Canadian swimmer
1980: Brendan Sexton III, American actor
1980 – Kayoko Shibata, Japanese actress, singer, and model
1980 – Jim Vandermeer, Canadian ice hockey player
1980 – Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, Bhutanese king
1981 – Jun Kaname, Japanese actor
1982 – Andre Barrett, American basketball player
1982 – Chantal Claret
American singer-songwriter and actress (Morningwood)
1982 – Tebogo Jacko Magubane, South African DJ and producer
1983 – Braylon Edwards, American football player
1983 – Franklin Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player
1983 – Mélanie Laurent
French actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
1984 – Andrew Ellis, New Zealand rugby player
1984 – David Odonkor, German footballer
1984 – Marco Paoloni, Italian footballer
1984 – James Wisniewski, American ice hockey player
1985 – Crimson, American wrestler and actor
1985 – Georgios Samaras, Greek footballer
1985 – Jamaal Westerman, American football player
1986 – Prince Amedeo of Belgium
Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of Austria,
Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
1986 – Charlotte Church, Welsh singer-songwriter and actress
1987 – Eniola Aluko, Nigerian-English footballer
1987 – Ashley Greene, American model and actress
1987: Tuppence Middleton, English actress
1987 – Ellen Page, Canadian actress
1988 – Mario Falcone, English television personality
1989 – Kristin Herrera, American actress
1989 – Jem Karacan, English-Turkish footballer
1989 – Corbin Bleu Reivers (bka Corbin Bleu)
American actor, model, dancer, producer, and singer-songwriter
1989 – Josh Walker, English footballer
1990 – David Addy, Ghanaian footballer
1990 – Thabiso Baholo, Lesotho swimmer
1990 – Mattias Tedenby, Swedish ice hockey player
1991 – Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
1991 – Ji So-yun, South Korean footballer
1991 – Devon Travis, American baseball player
1993 – Masaki Suda, Japanese actor
1994 – Tang Haochen, Chinese tennis player
1994 – Charalampos Mavrias, Greek footballer
1994: Hayley Orrantia, American actress, singer, and songwriter
1996 – Sophie Turner, English actress
2000 – Yuto Miyazawa, Japanese guitarist
2001 – Isabella Acres, American actress
2002 – Marcus & Martinus, Norwegian twin singers
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Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
1437 – James I of Scotland (b. 1394)
1471 – Jan Rokycana, Czech bishop and theologian (b. 1396)
1513 – Pope Julius II (b. 1443)
1543 – Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, Somalian general (b. 1507)
1554 – Hieronymus Bock, German botanist and physician (b. 1498)
1595 – Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)
1668 – John Thurloe, English secretary and spy (b. 1616)
1677 – Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
1715 – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
1730 – Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
1788 – Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
1821 – Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
1824 – Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
1846 – Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)
1862 – Justinus Kerner, German poet and physician (b. 1786)
1891 – James Timberlake, American lieutenant and police officer (b. 1846)
1900 – Marthinus Nikolaas Ras (b. 1853)
South African farmer, soldier, and gun maker
1919 – Kurt Eisner (b. 1867)
German journalist and politician, Minister-President of Bavaria
1926 – Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (b. 1853)
Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1934 – Augusto César Sandino, Nicaraguan rebel leader (b. 1895)
1938 – George Ellery Hale, American astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
1941 – Frederick Banting (b. 1891)
Canadian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1944 – Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-French race car driver (b. 1873)
1945 – Eric Liddell, Chinese-Scottish rugby player and runner (b. 1902)
1946 – José Streel, Belgian journalist (b. 1911)
1949 – Tan Malaka, Indonesian educator and activist (b. 1894)
1956 – Ray Smith, English cricketer (b. 1914)
1958 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (b. 1936)
1960 – Jacques Becker, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
1965 – Malcolm X, American minister and activist (b. 1925)
1966 – Paul Comtois (b. 1895)
Canadian politician, 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1967 – Charles Beaumont, American author (b. 1929)
1968 – Howard Florey (b. 1898)
Australian pathologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1972 – Zhang Guohua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1914)
1972 – Bronislava Nijinska, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
1972 – Eugène Tisserant, French cardinal (b. 1884)
1974 – Tim Horton (b. 1930)
Canadian ice hockey player and businessman, co-founded Tim Hortons
1977 – Gerald Barry, British Army officer and cricketer (b. 1896)
1977 – Nolan Strong, American singer (Nolan Strong & the Diablos) (b. 1934)
1980 – Alfred Andersch, German-Swiss author (b. 1914)
1982 – Gershom Scholem, German-Israeli historian and philosopher (b. 1897)
1984 – Mikhail Sholokhov (b. 1905)
Russian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1985 – Louis Hayward, South African-American actor (b. 1909)
1986 – Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese centenarian (b. 1865)
1986 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American author, poet, and academic (b. 1895)
1987 – Noel Odell, English geologist and mountaineer (b. 1890)
1991 – Nutan, Indian actress and singer (b. 1936)
1991 – Dorothy Auchterlonie Green, Australian poet, critic, and academic (b. 1915)
1993 – Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist (b. 1888)
1994 – Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (b. 1913)
1996 – Morton Gould, American pianist and composer (b. 1913)
1999 – Gertrude B. Elion (b. 1918)
American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1999 – Ilmari Juutilainen, Finnish soldier and pilot (b. 1914)
1999 – Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (b. 1930)
2000 – Antonio Díaz-Miguel, Spanish basketball player and coach (b. 1933)
2002 – John Thaw, English actor and producer (b. 1942)
2004 – John Charles, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1931)
2005 – Gérard Bessette, Canadian author and poet (b. 1920)
2005 – Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Cuban author, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1929)
2005 – Zdzisław Beksiński, Polish painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1929)
2008 – Ben Chapman, American actor (b. 1928)
2008 – Neil Chotem, Canadian conductor and composer (b. 1920)
2011 – Abdulredha Buhmaid, Bahraini protester (b. 1982)
2011 – Dwayne McDuffie (b. 1962)
American author and screenwriter, co-founded Milestone Media
2011 – Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (b. 1926)
2012 – H. M. Darmstandler, American general (b. 1922)
2012 – Barney Rosset, American publisher (b. 1922)
2013 – Hasse Jeppson, Swedish footballer (b. 1925)
2013 – Masahiro Kanagawa, Japanese murderer (b. 1983)
2013 – Kaoru Kobayashi, Japanese criminal (b. 1968)
2013 – Magic Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1937)
2014 – Héctor Maestri, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1935)
2014 – Cornelius Schnauber (b. 1939)
German–American historian, playwright, and academic
2014 – John Strawson, English general (b. 1921)
2015 – Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1931)
2015 – Robert O. Marshall, American businessman (b. 1939)
2015 – Sadeq Tabatabaei, Iranian journalist and politician (b. 1943)
2015 – Clark Terry, American trumpet player, composer, and educator (b. 1920)
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