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Birthdays
VIP
Notable
1417 – Pope Paul II (d. 26 Jul 1471)
211th Pope of Rome, 1464-1471
1443 – Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian king (d. 1490)
1583 – Jean-Baptiste Morin (d. 1656)
French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer
1633 – Samuel Pepys (d. 26 May 1703)
English soldier and politician
1646 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
1648: Arabella Churchill (d. 30 May 1730)
Mistress of King James II
1664 – Georg Dietrich Leyding (d. 1710)
German organist and composer
1680 – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville (d. 7 Mar 1767)
Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana
1685 – George Frideric Handel
German-English organist and composer (d. 14 Apr 1759)
1689: Samuel Bellamy, English pirate (d. 26 Apr 1717)
1723 – Richard Price (d. 19 Apr 1791)
Welsh-English minister and philosopher
1744: Josiah Quincy, Jr. (d. 26 Apr 1775)
American lawyer and patriot
1744 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (d. 18 Sep 1812)
1752 – Simon Knéfacz, Croatian monk and author (d. 1819)
1787: Emma Hart Willard (d. 15 Apr 1870)
American women's rights activist
1840 – Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator (d. 1921)
1842 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (d. 1906)
German philosopher and author
1850 – César Ritz (d. 24 Oct 1918)
Swiss businessman
founded The Ritz London Hotel and Hôtel Ritz Paris
1852 – Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
1857: Margaret Deland (d. 13 Jan 1945)
American novelist, short story writer, and poet
1861: Henry Braid Wilson, American admiral (d. 30 Jan 1954)
1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois (d. 27 Aug 1963)
American sociologist, historian, and activist
1868 – Anna Hoffman-Uddgren (d. 1947)
Swedish actress and director
1873 – Liang Qichao (d. 1929)
Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar
1874 – Konstantin Päts (d. 1956)
Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia
1877: Frederic L. Paxson, American Historian (d. 24 Oct 1948)
1878 – Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist (d. 1935)
1883 – Karl Jaspers (d. 26 Feb 1969)
German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher
1886 – Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter (d. 1943)
1889 – Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)
1889 – Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (d. 1975)
1889 – Victor Fleming (d. 6 Jan 1949)
American director, cinematographer, and producer
1889 – John Gilbert Winant (d. 3 Nov 1947)
American captain, pilot, and politician
U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1941-1946
60th Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-1935
1891 – Robert Barrington-Ward (d. 1948)
English barrister and journalist
1892 – Kathleen Harrison, English actress (d. 1995)
1892: Agnes Smedley (d. 6 May 1950
American journalist and writer
1894 – Harold Horder (d. 1978)
Australian rugby league player and coach
1899 – Erich Kästner, German author and poet (d. 1974)
1899 – Norman Taurog (d. 1981)
American director and screenwriter
1904 – Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1904 – William L. Shirer (d. 28 Dec 1993)
American journalist and historian
1904 – Leopold Trepper, Polish-Austrian spy (d. 1982)
1907 – Lee Hyo-seok, South Korean author and poet (d. 1942)
1908 – William McMahon (d. 31 Mar 1988)
Australian lawyer and politician
20th Prime Minister of Australia
1914 – Theo Middelkamp, Dutch-Belgian cyclist (d. 2005)
1915 – Jon Hall, American actor and director (d. 1979)
1915 – Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot (d. 2007)
1918 – Richard Girnt Butler (d. 2004)
American engineer, founded the Aryan Nations
1919 – Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (d. 1995)
1920 – Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician
1923 – Miljenko Smoje (d. 1995)
Croatian journalist and screenwriter
1923 – Rafael Addiego Bruno (d. 2014)
Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay
1923 – Ioannis Grivas
Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece
1923 – Mary Francis Shura, American author (d. 1991)
1924 – Allan McLeod Cormack (d. 1998)
South-African-American physicist and academic
Nobel Prize laureate
1924 – Claude Sautet (d. 2000)
French director, screenwriter, and author
1925 – Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
1926 – William R. Roy (d. 2014)
American physician, journalist, and politician
1927: Robert Neelly Bellah, American socialogist (d. 30 Jul 2013)
1927 – Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress (d. 2007)
1928 – Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
1928 – Vasily Lazarev (d. 1990)
Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut
1929 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (d. 2008)
1929 – Jaan Einasto, Estonian astronomer and physicist
1929 – Elston Howard (d. 1980)
American baseball player and coach
1930 – Paul West (d. 2015)
English-American author, poet, and academic
1931 – Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (d. 2004)
1932 – Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (d. 2008)
1933 – Donna J. Stone, American poet and philanthropist (d. 1994)
1934 – Linda Cristal, Argentinian-American actress
1937 – Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician
1938 – Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1938 – Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992)
1940 – Peter Fonda
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1940 – Jackie Smith, American football player
1940 – Kamer Genç, Turkish politician of Zaza origin (d. 2016)
1941 – Ron Hunt, American baseball player
1942 – Suha Arın (d. 2004)
Turkish film director, writer, producer and educator
1943 – Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
1943 – Kin'ya Kitaōji, Japanese actor
1944 – John Roswell Camp (aka John Sandford)
American journalist and author
1944 – Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator
1944 – Florian Fricke, German keyboard player (Popol Vuh and Gila)
1944 – Johnny Winter (d. 16 Jul 2014)
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1944: Panayiotis Zavos, Greek Cypriot American biologist
1945 – Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician
1945 – Svetlana Gerasimenko, Soviet-Ukrainian astronomer
1946: Joseph Sobran, American journalist (d. 30 Sep 2010)
1946 – Rusty Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco)
1947 – Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician
1947 – Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author
1948 – Bill Alexander, English director and producer
1948 – Doug Moench, American author
1948 – Steve Priest, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Sweet)
1949 – César Aira, Argentine writer and translator
1949 – Marc Garneau, Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician
1951 – Ed "Too Tall" Jones, American football player and boxer
1951: Kenny Marchant
U.S. Representative, R. TX, 2005-present
1951 – Shigefumi Mori, Japanese mathematician
1951 – Patricia Richardson, American actress and producer
1952: Marshall Herskovitz
American film director, writer and producer
1952 – Brad Whitford
American guitarist (Aerosmith and The Joe Perry Project)
1953 – Kenny Bee
Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Wynners)
1953 – Satoru Nakajima, Japanese race car driver
1953 – Walter Wick, American photographer and author
1954 – Louis Bertignac, French guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
1954 – Carlos Guirao (d. 2012)
Spanish guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Neuronium)
1954 – Rajini Thiranagama
Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 1989)
1954 – Viktor Yushchenko
Ukrainian captain and politician, 3rd President of Ukraine
1955: Tom Bodett, American author, voice actor, and radio host
1955: Barbara Januszkiewicz, American painter and filmmaker
1955 – Howard Jones, English singer-songwriter
1955 – Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1956 – Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician
1956 – Brother Tom, Japanese singer and entertainer
1957 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots) (d. 2009)
1958 – Patrick Marriott, English general
1958 – David Sylvian
English singer-songwriter (Japan and Nine Horses)
1959 – Clayton Anderson, American engineer and astronaut
1959 – Nick de Bois, English politician
1959 – Ian Liddell-Grainger, Scottish soldier and politician
1959 – Linda Nolan, Irish singer (The Nolans)
1960 – Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
1960 – Alan Griffin, Australian politician
1960 – Ivan Vdović (d. 1992)
Serbian drummer
(Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata, Supernaut, and Ekatarina Velika)
1962 – Michael Wilton
American guitarist (Queensrÿche and Soulbender)
1963 – Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player
1963 – Radosław Sikorski
Polish journalist and politician
11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
1964 – John Norum, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Europe)
1965: Kristin Davis, American actress
1965 – Michael Dell, American businessman, founded Dell
1965 – Ashok Kamte, Indian police commissioner (d. 2008)
1965 – Helena Suková, Czech-Monacan tennis player
1966 – Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (Starship) (d. 2012)
1967 – Hélène Darroze, French chef
1967 – Steve Stricker, American golfer
1967 – Chris Vrenna
American drummer, songwriter, and producer
(Nine Inch Nails, Tweaker, Die Warzau, and Exotic Birds)
1969 – Michael Campbell, New Zealand-Australian golfer
1969 – Miyako Itō, Japanese voice actress
1969 – Daymond John, American fashion designer, founded FUBU
1970 – Niecy Nash, American actress and producer
1970 – Shoko Aida, Japanese singer and actress
1971 – Jung Chan, South Korean actor
1971 – Melinda Messenger, English model and television host
1971 – Ryohei Odai, Japanese actor and voice actor
1972 – Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer
1972 – Rondell White, American baseball player
1973 – Arnold Dwarika, Trinidadian footballer
1973 – Jeff Nordgaard, American-Polish basketball player
1974 – Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer
1975 – Michael Cornacchia
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1975 – Robert Lopez, American composer
1976 – Scott Elarton, American baseball player
1976 – Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
1976 – Jeff O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1976 – Satoshi Yoneyama, Japanese wrestler
1977 – Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier
1978 – Yuka Motohashi, Japanese actress
1978 – René Pérez Joglar (bka Residente)
Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (Calle 13)
1978 – Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
1979 – S. E. Cupp, American journalist and author
1979 – Sascha Zacharias, Swedish actress
1981 – Gareth Barry, English footballer
1981 – Josh Gad, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1981 – Charles Tillman, American football player
1982 – Nick Dupree, American activist
1982 – Anna-Maria Galojan, Estonian politician
1982 – Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor and screenwriter
1982 – Malia Metella, French swimmer
1983 – Aziz Ansari
American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1983 – Emily Blunt, English actress
1986 – Emerson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter
1986 – Kazuya Kamenashi
Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
(KAT-TUN and Shūji to Akira)
1986 – Jerod Mayo, American football player
1986 – Ola Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter
1987 – Theophilus London
Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
1988 – Nicolás Gaitán, Argentinian footballer
1989 – Amara Baby, French footballer
1989 – Evan Bates, American ice dancer
1990 – Terry Hawkridge, English footballer
1992 – Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
1992 – Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
1992 – Samara Weaving, Australian actress and model
1993 – Kasumi Ishikawa, Japanese table tennis player
1994 – Dakota Fanning, American actress
1995 – Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player
2001: Lilla Crawford, American actress
Family
Coulee City
Tom Hennigh
Brian Todd
Jerry Hayes
Hellen Marie Groh
Mike Groh
Hal Rauch
Paul Friend
Dorothy Peha
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
1848 – John Quincy Adams (b. 1767)
American politician, 6th President of the United States
Notable
572 – Chihor-Vishnasp, Armenian general and politician
715 – Al-Walid I, Arab caliph (b. 668)
943 – Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (b. 884)
1011 – Willigis, German archbishop (b. 940)
1100 – Emperor Zhezong of Song (b. 1076)
1270 – Isabel of France (b. 1225)
1447 – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)
1447 – Pope Eugene IV (b. 1383)
1464 – Zhengtong Emperor of China (b. 1427)
1554 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (b. 1515)
English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire
1572 – Pierre Certon, French composer (b. 1510)
1603 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
1669 – Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1600)
1704 – Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
1766 – Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
1781 – George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
1792 – Joshua Reynolds, English painter (b. 1723)
1800 – Joseph Warton, English academic and critic (b. 1722)
1821 – John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
1855 – Carl Friedrich Gauss (b. 1777)
German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist
1859 – Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
1879 – Albrecht von Roon (b. 1803)
Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia
1897 – Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
1908 – Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
1918 – Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
1922 – Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1845)
1925 – Samuel Berger, American boxer (b. 1884)
1930 – Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
1931 – Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
1934 – Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
1937 – Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1876)
1944 – Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
1946 – Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
1948 – John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
1955 – Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
1957 – Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
1965 – Stan Laurel, English comic actor, writer and film director (b. 1890)
1969 – Madhubala, Indian actress (b. 1933)
1973 – Dickinson W. Richards (b. 1895)
American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1974 – Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
1976 – L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
1979 – W. A. C. Bennett (b. 1900)
Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia
1983 – Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
1984 – Jessamyn West, American author (b. 1902)
1990 – José Napoleón Duarte (b. 1925)
Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador
1995 – Melvin Franklin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1942)
1995 – James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)
1996 – Paul Saagpakk, Estonian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1910)
1997 – Tony Williams (b. 1945)
American drummer, composer, and producer
(The Tony Williams Lifetime)
1998 – Philip Abbott, American actor (b. 1924)
1999 – The Renegade, American wrestler (b. 1965)
2000 – Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)
2000 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (b. 1915)
2001 – Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
2003 – Howie Epstein (b. 1955)
American bass player, songwriter, and producer
(Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
2003 – Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
2004 – Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934)
2004 – Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (b. 1945)
2004 – Neil Ardley, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
2004 – Sikander Bakht (b. 1918)
Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
2006 – Benno Besson, Swiss actor and director (b. 1922)
2007 – John Ritchie, English footballer (b. 1941)
2008 – Janez Drnovšek (b. 1950)
Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia
2008 – Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist (b. 1917)
2010 – Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967)
2011 – Nirmala Srivastava (b. 1923)
Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga
2012 – William Gay, American author (b. 1941)
2012 – William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924)
2012 – Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1937)
2012 – Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919)
2013 – Eugene Bookhammer (b. 1918)
American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
2013 – Joan Child (b. 1921)
Australian politician
19th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
2013 – Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920)
2013 – Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945)
2014 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator (b. 1903)
2014 – Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919)
2015 – Rana Bhagwandas (b. 1942)
Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan
2015 – W. E. "Bill" Dykes, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)
2015 – Jerry Lambert, American jockey (b. 1940)
2015: Ben Woolf (American Actor) b. 15 Sep 1980
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