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Birthdays
VIP
1830: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (U.K. Prime Minister) d. 22 Aug 1903
1862: James Clark McReynolds (Associate Justice, SCOTUS) d. 24 Aug 1946
Notable
1338 – Joanna of Bourbon (d. 6 Feb 1378)
Queen consort of France
1392 – Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (d. 1458)
English commander
1654 – Pietro Antonio Fiocco, Italian composer (d. 1714)
1677 – Jan Santini Aichel (d. 1723)
Czech architect, designed the Karlova Koruna Chateau
1689 – Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (d. 1741)
1690 – Richard Rawlinson (d. 1755)
English minister and historian
1721 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz (d. 1773)
Prussian general
1736 – Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (d. 1809)
Austrian composer and theorist
1747 – Samuel Osgood (d. 1813)
American soldier and politician
1st United States Postmaster General
1757 – Joseph Forlenze (d. 1833)
Italian ophthalmologist and surgeon
1777 – John Cheyne, Scottish physician and author (d. 1836)
1795 – Antonio José de Sucre (d. 1830)
Venezuelan general and politician
2nd President of Bolivia
1807 – Joseph E. Johnston (d. 21 Mar 1891)
American general and politician
Confederate General
U.S. Representative, D. VA, 1879-1881
1808 – Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (d. 18 Jan 1877)
Princess of Prussia
1809 – Felix Mendelssohn (d. 4 Nov 1847)
German pianist, composer, and conductor
1811 – Horace Greeley (d. 29 Nov 1872)
American journalist, editor, and politician
1816: Frederick William Robertson (d. 15 Aug 1853)
English clergyman
1817 – Achille Ernest Oscar Joseph Delesse (d. 1881)
French geologist and mineralogist
1817 – Émile Prudent, French pianist and composer (d. 1863)
1819: William Arthur (d. 21 Mar 1901)
Irish Wesleyan Methodist minister and author
1821 – Elizabeth Blackwell (d. 31 May 1910)
American physician and educator
1824 – Ranald MacDonald (d. 1894)
American explorer and educator
1826 – Walter Bagehot (d. 24 Mar 1877)
English journalist and businessman
1830 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (d. 1903)
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
English politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1842 – Sidney Lanier, American composer and poet (d. 1881)
1843 – Sir William Cornelius Van Horne (d. 3 Feb 1915)
American-Canadian businessman
1857 – Giuseppe Moretti (d. 1935)
Italian sculptor, designed the Vulcan statue
1859 – Hugo Junkers (d. 1935)
German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1
1862 – James Clark McReynolds (d. 1946)
American lawyer and judge
1871 – Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, French fencer (d. 1929)
1872 – Lou Criger
American baseball player and manager (d. 1934)
1874 – Gertrude Stein (d. 29 Jul 1946)
American poet and art collector
1878 – Gordon Coates (d. 1943)
New Zealand soldier and politician
21st Prime Minister of New Zealand
1887 – Georg Trakl, Austrian pharmacist and poet (d. 1914)
1889 – Artur Adson (d. 1977)
Estonian poet, playwright, and critic
1889 – Carl Theodor Dreyer (d. 1968)
Danish director and screenwriter
1890: Larry MacPhail (d. 1 Oct 1975)
American lawyer and Major League Baseball executive
1892 – Juan Negrín (d. 1956)
Spanish physician and politician
67th Prime Minister of Spain
1893 – Gaston Julia (d. 1978)
Algerian-French mathematician and academic
1894 – Norman Rockwell (d. 8 Nov 1978)
American painter and illustrator
1898 – Alvar Aalto (d. 1976)
Finnish architect
designed the Finlandia Hall and Aalto Theatre
1899 – Café Filho, Brazilian journalist (d. 1970)
lawyer, and politician, 18th President of Brazil
1899 – Lao She, Chinese author and playwright (d. 1966)
1901: Rosamond Nina Lehmann (d. 12 Mar 1990)
British novelist
1903 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton,
14th Duke of Hamilton (d. 1973)
Scottish soldier, pilot, and politician
1904 – Luigi Dallapiccola, Croatian-Italian composer (d. 1975)
1904 – Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
1905 – Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist and academic (d. 1990)
1905 – Arne Beurling (d. 1986)
Swedish-American mathematician and academic
1906 – George Adamson (d. 1989)
British wildlife conservationist
1907: William Hodding Carter II (d. 4 Apr 1972)
American progressive journalist and author
1907 – James A. Michener (d. 16 Oct 1997)
American author and philanthropist
1909 – André Cayatte, French lawyer and director (d. 1989)
1909 – Kurt Petter, German-Swedish physician (d. 1969)
1909 – Simone Weil (d. 24 Aug 1943)
French mystic and philosopher
1911 – Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
1911 – Robert Earl Jones, American actor (d. 2006)
1912 – Jacques Soustelle (d. 1990)
French anthropologist and politician
1914 – Mary Carlisle, American actress and singer
1915 – Johannes Kotkas (d. 1998)
Estonian wrestler and hammer thrower
1917 – Shlomo Goren (d. 1994)
Polish-Israeli rabbi and general
1918 – Joey Bishop (d. 17 Oct 2007)
American entertainer and television presenter
1918 – Helen Stephens (d. 1994)
American runner, baseball player, and manager
1920 – Tony Gaze (d. 2013)
Australian race car driver and pilot
1920 – Henry Heimlich, American physician and author
1924 – E. P. Thompson (d. 1993)
English historian and author
1924 – Martial Asselin (d. 2013)
Canadian lawyer and politician
25th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
1925 – John Fiedler, American actor (d. 25 Jun 2005)
1926 – Shelley Berman, American actor and comedian
1926 – Hans-Jochen Vogel
German soldier and politician; 8th Mayor of Berlin
1927 – Kenneth Anger
American actor, director, and screenwriter
1927: Joan Lowery Nixon, American Author (d. 28 Jun 2003)
1927 – Blas Ople (d. 2003)
Filipino journalist and politician
21st President of the Senate of the Philippines
1928 – Frankie Vaughan, English singer and actor (d. 1999)
1931: Arthur Levitt, Jr.
25th Chairman of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 1993-2001
1932 – Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984)
1932 – Stuart Hall (d. 2014)
Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist
1933 – Paul Sarbanes, American lawyer and politician
1934 – Juan Carlos Calabró, Argentinian actor (d. 2013)
1935 – John "Johnny 'Guitar'" Watson, Jr. (d. 17 May 1996)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936: Jeanine Basinger
American film historian
1936 – Jim Marshall, American photographer and journalist (d. 2010)
1936 – Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer and coach
1937 – Billy Meier, Swiss author and photographer
1938 – Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
1938 – Emile Griffith, American boxer and trainer (d. 2013)
1939 – Michael Cimino, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1940 – Francis Asbury "Fran" Tarkenton
American football player and sportscaster
1941 – Dory Funk, Jr., American wrestler and trainer
1943 – Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
1943 – Blythe Danner, American actress
1943: Dennis Edwards
American soul and R&B singer (The Temptations)
1945 – Robert Allen "Bob" Griese
American football player and sportscaster
1947 – Paul Auster, American author and poet
1947 – Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, East Timorese bishop
1947: David Russell Gordon "Dave" Davies
English singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Kinks)
1947 – Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor and director
1947 – Melanie Safka
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Henning Mankell (d. 2015)
Swedish author and playwright
1949 – Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist and manager
1950 – Morgan Fairchild, American actress
1951: Hamilton E. James
American business executive
president and COO of The Blackstone Group L.P.
1951 – Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian footballer and manager
1951 – Michael Ruppert (d. 2014)
American journalist and author
1952 – Fred Lynn, American baseball player and sportscaster
1954 – Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955 – Kirsty Wark, Scottish journalist
1956 – John Jefferson, American football player and coach
1956 – Nathan Lane, American actor and comedian
1956 – Lee Ranaldo
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1957 – Eric Lander, American educator and scientist
1957 – Chico Serra, Brazilian race car driver
1958 – Joe F. Edwards, Jr.
American commander, pilot, and astronaut
1958 – Greg Mankiw, American economist and academic
1958: Richard Paul "Rick" Reilly
American sportswriter
1959 – Yasuharu Konishi
Japanese DJ, producer, and songwriter (Pizzicato Five)
1959 – Ferzan Özpetek
Turkish-Italian director and screenwriter
1959: Rob Wittman
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. VA, 2007-present
1959 – Óscar Iván Zuluaga
Colombian economist and politician
67th Colombian Minister of Finance
1960 – Marty Jannetty, American wrestler and trainer
1960 – Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager
1963 – Raghuram Rajan, Indian economist and academic
1964 – Indrek Tarand
Estonian historian, journalist, and politician
1965 – Kathleen Kinmont, American actress and screenwriter
1965 – Maura Tierney, American actress
1966 – Frank Coraci, American director and screenwriter
1966 – Danny Morrison, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1966 – Kostas Patavoukas, Greek basketball player
1967 – Mixu Paatelainen, Finnish footballer and coach
1968 – Vlade Divac
Serbian-American basketball player and sportscaster
1969 – Beau Biden (d. 2015)
American soldier, lawyer, and politician
44th Attorney General of Delaware
1969 – Retief Goosen, South African golfer
1970 – Óscar Córdoba, Colombian footballer
1970 – Warwick Davis
English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1971: Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 20 Feb 1999)
1972: Mitchell Joachim, American architect and designer
1972 – Jesper Kyd, Danish pianist and composer
1972 – Mart Poom, Estonian footballer
1973 – Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist and producer
1975 – Brad Thorn, New Zealand rugby player
1976 – Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian ice hockey player
1976: Isla Fisher, Australian actress
1976: Tim Heidecker
American comedian, writer, director, actor and musician
1977: Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (bka Daddy Yankee)
Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, producer and actor
1977 – Marek Židlický, Czech ice hockey player
1978 – Joan Capdevila, Spanish footballer
1979: Becca Fitzpatrick, American author
1980 – Kim E-Z, South Korean singer (Baby V.O.X.)
1980 – Sarah Lewitinn
American record producer, music critic, disc jockey, and blogger
1981: Jose Antonio Vargas
Born in the Philippines, raised in the U.S. from age twelve
Journalist, filmmaker, and immigration rights activist
1982 – Marie-Ève Drolet, Canadian speed skater
1982: Bridget Regan, American actress
1984 – Sara Carbonero, Spanish journalist
1984 – Kim Joon, South Korean actor and singer
1984: Matthew Moy, American actor
1985 – Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player
1986 – Lucas Duda, American baseball player
1986 – David Edwards, Welsh footballer
1986 – Mathieu Giroux, Canadian speed skater
1986 – Kanako Yanagihara, Japanese actress, comedian, and entertainer
1988 – Gregory van der Wiel, Dutch footballer
1989 – Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
1990 – Sean Kingston, American-Jamaican singer-songwriter
1991 – Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, Welsh racing driver
1992 – Luke Keary, Australian rugby league player
American Regional Mexican singer
Coulee City
1944: Carol Joplin Clapshaw
Dallas Isaak
George Sieg
Joseph Peterson
Beth Short
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
1924 – Woodrow Wilson (b. 1856)
American historian, academic, and politician
28th President of the United States
Nobel Prize laureate
Notable
995 – William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937)
699 – Werburgh, English nun and saint (b. 650)
1014 – Sweyn Forkbeard, Danish husband of Gunhild of Wenden (b. 960)
1116 – Coloman, King of Hungary (b. 1070)
1399 – John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340)
Belgian-English politician, Lord High Steward
1428 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)
1451 – Murad II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1404)
1468 – Johannes Gutenberg (b. 1398)
German publisher, invented the Printing press
1566 – George Cassander, Flemish theologian and author (b. 1513)
1618 – Philip II, Duke of Pomerania, German nobleman (b. 1573)
1619 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham (b. 1564)
English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
1737 – Tommaso Ceva, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1648)
1802 – Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish politician (b. 1723)
1813 – Juan Bautista Baigorria, Argentinian soldier
1813 – Juan Bautista Cabral, Argentinian sergeant (b. 1789)
1820 – Gia Long, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1762)
1832 – George Crabbe, English surgeon and poet (b. 1754)
1862 – Jean-Baptiste Biot (b. 1774)
French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician
1866 – François-Xavier Garneau, Canadian poet, author, and historian (b. 1809)
1873 – Isaac Baker Brown, English gynecologist and surgeon (b. 1811)
1874 – Lunalilo of Hawaii (b. 1835)
1883 – Richard Wagner, German director and composer (b. 1813)
1889 – Belle Starr, American criminal (b. 1848)
1922 – John Butler Yeats, Irish painter and illustrator (b. 1839)
1929 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician and engineer (b. 1878)
1935 – Hugo Junkers, German engineer, designed the Junkers J 1 (b. 1859)
1936 – Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg (b. 1885)
1944 – Yvette Guilbert, French singer and actress (b. 1865)
1945 – Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (b. 1893)
1950 – Sid Field, English actor (b. 1904)
1952 – Harold L. Ickes (b. 1874)
American journalist and politician
32nd United States Secretary of the Interior
1955 – Vasili Blokhin, Russian general (b. 1895)
1956 – Émile Borel, French mathematician and academic (b. 1871)
1956 – Johnny Claes (b. 1916)
English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player
1959 – The Day the Music Died
The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1930)
Buddy Holly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
Ritchie Valens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
1960 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
1961 – Sadettin Kaynak, Turkish composer (b. 1895)
1961 – William Morrison, 1st Viscount Dunrossil (b. 1893)
Scottish-Australian captain and politician
14th Governor-General of Australia
1961 – Anna May Wong, American actress (b. 1905)
1964 – C. Sittampalam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
1967 – Joe Meek, English songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
1969 – C. N. Annadurai (b. 1909)
Indian journalist and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Madras State
1969 – Eduardo Mondlane Mozambican activist and academic (b. 1920)
1975 – William D. Coolidge, American physicist and engineer (b. 1873)
1975 – Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)
1980 – Hanna Rovina, Israeli actress (b. 1893)
1985 – Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1912)
1989 – John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
1989 – Lionel Newman, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1916)
1991 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
1993 – Françoys Bernier, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1927)
1993 – Karel Goeyvaerts, Belgian composer (b. 1923)
1999 – Gwen Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1950)
2003 – Lana Clarkson, American actress and model (b. 1962)
2005 – Zurab Zhvania (b. 1963)
Georgian biologist and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Georgia
2005 – Ernst Mayr, German-American biologist and ornithologist (b. 1904)
2006 – Al Lewis, American actor and comedian (b. 1923)
2007 – Pedro Knight, Cuban musician (b. 1921)
2009 – Sheng-yen (b. 1930)
Chinese monk and scholar, founded the Dharma Drum Mountain
2010 – Dick McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1926)
2010 – Frances Reid, American actress (b. 1914)
2011 – Maria Schneider, French actress (b. 1952)
2012 – Toh Chin Chye (b. 1921)
Singaporean academic and politician
1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
2012 – Ben Gazzara, American actor and director (b. 1930)
2012 – Raj Kanwar, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2012 – Zalman King, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1942)
2012 – Mart Port, Estonian architect (b. 1922)
2012 – Andrzej Szczeklik, Polish physician and academic (b. 1938)
2013 – Cardiss Collins, American politician (b. 1931)
2013 – Oscar Feltsman, Ukrainian-Russian composer and producer (b. 1921)
2013 – Jam Mohammad Yousaf (b. 1954)
Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan
2014 – Louise Brough, American tennis player (b. 1923)
2014 – Richard Bull, American actor (b. 1924)
2014 – Joan Mondale (b. 1930)
American artist and author, 42nd Second Lady of the United States
2015 – Mary Healy, American actress, singer and variety entertainer (b. 1918)
2015 – Charlie Sifford, American golfer (b. 1922)
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