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Birthdays
VIP
Notable
572 – Prince Shōtoku (d. 8 Apr 622)
Politician of the Asuka period in Japan
1102 – Empress Matilda (d. 10 Sep 1167)
daughter of King Henry I of England
wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1114-1125 (his death)
wife of Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou, 1128-1151 (his death)
mother of King Henry II of England
1478 – Sir Thomas More (d. 6 Jul 1535)
venerated as Saint Thomas More
English lawyer, social philosopher, author, politician,
and Renaissance humanist
Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom, 1529-1532
1612 – Thomas Killigrew (d. 19 Mar 1683)
English dramatist and theatre manager
1693 – Anna Ioannovna (d. 28 Oct 1740)
Empress and Autocrat of All the Russias, 1730-1740
1726 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter (d. 1766)
1741 – Henry Fuseli (d. 1825)
Swiss-English painter and academic
1758 – Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer (d. 1826)
1804 – John Deere (d. 17 May 1886)
American businessman, founded Deere & Company
1812 – Charles Dickens (d. 9 Jun 1870)
English author and critic
1825 – Karl Möbius, German zoologist (d. 1908)
1832: Hannah Whitall Smith (d. 1 May 1911)
American lay speaker and author in the Holiness movement
in the U.S. and the Higher Life movement in the U.K.
1837 – James Murray (d. 1915)
Scottish lexicographer and philologist
1842 – Alexandre Ribot (d. 1923)
French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France
1867 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (d. 10 Feb 1957)
1870 – Alfred Adler (d. 28 May 1937)
Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist
1871 – Wilhelm Stenhammar (d. 1927)
Swedish pianist and composer
1873 – Thomas Andrews (d. 15 Apr 1912)
Irish shipbuilder and businessman
designed the RMS Titanic
1877 – G. H. Hardy (d. 1947)
English mathematician and geneticist
1878 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch (d. 1936)
Russian-American pianist and conductor
1883: Eric Temple Bell (d. 21 Dec 1960)
Scottish-born American mathematician
and science fiction writer
1885 – Sinclair Lewis (d. 10 Jan 1951)
American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright
Nobel Prize laureate
1885 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (d. 1953)
1887 – Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (d. 1983)
1889 – Harry Nyquist, Swedish-American engineer (d. 1976)
1891 – Ann Little, American actress (d. 1984)
1893 – Joseph Algernon Pearce (d. 1988)
Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer
1895 – Anita Stewart, American actress and producer (d. 1961)
1901 – Arnold Nordmeyer (d. 1989)
New Zealand minister and politician
30th New Zealand Minister of Finance
1904 – Rocco D'Assunta (d. 1970)
Italian actor, comedian and playwright
1904 – Morton W. Coutts, New Zealand inventor (d. 2004)
1905 – Paul Nizan, French philosopher and author (d. 1940)
1905 – Ulf von Euler (d. 1983)
Swedish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1906 – Xuantong Emperor (d. 17 Oct 1967)
Puyi (cka Henry Pu Yi) of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan
Last Emperor of China
12th Qing Emperor of China, 1908-1912, 1917
Kangde Emperor of Manchukuo, 1934-1945
1906 – Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov (d. 1984)
Russian aircraft designer and engineer
founded the Antonov Aircraft Company
1908 – Buster Crabbe (d. 23 Apr 1983)
American swimmer and actor
1908 – Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (d. 1973)
1908 – Manmath Nath Gupta (d. 2000)
Indian journalist and author
1909 – Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (d. 1999)
1909 – Amedeo Guillet, Italian soldier (d. 2010)
1909 – Silvio Zavala, Mexican historian and author (d. 2014)
1912 – Russell Drysdale, English-Australian painter (d. 1981)
1912 – Roberta McCain
American wife of Admiral John S. McCain, Jr.
Mother of U.S. Senator and former Presidential Candidate
John S. McCain III
1913 – Ramón Mercader (d. 1978)
Spanish assassin of Leon Trotsky
1915 – Teoctist Arăpașu, Romanian patriarch (d. 2007)
1915 – Eddie Bracken (d. 14 Nov 2002)
American actor and singer
1919 – Jock Mahoney, American actor and stuntman (d. 1989)
1920 – Oscar Brand
Canadian-American singer-songwriter and author
1920 – An Wang (d. 1990)
Chinese-American engineer and businessman
founded Wang Laboratories
1922 – Hattie Jacques, English actress (d. 1980)
1923 – Dora Bryan, English actress and singer (d. 2014)
1925 – Hans Schmidt, Canadian wrestler (d. 2012)
1926 – Konstantin Feoktistov (d. 2009)
Russian engineer and astronaut
1927 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress
1927 – Vladimir Kuts (d. 1975)
Ukrainian-Russian runner and coach
1928 – Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (d. 2014)
1932: Paul E. Gray
14th president of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, 1980-1990
1932 – Gay Talese, American journalist and author
1932 – Alfred Worden, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1933 – K. N. Choksy (d. 2015)
Sri Lankan lawyer and politician
Minister of Finance of Sri Lanka
1934 – Eddie Fenech Adami
Maltese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Malta
1934 – King Curtis (d. 1971)
American saxophonist and producer
1935 – Cliff Jones, Welsh footballer and manager
1935 – Herb Kohl, American businessman and politician
1935 – Jörg Schneider, Swiss actor and author (d. 2015)
1936: John Van de Kamp
American politician
28th Attorney General of California, 1983-1991
37th Los Angeles County District Attorney, 1975-1981
1937 – Peter Jay
English economist, journalist, and diplomat
British Ambassador to the United States
1937 – Juan Pizarro, Puerto Rican baseball player
1940 – Tony Tan Keng Yam
seventh President of the Republic of Singapore
1941 – Kevin Crossley-Holland, English author and poet
1941 – Little Tony (d. 2013)
Italian-Sammarinese singer and actor
1943 – Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic
1943 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (d. 2007)
1945 – Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist
1946 – Héctor Babenco
Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (d. 2011)
1946 – Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist (d. 2009)
1947 – Wayne Allwine (d. 2009)
American voice actor and singer
1949 – Paulo César Carpegiani, Brazilian footballer and coach
1949 – Jacques Duchesneau
Canadian police officer and politician
1950 – Karen Joy Fowler, American author
1951 – Benny Ayala, Puerto Rican baseball player
1952 – Vasco Rossi, Italian singer-songwriter
1954 – Dieter Bohlen
German singer-songwriter and producer
(Modern Talking and Blue System)
1955 – Miguel Ferrer, American actor and director
1956 – Emo Philips (born Phil Soltanek)
American comedian and actor
1956 – Mark St. John, American guitarist (Kiss and White Tiger) (d. 2007)
1958 – Matt Ridley, English journalist, author, and politician
1958 – Giuseppe Baresi, Italian footballer and manager
1958 – Terry Marsh, English boxer
1959 – Mick McCarthy, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1960: Robert Smigel
American actor, humorist, comedian and writer
1960 – James Spader, American actor and producer
1962 – Garth Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1962 – Eddie Izzard, English comedian, actor, and producer
1964 – Ashok Banker, Indian journalist and author
1964 – Ray Mears, English television host and author
1964 – Cynthia Woodhead, American swimmer and journalist
1965 – Jason Gedrick, American actor
1965 – Chris Rock, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Kristin Otto, German swimmer
1968 – Peter Bondra, Ukrainian-Slovak ice hockey player and manager
1968 – Maitreesh Ghatak, Indian economist and academic
1968 – Mark Tewksbury, Canadian swimmer and sportscaster
1969 – Adriano Silva Francisco, Brazilian footballer
1969 – Yves Racine, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Stanley Roberts, American basketball player
1971 – Anita Tsoy, Russian singer-songwriter
1972 – Essence Atkins, American actress
1972 – Aftab Habib, English cricketer and coach
1972 – Robyn Lively, American actress
1973 – Irina Björklund, Finnish actress and singer
1973 – Mie Sonozaki, Japanese voice actress and singer
1973 – Juwan Howard, American basketball player and coach
1974 – Nujabes, Japanese DJ and producer (d. 2010)
1974 – Steve Nash, South African-Canadian basketball player
1975: Wes Borland, American rock musician
1975 – Alexandre Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Rémi Gaillard, French comedian and actor
1977 – Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Japanese footballer
1977 – Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Greek basketball player and coach
1977 – Mariusz Pudzianowski, Polish strongman and mixed martial artist
1977 – Eri Tanaka, Japanese actress and voice actress
1978 – David Aebischer, Swiss ice hockey player
1978 – Endy Chávez, Venezuelan baseball player
1978 – Ashton Kutcher, American model, actor, and producer
1978 – Daniel Van Buyten, Belgian footballer
1979 – Daniel Bierofka, German footballer and coach
1979 – Nicola Campedelli, Italian footballer and coach
1979 – Tawakkol Karman, Yemeni journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1979 – Cerina Vincent, American actress and producer
1980 – Richie Castellano, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult)
1980 – Maximiliano Cejas, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Darcy Dolce Neto, Brazilian footballer
1981 – Lee Ok-sung, South Korean boxer
1982 – Osamu Mukai, Japanese actor
1982 – Mickaël Piétrus, French basketball player
1983 – Scott Feldman, American baseball player
1983 – Teshome Getu, Ethiopian footballer
1983 – Georgios Gougoulias, Greek footballer
1983 – Sho Kamogawa, Japanese footballer
1983 – Christian Klien, Austrian race car driver
1983 – Federico Marchetti, Italian footballer
1984 – Trey Hardee, American decathlete
1985 – Tina Majorino, American actress
1985 – Devis Nossa, Italian footballer
1986 – Stephen Colletti, American actor
1986 – Michael Orozco Fiscal, American footballer
1986 – Lina Stančiūtė, Lithuanian tennis player
1986 – Giorgi Tsintsadze, Georgian basketball player
1987 – Achmad Jufriyanto, Indonesian footballer
1988 – Lee Don-ku, South Korean ice hockey player
1988 – Nikola Fraňková, Czech tennis player
1988 – Albin Hodža, French footballer
1988 – Ai Kago, Japanese singer, actress, and author (Morning Musume, Minimoni, and W)
1988 – Matthew Stafford, American football player
1989 – Nick Calathes, Greek basketball player
1989 – Alexis Rolín, Uruguayan footballer
1989 – Elia Viviani, Italian cyclist
1989 – Johan Jansen, Dutch professional footballer
1989 – Vegard Stake Laengen, Norwegian professional road racing cyclist
1989 – Daria Korobova, Russian competitor
1990 – Anna Abreu, Finnish-Portuguese singer
1990 – Neil Etheridge, English-Filipino footballer
1990 – Steven Stamkos, Canadian ice hockey player
1991 – Takahisa Maeyama, Japanese actor
1991 – Ryan O'Reilly, Canadian ice hockey player
1991 – Zhou Yimiao, Chinese tennis player
1992 – Maimi Yajima, Japanese singer and actress (Cute, ZYX, and High-King)
1993 – David Dorfman, American actor
1993 – Diego Laxalt, Uruguayan footballer
1995 – Roberto Osuna, Mexican baseball player
1996 – Mai Hagiwara, Japanese singer (Cute)
Coulee City
Cody Dillon Nix
Terri Findle
Jeremy Roberts
Ed Webster
Connie McKay
Charlotte Cochran
Jason Marseilles
Other
Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
1937 – Elihu Root (b. 1845)
American lawyer and politician
38th United States Secretary of State
Nobel Prize laureate
Notable
812 – Li Ning, Chinese prince (b. 793)
999 – Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 932)
1045 – Emperor Go-Suzaku of Japan (b. 1009)
1317 – Robert, Count of Clermont (b. 1256)
1560 – Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1493)
1603 – Hermann Wilken, German mathematician and academic (b. 1522)
1626 – William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
1642 – William Bedell, English bishop and academic (b. 1571)
1690 – Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1628)
1693 – Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (b. 1624)
1736 – Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)
1779 – William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)
1799 – Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
1801 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)
1819 – August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and author (b. 1737)
1823 – Ann Radcliffe, English author (b. 1764)
1837 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)
1839 – Karl August Nicander, Swedish poet and author (b. 1799)
1862 – Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo (b. 1787)
Spanish playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
1864 – Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Serbian philologist and linguist (b. 1787)
1871 – Henry E. Steinway (b. 1797)
German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons
1873 – Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author (b. 1814)
1878 – Pope Pius IX (b. 1792)
1897 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (b. 1847)
1898 – John Reily Knox, American lawyer, founded Beta Theta Pi (b. 1820)
1919 – William Halford (b. 1841)
English-American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient
1920 – Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (b. 1874)
1920 – Charles Langelier, Canadian journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1850)
1938 – Harvey Samuel Firestone (b. 1868)
American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
1939 – Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)
1942 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)
1944 – Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
1952 – Pete Henry, American football player and coach (b. 1897)
1959 – Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
1959 – Daniel François Malan (b. 1874)
South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa
1959 – Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
1960 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
1962 – Clara Nordström, German author and translator (b. 1886)
1963 – Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
1964 – Sofoklis Venizelos (b. 1894)
Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece
1968 – Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
1972 – Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1979 – Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)
1986 – Cheikh Anta Diop (b. 1923)
Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist
1990 – Alan Perlis, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1922)
1990 – Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (b. 1905)
1991 – Amos Yarkoni, Israeli colonel (b. 1920)
1994 – Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1913)
1994 – Arnold Smith (b. 1915)
Canadian scholar and diplomat, 1st Commonwealth Secretary-General
1996 – Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1925)
1998 – Lawrence Sanders, American author (b. 1920)
1999 – Hussein of Jordan (b. 1935)
1999 – Bobby Troup, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1918)
2000 – Doug Henning, Canadian magician and politician (b. 1947)
2000 – Shiho Niiyama, Japanese voice actress (b. 1970)
2000 – Dave Peverett (b. 1943)
English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Foghat and Savoy Brown)
2000 – Big Pun, American rapper and actor (Terror Squad) (b. 1971)
2001 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1912)
2001 – Anne Morrow Lindbergh, American author and pilot (b. 1906)
2002 – Jack Fairman, English racing driver (b. 1913)
2003 – Augusto Monterroso, Guatemalan author (b. 1921)
2005 – Atli Dam (b. 1932)
Faroese engineer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
2005 – Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1934)
2006 – Princess Durru Shehvar of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1914)
2010 – Franco Ballerini, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1964)
2012 – Harry Keough, American soccer player and coach (b. 1927)
2013 – Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2013 – József Tóth, Hungarian geographer and academic (b. 1940)
2015 – Billy Casper, American golfer and architect (b. 1931)
2015 – Marshall Rosenberg, American psychologist and author (b. 1934)
2015 – Dean Smith, American basketball player and coach (b. 1931)
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