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Birthdays
VIP
1769 – George W. Campbell (d. 17 Feb 1848)
Scottish-American lawyer and politician
5th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, 1814
U.S. Ambassador to Russia, 1818-1821
U.S. Senator, D-R, TN, 1811-1814, 1815-1818
U.S. Representative, D-R, TN, 1803-1809
1773 – William Henry Harrison (d. 4 Apr 1841)
American general and politician
9th President of the United States, 1841
United States Minister to Colombia, 1828-1829
U.S. Senator, W, OH, 1825-1828
U.S. Representative, W, OH, 1816-1819
Governor of the Indiana Territory, 1801-1812
1909 – Dean Rusk (d. 20 Dec 1994)
American colonel and politician
54th United States Secretary of State, 1961-1969
1946 – James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr.
American soldier, politician, and author
18th United States Secretary of the Navy, 1987-1988
U.S. Senator, D. VA, 2007-2013
Notable
1441 – Ali-Shir Nava'i (d. 1501)
Turkish poet, linguist, and painter
1533 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyo (d. 1611)
1645 – Johann Aegidius Bach, German viola player (d. 1716)
1666 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney (d. 1737)
Scottish field marshal
1711 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla (d. 1762)
Spanish sailor and commander
1737 – Thomas Paine (d. 8 Jun 1809)
English-born American philosopher, author, and activist
1741 – Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (d. 1799)
1747 – Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet (d. 1817)
English admiral and politician
Commodore Governor of Newfoundland
1751 – Antoine Bullant (d. 1821)
Czech bassoon player and composer
1756 – Karel Blažej Kopřiva (d. 1785)
Czech organist and composer
1763 – Louis I (Ludwig I) (d. 30 Mar 1830)
Grand Duke of Baden, 1818-1830
1775 – Farkas Bolyai (d. 1856)
Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic
1781 – Johann Baptist von Spix (d. 1826)
German biologist and explorer
1783 – Vasily Zhukovsky (d. 1852)
Russian poet and translator
1789 – Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (d. 1849)
German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand
1792 – Thomas Cooke (d. 30 Apr 1870)
Canadian Roman Catholic bishop and missionary
1st Bishop of Trois Rivières, 1852-1870
1800 – Hyrum Smith (d. 27 Jun 1844)
American religious leader
1814 – Samuel J. Tilden (d. 4 Aug 1886)
American lawyer and politician
25th Governor of New York, 1875-1876
1826: John A. Logan (d. 26 Dec 1886)
American soldier and politician
U.S. Senator, R, IL, 1871-1877
U.S. Representative, R. IL, 1867-1871
U.S. Representative, D. IL, 1859-1862
1830 – Abdülaziz I (d. 4 Jun 1876)
32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1861-1876
1834 – Felix Dahn (d. 1912)
German lawyer, historian, and author
1839 – Silas Adams (d. 1896)
American colonel, lawyer, and politician
1846 – Wilhelm Maybach (d. 1929)
German businessman, founded Maybach
1846 – Whitaker Wright (d. 1904)
English businessman and financier
1847 – Hugh Price Hughes (d. 1902)
Welsh-English clergyman and theologian
1863 – Anthony Hope (d. 1933)
English author and playwright
1864 – Miina Härma (d. 1941)
Estonian organist, composer, and conductor
1865 – Mrs. Patrick Campbell (d. 1940)
English-French actress
1865 – Erich von Drygalski (d. 1949)
German geographer and geophysicist
1866: George Ade (d. 16 May 1944)
American writer, newspaper columnist, and playwright
1867 – Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (d. 1916)
1871 – Howard Taylor Ricketts (d. 1910)
American pathologist and physician
1874 – Amy Lowell (d. 12 May 1925)
American poet, critic, and educator
1880 – Lipót Fejér (d. 1959)
Hungarian mathematician and academic
1880: James Stephens, Irish author and poet (d. 26 Dec 1950)
1883 – Jules Berry, French actor and director (d. 1951)
1885 – Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1935)
1885 – Clarence Haring (d. 1960)
American historian of colonial Latin America
1887 – Toivo Aro, Finnish diver (d. 1962)
1889 – Larry Semon (d. 1928)
American actor, producer, director and screenwriter
1891 – Ronald Colman (d. 19 May 1958)
English-American actor, singer, and producer
1892 – Peggy Wood (d. 18 Mar 1978)
American actress and singer
1893 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas (d. 1987)
Greek lawyer and politician
163rd Prime Minister of Greece
1895 – Hermann Brill (d. 1959)
German lawyer and politician
8th Minister-President of Thuringia
1896 – Alberto Vargas (d. 1982)
Peruvian-American painter and illustrator
1897 – Charles Kingsford Smith (d. 1935)
Australian captain and pilot
1901 – Brian Donlevy (d. 1972)
Irish-born American actor and producer
1901 – James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
1902 – Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, German activist (d. 1999)
1906 – André Kostolany (d. 1999)
Hungarian-French economist and journalist
1907 – Trường Chinh (d. 1988)
Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam
1907 – Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter (d. 2003)
English-Canadian mathematician and academic
1909 – Heather Angel, English-American actress (d. 1986)
1909 – Harald Genzmer
German composer and academic (d. 2007)
1909 – Carmen Miranda (d. 1955)
Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer
1910 – Jacques Monod (d. 1976)
French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate
1911 – William Orlando Darby (d. 30 Apr 1945)
American Army officer
1st commanding officer of the 1st Ranger Battalion
aka "Darby's Rangers"
1912 – Futabayama Sadaji (d. 1968)
Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna
1912 – Ginette Leclerc, French actress (d. 1992)
1914 – Bill Justice, American animator and director (d. 2011)
1914 – Chic Murray (d. 1984)
Canadian politician, 2nd Mayor of Mississauga
1914 – Ernest Tubb (d. 6 Sep 1984)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1914 – Bill Veeck, American businessman (d. 1986)
1915 – Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
1916 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1917 – Moon Mullen (d. 2013)
American baseball and basketball player
1920 – Fred Allen (d. 2012)
New Zealand rugby player and coach
1922 – Kathryn Grayson (d. 2010)
American actress and soprano
1922 – Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1986)
1922 – C. P. Krishnan Nair
Indian businessman (d. 2014)
founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts
1923 – Brendan Behan (d. 20 Mar 1964)
Irish activist, poet, and playwright
1923 – Tonie Nathan (d. 2014)
American radio host, producer, and politician
1925 – John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
1925 – Burkhard Heim (d. 2001)
German physicist and academic
1926: Letitia Baldrige (d. 29 Oct 2012)
American etiquette expert and public relations executive
White House Chief of Staff to the First Lady
of the United States, 1961-1963
1926 – Garret FitzGerald (d. 2011)
Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland
1927 – Richard A. Long (d. 2013)
American historian and author
1928 – Frank Frazetta (d. 2010)
American painter and illustrator
1928 – Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)
1928 – Roger Mudd, American journalist
1929 – A. R. Antulay (d. 2014)
Indian social worker and politician
8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
1929 – Clement Meadmore (d. 2005)
Australian-American sculptor
1930 – Garner Ted Armstrong (d. 15 Sep 2003)
American religious leader and author
1931 – Thomas Bernhard (d. 1989)
Austrian playwright and author
1931 – Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
1931 – Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter
1932 – Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager
1932 – Gerhard Richter, German painter and photographer
1933 – Loris Azzaro (d. 2003)
Tunisian-French fashion designer
1934 – John Ziegler, Jr., American lawyer and businessman
1935 – Lionel Fanthorpe
English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author
1936 – Stompin' Tom Connors (d. 2013)
Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1936 – Clive Swift, English actor
1936 – Barbara Young, English actress
1937 – Clete Boyer (d. 2007)
American baseball player and manager
1939 – Barry Mann
American pianist, songwriter, and producer
1939 – Janet Suzman, South African actress and director
1940 – Brian Bennett
English drummer and songwriter (The Shadows)
1940: Hubert Burda
German art historian and publisher
CEO and owner of Hubert Burda Media
1940 – J. M. Coetzee
South African-Australian linguist and author
Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Sheila Kuehl
American actress, lawyer
LGBT rights activist and politician
1942 – Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1943 – Barbara Lewis, American singer-songwriter
1943 – Joe Pesci, American actor
1943 – Joseph Stiglitz
American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1944: Denis Laurence Dutton (d. 28 Dec 2010)
American and New Zealander academic, philosopher,
internet entrepreneur, and media commentator
1944 – Derryn Hinch
New Zealand-Australian radio and television host
1944 – Alice Walker, American author and poet
1945 – Mia Farrow, American actress and singer
1946 – Bob Eastwood, American golfer
1946 – Seán Neeson, Northern Irish educator and politician
1946 – Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster
1947 – Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat
1947 – Joe Ely
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(The Flatlanders and Los Super Seven)
1947 – Major Harris (d. 2012)
American singer (The Delfonics)
1948 – Guy Standing, English economist and academic
1949 – Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist
1949 – Judith Light, American actress and producer
1950 – Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician
1951: Jay Inslee
American politician and lawyer
23rd Governor of Washington, D, 2013-present
U.S. Representative, D. WA, 1993-2012
1952 – Danny White
American football player and sportscaster
1953 – Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
1953 – Ezechiele Ramin (d. 1985)
Italian missionary, priest, and martyr
1953 – Gabriel Rotello
American journalist and author, founded OutWeek
1953: Rick Wagoner
American businessman
Chairman and CEO of General Motors, 2000-2009
1954 – Omar Belhouchet, Algerian journalist
1954 – Jo Duffy, American author
1954 – Chris Gardner
American businessman, founded Gardner Rich & Co
1954 – Gina Rinehart, Australian businesswoman
1954: Dr.Ulrich Hans Walter
German physicist/engineer and astronaut
STS-55 (Spacelab D-2) Payload Specialist
Time in space 9d 23h 40m
1954 – Kevin Warwick, English engineer and academic
1955 – Jerry Beck, American historian and author
1955 – Jimmy Pursey
English singer-songwriter and producer
(Sham 69, Sham Pistols, and Day 21)
1955 – Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
1956 – Margaret Gilmore, South African-English journalist
1956 – Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach
1957 – Terry McAuliffe
American businessman and politician
72nd Governor of Virginia, D, 2014-present
1957 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
1958 – Chris Nilan
American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
1960 – David Bateson, South African-Danish actor
1960 – Holly Johnson
English singer-songwriter and bass player
(Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Big in Japan)
1960 – Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut
1961 – John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster
1962 – Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina
1962 – Csaba Kesjár, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1988)
1963 – Brian Greene, American physicist and academic
1963 – Travis Tritt
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1964: Renee Jacisin Ellmers
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. NC, 2011-present
1964 – Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager
1964 – Dewi Morris, English rugby player
1965 – Dieter Baumann, German runner
1965 – Darren Dalton
American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Stephin Merritt
American singer-songwriter
(The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths)
1965: Julie Warner, American actress
1966 – Harald Eia
Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1966 – Ellen van Langen, Dutch runner
1966 – Stephin Merritt, American singer-songwriter
1967 – Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach
1968 – Alejandra Guzmán
Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
1968 – Derek Strong
American basketball player and race car driver
1969 – Tom Scharpling, American comedian and radio host
1969 – Ian Eagle, American sportscaster
1969 – Jimmy Smith, American football player
1970: Isabel Gillies, American actress
1970 – Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
1970 – Eldbjørg Raknes, Norwegian singer
1970: Theodore Edward "Todd" Rokita
American politician
U.S. Representative, R. IN, 2011-present
1971 – Sharon Case, American model and actress
1971 – Matt Gogel, American golfer and sportscaster
1971 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer and manager
1972 – Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
1972 – Crispin Freeman, American voice actor and screenwriter
1972 – Jason Winston George, American actor
1973 – Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast
1973 – Colin Egglesfield, American actor
1973 – Shaun Parkes, English actor
1974 – Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress and singer
1974 – Brad Maynard, American football player
1974 – Amber Valletta, American model and actress
1974 – John Wallace, American basketball player and coach
1975 – Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach
1975 – Clinton Grybas (d. 2008)
Australian journalist and sportscaster
1975 – Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player
1976 – Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1978: Fede Alvarez, Uruguayan film director and screenwriter
1978 – A.J. Buckley
Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1978: Erin O'Connor, English model
1979 – Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
1979 – Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
1979: Gloria Votsis, American actress
1979 – Zhang Ziyi, Chinese actress
1980 – Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
1980 – Margarita Levieva
Russian-born American actress and gymnast
1980 – Shelly Martinez, American wrestler and actress
1981 – Joël Camathias, Swiss race car driver
1981 – Tom Hiddleston, English actor
1981: John Walker Lindh, American criminal
1981 – Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
1981 – James Owen Sullivan (d. 28 Dec 2009)
bka "The Rev" (short for The Reverend Tholomew Plague)
American singer-songwriter and drummer
(Avenged Sevenfold, Pinkly Smooth, Suburban Legends)
1982 – Domingo Cisma González, Spanish footballer
1982 – Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
1982 – Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1982 – Chris Weale, English footballer
1983 – Mikel Arruabarrena Aranbide, Spanish footballer
1984 – Maurice Ager, American basketball player
1984 – Han Geng
Chinese singer, actor, and dancer
(Super Junior and Super Junior-M)
1984 – Dioner Navarro, Venezuelan baseball player
1985 – David Lee Gallagher, American actor and producer
1986 – Princess Raiyah bint Al Hussein of Jordan
1987 – Sam Coulson, English guitarist (Asia)
1987 – Michael B. Jordan, American actor
1987 – Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
1987: Magdalena "Lena" Neuner, German biathlete
1988 – Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer
1989 – Gia Farrell, American singer-songwriter
1989 – Wu Jia-qing, Taiwanese pool player
1990: Camille Winbush, American actress and comedian
1992 – Avan Jogia
Canadian actor, singer, dancer, model and martial artist
1993 – Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer
1996 – Jimmy Bennett, American actor and musician
1997 – Valentini Grammatikopoulou, Greek tennis player
Family
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Jared Eagle
Art Boutain
Jackie Bodle
Susan Miller
Howard McDonald
Judy Senkler
Kelsey Powers
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Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
VIP
Notable
967 – Sayf al-Dawla, Syrian ruler (b. 916)
1011 – Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (b. 950)
1199 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
1450 – Agnès Sorel, French mistress of Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
1555 – John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)
1555 – Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (b. 1510)
1588 – Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (b. 1526)
1619 – Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)
1670 – Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
1675 – Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
1709 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
1752 – Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist and explorer (b. 1722)
1777 – Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
1782 – Giuseppe Luigi Assemani, Lebanese orientalist and academic (b. 1710)
1803 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert (b. 1716)
French soldier, poet, and philosopher
1857 – Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
1874 – Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
1881 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky (b. 1821)
Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist
1891 – Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
1906 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
1930 – Richard With (b. 1846)
Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten
1932 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
1936 – Caroline Furness, American astronomer (b. 1869)
1951 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
1957 – Miklós Horthy (b. 1868)
Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary
1960 – Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
1960 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
1965 – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)
1966 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-American actress and singer (b. 1884)
1969 – George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
1971 – Arthur Smith, Australian public servant (b. 1893)
1973 – Vasiliki Maliaros, Greek-American actress (b. 1883)
1973 – Max Yasgur (b. 1919)
, American farmer, owned the site of the Woodstock Festival
1976 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1977 – Alia al-Hussein, Egyptian wife of Hussein of Jordan (b. 1948)
1977 – Sergey Ilyushin (b. 1894)
Russian aircraft designer, founded the Ilyushin Design Company
1978 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
1978 – Julio Jaramillo, Ecuadorian singer and guitarist (b. 1935)
1979 – Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)
1980 – Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
1981 – M. C. Chagla (b. 1900)
Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
1981 – Bill Haley (b. 1925)
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets)
1984 – Yuri Andropov, Russian politician (b. 1914)
1989 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
1991 – James Cleveland (b. 1931)
American singer-songwriter and pianist (The Caravans)
1994 – Howard Martin Temin (b. 1934)
American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1995 – J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
1995 – David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
1997 – Barry Evans, English actor (b. 1943)
1997 – Georges Groulx, Canadian actor (b. 1922)
1998 – Maurice Schumann (b. 1911)
French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
1999 – Bryan Mosley, English actor (b. 1931)
2001 – Herbert A. Simon (b. 1916)
American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
2002 – Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (b. 1920)
2002 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
2002 – Vicente Sardinero, Spanish opera singer (b. 1937)
2004 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)
2005 – Tyrone Davis, American singer (b. 1938)
2005 – Robert Kearns (b. 1927)
American engineer, invented the windscreen wiper
2006 – Nadira, Indian actress (b. 1932)
2006 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (b. 1922)
2007 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
2007 – Ian Richardson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1934)
2008 – Scot Halpin, American drummer (b. 1954)
2008 – Christopher Hyatt American occultist and author (b. 1943)
2008 – Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
2009 – Eluana Englaro, Italian medical patient (b. 1970)
2009 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López (b. 1933)
Cuban bassist and composer (Buena Vista Social Club)
2010 – Phil Harris, American captain and fisherman (b. 1956)
2010 – Jacques Hétu, Canadian composer and educator (b. 1938)
2010 – Walter Frederick Morrison (b. 1920)
American toymaker, invented the Frisbee
2011 – Miltiadis Evert, Greek politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (b. 1939)
2012 – Adam Adamowicz, American illustrator (b. 1968)
2012 – O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2012 – John Hick, English philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Joe Moretti (b. 1938)
Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (Nero and the Gladiators)
2012 – Don Panciera, American football player and coach (b. 1927)
2013 – Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)
2013 – Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)
2013 – Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (b. 1931)
2013 – Kåre Valebrokk, Norwegian journalist (b. 1940)
2014 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2014 – Graham John Hills, Scottish chemist and academic (b. 1926)
2014 – Mauro Pane, Italian race car driver (b. 1963)
2014 – Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920)
2015 – Abdul Rauf Aliza, Afghan commander (b. 1981)
2015 – Liu Han, Chinese businessman (b. 1965)
2015 – Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1916)
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