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686 Charles Martel 'the Hammer', King of the Franks  (d. 22 Oct 741)

          born in Herstal, Belgium

          grandfather of Charlemagne

          my 39th great-grandfather

Notable

1486 – Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein,, Slovenian historian and diplomat  (d. 1566)

          born in Vipava, Slovenia
1524 – François Hotman, French lawyer and diplomat, born in Paris (d. 1590)

1593 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Pianto d'Italia), born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1646)
1623 – Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer, theologian, and historian (d. 1675)

          born in Raków, Kielce County, Poland
1724 – Abraham Yates, Jr., American lawyer and civil servant  (d. 1796)

          Continental Congressman

          born in Albany, New York

1727 Friedrich Hartmann Graf, German composer  (d. 1795)

          born in Rudolstadt, Germany

1740 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41  (d. 1764)

          born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
1741 – Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse  (d. 1788)

          French admiral and explorer

          born in Albi, France

1751 Louis-Francois Beffara, French lexicographer  (d. 1838)

          born in Nonancourt, France
1754 – Louis XVI, King of France 1774-93  (d. 1793)

          guillotined
1757 – Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann, German actress (d. 1775)
1769 – Georges Cuvier [Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier]   (d. 1832)

          French naturalist and zoologist, born in Montbéliard, France

1773 Jakob F. Fries, German philosopher, born in Barby, Germany (d. 1843)

1783 – William Tierney Clark, English engineer (d. 1852)
          designed the Hammersmith Bridge
1785 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (d. 1819)
1805 – Anton von Schmerling, Austrian politician (d. 1893)

          born in Lichtental, Vienna, Austria
1814 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop  (d. 1877)

          born in NYC, New York

          first Bishop of Newark, New Jersey

          eighth Archbishop of Baltimore

1818 Rufus Ingalls, American Brevet Major General (Union Army)  (d. 1893)

          born in Denmark, Maine
1829 – Moritz B. Cantor, German mathematician and historian (d. 1920)

          born in Mannheim, Germany
1836 – Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians  (d. 1902)

          born in Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary
1843 – William Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher  (d. 1932)

          born in Montreal, Quebec
1846 – Alexander Milne Calder, Scottish-American sculptor (d. 1923)

          born in Aberdeen, Scotland
1847 – Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1927)

          born in Wyoming, New York
1849 – William Ernest Henley, British poet, critic, and editor  (d. 1903)

          born in Gloucester, England
1852 – Clímaco Calderón, Colombian lawyer and politician (d. 1913)
          15th President of Colombia for one day in 1882

          born in Santa Rosa de Viterbo, Colombia

1852 – Arnold Toynbee, English economist and historian (d. 1883)

1854 – Moritz Moszkowski, Polish-German pianist and composer (d. 1925)

          born in Breslau, Prussia
1864 – Eleftherios K. Venizelos, Greek politician  (d. 1936)

          born in Mournies, Greece
          93rd Prime Minister of Greece 1910-15, 28-32

1867 Marcel Schwob, French writer and journalist, born in Chaville, France  (d. 1905)

          (Le Croisade des Enfants)

1867 – Edgar de Wahl, Ukrainian-Estonian linguist and educator (d. 1948)
1868 – Edgar Lee Masters, American poet and novelist, born in Garnett, Kansas (d. 1950)

          (Spoon River Anthology)

1868 – Paul Otlet, Belgian author, lawyer and peace activist  (d. 1944)

          (created the Universal Decimal Classification scheme)

          born in Brussels, Belgium

1869 James (Sunny Jim) Rolph, San Francisco mayor 1912-31  (d. 1934)

          born in San Francisco, California

1872 – Tanguturi Prakasam, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1957)
1875 – William Eccles, English physicist and engineer  (d. 1966)

          born in Barrow-in-Furness, England
1875 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1946)

          born in Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russia
1877 – István Medgyaszay, Hungarian architect and academic  (d. 1959)
1878:  George Matthew Adams, American editor  (d. 29 Oct 1962)

1879 Alfrēds Kalniņš, Latvian organist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue  (d. 1951)

          born in Cēsis, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
1880 – Alexander Grin, Russian novelist (Jessie and Morgiana)  (d. 1932)

          born in Vyatka, Kirov Oblast, Russia

1881 – Louis Schelfhout, Dutch painter and graphic artist  (d. 1943)

          born in The Hague, Netherlands

1883 – Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, American general  (d. 1953)

          born in Fort Walla Walla, Washington

          Medal of Honor recipient
1884 – Will Cuppy, American author, critic, and humorist  (d. 1949)

          (The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody),

          born in Auburn, Indiana
1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1937)
          50th United States Secretary of the Treasury 1927-1932

          born in Newport, Rhode Island

1885 Henry Thomas Tizard, English chemist and inventor  (d. 1959)

          born in Gillingham, Kent, England

1886 Gottfried Rudinger, German composer, born in Lindau, Germany (d. 1946)

1887 Jo Sternheim, Dutch actor and playwright, born in Amsterdam  (d. 1956)

1889 Alfred Lichtenstein, German writer, born in Berlin, Germany  (d. 1914)

1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher  (d. 1971)
          co-founded Newsday
1891 – Roy Agnew, Australian composer (d. 1944)

1892 Valdemar Eiberg, Danish jazz pioneer, saxophonist, and band leader  (d. 1965)

          ("I've Got a Cross-Eyed Papa"), born in Kolding, Denmark

1893 Roy Agnew, Australian composer (Sonata Ballade), born in Sydney  (d. 1944)

1894 Gareth Hughes, Welsh actor (Midnight Girl)  (d. 1965)

          born in Dafen, Carmarthenshire, Wales

1894 James La Guma, South African political activist and trade unionist  (d. 1961)

          born in Cape Town

1897 – Henry F. Pringle, American historian and journalist (d. 1958)

1900 – Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American composer and educator  (d. 1991)

          (Johnny Spielt Auf), born in Vienna, Austria
1900 – Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer-songwriter and activist (d. 1978)

          (Morningtown Ride), born in San Francisco, California
1901 – Guy Bush, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)

1901 Cecil Rolph Hewitt, English journalist and policeman  (d. 1994)

          born in London
1901 – John Sherman Cooper, American captain, lawyer, and politician (d. 1991)
          2nd United States Ambassador to East Germany

          born in Somerset, Kentucky

1903 Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian and senator  (d. 1994)

          born in Leuven, Belgium
1903 – William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator  (d. 1982)

          (Method for Violin & Viola), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1905 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (d. 1982)
1905 – Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (d. 1951)

          (King Pest), born in Fulham, London

1905 (John) "Rags" Ragland, American burlesque comedian,  (d. 1946)

          and stage and screen character actor (Whistling In The Dark)

          born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1946)
1906 – Zoltan Sarosy, Hungarian-American chess master
1908:  Arthur Adamov, Russian-French playwright (Paolo Paoli)  (d. 15 Mar 1970)

          born in Kislovodsk, Terek Oblast, Russia

1908 Cornelis van Dis Sr., Dutch chemist and politician

          born in Leiden, Netherlands
1908 – Hannah Frank, Scottish artist and sculptor  (d. 2008)

          born in Glasgow, Scotland

1909 – Leila Danette, American actress (d. 2012)

1910 – Lonny Frey, American baseball player (d. 2009)

1911 Albert Alberts, Dutch writer and journalist (French battle)  (d. 1996)

          born in Haarlem, Netherlands

1911 Carl Dolmetsch, French music director (Haslemere Festival)  (d. 1997)

          born in Fontenay-sous-Bois, France

1912 – Gene Kelly, American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and film director  (d. 1996)

          (An American in Paris; On The Town; Singin' in the Rain)

          born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1912 – Jara Ribnikar, Serbian writer, born in Königgrätz, Bohemia (d. 2007)

1912 – Harry Kissin, Baron Kissin, British businessman and President (GPG)  (d. 1997)

          born in Gdańsk, Poland

1913 – Bob Crosby, American jazz singer and bandleader (Bob-Cats)  (d. 9 Mar 1993)

          born in Spokane, Washington

1913 Luis Felipe Ramón y Rivera, Venezuelan musician and composer  (d. 1993)

          born in San Cristóbal, Táchira, Venezuela 

1913 Stanley Kitchen, British chartered accountant

1917 – Tex Williams, American country-western singer-songwriter and guitarist  (d. 1985)

          born in Ramsey, Illinois

1919 Robert Crichton-Brown, Australian businessman and CEO  (d. 2013)

          (Rothmans International), born in Melbourne, Australia
1919 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani mathematician and theorist (d. 1984)

1920 Aart Verstegen, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer  (d. 1998)

          (Jolly Joker's Last Joke), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
1921 – Kenneth Arrow, American economist and academic  (d. 2017)
          Nobel Prize 1972, born in NYC, New York

1922 Brian Young, Chairman (Christian Aid), born in Sri Lanka (d. 2016)

1922 Jack Boddy, British trade union leader, born in Norwich (d. 2004)

1922 – Nazik Al-Malaika, Iraqi poet and academic (d. 2007)
1922 – Jean Darling, American child actress (Our Gang)  (d. 2015)

          born in Santa Monica, California
1922 – Pierre Gauvreau, Canadian painter, television writer and producer  (d. 2011)

          born in Montreal, Quebec
1922 – George Kell, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)

1923 Humphrey Fisher, TV producer, born in England (d. 1996)

1923 – Edgar F. Codd, English-American computer scientist (d. 2003)

1924 Denis Sargan, British econometrician, born in Doncaster, Yorkshire (d. 1996)

1924 Edvard Fliflet Braein, Norwegian composer   (d. 1976)

          (Ut mot havet (Out To Sea); Anne Pedersdotter)

          born in Kristiansund, Norway

1924 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, dramatist, screenwriter, and film director

          born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2005)

1924 Siti Hartinah, Second First Lady of Indonesia

          wife of President Suharto of Indonesia  (d. 1996)

          born in Jaten village, Surakarta, Central Java
1924 – Robert Solow, American economist and academic

          developed the Solow–Swan model of economic growth; Nobel Prize 1987
          born in NYC, New York

1925 Sulkhan Tsintsadze, Georgian composer  (d. 1991)

          born in Gori, Transcaucasian SSR, Soviet Union (now Georgia)

1925 Włodzimierz Kotoński, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland  (d. 2014)

1925 – Robert Mulligan, American director and producer (d. 2008)
1926 – Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (d. 2006)

          born in San Francisco, California
1926 – Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1927 – Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (Miffy books)  (d. 2017)

           born in Utrecht

1927 – Allan Kaprow, American artist (d. 2006)
1927 – Martial Solal, Algerian-French jazz pianist and composer

          born in Algiers, French Algeria

1927 Houari Boumédiènne, President of Algeria 1965-78  (d. 1978)

          born in Clauzel, Algeria

1927 John Hoskyns, Policy Advisor to Margaret Thatcher 1979-82  (d. 2014) 

1927 Peter Wyngarde [Cyril Goldbert], British actor  (d. 2018)

         (Department S and Jason King), born in Marseille, France

1928 Gerd Natschinski, German composer, born in Chemnitz, Germany (d. 2015)

1928 – Marian Seldes, American actress and singer (d. 2014)

          (A Delicate Balance, Father's Day), born in Manhattan, NYC, New York

1929 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (d. 2009)
1929 – Vera Miles, American model and actress, Miss Kansas 1948
          (Psycho;The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance)

          born in Boise City, Oklahoma
1930 – Michel Rocard, French politician  (d. 2016)
          160th Prime Minister of France 1988-91

          born in Courbevoie, Paris

1930 Andy Ireland, American politician, born in Cincinnati, Ohio

          US Representative from Florida

1930 John Fairclough, British scientific adviser and computer designer  (d. 2003)

          born in Yorkshire

1931 Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill

          British chief of Defense, born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, England

1931 – Barbara Eden, American actress and singer

          (I Dream of Jeannie), born in Tucson, Arizona

1931 – Hamilton O. Smith, American microbiologist and academic
          Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician (d. 1978)
          2nd President of Algeria
1932 – Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician (d. 2013)
          Minister of Defence for Zimbabwe
1932 – Mark Russell, American comedian, singer, and pianist

1933 – Robert Curl, American chemist and academic
          Nobel Prize 1996; born in Alice, Texas
1933 – Pete Wilson, American commander and politician

          36th Governor of California; born in Lake Forest, Illinois

1934 Lojze Lebič, Slovenian composer, peadagogue, and musicologist

          (Myths and Apocrypha); born in Prevalje, Slovenia

1934 Christian "Sonny" Jurgensen, American NFL quarterback  and sportscaster, 

          born in Wilmington, North Carolina

1935 Brendan Jackson, British air marshal, born in London (d. 1998)

1935 Loren Rush, American avant-garde composer

          (Hard Music), born in Richmond, California

1935 – Roy Strong, English writer, art historian and director

          (Victoria & Albert Museum), born in Winchmore Hill, Middlesex, England

1936 Rudy Lewis, American pop vocalist  (d. 1964)

          (The Drifters - "Up On The Roof"; "On Broadway")

          born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1936 – Henry Lee Lucas, American drifter and serial killer  (d. 2001)

          born in Blacksburg, Virginia

1938 – Giacomo Bini, Italian priest and missionary (d. 2014)
1938 – Roger Greenaway, English pop singer-songwriter and record producer
          ("I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing", The Kestrels, Brotherhood of Man,

          and The Pipkins); born in Fishponds, England

1939 Charles Wardle, British Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle

1939 Ronnie A. Casseres, minister of Dutch Antilles, born in Curaçao

1940 – Galen Rowell, American photographer (d. 11 Aug 2002)
1940 – Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter

          (m WKRP in Cincinnati - "Les Nessman"), born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

1940 Tony Bill, American actor

          (What Really Happened to the Class of '65), born in San Diego, California

1940 Thomas A. Steitz, American Biochemist, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2018)

          (2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for ribosome discoveries)

1940 Vicki Brown, British pop, rock session vocalist,  (d. 1991)

          and contemporary classical singer; born in Liverpool, England 

1941 Rafael Albrecht, Argentine soccer defender (39 caps; San Lorenzo, Club León), born in Tucumán, Argentina (d. 2021)

1941 Patrick Taylor, Irish-Canadian medical researcher, editor, and novelist

          (An Irish Country series), born in Bangor, Northern Ireland

1941 – Jim Ford, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
1941 – Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve
               Irish philosopher, academic, and politician
1942 – Letta Mbulu, South African-American singer

1942 Patricia McBride, American ballerina, artistic director, and ballet master

          (New York City Ballet, 1959-89) (Charlotte Ballet)

          born in Teaneck, New Jersey

1943 Bobby Diamond, American actor

          (Duncan Gillis-Dobie Gillis), born in Los Angeles, California

1943 – Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours

          British Labour Party politician
1943 – Nelson DeMille, American author, born in Jamaica, Queens, New York
1943 – Peter Lilley,  British Conservative Party politician

          Secretary of state for British social security
          Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

          born in Hayes, Kent, England
1943 – Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, and producer

1944 Lena Tabori, Swedish actress and model

          daughter of Viveca Lindfors, born in Stockholm, Sweden
1944 – Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral
          14th Surgeon General of the United States 1990-92 (1st woman and Hispanic holder)

          born in Farjardo, Puerto Rico
1944 – Saira Banu, Indian actres

1945 – Rita Pavone, Italian singer and actress
1945 – Bob Peck, English actor (d. 1999)
1945 – Rayfield Wright, American football player and coach  (d. 2022)

          born in Griffin, Georgia
1946 – Keith Moon, British rock drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1978)
          (The Who and Plastic Ono Band); born in London, England

1947 – Rex Allen, Jr., American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

          (Nashville on the Road), born in Chicago, Illinois
1947 – David Robb, English-Scottish actor

          (I, Claudius), born in London
1947 – Willy Russell, English playwright and composer

           (Shirley Valentine, Educating Rita), born in Whiston, England
1947 – Terje Rypdal, Norwegian jazz guitarist and songwriter

          (The Vanguards); born in Oslo, Norway

1848:  Ron Blomberg, American 1st baseman and 1st designated hitter

          born in Atlanta, Georgia

1948 – Atef Bseiso, Palestinian intelligence officer (d. 1992)

1948 – Andrei Pleșu, Romanian journalist and politician
          95th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs

          born in Bucharest, Romania

1948 – Rudy "Rudy" Ruettiger, American football player

          University of Notre Dame football legend; born in Joliet, Illinois

1948:  Merrie Spaeth  [American consultant, actress, and writer]
1948 – Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist

1949 – Rick Springfield [Springthorpe], Australian singer-songwriter

          ("Speak to the Sky"; "Jessie's Girl")

          and actor (General Hospital, 1981-83 and 2004-08 - "Noah Drake")

          born in Balmain, New South Wales

1949 Christopher Blake, English actor (Alexa), born in Chingford, London

1949 John Bauldie, British music journalist (The Telegraph (magazine); Q)

          born in Bolton, England (d. 1996)

1949 Norah Ellen O'Neill, first woman pilot for Alaska Central Air 1974

          born in Seattle, Washington

1949 Shelley Long, American actress (Diane in Cheers, Money Pit)

          born in Fort Wayne, Indiana

1949 Woody Paul [Paul Chrisman], American singer (Riders in the Sky)

          born in Nashville, Tennessee

1949 – William Lane Craig, American apologist and theologian

1949 – Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician
1949 – Shelley Long, American actress and producer

1950 – Alan Tam, Hong Kong singer and actor (The Wynners)

1951 – Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
1951 – Jimi Jamison, American rock singer  (d. 2014)

           (Survivor - "High On You"), born in Durant, Mississippi

1951 Mark Hudson, American television personality (The Hudson Brothers),

          musician, songwriter, and record producer

          (Aerosmith; Hanson; Ringo Starr; Ozzy Osbourne)

          born in Portland, Oregon

1951 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician  (d. 2004)
          1st President of the Chechen Republic

          born in Karaganda, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
1951 – Queen Noor of Jordan [Lisa Najeeb Halaby]

          American born wife of King Hussein

          born in Washington, D.C.

1952 Dalton Reed, American soul singer, born in Lafayette, Louisiana (d. 1994)

1952 Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician

          born in Palaiokastritsa, Corfu, Greece

1953 Klaus-Dietrich Flade, German cosmonaut

          (Soyuz TM-14), born in Büdesheim, Germany

1953 Ezra Idlet, American folk, rock, and family music guitarist,

          and singer-songwriter (Trout Fishing In America -

          "My Hair Had A Party Last Night"), born in San Antonio, Texas

1953 – Bobby Gubby, English rocker

          (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies); born in Epsom, Surrey, England

1953 – John Rocha, Hong Kong-Irish fashion designer
1954 – Charles Busch, American actor, screenwriter, playwright

          and drag queen (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife), in Hartsdale, New York

1956 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (d. 1991)

          (Floer homology), born in Duisburg, Germany

1956 – Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian politician
          Norwegian Minister of Culture; born in Kvam, Norway

1956 – Robert L. Manahan, American actor (d. 2000)

1956 David Wolf, American astronaut (STS 58, sk: 89/91)

                  born in Indianapolis, Indiana

1956 – Skipp Sudduth, American actor (Third Watch)

          born in Wareham, Massachusetts

1956 Kile Smith, American contemporary orchestral and choral composer

          born in Camden, New Jersey

1957 – Tasos Mitropoulos, Greek footballer and politician

          born in Volos, Greece

1958 – Julio Franco, Dominican baseball player and manager

          born in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic

1959 – Edwyn Collins, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Orange Juice)
1960 – Rodney Alan Greenblat, American graphic artist

          born in San Francisco, California

1960 – Gary Hoey, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Heavy Bones)

1960 – Chris Potter, Canadian actor, singer, and director

          (Kung Fu: The Legend Continues), born in Toronto, Ontario

1961 – Dean DeLeo, American guitarist; born in Montclair, New Jersey
          (Stone Temple Pilots, Talk Show, and Army of Anyone)
1961 – Alexandre Desplat, French composer and conductor

          (The Grand Budapest Hotel), born in Paris, France
1961 – Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian commander and politician
          54th Mayor of Tehran
1962 Glenn Healy, Canadian NHL goalie (NY Rangers),

          born in Pickering, Ontario, Canada

1962 Kyle Clifton, American NFL linebacker (NY Jets); born in Olney, Texas

1962 – Martin Cauchon, Canadian lawyer and politician
          46th Minister of Justice for Canada 2002-03

          born in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada
1962:  Dean Karnazes  [American ultramarathon runner]
1962 – Shaun Ryder, English singer-songwriter and actor

          (Happy Mondays and Black Grape)

1963 – Park Chan-wook, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter

          (Joint Security Area, Thirst), born in Seoul

1963 – Kenny Wallace, American race car driver

1964 – Kong Hee, Singaporean founder and Senior Pastor

          City Harvest Church
1964 – Yoshikazu Taru, Japanese wrestler
1964 – Wendy Pepper, American fashion designer

1965 – Roger Avary, Canadian-American screenwriter, director,

          and producer (Pulp Fiction), born in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada

1966 – Charley Boorman, English actor and producer
1966 – Rik Smits, Dutch-American basketball player

          born in Eindhoven, Netherlands

1967 Jon Cooper, Canadian ice hockey coach

          born in Prince George, British Columbia
1967 – Ant, American comedian and actor
1967 – Jim Murphy, Scottish politician, Minister of State for Europe
1967 Nancy Cox, American news anchor, Miss Kentucky (1991)

          born in Campbellsville, Kentucky
1967 – Kazumi Totaka, Japanese musician and voice actor

1968 Scott Kowalkowski, NFL linebacker

          born in Royal Oak, Michigan

1968 Cortez Kennedy, American NFL defensive tackle

          born in Osceola, Arkansas  (d. 2017)
1968 – Laura Claycomb, American soprano
1968 – Chris DiMarco, American golfer

           born in Huntington, New York
1969 – Geneviève Brouillette, Canadian actress
1969 – Jack Lopresti, English politician
1969 – Jeremy Schaap, American sportscaster, and author (Cinderella Man;

          Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics)

           born in NYC, New York
1969 – Keith Tyson, English painter and illustrator

          born in Ulverston, United Kingdom

1970:  Rob Bell, American author and pastor
1970 – Lawrence Frank, American basketball player and coach

          born in NYC, New York
1970 – Brad Mehldau, American jazz pianist and composer

          born in Jacksonville, Florida
1970 – Jay Mohr, American actor and comedian

          born in Verona, New Jersey
1970 – River Phoenix, American actor and singer (d. 31 Oct 1993)

          (Little Nikta, Stand By Me), born in Madras, Oregon
1970 – Lee Sung-jae, South Korean actor

1971:  Aaron Douglas, Canadian actor
1971:  Hugh Douglas, American football player

          born in Mansfield, Ohio
1971 Gretchen Whitmer, American politician

          Governor of Michigan 2019-  ; born in Lansing, Michigan

1972 Tony Carter, American NFL running back

          born in Columbus, Ohio
1972 – Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican baseball player

          born in Humacao, Puerto Rico

1973 Malaika Arora Khan, Indian actress and model

          born in Thane, India
1973 – Casey Blake, American baseball player

          born in Des Moines, Iowa

1974 – Mark Bellhorn, American baseball player
1974 – Christian Beranek, American actor, producer, and graphic novelist

          born in Council Bluffs, Iowa

1974 – Konstantin Novoselov, Russian-English physicist and academic
          Nobel Prize laureate
1974 – Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist

          (G.I. Joes movies; Slayer), born in Glasgow, United Kingdom
1974 – Shifty Shellshock [Seth Binzer], American singer-songwriter and actor

          (Crazy Town), born in Los Angeles, California

1975 Joe Andruzzi, NFL guard, born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York
1975 – Eliza Carthy, English singer-songwriter and fiddler (Blue Murder)

          born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
1975 – Sean Marks, New Zealand-American basketball player and manager

1976 – Scott Caan, American actor, director, and screenwriter

          born in Los Angeles, California
1976 – Pat Garrity, American basketball player

1977 Nicole Bobeck, American figure skater (US Champ 1995)

          born in Chicago, Illinois

1977 Jared Fogle, American spokesperson known as the Subway Guy

          born in Indianapolis, Indiana

1977 – Jelena Rozga, Croatian singer (Magazin)

1978 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player

          born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
1978 – Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter
          (The Strokes and Julian Casablancas + The Voidz)

           born in NYC, New York
1978 – Andrew Rannells, American actor and singer
1978 – Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (d. 2014)

1979 – Jessica Bibby, Australian basketball player

1979 – Saskia Clark, English sailor
1979 – Ritchie Neville, English singer and actor (Five)

          born in Solihull, United Kingdom

1980 – Denny Bautista, Dominican baseball player

          born in Sánchez, Dominican Republic
1980:  Joanna Froggatt  [English actress]
1980 – Rex Grossman, American football player

          born in Bloomington, Indiana
1981 – Ozzy Lusth, Mexican reality show contestant

          Survivor: Cook Islands; born in Guanajuato, Mexico

1982 – YTCracker  [Bryce Case, Jr.], American hip-hop artist and DJ

        born in La Mirada, California

1982 – Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer

          born in Vallejo, California
1982 Laurin Talese, American jazz singer and songwriter

          ("This Love"), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1982 – Trevor Wright, American actor

1983 – J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (d. 2010)
1983 – James Collins, Welsh footballer
1983 – Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, translator,

          and literary critic; born in Teheran, Iran
1983 – Ruta Gedmintas, English actress
1983 – Annie Ilonzeh, American actress
1983 – Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player

          World's tallest player at 7ft 9in, born in Bayan County, China
1983 – Tony Moll, American football player
1983 – Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
1983 – Marianne Steinbrecher, German-Brazilian volleyball player

1984 – Kristy Bruce, English actress
1984 Joe Talbot, Welsh punk-rock singer-songwriter (Ides)

          born in Newport, Wales

1986 – Sky Blu, American rapper and producer (LMFAO)
1986 – Neil Cicierega, American comedian, actor, singer, and director

          born in Boston, Massachusetts
1986 – Kim Feenstra, Dutch model

1987 – Nikki Gil, Filipino actress and singer

          born in Manila, Philippines

1988 – Jeremy Lin, American basketball player
1988 – Kim Matula, American actress

1989 – Breanna Conrad, American fashion designer
1989 – Lianne La Havas, English singer-songwriter

1990 – Wesley Singerman, American voice actor

1995 – Eliza Pineda, Filipino actress and singer

1996 – Cesar Flores, Canadian actor
1996 – David Gore, American actor

2001 – Zaijian Jaranilla, Filipino actor

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Notable

1876 Sharp Shooter Annie Oakley

          weds traveling show marksman Frank E. Butler

1942 "King Kong" actress Fay Wray (34)

          weds screenwriter and playwright Robert Riskin (45)

1962 British "Beatles" musician John Lennon (21)

          weds Cynthia Powell (22); divorce in 1968

1970 US Solicitor General Ken Starr weds Alice Mendell

1975 Actress Maggie Smith (40) weds playwright Beverley Cross (44)

          at the Guildford Register Office in Surrey, England

1978 Actress Kate Jackson (29) weds actor Andrew Stevens (23)

          in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts

1989 "The Cars" lead singer and guitarist Ric Ocasek (40)

          weds model Paulina Porizkova (24)
1998 YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki (30)

          weds Google executive Dennis Troper in Belmont, California

2000 "7th Heaven" actor Ed Begley Jr. (51)

          weds actress Rachelle Carson (40) in Las Vegas

2003 "The Hours" actress Julianne Moore (42)

          weds "The Myth of Fingerprints" director Bart Freundlich (33) in New York

2010 Spanish singer Julio Iglesias (66)

          weds Dutch model Miranda Rijnsburger (44)

          at Virgen del Carmen Church in Marbella, Spain

2014 Actress Angelina Jolie (39)

          weds actor and film producer Brad Pitt (50) in Correns, France

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Notable

30 BC– Caesarion, Egyptian king (b. 47 BC)
30 BC – Marcus Antonius Antyllus, Roman soldier (b. 47 BC)
93 – Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman general and Governor of Britain

          conquered Wales and Northern England, dies at 53 (b. 40)
406 – Radagaisus, Gothic king
634 – Abu Bakr al-Siddiq , father-in-law and friend of Mohammed

           and successor as Caliph, dies at 60 (b. 573)
818 – Ali al-Ridha, Iranian 8th of the Twelve Imams (b. 765)
1106 – Magnus, Duke of Saxony (b. 1045)
1176 – Emperor Rokujō of Japan (b. 1164)
1305 – William Wallace, Scottish commander (b. 1272)

          hanged, disemboweled and beheaded at Smithfield, London

1328 Nicolaas Zannekin, leader of rebel Flemish farmers, dies in battle
1329 – Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1282)
1387 – Olaf II of Denmark / Olav IV of Norway (b. 1370)
1507 – Jean Molinet, French poet and composer (b. 1435)

          Burgundy historian (Chroniques)
1519 – Philibert Berthelier, Swiss soldier (b. 1465)
1540 – Guillaume Budé, French philosopher and scholar (b. 1467)
1574 – Ebussuud Efendi, Turkish jurist (b. 1490)
1591 – Luis de León, Spanish poet and academic (b. 1527)
1618 – Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero, Dutch poet and playwright (b. 1585)
1628 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham  (b. 1592)

          English politician courtier who was a favorite of King James I

          Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire
1652 – John Byron, 1st Baron Byron, English politician (b. 1600)

1668 Artus Quellinus, Flemish sculptor (Amsterdam townhall), dies at 58
1706 – Colonel Edward Nott, Esq., English politician  (b. 1654)

           British Crown Governor of Virginia

1723 Antoine Mouque, Flemish composer, organist and singer, dies at 64
1723 – Increase Mather, New England Puritan minister and author (b. 1639)

1777 Giuseppe Sellitto, Italian opera composer (Nitocri), dies at 77

1802 Corona Schröter, German singer. and composer, dies at 51

1806 – Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (b. 1736)
1813 – Alexander Wilson, Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, and illustrator (b. 1766)
1819 – Oliver Hazard Perry, American commander (b. 1785)

          (Battle of Lake Erie),, dies on 34th birthday

1825 Amos Bull, American hymn composer, dies at 81
1831 – Ferenc Kazinczy, Hungarian author (b. 1759)
1831 – August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1760)
1838 – Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)

1839 Charles Philippe Lafont, French violinist and composer, dies at 57
1853 – Alexander Calder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1806)

          first mayor of Beaumont, Texas
1858 – Antal Reguly, Hungarian linguist and ethnographer (b. 1819)
1867 – Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796)

1867 Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy, French poet (b. 1796)

1878 Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, Swedish lieder and classical composer, dies at 77

1884 LeRoy Pope Walker, American lawyer, dies at 67

          1st Confederate States Secretary of War, 1861
1892 – Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian politician  (b. 1827)

          1st President of Brazil

1898 Joseph Robinson, Irish singer, organist and composer, dies at 82
1900 – Kuroda Kiyotaka, Japanese general and politician  (b. 1840)

          2nd Prime Minister of Japan

1903 Paul Gabriël, Dutch water colors painter and etcher, dies at 75

1914 Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks

1914 George Ambrose Pogson, British consul in Hamburg (1880-1914)

1924 – Heinrich Berté, Austrian composer (b. 1856)
1926 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian-American actor (b. 1895)
1927 – Nicola Sacco, Italian murderer (b. 1891)
1927 – Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian murderer (b. 1888)

1927 Therese Zamara, Austrian harpist and music teacher, dies at 71

1929 Charles Van de Woestijne, Flemish writer/poet (God on Sea)

1933 – Adolf Loos, Austrian architect, designed Villa Müller (b. 1870)
1937 – Albert Roussel, French composer (Rapsodie Flamende)  (b. 1869)

1933 Adolph Loos, Austrian architect, dies at 62

1939 Sidney Coe Howard, American playwright, dies at 48

          (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925),
1943 Johann Zilcher, German composer, dies at 88
1944 – Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter (b. 1879)
1944 – Abdülmecid II, Last Caliph of Islam from the Ottoman Dynasty (b. 1868)

1944 Nikolay Andreyevich Roslavets, Ukrainian composer, dies at 63

1949 – Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
1952 – Géza Kiss, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1882)
1954 – Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
1955 – Reginald Tate, English actor (b. 1896)

1957 Eugène Schueller, French chemist, founder of L'Oréal, dies at 76

1958 Martin du Gard, writer, dies

1960 – Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)

1962 – Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)

1962 Irving Fine, American composer (Toccata), dies of heart disease at 47
1962 – Edmund "Hoot" Gibson, American rodeo champion, western actor,  (b. 1892)

          director, and producer (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw), dies from cancer at 70

1963 – Glen Gray, American saxophonist and bandleader  (b. 1900)

          (Casa Loma Orchestra), dies of lymphoma at 63

1965 John Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer, dies at 67
1966 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

1970 Nel Rose, Dutch dance teacher, dies at 55

1971 Gisela Hernández [Gonzalo], Cuban composer, and educator dies at 58

1971 Oliver McGowan, American actor (Banning, Stagecoach), dies at 64

1972 Balys Dvarionas, Lithuanian pianist, composer and educator, dies at 68

1974 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)

1975 – Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913)

1975 Hank Patterson, American actor, dies at 87

          (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres)
1977 – Naum Gabo, [Pevsner], Russian-American sculptor (Stillife Flower) (b. 1890)

1979 Mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan capt 1948-49), dies

1979 Richard Hearne, British actor (Tons of Trouble, The Time of His Life), dies at 71

1980 Norman Shelley, English radio actor (Churchill's Speech), dies at 77

1981 (Thaman) "Pete" Daily, American swing and dixieland jazz cornetist

          and valve trombonist (The Chicagoans), dies at 70

1982 Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85

1982 – Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic  (b. 1913)

          Nobel Prize 1977

1982 Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman

          heir to the Bloomingdale's department store, dies at 66

1986 Charles Janssens, Belgian actor (Mira, Malpertuis), dies at 80

1987 Siegfried Borris, German composer, dies at 80

1989 Helen le Clerq, Dutch dancer and choreographer, dies at 57
1989 – Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944)
1989 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927)

          (anti-psychiatry), dies of a heart attack at 61

1989 Yusef Hawkins, shot by 30 whites in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn NY 

          in a racially motivated attack
1990 – David Rose, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)

          ("Holiday for Strings"; "The Stripper"), dies at 80

1991 Florence B Seibert, bio-chemist (TB), dies at 93

1992 Malcolm Atterbury, American actor

          (Jonas-Thicker than Water, Apples Way), dies at 85

1992 Virginia Sale-Wren, entertainer, dies of heart failure at 92

1993 Charles Scorsese, actor (Cape Fear, Goodfellas, Wise Guys), dies at 80

1993 Edwina Lewis, actress (Boy Who Cried Bitch), dies of heart attack 42

1993 Victorine Hefting, historian/wife of Bert Baker, dies at 88

1994 Henri Rousselot, French admiral (submarine commander WWII), dies at 82

1994 Paolo Volponi, Italian communist/author (Machina Mondiale), dies at 70

1994 Rabah Stambouli, Algerian sociologist/politician, murdered at 65

1994 Richard Jock Kinneir, graphic designer, dies at 77

1994 – Zoltán Fábri, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917)

1995 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)

          (V-J Day in Times Square), dies at 96
1995 – Dwayne Goettel, Canadian keyboard player  (b. 1964)

          (Skinny Puppy, Psyche, and Hilt), dies of a heroin overdose at 31

1995 Arthur Holt, politician, dies at 81

1995 Hedda J. Garza, American writer and political activist, dies at 66

1995 James Pilditch, designer, dies at 66

1995 Johnny Carey, Irish professional footballer, dies at 76

1995 Gordon White, British business tycoon

          co-founder of corporate raider Hanson Group, dies at 72

1995 Leslie Graves, American actress

          (Brenda-Capitol, Death Wish 2), dies of AIDS at 35

1995 Adele Simpson, American fashion designer

          (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946), dies at 91

1996 – Margaret Tucker, Australian activist (b. 1904)

1997 – Eric Gairy, Grenadian politician  (b. 1922)

          1st Prime Minister of Grenada 1974-79
1997 – John Kendrew, English biochemist and crystallographer

          Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
1998 – Ahmet Hamdi Boyacıoğlu, Turkish judge (b. 1920)
1999 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (b. 1926)
1999 – James White, Northern Irish author (b. 1928)
2000 – John Anthony Kaiser, American Roman Catholic priest and missionary (b. 1932)

          assassinated near his mission at Morendat, Kenya at 67
2001 – Kathleen Freeman, American actress (b. 1919)

          (Beverly Hillbillies, 3 Ring Circus), dies of lung cancer at 82
2001 – Peter Maas, American author (b. 1929)

2001 Eric Allandale [Dubuisson], West Indian-British rock and soul trombonist,

          and songwriter (The Foundations - "Baby Now That I've Found You"), dies at 65
2002 – Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (b. 1922)

          dies of heart failure at 80
2003 – Bobby Bonds, American baseball player and manager (b. 1946)
          dies of lung cancer and brain tumor at 57
2003 – John Geoghan, American Roman Catholic priest  (b. 1935)

          convicted sex offender, killed in prison at 68

2003 – Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (b. 1917)
2003 – Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan politician

          8th Vice President of Kenya (b. 1944)

2005 – Brock Peters, American actor and producer (b. 1927)

2005 Ninjalicious, Canadian author and urban explorer (b. 1973)

2005 Harold "Hal" Kalin, American singer

          (Kalin Twins), dies in a road accident at 71

2006 Jacques Wildberger, Swiss composer

          (In My End is My Beginning), dies at 84

2006 – Maynard Ferguson, Canadian trumpet player and bandleader  (b. 1928)

          (Big Bop Nouveau)

2006 Ed Warren, American paranormal investigator, dies at 79

2007 – Robert Symonds, American actor (b. 1926)

          associate director of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center
2008 – Ruth Cohen, American actress (b. 1930)
2008 – John Russell, English-American author and critic (b. 1919)

2007 William E. McAnulty, Jr., American lawyer, dies at 59

          1st African American justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court

2007 Philip Wilkinson, British bank executive

          (National Westminster Bank), dies at 80

2008 John Russell, British-born American art critic and author

2011 June Wayne, American artist and lithographer (Tamarind Lithography Workshop), dies at 93

2011 John Howard Davies, British child actor (Oliver Twist),

          and television comedy producer and director (Monty Python's Flying Circus;

          Fawlty Towers; The Good Life), dies of cancer at 72

2012 – Col Campbell, New Zealand radio and television host (b. 1933)
2012 – Jean-Luc Delarue, French television host and producer (b. 1964)
2012 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1942)
2012 – Bob Myrick, American baseball player (b. 1952)
2012 – Jerry Nelson, American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1934)

          dies from prostate cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at 78
2012 – Josepha Sherman, American anthologist and author (b. 1946)
2012 – Steve Van Buren, American football player (b. 1920)

          dies from pneumonia at 91
2013 – Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group (b. 1955)
2013 – David Garrick [Philip Darryl Core], British singer  (b. 1945)

          ("Dear Mrs. Applebee"), dies at 67
2013 – William Glasser, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)

          dies from respiratory failure from pneumonia at 88
2013 – Charles Lisanby, American production designer and set director (b. 1924)
2013 – Konstanty Miodowicz, Polish politician (b. 1951)
2013 – Vesna Rožič, Slovenian chess player (b. 1987)
2013 – Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Russian sociologist and economist (b. 1927)
2014 – Inga Juuso, Norwegian singer and actress (b. 1945)
2014 – Birgitta Stenberg, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2014 – Jaume Vallcorba Plana, Spanish philologist and publisher (b. 1949)

2015 Jean Darling, American child actress (Our Gang), dies at 93

2015 Asher Ben-Yohanan, Israeli composer, dies at 86

2016 Reinhard Selten, German economist

          Nobel Prize 1994, dies at 85

2016 Steven Hill, American actor

          (Mission Impossible, Law & Order), dies at 94

2017 [Jacob] "Jack" Rosenthal, American journalist and government official

          dies of pancreatic cancer at 82

2017 Susan Vreeland, American author

          (The Passion of Artemisia), dies at 71

2018 George Theophilus Walker, African-American pianist,

          composer, and teacher (Lilacs; In Praise Of Folly), dies at 96

2019 Sheila Steafel, South African British actress

          (The Frost Report), dies at 84

2019 Mario Davidovsky, Argentine-American electro-acoustic composer

          (Synchronisms), dies at 85

2020 Charlie Persip, American jazz drummer

          (Dizzy Gillespie; The Jazz Statesmen; Billy Eckstine), dies at 91

2020 Greg Montgomery, American NFL punter (Baltimore Ravens), dies at 55

2021 Michael Nader, American actor (Dynasty, All My Children), dies at 76

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