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Births
VIP
1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat (d. 18 Sep 1961)
2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations
Nobel Prize Laureate
2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations
Nobel Prize Laureate
Notable
869 – Muhammad al-Mahdi, Iraqi 12th Imam (d. 941)
1166 – Henry II, Count of Champagne (d. 1197)
1605 – Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (d. 1659)
1646 – Johann Theile, German organist and composer (d. 1724)
1744 – Giulio Maria della Somaglia, Italian cardinal (d. 1830)
1763 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral (d. 1845)
1797 – Daniel Drew, American businessman and financier (d. 1879)
1801 – George Bradshaw, English cartographer and publisher (d. 1853)
1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher (d. 16 Apr 1859)
1806 – Horace Abbott, American businessman and banker (d. 1887)
1817 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter (d. 1900)
1817 – Martin Körber, Baltic German pastor, composer, and conductor (d. 1893)
1843 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (d. 1901)
1846 – Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer (d. 1918)
1846 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921)
1849 – Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic (d. 1923)
co-founded the World Zionist Organization
1860 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician (d. 1940)
8th Governor of Queensland
1869 – Booth Tarkington, American author and playwright (d. 1946)
1872 – Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
1874 – Auguste Giroux, French rugby player (d. 1953)
1874 – J.S. Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress (d. 1949)
1877: William Beebe [American naturalist] (d. 4 Jun 1962)
1878 – Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 29 Dec 1937)
1880 – John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1971)
1883 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (d. 1942)
1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician (d. 1945)
27th Prime Minister of Italy
1884 – Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician (d. 1975)
1885 – Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955)
1887 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (d. 1951)
1888 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer (d. 1982)
invented the Iconoscope
1891 – Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (d. 1966)
1892 – William Powell, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
1897 – Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (d. 1983)
1898 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic (d. 1988)
Nobel Prize Laureate
1899 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
1900 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author
Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)
1900 – Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964)
1904 – Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk and meditation master (d. 1982)
1904 – J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman (d. 1993)
founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages
1905 – Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
1905 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet and academic (d. 2006)
1905 – Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (d. 1935)
1907 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
1909 – Samm Sinclair Baker, American author (d. 1997)
1909 – Chester Himes, American-Spanish author (d. 1984)
1910 – Helend Peep, Estonian actor (d. 2007)
1911 – Foster Furcolo, American politician (d. 1995)
60th Governor of Massachusetts
1911 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005)
1913 – Erich Priebke, German captain (d. 2013)
1914 – Irwin Corey, American actor and activist
1915 – Bruce R. McConkie, American religious leader (d. 1985)
1915 – Francis W. Sargent, American politician (d. 1998)
64th Governor of Massachusetts
1916 – Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1916 – Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942)
1917 – Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013)
1918 – Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (d. 1968)
1918 – Mary Lee Settle, American author and academic (d. 2005)
1920 – Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American actor (d. 1974)
1920 – Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman (d. 2007)
founded Sentia Media
1921 – Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
1921 – Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
1923 – Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
1923 – Jim Marshall, English businessman (d. 2012)
founded Marshall Amplification
1923 – Gordon Mitchell, American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2003)
1924 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
1924 – Elizabeth Short, American waitress and murder victim (d. 1947)
1924 – Robert Horton, American actor and singer
1925 – Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
1925 – Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster
1925 – Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis, Indian illustrator
1925 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
1926 – Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, English academic and politician
1926 – James Wellbeloved, English politician (d. 2012)
1927 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 2010)
1930 – Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
1932 – Leslie Fielding, English diplomat
1932 – Nancy Kassebaum, American politician
1933 – Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (d. 2009)
1933 – Colin Davis, English race car driver (d. 2012)
1933 – Robert Fuller, American actor
1935 – Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor
1936 – Elizabeth Dole, American politician
20th United States Secretary of Labor
1937 – Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic
Nobel Prize Laureate
1937: Charles R. Schwab, Jr. [American businessman]
founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation.
1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2005)
1938 – Jean Rochon, Canadian politician
1941 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
1941 – Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and playwright
1941 – David Warner, English actor
1942 – Tony Sirico, American actor
1943 – David Taylor, English snooker player
1945 – Sharon Creech, American author
1945 – Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager
1946 – Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
1946 – Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver
1946 – Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
(REO Speedwagon)
1946: Bill Forsyth [Scottish director]
1946 – Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer
1946 – Diane Keen, English actress
1946 – Aleksei Tammiste, Estonian basketball player
1947 – Dick Harmon, American golfer and instructor (d. 2006)
1947: Stan Kroenke [American business entrepreneur]
1949 – Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
1949 – Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician
51st President of Ecuador
1949 – Sergio Martini, Italian mountaineer
1950 – Jenny Holzer, American artist
1950 – Mike Starr, American actor
1951 – Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist
1951 – Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach
1951 – Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer
1952 – Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician
1952 – Joe Johnson, English snooker player
1952 – Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician
1952: Patrick Soon-Shiong [American surgeon]
1953 – Ken Burns, American director and producer
1953 – Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright
1953 – Tim Gunn, American television host and actor
1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
(Rush and Big Dirty Band)
1953 – Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(E Street Band)
1955 – Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1955 – Dave Stevens, American illustrator (d. 2008)
1955 – Stephen Timms, English politician
1956 – Teddy Atlas, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
1956 – Ronnie Musgrove, American politician
62nd Governor of Mississippi
1956 – Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist
1957 – Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (d. 2014)
1957: Diana DeGette [American politician]
U.S. Representative, D. CO, 1997-present
1957 – Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player
1957 – Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
1957 – Alessandra Marc, American soprano
1958: Bob Buckhorn [American politician]
Mayor of Tampa, Florida, D., 2011-present
1958 – Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic
1958: Alvin Martin [English footballer]
1958 – Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer
1958 – Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer
1959 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer
1959 – Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator
1959 – Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager
1959 – John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Blue Murder)
1960 – Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author
1962: Kevin Chapman [American actor]
1962 – Carl Cox, English DJ and producer
1962 – Frank Neubarth, German footballer and manager
1962 – Vincent Rousseau, Belgian runner
1962 – Scott Steiner, American wrestler
1963 – Hans-Holger Albrecht, Belgian-German businessman
1963 – Jim Beglin, Irish footballer
1963 – Julie Elliott, English politician
1963 – Alexandra Paul, American actress and producer
1963: Caroline Paul [American writer]
1963 – Graham Poll, English footballer, referee, and journalist
1964 – Jaanus Veensalu, Estonian footballer
1965 – Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
1965 – Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
1965 – Adam Holloway, English captain and politician
1965 – Stan Koziol, American soccer player (d. 2014)
1965 – Chang-Rae Lee, South Korean-American author
1965 – Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter
(Corrosion of Conformity)
1966 – Sally Gunnell, English hurdler
1966 – Richard Steven Horvitz, American voice actor
1966 – Stuart Lampitt, English cricketer
1966 – Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer
1967: Jeff Denham [American politician]
U.S. Representative, R. CA, 2011-present
1967: Tyrone Hayes [American biologist]
1968 – Gideon Henderson, Geologist
1968 – Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
1968 – Rodney Allen Rippy, American actor
1969 – Timothy Omundson, American actor
1970 – Jonah Falcon, American actor
1970 – Adele Griffin, American author
1970: Lisi Harrison [Canadian author]
1970 – Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer
1970 – John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
1971 – Monica Calhoun, American actress
1971 – Bryan Dattilo, American actor
1971 – Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer-songwriter
1971 – Andrea Philipp, German sprinter
1972: Ato Essandoh [American actor]
1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Stephen Dorff, American actor
1973 – Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
1973: James Otto [American musician]
1973 – Denis Urubko, Kazakh mountaineer
1974 – Akram Khan, English dancer and choreographer
1974 – Josh Radnor, American actor
1975 – Yoshihiro Akiyama, South Korean-Japanese judoka
1975 – Will Conlon, Canadian actor
1975 – Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
1975 – Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
1975 – Jaanus Sirel, Estonian footballer
1977: Danger Mouse [American musician]
1977 – Rodney Jerkins, American rapper and producer
1978 – Bidisha, English journalist, author, and critic
1978 – Mike Adams, American baseball player
1978 – Silver Eensaar, Estonian orienteer and rogainer
1978 – Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player
1978: Keeth Smart [American fencer]
1979 – Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
1979 – Ronald Murray, American basketball player
1979 – Juris Umbraško, Latvian basketball player
1980 – Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player
1980 – Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
1980 – Ben Koller, American drummer
(Converge, United Nations, and All Pigs Must Die)
1980 – Rachel Miner, American actress and producer
1981 – Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
1981 – Emily Bauer, American actress, singer, and dancer
1981 – Matt Grice, American mixed martial artist
1981 – Dyana Liu, Taiwanese-American actress
1981 – Andrés Madrid, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Troy Perkins, American soccer player
1982 – Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
1982 – Prince Azim of Brunei
1982 – Dominic Burgess, English actor
1982 – Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Allison Mack, American actress and producer
1983 – Jason Belmonte, Australian bowler
1983 – Kim Dong-wook, South Korean actor
1983 – Inés Gómez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress
1983 – Tania Gunadi, Indonesian-American actress
1983 – Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Jerious Norwood, American football player
1983 – Elise Testone, American singer-songwriter
1984 – Oh Beom-Seok, South Korean footballer
1984 – Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
1984 – Todd Bosley, American actor
1984 – Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer
1984 – J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006)
1985 – Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
1985 – Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
1986 – Adam Weisman, American actor
1987 – Alice Dellal, Brazilian-British model
1987 – Sabra Johnson, Dutch-American dancer
1987 – Génesis Rodríguez, American actress
1988 – Alexander Lee Eusebio, Hong Kong-South Korean singer (U-KISS)
1988 – Sabrina van der Donk, Dutch model, Miss Earth 2006
1989: Marlen Esparza [American boxer]
1989 – Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
1990 – Penny Bae Bridges, American actress
1990 – Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
1990: Kat Dahlia [American musician]
1990 – Joey Essex, English DJ
1990 – Valentina Golubenko, Russian-Croatian chess player
1990 – Matt Prokop, American actor
1990 – Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress and singer
1990 – Anna Selezneva, Russian model
1990 – Joseph Wallace, American murder victim (d. 1993)
1991 – Maestro Harrell, American actor and singer
1991 – Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer (T-Squad)
1991 – Irakli Logua, Russian footballer
1992 – Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer
1993 – Nicole Melichar, American tennis player
1994 – Tjaša Šrimpf, Slovenian tennis player
1995 – Kiray, Filipino actress
1909 – Chester Himes, American-Spanish author (d. 1984)
1910 – Helend Peep, Estonian actor (d. 2007)
1911 – Foster Furcolo, American politician (d. 1995)
60th Governor of Massachusetts
1911 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005)
1913 – Erich Priebke, German captain (d. 2013)
1914 – Irwin Corey, American actor and activist
1915 – Bruce R. McConkie, American religious leader (d. 1985)
1915 – Francis W. Sargent, American politician (d. 1998)
64th Governor of Massachusetts
1916 – Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1916 – Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942)
1917 – Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013)
1918 – Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (d. 1968)
1918 – Mary Lee Settle, American author and academic (d. 2005)
1920 – Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American actor (d. 1974)
1920 – Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman (d. 2007)
founded Sentia Media
1921 – Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
1921 – Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
1922: Flora Lewis [American journalist] (d. 2 Jun 2002)
1923 – George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)1923 – Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
1923 – Jim Marshall, English businessman (d. 2012)
founded Marshall Amplification
1923 – Gordon Mitchell, American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2003)
1924 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
1924 – Elizabeth Short, American waitress and murder victim (d. 1947)
1924 – Robert Horton, American actor and singer
1925 – Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
1925 – Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster
1925 – Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis, Indian illustrator
1925 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
1926 – Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, English academic and politician
1926 – James Wellbeloved, English politician (d. 2012)
1927 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 2010)
1930 – Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
1932 – Leslie Fielding, English diplomat
1932 – Nancy Kassebaum, American politician
1933 – Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (d. 2009)
1933 – Colin Davis, English race car driver (d. 2012)
1933 – Robert Fuller, American actor
1935 – Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor
1936 – Elizabeth Dole, American politician
20th United States Secretary of Labor
1937 – Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic
Nobel Prize Laureate
1937: Charles R. Schwab, Jr. [American businessman]
founder of the Charles Schwab Corporation.
1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2005)
1938 – Jean Rochon, Canadian politician
1941 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
1941 – Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and playwright
1941 – David Warner, English actor
1942 – Tony Sirico, American actor
1943 – David Taylor, English snooker player
1945 – Sharon Creech, American author
1945 – Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager
1946 – Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
1946 – Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver
1946 – Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
(REO Speedwagon)
1946: Bill Forsyth [Scottish director]
1946 – Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer
1946 – Diane Keen, English actress
1946 – Aleksei Tammiste, Estonian basketball player
1947 – Dick Harmon, American golfer and instructor (d. 2006)
1947: Stan Kroenke [American business entrepreneur]
1949 – Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
1949 – Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician
51st President of Ecuador
1949 – Sergio Martini, Italian mountaineer
1950 – Jenny Holzer, American artist
1950 – Mike Starr, American actor
1951 – Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist
1951 – Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach
1951 – Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer
1952 – Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician
1952 – Joe Johnson, English snooker player
1952 – Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician
1952: Patrick Soon-Shiong [American surgeon]
1953 – Ken Burns, American director and producer
1953 – Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright
1953 – Tim Gunn, American television host and actor
1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
(Rush and Big Dirty Band)
1953 – Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
(E Street Band)
1955 – Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter
1955 – Dave Stevens, American illustrator (d. 2008)
1955 – Stephen Timms, English politician
1956 – Teddy Atlas, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
1956 – Ronnie Musgrove, American politician
62nd Governor of Mississippi
1956 – Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist
1957 – Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (d. 2014)
1957: Diana DeGette [American politician]
U.S. Representative, D. CO, 1997-present
1957 – Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player
1957 – Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
1957 – Alessandra Marc, American soprano
1958: Bob Buckhorn [American politician]
Mayor of Tampa, Florida, D., 2011-present
1958 – Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic
1958: Alvin Martin [English footballer]
1958 – Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer
1958 – Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer
1959 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer
1959 – Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator
1959 – Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager
1959 – John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
(Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Blue Murder)
1960 – Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author
1962: Kevin Chapman [American actor]
1962 – Carl Cox, English DJ and producer
1962 – Frank Neubarth, German footballer and manager
1962 – Vincent Rousseau, Belgian runner
1962 – Scott Steiner, American wrestler
1963 – Hans-Holger Albrecht, Belgian-German businessman
1963 – Jim Beglin, Irish footballer
1963 – Julie Elliott, English politician
1963 – Alexandra Paul, American actress and producer
1963: Caroline Paul [American writer]
1963 – Graham Poll, English footballer, referee, and journalist
1964 – Jaanus Veensalu, Estonian footballer
1965 – Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
1965 – Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
1965 – Adam Holloway, English captain and politician
1965 – Stan Koziol, American soccer player (d. 2014)
1965 – Chang-Rae Lee, South Korean-American author
1965 – Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter
(Corrosion of Conformity)
1966 – Sally Gunnell, English hurdler
1966 – Richard Steven Horvitz, American voice actor
1966 – Stuart Lampitt, English cricketer
1966 – Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer
1967: Jeff Denham [American politician]
U.S. Representative, R. CA, 2011-present
1967: Tyrone Hayes [American biologist]
1968 – Gideon Henderson, Geologist
1968 – Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
1968 – Rodney Allen Rippy, American actor
1969 – Timothy Omundson, American actor
1970 – Jonah Falcon, American actor
1970 – Adele Griffin, American author
1970: Lisi Harrison [Canadian author]
1970 – Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer
1970 – John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
1971 – Monica Calhoun, American actress
1971 – Bryan Dattilo, American actor
1971 – Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer-songwriter
1971 – Andrea Philipp, German sprinter
1972: Ato Essandoh [American actor]
1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Stephen Dorff, American actor
1973 – Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
1973: James Otto [American musician]
1973 – Denis Urubko, Kazakh mountaineer
1974 – Akram Khan, English dancer and choreographer
1974 – Josh Radnor, American actor
1975 – Yoshihiro Akiyama, South Korean-Japanese judoka
1975 – Will Conlon, Canadian actor
1975 – Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
1975 – Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
1975 – Jaanus Sirel, Estonian footballer
1977: Danger Mouse [American musician]
1977 – Rodney Jerkins, American rapper and producer
1978 – Bidisha, English journalist, author, and critic
1978 – Mike Adams, American baseball player
1978 – Silver Eensaar, Estonian orienteer and rogainer
1978 – Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player
1978: Keeth Smart [American fencer]
1979 – Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
1979 – Ronald Murray, American basketball player
1979 – Juris Umbraško, Latvian basketball player
1980 – Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player
1980 – Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
1980 – Ben Koller, American drummer
(Converge, United Nations, and All Pigs Must Die)
1980 – Rachel Miner, American actress and producer
1981 – Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
1981 – Emily Bauer, American actress, singer, and dancer
1981 – Matt Grice, American mixed martial artist
1981 – Dyana Liu, Taiwanese-American actress
1981 – Andrés Madrid, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Troy Perkins, American soccer player
1982 – Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
1982 – Prince Azim of Brunei
1982 – Dominic Burgess, English actor
1982 – Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
1982 – Allison Mack, American actress and producer
1983 – Jason Belmonte, Australian bowler
1983 – Kim Dong-wook, South Korean actor
1983 – Inés Gómez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress
1983 – Tania Gunadi, Indonesian-American actress
1983 – Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player
1983 – Jerious Norwood, American football player
1983 – Elise Testone, American singer-songwriter
1984 – Oh Beom-Seok, South Korean footballer
1984 – Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
1984 – Todd Bosley, American actor
1984 – Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer
1984 – J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006)
1985 – Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
1985 – Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
1986 – Adam Weisman, American actor
1987 – Alice Dellal, Brazilian-British model
1987 – Sabra Johnson, Dutch-American dancer
1987 – Génesis Rodríguez, American actress
1988 – Alexander Lee Eusebio, Hong Kong-South Korean singer (U-KISS)
1988 – Sabrina van der Donk, Dutch model, Miss Earth 2006
1989: Marlen Esparza [American boxer]
1989 – Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
1990 – Penny Bae Bridges, American actress
1990 – Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
1990: Kat Dahlia [American musician]
1990 – Joey Essex, English DJ
1990 – Valentina Golubenko, Russian-Croatian chess player
1990 – Matt Prokop, American actor
1990 – Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress and singer
1990 – Anna Selezneva, Russian model
1990 – Joseph Wallace, American murder victim (d. 1993)
1991 – Maestro Harrell, American actor and singer
1991 – Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer (T-Squad)
1991 – Irakli Logua, Russian footballer
1992 – Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer
1993 – Nicole Melichar, American tennis player
1994 – Tjaša Šrimpf, Slovenian tennis player
1995 – Kiray, Filipino actress
Family
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Anniversaries
Coulee City
Deaths
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Notable
238 – Balbinus, Roman emperor (b. 165)
238 – Pupienus, Roman emperor (b. 178)
796 – Offa, king of Mercia (b. 730)
1030 – Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
1095 – Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040)
1099 – Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
1108 – Philip I of France (b. 1052)
1507 – Martin Behaim, German-Bohemian geographer and astronomer (b. 1459)
1573 – John Caius, English physician and academic (b. 1510)
1612 – Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1644 – Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
1752 – Peter Warren, Irish admiral and politician (b. 1703)
1781 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
1792 – René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician (b. 1714)
Chancellor of France
1813 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
1833 – William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
1839 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
1844 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
1856 – Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
1857 – Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
1887 – Agostino Depretis, Italian politician (d. 1813)
9th Prime Minister of Italy
1890 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
1895 – Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician (b. 1839)
2nd President of Brazil
1900 – Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
1913 – Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist (b. 1838)
Nobel Prize Laureate
1918 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863)
1924 – Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician (b. 1852)
110th Prime Minister of Greece
1934 – Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
1938 – Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1885)
1950 – Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
1954 – Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
1962 – Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
1964 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
1966 – Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician
2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
1966 – Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
1970 – John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (b. 1899)
1973 – Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
1973 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (b. 1948)
1974 – Cass Elliot, American vocalist (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1941)
1974 – Erich Kästner, German author and poet (b. 1899)
1976 – Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
1979 – Herbert Marcuse, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1898)
1979 – Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)
1981 – Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway
1982 – Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
1982 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer (b. 1888)
invented the Iconoscope
1983 – Luis Buñuel, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1983 – Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor (b. 1896)
1983 – David Niven, English actor, singer, and producer (b. 1910)
1984 – Fred Waring, American television host and bandleader (b. 1900)
1987 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1894)
1990 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian politician (b. 1911)
22nd Chancellor of Austria
1992 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1952)
1994 – John Britton, American physician (b. 1925)
1994 – Dorothy Hodgkin, Egyptian-English biochemist and biophysicist (b. 1910)
Nobel Prize laureate
1995 – Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1917)
1996 – Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
1996 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1920)
1996 – Jason Thirsk, American singer and bass player (b. 1967)
(Pennywise and Humble Gods)
1998 – Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1918)
2001 – Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
2001 – Wau Holland, German computer scientist (b. 1951)
co-founded Chaos Computer Club
2003 – Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier (b. 1937)
founded the Revolutionary United Front
2004 – Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
2007 – Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940)
2007 – Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
2007 – Tom Snyder, American journalist (b. 1936)
2007 – Marvin Zindler, American journalist (b. 1921)
2008 – Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (b. 1988)
2009 – Gayatri Devi, English-Indian wife of Man Singh II (b. 1919)
2010 – Charles E. Wicks, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)
2012 – Tatiana Egorova, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1970)
2012 – John P. Finnegan, American actor (b. 1926)
2012 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (b. 1921)
2012 – Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (b. 1921)
2012 – James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (b. 1925)
2012 – Vempati Chinna Satyam, Indian dancer and guru (b. 1929)
2012 – John Stampe, Danish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
2013 – Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1986)
2013 – Bobby Crespino, American football player (b. 1938)
2013 – Peter Flanigan, American banker and civil servant (b. 1923)
2013 – Tony Gaze, Australian soldier, pilot, and race car driver (b. 1920)
2013 – Munir Hussain, Indian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1929)
2013 – Draga Matković, Croatian-German pianist (b. 1907)
2014 – M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925)
2014 – Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant (b. 1943)
Medal of Honor recipient
2014 – Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
2014 – María Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1945)
2014 – Péter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (b. 1959)
2014 – Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (b. 1939)
2014 – Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (b. 1919)
2014 – Sheik Umar Khan, Sierra Leonean physician (b. 1975)
238 – Pupienus, Roman emperor (b. 178)
796 – Offa, king of Mercia (b. 730)
1030 – Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
1095 – Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040)
1099 – Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
1108 – Philip I of France (b. 1052)
1507 – Martin Behaim, German-Bohemian geographer and astronomer (b. 1459)
1573 – John Caius, English physician and academic (b. 1510)
1612 – Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1644 – Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
1752 – Peter Warren, Irish admiral and politician (b. 1703)
1781 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
1792 – René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician (b. 1714)
Chancellor of France
1813 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
1833 – William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
1839 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
1844 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
1856 – Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
1857 – Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
1887 – Agostino Depretis, Italian politician (d. 1813)
9th Prime Minister of Italy
1890 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
1895 – Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician (b. 1839)
2nd President of Brazil
1900 – Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
1913 – Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist (b. 1838)
Nobel Prize Laureate
1918 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863)
1924 – Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician (b. 1852)
110th Prime Minister of Greece
1934 – Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
1938 – Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1885)
1950 – Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
1954 – Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
1962 – Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
1964 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
1966 – Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician
2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
1966 – Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
1970 – John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (b. 1899)
1973 – Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
1973 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (b. 1948)
1974 – Cass Elliot, American vocalist (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1941)
1974 – Erich Kästner, German author and poet (b. 1899)
1976 – Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
1979 – Herbert Marcuse, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1898)
1979 – Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)
1981 – Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway
1982 – Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
1982 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer (b. 1888)
invented the Iconoscope
1983 – Luis Buñuel, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1983 – Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor (b. 1896)
1983 – David Niven, English actor, singer, and producer (b. 1910)
1984 – Fred Waring, American television host and bandleader (b. 1900)
1987 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1894)
1990 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian politician (b. 1911)
22nd Chancellor of Austria
1992 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1952)
1994 – John Britton, American physician (b. 1925)
1994 – Dorothy Hodgkin, Egyptian-English biochemist and biophysicist (b. 1910)
Nobel Prize laureate
1995 – Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1917)
1996 – Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
1996 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1920)
1996 – Jason Thirsk, American singer and bass player (b. 1967)
(Pennywise and Humble Gods)
1998 – Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1918)
2001 – Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
2001 – Wau Holland, German computer scientist (b. 1951)
co-founded Chaos Computer Club
2003 – Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier (b. 1937)
founded the Revolutionary United Front
2004 – Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
2007 – Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940)
2007 – Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
2007 – Tom Snyder, American journalist (b. 1936)
2007 – Marvin Zindler, American journalist (b. 1921)
2008 – Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (b. 1988)
2009 – Gayatri Devi, English-Indian wife of Man Singh II (b. 1919)
2010 – Charles E. Wicks, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)
2012 – Tatiana Egorova, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1970)
2012 – John P. Finnegan, American actor (b. 1926)
2012 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (b. 1921)
2012 – Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (b. 1921)
2012 – James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (b. 1925)
2012 – Vempati Chinna Satyam, Indian dancer and guru (b. 1929)
2012 – John Stampe, Danish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
2013 – Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1986)
2013 – Bobby Crespino, American football player (b. 1938)
2013 – Peter Flanigan, American banker and civil servant (b. 1923)
2013 – Tony Gaze, Australian soldier, pilot, and race car driver (b. 1920)
2013 – Munir Hussain, Indian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1929)
2013 – Draga Matković, Croatian-German pianist (b. 1907)
2014 – M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925)
2014 – Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant (b. 1943)
Medal of Honor recipient
2014 – Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
2014 – María Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1945)
2014 – Péter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (b. 1959)
2014 – Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (b. 1939)
2014 – Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (b. 1919)
2014 – Sheik Umar Khan, Sierra Leonean physician (b. 1975)
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