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1469 – Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)

1540 King Magnus of Livonia (d. 1583)

1596 Frederik V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain)

1627 Thomas Bullis, English composer (baptized) (d. 1708)

1676 – Robert Walpole, English politician (d. 1745)

      born in Houghton, Norfolk, England (d. 1745)
      1st Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Whig: 1721-42)

1687 Willem de Fesch, Dutch violinist and composer (Joseph),

      born in Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands (d. 1761)
1694 – Elisha Williams, American minister, academic, and politician (d. 1755)
1695 – Marie-Anne-Catherine Quinault, French singer-songwriter (d. 1791)

1726 Karl Kohaut, Austrian composer and lutenist, born in Vienna (d. 1784)
1728 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1777)
1736 – Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1790)
1740 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French inventor (d. 1810)
      invented Montgolfier hot air balloon; born in Annonay, France
1743 – Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, father of modern chemistry

      (identified oxygen and hydrogen), born in Paris, France (d. 1794)

1745 François Guichard, French guitarist and composer, born in Le Mans, France (d. 1807)

1749 Johann Ernst Rembt, German organist and composer, born in Suhl, Germany (d. 1810)

1775 – William Joseph Behr, German publicist and academic (d. 1851)

1788 Aloys Schmitt, German pianist, composer and music theorist (d. 1866)

      (Preparatory Exercises, Op. 16), born in Erlenbach am Main, Bavaria, Germany

1789 Abbas Mirza, Crown Prince of Qājār dynasty of Iran  (d. 1833)

      introduced Western military techniques, born in Nava, Mazandaran

1792 – Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan politician and nationalist  (d. 1857)
      2nd President of Uruguay 1835-38; born in Montevideo, Río de la Plata

1808 Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army),

      born in Claiborne County, Mississippi (d. 1882)

1819 – Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom (d. 1861)

      born at Schloss Rosenau, nr Coburg, Germany

1820 James Harlan, American politician (Rep-Iowa), (d. 1899)

      US Secretary of Interior 1865-66, born in Clark County, Illinois

1823 Wilhelm Troszel, Polish operatic bass, composer and voice teacher,

      born in Warsaw (d. 1887)

1826 – Princess Alexandra of Bavaria, German princess and writer (d. 1875)

      born at Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg

1828 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer

      born in Copenhagen (d. 1892)

1833 Charles Jackson Paine, American railroad executive and soldier

      Brevet Major General (Union), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1916)

1835 Theodore Washington Brevard, American Brigadier General (Confederate)

      born in Tuskegee, Alabama  (d. 1882)

1842 Heinrich Quincke, German internist and surgeon  (d. 1922)

      (introduced lumbar puncture), born in Frankfurt an der Oder

1843 Georg August Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor

      (Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra), born in Copenhagen (d. 1922)

1845 – Mary Ann Nichols, English prostitute

      1st victim of Jack the Ripper; born in London (d. 1888)

1850 Charles Richet, French physiologist, born in Paris, France (d. 1935)

      (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913 for work on anaphylaxis)
1856 – Clara Schønfeld, Danish actress (d. 1939)
1862 – Herbert Booth, Salvation Army officer, songwriter. and bandleader (d. 1926)

      3rd son of William and Catherine Booth; born in Penzance, Cornwall
1864 – Anna Ulyanova, Russian politician (d. 1935)
1865 – Arthur James Arnot, Australian engineer (d. 1946)
      designed the Spencer Street Power Station

1870 Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian author (Pojedinok)  (d. 1938)

      born in Narovchat, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire  [NS=Sept 7]
1873 – Lee de Forest, American inventor  (d. 1961)
      invented Audion vacuum tube; born in Council Bluffs, Iowa
1874 – Zona Gale, American author and playwright (d. 1938)

    1st woman to win Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1921; born in Portage, Wisconsin
1875 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (d. 1940)
      Scottish-Canadian historian, writer, and politician
      15th Governor General of Canada 1935-40

1877 Harriet Ware (Krumbhaar), American concert pianist, composer,

      and music educator  (Women's Triumphal March; The Rose Is Red;

      The Varying Shore) born in Waupun, Wisconsin  (d. 1962)

1880 – Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, playwright,

      and art critic (coined the term 'Cubism') born in Rome, Italy (d. 1918)

1882 – James Franck, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1964)
      Nobel Prize for Physics 1925; born in Hamburg, Germany

1882 Johannes Lindeboom, Dutch vicar and church historian

      (Neth Archives), born in Deventer, Netherlands (d. 1958)

1882 Carl Wilhelm de Vries, Dutch jurist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1967)

1884 Earl Derr Biggers, American author ("Charlie Chan" detective series)

      born in Warren, Ohio (d. 1933)

1885 – Jules Romains, French novelist, playwright and poet

      (Men of Good Will), born in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, France (d. 1972)

1887 Luis Abraham Delgadillo, Nicaraguan pianist and composer

      (Inca Symphony), born in Managua (d. 1961)

1891 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch author

1891 Ferdinand Bruckner [Theodor Tagger], Austrian-German playwright

      (Races), born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 1958)

1891 – Acharya Chatursen Shastri, Indian author (d. 1960)

1894 – Sparky Adams, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1895:  Earl Long, American politician (d. 5 Sep 1960)
          45th Governor of Louisiana, 1939-1940, 1948-1952, 1956-1960
1896 – Besse Cooper, American super-centenarian (d. 2012)

1896 Richard Pindle Hammond, American composer,

      born in Kent, England (d. 1980)

1896 – Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990)

      (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization),

      born in Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire (d. 1990)
1897 – Yoon Boseon, South Korean politician (d. 1990)
      2nd President of South Korea 1960-62), born in Asan, Joseon

1898 – Peggy Guggenheim, American art patron & collector

      born in NYC, New York (d. 1979)

1898 Clem Beauchamp, American film actor, stuntman, and production manager (d. 1992)

      (Tarzan; Dick Tracy; The Adventures of Superman); born in Bloomfield, Iowa 

1899 – Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, born in Oaxaca, Mexico (d. 1991)
1900 – Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor

      (rocket engines and gas turbines), born in Wedel, Germany (d. 1980)

1901 Tullio Campagnolo, Italian racing cyclist and inventor

      founder bicycle component company Campagnolo

      quick release skewer patent; born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1983)

1901 – Eleanor Dark, Australian author (d. 1985)
1901 – Hans Kammler, German engineer and SS officer (d. 1945)

1901 Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war and premier (KVP, 1959-63)
1901 – Jimmy Rushing, American blues pianist and singer  (d. 1972)

     known as"Mr. Five By Five", born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

1901 – Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat (d. 1987)

      commander of WWII 101st Airborne Division

      US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1962-64
      United States Ambassador to South Vietnam

      born in Keytesville, Missouri

1901 – Chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972)
          2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China

1903 – Caroline Pafford Miller, American author (d. 1992)
1904 – Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (d. 1986)

      (Goodbye to Berlin), born in High Lane, Cheshire

1906 – Albert Sabin [Abram Saperstein], Polish-American physician and virologist (d. 1993)
          developed the oral polio vaccine, born in Bialystok, Russian Empire

1907 – Lester Lanin, American bandleader (d. 2004)
1908 – Walter Bruno Henning, Prussian-American linguist and scholar (d. 1967)

1908 – Aubrey Schenck, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1999)
1908 – Gilly Flower, English actress (d. 2001)
1909 – Jim Davis, American actor (d. 1981)

      (Dallas), born in Edgerton, Missouri

1909 Frank Gasparro, US chief engraver 1965-81;

       born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1909 – Gene Moore, American baseball player, born in Lancaster, Texas (d. 1978)
1910 – Mother Teresa [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu],  Macedonian-Indian nun and missionary

      1979 Nobel Peace Prize; founded the Missionaries of Charity

      born in Skopje, Ottoman Empire (d. 1997)

1911 – Otto Binder, American author and screenwriter (d. 1974)

1911 Lester Lanin, American orchestra leader (40 Beatle Hits)

      born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)

1913 Cees de Lange, Dutch comedian and conferencier

      born in The hague, Netherlands (d. 1974)
1914 – Julio Cortázar, Belgian-Argentinian author (d. 1984)

1914 Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (Blow-Up, Underground Game)

      born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1984)

1915 Humphrey Searle, British composer and musicologist, born in Oxford, England

      (Twentieth Century Counterpoint; The Music of Franz Liszt)  (d. 1982)

1915 William Bardwell, British composer (d. 1994)

1916 Allan Merson, English historian and communist

      born in Monkseaton, England (d. 1995)

1916 Virginia Hill, American organized crime figure

      (girlfriend of Bugsy Siegel), born in Lipscomb, Alabama (d. 1966)

1917 Jan Clayton, American actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie)

      born in Tularosa, New Mexico

1917 William French Smith, American lawyer

      US Attorney General 1981-85, born in Wilton, New Hampshire (d. 1990)

1917:  Eileen Caddy  [Scottish author] (d. 13 Dec 2006)

1918:  Hutton Gibson  [American writer]
1918 – Katherine Johnson, American physicist, NASA scientist, and mathematician

      born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia (d. 2020)

1918 Louis Stotijn, Dutch bassoonist, and conductor (Residence Orchestra)

      born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2013)

1919 Ronny Graham [Stringer], American actor, director, composer, lyricist, and screenwriter

      (M*A*S*H; Chico & the Man), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
1919 – Gerard Campbell, American academic (d. 2012)

1920 – Brant Parker, American illustrator (d. 2007)

      (co-created and drew The Wizard of Oz), born in Los Angeles, California
1920 – Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai general and politician
      16th Prime Minister of Thailand

1921 – Shimshon Amitsur, Israeli mathematician and scholar (d. 1994)

1921 David Begelman, American film producer who embezzled Columbia Pictures,

      born in New York City (d. 1995)

1921 – Benjamin C. Bradlee, American author, editor, journalist, and executive

      (Washington Post), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2014)

1921 Naomi Parker Fraley, American who inspired "Rosie the Riveter" poster

      born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2018)

1922 – Irving R. Levine, American journalist (NBC News)

      born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (d. 2009)

1922 Lazar Nikolov, Bulgarian composer, born in Burgas, Bulgaria (d. 2005)

1923 – Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor, and pianist

      (Vienna Symphony, 1960-70; Philadelphia Orchestra, 1993-2003)

      born in Munich, Germany (d. 2013)

1924 – Alex Kellner, American baseball player, born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 1996)

1925 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist, educator, and author

      born in Brooklyn, NYC (d. 2005)
1925 – Alain Peyrefitte, French politician and writer (d. 1999)
          Minister of Justice for France

1925 Sangharakshita, Buddhist Philosopher, Founder of the Western Buddhist Order
1925 – Pyotr Todorovsky, Ukrainian-Russian director, screenwriter, 

      and cinematographer (d. 2013)

1926 – Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (d. 1999)
1926 – Robert Vickrey, American artist and author (d. 2011)

1927 – B. V. [Balkrishna] Doshi, Indian architect, born in Pune, India

      Pritzker Prize 2018

1927 Sam Massell, American politician, born in Atlanta, Georgia

      1st Jewish Mayor of Atlanta

1928 – Peter Appleyard, English-Canadian vibraphone player and composer

      born in Cleethorpes England (d. 2013)
1928 – Naïm Kattan, Iraqi-Canadian author, critic, novelist and essayist

      born in Baghdad, Iraq (d. 2021)

1928 Andrew Porter, British organist, opera director, music critic, and librettist

      born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2015)
1928 – Yvette Vickers, American model, actress, and singer (d. 2010

1929 – Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician (d. 1996)
      1st Vice President of Zambia

1931 Dane Škerl, Slovene conductor, composer (Rhapsodic Symphony), and teacher

      born in Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now of Slovenia) (d. 2002)

1931 Gordon Greig, British political journalist (Daily Mail) (d. 1995)

1931 Guy Vander Jagt, American politician, born in Cadillac, Michigan (d. 2007)

      US Representative-R-MI, 1966-93

1932 Joe H. Engle, American USAF Major General, born in Chapman, Kansas

      test pilot (X-15), and NASA astronaut (STS-2; STS-51-I)

1933 Ida Gotkovsky, French pianist, composer (Poème du feu), and teacher

      born in Calais, France

1934 Gordon Clough, English journalist (BBC Radio 4)

      born in Salford, England (d. 1996)
1934 – Tom Heinsohn, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

1935 – Geraldine Ferraro, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)

      US Representative, D, New York, 1979-85

      1st female vice-presidential nominee, 1984

      born in Newburgh, New York

1935 – Karen Spärck Jones, British computer scientist (d. 2007)

1935 Cornelis B. Vaandrager [Cor Vaan], Dutch poet (Long Live Joop Massaker)

1936 Yvette Vickers, American actress (Attack of 50' Woman)  (d. c. 2010)

      Playboy playmate (July 1959), born in Kansas City, Missouri

1936 Francine York, American actress (Slattery's People)

      born in Aurora, Minnesota (d. 2017)

1937 Tom Heinsohn, American NBA star, coach (Boston Celtics) and broadcaster

      born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 2020)

1937 – Don Bowman, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
1937 – Kenji Utsumi, Japanese voice actor (d. 2013)

1938 – Jet Black [Brain Duffy], British punk rock drummer (The Stranglers)

      born in Ilford, Essex, England
1938:  Alan Siegel, American businessman

1939 – Pinchas Goldstein, Israeli politician (d. 2007)
1939 – Todor Kolev, Bulgarian actor and singer (d. 2013)

1939 Fred Milano, American doo-wop singer (Dion & The Belmonts)

      born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2012)
1939 – Jorge Paulo Lemann, Swiss-Brazilian banker and financier

      born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

1940 – Michael Cockerell, English journalist
1940 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (d. 2008)

1940 – Nik Turner, British jazz-rock fusion saxophonist, flute player, singer,

      and composer (Hawkwind, Inner City Unit, and Space Ritual)

      born in Oxford, England

1941 – Chris Curtis [Crummey], British rock drummer, songwriter and vocalist

      (The Searchers - "Needles And Pins"), born in Oldham, Lancashire (d. 2005)

1941:  Barbara Ehrenreich  [American author]
1941 – Jane Merrow, English actress
1941 – Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer

      (Barfly, Single White Female, More), born in Tehran, Iran
1941 – Akiko Wakabayashi, Japanese actress (You Only Live Twice), =

      born in Tokyo, Japan

1942 Keith Alison, American session and touring guitarist, and songwriter

      (Paul Revere and The Raiders, 1968-75) born in Coleman, Texas (d. 2021)

1942 John E. Blaha, American USAF/astronaut (STS 29, 33, 43, 58, 79/81),

      born in San Antonio, Texas
1942 – Vic Dana [Samuel Mendola], American singer and dancer

      ("Red Roses For A Blue Lady"), born in Buffalo, New York
1942 – Dennis Turner, Baron Bilston, English politician

1943 – Dori Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1944 Cornelia J. "Corry" Arends, Dutch actress (Fool's Hat)

1944 – Stephen Greif, English actor (Blake's Seven)

      born in Sawbridgeworth, England
1944 – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, born in Northampton, England

1944 – Alan Parker, British session guitarist (Blue Mink; Serge Gainsbourg)

      songwriter, and television and film composer (American Gothic),

      born in Matlock, Derbyshire, England

1944 – Judith Rees, English geographer and academic
1944 – Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer
      (The Velvet Underground and Half Japanese)

1945 – Jo Freeman, American lawyer and scholar
1945 – Tom Ridge, American sergeant and politician

      1st Secretary of Homeland Security 2001 - 2003

      43rd Governor of Pennsylvania 1995 - 2001

      US Representative, R, Pennsylvania 1983 - 1995

      born in Munhall, Pennsylvania
1945:  Melvin Watt, American politician
      Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, 2014-2019
      US Representative, D, North Carolina, 1993-2014

      born in Steele Creek, North Carolina

1946 – Zhou Ji, Chinese politician

1946 Ladislav Kubík, Czech-American composer (Aulos; Subterranean River)

      and educator (Florida State University, 1990-2017), born in Prague (d. 2017)
1946 – Priit Pärn, Estonian animator and director
1946 – Chantal Renaud, Canadian Québécoise yé-yé singer, songwriter,

      actress and writer, born in Quebec, Canada
1946 – Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter
      (Ashford & Simpson)
1946 – Mark Snow  [Martin Fulterman], American television and film composer

      (The X-Files theme), born in New York City
1946 – Alison Steadman, English actress (Life is Sweet)

      born in Liverpool, England

1947 – Emiliano Díez, Cuban-American actor and singer
      (George Lopez), born in Havana, Cuba

1947 Candy Moore, American actress (Lunch Wagon, Tomboy & Champ)

      born in Maplewood, New Jersey

1949 Bob Cowsill, American musician (The Cowsills - "Hair"; "We Can Fly")

      born in Newport, Rhode Island
1949 – Leon Redbone [Dickran Gobalian], American blues and jazz

      musician, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

      ("Seduced"; "Theme to Mr. Belvedere"), born in Nicosia, Cyprus (d. 2019)

1949 Virginia Vallejo, Colombian journalist, writer and TV presenter

      born in Cartago, Colombia

1950 – Benjamin Hendrickson, American stage and screen actor

      (As The World Turns, 1985-2006 - "Hal Munson"),

      born in Huntington, New York (d. 2006)

1950 Arnold McCuller, American session and touring vocalist, songwriter, and record producer

      (James Taylor; Lyle Lovett; Phil Collins; Ry Cooder; Bonnie Raitt), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1950 – Jüri Okas, Estonian architect

1951 Robert Torricelli, American politician;, born in Paterson, New Jersey

      Senator-New Jersey 1997-2003

      Rep-D-New Jersey, 1983-97

1951 – Edward Witten, American physicist and academic

1952 – Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
1952 – Michael Jeter, American actor (d. 2003)

       (The Fisher King), born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

1952 Billy Rush, American guitarist (Asbury Jukes; Serge Gainesbourg)

      born in Deal, New Jersey
1952 – Will Shortz, American journalist and crossword editor (New York Times)

      born in Crawfordsville, Indiana

1953:  Maria das Graças Silva Foster, Brazilian businesswoman

1954 Michael Chetwood, British keyboard player (T'Pau), born in Shropshire, England
1954 – Howard Clark, English golfer
1954 – Tracy Krohn, American businessman

1954 Wally Murphy, American pedal steel guitarist (Asleep At The Wheel, 1981-85; STEEL)
1954 – Steve Wright, English radio host, Britain's wacky DJ and actor (Funny Man)

1955 – Ian Dejardin, English historian and curator

1956 – Sally Beamish, English viola player and composer
1956 – Brett Cullen, American actor

1956 Maneka Gandhi, Indian politician and activist, wife of Sanjay Gandhi,

      born in Delhi, India
1956 – Mark Mangino, American football player and coach

      born in New Castle, Pennsylvania

1957 – Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish hip-hop reggae singer-songwriter and producer

      born in Oguta, Imo, Federation of Nigeria

1957 – Nikky Finney, American poet and academic

1957 Alex Trevino, Mexican MLB catcher (LA Dodgers), born in Monterrey, Mexico

1958 Jan Nevens, Belgian cyclist, born in Ninove, Belgium

1959 Kathryn P Hire, American Lt Commander USN/astronaut (sk: STS 90)

      born in Mobile, Alabama

1959 – Stan Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
1959 – Oliver Colvile, British Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party

1960 – Wanda De Jesus, American actress
1960 – Branford Marsalis, American jazz, classical and funk saxophonist, composer,

      and bandleader (Sting; Buckshot LeFonque; Tonight Show, 1992-95)

      born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana

1960 – Nancy Martinez, French Canadian pop-dance singer (Move Out),

      born in Montreal, Quebec

1960 Keith Raniere, American sex cult leader (Nxivm) and felon

      born in Brooklyn, New York
1960 – Ola Ray, American model, Playboy playmate (Jun, 1980) and actress

      (girlfriend in Thriller music video), born in St Louis, Missouri

1960 Pharez Whitted, American jazz, funk, and soul trumpeter, and educator,

      born in Indianapolis, Indiana

1961 Jimmy Olander, American country guitarist and banjo player

      (Diamond Rio - "Meet in Middle"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1961 – Daniel Lévi, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and pianist

1961 – Jeff Parrett, American baseball pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)

      born in Indianapolis, Indiana

1962 – Bob Mionske, American cyclist and lawyer, born in Evanston and Illinois
1962:  Tariq Ramadan, Swiss Islamic scholar, born in Geneva, Switzerland
1962:  Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Indonesian economist

1963 – Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author
1963 – Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic
1963:  Ted Rall, American writer and cartoonist

1964 – Kevin Burns, American politician

1964 Daphne Caruana Galizia, Maltese journalist (Panama Papers)

       born in Sliema, Malta (d. 2017)
1964 – Allegra Huston, English-American author and screenwriter
1964 – Bobby Jurasin, American-Canadian football player
1964 – Chad Kreuter, American baseball player and manager

      born in Marin County, California
1965 – Carolina Arregui, Chilean actress
1965 – Chris Burke, American actor and singer with down syndrome

      (Corky-Life Goes On), born in Point Lookout, New York
1965 – Jon Hensley, American actor (Holden Snyder-As the World Turns)

      born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania
1965 – Marcus du Sautoy, English mathematician and academic

1966 – Shirley Manson, Scottish musician, songwriter, and actress
          (Garbage, Angelfish, and Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie), born in Edinburgh, Scotland

1966 Dan Vickrey, American guitarist and songwriter

      (Counting Crows - "Accidentally in Love"), born in Walnut Creek, California

1967 – Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician, born in Aberdeen, Scotland
          Secretary of State for Education

1967 Myron Guyton, American NFL full safety (NE Patriots), born in Metcalf, Georgia

1968:  Madhur Bhandarkar, Indian filmmaker

1968 Courtney Hall, American NFL center (San Diego Chargers)

      born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)
1968 – Byron Lawson, Canadian actor

1969 Ricky Bottalico, American MLB, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)

      born in New Britain, Connecticut
1969 – Christopher Douglas American actor

1969 Drew Hester, American session and touring drummer

      (Joe Walsh, Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks), born Chicago, Illinois
1969 – Elaine Irwin, American model (Almay Cosmetics, Ralph Lauren)

      former wife of John Mellencamp, born in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania

1969 Adrian Young, American drummer (No Doubt - "Don't Speak")

      born in Long Beach, California

1970 – Melissa McCarthy, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter
      (Mike and Molly, Spy), born in Plainfield, Illinois
1970 – Brannen Temple, American jazz drummer

1971 Jocelyn Borgella, first person of Haitian descent to play in the NHL

      (Detroit Lions), born in Nassau, Bahamas

1971 – Thalía, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress
      (Timbiriche), known as the "Queen of Latin Pop", born in Mexico City, Mexico
1971:  Jason Kilar, American businessman

1973 Barret Robbins, American NFL center (Oakland Raiders), born in Houston, Texas
1974 Huang Bo, Chinese actor (Cow) and singer, born in Qingdao, China
1974 – Kelvin Cato, American basketball player and coach, born in Atlanta, Georgia
1974 – Meredith Eaton, American actress

1974 Eric D. Snider, American humor columnist / movie reviewer

      born in Lake Elsinore, California
1975 – Morgan Ensberg, American baseball player, born in Hermosa Beach, California
1975 Shea Seals, NBA guard (LA Lakers) and coach, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1976:  Mike Colter, American actor (Luke Cage in Marvel Universe),

      born in Columbia, South Carolina
1976 – Amaia Montero, Spanish singer-songwriter
      (La Oreja de Van Gogh - Guapa), born in Irun, Spain
1976:  Blake Mycoskie, American businessman

1976 – Zemfira [Ramazanova], Russian rock singer-songwriter

      (Forgive Me My Love), born in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, Soviet Union

1977 – Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
1977 – Trần Thu Hà, Vietnamese singer, producer, and dancer
1977 – Morris Peterson, American basketball player, born in Flint, Michigan
1977 – Allan Simpson, American baseball player
1977 – Dominic Treadwell-Collins, English television producer

1978 Cedric Burnside, American Blues musician and singer-songwriter

      (I Be Trying), born in Memphis, Tennessee

1978 – Raja Kaasheff, English-Pakistani singer and songwriter

      born in Isleworth, Hounslow, England
1978:  Amanda Schull, American actress (12 Monkeys), born in Honolulu, Hawaii

1979 – Jamal Lewis, American football player, born in Atlanta, Georgia
1979 – Allison Robertson, American guitarist (The Donnas)
1979 – Yağmur Sarıgül, Turkish guitarist and songwriter (maNga)

1980 Neeru Bajwa, Canadian actress and director in Punjabi cinema

      born in Surrey, British Columbia
1980 – Macaulay Culkin, American actor (Home Alone, My Girl, Richie Rich)

      born in NYC, New York
1980 – Brendan Harris, American baseball player, born in Queensbury, New York
1980 – Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player
1980 – Chris Pine, American actor (Star Trek), born in Los Angeles, California

1981 – Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player
1981 Nico Muhly, American contemporary classical composer (Marnie)

      born in Randolph, Vermont

1982 – Akiko Kikuchi, Japanese model and actress

1982 David Long, New Zealand dance and soundtrack composer (Peter Jackson's films)
1982 – John Mulaney, American comedian, writer and actor (Saturday Night Live)

      born in Chicago, Illinois
1982 – Jayson Nix, American baseball player

1982 – Noah Welch, American ice hockey player
1983 – Toshiaki Imae, Japanese baseball player

1985 Brian Kelley, American country musician (Florida Georgia Line)

      born in Ormond Beach, Florida
1985 – Brandon McDonald, American football player
1985 – David Price, American baseball player, born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

1986 – Cassie Ventura, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

      born in New London, Connecticut

1987 – Juan Joseph, American football player and coach (d. 2014)

1988 – Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player
1988 – Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
1988 – Evan Ross, American actor and singer, born in Greenwich, Connecticut
1988 – Danielle Savre, American actress, singer, and dancer
1988 – Wayne Simmonds, Canadians ice hockey player

1989 – Héloïse Guérin, French model
1989 – James Harden, American basketball player, born in Los Angeles, California
1989 – Lil' Chris [Hardman], English singer-songwriter and actor

      ("Checkin' It Out"), born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England (d. 2015)

1991 – Tommy Bastow, English actor and singer (FranKo)
1991 – Dylan O'Brien, American actor, born in NYC, New York

      (Thomas-Maze Runner, Stiles Stilinski-Teen Wolf)
1992 – Hayley Hasselhoff, American actress
1993 – Keke Palmer, American actress and singer (True Jackson, VP)

      born in Harvey, Illinois

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1926 Poet Arna Bontemps (24) weds Alberta Johnson

1946 "Gone With The Wind" actress Olivia de Havilland (30)

      weds screenwriter and novelist Marcus Goodrich; divorce in 1953

1965 Mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill (22)

      weds Karen Friedman in North Carolina; separate in 1989; divorce in 2002

2006 "Days of our Lives" actor Billy Warlock (45)

      weds actress Julie Pinson in Las Vegas, Nevada

2006 British 2004 X-Factor winner Steve Brookstein (37)

      weds Scottish jazz musician Eileen Hunter

      at King's College Chapel in Aberdeen, Scotland

2012 "The Campaign" actress Kate Lang Johnson (28)

      weds musician Justin Miner at La Venta Inn in Palos Verdes, California

2012 "Bridesmaids" actor Chris O'Dowd (32)

      weds British TV presenter Dawn Porter (33) in London

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1214 – Patriarch Michael IV of Constantinople
1278 – Ottokar II, King of Bohemia 1253-78, dies in battle (b. 1233)
1346 – Killed in the Battle of Crécy:
                Charles II, Count of Alençon (b. 1297)
                Louis I, Count of Flanders (b. 1304)
                Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1320)
                John of Bohemia (b. 1296)
1349 – Thomas Bradwardine, English Archbishop of Canterbury, mathematician,

      and physicist, dies of the plague at Rochester, just after taking office (b. 1290)

1368 Engelbrecht van der Mark, prince-Bishop of Luik 1345-64
1462 – Catherine Zaccaria, Byzantine daughter of Centurione II Zaccaria

1486 Ernst I, ruler of Saxon (1464-86), dies at 45

1518 Giberto X, Italian mister of Correggio, husband of Veronica Gambara
1551 – Margareta Leijonhufvud, Swedish wife of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1516)
1572 – Petrus Ramus, French philosopher and logician (b. 1515)
1595 – António, Prior of Crato, claimant to the throne of Portugal (b. 1531)

1616 Johan van de Veeken, Dutch merchant, dies at 66

      co-founder of VOC Chamber of Rotterdam
1666 – Frans Hals, Dutch painter (b. c, 1580)

      known for his portraiture (Laughing Cavalier)

1683 Christoph Schultze, German composer, dies at 76

1712 Sebastian Anton Scherer, German composer, dies at 80

1714 – Edward Fowler, English Bishop of Gloucester (b. 1632)
1723 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microscopist, biologist, and naturalist (b. 1632)

      first to observe bacteria and protozoa (Philosophical Transactions), dies at 90

1728 Anne Marie of Orléans, Queen of Italy, dies at 58

1770 Domingos dos Reis Quita, Portuguese playwright and poet, dies at 42

1785 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English soldier and politician (b. 1716)
          3rd Secretary of State for the Colonies

1795 Alessandro Cagliostro [Giuseppe Balsamo], Italian adventurer and magician

      (Prince of Quacks), dies at 52 in Castel Sant'Angelo

      while serving a life imprisonment for being a freemason

1810 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires (b. 1753)
      French-Spanish sailor and politician; 10th Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

1813 – Karl Theodor Körner, German soldier and poet, dies at 21 (b. 1791)

      (Vetter aus Bremen)

1813 Daniel Gottlob Turk, German composer, dies at 63

1849 Jacques- Féréol Mazas, French composer, conductor and violinist, dies at 66
1850 – Louis Philippe I, Duke of Chartres (b. 6 Oct 1773)

      last King of France 1830-48, dies in exile in England at 76

1860 Philipp Friedrich Silcher, German composer, dies at 71

1863 John Buchanan Floyd, American politician and Confederate general

      US Secretary of War 1857-60

      31st Governor of Virginia 1849-52

      (b. 1 Jun 1906), dies of failing health at 57
1865 – Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (b. 1791)

1865 Marcellus Monroe Crocker, American attorney and Union brigadier general, dies at 35

1869 Henri Leys, Flemish painter, dies at 54

1871 Charles Scribner, American magazine and book publisher, dies of typhoid fever at 50

1873 Carl Wilhelm, German composer, dies at 57

1894 PPH van Ham, Dutch general-major, dies in battle on Lombok

1894 Te Wherowhero Tāwhia, Second Māori King

      leader of the Waikato tribes in New Zealand, 

1908 – Tony Pastor, American vaudeville actor, singer, and manager (b. 1837)
1910 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)

1915 John Bunny American film comedian, dies at 51

1921 Ludwig Thoma, German writer, dies at 54

1921 Matthias Erzberger, German Minister of Finance, murdered at 45

1921 – Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1848)

1929 Ernest Mason Satow, British diplomat and scholar, dies at 86
1930 – Leonidas "Lon" Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)

      nicknamed "the man of a 1000 faces" (The Hunchback Of Notre Dame,

      The Phantom of the Opera), dies after long illness at 47

1937 Andrew Mellon, American banker (Mellon Bank) and industrialist, dies at 82

      US Secretary of the Treasury 1921-32

1944 – Adam von Trott zu Solz, German lawyer and diplomat (b. 1909)
1945 – Franz Werfel, Austrian author and playwright (b. 1890)
1946 – Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1887)

1948 Oscar L. Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), dies at 50

1949 Nico van Suchtelen, Dutch writer and publisher, dies at 70

1950 Ransom Eli Olds, American auto (Oldsmobile) & truck (REO) manufacturer, dies at 86

1956 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (b. 1881)

1957 Umberto Saba, Italian writer, dies at 74
1958 – Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (b. 1872)

1960 Mark Hambourg, Russian-British composer, dies at 81

1963 Larry Keating, American actor (George Burns Show, Roger-Mr Ed), dies at 67

1965 – Charles McFadyen, Australian public servant (b. 1892)

1966 Art Baker, American TV host (You Asked For It), dies at 68

1967 Andres Sas, Belgian Peruvian composer, dies at 67

1968 – Kay Francis, American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1899)

      (Charley's Aunt, False Madonna), dies of cancer at 63

1971 Francesco Santoliquido, Italian composer, dies at 88

1972 Jacques Gans, Dutch author and journalist, dies at 63

1972 – Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (b. 1901)

1974 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (b. 1902)

1975 Juliette Béliveau, Canadian actress (Le gros Bill) and singer, dies at 85

1975 – Olaf Holtedahl, Norwegian geologist (b. 1885)

1975 Cullen Landis, American actor (Soul of the Beast), dies at 80

1976 Warner Anderson, American actor, dies at 65

      (The Bubble, Destination Moon, Peyton Place)
1976 – Lotte Lehmann, German soprano (b. 1888)

1977 – H. A. Rey, German-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
          created Curious George

1977 Heinz Rottger, German composer, dies at 67
1978 – Charles Boyer, French-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1899)

1978 Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, American composer, pianist and lecturer

      (Tre Ritratti Characteristici), dies at 86

1979 – Mika Waltari, Finnish author (b. 1908)

1980 Miliza Korjus, Polish-American actress (Great Waltz), dies at 71
1980 – Rosa Albach-Retty, German actress (b. 1874)
1980 – Tex Avery, American animator, director, and voice actor (b. 1908)

1980 Jimmy Forrest, American jazz saxophonist (Night Train), dies at 60
1981 – Roger Nash Baldwin, American union leader
          co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union (b. 1884)
1981 – Lee Hays, American singer-songwriter (The Weavers) (b. 1914)

      dies of a heart attack at 67

1981 Walter "Foots" Thomas, American saxophonist, flutist, and arranger

      (Cab Calloway Orchestra), dies from cancer at 74

1983 Mike Kellin [Myron Kellin], American actor

      (Pipe Dream, American Buffalo), dies of cancer at 61

1984 Julie Stevens, actress (Lorelei-Big Town), dies at 67

1985 Alfredo Carmelo, Filipino aviator, lithographer, and painter, dies at 89

1986 Jennifer Levin, American murder victim,

      strangled by Robert Chambers in New York City's Central Park aged 18

1986 – Ted Knight [Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka], American actor

      (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - "Ted Baxter"; Too Close for Comfort)

      dies of colorectal cancer at 62

1987 – Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic (b. 1897)
      Nobel Prize laureate

1988 – Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer-songwriter (b. 1957)

      Playback), dies in a car crash at 30

1989 Henk Heidweiller, Suriname politician, dies (b. 1929)
1989 – Irving Stone, American author (b. 1903)

      (Love is Eternal, Lust for Life), dies at 86

1990 – Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (b. 1913)

1990 Roh Ogura, Japanese composer and writer, dies at 74

1992 Arthur Leigh Allen, American suspected of being the Zodiac killer) (b. 1933)

1992 – Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (Tintin, Kuifje) (b. 1925)

1993 Rockin Dopsie Sr. [Alton Jay Rubin], American zydeco singer

      and accordion player, dies of a heart attack at 61

1993 – Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect (b. 1923)
          co-designed the Kaleva Church

1994 Tariq Yunus, Indian actor (Bollywood; Ashanti; Deceivers), dies at 54

1995 – John Brunner, English-Scottish author (b. 1934)

1995 John Costello, British military historian, dies at 52

1995 Omukama Patrick Matthew Olimi Kaboyo II, king of Toro (Uganda), dies at 49

1995 Ronnie White, American singer (The Miracles - "Shop Around")

      dies of leukaemia at 57

1995 Evelyn Wood, American speed reading guru, dies at 86

1996 Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, President of Argentina (1971-73), dies at 77

1996 Baron Baker, Jamaican-British anti-racism activist, dies at 71

1996 Catherine Hall, British nurse who raised the professional profile of nursing

      and to establish its central role in health care, dies at 73

1998 – Jaanus Kuum, Estonian-Norwegian cyclist (b. 1964)
1998 – Frederick Reines, American physicist and academic (b. 1918)
      1995 Nobel Prize for Physics for co-discovering the Neutrino

1999 Lilo Hardel, German writer, dies at 85
2000 – Akbar Adibi, Iranian engineer and academic (b. 1939)

      (electronics and VLSI technology)

2000 Lynden Pindling, Bahamas 'Father of the Nation', dies at 70

      Prime Minister of Bahamas 1967-92

2000 [Douglas] Allen Woody, American bassist

      (The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule), dies at 44

2001 – Louis Muhlstock, Polish-Canadian painter (b. 1904)
2001 – Marita Petersen, Faroese educator and politician (b. 1940)
          8th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

2002 Miguel Querol Gavalda, Spanish musicologist and composer, dies at 90
2003 – Jim Wacker, American football player and coach (b. 1937)

      dies of cancer at 66
2004 – Laura Branigan, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1952)

      dies of a brain aneurysm at 52
2005 – Denis D'Amour, Canadian heavy metal guitarist and songwriter (Voivod) (b. 1960)

      dies of cancer at 45
2005 – Robert Denning, American interior designer (b. 1927)

2005 Gerry Fitt, Northern Irish politician, dies at 79

      (Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party)

2006 – Rainer Barzel, Polish-German lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
          Minister of Intra-German Relations

2006 Josef Hadar, Israeli violinist and composer (Evening of Roses), dies at 79

2007 Edward Brandt Jr., American physician and public health official, dies at 74

2007 – Gaston Thorn, Luxembourger politician (b. 1928)
          20th Prime Minister of Luxembourg 1974–79

      7th President of the European Commission 1981–85

2007 – Ramon Zamora, Filipino martial arts actor and director (b. 1935)

2009 – Sadie Corré, English actress and dancer (b. 1918)
2009 – Dominick Dunne, American journalist, author,  and producer (b. 1925)

      (Panic in Needle Park), dies at 83

2009 Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter

      ("Da-Doo Ron Ron"; "Leader of the Pack"), dies of a heart attack at 68

2010 – Raimon Panikkar, Catalan priest and scholar (b. 1918)

2011 – George Band, English mountaineer (b. 1929)

      1st to climb Kangchenjunga, world's 3rd highest mountain
2011 – Patrick C. Fischer, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)
2011 – John McAleese, Scottish sergeant (b. 1949)

      Team leader during 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege
2012 – Russ Alben, American businessman (b. 1929)
2012 – Reginald Bartholomew, American diplomat (b. 1936)
2012 – Jacques Bensimon, Canadian director and producer (b. 1943)
2012 – Alix de Lannoy, Belgian mother of Stéphanie (b. 1941)
          Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
2012 – A. K. Hangal, Indian freedom fighter and Bollywood character actor (b. 1917)

      (Aaina, Sholay), dies of respiratory disease at 98

2012 – Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German physicist (b. 1940)

2013 – Hélie de Saint Marc, French soldier (b. 1922)
2013 – John J. Gilligan, American soldier and politician (b. 1921)
          62nd Governor of Ohio
2013 – Gerard Murphy, Irish-English actor (b. 1948)
2013 – Bill Schmitz, American football player and coach (b. 1954)
2013 – Jack Sinagra, American politician (b. 1950)
2013 – Clyde A. Wheeler, American politician (b. 1921)

2013 Ruth S. White, American electronic music composer (Flowers Of Evil), dies at 87

2014 – Christian Bourquin, French politician (b. 1954)
2014 – Peter Bacon Hales, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1950)
2014 – Caroline Kellett, English journalist (b. 1960)
2014 – Chūsei Sone, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2014 – David E. Sorensen, American religious leader (b. 1933)

2015 P J Kavanagh [Patrick Joeseph], British poet, actor and journalist

      (The Perfect Stranger), dies at 84

2018 Neil Simon, American playwright and author (The Odd Couple), dies at 91

2020 Dan Yochum, American football offensive lineman, dies at 70

2020 Joe Ruby, American animator (co-creator of Scooby-Doo), dies at 87

2021 Kenny Malone, American Nashville-based session drummer

      (Dolly Parton; Dobie Gray: Waylon Jennings), dies of Covid-19 at 83

2022 Mable John, American blues, R&B, and gospel vocalist, and minister

(Tamla-Motown; Ray Charles; "Your Good Thing (Is About to End)"), dies at 91

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