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1334 – Peter the Cruel, Spanish King of Castile and Leon 1350-69

      born in Burgos, Spain (d. 1369)
1569 – Jahangir, Mughal emperor (d. 1627)

1687 Francesco Maria Vallara, Italian composer, born in Parma, Italy (d. 1740)

1693 Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer and organist, born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1745)

1705 David Hartley, English philosopher and Founder of the Associationist School of Psychology, born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England (d. 1757)

1720 – Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and Member of Parliament

      founded Whitbread; born in Cardington, Bedfordshire (d. 1796)

1748 – Jacques-Louis David, French Neoclassical painter \

      (Death of Marat), born in Paris (d. 1825)

1767 Christian Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German pianist, composer,

      and publisher, born in Wachenhausen (d. 1822)

1768 – Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist (d. 1812)

1769 Bonifacio Asioli, Italian composer and music writer

      born in Correggio, Italy (d. 1832)

1772 Henri de La Rochejacquelin, French Royalist Army leader

      born in Mauléon, Kingdom of France (d. 1794)

1797 – Mary Shelley, English author, playwright, and novelist (Frankenstein)

      born in London (d. 1851)

1805 Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist, born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1869)
1808 – Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, born in Munich (d. 1892)

      Mother of Empress Elisabeth of Austria

1809 Adolf Friedrich Hesse, German composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1863)

1811:  Théophile Gautier  [French writer] (23 Oct 1872)

1812 – Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman (d. 1869

      founded Buena Vista Winery

1813 – Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria, born in Augsburg, Germany (d. 1862)

      eldest daughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria
1818 – Alexander H. Rice, American businessman and politician (d. 1895)

      30th Governor of Massachusetts 1876-78), born in Newton, Massachusetts

1820 George Frederick Root, American songwriter (The Battle Cry of Freedom)

      born in Sheffield, Massachusetts (d. 1895)
1821 – Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian warrior; wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi (War of Tatters)

      born in Laguna, Santa Catarina, Brazil (d. 1849)

1837 Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, US 1st Lady 1881-85

      born in Culpeper Court House, Virginia (d. 1880)
1839 – Gulstan Ropert, French-American missionary, Roman Catholic prelate

      born in Kerfago, Brittany, France (d. 1903)

1842 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1849)

      Eldest child of Alexander II of Russia

      born in Catherine Palace, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, Russia

1842 Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, French pianist and composer

      born in Paris (d. 1907)

1844 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)

      born in Karlsruhe, Germany (d. 1904)

1848 – Andrew Onderdonk, American railway contractor

      (Canadian Pacific Railway), born in NYC, New York (d. 1905)

1849 J. M. Dent, British publisher, born in Darlington, England (d. 1926)

1850 – Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino journalist and lawyer (d. 1896)

1852 – Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch physical chemist and academic
      Nobel Prize  1901, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1911)

1852 – J. Alden Weir, American painter (d. 1919)

1855:  Evelyn de Morgan, English painter (d. 2 May 1919)

1856 – Carl David Tolmé Runge, German mathematician and physicist

       born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1927)

1860 (Giuseppe) "Joe" Petrosino, Italian-American NYPD lieutenant and

      organized crime fighter, born in Padula, Campania,

      Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now Italy) (d. 1909)

1860 – Isaac Levitan, Russian classical painter

      born in Kybartai, Lithuania (d. 1900)

1863 Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, Russian photographer and chemist

      born in Muron, Russia (d. 1944)

1866 Georges Minne, Belgian sculptor, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1941)

1870 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Georgievna of Russia (d. 1891)

      Firstborn daughter of King George I and Queen Olga of Greece

      born in Corfu, Greece (d. 1891)
1871 – Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist (d. 1937)
      Nobel Prize 1908, father of nuclear physics, born in Brightwater, New Zealand

1878 Paul Hazard [Paul-Gustave-Marie-Camille Hazard]

      French critic and literature historian, born in Nordpeene, France (d. 1944)

1882 Meijer de Hond, Dutch rabbi and writer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1943)

1883 Theo Van Doesburg [Christian Emil Marie Küpper]

      Dutch painter and architect (Style), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1931)

1884 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and physicist

      Nobel Prize 1926, worked with colloids (Nobel 1926)

      born in Fleräng, Valbo, Gävleborg, Sweden (d. 1971)

1887 Adam Kuckhoff, German writer and resistance fighter

      born in Aachen, Germany (d. 1943)

1889 Eduardo Ciannelli, Italian actor (Foreign Correspondent, Gunga Din)

      born in Ischia, Italy (d. 1969)

1890 – Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson, English captain and pilot (d. 1918)

1893 – Huey Long, American lawyer and politician, born in Winnfield, Louisiana (d. 1935)
          40th Governor of Louisian

1894 – Erik von Holst, Estonian-German sailor (d. 1962)

1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor and playwright (d. 1983)

      (Abe Lincoln In Illinois; Dr. Kildare (TV series)), born in Toronto, Ontario

1898 – Shirley Booth, American actress and singer (d. 1992)

      (Lola Delaney-Come Back, Little Sheba, Hazel), born in NYC, New York

1898 Kiki Cuyler, American Baseball HOF right fielder

      born in Harrisville, Michigan (d. 1950)

1900 Franklin Clark Fry, American minister (Lutheran World Relief)

      born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
1901 – John Gunther, American journalist, author, and host

      (John Gunther's High Road), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1970)

1901 – Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (d. 1981)

      longtime executive director of NAACP, born in St. Louis, Missouri

1902 Arnold Maria Walter, Canadian composer (d. 1973)

      born in Hanušovice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary
1903 – Bhagwati Charan Verma, Indian author (d. 1981)

1906 – [Rose] Joan Blondell, American actress and singer

      (Grease, The Blue Veil), born in NYC, New York (d. 1979)

1906 Elizabeth Pakenham, Countess of Longford, British historian

      born in London (d. 2002)

1907 – Leonor Fini, Argentine surrealist artist and author (d. 1996)

1907 John Mauchly, American physicist, born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1980)

      with J. Presper Eckert designed 1st general purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC)
1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor and singer (d. 1991)

      (Double Indemnity, The Apartment, My Three Sons), born in Kankakee, Illinois

1908 Willie Bryant, American jazz singer, band leader, and disc jockey

      (Sugar Hill Times), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1964)

1909 Barry Appleby, British cartoonist (The Gambols)

      born in Birmingham (d. 1996)

1909 – Virginia Lee Burton, American author and illustrator (d. 1968)

1910 Donald Bisset, British children book writer, illustrator (Upside Down Stories)

      and actor (Battle of the Sexes), born in Brentford, Middlesex, England (d. 1995)
1910 – Roger Bushell, South African-English soldier and pilot (d. 1944)

1912 – Edward Mills Purcell, American physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize for Physics 1952 for nuclear magnetic resonance)

      born in Taylorville, Illinois (d. 1997)

1912 – Nancy Wake, New Zealand-English captain (d. 2011)

      WWII secret agent (Special Operations Executive), born in Wellington, New Zealand

1913 – Richard Stone, English economist and statistician (d. 1991)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1913 Thomas F. Torrance, Scottish Protestant theologist

      born in Chengdu, Sichuan, China (d. 2007)

1914 Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2001)

1915 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (d. 2013)

1915 Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor (d. 1992)
1915 – Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2003)

      (Leaves of Grass: A Choral Symphony), born in Brooklyn, New York

1916 Kenneth Keith, Lord Keith of Castleacre, English banker

      born in Castle Acre, England (d. 2004)
1916 – Shailendra, Pakistani-Indian songwriter (d. 1968)

1916 John Thoday, British geneticist, born in Chinley, Derbyshire (d. 2008)

1917 William "Pop" Gates, American Basketball Hall of Fame guard and coach

      (Harlem Globetrotters "Legends" Ring 1995), born in Decatur, Alabama (d. 1999)

1917 – Denis Healey, English soldier and politician
      Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer,  born in London (d. 2015)

1917 – Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia (d. 1992)

1918 – Harold Atcherley, English businessman

1918 – Billy Johnson, American baseball player

      born in Montclair, New Jersey (d. 2006)

1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball HOF outfielder and manager

      born in San Diego, California (d. 2002)

1919 Maurice R. Hilleman, American microbiologist

      developed over 36 vaccines including measles, mumps,

      hepatitis A, hepatitis B, chickenpox, meningitis, pneumonia

      born in Miles City, Montana (d. 2005)
1919 – Wolfgang Wagner, German director and manager (d. 2010)

1919 – Kitty Wells [Ellen Deason], American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

      ("It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels")

      born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2012)

1920 Ben Cami, Flemish writer and poet (Rose from Mud)

      born in Durham, England (d. 2004)

1921 Angelo Dundee, American boxing trainer and cornerman

      (Muhammad Ali 1960–81 & 15 other world boxing champions)

      born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)

1922 – Lionel Murphy, Australian jurist and politician (d. 1986)
      22nd Attorney-General of Australia

1922 – Regina Resnik, American mezzo-soprano (Sieglinde-Bayreuth) and actress

      born in NYC, New York (d. 2013)

1923 – Barbara Mary Ansell, English physician (d. 2001)

      founder of paediatric rheumatology, born in Warwick, England

1923 – Charmian Clift, Australian journalist, author, and essayist,

      born in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1969)

1923 – William Duell, American actor and singer (d. 2011)

1923 – Nate Saint, American missionary and pilot (d. 1956)

1924 – Kenny Dorham, American singer-songwriter and jazz trumpeter

      born in Fairfield, Texas (d. 1972)

1924 – Lajos Kisfaludy, Hungarian chemist and engineer (d. 1988)

1925 – Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator

      (Babar the Elephant), born in Paris

1925 Julien Schoenaerts, Flemish actor (Daens/Medea),

       born in Eigenbilzen, Belgium (d. 2006)

1925 – Donald Symington, American actor (d. 2013)

1926 – Daryl Gates, American police officer (d. 2010)

          created the D.A.R.E. Program

1926 Oļģerts Grāvītis, Latvian-Soviet composer, born in Alūksne, Latvia (d. 2015)

1927 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (8 Coty Awards)

      born in Haynesville, Louisiana (d. 2004)

1927 – Bill Daily, American actor and comedian (d. 2018)

      (I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show), born in Des Moines, Iowa

1927 – Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (d. 2013)

1927 – Piet Kee, Dutch organist and composer

      born in Zaandam, Netherlands (d. 2018)

1928 – Harvey Hart, Canadian director and producer (d. 1989)

1928 – Johnny Mann, American singer-songwriter and conductor (d. 2014)

      (Johnny Mann Singers; Stand Up And Cheer), born in Baltimore, Maryland

1929 – Guy de Lussigny, French painter and sculptor (d. 2001)

1929 – Ian McNaught-Davis, English mountaineer and television host (d. 2014)

1930 Ernie Ball, American entrepreneur and musician

      pioneered the development of guitar-related products

      born in Santa Monica, California (d. 2004)

1930 – Warren Buffett, American business magnate and philanthropist
      (world's wealthiest person in 2008), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1930 Warren Burger, American author (The Midas Touch)
1931 Carrie Saxon Perry, 1st African-American mayor of a major US city (Hartford CT)

      born in Hartford, Connecticut
1931 – John Leonard "Jack" Swigert, American pilot and astronaut (Apollo 13)

      born in Denver, Colorado (d. 1982)

1933 – Don Getty, Canadian football player and politician
          11th Premier of Alberta

1933 Arne Mellnäs, Swedish contemporary classical composer and educator

      (Aura; Capricorn Flakes; Rolando furioso) (Royal College of Music, 1963-83)

      born in Stockholm (d. 2002)

1934 Eric Schneider, Dutch actor (Drop Out, Family, Flanagan)

      born in Jakarta, Indonesia

1935:  Sylvia Earle, American marine biologist, born in Gibbstown, New Jersey

1935 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (The Mamas & the Papas - "California Dreaming")

      born in Parris Island, South Carolina (d. 2001)

1936 – Peter North, English scholar and academic

1936 Edward Pałłasz, Polish classical, theater, and film composer

      born in Starogard Gdański, Poland (d. 2019)

1936 Fabrizia Ramondino, Italian author, born in Naples, Italy (d. 2008)

1937 – Jewel Brown, American singer

1938 Steve Delaney, English newscaster (Monitor), born in Dobbs Ferry, New York

1938 – Murray Gleeson, Australian judge: 11th Chief Justice of Australia

1939 – Elizabeth Ashley, American actress and singer

      (Coma, Evening Shade), born in Ocala, Florida

1939 – John Peel, English radio host, broadcaster, and producer

      (BBC Radio 1), born in Heswell, Merseyside (d. 2004)

1941 – Ben Jones, American politician and actor (The Dukes of Hazzard)

      born in Tarboro, North Carolina

1941 – Sue MacGregor, English journalist, radio host, and BBC 4 radio broadcaster

      (Woman's Hour), born in Oxford, England

1941 John McNally, English rock guitarist and vocalist

      (Searchers - "Needles And Pins"), born in Liverpool, England

1942 – Jonathan Aitken, Irish politician (Conservative MP)
      Chief Secretary to the Treasury, born in Dublin, Ireland

1943 – Tal Brody, American-Israeli basketball player

1943 – Robert Crumb, American illustrator, cartoonist (Father Time; Fritz the Cat),

      and album cover artist (Janis Joplin; Grateful Dead), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1943 – Colin Dann, English author

1943 Altovise Davis [née Gore], American entertainer (d. 2009)

      final wife of Sammy Davis, Jr., born in Charlotte, North Carolina

1943 – Nigel Hall, English sculptor

1943 – David Maslanka, American composer and educator (d. 2017)

      (Angel Of Mercy; Sea Dreams), born in New Bedford, Massachusetts

1944 – Frances Cairncross, English economist, journalist, and academic

1944 Charles Colbert, American rocker (American Breed - "Bend Me, Shape Me")

      born in Chicago, Illinois

1944 – Freek de Jonge, Dutch singer and comedian (Neerlands Hoop)

      born in Westernieland, Netherlands

1944 – Molly Ivins, American journalist, political columnist, and author

      born in Monterey, California (d. 2007)

1944 – Tug McGraw, American baseball player (d. 2004)

     father of Tim McGraw, born in Martinez, California

1944 William "Smitty" Smith, American rock keyboardist and session musician

      (Motherlode - "When I Die"), born in Belleville, Virginia (d. 1997)

1944 John Surman, English jazz musician, born in Tavistock, Devon, England

1945 David Schiff, American composer, born in New York City

1945 Fred Tackett, American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

      (Little Feat, 1988-2012), born in Little Rock, Arkansas

1946 – Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Danish princess and daughter of Frederik IX, born in Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark

1946 – Peggy Lipton [Margaret Ann], American model and actress

      (The Mod Squad, Twin Peaks), born in NYC, New York
1947:  William Ivey Long, American costume designer

1947 – Allan Rock, Canadian lawyer, politician, and diplomat
      Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations, born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

1948 – Lewis Black, American stand-up comedian, actor, and author

      (Lewis Black's Root of All Evil), born in Washington, D.C.
1948 – Fred Hampton, American activist, born in Summit, Illinois (d. 1969)

      (Black Panther Party leader; Rainbow Coalition co-founder)

1948 – Robin Lustig, English journalist and radio host

1948 – Victor Skumin, Russian scientist, Professor

1949 – Ted Ammon, American financier and investment banker

      born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)

1949 – Don Boudria, Canadian politician (MP for Glengarry–Prescott–Russell)

      born in Hull, Quebec, Canada

1949 – Christopher Collins, American actor (True Identity)

      voice actor (Cobra Commander-G.I. Joe) and comedian

      born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1994)

1949 – Peter Maffay, Romanian-German singer-songwriter

      born in Brașov, Romania

1950 – Antony Gormley, English sculptor (Angel of the North)

      born in London, England

1950 Micky Moody, English guitarist (Whitesnake, Juicy Lucy)

      born in Middleborough, England
1950 – Ineke Mulder, Dutch politician

1951 – Jim Paredes, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor
      (APO Hiking Society)

1951 – Timothy Bottoms, American actor and producer

      (Paper Chase, East of Eden), born in Santa Barbara, California
1951 – Dana Rosemary Scallon, English-Irish singer, actress, and politician

      (Flight of the Doves), born in Islington, London, England
1951 – Gediminas Kirkilas, Lithuanian politician
          11th Prime Minister of Lithuania

1952 – Simon Bainbridge, English composer and educator

1953 – Ron George, American politician, born in Syracuse, New York

      (Member of the Maryland House of Delegates)

1953 – Lech Majewski, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter

1953 – Horace Panter, English bass player
      (The Specials and General Public)

1953 – Robert Parish, American basketball HOF center

     born in Shreveport, Louisiana

1954 Gerard Hadders, Dutch postage stamp designer

      (1991 children stamp) born in Rotterdam, Netherlands

1954 – Guy Kawasaki, American businessman

1954 – Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian marshal and politician
      1st (and only) President of Belarus, born in Kopys, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union

1954 – Ravi Shankar Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician

      Indian Minister of Communications and IT

1954 – David Paymer, American actor and director

     (Love Mary, Mr Saturday Night), born in Oceanside, New York

1955 Martin Jackson, British rocker (Swing Out Sister - "Swing Out")

      born in Manchester, England
1955 – Jamie Moses, English-American guitarist

1955 Marvin Powell Jr., American Football HOF offensive tackle

      born in Fort Bragg, North Carolina (d. 2022)
1956 – Frank Conniff, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1956 Jayne Irving, English TV hostess (Live at 3)

      born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire

1958 – Karen Buck, British politician

1958 – Fran Fraschilla, American sports analyst

1958 – Muriel Gray, Scottish journalist and author

1958 – Martin Jackson, English drummer
      (Swing Out Sister, Magazine, The Chameleons,
      The Freshies, and The Durutti Column)

1958 – Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and human rights activist

      born in NYC, New York (d. 2006)

1960 – Ben Bradshaw, English journalist and politician
      Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

1960 – Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, born in Lincoln, Maine (d. 1993)
      Medal of Honor recipient

1960 – Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer

      born in Montreal, Quebec

1960 Chalino Sánchez, Mexican musician (d. 1992)

      born in Alturas Del Sur Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

1960 Thom Tillis, American politician, born in Jacksonville, Florida

      US Senator-R-North Carolina 2015-

1962:  Chris Adami, American scientist and professor

1962 Alexander Litvinenko, Russian KGB officer

      born in Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (d. 2006)
1962 – Craig Whittaker, English politician

1963 – Dave Brockie, Canadian-American musician (d. 2014)

      (Gwar, X-Cops, Death Piggy, and Dave Brockie Experience)

1963 – Michael Chiklis, American actor, director, and producer

      (Commish, The Shield), born in Lowell, Massachusetts

1963:  John King, American journalist

1963 – Paul Oakenfold, English DJ and record producer
      (Elementfour, Planet Perfecto, and Electra)

1964:  Stephen Baker, American NFL receiver, born in San Antonio, Texas

1964 – Gavin Fisher, English engineer and designer (Williams Formula One)

1964 – Ra Luhse, Estonian architect

1966 – Joann Fletcher, English historian and academic

1966 – Michael Michele, American actress

      (Nikki-Central Park West), born in Evansville, Indiana

1967 – Frederique van der Wal, Dutch model and actress

      (Victoria’s Secret), born in The Hague, Netherlands

1968 – Diran Adebayo, English author and critic

1968 – Vladimir Malakhov, Russian NHL defenseman

      born in Sverdlovsk, Soviet Union

1969 – Dimitris Sgouros, Greek classical pianist and composer

      born in Athens, Greece

1970 – Michael Wong, Malaysian-Chinese singer-songwriter
      (Michael & Victor), born in Ipoh, Malaysia

1971 – Lars Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Rancid, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, and UK Subs)
1971 – Julian Smith, Scottish politician

1972 – Cameron Diaz, American model and actress

      (Shrek, The Mask, My Best Friend's Wedding)

      born in Long Beach, California

1972 Jose Herrera, outfielder (Oakland A's)

      born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

1973 – Echo Chernik, American Art Nouveau artist

1973 – Lisa Ling, American journalist (CNN)

      born in Sacramento, California

1973 Amy Sherald, American painter (portrait of Michelle Obama)

      born in Columbus, Georgia

1974 – Aaron Barrett, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Reel Big Fish, The Scholars, and The Forces of Evil)

      born in San Bernadino, California

1974 Rich Cronin, American singer songwriter (Lyte Funkie Ones)

      born in Boston, Massachusetts

1974:  Camilla Läckberg, Sweedish novelist

1976 – Mike Koplove, American baseball player

      born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1976 – Sarah-Jane Potts, English actress, born in Bradford, England

1977 – Shaun Alexander, American NFL running back

      born in Florence, Kemtucky

1977 – Marlon Byrd, American baseball player

      born in Boynton Beach, Florida
1977 – Elden Henson, American actor (Daredevil)

      born in Rockville, Maryland

1977 – Jens Ludwig, German heavy metal guitarist

      (Edguy), born in Fulda, Germany

1978 – Cliff Lee, American baseball player, born in Benton, Arkansas

1979 – Niki Chow, Hong Kong actress and singer

1979 – Leon Lopez, English singer-songwriter and actor

      (Brookside), born in Liverpool, England
1979 – Scott Richmond, Canadian baseball player

1979 – Tavia Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer, born in Hong Kong

1980 – Angel Coulby, English actress

1980 – Antoinette Taus, Filipino-American actress and singer

1980 – Derrick Ward, American football player

1981 – Germán Legarreta, Puerto Rican-American actor

1981 – Adam Wainwright, American baseball player

1982 – Lisa Seiffert, Australian model

1983 Jonne Aaron [Liimatainen], Finnish rock vocalist, and songwriter

      (Negative), born in Tampere, Finland
1983 – Jun Matsumoto, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor (Arashi)
      born in Toshima, Tokyo

1985 – Joe Inoue, American singer-songwriter

1985:  Lawrence Jackson, American football player
1985 – Holly Weston, English actress

1986 – Theo Hutchcraft, English singer-songwriter (Hurts)
1986 – Ryan Ross, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and lyricist
      (Panic! at the Disco and The Young Veins)

1987:  Johanna Braddy, American actress

1987 – Tania Foster, English singer-songwriter (Roll Deep)
1988 – Laura Põldvere, Estonian singer (Suntribe)
1989 – Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter

      (Black Cards, Meant To Be), born in New York City
1991 – Deorro, American DJ and producer
1991 – Farid Mammadov, Azerbaijani singer

1992 – Jessica Henwick, English actress

1994 – Heo Young-ji, South Korean singer and dancer (Kara)

1994 – Kwon So-hyun, South Korean singer and dancer (4Minute)

1996 Mikal Bridges, American NBA player, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1996 – Trevor Jackson, American actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer

      (Grown-ish), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
2001 – Emily Bear, American pianist and composer

Family

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Shelley Butler
Marlene Poulson
Loren Ristine
Elton Miller
Brian Senkler
Kelsey Nachtigal
Adyn Peha
Eli Stone

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Weddings

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1846 Author and Seventh-day Adventist Church co-founder Ellen G. White (18)

      weds preacher James Springer White (25) in Portland, Maine

1940 CBS news correspondent Mike Wallace (22)

      weds Norma Kaphan in Brookline, Massachusetts

1953 Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC

1959 American songwriter Carole King (17)

      weds American lyricist Gerry Goffin (20); divorce in 1969

1989 Roman Polanski marries actress Emmanuelle Seigner

2003 Fashion designer and Daughter of Paul McCartney Stella McCartney (31)

      weds British publisher Alasdhair Willis

      on the 300-acre Gothic Estate in Scotland's Isle of Bute

2005 "Squeeze" band founder Jools Holland (47)

      weds sculptor Christabel McEwen

      at St. James Church in Cooling, Kent, England

2006 Billionaire Warren Buffett (76)

      weds longtime companion Astrid Menks (60) in Omaha

2008 "The Sopranos" actor James Gandolfini (46)

      weds former model Deborah Lin (40)

      at Central Union Church in Honolulu, Hawaii
2009 British Monkees singer Davy Jones (63) weds Jessica Pacheco

2014 NBA basketball star Dwyane Wade (32)

      weds actress Gabrielle Union (41) at Miami's Chateau Artisan castle

2015 Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley (34)

      weds model Ariana Cooper at Hotel Bel Air in Los Angeles

Family

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Sam & Rose Worth
Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Herdrick

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524 Chlodomer, Frankish King of Orléans, dies at about 29

526 – Theoderic the Great, King of Ostrogoths 471-526  (b. 454)

1181 Alexander III [Orlando Bandinelli], Roman Pope 1159-81, dies
1329 – Khutughtu Khan, Emperor Mingzong of Yuan (b. 1300)
1428 – Emperor Shōkō, 101st Emperor of Japan 1412-1428 (b. 1401)

1482 Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers)
1483 – Louis XI, King of France 1461-83, dies at 60 (b. 1423)

1529 Juan del Encina, Spanish author and composer, dies at 61

1580 – Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands (b. 1528)

1619 – Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord, dies at 84 (b. 1535)

1666 Benedictus Carpzovius [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies at 71

1745 Jean-Baptiste-Maurice Quinault, French composer, dies at 57

1751 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661)

1808 Joseph Anton Bauer, Czech composer, dies at 83

1809 Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies

1826 Theodor Zwetler, Austrian composer, dies at 67

1844 Francis Baily, English astronomer, dies at 70

      describer of "Baily's Beads" during solar eclipse

1855 Feargus O'Connor, Leader of English Chartists, dies at 61

1856 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English lawyer and author (b. 1811)

1856 John Ross, British naval officer and explorer, dies at 79

1862 Charles Bernard Desormes, French Physicist and Chemist

      (carbon monoxide and carbon disulphide compositions), dies at 91

1877 Raphael Semmes, American Rear Admiral (Confederate Navy), dies at 67

1879 – John Bell Hood, American Confederate general (Army of Tennessee),

      dies of yellow fever at 48 (b. 1831)

1883 Ángela Peralta, Mexican operatic soprano, harpist, pianist, and composer,

      dies of yellow fever at 38
1886 – Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American general and politician, dies at 50 (b. 1836)

      US Representative from New York 1881-83
1896 – Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky, Russian politician (b. 1824)
          Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia

1903 Vicente Fidel López, Argentine historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87

1904 Kate Fanny Loder, English composer and pianist, dies at 79

1906 – Hans Auer, Swiss-Austrian architect, dies at 59 (b. 1847)
          designed the Federal Palace of Switzerland
1907 – Richard Mansfield, American actor and manager (b. 1857)

1908 Alexander P. Stewart, American Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), dies at 86

1910 Albert Vandal, French earl and historian (Napoleon), dies at 57

1914 Adrian H. Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26

1914 Alexander Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide after Russian defeat

      at the Battle of Tannenberg at 54

1914 Lucy Lloyd, English-born creator (with Wilhelm Bleek) of archive of

      Bushman ǀxam and !kun texts, dies at 79

1917 Uritsky, leader of Petrogradse Czech, dies

1919 Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Icelandic writer (Dr Rung), dies at 39

1928 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, dies at 64 (b. 1864)
      laws of motion, Nobel Prize 1911

1932 Willem Marinus van Rossum, Dutch cardinal, dies at 77

      prefect of Propaganda Fide

1934 Earnest L. Wolzogen, German writer (That tolle Komtess), dies at 79

1935 – Henri Barbusse, French journalist, author, and novelist (Le feu), dies at 62 (b. 1873)

1938 – Max Factor, Sr., Polish-American make-up artist, inventor, and businessman (b. 1877)
      founder of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor & Company, dies at 60

1940 – J. J. Thomson, English physicist and mathematician
      discovered the electron, Nobel Prize 1906, dies at 83 (b. 1856)
1941 – Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish physicist and engineer, dies at 67 (b. 1874)
1943 – Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest and missionary in Brazil, dies at 52 (b. 1890)
1944 (William) Crickett Smith, American ragtime, and jazz cornetist and trumpeter

      (James Reese Europe's Clef Club; Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolics; Louis Mitchell's

      Jazz Kings), and band leader, dies at 53

1944 Morten Nielsen, Danish resistance fighter
1946 – Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Russian lawyer (b. 1907)

1946 Grigory Semyonov, Russian counter-revolutionary (executed) (b. 1890)
1947 – Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor and director (b. 1890)

1950 Ralph Hancock, Welsh garden designer (Rockefeller Center), dies at 57

1951 – Konstantin Märska, Estonian director and cinematographer (b. 1896)

1952 Arky Vaughan, American Baseball HOF shortstop

      dies in a boating accident at 40

1953 Dimitar Nenov, Bulgarian composer, pianist and architect, dies at 51

1954 – Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Italian cardinal (b. 1880)

1956 Anita Donostia [Jose Antonio de Donostia], Spanish composer, musicologist,

      and priest, dies at 70
1958 – Percival Gourgaud, Australian public servant (b. 1881)
1961 – Charles Coburn, American actor and singer (b. 1877)

      (Around the World in 80 Days, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 84

1963 – Guy Burgess, English-born Soviet spy, dies of acute liver failure at 52 (b. 1911)

1964 – Salme Dutt, Estonian-English politician (b. 1888)

1967 – Ad Reinhardt, American painter (b. 1913)

1968 – William Talman, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1915)

      (Crashout, The Hitch-Hiker, Perry Mason), dies of lung cancer at 53

1970 Anna Casati, Italian marchesa, murdered at 41
1970 – Del Moore, American comedian and actor (b. 1916)

     (Life With Elizabeth; Bachelor Father - "Cal"; Cinderfella)

      dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 54

1974 Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87
1979 – Jean Seberg, American actress and singer (b. 1938)

      (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40
1981 – Vera-Ellen, American actress and dancer (b. 1921)

      (White Christmas; Big Leaguer; On the Town), dies of cancer at 60
1981 – Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Iranian politician (b. 1933)
          2nd President of Iran 1981, assassinated by a bomb at 48

1982 Leo Pappenheim, Dutch conductor, dies at 86

1984 Wesley Lau, American actor (Lt Anderson-Perry Mason), dies at 63

1985 – Taylor Caldwell [Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell],

      Anglo-American novelist , dies at 84 (b. 1900)

      (Dynasty of Death, Dear and Glorious Physician)

1985 "Philly" Joe Jones, American jazz drummer

      (Miles Davis Quintet), dies of a heart attack at 62

1986 Otto Mortensen, Danish composer and musicologist, dies at 79

1988 Albert F. Frey-Wyssling, Swiss botanist and pioneer of submicroscopic

      morphology and the discipline of molecular biology, dies at 87

1989 Dorothy Schiff, American owner and publisher (NY Post), dies at 86

1989 Joe Collins, American baseball first baseman, dies at 66

1989 Joe De Santis, American actor, dies at 80

1989 – Seymour Krim, American journalist, essayist, and literary critic (b. 1922)

1990 Edmund G. Love, American historian and author

      (A Small Bequest, Subways Are for Sleeping), dies at 78
1990 – Bernard D. H. Tellegen, Dutch engineer and academic (b. 1900)

1991 – Hans Koetsier, Dutch sculptor artist (KLM-Schiphol), dies at 61

1991 – Vladimír Padrůněk, Czech bass player
          (Energit, Jazz Q, and Etc...) (b. 1952)
1991 – Jean Tinguely, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1925)

       (moving objects), dies at 66

1991 Alan Wheatley, British actor (The Adventures of Robin Hood)

      dies from a heart attack at 84
1993 – Richard Jordan, American actor (b. 1938)

      (Hunt for Red October, Posse), dies at 55
1994 – Lindsay Anderson, Indian-English actor and filmmaker (b. 1923)

1994 Michael Gribble, American film animator (Mike & Spike Festival)

      dies of cancer at 42
1995 – Fischer Black, American economist, financial theorist, and academic (b. 1938)

      dies at 57

1995 Thomas Chalmers, British broadcaster, dies at 82

1995 Pattie Menzies, Australian wife of PM Robert Menzies, dies at 96
1995 – Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (b. 1942)

      (The Velvet Underground)

1996 José Toribio Merino, Chilean admiral, dies at 80

      (one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état)
1996 – Christine Pascal, French actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1953)

      (Smile, Elsa), commits suicide at 43
1999 – Raymond Poïvet, French comics illustrator (b. 1910)

2000 – David Haskell, American actor and singer (b. 1948)

2001 Julie Bishop [Jacqueline Wells], American actress

      (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat), dies of pneumonia at 87
2001 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, Welsh farmer, entrepreneur,

      and inventor, dies at 94 (b. 1907)

2002 – J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian filmmaker (b. 1914)

2003 – Charles Bronson, American actor (b. 1921)

      (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, The Dirty Dozen), dies at 81
2003 – Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (b. 1917)

2004 – Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (b. 1906)

      (dirty-snowball theory), dies at 97
2005 – Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch super-centenarian (b. 1890)

2005 Andor Kovach, Romanian composer (Médée), dies at 90

2005 James H. Scheuer, American politician (Rep-D-NY, 1965-73, 75- 93)

      dies of heart and kidney failure at 85
2006 – Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon (b. 1926)

      New Zealand jurist and member of the British House of Lords
2006 – Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor (b. 1916)

      (Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway), dies at 90
2006 – Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian novelist, dies at 94 (b. 1911)
      (Palace Walk, Sugar Street), Nobel Prize 1988

2007 Augustine Harris, British Bishop of Middlesbrough, dies at 89

2007 – Michael Jackson, British beer and whiskey author/expert and journalist (b. 1942)

2007 – Roef Ragas, Dutch actor (b. 1965)

      (Missing Link, Red Rain, Juju, Mykosch), dies at 42

2007 – Charles Vanik, American soldier and politician (b. 1918)

2010 – Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1943)

2011 – Cactus Pryor, American broadcaster (b. 1923)

2012 – Bernardo Bonezzi, Spanish composer (b. 1964)

2012 – Daire Brehan, Irish-English actress and journalist (b. 1957)

2012 – Igor Kvasha, Russian actor (b. 1933)

2012 – Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor (b. 1937)

2012 – Chris Lighty, American music executive and talent manager (b. 1968)
          co-founded Violator Entertainment, dies of a gunshot wound at 44

2012 – Nat Peeples, American baseball player (b. 1926)

2012 – Vidar Theisen, Norwegian meteorologist (b. 1933)

2013 – Alfredo Betancourt, Salvadoran author (b. 1914)

2013 – Howie Crittenden, American basketball player and coach (b. 1933)

2013 – Allan Gotthelf, American philosopher and academic (b. 1942)

2013 – Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1939)

          Nobel Prize in Literature 1995), dies at 74

2013 – Leo Lewis, American football player and coach (b. 1933)

2013 – John "Juke" Logan, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1946)

2013 Lotfollah "Lotfi" Mansouri, Persian opera director, dies at 84

      (Canadian Opera Company, 1976-88; San Francisco Opera, 1988-2001
2013 – Soledad Mexia, Mexican-American super-centenarian (b. 1899)

2014 – Bud Andrews, American radio host and producer (b. 1940)

2014 – Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (b. 1928)

2014 – Victoria Mallory, American actress and singer (b. 1949)

2014 – Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (b. 1920)

2014 – Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)

2015 Brad Anderson, American cartoonist (Marmaduke), dies at 91

2015 Oliver Sacks, English Neurologist and author (Awakenings), dies at 82

2015 – Wes Craven, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 2 Aug 1939)
      (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream), dies at 76

2016 Joe Sutter, American engineer and head of the Boeing 747 program, dies at 95

2019 Valerie Harper, American actress, dies of cancer at 80

      (The Mary Tyler Moore Show; Rhoda)

2022 Mikhail Gorbachev, dies after an unspecified long and grave illness at 91 (b.1931)

      General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 1985-91

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