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1822 – Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician  (d. 31 Mar 1907)
          28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, 1861-1863

          U.S. Representative, PA, 1851-1863, 1894-1903

Notable

12 – Caligula, 3rd Roman emperor 37-41 AD, born in Anzio, Italy (d. 41)
161 – Commodus, Roman emperor 180-192, born in Lanuvium, Italy (d. 192)

1569 Jahangir, 4th Mughal Emperor of India 1605-27

      born in Fatehpur Sikri, Mughal Empire (d. 1627)
1602 – Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels (d. 1675)

      wife of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
1652 – Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (d. 1708)
1663 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker

      born in Paris (d. 1705)

1696 Johann Paul Kunzen, German organist and composer

      born in Leisnig, Saxony (d. 1757)
1721 – George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English politician (d. 1775)
          Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

1741 Husein Gradaščević, Bosniak general

      born in Gradačac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 1834)
1741 – Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator

      born in Freystadt, Germany (d. 1816)

1748 – Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer,

      composer, and playwright, born in Paris (d. 1820)

1749 Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (d. 1802)

      (Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow), born in Moscow

1755 Johann Ignaz Walter, German opera singer and composer,

      born in Perutz, Bohemia (d. 1822)

1767 – Henry Joy McCracken, Irish activist (d. 1798)
          founded the Society of United Irishmen

1775 – Agnes Bulmer, English poet (d. 1836)

1775 Francois de Paule Jacques Raymond de Fossa (d. 1849)

      French classical guitarist and composer, born in Perpignan, France
1802 – Husein Gradaščević, Bosnian general (d. 1834)

1811 Goode Bryan, Brigadier General (Confederate Army)

      born in Hancock County, Georgia (d. 1885)

1811 Théophile Gautier, French writer, historian and poet (d. 1872)

      (Albertus, La Chanson de Roland, Émaux et camées), born in Tarbes, France

1821 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist

      born in Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1894)

1821 Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, Bohemian clarinetist, band leader, and composer

      born in Polepy, Austrian Empire (now Czech Republic) (d. 1899)

1822 Fitz John Porter, American Major General (Union Army),

      born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (d. 1901)

1823 Galusha Aaron Grow, American politician,

      born in Ashford, Connecticut (d. 1907)

1828 George Leonard Andrews, American professor, civil engineer,

      and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts (d. 1899)

1834 – Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator (d. 1886)

      (I Lituani; La Giaconda), born in Paderno Ponchielli, Italy
1842 – Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist (d. 1924)

1843 – Georg von Hertling, Bavarian politician (d. 1919)
      7th Chancellor of the German Empire 1917-18, born in Darmstadt, Germany

1844 – Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, American feminist author (28 Jan 1911)

1847 Arthur Verhaegen, Belgian architect and worker's union leader

      born in Brussels (d. 1917)

1852 Joris Helleputte, Belgian Catholic minister

      born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1925)

1855 Stefan Surzynski, Polish conductor and composer

      born in Srem, Poland (d. 1919)

1856 Nikoghayos Fadeyi Tigranyan, Armenian composer

      born in Gyumri, Armenia (d. 1951)

1864 Max Wilhelm Zach, Polish-American violinist and conductor

      born in Lemberg, Galicia (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1921)

1870 – Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (d. 1952)

       (spontaneous response), born in Chiaravalle, Marche, Italy

1871 – James E. Ferguson, American politician (d. 1944)
      26th Governor of Texas1915-17, born in Salado, Texas

1874 – Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and professor (d. 9 Aug 1949)

      father of modern educational psychology, born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts

1875 – Eddie Plank, American baseball player (d. 24 Feb 1926)

      born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

1877 Lizzie Arlington, American baseball pitcher

      first woman to play professional men's baseball

      born in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania (d. 1919)

1878 Albert Riemenschneider, American pianist, educator, and musicologist

      founder of America'a oldest Bach Festival, born in Berea, Ohio (d. 1950)

1879 – Alma Schindler Mahler, Austrian-American composer and painter

      born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1964)

1879 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, Russian composer and ethno-musicologist

      born in Kaluga, Russia (d. 1949)
1879 – Yoshihito [Taishō], 123rd Emperor of Japan 1912-26

      born in Akasaka Palace, Tokyo City, Japan (d. 1926)

1880 – Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Queen of the Netherlands 1890-1948

      born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1962)

1882 Charles O'Neill, Canadian composer and bandmaster

      born in Duntocher, near Glasgow, (d. 1964)

1884 George Al Sarton, Belgian-American chemist and historia

      born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1956)

1885 – DuBose Heyward, American novelist, author and playwright (d. 1940)

      (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), born in Charleston, South Carolina
1886:  L. Wolfe Gilbert, Russian-born American songwriter (d. 12 Jul 1970)

1887 Friedrich A Paneth, Austrian-British chemist

      born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1958)

1888 Ramon de Basterra, Spanish writer and diplomat

      (La Obra de Trajano), born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 1928)

1890 – August Alle, Estonian writer (d. 1952)

1890 Margaret Landis, American silent movie actress (d. 1981)

      (A Million to Burn; The Empire Builders), born in Nashville, Tennessee

1892 Claire DuBrey, American actress (d. 1993)

      (Lightnin' in the Forest), born in Bonner's Ferry, Idaho (d. 1993)

1893 – Lily Laskine, French harpist, born in Paris (d. 1988)

1894 – Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author (d. 1982)

      (A Fortunate Life), born in Maidstone, Victoria, Australia

1895 Joseph Schillinger, Ukrainian-American composer, music theorist, and eductaor

      born in Kharkiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1943)

      [some sources give birthday as September 1]
1896 – Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author

      born in Quebec, Canada (d. 1982)

1897 Marianne Bruns, German writer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1994)

1897 – Fredric March, American actor, born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 1975)

      (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Best Years of Our Lives)

1899 Paul E Garber, American founder/1st curator of National Air & Space Museum

      born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 1992)

1899 Walter Muller von Kulm, Swiss composer

      born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1967)

1900 Roland Culver, English actor (Thunderball, Encore)

      born in London, England (d. 1984)

1900 – Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, born in Carrara, Italy
      attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (d. 1943)

1902 – Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician (d. 1977)
      Minister of Defence for Hungary

1903 – Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host

      born in NYC, New York (d. 1983)

1903 – Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher

      born in Bourges, France (d. 1985)

1905 – Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (d. 2004)

1905 – Sanford Meisner, American actor and teacher

      born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1997)

1905 Dore Schary, American producer, writer and director

      (Act 1, Boys Town, Big City), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1958)

1905 Sal Tas, Dutch journalist & CIA agent (Het Parool) [or 1897]

1906 Vivienne Byerley, English theater press agent

       born in London, England (d. 1995)

1907 – Augustus F. Hawkins, American politician (d. 2007)

      Rep-D-CA, 1963-75), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1907 – Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician (d. 1957)
      7th President of the Philippines, born in Iba, Zambales, Philippines

1907 – William Shawn, American journalist (d. 1992)

      editor of  New Yorker magazine 1952-87, born in Chicago, Illinois

1907 – Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (d. 1986)

      advocate of European federalism, born in Rome, Italy

1908 Conrad Baden, Norwegian composer, organist and music critic

      born in Drammen, Norway (d. 1989)
1908 – William Saroyan, American novelist and playwright

      (Time of Your Life), born in Fresno, California (d. 1981)
1909 – Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (d. 2008)

1909 Marie-Louise Grog-Carven, French fashion designer (Ma Griffe perfume)

      born in Châtellerault, Poitou-Charentes (d. 2015)
1911 – Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician (d. 1998)

1911 Hilde Jarecki, German-English educationist

      (The Kindertransport, Playgroups) (d. 1995)
1911 – Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer,

      and bandleader (d. 1970)

1912 Ramon Vinay, Chilean operatic tenor, born in Chillán, Chile (d. 1996)

1913:  Ray Dandridge, American baseball player

      born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 12 Feb 1994)

1913 Michiel P. Gorsira, 1st Dutch Antillean in charge of Curacao 1951-67

1913 – Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer (d. 2009)

1913 – Bernard Lovell, English physicist and radio astronomer (d. 2012)

      founded Jodrell Bank Observatory, born in Oldland Common, Bristol
1914 – Richard Basehart, American actor (d. 1984)

      (Voyage to Bottom of Sea), born in Zanesville, Ohio
1915 – Pete Newell, American basketball Hall of Fame player and coach

      born in Vancouver, Canada (d. 2008)

1916 Everett Lee, American violinist, and theater and classical conductor

       born in Wheeling, West Virgina (d. 2022)
1916 – Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2011)

1916 – Daniel Schorr, American broadcast journalist and author (d. 2010)

      born in The Bronx, New York
1916 – John S. Wold, American politician

1918 Lucrecia Roces Kasilag, Filipino composer and pianist

      (Bayanihan Dance Company), born in San Fernando, Philippines (d. 2008)

1918 – Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1986)

      (with Frederick Loewe - My Fair Lady; Gigi; Camelot), born in NYC, New York
1919 – Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author, born in Gujranwala, Pakistan (d. 2005)

1920 James Lanphier, American actor (Flight of Lost Balloon)

      born in Hempstead, New York (d. 1969)

1920 – Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan tenor and actor (d. 2010)

1920 – G. D. Spradlin, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2011)

1921 – Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (d. 2014)

1921 – Raymond Williams, Welsh academic and novelist (d. 1988)

      (Second Generation), born in Llanfihangel Crucorney, Wales

1923 Larry Grayson, British comedian (Generation Game)

      born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England (d. 1995)

1924 – John Davidson, American physician and politician (d. 2012)

1924 – Buddy Hackett [Leonard Hacker], American comedian and actor

      (God's Little Acre; The Music Man; The Love Bug)

      born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2003)

1924 Klaus Hashagen, German composer (Ars Nova Ensemble Nürnberg)

      born in Java, Indonesia (d. 1998)
1924:  George Sewell, English actor (d. 2 Apr 2007)

1924 – Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer (d. 2015)

1925 – Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic (d. 2004)
      invented the venturi mask

1925 – Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (d. 2003)

1926 Georgiy Petrovich Katys, Russian cosmonaut (Voskhod 1 backup)

1926 Jan de Koning, minister of Agriculture/Social Businesses (CDA)

1927:  Jim Finks, American football player and coach (d. 8 May 1994)

1928 – James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)

      (Our Man Flint, Magnificent Seven), born in Laurel, Nebraska

1928 Jeremy Maas, British art dealer and writer

      born in Penang, British Malaya (d. 1997)

1928 – Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (d. 2005)

1929 Julio Ramon Ribeyro, Peruvian writer, born in Lima, Peru (d. 1994)
1930 – Charles Kay, English actor

1930 – Dudley "Big Tiny" Little Jr, American pianist (d. 2010)

      (Lawrence Welk Show), born in Worthington Minnesota

1930 Owen B. Pickett, American politician (d. 2010)

      (Rep-D-Virginia 1987-2001, born in Richmond, Virginia
1931 – Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey Hall of Fame player

      born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec  (d. 2014)
1931 – Noble Willingham, American actor (d. 2004)

      (Walker, Texas Ranger, The Corndog Man), born in Mineola, Texas

1932 Robert [Franklin] Adams, American sci-fi author (Castaways in Time)
1932 – Roy Castle, English actor, singer, dancer, television entertainer

      (Record Breakers), born in Scholes, Yorkshire (d. 1994)

1932 – Allan Fotheringham, Canadian journalist

1932 Benito Wogatzki, German radio and TV writer

      (My Best Friends) born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)

1934 – Nikos Xanthopoulos, Greek actor and singer, born in Athens, Greece

1935 – Eldridge Cleaver, American activist and author (d. 1998)

      Black Panther leader turned Republican, born in Wabbaseka, Arkansas
1935 – Bryan Organ, English painter

1935 – Frank Robinson, American baseball Hall of Fame player and manager

      born in Beaumont, TX  (d. 2019)

1936 Marva Nettles Collins, American educator (d. 2015)

      (West Side Preparatory School), born in Monroeville, Alabama
1936 – Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (d. 2014)

1936 Igor Zhukov, Russian pianist, conductor, and sound engineer  (d. 2018)

      (Moscow Chamber Orchestra), born in Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod), Russia
1937 – Warren Berlinger, American actor (Larry-Joey Bishop Shop, Take Two)

      born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2020)

1937 Guido de Moor, Dutch actor (Apart, Because the Cats)
1937 – Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

1938 – Martin Bell 'the man in the white suit', British journalist (BBC) and politician

      born in Redisham, England

1939 – Jerry Allison, American rock drummer and songwriter

      (Buddy Holly & Crickets - "That'll Be The Day"; "Peggy Sue")

      born in Hillsboro, Texas (d. 2022)

1939 Jim McCrary, American photographer and album cover artist

      (Tapestry: Ticket to Ride), born in Los Angeles (d. 2012)

1939 Paul Winter, American new age music saxophonist, composer, and bandleader

      (The Paul Winter Consort), born in Altoona, Pennsylvania

1940 – Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer (d. 1986)

1940 – Wilton Felder, American  jazz-fusion saxophonist and bassist

      (The Crusaders), born in Houston, Texas (d. 2015)

1940 – Larry Hankin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1940 – Robert Morris, English actor

1940 – Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010)

1940 – Jack Thompson [John Payne], Australian actor

      (Breaker Morant, The Man from Snowy River)

      born in Sydney, New South Wales

1941 – William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman

       (Chairman of St. Louis Cardinals), born in St. Louis, Missouri
1941 – Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator

      born in Houston, Texas (d. 2015)

1941 Henk Terlingen, Dutch radio/TV-host (Paul Meier Show)

1942 Carole Wells, American actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats)

      born in Shreveport, Louisiana

1942 Eugenio Trías Sagnier, Spanish philosopher

      born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2013)

1943 – Leonid Ivashov, Russian general

      born in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union

1944 – Roger Dean, English artist, illustrator, album cover designer, and publisher

      (Yes; Osibia; Asia), born in Ashford, Kent, England

1944 – Liz Forgan, English journalist

1944 – Christine King, English historian and academic

1944 Earnie Shavers, American boxer, born in Garland, Alabama (d. 2022)

      (2 x world heavyweight c'ship challenger [Muhammad Ali 1977, Larry Holmes 1979])

1945 – Lee Bryant, American actress

1945 – (George Ivan) "Van" Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter

      (Astral Weeks; "Moondance"; "Brown-Eyed Girl"), born in Bloomfield, Belfast

1945 – Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and polio survivor

      born in Tel Aviv, Israel

1945 Leonid Popov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 35/37, 40, T-7)

      born in Oleksandriia, Ukrainian SSR. Soviet Union

1945 – Bob Welch, American rock vocalist, and guitarist 
      (Fleetwood Mac and Paris), born in Hollywood, California (d. 2012)

1946 – Ann Coffey, Scottish politician

1946 – Jerome Corsi, American writer and conspiracy theorist

      born in East Cleveland, Ohio

1946 – Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach

1947 – Mona Marshall, American voice actress (South Park, Fraggle Rock)

1947 – Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman

      (Chairman of Ferrari, NTV trains), born in Bologna, Italy

1947 – Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author, illustrator, and manga artist

      (The Star of Cottonland), born in Otawara, Japan

1947 – Somchai Wongsawat, Thai politician
      26th Prime Minister of Thailand

1948 – Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer

      (Happy Days, Splash), born in New York City

1948 Ricky Gardiner, Scottish rock guitarist and composer

      (David Bowie - Low; Iggy Pop - Lust for Life), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 2022)

1948 – Ken McMullen, English director, producer, and screenwriter

1948 – Rudolf Schenker, German rock guitarist and songwriter

      (Scorpions - "Virgin Killer"), born in Hildesheim, Germany

1949 Jim Fassel, American football coach, born in Anaheim, California (d. 2021)
1949 – Richard Gere, American actor, singer, and producer

      (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1949 – Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate

1949 Rick Roberts, American singer-songwriter, born in Clearwater, Florida

      (Flying Burrito Brothers; Firefall - "You Are The Woman")

1951 – Sirje Tamul, Estonian historian, author, and academic

1952 – Kim Kashkashian, American viola player

1952 – Herbert Reul, German politician, born in Langenfeld,, West Germany

1952 Bruce Soboroff, American rock keyboard player

      (Buckinghams, 1986-present), born in Chicago, Illinois

1953 Marcia Clark [Kleks], American LA DA (O.J. Simpson Case)

      born in Berkeley, California
1953 – György Károly, Hungarian poet and author

      born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2018)

1953 – Jimmy McKenna, Scottish actor

1953 – Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer

1954:  Robert Kocharian, Armenian politician
          2nd President of Armenia, 1998-2008
          6th Prime Minister of Armenia, 1997-1998
          1st President of Nagorno-Karabakh, 1994-1997
          2nd Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, 1992-1994

1954:  Dan Severson, American politician

1954 Claudell Washington, American baseball outfielder

      born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2020

1955 – Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor

1955 – Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic

1955 – Anthony Thistlethwaite, English saxophonist and bass player
          (The Waterboys and The Saw Doctors)

1955 – Gary Webb, American journalist and author (d. 2004)

1956 – Mária Balážová, Slovak painter

1956 – Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director (Rats & Star)

1956 – Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and academic, born in Taipei, Taiwan

      7th President of the Republic of China (Democratic Progressive Party) 2016-

1957 Tom Candiotti, American MLB pitcher, born in Walnut Creek, California

1957 – Gina Schock, American rock drummer, songwriter, and actress

      (The Go-Go's - "Our Lips Are Sealed"; "Vacation" - and Edie and the Eggs)

      born in Baltimore, Maryland
1957 – Glenn Tilbrook, English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Squeeze - "Black Coffee In Bed": "Tempted" - and Difford & Tilbrook)

      born in London, England

1958 – Julie Brown, American actress, singer, producer, and screenwriter

1958 – Stephen Cottrell, English bishop

      born in  Leigh-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

      Archbishop of York 2020-

1958 David H. Mattheisen, American engineer and astronaut (STS 73 alt)

      born in Blue Island, Illinois

1959 Tony DeFranco, Canadian pop singer, born in Port Colborne, Ontario

      (The DeFranco Family - "Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat")

1959 Rachel Dennison, American actress (Doralee Rhodes-9 to 5)

      born in Knoxville, Tennessee

1959 – Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1959 – Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)

1960 – Chris Whitley, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist

      born in Houston, Texas (d. 2005)

1960 – Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese terrorist, born in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon
          3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah

1961 David Chastain, American heavy metal guitarist

      (Chastain - Rule of Wasteland), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1961 – Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author

1962 – Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor and singer

      born in Bloomington, Indiana
1962 – Thomas Suozzi, American politician

1963 – Reb Beach, American heavy metal guitarist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
          (Winger, Whitesnake, Night Ranger, and Dokken)

1963 – Todd Carty, Irish actor and director

      (Grange Hill, The Bill), born in London, England
1963 – Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1963 – Naomi Robson, American-Australian journalist
1964 – Ramón Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker (d. 2002)

1964 – Raymond P. Hammond, American poet, editor, and critic

1965 Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor (Mortal Kombat: Conquest)
1965 – Céline Bonnier, French Canadian actress, born in Lévis, Quebec

1965 – Susan Gritton, English soprano

1966 Jeff Frye, American MLB infielder, born in Oakland, California

1967 – Jonathan Cake, English actor

1967:  Francis Chan, American clergyman

1967 – Gene Hoglan, American drummer
      (Tenet, Strapping Young Lad, Testament, Fear Factory, and Dethklok)
1967:  Kenneth Oppel, Canadian writer

1968 – Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician

1968 Jim Bob Howard, American actor (Flash and Bone)

      born in Wichita Falls, Texas
1968 – Hideo Nomo, Japanese-American baseball MLB pitcher

      (LA Dodgers), born in Osaka, Japan

1969 Victor Alexander, American NBA forward/center, born in Detroit, Michigan

1969 Andrew Cunanan, American serial killer (d. 1997)

      (killed Gianni Versace),born in National City, California

1969 – Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor

      (Australia Survivor presenter), born in Adelaide, Australia

1969 Andrei Trefilov, Russian NHL goalie, born in Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russia

1970 – Rania Al-Abdullah, born Rania Al-Yassin in Kuwait City, Kuwait

      Queen Consort of Jordan as wife of King Abdullah II

1970 – Debbie Gibson, American pop singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

      (Only in My Dreams), born in Brooklyn, New York
1970 – Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian economist and politician
      6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
1970 – Greg Mulholland, English politician

1970 James Robinson, American NBA guard, born in Jackson, Mississippi
1970 – Amy Stein, American photographer and educator

1970 – Zack Ward, Canadian actor and producer, born in Toronto, Ontario

1971 Mike Caldwell, American NFL linebacker and coach

      born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee

1971:  Kris Carr, America author

1971 – Candis Cayne, American actress
1971 Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer, born in Dublin, Ireland
1971 – Vadim Repin, Belgian-Russian violinist

1971 – Chris Tucker, American stand-up comedien and actor (Rush Hour)

      born in Atlanta, Georgia

1973 Reggie Geary, American NBA guard and coach

      born in Trenton, New Jersey
1973 – Kaori Mizumori, Japanese singer

1973 – Scott Niedermayer, Canadian NHL defenseman and coach

      born in Edmonton, Alberta
1973 Mary Peltola, American politician, born in Anchorage, Alaska

      1st Alaskan Native elected to Congress
1974:  Marc Webb, American music video, TV, and film director

      (500 Days of Summer; The Amazing Spider-Man (2012-14 reboot))

      born in Bloomington, Indiana
1975 James Black, Canadian singer-songwriter (Finger Eleven)

      born in Ontario, Canada
1975 – John Grahame, American ice hockey player and coach

1975 – Daniel Harding, English conductor, born in Oxford, England

      Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, 2007 to present
1975 – Sara Ramirez, Mexican-American actress (Grey's Anatomy) and singer
      born inn Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
1976 – Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer

      born in Évreux, France
1976 – Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player

1976:  Marlin Stutzman, American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. IN, 2010-present

1977 – Craig Nicholls, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

      (The Vines), born in Sydney
1978 – Sandis Valters, Latvian basketball player

1978 – Morten Qvenild, Norwegian pianist
          (In the Country, Susanna & the Magical Orchestra)

1979 – Clay Hensley, American baseball player

1979 – Simon Neil, Scottish rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
          (Biffy Clyro and Marmaduke Duke), born in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland

1979 – Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian singer-songwriter

1979 – Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball infielder and coach

      born in Las Matas de Farfán, DR

1980 – Joe Budden, American rapper (Slaughterhouse; Pump It Up)

      born in New York, New York

1980 Laura Mulleavy, American fashion designer (Rodarte)

      born in California

1981 – Mawnia Al-Kuwaitia, Kuwaiti singer and actress
1981 – Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player

1981:  Joe Swanberg, American filmmaker

      (mumblecore film movement), born in Detroit, Michigan
1982 – Chris Duhon, American basketball player, born in Mamou, Louisiana
1982 – Josh Kroeger, American baseball player, born in Davenport, Iowa

1982 – Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1982 Patrick Nuo, Swiss pop singer, born in Lucerne, Switzerland
1982 – G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and comic book writer
1983 – Larry Fitzgerald, American NFL player, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
1984 – Ryan Kesler, American ice hockey player
1984 – Rajkummar Rao, Indian film actor (Shahid), born in Gurgaon, India
1985 Mohammed bin Salman, born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

      Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia 2017-

      Saudi Defense Minister 2015-
1986 – Ryan Kelley, American actor 

1986 – Riza Santos, Filipino-Canadian actress, host
      Miss Earth Canada 2006

      Miss World Canada 2011

      Miss Universe Canada 2013
1987 – Ondřej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player
1989 – Dezmon Briscoe, American football player
1992 – Holly Earl, English actress

1995 – Ceallach Spellman, English actor

1998 – Saya Kawamoto, Japanese idol and singer (AKB48)

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Kyle Lynch
Dave Peterson
Mark Wyborney
Sharon Groh
Britni Boutain

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Weddings

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Notable

1940 "Wuthering Heights" actor Laurence Olivier (33)

      weds "Gone With The Wind" actress Vivien Leigh (26)

1940 Football player and coach Vince Lombardi (27)

      weds Marie Planitz at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Bronx, New York

1952 American operatic soprano Leontyne Price (25)

      weds American concert bass-baritone singer William Warfield (32)

      divorce in 1973

1991 American "Jan & Dean" surf-pop vocalist Jan Berry (50)

      weds Gertie Filip on stage at the Stardust Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

      Dean Torrence serves as best man

2010 Actress Leelee Sobieski (27) weds fashion designer Adam Kimmel in Italy

2013 "Blue Crush" actress Kate Bosworth (30) weds director Michael Polish (42)

      in Philipsburg, Montana

2014 American model and TV host Jenny McCarthy (41)

      weds American singer and actor Donnie Wahlberg (45)

      at the Hotel Baker in St. Charles, Illinois

2014 American singer-songwriter Ashlee Simpson (29)

      weds American "Hunger Games" actor Evan Ross (26) in Greenwich, Connecticut

2019 British pop singer Ellie Goulding (32) weds British art dealer Caspar Jopling (27)

      at York Minister in York, England

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Wally & Tracey Wilson
Rick & Molly Brunner

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Deaths

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Notable

577 – Saint John Scholasticus, Byzantine patriarch
651 – Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and missionary
731 – Ōtomo no Tabito, Japanese poet (b. 665)

1056 Theodora, Byzantine Empress (b. 981)

1057 Leofric, count of Mercia, husband of Lady Godiva
1158 – Sancho III, King of Castile (b. 1134)

1218 Al-Malik ab-Adil/Saphadin/Saif al-Din), brother of Saladin
1234 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
1372 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (b. 1301)
1422 – Henry V, King of England 1413-22 and France (1416-19)

      dies at 36 after being weakened by dysentery and heatstroke b. 1386

1590 Floris Thin, politician/land advocate of Utrecht

1604 Giovanale Ancina, Italian priest and composer, dies of purported poisoning at 58

1616 Gemignano Capilupi, Italian choral composer, dies at 43

1631 Nicolaus Erich, German composer, dies at 43

1638 John Ward, British madrigal and religious music composer, dies at 67

1645 – Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (b. 1566)

1654 – Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (b. 1588)

1667 Johann von Rist, German composer and poet known for his hymns, dies at 6

1688 – John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (b. 1628)

      (The Pilgrim's Progress), dies at 59
1730 – Gottfried Finger, Moravian violist and Baroque composer (b. 1660)

1741 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (b. 1681)

1762 Emperor Momozono, 116th Emperor of Japan, dies at 21

1772 – William Borlase, English geologist, naturalist, and historian (b. 1695)

1795 – François-André Danican Philidor, French-English composer

      and chess champion, dies at 68 (b. 1726)

1796 John McKinly, American physician and President of Delaware, dies at 75
1799 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (b. 1720)
      designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle

1811 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)

1814 – Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician (b. 1738)
      1st Governor of New South Wales

1817 – Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician (b. 1747)
      39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland

1818 Arthur St. Clair, American soldier and politician

      President of the Continental Congress, 1787), dies at 81

1832 Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, French violinist and composer, dies at 53

1862 George William Taylor, US Union brigadier general, dies in battle

1862 Ignaz Assmayer, Austrian organist and liturgical composer, dies at 72

1864 Ferdinand Lassalle, French socialist and political activist

      (Allgemeiner), dies at 39

1867 – Charles Baudelaire, French translator , poet, and critic (b. 1821)

      (Les Fleurs du mal), dies at 46
1869 – Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)

      first automobile accident victim

1873 Charles Ferdinand Pahud, dies at 70

      Governor General of the Dutch East Indies 1856-61

1875 Oskar Peschel, German geographer (Physicist Erdkunde), dies at 49

1879 William Barber, 6th US chief engraver 1844-79

1888 – Mary Ann Nichols, English prostitute (b. 1845)

      1st victim of Jack the Ripper, found stabbed to death in London at 42

1902 Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess, dies at 73

1908 – Leslie Green, English architect (b. 1875)

1910 Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer and music critic

      (Melanholiskais valsis - Melancholic waltz), dies when struck by a train at 34
1912 – Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (b. 1864)

1918 Joe English, Irish-Flemish draftsman, painter, and soldier

      (designed WWI gravestones), dies of appendicitis at 36
1920 – Wilhelm Wundt, German physiologist, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)

1923 Gerrit Kalff, Dutch professor (history of Dutch writers), dies at 67

1924 – Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian revolutionary, army officer,

      Macedonian freedom fighter, and teacher, assassinated at 43 (b. 1881)

1927 – Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)

1931 Marcel Planiol, French private law scholar, dies at 77

1934 Jan Schaper, Dutch publicist and politician (SDAP), dies

1935 Abraham Isaac Kook, rabbi/author (Hokhmat Ha-kodesh), dies at 69

1940 – Georges Gauthier, French Canadian archbishop, dies at 68 (b. 1871)

      Roman Catholic Bishop of Montreal and rector of the Université de Montréal
1941 – Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (b. 1892)

      (The Train of Life), committed suicide at 48

1942 Georg Von Bismarck, German major general

      (Africa Corps), dies in Battle of Alam el Halfa at 51

1946 Harley Granville-Barker, English dramatist, producer

      (The Voysey Inheritance) and critic, dies at 68

1946 Paul August von Klenau, Danish opera composer, and conductor, dies at 63

1948 – Billy Laughlin, American child actor (Froggy- Our Gang)

      dies in a car accident at 16 (b. 1932)

1948 – Andrei A Zjdanov, Russian politician, dies at 52 (b. 1896)

      (against kosmopolitism)

1949 André-Louis Debierne, French chemist and physicist

      (actinium, worked with Marie Curie), dies at 75

1949 Paul Höffer, German composer (Olympic Arts gold, 1936), dies at 53

1952 – Henri Bourassa, French Canadian politician (b. 1868)

1954 – Elsa Barker, American author and poet (b. 1869)

1959 Charles Delaney, American actor (Air Police, Lonesome Trail), dies at 67
1963 – Georges Braque, French cubist painter and sculptor (My bicycle)

      helped develop Cubism with Pablo Picasso, dies at 81 (b. 1882)

1965 – E. E. "Doc" Smith, American food engineer and science-fiction author (b. 1890)

      (Lensman and Skylark series), sometimes called the father of space opera

1966 Kasimir Edschmid, German writer, dies at 75
1967 – Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist, poet, and author

      (9th wave), dies at 76 (b. 1891)

1967 Michael Fitzmaurice, American radio actor

      (Superman, Reported Missing, 14 Hours), dies of lymphoma at 59

1968 George Peabody Gooch, English historian and House of Commons leader, dies at 94

1968 – John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)

1968 Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (Suspicion), dies of lung cancer at 60

1969 Ottmar Gerster, German composer, dies at 72

      (rector of the Liszt Music Academy in Weimar)

1969 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer, dies in a plane crash at 45

      (undefeated world heavyweight champion 1952-56)  (b. 1923)
1973 – John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)

      (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man), dies at 78

1974 – William Pershing Benedict, American World War II fighter pilot in both

      the RCAF and U.S. Army Air Forces, killed in a plane crash

      while firefighting in California at 56 (b. 1918)

1974 – Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician (b. 1923)
      29th Prime Minister of New Zealand 1971-74, dies of a pulmonary embolism at 51

1975 Pierre Blaise, French actor (Lacombe Lucien), dies at 24

1976 Kornelis H. Miskotte, Dutch theologist (If the Gods Keep Silent), dies at 81

1978 – John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician (b. 1913)
      2nd President of Rhodesia
1979 – Sally Rand, American burlesque dancer, vedette and actress (b. 1904)

      known for her ostrich feather fan and balloon bubble dances, dies at 75

1981 Joseph H. Hirschhorn, US art collector/founder H Museum, dies at 82
1984 – Audrey Wagner, American baseball player (b. 1927)

1985 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic (b. 1899)
      Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for tissue grafting, dies at 85

1986 – Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (b. 1893)

1986 – Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
      8th President of Finland 1956-81, dies at 85

1986 – Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)

      (known for Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae), dies at 88

1986 Goffredo Parise, Italian writer (Il padrone), dies at 56

1990 – Nathaniel Clifton "Sweetwater", American NBA player

      dies of a heart attack at 65 (b. 1922)

1991 Gerry Davis, British screenwriter (Dr Who), dies at 61

1994 Barbara Avedon, American scriptwriter (Bewitched), dies at 69

1994 Artur Balsam, Polish-American pianist, dies at 88

1994 Norman "Doc" Jones, American jazz bass player (Jo Jo Parnell Trio), dies at 68

1995 – Barry Lee Fairchild, American kidnapper and murderer (b. 1954)

1995 David Farrar, English actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse, Watusi), dies at 87

1995 David Holloway, British literary editor (The Daily Telegraph), dies at 71

1995 Horst Janssen, German graphic artist and printmaker, dies at 65

1995 John Erik Jonsson, American businessman and Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93

1995 Beant Singh, Prime Minister of Punjab province of India, assassinated at 73

1996 Milt Larkin, American jazz trumpeter and band leader, dies at 85

1996 Harald Penrose, British test pilot, dies at 92

1996 David Pollock, Viscount Hanworth, British barrister, dies at 80

1996 David Scott, British priest, Chaplain to the Queen, dies at 72

1997 – Dodi Fayed, Egyptian businessman, died in a car crash in Paris

      with Diana, Princess of Wales,at 42 (b. 1955)

1997 – Henri Paul, French security guard (b. 1956)

1997 – Diana [Spencer], Princess of Wales (b. 1961)

      dies in car crash in Paris at 36

1999 Marguerite Chapman, American actress, dies at 81

      (The Seven Year Itch, Spy Smasher, Flight to Mars)

2000 – Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (b. 1912)

2000 – Dolores Moore, American baseball player (b. 1932)

2000 – Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (The Fly), dies at 75 (b. 1925)

2002 – Lionel Hampton, American Jazz vibraphone player, pianist, drummer,

      composer, bandleader, and actor, dies from congestive heart failure at 94 (b. 1908)

2002 – Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (b. 1944)

2002 – George Porter, English chemist and academic (b. 1920)
          Nobel Prize 1967), dies at 81

2003 Jaap Geraedts, Dutch composer, dies at 79

2004 – Carl Wayne [Colin Tooley], English rock singer and actor (b. 1943)
          (The Move, The Hollies, and The Vikings), dies of esophageal cancer at 61

2005 – Jaan Kiivit, Jr., Estonian archbishop (b. 1940)

2005 – Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic (b. 1908)
          Nobel Peace Prize (for work to end the nuclear arms race), dies at 96

2005 – Michael Sheard, Scottish-English actor (b. 1938)

      (The Empire Strikes Back), dies at 67

2006 – Derrick Wayne Frazier, American convicted murderer (b. 1977)

2007 – Gay Brewer, American golfer (b. 1932)

      dies of lung cancer at 75\

2007 – Jean Jacques Paradis Canadian general (b. 1928)

2007 – Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (b. 1926)

2008 – Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)

2008 – Ike Pappas, American journalist (b. 1933)

2008 Jerry Reed, American country music singer and actor

      ("When You're Hot, You're Hot")  (Bat 21; Smokey & the Bandit)

      dies of complications from emphysema at 71

2009 – Eraño Manalo, Filipino minister (b. 1925)

2009 Maria de Lourdes Martins, Portuguese pianist and composer, dies at 83

2011 – Ali Jawad al-Sheikh, Bahraini protester (b. 1997)

2011 – Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976)

2011 Valery Rozhdestvensky, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 23), dies at 72

2011 Peter Twiss, British test pilot, dies at 90

      (breaking World Air Speed Record; first person to exceed 1,000 mph in flight)

2012 – Max Bygraves [Walter William Bygraves], English-Australian actor and singer

      (Charley Moon, Spare the Rod, Tom Brown's School Days)

      dies from Alzheimer's disease at 89 (b. 1922)

2012 – Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (b. 1944)

2012 – Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (b. 1927)

2012 – Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)

2012 – John C. Shabaz, American judge and politician (b. 1931)

2012 – Sergey Sokolov, Russian commander and politician (b. 1911)
          6th Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union 1984-87, dies at 101

2013 – Alan Carrington, English chemist and academic (b. 1934)

2013 – David Frost, English journalist and game show host (b. 1939)

      dies from a heart attack at 74
2013 – Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (b. 1923)

2013 – Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1939)

2014 – Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician (b. 1931)
          87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs

2014 – Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (b. 1932)

2014 – Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter (Survivor) (b. 1951)

2014 – María Eugenia Llamas, Mexican actress (b. 1944)

2014 – Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)

2015 Colin Hope, British Industrialist (Turner and Newall), dies at 83

2016 Jacques Leduc, Belgian composer, dies at 84

2017 Richard Anderson, American actor, dies at 91

      (Oscar Goldman- The 6 Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman TV series)

2017 Edward du Cann, British politician), dies at 93

      Chairman of the Conservative Party (1965-67

2019 Wim Statius Muller, Curaçaoa conductor, pianist, and composer, dies at 89

2020 John Thompson, American Basketball HOF center, coach and broadcaster, dies at 78

2020 Pranab Mukherjee, Indian politician, dies at 84

      13th President of India (2012-17

2020 Tom Seaver, American Baseball HOF pitcher (b. 1944)

      dies of Lewy body dementia and COVID-19 at 75

2021 Michael Constantine [Ioannides], American actor, dies at 94

      (Room 222 - "Mr. Kaufman"; Don't Drink The Water; My Big Fat Greek Wedding)

2022 Lee Thomas, American baseball utility and executive

      (GM Philadelphia Phillies 1988-93), dies at 86

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