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111 – Antinous  (d. 130)

      Greek favourite of Hadrian

1127 – Emperor Xiaozong of Song (d. 28 Jun 1194)

      11th emperor of the Song Dynasty of China

1544 Ascanio Trombeti, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1590)

1563 Robbert Robbertsz le Canu, Dutch nautical expert,

      born in Amersfoort, Netherlands (d. c. 1630)

1569 Ottavio Vernizzi, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Papal State (d. 1649)

1576 – Shimazu Tadatsune  (d. 1638)

      Japanese ruler of Satsuma

1582 – Pierre Dupuy, French historian and scholar

      born in Agen, France (d. 1651)

1588 Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian

      born in Dessel, North Brabant (d. 1655)

1602 Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Italian Baroque music composer, singer,

      and Benedictine nun, born in Milan, Habsburg Spain (now Italy) (d. c. 1677)

1630 – Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, born in Innsbruck, Austria

      ruler of Further Austria including Tyrol, 1662-1665  (d. 25 Jun 1665)

1635 – Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon  (d. 15 Apr 1719)

      French second wife of Louis XIV of France, born in Niort, Kingdom of France

1648 Petrus Codde, Dutch Roman Catholic apostole vicar 1688-1704

      born in Amsterdam (d. 1710)

1668 Henri François d'Aguesseau, Chancellor of France 1717-50

      born in Limoges, France (d. 1751)

1668 Pantaleon Hebenstreit, German musician, composer,

      and instrument inventor, born in Eisleben (d. 1750)

1691 Josef Antonín Plánický, Czech composer

      born in Manětín, Czech Republic (d. 1732)

1701 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician

      proposed the Celsius temperature scale; born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 25 Apr 1744)

1710 – Robert Lowth, English Church of England bishop, Oxford Professor of Poetry,

      grammarian, and author (A Short Introduction to English Grammar)

      born in Winchester, England (d. 3 Nov 1787)

1731 Gaetano Pugnani, Italian violinist and composer, born in Turin, Italy (d. 1798)

1732 Johann Joseph Emmert, German composer

      born in Kitzingen, Würzburg, Germany (d. 1809)

1741 Jean-Pierre Duport, French composer (d. 1818)

1745 Boniface Stoeckl, German composer, born in Pilsting, Germany (d. 1784)

1746 – Robert R. Livingston  (d. 26 Feb 1813)

      American lawyer, politician, and US Founding Father

      delivered oath of office to George Washington, born in New York

      1st U.S. Secretary for Foreign Affairs (d. 26 Feb 1813)

1746 – Increase Sumner  (d. 1799)

      American lawyer, jurist, and politician

      5th Governor of Massachusetts

1750 Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, German violinist and composer

      baptized in Deutschbrod, Bohemia (now Havlíčkův Brod, Czech Republic) (d. c. 1803)

1754 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (d. 1794)

1756 Paul van Hemert, Dutch theologian and philosopher (Kant) (d. 1825)

1759 – Franz Krommer, Czech violinist and composer

      born in Kamenice u Jihlavy, Czech Republic (d. 1831)

1775 Joachim le Sage ten Broek, Dutch notary and publicist

      born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1847)

1778 John Murray II, Scottish publisher (publisher Lord Byron) (d. 1843)

1779 – Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre  (d. 1865)

      French general and politician, born in Paris

      French Minister of Defence

1787 Christian Rummel, German conductor and composer

      born in Gollachostheim, Bavaria (d. 1849)

1787 Jacob van Rechteren van Appeltern, Dutch politician

      (advocated for elections as one of "Nine Men")

      born in Appeltern, Netherlands (d. 1845)

1801 Alexander Egorovich Varlamov, Russian composer, born in Moscow (d. 1848)

1804 – Julius Benedict, German-English conductor and opera composer

      (Protoghesi), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 1885)

1808 Hugh W. Mercer, American Confederate Brigadier General

      born in Fredericksburg, Virginia (d. 1877)

1809 – Frances Anne "Fanny" Kemble, English Shakespearian actress,

      playwright, and poet, born in London, England (d. 1893)

1813 Michele Puccini, Italian organist and composer

      (father of Giacomo), born in Luca (d. 1864)

1814 – Charles-François-Frédéric, marquis de Montholon-Sémonville

      French diplomat, French ambassador to the United States (d. 1886)

1830 Harrison Millard, American composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1895)

1833 – Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Duchess of Teck (d. 27 Oct 1897)

      granddaughter of George III and great-grandmother of Elizabeth II

      mother of Queen Mary, the wife of King George V

      born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1897)

1840 Aleksey Apukhtin, Russian poet and friend of Tsjaikovski

      born in Bolkhov, Russian Empire (d. 1893) [OS=11/15]

1843 – Elizabeth Stride "Long Liz",  Swedish-English victim of Jack the Ripper

      born in Torslanda, Sweden (d. 1888)

1843 – Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 12 Sep 1899)

1853 – Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (d. 1928)

1854 Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Austrian diplomat

      Foreign Minister of Austria-Hungary 1906-12

      born in Groß Skal, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (d. 1912)

1857 – Charles Scott Sherrington, English physiologist, bacteriologist, and pathologist

      Nobel Prize 1932-functions of neurons), born in London (d. 1952)

1859 – William Bliss Baker, American painter (d. 1886)

1865 – Janez Evangelist Krek, Slovene priest, journalist, and politician (d. 1917)

1865 Jose Asunción Silva, Colombian poet (Nocturno III)

      born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1896)

1867 – Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (d. 1950)

1867 Margaret Ruthven Lang, American composer (Irish Love Song)

      born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1972)

1870 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish academic and politician (d. 1956)

      7th President of Finland 1946-56; born in Tampere, Finland

1871 – Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and electrical engineer

      (Giorgi system of measurement), born in Lucca, Italy (d. 1950)

1874 – Charles A. Beard, American historian, author, and educator

      (American Continentalism), born in Knightstown, Indiana (d. 1948)

      co-founded The New School

1874 – Chaim Azriel Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist and politician

      1st President of Israel; (d. 9 Nov 1952)

1875 – Władysław Orkan [Franciszek Ksawery Smaciarz], Polish author

      (Nowele Zebrane), born in Poręba Wielka, Austria-Hungary (d. 1930)

1877:  Katharine Anthony, American biographer (d. 20 Nov 1965)

1878 – Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d. 1948)

      born in Jamsherpur, Bengal Presidency, British India

1878 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, American composer

      (Deep Forest, The Desolate City)

      born in Swampscott, Massachusetts (d. 1971)

1879 – Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, Polish composer

      born in Warsaw, Russian Empire (d. 1950)

1885 – Daniel Mendaille, French actor (d. 1963)

1885 – Liviu Rebreanu, Romanian author and playwright (d. 1944)

1885 Rudolph Reti, Serbian composer, born in Užice, Kingdom of Serbia (D. 1957)

1886 Tsugouharu Foujita, Japanese-French painter and printmaker

      born in Tokyo (d. 1968)

1887 – Masaharu Homma, Japanese general (d. 1946)

1888 – Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian activist and politician (d. 1956)

      1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha

1891 Pedro Salinas, Spanish writer (Generation of 1927)

      born in Madrid (d. 1951)

1893 Stanisław Wiechowicz, Polish composer

      born in Kroszyce, Kielce, Poland (d. 1963)

1894 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv [Yakov Varnavovich Golovatyuk] (d. 1971)

      Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint, born in Mala Ilovytsya, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine

1894 – Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese businessman, founded Panasonic

      born in Wakayama, Empire of Japan (d. 1989)

1894 – Katherine Milhous, American author and illustrator (d. 1977)

1894 Forrest C. Shaklee, American chiropractor, born in Carlisle, Iowa (d. 1985)

      founder of Shaklee Products

1896 Giovanni Battista Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio)

      born in Milan, Italy (d. 1961)

1897 – Vito Genovese, Italian-American crime syndicate boss

      born in Risigliano, Tufino, Italy (d. 1969)

1898 – Fredric Warburg, English publisher (Animal Farm) and author

      born in Paddington, London (d. 1981)

1898 Nelly Wagenaar, Dutch pianist, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1985)

1900 Léon Barzin, Belgian-American conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58)

      born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1999)

1900 Robert Blum, Swiss composer, born in Zurich (d. 1994)

1901 – Ted Husing, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights)

      born in NYC, New York (d. 1962)

1902 Giuseppe Savagnone, Italian composer, born in Palermo, Italy (d. 1984)

1903 Johnny "Blood" McNally, American Football HOF halfback and coach

      born in New Richmond, Wisconsin (d. 1985)

1903 – Lars Onsager, Norwegian-American chemist and physicist (d. 1976)

      Nobel Prize laureate

1903 Mona Washbourne, British actress (Stevie, Billie Liar, Driver's Seat)

      born in Birmingham, England (d. 1988)

1904 Florence Lake, American actress (Edgar Kennedy shorts)

      born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1980)

1905 Astrid Allwyn, American actress (Charlie Chan's Secret)

      born in Manchester, Connecticut (d. 1978)

1905 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor and composer

      (Mater Dolorosa), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1986)

1907 – Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Indian poet and author (d. 2003)

1907 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and sci-fi author

      (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)

1909 – James Agee, American author and screenwriter (d. 1955)

      (African Queen, Death in Family), born in Knoxville, Tennessee

1909 – Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1967)

      (decidability of various algebraic groups), born in Moscow

1909 Donald John Urquhart, English librarian (d. 1994)

      born in Whitley Bay, England

1910 Rodolfo Holzmann, Peruvian composer, born in Breslau, Germany (d. 1992)

1911 – David Merrick, American theatrical director and producer (Hello Dolly)

      born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2000)

1911 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (d. 2011)

      National Scientist of the Philippines, born in Manila, Philippine Islands

1912 Connie Sawyer [Rosie Cohen], American actress, born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 2018)

      known as "The Clown Princess of Comedy" (Pineapple Express, Dumb and Dumber)

1913 Frances Swem Anderson, American technologist (nuclear medicine)

      born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 2019)

1913 Robert Dougall, English TV host and broadcaster

      born in Croydon, Surrey, England (d. 1999)

1914 Evangeline Bruce, American society hostess and writer

      born in England (d. 1995)

1915 Victor Alessandro, American orchestral conductor

      born in Waco, Texas (d. 1976)

1915 Caro van Eyck [Gerarda Taytelbaum], Dutch actress (d. 1979)

      (De stille Kracht, Medea), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies

1916 – Chick Hearn, American NBA broadcaster (d. 2002)

      called 3,338 LA Lakers games, born in Aurora, Illinois

1917 Tiny Rowland [Roland Fuhrop], German-British businessman and corporate raider

      (Observer, tried to take over Harrods), born in Calcutta, British India (d. 1998)

1917 – Buffalo Bob Smith [Robert Emil Schmidt], American actor, singer,

      and TV host (Howdy Doody), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1998) Facebook

1918 – Stephen Elliott, American actor (d. 2005)

1918 Ze'ev Wolfgang Steinberg, Israeli violist and composer

      born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 2011)

1919 Siegfried Naumann, Swedish conductor, teacher, and composer (Risposte)

      (Musica Nova ensemble, 1962-77), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 2001)

1920 Elaine Greene, literary Agent

1920 – Buster Merryfield, English actor (d. 1999)

       (Only Fools and Horses), born in London, England

1920 John Richard Ravensdale, historian

1920 Johnny Schmitz, American baseball pitcher

      born in Wausau, Wisconsin (d. 2011)

1920 Max Tripels, Dutch politician, lawyer, and director

      born in Maastricht, Netherlands (d. 1993)

1920 – Cal Worthington, American captain and car dealer (d. 2013)

1921 – Dora Dougherty Strother, American pilot and academic (d. 2013)

1921 – Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (d. 1992)

1921 Ole Sarvig, Danish writer and critic (Limbo, Glem Ikke)

      born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1981)

1922 – Hall Bartlett, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1993)

1923 – Antonie Hegerlíková, Czech actress (d. 2012)

1923 Robert A. Young, American politician (d. 2007)

      Rep-D-MO, 1977-87, born in St. Louis, Missouri

1924 Theresia van der Pant, Dutch sculptor

      born in Schiedam. Netherlands (d. 2013)

1925 – John Maddox, Welsh chemist, physicist, journalist, science writer,

      and editor (Nature), born in Penllergaer, Wales (d. 2009)

1925 – Marshall Thompson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992)

      (Bog, To Hell & Back, Daktari), born in Peoria, Illinois

1925 Michael Tolan, American actor (Nurses, Senator), born in Detroit, Michigan

1925 – Ernie Wise [Wiseman], English comedian, actor, singer, and screenwriter

      (Morecambe & Wise), born in Bramley, England (d. 1999)

1926 – Chae Myung-shin, South Korean general (d. 2013)

1927 – William E. Simon, American businessman, born in Paterson, New Jersey

      63rd United States Secretary of the Treasury under Nixon (d. 2000)

1928 – Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director

      (Oi Kyries tis avlis), born in Athens, Greece (d. 2005)

1928 – Josh Kirby, English painter and illustrator (d. 2001)

1928 Walter Klien, Austrian pianist, born in Graz (d. 1991)

1929 Billy Nair, South African union/SACP leader

      (20 yrs in Robbeneiland Prison)

1930 – American meteorologist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1930 Vladimir Maksimov, Russian writer and dissident

      born in Moscow, Soviet Union (d. 1995)

1930 – Rex Shelley  (d. 2009)

      Singaporean engineer and author

1930 – Alan Simpson, English screenwriter and producer

1930 James M. Taylor, American USAF/astronaut

      born in Stamps, Arkansas (d. 1970)

1931 Juan Guinjoan, Catalan composer and pianist

      born in Riudoms, Spain (d. 2019)

1932 – Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (d. 1983)

      (opposition leader who was assassinated), born in Concepcion, Philippine

1932 Ken Schinkel, Canadian ice hockey right wing

      born in Jansen, Saskatchewan (d. 2020)

1933 – Jacques Godbout, Canadian journalist, author, director, and screenwriter

1933 – Gordon S. Wood, American historian and academic

1934 Lawrence Jenco, American Roman Catholic priest (d. 1996)

      (held hostage in Beirut, Lebanon), born in Joliet, Illinois

1934:  Luis Palau, Argentine born American evangelist

1934 – Gilbert Strang, American mathematician and academic

1935 – Les Blank, American documentary director and producer

      born in Tampa, Florida (d. 2013)

1935 – Daniel Charles, French musicologist and philosopher (d. 2008)

1935 – Al Jackson, Jr., American session drummer, songwriter, and producer

      known as "The Human Time Keeper" (Stax; Booker T. & the M.G.'s)

      born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1975)

1935 Verity Lambert, English film and TV producer, born in London 

      (1st producer of Doctor Who, The Naked Civil Servant) (d. 2007)

1936 Henri Belolo, French disco music producer and songwriter (d. 2019)

      (The Village People; The Ritchie Family) ,born in Casablanca, Morocco

1937 Robert "Bootsie" Barnes, American jazz tenor saxophonist

      born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)

1937 Rodney Bewes, English actor (The Likely Lads)

      born in Bierley, England (d. 2017)

1937 Marvin Luster, American CFL HOF defensive back

      born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2020)

1937 – Gail Sheehy, American journalist and author

      born in Mamaroneck, New York

1938 – John Ashworth, English biologist and academic

1938 – Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan academic and politician
      Prime Minister of Uganda

1938 Jose Tartabull, Cuban NLB player, born in Cienfuegos, Cuba

1939 – Dave Giusti, American baseball player and manager

      born in Seneca Falls, New York

1939 – Tony Green, English sportscaster

1939 – Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician (d. 2001)
      President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

1940 – John Alderton, English actor and singer

      (Please, Sir!; Zardoz; Upstairs, Downstairs)

      born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
1940 – Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter

      (Enter the Dragon), born in San Francisco, California (d. 20 Jul 1973)

1940 Maciej Małecki, Polish concert pianist and composer, born in Warsaw, Poland

1941 Henry Carr, American athlete and football safety

      born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 2015)

1941 – Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)

1941 – Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist

1942:  Manolo Blahnik, Spanish fashion designer

1942:  David Bonderman, American businessman and philanthropist
      founding partner of TPG Capital

1942 – Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (d. 2015)

1942 Michael Devlin, American bass-baritone, born in Chicago, Illinois
1942 – Marilyn Hacker, American poet and critic

1942 – Jimi Hendrix, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Jimmy James and the Blue Flames) (d. 18 Sep 1970)

      ("Purple Haze"; "Voodoo Chile"; "The Wind Cries Mary"), born in Seattle, Washington

1943 – Nicole Brossard, French Canadian author and poet, born in Montreal, Quebec

1943 – Jil Sander, German fashion designer, founded Jil Sander AG

1944 – Mickey Leland, American politician, born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1989)

      US Rep-D-TX, 1979-89

1944 – Neddy Smith, Australian criminal

1944 Trevor Ward-Davies 'Dozy', British rock bassist (d. 2015)

      (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich), born in Enford, Wilshire

1945 – Barbara Anderson, American actress

      (Eve-Ironside, Mission Impossible), born in Brooklyn, New York

1945 – James Avery, American actor (d. 31 Dec 2013)

      (Fresh Prince of Bell Air), (d. 2013), born in Pughsville, Virginia

1945 – Phil Bloom, Dutch model and actress

1945 Randy Brecker, American jazz and fusion trumpeter

      (Brecker Brothers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1945 – Benigno Fitial, Mariana Islander businessman and politician
      7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands

1946:  Richard J. Codey, American politician, D.
      53rd Governor of New Jersey, 2004-2006

1946 Betty Weiss, American pop singer

      (The Shangri-Las - "Leader of the Pack"), born in Jamaica, Queens, NYC

1947 – Don Adams, American basketball player (d. 2013)

1947 – Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Ethiopian-Djiboutian politician
      2nd President of Djibouti 1999-present, born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

1947 – Neil Rosenshein, American tenor

1948 Dave Winthrop, American saxophonist (Supertramp, 1970-73), born in New Jersey

1950 – Gavyn Davies, English journalist and businessman

1950:  Bob Parsons, American entrepreneur and philanthropist
      founded Go Daddy group, 1997

1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer and screenwriter

      (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), born in San Carlos, California

1951 – Gunnar Graps, Estonian singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
      (Magnetic Band and Gunnar Graps Group)

1951 Kevin Kavanaugh, American rock keyboard player

      (Asbury Jukes), born in West Orange, New Jersey (d. 2011)

1952 – Sheila Copps, Canadian journalist and politician
      6th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada 1993-97, born in Hamilton, Ontario

1952 – (Alokesh) "Bappi" Lahiri, Indian disco and film music composer, singer,

      and record producer, born in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India (d. 2022)

1952 – Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis and Era)

      born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1952 – James D. Wetherbee, American Navy captain, engineer, and astronaut

      (STS 32, 52, 63, 86), born in Flushing, New York

1953 – Curtis Armstrong, American actor, singer, and producer

      (Moonlighting, Revenge of the Nerds), born in Detroit, Michigan

1953 Stephen "Steve" Bannon, American advisor to Trump, chair of Breitbart News

      born in Norfolk, Virginia

1953 – Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist

 (Aquarium), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union

1953 – Tarmo Kõuts, Estonian admiral and politician

1953 – Richard Stone, American composer (d. 2001)

1954 – Patricia McPherson, American actress

      (Knight Rider), born in Oak Harbor, Washington
1954 – Kimmy Robertson, American actress

      (Lucy Moran in TV series Twin Peaks), born in Hollywood, California
1954 – Arthur Smith, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

1955 – Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Sorel, Quebec

1955 – Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, TV host, and science presenter

      (Bill Nye the Science Guy) and engineer, born in Washington D.C.

1956 – William Fichtner, American actor (Prison Break)

       born at Mitchel Air Force Base, New York

1956 – John McCarthy. English journalist and author

1957 – Terri R Adams, educator (teacher in space)

1957 – Edda Heiðrún Backman, Icelandic stage and screen actress, singer,

      theater director, and painter (born in Akranes, Iceland (d. 2016)

1957 – Frank Boeijen. Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist

1957 – Ken Henry, Australian public servant

1957 – Caroline Kennedy, American lawyer and diplomat

      daughter of JFK & Jackie Kennedy, born in New York City
      29th United States Ambassador to Japan

1957 – Callie Khouri, American director, producer, and screenwriter

1957 – 1957 Kevin O'Connell, American sound re-recording mixer

      (Hacksaw Ridge), born in Long Island, New York

1957 – Michael A. Stackpole, American game designer and author

1958 – Tetsuya Komuro, Japanese musician, singer-songwriter, composer, and producer

1958 – Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager

      born in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

1959 – Charlie Burchill, Scottish pop guitarist and songwriter, born in Glasgow, Scotland
      (Simple Minds - "Don't You, Forget About Me"; "Belfast Child")

1959 – Viktoria Mullova, Russian violinist

1960 – Ashley Ingram, British soul and R&B guitarist and bass player

      (Fizzz; Imagination - "Just An Illusion"), born in Northampton, England

1960 – Kevin Henkes, American children's book writer/illustrator

      (Caldecott Medal), born in Racine, Wisconsin

1960 – Ken O'Brien, American football quarterback and coach

      born in Rockville Centre, New York

1960 – Tim Pawlenty, American lawyer and politician
      39th Governor of Minnesota 2003-11, born in Saint Paul, Minnesota

1960 – Michael Rispoli, American actor

1960 – Maria Schneider, American composer (Concert in the Garden)

      born in Windom, Minnesota

1960 – Barry Sternlicht, American businessman
      founder, chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group

1960 – Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian economist and politician

      co-leader of the Orange Revolution

      born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

      10th Prime Minister of Ukraine 2005, 2007-10

1960 – Gianni Vernetti, Italian politician

1961 – Samantha Bond, English actress

1961 – Desiree Heslop [Princess], British pop singer

      ("Say I'm Your Number One"), born in London

1961 – Lee Johnson, American NFL punter/kicker (Cin Bengals)

      born in Conroe, Texas

1961 – Steve Oedekerk, American film director, actor, comedian, and screenwriter

      born in Los Angeles. California

1962 – Charlie Benante, American rock drummer and songwriter
      (Anthrax - "Armed & Dangerous"; and Stormtroopers of Death)

      born in The Bronx, New York

1962 – Mike "Puffy" Bordin, American rock drummer
      (Faith No More, Black Sabbath, and EZ-Street)

      born in San Francisco, California

1962 – Victoria Gotti, American writer
      daughter of Gambino crime family Mafia boss John Gotti.
1963 – Princess Désirée of Hohenzollern
     German born princess of the House of Hohenzollern

1963 – Fisher Stevens, American actor, director, and producer

      (My Science Project, Short Circuit), born in Chicago, Illinois

1964 – Giles Fraser, English priest and journalist

1964 – Robin Givens, American model and actress (Darlene-Head of the Class)

      married and divorced Mike Tyson, born in NYC, New York

1964 – David Rakoff, Canadian-American author and actor (d. 2012)

1964:  Adam Shankman, American film director, producer, dancer, actor,

      and choreographer

1965 Fiachna O'Braonáin, Irish pop guitarist

      (Hothouse Flowers-Don't Go), born in Dublin, Ireland

1966 – Dean Garrett, basketball player

1966 – Edward Hall, British theatre director of Hampstead Theatre

      (Rose Rage), born in England

1966 – Andy Merrill, American voice actor and producer

      born in Newark, Ohio

1967 – Shane Embury, English bass player

      (Napalm Death, Unseen Terror, Meathook Seed, Lock Up, and Venomous Concept)

1967 – Garry Valk, Canadian NHL left wing and broadcaster, born in Edmonton, Alberta

1968 – Michael Vartan, French-American actor (Alias)

      born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France

1969 – Chin Han, Singaporean actor

1969 – Damian Hinds, English politician

1969 – Myles Kennedy, American singer-songwriter

      (Alter Bridge, The Mayfield Four, Citizen Swing, and Cosmic Dust)

1970 Calvin Jones, American NFL running back, born in Omaha, Nebraska

1970 Todd Kelly, American NFL defensive end, born in Hampton, Virginia

1970 – Brooke Langton, American actress

1970 – Erik Menendez, American murderer, born in NYC

      accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)

1970 – Patricia Zentilli, Canadian actress (Lexx), born in Kingston, Ontario

1971 – Kirk Acevedo, American actor (Oz, The Thin Red Line)

      born in Brooklyn, New York

1971 – Larry Allen, American NFL guard/tackle, born in Los Angeles, California

1971 – Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican baseball player

1971 – Nick Van Exel, American NBA guard and coach, born in Kenosha, Winconsin

1972 Jason Burns, American NFL running back, born in Chicago, Illinois

1972 – Shane Salerno, American screenwriter and producer

1973 – Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor, born in Yokohama, Japan

1973 – Sharlto Copley, South African actor, director, and producer

1973 – Samantha Harris, American model and television host

      (Entertainment Tonight), born in Hopkins, Minnesota

1973 – Jin Katagiri, Japanese comedian, actor, sculptor, and potter

1973 – Carl Terrell Mitchell (bka Twista), American rapper and producer

      born in Chicago, Illinois

1973:  Jon Runyan, American politician, NFL tackle, born in Flint, Michigan

      U.S. Representative, R. NJ, 2011-2015

1974:  Nick Ferguson, American football player

1974 – Alec Newman, Scottish actor

1975 – Martín Gramática, Argentinian-American football player

1976 – Deangelo Lamont Parker (aka Pgeezy)  (d. 2012)American rapper, 

1976 – Chad Kilger, Canadian NHL winger and firefighter

      born in Cornwall, Ontario

1976 – Tyrone Sutton, American pop and R&B singer and Muslim chaplain

       (Perfect Gentlemen - “Ohh La La (I Can’t Get Over You)”) , born in Massachussetts

1976 – Jaleel White, American actor and screenwriter

      (Family Matters - "Urkel"), born in Los Angeles, California

1977 – Willie Bloomquist, American baseball player

1977 – Lee Tae Gon, South Korea actor

1978 Joshua Harris, actor (Locked Up: A Mother's Rage)

1978 – Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player

1978 – Mike Skinner, English singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, and actor

      (The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free), born in Chipping Barnet, London, England

1978 – Tim Yeung, American heavy metal drummer, born in Rochester, New York

      (Vital Remains; I Am Morbid) (Divine Heresy and World Under Blood)

1979 Hilary Hahn, American classical violinist, born in Lexington, Virginia

1979 – Shin Hye-sung, South Korean singer (Shinhwa and S)

      born in Gangbuk-gu, Seoul, South Korea

1980 – Jackie Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Black Crowes)

1980 – Veronika Portsmuth, Estonian singer and conductor

1981 – Gary Lucy, English actor (The Bill), born in Chigwell, Essex, England

1981 Nicholas Thorburn, Canadian indie rock sing-songwriter

      (The Unicorns; Islands; Human Highway), born in Campbell River, BC

1982 – Tommy Robinson, English activist, co-founded the English Defence League

1983 – Professor Green [Stephen Paul Manderson], English rapper

      (Lip Sync Battle UK), born in London, England

1984 – Leslie Dewan, American entrepreneur

      co-founder and CEO of Transatomic Power

1984 – Sanna Nielsen, Swedish singer

1984 – Domata Peko, American football player

1985 Klara Elias [Klara Ósk Elíasdóttir], Icelandic pop singer (Nylon)

      born in Sweden

1985 – Park Soo-jin, South Korean actress (Sugar)

1985 – Alison Pill, Canadian actress

1986 – Misato Nagano, Japanese announcer

1986 – Oritsé Williams, English singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer (JLS)

1987 – Yuria Haga, Japanese model and actress

1987 Lashana Lynch, English actress (No Time to Die), born in London, England

1988 – Max Jason Mai, Slovak singer-songwriter

1989 – Loveli, Japanese model and television personality

1990 – Josh Dubovie, English singer

1990 Hazel English [Eleisha Caripisi], Australian-American indie-pop

      singer-songwriter ("Shaking"; "Nine Stories"), born in Sydney, Australia

1992 – Ala Boratyn, Polish singer-songwriter (Blog 27)

1992 – Park Chanyeol, South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, model,

      actor, MC, and composer (Exo)

1993 Omar Jimenez, American journalist (CNN), born in Worcester, Massachusetts

1995 – Leonard Proxauf, German-Austrian actor

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1951:  Ray Bechtol
1957:  Mark Knopp

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Richard Senkler

Dick Edwards

Jeannette Cline

Jeri Schrock

Carol Butterfield

Aurora Johnson

Nate Earling

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1960 American movie actress Lana Turner (39) weds 5th husband,

      rancher Frederick May; divorce in 1962

1971 MLB center fielder Willie Mays (40) weds Mae Louise Allen in Mexico City

1980 British playwright Harold Pinter (50) marries 2nd wife

      British writer and historian Antonia Frazer (48)

1993 Actress Teri Garr (44) weds building contractor John O'Neil (42)

      at the Twin Dolphins Hotel in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

2010 US Navy Seal Marcus Luttrell (25) weds Melanie Juneau in Texas

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Andrew & Lyndann Sokolowski

Dave & Miriam Philip

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8 BC – Horace, Roman Republican soldier and poet (Odes), dies at 56 (b. 65 BC)
395 – Rufinus, Roman politician (b. 335)
450 – Galla Placidia, Roman daughter of Theodosius I (b. 392)

511 Clovis, king of Salische France, founder of Merovingische, dies at 45
602 – Maurice, Byzantine emperor (b. 539)

640 Saint Acharius of Noyon, French bishop of Noyon–Tournai

835 Muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam, dies at 24

1026 Adalbert II, bishop of Utrecht (1010-26)

1198 – Constance, Queen of Sicily (b. 1154)

      wife of Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor
1252 – Blanche of Castile (b. 1188)

1474 – Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer, dies at about 74 (b. 1397)

1570 – Jacopo Sansovino, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1486)

1592 – Nakagawa Hidemasa, Japanese commander (b. 1568)

1632 – John Eliot, English politician and parliament leader, dies at 40 (b. 1592)

1661 – Teofila Zofia Sobieska, Polish mother of John III Sobieski (b. 1607)

1673 Anthonie Palamedes [Palamedesz], Dutch painter, dies at about 72
1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit priest, philologist, scholar,

      and inventor (magic lantern), dies at 79 (b. 1601)

1703 – Henry Winstanley, English painter and engineer (b. 1644)

1720 Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch governor-general (Dutch East Indies), dies at 85

1749 Balthasar Schmid, German composer and printer, dies at 44

1749 Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, dies at 59

1754 – Abraham de Moivre, French-English mathematician and theorist (b. 1667)

      (De Moivre's theorem), dies at 87
1758 – Senesino, Italian opera singer (b. 1686)

1811 – Andrew Meikle, Scottish mechanical engineer,

      designed the threshing machine (b. 1719)

1830 – André Parmentier, Belgian-American architect (b. 1780)

1836 Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer, dies at 78
1852 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (b. 1815)

      (considered the first computer programmer)

      writer and daughter of poet Lord Byron, dies of uterine cancer at 36
1875 – Richard Christopher Carrington, English astronomer and educator (b. 1826)

1881 – Theobald Boehm, German flute player and composer (b. 1794)

1884 – Franziska "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina and choreographer

      dies at 74 (b. 1810)

1887 Frank Dalton, American lawman (Deputy US Marshal - Oklahoma Territory)

      brother of the Dalton Gang of outlaws, killed in the line of duty at 28

1890 Emanuele Muzio, Italian composer, dies at 69

1894 – Johanna von Puttkamer, Prussian noblewoman (b. 1824)

      wife of Otto von Bismarck

1899 Felipe Gutiérrez Y Espinosa, Puerto Rican composer, dies at 74
1899 – Constant Fornerod, Swiss academic and politician (b. 1819)
      10th President of the Swiss Council of States

1899 Guido Gezelle, Flemish priest and poet, dies at 69

1901 – Clement Studebaker, American businessman and automobile manufacturer
      co-founded Studebaker (b. 1831)

1907 Ricardo Castro Herrera, Mexican concert pianist and composer, dies of pneumonia at 43
1908 – Jean Albert Gaudry, French geologist and palaeontologist, dies at 81 (b. 1827)

1915 Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, Ukrainian-Russian composer, dies at 54
1916 – Emile Verhaeren, Belgian poet and playwright (b. 1855)

1916 James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer, dies at 88
1919 – Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian pharmacist and politician (b. 1857)

1920 – Alexius Meinong, Ukrainian-Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1853)

1921 – Douglas Cameron, Canadian politician (b. 1854)
      8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba

1925 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor and painter, dies of tuberculosis at 40
1931 – Lya De Putti [Amália Putti], Hungarian silent film actress

      known for portraying vamp characters, dies at 34 (b. 1899)

1932 – Evelyn Preer, African-American actress (Homesteader, Spider's Webs)

      and singer, dies at 36 (b. 1896)

1934 Sam Cowley, FBI agent, shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson

1934 Herman Hollis, FBI agent, shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson

1934 – Baby Face Nelson, American bank robber and gangster who killed more FBI

     agents than any other criminal, shot by the FBI in a shoot out at 25 (b. 1908)

1934 – David Miller, Australian public servant (b. 1857)

1936 – Basil Zaharoff, Greek businessman and philanthropist (b. 1849)

1940 – Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician (b. 1871)
      34th Prime Minister of Romania

1943 – Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier, communist, and partisan

      killed by a German bomb at 27 (b. 1916)

1944 – Leonid Isaakovich Mandelshtam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879)

1949 Tom Walls, British actor and producer (A Cuckoo in the Nest, Undercover), dies at 66

1953 – Eugene O'Neill, American playwright (Desire Under the Elms)

      Nobel Prize 1936, dies of cerebellar cortical atrophy at 65 (b. 1888)

1955 Luis de Freitas Branco, Portuguese composer, dies at 65

1955 – Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer (King David; Pacific 231)

      and academic, dies of a heart attack at 63 (b. 1892)

1955 William Nigh, American director (Ape, Doomed to Die, Mr Wong), dies at 74

1957 Margo Scharten-Antink, Dutch writer (Catherina, Sprotje), dies at 88
1958 – Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician (b. 1892)
      Head of State of Bulgaria

1958 – Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor, dies at 66 (b. 1892)

1959 Gérard Philipe, French actor (Caligula, Devil in the Flesh), dies of cancer at 36
1960 – Frederick Fane, Irish-born, English cricketer (b. 1875)

1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, dies at 89 (b. 1870)
      Prime Minister of the Netherlands 1926-29, 39-40

1965 Carl Parrish, American composer, dies at 61

1967 – Léon M'ba, Gabonese politician, 1st President of Gabon (b. 1902)

1967 Cameron Prud'Homme, American actor (Rainmaker), dies after long illness at 75

1967 Ettore Panizza, Argentinian composer and conductor, dies at 92

1968 Gino Roncaglia, Italian composer, dies at 85

1968 Hans Redlich, Austrian composer, dies at 65

1971 Jekabs Medinš, Latvian composer, dies at 86

1971 Joe Guyon, American NFL halfback, dies at 79

1971 Korneel Goossens, Flemish literary figure and art historian, dies at 70

1973 – Frank Christian, American jazz trumpeter, dies at 86 (b. 1887)
      (Original New Orleans Jazz Band)

1975 – Ross McWhirter, English author and activist (b. 1925)
      Guinness Book of Records co-founder, assassinated by the IRA at 50

1976 Victor Alessandro, American orchestral conductor, dies on his 61st birthday

1977 – Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (b. 1936)

1977 John Little McClellan, American lawyer and politician (Sen-D-Ark), dies at 81

1978 – Harvey Milk, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)

      gay activist and first openly gay person elected to public office

      assassinated by Dan White at 48
1978 – George Moscone, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
      37th Mayor of San Francisco, 1976-78) shot and killed by Dan White aged 49

1980 – F. Burrall Hoffman, American architect (b. 1882)
      designed the Villa Vizcaya

1981 – Lotte Lenya [Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer], 

      Austrian-American singer, muse and wife of Kurt Weill, and actress

      (The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone; From Russia with Love)

      dies of cancer at 83 (b. 1898)

1982 Filip Kutev, Bulgarian composer, dies at 79

      (State Ensemble for Folk Song and Dance)
1983 – Kostas Mentis, Greek actor and singer (b. 1913)

1983 Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55

1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead

1985 Harry Harvey Sr, American actor (It's a Man's World), dies at 84

1986 Steve Tracy, actor (Percival-Little House on Praire), dies at 61

1987 Babe Herman, American baseball right fielder, dies at 84

1987 – Sian Kingi, Australian murder victim (b. 1974)

1988 Angela Aames, actress (Lost Empire, Basic Training), dies
1988 – John Carradine, American actor and singer (b. 1906)

1988 Karel Horky, Czech composer, dies at 79

1989 – Carlos Arias Navarro, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
      Prime Minister of Spain

1990 – David White, American actor (b. 1916)

      (Larry Tate-Bewitched), dies of a heart attack at 74
1990 – Basilis C. Xanthopoulos, Greek physicist and academic (b. 1951)

1992 – Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter (b. 1914)

1993 Jerry Hunt, American experimental composer and video artist, commits suicide at 49
1994 – Fernando Lopes-Graça, Portuguese composer, musicologist, and conductor (b. 1906)

1994 Arthur Frank "Peter" Shore, egyptologist, dies at 70

1995 Peter Harrison Swan, bomber pilot/stockbroker, dies at 75

1995 Simon Bailey, 1st British priest to say he had AIDS, dies at 40

1996 George Ernest Leslie, trade union official, dies at 76

1997 Henry Charnock, oceanographer, dies at 76

1997 – Buck Leonard, American Baseball HOF first baseman

      dies from stroke complications at 90 (b. 1907)

1998 – Barbara Acklin, American soul singer ("Love Makes A Woman")

      and songwriter ("HAve You Seen Her"), dies of pneumonia at 55 (b. 1943)

1999 – Alain Peyrefitte, French scholar, author, and politician  (b. 1925)
      French Minister of Justice

1999 – Elizabeth Gray Vining, American author and librarian (b. 1902)

1999 Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, American electric and Chicago blues pianist, organist,

      and bass guitar player (Muddy Waters; Junior Wells; Elmore James), dies at 72

2000 – Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (b. 1932)

2000 – Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (b. 1924)

2000 Dorothy Woolfolk, American comic book editor (Kryptonite), dies at 87

2002 – Billie Bird, American actress and comedienne (b. 1908)

2002 – Shivmangal Singh Suman, Indian poet and academic (b. 1915)

2003 Riccardo Malipiero, Italian pianist, composer, critic, and educator, dies at 89

2005 – Jocelyn Brando, American actress, dies at 86 (b. 1919)

      (The Big Heat, Ugly American, China Venture)

2005 – Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter (b. 1926)

2006 – Don Butterfield, American tuba player (b. 1923)

2006 Alan Freeman, British disc jockey known by his nickname 'Fluff' (b. 1927)
2006 – Bebe Moore Campbell, American author and educator (b. 1950)

2006 – Casey Coleman, American sportscaster (b. 1951)

2006 – Alan Freeman, Australian-English radio host (b. 1927)

2007 – Bernie Banton, Australian asbestos campaigner (b. 1946)

2007 – Robert Cade, American physician and academic, dies at 80 (b. 1927)
      co-invented Gatorade

2007 Bill Moor [William Hendrickson Moor III], American actor

      (Kramer vs. Kramer, The Devil's Advocate, Hanky Panky), dies at 76

2007 Cecil Payne, American jazz baritone saxophonist, dies of prostrate cancer at 84
2007 – Sean Taylor, American NFL free safety  (b. 1983)

      dies when shot by an armed intruder at 24
2007 – Bill Willis, American football player and coach, dies at 86 (b. 1921)

2008 – V.P. [Vishwanath Pratap] Singh, Indian politician, dies at 77  (b. 1931)

      7th Prime Minister of India 1989-90

2009 – Al Alberts, American singer-songwriter (The Four Aces) (b. 1922)

2010 – Irvin Kershner, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)

2011 – Len Fulford, English photographer and director (b. 1928)

2011 – Sultan Khan, Indian classical musician, singer, and sarangi player

      (Tabla Beat Science), dies at 71 (b. 1940)

2011 – Ken Russell, English film director (b. 1927)

      (Tommy, Altered States, Gothic), dies at 84

2012 – Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia, "Love is strange") (b. 1925)

2012 – Érik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (b. 1954)

2012 Jan Maegaard, Danish composer and musicologist (Triptykon), dies at 86
2012 – Marvin Miller, American Baseball HOF union leader, dies at 95 (b. 1917)

2012 – Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (b. 1958)

2013 – Lewis Collins, English-American actor, dies from cancer at 67 (b. 1946)

2013 – Herbert F. DeSimone, American lawyer and politician  (b. 1929)
      Attorney General of Rhode Island

2013 – Volker Roemheld, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1941)

2013 – Manuel F. Segura, Filipino colonel (b. 1919)

2014 – Wanda Błeńska, Polish physician and missionary (b. 1911)

2014 – P. D. [Phyllis Dorothy] James, Baroness James of Holland Park,

      English crime and mystery writer (Cover Her Face, Death in Holy Orders)

      dies at 94 (b. 1920)

2014 – Stanisław Mikulski, Polish actor (b. 1929)

2014 – Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman (b. 1922)

2015 Gwyn Jones Francis, Welsh UK Forestry commissioner, dies at 85

2017 Robert Lee "Pops" Popwell, American jazz-funk bass guitarist, dies at 66

2017 Bob Seidemann, American photographer and album cover artist

      (Blind Faith; Jerry Garcia), dies at 75

2018 Stephen Hillenburg, American animator and cartoonist

      (SpongeBob SquarePants), dies of ALS syndrome at 51 (b. 1961)

2021 Curley Culp, American Pro Football HOF defensive tackl,

      dies from pancreatic cancer at 75

2021 Eddie Mekka [Mekjian], American stage and screen singer and actor

      (Laverne & Shirley - "Carmine - The Big Ragu"), dies at 69

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