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| *[[1917]] - [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], Indian spiritualist | *[[1917]] - [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], Indian spiritualist | ||
| *[[1949]] - [[Haruki Murakami]], Japanese novelist | *[[1949]] - [[Haruki Murakami]], Japanese novelist | ||
| - | * 1949 - [[Kentaro Haneda]], Japanese composer (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | * 1949 - [[Wayne Wang]], Hong Kong-born film director | ||
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Sheila Jackson Lee]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1950 - [[Bob McEwen]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1950 - [[Göran Lindblad]], Swedish politician | ||
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Dorrit Moussaieff]], [[First Lady of Iceland]] | ||
| - | * 1950 - [[Ricky Ray Rector]], American murderer (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Kirstie Alley]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1951 - [[Ann Althouse]], American law professor | ||
| - | * 1951 - [[Rush Limbaugh]], American radio personality | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Walter Mosley]], American author | ||
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Howard Stern]], American radio host | ||
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Rockne S. O'Bannon]], screenwriter | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[John Lasseter]], American director, founder of Pixar Animation Studios | ||
| *[[1959]] - [[Blixa Bargeld]], German singer and musician ([[Einstürzende Neubauten]], [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]) | *[[1959]] - [[Blixa Bargeld]], German singer and musician ([[Einstürzende Neubauten]], [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]) | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Per Gessle]], Swedish songwriter and musician ([[Roxette]]) | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Nick Nairn]], British celebrity chef | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Oliver Platt]], Canadian actor | ||
| - | * 1960 - [[Dominique Wilkins]], American basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[François Girard]], French Canadian film director and screenwriter | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Jeff Bezos]], American entrepreneur | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Rob Zombie]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Olivier Martinez]], French actor | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Vendela Kirsebom]], Swedish supermodel | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Heather Mills]], British activist | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Junichi Masuda]], Japanese composer | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Rachael Harris]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Mauro Silva]], Brazilian footballer | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Keith Anderson]], American country music singer-songwriter | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Robert Prosinečki]], Croatian footballer. | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Zack de la Rocha]], American musician ([[Rage Against the Machine]]). | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Raekwon]], American rapper. | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Priyanka Gandhi]], daughter of [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Espen Knutsen]], Norwegian ice hockey player. | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Jason Sklar]], American comedian. | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Randy Sklar]], American comedian. | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Dan Haseltine]], singer ([[Jars of Clay]]). | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Matt Wong]], former bassist ([[Reel Big Fish]]). | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Hande Yener]], Turkish singer. | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Melanie Chisholm]], British singer. | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Tor Arne Hetland]], Norwegian cross-country skier. | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Jason Freese]], American musician | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Jocelyn Thibault]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Dominic Etli]], American soccer player | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Yoandy Garlobo]], Cuban baseball player | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Cade McNown]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Piolo Pascual]], Filipino actor | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Jeremy Camp]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Kris Roe]], American musician ([[The Ataris]]) | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Kim Sa Rang]], Korean actress | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Luis Ayala]], baseball pitcher | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Marián Hossa]], Slovak ice hockey player | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Grzegorz Rasiak]], Polish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Amerie]], American singer and songwriter | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Bobby Crosby]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Sherzod Abdurahmonov]], Uzbekistanian boxer | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], French tennis player | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Chris Ray]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Dimitrios Tsiamis]], Greek triple jumper | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Dontrelle Willis]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Scott Olsen]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Yohana Cobo]], Spanish actress | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Miguel Ángel Nieto]], Spanish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Will Rothhaar]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1987 - [[Salvatore Sirigu]], Italian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Chris Casement]], Irish footballer | ||
| - | * 1988 - [[Andrew Lawrence (actor)|Andrew Lawrence]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Sergey Karjakin]], Ukrainian chess player | ||
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Mao Kobayashi]], Japanese gravure idol | ||
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Laurel McGoff]], singer/actress best known for [[Kid Nation]] appearance | ||
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| - | *[[1321]] - [[Maria of Brabant]], wife of [[Philip III of France]] (b. [[1256]]) | ||
| - | *[[1519]] - [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1459]]) | ||
| - | *[[1583]] - [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva]], Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. [[1508]]) | ||
| - | *[[1665]] - [[Pierre de Fermat]], French mathematician and lawyer (b. [[1601]]) | ||
| - | *[[1674]] - [[Giacomo Carissimi]], Italian composer (b. [[1605]]) | ||
| - | *[[1700]] - [[Marguerite Bourgeoys]], saint (b. [[1620]]) | ||
| *[[1705]] - [[Luca Giordano]], Italian artist (b. [[1634]]) | *[[1705]] - [[Luca Giordano]], Italian artist (b. [[1634]]) | ||
| *[[1732]] - [[John Horsley]], British archaeologist (b. [[1685]]) | *[[1732]] - [[John Horsley]], British archaeologist (b. [[1685]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1592 - Titus Andronicus is first staged at the Rose Theatre.
Births
- 1597 - François Duquesnoy, French sculptor (d. 1643)
- 1628 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
- 1729 - Edmund Burke, Irish writer (d. 1797)
- 1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
- 1908 - Jean Delannoy, French film director
- 1917 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist
- 1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
- 1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
Deaths
- 1705 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
- 1732 - John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)
- 1735 - John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
- 1759 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
- 1777 - Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
- 1781 - Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691)
- 1817 - Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)
- 1834 - William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
- 1856 - Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)
- 1897 - Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)
- 1899 - Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)
- 1909 - Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)
- 1940 - Edward Smith, English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1899)
- 1943 - Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and writer (b. 1902)
- 1944 - Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
- 1956 - Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894)
- 1960 - Nevil Shute, English writer (b. 1899)
- 1962 - Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian writer and feminist (b. 1869)
- 1965 - Lorraine Hansberry, American writer (b. 1936)
- 1976 - Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
- 1977 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
- 1983 - Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)
- 1983 - Nikolai Podgorny, President of the USSR (b. 1903)
- 1990 - Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-born educator et writer (b. 1919)
- 1996 - Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)
- 1997 - Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1901)
- 1997 - Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936)
- 1999 - Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (b. 1914)
- 1999 - Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
- 2000 - Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
- 2000 - Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
- 2001 - Affirmed, American racehorse (b. 1975)
- 2001 - William Hewlett, American engineer and businessman (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
- 2002 - Stanley Unwin, South African comedian (b. 1911)
- 2002 - Cyrus Vance, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)
- 2003 - Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912)
- 2003 - Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese director (b. 1930)
- 2003 - Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Maurice Gibb, British singer, songwriter, and musician (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
- 2004 - Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
- 2004 - Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (b. 1955)
- 2005 - Alessia di Matteo, first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. 2003)
- 2005 - Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
- 2005 - Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-born cartoonist (b. 1914)
- 2007 - Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
Notes
Henri-Georges Clouzot Charles Perrault Haruki Murakami Morton Feldman Jack London François Duquesnoy Edmund Burke Motown Records Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Jean Delannoy Emmanuel Lévinas Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Bob Kaufman Luca Giordano Rolando Alphonso Liliana Cavani Jacques de Baroncelli Alice Coltrane Stephen Gilbert Agatha Christie Marcel Arland
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