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| ==Events== | ==Events== | ||
| *[[1810]] – [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] composes his famous piano piece, [[Für Elise]]. | *[[1810]] – [[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] composes his famous piano piece, [[Für Elise]]. | ||
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| - | * [[1759]] - [[Mary Wollstonecraft]], British writer and author of ''[[A Vindication of the Rights of Woman]]'' and mother of [[Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]]. | ||
| - | == Deaths == | ||
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| - | * [[1937]] - [[Antonio Gramsci]], Italian writer and theorist | ||
| - | * [[1980]] - [[Mario Bava]], Italian director | ||
| - | * [[1995]] - [[Willem Frederik Hermans]], Dutch writer | ||
| - | * [[1998]] - [[Anne Desclos]], French author of ''[[Story of O]]'' | ||
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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> | ||
| - | *[[1495]] – [[Suleiman the Magnificent]], Sultan of the [[Ottoman Empire]] (d. 1566) | ||
| - | *[[1623]] – [[Johann Adam Reinken]], German organist (d. 1722) | ||
| - | *[[1650]] – [[Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel]] (or Hesse-Cassel), queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1714) | ||
| - | *[[1701]] – King [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia]] (d. 1773) | ||
| - | *[[1718]] – [[Thomas Lewis (Virginia)|Thomas Lewis]], Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) | ||
| - | *[[1724]] – Col. [[Thomas Gardner]], a heroic political figure and soldier (d. 1775) | ||
| *[[1737]] – [[Edward Gibbon]], English historian (d. 1794) | *[[1737]] – [[Edward Gibbon]], English historian (d. 1794) | ||
| - | *[[1748]] – [[Adamantios Korais]], Greek humanist scholar (d. 1833) | + | *[[1759]] – [[Mary Wollstonecraft]], English philosopher and early feminist, author of ''[[A Vindication of the Rights of Woman]]'' and mother of [[Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]]. (d. 1797) |
| - | *[[1755]] – [[Marc-Antoine Parseval]], French mathematician (d. 1836) | + | |
| - | *[[1759]] – [[Mary Wollstonecraft]], English philosopher and early feminist, author of ''[[A Vindication of the Rights of Woman]]'' (d. 1797) | + | |
| - | *[[1791]] – [[Samuel F. B. Morse]], American inventor (d. 1872) | + | |
| - | *[[1806]] – [[Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies]], queen of Spain (d. 1878) | + | |
| - | *[[1812]] – [[Friedrich von Flotow]], German composer (d. 1883) | + | |
| - | *[[1812]] – [[William W. Snow]], American politician (d. 1886) | + | |
| *[[1820]] – [[Herbert Spencer]], English philosopher (d. 1903) | *[[1820]] – [[Herbert Spencer]], English philosopher (d. 1903) | ||
| *[[1822]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant]], Civil War general and 18th [[President of the United States]] (d. 1885) | *[[1822]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant]], Civil War general and 18th [[President of the United States]] (d. 1885) | ||
| - | *[[1840]] – [[Edward Whymper]], English mountain climber (d. 1911) | ||
| - | *[[1848]] – King [[Otto I of Bavaria]] (d. 1916) | ||
| - | *[[1850]] – [[Hans Hartwig von Beseler]], German general (d. 1921) | ||
| *[[1853]] – [[Jules Lemaître]], French critic and dramatist (d. 1914) | *[[1853]] – [[Jules Lemaître]], French critic and dramatist (d. 1914) | ||
| - | *[[1878]] – [[Frank Alvin Gotch]], American professional wrestler (d. 1917) | + | *[[1882]] – [[Robert Eisler]], Austrian Jewish polymath (d. 1949) |
| - | *[[1888]] – [[Florence La Badie]], Canadian actress (d. 1917) | + | |
| *[[1891]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]], Soviet composer (d. 1953) | *[[1891]] – [[Sergei Prokofiev]], Soviet composer (d. 1953) | ||
| - | *[[1893]] – [[Dragoljub Mihailović]], commandant of the [[Yugoslav Royal Army in the Fatherland]] (d. 1946) | ||
| - | * 1893 – [[Allen Sothoron]], American baseball player (d. 1939) | ||
| *[[1894]] – [[George Petty]], WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975) | *[[1894]] – [[George Petty]], WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975) | ||
| - | * 1894 – [[Nicolas Slonimsky]], Russian-born musicologist and composer (d. 1995) | ||
| - | *[[1896]] – [[Rogers Hornsby]], American baseball player (d. 1963) | ||
| - | *[[1899]] – [[Walter Lantz]], American cartoonist (d. 1994) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] – [[Horace Stoneham]], American Major League Baseball team owner (d. 1990) | ||
| - | *[[1904]] – [[Cecil Day-Lewis]], Irish poet and writer (d. 1972) | ||
| - | *[[1906]] – [[Yórgos Theotokás]], Greek novelist (d. 1966) | ||
| - | *[[1910]] – [[Chiang Ching-kuo]], [[President of the Republic of China]] (d. 1988) | ||
| - | *[[1913]] – [[Philip Hauge Abelson]], American physicist (d. 2004) | ||
| - | *[[1916]] – [[Enos Slaughter]], American baseball player (d. 2002) | ||
| - | *[[1918]] – [[Sten Rudholm]], Swedish jurist, member of the [[Swedish Academy]] | ||
| - | *[[1920]] – [[Guido Cantelli]], Italian conductor (d. 1956) | ||
| - | * 1920 – [[Edwin Morgan]], Scottish poet | ||
| - | * 1920 – [[Mark Krasnosel'skii]], Russian-Ukrainian mathematician (d. 1997) | ||
| - | *[[1921]] – [[John Stott]], British theologian and clergyman | ||
| - | *[[1922]] – [[Martin Gray (holocaust survivor)|Martin Gray]], Polish-born American writer, holocaust survivor | ||
| - | * 1922 – [[Jack Klugman]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1927]] – [[Coretta Scott King]], American civil rights activist and wife of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] (d. 2006) | ||
| - | * 1927 – [[Joe Moakley]], American politician (d. 2001) | ||
| - | * 1927 – [[Karl Alexander Müller]], Swiss physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate | ||
| - | * 1927 – [[Sheila Scott]], English aviatrix (d. 1988) | ||
| - | *[[1931]] – [[Igor Oistrakh]], Ukrainian violinist | ||
| *[[1932]] – [[Anouk Aimée]], French actress | *[[1932]] – [[Anouk Aimée]], French actress | ||
| - | * 1932 – [[Pik Botha]], South African politician | + | *[[1935]] – [[Theodoros Angelopoulos]], Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer (d. 2012) |
| - | * 1932 – [[Casey Kasem]], American disc jockey | + | *[[1944]] – [[Cuba Gooding, Sr.]], American musician ([[The Main Ingredient]]) |
| - | * 1932 – [[Gian-Carlo Rota]], Italian-born mathematician and philosopher (d. 1999) | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] – [[Theodoros Angelopoulos]], Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] – [[Geoffrey Shovelton]], English opera singer | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] – [[Sandy Dennis]], American actress (d. 1992) | + | |
| - | * 1937 – [[Robin Eames]], Northern Irish clergyman | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] – [[Earl Anthony]], American bowler (d. 2001) | + | |
| - | * 1938 – [[Alain Caron (ice hockey)|Alain Caron]], Quebec ice hockey player (d. 1986) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] – [[Judy Carne]], British actress and comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] – [[Jerry Mercer]], drummer for Canadian rock band April Wine from 1973-2008. | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[Stanislaw Dziwisz]], Polish Cardinal | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] – [[Jennings Michael Burch]], American author | + | |
| - | * 1941 – [[Lee Roy Jordan]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1941 – [[Pat Choate]], American economist | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] – [[Jim Keltner]], American drummer | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] – [[Helmut Marko]], Austrian racing driver | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] – [[Michael Fish]], British former weather forecaster | + | |
| - | * 1944 – [[Cuba Gooding, Sr.]], American musician ([[The Main Ingredient]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] – [[August Wilson]], American playwright (d. 2005) | + | |
| *[[1947]] – [[Ann Peebles]], American singer | *[[1947]] – [[Ann Peebles]], American singer | ||
| - | * 1947 – [[George Kenneth Butterfield]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1947 – [[Peter Ham]], Welsh singer and songwriter ([[Badfinger]]) (d. 1975) | ||
| - | * 1947 – [[Keith Magnuson]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003) | ||
| - | *[[1948]] – [[Frank William Abagnale, Jr.]], con artist turned security consultant. | ||
| - | * 1948 – [[Kate Pierson]], American singer ([[The B-52's]]) | ||
| - | * 1948 – [[Amrit Bohra]], Nepalese politician | ||
| - | *[[1951]] – [[Ace Frehley]], American musician ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]) | ||
| - | *[[1952]] – [[George Gervin]], American basketball player | ||
| - | * 1952 – [[Ari Vatanen]], Finnish rally driver | ||
| - | * 1952 – [[Larry Elder]], American political commentator | ||
| *[[1953]] – [[Arielle Dombasle]], French singer and actress | *[[1953]] – [[Arielle Dombasle]], French singer and actress | ||
| - | *[[1956]] – [[Douglas P.]], English musician ([[Death in June]], [[Crisis (British band)|Crisis]]) | ||
| - | * 1956 – [[Bryan Harvey (musician)|Bryan Harvey]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1957]] – [[Eric Bristow]], English darts player | ||
| - | *[[1957]] – [[Rosanna Scotto]], American news anchor | ||
| - | * 1957 – [[Michel Barrette]], Canadian actor and stand-up comedian | ||
| - | *[[1959]] – [[Sheena Easton]], Scottish singer | ||
| - | * 1959 – [[Louis Lortie]], French Canadian concert pianist | ||
| - | * 1959 – [[Neil Pearson]], British actor | ||
| - | *[[1962]] – [[Ángel Comizzo]], Argentine footballer | ||
| - | * 1962 – [[James LeGros]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1962 – [[Im Sang-soo]], an award winning South Korean film director and screenwriter | ||
| - | * 1962 – [[Choi Min-sik]], South Korean actor | ||
| - | *[[1963]] – [[Cali Timmins]], Canadian actress | ||
| - | * 1963 – [[Russell T Davies]], [[Wales|Welsh]] television writer and executive producer of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' | ||
| - | *[[1964]] – [[Michael Mahonen]], Canadian actor, director and screenwriter | ||
| - | * 1964 – [[Lisa Wilcox]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1967]] – [[Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands]] | ||
| - | * 1967 – [[Aki Avni]], Israeli entertainer | ||
| - | * 1967 – [[Tommy Smith (saxophonist)|Tommy Smith]], Scottish jazz musician | ||
| - | * 1967 – [[Erik Thomson]], Australian actor | ||
| - | * 1967 – [[Jason Whitlock]], American sportswriter | ||
| - | *[[1969]] – [[Cory Booker]], Mayor of [[Newark, New Jersey]] | ||
| - | * 1969 – [[Darcey Bussell]], British ballerina | ||
| - | * 1969 – [[Grahame Cheney]], Australian boxer | ||
| - | * 1969 – [[Mica Paris]], British singer and presenter | ||
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Kylie Travis]], English actress and model | ||
| - | *[[1971]] – [[Tess Daly]], British television presenter | ||
| - | *[[1972]] – [[David Lascher]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1973]] – [[Sébastien Lareau]], French Canadian professional tennis player | ||
| - | *[[1974]] – [[Johnny Devine]], Canadian professional wrestler | ||
| - | * 1974 – [[Richard Johnson (footballer)|Richard Johnson]], Australian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1975]] – [[Rabih Abdullah]], former National Football League player | ||
| - | * 1975 – [[Chris Carpenter]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1975 – [[Pedro Feliz]], Dominican baseball player | ||
| *[[1976]] – [[Isobel Campbell]], Scottish singer and composer | *[[1976]] – [[Isobel Campbell]], Scottish singer and composer | ||
| - | *[[1976]] – [[Sally Hawkins]], English film actress | ||
| - | * 1976 – [[Walter Pandiani]], Uruguayan footballer | ||
| - | *[[1976]] – [[Olaf Tufte]], Norwegian rower | ||
| - | *[[1977]] – [[Khalid Zoubaa]], French runner | ||
| - | * 1977 – [[Jerry Trainor]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1978]] – [[Adamantia Kontogiorgi]], Greek actress | ||
| - | *[[1979]] – [[William Boyd (musician)|Will Boyd]], American musician | ||
| - | * 1979 – [[Natasha Chokljat]], Australian netballer | ||
| - | *[[1980]] – [[Christian Lara]], Ecuadorian footballer | ||
| - | * 1980 – [[Ananda Mikola]], Indonesian racing driver | ||
| - | * 1980 – [[Sybille Bammer]], Austrian tennis player | ||
| - | * 1980 – [[Talitha Cummins]], Australian journalist | ||
| - | *[[1981]] – [[Fabrizio Faniello]], Maltese singer | ||
| - | * 1981 – [[Joey Gathright]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1981 – [[Patrik Gerrbrand]], Swedish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1982]] – [[Katrina Johnson]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1983]] – [[Ari Graynor]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1984]] – [[Patrick Stump]], American musician ([[Fall Out Boy]]) | ||
| - | * 1984 – [[Pierre-Marc Bouchard]], hockey player | ||
| - | * 1984 – [[Daniel Holdsworth]], Australian Rugby League player | ||
| - | *[[1986]] – [[Elena Risteska]], Macedonian singer | ||
| - | *[[1987]] – [[William Moseley (actor)|William Moseley]], British actor | ||
| - | * 1987 – [[Emma Taylor-Isherwood]], Canadian actress | ||
| - | * 1987 – [[Elliott Shriane]], Australian speed skater | ||
| - | *[[1989]] – [[Emily Rios]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1992]] – [[Allison Iraheta]], American singer | ||
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| - | *[[630]] – King [[Ardashir III of Persia]] | ||
| - | *[[1404]] – [[Philip II, Duke of Burgundy]] (b. 1342) | ||
| *[[1521]] – [[Ferdinand Magellan]], Portuguese explorer (b. 1480) | *[[1521]] – [[Ferdinand Magellan]], Portuguese explorer (b. 1480) | ||
| - | *[[1530]] – [[Jacopo Sannazaro]], Italian poet (b. 1458) | ||
| - | *[[1599]] – [[Maeda Toshiie]], Japanese general (b. 1538) | ||
| - | *[[1605]] – [[Pope Leo XI]] (b. 1535) | ||
| - | *[[1613]] – [[Robert Abercromby]], Scottish Jesuit (b. 1532) | ||
| - | *[[1625]] – [[Mori Terumoto]], Japanese warrior (b. 1553) | ||
| - | *[[1656]] – [[Jan van Goyen]], Dutch painter (b. 1596) | ||
| - | *[[1694]] – [[John George IV, Elector of Saxony]] (b. 1668) | ||
| - | *[[1695]] – [[John Trenchard (Secretary of State)|John Trenchard]], English statesman (b. 1640) | ||
| - | *[[1702]] – [[Jean Bart]], French admiral (b. 1651) | ||
| - | *[[1782]] – [[William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot]], English politician (b. 1710) | ||
| - | *[[1813]] – [[Zebulon Pike]], American frontiersman and explorer (b. 1779) | ||
| - | *[[1873]] – [[William Charles Macready]], English actor (b. 1793) | ||
| *[[1882]] – [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], American essayist (b. 1803) | *[[1882]] – [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]], American essayist (b. 1803) | ||
| - | *[[1896]] – [[Henry Parkes]], known as the [[Federation of Australia|Father of Federation]] (b. 1815) | ||
| *[[1915]] – [[Alexander Scriabin]], Russian composer (b. 1872) | *[[1915]] – [[Alexander Scriabin]], Russian composer (b. 1872) | ||
| - | *[[1921]] – [[Arthur Mold]], English cricketer (b. 1863) | ||
| *[[1932]] – [[Hart Crane]], American writer (b. 1899) | *[[1932]] – [[Hart Crane]], American writer (b. 1899) | ||
| - | *[[1936]] – [[Karl Pearson]], English statistician (b. 1857) | ||
| *[[1937]] – [[Antonio Gramsci]], Italian Communist writer and politician (b. 1891) | *[[1937]] – [[Antonio Gramsci]], Italian Communist writer and politician (b. 1891) | ||
| - | *[[1941]] – [[Penelope Delta]], Greek author (b. 1874) | + | * [[1980]] - [[Mario Bava]], Italian director |
| - | *[[1952]] – [[Guido Castelnuovo]], Italian mathematician (b. 1865) | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] – [[A. K. Fazlul Huq]], Bengali statesman (b. 1873) | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] – [[Edward R. Murrow]], American journalist (b. 1908) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] – [[William Douglas Cook]], founder of [[Eastwoodhill Arboretum]] and [[Pukeiti]], ([[New Zealand]]) (b. 1884) | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] – [[René Barrientos]], President of Bolivia (b. 1919) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Arthur Shields]], Irish actor (b. 1896) | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] – [[Kwame Nkrumah]], leader of Ghana (b. 1909) | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] – [[Carlos Menditeguy]], Argentine racing driver (b. 1914) | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] – [[Stanley Adams (actor)|Stanley Adams]], American actor (b. 1915) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] – [[David Scarboro]], British actor (b. 1968) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] – [[Konosuke Matsushita]], Japanese industrialist (b. 1894) | + | |
| *[[1992]] – [[Olivier Messiaen]], French composer (b. 1908) | *[[1992]] – [[Olivier Messiaen]], French composer (b. 1908) | ||
| - | * 1992 – [[Gerard K. O'Neill]], American physicist (b. 1927) | ||
| *[[1995]] – [[Willem Frederik Hermans]], Dutch writer (b. 1921) | *[[1995]] – [[Willem Frederik Hermans]], Dutch writer (b. 1921) | ||
| - | *[[1996]] – [[William Colby]], American director of the Central Intelligence Agency (b. 1920) | ||
| *[[1998]] – [[Carlos Castaneda]], Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925) | *[[1998]] – [[Carlos Castaneda]], Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925) | ||
| - | * 1998 – [[John Bassett]], Canadian publisher and media baron (b. 1915) | + | * 1998 – [[Dominique Aury]], French novelist,author of ''[[Story of O]]'' (b. 1907) |
| - | * 1998 – [[Dominique Aury]], French novelist (b. 1907) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] – [[Al Hirt]], American trumpeter (b. 1922) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] – [[Vicki Sue Robinson]], American singer (b. 1954) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] – [[George Alec Effinger]], American author (b. 1947) | + | |
| - | * 2002 – [[Ruth Handler]], American toy manufacturer (b. 1916) | + | |
| - | * 2002 – [[Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza]], Swiss industrialist and art collector (b. 1921) | + | |
| - | * 2006 – [[Julia Thorne]], ex-wife of [[John Kerry]] (b. 1944) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] – [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], Russian cellist and conductor (b. 1927) | + | |
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Events
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Births
- 1737 – Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794)
- 1759 – Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher and early feminist, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. (d. 1797)
- 1820 – Herbert Spencer, English philosopher (d. 1903)
- 1822 – Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and 18th President of the United States (d. 1885)
- 1853 – Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (d. 1914)
- 1882 – Robert Eisler, Austrian Jewish polymath (d. 1949)
- 1891 – Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet composer (d. 1953)
- 1894 – George Petty, WWII Pin-Up Artist (d. 1975)
- 1932 – Anouk Aimée, French actress
- 1935 – Theodoros Angelopoulos, Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Cuba Gooding, Sr., American musician (The Main Ingredient)
- 1947 – Ann Peebles, American singer
- 1953 – Arielle Dombasle, French singer and actress
- 1976 – Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer
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Deaths
- 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer (b. 1480)
- 1882 – Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist (b. 1803)
- 1915 – Alexander Scriabin, Russian composer (b. 1872)
- 1932 – Hart Crane, American writer (b. 1899)
- 1937 – Antonio Gramsci, Italian Communist writer and politician (b. 1891)
- 1980 - Mario Bava, Italian director
- 1992 – Olivier Messiaen, French composer (b. 1908)
- 1995 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch writer (b. 1921)
- 1998 – Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-born writer (b. 1925)
- 1998 – Dominique Aury, French novelist,author of Story of O (b. 1907)
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