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- | * [[317]] - [[Constantius II]], Roman emperor (d. [[361]]) | ||
- | * [[1400]] - [[Guillaume Dufay]], French composer (d. [[1474]]) | ||
- | * [[1533]] - [[Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga]], Basque soldier and poet (d. [[1595]]) | ||
* [[1560]] - [[Elizabeth Báthory]], Hungarian serial killer (d. [[1614]]) | * [[1560]] - [[Elizabeth Báthory]], Hungarian serial killer (d. [[1614]]) | ||
* [[1574]] - [[Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick]], English writer (d. [[1649]]) | * [[1574]] - [[Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick]], English writer (d. [[1649]]) |
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Art and culture
- 1819 - Simón Bolívar triumphs over Spain.
Births
- 1560 - Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian serial killer (d. 1614)
- 1574 - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English writer (d. 1649)
- 1598 - Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish poet (d. 1672)
- 1726 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)
- 1742 - Nathanael Greene, American Revolutionary general (d. 1786)
- 1779 - Louis de Freycinet, French explorer (d. 1842)
- 1779 - Carl Ritter, German geographer (d. 1859)
- 1844 - Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist (d. 1911)
- 1860 - Alan Leo, British astrologer (d. 1917)
- 1867 - Emil Nolde, German painter (d. 1956)
- 1876 - Mata Hari, Dutch spy (d. 1917)
- 1877 - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater (d. 1949)
- 1885 - Billie Burke, American actress (d. 1970)
- 1901 - Ann Harding, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1903 - Louis Leakey, British archaeologist (d. 1972)
- 1904 - Ralph Bunche, American diplomat, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1971)
- 1907 - Albert Kotin, American abstract expressionist painter of the New York School (d. 1980)
- 1911 - Nicholas Ray, American actor, director and scenarist (d. 1979)
- 1913 - George Van Eps, noted American guitarist (d. 1998)
- 1921 - Manitas de Plata, Gypsy guitarist
- 1925 - M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist
- 1925 - Felice Bryant, American country songwriter and singer (d. 2003)
- 1926 - Stan Freberg, American voice comedian
- 1927 - Edwin W. Edwards, four-term Louisiana governor
- 1927 - Art Houtteman, baseball player (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Carl Switzer, American child actor (d. 1959)
- 1928 - Romeo Muller, American screenwriter (d. 1992)
- 1928 - James Randi, Canadian magician
- 1929 - Don Larsen, baseball player
- 1931 - Charles E. Rice, Legal Scholar and Author
- 1932 - Abebe Bikila, Ethiopan athlete (d. 1973)
- 1932 - Dr. Maurice Rabb, Jr., African American ophthalmologist
- 1932 - Edward Hardwicke, British actor
- 1933 - Eddie Firmani, South African football(soccer) player and coach
- 1936 - Rahsaan Roland Kirk, American saxophonist
- 1939 - Anjanette Comer, American actress
- 1940 - Jean-Luc Dehaene, Prime Minister of Belgium
- 1942 - Garrison Keillor, American writer and radio host
- 1942 - B.J. Thomas, American singer
- 1942 - Caetano Veloso, Brazilian musician
- 1942 - Carlos Monzón, Argentine boxer
- 1943 - Dino Valente, American musician Quicksilver Messenger Service (d. 1994)
- 1943 - Alain Corneau, French film director
- 1944 - David Rasche, American actor
- 1945 - Alan Page, American football player
- 1946 - Ed Seykota, commodities and futures trader
- 1947 - Franciscus Henri (Franciscus Henricus Antheunis), children's entertainer, composer and artist
- 1948 - Greg Chappell, Australian test cricket player, captain and coach
- 1949 - Walid Jumblatt, Leader of the Lebanese Druze
- 1952 - Alexei Sayle, British comedian
- 1953 - Greg Carmichael, British guitarist
- 1953 - Anne Fadiman, American writer, daughter of Clifton Fadiman
- 1954 - Jonathan Pollard, Israeli spy
- 1955 - Vladimir Sorokin, Russian writer
- 1955 - Wayne Knight, American actor
- 1957 - Alexander Dityatin, Soviet gymnast
- 1958 - Bruce Dickinson, English singer (Iron Maiden)
- 1958 - Alberto Salazar, Member, American National Distance Running Hall of Fame
- 1960 - David Duchovny, American actor
- 1961 - Yelena Davydova, Soviet gymnast
- 1962 - Bruno Pelletier, Québécois singer
- 1963 - Harold Perrineau Jr., American actor
- 1964 - Michael Weishan, American TV host, author
- 1966 - Jimmy Wales, American founder of Wikipedia
- 1967 - Jason Grimsley, American baseball player
- 1971 - Rachel York, American actress and singer
- 1973 - Danny Graves, American baseball player
- 1975 - Edgar Renteria, Colombian baseball player
- 1975 - David Hicks, Australian alleged terrorist
- 1975 - Charlize Theron, South African actress
- 1976 - Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Greek footballer
- 1978 - Jamey Jasta, American singer (Hatebreed)
- 1978 - Alexandre Aja, French director
- 1978 - Vanness Wu, Taiwanese singer
- 1978 - Linsey Dawn McKenzie, English model and porn star
- 1978 - Cirroc Lofton, American actor
- 1978 - Shirley Yeung, Hong Kong actress
- 1980 - Aurélie Claudel, French supermodel
- 1982 - Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer
- 1982 - Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player
- 1983 - Tina O'Brien, British actress
- 1983 - Christian Chávez, Mexican singer and actor, member of RBD
- 1987 - Sidney Crosby, Canadian hockey player
- 1989 - Sherman Cárdenas, Colombian football player
- 1996 - Tessa Allen, American actress
Deaths
- 461 - Majorian, Roman Emperor (assassinated) (b. 420)
- 479 - Emperor Yūryaku of Japan
- 1106 - Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1050)
- 1485 - Alexander Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, Scottish prince
- 1613 - Thomas Fleming, English judge (b. 1544)
- 1616 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (b. 1548)
- 1635 - Friedrich von Spee, German writer (b. 1591)
- 1639 - Martin van den Hove, Dutch scientist (b. 1605)
- 1661 - Jin Shengtan, Chinese editor, writer and critic (b. 1608)
- 1817 - Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French industrialist (b. 1739)
- 1834 - Joseph Marie Jacquard, French weaver and inventor (b. 1752)
- 1848 - Jöns Jakob Berzelius, Swedish chemist (b. 1779)
- 1855 - Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)
- 1912 - François-Alphonse Forel, Swiss hydrologist (b. 1841)
- 1917 - Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning, first pilot to land his aircraft on a moving ship. (b. 1891)
- 1938 - Konstantin Stanislavski, Russian/Soviet actor, producer, dramatist (b. 1863)
- 1941 - Rabindranath Tagore, Indian author, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1861)
- 1957 - Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (b. 1892)
- 1969 - Joseph Kosma, French composer (Autumn Leaves) (b. 1905)
- 1972 - Joi Lansing, American model and actress (b. 1929)
- 1974 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (b. 1925)
- 1974 - Sylvio Mantha, professional ice hockey player (b. 1902)
- 1984 - Esther Phillips, American singer (b. 1935)
- 1985 - Grayson Hall, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1987 - Camille Chamoun, Lebanese President (b. 1900)
- 1989 - Mickey Leland, American politician, United States Congressman from Texas (b. 1944)
- 1992 - John Anderson, American actor (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Larry Martyn, comedy actor (b. 1934)
- 1995 - Brigid Brophy, British author (b. 1929)
- 1999 - Brion James, American actor (b. 1945)
- 2003 - Mickey McDermott, baseball player (b. 1929)
- 2004 - Red Adair, American firefighter (b. 1915)
- 2004 - Colin Bibby, English ornithologist (b. 1948)
- 2005 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born news anchor (b. 1938)
- 2006 - Mary Anderson Bain, American New Deal politician (b. 1911)
Notes
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