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| *[[1923]] - [[Maria Callas]], Greek soprano (d. [[1977]]) | *[[1923]] - [[Maria Callas]], Greek soprano (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| *[[1931]] - [[Edwin Meese]], American politician | *[[1931]] - [[Edwin Meese]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1931 - [[Nigel Calder]], British [[science writer]] | ||
| - | * 1931 - [[Masaaki Hatsumi|Hatsumi Masaaki]], Founder and head of the [[Bujinkan|Bujinkan Dojo]] organization | ||
| - | * 1931 - [[Wynton Kelly]], American jazz pianist (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Michael Larrabee]], American athlete (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | * 1933 - [[K. Veeramani]], Indian anti-caste activist | ||
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Andre Rodgers]], baseball player (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | *[[1935]] - [[David Hackett Fischer]], American historian | ||
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Yael Dayan]], Israeli writer and politician | ||
| - | * 1939 - [[Harry Reid]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1939 - [[Francis Fox]], Canadian politician, member of the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]] | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Wayne Allard]], American politician | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Ibrahim Rugova]], first [[President of Kosovo]] (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | * 1944 - [[Botho Strauss|Botho Strauß]], German author | ||
| - | * 1944 - [[Dionysis Savvopoulos]], Greek musician and songwriter | ||
| - | * 1944 - [[Inger Davidson]], Swedish politician | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Penelope Spheeris]], American film director | ||
| *[[1946]] - [[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer (d. [[1997]]) | *[[1946]] - [[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Isaac Bitton]], French rock band drummer ([[Les Variations]]) | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Ivan Atanassov Petrov]], Bulgarian neurologist | ||
| - | * 1947 - [[Tommy Jenkins]], English football player | ||
| *[[1948]] - [[T. Coraghessan Boyle]], American writer | *[[1948]] - [[T. Coraghessan Boyle]], American writer | ||
| *[[1950]] - [[Bob Kevoian]], American radio personality | *[[1950]] - [[Bob Kevoian]], American radio personality | ||
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Art and culture
- 1954 - Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
Births
- 1859 - Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891)
- 1891 - Otto Dix, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1969)
- 1923 - Maria Callas, Greek soprano (d. 1977)
- 1931 - Edwin Meese, American politician
- 1946 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)
- 1948 - T. Coraghessan Boyle, American writer
- 1950 - Bob Kevoian, American radio personality
- 1951 - Adrian Devine, American baseball pitcher
- 1952 - Carol Shea-Porter, American Congresswoman
- 1954 - Dan Butler, American actor
- 1954 - Stone Phillips, American television journalist
- 1957 - Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian politician
- 1958 - Uladzimir Parfianovich, Belarusian canoer
- 1958 - Eric L. Harry, American novelist
- 1958 - George Saunders, American writer
- 1960 - Nicholas Dingley alias Razzle, British Drummer (Hanoi Rocks)
- 1960 - Rick Savage, British bassist (Def Leppard)
- 1962 - Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, titular Bulgarian royal family
- 1963 - Ann Patchett, American novelist
- 1963 - Ron Sutter, National Hockey League player
- 1966 - Jinsei Shinzaki, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1968 - Lucy Liu, American actress
- 1968 - Nate Mendel, American bassist (Foo Fighters)
- 1968 - Rena Sofer, American actress
- 1968 - Chris Wedge, American animator
- 1968 - Darryl Kile, baseball player (d. 2002)
- 1971 - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor
- 1971 - Francesco Toldo, Italian Football Player (Inter Milan)
- 1972 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
- 1973 - Graham Kavanagh, Irish footballer
- 1973 - Monica Seles, Yugoslavian-born tennis player
- 1973 - Jan Ullrich, German cyclist
- 1976 - Eddy Garabito, professional baseball player
- 1977 - Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer plays for Aalborg BK
- 1978 - Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1978 - Chris Wolstenholme, British bassist (Muse)
- 1978 - David Rivas, Spanish Footballer plays for Real Betis
- 1978 - Jason Collins, American basketball player for New Jersey Nets
- 1978 - Jarron Collins, American basketball player for Utah Jazz
- 1979 - Yvonne Catterfeld, German singer and actress
- 1979 - Michael McIndoe, Scottish professional footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
- 1981 - Isabella Soprano, American pornographic actress
- 1981 - Danijel Pranjić, Croatian football player plays for SC Heerenveen
- 1981 - Britney Spears, American singer
- 1982 - Matt Ware, American football player
- 1982 - Pizon, American rapper/producer
- 1982 - Hristos Karipidis, Greek footballer
- 1983 - Bibiana Candelas, Mexican volleyball player
- 1983 - Chris Burke (footballer), Scottish footballer plays for Rangers F.C.
- 1983 - Aaron Rodgers, American football player for Green Bay Packers
- 1984 - Jess Cozzetta, Casting PA(Stickfigure Productions)
- 1985 - Dorell Wright, American basketball player
- 1986 - Claudiu Keserü, Romanian football player (FC Nantes Atlantique)
- 1987 - Teairra Mari, American R&B singer
- 1988 - Alfred Enoch, British Actor
- 1989 - Cassie Steele, Canadian actress
Deaths
- 1348 - Emperor Hanazono of Japan (b. 1297)
- 1381 - John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
- 1463 - Archduke Albert VI of Austria (b. 1418)
- 1469 - Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416)
- 1515 - Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and statesman (b. 1453)
- 1547 - Hernán Cortés, Spanish explorer and conqueror (b. 1485)
- 1552 - Francis Xavier, Spanish Catholic missionary (b. 1506)
- 1615 - Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general
- 1665 - Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)
- 1694 - Pierre Paul Puget, French artist (b. 1622)
- 1719 - Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (b. 1634)
- 1726 - Samuel Penhallow, English-born American colonist and historian (b. 1665)
- 1747 - Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695)
- 1748 - Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician (b. 1662)
- 1774 - Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer and organist (b. 1720)
- 1814 - Marquis de Sade, French writer (b. 1740)
- 1844 - Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko, Polish general and politician (b. 1768)
- 1849 - Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of William IV of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
- 1859 - John Brown, American abolitionist (hanged) (b. 1800)
- 1860 - Alfred Bunn, British theatrical manager (b. 1796)
- 1892 - Jay Gould, American entrepreneur (b. 1836)
- 1918 - Edmond Rostand, French poet and dramatist (b. 1868)
- 1924 - Kazimieras Būga, Lithuanian philologist (b. 1879)
- 1931 - Vincent d'Indy, French composer (b. 1851)
- 1936 - John Ringling, American circus owner (b. 1866)
- 1943 - Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian author and journalist (b. 1902)
- 1944 - Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist (b. 1874)
- 1944 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian writer (b. 1876)
- 1950 - Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (b. 1917)
- 1957 - Manfred Sakel, Polish psychiatrist (b. 1902)
- 1963 - Thomas J. Hicks, British-born runner (b. 1875)
- 1963 - Sabu Dastagir, Indian-born American actor (b. 1924)
- 1968 - Adamson-Eric (Eric Adamson), Estonian painter (b. 1902)
- 1969 - Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov, Russian politician (b. 1881)
- 1974 - Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1897)
- 1976 - Danny Murtaugh, baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
- 1980 - Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1905)
- 1980 - Romain Gary, Lithuanian-born French writer (b. 1914)
- 1982 - Marty Feldman, British comedian, writer and actor (b. 1933)
- 1983 - Fifi d'Orsay, Canadian actress (b. 1904)
- 1985 - Aniello Dellacroce, American gangster (b. 1914)
- 1985 - Philip Larkin, English writer and jazz critic (b. 1922)
- 1986 - Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born actor, musician, band leader, and composer (b. 1917)
- 1987 - Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
- 1987 - Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914)
- 1988 - Tata Giacobetti, Italian singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra)
- 1990 - Aaron Copland, American composer (b. 1900)
- 1990 - Robert Cummings, American film and television actor (b. 1908)
- 1993 - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug dealer (b. 1949)
- 1995 - Robertson Davies, Canadian novelist (b. 1913)
- 1997 - Shirley Crabtree, British professional wrestler (b. 1930)
- 1997 - Michael Hedges, American guitarist known for originality (b. 1953)
- 2002 - Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (b. 1926)
- 2002 - Arno Peters, German historian (b. 1916)
- 2003 - Alan Davidson, British author (b. 1924)
- 2004 - Mona Van Duyn, American poet (b. 1921)
- 2004 - Alicia Markova, British ballerina (b. 1910)
- 2005 - Nat Mayer Shapiro, American painter (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Van Tuong Nguyen, Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. 1980)
- 2005 - Kenneth Lee Boyd, American convicted murderer (executed) (b. 1948)
- 2006 - Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (b. 1947)
Notes
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