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| *[[1896]] - [[Dziga Vertov]], Russian filmmaker (d. [[1954]]) | *[[1896]] - [[Dziga Vertov]], Russian filmmaker (d. [[1954]]) | ||
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Jim Londos]], wrestler (d. [[1975]]) | ||
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Dan Keating]], [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]] (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Sally Rand]], American fan dancer (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Lev Schnirelmann]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1938]]) | ||
| - | * 1905 - [[Michael Tippett]], English composer (d. [[1998]]) | ||
| - | * 1905 - [[Luigi Zampa]], Italian film director and screenwriter (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Srirangam Srinivasarao]], also known as Sri Sri, Famous Modern Telugu Poet (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Anna Lee]], English actress (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Vera Zorina]], German dancer (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Willi Graf]], member of the [[White Rose]] (Weiße Rose) [[Widerstand|resistance]] group in [[Nazi Germany]] (d. [[1943]]) | ||
| *[[1920]] - [[Isaac Asimov]], Russian-born author (d. [[1992]]) | *[[1920]] - [[Isaac Asimov]], Russian-born author (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Glen Harmon]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[William J. Crowe]], American admiral and ambassador (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Avie Bennett]], Canadian philanthropist | ||
| - | * 1928 - [[Robert Goralski]], American journalist (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| - | * 1928 - [[Daisaku Ikeda]], Japanese writer, president of [[Soka Gakkai International|SGI]] | ||
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Julius LaRosa]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Morimura Seiichi]], Japanese novelist | ||
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Neil Downing]], Irish writer and musician | ||
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Roger Miller]], American singer (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| *[[1938]] - [[Ian Brady]], British serial killer | *[[1938]] - [[Ian Brady]], British serial killer | ||
| * 1938 - [[Hans Herbjørnsrud]], Norwegian author | * 1938 - [[Hans Herbjørnsrud]], Norwegian author | ||
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Births
- 1896 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954)
- 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992)
- 1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer
- 1938 - Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author
- 1940 - Jim Bakker, American televangelist
- 1940 - S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician
- 1942 - Dennis Hastert, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
- 1942 - Hugh Shelton, 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
- 1944 - Prince Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian politician
- 1946 - Richard Cole, American tour manager
- 1947 - Jack Hanna, American zoologist
- 1947 - Calvin Hill, American football player
- 1949 - Christopher Durang, American playwright
- 1950 - David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist
- 1951 - Alexander Pogrebinsky, Russian-born painter
- 1954 - Henry Bonilla, American politician
- 1954 - Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)
- 1955 - Tex Brashear, American voice actor
- 1957 - Joanna Pacula, Polish actress
- 1958 - Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist
- 1960 - Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
- 1961 - Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
- 1961 - Todd Haynes, American film director
- 1963 - David Cone, American baseball player
- 1963 - Edgar Martinez, American baseball player
- 1964 - Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
- 1965 - Greg Swindell, American baseball player
- 1967 - Tia Carrere, American actress
- 1967 - Jón Gnarr, Icelandic comedian
- 1968 - Cuba Gooding Jr., American actor
- 1968 - Anky van Grunsven, Dutch dressage champion
- 1968 - Evan Parke, Jamaican actor
- 1968 - Goichi Suda, CEO of Grasshopper Manufacture
- 1969 - Tommy Morrison, American boxer
- 1969 - Christy Turlington, American model
- 1969 - Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian politician
- 1969 - Róbert Švehla, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1969 - Patrick Huard, Quebec actor and comedian
- 1970 - Royce Clayton, American baseball player
- 1970 - Robert Fertitta, American opera singer
- 1970 - Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer
- 1971 - Taye Diggs, American actor
- 1971 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
- 1971 - Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer
- 1972 - Hristos Meletoglou, Greek triple jumper
- 1973 - Lucy Davis, British actress
- 1973 - Will Kirby, American actor
- 1975 - Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1975 - Doug Robb, American singer (Hoobastank)
- 1975 - Chris Cheney, Australian musician (The Living End)
- 1976 - Cletidus Hunt, American football player
- 1976 - Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist
- 1976 - Paz Vega, Spanish actress
- 1976 - Hrysopiyi Devetzi, triple jump & long jump athlete
- 1977 - Ales Pisa, Czech ice hockey player
- 1977 - Scott Proctor, American baseball player
- 1978 - Toyoguchi Megumi, Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
- 1979 - Suranne Jones, British actress
- 1980 - Mac Danzig, American Mixed martial arts combatant
- 1980 - Bill Alldredge, American politician
- 1981 - Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
- 1981 - Kirk Hinrich, basketball player
- 1981 - Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
- 1981 - Ryan Garko, American baseball player
- 1982 - Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
- 1983 - Kate Bosworth, American actress
- 1984 - Colleen Taylor, American journalist
- 1985 - Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
- 1987 - Loui Batley, British actress
Deaths
- 1512 - Svante, Regent of Sweden (b. 1460)
- 1514 - William Smyth, English bishop and statesman (bc. 1460)
- 1557 - Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)
- 1685 - Harbottle Grimston, English politician (b. 1603)
- 1694 - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (b. 1651)
- 1726 - Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (b. 1688)
- 1892 - George Airy, British Astronomer Royal (b. 1801)
- 1893 - John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805)
- 1904 - James Longstreet, American Confederate general (b. 1821)
- 1913 - Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
- 1917 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (b. 1832)
- 1920 - Paul Adam, French novelist (b. 1862)
- 1924 - Sabine Baring-Gould, English composer and novelist (b. 1834)
- 1939 - Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864)
- 1946 - Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
- 1950 - Emil Jannings, Swiss actor and the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor (b. 1884)
- 1959 - Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (b. 1880)
- 1960 - Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (b. 1919)
- 1960 - Paul Sauvé, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
- 1963 - Dick Powell, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1963 - Jack Carson, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1974 - Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1977 - Errol Garner, American musician (b. 1921)
- 1986 - Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1986 - Bill Veeck, baseball executive (b. 1914)
- 1986 - Dick James, English music publisher (Northern Songs) (b. 1920)
- 1990 - Alan Hale Jr., American actor (b. 1918)
- 1994 - Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (b. 1914)
- 1995 - Siad Barre, President of Somalia (b. 1919)
- 1995 - Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1996 - Karl Targownik, Hungarian psychiatrist (b. 1915)
- 1997 - Randy California, American guitarist & songwriter (Spirit) (b. 1951)
- 1999 - Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)
- 2000 - Nat Adderley, American musician and composer (b. 1931)
- 2000 - Patrick O'Brian, British novelist (b. 1914)
- 2000 - Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., U.S. admiral (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Teri Diver, American actress (b. 1971)
- 2002 - Armi Aavikko, Finnish singer (b. 1958)
- 2004 - Lynn Cartwright, American actress (b. 1927)
- 2004 - Jess Collins, American artist (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Cyril Fletcher, British comedian (b. 1913)
- 2005 - Frank Kelly Freas, American artist (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Ronald 'Bo' Ginn, American politician (b. 1934)
- 2005 - Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist (b. 1911)
- 2005 - Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
- 2007 - Robert C. Solomon, American scholar of continental philosophy (b. 1942)
- 2007 - Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. 1950)
- 2007 - David Perkins, Stanford University geneticist (b. 1919)
- 2007 - Paek Nam-sun, North Korean Foreign Affairs minister (b. 1929)
- 2007 - Richard Newton, Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (b. 1951)
- 2007 - Don Massengale, American PGA Tour golf player (b. 1937)
- 2007 - Mauno Jokipii, Finnish professor and World War II researcher (b. 1924)
- 2007 - Sergio Jiménez, Mexican actor (b. 1937)
- 2007 - Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian (b. 1941)
- 2007 - Garry Betty, American CEO of Earthlink (b. 1957)
Notes
Robert Smithson
Dziga Vertov
Pontormo
Johann Kaspar Lavater
Charles Beaumont
Ian Brady
Willard Maas
David Bailey (photographer)
Todd Haynes
Isaac Asimov
Al-Andalus
Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
Edward Burnett Tylor
Dirk Bikkembergs
Charles Willeford
Rutebeuf
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