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| - | *[[1338]] - [[Thomas de Beauchamp, 12th Earl of Warwick]] (d. [[1401]]) | ||
| - | *[[1445]] - [[Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg]], Swiss-born preacher (d. [[1510]]) | ||
| - | *[[1473]] - [[Henry IV, Duke of Saxony|Henry IV the Pious]], [[Duke of Saxony]] (d. [[1541]]) | ||
| - | *[[1581]] - [[Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft]], Dutch historian and writer (d. [[1647]]) | ||
| - | *[[1585]] - [[Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero]], Dutch writer (d. [[1618]]) | ||
| - | *[[1631]] - [[René Le Bossu]], French critic (d. [[1680]]) | ||
| - | *[[1654]] - [[Andreas Acoluthus]], German orientalist (d. [[1704]]) | ||
| - | *[[1687]] - [[Sophia Dorothea of Hanover]], queen consort in Prussia (d. [[1757]]) | ||
| - | *[[1750]] - [[Caroline Herschel]], German-born English astronomer (d. [[1848]]) | ||
| - | *[[1751]] - [[James Madison]], 4th [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1836]]) | ||
| - | *[[1773]] - [[Juan Ramón Balcarce]], Argentine military leader and politician (d. [[1836]]) | ||
| - | *[[1774]] - Captain [[Matthew Flinders]], English explorer of the coasts of Australia (d. [[1814]]) | ||
| - | *[[1789]] - [[Georg Ohm|Georg Simon Ohm]], German physicist (d. [[1854]]) | ||
| - | *[[1794]] - [[Ami Boué]], Austrian geologist (d. [[1881]]) | ||
| - | *[[1800]] - [[Emperor Ninko of Japan]] (d. [[1846]]) | ||
| - | *[[1805]] - [[Peter Ernst von Lasaulx]], German philosopher and writer (d. [[1861]]) | ||
| - | *[[1822]] - [[Rosa Bonheur]], French realist painter and sculptor (d. [[1899]]) | ||
| - | *[[1834]] - [[James Hector]], Scottish geologist (d. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | *[[1839]] - [[Sully Prudhomme|René François Armand Sully-Prudhomme]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | * 1839 - [[John Butler Yeats]], Northern Irish artist (d. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[1840]] - [[Shibusawa Eiichi]], Japanese industrialist (d. [[1931]]) | ||
| - | *[[1846]] - [[Gösta Mittag-Leffler]], Swedish mathematician (d. [[1927]]) | ||
| - | *[[1851]] - [[Martinus Beijerinck]], Dutch microbiologist and botanist (d. [[1931]]) | ||
| - | *[[1856]] - [[Napoléon Eugène, Prince Imperial|Napoléon Eugène Louis John Joseph]], called Napoleon IV, the only child of [[Emperor Napoleon III]] of France (d. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | *[[1857]] - [[Charles Harding Firth]], British historian (d. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Alexander Stepanovich Popov]], Russian physicist (d. [[1906]]) | ||
| - | *[[1865]] - [[Patsy Donovan]], Irish-American baseball player (d. [[1953]]) | ||
| - | * [[1869]] - [[F. A. Forbes]], Scottish author (d. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Reza Shah Pahlavi]], [[Shah of Iran]] (d. [[1941]]) | ||
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Clemens August Graf von Galen]], German archbishop and cardinal (d. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | *[[1889]] - [[Reggie Walker]], South African athlete (d. [[1951]]) | ||
| - | *[[1890]] - [[Solomon Mikhoels]], Soviet actor and chairman of the [[Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee]] (d. [[1948]]) | ||
| - | *[[1892]] - [[César Vallejo]], Peruvian poet (d. [[1938]]) | ||
| - | * 1892 - [[James Petrillo]], leader of the U.S. musicians union (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Conrad Nagel]], American actor (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Ethel Anderson]], Australian poet (d. [[1958]]) | ||
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Edward Pawley]], American actor (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Leon Roppolo]], American jazz clarinetist (d. [[1943]]) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Mike Mansfield]], American politician, and diplomat (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Elisabeth Flickenschildt]], German actress (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | * 1905 - [[Marlin Perkins]], American naturalist (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Henny Youngman]], American comedian (d. [[1998]]) | ||
| - | * 1906 - [[Francisco Ayala (novelist)|Francisco Ayala]], Spanish writer | ||
| *[[1908]] - [[René Daumal]], French Surrealist writer (d. [[1944]]) | *[[1908]] - [[René Daumal]], French Surrealist writer (d. [[1944]]) | ||
| - | * 1908 - [[Robert Rossen]], American film director, screenwriter and producer (d. [[1966]]) | ||
| *[[1911]] - Dr. [[Josef Mengele]], German, accused [[Nazi]] [[war criminal]] (d. [[1979]]) | *[[1911]] - Dr. [[Josef Mengele]], German, accused [[Nazi]] [[war criminal]] (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| - | * 1911 - [[Pierre Harmel]], Belgian politician | + | *[[1926]] - [[Jerry Lewis]], American comedian |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Pat Nixon]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Mercedes McCambridge]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Samael Aun Weor]], Colombian writer (d. [[1977]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Frederick Reines]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Leo McKern]], Australian actor (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Traudl Junge]], Hitler's secretary (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[John Addison]], British composer (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Dorothea Binz]], Nazi war criminal (d. [[1947]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Harding Lemay]], American television scriptwriter and playwright | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Luis E. Miramontes]], Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the [[combined oral contraceptive pill]] (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Charles Goodell]], American politician (d. [[1987]]) | + | |
| - | * 1926 - [[Jerry Lewis]], American comedian | + | |
| *[[1927]] - [[Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov|Vladimir Komarov]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1967]]) | *[[1927]] - [[Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov|Vladimir Komarov]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1967]]) | ||
| *1927 - [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], U.S. Senator from New York (d. [[2003]]) | *1927 - [[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], U.S. Senator from New York (d. [[2003]]) | ||
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- 1190 - Crusaders start to massacre the Jews of York; many Jews commit suicide rather than submit to baptism.
- 1998 - Pope John Paul II apologises for inactivity and silence of some Roman Catholics during the Holocaust.
Births
- 1908 - René Daumal, French Surrealist writer (d. 1944)
- 1911 - Dr. Josef Mengele, German, accused Nazi war criminal (d. 1979)
- 1926 - Jerry Lewis, American comedian
- 1927 - Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1967)
- 1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, U.S. Senator from New York (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Olga San Juan, American comedian
- 1928 - Christa Ludwig, German mezzo-soprano
- 1928 - Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian actor
- 1929 - Nadja Tiller, Austrian actress
- 1930 - Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (d. 2001)
- 1931 - Betty Johnson, American singer
- 1932 - Don Blasingame, American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
- 1932 - Walter Cunningham, American astronaut
- 1933 - Sandy Weill, American financier and philanthropist
- 1934 - Ray Hnatyshyn, Governor-General of Canada (d. 2002)
- 1935 - Teresa Berganza, Spanish soprano
- 1936 - Fred Neil, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1937 - Amos Tversky, Israeli psychologist (d. 1996)
- 1939 - Carlos Bilardo, Argetinian football coach
- 1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian film director
- 1940 - Jan Pronk, Dutch politician
- 1940 - Keith Rowe, English guitarist (AMM) and painter
- 1941 - Robert Guéï, ruler of Côte d'Ivoire (d. 2002)
- 1941 - Chuck Woolery, American game show host
- 1942 - James Soong, Taiwanese politician
- 1942 - Jerry Jeff Walker, American musician
- 1942 - Roger Crozier, Canadian ice hockey goaltender (d. 1996)
- 1943 - Ursula Goodenough, Evolutionary Scholar, Cell Biologist
- 1943 - Kim Mu-saeng, South Korean actor (d. 2005)
- 1946 - Michael Basman, English chess master
- 1946 - Hubert Soudant, Dutch conductor
- 1947 - Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist
- 1948 - Michael Bruce, American musician. Guitarist and keyboard player for Alice Cooper
- 1948 - Margaret Weis, American author
- 1948 - Richard Desjardins, Quebec singer, songwriter and film director
- 1949 - Erik Estrada, Puerto Rican actor
- 1949 - Elliott Murphy, American Singer-Songwriter
- 1949 - Victor Garber, Canadian actor
- 1950 - Kate Nelligan, Canadian actress
- 1951 - Joe DeLamielleure, American football player
- 1952 - Philippe Kahn, French-American entrepreneur
- 1953 - Isabelle Huppert, French actress
- 1953 - Richard Stallman, American free software activist
- 1954 - Jimmy Nail, British actor and singer
- 1954 - Nancy Wilson, American guitarist, singer, and actress (Heart)
- 1955 - Jiro Watanabe, Japanese boxer
- 1955 - Bruno Barreto, Brazilian film director
- 1958 - Jorge Ramos, Mexican TV anchor
- 1959 - Flavor Flav, American rapper
- 1959 - Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway
- 1960 - Duane Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1961 - Todd McFarlane, Canadian cartoonist, comic book writer, artist, and media entrepreneur
- 1961 - Brett Kenny, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1963 - Jimmy Degrasso, American musician, drummer
- 1963 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (d. 2002)
- 1964 - Patty Griffin, American singer and songwriter
- 1964 - Gore Verbinski, American movie director
- 1964 - Pascal Richard, Swiss cyclist
- 1965 - Richard Daniel Roman, English songwriter and record producer
- 1965 - Belén Rueda, Spanish actress
- 1967 - Lauren Graham, American actress
- 1968 - Ananya Khare, Indian actress and teacher
- 1970 - Paul Oscar (Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson), Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey
- 1971 - Alan Tudyk, American actor
- 1973 - Brant Bjork, American musician (Kyuss)
- 1974 - Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer
- 1974 - Fotini Vavatsi, Greek archer
- 1975 - Sienna Guillory, English actress
- 1976 - Nick Spano, American actor
- 1976 - Abraham Núñez, Dominican baseball player
- 1977 - Donal Óg Cusack, Irish hurler
- 1979 - Edison Méndez, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1979 - Rashad Moore, National Football League player
- 1979 - Leena Peisa, Finnish musician (Lordi)
- 1980 - Felipe Reyes, Spanish basketball player
- 1980 - Todd Heap, American football player
- 1981 - Andrew Bree, Irish swimmer
- 1981 - Curtis Granderson, American baseball player
- 1983 - Brandon League, American baseball player
- 1984 - Levi Brown, American football player
- 1985 - Nicole Trunfio, Australian supermodel
- 1986 - Ken Doane, American professional wrestler
- 1987 - Tiiu Kuik, Estonian model
- 1989 - Theo Walcott, English footballer
- 1989 - Peaches Geldof, English writer
- 1990 - James Bulger, British murder victim (d. 1993)
- 1991 - Wolfgang Van Halen, American musician
- 1994 - Sierra McClain, American actress and singer
Deaths
- 37 - Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar, Roman Emperor (b. 46 BC)
- 455 - Valentinian III, Roman Emperor (b. 419)
- 1021 - Heribert of Cologne, Archbishop of Cologne and Chancellor of Emperor Otto III
- 1037 - Robert I, Archbishop of Rouen
- 1072 - Adalbert of Hamburg, German archbishop
- 1322 - Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276)
- 1410 - John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)
- 1457 - László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433)
- 1485 - Anne Neville, queen of Richard III of England (b. 1456)
- 1559 - Anthony St. Leger, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1496)
- 1649 - Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
- 1620 - St. John Sarkander, Moravian priest, died of injuries caused by torturing
- 1679 - John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)
- 1721 - James Craggs the Elder, English politician (b. 1657)
- 1736 - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (b. 1710)
- 1737 - Benjamin Wadsworth, President of Harvard University (b. 1670)
- 1738 - George Bähr, German architect (b. 1666)
- 1747 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690)
- 1888 - Hippolyte Carnot, French statesman (b. 1801)
- 1890 - Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)
- 1892 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (b. 1827)
- 1898 - Aubrey Beardsley, British artist (b. 1872)
- 1899 - Joseph Medill, mayor of Chicago (b. 1823)
- 1903 - Roy Bean, American jurist
- 1914 - Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1843)
- 1926 - Sergeant Stubby, decorated World War I dog
- 1930 - Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish dictator (b. 1870)
- 1935 - John James Richard Macleod, Scottish-born physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
- 1935 - Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-born chess player (b. 1886)
- 1936 - Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist (b. 1864)
- 1940 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
- 1945 - Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
- 1955 - Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter (b. 1914)
- 1957 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (b. 1876)
- 1968 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Italian composer (b. 1895)
- 1968 - Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and writer (b. 1907)
- 1970 - Tammi Terrell, American singer (b. 1946)
- 1971 - Thomas Dewey, American presidential candidate (b. 1902)
- 1975 - Richard W. DeKorte, American politician (b. 1936)
- 1975 - T-Bone Walker, American musician (b. 1910)
- 1977 - Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (b. 1917)
- 1979 - Jean Monnet, French politician (b. 1888)
- 1980 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born painter (b. 1898)
- 1983 - Arthur Godfrey, American actor and television host (b. 1903)
- 1983 - Fred Rose, Canadian politician (b. 1907)
- 1984 - John Hoagland, American photographer (b. 1947)
- 1985 - Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
- 1992 - Yves Rocard, French physicist (b. 1903)
- 1992 - Roger Lemelin, Quebec novelist and television writer (b. 1919)
- 1993 - Johnny Cymbal, American singer and producer (b. 1945)
- 1996 - Charlie Barnett, American actor (b. 1954)
- 1998 - Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 1999 - Gratien Gélinas, Quebec playwright and director (b. 1909)
- 2000 - Thomas Ferebee, Hiroshima bombardier (b. 1918)
- 2001 - Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (b. 1921)
- 2001 - Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943)
- 2003 - Rachel Corrie, American political activist (b. 1979)
- 2003 - Ronald Ferguson, father of Sarah, Duchess of York (b. 1931)
- 2004 - Vilém Tauský, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1910)
- 2005 - Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
- 2005 - Ralph Erskine, British architect (Byker Wall) (b. 1914)
- 2005 - Anthony George, American TV actor (b. 1921)
- 2005 - Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (b. 1927)
- 2005 - Dick Radatz, American baseball player (b. 1937)
- 2006 - David Feintuch, American sci-fi author (b. 1944)
- 2007 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricket player (b. 1984)
Notes
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