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Art and culture

• 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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