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| * [[1985]] - [[Serial killer]] [[Richard Ramirez]], the "Night Stalker", commits his first two [[murder]]s in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]] murder spree. | * [[1985]] - [[Serial killer]] [[Richard Ramirez]], the "Night Stalker", commits his first two [[murder]]s in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]] murder spree. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | * [[1231]] - [[Emperor Shijō]] of Japan (d. [[1242]]) | ||
| - | * [[1473]] - King [[James IV of Scotland]] (d. [[1513]]) | ||
| - | * [[1628]] - [[François Girardon]], French sculptor (d. [[1715]]) | ||
| - | * [[1676]] - [[Thomas Boston]], Scottish church leader (d. [[1732]]) | ||
| - | * [[1725]] - [[Lachlan McIntosh]], Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. [[1806]]) | ||
| - | * [[1777]] - [[Roger B. Taney|Roger Brooke Taney]], 5th [[Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court]] (d. [[1864]]) | ||
| - | * [[1780]] - [[Thomas Chalmers]], Scottish pastor, social reformer, author, and scientist (d. [[1847]]) | ||
| - | * [[1787]] - [[Edmund Kean]], English actor (d. [[1833]]) | ||
| - | * [[1804]] - [[Jim Bridger]], American trapper and explorer (d. [[1881]]) | ||
| - | * [[1820]] - [[Jean Ingelow]], English poet (d. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | * [[1834]] - [[Gottlieb Daimler]], German engineer and inventor (d. [[1900]]) | ||
| - | * [[1846]] - [[Kate Greenaway]], English children's author and illustrator (d. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | * [[1856]] - [[Mikhail Vrubel]], Russian painter (d. [[1910]]) | ||
| - | * [[1862]] - [[Silvio Gesell]], Belgian economist (d. [[1930]]) | ||
| - | * [[1866]] - [[Pierce Butler (justice)|Pierce Butler]], Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. [[1939]]) | ||
| - | * [[1870]] - [[Horace Donisthorpe]], British entomologist (d. [[1951]]) | ||
| - | * [[1880]] - Sir [[Patrick Hastings]], British barrister (d. [[1952]]) | ||
| - | * [[1880]] - [[Lawrence Oates]], English army officer and Antarctic explorer (d. [[1912]]) | ||
| - | * [[1881]] - [[Walter Rudolf Hess]], Swiss physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1973]]) | ||
| - | * [[1883]] - [[Urmuz]], Romanian writer (d. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | * [[1884]] - [[Alcide Nunez]], American jazz clarinetist (d. [[1934]]) | ||
| - | * [[1886]] - [[Princess Patricia of Connaught]], British princess (d. [[1974]]) | ||
| - | * [[1888]] - [[Paul Ramadier]], French politician (d. [[1961]]) | ||
| - | * [[1892]] - [[Benjamin Drake Van Wissen]], Australian Engineer (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | * [[1894]] - [[Paul Green]], American writer (d. [[1981]]) | ||
| - | * [[1897]] - [[ Jozef C. Mazur]], American stained glass artist and painter (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| - | * [[1901]] - [[Alfred Newman]], American film composer (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| - | * [[1902]] - [[Bobby Jones (golf)|Bobby Jones]], American golfer (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | * [[1907]] - [[Sonny Werblin]], former owner of the [[New York Jets]] (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| * [[1908]] - [[Brigitte Helm]], German actress (d. [[1996]]) | * [[1908]] - [[Brigitte Helm]], German actress (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | * [[1912]] - [[Bayard Rustin]], American civil rights activist (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | * [[1914]] - [[Sammy Baugh]], American football player | ||
| - | * [[1915]] - [[Henry Bumstead]], American art director (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | * [[1916]] - [[Ray Ellington]], British singer (d. [[1985]]) | ||
| - | * [[1919]] - [[Nat King Cole]], American singer (d. [[1965]]) | ||
| - | * [[1922]] - [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], Founding Leader of Bangladesh (d. [[1975]]) | ||
| - | * [[1925]] - [[Gabriele Ferzetti]], Italian film and stage actor | ||
| - | * [[1926]] - [[Siegfried Lenz]], German writer | ||
| - | * [[1928]] - [[William John McKeag]], Canadian politician (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | * [[1930]] - [[James Irwin]], American astronaut (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| - | * [[1931]] - [[David Peakall]], British scientist (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | * [[1936]] - [[Ladislav Kupkovic]], Slovakian composer | ||
| - | * 1936 - [[Ken Mattingly]], American astronaut | ||
| - | * [[1937]] - [[Adam Wade]], American singer and actor | ||
| * [[1938]] - [[Rudolf Nureyev]], Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. [[1993]]) | * [[1938]] - [[Rudolf Nureyev]], Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| * 1938 - [[Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien]], Northern Irish clergyman | * 1938 - [[Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien]], Northern Irish clergyman | ||
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- 1901 - A showing of 71 Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
- 1942 - Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lviv Ghetto (western Ukraine) are gassed at the Belzec death camp (eastern Poland).
- 1985 - Serial killer Richard Ramirez, the "Night Stalker", commits his first two murders in Los Angeles, California murder spree.
Births
- 1908 - Brigitte Helm, German actress (d. 1996)
- 1938 - Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
- 1938 - Keith Michael Patrick O'Brien, Northern Irish clergyman
- 1938 - Zola Taylor, American singer (The Platters) (d. 2007)
- 1939 - Jim Gary, American sculptor (d. 2006)
- 1939 - Robin Knox-Johnston, British Yachtsman
- 1940 - Mark White, American politician
- 1941 - Paul Kantner, American musician (Jefferson Airplane)
- 1942 - John Wayne Gacy, American serial killer (d. 1994)
- 1942 - Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek composer, singer and actor
- 1944 - Pattie Boyd, British photographer and model
- 1944 - Cito Gaston, American baseball player and manager
- 1944 - John Sebastian, American singer and songwriter
- 1945 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (d. 1982)
- 1945 - Michael Hayden, General USAF, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- 1945 - Katri Helena, Finnish singer
- 1947 - James Morrow, American author
- 1947 - Jan Andersson, Swedish politician
- 1947 - Yury Chernavsky, Russian-born Composer and Producer
- 1948 - William Gibson, American writer
- 1948 - Alex MacDonald, Scottish Footballer and football manager
- 1949 - Patrick Duffy, American actor
- 1949 - Pat Rice, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
- 1949 - Daniel Lavoie, French Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1950 - Patrick Adams, American record producer and songwriter
- 1951 - Donald Findlay, Scottish lawyer
- 1951 - Scott Gorham, American musician (Thin Lizzy)
- 1951 - Kurt Russell, American actor
- 1951 - Craig Ramsay, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952 - Nikos Xydakis, Greek musician and composer
- 1953 - Filemon Lagman, Filipino communist revolutionary (d. 2001)
- 1953 - Chuck Muncie, American former football running back
- 1954 - Lesley-Anne Down, English actress
- 1955 - Cynthia McKinney, American politician
- 1955 - Gary Sinise, American actor
- 1956 - Patrick McDonnell, American cartoonist
- 1957 - Mal Donaghy, Northern Irish footballer
- 1957 - Michael Kelly, American journalist (d. 2003)
- 1958 - Pat Bolland, Canadian Broadcaster
- 1959 - Danny Ainge, American basketball player and coach
- 1959 - Christian Clemenson, American actor
- 1961 - Casey Siemaszko, American actor
- 1961 - Dana Reeve, American actress and activist (d. 2006)
- 1961 - Andrew Paul, English actor
- 1962 - Clare Grogan, Scottish actress-singer
- 1962 - Ank Bijleveld-Schouten, Dutch politician
- 1963 - Nick Peros, Canadian composer
- 1964 - Rob Lowe, American actor
- 1964 - Lee Dixon, English footballer
- 1964 - Jacques Songo'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1966 - Jeremy Sheffield, English actor
- 1967 - Billy Corgan, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- 1967 - Barry Minkow, American religious leader and ex-convict (fraud)
- 1969 - Mathew St. Patrick, American actor
- 1969 - Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer
- 1970 - Gene Ween, American Musician (Ween)
- 1970 - Yanic Truesdale, Canadian actor
- 1971 - Bill Mueller, American baseball player
- 1972 - Melissa Auf der Maur, Canadian musician
- 1972 - Marc Gunn, poet, podcaster, and Celtic musician (Brobdingnagian Bards)
- 1972 - Mia Hamm, American soccer player
- 1973 - Rico Blanco, Filipino singer (Rivermaya)
- 1973 - Caroline Corr, Irish singer and musician
- 1973 - Vance Wilson, American baseball player
- 1973 - Jerome Woods, American Football player for the Kansas City Chiefs
- 1974 - Mark Dolan, TV show host
- 1975 - Justin Hawkins, British singer (The Darkness)
- 1975 - Andrew "Test" Martin, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1975 - Natalie Zea, American actress
- 1976 - Stephen Gately, Irish singer, musician, and actor (Boyzone)
- 1976 - Brittany Daniel, American actress
- 1976 - Cynthia Daniel, American actress and photographer
- 1976 - Álvaro Recoba, Uruguayan footballer
- 1976 - Scott Downs, American baseball player
- 1978 - Adam Jennings, British actor, producer and film director
- 1979 - Andrew Ference, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 - Samoa Joe, Samoan professional wrestler
- 1979 - Stormy Daniels, American pornographic actress
- 1980 - Danny Califf, American soccer player
- 1981 - Kyle Korver, American Basketball Player
- 1982 - Steven Pienaar, South African footballer
- 1986 - Olesya Rulin, American actress
Deaths
- 45 BC - Titus Labienus, Roman leader
- 180 - Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121)
- 461 or 493 - Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland
- 659 - Gertrude of Nivelles, Belgian abbess
- 1040 - Harold Harefoot, King of England
- 1058 - King Lulach I of Scotland
- 1199 - Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow
- 1272 - Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (b. 1220)
- 1425 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (b. 1407)
- 1516 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1478)
- 1565 - Alexander Ales, Scottish theologian (b. 1500)
- 1640 - Philip Massinger, English dramatist (b. 1583)
- 1649 - Gabriel Lallemant, French Jesuit missionary, one of the Canadian Martyrs (b. 1610)
- 1680 - François de La Rochefoucauld, French writer (b. 1613)
- 1704 - Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch military engineer (b. 1641)
- 1713 - Juraj Jánošík, famous Slovak outlaw [b. 1688)
- 1715 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1643)
- 1741 - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (b. 1671)
- 1764 - George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer
- 1782 - Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-born mathematician (b. 1700)
- 1830 - Laurent, Marquis de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, French marshal (b. 1764)
- 1846 - Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1784)
- 1849 - William II of the Netherlands (b. 1792)
- 1853 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physician and mathematician (b. 1803)
- 1875 - Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist (b. 1832)
- 1893 - Jules Ferry, French statesman (b. 1832)
- 1912 - Lawrence Oates, English army officer (b. 1880)
- 1917 - Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (b. 1838)
- 1926 - Aleksei Brusilov, Russian general (b. 1853)
- 1937 - Austen Chamberlain, English statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1863)
- 1941 - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1949 - Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. 1882)
- 1956 - Fred Allen, American actor and comedian (b. 1894)
- 1956 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1957 - Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
- 1961 - Susanna M. Salter, Mayor of Argonia, Kansas (b. 1860)
- 1965 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football coach, player, and innovator (b. 1862)
- 1974 - Louis Kahn, American architect
- 1976 - Luchino Visconti, Italian director (b. 1906)
- 1981 - Paul Dean, American baseball player (b. 1913)
- 1983 - Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
- 1987 - Santo Trafficante, Jr., American gangster (b. 1914)
- 1988 - Nikolas Asimos, Greek counter-culture composer and singer (b. 1949)
- 1989 - Merritt Butrick, American actor (b. 1959)
- 1990 - Capucine, French actress (b. 1931)
- 1990 - Ric Grech, British bass player (Blind Faith - Traffic) (b. 1946)
- 1992 - Grace Stafford, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1993 - Helen Hayes, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1995 - Ronnie Kray, British gangster (b. 1933)
- 1995 - Rick Aviles, American actor (b. 1952)
- 1996 - René Clément, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1913)
- 1996 - Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
- 1999 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (b. 1921)
- 1999 - Rod Hull, British comedian (b. 1936)
- 2002 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (b. 1911)
- 2002 - Pat Weaver, American broadcast executive (b. 1908)
- 2004 - J. J. Jackson, American television personality (b. 1941)
- 2005 - George F. Kennan, American Cold War strategist and historian (b. 1904)
- 2005 - Andre Norton, American writer (b. 1912)
- 2006 - Bob Blue, American singer/songwriter (b. 1948)
- 2006 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (b. 1913)
- 2006 - Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
- 2006 - Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor (b. 1955)
- 2007 - John Backus, American computer scientist (b. 1924)
- 2007 - Roger Bennett, American Southern Gospel performer (b. 1959)
- 2007 - Jim Cronin, Animal welfare campaigner and founder of Monkey World in Dorset, England.
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