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| - | *[[1486]] - [[Arthur, Prince of Wales]], son of King [[Henry VII of England]] (d. [[1502]]) | ||
| - | *[[1599]] - [[Christian the Younger]], German Protestant military leader (d. [[1623]]) | ||
| - | *[[1744]] - [[Thomas Grosvenor]], [[American Revolutionary War]] hero (d. [[1825]]) | ||
| - | *[[1778]] - [[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], Russian naval officer and explorer (d. [[1852]]) | ||
| - | *[[1833]] - [[Ernesto Teodoro Moneta]], Italian pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[1842]] - [[James Dewar]], Scottish chemist (d. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | *[[1844]] - [[William H. Illingworth]], American photographer (d. [[1893]]) | ||
| - | *[[1853]] - [[Chulalongkorn|Rama V]], [[King of Thailand]] (d. [[1910]]) | ||
| - | *[[1861]] - [[Herbert Putnam]], [[Librarian of Congress]] (d. [[1955]]) | ||
| - | *[[1872]] - [[Maurice Gamelin]], French army general (d. [[1958]]) | ||
| - | *[[1873]] - [[Sidney Olcott]], Canadian film director (d. [[1949]]) | ||
| - | * 1873 - [[Ferenc Szisz]], Hungarian race car driver (d. [[1944]]) | ||
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Upton Sinclair]], American writer (d. [[1968]]) | ||
| - | *[[1880]] - [[Louise Peete]], American murderess (d. [[1947]]) | ||
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Maxwell Perkins]], American editor and publisher (d. [[1947]]) | ||
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Charles Williams (UK writer)|Charles Williams]], British author (d. [[1945]]) | ||
| - | *[[1889]] - [[Charles Reidpath]], American athlete (d. [[1975]]) | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Leo Strauss]], German-born philosopher (d. [[1973]]) | ||
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Stevie Smith]], British poet (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | *[[1911]] - [[Shriram Sharma Acharya]], Indian spiritual leader (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Kenneth More]], English actor (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Red Auerbach]], American basketball coach (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | * 1917 - [[Fernando Rey]], Spanish-born actor (d. [[1994]]) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Jay Ward]], American animated cartoonist (d. [[1989]]) | ||
| - | * 1920 - [[Alberto de Lacerda]], Portuguese poet (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1922]] - [[William Kapell]], American pianist (d. [[1953]]) | ||
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Geraldine Clinton Little]], Irish-born poet (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Gogi Grant]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Ananda Mahidol]], [[King of Thailand]] (d. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | * 1925 - [[Bobby Nunn]], American singer ([[The Coasters]]) (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Donald Hall]], American poet and [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress|US Poet Laureate]] | ||
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Johnny Dankworth]], English musician and composer | ||
| - | * 1927 - [[Rachel Roberts (British actress)|Rachel Roberts]], English actress (d. [[1980]]) | ||
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Joyce Brothers]], American psychologist and advice columnist | ||
| - | * 1928 - [[Kirsten Rolffes]], Danish actress (d. [[2000]]) | ||
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Anne Meara]], American comic and actress | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Dennis Viollet]], English former footballer (d. [[1999]]) | ||
| *[[1934]] - [[Sophia Loren]], Italian actress | *[[1934]] - [[Sophia Loren]], Italian actress | ||
| *[[1935]] - [[Jim Taylor]], [[National Football League]] player | *[[1935]] - [[Jim Taylor]], [[National Football League]] player | ||
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Art and culture
- 1633 - Galileo Galilei is tried before the Inquisition for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun.
- 1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
- 1959 - Brion Gysin makes his first cut-up in the Beat Hotel in Paris.
Births
- 1934 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress
- 1935 - Jim Taylor, National Football League player
- 1935 - Keith Roberts, British science fiction author (d. 2000)
- 1937 - Birgitta Dahl, Swedish politician
- 1937 - Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2005)
- 1939 - Robert L. Gerry III, American businessman
- 1941 - Dale Chihuly, American glass artist
- 1942 - Gérald Tremblay, Québec politician
- 1947 - Mia Martini, Italian singer (d. 1995)
- 1947 - Bruce Pasternack, American CEO
- 1948 - George R. R. Martin, American writer
- 1948 - Chuck Panozzo and John Panozzo (d. 1996), American musicians (Styx)
- 1949 - John W. Henry, American MLB team owner
- 1951 - Guy Lafleur, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1951 - Javier Marías, Spanish novelist
- 1954 - Henry Samueli, American NHL team owner
- 1956 - Gary Cole, American actor
- 1959 - Danny Devos, Belgian artist
- 1961 - Lisa Bloom, American lawyer and television personality
- 1964 - Maggie Cheung, Hong Kong actress
- 1965 - Robert Rusler, American actor
- 1966 - Nuno Bettencourt, Portuguese rock musician
- 1967 - Kristen Johnston, American actress
- 1967 - Gunnar and Matthew Nelson, American musicians (Nelson)
- 1968 - Leah Pinsent, Canadian actress
- 1968 - Darrell Russell, American race car driver (d. 2004)
- 1969 - Victoria Dillard, American actress
- 1971 - Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer
- 1971 - Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer
- 1974 - Michael Waddington, American defense lawyer
- 1975 - Asia Argento, Italian actress
- 1975 - Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver
- 1976 - Reuben Singh, British entrepreneur
- 1976 - Yui Horie, Japanese seiyuu
- 1977 - Namie Amuro, Japanese pop singer
- 1978 - Jason Bay, Canadian baseball player
- 1978 - Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer
- 1978 - T.J. Tucker, American baseball player
- 1979 - Sean Davis, English footballer
- 1980 - Mariacarla Boscono, Italian fashion model
- 1980 - Jonathan Le Billon, British actor
- 1980 - Vladimir Karpets, Russian cyclist
- 1980 - Luke Munns, Australian singer / songwriter
- 1981 - Joanie Dodds, America's Next Top Model contestant
- 1981 - Feliciano López, Spanish tennis player
- 1983 - Yuna Ito, Japanese singer and actress
- 1990 - John Tavares, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1990 - Marilou, Quebec pop singer
- 1991 - Spencer Locke, American actress
- 1995 - Sammi Hanratty, American actress
Deaths
- 1246 - Mikhail of Chernigov, ruler of Kiev
- 1384 - King Louis I of Naples (b. 1339)
- 1460 - Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer
- 1586 - Chidiock Tichborne, English conspirator and poet (executed) (b. 1558)
- 1590 - Lodovico Agostini, Italian composer (b. 1534)
- 1625 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and critic (b. 1555)
- 1627 - Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (b. 1560)
- 1630 - Claudio Saracini, Italian composer (b. 1586)
- 1639 - Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1579)
- 1643 - Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English politician and writer
- 1721 - Thomas Doggett, Irish actor
- 1803 - Robert Emmet, Irish patriot (b. 1780)
- 1815 - Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (b. 1725)
- 1852 - Philander Chase, American university founder (b. 1775)
- 1863 - Jacob Grimm, German folklorist (b. 1785)
- 1884 - Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (b.1802)
- 1898 - Theodor Fontane, German writer (b. 1819)
- 1906 - Robert R. Hitt, American politician (b. 1834)
- 1908 - Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (b. 1844)
- 1932 - Wovoka, Paiute visionary
- 1933 - Annie Besant, women's rights activist (b. 1847)
- 1939 - Paul Bruchési, French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. 1855)
- 1945 - William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884)
- 1945 - Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1909)
- 1946 - Raimu, French actor (b. 1883)
- 1947 - Fiorello LaGuardia, Mayor of New York City (b. 1882)
- 1957 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
- 1971 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
- 1973 - Jim Croce, American singer and songwriter (b. 1943)
- 1975 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 1979 - Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1895)
- 1980 - Sanpei Hayashiya, Japanese comedian (b. 1925)
- 1989 - Richie Ginther, American racing driver (b. 1930)
- 1993 - Erich Hartmann, German pilot (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Jule Styne, American songwriter (b. 1905)
- 1994 - Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and noted author (b. 1924)
- 1996 - Paul Erdős, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Raisa Gorbachyova, wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (b. 1932)
- 1999 - Robert Lebel, Quebec ice hockey administrator (b. 1905)
- 2000 - Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- 2003 - Lord Williams of Mostyn, British politician (b. 1941)
- 2003 - Gordon Mitchell, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2003 - Simon Muzenda, Zimbabwe politician (b. 1922)
- 2004 - Brian Clough, English footballer and football manager (b. 1935)
- 2004 - Townsend Hoopes, American politician (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian-Polish Nazi hunter (b. 1908)
- 2006 - Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (b. 1932)
- 2006 - John W. Peterson, American songwriter (b. 1921)
Notes
- Johannes Meursius
- Raymond Borde
- Sophia Loren
- Sylvester James
- Andrzej Munk
- Desire Unbound
- Jeanloup Sieff
- Joseph Breitbach
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