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| *[[1533]] - [[William I of Orange]] (d. [[1584]]) | *[[1533]] - [[William I of Orange]] (d. [[1584]]) | ||
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| - | *[[1581]] - [[Vincent de Paul (saint)|Vincent de Paul]], French saint (d. [[1660]]) | ||
| - | *[[1620]] - [[John Graunt]], English statistician and founder of the science of [[demography]] (d. [[1674]]) | ||
| - | *[[1706]] - [[Giovanni Battista Martini]], Italian musician (d. [[1780]]) | ||
| - | *[[1718]] - [[Nathaniel Hone the Elder|Nathaniel Hone]], Irish-born painter (d. [[1784]]) | ||
| - | *[[1743]] - [[Edmund Cartwright]], British inventor (d. [[1823]]) | ||
| - | *[[1784]] - [[Peter Vivian Daniel]], Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. [[1860]]) | ||
| *[[1815]] - [[Anthony Trollope]], English novelist (d. [[1882]]) | *[[1815]] - [[Anthony Trollope]], English novelist (d. [[1882]]) | ||
| - | *[[1845]] - [[Carl Spitteler]], [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1924]]) | ||
| - | *[[1856]] - [[Henri Philippe Pétain]], French soldier and statesman (d. [[1951]]) | ||
| - | *[[1876]] - [[Erich Raeder]], German naval commander (d. [[1960]]) | ||
| - | * 1876 - [[Ioannis Georgiadis]], Greek fencer (d. [[1960]]) | ||
| *[[1878]] - [[Jean Crotti]], Swiss artist (d. [[1958]]) | *[[1878]] - [[Jean Crotti]], Swiss artist (d. [[1958]]) | ||
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| *[[1882]] - [[Hugh Dowding]], Scottish fighter pilot (d. [[1970]]) | *[[1882]] - [[Hugh Dowding]], Scottish fighter pilot (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| *[[1887]] - [[Denys Finch Hatton]], English big-game hunter (d. [[1931]]) | *[[1887]] - [[Denys Finch Hatton]], English big-game hunter (d. [[1931]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1184 BC - Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional).
- 1975 - The Baader-Meinhof Gang blow up the West German embassy in Stockholm.
Births
- 1533 - William I of Orange (d. 1584)
- 1815 - Anthony Trollope, English novelist (d. 1882)
- 1878 - Jean Crotti, Swiss artist (d. 1958)
- 1882 - Hugh Dowding, Scottish fighter pilot (d. 1970)
- 1887 - Denys Finch Hatton, English big-game hunter (d. 1931)
- 1889 - Stafford Cripps, British politician (d. 1952)
- 1889 - Lyubov Popova, Russian painter (d. 1924)
- 1896 - Benjamin Whorf, American linguist (d. 1941)
- 1897 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
- 1899 - Oscar Zariski, Russian-born mathematician (d. 1986)
- 1903 - José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange (d. 1936)
- 1904 - Willem de Kooning, Dutch painter (d. 1997)
- 1905 - Robert Penn Warren, American poet (d. 1989)
- 1906 - William Joyce, Irish fascist (d. 1946)
- 1907 - William Sargant, British psychiatrist (d. 1988)
- 1908 - Marceline Day, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1914 - William Castle, American film director and producer (d. 1977)
- 1916 - Lou Thesz, American professional wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1922 - J.D. Cannon, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Sir Clement Freud, British writer, radio personality, and politician
- 1924 - Ruth Kobart, American actor and singer (d. 2002)
- 1926 - Thorbjörn Fälldin, Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1929 - Dr.Rajkumar, Kannada actor
- 1930 - Jerome Callet, American musician
- 1930 - Richard Donner, American film director and producer
- 1933 - Patricia Bosworth, American actor, journalist, writer and biographer
- 1933 - Claire Davenport, British actress (d. 2002)
- 1933 - Alan Eagleson, Canadian hockey agent and promoter
- 1933 - Helmuth Lohner, Austrian actor
- 1933 - Freddie Scott, American singer
- 1934 - Shirley MacLaine, American actor and author
- 1936 - Jill Ireland, British actress (d. 1990)
- 1937 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
- 1940 - Sue Grafton, American author
- 1941 - John Williams, Australian guitarist
- 1942 - Richard M. Daley, American politician
- 1942 - Barbra Streisand, American singer and actor
- 1945 - Doug Clifford, American drummer
- 1945 - Robert Knight, American singer
- 1945 - Doug Riley, Canadian musician (d. 2007)
- 1945 - Dick Rivers, French singer and actor
- 1947 - Claude Dubois, Quebec singer and songwriter
- 1947 - Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parilment
- 1947 - Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized
- 1948 - Paul Cellucci, 69th Governor of Massachusetts and former United States Ambassador to Canada
- 1949 - Véronique Sanson, French singer and songwriter
- 1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
- 1953 - Eric Bogosian, American actor and writer
- 1954 - Mumia Abu-Jamal, American death-row inmate
- 1954 - Captain Sensible, British guitarist
- 1955 - John de Mol, Dutch media businessman
- 1957 - David J, British musician
- 1957 - Boris Williams, British musician
- 1958 - Valery Lantratov, Russian ballet dancer
- 1958 - Brian Paddick, British former deputy assistant commissioner and most senior openly gay police officer
- 1959 - Malcolm Oastler, Australian engineer
- 1959 - Dave Ridgway, Canadian football player
- 1960 - Paula Yates, British television presenter (d. 2000)
- 1962 - Stuart Pearce, English footballer and manager
- 1962 - Steve Roach, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1963 - Paula Frazer, American singer/songwriter
- 1963 - Billy Gould, American musician
- 1963 - Mano Solo, French singer
- 1963 - Tõnu Trubetsky, Estonian musician
- 1964 - Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian and actor
- 1964 - Djimon Hounsou, African-American actor
- 1965 - Son Chang Min, South Korean actor
- 1966 - Alessandro Costacurta, Italian footballer
- 1967 - Omar Vizquel, American baseball player
- 1968 - Stacy Haiduk, American actress
- 1968 - Todd Jones, American baseball player
- 1968 - Yuji Nagata, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1968 - Hashim Thaci, Kosovan politician
- 1969 - Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer
- 1969 - Melinda Clarke, American actress
- 1969 - Viveca Paulin, Swedish actress
- 1970 - Damien Fleming, Australian fast bowler
- 1971 - Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer
- 1972 - Rab Douglas, Scottish footballer
- 1972 - Nicolas Gill, French Canadian judoka
- 1972 - Chipper Jones, baseball player
- 1972 - Jure Košir, Slovenian skier
- 1973 - Eric Snow, American basketball player
- 1973 - Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
- 1974 - Joseph Bruce, American rapper
- 1974 - Kristie Krabe, American stage actress
- 1974 - Derek Luke, American actor
- 1974 - Eric Kripke, American television writer, director and producer
- 1974 - Brian Marshall, American bassist
- 1974 - Dave Vitty, British television host
- 1975 - Sam Doumit, American actress
- 1976 - Steve Finnan, Irish footballer
- 1977 - Siarhey Balakhonau, Belarus writer
- 1977 - Carlos Beltran, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1978 - Eric Balfour, American actor
- 1978 - Kim Hyun-ju, Korean actress
- 1978 - Stella Damasus Aboderin, Nigerian actress
- 1980 - Fernando Arce, Mexican footballer
- 1980 - Austin Nichols, American actor
- 1981 - Taylor Dent, American tennis player
- 1982 - Kelly Clarkson, American singer
- 1983 - Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan
- 1984 - Tyson Ritter, American musician
- 1989 - Akim Aliu, Nigerian hockey player
- 1991 - Ryan Phillips, Canadian Musician
- 1998 - Ryan Newman, American actress
Deaths
- 624 - Mellitus, third Archbishop of Canterbury
- 709 - Wilfrid, English archbishop and saint
- 1338 - Marquis Theodore I of Montferrat (b. 1291)
- 1342 - Pope Benedict XII (b. 1285)
- 1622 - Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Swiss friar, martyr, and saint (b. 1577)
- 1656 - Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
- 1731 - Daniel Defoe, English writer (b. 1660)
- 1736 - Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
- 1779 - Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
- 1852 - Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet (b. 1783)
- 1891 - Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Prussian field marshal (b. 1800)*
- 1924 - G. Stanley Hall, American psychologist (b. 1844)
- 1938 - George Grey Barnard, American sculptor (b. 1863)
- 1939 - Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
- 1942 - Karin Boye, Swedish author (b. 1900)
- 1942 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (b. 1874)
- 1944 - William Stephens, U.S. political figure (b. 1859)
- 1945 - Ernst-Robert Grawitz, German physician (b. 1899)
- 1947 - Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873)
- 1947 - Hans Biebow, German war criminal (by execution; b. 1902)
- 1960 - Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- 1964 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (b. 1895)
- 1965 - Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
- 1967 - Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut (b. 1927)
- 1974 - Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
- 1975 - Pete Ham, Welsh musician and frontman of Badfinger (b. 1947)
- 1980 - Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (b. 1904)
- 1982 - Ville Ritola, Finnish athlete (b. 1896)
- 1983 - Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)
- 1986 - Wallis Simpson, American wife of Edward, Duke of Windsor (b. 1896)
- 1993 - Oliver Tambo, South African activist and politician (b. 1917)
- 1997 - Pat Paulsen, American comedian and politician (b. 1927)
- 1997 - Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer (b. 1922)
- 2001 - Al Hibbler, American singer (b. 1915)
- 2001 - Leon Sullivan, African-American civil rights leader and pastor (b. 1922)
- 2004 - Estée Lauder, American cosmetics entrepreneur (b. 1906)
- 2005 - Ezer Weizman, President of Israel (b. 1924)
- 2005 - Fei Xiaotong, Chinese sociologist (b. 1910)
- 2006 - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman and sports team owner (b. 1927)
- 2006 - Moshe Teitelbaum, Hassidic rabbi (b. 1914)
- 2006 - Brian Labone, English footballer (b. 1940)
Births
- 1952 - Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
Deaths
- 1731 - Daniel Defoe, English writer, journalist and spy
- 1996 - Donald Cammell put a shotgun to his head at his home he was expecting a quick death
Notes
- Jean-Paul Gaultier
- Eugen Weber
- Donald Cammell
- Daniel Defoe
- Alfred de Musset
- Jean Crotti
- Maurice Bischoffsheim
- Tatsumi Kumashiro
- Willem de Kooning
- Sidney Peterson
- Anthony Trollope
- Alejo Carpentier
- Jacques Brunius
- Shirley MacLaine
- William Castle
- Stanley Kauffmann
- Barbra Streisand
- Jørgen Nash
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