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| *[[1899]] - [[Georges Auric]], French composer (d. [[1983]]) | *[[1899]] - [[Georges Auric]], French composer (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| *[[1941]] - [[Florinda Bolkan]], Brazilian actress | *[[1941]] - [[Florinda Bolkan]], Brazilian actress | ||
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| * 1941 - [[Brian Holland]], American songwriter and producer | * 1941 - [[Brian Holland]], American songwriter and producer | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Mick Avory]], British drummer ([[The Kinks]]) | + | *[[1948]] - [[Art Spiegelman]], American cartoonist (''Maus'') |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[John Helliwell]], British musician ([[Supertramp]]) | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[Douglas Hofstadter]], American academic and writer | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Esko Seppänen]], Finnish politician | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[John Adams (composer)|John Coolidge Adams]], American composer | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Marisa Berenson]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[David Brown (musician)|David Brown]], American musician ([[Santana (band)|Santana]]) (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Rusty Hamer]], American actor (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Ron Cey]], baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Art Spiegelman]], American cartoonist | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Ken Anderson (football player)|Ken Anderson]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1949 - [[Hans Graf]], Austrian conductor | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Tsui Hark|Hark Tsui]], Hong Kong film director | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Melissa Manchester]], American singer | + | |
| - | * 1951 - [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]], British actress | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Tony Adams (producer)|Tony Adams]], Irish film producer (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Matt Groening]], American cartoonist | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Christopher McDonald]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Janice Dickinson]], American Ex-Supermodel | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Hitoshi Ogawa]], Japanese racing driver (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Jimmy Spencer]], American race car driver | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Chrystine Brouillet]], Quebec novelist | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Ali Campbell]], British singer and songwriter ([[UB40]]) | + | |
| - | * 1959 - [[Brian Propp]], Canadian hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1959 - [[Hugo Savinovich]], Ecuadorian wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Mikey Craig]], British musician ([[Culture Club]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Chris Farley]], American actor and comedian (d. [[1997]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Jane Child]], Canadian musician | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Axelle Red]], Belgian singer and songwriter | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Josh Marshall]], American journalist | + | |
| - | * 1969 - [[Bryan Williams (businessman)|Bryan Williams]], founder of [[Cash Money Records]] | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Craig Gass]], American impressionist/comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Renee O'Connor|Renée O'Connor]], American actress and director | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Ray Sefo]], New Zealand kick boxer | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Jaromír Jágr]], Czech hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Kateřina Neumannová]], Czech cross country skier | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Amy Van Dyken]], American swimmer | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Sarah Wynter]], Australian actress | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Alex Borstein]], American actress and animator | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Miranda July]], American performance artist, film director, musician and writer | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Gina Lynn]], American porn actress | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Tomi Putaansuu]], Finnish singer ([[Lordi]]) | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Seattle Slew]], American racehorse (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Ugueth Urbina]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball]] player | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Alexander Wurz]], Austrian race car driver | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Serge Aubin]], [[National Hockey League]] player | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Brendon Small]], American comedian and creator of the cartoons [[Home Movies (TV series)|Home Movies]] and [[Metalocalypse]] | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Brandon Boyd]], American musician ([[Incubus (band)|Incubus]]) | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Óscar Freire]], Spanish cyclist | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Ronnie Vannucci Jr.]], American musician ([[The Killers (band)|The Killers]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Brooks Wackerman]], American drummer | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Kimberly Goss]], American singer and musician ([[Sinergy]]) | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Tuan Le]], American poker player | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Alenka Kejžar]], Slovenian swimmer | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Josh Low]], English footballer | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Gordon Shedden]], Scottish Race Car Driver | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Conor Oberst]], American singer and songwriter ([[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Matt Hoopes]], American musician ([[Relient K]]) | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Olivia Longott]], American singer | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Diego Martínez]], Mexican footballer | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Jenna Morasca]], American model | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Russell Martin]], Canadian born baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Meera Jasmine]], Indian actress | + | |
| - | * 1984 - [[Dorota Rabczewska]], Polish singer ([[Virgin (band)|Virgin]]) | + | |
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Births
- 1564 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
- 1820 - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist and suffragist (d. 1906)
- 1856 - Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)
- 1861 - Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
- 1883 - Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)
- 1899 - Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
- 1941 - Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
- 1941 - Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
- 1948 - Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist (Maus)
Deaths
- 1145 - Pope Lucius II
- 1621 - Michael Praetorius, German composer (b. 1571)
- 1637 - Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
- 1738 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
- 1775 - Peter Dens, Flemish Catholic theologian (b. 1690)
- 1781 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (b. 1729)
- 1818 - Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prussian general (b. 1746)
- 1835 - Henry Hunt, British politician (b. 1773)
- 1839 - Chevalier de Lorimier, Quebec notary and Patriote (b. 1803)
- 1843 - Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general in the Greek War of Independence (b. 1770)
- 1844 - Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
- 1847 - Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (b. 1794)
- 1848 - Hermann von Boyen, Prussian field marshal (b. 1771)
- 1849 - Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (b. 1804)
- 1857 - Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
- 1869 - Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)
- 1911 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (b. 1859)
- 1928 - H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
- 1932 - Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (b. 1865)
- 1939 - Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter (b. 1878)
- 1959 - Owen Willans Richardson, British physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1879)
- 1964 - Robert L. Thornton, American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. 1880)
- 1965 - Nat King Cole, American singer and musician (b. 1919)
- 1966 - Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect and historian of gardens (b. 1909)
- 1971 - Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885)
- 1973 - Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1973 - Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1974 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
- 1981 - Mike Bloomfield, American musician (b. 1943)
- 1981 - Karl Richter, German conductor (b. 1926)
- 1984 - Ethel Merman, American singer and actress (b. 1908)
- 1988 - Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1918)
- 1992 - María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
- 1992 - William Schuman, American composer (b. 1910)
- 1996 - Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
- 1996 - McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1996 - Lucio Agostini, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1913)
- 1998 - Louie Spicolli, American professional wrestler
- 1999 - Big L (Lamont Coleman), American rapper (b. 1974)
- 1999 - Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1926)
- 2002 - Howard K. Smith, American journalist (b. 1914)
- 2002 - Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
- 2004 - Jens Evensen, Norwegian minister and International Court of Justice judge (b. 1917)
- 2004 - Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2005 - Samuel Francis, American journalist (b. 1947)
- 2005 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
- 2007 - Walker Edmiston, actor (b. 1926)
- 2007 - Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
notes
Jeremy Bentham Zéro de conduite Art Spiegelman Pierre Bachelet Sax Rohmer Camille Lemonnier Galileo Galilei Florinda Bolkan Marie Liljedahl Wilhelm Jensen Georges Auric Revue fantaisiste Alfred North Whitehead Herman Kahn List of works by E. T. A. Hoffmann Susan B. Anthony The Edge of Heaven (film) Jean-Joseph Carriès Funny Games (2008 film) Emil Kraepelin Erika Remberg
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