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Births

• 1874 - Gertrude Stein, American writer (d. 1946)
• 1876 - William Tedmarsh, silent movie actor (d. 1937)
• 1887 - Juan Negrín, Spanish Prime Minister (d. 1956)
• 1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914)
• 1893 - Gaston Julia, French mathematician (d. 1978)
• 1894 - Norman Rockwell, American illustrator (d. 1978)
• 1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (d. 1976)
• 1899 - Lao She, Chinese writer (d. 1966)
• 1899 - João Café Filho, Brazilian president (m.1970)
• 1899 - Doris Speed, English actress (d.1994)
• 1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (d. 1975)
• 1904 - Pretty Boy Floyd, American gangster (d. 1934)
• 1905 - Arne Beurling, American mathematician(d. 1986)
• 1907 - James Michener, American author (d. 1997)
• 1909 - Simone Weil, French philosopher (d. 1943)
• 1909 - André Cayatte, French filmmaker (d. 1989)
• 1911 - Robert Earl Jones, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1911 - Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940)
• 1912 - Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist (d. 1990)
• 1913 - Richard Seaman, British racing driver (d. 1939)
• 1918 - Joey Bishop, American entertainer, member of the Rat Pack (d. 2007)
• 1918 - Helen Stephens, American runner
• 1920 - Henry Heimlich, American physician
• 1920 - Tony Gaze, Australian racing driver
• 1923 - Alys Robi, Quebec singer
• 1924 - Martial Asselin, French Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Quebec
• 1925 - John Fiedler, American voice actor (d. 2005)
• 1925 - Keith Dunstan, Australian author and journalist
• 1925 - Leon Schlumpf, member of the Swiss Federal Council
• 1926 - Shelley Berman, American comedian
• 1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, German politician
• 1927 - Val Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
• 1927 - Joan Lowery Nixon, American writer (d. 2003)
• 1927 - Kenneth Anger, American Underground Filmmaker
• 1930 - Gillian Ayres, English painter
• 1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, American actress (d. 1984)
• 1933 - Paul Sarbanes, American politician
• 1938 - Victor Buono, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1938 - Emile Griffith, US Virgin Islands professional boxer
• 1939 - Michael Cimino, American film director
• 1940 - Fran Tarkenton, American football player
• 1941 - Neil Bogart, American record executive (d. 1982)
• 1943 - Blythe Danner, American actress
• 1943 - Dennis Edwards, American singer (The Temptations)
• 1943 - Shawn Phillips, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
• 1944 - Trisha Noble, Australian singer and actress
• 1945 - Bob Griese, American football player
• 1945 - Johnny Cymbal, American singer and songwriter (d. 1993)
• 1947 - Paul Auster, American novelist
• 1947 - Dave Davies, British musician (The Kinks)
• 1947 - Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 - Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, East Timor politician, Nobel Peace laureate
• 1948 - Henning Mankell, Swedish author
• 1949 - Hennie Kuiper, Dutch cyclist
• 1950 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress
• 1951 - Eugenijus Riabovas, Lithuanian football manager
• 1952 - Fred Lynn, American baseball player
• 1953 - Savvas Tsitouridis, Greek politician
• 1954 - Tiger Williams, Canadian ice hockey players
• 1955 - Stephen Euin Cobb, American novelist
• 1955 - Kirsty Wark, British broadcast journalist
• 1956 - Nathan Lane, American actor
• 1956 - John Jefferson, American football player
• 1956 - Lee Ranaldo, American musician (Sonic Youth)
• 1957 - Chico Serra, Brazilian racing driver
• 1957 - Steven Stapleton, British musician (Nurse With Wound)
• 1958 - N. Gregory Mankiw, American economist
• 1959 - Thomas Calabro, American actor
• 1959 - Laurence Tolhurst, British musician (The Cure)
• 1959 - Yasuharu Konishi, Japanese musician (Pizzicato Five)
• 1960 - Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993)
• 1961 - Keith Gordon, American actor
• 1961 - Jay Adams, American skateboarder
• 1962 - Michele Greene, American actress
• 1965 - Maura Tierney, American actress
• 1965 - Karlous Marx Shinohamba, Namibian politician
• 1967 - Bob Taylor, English footballer
• 1968 - Vlade Divac, Serbian professional basketball player
• 1969 - Retief Goosen, professional golfer
• 1970 - Warwick Davis, British actor
• 1970 - Oscar Cordoba, Colombian footballer
• 1971 - Elisa Donovan, American actress
• 1971 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
• 1971 - Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor
• 1971 - Sean Dawkins, former American football wide receiver
• 1972 - Mart Poom, Estonian football player
• 1973 - Ilana Sod, Mexican journalist
• 1974 - Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress
• 1974 - Konrad Gałka, Polish swimmer
• 1976 - Mathieu Dandenault, Canadian hockey player
• 1976 - Isla Fisher, Australian actress
• 1976 - Dwayne Rudd, American football player
• 1977 - Daddy Yankee , reggaeton singer/rapper.
• 1978 - Adrian R'Mante, American actor
• 1978 - Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer
• 1980 - Sarah Lewitinn, American writer
• 1981 - Maurice Ross, English footballer
• 1982 - Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers)
• 1982 - Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
• 1983 - Silambarasan Rajendar,famous south Indian actor
• 1989 - Ryne Sanborn, American actor
• 1989 - Slobodan Rajković, Serbian footballer
• 1990 - Sean Kingston, American reggae rapper
• 1991 - Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, British racing driver

Deaths

• 619 - Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury
• 699 - Saint Werburgh
• 1014 - King Sweyn I of Denmark
• 1116 - King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)
• 1399 - John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340)
• 1428 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)
• 1451 - Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404)
• 1468 - Johannes Gutenberg, German publisher
• 1566 - George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
• 1619 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564)
• 1737 - Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648)
• 1802 - Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, Spanish statesman (b. 1723)
• 1862 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist (b. 1774)
• 1866 - François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)
• 1874 - Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)
• 1889 - Belle Starr, American outlaw (b. 1848)
• 1922 - John Butler Yeats, Northern Irish artist (b. 1839)
• 1924 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States, Nobel laureate (b. 1856)
• 1929 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist (b. 1878)
• 1935 - Hugo Junkers, German engineer (b. 1859)
• 1936 - Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, consort of William of Wied, Prince of Albania (b.1885)
• 1945 - Roland Freisler, Nazi leader (b. 1893)
• 1947 - Marc Mitscher, American Navy Admiral (b. 1887)
• 1956 - Émile Borel, French mathematician (b. 1871)
• 1956 - Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (b. 1916)
• 1959 - Also known as The Day the Music Died because of the deaths of:
  • Buddy Holly, American singer (b. 1936)
  • Ritchie Valens, American singer (b. 1941)
  • J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, American singer (b. 1930)
• 1960 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
• 1964 - Sir Albert Richardson, English architect (b. 1880)
• 1967 - Joe Meek, English record producer (b. 1929)
• 1969 - Eduardo Mondlane Mozambique independence founder (b. 1920)
• 1975 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (b. 1904)
• 1985 - Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1912)
• 1989 - John Cassavetes, American actor (b. 1929)
• 1989 - Lionel Newman, American movie music orchestra leader, composer and arranger (b. 1916)
• 1991 - Harry Ackerman, American TV executive producer (b. 1912)
• 1991 - Nancy Kulp, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1993 - Paul Emery, British racing driver (b. 1916)
• 1996 - Audrey Meadows, American actress (b. 1926)
• 1998 - Karla Faye Tucker, American murderer (b. 1959)
• 2000 - Richard Kleindienst, American politician (b. 1923)
• 2003 - Lana Clarkson, American actress (b. 1962)
• 2004 - Jason Raize, American musical theatre actor (b. 1975)
• 2005 - Corrado Cardinal Bafile, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1903)
• 2005 - Ernst Mayr, German-born biologist (b. 1904)
• 2005 - Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1963)
• 2006 - Al Lewis, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2007 - Pedro Knight, Cuban-American musician, husband of legendary singer Celia Cruz (b. 1921)
• 2007 - Ralph de Toledano, Moroccan-born American political columnist and author (b. 1916)
• 2007 - George Becker, American president of United Steelworkers (1993–2001) (b. 1928)

notes

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