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| *[[1759]] - [[Robert Burns]], Scottish poet (d. [[1796]]) | *[[1759]] - [[Robert Burns]], Scottish poet (d. [[1796]]) | ||
| - | *[[1794]] - [[François-Vincent Raspail]], French chemist (d. [[1878]]) | ||
| - | *[[1796]] - [[William MacGillivray]], Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (d. [[1852]]) | ||
| - | *[[1825]] - [[George Pickett]], American [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General (d. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | *[[1841]] - [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher|Jackie Fisher]], British [[First Sea Lord]] (d. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | *[[1858]] - [[Kokichi Mikimoto]], Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. [[1954]]) | ||
| - | *[[1860]] - [[Charles Curtis]], 31st [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Julije Kempf]], Croatian historian and writer (d. [[1934]]) | ||
| *[[1874]] - [[W. Somerset Maugham]], English writer (d. [[1965]]) | *[[1874]] - [[W. Somerset Maugham]], English writer (d. [[1965]]) | ||
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Ernst Alexanderson]], Swedish-born television pioneer (d. [[1975]]) | ||
| *[[1882]] - [[Virginia Woolf]], English writer (d. [[1941]]) | *[[1882]] - [[Virginia Woolf]], English writer (d. [[1941]]) | ||
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Kitahara Hakushū]], Japanese poets and children's writers (d. [[1942]]) | + | *[[1938]] - [[Etta James]], American singer |
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], German conductor (d. [[1954]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Paul-Henri Spaak]], Belgian politician (d. [[1972]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]], Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | * 1900 - [[Yojiro Ishizaka]], Japanese writer (d. [[1986]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Martin De Alzaga]], Argentine racing driver (d. [[1982]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Maurice Roy]], French Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec|archbishop of Quebec]] (d. [[1985]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Witold Lutosławski]], Polish composer (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | * 1913 - [[Luis Marden]], American photojournalist (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Pop Ivy|Frank "Pop" Ivy]], American and Canadian football coach (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Ilya Prigogine]], Russian scientist [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Laureate]] (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | * 1917 - [[Jânio Quadros]], Brazilian politician (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Ernie Harwell]], American baseball sportscaster | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Edwin Newman]], American journalist and writer | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Shirley Mason]], American psychiatric patient (Commonly known as "Sybil") (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Lou Groza]], American football player (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Giorgos Zampetas]], Greek musician and songwriter (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]], Brazilian musician (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Eduard Shevardnadze]], [[President of Georgia]] | + | |
| - | * 1928 - [[Jérôme Choquette]], Quebec lawyer and politician | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Benny Golson]], American [[jazz]] musician | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Tanya Savicheva]], Russian diarist (d. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Corazon Aquino]], [[President of the Philippines]] | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Diana Hyland]], American actress (d. [[1977]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Ange-Félix Patassé]], [[President of the Central African Republic]] | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[ Judith Ann Mayotte (Humanitarian)|Judith Ann Mayotte]], American humanitarian, author. | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Shotaro Ishinomori]], Japanese [[manga]] author (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Leiji Matsumoto]], Japanese creator of anime. | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Etta James]], American singer | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Vladimir Vysotsky]], Russian poet (d. [[1980]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Gabriel Romanus]], Swedish politician | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Buddy Baker]], American race car driver | + | |
| - | * 1941 - [[Gregory Sierra]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Carl Eller]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1942 - [[Eusébio]], Portuguese footballer | + | |
| *[[1943]] - [[Tobe Hooper]], American film director | *[[1943]] - [[Tobe Hooper]], American film director | ||
| *[[1944]] - [[Anita Pallenberg]], Italian model | *[[1944]] - [[Anita Pallenberg]], Italian model | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Leigh Taylor-Young]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Tostão]], Brazilian footballer | ||
| - | * 1947 - [[Ángel Nieto]], Spanish motorcycle racer | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[John Cooper Clarke]], English punk-poet | ||
| - | * 1949 - [[Paul Nurse]], English biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate]] | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Steve Prefontaine]], American runner (d. [[1975]]) | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Timothy White]], American journalist (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| - | *[[1953]] - [[The Honky Tonk Man]], American professional wrestler | ||
| - | * 1953 - [[Mark Weil]], Uzbek theatre director (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Ricardo Bochini]], Argentinian footballer | ||
| - | * 1954 - [[Kim Gandy]], American feminist | ||
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Terry Chimes]], English musician ([[The Clash]]) | ||
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Andy Cox]], English musician ([[The Beat (band)|The Beat]], [[Fine Young Cannibals]]) | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Jenifer Lewis]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1957 - [[Eskil Erlandsson]], Swedish politician | ||
| - | * 1957 - [[Andrew P. Harris]], American politician | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Dinah Manoff]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Vivian Balakrishnan]], Singaporean politician | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[Willie Revillame]], Filipino game show host and comedian | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Chris Chelios]], American ice hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Esa Tikkanen]], Finnish ice hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Randy McKay]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Kina (musician)|Kina]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Luca Badoer]], Italian race car driver | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[China Kantner]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[Ana Ortiz]], American actress and singer | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Geoff Johns]], American comic book writer | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Chris Guy]], American professional wrestler | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Mia Kirshner]], Canadian actress | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Tim Montgomery]], American athlete | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Dat Phan]], Stand up comedian | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Mario Haberfeld]], Brazilian racing car driver | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Denis Menchov]], Russian cyclist | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Jason Roberts]], English-born footballer | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Derrick Turnbow]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Pi Hongyan]], French badminton player | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Gabe Jennings]], American distance runner | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Rodrigo Ribeiro]], Brazilian racing driver | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Michelle McCool]], American professional wrestler | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Xavi]], Catalan Spanish footballer | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Efstathios Tavlaridis]], Greek footballer | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Tose Proeski]], Macedonian Singer | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Francis Jeffers]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Alicia Keys]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Sho Sakurai]], Japanese singer and actor | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[The-Dream]], singer | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Andrée Watters]], Canadian singer | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Robinho]], Brazilian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Tina Karol]], Ukrainian singer | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Chris O'Grady]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1986 - [[Shahriar Nafees]], Bangladeshi cricketer | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Maria Kirilenko]], Russian tennis player | ||
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Tatiana Golovin]], French tennis player | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Marlene Lawston]], American actress | ||
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Art and culture
Births
- 1759 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (d. 1796)
- 1874 - W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Virginia Woolf, English writer (d. 1941)
- 1938 - Etta James, American singer
- 1943 - Tobe Hooper, American film director
- 1944 - Anita Pallenberg, Italian model
Deaths
- 389 - Gregory Nazianzus, theologian and Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 329)
- 477 - Geiseric, King of the Vandals and Alans
- 844 - Pope Gregory IV
- 1067 - Emperor Yingzong of China (b. 1032)
- 1366 - Henry Suso, German mystic
- 1431 - Charles II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1364)
- 1494 - King Ferdinand I of Naples (b. 1423)
- 1559 - King Christian II of Denmark, Sweden and Norway (b. 1481)
- 1573 - Hirate Hirohide, Japanese samurai (b. 1553)
- 1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
- 1640 - Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
- 1670 - Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1612)
- 1726 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
- 1733 - Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London (b. 1652)
- 1751 - Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. 1675)
- 1881 - Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (b. 1794)
- 1907 - René Pottier, French cyclist (b. 1879)
- 1908 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (b. 1850)
- 1908 - Ouida, English writer (b. 1839)
- 1912 - Dmitry Milyutin, Russian Field Marshal (b. 1816)
- 1925 - Ivan Vucetic, Croatian anthropologist (b. 1858)
- 1940 - Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)
- 1947 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)
- 1949 - Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman (b. 1861)
- 1957 - Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
- 1957 - Ichizo Kobayashi, Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry (b. 1873)
- 1963 - Wilson Kettle, Guinness World Record holder for most living descendants (b. 1860)
- 1969 - Irene Castle, English dancer (b. 1887)
- 1970 - Jane Bathori, French mezzo-soprano (b. 1877)
- 1970 - Eiji Tsuburaya, Founder of Tsuburaya Productions, creator of Ultraman (b. 1901)
- 1972 - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
- 1975 - Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
- 1980 - Queenie Watts, English actress (b. 1926)
- 1981 - Adele Astaire, American dancer (b. 1897)
- 1982 - Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902)
- 1990 - Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician (b. 1909)
- 1995 - Cal Jammer, American actor (b. 1960)
- 1996 - Jonathan Larson, American composer (b. 1960)
- 1999 - Sarah "Sadie" Delany, American author (b. 1889)
- 1999 - Ted Mallie, American radio and television announcer (b. 1924)
- 1999 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (b. 1916)
- 2003 - Samuel Weems, Arkansas judge (b. 1936)
- 2004 - Fanny Blankers-Koen, Dutch athlete (b. 1918)
- 2004 - Miklós Fehér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1979)
- 2005 - Stanisław Albinowski, Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923)
- 2005 - William Augustus Bootle, American judge (b. 1902)
- 2005 - Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
- 2005 - Ray Peterson, American singer (b. 1935)
- 2005 - Nettie Witziers-Timmer, Dutch athlete (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Anna Malle, adult film star (b. 1967)
Notes
Steven Jay Schneider Ava Gardner Madame de Genlis Virginia Woolf Anita Pallenberg Charles Philipon Robert Burns Theo van Gogh (art dealer) Bernard Tschumi Lucas Cranach the Younger W. Somerset Maugham Keith Farley Steve Reich Robert Burton (scholar) Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann Jack Vettriano George Selwyn
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