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Art and culture

• 1931 Tabu by F. W. Murnau premieres
• 1990 - In largest art theft in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 2005 - Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on euthanasia.

Births

• 1634 - Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette, French writer (d. 1693)
• 1640 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1719)
• 1657 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (d. 1743)
• 1679 - Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)
• 1685 - Ralph Ersine, Scottish minister (d. 1752)
• 1690 - Christian Goldbach, Prussian mathematician (d. 1764)
• 1701 - Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776)
• 1780 - Milos Obrenovic, Leader of The Second Serbian Uprising and Prince of Serbia (d. 1860)
• 1782 - John C. Calhoun, 7th Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)
• 1813 - Christian Friedrich Hebbel, German writer (d. 1864)
• 1823 - Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy, French general (d. 1883)
• 1828 - William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)
• 1837 - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (d. 1908)
• 1840 - William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic (d. 1901)
• 1842 - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (d. 1898)
• 1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (d. 1908)
• 1848 - Nathanael Herreshoff, American naval architect (d. 1938)
• 1848 - Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria (d. 1939)
• 1858 - Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (d. 1913)
• 1869 - Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1940)
• 1872 - Anna Held, Polish actress and singer (d. 1918)
• 1874 - Nikolai Berdyaev, Russian philosopher (d. 1948)
• 1877 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (d. 1945)
• 1877 - Clem Hill, Australian cricketer (d. 1945)
• 1882 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer (d. 1973)
• 1886 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1898 - Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (d. 1960)
• 1893 - Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist (d. 1978)
• 1893 - Wilfred Owen, British poet (d. 1918)
• 1899 - Jean Goldkette, Greek-born jazz musician (d. 1962)
• 1904 - Srečko Kosovel, Slovenian poet (d. 1926)
• 1905 - Robert Donat, English actor (d. 1958)
• 1905 - Thomas Townsend Brown, American scientist (d. 1985)
• 1907 - John Zachary Young, British biologist (d. 1997)
• 1909 - Ernest Gallo, American winemaker (d. 2007)
• 1910 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (d. 1988)
• 1911 - Smiley Burnette, American singer and songwriter (d. 1967)
• 1913 - René Clément, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1913 - Werner Mölders German WWII fighter pilot (d. 1941)
• 1915 - Richard Condon, American novelist (d. 1996)
• 1917 - Frederika of Hanover, queen of the Hellenes (d. 1981)
• 1918 - Al Benton, American baseball player (d. 1968)
• 1918 - Bob Broeg, American sports writer (d. 2005)
• 1922 - Egon Bahr, German politician
• 1923 - Andy Granatelli, American motorsports entrepreneur
• 1926 - Peter Graves, American actor
• 1926 - Dick Littlefield, American baseball player (d. 1997)
• 1927 - John Kander, American songwriter
• 1927 - George Plimpton, American writer and actor (d. 2003)
• 1928 - Julia Mullock, Princess of Korea
• 1928 - Miguel Poblet, Spanish cyclist
• 1928 - Fidel V. Ramos, President of the Philippines
• 1929 - John Macurdy, American bass
• 1930 - Pat Halcox, British musician
• 1931 - John Fraser, Scottish-born stage, film and television actor
• 1932 - John Updike, American author
• 1935 - Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician
• 1936 - Frederik Willem de Klerk, President of South Africa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1937 - Mark Donohue, American race car driver (d. 1975)
• 1937 - Rudi Altig, German cyclist
• 1938 - Charley Pride, American musician
• 1938 - Shashi Kapoor, Indian Actor
• 1939 - Ron Atkinson, English former footballer and manager
• 1939 - Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer
• 1941 - Wilson Pickett, American singer (d. 2006)
• 1941 - John W. Derr, American politician
• 1943 - Kevin Dobson, American actor
• 1943 - Toula Grivas, Greek actress
• 1947 - B.J. Wilson, English drummer (d. 1990)
• 1947 - Patrick Chesnais, French actor
• 1947 - Patrick Barlow, English actor, comedian and playwright
• 1948 - Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 - Alex Higgins, Northern Irish snooker player
• 1949 - Åse Kleveland, Norwegian singer and politician
• 1950 - Brad Dourif, American actor
• 1950 - Richard Kretchmer, English artist and historian
• 1950 - Rodney Milburn, American athlete (d. 1997)
• 1950 - Larry Perkins, Australian racing driver
• 1951 - Bill Frisell, American jazz musician
• 1951 - Ben Cohen, American co-founder of Ben & Jerry's ice cream
• 1952 - Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
• 1956 - Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish skier
• 1957 - György Pazdera, Hungarian bassist (Pokolgép)
• 1957 - Christer Fuglesang, Swedish ESA astronaut
• 1959 - Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
• 1959 - Irene Cara, American actress and singer
• 1960 - Richard Biggs, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1960 - Guy Carbonneau, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1962 - Thomas Ian Griffith, American actor
• 1962 - James McMurtry, American folk singer/songwriter
• 1962 - Mike Rowe, American television personality
• 1963 - Jeff LaBar, American guitarist
• 1963 - Vanessa L. Williams, American beauty queen, actress, and singer
• 1964 - Bonnie Blair, American speed skater
• 1964 - Courtney Pine, British jazz saxophonist
• 1964 - Rozalla, Zambian singer
• 1964 - Alex Caffi, Italian racecar driver
• 1966 - Jerry Cantrell, American musician
• 1967 - Miki Berenyi, English singer (Lush)
• 1968 - Shinichiro Miki, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
• 1969 - Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrainian chess player
• 1969 - Shaun Udal, English cricketer
• 1970 - Queen Latifah, American singer and actress
• 1972 - Dane Cook, American comedian and actor
• 1973 - Max Barry, Australian author
• 1975 - Brian Griese, American football player
• 1975 - Tomas Žvirgždauskas, Lithuanian footballer
• 1975 - Sutton Foster, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1975 - Rodleen Getsic, American musician, civil servant
• 1976 - Jovan Kirovski, American soccer player
• 1976 - Tomokazu Ohka, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 - Scott Podsednik, American baseball player
• 1977 - Danny Murphy, English footballer
• 1977 - Zdeno Chára, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1977 - Devin Lima, American singer
• 1977 - Willy Sagnol, French footballer
• 1977 - Terrmel Sledge, American baseball player
• 1977 - Fernando Rodney, Dominican baseball player
• 1978 - Khalilah Adams, American actress
• 1978 - Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player
• 1978 - Jan Bulis, Czech ice hockey player
• 1979 - Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5)
• 1979 - Brandon Lee, American adult actor
• 1980 - Alexei Yagudin, Russian figure skater
• 1980 - Sophia Myles, English actress
• 1980 - Sebastien Frey, French footballer
• 1981 - Jang Nara, Korean singer and actress
• 1982 - Chad Cordero, American baseball player
• 1982 - Timo Glock German Formula 1 driver
• 1982 - Pedro Mantorras, Angolan footballer
• 1983 - Andy Sonnanstine, American baseball player
• 1984 - Vonzell Solomon, American Idol Contestant
• 1985 - Vince Lia, Australian Footballer
• 1986 - Bia Figueiredo, Brazilian racing driver
• 1987 - Mauro Zárate, Argentinian Footballer
• 1987 - Gabriel Mercado, Argentinian Footballer
• 1987 - Ben Waterworth, Australian Radio Personality
• 1996 - Madeline Carroll, American actress

Deaths

• 978 - King Edward the Martyr of England
• 1227 - Pope Honorius III (b. 1148)
• 1314 - Jacques DeMolay, Frankish noble, the 23rd Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b.1244)
• 1583 - King Magnus of Livonia (b. 1540)
• 1584 - Tsar Ivan IV of Russia (b. 1530)
• 1675 - Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall, Irish soldier (b. 1606)
• 1689 - John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
• 1696 - Robert Charnock, English conspirator
• 1745 - Sir Robert Walpole, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
• 1746 - Anna Leopoldovna, regent of Russia (b. 1718)
• 1768 - Laurence Sterne, Irish writer (b. 1713)
• 1781 - Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (b. 1727)
• 1823 - Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (b. 1753)
• 1835 - Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. 1769)
• 1871 - Augustus De Morgan, Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. 1806)
• 1898 - Matilda Joslyn Gage, American suffragist (b. 1826)
• 1907 - Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist and politician (b. 1827)
• 1913 - King George I of Greece (b. 1845)
• 1936 - Eleftherios Venizelos, Former Prime minister of Greece
• 1939 - Henry Simpson Lunn, English humanitarian and religious leader (b. 1859)
• 1941 - Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1945 - William Grover-Williams, British racing driver
• 1947 - William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (b. 1861)
• 1962 - Walter W. Bacon, Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
• 1963 - Wanda Hawley, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1964 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (b. 1870)
• 1965 - King Farouk I of Egypt (b. 1920)
• 1969 - Barbara Bates, American film actress (b. 1925)
• 1973 - Lauritz Melchior, Danish-born American opera singer (b. 1890)
• 1975 - Alain Grandbois, Quebec poet (b. 1900)
• 1976 - Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1893)
• 1977 - Marien Ngouabi, President of the Republic of the Congo (b. 1938)
• 1977 - José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1944)
• 1978 - Leigh Brackett, American author (b. 1915)
• 1978 - Peggy Wood, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1980 - Erich Fromm, German-born psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
• 1983 - King Umberto II of Italy, (b. 1904)
• 1983 - Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (b. 1910)
• 1984 - Charlie Lau, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1986 - Bernard Malamud, American writer (b. 1914)
• 1988 - Billy Butterfield, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1917)
• 1990 - Robin Harris, American actor and comedian (b. 1953)
• 1995 - Robin Jacques, illustrator of children's books (b. 1920)
• 1996 - Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1999 - Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (b. 1905)
• 2000 - Eberhard Bethge, German theologian (b. 1909)
• 2001 - John Phillips, American musician (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1935)
• 2002 - R.A. Lafferty, American science fiction writer (b. 1914)
• 2002 - Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor (b. 1943)
• 2003 - Karl Kling, German race car driver (b. 1910)
• 2003 - Adam Osborne, British computer pioneer (b. 1939)
• 2004 - Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
• 2006 - Bill Beutel, American journalist (b. 1930)
• 2006 - Dan Gibson, musician (b. 1922)
• 2007 - Bob Woolmer, English cricketer and Pakistan national coach (b. 1948)

Notes

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