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| *[[1905]] – [[Joseph Cotten]], American actor (d. 1994) | *[[1905]] – [[Joseph Cotten]], American actor (d. 1994) | ||
| *[[1909]] – [[James Mason]], English actor (d. 1984) | *[[1909]] – [[James Mason]], English actor (d. 1984) | ||
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| - | *[[1910]] – [[Constance Cummings]], British [[actress]] (d. 2005) | ||
| *[[1911]] – [[Max Frisch]], Swiss author (d. 1991) | *[[1911]] – [[Max Frisch]], Swiss author (d. 1991) | ||
| - | * 1911 – [[Herta Oberheuser]], Nazi doctor (d. 1978) | + | *[[1915]] – [[Mario Monicelli]], Italian director and screenwriter |
| - | *[[1912]] – [[Arthur Berger]], American composer (d. 2003) | + | |
| - | *[[1914]] – [[Turk Broda]], ice hockey goaltender (d. 1972) | + | |
| - | * 1914 – [[Tenzing Norgay]], (adopted birthdate) Nepalese Sherpa who accompanied Edmund Hillary to the top of Mount Everest (d. 1986) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] – [[Hilda Bernstein]], English-born South African author, artist, and activist (d. 2006) | + | |
| - | * 1915 – [[Mario Monicelli]], Italian director and screenwriter | + | |
| - | * 1915 – [[Paul Samuelson]], American economist, Nobel Prize laureate | + | |
| - | * 1915 – [[Gus Viseur]], French button accordionist (d. 1974) | + | |
| - | * 1916 – [[Vera Gebuhr]], Danish actress | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] – [[Eddy Arnold]], American country music singer (d. 2008) | + | |
| - | * 1918 – [[Joseph Wiseman]], Canadian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] – [[Jakucho Setouchi]], Japanese writer and Buddhist nun | + | |
| *[[1923]] – [[Richard Avedon]], American photographer (d. 2004) | *[[1923]] – [[Richard Avedon]], American photographer (d. 2004) | ||
| - | * 1923 – [[John Lanchbery]], English composer (d. 2003) | ||
| - | * 1923 – [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], Indian actor (d. 2003) | ||
| - | *[[1924]] – [[Maria Koepcke]], German ornithologist (d. 1971) | ||
| *[[1926]] – [[Anthony Shaffer]], English playwright (d. 2001) | *[[1926]] – [[Anthony Shaffer]], English playwright (d. 2001) | ||
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| * 1926 – [[Peter Shaffer]], English playwright | * 1926 – [[Peter Shaffer]], English playwright | ||
| *[[1930]] – [[Jasper Johns]], American painter | *[[1930]] – [[Jasper Johns]], American painter | ||
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Events
- 1252 - Pope Innocent IV authorizes the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Torture quickly gains widespread usage across Catholic Europe.
- 1525 - The battle of Frankenhausen ends the Peasants' War.
- 1871 - Paragraph 175 installed in Germany, which made male homosexuality a crime
- 1874 - First Salon des Indépendants in Paris
- 1897 - Magnus Hirschfeld founds the Scientific Humanitarian Committee to organize for gay rights and the repeal of Paragraph 175.
- 1905 – Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
- 1920 - Les Mains d’Orlac, French serial first installment published.
- 1920 - The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle film debuts in England.
- 1928- Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy
- 1940 - first nylon stockings sold in U.S.
- 1990 – Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
Births
- 1862 - Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian writer and doctor.
- 1891 - Mikhail Bulgakov, Ukrainian-born Soviet novelist.
- 1923 - Richard Avedon, American photographer.
- 1930 - Jasper Johns, Jr., American artist.
- 1933 - Juzo Itami, Japanese filmmaker.
- 1948 - Brian Eno, British musician, producer, and music theorist.
- 1965 - My peephole opened on Saturday, 1965.
Deaths
- 1935 - Kazimir Malevich, avant garde Russian artist. (b. 1878)
- 1998 - John Hawkes, avant garde American writer.(b. 1925)
Births
- 1862 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. 1931)
- 1891 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (d. 1940)
- 1905 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1909 – James Mason, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1911 – Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. 1991)
- 1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1923 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
- 1926 – Anthony Shaffer, English playwright (d. 2001)
- 1926 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright
- 1930 – Jasper Johns, American painter
- 1931 – Ken Venturi, American golfer
- 1935 – Utah Phillips, American labor organizer and folk singer
- 1936 – Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-born actress
- 1936 – Wavy Gravy, American clown and activist
- 1936 – Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
- 1936 – Paul Zindel, American writer (d. 2003)
- 1937 – Madeleine Albright, U.S. Secretary of State
- 1937 – Trini López, American musician
- 1938 – Mireille Darc, French actress
- 1938 – Diane Nash, American 1960s Civil Rights Movement leader
- 1938 – Lenny Welch, American singer
- 1939 – Dorothy Shirley, British athlete
- 1940 – Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
- 1940 – Roger Ailes, American businessman
- 1940 – Don Nelson, American basketball coach, currently of the Golden State Warriors
- 1941 – K.T. Oslin, American musician
- 1942 – Jusuf Kalla, vice- president of Indonesia and Chairman of the Golkar Party.
- 1942 – Doug Lowe, 35th Premier of Tasmania
- 1944 – Ulrich Beck, German sociologist
- 1944 – Bill Alter, Missouri State Senator
- 1945 – Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer
- 1945 – Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza, heir to the Portuguese crown
- 1947 – Graeham Goble, Australian musician, singer/songwriter, and record producer (co-founding member of Little River Band)
- 1948 – Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
- 1948 – Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
- 1948 – Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese professional baseball pitcher
- 1950 – Nicholas Hammond, American actor
- 1951 – Frank Wilczek, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1952 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor, writer and director
- 1953 – George Brett, American baseball player
- 1953 – Mike Oldfield, English composer
- 1954 – Robert P. Harrison, American thinker
- 1955 – Lee Horsley, American actor
- 1956 – Dan Patrick, American sportscaster
- 1957 – Juan José Ibarretxe, Basque Lehendakari (Prime Minister)
- 1957 – Kevin Von Erich, American professional wrestler
- 1958 – Ron Simmons, American professional wrestler
- 1959 – Andrew Eldritch, English singer and songwriter (The Sisters of Mercy)
- 1959 – Kaokor Galaxy, Thai boxer
- 1959 – Luis Perez-Sala, Spanish racing driver
- 1960 – Rob Bowman, American film director
- 1960 – Rhonda Burchmore, Australian Entertainer
- 1961 – Katrin Cartlidge, British actress (d. 2002)
- 1961 – Melle Mel, American musician
- 1962 – Lisa Curry-Kenny, Australian Ironwoman
- 1965 – Raí, Brazilian footballer
- 1966 – Pete Wiggs, English musician (Saint Etienne)
- 1967 – Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
- 1967 – John Smoltz, baseball player
- 1968 – Cecilia Malmström, Swedish politician
- 1968 – Seth Putnam, American musician
- 1969 – Hideki Irabu, Japanese baseball player
- 1969 – Emmitt Smith, American football player
- 1969 – Asalah Nasri, Syrian singer
- 1970 – Martin Rossiter, Welsh Musician
- 1970 – Frank de Boer, Dutch football player
- 1970 – Ronald de Boer, Dutch football player
- 1970 – Desmond Howard, American football player
- 1970 – Rod Smith, American football player
- 1971 – Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
- 1972 – David Charvet, French actor
- 1974 – Vassilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player
- 1974 – Ahmet Zappa, American musician
- 1974 – Shiney Ahuja, Indian actor
- 1975 – Peter Iwers, Swedish Musician
- 1975 – Ray Lewis, American football player
- 1976 – Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
- 1976 – Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
- 1976 – Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
- 1976 – Ryan Leaf, American football player
- 1976 – Tyler Walker, baseball player
- 1978 – Amy Chow, American gymnast
- 1978 – Dwayne DeRosario, Canadian footballer
- 1978 – Caroline Dhavernas, Canadian actress
- 1978 – Edu, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 – David Krumholtz, American actor
- 1978 – Krissy Taylor, American model (d. 1995)
- 1980 – Josh Beckett, American baseball player
- 1980 – Rocky Marquette, American actor
- 1981 – Patrice Evra, naturalized French footballer
- 1981 – Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
- 1981 – Zara Phillips, British royal and eventer
- 1981 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress
- 1982 – Alex Breckenridge, American actress
- 1982 – Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican athlete
- 1982 – Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1982 – Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor
- 1982 – Jessica Sutta, American dancer, singer and actress (The Pussycat Dolls)
- 1982 – Chandan Khaira, Professional bhangra dancer
- 1983 – Devin Bronson, American guitarist (Avril Lavigne)
- 1984 – Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian racing driver
- 1985 – Cristiane, Brazilian footballer
- 1986 – Matías Fernández, naturalized Chilean footballer
- 1986 – Adam Moffat, Scottish football player
- 1986 – Kyle Loza,Freestyle Motocross Rider
- 1987 – Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
- 1987 – Jennylyn Mercado, Filipina actress and singer
- 1987 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
- 1990 – Joe Mattock, English football player
- 1995 – Ksenia Sitnik, Belarusian singer
Deaths
- 913 – Hatto I, Archbishop of Mainz
- 1036 – Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)
- 1157 – Yury Dolgoruky, Russian prince
- 1174 – Nur ad-Din, ruler of Syria (b. 1118)
- 1381 – Eppelein von Gailingen, German robber baron
- 1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
- 1585 – Niwa Nagahide, Japanese warlord (b. 1535)
- 1591 – Dmitry Ivanovich, Tsarevich (b. 1582)
- 1609 – Giovanni Croce, Italian composer (b. 1557)
- 1634 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
- 1698 – Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
- 1699 – Edward Petre, English Jesuit and privy councilor (b. 1631)
- 1703 – Charles Perrault, French writer (b. 1628)
- 1714 – Roger Elliott, British general and Governor of Gibraltar
- 1740 – Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
- 1760 – Alaungpaya, King of Burma (b. 1711)
- 1773 – Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (b. 1710)
- 1782 – Marquis of Pombal, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
- 1845 – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican Head of State (b. 1800)
- 1879 – Gottfried Semper, German architect (b. 1803)
- 1886 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
- 1924 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1852)
- 1935 – Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
- 1937 – Phillip Snowden, British politician (b. 1864)
- 1940 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (b. 1902)
- 1945 – Charles Williams, British writer (b. 1886)
- 1948 – Edward Flanagan, American priest and founder of Boys Town (b. 1886)
- 1954 – William March, American writer (b. 1893)
- 1956 – Austin Osman Spare, English artist and magician (b. 1886)
- 1964 – Vladko Maček, Kingdom of Yugoslavia deputy prime minister (b. 1879)
- 1967 – Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
- 1971 – Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
- 1978 – Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
- 1982 – Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
- 1984 – Francis Schaeffer, American theologian, philosopher, and pastor (b. 1912)
- 1986 – Theodore White, American writer (b. 1915)
- 1986 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
- 1989 – Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)
- 1991 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician (b. 1956)
- 1991 – Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian writer (b. c. 1900)
- 1991 – Ronald Lacey, English actor (b. 1935)
- 1992 – Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965)
- 1993 – Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese writer, poet, and diplomat (b. 1933)
- 1994 – Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (b. 1905)
- 1995 – Eric Porter, British actor (b. 1928)
- 1996 – Charles B. Fulton, American jurist (b. 1910)
- 1998 – Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
- 2003 – June Carter Cash, American musician and singer (b. 1929)
- 2003 – George Francis, British gangster (b. 1940)
- 2005 – Alan B. Gold, Quebec Chief Justice (b. 1917)
- 2007 – Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Yolanda King, American actress and activist, daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. 1955)
- 2008 – Alexander Courage, composer of original Star Trek theme (b. 1919)
- 2008 – Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer (b. 1956)
- 2008 – Robert Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, younger brother of Joey Dunlop (b. 1960)
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