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| ==Events== | ==Events== | ||
| *[[1536]] – [[Anne Boleyn]], the second wife of [[Henry VIII of England]], is beheaded for [[adultery]], [[treason]], and [[incest]]. | *[[1536]] – [[Anne Boleyn]], the second wife of [[Henry VIII of England]], is beheaded for [[adultery]], [[treason]], and [[incest]]. | ||
| *[[1897]] – [[Oscar Wilde]] is released from [[Reading (HM Prison)|Reading Gaol]]. | *[[1897]] – [[Oscar Wilde]] is released from [[Reading (HM Prison)|Reading Gaol]]. | ||
| - | *[[1962]] – A birthday salute to U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] takes place at [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]], [[New York City]]. The highlight is [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s [[Happy Birthday, Mr. President|rendition]] of ''[[Happy Birthday]]''. | + | *[[1962]] – A birthday salute to U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] takes place at [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]], [[New York City]]. The highlight is [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s [[Happy Birthday, Mr. President|rendition]] of "[[Happy Birthday to You]]". |
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| - | ==Births== | + | |
| - | *[[1593]] - [[Jacob Jordaens]], Flemish painter. | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Malcolm X]], American civil rights activist. | + | |
| - | * 1925 - [[Pol Pot]], Cambodian dictator. | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[James Fox]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Grace Jones]], Jamaican singer and actress. | + | |
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| - | == Deaths == | + | |
| - | *[[1536]] - [[Anne Boleyn]], second wife of Henry VIII of England. | + | |
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], American author. | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Ferdinand Hodler]], Swiss painter. | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Viking Eggeling]], Swedish artist and filmmaker. | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[T. E. Lawrence]], English soldier. | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Bob Mizer]], creator of the [[Athletic Model Guild]] | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Derek Ford]], British film director. | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Raymond Durgnat]], British film critic. | + | |
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| *[[1925]] – [[Malcolm X]], American civil rights activist (d. 1965) | *[[1925]] – [[Malcolm X]], American civil rights activist (d. 1965) | ||
| * 1925 – [[Pol Pot]], Cambodian dictator (d. 1998) | * 1925 – [[Pol Pot]], Cambodian dictator (d. 1998) | ||
| - | + | *[[1939]] – [[James Fox]], English actor | |
| - | * 1925 – [[Guy Provost]], French Canadian actor (d. 2004) | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] – [[Swami Kriyananda]], Indian teacher and author | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] – [[Colin Chapman]], founder of [[Lotus Cars]] (d. 1982) | + | |
| - | * 1928 – [[Dolph Schayes]], American basketball player and coach | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] – [[John Stroger]] Chicago politician | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] – [[Lorraine Hansberry]], American playwright (d. 1965) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] – [[Eric Tappy]], Swiss tenor | + | |
| - | * 1931 – [[Bob Anderson]], British racing driver (d. 1967) | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] – [[Alma Cogan]], English singer (d. 1966) | + | |
| - | * 1932 – [[Paul Erdman]], American economist and author (d. 2007) | + | |
| - | * 1932 – [[Claude Blanchard]], French Canadian comedian and actor (d. 2006) | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] – [[Jim Lehrer]], American television journalist | + | |
| - | * 1934 – [[Ruskin Bond]], Indian author | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] – [[David Hartman (TV personality)|David Hartman]], American actor and television personality | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] – [[Pat Roach]], English actor and wrestler (d. 2004) | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] – [[Madge Hindle]], English actress | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] – [[Moisés da Costa Amaral]], East Timorese leader (d. 1989) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] – [[Livio Berruti]], Italian athlete | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[James Fox]], English actor | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[Nancy Kwan]], Hong Kong actress | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[Dick Scobee]], American astronaut (d. 1986) | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] – [[Mickey Newbury]], American musician | + | |
| - | * 1940 – [[Jan Janssen (cyclist)|Jan Janssen]], Dutch cyclist | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] – [[Nora Ephron]], American screenwriter | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] – [[Gary Kildall]], American computer programmer (d. 1994) | + | |
| - | * 1942 – [[Robert Kilroy-Silk]], British politician and television presenter | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] – [[Peter Mayhew]], British-American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] – [[Pete Townshend]], English musician ([[The Who]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] – [[André the Giant]], French professional wrestler (d. 1993) | + | |
| - | * 1946 – [[Claude Lelièvre]], Belgian commissioner for children's rights | + | |
| *[[1947]] – [[Michele Placido]], Italian actor and director | *[[1947]] – [[Michele Placido]], Italian actor and director | ||
| - | * 1947 – [[Paul Brady]], Northern Ireland singer/songwriter | ||
| - | * 1947 – [[David Helfgott]], Australian pianist | ||
| *[[1948]] – [[Grace Jones]], Jamaican singer and actress | *[[1948]] – [[Grace Jones]], Jamaican singer and actress | ||
| - | *[[1949]] – [[Archie Manning]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1949 – [[Dusty Hill]], American blues rock singer/bassist ([[ZZ Top]]) | ||
| *[[1951]] – [[Joey Ramone]], American musician ([[The Ramones]]) (d. 2001) | *[[1951]] – [[Joey Ramone]], American musician ([[The Ramones]]) (d. 2001) | ||
| - | * 1951 – [[Dick Slater]], American professional wrestler | ||
| - | * 1952 – [[Bert van Marwijk]], Dutch football manager | ||
| - | *[[1953]] – [[Victoria Wood]], British comic actress | ||
| - | * 1953 – [[Dawud M. Mu'Min]], American convicted murderer (d. 1997) | ||
| - | * 1953 – [[Shavarsh Karapetyan]], Soviet Armenian [[finswimming|finswimmer]] | ||
| - | *[[1954]] – [[Phil Rudd]], Australian drummer ([[AC/DC]]) | ||
| - | *[[1955]] – [[James Gosling]], Canadian computer programmer | ||
| - | * 1956 – [[Steven Ford]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1957]] – [[Bill Laimbeer]], American basketball player and coach | ||
| - | *[[1959]] – [[Nicole Brown Simpson]], Ex-wife of [[O.J. Simpson]] and [[murder]] [[Victimology|victim]]. (d. 1994) | ||
| - | *[[1961]] – [[Gregory Poirier]], American screenwriter and director | ||
| - | *[[1963]] – [[Filippo Galli]], Italian footballer | ||
| - | * 1963 – [[Yazz]], British singer | ||
| - | *[[1964]] – [[Miloslav Mečíř]], Slovakian former tennis player | ||
| - | *[[1964]] – [[Sean Whalen]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1965]] – [[Philippe Dhondt]], French singer known as Boris | ||
| - | * 1965 – [[Maile Flanagan]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1966]] – [[Polly Walker]], British actress | ||
| - | * 1966 – [[Jodi Picoult]], American writer | ||
| - | * 1966 – [[Marc Bureau (ice hockey)|Marc Bureau]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| - | * 1966 – [[Sophia Crawford]], English actress and martial artist | ||
| - | *[[1967]] – [[Massimo Taccon]], Italian painter and sculptor | ||
| - | *[[1968]] – [[Kyle Eastwood]], American jazz musician; son of [[Clint Eastwood]] | ||
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Mario Dumont]], Quebec politician ([[Action démocratique du Québec]]) | ||
| - | * 1970 – [[Choi Kyung-Ju]], South Korean professional golfer | ||
| - | * 1970 – [[Jason Gray-Stanford]], Canadian actor | ||
| - | *[[1971]] – [[Psicosis]], Mexican professional wrestler | ||
| - | *[[1972]] – [[Jenny Berggren]], Swedish singer ([[Ace of Base]]) | ||
| - | *[[1974]] – [[Andrew Johns]], Australian rugby league footballer | ||
| - | *[[1975]] – [[London Fletcher]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1975 – [[Masanobu Ando]], Japanese actor | ||
| - | * 1975 – [[Josh Paul]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1975 – [[Delma Gonçalves|Pretinha]], Brazilian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1976]] – [[Ed Cota]], American basketball player | ||
| - | * 1976 – [[Kevin Garnett]], American basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] – [[Manuel Almunia|Manuel Almúnia]], Spanish footballer | ||
| - | * 1977 – [[Brandon Inge]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1977 – [[Kelly Sheridan]], Canadian voice actress | ||
| - | *[[1978]] – [[Marcus Bent]], English footballer | ||
| - | *[[1979]] – [[Barbara Nedeljakova]], Slovak actress | ||
| - | * 1979 – [[Diego Forlán]], Uruguayan footballer | ||
| - | * 1979 – [[Andrea Pirlo]], Italian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1980]] – [[Drew Fuller]], American actor/model | ||
| - | * 1980 – [[Tony Hackworth]], English footballer | ||
| - | *[[1981]] – [[Bong Tae-gyu]], South Korean actor | ||
| - | * 1981 – [[Nate Cole]], American singer | ||
| - | * 1981 – [[Luciano Figueroa]], Argentine footballer | ||
| - | * 1981 – [[Georges St. Pierre]], Canadian mixed martial artist | ||
| - | * 1981 – [[Klaas-Erik Zwering]], Dutch swimmer | ||
| - | *[[1982]] – [[Kevin Amankwaah]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1982 – [[Pål Steffen Andresen]], Norwegian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1983]] – [[Eve Angel]], Hungarian porn star | ||
| - | * 1983 – [[Jessica Fox]], British actress | ||
| - | *[[1984]] – [[Marcedes Lewis]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1986]] – [[Eric Lloyd]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1986 – [[Mario Chalmers]], American basketball player | ||
| - | * 1986 – [[Matthew Italo Tanzini]], Canadian Professional Courier | ||
| - | *[[1987]] – [[David Edgar (footballer)|David Edgar]], Canadian soccer player | ||
| - | * 1987 – [[Mariano Torres]], Argentine footballer | ||
| - | *[[1988]] – [[Lily Cole]], English model/actress | ||
| - | *[[1991]] – [[Jordan Pruitt]], American singer | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[804]] – [[Alcuin]], English monk (b. c.735) | ||
| - | * [[988]] – [[Dunstan]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. 909) | ||
| - | *[[1102]] – [[Stephen, Count of Blois]] (b. c.1045) | ||
| - | *[[1125]] – [[Vladimir Monomakh]], Russian prince (b. 1053) | ||
| - | *[[1296]] – [[Pope Celestine V]] (b. 1215) | ||
| - | *[[1319]] – [[Louis d'Évreux]], son of [[Philip III of France]] (b. 1276) | ||
| - | *[[1389]] – [[Dmitri Donskoi]], Grand Prince of Muscovy (b. 1350) | ||
| - | *[[1526]] – [[Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan]] (b. 1464) | ||
| - | *[[1531]] – [[Jan Łaski (1456-1531)|Jan Łaski]], Polish statesman and diplomat (b. 1456) | ||
| *[[1536]] – [[Anne Boleyn]], second wife of [[Henry VIII of England]] | *[[1536]] – [[Anne Boleyn]], second wife of [[Henry VIII of England]] | ||
| - | *[[1601]] – [[Costanzo Porta]], Italian composer | ||
| - | *[[1610]] – [[Thomas Sanchez]], Spanish theologian (b. 1550) | ||
| - | *[[1637]] – [[Isaac Beeckman]], Dutch scientist and philosopher (b. 1588) | ||
| - | *[[1715]] – [[Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax|Charles Montagu]], [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1661) | ||
| - | *[[1786]] – [[John Stanley (composer)|John Stanley]], English composer (b. 1712) | ||
| - | *[[1795]] – [[Josiah Bartlett]], American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1729) | ||
| - | * 1795 – [[James Boswell]], Scottish biographer (b. 1740) | ||
| - | *[[1798]] – [[William Byron, 5th Baron Byron]], English dueler (b. 1722) | ||
| - | *[[1821]] – [[Camille Jordan (politician)|Camille Jordan]], French politician (b. 1771) | ||
| *[[1825]] – [[Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon]], French political philosopher (b. 1760) | *[[1825]] – [[Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon]], French political philosopher (b. 1760) | ||
| *[[1864]] – [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], American author (b. 1804) | *[[1864]] – [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]], American author (b. 1804) | ||
| - | *[[1865]] – [[Sengge Rinchen]], [[Qing Dynasty]] [[field Marshal]] [[KIA]] | ||
| - | *[[1876]] – [[Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer]], Dutch politician (b. 1801) | ||
| - | *[[1885]] – [[Peter W. Barlow]], English engineer (b. 1809) | ||
| - | *[[1895]] – [[José Martí]], Cuban independence leader (b. 1853) | ||
| *[[1898]] – [[William Ewart Gladstone]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1809) | *[[1898]] – [[William Ewart Gladstone]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1809) | ||
| - | *[[1904]] – [[Auguste Molinier]], French historian (b. 1851) | ||
| - | *[[1907]] – [[Benjamin Baker]], English engineer (b. 1840) | ||
| *[[1912]] – [[Bolesław Prus]], Polish writer (b. 1847) | *[[1912]] – [[Bolesław Prus]], Polish writer (b. 1847) | ||
| - | *[[1915]] – [[John Simpson Kirkpatrick]] stretcher bearer with the [[Australian and New Zealand Army Corps]] at [[Gallipoli]] during [[World War I]] (b. 1892) | + | *[[1918]] – [[Ferdinand Hodler]], Swiss painter. |
| - | *[[1918]] – [[Raoul Lufbery]], French-American World War I fighter pilot and flying ace (b. 1885) | + | *[[1925]] – [[Viking Eggeling]], Swedish artist and filmmaker. |
| *[[1935]] – [[T. E. Lawrence]], English soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia (b. 1888) | *[[1935]] – [[T. E. Lawrence]], English soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia (b. 1888) | ||
| - | *[[1940]] – [[Diego Mazquiarán]], Spanish matador (b. 1985) | ||
| - | *[[1943]] – [[Kristjan Raud]], Estonian painter (b. 1865) | ||
| - | *[[1945]] – [[Philipp Bouhler]], German nazi leader (b. 1889) | ||
| - | *[[1946]] – [[Booth Tarkington]], American novelist (b. 1869) | ||
| *[[1954]] – [[Charles Ives]], American composer (b. 1874) | *[[1954]] – [[Charles Ives]], American composer (b. 1874) | ||
| - | *[[1958]] – [[Archie Scott-Brown]], English race car driver (b. 1927) | ||
| - | * 1958 – [[Ronald Colman]], English actor (b. 1891) | ||
| - | *[[1965]] – [[Tui Malila]], world's oldest tortoise | ||
| - | *[[1969]] – [[Coleman Hawkins]], American musician (b. 1901) | ||
| - | *[[1971]] – [[Ogden Nash]], American poet (b. 1902) | ||
| - | *[[1983]] – [[Jean Rey (politician)|Jean Rey]], [[President of the European Commission]] (b. 1902) | ||
| *[[1984]] – [[John Betjeman]], English poet and [[Poet Laureate]] (b. 1906) | *[[1984]] – [[John Betjeman]], English poet and [[Poet Laureate]] (b. 1906) | ||
| - | *[[1986]] – [[Jimmy Lyons]], American musician (b. 1931) | + | *[[1992]] – [[Bob Mizer]], creator of the [[Athletic Model Guild]] |
| - | *[[1987]] – [[James Tiptree, Jr]], American author (b. 1915) | + | *[[1995]] – [[Derek Ford]], British film director. |
| - | *[[1989]] – [[CLR James]], West Indian writer and journalist (b. 1901) | + | *[[2002]] – [[Raymond Durgnat]], British film critic. |
| - | *[[1994]] – [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis]], [[First Lady of the United States]] (b. 1929) | + | |
| - | * 1994 – [[Luis Ocaña]], Spanish cyclist (b. 1945) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] – [[Sōsuke Uno]], Japanese prime minister (b. 1922) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] – [[James Blades]], English percussionist (b. 1901) | + | |
| - | * 1999 – [[Candy Candido]], American actor (b. 1913) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] – [[Yevgeny Khrunov]], cosmonaut (b. 1933) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] – [[Susannah McCorkle]], American singer (b. 1946) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] – [[John Gorton]], 19th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1911) | + | |
| - | * 2002 – [[Walter Lord]], American writer (b. 1917) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] – [[Mary Dresselhuys]], Dutch actress (b. 1907) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] – [[Henry Corden]], American actor and voice artist (b. 1921) | + | |
| - | * 2006 – [[Freddie Garrity]], English lead singer from the band [[Freddie and the Dreamers]] (b. 1940) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] – [[Dean Eyre]], New Zealand politician (b. 1914) | + | |
| - | *[[2008]] – [[Vijay Tendulkar]], [[India]]n playwright, (b. 1928) | + | |
| - | *[[2009]] – [[Queen Elizabeth II]], [[Queen of Great Britian & Northern Ireland, (b. 1926) | + | |
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Events
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery, treason, and incest.
- 1897 – Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.
- 1962 – A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday to You".
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Births
- 1593 – Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
- 1762 – Johann Gottlieb Fichte, German philosopher (d. 1814)
- 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader (d. 1969)
- 1924 – Sandy Wilson, British composer
- 1925 – Malcolm X, American civil rights activist (d. 1965)
- 1925 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (d. 1998)
- 1939 – James Fox, English actor
- 1947 – Michele Placido, Italian actor and director
- 1948 – Grace Jones, Jamaican singer and actress
- 1951 – Joey Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) (d. 2001)
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Deaths
- 1536 – Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII of England
- 1825 – Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760)
- 1864 – Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (b. 1804)
- 1898 – William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1809)
- 1912 – Bolesław Prus, Polish writer (b. 1847)
- 1918 – Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter.
- 1925 – Viking Eggeling, Swedish artist and filmmaker.
- 1935 – T. E. Lawrence, English soldier known as Lawrence of Arabia (b. 1888)
- 1954 – Charles Ives, American composer (b. 1874)
- 1984 – John Betjeman, English poet and Poet Laureate (b. 1906)
- 1992 – Bob Mizer, creator of the Athletic Model Guild
- 1995 – Derek Ford, British film director.
- 2002 – Raymond Durgnat, British film critic.
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