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| *[[1873]] – [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet (d. 1944) | *[[1873]] – [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet (d. 1944) | ||
| *[[1886]] – [[Gottfried Benn]], German author (d. 1956) | *[[1886]] – [[Gottfried Benn]], German author (d. 1956) | ||
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| - | *[[1887]] – [[Vernon and Irene Castle|Vernon Castle]], English dancer (d. 1918) | ||
| - | * 1887 – [[Eddie Collins]], American baseball player (d. 1951) | ||
| - | *[[1890]] – [[E. E. Smith]], American writer (d. 1965) | ||
| - | *[[1892]] – [[Manfred von Richthofen]], German World War I pilot – the Red Baron (d. 1918) | ||
| - | *[[1895]] – [[Lorenz Hart]], American lyricist (d. 1943) | ||
| - | *[[1896]] – [[Helen of Greece and Denmark]], queen of Romania (d. 1982) | ||
| - | *[[1897]] – [[J. Fred Coots]], American songwriter (d. 1985) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] – [[Benjamin Spock]], American pediatrician and author (d. 1998) | ||
| *[[1903]] – [[Bing Crosby]], American actor and singer (d. 1977) | *[[1903]] – [[Bing Crosby]], American actor and singer (d. 1977) | ||
| *[[1906]] – [[Philippe Halsman]], American photographer (d. 1979) | *[[1906]] – [[Philippe Halsman]], American photographer (d. 1979) | ||
| - | * 1906 – [[Aileen Riggin]], American swimmer (d. 2002) | + | *[[1925]] – [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]], English theatre and film actor |
| - | *[[1907]] – [[Pinky Lee]], American vaudeville performer (d. 1993) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] – [[Alexander Bonnyman]], U.S. Marine (d. 1943) | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] – [[Axel Caesar Springer|Axel Cäsar Springer]], German publisher (d. 1985) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] – [[Nigel Patrick]], English actor (d. 1981) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] – [[Doris Fisher (singer)|Doris Fisher]], American songwriter (d. 2003) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] – [[Peggy Mount]], English actress (d. 2001) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] – [[Albert Castelyns]], Belgian water polo player and bobsledder | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] – [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss conductor (d. 2004) | + | |
| - | * 1920 – [[Otto Buchsbaum]], Austrian writer and ecological activist (d. 2000) | + | |
| - | *[[1921]] – [[Satyajit Ray]], Indian director (d. 1992) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] – [[A.M. Rosenthal]], Canadian-born newspaper editor (d. 2006) | + | |
| - | * 1922 – [[Serge Reggiani]], Italian-born French singer and actor (d. 2004) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] – [[Theodore Bikel]], Austrian-born actor and singer | + | |
| - | * 1924 – [[Jamal Abro]], Sindhi writer (d. 2004) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] – [[Roscoe Lee Browne]], American actor (d. 2007) | + | |
| - | * 1925 – [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]], English theatre and film actor | + | |
| *[[1926]] – [[Gérard D. Lévesque]], Quebec politician (d. 1993) | *[[1926]] – [[Gérard D. Lévesque]], Quebec politician (d. 1993) | ||
| *[[1927]] – [[Ray Barrett]], Australian actor | *[[1927]] – [[Ray Barrett]], Australian actor | ||
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Events
- 1869 - Folies Bergère, French cabaret, opens as the Folies Trévise
- 1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Births
- 1729 - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
- 1772 - Novalis, German Romanticist philosopher, poet and novelist
- 1859 - Jerome K. Jerome, English writer, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat
- 1873 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, and translator
Deaths
- 1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance artist and scientist
- 1857 - Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist, an important figure in the French Romantic literary movement.
Births
- 1601 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)
- 1729 – Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d. 1796)
- 1772 – Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)
- 1810 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
- 1859 – Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
- 1873 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
- 1886 – Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956)
- 1903 – Bing Crosby, American actor and singer (d. 1977)
- 1906 – Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979)
- 1925 – John Neville, English theatre and film actor
- 1926 – Gérard D. Lévesque, Quebec politician (d. 1993)
- 1927 – Ray Barrett, Australian actor
- 1929 – Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)
- 1930 – Marco Pannella, Italian politician and activist
- 1932 – Maury Allen, American sportswriter
- 1935 – King Faisal II of Iraq (d. 1958)
- 1935 – Lance LeGault, American actor
- 1935 – Luis Suárez Miramontes, Spanish footballer and manager
- 1936 – Engelbert Humperdinck, Indian-born singer
- 1936 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (d. 1972)
- 1937 – Lorenzo Music, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1938 – Chief Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (d. 1996)
- 1939 – Sumio Iijima, Japanese physicist
- 1941 – Clay Carroll, American baseball player
- 1942 – Jacques Rogge, Belgian International Olympic Committee president
- 1945 – Sarah Weddington, American attorney
- 1945 – Gene Deckerhoff, American sports announcer
- 1945 – Judge Dread, English musician (d. 1998)
- 1946 – Lesley Gore, American singer
- 1946 – David Suchet, English actor
- 1948 – Larry Gatlin, American musician
- 1949 – Alan Titchmarsh, English television presenter
- 1950 – Duncan Gay, Australian politician
- 1950 – Lou Gramm, American vocalist (Foreigner)
- 1950 – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite
- 1952 – Christine Baranski, American actress
- 1952 – Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress
- 1953 – Valery Gergiev, Russian-born conductor
- 1954 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (d. 1982)
- 1955 – Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
- 1956 – David Rhodes, English guitarist
- 1956 – Amir Mokri, Iranian-born American cinematographer
- 1958 – David O'Leary, Irish football manager and player
- 1959 – Alan Best, Canadian animation director and producer
- 1959 – Tony Wakeford, English musician (Sol Invictus)
- 1961 – Steve James, English snooker player
- 1961 – Phil Vickery, English celebrity chef
- 1962 – Stephen Daldry, English film director
- 1962 – Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
- 1962 – Ray Traylor, American professional wrestler (d. 2004)
- 1962 – Jimmy White, English snooker player
- 1965 – Félix José, Dominican baseball player
- 1966 – Belinda Stronach, Canadian politician
- 1967 – Mika Brzezinski, American journalist
- 1968 – Midorikawa Hikaru, Japanese voice actor
- 1968 – Jeff Agoos, American soccer player
- 1968 – Ziana Zain, Malaysian singer and actress
- 1969 – Brian Lara, Trinidadian West Indies cricketer
- 1972 – Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, American professional wrestler and actor
- 1972 – Paul Adcock, English footballer
- 1973 – Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German film director and screenwriter
- 1974 – Horacio Carbonari, Argentine former footballer
- 1974 – Garðar Thór Cortes, Icelandic tenor
- 1974 – Andy Johnson, Welsh footballer
- 1975 – David Beckham, English footballer
- 1977 – Luke Hudson, American baseball player
- 1977 – Jenna von Oy, American actress
- 1977 – Fredrik Malm, Swedish politician
- 1978 – Steve Bays, Canadian musician
- 1978 – Mike Weaver, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Jason Chimera, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Roman Lyashenko, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
- 1980 – Tim Borowski, German footballer
- 1980 – Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Canadian skateboarder
- 1980 – Miloš Glogovac, Serbian footballer
- 1980 – Zat Knight, English footballer
- 1980 – Troy Murphy, American basketball player
- 1980 – Brad Richards, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Tiago Mendes, Portuguese footballer
- 1981 – Matt Murray, English footballer
- 1981 – Chris Kirkland, English footballer
- 1982 – Lorie, French singer
- 1982 – Johan Botha, South African cricketer
- 1983 – Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model
- 1984 – Saulius Mikoliūnas, Lithuanian footballer
- 1984 – Thabo Sefolosha, American basketball player
- 1985 – Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
- 1985 – Kyle Busch, American race car driver
- 1985 – Sarah Hughes, American figure skater
- 1985 – David Nugent, English footballer
- 1985 – Jarrod Saltalamacchia, American baseball player
- 1986 – James Kirk, Canadian actor
- 1987 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer
- 1987 – Kris Russell, Canadian hockey player
- 1988 – Lara Liang, Taiwanese-American Singer
- 1990 – Kay Panabaker, American actor
- 1995 – Kelsey Lewis, American actress
- 2000 – Angel Sy, Filipina child actor
Deaths
- 373 – Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)
- 756 – Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)
- 907 – Boris I of Bulgaria
- 1230 – William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny (b. 1197)
- 1300 – Blanche of Artois, regent of Navarre (b. 1248)
- 1450 – William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (b. 1396)
- 1519 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
- 1564 – Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)
- 1627 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
- 1667 – George Wither, English writer (b. 1588)
- 1683 – Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)
- 1711 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)
- 1802 – Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)
- 1810 – Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b. 1740)
- 1819 – Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
- 1857 – Alfred de Musset, French writer (b. 1810)
- 1864 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791)
- 1927 – Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)
- 1945 – Martin Bormann, Nazi official (b. 1900)
- 1945 – Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910)
- 1945 – Joe Corbett, baseball player (b. 1875)
- 1947 – Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)
- 1957 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
- 1960 – Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (b. 1921)
- 1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (b. 1879)
- 1969 – Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
- 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
- 1979 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
- 1980 – George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
- 1980 – Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
- 1983 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
- 1984 – Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (b. 1918)
- 1985 – Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b. 1951)
- 1985 – Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
- 1986 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b. 1956)
- 1989 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
- 1989 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
- 1990 – David Rappaport, English actor (b. 1951)
- 1991 – Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909)
- 1992 – Wilbur Mills, American politician (b. 1909)
- 1995 – Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
- 1997 – John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
- 1997 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)
- 1998 – Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
- 1998 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
- 1998 – Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b. 1949)
- 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
- 2001 – Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)
- 2001 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
- 2002 – John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947)
- 2002 – W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (b. 1917)
- 2005 – Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)
- 2005 – Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
- 2006 – Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
- 2008 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)
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