• 1157 - Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)
• 1207 - Sancho II, king of Portugal
• 1380 - Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint
• 1474 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)
• 1588 - Marin Mersenne, France, mathematician/musician/philosopher (Cartesian)
• 1591 - Jacqueline M A de Sainte Madeleine Arnauld, French abbess
• 1621 - Louis II Cond‚, [Great Cond‚], duke of Bourbon (Rocroy)
• 1672 - Nicolas de Grigny, composer
• 1718 - Fran‡ois-Thomas the Baculard d'Arnaud, sentimental writer
• 1736 - Bernardo Ottani, composer
• 1756 - Anton Teyber, composer
• 1767 - Karl August von Lichtenstein, composer
• 1774 - Anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet
• 1779 - Johann Philipp Samuel Schmidt, composer
• 1779 - Mustafa IV, sultan of Turkey (1807-08)
• 1792 - Joseph Netherclift, composer
• 1804 - Eduard M”rike, German vicar/poet/writer (Maler Nolten)
• 1815 - Alexander Ramsey, Gov (Union), died in 1903
• 1821 - Henry Baxter, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1873
• 1824 - Jaime Nuno, composer
• 1826 - Disma Fumagalli, composer
• 1827 - Emil Naumann, composer
• 1828 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1829 - George Crook, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890
• 1829 - Seth Maxwell Barton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1900
• 1830 - Fr‚d‚ric Mistral, Proven‡al poet (Nobel 1904)
• 1831 - Wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor)
• 1841 - Anton¡n Dvor k, Nelahozeves Czech, composer (New World Symphony)
• 1854 - Willem M van Rossum, Dutch cardinal/prefect of Propaganda File
• 1863 - Gustavo Emilio Campa, composer
• 1865 - Adolfo Albertazzi, Italian writer (Amore & Amore, Top)
• 1870 - Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer
• 1873 - David O McKay, Huntsville, Utah, 9th pres of Mormon church
• 1873 - Max Reinhardt, Austria, theatrical director (Oedipus Rex)
• 1880 - Roelof Kranenburg, Dutch social democratic chairman (1st Chamber)
• 1886 - Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet/writer (Counterattack)
• 1888 - Louis Zimmer, Flemish clock maker (Jubelklok/Wonder Clock)
• 1889 - Robert A Taft, (Sen-R-Ohio, Taft-Hartley Act)
• 1894 - Willem FJ Pijper, Dutch composer/critic
• 1897 - Jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Miss, country singer/singing brakeman
• 1898 - Queenie Smith, NYC, actress/dancer (Funny Side)
• 1900 - Claude D Pepper, (Rep-D-FL, 1963- ), old people's advocate
• 1901 - Hendrik F Verwoerd, premier South Africa (1958-66) (assassinated)
• 1901 - Jacques Perret, French journalist/writer (La caporal ‚pingl‚)
• 1902 - Anthonie Donker, [Prof N Donkersloot], Dutch literary
• 1904 - Carlos Sanchez Malaga, composer
• 1905 - Henry Wilcoxon, actor (Cleopatra, Jericho, 10 Commandments)
• 1906 - Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP
• 1907 - Buck O'Neil, Old Negro League Baseball player
• 1907 - Gavin Muir, Chic Ill, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show)
• 1907 - Leon Askin, Vienna Austria, actor (Pierre-Charlie Farrell Show)
• 1907 - Sid Tomack, actor (Life of Riley)
• 1908 - Geoffrey Hodges, bomb disposal expert
• 1910 - Gella Allaert, Flemish actress (La Round)
• 1910 - Jean-Louis Barrault, Vesinet France, actor (Les Enfants du Paradis)
• 1912 - Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director (Man in the White Suit, Mandy)
• 1912 - Leo Cherne, NYC, economist/commentator (All Star News)
• 1914 - Dimitrios I, patriarch (primus interparis orthodox Christians)
• 1914 - Hillary Brooke, Abbott & Costello's neighbor (Hillary)
• 1915 - Frank Cady, actor (Mr Drucker-Green Acres)
• 1918 - Derek Barton, British chemist (Nobel 1969)
• 1918 - John F Seiberling, (Rep-D-OH, 1971-86)
• 1919 - David Johan Kvandal, composer
• 1919 - Richard Pool, naval Officer
• 1921 - Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia)
• 1921 - Harry Secombe, Swansea Wales, actor (Down Among the "Z" Men)
• 1922 - Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate (1980)
• 1922 - Sid Caesar, Yonkers NY, comedian (Your Show of Shows)
• 1923 - Alan Weeks, sports commentator
• 1923 - Fran‡ois Chaumette, actor (They Never Slept, Christine)
• 1923 - Hillevi Lagerstam, Kurikka Finland
• 1924 - Wendell H Ford, (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974- )
• 1925 - Alexander Nikolayevich Kholminov, composer
• 1925 - Denise Darcel, Paris France, actress (Dangerous When Wet)
• 1925 - Heinz Lau, composer
• 1925 - Magnus Blondal Johansson, composer
• 1925 - Peter Sellers, England, actor (not now, Kato, Bobo, Pink Panther)
• 1929 - Christoph von Dohn nyi, Berlin Germany, conductor/pianist (Cleve Orch)
• 1929 - Severn Darden, actor (Popesco-Mary Hartman)
• 1930 - Emilio Azcarraga Milmo, media tycoon
• 1930 - Jeanette Altwegg, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1930 - Mario Adorf, Zurich Switzerland, actor (Bachelor, Abyssinia)
• 1932 - Patsy Cline, Winchester Va, country singer (Crazy)
• 1933 - Eric Salzman, composer
• 1934 - Peter Maxwell Davies, Manchester Engld, composer (Prolation, Taverner)
• 1935 - James Clay, saxophonist
• 1937 - Virna Lisi, Italy, actress (Assault on a Queen, Bluebeard)
• 1938 - Sam A Nunn, (Sen-D-Georgia, 1972- )
• 1940 - Willie Tyler, Red Level Ala, ventriloquist (Lester)
• 1941 - Alan Feinstein, NYC, actor (Max-Berrengers, Family Tree)
• 1941 - Bernard Sanders, (Rep-R-Vermont)
• 1941 - Dante Drowty, rocker
• 1942 - Brian Cole, Tacoma Wash, rock vocalist/bassist (Association)
• 1942 - Nancy Ann Dibble, Netherlands, sci-fi author (Summerfair)
• 1942 - Sal Valentino, rocker
• 1945 - Jose Feliciano, rocker
• 1945 - Kelly Groucutt, rocker
• 1945 - Rogie Vachon, Qu‚bec, NHL goalie (Canadiens, Kings, Vezina-1968)
• 1945 - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Calif, rocker (Grateful Dead, Grass Roots)
• 1946 - Dean Daughtry, rock keyboardist (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
• 1947 - Amos Biwott, Uasin Gishee Kenya, 3K steeplechaser (Oly-gold-1968)
• 1947 - Ann Beattie, Wash DC, short story writer (NYer Magazine)
• 1948 - Great Kabuki, [Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera], wrestler (NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS)
• 1948 - Jean-Pierre Monser‚, Flemish cyclist
• 1948 - Kathy Hite-James, LPGA golfer
• 1948 - Lynn/Marilyn [Lorraine] Abbey, US, sci-fi author (Black Flame)
• 1950 - Daniel Victor Starr, composer
• 1950 - Will Lee, rock guitarist (Late Show with David Letterman)
• 1951 - Mark McCumber, golfer
• 1951 - Randy T Odle, Port Arthur Texas, astronaut
• 1951 - Timothy Gullikson, tennis player/coach (Pete Sampras)
• 1951 - Tom Gullikson, Wisc, tennis player (US mixed Doubles 1984)
• 1954 - Clayton Norcross, actor (Bold & Beautiful, Colbys, Santa Barbara)
• 1956 - Maurice Cheeks, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Phila '76ers)
• 1957 - Heather Thomas, Greenwich Ct, actress (Jody-Fall Guy, Coed Fever)
• 1957 - Melissa Whitmire, LPGA golfer
• 1958 - David Lewis, guitarist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
• 1960 - Stefano Casiraghi, husband of princess Caroline of Monaco
• 1961 - Franny Michel, Bkln NY, actress (Patricia-Apple's Way)
• 1962 - Ren‚ Klijn, [Dorian], singer (Mr Blue)
• 1963 - Gerald Williams, NFL defensive end (Carolina Panthers)
• 1964 - Steffan Peters, equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1965 - Barbra Fontana Harris, Manhattan Beach CA, volleyballer (Oly-4th-96)
• 1966 - Mike Dyer, Upland Calif, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
• 1966 - Raymond Atteveld, Belgian soccer player (Waregem, Roda JC)
• 1967 - Brett Winslow, Santa Barbara Calif, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-96)
• 1970 - Clarence Weatherspoon, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
• 1970 - Tomur Barnes, NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers)
• 1971 - Cristy Thom, LA Ca, playmate (Feb, 1991)
• 1971 - David Merritt, NFL outside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1971 - Greg Minor, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
• 1971 - Henry Thomas, San Antonio TX, actor (ET)
• 1971 - Jan Pardavy, hockey forward (Team Slovakia)
• 1972 - David Arquette, actor (Scream, Scream 2, Kiss & Tell)
• 1973 - Bob Wolcott, Huntington Beach Ca, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
• 1973 - Jason Downs, actor (Bobby-Hairspray)
• 1975 - Elena Likhovtseva, Alma-Ata Kazakhstan, tennis star
• 1975 - John Thomas, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
• 1976 - Sjeng Schalken, Weert Neth, tennis star
• 1977 - Maria Helena Selin, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
• 1978 - Marco Sturm, Dingolfing GER, NHL forward (Sharks, Team Germany 1998)
• 1981 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Bethlehem PA, actor (Randy-Home Improvement)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0394 - Arbogast, French general, commits suicide
• 0701 - Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies
• 0780 - Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies
• 0876 - Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72
• 1100 - Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies
• 1550 - Hans [Johann] Vischer, German count of Johann Cicero, dies
• 1555 - Thomas Villanova, Spanish saint/archbishop of Valencia, dies
• 1560 - Amy Robsart, wife of English premier Robert Dudley, dies by accident
• 1613 - Don Carlo Gesauldo, composer, dies
• 1633 - Carlo Caraffa, Ital jesuit/religious order founder, dies at about 72
• 1637 - Robert Fludd, composer, dies at 63
• 1644 - Francis Quarles, English poet (Enchiridion), dies
• 1645 - Francisco G¢mez Quevedo y Villegas, Spanish author/poet, dies at 64
• 1654 - Peter Claver, Spanish saint (baptized 300,000 slaves), dies
• 1660 - Daniel von Czepko, German poet, dies at 54
• 1675 - Amalia, countess of Solms-Braunfels, dies at 73
• 1706 - Romanus Weichlein, composer, dies at 53
• 1811 - Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69
• 1819 - Franz Stanislaus Spindler, composer, dies at 56
• 1838 - Pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45
• 1840 - John H van de Palm, theologist/literature/speaker, dies at 77
• 1871 - Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer, dies at 57
• 1879 - Nikolay Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 58
• 1881 - W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral, dies at 84
• 1882 - Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (surface of Liouville), dies
• 1895 - Adam Opel, German manufacturer (motorcars), dies at 58
• 1899 - Vaclav Hugo Zavrtal, composer, dies at 78
• 1914 - William E Darwin, British son of Charles Darwin, dies at 74
• 1917 - Charles Edouard Lefebvre, composer, dies at 74
• 1933 - Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st king of Iraq/Syria, dies at 50
• 1935 - Carl Austin Weiss, murderer of Sen Huey Long, shot down
• 1935 - Huey P Long, (Sen-La) assassinated at Baton Rouge Capitol building
• 1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal, hanged at 62
• 1944 - Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63
• 1949 - Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85
• 1951 - Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed
• 1951 - Maria Montez, actress (Arabian Nights), dies of heart seizure at 33
• 1955 - John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69
• 1956 - Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84
• 1956 - Vital Celen, Flemish writer ('t Pastoorke van Vossendonck), dies at 69
• 1960 - Johan J "Jussi" Bj”rling, Swedish epic tenor, dies at 49
• 1962 - Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84
• 1965 - Dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood
• 1969 - Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at 61
• 1974 - Robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79
• 1975 - John Mylong, actor (Robot Monster), dies at 82
• 1976 - Assen Karastoyanov, composer, dies at 83
• 1976 - Joaquin Zamacois Soler, composer, dies at 81
• 1977 - Zero [Samuel J] Mostel, US actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 62
• 1978 - Pancho Vladigerov, composer, dies at 79
• 1979 - Jean Seberg, actress (Breathless, Airport), commits suicide at 40
• 1980 - Bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies
• 1980 - Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist/theory/educator, dies at 84
• 1981 - Hediki Joekawa, Japans physicist (Nobel 1949) at 74
• 1981 - Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at 80
• 1983 - Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies
• 1983 - Willem C "Wim" Kan, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 72
• 1984 - Frank Lowson, cricketer (England opener 1951-55), dies
• 1984 - Rene Bernier, composer, dies at 79
• 1991 - Alex North, music composer (Spartacus), dies at 80 of cancer
• 1991 - Brad Davis, US, actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41
• 1991 - Jan J Lipski, chairman (Polish Socialist Party)/writer, dies
• 1991 - Jo Budie, Dutch orch leader (KRO), dies
• 1992 - Quentin N Burdick, (Sen-D-ND, 1960-91), dies at 84
• 1993 - Hall Bartlett, US director (Jonathan Livingston Seagull), dies at 70
• 1993 - Lorin "Whitey" Harrison, surfer, dies at 80 of a heart attack
• 1993 - Zaki Naguib Mahmoud, Egyptian philosopher/author/diplomat, dies at 88
• 1994 - Arthur Rex Alston, British sports commentator, dies at 93
• 1994 - Deborah Bear, Engl still photographer (Pasolini/Fellini), dies at 44
• 1994 - Dennis Morgan, actor (Cattle Town, Canyon Pass), dies at 83
• 1994 - Edna Manilow, mother of singer Barry Manilow, dies at 70 of cancer
• 1994 - Michael Peters, choreographer, dies
• 1994 - Rex Alston, cricketer (distinguished BBC commentator), dies
• 1995 - Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer, dies at 73
• 1995 - Olga Ivinskaya, mistress of Boris Pasternak, dies of cancer at 83
• 1995 - Safa Khulusi, writer, dies at 78
• 1996 - Elizabeth Eyre de Lanaux, designer artist/writer, dies at 102