• 1450 - Jacob Obrecht, composer
• 1511 - Erasmus Reinhold, Germany, mathematician (calculated planetary table)
• 1515 - Marie Guise, French wife of king James V of Scotland
• 1535 - John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Neth royal family
• 1579 - Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist
• 1606 - Pieter II de Jode, Flemish engraver/publisher
• 1643 - Ren‚ R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer
• 1690 - Fran‡ois Collin de Blamont, composer
• 1709 - Frantisek Benda, composer
• 1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of JS Bach (Sinfonias 64)
• 1767 - Andreas Hofer, Tirol nationalist
• 1771 - Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/St-Eustatius/Cura‡ao/Dutch-West Indies
• 1780 - Conradin Kreutzer, composer
• 1805 - Benjamin Hugur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
• 1808 - Thomas Cook, founder (Cook travel bureau)
• 1818 - Samuel Gibbs French, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
• 1819 - George Eliot, [Mary A Evans], England, author (Silas Marner)
• 1823 - Nathan Kimball, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898
• 1832 - George Henry Chapman, Bvt Maj Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
• 1835 - Frank Crawford Armstrong, Brig General (Confederate Army)
• 1838 - Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer
• 1842 - Anna S Barbiers, actress (Uncle Tom)
• 1849 - Friedrich von Bernhardi, Ger historian (Germany & the Next War)
• 1852 - Paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist
• 1856 - Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th pres of Mormon church
• 1857 - George Gissing, English author (Thyrza, Crown of Life)
• 1868 - John Nance Garner, (D) 32nd VP (1933-41)
• 1869 - Andr‚ Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947)
• 1870 - Howard Brockway, composer
• 1873 - Johnny Tyldesley, cricketer (brother of Ernest, 31 Tests for England)
• 1873 - Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India)
• 1875 - Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah TN, actress (Climax, Tall Story)
• 1875 - Georges Rency, Belgian poet
• 1877 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (Uj versek, V‚r ‚s arany)
• 1888 - Tarzan, of the Apes, according to Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel
• 1890 - Charles de Gaulle, Lille, France, Pres of France (1958-69)
• 1891 - Bengt Axel von Torne, composer
• 1891 - Edward Bernays, PR expert
• 1891 - Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Theory of Money & Capital)
• 1893 - M Kaganovitsj Kogan, people's commissioner for Stalin
• 1896 - Mario La Broca, composer
• 1896 - Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [OS]
• 1898 - Wiley Post, Grand Plain Tx, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska)
• 1899 - Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, actor/songwriter (Stardust)
• 1900 - Hugo Godron, composer
• 1901 - Joaq£¡n Rodrigo, Sagunto Valencia Spain, composer (Juglares)
• 1902 - Emanuel Feuermann, Kolomea Galicia, cellist (Chicago Symph Orch)
• 1903 - Herbert Sally Frankel, economist
• 1904 - Louis N‚el, French physicist (Nobel 1970)
• 1904 - Roland Winters, Boston Mass, actor (Mama, Smothers Brothers)
• 1905 - James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism)
• 1906 - Howard Petrie, Beverly MA, actor (Border River, Bounty Hunter)
• 1906 - Lee Patrick, NYC, actress (Henrietta-Topper, Maltese Falcon)
• 1907 - Bernard Naylor, composer
• 1907 - Dick Bartell, baseball player
• 1908 - Michael Balfour, historian
• 1909 - Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop of Haarlem Netherlands (1966-83)
• 1912 - Doris Duke, NYC, multi-millionaire (American Tobacco heiress)
• 1912 - Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist
• 1913 - Benjamin Britten, Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer (Beggar's Opera)
• 1914 - Peter Woolridge Townsend, war hero courtier writer
• 1917 - Jean-Etienne Marie, composer
• 1918 - Claiborne Pell, (Sen-D-RI, 1961- )
• 1919 - Wilfred Norman Aldridge, biochemist/toxicologist
• 1921 - Rodney Dangerfield, [John Cohen], Babylon NY, comedian (Caddyshack)
• 1922 - Fikret Dzhamil Amirov, Kirovabad Russia, Azerbaijani composer (Shur)
• 1923 - Arthur Hiller, director (Love Story)
• 1923 - Dika Newlin, composer
• 1924 - Axel Borup-Jorgensen, composer
• 1924 - Geraldine Page, Kirksville Mo (Interiors, Trip to Bountiful)
• 1925 - Gunther Schuller, NYC, hornist/composer (Visitation)
• 1926 - Lew Burdette, baseball player
• 1926 - Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1952-56)
• 1927 - Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player
• 1928 - Juno Stover-Irwin, US, diver (Olympic-silver-1956)
• 1928 - Pat Smythe, England, equestrian jumper (Olympic-bronze-1956)
• 1930 - John Paul Schiffer
• 1930 - Owen Kay Garriott, Enid Oklahoma, astronaut (Skylab 3, STS 9)
• 1930 - Peter Hall, British stage/film/opera director (Pedestrian)
• 1932 - Robert Vaughn, NYC, actor (Napolean Solo-Man from UNCLE, I Spy)
• 1935 - Ludmila Belousova Protopopov, USSR, pairs skater (Oly-gold-1964, 68)
• 1935 - Michael Callan, [Calinieff], Phila, actor (Peter-Occasional Wife)
• 1936 - Hans Zender, composer
• 1937 - Zenon Jankowski, Poland cosmonaut (Soyuz 30 backup)
• 1939 - Allen Garfield, Newark NJ, actor (Candidate, Beverly Hills Cop II)
• 1940 - Terry Gilliam, Minneapolis, comedy author-animator (Monty Python)
• 1941 - Jacques LaPerriere, NHL defensive Hall of Famer
• 1941 - Ron McClure, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1941 - Tom Conti, Paisley Scotland, actor (Reuben Reuben, American Dreamer)
• 1942 - Guion Steward Bluford Jr, Phila, Col USAF/astr (STS 8, 61A, 39, 53)
• 1942 - Steve Caldwell, rocker (Orleans)
• 1943 - Billie Jean King, Cal, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75)
• 1943 - Floyd Sneed, Calgary, rock drummer (Three Dog Night-Joy to the World)
• 1943 - George W [Buddy] Darden, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
• 1943 - Mushtaq Mohammad, cricketer (Pakistan leg-spin all-rounder 1959-79)
• 1944 - Robert Iliffe, English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
• 1946 - Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist (I Shot the Sheriff)
• 1946 - Hans Kombrink, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Finance (PvdA)
• 1947 - Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador (1989-94)
• 1947 - Rod Price, rocker (Foghat)
• 1950 - Greg Luzinski, baseball player (Phillies, White Sox)
• 1950 - Little Steven, [Van Zandt], Asbury Park NJ, rocker (Born to Run)
• 1950 - Lyman Bostock, baseball player
• 1950 - [Ma]Tina Weymouth, Coronado CA, rock bassist (Talking Heads-& She Was)
• 1953 - Wayne Larkins, cricketer (England opening batsman of 80's)
• 1955 - James Edwards, NBA center (Chicago Bulls)
• 1955 - Sue Novara-Reber, Flint Mich, cyclist (1975 World sprint champ)
• 1955 - Wayne Tolleson, baseball player
• 1957 - Sharon Bailey, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
• 1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, LA Calif, actress (Anything But Love, Halloween)
• 1958 - Lee Guetterman, Chattanooga TN, pitcher (NY Yankees, Seattle Mariners)
• 1960 - Eg White, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
• 1960 - Tommy Masters, Framingham MA, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Carolina-50th)
• 1961 - Joel Ashley Edwards, Dallas TX, PGA golfer (1992 BC Open-2nd)
• 1961 - Mariel Hemingway, Ketchum Id, actress (Personal Best, Civil Wars)
• 1962 - Cleo Fields, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
• 1962 - Steve DeOssie, NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots)
• 1963 - Corinne Russell, Birmingham England, comedienne (Benny Hill Show)
• 1963 - Helen Reale, NYC, WPVA volleyballer (Manhattan Beach-7th-1994)
• 1963 - Hugh Millen, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos)
• 1964 - Akram Raza, cricketer (Pakistani off-spin all-rounder)
• 1964 - Benoit Benjamin, NBA center (Milwaukee Bucks)
• 1964 - David Tate, NFL defensive back (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1964 - Gene Atkins, NFL safety (Miami Dolphins)
• 1964 - Maggie Will, Whiteville NC, LPGA golfer (1992 Sara Lee Classic)
• 1964 - Pierre Vercheval, CFL guard (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1964 - Stephen Geoffreys, Cincinnati Oh, actor (Faternity Vacation)
• 1965 - Eric Allen, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
• 1965 - Mike Benjamin, Euclid Ohio, infielder (Phila Phillies)
• 1965 - R Duncan Douglas, NYC, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
• 1966 - Brian Robbins, Bkln NY, actor (Eric-Head of the Class)
• 1966 - Nicholas Rowe, London England, actor (Young Sherlock Holmes)
• 1967 - Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player (Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89)
• 1967 - Donald Hollas, quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
• 1968 - Daedra Charles, WNBA forward/center (LA Sparks)
• 1968 - Darryl Hardy, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1968 - Irina Privalova, Russia, 100m/200m/400m runner
• 1968 - Jonathan Moss, Tenafly NJ, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1969 - Byron Houston, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
• 1969 - John Parrella, NFL defensive tackle (SD Chargers)
• 1969 - Katrin Krabbe, Neubrandenburg German DR, 100m/200m (World Champ 1991)
• 1970 - Alison Korn, Ottawa Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Lloyd Kammeron, soccer player (Feyenoord, Go Ahead Eagles)
• 1971 - Tyoka Jackson, defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• 1971 - Yone Kamio, Yokohama Japan, tennis star (1995 semi-finalist Hobart)
• 1972 - Mavan Atapattu, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman)
• 1972 - Tricia Tan, Miss Singapore Universe (1997)
• 1973 - Alexandra Fusai, St Cloud France, tennis star (1995 Futures-Szczecin)
• 1973 - Brandon Paulsen, Coon Rapids Minn, greco-roman wrestler (Oly-silv-96)
• 1973 - Cassie Campbell, ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Oly-98)
• 1973 - Michael Murphy, Brisbane QLD Queensland Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Meike Babel, Langen Germany, tennis star (1991 Futures-Paderborn-GER)
• 1976 - Taryn Mansell, Aruba, Miss Universe-2nd place (1996)
• 1977 - Devyn Puett, actress (Kids Incorporated)
• 1978 - Magdalena Grzybowska, Poznan Pol, tennis star (1995 Futures Slovakia)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0365 - Felix II, Italian anti-pope, dies
• 0950 - Lotharius, King of Italy (947-50), dies
• 1247 - Robin Hood, dies (from "A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hood")
• 1594 - Martin Frobisher, English vice-admiral/explorer, dies
• 1617 - Ahmed I, 14th sultan of Turkey (1603-17), dies
• 1716 - G˜sbert Cuper, classical/regent, dies at 72
• 1718 - Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, English pirate, killed off Virginia coast
• 1751 - Anton Englert, composer, dies at 77
• 1773 - Robert Clive, English occupier (India), dies at about 48
• 1776 - Johann Caspar Simon, composer, dies at 75
• 1781 - Fr‚d‚ric Ph‚lypeaux, French earl of Maurepas, dies
• 1781 - John Ekels, the Old, Amsterdam painter/cartoonist, dies at 57
• 1782 - John Barueth, vicar/pamphleter, dies
• 1782 - John de Mol, porcelein manufacturer, dies
• 1799 - Baroness van Dorth, orangist, executed
• 1803 - Bernardus Bosch, Dutch vicar/patriot, dies at 57
• 1813 - Johann Gottfried Vierling, composer, dies at 63
• 1825 - Ann Bailey, pioneer, dies
• 1826 - Pavel Lambert Masek, composer, dies at 65
• 1852 - August Alexander Klengel, composer, dies at 69
• 1859 - Ludwig "Louis" Spohr, German violinist/composer (Faust), dies at 75
• 1871 - Oscar J Dunn, (Lt Gov-La), dies suddenly, charges he was poisoned
• 1890 - Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress, dies at 77
• 1896 - George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies
• 1896 - Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer, dies at 65
• 1900 - Arthur S Sullivan, England, composer (Mikado, Ivanhoe), dies at 58
• 1902 - Friedrich A Krupp, cannon manufacturer, commits suicide
• 1902 - Septimus Winner, composer, dies at 75
• 1904 - Th‚ophile E A de Bock, painter/etcher, dies
• 1906 - Earnest Josephson, Swedish painter, dies
• 1916 - Jack London, author, dies at 40
• 1924 - Herman Heijermans Jr, author (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies
• 1936 - Louis F H Apol, painter/etcher/literary, dies at 86
• 1940 - Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67
• 1943 - Lorenz Hart, lyricist, dies in NY
• 1943 - Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer, dies at 57
• 1944 - Arthur Stanley Eddington, dies
• 1946 - Bertie Rose-Innes, cricketer (S Africa's Test), dies
• 1954 - Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian UN ambassador, dies at 70
• 1954 - Moroni Olsen, actor (Possessed), dies at 65
• 1955 - Joseph Guy Marie Ropartz, composer, dies at 91
• 1955 - Shemp Howard, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 60
• 1956 - Vincent (Moro-)Giafferi, French criminal (Caillaux/Landru), dies
• 1963 - Aldous L Huxley, English author (Devils of Loudon), dies at 69
• 1963 - Bikram Singh, Indies Lt-General (Kashmir), dies
• 1963 - C[live] S[taples] Lewis, [Hamilton], author (Silver Chair), dies at 64
• 1963 - Claude Floquet, cricketer (Test for S Africa), dies
• 1963 - Daulet Singh, Indies Lt-General, dies
• 1963 - John F Kennedy, 35th pres (1961-63), assassinated in Dallas at 46
• 1963 - NKD Nanavati, Indies general-major (WW II), dies
• 1963 - William R Titterton, English author (Candle of the Stars), dies at 87
• 1966 - Moises F da Costa Gomez, premier Dutch Antilles, dies
• 1967 - Edvin Kallstenius, composer, dies at 86
• 1969 - Acario Cotapos, composer, dies at 80
• 1971 - Walter Sande, actor (Red Planet Mars), dies of heart attack at 65
• 1976 - Rupert Davies, actor (Zeppelin, Oblong Box), dies at 59
• 1977 - Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies
• 1979 - Anne Vondeling, Male Dutch soc democratic party-minister, dies at 63
• 1980 - Herbert Wade, cricketer (S African batsman & captain 1935-36), dies
• 1980 - Leonard Barr, comedian (Dean Martin Show, Szysznyk), dies at 77
• 1980 - Mae West, actress (She Done Him Wrong), dies in Hollywood at 87
• 1980 - Malando, [Arie Maasland], composer/orch leader (Ol‚ Guapa), dies at 72
• 1981 - Andreina Pagnani, actress (Il Commandante), dies at 74
• 1981 - Jack Fingleton, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 1189 runs), dies
• 1982 - Burton Turkus, lawyer/author/TV host (Mr Arsenic), dies at 80
• 1982 - Enny, [Engelina] de Leeuwe, actress (Anatevka), dies at 84
• 1982 - Max Deutsch, composer, dies at 90
• 1983 - Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58
• 1986 - Fred Bertrand, Belgian politician, dies at 73
• 1986 - Robert Sutton Whitney, composer, dies at 82
• 1986 - Scatman Crothers, actor (Shining, Zapped), dies at 76
• 1987 - Ted Taylor, rock vocalist, dies
• 1988 - Erich Fried, writer, dies at 67
• 1988 - Janet Ertel, crooner, dies
• 1989 - Rajindernath, Indian cricketer wicketkeeper (1 Test), dies
• 1989 - Rene Muawad, assassinated 17 days after elected president of Lebanon
• 1991 - Jac de Jong, Dutch MP/composer/businessman (Nedac-Sorbo), dies
• 1992 - Gene O'Donnell, actor (Ape, Miracle Kid), dies of lung cancer at 81
• 1992 - Sterling Holloway, US actor (Golddiggers of 1933, Batman), dies at 87
• 1993 - Bill Bixby, actor (My Favorite Martian), dies from cancer at 59
• 1994 - Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies
• 1994 - John Michael Grimes, set Designer, dies at 70
• 1994 - L V Johnson Singer, dies
• 1994 - Norma Donaldson, US singer/actress (Staying Alive), dies at 68
• 1995 - Ambrose Sam, creole accordionist, dies at 76
• 1995 - Edna Deanne Fuelling, dancer choreographer/drama teacher, dies at 90
• 1995 - Francis Joan Frances Will, actress, dies at 75
• 1995 - John Putz, journalist, dies at 89
• 1995 - Norman Potter, cabinetmaker designer/writer, dies at 72
• 1996 - Maria Casar‚s, actress (Orpheus, Rebel Nun), dies at 73
• 1996 - Mark Lenard, actor (Sarek-Star Trek), dies of cancer at 68
• 1996 - Terence Daniel Donovan, photographer, dies at 60
• 1997 - Joanna Moore, actress (Bronx, Hindenburg), dies at 63
• 1997 - Michael Hutchence, rocker (INXS), commits suicide at 37
• 1997 - Tom Blackburn, writer, dies at 71