• 1529 - Ferdinand, archduke (Austria)/mayor (Bohemia)
• 1657 - Cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral
• 1691 - Jan Francisci, composer
• 1730 - Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer [or Jul 23 1734]
• 1736 - Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law)
• 1760 - Candido Jose Ruano, composer
• 1763 - Johannes Simon Mayr, composer
• 1769 - Dominique Della-Maria, composer
• 1805 - Robert Anderson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871
• 1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, author (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
• 1820 - John Bartlett, US, editor (compiled Familiar Quotations)
• 1821 - Jozef Lies, Flemish painter
• 1835 - Nikolay Rubinstein, composer
• 1836 - Thomas Wilberforce Egan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1844 - Edouard Naville, Swiss egyptologist
• 1854 - Frederik Rung, composer
• 1855 - Robert Marion La Follette, Wisconsin, pres candidate (Progressive)
• 1856 - Andrey Markov, Russia, mathematician (Markov Chain)
• 1864 - Alois Alzheimer, Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease)
• 1865 - Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer
• 1868 - Karl Landsteiner, Austria, immunologist/pathologist (Nobel 1930)
• 1874 - Edward Bowes, radio host (Major Bowes Amateur Hour)
• 1882 - Ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia
• 1882 - Michael Zadora, composer
• 1883 - Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian bible expert
• 1884 - John McCormack, Irish/US singer (Irish folksongs)
• 1889 - Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/palaeontologist
• 1895 - Cliff Edwards, Hannibal MO, singer (When You Wish Upon a Star)
• 1895 - Louis Finkelstein, US historian/theologist (Pharizees)
• 1899 - Kawabata Yasunari, Zen writer (Nobel Literature 1968)
• 1900 - June Walker, IL, actress (War Nurse, Unforgiven)
• 1903 - Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot
• 1904 - Benno Ammann, composer
• 1906 - Carl Esmond, Wien (Vienna) Austria, actor (Smash-Up)
• 1906 - Gil Lamb, Minneapolis, actor (Hit Parade of 1947, Riding High)
• 1906 - Margaret Bourke-White, photographer/innovator/correspondent
• 1907 - Ren‚ Char, French poet/painter
• 1908 - John Scott Trotter, Charlotte NC, orch leader (George Gobel Show)
• 1909 - Burl Ives, Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
• 1910 - Rudolf Kempe, Niederpoyritz Germany, conductor (Tonhalle Orch 1965-72)
• 1912 - E Cuyler Hammond, scientist (1st to link smoking with lung cancer)
• 1916 - Geoffrey Goodwin, British professor of international relations
• 1916 - Karl-Rudi Griesbach, composer
• 1917 - Al "Lash" LaRue, Gretna La, actor (Lash of the West, Wyatt Earp)
• 1918 - Carter Harman, composer
• 1918 - Dorothy McGuire, Omaha Neb, actress (Old Yeller, Summer Magic)
• 1918 - Leroy T Walker, Atlanta Ga, US Olympic consultant (1960, 68, 72)
• 1919 - Sam Wanamaker, Chic Ill, actor (Holocaust, Competition, Raw Deal)
• 1920 - Helmer-Rayner Sinisalo, composer
• 1921 - Gene Barry, NYC, actor (Bat Masterson, Name of the Game, Burke's Law)
• 1922 - Arthur Jacobs, musicologist
• 1923 - Donald Smith, cricketer (uneventful England opening batsman 1957)
• 1923 - Jack Hayward, Brit financier (Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club)
• 1923 - Theodore Bloomfield, composer
• 1924 - Solouchin, writer
• 1925 - Barbara Hammer Avedon, scriptwriter
• 1925 - David Bache, designer
• 1925 - Pierre Salinger, newsman (ABC)/press secretary (John Kennedy)
• 1926 - Hermann Kant, writer
• 1928 - Ernesto "Che" Guevara Serna, Arg/Cuba revolutionary (Cuba)
• 1929 - Alan Davidson, cricketer (mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder)
• 1929 - Cy Coleman, [Seymour Kaufman], songwriter (Witchcraft, Sweet Charity)
• 1931 - Marla Gibbs, Chicago Ill, actress (Florence-Jeffersons, Mary-227)
• 1932 - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, composer
• 1933 - Jerzy Kosinski, novelist (Painted Bird, Being There)
• 1935 - Jan Nijland, cattle breeder/Dutch MP (CDA)
• 1939 - Steny H Hoyer, (Rep-D-MD, 1981- )
• 1940 - Ben Davidson, LA Calif, actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R)
• 1940 - Bill Baker, (Rep-R-California)
• 1940 - Jack Bannon, LA Calif, actor (Art-Lou Grant, Trauma Center)
• 1940 - John Mizelle, composer
• 1941 - John Edgar Widerman, US writer
• 1943 - F James Sensenbrenner, (Rep-R-Wisconsin)
• 1943 - Muff [Mervyn] Winwood, singer (Spencer Davis Group-Gimme Some Lovin)
• 1943 - W J [Billy] Tauzin, (Rep-D-LA, 1980- )
• 1945 - Rod Argent, rocker (She's Not There-Zombies, Hold Your Head Up-Argent)
• 1946 - Donald Trump, billionaire/master builder (Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle)
• 1946 - Ralph McAllister Ingersol II, NYC, newspaper publisher
• 1949 - Alan White, English rock drummer (Yes, Ramshackled)
• 1949 - Bob Frankston, programmer (VisiCalc)
• 1949 - Rochelle Firestone, Kansas City MO, actress (Hellhole)
• 1950 - Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem)
• 1952 - Eddie Mekka, Worcester Mass, actor (Carmine-Laverne & Shirley)
• 1952 - Jimmy Lea, England, rock bassist (Slade)
• 1953 - David Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Pere Ubu)
• 1954 - Will Patton, Charleston SC, actor (No Way Out, Ballzaire the Cajun)
• 1955 - Kim Lankford, Montebello Calif, actress (Gingers-Knots Landing)
• 1955 - Larry Burrows, fictional character (Mr Destiny)
• 1955 - Vince Evans, NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
• 1956 - Frederick Funk, Takoma Park MD, PGA golfer (1992 Shell Houston Open)
• 1958 - Brian David Willis, rock drummer (Quarterflash)
• 1958 - Carina Persson, Stockholm Sweden, playmate (August, 1983)
• 1958 - Eric Heiden, Wisc, «/1/1«/5/10K speed skater (Olympic-5 golds-1980)
• 1960 - Tonie Campbell, LA Calif, 100m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1988)
• 1961 - "Boy George" O'Dowd, androgynous vocalist & druggie (Culture Club)
• 1961 - Grace Jackson, St Ann Jamaica, 200m runner (Olympic-silver-1988)
• 1961 - Sam Perkins, NBA forward/center (Seattle Supersonics)
• 1962 - Scott Radecic, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1963 - Chris DeGarmo, guitarist (Queensryche-Breaking the Silence)
• 1963 - James Patrick, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
• 1963 - Laurel Kean, Portland ME, LPGA golfer (1994 JAL Big Apple-17th)
• 1964 - Jamie Dukes, NFL center (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1964 - Randall Thompson, Halifax Nova Scotia, boxer (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Ricky Siglar, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs, New Orleans Saints)
• 1966 - Rod Stephens, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
• 1966 - Traylor Howard, Orlando Fla, actress (Joy Byrnes-Boston Common)
• 1967 - Ante Mise, Yugoslav soccer player (Hajduk Split/Vitesse)
• 1967 - Dedrick Dodge, NFL safety (SF 49ers, Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1967 - Wendy Lian Williams, St Louis Mo, US diver (Olympic-bronze-88, 92)
• 1968 - Brian Wiggins, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
• 1968 - Eric Murdock, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies, Miami Heat)
• 1968 - Tony Smith, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
• 1968 - Yasmine Bleeth, NYC, actress (Ryan's Hope, 1 Life to Live, Baywatch)
• 1969 - Eric Desjardins, Rauyn Quebec, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers, Canada)
• 1969 - Eugene Chung, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars, Indianapolis Colts)
• 1969 - Steffi Graf, Bruhl West Germany, tennis player (Grand Slam 1988)
• 1970 - Simone Fleurice Eden, Arcadia Ca, playmate (Feb, 1989)
• 1970 - Todd Manning, fictional character (One Life to Live)
• 1970 - Willie Beamon, NFL cornerback (NY Giants)
• 1971 - Bruce Bowen, NBA guard (Boston Celtics)
• 1971 - Fred Baxter, NFL tight end (NY Jets)
• 1972 - Jeff Kysar, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)
• 1972 - Rick Brunson, NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers)
• 1973 - Daniel Marsh, cricketer (son of Rod South Aust slow lefty since 1993)
• 1973 - Michael Cade, NJ, actor (Sylvester Winkle-Calif Dreams)
• 1973 - Sam Shade, NFL strong safety (Cin Bengals)
• 1973 - Sami Kapanen, Vantaa Fin, NHL left wing (Whalers, Carolina, Oly-B-98)
• 1973 - Stepfret Williams, wide receiver (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1974 - Rod Payne, corner (Cincinnati Bengals)
• 1975 - A J Mleczko, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
• 1976 - Rita Carvalho, Miss Universe-Portugal (1996)
• 1994 - Nicholas Pietro Santopictro, son of Vanna White
• 2160 - Montgomery Edward Scott, Aberdeen Scotland, fictional eng (Star Trek)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1144 - Aboe 'l-Kasim Mahmoed ibn Omar al-Zapowersjari, theologist, dies at 69
• 1349 - G�nther Van Schwarzburg, German anti-king 1349, dies at about 44
• 1594 - Orlandus Lassus, composer (Prophet sybillarum), dies at about 61
• 1594 - Roland de Lassus, composer, dies
• 1709 - Gottfried Wegner, composer, dies at 65
• 1727 - Cornelis Cruys, Norwegian/Dutch admiral, dies at 70
• 1744 - Andre Campra, composer, dies at 83
• 1750 - Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer, dies at 47
• 1752 - Charles-Antoine Coypel, French carpet designer, dies at 57
• 1752 - Daniel Marot, French/Neth, architect/engraver, dies at about 88
• 1789 - Johann Wilhelm Hertel, composer, dies at 61
• 1800 - Jean-Baptiste Kl‚ber, French general/architect, murdered at 47
• 1801 - Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary War general, dies in London
• 1828 - Charles Augustus, grand duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach, dies
• 1828 - Charles, Duke of Prussia, dies at 70
• 1864 - Leonidas Polk, general, killed in action in Battle of Pine Mt
• 1873 - Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian, dies at 92
• 1885 - Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuelan publisher on Cura‡ao, dies at 58
• 1891 - Nicolo Gabrielli, composer, dies at 77
• 1907 - A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/politician (CVP), dies
• 1907 - Bob McLeod, cricketer (bro of Charlie, 6 Tests for Aus 1891-93), dies
• 1911 - Johan Severin Svendsen, composer, dies at 70
• 1920 - Max Weber, German sociologist/economist/historian, dies
• 1927 - Johanna C P Barbiers, actress (Voddenraper of Paris), dies at 79
• 1928 - Emmeline Pankhurst-Goulden, English feminist, dies
• 1933 - Albert Ross Parsons, composer, dies at 85
• 1934 - D„ubler, writer, dies at 57
• 1936 - Gilbert K Chesterton, English writer/poet (Father Brown), dies
• 1938 - William W Campbell, US astronomer (Stellar Motions), dies at 76
• 1940 - Ernst Weiá, writer, dies at 57
• 1941 - Pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist (John Knox), dies at 74
• 1944 - Joaqu¡n Alvarez Quint‚ro, Spanish playwright (El Patio), dies at 71
• 1944 - Lubor Niederle, Czech archaeologist/slavist, dies at 78
• 1944 - Robert H Iseley, US pilot/lt-comdr (Saipan), dies in battle
• 1948 - Ernst Henrik Ellberg, composer, dies at 79
• 1948 - John Blackwood McEwen, composer, dies at 80
• 1951 - Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician, dies at 73
• 1960 - Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67
• 1960 - Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer, dies at 57
• 1962 - Anna Sleasers, first Boston Strangler victim
• 1962 - Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer, dies at 65
• 1964 - [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, actor/director (3 Drops of Water), dies at 81
• 1965 - Guido Guerrini, composer, dies at 74
• 1965 - H V Kaltenborn, newscaster (Who Said That?), dies at 86
• 1968 - Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish opera composer (Aniara), dies at 51
• 1968 - Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian poet/essayist (Nobel 1959), dies at 66
• 1974 - Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer, dies at 81
• 1977 - Alan Reed, actor (Fred Allen)/voice (Fred Flintstone), dies at 69
• 1977 - Robert Middleman, actor (Barney-Monroes), dies at 66
• 1978 - Theodore Karyotakis, composer, dies at 74
• 1982 - Marie Rambert, [Cyviam Ramberg], Polish/British ballerina, dies at 94
• 1982 - Marjorie Bennett, actress (Blossom-Dobie Gillis), dies at 87 of cancer
• 1986 - Alan Jay Lerner, Broadway librettist, dies in NY at 67
• 1986 - Jorge Luis Borges, Arg author (Book of Sand), dies in Geneva at 86
• 1986 - Marlin Perkins, TV host (Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom), dies at 81
• 1987 - Les Favell, cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies
• 1989 - Pete de Freitas, drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman), dies
• 1991 - Joy Finzi, [Joyce A Black], British painter, dies at 84
• 1991 - Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83
• 1993 - Vincent T Hamlin, cartoonist (Alley Oop), dies at 93
• 1994 - Denys Hay, historian, dies at 78
• 1994 - Harry "Little" Caesar, blues singer/actor (City Heat), dies at 66
• 1994 - Henry Mancini, composer (Pink Panther, Moon River), dies at 70
• 1994 - Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52
• 1994 - Marcel Mouloudji, French actor/chansonnier (Le D‚serteur), dies at 71
• 1994 - Marianne Kunvari, writer, dies at 81
• 1994 - Mark Alexander Lees, rowing Coach, dies at 38
• 1994 - Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78
• 1994 - Simon Prior, British auto maker, dies of injuries
• 1995 - Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, television producer, dies at 69
• 1995 - Gesualdo Bufalino, novelist, dies at 74
• 1995 - Gordon Greig, journalist, dies at 63
• 1995 - Roger Joseph Zelazny, sci-fi writer, dies of cancer at 60
• 1995 - Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47
• 1996 - Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor, dies at 91
• 1996 - Thomas Edward Montgomery, drummer, dies at 73
• 1997 - Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar), dies at 71
• 1997 - Richard Jaeckel, actor (Starman, The Dark), dies of cancer at 70