• 1563 - Franciscus Gomarus, [Fran‡ois Gomaer], Dutch theologist/opera singer
• 1566 - Alessandro Piccinini, composer
• 1609 - Wenzel E Frst von Lobkowitz, Austrian chencellor (-1674)
• 1616 - William Sancroft, Archbishop (Canterbury)
• 1624 - Arnold Geulincx, South Netherland, philosopher (About Virtue)
• 1628 - George Villiers, 2nd duke of Buckingham England
• 1647 - Konrad Hoffler, composer
• 1687 - [Johann] Balthasar Neumann, German architect, baptized
• 1694 - Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster, composer
• 1697 - Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer
• 1708 - Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist
• 1710 - Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer
• 1719 - Magnus G Lichtwer, German writer (Žsopischer Fabeln)
• 1724 - Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer
• 1752 - Joseph Matthias Kracher, composer
• 1756 - Josef Preindl, composer
• 1760 - Franz Xaver Partsch, composer
• 1775 - Walter Savage Landor, Warwick, critic/writer (Imaginary Conversation)
• 1781 - A v Chamisso, writer
• 1789 - George Augustus Kollmann, composer
• 1797 - Edwin Vose Sumner, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
• 1814 - Jean-Baptist Capronnier, French/Belgian glass painter
• 1816 - Nathaniel Prentiss Banks, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1894
• 1822 - John Basil Turchin, [Ivan Turchinoff], Brig General (Union volunteers)
• 1829 - Alfred Cummings, Georgia, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1910
• 1830 - James G Blaine, US, minister of foreign affairs
• 1834 - Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician
• 1835 - Oliver Edwards, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
• 1841 - Alfred Townsend George, Civil War journalist, died in 1914
• 1844 - Moritz F Freiherr von Bissing, German gen/gov-gen of Belgium (1914-17)
• 1846 - Francis H Bradley, British philosopher (neo-idealism)
• 1853 - Leland Hone, cricketer (England keeper 1879 without county experience)
• 1861 - Charles Martin Tornow Loeffler, Mulhouse Alsace, composer
• 1862 - Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer
• 1865 - Samuel Pl'h Naber, Dutch rear-admiral/librarian
• 1866 - Gelett Burgess, author (Purple Cow)
• 1871 - Seymour Hicks, St Helier Jersey, actor-manager (Scrooge)
• 1871 - Wilfred Lucas, actor (Pardon Us, Chump at Oxford)
• 1873 - Rose Melville, actress (Sis)
• 1882 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Hyde Park NY, 32nd Pres (D) (1933-1945)
• 1885 - John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero
• 1892 - Charles Trowbridge Haubiel, composer
• 1892 - Grigore Gafencu, Roman minister of Foreign affairs (1938-39)
• 1894 - Boris III, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43)
• 1894 - Marcel Canneel, Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet)
• 1898 - Alfred Schl„ppi, Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1924)
• 1899 - Max Theiler, English/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951)
• 1900 - Isaak Iosifovich Dunayevsky, composer
• 1900 - Martita Hunt, Argentina, actress (Man in Grey, Becket)
• 1900 - Sandy Powell, Rotherham England, costume designer (Rob Roy)
• 1901 - Earl of Huntingdon, mural painter
• 1901 - H E Nossak, writer
• 1902 - Elise Cavanna, actress (Pharmacist, Dentist, Barber Shop)
• 1902 - Nikolaus Pevsner, Engl, art historian (The Buildings of England)
• 1903 - G Evelyn Hutchinson, British zoologist (Treatise on Limnology)
• 1906 - Greta Nissen, actress (Ambassador Bill)
• 1909 - Mihaly Hajou, composer
• 1909 - Richard Hearne, Norwich England, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower)
• 1909 - Saul David Alinsky, Chic Ill, radical writer (John L Lewis)
• 1910 - Frans Dohmen, union leader (Dutch Catholic Mineworker's Union)
• 1911 - Alexander George Ogston, biochemist
• 1911 - Hugh Marlowe, Phila Pa, actor (Ellery Queen)
• 1911 - Roy Eldridge, Pitts Pa, jazz trumpeter (Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw)
• 1912 - Barbara Tuchman, US, historian/author (Pulitzer, Guns of August)
• 1912 - Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz, discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1932)
• 1913 - Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935, 1, 0-12)
• 1913 - Percy Thrower, English radio host
• 1914 - David Wayne, Traverse City Mich, actor (Andromeda Strain, Adams Rib)
• 1914 - John Ireland, Vancouver BC, actor (Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral)
• 1914 - Louis Osman, artist architect goldsmith medallist/craftsman
• 1915 - Dorothy Dell, actor (Little Miss Marker, Wharf Angel)
• 1915 - John D Profumo, England, politician (C)
• 1915 - Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer/theory (Capitaine Bruno)
• 1918 - David Opatoshu, NYC, actor (Bonino, Secret Empire, Masada)
• 1918 - Jarl Andr‚ Bjerke, [Bernhard Borge], Norwegian poet/writer
• 1919 - Robert Suter, composer
• 1920 - George Skibine, Russ/US dancer/choreographer (Tragedy in Verona)
• 1920 - Patrick Heron, abstract painter
• 1921 - Bernie Leighton, West Haven Ct, orch leader (Chance of a Lifetime)
• 1922 - Dick Martin, Detroit Mich, actor/comedian (Laugh-In, Carbon Copy)
• 1922 - Pal Jardanyi, composer
• 1924 - Margaret Beda Nicholson, author (No Medals for the Major)
• 1925 - Dorothy Malone, Chic, actress (At Gunpoint, Night & Day, Peyton Place)
• 1926 - Ruth Brown, Portsmouth Va, actress (Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In)
• 1927 - Olof Palme, Stockholm, PM of Sweden (1969-76, 1982-86) assassinated
• 1928 - Andrew Salkey, author editor/broadcaster
• 1928 - Harold Prince, US producer/director (West Side Story, Evita)
• 1928 - Mitch Leigh, composer
• 1929 - Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (celebrated S African off-spinner 1949-60)
• 1929 - Viscount Long
• 1930 - Magnus Adem Malan, South African minister of Defense (1980- )
• 1931 - Gene Hackman, Calif, actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Under Fire, Superman)
• 1931 - Jack Bowman, Chief Constable (Tayside)
• 1931 - Shirley Hazzard, Australian author (Transit of Venus)
• 1931 - Stewart B McKinney, (Rep-R-CT, 1971- )
• 1932 - Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive (Kyocera Ceramics Co)
• 1933 - Bob Muddimer, CEO (Ranks Hovis McDougall)
• 1933 - Louis Rukeyser, financial whiz (Wall Street Week)
• 1933 - Richard Brautigan, Tacoma Wash, novelist/poet (Trout Fishing...)
• 1933 - Richard Dufallo, Chicago Ill, clarinetist/conductor
• 1934 - Tammy Grimes, Lynn Mass, actress (Can't Stop the Music)
• 1935 - John George Hughes, bishop of Kensington
• 1935 - Martin Taylor, former vice-chairman, Hanson
• 1935 - Richard Brautigan
• 1937 - Boris Spassky, USSR, world chess champion (1969-72)
• 1937 - Vanessa Redgrave, London, actress (Blow-Up, Julia, Orient Express)
• 1938 - Marcel P A van Dam, Dutch politician/CEO (VARA Radio/TV)
• 1938 - Marlies van Alcmaer, [Smal], Dutch actress/director (Bridge too Far)
• 1939 - Eleanor Smeal, feminist/pres (NOW)
• 1939 - Frank R Wolf, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- )
• 1939 - Nick Gaselee, racehorse trainer
• 1940 - David Johnson, composer
• 1941 - Dick Cheney, (Rep-R-Wyo), Bush's secretary of defense (1989-93)
• 1941 - Joe Terranoua, rocker (Danny & The Juniors)
• 1942 - Andres, [Dries Holten], Dutch singer (Sandra & Andres)
• 1942 - Christopher Howes, Crown Estate Second Commissioner
• 1942 - Dave Brown, cricketer (Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England)
• 1942 - Heidi Brhl, German actress/singer (M„dels vom Immenhof)
• 1942 - Marty Balin, Cincinnati, singer (Jefferson Starship-Miracles)
• 1943 - Davy Johnson, baseball manager (NY Mets)
• 1943 - Sandy Deane, rocker
• 1944 - John Thornton, English chocolate factory/multi-millionaire
• 1944 - Lord Westwood
• 1944 - Lynn Harrell, NYC, cellist
• 1945 - Michael Dorris, writer
• 1945 - Robert Wittinger, composer
• 1946 - Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, British QC
• 1947 - Martin Christoph Redel, composer
• 1947 - Steve Marriott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces)
• 1948 - Earl of Huntingdon
• 1948 - Nicholas Broomfield, director/editor (Dark Obsession, Heidi Fleiss)
• 1949 - William King, Alabama, soul trumpeteer (Commodores-Easy)
• 1950 - Bruce Howard Lidington, actor (Sword of Valiant, Mosses)
• 1950 - Silvia Bertolaccini, LPGA golfer
• 1951 - Bobby Stokes, footballer
• 1951 - Charles S Dutton, Balt Md, actor (Alien 3, Crocodile Dundee 2, Roc)
• 1951 - Clifford Leon Anderson, rocker (Cure)
• 1951 - Marv Ross, rocker (Quarterflash)
• 1951 - Phil Collins, England, singer/drummer (Genesis-Against All Odds)
• 1951 - Trevor Laughlin, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1978-79)
• 1954 - Alides Hidding, singer/guitarist (Time Bandits)
• 1955 - Curtis Strange, Norfolk VA, PGA golfer (1989 US Open)
• 1955 - Judith Tarr, US, sci-fi author (Isle of Glass, Ars Magica)
• 1955 - Michael Thompson, guitarist (Afterburn, Fresh, Sahara, Gridlock'd)
• 1957 - William Payne Stewart, Springfield MO, PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney)
• 1958 - Brett Butler, Montgomery Ala, comedienne (Grace-Grace Under Fire)
• 1958 - Rob van Zandvoort, Dutch rock vocalist/keyboardist (Jack of Hearts)
• 1959 - Jody Watley, Chic, dancer (Solid Gold)/singer (Looking For a New Love)
• 1960 - Tony O'Dell, Pasadena Calif, actor (Alan Pinkard-Head of the Class)
• 1961 - Ranjit Madurasinghe, cricketer (3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92)
• 1964 - Cheryl Akemi Toma, Pearl City Hawaii, Miss Hawaii-America (1991)
• 1965 - Julie McCullough, Honolulu Hi, playmate (Feb 86)/actr (Growing Pains)
• 1966 - Danielle Goyette, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
• 1966 - Daphne Ashbrook, Long Beach Calif, actress (Liz-Our Family Honor)
• 1967 - Bill Leverty, Richmond Va, guitarist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
• 1968 - Bob Nardella, hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998)
• 1968 - Felipe de Borbon, Prince of Asturias, heir to Spanish throne
• 1970 - Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff, soccer player (FC Utrecht, FC Groningen)
• 1970 - Hans Spark, soccer player (RKC)
• 1970 - Oleg Khmyl, NHL defenseman (Belarus, Oly-98)
• 1970 - Scott Levins, Spokane, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators)
• 1971 - Brent Moss, WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1971 - Chris Slade, NFL outside linebacker (New England Patriots)
• 1971 - Derek Allen, NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker (NY Giants, Rhein Fire)
• 1971 - Kevin Knox, WLAF receiver (Rhein Fire)
• 1971 - Kimo Von Oelhoffen, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)
• 1971 - Milko Pieren, Dutch soccer player (Sparta)
• 1971 - Quentin Neujahr, NFL center (Baltimore Ravens, Cleve Browns)
• 1971 - Takeshi Yamanaka, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
• 1971 - Trent Klatt, Robbinsdale, NHL right wing (Phila Flyers)
• 1972 - Burt Thornton, CFL receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1972 - Chris Simon, Wawa, NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche)
• 1972 - Jill McGill, Denver CO, LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-2nd)
• 1973 - Brad Yamaoka, CFL running back (BC Lions)
• 1973 - Holly Noelle Roehl, Miss Indiana USA (1996)
• 1973 - Jalen Rose, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
• 1973 - Jimmy Oliver, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers)
• 1973 - Sharone Wright, NBA center/forward (Toronto Raptors)
• 1974 - Christian Bale, Wales, actor (Empire of the Sun, Little Women)
• 1974 - Martina Jerant, Windsor Ontario, basketball center (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Robert Rollins, cricketer (big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman)
• 1976 - Florian Keller, Munchen GER, hockey player (Team Germany, Rosenheim)
• 1978 - Lnd Girchoukevitch, NHL goaltender (Belarus, Oly-98)
• 1979 - Diva Zappa, daughter of Frank
• 1979 - Karen Smith, Australian field hockey midfielder/halfback (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1156 - Herman van Horn, bishop of Utrecht (1151/52-56), dies
• 1384 - Louis van Male, count of Flanders/Nevers/R‚thel, dies
• 1393 - Aimery Poitiers, French nobleman, burned at royal ball
• 1393 - Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball
• 1584 - Jonker Wigbold van Ewsum, mister of Nienoord, dies in battle
• 1584 - Pieter Jansz Pourbus, Flemish painter, dies
• 1644 - William Chillingworth, Engl theologian, Cambridge Platonist, dies
• 1649 - Charles I, King of Great Britain (1625-49), beheaded for treason
• 1730 - Peter II Alekseyevitch, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
• 1774 - Frantisek Ignac Antonin Tuma, composer, dies at 69
• 1774 - Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer, dies at 71
• 1797 - Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40
• 1816 - Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver/cartoonist/art collector, dies at 74
• 1827 - Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer, dies at 53
• 1838 - Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail
• 1860 - Francesco Antonio Norberto Pinto, composer, dies at 44
• 1881 - Jaak Nikolaas Lemmens, Flemish composer, dies at 58
• 1888 - Asa Gray, US botanist (Flora of North America), dies at 77
• 1890 - Karl Merz, composer, dies at 53
• 1897 - John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies
• 1900 - Vittorio Bersezio, [Carlo Nugelli], Italian playwright, dies at 71
• 1925 - Jakab Gyula Major, composer, dies at 66
• 1925 - John F Mellaerts, Flemish social founder (Boerenbond), dies at 79
• 1927 - Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64
• 1928 - Douglas Haig, Brit fieldmarshal (Sudan/Boer war/WW I), dies at 66
• 1942 - Vasily Pavovlich Kalafati, composer, dies at 72
• 1945 - Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarian/German botanist, dies at 90
• 1945 - William Busch, composer, dies at 43
• 1947 - Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies at 80
• 1948 - Herb Pennock, pitcher (NY Yankees)/GM (Phillies), dies
• 1948 - Mahatma Ghandi, murdered by Hindu extremists in India
• 1948 - Orville Wright, US aviation pioneer, dies at 76
• 1951 - Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75
• 1953 - Louis H N Bosch van Rosenthal, Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 68
• 1956 - Gerrit Mannoury, mathematician/philosopher, dies at 88
• 1956 - Jane Seymour, actress (Young Mr Bobbin), dies at 56
• 1957 - Grigore Gafencu, Romanian min of Foreign Affairs (1938-39), dies at 65
• 1958 - Earnest H Heinkel, German airplane builder (WW II), dies at 70
• 1963 - Fran‡ois Poulenc, Fren composer (Litanies … Vierge noire), dies at 74
• 1963 - P F "Plum" Warner, cricketer (England mgr during Bodyline tour), dies
• 1964 - Berthold Altaner, German church historian, dies at 80
• 1965 - Vic Jackson, cricketer (NSW/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car
• 1967 - Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies
• 1968 - Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japanese/French painter, dies at 81
• 1969 - Allan Welsh Dulles, US diplomat/director (CIA 1953-61), dies at 75
• 1969 - Dominique G Pire, clergyman, (Europe village Nobel 1958), dies at 58
• 1970 - Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82
• 1972 - Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81
• 1973 - Jack McGowan, actor (On Our Selection), dies at 54
• 1974 - Bill Whitty, cricketer (37 wkts v South Africa 1910-11 series), dies
• 1975 - Boris Blacher, German composer (Purloined Letter), dies at 72
• 1976 - Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, SF Blues Great, dies at 80
• 1976 - Mance Lipscomb, rocker, dies at 80
• 1976 - Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Af), dies
• 1980 - Lil Dagover, actress (Destiny, Spiders), dies at 82
• 1980 - Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music, dies at 61
• 1982 - F‚lix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at 76
• 1982 - Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69
• 1982 - Riccardo Nielsen, composer, dies at 73
• 1982 - Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91
• 1983 - Joan Valerie, actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia
• 1983 - [Dallas] Mack/McCord Reynolds, sci-fi author (Earth War), dies at 65
• 1985 - Ken Mayers, actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol), dies at 67
• 1986 - Ticker Freeman, pianist (Dinah Shore Show), dies at 74
• 1987 - Angelo Rutherford, actor (Willie-Gentle Ben), dies at 32
• 1987 - Ken Drake, actor (Crime & Punishment USA), dies
• 1988 - Cornelia D "Corry" Spark, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 85
• 1991 - John McIntire, actor (Virginian, Psycho), dies of emphysema at 83
• 1993 - Taikichiro Mori, Japanese real estate developer, dies at 88
• 1994 - Bahjat Talhouni, PM of Jordan (1960-62, 64-65, 67-69, 69-70), dies
• 1994 - Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues Singer, dies at 64
• 1994 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86
• 1994 - Jan L N Schaefer, Dutch undersecretary of Housing (PvdA), dies at 53
• 1995 - George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at 84
• 1995 - George Richard James, saxophonist, dies at 88
• 1995 - Gerald M Durrell, British zoologist/author (Mockery Bird), dies at 70
• 1996 - Bob Thiele, record producer, dies at 73
• 1996 - Guy Doleman, actor (Deadly Bees, Idol, Thunderball), dies at 72
• 1998 - Ricky Sanderson, stabbed 16-year old girl in NC, executed at 38