• 1491 - Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47)
• 1504 - George/Joris van Egmont, bishop of Utrecht
• 1535 - Leo XI, [Alessandro O de' Medici], Italy, Pope (1605)
• 1577 - Giovanni Righi, composer
• 1614 - Benjamin Rogers, composer
• 1624 - Jan III Sobieski, King of Poland (1674-96)
• 1715 - Herman-Fran‡ois Delange, composer
• 1740 - Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)
• 1751 - Antoni Weinert, composer
• 1758 - Cornelis R T Krayenhoff, Dutch fortress engineer/cartographer
• 1759 - Jan Ekels, the Young, Dutch painter
• 1777 - Christian Traugott Tag, composer
• 1802 - Adrian van der Hoop Jr, Dutch poet/critic
• 1803 - Michail I Glinka, Russian composer
• 1806 - Isaac Strauss, composer
• 1807 - Robert Fuhrer, composer
• 1815 - Philip Kearny, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
• 1821 - Ion Bratianu, (Lib), premier of Romania (1876-88)
• 1828 - James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer
• 1830 - Olivier Metra, composer
• 1831 - Benjamin Hardin Helm, Brig General (Conf)/Lincoln's brother-in-law
• 1831 - Jan G Palm, Cura‡ao, bandmaster/choir master/composer
• 1835 - Pius X, [Giuseppe Sarto], 257th Roman Catholic pope (1903-14)
• 1840 - Thomas Hardy, England, poet/novelist (Far from the Madding Crowd)
• 1842 - Constantly AM Cap, Flemish poet/etcher
• 1849 - Paul-Albert Besnard, French painter/graphic artist (La femme)
• 1857 - Edward William Elgar, Broadheath Engld, composer (Pomp & Circumstance)
• 1857 - Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Denmark, poet (Poutnici Svetem, Nobel 1917)
• 1858 - Harry Rowe Shelley, composer
• 1863 - Paul Felix Weingartner, Germany, conductor (Zara, Dalmatia)
• 1864 - Ben Webster, London England, actor (Old Curiosity Shop)
• 1865 - George Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)
• 1876 - Hakon Borresen, composer
• 1879 - Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)
• 1883 - Bokke R S Pollema, Dutch Frisian journalist/author (Lock of Hair)
• 1890 - Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], PA, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat)
• 1891 - Ernst Kunz, composer
• 1894 - Erich R”mer, Germany, ice hockey player (Olympic-bronze-1932)
• 1898 - G‚o[rges M] Norge, French/Belgian writer (Les oignons)
• 1899 - Royal Beal, Brookline MA, actor (Death of a Salesman)
• 1900 - David Wynne, composer
• 1901 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days)
• 1904 - Johnny Weissmuller, actor (Tarzan)/100m swimmer (Oly-5 gold-1924, 28)
• 1907 - Dorothy West, US journalist/author (Living is Easy)
• 1908 - Gordon Weir, cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37)
• 1909 - Robin Orr, composer
• 1911 - Xia Hong, writer
• 1913 - Barbara Pym, romantic author (Very Private Eye)
• 1913 - Bert Farber, Bkln NY, orch leader (Arthur Gudfrey, Vic Damone)
• 1915 - Lester del Rey, US, sci-fi author (Moon Trilogy, Marooned on Mars)
• 1915 - Robert Moffat Palmer, composer
• 1915 - Walter Tetley, NYC, animation voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show)
• 1916 - Betty Furness, actress, journalist/consumer advisor (NYC, WNBC)
• 1917 - Max Showalter, Caldwell Ks, actor/composer (Stockard Channing Show)
• 1920 - Michael James O'Hehir, commentator/journalist
• 1920 - Yolande Donlan, NJ, actress (Jigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Penny Princess)
• 1921 - Alexander Salkind, producer (Superman)
• 1922 - Juan A Bardem, Spanish director/critic (C˘micos)
• 1923 - Del Simmons, rocker (Capt Beefheart)
• 1926 - Milo O'Shea, Dublin Ireland, actor (Barbarella, Romeo & Juliet)
• 1927 - Andr‚ Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera)
• 1927 - Phillip Burton, historian (Vanishing Eagles)
• 1928 - John Anthony Bowden Cuddon, writer/teacher
• 1929 - Alcides Lanza, composer
• 1929 - Frederic Devreese, composer
• 1929 - Willaim Brown, television executive
• 1930 - ?, 1st baby born on a vessel passing through Panama Canal
• 1930 - Charles Pete Conrad Jr, Phila, USN/astro (Gem 5 11, Ap 12, Skylab 2)
• 1931 - Larry Jackson, baseball player
• 1932 - Barry Levinson, Baltimore MD, director (Rainman)
• 1932 - Sammy Turner, Patterson, NJ, singer (Lavender Blue Moods)
• 1932 - Yaroslav Kirillovich Golovyanov, cosmonaut
• 1933 - Bob Rozario, Shanghai China, orch leader (Tony Orlando, Marie)
• 1933 - Jerry Lumpe, baseball player
• 1934 - Johnny Carter, US singer (Give your baby a standing ovation)
• 1936 - Sally Kellerman, Long Beach Cal, actress (M*A*S*H, Back to School)
• 1936 - Vladimir Golubnichy, USSR, 20K walker (Olympic-gold-1960, 68)
• 1937 - Jimmy Jones, rocker
• 1938 - Frits Wols, [Eugene W Wong Loi Sing], Suriname, sec-gen (UNESCO)
• 1938 - Gene Michael, baseball shortstop/manager/general manger (NY Yankees)
• 1939 - Charles Miller, rock flutist/saxophonist (War)
• 1940 - Christopher Bernau, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Guiding Light)
• 1940 - Constantine II, deposed King of Greece (1964-73)
• 1940 - Horace Clarke, baseball 2nd baseman (NY Yankees)
• 1940 - Jim Maloney, baseball pitcher
• 1941 - Charlie Watts, drummer (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar)
• 1941 - Oda Mayumi, Tokyo, resident artist (Green Gulch Zen Center)
• 1941 - Stacy Keach, Savannah Ga, actor (Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer)
• 1941 - William Guest, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight Show)
• 1942 - Marie Cheatham, Okla, actress (Search for Tomorrow, Guiding Light)
• 1943 - Charles Haid, SF Ca, actor (Andy Renko-Hill St Blues, Altered States)
• 1943 - John Lilipaly, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
• 1943 - Maarten B Engwirda, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66)
• 1944 - Garo Yepremian, NFL place kicker (Miami Dolphins)
• 1944 - Marvin Hamlisch, NYC, composer/pianist (Sting, Chorus Line)
• 1944 - Poul Jensen, Denmark, yachting (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
• 1945 - Bob Benrit, rocker
• 1946 - Roger Freed, baseball player
• 1947 - Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
• 1948 - Albert Innaurato, Phila, playwright/director (Age in Soho)
• 1948 - Jerry Mathers, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Beaver-Leave It To Beaver)
• 1950 - Joanna Gleason, Toronto Canada, actress (Morgan-Hello Larry)
• 1950 - Toni Alessandrini, Chicago Ill, actress (Vice Academy Part 2)
• 1950 - [Antone] Chubby Tavares, rocker (Tavares)
• 1951 - Larry Clark Robinson, NHL defenseman (Mont Canadiens, Norris-77, 80)
• 1951 - Steve Brookins, rocker (.38 Special)
• 1953 - Craig Robert Stadler, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (Masters 1982)
• 1954 - Michael Steele, rocker (Bangles-Eternal Flame, Walk Like an Egyptian)
• 1955 - Dennis Haysbert, San Mateo Calif, actor (Code Red)
• 1955 - Gary Grimes, SF, actor (Summer of '42, Class of '44)
• 1955 - Michael Anthony, Chicago Ill, rock drummer (Van Halen-Jump, 1984)
• 1956 - Mark L Polansky, Paterson NJ, pilot/astronaut
• 1958 - Lex Lugar, [Larry Pfohl], Atlanta Ga, wrestler (WWF/WCW/NWA)
• 1959 - Charlie Huddy, Oshawa, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
• 1959 - Lydia Lunch, US singer/poetess (Teenage Jesus, Jerks)
• 1960 - Tony Hadley, rock vocalist (Spandau Ballet-True)
• 1961 - John Cameroon, guitarist (Claw Boys Claw)
• 1961 - Kerry Junna-Saxby, Australian 10k walker (Olympics-15th-1992, 96)
• 1962 - Darnell Coles, baseball player
• 1962 - Laura Witvoet, Alberta Canada, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning-52nd)
• 1963 - Brian Harvey, baseball umpire (NL)
• 1963 - Jay B Cooper, Coral Gables Fla, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Jamaica)
• 1963 - Tim Balmer, Milwaukee Wis, Canadian Tour golfer (Bermuda Open-1990)
• 1965 - Mark Waugh, cricketer (twin of Steve mighty batsman for Australia)
• 1965 - Steve Waugh, cricketer (twin of Mark mighty batsman for Australia)
• 1967 - Mike Evans, WLAF DL (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1967 - Mike Stanton, Houston TX, pitcher (NY Yankees, Boston Red Sox)
• 1967 - Randy Hilliard, NFL cornerback (Denver Broncos)
• 1969 - David Wheaton, Minneapolis Minn, tennis star (1987 US junior boys)
• 1969 - Kurt Abbott, Zanesville OH, infielder (Florida Marlins)
• 1970 - Andy McCollum, NFL center/guard (New Orleans Saints)
• 1970 - Eric Riley, NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, Minnesota Timberwolves)
• 1970 - Marty Mcinnis, Weymouth, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
• 1970 - Mike Kelly, baseball player
• 1970 - Randy Fuller, NFL defensive back (Pitts Steelers)
• 1971 - Martin Suji, cricketer (Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup)
• 1971 - Steve Brooks, WLAF tight end (Frankfurt Galaxy, London Monarchs)
• 1972 - Brad Ottis, tackle (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1972 - Dwayne Joseph, NFL cornerback (Chic Bears)
• 1972 - Renee Heiken, Peoria IL, LPGA golfer (1994 Florida Women's Open)
• 1973 - Jayantha Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995)
• 1974 - Tammy Holmes, Berkeley Calif, female outfielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
• 1975 - Dontae' Jones, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
• 1975 - Sally Newmarch, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1976 - Adrian Carlos Olivares, Mexico City, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
• 1976 - Elly Hutton, Australian 100m sprinter (Olympics-96)
• 1976 - Josef Marha, Havl-brod Cze, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche)
• 1976 - Rachel White, Columbus Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska (1997)
• 1978 - Nikki Cox, actress (Unhappily Ever After)
• 1994 - Prima Sellecchia Tesh, daughter of John Tesh & Connie Sellecca

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0657 - Eugene I, Italian Pope (654-7), dies
• 1564 - Gellius Faber, [Jelle Smit], Fries theologist, dies
• 1572 - Thomas Howard 4th duke of Norfolk, English Earl, executed at 36
• 1575 - Pieter Aertsen, [Long Worm], painter, dies at about 65
• 1597 - Diederik Sonoy, German/Neth governor of Northern quarter, dies at 67
• 1632 - Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Friesland, dies at 58
• 1639 - Floris II van Pallandt, earl of Culemborg/politician, dies at 62
• 1676 - ... d'ybarra, Spanish (admiral?), dies in battle
• 1676 - John de Haen, vice-admiral (Kijkduin/Palermo), dies in battle at 45?
• 1678 - Pieter the Great, regent/diplomat, dies at 63
• 1750 - Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68
• 1812 - John W de Winter, Dutch vice-adm, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51
• 1839 - Wijnand YY Nuijen, painter/lithographer (Wrecked), dies at 26
• 1864 - George Pierce Doles, US businessman/Confed brig-general, dies at 34
• 1865 - John E Feisser, founder (1st Dutch baptist church), dies at 59
• 1873 - Fran‡ois Hainl, composer, dies at 65
• 1879 - E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23
• 1882 - Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74
• 1896 - Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies
• 1901 - James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Margaret Fleming), dies
• 1908 - Redvers H Buller, English general, dies at 68
• 1927 - Eduard GHH Cuypers, architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67
• 1927 - Freidrich Hegar, composer, dies at 85
• 1927 - Lizzie Borden, accused murderer, dies at 68
• 1929 - Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies
• 1937 - Louis Vierne, composer, dies at 66
• 1940 - Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies
• 1941 - Lou Gehrig, 1st baseman (NY Yankee), dies of ALS in Riverdale NY at 37
• 1947 - Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64
• 1949 - Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82
• 1949 - Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91
• 1950 - Stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70
• 1951 - Alain, [Emile-Auguste Chartier], French philosopher, dies at 83
• 1951 - John Erskine, US writer/poet/pianist (Venus Love Goddess), dies at 71
• 1956 - Jean Hersholt, actress (Emma, Grand Hotel, Greed), dies at 69
• 1961 - George S Kaufman, playwright/dir/pulitzer prize winner, dies at 72
• 1961 - Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor/director (Dutch Comedy), dies at 70
• 1962 - Franc S Finzgar, Slovic writer (Service Girls), dies
• 1962 - V Sackville-West, writer, dies at 70
• 1967 - Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74
• 1971 - Charles de Keukeleire, Belgian director (Evil Eye), dies at 66
• 1972 - Franz Philipp, composer, dies at 81
• 1974 - Elliott Sullivan, actor (Sergeant), dies at 66
• 1974 - Waldemar F Eric Marx, cricketer (3 Tests S Afr v Aust 1921-22), dies
• 1975 - Eisaku Sato, premier of Japan (1964-71 Nobel 1974), dies at 74
• 1976 - Alan Dewitt, actor (Mr Tyler-It's About Time), dies at 52
• 1976 - Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic, dies at 73
• 1977 - Forrest Lewis, actor (Great Gildersleeve, Ichabod & Me), dies at 77
• 1977 - Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist/composer, dies at 91
• 1977 - Stephen Boyd, actor (Fantastic Voyage, Ben-Hur, Lisa), dies at 48
• 1979 - Jim Hutton, actor (Ellery Queen), dies of liver cancer at 45
• 1983 - Stan Rogers, musician, dies in aircraft fire
• 1986 - Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Elegie), dies at 80
• 1987 - Andr‚s Segovia, Spanish composer/guitarist, dies at 94
• 1987 - Sammy Kaye, orch leader (Sammy Kaye Show), dies at 77
• 1988 - Horace A Hildreth, (Gov-Maine, 1945-49), dies at 85
• 1989 - Ted a'Beckett, cricketer (4 Tests 1928-32), dies
• 1990 - Frederick Mellinger, founder of Fredericks of Hollywood, dies at 76
• 1990 - Jack Gilford, actor (Cracker Jacks), dies at 82
• 1990 - Rex Harrison, actor (My Fair Lady), dies of cancer at 82
• 1990 - Robert Noyce, co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founder (Intel), dies
• 1990 - Stuart Hall, actor (Cavalcade, Dawn Patrol), dies
• 1992 - Philip Dunne, founder (Screen Writers Guild), dies of cancer at 84
• 1993 - French JFM of Thiel, Dutch 2nd chamber chairman (1963-72), dies at 86
• 1993 - Johnny Mize, baseball player, dies at 80
• 1996 - John Alton, cinematographer, dies at 94
• 1996 - Leon Garield, writer, dies at 74
• 1996 - Peter Bird, ocean rower, dies at 49
• 1997 - Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91