• 0126 - Publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman emperor (193 AD)
• 0848 - Frantisek Kmoch, composer
• 1322 - Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian
• 1495 - Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect
• 1520 - Sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)
• 1642 - Ahmed II, 21st sultan of Turkey (1691-95) [or Feb 25, 1643]
• 1659 - Antoine Mouque, composer
• 1685 - Pietro Giuseppe Sandoni, composer
• 1686 - Benedetto Marcello, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare)
• 1714 - Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter
• 1744 - Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, French zoologist
• 1753 - Charles, 3rd earl Stanhope, England, radical politician/scientist
• 1755 - Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer
• 1766 - Ignaz Anton Franz Xavier Ladurner, pianist/composer
• 1766 - Jeffrey Wyatville, architect
• 1770 - William Clark, Charlottsville VA, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
• 1779 - Francis Scott Key, composer (Star-Spangled Banner)
• 1786 - Louis C Luzac, judge/Dutch Internal minister
• 1814 - Maxcy Gregg, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
• 1815 - Richard Henry Dana, novelist/lawyer spent 2 years before mast
• 1818 - Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer on Nantucket Island
• 1819 - Herman Melville, US, author (Moby Dick, Billy Budd)
• 1824 - Edward Francis Fitzwilliam, composer
• 1840 - Aldine Sillman Kieffer, composer
• 1843 - Robert Todd Lincoln, Capt (Union volunteers), died in 1926
• 1847 - Guido Papini, violinist/composer
• 1858 - Hans Rott, composer
• 1858 - Paul Barth, German philosopher/sociologist
• 1861 - Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)
• 1862 - Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor
• 1863 - Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34)
• 1867 - William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)
• 1871 - Oskar Fried, composer
• 1877 - Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)
• 1877 - Jan van den Tempel, Dutch MP (SDAP)
• 1881 - Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer
• 1881 - Rose Macaulay, writer
• 1882 - Vaclav Klicka, composer
• 1886 - Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder (System Keesing)
• 1888 - Vito Frazzi, composer
• 1889 - John F Mahoney, developed pencillin treatment of syphillis
• 1890 - George II, king of Greece
• 1892 - Constantly Burniaux, Belg, art historian (Temps Inquiets)
• 1895 - Benjamin E Mays, SC, black educator (Morehouse, Howard University)
• 1898 - Morris Stoloff, Phila, violinist (Picnic, Pal Joey)
• 1899 - William Steinberg, Cologne, conductor (Boston Symph-1969-71)
• 1900 - Otto Nothling, cricketer (Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26)
• 1901 - Gerard Blitz, Belgian swimmer/founder (Club M‚diterran‚e)
• 1902 - Hendrik J Kruls, Neth, general/chief military authority (1944-46)
• 1902 - Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor
• 1903 - Paul George Vincent O'Shaughnessy Horgan, novelist
• 1906 - William Hayter, diplomat
• 1908 - Miloslav Kabelac, composer
• 1909 - Nigel Henderson, admiral
• 1910 - Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)
• 1910 - William Hayter, diplomat
• 1911 - Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician
• 1911 - Ronald MacDonald, British major-general
• 1912 - Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist
• 1912 - Henry Jones, Phila Pa, actor (Phyllis, Falcon Crest, Gun Shy)
• 1912 - Masaya Hanai, businessamn
• 1913 - Jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny)
• 1913 - Nigel Henderson, admiral
• 1914 - Jack Delano, composer
• 1915 - Ronald MacDonald, British major-general
• 1916 - Viscount Hanworth, barrister
• 1917 - Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert
• 1918 - Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist
• 1919 - Stanley Middleton, novelist
• 1920 - Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright
• 1920 - Maria Cole, Boston MA
• 1920 - Sammy Lee, Fresno Calif, platform diver (Oly-2 gold/bronze-1948, 52)
• 1920 - Viscount Hanworth, barrister
• 1921 - Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert
• 1921 - Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star (Wimbeldon 1947, US Open-1946)
• 1921 - Vic Marshall, chemist
• 1922 - Arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)
• 1922 - Frank Hauser, British theatrical director
• 1922 - Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist
• 1923 - Gwyn Ward Thomas, British TV director
• 1923 - Paul Lambert, El Paso Tx, actor (Tom-Executive Suite)
• 1923 - Stanley Middleton, novelist
• 1923 - Yoshinao Nakada, composer
• 1924 - Frank Worrell, cricketer (one of the three W's, inspiring WI captain)
• 1924 - Jeffrey Segal, actor/playwright (Vanity Fair, Rest in Pieces)
• 1924 - Yvonne DeCarlo, actress (10 Commandments, Lily-Munsters)
• 1925 - Ernst Jandl, writer
• 1925 - Jack Kramer, actor (Kings of the Court)
• 1926 - Burton Stein, historian
• 1926 - Frank Hauser, British theatrical director
• 1926 - Karl Kohn, composer
• 1927 - Andr‚ Cools, Belgium, minister of Budget/vice-premier
• 1927 - Gwyn Ward Thomas, Beritsh TV director
• 1930 - Geoffrey Holder, Trinidad, dancer/actor (Annie, The Wiz)
• 1930 - Julie Bovasso, Brooklyn NY, actress (Willie & Phil, Just Me & You)
• 1930 - Karoly Grosz, politician
• 1930 - Lionel Bart, [Begleiter], English composer (Oliver!)
• 1931 - Lucien E Blackwell, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
• 1931 - Monty Losowsky, prof of medicine (St James University England)
• 1931 - Ramblin' Jack Elliott, rocker
• 1931 - Sean O Riada, composer
• 1931 - Trevor Goddard, cricketer (S African opening batsman & opening bowler)
• 1933 - Dom DeLuise, Bkln NY, comedian (End, Cannonball Run, Fatso)
• 1933 - Erwin Nypels, Dutch economist/minister of Housing (D66)
• 1933 - Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary Welsh Office
• 1934 - J E F "John" Beck, cricketer (lefty bat in 8 Tests for NZ 1953-56)
• 1934 - Lionel Bart, composer
• 1935 - Geoff Pullar, cricketer (England opening batsman late 50's early 60's)
• 1936 - Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster
• 1936 - Yves Saint-Laurent, Oran Algeria, fashion designer (Opium, Obsession)
• 1937 - Alfonse M D'Amato, Brooklyn NY, (Sen-R-NY 1981- )
• 1937 - Richard Lloyd Jones, secretary (Welsh Office)
• 1939 - Stephen Sykes, Bishop of Ely
• 1940 - Joan Joyce, Waterbury Ct, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1983)
• 1940 - Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster
• 1940 - Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
• 1941 - Ronald Harmon Brown, chairman (Democratic Party)
• 1942 - Giancarlo Giannini, La Spezia Italy, actor (Seduction of Mimi)
• 1942 - Jerry Garcia, SF, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
• 1943 - Andy Roxburgh, manager soccer team (Scotland)
• 1943 - Dennis Paxton, rocker (Dave Clark Five-Glad All Over)
• 1943 - Stephen Sykes, Bishop (Ely)
• 1944 - Elske Terveld, Dutch undersecretary Social Affairs (PvdA)
• 1944 - Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
• 1944 - Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 26, 38, TM-2)
• 1946 - Frederick C Boucher, (Rep-D-Virginia, 1983- )
• 1946 - J Guillermo, ex-husband of princess Christina of Netherlands
• 1946 - Richard O Covey, Fayetteville Ar, USAF/astro (STS 51I, 26, 38, 61)
• 1946 - Tom Loeffler, (Rep-R-TX, 1979- )
• 1947 - Andy Roxburgh, soccer manager (Scotland)
• 1947 - Rick Anderson, rock bassist (Tubes)
• 1947 - Ricky Coonce, LA Calif, rock drummer (Grass Roots)
• 1948 - Robert Spink, British MP
• 1949 - Nigel Lucius Graeme Finch, TV director/film-maker
• 1949 - Primous, III Fountain, composer
• 1950 - Doug Tract, Bronx NY, radio DJ (Greaseman)
• 1951 - David Jasper, British principal (St Chad's College Durham England)
• 1951 - Robin Heifetz, composer
• 1952 - Brian Patrick Clarke, Gettysburg Pa, actor (Merle-Eight is Enough)
• 1952 - C L Whittington, WLAF defensive coach (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1952 - Nancy Lopez, professional golfer
• 1952 - Robert Spink, British MP
• 1952 - Yajurvindra Singh, cricketer (Indian batsman late 70's)
• 1953 - Robert Cray, Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy)
• 1955 - Arun Lal, cricketer (Indian batsman mid-80's)
• 1955 - David Jasper, British principal (St Chad's College Durham England)
• 1957 - Glen Gorbous, Canada, longest throw of a regulation baseball (445'10")
• 1957 - Laura Johnson, Burbank Calif, actress (Falcon Crest)
• 1958 - Taylor Negron, LA Calif, actor (Silvio-Detective School)
• 1959 - Joe Elliot, heavy metal vocalist (Def Leppard-Hysteria, Rock of Ages)
• 1960 - Chuck D, [Chuck Ridenhour], US rapper (Public Enemy)
• 1960 - Marta Ch varri Figueroa, Madrid Spain, The Marquesa de Cubas
• 1961 - Andrew Nicholson, UK, NZ equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-96)
• 1961 - Bart Conner, US, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1984)
• 1961 - Bradford John Faxon Jr, Oceanport NJ, PGA golfer (1986 Provident)
• 1961 - Danny Blind, Dutch soccer star (Sparta/Ajax)
• 1961 - Mark "Red" Mitchell, actor (JFK, 8 Sceonds, I Want to Live)
• 1961 - Mike Watkinson, cricketer (England off-spinner all-rounder v WI 1995)
• 1962 - Gertjan Verbeek, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
• 1962 - Joetta Clark, East Orange NJ, 800m runner (Olympic-1992)
• 1962 - Traci Phillips, Honolulu Hawaii, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
• 1963 - Coolio, rapper (Gangsta Paradise)
• 1963 - Koichi Wakata, Omiya Saitama Japan, astronaut (STS 72, sk: 92)
• 1964 - Andrew Wilson, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-16-92, 96)
• 1964 - Nick Christian Sayer, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
• 1964 - Rob Camilletti, Cher's boyfriend
• 1966 - Darryl Hall, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers)
• 1966 - Ganesh Mylvaganam, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup)
• 1966 - Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star
• 1966 - Pat Carter, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1967 - Gregg Jefferies, Burlingame CA, infielder (NY Mets, Royals, Phillies)
• 1967 - Lori Endicott, KC MO, volleyball setter (Olympics-bronze-92, 96)
• 1968 - Rob Carpenter, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles)
• 1968 - Stacey Augmon, Pasadena, NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers, Hawks)
• 1969 - Graham Thorpe, cricketer (England LHB Century on Test debut 1993)
• 1969 - Kevin Jarvis, Lexington KY, pitcher (Cin Reds)
• 1970 - Quentin Coryatt, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1971 - Fred Lester (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1971 - Julia Chilicki, Somers CT, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Lisa Flood, Scarborough Ontario, 100m Breaststroker (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Shae Sloan, Huntsville TX, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
• 1972 - Karen Dalton, Mt View Calif, diver (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Martin Damm, Czech Republic, tennis star
• 1972 - Matt Dyson, NFL linebacker (Oakland Raiders)
• 1973 - Ben Johnson, cricketer (promising South Australian opening batsman)
• 1973 - Gregg Berhalter, Englewood NJ, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1973 - Mario Bennett, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Phoenix Suns)
• 1973 - Tempestt Bledsoe, Chicago, actress (Vanessa Huxtable-Cosby Show)
• 1974 - Kerwin Waldroup, DL (Detroit Lions)
• 1975 - Mandy Leigh, Greensburg Penn, actress (Bloodscent)
• 1976 - David Nemirovsky, Toronto, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
• 1976 - Eryn Bulmer, Edmonton Alberta, diver (Olympics-96)
• 1976 - Nwankwo Kanu, soccer player (Ajax)
• 1978 - Dhani Harrison, George Harrison's 1st child
• 1990 - Landry Allbright, actress (Bridget Forrester-Bold & Beautiful)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0527 - Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies
• 1137 - Louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)
• 1190 - Floris III, Count of Holland, dies
• 1457 - Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50
• 1589 - Jacques Cl‚ment, French monk (Henri III), dies
• 1628 - Francesco Gonzaga, composer, dies at 37
• 1667 - Paul Foot, lawyer/historian, dies at 48
• 1714 - Anne Stuart, queen of England (1702-14), dies at about 49
• 1743 - Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46
• 1787 - Alfonsus M de' Liguori, Italian theologist/bishop/saint, dies at 90
• 1805 - Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer, dies at 51
• 1813 - Carl Stenborg, composer, dies at 60
• 1821 - Elizabeth Inchbald (Simpson), actress/author (Lady Abbess), dies at 68
• 1834 - Robert Morrison, missionary in China/translated bible, dies
• 1837 - Walter Geikie, painter, dies
• 1846 - Peter Ritter, composer, dies at 83
• 1857 - Charles Turner, engraver, dies
• 1882 - Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43
• 1883 - Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies
• 1884 - Heinrich Laube, writer, dies
• 1902 - Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies
• 1911 - Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das grosse Duden Lexicon), dies
• 1916 - Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies
• 1920 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies
• 1922 - Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72
• 1925 - John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61
• 1926 - Israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies
• 1929 - Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies
• 1932 - Arnold Fothergill, cricketer (8 wickets in 2 Tests for Eng 1889), dies
• 1934 - Piotr Maszynski, composer, dies at 79
• 1943 - Ismar Elbogen, German/US learned/rabbi (Jewish Lexicon), dies at 68
• 1944 - Manuel Luis Quez˘n y Molina, pres of Philippines (1935-42), dies at 65
• 1946 - Andrei Vlasov, Russian general (Red Army, Wehrmacht) executed at 45
• 1954 - Charles-A Cingria, writer, dies
• 1957 - Harvey Glatmin, 1st bondage-photo victim, executed [or 8/18/59]
• 1962 - Leon Kruczkowski, Polish author (Niemcy), dies at 62
• 1963 - Theodore Roethke, US poet (Praise to the end!), dies
• 1964 - Johnny Burnette, rocker, drowns at 30
• 1965 - Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer, dies at 77
• 1966 - Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer, dies
• 1966 - Charles Whitman, former marine, kills 13 at U of Texas, shot by cops
• 1970 - Frances Farmer, actress (Toast of NY, Come & Get It), dies at 55
• 1973 - Gian Francesco Malipiero, composer, dies at 91
• 1973 - Walter Ulbricht, pres German DR, dies at 80
• 1975 - Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68
• 1977 - Francis Gary Powers, US U-2 pilot, dies at 47
• 1979 - Joseph Kot„lla, German war criminal (4 of Breda), dies at 71
• 1980 - Strother Martin, actor (Slapshot), dies of heart attack at 61
• 1981 - Paddy Chayefsky, screenwriter (Network, Hospital) dies of cancer at 58
• 1981 - Seppo Antero Yrjonpoika Nummi, composer, dies at 49
• 1983 - Peter Arne, actor (Straw Dogs), bludgeoned to death in London at 62
• 1985 - Joseph Walker, cameraman, dies at 92
• 1986 - Willem Klein, variety artist, dies at about 73
• 1987 - Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70
• 1987 - Pola Negri, actress (Forbidden Paradise), dies at 92
• 1988 - Florence Eldridge, Broadway actress (The Swan), dies at 86
• 1988 - John Cardinal Dearden, US cardinal, dies at 80
• 1988 - Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident
• 1989 - John Ogdon, English pianist/composer, dies at 52
• 1990 - Norbert Elias, German/English/Neth philosopher/sociologist, dies
• 1991 - Stuart Wilson, actor (Lethal Weapon 3), dies at 87
• 1992 - Chico Alvarez, trumpeteer (Stan Kenton Orch), dies of cancer at 72
• 1992 - Kenny Sacha, actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), dies of AIDS at 39
• 1992 - Stanley Dudek, US platform diver (watershows), dies
• 1993 - Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81
• 1993 - Anatoli Koretski, Russian major general, murdered
• 1993 - Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (KC Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76
• 1993 - Lea Verschuuren-Smulders, Dut author (Kleutertje Luister), dies at 72
• 1993 - Viktor Polyanitshko, governor of Kaukasus, murdered
• 1994 - George Dixon, trumpet/sax, dies at 85
• 1994 - Gerard van de Groenekan, furniture maker/designer, dies at 90
• 1995 - Loudi Nijhoff, Dutch actress (Alicia, Van Geluk Gesproken), dies
• 1995 - Robert L "Bob" Talley, pianist, dies at 75
• 1996 - John Lanigan, tenor, dies at 75
• 1996 - Mohamed Farrah Aidid, Pres (ANS-CUS)/Somalia, dies
• 1996 - Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran, dies at 58
• 1996 - Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish/Swiss chemist (Nobel 1950), dies at 99
• 1997 - Ngiratkel Etpison, president of Palau (1989-92), dies
• 1997 - Svyatoslav Richter, Russian pianist, dies of heart attack at 82