• 1340 - Philip van Artevelde, wine salesman/lord lt of Flanders
• 1534 - Zacharias Ursinus, German theologist (Heidelberger Catechism)
• 1552 - Rudolf II, of Habsburg, emperor of Germany (1576-1612)
• 1634 - Joannes Camphuys, governor-general of Dutch-Indies (1684-91)
• 1635 - Robert Hooke, Isle of Wight, physicist (Micrographia)
• 1670 - Giovanni Battista Bononcini, Italian (opera)composer
• 1711 - Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer
• 1720 - Gilbert White, "father of British naturalists"
• 1766 - Friedrich Fleischmann, composer
• 1796 - Feargus O'Connor, County Cork, leader of English Chartists
• 1810 - Peter Singer, composer
• 1811 - William Makepeace Thackeray, England, Victorian novelist (Vanity Fair)
• 1823 - Leonard Fulton Ross, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
• 1827 - Pierre L Goossens, archbishop of Mechelen/Cardinal
• 1848 - William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer
• 1853 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902)
• 1862 - Napoleon V Bonaparte, French pretender to throne
• 1862 - Nikolaj N Yudenitcch, Russian general/counter-revolutionary
• 1864 - Ricarda Huch, writer
• 1865 - Laurence Housman, England, author/playwright (Victoria Regina)
• 1870 - Emil Mlynarski, composer
• 1871 - Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope)
• 1872 - Julius Fucik, composer
• 1880 - Elisabeth of Saint Drie‰enheid, [Catez], French mystic (Souvenirs)
• 1880 - Otto Vrieslander, composer
• 1882 - Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay)
• 1887 - Vidkun Al Quisling, Norwegian minister of Defense/premier (1942-45)
• 1888 - Alexander Rosemeier, Indonesian/Dutch painter
• 1888 - Sydney Horler, English detective writer
• 1890 - Charles Wilson, Pres of General Motors (1940-53)/Sec of Def (1953-57)
• 1891 - Gene Lockhart, NYC, actor (Going My Way, Christmas Carol)
• 1893 - Josef Huttel, composer
• 1893 - Richard Dix, St Paul MN, actor (10 Commandments, Cimarron)
• 1894 - Bernard Wagenaar, Arnhem Holland, composer (3 Songs for Chinese)
• 1895 - Marie Ney, London England, actress (Brief Ecstasy, Simba, Witchcraft)
• 1898 - Herbert Marcuse, Berlin, communist philosopher (Eros & Civilization)
• 1898 - John Stuart, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Number 17)
• 1899 - Willem Kernkamp, Dutch minister of Colonies (Islam & Woman)
• 1902 - Charles W J Mengelberg, Dutch composer/conductor
• 1902 - Nathalie Sarraute, [Cherniak], Russian/French playwright
• 1903 - Bozidar Kunc, composer
• 1903 - Chill Wills, Seagoville Texas, actor (Fronteir Circus, Rounders)
• 1906 - Belle Stewart, singer
• 1906 - Clifford Odets, US, dramatist (1961 Award of Merit-Golden Boy)
• 1906 - S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-CA), educator (Language in Action)
• 1907 - Yvonne Desportes, composer
• 1909 - Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/5 OS]
• 1909 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, actress (Ozzie & Harriet)
• 1909 - Lupe Velez, [Guadelupe Velez de Villabos], actress (Joe Palooka)
• 1911 - Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart)
• 1911 - Hume Cronyn, London Ontario, actor (World According to Garp, Cocoon)
• 1912 - Harry Levin, literary Scholar
• 1912 - Henry L "Hank" Miller, US pilot/lt adm (WW II-Pacific)
• 1913 - Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede)
• 1913 - Marvin Miller, St Louis Mo, actor (Space Patrol, Millionaire)
• 1913 - Red Skelton, [Richard], Vincennes Ind, comedian (Red Skelton Show)
• 1914 - Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Des Moines, singer/actress (Ozzie & Harriet)
• 1914 - Herbert Collum, composer
• 1914 - John G Bearer, writer (Metro, Drunken Canary, Fast Heartbeat)
• 1914 - Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch premier (KVP, Mammoth Law)
• 1914 - Mack Robinson, US, 200m dash (Olympic-silver-1932)
• 1915 - Anthony Cox, English architect
• 1915 - Isaack Stouten, resistance fighter
• 1916 - Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education
• 1916 - Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor
• 1918 - Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah)
• 1918 - Nelson Mandela, Qunu S Africa, political prisoner (ANC)/Pres (1994- )
• 1918 - Pamela Brown, England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula)
• 1920 - Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World)
• 1921 - John H Glenn Jr, Cambridge OH, astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95)/(Sen-D-Oh)
• 1923 - Hector Tosar, composer
• 1924 - Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show)
• 1924 - Inge S”rensen, Denmark, 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936)
• 1924 - John Cruickshank, French scholar
• 1925 - George Doggart, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1950)/MCC pres
• 1925 - Jaime de Mora y Arag¢n, actor/publicist (Last Judgement)
• 1925 - Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash (Oly-bronze-1948)
• 1926 - Bryan Johnson, singer/actor
• 1926 - Jane Hylton, London England, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot, Daybreak)
• 1926 - Richard Pasco, English actor (Gorgon, Arch of Triumph)
• 1927 - Kurt Masur, German actor (Hotel Deutschland)
• 1927 - Ludwig Harig, writer
• 1927 - Zin Harris, cricketer (father of Chris NZ batsman in 50's & 60's)
• 1928 - Simon Vinkenoog, Dutch writer
• 1929 - "Screamin' Jay" Hawkins, Cleveland, rocker (I Put a Spell on You)
• 1929 - Dick Totten Button, Englewood NJ, figure skater (Olympic-gold-48, 52)
• 1929 - Michael Medwin, English actor (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint)
• 1930 - Siegfried Kurz, composer
• 1931 - "Papa" Dee Allen, Wilmington DE, percussionist (War-World is a Ghetto)
• 1933 - Aad Nuis, Dutch writer/undersecretary of Education (D66)
• 1933 - Raymund Murray Schafer, Sarnia Ontario, Canada, composer (Patria)
• 1933 - Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Zima Russia, poet (Bratsk Station)
• 1934 - Edward Bond, English playwright/director (Blow-up)
• 1935 - Tenley Albright, Boston Mass, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1952, 56)
• 1938 - Britt Leach, Gadsen Ala, actor (Mickey-Spencer's Pilots)
• 1938 - Dudu Pukwana, [Mtutuzel], South African/British saxophonist/composer
• 1938 - Paul Verhoeven, director (Basic Instinct, Total Recall)
• 1939 - Brian Auger, London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis)
• 1939 - Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
• 1939 - Hunter Thompson, Louisville Ky, writer (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas)
• 1940 - James Brolin, LA Calif, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel)
• 1940 - Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP)
• 1941 - Jack Jersey, [de Nijs], Indonesian/Dutch singer/producer
• 1941 - Lonnie Mack, Aurora Indiana, rocker (Baby What's Wrong)
• 1941 - Marcia Jones Smoke, Okla, 500m kayak (Olympic-bronze-1964)
• 1941 - Martha Reeves, Detroit Mich, singer (& Vandellas-Dancing in St)
• 1942 - Alexander EHAML, prince of the Belgians/son of Leopold III
• 1943 - Bobby Sherman, Santa Monica Calif, singer (Shindig, Here Comes Brides)
• 1943 - Calvin Peete, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1979 Greater Milwaukee Open)
• 1943 - Robin McDonald, Scotland, rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & Dakotas)
• 1944 - David Hemery, English 400m-hurdler (Oly-gold-1968) [or 1948]
• 1944 - Jonelle Allen, NYC, actress (Bessie-Palmerstown USA, Berringers)
• 1945 - Danny McCullock, London, rocker (Animals)
• 1946 - Tim Lynch, rocker (Flaming Groovies)
• 1947 - Ayn Rumen, Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show)
• 1947 - Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor (Bad Penny)
• 1948 - Cesar Zuiderwijk, Dutch rock drummer (Golden Earring, Radar Love)
• 1948 - Phil Harris, rocker (Ace)
• 1949 - Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84)
• 1950 - Richard Branson, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic)
• 1951 - Bruce Alan Lietzke, Kansas City KS, PGA golfer (1978 Canadian Open)
• 1952 - James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
• 1953 - Peter Greenall, English brewer (Greenall Witley)
• 1954 - Imtiaz Ali, cricketer (brother of Inshan One Test WI v India 1976)
• 1954 - Ricky Skaggs, Cordell Ky, country singer (Heartbroke, Toy Hearts)
• 1954 - Robert Cameron, CFL punter (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1954 - Tobias Picker, composer
• 1955 - Teresa Ann Savoy, London England, actress (Caligula)
• 1955 - Vitali Viktorovich Savitsky, biologist/politician
• 1957 - Nicholas Alexander Faldo, England, PGA golfer (1992 British Open)
• 1958 - Margo [AM] Vliegenthart, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
• 1958 - Nigel Twist, Manchester, rock drummer (Alarm-In the Summertime)
• 1959 - Audrey Landers, Phila, actress (Afton-Dallas, Chorus Line)
• 1960 - Anne-Marie Johnson, LA Calif, actress (In the Heat of the Night)
• 1961 - Elizabeth McGovern, Evanston Ill, actress (Once Upon a Time in Amer)
• 1962 - Engelbert Linder, hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
• 1962 - Jensen Buchanan, Montgomery AL, actress (Vicky/Marley-Another World)
• 1963 - Lonnie Young, NFL safety/cornerback (NY Jets)
• 1964 - Susan Marie Snyder, actress (Julie-As the World Turns)
• 1965 - Robert Holland, CFL defensive back (BC Lions)
• 1965 - Yugi Iga, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
• 1966 - Dan[iel Dion] O'Brien, Portland Oregon, decathelete (Olympic-gold-96)
• 1967 - Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1970 - Dusty Imoo, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
• 1970 - John Kalin, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1970 - Margaret Langford, Vancouver BC, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
• 1971 - Kristi Coats, LPGA golfer (1995 Ping/Welch-66th)
• 1972 - Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Memphis, NBA guard (Orlando, Oly-gold-96)
• 1972 - Bernard Williams, NFL tackle (Phila Eagles)
• 1972 - Bruce Walker, NFL nose tackle (NE Patriots)
• 1974 - Derek Anderson, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1979 - Julie Gulbrandsen, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1997)
• 1994 - Ricardo Dela Corte, Italy, test tube baby born to oldest (62) mother

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0640 - Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58
• 1100 - Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies
• 1374 - Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69
• 1544 - Ren‚ van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25
• 1591 - Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40
• 1608 - Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61
• 1639 - Bernard, duke of Saksen-Weimar (Rheinfelden), dies
• 1642 - Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies
• 1650 - Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74
• 1695 - Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61
• 1710 - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Ital painter, dies at 36
• 1721 - Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies
• 1735 - Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83
• 1817 - Jane Austen, writer, dies
• 1831 - Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72
• 1833 - Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63
• 1854 - Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41
• 1863 - William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29
• 1872 - Benito Ju rez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66
• 1892 - Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83
• 1894 - Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75
• 1898 - Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62
• 1899 - Horatio Alger Jr, Amer clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies
• 1901 - Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79
• 1902 - John White, composer, dies at 47
• 1908 - Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83
• 1915 - George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53
• 1938 - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35
• 1939 - Witold Maliszewski, composer, dies at 65
• 1941 - Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80
• 1944 - George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60
• 1944 - Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74
• 1949 - V¡tezslav Augustin R Nov k, Slovak composer (Profundis), dies at 78
• 1950 - Carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (The Nation), dies at 64
• 1956 - Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57
• 1958 - Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84
• 1958 - John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67
• 1961 - Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67
• 1963 - A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies
• 1965 - Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64
• 1966 - Bobby Fuller, rocker (I Fought the Law), found dead at 22
• 1966 - German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44
• 1967 - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66
• 1969 - Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57
• 1970 - Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86
• 1973 - Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62
• 1975 - Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74
• 1980 - Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), dies
• 1981 - Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87
• 1984 - James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds
• 1986 - Stanley Rous, British soccer official, dies at 91
• 1987 - Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer, dies at 87
• 1988 - Nico, US model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43
• 1989 - Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35
• 1989 - Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21
• 1990 - Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78
• 1990 - Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer
• 1991 - Andr‚ Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63
• 1991 - Harold Butler, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1947-48, 12 wkts), dies
• 1992 - Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies
• 1992 - Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies
• 1992 - Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88
• 1992 - Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies
• 1993 - Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93
• 1993 - John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83
• 1993 - Robert Davis, dies of emphysema at 76
• 1993 - Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35
• 1993 - Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies
• 1994 - Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83
• 1995 - Fabio Casartelli, Italian olympian (Oly-gold-92), dies at 24
• 1996 - Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71
• 1997 - Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69