• 1503 - Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)
• 1566 - Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands
• 1592 - Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)
• 1620 - Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer
• 1626 - Giovanni Legrenzi, composer
• 1644 - Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer
• 1644 - Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, composer
• 1696 - Maurice Greene, composer
• 1720 - Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian
• 1744 - Rowland Hill, preacher
• 1751 - Johann Baptist Lasser, composer
• 1753 - Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)
• 1757 - ALF, alien life form (ALF)
• 1762 - George IV, king of England (1820-30)
• 1774 - Robert Southey, English poet laureate/biographer of Nelson
• 1778 - Francis Horner, politician
• 1781 - Robert Mills, US, architect (Washington Monument)
• 1819 - Daniel Davidson Bidwell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
• 1820 - Oliver Mowat, a founder of the Canadian Confederation
• 1825 - Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, composer
• 1829 - John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902
• 1832 - Hely Hutchinson Almond, politician/doctor
• 1833 - William Price Sanders, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
• 1838 - Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal
• 1848 - Macellus Emants, Dutch writer/poet (Along the Nile)
• 1849 - Abbott Handerson Thayer, painter/naturalist
• 1853 - Jean Louis Nicode, composer
• 1854 - Alfred Gilbert, sculptor/goldsmith
• 1854 - Johannes P Kelly, Dutch [Kellij], actor/operetta writer
• 1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, US, author (America the Beautiful)
• 1866 - Jacinto Benavente y Mart¡nez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)
• 1867 - Edith Hamilton, US, writer (Mythology)
• 1868 - Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21)
• 1875 - Ettore Panizza, composer
• 1875 - Mezio Agostini, composer
• 1876 - Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton)
• 1880 - Christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908)
• 1880 - Marguerite "John" Radclyffe-Hall, author
• 1881 - Cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)
• 1881 - Vaclav Vackar, composer
• 1883 - Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP)
• 1884 - Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist (Summer Storm, Sanctuary)
• 1885 - Alexander Albrecht, composer
• 1887 - Erwin Schr”dinger, Austria, physicist (had a cat)
• 1888 - Marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush)
• 1888 - Willem Vogt, Dutch radio pioneer/founder (AVRO)
• 1890 - Al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)
• 1893 - Howard Smith, Attleboro Mass, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel)
• 1897 - Manuel Blancafort, composer
• 1897 - Otto (von) Struve, German/US dir (Yerkes/MacDonald observatory)
• 1897 - Ramon Gonzalez Barron, composer
• 1898 - Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor (I Remember Mama)
• 1899 - Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian (Spanish Diary)
• 1900 - Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer
• 1900 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ (1866-1894)
• 1903 - Frances Clode, CEO (WRVS)
• 1904 - Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II [OS=July 30]
• 1904 - Frank Ervin, harness racer (Hambletonian 1959, 66)
• 1904 - Kay Campbell, [Catherine Hibben], actress (All My Children)
• 1905 - Joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen)
• 1907 - James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop
• 1908 - Lord Renton, QC/British govt minister
• 1909 - Maurice Heath, air marshal
• 1910 - Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (Natl Assn of Women)
• 1910 - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo & Juliet)
• 1911 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days)
• 1912 - Jane Wyatt, Campgaw NJ, actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek)
• 1912 - Louis J N G‚rardin, [Toto], French bicyclist/trainer (champ 1930)
• 1912 - Samuel Fuller, Worchester Mass, actor (Return to Salem's Lot)
• 1913 - Kurt Kaszner, Vienna Austria, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants)
• 1914 - [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist (Parool)
• 1915 - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center (Lions, Eagles)
• 1917 - Douglas Gunsekera, banker
• 1919 - Michael Kidd, [Milton Greenwald] choreographer (7 Brides for 7 Bros)
• 1919 - Peter Ambrose Cyprian Luke, playwright
• 1920 - Percy Mayfield, US singer (Please Send Me Someone to Love)
• 1920 - Peter West, British sports commentator
• 1921 - Marjorie Reynolds, [Goodspeed], Buhl Id, actress (Peggy-Life of Riley)
• 1921 - Patrick Howard-Dobson, president (Royal British Legion)
• 1922 - Andr‚ Kloos, Dutch trade union leader (NVV/VARA)
• 1922 - Lord Colinbrook, British government minister
• 1923 - John Holt Jr, cricketer (WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75)
• 1924 - Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler (50's)
• 1925 - Dale L Bumpers, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1975- )
• 1925 - Earl Coleman, singer
• 1925 - Norris McWhirter, author (Guinness Book of World Records)
• 1925 - Robin Nicholson, metallurgist
• 1925 - Ross McWhirter, author (Guinness Book of World Records)
• 1926 - John Derek, LA Calif, actor/director (10, Annapolis Story)
• 1927 - Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, cellist/conductor
• 1927 - Ralph Waite, White Plains NY, actor (John-Waltons, Roots)
• 1929 - Buck Owens, [Alvis Edgar], Sherman Texas, country singer (Hee Haw)
• 1929 - Charles Moore, Coatsville Pa, 400m hurdler (Oly-gold/silver-52)
• 1929 - Joji Yuasa, composer
• 1930 - Ronald James Herron, architect
• 1931 - William Goldman, author (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983)
• 1932 - Porter Wagoner, country singer, discovered Dolly Parton (Y'All Come)
• 1932 - Queen Ferekit, of Thailand (Queens Day)
• 1932 - Sergey Mikhaylovich Slonimsky, composer
• 1934 - Kenneth Eaton, Controller (British Navy)
• 1935 - Karl Mickel, writer
• 1936 - Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist
• 1936 - Gerard Masson, composer
• 1936 - Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist (Right to Life, Dripper Boxes)
• 1936 - John Poindexter, US Chief of Staff
• 1938 - Anthony Joliffe, mayor of London
• 1939 - George Hamilton, Memphis Tn, (Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are)
• 1939 - Pam Ryan-Kilborn, Australia, hurdler (Olympic-silver-1968)
• 1940 - Alexander Yossifov, composer
• 1940 - Eddie Barlow, cricketer (Great South African all-rounder)
• 1940 - Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor (Never Say Die)
• 1941 - Deborah Walley, Bridgeport Ct, actress (Mothers-in-Law, Beach Blanket)
• 1941 - Jennifer Warren, NYC, actress (Slap Shot, Fatal Beauty, Mutant)
• 1941 - Sam Andrew, rocker (Big Brother & The Holding Co)
• 1942 - Elizabeth Appleby, QC
• 1943 - William Mac Lance "Tiny" McCloud, musician/songwriter
• 1944 - Donna Michele, playmate (Dec, 1963)/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo)
• 1948 - Cliff Fish, rocker (Paper Lace)
• 1948 - Graham Zellick, principal (Queen Mary & Westfield College London)
• 1948 - Ron Mael, [J Ronald Day], Culver City Ca, rock keyboardist (Sparks)
• 1949 - Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
• 1949 - Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil (1990-92)
• 1949 - Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing)
• 1950 - Kid Creole, singer (Cocoanuts)
• 1951 - Charles E Brady Jr, Pinehurst NC, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 78)
• 1951 - Hector Rodriguez, Cuba, lightweight judo (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1951 - Kid Creole, [August Darnell Browder], US singer (Savannah)
• 1954 - Marvin L Johnson, Ind, middleweight boxer (Oly-bronze-1972) [or 4/12]
• 1954 - Pat Methany, jazz guitarist (As Wichita Falls)
• 1954 - Sam J Jones, Chicago Ill, actor (Chris-Code Red, The Highway Man)
• 1955 - Heintje, [Hendrik Simons], Dutch singer (Mama)
• 1956 - Bruce Greenwood, actor (Spy, Another Chance, Malibu Bikini Shop)
• 1956 - Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener (190 v England Lords 1984)
• 1956 - Terry Taylor, [Paul Klause], wrestler (WCW/WWF/NWA, Red Rooster)
• 1959 - Lynette Woodard, Wichita Ks, (Olympic-gold-1984, Harlem Globetrotter)
• 1959 - Suzanne Vega, NYC, rocker (My Name is Luka, Tom's Diner)
• 1960 - Lonny Chin, Liverpool England, playmate (Jan, 1983)
• 1960 - Morty Black, heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas)
• 1961 - Pete De Freitas, rocker (Echo & the Bunnymen-Heaven Up Here)
• 1961 - Roy Hay, guitarist (Culture Club-Do You Really Want to Hurt Me)
• 1965 - Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star
• 1965 - Barry Manuel, Mamou LA, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
• 1966 - Bruce Covernton, CFL defensive tackle (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1966 - Dean Hartgraves, Bakersfield CA, pitcher (Houston Astros)
• 1966 - Gordy Morgan, Minneapolis MN, 163 lbs greco-roman wrestler (Oly-96)
• 1966 - Greg Manusky, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
• 1967 - Andrew Glover, NFL tight end (Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings)
• 1967 - Tom Holkenborg, drummer (Weekend at Waikiki)
• 1968 - Viktor Karatchoun, NHL forward (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
• 1969 - Kitty G, [Katia Geiger], Leningrad Russia, cable tv actress
• 1969 - Lincoln Coleman, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1969 - Nate Gwynne, Davis Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Stuart Williams, cricketer (West Indian opening batsman 1994- )
• 1970 - Alison Inverarity, Australian high jumper (Olympics-8th-92, 96)
• 1971 - Jim Walker, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Pete Sampras, Wash DC, tennis champ (US Open-1990, 93 95)
• 1972 - Allison Cook, Australian basketballl player (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1972 - Del "The Funkee Homosapian", rapper
• 1972 - John Jones, WLAF guard (Rhein Fire)
• 1972 - Rebecca Gayheart, actress (Hannah Mayberry-Loving)
• 1973 - Latasha Byears, WNBA guard (Sacramento Monarchs)
• 1973 - Moses Ware, NFL wide receiver (Minn Vikings)
• 1973 - Todd Marchant, Buffalo NY, NHL center (Edmonton Oilers)
• 1974 - Peter Pucher, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
• 1974 - Wendy Palmer, WNBA forward (Utah Starzz)
• 1975 - Anders Myrvold, Lorenskog Nor, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
• 1975 - Paul Gaudoin, Australian field hockey halfback (Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Raegan Scott, WNBA forward/center (Utah Starzz)
• 1975 - Regan Upshaw, defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• 1975 - Robyn Hancock, Grand Rapids Ohio, Miss America-Ohio (1997)
• 1976 - Antoine Walker, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
• 1977 - Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star (1996 Pan Pacific)
• 1978 - Hayley Wickenheiser, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0875 - Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50
• 1158 - Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies
• 1350 - Philip VI, king of France, dies
• 1484 - Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies
• 1546 - Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies
• 1588 - Alfonso Ferrabosco, composer, dies at 45
• 1612 - Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (Madrigali), dies at about 60
• 1633 - Jacopo Peri, Itallian opera composer, dies at 71
• 1638 - Johannes Althusius, [Althaut], German lawyer, dies at about 81
• 1654 - Cornelis Haga, ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39), dies at 76
• 1660 - Gilbertus van Zinnik, Flemish architect, dies at about 33
• 1674 - Philippe de Champaigne, painter, dies
• 1675 - Karl Rabenhaupt, German/Neth baron of Sucha/army leader, dies at 73
• 1676 - King Philip, [Metacomet], leader Wampanoag-indians, shot to death
• 1689 - Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
• 1715 - Nahum Tate, English poet/playwright/poet laureate, dies
• 1728 - Henricus Zwaardecroon, gov-gen of Neth-Indies, dies at 61
• 1750 - Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
• 1797 - Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, composer, dies at 73
• 1811 - John FE Acton, cruel premier of Naples, dies at 77
• 1812 - Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer, dies at 81
• 1822 - Robert Stewart, 2nd marguess of Londonderry, commits suicide, dies
• 1827 - William Blake, English poet/painter, dies at 69
• 1830 - Franz de Paula Roser, composer, dies at 50
• 1848 - George Stephenson, locomotive engineer, dies
• 1849 - Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Min of Finance (1801-14), dies at 88
• 1857 - William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies
• 1865 - William Jackson Hooker, botanist, dies
• 1877 - James Drummond, historical painter, dies
• 1883 - Last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies
• 1885 - Georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65
• 1891 - James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies
• 1900 - James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42
• 1901 - Nils Adolf Erik, [Baron Nordenskj”ld], geologist/explorer, dies
• 1911 - Jozef Isra‰ls, painter, dies
• 1911 - Petrus H Hugenholtz, Dutch reformist vicar (Levenslicht), dies at 79
• 1914 - John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies
• 1922 - Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies
• 1928 - Leos Jan cek, Czech composer/conductor (Sly Little Fox), dies at 74
• 1934 - Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78
• 1938 - Ludwig Borchardt, German egyptologist, dies at 74
• 1941 - Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies
• 1943 - Georges Martin Witkowski, composer, dies at 76
• 1944 - Fran‡ois Ambrosiny, Fr dancer/choreographer (Fˆtes d'H‚b‚), dies at 66
• 1955 - Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80
• 1964 - Ian L Fleming, British journalist/writer (James Bond), dies at 56
• 1968 - Pieter J Auld, mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52), dies at 81
• 1969 - Dick Ryan, actor (For Heaven's Sake), dies after long illness at 72
• 1973 - John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies
• 1976 - Thomas Edward Driberg, 1st baron Bradwell, journalist, dies
• 1982 - Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80
• 1982 - Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
• 1982 - Joe Tex, rocker, dies at 49
• 1983 - Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies
• 1985 - Marcel Mihalovici, composer, dies at 86
• 1988 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, US musician/graffiti painter (Gray, SAMO), dies
• 1990 - Dorothy Mackaill, actress (Love Affair), dies of kidney failure at 87
• 1990 - Sara Seegar, [Stone], actor (Mystery of Room 13), dies at 76
• 1991 - Irene Campbell, British actress/dancer (Wicker Man, St Justice), dies
• 1991 - William Gordon, screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies
• 1992 - Beverley Brooks, dies of a stroke at 63
• 1992 - John Cage, avante-garde composer, dies of a stroke at 79
• 1992 - Lady Rothermere, [Bubbles], wife of British newspaper magnate, dies
• 1992 - Queen Mother of Oman, dies
• 1993 - Jerome Thor, actor (Riot in Juvenile Prison), dies of cardiac at 69
• 1994 - Gene Cherico, bassist, dies at 59
• 1994 - Manfred Salzgeber, German film distributor/publicist, dies at about 51
• 1995 - Frank Cvitanovich, film maker, dies at 68
• 1996 - Anthony Derrick Parsons, diplomat, dies at 73
• 1996 - Victor Ambartsumian, astrophysicist, dies at 87
• 1997 - Luther Allison, blues performer (Motown), dies of cancer at 57