• 1521 - Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)
• 1533 - Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)
• 1553 - Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)
• 1724 - Aepinus, [Franz UT Hoch], German physician/physicist
• 1732 - Jean-Claude Trial, composer
• 1740 - Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer
• 1770 - John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer
• 1797 - Heinrich Heine, Germany, poet/lyricist (Schubert, Liszt)
• 1810 - Clark Mills, US, sculptor (Freedom, Armed Liberty)
• 1816 - Clement Claiborne Clay, MC (Confederacy), died in 1882
• 1816 - E Werner von Siemens, German artillery officer/inventor
• 1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady (1861-65)
• 1819 - Edwin George Monk, composer
• 1835 - Phillips Brooks, Episcopal bishop/composer (Little Town of Bethlehem)
• 1838 - Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer
• 1843 - George Stephanescu, composer
• 1850 - G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )
• 1850 - Iver Paul Fredrik Holter, composer
• 1853 - Joseph Sickman Corsen, Cura‡ao, musician/composer/screenwriter
• 1858 - Jakab Gyula Major, composer
• 1860 - Lucien G Guitry, French actor/theatre director (l'Od‚on)
• 1863 - Johannes Weiss, German New Testament scholar
• 1865 - Gustav Luders, composer
• 1871 - Herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian
• 1871 - Russell W Porter, Vermont, explorer (Alaska)
• 1874 - Ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst)
• 1877 - Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer
• 1886 - Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer (martial law)
• 1889 - Clarence Loomis, composer
• 1890 - Marc Connelly, McKeesport Pa, playwright (One Minute Please)
• 1892 - Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder (Polygoon)
• 1893 - Curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day)
• 1897 - Drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson)
• 1898 - Daniel Lazarus, composer
• 1899 - Harold Guinzburg, publisher (founder of Literary Guild)
• 1899 - Yusef Greiss, composer
• 1900 - Jonel Perlea, composer
• 1900 - Norman Foster, Richmond IN, actor (Skyscraper Souls)
• 1901 - Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS]
• 1901 - John Wijga, painter/illustrator
• 1902 - Paul Kurzbach, composer
• 1902 - Talcott Parsons, US sociologist
• 1903 - Carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)
• 1903 - Jewgeni Petrow, writer
• 1903 - John Piper, British writer (US Churches in WW I)/official war painter
• 1906 - Ingemar Liljefors, composer
• 1906 - Laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist
• 1908 - Victor Babin, composer
• 1910 - Lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)
• 1910 - Van Heflin, Walters Okla, actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary)
• 1911 - Kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest)
• 1912 - Max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13]
• 1913 - Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60)
• 1913 - Jimmy Carroll, NYC, pianist (Most Important People)
• 1913 - John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy, English art historian
• 1914 - Alan L Bullock, British historian
• 1914 - George "Tiger" Haynes, guitarist/actor (Land Without Music, Guv'nor)
• 1914 - Samuel "Larry" K Parks, Olathe KS, actor (Jolson-Jolson Story)
• 1915 - Balthazar Johannes Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (1966-77)
• 1915 - Mark Stevens, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Big Town, Martin Kane)
• 1915 - Ross MacDonald, detective novelist (Goodbye Look)
• 1917 - Dave Street, LA Calif, actor/singer (Broadway Open House)
• 1920 - Don Taylor, Freeport Pa, actor (Father's Little Dividend)
• 1920 - Frits Noske, Dutch musicologist (Signifier & the Signified
• 1920 - George P Schultz, US Secretary of State (1982-89)
• 1920 - Kaysone Phomvihane,/premier/president Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92)
• 1922 - Halina Czerny-Stef nska, Polish pianist (Chopin)
• 1923 - Fred van der Spek, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PSP)
• 1924 - Larry Doby, 1st black in baseball's AL (Cleve Indians)
• 1925 - Dick Van Dyke, West Plains Mo, actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show)
• 1925 - Henry C Gordon, USAF/astronaut (Dynasoar)
• 1926 - Carl Erskine, baseball player (Bkln Dodgers)
• 1928 - W Gordon Smith, playwright
• 1929 - Albert Paulsen, Guayaquil Ecuador, actor (Doctors' Hospital)
• 1929 - Christopher Plummer, Toronto, actor (Sound of Music, Doll's House)
• 1930 - Genevieve Page, actress (Day & the Hour)
• 1930 - Robert Prosky, Phila, actor (Christine, Sgt Jablonski-Hill St Blues)
• 1934 - Richard Darryl Zanuck, film producer/executive
• 1935 - Bonno Spieker, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
• 1935 - Karim Aga Khan, prince/billionaire/husband of Rita Hayworth
• 1935 - Thomas Wakefield, writer
• 1937 - Rob Houwer, Dutch director/producer/actor (OK, Professor Columbus)
• 1938 - Alvin Curran, composer
• 1938 - Tom Shaw, Wichita KS, PGA golfer (1969 Doral Open AVCO Golf Classic)
• 1938 - Tony Gomez, rocker (Foundations)
• 1939 - Clive Brain, educationalist
• 1940 - Edith Clever, Wuppertal Germany, actress (Parsifal, L'Adolescente)
• 1940 - Steve Harmon, Bkln NY, actor (Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts)
• 1941 - Anouska Hempel, Forbes NZ, actress (Tiffany Jones)
• 1941 - John Davidson, Pitts, TV host (Hollywood Squares, That's Incredible)
• 1943 - Arturo Ripstein, director (El Lugar Sin Limites, Foxtrot)
• 1943 - Ferguson Jenkins, baseball pitcher (Red Sox)
• 1947 - Les Joslin, cricketer (Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 & 2)
• 1948 - Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, guitarist (Steely Dan-Deacon Blues)
• 1948 - Kathy Garver, Long Beach Calif, actress (Cissy-Family Affair)
• 1948 - Lillian Board, England, 400m (Olympic-silver-1968)
• 1948 - Ted Nugent, Detroit, guitarist (Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees)
• 1949 - Nana Alexandria, USSR, International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976)
• 1949 - R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, US, sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael)
• 1949 - Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music)
• 1949 - Tom Verlaine, [Miller], Mt Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television)
• 1949 - Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker
• 1950 - Davey O'List, rocker (Roxy Music)
• 1950 - Heather North, Pasadena Calif, actress (Barefoot Executive)
• 1950 - Wendie Malick, actress (Just Shoot Me)
• 1951 - Robert Lindsay, Ilketson England, actor (Strike it Rich, King Lear)
• 1952 - John Francome, English jockey
• 1953 - Ray Stewart, Matsqui BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Dunhill Cup)
• 1953 - Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman (Living Daylights)
• 1953 - Zoltan Magyar, Hungary, side horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
• 1954 - John Anderson, Apopka Fla, country singer/actor (Lone Wolf McQuade)
• 1954 - Steve Forbert, rocker
• 1956 - Dale Berra, baseball infeilder (Pitts Pirates, NY Yankees)
• 1956 - Phillip Gregory Hubbard, Canton Oh, basketball (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1957 - Steve Buscemi, actor (Fargo)
• 1958 - Clark Brandon, NYC, actor (Fast Food)
• 1958 - Dana Strum, Wash DC, rock bassist (Slaughter-Stick it Live)
• 1958 - Lynn-Holly Johnson, Chicago IL, actress (Ice Castles)
• 1959 - John Whitaker, Van Nuys Calif, actor (Family Affair, Snowball Expr)
• 1959 - Marianne Gravatte, Hollywood CA, playmate of year (Oct, 1982)
• 1960 - Randy Stoklos, Pacific Palisades Ca, beach volleyballer (Olympics-96)
• 1960 - Richard Dent, defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles)
• 1961 - Gary Zimmerman, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1962 - Karen Witter, CA, actress (Tina-One Life to Live)/playmate (Mar, 1982)
• 1965 - Stacy Sunny, San Bernadino Ca, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
• 1967 - Chris O'Loughlin, LA Calif, fencer (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Deborah Driggs, Oakland Ca, playmate (Mar, 1990)
• 1967 - Jamie Foxx, comedian (In Living Color)
• 1967 - Jenn Thompson, NYC, actor (Dee-Harper Valley PTA)
• 1967 - Mike Mordecai, Birmingham AL, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
• 1967 - Scott Zolak, NFL quarterback (NE Patriots)
• 1968 - Carlos Hasselbaink, Dutch soccer player (VVV/FC Utrecht/Haarlem)
• 1968 - Shaun Stafford, Ocala Florida, tennis star (1992 Taipei)
• 1969 - Norm Krumpschmd, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
• 1969 - Sergei Fedorov, Pskov Russia, NHL forward (Detroit, Oly-S-1998)
• 1970 - Basit Ali, cricketer (exciting Pakistani batsman 1993-)
• 1970 - Elizabeth Patricia Reilly, North Providence RI, Miss America-RI (1996)
• 1970 - George Van Os Jr, Houston TX, team handball left back (Oly-1996)
• 1970 - Tonja Yevette Buford-Bailey, Dayton OH, 400m hurdler (Oly-bronze-96)
• 1971 - Johnny Dixon, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1971 - Miguel Angel Martinez Soto, mariachi
• 1971 - Mike Pelton, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1972 - Craig Sauer, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1972 - GiGi Gordon, Butler PA, Miss America-Pennsylvania (1997)
• 1973 - Christie Clark, LA, actress (Carrie Brady-Days of Our Life)
• 1973 - Shandon Anderson, NBA forward (Utah Jazz)
• 1974 - Chris Lewis, CFL safety (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1975 - Matt LeCroy, Anderson SC, baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1975 - Sarah Brady, Miss Universe-New Zealand (1996)
• 1979 - Christina Todd, Miss Ohio Teen USA (Miss Congeniality-1997)
• 1981 - Chelsea Hertford, actress (Major Dad)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0838 - Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies
• 1048 - Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74
• 1124 - Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies
• 1126 - Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies
• 1204 - Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69
• 1250 - Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55
• 1404 - Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74
• 1521 - Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52
• 1557 - Niccol¢ Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies
• 1565 - Konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49
• 1574 - SelŒm II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50
• 1603 - Franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63
• 1622 - Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50
• 1672 - Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
• 1693 - Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies
• 1693 - Willem Van de Velde, Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82
• 1729 - Anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53
• 1738 - Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59
• 1769 - C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54
• 1774 - Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50
• 1793 - Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63
• 1812 - Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68
• 1814 - Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79
• 1862 - Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49
• 1862 - Maxcy Gregg, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48
• 1862 - Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
• 1863 - Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50
• 1872 - Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut
• 1872 - W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, Hague's Dame, murdered by Henry Jut
• 1881 - August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43
• 1894 - Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68
• 1898 - George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72
• 1909 - Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30]
• 1911 - Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies
• 1919 - Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74
• 1921 - Frederick Martin, cricketer (14 wkts in 2 Tests for Eng 1890-92), dies
• 1924 - Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74
• 1929 - Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42
• 1935 - John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies
• 1940 - Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies
• 1940 - George Macaulay, cricketer (took 24 wkts in 8 Tests, Eng 22-33), dies
• 1942 - Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78
• 1944 - Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34
• 1944 - Vassily Kandinsky, abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at 78
• 1945 - Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide
• 1945 - Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer, dies at 83
• 1951 - Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73
• 1958 - Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed
• 1958 - Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed
• 1958 - Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at 66
• 1958 - Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed
• 1958 - Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 70
• 1961 - Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101
• 1963 - Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79
• 1966 - Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer
• 1968 - Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52
• 1969 - Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83
• 1971 - Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88
• 1974 - Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66
• 1975 - Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88
• 1975 - Hendrik Kruls, Dutch gen/chief milt authority (1944-46), dies at 73
• 1976 - Eduard Claudius, writer, dies
• 1979 - Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
• 1980 - Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73
• 1981 - Cornelius Cardew, composer, dies at 45
• 1981 - Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
• 1982 - Jack Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies
• 1983 - Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit), dies at 60
• 1983 - Leora Dana, actress (Sylvie Kosloff-Another World), dies
• 1983 - Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78
• 1986 - Heather Angel, actress (Lifeboat, Daniel Boone), dies at 77
• 1990 - Alice Marble, Calif, tennis star, dies at 77
• 1990 - Friedrich D�rrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69
• 1991 - Andr‚ Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at 82
• 1992 - Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orch leader (duivelswiel), dies
• 1993 - Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87
• 1993 - Myrna Loy, actress (Thin Man, Vanity Fair), dies at 88
• 1994 - Antoine Pinay, PM of France (1952-53), dies
• 1994 - Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US librarian/Yale-curator, dies at 83
• 1994 - Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60
• 1995 - Evangeline Bruce, hostess, dies at 81
• 1995 - Nancy LaMott, singer, dies at 43
• 1996 - Cao Yu, dramatist, dies at 86
• 1996 - Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61
• 1996 - Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76
• 1996 - Mae Barnes, singer, dies at 89
• 1997 - Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician, dies at 94
• 1997 - Martin Carter, poet/critic, dies at 70
• 1997 - Rafael Jose Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur, dies at 83