• 1361 - Wenceslas of Bohemia, Holy Roman Catholic German emperor (1378-1400)
• 1588 - Nicolaus Erich, composer
• 1675 - Guillaume Delisle, Paris France, geographer (Atlas G‚ographique)
• 1675 - Johann Philipp Treiber, composer
• 1677 - Nicola Fago, composer
• 1686 - Godefroi L Count d'Estrades, French diplomat
• 1717 - John Randall, composer
• 1770 - Antoine Reicha, composer
• 1772 - Caspar Furstenau, composer
• 1802 - Victor Hugo, France, author (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables)
• 1808 - Honor‚ Daumier, France, painter/lithographer/caricaturist
• 1824 - Carlos Calvo, Arg diplomat/people rights scholar (Calvo Clause)
• 1825 - Hans Balatka, composer
• 1831 - Filippo Marchetti, composer
• 1832 - John George Nicolay, US, author (Abe Lincoln's biographer)
• 1834 - Aleksander Zarzycki, composer
• 1835 - Richard Andree, German geography/etnologist (Andree's Handatlas)
• 1837 - Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice
• 1838 - Wendelin Weissheimer, composer
• 1841 - Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general (Egypt)
• 1842 - Camille Flammarion, Mars researcher & popularizer of astronomy
• 1845 - Aleksander Rozycki, composer
• 1845 - Alexander III, St Petersburg, Russian tsar (1881-94) (3/10 NS)
• 1846 - William F "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Davenport Iowa, killed 4000 buffaloes
• 1852 - John Harvey Kellogg, surgeon, inspired flaked cereal industry
• 1857 - Emile Cou‚, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion)
• 1861 - Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18)
• 1866 - Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in US chemical industry (Dow Chemical)
• 1867 - Siegfried Passarge, German geographer (Cameroon/So Afr/America)
• 1868 - Leonard Borwick, British(?) pianist
• 1869 - Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin
• 1873 - Ewoud van Everdingen, Dutch meteorologist
• 1874 - Carl Vogler, composer
• 1875 - Emma Dunn, actress (Dr Monica, Dr Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway)
• 1875 - Richard Wetz, composer
• 1876 - Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38)
• 1876 - Pauline Musters, smallest man (1'11.2" (58.9 cm))
• 1877 - Carel S Adama van Scheltema, Dutch poet/writer (socialism)
• 1877 - Russell Alexander, composer
• 1879 - Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer/conductor/tutor of B Britten
• 1882 - Walter Lucht, German artillery general (WW I/WW II)
• 1883 - Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetism)
• 1884 - Christina A A [Dina] Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer
• 1884 - Dina Appeldoorn, composer
• 1884 - Hildo Krop, Dutch modernistic sculptor
• 1885 - Lili Green, [Alice Sally Mary], Neth/Eng dancer
• 1887 - Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)
• 1887 - Grover Cleveland Alexander, HOF baseball pitcher (Phillies, Cubs)
• 1891 - Alan Bridge, PA, actor (North of Arizona, Badmen of the Hills)
• 1893 - Ivor A "I A" Richards, English poet/critic (Meaning of Meaning) [NS]
• 1893 - William Frawley, Iowa, actor (Fred Mertz-I Love Lucy, Bub-My 3 Sons)
• 1896 - Andrei A Zjdanov, Russian politician (against kosmopolitism)
• 1896 - Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer
• 1898 - Julien de Valckenaere, Flemish writer
• 1900 - Jean Negulesco, Craiova Romania, director (Johnny Belinda, Jessica)
• 1902 - Rudolf Moralt, German conductor (Vienna Philharmonic)
• 1902 - Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Le Silence de la Mer)
• 1906 - Madeleine Carroll, England, actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent)
• 1906 - Nikos Ghika, artist
• 1908 - Tex Avery, cartoon director (What's up, Doc?)
• 1909 - Phyllis Fanny Primrose-Pechey Cradock, TV Chef
• 1911 - Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia MP chairman
• 1913 - George G Barker, English poet (Calamiterror, Anno Domini)
• 1913 - Hermann Lenz, writer
• 1913 - Jon Hall, Fresno Calif, actor (Ramor of the Jungle)
• 1914 - Robert Alda, NYC, actor (Dan Lewis-Supertrain, By Popular Demand)
• 1914 - Witold Rowicki, composer
• 1915 - Elisabeth Eybers, South Afr/Dutch poetess (That Woman & Other Verses)
• 1915 - Pran Nath Chhuttani, physician/teacher
• 1916 - Mordecai Seter, composer
• 1916 - Ross Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman 1936-37, died in WW II)
• 1917 - Robert Taft Jr, (Sen-R-Oh)
• 1918 - Edwin Charles "Preacher" Roe, baseball pitcher (Bkln Dodgers)
• 1918 - Otis R Bowen, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1985-89)
• 1918 - Theodore [Hamilton] Sturgeon, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, It, Caviar)
• 1919 - Beppie Nooij, actress/director (Bluejackets-Rooie Sien)
• 1919 - Luc-Andre Marcel, composer
• 1919 - Mason Adams, NYC, actor (Charlie Hume-Lou Grant, Deadliest Season)
• 1920 - A W [Rie] Kuiper-Mastenbroek, Neth, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1936)
• 1920 - Antony Kearey, TV producer
• 1920 - Tony Randall, [Leonard Rosenberg], Tulsa Ok, actor (Felix-Odd Couple)
• 1921 - Betty Hutton, Battle Creek Mich, actress (Greatest Show on Earth)
• 1922 - Bill Johnston, cricket pace bowler (mighty Australian lefty post-war)
• 1922 - Margaret Leighton, Birmingham England, actress (Astonished Heart)
• 1924 - Mark Bucci, NYC, composer (1959 Arts & Letters Award)
• 1924 - Noboru Takeshita, Japanese PM (1987-89)
• 1925 - Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player
• 1925 - Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive
• 1925 - James Moody, US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader
• 1926 - Arsene Souffriau, composer
• 1926 - Cynthia Stone, Peoria Ill, actress (That Wonderful Guy, Ad Libbers)
• 1926 - Konstantin P Feoktistov, Voronezh, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1)
• 1927 - Donald Gramm, Milwaukee Wisconsin, bass-baritone
• 1927 - Tom Kennedy, Louisville KY, quiz host (You Don't Say, Name That Tune)
• 1928 - Aldonis Kalnins, composer
• 1928 - Anatoli Vassilyevich Filipchenko, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 16)
• 1928 - Antione "Fats" Domino, NO LA, rhythm & blues pianist (Blueberry Hill)
• 1928 - Everton Weekes, cricketer (one of the 3 W's)
• 1930 - Lazar Berman, Leningrad Russia, pianist (Budapest 3rd place-1956)
• 1931 - Francisco Kroepfl, composer
• 1931 - Robert D Novak, Joliet Ill, news reporter (CNN-Evans & Novak)
• 1932 - Johnny Cash, Kingsland Ark, country singer (I Hear the Train Coming)
• 1933 - Godfrey Cambridge, NYC, actor (Cotton comes to Harlem)
• 1933 - James Goldsmith, Paris France, corporate raider (Referendum Party)
• 1934 - Ron Gaunt, cricketer (Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s)
• 1936 - Eduard Ivanovich Buinovski, cosmonaut
• 1936 - Manmohan Desai, filmmaker
• 1938 - Jack Knight, Somerville Miss, actor (Mr Shamley-James at 15)
• 1941 - Keith Thomson, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v India 1968)
• 1942 - Adriaan van Dis, author/TV-host (Nathan Sid, In Africa)
• 1942 - Joop van den Ende, director (Alsmeer Studio)
• 1943 - Bill Duke, actor (Bird on a Wire, Predator)
• 1943 - Bob "Bear" Hite, Calif, vocalist (Canned Heat-Going Up the Country)
• 1943 - Bob van Reeth, Flemish architect
• 1943 - Paul Cotton, LA Calif, rocker (Poco)
• 1944 - Marilyn Michaels, comedienne (ABC Comedy Hour)
• 1945 - Mitch Ryder, rocker (& Detroit Wheels-Devil With the Blue Dress)
• 1946 - Bobby "Bingo" Smith, NBA star (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1946 - Phyllis Eisenstein, US, sci-fi author (Sorcerer's Son, Born to Exile)
• 1947 - Sandi Shaw, [Sandra Goodrich], Essex, rocker (Girl Don't Come)
• 1948 - Priscilla Lopez, Bronx NY, actress (In the Beginning, Kay O'Brien)
• 1949 - Emma Kirkby, British(?) soprano
• 1950 - Jonathan Cain, Chicago, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Journey, Babys)
• 1953 - Bree Walker, news anchor (WNBC TV, KNBC TV)
• 1953 - Michael Bolton, Ct, rock vocalist (That's What Love Is All About)
• 1954 - John Bolger, actor (Capt Gabe McNamara-Another World)
• 1957 - Connie Carpenter-Phinney, Madison Wisc, 79k cyclist (Oly-gold-1984)
• 1957 - Keena Rothhammer, US, 800 m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1958 - Jeff Fithian, actor (Trevor Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
• 1958 - Joe Fithian, actor (Tracey Nash-Please Don't Eat the Daisies)
• 1958 - Susan J Helms, Charlotte NC, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 54, 64, 78)
• 1961 - Sophie Winter, actress (She's a Good Fighter)
• 1962 - Sheila Cornell, Encino Fla, softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1965 - Alison Armitage, London England, actress (Acapulco HEAT)
• 1965 - Brittany York, London England, playmate (Oct, 1990)
• 1965 - Donald Narcisse, CFL receiver (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1965 - Matt Jackson, Birmingham Mich, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Payless)
• 1966 - Jennifer Grant, actress (Celeste-Beverly Hills 90210)
• 1966 - Wesley Walls, NFL tight end (Carolina Panthers, SF 49ers, NO Saints)
• 1967 - David Howard, Sarasota FL, infielder (KC Royals)
• 1967 - Roman Fortin, NFL center (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1967 - Scott Service, US baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
• 1968 - Brendan Rogers, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1968 - Chris Green, NFL safety (Buffalo Bills)
• 1968 - J T Snow, Long Beach CA, infielder (NY Yankees, Calif Angels)
• 1968 - Leif Rohlin, Vasteras Swe, NHL defenseman (Vancouver Canucks)
• 1968 - Ren‚ Groen, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
• 1969 - Brandon Wilson, US baseball infielder (Chicago White Sox)
• 1970 - Ben Maruquin, Ventura Calif, field hockey sweeper (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Katie O'Neill, LA Calif, actress (Together We Stand)
• 1970 - Meeno Peluce, Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Bad News Bears)
• 1970 - Radka Zrubakova, Czech, tennis star
• 1970 - Sasha Danilovic, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
• 1971 - Erykah Badu, singer
• 1971 - Rick Lyle, defensive end/defensive tackle (NY Jets)
• 1972 - Clint McDaniel, NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
• 1972 - Scott Turner, NFL cornerback/safety (Washington Redskins)
• 1973 - Jenny Thompson, Danvers Mass, 400m freestyle (Olympics-gold-92, 96)
• 1973 - Marshall Faulk, NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1974 - Ron Fox, soccer player (Willem II)
• 1975 - Cindy Werley, Allentown PA, field hockey forward/midfielder (Oly-96)
• 1975 - Mike Wilson, Brampton, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
• 1976 - Froso Spyrou, Miss Universe-Cyprus (1996)
• 1977 - Tim Thomas, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
• 1994 - Creason Carbo Moss, daughter of US actor Ronn Moss

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1076 - Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Neth-Lutherian, murdered
• 1154 - Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60
• 1266 - Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies
• 1324 - Dino Compagni, Italian silk seller/poet/chronicler, dies
• 1538 - Worp van Thabor, Frisian abbott of Thabor (Chronicon Frisiae), dies
• 1561 - Diana, dies at ñ40
• 1577 - Erik XIV Wasa, King of Sweden (1560-69), dies at 43
• 1630 - William Brade, composer, dies
• 1686 - Godefroi L earl d'estrades, French diplomat/marshal, dies at about 78
• 1726 - Maximilian II M Emanuel, elect of Bavaria/governor of Netherlands, dies
• 1766 - August Bernhard Valentin Herbing, composer, dies at 30
• 1770 - Fran‡ois Hanot, composer, dies at 72
• 1770 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer/violinist, dies at 77
• 1810 - Johann Ernst Rembt, composer, dies at 60
• 1813 - Robert R Livingston, US diplomat (Decl of Independence), dies at 66
• 1823 - John P Kemble, English actor/director (Covent Garden), dies at 66
• 1827 - David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75
• 1857 - Ole Andreas Lindeman, composer, dies at 88
• 1859 - Ferdinand Lukas Schubert, composer, dies at 64
• 1870 - Wyatt Outlaw, black leader of Union League in NC, lynched
• 1871 - Charles Niellon, Belgian brigade general, dies at 76
• 1901 - Chi-hsui, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
• 1901 - Hsu Cheng-yu, during Boxer Rebellion in China, beheaded
• 1903 - Richard J Gatling, US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84
• 1906 - Manuel Fernandez Caballero, composer, dies at 70
• 1909 - Caran d'Ache, [Emmanuel Poir‚], French illustrator, dies
• 1913 - Felix Draeseke, composer, dies at 77
• 1920 - Ludwig Rubiner, writer, dies at 38
• 1921 - Carl Menger, Austrian economist, dies at 81
• 1926 - Frederik Pijper, Dut vicar/church historian (Monasteries), dies at 67
• 1926 - Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer, dies at 75
• 1930 - Raffaele Merry del Val, Spanish Cardinal, dies at 64
• 1931 - Otto Wallach, German chemist (Nobel 1910), dies at 83
• 1933 - Antonio Nicolau, Spanish composer/conductor, dies at 74
• 1939 - E Fernandez Arb¢s, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75
• 1941 - Jan Keizer, Zaanse February striker, shot to death
• 1947 - Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
• 1950 - Harry Lauder (Maclennan), Scottish comic/singer, dies at about 75
• 1953 - Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper, Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies
• 1953 - Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet/linguist (spelling), dies at 58
• 1954 - William R Inge, English theologist/philosopher, dies at 93
• 1956 - Herman Courtens, Belgian baron/painter, dies at 72
• 1959 - Lou Costello, actor (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52
• 1960 - Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist, dies at 83
• 1961 - Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83
• 1961 - Mohammed V, ibn Yusuf, sultan/King of Morocco, dies at 51
• 1962 - Carl Emil Theodor Ehrenberg, composer, dies at 83
• 1963 - Artturi A Leinonen, Fin journalist/politician (Prophet), dies at 74
• 1965 - Jimmie Lee Jackson, civil rights activist, dies of injuries
• 1966 - Minerva Urecal, actress (Peter Gunn, Adv of Tugboat Annie), dies at 71
• 1967 - Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70
• 1968 - Eric Feldary, actor (16 Fathoms Deep), dies of burns at 55
• 1969 - Karl Jaspers, German psychiatrist/philosopher, dies at 86
• 1969 - Levi Eshkol, [Sjkolnik], premier (Israel), dies at 73
• 1970 - Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83
• 1971 - Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (S Afr in 2 Tests in 30's), dies
• 1971 - Fernandel, [Contandin], French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67
• 1971 - Joseph Berg, composer, dies at 43
• 1971 - Joseph Desire Fernandel, comedian, dies of cancer at 67
• 1971 - Tullio Carminati, actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76
• 1972 - Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50
• 1973 - Mary Finney, actress (Honestly Celeste), dies at 68
• 1977 - Bukka White, rocker, dies at 43
• 1977 - Maxime Jacob, composer, dies at 71
• 1981 - FC Terborgh, [Reijnier Flaes], lawyer/writer (Turkish War), dies at 79
• 1981 - Howard Hanson, US composer/conductor (Nordic), dies at 84
• 1981 - Munabi, assistant to Uganda president Obote, murdered
• 1982 - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
• 1990 - Cornell Gunther, US musician (Coasters, Poison Ivy), dies at 53
• 1990 - Leslie Ames, cricketer (47 Tests, 2434 runs 8 centuries), dies
• 1990 - Maurine Stuart, Zen teacher (head of Cambridge Buddhist Assn), dies
• 1990 - Scott Jarvis, musician (Great Expectationa), dies
• 1992 - Gerrit Schulte, "Crazy Cyclist", Dutch 6-days bicyclist, dies at 76
• 1992 - Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83
• 1992 - S I Hayakawa, (Sen-R-Calif), dies of a stroke at 85
• 1993 - Constance Ford, US actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64
• 1993 - Fletcher Knebel, author (7 Days in May), commits suicide at 81
• 1993 - Mark Kolthoff, Dutch painter/photographer, dies at 92
• 1994 - Avery Fisher, US audio manufacturer (1st hi-fi), dies at 87
• 1994 - Leopold "Hans" Kohr, Austrian social philosopher, dies at 84
• 1994 - William "Bill" M Hicks, comedian, dies at 32
• 1996 - Audrey Angers, charity pioneer
• 1996 - Daniel John Chapman Cunningham, physiologist, dies at 76
• 1997 - David Doyle, actor (Charlie's Angels), dies at 67
• 1997 - Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car Designer, dies at 82
• 1998 - J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54