• 1605 - Charles C Dassoucy, French writer/singer
• 1679 - Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer
• 1708 - Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)
• 1723 - Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer
• 1729 - Pierre van Maldere, composer
• 1758 - Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary)
• 1765 - Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer
• 1792 - Francisco Moraz n, (L) president of Central America (1830-40)
• 1806 - William Pitt Fessenden, Secy Treas (Union), died in 1869
• 1811 - Gaetano Capocci, composer
• 1816 - William Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
• 1821 - Albert Franz Doppler, composer
• 1825 - Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Brig Genl (Union volunteers), died in 1905
• 1826 - Piotr Studzinski, composer
• 1827 - Arnold B”cklin, Switzerland, landscape/allegory painter
• 1830 - Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliography
• 1832 - George Crockett Strong, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
• 1832 - Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexico, writer/diplomat
• 1837 - John Francis Barnett, composer
• 1849 - Arnold Krug, composer
• 1849 - Charles Harford Lloyd, composer
• 1849 - Geoirge Washington Williams, famous African
• 1851 - James Ten Eyck, champion rower/coach (Ten Eyck Trophy namesake)
• 1854 - Karl J Kautsky, Austrian marxist/socialist
• 1854 - Oscar Wilde, [Fingal O'Flahertie Wills], Dublin, (Pic of Dorian Gray)
• 1855 - Camille Looten, Belgian priest/literature historian
• 1863 - Austen Chamberlain, British Foreign Secretary (Nobel 1925)
• 1866 - Pieter J Kromsigt, theologist/publicist (Troffel & Sword)
• 1868 - Franz X Ritter von Epp, German general (China)
• 1870 - Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist
• 1878 - Carlos Pedrell, composer
• 1885 - Dorando di Desiderio Pietri, Italian marathoner (Olympic-DQ gold-1908)
• 1886 - Armin T Wegner, writer
• 1886 - David Ben-Gurion, Plonsk Poland, 1st PM of Israel (1948-53, 55)
• 1888 - Eugene O'Neill, NYC, dramatist (Desire Under the Elms-Nobel 1936)
• 1890 - Paul Strand, NYC, photographer (Native Land-1942)
• 1896 - Edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter
• 1897 - Harrison Kerr, composer
• 1898 - Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR
• 1898 - William O Douglas, Maine, 81st Supreme Court justice (1939-75)
• 1900 - Lloyd Corrigan, SF, actor (Papa Dodger-Willy, Prof McKillup-Hank)
• 1900 - [Leon] Goose Goslin, baseball hall of famer (AL bat champ 1928)
• 1903 - Mario Pilati, composer
• 1905 - Rex Bell, Chicago, cowboy actor (Cowboys & Injuns)/lt-gov (Nevada)
• 1905 - Wild Bill Elliott, Pattonsburg MO, actor (Beyond the Sacramento)
• 1906 - Dino Buzzati, writer
• 1906 - George Martin Lott Jr, tennis champ (1931 US Open runner-up)
• 1907 - Roger Vailland, French author (La Novice, Et Mourir de Plasir)
• 1908 - Enver Hoxha, post-war leader of Albania (1944-85)
• 1910 - William Leonard Reed, composer
• 1913 - Alice Pearce, NYC, comedienne/actress (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched)
• 1913 - Cesar Bresgen, Austrian composer/organist
• 1914 - Christian J Modeste, gypsey king
• 1918 - Bill Nichols, (Rep-D-AL, 1967- )
• 1921 - Linda Darnell, Dallas, Tx, actress (Unfaithfully Yours, 2nd Chance)
• 1921 - Michael Conrad, Washington Hgts NY, actor (Delvecchio, Hill St Blues)
• 1922 - Max Bygraves, London, actor (Tom Brown's School Days)
• 1922 - Robert Urquhart, actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed, Dark Avenger)
• 1923 - Bert Kaempfert, rocker
• 1925 - Angela Lansbury, London England, actress (Jessica-Murder She Wrote)
• 1925 - Daniel J Evans, (Sen-R-WA, 1983- )
• 1925 - Lorraine Sweeny, communications specialist
• 1927 - Gus Yatron, (Rep-D-PA, 1969- )
• 1927 - G�nter Grass, Danzig Germany, novelist/poet (Tin Drum)
• 1927 - Lee Montague, London England, actor (Uncle Sasha-Holocaust)
• 1927 - Peter Brinson, dance educationalist
• 1929 - Bill Green, (Rep-R-NY, 1978- )
• 1931 - Charles W Colson, presidential adviser (Watergate figure)
• 1932 - Henry Jay Lewis, LA Calif, conductor/bass (LA Philharmonic 1955-59)
• 1935 - Sugar Pie DeSanto, US singer (Soulful dress)
• 1936 - Gerardo Gandini, composer
• 1937 - Emile Ford, rocker
• 1937 - Tony Anthony, Clarksburg WV, actor (Treasure of 4 Crowns)
• 1940 - Barry Corbin, actor (Maurice-Northern Exposure)
• 1940 - Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward (NY Knick)/last ABA commissioner
• 1941 - Derek David Bourgeois, composer
• 1941 - Erkki Jokinen, composer
• 1941 - Tim McCarver, baseball catcher (Phils, Mets)/sportscaster (ABC, CBS)
• 1942 - Dave Lovelady, rocker
• 1943 - C Fred Turner, rock bassist/vocalist (Bachman-Turner Overdrive)
• 1944 - Bob Cottam, cricketer (England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours)
• 1944 - Johnny Washbrook, Toronto, actor (Ken-My Friend Flicka)
• 1945 - Paul Monette, writer
• 1946 - Suzanne Somers, San Bruno Calif, actress (3's Company, Step by Step)
• 1947 - Bob Weir, SF Calif, guitarist (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
• 1947 - David Zucker, Milwaukee WI, director (Airplane, Naked Gun, Top Secret)
• 1948 - Michael Tylo, Detroit, actor (Guiding Light, Blade-Young & Restless)
• 1951 - Alan Wheat, (Rep-D-Missouri, 1983- )
• 1951 - Daniel Gerroll, London, actor (Big Business)
• 1952 - Christopher Cox, (Rep-R-California)
• 1953 - Martha Smith, Cleve Ohio, actress (Animal House)/playmate (July 1973)
• 1953 - Susan Pedersen, US, 4 X 100m medley swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1953 - Tony Carey, Fresno Ca, rocker
• 1955 - Ellen Dolan, Monticello IO, actress (Guiding Light, Margo Hughes-ATWT)
• 1956 - James H Newman, Trust Territory of Pacific, PhD/Astronaut (STS 51, 69)
• 1958 - Tim Robbins, West Covina CA, actor (Bull Durham, Shawshank Redemption)
• 1959 - Gary Kemp, London, rock guitarist (Spandau Ballet-True)
• 1960 - Bob Mould, US singer/guitarist/songwriter (H�sker D�)
• 1960 - Val Skinner, Hamilton MT, LPGA golfer (1995 Sprint Championship)
• 1961 - Billy Taylor, Monticello FL, pitcher (Oakland A's)
• 1961 - Chris Doleman, defensive end (San Francisco 49ers)
• 1961 - Wilfried Brookhuis, soccer player (NEC)
• 1962 - Flea, [Michael Balzary], bassist (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• 1962 - Laura Coenen, Neenah Wisc, team handball goalie (Olymp-1988, 92, 96)
• 1962 - Manute Bol, NBA center (Golden State Warriors)
• 1962 - Tamara McKinney, Lexington KY, slalom skier (Olympic-4th-1984)
• 1963 - Missy Hyatt, Atlanta Ga, wrestling manager (WCW, ECW)
• 1964 - Kay Cockerill, San Jose CA, LPGA golfer (1995 Friendly's Classic-32nd)
• 1965 - German Titov, Moscow Rus, NHL center (Calgary Flames, Oly-Silver-1998)
• 1965 - Lisa Bonder, Columbus Ohio, tennis star
• 1966 - Donovan Right, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1966 - Gerhard Puschnik, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
• 1967 - Joe Murphy, London, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
• 1967 - Michael York, Australian field hockey fullback (Oly-silver-92, 96)
• 1968 - Randall Batinkoff, actor (For Keeps)
• 1968 - Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman (Holland 1996 World Cup)
• 1968 - Scott Donie, Vicenza Italy, diver (Olympics-4th-96)
• 1969 - Darren McKenzie-Potter, Auckland NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Doug Hocking, CFL linebacker (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1969 - Gregory Metcalf, Ellensburg Wash, 3k steeplechase
• 1969 - Spencer McLennan, CFL safety (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1969 - Wendy Wilson, Los Angeles Ca, rock vocalist (Wilson Phillips-Hold On)
• 1970 - Adrian Murrell, NFL running back/kick returner (NY Jets)
• 1971 - David Johnson, cricketer (Karnataka fast bowler, India 1996-)
• 1971 - Greg Jeffries, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
• 1971 - Kathryn J Taylor, Miss USA-Kansas (1997)
• 1971 - Simon Shanks, NFL inside linebacker (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1971 - Toni Foster, WNBA forward/center (Phoenix Mercury)
• 1972 - Darius Kasparaitis, Elektrenai Lit, NHL defenseman (Islanders, Pitts)
• 1972 - Darren Balmforth, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Kordell Stewart, NFL quarterback/wide receiver (Pitts Steelers)
• 1972 - Stephen O'Connor, Irish amateur snooker champ (1990)
• 1974 - Jermaine Lewis, wide receiver (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1974 - Paul Kariya, Vancouver, NHL left wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Oly-98)
• 1975 - Jacques Kallis, cricketer (S African Test all-rounder v England 1995)
• 1975 - Jamila Wideman, WNBA guard (LA Sparks)
• 1975 - Kellie Martin, actress (Becca Thatcher-Life Goes On)
• 1978 - Abel Talamantez, Texas, singer (Menudo-Cannonball)
• 1978 - Whitni Zimmerman, Miss New Mexico Teen USA (1996)
• 1980 - Jeremy Jackson, Newport Beach Calif, actor (Shout, Baywatch)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0775 - Mansur, kalief of Abbasiden, dies
• 1323 - Amadeus V the Great, count of Flanders/Savoy, dies at 74
• 1333 - Nicolaas V, [Pietro Rainalducci], Italian anti-Pope (1328-30), dies
• 1473 - Reinoud II van Brederode, viscount of Utrecht, dies
• 1553 - Lucas Cranach Sr, German painter, dies at 81
• 1555 - Hugh Latimer, royal chaplain of Anna Boley, burned at stake at 80
• 1555 - Nicholas Ridley, English theologist/bishop of Rochester, burned
• 1570 - Baron van Montigny, Dutch earl of Horne, murdered
• 1591 - Gregory XIV, [Niccol• Sfondrati], Italian Pope, dies at 56
• 1594 - William Allen, English cardinal/founder seminary of Douai, dies at 62
• 1621 - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, organist/composer, dies at about 59
• 1649 - Isaac van Ostade, painter, buried
• 1688 - Philips Koninck, painter/etcher, buried at 68
• 1690 - Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint, dies at 43
• 1694 - Samuel Freiherr von Pufendorf, German lawyer, dies at 62
• 1726 - Giovanni Maria Capelli, composer, dies at 77
• 1750 - Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64
• 1774 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish songwriter (Scottish Poems), dies
• 1791 - Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris, dies
• 1793 - Marie Antoinette, queen of France, beheaded in France
• 1799 - Antoine-Frederic Gresnick, composer, dies at 44
• 1814 - Juan Jose Landaeta, composer, dies at 34
• 1817 - Manuel C Piar, Cura‡aos/Venezulian freedom writer, dies
• 1836 - Friedrich Theodor Frohlich, composer, dies at 33
• 1849 - George Washington Williams, 1st major black historian, dies
• 1862 - George Burgwyn Anderson, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 31
• 1867 - Salomon J Rappoport, Czech rabbi (Ereg miliem), dies
• 1877 - John Zwijsen, archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 83
• 1880 - Edward Wolff, composer, dies at 64
• 1891 - Sarah Winnemucca, indian scout, dies
• 1893 - Carlo Pedrotti, composer, dies at 75
• 1916 - Klaas/old stick Kater, christian worker's union leader, dies at 73
• 1918 - Felix Arndt, composer, dies at 29
• 1919 - Charles Harford Lloyd, composer, dies on 70th birthday
• 1920 - Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer/conductor (Artemis), dies at 56
• 1928 - Septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies
• 1939 - Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63
• 1942 - 12, Dutch Communist Party-resistance fighter/3 NVV-hostages, executed
• 1944 - Eric Westberg, composer, dies at 52
• 1944 - John Eigenhuis, writer (The Dike), dies at 78
• 1946 - Alfred G Jodl, Col-Gen/German staff chief weather authority, hanged
• 1946 - Alfred Rosenberg, German war criminal, hanged
• 1946 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s), hanged at 54
• 1946 - Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian Nazi (SS), hanged
• 1946 - Fritz Sauckel, German war criminal, hanged
• 1946 - Granville Ransome Bantock, English composer/conductor, dies at 78
• 1946 - Hans Franc, German war criminal, hanged
• 1946 - Joachim von Ribbentrop, German war criminal, hanged
• 1946 - Julius Streicher, German District Leader (Of St�rmer), hanged
• 1946 - Wilhelm Frick, German war criminal, hanged
• 1946 - Wilhelm Keitel, German fieldmarshal, hanged
• 1946 - Hermann Wilhelm G”ring, German SA-leader, commits suicide at 53
• 1948 - Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies
• 1949 - Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85
• 1951 - Liaquat Ali Khan, PM of Pakistan (1947-51), assassinated by Said Akbar
• 1954 - Friedrich L�bke, German politician, dies at 67
• 1959 - George C Marshall, US army general, dies at 78
• 1962 - Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (Water & Dreams), dies at 78
• 1972 - Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80
• 1973 - Gene Krupa, US swing drummer (Sing Sing Sing), dies at 64
• 1977 - Michael Balcon, producer, dies at 81
• 1978 - Dan Dailey, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor & JJ), dies at 63
• 1980 - Carl PM Romme, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (KVP), dies at 83
• 1981 - Moshe Dayan, Israel's general/minister of Defense, dies at 66
• 1981 - Stanley Clements, actor (Boys' Prison, Army Bound, Hot News), dies
• 1981 - William Holden, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 63
• 1982 - Jacov Gotovac, composer, dies at 86
• 1982 - Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini), dies at 67
• 1983 - George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72
• 1984 - Ken Carpenter, TV announcer (Lux Video Theater), dies at 84
• 1984 - Peggy Ann Garner, actress (Ford Theater), dies at 53 of cancer
• 1985 - Claude Stroud, actor (Hobart-Ted Knight Show, Duke), dies at 78
• 1986 - Arthur Grumiaux, Belgian violinist, dies at 65
• 1986 - C Wttewaall van Stoetwegen, CHU Member of Dutch parliament, dies at 85
• 1987 - Dana Suesse, songwriter (You Ought to be in Pictures), dies at 75
• 1989 - Cornel Wilde, actor (Saadia, Comic, Beach Red, Gargoyles), dies at 74
• 1990 - Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71
• 1991 - Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72
• 1991 - Tonny Huurdeman, singer/actress (Frills), dies
• 1992 - Shirley Booth, actress (Hazel), dies of natural causes at 85
• 1993 - John Bowles, president (Rexall Drugs), dies at 76
• 1994 - William Henry Swinburne, music teacher, dies at 87
• 1995 - John Walker, museum director, dies at 88
• 1995 - Linda Goodman, astrologer, dies
• 1995 - Murdo Alexander MacLeod, minister, dies at 60
• 1995 - Thomas Augustine Martin, academic, dies at 59
• 1996 - Anthony Griffin, sailor, dies at 75
• 1996 - Eric Lawson Malpass, writer, dies at 85
• 1996 - Ismond Rosen, psychoanalyst/artist, dies at 82
• 1996 - James Wild, music teacher, dies at 68
• 1996 - Jason Bernard, actor (judge-Liar Liar), dies of heart attack at 58
• 1997 - Audra Lindley, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers), dies at 79
• 1997 - James Mitchner, author (Hawaii), dies of kidney failure at 90