• 0086 - Antoninus Pius, 15th Roman emperor (138-161)
• 0866 - Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912)/writer (Problematica)
• 1551 - Henry III, duke of Anjou/king of Poland/France (1573/4-89)
• 1655 - Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer
• 1705 - Henri-Jacques de Croes, Flemish composer/band master
• 1730 - Augustin Pajou, French (court)sculptor (Psyche abandonn‚e)
• 1737 - Charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind
• 1769 - Joseph Comb, missionary to Molukkas
• 1770 - Johann G Repsold, German instrument maker
• 1800 - William Wister McKean, Commander (Union Navy), died in 1865
• 1802 - Louis Kossuth, Hungary, President of Hungary (1849)
• 1822 - Joseph Rodman West, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1824 - Carl Ignaz Franz Umlauf, composer
• 1837 - Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer
• 1862 - Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Benton County IA, actress (Son of Dracula)
• 1867 - Arthur Rackham, England, artist/illustrator (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
• 1871 - Fritz Schaudinn, German animal expert (examined syphilis)
• 1882 - Paul-Marie Masson, composer
• 1888 - Porter Hall, Cincinnati OH, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity)
• 1889 - Ernest Truex, KC Mo, actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers)
• 1889 - Ricardo Cortez, [Jack Krantz], Vienna Austria, actor/dir (Blackmail)
• 1889 - Sarah Delany, author/teacher
• 1894 - Cornelis Rijnsdorp, writer (Kings Children)
• 1898 - Giuseppe Saragat, president of Italy (1964-71)
• 1900 - Solomon Pimsleur, composer
• 1901 - Joseph Pasternak, film producer (Anchors Aweigh, Date With Judy)
• 1902 - James Van Alen, created Simplified Scoring System for tennis
• 1902 - Pieter John Bouman, sociologist/historian
• 1904 - Bergen Evans, Ohio, English professor ($64,000 Question)
• 1904 - Karen Aabye, Danish author (Less bedstemor there jomfru)
• 1905 - Betty Garde, Phila, actress (Aggie-Real McCoys)
• 1905 - James Holland, artist/exhibition organiser
• 1906 - Dalibor Cyril Vackar, composer
• 1906 - Massimo Freccia, composer
• 1907 - Lewis F Powell Jr, Va, Supreme Court justice (1972-87)
• 1908 - Mika Waltari, novelist (Egyptian)
• 1910 - Margaret Lindsay, Dubuque Iowa, actress (Take a Guess)
• 1911 - Gustaf Allan Pettersson, composer
• 1911 - Weldon Hart, composer
• 1911 - William Golding, England, novelist (Lord of the Flies-Nobel 1983)
• 1912 - Emma "Nono" Batenburg, actress (Noah)
• 1914 - Frances Farmer, Seattle WA, actress (Son of Fury, Among the Living)
• 1914 - Rogers Morton, Louisville Ky, US Secretary of Interior (1968-75)
• 1917 - Joe Pasternak, Transylvania Hungary, producer (Spinout, Big City)
• 1919 - Blanche Thebom, Monessen Penn, mezzo-soprano (Amneris-Aida)
• 1919 - Harry Shorto, linguist
• 1920 - Karen Khachiturian, composer
• 1921 - Billy Ward, US songwriter/singer/pianist/arranger (Dominoes)
• 1922 - Catherine Mary Hall, nurse
• 1922 - Damon [Francis] Knight, US, sci-fi author (CV, Beyond the Barrier)
• 1922 - Dana Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, javelin thrower (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1922 - Emil Zatopek, Czechoslavakia, 5K/10K/marathon (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1924 - Ernest Tomlinson, composer
• 1926 - Arthur Wills, composer
• 1926 - Edwin "Duke" Snider, Bkln Dodger centerfielder (406 HRs)
• 1926 - Lurieen Wallace, (Gov-D-Ala, 1966-68)
• 1926 - Pierre Janssen, art museum director
• 1928 - Adam West, Walla Walla Wash, actor (Batman, Last Precinct)
• 1928 - William Hickey, actor (Prizzi's Honor)
• 1929 - 10th duke of Richmond, English large landowner/art collector
• 1929 - Margaret S Roukema, (Rep-R-New Jersey, 1981- )
• 1929 - Timothy Colman, Engl manufacturer/multi-millionaire (Reckitt & Colman)
• 1930 - Muhal Richard Abrams, composer
• 1930 - Rosemary Harris, Ashby Suffolk England, actress (Holocaust)
• 1931 - Brook Benton, Camden SC, vocalist (Frankie & Johnny)
• 1931 - Ray Danton, NYC, actor/director (Longest Day, Psychic Killer)
• 1932 - Mike Royko, Chicago, journalist (Chic Daily News)/author (Boss)
• 1933 - David McCallum, Glasgow Scot, actor (Ilyla Kuryakin-Man From UNCLE)
• 1934 - Brian Epstein, rock manager (Beatles)
• 1935 - Esmond Bulmer, English cider brewer/Conservative Lower house leader
• 1935 - Nick Massi, Newark NJ, rocker (4 Seasons-Sherry)
• 1935 - Robert Kruger, (Sen-D Texas)
• 1935 - Thomas W Ewing, (Rep-R-Illinois)
• 1936 - Alfred A Oerter Jr, Astoria NY, discus (Olympic-gold-56, 60, 64, 68)
• 1937 - Boris Onischenko, USSR, ‚p‚e (Olympic-76) disqualified-illegal ‚p‚e
• 1938 - Zygmunt Krauze, composer
• 1940 - Bill Medley, Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong)
• 1940 - Paul Williams, Omaha NE, singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes)
• 1940 - Sylvia Tyson, rocker
• 1941 - "Mama" Cass Elliot, Balt Maryland, rock vocalist (Mamas & The Papas)
• 1941 - Jim Fox, England, pentathlete (Olympics-1972)
• 1943 - Chris Joyce, photographer
• 1943 - Christi Haas, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1943 - Joe Leonard Morgan, 2nd baseman (Reds)/commentator (ESPN)
• 1944 - Ard Schenk, 500, 1500, 5000k speed skater (Olympics-gold-1972)
• 1945 - BenoŒt Lamy, Belgian director
• 1945 - David Bromberg, Phila, musician (Demon in Disguise)
• 1945 - Freda Payne, Detroit Mich, vocalist (Band of Gold)
• 1945 - Jane Blalock, Portsmouth NH, LPGA golfer (1972 Colgate-Dinah Shore
• 1945 - Lee Dorman, St Louis Mo, rock bassist (Iron Butterfly)
• 1945 - Randolph Mantooth, Sacramento Calif, actor (Emergency, Loving)
• 1946 - Hans van de Berg, actor (Ciske the Rat)
• 1946 - John Coghlan, London, rock drummer (Status Quo)
• 1947 - Larry Brown, NFL runningback (3rd to rush over 4,000 yards)
• 1947 - Steve Bartlett, (Rep-R-TX, 1983- )
• 1947 - Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author (Don't Bite the Sun)
• 1948 - Jeremy Irons, England, actor (French Lieutenant's Woman)
• 1948 - Michael Cooper, SF Calif, sodomizer (FBI Most Wanted List)
• 1948 - Nadezhda Tkachenko, USSR, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1980)
• 1949 - Twiggy Lawson, [Leslie Hornby], England, model/actress (Boyfriend, W)
• 1950 - Joan Lunden, Fair Oaks Calif, news host (Good Morning America)
• 1950 - Rudy Ramos, Lawton Okla, actor (Wind-High Chaparral)
• 1952 - Rhys Chatham, composer
• 1952 - Scott Colomby, Bkln, actor (Stash-Sons & Daughters, Szysznyk)
• 1956 - Rex Smith, Jacksonville Fla, actor (Solid Gold, Pirates of Penzance)
• 1957 - Richard M Linnehan, Lowell Mass, astronaut (STS 78, sk: 90)
• 1958 - Kevin Hooks, Phila, actor (Sounder, Aaron Loves Angela)
• 1960 - Julianna Young, Ft Campbell KY, playmate (Nov, 1993)
• 1962 - Randy Myers, Vancouver WA, pitcher (Chic Cubs, Baltimore Orioles)
• 1962 - Tonja Walker, Huntington WV, actress (Alex-One Life to Live)
• 1963 - Alessandra Martines, Italian entertainer
• 1964 - Kim Richards, LI NY, actress (Nanny & Prof, James at 15)
• 1964 - Trisha Yearwood, Monticello GA, country singer (Sweetest Gift)
• 1965 - Debbye Turner, Miss America (1990)
• 1965 - Katrina McClain, Charleston SC, basketball forward (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1966 - El Samurai, [Osamu Matsuda], wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
• 1966 - Michael Campbell, CFL defensive tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1967 - Jim Abbott, Flint MI, pitcher (California Angels, NY Yankees)
• 1968 - ?, baby born on Golden Gate Bridge (those Marin County folk!)
• 1969 - Candy Dulfer, Amsterdam Holland, saxophonist (Lily Was Here)
• 1969 - Matthew L Perry, actor (Friends)
• 1970 - Antii Tormenen, Espoo FIN, NHL forward (Finland Oly-B-98, Ottawa)
• 1971 - Colleen Coyne, ice hockey defenseman (USA, Oly-98)
• 1971 - Jeremy Nunley, NFL defensive tackle/defensive end (Houston Oilers)
• 1972 - Amy Frazier, St Louis Mo, tennis star
• 1972 - David Tamburrino, Saratoga Springs NY, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
• 1972 - Eric van de Merwe, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
• 1972 - Fred McCrary, NFL fullback (Phila Eagles)
• 1973 - Jeremy Jordan, singer
• 1974 - Victoria Silverstedt, Skelleftehamn Sweden, playmate (Dec, 1996)
• 1976 - La Chanda Jenkins, Miss District of Columbia USA (1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1180 - Louis VII, the Younger, King of France (1137-80), dies at 59
• 1356 - Gautier de Brienne, duke of Athens/French supreme commander, dies
• 1356 - Geoffroy de Charny, French nobleman, dies in battle
• 1356 - Jean de Clermont, French marshal, dies in battle
• 1678 - Christoph B von Galen, prince-bishop of Mnster (1650-78), dies at 71
• 1719 - Frans Anneessens, Belgian merchant/lord of the manor, executed at 59
• 1719 - Jan Weenix, Dutch painter, buried
• 1756 - Josef Antonin Sehling, composer, dies at 46
• 1761 - Peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse Bottle), dies at 69
• 1830 - Stanislas Champein, composer, dies at 76
• 1836 - Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer, dies at 66
• 1862 - [Lewis] Henry Little, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 45
• 1863 - Preston Smith, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
• 1864 - Archibald Campbell Godwin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
• 1864 - David Allen Russell, US Union general-major, dies in battle at 43
• 1864 - Robert Emmet Rodes, US Confederate gen-major, dies in battle at 35
• 1881 - James A Garfield, 20th president (1881), dies of gunshot wound at 49
• 1882 - Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht (1868-82), dies at 67
• 1902 - Maria Hendrika, Queen of the Belgians, dies
• 1911 - Pjotr A Stolypin, premier of Russia (1906-11), dies
• 1918 - Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer, dies at 56
• 1924 - Alick Bannerman, cricketer (28 Tests for Australia, 1108 runs), dies
• 1935 - Jules M Cambron, French gov-gen to Algeria/ambassador, dies
• 1944 - David Lord, British lieutenant/Dakota-pilot DFC/VC, dies in battle
• 1944 - Hilary Barlow, British colonel, dies
• 1944 - John AC Fitch, British lt-colonel, dies in battle in Arnhem
• 1952 - Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies
• 1954 - Tibor Harsanyi, composer, dies at 56
• 1961 - Helen Kimble, fictional wife of Dr Richard Kimble (Fugitive)
• 1961 - Pieter Tesch, mine engineer/geology (Pedestal of Netherlands), dies
• 1962 - Pogodin, writer, dies
• 1967 - Martin Block, TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64
• 1968 - Chester F Carlson, inventor (photocopying), dies at 62
• 1968 - Red Foley, country singer (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 58
• 1969 - Bert [Lambertus] Bakker, director Free Netherland/inventor, dies
• 1969 - Rex Ingram, actor/director (Elmer Gantry), dies of heart attack at 73
• 1970 - Greville Stevens, cricketer (10 Tests for England 1922-29), dies
• 1972 - Robert M Casadesus, French pianist/composer (Prix Di‚mer), dies at 73
• 1973 - Bob Gilbert, actor (Never the Twain Shall Meet), dies of hepatitis 75
• 1973 - Gram Parsons, rocker (Byrds), dies of OD at 26
• 1974 - Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63
• 1978 - Rolf Gnther, East German priest, self imolation
• 1981 - Joke Kool-Smit, Dutch feminist, dies
• 1982 - Fred Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies
• 1982 - Samuel L M Barlow, composer, dies at 90
• 1984 - June Preisser, dancer/actress (Babes in Arms), dies in car crash at 61
• 1985 - Italo Calvino, sci-fi author (T-Zero, Mr Palomar), dies at 61
• 1986 - Vivian Duncan, entertainer (Duncan Sisters), dies
• 1988 - Oren Lee Staley, 1st pres of Natl Farmers Org (1955-79), dies at 65
• 1989 - Guido de Moor, actor (Flanagan, Because of the Cats), dies
• 1990 - Werner Janssen, US composer (New Years Eve in NY), dies at 91
• 1992 - Frederick Combs, playwright/director, dies of AIDS at 57
• 1992 - Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies
• 1993 - Bruce Ferden, US conductor (NY, Washington, Amsterdam), dies at 44
• 1993 - Richard Landau, US screenwriter (Back to Bataan), dies at 79
• 1994 - Frankie Kennedy, flute player, dies at 38
• 1994 - Sandra Fisher, painter, dies at 47
• 1995 - Louis "Mr Bo" Collins, blues SInger, dies at 63
• 1995 - Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88
• 1995 - Walter Shlomo Gross, journalist, dies at 83
• 1995 - Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut, dies at 55
• 1996 - Douglas Hyde, socialist/Christian, dies at 85
• 1996 - Timothy Nicholson, journalist, dies at 32
• 1997 - Clive Brain, educationalist, dies at 57
• 1997 - Kathy Keeton Guccione, CEO (General Media Intl), dies at 58
• 1997 - Malcolm Hughes, artist, dies at 77