• 1309 - Kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland (1333-70)
• 1602 - William Lilly, England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler
• 1651 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint
• 1717 - Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer
• 1743 - Robert Jasper van de Capellen, master of Marsch/politician
• 1767 - Jean Henri Appelius, lawyer/minister of Finance
• 1770 - David Thompson, English/Canadian explorer (Columbia River)
• 1777 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, world's great mathematician
• 1790 - John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrialist
• 1792 - Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer
• 1796 - Isa„c M "Isaac A" Cr‚mieux, French lawyer/minister of Justice
• 1797 - Andreas V Michiels, Dutch military governor of West-Sumatra
• 1805 - William Kerley Strong, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
• 1812 - Kaspar Hauser, German son of grand duke Karel van Bathe
• 1823 - George JD Campbell, Scottish/Brit Minister to Indies (1868-74/80-85)
• 1830 - Davis Tillson, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
• 1837 - Alfred Gaul, composer
• 1846 - Rosalie Amstein, writer
• 1851 - Indrië Einarsson, Iceland playwright (Nyj rsn¢ttin)
• 1853 - Alfred v Berger, writer
• 1858 - Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison, 1st lady (1889-1893)
• 1864 - Frans Netscher, Dutch writer/journalist (Studies of nude model)
• 1870 - Franz Lehar, operetta composer (Naughty Marietta)
• 1874 - Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian priest/writer
• 1882 - Trijntje "Nine" van de Schaaf, author (To the Invisible)
• 1883 - David John de Lloyd, composer
• 1884 - Albert Israel Elkus, composer
• 1885 - Luigi Russolo, composer
• 1886 - Frank Merrik, composer
• 1888 - John Crowe Ransom, US poet/critic (God Without Thunder)
• 1889 - Acario Cotapos, composer
• 1889 - Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer
• 1891 - Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik)
• 1893 - Joachim von Ribbentrop, German SS f�hrer/foreign minister
• 1896 - Gary Davis, Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith)
• 1899 - Jannetje Fisherman-Roosendaal, author (regional novels)
• 1899 - Lucie Mannheim, Berlin, actress (East Meets West, 39 Steps)
• 1902 - Andre-Fran‡ois Marescotti, composer
• 1902 - Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer
• 1903 - G�nther AR Raphael, German composer (Symphony Breve)
• 1905 - Henrich Schl„ppi, Switzerland, 4 man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1924)
• 1909 - Juliana, Queen of Netherlands (1948-80)
• 1910 - Al Lewis, actor (Leo-Car 54, Grandpa-Munsters)
• 1911 - Hans Studer, composer
• 1911 - John-Baptist J Walgrave, [Henricus/Humanus], Flemish, theologist
• 1911 - Luise Rinser, writer
• 1912 - Eve Arden, Mill Valley Calif, actress (Connie-Our Miss Brooks)
• 1912 - Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, soldier/politician
• 1913 - Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general (ITA)
• 1913 - Edith Fowke, folklorist
• 1914 - Sid Weiss, bassist
• 1916 - Claude Shannon, information theorist
• 1916 - Dugo D Schenker, Suriname/Antillian producer
• 1916 - Robert Shaw, Red Bluff Calif, chorale conductor (Robert Shaw Chorale)
• 1917 - Bea Wain, US singer/radio host (Lucky Strike Hit Parade)
• 1918 - W Donald McNeill, tennis champ (US Open-1940)
• 1919 - Valeer [Valerius V] van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer
• 1920 - Duncan Hamilton, driver
• 1920 - Leen 't Hart, Dutch organist/composer
• 1922 - Anton Murray, cricketer (South African batsman in 10 Tests 1951-55)
• 1923 - Alan Wharton, cricketer (Engld batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13)
• 1923 - George Byatt, playwright
• 1924 - Sheldon Harnick, Chicago, lyricist (Fiorello, Fiddler on the Roof)
• 1925 - Corinne Calvet, Paris France, actress (Phantom of Hollywood)
• 1926 - Cloris Leachman, Des Moines Iowa, actress (Last Picture Show, Phyllis)
• 1926 - Corinne Calvet, France, actress (Apache Uprising)
• 1926 - Edmund Cooper, UK, sci-fi author (Seed of Light, All Fool's Day)
• 1927 - Johnny Horton, Los Angeles Ca, rocker
• 1927 - Lars Hall, Sweden, Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1929 - Peter Carsten, Weissenberg Bavaria, actor (Mr Super Invisible)
• 1930 - Raoul de Keyser, [Dekeyser], Flemish painter
• 1931 - William L [Bill] Clay, (Rep-D-MO, 1969- )
• 1932 - Anton Larrauri, composer
• 1933 - Willie Nelson, Abbott Texas, country singer (On the Road Again)
• 1936 - Zohra Lampert, actress (Doctors' Hospital, Girl With Something Extra)
• 1938 - Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands (1980- )
• 1938 - Gary Collins, Venice Calif, actor (6th Sense, Home Show)
• 1938 - Larry [Van Cott] Niven, US, sci-fi author (5 Hugo, Neutron Star)
• 1939 - Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Miami Florida, (1st woman composer Pulitzer 1982)
• 1939 - Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Dutch Princess Margriet
• 1940 - Burt Young, NYC, actor (Convoy, Rocky)
• 1941 - Johnny Farina, rocker (Santo & Johnny)
• 1941 - Wilfried Jentzsh, composer
• 1943 - Bobby Vee, Fargo ND, (Devil or Angel, Night has a Thousand Eyes)
• 1943 - Robert L Livingston, (Rep-R-Louisiana, 1977- )
• 1944 - Jill Clayburgh, NYC, actress (Unmarried Woman, Semi-Tough)
• 1944 - Richard Shoff, rocker (Sandpipers)
• 1945 - Annie Dillard, American writer (An American Childhood)
• 1945 - Claude van de Berge, [Rony MF Pauwels], Flemish writer (Graph Theory)
• 1945 - Michael J Smith, Beaufort NC, Cmdr USN, astr (51L-Challenger disaster)
• 1945 - Mike Beacon, rocker (Ox)
• 1945 - Mimi Farina, rocker (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
• 1946 - Donald Schollander, Charlotte NC, swimmer (Olympic-4 gold-64)
• 1946 - Karl XVI Gustav F H, King of Sweden (1973- )
• 1947 - Robert Scott, (Rep-D-Virginia)
• 1948 - Perry King, Alliance OH, actor (Andy Warhol's "Bad")
• 1948 - Wayne Kramer, jazz artist (Dangerous Madness)
• 1951 - Panuta Rosani, Poland, discus (Olympic 1976) drug disqualified
• 1952 - Tom Pesek, PC programmer (creator of HAL 9000 program)
• 1953 - Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
• 1954 - G�nther Tiersch, German DR, 8 man cox (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1955 - Dimitra Papandreau, Greece, wife of Greek PM Andreas Papandreau
• 1956 - Richard Farina, folk singer (Reflections in a Crystal Wind)
• 1957 - Duane G Carey, St Paul Minn, major USAF/astronaut
• 1959 - Kamaran Abdalla, Iraq/Engl/Neth actor (Goede Tijden Selechte Tijden)
• 1959 - Lauren Howe, LPGA golfer
• 1961 - Isiah Thomas, NBA forward (Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP)
• 1963 - Steve Smith, Glasgow Sco, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks)
• 1964 - Ian Healy, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian since 1988)
• 1964 - Jeff Reboulet, Dayton OH, infielder (Minn Twins)
• 1965 - Adrian Pasdar, Pittsfield Mass, actor (C Oliver Resor-Feds, Top Gun)
• 1965 - Daniela Costian, Australian discus/shot putter (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Aundray Bruce, defensive end (Oakland Raiders)
• 1966 - David Meggett, NFL running back (NY Giants, NE Patriots)
• 1966 - Jeff Brown, Ottawa, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
• 1968 - Babette Van Veen, Neth, actress (Linda-GTST, Blueberry Hill)
• 1968 - Paulo Jr, Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions)
• 1968 - Richard Pilon, Saskatoon, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
• 1968 - Roger Mar, Seattle Wash, rapid fire pistol (Olympics-1996)
• 1968 - Sandra Beikoff, Mackay QLD, golfer (1990 Sunshine Coast Open)
• 1969 - Dexter Rogers, St Petersburg Fla, volleyball opposite hitter (Oly-96)
• 1969 - Joey Restivo, Brooklyn, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way, Lies)
• 1970 - Brad Layton, Seymour Ind, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1970 - Debbie D, Phila Pa, actress (Attack of Vampire Mermaid)
• 1971 - B J Tyler, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
• 1971 - Matt Martin, Hamden, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs, Oly-US-94)
• 1971 - Randy Bierman, WLAF tackle (Scottish Claymores)
• 1971 - Ryan Hawblitzel, West Palm Beach Fla, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
• 1971 - Ty Hallock, fullback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1972 - Kendricke Bullard, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots)
• 1972 - Mario Schaden, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
• 1974 - Cedric Jones, defensive end (NY Giants)
• 1974 - Chris Darkins, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1975 - Beverley Peele, model [or Apr 7]
• 1975 - Johnny Galecki, Bree Belgium, actor (American Dreamer, David-Roseanne)
• 1982 - Kirsten Dunst, actress (Interview with the Vampire)
• 1988 - Molloko, SD Zoo, 1st Calif condor chick conceived in captivity

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0313 - Gaius G V Maximus, [Daia], Emperor of Rome, dies
• 0535 - Amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered
• 1030 - Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies
• 1196 - Boudouin II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies
• 1214 - Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa, Italian bishop, dies
• 1328 - ... Eckhard, German theologist/mystic, dies
• 1630 - Ercole Porta, composer, dies at 44
• 1632 - Jean de Tilly, fieldmarshal, dies
• 1632 - Sigismund III, King of Poland/Sweden, dies at 65
• 1660 - Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian, dies at 84
• 1671 - P‚ter Zrinyi, Hungarian banished to Croatia, beheaded at 49
• 1708 - Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
• 1712 - Philippus van Limborch, remonstrants theologist/vicar, dies at 78
• 1743 - Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian playwright/poet, dies
• 1784 - Franz K earl von Velbruck, German free mason, dies
• 1785 - Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch & Putnam), dies at 65
• 1792 - Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer, dies at 36
• 1792 - John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73
• 1793 - Lorenzo Fago, composer, dies at 88
• 1795 - Jean-Jacques Barth‚lemy, French historian (Ancient Greece), dies
• 1800 - John H Midderigh, Rotterdam patriot, dies at 46
• 1828 - Shaka, the great Zulu King, killed
• 1829 - George Washington Adams, son of John Q Adams, dies on City Is NYC
• 1847 - Charles L J, archduke of Austria/gov-gen (Austria-Netherland), dies
• 1848 - Friedrich Freiherr Gagern, German/Dutch army commandant, dies at 53
• 1855 - Henry Rowley Bishop, British composer/conductor, dies at 68
• 1859 - Sergei T Aksakov, Russian writer (Bagrova-vnuka), dies at 67
• 1887 - Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71
• 1893 - Edouard Manet, French painter (Olympia), dies at 61
• 1893 - Gyula Beliczay, composer, dies at 57
• 1895 - Gustav Freytag, writer, dies at 78
• 1896 - Antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68
• 1900 - John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck
• 1903 - Fran‡ois Cr‚pin, Belgian botany, dies at 72
• 1912 - Frantisek Kmoch, composer, dies
• 1919 - Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies
• 1922 - David M Chumaceiro, Cura‡aos poet, dies
• 1929 - Friedrich Lienhard, German publisher (T�rmer), dies at 63
• 1931 - Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies
• 1933 - Luis Sanchez Cerro, Pres of Peru, assassinated by Hurtado de Mendoza
• 1934 - William Henry Welch, dies at 75
• 1942 - Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51
• 1942 - J van Hoddis, writer, dies at 54
• 1943 - Beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85
• 1943 - Etty Hillesum, Dutch diarist, dies in Auschwitz
• 1945 - Adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
• 1945 - Eva Braun, mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33
• 1952 - Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies
• 1956 - Alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78
• 1957 - Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80
• 1959 - Armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81
• 1963 - Bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74
• 1965 - Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56
• 1966 - Richard Farina, rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident
• 1968 - Frankie Lymon, rocker, dies of a heroin overdose
• 1970 - Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
• 1970 - Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35
• 1970 - Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at 71
• 1971 - Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70
• 1972 - Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38
• 1972 - Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered
• 1973 - Josie Sedgwick, actress (White Moth), dies of stroke at 75
• 1974 - Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endorra-Bewitched), dies at 67
• 1976 - Edvard Fliflet Braein, composer, dies at 51
• 1977 - Clive Martin Douglas, composer, dies at 73
• 1980 - Mary McCarty, actress (French Line), dies
• 1982 - Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies
• 1982 - Herman Tholen, Dutch cabaret performer (Juveniles), dies
• 1982 - Taisen Deshimaru, founder of several Zen centers in France, dies at 67
• 1983 - George Balanchine, Russian/US composer, dies at 79
• 1983 - Jerry Hatsuo Fujikawa, actor (Uncle Matsu-Mr T & Tina), dies at 71
• 1983 - Muddy Waters, US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68
• 1984 - Arthur T "Bomber" Harris, bombed nazi-Germany, dies
• 1984 - Muddy Waters, blues singer/guitarist (Hoochie Coochie Man), dies at 68
• 1985 - George Pravada, actor (Felscher-Holocaust), dies at 66
• 1987 - Hugh Dempster, actor (Anna Karenina, Candles at Nine), dies
• 1988 - James McCracken, US tenor, dies at 61
• 1989 - Sergio Leone, Italian director (Good, Bad & Ugly), dies at 60
• 1991 - George Sperti Sperti, inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91
• 1991 - Michael G Hagerty, actor (Overboard), dies at 39
• 1992 - Daan van Driel, Dutch cartoonist/WWII resist fighter (Trouw), dies
• 1993 - David Waymer, NFLer (Saints, 49'ers, Raiders), dies at 34
• 1993 - Eric Rowan, cricketer (26 Tests for South Africa), dies
• 1994 - David Langton, dies of a heart at 81
• 1994 - Ferdinando Scarfiotti, Italian set designer (Last Emperor), dies at 53
• 1994 - Geoffery Michael Roberts, vintner, dies at 46
• 1994 - Richard McClure Scarry, US kid book illustrator/writer, dies at 74
• 1994 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
• 1995 - Donald Edwin White, ad copywriter/opera administrator, dies at 59
• 1995 - Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival king, dies at 34
• 1996 - David Michael Ifshin, British political campaign organiser, dies at 46
• 1996 - David Opatoshu, actor (Torn Curtian, Raid on Entebbe), dies at 78
• 1996 - Frank Henry Copplestone, TV executive, dies at 71
• 1996 - Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at 78
• 1996 - Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, pres of Guatemala (1966-70), dies