• 1332 - Ibn Khaldun, Tunis, Arab historian/sociologist (Muqaddimah)
• 1595 - Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer
• 1626 - William II, prince of Orange/stadholder
• 1652 - Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van de Palts, German/French duchess of Orleans
• 1738 - Bonaventura Furlanetto, composer
• 1756 - Maximilian I Jozef, King of Bavaria
• 1774 - Francis Beaufort, admiral/hydrographer (Beaufort wind force scale)
• 1794 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, millionaire (B & O railroad)
• 1799 - Jacques-Fran‡ois-Fromental-Elle Halevy, [Elie Levy], composer
• 1806 - Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer
• 1815 - Henry Parkes, British journalist/premier of Australia
• 1818 - Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons
• 1819 - Julia Ward Howe, US, author/lecturer (Battle Hymn of the Republic)
• 1822 - Henry Wylde, composer
• 1822 - Josef Joachim Raff, composer
• 1823 - John Gray Foster, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
• 1836 - Edwin Gray Lee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870
• 1836 - Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier
• 1837 - "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout
• 1837 - Robert Frederick Hoke, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1912
• 1839 - Luigi Capuana, Sicilian author/critic (Roccaverdina)
• 1849 - "Blind" Tom Bethune, pianist/composer
• 1852 - Billy Barnes, cricketer (England all-rounder 1880-90)
• 1854 - Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Jeune Belgium)
• 1861 - Victoria E Matthews, educator
• 1867 - Arnold Bennett, England, novelist/playwright/critic (Great Babylon)
• 1870 - Lionel Palairet, cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age)
• 1871 - Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter (Miserere et Guerre)
• 1874 - Dustin Farnum, US, actor (Squaw Man, Virginian) [or 1870]
• 1874 - Richard von Schaukal, Austria poet/writer (Eros Thanatos)
• 1879 - Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)
• 1881 - Rudolf Pannwitz, German writer
• 1884 - Bax Brod, composer
• 1887 - Emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends)
• 1887 - Erich Kuttner, German journalist/historian (Vorw„rts)
• 1887 - Frank Woolley, cricketer (long-running England left-arm all-rounder)
• 1888 - Louis Durey, composer
• 1891 - Claude Adonai Champagne, composer
• 1892 - Sara Heyblom, Dutch actress (Pygmalion, Fietsen naar de Maan)
• 1894 - Dashiell Hammett, Maryland, author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon)
• 1894 - L F C‚line, writer
• 1894 - Louis-Ferdinand C‚line, France, novelist (Journey to End of Night)
• 1895 - Marij Kogoj, composer
• 1897 - John Douglas Cockroft, English physicist (Radar, Nobel 1951)
• 1902 - Celius Dougherty, composer
• 1906 - Robert Shone, director-general (NEDC)
• 1907 - Felix de Nobel, Dutch orchestra leader
• 1907 - Rachel Louise Carson, biologist/ecologist/writer (Silent Spring)
• 1908 - Alex Brown, snooker player
• 1908 - Harold Rome, composer (Fanny, Pins & Needles)
• 1908 - Melle J Oldeboerrigter, [Melle], Dutch painter/cartoonist
• 1909 - Isador Goodman, composer
• 1910 - Daniel Greenway, CEO (Daniel Greenway & Sons)
• 1911 - Hubert Humphrey, (Sen-D-Minn) 38th VP (1965-69), 1968 Pres candidate
• 1911 - Torolf Elster, Norwegian journalist/writer (Frihet och demokrati)
• 1911 - Vincent Price, St Louis MO, actor (House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura)
• 1912 - John Cheever, writer (Wapshot Chronicle)
• 1912 - Sam Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (PGA-1963, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73)
• 1913 - Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, bishop
• 1913 - Mervyn Stockwood, bishop (Southwark England)
• 1913 - Wolfgang Schulze, [Wols], German cartoonist/painter
• 1914 - Hugh Le Caine, composer
• 1914 - Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister
• 1914 - Rose Stainton, CEO (British Airways)
• 1915 - Herman Wouk, NYC, novelist (Caine Mutiny, Winds of War)
• 1915 - Mario del Monaco, Italian opera singer (Verdi/Puccini)
• 1916 - Norman Griggs, VP (Building Society Association)
• 1918 - Yasuhiro Nakasone, premier of Japan (1982-87)
• 1919 - Kam Fong, Honolulu Hawaii, actor (Hawaii Five-0)
• 1920 - Michael Webster, CEO (DRG)
• 1920 - William Crawshay, Lord-Lt of Gwent
• 1921 - Caryl Chessman, kidnapper who got death penalty (1960)
• 1921 - Redd Stewart, Ashland City Tn, guitarist/pianist (Pee Wee King Show)
• 1922 - Christopher Lee, London England, actor (Hound of Baskervilles)
• 1922 - Sidney AK Keyes, English poet (Iron Laurel)
• 1923 - Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State (1973-77)/Nobel Peace Prize (1973)
• 1923 - Lord Freyberg, British Colonel of General Staff
• 1925 - John Moberly, diplomat
• 1926 - Gordon Leggat, cricketer (open batsman for NZ in 9 Tests 1953-56)
• 1927 - Bryan Cowgill, deputy chairman (Mirror Group)
• 1927 - Jan Blokker, Dutch writer/journalist (VPRO, People's Newspaper)
• 1928 - Thea Musgrave, Barnton Midlothian Scot, composer (Mary Queen of Scots)
• 1929 - Donald Howard Keats, composer
• 1930 - Eino Tamberg, composer
• 1930 - John Barth, novelist (Sot-Weed Factor)
• 1930 - Simon Barrington-Ward
• 1930 - William S Sessions, Arkansas, director of FBI
• 1931 - Florence Sharples, director (British YWCA)
• 1931 - John Chapple, British chief of General Staff
• 1931 - Kenny Price, Florence Ky, country singer (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw)
• 1931 - Veroslav Neumann, composer
• 1932 - Jeffrey Bernard, singer
• 1934 - Harlan [Jay] Ellison, US, sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Doomsman, Babylon 5)
• 1935 - Elias Gistelinck, Flemish composer
• 1935 - Lee Meriwether, LA Calif, Miss America (Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jones)
• 1935 - Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
• 1936 - Benjamin Bathurst, vice chief of British Defense Staff
• 1936 - Eric Anderson, headmaster (Eton)
• 1936 - Lord Holme, president British Liberal Party
• 1936 - Louis Gossett Jr, Bkln NY, actor (Officer & Gentleman, Deep)
• 1939 - Don Williams, Floydada Texas, country singer (I Believe in You)
• 1939 - Earl Cairns, CEO (S G Warburg & Co)
• 1939 - Jerry Mercer, rock drummer (April Wine Montreal Montreal)
• 1940 - Rene Koering, composer
• 1941 - Adriaan Venema, Dutch journalist/author (Mussert)
• 1941 - Allan Carr, Ill, director (Grease, Happiest Millionaire)
• 1941 - Davina Phillips, actress
• 1942 - Kent Bede Bernard, Trinidad, 4X400 runner (Olympic-bronze-1964)
• 1942 - Priscilla Anne McLean, composer
• 1942 - Roger Freeman, British minister of transport
• 1943 - Bruce Weitz, Norwalk Ct, actor (Hill St Blues, Death of a Centerfold)
• 1943 - Cilla Black, Liverpool England, rock vocalist (You're My World)
• 1944 - Christopher J Dodd, (Gov/Sen-D-CT, 1981- )
• 1945 - Bruce Cockburn, Ottawa Canada, folk rock vocalist (Waterwalker)
• 1947 - Liana Alexandra, composer
• 1947 - Peter DeFazio, (Rep-D-Oregon)
• 1947 - Robert Reinacher Jr, horse trainer
• 1948 - Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-8, T-14, TM-7)
• 1948 - Anna E "Annelies" Balhan, Dutch revue-artist/actress (Sweet Chairty)
• 1948 - Pete Sears, bassist (Jefferson Starship)
• 1951 - John Conteh, boxer
• 1951 - Norma Jean Almodovar, Binghampton, auto-biographer (Cop to Call Girl)
• 1954 - Catherine Carr, US breaststroke swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1972)
• 1955 - Bill Malley, Oakland CA, Nike golfer (1991 El Paso Open-30th)
• 1955 - Graeme "Jock" Edwards, cricketer (beefy NZ lefty batsman late 70's)
• 1956 - Lisa Niemi, Houston Tx, actress (Dirty Dancing, Will Rodgers Follies)
• 1956 - Nick Lowery, NFL kicker (NY Jets)
• 1956 - Steve Pagano, horse trainer
• 1957 - Bruce Furniss, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1976)
• 1957 - Duncan Goodhew, swimmer
• 1957 - Siouxsie Sioux, [Susan Ballion], Kent England (Siouxsie & Banshees)
• 1958 - Linnea Quigley, Davenport Iowa, actress (Night of Demons, Virgin High)
• 1958 - Neil Finn, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You, Crowded House)
• 1960 - Ray Armsetad, Kirksville Mo, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
• 1960 - Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler (Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84)
• 1961 - Cathy Silvers, NYC, actress (Jenny-Happy Days, Foley Square)
• 1961 - Jill Sterkel, US swimmer (Olympics-bronze-1976, 84, 88)
• 1961 - John Lugbill, Wauseon Ohio, US canoist/kayaker (Olympic-92)
• 1961 - Peri Gilpin, Waco Tx, actor (Roz Doyle-Frasier)
• 1962 - Mariangela D'Abbraccio, Naples Italy, TV actress (Passioni)
• 1962 - Meg Parsont, personality (David Letterman Show)
• 1962 - Ravi Shastri, cricketer (Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92)
• 1962 - Ray Borner, Australian basketball center (Olympics-1984, 88, 92, 96)
• 1965 - Jacob Brumfield, Bogalusa LA, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1965 - Pat Cash, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon 1987)
• 1965 - Todd Bridges, SF CA, actor (Diff'rent Strokes, Fish)
• 1966 - Eric Leckner, NBA center (Detroit Pistons)
• 1966 - John Jaha, Portland OR, infielder (Milwaukee Brewers)
• 1966 - Ray Sheppard, Pembroke, NHL right wing (Florida Panthers)
• 1966 - Sean Kinney, US rock drummer (Alice in Chains-We Die Young)
• 1967 - Chin Yang, jockey
• 1967 - Doug West, NBA guard (Minnesota Timberwolves)
• 1967 - George McCloud, NBA forward/guard (Dallas Mavericks, Phoenix Suns)
• 1967 - Paul Gascoigne, soccer player
• 1967 - Ruthie Bolton Holifield, WNBA guard (Sac Monarchs/Olympics-gold-96)
• 1968 - Cedric Smith, NFL running back (Wash Redskins, Arizona Cardinals)
• 1968 - Frank Thomas, "Big Hurt", 1st baseman (Chicago White Sox, 1993 MVP)
• 1968 - Jeff Bagwell, Boston Mass, infielder (Houston Astros)
• 1968 - John Connelly, Toledo OH, Nike golfer (1991 NH Open)
• 1969 - Chip Beake, WLAF administrative assistant (Barcelona Dragons)
• 1969 - Dondr‚ T Whitfield, Bkln NY, actor (Another World, All My Children)
• 1969 - Fran‡ois Letourneau, St Jerome Quebec, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Lesley Tashlin, Toronto Ontario, 100m hurdler (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Todd Hundley, Martinsville VA, catcher (NY Mets)
• 1969 - Travis Williams, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)
• 1970 - Liz Earley, St Catharines Ontario, LPGA golfer (1995 Thailand Open)
• 1970 - Michael Blackburn, Australian laser yachter (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Todd Collins, linebacker (New England Patriots)
• 1971 - Corey Beck, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets)
• 1971 - Ferdino Hernandez, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
• 1971 - Monika Schnarre, US actress (Bold & Beautiful)
• 1971 - Scott Szeredy, NFL/WLAF kicker/punter (Chiefs, Barcelona Dragons)
• 1972 - Antonio Freeman, NFL wide reciever (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1972 - Karen Hecox, US 1500m runner
• 1972 - Troy Sienkiewicz, NFL tackle/guard (SD Chargers)
• 1974 - Danny Wuerffel, NFL quarterback (New Orleans Saints)
• 1976 - Richard Park, Seoul Kor, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
• 1980 - Jessica Deglau, Vancouver BC, 200m butterfly (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0866 - Ordo€o I, King of Asturia (850-66), dies
• 0927 - Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)
• 1039 - Dirk III Hierosolymita, Count of Holland, dies
• 1178 - Godfried van Rhenen, bishop of Utrecht, dies
• 1508 - Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
• 1525 - Thomas Mnzer, German vicar/boer leader, executed
• 1541 - Margaretha, duchess of Salisbury, beheaded
• 1549 - Lijsbeth Dirksdr, Fries antabaptist, drowns
• 1564 - Jean Caulvin, [John Calvin], priest/church reformer, dies at 54
• 1569 - Fran‡ois de Coligny, French general (Jarnac), dies
• 1576 - Louis de Boisot, Dutch admiral, drowns at about 44
• 1580 - Jonker Barthold Entens van Mentheda until Middelstum, dies
• 1596 - Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies
• 1627 - Everhardus van Bronchorst, lawyer, dies at 73
• 1638 - Nicolas Forme, composer, dies at 71
• 1647 - Achsah Young, 1st woman known to be a witch, executed in Salem Mass
• 1652 - Jacques Huyn, composer, dies at 39
• 1661 - Archibald Campbell, Scottish politician, beheaded at about 53
• 1690 - Giovanni Legrenzi, Italian composer, dies at 63
• 1708 - Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
• 1768 - Johann M Fleischmann, German/Dutch stamp/letter designer, dies
• 1790 - Jeremiah Carlton, laziest man in history, heir to a large fortune at 19 went to bed & stayed there for next 70 yrs, dies at 89
• 1797 - Fran‡ois-Noal "Gracchus" Babeuf, French utopian socialist, dies at 36
• 1840 - Niccol• Paganini, composer/violinist, dies at 57
• 1855 - Nikolaj A Bestoezjev, Russ writer/painter (Account of Holland), dies
• 1863 - Edward Payson Chapin, Union brig general, dies at 31
• 1876 - Joseph Bosworth, lexicographer/scholar, dies
• 1878 - Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49
• 1887 - Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86
• 1896 - Allard Pierson, theologist/philosopher/art historian/poet, dies
• 1902 - Jan van Droogenbroeck, Flemish poet, dies
• 1910 - Robert Koch, German bacteriologist (TB, Cholera, Nobel), dies
• 1914 - Joseph Wilson Swan, physicist/chemist, dies
• 1916 - Joseph S Galli‚ni, General/military governor of Paris, dies
• 1918 - Henry Adams, US literature historian (Esther), dies at 80
• 1925 - Ed McKeever, pres (Bkln Dodgers), dies of pneumonia
• 1934 - Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam street hawker, dies
• 1939 - Joseph Roth, Austria journalist (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies at 44
• 1941 - AH Borgesius, tutor/experimentator/amateur astronomer, dies at 76
• 1941 - Gnther Ltjens, German admiral (Bismarck), dies
• 1949 - Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY
• 1951 - Thomas Blamey, soldier, dies
• 1954 - Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies
• 1958 - Ainslie Pryor, actor (Adventures of Hiram Holiday), dies at 46
• 1958 - Samuel Stritch, US cardinal/archbishop (Chicago), dies
• 1960 - Edward Brophy, actor (Champ, Dumbo, Great Guy), dies at 65
• 1960 - George Zucco, actor (Fog Island, Black Raven, Desire Me), dies at 74
• 1963 - Lambrakis, Greek EDA-parliament leader, murdered
• 1964 - Jawaharial Nehru, Independent India's 1st PM, dies at 74
• 1968 - Little Willie John, rocker, dies at 30
• 1969 - Jeffrey Hunter, actor (Christopher Pike-Star Trek Cage), dies at 43
• 1970 - Emmy van Lokhorst, author, dies at 78
• 1971 - Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62
• 1975 - Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51), dies at 53
• 1976 - Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80
• 1982 - Jo LagrilliŠre, [Joke], Flemish cartoon character, dies at 47
• 1983 - Arnoldus Christian Vlok van Wyk, composer, dies at 67
• 1985 - Kay Campbell, actress (All My Children), dies at 80
• 1986 - Gaston Duribreux, Flemish writer (Sour Dove), dies at 82
• 1988 - Florida Friebus, actress (Bob Newhart Show), dies of a stroke at 79
• 1988 - Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, US jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77
• 1988 - Renato Salvatori, actor (Burn, Luna, 2 Women), dies
• 1989 - Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
• 1991 - Ed Dodd, cartoonist (Mark Trail), dies at 88
• 1992 - Dani‰l Robberechts, Belgian writer (Aankomen in Avignon), dies at 55
• 1992 - Glen White, dancer/actor (Graft, Camille), dies of AIDS at 42
• 1992 - John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70
• 1992 - Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86
• 1993 - Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies
• 1993 - Willem P G Assmann, Dutch MP, dies at 85
• 1994 - Norman Cook, British museum curator, dies at 87
• 1994 - Red Rodney, [Albino Red/The Red Arrow], bebop-trumpeter, dies at 66
• 1994 - Theo Swagemakers, portrait painter, dies at 95
• 1995 - C W Stubblefield, music Promoter, dies at 64
• 1995 - Ulyses Simpson Kay, composer, dies at 78
• 1996 - Albert "Pud" Brown, clarinetist/saxophonist, dies at 79
• 1996 - Ivan Sutton, concert Promotoer, dies at 82
• 1996 - Jack Massey, groundsman, dies at 85
• 1996 - Pud Brown, jazz musician, dies at 79