• 1573 - William Laud, English archbishop of Canterbury (1633-45)
• 1577 - Ferdinand, of Bayern, prince-bishop of Liege/archbishop
• 1698 - Henri Madin, composer
• 1728 - Caesar Rodney, Delaware, judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
• 1734 - Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)
• 1746 - William Billings, Boston Mass, hymn composer (Rose of Sharon)
• 1748 - Charles XIII, King of Sweden (1809-18)/Norway (1814-18)
• 1758 - Paul Anton Wineberger, composer
• 1774 - Ferdinando Orlandi, composer
• 1798 - Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas)
• 1801 - Adolf Muller, composer
• 1802 - Bernhard Molique, composer
• 1802 - Wilhelm Bernard Molique, composer
• 1817 - Bushrod Rust Johnson, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
• 1821 - Richard Heron Anderson, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
• 1821 - William Sill, with The Underground Railroad
• 1826 - William Brimage Bate, US Confederate brig-gen/(Gov-D-Tenn, 1882-86)
• 1835 - Felix Draeseke, composer
• 1841 - Nicolaas Petrovic Njegos, king of Montenegro (1910-18)
• 1849 - James Whitcomb Riley, US, poet (Raggedy Man)
• 1854 - Christiaan R de Wet, South Africa, Boer General (Nicholsonsnek)
• 1866 - Heinrich Federer, Switz, writer (Das letzte St�ndlein des Papstes)
• 1866 - Martha McChesney Berry, US, founded Berry School for Children
• 1868 - Fred H Hovey, tennis champ (US Open-1895)
• 1870 - Uncle Dave Macon, entertainer
• 1879 - Joe Hill, Jevla Sweden, organizer (IWW)/songwriter (Union Scab)/martyr
• 1879 - Joseph Bovet, composer
• 1880 - Jaime Pahissa, composer
• 1885 - Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics (Nobel 1922)
• 1886 - Johannes B Tielrooy, Dutch literary (Chateaubriand)
• 1887 - A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer (prolific England batsman post-WW I)
• 1887 - Jack Mulhall, Wappinger Falls NY, actor (Ken Murray Show)
• 1888 - Henry A Wallace, (D/P) 33rd VP (1941-45)/founder Progressive Party
• 1889 - Clarence Muse, Balt MD, actor (Sam-Casablanca, Black Stallion)
• 1894 - Herman Dooyeweerd, Dutch philosopher/lawyer
• 1896 - Cyril Allcott, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in their early Tests)
• 1896 - Elijah Muhammad, US, leader of Nation of Islam
• 1898 - Alfred Wallenstein, Chicago Illinois, conductor (Chic Symph 1922-29)
• 1901 - Frank X Boucher, Ottawa, All-star NHL center (Ottawa, NY Rangers)
• 1901 - Ralph Rainger, composer
• 1901 - Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos
• 1902 - Willemina J H "Mascha" ter Weene, dancer/ballerina
• 1903 - Louis S B Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist
• 1904 - Chuck Klein, Indianapolis In, Phila Phillies (43 HRs in 1929)
• 1905 - Andy Devine, [Jeremiah Schwartz], Flagstaff Az, actor (Andy's Gang)
• 1906 - James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68)
• 1907 - Tutta Rolf, Norway, actress (Whalers)
• 1908 - Richard Caldicot, London England, actor (Horse's Mouth)
• 1909 - Shura Cherkassky, pianist
• 1911 - Joe Jones, Chicago IL, drummer
• 1911 - Vaughn Monroe, Akron Oh, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show)
• 1913 - Irina Nijinska, Russian/US dancer
• 1913 - Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist (Het Parool, Kinks)
• 1914 - Alfred Drake, [Capurro], Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Kiss Me Kate)
• 1914 - Sarah Churchill, London, actress (All Over Town, Royal Wedding)
• 1915 - Margarita J Aliger, Russian poet (Zoja) [NS]
• 1915 - Roman Padlewski, composer
• 1916 - Walt W Rostow, NYC, economist (Politics & Stages of Growth)
• 1917 - Helmut Dantine, Vienna Austria, actor (Shadow of the Cloak)
• 1917 - June Allyson, Bronx, actress (Till the Clouds Roll By, Vegas)
• 1918 - Guido Aristarco, film critic
• 1919 - Erik Elms„ter, Sweden, 1st to compete in summer & winter Oly (1948)
• 1919 - Gabriel Dell, Barbados, actor (Steve Allen Show)
• 1919 - George Duby, historian
• 1920 - Georg Leber, German politician (SPD)
• 1921 - John Arthur Giles Gere, English art historian (Pre-Raphaelite painter)
• 1922 - Martha Stewart, Bardwell Ky, singer/actress (Daisy Kenyon, Doll Face)
• 1922 - Reina Prinsen Geerligs, [Leentje Vandendriesch], Dutch antifascist
• 1926 - Diana Lynn, LA CA, actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go)
• 1926 - Ivan Jirko, composer
• 1926 - Marcello Abbado, composer
• 1927 - Al Martino, Phila, singer (Here in My Heart)/actor (Godfather)
• 1927 - Ronald Laing, British psychiatrist (anti-psychiatrist)
• 1931 - Desmond Tutu, Anglican Archbishop of S Afr (Nobel Peace Prize 1982)
• 1932 - Joannes M Gijsen, Bishop of Roermond
• 1933 - Paul B Price, Cataret NJ, actor (Busting Loose)
• 1934 - Imamu Amiri Baraka, [Everett Leroi Jones], US, poet/writer
• 1934 - Ulrike Meinhof, German Red Army member
• 1934 - Willie Naulls, NBA star (NY Knicks)
• 1934 - [Everett] LeRoi Jones, [Amiri Baraka], US writer (Black Music)
• 1935 - Thomas M Keneally, Australian writer (Schindler's List)
• 1936 - Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russia, cosmonaut
• 1937 - Col Guest, cricketer (Test Aust v England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59)
• 1938 - Robert Drivas, Chi, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Illustrated Man) [or 11/21]
• 1939 - Colin Cooper, rocker (Climax Blues Band)
• 1940 - Bruce F Vento, (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1977- )
• 1940 - Dino Valenti, rock guitarist/vocalist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
• 1940 - Richard H Stallings, (Rep-D-ID, 1985- )
• 1941 - Martin Murray, London England, rocker (Honeycombs)
• 1941 - Tony Sylvester, rocker (Main Ingredient)
• 1943 - Oliver L North, US colonel (Irangate)
• 1945 - Kevin Godley, Manchester England, rock vocalist (10cc)
• 1949 - Catherine Duggan, LPGA golfer
• 1949 - Dave Hope, rock bassist (Kansas)
• 1949 - Kieran Kane, Queens NY, singer (O'Kanes-Daddies Need to Grow Up Too)
• 1950 - Maartje van Weegen, [Walet], Dutch TV hostess
• 1951 - Carmen R "Tata" Vega, US soul singer (Color Purple soundtrack)
• 1951 - John Cougar Mellencamp, Seymour Indiana, rocker (Jack & Diane)
• 1952 - Graham Yallop, cricketer (Australian capt in 7 Tests, won 1 lost 6)
• 1952 - Ludmila Tourischeva, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1952 - Martyn Harris, journalist
• 1953 - Christopher Norris, NYC, actress (Summer of '42, Eat My Dust)
• 1953 - Tico Torres, rock drummer (Bon Jovi-Always)
• 1954 - Victor Manuel Mar, wrestler (AAA/NJPW, Black Cat)
• 1955 - Yo-Yo Ma, Paris France, world famous Chinese cellist
• 1956 - James Van Patten, Bkln NY, actor (Bo-Chisholms)
• 1956 - Julio Pezua, jockey
• 1957 - Jayne Torvill, England, ice skater (Torvill & Dean, Oly-gold-84)
• 1957 - Judy Sams, Toronto Ontario, golfer (1994 du Maurier Ltd Classic-38th)
• 1958 - Kim Morris, San Diego Ca, playmate (Mar, 1986)
• 1959 - Penny Graeber, Sydney Australia, golfer (1990 6th Vic Open)
• 1961 - Judy Landers, Phila, actress (Vega$, BJ & the Bear, Madame's Place)
• 1964 - Ann Curless, singer (Expos‚-What You Don't Know)
• 1964 - Rich Delucia, Reading PA, pitcher (SF Giants)
• 1964 - Sam Brown, English singer/songwriter (Stop!)
• 1964 - Stuart Hendley, Houston Tx, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 Manitoba Open)
• 1965 - Juul Ellerman, soccer player (PSV, FC Twente)
• 1966 - Trent Brown, CFL defensive back (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1967 - Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star
• 1968 - Erick Anderson, NFL linebacker (Washington Redskins)
• 1968 - Randy Bartz, Roseville Minn, short track skater (Olympics-1994)
• 1968 - Toni Braxton, singer (You Mean the World to Me)
• 1969 - Brent Dorman, Ocala Florida, Canadian Tour golfer
• 1969 - Martin Haywood, cricketer (NSW opening batsman)
• 1970 - Daniel Collins, Sydney NSW Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Dwayne Provo, cornerback (New England Patriots)
• 1970 - Harold Ellis, NBA forward (Denver Nuggets)
• 1970 - Le'Shai Maston, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1970 - Vaughn Hebron, NFL running back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
• 1971 - Dexter Dawson, CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1971 - Johnnie Morton, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions)
• 1971 - Paul Hannam, Vancouver BC, 470 yachter (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - John Hyden, Tustin Calif, volleyball outside hitter (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Rahsaan Giddings, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1973 - Gerald McBurrows, safety (St Louis Rams)
• 1973 - Priest Holmes, running back (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1974 - Alexander Polinsky, SF Calif, actor (Adam-Charles in Charge)
• 1974 - Benjamin Oberman, Denver Colo, pairs skater (& Naomi Grabow)
• 1974 - Shannon MacMillan, Syosset NY, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Billy Walsh, Summit NJ, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1977 - Clayton Miller, Toronto Ontario, trap shooter (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0290 - [Christian] Sergius, roman soldier/martyred saint, decapitated
• 0336 - Marcus, bishop of Rome (336), dies
• 0929 - Charles III, the Plain, King of France (893-929), dies
• 1488 - Andrea del Verrochio, sculptor/painter/goldsmith, dies at about 52
• 1571 - Ali Pasha, Turkish fleet commander, dies in battle
• 1612 - Menso Alting, Dutch reformed vicar/theologist, dies at 70
• 1639 - John I Pontanus, physicist/historian (Amsterdam), dies at 68
• 1660 - Paul Scarron, French, stagewriter (Le Roman Comique), dies at 50
• 1681 - Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philological/diplomat, dies at 61
• 1766 - Andre Cheron, composer, dies at 71
• 1777 - Simon Fraser, English general, dies in battle
• 1780 - Patrick Ferguson, English major in SC, dies in battle at 36
• 1800 - Gabriel, slave revolt leader (Virginia), hanged
• 1811 - August R van Hekeren van Suideras, Dutch orangist, dies at 68
• 1849 - Edgar Allen Poe, poet (Raven), dies in Balt at 40
• 1864 - Alexander Gardiner, US Union brig-general, dies in battle
• 1864 - John Gregg, US judge/Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 36
• 1887 - George James Webb, composer, dies at 84
• 1890 - John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89
• 1915 - Samuel Prowse Warren, composer, dies at 74
• 1918 - C Hubert H Parry, Engl musicologist/composer (Jerusalem), dies at 70
• 1924 - Clemens Baeumker, German historian (Christian Philosophy), dies at 71
• 1925 - Hubert Platt Main, composer, dies at 86
• 1939 - Harvey (William) Cushing, US neurologist, dies at 70
• 1951 - Anton F Philips, CEO (Philips), dies at 77
• 1959 - Mario Lanza, opera singer, dies at 38 of a heart attack
• 1959 - PM Kassem of Iraq, assassinated
• 1962 - Mauritius Dekker, [Boris Robazki], writer (Boots in Jail), dies at 66
• 1963 - Grace Darmond, silent screen actress (Below the Surface), dies at 69
• 1963 - Gustaf Gr�ndgens, actor/director/theatre director (M), dies at 63
• 1964 - Eugen Varga, Hungarian/Russian economist/politician, dies at 84
• 1966 - Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd & Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash
• 1966 - Smiley Lewis, [Overton Amos Lemons], rocker, dies at 46
• 1967 - Norman Angell (Lane), English journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1933), dies
• 1969 - Wim of Nuland, [Willem C M”hlmann], priest/writer (Doorstep), dies
• 1976 - Nikolai Lopatnikoff, composer, dies at 73
• 1981 - Wouter Paap, composer, dies at 73
• 1988 - Billy Daniels, singer, dies of cancer at 73
• 1990 - J Teengs Gerritsen, resistance fighter, dies
• 1990 - John "Cat" Thompson, basketball hall of famer, dies at 84
• 1990 - Juan Jose Arevalo, president of Guatemala (1945-51), dies
• 1991 - Leo Durocher, baseball coach/manager (Dodgers, Giants), dies at 86
• 1992 - Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62
• 1992 - Ed Blackwell, US jazz drummer (Quartet), dies
• 1993 - Agnes de Mille, choreographer (Oklahoma!, Rodeo), dies at 88
• 1993 - Cyril Cusack, actor (Fahrenheit 451), dies of neuron disease at 82
• 1993 - Kenneth Nelson, US/English actor (Boys in the Band), dies at 63
• 1994 - James Hill, director, dies at 75
• 1994 - Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish immunologist (Nobel prize 1984), dies at 82
• 1994 - Paul Swift, US actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60
• 1995 - Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59
• 1995 - Louis Meyer, Indie 500 racer (3 wins), dies at 91
• 1996 - Charles Wegg Solicitor-Prosser, dies at 86