• 1552 - Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)
• 1603 - Michael Trumper, composer
• 1605 - Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic
• 1633 - Gabriel Schutz, composer
• 1659 - Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)
• 1669 - Miguel Lopez, composer
• 1690 - Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian opera composer
• 1710 - Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz)
• 1757 - John P Kemble, England, actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden)
• 1763 - Thomas Campbell, founder (Church of Disciples in America)
• 1789 - Hippolyte-Andr‚-Baptiste Chelard, composer
• 1791 - Charles J Sax, Belgian music instrument builder
• 1801 - Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, composer
• 1801 - Thomas Cole, US, romantic landscape painter (Hudson River School)
• 1805 - Auguste Blanqui, France, revolutionary (workers' leader)
• 1807 - Henri Klimrath, French lawyer (M‚moire sur lesson Olim)
• 1807 - William Bowen Campbell, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
• 1810 - Charles Lenox Remond, Salem Mass, famous black
• 1819 - Henry Lawrence Eustis, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
• 1821 - Charles Samvei Bovy-Lysberg, composer
• 1827 - Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker
• 1829 - John Potts Slough, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1867
• 1833 - Henry McNeal Turner, black methodist bishop
• 1839 - James A Herne, [J Aherne], US playwright (Hearts of Oak)
• 1841 - William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium
• 1844 - Eduard Adolf Strasburger, German botanist (Angiospermen)
• 1844 - Granville Stanley Hall, US, psychologist
• 1848 - Adh‚mar Esmein, French lawyer
• 1859 - Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer (Babes in Toyland)
• 1869 - Johannes F "Frits" Bakker Sr, actor (Holland Tooneelgezelschap)
• 1872 - Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose
• 1873 - Clara Butt, Southwick Sussex, contralto (Country of Hope & Glory)
• 1874 - Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austria, poet/dramatist/essayist
• 1875 - Eddie Pola, composer (Lullabye of Broadway)
• 1877 - Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer
• 1878 - Hattie Wyatt Caraway, politician/teacher/1st woman elected to senate
• 1879 - Sydney Baynes, composer
• 1880 - Antonio Guarnieri, composer
• 1880 - Francesco Balilla Pratella, composer
• 1881 - Jose Ignacio Quinton, composer
• 1882 - Louis St Laurent, Compton Quebec, (L) 12th Canadian PM (1948-57)
• 1883 - Jevgeni B Vachtangov, Armenian/Russian actor/director (Eric XIV)
• 1884 - Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russia, novelist/playwright (We)
• 1885 - Camille Chautemps, premier France
• 1887 - Dirk Roosenburg, Dutch architect
• 1889 - Gertrude Caton-Thompson, British archaeologist (Zimbabwe, So Arabia)
• 1891 - James Price Johnson, composer
• 1892 - K Rudolf Mengelberg, composer/musicologist (Amsterdam Concert Hall)
• 1895 - John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)
• 1896 - Anastasio "Tacho" Somoza, general/pres of Nicaragua (1937-56)
• 1897 - Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)
• 1900 - Stephen Potter, humorist/writer (School for Scoundrels, Shipbuilders)
• 1901 - Clark Gable, Cadiz OH, actor (Gone With the Wind)
• 1902 - Carlo Borbolla, composer
• 1902 - Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues)
• 1903 - Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (The Bees Novel)
• 1904 - S J Perelman, Brooklyn, author/humorist (Around the World in 80 Days)
• 1905 - Emilio Segre
• 1905 - Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg
• 1906 - Hildegarde, Adell Wisc, night club vocalist (I'll Be Seeing You)
• 1906 - Pierre Cardevielle, French composer/conductor (Amants Captifs)
• 1907 - Alan Strode Campbell Ross, professor (coined the terms U & non-U)
• 1907 - Camargo Guarnieri, Brazil, composer/conductor
• 1907 - Gnter Eich, German literary (Underground Highway, Girls of Viterbo)
• 1907 - John Canaday, art critic (Metropolitan Museum of Art Portfolios)
• 1907 - Mozart Camargo Guarnieri, composer
• 1907 - S ndor Veress, Hungarian pianist/composer
• 1908 - Albie Booth, collegiate Hall of Fame football star (Yale)
• 1908 - Edward Staempfli, composer
• 1908 - George Pal, Hungarian/US director (When Worlds Collide, Puppetoons)
• 1909 - Douglas Hall, Governor (Somaliland Protectorate)
• 1909 - Helen Chandler, Charleston SC, actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula)
• 1910 - H Stanley Cayzer
• 1910 - Jahangir Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36)
• 1910 - Michael Kanin, Rochester NY, director/writer/actor (Woman of the Year)
• 1913 - Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, Test pilot
• 1914 - Hans Zlig, Swiss dancer
• 1915 - Stanley Matthews, 1st British soccer player to be knighted
• 1916 - Gordon Hobday, Lord Lieutenant (Nottinghamshire)
• 1918 - Maurice Laing, life president (John Laing)
• 1918 - Muriel Spark, Edinburgh Scotland, novelist (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
• 1920 - Kenneth Bond, former vice-chairman
• 1920 - Pierre Jonqu‚res d'Oriola, France, equest jumper (Oly-gold-1952, 64)
• 1921 - Peter Sallis, actor (Tast the Blood of Dracula)
• 1922 - Bogumil Witalis Andrzejewski, professor of Cushtic Languages
• 1922 - Clifford McWatt, cricketer (WI wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55)
• 1926 - Douglas Johnson, historian
• 1926 - Peter Crill, Bailiff of Jersey
• 1926 - Stuart Whitman, SF Calif, actor (Capt Apache, Ransom, Cimarron Strip)
• 1927 - Galway Kinnell, Providence RI, author (Body Rags, Book of Nightmares)
• 1928 - Eric Evans, Dean (St Paul's)
• 1928 - Peter Gordon Dorrell, archaeologist/photographer
• 1928 - Sam Edwards, physicist
• 1928 - Thoams Eric Evans, dean (St Paul's)
• 1928 - Tom Lantos, (Rep-D-CA, 1981- )
• 1928 - Ursula Mamlok, composer
• 1930 - Peter Tapsell, British MP
• 1931 - Barrel, [ABM] Frinking, teacher/Dutch MP (CVP)
• 1931 - Boris Yeltsin, Ural Mts USSR, president of Russian SSR
• 1931 - Madeline Berthod, Switzerland, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1956)
• 1931 - Mark Richmond, CEO (Science & Engineering Research Council)
• 1931 - Ton [ABM] Frinking, Dutch MP (CDA)
• 1932 - John Hart, Denver Colo, newsman (CBS News Retrospective, NBC News)
• 1932 - John Nott, British MP
• 1933 - Reynolds Price, US writer (Strengthened by a Pale Green Light)
• 1934 - Bob Shane, vocalist (Kingston Trio-Scarlet Ribbons)
• 1935 - Ruth Clarke, Moderator (General Assembly of the United Reform Church)
• 1935 - Vladimir Viktorovich Aksyonov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 22, T-2)
• 1936 - G H Blake, Principal (Collingwood College, Durham U)
• 1937 - Don Everly, Brownie Ky, vocalist (Everly Bros-Wake Up Little Susie)
• 1937 - Dr Hook, [Ray Sawyer], Ala, vocalist (Dr Hook-When You're in Love)
• 1937 - Garrett Morris, New Orleans La, actor (SNL, Martin, Carwash)
• 1938 - Jacky Cupit, golfer (Rookie of Year 1961)
• 1938 - Jimmy Carl Black, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
• 1938 - Sherman Hemsley, Phila, actor (All in the Family, Jeffersons, Amen)
• 1939 - Del McCoury, bluegrass singer/musician
• 1939 - Paul E Gillmor, (Rep-R-Ohio)
• 1939 - Ray Sawyer, rocker
• 1940 - Bibi Besch, Vienna Austria, actress (Star Trek 2, Beast Within)
• 1940 - Herve Filion, sulky driver (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame)
• 1941 - Anatoliy Firssov, USSR, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
• 1941 - Franco Nones, Italy, 30K cross country skier (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1941 - Robert Walmsley, British Vice-Admiral
• 1942 - Dave Sincock, cricketer (chinaman bowler played for Aust 1964-66)
• 1942 - Terry Jones, Colwyn Bay North Wales, comedian (Monty Python)
• 1943 - Josceline Dimbleby, cookery writer
• 1943 - Lord Mountevans
• 1943 - Tina Sloan, NY, actress (Lillian-Guiding Light, Search for Tomorrow)
• 1944 - Leo Burmester, Louisville Ky, actor (Flo, Chiefs, Abbys, Odd Jobs)
• 1944 - Tommy Duffy, rocker (Echos)
• 1945 - Ole Buck, composer
• 1946 - Bart Braverman, LA Calif, actor (Bobby-Vega$, Roy-New Odd Couple)
• 1947 - Adam Ingram, British MP
• 1947 - Terry Hibbitt, soccer star
• 1948 - Debbie Austin, LPGA golfer
• 1948 - Jennifer Adams, superintendent (Central Royal Parks)
• 1949 - Jimmy Lee Thorpe, Roxboro NC, PGA golfer (1985 Greater Milwaukee Open)
• 1951 - Andrew Smith, British MP
• 1952 - Rick James, [James Johnson], rock/soul/funk vocalist (Super Freak)
• 1953 - Andy Mill, skier/husband of Chris Everet
• 1953 - C A Barnett, headmaster (Whitgift School)
• 1954 - Billy Mumy, Calif, actor (Will Robinson-Lost in Space, Dear Brigitte)
• 1954 - Mike Campbell, guitarist (Tom Petty & Heartbreakers-Breakdown)
• 1955 - Kate Ashbrook, general secretary (Open Spaces Society)
• 1955 - Virginia Elliot, three-day eventer
• 1957 - Donna Adamek, Duarte Calif, bowler (BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81)
• 1958 - Maureen Madill, Coleraine No Ireland, golfer (Brit Open Amateur 1979)
• 1959 - Anthony LaPlagia, actor (Criminal Justice, Betsy's Wedding)
• 1959 - Carolyn Hill, Santa Monica CA, LPGA golfer (1994 McCall's Classic)
• 1959 - Mike Horan, NFL punter (NY Giants)
• 1959 - Wade Wilson, NFL quarterback (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1961 - Daniel M Tani, Ridley Park MD, astronaut
• 1961 - Gabrielle Carteris, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
• 1961 - Gina Hull, Jacksonville FL, LPGA golfer (1989 USX Golf Classic-8th)
• 1963 - Jani Lane, heavy metal drummer (Warrant-Cherry Pie)
• 1964 - Dwayne Rudolph Goettel, musician
• 1964 - Kaitlin Hopkins, NYC, actress (Kelsey-Another World)
• 1964 - Sharon Bruneau, Toronto Ontario, actress (Sensuous Muscle)
• 1965 - Brandon Lee, Emerson Colo, actor (Showdown in Little Tokyo)
• 1965 - David Callaghan, cricketer (S African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992)
• 1965 - Sherilyn Fenn, Detroit Mich, actress (2 Moon Junction, Twin Peaks)
• 1965 - Stephanie Marie Elisabeth de Grimaldi, Monte Carlo Monaco, Princess
• 1966 - Donna Edmondson, Greensboro NC, playmate of year (Nov, 1986)
• 1966 - Eddie Zambrano, Venezuelan/US baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs)
• 1966 - Michelle Akers, Santa Clara Calif, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Laura E Dern, LA Calif, actress (Blue Velvet, Mask, Smooth Talk)
• 1967 - Tim Naehring, Cincinnati OH, infielder (Boston Red Sox)
• 1968 - George Quigley Jr, Cin Ohio, skeet (Olympics-1996)
• 1968 - Javier Sanchez, Spain, tennis star
• 1968 - Kent Mercker, Dublin OH, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Balt Orioles)
• 1968 - Lisa Marie Presley Keough Jackson, Memphis Tenn, daughter of Elvis
• 1968 - Mark Recchi, Kamloops, NHL right wing (Montreal Canadiens)
• 1968 - Pauly Shore, Hollywood, comedian (Totally Pauly, Encino Man)
• 1968 - Sean Millington, CFL fullback (BC Lions)
• 1969 - Bryan Jacob, Palatka Fla, 59 kg (130 lbs) weightlifter (Oly-1992, 96)
• 1969 - John Moore, Australian baseball catcher (Olympics-1996)
• 1970 - Eric Mobley, NBA center (Vancouver Grizzlies)
• 1970 - Malik Sealy, NBA guard/forward (Detroit Pistons, LA Clippers)
• 1971 - Ajay Jadeja, cricketer (Indian opening batsman)
• 1971 - Derek Byrd, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
• 1971 - Robert O'Neal, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1971 - Tommy Salo, Surahammar SWE, NHL goalie (Team Sweden, NY Islanders)
• 1972 - Brian Krause, actor (December, Sleepwalkers, Return to Blue Lagoon)
• 1972 - Geoff Sanderson, Hay River, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers)
• 1972 - Richard Becker, Aurora IL, outfielder (Minn Twins)
• 1972 - [Thomas] Carlton Bruner, US, 1500m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Andrew DeClercq, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors, Boston Celtics)
• 1973 - Elena Makarova, Moscow Russia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Val)
• 1973 - Michael Joyce, Santa Monica CA, tennis star (1989 USTA Natl Boys' 18)
• 1973 - Tlia Reima, ice hockey center (Finland, Oly-98)
• 1974 - Jennifer Lien, actress (Hannah Moore-Another World)
• 1974 - Lisa Marie Scott, Pensacola FL, playmate (Feb, 1994)
• 1974 - Walter McCarty, NBA forward (Boston Celtics)
• 1975 - Martijn Reuser, Dutch soccer player (Ajax)
• 1980 - Courtney Hamilton, Miss Arizona Teen USA (1996)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0656 - Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25
• 1204 - Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered
• 1248 - Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies
• 1294 - Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies
• 1328 - Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies
• 1502 - Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies
• 1542 - Hieronymus Aleander, [Gir¢lamo Aleandro], Ital diplomat, dies at 61
• 1650 - Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking
• 1666 - Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies
• 1669 - Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31
• 1691 - Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80
• 1691 - George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56
• 1694 - John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73
• 1733 - August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
• 1743 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85
• 1747 - Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies
• 1795 - Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66
• 1818 - Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74
• 1824 - Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64
• 1832 - Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71
• 1838 - Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
• 1839 - Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76
• 1851 - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53
• 1869 - Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68
• 1871 - Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51
• 1873 - Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies
• 1875 - William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58
• 1877 - Joseph-Leon Gatayes, composer, dies at 71
• 1878 - George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85
• 1883 - Pavel Melnikov, Russian historian/author, dies
• 1889 - Joseph Gungl, composer, dies at 78
• 1902 - Salomon Jaoassohn, composer, dies at 70
• 1903 - George G Stokes, British physicist/pres Royal Society, dies at 83
• 1904 - Peter PM Alberdingk Thijm, Dutch historian/writer, dies at 76
• 1905 - Oswald Aschenbach, German painter, dies at 77
• 1908 - Carlos I, King of Portugal (1889-1908), assassinated by mob at 44
• 1910 - Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer (Irrgarten Der Liebe), dies at 44
• 1916 - Anton Simon, composer, dies at 65
• 1922 - William Desmond Taylor, director/actor (Broken Coin), dies at 49
• 1929 - August Otto Halm, composer, dies at 59
• 1937 - Marguerite Audoux, writer, dies
• 1944 - Martin Lunssens, composer, dies at 72
• 1944 - Piet Mondrian, abstract painter (Composition in Blue), dies at 71
• 1945 - Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), dies at 72
• 1946 - Hans Betghe, writer, dies at 70
• 1949 - Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63
• 1950 - Harry Blomberg, Swedish author (Jacobs Dr”m), dies at 56
• 1954 - Julius P Hoste, Belg minister/newspaper publisher, dies at 69
• 1957 - Friedrich von Paulus, German field marshall (Stalingrad), dies at 66
• 1958 - Clinton Joseph Davisson, dies
• 1959 - Madame Sul-To-Wan, [Conley], actress (Birth of a Nation), dies at 85
• 1966 - Buster Keaton, [Joseph Francis], US comic (General), dies at 69
• 1966 - Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], US gossip columnist, dies at 75
• 1966 - Nicholas Piantanida, sets balloon flight record & dies in descent
• 1966 - William Harrigan, actor (Invisible Man, Girl in 419), dies at 71
• 1967 - Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies
• 1967 - Langston Hughes, poet/translator (Weary Blues), dies on 65th birthday
• 1968 - Lawson Little, amateur golfer (US/Brit Opens 1934,35), dies at 57
• 1970 - Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69
• 1971 - Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies
• 1974 - Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle
• 1974 - Marieluise Fleiáer, writer, dies at 71
• 1975 - Richard Wattis, actor (Dick & Duchess, Liberace), dies at 62
• 1976 - Edgar Pangborn, sci-fi author (Judgment of Eve, Davy), dies at 66
• 1976 - Werner C Heisenberg, physicist (Nobel 1932, field theory), dies at 74
• 1977 - Edmond [Moore] Hamilton, US, sci-fi author (Danger Planet), dies at 72
• 1979 - Mort Marshall, actor (Cully-Dumplings), dies at 60
• 1980 - Jack Bailey, TV host (Queen for a Day), dies at 72
• 1980 - Romolo Valli, actor (Boom, La Viaccia), dies at 54
• 1981 - Donald W Douglas, US aviation pionieer/builder, dies at 88
• 1981 - Ernst Pepping, composer, dies at 79
• 1981 - Nils Geirr Tveitt, composer, dies at 72
• 1981 - Wanda Hendrix, actress (Sierra, Ride the Pink Horse), dies
• 1983 - Tullio Campagnolo, Italian bicycle manufacturer, dies
• 1986 - Alva Myrdal, Swedish Nobel peace prize winner (1982), dies at 84
• 1986 - Dick James, Beatles' music publisher (1962-70), dies in London at 58
• 1987 - Erin Westmore, makeup artist (Hollywood Backstage), dies at 82
• 1988 - Heather O'Rourke, (Poltergeist) star, dies of intestinal ailment at 12
• 1988 - Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75
• 1991 - Carol Dempster, actress (Sally of Sawdust, America), dies at 89
• 1991 - H J van Ommeren-Averink, Dutch MP (CPN), dies
• 1991 - James G MacDonald, cartoon voice (Mickey Mouse), dies at 84
• 1991 - Phil Watson, NHL coach (NY Rangers), dies
• 1992 - George Berkeley, actor (Life Stinks, Capts & Kings), dies at 70
• 1992 - Irving R Kaufman, federal judge (Rosenberg Case), dies at 81
• 1994 - Fouad Fram al-Boustani, Lebanese historian (Rawaeaa), dies at 88
• 1994 - Olan Soule, radio voice (Super Friends), dies of lung cancer at 83
• 1995 - George Abbot, director (Damn Yankees), dies at 107
• 1995 - John Smith, CEO (Liverpool FC), dies at 74
• 1995 - Michael Caesar, pope of pot, dies of liver cancer at 52
• 1996 - Clive Burton, neuropathologist, dies at 54
• 1997 - Herb Caen, columnist, Lung cancer, dies at 80
• 1997 - Mitchell Goodman, writer, dies at 71
• 1997 - Peter Morris, historian of France, dies at 50
• 1997 - Thelma Moss, psychologist, dies at 78