• 1370 - Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony
• 1586 - Pietro Della Valle, composer
• 1602 - Johann Neukrantz, composer
• 1638 - Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer
• 1661 - Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet
• 1681 - Anne Danican Philidor, composer
• 1682 - Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer
• 1715 - John Alcock, composer
• 1722 - Christopher Smart, English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols)
• 1735 - Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer
• 1769 - Johann Georg Lickl, composer
• 1770 - George Canning, (C) British PM (1827)
• 1772 - Manuel Jos‚ Quintana, Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo)
• 1775 - Charles-Fran‡ois Dumonchau, composer
• 1779 - Louise Reichardt, composer
• 1793 - Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist
• 1794 - Edward Everett, Dorchester Mass, (Gov-Mass), statesman/orator
• 1801 - Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin)
• 1815 - Klara Fey, German orch leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein)
• 1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician/founder (Allgemeiner)
• 1837 - Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861
• 1838 - Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer
• 1840 - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer
• 1854 - Hugh Massie, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880's)
• 1856 - Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent)
• 1856 - Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India
• 1859 - Basil Harwood, composer
• 1862 - Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41)
• 1862 - William W Campbell, US astronomer/director Lick Observatory
• 1866 - Carla Ford, Henry's wife
• 1867 - John P Lotsy, Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics)
• 1879 - Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo)
• 1881 - Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer
• 1883 - Leonard Mudie, England, actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence)
• 1888 - Donald Calthrop, London, actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express)
• 1889 - Nick La Rocca, US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag)
• 1893 - Dean G Acheson, statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53)
• 1893 - Johannes T Thijsse, Dutch founder (Waterloopkundig lab Delft)
• 1897 - Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist
• 1898 - Lou Holtz, comedian/actor (Follow the Leader)
• 1899 - Percy L Julian, chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis)
• 1901 - Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter)
• 1901 - Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens)
• 1901 - Theodor Rogalski, composer
• 1902 - Quentin Reynolds, NYC, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI)
• 1904 - Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist
• 1904 - Paul McGrath, Chicago IL, actor (Witness, No Time for Love)
• 1907 - Paul Douglas, Phila Pa, actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night)
• 1907 - William Henry Swinburne, music teacher
• 1908 - Karel Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto)
• 1908 - Leo Rosten, writer/humourist
• 1908 - Masura Ibuka, industrialist
• 1910 - Anna Magnani, Ital's actress (Awakening, Roma)
• 1910 - Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Sp”nola, general/president Portugal
• 1910 - Henry William Collins, artist
• 1911 - Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz, Poland, sprinter (Oly-gold-32)
• 1912 - John Larkin, Oakland Calif, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High)
• 1913 - Oleg Cassini, Paris France, fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy)
• 1915 - (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist
• 1916 - Alberto E Ginastera, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi)
• 1916 - Dan Fortmann, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
• 1916 - Howard Koch, producer/director (Frankenstein, Airplane II)
• 1918 - Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, journalist
• 1918 - Richard Wainwright, MP
• 1918 - William Perrie, British prison governor
• 1919 - Hugh Carey, (Gov-D-NY)
• 1919 - Raymond Carr, Warden (St Antony's College Oxford)
• 1920 - Marlen Haushofer, writer
• 1921 - Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (WI batsman pre/post-war)
• 1921 - Virginia O'Brien, LA Calif, actress (Francis in the Navy)
• 1921 - Viscount Buckmaster
• 1922 - Alexander Raichev, composer
• 1922 - Antoine Blondin, writer
• 1925 - Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby
• 1925 - Johan van Zonderen, painter
• 1925 - Oscar De Ville, CEO (Meyer International)
• 1925 - Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director (Sea gulls die in the harbor)
• 1926 - Gervase de Peyer, clarinettist
• 1926 - Robert Hall Lewis, composer
• 1927 - Domenico Guaccero, composer
• 1929 - Lawrence Coughlin, (Rep-R-PA, 1969- )
• 1930 - Carl Franklin, Richmond Calif, actor (Fantastic Journey)
• 1930 - Clive Exton, scriptwriter & playwright
• 1930 - James Alan Ferman, secretary (British Board of Film Classification)
• 1930 - Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings)
• 1930 - Kazuo Fukushima, composer
• 1930 - Nicholas F Brady, US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93)
• 1930 - W G [Bill] Hefner, (Rep-D-NC, 1975- )
• 1931 - Johnny Sheffield, Pasadena Calif, actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son)
• 1932 - F Gregory Neubeck, USAF pilot
• 1932 - Joel Grey, [Joe Katz], actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution)
• 1932 - Max Schubel, composer
• 1933 - Tony Brown, Charleston WV, newsman (Tony Brown's Journal)
• 1934 - Dame Anne Poole, chief nursing officer (Dept of Health)
• 1934 - Mark Strand, American poet/editor/translator (Another Republic)
• 1934 - Richard A Garland, artist/photographer
• 1935 - Pierre Kartner, [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song)
• 1935 - Richard Berry, musician
• 1936 - Janet Allen, Headmistress (Benenden School)
• 1938 - Michael Deaver, politician/influence peddler (S&L scandal)
• 1939 - Louise Lasser, NYC, actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!)
• 1941 - David Lyle Boren, (Sen-D-OK, 1979- )
• 1941 - Frederick "Rick" Hauck, Long Beach Ca, astr (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26)
• 1942 - Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoi, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5)
• 1943 - E J Dommering, Dutch lawyer
• 1943 - Earl of Sandwich
• 1943 - Elmer R Wilsoe, Island mayor (Cura‡ao)
• 1944 - John Milius, writer (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday)
• 1944 - R J B Knight, deputy director (National Maritime Museum)
• 1945 - Robert Fripp, guitarist (King Crimson)
• 1947 - Michael Hindley, British MEP
• 1947 - Michael Wright, Vice-Chancello, (Aston University)
• 1947 - Peter Riegert, NYC, actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey)
• 1947 - Uli Edel,
• 1948 - Ellen Goodman, syndicated columnist (or 1941)
• 1950 - Bill Irwin, Santa Monica, actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall)
• 1951 - Robbie House, rocker (Snuff)
• 1952 - Michael Daly, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 BC Winter Tour)
• 1954 - Chris Difford, rocker (Squeeze)
• 1955 - Michele Scarabelli, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas)
• 1955 - Piers J Sellers, Sussex England, PhD/astronaut
• 1957 - Everton Mattis, cricketer (WI batsman early 80's)
• 1957 - John Castellanos, San Diego Calif, actor (John Silva-Young & Restless)
• 1958 - Sally Clark, Feilding NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-silver-96)
• 1958 - Stuart Adamson, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland)
• 1958 - William Stuart Adamson, Manchester, rock guitarist (Big Country)
• 1959 - Richie Sambora, rocker (Bon Jovi)/boyfriend of Cher & Heather Locklear
• 1961 - Lucky Vanous, Lincoln Nebraska, model (GQ, Diet Coke)
• 1962 - Andr‚ Wasiman, soccer player (FC Volendam)
• 1962 - Terry Hoage, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1963 - Eddy Moya, El Paso Tx, actor
• 1963 - Elizabeth Smylie, Perth Australia, tennis star (1987 Okla City)
• 1966 - Dave Richards, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1966 - Kara McGaw, Toronto Ontario, softball rightfielder (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer (Around the World)
• 1966 - Mark Higgs, NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1966 - Steve Scarsone, Anaheim CA, infielder (SF Giants)
• 1967 - Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Oly-silv-92, 96)
• 1967 - Mark Seay, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
• 1967 - Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km)
• 1967 - Wendel Suckow, Marquette Mich, luger (Olympics-1994)
• 1968 - Eric Moten, NFL guard/tackle (SD Chargers)
• 1969 - Gavin Briant, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993)
• 1969 - J Nick Adamson, Freeport Bahamas, US laser yachter (Olymp-21st-1996)
• 1969 - Janeth Arcain, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
• 1969 - Jesse Campbell, NFL safety (NY Giants, Washington Redskins)
• 1970 - Delroy Pearson, rock vocalist (Five Star-Between the Lines)
• 1970 - Joe Vitiello, Cambridge MA, infielder (KC Royals)
• 1970 - Sean Bergman, Joliet IL, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
• 1970 - Trevor Linden, Medicine Hat, NHL right wing (Canucks, NY Islanders)
• 1972 - Avo Avetisyan, WLAF defensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1972 - Dietrich Jells, wide receiver (New England Patriots)
• 1972 - Kunihiko Sakurai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
• 1972 - Nicole Levesque, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
• 1972 - Ted Johnson, linebacker (New England Patriots)
• 1973 - Blake Brockermeyer, NFL tackle (GB Packers, Carolina Panthers)
• 1973 - Monica Chala, Miss Universe-Ecuador (1996)
• 1973 - Reggie Tongue, NFL safety (KC Chiefs)
• 1974 - Alex Corretja, Barcelona Spain, tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16)
• 1974 - Sascha van Wissen, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
• 1975 - Terry Cousin, NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears)
• 1978 - Victor Sikora, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
• 1984 - ?, 1st deep freeze baby, in Australia

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0678 - Donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies
• 1034 - Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife
• 1240 - Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies
• 1500 - Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns
• 1512 - Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle
• 1648 - Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer, dies at 53
• 1729 - Manuel de Egues, composer, dies at 71
• 1783 - Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark, dies at 64
• 1810 - Jakob Zupan, composer, dies at 75
• 1812 - Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35
• 1838 - Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40
• 1839 - John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59
• 1842 - John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina, dies
• 1853 - Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer, dies
• 1854 - Karl Adolph von Basedow, German DR (Ziekte van Basedow), dies at 55
• 1875 - Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies
• 1881 - Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at 40
• 1887 - Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54
• 1901 - Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer, dies at 74
• 1902 - ... Potgieter, South African Boer general, dies in battle
• 1903 - Gemma Galgani, Italian saint, dies at 25
• 1906 - Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies
• 1906 - James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58
• 1916 - Richard Harding Davis, journalist, dies at 52
• 1918 - Arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for S Afr in 1889 aged 19), dies
• 1921 - Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies
• 1936 - Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44
• 1939 - SS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50
• 1945 - Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29
• 1952 - Wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76
• 1961 - Francis de Bourguignon, composer, dies at 70
• 1969 - Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer, dies at 74
• 1970 - Cathy O'Donnell, dies at 66
• 1970 - John H O'Hara, US journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at 65
• 1973 - Ted Decorsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), dies at 69
• 1974 - Curt Conway, dies
• 1975 - Dorothy Patten, dies at 70
• 1976 - Liam Dunn, dies a 59
• 1977 - Jacques Pr‚vert, French poet (La puil et le beau), dies at 77
• 1980 - Charlotte Henry, dies
• 1980 - Florence Lake, dies
• 1981 - Marie Ney, dies at 85
• 1983 - Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78
• 1985 - Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76
• 1987 - Erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83
• 1987 - Kent Taylor, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at 79
• 1987 - Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67
• 1988 - David Prater, US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50
• 1988 - Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls), dies at 66 of a heart attack
• 1989 - Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68
• 1990 - Barbara Ann Miller, dies
• 1991 - Tom Rosqui, dies at 62
• 1992 - Adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83
• 1992 - Eve Merriam, poet (Inner City Mother Goose), dies of cancer at 75
• 1992 - James Brown, actor (Rip-Adv of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 72
• 1993 - Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered
• 1993 - Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973..92), dies at 63
• 1994 - Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64
• 1996 - Daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80
• 1996 - Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist, dies at 76
• 1996 - Jessica Dubroff, hoped to be youngest to fly across US, crashed at 7
• 1996 - Louis Osman, artist/goldsmith/craftsman, dies at 82
• 1996 - Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate, dies at 89
• 1997 - Michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52