• 1455 - Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)
• 1627 - Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter
• 1632 - Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)
• 1696 - Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia
• 1723 - Nicolas de Pigage, French classical architect
• 1746 - Joan Lucaz, Dutch journalist/patriot
• 1754 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, France, architect laid out Wash DC
• 1775 - Jose Angel Lamas, composer
• 1802 - Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman, 1st archbishop of Westminster
• 1818 - [Willem] Alexander FCNM, prince of the Netherlands/general-major
• 1826 - William Denison Whipple, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1902
• 1832 - Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society)
• 1834 - Fr‚d‚ric Auguste Bartholdi, Colmar France, sculptor (Statue of Liberty)
• 1834 - Isa„c Capadose, lawyer/evangelist
• 1835 - Elisha Grey, inventor (Telephone)
• 1854 - Francis Marion Crawford, British author
• 1858 - A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent of Netherlands
• 1858 - Catherina van Rennes, composer
• 1858 - William Watson, British poet (Prince's Quest, Father of Forest)
• 1865 - Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)
• 1867 - Ernest C Dowson, British poet
• 1868 - Constantine I, king of Greece
• 1878 - Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)
• 1878 - Princess Ingeborg, of Sweden
• 1881 - Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift)
• 1881 - Stanislaw Kazuro, composer
• 1882 - Johannes Tralow, writer
• 1882 - Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer
• 1882 - Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Virgin Doll)
• 1884 - R¢mulo Gallegos, Venezuela, novelist (Do€a B rbara)/pres (1947-48)
• 1888 - Oscar Rasbach, composer
• 1890 - Pauline Hall, composer
• 1891 - Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians)
• 1891 - Mihail Jora, composer
• 1892 - Jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros)
• 1892 - John Kieran, NYC, columnist/author (Natural History of NYC)
• 1895 - Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test)
• 1899 - Charles Bennett, screenwriter
• 1899 - George Malcolm Thomson, journalist
• 1900 - Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause)
• 1900 - Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer
• 1905 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer
• 1905 - Myrna Loy, Helena Mont, actress (Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair)
• 1906 - Albert Goodwin, historian
• 1908 - George Kimble, geographer
• 1909 - Lord Benson, accountant
• 1910 - Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat)
• 1910 - Lawrence Josset, engraver
• 1910 - Lou Zara, NYC, writer (Stump the Authors)
• 1912 - Ann Dvorak, [McKim], NYC, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface)
• 1912 - Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist
• 1912 - George Kimble, geographer
• 1913 - Lord Benson, accountant
• 1914 - Felix Leclerc, composer
• 1914 - Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor (Young Dr Kildare, All About Eve)
• 1914 - Ismond Rosen, psychoanalyst/artist
• 1915 - Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter
• 1916 - Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story)
• 1916 - Reginald Murley, surgeon
• 1919 - John Pinkerton, compuer scientist
• 1920 - Louis Pauwels, writer/editor
• 1920 - Phyllis James, mystery writer
• 1920 - Theo Marcuse, WA, actor (Mara of Wilderness)
• 1922 - Carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night)
• 1922 - Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary (TUC)
• 1922 - Paul Laxalt, (Sen-R-NV, 1974- )
• 1923 - Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal
• 1924 - James Baldwin, NY, author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country)
• 1925 - Alan Wicker, British broadcaster
• 1926 - Betsy Bloomingdale, dept store mogul
• 1926 - Lord Murray of Epping Forest, general secretary (TUC)
• 1926 - Peer Wahl””, writer
• 1927 - Brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal
• 1927 - Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician
• 1928 - Hugh Francis Lamprey, ecologist
• 1929 - Alan Wicker, British broadcaster
• 1929 - John Gale, theatrical producer
• 1929 - John Hannam, MP
• 1929 - Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda
• 1930 - Ron de Lugo, (Rep-D-Virgin Islands, 1973-79, 81- )
• 1931 - Eddie Fuller, cricketer (South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58)
• 1931 - Henryck Schiller, composer
• 1931 - Peter Swinnereton-Dyer, mathematician
• 1931 - Philippa Duke Schuyler, composer
• 1932 - Lamar Hunt, NFL owner (KC Chiefs)
• 1932 - Marvin David Levy, composer
• 1932 - Peter O'Toole, Ireland, actor (Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia)
• 1933 - Alan Tuffin, trade union leader
• 1933 - John Gale, theatrical producer
• 1933 - John Hannam, MP
• 1933 - Lord Waddington, Governor of Bermuda
• 1934 - Albert W Hall, actor (Apocalypse Now)
• 1934 - Carl Cecil Cain, Freeport Ill, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1956)
• 1934 - Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31)
• 1935 - Brian Wolfson, CEO (Wembley Pic)
• 1935 - Derek Anthony Enright, politician
• 1935 - John MacIvor Perkins, composer
• 1936 - Anthony Edward Payne, composer
• 1936 - Christopher Hogg, CEO (Courtaulds & Reuters)
• 1937 - Alan Tuffin, trade union leader
• 1937 - Garth Hudson, rocker
• 1937 - Ronald Brierley, company chairman
• 1937 - William Cannon, football player (Heisman-1959)
• 1938 - Brunhilde Hendrix, German FR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1960)
• 1938 - Yvonne Regg, Switzerland, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1939 - Brian Wolfson, CEO (Wembley Pic)
• 1939 - Edward Pattern, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
• 1939 - Wes Craven, Cleveland OH, director (Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream)
• 1940 - Doris Kenner, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
• 1941 - Doris Coley, rocker
• 1941 - Homer Banks, US singer/songwriter (Be What You Are)
• 1942 - Garth Hudson, rock keyboardist (The Band)
• 1942 - Leo Beenhakker, Dutch soccer trainer
• 1943 - Garth Hudson, Canada, pop musician (The Band-Life is a Carnival)
• 1943 - Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Dutch MP (PvdA)
• 1943 - Kathy Lennon, singer (Lennon Sisters)
• 1943 - Max Wright, Detroit, actor (Buffalo Bill, Alf, Misfits of Science)
• 1943 - Rose Tremain, British novelist/playwright (Restoration)
• 1944 - Joanna Cassidy, [Caskey], Haddonfield NJ, actress (240 Robert)
• 1945 - Jewell Jackson McCabe, pres (natl coaltion of 100 black women)
• 1945 - John Bowis, MP
• 1947 - Rose Tremain, novelist/playwright
• 1948 - Robert P Holdstock, UK, sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth)
• 1949 - "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band)
• 1949 - Bertalan Farkas, Bulgaria, cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35)
• 1949 - John Bowis, MP
• 1949 - Madeleine Smith, Sussex England, actress (Vampire Lovers)
• 1950 - Kathryn Harrold, Tazewell Va, actress (MacGruder & Loud)
• 1950 - Lance Ito, judge (OJ Simpson trial)
• 1950 - Mathieu Carriere, Hanover W Germany, actor (Bay Boy, Woman in Flames)
• 1951 - Andrew Gold, Burbank, rocker (Lonely Boy)
• 1952 - Angel Herrera, Cuba, FW/LW boxer (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
• 1952 - Paul David Crews, SC, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
• 1953 - Anne Leuchars, British TV journalist
• 1953 - Butch Patrick, actor (Eddie Munster-Munster)
• 1954 - Lisa Brown, KC, Mo, actress (Guiding Light, Iva-As the World Turns)
• 1954 - Sammy McIlroy, Irish soccer star
• 1955 - Jimmy Lowe, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Pirates of Ms-Fred Jake)
• 1955 - Roberta Wallach, NYC, actress (Civil Wars)
• 1956 - Bill Murchison Jr, Lake Charles LA, Nike golfer (1994 Boise Open-2nd)
• 1956 - Isabel Pantoja, Spain, spanish singer (Genio y Figura)
• 1957 - Anne Leuchars, TV journalist
• 1957 - Stephen Kelly Petterson, Auckland NZ, Smallbore rifle (Olympics-96)
• 1958 - Arshad Ayub, cricketer (Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's)
• 1958 - Sammy McIlroy, soccer player
• 1959 - Britt Helfer, Clearfield Utah, actress (Lily-Loving, Alley Cat)
• 1960 - Apollonia, [Patricia Kotero], Santa Monica Ca, actress (Purple Rain)
• 1960 - Linda Fratianne, US, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
• 1961 - Ed West, NFL tight end (Phila Eagles, Atlanta Falcons)
• 1961 - Pete de Freitas, Trinidad, rock drummer (Echo & the Bunnyman)
• 1963 - Caroline Pierce, Cheshire Eng, golfer (1995 JAL Big Apple Classic-2nd)
• 1963 - Cynthia Stevenson, Oakland Calif, actress (Player, Bob, Hope & Gloria)
• 1963 - Jeff Bloom, Seattle Wash, Canadian Tour golfer (1988 Montana Open)
• 1964 - John Cullen, Puslinch, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning)
• 1964 - Mary-Louise Parker, Ft Jackson SC, actress (Fried Green Tomatoes)
• 1965 - Takayuki Iizuka, wrestler (NJPW)
• 1966 - Joseph Wanag, Wilson Ct, US judoka (Olympic-92)
• 1966 - Tim Wakefield, Melbourne FL, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
• 1967 - Aaron Krickstein, Ann Arbor Mich, tennis player (Tel Aviv 1983)
• 1967 - Derek Wells, LA Calif, actor (Fitzpatricks)
• 1967 - Martin Laamers, soccer player (Vitesse)
• 1968 - Sean Groom, Northford Conn, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1969 - Cedric Ceballos, NBA forward (LA Lakers, Phoenix Suns)
• 1969 - Erik Meijer, Dutch soccer player (PSV, Uerdingen)
• 1970 - Chainey Umphrey, Albuquerque NM, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
• 1970 - Elijah Alexander, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos)
• 1970 - Jonathan Andrew Kaye, Denver CO, PGA golfer (1995 Quad City-2nd)
• 1970 - Kevin Smith, director (Chasing Amy, Mallrats, Clerks)
• 1970 - Philo Wallace, cricketer (WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92)
• 1970 - Tony Amonte, Hingham MA, NHL right wing (Chicago Blackhawks, USA)
• 1970 - Wes Bender, WLAF/NFL running back (Frankfurt Galaxy, NO Saints)
• 1971 - Dick Schreuder, Dutch soccer player (PSV/FC Groningen/RKC)
• 1971 - Fernando Smith, NFL defensive end (Minn Vikings)
• 1971 - Pete Sampras, tennis champ, US Open (1990)
• 1972 - Lee McClinton, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins)
• 1972 - Nathan Thomas, Australian water polo player (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Fiona Mullally, Miss Ireland Universe (1997)
• 1973 - George Zidek, NBA center (Denver Nuggets, Charlotte Hornets)
• 1973 - Kari Anne Safford, Point Pleasant WV, Miss America-WV (1997)
• 1973 - Karina Habsudova, Bojnice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Futures Czech)
• 1973 - Kia Goodwin, Livingston NJ, actress (Tiffany Holloway-227)
• 1973 - Nancy Drolet, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
• 1973 - Susie O'Neill, Mackay Austral, butterfly swimmer (Oly-br/gold-92, 96)
• 1974 - Nabil Bouchlal, soccer player (Willem II)
• 1974 - Paul Grasmanis, defensive tackle (Chicago Bears)
• 1976 - Michael Weiss, Washington DC, figure skater (1997 World Champ-7th)
• 1977 - Edward Furlong, Pasedina Calif, actor (John Connor-Terminator 2)
• 1991 - Gabriel Anthony Cohen, son of Meredith Viera & Richard Cohen
• 1993 - Cassidy Gifford, daughter of Frank & Kathy Lee

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0257 - Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies
• 0640 - Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies
• 0686 - John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies
• 1002 - Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64
• 1075 - John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies
• 1100 - William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44
• 1332 - Christoffel II, king of Denmark (Handf‘stning), dies at 55
• 1451 - Elisabeth von G”rlitz, duchess of Luxembourg, dies
• 1512 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48
• 1589 - Henry III, king of Poland/France (1573-89), assassinated at 37
• 1600 - Arent van Dorp, Dutch governor of East-Zealand, dies at about 70
• 1649 - Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78
• 1655 - Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83
• 1788 - Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), dies at 61
• 1792 - Nathanael Gottfried Gruner, composer, dies at 60
• 1799 - Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, balloonist, dies at 54
• 1811 - William Williams, US merchant/signer (Decl of Indep), dies at 80
• 1827 - James Hewitt, composer, dies at 57
• 1849 - Mehemet Ali, British viceroy to Egypt, dies
• 1858 - A Emma WT von Waldeck-Pyrmont, queen/regent, dies at 76
• 1869 - Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+
• 1872 - Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59
• 1873 - Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53
• 1876 - Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's
• 1881 - Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35
• 1892 - douard Joseph Stevens, Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 72
• 1903 - Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies
• 1912 - Albert U B††th, Swedish poet (Dikter), dies at 59
• 1914 - Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36
• 1916 - Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48
• 1921 - Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48
• 1922 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies
• 1922 - [Wilhel]Mina JPR Kruseman, Dutch author/feminist, dies at 82
• 1923 - Warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57
• 1932 - Gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50
• 1934 - Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86
• 1936 - Louis Bi‚riot, aviator, dies
• 1938 - Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76
• 1941 - Jos‚ Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70
• 1942 - Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77
• 1943 - ... Galewski, Polish? leader of uprising in Treblinka, commits suicide
• 1943 - Zelo Bloch, Polish? Treblinka-rebel, shot to death
• 1945 - Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85
• 1945 - Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (Cavalleria Rusticana), dies at 81
• 1954 - Rene Amengual, composer, dies at 42
• 1955 - Ruprecht, crown prince of Bayern/general-fieldmarshal, dies
• 1955 - Wallace Stevens, US poet/writer (Owl's Clover), dies at 75
• 1956 - Albert Woolson, last veteran US Union army, dies at 109
• 1958 - Joseph Holbrooke, English pianist/composer (3 Blind Mice), dies at 80
• 1959 - Prospero Bisquertt, composer, dies at 78
• 1961 - Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian writer (I grandi ospiti), dies at 64
• 1963 - Oliver Hazzard Perry La Farge, US anthropologist/writer, dies at 61
• 1964 - Jack Kirkwood, actor (Fibber McGee & Molly), dies at 69
• 1964 - Jose Maria Castro, composer, dies at 71
• 1965 - Milton B Babbitt, US composer (Widow's Lament), dies at 49
• 1967 - Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77
• 1969 - Clarence Dickinson, composer, dies at 96
• 1971 - Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77
• 1972 - Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29
• 1972 - Paul Goodman, US social critic/writer, dies at 60
• 1972 - Rudolf Ganz, composer, dies at 95
• 1973 - Jean-Pierre Melville, director (Bob Le Flambeur), dies at 57
• 1976 - Fritz Lang, director (Cloak & Dagger, Metropolis), dies at 85
• 1978 - Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79
• 1978 - Satomi Myodo, Zen nun/attendant of Hakuun Yasutani Roshi, dies at 82
• 1978 - Totie Fields, [Sophie Feldman], comedienne, dies at about 48
• 1979 - Thurmon Munson, NY Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32
• 1980 - Verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies
• 1982 - Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93
• 1982 - Rudolf Maros, composer, dies at 65
• 1985 - Frank Faylen, vaudevillian, dies of pneumonia at 79
• 1985 - Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies
• 1986 - Roy Marcus Cohn, US lawyer (Joseph McCarthy), dies
• 1987 - Myron Stout, US abstract artist, dies at 79
• 1988 - Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50
• 1988 - Roger Vuataz, composer, dies at 90
• 1991 - Gabriel Cohen, son of Meredith Viera & Richard Cohen
• 1991 - Helen Page Camp,
• 1992 - Ephraim Katz, Israeli/US encyclopedist (film encyclopedia), dies
• 1992 - Jim Whaley, TV host (Cinema Showcase), dies of heart attack at 44
• 1992 - Julio C Fern ndez, Cuban/US journalist (founder Alma Mater), dies
• 1992 - Michel Berges, French composer, dies of a heart attack at 44
• 1994 - Bhagwatpersad Ausan, commandant Suriname military police, dies at 38
• 1995 - Brian Smith, British sportscaster, dies
• 1995 - Colin Gray, airman, dies at 80
• 1996 - Humphrey Fisher, TV Producer, dies at 72
• 1996 - Michel Debre, PM of France in (1959-62), dies
• 1996 - U Hia Than, politician, dies at 52
• 1997 - William S Burroughs, author (Naked Lunch), dies at 83