• 1538 - Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)
• 1679 - Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders
• 1691 - Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist
• 1741 - Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)
• 1764 - Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer
• 1765 - [Iza„k J] Alexander Gogel, Dutch minister of Finance/patriot
• 1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Phila, pioneer of educating the deaf
• 1794 - James Wolfe Ripley, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1870
• 1805 - John E Feisser, theologist/founder 1st Dutch baptist church
• 1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist publisher (The Liberator)
• 1813 - Errico Petrella, composer
• 1813 - Zachariah Chandler, US, merchant/politician (found Republican Party)
• 1820 - David Allen Russell, Army Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1864
• 1821 - Nekrassow, writer
• 1821 - Nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Russkije Zjenjshiny)
• 1822 - Cesar-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-H Franck, LiŠge Belg, composer (R‚becca)
• 1822 - Thomas Casimer Devin, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1878
• 1823 - Wilhelm Kuhe, composer
• 1824 - George MacDonald, Scotland, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie)
• 1830 - Emily Dickinson, Amherst Mass, poet (Collected Poems)
• 1830 - K lm n Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90)
• 1831 - Alexander Conze, German archaeologist
• 1851 - Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries
• 1868 - Louis Victor Saar, composer
• 1870 - Adolf Loos, Austria architect (building of houses)
• 1870 - Pierre Louijs, France, novelist/poet (Aphrodite, Woman & Puppet)
• 1870 - Rudolf W Canne, Fries playwright (Der de Wier Us)
• 1870 - T R McKibbin, cricketer (NSW & Aust off-spinner late 19th century)
• 1872 - Johann Babtist Thaller, composer
• 1872 - Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (study of graves)
• 1882 - Otto Neurath, Aust/Brit philosopher (Foundation of Social Sciences)
• 1883 - Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian lawyer/foreign min/UN-ambassador
• 1885 - Janos Hammerschlag, composer
• 1885 - Mario Varvoglis, composer
• 1886 - Victor McLaglen, England, actor (Informer, Acad Award-1935)
• 1886 - William Booth, cricketer (Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I)
• 1889 - Ray Collins, Sacramento CA, actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie)
• 1890 - George Merritt, London England, actor (I Monster, Q Planes)
• 1891 - Leonie "Nelly" Sachs, German/Swedish poet (O the Chimneys-Nobel 1966)
• 1891 - Nelly Sachs, writer
• 1893 - Walter Rein, composer
• 1894 - Earnest Haenchen, German new testament expert
• 1894 - Gertrud Kolmar, writer
• 1894 - Paul Dessau, composer
• 1897 - Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer (Power of Love)
• 1898 - Anton Mauve, Dutch painter
• 1898 - Yuri N Libedinski, Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero) [NS]
• 1901 - F Fischer, German war criminal (Breda 4)
• 1903 - George J Lewis, Guadalajara Mexico, sacotr (Don-Zorro)
• 1903 - Una Merkel, Covington Ky, actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln)
• 1903 - William Plomer, Transvaal, author (Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa)
• 1904 - Antonin Nov¢tny, Czechoslovakia, Pres of Czechoslovakia (1957-68)
• 1907 - Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila)
• 1907 - Michael Blankfort, US, writer/producer/director
• 1907 - Rumer Godden, England, author (Thursday's Children)
• 1908 - Arnold A van Ruler, Dutch theologist
• 1908 - Olivier Messiaen, Avignon France, composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon)
• 1910 - Dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street)
• 1910 - Jill Summers, actress (Agatha Coronation Street)
• 1910 - John Hammond Sr, NYC, rock/jazz producer (I Can Tell, So Many Roads)
• 1911 - Chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report)
• 1912 - Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf)
• 1913 - Morton Gould, Richmond Hill NY, prolific composer (Verdun)
• 1914 - Dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress (Road to Bali)
• 1918 - Anne Gwynne, Waco TX, actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein)
• 1918 - Professor Longhair, king of New Orleans music
• 1919 - Sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, composer
• 1920 - Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936)
• 1922 - Allen Dwight Sapp, composer
• 1923 - Abelardo Quinteros, composer
• 1923 - Harold Gould, Schenectady NY, actor (He & She, Martin-Rhoda, Big Bus)
• 1923 - Jorge Semprun, French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z)
• 1925 - Carolyn Ashley Kizer, US writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985)
• 1926 - Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer
• 1926 - Eddie Jones, "Guitar Slim" rocker
• 1928 - John Colicos, Toronto, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
• 1929 - Dan Blocker, Texas, actor (Tiny-Cimarron City, Hoss-Bonanza)
• 1930 - Clayton K Yeutter, Nebraska, US trade rep/Republican Natl chairman
• 1933 - Grenville Alabaster, cricketer (NZ tourist to Aust 1973-74)
• 1937 - Don Bies, Cottonwood ID, PGA golfer (1975 Sammy Davis Jr)
• 1937 - Don Sebesky, Perth Amboy NJ, orch leader (Jimmy Dean Show)
• 1938 - Yuri Temirkanov, Nalchik Russia, conductor (Kirov)
• 1940 - William Fred Dempster, Berkeley Calif, crew member (Biosphere 2)
• 1941 - Fionnula Flanagan, Dublin Ireland, actress (Rich Man Poor Man)
• 1941 - Jeff Jones, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in 60's)
• 1941 - Peter Michael Goetz, actor (Jumping Jack Flash, King Kong Lives)
• 1941 - Tim Considine, Louisville Ky, actor (Mike-My 3 Sons)
• 1941 - Tommy Kirk, actor (Old Yeller)
• 1941 - Tommy Rettig, Jackson Heights NY, actor (Jeff's Collie-Lassie)
• 1942 - Bear Bossu, [Berend F Gertenbach], actor/vocalist (Pub Chantant)
• 1943 - Chad Stuart, rock vocalist/guitarist (Chad & Jeremy)
• 1943 - Jessica Cleaves, rocker
• 1943 - Theodore Wilson, NYC, actor (That's My Mama, Sanford Arms)
• 1944 - Tisha Sterling, Hollywood Calif, actress (Coogan's Bluff)
• 1945 - Eric Boom, Dutch guitarist/producer
• 1946 - Chris Kefford, rocker
• 1946 - Gloria Loring, NYC, actress/singer (Days of our Life)
• 1946 - Walter "Clyde" Orange, Florida, rocker (Commodores-Too Hot to Trot)
• 1947 - Sinaida Woronin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold/silver/2 bronze-1968)
• 1948 - Brendan Harkin, rocker
• 1948 - Ralph Tavares, rocker
• 1949 - Linda Galloway, LPGA golfer
• 1950 - Simon Owen, Wanganui NZ, Australasia golfer
• 1951 - Frank Beard, US country rock drummer (ZZ Topp)
• 1951 - Johnny Rodriquez, US, actor (Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party)
• 1952 - Susan Hallock Dey, Ill, actress (1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law)
• 1953 - Jack Scalia, actor/director (Amore, Deadly Desire, Donor, T-Force)
• 1956 - Michael VerMeulen, journalist
• 1958 - John J York, Chicago Ill, actor (Mac Scorpio-General Hospital)
• 1958 - Paul Hardcastle, keyboardist (Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money)
• 1959 - Burke Moses, NYC, actor (Sean Baxter-As the World Turns)
• 1959 - Mark Aguirre, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
• 1960 - Kenneth Branagh, Belfast, actor/director (High Season, Dead Again)
• 1960 - Paul Assenmacher, Detroit MI, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
• 1961 - Mark McKoy, Canadian track star (world record 50m indoor)
• 1961 - Nia Peeples, [Vernia], Hollywood, dancer/host (Fame, Party Machine)
• 1962 - John de Wolf, soccer player (Feyenoord)
• 1963 - Doug Henry, Sacramento CA, pitcher (NY Mets)
• 1963 - Gerald Sandel, soccer player (Sparta)
• 1963 - Michael Lofton, Montgomery Ala, fencer-sabre (Olympics-96)
• 1963 - Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player (US Open doubles 1988)
• 1964 - Luis Polonia, Santiago City Dom Rep, outfielder (NY Yanks, Orioles)
• 1965 - Jennifer Wyatt, Vancouver Canada, golfer (1992 Crestar-Farm Fresh)
• 1966 - Eric Naposki, WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons)
• 1966 - Norberto Martin, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, infielder (Chic White Sox)
• 1968 - Rob Davis, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1969 - Darren Berry, cricketer (Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90)
• 1969 - Nadim Khan, cricketer (brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993)
• 1969 - Rob Blake, Simcoe Ont, NHL defenseman (Team Canada, LA Kings)
• 1969 - Todd Furdyk, CFL tackle (BC Lions)
• 1970 - Bryant Stith, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)
• 1971 - Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Carla Sacramento, Lisbon, 1.5k runner
• 1971 - Manjula Munasinghe, cricketer (Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler)
• 1973 - Bernard Holsey, defensive tackle (NY Giants)
• 1973 - Marcus Wall, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1973 - Rusty LaRue, NBA guard (Chicago Bulls)
• 1985 - Raven-Symon‚ Pearman, actress (Cosby)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0969 - Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered
• 1041 - Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies
• 1198 - Averro‰s ibn-Rusjd, Moorish philosopher, dies
• 1490 - Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90
• 1524 - Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death
• 1572 - Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72
• 1595 - Reynier Cant, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about 59
• 1603 - William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59
• 1616 - Diogo do Couto, Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at 74
• 1638 - Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49
• 1665 - Tarquinio Mercula, composer, dies
• 1749 - Gabrielle Chƒtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42
• 1770 - Theophil "Gottlieb" Muffat, German court organist/composer, dies at 80
• 1805 - Friedrich Franz Hurka, composer, dies at 43
• 1826 - Benedikt Emanuel Schack, composer, dies at 68
• 1830 - Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies
• 1833 - Dieudonne-Pascal Pieltain, composer, dies at 79
• 1875 - Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about 84
• 1877 - Federico Ricci, composer, dies at 68
• 1877 - Jared Kirtland, US physician/naturalist, dies
• 1888 - Mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79
• 1889 - Anzengruber, writer, dies
• 1889 - Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright, dies at 50
• 1890 - Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen (Net India 1861-66), dies at 84
• 1896 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63
• 1904 - James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies
• 1909 - Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies
• 1910 - Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76
• 1911 - Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94
• 1921 - Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38
• 1931 - Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69
• 1935 - John H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78
• 1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies at 69
• 1936 - Robert Abel, cricketer (744 runs in 13 Tests for Eng 1888-1902), dies
• 1938 - Mario Pilati, composer, dies at 35
• 1939 - Wilhelm Grosz, composer, dies at 45
• 1946 - Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 66
• 1946 - Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at 59
• 1958 - Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72
• 1959 - Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies
• 1959 - Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at 40
• 1964 - Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33
• 1965 - Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68
• 1966 - Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65
• 1967 - Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71
• 1967 - Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash
• 1967 - Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
• 1967 - Otis Redding, singer (Dock of Bay), dies in plane crash at 26
• 1967 - Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash
• 1967 - Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash
• 1968 - Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82
• 1968 - Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at 65
• 1968 - Thomas Merton, French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53
• 1969 - Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75
• 1969 - Leigh Harline, composer, dies at 62
• 1971 - Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57
• 1972 - Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78
• 1973 - Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81
• 1974 - Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50
• 1978 - Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54
• 1978 - Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at 75
• 1979 - Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67
• 1979 - Fulton J Sheen, bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84
• 1981 - John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89
• 1982 - Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83
• 1982 - Roy Webb, composer, dies at 94
• 1983 - Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84
• 1983 - Patrick O'Moore, actor (Jungle Gents), dies at 74
• 1986 - Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44
• 1986 - Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies
• 1987 - Jascha Heifetz, Russia, violinist, dies at 86
• 1988 - Dick Clair, comedian (Clair & McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS
• 1988 - Richard Castellano, aqctor (Honor thy Father), dies at 55
• 1990 - Armand Hammer, CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92
• 1991 - Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at 93
• 1992 - Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies
• 1993 - Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at 42
• 1994 - Garnett Silk, vocalist, dies at 28
• 1994 - George G F van Renesse, concert pianist/music director, dies at 85
• 1994 - Keith Joseph, British MP (C), dies
• 1994 - Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92
• 1995 - Darren Robinson, singer, dies at 28
• 1995 - Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer, dies at 48
• 1995 - John Francis Boyd, journalist, dies at 85
• 1995 - Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at 95
• 1995 - Phillip Piratin, communist, dies at 88
• 1996 - Faron Young, country singer/actor (Hidden Guns), commits suicide at 34
• 1996 - John Duffey, bluegrass musician, dies at 62
• 1997 - Violet Carlson, stage dancer/singer, dies at 97