• 1545 - Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet
• 1547 - Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian
• 1661 - Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)
• 1666 - Francesco Antonio Nicola Scarlotti, composer
• 1687 - Francesco Xaverio Geminiani, composer
• 1697 - Carlo Arrigoni, composer
• 1697 - Giuseppe de Majo, composer
• 1724 - Joseph Friebert, composer
• 1782 - Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook NY, (D) 8th pres (1837-41)
• 1786 - Henry Drummond, English banker/apostole
• 1824 - Titian James Coffey, Atty Gen (Union), died in 1867
• 1826 - John Benjamin Sanborn, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1904
• 1830 - Christina Rossetti, London, poet (Winter Rain, Passing Away)
• 1839 - George Armstrong Custer, Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
• 1844 - John Frederick Bridge, composer
• 1852 - Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer
• 1861 - Armando V Diaz, Italian marshal/minister of War (1922-24)
• 1863 - Paul P Painlev‚, French PM (1917, 1925), mathematician [OS]
• 1867 - Antti Aarne, Finnish sociologist (Verzeichnis is der M„rchentypen)
• 1870 - Viteslav Augustin Rudolf Nov k, Slovak composer (Quasi una ballata)
• 1872 - Harry N Pillsbury, US chess player
• 1878 - Arrigo Pedrollo, composer
• 1880 - Alexander Schmuller, Russian/Neth violinist/conductor
• 1884 - Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist
• 1885 - Dirk H W Filarski, Dutch painter/lithographer (Bergense School)
• 1886 - Pieter J Old, lawyer/minister of Finance/mayor of Rotterdam (1945-52)
• 1888 - Askell Snorrason, composer
• 1890 - Fritz Lang, Germany, director (M, Metropolis)
• 1892 - Cyril Ring, MA, actor (Body & Soul)
• 1895 - Henri‰tte H Bosmans, Dutch cellist/pianist/composer
• 1896 - (Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author
• 1896 - Willem F M Lampe, Dutch ambassador of the Dutch Antilles
• 1899 - Sonny Boy Williamson, [Aleck Miller], blues player
• 1901 - Grace Moore, US, soprano (One Night to Live)
• 1901 - Hanns Jelinek, composer
• 1901 - Walter Elias Disney, Chicago, animator (Mickey Mouse)
• 1901 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist/discovered uncertainty (Nobel 32)
• 1902 - [Steve James] Strom Thurmond, (Sen-D/R-SC)
• 1903 - Cecil Frank Powell, England, physicist, discovered pion (Nobel 1950)
• 1905 - Otto Preminger, Austria, director/producer (Laura, Exodus)
• 1907 - Lin Piau, Chinese politician
• 1910 - Abraham L Polonsky, US writer/director (Tell them Willie Boy is Here)
• 1911 - Alfred Manessier, French painter (leaded windows)
• 1912 - Maisie Fitter, editor/conservationist
• 1915 - Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer
• 1915 - Margaret Hayes, Balt Md, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents)
• 1917 - Simone Gallimard, publisher
• 1919 - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman
• 1921 - Alvy Moore, actor (Mr Kimball-Green Acres)
• 1921 - George Henderson, priest/politician
• 1921 - Peter Hansen, Oakland Calif, actor (Mr Parkson-Mr Novak, Gen Hospital)
• 1923 - Tendrjakow, writer
• 1925 - Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1967..79)
• 1926 - George Savalas, Bronx NY, actor (Kojak)
• 1927 - Rama IX, [Bhumibol Adulyadej], Mass, king of Thailand (1946- )
• 1932 - Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], Macon Ga, rocker (Tutty Fruity)
• 1933 - Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator
• 1934 - Joan Didion, US novelist/journalist (Salvador)
• 1935 - Calvin Trillin, author (New Yorker)
• 1938 - John J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist (After Midnight)
• 1939 - Frederik van Rossum, composer
• 1939 - Horst Bastian, writer
• 1941 - David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire
• 1942 - Randy Kirby, Chicago Ill, actor (Randy-Girl From UNCLE)
• 1944 - Jeroen Krabb‚, Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Fugitive)
• 1945 - J W "Corkey" Fornof, New Orleans, stunt coordinator (Octopussy)
• 1945 - Jocelyn, Italian entertainer
• 1946 - Andy Kim, [Andrew Joachim], rocker
• 1946 - Jos‚ Carreras, Barcelona Spain opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors)
• 1947 - Jim Messina, rocker (Loggins & Messina-Your Mamma Don't Dance)
• 1947 - Jim Plunkett, San Jose, CA, NFL quarterback (New England, Oakland)
• 1947 - Jugderdemidjin Gurragcha, Mongolia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 39)
• 1949 - Bruce E Melnick, NYC, Cmdr USCG/astronaut (STS 41, STS 49)
• 1949 - Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1972 Sahara)
• 1949 - Lewis Arlt, Kingston NY, actor (Littlest Victims, Ken-Another World)
• 1951 - Morgan Brittany, [Suzanne Cupito], LA Cal, actress (Katherine-Dallas)
• 1951 - Thomas Warren Purtzer, Des Moines IA, PGA golfer (1977 Glen Campbell)
• 1952 - Bobby Barth, rocker vocalist/guitarist (Axe)
• 1953 - Jonathan Lewis, trombonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
• 1953 - Larry Zbyszko, [Living Legend, Whistler], wrestler (WCW/AWA/NWA/WWF)
• 1954 - Kathryn Young, LPGA golfer
• 1957 - Art Monk, NFL wide receiver (Wash Redskins, Phila Eagles)
• 1957 - Charlene Morett, Darby Pa, field hockey left wing (Oly-bronze-1984)
• 1957 - Phil Collen, English heavy-metal guitarist (Def Leppard-Love Bites)
• 1959 - Nikki Gianulias, Vallejo Calif, bowler (LPBT Rookie of Year 1979)
• 1959 - Shirley Furlong, San Antonio TX, LPGA golfer (1988 Lady Keystone Open)
• 1960 - Andrzej Chylinski, NYC, 50k walker (Olympics-26th-96)
• 1960 - Darryl James, Kamloops BC, Canadian Tour golfer (Glenco-1992, 93)
• 1960 - Jack Russell, rocker (Great White-Twice Shy)
• 1960 - John Felton, Kyogle Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1960 - Les Nemes, rock bassist (Haircut 100)
• 1962 - Connie Needham Newton, Anaheim Calif, actress (Elizabeth-8 is Enough)
• 1963 - Bob Friend, Pittsburgh PA, Nike golfer (1991 Fort Wayne Open)
• 1963 - Carrie Hamilton, Carol Burnett's daughter/actress (Fame)
• 1964 - Pablo Morales, Chic, butterfly swimmer (Oly-3 gold/2 silver-1984, 92)
• 1966 - Bruce Deacon, Ottawa Ontario, marathoner (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Joseph Barbara, New Symrna Fla, actor (Joe Carlino-Another World)
• 1966 - Linda Hunt, LPGA golfer
• 1966 - Niege Dias, Brazil, tennis star
• 1966 - Patricia Kaas, French pop singer (Mademoiselle Chant)
• 1967 - Ann Schirman, San Diego, WPVA volleyballer (National-17th-1994)
• 1967 - Ren‚ Shuman, [Shumans], rockabilly-bandleader/singer
• 1968 - Lisa Marie [Sliwa], New Brunswick NJ, actress (Mars Attack)
• 1968 - Margaret Cho, actress/comedienne (Face/Off)
• 1968 - Rhett Hall, NFL defensive tackle (Phila Eagles)
• 1969 - Mark Dekker, Zimbabwe cricket opening batsman (1993- )
• 1970 - Heather Crickard, Miss Oklahoma USA (1996)
• 1970 - Kevin Haller, Trochu, NHL defenseman (Phila Flyers)
• 1970 - Susan Sloane, Lexington KY, tennis star
• 1970 - Thomas Smith, NFL cornerback (Buffalo Bills)
• 1971 - Bryan Schwartz, NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1971 - Joe Fleming, CFL defensive end (BC Lions)
• 1971 - Marrio Grier, fullback (New England Patriots)
• 1972 - Cliff Floyd, Chicago IL, outfielder/1st base (Montreal Expos)
• 1972 - Kevin Sally, Richmond Hill Ontario, archer (Olympics-96)
• 1972 - Randolph Ross, Shelby NC, 110m hurdler
• 1972 - Roderick Mullen, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1972 - Stanislav Jasecko, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
• 1973 - Corissa Yasen, WNBA forward/guard (Sacramento Monarchs)
• 1973 - Shalom Harlow, Toronto Canada, model (House of Style, Harper's Bazaar)
• 1977 - Michelle Marie Jefferson, Miss Wyoming Teen USA (1996)
• 1989 - Ross Bagley, actor (Nicky-Fresh Prince Of Bel Air)
• 1994 - Emily Marie Estefan, daughter of Gloria & Emilio

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1212 - Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies
• 1244 - Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies
• 1355 - Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies
• 1560 - Fran‡ois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16
• 1594 - Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82
• 1663 - Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80
• 1675 - John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
• 1745 - Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52
• 1758 - Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70
• 1770 - James Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78
• 1784 - Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston
• 1791 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35
• 1799 - Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61
• 1818 - Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60
• 1835 - August v Platen, writer, dies at 39
• 1842 - MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82
• 1853 - Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80
• 1859 - Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82
• 1870 - A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68
• 1886 - Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84
• 1891 - JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies
• 1902 - Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78
• 1916 - Hans Richter, composer, dies at 73
• 1922 - Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies
• 1925 - Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78
• 1928 - Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61
• 1935 - Frans, [MJ Fran‡ois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78
• 1938 - Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54
• 1940 - Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60
• 1942 - Buck Jones, Hollywood's last cowboy hero actor (Headin' East), buried
• 1951 - "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, of baseball's black sox scandal, dies
• 1955 - Paul Harvey, actor (Calamity Jane, Heldorado, Jamboree), dies at 73
• 1958 - Ferdinand Bruckner, writer, dies at 67
• 1959 - K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies
• 1963 - Herbert H Lehman, (Gov-D-NY), dies
• 1963 - Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer, dies at 58
• 1964 - Remy Angenot, Flemish actor (Tailor Wibbel), dies at 70
• 1966 - Sylveer Maes, Belgian bicylist, dies at 57
• 1968 - Fred Clark, actor (Zotz, Auntie Mame), dies of liver ailment at 54
• 1971 - Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies
• 1974 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87
• 1974 - Henry Wadsworth, actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at 72
• 1974 - Pietro Germi, actor/director (Serafino, Climax), dies at 60
• 1975 - Jimmy Nervo, actor (Frozen Limits), dies
• 1980 - Don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies
• 1983 - Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65
• 1986 - Carmol Taylor, country songwriter, dies at 53 of cancer
• 1987 - "Fat" Larry James, US drummer (Fat Larry's Band-Zoom), dies at 38
• 1989 - John M Pritchard, British conductor, dies at 68
• 1990 - Steven Shaw, dies at 25
• 1991 - Aad Mansfield, soccer player/trainer (ADO/Feyenoord/FC Utrecht), dies
• 1991 - Jill Browne, dies at 54
• 1991 - Richard Speck, mass murderer, dies a day before his 50th birthday
• 1992 - Hilary Tindall, dies of cancer at 54
• 1992 - Sergei Aleksandrovich Yemelyanov, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 41
• 1993 - Alexandre Trauber, Hungarian/French set designer (Harem), dies at 87
• 1993 - Arthur Staal, Dutch architect (Shell Tower Amsterdam), dies at 86
• 1993 - Douglas Hopkins, guitarist (Gin Blossoms), dies of gun shot at 32
• 1994 - Harry Horner, Czech/US set designer/director (Our Town), dies at 84
• 1994 - Richard Brian Waring Barton-Chapple, writer, dies at 69
• 1994 - Ronald Ridout, school textbook author, dies at 78
• 1995 - Robert Charles Evans, mountaineer/doctor, dies at 77
• 1995 - Robert Parrish, film director editor/actor (Casino Royale), dies at 79
• 1995 - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday
• 1996 - Peter Hall, folklorist/musician, dies at 60
• 1996 - Wilf Carter, country singer, dies at 91
• 1997 - Colin Franklin, doctor, dies at 67
• 1997 - Daphne Fielding, socialite/writer, dies at 93