• 1486 - Agrippa von Nettesheim, German occultist/alchemist/royal astrologer
• 1531 - Philipp Apianus, [Bennewitz/Bienewitz], German geography/cartographer
• 1547 - Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch Grand Pensionary
• 1644 - Gijsbert Cuper, Dutch classicist/regent
• 1722 - Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer
• 1732 - Franz Josef Haydn, Austria, composer (Die Sch”pfung)
• 1737 - Johann Michael Haydn, composer
• 1742 - James Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
• 1748 - Johann Paul Schulthesius, composer
• 1760 - M Luigi CZS Cherubini, Italian prodigy/composer
• 1761 - Pavel Lambert Masek, composer
• 1768 - Georg Johann Schinn, composer
• 1792 - Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane
• 1817 - Theodor Storm, German judge/author (Imense China)
• 1819 - Henry Jackson Hunt, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1889
• 1835 - J A de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands (Died 1940)
• 1835 - Joseph Hayes, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
• 1835 - YES de Smit-Rog, oldest citizen of Netherlands (Died 5/30/1940)
• 1836 - Abraham PC Van Karnebeek, Dutch Foreign Minister (Liberal, 1918-27)
• 1838 - John Pelham, Major (Confederate Army), died in 1863
• 1840 - George Elbridge Whiting, composer
• 1849 - Ivan Pavlov, Russia, physiologist/pioneer in psychology (Nobel 1904)
• 1864 - Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations (Nobel 1937)
• 1864 - Robert Cecil, viscount of Chelwood (Nobel 1937)
• 1867 - Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator, drew "Gibson Girl"
• 1879 - Margaret Sanger, feminist/nurse/birth control proponent
• 1880 - Paul Fechter, German writer (Der Zauberer Gottes)
• 1882 - Harald Fryklof, composer
• 1883 - Martin Dibelius, German theologist (Die Lade Jahwes)
• 1885 - Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor/composer (Batture d'aspetto)
• 1886 - Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czech, statesman/minister to London (1918-35)
• 1887 - Karl Taylor Compton, physicist/atomic bomb scientist
• 1887 - Stanley "Midnight Assassin" Ketchel, HW boxing champ (1908-10)
• 1899 - Hal Wallis, movie producer (Maltese Falcon, Barefoot in the Park)
• 1900 - Sidney Marion, MA, entertainer
• 1904 - Anton Zischka, Austrian writer (Lebendiges Europa)
• 1904 - Gaston Vandermeulen, Flemish actor (Heilig Experiment)
• 1904 - Richard Mohaupt, Breslau Germany, composer (Bucolica)
• 1907 - A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico
• 1907 - Cecil Brown, news correspondent (CBS)
• 1908 - Bernie Green, NYC, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey Show, Garry Moore Show)
• 1908 - Clayton Moore, Chicago Ill, actor (Lone Ranger)
• 1910 - Gaston Deferre, French politician
• 1910 - Lehman Engel, Jackson Miss, conductor/comp (Streetcar Named Desire)
• 1910 - Rolf Liebermann, Zrich Switzerland, composer (Leonore)
• 1913 - Jacobo Arbenz, president of Guatemala (1951-54); overthrown by CIA
• 1914 - Kay Medford, NYC, actress (Dean Martin Show, To Rome With Love)
• 1914 - Michael Spisak, composer
• 1914 - Pietro Germi, Genoa Italy, actor/director (Divorce Italian Style)
• 1915 - Douglas Kennedy, NY, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold)
• 1916 - Eric Bentley, England, critic/writer (In Search of Theater)
• 1918 - Jack Somack, Chic Ill, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show)
• 1919 - Deryck Victor Cooke, composer
• 1920 - Bud Palmer, Hollywood Calif, NBAer (NY Knicks)/sportscaster
• 1921 - Hughes Rudd, TV newscaster (CBS/ABC)
• 1922 - Michel Auclair, [Vujovic], Germany, actor (Story of a Love Story)
• 1924 - Jerry Coleman, 2nd baseman/sportscaster (NY Yankees, SD Padres)
• 1924 - John Michael Grimes, set Designer
• 1925 - M L de Braauw, Dutch minister (DS'70)
• 1925 - Ruth Mompati, S Afr sec of Nelson Mandela/W Sisulu
• 1926 - Hovhannes Gorgeni Ter-T'at'evosyan, composer
• 1926 - Richard Elsasser, composer
• 1928 - Albert Shanker, American labor leader (Amer Fed of Teachers)
• 1928 - Angus Ogilvy, son of English princess Alexandra
• 1928 - John Reginald "Nat" Allen, planning enforcement officer/climber
• 1929 - John Gutfreund
• 1929 - Mel Hancock, (Rep-R-Missouri)
• 1932 - Harry Sinden, NHL player/coach (Team Canada)
• 1932 - Joshua Culbreath, Penn, 400m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1956)
• 1933 - Harve Presnell, Modesto Calif, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown)
• 1933 - Zoe Caldwell, Australia, actress (Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)
• 1934 - Hans Faverey, Dutch poet
• 1934 - Kate Millett, St Paul Minn, feminist/author (Sexual Politics)
• 1934 - Sarah Kofman, philosopher
• 1936 - Stan Williams, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees, LA Dodgers)
• 1936 - Terence Daniel Donovan, photographer
• 1938 - Nicol Williamson, Scotland, actor (Excalibur, Robin & Marian, Spawn)
• 1938 - Walter Koenig, Chicago Ill, actor (Checkov-Star Trek)
• 1939 - DeWitt T Weaver Jr, Danville KY, PGA golfer (1972 Southern Open)
• 1939 - Piet R Stoffelen, Dutch ambassador/MP (PvdA)
• 1940 - Larry Brown, NBA player/NBA coach (NY Knicks)
• 1940 - Leo H Ferrier, Suriname writer (Atman)
• 1942 - Kuldar Sink, composer
• 1942 - Oliver Eugene Lake, composer
• 1944 - Joey Heatherton, Rockville Center NY, dancer/actress (Bluebeard)
• 1947 - Joan Thirkettle, journalist
• 1947 - Jon "Bowser" Bauman, Queens NY, singer (Sha Na Na)
• 1947 - Sam Neill, Northern Ireland, actor (Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano)
• 1947 - Wolfgang Schwartz, Austria, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1948 - Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist
• 1949 - Steve Gaines, Seneca Mo, rock vocalist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 1950 - Paul Kossoff, London England, rock guitarist (Free)
• 1951 - Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut (STS 50)
• 1952 - Margit Schumann, German DR, luge (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1954 - Barry Cowsill, Newport RI, rock bassist (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
• 1956 - Joe Penny, London, actor (Gangster Wars, Riptide, Jake & the Fatman)
• 1957 - Jerry Don Gleaton, baseball player
• 1957 - Tim Wallach, Huntington Park, infielder (California Angels)
• 1958 - John Bennett Herrington, Wetumka OK, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
• 1959 - Mary Crosby, LA Calif, actress (Kristin-Dallas, Ice Pirates)
• 1959 - Morten Harket, Konigsberg Norway, rocker (Aha-Take on Me)
• 1960 - Anthony Addabbo, actor (Jason-Generations)
• 1961 - Antonia De Sancha, London England, lover of Brit MP David Mellor
• 1963 - Antonia Real, Spain, 400m freestyle (Olympic-1976)
• 1963 - Jaromir Dragan, Liptovsky CZE, hockey goalie (Team Slovakia 1998)
• 1964 - Faith Ford, Louisiana, actress (Another World, Corky-Murphy Brown)
• 1964 - Kurt Gouveia, NFL linebacker (Phila Eagles)
• 1965 - Troy Neel, baseball player
• 1967 - John Smit, soccer player (NAC)
• 1968 - Dan Cortese, actor/TV host (Jess Hanson-Melrose Place)
• 1968 - Ginger Helgeson Nielson, St Cloud Minn, tennis star
• 1968 - Pete Chilcutt, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
• 1970 - Satoshi Kojima, wrestler (NJPW)
• 1971 - Jonathan "Adam" Holland, Philadelphia, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1971 - Kimberly Williams, actress (Father of the Bride)
• 1971 - Mario Henry, NFL wide receiver (Buffalo Bills, Atlanta Falcons)
• 1972 - David Bell, Cincinnati Ohio, infielder (St Louis Cardinals)
• 1972 - Donnell Bennett, NFL fullback (KC Chiefs)
• 1973 - Terrell Fletcher, NFL running back (SD Chargers)
• 1975 - Mother Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton canonized as 1st US-born saint

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0258 - Thascius C Cyprian, Saint/Bishop of Carthage, dies at 58
• 0407 - Johannes Chrysostomus, patriarch, dies
• 0891 - Stephen V, [VI], Italian Pope (885-91), dies
• 1146 - Imad ad-Din Zengi, gov of Basra, murdered
• 1321 - Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (Divine Commedy), dies at 56
• 1523 - Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Bieyens], only Dutch Pope (1522-23), dies at 64
• 1538 - Henry of Nassau-Dillenburg & Dietz, viceroy of Holland, dies
• 1637 - Pierre Vernier [Peter Werner], French mathematician, dies
• 1645 - Heinrich Steuccius, composer, dies at 65
• 1646 - Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, dies
• 1646 - Thomas H earl of Arundel, English art collector (Marbles), dies
• 1693 - Aert Jansz van Nes, [Young boer Jaep], lt-admiral, dies at 67
• 1712 - Jean [Giovanni] D Cassini, Italian/French astronomer, dies
• 1743 - Johann Michael Muller, composer, dies at 59
• 1750 - Carl T Pachelbel, US organist/composer
• 1759 - Louis Joseph Montcalm, French general (Plains of Abraham), dies at 47
• 1763 - Johann Philipp Sack, composer, dies at 40
• 1788 - John Penn, US attorney, signed (Decl of Independence), dies at 47
• 1788 - Theodore-Jean Tarade, composer, dies at 56
• 1819 - Erik Acharius, Swedish botanist, dies
• 1836 - Aaron Burr, 3rd VP, dies
• 1836 - Vincenzo Lavigna, composer, dies at 60
• 1844 - Oliver Holden, composer, dies at 78
• 1852 - Arthur Wellesley, General/Duke of Wellington, dies at 83
• 1852 - James F Cooper, writer, dies at 62
• 1861 - Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83
• 1862 - Jesse Lee Reno, Union general-major (Reno Nevada), dies at 39
• 1862 - Samuel Garland Jr, US Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle
• 1872 - Yury Nikolayevich Golitsin, composer, dies at 48
• 1886 - Hubert Reis, composer, dies at 84
• 1887 - Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer), dies
• 1895 - Alfred J Verwee, Flemish painter, dies at 57
• 1898 - Paul A Daum, writer/founder/editor (Batavian Newspaper), dies
• 1899 - Henry Bliss, 1st auto death (NYC)
• 1901 - Pres William McKinley, dies in Buffalo, of gunshot wounds inflicted
• 1902 - Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer, dies at 76
• 1905 - Pietro/Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 1st French Congo gov (1890-98), die
• 1911 - Piotr Stolypin, Russia's PM, assassinated by Mordka Bogrov
• 1916 - Josiah Royce, US philosopher (Conception of Immortality), dies
• 1926 - Johan LE Dreyer, Danish astronomer (Catalog of Nebulae), dies at 74
• 1927 - Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel
• 1932 - Jean Emile Paul Cras, composer, dies at 53
• 1936 - Ossip Gabrilovich, composer, dies at 58
• 1937 - Tom s G Masaryk, philosopher/pres of Czech (1918-35), dies at 87)
• 1955 - F C Weiskopf, writer, dies
• 1959 - Wayne Morris, actor (Kid Galahad), dies of heart attack at 45
• 1962 - Marcel Delannoy, composer, dies at 64
• 1964 - Mary Howe, composer, dies at 82
• 1965 - Jack Hearne, cricketer (806 runs in 24 Tests for England), dies
• 1966 - Gertrude Berg, actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs), dies at 66
• 1966 - Nikolai Cherkasov, actor (Ivan the Terrible), dies at 63
• 1967 - Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer, Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47
• 1969 - James Anderson, actor (Connection, Five), dies at 48
• 1970 - Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79
• 1971 - Bill Copson, cricketer (England pace bowler before & after WW2), dies
• 1972 - Kornelis Posthumus, chemist, dies at 70
• 1974 - Barbara Jo Allen, actress (Girl Rush, Melody Ranch), dies at 66
• 1974 - Pieter Y Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer, dies at 95
• 1974 - Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], actr (Follow the Leader), dies at 70
• 1974 - Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at 71
• 1979 - Raymond Loucheur, composer, dies at 80
• 1981 - Yasuji Kiyose, composer, dies at 81
• 1981 - [Walter] Furry Lewis, father of blues, dies at 88 of a heart attack
• 1982 - Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb
• 1982 - Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
• 1982 - John C Gardner, US, writer (Life & Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49
• 1984 - Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident
• 1988 - Louis Quinn, actor (Unholy Rollers), dies at 73 of cancer
• 1989 - Edwin McLeod, cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies
• 1990 - Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer, dies
• 1991 - Julie Bovasso, actress (Saturday Night Fever), dies at 61 of cancer
• 1992 - David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76
• 1992 - S A Banerjee, cricketer (1 Test for India 1948, no runs, 5 wkts), dies
• 1992 - Ted Weiss, (Rep-NY, 1977-92), dies at 64
• 1994 - David van Cup, sculptor/painter, dies at 57
• 1995 - Eiji Okada, actor (Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American), dies at 75
• 1996 - Clive Beadon, airman, dies at 77
• 1996 - Joe Elsby Martin, boxing coach, dies at 80
• 1996 - Juliet Prowse, actress/dancer (Mona McCluskey), dies at 59