• 1316 - Charles IV, King of Bohemia (1346-78)/emperor (1355-78)
• 1652 - Johann Philipp Fortsch, composer
• 1679 - Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
• 1686 - Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24]
• 1707 - Antonio Teixeira, composer
• 1710 - Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70)
• 1727 - Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized
• 1771 - Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist
• 1780 - Auguste De Polignac, premier France (R‚ponse … mes adversaires)
• 1781 - Friedrich von Raumer, German historian/parliamentarian
• 1798 - Frantisek Palacky, Czech historian
• 1805 - Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, composer
• 1816 - Gualtiero Sanelli, composer
• 1830 - George Pierce Doles, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
• 1836 - James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
• 1846 - Arnold Kerdijk, Dutch lib politician/founder (Social Weekly newspaper)
• 1846 - Pieter W A Cort van de Linden, Dutch premier (1913-18)
• 1864 - Eleanor Everest Freer, composer
• 1867 - Kurt Eisner, German premier of revolutionary Bavaria (1918-19)
• 1870 - Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski, composer
• 1881 - Ed Walsh, pitcher, lowest lifetime ERA (1.82)
• 1883 - Jan Olieslagers, Belgian aviation pioneer (Antwerp Devil)
• 1883 - Julian Eltinge, Mass, vaudeville star/greatest female impersonator
• 1885 - Otto Klemperer, Breslau Germany, conductor/composer (Das Ziel)
• 1888 - Miles Mander, Wolverhampton England, actor (Tower of London)
• 1891 - Egon Kornauth, composer
• 1892 - Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer
• 1892 - Felix Petyrek, composer
• 1893 - Ivan Alexandrovich Vishnegradsky, composer
• 1895 - Lew Lehr, Phila, comedian (Stop Me if I heard this One)
• 1895 - Renato Lunelli, composer
• 1897 - Sidney Bechet, US, jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader
• 1898 - Bonifacio Gil Garcia, composer
• 1898 - Zutty Singleton, US jazz drummer
• 1900 - Billie Dove, [Lilian Bohny], NYC, actress (Black Pirate, Stolen Bride)
• 1900 - Leo Smit, composer
• 1906 - Hastings Kamuzu Banda, president of Malawi (1964-94)
• 1906 - James Flavin, Portland Me, actor (Man With a Camera)
• 1907 - Dick Bentley, entertainer
• 1907 - Mohammed Ayub Khan, general/premier/president (Pakistan)
• 1909 - Vladimir Alatortsev, USSR, International Chess Master (1950)
• 1911 - Hans Vogt, composer
• 1911 - J Borremans, Belgian politician (communist)/MP
• 1912 - Marguerite Fawdry, museum curator
• 1915 - Harry Joseph Chick Daugherty, trombonist (Spike Jones & City Slickers)
• 1917 - Herta Ryder, literary agent
• 1917 - Lou Harrison, Portland Oregon, composer (Rapunzel)
• 1918 - Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's)
• 1919 - Heloise, columnist (Heloise & her helpful hints) [or Apr 15, 1921?]
• 1919 - Maarten Vrolijk, Dutch soc-dem party minister (CRM 1965-66)
• 1922 - Agha Hasan Abedi, banker
• 1922 - Richard Deacon, actor (Mel Cooley-Dick Van Dyke Show)
• 1923 - Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], NYC, photographer (Vogue/Harper's Bazaar)
• 1924 - Joly Braga Santos, composer
• 1925 - Patrice Munsel, Spokane Wash, soprano (Patrice Munsel Show)
• 1925 - Tristram Ogilvie Cary, composer
• 1926 - Cestmir Gregor, composer
• 1926 - Eric Morecambe, London, comedian (Morecambe & Wise, Picadilly Palace)
• 1927 - Shirley Spork, LPGA golfer
• 1929 - Vladimir Antoshin, USSR, International Chess Grandmaster (1964)
• 1930 - Edward V "Ned" Regan, Planfield NJ, (Controller-R-NY, 1978- )
• 1930 - Phillipo Seed, social work academic
• 1931 - Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr, composer
• 1933 - John Mortimore, cricketer (England off-spinner 1959-64)
• 1933 - Lajos Kovacs, Hungary, actor (Wings of Desire)
• 1934 - Frederik von Pallandt, singer
• 1936 - Bobby Darin, [Walden Waldo Cassotto], Bronx, singer (Mack the Knife)
• 1937 - Dick Howser, shortstop (Kansas City A's), manager (KC Royals)
• 1937 - Eric Herfst, Dutch cabaret performer/actor (Floris)
• 1937 - Peter Frederic Williams, composer
• 1939 - M N Fathulin, cosmonaut
• 1940 - Chay Blyth, English sailor (Alone in Order to the World)
• 1941 - Nasim-ul-Ghani, cricketer (Pakistani left-handed all-rounder 1958-73)
• 1942 - Byron L Dorgan, (Rep-D-ND, 1981- )
• 1942 - Gerald Mark Shapiro, composer
• 1942 - Lord McAlpine, English contractor/multi-millionaire
• 1942 - Tony Perez, baseball player
• 1943 - Alan B Mollohan, (Rep-D-WV, 1983- )
• 1943 - Dereck "Lek" Leckenby, guitarist
• 1943 - Elizabeth Ray, Marshall NC, congressman Wilbur Mills' lover
• 1943 - Jack Bruce, Lanarkshire Scotland, bassist (Cream-White Room)
• 1944 - Francesca Annis, London England, actress (Madame Bovary, Dune)
• 1944 - Gene Cornish, Ottawa, rock bassist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Rascals)
• 1944 - George Lucas, Modesto CA, director (Star Wars, Indiana Jones)
• 1944 - Troy Shondell, rocker (Many Sides of Troy Shondell)
• 1946 - Alan David Marks, pianist/composer
• 1946 - Derek Lek Leckenby, rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits-Kinda Hush)
• 1946 - Robert Jarvik, surgeon/inventor (Jarvik 7 artificial heart)
• 1947 - Al Ciner, Chicago Ill, rock guitarist (American Breed)
• 1947 - Dick "Dirt" Tidrow, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
• 1947 - Karin Struck, writer
• 1947 - Tamara Dobson, Baltimore MD, actress (Amazons, Cleopatra Jones)
• 1948 - Bob Woolmer, cricketer (England batsman mid-70's)
• 1948 - Dave LaRoche, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
• 1948 - Robert Zemeckis, director (Forrest Gump, Back to the Future)
• 1948 - Walter Olkewicz, Bayonne NJ, actor (Last Resort, Wizards & Warriors)
• 1950 - Mark Blum, Newark NJ, actor (Worth Winning, Blind Date, Presidio)
• 1951 - Jay Beckenstein, saxophonist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
• 1951 - Seasan Hubley, [Susan], NYC, actress (Vice Squad, Hardcore)
• 1952 - David Byrne, Dumbarton Scotland, rock guitarist/singer (Talking Heads)
• 1952 - Donald R McMonagle, Flint Mich, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 54, 66)
• 1952 - M J Smith, LPGA golfer
• 1953 - Bill Meek, Upland PA, prone rifle (Olympics-8th-1996)
• 1953 - Tom Cochrane, Toronto Canada, rock vocalist/guitarist (Red Rider)
• 1955 - Peter Kirsten, cricketer (South African middle-order batsman)
• 1955 - [Jose] Dennis Martinez, Nicaragua, pitcher (Orioles, Expos, Indians)
• 1956 - Gillian [Marucha] Bradshaw, US, sci-fi author (Hawk of May)
• 1956 - Steve Hogarth, Kendal England, vocals (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
• 1957 - William G Gregory, Lockport NY, Mjr USAF/Astronaut (STS 67)
• 1959 - Connie Brighton, Wichita Falls TX, playmate (Sept, 1982)
• 1959 - Mike Quick, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles)
• 1959 - Patrick Bruel, Algerian/French actor/rock vocalist (Coup of Sirocco)
• 1960 - Carlyle Best, cricketer (WI batsman late 80's)
• 1960 - David Duchovny, actor (X Files)
• 1960 - Frank Nobilo, Auckland NZ, Australasia golfer
• 1961 - Tim Roth, London England, actor (Reservoir Dogs, Vincent & Theo)
• 1962 - C C Deville, rocker (Poison-Talk Dirty to Me)
• 1962 - Ian Astbury, Merseyside, rock vocalist (Cult-Fire Woman)
• 1962 - Martin Rongen, Dutch pop drummer (Rowwen HŠze-Boem)
• 1963 - Pat Borders, Columbus OH, catcher (California Angels)
• 1964 - James M Kelly, Burlington Iowa, Capt USAF/astronaut
• 1964 - Nancy Sorel, actress (Generations, Black Foix)
• 1965 - Curt Harnett, Toronto Ontario, sprint cyclist (Olympics-bronze-92/96)
• 1965 - Dave Widell, NFL center/guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1965 - Joey Cora, Caguas Puerto Rico, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
• 1965 - Kelvin Martin, NFL wide receiver (Phila Eagles)
• 1966 - Fab Morvan, France, Lip Syncher (Milli Vanilli)
• 1966 - Fabrice Morvan, Guadeloupe, singer (Milli Vanilli-Girl You Know)
• 1966 - Leroy Blugh, CFL defensive end (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1966 - Mark Jackson, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
• 1966 - Pooh Richardson, NBA guard (LA Clippers)
• 1967 - Natasha Elaine Kaiser-Brown, Des Moines Iowa, 400m runner
• 1967 - Shaun Creighton, Australian distance runner (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Tony Siragusa, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts, Balt Ravens)
• 1967 - Valeria Marini, Rome Italy, sports commentator (Italian Soccer)
• 1968 - Gillian Anderson, actress (Dana Sculley-X Files)
• 1968 - Hiroshi Matsuura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
• 1969 - David William Wood, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Lovin' You Forever)
• 1970 - Natasha Ryan, LA Calif, actress (Amy-Ladies' Man)
• 1970 - Sylvester Stanley, WLAF defensive tackle (Rhein Fire)
• 1971 - Raphael Wiggins, Oakland Calif, rapper (Lifelines)
• 1972 - Chad Cascadden, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
• 1973 - John Davis, WLAF tight end (Amsterdam Admirals, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
• 1973 - Shanice, [Wilson], Pittsburgh Pa, vocalist (Discovery, Loving You)
• 1973 - Voshon Lenard, NBA guard (Miami Heat)
• 1974 - Ken Belanger, Sault-ste-marie Ca, NHL left wing (NY Islanders)
• 1974 - Keram Malichi-Sanchez, actor (No Contest, Catwalk, Boulevard)
• 1975 - Carmen Klomp, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1976 - Terrance Cauthen, Trenton NJ, lightweight boxer (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1977 - Anca Barna, Cluj Romania, tennis star (semifinals 1995 ITF Poland)
• 1977 - Cesarina Mejia, Miss Dominican Republic Universe (1997)
• 1977 - Jayna Hefford, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
• 1978 - Heather Brink, Lincoln Neb, gymnast (Olympics-96)
• 1983 - Amber Tamblyn, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Emily Bowen-Gen Hospital)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0347 - Pachomius, Egyptian monastery founder/abbot (Coenobieten), dies
• 0649 - Theodore, Greek Pope (642-49) (excommunicated by Paul II), dies
• 0964 - John XII, [Octavianus], Pope (955-64), dies
• 1565 - Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reform theologist, dies
• 1610 - Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of France (1572, 89-1610), murdered at 56
• 1643 - Louis XIII, king of France (1610-43), dies at 41
• 1667 - Georges de Scud‚ry, French writer (Alaric ou Rome Vaincue), dies at 65
• 1726 - John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies
• 1726 - Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies
• 1742 - Dominique Marie Valet, French RC/old-catholic bishop, dies at 64
• 1761 - Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rule of Simpson), dies at 50
• 1801 - Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer, dies at 66
• 1820 - Paul Friedrich Struck, composer, dies at 43
• 1832 - John van Speijk, Dutch heroic sailor, buried
• 1833 - Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88
• 1847 - Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41
• 1863 - Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer, dies at 46
• 1864 - William N Green Jr, Union brig-general, dies
• 1870 - Ramon Vilanova y Barrera, composer, dies at 69
• 1877 - John Roberts, composer, dies at 54
• 1893 - Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician (surface of Kummer), dies at 83
• 1893 - Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65
• 1904 - Richard Hol, Dutch composer/organist/conductor, dies at 78
• 1912 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (Deaddans), dies at 63
• 1912 - Frederik VIII C W K, King of Denmark (1906-12), dies at 68
• 1925 - Henry Rider Haggard, English writer (Dawn, She), dies
• 1936 - Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74
• 1936 - Samuel Pl'h Naber, spy/librarian, dies at 71
• 1938 - Jacobus C J "Jacques" Hermans, actor (Ghetto), dies at 81
• 1940 - Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies
• 1940 - Emma Goldman, US anarchists/feminist/author (Living My Life), dies
• 1940 - Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49
• 1940 - Menno ter Braak, Dutch writer (Forum, New Elite), suicide at 38
• 1947 - John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59
• 1953 - Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59
• 1955 - Betty Ann Davies, dies at 44
• 1959 - Sidney Bechet, US jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62
• 1965 - Frances Perkins, US 1st female minister of Labor (1933-45), dies at 83
• 1966 - Georgia BD Camp Johnson, US poet/playwright, dies at 88
• 1966 - Megan Lloyd George, English politician, dies at 64
• 1968 - Husband Edward Kimmel, commandant US Ocean fleet WW II, dies at 86
• 1969 - Enid Bennett, silent film actress (Skippy, Hairpins), dies at 75
• 1970 - Billie Burke, comedienne (Glinda-Wizard of Oz), dies at 84
• 1976 - Keith Relf, rock vocalist (Yardbirds), electrocuted at 33
• 1979 - Paul van 't Veeer, Dutch journalist/writer (Vrije Volk), dies at 57
• 1980 - Hugh Griffith, actor (Passover Plot, Ben Hur, Tom Jones), dies at 67
• 1980 - Wilhelm Weismann, composer, dies at 79
• 1982 - Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar, Belgian minister/ambassador, dies
• 1982 - Hugh Beaumont, actor (Ward-Leave it to Beaver), dies at 73
• 1983 - Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/pres of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80
• 1984 - Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies
• 1985 - Mohammed Munir, Indonesian worker's union leader, executed
• 1987 - Rita Hayworth, actress (Gilda), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 68
• 1988 - Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (1948-58), dies at 101
• 1990 - Andre Ameller, composer, dies at 78
• 1991 - Ast Fonteyne, Flemish lecture artist, dies
• 1991 - Herman Niels, Flemish radio director, dies
• 1991 - Jiang Qing, widow of Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung, commits suicide
• 1991 - John Edward Craven, dies
• 1991 - Shintaro Abe, minister of Exterior of Japan (1982-86), dies
• 1992 - Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43
• 1993 - Patrick Haemers, Belgian criminal, commits suicide at 40
• 1993 - William Randolph Hearst, US newspaper magnate (Pulitzer), dies at 85
• 1994 - Leonard Teale, Australian actor/reciter (Homicide), dies
• 1995 - Maezumi Hakuyu Taizan Koun, teacher (Zen Buddhism), dies at 64
• 1996 - Edqard John Gurney, politician, dies at 82
• 1996 - Qazaleh Alizadeh, writer, dies at 48
• 1996 - Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die
• 1996 - Vera Chapman, writer, dies at 98
• 1997 - Harry Blackstone Jr, magician, dies of cancer at 62
• 1997 - Laurie Lee, writer, dies at 42
• 1997 - Princess Caradja-Kretzulesco, descendant of Dracula, dies at 76
• 1997 - Thelma Carpenter, singer, dies at 76