• 1585 - Gerbrant A Bredero, Holland, poet/playwright (Klucht van de Koe)
• 1609 - Michael Franck, composer
• 1634 - Contessa Marie Madeleine La Fayette, novelist
• 1651 - Zaccaria Tevo, composer
• 1663 - Nicholas Siret, composer
• 1729 - Georg W "Franz" Panzer, German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic)
• 1739 - George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
• 1745 - Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer
• 1750 - Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer
• 1751 - James Madison, Port Conway Va, (D-R), 4th US president (1809-17)
• 1757 - Bengt Lidner, Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen)
• 1774 - Matthew Flinders, English navigator/cartographer (coast Australia)
• 1776 - Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1787 - Georg Simon Ohm, physicist (discovered Ohm's Law)
• 1802 - George Archibald McCall, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
• 1806 - Norbert Rillieux, inventor (sugar refiner)
• 1812 - Henry Dwight Terry, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869
• 1814 - Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer
• 1821 - Ernest Feydeau, French author (Georges Feydeau)
• 1822 - John Pope, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
• 1822 - Rosa Bonheur, French landscape painter (Buffalo Bill)
• 1823 - William Henry Monk, composer
• 1832 - Charles Camp Doolittle, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteer)
• 1836 - Andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car)
• 1839 - Ren‚ F Armand Sully-Prudhomme, France, poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901)
• 1849 - James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger
• 1856 - E Louis YY Napoleon Bonaparte, French/English prince
• 1868 - Maxim Gorki, USSR, playwright (The Lower Depths) [3/28 NS]
• 1873 - Hippoliet Daeye, Flemish painter (Sereniteit)
• 1876 - Charles Halton, Wash DC, actor (Dr Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again)
• 1878 - Clemens A Graaf von Galen, cardinal/bishop of Munster/anti-nazi
• 1878 - Henry B Walthall, Shelby City AL, actor (Birth of a Nation, Klondike)
• 1878 - Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], shah of Iran
• 1884 - Harrison Ford, Kansas City MO, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires)
• 1885 - Giacomo Benvenuti, composer
• 1885 - Sydney Chaplin, S Afr, actor (Limelight)
• 1892 - C‚sar Vallejo, Peruvian/French poet (Los Heraldos Negros)
• 1892 - Harrison Ford, actor (Vanity Fair, Love In High Gear)
• 1893 - Isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger)
• 1896 - Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time)
• 1901 - Walter E Sch„fer, German playwright
• 1902 - Lucie Rie, potter
• 1903 - Mike Mansfield, (Sen-D-Mont) majority whip
• 1903 - Morgan Conway, actor (Dick Tracy)
• 1903 - Nikolai Lopatnikoff, Revel Estonia, composer (Variaioni Concertanto)
• 1904 - Clive Morton, London England, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker)
• 1906 - Francisco Ayala, writer
• 1906 - Henny Youngman, London England, comedian (Take my wife please)
• 1908 - Robert Rossen director/writer (Hustler, All the King's Men, Mambo)
• 1910 - Aladar Gerevich, Hungary, sabres (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1910 - Andrew Miller-Jones, British TV pioneer
• 1910 - Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, England & India)
• 1910 - Martijn Lijnema, boer/resistance fighter (WW II)
• 1910 - Norman Wooland, Dusseldorf Germany, actor (Hamlet)
• 1912 - Patricia Nixon, [Thelma Catherine], Ely Nevada, 1st lady (1968-74)
• 1916 - Lloyd McBride, union president (United Steelworkers)
• 1918 - Aldo E van Eyck, Dutch architect (City Hall)
• 1918 - Howard Boatwright, composer
• 1919 - Erno Kiraly, composer
• 1920 - John Addison, Surrey England, composer (Tom Jones-Acad Award)
• 1920 - Leo McKern, Sydney Aust, actor (Blue Lagoon, Help, Mouse that Roared)
• 1920 - Percy Mansell, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for S Afr)
• 1922 - Geoffrey Freeman Allen, railway writer
• 1922 - Harding Lemay, North Bangor NY, headwriter (Another World)
• 1923 - George Bean, cricketer (92 runs in 3 Tests for Eng v Aust)
• 1925 - Cornell Borchers, Germany, actress (Big Lift, Floodtide, Istanbul)
• 1926 - Jerry Lewis, [Levitch], comedian/fund raiser (MDA), loved in France
• 1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, US ambassador to UN/(Sen-D-NY, 1977- )
• 1927 - Karlheinz Boehm, Germany, actor (Face of Fear, Peeping Tom, Unnatural)
• 1927 - Olga San Juan, NYC, actress (Variety Girl, 1 Touch of Venus)
• 1927 - Vladimir M Komarov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Voshkod I Soyuz 1)
• 1928 - Christa Ludwig, Berlin Germany, soprano (Vienna State Opera)
• 1928 - Ramon Barce, composer
• 1929 - Edwin London, composer
• 1930 - Minoru Miky, composer
• 1931 - Betty Johnson, Guilford County NC, singer (Jack Paar Show, I Dreamed)
• 1931 - Don Richard Carpenter, novelist
• 1932 - Ronnie Walter Cunningham, Creston Iowa, Col USMC/astronaut (Apollo 7)
• 1933 - Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice (US Supreme Court)
• 1936 - Thelma Hopkins, England, high jumper (Oly-silver-1956)
• 1937 - Constanca Capdeville, composer
• 1937 - David Del Tredici, Cloverdale California, composer (1980 Pulitzer)
• 1940 - Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris)
• 1940 - Chuck Woolery, Ky, TV game show host (Love Connection)
• 1940 - Jan P Pronk, Dutch politician (PvdA)
• 1940 - Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA)
• 1945 - B”rries von M�nchhausen, writer, dies
• 1946 - Erik Estrada, NYC, actor (CHiPs, Cross & Switchblade, Lightblast)
• 1948 - Margaret [Edith] Weis, US, sci-fi author (Dragons of Spring Dawning)
• 1948 - Michael Bruce, rocker/actor (Rudy-Rainbow Drive)
• 1949 - Bertha Knox Gilkey, welfare & tenament rights for urban women
• 1949 - Elliott Murphy, US singer/songwriter
• 1949 - Victor Garber, Montr‚al Qu‚bec, actor (Days & Nights of Molly Dodd)
• 1951 - Kate Nelligan, London Ontario, actress (Bethune, Eye of the Needle)
• 1951 - Ray Benson, Phila Pa, country singer (House of Blue Lights)
• 1951 - Ritchie Teeter, rocker
• 1954 - Dav Whatmore, cricketer (Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-)
• 1954 - Hollis Stacy, Savannah Ga, LPGA golfer (US Open 1977, 78)
• 1954 - Jimmy Nail, singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II)
• 1954 - Nancy Wilson, SF, rock guitarist (Heart-Never, What about Love)
• 1955 - Isabelle Huppert, Paris France, actress (Cactus, Heaven's Gate)
• 1956 - Ozzie Newsome, NFL tight end (Cleve Browns)
• 1957 - Pearl Moore, WBL guard (NY Stars)
• 1959 - Michael J Bloomfield, Flint Mich, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 86)
• 1959 - Stan Thorn, Kenosha Wisc, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
• 1961 - Mel Gray, NFL wide receiver/kick returner (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
• 1962 - Marcel Brands, soccer player (RKC)
• 1963 - Phung Vuong, Saigon Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
• 1965 - Cindy Brown, US, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1988)
• 1966 - Brad Bergen, PA Sask, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
• 1966 - Catarina Pollini, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
• 1966 - David Nascimento, soccer player (Roda JC/FC Utrecht)
• 1966 - Rodney Peete, NFL quarterback (Phila Eagles)
• 1967 - Dan Owens, NFL defensive tackle (Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions)
• 1967 - John Mangum, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
• 1968 - Jason van Blerk, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
• 1969 - Ottis Gibson, cricketer (Barbados fast bowler, WI 1995)
• 1969 - Pat Harlow, NFL tackle (NE Patriots, Oakland Raiders)
• 1969 - Steve Israel, NFL cornerback (SF 49ers, New England Patriots)
• 1970 - Kelli James, Medford NJ, field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Tammi Terrell, rocker (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)
• 1971 - Brett Carolan, NFL tight end (SF 49ers)
• 1971 - Eric Ravotti, NFL linebacker (Pitts Steelers)
• 1973 - Bert Zuurman, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
• 1974 - Heath Streak, cricketer (Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993-)
• 1974 - Lamont Burns, guard (NY Jets)
• 1976 - Michelle Rae Collie, Miss Universe-Bahamas (1996)
• 1991 - Wolfgang Van Halen, son of Eddie Van Halan & Valerie Bertinelli

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0037 - Tiberius Claudius Nero, emperor of Rome (14-37), dies at 77
• 1072 - Adalbert, archbishop of Bremen-Hamburg, dies
• 1536 - Ibrahim Pasha, grand-visier of Osmaanse Rich, murdered at about 45
• 1629 - Emilia of Nassau, daughter of Willem of Orange, dies at 59
• 1736 - Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26
• 1738 - Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72
• 1804 - Francisco marquis Albergati Capacelli, Italian playwright, dies at 75
• 1806 - Giuseppe Colla, composer, dies at 74
• 1819 - Nicolas Sejan, composer, dies at 73
• 1838 - Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64
• 1841 - F‚lix Savart, French surgeon/physicist, dies at 49
• 1843 - Anton R Falck, Dutch minister of Education/Colonies, dies at 65
• 1867 - Benjamin Hanby, composer, dies at 33
• 1878 - William Banting, English undertaker, dies
• 1881 - Modest P Mussorgsky, Russian composer (Boris Godunov), dies at 42
• 1882 - Charles R Darwin, English naturalist (Origin of species), dies at 73
• 1887 - Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59
• 1898 - Aubrey (Vincent) Beardsley, English illustrator (Salome), dies at 23
• 1909 - George Thorndike Angell, lawyer (ASPCA), dies at 85
• 1910 - Eduard FW Pfl�ger, German physiologist, dies at 80
• 1914 - Gaston Calmette, editor (Le Figaro), killed by Mme Caillaux at 55
• 1914 - John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies
• 1919 - Sigurd von Koch, composer, dies at 39
• 1930 - Miguel Primo de Riveray Orbaneja, Sp dictator (1923-30), dies at 60
• 1933 - Alfred Her, Hungarian mathematician, dies at 47
• 1935 - John J R Macleod, Scot/Canadian physiologist (Nobel 1923), dies at 58
• 1937 - J Austen Chamberlain, English Min of For affairs (Nobel), dies at 73
• 1938 - Egon Friedell, writer, dies
• 1940 - Selma O Lagerl”f, Swed author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel-09), dies at 81
• 1941 - John Murray, Canada oceanographer (Challenger), dies at 73
• 1942 - Alexander van Zemlinsky, Austrian composer (African Dance), dies at 69
• 1945 - Pierre Drieu la Rochelle, French writer/poet, commits suicide at 52
• 1946 - Marius HLW "Max" Blokzijl, Dutch Nazi propagandist, executed at 61
• 1955 - Mayhew Lake, composer, dies at 75
• 1956 - Joseph John Richards, composer, dies at 77
• 1957 - Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavian MP (communist), dies at 67
• 1958 - Leon J Cadore, pitched the 26 inning game, dies at 65
• 1959 - John Sailling, last documented Civil War vet, dies at 111
• 1962 - John Owen Jones, composer, dies at 85
• 1964 - Nicholas Joy, actor (Boss Lady), dies at 80
• 1967 - James Friskin, composer, dies at 80
• 1968 - Bengt Gunnar Ekel”f, Swedish poet (Nun Serviam), dies at 60
• 1968 - June Collyer, actress (June-Stu Erwin Show), dies at 60
• 1968 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, composer, dies at 72
• 1970 - Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
• 1970 - Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24
• 1971 - Bebe Daniels, actress (Silver Dollar, My Past), dies at 70
• 1971 - Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, cricketer (Vict & Aust), dies
• 1971 - Thomas E Dewey, US president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68
• 1972 - Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
• 1973 - Carl Benton Reid, actor (Trap, Underwater City), dies at 79
• 1973 - M Revis, [Willem Fisherman), author (People that Mutiny), dies at 68
• 1975 - T-Bone Walker, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at 64
• 1978 - Aldo Moro, 5 times PM of Italy, assassinated by terrorists
• 1979 - Jean Monnet, French economist/CEO (ECSC), dies at 90
• 1983 - Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79
• 1985 - B V A R”ling, Dutch lawyer (WW II Tokyo trials), dies at 78
• 1985 - Roger Huntington Sessions, US composer (Black Masks), dies at 88
• 1987 - Scott McKay, actor (Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies at 71
• 1988 - Dorothy Adams Foulger, actress (Laura, Devil Commands), dies at 88
• 1990 - Ernst Bacon, composer, dies at 91
• 1991 - 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
• 1991 - Jan H van Roijen, Dutch diplomat/Foreign Minister, dies at 85
• 1991 - Wim van den Brink, Dutch actor (Turkish Fruit, Red Sien), dies
• 1992 - Renzhong Weangn, China politician (1934-45), dies
• 1993 - Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
• 1993 - Djilalli LyabŠs, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered
• 1993 - Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
• 1993 - Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69
• 1993 - Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered
• 1995 - Albert Maurice Hackett, playwright/screenwriter, dies at 95
• 1995 - Clan Fraser of Lovat, soldier/Landowner, dies at 83
• 1995 - Lord Lovat, [Shimi], Scottish landowner, dies at 83
• 1995 - Sydney Simone, band leader, dies at 80
• 1996 - Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62
• 1996 - Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104
• 1996 - Peter Clemoes, Anglo-Saxon scholar, dies at 76