• 1634 - Balthasar Bekker, Frisian theologist (Examiner of Comets)
• 1680 - Baron Emanuele d' Astorga, Italian composer (Stabat mater)
• 1725 - Abd�l-Hamid I, 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89)
• 1728 - Franciscus L Kersteman, Dutch lawyer/astrologist
• 1739 - Eligio Celestino, composer
• 1750 - Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)
• 1770 - Johann Friedrich H”lderlin, T�bingen Germany, poet (Der Rhein)
• 1774 - John Braham, composer
• 1804 - Neal Dow, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
• 1811 - George Caleb Bingham, US, politician/painter (Country Election)
• 1811 - Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte II, Napoleon's son/King of Rome
• 1812 - George Bibb Crittenden, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
• 1813 - Matthias Keller, Ulm Germany, hymm writer (O Farther un High)
• 1820 - Alexander J Cuza, monarch of Moldavia/Wallachia/Romania
• 1823 - John Echols, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
• 1825 - William Nelson Rector Beall, Brig General (Confederate Army)
• 1826 - Carel Vosmaer, Dutch art historian/poet/editor
• 1828 - Henrik Ibsen, Norway, playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)
• 1829 - Charles Albert White, composer
• 1830 - Eugene Asa Carr, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910
• 1833 - Henry Southwick Perkins, composer
• 1834 - Charles William Elliot, Boston, Pres of Harvard (1869-1909)
• 1846 - Auguste Bender, writer
• 1853 - George Godfrey, Chelsea Mass, heavyweight boxer (Old Chocolate)
• 1856 - Frederick Winslow Taylor, father of scientific management
• 1863 - Ernesto Nazareth, composer
• 1868 - Obe Postma, Frisian poet/geography/historian (Frisian Clay Farm)
• 1870 - Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician (East Africa)
• 1872 - Bernhard Seklas, composer
• 1872 - Karin Michaelis, writer
• 1873 - Sergei V Rachmaninov, Russian/US pianist/composer (Aleko) [NS=Apr 1]
• 1882 - Ren‚ Coty, Le Harve France, president of France (1953-58)
• 1883 - Colin Campbell, Falkirk Scot, actress (High Bright Sun, Leather Boys)
• 1883 - Karl Hasse, composer
• 1885 - Eugen Herrigel, Germany, philosopher/early pioneer of Zen in Europe
• 1885 - Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological/sociologist
• 1888 - S V Vegesack, writer
• 1890 - Lauritz Melchior, Copenhagen Denmark, baritone tenor (Natl Symphony)
• 1896 - Hal Walker, Ottumwa Ia, director (I Married Joan)
• 1902 - Edgar Buchanan, Humansville Mo, actor (Uncle Joe-Petticoat Junction)
• 1902 - Kathryn Forbes, short story writer (mama's bank account)
• 1903 - Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961)
• 1904 - B[urrhus] F[rederic] Skinner, Pa, Behaviorism pioneer (Skinner box)
• 1906 - Abraham Beame, (Mayor-D-NYC), NYC's 1st Jewish mayor
• 1906 - Ozzie Nelson, Jersey City NJ, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet)
• 1906 - Pavel P Parenago, Russian astronomer
• 1908 - Frank Stanton, Muskegon Mich, broadcasting executive (CBS)
• 1908 - Michael Redgrave, Bristol Eng, actor (Browning Version, Lady Vanishes)
• 1908 - Philip "Felix" Bekkers, actor (Czardasvorstin)
• 1911 - Mieke Verstraete, Belgian/Dutch actress (Pleasantly Settled)
• 1913 - Judith Evelyn, Seneca SD, actress (13th Letter, Tingler, Rear Window)
• 1914 - Sviatosiav Richter, Zhitomir Ukraine, pianist (Stalin Prize-1945)
• 1914 - Wendell Corey, Dracut Mass, actor (11th Hour, Peck's Bad Girl)
• 1914 - William Baddeley, rector (St Jame's Piccadilly)
• 1915 - Rudolf Kirchschl„ger, president of Austria (1974-86)
• 1915 - Svyatoslav Richter, pianist
• 1916 - Pierre Messmer, PM (France)
• 1917 - Dolf Verspoor, literary/interpreter (M Nijhoff Prize 1958)
• 1917 - Kalervo H Hortamo, Finnish poet (Syd„nmaa)
• 1917 - Peter Caddy, founder (Findhorn Community)
• 1917 - Vera Lynn, singer (Anniversary Waltz)
• 1918 - Bernd-Alois Zimmermann, German composer (Soldiers)
• 1918 - Jack Barry, Lindenhurst NY, game show emcee (Joker's Wild)
• 1920 - Douglas G Chapman, biomathematical statistician
• 1920 - Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland)
• 1920 - Werner Klemperer, Cologne Germany, actor (Col Klink-Hogan's Heroes)
• 1921 - Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Senegal, director general (UNESCO)
• 1921 - Primoz Ramovs, composer
• 1922 - Arnold Burgen, college president (Academia Europaea)
• 1922 - Carl Reiner, Bronx, comedian (2000 Year Old Man, Dick Van Dyke Show)
• 1922 - Doug Barnard Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- )
• 1922 - Jack Kruschen, Winnipeg Canada, actor (Papa-Webster, Busting Loose)
• 1922 - Larry Elgart, New Haven Ct, bandleader/alto sax (Elgart Orch)
• 1922 - Ray Goulding, Lowell Mass, comedian (Bob & Ray)
• 1923 - Marc Saporta, French writer/essayist (Le Grand D‚fi)
• 1925 - James Pickles, judge
• 1925 - John D Erlichman, Politician (Nixon aide, Watergate)
• 1926 - Ted Bessell, Flushing NY, actor (Don-That Girl, Frankie-Gomer Pyle)
• 1927 - John Pierre Herman Joubert, composer (Chamber Music for brass quintet)
• 1928 - Anthony Blond, British publisher (The Publishing Game, Book Book)
• 1928 - Christopher Benstead, race horse trainer
• 1928 - Fred Rogers, Latrobe PA, children TV host (Mr Rogers' Neighborhood)
• 1928 - Hans K�ng, Swiss religious theologist
• 1928 - Jerome Cousins Biffle, Denver Co, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1930 - Michel Magne, composer
• 1931 - Antonio Tauriello, composer
• 1931 - David Montgomery, chairman (British Forestry Commission)
• 1931 - Hal Linden, [Harold Lipshitz], actor (Barney Miller, Blacke's Magic)
• 1931 - John Rae, British educator (Conscience & Politics)
• 1932 - Tod Dockstader, composer
• 1933 - David James Moore, educationalist
• 1933 - Jacquez Guyonnet, composer
• 1934 - Eric Hebborn, artist/faker
• 1934 - Marion Conti, arch bishop (Aberdeen England)
• 1937 - Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor
• 1937 - Helmut Recknagel, Germany, 90m ski jump (Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1937 - Jerry Reed, Atlanta GA, singer/actor (Bat 21, Smokey & the Bandit)
• 1937 - Joe Rivers, rocker (Johnnie & Joe)
• 1937 - Mark Saville, QC, British high court judge
• 1938 - Frans J van der Heijden, Dutch journal/Dutch MP (CDA)
• 1939 - Brian Mulroney, (P-C) 18th PM of Canada (1984-93)
• 1939 - Earl of Seafield, [Ginger], English large landowner
• 1940 - Mickey Preger, horse trainer
• 1941 - Carlos Lopez, jockey
• 1945 - Larry Combest, (Rep-R-TX, 1985- )
• 1945 - Pat Riley, Schenectady NY, NBA coach (Lakers, Knicks, Heat)
• 1945 - Tim Yeo, British MP/under-sect (State of Environment)
• 1946 - Ranger Doug, [Douglas Green], Ill, singer (Riders in Sky-Cowboy Way)
• 1947 - Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer)
• 1947 - John Eastburn Boswell, medievalist
• 1948 - Bobby Orr, Parry Sound, Ontario, HOF NHL defenseman (Boston Bruins)
• 1948 - John de Lancie, actor (Q-Star Trek Next Gen, Days of our Lives)
• 1948 - Pamela Sargent, US, sci-fi author (Venus of Dreams, Cloned Lives)
• 1950 - William Hurt, Wash DC, actor (Big Chill, Children of a Lesser God)
• 1951 - Guy Perry, rock guitarist/vocalist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
• 1951 - Jimmie Vaughan, guitarist (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• 1951 - John Wetton, rocker (Asia)
• 1951 - Madan Lal, cricketer (Indian medium pacer in the 70's)
• 1951 - Tanya Boyd, Detroit Mich, actress (Celeste-Days of our Life)
• 1952 - Anand Armitraj, India, tennis player (Brother of ViJay)
• 1954 - Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings)
• 1954 - Jim Seales, Hamilton Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
• 1956 - Phillip Oppenhein, British MP
• 1957 - Spike Lee, Atlanta, dir (Mo Better Blues, Jungle Fever, Malcolm X)
• 1957 - Theresa Russell, [Paup], SD Calif, actress (Black Widow, Razor's Edge)
• 1958 - Holly Hunter, Atlanta Georgia, actress (Broadcast News, Roe vs Wade)
• 1958 - Rickey Jackson, NFL defensive end (SF 49ers)
• 1959 - Dale Reid, Ladybank Scotland, LPGA golfer (European Solheim Cup team)
• 1959 - Richard Drummie, rocker (Go West-Call Me, Don't Look Down)
• 1961 - John Clark Gable, LA Calif, actor (Bad Jim)
• 1961 - Kathy Guadagnino, Albany NY, LPGA golfer (1985 US Women's Open)
• 1961 - Slim Jim Phantom, [Jim Mcdonnell], rock drummer (Stray Cats)
• 1963 - Paul Annacone, Southampton NY, tennis star
• 1963 - Paul Mirkovich, rock keyboardist (Nelson-Love & Affection)
• 1963 - Ramon Andersson, Middle Swan Australia, canoeist (Olympics-br-92, 96)
• 1964 - Ruth Davidon, Balt MD, rower (Olympics-6th-96)
• 1965 - Chris Hoiles, Bowling Green OH, catcher (Baltimore Orioles)
• 1965 - Danielle Woodward, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Blas Minor, Merced CA, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
• 1966 - Giulio Caravatta, CFL quarterback (BC Lions)
• 1967 - Bryan Genesse, actor, (Rocco-Bold & Beautiful, Grady-Street Justice)
• 1967 - Dana Rinehart Dalton, Orlando Florida, Miss Florida-America (1991)
• 1967 - Mookie Blaylock, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
• 1967 - Randy Gullatt, horse trainer
• 1968 - Eric Viscaal, Dutch soccer star (PSV/AA Gent)
• 1968 - Jurgen Rumrich, Miesbach GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
• 1968 - Sheree Megan Higgins, Matamata NZ, golfer (1991 Bridgestone)
• 1969 - Caroline Brunet, Quebec City Quebec, kayaker (Olympics-silver-96)
• 1969 - Konstantine Starikovitch, Podolsk Rus, 238lbs US weightlift (Oly-96)
• 1969 - Paul Atkinson, jockey
• 1969 - Sharon Manning, WNBA center/forward (Charlotte Sting)
• 1969 - Thang Thanh Nguyen, Soc Trang Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
• 1970 - Kristin Klein, Santa Monica Calif, volleyball outside hitter (Oly-96)
• 1970 - Ralph Dawkins, NFL running back (NO Saints)
• 1970 - Ron George, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1970 - Todd Burger, NFL guard (Chic Bears)
• 1971 - Janis Kelly, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - Manny Alexander, Dominican Republic, infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
• 1972 - Ajah Wilson-Ogechukwu, soccer player (Roda JC)
• 1973 - Jane March, Edgeware England, actress (Lover)
• 1973 - Nico Boje, cricketer (South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996)
• 1973 - Norman Tome, Australian soccer striker (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
• 1974 - P J Bogart, NYC, diver (Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Brian Buetsch, Rockford Ill, figure skater (1997 Great Lakes Sr champ)
• 1976 - Arno Knapen, Dutch soccer player (Holten, FC Twente)
• 1997 - ? Hefner, mother of Hugh Hefner (playboy), dies at 101

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0842 - Alfonso II the Chaste, king of Asturia (791-842), dies
• 1191 - Clement III, [Paolo Scolari], Pope (1187-91, 3rd crusades), dies
• 1351 - Mohammed ibn-Tughluq, sultan of Delhi India, dies
• 1393 - Johannes Nepomucenus, [Jan Nepomucky], Czech saint, killed
• 1415 - Henry IV Bolingbroke, King of England (1399-1413), dies at 45
• 1501 - Jean Carondelet, lawyer/chancellor of Burgundy (1480-96), dies at 72
• 1531 - Sicke Freerks/Frericx, [Cutter], Dutch anabaptist, beheaded
• 1549 - Thomas Seymour of Sudely, English Lord Admiral, beheaded
• 1568 - Albrecht von Hohenzollern, 1st duke of Prussia, dies at 77
• 1617 - Franciscus Aguilon, physicist/theologist/mathematician, dies at 50
• 1619 - Matthias II, Holy Roman Catholic emperor (1611-19), dies
• 1646 - Matthew Vossius, historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
• 1703 - Johann Kunckel/Kunkel, German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies
• 1727 - Issac Newton, English physicist/astronomer, dies in London at 84
• 1751 - Frederick Louis, English prince of Wales/son of George I, dies
• 1757 - Johann Paul Kunzen, composer, dies at 60
• 1767 - Firmin Abauzit, French huguenot/scholar, dies at 87
• 1804 - Ignaz Malzat, composer, dies at 47
• 1812 - Jan Ladislav Dussek, Bohemian pianist/composer, dies at 52
• 1848 - Abraham des Amorie van der Hoeven, Dutch theologist/poet, dies at 27
• 1866 - Rikard Nordraak, composer, dies at 23
• 1871 - Antonio Buzzolla, composer, dies at 56
• 1873 - Adolfe Louis Eugene Fetis, composer, dies at 52
• 1874 - Hans Christian Lumbye, composer, dies at 63
• 1887 - Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73
• 1892 - Arthor Goring Thomas, composer, dies at 41
• 1894 - Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), dies at 91
• 1898 - Luis Pal‚s Matos, Puerto Rican poet (Tunt£n the paso y grifer¡a), dies
• 1899 - Martha M Place, of Bkln, becomes 1st woman to die by electrocution
• 1910 - F‚lix Tournachon, [Nadar], French writer/photographer, dies at 89
• 1911 - Jean-Theodore Radoux, composer, dies at 75
• 1913 - Christian Barnekow, composer, dies at 75
• 1913 - Song Jiao-ren, leader Chinese Guomindang-Party, dies
• 1920 - Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60
• 1925 - George N Curzon, British Foreign minister (1919-22), dies at 66
• 1928 - Fred Rogers, childrens show (Mr Rogers Neighborhood)
• 1929 - Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France (WW I), dies at 77
• 1933 - Giuseppe [Joe] Zangara, electrocuted for assassination attempt on FDR
• 1934 - A Emma W T von Waldeck-Pyrmont, Dutch queen (& regent), dies at 76
• 1936 - Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies
• 1941 - D A van den Bosch, anti-nazi clergyman (Amersfoort Camp), dies
• 1942 - Theodoro Valcarcel, composer, dies at 41
• 1944 - Felix Woyrsch, composer, dies at 83
• 1950 - Walter Eucken, German economist, dies at 59
• 1951 - Jan Ingenhoven, composer, dies at 74
• 1951 - Kathleen Lockhart Manning, composer, dies at 60
• 1953 - Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60
• 1962 - Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies
• 1962 - C Wright Mills, US sociologist (Power Elite), dies at 45
• 1963 - Karl Otten, writer, dies at 73
• 1964 - Brendan Behan, Irish writer/poet, dies at 41
• 1964 - Jean Rogister, composer, dies at 84
• 1967 - A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
• 1968 - Carl T Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'Arc), dies
• 1972 - Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51
• 1972 - Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
• 1972 - Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50
• 1974 - Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62
• 1974 - [Lavinia] Marian Fleming Poe, Black US advocate in Virg, dies at 83
• 1976 - Michael Goodliffe, actor (Gorgon, 7th Dawn, Way Out), dies at 61
• 1982 - Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52
• 1987 - Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure
• 1988 - Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75
• 1990 - Jannetje Visser-Roosendaal, Dutch writer, dies at 90
• 1990 - Jev Jasjin, Russian soccer goalie, dies at 60
• 1991 - Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls out of 53rd floor window at 5
• 1992 - Avonne Taylor, actress (My Best Girl, Honor Among Lovers), dies at 93
• 1992 - Frank Westbrook, dancer/choreographer, dies at 82
• 1992 - Georges Delerue, French composer (Hiroshima, My Love), dies at 67
• 1993 - Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85
• 1993 - Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3
• 1995 - Merv Harvey, cricketer (scored 12 & 31 in Test Aus v Eng 46-47), dies
• 1995 - Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32
• 1995 - Sidney Kingslei, playwright, dies at 88
• 1995 - Sidney Kingsley, US playwright (Pulitzer prize 1934), dies at 88
• 1996 - Alan Ridout, composer, dies at 61
• 1996 - Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist, dies at 86
• 1996 - Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71
• 1997 - Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at 67