• 1563 - Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer
• 1586 - Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona
• 1678 - Gotthard Wagner, composer
• 1709 - Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great
• 1721 - Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th
• 1743 - Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer
• 1767 - Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer
• 1776 - Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric
• 1792 - Archibald Alison, Scottish historian (History of Europe)
• 1800 - Charles Goodyear, inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
• 1808 - Andrew Johnson, Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th pres (1865-69)
• 1808 - Gy”rgy Apponyi, Hungarian Parliament member
• 1809 - Albert Pike, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
• 1809 - William Ewart Gladstone, (Lib) British PM (1868-74, '80-86, '92-94)
• 1813 - Etienne-Joseph Soubre, composer
• 1831 - Adam Badeau, Bvt Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
• 1833 - John James Ingalls, (Rep-Ks)
• 1843 - Elisabeth OL, queen of Romania/poet (Rum„nische Dichtungen)
• 1850 - Tomas Breton y Hernandez, composer
• 1856 - Thomas J Stieltjes, mathematician (Stieltjes integral)
• 1859 - Venustiano Carranza, pres of M‚xico (1915-20)
• 1866 - Joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19)
• 1869 - Bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century)
• 1876 - Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, violinist/conductor/composer
• 1878 - Felix M Abel, French bible scholar (J‚rusalem Nouvelle)
• 1879 - Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I)
• 1880 - Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer
• 1887 - Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer
• 1888 - Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal
• 1890 - Jozef Cantr‚, Flemish sculptor/wood carver
• 1892 - Emory Parnell, St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair)
• 1896 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, M‚xico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile)
• 1897 - Hermann Heiss, composer
• 1898 - Jeanne Leleu, composer
• 1900 - Willie Humphrey, jazz Clarinetist
• 1903 - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter/bandleader
• 1907 - James Gardner, designer
• 1908 - Claire Dodd, AR, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy)
• 1908 - Gerben Sonderman, Dutch test pilot (Fokker)
• 1912 - Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad)
• 1913 - Laurence Gower, academic
• 1915 - Charles L[eonard] Harness, US, sci-fi author (Paradox Men, Wolfhead)
• 1915 - John P W Meefout, Dutch sculptor (Laying Woman)
• 1915 - Robert Ruark, US writer (Something of Value)
• 1917 - Tom Bradley, (Mayor-D-LA) (1973- )
• 1919 - Pieter Terpstra, Dutch journalist/writer (De dei is forroun/Havank-T)
• 1919 - Roman Vlad, composer
• 1920 - Syd Dernley, hangman
• 1920 - Viveca Lindfors, Uppsala Sweden, actress (Way We Were, Welcome to LA)
• 1921 - Dobrica Cosic, writer
• 1921 - Mala Powers, SF Calif, actress (Cyrano de Bergerac) [or 12/20/31]
• 1927 - Jim Simpson, Wash DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
• 1928 - Bernard Cribbins, Oldham England, actor (Val Doonican Show)
• 1930 - Willy Giefer, composer
• 1931 - Barbara Steele, England, actress (Castle of Blood, Dark Shadows)
• 1932 - Inga Swenson, Omaha Nebraska, actress (Gretchen-Benson)
• 1933 - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist
• 1934 - Ed Flanders, Minneapolis Mn, actor (Dr Westphall-St Elsewhere)
• 1934 - Tom Jarriel, LaGrange Ga, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20/20)
• 1935 - Tony Bramall, England, auto dealer/multi-millionaire (Harrogate)
• 1936 - Ray Nitschke, NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers)
• 1936 - Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky, composer
• 1937 - Mary Tyler Moore, Bkln, actress (Mary Tyler Moore, Ordinary People)
• 1938 - Jon Voight, Yonkers, NY, actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy)
• 1938 - Wayne Huizenga, CEO (Waste Management, Blockbuster, Miami Dolphins)
• 1939 - Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, president of Maldives (1978- )
• 1940 - Brigitte Kronauer, writer
• 1940 - Ed Buce, Keiser Ar, country singer (Texas)
• 1940 - Peter Koelewijn, Dutch writer/vocalist (Come off that Roof)
• 1941 - Ray Thomas, England, rock vocalist (Moody Blues-Nights in White Satin)
• 1942 - Jerry Summers, rocker
• 1943 - JHR Maij-Wegge, Dutch traffic minister (19..-94)
• 1944 - Rodney Redmond, NZ cricket (opener scored century in Test v Pak 1973)
• 1945 - Adje Roland, Dutch disc-jockey
• 1946 - Laffit Pincay Jr, jockey (Ky Derby 1984, Belmont 1982-84, Swale)
• 1946 - Marianne Faithfull, Hampstead England, vocalist (Money)
• 1946 - Paul Trible, (Sen-R-Va)
• 1947 - Cozy Powell, England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP)
• 1947 - Ted Danson, SD Calif, actor (Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men & a Baby)
• 1949 - Syed Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer)
• 1950 - Jon Polito, Phila, actor (Fire With Fire, Homicide)
• 1951 - Laurel Masse, Holland Mich, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Operator)
• 1951 - Yvonne Elliman, US actress/singer (I Don't Know How to Love Him)
• 1952 - Gelsey Kirkland, Bethlehem Pa, ballerina/druggie (Nutcracker)
• 1952 - Nikolai Andrianov, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
• 1953 - Kate Schmidt, US javelin thrower (Olympic-bronze-1972)
• 1954 - Glenn Myernick, Trenton NJ, US soccer coach (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1954 - Roger Voudouris, Sacramento Ca, rock vocalist
• 1955 - Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch rock drummer (Doe Maar-Bomb)
• 1955 - Neil Giraldo, rocker (Pat Benatar Band)
• 1956 - Dolf de Vries, Dutch musical/director/arranger (Josephine)
• 1958 - Curt Allen Byrum, Onida SD, PGA golfer (1989 Hardee's Golf Classic)
• 1959 - Leslie Graves, Silver City NM, actress (Brenda-Capitol)
• 1959 - Paula Poundstone, comedienne (Emmy Awards)
• 1960 - Dave Gilbert, cricketer (Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86)
• 1960 - David Boon, cricketer (short backward square from Tasmania)
• 1961 - Robert Louis Tewdwr Moss, journalist/travel writer
• 1962 - Devon White, Kingston Jamacia, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
• 1964 - Craig Grebeck, Cerritos CA, infielder (Florida Marlins)
• 1964 - Kimberly Russell, actress (Sarah-Head of the Class)
• 1965 - David Delfino, hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)
• 1966 - Bruce Bulina, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1990 Alberta Open)
• 1966 - Drew Hartt, Calgary Alta, Canadian Tour golfer (1995 Desert Tour)
• 1967 - Henry Jones, NFL safety (Buffalo Bills)
• 1967 - Jason Gould, son of Elliot Gould/Barbra Streisand, (Prince of Tides)
• 1967 - Kevin Toth, Cleveland Ohio, shot putter
• 1967 - Tony Tolbert, NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1968 - Carlo H L Ponti Jr, son of Carlo Ponti & Sophia Loren
• 1968 - Darren Perry, NFL free safety (Pitts Steelers)
• 1968 - James Mouton, Denver CO, outfielder (Houston Astros)
• 1968 - James Mouton, outfielder (Houston Astros)
• 1970 - Yaroslav Ihorovych Pustovyi, Kostroma Ukraine, cosmonaut
• 1971 - Jay Fiedler, NFL quarterback (Phila Eagles)
• 1971 - Jay Fiedler, WLAF QB (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1971 - Margot Thien, SD Calif, synchronized swimmer (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1971 - Mark Montreuil, NFL cornerback (SD Chargers)
• 1971 - Toby Mills, WLAF corner (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1972 - Jessica Lee McMinn, Miss North Carolina USA (1996)
• 1972 - Malcolm Seabron, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)
• 1972 - Melissa Hall, Miss USA-Minnesota (1997)
• 1972 - Randy Neal, NFL linebacker (Cin Bengals)
• 1973 - Tomas Perez, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1974 - Brad Hodge, cricketer (promising Victorian middle-order batsman)
• 1974 - James Darling, linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)
• 1974 - Tom Knight, cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1975 - Kalin Olson, Hot Springs Ark, playmate (Aug 1997)
• 1979 - Laura Larson, Miss Maine Teen USA (1996)
• 1985 - Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1141 - Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed
• 1170 - Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II
• 1558 - Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31
• 1619 - Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies
• 1630 - Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51
• 1689 - Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried
• 1703 - Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39
• 1731 - J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46
• 1785 - Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69
• 1815 - Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris
• 1821 - Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61
• 1822 - Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67
• 1825 - Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies
• 1825 - Jacques-Louis David, French painter (Death of Marat), dies at 77
• 1835 - Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29
• 1836 - Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83
• 1847 - William Crotch, composer, dies at 72
• 1871 - Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71
• 1877 - Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Cura‡ao (Affair-S), dies
• 1890 - Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee
• 1891 - Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68
• 1894 - Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64
• 1898 - Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74
• 1915 - Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57
• 1916 - Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45
• 1925 - F‚lix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60
• 1926 - Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51
• 1933 - Joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered
• 1942 - Frank D Adams, Canadian geologist, dies at 83
• 1943 - William H Singer, US painter/collector (Singer Museum), dies at 75
• 1947 - Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78
• 1952 - Beryl Rubinstein, composer, dies at 54
• 1956 - Martin Albertz, German theologist (Jesus Christ's Church), dies at 73
• 1957 - Tom Richmond, cricketer (Notts leg-spinner took 2-86 in Eng Test), die
• 1958 - Doris Humphrey, US dancer/choreographer (Dances of Women), dies at 63
• 1959 - Robin Humphrey Milford, composer, dies at 56
• 1964 - Bernard von Brentano, German writer (Big Cats), dies at 63
• 1964 - Miroslav Krejci, composer, dies at 73
• 1965 - Kusaku Yamada, composer, dies at 79
• 1967 - Paul Whiteman, US orchestra leader (Fabulous Dorseys), dies at 77
• 1970 - John de Mol, Dutch accordionist, dies at 58
• 1971 - Stuart Holmes, dies of stomach ailment at 87
• 1972 - Fritz Behrend, composer, dies at 83
• 1976 - Ivo van Damme, Belgian 800/1500 m sprinter (Oly-silver-76), dies at 22
• 1980 - Roy Engle, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian), dies at 67
• 1980 - Tim Hardin, US singer (Bird on a Wire), dies of a drug overdose at 39
• 1981 - Guido Provoost, Belgian historian, dies at 41
• 1982 - Sol C Siegel, US film producer (High Society), dies at 79
• 1984 - Leo Robin, lyricist, dies of heart failure at 84
• 1986 - Andrei Tarkovski, Russian director (Stalker), dies at 54
• 1986 - John Antill, composer, dies at 82
• 1986 - [Maurice] Harold MacMillan, PM of Great-Britain (1957-63), dies at 92
• 1991 - Julia McCarthy, dies of cancer at 64
• 1992 - LH Ruitenberg, vicar/editor in chief (Reform Netherlands), dies at 87
• 1992 - Vivienne Segal, US actress (Broadway, Pal Joey), dies at 95
• 1994 - Eugene Tanner Jr, singer, dies at 58
• 1994 - Frank Thring, Australian actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur), dies at 68
• 1995 - Hope Clara Chenhalls, food inspector, dies at 85
• 1995 - Louise Chaplin, actress, dies at 87
• 1995 - Madeleine Barot, resistance heroine, dies at 86
• 1995 - Nello Celio, president of Switz (1972), dies at 81
• 1996 - Alma Birk, journalist/politician, dies at 77
• 1996 - Daniel Raphaeautl Mayer, journalist/resistance leader, dies at 86
• 1996 - Mireille Hartuch, singer/songwriter, dies at 90
• 1996 - Oswald Szemerenyi, philologist, dies at 83
• 1996 - Peggy (Margaret McCrorie) Herbison, politician, dies at 89
• 1996 - Robert Morris, lawyer, dies at 81
• 1996 - Willaim Brown, British TV executive, dies at 67
• 1996 - William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian, dies at 85
• 1997 - (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist, dies at 82
• 1997 - Robert Steel, academic, dies at 82