Today In History - Monday, December 1, 2025




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On this day in history ..

0772 - Pope Adrian I elected
1167 - Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
1566 - Spanish king Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, duke of Alva
1626 - Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out
1640 - Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1641 - Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
1653 - An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
1656 - Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
1708 - Great Alliance occupies Brussels
1742 - Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
1750 - 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md
1783 - Charles & M N Roberts ascend 2,000' in hydrogen balloon
1783 - J van North launches unmanned balloon
1804 - Emperor Napoleon marries Jos‚phine of Martinique
1821 - Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
1822 - Dom Pedro crowned emperor of Brazil
1822 - Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran
1824 - House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams,
1824 - Jackson, WH Crawford & H Clay Adams eventually declared president
1831 - Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
1835 - Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales
1843 - 1st chartered mutual life insurance company opens
1852 - Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands
1864 - Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, VA
1864 - Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia
1868 - John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war
1878 - 1st White House telephone installed
1887 - Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet"
1887 - Sino-Portuguese treaty recognizes Portugal's control of Macao
1891 - James Naismith creates the game of basketball
1896 - 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)
1900 - South African president Paul Kruger visits Flanders
1903 - "The Great Train Robbery," the 1st Western film, released
1906 - Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris)
1906 - Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt (Capt of K”penick) sentenced to 4 yrs
1909 - 1st Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
1909 - 1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef
1913 - 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts)
1913 - Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38)
1917 - Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
1918 - Danish parliament passed an act to grant Iceland independence
1918 - Iceland becomes independent state under Danish crown
1918 - Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade
1918 - Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established
1919 - AA Milne's "Mr Pim Passes By," premieres in Manchester
1919 - Lady Nancy Astor sworn-in as 1st female member of British Parliament
1921 - 1st US helium-filled dirigible makes 1st flight
1921 - US Post Office establishes philatelic agency
1922 - 1st skywriting over US-"Hello USA"-by Capt Turner, RAF
1922 - Polish state chief marshal Jozef Pilsudski, resigns
1923 - CFL Grey Cup: Queen's U beats Regina, 54-0 at Toronto
1924 - Calles becomes president of M‚xico
1924 - George/Ira Gershwin's musical "Lady Be Good," premieres in NYC
1925 - Treaty of Locarno signed
1928 - CFL Grey Cup: Ham Tigers beats Regina, 30-0 at Hamilton
1928 - Railroad museum opens in Utrecht Neth
1929 - BINGO invented by Edwin S Lowe
1929 - Game of Bingo invented by Edwin S Lowe
1930 - NHL drops 20 minute slashing-about-the-head penalty
1930 - Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent
1931 - Ottawa branch of Royal Mint begins operation as Royal Canadian Mint
1933 - Rudolf Hess & Earnest R”hm become a minister in Hitler govt
1935 - Austria has world's 1st Day of Postage Stamp
1936 - 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E)
1936 - Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
1936 - EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants
1937 - Japan recognizes Franco govt
1938 - School bus & train collide in Salt Lake City Utah
1939 - SS-Fhrer Himmler begins deportation of Polish Jews
1941 - British cruiser Devonshire sinks German sub Python
1941 - Japanese emperor Hirohito signs declaration of war
1941 - Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
1941 - US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) organizes
1942 - Gasoline rationed in US
1943 - FDR, Churchill & Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)
1944 - B‚la Bart•k's Concerto for orchestra, premieres
1944 - Mail routing resumes in free South Netherlands
1944 - Prokofjev's 8th Piano sonata, premieres
1945 - CFL Grey Cup: Toronto beats Winnipeg, 35-0 at Toronto
1946 - Australia compile 645 v India at the Gabba (Bradman 187)
1947 - Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba
1947 - India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2
1948 - Arabic Congress names Abdullah of Trans Jordan, King of Palestine
1948 - Piet Roozenburg becomes world champion checker player
1949 - WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 - WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
1951 - 17th Heisman Trophy Award: Dick Kazmaier, Princeton (HB)
1951 - Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London
1951 - Golden Gate Bridge closes due to high winds
1953 - Red Sox trade M McDermott & Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen
1953 - WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
1953 - WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 - Walter Alston named Dodger manager
1954 - Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement
1954 - Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert & 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley & Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal)
1955 - Rosa Parks (black) arrested for refusing to move to the back of bus
1956 - "Candide" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 73 performances
1956 - Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0)
1956 - Frank Robinson (NL) & Luis Aparicio (AL) voted Rookie of the Year
1956 - Indonesian VP Mohammed Hatta, resigns
1957 - Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show
1958 - "Flower Drum Song" opens at St James Theater NYC for 602 performances
1958 - Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day)
1958 - Our Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students & 3 nuns (Chic)
1959 - 12 nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of Antarctica
1959 - 1st color photograph of Earth from outer space
1959 - 25th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Cannon, LSU (HB)
1959 - The 1st color photograph of Earth received from outer space
1960 - Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo
1962 - Grey Cup halted by fog, resumed next day (Winnipeg 28, Hamilton 27)
1962 - KGMB TV channel 9 in Honolulu, HI (CBS) begins broadcasting
1963 - NY Jets 1st shutout, beat KC 17-0
1963 - Nagaland becomes a state of Indian union
1964 - Houston Colt .45s change name to Astros
1964 - ML King speaks to J Edgar Hoover about his slander campaign
1965 - Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began
1965 - South Africa govt says children of white fathers are white
1966 - Georg Kiesinger elected West German chancellor
1966 - Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, Md to Boulder, Colo
1967 - Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)
1967 - Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope
1967 - Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams
1967 - Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses
1968 - "Promises Promises" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 1281 performances
1968 - Burt Bacharach/Hal David's musical premieres in NYC
1968 - Gonzalo Barrios elected pres of Venezuela
1968 - Peggy Wilson wins LPGA Hollywood Lakes Golf Open
1968 - Pirate Radio Modern (259) (England) begins transmitting
1969 - US govt holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II
1970 - Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as president of Mexico
1970 - NHL takes control of Pittsburgh Penguins
1970 - Independent People's Republic of South Yemen becomes People Democratic Republic of Yemen
1971 - "2 Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St James Theater NYC for 613 perfs
1971 - Cubs release Ernie Banks & sign him as a coach
1971 - Galt MacDermot/John Guare's "2 gentlemen of Verona," premieres in NYC
1971 - John & Yoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
1971 - People's Republic of South Yemen renames itself People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
1972 - Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK
1973 - Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea
1973 - Jack Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year
1973 - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA-Japan Golf Classic
1973 - Stan Stasiak beats Pedro Morales in Philadelphia, to become WWF champ
1974 - Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia, 92 died
1974 - Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5)
1974 - LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8
1975 - US president Gerald Ford visits China PR
1976 - Angola admitted to UN
1976 - Bangladesh General Ziaur Rahman declares himself president
1976 - Sex Pistols using profanity on TV, gets them branded as "rotten punks"
1978 - Pres Carter more than doubles national park system size
1978 - Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, v England at the Gabba
1978 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1980 - 46th Heisman Trophy Award: George Rogers, South Carolina (RB)
1980 - Mel Harris appears on M*A*S*H in "Cementing Relationships"
1980 - US Justice Dept sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination
1981 - 180 dies as Yugoslav DC-9 jetliner slams into a mountain
1981 - Yugoslavic DC-9 crashes into mountain at Corsica, 174 killed
1982 - Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
1982 - Michael Jackson releases "Thriller"
1982 - Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as pres of M‚xico
1983 - Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury
1984 - 50th Heisman Trophy Award: Doug Flutie, Boston College (QB)
1984 - France performs nuclear test
1984 - Greg Page KOs Gerrie Coetzee in 8 for WBA heavyweight boxing title
1985 - Noraly Beyer becomes Neth's 1st black TV newscaster
1985 - STS 61-C vehicle moves to launch pad
1985 - South Africa's Cosatu union centre forms
1986 - Mus‚e d'orsay opens in Paris
1986 - Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
1987 - Digging begins to link England & France under English Channel
1988 - 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless
1988 - Benazir Bhutto named 1st female PM of a Moslem country (Pakistan)
1988 - Chinese minister of Foreign affairs Qian Qichen visits Moscow
1988 - NBC bids record $401M to capture rights to 1992 Barcelona Olympics
1988 - NY Islanders greatest shutout lose (8-0) vs St Louis Blues
1989 - "Day Without Art"-Artists demonstrate against AIDS
1989 - East Germany drops communist monopoly from its constitution
1989 - Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year Cal Angels contract
1989 - USSR Pres Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John Paul II at the Vatican
1990 - 56th Heisman Trophy Award: Ty Detmer, Brigham Young (QB)
1990 - British & French workers meet in English Channel's tunnel (Chunnel)
1990 - Hissene Habr‚ of Chad flees to Cameroon
1990 - Iraq accepts Bush's offer for talks
1990 - Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia hold their 1st joint session
1990 - NY Knicks Patrick Ewing scores 50 points beating Charlotte 113-96
1991 - "Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin" closes at Gershwin NYC after 32 perfs
1991 - "Once on this Island" closes at Booth Theater NYC after 469 perfs
1991 - 80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1)
1991 - AIDS awareness day
1991 - Colorado party wins Paraguay parliamentary election
1991 - Nursultan Nazarbayev sworn in as president of Kazakhstan
1991 - US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 lands
1991 - Ukrainian people vote for independence
1992 - 2 C-141B Starlifters collide in Montana & crash, 13 die
1992 - Amy Fisher sentenced 5-15 yrs for shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco
1993 - Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18
1994 - 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident
1994 - Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere announce they are seperating
1994 - Ernesto Zedillo innaugrated as president of Mexico
1994 - PTL leader Jim Bakker released from jail
1994 - Rober Schumanns 2nd Symphony premieres in London
1996 - 85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2)
1996 - Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India
1997 - GS Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, attacks his coach P J Carlesimo
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Davenport IA on KORB 93.5 FM
1997 - Westinghouse formally changes its name to CBS

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1549 - Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC)
1566 - Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, gov of Ft Gorinchem/Nijmegen
1573 - Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostile vicar
1605 - Juan de Padilla, composer
1634 - John-Erasmus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish painter
1671 - ... Keill, mathematician
1671 - Francesco Stradivari, Italian violin maker/son of Antonius
1709 - Franz Xaver Richter, composer
1712 - Bernhard Christian Weber, composer
1722 - A L Karschin, writer
1724 - Charles Theodoor, elector (Palts & Bayern)
1724 - Dismas Hatas, composer
1726 - Eggert Olafsson, Icelandic writer
1726 - Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Declar of Independence)
1729 - Giuseppe Sarti, composer
1743 - Martin H Klaproth, German chemist (uranium)
1779 - Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov, composer
1781 - Charles Philippe Lafont, composer
1784 - Fran‡ois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze, composer
1787 - Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov, composer
1792 - ... Lobachevsky, mathematician
1800 - Mih ly V”r”smarty, Hungary, poet/dramatist ("To a Day-Dreamer")
1810 - Joseph Gungl, composer
1814 - August Rockel, composer
1823 - Ernest Reyer, composer
1826 - William Mahone, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1832 - Archibald Gracie Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1835 - Micah Jenkins, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1844 - Alexandra, Danish princess/Queen of Great Britain/Ireland
1844 - Alfred Cellier, composer
1847 - Agathe Grondahl, composer
1850 - Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller, composer
1871 - Archie MacLaren, cricketer (424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895)
1873 - Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck, premier of Neth (1918-25, 29-33)
1874 - Dominicus Johner, composer
1876 - Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje)
1878 - Arthur B Spingarn, US NAACP-chairman (1940-65)
1883 - Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer
1884 - Karl Schmidt[-Rottluff], German painter/sculptor (Brcke)
1884 - Torben Myer, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Girl Who Came Back)
1885 - Guy de Lioncourt, composer
1886 - Jack Crawford, cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1905-08)
1886 - Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (Fugitives & Constants)
1886 - Rex Stout, mystery writer (Nero Wolf)
1886 - Willem E Crown, Antillian writer
1888 - Benjamin Cr‚mieux, French author (Le premier the la Classe)
1891 - Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer (wreck laws)
1893 - Ernst Toller, writer
1893 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (pioneering WI pace bowler)
1896 - Petko Staynov, composer
1897 - Manuel A Neat, Cura‡aos author (Nobleza di Coerazon)
1898 - Cyril Ritchard, Sydney Australia, actor (Peter Pan, Hans Brinker)
1899 - Robert Welch, found John Birch Society
1901 - Dorothy James, composer
1902 - Morris "Red" Badgro, Wash, NFL hall of famer (Yanks, Giants, Dodgers)
1904 - W A "Tony" Boyle, United Mine Workers president
1905 - Charles Finney, US, author (Circus of Dr Lao)
1905 - Ida Carroll, musician
1906 - Jean Cartan, composer
1909 - Jan Koplowitz, writer
1910 - Dame Markova, [Alicia Lilian Alice Marks], London, ballerina
1910 - Joel Fluellen, LA, actor (Burning Cross, Learning Tree)
1911 - Walter Alston, baseball manager (Dodgers)
1911 - Wim van Nuland, [Willem C M”hlmann], Dutch priest/writer (Doorstep)
1912 - Minoru Yamasaki, architect (World Trade Center, NY)
1912 - Terence Beckles, pianist/teacher
1913 - Mary Martin, Weatherford Tx, actress (Peter Pan) Larry Hagman's mom
1914 - Dame Alicia Markova, ballerina (Diaghilev Ballet Russe 1925-32)
1914 - Johnny Johnston, St Louis Mo, singer (Make that Spare)
1917 - Marty Marion, baseball player (NL MVP 1944)
1917 - William Tracy, Pitts, actor (To the Shores of Tripoli)
1918 - Kirby Laing, English contractor/multi-millionaire
1919 - Anne Cox Chambers, Dayton Ohio, US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81)
1919 - Ike Isaacs, guitarist
1921 - Ralph Manza, SF Calif, actor (Banacek, Mama Malone, Newhart)
1922 - Geraldine McCulloug, Maywood Ill, painter/sculptor (Phoenix)
1922 - Paul Picerni, NYC, actor (Agent Lee Hobson-Untouchables)
1923 - Stansfield Turner, CIA director
1925 - David Doyle, Omaha Neb, actor (John Bosley-Charlie's Angels)
1925 - Jaime Mendoza-Nava, composer
1925 - Jordan Klein, Miami Fla, cameraman/director (Thunderball)
1926 - Allyn Ann McLerie, Quebec, actress (Tony Randall Show, Thorn Birds)
1926 - Keith Michell, Adelaide Australia, actor (6 Wives of Henry VIII)
1926 - Robert Symonds, Bristow Okla, actor (Robert E Lee-Blue & Gray)
1927 - Grant Beglarian, composer
1929 - Alan Mouncer, film director/producer
1929 - Dick Shawn, Buffalo NY, actor (Producers, Maid to Order, Angel)
1929 - Emily McLaughlin, White Plains NY, actress (Jessie-General Hospital)
1929 - Leon Biriotti, composer
1932 - Robert T Herres, Denver Colo, USAF/astronaut
1934 - Billy Paul, Phila, singer (Me & Mrs Jones)
1934 - Hilly Axwijk, Suriname social worker
1935 - Lou Rawls, Chic Ill, vocalist (Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man)
1935 - Roger Christian, US, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1960)
1935 - Woody Allen, [Allen Konigsberg], Bkln, actor (Zelig, Annie Hall)
1937 - Gordon Crosse, Bury Lancashire England, composer (Grace of Todd)
1938 - Bill Playle, cricketer (NZ batsman in 8 Tests without distinction)
1938 - Sandy Nelson, Santa Monica, 50s rocker (Teen Beat, All Night Long)
1939 - Dianne Lennon, LA Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters)
1939 - Lee Buck Trevino, Dallas Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1968, 71)
1940 - Matthias Habich, actor (Straight to the Heart, A Corps Perdu)
1940 - Mike Denness, cricketer (England batsman & captain mid-70s)
1940 - Richard Pryor, Ill, comedian/actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy)
1940 - Ron Finn, Toronto, NHL linesman
1942 - John Crowley, US, sci-fi author (Deep, Beasts, Novelty)
1942 - Peter Kalikow, Queens NYC, real estate developer/publisher (NY Post)
1943 - Nicholas Peter Negroponte, NYC, founder/director (Media Lab at MIT)
1943 - Orton Enderlein, German FR, luge (Olympic-gold-1964)
1945 - Bette Midler, Patterson NJ, singer/actress (Do You Want to Dance?)
1945 - John Densmore, LA, drummer (Doors-C'mon Light My Fire)
1945 - Ross Edwards, cricketer (Aussie middle-order bat of the 70's)
1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Ireland, singer (Alone Again Naturally)
1946 - Ho-Jun Li, Korea PR, rifle (Olympic-gold-1972)
1948 - Sarfraz Nawaz, cricketer (successful Pakistani pace bowler 1969-84)
1949 - Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron
1950 - Richard Keith, Lafayette La, actor (Little Ricky-I Love Lucy)
1951 - Alexander Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-5)
1951 - Eric Bloom, rock vocalist/guitarist (Blue Oyster Cult)
1951 - Jaco Pastorius, US jazz guitarist (Weather Report-Word of Mouth)
1951 - Treat Williams, Rowayton CT, actor (Flashpoint, Hair)
1954 - Bob Goen, TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight)
1955 - Uwe Benter, German FR, coxsman (Olympic-gold-1972)
1956 - Stuart Kimball, rock guitarist (Face To Face)
1958 - Charlene Tilton, San Diego Calif, actress (Lucy Ewing-Dallas)
1960 - Carol Alt[man], Queens NY (Mrs Ron Greshner)/actress (Private Parts)
1961 - Barb Mucha, Parma OH, LPGA golfer (1992 Oldsmobile Classic)
1962 - Pamela McGee, WNBA center/forward (Sacramento Monarchs)
1962 - Stan Albers, Pleasant Beach NJ, actor (Curtis-Loving)
1963 - Arjuna Ranatunga, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman since 1982)
1964 - Soren Henriksen, Denmark cricket all-rounder (86-94 ICC, Lancs 85-86)
1966 - Craig David Parry, Sunshine Victoria, PGA golfer (1994 Honda-2nd)
1966 - Greg McMichael, Knoxville TN, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1966 - Matthew Laborteaux, actor (Killing Stone, Deadly Friend)
1966 - Mike Flores, NFL defensive end (Washington Redskins)
1966 - Steve Walsh, NFL quarterback (Chic Bears)
1967 - Nestor Carbonell, NYC, actor (Luis-Suddenly Susan)
1967 - Reggie Sanders, Florence SC, outfielder (Cin Reds)
1968 - Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer (world record 400m)
1968 - Eddie Britton, wide reciever (Baltimore Ravens)
1968 - Steve Walsh, quarterback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1970 - Kirk Rueter, Centralia IL, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
1970 - Takahiro Ikenoue, WLAF LB (Rhein Fire)
1970 - Todd Steussie, NFL guard/tackle (Minnesota Vikings)
1971 - Oscar Sturgis, WLAF DE (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 - Rob Zatechka, NFL guard (NY Giants)
1971 - Tom Robsock, NFL/WLAF guard (Raiders, Barcelona Dragons)
1972 - Andre Royal, linebacker (Carolina Panthers)
1972 - Charlie Jones, wide reciever (San Diego Chargers)
1973 - Eric Thomas, Chartage Texas, 400m hurdler
1973 - Mia Farrance, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1974 - Richard Jordan, linebacker (Detroit Lions)
1975 - Alya Rohali, Miss Universe-Indonesia (1996)
1975 - Sandra Maidana, Miss Universe-Uruguay (1996)
1976 - Konerak Sinthasomphone, Milwaukee Wisc, Jeffrey Dahmer's victim
1988 - Zoe Kravitz, daughter of Lisa Bonet & Lenny Kravitz

Famous deaths for this day ..

0660 - Eligius/Eloy, French bishop of Tournay-Noyon/saint, dies
1135 - Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies
1374 - Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies
1417 - Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies
1455 - Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77
1515 - Gonzalo Fern ndez de C¢rdoba, [el Gran Capit n], Span gen, dies at 62
1521 - Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45
1530 - Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51
1580 - Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42
1580 - Giovanni Morone, Italian theologian/diplomat/cardinal, dies at 71
1623 - Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47
1633 - Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67
1635 - Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51
1651 - Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65
1700 - Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53
1707 - Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies
1709 - A Sancta Clara, writer, dies
1709 - Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], Germ court vicar, dies at 65
1727 - Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61
1729 - Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59
1736 - Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
1750 - Doppelmayr, mathematician
1755 - Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59
1797 - Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71
1808 - Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30
1813 - Ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88
1817 - Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65
1825 - Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47
1842 - Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged
1865 - Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76
1887 - Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78
1892 - ? de Bruyne, Belgian sergeant in Congo, murdered
1892 - Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered
1893 - Eduard Franck, composer, dies at 76
1901 - George Lohmann, cricketer (in S Africa 18 Tests, 112 wickets), dies
1916 - Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58
1925 - Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54
1926 - Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83
1932 - Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61
1934 - Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad
1935 - Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies
1939 - Max Fiedler, composer, dies at 79
1941 - Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies
1945 - Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64
1947 - Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72
1947 - Hardy, mathematician, dies
1950 - Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at 55
1951 - Felix Petyrek, composer, dies at 59
1952 - Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at 92
1960 - Ion Vasilescu, composer, dies at 57
1968 - Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66
1970 - Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies
1971 - Arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93
1972 - Antonio Segni, Italian PM/pres (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), dies at 81
1973 - David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87
1974 - Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83
1974 - Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at 77
1975 - Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80
1977 - Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69
1980 - Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
1982 - Dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday
1983 - Mirsky, mathematician, dies
1986 - Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
1986 - Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59
1986 - [Irving] Lee Dorsey, [Kid Chocolate], US boxer/singer, dies at 59
1987 - Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57
1987 - James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63
1989 - Alvin Ailey, US choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58
1990 - Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies
1991 - Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at 58
1991 - George Joseph Stigler, US economist (Nobel 1982), dies at 80
1994 - Hugh Chilvers, cricketer (151 wickets leg-spin for NSW 1928-37), dies
1994 - Lionel Stander, actor (Max-Hart to Hart), dies at 86
1996 - Barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67
1996 - Irving Gordon, songwriter, dies at 81
1997 - Denis Gerald Barrington, artist, dies at 67
1997 - Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89