Today In History - Friday, June 12, 2026




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On this day in history ..

0028 - Gaius Carrinas' triumphant procession through Rome
1442 - King Alfonso V of Arag¢n occupies Naples
1523 - Frisian rebel leader Jancko Douwama arrested
1534 - Turkish adm Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap & plunder Naples
1552 - Land guardians of Netherlands attacks Verdun
1553 - King Edward VI accept archbishop Cranmers "42 Articles"
1575 - William of Orange marries Charlotte de Bourbon
1653 - -13] Battle at North Foreland: English fleet beats Dutch
1665 - English rename New Amsterdam, NY, after Dutch pull out
1667 - -13] Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet
1672 - French army under Gen Turenne crosses Rhine at Lobith
1673 - Charles II's brother duke James of York resigns as Lord High Admiral
1683 - Rye House-plot against English king Charles II uncovered
1691 - Pope Innocent XII succeeds Alexander VIII
1701 - Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover
1714 - Prussia & Russia sign secret treaty
1775 - 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (US) captures Margaretta (Br)
1776 - Virginia adopts Declaration of Rights
1787 - Law passes providing a senator must be at least 30 years old
1792 - George Vancouver discovers site of Vancouver BC
1812 - Napoleon invades Russia
1819 - Dutch colonial troops driven out of Palembang Sumatra
1838 - Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Mass
1838 - Iowa Territory forms
1839 - 1st baseball game played in America
1840 - Meteorite hits Uden, Netherlands
1845 - George Abernethy becomes 1st governor of Oregon Country
1849 - Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett (Louisville Ky)
1859 - Comstock Silver Lode in Nevada discovered
1861 - Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state
1864 - Lee sends Early into Shenandoah Valley
1864 - Skirmish at Mcafee's Cross Road Georgia, about 57 dies in battle
1867 - Austro-Hungarian Empire forms
1875 - 9th Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard Calvin wins in 2:42¬
1880 - 1st baseball perfect game-John Richmond of Worcester beats Cleve
1880 - John Lee Richmond pitches 1st major league perfect game, Worcester 1, Cleveland's Forest City 0
1885 - Roof collapse kills 30 at murder trial in France
1889 - Single tornado kills 119, injures 146 (New Richmond Wisc)
1892 - Neth Society for Currency & Coin collecting forms
1897 - Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)
1898 - Philippine nationalists declares independence from Spain to US control
1900 - German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power
1903 - Niagara Falls, Ontario incorporated as a city
1907 - Yanks commit 11 errors & lose 14-6 to Tigers
1908 - Lusitania crosses Atlantic in record 4 days 15 hours (NYC)
1909 - "Shine On, Harvest Moon" by Ada Jones & Billy Murray hits #1
1910 - PEC soccer team forms in Zwolle
1913 - "Dachshund" by Pathe Freres, early animated cartoon, released
1915 - 29th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Hazel Wightman (46 62 60)
1916 - 30th US Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Louise Raymond (60 61)
1916 - Tennis legend Bill Tilden's 1st appearance at US tennis championship
1917 - Secret Service extends protection of president to his family
1918 - 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France
1919 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accord for equal Christian-public education
1920 - 52nd Belmont: Clarence Kummer aboard Man o' War wins in 2:14.2
1920 - Farmer Labor Party organized (Chicago)
1922 - German Reich president Friedrich Ebert visits Munich
1922 - St Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times
1922 - St Louis gets record 10 hits in a row & beats Phillies 14-8
1923 - Harry Houdini frees himself from a straight jacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet (12 m) above ground in NYC
1925 - William DeHart Hubbard of US, sets long jump record at 25' 10 3/4"
1926 - 58th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard Crusader wins in 2:32.2
1926 - Brazil leaves League of Nations
1928 - NY Yankee Lou Gehrig hits 2 triples & 2 HRs to be White Sox 15-7
1930 - 34th US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 287 at Interlachen CC Minn
1930 - Heavyweight Max Schmeling KOs Jack Sharkey in NYC
1930 - Max Schmeling beats Jack Sharkey on a foul in 4 for hw boxing title
1931 - Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition & perjury
1933 - Financial & Economy World conference opens (66 countries)
1934 - Black-McKeller Bill passes causes Bill Boeing empire to break up into Boeing United Aircraft [Technologies] & United Air Lines
1935 - Weapons pact ends 3 year war of Gran Chaco (Bolivia vs Paraguay)
1935 - Senator Huey Long of Louisiana spoke continually for 15« hours in Senate's longest speech on record (150,000 words)
1936 - 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)
1937 - 41st US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 281 at Oakland Hills Mich
1937 - USSR executes 8 army leaders as Stalin's purge continues
1939 - 43rd US Golf Open: Byron Nelson shoots a 284 at Phila CC in Phila
1939 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
1942 - Anne Frank gets her diary as a birthday present (Amsterdam)
1942 - Hitler orders enslavement of Slavic peoples
1942 - Tornado kills 35 in Oklahoma City
1943 - Himmler orders extermination of all Polish ghettos
1944 - 1st V-1 rocket assault on London
1944 - British 12th airborne batallion/13th & 18th Hussars conquer
1944 - British 12th battalion conquers Br‚ville
1944 - Churchill/Marshall/Arnold visit Montgomery's HQ in Chƒteau de Creully
1944 - US troop march into Carentan/Caumont, Normandy
1945 - US 7th Marine regiment conquer summit of Kunishi Ridge, Okinawa
1947 - Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1948 - "Hold It!" closes at National Theater NYC after 46 performances
1948 - "Sleepy Hallow" closes at St James Theater NYC after 12 performances
1948 - "William Tell Overture" by Spike Jones peaks at #6
1948 - 48th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 276 at Riviera CC in LA
1948 - 80th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:28.2
1948 - Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1950 - 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
1950 - Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game
1952 - USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
1954 - "Girl in Pink Tights" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 115 perfs
1954 - 86th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard High Gun wins in 2:30.8
1954 - Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock," is originally released
1954 - Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
1955 - "Mr Peepers" (TV Comedy) starring Wally Cox airs for last time on NBC
1955 - Monitor (full weekend program) begins on NBC radio network
1957 - Paul Anderson of US back-lifts a record 2850 kg (6,270 lbs)
1957 - Stan Musial plays in 823rd game (new NL consecutive-game streak)
1958 - "Make Me Laugh," TV Game Show; last airs on ABC-TV, syndicated 1979
1959 - SF Giants Mike McCormick no-hits Phillies, 3-0 in 5 inning game
1960 - KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins
1960 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1961 - An ailing Bill Veeck sells his interest in White Sox to Arthur Allyn
1961 - Dutch Lockheed Electricity "Sirius" accident at Cairo, kills 20
1962 - 3 convicts used spoons to dig their way out of Alcatraz
1962 - Laos prince Souvanna Phouma forms coalition govt
1962 - USAF Maj Robert M White takes X-15 to 56,270 m
1963 - "Cleopatra" premieres in NYC
1964 - Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison in South Africa
1965 - "Bajour" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 232 performances
1965 - "I Had a BaIl" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 199 perfs
1965 - "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 540 perfs
1965 - Beatles are awarded MBE
1965 - Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00)
1965 - Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
1965 - Sonny & Cher make their 1st TV appearance, "American Bandstand"
1965 - South Vietnam Gen Nguyen Cao Ky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier
1965 - Big Bang theory of creation of universe is supported by announcement of discovery of new celestial bodies know as blue galaxies
1966 - Dave Clark 5 set record as they appear for 12th time on Ed Sullivan
1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Ladies Golf Invitational
1967 - Israel wins 6 day war
1967 - Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
1967 - Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
1967 - USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
1967 - Wash Senators beat Chic White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings
1968 - "What Makes Sammy Run?" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 540 perfs
1970 - Pitts Pirate Doc Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0
1971 - Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House
1972 - John Lennon's political "Sometime in NYC" released including "Woman is the Nigger of the World" "Attica State" & "Luck of the Irish"
1973 - Close finish at Trent Bridge, NZ Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440
1973 - Yanks trade wife swapper Mike Kekich for Lowell Palmer
1975 - Billy Williams's 400th career HR
1975 - Hank Aaron's 1st HR in Milwaukee since 1965
1976 - "Yes, Yes, Yes" by Bill Cosby hits #46
1977 - "Pippin" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1944 performances
1977 - 23rd LPGA Championship won by Chako Higuchi
1977 - Ground-breaking ceremonies for Pres Kennedy library
1978 - David Berkowitz sentenced in NY Supreme Court to 25 yrs to life
1978 - US House of Representatives allows live radio coverage
1979 - Kevin St Onge throws a playing card a record 185'
1979 - Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Assn meditation in Boston
1979 - Sanista occupies parts of Managua
1979 - Tigers fire manager Les Moss, hiring Sparky Anderson
1979 - Bryan Allen flew man-powered Gossamer Albatross over English Channel in a human-powered aircraft; flight took 2 hrs, 49 min
1980 - Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests
1981 - "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres
1981 - 3rd baseball strike starts
1981 - Baseball players begin a 50 day strike, their 3rd strike
1981 - Larry Holmes TKOs Leon Spinks in 3 for WBC heavyweight boxing title
1981 - Only candidate Hassan Gouled Aptidon wins Djibouti pres election
1982 - 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC
1982 - Battle of Mount Longdon Falkland Islands
1982 - Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam
1983 - 29th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
1983 - Comet C/1983 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa) approaches 0.0628 AUs of Earth
1983 - Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match v Australia
1986 - P W Botha declares South African national emergency
1987 - Central Afr Rep ex-emperor Jean-B‚del Bokassa sentenced to death
1988 - 6th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Billy Casper
1988 - Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy
1988 - Mei-Chi Cheng wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
1989 - "Doctor Doctor," TV Comedy starring Matt Frewer, debuts on CBS-TV
1989 - Ben Johnson, Canadian Olympian, admits using steroids
1990 - Egypt (500-1 longshot) ties favorite Neth 1-1 in World Cup game
1990 - NY Yankee reliever Dave Righetti becomes 9th to record 200 saves
1990 - Oakland A's Rickey Henderson becomes 2nd to steal 900 bases
1990 - Orioles Cal Ripken plays in his 1,308th consecutive game to move past Everett Scott into 2nd place on the all-time list
1990 - NY Mets beat Chicago Cubs 19-8 at Wrigley Field, Cubs outfielder Doug Dazcenzo pitched a scoreless 9th inning
1991 - 45th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 1
1991 - Boris Yelstin elected president of Russian Federation
1991 - Mount Pinatubo volcano on Philippines erupts
1992 - "Batman Returns" is released in USA
1993 - "Three Little Pigs" by Green Jelly hits #17
1994 - -17] Pope John Paul II visits Spain
1994 - 48th Tony Awards: Angels in America: Perestroika & Passion win
1994 - Cab Calloway suffered massive stroke at his home in White Plaines NY
1994 - Liselotte Neumann wins Minnesota LPGA Golf Classic
1996 - 3 Phila Fed Court judges overturn US indecency ban on internet
1996 - Marge Schott gives up day-to-day operations because of her numerous insensitive comments about Adolf Hitler, working women & Asians
1997 - 1st ever baseball inter-league game SF Giants beat Texas Rangers 4-3
1997 - MTV Movie Awards

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1468 - Juan del Encina, composer
1519 - Cosmos de Medici, art patron (Accademia del Disegno)
1526 - Marc-Antoine de Muret, composer
1599 - Jan W van Brederode, governor (Hertogenbosch)/fieldmarshal
1771 - Patrick Gass, Falling Springs PA, sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition
1795 - John Marston Jr, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1885
1798 - Samuel Cooper, Sect of War/General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1819 - Charles Kingsley, [Parson Lot], Engl vicar/historian (Westward Ho!)
1821 - Henry Moses Judah, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1825 - John Cook, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1829 - Johanna Spyri, Switzerland, writer (Heidi)
1840 - Jakub Arbes, Czech author (Modern¡ Up¡ri)
1842 - Rikard Nordraak, composer
1851 - Oliver Joseph Lodge, England, early radio pioneer
1857 - Achille Simonetti, composer
1874 - Willem Louis Frederic Landre, composer
1876 - Narciso Garay, composer
1877 - Thomas C Hart, US admiral (Asiatic fleet)
1878 - James O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog)
1881 - Juan de Hernandez, composer
1885 - Werner Erich Josten, Elberfeld Germany, composer (Jungle)
1890 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter/graphic artist
1892 - John Donald Robb, composer
1893 - Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/radio play director (Paul Vlaanderen)
1897 - Alexandre Tansman, Lodz Poland, composer (Dyptique)
1897 - Anthony Eden, Earl of Avon (C), British PM (1955-57)
1900 - Amadeo Roldan, composer
1900 - Betsy van Es, Flemish actress (Sonna)
1902 - Hendrik J Elias, Flemish historian/(mayor-Ghent)
1904 - Eino Roiha, composer
1907 - Giorgio Nataletti, composer
1908 - Max Tailleur, adjudant to Prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist
1908 - Otto Skorzeny, German/Austrian SS Fhrer (Mussolini/Horthy)
1908 - Ronald Selby Wright, minister
1909 - Archie Bleyer, Corona NY, orch leader (Arthur Godfrey)
1909 - Mansel Treharne Thomas, composer
1911 - Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavia, writer/politician (New Class)
1912 - Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist
1912 - Mary Lavin MacDonald Scott, author
1912 - Russell "Lucky" Hayden, Chico Calif, actor (Judge Roy Bean)
1914 - Maurice Ohana, British?/French? pianist/composer (La C‚lestine)
1914 - Peter Lancelot Williams, dance journalist
1914 - William Lundigan, Syracuse NY, actor (Climax)
1915 - David Rockefeller, CEO (Chase Manhattan Bank)
1916 - Irwin Allen, NYC, director (Land of the Giants, Poseidon Adventure)
1916 - Ivan Tors, TV producer (Sea Hunt, Flipper)
1917 - Priscilla Lane, US, actress (Arsenic & Old Lace)
1919 - Uta Hagen, Germany, actress (Boys From Brazil)/teaches acting
1919 - Vera Hruba Ralston, Czech, actress (Dakota, Accused of Murder)
1920 - Peter Jones, England, actor (From a Bird's Eye View)
1921 - H C Artmann, writer
1921 - Hendrik J Witteveen, economist/minister of finance/director (IMF)
1921 - James Houston, Toronto, author/filmmaker (Tikta'Liktak)
1922 - Leif Thybo, composer
1923 - Marta Pan, Hungarian/French sculptor (Great spiral)
1924 - George Herbert Walker Bush, MA, 43 VP (1981-89) 41st Pres (R, 1989-93)
1927 - Henry Slesar, Brooklyn NY, headwriter (Edge of Night)
1928 - Michael Wishart, artist
1928 - Richard Sherman, composer/lyricist (Mary Poppins)
1928 - Vic Damone, [Vito Farinola], Bkln, singer (Street Where You Live)
1929 - Anne Frank, Holland, Nazi victim/diarist (Diary of Anne Frank)
1929 - Brigid Brophy, novelist/campaigner
1930 - Barbara Harris, 1st US Episcopal female bishop
1930 - Hans Koetsier, Dutch sculptor (KLM-Schiphol)
1930 - Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener of 50s)
1932 - Jim Nabors, Sylacauga Al, actor/singer (Gomer Pyle)
1932 - Mamo Wolde, Ethiopia, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1932 - Rona Jaffe, novelist (Mazes & Monsters)
1935 - Christoph Meckel, writer
1935 - Ian Craig, cricketer (prodigious Australian bat of 50's)
1936 - Bill Zeliff, (Rep-R-NH)
1939 - Francis X McCloskey, (Rep-D-Indiana, 1983- )
1939 - GAI Schuijt, Dutch jurist (information law)
1939 - Geoff Griffin, cricketer (S Afr quick, hat-trick & chuck v Eng 1960)
1941 - Chick Corea, Chelsea Mass, jazz pianist (Delhpi I, Toy Dance)
1941 - Lucille Roybal-Allard, (Rep-D-California)
1941 - Roy Harper, Manchester, rocker (Folkjokeopus)
1942 - Len Barry, rocker (1-2-3-Dovells)
1943 - Marv Albert, NYC, "Yes!" sportscaster (NBC-TV)/back biter
1943 - Reg[inald] Presley, [Ball], rock vocalist (Troggs-Wild Thing)
1944 - Howard Cowart, rocker
1944 - Linda Foster, Lancaster England, actress (Doris-Hank)
1944 - Maurice Jackson, US singer (Independents-Leaving You)
1945 - Alfred Antony Francis Gell, social anthropologist
1945 - James Naughton, US, actor (Trauma Center) [7/6/46]-
1945 - Terry Anderson, Sydney NSW Aust, US rapid fire pistol (Olympic-80, 96)
1947 - Ronald J Freeman II, Elizabeth NJ, 4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
1948 - Barry Bailey, Doraville Ga, rocker (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
1948 - Norbert Phillip, cricketer (WI pace bowler late 70s)
1949 - Yuri Michaylovich Baturin, Russian cosmonaut (SK:Soyuz TM-28)
1951 - Alan Dysert, Danville Ill, actor (Sean Cudahy-All My Children)
1951 - Ben E Carlos, [Brad Carlson], rock drummer (Cheap Trick-Dream Police)
1951 - Brad Delp, guitarist (Boston-More Than a Feeling)
1951 - Dean Unruh, Riverton Wyoming, WLAF offensive line coach (Rhein Fire)
1952 - ?, Bonham TX, Dusty gives birth to her record 420th kitten
1952 - Dale Krantz, singer (Crossings-Collis Band)
1952 - Oliver Knussen, Glasgow Scotland, composer (Chicara)
1952 - Seigfried Brietzke, German DR, coxless rower (Oly-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1953 - Bun E Carlos, rocker
1953 - Grace Jones, Kingston Jamacia (she claims but actually 5/19/48)
1953 - Rebecca Holden, Austin Tx, actress (April-Knight Rider)
1953 - Rocky Burnette, Memphis, rock vocalist (Towing the Line)
1954 - Tineke Schouten, Dutch TV host
1956 - Terry Alderman, cricketer (prolific Australian medium-pacer 1981-91)
1957 - Javed Miandad, cricketer (Pakistan batsman Got a kick out of Lillee)
1957 - Jim Morris, impressionist/comedian (Ronald Reagan, George Bush)
1957 - Timothy Busfield, East Lansing Mich, actor (Elliot-30 Something)
1958 - Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro, Buenos Aires Arg, astronaut
1959 - Jalal-ud-din, cricketer (Pakistani paceman, ODI hat-trick v Aust 1982)
1959 - Jenilee Harrison, Glendale Calif, actress (Cindy-3's Company, Dallas)
1959 - Kenneth D Herdigein, Suriname/Dutch actor (Say A)
1959 - Scott Thompson, comedian (Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders Show)
1959 - Steve Bauer, St Catharines Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-silver-84, 96)
1960 - Mark John Calcavecchia, Laurel NE, PGA golfer (1987 Honda Classic)
1961 - Rod Latham, cricketer (NZ opening batsman)
1962 - Ally Sheedy, [Alexandria], NYC, actress (Wargames, Breakfast Club)
1962 - Michael Link, Provo Utah, actor (Earl-Julia)
1963 - Philippa June Baker, Wanganui NZ, double scull rower (Olympics-96)
1964 - Paula Marshall, Rockville MD, actress (Lindsay Sutton-Chicago Sons)
1964 - Peter Such, cricketer (England off-spinner 1993-)
1965 - Cathy Tyson, Liverpool England, actress (Serpant & Rainbow)
1965 - Cindy Lee Berryhill, US singer/songwriter (Baby)
1965 - Gwen Torrence, Lithonia GA, 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
1967 - Neil Maxwell, cricketer (all-rounder for Fiji 1990, Victoria & NSW)
1968 - Patty Armstrong, Torrance Calif, diver (Olympics-96)
1968 - Scott Aldred, Flint MI, pitcher (Minn Twins)
1968 - Sherry Stringield, actress (ER)
1969 - Kevin Turner, NFL fullback (Phila Eagles)
1969 - Mathieu Schneider, NYC, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders, Toronto)
1970 - Damon Buford, Baltimore MD, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1970 - Lee Mayberry, NBA guard (Milwaukee Bucks, Vancouver Grizzlies)
1971 - Florencia Labat, Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star (1992 Austrian)
1971 - Iwan Tomasz, soccer player (Roda JC, Feyenoord)
1971 - Mark Henry, Silsbee TX, 238+lbs (108+kg) weightlift (Oly-14th-92, 96)
1971 - Phillip Bobo, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 - Ryan Klesko, Westminster CA, outfielder (Atlanta Braves)
1971 - Stephanie Thater, Kirkwood Mo, volleyball middle blocker (Olympics-96)
1971 - Thomas Bailey, WLAF wide receiver (Rhein Fire)
1972 - Inger Miller, LA Calif, 100m runner
1972 - Nathalie Baudone, Rocurt Belgium, tennis star (3rd round 1995 US Open)
1972 - Patrick van Diemen, Dutch soccer player (FC Utrecht, NEC)
1972 - Scott Dawes, Australian baseball catcher (Olympics-1996)
1973 - Hanna Riikka Nieminen, ice hockey right wing (Finland, Oly-98)
1973 - Jason Caffey, NBA forward (Chicago Bulls)
1973 - Rick Plum, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, MVV)
1974 - Kerry Kittles, NBA guard (NJ Nets)
1974 - Vanessa Baker, Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1975 - Ryan Tucker, NFL center (St Louis Rams)
1975 - Scott Ferrier, Australia, high jumper/decathlete (Olympics-96)
1976 - Kristin Alicia Beall Ludecke, Eustis Fla, Miss America-Florida (1996)
1977 - Andrea Schwartz, Winnipeg Manitoba, 200m butterfly (Olympics-96)
1978 - ? Weiss, Albuquerque NM, (1996 US Mens' Figure Champion)
1978 - Shiloh Strong, actor (Maybe This Time, House of Cards)
1979 - Wil Horneff, Englewood NJ, actor (Ghost in the Machine, Sandlot)

Famous deaths for this day ..

0816 - Leo III, Italian Pope (795-816), dies
1231 - Antonius van Padua, [Fernando M de Bulhom], Port minister, dies at 35
1490 - Adriaan Vilain II of Rassegem, peace of Tours, murdered at about 39
1616 - Cornelis F Schuyt, Dutch organist/composer (Madrigalen), dies
1675 - Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1638-75), dies at 40
1687 - Jurriaen van Streeck, Dutch still life painter, buried
1759 - William Collins, English poet (Ode to Simplicity), dies at 37
1761 - Meinrad Spiess, composer, dies at 77
1778 - Philip Livingston, US merchant (signed Decl of Indep), dies at 62
1788 - Johann A Cramer, prime minister/poet, dies at 65
1789 - Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Maria-Theresia), dies
1850 - Jean V Constant de Rebecque, Swiss/Dutch army leader, dies at 77
1853 - John C de Jonge, Dutch historian/archivist, dies at 60
1858 - Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74
1858 - William Horsley, composer, dies at 83
1878 - Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26
1887 - Gustav Weber, composer, dies at 41
1888 - Carel Vosmaer, art historian/poet/editor (Neth Spectator), dies at 62
1912 - Fr‚d‚ric Passy, French economist/pacifist (Nobel 1901), dies
1917 - Maria Teresa Carreno, composer, dies at 63
1922 - Wolfgang Kapp, German politician (Kapp putsch 1920), dies at 63
1928 - Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies
1930 - Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies
1932 - Ren‚ de Clerq, Flemish poet/writer (Book of Love), dies
1932 - Theodorus Heemskerk, lawyer/Dutch sec of state (1866..88), dies at 79
1936 - Isidore Weiss, French world checker champion, dies
1936 - Karl Kraus, writer, dies at 62
1941 - Guy de PourtalŠs, Swiss/French writer (Pˆche miraculous), dies
1942 - Walter Leigh, composer, dies at 36
1946 - Count Hisaichi Terauchi, Japanese fieldmarshal, dies
1947 - Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70
1952 - Michael von Faulhaber, Cardinal/archbishop of Munich, dies at 83
1957 - James F "Jimmy" Dorsey, US orchestra leader, dies at 53
1962 - John N Ireland, English composer/pianist (Epic March), dies at 82
1963 - Andrew Browne, Irish/British admiral (Cape Matapan, WW II), dies at 80
1963 - Medgar Evers, NAACP official, shot in Jackson Miss at 37
1966 - Hermann Scherchen, German conductor/music publisher, dies at 74
1966 - Thomas Chalmers, actor (Blind Alleys, Outrage), dies at 81
1968 - Fidelio Friedrich Finke, composer, dies at 76
1972 - Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies at 79
1972 - Saul David Alinsky, radical writer (John L Lewis), dies at 63
1980 - Milburn Stone, actor (Doc-Gunsmoke), dies at 75
1983 - Norma Shearer, actress (Escape, Romeo & Juliet), dies at 82
1986 - Antoon Breyne, Belgian journalist, dies at 76
1986 - Tony Desimone, combo leader (Ernie in Kovacsland), dies at 66
1988 - Marcel Poot, Belgian baron/composer, dies at 87
1989 - Peter Conrad Baden, composer, dies at 80
1990 - Terence O'Neil, lord/PM of Ulster (1963-69), dies
1992 - Edward Fleming, Danish director (Lille Spejl), dies
1992 - Gerda Nicolson, actress (Next of Kin, Clinic), dies
1992 - Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cin‚ma, Traffic), dies
1994 - Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher leader (1950-94), dies at 92
1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of OJ, murdered at 35 (probably by OJ)
1994 - Otto Roesch, paleontologist, dies at 93
1994 - Ron Goldman, waiter, murdered with wife of OJ Simpson at 27
1995 - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist, dies at 75
1996 - Ilona Ference, actress (Quatermass II, Star of My Night), dies at 78
1996 - MacKenzie John, pipe major, dies at 83