• 1133 - Henry II, King of England (1154-89)
• 1252 - Konradijn Hohenstaufen, [Koenrad van Zwaben], son of Konrad IV
• 1495 - Leonhard Paminger, composer
• 1528 - Jacob Andreae, German theologist (Schw„bische Konkordie)
• 1532 - Pietro Pontio, composer
• 1594 - Maria Tesselschade Roemers Visscher, Dutch writer
• 1653 - Joseph Sauveur, French physicist/mathematician
• 1688 - Johann Gotthilf Ziegler, composer
• 1699 - Johann Adolf Hasse, composer
• 1702 - Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, composer
• 1702 - Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst, Dutch silk merchant (Teyler's Museum)
• 1713 - Jean-Baptiste Canavas, composer
• 1723 - Kaat Mussel, [Catharina Mulder], Dutch demonstrater
• 1745 - Nicolas Etienne Framery, composer
• 1762 - Francesco Giuseppi Pollini, composer
• 1767 - Joachim Murat, marshal of France/King of Naples (1808-15)
• 1769 - Salvatore Vigano, composer
• 1770 - Carl Friedrich Ebers, composer
• 1782 - Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte, (countess Lipona), sister of Napoleon)
• 1784 - Fran‡ois-Joseph F‚tis, Belgian musicology/composer
• 1786 - Giovanni B Amia, Italian astronomer/physicist/botanist
• 1797 - John Winebrenner, US, clergyman, founded Church of God
• 1800 - Paulin Paris, French historian
• 1808 - Jos‚ de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary/poet (Cortes)
• 1818 - Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
• 1820 - Xavier F M G, Earl of Merode, Belgian minister to Pope (in Rome)
• 1823 - William Thompson Martin, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
• 1830 - Julius Caesar, cricketer (prominent batsman for Surrey)
• 1839 - William Bell Wait, US, educated the blind
• 1867 - Arturo Toscanini, Parma Italy, temperamental conductor (NBC)
• 1867 - Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore)
• 1868 - Bill Lockwood, cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902)
• 1869 - Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer
• 1871 - John Gutzon Borglum, sculptor (Mt Rushmore)
• 1872 - Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina)
• 1873 - Rudolf Rocker, German/US anarchist
• 1875 - Spencer Charters, Duncannon PA, actor (3 Faces West)
• 1877 - Alphonse de Chƒteaubriant, French writer (Instantan‚s aux Pays-Bas)
• 1878 - Henry graaf de Baillet-Latour, Belgian pres of IOC (1925-42)
• 1878 - Theodore Samuel Holland, composer
• 1879 - Otakar Zich, composer
• 1881 - B‚la Bart¢k, Hungary, composer/pianist (Concerto for Orchestra)
• 1881 - Louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/writer (Assault!)
• 1882 - Haydn Wood, composer
• 1885 - Veit Valentin, German/US historian (Deutsche Revolution)
• 1887 - Josef Capek, Czech painter/author/critic (Kulhavy Poutn¡k)
• 1890 - Marten Baersma, [MH Bottema], Friesan author (De ljochte kimen)
• 1892 - Andy Clyde, Scotland, actor (George-Real McCoys, Cully-Lassie)
• 1893 - Edward Hart, (Rep-D-NJ)/1st chairman of Com on Un-American Activities
• 1894 - Erik William Gustav Leidzen, composer
• 1897 - John Laurie, Dumfries Scotland, actor (Jericho, Island of Desire)
• 1899 - Bella Spewack, Hungary, playwright (Kiss Me Kate)
• 1899 - Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Race of Men)
• 1901 - Ed Begley, Hartford Ct, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry)
• 1902 - Sten Broman, composer
• 1903 - Frankie Carle, Providence RI, orch leader (Golden Touch)
• 1905 - Binnie Barnes, London, actress (Last of the Mohicans, 3 Musketeers)
• 1906 - Alan J P Taylor, British historian (English history 1914-1915)
• 1906 - Howard Pyle, (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55)
• 1906 - Jean Sablon, crooner
• 1908 - Bridget D'Oyly Carte, British theater & hotel director
• 1908 - David Lean, Croydon England, director (Dr Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter)
• 1908 - Helmut K„utner, German director (Der Hauptmann von K”penick)
• 1909 - Dutch (Emil) Leonard, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, 1.01 ERA 1914)
• 1909 - Jay Blackton, NYC, conductor/arranger (Guys & Dolls)
• 1910 - Mario Peragallo, Italian composer
• 1911 - Willy Anthoons, Flemish sculptor (Mystic verheffing)
• 1914 - Marthe Robert, essayist/translator
• 1914 - Norman E Borlaug, US agriculture scientist (Nobel 1970)
• 1916 - Nikolay Ivanovich Peyko, composer
• 1919 - Jeanne Cagney, actress (Lion is in the Streets, Quicksand)
• 1920 - Patrick Troughton, actor (Doctor Who)
• 1921 - Nancy Kelly, Lowell Mass, actress (Double Exposure, Jesse James)
• 1921 - Simone Signoret, Weisbaden Germany, (Casque d'Or, Room at the Top)
• 1922 - Bruno VeSota, Ill, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll, Wild Rovers)
• 1922 - Eileen Ford, modeling agency head (Ford Modeling Agency)
• 1923 - Lee Hale, Tacoma Wash, choral director (The Entertainers)
• 1923 - Wim Van Est, [Locomotief/Pletmolen], Dutch cyclist
• 1924 - Julia A Perry, US composer (Cask of Amontillado)
• 1924 - Julia Perry, Lexington Kentucky, composer (Selfish Giant)
• 1924 - Machiko Kyo, Osaka Japan, actor (Gate of Hell, Rashomon, Ugetsu)
• 1925 - Flannery O'Connor, GA, novelist (A Good Man is Hard to Find)
• 1926 - Hans Rausing, Swedish/British industrial/billionaire (Tetra Pak)
• 1926 - Laszlo Papp, Hungary, Olympic Boxer (Gold-1948, 1952, 1956)
• 1927 - Leslie Claudius, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56)
• 1928 - James A Lovell Jr, Cleveland Oh, USN/astr (Gemini 7, 12, Apollo 8, 13)
• 1929 - Harris W Fawell, (Rep-R-IL, 1985- )
• 1929 - Kenneth Haigh, Yorkshire England, actor (Search for the Nile)
• 1930 - David Russell Burge, composer
• 1931 - Bohumil Goli n, Czech, volleyball player (Olympic-bronze-1968)
• 1932 - Wes Santee, miler
• 1932 - Woody (Woodson) Held, baseball player
• 1934 - Gloria Steinem, Toledo Ohio, feminist/publisher (Ms Magazine)
• 1934 - Johnny Burnette, Memphis, guitarist (Trains Kept A-Rollin, You're 16)
• 1935 - Susan Engel, Vienna Austria, actress (Ascendancy)
• 1936 - Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist
• 1938 - Hoyt Axton, Duncan Okla, actor (Black Stallion, Junkman, Rousters)
• 1939 - Toni Cade Bambara, director
• 1940 - Anita Bryant, Barnsdall Okla, homophobe/singer (George Gobel Show)
• 1942 - Aretha Franklin, Memphis Tenn, Soul Sister #1/singer (Respect)
• 1942 - Jacqueline Lichtenberg, US, sci-fi author (Star Trek Lives!, Dreamspy)
• 1942 - Paul Michael Glaser, Cambridge Mass, actor (Starsky-Starsky & Hutch)
• 1943 - Pavel Lednev, USSR, pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1980)
• 1943 - Ronald Jeffers, composer
• 1944 - Frank Oz, muppetteer (Grover-Sesame Street, Muppet Show)
• 1944 - Ross Duncan, cricketer (one Test Australia v England 1971, 0-30)
• 1944 - Terry L Bruce, (Rep-D-IL, 1985- )
• 1946 - Bonnie Bedelia, [Culkin], NYC, actress (Die Hard, Heart Like a Wheel)
• 1947 - Claudine Schneider, (Rep-R-RI, 1981- )
• 1947 - Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight], England, singer (Rocketman)
• 1948 - Kelly Garrett, actress/singer (Holdin)
• 1948 - Michael Stanley, Cleveland OH, rocker (Michael Stanley Band)
• 1948 - Richard Lundy, horse trainer
• 1949 - Jean Potvin, NHLer
• 1949 - Neil Jones, musician (Bend Me Shape Me)
• 1949 - Nick Lowe, England, rock vocalist (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind)
• 1951 - Bob Pelander, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Michael Stanley Band)
• 1951 - Maisie Williams, Montserrat, rock vocalist (Boney M)
• 1952 - Ken Boyd, basketball
• 1953 - Haroon Rashid, cricketer (Pakistani & WSC batsman late 70's)
• 1953 - Mary Gross, Chicago Ill, actress/comedian (SNL, Club Paradise, Feds)
• 1956 - Sonia M Lannaman, England, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-bronze-1980)
• 1958 - James McDaniel, Wash DC, actor (Arthur Fancy-NYPD Blue)
• 1958 - Mar¡a Caridad Col¢n, Cuba, javelin thrower, (Olympic-gold-1980)
• 1958 - Yograj Singh, cricketer (Indian pace bowler early 80's)
• 1959 - Vince Guerra, jockey
• 1960 - Haywood Nelson, NYC, actor (Haywood-Grady, Dwayne-What's Happening)
• 1960 - Robert Green, Omaha Neb, tennis star
• 1960 - Steve Norman, London, rock sax (Spandau Ballet-True)
• 1961 - John Stockwell, Galveston TX, actor (Born to Ride, City Limits)
• 1961 - Mark David Brooks, Ft Worth TX, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open)
• 1964 - Alex Solls, jockey
• 1964 - Eric Woods, California, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Xerox BC Open)
• 1964 - Ken Wregget, Brandon, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
• 1965 - Avery Johnson, NBA guard (San Antonio Spurs)
• 1965 - Sarah Jessica Parker, Nelsonville Oh, actress (Square Pegs, LA Story)
• 1965 - Sean "Hollywood" Hamilton, DJ (Hangin' With Hollywood, Z-100)
• 1966 - David Hohl, Winnipeg Manitoba, freestyle wrestler (Olympics-9-92, 96)
• 1966 - Jeff Cross, NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins)
• 1966 - Jeff Healey, Canada, blind pop guitarist (See the Light)
• 1966 - Tom Glavine, Concord MA, pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Cy Young 1991)
• 1967 - Debi Thomas, US, figure skater (Olympic-bronze-1988)
• 1967 - Takayuki Miura, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
• 1968 - Dixon Edwards, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings)
• 1968 - Errol Martin, CFL linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1968 - Peter Blackburn, Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Dale Davis, NBA forward (Indiana Pacers)
• 1969 - Dan Wilson, Arlington Height IL, catcher (Seattle Mariners)
• 1969 - Guy Newman, Australian water polo goalie (Olympics-96)
• 1969 - Scott Sanders, Hannibal MO, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
• 1970 - Magnus Larsson, Sweden, tennis star
• 1970 - Shawn Antoski, Brantford, NHL left wing (Phila Flyers)
• 1971 - Aashish Kapoor, cricketer (Indian off-spin batsman 1994- )
• 1971 - AndrŽ Bolduc, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1971 - Cammi Granato, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
• 1971 - Perry Klein, NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1971 - Sheryl Swoopes, Texas, WNBA forward (Houston Comets. Oly-gold-96)
• 1972 - Demet Edwards, WLAF defensive tackle (Barcelona Dragons)
• 1972 - Howard Battle, Biloxi MS, infielder (Phila Phillies)
• 1972 - Lawrence Moten, NBA guard (Vancouver Grizzlies)
• 1973 - Andrei Nikolishin, Vorkuta Rus, NHL center (Hartford Whalers)
• 1973 - Bob Sura, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1973 - Ray Zellars, NFL fullback (NO Saints)
• 1974 - Mike Adams, wide reciever (Pittsburgh Steelers)
• 1974 - Vyninka Arlow, Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
• 1975 - Miguel Mejia, San Pedro de Macoris, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
• 1976 - Monica Croscicka-Wnetrzak, Miss Universe-Poland (1996)
• 1989 - Chicken Kentucky, 1st partial birth in space (chicken)
• 2184 - Pavel Andreivich Chekov, Leningrad, USSR (Star Trek-character)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1223 - Afonso II, 3rd King of Portugal (1211-23), dies at 36
• 1458 - Inigo L¢pez de Mendoza, Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies
• 1510 - Georges d'amboise, French archbishop of Narbonne/Rouen, dies at 49
• 1609 - Johan Willem, duke of J�lich/Cleef/Mark/Mountain/Ravensberg, dies
• 1692 - Gerardus L Blasius, Flemish anatomist, dies at about 66
• 1697 - Hendrik Casimir II, King of Nassau-Dietzstadhouder, dies
• 1751 - Frederik of Hessen Kassel, King of Sweden (1720-51), dies at 74
• 1766 - Johannes Ritschel, composer, dies at 26
• 1799 - Constantin Reindl, composer, dies at 60
• 1801 - Anthony Ziesenis, architect/sculptor (Camper), dies at 69
• 1801 - Novalis, writer, dies at 28
• 1823 - Coelestin Jungbauer, composer, dies at 75
• 1825 - Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck, Dutch patriot/earl, dies at 63
• 1835 - Friederike Blum, writer, dies
• 1852 - Alexis Garaude, composer, dies at 73
• 1880 - Joseph Rummel, composer, dies at 61
• 1880 - Ludmilla Assing, writer, dies
• 1909 - Ruperto Chapi y Lorente, composer, dies at 57
• 1910 - K lm n Miksz th, Hungarian author (Szent P‚ter Eserny”je), dies at 63
• 1914 - Fr‚d‚ric Mistral, French poet (Nobel-1904), dies
• 1918 - Claude A Debussy, French composer (Iberia/La mer), dies in Paris at 55
• 1924 - John Reedman, cricketer (Test for Aust 1894, 17 & 4, 1 for 24), dies
• 1937 - John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54
• 1940 - Ion Nonna Otescu, composer, dies at 51
• 1948 - Warren Hymer, actor (Show Them No Mercy), dies at 42
• 1949 - Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed at 54
• 1951 - Edward Collins, Hall of Fame infielder (White Sox, A's), dies at 63
• 1954 - Gertrud B„umer, writer, dies
• 1956 - George Luther Foote, composer, dies at 70
• 1956 - Robert Newton, actor (Henry V, Odd Man Out), dies at 50
• 1957 - Fud Livingston, composer, dies at 50
• 1958 - Emerson Whithorne, composer, dies at 73
• 1959 - Billy Mayerl, composer, dies at 56
• 1962 - Auguste Piccard, Swiss explorer/balloonist, dies at 78
• 1963 - David Moore, US feather weight boxer, dies at 29
• 1965 - Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer, dies at 72
• 1965 - Viola Gregg Liuzzo, US civil rights activist, murdered
• 1966 - Colin Campbell, actor (Leather Boys), dies at 83
• 1968 - Douglas Evans, actor (South Pacific Trail), dies in Hollywood
• 1969 - Alan Mowbray, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack), dies at 72
• 1969 - Max F Eastman, US critic/essayist (Love & Revolution), dies at 86
• 1969 - Norman Gallichan, cricketer (one Test for NZ, 30 & 2, 3-113), dies
• 1973 - Edward Steichen, pioneer of US photography, dies at 93
• 1974 - Otto Waldis, actor (Unknown World, Whip Hand), dies at 72
• 1978 - Jack Hulbert, actor (Bulldog Jack), dies at 85
• 1979 - ... Sykes, British ambassador in The Hague, murdered
• 1979 - Anton Heiller, composer, dies at 55
• 1983 - Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72
• 1987 - Henry R LaBouisse, headed UNICEF (1965-79), dies at 83
• 1991 - Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78
• 1991 - Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96
• 1992 - Nancy Walker, actress (Ida Morgenstern-Rhoda), dies of cancer at 69
• 1992 - No‚mie Perugia, French mezzo soprano, dies
• 1994 - David Miles Bensuan Economist-Butt, , dies at 79
• 1994 - Michel R Vassallucci, French/Neth publisher (Arena), dies at 32
• 1995 - James Gardner, designer, dies at 87
• 1995 - Peter Herbert Penwarden, priest, dies at 73
• 1995 - Warren E Burger, chief justice of US (1969-86), dies
• 1996 - John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, news commentator (BBC), dies at 91
• 1997 - Roberto Sanchez Vilella, governor of Puerto Rico in (1965-69), dies