• 1467 - Ferdinand II, King of Naples
• 1678 - Joseph I Habsburg, German king/Roman catholic emperor (1705-11)
• 1694 - Johann Samuel Endler, composer
• 1739 - George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)
• 1782 - John Field, Dublin Ireland, pianist/composer (Nocturnes)
• 1791 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, 6th child of Austrian composer WAM
• 1796 - George Catlin, US, author/painter (American Indian scenes)
• 1799 - Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
• 1801 - John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Comm (Union Navy), died in 1867
• 1802 - Winthrop Mackworth Praed, London, poet/politician
• 1805 - Constantine Brumidi, artist (Myrtle Murdock)
• 1820 - John Marshall Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
• 1829 - August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)
• 1842 - Alfred Marshall, London, economist
• 1856 - George Bernard Shaw, Dublin Ire, dramatist (Pygmalion-Nobel 1925)
• 1858 - Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)
• 1860 - Philippe J Bunau-Varilla, French engineer (Colombia-Panama)
• 1863 - Jazeps Witols, composer
• 1865 - Philipp Scheidemann, German Parliament (SPD)/mayor of Kassel
• 1866 - Francesco Cilea, composer
• 1872 - George Louis Beer, historian (authority on British colonies)
• 1874 - Serge Koussevitzky, Vishny-Volotchok, Russia conductor (Boston Symp)
• 1875 - Carl Gustav Jung, Switzerland, doctor (founded analytic psychology)
• 1876 - Ernest Schelling, Belvidere NJ, composer/conductor (Victory Ball)
• 1877 - Hubert Ahaus, missionary (Harvest Fields)
• 1881 - Alexander J Kropholler, architect
• 1885 - Andr‚ Maurois, Elbeuf, France, novelist/biographer
• 1888 - M Jouhandeau, writer
• 1891 - Jacques Pirenne, Belgian historian
• 1892 - Pearl Buck, prize winning novelist
• 1892 - Philipp Jarnach, composer
• 1893 - George Grosz, German painter (Gott mit uns)
• 1894 - Aldous L Huxley, Surrey England, author (Brave New World)
• 1894 - Ludovicus J Rogier, Dutch historian (Henric van Veldeken)
• 1895 - Jerry Verno, London England, actor (River of Unrest, Sweeney Todd)
• 1895 - Robert Graves, London England, writer/poet (I Claudius) [or 6/26]
• 1896 - Charles Butterworth, US, lawyer/actor (Mad Genius)
• 1896 - Evelyn Preer, US actress (Homesteader, Spider's Webs)
• 1897 - Paul Gallico, NY, novelist
• 1899 - Carel C van Essen, Dutch archaeologist (Italian & Roman art)
• 1899 - Danton Walker, Mariette Ga, columnist (Broadway Spotlight)
• 1901 - John Bleifer, Zawiercie Poland, actor (Highway to Heaven)
• 1902 - Gracie Allen, SF Calif, Mrs George Burns/comedian (Burns & Allen)
• 1903 - Donald Voorhees, Allentown Pa, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour)
• 1904 - Jack Allan Westrup, composer
• 1906 - Armando Jose Fernandes, composer
• 1907 - Gioconda de Vito, violinist
• 1907 - Istvan Pelle, Hungary, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1932)
• 1908 - Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73)
• 1909 - Gerardina I "Diny" van Amstel, Dutch actress (Dijntje & Trijntje)
• 1912 - Derek Riches, diplomat
• 1913 - Lou Salica, US, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1932)
• 1913 - Vivian Vance, comic sidekick
• 1914 - Ralph Hunsecker Blane, songwriter
• 1917 - Bertil Nordahl, Sweden, soccer player (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1917 - Richard Desborough Burnell, England, double sculls (Olympic-gold-1948)
• 1919 - James Lovelock, scientist
• 1919 - Kenneth Snowman, antiquarian
• 1920 - Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams)
• 1922 - Andrzej Koszewski, composer
• 1922 - Blake Edwards, OK, writer/director (10, SOB, Breakfast at Tiffany's)
• 1922 - Frank Price, CEO (British Waterways Board)
• 1922 - Jason Robards Jr, Chicago, actor (A Thousand Clowns, Any Wednesday)
• 1922 - Marjorie Lord, SF Calif, actress (Kathy-Danny Thomas Show)
• 1923 - Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI)
• 1923 - [James] Hoyt Wilhelm, knuckleball pitcher (Orioles)
• 1924 - Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant
• 1924 - John Kilgour, director of prison medical services (Home Office)
• 1924 - Louis Bellson, Rock Falls Ill, orch leader (Pearl Bailey Show)
• 1926 - Barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses)
• 1926 - Don Carter, bowling great (1st PBA president)
• 1926 - James Best, Corydon Ind, actor (Savages, Sounder, Rolling Thunder)
• 1927 - G S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India)
• 1927 - M H W Wells, CEO (Charterhouse Japhet)
• 1928 - Hans Haselbock, composer
• 1928 - Stanley Kubrick, Bronx NY, director (2001, Dr Strangelove, Lolita)
• 1928 - Tadeusz Baird, Polish composer (Giocosa)
• 1929 - Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948)
• 1929 - Jean Shepherd, humorist (Playboy satire Award 1966, 1967, 1969)
• 1930 - Baroness Oppenheim-Barnes
• 1931 - A M F (Sandy) Ross, managing-director (Mary Quant)
• 1931 - Takashi Ono, Japan, gymnist (Olympic-gold-1956, 60)
• 1933 - Lance Percival, actor/singer (Darling Lili, Our Miss Fred)
• 1934 - Anthony Gilbert, composer
• 1936 - Antonio Mastrogiovanni, composer
• 1936 - Kathryn Hays, NYC, actress (Kim Hughes-As the World Turns)
• 1938 - Keith Peters, physician
• 1938 - Peter Hall, diplomat
• 1939 - J W Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
• 1940 - Brian Mawhinney, chairman (British Conservative Party)
• 1940 - Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy
• 1941 - Bobby Hebb, Nashville Tn, country singer/songwriter (Sunny)
• 1941 - Brenton Wood, Shreveport La, rocker (Gimme Little Sign)
• 1941 - Darlene Love, singer/actress (Lethal Weapon)
• 1941 - Hans Gualth‚rie van Weezel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
• 1942 - Dobie Gray, Brookshire Tx, singer (In Crowd)
• 1943 - Mick Jagger, Eng, rock vocalist (Rolling Stone)
• 1943 - Peter Hyams, director (2010, Capricorn 1, Relic, Timecop)
• 1943 - Roger Smalley, composer
• 1944 - Kiel Martin, Pitts Pa, actor (Det LaRue-Hill Street Blues)
• 1944 - Micki J King, springboard diver (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1944 - Rimantas Antanas-Antonovich Stankiavichus, Russian cosmonaut
• 1945 - Linda Harrison, Berlin Md, actress (Bracken's World, Planet of Apes)
• 1946 - Anne Wright, Vice-Chancellor (Sunderland U)
• 1946 - Helen Mirren, [Eleni Mironova], England, actress (Cook Thief Wife)
• 1947 - Pauline Clare, Chief Constable (Lancashire)
• 1948 - Norair Nurikian, Bulgari, bantam weight (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
• 1949 - Roger Taylor, British rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody)
• 1949 - William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52)
• 1950 - Paul McHale, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
• 1950 - Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)
• 1951 - Robert Edwin Wadkins, Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1994 Kemper Open-2nd)
• 1951 - William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr, NC, astro (STS 58, 74, sk: 92)
• 1952 - Ludmila Maslakova, USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
• 1952 - Scott David Cook, Glendale Ca, CEO (Intuit-Quicken)
• 1954 - Lawrence Watt-Evans, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Sword of Bheleu)
• 1954 - Vitas Gerulaitis, Brooklyn NY, tennis star (Australia 1987)
• 1955 - Nicholas Walker, Bogota Col, actor (Capitol, Jimmy-General Hospital)
• 1956 - Dorothy Hamill, Riverside Ct, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1957 - Jeff Blatnick, Schenectady NY, wrestling (Oly-gold-1984)
• 1957 - Nana Visitor, [Tucker], actress (Deep Space 9)
• 1957 - Wayne Desmond Grady, Brisbane Australia, PGA golfer (1990 PGA)
• 1957 - Wayne Grady, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
• 1958 - Ramona Neubert, German DR, long jumper/pentathlete (Oly-4th-80)
• 1959 - Kevin Spacey, South Orange NJ, actor (Dad, Henry & June, Darrow)
• 1960 - LaTaunya Pollard, East Chic Ind, (Olympics-1980, 84)
• 1960 - Mitch Kahn, San Clemente Calif, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1961 - Andy Connel, rocker (Swingout Sister-Swingout)
• 1961 - Gary Cherone, Boston, heavy metal vocalist (Extreme-More Than Words)
• 1961 - Terri Nunn, rock vocalist (Berlin-Takes My Breath Away)
• 1961 - Yolanda Chen, Moscow Russia, triple jumper (indoor record)
• 1962 - Galina Chistyakova, Russian jumper (world record 1988)
• 1962 - Jody Reed, Tampa FL, infielder (San Diego Padres)
• 1963 - Andrew C Timmons, Scottsdale Az, guitarist (Danger Danger-Screw It)
• 1963 - Marianne Berglund, Sweden, cyclist (1983 Ruffles Tour of Texas)
• 1964 - Jeremy Piven, NYC, actor (Spence-Ellen, Grosse Pointe Blank)
• 1964 - Sandra Bullock, Wash DC, actress (Speed, Net, Love & War)
• 1965 - Jennifer Ashe, actress (As the World Turns)
• 1967 - David McKenzie, Footscray VIC, Australasia golfer
• 1968 - Laura Leighton, Iowa City IA, actress (Sydney-Melrose Place)
• 1968 - Mike Mohler, Dayton OH, pitcher (Oakland A's)
• 1969 - Greg Colbrunn, Fontana CA, infielder (Florida Marlins)
• 1969 - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman (brilliant fielder)
• 1969 - Marc Boutte, NFL defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
• 1969 - Patrick Alfred Bates, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1994 NIKE Dakota Open)
• 1970 - Kenny Wilhite, CFL defensive back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1970 - Phil Alley, cricketer (NSW left-arm pace bowler)
• 1971 - Neus Avila, Lerida Spain, tennis star (Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995)
• 1971 - Reggie Carthon, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1972 - Ryan Christopherson, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1972 - Sean Graham, CFL slot back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
• 1972 - Tydus Winans, NFL/CFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins, Roughriders)
• 1973 - Jean Fran‡ois Bergeron, St Jerome Quebec, boxer (Olympics-96)
• 1973 - Peter Heijsteek, soccer player (DFC/Dordrecht '90)
• 1974 - Bubba Wells, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
• 1975 - Joe Smith, NBA forward (Golden State Warriors)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0796 - Offa, king of Mercia (75.-796)
• 0811 - Nicephorus I, Byzantine Emperor (802-11), dies in battle
• 1342 - Charles I Robert van Anjou, King of Hungary (1307-42), dies
• 1471 - Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), dies at 54
• 1533 - Atahualpo, Inca ruler, dies
• 1541 - Francisco Pizarro, Spanish explorer, murdered in Lima
• 1630 - Charles Emanuel I, the Great, Duke of Savoy (Peace of Lyon), dies
• 1677 - Michael Franck, composer, dies at 68
• 1680 - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet/courtier, dies
• 1712 - Thomas Osborne, English PM (1690-94), dies at 80
• 1719 - Johann Georg Christian Storl, composer, dies at 43
• 1728 - John Friend, physician/politician, dies
• 1770 - Michael Schevenstuhl, composer, dies at 65
• 1801 - Daniel Dal Barba, composer, dies at 86
• 1806 - K v Gnderode, writer, dies at 26
• 1826 - Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer, dies at 82
• 1836 - Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45
• 1863 - Samuel Houston, 1st Pres of Rep of Texas (1836-38, 41-44), dies at 70
• 1872 - Michele Carafa, composer, dies at 84
• 1881 - George Borrow, writer, dies
• 1910 - Philipus J Hoedemaker, theologist, dies at 71
• 1915 - James Murray, philologist, dies
• 1916 - Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, composer, dies at 52
• 1918 - Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies
• 1920 - Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83
• 1925 - William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65
• 1941 - Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies
• 1941 - Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
• 1942 - Titus, [Anno S] Brandsma, philosopher (Dachau), dies
• 1944 - Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies
• 1946 - Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies
• 1948 - Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies
• 1952 - Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33
• 1953 - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies
• 1954 - Hans Lodeizen, [Johan Frederik], poet (Travel to Congo), dies at 26
• 1956 - Miguel Bernal Jiminez, composer, dies at 46
• 1957 - Carlos Castillo Armas, president of Guatemala, murdered
• 1959 - Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (Amor), dies at 54
• 1967 - Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79
• 1968 - Lilian Harvey, British actress (Congress Dances), dies
• 1969 - Raymond Walburn, actor (Spoilers, Dixie), dies after illness at 81
• 1970 - Claud Allister, actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet), dies at 81
• 1973 - Mike Burke, Pres (NY Yankees)/dir (Madison Sq Garden), dies
• 1974 - Arthur K Watson, US businessman (IBM), dies at 55
• 1974 - Charlotte MT "Lotte" Bartschart, actress (Dolle Lola), dies at 82
• 1975 - Leigh Whipper, actor (Hidden Eye, Jungle Queen), dies at 98
• 1977 - Gena Branscombe, composer, dies at 95
• 1977 - Hans-Otto Borgmann, composer, dies at 75
• 1977 - Karac Plant, son of Robert Plant, dies of respratory failure at 6
• 1980 - Alan Hoskins, dies
• 1981 - Donald Lybbert, composer, dies at 58
• 1982 - Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54
• 1984 - Ed "Psycho" Gein, mass murderer (Psycho based on him), dies at 78
• 1984 - George Gallup, pioneer of public opinion polls, dies
• 1986 - Averell Harriman, statesman, dies in Yorktown Heights, NY at 94
• 1987 - Joe Liggins, US composer (I've a Right to Cry), dies at 71
• 1990 - Brent Mydland, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Grass Roots), dies at 38
• 1992 - Mary Wells, US soul singer (My Guy), dies at 49
• 1992 - Ron Webber, dies of cancer at 60
• 1993 - Daniel Fuchs, US, screenwriter (Hard Way), dies at 84
• 1993 - Matthew B Ridgway, US Army Chief of Staff (1953-55), dies at 98
• 1994 - Marino Iandioro, canned tomato pioneer, dies at 64
• 1994 - Thomas Davis, US movie editor/son of MGM-chief Frank D, dies at 26
• 1995 - Eleanore Griffin, screenwriter, dies
• 1995 - George Romney, politician, dead Heart attack, dies at 88
• 1995 - Jaime de Mora y Arag˘n, actor/publicist (Last Judgement), dies at 70
• 1995 - Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist, dies at 76
• 1996 - Arthur William Raynes McDonald, radar Pioneer/pilot, dies at 93
• 1996 - Evelyn Levine, composer, dies at 94