• 1471 - Albrecht D�rer, N�rnberg Germany, Renaissance painter/print maker
• 1527 - Philip II, King of Spain (1556-98) & Portugal (1580-98)
• 1633 - Joseph de La Barre, composer
• 1671 - Azzolino Bernardino Della Ciaia, composer
• 1680 - Frederich Karl Erbach, composer
• 1688 - Alexander Pope, England, poet (Rape of the Lock)
• 1720 - Antonio Corbisiero, composer
• 1722 - Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer
• 1775 - Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano
• 1780 - Elizabeth Fry, Quaker minister/prison reformer/nurse
• 1796 - Reverdy Johnson, rep (Union), died in 1876
• 1808 - G‚rard de Nerval, [Labrunie], French poet/writer (Sylvia)
• 1821 - John F Loudon, Dutch entrepreneur/colonial director
• 1822 - Dabney Herndon Maury, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1900
• 1822 - Mosby Monroe Parsons, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1865
• 1825 - George Lafayette Beal, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1826 - Danillo II, ruler of Montenegro
• 1834 - Charles-Albert Gobat, Switz, politician/lawyer/author (Nobel 1902)
• 1835 - Newton Martin Curtis, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1841 - Joseph Parry, composer
• 1843 - Louis Renault, French lawyer
• 1851 - L‚on Bourgeois, France, politician, internationalist (Nobel 1920)
• 1855 - Emile A G Verhaeren, Belgian poet/writer (Les Flammes Hautes)
• 1858 - Jos‚ Battle Ordonez, Uruguay, politician
• 1860 - Willam Einthoven, Dutch physiologist/inventor (electrocardiograph)
• 1865 - C J Thomsen, Denmark, archaeologist, named Stone/Iron/Bronze Ages
• 1867 - John James Ferris, cricketer (mighty Australian bowler of late 1880's)
• 1867 - Marie Joseph Leon Desire Paque, composer
• 1872 - Henry Warren, Boston Mass, inventor (Telechon electric clock)
• 1873 - Emil Ermatinger, Switz, literature historian
• 1873 - Everard Verachtert, Flemish translator (I speak beschaafd Dutch)
• 1878 - Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)
• 1878 - Louis L H de Visser, Dutch MP (CPN)
• 1880 - Pablo Luna y Carne, composer
• 1882 - Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel)
• 1887 - Mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back)
• 1888 - May Aufderheide, composer
• 1890 - Albert van Raalte, conductor (AVRO-orchestra)
• 1892 - John Peale Bishop, US poet (This Side of Paradise)
• 1893 - Arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926)
• 1893 - Simon Delmonte, actor/director (Boemeladvocaat)
• 1898 - Armand Hammer, NYC, millionaire industrialist (Occidental Petroleum)
• 1898 - Charles H ba, Czech violinist/composer
• 1898 - Karel Haba, composer
• 1899 - Ilse Lagner, writer
• 1899 - Ralph Sanford, Springfield Mass, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp)
• 1901 - Horace Heidt, Alameda Calif, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon)
• 1901 - Suzanne Lilar, [Verbist], France/Belgian writer (Le burlador)
• 1903 - Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney/minister/premier (1953..7)
• 1903 - Manly Wade Wellman, Angola, sci-fi author (After Dark, Devil's Planet)
• 1903 - Pedro Aramburu, president Argentina
• 1904 - Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer (Ain't Misbehavin')
• 1904 - Robert Montgomery, Beacon NY, actor/dir (Earl of Chicago, Yellow Jack)
• 1905 - Edward Lockspeiser, composer
• 1906 - Keith Rigg, cricketer (Australian Test batsman in the thirties)
• 1909 - Guy de Rothschild, French banker
• 1911 - Andr‚ Renard, Belgian worker's union leader (Syndical Unifi‚)[or 5/25]
• 1916 - Harold Robbins, NYC, author (Moneychangers, Carpetbaggers, Betsy)
• 1916 - Helen Willis Moody Roark, tennis player (US Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31)
• 1916 - Joseph Janni, producer
• 1916 - Leonard Manasseh, architect
• 1917 - Dennis Day, Irish tenor/comedian (Jack Benny Show, Danny Boy)
• 1917 - Heather Swift, local councillor
• 1917 - Jean-Louis Curtis, French writer (Just Causes)
• 1917 - Raymond Burr, BC Canada, actor (Perry Mason, Ironsides, Godzilla)
• 1917 - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman
• 1918 - Leonard Mullens, rubber physicist
• 1919 - Lord Maxwell, senator/prof (college of Justice Scotland)
• 1919 - Mark Wood, bishop (Ludlow)
• 1920 - Anthony Steel, London, actor (Malta Story, Wooden Horse)
• 1921 - Andrei Sakharov, Moscow, physicist, human rights worker (Nobel '75)
• 1923 - Bettye Danoff, LPGA golfer
• 1923 - Doris Mae Akers, gospel singer/songwriter
• 1924 - Peggy Cass, Boston MA, actress/TV panelist (To Tell the Truth, Mame)
• 1924 - Robert Parris, Philadelphia, composer (Book of Imaginery Beings)
• 1926 - Dan Perlsweig, horse trainer
• 1926 - Joseph Horovitz, composer
• 1926 - Rick Jason, NYC, actor (Day of the Wolves, Eagles Attack at Dawn)
• 1926 - Robert Creeley, Mass, poet/novelist (Island)
• 1927 - George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner
• 1927 - Kay Kendall, Yorkshire England, actress (Genevieve, Les Girls)
• 1929 - Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist (Lincoln Center)
• 1929 - Paul Winslow, cricketer (big-hitter for S Africa, 108 v England 1955)
• 1929 - Robert Welch, designer/silversmith (Robert Welch flatware)
• 1930 - David Smith, principal/vice chancellor (Edinburgh University)
• 1930 - Malcolm Fraser, PM of Australia (Liberal, 1975-83)
• 1930 - Stanley Wells, director (Shakespeare Institute U of Birmingham)
• 1931 - Desmond Wilcox, broadcaster
• 1931 - George Vassiliou, president of Cyprus (1988-93)
• 1932 - G Wohmann, writer
• 1932 - John Armitage, principal (College of St Hilda & St Bede Durham)
• 1932 - Robert Sherlaw Johnson, composer
• 1933 - Barry Norman, Britain, film critic (Film Greats)
• 1934 - Phillip King, British sculptor
• 1935 - Terry Lightfoot, clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen)
• 1936 - Ama Samy, Burma, Jesuit priest/Zen teacher/disciple of Yamada Koun
• 1936 - Dipak Nandy, founder (Runnymead Trust)
• 1938 - David Groh, Bkln NY, actor (Joe-Rhoda, Don-Another Day)
• 1938 - Urs Widmer, writer
• 1939 - Heinz Holliger, composer
• 1941 - Anatoli Semyonovich Levchenko, USSR, cosmonaut (TM-4)
• 1941 - Ronald Isley, Cincinnati Ohio, singer (Isley Brothers-Twist & Shout)
• 1942 - David Hunt, Wales sec of state
• 1942 - Robert C Springer, St Louis, Col USMC/astronaut (STS-29, STS-38)
• 1943 - Hilton Valentine, rock guitarist (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)
• 1944 - Janet Dailey, US, author
• 1944 - Manual Pina, fashion designer
• 1944 - Marcie Blane, rocker
• 1944 - Mary Robinson, pres of Republic of Ireland (Labour, 1990- )
• 1944 - Mike Degett, horse trainer
• 1945 - Ernst Willi Messerschmid, Reutlingen Germany, astronaut (STS 22)
• 1946 - David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner (Fox Sports)
• 1946 - Ronald Bear, actor/director (Havana, Make-up)
• 1947 - Bill Champlin, Oakland Ca, rocker
• 1947 - Dorothy Germain, LPGA golfer
• 1947 - Richard Hatch, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
• 1948 - Carol Potter, actress (Beverly Hills 90210)
• 1948 - Leo Sayer, [Gerard], England, singer (When I Need Love)
• 1949 - Andrew Nell, editor (Sunday Times)
• 1949 - Arno Hintjens, Belgian singer (T C Matic)
• 1949 - Rosalind Plowright, British soprano (Aida, Senta)
• 1950 - Roger Hodgson, London, rocker (Supertramp)
• 1951 - Al Franken, comedian/writer/actor (SNL, Stuart Saves His Family)
• 1952 - Mr T, [Lawrence Tero], Chicago, actor (A-Team, Rocky III, T & T)
• 1954 - Bill Abbott, Sarnia Ontario, yachter (Olympics-96)
• 1954 - Marina Langner, Dusseldorf Germany, Miss World runner-up (1975)
• 1955 - John Glavin, rock keyboardist (Molly Hatchet
• 1955 - Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in six Tests 1975-79)
• 1955 - Stan Lynch, Gainesville Fl, rock drummer (Tommy Petty & Heartbreakers)
• 1956 - Joanna M C "Annemarie" Henselmans, singer/cabaretiŠre (School Desk)
• 1957 - Judge Reinhold, Wilmington DE, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
• 1957 - Sue Woodstra, Colton Ca, volleyball player (Olympic-silver-1984)
• 1958 - Mike Barson, rock keyboardist (Madness)
• 1958 - Monte Lynch, cricketer (Surrey batsman, WI Rebel, England ODI player)
• 1959 - Nick Cassavet‚s, actor (Rosemary's Baby, Quiet Cool)
• 1960 - Mark Kevin Carnevale, Annapolis MD, PGA golfer (1992 Chattanooga)
• 1961 - Tim Lever, keyboard/sax (Dead or Alive-You Spin Me Round)
• 1963 - Yelena Vodorezova, USSR, figure skater (Olympic-1976)
• 1964 - Annabel Schofield, Llanelli Wales, actress (Laurel Ellis-Dallas)
• 1964 - Tom Harding, Kalamazoo Mich, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Transamerica)
• 1964 - Tommy Albelin, Stockholm Swe, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
• 1966 - Manon Kelley, Quebec City Canada, actress (Red Lips 2)
• 1967 - Cindy Haley, Tyler TX, LPGA golfer (1987 Texas Amateur-2nd)
• 1967 - Rogel Nachum, Israel, Men's triple jump (Oly-1996)
• 1967 - Todd Doohan, Sarnia Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (Western Ont Amateur-92)
• 1967 - Tracy Simien, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
• 1969 - Reid Simpson, Flin Flon, NHL left wing (NJ Devils)
• 1970 - Dorsey Levens, NFL running back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
• 1970 - Roman Turek, Strakonice CZE, hockey goalie (Team Czech Rep, Oly-98)
• 1970 - Scott "Munnster" Munn, Larkspur Calif, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1970 - Veronica Sanchez, Michoan Mexico, WPVA volleyballer (Hermosa-17-1994)
• 1971 - Eric Nies, actor (MTV Real World, Grind)
• 1971 - Jeff Stavroff, Columbus OH, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Space Coast-4)
• 1972 - Alesha Oreskovich, Tampa FL, playmate (Jun, 1993)
• 1972 - Liliko Ogasawara, Englewood NJ, middleweight judoka (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Fairuza Balk (The Craft, Gas Food Lodging)
• 1978 - Kandy Marshall, Miss Virginia Teen USA (1996)
• 1981 - Beth Botsford, 100m/200m backstroke (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1985 - Frustaci Septuplets, Calif, Patricia Frustaci gives birth to 7

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0987 - Louis V, last Carlovingians King of France (966-987), dies
• 1254 - Koenraad IV, RC-German king (1237-54), dies at 26
• 1481 - Christian I, king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies
• 1524 - Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80
• 1542 - Hernando de Soto, dies while searching for gold, near Mississippi R
• 1639 - Giovan D "Tommaso" Campanella, Italian philosopher/poet, dies at 70
• 1647 - Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65
• 1650 - James G, Marquis of Montrose, Scottish general, hanged
• 1690 - John Eliot, English missionary in Massachusetts, dies at 85
• 1703 - Roemer Vlacq, Dutch admiral, dies in battle
• 1725 - Robert Haley earl of Oxford, English Whig-premier (1710-4), dies at 63
• 1786 - Carl W Scheele, Swedish pharmacist/chemist, dies at 43
• 1790 - Thomas Warton, English poet (Oxford sausage), dies
• 1810 - Charles GLAAT chevalier d'Eon de Beaumont, French spy, dies at 81
• 1812 - Joseph Wolfl, composer, dies at 38
• 1815 - Roman Hoffstetter, composer, dies at 73
• 1817 - Johann Friedrich Christmann, composer, dies at 64
• 1844 - Guiseppi Baini, composer, dies at 68
• 1860 - Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer, dies at 53
• 1885 - Gavril Yakimovich Lomakin, composer, dies at 73
• 1894 - August A Kundt, German physicist, (test of Kundt), dies at 54
• 1895 - Franz von Suppe, Austrian composer (Poet und Bauer), dies at 76
• 1897 - Karol Mikuli, composer, dies at 77
• 1919 - Victor A D S‚galen, [Max An‚ly], French ship's doctor/writer, dies
• 1924 - Bobby Franks, killed by Leopold & Loeb, at 14
• 1926 - Georgy L'vovich Catoire, composer, dies at 65
• 1926 - Ronald Arthur A Firbank, British writer (Prancing Nigger), dies at 40
• 1929 - V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
• 1933 - John Henry Mackay, Scottish/German author (Der Schwimmer), dies at 69
• 1935 - Hugo de Vries, botanist Gruppenweise Artbildung, dies at 87
• 1935 - Jane Addams, a founder of ACLU (Nobel 1973), dies at 65
• 1949 - Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42
• 1952 - John Garfield, actor (Juarez, Air Force), dies at 39
• 1954 - Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68
• 1957 - Edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies
• 1966 - Pat O'Malley, silent film actor (Wild One, Quiet Man), dies at 75
• 1968 - Doris Lloyd, actress (Oliver Twist), dies of heart strain at 71
• 1970 - Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63
• 1971 - Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73
• 1973 - Carlo E Gadda, Italian engineer/writer (War Diary), dies at 79
• 1973 - George Breakstone, actor/director (Great Expectations), dies at 53
• 1973 - Vaughn Monroe, singer/orch leader (Vaughn Monroe Show), dies at 61
• 1976 - Sulo Nikolai Salonen, composer, dies at 77
• 1978 - Joseph EA "Jo" Spier, Dutch cartoonist/water color painter, dies at 77
• 1980 - Ida Kaminska, actress (Shop on Main Street), dies
• 1981 - Yuki Shimoda, actor (Farewell to Manzanar), dies
• 1983 - Finn Einar Mortensen, composer, dies at 61
• 1984 - Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70
• 1984 - Ann Little, actress (Roaring Road), dies
• 1987 - Alejandro Rey, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun), dies at 57
• 1988 - Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations, dies at 92
• 1990 - Franklyn Seales, actor (Silver Spoon, Onion Field), dies of AIDS at 37
• 1990 - Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state bldg in 1930, dies
• 1990 - Moelvi Mohammed Farouk, Indian spiritual leader, murdered
• 1991 - Bobby Dale, dies at 92
• 1991 - Jean Van Joutte, PM of Belgium (1952-54), dies
• 1991 - Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated at 46
• 1992 - Brendan Nulholland, Daily Mail reporter, dies at 59
• 1992 - Elizabeth David, British cookbook writer, dies
• 1992 - Mrithi, gorilla (Gorilla in the Mist), dies at 24
• 1992 - Skip Stephenson, TV host (Real People), dies
• 1993 - John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80
• 1993 - John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65
• 1994 - Cliff Wilson, snooker player, dies at 60
• 1994 - Forsyth Hardy, documentary film pioneer, dies at 84
• 1994 - Giovanni Goria, PM of Italy (1987-88), dies
• 1994 - John Henry Weidner, Dutch/US resistance fighter, dies at 81
• 1994 - John Weidner, war hero, dies at 71
• 1995 - Kieron Walsh, academic, dies at 46
• 1995 - Les Aspin, US sec of Defense (1993-95), dies of stroke at 56
• 1995 - Patrick Bowles, writer/translator, dies at 68
• 1996 - Al "Lash" La Rue, cowboy actor (Lash of the West), dies at 78
• 1996 - Bobby Tulloch, ornithologist, dies at 67
• 1996 - Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist, dies at 83
• 1996 - Laurence Dowdall, lawyer, dies at 91
• 1996 - Mary Perot Nichols, journalist, dies at 79
• 1996 - Peter Fletcher, music teacher, dies at 60