• 1078 - Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
• 1492 - Andreas Alciatus, [Giovanni Andrea-Alciato], Italian lawyer
• 1521 - Peter Canisius, [Pieter de Hondt/Kanijs], jesuit/saint
• 1527 - Johann Walter, composer
• 1592 - Francis Quarles, English poet (Argalus & Parthenia, Emblems)
• 1629 - Niels Juel, Danish admiral (Oland, Moen, Kj”gebocht)
• 1641 - Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam)
• 1668 - Alain R Lesage, French author (Turcaret ou le Financier)
• 1673 - Johann Valentin Eckelt, composer
• 1703 - Gottlob Harrer, composer
• 1737 - Edward Gibbon, England, historian (Decline & Fall of Roman Empire)
• 1742 - Johann Baptist Krumpholtz, composer
• 1745 - Carl Philipp Stamitz, composer
• 1750 - Elias Mann, composer
• 1753 - Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of M‚xican independence
• 1763 - John Goldberg, Dutch patriot/statesman
• 1778 - Johann Gansbacher, composer
• 1786 - Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry
• 1803 - Joseph Napoleon Ney Moskova, composer
• 1806 - Jan Bedrich Kittl, composer
• 1810 - James Cooper, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
• 1814 - Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin, anarchist
• 1824 - William Walker, filibuster/president of Nicaragua (1856-57)
• 1828 - Jean Henri Dunant, Switz, writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA, Nobel 1901)
• 1829 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk, 1st internationally recognized US pianist
• 1833 - Frank Wheaton, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
• 1836 - Bryan Morel Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
• 1839 - Francis W Warre-Cornish, English vice-provost of Eton/writer
• 1842 - Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist
• 1844 - Hermann Gradener, composer
• 1846 - Oscar Hammerstein, Germany, opera/playwright (Kohinoor)
• 1853 - Charles Lee Williams, composer
• 1857 - Frits [Frederik H] Tartaud, Dutch actor/husband of Alida Klein
• 1858 - John Meade Falkner, novelist (Moonfleet)
• 1871 - [mile M] Louis Madelin, French historian (French revolutionary)
• 1873 - Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer (England capt 1909-10 later official)
• 1882 - Philips C Visser, Dutch explorer/diplomat
• 1884 - Harry S Truman, Lamar Missouri, 33rd US President (D) (1945-1953)
• 1886 - Jef van Hoof, composer
• 1891 - Chet "Red" Hoff, pitcher (NY Yankees 1911-15), lived to 103+
• 1892 - Ezio Pinza, Rome Italy, bass singer (South Pacific, RCA Victor Show)
• 1893 - Francis Quimet, Mass shop asst who won golf's US Open (1913)
• 1895 - Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer (Patriotic Gore)
• 1895 - Fulton J Sheen, El Paso Ill, bishop (Life is Worth Living)
• 1895 - Jos‚ G¢mez, [Joselito el Gallo], bullfighter
• 1899 - Jan F van Hall, Dutch sculptor/resistance fighter
• 1899 - [Friedrich] August von Hayek, Aust/British economist (Road to Serfdom)
• 1902 - Andre Michel Lwoff, physiologist
• 1902 - Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ bat early 1930's, All Black half)
• 1903 - Fernandel, [Fernand JD Contandin], French actor (Paris Holiday)
• 1903 - Joseph Desire Fernandel, Marseilles France, comedian (Grand Chef)
• 1904 - John Derrick Mordaunt Snagge, bBC news announcer/commentator
• 1904 - John Snagge, commentator (BBC)
• 1905 - Inglis Gundry, composer
• 1906 - David Van Vactor, Plymouth Indiana, composer (Chaconne)
• 1906 - Roberto Rossellini, Rome Italy, director (Open City)
• 1908 - Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny)
• 1910 - Mary Lou Williams, US jazz pianist/composer (Zodiac Suite)
• 1910 - Ronald Russell, actor/manager (We are Angels, Little Dorrit)
• 1911 - Robert Johnson, blues singer (King of Delta Blues Singer)
• 1911 - Wilhelm F de Gaay Fortman, Dutch lawyer/foreign minister
• 1912 - George Woodcock, author
• 1912 - Gertrud Fussenegger, [Dorn], Austrian writer (Mohrenlegende)
• 1913 - Sidney James, [Cohen], Johannesburg, actor (Carry On)
• 1914 - Lord Murton, of Lindisfrarne, deputy chairman (Comm House of Lords)
• 1915 - John Archer, Osceola Nebraska, actor (Destination: Moon)
• 1916 - Gordon Scarrott, engineer
• 1919 - Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer
• 1920 - Maurice Cranston, political scientist
• 1920 - Sloan Wilson, Norwalk, Conn, novelist (Man in the Gray Flannal
• 1921 - Graham Leonard, bishop of London
• 1921 - Saul Bass, designer
• 1922 - Brian Kellett, CEO (Port of London Authority)
• 1922 - Friedrich D”ppe, writer
• 1924 - Tristan Jones, sailor
• 1925 - Ali Hassan Mwinyi, president of Tanzania (1985- )
• 1925 - Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle, lord of appeal in ordinary
• 1926 - David Attenborough, producer/TV host/scientist
• 1926 - David Attenborough, naturalist
• 1926 - Don Rickles, Queens NY, comedian (Don Rickles Show, CPO Sharkey)
• 1926 - Erico Menczer, Fiume Italy, cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda)
• 1926 - Richard F Attenborough, environmentalist/zoologist (BBC)
• 1926 - Ronald Waterhouse, high court judge
• 1927 - Ian Denholm, CEO (Murray Investment Trust)
• 1927 - Philip Wilkinson, deputy chairman (National Westminster Bank)
• 1928 - Theodore Sorenson, presidential advisor (JFK)/author (1000 Days)
• 1928 - William Jay Sydeman, composer
• 1929 - V N M Korte-van Hemel, Dutch Secretary of Justice (CDA)
• 1930 - Doug Atkins, Humbolt Tn, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bears, Saints)
• 1930 - Gary Snyder, [Japhy Ryder], beat poet (Rip Rap & Cold Mountain Poems)
• 1930 - Heather Harper, soprano
• 1931 - Charles M Wilson, composer
• 1933 - Alistair Service, writer/publisher
• 1934 - Leonard Hoffmann, high court judge
• 1934 - Roger Kendrick, governor (Dartmoor Prison)
• 1934 - Sonny Liston, US heavyweight boxing chmap (1962-64)
• 1935 - Jack Charlton, soccer manager (Rep of Ireland)
• 1935 - Salome Jens, Milwaukee Wisc, actress (From Here to Eternity)
• 1935 - Viscount Falkland, British peer (Lib-Dem)
• 1936 - James Darren, actor (Time Tunnel)
• 1936 - Neville Purvis, British vice admiral (Chief of Fleet Support)
• 1937 - Dani‰l Robberechts, Belgian writer (Labia Majora)
• 1937 - Dennis DeConcini, (Sen-D-AZ, 1977- )
• 1937 - Michael Simmons, Air Marshal (British Ministry of Defense)
• 1937 - Thomas Pynchon, novelist (V)
• 1938 - Javed Burki, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69)
• 1938 - Pierre Lucien Claverie, bishop of Oran
• 1939 - Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1940 - James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
• 1940 - Peter Benchley, NYC, novelist (Jaws, The Deep)
• 1940 - Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
• 1941 - James A Traficant Jr, (Rep-D-OH, 1985- )
• 1941 - Jim Mitchum, Bridgeport CT, actor (Blackout, Invincible 6)
• 1941 - John Fred, rocker
• 1942 - Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew) [or Nov 8]
• 1942 - Euclid "Motorhead" Sherwood, rocker (Mothers Of Invention)
• 1942 - Norman Lamont, MP/Chancellor of Exchequer
• 1942 - Robin Hobbs, cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
• 1942 - Ruth Holland, journalist
• 1943 - Paul Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
• 1943 - Rick Samwell-Smith, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love)
• 1943 - Toni Tennille, Montgomery Ala, female Beachboy (Capt & Tennille)
• 1944 - Gary Glitter, [Paul Gadd], England, rocker (Rock & Roll Part II)
• 1945 - Arthur Docters van Leeuwen, jurist (Holland's secret service)
• 1945 - Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
• 1947 - Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river)
• 1947 - Phil Sawyer, rocker (Spencer Davis Group)
• 1947 - Rick Zehringer, Ohio, rocker (McCoys)
• 1948 - John Reid, MP
• 1948 - Maurizio Nichetti, actor (Icicle Thief, Volcano)
• 1951 - Chris Frantz, Ky, rock drummer (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
• 1951 - Deborah Harmon, actress (Ted Knight Show, M*A*S*H, Just the 10 of Us)
• 1951 - Philip Bailey, rocker (Earth Wind & Fire-Shining Star, Easy Lover)
• 1952 - Beth Henley, Jackson Miss, actress/playwright (Miss Firecracker)
• 1952 - Charles J Camarda, NYC, PhD/astronaut
• 1954 - David Keith, Knoxville Tenn, actor (Back Roads, Firestarter)
• 1954 - Pat Meyers, LPGA golfer
• 1955 - Alex Van Halen, Nijmegen Neth, rock drummer (Van Halen-1984, Jump)
• 1955 - Stephen Furst, Norfolk Va, actor (Animal House, Elliot-St Elsewhere)
• 1956 - Gary Wilmot, British? entertainer
• 1956 - Jeff Madrigali, Walnut Creek Calif, soling yachter (Olymp-bronze-96)
• 1957 - Deana Deardruff, US, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1957 - Jeff Wincott, Toronto Canada, actor (Night Heat)
• 1959 - Ronnie Lott, Albuquerque, NM, NFL defensive back (SF 49er)
• 1961 - Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer (Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy)
• 1962 - Terry Baker, CFL kicker (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1963 - Clemens Lothaller, Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13 backup)
• 1964 - Cheryl Richardson, Palo Alto Calif, actress (Jennie-General Hospital)
• 1964 - Eric Brittingham, rocker (Cinderella-Heartbreak Station)
• 1964 - Melissa Gilbert Brinkman, LA, actress (Little House on the Prairie)
• 1964 - Peter Gill, rocker (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax) [or Mar/Jan 8]
• 1966 - Eddie Brown, CFL slot back (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1968 - Franklin Langham, Augusta GA, Nike golfer (1993 Permian Basin Open)
• 1968 - John Johnson, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
• 1968 - Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star
• 1969 - Brad Culpepper, NFL defensive tackle (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1969 - Duane Forde, CFL fullback (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1969 - Swift Burch, CFL defensive end (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1970 - Christine Stark, Winnipeg Manitoba, volleyballer (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Marco Heering, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
• 1970 - Michael Bevan, cricketer (dashing NSW & Australian lefty bat)
• 1971 - Carlos Brooks, NFL cornerback (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1971 - Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
• 1971 - Stephen Ingram, NFL tackle/guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1972 - Chris Sanders, NFL wide receiver (Tennessee/Houston Oilers)
• 1972 - Keelin Curnuck, Miss New York USA (1996)/Ms Venus Swimwear (1994)
• 1973 - Wolf Wigo, Abington Penn, water polo driver (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Calvin Branch, cornerback (Oakland Raiders)
• 1974 - Colin Daynes, Windsor Ontario, 68 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympic-96)
• 1974 - Korey Stringer, NFL tackle (Minn Vikings)
• 1976 - Oleg Tverdovsky, Donetsk Ukr, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
• 1978 - Cindy Parlow, Memphis Tenn, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
• 1978 - Sandra Kleinova, Prague Czech, tennis star (1995 Futures-Turku-FIN)
• 1979 - Jayna Cronin Geneva NY, dance skater (& Dreger-1997 Natl-13th)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0535 - John, [Mercurius], Italian Pope (533-35), dies
• 0685 - Benedict II, Italian Pope (683-85), dies
• 1319 - Haakon V, King of Norway (1299-1319), dies
• 1577 - Viglius ab Aytta Zuichemus, lawyer/President (Raad van State), dies
• 1684 - Henri Dumont, composer, dies
• 1725 - John Lovewell, US indian fighter, dies in battle
• 1773 - Ali Bey, Egyptian Mameluk head, dies
• 1785 - Pietro Longhi, painter, dies
• 1794 - Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier, chemist (identified oxygen), guillotined
• 1809 - Augustin Pajou, French sculptor (Bachante), dies at 78
• 1818 - Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer, dies at 78
• 1829 - Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani, composer, dies at 47
• 1844 - Charles XIV Johan, [Jean B Bernadotte], King of Sweden/Norway, dies
• 1846 - Giacomo Cordella, composer, dies at 59
• 1853 - Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch lt col-gen of Jesuits, dies at 67
• 1861 - L sel¢ Teleki, Hungarian earl/revolutionary, commits suicide
• 1864 - James Samuel Wadsworth, gen-mjr (Union), dies in battle at 56
• 1873 - John Stuart Mill, great Empiricist philosopher, dies at 66
• 1876 - Truganini, last originating Tasmanian, dies
• 1880 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (Salammb“), dies
• 1885 - Pavel Krizkovsky, composer, dies at 65
• 1887 - Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar
• 1891 - Helena Petrovina Blavatsky, Russian theosophist, dies
• 1894 - Klara Fey, German orch leaser (Die Kleinen Betrachtungen), dies at 79
• 1903 - EugŠne-Henri-Paul Gauguin, French painter (Tahiti), dies
• 1904 - Eadweard Muybridge, English photographer (horse trot), dies
• 1909 - Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat, dies
• 1915 - Henry McNeal Turner, 1 US black army chaplain, dies at 82
• 1924 - Lev N Lunts, Russian writer (Outside the Law), dies at 23
• 1930 - Lvar Henning Mankell, composer, dies at 61
• 1932 - Albert Thomas, French socialist politician
• 1936 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies
• 1941 - Heinrich Zollner, composer, dies at 86
• 1943 - Mordicai Anielewicz, commander of Warsaw ghetto uprising, killed
• 1948 - Alfred Holy, composer, dies at 81
• 1950 - Franklin Dyall, dies at 76
• 1951 - Margaret Lindsay, actress (Take a Guess), dies at 40
• 1957 - Johannes C B "Jan" Sluyters, Dutch painter, dies at 75
• 1958 - Nasni Matni, Lebanese journalist, murdered
• 1959 - Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/pianist, suicide at 55
• 1960 - Hugo Alfven, Swedish composer (Midsommarvaka), dies at 88
• 1961 - James Fairfax, actor (Gale Storm Show), dies at 63
• 1965 - H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies
• 1967 - Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39
• 1967 - Elmer Rice, NY playwright/director/novelist, dies at 74
• 1967 - Laverne Andrews, singer (Andrews Sisters), dies at 51
• 1973 - Ralph Miller, last 19th century baseball player, dies
• 1974 - Graham Bond, rocker, dies jumping under a train
• 1975 - Avery Brundage, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87
• 1976 - Alan Baxter, dies at 67
• 1976 - Ulrike Meinhof, lead Germany Red Army Faction, dies
• 1979 - Talcott Parsons, US sociologist, dies at 76
• 1981 - Daniel GillŠs, Belgian writer, dies at 64
• 1981 - Margaret Lindsay, actress (G Men, Lady Killer, Jezebel), dies
• 1981 - Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 v Eng), dies
• 1982 - Colin Blunstone, rocker (Zombies), dies of cancer at 36
• 1982 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident
• 1985 - Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World), dies at 74
• 1985 - Edmond O'Brien, actor (Sam Benedict), dies of Alzheimer's at 69
• 1985 - Karl Marx, German composer/conductor, dies at 87
• 1987 - Pam Ewing, (Victoria Principal) character on Dallas, is killed off
• 1988 - Robert A Heinlein, sci-fi writer (Friday), dies of heart failure at 80
• 1990 - Tomas O'Fiach, [Tomas Seamus Fee], Irish cardinal-archbishop, dies
• 1991 - Jean Langlais, composer, dies at 84
• 1991 - Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at 79
• 1991 - Ronnie Brody, British actor (Superman 3, What's Up Nurse), dies at 72
• 1992 - Addeke H Boerma, dir-gen (FAO), dies at 80
• 1992 - Brian Moore, writer (Catholics), dies of heart failure at 59
• 1992 - Gul Mahomed, cricketer (8 Tests for India & one for Pakistan), dies
• 1992 - Margaretha D Ferguson-Wigerink, author (Fear on Java), dies
• 1992 - Richard Derr, actor (When Worlds Collide), dies at 74 of cancer
• 1993 - Kees Deenik, singer/conductor
• 1994 - Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, peace activist, dies at 88
• 1994 - George Peppard, actor (Breakfast at Tiffanys, A-Team), dies at 65
• 1994 - Rupert Haselden, journalist/screenwriter, dies at 36
• 1994 - Steven Keats, actor (Death Wish), dies of apparent suicide at 48
• 1995 - Carroll Best, bluegrass banjo, dies at 63
• 1995 - Jerry Zipkin, socialite, dies at 80
• 1995 - Prem Bhatia, journalist, dies at 83
• 1995 - Teresa Teng, singer, dies at 41
• 1996 - Jane Cowan, cello teacher, dies at 80
• 1996 - Luis Miguel Domiguin, bullfighter, dies at 69
• 1996 - Serge Chermayeff, architect/designer, dies at 95
• 1997 - Kai-Uwe Von Hassel, German Pres of Bundestag (CDU 1969-72), dies