• 0419 - Valentinian III, Roman emperor (425-55)
• 1489 - Thomas Cranmer, England, archbishop/reformer/martyr
• 1581 - Johann Staden, composer
• 1589 - Guillaume van Messaus, composer
• 1636 - Daniel Speer, composer
• 1644 - Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], German court vicar
• 1647 - Daniel Finch 2nd earl of Nottingham, English min of foreign affairs
• 1652 - Guillielmus "Willem" Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (Rozenkrans)
• 1714 - Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il there pastore)
• 1724 - Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German poet
• 1737 - Fran‡ois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer
• 1746 - Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, composer
• 1756 - Christian G K”rner, German lawyer/father of Karl
• 1763 - Peter Ritter, composer
• 1793 - Antoine Prumier, composer
• 1810 - Robert Augustus Toombs, Secy State (Confederacy), died in 1885
• 1814 - Atale Therese Annette Wartel, composer
• 1821 - Charles Tupper, (C) 6th Canadian PM (1896)
• 1822 - Douglas Strutt Galton, English engineer (rails/trains)
• 1830 - John Bordenave Villepigue, Brig General (Confederate Army)
• 1834 - Hendry P G Quack, lawyer/economist/secr Dutch Bank
• 1836 - Henry Eugene Davies, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
• 1847 - Marcel Bertrand, French mine engineer (tectonic geology)
• 1857 - Francesco Spetrino, composer
• 1865 - Lili Braun, Prussia, feminist/socialist writer (Im Schatten Titanen)
• 1867 - Herbert Prior, England, actor (Caught Short, Slave of Desire)
• 1876 - Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor (1922-23)
• 1877 - Hermann Hesse, Switzerland, novelist/poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946)
• 1880 - Albert Szirmai, composer
• 1882 - Edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria)
• 1884 - Otto B”hm, Prussia, scientist (helped create England Radar)
• 1887 - Marcel Tabuteau, CompiŠgne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54)
• 1888 - Selman Waksman, Russ/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951)
• 1889 - Cor Hermus, Dutch actor/director/writer (A Mother)
• 1892 - Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario (Crazy Passage Show)
• 1893 - August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Shylock-Hamlet)
• 1894 - Walter Brennan, Swampscott Mass, actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point)
• 1901 - Arthur Rex Alston, sports commentator
• 1903 - Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, (C) British PM (1963-64)
• 1903 - Olav AFEC of Schleswig-Holstein-S-G, King Olav V of Norway (1957-91)
• 1904 - Carl Weinrich, composer
• 1904 - Gerarda "Meik" Rueter, Dutch (sculptress, if that word exists)
• 1905 - Jean-Rene Lacoste, France, US Open (1926)/alligator shirt designer
• 1906 - Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Taming of Shrew, Challenge of Lassie)
• 1906 - Hans Bethe, physicist (Nobel 1967), peace worker
• 1906 - Robert Levine Sanders, composer
• 1907 - Eppo Doeve, Dutch cartoonist/painter
• 1907 - Leo O'Brien, cricketer (Australian batsman in 5 Tests 1932-36)
• 1908 - Jean Sinclair, teacher/campaigner
• 1908 - Thurgood Marshall, Md, 1st black Supreme Court justice (1967-91)
• 1909 - Hermann Bengtson, German historian (Greeks Ancient Times)
• 1910 - Earl Hawley Robinson, composer
• 1910 - Hans G�nther Adler, German writer
• 1910 - William Douglas Denny, composer
• 1911 - Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader (Vatican movie bureau)
• 1913 - Edith Heerdegen, Dresden Germany, actress (Serpent's Egg, Monpti)
• 1914 - Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time & Winds)
• 1915 - 8th duke of Wellington, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
• 1915 - Bert Decorte, Flemish poet
• 1916 - Barry Gray, [Bernard Yaroslaw], interviewer (started call-in radio)
• 1916 - Ken Curtis, [Curtis Gates], Lamar CO, actor (Ripcord, Festus-Gunsmoke)
• 1917 - Pierre Dubois, Dutch literary
• 1918 - Imam Elissa, singer
• 1918 - Sheikh Iman, player/singer
• 1919 - Johnny Bradford, Long Branch NJ, actor (Ransom Sherman Show)
• 1920 - Eliseo Diego, latin American poet
• 1922 - Dan Rowan, Beggs Okla, comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-in)
• 1922 - Genrikh Matusovich Vagner, composer
• 1924 - Rick Besoyan, composer
• 1925 - Marvin Rainwater, Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
• 1925 - Patrice E Lumumba, Zaire, revolutionary/1st premier of Congo
• 1925 - Yasushi Akutagawa, composer
• 1926 - Billy Usselton, saxophonist
• 1926 - Lee Allen, Pittsburg, Ks, tenor sax (Walkin' With Mr Lee)
• 1927 - Brock Peters, NYC, actor/singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird)
• 1927 - Jerome Meyer, horse trainer
• 1927 - Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director
• 1928 - Estelita Rodriguez, Cuba, actress (Cuban Fireball, Havana Rose)
• 1928 - Pavel Kohout, Czech, director/author (Poor Murderer)
• 1930 - Carlos Sa£l Menem, president of Argentina (1989- )
• 1931 - Imelda Marcos, politician/shoe collector/1st lady of Philippines
• 1931 - Robert Ito, Vancouver BC, actor (Sam-Quincy ME)
• 1932 - Dave Thomas, founder (Wendy's Restaurants)
• 1932 - Ken McMillan, Bkln NY, actor (Malone, Concrete Beat)
• 1932 - Sammy Turner, Paterson NJ, vocalist (Lavender Blue)
• 1933 - David Benjamin Lewin, composer
• 1933 - Kalim Siddiqui, islamic campaigner
• 1934 - Ivan Madray, WI cricket leg-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 3 runs 0-108)
• 1935 - Dick Dolman, economist/Dutch politician 2nd Chamber
• 1935 - Ed Bullins, Phila, playwright
• 1935 - Gilbert Kalish, Brooklyn NY, pianist/professor (SUNY Stony Brook)
• 1937 - Dick Berardino, baseball player
• 1937 - Polly Holliday, Jasper Ala, actress (Flo-Alice, Flo-Flo)
• 1937 - Richard Petty, auto race driver (Daytona 500-1979,81)
• 1939 - John H Sununu, US Secretary of State (R, 1989-91)
• 1939 - M[ichael] A[nthony] Foster, US, sci-fi author (Gameplayers of Zan)
• 1939 - Michael N Castle, (Rep-R-Delaware)
• 1939 - Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
• 1939 - Valeri Vasilyevich Illarianov, Russia, cosmonaut
• 1942 - Georgi Ivanov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33)
• 1945 - James Orville Fulkerson, composer
• 1947 - Ervin Hall, Phila, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1968)
• 1947 - Larry David, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Fridays)/writer (Seinfeld)
• 1947 - Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Turpin, daughter of Pres LBJ
• 1949 - Roy Bittan, rocker (E Street Band)
• 1950 - Johnny Colla, Calif, rock sax (Huey Lewis & The News-Need a New Drug)
• 1951 - Joey Puerta, rocker (Ambrosia)
• 1952 - Johnny Coila, rocker
• 1952 - Linda M Godwin, Cape Girardeau Mo, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 59, 76)
• 1952 - Wayne Haner, rock bassist (Axe)
• 1953 - Tony Armas, baseball player
• 1954 - Wendy Schaal, Chicago Ill, actress (It's a Living, Julie-Fantasy Is)
• 1956 - Jeffrey Cooper, rock guitarist (Midnight Star-No Parking)
• 1956 - Jerry Hall, Mesquite Tx, model/Mrs Mick Jagger (Batman, Freejack)
• 1956 - Julie Montgomery, KC Mo, actress (Samantha-1 Life to Live, Kindred)
• 1956 - Leslie Reid, Vancouver BC, equestrian dressage (Olympics-96)
• 1957 - Mike Anger, rocker (Blow Monkeys-Wicked Ways)
• 1959 - Eduardo Bengoechea, Argentina, tennis star
• 1959 - Hoogie Drexler, jockey
• 1959 - Wendy B Lawrence, Jacksonville Fla, astronaut (STS 67, 86, sk:91)
• 1961 - Alba Parietti, Torino Italy, actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima)
• 1961 - James McNichol, LA Calif, actor (Fitzpatricks, California Fever)
• 1961 - Pat Dufficy, Westerly RI, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
• 1962 - Brandel Eugene Chamblee, St Louis MO, PGA golfer (1994 Honda-3rd)
• 1964 - Dave Parsons, rocker (Transvision Vamp, Sham 69-That's Life)
• 1964 - DeAnne Hemmens, SF Calif, sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
• 1964 - Joe Magrane, baseball player
• 1964 - Jos‚ Canseco, Havana Cuba, outfielder (Oak A's, Red Sox, 1988 AL MVP)
• 1964 - Shannon Ritter, jockey
• 1966 - Blaise Rhodes, Berwyn Heights MD, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
• 1966 - Tim Spehr, Excelsior Springs MO, catcher (Montreal Expos)
• 1967 - Debee Ashby, Coventry England, topless model (There's Girl in My Soup)
• 1968 - Mark Tewsksbury, Canada swimmer (world record backstroke)
• 1968 - Mike Lee, Neptune NJ, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Tommy Armour Tour)
• 1970 - Derrick Ralph Adkins, Brooklyn NY, 400m hurdler (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1971 - Jared Palmer, NYC, tennis star
• 1971 - Troy Brown, NFL wide receiver (NE Patriots)
• 1972 - Towanna Stone, Miss USA-Tennessee (1997, 3rd)
• 1974 - Natali Sacco, Miss Universe-Peru (1996)
• 1975 - Catalina Cristea, Bucharest Rom, tennis star (1995 quarter Jakarta)
• 1975 - Daniel Kowalski, Singapore, Aust swimmer (Olympics-bronze/silver-96)
• 1975 - Eric Daze, Montreal Quebec, NHL left wing (Chicago Blackhawks)
• 1977 - Shannan McCray, Miss District of Columbia Teen USA (1996)
• 1986 - Lindsay Lohan, actress (Alli Fowler-Another World)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0783 - Bert(h)a/Berthrada, mother of Charles the Great, dies
• 0936 - Henry I the Vogelaar, German king (919-36)/duke of Saxon 912-36, dies
• 1298 - Adolf van Nassau, RC-German king (1292-98), dies in battle at about 43
• 1504 - Stefanus III Bogdanowitsj, ruler of Moldavia (1457-1504), dies
• 1566 - Nostradamus, [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist, dies at 62
• 1619 - Olivier de Serres, French farming pioneer (silkworms), dies
• 1644 - William Gascoigne, introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24
• 1663 - Thomas Selle, composer, dies at 64
• 1700 - Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77
• 1708 - Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies
• 1743 - Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies
• 1778 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, composer, dies at 66
• 1794 - Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer, dies at 65
• 1798 - John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies
• 1822 - Denmark Vesey, & 5 aides hanged at Blake's Landing, Charleston, SC
• 1843 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88
• 1850 - Robert "Bobbie" Peel, British PM/founder London Police, dies at 62
• 1861 - Peter A de Genestet, vicar/poet, dies at 31
• 1863 - Stephen Hinsdale Weed, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 28
• 1878 - Fran‡ois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61
• 1895 - William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72
• 1911 - Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54
• 1912 - Tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies
• 1914 - Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78
• 1915 - Gen Porfirio [Jos‚ de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies
• 1917 - Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies
• 1918 - Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies
• 1921 - Edwin Evans, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia), dies
• 1926 - Emile Cou‚, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies
• 1929 - Gladys Brockwell, actress (Oliver Twist), dies at 34
• 1930 - Anders Randolf, actor (Love of Sunya, Dangerous Curves), dies at 59
• 1932 - Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10), dies at 43
• 1935 - Alfred Dreyfus, french colonel, dies
• 1936 - Harry Northrup, actor (Who's Knocking at My Door), dies at 60
• 1937 - Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atl, dies at 40
• 1937 - Fred L Noonan, US navigator, disappeared over Pacific Ocean
• 1939 - Alfred R Zimmerman, mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22), dies
• 1940 - Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies
• 1940 - Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
• 1941 - Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29
• 1946 - Anthony Overton, publisher/cosmetics manufacturer/banker, dies at 81
• 1949 - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
• 1951 - Earnest F Sauerbruch, German nazi/surgeon, dies at 75
• 1952 - Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56
• 1961 - Ernest Hemingway, writer, commits suicide at 61
• 1961 - Louis-Ferdinand C‚line, writer (Voyage Au Bout de la Nu), dies at 67
• 1964 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash
• 1965 - Theodora E "Betsy" Ranucci-Beckmann, actress (Klatergoud), dies at 88
• 1968 - Francis Brennan, US cardinal of Philadelphia, dies at 74
• 1970 - Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies
• 1971 - Edward Ballantine, composer, dies at 84
• 1972 - Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95
• 1973 - Betty Grable, US actress (How to Marry a Millionaire), dies at 56
• 1973 - George Macready, US, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place), dies at 73
• 1973 - Swede Savage, dies of injuries at Indianapolis 500
• 1975 - James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr om Love), dies at 70
• 1976 - Frances Howard, actress (Swan, Shock Punch), dies at 73
• 1977 - Vladimir V Nabokov, Russian/US writer (Lolita), dies at 78
• 1981 - Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies
• 1982 - Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59
• 1984 - Ramiro Cortes, composer, dies at 50
• 1987 - Karl Linnas, accused Nazi, dies of heart failure in Russia
• 1987 - Michael Bennet, choreographer (Chorus Line), dies of AIDS at 44
• 1990 - Muntu Myeza, S Afr anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39
• 1990 - Snooky Lanson, singer, dies at 76
• 1991 - Lee Remick, actress (Days of Wine & Roses), dies of cancer at 55
• 1992 - Borisav Pekic, Serbian writer/politician, dies
• 1992 - Edith Valckaert, Belgian violinist, dies at 42
• 1992 - Franco Cristaldi, Italian producer/Claudia Cardinale's husband, dies
• 1992 - Jose Monje, [Camaron de la Isla], Spanish flamenco singer, dies
• 1993 - Don Drysdale, pitcher (Dodgers), dies of a heart attack at 56
• 1993 - Fred Gwynne, actor (Herman-Munsters), dies of pancreatic cancer at 66
• 1994 - Andres Escobar, Colombia world cup soccer star, shot for losing to US
• 1994 - Marion Williams, gospel singer, dies of diabetes at 66
• 1994 - Maung Maung, premier of Burma (1988), dies at 69
• 1994 - Ralph C Rinzler, folklorist (Greenbriar Boys), dies at 59
• 1995 - Gail Gordon, actor (Our Miss Brooks, Lucy Show), dies of cancer at 89
• 1995 - George Seldes, journalist, dies at 104
• 1995 - Gervase F Ashworth Jackson-Stops, architectural adviser, dies at 48
• 1995 - Krissy Taylor, model (17 Mag), dies of respitory problems at 17
• 1996 - Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer, dies at 86
• 1997 - Jimmy Stewart, actor (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 89