• 1478 - Philip I, (the Handsome), 1st Habsburg King of Spain (1504-06)
• 1597 - Virgilio Mazzocchi, composer
• 1621 - Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury/minister (1660-73)
• 1642 - Johann Quirsfeld, composer
• 1647 - Margaretha M Alacoque, French mystic/saint
• 1649 - Clement XI, [Giovanni F Albani], Italy, Pope (1700-21)
• 1651 - Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer
• 1721 - Fran�ois-Joseph Krafft, composer
• 1722 - Jean-No�l/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian
• 1784 - Friedrich W Bessel, German astronomer (star parallax, Bessel Function)
• 1804 - Jean C F Demolombe, [prince de l'ex�g�se], French lawyer
• 1807 - Karolina Pawlowa, writer
• 1820 - Louis Powell Harvey, Governor (Union), died in 1862
• 1822 - Gregor Mendel, monk/geneticist, discoverer of laws of heredity
• 1822 - Hamilton Prioleau Bee, Brig General (Confederate Army) died in 1897
• 1822 - John George Walker, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
• 1830 - Herbert Stanley Oakeley, composer
• 1830 - William Sooy Smith, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1916
• 1833 - Benjamin Hanby, composer
• 1834 - Daniel McCook Jr, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
• 1844 - William Archibald Spooner, London, reverend/inventor (spoonerisms)
• 1849 - Emma Lazarus, Jewish poet ("New Colossus"-base of Statue of Liberty)
• 1853 - Victor Roger, composer
• 1863 - Alec Hearne, cricketer (brother of George & Frank, Kent 1884-1910)
• 1871 - Akos Buttykai, composer
• 1872 - David D Salas, Antillian writer (Josefina)
• 1873 - Ettore Pozzoli, composer
• 1878 - Lucien Febvre, French historian (Un destin: Martin Luther)
• 1879 - Gustaf Heintze, composer
• 1882 - Edward Hopper, US painter (House by the Railroad)
• 1887 - Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist (Nobel 1925)
• 1888 - Raymond Chandler, Chic, mystery writer (Farewell My Lovely)
• 1889 - Frederick Preston Search, composer
• 1890 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mom of JFK, RFK & Ted
• 1892 - Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Austrian chancellor (1930s)/war criminal
• 1892 - John MacBryan, cricketer (one Test Eng v S Africa 1924 DNBat, DNbowl)
• 1894 - O M Graf, writer
• 1895 - Hans Rosbaud, Graz Austria, conductor (Tonhalle Orch Z�rich)
• 1898 - Alexander Calder, sculptor (mobiles, stabiles)
• 1898 - Stephen Vincent Ben�t, US, writer (Devil & Daniel Webster)
• 1901 - Charles Weidman, Nebraska, modern dancer/choreographer (Candide)
• 1902 - Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer
• 1905 - Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble)
• 1908 - Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette (Complete Book of Etiquette)
• 1910 - Edith Abbo, daughter of Mien Wenneker/Dutch Prince Henry
• 1913 - Licia Albanese, Bari Italy, operatic soprano (NY Met Opera)
• 1914 - Cecil Effinger, composer
• 1916 - Hipolito M Ocalia, Cura�ao, landscape painter
• 1918 - Pim [Albrecht W] Lyre, Dutch lawyer/son of prince Henry
• 1920 - Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman
• 1921 - William V Roth Jr, (Sen-R-Delaware, 1971- )
• 1923 - Robert J Dole, (Sen-R Kansas, 1969-95)/presidential candidate (R-1996)
• 1924 - Margaret Whiting, Detroit, singer (Kreisler Bandstand, Strauss Family)
• 1926 - Bryan Forbes, director/producer (Endless Games, King Rat)
• 1926 - Peter Michael Grayson, showman
• 1927 - George Hunter, South Africa, light heavyweight boxer (Oly-gold-1948)
• 1928 - Georg Dreyfus, composer
• 1928 - Orson Bean, Burlington VT, actor/comedian (To Tell the Truth)
• 1929 - Vivien Merchant, Manchester England, actress (Under Milk Wood)
• 1930 - Leoncjusz Ciuciura, composer
• 1930 - Marcia Henderson, Andover Mass, actress (Kathleen-Aldrich Family)
• 1931 - Charles Huxtable, General commander (English ground armies)
• 1931 - Perry Lopez, NYC, actor (Chinatown, Death Wish 4)
• 1932 - Oscar de la Renta, Dom Rep, designer (Coty Hall of Fame-1973)
• 1932 - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist
• 1933 - Chuck Cassey, Chicago, choral director (Jimmy Dean Show)
• 1934 - Louise Fletcher, Birmingham AL, actress (One Flew over Cuckoo's Nest)
• 1935 - Tom Cartwright, England cricket medium pacer (5 Tests 1964-65)
• 1936 - Harold "Dusty" Rhodes, England cricket pace bowler (1959)
• 1936 - Krasimir Kyurkchiiski, composer
• 1937 - John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler (1964-72)
• 1937 - V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler (early 1960's)
• 1939 - Terence Stamp, England, actor (Collector, Alien Nations)
• 1940 - Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy)
• 1940 - Stan Ross, NYC, actor (New Bill Cosby Show)
• 1940 - Yuriy Klimov, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1941 - George Clinton, Kannapolis NC, rocker (Parliament-Funkadelic)
• 1941 - Susie M Berning, Pasadena CA, LPGA golfer (US Women's Open-1972, 73)
• 1941 - Thomas Wayne, rocker (Tragedy)
• 1943 - Bobby Sherman, actor/singer (Seattle)
• 1943 - Jimmy Castor, rocker
• 1943 - Yoran Ben Ami, Israel, producer/president (Triumph Pictures)
• 1944 - Estelle Bennett, NYC, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Baby)
• 1944 - Guich Koock, Austin Tx, actor (Harley Puckett-Carter Country)
• 1944 - Rick Davies, London England, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Supertramp)
• 1944 - Sparky Lyle, relief pitcher (NY Yankees, Cy Young)
• 1946 - Mirelle Mathieu, Acignon France, singer (So Ein Sch�ner Abend)
• 1946 - Paul Schrader, director (American Gigolo, Cat People, Hardcore)
• 1946 - Steve Friedman, TV news executive/actor (American Anthem)
• 1947 - Albert Brooks, LA Calif, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America)
• 1947 - Curt Weldon, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
• 1947 - Danny Glover, SF CA, actor (Lethal Weapon, Operation Dumbo Drop)
• 1947 - Don Henley, Linden Tx, rock drummer/vocalist (Eagles-Desparado)
• 1949 - Dianne Dailey, LPGA golfer
• 1949 - Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
• 1951 - Tisa Farrow, LA Calif, actress (Zombie, Fingers, Grim Reaper)
• 1952 - Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman (1979)
• 1952 - Madeleine Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
• 1952 - Mary Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
• 1954 - Al Dimeola, rocker
• 1954 - Henriette Allais Jacksonville FL, playmate (Mar, 1980)
• 1955 - Willem Dafoe, Wisc, actor (Platoon, Roadhouse 66, Mississippi Burning)
• 1956 - Michael Spinks, US, middleweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1976)
• 1956 - Mick Pointer, rock drummer (Marillion)
• 1957 - Dave Steib, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1958 - Sandra Elizabeth Greenberg, Spokane Wash, playmate (June, 1987)
• 1960 - Denyse Julien, Rouyn Quebec, badminton player (Olympics-9-92, 96)
• 1962 - Alvin Robertson, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
• 1963 - Eddie Anderson, NFL safety (Oakland Raiders)
• 1963 - Joanna Going, actress (Lisa Grady-Another World)
• 1964 - Bonnie Langford, English actress (Wombling Free)
• 1964 - David Spade, comedian (SNL, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep)
• 1964 - Rafael Addison, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)
• 1965 - Alondra Johnson, CFL linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1965 - Doug Riesenberg, NFL tackle (NY Giants)
• 1965 - John Leguizamo, Columbia, actor (Mambo Mouth, Whispers in the Dark)
• 1965 - Patrick Laborteaux, LA Calif, actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie)
• 1965 - Shawn Michaels, [Mike Hickenbottom], San Antonio, wrestler (WWF/AWA)
• 1966 - Anna Wood, Roeumond Neth, Dutch/Australian canoeist (Olympics-88, 96)
• 1966 - Daniel Nowak, Schwennigen GER, hockey defenseman (Team Germany 1998)
• 1966 - Tim Brown, NFL wide receiver (Oakland Raiders)
• 1967 - Andreas Motzkus, WLAF receiver (Rhein Fire)
• 1967 - Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words)
• 1967 - Shawn Wilbourn, US decathlete
• 1968 - Sean Vanhorse, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
• 1970 - Dan Jones, NFL tackle (Cin Bengals)
• 1970 - Melvin Aldridge, CFL linebacker (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
• 1970 - Sergei Zubov, Moscow Russia, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Pittsburgh)
• 1970 - W R Tillman, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1971 - Charlotte Gainsbourg, London England, actress (Little Thief)
• 1971 - Kristine Marie Lilly, NYC, soccer midfielder (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - William Bell, NFL running back (Washington Redskins)
• 1977 - Maria Jose Lopez, Miss Ecuador Universe (1997)
• 1978 - Heather Noelle Jones, Miss Oregon Teen USA (1996)
• 1989 - Caroline Giuliani, daughter of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994- )
• 1993 - Patricia Quinn, 11th child of actor Anthony Quinn (78)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1035 - Robert II/I, Duke of Normandy, dies
• 1387 - French Ackerman, Ghent rebel/leader of Reisers, murdered at about 57
• 1461 - Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), dies at 58
• 1477 - Adolf van Egmond, duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen, dies in battle at 39
• 1497 - Francesco Botticini, Italian painter, dies at about 52
• 1499 - Neithart Fox, [Jonker Fox], German passage leader, slain in battle
• 1635 - Pietro Antonio Tamburini, composer, dies at 45
• 1645 - Gaspar de Guzm�n, premier of Spain (1621-43), dies at 58
• 1676 - Clement X, [Emilio Altieri], Italian Pope (1670-76), dies at 86
• 1786 - Vaclav Kalous, composer, dies at 71
• 1794 - Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer, dies at 59
• 1802 - Marie-Fran�ois-Xavier Bichat, a founder of histology, dies
• 1826 - Giuseppe Piazzi, monk/mathematician (found 1st asteroid), dies at 80
• 1832 - Napoleon FKJ Bonaparte, [l'aiglon], king of Rome, dies at 21
• 1840 - Josef Jawurek, composer, dies at 83
• 1848 - Karl Guhr, composer, dies at 60
• 1861 - Barnard Elliot Bee, US Confederate brig-general, dies at 37
• 1863 - Carl Schuberth, composer, dies at 52
• 1864 - James Birdseye Mcpherson, US Union gen-major, dies in battle at 35
• 1864 - William Henry Talbot Walker, Confederate gen-mjr, dies in battle at 47
• 1868 - Zikmund Michal Kolesovsky, composer, dies at 51
• 1870 - Josef Strauss, composer, dies at 42
• 1880 - Anna Caroline Oury, composer, dies at 72
• 1909 - D v Liliencron, writer, dies at 65
• 1913 - Adh�mar Esmein, French Reichts leader, dies at 65
• 1929 - Bror Beckman, composer, dies at 63
• 1929 - Edouard baron Empain, Belgian builder (Heliopolis), dies at 76
• 1932 - Roosje Vos, Dutch trade union leader, dies at 71
• 1932 - Roses Fox, Trade union leader, dies at 71
• 1934 - John Dillinger, shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago, at 33
• 1937 - Ted McDonald, cricketer (43 wickets for Australia), dies in car crash
• 1940 - Marie Bregendahl, Danish author (& d�dsnat), dies at 72
• 1950 - William LM King, premier of Canada (1921-30, 35-48), dies at 75
• 1952 - Antonio Maria Valencia, composer, dies at 49
• 1952 - August Balthazar, Belgian politician, dies at 58
• 1953 - Cy Kendall, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at 55
• 1955 - Joseph Foley, actor (Mr Peepers), dies at 45
• 1958 - Karl Nunes, cricketer (1st WI Test captain 1928), dies
• 1958 - Michail M Zosjtsjenko, Russian author, dies at 62
• 1967 - Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Years), dies at 89
• 1968 - Giovanni Guareschi, Italian author: Don Camillo/Peppone, dies at 60
• 1969 - Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies
• 1972 - Hugo Kauder, composer, dies at 84
• 1972 - Pavel Borkovek, composer, dies at 78
• 1974 - Edna Lewis Thomas, US actress (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88
• 1974 - Lili Darvas, Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), dies at 68
• 1974 - Wayne L Morse, (Sen-D-Oregon), dies at 73
• 1979 - Hope Summers, actress (Clara-Andy Griffith Show), dies at 78
• 1979 - Soschtschenko, writer, dies at 83
• 1979 - Tony "Two-Ton" Galento, boxer/actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 69
• 1980 - Fred Kaps [Abram PA Bongers], magician (world champ 1955), dies at 54
• 1987 - A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies
• 1988 - Duane Jones, dies of cardiopulmonary arrest at 51
• 1988 - Luigi Lucioni, Italian, landscape painter (opera stars), dies at 87
• 1990 - George Wood, dies of diabetes complications at 56
• 1990 - Preben Neergaard, Danish actor (Mordskab), dies of cancer at 70
• 1992 - David Wojuarowicz, artist (U2 album cover), dies of AIDs at 37
• 1992 - Souleiman Franjieh, president Lebanon (1970-76), dies
• 1992 - Wayne McLaren, model (Marlboro Man), dies of lung cancer at 51
• 1995 - Dave Clark, music promoter/songwriter, dies at 85
• 1995 - Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for Engl 1926-34), dies at 91
• 1995 - Percy Humphrey, musician, dies at 90
• 1996 - Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader, dies at 65
• 1996 - Leon Shenandoah, native American leader, dies at 81
• 1996 - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector, dies at 71
• 1996 - Richard Day, engineer/development expert, dies at 48
• 1996 - Robert Collins, keyboard player, dies at 33
• 1996 - Tamara Danz, singer, dies at 43