• 1583 - Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent
• 1633 - Nathaniel Schnittelbach, composer
• 1637 - Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer
• 1752 - Meingosus Gaelle, composer
• 1834 - Wesley Merritt, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1910
• 1837 - Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903
• 1843 - David Popper, composer
• 1843 - Jan Malat, composer
• 1853 - Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, composer
• 1858 - Eugene Ysaye, composer
• 1858 - Gustav V, king of Sweden (1907-50)
• 1861 - Scato Gocko de Vries, Dutch paleographer/librarian
• 1863 - Paul Antonin Vidal, composer
• 1874 - Arthur Meighen, (C) 9th PM of Canada (1920-21, 1926)
• 1879 - Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)
• 1879 - Theo[dorus J] Thijssen, Dutch writer (Kees the boy)
• 1888 - Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown)
• 1890 - Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
• 1892 - Lupino Lane, London England, actress (Love Parade)
• 1894 - Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera)
• 1895 - Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel & Hardy)
• 1896 - Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)
• 1896 - William Fitzgerald Jenkins, author (Time Tunnel, Land of Giants)
• 1899 - Helen Traubel, St Louis MO, soprano (Sieglinde in Walk�re, Nightclubs)
• 1899 - Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday)
• 1900 - Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62)
• 1901 - Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl)
• 1901 - Conrad Beck, composer
• 1902 - Barbara McClintock, US, cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983)
• 1902 - Kornelis Posthumus, Dutch chemist
• 1903 - Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer
• 1904 - Gerard Holt, Dutch architect
• 1906 - Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's)
• 1907 - Jack Albertson, Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico & the Man)
• 1907 - John Hadfield, author/publisher (Love on a Branch Line)
• 1909 - Willi Boskovsky, Austria, conductor (new years concert)
• 1910 - E G Marshall, Owatonna Minn, actor (Lawrence-Defenders, Caine Mutiny)
• 1910 - Ilona Massey, Budapest Hungary, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show)
• 1910 - Lord Richardson, president (General Medical Council)
• 1910 - Richard Maling Barrer, chemist
• 1911 - Georg Meistermann, German (glass)painter (Raumpl„nen)
• 1912 - Enoch Powell, England, MP (C)/racist/Greek professor
• 1912 - John Peel, MP
• 1914 - Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer (140 for England, 1948)
• 1914 - Stewart Griffith, secretary (MCC)
• 1915 - Joseph Kagan, businessman
• 1915 - Mariano Rumor, premier Italy
• 1916 - Francis Lopez, composer
• 1916 - Hank Luisetti, NBA forward (1st to use a one-handed shot)
• 1917 - Katharine Graham, NYC, newspaper publisher (Wash Post)
• 1919 - Lord Aberdare, committee chairman (House of Lords)
• 1920 - John Howard Griffin, US, photographer/author (Black Like Me)
• 1921 - Lord Perry of Walton, SDP/vice chancellor (Open University England)
• 1923 - Ake Hermanson, composer
• 1923 - Henryk Czyz, composer
• 1924 - Sayed Idries Shah, thinker
• 1925 - Faith Domergue, New Orleans, actress (House of 7 Corpses)
• 1925 - Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner (Cleveland Indians)
• 1927 - Robert Matthews, master (Clare College Cambridge England)
• 1927 - Thomas W "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman (50's & 60's)
• 1928 - Harold Hanham, vice chancellor (Lancaster University)
• 1928 - Sergiu Comissiona, Buch Romania, conductor (Haifa Symph 1959-64)
• 1929 - James Kirtland Randall, composer
• 1930 - Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades)
• 1930 - David Konstant, bishop (Leeds)
• 1931 - Courtney Alexandre Henriques Laws, community leader
• 1931 - Ivo Petric, composer
• 1931 - Robert F [Bob] Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1983- )
• 1932 - David Keylsey, actor/director
• 1932 - Ralph Robins, CEO (Rolls-Royce)
• 1933 - Joachim Nowotny, writer
• 1934 - Eileen Atkins, London England, actress (Equus, Devil Within Her)
• 1934 - Janet Pilgrim, playmate (July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956)
• 1934 - Little Caesar, vocalist (Little Caesar & the Romans)
• 1934 - Lord Patrick Beresforord, blood-stock agent
• 1934 - Lucia Dlugoszewski, composer
• 1935 - Jim Dine, Cincinnati Oh, pop artist (St John the Divine)
• 1936 - August Willemsen, Dutch poet/translator
• 1936 - Fred Oster, Dutch TV host
• 1937 - August Busch III, CEO (Anheuser-Busch, St Louis Cards)
• 1937 - Erich Segal, Brooklyn NY, author (Love Story, Oliver's Story)
• 1938 - Helen Ryan, British?, actress (Hannah)
• 1938 - James Bolam, actor (Crucible of Terror)
• 1938 - Joyce Carol Oates, NY, novelist (Garden of Earthly Delights)
• 1938 - Michael Culver, British? actor (Devil's Webs)
• 1938 - Mickie Finn, Hugo Okla, TV hostess/banjo player (Mickie Finn's)
• 1940 - Billy "Crash" Craddock, Greensboro NC, singer
• 1940 - Hans Dorrestijn, Dutch cabaret performer
• 1941 - Lamont Dozier, Detroit, songwriter (Dozier-Holland-Dozier)
• 1942 - Eddie Levert, Canton Ohio, vocalist (O'Jays-For the Love of Money)
• 1942 - Giacomo Agostini, Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion
• 1942 - John Rostill, rocker
• 1943 - Joan Van Ark, NYC, actress (Valene-Dallas, Knots Landing)
• 1944 - Joan Barbara Grigor, artist
• 1944 - Takamiyama, [Jesse Kuhaulua], Hawaii, 1st non-Japanese sumo champion
• 1946 - Lord Astor, of Hever
• 1946 - Neil MacGregor, director (British National Gallery)
• 1946 - Simon Williams, US, actor (Fiendish plot of dr Fu Manchu)
• 1949 - Kale Browne, San Rafael Calif, actor (Michael Hudson-Another World)
• 1949 - Peppy Castro, [Emil Thielhelm], NYC, rock vocalist (Balance)
• 1950 - James Smith, US, singer (Stylistics-Can't Give you Anything)
• 1950 - Jesse Dizon, Oceanside Calif, actor (Ramon-Operation Petticoat)
• 1951 - John Salthouse, British(?) actor (American Werewolf in London)
• 1951 - Michel Viso, France, cosmonaut
• 1951 - Roberto Duran, boxer (fists of stone, no m…s)
• 1951 - Sonia Braga, Maringa Brazil, actress (Dona Flor & Her 2 Husbands)
• 1952 - Aleksandr Zaitsev, USSR, pairs figure skating (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
• 1952 - Gino Vanelli, Montreal Quebec, singer (Living Inside Myself)
• 1952 - Rob Kloet, pop drummer/singer (Nits-In the Dutch Mountains)
• 1953 - Ian Mosley, Paddington London, drummer (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
• 1954 - Gary Roberts, rocker (Boomtown Rats)
• 1954 - Jeffrey S Ashby, Dallas Tx, astronaut (sk: STS 85)
• 1955 - Laurie Metcalf, Carbonville Illinois, actress (Jackie-Roseanne)
• 1955 - Simon Bailey, priest
• 1957 - Adri van Tiggelen, Dutch soccer star (Sparta/PSV)
• 1957 - Ian Buchanan, Scotland, actor (General Hospital, Gary Shandling Show)
• 1961 - Robbie Kerr, cricketer (Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985)
• 1963 - Mohsin Kamal, cricketer (Pakistani fast bowler 1984- )
• 1965 - J J Birden, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1965 - Johannes Harisch, WLAF defensive end (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• 1966 - Jan Zelezny, Czech, javelin thrower (Olympics-2 gold-92, 96)
• 1966 - [Eric] Randy Barnes, Charleston WV, shot putter (Oly-silv/gold-88, 96)
• 1968 - Alton Montgomery, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1968 - Matt Turk, NFL punter (Washington Redskins)
• 1968 - Nehemiah Perry, cricketer (fine Jamaican off-spinner)
• 1968 - Patrick Stuart, Hollywood Cal, actor (Will Cortlandt-All My Children)
• 1969 - Kevin Young, Alpena MI, infielder (KC Royals)
• 1969 - L B Stephens, NFLer (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1970 - Michael Husted, NFL place kicker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1970 - Phil A Mickelson, San Diego CA, PGA golfer (1991 Northern Telecom)
• 1971 - Andre President, tight end (Philadelphia Eagles)
• 1971 - Christopher Gomez, LA Calif, infielder (San Diego Padres)
• 1971 - Tupac Shakur, Bkln NY, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet) (killed in 1996)
• 1972 - Shawnelle Scott, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
• 1973 - Shannon Myers, CFL receiver (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1975 - Asa Carlsson, Vasteras Sweden, tennis star (1995 Futures-Stockholm)
• 1975 - Maria Sinigerova, Miss Universe-Bulgaria (1996)
• 1976 - Frank van Twillert, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
• 1993 - Alice Ann Newman, daughter of Gretchen & Randy

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0956 - Hugo, the Great, duke of France, dies
• 1216 - Innocent III, pope, dies at 54
• 1246 - Lutgardis/Ludgardis, Flemish mystic/saint, dies at about 64
• 1361 - John Tauler, German mystic (Gottesfreunde) dies at about 61
• 1492 - Jan Coppenhole, Flemish rebel leader, beheaded
• 1575 - Hadrianus Junius, [Adriaen the Jonghe], medical/historian, dies at 63
• 1620 - Carlo Saraceni, [Carlo Veniziano], Italian painter (Judith), dies
• 1644 - Johannes a Sancto Thoma, [Poinset], Portuguese theologist, dies at 54
• 1651 - Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74
• 1671 - Stenka Razin, Cossack rebel leader, tortured & executed in Moscow
• 1722 - John Churchill up Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72
• 1752 - Giulio Alberoni, Spanish/Italian minister/cardinal, dies at 88
• 1793 - Louis A count d'Affry, general/French ambassador in Netherland, dies
• 1804 - Johann Adam Hiller, composer, dies at 75
• 1808 - Georg Wenzel Ritter, composer, dies at 60
• 1812 - Franz Pforr, German painter/cartoonist (Lukasbund), dies at 23
• 1815 - Frederik Willem, duke of Brunswick (1813-15), dies in battle
• 1831 - Joseph Ignaz Schnabel, composer, dies at 64
• 1837 - Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72
• 1880 - James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies
• 1892 - Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80
• 1901 - Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies
• 1905 - Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51
• 1910 - Wendelin Weissheimer, composer, dies at 72
• 1930 - Elmer Ambrose Sperry, US inventor (gyroscope compass), dies
• 1932 - Frederik W Van Oaths, psychiatrist/writer (Blades of Grass), dies
• 1936 - Leib Malach, Yiddish writer, dies
• 1940 - Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies
• 1940 - Vitezslava Kapralova, composer, dies at 25
• 1941 - Lodo of Hamel, 1st Dutch secret affiliate, dies
• 1946 - Ludwig Winder, writer, dies
• 1946 - Miloje Milojevic, composer, dies at 61
• 1947 - Jean-Fran‡ois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86
• 1958 - Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, composer, dies at 45
• 1959 - George Reeves, actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), shoots self at 45
• 1961 - O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
• 1962 - Hans Rudolf Krik, Danish writer/critic (Vredens Sín), dies at 64
• 1963 - J C Powys, writer, dies at 90
• 1969 - Harold RLG 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Brit field marshal, dies at 78
• 1969 - John BMR "John" Hanlo, poet (Oote oote boe), dies at 57
• 1969 - John Scott, rocker with the Pretenders, dies at 25
• 1969 - Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske, composer, dies at 53
• 1970 - Elsa Triolet, writer, dies at 73
• 1970 - Heino Eller, composer, dies at 83
• 1975 - Don Robey, US gospel/impresario/producer, dies at 71
• 1976 - Francis E Meloy Jr, US ambassador to Lebanon, kidnapped & killed
• 1976 - Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies
• 1977 - Wernher von Braun, rocket scientist (V1/V2), dies at 65 of smoking
• 1979 - Ben Weber, US composer (Thorne Music Award 1965), dies at 62
• 1979 - Liselotte Welskopf-Heinrich, writer, dies at 77
• 1981 - Humphrey Keervelt, director (Suriname Planning Bureau), murdered
• 1981 - John S Knight, US newspaper magnate, dies at 86
• 1982 - John Honeyman-Scott, guitarist (Pretenders), overdoses on drugs
• 1987 - Henk H Badings, mine engineer/composer (Orestes, Ka‹n), dies at 80
• 1990 - Eva Turner, British soprano, dies
• 1991 - Vicky Brown, US singer (Power of Love), dies
• 1992 - Joris Diels, Flemish/Dutch director/actor (It's a Cruel World), dies
• 1993 - John B Connally, gov of Texas/shot with JFK in 1963, dies at 76
• 1993 - Lindsay Hassett, cricketer (3073 runs in Tests), dies
• 1994 - Boris Alexandrov, conductor (Red Army Song/Dance Ensemble, dies at 88
• 1994 - Eileen Way, actress (Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings), dies at 82
• 1994 - Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic, dies at 82
• 1995 - Jack Wagner, actor/voice (Disneyland, Walt Disney World), dies
• 1996 - David Mourao-Ferreira, poet/politician, dies at 69
• 1996 - Mel Allen, sportscaster (NY Yankees), dies at 83