• 1502 - Gregory XIII, Pope, introduced Gregorian calendar in 1582
• 1619 - Paulus Voet, Dutch jurist/historian
• 1730 - Georg von Pasterwiz, composer
• 1736 - Karl Frieberth, composer
• 1770 - Earl of Liverpool, (C) British PM (1812-27)
• 1778 - George Bryan "Beau" Brummel, London England, English dandy
• 1811 - James Young Simpson, Scotland, obsterician (used chloroform)
• 1812 - Theophilus Toulmin Garrard, Brig Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1902
• 1825 - Richard D Blackmore, England, author (Norie, Lorna Doone)
• 1829 - Eduard F W Pflger, German physiologist (Breathing Quotient)
• 1833 - Alexander Ritter, composer
• 1840 - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)
• 1843 - Susan Elizabeth Blow, US, pioneered kindergarten education
• 1845 - Leopold von Auer, Hungarians/US violinist
• 1846 - Wladyslaw Gorski, composer
• 1848 - Paul Gaugin, [Eugene Henri], French post-impressionist painter
• 1865 - Guido Gasperini, composer
• 1867 - Luigi Maurizio Tedeschi, composer
• 1873 - Landon Ronald, composer
• 1874 - Theodor Streicher, composer
• 1879 - Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)
• 1884 - Julius P Hoste, Belgium minister/daily newspaper publisher (Last News)
• 1885 - Percy Brier, composer
• 1887 - William Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily)
• 1891 - Athos Palma, composer
• 1891 - Koos [Jacobus J] Vorrink, Dutch politician (SDAP/AJC/PvdA)
• 1896 - Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)
• 1896 - Vivien Kellems, TV hostess (Power of Women)
• 1897 - George Szell, Budapest Hungary, conductor (Metropolitan 1942-45)
• 1899 - Elizabeth Bowen, Dublin, novelist (Death of the Heart, Encounters)
• 1900 - Jan [Johannes A A] Engelman, poet/translator/critic (Garden of Eros)
• 1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar, France/US writer (M‚moires d'Hadrien)
• 1909 - Jessica Tandy, London, actress (Birds, Cocoon, Batteries Not Included)
• 1909 - Peter W Rodino, (Rep-D-NJ, 1949- )/chaired Watergate council
• 1911 - Franz Reizenstein, composer
• 1911 - Silas Roy Crain, singer/arranger/songwriter
• 1912 - Mascha Kal‚ko, writer
• 1913 - Anthony David Machell Cox, medievalist
• 1917 - Gwendolyn Brooks, US poet (Bean Eaters, Annie Allen, Pulitzer 1950)
• 1918 - Irene Vorrink, Dutch minister (health & environment)
• 1920 - Georges Marchais, political leader (French Communist Party)
• 1922 - Hubert Du Plessis, composer
• 1922 - Rocky Graziano, boxer/entertainer (Pantomime Quiz) [or Dec 31]
• 1923 - Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion
• 1924 - Dolores Gray, Chic Ill, singer/actress (Designing Woman, Kismet)
• 1925 - Camille Flammarion, French astronomer/writer (Thunder & Lightning)
• 1925 - Pieternella "Nel" van Arem, Dutch actress (Sea Gull)
• 1926 - Dick Williams, Wall Lake Iowa, choral director (Andy Williams Show)
• 1927 - Martin Carter, poet/critic
• 1928 - Anthony Nicholas Maria Wahl, historian
• 1928 - Charles Louis Strouse, composer
• 1928 - Dave Bowen, footballer
• 1928 - David Malcolm Lewis, expert in Greek Epigraphy
• 1928 - James Ivory, producer/director (Howard's End, Remains of the Day)
• 1929 - John Turner, Richmond England, (L) 17th Canadian PM (1984)
• 1930 - Ian Leggat, cricketer (1 Test v S Africa 1953-54 without distinction)
• 1931 - Henry Weinberg, composer
• 1931 - Lang Jeffries, Ontario Canada, actor (Skip-Rescue 8)
• 1931 - Virginia McKenna, actress (Born Free, Chosen, Lions are Free, Simba)
• 1933 - Henk E Koning, Dutch sect of Finances (VVD)
• 1933 - Herb Score, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
• 1934 - Philippe Entremont, Rheims France, concert pianist
• 1934 - Samuel Lipman, music critic
• 1937 - Neeme J„rvi, Tallinn Estonia, conductor (Estonia Opera 1971)
• 1938 - Judy Ann Scott-Fox, agent
• 1940 - Tom Jones, [Woodward], Pontypridd Wales, singer (What's New Pussycat)
• 1941 - Jaime Laredo, Bolivia, violinist (Qn Elisabeth of Belgium prize 1959)
• 1941 - Michael Pennington, British? actor/author (Return of Sherlock Holmes)
• 1942 - Anneke Gr”nloh, Indonesian/Dutch singer (Burning Sand)
• 1943 - Ken Osmond, actor (Eddie Haskel-Leave it To Beaver)
• 1943 - Mel Levine, (Rep-D-CA, 1983- )
• 1943 - Nikki Giovanni, poet (LHJ Woman of the Year 1973)
• 1944 - Bill Rafferty, Queens NY, comedian (Laugh-In, Real People)
• 1944 - Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!)
• 1944 - Townes Van Zandt, Texas, singer/songwriter (Kathleen, Loretta)
• 1946 - Bill Kreutzmann Jr, Palo Alto CA, drummer (Grateful Dead)
• 1946 - Jenny Jones, [Janina Stronski], Canada, comedienne (Jenny Jones Show)
• 1946 - Terry Gale, Wyalkatchem WA, Australasia golfer
• 1947 - Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees)
• 1949 - Jack Ryland, rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)
• 1951 - Anne Twomey, Boston Ma, actress (Secret, Deadly Friend, Imagemaker)
• 1952 - Liam Neeson, N Ireland, actor (Schindler's List, Les Miserables)
• 1953 - Johnny Clegg, rocker
• 1954 - Lui Passaglia, Vancouver BC, CFL place kicker (BC Lions)
• 1955 - Joey Scarbury, Ontario Calif, singer (Greatest American Hero)
• 1955 - William Koch, US skier (World Cup 1982)
• 1956 - Robert Dover, equestrian dressage (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1957 - Neal Radford, cricketer (Zambia Engld pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88)
• 1958 - Christopher Marcantel, Smithtown NY, actor (Chip-Nurse, Loving)
• 1958 - Francesca Thyssen, lugano Switz, baroness
• 1958 - O+> (Prince), [Rogers Nelson], Minn, rocker/actor (1999, Purple Rain)
• 1958 - Phillipe Boccara, Le Mans France, US sprint kayak (Olympics-96)
• 1962 - Janice Lawrence Braxton, WNBA center (Cleve Rockers, Olym-gold-1984)
• 1962 - Paddy McAloon, rocker (Prefab Sprout-2 Wheels Good)
• 1963 - Steven David Rintoul, Bowral Australia, PGA golfer (1994 Buick-2nd)
• 1964 - Caroline Anne Hare, Lower hutt NZ, 5k/10k (Olympics-96)
• 1964 - Graeme Labrooy, cricketer (Sri Lankan pace bowler in 9 Tests 1986-91)
• 1966 - Dan Payne, CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1966 - Heathcliff Slocumb, Jamaica NY, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
• 1966 - Stephane Richer, Ripon, NHL right wing (NJ Devils)
• 1967 - Sarah Malin, Greenwich Ct, actress (Stephane Prescott-Another World)
• 1967 - Terance Mathis, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1968 - Adam Walker, NFL running back (SF 49ers)
• 1968 - Melissa Coombes, San Gabriel CA, female pitcher (Colo Silver Bullets)
• 1969 - Lachlan Elmer, Australian field hockey halfback (Oly-silver-92, 96)
• 1969 - Mark Sohn, Arlington Heights Ill, gymnast (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Andrei Kovalenko, Gorky Rus, NHL right wing (Mont Canadiens, Edmonton)
• 1970 - Chad Fann, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals, SF 49ers)
• 1970 - Mike Modano, Livonia MI, NHL forward (Team USA, Dallas Stars)
• 1971 - Terrell Buckley, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins)
• 1972 - Jeff Burris, NFL cornerback/punt returner (Buffalo Bills)
• 1973 - Napoleon Kaufman, NFL running back (Oakland Raiders)
• 1973 - Robert Barr, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1974 - Jason Caswell, Winnipeg Manitoba, Skeet shooter (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Mahesh Bhupathi, India, tennis pro
• 1975 - Allen Iverson, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
• 1976 - Cassidy Rae, Clarmont Fla, actress (Sarah-Models Inc, Clarissa)
• 1976 - David Diaz, Chicago Ill, light welterweight boxer (Olympics-96)
• 1978 - Adrienne Frantz, Mt Clemens Mich, (Tiffany Thorne-Sunset Beach)
• 1989 - Michael Joseph Tamboli, Eldesburg Md, born 01:23:45 PM on 6-7-89

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0555 - Vigilius, Italian Pope (537-55), dies
• 1329 - Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29), dies at 53
• 1337 - Willem III the Good, earl of Holland/Zealand, dies at about 49
• 1492 - Kazimierz IV, King of Poland (1447-92), dies at 64
• 1549 - Eelke Fouckens, Frisian anabaptist, beheaded
• 1555 - Maarten van Rossum, Dutch army leader, dies at about 76
• 1571 - Pier Francesco Corteccia, composer, dies at 68
• 1572 - August I [Sigismund II August], king of Poland (1548-72), dies at 42
• 1624 - Anne of Saint Bartolomaeus, Flemish nun/monk/saint, dies at 74
• 1631 - Mumtax Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan of India, her tomb (Taj Mahal)
• 1654 - Giambattista Andreini, Italian playwright/actor, dies at 76
• 1667 - Thomas de Keyser, Amsterdam master builder/painter, buried
• 1672 - Willem J van Gendt, admiral/governor of Breda, dies at about 37
• 1701 - Ferdinand W, Prince of Wrttemberg-Neustadt, dies at 41
• 1754 - Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish, architect (Amalienborg Square), dies at 52
• 1778 - Johann Georg Zechner, composer, dies at 62
• 1784 - Jean-Baptiste Canavas, composer, dies at 71
• 1789 - Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer, dies at 81
• 1800 - Willem A Alting, governor-genl of Neth-Indies (1780-97), dies at 75
• 1814 - Robert Jasper van der de Capellen, mister of Marsch, dies at 71
• 1838 - Laure S-MP duchess d'abrantŠs, French marshal Junot, dies
• 1840 - Frederik Willem III, King of Prussia (1797-1840), dies at 69
• 1843 - F H”lderlin, writer, dies at 73
• 1843 - Johann C F H”lderlin, German poet, dies at 73
• 1862 - William B Mumford, 1st US citizen hanged for treason, at 42
• 1863 - Franz Xavier Gruber, composer, dies at 75
• 1876 - George Sand, writer, dies at 71
• 1877 - Winand C H Staring, geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68
• 1893 - Johann Schrammel, composer, dies at 43
• 1906 - Johan P Van de Kellen, stamp cutter/lithographer, dies at 74
• 1915 - Benjamin Lambord, composer, dies at 35
• 1924 - ? Wayne, fictional Batman's parents killed
• 1926 - Henry Charles Tonking, composer, dies at 63
• 1927 - Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered
• 1928 - Chiang Tsolin, Chinese warlord of North-China, murdered
• 1929 - J E P McMaster, cricketer (Eng v S Af Test 1889 (out for 0), dies
• 1932 - Emil Pauer, composer, dies at 76
• 1935 - Ivan V Mitsjoerin, Russian botanist, dies
• 1938 - Norbert Fonteyne, Flemish writer (How Flemings Came Late), dies
• 1940 - James Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39
• 1945 - Nishida Kitaro, scholar/philosopher/Zen practitioner, dies at 74
• 1945 - Ruben Marcos Campos, composer, dies at 69
• 1948 - Georges Adolphe Hue, composer, dies at 90
• 1951 - Bobel, Braune, Naumann, Ohlendorf, Pohl, Schallenmair & Otto Schmidt, Nazi war criminals, hanged
• 1956 - Julien Benda, Fren philosopher/writer (La trahison des clercs), dies
• 1957 - Elizabeth S Kingsley, double-Crostic puzzle creator, dies
• 1958 - Roger Hartigan, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust in 1908), dies
• 1961 - Robert Griffith, producer of Pajama Game, dies
• 1963 - Zasu Pitts, actress (Wedding March, Life With Father), dies at 65
• 1964 - Charlie Llewellyn, cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for S Africa), dies
• 1965 - Judy Holliday, comedienne (Born Yesterday, Adam's Rib), dies at 42
• 1965 - Pierre Cardevielle, Fren composer/conductor (L'ile Rouge), dies at 59
• 1965 - Richard Billinger, Austria poet/writer (Bauernpassion), dies
• 1966 - Hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor, dies at 78
• 1967 - Dorothy Parker, US writer (Enough Rope), dies at 73
• 1967 - Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54
• 1968 - Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60
• 1969 - Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys), dies at 53
• 1970 - Edward M Forster, Brit writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91
• 1973 - Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50
• 1976 - Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61
• 1980 - Henry [Valentine] Miller, US writer (Tropic of Capricorn), dies at 88
• 1980 - Richard Bonnelli, actor (Enter Madame), dies
• 1983 - Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried
• 1983 - Daniele Amfiteatrov, composer, dies at 81
• 1984 - George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81
• 1987 - John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73
• 1988 - Joe Partridge, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler 1963-65), commits suicide
• 1989 - Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies
• 1989 - Percy Stuart, Suriname/Dutch sports journalist, dies
• 1990 - Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack
• 1991 - Eric Francis, actor (Shillingbury Blowers), dies
• 1992 - Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies of cancer at 73
• 1992 - William France, founder (Daytona 500), dies at 82
• 1993 - Drazen Petrovic, NBA player (NJ Nets), dies in auto-accident at 28
• 1994 - Barry Sullivan, actor (Streets of SF, Oh, God!), dies at 81
• 1994 - Dennis Potter, British TV writer (Pennies from Heaven), dies at 59
• 1994 - Joseph Ruzindana, Rwandian bishop of Bjumba, murdered
• 1994 - Stuart Havelock Hollingdale, anthropologist, dies at 42
• 1994 - Thadd‚ Nsengijumva, chairman of Rwandan bishop's conference, murdered
• 1994 - Vincent Nsengijumva, Rwandan archbishop of Kigali, murdered
• 1995 - Joseph Tomelty, actor/playwright (Bedevilled, Moby Dick), dies at 84
• 1996 - Jose Maria Valverde, philosopher poet/translator, dies at 70
• 1996 - Noel Walton Bott, engineer, dies at 88
• 1996 - [Francis] Max Factor Jr, makeup inventor, dies at 91