• 1442 - Edward IV, King (England, 1461-83)
• 1494 - John Agricola, [Schneider], German theologist/prime minister
• 1592 - John Eliot, St Germans Cornwall, English MP/author
• 1594 - Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer
• 1705 - Balthasar Schmid, composer
• 1725 - Johann Friedrich Kloffler, composer
• 1726 - Jozef de Ferraris, French/Austrian earl/general/cartographer
• 1745 - Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry
• 1748 - Georg Michael Telemann, composer
• 1748 - Guillaume Albert Teniers, composer
• 1761 - Johann Gottlieb Karl Spazier, composer
• 1808 - Louis-Napoleon (Napoleon III), emperor of France (1852-71)
• 1809 - John Smith Preston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1881
• 1824 - Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894
• 1826 - Dina M Craik, writer
• 1827 - John Gibbon, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
• 1839 - Carol I, King of Romania (1881-1914)
• 1840 - Odilon Redon, French painter/author (La nuit, Rˆves)
• 1850 - Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor (Minute Man)
• 1857 - Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/author (HW Knife Day)
• 1857 - Hermann Bang, writer
• 1858 - Auguste Chapuis, composer
• 1860 - Charles Gordon Curtis, US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine)
• 1860 - Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch MP (SDAP)
• 1865 - Max HHR Nettlau, Austrian historian (Le PremiŠre Internationale)
• 1866 - Victor Hollaender, composer
• 1870 - Simeon Roncal, composer
• 1871 - William Henry Davies, Wales, poet (Autobiography of a Super Tramp)
• 1876 - Gerard J Arbous, actor/publicist (Prince William of Orange)
• 1879 - Robert Lynd, Irish writer/critic (Pleasures of Ignorance)
• 1881 - Nikolai Miaskovsky, Novogeorievsk Poland, composer (Kirov is With Us)
• 1881 - Sem Dresden, composer/conductor
• 1889 - Adolph Hitler, Braunau Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)
• 1890 - Adolf Sch„rf, president Austria (1957-65)
• 1893 - Harold Lloyd, Burchard Neb, silent comic (Why Worry, Safety Last)
• 1893 - Hermann Ungar, writer
• 1893 - Juan Mir˘, Spain, painter/sculptor (Dog Barking at the Moon)
• 1894 - Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling)
• 1896 - Senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door)
• 1897 - Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)
• 1897 - Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers)
• 1900 - Fred Raymond, composer
• 1900 - Kees Verwey, painter/water colors painter/cartoonist
• 1901 - Michel Leiris, French cultural anthropologist
• 1902 - Donald Wolfit, England, actor (Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, Accursed)
• 1902 - Vesselin Stoyanov, composer
• 1903 - Dagmar Edqvist, Swedish author (Kamrathustru-Wife & Comrade)
• 1904 - Bruce Cabot, Carlsbad NM, actor (Diamonds are Forever, King Kong)
• 1907 - Alan Reed, actor/voice (Fred Allen Show, Fred Flintstone)
• 1907 - Miran Bux, cricketer (his one season of Test & 1st-class play 1954-55)
• 1907 - William Dollar, St Louis, ballet dancer/choreographer
• 1908 - Wilhelmus M Bekkers, bishop of Hertogenbosch
• 1909 - Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman
• 1909 - Lionel Hampton, orch leader/vibraphone improviser (Depths Below)
• 1909 - Richard Stubbs, publicity adviser
• 1910 - Robert F Wagner, (Mayor-D-NYC, 1954-65) [or May 15]
• 1911 - Kukrit Pramoj, politician
• 1912 - David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935)
• 1912 - Ed Jones, (Rep-D-TN, 1969- )
• 1912 - Frederick Craig Riddle, violist
• 1912 - Soewarsil Djojopoespito, Indonesia, writer (Toe the Line)
• 1913 - Dick Wessel, WI, actor (Dick Tracy vs Cueball, Beware of Blondie)
• 1920 - John Paul Stevens, Illinois, 103rd Supreme Court Justice (1975- )
• 1921 - Donald Gunn MacRae, sociologist
• 1923 - Tito Puente, Puerto Rico, bandleader (Dance Mania)
• 1924 - Gerhard Samuel, composer
• 1924 - Nina Foch, Leiden Netherlands, actress (American in Paris)
• 1924 - Paul M Van Buren, US theologist (Theological Explorations)
• 1925 - Ernie Stautner, NFL tackle (Steelers)/WLAF head coach (Galaxy)
• 1925 - Richard Hoffmann, composer
• 1926 - Harriett Elizabeth Byrd, politician (Wyoming house of Reps)
• 1927 - Karl Mller, Switzerland, superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
• 1929 - Bob Braun, Ludlow Ky, singer (Dotty Mack Show)
• 1930 - Alan Oakman, cricketer (England batsman against Australia 1956)
• 1931 - Lee H Hamilton, Daytona Beach Fla, (Rep-D-Ind, 1965- )
• 1934 - Lindsay Oliver John Boynton, furniture historian
• 1936 - Pat Roberts, (Rep-R-KS, 1981- )
• 1938 - Bernard Malivoire, France, cox pair (Olympic-gold-1952)
• 1938 - Betty Cuthbert, Australia 100m/200m/400m dash (Olympic-gold-1956, 64)
• 1938 - Johnny Tillotson, Jacksonville Fla, singer (Gidget, Poetry in Motion)
• 1939 - Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian premier (1981-82, 86-89, 90- )
• 1940 - George Takei, LA Calif, actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets)
• 1940 - James Gammon, Newman Ill, actor (Cool Hand Luke, Nick-Nash Bridges)
• 1940 - Jan Cremer, Dutch writer/sculptor (I, John Cremer)
• 1940 - Pilar Miro, director (Wether, Beltenebros)
• 1941 - Joni Evans, NYC, publisher (Simon & Schuster, Random House)
• 1941 - Ryan O'Neal, LA Calif, actor (Peyton Place, Paper Moon, Love Story)
• 1943 - Edie Sedgwick, Santa Barbara CA, actor (Ciao Manhattan)
• 1943 - Ian Watson, UK, sci-fi author (Book of Being, Whores of Babylon)
• 1943 - Michael Greer, Galesburg Ill, actor (Bobby Gentry Show)
• 1945 - Jimmy Winston, London, organist (Samll Facres-Itchycoo Park)
• 1947 - David Leland, Cambridge England, actor/director (Nothing But Trouble)
• 1948 - Craig Frost, keyboardist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful)
• 1949 - Jessica Lange, Cloquet Minnesota, actress (King Kong, Tootsie)
• 1949 - Michal, rocker
• 1950 - Itumeleng J Mosala, S Afr president (Azanian People's Org)
• 1951 - Geraint Wyn Davies, Wales, actor (Bury Me in Niagara, High Hopes)
• 1951 - Luther Vandross, NYC, rock vocalist (On the Wings of Love)
• 1952 - Tamara Sergeyevna Zakharova, Russian cosmonaut
• 1952 - Toine van Benthem, dentist/playwright/cabaret performer (Purper)
• 1954 - Peter Toohey, cricketer (NSW & Australian batsman 1977-80)
• 1955 - Donald R Pettit, Silverton Oregon, PhD/astronaut
• 1957 - Graeme Fowler, cricketer (England left-handed opener early 80s)
• 1957 - Richenel, [Hubertus R Baars], singer/performer (Turn My Page)
• 1958 - Viacheslav Fetisov, Moscow, NHL defenseman (Team Russia, Detroit)
• 1959 - Clint Howard, Burbank Calif, actor (Gentle Ben)
• 1960 - Rodney Holman, NFL tight end (Detroit Lions)
• 1961 - Don "Hitman" Mattingly, Indiana, 1st baseman (NY Yankees/MVP 1985)
• 1961 - Marci Bozarth, Lampasas TX, LPGA golfer (1994 Lady Keystone Open-37th)
• 1963 - Brett Edward Garsed, Victoria Australia, heavy metal artist (Nelson)
• 1963 - Kal Swan, heavy metal rocker
• 1964 - John Carney, NFL kicker (SD Chargers)
• 1964 - Paul Nobes, cricketer (prolific opening batsman for Victoria & SA)
• 1965 - Jim Terrell, Cin Oh, sprint canoe (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - J D Roth, Beverly Hills Calif, TV host (Fun House)
• 1967 - Lara Jill Miller, Allentown Pa, actress (Samantha-Gimme a Break)
• 1967 - Miroslav Stefanovic, soccer player (FC Volendam)
• 1967 - Townsend Saunders, White Sands NM, freestyle wrestler (Oly-sil-92, 96)
• 1968 - LeShundra Nathan, Birmingham Ala, heptathlete
• 1969 - John van Halst, soccer player (FC Twente)
• 1969 - Takayuki Kobori, hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998)
• 1970 - Ben Weir, Rock Island Ill, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Bogey Hills-2nd)
• 1970 - Shemar Moore, Oakland Cal, actor (Malcolm-Young & Restless)
• 1971 - Chris Penn, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs, Chicago Bears)
• 1971 - Grant Smith, Australian field hockey forward (Olympics-96)
• 1971 - John Senden, Brisbane QLD, Australasia golfer
• 1971 - Terry Smith, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1971 - Yonel Jourdain, NFL running back/kick returner (Buffalo Bills)
• 1973 - Itula Mili, tight end (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1973 - Lamond Murray, NBA forward (LA Clippers)
• 1973 - Todd Hollandsworth, Dayton OH, outfielder (LA Dodgers)
• 1974 - Ben[jamin] Lincoln Holbrook, Hartland Wis, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1974 - Kevin Sullivan, Brantford Ontario, 1.5k runner (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Paul Bradford, cornerback (San Diego Chargers)
• 1975 - Joey Lawrence, Phila Pa, actor (Gimme a Break, Blossom, Summer Rental)
• 1976 - Lenka Nemeckova, Brno Czech, tennis star (1993 Futures-Maribor-SLO)
• 1977 - Lisa Ervin, figure skater (US Nationals-4th-1992)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1164 - Victor IV, [Ottaviano Montecello], Italian antipope (1159-64), dies
• 1314 - Clement V, [Bertrand Got], pope (1305-14) move papacy to Avignon, dies
• 1317 - Agnes van Montepulciano, Italian mystic/saint, dies
• 1534 - Elizabeth Barton, [St Magd van Kent], British prophet, dies
• 1632 - Nicolas Antione, converted to Judiasm, burned at the stake
• 1643 - Christoph Demantius, composer, dies at 75
• 1662 - Gerard Terborch, the elder, painter, dies
• 1695 - Georg Caspar Weckler, composer, dies at 63
• 1759 - Georg Friedrich H„ndel, buried in Westminster Abbey
• 1768 - Giovanni AC Canaletto, Italian painter/cartoonist (Rialto), dies at 70
• 1769 - Pontiac, indian chief to Ottawa, murdered
• 1786 - John Goodricke, English deaf & dumb astronomer, dies at 21
• 1812 - George Clinton, 4th US VP, dies at 73 1st VP to, die in office
• 1820 - Arthur Young, author (Annals of Agriculture), dies
• 1821 - Franz K Achard, German physicist/chemist, dies at 67
• 1836 - Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75
• 1839 - Giuseppe Rossini, father of Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, dies
• 1869 - Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe, composer, dies at 72
• 1869 - Piotr Studzinski, composer, dies at 42
• 1872 - Ljudwit Gaj, Croatian writer/poet (Pjesma iz Zagorja), dies at 62
• 1899 - Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/comedian (voice o—), dies at 64
• 1900 - Mebel Mercer, popular British singer, dies
• 1906 - Australian wombat; oldest known marsupial, dies in London Zoo at 26
• 1908 - Henry Chadwick, sports reporter (baseball), dies at 85
• 1912 - Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/writer (Dracula), dies
• 1918 - Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies
• 1932 - Giuseppe Peano, mathematician, dies
• 1935 - Juliaan de Vriendt, Flemish painter, dies at 92
• 1941 - Barend ter Haar, Dutch lawyer, dies in Buchenwald at 49
• 1947 - Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76
• 1953 - Erich Weinert, writer, dies at 62
• 1956 - Jaap Vranken, organist/composer (Stabat mater), dies
• 1956 - Lieven Duvosel, Flemish music composer (Levensschets), dies at 78
• 1962 - Arthur Harmat, composer, dies at 76
• 1962 - Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82
• 1965 - Dick Wessel, dies of heart attack on 52nd birthday
• 1965 - Richard Wessell, actor (Carney-Riverboat), dies at 54
• 1968 - Marion Weeks, singer/actress, dies of stroke at 81
• 1971 - Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73
• 1973 - Robert Armstrong, actor (Fall Guy, Exposed), dies at 82
• 1974 - Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67
• 1974 - Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/president (Pakistan), dies
• 1977 - Bryan Foy, director/writer, dies at 80
• 1977 - Len Johnson, cricketer (one Test for Australia, 3-66 & 3-8), dies
• 1979 - Peter Donald, host (Masquerade Party), dies at 60
• 1982 - Andrew Sandham, cricketer (325 Eng 1930, 879 runs in 14 Tests), dies
• 1982 - Archibald MacLeish, US, lawyer/writer (Conquistador), dies at 89
• 1982 - Mimi Boesnach, actress (Wedding of Kloris & Roses), dies at 82
• 1983 - Jerzy Andrezjewski, writer, dies
• 1984 - Mabel Mercer, English/US singer (Fly me to the moon), dies at 84
• 1987 - Antony Tudor, dancer/choreographer (Amer Ballet Theater) dies at 78
• 1990 - Horst Sinderman, RDA 1st minister (1973-76), dies
• 1991 - Don[ald] Siegel, US director (Coogan's Bluff/Dirty Harry), dies at 78
• 1991 - Jumjaagiyn Tsedenbal, Mongolian politician, dies
• 1991 - Sean O'Faolain, [J Whelan], Irish writer (Nest of Simple), dies at 91
• 1991 - Steve Marriott, English guitarist (Small Faces), dies in a fire at 44
• 1991 - Yumzhagin Tsendenbal, PM of Mongolia (1952-74), dies
• 1992 - Benny Hill, comedian (Benny Hill Show), dies of a heart attack at 67
• 1992 - Johnny Shines, Delta blues singer/guitarist, dies at 76
• 1993 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81
• 1994 - Jean Carmet, French actor (Merci la Vie, Le Sucre), dies at 72
• 1995 - Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavian politician (1945-54), dies
• 1995 - R E S Wyatt, cricketer (England capt 16 times), dies
• 1995 - Sunil Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan wicketkeeper (1979 World Cup), suicide
• 1995 - Tessie O'Shea, entertainer, dies at 81
• 1996 - Cecilia Grace Hunt Reeves Gillie, bBC Executive, dies at 88
• 1996 - Christopher Robin Milne, bookseller, dies at 75
• 1996 - Tran Van Tra, soldier, dies at 77