• 1462 - Louis XII, the Just, King of France (1498-1515)
• 1550 - Charles IX, King of France (1560-74)
• 1615 - Johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter
• 1718 - Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer
• 1745 - Johann Nepomuk Went, composer
• 1789 - Philipp Friedrich Silcher, composer
• 1805 - Stephen Elvey, composer
• 1808 - Everhardus J Potgieter, Dutch writer/publisher (The Guide)
• 1809 - Fran‡ois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member
• 1812 - John Pike Hullah, composer
• 1819 - Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer
• 1821 - August Conradi, composer
• 1828 - Junius Daniel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
• 1833 - Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer
• 1838 - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, Bengali novelist (Anandamath)
• 1846 - Charles S Parnell, English/Irish Home Rule Party-Lower house member
• 1849 - Harriet Hubbard Ayers, beauty cream maufacturer & expert/columnist
• 1850 - Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria, poet/novelist/playwright (Under the Yoke)
• 1850 - Jacob Adolf Hagg, composer
• 1850 - Lafcadio Hearn, US, journalist/author (Chita)
• 1859 - Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You)
• 1862 - May Irwin, US comedienne/singer (Hot Time in the Old Town)
• 1869 - Emma Goldman, anarchist/publisher (Mother Earth)
• 1872 - Paul Laurence Dunbar, Dayton Ohio, poet/novelist (Oak & Ivory)
• 1878 - Jean F Van Royen, Dutch bibliophile/secretary-general of PTT
• 1880 - Helen Keller, Ala, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many
• 1882 - Eduard Spranger, German psychologist/educator
• 1884 - Forrester Harvey, Ireland, actor (Tarzan, Chump at Oxford)
• 1884 - Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher (La psychanalyse du feu)
• 1885 - Arthur Harmat, composer
• 1886 - Charles Macartney, cricketer (Governor-General)
• 1889 - Alfred Courtens, Belgian sculptor
• 1889 - Moroni Olsen, Ogden UT, actor (Annie Oakley, Black Gold, Snow White)
• 1896 - Franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond
• 1898 - Alexandra G "Alja" von Hoyer-Rachmanova, Russ/Aust author (Students)
• 1898 - Tibor Harsanyi, composer
• 1900 - Otto E Passman, (Rep-D-La, 1947-77)
• 1905 - Ruby Middleton Forsythe, teacher (50 years in 1 room school in SC)
• 1906 - Vernon P Watkins, Welsh poet (Ballad of Mari Lwyd)
• 1907 - John McIntire, Spokane WA, actor (Naked City, Wagon Train, Virginian)
• 1907 - Valerie Cossart, London, actress (Hartmans)
• 1908 - Hans de Jong, musician/conductor (De Damrakkertjes)
• 1908 - William Eric David Davis, broadcaster
• 1909 - Gianandrea Gavazzeni, composer
• 1910 - Karel Reiner, composer
• 1911 - Alfred Scott Witherbee Jr, US, 3 year old who drowned on Lusitania
• 1911 - Paul Eekman, Flemish RC politician (1964- )
• 1911 - V K Narayana Menon, composer
• 1912 - Audrey Christie, Chic Ill, actress (Dorothy-Fair Exchange)
• 1913 - Willie Mosconi, world champion pool player (1941-57)
• 1914 - Alexander Pola, [Abraham Polak], Dutch actor/writer (Farce Major)
• 1914 - Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament (1948-87))
• 1915 - Hendrik W van Leeuwen, musician
• 1916 - Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer
• 1916 - Hallvard Olav Johnsen, composer
• 1917 - K M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48)
• 1917 - Ronald George Hayward, political manager
• 1918 - Adolph Kiefer, US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936)
• 1920 - I A L Diamond, screenwriter (1960 Acad Award-Apartment)
• 1921 - G M J Veldkamp, Dutch politician (CDA)
• 1922 - George Theophilus Walker, Washington DC, composer (Praise of Lillies)
• 1922 - Herbert Ziergiebel, writer
• 1923 - Paul F Conrad, Cedar Rapids Iowa, cartoonist (Pulitzer 1964, 71, 84)
• 1924 - Bob Appleyard, cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career)
• 1924 - Efua Theodore Sutherland, writer
• 1924 - Paul Conrad, comic strip cartoonist (LA Times)
• 1925 - Jerome "Doc" Pomus, rocker
• 1926 - Frank O'Hara, writer
• 1927 - Bob Keeshan, Lynbrook NY, aka Capt Kangaroo/Clarabelle (Good Morning)
• 1927 - Peter Bayliss, Thames England, actor (From Russia With Love)
• 1927 - Robert Casey, Rochester NY, actor (Henry-Aldrich Family Show)
• 1930 - H Ross Perot, Texas, billionaire/presidental candidate (1992)
• 1930 - Tamio Kono, Sacramento CA, weightlifting (Oly-gold-52, 56, 60)
• 1931 - Alojz Srebotnjak, composer
• 1931 - Charles Bronfman, CEO (Seagrams, Montreal Expos)
• 1931 - Ryszard Kwiatkowski, composer
• 1932 - Hugh Wood, composer
• 1932 - Joachim Wohlgemuth, writer
• 1934 - Anna Moffo, Wayne Penn, soprano (Adventurers) [or 1927/1932]
• 1935 - Eduard Pavlovich Kugno, Russia, cosmonaut
• 1935 - Frans K”hler, painter
• 1936 - John MD "Shali" Shalikashvili, Polish/US general (NATO)
• 1937 - Joseph P Allen IV, Crawfordsville Ind, PhD/astronaut (STS-5, STS 51A)
• 1938 - Bruce E Babbitt, (Gov-D-AL)/secretary of interior
• 1938 - Gordon Rorke, cricketer (Australian quickie, 4 Tests at end of 50's)
• 1938 - Shirley Ann Field, actress (Beat Girl, Kings of the Sun) [or Jul 27]
• 1939 - Neil Hawke, cricketer (Aust pace bowler & late-order bat in 60s)
• 1940 - Erik Erikson, anthropologist
• 1941 - James P[atrick] Hogan, UK, sci-fi author (Giants' Star)
• 1941 - Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, director/actor (Underground Passage)
• 1942 - Frank Mills, pianist/composer/arranger (Music Box Dancer)
• 1942 - John Howard McGuire, composer
• 1944 - Bruce Johnston, rocker
• 1944 - Cornelis J "Kees" Ouwens, Dutch writer/poet (Intimate Acts)
• 1944 - Patrick Sercu, Belgium, 1K time trial (Olympic-gold-1964)
• 1945 - Catherine Lacoste, Paris France, golfer (US Women's Open 1967)
• 1945 - John Veltch, horse trainer
• 1945 - Norma Kamali, NYC, dress designer (Costumes for the Wiz)
• 1946 - Daria Semegen, composer
• 1946 - Janice Giteck, composer
• 1946 - Sally Priesand, 1st us woman rabbi
• 1947 - Francisca "Cisca" Beaudoux, actress (2 Under a Cap)
• 1948 - Angel Penna Jr, horse trainer
• 1950 - Benjamin Peterson, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972)
• 1950 - Julia Duffy, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk)
• 1951 - Sidney M Gutierrez, Albuquerque NM, Mjr USAF/astronaut (STS 40, 59)
• 1951 - Ulf Andersson, Sweden, International Chess Grandmaster (1972)
• 1953 - Kent Bostick, Lowell Mass, pursuit cyclist (Olympics-84, 96)
• 1955 - Frank H G de Grave, Dutch MP (VVD)
• 1955 - Isabelle Adjani, Paris, actress (Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar)
• 1956 - Jeff Odintz, horse trainer
• 1957 - Jack Poels, Dutch rock vocalist/gitarist (Rowwen HŠze-In the Wei)
• 1958 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, singer/songwriter (Gun Club)
• 1958 - Robert Newman, LA Calif, actor (Joshua Lewis-Guiding Light)
• 1959 - Lorrie Morgan, Nashville Tn, country singer (Out of Your Shoes)
• 1959 - Trisha Yearwood, Nashville Tenn, singer (She's in Love With the Boy)
• 1960 - 7th marquess of Cholmondeley, English large landowner/millionaire
• 1960 - Brian Dillinger, Brooklyn NY, actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs)
• 1960 - Jim Nussle, (Rep-R-Iowa)
• 1963 - Stephen Peterson, Detroit Mich, Conn, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1964 - Chuck Person, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
• 1966 - Jason Patric, NYC, actor (Lost Boys, Solar Babies)
• 1966 - Jeff Conine, Tacoma Washington, outfielder (Florida Marlins)
• 1966 - Mercedes Paz, Tucum Argentina, tennis star (1990 Strasbourg)
• 1966 - Rob Harbison, Fallston MD, 3x40 rifle (Olympics-6th-1996)
• 1967 - Lester Archambeau, NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1967 - Michelle Torres, Chicago IL, tennis star
• 1967 - Sylvie Fr‚chette, Montreal QUE, synchro swimmer (Oly-gold/silv-92, 96)
• 1968 - Jason Patric, actor (Speed 2 Cruise Control)
• 1969 - Mark Telerico, Cleveland Ohio, Canadian Tour golfer (1994 S Florida)
• 1970 - Petra Langrova, Prostejov Czech, tennis star (1995 Palermo doubles)
• 1970 - Ricardo Jordan, Delray Beach Fla, pitcher (Phila Phillies)
• 1971 - Brant Boyer, linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1971 - Jimmy Kemp, CFL quarterback (Edmonton Eskimos)
• 1973 - Heath Irwin, guard (New England Patriots)
• 1973 - Jennifer Brundage, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
• 1973 - Wendell Davis, cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1974 - Juran Bolden, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1975 - Porter Collins, NYC, rower (Olympics-5th-1996)
• 1975 - Sarah Evanetz, Vancouver BC, 100m butterfly (Olympics-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0444 - Cyrillus van Alexandria, patriarch of Alexandria, dies
• 1137 - Guigo de Castro, [Venerabilis], 5th prior of Grande Chartreuse, dies
• 1296 - Floris V, count of Holland & Zeeland, dies
• 1458 - Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies
• 1543 - Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Ital monk (De golden ezel), dies
• 1638 - Lukaris Cyrillus, patriarch of Alexandria/Constantinople, dies
• 1641 - Michiel Jansz of Mierevelt, royal painter, dies at 74
• 1654 - Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg), dies at 67
• 1679 - Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68
• 1757 - Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant, dies at 59
• 1776 - Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed
• 1785 - Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84
• 1814 - Johann Friedrich Reichardt, composer, dies at 61
• 1829 - James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute
• 1829 - Louis-Sebastien Lebrun, composer, dies at 64
• 1832 - Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisla, composer, dies at 72
• 1839 - Ranjit Singh, gov of Lahore, dies
• 1844 - Hyrum Smith, founder/leader (Mormon Church), lynched in Carthage Ill
• 1844 - Joseph Smith Jr, founder/leader (Mormon Church), lynched at 38
• 1848 - Denis-Auguste Affre, archbsp of Paris (1840-48), shot to death at 54
• 1848 - Zschokke, writer, dies
• 1859 - Jean C Baud, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies (1834-36), dies at 69
• 1862 - Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, Confederate major, dies in battle at about 35
• 1863 - Martin E Green, Confederate brig-general, shot dead at 38
• 1864 - Charles Garrison Harker, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle at 26
• 1876 - Christian G Ehrenberg, German zoologist (micro-organisms), dies at 81
• 1889 - Carlotta Patti, Italian soprano, dies
• 1889 - Whitney Eugene Thayer, composer, dies at 50
• 1912 - George Bonnor, cricketer (once ran three before he was caught), dies
• 1917 - Gustav von Schmolle, German economist (Historical School), dies at 79
• 1918 - Jos‚phin P‚ladan, French writer/CEO (French Red Cross), dies
• 1934 - Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at 56
• 1944 - Werner Wehrli, composer, dies at 52
• 1948 - George Templeton Strong, composer, dies at 92
• 1950 - Milada Hor kov , Czech advocate/anti fascist, hanged
• 1954 - Francis L Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 83
• 1957 - Malcolm Lowry, English writer (Ultramarine), dies at 48
• 1958 - Robert Greig, actor (Devil Doll, Indian Love Call), dies at 78
• 1960 - Harry Pollitt, England, Britsh communist chairman (1956-60)
• 1961 - Paul (II) Guilfoyle, actor (Apache, Final Anaylsis), dies at 58
• 1964 - Daniel Lazarus, composer, dies at 65
• 1965 - Anthony Veiller, writer, dies at 62
• 1966 - Arthur D Waley, [Schloss], British sinology/poet (Monkey), dies
• 1968 - Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for S Af), dies
• 1969 - Richard Vance Maxfield, composer, dies at 42
• 1971 - Kenneth Washington, actor (Sgt Baker-Hogan's Heroes), dies at 53
• 1973 - Earl Browder, leader US Communist Party (1930-45), dies at 82
• 1973 - Ernest Truex, actor (Pop-Pete & Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 73
• 1975 - Robert Stolz, Austrian composer (Frhling im Prater), dies at 94
• 1980 - Steve Peregrin Took, percussionist (T-Rex), dies at 31
• 1982 - Jack Mullaney, actor (My Living Doll, It's About Time), dies at 49
• 1983 - Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race
• 1983 - Maxie Anderson, balloonists, dies during a race
• 1986 - Don Rogers, of Cleveland Browns, dies of cocaine poisoning
• 1986 - Edna Mae Cooper, actress (Folly of Vanity, Grounds for Divorce), dies
• 1987 - Jackie Gleason, comedian (Ralph Kramden-Honeymooners), dies at 71
• 1988 - Leonie Fuller Adams, US poetess (High Falcon), dies at 88
• 1989 - Alfred J Ayer, English philosopher (Logical Positivism), dies
• 1989 - Jack Beutel, actor (The Outlaw), dies
• 1991 - Klas Bruinsma, leader criminal organization, murdered
• 1991 - Willem J [Molly] Geertsema, liberal/foreign minister), dies
• 1992 - Allen James, vocalist/actor (Show Boat), dies of lung cancer at 84
• 1992 - Sandy Amoros, Bkln Dodger, dies at 62 of pneumonia
• 1992 - Stefanie Ann Sargent, guitarist (7 Year Bitch), dies of overdose at 24
• 1993 - Wolfgang Grams, German RAF-terrorist, shot to death at 40
• 1994 - Jeremy Brooks, writer, dies at 67
• 1995 - Lionel Edmund "Sonny" Taylor, musician, dies at 70
• 1995 - Madeleine Gillian Jinkinson, medical administrator, dies at 59
• 1995 - Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 61
• 1996 - Cubby Alberto Romolo Broccoli, movie producer, dies at 87
• 1996 - Roy James Alfred Kaulback, soldier, dies at 85