• 1568 - Adriano Banchieri, composer
• 1596 - Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri)
• 1600 - Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch States-General court clerk
• 1608 - Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of military
• 1695 - Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer
• 1703 - Johan-Theodoor van Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal
• 1719 - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
• 1757 - Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia
• 1778 - Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer
• 1789 - Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer
• 1803 - Alexander L'vovich Gurilyov, composer
• 1803 - Prudence Crandall, founder (School for "young ladies of colour")
• 1811 - John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists)
• 1825 - Armistead Lindsay Long, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
• 1825 - William Wallace Burns, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1892
• 1831 - ? Gist, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
• 1835 - William Gaston Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
• 1840 - Jacob Fabricius, composer
• 1849 - Sarah Orne Jewett, Maine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs)
• 1856 - Louis Henri Sullivan, Boston Mass, father of modern US architecture
• 1859 - AAJ Jean JaurŠs, French socialist (L'Humanit‚, Les Preuves)
• 1860 - Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established US credit union movement
• 1861 - Ursmer BerliŠre, Belgian historian (Monastican Belgium)
• 1863 - Hans Aanrud, Norse author (Sílve Solfeng)
• 1864 - Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer
• 1865 - Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist/historian
• 1866 - Alain Locke, famous African
• 1875 - Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche, Volkswagen)
• 1889 - Cecil Weston, South Africa, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn)
• 1890 - J Patrick O'Malley, Forest City PA, actress (Courage of Black Beauty)
• 1891 - Bessie Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist writer
• 1893 - Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer/choreography/teacher (Schepelingen)
• 1897 - Cecil Parker, Hastings England, actor (Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities)
• 1897 - Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer
• 1900 - Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president Finland (1956-81)
• 1901 - Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor
• 1902 - Mantan Moreland, Monroe LA, comedian (Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth)
• 1903 - Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian
• 1905 - Carl David Anderson, NYC, physicist (1936 Nobel Prize for physics)
• 1905 - Robert Ruthenfranz, composer
• 1907 - Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party
• 1907 - Loren Eiseley, professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets)
• 1910 - Dorothy Maynor, Norfolk Va, soprano/founder (Harlem School of Arts)
• 1913 - Alan Ladd, Hot Springs AR, actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers)
• 1914 - Kitty Carlisle Hart, New Orleans La, actress (Animal Crackers)
• 1915 - Abel Ehrlich, composer
• 1915 - Knut Nystedt, composer
• 1916 - Memphis Slim, [Peter Chatman], rocker
• 1917 - Eddie "Brat" Stanky, Phil Rizzuto's nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers)
• 1917 - Peter Winter, naval commander
• 1918 - Helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns)
• 1922 - Rosendo Ejercito Santos, composer
• 1923 - Mort Walker, cartoonist (Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois)
• 1923 - Terry Wilson, Calif, actor (Bill-Wagon Train)
• 1926 - Alison Lurie, US, novelist (War Between the Tates)
• 1926 - Anne Jackson, Penn, actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine)
• 1926 - Bill Flemming, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports)
• 1926 - Irene Papas, actress (Zorba the Greek, Attila The Hun)
• 1926 - Joe Kolter, (Rep-D-PA, 1983- )
• 1926 - John R[obert] Jones, US, sci-fi author (White Regiment, Lizard War)
• 1930 - Cherry Barbara Grimm, [Lockett], NZ, sci-fi author (Nearest Fire)
• 1930 - Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
• 1931 - Dick Motta, NBA coach (856 wins, Its not over 'til the fat lady sings)
• 1931 - Mitzi Gaynor, Chicago IL, actress/vocalist (Les Girls, South Pacific)
• 1931 - Rudolf Kelterborn, composer
• 1932 - Richard Tyler, NYC, actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family)
• 1933 - Roland Kayn, composer
• 1933 - Tompall Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
• 1934 - Xavier Darasse, composer
• 1935 - Eileen Brennan, LA Calif, actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin)
• 1935 - Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer (Passacaglia)
• 1936 - John W Olver, (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
• 1936 - Zine al-Abidine Ben Ami, general/president of Tunisia (1987- )
• 1940 - Pauline Collins, London England, actress (Shirley Valentine)
• 1942 - Al Jardine, Lima Oh, guitarist/singer (Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room)
• 1943 - Dave Eichelberger, Waco TX, PGA golfer (1971 Greater Milwaukee Open)
• 1943 - Don Brewer, rocker
• 1943 - Michael D Barnes, (Rep-D-MD, 1979-86)
• 1943 - Mick Farren, UK, sci-fi author (Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid)
• 1944 - Gary Leeds, Glendale Ca, rocker (Walker Brothers)
• 1944 - Sherwood C "Woody" Spring, Hartford Ct, Col USA/astronaut (STS 61B)
• 1944 - Valerie Perrine, Galveston Tx, actress (Steam Bath, Superman, Lenny)
• 1945 - George Biondo, rocker (Steppenwolf)
• 1945 - Mike Harrison, keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It's All About)
• 1946 - Peter Morris, historian of France
• 1947 - Eric Bell, rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy Belfast, N Ireland
• 1947 - Michael Huffington, US oil millionaire (Rep-R-Calif, 1992-94)
• 1948 - Donald Brewer, Flint Mich, rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad)
• 1948 - Minouche Janmaat-Abee, Dutch MP (CDA)
• 1948 - Ronald W Harris, Canton Oh, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1968)
• 1948 - Tara Oedayraj Singh Varma, 1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber
• 1950 - Aaron Smith, rocker (Romeo Void)
• 1953 - Khabib Munir, Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3 backup)
• 1953 - M H Habib, Syria, cosmonaut
• 1955 - Steve Jones, London, rock guitarist (Sex Pistols)
• 1956 - Hans-Georg Beyer, German DR, team handball player (Olympic-gold-1980)
• 1956 - Patrick McGeown, politician
• 1961 - Brian Thomas Kamm, Rochester NY, PGA golfer (1994 Bell Canadian-6th)
• 1961 - Greg Petersen, Iowa City IA, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Klondike-6th)
• 1961 - Rene Gonzales, Austin TX, infielder (Texas Rangers)
• 1962 - Dave Clark, Tupelo MS, outfielder (Pitts Pirates)
• 1963 - Eric Plunk, Wilmington CA, pitcher (Oakland A's, NY Yankees, Indians)
• 1964 - Ernest Givins, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
• 1964 - Glenn Joyner, Ferntree Gully VIC, Australasia golfer
• 1964 - Toshiyuki Sakai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
• 1965 - Charlie Sheen, [Carlos Estavez], NYC, actor (Wall St, Platoon)
• 1965 - Maurizio Mansi, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
• 1965 - Todd Lewis, musician (Toadies)
• 1966 - Bennie Blades, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
• 1966 - Pat Eilers, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
• 1966 - Shawn Daniels, CFL fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
• 1967 - Chris Gatling, NBA forward (NJ Nets)
• 1967 - Luis Gonzalez, Tampa Fla, outfielder (Chic Cubs)
• 1968 - David Pichler, Butler Pa, diver (Olympics-6th-96)
• 1968 - Dawn Allinger, Salt Lake City UT, team handball back court (Oly-1996)
• 1968 - Matt Hamon, SF Calif, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1968 - Robert Bailey, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
• 1969 - Keith Traylor, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs, Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
• 1970 - George Lynch, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
• 1970 - Uzooma Okeke, CFL guard (Montreal Alouettes)
• 1971 - Chabeli Iglesias, Madrid Spain, daughter of Julio Iglesias
• 1971 - Glen Housman, Rockhampton QLD Aust, swimmer (Olympics-silv-92, 96)
• 1971 - Tonja Marie Christensen, Salt Lake City Utah, playmate (Nov, 1991)
• 1972 - Antonius Bonner, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
• 1972 - Martin Straka, Pizen CZE, NHL forward (Team Czech Rep, Florida)
• 1972 - Roland Ramoser, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
• 1973 - Brian Thure, NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
• 1973 - Chen Hsiao-Fen, Miss Universe-Taiwan ROC (1996)
• 1973 - Damon Stoudamire, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
• 1973 - Joanette Kruger, Johannesburg S Africa, tennis star
• 1974 - Rebecca Bailey, Christchurch NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Sergei Yerkovich, hockey defenseman (Team Belarus 1998)
• 1975 - Ava Lovell, Miss Universe-Belize (1996)
• 1975 - Christobal Huet, hockey goalie (Team France 1998)
• 1977 - Tami Tyler, Santa Clara Calif, dance skater (& Jonathan Nichols)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 1189 - Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
• 1205 - Petrus van Poitiers, French theologist (Sententiarum libri V), dies
• 1402 - Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke/tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51
• 1634 - Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies
• 1642 - Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I/Charlotte, dies at 65
• 1653 - Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65
• 1655 - Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56
• 1658 - James I, king of England (1603-25), dies at 92
• 1658 - Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 59
• 1667 - Alonso Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 66
• 1675 - Pieter Boel, Flemish painter/etcher, dies
• 1708 - Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53
• 1739 - George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46
• 1790 - Thomas Norris, composer, dies at 49
• 1811 - Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75
• 1843 - Cornelis PJ Elout, military/pres of West Sumatra, dies at 47
• 1849 - Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies
• 1857 - M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77
• 1871 - Vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71
• 1876 - Felix, cricketer (legendary All-England player), dies
• 1877 - Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80
• 1883 - Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64
• 1890 - Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63
• 1890 - Willem Linnig Jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies
• 1908 - Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Dutch East-Indies), dies
• 1914 - Alb‚ric Magnard, French composer, killed in action at 49
• 1914 - Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58
• 1914 - Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, composer, dies at 49
• 1917 - Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
• 1935 - Joannes DJ Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62
• 1938 - Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77
• 1940 - Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stj„rna), dies at 59
• 1944 - Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer, dies at 75
• 1946 - Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79
• 1948 - Eduard Benesj, president Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48), dies
• 1951 - Arnold Warren, cricketer (only Test for England), dies
• 1951 - Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67
• 1954 - Eugene Pallette, actor (It's a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65
• 1960 - Joseph Lamb, composer, dies at 72
• 1962 - Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63
• 1962 - e[dward] e cummings, US poet (Tulips & Chimneys), dies at 67
• 1963 - Cruys Voorbergh, actor/director (Vliegende Hollander), dies at 64
• 1963 - Frico Kafenda, composer, dies at 79
• 1964 - Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82
• 1965 - Otto Lederer, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 79
• 1967 - David Cohen, historian/chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84
• 1967 - James Dunn, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61
• 1967 - Woody Guthrie, rocker, dies of Huntington's Chorea at 55
• 1969 - Ho Chi Minh, [Nguyen Ta't-Tanh], N Vietnamese president, dies at 79
• 1970 - Al Wilson, "Blind Owl", guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
• 1970 - Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28
• 1970 - Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers), dies in Washington DC at 57
• 1971 - Percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies
• 1971 - Veronica Turleigh, actress (Promoter), dies at 68
• 1976 - Harry Partch, US composer (Oedipus), dies at 75
• 1980 - Barbara O'Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas)
• 1980 - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies at 76
• 1980 - Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
• 1982 - Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered
• 1982 - Michael Thoma, actor (8 is Enough, Fame), dies at 55
• 1984 - Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83
• 1984 - Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80
• 1985 - Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73
• 1985 - John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58
• 1987 - Morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61
• 1987 - Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukraine architect/author (Soldiers), dies at 76
• 1987 - Vokopach Stalingrada/Kira Georgijevna, dies at 76
• 1990 - David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients
• 1991 - Frank Capra, director (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 94
• 1991 - Henri de Lubac, French theologist/antifascist, dies
• 1992 - Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies
• 1993 - Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83
• 1994 - Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
• 1994 - James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75
• 1994 - Major Lance, soul singer, dies at 55
• 1994 - Marijke Vetter, Dutch journalist, dies at 82
• 1994 - Nikos Ghika, artist, dies at 88
• 1994 - Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85
• 1994 - William Ambrose Right, footballer, dies at 70
• 1995 - Alex Brown, snooker player, dies at 87
• 1995 - Alfred Earle Birney, poet, dies at 91
• 1995 - Donald Cuthbert Coleman, economic historian, dies at 75
• 1995 - Mary Adshead, muralist/painter, dies at 91
• 1995 - Peter Michalke, journalist, dies at 40
• 1995 - Roye England, modeller/museum curator, dies at 88
• 1996 - John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate, dies at 56
• 1996 - Julian Amery, politician, dies at 77
• 1996 - Robert Croften Brown, politician, dies at 75