• 1543 - Johan Casimir, count of Rhine (occupied Gent)
• 1574 - John Wilbye, composer
• 1602 - Kano Tanju, Japanese painter (palaces, portraits)
• 1621 - Georg Neumark, composer
• 1659 - Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)
• 1663 - Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer
• 1682 - Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke
• 1693 - Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69)
• 1707 - Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind
• 1715 - Ewald Christian von Kleist, German lyric poet (Der Frhling)
• 1731 - Jean-Louis Laruette, composer
• 1762 - Sebastiaan C Nederburgh, director-general (East Indies Company)
• 1765 - Joseph N Ni‚pce, French inventor (photography)
• 1769 - Josef Alois Ladurner, composer
• 1773 - Tommaso Marchesi, composer
• 1785 - Alessandro Manzoni, Italy, poet/novelist (Betrothed)
• 1792 - John Herschel, Slough England, William Herschel's son, astronomer
• 1797 - Karl Schwencke, composer
• 1799 - Frantisek L Celakovsky, Czech poet (national anthem, folk song)
• 1807 - Franz Grave von Pocci, German poet/composer (Der Alchemist)
• 1811 - Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer
• 1813 - Judocus Smits, Dutch Catholic newspaper pioneer/founder (The Time)
• 1820 - Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffman, composer
• 1822 - Victor Masse, composer
• 1827 - Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
• 1831 - John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen
• 1832 - Orlando Metcalfe Poe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
• 1837 - Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)
• 1841 - Olegario V”ctor Andrade, Argentina, poet (El nido de c¢ndores)
• 1842 - Anne CAI van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist
• 1844 - Anthony Comstock, New Canaan Ct, anti-vice crusader/philatelist
• 1849 - Luther Burbank, Lancaster, Mass, horticulturist
• 1850 - Tom s G Masaryk, Czechoslovakia, Father/Pres of Czech (1918-35)
• 1856 - Matilde Serao, [Tuffolina], Italian writer (Land of Cockayne)
• 1857 - Julius Wagner von Jauregg, Austria, psychiatrist (Nobel 1927)
• 1858 - Nikolai Artzibushev, composer
• 1866 - Paul Ernst, writer
• 1869 - Ernst J Cohen, Dutch chemist
• 1872 - Piet Mondriaan, Holland, abstract painter (Broadway Boogie Woogie)
• 1872 - Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov, composer
• 1875 - Maurice Joseph Ravel, Cibourne France, composer (Bol‚ro)
• 1883 - Carl Deis, composer
• 1886 - Raymond Largay, Wisc, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl)
• 1887 - Heino Eller, composer
• 1888 - Alidius WLT van Starkenborch Stachouwer, gov of Neth Indies (1936-45)
• 1891 - Marcel Barger, [Meyer Streliskie], cabaret performer (I keep Susy)
• 1895 - Juan Jose Castro, composer
• 1896 - Erwin Bodky, composer
• 1898 - Jan Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer
• 1900 - Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter
• 1900 - [Albert] Carel Willink, Dutch painter (magic realism)
• 1902 - Heinz Ruehmann, German actor/director (Der Hauptmann von K”penick)
• 1904 - Ivar Ballangrud, Norway, Olympic speed skater (4 gold, 2 silver)
• 1904 - Reinhard Heydrich, German governor (Bohemen/Moravia (Lidice))
• 1904 - Virginia Downing, actress (Gig, Butterfield 8)
• 1904 - Willy Forst, Austria actor/director (Vienna Blood)
• 1905 - Vera Fjodorova Panova, Russian author (Sputniki)
• 1906 - Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer
• 1906 - Hans Lachman, composer
• 1907 - Juan Francisco Giacobbe, composer
• 1907 - Mircea Eliade, religious historian (Le Yoga)
• 1908 - Anna Magnani, Alexandria Egypt, actress (Rose Tattoo, Miracle)
• 1908 - Joop [Joseph] van Santen, Dutch 1st chamber member (CPN)
• 1908 - Tomas de Manzarraga, composer
• 1909 - Greta Schoon, writer
• 1909 - Leo Malet, writer
• 1911 - Stefan Kisielewski, composer
• 1914 - Morton DaCosta, Phila, director (Island of Love, Music Man)
• 1915 - Jacques Chaban-Delmas, French politician
• 1917 - Davis Roberts, Mobile Ala, actor (Mr Johnson-Boone)
• 1917 - Janet Collins, ballerina
• 1917 - Robert Erickson, composer
• 1918 - June Wayne, artist/lithographer/teacher
• 1919 - Jocelyn Olaf Hambro, financier
• 1919 - Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian writer (Twilight in Djakarta)
• 1920 - Willie Watson, cricketer (England batsman & soccer international)
• 1924 - Eduardo Paolozzi, British sculptor (Hydra)
• 1924 - Kobo Abe, Tokyo Japan, playwright (Woman, the Dunes)
• 1930 - James Broderick, Charleston NH, actor (Brenner-Brenner, Doug-Family)
• 1930 - Lord Snowdon, [Anthony Armstrong-Jones], London, photographer
• 1931 - C W Stubblefield, music promoter
• 1931 - Cornelis T "Cor" van de Molen, director Social Businesses of Press
• 1931 - Donald Barthelme, US, writer (Snow White)
• 1934 - King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], rocker
• 1934 - Nari Contractor, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
• 1934 - Willard Scott, weather forecaster (Today Show)
• 1936 - Georges Perec, French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee)
• 1937 - Anne Kristen, actress (Truth or Dare, Rachel-Dr Finlay, Sunset Song)
• 1937 - Don Bonker, (Rep-D-WA, 1975- )
• 1938 - Homero Blancas, Houston TX, PGA golfer (1972 Phoenix Open)
• 1938 - Janet Guthrie, race car driver (1st woman to race in Indie 500)
• 1939 - Marion Marlowe, St Louis Mo, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends)
• 1940 - Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues)
• 1940 - Harald Gerlach, writer
• 1940 - Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader (Glasnost Berlin)
• 1940 - Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4, T-13, TM-5)
• 1942 - Al[bert] Tanara, WLAF defensive coach (Amsterdam Admirals)
• 1942 - Michael Eisner, Mt Kisko NY, CEO (Walt Disney)
• 1942 - Paul Preuss, US, sci-fi author (Medusa Encounter, Starfire)
• 1942 - Tammy Faye Bakker, gospel singer/wife of Jim Baker (PTL)
• 1942 - Tommy F Robinson, (Rep-D-AR, 1985- )
• 1942 - U N Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68)
• 1943 - Carole Peel, Australian softball asst coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1943 - Chris White, rock bassist (Zombies-Never Even Thought)
• 1943 - Leon Frank Sylvers, rocker
• 1944 - Elton Gallegly, (Rep-R-California)
• 1944 - Jrgen Theobaldy, writer
• 1944 - Townes Van Zandt, musician
• 1945 - Arthur Lee, rocker (Vindicator)
• 1945 - John Heard, actor (Cat People, Cutter's Way, CHUD)
• 1946 - Matthew Fisher, London, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
• 1946 - Peter Wolf, rock singer (J Giels Band-Centerfold, Freeze Frame)
• 1947 - Donna Loren, Boston Mass, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo)
• 1947 - Lewis J Stadlen, Bkln NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City)
• 1947 - Richard Lawson, actor (Eddie-O'Neills)
• 1947 - Robert O'Neill Crossman, politician
• 1950 - Franco Harris, NFL fullback (Pitts Steelers)
• 1950 - Mark Pinter, Decorah Iowa, actor (Behind the Screen, Another World)
• 1952 - Ernie Isley, US vocalist/guitarist (It's Your Thing, Heat is On)
• 1952 - Lynn Swann, NFL receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)/sportscaster
• 1952 - Vivian Richards, West Indian master blaster
• 1953 - Jules Shear, rock musician
• 1953 - Kathleen Sullivan, Pasadena Ca, newscaster (E!)
• 1954 - Matt Frenette, rock drummer (Loverboy)
• 1958 - Rik Mayall, comedian (Drop Dead Fred, Bottom, Little Noises)
• 1959 - Thomas Edward Lehman, Austin MN, PGA golfer (1994 Memorial Tournament)
• 1960 - Ivan Lendl, Czechoslovakia, tennis pro (US Open 1985-87)
• 1960 - Joe Carter, Oklahoma City OK, outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
• 1961 - Mary Beth Evans, Pasadena Calif, actress (Katherine-General Hospital)
• 1962 - Taylor Dayne, [Leslie Wunderman], NY, vocalist (I'll Always Love You)
• 1963 - Mike Eagles, Sussex, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
• 1963 - Mohammad Ishaq, cricketer (UAE batsman 1996 World Cup)
• 1964 - Amy Baltus, Bloomington IND, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-13th-1992)
• 1964 - Jeff Criswell, NFL tackle (KC Chiefs)
• 1965 - Cameron Daddo, Melbourne Australia, actor (Brian Petersen-Models Inc)
• 1965 - Jesper Bo Parnevik, Stockholm Sweden, PGA golfer (1995 Nestle-5th)
• 1965 - Steve Beuerlein, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars, Car Panthers)
• 1965 - [Willie] Flipper Anderson, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
• 1966 - Jeff Feagles, NFL punter (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1966 - Mel Rojas, Haina Dom Rep, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
• 1966 - Terry Carkner, Smiths Falls, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
• 1967 - Zheng Haixia, WNBA center (LA Sparks)
• 1968 - Jeff Kent, Bellflower CA, infielder (NY Mets)
• 1968 - Ricky Proehl, NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears)
• 1969 - Anne Marie Lauck, Rochester NY, marathoner (Olympics-10th-96)
• 1969 - Anthony Davis, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
• 1969 - Brian Jamieson, Livingston NJ, rower (Olympics-silver-1996)
• 1969 - Geoff Smith, Edmonton, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
• 1969 - Matt Blundin, NFL quarterback (KC Chiefs, Detroit Lions)
• 1969 - Sam Gash, NFL running back (New England Patriots)
• 1970 - Jacquelyn Doucette, Miss Massachusetts USA (1996)
• 1970 - James Calvin Spivey, Schiller Park Ill, miler
• 1970 - Kathy Gedney, Indianapolis Ind, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-25th-1994)
• 1971 - Alison Herst, Toronto Ontario, kayaker (Olympics-5-92, 96)
• 1972 - Andrew Finch, rower (Olympics-1996)
• 1972 - Marina Hatzakis, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
• 1974 - Joost Volmer, soccer player (FC Twente)
• 1975 - Andrey Savenkov, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
• 1975 - William Hampton, CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders)
• 1977 - Ludmila Richterova, Kosice Slovakia, tennis star (1995 Bournemouth)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0161 - Antoninus Pius, [Titus Aurelius], emperor of Rome (138-61), dies at 74
• 1040 - Harold I, King of England (1035-40), dies
• 1111 - Bohemund I of Tarente, French ruler of Antioch, dies
• 1274 - Thomas Aquinas, Italian thelogian/saint, dies at 48
• 1305 - Gwijde van Dampierre, count of Flanders/count of Namur, dies at 78
• 1719 - Steven J Vennekool, Amsterdam's master builder, buried
• 1724 - Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Pope (1721-24), dies at 68
• 1737 - Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at 79
• 1750 - Cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52
• 1761 - Antonio Palella, composer, dies at 68
• 1786 - Frantisek Benda, composer, dies at 76
• 1802 - Johann Georg Witthauer, composer, dies at 50
• 1804 - John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies
• 1809 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer, dies at 73
• 1810 - Albertus H Wiese, gov-gen of Neth Indies, dies at about 48
• 1833 - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German author, dies at 61
• 1842 - Christian Theodor Weinlig, composer, dies at 61
• 1862 - Ben McCulloch, US Confederate brig-general (KIA), dies at 50
• 1862 - John Baillie McIntosh, US general-major (Union Army), dies at 32
• 1862 - William Slack, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle
• 1907 - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64
• 1911 - Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
• 1924 - Pat Moran, manager (Cin Reds), dies of Bright's Disease
• 1926 - Jindrich Z Albestu Kaan, composer, dies at 73
• 1931 - Akseli V Gallen-Kallela, Finnish painter/illustrator, dies at 65
• 1931 - Theo van Doesburg, [Christian Kupper], painter/architect, dies at 47
• 1932 - Aristide Briand, 11 x premier of France (Nobel 1926), dies at 69
• 1939 - Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38
• 1941 - Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63
• 1941 - Gnther Prien, German commandant (U-47), dies in battle
• 1945 - Adolf Bartels, German writer/racist, dies at 82
• 1951 - Ali Razmara, Shah of Iran (1950-51), assassinated
• 1951 - Ivor Novello, British writer (Keep the Home Fires Burning), dies at 58
• 1951 - Shah Ali Razmara, of Iran, assassinated
• 1955 - Tom Dugan, actor (Pick a Star), dies at 66
• 1959 - Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Economics of Welfare), dies
• 1959 - Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at 88
• 1961 - Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian painter, dies at 42
• 1961 - Max Hymans, WW II resistance fighter/Head of Air France, dies at 60
• 1964 - Franz Alexander, Hungarian/US psycho analyst, dies at 73
• 1968 - Yuri Aleksayevich Gagarin, USSR cosmonaut (Vostok I), dies at 31
• 1973 - Andr‚ de Meulemeester, Belg WW I pilot [Eagle of Flanders], dies at 78
• 1975 - Ben Blue, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73
• 1975 - Francine Larrimore, actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76
• 1976 - Erwin Kroll, composer, dies at 90
• 1979 - Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84
• 1979 - Klaus Egge, Norwegian composer (Fanitullen), dies at 72
• 1981 - John Gnagy, artist (Learn to Draw), dies at 73
• 1981 - Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin, Russian conductor/composer, dies at 67
• 1982 - Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68
• 1983 - Igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70
• 1983 - Robert Bray, actor (Corey-Lassie, Simon-Stagecoach West), dies at 65
• 1985 - George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony), dies at 76
• 1985 - Robert W Woodruff, CEO (Coca-Cola), dies at 95
• 1985 - Victor W Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies
• 1986 - Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY), dies in Palm Beach, Fla at 81
• 1988 - Divine, [Harris Milstead], female impersonator (Pink Flamingos), dies
• 1988 - Robert Livingston, actor (Lone Ranger), dies at 83 of emphysema
• 1990 - Max Neuhaus, composer, dies at 50
• 1993 - Arnold Franchetti, Ital/US composer, dies
• 1993 - Earl Wrightson, singer/actor (Pinafore), dies of heart failure at 77
• 1993 - Tony Harris, cricketer (8 Tests for S Afr 1947-49, 100 runs), dies
• 1995 - Don Cook, British foreign correspondent, dies at 74
• 1995 - Jaap van den Hurk, TV-director (NCRV), dies
• 1995 - Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force gen, commits suicide at 64
• 1995 - John Arthur Neill Lambert, composer teacher organist, dies at 69
• 1995 - Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87
• 1995 - Thijmen Kuijt, resistance fighter/co-found paper (Typhoon), dies at 82
• 1996 - Aled Eames, mAritime historian, dies at 74