• 0912 - Otto I, the Great, German king, Holy Roman emperor (962-73)
• 1221 - Alfonso X (the Wise), king of Castile & Leon (1252-84)
• 1553 - Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician (De Medocoma Aegyptorum)
• 1608 - Francisco M de Melo, Portuguese author (Epan foras)
• 1616 - John Wallis, English mathematician/cryptographer (product of Wallis)
• 1669 - Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch deaf-mute teacher (Surdus Loquens)
• 1690 - Ernst J earl van Biron, Russian duke of Koerland/regent of Ivan VI
• 1695 - Fran‡ois the Cuvilli‚s, Belgian court architect of Bayern
• 1748 - Etienne Joseph Floquet, composer
• 1749 - Edward Rutledge, (Gov-SC)/attorney/signer (Decl of Independence)
• 1760 - Gracchus Babeuf, French utopian socialist (Tribun du Peuple)
• 1765 - Thomas Attwood, composer
• 1785 - Joannes P Roothaan, 1st Dutch general of the Jesuits (1829-53)
• 1794 - Joan F Van Oordt, vicar (Groninger direction)
• 1797 - Gabor Matray, composer
• 1800 - Michail P Pogodin, Russian historian/author (Povesti)
• 1804 - Franklin Pierce, Hillsboro NH, (D) 14th Pres (1853-1857)
• 1809 - Horatio Phillips Van Cleve, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
• 1815 - William Dennison, postmaster/general (Union), died in 1882
• 1819 - Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1901
• 1820 - John Willis Ellis, Governor (Confederacy) died in 1861
• 1821 - Charles Meryon, British/French etcher
• 1826 - Agustin Bethencourt, Venezuela publisher on Cura‡ao
• 1830 - Kaspar CE Ritter von Zumbusch, German/Austria sculptor
• 1837 - John van der Waals, Hol, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid & Gas States)
• 1842 - James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain)
• 1843 - Josef Sucher, composer
• 1858 - Frank Hearne, cricketer (bro of George & Alec, Eng & S Afr)
• 1859 - Billy the Kid, [William H Bonney], NYC, criminal
• 1860 - Karl Branting, Sweden, statesman/diplomat (Nobel Peace Prize 1921)
• 1862 - Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo)
• 1862 - Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism)
• 1876 - Manuel de Falla, C diz Spain, composer (El Amor Brujo)
• 1878 - Andre Caplet, composer
• 1878 - Ernest J King, US fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations (WW II)
• 1878 - Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904)
• 1879 - Andr‚ Caplet, French composer/conductor (Conte Fantastic)
• 1882 - Johan C T Kikkert, Dutch painter/etcher/critic
• 1883 - Herman Baccaert, Flemish philological/writer (Along the water front)
• 1883 - Jos‚ Clemente Orozco, Mexico, painter (Epic of Culture in New World)
• 1887 - Boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein)
• 1887 - Paul Malengreau, composer
• 1888 - Harpo Marx, [Adolph] NYC, actor/comedian (Marx brothers)
• 1888 - Nana Bryant, Cincinnati OH, actress (Ladies of the Chorus)
• 1893 - Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa)
• 1894 - Ture Persson, Sweden, sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912)
• 1896 - Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher
• 1896 - Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia (1946-53)
• 1896 - Ruth Etting, US dancer/singer/actress (Roman scandals)
• 1899 - Norman Hunter, writer
• 1901 - Marieluise Fleiáer, writer
• 1906 - Mervyn Roberts, composer
• 1908 - Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter
• 1909 - Nigel Tranter, author/historian (River Realm, Robert the Bruce)
• 1910 - Hal Schumacher, baseball player
• 1911 - Peter Saunders, English theater producer (Legend of the Werewolf)
• 1912 - Det Glynn, teacher/anti-apartheid activist
• 1914 - [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, US, sci-fi author (Time Masters)
• 1915 - Ellen Drew, [Terry Ray], Kansas City Mo, actress (Isle of Dead)
• 1915 - John Dehner, [Forkum], Staten Is NY, actor (Big Hawaii, Bare Essence)
• 1915 - Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, politician
• 1917 - George O'Hanlon, Bkln NY, actor (Calvin-Life of Riley, George Jetson)
• 1917 - Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer
• 1917 - Michael Gough, Malaya, actor (Search for the Nile)
• 1919 - Claudio Santoro, composer
• 1919 - Peter Strawson, English philosopher
• 1920 - Chalmers P Wylie, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- )
• 1920 - Herman Nieland, Dutch organist/pianist/composer (Te Deum Laudamus)
• 1920 - Paul Celan, [Antschell], German/Romanian poet (Collected Prose)
• 1921 - Hein J Roethof, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA)
• 1923 - Angelo John Novarese, record company founder
• 1923 - Guy Molinari, (Rep-R-NY, 1981- )
• 1923 - Nadia Gray, actress (Naked Runner, Maniac, Candide)
• 1924 - Colin Turnbull, anthropologist
• 1924 - Paul Richards, CA, actor (Kiss Daddy Goodnight)
• 1926 - Christopher Logue, British poet/stage writer (Trials)
• 1926 - Don Gordon, LA Calif, actor (Prentiss-Lucan)
• 1928 - Jakob Jez, composer
• 1928 - Jerry Bock, New Haven CT, Broadway composer (Fiddler on the Roof)
• 1930 - Jack McKeon, baseball player
• 1930 - Robert Easton, Milwaukee, actor (Someone Up There Likes Me)
• 1930 - William E Brock, (Sen-D)/US Secretary of Labor (1985-87)
• 1931 - Yevgeni Grischin, USSR, 500m/1500m speed skater (Oly-gold-1956, 60)
• 1932 - Michael Knight, air chief marshall/British leader (NATO)
• 1933 - Hayes Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956)
• 1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Debica Poland, composer (Hiroshima Threnody)
• 1934 - Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56)
• 1934 - Michael Wayne, producer (McQ, Chisum, Green Berets, McLintock)
• 1934 - Rita Rossi Colwell, oceanographer
• 1934 - Robert Towne, producer/screenwriter (Chinatown)
• 1935 - Dean A Gallo, (Rep-R-NJ, 1985- )
• 1935 - Ken Eastwood, cricketer (opened for Aust v Eng SCG 1971)
• 1935 - Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov, Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 11)
• 1938 - Herbert Achternbusch, Munich Germany, actor (Hedes, Mix Wix, Wohin)
• 1938 - Oscar Robertson, NBA guard (Cin, Milwaukee, Olympic-gold-1960)
• 1939 - Betty Everett, US singer (Getting Mighty Crowded)
• 1939 - Susan Anspach, NYC, actress (Grace-Yellow Rose, Blume in Love)
• 1940 - G”sta Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
• 1940 - Luis Tiant, Cuba, baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox, NY Yankees)
• 1941 - Alan Mullery, English soccer player
• 1943 - Andrew Goodman, civil rights worker, murdered in 1964
• 1944 - Joe Eszterhas, screenwriter (Basic Instinct, Showgirls)
• 1944 - Jos‚ Torikens, Dutch journalist (Parool, NRC)
• 1945 - Assaf Dayan, Israel, actor (Operation Thunderbolt)
• 1945 - Steve Landesberg, Bronx NY, comedian/actor (Barney Miller)
• 1946 - Bobby L Rush, (Rep-D-Illinois)
• 1946 - Diana Quick, London England, actress (Brideshead, Big Sleep, Odd Job)
• 1946 - Hans Hoekman, Dutch radio play actor
• 1947 - Geoffery Michael Roberts, vintner
• 1949 - Gayl Jones, US author/poet (Corregidora, Song for Anninho)
• 1950 - Cecil Hooker, rocker (Snuff)
• 1950 - Charles E Schumer, (Rep-D-NY, 1981- )
• 1951 - Bernd Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs (Olympics-gold-1976)
• 1951 - David Rappaport, London England, 3'11" actor (Wizard, Time Bandits)
• 1951 - J”rg Landvoigt, German DR, coxless pairs (Olympics-gold-1976)
• 1952 - Francie Larrieu Smith, US, 1.5/3/10K track runner (AAU 1 mile-1979)
• 1953 - Martin Kent, cricketer (Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981)
• 1954 - Bruce Hornsby, Williamsburg Va, rock vocalist
• 1954 - Ferry Hoogendijk, Dutch editor in chief (Elsevier Magazine)
• 1954 - Ken Schrom, baseball player
• 1955 - Steven Brust, [Karl Zoltan], US, sci-fi author (Yendi, Jhereg)
• 1956 - Bruce Edgar, cricketer (NZ opener through the 80')
• 1956 - Michael S Brainard, LA, actor (Joey-All My Children, Santa Barbara)
• 1956 - Shane Gould, Brisbane Queensland, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1972)
• 1957 - John "Jellybean" Benitez, music producer
• 1958 - David Wallace, Miami, actor (General Hospital, Babysitter, Humongus)
• 1958 - Martin Snedden, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer of 80's)
• 1959 - Brook Jacoby, baseball player
• 1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, Derbyshire England, actor (Miles-The Colbys)
• 1960 - Jayananda Warnaweera, cricketer (Sri Lankan fastish off-spin bowler)
• 1961 - Merv Hughes, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1985-94 Extrovert)
• 1962 - Andrea Blackwell, Calgary Alberta, basketball forward (Olympics-96)
• 1962 - Gary Rusnak, Orangeburg SC, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Permian Basin-2nd)
• 1962 - Mike Nocito, rocker
• 1963 - Dale Sveum, baseball player
• 1964 - Boyd Kestner, actor (Outsiders)
• 1964 - Dave Ellefson, bassist (Megadeth)
• 1964 - John Williams, NFL linebacker/FB (Pitts Steelers)
• 1964 - Jose Gonzales, baseball player
• 1964 - Kapila Wijegunewardene, cricketer (Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler)
• 1965 - Michael Brainard, Hollywood CA, actor (Ted-Santa Barbara)
• 1965 - Rodion Gataullin, Uzbekistan, pole vaulter (Olympics-silver-88)
• 1966 - Charlie Grover, musician (Sponge)
• 1966 - Jerry Kelly, Madison WI, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Cleveland Open-2nd)
• 1966 - Jerry Patrick Kelly, Madison WI, PGA golfer (1995 Greater Milw-34th)
• 1967 - Brian Glynn, Iserlohn Ger, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
• 1967 - Diane O'Grady, North Bay Ontario, rower (Olympics-96)
• 1967 - Gary Kirsten, cricketer (South African lefty opening batsman 1993-)
• 1967 - Patrick Mameli, Dutch rock vocalist/guitarist (Pestilence)
• 1967 - Salli Richardson, actress (Posse)
• 1968 - John O'Neill, Detroit, US field hockey midfielder (Olympics-96)
• 1970 - Glenn Murray, Manning SC, outfielder (Phila Phillies)
• 1971 - Ashraf Amaya, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
• 1971 - Jim Pyne, NFL guard/corner (Tampa Bay Bucs)
• 1971 - Vin Baker, NBA forward (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks)
• 1972 - Kurupt, rapper (Tha Dogg Pound)
• 1972 - Paul Penny, Victoria BC, golfer (Edmonton City Amat-1993, 94)
• 1973 - Reggie Green, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks)
• 1974 - Jamie Sharper, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1974 - Malik Rose, NBA forward (San Antonio Spurs)
• 1974 - Regina Fisher, Miss West Virginia USA (1996)
• 1974 - Saku Koivu, Turku Fin, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens, Oly-B-98)
• 1974 - Tora Suber, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
• 1974 - Tyrus McCloud, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens)
• 1975 - Arno Schreuders, Dutch soccer player (RKC)
• 1976 - Adriana Cano Garcia, Miss Uruguay Universe (1997)
• 1978 - Aliane Baquerot, NYC, rhythmic gymnast (US team-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0615 - Columbanus, Irish monastery founder/poet/saint (Poenitentiale), dies
• 1249 - Ajjoeb, sultan of Egypt, dies
• 1407 - Louis, duke of Orl‚ans, murdered
• 1457 - Ladislaus V Posthumus, king of Hungary/Bohemia, dies at 17
• 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish sailor, hanged
• 1558 - Charles, earl of Lalaing/land guardian of the Neth, dies at 52
• 1585 - Thomas Tallis, composer, dies
• 1613 - Charles Philip of Croij, marquis of Havr‚/earl of Fontenoy, dies at 64
• 1709 - Hans Willem baron Bentinck, Dutch/English earl of Portland, dies at 60
• 1750 - Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55
• 1752 - Conrad Michael Schneider, composer, dies at 79
• 1787 - Anton Schweitzer, composer, dies at 52
• 1814 - Elbridge Gerry, US merchant/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 70
• 1848 - Alfred Julius Becher, composer, dies at 45
• 1853 - Francisco Andrevi y Castellar, composer, dies at 67
• 1853 - Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider, composer, dies at 67
• 1865 - Josef Leopold Zvonar, composer, dies at 41
• 1865 - Ren‚ E de Russy, West Indian/US brig-general, dies at about 75
• 1872 - Ten Bears (Parra-Wa-Samen), US poet/Comanche chief, dies
• 1890 - Willem III, King of Netherland (1849-1890), dies at 73
• 1902 - Walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies
• 1910 - Hawley H Crippen, doctor/murderer, executed
• 1911 - Bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies
• 1914 - Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame), dies at 70
• 1916 - Eduard Napravnik, composer, dies at 77
• 1916 - Leonard Moon, cricketer (WW I 4 Tests for England 1905-06), dies
• 1920 - Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies
• 1926 - Frederic Ayers, composer, dies at 50
• 1927 - S Przybyszewski, writer, dies
• 1931 - Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies
• 1932 - Percy Pitt, composer, dies at 63
• 1934 - Albert Funke K�ppes, political cartoonist, dies
• 1937 - Louis Victor Saar, composer, dies at 68
• 1938 - August TC Kiehl, actor (Hope of Blessing), dies at 84
• 1940 - Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82
• 1943 - Ernest Jones, cricketer ("Jonah" Gave WG's beard a close shave), dies
• 1946 - Fawzi Husseini, Arabic High Director for Palestine, murdered
• 1948 - Stanner E V Taylor, US director/writer (Lucky Jim, Ramona), dies at 71
• 1948 - Uzeir Abdul Huseyn Hajibeyov, composer, dies at 63
• 1949 - Gustav Radbruch, German Min of Justice, dies
• 1952 - Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet, dies at 59
• 1952 - Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62
• 1956 - Jeanne Cappe, Belgian author (Tres Grand Cardinal), dies at about 61
• 1962 - Gloria Gordon, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 81
• 1962 - Herman J Friedericy, Dutch author (Last General), dies at 62
• 1965 - Franc Debenham, Australian geographer/geologer, dies at 81
• 1967 - Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies
• 1970 - Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60
• 1971 - Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies
• 1972 - Marie Wilson, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 56
• 1973 - Claire Dodd, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64
• 1973 - Constance Talmadge, US comedienne (Her Primitive Lover), dies at 75
• 1973 - Paul Newlan, actor (Capt Grey-M Squad), dies
• 1973 - Robert Ellis, actor (Curse of King Tut's Tomb), dies at 40
• 1973 - Sessue Hayakawa, actor (Tokyo Joe), dies of cerebral thrombosis at 83
• 1974 - Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54
• 1974 - Pall Isolfsson, composer, dies at 81
• 1976 - Andr‚ Malraux, [Berger], author (Conquerors)/min of Culture, dies
• 1979 - Merle Oberon, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion), dies at 68
• 1980 - Herby Wade, cricketer (South African capt 10 Tests 1935-36), dies
• 1980 - Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
• 1982 - "Reverend" Grady Nutt, actor (Hee Haw), dies at 47
• 1990 - Bo Diaz, catcher, crushed to death by a satellite dish at 37
• 1990 - Nguyen Van Tam, PM of Vietnam (1952-53), dies
• 1990 - Renate Rubinstein, author/columnist (Tamar), dies
• 1990 - Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74
• 1991 - Ken Uehara, actor (Honolulu-Tokyo), dies of heart failure at 82
• 1991 - Klaus Kinski, actor (Android, Little Drummer Girl), dies at 65
• 1992 - Ray Acuff, country singer (Wahbash Cannonball), dies
• 1992 - Rita Corday, actress (Dick Tracy vs Cueball), dies at 68
• 1992 - Thelma Orloff, entertainer, dies of kidney failure at 76
• 1993 - Gerarda "Meik" Rueter, sculptor, dies at 89
• 1993 - Herv‚ Bromberger, French director/screenwriter, dies at 75
• 1993 - Tatiana Nikolajeva, Russian pianist (Bach), dies at 69
• 1994 - Eldero L D Williams, tenor saxophonist, dies at 70
• 1994 - Erick Frederick Hawkins, US dancer/wed to Martha Graham, dies at 85
• 1994 - Tommy Boyce, US songwriter (Be My Guest), commits suicide at 55
• 1994 - William Donald Campbell, diarist/Ornithologist, dies at 89
• 1995 - Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66
• 1995 - Junior Walker, tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 64
• 1995 - Louis Malle, film director (Pretty Baby), dies at 63
• 1996 - Art Porter, saxophonist, dies at 35
• 1996 - George Nicholas, cartoon animator, dies at 85
• 1996 - Mohamed Amin, cameraman, dies at 53
• 1996 - Ralph Tubbs, architect, dies at 84
• 1996 - Sayed Idries Shah, thinker, dies at 72