• 1459 - Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria
• 1599 - Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)
• 1609 - John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68)
• 1700 - Giuseppe Sellitto, composer
• 1728 - Anton Raphael Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter
• 1728 - Giacomo Insanguine, composer
• 1752 - Johann Georg Joseph Spangler, composer
• 1767 - Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance
• 1771 - Heinrich D Zschokke, Swiss author (Das Goldmacherdorf)
• 1785 - Adam Sedgwick, British? geologist
• 1797 - Kaiser Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88)
• 1799 - F W A Argelander, Memel E Prussia, cataloguer of 324,188 stars
• 1803 - Anthonie Waldrop, Dutch painter/lithographer
• 1813 - Gabriel Rene Paul, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
• 1814 - Thomas Crawford, US sculptor (Babes in the Wood)
• 1817 - Braxton Bragg, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1876
• 1819 - William Wirt Adams, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1888
• 1822 - Ahmed Djevdet Pasha, Turkish minister of Education/Justice
• 1822 - Isaac D Fransen van de Putte, Dutch premier (1866)
• 1822 - Seth Williams, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1866
• 1824 - William Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army)
• 1834 - Francis Asbury Shoup, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
• 1842 - Carl A N Rosa, German violinist/composer
• 1842 - Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko, composer
• 1846 - Randolph Caldecott, England, illustrator (Caldecott Medal namesake)
• 1852 - Theodor Birt, [Beatus Rhenanus], German classical/writer
• 1857 - Arnold Sauwen, Flemish poet (Along the Meuse)
• 1857 - Paul Doumer, gov-genl of Indo-China/13th Pres of France (1931-32)
• 1865 - Theophile Ysaye, composer
• 1867 - Meijer Linnewiel, [Prof Kokadorus], Amsterdam's pitchman
• 1868 - Hamish MacCunn, composer
• 1868 - Henry W Methorst, lawyer/director (Dutch Cent Bureau of Statistics)
• 1868 - Robert A Millikan, US physicist (photoelectric effect; Nobel 1923)
• 1874 - Ellen Glasgow, novelist
• 1885 - Adriano Lualdi, composer
• 1885 - Jakabs Medins, composer
• 1887 - Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers)
• 1895 - Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents)
• 1896 - Giulia D De Albertis, writer
• 1902 - Ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, writer (Lace Curtain)
• 1903 - James S Russell, US pilot/admiral (WW II Pacific Ocean)
• 1903 - Jochen Klepper, writer
• 1905 - Carlo Alberto Pizzini, composer
• 1905 - Grigorij M Kosinzev, Russian director
• 1905 - Phyllis McGinley, poet
• 1905 - Ruth Page, US choreographer/ballet leader (Diaghilev, Pygmalion)
• 1907 - James Gavin, US, 82nd Airborne Div General (Sicily/Normandy)
• 1907 - Paul J Steenbergen, Neth, actor (Ciske Rat)/founder (Hague's Comedy)
• 1908 - Albrecht Goes, writer
• 1908 - Louis D L'Amour, Jamestown ND, author (Hondo, Jubal Sackett)
• 1908 - Maurice H Stans, Shakope Minn, Secretary of Commerce (1969-72)
• 1909 - Gabrielle Roy, French-Canadian novelist (Tin Flute)
• 1909 - Jack Popplewell, composer/playwright
• 1910 - Nicholas Monsarret, England, writer (Cruel Sea)
• 1912 - Henri Rousselot, admiral
• 1912 - Lord Alport
• 1912 - Wilfrid Brambell, Dublin Ireland, actor (Hard Day's Night)
• 1913 - James Westerfield, Nashville TN, actor (Jungle Heat, Lucky Johnny)
• 1913 - Karl Malden, Chicago, actor (Mike-Streets of SF, American Express)
• 1913 - Martha M”dl, German singer/soprano (Wagner)
• 1914 - Cec Burke, cricketer (NZ leg-spinner v Australia 1946, 1 & 3, 2-30)
• 1914 - Lord Stokes
• 1914 - Masao Maruyama, social scientist
• 1915 - Forest Sagendorf, cartoonist
• 1915 - George Cresswell, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ aged 35)
• 1916 - George Wyle, NYC, orch leader (Jerry Lewis Show, Flip Wilson Show)
• 1916 - Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress/director (Bluejackets)
• 1917 - C S Pick, publisher
• 1917 - Paul Rogers, British? actor (Looking Glass War, Billy Budd)
• 1917 - Virginia Grey, LA, actress (Another Thin Man, Idiot's Delight, Idaho)
• 1918 - Cheddi B Jagan, dentist/founder PPP/Guyanese Premier (1953, 1957-64)
• 1918 - Harry Kay, vice-chancellor (Exeter U)
• 1918 - Tauno Kullerve Pylkkanen, composer
• 1920 - Fanny Waterman, concert pianist & teacher
• 1920 - Ross Martin, Grodek Poland, actor (Mr Lucky, Wild Wild West)
• 1921 - Wilhelmus Norbert Schmelzer, Netherland, foreign minister (KVP)
• 1922 - Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistan, sheik/premier
• 1922 - Stewart Stern, screenwriter (Rebel Without A Cause)
• 1923 - Bryan Clieve Roberts, lawyer/civil servant
• 1923 - Cor N van Dis Jr, Dutch MP (SGP, 1971-94)
• 1923 - Marcel Marceau, Strasbourg France, mime (Barbarella, Silent Movie)
• 1924 - Al Neuharth, newspaper founder (USA Today)
• 1924 - Bill Wendell, NYC, TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman)
• 1925 - Colin Spedding, CEO (Council of Science & Technology Institutes)
• 1925 - Wolfgang B„chler, writer
• 1926 - Julius Marmur, biochemist/geneticist
• 1926 - Lawrence Jackson, Provost Emeritus (Blackburn)
• 1927 - George Thoms, cricketer (1 Test Aust against WI 1952, scored 16 & 28)
• 1927 - Mstislav Rostropovich, composer [3/12 OS]
• 1927 - Viscount Bolingbroke
• 1928 - Betty Callaway, figure skating trainer
• 1928 - Bill Archer, (Rep-R-TX, 1971- )
• 1928 - DC Ingman, CEO (British Waterways Board
• 1928 - Dmitri Antonovitch Volkogonov, soldier/historian
• 1928 - Ed Macauley, NBAer (Boston Celtics)
• 1930 - Derek Bok, college president (Harvard)
• 1930 - Lynden O Pindling, PM of Bahamas (1967-92)
• 1930 - Pat Robertson, televangelist (700 club, Pres candidate-R-1989)
• 1930 - Stephen Sondheim, NYC, lyricist (West Side Story, Company)
• 1931 - Igor Hajek, translator/writer
• 1931 - Leslie Thomas, author
• 1931 - William Shatner, Montr‚al Canada, actor (Star Trek, T J Hooker)
• 1932 - Richard Thomas, admiral
• 1933 - Buddy MacKay, (Rep-D-FL, 1983- )
• 1933 - Chris Duckworth, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1956-57)
• 1934 - Leslie Turnberg, president (Royal College of Physicians)
• 1934 - Orrin G Hatch, (Sen-R-UT, 1977- )
• 1934 - Sheila Cameron, QC, Vicar-General (Province of Canterbury)
• 1935 - M[ichael] Emmet Walsh, Ogdensburg NY, actor (Wildcats, War Party)
• 1936 - Alan Bleasdale, author/playwright (Are You Lonesome Tonight)
• 1936 - May Britt, Sweden, actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Jr
• 1936 - Philip Ely, president (British Law Society)
• 1936 - Roger Whittaker, Nairobi Kenya, country singer (Durham Town)
• 1936 - Ron Carey, union pres (Teamsters)
• 1937 - Jon Hassell, composer
• 1938 - Glen Campbell, singer (By the Time I get to Phoenix, Galveston)
• 1938 - Vivian Pulliam, horse trainer
• 1940 - William Ritchie, vice-chancellor (Lancaster U)
• 1941 - Bruno Ganz, Zurich Switzerland, actor (Strapless, Wings of Desire)
• 1941 - Gary Lewis, horse trainer
• 1942 - Jon Arthur English, composer
• 1943 - George Benson, Pittsburgh, singer/guitarist (Greatest Love of All)
• 1943 - Joseph Schwantner, composer
• 1943 - Keith Reif, England, rocker (Yardbirds-For Your Love, Renaissance)
• 1944 - Jeremy Clyde, rocker
• 1944 - R P Mardling, headmaster (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield)
• 1944 - T S "Tony" McPhee, rocker (Sad Go Round)
• 1945 - Alan Opie, baritone (Boughton Bethlehem, Britten 5 Canticles)
• 1945 - Charles "Chuck" Jackson, US singer (Playboy, Independents)
• 1945 - Jeremy Clyde, England, rocker (Chad & Jeremy-Yesterday's Gone)
• 1945 - Paul Schockem”hle, showjumper
• 1946 - Don Chaney, NBA player (Houston Rockets)/coach (Detroit Pistons)
• 1946 - Laraine Ashton, fashion models' agent (London)
• 1946 - Rudy/Rudolf [von Bittner] Rucker, US, sci-fi author (Wetware)
• 1946 - Serge, [Ruud Schaap], Dutch singer/guitarist (Saskia & Serge)
• 1947 - Harry Vanda, [Vandenberg], Hague Neth, rock guitarist (Easybeats)
• 1947 - Patrick Olive, percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing)
• 1947 - Priscilla Yates, director (Royal Academy of Dancing)
• 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, London, composer (Into the Woods, Phantom)
• 1948 - Randy Hobbs, rocker (Johnny Winter Band, McCoys)
• 1949 - Brian Hanrahan, British TV newsman (BBC)
• 1949 - D Watson, director (Brighton U)
• 1949 - Fanny Ardant, Monte Carlo, actress (Australia, Confidentially Yours)
• 1949 - Fran Sheehan, Boston Mass, rock bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling)
• 1950 - Mary Tamm, British? actress (Odessa File)
• 1951 - Howard Reitzes, Southgate Ca, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
• 1951 - Musa Khiramanovich Manarov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-4, TM-11)
• 1952 - Bob Costas, Queens NY, sportscaster/talk show host (Later)
• 1953 - Peter McEvoy, British? actor (Against the Innocent)
• 1953 - Thomas H Andrews, (Rep-D-Maine)
• 1956 - Lena Olin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Enemies A Love Story)
• 1956 - Lyndsay Stephen, Donnybrook WA, Australasia golfer
• 1957 - Stephanie Mills, singer/actress (Wiz)
• 1958 - Joyce Lester, Australian softball catcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
• 1958 - Pete Wylie, Liverpool, rocker (Sinful)
• 1959 - Matthew Modine, Loma Linda Cal, actor (Full Metal Jacket)
• 1960 - Laurie Sargent, rock vocalist (Face To Face)
• 1962 - Diane Pavich, Melbourne Aust, golfer (1993 T50 Alpine Aust Ladies)
• 1962 - Juan Aguilera, Spain, tennis star
• 1962 - Tim Elliott, Perth WA, Australasia golfer
• 1963 - Hannu Virta, Turku FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
• 1963 - Rich Monteleone, Tampa FL, pitcher (California Angels)
• 1963 - Suzanne Sulley, Sheffield S Yorks, rocker (Human Leauge-Human)
• 1964 - Jeffrey Wagner, Sydney NSW, Australasia golfer
• 1966 - Brad Edwards, NFL safety (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1966 - Brian Shaw, NBA guard (Orlando Magic, SF Warriors)
• 1966 - Sean Berry, Santa Monica CA, infielder (Houston Astros)
• 1966 - Todd Ewen, Saskatoon, NHL right wing (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
• 1966 - Yahya Ayyash, militant
• 1968 - Ramon Martinez, Santo Domingo Dom Rep, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
• 1969 - Darrell Russell, defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders)
• 1969 - Russell Maryland, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys, Oak Raiders)
• 1970 - Jason Rouser, Tucson Arizona, 200m/400m runner
• 1970 - Reggie White, NFL nose tackle (NE Patriots)
• 1970 - Travis Richards, Crystal Minn, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
• 1971 - Richard Castillo, jockey
• 1972 - Elvis Stojko, Richmond Hill Ontario, (Oly-silver-94)
• 1972 - John Farquhar, tight end (New Orleans Saints)
• 1972 - Mikhail Sloutsky, WLAF LB (Scotland Claymores)
• 1972 - Pieter Christiaan, Prince of Netherlands
• 1972 - Shawn Bradley, NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, NJ Nets, Space Jams)
• 1973 - Dax Griffin, KS, actor (Tim Truman-Sunset Beach)
• 1973 - Joe Nedney, kicker (Arizona Cardinals)
• 1973 - Luther Elliss, NFL defensive end (Detroit Lions)
• 1974 - Kim Yun-Jung, Miss Universe-Korea (1996)
• 1974 - Marcus Camby, NBA forward (Toronto Raptors)
• 1974 - Tuomas Gronman, NHL defenseman (Team Finland Oly-Bronze-1998, Pitts)
• 1975 - Chris Bayne, safety (Atlanta Falcons)
• 1975 - Jiri Novak, Czechostovakia, tennis star
• 1976 - Kellie Shanygne Williams, Wash DC, actress (Laura-Family Matters)
• 1979 - Mariah Leanne Bergmann, Miss Kansas Teen USA (1997)
• 1990 - Eugenie, Princess of Britain

Famous deaths for this day ..

• 0337 - Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47
• 1471 - George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies
• 1589 - Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67
• 1627 - Cornelis van Aerssen, Flemish Clerk of the House, dies at about 81
• 1639 - Thomas Carew, English poet/diplomat (The Rapture), dies
• 1661 - Hendrick Uylenburgh, art dealer, buried at about 73
• 1743 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Ital/Fr composer (Forced Marriage), dies at 77
• 1758 - Jonathan Edwards, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin), dies at 54
• 1771 - Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Bremer Beitr„ge), dies at 56
• 1777 - John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77
• 1796 - Gaspare Gabellone, composer, dies at 68
• 1798 - Justin Morgan, composer, dies at 51
• 1820 - Stephen Decatur, killed in a duel with Com James Barron at 41
• 1824 - Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76
• 1832 - J W Goethe, writer, dies at 82
• 1838 - Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73
• 1845 - Franz Joseph Volkert, composer, dies at 67
• 1867 - Ferdinando Giorgetti, composer, dies at 70
• 1871 - Johnny Cuzens, cricketer (Australian aboriginal tourist 1868), dies
• 1890 - D‚sir‚ de Haerne, Belgian priest/Congressional leader, dies at 85
• 1906 - Martin Wegelius, Finnish musicologist/composer, dies at 59
• 1909 - Gyula Erkel, composer, dies at 66
• 1922 - Louis A Ranvier, French anatomist/historian, dies at 86
• 1923 - Theophile Delcass‚, French statesman, dies at 71
• 1924 - R G Nivelle, French general (Verdun), dies at 67
• 1929 - Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer, dies at 64
• 1931 - Ban Johnson, founder of baseball's American League, dies at 67
• 1944 - ... Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed
• 1945 - J Postuma, Dutch resistance fighter, dies
• 1946 - Clemens A von Galen, bishop of Munster/anti fascist, dies at 68
• 1951 - J Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (Matth„us Passion), dies at 79
• 1953 - James Anderson II, (Jo-Northern Exposure), dies
• 1956 - George A L Sarton, Belgian/US historian, dies at 71
• 1958 - Michael Todd, producer (Around the World in 80 Days), dies at 56
• 1962 - Aura Abranches, Port actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio), dies at 65
• 1964 - Addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76
• 1964 - Joseph Schildkraut, Austr actor (Flame of Barbary Coast), dies at 68
• 1969 - Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Czech actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78
• 1971 - Martin Bodmer, writer, dies
• 1974 - Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35
• 1975 - Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75
• 1975 - Cass Daley, actress (Red Garters), dies at 59
• 1975 - Paul Verhoeven, director (Robocop, 4th Man, Total Recall), dies at 73
• 1978 - Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73
• 1979 - Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78
• 1986 - Charles Starrett, actor (Silver Streak, Jungle Bride), dies
• 1987 - Joan Shawlee, actress (Abbott & Costello Show), dies at 58
• 1991 - Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at 73
• 1993 - Cec Pepper, cricketer (NSW & Commonwealth XI leggie), dies
• 1993 - Gret Palucca, German dancer/choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91
• 1993 - Phia [Sophia R] Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83
• 1993 - Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 27
• 1993 - Tim Crews, pitcher (Cleve Indians), drowns at 31
• 1994 - Dan Hartman, US singer/songwriter (Love Sensations), dies at 42
• 1994 - Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at 32
• 1994 - Luther Diamond, radio Personality, dies at 89
• 1994 - Walter Lantz, US cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker), dies at 93
• 1995 - Peter Woods, newsreader, dies at 64
• 1996 - Claude Mauriac, writer, dies at 81
• 1996 - Robert Franklin Overmyer, astronaut (STS 5, STS 51-B), dies at 59
• 1996 - Robert Mellors, gay activist, dies at 47
• 1996 - Ronald George Hayward, political manager, dies at 78