Article 11

March 11, 2019, 8:20 pm

Το μοναδικό στην Ευρώπη Zero Waste Lab είναι στη Θεσσαλονίκη

Μια αρχιτεκτονική εταιρεία ελλήνων αρχιτεκτόνων με έδρα το Ρόττερνταμ της Ολλανδίας, η Coca Cola , η Οικολογική Εταιρεία Ανακύκλωσης και ο Δήμος Θεσσαλονίκης δημιούργησαν το μοναδικό στην Ευρώπη εργαστήριο κατασκευής επίπλων για δημόσιους χώρους.

Ένα ρομπότ στο Εργαστήριο Zero Waste

Ο χώρος (μέσα στη ΔΕΘ απέναντι από την πύλη της ΧΑΝΘ) είναι επισκέψιμος καθημερινά για τα σχολεία και τις Κυριακές για τις οικογένειες.

Στον πρώτο χώρο βρίσκονται πλαστικά σκουπίδια όπως αυτά που καταναλώνουμε ή μάλλον δημιουργούμε καθημερινά και όπως λένε οι ξεναγοί μας «είναι κρίμα να δημιουργούμε σκουπίδια που έχουν τόσο μεγάλη διάρκεια ζωής από αντικείμενα που χρησιμοποιούμε τόσο λίγο, όπως για παράδειγμα ένα καλαμάκι» .

Κάθε ένας από μας παράγει τουλάχιστον 15 κιλά πλαστικά σκουπίδια μέσα σε τρεις μήνες! Μάλιστα στον εκθεσιακό χώρο έχουν τοποθετηθεί και πλαστικά σκουπίδια που συγκεντρώθηκαν από μια δημοφιλή παραλία της Θεσσαλονίκης, το Καραμπουρνάκι.

Στον δεύτερο χώρο γίνεται η συλλογή και διαλογή των πλαστικών. Με ειδικά ρομποτικά μηχανήματα τα σκουπίδια «σπάνε» σε μικρότερα κομμάτια και μετά κομποστοποιούνται.

Στον υπολογιστή σχεδιάζει ο κάθε ένας το σχέδιο της αρεσκείας του για ένα λειτουργικό έπιπλο δημόσιου χώρου. Όπως για παράδειγμα μια αναπαυτική πολυθρόνα με ειδική θέση για ένα δένδρο που έχει φυτευθεί στο πίσω μέρος της, μια ταϊστρα για τα αδέσποτα ζώα και έναν φορτιστή για laptop ή κινητά.

Μέχρι τώρα 2000 θεσσαλονικείς έμαθαν για τη λογική της επανάχρησης των πλαστικών, ενώ το Zero Waste Lab είναι το μοναδικό στο είδος του σε ολόκληρη την Ευρώπη ίσως και σε ολόκληρο το χρόνο. Το πρόγραμμα ολοκληρώνεται σε τρείς μήνες και χρηματοδοτείται από την COCA COLA.

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Article 10

March 11, 2019, 8:25 pm

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η φυλακή εγινε ξενοδοχείο

Ένα boutique hotel στη Γερμανία φιλοξενεί τους επισκέπτες του σε αλλοτινά κελιά

Η ιδέα ότι κάποιος μπορεί να βιώσει την εμπειρία της φυλακής, σίγουρα δεν ακούγεται και πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα. Μόλις όμως αντικρίσει τις φωτογραφίες που ακολουθούν, σίγουρα θα αναθεωρήσει και θα θελήσει να μείνει σε αυτό το ξενοδοχείο στη Γερμανία.

Ο λόγος για το Liberty Hotel, στην πόλη Offenburg, στο νοτιοδυτικό τμήμα της Γερμανίας (μόλις 20’ με το αυτοκίνητο από τη γαλλική πόλη του Στρασβούργου), που φιλοξενείται σε ένα κτήριο, το οποίο λειτουργούσε ως φυλακή.

Η ονομασία του άκρως συμβολική, αν αναλογιστεί κανείς ότι εδώ φυλακίστηκαν ριζοσπάστες στοχαστές, πρωτοπόροι του κινήματος του φιλελευθερισμού που δημιουργήθηκε και εξαπλώθηκε στην Ευρώπη μετά τη Γαλλική Επανάσταση.

Το κτήριο χρονολογείται από το 1843 και σχεδιάστηκε από τον Heinrich Hubsch για να φιλοξενήσει έως και 40 έγκλειστους. Με όραμα και σεβασμό στην ιστορία του, οι ιδιοκτήτες του δημιούργησαν ένα boutique ξενοδοχείο που καλεί τους επισκέπτες του να απολαύσουν την ελευθερία τους, σε έναν χώρο που χαρακτηρίζεται για την πολυτέλεια και τις σύγχρονες ανέσεις - μια λειτουργία εντελώς αντιφατική με την προηγούμενη χρήση του.

Η πρώτη φάση της προσαρμογής για την επαναχρησιμοποίηση του χώρου συμπεριέλαβε την ένωση των δύο ιστορικών πτερύγων της φυλακής, καθώς επρόκειτο για δύο διαφορετικά κτήρια. Η ενοποίησή τους πραγματοποιήθηκε με μία γυάλινη κατασκευή σε σχήμα κύβου, όπου σήμερα στεγάζεται το εστιατόριο Wasser & Brot.

Με αναφορά στην τυπική διατροφή των κρατουμένων (στα ελληνικά η ονομασία του εστιατορίου σημαίνει νερό και ψωμί) κατά τα παλαιότερα χρόνια, σε αυτό οι επισκέπτες του ξενοδοχείου θα δοκιμάσουν προτάσεις από την μοντέρνα τοπική και διεθνή κουζίνα, με την υπογραφή του σεφ Jan Maxheim.

Στο μπαρ του ξενοδοχείου οι λάτρεις των premium spirits θα βρουν τον παράδεισό τους. Μια ενημερωμένη κάβα με εκλεκτές ετικέτες από ρούμι και τζιν, καθώς και σπάνια και άγνωστα ουίσκι συνθέτουν το «δυναμικό» του, την ώρα που οι φανατικοί του κρασιού θα μυηθούν στον ενδιαφέροντα κόσμο του στο ιστορικό κελάρι, με την μοναδική ατμόσφαιρα και την ενημερωμένη λίστα κρασιών.

Τα 38 δωμάτια και σουίτες του, με την κομψή αρχιτεκτονική και την διαφορετική «προσωπικότητα», αποπνέουν μια ζεστή και ταυτόχρονα πολυτελή ατμόσφαιρα.

Δρύινα πατώματα, δερμάτινες επιφάνειες, χειροποίητα έπιπλα, εντυπωσιακές καμάρες από ιστορικά τούβλα, μικρά ανοίγματα φωτός και εκπληκτικά μπάνια, συνδυάζονται αρμονικά με τις μοντέρνες ανέσεις και παροχές που έχει ανάγκη ο σύγχρονος, και απαιτητικός πλέον, ταξιδιώτης.

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Article 9

March 11, 2019, 8:39 pm

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Δυοελληνικές λέξεις που δεν μπορούν να μεταφραστούν σε καμία γλώσσα

Αρκετές φορές οι μεταφράσεις ελληνικών λέξεων στα αγγλικά αλλά και σε άλλες γλώσσες αποδίδουν εξαιρετικά το νόημα και την ουσία της αρχικής λέξης.

Υπάρχουν όμως δύο λέξεις που πραγματικά δεν μπορούν να μεταφραστούν και αυτές είναι: το φιλότιμο και το κέφι.

Με την λέξη φιλότιμο ασχολήθηκε ακόμα και το BBC με άρθρο του το 2017 σημειώνοντας ότι "Το ακριβές νόημα του... συζητείται έντονα, δεδομένου ότι η λέξη ανήκει στο πάνθεο των ελληνικών λεξικών που αψηφούν την εύκολη εξήγηση. To "Love of honour"είναι η επίσημη μετάφραση της, μια χρηστική αλλά και ανεπαρκής προσπάθεια να μεταφέρει τις αρετές που συμπιέζονται στις τέσσερις συλλαβές της λέξης".

Δεν είναι τυχαίο άλλωστε ότι ακόμα και η προσπάθεια να εξηγήσουμε στα ελληνικά τι είναι το φιλότιμο είναι σχετικά δύσκολη και περιέχει πολλές έννοιες που συνδέονται μεταξύ τους.

Ένα από τα καλύτερα λεξικά η διαδικτυακή πύλη για την ελληνική γλώσσα περιγράφει την λέξη ως "ιδιαίτερη, αυξημένη ευαισθησία, ως στοιχείο του χαρακτήρα κάποιου σε σχέση με την προσωπική τιμή, την αξιοπρέπειά του και γενικότερα με την εικόνα που σχηματίζουν οι άλλοι (η κοινωνία, το περιβάλλον) γι΄ αυτόν".

Το κέφι είναι ακόμα μια λέξη που δεν μπορεί να μεταφραστεί σωστά σε άλλη γλώσσα καθώς χάνει την ουσία της. Τα περισσότερα λεξικά την περιγράφουν γενικά ως το πνεύμα της χαράς και μια υπερβολική συγκίνηση γεμάτη με πάθος και ενθουσιασμό.

Για τους Έλληνες όμως, το κέφι περιλαμβάνει μια ολόκληρη εμπειρία που εκφράζεται μέσα από το γέλιο, το χορό και το τραγούδι. Είναι η σύνδεση με άλλους ανθρώπους και ένας τρόπος αντιμετώπισης του πόνου.

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Article 8

March 11, 2019, 8:48 pm

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Αλυσίδα fast-food λανσάρει αεροπορική εταιρεία!

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Article 7

March 11, 2019, 8:51 pm

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NOBU HOTEL IBIZA BAY

Κομψότητα και

αισθητική στην Ibiza

Ακόμα ένα εντυπωσιακό ξενοδοχείο

της επιχειρηματικής ομάδας

Robert De Niro-Nobu Matsuhisa

Σε πλήρη λειτουργία βρίσκεται πλέον ακόμα ένα πανέμορφο ξενοδοχείο Nobu, αυτή τη φορά στην Ίμπιζα, το οποίο εγαινίασε η διάσημη επιχειρηματική oμάδα των Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro, Meir Teper, Drew Nieporent και Richie Notarτον περασμένο Μάιο. Πρόκειται για το παραθαλάσσιο Nobu Hotel Ibiza Bay, έναν ύμνο στην χλιδή και την πολυτέλεια, που ξεχωρίζει και λόγω των ανέσεων του, αλλά και του νησιώτικου στιλ του και γι΄αυτό ίσως τον λόγο έχει χαρακτηριστεί και το πιο κομψό της διάσημης αλυσίδας. Μάλιστα σύμφωνα με το Bussiness Insider, το Nobu είναι το κατάλληλο μέρος για όποιον θέλει να χαλαρώσει, να απομονωθεί, να φάει παέγια και να ζήσει μέσα στην πολυτέλεια.

Το ατού του ξενοδοχείου είναι πως είναι χτισμένο ακριβώς μπροστά από την θάλασσα με αποτέλεσμα η θέα από το δωμάτιο να είναι υπέροχη. Βέβαια η θέα δεν είναι αρκετή, καθώς η αισθητική με τις χρυσές λεπτομέρειες και συνδυασμός πέτρας και ξύλου, δημιουργούν ένα αρμονικό κλίμα που σε ηρεμεί. Το ξενοδοχείο διαθέτει τα πάντα, από θερινό κινηματογράφο με πισίνα ενδιάμεσα μέχρι κρεβατοκάμαρες από χρυσό, ιδιωτικές παραλίες, μπαρ, κομμωτήριο, γυμναστήριο, σπα, παιδικό σταθμό και φυσικά μία τεράστια πισίνα με θέα την θάλασσα και τα φοινικόδεντρα.

Επίσης η ιαπωνική κουζίνα με τις ισπανικές επιρροές είναι ακόμη μία λεπτομέρεια στην οποία δίνει βάση ο όμιλος, μιας και ο διάσημος Γιαπωνέζος σεφ Nobu Matsuhisa επιμελείται αποκλειστικά το μενού. Όσο για τις τιμές, δεν είναι εξωπραγματικές καθώς ένα δωμάτιο στο Nobu ξεκινά από 350 δολάρια την νύχτα και μπορεί να φτάσει μέχρι και 1.000 δολάρια.
Βέβαια τα πριβέ δωμάτια με ιδιωτική πισίνα και μεγάλη βεράντα είναι μία άλλη κατηγορία, καθώς κοστίζουν περίπου 4.000 δολάρια.

ΚΑΝΤΕ ΚΛΙΚ ΣΤΙΣ ΕΙΚΟΝΕΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΦΥΣΙΚΟ ΤΟΥΣ ΜΕΓΕΘΟΣ

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March 11, 2019, 8:54 pm

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538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city in the hands of the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius
1550 – Several hundred Spanish and indigenous troops under the command of Pedro de Valdivia defeat an army of 60,000 Mapuche at the Battle of Penco during the Arauco War in present-day Chile.
1622 – Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier, founders of the Society of Jesus, are canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
1689 – The Williamite War in Ireland begins.
1811 – Peninsular War: A day after a successful rearguard action, French Marshal Michel Ney once again successfully delayed the pursuing Anglo-Portuguese force at the Battle of Redinha.
1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as a US Navy fleet of 13 Ironclads and 7 Gunboats and other support ships enter the Red River.
1881 – Andrew Watson makes his Scotland debut as the world's first black international football player and captain.
1885 – Tonkin Campaign: France captures the citadel of Bắc Ninh.
1894 – Coca-Cola is bottled and sold for the first time in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by local soda fountain operator Joseph A. Biedenharn.
1912 – The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
1913 – Canberra Day: The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra. (Melbourne remains temporary capital until 1927 while the new capital is still under construction.)
1918 – Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years.
1920 – The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
1921 – İstiklâl Marşı is adopted in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.
1922 – Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan form the Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic.
1928 – In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
1930 – Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
1933 – Great Depression: Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation for the first time as President of the United States. This is also the first of his "fireside chats".
1934 – Konstantin Päts and General Johan Laidoner stage a coup in Estonia, and ban all political parties.
1938 – Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
1940 – Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
1942 – World War II: Pacific War: The Battle of Java ends with an ABDACOM surrender to the Japanese Empire in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies.
1943 – Italian occupation of Greece: The Italian occupying forces abandon the town of Karditsa to the partisans. On the same day, an Italian motorized column razes the village of Tsaritsani, burning 360 of its 600 houses and shooting 40 civilians.
1947 – Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
1950 – The Llandow air disaster occurs near Sigingstone, Wales, in which 80 people die when their aircraft crashed, making it the world's deadliest air disaster at the time.
1961 – First winter ascent of the North Face of the Eiger.
1967 – Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the MPRS inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.
1968 – Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
1971 – The March 12 Memorandum is sent to the Suleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
1992 – Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
1993 – Several bombs explode in Mumbai, India, killing about 300 and injuring hundreds more.
1993 – North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea says that it plans to withdraw from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and refuses to allow inspectors access to its nuclear sites.
1994 – The Church of England ordains its first female priests.
1999 – Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
2003 – Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
2003 – WHO officially release global warning on pandemic SARS disease.
2004 – The President of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, is impeached by its National Assembly: The first such impeachment in the nation's history.
2009 – Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street's history.
2011 – A reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant melts and explodes and releases radioactivity into the atmosphere a day after Japan's earthquake.
2014 – A gas explosion in the New York City neighborhood of East Harlem kills eight and injures 70 others.

1096 – Canute Lavard, Danish prince (d. 1131)
1270 – Charles, Count of Valois (d. 1325)
1386 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun (d. 1428)
1475 – Luca Gaurico, Italian astrologer (d. 1558)
1476 – Anna Jagiellon, Duchess of Pomerania, Polish princess (d. 1503)
1479 – Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (d. 1516)
1500 – Reginald Pole, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1558)
1501 – Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian scientist (d. 1577)
1515 – Caspar Othmayr, German Lutheran pastor and composer (d. 1553)
1573 – Agnes Hedwig of Anhalt, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (d. 1616)
1607 – Paul Gerhardt, German poet and composer (d. 1676)
1613 – André Le Nôtre, French gardener and architect (d. 1700)
1626 – John Aubrey, English historian and philosopher (d. 1697)
1637 – Anne Hyde, Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1671)
1647 – Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (d. 1727)
1672 – Richard Steele, Irish-Welsh journalist and politician (d. 1729)
1685 – George Berkeley, Irish bishop and philosopher (d. 1753)
1701 – Johann Friedrich Cotta, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1779)
1710 – Thomas Arne, English composer (d. 1778)
1735 – François-Emmanuel Guignard, comte de Saint-Priest, French politician and diplomat (d. 1821)
1753 – Jean Denis, French politician, lawyer, jurist, journalist, and historian (d. 1827)
1756 – Avram Mrazović, Serbian writer, translator, pedagogue and Senator (d. 1826)
1766 – Claudius Buchanan, Scottish theologian (d. 1815)
1766 – Francisco Javier de Cienfuegos y Jovellanos, Spanish bishop and cardinal (d. 1847)
1774 – Johann Caspar Horner, Swiss physicist, mathematician and astronomer (d. 1834)
1781 – Frederica of Baden (d. 1826)
1784 – William Buckland, English geologist and paleontologist; Dean of Westminster (d. 1856)
1785 – Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen, Dutch and Prussian lawyer (d. 1864)
1795 – William Lyon Mackenzie, Scottish-Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Toronto (d. 1861)
1795 – George Tyler Wood, American military officer and politician (d. 1858)
1806 – Jane Pierce, American wife of Franklin Pierce, 15th First Lady of the United States (d. 1863)
1807 – James Abbott, Indian Army officer (d. 1896)
1807 – Albert Mackey, American medical doctor and author (d. 1881)
1812 – Ignacio Comonfort, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1863)
1815 – Louis-Jules Trochu, French military leader and politician (d. 1896)
1821 – John Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1893)
1821 – Medo Pucić, Croatian writer and politician (d. 1882)
1823 – Katsu Kaishū, Japanese statesman (d. 1899)
1824 – Gustav Kirchhoff, Russian-German physicist and academic (d. 1887)
1831 – Joseph Gérard, French Roman Catholic priest (d. 1914)
1832 – Charles Boycott, English farmer and agent (d. 1897)
1832 – Charles Friedel, French chemist and mineralogist (d. 1899)
1832 – Jean Alfred Fournier, French dermatologist (d. 1914)
1834 – Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy (d. 1919)
1835 – Gregorio Maria Aguirre y Garcia, Archbishop of Toledo and Primate of Spain
1835 – Charles Friedel, French chemist and mineralogist (d. 1899)
1835 – Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1909)
1837 – Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (d. 1911)
1838 – William Henry Perkin, English chemist and academic (d. 1907)
1843 – Gabriel Tarde, French sociologist and criminologist (d. 1904)
1845 – William Douglas-Hamilton, Scottish nobleman (d. 1895)
1848 – Cyrill Kistler, German composer (d. 1907)
1851 – Charles Chamberland, French microbiologist (d. 1908)
1852 – Richard Altmann, German pathologist and histologist (d. 1900)
1857 – William V. Ranous, American actor and director (d. 1915)
1857 – Andreas Voss, German botanist and horticulturist (d. 1924)
1858 – Adolph Ochs, American publisher (d. 1935)
1859 – Ernesto Cesàro, Italian mathematician (d. 1906)
1860 – Salvatore Di Giacomo, Italian poet, songwriter, playwright and fascist intellectual (d. 1934)
1860 – Eric Stenbock, Estonian poet and author (d. 1895)
1863 – Gabriele D'Annunzio, Italian soldier, journalist, poet, and playwright (d. 1938)
1863 – Carl Holsøe, Danish artist (d. 1935)
1863 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (d. 1945)
1864 – W. H. R. Rivers, English anthropologist, neurologist, ethnologist, and psychiatrist (d. 1922)
1864 – Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist and composer (d. 1943)
1867 – Raul Brandão, Portuguese writer and journalist (d. 1930)
1869 – George Forbes, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1947)
1874 – Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer (d. 1949)
1877 – Wilhelm Frick, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (d. 1946)
1878 – Musa Ćazim Ćatić, Bosnian poet (d. 1915)
1878 – Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (d. 1903)
1880 – Henry Drysdale Dakin, English-American chemist and academic (d. 1952)
1881 – Gunnar Nordström, Finnish physicist and academic (d. 1923)
1881 – Pavel Janák, Czech architect (d. 1956)
1881 – Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland (d. 1966)
1882 – Erwin Baker, American motorcycle and automobile racing driver (d. 1960)
1882 – Carlos Blanco Galindo, Bolivian politician (d. 1943)
1883 – Max Braun, American tug of war medalist (d. 1967)
1883 – Sándor Jávorka, Hungarian botanist (d. 1961)
1885 – Mario Sironi, Italian artist (d. 1961)
1886 – Henri Gagnebin, Swiss composer (d. 1977)
1888 – Walter Hermann Bucher, German-American geologist and paleontologist (d. 1965)
1888 – Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (d. 1965)
1888 – Florence Lee, American actress (d. 1962)
1888 – Erich Rothacker, German philosopher (d. 1965)
1889 – Idris of Libya (d. 1983)
1890 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 1950)
1890 – Evert Taube, Swedish singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1976))
1893 – Jean Brochard, French actor (d. 1972)
1894 – Yoshiki Hayama, Japanese author (d. 1945)
1895 – William C. Lee, American general (d. 1948)
1896 – Jesse Fuller, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1976)
1898 – Tian Han, Chinese playwright (d. 1968)
1898 – Luitpold Steidle, German army officer and politician (d. 1984)
1899 – Ramón Muttis, Argentine footballer (d. 1955)
1900 – Rinus van den Berge, Dutch athlete (d. 1972)
1900 – Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, 19th President of Colombia (d. 1975)
1903 – Max Gordon, Village Vanguard jazz club founder (d. 1989)
1904 – Lyudmila Keldysh, Russian mathematician (d. 1976)
1904 – Bodo Uhse, German writer, journalist and political activist (d. 1963)
1905 – Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (d. 1982)
1907 – Ricardo Faccio, Uruguayan-Italian footballer (d. 1970)
1907 – Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer and academic (d. 2007)
1908 – Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (d. 1970)
1908 – David Marshall, Singaporean lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Singapore (d. 1995)
1909 – Petras Cvirka, Lithuanian author (d. 1947)
1910 – Masayoshi Ōhira, Japanese politician, 68th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1980)
1910 – László Lékai, Archbishop of Esztergom and Cardinal (d. 1986)
1911 – Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 49th President of Mexico (d. 1979)
1911 – Manyi Kiss, Hungarian actress (d. 1971)
1911 – William Patrick Stuart-Houston, nephew of Adolf Hitler (d. 1987)
1912 – Ghazi of Iraq, King of The Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq (d. 1939)
1912 – César Benavides, Chilean Army general (d. 2011)
1912 – Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (d. 2006)
1913 – Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
1913 – Ace Gruenig, American basketball player (d. 1958)
1913 – Agathe von Trapp, Hungarian-American singer and author (d. 2010)
1914 – Julia Lennon, mother of John Lennon (d. 1958)
1914 – Frank Soo, English footballer and manager (d. 1991)
1915 – Saifuddin Azizi, first chairman of Xinjiang of the People's Republic of China (d. 2003)
1915 – Alberto Burri, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
1915 – Bruno Knežević, Croatian footballer (d. 1982)
1915 – Jiří Mucha, Czech journalist (d. 1991)
1915 – László Fejes Tóth, Hungarian mathematician (d. 2005)
1917 – Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969)
1917 – Millard Kaufman, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1917 – Googie Withers, Indian-Australian actress (d. 2011)
1918 – Pádraig Faulkner, Irish Fianna Fáil politician (d. 2012)
1918 – Elaine de Kooning, American painter and academic (d. 1989)
1920 – Roland Fraïssé, French mathematical logician (d. 2008)
1921 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (d. 2001)
1921 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1922 – Jack Kerouac, American author and poet (d. 1969)
1922 – Lane Kirkland, American sailor and union leader (d. 1999)
1923 – Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater and cyclist (d. 2013)
1923 – Norbert Brainin, Austrian violinist (d. 2005)
1923 – Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2007)
1923 – Mae Young, American wrestler (d. 2014)
1924 – Valerio Bacigalupo, Italian goalkeeper (d. 1949)
1925 – Louison Bobet, French cyclist (d. 1983)
1925 – Georges Delerue, French pianist and composer (d. 1992)
1925 – Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
1926 – George Ariyoshi, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Hawaii
1926 – Arthur A. Hartman, American career diplomat (d. 2015)
1926 – John Clellon Holmes, American author and professor (d. 1988)
1926 – David Nadien, American violinist (d. 2014)
1927 – Raúl Alfonsín, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 46th President of Argentina (d. 2009)
1927 – Emmett Leith, professor of electrical engineering (d. 2005)
1927 – Gajo Petrović, Yugoslavian theorist (d. 1993)
1927 – Sudharmono, 5th Vice President of Indonesia (d. 2006)
1928 – Edward Albee, American director and playwright (d. 2016)
1928 – Werner Krolikowski, former East German political official
1928 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
1930 – Antony Acland, British former diplomat and Provost of Eton College
1930 – Win Tin, Burmese journalist and politician, co-founded the National League for Democracy (d. 2014)
1931 – Józef Tischner, Polish priest and philosopher (d. 2000)
1932 – Bob Houbregs, Canadian basketball player (d. 2014)
1932 – Andrew Young, American pastor and politician, 14th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
1933 – Myrna Fahey, American actress (d. 1973)
1933 – Barbara Feldon, American actress
1933 – Niède Guidon, Brazilian archeologist
1934 – Francisco J. Ayala, Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher
1934 – Virginia Hamilton, American author (d. 2002)
1935 – Valentyna Shevchenko, Ukrainian politician
1936 – Virginia Hamilton, American children's books author
1936 – Michał Heller, Polish professor of philosophy
1936 – Eddie Sutton, American basketball player and coach
1937 – Zoltán Horvath, Hungarian sabre fencer
1937 – Zurab Sotkilava, Georgian operatic tenor (d. 2017)
1938 – Vladimir Msryan, Armenian actor, (d. 2010)
1938 – Johnny Rutherford, American race car driver and sportscaster
1938 – Juan Horacio Suárez, Argentine bishop
1939 – Jude Milhon, American hacker and author (d. 2003)
1940 – Al Jarreau, American singer (d. 2017)
1940 – Grigori Gorin, Soviet/Russian playwright (d. 2000)
1941 – Josip Skoblar, former Croatian footballer
1943 – Stanislav Galić, Bosnian soldier and commander
1943 – Ratko Mladić, Serbian general
1944 – Erwin Mueller, former American basketball player (d. 2018)
1946 – Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and film director
1946 – Ludo Martens, Belgian Communist political activist (d. 2011)
1946 – Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer
1946 – Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer
1947 – Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician
1947 – Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland-Swedish politician
1947 – David Rigert, Soviet Olympic weightlifter
1947 – Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts
1948 – Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
1948 – Sandra Brown, American author
1948 – Kent Conrad, American politician
1948 – James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1949 – Yuri Balashov, Russian chess grandmaster
1949 – Rob Cohen, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 – Javier Clemente, Spanish footballer and manager
1952 – Boris Anatolyevich Gavrilov, Russian football player and manager
1952 – Julius Carry, American actor (d. 2008)
1952 – André Comte-Sponville, French philosopher
1952 – Yasuhiko Okudera, former Japanese footballer
1953 – Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor
1953 – Pavel Pinigin, former Soviet wrestler and Olympic champion
1954 – Inese Galante, Latvian soprano
1954 – Anish Kapoor, Indian-English sculptor
1955 – Wang Yang, Chinese politician
1956 – Ove Aunli, former Norwegian cross-country skier
1956 – Stanisław Bobak, Polish ski jumper (d. 2010)
1956 – Jost Gippert, German linguist, Caucasiologist and author
1956 – Steve Harris, English bass player and songwriter
1956 – László Kiss, Hungarian football player and coach
1956 – Lesley Manville, English actress
1956 – Dale Murphy, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1956 – Pim Verbeek, Dutch football manager
1957 – Patrick Battiston, French footballer and coach
1957 – Marlon Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
1957 – Andrey Lopatov, Soviet basketball player
1958 – Phil Anderson, English-Australian cyclist
1959 – Milorad Dodik, Bosnian Serb politician and president of Republika Srpska
1959 – Kenji Fukaya, Japanese mathematician
1959 – Luenell, American comedian and actress
1959 – Hermann Parzinger, German historian
1959 – Michael Walter, German luger (d. 2016)
1960 – Jason Beghe, American actor
1960 – Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
1960 – Courtney B. Vance, American actor and painter
1961 – Titus Welliver, American actor
1962 – Julia Campbell, American actress
1962 – Andreas Köpke, former German footballer
1962 – Chris Sanders, American illustrator and voice actor
1962 – Darryl Strawberry, American baseball player and minister
1963 – John Andretti, American race car driver
1963 – Candy Costie, American swimmer
1963 – Joaquim Cruz, Brazilian runner and coach
1963 – Reiner Gies, German boxer
1963 – Ian Holloway, English footballer and manager
1963 – Farahnaz Pahlavi, eldest daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
1963 – Paul Way, English golfer
1964 – Dieter Eckstein, retired German footballer
1964 – Umirzak Shukeyev, Kazakh chairman of Samruk-Kazyna
1965 – Rolands Bulders, Latvian footballer
1965 – Steve Finley, American baseball player
1965 – Ivari Padar, former Minister of Finance and Minister of Agriculture of the Estonian Social Democratic Party
1965 – Liza Umarova, Chechen singer and actress
1966 – David Daniels, American countertenor
1966 – Suleyman Kerimov, Russian businessman, investor, philanthropist and politician
1966 – Grant Long, American basketball player and sportscaster
1967 – Jenny Erpenbeck, German writer and opera director
1967 – Julio Dely Valdés, Panamanian footballer and manager
1968 – Dylan Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 – Tammy Duckworth, Thai-American colonel, pilot, and politician
1968 – Aaron Eckhart, American actor and producer
1968 – Jason Lively, former American actor
1969 – Graham Coxon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Aleksandr Shmarko, Russian footballer
1969 – Jake Tapper, American journalist and author
1970 – Karen Bradley, British politician
1970 – Dave Eggers, American author and screenwriter
1970 – Mathias Gronberg, Swedish golfer
1970 – Roy Khan, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1970 – Rex Walters, American basketball player and coach
1971 – Isaiah Rider, American basketball player and rapper
1971 – Ogün Sanlısoy, Turkish rock musician
1971 – Dragutin Topić, Serbian high jumper
1972 – Doron Sheffer, Israeli basketball player
1974 – María Adánez, Spanish actress
1974 – Charles Akonnor, former Ghanaian footballer
1974 – Walid Badir, former Israeli footballer
1974 – Matt Barela, American wrestler and actor
1974 – Scarlet Ortiz, Venezuelan actress
1974 – Lisa Werlinder, Swedish actress and jazz musician/singer
1975 – Nicolae Grigore, former Romanian footballer
1975 – Edgaras Jankauskas, former Lithuanian footballer
1975 – Srđan Pecelj, Bosnian footballer
1976 – Deron Quint, American ice hockey defenseman
1976 – Zhao Wei, Chinese actress, film director, producer and pop singer
1977 – Michelle Burgher, track and field athlete
1977 – Ramiro Corrales, American soccer player
1977 – Amdy Faye, former Senegalese footballer
1977 – Brent Johnson, American ice hockey player
1978 – Casey Mears, American race car driver
1978 – Marco Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
1978 – Claudio Sanchez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1978 – Arina Tanemura, Japanese author and illustrator
1979 – Rhys Coiro, American actor
1979 – Pete Doherty, English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist
1979 – Jamie Dwyer, Australian field hockey player and coach
1979 – Gerard López, former Spanish footballer
1979 – Mike Mago, Dutch DJ, music producer and record label owner
1979 – Ben Sandford, New Zealand skeleton racer
1979 – Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian footballer
1979 – Tim Wieskötter, German sprint canoer
1979 – Edwin Villafuerte, Ecuadorian goalkeeper
1979 – Liu Xuan, Chinese gymnast
1980 – Césinha, Brazilian footballer
1980 – Becky Holliday, American pole vaulter
1980 – Jens Mouris, Dutch cyclist
1980 – Douglas Murray, Swedish ice hockey player
1981 – Kenta Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler and kick-boxer
1981 – Chiwa Saitō, Japanese voice actress
1981 – Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenian tennis player
1981 – Holly Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Lili Bordán, Hungarian-American actress
1982 – Samm Levine, American actor and comedian
1982 – Ilya Nikulin, Russian ice hockey player
1982 – Hisato Satō, Japanese footballer
1982 – Yūto Satō, Japanese footballer
1982 – Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
1983 – Atif Aslam, Pakistani singer and actor
1984 – Shreya Ghoshal, Indian singer
1984 – Jaimie Alexander, American actress
1985 – Macarena Aguilar, Spanish handballer
1985 – Marco Bonanomi, Italian racing driver
1985 – Aleksandr Bukharov, Russian footballer
1985 – Choi Cheol-han, South Korean Go player
1985 – Ed Clancy, English track and road cyclist
1985 – Andriy Tovt, Ukrainian footballer
1986 – Martynas Andriuškevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
1986 – Campbell Best, Cook Islands footballer
1986 – Oleh Dopilka, Ukrainian footballer
1986 – Danny Jones, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1986 – Ben Offereins, Australian runner
1986 – František Rajtoral, Czech footballer (d. 2017)
1987 – Manuele Boaro, Italian cyclist
1987 – Jessica Hardy, American swimmer
1987 – Maxwell Holt, American volleyball player
1987 – Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player
1987 – Chris Seitz, American soccer player
1987 – Vadim Shipachyov, Russian ice hockey player
1987 – Pablo Velázquez, Paraguayan footballer
1988 – Sebastian Brendel, German canoe racer
1988 – Kostas Mitroglou, Greek footballer
1988 – Cristian Chagas Tarouco, Brazilian footballer
1989 – Jordan Adéoti, French footballer
1989 – Vytautas Černiauskas, Lithuanian footballer
1989 – Tyler Clary, former American swimmer
1989 – Richard Eckersley, English footballer
1989 – Nathan Haas, Australian cyclist
1989 – Chen Jianghua, Chinese basketball player
1989 – Siim Luts, Estonian footballer
1990 – Lawrence Clarke, English hurdler
1990 – Alexander Kröckel, German skeleton racer
1990 – Irakli Kvekveskiri, Georgian footballer
1990 – Dawid Kubacki, Polish ski jumper
1990 – Matias Myttynen, Finnish ice hockey player
1990 – Ilija Nestorovski, Macedonian footballer
1990 – Milena Raičević, Montenegrin handballer
1990 – Mikko Sumusalo, Finnish footballer
1991 – Felix Kroos, German footballer
1991 – Niclas Heimann, German footballer
1991 – Hanna Pysmenska, Ukrainian diver
1991 – Leandro Fernandez, Argentine footballer
1992 – Daniele Baselli, Italian footballer
1992 – Jordan Ferri, French footballer
1992 – Ciara Mageean, Irish middle-distance runner
1992 – Jiří Skalák, Czech footballer
1993 – Shehu Abdullahi, Nigerian footballer
1993 – Amjad Attwan, Iraqi footballer
1993 – Alex Bellemare, Canadian skier
1993 – Anton Shramchenko, Belarusian footballer
1994 – Jerami Grant, American basketball player
1994 – Katie Archibald, Scottish track cyclist
1994 – Christina Grimmie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1996 – Sehrou Guirassy, French footballer
1996 – Karim Hafez, Egyptian footballer
1996 – Robert Murić, Croatian footballer
1997 – Dean Henderson, English footballer
1997 – Allan Saint-Maximin, French footballer
1997 – Felipe Vizeu, Brazilian footballer
1998 – Alina Müller, Swiss ice hockey player
1998 – Daniel Samohin, Israeli figure skater
1998 – Elizaveta Ukolova, Czech figure skater
1999 – Sakura Oda, Japanese pop singer
2003 – Malina Weissman, American child actress and model

417 – Innocent I, pope of the Catholic Church
604 – Gregory I, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 540)
951 – Ælfheah the Bald, bishop of Winchester
969 – Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (b. 931)
1022 – Symeon the New Theologian, Byzantine monk (b. 949)
1289 – Demetrius II, king of Georgia (b. 1259)
1316 – Stefan Dragutin, king of Serbia (b. 1253)
1374 – Go-Kōgon, Japanese emperor (b. 1338)
1496 – Johann Heynlin, German humanist scholar (b. c. 1425)
1507 – Cesare Borgia, Italian cardinal (b. 1475)
1539 – Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat and politician (b.1477)
1608 – Kōriki Kiyonaga, Japanese daimyō (b. 1530)
1628 – John Bull, English organist and composer (b. 1562)
1648 – Tirso de Molina, Spanish monk and poet (b. 1571)
1681 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter (b. 1635)
1699 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish politician (b. 1635)
1703 – Aubrey de Vere, 20th Earl of Oxford, English jurist and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (b. 1627)
1731 – Ernest August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (b. 1660)
1790 – András Hadik, Hungarian field marshal (b. 1710)
1820 – Alexander Mackenzie, Scottish explorer and politician (b. 1764)
1832 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (b. 1786)
1858 – William James Blacklock, English-Scottish painter (b. 1816)
1872 – Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1811)
1894 – Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
1898 – Zachris Topelius, Finnish-Swedish journalist, historian, and author (b. 1818)
1909 – Joseph Petrosino, American police officer (b. 1860)
1914 – George Westinghouse, American engineer and businessman (b. 1846)
1916 – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (b. 1830)
1925 – Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1866)
1929 – Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
1929 – William Turner Dannat, American painter (b. 1853)
1930 – William George Barker, Canadian colonel and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1894)
1930 – Alois Jirásek, Czech author and playwright (b. 1851)
1935 – Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
1937 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1858)
1937 – Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer (b. 1844)
1942 – Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (b. 1861)
1942 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
1943 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
1945 – Friedrich Fromm, German general (b. 1888)
1946 – Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
1947 – Winston Churchill, American author and playwright (b. 1871)
1949 – Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
1954 – Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
1955 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
1955 – Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
1956 – Bolesław Bierut, Polish Communist leader (b. 1892)
1957 – Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
1960 – Kshitimohan Sen, Indian historian, author, and academic (b. 1880)
1963 – Arthur Grimsdell, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1894)
1964 – Abbās al-Aqqād, Egyptian journalist, poet and literary critic (b. 1889)
1971 – Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
1973 – Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
1974 – George D. Sax, American banker and businessman (b. 1904)
1979 – Nader Jahanbani, Iranian general and pilot (b. 1928)
1984 – Arnold Ridley, English actor and playwright (b. 1896)
1985 – Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (b. 1899)
1987 – Woody Hayes, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
1989 – Maurice Evans, English-American actor (b. 1901)
1989 – Jakob Gimpel, Polish concert pianist and educator (b. 1906)
1991 – Ragnar Granit, Finnish-Swedish neuroscientist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
1991 – William Heinesen, Faroese author, poet, and author (b. 1900)
1992 – Hans G. Kresse, Dutch cartoonist (b. 1921)
1992 – Lucy M. Lewis, American potter (b. 1890)
1998 – Beatrice Wood, American painter and potter (b. 1893)
1999 – Yehudi Menuhin, American-Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1916)
2000 – Aleksandar Nikolić, Yugoslav basketball coach (b. 1924)
2001 – Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (b. 1933)
2001 – Robert Ludlum, American author (b. 1927)
2001 – Victor Westhoff, Dutch botanist and academic (b. 1916)
2002 – Spyros Kyprianou, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Cyprus (b. 1932)
2002 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
2003 – Zoran Đinđić, Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1952)
2003 – Howard Fast, American novelist and screenwriter (b. 1914)
2003 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (b. 1948)
2004 – Milton Resnick, Russian-American painter (b. 1917)
2005 – Bill Cameron, Canadian journalist and producer (b. 1943)
2005 – Stavros Kouyioumtzis, Greek composer (b. 1932)
2006 – Victor Sokolov, Russian-American priest and journalist (b. 1947)
2007 – Arnold Drake, American author and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2008 – Jorge Guinzburg, Argentinian journalist and producer (b. 1949)
2008 – Lazare Ponticelli, Italian-French soldier and supercentenarian (b. 1897)
2010 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1920)
2011 – Olive Dickason, Canadian historian and journalist (b. 1920)
2011 – Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (b. 1919)
2012 – Samuel Glazer, American businessman, co-founded Mr. Coffee (b. 1923)
2012 – Dick Harter, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2012 – Michael Hossack, American drummer (b. 1946)
2012 – Friedhelm Konietzka, German-Swiss footballer and manager (b. 1938)
2013 – George Burditt, American lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
2013 – Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1957)
2013 – Michael Grigsby, English director and producer (b. 1936)
2013 – Ganesh Pyne, Indian painter and illustrator (b. 1937)
2014 – Věra Chytilová, Czech actress, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2014 – George Donaldson, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1968)
2014 – Paul C. Donnelly, American scientist and engineer (b. 1923)
2014 – Ola L. Mize, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1931)
2014 – José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1936)
2015 – Willie Barrow, American minister and activist (b. 1924)
2015 – Michael Graves, American architect and academic, designed the Portland Building and the Humana Building (b. 1934)
2015 – Ada Jafri, Pakistani poet and author (b. 1924)
2015 – Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1948)
2016 – Rafiq Azad, Bangladeshi poet and author (b. 1942)
2016 – Felix Ibru, Nigerian architect and politician, Governor of Delta State (b. 1935)
2016 – Lloyd Shapley, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1923)
2018 – Craig Mack American rapper (b. 1970)

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515: ολοκληρώνεται η κατασκευή του Ναού της Ιερουσαλήμ.

1365: ιδρύεται το πανεπιστήμιο της Βιέννης.

1622: "ανακηρύσσεται άγιος ο Ιγνάτιος Λογιόλα, ο οποίος ίδρυσε το ""Τάγμα των Ιησουϊτών""."

1664: το Νιου Τζέρσεϊ γίνεται βρετανική αποικία.

1685: "γεννιέται ο Ιρλανδός θεολόγος και φιλόσοφος, Τζορτζ Μπέρκλεϊ, ο οποίος βοήθησε στην ανάπτυξη του υποκειμενικού ιδεαλισμού, γνωστού ως φιλοσοφίας της αντίληψης. Βασικό ρητό της θεωρίας του ήταν:""να είσαι σημαίνει να γίνεσαι αντιληπτός""."

1792: η Μεγάλη Αικατερίνη τερματίζει τον πόλεμο εναντίον της Τουρκίας. Ο αξιωματικός της Λάμπρος Κατσώνης διακηρύσσει, πως μόνο με τις δικές τους δυνάμεις θα κατακτήσουν οι Έλληνες την ελευθερία τους.

1824: γεννιέται ο Ρώσος φυσικός, Γουστάβος Κίρκοφ, ο οποίος εφηύρε τους ενεργειακούς νόμους Κίρκοφ, που πήραν το όνομά του και χρησιμοποιούνται στη ανάλυση των κυκλωμάτων και στην ηλεκτρική μηχανική.

1854: η Βρετανία και η Γαλλία συμμαχούν με την Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία εναντίον της Ρωσίας στον Κριμαϊκό Πόλεμο.

1881: γεννιέται στη Θεσσαλονίκη ο Μουσταφά Κεμάλ, που αποκλήθηκε Ατατούρκ (πατέρας των Τούρκων). Ιδρυτής του σύγχρονου κοσμικού κράτους της Τουρκίας, καθιέρωσε το λατινικό αλφάβητο και κατάργησε το φέσι και τον φερετζέ. Πέθανε το 1938.

1888: γεννιέται ο Ουκρανός χορευτής και χορογράφος, Βάσλαβ Νιζίνσκι.

1888: η πόλη της Νέας Υόρκης ζει τη δριμύτερη χιονοθύελλα στη ιστορία της, η οποία θα κοστίσει τη ζωή σε εκατοντάδες ανθρώπους και θα προκαλέσει υλικές φθορές εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων.

1889: η Coca Cola πωλείται για πρώτη φορά σε γυάλινα μπουκάλια.

1896: γεννιέται ο τρίτος πρωθυπουργός του Καναδά, Σερ Τζον ’Αμποτ.

1904: μετά από 30 χρόνια εντατικών εργασιών στον ποταμό Χάντσον, ολοκληρώνεται το τούνελ που έγινε με έξοδα των πολιτειών της Νέας Υόρκης και του Νιου Τζέρσεϊ.

1909: όχλος χιλιάδων Οθωμανών επιτίθεται κατά του Έλληνα προξένου στις Σέρρες, του γραμματέα του και του διευθυντή των μονοπωλίων.

1911: στη Νέα Υόρκη, ο δρ. Φλέτσερ, εταίρος του Ινστιτούτου Ροκφέλερ, ανακαλύπτει την αιτία της παιδικής παράλυσης.

1912: γεννιέται ο Καναδός ποιητής Ίρβινγκ Λέϊτον.

1912: ιδρύεται το σώμα Βρετανίδων Οδηγών.

1912: ο καπετάνιος ’Αλμπερτ Μπέρι πραγματοποιεί την πρώτη πτώση με αλεξίπτωτο από αεροπλάνο.

1912: "προβάλλεται η δεύτερη κινηματογραφική ταινία της Σάρα Μπερνάρ, με τίτλο ""Η Κυρία με τις Καμέλιες""."

1913: η Καμπέρα γίνεται πρωτεύουσα της Αυστραλίας.

1921: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός τραγουδιστής και ηθοποιός, ’Αλμπερτ Γκόρντον Μακ Ρέι.

1921: γεννιέται ο ιδρυτής της Φίατ, Τζιοβάνι Ανιέλι.

1922: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός μπίτνικ συγγραφέας Τζακ Κέρουακ, γνωστότερος για το έργο του On the Road. Πέθανε το 1967.

1923: ο εφευρέτης Λι ντε Φόρεστ παρουσιάζει το πρώτο φιλμ, που μπορεί να ενσωματώσει ήχο.

1925: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας επιστημονικής φαντασίας, Χάρυ Χάρισον.

1925: "πεθαίνει ο ηγέτης των Κινέζων επαναστατών, Σουν Γιατ Σεν. Γνωστός ως ο ""πατέρας της σύγχρονης Κίνας"". Ο Σεν υπήρξε ιδρυτής του Κουομιντάνγκ, του Εθνικιστικού Κόμματος της Κίνας και πρώτος προσωρινός ηγέτης της Δημοκρατίας της Κίνας (1911 - 1912)."

1928: "γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός θεατρικός συγγραφέας Έντουαρντ ’Αλμπι, που έχει τιμηθεί με το βραβείο Πούλιτζερ. Από τα γνωστότερα έργα του είναι το ""Ποιος Φοβάται τη Βιρτζίνια Γουλφ

1928: στην Καλιφόρνια καταρρέει το φράγμα του St. Francis παρασύροντας στο θάνατο σχεδόν 400 ανθρώπους.

1929: η Όπελ AG, η μεγαλύτερη αυτοκινητοβιομηχανία στη Γερμανία, αγοράζεται από την Τζένεραλ Μότορς Κορπορέισον των ΗΠΑ, έναντι 120 εκατομμυρίων μάρκων.

1930: στην Ινδία, ο Μαχάτμα Γκάντι ξεκινά την μοναχική του πορεία διαμαρτυρίας των 300 μιλίων σε ένδειξη διαμαρτυρίας της επιβολής του μονοπωλίου στην παραγωγή αλατιού από τους Βρετανούς αποικιοκράτες.

1933: "ο Φραγκλίνος Ρούζβελτ απευθύνεται για πρώτη φορά, μέσω ραδιοφώνου στον αμερικανικό λαό, σε μια προσπάθεια να ενθαρρύνει την υποστήριξη στην πολιτική του ""New Deal""."

1933: ο Χίντενμπουργκ καταργεί τη σημαία της Γερμανικής Δημοκρατίας και δίνει εντολή να αναρτηθούν πλάι-πλάι η σβάστικα και η αυτοκρατορική σημαία.

1937: "πεθαίνει ο Γάλλος μουσικός και συνθέτης, Τσαρλς Μαρί Γουάιντερ, γνωστός για τη σύνθεση της ""Τοκάτα""από την πέμπτη του συμφωνία για εκκλησιαστικό όργανο, που ακούγεται συνήθως στο τέλος της γαμήλιας τελετής."

1938: γίνεται η πρώτη τηλεοπτική μετάδοση αθλητικού γεγονότος από το BBC. Πρόκειται για τον αγώνα ανάμεσα στο Κέιμπριτζ και την Οξφόρδη.

1938: ο Αδόλφος Χίτλερ ανακοινώνει την Ένωση (Anschluss) της Γερμανίας με την Αυστρία.

1940: η Φιλανδία υπογράφει συνθήκη ειρήνης με τη Σοβιετική Ένωση, η οποία προβλέπει άμεση παραχώρηση της φιλανδικής περιοχής Καρέλια στην ΕΣΣΔ.

1942: ο Αμερικανός Πρόεδρος Ρούσβελτ διατάσσει τον στρατηγό Ντάγκλας Μακ ’Αρθουρ να εγκαταλείψει τις Φιλιππίνες, επειδή οι Ιάπωνες έχουν συγκεντρώσει μεγάλες δυνάμεις στην περιοχή.

1946: γεννιέται η Αμερικανίδα ηθοποιός και τραγουδίστρια, τιμημένη με Όσκαρ ερμηνείας, Λάιζα Μινέλι, κόρη του σκηνοθέτη Βίνσεντ Μινέλι και της ηθοποιού Τζούντι Γκάρλαντ, αμφότεροι τιμημένοι με Όσκαρ.

1947: ανακοινώνεται το Δόγμα Τρούμαν, που θα θεωρηθεί ο καταλύτης στη προσπάθεια ανάσχεσης του Κομμουνισμού. Το τελευταίο ίσχυσε και στην Ελλάδα και αποτέλεσε την πρώτη τρανή απόδειξη, ότι οι Αμερικανοί διαδέχονται τους Βρετανούς στην προσπάθεια για την κυριαρχία στον πλανήτη.

1950: οι Πλαστήρας, Βενιζέλος, Παπανδρέου και Τσουδερός πληροφορούν τον βασιλιά για την απόφασή τους να συνεργαστούν προκειμένου να σχηματιστεί συμμαχική κυβέρνηση.

1951: "κάνει το ντεμπούτο του στις εφημερίδες των ΗΠΑ, το κόμικ, ""Ο Ντένις, ο τρομερός""."

1953: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός δημοσιογράφος και συγγραφέας Καρλ Χίγιασεν, γνωστός για τα αστυνομικά του μυθιστορήματα.

1955: πεθαίνει ο Αμερικανός σαξοφωνίστας της Τζαζ, Τσάρλι Πάρκερ.

1957: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός μπασίστας, ιδρυτής και βασικός στιχουργός του συγκροτήματος των Iron Maiden, Στιβ Χάρις.

1961: ελληνοτουρκική διάσκεψη δημοσιογράφων αρχίζει στη Ρόδο.

1968: ανεξαρτητοποιείται το νησί του Αγίου Μαυρίκιου.

1968: "το σάουντρακ της ταινίας, ""The Graduate"", με τον τίτλο, ""Mrs Robinson""κερδίζει το βραβείο Γκράμυ για τον καλύτερο δίσκο της χρονιάς."

1969: γεννιέται ο Γερμανός μουσικός και κιθαρίστας του συγκροτήματος των Blur, Γκράχαμ Κόξον.

1969: ο Πολ Μακ Κάρτνεϊ και η Λίντα Ίστμαν, ενώνονται με τα δεσμά του γάμου.

1970: συναντώνται τελικά, μετά από προσπάθειες τεσσάρων ετών, οι ηγέτες των δύο Γερμανιών, ο καγκελάριος Βίλι Μπραντ και ο πρωθυπουργός της Ανατολικής Γερμανίας Βίλι Στοφ.

1971: το τουρκικό καθεστώς, υπό την ηγεσία του Σουλεϊμάν Ντεμιρέλ εκτοπίζεται από στρατιωτικούς, που υπόσχονται να αποτρέψουν την εμφύλια σύγκρουση.

1973: η Βρετανία και η Κίνα συμφωνούν να συνάψουν διπλωματικές σχέσεις.

1979: η Ελληνική Αστυνομία αρχίζει να εφαρμόζει τα αντιτρομοκρατικά μέτρα, στρατολογώντας 154 γυναίκες και αποκτώντας καινούργια αυτοκίνητα και μοτοσικλέτες.

1983: "η Τζέιν Τόρβιλ και ο Κρίστοφερ Ντιν, γνωστοί ως οι ""Τζίντζερ Ρότζερς και ο Φρεντ Αστέρ""του καλλιτεχνικού πατινάζ κατακτούν το χρυσό μετάλλιο στο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα στο Ελσίνκι, λαμβάνοντας τη μεγαλύτερη βαθμολογία όλων των εποχών για το καλλιτεχνικό μέρος."

1983: στη Ζιμπάμπουε, ο Τζόσουα Νκόμο, πολιτικός αντίπαλος του πρωθυπουργού Μουγκάμπε, αναγκάζεται να εγκαταλείψει εσπευσμένα τη χώρα, καθώς ο τελευταίος διατάσει την αστυνομία να διενεργήσει μαζικές συλλήψεις μελών της αντιπολίτευσης.

1984: πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 81 ετών, ο ρεμπέτης Κώστας Ρούκουνας (Σαμιωτάκης).

1985: γεννιέται ο Ούγγρος βιολονίστας, Ευγένιος Ορμαντί.

1987: "το μιούζικαλ ""Οι ’Αθλιοι""κάνει πρεμιέρα στο Μπρόντγουεϊ."

1989: η καθηγήτρια της βυζαντινολογίας, Ελένη Γλύκατζη-Αρβελέρ διορίζεται πρόεδρος του πολιτιστικού κέντρου Πομπιντού στο Παρίσι.

1990: το Ανώτατο Σοβιέτ της Λιθουανίας ανακηρύσσει τη χώρα ανεξάρτητο κράτος.

1991: η αλβανική κυβέρνηση δίνει χάρη σε όλους τους πολιτικούς κρατούμενους.

1992: πεθαίνει στις ΗΠΑ ο γνωστός σκηνοθέτης και σεναριογράφος Πίτερ Μπρουκς.

1992: το Ιράκ κατηγορεί τις ΗΠΑ ως υπεύθυνες για το θάνατο 120.000 Ιρακινών εξαιτίας των ελλείψεων σε τρόφιμα και φάρμακα, λόγω του διεθνούς εμπάργκο που έχει επιβληθεί στη χώρα.

1992: το νησί του Αγίου Μαυρίκιου ανακηρύσσεται σε αυτόνομη δημοκρατία, παραμένοντας μέλος της Βρετανικής Κοινοπολιτείας.

1993: η Νότιος Κορέα αποχωρεί από τη Συνθήκη για τη Μείωση των Πυρηνικών Όπλων στην οποία συμμετέχουν η Ρωσία, η Αγγλία, η Γαλλία, οι ΗΠΑ και η Κίνα και αρνείται την επιθεώρηση των πυρηνικών της εγκαταστάσεων.

1993: η Τζάνετ Ρίνο γίνεται η πρώτη γυναίκα στη ιστορία των ΗΠΑ, που ορκίζεται Γενική Εισαγγελέας.

1993: μπαράζ βομβιστικών εκρήξεων στη Βομβάη της Ινδίας οδηγεί 300 άτομα στο θάνατο και τραυματίζει εκατοντάδες ακόμα.

1993: το Μεσατζέρο κατακτά το Ευρωπαϊκό Πρωτάθλημα Βόλεϊ, νικώντας τη Μεξίκονο Πάρμα στο Στάδιο Ειρήνης και Φιλίας. Ο Ολυμπιακός βρίσκεται στην τρίτη θέση και στην τέταρτη η Μαές Πιλς.

1994: αποδεικνύεται, πως η φωτογραφία, η οποία θεωρούταν, ότι απεικόνιζε το τέρας του Λοχ Νες, ήταν απάτη.

1994: η Εκκλησία της Αγγλίας χειροτονεί τις πρώτες της γυναίκες ιερείς.

1994: θεαματική απόδραση πραγματοποιούν 900 κρατούμενοι από τις φυλακές υψίστης ασφαλείας του Ταζούλτ της Αλγερίας.

1995: λήγουν οι εργασίες της Διεθνούς Διάσκεψης για την Κοινωνική Ανάπτυξη στη Δανία, με την τραγική διαπίστωση ότι ένα δις άνθρωποι στον κόσμο ζουν μέσα στη φτώχεια.

1995: μετά την Κέρκυρα, την Καβάλα και την Αθήνα, το κίνημα των εμπόρων και των μικρομεσαίων επιχειρηματιών, που διαμαρτύρονται για τη φορολόγησή τους με τα αντικειμενικά κριτήρια εξαπλώνεται στη Λάρισα και σε όλη τη Θεσσαλία.

1995: ο Λάμπρος Παπακώστας κατακτά το αργυρό μετάλλιο στο 5ο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα Κλειστού Στίβου στην Βαρκελώνη.

1995: ο προπονητής του Πανηλειακού, Αντώνης Γεωργιάδης, τραυματίζεται σοβαρά σε αυτοκινητικό δυστύχημα και παραμένει για δυο μήνες στην εντατική.

1996: στην Αυστρία, ορκίζεται η νέα κυβέρνηση με επικεφαλής και πάλι τον καγκελάριο Φραντς Βρανίτσκι.

1996: στο Κουβέιτ, γυναίκες ακαδημαϊκοί και επαγγελματίες διαφόρων κλάδων πραγματοποιούν διαδήλωση ζητώντας δικαίωμα ψήφου.

1997: στην Ιαπωνία, 21 εργάτες μολύνονται από ραδιενέργεια, στην πυρκαγιά και έκρηξη, που σημειώνεται σε εργοστάσιο επεξεργασίας πυρηνικών καυσίμων κοντά στο Τόκιο.

1997: συλλαμβάνεται στο Λος ’Αντζελες, ο Μικαήλ Μαρκάσεφ με την κατηγορία, ότι πυροβόλησε το 27χρονο γιο του Μπιλ Κόσμπυ, Ένις Κόσμπυ.

1998: "πεθαίνει η Αμερικανιδα καλλιτέχνης και αγγειοπλάστρια, Μπεατρίς Γουντ, η οποία θεωρείται ""Μητέρα του Ντανταϊσμού""."

1999: η Τσέχικη Δημοκρρατία, η Ουγγαρία και Πολωνία προσχωρούν στο ΝΑΤΟ.

1999: πεθαίνει στο Βερολίνο ο διάσημος βιολονίστας, μαέστρος και δάσκαλος Γεχούντι Μενουχίν σε ηλικία 83 ετών. Είχε δώσει το πρώτο του κονσέρτο σε ηλικία 13 ετών. Μεσουράνησε στη μεγάλη Βρετανία και χρίστηκε ιππότης στα 1965.

2000: η ομάδα βόλεϊ γυναικών του παναθηναϊκού χάνει με 3-0 από την αντίστοιχη της Περούτζια στον τελικού κυπέλλου κυπελλούχων.

2000: η ομάδα πόλο γυναικών της Γλυφάδας κατακτά το Ευρωπαϊκό Κύπελλο Πρωταθλητριών νικώντας την Σκιφ Μόσχας 7-5 και γίνεται η πρώτη ελληνική ομάδα γυναικών που αποκτά αυτό τον τίτλο.

2000: πεθαίνει από καρκίνο σε ηλικία 76 ετών ο Γιουγκοσλάβος προπονητής, Αλεξάντερ Νικόλιτς. Ήταν για χρόνια προπονητής της εθνικής ομάδας μπάσκετ της χώρας του κερδίζοντας σε παγκόσμια πρωταθλήματα από το 1963 έως το 1977, δυο χρυσά, δυο αργυρά και δυο χάλκινα μετάλλια. Ως προπονητής της ιταλικής Ιγκνίς Βαρέζε κατέκτησε τρία ιταλικά πρωταθλήματα και δυο κύπελλα καθώς και τρία Ευρωπαϊκά Πρωταθλήματα και δυο Διηπειρωτικά Κύπελλα.

2001: πεθαίνει ο Ρόμπερτ Λούντλουμ, συγγραφέας μυθιστορημάτων κατασκοπείας. Κυκλοφορούν περισσότερα από 210 εκατομμύρια αντίτυπα των βιβλίων του, τα οποία στην πλειονότητά τους έχουν μεταφραστεί σε 32 γλώσσες.

2002: πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 69 ετών, ο πρώην πρόεδρος της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας Σπύρος Κυπριανού.

2002: στο Τέξας η ’Αντρεα Γιετς καταδικάζεται σε ισόβια φυλάκιση, επειδή, έπνιξε τα πέντε παιδιά της, τον Ιούνιο του περασμένου χρόνου.

2003: δολοφονείται στο Βελιγράδι, ο πρωθυπουργός της Σερβίας Ζόραν Τζίντζις.

2003: πεθαίνει ο Αμερικανός συγγραφέας και σεναριογράφος, Χάουαρντ Φαστ.

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1955 - Charlie Parker

American jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker died of a heart attack in New York City while watching Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra on television. He was 34. The coroner who performed his autopsy mistakenly estimated Parker's 34-year-old body to be between 50 and 60 years of age. (After years of drug and alcohol abuse).

1963 - The Beatles

The Beatles played at the Granada Cinema in Bedford. Also on the bill, Chris Montez and Tommy Roe. John Lennon, suffering from a heavy cold, was unable to perform, so The Beatles set was rearranged so that George and Paul could sing the parts that John usually sang.

1967 - The Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground & Nico the debut album by the Velvet Underground was released by Verve Records. Though the record was a commercial failure upon release and was almost entirely ignored by contemporary critics, The Velvet Underground & Nico is now widely recognised as one of the greatest and most influential albums in the history of popular music.

1968 - The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones started recording their next single 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' with new producer Jimmy Miller at Olympic studios in London. Keith Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, where they were awakened one morning by the sound of gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. When Jagger asked what the noise was, Richards responded, "Oh, that's Jack - that's jumpin' Jack."

1969 - Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney married Linda Eastman at Marylebone Register Office. They then held a reception lunch at The Ritz Hotel, Paul then went to Abbey Road studios in the evening to work. George Harrison and his wife Patti were arrested on the same day and charged with possession of 120 joints of marijuana.

1969 - The Temptations

The Temptations became the first Motown recording act to win a Grammy Award - for 'Cloud Nine' for the Best Rhythm & Blues Group Performance. The single which reached No.2 on the US charts was the first of their singles to feature Dennis Edwards instead of David Ruffin in the lineup, and was the first of producer Norman Whitfield's psychedelic soul tracks.

1970 - James Brown

James Browns backing band The J.B.'s were formed after most of the members of his previous band walked out on him over a pay dispute. The J.B.'s initial lineup included bassist William "Bootsy" Collins and his guitarist brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins, formerly of the obscure funk band The Pacemakers.

1971 - The Allman Brothers Band

The Allman Brothers Band played the first of two nights at the Fillmore East, New York. Both shows were recorded and released as The Allman Brothers live double album, which became the groups breakthrough album.

1974 - John Lennon

John Lennon made the headlines after an incident at the Troubadour Club, LA. Out on a drinking binge with Harry Nilsson, Lennon hurled insults at the performing Smothers Brothers and punched their manager before being forcibly removed.

1977 - Bob Harris

The Sex Pistols were involved in a fight at London's Speakeasy Club with Bob Harris, presenter of BBC 2's The Old Grey Whistle Test, resulting in one of the shows engineers needing 14 stitches in his head. Two days later Harris's solicitors contact Derek Green at A&M the bands record label. Harris's management also managed Peter Frampton, one of the label's top acts at A&M. Green discussed the matter with the company's two founders, Jerry Moss and Herb Alpert and the decision is made to cancel the Pistols contract and halt production of the bands first single, 'God Save The Queen'.

1983 - U2

U2 scored their first UK No.1 album with 'War', which went on to spend a total of 147 weeks on the chart. The album featured the singles 'New Years Day' and 'Two Hearts Beat As One'.

1983 - Bonnie Tyler

Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler had her only UK No.1 single with a song written by Meat Loaf's producer, Jim Steinman, 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'. Also No.1 in the US, (the only Welsh artist to score a US No.1), Canada and Australia, the single sold over 5 million copies.

1988 - Rick Astley

Rick Astley started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Never Gonna Give You Up', also a No.1 in the UK.

1994 - Ace Of Base

Swedish group Ace Of Base started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'The Sign', a No.2 hit in the UK.

1995 - Spin Doctors

The Spin Doctors played a gig at singer Chris Barron's old School in Princeton and raised $10,000 (£5,882) towards a trip to France and the UK for the school choir.

2001 - Judy Garland

Judy Garland's 'Over The Rainbow' was voted the Song Of The Century in a poll published in America. Musicians, critics and fans compiled the list by the RIA. The highest placed UK act was The Rolling Stones (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction in 16th place. The Beatles had 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' at No. 28.

2004 - Muddy Waters

Rosalind Morganfield, the 34 year old daughter of Blues artist Muddy Waters, surrendered to police after a warrant was issued accusing her of being involved in the 1996 murder of 19 year old Timothy Jason Harrington during a drug deal.

2006 - David Gilmour

Former Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour went to No.1 on the UK album chart with his third solo album On An Island. In 2009 UK radio station Planet Rock held a poll asking listeners to name the 'Greatest Solo Album Written By A Former Band Member'. David Gilmour was voted into first place with On An Island.

2007 - Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse made her US television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman performing 'Rehab'. The song went on to win three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and also won an Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song.

2009 - Michael Jackson

Hundreds of fans queued at the O2 arena in London as Michael Jackson tickets went on sale to the public. The 50-year-old pop veteran had confirmed he would be playing a 50-date residency at the venue, beginning on 8 July 2009. Some 360,000 pre-sale tickets had already sold. Organisers said the This Is It tour had become the fastest-selling in history, with 33 seats sold each minute. Prices ranged from £170 to £10,000, but tickets bought directly from the singer's website cost up to £75. Jackson had said this would be the last time he would perform in the UK.

2010 - Metallica

Over 130 people were arrested and eight people were hospitalised as fans tried to gatecrash a Metallica show in Colombia. 1,500 police and four tanks were brought in to manage the crowds as property was vandalized and destroyed, as thousands of ticketless fans rioted during Metallica's first Colombian concert in eleven years.

2012 - Taylor Swift

Country star Taylor Swift beat Adele and Lady Gaga to be named the highest-earning pop artist of 2011. The 22-year-old earned $35,719,902 (£22.7m) in 2011 from a combination of music sales, royalties and touring. U2 took second place with $32m (£20m) thanks to their 360 tour, seen by more than seven million people while Adele came 10th.

2012 - Doobie Brothers

Doobie Brothers drummer Michael Hossack died at his home in Dubois, Wyoming at the age of 65. He had been battling cancer for some time and succumbed to complications of the disease with his family at his side. Hossack was a member of the Doobie Brothers between 1971 and 1973, playing on several of the band's best-known hits, including 'Listen to the Music' and 'China Grove'.

2013 - Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan was voted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, marking the first time a rock musician had been chosen for the elite honor society. Officials in the Academy – which recognises music, literature and visual art – were unable to decide if Dylan belonged for his words or his music and instead inducted him as an honorary member like previous honorees Meryl Streep, Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese.

2013 - Clive Burr

Clive Burr, drummer with Iron Maiden died in his sleep in London, four days after his 56th birthday, due to complications related to MS. Iron Maiden had the 1982 UK No.1 album The Number Of The Beast, and the 1991 UK No.1 single 'Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter'. Burr was a member of up-and-coming British metal band, Samson, before joining Maiden in 1979.

2016 - Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden's personal Boeing 747 was badly damaged after colliding with a tow truck while grounded at Santiago, Chile. The band's crew and their twenty tons of equipment were not onboard at the time of the crash, but two ground crew workers were injured

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1917 - Leonard Chess

Leonard Chess, the founder of the Chess record label, home to John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and Jimmy Reed. Chess died of a heart attack on October 16th 1969, aged 52.

1940 - Al Jarreau

American singer and musician Al Jarreau. He received a total of seven Grammy Awards and Jarreau is best known for his 1981 album Breakin' Away. He also sang the theme song of the late-1980s television series Moonlighting. He died of respiratory failure on February 12, 2017 at the age of 76, just two days after announcing his retirement.

1942 - Brian O'Hara

Brian O'Hara, from English Merseybeat band The Fourmost who had the 1964 UK No.6 single 'A Little Loving'. O'Hara took his own life on 27th June 1999.

1946 - Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli, singer, actress, dancer, daughter of Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli. (1970 film 'Cabaret', 1989 UK No.6 single 'Losing My Mind').

1948 - James Taylor

James Taylor, American singer, songwriter. Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the hit single 'Fire and Rain' and had the 1971 US No.1 & UK No.4 single 'You've Got A Friend', (written by Carole King). His first album was released on The Beatles Apple label. Taylor married Carly Simon in 1972.

1948 - Les Holroyd

Les Holroyd, from English progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest who scored eight UK Top 40 albums from 1974-87.

1949 - Bill Payne

American pianist Bill Payne who co-founded with Lowell George the American rock band Little Feat. Their best-known songs are 'Dixie Chicken' and 'Sailin Shoes'. Payne has also worked and recorded with J. J. Cale, Doobie Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Bryan Adams, Pink Floyd, Bob Seger, Toto, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Stevie Nicks and Robert Palmer.

1949 - Mike Gibbins

Welsh musician Mike Gibbins, drummer with Badfinger, who scored the 1970 UK No.4 & US No.7 single 'Come And Get It' and the hits 'No Matter What and 'Day After Day'. Gibbins died from a brain aneurysm in his sleep at his Florida home on 4 October 2005 at the age of 56.

1951 - Jack Green

British musician and songwriter Jack Green, who played with T. Rex between 1973 and 1974, then with The Pretty Things between 1974 and 1976.

1956 - Steve Harris

Steve Harris, bassist with English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, who had the 1982 UK No.1 album The Number Of The Beast, and the 1991 UK No.1 single 'Bring Your Daughter ...To The Slaughter'. Iron Maiden have sold over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide.

1957 - Marlon Jackson

Marlon Jackson, from American family music group The Jackson 5. They were the first group to debut with four consecutive No.1 hits on the Hot 100 with the songs 'I Want You Back', 'ABC', 'The Love You Save', and 'I'll Be There'. And with The Jacksons, had the 1979 hit 'Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)'.

1965 - Coleen Nolan

Coleen Nolan, Nolan Sisters, (1980 UK No.3 single 'I'm In The Mood For Dancing').

1969 - Graham Coxon

Graham Coxon, guitarist and singer with Blur who scored the 1994 UK No.1 album 'Parklife' which spent over 2 years on the UK chart, and the 1995 UK No.1 single 'Country House', plus over 12 other UK Top 40 singles. Coxon has also released a series of solo albums.

1975 - Kelle Bryan

Kelle Bryan, from British R&B girl group Eternal who had the 1997 UK No.1 single 'I Wanna Be The Only One', and the 1993 UK No.2 album Always & Forever. They achieved 15 UK Top 20 hits between 1993 and 1999.

1977 - Ben Kenny

Ben Kenny, bassist, from American rock band Incubus, who had the 2001 US No.9 & UK No.40 single, 'Drive', and the 2004 US No.2 and UK No.6 album A Crow Left of the Murder’, and the 2006 US No.1 album Light Grenades. Worldwide, Incubus has sold over 23 million albums.

1979 - Pete Doherty

Pete Doherty, guitar, vocals, from English rock band The Libertines, who had the 2004 UK No.1 album The Libertines. Doherty was banned from playing with The Libertines until he could overcome his substance abuse problems. He released two albums with Babyshambles, the 2005 Down in Albion and 2007 Shotter's Nation.

1986 - Danny Jones

Danny Jones, guitar, vocals, McFly, (2004 UK No.1 single ‘Colours In Her Hair’, 2004 UK No.1 album ‘Room On The 3rd Floor’).

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Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez announce engagement

Image captionAlex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez announced their engagement on social media

The singer, actress and producer Jennifer Lopez and former US baseball player Alex Rodriguez are engaged.

The couple - widely known as J-Lo and A-Rod - have been together for two years.

Lopez - who's known for hits like Love Don't Cost A Thing and Jenny From The Block - shared a picture of her engagement ring on Instagram.

Former New York Yankee Rodriguez shared the same photo on Twitter, with the words "she said yes".

The pair celebrated their two-year anniversary in February.

To mark the occasion, Lopez shared a gallery of five photos on social media, alongside a caption detailing her love for Rodriguez.

Rodriguez, who is now a TV commentator, revealed in October that he had long been a fan of Lopez.

He posted a photo of a poster she signed for him, 20 years ago.

This will be Lopez's fourth marriage and Rodriguez's second.

A wedding date has yet to be confirmed.

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