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• 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.
• 1079 – Bishop Stanislaus of Kraków is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.
• 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.
• 1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
• 1544 – French forces defeat a Spanish army at the Battle of Ceresole.
• 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
• 1713 – War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
• 1727 – Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
• 1809 – Battle of the Basque Roads Naval battle fought between France and the United Kingdom
• 1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
• 1856 – Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
• 1868 – Former Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.
• 1876 – The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• 1881 – Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
• 1888 – The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
• 1908 – SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the German Imperial Navy, launches.
• 1909 – The city of Tel Aviv is founded.
• 1913 – The Nevill Ground's pavilion is destroyed in a suffragette arson attack becoming the only cricket ground to be attacked by suffragettes.
• 1919 – The International Labour Organization is founded.
• 1921 – Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
• 1945 – World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
• 1951 – Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• 1951 – The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
• 1952 – The Battle of Nanri Island takes place.
• 1955 – The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
• 1957 – United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
• 1961 – The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
• 1963 – Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all instead of to Catholics alone.
• 1965 – The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
• 1968 – President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• 1970 – Apollo 13 is launched.
• 1972 – First edition of the BBC comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is broadcast, one of the longest running British radio shows in history.
• 1976 – The Apple I is created.
• 1977 – London Transport's Silver Jubilee buses are launched.
• 1979 – Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
• 1981 – A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
• 1987 – The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
• 1989 – Ron Hextall becomes the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal in the playoffs.
• 1990 – Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
• 1993 – Four hundred fifty prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
• 2001 – The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.
• 2002 – The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
• 2002 – Over two hundred thousand people marched in Caracas towards the Presidential Palace of Miraflores, to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. 19 of the protesters are killed, and the Minister of Defense Gral. Lucas Rincon announces Hugo Chávez resignation on national TV.
• 2006 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
• 2007 – 2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
• 2011 – An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
• 2012 – An 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia, off northern Sumatra at a depth of 16.4 km. A tsunami hits the island of Nias at Indonesia.

Births[edit]

• 145 – Septimius Severus, Roman emperor (d. 211)
• 1357 – John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
• 1374 – Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398)
• 1492 – Marguerite de Navarre, French wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
• 1592 – John Eliot, English politician (d. 1632)
• 1683 – Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer (d. 1738)
• 1715 – John Alcock, English organist and composer (d. 1806)
• 1721 – David Zeisberger, Czech-American clergyman and missionary (d. 1808)
• 1722 – Christopher Smart, English actor, playwright, and poet (d. 1771)
• 1755 – James Parkinson, English surgeon, geologist, and paleontologist (d. 1824)
• 1770 – George Canning, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1827)
• 1794 – Edward Everett, American educator and politician, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1865)
• 1798 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)
• 1819 – Charles Hallé, German-English pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
• 1825 – Ferdinand Lassalle, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1864)
• 1827 – Jyotirao Phule, Indian scholar, philosopher, and activist (d. 1890)
• 1856 – Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (d. 1903)
• 1859 – Stefanos Thomopoulos, Greek historian (d. 1939)
• 1862 – William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer and academic (d. 1938)
• 1862 – Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 44th United States Secretary of State (d. 1948)
• 1864 – Johanna Elberskirchen, German feminist (d. 1943)
• 1866 – Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1953)
• 1867 – Mark Keppel, American educator (d. 1928)
• 1869 – Kasturba Gandhi, Indian wife of Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
• 1871 – Gyula Kellner, Hungarian athlete (d. 1940)
• 1873 – Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)
• 1876 – Paul Henry, Irish painter (d. 1958)
• 1876 – Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian (d. 1940)
• 1879 – Bernhard Schmidt, German optician (d. 1935)
• 1887 – Jack Phillips, English telegraphist (d. 1912)
• 1887 – Jamini Roy, Indian painter (d. 1972)
• 1888 – Donald Calthrop, English actor (d. 1940)
• 1889 – Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and bandleader (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (d. 1961)
• 1890 – Rachele Mussolini, Italian wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)
• 1893 – Dean Acheson, American lawyer and politician, 51st United States Secretary of State (d. 1971)
• 1896 – Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1967)
• 1899 – Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist (d. 1975)
• 1900 – Sándor Márai, Hungarian journalist and author (d. 1989)
• 1904 – Kundan Lal Saigal, Indian singer and actor (d. 1947)
• 1905 – Attila József, Hungarian poet (d. 1937)
• 1906 – Dale Messick, American illustrator (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Paul Douglas, American actor (d. 1959)
• 1907 – Ivor Spencer-Thomas, Welsh farmer and businessman (d. 2001)
• 1908 – Jane Bolin, American judge (d. 2007)
• 1908 – Masaru Ibuka, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (d. 1992)
• 1908 – Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (d. 1997)
• 1910 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1996)
• 1912 – John Levy, American bassist (d. 2012)
• 1913 – Oleg Cassini, French-American fashion designer (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Norman McLaren, Scottish-Canadian animator, director, and producer (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Robert Stanfield, Canadian politician, 17th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Alberto Ginastera, Argentinian composer (d. 1983)
• 1916 – Howard W. Koch, American director and producer (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1993)
• 1917 – David Westheimer, American author (d. 2005)
• 1918 – Richard Wainwright, English politician (d. 2003)
• 1919 – Raymond Carr, English historian and academic
• 1920 – Emilio Colombo, Italian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Peter O'Donnell, English author (d. 2010)
• 1920 – William Royer, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Arved Viirlaid, Estonian-Canadian soldier and author
• 1923 – George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980)
• 1924 – Mohammad Naseem, Pakistani-English activist (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Yuriy Lituyev, Russian hurdler (d. 2000)
• 1925 – Viktor Masing, Estonian botanist and ecologist (d. 2001)
• 1925 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (d. 1997)
• 1926 – David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Ernest Chapman, Australian rower (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Gervase de Peyer, English clarinet player and conductor
• 1926 – Karl Rebane, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Ethel Kennedy, American wife of Robert F. Kennedy
• 1928 – Edwin Pope, American journalist
• 1928 – Tommy Tycho, Hungarian-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Nicholas F. Brady, American politician, 68th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1930 – Walter Krüger, German javelin thrower
• 1930 – Anton LaVey, American occultist, founded the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
• 1931 – Lewis Jones, Welsh rugby player
• 1931 – Johnny Sheffield, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer and conductor
• 1932 – Joel Grey, American actor, singer, and dancer
• 1933 – Tony Brown, American journalist
• 1934 – Mark Strand, Canadian-American poet, author, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Ron Pember, English actor, director and playwright
• 1935 – Richard Berry, American singer-songwriter (The Flairs) (d. 1997)
• 1935 – Richard Kuklinski, American murderer (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Brian Noble, English bishop
• 1937 – Jill Gascoine, English actress and author
• 1938 – Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Michael Deaver, American politician, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
• 1938 – Kurt Moll, German opera singer
• 1939 – Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist
• 1939 – Louise Lasser, American actress
• 1940 – Col Firmin, Australian politician (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Thomas Harris, American author and screenwriter
• 1940 – Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter (d. 1998)
• 1941 – Ellen Goodman, American journalist
• 1941 – Shirley Stelfox, English actress
• 1942 – Anatoly Berezovoy, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)
• 1942 – James Underwood, English pathologist and academic
• 1943 – John Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, English businessman and politician
• 1943 – Harley Race, American wrestler and trainer
• 1944 – Peter Barfuß, German footballer
• 1945 – John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic
• 1944 – John Milius, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Chris Burden, American artist
• 1946 – Laurie Faso, American actor and game show host
• 1946 – Bob Harris, English radio host
• 1947 – Lev Bulat, Russian physicist
• 1947 – Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter
• 1947 – Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Peter Riegert, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1947 – Meshach Taylor, American actor (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Michael T Wright, English engineer and academic
• 1949 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (d. 2011)
• 1949 – Carl Franklin, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1950 – Tom Hill, English bass player and songwriter (Geordie)
• 1950 – Bill Irwin, American clown and actor
• 1951 – Doris Angleton, American murder victim (d. 1997)
• 1951 – Paul Fox, English singer and guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007)
• 1951 – James Patrick Kelly, American author
• 1952 – Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist
• 1952 – Indira Samarasekera, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
• 1952 – Peter Windsor, English-Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1953 – Guy Verhofstadt, Belgian politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1953 – Andrew Wiles, English mathematician and academic
• 1954 – Abdullah Atalar, Turkish engineer and academic
• 1954 – Aleksandr Averin Azerbaijani cyclist
• 1954 – Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer (The Enid and Secret Green)
• 1954 – David Perrett, Scottish psychologist and academic
• 1954 – Ian Redmond, English biologist and conservationist
• 1954 – Willie Royster, American baseball player
• 1954 – Attila Sudár, Hungarian water polo player
• 1955 – Kevin Brady, American politician
• 1955 – Michael Callen, American singer-songwriter and activist (The Flirtations) (d. 1993)
• 1955 – Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player and coach
• 1955 – Neville Staple, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (The Specials, Fun Boy Three, and Special Beat)
• 1957 – Michael Card, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and radio host
• 1957 – Richard Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Stuart Adamson, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Skids, Big Country, and The Raphaels) (d. 2001)
• 1958 – Lyudmila Kondratyeva, Russian sprinter
• 1959 – Pierre Lacroix, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1959 – Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and judge
• 1960 – Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and author
• 1961 – Vincent Gallo, American actor, singer, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Doug Hopkins, American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms) (d. 1993)
• 1962 – Mark Lawson, English journalist and author
• 1963 – Billy Bowden, New Zealand cricketer and umpire
• 1963 – Chris Ferguson, American poker player
• 1963 – Waldemar Fornalik, Polish footballer and manager
• 1963 – Nigel Pulsford, English guitarist (Bush)
• 1964 – Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – John Cryer, English politician
• 1964 – Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
• 1964 – Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player and coach
• 1964 – Patrick Sang, Kenyan steeplechase runner
• 1964 – Tony Tedeschi, American pornographic actor
• 1965 – Lynn Ferguson, Scottish actress
• 1965 – Mason Reese, American actor
• 1966 – Steve Scarsone, American baseball player
• 1966 – Lisa Stansfield, English singer-songwriter (Blue Zone)
• 1968 – Sergei Lukyanenko, Kazakh-Russian journalist and author
• 1969 – Goldust, American wrestler
• 1969 – Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer-songwriter (Catatonia)
• 1969 – Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1969 – Michael von Grünigen, Swiss skier
• 1970 – Dylan Keefe, American bass player (Marcy Playground)
• 1970 – Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Johnny Messner, American actor
• 1970 – Delroy Pearson, English singer-songwriter and producer (Five Star)
• 1970 – Whigfield, Danish singer
• 1971 – John Leech, English politician
• 1971 – Oliver Riedel, German bass player (Rammstein and The Inchtabokatables)
• 1971 – Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor
• 1972 – Balls Mahoney, American wrestler
• 1972 – Allan Théo, French singer
• 1972 – Jason Varitek, American baseball player
• 1973 – Jennifer Esposito, American actress
• 1974 – Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player
• 1974 – Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter
• 1974 – Anton Glanzelius, Swedish actor
• 1974 – Tricia Helfer, Canadian model and actress
• 1974 – David Jassy, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (Navigators)
• 1974 – Zöe Lucker, English actress
• 1974 – Trot Nixon, American baseball player
• 1975 – Olga Hostáková, Czech tennis player
• 1975 – Walid Soliman, Tunisian author
• 1976 – Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1977 – Ivonne Teichmann, German runner
• 1978 – Brett Claywell, American actor
• 1978 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1978 – Tom Thacker, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Gob, Sum 41, and The McRackins)
• 1979 – Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Iranian-Canadian model, singer, and activist, Miss World Canada 2003
• 1979 – Malcolm Christie, English footballer
• 1979 – Sebastien Grainger, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Death from Above 1979)
• 1979 – Martin Padar, Estonian martial artist
• 1979 – Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1979 – Josh Server, American actor
• 1979 – María Elena Swett, Chilean actress
• 1980 – Festus Baise, Nigerian-Hong Kong footballer
• 1980 – Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer
• 1980 – Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
• 1981 – Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model and actress
• 1981 – Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Ian Bell, English cricketer
• 1982 – Peeter Kümmel, Estonian skier
• 1983 – Jessica Burciaga, American model
• 1983 – Joanna Douglas, Canadian actress
• 1983 – Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier
• 1983 – Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver
• 1984 – Kelli Garner, American actress
• 1984 – Monica May, American actress
• 1984 – Nikola Karabatić, French handballer
• 1985 – Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Will Minson, Australian footballer
• 1986 – Dai Greene, Welsh hurdler
• 1986 – Stephanie Pratt, American television personality
• 1986 – Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete
• 1987 – Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Giuseppe Caccavallo, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Michelle Phan, American make-up artist and blogger
• 1987 – Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter, and actress (SuperHeavy)
• 1988 – Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Oleh Kovalenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1989 – Eka Darville, Australian actor
• 1989 – Zola Jesus, American singer-songwriter (Former Ghosts)
• 1989 – Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (d. 2014)
• 1990 – Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1990 – Thulani Serero, South African footballer
• 1991 – Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer
• 1991 – Andreea Grigore, Romanian gymnast
• 1991 – James Magnussen, Australian swimmer
• 1991 – Erina Mano, Japanese singer and actress (Ongaku Gatas and Petitmoni)
• 1991 – James Roberts, Australian swimmer
• 1993 – Yuji Takahashi, Japanese footballer
• 1994 – Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
• 1994 – Lindsey Wixson, American model
• 1995 – Sycerika McMahon, Northern Irish swimmer
• 1996 – Dele Alli, English footballer
• 1997 – Ethan Couch, American criminal
• 1997 – Miriam Kolodziejová, Czech tennis player
• 1998 – Oliver Dillon, English actor
• 2000 – Morgan Lily, American actress

Deaths[edit]

• 1034 – Romanos III Argyros, Byzantine emperor (b. 968)
• 1165 – Stephen IV of Hungary (b. 1133)
• 1240 – Llywelyn the Great, Welsh prince (b. 1172)
• 1554 – Thomas Wyatt the Younger, English rebel leader (b. 1521)
• 1612 – Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b. 1535)
• 1612 – Edward Wightman, English minister (b. 1566)
• 1626 – Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1568)
• 1712 – Richard Simon, French priest and critic (b. 1638)
• 1723 – John Robinson, English bishop (b. 1650)
• 1783 – Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian politician (b. 1718)
• 1798 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725)
• 1856 – Juan Santamaría, Costa Rican soldier (b. 1831)
• 1861 – Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet and composer (b. 1824)
• 1873 – Edward Canby, American general (b. 1817)
• 1890 – Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (b. 1862)
• 1894 – Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832)
• 1903 – Gemma Galgani, Italian mystic and saint (b. 1878)
• 1906 – James Anthony Bailey, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (b. 1847)
• 1906 – Francis Pharcellus Church, American journalist and publisher, co-founded Armed Forces Journal and The Galaxy Magazine (b. 1839)
• 1908 – Henry Bird, English chess player and author (b. 1829)
• 1916 – Richard Harding Davis, American author (b. 1864)
• 1926 – Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)
• 1938 – Eddie Morton, American singer (b. 1870)
• 1947 – Louise Peete, American murderer (b. 1880)
• 1953 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 – Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 – Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)
• 1960 – Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1878)
• 1962 – Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1962 – George Poage, American hurdler (b. 1880)
• 1967 – Thomas Farrell, American general (b. 1891)
• 1967 – Donald Sangster, Jamaican politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)
• 1970 – Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1970 – John O'Hara, American author and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1974 – Ernst Ziegler, German actor (b. 1894)
• 1977 – Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1977 – Phanishwar Nath 'Renu', Indian author (b. 1921)
• 1980 – Ümit Kaftancıoğlu, Turkish TV producer, writer and columnist of the newspaper Cumhuriyet (b. 1935)
• 1981 – Caroline Gordon, American author (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Dolores del Río, Mexican-American actress (b. 1905)
• 1983 – Ahmed Rushdi, Pakistani singer (b. 1934)
• 1984 – Edgar V. Saks, Estonian historian and politician, Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1910)
• 1985 – Bunny Ahearne, Irish-English businessman (b. 1900)
• 1985 – Enver Hoxha, Albanian dictator (b. 1908)
• 1987 – Erskine Caldwell, American author (b. 1903)
• 1987 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (b. 1919)
• 1990 – Harold Ballard, Canadian businessman (b. 1903)
• 1991 – Walker Cooper, American baseball player and manager (b. 1915)
• 1991 – Bruno Hoffmann. German glass harp player (b. 1913)
• 1992 – James Brown, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1992 – Eve Merriam, American author and poet (b. 1916)
• 1992 – Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920)
• 1996 – Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)
• 1997 – Muriel McQueen Fergusson, Canadian politician (b. 1899)
• 1999 – William H. Armstrong, American author (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Diana Darvey, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1945)
• 2001 – Sandy Bull, American singer and guitarist (b. 1941)
• 2001 – Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, founded Texas Instruments (b. 1900)
• 2005 – André François, Hungarian-French cartoonist (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907)
• 2006 – Proof, American rapper and actor (D12) (b. 1973)
• 2006 – June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953)
• 2007 – Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Loïc Leferme, French diver (b. 1970)
• 2007 – Janet McDonald, American author (b. 1954)
• 2007 – Ronald Speirs, Scottish-American colonel (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Kurt Vonnegut, American author (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Merlin German, American sergeant (b. 1985)
• 2009 – Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (b. 1914)
• 2009 – Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (b. 1912)
• 2009 – Corín Tellado, Spanish author (b. 1927)
• 2010 – Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (b. 1948)
• 2011 – La Esterella, Flemish singer (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Jean S. MacLeod, Scottish-English author (b. 1908)
• 2011 – Larry Sweeney, American wrestler and manager (b. 1981)
• 2012 – Julio Alemán, Mexican actor (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Roger Caron, Canadian criminal and author (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Tippy Dye, American basketball player and coach (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Hal McKusick, American saxophonist, clarinet player and flute player (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Agustin Roman, American bishop (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Thomas Hemsley, English opera singer (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Alfredo Alcón, Argentinian actor (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Nandu Bhende, Indian singer and actor (b. 1955)
• 2014 – Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Edna Doré, English actress (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Bill Henry, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Lou Hudson, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (b. 1914)
• 2014 – Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)

Η εντυπωσιακή μεταμόρφωση του παραλιακού μετώπου της Θεσσαλονίκης 

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• 238 – Gordian II loses the Battle of Carthage against the Numidian forces loyal to Maximinus Thrax and is killed. Gordian I, his father, commits suicide.
• 240 – Shapur I is crowned as king of the Sasanian Empire.
• 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
• 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to Christianity by Paulinus, bishop of York.
• 1204 – The Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city, which they completely occupy the following day.
• 1606 – The Union Flag is adopted as the flag of English and Scottish ships.
• 1776 – American Revolution: With the Halifax Resolves, the North Carolina Provincial Congress authorizes its Congressional delegation to vote for independence from Britain.
• 1820 – Alexander Ypsilantis is declared leader of Filiki Eteria, a secret organization to overthrow Ottoman rule over Greece.
• 1831 – Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Andrews Raid (the Great Locomotive Chase) occurs, starting from Big Shanty, Georgia (now Kennesaw).
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Fort Pillow massacre: Confederate forces kill most of the African American soldiers that surrendered at Fort Pillow, Tennessee.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
• 1877 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
• 1910 – SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
• 1917 – World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
• 1927 – April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
• 1928 – The Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.
• 1934 – The U.S. Auto-Lite Strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
• 1935 – First flight of the Bristol Blenheim.
• 1937 – Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
• 1945 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office; Vice President Harry Truman, becomes President upon Roosevelt's death.
• 1955 – The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
• 1961 – The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, in Vostok 3KA-2 (Vostok 1).
• 1963 – The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-33 collides with the Finnish merchant vessel M/S Finnclipper in the Danish straits.
• 1970 – Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
• 1980 – Samuel Doe takes control of Liberia in a coup d'état, ending over 130 years of minority Americo-Liberian rule over the country.
• 1980 – Terry Fox begins his "Marathon of Hope" at St. John's, Newfoundland.
• 1981 – The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place - the STS-1 mission.
• 1990 – Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
• 1992 – The Euro Disney Resort officially opens with its theme park Euro Disneyland. The resort and its park's name are subsequently changed to Disneyland Paris.
• 1994 – Canter & Siegel post the first commercial mass Usenet spam.
• 1998 – An earthquake in Slovenia, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurs near the town of Bovec.
• 1999 – US President Bill Clinton is cited for contempt of court for giving "intentionally false statements" in a sexual harassment civil lawsuit.
• 2002 – A suicide bomber blows herself up at the entrance to Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda open-air market, killing 7 and wounding 104.
• 2007 – A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
• 2009 – Zimbabwe officially abandons the Zimbabwe Dollar as its official currency.
• 2010 – A train derails near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28 people.
• 2014 – A wildfire ravages the Chilean city of Valparaíso, killing 16, displacing nearly 10,000, and destroying over 2,000 homes.

Births[edit]

• 1432 – Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia (d. 1546)
• 1484 – Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect, designed the Apostolic Palace and St. Peter's Basilica (d. 1546)
• 1500 – Joachim Camerarius, German scholar (d. 1574)
• 1526 – Muretus, French philosopher (d. 1585)
• 1550 – Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English courtier and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1604)
• 1577 – Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)
• 1705 – William Cookworthy, English minister and pharmacist (d. 1780)
• 1710 – Caffarelli, Italian opera singer (d. 1783)
• 1713 – Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, French author (d. 1796)
• 1716 – Felice Giardini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1796)
• 1722 – Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1793)
• 1724 – Lyman Hall, British-American physician, clergyman, and politician, 16th Governor of Georgia (d. 1790)
• 1748 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (d. 1836)
• 1777 – Henry Clay, American lawyer and politician, 9th United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)
• 1792 – John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, English politician, Lord Privy Seal (d. 1840)
• 1794 – Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (d. 1847)
• 1796 – George N. Briggs, American lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1861)
• 1799 – Henri Druey, Swiss politician (d. 1855)
• 1801 – Joseph Lanner, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1843)
• 1823 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian playwright (d. 1886)
• 1839 – Nikolay Przhevalsky, Russian geographer (d. 1888)
• 1848 – José Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican poet (d. 1880)
• 1851 – Edward Walter Maunder, English astronomer (d. 1928)
• 1852 – Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician (d. 1939)
• 1856 – Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English mountaineer, cartographer, and politician (d. 1937)
• 1861 – Walter Bingle, Australian public servant (d. 1928)
• 1866 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia (d. 1929)
• 1868 – Akiyama Saneyuki, Japanese admiral (d. 1918)
• 1868 – Ella Gaunt Smith, American businesswoman (d. 1932)
• 1869 – Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (d. 1922)
• 1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1941)
• 1874 – William B. Bankhead, American politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1940)
• 1880 – Addie Joss, American baseball player (d. 1911)
• 1883 – Imogen Cunningham, American photographer (d. 1976)
• 1883 – Dally Messenger, Australian rugby player (d. 1959)
• 1884 – Tenby Davies, Welsh runner (d. 1932)
• 1884 – Otto Meyerhof, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Robert Delaunay, French painter (d. 1941)
• 1887 – Harold Lockwood, American actor (d. 1918)
• 1888 – Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish wrestler (d. 1953)
• 1888 – Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist (d. 1964)
• 1892 – Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 1940)
• 1893 – Robert Harron, American actor (d. 1920)
• 1894 – Francisco Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese field marshal and politician, 13th President of Portugal (d. 1964)
• 1898 – Lily Pons, French-American soprano and actress (d. 1976)
• 1901 – Lowell Stockman, American politician (d. 1962)
• 1902 – Louis Beel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1977)
• 1903 – Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 1907 – Felix de Weldon, Austrian-American sculptor, designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (d. 2003)
• 1907 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and painter (d. 1979)
• 1908 – Ida Pollock, British writer (d. 2013)
• 1908 – Robert Lee Scott, Jr., American pilot and general (d. 2006)
• 1911 – Mahmoud Younis, Egyptian engineer (d. 1976)
• 1912 – Frank Dilio, Canadian businessman (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Walt Gorney, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Hamengkubuwono IX, Indonesian politician, 2nd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Hound Dog Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
• 1913 – Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist (d. 2013)
• 1914 – Armen Alchian, American economist (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Movita Castaneda, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1916 – Beverly Cleary, American author
• 1916 – Russell Garcia, American-New Zealand composer (d. 2011)
• 1916 – Benjamin Libet, American neuropsychologist and academic (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Helen Forrest, American singer (d. 1999)
• 1919 – István Anhalt, Hungarian-Canadian composer (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Billy Vaughn, American singer and bandleader (d. 1991)
• 1921 – Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1978)
• 1922 – Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (d. 1980)
• 1922 – Audrey Long, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Raymond Barre, French economist and politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Peter Safar, Austrian physician (d. 2003)
• 1925 – Evelyn Berezin, American computer engineer
• 1925 – Joe Bowman, American target shooter and boot maker (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Ned Miller, American singer-songwriter
• 1925 – Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1927 – Thomas Hemsley, English opera singer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Hardy Krüger, German actor
• 1928 – Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Elspet Gray, Scottish actress (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Manuel Neri, American sculptor and painter
• 1930 – Michał Życzkowski, Polish technician and educator (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Bryan Magee, English philosopher and politician
• 1931 – Leonid Derbenyov, Russian poet and songwriter (d. 1995)
• 1932 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 5th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sri Lanka (d. 2005)
• 1932 – Jean-Pierre Marielle, French actor
• 1932 – Julio Ojeda Pascual, Spanish-Peruvian bishop (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Tiny Tim, American singer and ukulele player (d. 1996)
• 1933 – Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano and actress
• 1934 – Heinz Schneiter, Swiss footballer and manager
• 1935 – Jimmy Makulis, Greek singer (d. 2007)
• 1935 – Wendy Savage, English gynaecologist and activist
• 1936 – Charles Napier, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1936 – Kennedy Simmonds, first Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• 1937 – Dennis Banks, American author and activist
• 1937 – Igor Volk, Ukrainian-Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1939 – Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright
• 1939 – Johnny Raper, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1940 – Bashir Ahmad, Indian-Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014)
• 1940 – John Hagee, American pastor
• 1940 – Herbie Hancock, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Miles Davis Quintet)
• 1941 – Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (d. 1993)
• 1942 – Frank Bank, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Bill Bryden, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1942 – Carlos Reutemann, Argentinian race car driver and politician, Governor of Santa Fe
• 1942 – Jacob Zuma, South African politician, 4th President of South Africa
• 1944 – Georgios Balanos, Greek author
• 1944 – Lisa Jardine, English historian, author, and academic
• 1944 – John Kay, German-Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Sparrows and Steppenwolf)
• 1945 – Lee Jong-wook, South Korean physician (d. 2006)
• 1946 – Ed O'Neill, American actor
• 1946 – George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO
• 1947 – Roy M. Anderson, English epidemiologist, zoologist, and academic
• 1947 – Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Alex Briley, American singer (Village People)
• 1947 – Tom Clancy, American author (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Woody Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1947 – Dan Lauria, American actor
• 1947 – David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host
• 1947 – Wayne Northrop, American actor
• 1948 – Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer (d. 2008)
• 1948 – Don Fernando, American porn actor and director
• 1948 – Joschka Fischer, German politician, Vice Chancellor of Germany
• 1948 – Marcello Lippi, Italian footballer, manager, and coach
• 1948 – Lois Reeves, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
• 1949 – Scott Turow, American lawyer and author
• 1950 – Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman
• 1950 – David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1950 – Nick Sackman, English composer
• 1951 – Tom Noonan, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Reuben Gant, American football player
• 1952 – Gary Soto, American author and poet
• 1952 – Ralph Wiley, American journalist (d. 2004)
• 1953 – Tanino Liberatore, Italian comics author and illustrator
• 1954 – John Faulkner, Australian politician, 52nd Minister of Defence for Australia
• 1954 – Jon Krakauer, American author
• 1954 – Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (d. 2015)
• 1954 – Pat Travers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Fabian Hamilton, English politician
• 1956 – Andy García, Cuban-American actor
• 1956 – Herbert Grönemeyer, German singer-songwriter and actor
• 1957 – Greg Child, Australian mountaineer and author
• 1957 – Vince Gill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pure Prairie League and The Notorious Cherry Bombs)
• 1958 – J. Alexander, American-French model
• 1958 – Will Sergeant, English guitarist (Echo & the Bunnymen and Electrafixion)
• 1959 – Howard Stableford, English radio and television host
• 1959 – Tracy Tormé, American screenwriter and producer
• 1960 – Ron MacLean, Canadian sportscaster
• 1961 – Enedina Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord
• 1961 – Corrado Fabi, Italian race car driver
• 1961 – Lisa Gerrard, Australian singer-songwriter (Dead Can Dance)
• 1961 – Charles Mann, American football player
• 1961 – Magda Szubanski, English-Australian actress
• 1962 – Art Alexakis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Everclear, Colorfinger, and The Easy Hoes)
• 1962 – Carlos Sainz, Spanish race car driver
• 1962 – Nobuhiko Takada, Japanese mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1963 – Lydia Cacho, Mexican journalist
• 1964 – Amy Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Indigo Girls)
• 1964 – Mark Simmonds, English politician
• 1965 – Kim Bodnia, Danish actor
• 1965 – Tom O'Brien, American actor and producer
• 1965 – Chi Onwurah, English politician
• 1965 – Mihai Stoica, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1967 – Sarah Cracknell, English singer-songwriter (Saint Etienne)
• 1967 – Mellow Man Ace, Cuban-American rapper (Cypress Hill)
• 1968 – Alicia Coppola, American actress
• 1968 – Toby Gad, German-American songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Adam Graves, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Jörn Lenz, German footballer and manager
• 1969 – Lucas Radebe, South African footballer
• 1969 – Michael Jackson, former NFL wide receiver
• 1970 – Sylvain Bouchard, Canadian speed skater
• 1971 – Nicholas Brendon, American actor
• 1971 – Shannen Doherty, American actress, director, and producer
• 1971 – Eyal Golan, Israeli singer
• 1971 – Nick Hexum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (311)
• 1972 – Şebnem Ferah, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Dimitrios Kokotis, Greek high jumper
• 1972 – Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player
• 1973 – J. Scott Campbell, American author and illustrator
• 1973 – Claudia Jordan, American model and actress
• 1973 – Ryan Kisor, American trumpet player and composer
• 1973 – Christina Moore, American actress
• 1973 – Antonio Osuna, Mexican-American baseball player
• 1974 – Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Belinda Emmett, Australian actress and singer (d. 2006)
• 1974 – Roman Hamrlík, Czech ice hockey player
• 1974 – Marley Shelton, American actress
• 1976 – Brad Miller, American basketball player
• 1977 – Giovanny Espinoza, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1977 – Sarah Jane Morris, American actress
• 1977 – Jason Price, Welsh footballer
• 1977 – Glenn Rogers, Australian-Scottish cricketer
• 1977 – Jordana Spiro, American actress
• 1978 – Guy Berryman, Scottish bass player and producer (Coldplay and Apparatjik)
• 1978 – Cheeming Boey, Singaporean-Malaysian illustrator
• 1978 – Scott Crary, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Riley Smith, American actor and singer
• 1978 – Robin Walker, English politician
• 1979 – Claire Danes, American actress
• 1979 – Jordan De Jong, American baseball player
• 1979 – Elena Grosheva, Russian gymnast
• 1979 – Mateja Kežman, Serbian footballer
• 1979 – Jennifer Morrison, American actress and producer
• 1979 – Paul Nicholls, English actor
• 1979 – Cristian Ranalli, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Argo Aadli, Estonian actor
• 1980 – Brian McFadden, Irish singer-songwriter (Westlife)
• 1980 – Erik Mongrain, Canadian guitarist and composer
• 1980 – Arda Kural, Turkish actor
• 1981 – Nicolás Burdisso, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Grant Holt, English footballer
• 1981 – Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist
• 1982 – Deen, Bosnian singer
• 1982 – Easton Corbin, American singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Jelena Dokic, Serbian-Australian tennis player
• 1983 – Genta Ismajli, Kosovan-Albanian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1983 – Dwayne Smith, Barbadian cricketer
• 1985 – James Alexandrou, English actor
• 1985 – Brennan Boesch, American baseball player
• 1985 – Jeísa Chiminazzo, Brazilian model
• 1985 – Ted Ginn, Jr., American football player
• 1985 – Anna-Katharina Samsel, German actress
• 1985 – Olga Seryabkina, Russian singer-songwriter (Serebro)
• 1985 – Hitomi Yoshizawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume, and Hangry & Angry)
• 1986 – Lorena, Spanish singer
• 1986 – Blerim Džemaili, Swiss footballer
• 1986 – Marcel Granollers, Spanish tennis player
• 1986 – Athena Lundberg, American model
• 1986 – Matt McGorry, American actor
• 1987 – Brooklyn Decker, American model and actress
• 1987 – Shawn Gore, Canadian football player
• 1987 – Brendon Urie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Panic! at the Disco)
• 1988 – Ricardo Gabriel Álvarez, Argentinian footballer
• 1988 – Stephen Brogan, English footballer
• 1988 – Amedeo Calliari, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Jessie James, American singer-songwriter
• 1988 – April Rose Pengilly, Australian model and actress
• 1989 – T. Mills, American rapper
• 1989 – Miguel Ángel Ponce, American-Mexican footballer
• 1989 – Dominic Roco, Filipino actor
• 1989 – Felix Roco, Filipino actor
• 1989 – Kaitlyn Weaver, Canadian-American ice dancer
• 1990 – Francesca Halsall, English swimmer
• 1991 – Torey Krug, American ice hockey player
• 1991 – Oliver Norwood, English footballer
• 1991 – Magnus Pääjärvi, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1991 – Jazz Richards, Welsh footballer
• 1992 – Giorgio Cantarini, Italian actor
• 1992 – Chad le Clos, South African swimmer
• 1993 – Jordan Archer, English-born, Scottish footballer
• 1993 – Dorial Green-Beckham, American football player
• 1993 – Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 – Katelyn Pippy, American actress
• 1994 – Isabelle Drummond, Brazilian actress
• 1994 – Saoirse Ronan, American-Irish actress
• 1994 – Airi Suzuki, Japanese actress and singer (Aa!, Cute, and Buono!)
• 1996 – Elizaveta Kulichkova, Russian tennis player
• 1997 – Katelyn Ohashi, American gymnast
• 1999 – Akai Osei, English dancer
• 2000 – Suzanna von Nathusius, Polish actress

Deaths[edit]

• 45 BC – Gnaeus Pompeius, Roman general and politician (b. 75 BC)
• 238 – Gordian I, Roman emperor (b. 159)
• 238 – Gordian II, Roman emperor (b. 192)
• 352 – Pope Julius I
• 434 – Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople
• 1125 – Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1065)
• 1443 – Henry Chichele, English archbishop (b. 1364)
• 1550 – Claude, Duke of Guise (b. 1496)
• 1555 – Joanna of Castile (b. 1479)
• 1675 – Richard Bennett, English politician, Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)
• 1684 – Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker (b. 1596)
• 1687 – Ambrose Dixon, English colonial soldier (b. 1619)
• 1704 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop (b. 1627)
• 1748 – William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
• 1782 – Metastasio, Italian poet (b. 1698)
• 1788 – Carlo Antonio Campioni, French composer (b. 1719)
• 1795 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (b. 1710)
• 1814 – Charles Burney, English historian (b. 1726)
• 1817 – Charles Messier, French astronomer (b. 1730)
• 1850 – Adoniram Judson, American missionary (b. 1788)
• 1866 – Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood, English politician, founded Fleetwood (b. 1801)
• 1872 – Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)
• 1878 – William M. Tweed, American politician (b. 1823)
• 1898 – Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 – Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842)
• 1906 – Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 – Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 – Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 – Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 – Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 – Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 – Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 – Ron Flockhart, Scottish race car driver (b. 1923)
• 1968 – Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 – Wynton Kelly, American pianist (b. 1931)
• 1971 – Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871)
• 1973 – Arthur Freed, American songwriter and producer (b. 1894)
• 1975 – Josephine Baker, American-French actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1906)
• 1977 – Philip K. Wrigley, American businessman, co-founded Lincoln Park Gun Club (b. 1894)
• 1980 – Clark McConachy, New Zealand snooker player (b. 1895)
• 1980 – William R. Tolbert, Jr., Liberian politician, 20th President of Liberia (b. 1913)
• 1981 – Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (b. 1887)
• 1981 – Joe Louis, American boxer (b. 1914)
• 1983 – Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 1984 – Edwin T. Layton, American admiral (b. 1903)
• 1986 – Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (b. 1897)
• 1987 – Mike Von Erich, American wrestler (b. 1964)
• 1988 – Colette Deréal, French actress and singer (b. 1927)
• 1988 – Alan Paton, South African author (b. 1903)
• 1989 – Gerald Flood, English actor (b. 1927)
• 1989 – Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (b. 1936)
• 1989 – Sugar Ray Robinson, American boxer (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Ilario Bandini, Italian businessman, racing driver, and racing car (b. 1911)
• 1997 – George Wald, American neurologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Robert Ford, Canadian poet and diplomat (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Marion Albert Pruett, American spree killer (b. 1949)
• 1999 – Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 2001 – Harvey Ball, American illustrator, created the smiley (b. 1921)
• 2002 – George Shevelov, Ukrainian-American linguist and philologist (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Sydney Lassick, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2004 – Moran Campbell, Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Ehud Manor, Israeli songwriter (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Rajkumar, Indian actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 2006 – William Sloane Coffin, American clergyman and activist (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Puggy Pearson, American poker player (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Kevin Crease, Australian journalist (b. 1936)
• 2008 – Cecilia Colledge, English figure skater (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Patrick Hillery, Irish politician, 6th President of Ireland (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Jerry Zucker, Israeli-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1949)
• 2009 – Marilyn Chambers, American porn actress and model (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Palito, Filipino actor (b. 1934)
• 2010 – Michel Chartrand, Canadian union leader (b. 1916)
• 2010 – Werner Schroeter, German director and screenwriter (b. 1945)
• 2011 – Karim Fakhrawi, Bahraini journalist, co-founded Al-Wasat (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Elly Deliou, Greek musician (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Masakre, Mexican wrestler (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Mohit Chattopadhyay, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Linda Cook, American actress (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Rodgers Grant, American pianist and composer (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Amy Tryon, American horse rider (b. 1970)
• 2013 – Robert Byrne, American chess player and author (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Johnny DuPlooy, South African boxer (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Michael France, American screenwriter (b. 1962)
• 2013 – Brennan Manning, American priest and author (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Annamária Szalai, Hungarian journalist and politician (b. 1961)
• 2013 – William Y. Thompson, American historian and author (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Ya'akov Yosef, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Pierre Autin-Grenier, French author (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Fred Ho, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1957)
• 2014 – Brita Koivunen, Finnish singer (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Pierre-Henri Menthéour, French cyclist (b. 1960)
• 2014 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (b. 1990)
• 2014 – Hal Smith, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Billy Standridge, American race car driver (b. 1953)

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