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• 1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
• 1540 – Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
• 1571 – La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.
• 1794 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
• 1808 – Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
• 1809 – Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
• 1821 – José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
• 1854 – USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, is commissioned.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1866 – At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
• 1868 – The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
• 1896 – The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
• 1914 – In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
• 1932 – U.S. President Herbert Hoover orders the United States Army to forcibly evict the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.
• 1933 – Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Spain are established.
• 1935 – First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
• 1938 – Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• 1942 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishments including duty in a penal battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
• 1943 – World War II: Operation Gomorrah: The Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg, Germany causing a firestorm that kills 42,000 German civilians.
• 1945 – A U.S. Army B-25 bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building killing 14 and injuring 26.
• 1948 – The Metropolitan Police Flying Squad foils a bullion robbery in the "Battle of London Airport".
• 1955 – The Union Mundial pro Interlingua is founded at the first Interlingua congress in Tours, France.
• 1957 – Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
• 1973 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
• 1974 – Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
• 1976 – The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2 moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People's Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
• 1984 – The 1984 Summer Olympics officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad were opened in Los Angeles USA.
• 1993 – Andorra joins the United Nations.
• 1996 – The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
• 2001 – Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.
• 2005 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army calls an end to its thirty-year-long armed campaign in Northern Ireland.
• 2008 – The historic Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare burns down for the second time in 80 years.

Births[edit]

• 1347 – Margaret of Durazzo (d. 1412)
• 1643 – Antonio Tarsia, Slovenian composer (d. 1722)
• 1635 – Robert Hooke, English physicist and chemist (d. 1703)
• 1659 – Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (d. 1715)
• 1746 – Thomas Heyward, Jr., American politician (d. 1809)
• 1750 – Fabre d'Églantine French actor, playwright, and politician (d. 1794)
• 1796 – Ignaz Bösendorfer, Austrian businessman, founded the Bösendorfer Company (d. 1859)
• 1804 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German anthropologist and philosopher (d. 1872)
• 1815 – Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian colonel (d. 1889)
• 1844 – Gerard Manley Hopkins, English priest and poet (d. 1889)
• 1857 – Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Elias M. Ammons, American politician, 19th Governor of Colorado (d. 1925)
• 1860 – Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (d. 1922)
• 1863 – Huseyn Khan Nakhchivanski, Russian general (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Beatrix Potter, English author and illustrator (d. 1943)
• 1866 – Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer (d. 1938)
• 1867 – Charles Dillon Perrine, American-Argentinian astronomer (d. 1951)
• 1872 – Albert Sarraut, French politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (d. 1962)
• 1874 – Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (d. 1945)
• 1879 – Lucy Burns, American activist, co-founded the National Woman's Party (d. 1966)
• 1879 – Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter (d. 1944)
• 1887 – Marcel Duchamp, French-American painter and sculptor (d. 1968)
• 1887 – Willard Price, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 1983)
• 1891 – Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (d. 1939)
• 1892 – K. Kanagaratnam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (d. 1952)
• 1893 – Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (d. 1952)
• 1896 – Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter (d. 1926)
• 1898 – Lawrence Gray, American actor and singer (d. 1970)
• 1900 – Catherine Dale Owen, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1901 – Freddie Fitzsimmons, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1979)
• 1901 – Rudy Vallée, American singer, actor, and saxophonist (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Albert Namatjira, Australian artist (d. 1959)
• 1902 – Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
• 1907 – Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983)
• 1909 – Malcolm Lowry, English author and poet (d. 1957)
• 1909 – Aenne Burda German publisher (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Carmen Dragon, American conductor and composer (d. 1984)
• 1915 – Charles Hard Townes, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
• 1915 – Dick Sprang, American illustrator (d. 2000)
• 1916 – David Brown, American journalist and producer (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Preben Mahrt, Danish actor (d. 1989)
• 1920 – Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Jacques Piccard, Belgian-Swiss oceanographer and engineer (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Ray Ellis, American conductor and producer (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Luigi Musso, Italian racing driver (d. 1958)
• 1928 – C. T. Vivian, American minister, author, and activist
• 1925 – Baruch Samuel Blumberg, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist (d. 2003)
• 1927 – John Ashbery, American poet and academic
• 1929 – Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist, 37th First Lady of the United States (d. 1994)
• 1930 – Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Junior Kimbrough, American singer and guitarist (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Jean Roba, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Ramsey Muir Withers, Canadian general (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Alan Brownjohn, English poet and author
• 1931 – Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992)
• 1932 – Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator
• 1933 – Charlie Hodge, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
• 1934 – Jacques d'Amboise, American dancer and choreographer
• 1934 – Lau Kar-leung, Chinese actor, martial artist, and director (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Simon Dee, English talk show host (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Neil McKendrick, English historian and academic
• 1936 – Russ Jackson, Canadian football player and coach
• 1936 – Garfield Sobers, Barbadian cricketer
• 1937 – Francis Veber, French director and screenwriter
• 1938 – Luis Aragonés, Spanish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, 90th President of Peru
• 1938 – Chuan Leekpai, Thai politician, 20th Prime Minister of Thailand
• 1938 – Ian McCaskill, Scottish meteorologist
• 1939 – Richard Johns, English air marshal
• 1940 – Philip Proctor, American voice actor and screenwriter
• 1941 – Peter Cullen, Canadian voice actor and singer
• 1941 – Riccardo Muti, Italian conductor
• 1941 – Susan Roces, Filipino actress and producer
• 1942 – Marty Brennaman, American sportscaster
• 1942 – Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 1942 – John Sattler, Australian rugby league player
• 1943 – Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (The Electric Flag) (d. 1981)
• 1943 – Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
• 1943 – Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Pink Floyd) (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Jim Davis, American cartoonist, created Garfield
• 1946 – Jonathan Edwards, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Linda Kelsey, American actress
• 1946 – Fahmida Riaz, Pakistani poet and activist
• 1947 – Sally Struthers, American actress and singer
• 1948 – Gerald Casale, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and director (Devo and Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers)
• 1948 – Georgia Engel, American actress
• 1948 – Eiichi Ohtaki, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (Happy End) (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Vida Blue, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1949 – Peter Doyle, Australian singer and guitarist (The New Seekers) (d. 2001)
• 1949 – Steve Peregrin Took, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Tyrannosaurus Rex, Pink Fairies, Shagrat, Steve Took's Horns) (d. 1980)
• 1949 – Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and producer
• 1950 – Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian singer-songwriter
• 1951 – Santiago Calatrava, Spanish architect and engineer, designed the Athens Olympic Sports Complex
• 1951 – Doug Collins, American basketball player and coach
• 1952 – Vajiralongkorn, Thai prince
• 1952 – Amano Yoshitaka, Japanese artist
• 1954 – Bruce Abbott, American actor
• 1954 – Hugo Chávez, Venezuelan colonel and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Gerd Faltings, German mathematician and academic
• 1954 – Steve Morse, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dixie Dregs, Deep Purple, Living Loud, Angelfire, Kansas, and Flying Colors)
• 1954 – Mikey Sheehy, Irish footballer
• 1955 – Nikolay Zimyatov, Russian skier
• 1956 – John Feinstein, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Robert Swan, English explorer
• 1958 – Terry Fox, Canadian runner and activist (d. 1981)
• 1958 – Michael Hitchcock, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 – William T. Vollmann, American journalist and author
• 1960 – Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese illustrator
• 1961 – Yannick Dalmas, French race car driver
• 1961 – Aleksandr Kurlovich, Belarusian weightlifter
• 1961 – Helmen Kütt, Estonian politician
• 1961 – Harlem Yu, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1962 – Rachel Sweet, American actress, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Beverley Craven, Sri Lankan-English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1964 – Lori Loughlin, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Priscilla Chan, Hong Kong singer
• 1965 – Delfeayo Marsalis, American trombonist and producer
• 1966 – Shikao Suga, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1967 – Taka Hirose, Japanese bass player (Feeder)
• 1969 – Alexis Arquette, American actress
• 1969 – Jón Arnar Magnússon, Icelandic decathlete
• 1969 – Dana White, American businessman
• 1970 – Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, Candlemass, Carcass, and Carnage)
• 1970 – Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
• 1970 – Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 1971 – Stephen Lynch, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1971 – Annie Perreault, Canadian speed skater
• 1972 – Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
• 1972 – Robert Chapman, English cricketer
• 1972 – Yum Jung-ah, South Korean actress
• 1972 – Ayesha Jhulka, Indian actress
• 1972 – Ed Templeton, American skateboarder
• 1973 – Marc Dupré, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 – Steve Staios, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974 – Afroman, American rapper
• 1974 – Alexis Tsipras, Greek politician
• 1975 – Leonor Watling, Spanish actress and singer (Marlango)
• 1976 – Jacoby Shaddix, American singer-songwriter (Papa Roach and Fight the Sky)
• 1977 – Aki Berg, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1977 – Manu Ginóbili, Argentinian basketball player
• 1978 – Jacob Oram, New Zealand cricketer
• 1978 – Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 – Henrik Hansen, Danish footballer
• 1979 – Birgitta Haukdal, Icelandic singer-songwriter and producer (Írafár)
• 1979 – Stefanie Küster, Paraguayan-German model, actress, and dancer
• 1979 – Lee Min-woo, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Shinhwa)
• 1979 – Marcus North, Australian cricketer
• 1979 – James Piotr Montague, English journalist and author
• 1979 – Alena Popchanka, French swimmer
• 1980 – Darina, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Harumi Nemoto, Japanese model
• 1980 – Noel Sullivan, Welsh singer and actor (Hear'Say)
• 1980 – Anthony Weaver, American football player
• 1981 – Nancy Alexiadi, Greek singer
• 1981 – Michael Carrick, English footballer
• 1981 – Dave Rosin, Canadian guitarist and singer (Hedley)
• 1981 – Jo In-sung, South Korean actor
• 1981 – Bi Wenjing, Chinese gymnast
• 1982 – Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress
• 1982 – Cain Velasquez, American MMA fighter
• 1983 – Dhanush, Indian actor and singer
• 1983 – Cody Hay, Canadian figure skater
• 1983 – Olavi Uusivirta, Finnish singer-songwriter and actor
• 1984 – Zach Parise, American ice hockey player
• 1985 – Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer
• 1985 – Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor
• 1985 – Darren Murphy, Irish footballer
• 1985 – Sharifah Sofia, English-Malaysian actress
• 1986 – Alexandra Chando, American actress
• 1986 – Lauri Korpikoski, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1986 – Huma Qureshi, Indian actress
• 1987 – Sumire, Japanese model (d. 2009)
• 1987 – Yasser Corona, Mexican footballer
• 1987 – Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Yevhen Khacheridi, Ukrainian-Greek footballer
• 1989 – Felipe Kitadai, Brazilian martial artist
• 1990 – Soulja Boy, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1990 – Simone Pizzuti, Italian footballer
• 1991 – Rina Aizawa, Japanese actress and gravure idol
• 1992 – Spencer Boldman, American actor
• 1993 – Harry Kane, English footballer
• 1993 – Cher Lloyd, English singer-songwriter

Deaths[edit]

• 450 – Theodosius II, Roman emperor (b. 401)
• 1057 – Pope Victor II (b. 1018)
• 1128 – William Clito, English son of Sybilla of Conversano (b. 1102)
• 1230 – Leopold VI, Duke of Austria (b. 1176)
• 1285 – Keran, Queen of Armenia
• 1527 – Rodrigo de Bastidas, Spanish explorer, founded the city of Santa Marta (b. 1460)
• 1540 – Thomas Cromwell, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1495)
• 1631 – Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, Spanish playwright (b. 1569)
• 1655 – Cyrano de Bergerac, French poet and playwright (b. 1619)
• 1667 – Abraham Cowley, English poet (b. 1618)
• 1675 – Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer and politician (b. 1605)
• 1685 – Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1618)
• 1718 – Étienne Baluze, French scholar and academic (b. 1630)
• 1741 – Antonio Vivaldi, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1678)
• 1750 – Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (b. 1685)
• 1762 – George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1691)
• 1794 – Maximilien de Robespierre, French lawyer and politician (b. 1758)
• 1794 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (b. 1767)
• 1809 – Richard Beckett, English cricketer and captain (b.1772)
• 1818 – Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1746)
• 1835 – Édouard Mortier, duc de Trévise, French general and politician, 15th Prime Minister of France (b. 1768)
• 1836 – Nathan Mayer Rothschild, German-English banker and financier (b. 1777)
• 1842 – Clemens Brentano, German author and poet (b. 1778)
• 1844 – Joseph Bonaparte, French brother of Napoleon (b. 1768)
• 1849 – Charles Albert of Sardinia (b. 1798)
• 1869 – Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (b. 1787)
• 1878 – George Law Curry, American publisher and politician (b. 1820)
• 1895 – Edward Beecher, American minister and theologian (b. 1803)
• 1917 – Waldemar Tietgens, German rower (b. 1879)
• 1930 – John DeWitt, American hammer thrower (b. 1881)
• 1930 – Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish ophthalmologist and optician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1933 – Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, 30th yokozuna (b. 1890)
• 1934 – Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1868)
• 1934 – Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1935 – Patriarch Meletius IV of Constantinople (b. 1871)
• 1935 – John Rahm, American golfer (b. 1854)
• 1942 – Flinders Petrie, English archaeologist and academic (b. 1853)
• 1957 – Edith Abbott, American economist, social worker, and educator (b. 1876)
• 1957 – Isaac Heinemann, German-Israeli scholar and academic (b. 1876)
• 1965 – Edogawa Ranpo, Japanese author and critic (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Attallah Suheimat, Jordanian politician (b. 1875)
• 1967 – Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1942)
• 1968 – Otto Hahn, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1969 – Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (b. 1882)
• 1969 – Frank Loesser, American composer (b. 1910)
• 1971 – Lawrence Moore Cosgrave, Canadian colonel and diplomat (b. 1890)
• 1971 – Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908)
• 1971 – Charles E. Pont, French-American minister and painter (b. 1898)
• 1972 – Helen Traubel, American soprano and actress (b. 1903)
• 1972 – Charu Majumdar, Indian activist (b. 1918)
• 1979 – Don Miller, American football player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (b. 1898)
• 1981 – Stanley Rother, American priest and missionary (b. 1935)
• 1982 – Keith Green, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1953)
• 1990 – Jill Esmond, English actress (b. 1908)
• 1992 – Sulev Nõmmik, Estonian actor and director (b. 1931)
• 1996 – Roger Tory Peterson, American ornithologist and educator (b. 1908)
• 1997 – Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (b. 1920)
• 1997 – Seni Pramoj, Thai lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1905)
• 1998 – Zbigniew Herbert, Polish poet and author (b. 1924)
• 1998 – Lenny McLean, English boxer, actor, and author (b. 1949)
• 1998 – Consalvo Sanesi, Italian racing driver (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Trygve Haavelmo, Norwegian economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Abraham Pais, Dutch-American physicist and historian (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Ahmed Sofa, Bangladeshi poet, author, and critic (b. 1943)
• 2002 – Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 2003 – Valerie Goulding, Irish activist and politician (b. 1918)
• 2004 – Francis Crick, English biologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Sam Edwards, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2004 – Eugene Roche, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist and author (b. 1938)
• 2006 – Patrick Allen, Malawian-English actor (b. 1927)
• 2006 – David Gemmell, English author (b. 1948)
• 2007 – Karl Gotch, Belgian-American wrestler (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Jim LeRoy, American soldier and pilot (b. 1961)
• 2008 – Suzanne Tamim, Lebanese singer (b. 1977)
• 2009 – Reverend Ike, American minister (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Jim Johnson, American football player and coach (b. 1941)
• 2010 – Ivy Bean, English centenarian (b. 1905)
• 2010 – George P. Lee, American religious leader (b. 1943)
• 2011 – Abdul Fatah Younis, Libyan general (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Adam Cullen, Australian painter (b. 1965)
• 2012 – Sepp Mayerl, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1937)
• 2012 – William F. Milliken, Jr., American race car driver and engineer (b. 1911)
• 2013 – Mustafa Adrisi, Ugandan general and politician, 3rd Vice President of Uganda (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Eileen Brennan, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Rita Reys, Dutch singer (b. 1924)
• 2013 – William Scranton, American captain and politician, 13th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Ersilio Tonini, Italian cardinal (b. 1914)
• 2014 – Margot Adler, American journalist and author (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Alakbar Mammadov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2014 – James Shigeta, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Theodore Van Kirk, American soldier, pilot, and navigator (b. 1921)

Tom Cruise on Mission Impossible

 Rogue Nation: I feel responsible

 for my cast

Tom Cruise has told Newsbeat he felt "responsible" for his cast while filming the latest Mission: Impossible film.

Rogue Nation is the fifth in the franchise which began back in 1996.

The 53-year-old insists on filming his own stunts which often means other cast members have to join him.

Cruise said: "My schedule is constantly around the clock as I'm also working to train these guys [the cast] as I feel responsible."

This time out Cruise's IMF team are cut off by the CIA with lead character Ethan Hunt out in the field on his own.

He's discovered a rogue agency with the power to bring down any nation it wants. 

Image caption Tom Cruise went on the roof of the IMAX in Waterloo for photos at the UK Premiere

As well as the action there's also the comedy often brought by Simon Pegg in his third instalment as spy sidekick in the Mission films.

There is also a central performance from Rebecca Ferguson from the BBC's series The White Queen. She plays British spy Ilsa Faust.

Image caption Rebecca Ferguson attends the UK Fan Screening of Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation

What you get is some incredible action scenes including the star hanging onto the side of an A400 military transport plane.

What you don't get is much on who bad the bad guys really are and what they are capable of.

Tom Cruise told us: "For everything I've trained my whole life.

"I've done so much to work with them [the cast] to make sure they don't get injured and their performances are wonderful in the film.

"I want to represent them in the best possible light."

Mission: Impossible franchise

• Mission: Impossible 1996
• Mission: Impossible II 2000
• Mission: Impossible III 2006
• Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol 2011
• Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation 2015

The film was shot in the UK as well as Morocco and Austria.

Tom said holding onto the side of a military plane while it took off was one of the trickiest things he's had to do in his career.

To keep his eyes open he was fitted with special contact lenses, but to pick up the audio and get the right shot the scene had to be filmed eight times.

That's eight take offs and landings holding onto the side of a plane.

"It gets your adrenaline going let me tell you. Going down that runway in the A400 the first time," said the actor.

"We spent a lot of time with the engineers, with the pilots. I kept saying to the pilots, when we get that angle of attack, I want my legs slamming on the fuselage. 

"I'll never forget that look [of the pilot], then he says to me 'don't worry'".

Known for his lavish walkabouts on the red carpet the star spent over an hour signing autographs at the IMAX in London's Waterloo.

"The first time we are going down the runway I am trying everything to keep my feet on the steps."

He had just one wire on his wrists linked to the plane for safety.

"What I did with the wire though it's just to catch me if I fall.

"I'm really holding myself. When you see it I'm actually holding on."

Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation is released across the UK on Thursday.

Image caption Tom Cruise in London Waterloo for the Rogue Nation film premier

Ο Κωνσταντίνος  με τα εγγόνια του   στις Σπέτσες 

Στις Σπέτσες βρίσκονται εδώ και λίγες ημέρες ο Κωνσταντίνος 

Γλύξμπουργκ και η σύζυγός του Αννα-Μαρία, αλλά και η οικογένεια

 του γιου τους Παύλου. 

Ο τέως μαζί με τα παιδιά του και τα πέντε του εγγόνια απολαμβάνει τις βόλτες

 του στη θάλασσα με το καΐκι «Αφροέσσα», αλλά και ελληνικές λιχουδιές σε

 ταβέρνες του νησιού. Η οικογένεια του Γλύξμπουργκ διαθέτει στο Πόρτο Χέλι 

εξοχική κατοικία και θα περάσει εκεί μέρος των διακοπών της. 

Το 75 μέτρων σούπερ-γιοτ του Στιβ Τζομπς στη Σάμο 

Ανοιχτά της παραλίας «Κλήμα» στη Σάμο έδεσε το πρωί του

 περασμένου Σαββάτου το θρυλικό σκάφος «Venus», το οποίο

 κατασκευάστηκε για τον δισεκατομμυριούχο ιδρυτή 

της Apple Στιβ Τζομπς.

Το μήκους 79 μέτρων και αξίας 100 εκατομμυρίων ευρώ σούπερ γιοτ που 

κατασκευάστηκε το 2012  ανήκει πλέον στη χήρα του επιχειρηματία, Λορίν 

Πάουελ-Τζομπς. Ο ίδιος ο Στιβ Τζομπς μάλιστα δεν πρόλαβε να το δει ολοκληρωμένο,

 καθώς πέθανε λίγους μήνες πριν από την παράδοσή του.

Το σκαρί του σκάφους είναι εξολοκλήρου κατασκευασμένο από αλουμίνιο, ενώ 

το εσωτερικό του σχεδιάστηκε από τον διάσημο Φίλιπ Σταρκ.

Σύμφωνα με το marinetraffic.com, το «Venus» συνέχισε το ταξίδι του μετά

 τη Σάμο για Κουσάντασι, Αϊβαλί και Κωνσταντινούπολη.

Ο Στιβ Τζομπς με τη γυναίκα του

Το φουτουριστικό σκάφος, που  είναι κατασκευασμένο από αλουμίνιο και χάλυβα

 σε απλές και κομψές γραμμές που παραπέμπουν στην Apple διαθέτει έξι

 υπνοδωμάτια και ένα σύστηματα αυτοματισμού που επιτρέπει στους

 επιβαίνοντες να επικοινωνούν μεταξύ τους ακόμη και αν ο ένας βρίσκεται στην

 πρύμνη και ο άλλος στην πλώρη, χωρίς να... φωνάζουν. Οπως εξήγησε ο Φίλιπ

 Σταρκ σε συνέντευξή του στο Vanity Fair η σιωπή ήταν χρυσός για τον Τζομπς. 

«Είχε εμμονή με τη σιωπή. Στο σπίτι του, τα παιδιά του δεν έκαναν θόρυβο. Ούτε 

το σκυλί, ούτε η σύζυγός του, κανείς δεν έκανε θόρυβο ποτέ», είχε πει χαρακτηριστικά.

Στο Τσέρνομπιλ, 29 χρόνια μετά: Στη ζώνη αποκλεισμού, εκεί που σταμάτησε ο χρόνος 

Σπασμένα παράθυρα, τοίχοι κατεστραμμένοι, παιχνίδια

 πεσμένα στο πάτωμα, όπως τα άφησαν τα παιδιά που κάποτε

 ζούσαν εκεί. Ο χρόνος έχει σταματήσει.

Είναι η ζώνη αποκλεισμού στο Πρίπιατ, την πόλη που εκκενώθηκε το 1986, μετά από

 το πυρηνικό ατύχημα του Τσέρνομπιλ.

Πλέον είναι μία πόλη φάντασμα. Η περιοχή γύρω από το κατεστραμμένο πυρηνικό

 εργοστάσιο σπάνια έχει επισκέπτες. Μία φωτογράφος όμως αποφάσισε να βρεθεί

 εκεί, 29 χρόνια μετά από το πιο φρικτό πυρηνικό ατύχημα στην ιστορία.

Η 35χρονη Ρόμαν Βεράντ βρέθηκε στη ζώνη που μπορεί να αποδειχθεί μοιραία 

για κάποιον, αν δεν ακολουθήσει τους κανονισμούς, όπως τονίζει η Telegraph 

που δημοσίευσε μέρος της δουλειάς της.

Δούλευε ως υπάλληλος σε ασφαλιστική εταιρεία στη Βιέννη, όταν επισκέφθηκε 

τη ζώνη αποκλεισμού πριν από πέντε χρόνια. Από τότε, κάνει το ίδιο άλλες επτά 

φορές, περνώντας 42 ημέρες συνολικά εκεί.

Σύμφωνα με την ίδια, την διαβεβαίωσαν ότι δεν θα την οδηγήσουν σε 

επικίνδυνα σημεία, ενώ είχε μαζί της έναν οδηγό εξοπλισμένο με μετρητή Γκάιγκερ.

Ο Ιωάννης Μελισσανίδης γίνεται Σίσυφος στο Beverly Hills

• 238 – The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor.
• 615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
• 904 – Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
• 1014 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.
• 1018 – Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.
• 1030 – Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
• 1148 – The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
• 1565 – The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• 1567 – James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
• 1588 – Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
• 1693 – War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
• 1793 – John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
• 1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
• 1848 – Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
• 1851 – Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
• 1858 – United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
• 1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed.
• 1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• 1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
• 1913 – The Norwegian football club Vålerenga Fotball was founded.
• 1914 – The Cape Cod Canal opened.
• 1920 – Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
• 1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
• 1932 – Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
• 1937 – Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
• 1945 – The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
• 1948 – Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
• 1950 – Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
• 1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• 1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
• 1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
• 1967 – Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
• 1967 – During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
• 1973 – Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
• 1973 – During the Dutch Grand Prix driver Roger Williamson was killed in the race, after a suspected tire failure caused the car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
• 1976 – In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
• 1980 – Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
• 1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
• 1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
• 1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
• 1993 – The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
• 1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
• 2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
• 2006 – Declaration of Montreal is adopted.

Births[edit]

• 869 – Muhammad al-Mahdi, Iraqi 12th Imam (d. 941)
• 1166 – Henry II, Count of Champagne (d. 1197)
• 1605 – Simon Dach, German poet and hymnwriter (d. 1659)
• 1646 – Johann Theile, German organist and composer (d. 1724)
• 1744 – Giulio Maria della Somaglia, Italian cardinal (d. 1830)
• 1763 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral (d. 1845)
• 1797 – Daniel Drew, American businessman and financier (d. 1879)
• 1801 – George Bradshaw, English cartographer and publisher (d. 1853)
• 1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher (d. 1859)
• 1806 – Horace Abbott, American businessman and banker (d. 1887)
• 1817 – Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter (d. 1900)
• 1817 – Martin Körber, Baltic German pastor, composer, and conductor (d. 1893)
• 1843 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist and academic (d. 1901)
• 1846 – Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer (d. 1918)
• 1846 – Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921)
• 1849 – Max Nordau, Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founded the World Zionist Organization (d. 1923)
• 1860 – Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (d. 1940)
• 1869 – Booth Tarkington, American author and playwright (d. 1946)
• 1872 – Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957)
• 1874 – Auguste Giroux, French rugby player (d. 1953)
• 1874 – J.S. Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress (d. 1949)
• 1878 – Don Marquis, American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1937)
• 1880 – John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1971)
• 1883 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (d. 1942)
• 1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Ralph Austin Bard, American financier and politician (d. 1975)
• 1885 – Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955)
• 1887 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (d. 1951)
• 1888 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (d. 1982)
• 1891 – Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (d. 1966)
• 1892 – William Powell, American actor and singer (d. 1984)
• 1897 – Neil Ritchie, Guyanese-English general (d. 1983)
• 1898 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
• 1899 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959)
• 1900 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976)
• 1900 – Don Redman, American composer, and bandleader (d. 1964)
• 1904 – Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese Theravada Buddhist monk and meditation master (d. 1982)
• 1904 – J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
• 1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
• 1905 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet and academic (d. 2006)
• 1905 – Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (d. 1935)
• 1907 – Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
• 1909 – Samm Sinclair Baker, American author (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Chester Himes, American-Spanish author (d. 1984)
• 1910 – Helend Peep, Estonian actor (d. 2007)
• 1911 – Foster Furcolo, American politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Erich Priebke, German captain (d. 2013)
• 1914 – Irwin Corey, American actor and activist
• 1915 – Bruce R. McConkie, American religious leader (d. 1985)
• 1915 – Francis W. Sargent, American politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Budd Boetticher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942)
• 1917 – Rochus Misch, German SS officer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Edwin O'Connor, American journalist and author (d. 1968)
• 1918 – Mary Lee Settle, American author and academic (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-American actor (d. 1974)
• 1920 – Neville Jeffress, Australian businessman, founded Sentia Media (d. 2007)
• 1921 – Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1921 – Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1923 – George Burditt, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Edgar Cortright, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Jim Marshall, English businessman, founded Marshall Amplification (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Gordon Mitchell, American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Elizabeth Short, American waitress and murder victim (d. 1947)
• 1924 – Robert Horton, American actor and singer
• 1925 – Harold W. Kuhn, American mathematician and academic (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1925 – Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis, Indian illustrator
• 1925 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
• 1926 – Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, English academic and politician
• 1926 – James Wellbeloved, English politician (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
• 1932 – Leslie Fielding, English diplomat
• 1932 – Nancy Kassebaum, American politician
• 1933 – Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (d. 2009)
• 1933 – Colin Davis, English race car driver (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Robert Fuller, American actor
• 1935 – Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor
• 1936 – Elizabeth Dole, American politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1937 – Daniel McFadden, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1938 – Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Jean Rochon, Canadian politician
• 1941 – Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1941 – Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and playwright
• 1941 – David Warner, English actor
• 1942 – Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1942 – Tony Sirico, American actor
• 1943 – David Taylor, English snooker player
• 1945 – Sharon Creech, American author
• 1945 – Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1946 – Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
• 1946 – Stig Blomqvist, Swedish race car driver
• 1946 – Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (REO Speedwagon)
• 1946 – Alessandro Gogna, Italian mountaineer and adventurer
• 1946 – Diane Keen, English actress
• 1946 – Aleksei Tammiste, Estonian basketball player
• 1947 – Dick Harmon, American golfer and instructor (d. 2006)
• 1948 – John Clarke, New Zealand-Australian comedian and actor
• 1949 – Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
• 1949 – Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Ecuador
• 1949 – Sergio Martini, Italian mountaineer
• 1950 – Jenny Holzer, American artist
• 1950 – Mike Starr, American actor
• 1951 – Susan Blackmore, English psychologist and theorist
• 1951 – Dan Driessen, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 – Dean Pitchford, American actor, director, screenwriter, and composer
• 1952 – Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician
• 1952 – Joe Johnson, English snooker player
• 1952 – Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician
• 1953 – Ken Burns, American director and producer
• 1953 – Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright
• 1953 – Tim Gunn, American television host and actor
• 1953 – Geddy Lee, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Rush and Big Dirty Band)
• 1953 – Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (E Street Band)
• 1955 – Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Dave Stevens, American illustrator (d. 2008)
• 1955 – Stephen Timms, English politician
• 1956 – Teddy Atlas, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster
• 1956 – Ronnie Musgrove, American politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
• 1956 – Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist
• 1957 – Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (d. 2014)
• 1957 – Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player
• 1957 – Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
• 1957 – Alessandra Marc, American soprano
• 1958 – Gail Dines, English-American author, activist, and academic
• 1958 – Simon Nye, English screenwriter and producer
• 1958 – Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer
• 1959 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer
• 1959 – Ruud Janssen, Dutch blogger and illustrator
• 1959 – Dave LaPoint, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 – John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Blue Murder)
• 1960 – Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author
• 1962 – Carl Cox, English DJ and producer
• 1962 – Frank Neubarth, German footballer and manager
• 1962 – Vincent Rousseau, Belgian runner
• 1962 – Scott Steiner, American wrestler
• 1963 – Hans-Holger Albrecht, Belgian-German businessman
• 1963 – Jim Beglin, Irish footballer
• 1963 – Julie Elliott, English politician
• 1963 – Alexandra Paul, American actress and producer
• 1963 – Graham Poll, English footballer, referee, and journalist
• 1964 – Jaanus Veensalu, Estonian footballer
• 1965 – Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
• 1965 – Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
• 1965 – Adam Holloway, English captain and politician
• 1965 – Stan Koziol, American soccer player (d. 2014)
• 1965 – Chang-Rae Lee, South Korean-American author
• 1965 – Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter (Corrosion of Conformity)
• 1966 – Sally Gunnell, English hurdler
• 1966 – Richard Steven Horvitz, American voice actor
• 1966 – Stuart Lampitt, English cricketer
• 1966 – Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Gideon Henderson, Geologist
• 1968 – Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
• 1968 – Rodney Allen Rippy, American actor
• 1969 – Timothy Omundson, American actor
• 1970 – Jonah Falcon, American actor
• 1970 – Adele Griffin, American author
• 1970 – Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer
• 1970 – John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1971 – Monica Calhoun, American actress
• 1971 – Bryan Dattilo, American actor
• 1971 – Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Andrea Philipp, German sprinter
• 1972 – Wil Wheaton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Stephen Dorff, American actor
• 1973 – Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
• 1973 – Denis Urubko, Kazakh mountaineer
• 1974 – Akram Khan, English dancer and choreographer
• 1974 – Josh Radnor, American actor
• 1975 – Yoshihiro Akiyama, South Korean-Japanese judoka
• 1975 – Will Conlon, Canadian actor
• 1975 – Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1975 – Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Jaanus Sirel, Estonian footballer
• 1977 – Rodney Jerkins, American rapper and producer
• 1978 – Bidisha, English journalist, author, and critic
• 1978 – Mike Adams, American baseball player
• 1978 – Silver Eensaar, Estonian orienteer and rogainer
• 1978 – Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player
• 1979 – Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
• 1979 – Ronald Murray, American basketball player
• 1979 – Juris Umbraško, Latvian basketball player
• 1980 – Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player
• 1980 – Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
• 1980 – Rachel Miner, American actress and producer
• 1980 – Ben Koller, American drummer (Converge, United Nations, and All Pigs Must Die)
• 1981 – Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
• 1981 – Emily Bauer, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1981 – Matt Grice, American mixed martial artist
• 1981 – Dyana Liu, Taiwanese-American actress
• 1981 – Andrés Madrid, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Troy Perkins, American soccer player
• 1982 – Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
• 1982 – Prince Azim of Brunei
• 1982 – Dominic Burgess, English actor
• 1982 – Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Allison Mack, American actress and producer
• 1983 – Jason Belmonte, Australian bowler
• 1983 – Kim Dong-wook, South Korean actor
• 1983 – Inés Gómez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress
• 1983 – Tania Gunadi, Indonesian-American actress
• 1983 – Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Jerious Norwood, American football player
• 1983 – Elise Testone, American singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Oh Beom-Seok, South Korean footballer
• 1984 – Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
• 1984 – Todd Bosley, American actor
• 1984 – Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer
• 1984 – J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1985 – Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer
• 1985 – Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
• 1986 – Adam Weisman, American actor
• 1987 – Sabra Johnson, Dutch-American dancer
• 1987 – Génesis Rodríguez, American actress
• 1987 – Alice Dellal, Brazilian-British model
• 1988 – Alexander Lee Eusebio, Hong Kong-South Korean singer (U-KISS)
• 1988 – Sabrina van der Donk, Dutch model, Miss Earth 2006
• 1989 – Grit Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
• 1990 – Penny Bae Bridges, American actress
• 1990 – Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
• 1990 – Joey Essex, English DJ
• 1990 – Valentina Golubenko, Russian-Croatian chess player
• 1990 – Matt Prokop, American actor
• 1990 – Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress and singer
• 1990 – Anna Selezneva, Russian model
• 1990 – Joseph Wallace, American murder victim (d. 1993)
• 1991 – Dale Copley, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 – Maestro Harrell, American actor and singer
• 1991 – Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer (T-Squad)
• 1991 – Irakli Logua, Russian footballer
• 1992 – Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer
• 1993 – Nicole Melichar, American tennis player
• 1994 – Tjaša Šrimpf, Slovenian tennis player
• 1995 – Kiray, Filipino actress
• 1998 – Anna Murashige, Japanese singer

Deaths[edit]

• 238 – Balbinus, Roman emperor (b. 165)
• 238 – Pupienus, Roman emperor (b. 178)
• 796 – Offa, king of Mercia (b. 730)
• 1030 – Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
• 1095 – Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040)
• 1099 – Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
• 1108 – Philip I of France (b. 1052)
• 1507 – Martin Behaim, German-Bohemian geographer and astronomer (b. 1459)
• 1573 – John Caius, English physician and academic (b. 1510)
• 1612 – Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
• 1644 – Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
• 1752 – Peter Warren, Irish admiral and politician (b. 1703)
• 1781 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
• 1792 – René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
• 1813 – Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
• 1833 – William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1759)
• 1839 – Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1755)
• 1844 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1791)
• 1856 – Robert Schumann, German composer and critic (b. 1810)
• 1857 – Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, astronomer, and author (b. 1774)
• 1887 – Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1813)
• 1890 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
• 1895 – Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil (b. 1839)
• 1900 – Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
• 1913 – Tobias Asser, Dutch lawyer and jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
• 1918 – Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863)
• 1924 – Sotirios Krokidas, Greek educator and politician, 110th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852)
• 1934 – Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
• 1938 – Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1885)
• 1950 – Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 – Ali Sami Yen, Turkish sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray Sports Club (b. 1886)
• 1954 – Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1960 – Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
• 1962 – Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1964 – Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1966 – Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)
• 1966 – Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
• 1970 – John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
• 1973 – Roger Williamson, English race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1974 – Cass Elliot, American vocalist (The Mamas & the Papas) (b. 1941)
• 1974 – Erich Kästner, German author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1976 – Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
• 1979 – Herbert Marcuse, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1898)
• 1979 – Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1916)
• 1981 – Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888)
• 1982 – Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920)
• 1982 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (b. 1889)
• 1983 – Luis Buñuel, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Raymond Massey, Canadian-American actor (b. 1896)
• 1983 – David Niven, English actor, singer, and producer (b. 1910)
• 1984 – Fred Waring, American television host and bandleader (b. 1900)
• 1987 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1990 – Bruno Kreisky, Austrian politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
• 1992 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1952)
• 1994 – John Britton, American physician (b. 1925)
• 1994 – Dorothy Hodgkin, Egyptian-English biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
• 1995 – Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
• 1996 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1920)
• 1996 – Jason Thirsk, American singer and bass player (Pennywise and Humble Gods) (b. 1967)
• 1998 – Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (b. 1918)
• 2001 – Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
• 2001 – Wau Holland, German computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951)
• 2003 – Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founded the Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Tom Snyder, American journalist (b. 1936)
• 2007 – Marvin Zindler, American journalist (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (b. 1988)
• 2009 – Gayatri Devi, English-Indian wife of Man Singh II (b. 1919)
• 2010 – Charles E. Wicks, American chemist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Tatiana Egorova, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1970)
• 2012 – John P. Finnegan, American actor (b. 1926)
• 2012 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Vempati Chinna Satyam, Indian dancer and guru (b. 1929)
• 2012 – John Stampe, Danish footballer and coach (b. 1957)
• 2013 – Christian Benítez, Ecuadorian footballer (b. 1986)
• 2013 – Bobby Crespino, American football player (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Peter Flanigan, American banker and civil servant (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Tony Gaze, Australian soldier, pilot, and race car driver (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Munir Hussain, Indian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Draga Matković, Croatian-German pianist (b. 1907)
• 2014 – M. Caldwell Butler, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Jon R. Cavaiani, English-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Giorgio Gaslini, Italian pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 2014 – María Antonia Iglesias, Spanish journalist and author (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Péter Kiss, Hungarian engineer and politician (b. 1959)
• 2014 – Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Thomas R. St. George, American soldier and author (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Sheik Umar Khan, Sierra Leonean physician (b. 1975)

9 υπέροχα ελληνικά νησιά που δεν ξέρει ο κόσμος

Κρήτη, Μύκονος, Σαντορίνη. Νησιά που γνωρίζει όλος ο κόσμος. 

Υπάρχουν όμως και πιο εναλλακτικές επιλογές.

Αυτές «τίμησε» το Business Insider, παρουσιάζοντας εννιά ελληνικά νησιά, τα

 οποία χαρακτηρίζει υπέροχα, αλλά προσθέτει ότι δεν τα γνωρίζει ο κόσμος.

«Τώρα είναι η καλύτερη στιγμή για να ταξιδέψετε στην Ελλάδα», τονίζει το

 δημοσίευμα, σημειώνοντας ότι παρά την οικονομική κρίση, πολλοί τουρίστες

 αναφέρουν ότι αυτή δεν επηρέασε το ταξίδι τους στη χώρα μας.

Αυτά είναι τα 9 άγνωστα ελληνικά νησιά, σύμφωνα με το Business Insider, τα 

οποία προτείνει σε όλο τον κόσμο

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