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• 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.
• 991 – Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.
• 1270 – Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.
• 1316 – The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.
• 1512 – The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.
• 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second in command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.
• 1557 – Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Habsburg-Valois Wars.
• 1628 – The Swedish warship  Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage.
• 1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England is laid.
• 1680 – The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.
• 1755 – Under the orders of Charles Lawrence, the British Army begins to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
• 1792 – French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace – Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
• 1793 – The Musée du Louvre is officially opened in Paris, France.
• 1809 – Quito, now the capital of Ecuador, declares independence from Spain. This rebellion will be crushed on August 2, 1810.
• 1813 – Instituto Nacional, is founded by the Chilean patriot José Miguel Carrera. It is Chile's oldest and most prestigious school. Its motto is Labor Omnia Vincit, which means "Work conquers all things".
• 1821 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
• 1846 – The Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after James Smithson donates $500,000.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek – the war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.
• 1864 – After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.
• 1899 – the Norwegian football club Viking FK is founded.
• 1901 – The U.S. Steel Recognition Strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
• 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: the Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
• 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• 1913 – Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
• 1920 – World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
• 1932 – A 5.1 kilograms (11 lb) chondrite-type meteorite breaks into at least seven pieces and lands near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
• 1944 – World War II: American forces defeat the last Japanese troops on Guam.
• 1944 – World War II: The Battle of Narva ends with a combined German–Estonian force successfully defending Narva, Estonia, from invading Soviet troops.
• 1948 – Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
• 1949 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
• 1953 – First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
• 1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• 1961 – First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
• 1969 – A day after murdering Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
• 1971 – The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
• 1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
• 1978 – Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
• 1981 – Murder of Adam Walsh: the head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted.
• 1988 – Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
• 1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
• 1990 – More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
• 1993 – An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale hits the South Island of New Zealand.
• 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.
• 1998 – HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.
• 2001 – 2001 Angola train attack, 252 deaths.
• 2003 – The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom – 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in Kent, England. It is the first time the United Kingdom has recorded a temperature over 100 °F (38 °C).
• 2003 – Yuri Malenchenko becomes the first person to marry in space.
• 2009 – Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.
• 2012 – The Marikana miners' strike begins near Rustenburg, South Africa.

Births[edit]

• 941 – Lê Hoàn, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1005)
• 1267 – James II of Aragon (d. 1327)
• 1296 – John of Bohemia (d. 1346)
• 1360 – Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (d. 1417)
• 1397 – Albert II of Germany (d. 1439)
• 1489 – Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (d. 1553)
• 1520 – Madeleine of Valois (d. 1537)
• 1560 – Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (d. 1629)
• 1602 – Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician (d. 1675)
• 1645 – Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (d. 1711)
• 1737 – Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773)
• 1740 – Samuel Arnold, English organist and composer (d. 1802)
• 1744 – Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, French daughter of Madame de Pompadour (d. 1754)
• 1805 – Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic (d. 1875)
• 1809 – John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer (d. 1851)
• 1810 – Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1861)
• 1814 – Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (d. 1890)
• 1821 – Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke & Company (d. 1905)
• 1823 – Hugh Stowell Brown, English minister (d. 1886)
• 1827 – Lovro Toman, Slovenian lawyer and politician (d. 1870)
• 1839 – Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1896)
• 1845 – Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1904)
• 1848 – William Harnett, American painter (d. 1892)
• 1856 – William Willett, English inverter, founded British Summer Time (d. 1915)
• 1860 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (d. 1936)
• 1865 – Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1936)
• 1868 – Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman (d. 1954)
• 1869 – Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar (d. 1943)
• 1872 – Bill Johnson, American bassist (d. 1972)
• 1874 – Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (d. 1964)
• 1877 – Frank Marshall, American chess player (d. 1944)
• 1878 – Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (d. 1957)
• 1880 – Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (d. 1964)
• 1884 – Panait Istrati, Romanian author (d. 1935)
• 1888 – Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (d. 1940)
• 1889 – Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Percy Deane, Australian public servant (d. 1946)
• 1891 – Henry O'Neill, American actor and singer (d. 1961)
• 1890 – Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 1954)
• 1894 – V. V. Giri, Indian politician, 4th President of India (d. 1980)
• 1895 – Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
• 1897 – John W. Galbreath, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm (d. 1988)
• 1898 – Jack Haley, American actor and singer (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (d. 1994)
• 1902 – Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1983)
• 1902 – Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1902 – Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 1903 – Ward Moore, American author (d. 1978)
• 1905 – Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (d. 1986)
• 1907 – Su Yu, Chinese general and politician (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author (d. 2009)
• 1908 – Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (d. 1977)
• 1909 – Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (d. 1954)
• 1911 – Leonidas Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer (d. 2011)
• 1911 – A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian and author (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian author (d. 2001)
• 1913 – Noah Beery, Jr., American actor (d. 1994)
• 1913 – Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Jeff Corey, American actor and director (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1973)
• 1918 – Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Sacha Vierny, French cinematographer (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)
• 1923 – Bill Doolittle, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Rhonda Fleming, American actress and singer
• 1923 – Fred Ridgway, English cricketer and footballer
• 1923 – SM Sultan, Bangladeshi painter (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Nancy Buckingham, English author
• 1924 – Martha Hyer, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1925 – George Cooper, English general
• 1926 – Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Eivind Eckbo, Norwegian lawyer and politician
• 1927 – Jean Guichet, French race car driver
• 1927 – Jimmy Martin, American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Vernon Washington, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1927 – Nejat Uygur, Turkish actor and comedian. (b. 2013)
• 1928 – Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Gerino Gerini, Italian racing driver (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Barry Unsworth, English-Italian author and academic (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Dolores Alexander, American journalist and activist (d. 2008)
• 1931 – Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Alexander Goehr, English composer and academic
• 1932 – Gaudencio Rosales, Filipino cardinal
• 1933 – Doyle Brunson, American poker player
• 1933 – Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, English jurist
• 1933 – Rocky Colavito, American baseball player
• 1933 – Keith Duckworth, English engineer, founded Cosworth (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Tevfik Kış, former Turkish European, World and Olympic champion sports wrestler in the Light heavyweight class (87 kg) and a trainer
• 1935 – Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby, English politician
• 1935 – Ad van Luyn, Dutch bishop
• 1936 – P. R. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan politician
• 1937 – Anatoly Sobchak, Russian scholar and politician, Mayor of Saint Petersburg (d. 2000)
• 1938 – Tony Ross, English author and illustrator
• 1939 – Kate O'Mara, English actress (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Charlie Rose, American politician (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (The Righteous Brothers) (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Anita Lonsbrough, English swimmer
• 1941 – Kees van Kooten, Dutch comedian, actor, and author
• 1941 – Susan Dorothea White, Australian painter and sculptor
• 1942 – Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer
• 1942 – Michael Pepper, English physicist and engineer
• 1943 – Louise Forestier, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1943 – Jimmy Griffin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bread, Black Tie, and The Remingtons) (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Michael Mantler, American trumpet player and composer (Jazz Composer's Orchestra)
• 1943 – Shafqat Rana, Indian-Pakistani cricketer
• 1943 – Ronnie Spector, American singer-songwriter (The Ronettes)
• 1945 – Harriet Miers, American lawyer, 31st White House Counsel
• 1945 – Laura Spurr, American nurse and tribal leader (d. 2010)
• 1947 – Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jethro Tull)
• 1947 – Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1947 – Alan Ward, English cricketer
• 1950 – Patti Austin, American singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Rémy Girard, Canadian actor
• 1951 – Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian politician, 59th President of Colombia
• 1952 – Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor
• 1952 – Diane Venora, American actress
• 1953 – Mark Doty, American poet and author
• 1954 – Peter Endrulat, German footballer
• 1955 – Jim Mees, American set designer (d. 2013)
• 1955 – Mel Tiangco, Filipino journalist
• 1956 – José Luis Montes, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1956 – Fred Ottman, American wrestler
• 1956 – Charlie Peacock, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1956 – Peter Robbins, American actor
• 1956 – Perween Warsi, Indian-English businesswoman
• 1957 – Fred Ho, American saxophonist, composer, and playwright (d. 2014)
• 1957 – Andres Põime, Estonian architect
• 1957 – Zuhal Olcay, Turkish actress and singer
• 1958 – Michael Dokes, American boxer (d. 2012)
• 1958 – Jack Richards, English cricketer, coach, and manager
• 1958 – Rosie Winterton, English politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• 1959 – Rosanna Arquette, American actress, director, and producer
• 1959 – Albert Owen, Welsh sailor and politician
• 1959 – Mark Price, English drummer (All About Eve and Del Amitri)
• 1959 – Florent Vollant, Canadian singer-songwriter (Kashtin)
• 1960 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor, singer, and producer
• 1960 – Annely Ojastu, Estonian sprinter and long jumper
• 1960 – Kenny Perry, American golfer
• 1961 – Jon Farriss, Australian drummer (INXS)
• 1962 – Suzanne Collins, American author and screenwriter
• 1962 – Julia Fordham, English singer-songwriter
• 1962 – Alan Muraoka, American actor and director
• 1963 – Phoolan Devi, Indian politician (d. 2001)
• 1963 – Anton Janssen, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1963 – Andrew Sullivan, English-American journalist and author
• 1964 – Aaron Hall, American singer-songwriter (Guy)
• 1964 – Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer (d. 2005)
• 1964 – Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophoneist
• 1965 – Claudia Christian, American actress and singer
• 1965 – Toumani Diabaté, Malian kora player
• 1965 – Mike E. Smith, American jockey
• 1965 – John Starks, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 – Charlie Dimmock, English gardener and television host
• 1966 – Hansi Kürsch, German singer-songwriter and bass player (Blind Guardian and Demons and Wizards)
• 1967 – Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
• 1967 – Riddick Bowe, American boxer
• 1967 – Gus Johnson, American sportscaster
• 1967 – Lorraine Pearson, English singer and author (Five Star)
• 1967 – Mart Sander, Estonian actor, singer, director, and author
• 1967 – Reinout Scholte, Dutch cricketer
• 1968 – Michael Bivins, American singer, producer, and actor (New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe)
• 1968 – Pete Docter, American director, screenwriter, and voice actor
• 1968 – Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1969 – Emily Symons, Australian actress
• 1970 – Bret Hedican, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Brendon Julian, New Zealand-Australian cricketer and journalist
• 1970 – Steve Mautone, Australian footballer and coach
• 1971 – Sal Fasano, American baseball player and coach
• 1971 – Stephan Groth, Danish singer-songwriter (Apoptygma Berzerk and Bruderschaft)
• 1971 – Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
• 1971 – Robby Maria, Austrian-Argentine singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer
• 1971 – Paul Newlove, English rugby player
• 1971 – Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist
• 1971 – Justin Theroux, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Dilana, South African-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1972 – Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Angie Harmon, American model and actress
• 1972 – Christofer Johnsson, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Therion, Carbonized, Messiah, and Demonoid)
• 1972 – Jake Adam York, American poet and educator (d. 2012)
• 1973 – Lisa Raymond, American tennis player
• 1973 – Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer
• 1974 – Haifaa al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian director
• 1974 – Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer and manager
• 1974 – Rachel Simmons, American scholar and author
• 1974 – David Sommeil, French footballer
• 1975 – İlhan Mansız, Turkish former football player and current competing figure skater
• 1976 – Roadkill, American wrestler
• 1976 – Ian Murray, Scottish politician
• 1977 – Danny Griffin, Northern Irish footballer
• 1977 – Matt Morgan, English comedian, actor, and radio host
• 1978 – Danny Allsopp, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Marcus Fizer, American basketball player
• 1978 – Chris Read, English cricketer
• 1978 – Claire Yiu, Hong Kong model and actress
• 1979 – Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1979 – Joanna García, American actress
• 1979 – Ted Geoghegan, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1979 – Brandon Lyon, American baseball player
• 1979 – Rémy Martin, French rugby player
• 1979 – Yannick Schroeder, French race car driver
• 1980 – Wade Barrett, English boxer, wrestler, and actor
• 1980 – Pua Magasiva, Samoan-New Zealand actor
• 1980 – Roxanne McKee, Canadian-English model and actress
• 1981 – Natsumi Abe, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume, Morning Musume Sakuragumi, Def.Diva, and Nochiura Natsumi)
• 1981 – Katherine Boecher, American actress
• 1981 – Guillaume Elmont, Dutch martial artist
• 1981 – Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player
• 1981 – Yaani King, American actress
• 1981 – Manila Luzon, American drag queen performer
• 1981 – Malek Mouath, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 1981 – Jon Prescott, American actor
• 1982 – John Alvbåge, Swedish footballer
• 1982 – Josh Anderson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Devon Aoki, American model and actress
• 1982 – Katrina Begin, American actress
• 1982 – Nicole O'Brian, American model, Miss Texas USA 2003
• 1982 – Shaun Murphy, English snooker player
• 1983 – Mark Bautista, Filipino singer and actor
• 1983 – Chrisna Bootha, South African netball player
• 1983 – Kyle Brown, American soccer player
• 1983 – CB Dollaway, American mixed martial artist
• 1983 – Héctor Faubel, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1983 – Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Spencer Redford, American actress
• 1983 – Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Ryan Eggold, American actor
• 1984 – Mokomichi Hayami, Japanese actor
• 1984 – Mariel Rodriguez, Filipino television host and actress
• 1985 – Melissa Barrera, American television host
• 1985 – Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Jared Nathan, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1985 – Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer
• 1985 – Julia Skripnik, Estonian tennis player
• 1986 – Andrea Hlaváčková, Czech tennis player
• 1987 – Jim Bakkum, Dutch singer and actor
• 1987 – Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor
• 1988 – Francesco Acerbi, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Julia Melim, Brazilian actress
• 1989 – Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer
• 1989 – Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor
• 1990 – Cruze Ah-Nau, Australian rugby player
• 1990 – Lucas Till, American actor and producer
• 1991 – Marcus Foligno, American-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1992 – Go Ah-sung, South Korean actress
• 1992 – Mugi Kadowaki, Japanese actress
• 1992 – Chanel Simmonds, South African tennis player
• 1992 – Ryn Weaver, American singer-songwriter
• 1993 – Andre Drummond, American basketball player
• 1993 – Yuto Nakajima, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor (Hey! Say! JUMP)
• 1993 – Shin Hyejeong, South Korean singer and actress (AOA)
• 1996 – Jacob Latimore, American singer, actor, and dancer
• 1997 – Kylie Jenner, American model
• 1998 – Diptayan Ghosh, Indian chess player

Deaths[edit]

• 258 – Lawrence of Rome, Spanish-Italian deacon and saint (b. 225)
• 794 – Fastrada, Frankish noblewoman (b. 765)
• 1535 – Ippolito de' Medici, Florence ruler (b. 1509)
• 1653 – Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1598)
• 1655 – Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, Spanish cardinal (b. 1572)
• 1723 – Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician (b. 1656)
• 1759 – Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
• 1784 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish painter (b. 1713)
• 1802 – Franz Aepinus, German-Russian philosopher and academic (b. 1724)
• 1806 – Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (b. 1737)
• 1839 – Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician (b. 1758)
• 1862 – Honinbo Shusaku, Japanese Go player (b. 1829)
• 1875 – Karl Andree, German geographer (b. 1808)
• 1889 – Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (b. 1831)
• 1896 – Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (b. 1848)
• 1904 – Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (b. 1846)
• 1915 – Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (b. 1887)
• 1918 – Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1920 – Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician (b. 1835)
• 1928 – Rex Cherryman, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1929 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1878)
• 1929 – Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (b. 1854)
• 1932 – Rin Tin Tin, American acting dog (b. 1918)
• 1945 – Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (b. 1882)
• 1948 – Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 – Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1870)
• 1948 – Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (b. 1880)
• 1958 – Frank Demaree, American baseball player (b. 1910)
• 1960 – Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (b. 1887)
• 1961 – Julia Peterkin, American author (b. 1880)
• 1963 – Estes Kefauver, American politician (b. 1903)
• 1963 – Ernst Wetter, Swiss jurist (b. 1877)
• 1969 – János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (b. 1899)
• 1976 – Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (b. 1894)
• 1979 – Dick Foran, American actor and singer (b. 1910)
• 1979 – Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1980 – Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
• 1982 – Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian author and poet (b. 1962)
• 1985 – Nate Barragar, American football player and sergeant (b. 1906)
• 1986 – Alan Rouse, English mountaineer (b. 1951)
• 1987 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1893)
• 1987 – Kullo Must, Estonian film producer (b. 1911)
• 1991 – Luu Trong Lu Vietnamese poet and playwright (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Euronymous, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (Mayhem) (b. 1968)
• 1997 – Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (b. 1953)
• 1997 – Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1912)
• 1999 – Jennifer Paterson, English chef and actress (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Acharya Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian historian, scholar, and critic (b. 1899)
• 2000 – Gilbert Parkhouse, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (b. 1917)
• 2002 – Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Widespread Panic and brute.) (b. 1962)
• 2002 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Carmita Jiménez, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1944)
• 2007 – Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1925)
• 2007 – James E. Faust, American religious leader and lawyer (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Jean Rédélé, French racing driver and founded Alpine (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Tony Wilson, English journalist (b. 1950)
• 2008 – Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (b. 1948)
• 2010 – Adam Stansfield, English footballer (b. 1978)
• 2010 – David L. Wolper, American director and producer (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2012 – James Lloyd Abbot, Jr., American admiral (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (b. 1963)
• 2012 – Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Irving Fein, American producer and manager (b. 1911)
• 2012 – William W. Momyer, American general (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (b. 1925)
• 2013 – William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Jonathan Dawson, Australian historian and academic (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – David C. Jones, American general (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (Family) (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Amy Wallace, American author (b. 1955)
• 2014 – Jim Command, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (b. 1912)
• 2014 – Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (b. 1930)

 σήμερα ο Ζορντί -Σε ηλικία 4 ετών τρέλαινε κόσμο με το τραγούδι του 

Ο μικρός Ζορντί μεγάλωσε, αλλά το τραγούδι δεν το άφησε! 

Το παιδί «θαύμα» της Γαλλίας σε ηλικία μόλις 4 ετών μπήκε στο

 βιβλίο με τα ρεκόρ Γκίνες ως ο μικρότερος τραγουδιστής που

 κατάφερε να φτάσει στο Νο1 των μουσικών charts.

Η μεγάλη του επιτυχία ήταν το τραγούδι του «Dur dur d'être bébé», που σημαίνει

 «είναι σκληρό να είσαι μωρό». Μετά το πρώτο «μπαμ», ο Ζορντί χάθηκε από τα 

φώτα της δημοσιότητας, αφού οι γονείς του κατηγορήθηκαν από τα γαλλικά

 ΜΜΕ ότι τον εκμεταλλεύονταν για να κερδίσουν χρήματα. Μάλιστα η γαλλική 

κυβέρνηση απαγόρευσε να ακούγονται τα τραγούδια του από το ραδιόφωνο και

 την τηλεόραση με σκοπό να τον προστατεύσει.

Το 2006 περίπου έκανε ξανά την πρώτη του δημόσια εμφάνιση σε ένα μουσικό

 show της Γαλλίας, όπου και νίκησε. Το 2006 κυκλοφόρησε και ένα καινούριο 

τραγούδι, το πρώτο του μετά από δώδεκα χρόνια. Σήμερα ο Ζορντί είναι 27 ετών.

 Είναι μέλος του συγκροτήματος «Jordy & the Dixies», κάνουν περιοδείες και

 ηχογραφούν τραγούδια.

Ο Ζορντί είχε καταφέρει να κλέψει και τις καρδιές των Ελλήνων με την

 παρουσία του στο «Ciao ANT1» και την Ρούλα Κορομηλά το 1993.

Ανατροπή στα δεδομένα για την Αμφίπολη 

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• 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
• 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
• 106 – The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
• 355 – Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
• 490 – Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan.
• 1332 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
• 1473 – The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu.
• 1675 – Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
• 1786 – Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
• 1804 – Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
• 1812 – Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
• 1813 – In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.
• 1858 – The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
• 1898 – Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 1918 – World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
• 1919 – The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
• 1920 – The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
• 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
• 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
• 1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
• 1945 – Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
• 1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
• 1952 – Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
• 1959 – Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
• 1960 – Chad declares independence.
• 1961 – The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• 1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
• 1965 – Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
• 1968 – The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail
• 1972 – Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• 1975 – East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
• 1979 – Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
• 1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
• 1984 – "We begin bombing in five minutes"– United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
• 1999 – The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
• 2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
• 2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
• 2006 – The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
• 2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.

Births[edit]

• 1086 – Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1125)
• 1467 – Mary of York (d. 1482)
• 1648 – Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (d. 1720)
• 1667 – Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian wife of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1743)
• 1673 – Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)
• 1718 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (d. 1791)
• 1722 – Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
• 1748 – Joseph Schuster, German composer (d. 1812)
• 1778 – Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (d. 1852)
• 1794 – James B. Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
• 1807 – David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
• 1808 – William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
• 1825 – István Türr, Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the Corinth Canal (d. 1908)
• 1833 – Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1899)
• 1833 – Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
• 1836 – Warren Brown, American historian and politician (d. 1919)
• 1837 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)
• 1855 – John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
• 1858 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
• 1860 – Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (d. 1939)
• 1869 – Hale Holden, American businessman (d. 1940)
• 1870 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
• 1874 – Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1953)
• 1875 – Daniel Soubeyran, French rower (d. 1959)
• 1877 – Adolph M. Christianson, American judge (d. 1954)
• 1878 – Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
• 1884 – Hermann Wlach, Austrian actor (d. 1962)
• 1885 – Stephen Butterworth, English physicist (d. 1958)
• 1891 – Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)
• 1892 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)
• 1897 – Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (d. 1968)
• 1897 – Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (d. 1970)
• 1898 – Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)
• 1899 – Rudolf Andersen, Danish gymnast (d. 1983)
• 1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)
• 1902 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor and singer (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)
• 1905 – Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
• 1908 – Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
• 1909 – Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)
• 1911 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)
• 1912 – Raphael Blau, American screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Angus Wilson, English author and academic (d. 1991)
• 1915 – Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1916 – Johnny Claes, Belgian race car driver (d. 1956)
• 1916 – Laurie Daniels, Australian public servant (d. 1994)
• 1919 – Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
• 1919 – Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1920 – Mike Douglas, American singer, entertainer and talk show host (d. 2006)
• 1920 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992)
• 1922 – John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Arlene Dahl, American actress
• 1926 – Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1926 – Claus von Bülow, Danish-English lawyer
• 1927 – Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor
• 1927 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Paul Soles, Canadian actor and producer
• 1932 – Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
• 1932 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
• 1932 – Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
• 1932 – John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
• 1933 – Jerry Falwell, American minister and evangelist (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (d. 1999)
• 1933 – Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor
• 1934 – Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic
• 1936 – Andre Dubus, American author (d. 1999)
• 1936 – Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1936 – Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic
• 1937 – Anna Massey, English actress (d. 2011)
• 1937 – Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Lennie Pond, American race car driver
• 1941 – Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player (Manfred Mann and The Manfreds)
• 1943 – Abigail Folger, American heiress and activist (d. 1969)
• 1943 – Jim Kale, Canadian bass player (The Guess Who)
• 1943 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan
• 1943 – Denis Payton, English saxophonist (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Hans Knudsen, Danish canoe racer
• 1944 – Martin Linton, Swedish-English politician
• 1944 – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor and director
• 1944 – Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx
• 1946 – John Conlee, American singer
• 1946 – Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author
• 1947 – Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
• 1947 – Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek politician
• 1948 – Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1948 – Jan Palach, Czech activist (d. 1969)
• 1949 – Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Raspberries)
• 1949 – Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician
• 1950 – Elya Baskin, Latvian-American actor
• 1950 – Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003)
• 1950 – Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)
• 1950 – Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
• 1951 – Vincent Bilodeau, Canadian actor
• 1952 – Reid Blackburn, American photographer (d. 1980)
• 1952 – Manfred Krüger, German footballer
• 1952 – Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Devo)
• 1953 – Cory Quirino, Filipino author, host, and national director of Miss World Philippines
• 1953 – Hulk Hogan, American wrestler and actor
• 1953 – Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
• 1954 – Vance Heafner, American golfer (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter
• 1954 – M. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1954 – Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1954 – Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire
• 1955 – Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
• 1955 – Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician (Member of Parliament for North Down)
• 1956 – Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic
• 1957 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Skrewdriver) (d. 1993)
• 1957 – Richie Ramone, American drummer (Ramones)
• 1958 – Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Public Image Ltd and The Damage Manual)
• 1959 – Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Soda Stereo) (d. 2014)
• 1959 – Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese investor
• 1959 – Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)
• 1959 – Richard Scudamore, English businessman
• 1959 – László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
• 1961 – David Brooks, American journalist and author
• 1961 – Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
• 1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer
• 1961 – Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (d. 2000)
• 1962 – Brian Azzarello, American author
• 1962 – Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
• 1962 – John Micklethwait, English journalist
• 1962 – Rob Minkoff, American director and producer
• 1963 – Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
• 1964 – Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator
• 1965 – Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1965 – Embeth Davidtz, American actress
• 1965 – Viola Davis, American actress
• 1965 – Duane Martin, American actor and producer
• 1965 – Shinji Mikami, Japanese video game designer
• 1966 – Nigel Martyn, English footballer and coach
• 1967 – Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Héroes del Silencio)
• 1967 – Petter Wettre, Norwegian saxophonist (Norske Store Orkester)
• 1967 – Eric Maleson, Brazilian bobsled racer, founded the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation
• 1967 – Joe Rogan, American comedian, actor, and television host
• 1968 – Anna Gunn, American actress
• 1968 – Charlie Sexton, American guitarist, singer and songwriter
• 1969 – Ashley Jensen, Scottish actress
• 1973 – Nigel Harman, English actor
• 1973 – Carolyn Murphy, American model and actress
• 1974 – Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
• 1974 – Anju Jain, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1974 – Chris Messina, American actor
• 1974 – Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (d. 2002)
• 1975 – Davey von Bohlen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cap'n Jazz, The Promise Ring, Maritime, and Vermont)
• 1975 – Chris Cummings, Canadian country music artist
• 1976 – Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
• 1976 – Will Friedle, American actor
• 1976 – Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Tõnis Kalde, Estonian footballer
• 1976 – Erick Lindgren, American poker player
• 1976 – Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1977 – Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Jermain Taylor, American boxer
• 1979 – Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1980 – Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist
• 1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player
• 1981 – Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1981 – Sandi Thom, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Alan Halsall, English actor
• 1983 – Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)
• 1983 – Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
• 1983 – Luke Lewis, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – J-Boog, American rapper, producer, and actor (B2K)
• 1985 – Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan model and actress
• 1986 – Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
• 1986 – Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress
• 1986 – Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1987 – Alyssa Alano, Filipino actress, comedian, singer, and host (Viva Hot Babes)
• 1987 – Shouta Aoi, Japanese voice actor
• 1987 – Drew Storen, American baseball player
• 1988 – Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
• 1988 – Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
• 1988 – Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
• 1989 – Gui Gui, Taiwanese singer and actress (Hey Girl)
• 1989 – Junior Heffernan, Irish bicyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)
• 1989 – Sebastian Huke, German footballer
• 1989 – Rebekah Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, model and rapper (After School)

Deaths[edit]

• 223 – Jia Xu, Chinese politician (b. 147)
• 353 – Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
• 449 – Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
• 1204 – Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
• 1259 – Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1208)
• 1456 – John Hunyadi, Hungarian general (b. 1387)
• 1464 – Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401)
• 1494 – Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. 1430)
• 1519 – Johann Tetzel, German preacher (b. 1465)
• 1556 – John Bell (bishop), Legal counsel for Henry VIII of England and Bishop of Worcester (1539-1543)
• 1563 – Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
• 1578 – Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and cosmographer(b. 1502)
• 1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare, English son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
• 1614 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
• 1656 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
• 1774 – Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (b. 1722)
• 1813 – Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
• 1851 – Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
• 1854 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
• 1868 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1890 – John Henry Newman, English cardinal (b. 1801)
• 1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 1903 – Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 – Khudiram Bose, Indian activist (b. 1889)
• 1919 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 – Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 – Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 – Edith Wharton, American author (b. 1862)
• 1939 – Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 – Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1953 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1956 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 – Antanas Škėma, Polish-American actor, director, playwright, and author (b. 1910)
• 1963 – Otto Wahle, Austrian swimmer (b. 1879)
• 1965 – Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1972 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 – Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
• 1975 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian wife of Zalman Shazar (b. 1885)
• 1979 – J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
• 1980 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
• 1982 – Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1989 – John Meillon, Australian actor (b. 1934)
• 1994 – Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Tassos Isaac, Cypriot activist (b. 1972)
• 1996 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
• 1996 – Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player, baseball player, and politician (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
• 2004 – K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Mike Douglas, American singer, entertainer and talk show host (b. 1920)
• 2008 – George Furth, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Aykut Oray, Turkish actor (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Bruno Schleinstein, German actor (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter (Warrant) (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Von Freeman, American saxophonist (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Indian linguist and academic (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Bill Rafferty, American comedian and impressionist (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. 1951)

Tom Jones' concert cut short after power cuts

Tom Jones fans were left disappointed when the power failed three times during his Alnwick Castle performance, forcing the show to be cut short.

One fan said the lights went out at the Northumberland venue just as the entertainer sang the line "turn on the light" from Leave your Hat On.

Organisers, Teesside-based Loose Cannon Events, said there was an "unforeseen major technical issue".

The performance ended after about 50 minutes.

'Opportune moment'

Dave Moor from Seahouses, who was at the concert, said there was "a lot of anger" from fans.

He said: "When he came on, I've got to say for the 50 minutes or so that he was playing, he was very very good.

"Then at that opportune moment, that line, 'you can turn on the light', the lights went out and that was it. 

"Everybody was hanging around for about five minutes or so and then we realised nothing was happening and then somebody came on and made an announcement and said that Tom Jones had left the arena so we all trooped out."

Conservative MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, was also there.

She said: "It was so exciting, the prospect of seeing Tom Jones.

"Just as it was all kicking off, the power went. Once is funny, twice is boring, three times, the lead artist goes home.

"Something needs to be sorted out. The organisers need to consider whether they want to actually give some sort of partial refund at least to those who would have saved up to go and see this concert."

'Shilling didn't drop'

Fans are thought to have paid between £45 and £100 for tickets.

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• 30 BC – Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite.
• 1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
• 1121 – Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
• 1164 – Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
• 1323 – Signature of the Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia), that regulates the border between the two countries for the first time.
• 1480 – Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam; they are later honored in the Church.
• 1499 – First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets.
• 1624 – The president of Louis XIII of France's royal council is arrested, leaving Cardinal Richelieu in the role of the King's principal minister.
• 1676 – Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War.
• 1687 – Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire.
• 1765 – Treaty of Allahabad is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of Company rule in India.
• 1793 – The Rhône and Loire départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two.
• 1806 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.
• 1831 – French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
• 1851 – Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
• 1877 – Asaph Hall discovers the Mars moon Deimos.
• 1883 – The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• 1898 – An Armistice ends the Spanish–American War.
• 1898 – The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
• 1914 – World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
• 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Haelen a.k.a. (Battle of the Silver Helmets) a clash between large Belgian and German cavalry formations at Halen, Belgium.
• 1944 – Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
• 1944 – Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people were killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
• 1944 – Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
• 1948 – USS Nevada is struck from the naval record.
• 1950 – Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre—American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• 1952 – The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
• 1953 – Nuclear weapons testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of Joe 4, the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon.
• 1953 – The islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale.
• 1958 – Art Kane photographs 57 notable jazz musicians in the black and white group portrait "A Great Day in Harlem" in front of a Brownstone in New York City.
• 1960 – Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
• 1964 – South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
• 1964 – Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom.
• 1969 – Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
• 1976 – Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War
• 1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
• 1977 – The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
• 1978 – The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is signed.
• 1980 – The Montevideo Treaty, establishing the Latin American Integration Association, is signed.
• 1981 – The IBM Personal Computer is released.
• 1982 – Mexico announces that it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spreads to all of Latin America and the Third World.
• 1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
• 1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
• 1992 – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
• 1993 – Pope John Paul II starts his 8th annual World Youth Day in Denver's Mile High Stadium.
• 1994 – Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
• 2000 – The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise.
• 2004 – Mr. Lee Hsien Loong is sworn in as Singapore's third Prime Minister.
• 2005 – Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.
• 2007 – The bulk carrier MV New Flame collides with the oil tanker Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending up partially submerged.

Births[edit]

• 1503 – Christian III of Denmark (d. 1559)
• 1566 – Isabella Clara Eugenia Spanish wife of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (d. 1633)
• 1604 – Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)
• 1644 – Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1704)
• 1647 – Johann Heinrich Acker, German pastor and educator (d. 1719)
• 1686 – John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748)
• 1696 – Maurice Greene, English organist and composer (d. 1755)
• 1720 – Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778)
• 1762 – George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830)
• 1774 – Robert Southey, English poet and author (d. 1843)
• 1773 – Karl Faber, Prussian historian and academic (d. 1853)
• 1831 – Helena Blavatsky, Russian theosophist and scholar (d. 1891)
• 1849 – Abbott Handerson Thayer, American painter (d. 1921)
• 1852 – Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (d. 1890)
• 1856 – Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1917)
• 1857 – Ernestine von Kirchsberg, Austrian painter (d. 1924)
• 1859 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (d. 1929)
• 1860 – Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (d. 1907)
• 1866 – Jacinto Benavente, Spanish playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
• 1866 – Henrik Sillem, Dutch target shooter (d. 1907)
• 1867 – Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator (d. 1963)
• 1872 – Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1956)
• 1876 – Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author (d. 1958)
• 1877 – Albert Bartha, Hungarian general and politician, Minister of Defence of Hungary (d. 1960)
• 1880 – Radclyffe Hall, English poet, author, and activist (d. 1943)
• 1880 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1925)
• 1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director and producer (d. 1959)
• 1883 – Pauline Frederick, American actress (d. 1938)
• 1883 – Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress (d. 1974)
• 1883 – Marion Lorne, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1885 – Jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1959)
• 1886 – Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (d. 1952)
• 1887 – Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
• 1889 – Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (d. 1981)
• 1891 – C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and academic (d. 1953)
• 1892 – Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (d. 1977)
• 1896 – Ejner Federspiel, Danish actor (d. 1981)
• 1897 – Maurice Fernandes, Guyanese cricketer (d. 1981)
• 1899 – Ben Sealey, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1963)
• 1902 – Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Idel Jakobson, Latvian-Estonian NKVD officer (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (d. 2009)
• 1904 – Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1906 – Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Boy Charlton, Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Benjamin Sheares, Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd President of Singapore (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (d. 1970)
• 1910 – Jane Wyatt, American actress and singer (d. 2006)
• 1911 – Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Samuel Fuller, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Gerd Buchdahl, German-English philosopher (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2011)
• 1915 – Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
• 1916 – Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Sid Bernstein, American record producer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944)
• 1919 – Margaret Burbidge, American astrophysicist
• 1919 – Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971)
• 1923 – John Holt, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (d. 1988)
• 1925 – Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas
• 1925 – Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (d. 1986)
• 1925 – Norris McWhirter, English author and television presenter (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Ross McWhirter, English author and television presenter (d. 1975)
• 1925 – George Wetherill, American physicist and academic (d. 2006)
• 1926 – John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (d. 1998)
• 1927 – Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Dan Curtis, American director and producer (d. 2006)
• 1929 – Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Buckaroos) (d. 2006)
• 1930 – George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Soros Fund Management
• 1930 – Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician and academic
• 1931 – William Goldman, American author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1932 – Sirikit, Thai wife of Bhumibol Adulyadej
• 1932 – Dallin H. Oaks, American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader
• 1932 – Charlie O'Donnell, American radio and television announcer (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Gönül Yazar, Turkish singer and actress
• 1933 – Parnelli Jones, American race car driver
• 1933 – Frederic Lindsay, Scottish author and educator (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Robin Nicholson, English metallurgist and academic
• 1935 – John Cazale, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1936 – Kjell Grede, Swedish film director
• 1936 – Hans Haacke, German-American artist
• 1937 – Walter Dean Myers, American author and poet (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City
• 1939 – George Hamilton, American actor and producer
• 1939 – Pam Kilborn, Australian hurdler
• 1939 – David King, South African chemist and academic
• 1939 – Roy Romanow, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan
• 1940 – Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer and coach (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Réjean Ducharme, Canadian author and playwright
• 1941 – Dana Ivey, American actress
• 1941 – Deborah Walley, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1942 – Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician and author
• 1945 – Dorothy E. Denning, American computer scientist
• 1945 – Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter (Sparks and Halfnelson)
• 1948 – Siddaramaiah, Indian politician, 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka
• 1948 – Sue Monk Kidd, American author
• 1948 – Graham J. Zellick, English academic and jurist
• 1949 – Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician
• 1949 – Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Dire Straits)
• 1949 – Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer
• 1950 – Jim Beaver, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1951 – Willie Horton, American murderer
• 1952 – Chen Kaige, Chinese actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 – Kalevi Kull, Estonian biologist and academic
• 1954 – CY Leung, Hong Kong politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
• 1954 – Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice of Hungary
• 1954 – François Hollande, French politician, 24th President of France
• 1954 – Sam J. Jones, American actor
• 1954 – Pat Metheny, American guitarist and songwriter (Pat Metheny Group)
• 1955 – Ann M. Martin, American author
• 1955 – Heintje Simons, Dutch singer and actor
• 1955 – Terry Taylor, American wrestler
• 1956 – Lee Freedman, Australian horse trainer
• 1956 – Bruce Greenwood, Canadian-American actor
• 1956 – Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1957 – Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer
• 1958 – Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter (Nena)
• 1959 – Kerry Boustead, Australian rugby league player
• 1959 – Amanda Redman, English actress
• 1960 – Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (d. 2010)
• 1960 – Greg Thomas, Welsh-English cricketer
• 1960 – Eduardo Tokeshi, Peruvian painter
• 1961 – Roy Hay, English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Culture Club)
• 1961 – Lawrence Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Felt, Denim, and Go Kart Mozart)
• 1961 – Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer
• 1963 – Kōji Kitao, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th Yokozuna
• 1963 – Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper and producer
• 1964 – Katherine Boo, American journalist and author
• 1964 – Michael Hagan, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1965 – James DuMont, American actor and producer
• 1965 – Peter Krause, American actor and producer
• 1966 – Tobias Ellwood, American-English captain and politician
• 1967 – Andy Hui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (Big Four)
• 1967 – Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
• 1967 – Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
• 1968 – Thorsten Boer, German footballer and manager
• 1968 – Andras Jones, American actor
• 1968 – Ülar Mark, Estonian architect
• 1968 – Kōji Yusa, Japanese voice actor
• 1969 – Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor
• 1969 – Tanita Tikaram, German-English singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Stuart Williams, Nevisian cricketer
• 1970 – Charles Mesure, English-Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1970 – Toby Perkins, English politician
• 1970 – Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball player and coach
• 1970 – Hidetaka Yoshioka, Japanese actor
• 1971 – Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress, singer and comedian
• 1971 – Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
• 1971 – Pete Sampras, American tennis player
• 1972 – Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer and manager
• 1972 – Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna
• 1972 – Gyanendra Pandey, Indian cricketer
• 1972 – Del the Funky Homosapien, American rapper and producer (Hieroglyphics, Deltron 3030, and Gorillaz)
• 1972 – Demir Demirkan, Turkish musician
• 1973 – Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi politician
• 1973 – Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist
• 1973 – Jonathan Coachman, American basketball player, wrestler, and sportscaster
• 1973 – Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player
• 1973 – Richard Reid, English terrorist, attempted the 2001 shoe bomb plot
• 1974 – Matt Clement, American baseball player and coach
• 1975 – Casey Affleck, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1975 – Burcu Güneş, Turkish singer
• 1976 – Wednesday 13, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Murderdolls, Bourbon Crow, and Gunfire 76)
• 1976 – Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer
• 1976 – Mikko Lindström, Finnish guitarist (HIM and WhoCares)
• 1976 – Brad Lukowich, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1976 – Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player
• 1976 – Antoine Walker, American basketball player
• 1977 – Plaxico Burress, American football player
• 1977 – Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer
• 1977 – Park Yong-ha, South Korean singer and actor (d. 2010)
• 1978 – Chris Chambers, American football player
• 1978 – Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – D. J. Houlton, American baseball player
• 1979 – Ian Hutchinson, English motorcycle racer
• 1979 – Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater
• 1979 – Austra Skujytė, Lithuanian pentathlete
• 1980 – Maggie Lawson, American actress
• 1980 – Dominique Swain, American actress
• 1980 – Rojda Demirer, Turkish theater, movie, television, and voice actress
• 1981 – Tony Capaldi, Northern Ireland international footballer
• 1981 – Djibril Cissé, French footballer
• 1981 – Riin Tamm, Estonian geneticist and academic
• 1982 – Iza Calzado, Filipino actress
• 1982 – Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
• 1983 – Kana Asumi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1983 – Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player
• 1983 – Meryem Uzerli, Turkish-German actress and model
• 1984 – Marian Rivera, Spanish-Filipino actress and singer
• 1985 – Franck Moutsinga, German rugby player
• 1986 – Kyle Arrington, American football player
• 1986 – Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
• 1988 – Justin Gaston, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1988 – Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 – Leah Pipes, American actress
• 1989 – Tom Cleverley, English footballer
• 1990 – Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Marvin Zeegelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1990 – Martin Zurawsky, German footballer
• 1992 – Cara Delevingne, English model, actress, singer
• 1992 – Jacob Loko, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Luna, South Korean actress, singer, and dancer (f(x))
• 1993 – Rodrigo Alborno, Paraguayan footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 30 BC – Cleopatra, Egyptian queen (b. 69 BC)
• 875 – Louis II of Italy (b. 825)
• 1424 – Yongle Emperor of China (b. 1360)
• 1484 – Pope Sixtus IV (b. 1414)
• 1577 – Thomas Smith, English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
• 1588 – Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian-English composer (b. 1543)
• 1612 – Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1557)
• 1633 – Jacopo Peri, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1561)
• 1638 – Johannes Althusius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
• 1647 – Matthew Hopkins, English witch-hunter (b. c. 1620)
• 1674 – Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602)
• 1689 – Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
• 1778 – Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire (b. 1714)
• 1809 – Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
• 1810 – Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
• 1822 – Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (b. 1769)
• 1827 – William Blake, English poet and painter (b. 1757)
• 1829 – Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (b. 1760)
• 1848 – George Stephenson, English engineer (b. 1781)
• 1849 – Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
• 1851 – John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, English-Indian lawyer and activist (b. 1801)
• 1861 – Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (b. 1793)
• 1864 – Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811)
• 1865 – William Jackson Hooker, English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
• 1891 – James Russell Lowell, American poet and critic (b. 1819)
• 1896 – Thomas Chamberlain, American colonel (b. 1841)
• 1900 – Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (b. 1836)
• 1901 – Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
• 1904 – William Renshaw, English tennis player (b. 1861)
• 1914 – John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed the HMS Holland 1 (b. 1840)
• 1918 – Anna Held, Polish-American actress and singer (b. 1872)
• 1918 – William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848)
• 1921 – Pyotr Boborykin, Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
• 1922 – Arthur Griffith, Irish politician, 3rd President of Dáil Éireann (b. 1871)
• 1924 – Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1928 – Leoš Janáček, Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1934 – Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856)
• 1935 – Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851)
• 1936 – Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina, Spanish educator (b. 1903)
• 1940 – Nikolai Triik, Estonian painter (b. 1884)
• 1941 – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)
• 1941 – Bobby Peel, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
• 1943 – Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
• 1944 – Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1952 – David Bergelson, Ukrainian author (b. 1884)
• 1955 – Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1955 – James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1877)
• 1964 – Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)
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Nefertiti 'was buried inside King Tut's tomb'

An archaeologist says he may have found evidence that Nefertiti, the former Queen of Egypt, is secretly buried inside Tutankhamun's tomb.

The whereabouts of Nefertiti's remains are not known, although those of Tutankhamun - who may have been her son - were found in 1922.

New tests have shown there may be a portal leading from King Tut's tomb.

Nicholas Reeves, an archaeologist at the University of Arizona, says he believes Neferiti may lie inside.

One leading Egyptologist urged caution over the conclusion but said that, if confirmed, it would be "brilliant".

The finds were made last year, after the Spanish artistic and preservation specialists, Factum Arte, were commissioned to produce detailed scans of Tutankhamun's tomb.

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The scans were then used to produce a facsimile of the tomb near the site of the original Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

While assessing the scans last February, Dr Reeves spotted what he believed were marks indicating where two doorways used to be. 

"I have been testing the evidence ever since, looking for indications that what I thought I was seeing was, in fact, not there," Dr Reeves told the BBC.

"But the more I looked, the more information I found that I seemed to be looking at something pretty real."

The layout of Tutankhamun's tomb has been a puzzle for some time - in particular, why it was smaller than those of other kings' tombs.

Dr Reeves believes there are clues in the design of the tomb that indicate it was designed to store the remains of a queen, not a king.

"If I'm wrong, I'm wrong," he said. "But if I'm right, the prospects are frankly staggering. The world will have become a much more interesting place - at least for Egyptologists."

After being discovered by English archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922, the tomb of Tutankhamun was opened in February the following year.

It was the most intact Egyptian tomb ever discovered, and very few objects appeared to have been plundered.

Close to 2,000 objects were found, and it took archaeologists nine years to catalogue them all.

If the same amount of objects were found elsewhere in the tomb, it would represent "quite a coup," said Dr Reeves.

Neither Egyptian authorities nor Factum Arte have responded to the claims.

"I think there are certainly some signs that there might have been some activity around those doorways," said Joyce Tyldesley, an Egyptologist with the University of Manchester.

"Whether we can deduct from that that we actually the burial site of Nefertiti might be a step too far.

"But if it was true, it would be absolutely brilliant."