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• 29 BC – Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
• 523 – John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas.
• 554 – Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his long and distinguished service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy.
• 582 – Maurice becomes Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• 900 – Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present-day Susteren.
• 1099 – Pope Paschal II succeeds Pope Urban II as the 160th pope.
• 1516 – The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis's claim to Milan.
• 1521 – After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
• 1532 – Union of Brittany and France: The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France.
• 1536 – Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan's Enryaku-ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. (Traditional Japanese date: July 27, 1536).
• 1553 – Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic.
• 1624 – The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister
• 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Blenheim – English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops.
• 1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
• 1792 – King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
• 1806 – Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans.
• 1814 – The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England.
• 1831 – Nat Turner sees a solar eclipse, which he believes is a sign from God. Eight days later he and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
• 1868 – A massive earthquake near Arica, Peru, causes an estimated 25,000 casualties, and the subsequent tsunami causes considerable damage as far away as Hawaii and New Zealand.
• 1898 – Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engaged in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
• 1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
• 1906 – The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged.
• 1913 – Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.
• 1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
• 1918 – Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• 1918 – Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.
• 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: the Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
• 1937 – The Battle of Shanghai begins.
• 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
• 1942 – Walt Disney's fifth full-length animated film, Bambi, was released to theaters.
• 1954 – Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
• 1961 – East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West.
• 1964 – Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
• 1968 – Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens.
• 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York, New York. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, California, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• 1977 – Members of the British National Front (NF) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries.
• 1978 – One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War.
• 1979 – The roof of the uncompleted Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois, collapses, killing five workers and injuring 16.
• 2004 – Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida, and devastates the surrounding area.
• 2004 – One hundred fifty-six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.
• 2008 – South Ossetian War: Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori.
• 2010 – The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils.

Births[edit]

• 1311 – Alfonso XI of Castile (d. 1350)
• 1584 – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (d. 1640)
• 1625 – Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (d. 1698)
• 1662 – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1748)
• 1666 – William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (d. 1727)
• 1700 – Heinrich von Brühl, German politician (d. 1763)
• 1717 – Louis François, Prince of Conti (d. 1776)
• 1752 – Maria Carolina of Austria (d. 1814)
• 1764 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (d. 1816)
• 1790 – William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician (d. 1872)
• 1792 – Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1849)
• 1803 – Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (d. 1869)
• 1814 – Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer (d. 1874)
• 1818 – Lucy Stone, American activist (d. 1893)
• 1819 – Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo-Irish mathematician and physicist (d. 1903)
• 1820 – George Grove, English musicologist and historian (d. 1900)
• 1823 – Goldwin Smith, English-Canadian historian and journalist (d. 1910)
• 1831 – Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer (d. 1902)
• 1841 – Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
• 1851 – Felix Adler, German-American religious leader and educator (d. 1933)
• 1857 – Manuel de Escandón, Mexican polo player (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Annie Oakley, American target shooter and performer (d. 1926)
• 1866 – Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A (d. 1945)
• 1867 – George Benjamin Luks, American painter (d. 1933)
• 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
• 1877 – William Brennaugh, Canadian lacrosse player (d. 1934)
• 1879 – John Ireland, English composer and educator (d. 1962)
• 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach (d. 1957)
• 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television (d. 1946)
• 1888 – Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1958)
• 1895 – István Barta, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1948)
• 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor and singer (d. 1967)
• 1898 – Jean Borotra, French tennis player (d. 1994)
• 1898 – Regis Toomey, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Soledad Mexia, Mexican–American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
• 1902 – Felix Wankel, German engineer (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Buddy Rogers, American actor and trombonist (d. 1999)
• 1906 – Chuck Carroll, American football player and lawyer (d. 2003)
• 1906 – Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer (d. 1967)
• 1907 – Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed Coventry Cathedral (d. 1976)
• 1908 – Gene Raymond, American actor, singer, and pilot (d. 1998)
• 1911 – William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Salvador Luria, Italian-American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus (d. 1977)
• 1913 – Fred Davis, English snooker player (d. 1998)
• 1917 – Sid Gordon, American baseball player (d. 1975)
• 1918 – Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host (d. 2007)
• 1919 – George Shearing, English-American pianist (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Neville Brand, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Louis Frémaux, French conductor
• 1921 – Jimmy McCracklin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Chuck Gilmur, American basketball player, coach, and educator (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba
• 1928 – John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host
• 1929 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter
• 1930 – Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee
• 1930 – Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Bernard Manning, English comedian (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States
• 1933 – Madhur Jaffrey, Indian actress and author
• 1935 – Alex de Renzy, American director and producer (d. 2001)
• 1935 – Mudcat Grant, American baseball player
• 1936 – Kostas Hatzis, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1938 – Dave "Baby" Cortez, American pianist
• 1939 – Ed Burton, American basketball player (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2000)
• 1942 – Sheila Armstrong, English soprano
• 1943 – David Bellotti, English politician (d. 2015)
• 1943 – Fred Hill, American football player
• 1943 – Michael Willetts, English sergeant, George Cross recipient (d. 1971)
• 1944 – Divina Galica, English skier and race car driver
• 1944 – Kevin Tighe, American actor and director
• 1945 – Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1945 – Gary Gregor, American basketball player
• 1945 – Robin Jackman, Indian-English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1947 – Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager
• 1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1947 – Justus Thigpen, American basketball player
• 1948 – Kathleen Battle, American soprano and actress
• 1949 – Jim Brunzell, American wrestler
• 1949 – Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1949 – Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker
• 1950 – Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 1951 – Ric Parnell, English drummer and songwriter
• 1952 – Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Herb Ritts, American photographer (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Hughie Thomasson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Outlaws and Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2007)
• 1953 – Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic
• 1953 – Peter Wright, English historian and author
• 1953 – Jesudasu Seelam, Indian Politician(Union Finance Minister(2013 - 2014)
• 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player (d. 2001)
• 1955 – Keith Ahlers, English race car driver
• 1955 – Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver
• 1955 – Paul Greengrass, English director and screenwriter
• 1955 – Mulgrew Miller, American pianist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1958 – David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer and television commentator
• 1958 – Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
• 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor, comedian and wrestler
• 1959 – Martyn Brabbins, English conductor
• 1959 – Bruce French, English cricketer and coach
• 1959 – Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player
• 1960 – Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
• 1960 – Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer
• 1961 – Chad Brown, American poker player and actor (d. 2014)
• 1961 – Sam Champion, American journalist
• 1961 – Christos Christodoulou, Greek basketball player
• 1961 – Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire
• 1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer
• 1961 – Tomasz Starzewski, English fashion designer
• 1961 – Cary Stayner, American serial killer
• 1962 – Thanos Kalliris, Greek singer-songwriter (Bang)
• 1962 – John Slattery, American actor and director
• 1963 – Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author
• 1964 – Jay Buhner, American baseball player
• 1964 – Ian Haugland, Swedish drummer (Europe)
• 1964 – Debi Mazar, American actress
• 1964 – Tom Prince, American baseball player and manager
• 1965 – Mark Lemke, American baseball player, coach, and radio host
• 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer and conductor
• 1966 – Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Scooter Barry, American basketball player
• 1967 – Dave Jamerson, American basketball player
• 1967 – Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player
• 1968 – Tal Bachman, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1968 – Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach
• 1968 – Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler
• 1969 – Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater
• 1970 – Will Clarke, American author
• 1970 – Elvis Grbac, American football player
• 1970 – Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager
• 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
• 1971 – Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
• 1971 – Adam Housley, American journalist
• 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (d. 2001)
• 1972 – Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour
• 1972 – John Safran, Australian screenwriter and producer
• 1972 – Michael Sinterniklaas, French-American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Ryoko Shinohara, Japanese singer and actress
• 1974 – Sam Endicott, American singer-songwriter (The Bravery)
• 1975 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
• 1975 – Dušan Jelić, Serbian-Greek basketball player
• 1975 – Joe Perry, English snooker player
• 1975 – Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Geno Carlisle, American basketball player
• 1976 – Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuadorian tennis player
• 1976 – Jody Thompson, Canadian actress
• 1977 – Michael Klim, Polish-Australian swimmer
• 1979 – Román Colón, Dominican baseball player
• 1979 – Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician
• 1982 – Shani Davis, American speed skater
• 1982 – Kalenna Harper, American singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Gary McSheffrey, English footballer
• 1983 – Dallas Braden, American baseball player
• 1983 – Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
• 1983 – Christian Müller, German footballer
• 1983 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
• 1983 – Ľubomír Michalík, Slovak footballer
• 1984 – Alona Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player
• 1984 – Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer
• 1984 – Boone Logan, American baseball player
• 1984 – James Morrison, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1984 – Morteza Pashaei, Iranian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1985 – Grega Bole, Slovenian cyclist
• 1986 – Yasuhisa Furuhara, Japanese actor
• 1986 – Demetrious Johnson, American mixed martial artist
• 1987 – Devin McCourty, American football player
• 1987 – Jason McCourty, American football player
• 1988 – MØ, Danish singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Keith Benson, American basketball player
• 1989 – Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Benjamin Stambouli, French footballer
• 1990 – Sae Miyazawa, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48 and Diva)
• 1990 – DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player
• 1991 – Alexander Kačaniklić, Swedish footballer
• 1992 – Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer
• 1993 – Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player
• 1994 – Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 2000 – Piper Reese, American entertainment reporter, Internet celebrity and actress

Deaths[edit]

• 586 – Radegund, Frankish princess and saint (b. 520)
• 604 – Emperor Wen of Sui (b. 541)
• 612 – Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress (b. 580)
• 900 – Zwentibold, French son of Arnulf of Carinthia (b. 870)
• 1134 – Irene of Hungary (b. 1088)
• 1297 – Nawrūz, Mongol emir
• 1382 – Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (b. 1358)
• 1523 – Gerard David, Flemish painter (b. 1460)
• 1617 – Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman (b. 1540)
• 1667 – Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop (b. 1613)
• 1686 – Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian (b. 1610)
• 1721 – Jacques Lelong, French author (b. 1665)
• 1744 – John Cruger, Danish-American politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (b. 1678)
• 1749 – Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (b. 1719)
• 1766 – Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, British painter (b. 1726)
• 1826 – René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope (b. 1781)
• 1863 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (b. 1798)
• 1865 – Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician (b. 1818)
• 1910 – Florence Nightingale, Italian-English nurse (b. 1820)
• 1912 – Jules Massenet, French composer (b. 1842)
• 1917 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist and zymologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1934 – Mary Hunter Austin, American author (b. 1868)
• 1946 – H. G. Wells, English journalist and author (b. 1866)
• 1948 – Elaine Hammerstein, American actress (b. 1897)
• 1954 – Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player (b. 1886)
• 1958 – Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach (b. 1903)
• 1958 – Otto Witte, German acrobat (b. 1868)
• 1963 – Louis Bastien, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 1965 – Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1899)
• 1971 – W. O. Bentley, English engineer, racing driver and founder of Bentley Motors Limited (b. 1888)
• 1975 – Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet (b. 1901)
• 1977 – Henry Williamson, English farmer and author (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Andrew Dasburg, American painter (b. 1887)
• 1986 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist (b. 1941)
• 1986 – Helen Mack, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
• 1989 – Tim Richmond, American race car driver (b. 1955)
• 1989 – Larkin I. Smith, American police officer and politician (b. 1944)
• 1991 – James Roosevelt, American general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1991 – Jack Ryan, American engineer (b. 1926)
• 1995 – Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (b. 1963)
• 1995 – Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1931)
• 1996 – António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1910)
• 1996 – David Tudor, American pianist and composer (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Nino Ferrer, Italian-French singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
• 1998 – Julien Green, American author (b. 1900)
• 1998 – Edward Ginzton, Ukrainian-American physicist and academic (b. 1915)
• 1998 – Rafael Robles, Dominican-American baseball player (b. 1947)
• 1999 – Ignatz Bubis, German religious leader (b. 1927)
• 1999 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and lawyer (b. 1960)
• 1999 – Gopal Shankar Misra, Indian vichitra veena player and educator (b. 1957)
• 2001 – Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver (b. 1947)
• 2001 – Jim Hughes, American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Ed Townsend, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Julia Child, American chef, author, and television host (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
• 2005 – David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Tony Jay, English-American voice actor and singer (b. 1933)
• 2006 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dissection and Ophthalamia) (b. 1975)
• 2007 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 2007 – Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1893)
• 2007 – Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1917)
• 2008 – Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1904)
• 2008 – Bill Gwatney, American politician (b. 1959)
• 2009 – Lavelle Felton, American basketball player (b. 1980)
• 2009 – Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (Lit) (b. 1969)
• 2010 – Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer (b. 1976)
• 2010 – Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Mishuk Munier, Bangladeshi media specialist and photography director (b. 1959)
• 2011 – Tareque Masud, Bangladeshi flim director (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Salvador Escudero, Filipino politician (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Kathi Goertzen, American journalist (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Kris Biantoro, Indonesian actor and singer (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Lothar Bisky, German politician (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Tompall Glaser, American singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers) (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Jean Vincent, French footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician (b. 1965)
• 2014 – Martino Finotto, Italian racing driver (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer (b. 1926)

Cilla Black to be buried in Liverpool

Cilla Black is to be buried in her home city of Liverpool next week.

The entertainer's funeral will take place on Thursday 20 August at St Mary's Church in the suburb of Woolton.

The Right Reverend Thomas Williams, Auxiliary Bishop of Liverpool and former Parish Priest of St Anthony's, Scotland Road, will officiate.

Black, who emerged from the city's music scene to find fame in the 1960s before becoming a TV host, died after having a stroke at the age of 72.

After the funeral, her body will be laid to rest at a private ceremony in Allerton Cemetery, where her parents are buried.

Her late husband and manager, Bobby Willis, was cremated in 1999.

The late entertainer's representative said further details would be released "once all the preparations have been finalised".

A statement said: "Once again the family have asked for their privacy to be continually respected at this difficult time."

The Blind Date and Surprise Surprise host died of a stroke after falling over at her Spanish home earlier this month.

37o River Party από 18 – 23 Αυγούστου στο Νεστόριο 

Ένα εξαήμερο γεμάτο από μουσική, κόντρα στις όποιες δυσκολίες παρουσιάζονται σε οικονομικό και κοινωνικό επίπεδο, θα ζήσουν όσοι επισκεφτούν το διάστημα από 18 έως 23 Αυγούστου το Νεστόριο της Καστοριάς για το 37ο River Party.

Σύμφωνα με τους διοργανωτές, φέτος το River Party, χωρίς καμία αύξηση στην τιμή του εισιτηρίου του, προσθέτει μία ακόμη μέρα καθώς ενώνεται για πρώτη φορά με το Happy People Dance Festival και φιλοξενεί κορυφαίους Djs.

Σε τέσσερις σκηνές, μεγάλα ονόματα της ελληνικής μουσικής σκηνής και δύο καλεσμένοι από το εξωτερικό, ο Gramatik και ο James Arthur, θα προσφέρουν περισσότερη μουσική κι ευκαιρία για ακόμη μεγαλύτερο ξεφάντωμα στον κόσμο που θα βρεθεί στο Νεστόριο.

Η αυλαία θα ανοίξει στις 18 Αυγούστου με Φοίβο Δεληβοριά, Gramatik, Ζωντανούς Νεκρούς και Λεωνίδα Μπαλάφα, ενώ την επομένη τη "σκυτάλη"παίρνουν οι: Αλκίνοος Ιωαννίδης, Παύλος Παυλίδης, Μόνικα και Μαρίζα Ρίζου.
Στις 20 Αυγούστου, στη σκηνή θα ανέβουν οι Ελευθερία Αρβανιτάκη, Δήμος Αναστασιάδης και special guests: Θανάσης Αλευράς, Bήτα Πεις, Angelika Dusk, The Moka Band. 

Την Παρασκευή, 21 Αυγούστου, ακολουθούν οι Βασίλης Παπακωνσταντίνου, Μελίνα Ασλανίδου, Γιώτα Νέγκα, Θέμης Καραμουρατίδης, Μύρωνας Στρατής και Ησαΐας Ματιάμπα.

Το Σάββατο, 22 Αυγούστου, θα πάρουν σειρά οι James Arthur, Maraveyas Ilegal, Γιώργος Ανδρέου, Τάνια Τσανακλίδου, Ρίτα Αντωνοπούλου, Κορίνα Λεγάκη, Ανδριάννα Μπάμπαλη και Rous, ενώ την τελευταία μέρα, το μουσικό φεστιβάλ θα κλείσει με Γιώργο Μαζωνάκη, Δήμητρα Γαλάνη, Νίκο Πορτοκάλογλου και Γιάννα Βασιλείου.

Ο χώρος του River Party είναι ένα πάρκο αναψυχής με διάφορες δραστηριότητες δίπλα στο ποτάμι, ενώ υπάρχουν δύο κατηγορίες εισιτηρίων: το πενθήμερο που δίνει το δικαίωμα κατασκήνωσης στον χώρο και συμμετοχής σε όλες τις εκδηλώσεις και μουσικές συναυλίες, αλλά και το μονοήμερο για είσοδο στον χώρο μόνο για μία μέρα.

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• 29 BC – Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
• 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
• 1183 – Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan (traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
• 1288 – Count Adolf VIII of Berg grants town privileges to Düsseldorf, the village on the banks of the Düssel.
• 1352 – War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron.
• 1370 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to Carlsbad which is subsequently named after him.
• 1385 – Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota – Portuguese forces commanded by King John I and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castilian army of King John I.
• 1415 – Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Battle of Ceuta.
• 1480 – Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam; they are later honored in the Church.
• 1592 – Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin and Won Kyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu, at Hansan Island.
• 1598 – Nine Years' War: Battle of the Yellow Ford: Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
• 1720 – The Spanish military Villasur expedition is wiped out by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.
• 1816 – The United Kingdom formally annexed the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering them from the Cape Colony in South Africa.
• 1842 – American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
• 1848 – Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
• 1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.
• 1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
• 1888 – An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
• 1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
• 1897 – Franco-Hova Wars: The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
• 1900 – The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
• 1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
• 1911 – United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
• 1912 – U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
• 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
• 1916 – Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the Entente in World War I.
• 1921 – Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).
• 1933 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km²).
• 1935 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
• 1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
• 1937 – Chinese Air Force Day: The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers are shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases.
• 1941 – World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
• 1945 – Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan Standard Time).
• 1945 – The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
• 1947 – Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
• 1967 – UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
• 1969 – Operation Banner: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland.
• 1971 – Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.
• 1972 – An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
• 1973 – The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
• 1974 – The second Turkish invasion of Cyprus begins; 140,000 to 200,000 Greek Cypriots become refugees. Around 6,000 massacred, 1,619 missing.
• 1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London.
• 1980 – Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
• 1987 – All the children held at Kia Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.
• 1994 – Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
• 1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is murdered by Turkish forces while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
• 2003 – A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.
• 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.
• 2006 – Chencholai bombing: Sixty-one Sri Lankan Tamils are killed in a Sri Lankan Air force bombing.
• 2007 – The Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 796 people.
• 2010 – The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are held in Singapore.
• 2013 – Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
• 2015 – The US Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when United States-Cuba relations fell.

Births[edit]

• 1297 – Emperor Hanazono of Japan (d. 1348)
• 1473 – Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury (d. 1541)
• 1479 – Catherine of York (d. 1527)
• 1575 – Robert Hayman, English-Canadian poet and politician (d. 1629)
• 1599 – Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar (d. 1671)
• 1625 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (d. 1695)
• 1642 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
• 1653 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (d. 1688)
• 1688 – Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
• 1714 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
• 1727 – Louise Élisabeth of France (d. 1759)
• 1727 – Princess Henriette of France (d. 1752)
• 1738 – Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer (d. 1793)
• 1740 – Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
• 1758 – Carle Vernet, French painter (d. 1835)
• 1777 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (d. 1851)
• 1817 – Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1874)
• 1840 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author (d. 1902)
• 1847 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss politician (d. 1922)
• 1848 – Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Irish astronomer (d. 1915)
• 1851 – Yannoulis Chalepas, Greek sculptor (d. 1938)
• 1851 – Doc Holliday, American dentist (d. 1887)
• 1857 – Max Wagenknecht, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1922)
• 1863 – Ernest Thayer, American poet (d. 1940)
• 1865 – Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1952)
• 1866 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (d. 1962)
• 1867 – Cupid Childs, American baseball player (d. 1912)
• 1867 – John Galsworthy, English author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1933)
• 1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China (d. 1908)
• 1876 – Alexander I of Serbia (d. 1903)
• 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
• 1881 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast (d. 1942)
• 1887 – Marija Leiko, Latvian actress (d. 1937)
• 1889 – Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estoria (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and Nazi war criminal (d. 1946)
• 1892 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (d. 1988)
• 1893 – Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1973)
• 1896 – Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1980)
• 1899 – Evelyn Kozak, American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
• 1901 – Alice Rivaz, Swiss author (d. 1998)
• 1903 – Lodewijk Bruckman, Dutch painter (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (d. 1984)
• 1909 – Stuff Smith, American violinist (d. 1967)
• 1910 – Willy Ronis, French photographer (d. 2009)
• 1910 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Jan Koetsier, Dutch composer and conductor (d.2006)
• 1911 – Vethathiri Maharishi, Indian spiritual leader (d. 2006)
• 1912 – Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Hector Crawford, Australian television producer and director (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)
• 1915 – B. A. Santamaria, Australian journalist and activist (d. 1998)
• 1916 – Fumio Fujimura, Japanese baseball player and manager (d. 1992)
• 1916 – Wellington Mara, American businessman (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Leslie Marr, English race car driver
• 1923 – Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Holger Juul Hansen, Danish actor (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Georges Prêtre, French conductor
• 1924 – Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Tibetan spiritual leader (d. 1981)
• 1925 – Russell Baker, American journalist and author
• 1926 – Alice Ghostley, American actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 1926 – René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (d. 1977)
• 1926 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist
• 1926 – Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1929 – Kinnaird R. McKee, American admiral (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Gene Scott, American pastor and broadcaster (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
• 1930 – Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter
• 1932 – Lee Hoffman, American author (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1935 – John Brodie, American football player and golfer
• 1936 – Trevor Bannister, English actor (d. 2011)
• 1940 – Galen Hall, American football player and coach
• 1940 – Alexei Panshin, American author
• 1941 – Lynne Cheney, American wife of Dick Cheney, 32nd Second Lady of the United States
• 1941 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and CPR)
• 1941 – Connie Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Lionel Morton, English singer, guitarist, and television host (The Four Pennies)
• 1942 – Jackie Oliver, English race car driver
• 1943 – Ronnie Campbell, English politician
• 1944 – John Dunt, English admiral
• 1945 – Heidi Hartmann, American feminist economist
• 1945 – Steve Martin, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945 – Wim Wenders, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Antonio Fargas, American actor
• 1946 – Larry Graham, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station)
• 1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress
• 1946 – Bjørn Kruse, Norwegian contemporary composer, saxophonist and painter
• 1946 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver (d. 2010)
• 1947 – Peter Christian, English actor
• 1947 – Bruce Nash, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1947 – Maddy Prior, English singer and dancer (Steeleye Span, Silly Sisters, and The Carnival Band)
• 1947 – Danielle Steel, American author
• 1947 – Jiro Taniguchi, Japanese illustrator
• 1947 – Joop van Daele, Dutch footballer
• 1948 – Terry Adams, American pianist and composer (NRBQ)
• 1949 – Bob Backlund, American wrestler
• 1949 – Morten Olsen, Danish footballer and manager
• 1950 – Gary Larson, American cartoonist
• 1951 – Peter Blegvad, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and illustrator (Slapp Happy and The Lodge)
• 1951 – Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Replacements)
• 1951 – Norbert Hofmann, German footballer and manager
• 1951 – Carl Lumbly, American actor
• 1952 – Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
• 1952 – Alex van Warmerdam, Dutch actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1953 – James Horner, American composer and conductor (d. 2015)
• 1953 – Cliff Johnson, American game designer
• 1954 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)
• 1954 – Stanley A. McChrystal, American general
• 1954 – Christian Gross, Swiss footballer and coach
• 1955 – Gillian Taylforth, English actress
• 1956 – Jackée Harry, American actress and director
• 1956 – Andy King, English footballer and manager (d. 2015)
• 1956 – Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
• 1957 – Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Treasurer of Australia
• 1957 – Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (d. 1986)
• 1957 – Alim Qasimov, Azerbaijani singer
• 1958 – Philip Dunne, English politician, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology
• 1958 – Bobby Eaton, American wrestler
• 1959 – Frank Brickowski, American basketball player
• 1959 – Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
• 1959 – Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Sarah Brightman, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1960 – Sharon Bryant, American singer (Atlantic Starr)
• 1960 – Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano and actress
• 1960 – Stet Howland, American drummer and songwriter (Blackfoot, Impellitteri)
• 1960 – Fred Roberts, American basketball player
• 1961 – Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (d. 1995)
• 1961 – Buddy Landel, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2015)
• 1961 – Susan Olsen, American actress and singer
• 1962 – Lady Bunny, American drag queen performer
• 1962 – Mark Gubicza, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1962 – Kevin Harris, Canadian skateboarder
• 1962 – Andres Herkel, Estonian politician
• 1962 – Rameez Raja, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1963 – David Aaron Baker, American actor
• 1964 – Neal Anderson, American football player and coach
• 1964 – Jason Dunstall, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1965 – Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
• 1965 – Brannon Braga, American screenwriter and producer
• 1965 – Mark Collins, English guitarist and songwriter (The Charlatans and The Waltones)
• 1965 – Terry Richardson, American photographer
• 1966 – Halle Berry, American model, actress, and producer
• 1966 – Karl Petter Løken, Swedish-Norwegian footballer and sportscaster
• 1966 – Tuncay Özkan, Turkish journalist, writer and politician
• 1967 – Erik Gandini, Italian-Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Dirk Rehbein, German footballer
• 1968 – Pravin Amre, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1968 – Catherine Bell, American actress
• 1968 – Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer
• 1968 – Jason Leonard, English rugby player
• 1968 – Adrian Lester, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
• 1968 – Medy van der Laan, Dutch politician
• 1969 – Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut
• 1969 – DJ Uncle Al, American rapper and DJ (d. 2001)
• 1969 – Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer and manager
• 1970 – Kevin Cadogan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Third Eye Blind)
• 1971 – Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Mark Loretta, American baseball player
• 1971 – Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1972 – Tamer El Said, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Yoo Jae-suk, South Korean comedian and actor
• 1972 – Laurent Lamothe, Haitian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1972 – Jay Manuel, American make-up artist
• 1973 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
• 1973 – Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer, voice actor, and composer, created Guilty Gear
• 1973 – Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
• 1973 – Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer
• 1974 – Chucky Atkins, American basketball player
• 1974 – Martin Bulloch, Scottish drummer (Mogwai)
• 1974 – Christopher Gorham, American actor
• 1974 – Ana Matronic, American singer-songwriter (Scissor Sisters)
• 1975 – Mike Vrabel, American football player and coach
• 1976 – Alex Albrecht, American television host, actor, and producer
• 1976 – Steve Braun, Canadian actor
• 1976 – Fabrizio Donato, Italian triple jumper
• 1977 – Ed Harcourt, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1977 – Elisavet Mystakidou, Greek martial artist
• 1977 – Juan Pierre, American baseball player
• 1978 – Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Greg Rawlinson, South African-New Zealand rugby player
• 1978 – Kate Ritchie, Australian actress
• 1979 – Jérémie Bréchet, French footballer
• 1979 – Paul Burgess, Australian pole vaulter
• 1979 – Yōichirō Morikawa, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1980 – Estrella Morente, Spanish singer
• 1980 – Roy Williams, American football player
• 1980 – Aydın Toscalı, Turkish international footballer
• 1981 – Earl Barron, American basketball player
• 1981 – Matthew Etherington, English footballer
• 1981 – Paul Gallen, Australian rugby league player
• 1981 – Ray William Johnson, American video blogger
• 1981 – Julius Jones, American football player
• 1981 – Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian-American wrestler
• 1983 – Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (d. 2014)
• 1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress
• 1983 – Black Milk, American rapper and producer
• 1983 – Lamorne Morris, American actor and game show host
• 1983 – Juan Oviedo, Dominican baseball player
• 1983 – Spencer Pratt, American television personality
• 1984 – Simon Andrews, English motorcycle racer (d. 2014)
• 1984 – Eva Birnerová, Czech tennis player
• 1984 – Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
• 1984 – Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Kunzang Choden, Bhutanese target shooter
• 1984 – Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Nick Grimshaw, English radio and television host
• 1984 – Nicola Slater, Scottish tennis player
• 1984 – Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player
• 1984 – Nicolette van Dam, Dutch actress
• 1985 – Ashlynn Brooke, American porn actress, dancer, and model
• 1985 – Christian Gentner, German footballer
• 1985 – Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
• 1986 – Cameron Jerome, English footballer
• 1986 – Mihkel Poll, Estonian pianist
• 1986 – Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 – James Buckley, English actor
• 1987 – Cate Harrington, English porn actress
• 1987 – Sinem Kobal, Turkish television and film actress
• 1987 – Tim Tebow, American football player
• 1988 – Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer
• 1988 – Kayla Mueller, American humanitarian and activist (d. 2015)
• 1989 – Florian Abel, German footballer
• 1989 – Artyom Bogucharsky, Russian actor
• 1989 – Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Jaydee Bixby, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1990 – Naz Aydemir, Turkish volleyball player
• 1992 – Sarah Correa, Brazilian swimmer (d. 2015)
• 1993 – Gongchan, South Korean singer and actor (B1A4)
• 1993 – Cassi Thomson, Australian-American actress and singer
• 1994 – Kim Rodriguez, Filipino actress
• 1999 – Garrett Ryan, American actor

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• 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins.
• 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
• 718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.
• 747 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.
• 778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
• 927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
• 982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
• 1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
• 1038 – King Stephen I, who was the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.
• 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
• 1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
• 1070 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
• 1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
• 1237 – The Battle of the Puig takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon. The battle resulted in an Aragonese victory.
• 1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
• 1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
• 1281 – Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
• 1309 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
• 1430 – Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
• 1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
• 1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
• 1511 – Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.
• 1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
• 1519 – Panama City, Panama, is founded.
• 1534 – Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
• 1537 – Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
• 1540 – Arequipa, Peru, is founded.
• 1549 – Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549).
• 1599 – Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
• 1695 – French forces end the bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins.
• 1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
• 1812 – War of 1812: The Battle of Fort Dearborn is fought between United States troops and Potawatomi at what is now Chicago, Illinois.
• 1824 – The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
• 1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
• 1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
• 1869 – The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
• 1893 – Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
• 1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
• 1914 – A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the latter's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
• 1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
• 1914 – World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
• 1914 – World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
• 1915 – A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
• 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
• 1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
• 1939 – Thirteen Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.
• 1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
• 1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
• 1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
• 1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal: The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
• 1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
• 1945 – Effective surrender of Japan in World War II.
• 1947 – India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire after near 190 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• 1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
• 1948 – The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
• 1952 – A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, United Kingdom, killing 34 people.
• 1954 – Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
• 1960 – Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
• 1961 – Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
• 1962 – James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang.
• 1963 – Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
• 1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
• 1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York, New York, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
• 1969 – the Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
• 1970 – Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
• 1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
• 1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1973 – Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
• 1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President, Park Chung-hee.
• 1975 – Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
• 1975 – Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
• 1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
• 1984 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh
• 1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
• 1998 – Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles.
• 1999 – Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
• 2005 – Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
• 2005 – The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending 28 years of fighting.
• 2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
• 2013 – At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
• 2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivoran species found in the Americas in 35 years.

Births[edit]

• 1171 – Alfonso IX of León (d. 1230)
• 1195 – Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)
• 1432 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
• 1575 – Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650)
• 1613 – Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)
• 1702 – Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter (d. 1788)
• 1717 – Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810)
• 1736 – Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803)
• 1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815)
• 1769 – Napoleon, French general and emperor (d. 1821)
• 1771 – Walter Scott, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1832)
• 1785 – Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (d. 1859)
• 1798 – Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (d. 1831)
• 1813 – Jules Grévy, French politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1891)
• 1824 – John Chisum, American businessman (d. 1884)
• 1844 – Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908)
• 1846 – Charles Woodruff, American archer (d. 1927)
• 1857 – Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918)
• 1858 – E. Nesbit, English author and poet (d. 1924)
• 1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)
• 1860 – Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (d. 1941)
• 1860 – Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924)
• 1863 – Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
• 1865 – Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (d. 1926)
• 1866 – Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945)
• 1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)
• 1873 – Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)
• 1875 – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)
• 1876 – Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)
• 1877 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
• 1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
• 1881 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (d. 1956)
• 1882 – Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (d. 1955)
• 1882 – Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)
• 1883 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, designed the Monument to the Unknown Hero (d. 1962)
• 1885 – Edna Ferber, American author (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
• 1890 – Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian (d. 2006)
• 1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
• 1892 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 1893 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950)
• 1896 – Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
• 1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)
• 1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)
• 1898 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (d. 1966)
• 1900 – Estelle Brody, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1900 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (d. 1982)
• 1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)
• 1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
• 1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the Motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
• 1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
• 1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
• 1912 – Amir Khan, Indian singer (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
• 1915 – Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002)
• 1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian author (d. 1989)
• 1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
• 1919 – Huntz Hall, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
• 1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Dina Wadia, English-Pakistani daughter of Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• 1921 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
• 1923 – Rose Marie, American actress and singer
• 1924 – Werner Abrolat, Russian-German actor (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1924 – Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer and activist
• 1925 – Mike Connors, American actor and producer
• 1925 – Münir Özkul, Turkish actor
• 1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Julius Katchen, American pianist (d. 1969)
• 1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
• 1926 – Kenneth Newman, English police officer
• 1926 – John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek politician, 6th President of Greece
• 1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
• 1928 – Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer
• 1929 – Georgios Roubanis, Greek pole vaulter
• 1930 – Ageeda Paavel, Estonian activist
• 1931 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Paul McDowell, English actor and screenwriter
• 1932 – Jim Lange, American game show host (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge
• 1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 1933 – Michael Rutter, Lebanese-English psychiatrist and academic
• 1934 – Moshe Arad, Israeli diplomat
• 1934 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Famous Flames) (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach
• 1935 – Jim Dale, English-American actor, singer, and screenwriter
• 1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Vernon Jordan, American lawyer, businessman, and activist
• 1935 – Lionel Taylor, American football player and coach
• 1936 – Rita Shane, American soprano (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Stephen Breyer, American judge
• 1938 – Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Maxine Waters, American educator and politician
• 1938 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish author
• 1939 – Bill Wratten, English air marshal
• 1940 – Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
• 1941 – Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician
• 1941 – Lou Perryman, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1943 – Eileen Bell, Northern Irish politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• 1943 – María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician
• 1944 – Linda Ellerbee, American journalist and author
• 1944 – Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., American politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh
• 1944 – R. A. W. Rhodes, British political scientist
• 1944 – Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
• 1944 – Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian-French singer and actress
• 1945 – Duffy Dyer, American baseball player and coach
• 1945 – Gene Upshaw, American football player (d. 2008)
• 1945 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh
• 1946 – Tony Robinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 – William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1947 – Raakhee, Indian actress
• 1947 – Jenny Hanley, English actress
• 1948 – Uschi Digard, Swedish porn actress and model
• 1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1948 – George Ryton, Singaporean-English engineer
• 1949 – Beverly Burns, American captain and pilot
• 1949 – Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
• 1949 – Garry Disher, Australian author
• 1949 – Edward McMillan-Scott, English politician
• 1949 – Mark B. Rosenberg, American academic
• 1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American drummer (Motörhead, Whitesnake, Black Oak Arkansas, and Thin Lizzy)
• 1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player and manager
• 1950 – Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
• 1951 – Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
• 1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
• 1951 – John Childs, English cricketer
• 1951 – Daba Diawara, Malian politician
• 1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1952 – Chuck Burgi, American drummer (Blue Öyster Cult, Rainbow, and Brand X)
• 1953 – Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
• 1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman
• 1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 1954 – Mary Jo Salter, American poet and academic
• 1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
• 1956 – Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
• 1956 – Robert Syms, English politician
• 1957 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
• 1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
• 1958 – Laurie Bembenek, American murderer (d. 2010)
• 1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
• 1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian radio host
• 1958 – Rondell Sheridan, American actor and director
• 1959 – Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1961 – Ed Gillespie, American strategist and politician
• 1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
• 1961 – Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
• 1961 – Arjun Sarja, Indian actor and director
• 1962 – Tom Colicchio, American chef and author
• 1962 – Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian politician
• 1963 – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Simon Hart, Welsh politician
• 1963 – Lady Miss Kier, American singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer (Deee-Lite)
• 1963 – Valery Levaneuski, Belarusian activist
• 1963 – Lisa Opie, English squash player
• 1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
• 1964 – Srihari, Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Jane Ellison, English politician
• 1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• 1965 – Mark Labbett, British television personality
• 1965 – Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach
• 1966 – Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actress
• 1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1967 – Tony Hand, British ice hockey player and coach
• 1967 – Peter Hermann, American actor
• 1968 – Debra Messing, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1969 – Kevin Cheng, American-Hong Kong singer and actor
• 1969 – Christian Mixon, American actor and race car driver
• 1969 – Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter (Powderfinger)
• 1969 – Cris Judd, American actor, dancer, and choreographer
• 1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor
• 1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress
• 1970 – Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Electus Studios
• 1970 – Maya Soetoro-Ng, Indonesian-American educator
• 1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007)
• 1972 – Chris Morrissey, American actor and director
• 1972 – Matthew Wood, American voice actor and engineer
• 1973 – Amitabh Bhattacharjee, Indian actor
• 1973 – Atom Willard, American drummer (The Offspring, Rocket from the Crypt, Danko Jones, and The Special Goodness)
• 1974 – Gry Bay, Danish actress and singer
• 1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
• 1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
• 1975 – Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
• 1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
• 1976 – Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
• 1977 – Nicole Paggi, American actress
• 1977 – Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer
• 1978 – Tim Foreman, American bass player (Switchfoot)
• 1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
• 1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
• 1979 – Carl Edwards, American race car driver
• 1980 – Brandon Harrod, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Natalie Press, English actress
• 1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
• 1981 – Song Ji-hyo, South Korean model and actress
• 1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
• 1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
• 1982 – Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer
• 1982 – Heather Carolin, American model and actress
• 1982 – Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Japanese actor
• 1982 – Cori Yarckin, American actress and singer
• 1983 – Timati, Russian rapper, producer, and actor
• 1983 – Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1983 – Yōko Honda, Japanese voice actress
• 1984 – Quinton Aaron, American actor
• 1984 – Zack Lee, Indonesian actor
• 1985 – Cogie Domingo, Filipino actor
• 1985 – Leah Hackett, English actress
• 1985 – Andrea Lewis, Canadian actress and singer
• 1985 – Santiago Stieben, Argentinian actor
• 1986 – Samantha Crain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 – Maria Fowler, English model and actress
• 1986 – Natalia Kills, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1986 – Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
• 1987 – Sean McAllister, English footballer
• 1988 – Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
• 1988 – Zaira Nara, Argentinian model and television host
• 1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers)
• 1989 – Kristina Karjalainen, Estonian-Finnish model, Miss Estonia 2013
• 1989 – Carlos Pena, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush)
• 1989 – Belinda Peregrín, Spanish-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
• 1990 – Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1990 – Aglaja Brix, German actress
• 1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
• 1990 – Toomas Raadik, Estonian basketball player
• 1990 – Danny Verbeek, Dutch footballer
• 1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
• 1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
• 1994 – Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
• 1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
• 1994 – Natalja Zabijako, Estonian figure skater
• 1994 – Alice Englert, Australian-born actress
• 1995 – Chief Keef, American rapper
• 1995 – Yui Ogura, Japanese voice actress and singer

Deaths[edit]

• 423 – Honorius, Roman emperor (b. 384)
• 465 – Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)
• 1022 – Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine magnate and rebel
• 1038 – Stephen I of Hungary (b. 975)
• 1057 – Macbeth, King of Scotland
• 1118 – Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)
• 1196 – Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
• 1274 – Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (b. 1201)
• 1369 – Philippa of Hainault (b. 1314)
• 1507 – John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)
• 1528 – Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)
• 1552 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
• 1621 – John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
• 1666 – Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 – Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 – Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 – Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 – Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729)
• 1852 – Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 – Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777)
• 1880 – Adelaide Neilson, English actress (b. 1848)
• 1907 – Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
• 1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (b. 1878)
• 1928 – Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College (b. 1854)
• 1931 – Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani nurse (b. 1878)
• 1934 – Leo O'Connell, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 – Will Rogers, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1935 – Paul Signac, French painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general (b. 1887)
• 1945 – Fred Hockley, British fighter pilot (b. 1923)
• 1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
• 1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
• 1967 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (b. 1887)
• 1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
• 1975 – Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
• 1981 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)
• 1981 – Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian professor of medicine, gynecology and obstetrics (b. 1896)
• 1982 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
• 1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1989 – Minoru Genda, Japanese pilot, general, and politician (b. 1904)
• 1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general (b. 1897)
• 1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter (Kino) (b. 1962)
• 1992 – Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
• 1994 – Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
• 1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906)
• 1997 – Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet (b. 1905)
• 1999 – Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
• 2001 – Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Semiha Berksoy, Turkish actress and singer (b. 1910)
• 2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)
• 2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
• 2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby player (b. 1955)
• 2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937)
• 2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (b. 1923)
• 2007 – Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (b. 1944)
• 2007 – John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
• 2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
• 2008 – James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Heinz-Ludwig Schmidt, German footballer and manager (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
• 2008 – Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1929)
• 2008 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
• 2009 – Virginia Davis, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2010 – Denis E. Dillon, American lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
• 2011 – Michael Legat, English author (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
• 2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Biff Elliot, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Punch Gunalan, Malaysian badminton player (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Müşfik Kenter, Turkish actor (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Ray Whitney, English politician (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Bert Lance, American businessman and civil servant, 23rd Director of the Office of Management and Budget (b. 1931)
• 2013 – William S. Livingston, American political scientist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2013 – August Schellenberg, Canadian-American actor (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Jacques Vergès, Thai-French lawyer (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
• 2014 – James Cama, American martial artist (b. 1957)
• 2014 – James Freeman Gilbert, American geophysicist and academic (b. 1931)