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• 81 – Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
• 326 – Helena of Constantinople discovers the True Cross and the Holy Sepulchre (Jesus's tomb) in Jerusalem.
• 629 – Emperor Heraclius enters Constantinople in triumph after his victory over the Persian Empire.
• 786 – "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.
• 1180 – Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan.
• 1607 – Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
• 1682 – Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
• 1741 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
• 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
• 1763 – Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
• 1791 – The Papal States lose Avignon to the French Empire.
• 1808 – Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes in the bloody Battle of Oravais.
• 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
• 1814 – The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
• 1829 – The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
• 1846 – Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
• 1847 – Mexican–American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
• 1901 – U.S. President William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
• 1914 – HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
• 1917 – Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
• 1939 – World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP Orzeł in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
• 1940 – Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
• 1943 – World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in Viannos, whose death toll would exceeded 500 persons.
• 1944 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
• 1954 – In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
• 1958 – The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
• 1959 – The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
• 1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
• 1960 – Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
• 1969 – The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery Date.
• 1975 – The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
• 1979 – Afghan President Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new president.
• 1982 – President-elect of Lebanon, Bachir Gemayel, is assassinated.
• 1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1985 – Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
• 1985 – The Golden Girls a television sitcom premieres on NBC
• 1987 – The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
• 1992 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
• 1994 – The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
• 1995 – Body Worlds opens in Tokyo, Japan
• 1998 – Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
• 1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
• 2000 – Microsoft releases Windows ME.
• 2001 – Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
• 2003 – In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
• 2007 – Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
• 2008 – All 88 people on board Aeroflot Flight 821 are killed when the plane crashes on approach to Perm Airport.

Births[edit]

• 1384 – Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (d. 1426)
• 1388 – Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (d. 1438)
• 1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (d. 1535)
• 1543 – Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1615)
• 1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (d. 1619)
• 1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (d. 1645)
• 1656 – Thomas Baker, English historian and author (d. 1746)
• 1713 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1781)
• 1721 – Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1807)
• 1736 – Robert Raikes, English philanthropist and Anglican layman (d. 1811)
• 1737 – Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
• 1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (d. 1859)
• 1774 – Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (d. 1839)
• 1791 – Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (d. 1867)
• 1804 – John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (d. 1881)
• 1804 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (d. 1882)
• 1837 – Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1903)
• 1847 – Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (d. 1931)
• 1850 – Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1920)
• 1853 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan politician (d. 1924)
• 1860 – Hamlin Garland, American author and poet (d. 1940)
• 1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
• 1865 – Edgar Aabye, Danish tug of war competitor (d. 1941)
• 1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (d. 1944)
• 1868 – Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (d. 1925)
• 1869 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
• 1872 – John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1963)
• 1879 – Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (d. 1966)
• 1880 – Benjamin, Russian missionary and bishop (d. 1961)
• 1880 – Archie Hahn, American sprinter (d. 1955)
• 1883 – Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1908)
• 1885 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (d. 1975)
• 1886 – Jan Masaryk, Czech politician, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (d. 1948)
• 1887 – Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (d. 1934)
• 1889 – María Capovilla, Ecuadorian super-centenarian (d. 2006)
• 1891 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1983)
• 1896 – José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American music collector (d. 1979)
• 1898 – Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Hal B. Wallis, American actor and producer (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Giorgos Papasideris Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1977)
• 1902 – Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (d. 1993)
• 1903 – Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (d. 1980)
• 1905 – Petronella van Randwijk, Dutch gymnast (d. 1978)
• 1907 – Yuri Ivask, Estonian-Russian-American poet and literary critic (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Stuff Smith, American violinist (d. 1967)
• 1909 – Andreas Tzimas, Greek communist politician and Resistance leader (d. 1972)
• 1910 – Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (d. 1982)
• 1910 – Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (d. 1973)
• 1910 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (d. 1999)
• 1911 – William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (d. 1999)
• 1913 – Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Annalisa Ericson, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2011)
• 1913 – Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1914 – Mae Boren Axton, American songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1914 – Lída Baarová, Czech-Austrian actress (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Clayton Moore, American actor (d. 1999)
• 1915 – John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (d. 2014)
• 1916 – Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic
• 1916 – John Heyer, Australian director and producer (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (d. 1967)
• 1918 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (d. 1976)
• 1919 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2001)
• 1919 – Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Kay Medford, American actress (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2005)
• 1921 – A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic
• 1921 – Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Michel Auclair, German-French actor (d. 1988)
• 1922 – Frances Bergen, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Michel Butor, French author
• 1926 – Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
• 1927 – Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (d. 1998)
• 1927 – Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (d. 2001)
• 1928 – Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Maurice Vachon, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (d. 1992)
• 1930 – Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (d. 1988)
• 1930 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1932 – John Tembo, Malawian politician
• 1933 – Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress
• 1933 – Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
• 1934 – Bob Maguire, Australian priest and radio host
• 1934 – Kate Millett, American author and activist
• 1934 – Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1935 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Amanda Barrie, English actress and singer
• 1936 – Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (d. 2011)
• 1936 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (d. 1996)
• 1936 – Walter Koenig, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1936 – Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 – Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer
• 1937 – Renzo Piano, Italian architect, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
• 1938 – Franco Califano, Libyan-Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Nicol Williamson, Scottish-Dutch actor (d. 2011)
• 1939 – DeWitt Weaver, American golfer
• 1940 – Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
• 1940 – Jacques Godin, Canadian actor
• 1941 – Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic
• 1941 – Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer and composer
• 1941 – Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1942 – Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer (World Saxophone Quartet)
• 1942 – Roger Lyons, English union leader
• 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
• 1943 – Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1944 – Joey Heatherton, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1944 – Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
• 1945 – Martin Tyler, English sportscaster
• 1946 – Jim Angle, American journalist
• 1946 – Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach
• 1947 – Jon Bauman, American singer and actor (Sha Na Na)
• 1947 – Sam Neill, Irish-New Zealand actor and director
• 1948 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (d. 2000)
• 1949 – Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Detroit) (d. 1977)
• 1949 – Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hunger, and Strawberry Alarm Clock)
• 1949 – Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Sir Henry and his Butlers) (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band) (d. 1994)
• 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (Free, Black Cat Bones, and Back Street Crawler) (d. 1976)
• 1950 – Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
• 1950 – Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician
• 1950 – John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (d. 1989)
• 1953 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (Skeleton Crew, Third Person, and Curlew) (d. 1998)
• 1953 – Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
• 1954 – Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Cowsills) (d. 2005)
• 1954 – David Wojnarowicz, American artist (d. 1992)
• 1955 – Edu Manzano, Filipino actor, host, and politician
• 1955 – Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer (Los Lobos, The Flesh Eaters, and The Blasters)
• 1955 – Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American journalist and author
• 1955 – William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer (Ossian)
• 1955 – Ingmar Ott, Estonian botanist
• 1956 – Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1956 – Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
• 1956 – Nathalie Roussel, French actress
• 1956 – Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager
• 1956 – Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek politician
• 1957 – Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 – Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer and coach
• 1958 – Paul Clark, English footballer
• 1958 – Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer
• 1958 – Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Grupo Fundo de Quintal)
• 1958 – Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
• 1959 – John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Gary Cady, English actor
• 1959 – Mary Crosby, American actress
• 1959 – Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter (A-ha)
• 1960 – Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer
• 1960 – Melissa Leo, American actress and producer
• 1960 – Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer
• 1961 – Martina Gedeck, German actress
• 1961 – Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
• 1961 – Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
• 1962 – Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1962 – Robert Herjavec, Croatian businessman, television personality (Shark Tank)
• 1963 – Tony Becker, American actor
• 1963 – Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach
• 1964 – Stephen Dunham, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1964 – Faith Ford, American actress and producer
• 1965 – Emily Bell, English journalist and academic
• 1965 – Dmitry Medvedev, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Russia
• 1965 – Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director
• 1965 – Michelle Stafford, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician
• 1967 – Ariel, Argentinian-English DJ and producer
• 1967 – Dan Cortese, American actor
• 1967 – Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Anna Malle, American porn actress and director (d. 2006)
• 1967 – K. C. Martel, Canadian actor
• 1967 – John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The La's and Cast)
• 1968 – Tanel Joamets, Estonian pianist
• 1968 – Grant Shapps, English politician
• 1969 – Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach
• 1969 – Konstadinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician
• 1970 – Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
• 1970 – Ben Garant, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player
• 1970 – Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Everclear)
• 1970 – Enrique Plancarte Solís, Mexican drug lord (d. 2014)
• 1970 – Mark Webber, English guitarist (Pulp)
• 1971 – Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter (Nevermore and Sanctuary)
• 1971 – Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (Viper, Angra, Shaman, and Symfonia)
• 1971 – Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress, director, and producer
• 1972 – David Bell, American baseball player and coach
• 1972 – Nakamura Shidō II, Japanese actor
• 1973 – Nas, American rapper and actor (The Firm)
• 1973 – Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Terrell Fletcher, American football player
• 1973 – Mic Geronimo, American rapper
• 1973 – Andrew Lincoln, English actor
• 1973 – Linvoy Primus, English footballer
• 1973 – Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1974 – Chad Bradford, American baseball player
• 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner
• 1974 – Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist (Vintersorg)
• 1974 – Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1974 – Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter
• 1976 – Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player
• 1977 – Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect
• 1977 – Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (d. 2014)
• 1977 – Thomas Leeb, Austrian guitarist
• 1978 – Ben Cohen, English rugby player
• 1978 – Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress
• 1978 – Silvia Navarro, Mexican actress
• 1978 – Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Jesse Marunde, American strongman (d. 2007)
• 1979 – Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer
• 1979 – Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress
• 1981 – Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress, model, and singer
• 1981 – Katie Lee, American chef, author, and critic
• 1981 – Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Dué le Quartz and S.K.I.N.)
• 1981 – Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
• 1981 – Ashley Roberts, American singer, dancer, and actress (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1982 – Lethal Bizzle, English rapper (More Fire Crew)
• 1982 – Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor
• 1982 – Patrick Garcia, Filipino actor
• 1982 – Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
• 1983 – Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer
• 1983 – Josh Outman, American baseball player
• 1983 – Frostee Rucker, American football player
• 1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1984 – Sonja Bertram, German actress
• 1984 – Adam Lamberg, American actor
• 1984 – Tom Veelers, Dutch cyclist
• 1985 – Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player (Trivium)
• 1985 – Trevis Smith, American football player
• 1985 – Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer (Z-1)
• 1985 – Delmon Young, American baseball player
• 1985 – Tyron Perez, Filipino actor (d. 2011)
• 1986 – SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
• 1986 – Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1986 – Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
• 1986 – Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer (Roll Deep)
• 1986 – Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Minimoni, Elegies, and High-King)
• 1986 – A.J. Trauth, American actor
• 1986 – Barış Özbek, Turkish-German footballer
• 1987 – Michael Crabtree, American football player
• 1988 – Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
• 1988 – Kirsten Haglund, American model, Miss America 2008
• 1988 – Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
• 1989 – Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush)
• 1989 – Jesse James, American actor
• 1989 – Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model
• 1990 – Douglas Costa, Brazilian soccer player
• 1991 – Dee Milliner, American football player
• 1992 – Zico, South Korean rapper
• 1994 – Hailey Anne Nelson, American actress

Deaths[edit]

• 23 – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (b. 13 BC)
• 258 – Cyprian, African bishop (b. 200)
• 407 – John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop (b. 347)
• 585 – Emperor Bidatsu of Japan (b. 538)
• 775 – Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (b. 718)
• 786 – Al-Hadi, Iraqi caliph (b. 764)
• 891 – Pope Stephen V
• 1146 – Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (b. 1087)
• 1164 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (b. 1119)
• 1214 – Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (b. 1149)
• 1404 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (b. 1377)
• 1435 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (b. 1389)
• 1523 – Pope Adrian VI (b. 1459)
• 1538 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (b. 1483)
• 1605 – Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (b. 1550)
• 1638 – John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (b. 1607)
• 1646 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (b. 1591)
• 1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (b. 1625)
• 1715 – Dom Pérignon, French monk (b. 1638)
• 1743 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690)
• 1749 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (b. 1675)
• 1759 – Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (b. 1712)
• 1807 – George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1724)
• 1836 – Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
• 1851 – James Fenimore Cooper, American soldier and author (b. 1789)
• 1852 – Augustus Pugin, English architect, designed Scarisbrick Hall (b. 1812)
• 1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1769)
• 1862 – Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (b. 1793)
• 1862 – Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (b. 1834)
• 1879 – Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (b. 1808)
• 1891 – Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (b. 1817)
• 1898 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (b. 1857)
• 1901 – William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (b. 1843)
• 1905 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (b. 1852)
• 1916 – José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
• 1927 – Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1877)
• 1931 – Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter (b. 1856)
• 1936 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1936 – Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1899)
• 1937 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1850)
• 1942 – E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (b. 1855)
• 1949 – Romuald Joubé, French actor (b. 1876)
• 1951 – Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1952 – John McPhee, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1874)
• 1956 – Frederick Steep, Canadian soccer player (b. 1874)
• 1959 – Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1914)
• 1960 – M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
• 1961 – Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
• 1962 – Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 – J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1965 – Lydia Mei, Estonian painter (b. 1896)
• 1966 – Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1966 – Nikolay Cherkasov, Russian actor (b. 1903)
• 1966 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1881)
• 1966 – Cemal Gürsel, Turkish army officer, and the fourth President of Turkey (b. 1895)
• 1974 – Warren Hull, American actor and singer (b. 1903)
• 1975 – Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (b. 1917)
• 1981 – Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1899)
• 1981 – William Loeb III, American publisher (b. 1905)
• 1982 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
• 1982 – John Gardner, American author and critic (b. 1933)
• 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1947)
• 1982 – Grace Kelly, American-Monacan actress and singer (b. 1929)
• 1984 – Janet Gaynor, American actress and singer (b. 1906)
• 1986 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Julie Bovasso, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1991 – Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (b. 1910)
• 1992 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer (b. 1906)
• 1992 – Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada (b. 1903)
• 1994 – Marika Krevata, Greek actress (b. 1910)
• 1995 – Maurice K. Goddard, American politician (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress (b. 1903)
• 1996 – Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1937)
• 1999 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician (b. 1947)
• 2000 – Beah Richards, American actress, playwright, and poet (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (b. 1906)
• 2001 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
• 2001 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1918)
• 2002 – LaWanda Page, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (b. 1947)
• 2003 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Yetunde Price, American murder victim (b. 1972)
• 2003 – John Serry, Sr., American accordion player and composer (b. 1915)
• 2005 – William Berenberg, American physician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Frances Newton, American murderer (b. 1965)
• 2005 – Vladimir Volkoff, French author (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Norman Brooks, Canadian singer and actor (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Esme Melville, Australian actress (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Ștefan Iordache, Romanian actor and singer (b. 1941)
• 2009 – Keith Floyd, English chef and author (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Henry Gibson, American actor and singer (b. 1935)
• 2009 – Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
• 2009 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican politician (b. 1963)
• 2012 – Stephen Dunham, American actor (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (b. 1949)
• 2012 – András Szente, Hungarian canoe racer (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (b. 1913)
• 2013 – Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (b. 1989)
• 2013 – John Curtiss, English air marshal (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Osama El-Baz, Egyptian diplomat (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Jorge Pedreros, Chilean actor and singer (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Amund Venger, Norwegian politician (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Behrens, American race horse (b. 1994)
• 2014 – Tony Auth, American illustrator (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Clean, The Chills, and Snapper) (b. 1961)
• 2014 – Boris Khimichev, Ukrainian-Russian actor (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Angus Lennie, Scottish-English actor (b. 1930)
• 2014 – E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1933)

Εργογραφία

Ταινίες μεγάλου μήκους

• Τα μπλουζ της Πράγας (1963)
• Διπλοπεννιές (1966)
• Ντάμα σπαθί (1966)
• Αχ! Αυτή η γυναίκα μου (1967)
• Χορεύοντας συρτάκι (1967)
• Βυζαντινή ραψωδία (1968)
• Επιχείρησις Απόλλων (1968)
• Το νησί της Αφροδίτης (1969)
• Θυμήσου αγάπη μου (1969)

Τηλεοπτικές σειρές

• Η τελευταία άνοιξη (1973, ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Κατοχή (1973, ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Φάρος (1976,  ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Ναυτικές ιστορίες (1978, ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Ο μεγάλος ξεσηκωμός (1977, ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Έρωτας και επανάσταση (1978, ΕΡΤ)
• Νύχτα (1980, ΕΡΤ)
• Παγίδα (1981, ΕΡΤ)
• Ο ανθρωπάκος (1986, ΕΡΤ2)
• Τα φιλαράκια (1988, ΕΤ1)
• Μπαμπάς και φιλαράκος (1991, ΑΝΤ1)
• Ο κανονιέρης και η βεντέτα (1991, ΑΝΤ1)

Τηλεοπτικές εκπομπές

• Αστέρια στ'αστέρια (1971, ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Το σόου του Γιώργου Μαρίνου     (1976, ΕΡΤ)

Βιντεοταινίες

• Μια Ρένα χωρίς φρένα (1984)
• Πειναντέους (1986)
• Γοργόνα (1987)
• Η φλόγα (1987)
• Ο κύριος Λιμενάρχης (1987)
• Ο Τσιτσιολίνος (1987)
• Οι εγκέφαλοι (1987)
• Ροκ πάνθηρ (1987)
• Ω, τι κόματος μπαμπά (1988)
• Μια νύφη στη μπανιέρα μου (1989)
• Ο πανταχού παρών (1989)
• Στον αστερισμό του Λαμπάντα (1990)

Ο Κόπερφιλντ νοικιάζει το νησί του για 50.000 ευρώ το βράδυ

Γαλάζια νερά, πράσινο, πέντε πολυτελή σπίτια και δεκάδες

 χλιδάτες παροχές. Tο ιδιωτικό νησί του μάγου Ντέιβιντ 

Κόπερφιλντ ανοίγει τις «πύλες» του για να σας φιλοξενήσει.

Ηταν το 2006, όταν ο διάσημος μάγος ξόδεψε περίπου 44 εκατ. ευρώ για να 

αγοράσει το ιδιωτικό νησί Musha Cay, στη νότια πλευρά των Μπαχαμών.

Μετά από πέντε χρόνια και τουλάχιστον 35 εκατ. ευρώ για αναδιαμόρφωση και 

ανακαίνιση του νησιού, ο Κόπερφιλντ δημιούργησε αυτό που αποκαλεί ως το

 «πιο μαγικό μέρος διακοπών του πλανήτη».

Μάλιστα, έχει αποκτήσει 10 ακόμη κοντινά νησιά, σχηματίζοντας ένα πέλαγος, 

γνωστό και ως «Islands of Copperfield Bay».

Εκεί, διακοπές έχουν κάνει η Οπρα Γουίνφρει, ο Μπιλ Γκειτς και ο Τζόνι Ντεπ.

Αν κάποιος επιθυμεί να βρεθεί σε αυτό το πανέμoρφο νησί, το μόνο που έχει να

 κάνει είναι να απευθυνθεί στο HomeAway και να το νοικιάσει για περίπου 50.000 ευρώ 

τη διανυκτέρευση.

Στο Musha Cay, θα μπορεί να έχει μια πολυτελή διαμονή, καθώς δεν του λείπει τίποτα.

Συνολικά μπορεί να φιλοξενήσει 24 καλεσμένους, παρέχοντας τους κάθε πολυτέλεια.

 Γήπεδα, υπαίθριο σινεμά, μοναδικές γωνιές για χαλάρωση και ηρεμία σε παραθαλάσσια

 ανάκλιντρα.

• 668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.
• 921 – At Tetin, Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law.
• 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes.
• 1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes.
• 1556 – Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain.
• 1616 – The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.
• 1762 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Signal Hill.
• 1776 – American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign.
• 1789 – The United States "Department of Foreign Affairs", established by law in July, is renamed the Department of State and given a variety of domestic duties.
• 1812 – The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
• 1812 – War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
• 1816 – HMS Whiting runs aground on the Doom Bar
• 1820 – Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal.
• 1821 – Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain.
• 1830 – The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens.
• 1831 – The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
• 1835 – HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipelago.
• 1851 – Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
• 1873 – Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity.
• 1894 – First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats Qing dynasty China in the Battle of Pyongyang.
• 1916 – World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
• 1918 – World War I:The Battle of Dobro Pole is fought, Entente troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian Front eventually liberating Vardar Macedonia and forcing Bulgaria to sign the Armistice of Salonica.
• 1935 – The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
• 1935 – Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
• 1940 – World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
• 1942 – World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is sunk by a Japanese torpedo at Guadalcanal.
• 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
• 1944 – Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
• 1945 – A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.
• 1947 – RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
• 1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
• 1948 – The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
• 1950 – Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
• 1952 – The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
• 1958 – A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 48.
• 1959 – Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States.
• 1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour.
• 1962 – The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• 1963 – 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
• 1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.
• 1968 – The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
• 1971 – The first Greenpeace ship set sail to protest against nuclear testing.
• 1972 – A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport.
• 1974 – Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
• 1975 – The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica)
• 1978 – Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
• 1981 – The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 1981 – The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
• 1981 – Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations.
• 1983 – Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
• 1987 – United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
• 1990 – France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf.
• 1993 – Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament
• 1998 – With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.
• 2000 – The Games of the XXVII Olympiad begin in Sydney, Australia.
• 2004 – National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
• 2008 – Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.

Births[edit]

• 767 – Saichō, Japanese monk (d. 822)
• 786 – Al-Ma'mun, Iraqi caliph (d. 833)
• 1254 – Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (d. 1324)
• 1533 – Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1572)
• 1580 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659)
• 1613 – François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (d. 1680)
• 1649 – Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (d. 1705)
• 1666 – Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
• 1690 – Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
• 1715 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (d. 1789)
• 1736 – Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (d. 1793)
• 1759 – Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
• 1760 – Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general (d. 1824)
• 1765 – Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
• 1789 – James Fenimore Cooper, American soldier and author (d. 1851)
• 1815 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (d. 1868)
• 1819 – Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
• 1828 – Alexander Butlerov, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
• 1830 – Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (d. 1915)
• 1857 – William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930)
• 1857 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer (d. 1904)
• 1858 – Charles de Foucauld, French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
• 1858 – Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
• 1860 – Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and politician, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (d. 1962)
• 1863 – Horatio Parker, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
• 1864 – Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
• 1867 – Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (d. 1920)
• 1870 – Rose Sutro, American pianist (d. 1957)
• 1876 – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian author (d. 1938)
• 1876 – Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
• 1877 – Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938)
• 1877 – Yente Serdatzky, Lithuanian-American author (d. 1962)
• 1879 – Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
• 1880 – Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese physician (d. 1940)
• 1881 – Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947)
• 1883 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
• 1887 – Carlos Dávila, Chilean journalist and politician, President of Chile (d. 1955)
• 1888 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
• 1889 – Robert Benchley, American actor, screenwriter, and critic (d. 1945)
• 1889 – Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
• 1890 – Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
• 1890 – Agatha Christie, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Frank Martin, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1974)
• 1892 – Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962)
• 1894 – Jean Renoir, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
• 1894 – Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Magda Lupescu, Romanian wife of Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Merle Curti, American historian and author (d. 1997)
• 1898 – J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
• 1901 – Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
• 1903 – Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
• 1904 – Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Jacques Becker, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
• 1906 – Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
• 1907 – Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (Preservation Hall Jazz Band) (d. 1996)
• 1908 – Penny Singleton, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 1909 – C. N. Annadurai, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
• 1909 – Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1910 – Betty Neels, English author (d. 2001)
• 1911 – Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Luther Terry, American physician, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player (d. 1991)
• 1913 – John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (d. 1988)
• 1913 – Johannes Steinhoff, German general and pilot (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Creighton Abrams, American general (d. 1974)
• 1914 – Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
• 1914 – Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (d. 1970)
• 1914 – Robert McCloskey, American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (d. 1981)
• 1915 – Al Casey, American guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Albert Whitlock, English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Ismail Yassine, Egyptian actor (d. 1972)
• 1916 – Margaret Lockwood, Pakistani-English actress and singer (d. 1990)
• 1916 – Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
• 1918 – Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., American historian and academic (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Phil Lamason, New Zealand soldier and pilot (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Margot Loyola, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
• 1918 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
• 1919 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (d. 1960)
• 1919 – Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author and translator (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Kym Bonython, Australian radio host (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Richard Gordon, English surgeon and author
• 1921 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Snooky Pryor, American harmonica player (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Gene Roland, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
• 1922 – Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Jackie Cooper, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Gaetano Cozzi, Italian historian and academic (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Mary Soames, Baroness Soames, English daughter of Winston Churchill (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
• 1924 – Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
• 1924 – György Lázár, Hungarian politician, 50th Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Stanley Chapman, English architect and author (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Forrest Compton, American actor
• 1925 – Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician and academic
• 1927 – Norm Crosby, American comedian and actor
• 1927 – Erika Köth, German soprano (d. 1981)
• 1927 – David Stove, Australian philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
• 1928 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
• 1929 – Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Stan Kelly-Bootle, English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Dick Latessa, American actor
• 1929 – John Julius Norwich, English historian and author
• 1929 – Mümtaz Soysal, Turkish academic and politician
• 1930 – Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Brian Henderson, New Zealand-Australian journalist
• 1932 – Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Henry Darrow, American actor
• 1933 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Monica Maughan, Tongan-Australian actress (d. 2010)
• 1934 – Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator
• 1934 – Fred Nile, Australian soldier, minister, and politician
• 1935 – Dinkha IV, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
• 1936 – Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player
• 1936 – Sara Henderson, Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Fernando de la Rúa, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina
• 1937 – Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (d. 1993)
• 1938 – Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach
• 1939 – Subramanian Swamy, Indian economist, academic, and politician, Minister of Law and Justice for India
• 1939 – George Walden, English journalist and politician
• 1940 – Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
• 1940 – Norman Spinrad, American author and critic
• 1941 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (Jefferson Airplane and KBC Band)
• 1941 – Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1941 – Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Viktor Zubkov, Russian businessman and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia
• 1942 – Lee Dorman, American bass player (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond) (d. 2012)
• 1942 – Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham, English businessman and politician
• 1942 – Ksenia Milicevic, French painter and architect
• 1943 – Tommy Hall, American jug player (The 13th Floor Elevators)
• 1944 – Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician, Minister of Justice for Greece
• 1944 – Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal
• 1944 – Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager
• 1945 – Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince
• 1945 – Carmen Maura, Spanish actress
• 1945 – Jessye Norman, American soprano
• 1945 – Hans-Gert Pöttering, German lawyer and politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament
• 1945 – Ron Shelton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Ola Brunkert, Swedish drummer (d. 2008)
• 1946 – Tommy Lee Jones, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee
• 1946 – Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1946 – Howard Waldrop, American author
• 1947 – Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer and manager
• 1947 – Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager
• 1947 – Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American drummer (Black Artists Group and Human Arts Ensemble)
• 1947 – Larry Sparks, American singer and guitarist
• 1949 – Joe Barton, American politician
• 1950 – Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani-English caliph
• 1951 – Pete Carroll, American football player and coach
• 1951 – Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1952 – Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1952 – Paula Duncan, Australian actress
• 1952 – Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
• 1952 – Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer (Night Ranger)
• 1953 – Patricia Rhomberg, Austrian pornographic actress
• 1953 – Keiko Takeshita, Japanese actress
• 1954 – Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
• 1955 – Željka Antunović, Croatian politician, 9th Minister of Defence of Croatia
• 1955 – Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
• 1955 – Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing
• 1956 – Jaki Graham, English singer
• 1956 – Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter (Cado Belle)
• 1956 – Ned Rothenberg, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
• 1958 – Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains)
• 1958 – Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress and singer (d. 2005)
• 1959 – Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician
• 1960 – Kevin Allen, Welsh actor and director
• 1960 – Ed Solomon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Terry Lamb, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1961 – Dan Marino, American football player and sportscaster
• 1962 – Dina Lohan, American dancer, actress, and manager
• 1962 – Scott McNeil, Australian-Canadian actor and singer
• 1962 – Amanda Wakeley, English fashion designer
• 1963 – Pete Myers, American basketball player and coach
• 1964 – Steve Watkin, Welsh cricketer
• 1964 – Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American guitarist and songwriter (The Misfits and Kryst the Conqueror)
• 1965 – Dyan Castillejo, Filipino tennis player and journalist
• 1965 – Robert Fico, Slovak academic and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Slovakia
• 1966 – Sherman Douglas, American basketball player
• 1967 – Paul Abbott, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 – Ramya Krishnan, Indian Actress
• 1968 – Vicky Entwistle, English actress
• 1968 – Danny Nucci, Austrian-American actor
• 1969 – Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer
• 1969 – Allen Shellenberger, American drummer (Lit) (d. 2009)
• 1970 – Carsten Klee, German footballer
• 1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 1971 – Josh Charles, American actor and director
• 1971 – Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Teasers)
• 1972 – Jimmy Carr, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 – Kit Chan, Singaporean singer and actress
• 1972 – Queen Letizia of Spain
• 1973 – Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland
• 1974 – Arata Iura, Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
• 1975 – Tom Dolan, American swimmer
• 1975 – Martina Krupičková, Czech painter
• 1976 – Brett Kimmorley, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand, Correcto, and The Yummy Fur)
• 1976 – Matt Thornton, American baseball player
• 1977 – Chimamanda Adichie, Nigerian writer and author
• 1977 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Sophie Dahl, English model and author
• 1977 – Tom Hardy, English actor
• 1977 – Leander Jordan, American football player
• 1977 – Marisa Ramirez, American actress
• 1977 – Jason Terry, American basketball player
• 1978 – Zach Filkins, American guitarist (OneRepublic)
• 1978 – Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer
• 1979 – Dave Annable, American actor
• 1979 – Amy Davidson, American actress
• 1979 – Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer
• 1980 – Tammie Brown, American drag queen performer and singer
• 1980 – David Diehl, American football player
• 1980 – Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player
• 1980 – Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese singer, actress, and dancer
• 1982 – Laila Boonyasak, Thai actress
• 1982 – Timo Toots, Estonian artist
• 1982 – Du Juan, Chinese model and actress
• 1983 – Yuka Hirata, Japanese actress and model
• 1983 – Luke Hochevar, American baseball player
• 1984 – Prince Harry of Wales
• 1984 – Loek van Mil, Dutch baseball player
• 1984 – CyHi the Prynce, American rapper and songwriter
• 1985 – Kayden Kross, American porn actress and author
• 1985 – François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater
• 1986 – Jenna Marbles, American actress and blogger
• 1986 – Heidi Montag, American model and singer
• 1986 – George Watsky, American rapper and poet
• 1986 – Peter Wilson, English target shooter
• 1987 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer
• 1987 – Clare Maguire, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer
• 1988 – Kate Mansi, American actress
• 1988 – Tim Moltzen, Australian rugby league player
• 1989 – Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand tabla player
• 1990 – Oliver Gill, English footballer
• 1990 – Matt Shively, American actor
• 1991 – Lee Jung-shin, South Korean rapper, bass player, and actor (CN Blue)
• 1991 – Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer
• 1996 – Jake Cherry, American actor
• 1996 – Nao Furuhata, Japanese idol and singer (SKE48 and AKB48)
• 1999 – Nana Owada, Japanese idol, singer, and actress (AKB48)

Deaths[edit]

• 668 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630)
• 921 – Ludmila of Bohemia, Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)
• 1146 – Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond, Breton noblemen (b. c. 1100)
• 1231 – Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
• 1326 – Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299)
• 1352 – Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk (b. 1273)
• 1408 – Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, English noblemen (b. 1384)
• 1500 – John Morton, English cardinal (b. 1420)
• 1596 – Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
• 1613 – Thomas Overbury, English poet (b. 1581)
• 1643 – Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, English-Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)
• 1649 – John Floyd, English priest and educator (b. 1572)
• 1700 – André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613)
• 1701 – Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (b. 1638)
• 1707 – George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
• 1712 – Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1645)
• 1750 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
• 1794 – Abraham Clark, American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
• 1803 – Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
• 1813 – Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and military engineer (b. 1752)
• 1821 – Maria Branwell, mother of the Brontë siblings (b. 1783)
• 1830 – François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
• 1830 – William Huskisson, English politician, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1770)
• 1835 – Sarah Knox Taylor, American wife of Jefferson Davis (b. 1814)
• 1841 – Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
• 1842 – Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
• 1842 – Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician, President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)
• 1852 – Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
• 1859 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
• 1864 – John Hanning Speke, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
• 1883 – Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
• 1885 – Jumbo, Sudanese-Canadian elephant (b. 1861)
• 1893 – Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807)
• 1915 – Ernest Gagnon, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
• 1921 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
• 1926 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
• 1930 – Milton Sills, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1938 – Thomas Wolfe, American author (b. 1900)
• 1940 – William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 1944 – Walter Middelberg, Dutch rower (b. 1875)
• 1945 – André Tardieu, French politician, 97th Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
• 1945 – Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1945 – Linnie Marsh Wolfe, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
• 1952 – Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1965 – Steve Brown, American bassist (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1890)
• 1972 – Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop (b. 1887)
• 1972 – Ulvi Cemal Erkin, member of the pioneer group of symphonic composers in Turkey (b. 1906)
• 1972 – Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1973 – Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
• 1973 – Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)
• 1975 – Franco Bordoni, Italian aviator and racing driver (b. 1913)
• 1978 – Robert Cliche, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
• 1978 – Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
• 1979 – Tommy Leonetti, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929)
• 1980 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
• 1981 – Harold Bennett, English actor (b. 1899)
• 1981 – Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
• 1982 – Rolfe Sedan, American actor (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (Suns of Arqa) (b. 1944)
• 1985 – Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910)
• 1989 – Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933)
• 1989 – Olga Erteszek, Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)
• 1989 – Robert Penn Warren, American poet, author, and critic (b. 1905)
• 1991 – John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1991 – Warner Troyer, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
• 1993 – Pino Puglisi, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
• 1994 – Moana Pozzi, Italian pornographic actress, actress, television personality, model, politician and writer (b. 1961)
• 1995 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
• 1995 – Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
• 2001 – June Salter, Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
• 2003 – Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Jack Brymer, English clarinet player and educator (b. 1915)
• 2003 – Josef Hiršal, Czech author and poet (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (The Ramones) (b. 1948)
• 2004 – Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Guy Green, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Sidney Luft, American manager and producer (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987)
• 2007 – Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
• 2007 – Jeremy Moore, English general (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Stavros Paravas, Greek actor (b. 1935)
• 2008 – Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Pink Floyd) (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
• 2010 – Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth, Welsh politician (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (b. 1964)
• 2012 – James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Pierre Mondy, French actor and director (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Nevin Spence, Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
• 2013 – Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)
• 2013 – Jerry G. Bishop, American radio and television host (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Gerard Cafesjian, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Joyce Jacobs, English-Australian actress (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Jackie Lomax, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Tomás Ó Canainn, Irish singer-songwriter and pipe player (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Émile Turlant, French centenarian (b. 1904)
• 2014 – John Anderson, Jr., American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Kansas (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Jackie Cain, American singer (Jackie and Roy) (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Wayne Tefs, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)