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• 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father as Byzantine Emperor.
• 1187 – Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule.
• 1263 – The battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.
• 1470 – A rebellion organised by Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick forces King Edward IV of England to flee to the Netherlands, restoring Henry VI to the throne.
• 1535 – Jacques Cartier discovers the area where Montreal is now located.
• 1552 – Conquest of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible.
• 1780 – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War, is hanged as a spy by American forces.
• 1789 – George Washington sends proposed Constitutional amendments (The United States Bill of Rights) to the States for ratification.
• 1814 – Battle of Rancagua: Spanish Royalists troops under Mariano Osorio defeats rebel Chilean forces of Bernardo O'Higgins and José Miguel Carrera.
• 1835 – The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Gonzales: Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, Texas, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Saltville: Union forces attack Saltville, Virginia, but are defeated by Confederate troops.
• 1889 – In Colorado, Nicholas Creede strikes it rich in silver during the last great silver boom of the American Old West.
• 1919 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed.
• 1925 – John Logie Baird performs the first test of a working television system.
• 1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded by Saint Josemaría Escrivá.
• 1937 – Dominican Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of the Haitian population living within the borderlands; approximately 20,000 are killed over the next five days.
• 1941 – World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.
• 1942 – World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland, killing 239 crewmen aboard the Curacoa.
• 1944 – World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
• 1950 – Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published.
• 1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France.
• 1959 – The anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS television.
• 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
• 1968 – A peaceful student demonstration in Mexico City culminates in the Tlatelolco massacre by the order of the president, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, to the soldiers of killing unarmed students, hiding the event from the public eye. The 1968 Summer Olympics, hosted in Mexico City, started ten days after the massacre.
• 1970 – A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado killing 31 people.
• 1979 – Pope John Paul II denounces all forms of concentration camps and torture while speaking at the U.N. in New York City.
• 1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
• 1990 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
• 1992 – The Carandiru massacre takes place after a riot in the Carandiru Penitentiary in São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
• 1996 – Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the Pacific Ocean shortly after takeoff from Lima, Peru, killing 70.
• 1997 – Amsterdam Treaty on European Union is signed.
• 2001 – NATO backs U.S. military strikes following 9/11.
• 2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin, extending over three weeks.
• 2005 – Ethan Allen boating accident: The Ethan Allen tour boat capsizes on Lake George in Upstate New York, killing twenty.
• 2006 – Five school girls are murdered by Charles Carl Roberts in a shooting at an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania before Roberts commits suicide.
• 2007 – President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea walks across the Military Demarcation Line into North Korea on his way to the second Inter-Korean Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.

Births[edit]

• 1452 – Richard III of England (d. 1485)
• 1470 – Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (d. 1524)
• 1538 – Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1584)
• 1644 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (d. 1724)
• 1704 – František Tůma, Czech organist and composer (d. 1774)
• 1718 – Elizabeth Montagu, English author and critic (d. 1800)
• 1722 – Leopold Widhalm, Austrian instrument maker (d. 1776)
• 1727 – Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian naturalist (d. 1806)
• 1737 – Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (d. 1791)
• 1768 – William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, English general and politician (d. 1854)
• 1798 – Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
• 1800 – Nat Turner, American slave who led a slave rebellion (d. 1831)
• 1824 – Henry C. Lord, American businessman (d. 1884)
• 1828 – Charles Floquet, French lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of France (d. 1896)
• 1832 – Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist and academic (d. 1917)
• 1833 – William Corby, American priest and academic (d. 1897)
• 1847 – Paul von Hindenburg, Polish-German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (d. 1934)
• 1851 – Ferdinand Foch, French field marshal (d. 1929)
• 1852 – William Ramsay, Scottish-English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
• 1854 – Patrick Geddes, Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner (d. 1932)
• 1869 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian activist and philosopher (d. 1948)
• 1871 – Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1871 – Martha Brookes Hutcheson, American landscaper and author (d. 1959)
• 1873 – Stephen Warfield Gambrill, American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
• 1873 – Pelham Warner, English cricketer and manager (d. 1963)
• 1879 – Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
• 1882 – Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian colonel (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (d. 1950)
• 1883 – Karl von Terzaghi, Czech-American geologist and engineer (d. 1963)
• 1890 – Groucho Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (d. 1977)
• 1893 – Leroy Shield, American composer and conductor (d. 1962)
• 1895 – Bud Abbott, American actor and singer (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Ruth Cheney Streeter, American colonel (d. 1990)
• 1901 – Alice Prin, French singer, actress, and painter (d. 1953)
• 1902 – John G. Crommelin, American admiral and politician (d. 1996)
• 1902 – Leopold Figl, Austrian engineer and politician, 18th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965)
• 1904 – Graham Greene, English author, playwright, and critic (d. 1991)
• 1904 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (d. 1966)
• 1905 – Franjo Šeper, Croatian cardinal (d. 1981)
• 1906 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (d. 1992)
• 1907 – Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Bolivian politician, 52nd President of Bolivia (d. 2001)
• 1907 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
• 1911 – Jack Finney, American author and playwright (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (d. 1981)
• 1913 – Karl Miller, German footballer (d. 1967)
• 1914 – Jack Parsons, American chemist, occultist, and engineer (d. 1952)
• 1914 – Bernarr Rainbow, English organist, conductor, and historian (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Chubby Wise, American fiddler (d. 1996)
• 1915 – Chuck Williams, American author and businessman, founded Williams-Sonoma
• 1917 – Christian de Duve, English-Belgian cytologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1918 – Herb Voland, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1919 – John W. Duarte, English guitarist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Jan Flinterman, Dutch race car driver (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Albert Renaud, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Robert Runcie, English archbishop (d. 2000)
• 1925 – Wren Blair, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Jan Morris, English-Welsh historian and author
• 1928 – George McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1928 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (d. 1996)
• 1929 – Moses Gunn, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Cesare Maestri, Italian mountaineer and author
• 1929 – Howard Roberts, American guitarist (The Wrecking Crew) (d. 1992)
• 1930 – Dave Barrett, Canadian social worker and politician, 26th Premier of British Columbia
• 1932 – Maury Wills, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1933 – John Gurdon, English biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 – Phill Niblock, American composer and director
• 1933 – Enn Nõu, Estonian author
• 1933 – Michel Plasson, French conductor
• 1933 – Dave Somerville, Canadian singer and actor (The Diamonds) (d. 2015)
• 1934 – Richard Scott, Baron Scott of Foscote, South African-English lawyer and judge
• 1934 – Earl Wilson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Peter Frankl, Hungarian-English pianist and educator
• 1935 – Omar Sívori, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 2005)
• 1936 – Dick Barnett, American basketball player and educator
• 1936 – Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician, 20th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 1936 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (d. 2013)
• 1936 – David Gale, English actor (d. 1991)
• 1937 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Nick Gravenites, American singer–songwriter and guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company)
• 1938 – Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1983)
• 1938 – Rex Reed, American actor and critic
• 1940 – Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian-Mexican handball player and coach
• 1940 – Pantelis Voulgaris, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Diana Hendry, English poet and author
• 1942 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Anna Ford, English journalist and academic
• 1943 – William Margold, American porn actor and director
• 1943 – Franklin Rosemont, American poet, painter, and historian (d. 2009)
• 1944 – Vernor Vinge, American computer scientist and author
• 1945 – Martin Hellman, American cryptographer and academic
• 1945 – Don McLean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 – Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
• 1946 – Peter Kellner, English journalist
• 1946 – Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (d. 1985)
• 1946 – Eric Peterson, Canadian actor
• 1946 – Jo-El Sonnier, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
• 1947 – Paul Jackson, English director and producer
• 1948 – Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager
• 1948 – Avery Brooks, American actor and director
• 1948 – Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY
• 1948 – Siim Kallas, Estonian politician, 13th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1948 – Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 (d. 1998)
• 1948 – Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1949 – Richard Hell, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Television, Neon Boys, The Heartbreakers, and Dim Stars)
• 1949 – Annie Leibovitz, American photographer
• 1950 – Ian McNeice, English actor
• 1950 – Mike Rutherford, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics)
• 1951 – Sting, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (The Police)
• 1951 – Romina Power, American-Italian singer and actress
• 1952 – Robin Riker, American actress
• 1952 – Jan Švejnar, Czech-American economist and politician
• 1952 – Wahed Wafa, Afghan-American singer
• 1953 – Vanessa Bell Armstrong, American singer
• 1953 – Muhammad Abdul Bari, Bangladeshi-English physicist and educator
• 1953 – Lisa St Aubin de Terán, English author
• 1954 – Lorraine Bracco, American actress and producer
• 1955 – Philip Oakey, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Human League)
• 1955 – Nancy Rothwell, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester
• 1956 – Charlie Adler, American voice actor and director
• 1956 – Peter Bruce, Chemist
• 1956 – Freddie Jackson, American singer
• 1956 – Viatcheslav Mukhanov, Russian-German cosmologist and physicist
• 1957 – John Cook, American golfer
• 1957 – Wade Dooley, English rugby player and police officer
• 1957 – Dave Faulkner, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Victims, The Manikins, and Hoodoo Gurus)
• 1957 – Kate St John, English singer-songwriter and producer (The Dream Academy)
• 1958 – Robbie Nevil, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1958 – Wayne Toups, American singer-songwriter and accordion player
• 1958 – Jeffrey Weissman, American actor
• 1960 – Glenn Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1960 – Django Bates, English pianist and composer
• 1960 – Al Connelly, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Glass Tiger)
• 1960 – Johan Lammerts, Dutch cyclist
• 1960 – Joe Sacco, American journalist and cartoonist
• 1960 – Tom Schweich, American lawyer and politician, 36th State Auditor of Missouri (d. 2015)
• 1960 – Dereck Whittenburg, American basketball player and coach
• 1961 – Jaan Toomik, Estonian director and producer
• 1962 – Sigtryggur Baldursson, Icelandic singer and drummer (The Sugarcubes, Þeyr, KUKL, Reptile Palace Orchestra)
• 1962 – Jeff Bennett, American voice actor and singer
• 1962 – El Dandy, Mexican wrestler
• 1962 – James Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Aziz M. Osman, Singaporean-Malaysian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Mark Rypien, American football player
• 1963 – Keith Bradshaw, Australian cricketer and accountant
• 1964 – Sam Bockarie, Sierra Leonean commander (d. 2003)
• 1964 – Dirk Brinkmann, German field hockey player
• 1964 – Jaanus Kuum, Estonian-Norwegian cyclist (d. 1998)
• 1966 – Yokozuna, American wrestler (d. 2000)
• 1967 – Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter
• 1967 – Bud Gaugh, American drummer (Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Eyes Adrift, Volcano, and Sublime with Rome)
• 1967 – Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist, author, and academic
• 1967 – Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player
• 1967 – Lew Temple, American actor
• 1967 – Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Benjie Paras, Filipino basketball player and actor
• 1968 – Victoria Derbyshire, English journalist and radio host
• 1968 – Jeff Martin, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Tea Party and Jeff Martin 777)
• 1968 – Jana Novotná, Czech tennis player
• 1968 – Glen Wesley, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1968 – Kelly Willis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 – Jun Akiyama, Japanese wrestler
• 1969 – Badly Drawn Boy, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 – Mitch English, American actor and talk show host
• 1970 – Eddie Guardado, American baseball player
• 1970 – Patricia O'Callaghan, Canadian soprano and producer
• 1970 – Kelly Ripa, American actress, producer, and talk show host
• 1970 – Maribel Verdú, Spanish actress and singer
• 1971 – Tiffany, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 – Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter (Slipknot and Stone Sour)
• 1972 – Tara Dawn Holland, American model Miss America 1997
• 1972 – Aaron McKie, American basketball player and coach
• 1973 – Proof, American rapper and actor (D12) (d. 2006)
• 1973 – Melissa Harris-Perry, American journalist, author, and educator
• 1973 – Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer-songwriter and actress (Aqua)
• 1973 – Efren Ramirez, American actor
• 1973 – Scott Schoeneweis, American baseball player
• 1973 – Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian singer
• 1973 – Maria Wetterstrand, Swedish politician
• 1974 – Adel Ferdosipour, Iranian journalist and sportscaster
• 1974 – Simon Gregson, English actor
• 1974 – Bjarke Ingels, Danish architect
• 1974 – Brian Knight, American baseball player and umpire
• 1974 – Michelle Krusiec, Taiwanese-American actress and producer
• 1974 – Matthew Nicholson, Australian cricketer
• 1974 – Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2006)
• 1974 – Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Paul Teutul, Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
• 1974 – Kevin Van De Wege, American firefighter and politician
• 1975 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek triple jumper
• 1975 – Michel Trudeau, Canadian son of Pierre Trudeau (d. 1998)
• 1976 – Mandisa, American singer
• 1976 – Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (d. 2005)
• 1976 – John Thornton, American football player
• 1976 – Cemal Hünal, Turkish actor
• 1978 – Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1978 – Matthew Hancock, English politician, Minister for Portsmouth
• 1979 – Primož Brezec, Slovenian basketball player
• 1979 – Francisco Fonseca, Mexican footballer
• 1979 – Maja Ivarsson, Swedish singer-songwriter (The Sounds)
• 1980 – Shane Andrus, American football player
• 1980 – Arta Dobroshi, Kosovar-Albanian actress
• 1981 – Ridzuan Fatah Hasan, Singaporean footballer
• 1981 – Santi Kolk, Dutch footballer
• 1981 – Luke Wilkshire, Australian footballer
• 1981 – Sidney Samson, Dutch DJ and producer
• 1982 – Tyson Chandler, American basketball player
• 1982 – Amber Lee Ettinger, American actress and singer
• 1982 – George Pettit, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player (Alexisonfire and Black Lungs)
• 1982 – Gary Wilkinson, American basketball player
• 1982 – Esra Gümüş, Turkish volleyball player
• 1984 – Marion Bartoli, French tennis player
• 1985 – Buster Davis, American football player
• 1985 – Brandon Jackson, American football player
• 1985 – Çağlar Birinci, Turkish footballer
• 1986 – Camilla Belle, American actress
• 1987 – Bojana Bobusic, Australian tennis player
• 1987 – Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player
• 1987 – Phil Kessel, American ice hockey player
• 1987 – Joel Reinders, American football player
• 1987 – Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., American race car driver
• 1989 – George Christopher Nash, English rower
• 1990 – Samantha Barks, Manx-English actress and singer
• 1990 – Dean Bouzanis, Australian footballer
• 1992 – Sirje Roops, Estonian footballer
• 1993 – Tara Lynne Barr, American actress
• 1993 – Luke Thomas, Welsh chef
• 1993 – Aaro Vainio, Finnish race car driver
• 1994 – Joana Eidukonytė, Lithuanian tennis player
• 1997 – Hana Sugisaki, Japanese actress

Deaths[edit]

• 534 – Athalaric, Italian king (b. 516)
• 939 – Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine (b. 890)
• 1559 – Jacquet of Mantua, French-Italian composer (b. 1483)
• 1626 – Diego Sarmiento de Acuña, 1st Count of Gondomar, Spanish academic and diplomat (b. 1567)
• 1629 – Antonio Cifra, Italian composer (b. 1584)
• 1629 – Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal (b. 1575)
• 1685 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter (b. 1638)
• 1708 – Anne Jules de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
• 1709 – Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1639)
• 1724 – François-Timoléon de Choisy, French historian and author (b. 1644)
• 1746 – Josiah Burchett, English admiral and politician (b. 1666)
• 1764 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1720)
• 1775 – Chiyo-ni, Japanese poet (b. 1703)
• 1780 – John André, English soldier (b. 1750)
• 1782 – Charles Lee, English-American general (b. 1732)
• 1786 – Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, English admiral and politician (b. 1725)
• 1803 – Samuel Adams, American philosopher and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1722)
• 1804 – Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French engineer (b. 1725)
• 1806 – Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian naturalist (b. 1727)
• 1850 – Sarah Biffen, English painter (b. 1784)
• 1853 – François Arago, French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (b. 1786)
• 1920 – Max Bruch, German composer and conductor (b. 1838)
• 1927 – Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 – Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 – André Lagache, French racing driver (b. 1885)
• 1947 – P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 – John Marin, American artist (b. 1870)
• 1955 – Humphrey Barclay, English Anglican priest and Chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II (b. 1882)
• 1955 – William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 – Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 – Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1971 – Jessie Arms Botke, California artist (b. 1883)
• 1971 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1911)
• 1973 – Paul Hartman, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1973 – Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (b. 1897)
• 1974 – Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1975 – K. Kamaraj, Indian politician (b. 1903)
• 1981 – Harry Golden, American journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1981 – Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American singer, pianist, and actress (b. 1920)
• 1985 – Rock Hudson, American actor and singer (b. 1925)
• 1987 – Madeleine Carroll, British-American actress (b. 1906)
• 1987 – Peter Medawar, Brazilian-English biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
• 1988 – Alec Issigonis, Greek-English car designer, designed the Mini (b. 1906)
• 1989 – Aarne Viisimaa, Estonian tenor and director (b. 1898)
• 1991 – Hazen Argue, Canadian politician (b. 1921)
• 1991 – Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (b. 1914)
• 1994 – Harriet Nelson, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1996 – Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, 22nd Premier of Quebec (b. 1933)
• 1996 – Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1938)
• 1998 – Gene Autry, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (b. 1924)
• 1998 – Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, Mongolian politician (b. 1962)
• 1999 – Heinz G. Konsalik, German journalist and author (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Franz Biebl, German composer (b. 1906)
• 2001 – Lembit Sibul, Estonian actor and journalist (b. 1947)
• 2002 – Heinz von Foerster, Austrian-American physicist and philosopher (b. 1911)
• 2003 – John Thomas Dunlop, American scholar and politician, 14th United States Secretary of Labor (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Bert Eriksson, Belgian activist (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (b. 1918)
• 2005 – August Wilson, American author and playwright (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Frances Bergen, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (b. 1938)
• 2006 – Tamara Dobson, American actress (b. 1947)
• 2006 – Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Charles Carl Roberts, American murderer (b. 1973)
• 2007 – Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Christopher Derrick, English author and critic (b. 1921)
• 2007 – George Grizzard, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2007 – Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Dan Keating, Irish soldier (b. 1902)
• 2007 – Tawn Mastrey, American radio host and producer (b. 1954)
• 2008 – Rob Guest, English-Australian actor and singer (b. 1950)
• 2008 – Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (b. 1968)
• 2010 – Kwa Geok Choo, Singaporean wife of Lee Kuan Yew (b. 1920)
• 2011 – Peter L. Benson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Marjorie Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1912)
• 2012 – Mohammed Mushaima, Bahraini activist (b. 1988)
• 2012 – Hideji Ōtaki, Japanese actor (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1933)
• 2012 – J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Big Jim Sullivan, English guitarist (James Last Orchestra) (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Gottfried Fischer, German psychologist, therapist, and academic (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Herman Hugg, American painter and sculptor (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Jonathan Kaufer, American director and screenwriter (b. 1955)
• 2013 – Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Kaare Ørnung, Norwegian pianist and educator (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Robert Flower, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
• 2014 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Pedro Peña, Spanish actor (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Frederic Tamler Sommers, American philosopher and academic (b. 1923)

Beatles recording found in drawer after 50 years

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An original tape of The Beatles performing at The Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1962 has been found after 50 years languishing in a desk drawer. 

It features the Fab Four playing Some Other Guy in September 1962, four weeks before their debut single came out.

It was recorded after the group were filmed for Granada TV's Know The North, but was never broadcast. 

The tape was kept by TV producer Johnnie Hamp, who will auction it for charity in Liverpool on 4 November.

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The recording was done because the sound quality on the TV footage was so bad. Granada sent a sound engineer back to the Cavern just to record audio, which was to be dubbed onto the film.

But due to legal issues with other acts on the show, the programme was not screened. 

However, The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein was so impressed with the recording that he asked for five acetate discs to be pressed from the tape to use as promotion.

The whereabouts of four of the acetates are unknown, but the fifth was sold at auction in 1993 for £16,000 to Apple Records, the label set up by The Beatles in 1968.

The tape kept by Johnnie Hamp will be sold by auctioneer Adam Partridge.

Η Υφυπουργός Εσωτερικών και Διοικητικής Ανασυγκρότησης (Μακεδονίας-Θράκης), κυρία Μαρία Κόλλια-Τσαρουχά, δέχτηκε σήμερα, Παρασκευή 2 Οκτωβρίου 2015, στο Διοικητήριο, την εθιμοτυπική επίσκεψη του Επιτρόπου Προεδρίας για Ανθρωπιστικά Θέματα και Θέματα Αποδήμων της Κύπρου, κ. Φώτη Φωτίου, παρουσία του Γενικού Προξένου της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας στη Θεσσαλονίκη, κ. Αντώνιου Μανδρίτη.

Μετά το τέλος της συνάντησης, η Υφυπουργός, κυρία Μαρία Κόλλια-Τσαρουχά, έκανε την ακόλουθη δήλωση:

Με μεγάλη χαρά δέχτηκα την επίσκεψη του Επιτρόπου, κ. Φωτίου και του Γενικού Προξένου της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας, κ. Μανδρίτη. Θέλω να τονίσω ότι ήταν πάρα πολύ ουσιώδης η συζήτηση μας, καθώς είχαμε την ευκαιρία να ανταλλάξουμε απόψεις για την επίτευξη κοινών εθνικών στόχων και επιδιώξεων.
Το θέμα των Ελλαδιτών αγνοουμένων, των οστών πολλών εξ αυτών και η ταυτοποίησή τους, ήταν ένα από τα θέματα που συζητήθηκαν. Επιβεβαιώθηκε η κοινή πορεία της Κύπρου και της Ελλάδας.

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• 52 BC – Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Caesar, ending the siege and Battle of Alesia.
• 42 BC – First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight a decisive battle with Caesar's assassins Brutus and Cassius.
• 382 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I concludes a peace treaty with the Goths and settles them in the Balkans in exchange for military service.
• 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, prince of Gwynedd in Wales, is the first nobleman to be executed by hanging, drawing and quartering.
• 1574 – The Siege of Leiden is lifted by the Watergeuzen.
• 1683 – The Qing dynasty naval commander Shi Lang reaches Taiwan (under the Kingdom of Tungning) to receive the formal surrender of Zheng Keshuang and Liu Guoxuan after the Battle of Penghu.
• 1712 – The Duke of Montrose issues a warrant for the arrest of Rob Roy MacGregor.
• 1739 – The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War, 1736–39.
• 1778 – Captain James Cook anchors in Alaska.
• 1789 – George Washington makes the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government of the United States of America.
• 1835 – The Staedtler company is founded in Nuremberg, Germany.
• 1849 – American author Edgar Allan Poe is found delirious in a gutter in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it is the last time he is seen in public before his death.
• 1863 – The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by United States President Abraham Lincoln as are Thursdays, November 30, 1865 and November 29, 1866.
• 1872 – The Bloomingdale brothers open their first store at 938 Third Avenue, New York City.
• 1873 – Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
• 1912 – U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels under the command of Benjamín Zeledón at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
• 1918 – King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
• 1919 – Cincinnati Reds pitcher Adolfo Luque becomes the first Latin player to appear in a World Series.
• 1929 – The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed to Kingdom of Yugoslavia, "Land of the South Slavs".
• 1930 – The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded following a split in DSAP in Łódź.
• 1932 – Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1935 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italy invades Ethiopia under General de Bono.
• 1942 – Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space.
• 1949 – WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
• 1950 – Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
• 1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
• 1957 – The California State Superior Court rules that Allen Ginsberg's Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.
• 1962 – Project Mercury: Sigma 7 is launched from Cape Canaveral, with astronaut Wally Schirra aboard, for a six-orbit, nine-hour flight.
• 1963 – A violent coup in Honduras pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform, and begins two decades of military rule.
• 1981 – The hunger strike by Provisional Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army prisoners at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
• 1985 – The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight. (Mission STS-51-J).
• 1986 – TASCC, a superconducting cyclotron at the Chalk River Laboratories, is officially opened.
• 1990 – German reunification: The German Democratic Republic ceases to exist and its territory becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany. East German citizens became part of the European Community, which later became the European Union. Now celebrated as German Unity Day.
• 1993 – Battle of Mogadishu: A firefight occurs during a failed attempt to capture key officials of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid's organisation in Mogadishu, Somalia, costing the lives of 18 American soldiers, and over 350 Somalis.
• 1995 – O. J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
• 2008 – The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the U.S. financial system is signed by President George W. Bush.
• 2009 – The presidents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkey sign the Nakhchivan Agreement on the Establishment of Turkic Council.
• 2013 – At least 134 migrants are killed when their boat sinks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
• 2013 – The Gambia withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.

Births[edit]

• Before 85 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, leader of the Liberators who killed Julius Caesar
• 1610 – Gabriel Lalemant, French-Canadian missionary and saint (d. 1649)
• 1631 – Sebastian Anton Scherer, German organist and composer (d. 1712)
• 1713 – Antoine Dauvergne, French violinist and composer (d. 1797)
• 1716 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist and academic (d. 1781)
• 1720 – Johann Uz, German poet and judge (d. 1796)
• 1790 – John Ross, American tribal chief (d. 1866)
• 1797 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1870)
• 1800 – George Bancroft, American historian and politician, 17th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1891)
• 1804 – Townsend Harris, American merchant and politician (d. 1878)
• 1804 – Allan Kardec, French author, founded spiritism (d. 1869)
• 1828 – Woldemar Bargiel, German composer (d. 1897)
• 1837 – Nicolás Avellaneda, Argentinian journalist and politician, 8th President of Argentina (d. 1885)
• 1846 – James Jackson Putnam, American neurologist and academic (d. 1918)
• 1848 – Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (d. 1929)
• 1858 – Eleonora Duse, Italian-American actress (d. 1924)
• 1862 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (d. 1902)
• 1863 – Pyotr Kozlov, Russian archaeologist and explorer (d. 1935)
• 1869 – Alfred Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1942)
• 1874 – Charles Middleton, American actor (d. 1949)
• 1879 – Warner Oland, Swedish-American actor and singer (d. 1938)
• 1880 – Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (d. 1966)
• 1881 – Percival Gourgaud, Australian public servant (d. 1958)
• 1882 – A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter (d. 1974)
• 1885 – Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (d. 1970)
• 1886 – Alain-Fournier, French soldier, author, and critic (d. 1914)
• 1888 – Wade Boteler, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
• 1894 – Elmer Robinson, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Mayor of San Francisco (d. 1982)
• 1894 – Walter Warlimont, German general (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Giovanni Comisso, Italian author and poet (d. 1969)
• 1895 – Sergei Yesenin, Russian poet (d. 1925)
• 1896 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and critic (d. 1987)
• 1897 – Louis Aragon, French author and poet (d. 1982)
• 1898 – Leo McCarey, American director and screenwriter (d. 1969)
• 1898 – Adolf Reichwein, German economist and educator (d. 1944)
• 1899 – Gertrude Berg, American actress, screenwriter and producer (d. 1966)
• 1900 – Thomas Wolfe, American author and academic (d. 1938)
• 1901 – Jean Grémillon, French director, composer, and screenwriter (d. 1959)
• 1904 – Ernst-Günther Schenck, German colonel and physician (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Tekin Arıburun, Turkish soldier and statesman (d. 1993)
• 1906 – Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Johnny Burke, American songwriter (d. 1964)
• 1911 – Michael Hordern, English actor and singer (d. 1995)
• 1915 – Ray Stark, American film producer (d. 2004)
• 1916 – James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (d. 1995)
• 1919 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Jean Lefebvre, French-Moroccan actor (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (d. 1996)
• 1923 – Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Harvey Kurtzman, American cartoonist (d. 1993)
• 1924 – Arkady Vorobyov, Russian weightlifter (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Gore Vidal, American author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2012)
• 1925 – George Wein, American pianist and producer, co-founded the Newport Folk Festival
• 1928 – Erik Bruhn, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1986)
• 1928 – Edward L. Moyers, American businessman (d. 2006)
• 1928 – Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese academic and politician, 2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
• 1931 – Glenn Hall, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1932 – Terence English, South African-English surgeon and academic
• 1932 – Karl-Hans Kern, German politician (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Neale Fraser, Australian tennis player
• 1934 – Benjamin Boretz, American composer and theorist
• 1934 – Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Colombian-Dutch painter and illustrator (d. 2015)
• 1934 – Simon Nicholson, English sculptor and painter (d. 1990)
• 1934 – Koo Nimo, Ghanaian singer and guitarist
• 1935 – Charles Duke, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1936 – Steve Reich, American composer
• 1938 – Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1960)
• 1938 – David Hart Dyke, English captain
• 1938 – Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
• 1938 – Tereza Kesovija, Croatian singer
• 1938 – Dave Obey, American politician
• 1939 – Bob Armstrong, American wrestler and trainer
• 1940 – Sheila Fearn, English actress
• 1940 – Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 – Chubby Checker, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 – Andrea de Adamich, Italian race car driver and sportscaster
• 1941 – John Elliott, Australian businessman
• 1941 – Ruggero Raimondi, Italian actor and singer
• 1942 – Alan Rachins, American actor and screenwriter
• 1943 – Jeff Bingaman, American solder and politician, 25th Attorney General of New Mexico
• 1943 – Baki İlkin, Turkish diplomat and ambassador
• 1944 – Pierre Deligne, Belgian mathematician and academic
• 1944 – Roy Horn, German-American magician and actor
• 1945 – Tony Brown, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1945 – Christopher Bruce, English dancer and choreographer
• 1945 – Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and politician
• 1947 – John Perry Barlow, American poet, songwriter, blogger, and activist
• 1947 – Ben Cauley, American trumpet player and songwriter (The Bar-Kays) (d. 2015)
• 1947 – Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (d. 2015)
• 1947 – Anne Dorte of Rosenborg (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Takis Michalos, Greek water polo player and coach (d. 2010)
• 1949 – Lindsey Buckingham, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1949 – J. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Aleksandr Rogozhkin, Russian director and screenwriter
• 1949 – Laurie Simmons, American artist
• 1950 – Pamela Hensley, American actress
• 1951 – Keb' Mo', American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1951 – Dave Winfield, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (DeGarmo and Key)
• 1954 – Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and activist
• 1954 – Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Double Trouble) (d. 1990)
• 1955 – John S. Lesmeister, American educator and politician, 30th North Dakota State Treasurer (d. 2006)
• 1955 – Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule) (d. 2000)
• 1955 – Buket Uzuner, Turkish writer, author of novels, short stories and travelogues
• 1956 – Hart Bochner, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 – Roberto Azevêdo, Brazilian engineer and diplomat, 6th Director-General of the World Trade Organization
• 1957 – Tim Westwood, English radio and television host
• 1958 – Chen Yanyin, Chinese sculptor
• 1958 – Louise Lecavalier, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1959 – Fred Couples, American golfer
• 1959 – Greg Proops, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Jack Wagner, American actor and singer
• 1960 – Kevin Eldon, English actor and screenwriter
• 1961 – Maxx Payne, American wrestler and actor
• 1961 – Rebecca Stephens, English journalist and mountaineer
• 1961 – Ludger Stühlmeyer, German cantor, composer and musicologist
• 1962 – Tommy Lee, Greek-American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Mötley Crüe, Methods of Mayhem, and Rock Star Supernova)
• 1963 – Benny Anders, American basketball player
• 1964 – Clive Owen, English actor and producer
• 1965 – Annemarie Verstappen, Dutch swimmer
• 1965 – Jan-Ove Waldner, Swedish table tennis player
• 1966 – Darrin Fletcher, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 – Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
• 1967 – Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fountains of Wayne)
• 1968 – Paul Crichton, English footballer and manager
• 1968 – Greg Foster, American basketball player and coach
• 1968 – Marko Rajamäki, Finnish footballer and manager
• 1968 – Donald Sild, Estonian javelin thrower
• 1969 – Garry Herbert, English rower and sportscaster
• 1969 – Yuriko Ishida, Japanese actress and essayist
• 1969 – Sulev Iva, Estonian linguist and author
• 1969 – Gwen Stefani, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (No Doubt)
• 1969 – Tetsuya, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (L'Arc-en-Ciel)
• 1970 – Elmar Liitmaa, Estonian guitarist and songwriter (Terminaator)
• 1970 – Jimmy Ray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1970 – Sara Zarr, American author
• 1971 – Wil Cordero, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 1971 – Kevin Richardson, American singer-songwriter and actor (Backstreet Boys)
• 1971 – Black Thought, American hip hop artist (The Roots)
• 1972 – Komla Dumor, Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014)
• 1972 – Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor
• 1972 – Guy Oseary, Israeli–American businessman
• 1973 – Keiko Agena, American actress
• 1973 – Neve Campbell, Canadian actress and producer
• 1973 – Angélica Gavaldón, American-Mexican tennis player and coach
• 1973 – Lena Headey, British actress
• 1973 – Eirik Hegdal, Norwegian saxophonist (Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Dingobats)
• 1974 – Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
• 1975 – India Arie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1975 – Satoko Ishimine, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1975 – Talib Kweli, American rapper (Black Star and Reflection Eternal)
• 1975 – Nakako Tsuzuki, Japanese figure skater
• 1976 – Herman Li, Hong Kong-English guitarist and producer (DragonForce and Demoniac)
• 1976 – Seann William Scott, American actor and producer
• 1977 – Daniel Hollie, American wrestler
• 1977 – Shazia Mirza, English comedian, actress, and journalist
• 1977 – Eric Munson, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 – Luca Tognozzi, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Gerald Asamoah, Ghanaian-German footballer
• 1978 – Neil Clement, English footballer
• 1978 – Corey Hill, American mixed martial artist (d. 2015)
• 1978 – Claudio Pizarro, Peruvian footballer
• 1978 – Aminishiki Ryūji, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1978 – Jake Shears, American singer-songwriter (Scissor Sisters)
• 1978 – Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
• 1978 – Vienna Teng, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1979 – Carlo Alban, Ecuadorian actor
• 1979 – Yuri Ebihara, Japanese model and actress
• 1979 – Josh Klinghoffer, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dot Hacker, Ataxia, and The Bicycle Thief)
• 1979 – John Morrison, American wrestler and actor
• 1979 – Danny O'Donoghue, Irish singer-songwriter and producer (The Script and Mytown)
• 1980 – Anquan Boldin, American football player
• 1980 – Sheldon Brookbank, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Lindsey Kelk, English journalist and author

• 1980 – Héctor Reynoso, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Ivan Turina, Croatian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1981 – Danny Coid, English footballer
• 1981 – Seth Gabel, American actor
• 1981 – Zlatan Ibrahimović, Swedish footballer
• 1981 – Andreas Isaksson, Swedish footballer
• 1981 – Matt Sparrow, English footballer
• 1981 – Amanda Walsh, Canadian actress
• 1982 – Clémence Poésy, French model and actress
• 1982 – Erik von Detten, American actor
• 1983 – Fred, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Thiago Alves, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 1983 – Andreas Papathanasiou, Cypriot footballer
• 1983 – Hiroki Suzuki, Japanese actor and singer
• 1984 – Yoon Eun-hye, South Korean singer and actress (Baby V.O.X.)
• 1984 – Bruno Gervais, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Jessica Parker Kennedy, Canadian actress
• 1984 – Anthony Le Tallec, French footballer
• 1984 – Chris Marquette, American actor
• 1984 – Ashlee Simpson, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 – Courtney Lee, American basketball player
• 1986 – Jackson Martínez, Colombian footballer
• 1987 – Robert Grabarz, English high jumper
• 1987 – Martin Plowman, English racing driver
• 1987 – Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican model and actress, Miss Universe 2006
• 1988 – ASAP Rocky, American rapper and producer (ASAP Mob)
• 1989 – Nate Montana, American football player
• 1990 – Johan Le Bon, French cyclist
• 1990 – Rhian Ramos, Filipino actress and singer
• 1991 – Jenny McLoughlin, English sprinter
• 1991 – Aki Takajō, Japanese singer (AKB48, JKT48, and French Kiss)
• 1993 – Raffaele Di Gennaro, Italian footballer
• 1994 – Victoria Bosio, Argentinian tennis player
• 1994 – Charlie Wernham, English comedian and actor
• 1996 – Adair Tishler, American actress and singer
• 1997 – Juri Takahashi, Japanese idol and singer (AKB48)

Deaths[edit]

• 42 BC – Gaius Cassius Longinus, leader of the Liberators who killed Julius Caesar
• 900 – Muhammad ibn Zayd, Tabaristan emir
• 1078 – Iziaslav I of Kiev (b. 1024)
• 1226 – Francis of Assisi, Italian friar and saint (b. 1181)
• 1283 – Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Welsh prince (b. 1238)
• 1369 – Margaret, Countess of Tyrol (b. 1318)
• 1568 – Elisabeth of Valois (b. 1545)
• 1596 – Florent Chrestien, French poet (b. 1541)
• 1611 – Charles, Duke of Mayenne (b. 1554)
• 1629 – Giorgi Saakadze, Georgian commander and politician (b. 1570)
• 1649 – Giovanni Diodati, Swiss-Italian clergyman and theologian (b. 1576)
• 1653 – Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch linguist and academic (b. 1612)
• 1656 – Myles Standish, English-American captain (b. 1584)
• 1690 – Robert Barclay, Scottish theologian and politician, 2nd Governor of East Jersey (b. 1648)
• 1701 – Joseph Williamson, English politician (b. 1633)
• 1801 – Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur, French general and politician, Minister of Defence for France (b. 1724)
• 1833 – François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
• 1838 – Black Hawk, American tribal leader (b. 1767)
• 1860 – Rembrandt Peale, American painter and curator (b. 1778)
• 1867 – Elias Howe, American engineer, invented the sewing machine (b. 1819)
• 1873 – Kintpuash, American tribal leader (b. 1837)
• 1877 – James Roosevelt Bayley, American archbishop (b. 1814)
• 1881 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (b. 1811)
• 1890 – Joseph Hergenröther, German historian and cardinal (b. 1824)
• 1891 – Édouard Lucas, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1842)
• 1896 – William Morris, English author and poet (b. 1834)
• 1907 – Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (b. 1835)
• 1929 – Jeanne Eagels, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1929 – Gustav Stresemann, German politician, Chancellor of Germany, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1931 – Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1865)
• 1936 – John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 1953 – Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (b. 1883)
• 1959 – Tochigiyama Moriya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 27th Yokozuna (b. 1892)
• 1963 – Refet Bele, Ottoman Army and the Turkish Army and retired as a general (b. 1877)
• 1965 – Zachary Scott, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1966 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (b. 1896)
• 1967 – Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Almanac Singers) (b. 1912)
• 1967 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Skip James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Ray Genet, Swiss-American mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 1979 – Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (b. 1940)
• 1979 – Nicos Poulantzas, Greek-French sociologist and philosopher (b. 1936)
• 1980 – Friedrich Karm, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
• 1981 – Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (b. 1887)
• 1985 – Maurice Copeland, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1986 – Vince DiMaggio, American baseball player and manager (b. 1912)
• 1987 – Jean Anouilh, French playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1987 – Kalervo Palsa, Finnish painter (b. 1947)
• 1988 – Franz Josef Strauss, Bavarian politician, Minister President of Bavaria (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monegasque businessman (b. 1960)
• 1990 – Eleanor Steber, American soprano (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Katerina Gogou, Greek actress, poet, and author (b. 1940)
• 1993 – Gary Gordon, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1960)
• 1993 – Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1958)
• 1994 – John C. Champion, American producer and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 1994 – Dub Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 1995 – Ma. Po. Si., Indian author and politician (b. 1906)
• 1997 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (b. 1908)
• 1998 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founded Sony (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Cars) (b. 1947)
• 2001 – Costas Hajihristos, Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2002 – Robert Krausz, Hungarian-American businessman (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Bruce Paltrow, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 2003 – Florence Stanley, American actress and director (b. 1924)
• 2003 – William Steig, American sculptor, author, and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 2004 – John Cerutti, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1960)
• 2004 – Janet Leigh, American actress, singer, and author (b. 1927)
• 2005 – Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2005 – Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (b. 1919)
• 2006 – John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Peter Norman, Australian runner (b. 1942)
• 2006 – Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (b. 1937)
• 2007 – M. N. Vijayan, Indian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1930)
• 2008 – Johnny "J", Mexican-American rapper and producer (b. 1969)
• 2008 – Karam ud Din, Pakistani lieutenant (b. 1941)
• 2009 – Vladimir Beekman, Estonian poet and translator (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Fatima el-Sharif, Libyan wife of Idris of Libya (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Ben Mondor, Canadian-American businessman (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Billy Hullin, Welsh rugby player (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Kathi McDonald, American singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Albie Roles, English footballer (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Peter J. Schmitt, American politician (b. 1950)
• 2013 – Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (b. 1978)
• 2013 – Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Bob Chance, American baseball player (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Frank D'Rone, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel movement (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Peer Augustinski, German actor (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Ewen Gilmour, New Zealand comedian and television host (b. 1963)
• 2014 – Benedict Groeschel, American priest, psychologist, and talk show host (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Jean-Jacques Marcel, French footballer (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Kevin Metheny, American businessman (b. 1954)
• 2014 – Ward Ruyslinck, Belgian author (b. 1929)

Sam Smith's James Bond theme makes UK chart history

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Sam Smith's Writing's On The Wall has made history by becoming the first Bond theme to reach number one in the UK.

The track achieved combined chart sales and streams of 70,000 copies - 13,000 ahead of its closest competitor, Justin Bieber's What Do You Mean?

The previous highest-charting Bond themes were Adele's Skyfall and Duran Duran's View To A Kill, which both reached number two. 

Smith said he was "so proud" of the song and being number one was "crazy".

 

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He told BBC Radio 1: "Out of all the songs I've brought out in my life, I was not expecting this to even chart in the top 10, let alone number one. It's unbelievable."

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Smith is the first solo male British act to perform the opening number for a James Bond film since 1965, when Tom Jones was heard over the credits for Thunderball.

Smith's song, a mournful ballad, divided opinion when it was unveiled last week, with critics labelling it both "bland" and "beautiful".

"When the song came out I was so nervous," the singer said. "It's impossible to bring out a Bond song that pleases everyone.

"Everyone's had mixed reviews when they bring one out, but the charts don't lie and people seem to love it and enjoy it and that's just the most magical thing."

Writing's On The Wall follows the success of Adele's Skyfall, which won a Grammy, an Oscar, a Brit Award and a Golden Globe.

Her song failed to reach the top of the charts because it was released on a Wednesday - meaning Swedish House Mafia's Don't You Worry Child prevailed, thanks to a 48-hour head start.

Duran Duran's A View To A Kill reached number two on both sides of the Atlantic in 1985, while Paul McCartney and Wings' Live and Let Die only reached number seven.

Shirley Bassey's Goldfinger, possibly the most famous Bond song, was the singer's biggest hit in the US, peaking at number eight - but it only reached 21 in the UK.

Top five UK singles
1) Writing's On The Wall	Sam Smith
2) What Do You Mean	Justin Bieber
3) Locked Away	R City ft Adam Levine
4) Easy Love	Sigala
5) Can't Feel My Face	The Weeknd
Top five UK albums
1) Caracal	Disclosure
2) Music Complete	New Order
3) Rattle That Lock	David Gilmour
4) Every Open Eye	Churches
5) I Cry When I Laugh	Jess Glynne

Writing's On The Wall is Smith's fifth number one single, following La La La (with Naughty Boy), Money On My Mind, Stay With Me and Lay Me Down. 

He is due to unveil the video on Monday at 00:07 BST.

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Elsewhere in this week's singles chart, R City and Adam Levine stayed at number three with Locked Away. 

Sigala's former number one Easy Love slipped from two to four, and The Weeknd's Can't Feel My Face remained at five for the fourth week in a row.

Caracal triumphs

Meanwhile, dance duo Disclosure, who provided production work on Smith's Bond theme along with songwriter Jimmy Napes, scored their second number one album. 

Caracal features another collaboration with Smith, Omen, as well as tracks with The Weeknd, Gregory Porter, Kwabs, Lorde, and Miguel.

Combined sales and streaming figures put it more than 8,000 copies ahead of its nearest rival New Order, who return with their 10th studio album, Music Complete. 

The album is the band's highest-charting album in 22 years and features collaboration with Brandon Flowers, La Roux and Iggy Pop.

Scottish synth-pop group Chvrches charted at four with their second studio album Every Open Eye.

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• 23 – Rebels capture and sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion. They kill and decapitate the emperor, Wang Mang, two days later.
• 610 – Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas and becomes Emperor.
• 1227 – Assassination of Caliph al-Adil.
• 1302 – A peace treaty between the Byzantine Empire and the Republic of Venice ends the Byzantine–Venetian War (1296–1302).
• 1363 – End of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the Chinese rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang defeat that of his rival, Chen Youliang, in one of the largest naval battles in history.
• 1511 – Formation of the Holy League of Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Papal States and the Republic of Venice against France.
• 1535 – The first complete English-language Bible (the Coverdale Bible) is printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Myles Coverdale.
• 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Spain, October 4 of this year is followed directly by October 15.
• 1597 – The first Guale uprising begins against the Spanish missions in Georgia.
• 1636 – The Swedish Army defeats the armies of Saxony and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Wittstock.
• 1693 – Battle of Marsaglia: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
• 1725 – Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.
• 1777 – Battle of Germantown: Troops under George Washington are repelled by British troops under Sir William Howe.
• 1779 – The Fort Wilson Riot takes place.
• 1795 – Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).
• 1824 – Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
• 1830 – Creation of the Kingdom of Belgium after separation from the Netherlands.
• 1853 – Crimean War: The Ottoman Empire declares war on Russia.
• 1876 – Texas A&M University opens as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, becoming the first public institution of higher education in Texas.
• 1883 – First run of the Orient Express.
• 1883 – First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
• 1895 – The first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship administered by the United States Golf Association is played at the Newport Country Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
• 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
• 1918 – An explosion kills more than 100 and destroys the T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant in Sayreville, New Jersey. Fires and explosions continue for three days forcing massive evacuations and spreading ordnance over a wide area, pieces of which were still being found as of 2007.
• 1927 – Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
• 1936 – In the East End of London, marches staged by British fascists and various anti-fascist organizations result in violent clashes between them in what becomes known as the Battle of Cable Street.
• 1940 – Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass.
• 1941 – Norman Rockwell's Willie Gillis character debuts on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
• 1943 – World War II: U.S. captures the Solomon Islands from the Japanese.
• 1957 – Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.
• 1957 – Avro Arrow roll-out ceremony at Avro Canada plant in Malton, Ontario.
• 1957 – Leave It To Beaver premieres on CBS.
• 1958 – Fifth Republic of France is established.
• 1960 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes after a bird strike on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 of 72 on board.
• 1963 – Hurricane Flora, kills 6,000 in Cuba and Haiti.
• 1965 – Pope Paul VI arrives in New York, the first Pope to visit the United States of America and the Western hemisphere.
• 1966 – Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
• 1967 – Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
• 1974 – Founding of the New Democracy party in Greece.
• 1976 – Official launch of the InterCity 125 high speed train.
• 1983 – Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
• 1985 – The Free Software Foundation is founded in Massachusetts, United States.
• 1988 – U.S. televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted for fraud.
• 1991 – The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
• 1992 – The Rome General Peace Accords ends a 16-year civil war in Mozambique.
• 1992 – El Al Flight 1862: An El Al Boeing 747-258F crashes into two apartment buildings in Amsterdam, killing 43 including 39 on the ground.
• 1993 – Russian Constitutional Crisis: In Moscow, tanks bombard the White House, a government building that housed the Russian parliament, while demonstrators against President Boris Yeltsin rally outside.
• 1997 – The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs at the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Loomis, Fargo and Company. A Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation eventually results in 24 convictions and the recovery of approximately 95% of the $17.3 million stolen cash.
• 2001 – NATO confirms invocation of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty.
• 2001 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812: A Sibir Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into the Black Sea after being struck by an errant Ukrainian S-200 missile. Seventy-eight people are killed.
• 2003 – Maxim restaurant suicide bombing in Haifa, Israel: Twenty-one Israelis, Jews and Arabs, are killed, and 51 others wounded.
• 2004 – SpaceShipOne wins Ansari X Prize for private spaceflight, by being the first private craft to fly into space.
• 2010 – The Ajka plant accident in western Hungary releases about a million cubic metres (35 million cubic feet) of liquid alumina sludge. Nine people are killed and 122 injured, and the Marcal and Danube rivers are severely contaminated.

Births[edit]

• 1160 – Alys, Countess of the Vexin (d. 1220)
• 1274 – Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1319)
• 1276 – Margaret of Brabant (d. 1311)
• 1289 – Louis X of France (d. 1316)
• 1331 – James Butler, 2nd Earl of Ormond, Irish politician, Lord Justice of Ireland (d. 1382)
• 1379 – Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
• 1515 – Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (d. 1586)
• 1542 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (d. 1621)
• 1550 – Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
• 1562 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer and author (d. 1647)
• 1570 – Péter Pázmány, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1637)
• 1585 – Anna of Tyrol (d. 1618)
• 1625 – Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (d. 1661)
• 1626 – Richard Cromwell, English academic and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (d. 1712)
• 1657 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (d. 1747)
• 1720 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (d. 1778)
• 1723 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist and author (d. 1798)
• 1759 – Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (d. 1803)
• 1787 – François Guizot, French historian and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1874)
• 1793 – Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (d. 1862)
• 1807 – Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, Canadian politician, 2nd Premier of Canada East (d. 1864)
• 1814 – Jean-François Millet, French painter and educator (d. 1875)
• 1822 – Rutherford B. Hayes, American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
• 1835 – Jenny Twitchell Kempton, American contralto opera singer (d. 1921)
• 1836 – Juliette Adam, French author (d. 1936)
• 1841 – Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (d. 1912)
• 1841 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria (d. 1925)
• 1858 – Léon Serpollet, French industrialist and pioneer of steam automobiles (d. 1903)
• 1861 – Walter Rauschenbusch, American pastor and theologian (d. 1918)
• 1861 – Frederic Remington, American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1909)
• 1862 – Edward Stratemeyer, American author and publisher (d. 1930)
• 1868 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 20th President of Argentina (d. 1942)
• 1874 – John Ellis, English hairdresser and newsagent who served as one of the United Kingdom's executioners (d. 1932)
• 1875 – Bob McKinney, American baseball player (d. 1946)
• 1876 – Hugh McCrae, Australian actor and author (d. 1958)
• 1877 – Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
• 1880 – Damon Runyon, American author and playwright (d. 1946)
• 1881 – Henry Potter, American golfer (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (d. 1948)
• 1884 – Ramchandra Shukla, Indian historian and author (d. 1941)
• 1884 – Subramaniya Siva, Indian author and activist (d. 1925)
• 1886 – Luis Alberni, Spanish-American actor and singer (d. 1962)
• 1888 – Lucy Tayiah Eads, American tribal chief (d. 1961)
• 1888 – Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (d. 1954)
• 1890 – Alan L. Hart, American physician and author (d. 1962)
• 1892 – Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian politician, 14th Federal Chancellor of Austria (d. 1934)
• 1892 – Hermann Glauert, English aerodynamicist and author (d. 1934)
• 1892 – Robert Lawson, American author and illustrator (d. 1957
• 1895 – Buster Keaton, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1966)
• 1895 – Richard Sorge, German journalist and spy (d. 1944)
• 1900 – August Mälk, Estonian author and playwright (d. 1987)
• 1903 – Bona Arsenault, Canadian genealogist, historian, and politician (d. 1993)
• 1903 – John Vincent Atanasoff, American physicist, invented the Atanasoff–Berry computer (d. 1995)
• 1903 – Pierre Garbay, French general (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Austrian-German lawyer and general (d. 1946)
• 1907 – Alain Daniélou, French-Swiss historian and academic (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Viktor Ader, Estonian footballer (d. 1966)
• 1910 – Frankie Crosetti, American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (d. 1956)
• 1913 – Martial Célestin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2011)
• 1914 – Jim Cairns, Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Brendan Gill, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Jan Murray, American comedian, actor, and game show host (d. 2006)
• 1916 – George Sidney, American director and producer (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Violeta Parra, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1967)
• 1918 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Malcolm Baldrige, Jr., American businessman and politician, 26th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Shin Kyuk-ho, South Korean-Japanese businessman, founded Lotte Group
• 1922 – Don Lenhardt, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Charlton Heston, American actor and director (d. 2008)
• 1924 – Donald J. Sobol, American soldier and author (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Raymond Watson, American businessman (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Wolf Kahn, American painter
• 1928 – Alvin Toffler, American journalist and author
• 1928 – Torben Ulrich, Danish-American tennis player
• 1929 – Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (d. 1968)
• 1929 – John E. Mack, American psychiatrist and author (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Leroy Van Dyke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1931 – Terence Conran, English designer and businessman
• 1931 – Basil D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer and footballer (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Richard Rorty, American philosopher and author (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Milan Chvostek, Canadian director and producer
• 1933 – Ann Thwaite, English author
• 1934 – Sam Huff, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1934 – Dimosthenis Sofianos, Greek journalist and poet
• 1936 – Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager
• 1936 – Giles Radice, Baron Radice, English politician
• 1937 – Jackie Collins, English-American author and actress (d. 2015)
• 1937 – David Crocker, American philosopher and academic
• 1937 – Gail Gilmore, Canadian-American actress and dancer (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Jim Sillars, Scottish politician
• 1938 – Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1938 – Norman D. Wilson, American actor (d. 2004)
• 1939 – Ivan Mauger, New Zealand motorcycle racer
• 1940 – Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Silvio Marzolini, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1940 – Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer
• 1940 – Alberto Vilar, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1941 – Roy Blount, Jr., American journalist and author
• 1941 – Karen Cushman, American author
• 1941 – Karl Oppitzhauser, Austrian race car driver
• 1941 – Anne Rice, American author
• 1941 – Robert Wilson, American director and playwright
• 1942 – Bernice Johnson Reagon, American singer-songwriter (Sweet Honey in the Rock)
• 1942 – Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1967)
• 1942 – Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician, 24th Prime Minister of Iceland
• 1942 – Christopher Stone, American actor (d. 1995)
• 1943 – H. Rap Brown, American activist
• 1943 – Karl-Gustav Kaisla, Finnish ice hockey player and referee (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Dietmar Mürdter, German footballer
• 1943 – Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Jimy Williams, American baseball player and manager
• 1944 – Colin Bundy, South African-English historian and academic
• 1944 – Rocío Dúrcal, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Eddie Gómez, Puerto Rican bass player (Steps Ahead)
• 1944 – Tony La Russa, American baseball player and manager
• 1944 – John McFall, Baron McFall of Alcluith, Scottish educator and politician
• 1945 – Clifton Davis, American singer-songwriter, actor, and minister
• 1946 – Larry Clapp, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Chuck Hagel, American sergeant and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Defense
• 1946 – Michael Mullen, American admiral
• 1946 – Susan Sarandon, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1946 – Bridget St John, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Julien Clerc, French singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1947 – Jim Fielder, American bass player (Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Mothers of Invention)
• 1947 – Ann Widdecombe, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Health
• 1948 – Linda McMahon, American businesswoman and politician
• 1948 – Duke Robillard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Fabulous Thunderbirds and Roomful of Blues)
• 1949 – Armand Assante, American actor and producer
• 1949 – Stephen Gyllenhaal, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Marion Albert Pruett, American murderer (d. 1999)
• 1950 – Meg Bennett, American actress and screenwriter
• 1951 – Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet and author
• 1952 – Jody Stephens, American drummer (Big Star and Golden Smog)
• 1953 – Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-French actor and singer
• 1953 – Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Triumph)
• 1953 – Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player
• 1955 – John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player
• 1955 – Jorge Valdano, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1956 – Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright
• 1956 – Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor
• 1957 – Bill Fagerbakke, American actor and singer
• 1957 – Yngve Moe, Norwegian bass player and songwriter (Dance with a Stranger) (d. 2013)
• 1957 – Russell Simmons, American businessman, founded Def Jam Recordings and Phat Farm
• 1958 – Anneka Rice, Welsh radio and television host
• 1958 – Ned Luke, American actor
• 1959 – Chris Lowe, English singer and keyboard player (Pet Shop Boys)
• 1959 – Tony Meo, English snooker player
• 1959 – Hitonari Tsuji, Japanese writer, composer, and director
• 1960 – Joe Boever, American baseball player
• 1961 – David W. Harper, American actor
• 1961 – Philippe Russo, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Kazuki Takahashi, Japanese author and illustrator, created Yu-Gi-Oh!
• 1962 – Carlos Carsolio, Mexican mountaineer
• 1962 – Jon Secada, Cuban-American singer-songwriter
• 1963 – A. C. Green, American basketball player
• 1963 – Koji Ishikawa, Japanese author and illustrator
• 1964 – Peter Florence, English actor, founded the Hay Festival
• 1964 – Sarah Lancashire, English actress and director
• 1964 – Francis Magalona, Filipino rapper, producer, actor, and director (d. 2009)
• 1964 – Yvonne Murray, Scottish runner
• 1965 – Olaf Backasch, German footballer
• 1965 – Skip Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1965 – Micky Ward, American boxer
• 1967 – Marcus Bentley, English voice actor
• 1967 – Ekin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1967 – Tsuyoshi Koyama, Japanese actor and voice actor
• 1967 – Liev Schreiber, American actor and director
• 1968 – Richard Hancox, English footballer and manager
• 1968 – Anzela Voronova, Estonian target shooter
• 1968 – Tim Wise, American activist and author
• 1969 – Abraham Benrubi, American actor
• 1971 – Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
• 1971 – Darren Middleton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Powderfinger and Drag)
• 1972 – Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
• 1973 – Abyss, American wrestler
• 1974 – Paco León, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1975 – Daniella Deutscher, American actress
• 1975 – Panos Kiamos, Greek singer
• 1975 – Cristiano Lucarelli, Italian footballer and manager
• 1975 – Mohamed Jameel, Maldivian footballer
• 1976 – Mauro Camoranesi, Argentinian-Italian footballer
• 1976 – Elisandro Naressi Roos, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Alicia Silverstone, American actress, producer, and author
• 1976 – Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer
• 1976 – Craig Robert Young, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1977 – Cabral Ibacka, Romanian actor and kick-boxer
• 1977 – Richard Reed Parry, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre)
• 1978 – Phillip Glasser, American actor and producer
• 1978 – Kei Horie, Japanese actor, writer, producer, and director
• 1978 – Kyle Lohse, American baseball player
• 1978 – Go Soo, South Korean actor and singer
• 1979 – Brandon Barash, American actor
• 1979 – Stefan Booth, English actor and singer
• 1979 – Rachael Leigh Cook, American actress and producer
• 1979 – Björn Phau, German tennis player
• 1979 – Adam Voges, Australian cricketer
• 1980 – Me'Lisa Barber, American sprinter
• 1980 – Sarah Fisher, American race car driver
• 1980 – Mellisa Hollingsworth, Canadian skeleton racer
• 1980 – James Jones, American basketball player
• 1980 – Tim Peper, American actor
• 1980 – Tomáš Rosický, Czech footballer
• 1981 – Shaura, Japanese singer (Moi dix Mois)
• 1981 – Justin Williams, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Tony Gwynn, Jr., American baseball player
• 1982 – Jered Weaver, American baseball player
• 1983 – Dan Clarke, English race car driver
• 1983 – Risa Kudō, Japanese model and actress
• 1983 – Matet de Leon, Filipino actress
• 1983 – Ai Maeda, Japanese actress, singer, and model
• 1983 – Marios Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer
• 1983 – Chansi Stuckey, American football player
• 1983 – Kurt Suzuki, American baseball player
• 1983 – Tatsuya Ueda, Japanese singer and actor (KAT-TUN)
• 1984 – Lena Katina, Russian singer-songwriter (t.A.T.u. and Neposedi)
• 1984 – Álvaro Parente, Portuguese race car driver
• 1984 – Karolina Tymińska, Polish heptathlete
• 1985 – Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player
• 1986 – Yuridia, Mexican singer
• 1987 – Rawez Lawan, Swedish footballer
• 1987 – Will Puddy, English footballer
• 1987 – Marina Weisband, German politician
• 1988 – Joseph Marco, Filipino actor and model
• 1988 – Melissa Benoist, American actress and singer
• 1988 – Evgeni Krasnopolski, Israeli figure skater
• 1988 – Derrick Rose, American basketball player
• 1989 – Dakota Johnson, American model and actress
• 1989 – Lil Mama, American rapper, dancer, and actress
• 1989 – Stacey Solomon, English singer
• 1989 – Rich Homie Quan, American rapper
• 1990 – Signy Aarna, Estonian footballer
• 1997 – Michelle Vito, Filipino actress
• 1998 – Caner Erkin, Turkish professional footballer
• 2005 – Prince Emmanuel of Belgium

Deaths[edit]

• 1052 – Vladimir of Novgorod (b. 1020)
• 1250 – Herman VI, Margrave of Baden (b. 1226)
• 1305 – Emperor Kameyama of Japan (b. 1249)
• 1582 – Teresa of Ávila, Spanish nun and saint (b. 1515)
• 1597 – Sarsa Dengel, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1550)
• 1646 – Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (b. 1586)
• 1660 – Francesco Albani, Italian painter (b. 1578)
• 1661 – Jacqueline Pascal, French nun and composer (b. 1625)
• 1669 – Rembrandt, Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1606)
• 1680 – Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer, designed the Canal du Midi (b. 1609)
• 1743 – John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, Scottish commander and politician (b. 1678)
• 1749 – Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (b. 1711)
• 1754 – Tanacharison, American tribal chief (b. 1700)
• 1821 – John Rennie the Elder, Scottish engineer, designed the Waterloo Bridge (b. 1761)
• 1827 – Grigorios Zalykis, Greek-French lexicographer and scholar (b. 1785)
• 1851 – Manuel Godoy, Prince of the Peace (b. 1767)
• 1852 – James Whitcomb, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Indiana (b. 1795)
• 1859 – Karl Baedeker, German publisher, founded Baedeker (b. 1801)
• 1864 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strongman (b. 1802)
• 1867 – Francis Xavier Seelos, German-American priest and missionary (b. 1819)
• 1871 – Sarel Cilliers, South African spiritual leader and preacher (b. 1801)
• 1890 – Catherine Booth, English theologian and saint, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)
• 1903 – Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1880)
• 1904 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty (b. 1834)
• 1904 – Carl Josef Bayer, Austrian chemist and academic (b. 1847)
• 1910 – Sergey Muromtsev, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1850)
• 1935 – Jean Béraud, French painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 – Marie Gutheil-Schoder, German soprano (b. 1874)
• 1943 – Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1944 – Al Smith, American politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
• 1946 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver (b. 1878)
• 1947 – Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 – Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1951 – Willie Moretti, Italian-American gangster (b. 1894)
• 1955 – Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 – Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 – Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 – Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
• 1969 – Natalino Otto, Italian singer and actor (b. 1912)
• 1970 – Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (b. 1943)
• 1974 – Anne Sexton, American poet and author (b. 1928)
• 1975 – Joan Whitney Payson, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1903)
• 1977 – José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (b. 1917)
• 1981 – Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1982 – The Amazing Criswell, American psychic and actor (b. 1907)
• 1982 – Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1932)
• 1982 – Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
• 1989 – Secretariat, American race horse (b. 1970)
• 1989 – Graham Chapman, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 1990 – Alyn Ainsworth, English singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1924)
• 1990 – Avis Bunnage, English actress (b. 1923)
• 1990 – Mārtiņš Zīverts, Latvian playwright (b. 1903)
• 1991 – J. Frank Wilson, American singer (J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers) (b. 1941)
• 1992 – Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1936)
• 1994 – Danny Gatton, American guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1996 – Larry Gene Bell, American murderer (b. 1949)
• 1997 – Otto Ernst Remer, German general (b. 1912)
• 1997 – Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese game designer, created Game Boy (b. 1941)
• 1998 – S. Arasaratnam, Sri Lankan historian and academic (b. 1930)
• 1999 – Erik Brødreskift, Norwegian drummer (Immortal and Borknagar) (b. 1969)
• 1999 – Bernard Buffet, French painter and illustrator (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (The Jazztet) (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1914)
• 2000 – Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1932)
• 2001 – Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976)
• 2001 – George Claydon, English actor (b. 1933)
• 2001 – John Collins, American guitarist (b. 1913)
• 2001 – Ahron Soloveichik, Russian rabbi and scholar (b. 1917)
• 2002 – André Delvaux, Belgian-Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Sid McMath, American lawyer and politician, 34th Governor of Arkansas (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Gordon Cooper, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Rio Diaz, Filipino model, actress, and politician (b. 1959)
• 2005 – Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Tom Bell, English actor (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Qassem Al-Nasser, Jordanian general (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Gerhard Kaufhold, German footballer (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Günther Rall, German general and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer and activist (b. 1935)
• 2010 – Norman Wisdom, English singer-songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2011 – Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, American son of Anwar al-Awlaki (b. 1995)
• 2011 – Doris Belack, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2012 – David Atkinson, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Zimbabwe (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Daphne Slater, English actress (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Gloria Taylor, Canadian activist (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Pramote Teerawiwatana, Thai badminton player (b. 1967)
• 2012 – Erhard Wunderlich, German handball player (b. 1956)
• 2013 – John Cloudsley-Thompson, Pakistani-English commander (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (b. 1911)
• 2013 – Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Konrad Boehmer, German-Dutch composer and educator (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Hugo Carvana, Brazilian actor (b. 1937)
• 2014 – Fyodor Cherenkov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1959)
• 2014 – Jean-Claude Duvalier, Haitian politician, 41st President of Haiti (b. 1951)
• 2014 – Paul Revere, singer with the American rock band Paul Revere & the Raiders (b. 1938)