Φοντάνα ντι Τρέβι - Ολοκληρώθηκαν τα έργα στο διάσημο σιντριβάνι 

Η Φοντάνα Ντι Τρέβι λάμπει ξανά! Ενα από τα διασημότερα

 αξιοθέατα της Ρώμης τέθηκε και πάλι στη διάθεση του κοινού

 έπειτα από τα έργα ανακατασκευής που κράτησαν περίπου 17

 μήνες.

Δαπανήθηκαν σχεδόν 2 εκατ. ευρώ και χρειάστηκαν 17 μήνες προκειμένου η Φοντάνα 

Ντι Τρέβι να αποτελεί πλέον ξανά τον αγαπημένο προορισμό εκατομμυρίων

 επισκεπτών απ'όλο τον κόσμο.

Ολο αυτό το διάστημα της ανακατασκευής του μνημείου, το οποίο έγινε παγκοσμίως

 γνωστό από την ταινία του Φεντερίκο Φελίνι «La Dolce Vita», οι τουρίστες μπορούσαν 

να το απολαύσουν μέσω μιας ειδικής ράμπας ωστόσο δεν μπορούσαν να κάνουν την 

κλασική ευχή πετώντας το κέρμα στο νερό, κάτι το οποίο συνηθίζουν όλοι.

Ο νέος φωτισμός είναι αυτός που κλέβει την παράσταση ενώ αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι

 το έργο ανέλαβε ο όμιλος Fendi.

Το μνημείο, το οποίο μετρά κάτι λιγότερο από 300 χρόνια ύπαρξης, άρχισε να

 καταστρέφεται το 2012 από τον βαρύ χειμώνα που έπληξε τη Ρώμη και λίγους μήνες

 μετά αποφασίστηκε να κλείσει προκειμένου να προστατευθεί.

ΝΑΝΑ ΜΟΥΣΧΟΥΡΗ ΣΤΟ MEΓΑΡΟ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ

• 355 – Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
• 1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in the area that would become Texas.
• 1789 – Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
• 1844 – The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
• 1856 – Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.
• 1865 – American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels.
• 1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
• 1913 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
• 1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
• 1918 – The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed.
• 1928 – Arnold Rothstein, the head of the Jewish mob in New York, was shot and mortally wounded on November 4, and died on November 6. He was assassinated by George "Hump" McManus, for failing to pay a large gambling debt.
• 1934 – Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.
• 1935 – Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
• 1935 – First flight of the Hawker Hurricane, with its K5083 first prototype.
• 1935 – Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for Monopoly from Elizabeth Magie.
• 1939 – World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.
• 1941 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his 27-year rule. He falsely states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near.
• 1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.
• 1942 – World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219.
• 1943 – World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.
• 1944 – Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
• 1947 – Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
• 1948 – Deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern China Field Army General Su Yu launches a massive offensive toward Xuzhou, defended by seven different armies under the Suppression General Headquarter of Xuzhou Garrison, the Huaihai Campaign. The largest operational campaign of the Chinese Civil War begins.
• 1962 – Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
• 1963 – Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Dương Văn Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.
• 1965 – Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans had made use of this program.
• 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
• 1975 – Green March begins: Three hundred thousand unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
• 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
• 1985 – In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.
• 1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2¹⁄₂ miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
• 1991 – The last Kuwaiti oil field fire is extinguished.
• 1995 – The Rova of Antananarivo, home of the sovereigns of Madagascar from the 16th to 19th centuries, is destroyed by fire.
• 1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Ravens, the first time the city had a football team since 1983 when they were the Baltimore Colts.
• 1999 – Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
• 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
• 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

Births[edit]

• 1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
• 1479 – Joanna of Castile (d. 1555)
• 1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (d. 1566)
• 1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish wife of Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1612)
• 1607 – Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer (d. 1655)
• 1661 – Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
• 1692 – Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
• 1753 – Jean-Baptiste Bréval, French cellist and composer (d. 1823)
• 1753 – Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802)
• 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)
• 1833 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1908)
• 1835 – Cesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist and physician, founded the Italian school of criminology (d. 1909)
• 1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)
• 1841 – Armand Fallières, French politician, 9th President of France (d. 1931)
• 1851 – Asada Nobuoki, Japanese general (d. 1927)
• 1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)
• 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American commander, composer, and conductor (d. 1932)
• 1855 – E. S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation (d. 1942)
• 1861 – Dennis Miller Bunker, American painter (d. 1890)
• 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American inventor of basketball (d. 1939)
• 1876 – Everett Shinn, American painter (d. 1953)
• 1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese entrepreneur, businessman, and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (d. 1967)
• 1880 – Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (d. 1942)
• 1880 – George Poage, American hurdler (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author and educator (d. 1959)
• 1881 – Otozō Yamada, Japanese general (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1924)
• 1884 – Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Iranian poet, journalist, and historian (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)
• 1886 – Ida Barney, American astronomer (d. 1982)
• 1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
• 1892 – Harold Ross, American journalist, co-founded The New Yorker (d. 1951)
• 1893 – Edsel Ford, American lieutenant and businessman (d. 1943)
• 1894 – Opal Kunz, American pilot and activist (d. 1967)
• 1897 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (d. 1977)
• 1903 – June Marlowe, American actress (d. 1984)
• 1906 – James D. Norris, American businessman (d. 1966)
• 1914 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1916 – Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)
• 1921 – James Jones, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1977)
• 1922 – Frank J. Lynch, American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1987)
• 1923 – Ray B. Sitton, American pilot and general (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Don Lusher, English trombonist and bandleader (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Jeanette Schmid, Czech-Austrian whistler (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996)
• 1925 – Michel Bouquet, French actor
• 1926 – Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Bangladeshi-Indian actor (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Frank Carson, Irish-English comedian and actor (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)
• 1929 – June Squibb, American actress
• 1930 – Tom Hornbein, American anesthesiologist and mountaineer
• 1931 – Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958)
• 1931 – Mike Nichols, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Stonewall Jackson, American singer-songwriter
• 1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 – Gordon Wharmby, English actor (d. 2002)
• 1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Garry Gross, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 1937 – Eugene Pitt, American singer (The Jive Five)
• 1937 – Marco Vassi, American author (d. 1989)
• 1937 – Joe Warfield, American actor, director, and educator
• 1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1938 – Branko Mikasinovich, Serbian journalist and scholar
• 1938 – P.J. Proby, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1938 – Diana E. H. Russell, South African activist and author
• 1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)
• 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist
• 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
• 1940 – Ruth Messinger, American politician
• 1940 – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, German-American pilot and religious leader
• 1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 – Sally Field, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1946 – Viivi Luik, Estonian poet and author
• 1946 – Fred Penner, Canadian singer, guitarist, and actor
• 1946 – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter and producer (The Easybeats and Flash And The Pan)
• 1947 – Jim Rosenthal, English sportscaster and actor
• 1947 – Carolyn Seymour, English actress
• 1947 – Edward Yang, Taiwanese-American director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1948 – Sidney Blumenthal, American journalist
• 1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Eagles)
• 1949 – Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1949 – Nigel Havers, English actor
• 1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban trumpet player, pianist, and composer (Irakere)
• 1949 – Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Gabon
• 1950 – Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic
• 1950 – Chris Glen, Scottish bass player (Café Jacques, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and Michael Schenker Group)
• 1950 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000)
• 1951 – Peter Althin, Swedish lawyer and politician
• 1951 – John Falsey, American screenwriter and producer
• 1952 – Michael Cunningham, American novelist and short story writer
• 1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer
• 1954 – Mango, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1954 – Catherine Crier, American judge, journalist, and author
• 1954 – Minoru Yanagida, Japanese politician
• 1955 – Alton Coleman, American serial killer (d. 2002)
• 1955 – William H. McRaven, former commander of the United States Special Operations Command.
• 1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer
• 1957 – Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer
• 1957 – Klaus Kleinfeld, German businessman
• 1957 – Siobhán McCarthy, Irish actress and singer
• 1957 – Tōru Nakane, Japanese actor
• 1957 – Lori Singer, American actress and singer
• 1958 – Trace Beaulieu, American actor, puppeteer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Mare Tommingas, Estonian dancer and choreographer
• 1960 – Michael Cerveris, American actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1961 – Craig Goldy, American guitarist (Dio, Giuffria, and Rough Cutt)
• 1961 – Florent Pagny, French singer-songwriter and actor
• 1962 – Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian actor and singer
• 1962 – Annette Zilinskas, American singer and bass player (The Bangles and Blood on the Saddle)
• 1963 – Tsuyoshi Ihara, Japanese-Korean actor
• 1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter (Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation) (d. 1998)
• 1964 – Kerry Conran, American director and screenwriter
• 1964 – Arne Duncan, American educator and politician, 9th United States Secretary of Education
• 1964 – Corey Glover, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Living Colour and Galactic)
• 1964 – Greg Graffin, American singer-songwriter and producer (Bad Religion)
• 1964 – Arkie Whiteley, English-Australian actress (d. 2001)
• 1965 – Valérie Benguigui, French actress and director (d. 2013)
• 1965 – Siim Valmar Kiisler, Estonian businessman and politician
• 1965 – René Unglaube, German footballer
• 1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor and director
• 1966 – Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer (Mr. Big, Racer X, and Yellow Matter Custard)
• 1967 – Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player
• 1967 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)
• 1967 – Fujiko Takimoto, Japanese voice actress
• 1968 – Caesar Meadows, American cartoonist
• 1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress
• 1968 – Alfred Williams, American football player and radio host
• 1968 – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
• 1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Clonie Gowen, American poker player
• 1972 – Deivi Cruz, Dominican baseball player
• 1972 – Garry Flitcroft, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Adonis Georgiades, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister of Health
• 1972 – Thandie Newton, English actress and singer
• 1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model, actress, and producer
• 1972 – Igors Samušonoks, Latvian wrestler
• 1973 – Nell McAndrew, English model and runner
• 1974 – Zoe McLellan, American actress
• 1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)
• 1975 – Tarmo Saks, Estonian footballer
• 1976 – Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist
• 1976 – Mike Herrera, American singer-songwriter and bass player (MxPx and Mike Herrera's Tumbledown)
• 1976 – Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (d. 2004)
• 1977 – Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
• 1978 – Jolina Magdangal, Filipino actress and singer
• 1978 – Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress
• 1978 – Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host
• 1978 – Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
• 1978 – Taryn Manning, American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (Boomkat)
• 1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
• 1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
• 1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player and actor
• 1979 – Marc Abaya, Filipino musician, actor, VJ, and host (Sandwich and Kjwan)
• 1979 – Gerli Padar, Estonian singer
• 1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1981 – Cassie Bernall, American murder victim (d. 1999)
• 1981 – Lee Dong-wook, South Korean actor
• 1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
• 1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Sowelu, Japanese singer
• 1982 – Steve Millar, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Daisuke Watanabe, Japanese actor
• 1983 – Sawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Jon Hume, Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer (Evermore)
• 1983 – Janette McBride, Australian-Filipino actress
• 1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player
• 1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
• 1985 – Ettore Marchi, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Gee-Ann Abrahan, Filipino actress
• 1986 – Katie Leclerc, American actress
• 1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer
• 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
• 1987 – Naoki Miyata, Japanese footballer
• 1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
• 1988 – Emma Stone, American actress
• 1988 – Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer
• 1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
• 1989 – Shaina Magdayao, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
• 1990 – Dorothea Barth Jörgensen, Swedish model
• 1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer
• 1990 – Kris Wu, Chinese rapper, singer, songwriter and actor
• 1990 – Valentina Nappi, Italian porn actress and model
• 1992 – Paula Kania, Polish tennis player
• 1992 – Kim Yura, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girl's Day)
• 1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer
• 1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor

Deaths[edit]

• 1231 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)
• 1406 – Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339)
• 1479 – James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, Scottish scholar and politician (b. 1415)
• 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)
• 1550 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487)
• 1632 – Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594)
• 1650 – William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626)
• 1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)
• 1656 – John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)
• 1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)
• 1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)
• 1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
• 1771 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695)
• 1790 – James Bowdoin, American banker and politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1726)
• 1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar and politician (b. 1752)
• 1822 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (b. 1748)
• 1836 – Charles X of France (b. 1757)
• 1846 – Alexander Chavchavadze, Russian-Georgian poet and general (b. 1786)
• 1846 – Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)
• 1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer and critic (b. 1840)
• 1895 – Joel Müller, German rabbi (b. 1827)
• 1910 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian soldier and author (b. 1838)
• 1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1925 – Khải Định, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1885)
• 1928 – Arnold Rothstein, American mobster (b. 1882)
• 1929 – Prince Maximilian of Baden (b. 1867)
• 1933 – Andrey Lyapchev, Bulgarian politician, Prime Minister of Bulgaria between 1926 and 1931 (b. 1866)
• 1936 – Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman (b. 1864)
• 1937 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1941 – Maurice Leblanc, French author (b. 1864)
• 1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1951 – Tom Kiely, Irish decathlete (b. 1869)
• 1952 – Arthur Rosenkampff, American gymnast (b. 1884)
• 1960 – Erich Raeder, German admiral (b. 1876)
• 1961 – Harry DeBaecke, American rower (b. 1879)
• 1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1964 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swiss biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1965 – Edgard Varèse, French-American composer and educator (b. 1883)
• 1965 – Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1968 – Charles B. McVay III, American admiral (b. 1898)
• 1968 – Charles Münch, French violinist and conductor (b. 1891)
• 1970 – Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1897)
• 1978 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and furniture designer (b. 1915)
• 1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 – Joel Crothers, American actor (b. 1941)
• 1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1938)
• 1986 – Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911)
• 1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
• 1987 – Ross Barnett, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd Governor of Mississippi (b. 1898)
• 1989 – Dickie Goodman, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
• 1989 – Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (b. 1891)
• 1989 – Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
• 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress and singer (b. 1920)
• 1995 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933)
• 1996 – Toni Schmücker, German businessman (b. 1921)
• 1997 – Epic Soundtracks, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, and These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959)
• 1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 1999 – Regina Ghazaryan, Armenian painter (b. 1915)
• 2000 – David Brower, American environmentalist, founded the Sierra Club Foundation (b. 1912)
• 2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 2001 – Anthony Shaffer, English author and playwright (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Sid Sackson, American game designer, created Acquire and Can't Stop (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
• 2003 – Crash Holly, American wrestler (b. 1971)
• 2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)
• 2003 – Eduardo Palomo, Mexican-American actor and singer (b. 1962)
• 2004 – Fred Dibnah, English engineer and television host (b. 1938)
• 2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand politician (b. 1957)
• 2005 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1967)
• 2005 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)
• 2006 – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
• 2007 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (b. 1929)
• 2007 – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1939)
• 2007 – Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician (b. 1962)
• 2007 – George Osmond, American talent manager (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Michael Hinz, German actor (b. 1939)
• 2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Jo Myong-rok, North Korean marshal and politician (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Motoichi Kumagai, Japanese photographer and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)
• 2010 – Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Panbanisha, American chimpanzee (b. 1985)
• 2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)
• 2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor and singer (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Guillermina Bravo, Mexican dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Yosef Harish, Israeli lawyer and jurist, 8th Attorney General of Israel (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Christian López, Guatemalan weightlifter (b. 1984)
• 2013 – Dan Lurie, American bodybuilder (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Burl Noggle, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (b. 1912)
• 2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)
• 2014 – Victor Kostetskiy, Ukrainian-Russian actor and educator (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (Mark & the Escorts) (b. 1949)

Elton John to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow

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Sir Elton John says he is currently arranging to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin to discuss gay rights. 

The pop star has said he wants to talk to Mr Putin about his "ridiculous" attitude to the issue - but previously fell victim to prank callers pretending to be the Russian leader.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4, the star said he had now received a genuine call from the president.

"He was very affable, he was very apologetic, he was very sincere.

"As soon as I can get a date in my diary that coincides with him, then I will be going... to Moscow and I will meet him," he told the Today Programme.

"Whether or not I make any progress, I don't know. I'm not going to go straight in there and go, 'come on, you've got to do this, you've got to do that.' This is the starting of a dialogue and you don't get anywhere without a dialogue."

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Russia has faced international criticism for its laws on homosexuality, including a 2013 bill prosecuting people for providing information about homosexuality to people under 18.

A report by Human Rights Watch last year said Russia was failing to prevent and prosecute homophobic violence amid a rise in attacks against minorities.

Speaking to the BBC in September, Sir Elton said Mr Putin's attitude to gay people was "isolating and prejudiced".

He said he would like to speak to the president, although "he may laugh behind my back... and call me an absolute idiot".

Later, a message on the musician's Instagram account thanked Mr Putin for "reaching out" in a phone conversation.

But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said reports of a conversation were "not true" and a recording of the hoax phone call was later aired on Russian TV.

A few days later, Mr Putin contacted Sir Elton personally, and asked him not to be offended by the prank.

Northern Ireland challenge

Speaking to Today presenter Justin Webb, Sir Elton also expressed his frustration with the lack of progress on legalising gay marriage in Northern Ireland.

Earlier this week, Northern Ireland's Assembly narrowly voted in favour of same-sex marriage for the first time - but the largest party in the devolved parliament, the Democratic Unionists, vetoed any change in the law, on the basis that only four unionists had backed the proposal.

"The politicians need to get their act together and enter the 21st Century," Sir Elton told Justin Webb, saying he was "sure" that a same-sex marriage law would "sail in" if the public were allowed to vote.

A survey by the BBC and Irish broadcaster RTÉ published yesterday suggested that almost two-thirds of people in Northern Ireland would feel comfortable if a family member had a same-sex marriage.

Sir Elton rejected suggestions he would avoid playing concerts in Northern Ireland as a result.

"I'm not a politician," he said, "but I will speak out for rights when I can, and especially LGBT rights as I'm an elderly gay citizen."

African donation

Sir Elton has also teamed up with the US government to donate $10m (£6,5m) to organisations in sub-Saharan Africa who work with lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgender people suffering from Aids or HIV. He says the stigmatisation they suffer "allows Aids to spread".

"I think it's going to make an awful lot of difference because we can get medicine to people who [are] being ostracised," he said.

But the star admitted he would have to "tread carefully" around politicians and religious leaders in the continent, many of whom insist that homosexuality is an aberration.

"It's not going to be easy. But it's getting the medicine to the people who need it on a daily basis so the HIV and Aids epidemic doesn't spread any further. 

"It is spreading because people are afraid for their lives, they're afraid to get tested, they're afraid to say they're gay. Unless we nip this in the bud now, it's going to cause awful havoc."

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• 335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople.
• 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople.
• 1426 – Lam Sơn uprising: Lam Sơn rebels emerge victorious against the Ming army in the Battle of Tốt Động – Chúc Động taking place in Đông Quan, in now Hanoi.
• 1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France.
• 1619 – Elizabeth Stuart is crowned Queen of Bohemia.
• 1665 – The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.
• 1775 – John Murray, the Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia, starts the first mass emancipation of slaves in North America by issuing Lord Dunmore's Offer of Emancipation, which offers freedom to slaves who abandoned their colonial masters in order to fight with Murray and the British.
• 1786 – The oldest musical organization in the United States is founded as the Stoughton Musical Society.
• 1811 – Tecumseh's War: The Battle of Tippecanoe is fought near present-day Battle Ground, Indiana, United States.
• 1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Belmont: In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant overrun a Confederate camp but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
• 1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.
• 1885 – The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
• 1893 – Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
• 1900 – Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
• 1900 – The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
• 1907 – Delta Sigma Pi is founded at New York University.
• 1907 – Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
• 1908 – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in San Vicente, Bolivia.
• 1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.
• 1912 – The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• 1913 – The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.
• 1914 – The first issue of The New Republic magazine is published.
• 1914 – The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.
• 1916 – Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
• 1917 – The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
• 1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
• 1918 – The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
• 1918 – Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
• 1919 – The first Palmer Raid is conducted on the second anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Over 10,000 suspected communists and anarchists are arrested in twenty-three different U.S. cities.
• 1920 – Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
• 1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.
• 1931 – The Chinese Soviet Republic is proclaimed on the anniversary of the October Revolution.
• 1933 – Fiorello H. La Guardia is elected the 99th mayor of New York City.
• 1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.
• 1941 – World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.
• 1944 – A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico from excessive speed when descending a hill. Sixteen people are killed and 50 are injured.
• 1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring.
• 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.
• 1949 – The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
• 1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
• 1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.
• 1963 – Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, eleven miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.
• 1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
• 1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
• 1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
• 1975 – In Bangladesh, a joint force of people and soldiers takes part in an uprising led by Colonel Abu Taher that ousts and kills Brigadier Khaled Mosharraf, freeing the then house-arrested army chief and future president Maj-Gen. Ziaur Rahman. The day is occasionally observed as the National Revolution and Solidarity Day.
• 1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.
• 1987 – In Tunisia, president Habib Bourguiba is overthrown and replaced by Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
• 1987 – Singapore's first Mass Rapid Transit line was opened, starting with train services between Yio Chu Kang and Toa Payoh stations.
• 1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor's seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.
• 1989 – David Dinkins becomes the first African American to be elected Mayor of New York City.
• 1989 – East German Prime Minister Willi Stoph, along with his entire cabinet, is forced to resign after huge anti-government protests.
• 1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
• 1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA.
• 1994 – WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, provides the world's first internet radio broadcast.
• 1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
• 2000 – Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first First Lady (former or current) to win a competitive election for public office in the United States.
• 2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case.
• 2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
• 2001 – SABENA, the national airline of Belgium, goes bankrupt.
• 2002 – Iran bans advertising of United States products.
• 2004 – Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
• 2007 – Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
• 2012 – An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.

Births[edit]

• 630 – Constans II, Byzantine emperor (d. 668)
• 994 – Ibn Hazm, Arabian philosopher and scholar (d. 1069)
• 1619 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (d. 1692)
• 1650 – John Robinson, English bishop and diplomat (d. 1723)
• 1683 – Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman, author, and translator (d. 1748)
• 1687 – William Stukeley, English archaeologist and physician (d. 1765)
• 1706 – Carlo Cecere, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1761)
• 1728 – James Cook, English captain, navigator, and cartographer (d. 1779)
• 1750 – Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (d. 1819)
• 1800 – Platt Rogers Spencer, American calligrapher (d. 1864)
• 1805 – Thomas Brassey, English engineer (d. 1870)
• 1818 – Emil du Bois-Reymond, German physician and physiologist (d. 1896)
• 1832 – Andrew Dickson White, American historian, academic, and diplomat, co-founded Cornell University (d. 1918)
• 1838 – Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French author and playwright (d. 1889)
• 1846 – Ignaz Brüll, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1907)
• 1851 – Chris von der Ahe, German-American businessman (d. 1913)
• 1858 – Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian academic and activist (d. 1932)
• 1860 – Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (d. 1936)
• 1860 – Paul Peel, Canadian painter and academic (d. 1892)
• 1861 – Jeff Milton, American police officer (d. 1947)
• 1864 – Atlee Hunt, Australian public servant (d. 1935)
• 1867 – Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
• 1872 – Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (d. 1956)
• 1872 – Lucille La Verne, American actress (d. 1945)
• 1876 – Charlie Townsend, English cricketer and lawyer (d. 1958)
• 1878 – Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1968)
• 1879 – King Baggot, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1948)
• 1879 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (d. 1940)
• 1886 – Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player (d. 1935)
• 1888 – C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
• 1890 – Jan Matulka, Czech-American painter (d. 1972)
• 1893 – Leatrice Joy, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1893 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (d. 1974)
• 1896 – Esdras Minville, Canadian economist and sociologist (d. 1975)
• 1897 – Herman J. Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)
• 1897 – Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (d. 1976)
• 1898 – Margaret Morris, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1898 – Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
• 1899 – Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli journalist and poet (d. 1954)
• 1901 – Norah McGuinness, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Ary Barroso, Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1964)
• 1903 – Dean Jagger, American actor (d. 1991)
• 1903 – Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1989)
• 1903 – Grace Stafford, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1905 – William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1985)
• 1906 – Eugene Carson Blake, American minister and educator (d. 1985)
• 1908 – Marijac, French author and illustrator (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Ruby Hurley, American activist (d. 1980)
• 1909 – Norman Krasna, American screenwriter, playwright, producer and director (d. 1984)
• 1912 – Victor Beaumont, German-English actor (d. 1977)
• 1913 – Albert Camus, French philosopher and novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
• 1913 – Alekos Sakellarios, Greek director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Archie Campbell, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1987)
• 1914 – R. A. Lafferty, American soldier, engineer, and author (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Philip Morrison, American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2005)
• 1915 – M. Athalie Range, American activist and politician (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Titos Vandis, Greek actor (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Paul Aussaresses, French general (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Billy Graham, American minister and author
• 1918 – Maria Teresa de Noronha, Portuguese singer (d. 1993)
• 1919 – Ellen Stewart, American director and producer (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Max Kampelman, American lawyer and diplomat (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Lisa Ben, American singer-songwriter and journalist
• 1921 – Jack Fleck, American golfer (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Ghulam Azam, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Al Hirt, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Gene Callahan, American art director and production designer (d. 1990)
• 1926 – Joan Sutherland, Australian-Swiss soprano and actress (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Ivor Emmanuel, Welsh singer and actor (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Richard G. Scott, American engineer and religious leader (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Jesús de Polanco, Spanish publisher and businessman (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Lila Kaye, British actress and singer (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Rudy Boschwitz, German-American soldier and politician
• 1931 – G. Edward Griffin, American director, producer, and author
• 1935 – W. S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano
• 1937 – Mary Daheim, American author
• 1938 – Ian Balding American-English horse trainer
• 1938 – Dee Clark, American singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
• 1938 – Jake Gibbs, American baseball player and coach
• 1938 – Jim Kaat, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1938 – Barry Newman, American actor
• 1939 – Barbara Liskov, American computer scientist
• 1940 – Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright
• 1940 – Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic
• 1941 – Russell Blew, Australian footballer
• 1941 – Madeline Gins, American poet and architect (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Angelo Scola, Italian cardinal
• 1942 – Tom Peters, American businessman and author
• 1942 – Johnny Rivers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1942 – Jean Shrimpton, English model and actress
• 1943 – Michael Byrne, English actor
• 1943 – Silvia Cartwright, New Zealand lawyer, judge, and politician, 18th Governor-General of New Zealand
• 1943 – Stephen Greenblatt, American theorist, scholar, and critic
• 1943 – Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician, Governor of Moscow Oblast
• 1943 – Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Michael Spence, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 – Waljinah, Indonesian singer
• 1944 – Luigi Riva, Italian footballer and manager
• 1944 – Peter Wilby, English journalist
• 1945 – Earl Boen, American actor
• 1945 – Joe Niekro, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1946 – John Aylward, American actor
• 1947 – Bob Anderson, English darts player
• 1947 – Rebecca Eaton, American television producer
• 1947 – Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1947 – Ron Leavitt, American writer and producer (d. 2008)
• 1947 – Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist and politician
• 1947 – Holmes Osborne, American actor
• 1948 – Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, English businessman and politician
• 1948 – Buck Martinez, American baseball player and manager
• 1948 – Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
• 1949 – Stephen Bruton, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2009)
• 1949 – Su Pollard, English actress and singer
• 1949 – Steven Stucky, American composer and academic
• 1949 – David S. Ware, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2012)
• 1950 – Lindsay Duncan, Scottish actress
• 1951 – Gerard F. Gilmore, Professor of Experimental Philosophy, in the Institute of Astronomy, at the University of Cambridge
• 1951 – Lawrence O'Donnell, American journalist, actor, and producer
• 1951 – John Tamargo, American baseball player and coach
• 1952 – David Petraeus, American general, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• 1952 – Modibo Sidibé, Sudanese-Malian police officer and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1952 – Valeriy Zuyev, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1953 – Maire Aunaste, Estonian journalist and author
• 1953 – Christopher Foster, English bishop
• 1953 – Lucinda Green, English horse rider and journalist
• 1953 – Erik Balke, Norwegian saxophonist
• 1954 – Robin Beck, American singer-songwriter
• 1954 – James Gray, Scottish politician
• 1954 – Guy Gavriel Kay, Canadian lawyer and author
• 1954 – Kamal Haasan, Indian actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – Gil Junger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Shirley Eikhard, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Kitty Margolis, American singer and producer
• 1955 – Detlef Ultsch, German martial artist
• 1956 – Mikhail Alperin, Ukrainian pianist (Moscow Art Trio)
• 1956 – Denise Jannah, Dutch singer
• 1956 – Jonathan Palmer, English race car driver
• 1956 – Judy Tenuta, American actress, producer, screenwriter, and accordion player
• 1957 – John Benitez, American DJ, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 – King Kong Bundy, American wrestler and actor
• 1957 – Christopher Knight, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1957 – Tony Schiavone, American sportscaster
• 1958 – Rissei Ō, Japanese Go player
• 1958 – Lori Saldaña, American politician
• 1959 – Srinivas, Indian singer-songwriter
• 1959 – Billy Gillispie, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Alexandre Guimarães, Brazilian-Costa Rican footballer and manager
• 1960 – Tommy Thayer, American guitarist and songwriter (Kiss and Black 'n Blue)
• 1961 – Orlando Mercado, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Tracie Savage, American actress and journalist
• 1962 – Dirk Shafer, American model, actor, and director (d. 2015)
• 1963 – John Barnes, Jamaican-English footballer and manager
• 1963 – Sam Graves, American farmer and politician
• 1964 – Troy Beyer, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Gill Holland, Norwegian-American actor and producer
• 1964 – Philip Hollobone, English soldier and politician
• 1964 – Li Nanxing, Singaporean actor
• 1964 – Liam Ó Maonlaí, Irish keyboard player and songwriter (Hothouse Flowers)
• 1964 – Dana Plato, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1964 – Bonnie St. John, American skier and scholar
• 1965 – Sigrun Wodars, German runner and physiotherapist
• 1965 – Steve Parkin, English former footballer and manager
• 1966 – Calvin Borel, American jockey
• 1967 – Careena Collins, American porn actress and director
• 1967 – Steve DiGiorgio, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Death, Control Denied, Sadus, and Charred Walls of the Damned)
• 1967 – David Guetta, French DJ and producer
• 1967 – Hikaru Ijūin, Japanese radio personality, reviewer, and commentator
• 1967 – Julie Pinson, American actress
• 1967 – Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress (Texas)
• 1968 – Greg Tribbett, American singer and guitarist (Mudvayne and Hellyeah)
• 1968 – Mark Preston, Australian engineer
• 1968 – Russ Springer, American baseball player
• 1969 – Michelle Clunie, American actress
• 1969 – Hélène Grimaud, French pianist
• 1969 – Michel Picard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Vilis Daudziņš, Latvian actor
• 1970 – Neil Hannon, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Divine Comedy and The Duckworth Lewis Method)
• 1970 – Andy Houston, American race car driver
• 1970 – Marc Rosset, Swiss-Monacan tennis player
• 1970 – Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Paul Ware, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1971 – Martin Björk. Swedish television host
• 1971 – Jamie Drummond, Scottish-Canadian journalist and critic
• 1971 – Robin Finck, American guitarist and songwriter (Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses)
• 1971 – Matthew Ryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Strays Don't Sleep)
• 1971 – Trivikram Srinivas, Indian director and screenwriter
• 1972 – Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor and singer
• 1972 – Mike Goldman, Australian radio and television host
• 1972 – Danny Grewcock, English rugby player
• 1972 – Jason London, American actor and producer
• 1972 – Jeremy London, American actor and producer
• 1972 – Hasim Rahman, American boxer
• 1972 – Marcus Stewart, English footballer and coach
• 1973 – Catê, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
• 1973 – Yunjin Kim, South Korean-American actress
• 1973 – Martín Palermo, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Kris Benson, American baseball player
• 1974 – Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican hurdler
• 1974 – Christian Gómez, Argentinian footballer
• 1974 – Chris Summers, Norwegian drummer (Turbonegro and Bigbang)
• 1975 – Venkat Prabhu, Indian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter
• 1976 – Rob Caggiano, American guitarist and producer (Anthrax, Boiler Room, and The Damned Things)
• 1976 – Melyssa Ford, Canadian model and actress
• 1976 – Chang Hao, Chinese Go player
• 1976 – One Be Lo, American rapper (Binary Star)
• 1976 – Mark Philippoussis, Australian tennis player and model
• 1977 – Andres Oper, Estonian footballer
• 1977 – María Sánchez Lorenzo, Spanish tennis player
• 1977 – Lindsay Czarniak, American sports anchor
• 1977 – Anthony Thomas, American football player and coach
• 1978 – Mohamed Aboutrika, Egyptian footballer
• 1978 – Elisabeth Bachman, American volleyball player
• 1978 – Rio Ferdinand, English footballer
• 1978 – Tomoya Nagase, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Tokio)
• 1978 – Barry Robson, Scottish footballer
• 1978 – Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Mike Commodore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Will Demps, American football player
• 1979 – Danny Fonseca, Costa Rican footballer
• 1979 – Barney Harwood, English television host and actor
• 1979 – Jon Peter Lewis, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 – Joey Ryan, American wrestler
• 1979 – Otep Shamaya, American singer-songwriter and actress (Otep)
• 1980 – Karthik, Indian singer-songwriter
• 1980 – Sergio Bernardo Almirón, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 – Gervasio Deferr, Spanish gymnast
• 1980 – James Franklin, New Zealand cricketer
• 1980 – Luciana Salazar, Argentinian model, actress, and singer
• 1981 – Muhammad Hassan, American wrestler and educator
• 1981 – Nana Katase, Japanese actress, singer, and model
• 1981 – Anushka Shetty, Indian actress
• 1981 – Rina Uchiyama, Japanese actress and model
• 1982 – Pascal Leclaire, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Forrest Kline, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hellogoodbye)
• 1983 – Esmerling Vásquez, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 – Mihkel Aksalu, Estonian footballer
• 1984 – Jonathan Bornstein, American soccer player
• 1984 – Gervais Randrianarisoa, Malagasy footballer
• 1984 – Amelia Vega, Dominican actress and singer, Miss Universe 2003
• 1985 – Sebastian Aldén, Swedish motorcycle racer
• 1985 – Lucas Neff, American actor and producer
• 1986 – Andy Hull, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Manchester Orchestra, Bad Books, and Right Away, Great Captain!)
• 1986 – David Nelson, American football player
• 1986 – Doukissa Nomikou, Greek model and television host
• 1986 – Toro y Moi, American musician and producer
• 1987 – Marek Semjan, Slovak tennis player
• 1987 – Rachele Brooke Smith, American actress and dancer
• 1988 – Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukrainian tennis player
• 1988 – Simone Favaro, Italian rugby player
• 1988 – Thomas Schneider, German sprinter
• 1988 – Tinie Tempah, English rapper and producer
• 1989 – Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Russian singer and activist (Pussy Riot)
• 1990 – Daniel Ayala, Spanish footballer
• 1990 – Matt Corby, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1990 – David de Gea, Spanish footballer
• 1990 – Joelle Hadjia, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1994 – Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
• 1995 – Bethany Mota, American video blogger
• 1995 – Runa Natsui, Japanese actress
• 1996 – Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
• 1997 – Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player
• 1997 – Nana Okada, Japanese singer (AKB48)

Deaths[edit]

• 1225 – Engelbert II of Berg, German archbishop and saint (b. 1186)
• 1550 – Jón Arason, Icelandic bishop and poet (b. 1484)
• 1574 – Solomon Luria, Polish rabbi and educator (b. 1510)
• 1581 – Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar (b. 1505)
• 1599 – Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and educator (b. 1546)
• 1627 – Jahangir, Mughal emperor (b. 1569)
• 1633 – Cornelis Drebbel, Dutch inventor, invented the submarine (b. 1572)
• 1639 – Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, English politician (b. 1560)
• 1642 – Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English judge and politician, Lord High Treasurer of The United Kingdom (b. 1563)
• 1713 – Elizabeth Barry, English actress (b. 1658)
• 1837 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister and journalist (b. 1809)
• 1862 – Bahadur Shah II, Mughal emperor (b. 1775)
• 1872 – Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (b. 1833)
• 1881 – John MacHale, Irish archbishop (b. 1791)
• 1906 – Heinrich Seidel, German engineer and poet (b. 1842)
• 1913 – Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English biologist and geographer (b. 1823)
• 1916 – Henry Ward Ranger, American artist (b. 1858)
• 1919 – Hugo Haase, German lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1863)
• 1922 – Sam Thompson, American baseball player (b. 1860)
• 1923 – Ashwini Kumar Dutta, Indian educator and philanthropist (b. 1856)
• 1930 – Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)
• 1933 – Harold Weber, American golfer (b. 1882)
• 1941 – Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1943 – Dwight Frye, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1944 – Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)
• 1944 – Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1947 – K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)
• 1962 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1965 – Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Pakistani caliph (b. 1889)
• 1966 – Rube Bressler, American baseball player (b. 1894)
• 1967 – John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)
• 1968 – Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1901)
• 1968 – Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician, cryptographer, and academic (b. 1906)
• 1974 – Eric Linklater, Welsh-Scottish author and academic (b. 1899)
• 1978 – Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1887)
• 1978 – Gene Tunney, American boxer (b. 1897)
• 1979 – Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (b. 1907)
• 1980 – Steve McQueen, American actor and producer (b. 1930)
• 1981 – Will Durant, American historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
• 1983 – Germaine Tailleferre, French composer (b. 1892)
• 1986 – Tracy Pew, Australian bass player (The Birthday Party and The Saints) (b. 1957)
• 1990 – Lawrence Durrell, Indian-French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Carter Cornelius, American singer (Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose) (b. 1948)
• 1991 – Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (b. 1920)
• 1992 – Alexander Dubček, Slovak soldier and politician (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Jack Kelly, American actor and politician (b. 1927)
• 1993 – Adelaide Hall, American-English singer, actress, and dancer (b. 1901)
• 1994 – Shorty Rogers, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)
• 1995 – Ann Dunham, American anthropologist and educator (b. 1942)
• 1996 – Claude Ake, Nigerian political scientist and academic (b. 1939)
• 1996 – Jaja Wachuku, Nigerian lawyer and politician, Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Ingrid of Sweden (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1950)
• 2000 – Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian publisher and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Nida Blanca, Filipino actress (b. 1936)
• 2002 – Rudolf Augstein, German journalist, co-founded Der Spiegel (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Howard Keel, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Harry Thompson, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1960)
• 2006 – Aino Kukk, Estonian chess player (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Bryan Pata, American football player (b. 1984)
• 2006 – Johnny Sain, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, French journalist and politician (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Earl Dodge, American activist and politician (b. 1932)
• 2007 – George W. George, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Smaro Stefanidou, Greek actress (b. 1913)
• 2011 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Kevin O'Donnell, Jr., American author (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Sandy Pearson, Australian general (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2013 – John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Ian Davies, Australian basketball player and coach (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Ron Dellow, English footballer and manager (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Joey Manley, American publisher, founded Modern Tales (b. 1965)
• 2013 – Paul Mantee, American actor (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Jack Mitchell, American photographer and author (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Manfred Rommel, German lawyer and politician (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Solwhit, French-Irish race horse (b. 2004)
• 2014 – Lincoln D. Faurer, American general (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Rough Habit, New Zealand race horse (b. 1986)
• 2014 – Kajetan Kovič, Slovenian journalist and poet (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Allen Ripley, American baseball player (b. 1952)