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Δυναμικό «παρών» έδωσαν την Τετάρτη (04/11/2015) το βράδυ στο Μουσείο Μπενάκη, εκπρόσωποι της πολιτικής, πολιτειακής, διπλωματικής και επιχειρηματικής σκηνής, στη μεγάλη και λαμπερή εκδήλωση που πραγματοποιήθηκε με αφορμή την επίσημη έναρξη λειτουργίας του CNN.gr, ενός δυναμικού ελληνικού ψηφιακού μέσου του Ομίλου DPG και του CNN International που συνδυάζει - με την ίδια αξιόπιστη προσέγγιση - διεθνείς ειδήσεις με τοπικό περιεχόμενο και βίντεο.

Στη φωτογραφία διακρίνονται: Από αριστερά Στέφανος Αυγουλέας, Μέλος Δ.Σ. CNN Greece, Greg Beitchman, CNN International Vice President, Becky Anderson, Δημοσιογράφος και Παρουσιάστρια του CNN International, Δημήτρης Γιαννακόπουλος, Πρόεδρος του DPG Group, Κώστας Οικονόμου, Commercial Director CNN International, Τίνα Φερεντίνου, CEO της DPG Digital Media, Παναγιώτης Μπόμης, Γενικός Διευθυντής CNN Greece 

Η επαναστατική αυτή σύμπραξη μεταξύ CNN International και DPG Group, το CNN Greece, προσφέρει στο Ελληνικό κοινό την εξελληνισμένη ψηφιακή έκδοση της πρωτοποριακής, βραβευμένης πλατφόρμας ειδήσεων του CNN, διαθέσιμης τόσο σε online όσο και σε mobile έκδοση.

Το CNN.gr έχει στο DNA του ένα μοναδικό, «γονιδιακό» συγκριτικό πλεονέκτημα στην ενημέρωση του ελληνόφωνου κοινού, καθώς προσφέρει περιεχόμενο εθνικού και τοπικού ενδιαφέροντος, με παρουσιάσεις βίντεο, ενώ παράλληλα καλύπτει και τη διεθνή ειδησεογραφία και τα μεγάλα γεγονότα μέσα από τα πρωτότυπα και πρωτογενή ρεπορτάζ του CNN και του συνεργαζόμενου δικτύου του.

Εκτός του κώδικα τιμής που «υπογράφει» με τους επισκέπτες για διαφάνεια, ακρίβεια και διασταυρωμένες πληροφορίες με ισορροπημένη προσέγγιση, το CNN.gr «υπηρετεί» κατά γράμμα τον κώδικα δεοντολογίας και λειτουργίας του CNN που εγγυάται ισορροπημένη, αντικειμενική και ψύχραιμη ενημέρωση του πολίτη.

Την εκδήλωση χαιρέτισε ο Πρόεδρος της Βουλής, Νίκος Βούτσης, ενώ τίμησαν με την παρουσία τους ο υπουργός Εσωτερικών και Παραγωγικής Ανασυγκρότησης, Παναγιώτης Κουρουμπλής, η υφυπουργός Βιομηχανίας, Θεοδώρα Τζάκρη, οι βουλευτές της Ν.Δ., Γιάννης Κεφαλογιάννης, Βασίλης Κικίλιας και Άδωνις Γεωργιάδης. Στην πρόσκληση του CNN Greece ανταποκρίθηκαν επίσης οι πρέσβεις, της Γαλλίας, της Αυστρίας, της Αυστραλίας, της Αιγύπτου και της Τουρκίας, εκπρόσωποι πολλών άλλων κρατών και πλήθος άλλων προσκεκλημένων από τον πολιτικό και επιχειρηματικό κόσμο και σχετικούς φορείς.

Ο πρόεδρος της Βουλής κ. Νίκος Βούτσης τίμησε με την παρουσία του την εκδήλωση

Μια επένδυση ...που τονώνει το «ηθικό» της ενημέρωσης

Ο Νίκος Βούτσης, Πρόεδρος της Βουλής, τόνισε μεταξύ άλλων: «Εύχομαι αυτή η επένδυση, αυτή η προσπάθεια, ως μέρος μιας υγιούς επιχειρηματικότητας, να πάει πολύ καλά, έτσι ώστε να δημιουργηθεί ένα κλίμα στη χώρα μας που το έχουμε πολύ μεγάλη ανάγκη και για την άνοδο του επιπέδου της ενημέρωσης, της πληροφόρησης, της διαφάνειας στη δημόσια ζωή, τον διάλογο, τον πολιτισμό αλλά και για τη δημιουργία ενός επιχειρηματικού κλίματος που θα βοηθήσει πάρα πολύ στο να αντιμετωπίσουμε το μεγαλύτερο πρόβλημα που έχουμε ως χώρα, την ανεργία, τα προβλήματα στις εργασιακές σχέσεις και όχι μόνο».

Με αφορμή την έναρξη λειτουργίας του CNN Greece, o Rani Raad, Chief Commercial Officer του CNN International δήλωσε: «Ως παγκόσμιος ηγέτης της ειδησεογραφίας, το CNN δεσμεύεται να φέρει ειδήσεις σε διαφορετικές μορφές και πλατφόρμες από ολόκληρο τον κόσμο με στόχο να προσεγγίσει νέα κοινά. Η έναρξη του CNN.gr είναι μια σημαντική στιγμή για το CNN και εξίσου σπουδαία για το κοινό της Ελλάδας. Η συνεργασία μας με την DPG δημιουργεί τεράστιες δυνατότητες και προοπτικές μέσω της δημοσιογραφίας που προσφέρει πλέον το CNN στην ελληνική γλώσσα».

Ο κ. Greg Beitchman, CNN International Vice President

Ο Greg Beitchman, CNN International Vice President, δήλωσε, επίσης, χαιρετίζοντας την εκδήλωση: «Η Ελλάδα αποτελεί αναπόσπαστο κομμάτι της παγκόσμιας ιστορίας. Έχετε έναν ζωτικό ρόλο στο μέλλον της Ευρώπης, το ευρώ και την ευρύτερη περιφερειακή πολιτική και οικονομία - μια ιστορία που καλύπτουμε ειδησεογραφικά μέσω τηλεόρασης και διαδικτύου και του CNN Money».

«Μέσα σε ένα περιβάλλον με υψηλές απαιτήσεις για έγκυρη, έγκαιρη και ποιοτική ενημέρωση, η στρατηγική συνεργασία με τη διεθνή ‘οικογένεια’ του CNN, της οποίας αποτελούμε πλέον μέλος, μας κάνει ιδιαίτερα υπερήφανους, καθώς συντελεί στην ανάπτυξη του δικτύου του ομίλου μας σε όλους τους εκείνους τους τομείς που ανταποκρίνονται στις ανάγκες του Έλληνα καταναλωτή», σημείωσε από την πλευρά του, ο Δημήτρης Γιαννακόπουλος, Πρόεδρος του DPG Group. «Με τη μοναδική ‘σφραγίδα’ ποιότητας του CNN, στοχεύουμε να αναδείξουμε και να διαφωτίσουμε με υπευθυνότητα τις σημαντικές εξελίξεις στη χώρα μας, φέρνοντας την Ελλάδα στο προσκήνιο και τους Έλληνες της διασποράς πιο κοντά στη μητέρα – ‘πατρίδα’».

Ο κ. Δημήτρης Γιαννακόπουλος πρόεδρος του ομίλου DPG

Αναλυτικά η Ομιλία του Προέδρου του Ομίλου DPG κ. Δ.Γιαννακόπουλου:

«Η παρουσία όλων σας απόψε εδώ στο Μουσείο Μπενάκη και στην παρουσίαση του CNN Greece είναι ιδιαίτερη τιμή για εμάς. Το CNN Greece είναι γεγονός. Και σηματοδοτεί την έναρξη μιας κορυφαίας συνεργασίας τόσο για τον χώρο των ελληνικών Μέσων Μαζικής Επικοινωνίας όσο και για την ελληνική κοινωνία την ίδια. Όλοι μεγαλώσαμε βλέποντας στην τηλεόραση το σπουδαιότερο ειδησεογραφικό δίκτυο, το CNN. Με την εξέλιξη της τεχνολογίας, η ενημέρωση των νεότερων γενιών γίνεται από το CNN.com, το νούμερο ένα ειδησεογραφικό ψηφιακό προορισμό στον κόσμο.

Σήμερα, λοιπόν, το CNN βρίσκεται στη χώρα μας και μιλάει Ελληνικά. Και αυτό είναι κάτι που, στον Όμιλο DPG, μας συγκινεί και χαροποιεί ιδιαίτερα καθώς αποτελεί μέρος του οράματος μας για το ελληνικό ψηφιακό επιχειρείν. Αυτό το όραμα και το σύστημα αξιών για σταθερή πρωτοπορία στον χώρο των ψηφιακών μέσων και, φυσικά, η επιβράβευση των χρηστών οδήγησαν τον Όμιλο DPG στην κατάκτηση της κορυφής στην Ελλάδα. Γι’ αυτό πήραμε τη μεγάλη απόφαση να συνδεθούμε με ένα κορυφαίο, διεθνή και παγκόσμιας αποδοχής και εμβέλειας ειδησεογραφικό οργανισμό επενδύοντας στο CNN Greece.
Και είναι ακριβώς η κορυφαία αυτή θέση του ομίλου DPG στην αγορά, η συνέπεια και η αξιοπιστία των στελεχών της και η διεισδυτικότητα των ιστοσελίδων της που αποτέλεσε τη βάση για να καταλήξουμε με τον εταίρο μας, το CNN International, στη στρατηγική αυτή συνεργασία και στη δημιουργία του ελληνόφωνου CNN. Όλοι στον Όμιλο DPG αισθανόμαστε ιδιαίτερα ευτυχείς που γίναμε μέλη της διεθνούς οικογένειας του CNN.

Σε μια κρίσιμη εποχή, που χαρακτηρίζεται από πολύ σημαντικές εξελίξεις για την Ελλάδα, εμείς επενδύουμε σε ένα προϊόν που θα υπηρετήσει με υπευθυνότητα την ολοένα αυξανόμενη απαίτηση του κοινού για έγκυρη, έγκαιρη και ποιοτική ενημέρωση. Το CNN.gr στοχεύει να προσφέρει άμεσα και με ακρίβεια ελληνική και διεθνή ειδησεογραφία, με τη μοναδική σφραγίδα ποιότητας του CNN, στους απανταχού Έλληνες ανά τον κόσμο, φέρνοντας και τους Έλληνες της διασποράς πιο κοντά στη «μητέρα-πατρίδα».

Η έλευση του CNN Greece έχει σαν στόχο να προσφέρει έγκυρη, ποιοτική και αξιόπιστη ενημέρωση με σεβασμό στον αναγνώστη, μεταφέροντας τις ειδήσεις όπως είναι, με όλες τις πτυχές τους και χωρίς εντυπωσιασμούς. Η δημοσιογραφική ομάδα που στελεχώνει το CNN.gr έχει τα χαρακτηριστικά που καταδεικνύουν τις αρχές μας. Έμφαση στην ερευνητική δημοσιογραφία. Στη δημιουργία ποιοτικού, αξιόπιστου και ενδιαφέροντος πρωτογενούς περιεχομένου. Βάση θα είναι ο κώδικας δεοντολογίας του κορυφαίου ειδησεογραφικού φορέα στον κόσμο που έχουμε ήδη προσυπογράψει.
Σε αυτό το σημείο επιτρέψτε μου να ευχαριστήσω τους συνεργάτες μου, που από τις διαπραγματεύσεις μέχρι και την υλοποίηση του εγχειρήματος ανταποκρίθηκαν, με ζήλο και σεβασμό, τόσο στο ίδιο το όνομα όσο και στις υψηλές απαιτήσεις του προϊόντος. Χωρίς αυτούς και, φυσικά, χωρίς την αμέριστη συμπαράσταση και συνεργασία των νέων εταίρων μας δεν θα θαυμάζαμε σήμερα το CNN Greece.

Στο πέρασμα των δεκαετιών η οικογένεια Γιαννακόπουλου έχει δείξει έμπρακτα ότι επενδύει και σέβεται τους ανθρώπους και τα στελέχη των εταιρειών. Τους καθιστά συνεπιβάτες του οράματος τους, δηλαδή της προσφοράς στην ελληνική κοινωνία. Αυτή είναι η κληρονομιά που όλοι στον Όμιλο προσπαθούμε να συνεχίσουμε.

Είμαστε χαρούμενοι, περήφανοι και συγκινημένοι για τη σημερινή βραδιά. Ξεκινάμε ένα μακρύ ταξίδι που πιστεύουμε ότι θα είναι ενδιαφέρον και συναρπαστικό τόσο για το κοινό και τους Έλληνες χρήστες όσο και για εμάς και τους νέους εταίρους μας. «Θα καλύψουμε και το τέλος του κόσμου» έλεγε ένα παλαιότερο σλόγκαν του CNN. Ως το νέο μέλος της οικογένειας του CNN International είμαστε βέβαιοι ότι το ταξίδι αυτό που ξεκινάει από το διαδίκτυο θα έχει πολλούς και ενδιαφέροντες προορισμούς και σταθμούς στο μέλλον».

Αξίζει να σημειώσουμε ότι τα γραφεία σύνταξης του CNN.gr έχουν ως έδρα την Αθήνα, ενώ στη συντακτική ομάδα παρέχεται στενή και συνεχής υποστήριξη από το CNN London, το μεγαλύτερο διεθνές γραφείο του CNN. Παράλληλα, η συνεργασία με την DPG Digital Media θα επεκτείνει τις ειδησεογραφικές πηγές του CNN στην Ελλάδα.

Η ομάδα του CNN.gr

Σε μία εποχή που το 85% του κοινού ενημερώνεται από ψηφιακές πλατφόρμες, το CNN.gr θα προσφέρει μια μεγάλη γκάμα ενημερωτικών προϊόντων: Από branded κανάλια και ποιοτικό περιεχόμενο έως και marketing υψηλού επιπέδου, προσεγγίζοντας τους Έλληνες με πολύ περισσότερους τρόπους ενημέρωσης από όσους είχαν συνηθίσει στο παρελθόν. Για το πρωτογενές και premium περιεχόμενο εγγυάται ο Ανδρέας Παναγόπουλος και τα έμπειρα μέλη της ομάδας του, ενώ το video περιεχόμενο που θα προσφέρει στους χρήστες θα παράγεται αποκλειστικά είτε από το ελληνικό team του CNN είτε από τις μοναδικές διεθνείς παραγωγές του CNN.

Πιο συγκεκριμένα, στην υψηλού επιπέδου ψηφιακή πλατφόρμα, επιτελικές θέσεις αναλαμβάνουν:

* O Παναγιώτης Μπόμης, ως Γενικός Διευθυντής. Μπήκε στο στίβο των ελληνικών media αμέσως μετά την αποφοίτησή του από το London School of Journalism το 1997, ενώ έχει διατελέσει στο παρελθόν και CEO των Παναθηναϊκών Εκδόσεων. Έχει παράσχει τις υπηρεσίες του εκτελώντας καθήκοντα Business Μanager τα πρώτα δυο χρόνια λειτουργίας της DPG Digital Media ενώ στη συνέχεια συνεργάστηκε με την ΤΙΜΕ Inc αφού με τον τίτλο του Chief Web Officer «έστησε» στην Ελλάδα για λογαριασμό της Olive Media τις ψηφιακές εκδόσεις του «Fortune», του «In Style» και του «People».

* Ο Ανδρέας Παναγόπουλος, ως Διευθυντής Σύνταξης. Δημοσιογραφεί από το 1990 και έχει αποκτήσει πολύτιμη εμπειρία σε μια σειρά από ρεπορτάζ «πρώτης γραμμής» (ελεύθερο, πολεμικό, οικονομικό, πολιτικό). Έχει διατελέσει Διευθυντής Ειδήσεων στον ΑΝΤ1 ΤV από το 2009 έως το 2015, ενώ από τον Νοέμβριο του 2014 είναι υποψήφιος Διδάκτωρ στο Τμήμα Δημοσιογραφίας και ΜΜΕ του ΑΠΘ με το αντικείμενο της διατριβής του να αφορά στις ειδησεογραφικές ιστοσελίδες στην Ελλάδα και τις μετρήσεις επισκεψιμότητας.

* Η Μαρία Καρχιλάκη, ως Σύμβουλος Έκδοσης. Με πλούσια εμπειρία τις τελευταίες δυο δεκαετίες, είναι ιδιαίτερα δημοφιλής στο ελληνικό κοινό, έχοντας στο παρελθόν «καλύψει» δημοσιογραφικά πληθώρα πολεμικών συρράξεων, ενώ στη συνέχεια επεκτάθηκε και στο διεθνές πολιτικό και οικονομικό ρεπορτάζ.

* Ο Τάσος Οικονόμου, ως Αρχισυντάκτης. Επί μια δεκαετία Διευθυντής Σύνταξης της ψηφιακής έκδοσης της «Καθημερινής».

* Ο Θανάσης Κουκάκης, ως Επικεφαλής Οικονομικού Ρεπορτάζ. Διαθέτει μεγάλη εμπειρία στον συγκεκριμένο τομέα, έχοντας εργαστεί στο παρελθόν στις έντυπες εκδόσεις των εφημερίδων «Τα ΝΕΑ», «Το ΒΗΜΑ», «ΕΣΤΙΑ», αλλά και στο οικονομικό ρεπορτάζ της ιστοσελίδας In.gr.

* Η Βούλα Κεχαγιά, ως Πολιτική Ανταποκρίτρια. Με πολυετή εμπειρία στο πολιτικό ρεπορτάζ σε Μέσα όπως «Τα ΝΕΑ», την ΕΡΤ, τον «Αγγελιοφόρο» και το Mega Channel.

* Ο Δημήτρης Κοτταρίδης ως πολιτικός συντάκτης, ο οποίος μετρά πολλά χρόνια στο πολιτικό ρεπορτάζ της τηλεόρασης του ANT1.

* Ο Λουκάς Καρνής, ως Page Editor. Προέρχεται από τον χώρο του περιοδικού Τύπου, έχοντας στο παρελθόν παράσχει τις δημοσιογραφικές του υπηρεσίες στο «Status», σε εκδόσεις και ένθετα της «Καθημερινής», αλλά και ως Διευθυντής Σύνταξης στην ελληνική έκδοση του «Esquire».

* Ο Μιχάλης Τσώχος, ως Eπικεφαλής Aθλητικού Rεπορτάζ. Aπό το 1991 εργάζεται ως παρουσιαστής και σχολιαστής αθλητικών εκπομπών, ραδιοφωνικός παραγωγός και αρθρογράφος. Αποτελεί τη «φωνή» του UEFA Champions League και Europa League στην Ελλάδα, ενώ έχει καλύψει δημοσιογραφικά τα μεγαλύτερα αθλητικά γεγονότα της εικοσαετίας, όπως Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες, Παγκόσμια Κύπελλα Ποδοσφαίρου κ.ά.

* Ο Κώστας Πλιάκος ως ειδικός συνεργάτης για τη δημιουργία ντοκιμαντέρ και ειδικών αφιερωματικών ερευνών με 15ετή εμπειρία στον «Ελεύθερο Τύπο» και πληθώρα συνεργασιών με έντυπα Μέσα, ραδιοφωνικούς σταθμούς αλλά και διεθνή φωτογραφικά πρακτορεία.

Το CNN.gr ξεκίνησε τη λειτουργία του!

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• 1644 – The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
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• 1837 – Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The "Trent Affair"– The USS San Jacinto stops the British mail ship Trent and arrests two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.
• 1889 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
• 1892 – The New Orleans general strike begins, uniting black and white American trade unionists in a successful four-day general strike action for the first time.
• 1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
• 1898 – The Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, the only instance of an attempted coup d'état in American history.
• 1901 – Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
• 1917 – The People's Commissars give authority to Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin.
• 1923 – Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.
• 1933 – Great Depression: New Deal – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed.
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• 1937 – The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
• 1939 – Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
• 1939 – In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
• 1940 – Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
• 1942 – World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyst generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
• 1950 – Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.
• 1957 – Operation Grapple X, Round C1: the United Kingdom conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.
• 1960 – John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the twentieth century to become the 35th president of the United States.
• 1965 – The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
• 1965 – The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom.
• 1965 – The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
• 1966 – Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
• 1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
• 1968 – The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
• 1972 – HBO launches its programming, with the broadcast of the 1971 movie Sometimes a Great Notion, starring Paul Newman and Henry Fonda.
• 1973 – The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay US$2.9 million.
• 1976 – A series of earthquakes spreads panic in the city of Thessaloniki, which is evacuated.
• 1977 – Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist and professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, discovers the tomb of Philip II of Macedon at Vergina.
• 1987 – Remembrance Day bombing: A Provisional IRA bomb explodes in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland during a ceremony honouring those who had died in wars involving British forces. Twelve people are killed and sixty-three wounded.
• 2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: UN Security Council Resolution 1441 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution on Iraq, forcing Saddam Hussein to disarm or face "serious consequences".
• 2004 – War in Iraq: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
• 2011 – The potentially hazardous asteroid 2005 YU55 passes 0.85 lunar distances from Earth (about 324,600 kilometres or 201,700 miles), the closest known approach by an asteroid of its brightness since 2010 XC15 in 1976.
• 2013 – Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, strikes the Visayas region of the Philippines. The storm left at least 6,340 people dead with over 1,000 still missing, and caused S$2.86 billion (USD) in damage.

Births[edit]

• 30 – Nerva, Roman emperor (d. 98)
• 1342 – Julian of Norwich, English mystic and saint (d. 1416)
• 1491 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian monk and poet (d. 1544)
• 1622 – Charles X Gustav of Sweden (d. 1660)
• 1656 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
• 1706 – Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
• 1710 – Sarah Fielding, English author (d. 1768)
• 1715 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (d. 1797)
• 1723 – John Byron, English admiral and politician, 24th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1786)
• 1725 – Johann George Tromlitz, German flute player and composer (d. 1805)
• 1763 – Otto Wilhelm Masing, German-Estonian linguist and clergyman (d. 1832)
• 1768 – Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1840)
• 1772 – William Wirt, United States Attorney General (d. 1834)
• 1777 – Désirée Clary, French wife of Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1860)
• 1788 – Mihály Bertalanits, Slovene poet and educator (d. 1853)
• 1831 – Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th Governor-General of India (d. 1880)
• 1836 – Milton Bradley, American businessman, founded the Milton Bradley Company (d. 1911)
• 1837 – Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
• 1847 – Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician, 6th President of France (d. 1907)
• 1847 – Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish author and critic (d. 1912)
• 1848 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (d. 1925)
• 1854 – Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1919)
• 1866 – Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, English businessman, founded the Austin Motor Company (d. 1941)
• 1868 – Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (d. 1942)
• 1881 – Clarence Gagnon, Canadian painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
• 1883 – Arnold Bax, English composer and poet (d. 1953)
• 1883 – Charles Demuth, American painter (d. 1935)
• 1884 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (d. 1922)
• 1885 – George Bouzianis, Greek painter (d. 1959)
• 1885 – Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect and academic (d. 1966)
• 1885 – Eva Morris, English super-centenarian (d. 2000)
• 1885 – Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general and politician, 4th Japanese Military Governors of the Philippines (d. 1946)
• 1888 – David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Prajadhipok, Thai king (d. 1941)
• 1896 – Erika Abels d'Albert, Austrian artist (d. 1975)
• 1896 – Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Dorothy Day, American journalist and activist (d. 1980)
• 1898 – Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1937)
• 1900 – Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (d. 1949)
• 1904 – Cedric Belfrage, English journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
• 1910 – James McCormack, American general (d. 1975)
• 1911 – Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and UN administrator (d. 1991)
• 1912 – June Havoc, American actress, singer and dancer (d. 2010)
• 1912 – Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1914 – Norman Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer
• 1918 – Kazuo Sakamaki, Japanese soldier (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Hermann Zapf, German typographer and calligrapher (d. 2015)
• 1919 – Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, Indian actor, screenwriter, and author (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)
• 1920 – Eugênio Sales, Brazilian cardinal (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Douglas Townsend, American composer, musicologist, and academic (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Thea D. Hodge, American computer scientist (d. 2008)
• 1922 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1996)
• 1923 – Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player and soldier
• 1924 – Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974)
• 1924 – Robert V. Hogg, American statistician and academic (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Victorinus Youn Kong-hi, South Korean priest, 3rd Archbishop of Kwangju
• 1926 – Carroll E. Lanier, American sailor and politician (d. 2012)
• 1927 – L. K. Advani, Pakistani-Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India
• 1927 – Chris Connor, American singer (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Ken Dodd, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1927 – Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Patti Page, American singer and actress (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach
• 1929 – António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher and academic
• 1931 – Darla Hood, American actress and singer (d. 1979)
• 1931 – Morley Safer, Canadian-American journalist and author
• 1932 – Stéphane Audran, French actress
• 1932 – Ben Bova, American journalist and author
• 1933 – Peter Arundell, English race car driver (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter
• 1935 – Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1990)
• 1935 – Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian cardinal (d. 2008)
• 1936 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Driss Basri, Moroccan police officer and politician (d. 2007)
• 1938 – Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet
• 1939 – Elizabeth Dawn, English actress
• 1941 – Nerys Hughes, Welsh actress
• 1942 – Sandro Mazzola, Italian footballer and sportscaster
• 1943 – Martin Peters, English footballer and manager
• 1944 – Bonnie Bramlett, American singer and actress (Delaney & Bonnie)
• 1945 – Arduino Cantafora, Italian-Swiss architect, painter, and author
• 1945 – Vincent Nichols, English cardinal
• 1945 – Arnold Rosner, American composer (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Guus Hiddink, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1946 – Roy Wood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard, and Wizzo Band)
• 1947 – Michael Perham, English bishop
• 1947 – Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1979)
• 1947 – Margaret Rhea Seddon, American physician and astronaut
• 1947 – Lewis Yocum, American physician and surgeon (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (d. 2014)
• 1949 – Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist
• 1949 – Bonnie Raitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 – Mary Hart, American journalist and actress
• 1951 – Alfredo Astiz, Argentinian captain
• 1951 – Laura Cox, English lawyer and judge
• 1951 – Peter Suber, American philosopher and academic
• 1952 – Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (d. 1977)
• 1952 – John Denny, American baseball player and coach
• 1952 – Christie Hefner, American publisher and businesswoman
• 1952 – Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
• 1952 – Jerry Remy, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1952 – Alfre Woodard, American actress and producer
• 1953 – Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and manager
• 1953 – John Musker, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 – Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (d. 2013)
• 1953 – Petras Šiurskas, Lithuanian sprint canoer
• 1954 – David Bret, French-English journalist and author
• 1954 – Michael D. Brown, American lawyer and radio host
• 1954 – Timothy Egan, American journalist and author
• 1954 – Kazuo Ishiguro, Japanese-English author and screenwriter
• 1954 – Rickie Lee Jones, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (Yellowjackets) (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Jeanette McGruder, American singer and actress (The Brides of Funkenstein)
• 1954 – Thanasis Pafilis, Greek jurist and politician
• 1955 – Patricia Barber, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1955 – Jeffrey Ford, American author and educator
• 1956 – Mari Boine, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 – Richard Curtis, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Steven Miller, American record producer and engineer
• 1957 – Alan Curbishley, English footballer and manager
• 1957 – Porl Thompson, English guitarist (The Cure, Easy Cure, Malice, and Shelleyan Orphan)
• 1957 – Hardi Volmer, Estonian singer and director (Singer Vinger)
• 1958 – Don Byron, American clarinet player and composer
• 1958 – Ken Lamberton, American author and educator
• 1959 – Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1959 – Chi Chi LaRue, American drag queen performer and director
• 1960 – Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor, singer, and director
• 1960 – Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
• 1961 – Micky Adams, English footballer and manager
• 1961 – Leif Garrett, American singer and actor
• 1961 – Enn Rajasaar, Estonian architect
• 1963 – Russell Malone, American guitarist
• 1963 – Paul McKenna, English hypnotist and author
• 1965 – Jeff Blauser, American baseball player and manager
• 1965 – Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
• 1965 – Mike Matarazzo, American bodybuilder and boxer (d. 2014)
• 1966 – Toralf Arndt, German footballer
• 1966 – Gordon Ramsay, Scottish chef and television host
• 1966 – Urmas Välbe, Estonian skier
• 1967 – Kamar de los Reyes, Puerto Rican-American actor
• 1967 – Henry Rodriguez, Dominican baseball player
• 1967 – Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress and singer
• 1968 – Keith Jones, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1968 – José Offerman, Dominican baseball player and manager
• 1968 – Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer and manager
• 1968 – Parker Posey, American actress and singer
• 1968 – Zara Whites, Dutch-French porn actress
• 1969 – Naw Kham, Burmese drug lord (d. 2013)
• 1969 – Roxana Zal, American actress and producer
• 1970 – Tom Anderson, American businessman, co-founder of Myspace
• 1970 – Michael Jackson, Canadian actor
• 1970 – Diana King, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• 1970 – José Porras, Costa Rican footballer and coach
• 1971 – Carlos Atanes, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Tech N9ne, American rapper (The Regime and K.A.B.O.S.H.)
• 1972 – Gretchen Mol, American model and actress
• 1973 – Sven Mikser, Estonian politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Defence
• 1973 – David Muir, American journalist
• 1974 – Joshua Ferris, American author
• 1974 – Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
• 1974 – Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese author and illustrator, created Naruto
• 1974 – Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese illustrator
• 1975 – Angel Corella, Spanish dancer
• 1975 – Brevin Knight, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1975 – José Manuel Pinto, Spanish footballer
• 1975 – Tara Reid, American actress and producer
• 1975 – Alena Vašková, Czech tennis player
• 1976 – Brett Lee, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1976 – Colin Strause, American director, producer, and visual effects designer
• 1977 – Jully Black, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1977 – Bucky Covington, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 – Nick Punto, American baseball player
• 1978 – Shyne, Belizean-American rapper
• 1978 – Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
• 1978 – Maurice Evans, American basketball player
• 1978 – Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer and manager
• 1978 – Emma Lewell-Buck, English social worker and politician
• 1978 – Júlio Sérgio, Brazilian footballer
• 1979 – Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby player
• 1979 – Aaron Hughes, Irish footballer
• 1979 – Dania Ramirez, Dominican-American actress
• 1980 – Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Laura Jane Grace, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Against Me!)
• 1980 – Ana Vidović, Croatian guitarist
• 1980 – Holly Walsh, English radio and television host
• 1981 – Joe Cole, English footballer
• 1981 – Yann Kermorgant, French footballer
• 1981 – Azura Skye, American actress
• 1982 – Ted DiBiase, Jr., American wrestler and actor
• 1982 – Ethan Juan, Taiwanese model and actor
• 1982 – Mika Kallio, Finnish motorcycle racer
• 1982 – Sam Sparro, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1983 – Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower
• 1983 – Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
• 1983 – Pavel Pogrebnyak, Russian footballer
• 1983 – Nikola Rachelle, English-New Zealand singer-songwriter and producer
• 1983 – Chris Rankin, New Zealand actor
• 1983 – Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper
• 1984 – Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (d. 2012)
• 1984 – Yoko Mitsuya, Japanese model and actress
• 1984 – Steven Webb, English actor
• 1985 – Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress
• 1985 – Jack Osbourne, English-American actor and producer
• 1986 – Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austrian tennis player
• 1986 – Jamie Roberts, Welsh rugby player
• 1986 – Aaron Swartz, American computer programmer and activist (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Édgar Benítez, Paraguayan footballer
• 1987 – Sam Bradford, American football player
• 1987 – Maryjun Takahashi, Japanese model and actress
• 1988 – Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress and singer
• 1988 – Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete
• 1989 – Morgan Schneiderlin, French footballer
• 1989 – Giancarlo Stanton, American baseball player
• 1989 – Van Roxas, Filipino singer and actor
• 1990 – Anett Griffel, Estonian model
• 1990 – Ingrid Puusta, Estonian sailor
• 1991 – Riker Lynch, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor
• 1993 – Fraser Mullen, Scottish footballer
• 1994 – Lauren Alaina, American singer
• 1994 – Shane Feldman, Canadian actor and producer
• 2000 – Jade Pettyjohn, American actress
• 2000 – Jasmine Thompson, English singer
• 2003 – Lady Louise Windsor, English daughter of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

Deaths[edit]

• 618 – Pope Adeodatus I
• 955 – Pope Agapetus II
• 1115 – Godfrey of Amiens, French bishop and saint (b. 1066)
• 1171 – Baldwin IV, Count of Hainaut (b. 1108)
• 1195 – Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1135)
• 1226 – Louis VIII of France (b. 1187)
• 1246 – Berengaria of Castile (b. 1179)
• 1308 – Duns Scotus, Scottish priest, philosopher, and academic (b. 1266)
• 1517 – Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, Spanish cardinal (b. 1436)
• 1527 – Jerome Emser, German theologian and reformer (b. 1477)
• 1599 – Francisco Guerrero, Spanish composer (b. 1528)
• 1600 – Natsuka Masaie, Japanese daimyō (b. 1562)
• 1605 – Robert Catesby, English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot (b. 1573)
• 1658 – Witte Corneliszoon de With, Dutch admiral (b. 1599)
• 1674 – John Milton, English poet and philosopher (b. 1608)
• 1719 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician and author (b. 1652)
• 1773 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (b. 1721)
• 1817 – Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (b. 1754)
• 1830 – Francis I of the Two Sicilies (b. 1777)
• 1873 – Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1796)
• 1887 – Doc Holliday, American dentist and poker player (b. 1851)
• 1890 – César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (b. 1822)
• 1895 – Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (b. 1828)
• 1905 – Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (b. 1870)
• 1917 – Colin Blythe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1879)
• 1921 – Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Slovak poet and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1924 – Mike Merlo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1880)
• 1934 – Carlos Chagas, Brazilian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1879)
• 1944 – Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 – August von Mackensen, German field marshal (b. 1849)
• 1949 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (b. 1874)
• 1953 – Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1953 – John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 1959 – Frank S. Land, American activist, founded the DeMolay International (b. 1890)
• 1965 – Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist and actress (b. 1913)
• 1966 – Bernhard Zondek, German-Israeli gynecologist and academic (b. 1891)
• 1968 – Wendell Corey, American actor and politician (b. 1914)
• 1968 – Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1898)
• 1970 – Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (b. 1892)
• 1974 – Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1914)
• 1975 – Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese-French poet and author (b. 1925)
• 1977 – Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (b. 1931)
• 1977 – Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
• 1978 – Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)
• 1979 – Yvonne de Gaulle, French wife of Charles de Gaulle (b. 1900)
• 1983 – James Booker, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
• 1983 – James Hayden, American actor (b. 1953)
• 1983 – Mordecai Kaplan, Lithuanian-American rabbi and educator (b. 1881)
• 1985 – Nicolas Frantz, Luxembourger cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1985 – Jacques Hnizdovsky, Ukrainian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 1986 – Vyacheslav Molotov, Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Soviet Union (b. 1890)
• 1992 – Larry Levan, American DJ and producer (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 1997 – Henry Bland, Australian public servant (b. 1909)
• 1998 – Rumer Godden, English author and poet (b. 1907)
• 1998 – John Hunt, Baron Hunt, English colonel, mountaineer, and academic (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Jean Marais, French actor and director (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1941)
• 1999 – Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast and judge (b. 1898)
• 2000 – Marc Lifschey, American oboist (b. 1926)
• 2001 – Aristidis Moschos, Greek santouri player and educator (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Jon Elia, Pakistani poet, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1931)
• 2003 – Bob Grant, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2003 – C. Z. Guest, American actress, fashion designer, and author (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Guy Speranza, American singer-songwriter (Riot) (b. 1956)
• 2004 – Peter Mathers, English-Australian author and playwright (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor and director (b. 1928)
• 2005 – David Westheimer, American soldier and author (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Basil Poledouris, American composer and conductor (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Hannspeter Winter, Austrian physicist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Aad Nuis, Dutch journalist, poet, and politician (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Dulce Saguisag, Filipino politician, 10th Filipino Secretary of Social Welfare and Development (b. 1943)
• 2007 – Chad Varah, English priest, founded The Samaritans (b. 1911)
• 2009 – Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist and astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2010 – Quintin Dailey, American basketball player (b. 1961)
• 2010 – Alex Fagan, American police officer (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Jack Levine, American soldier and painter (b. 1915)
• 2010 – Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral (b. 1925)
• 2011 – Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (b. 1967)
• 2011 – Bil Keane, American cartoonist (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Roger Hammond, English actor (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Lee MacPhail, American businessman (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Peggy Vaughan, American author (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Chitti Babu, Indian actor (b. 1964)
• 2013 – William C. Davidon, American physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Penn Kimball, American journalist and academic (b. 1915)
• 2013 – Arnold Rosner, American composer (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Chiyoko Shimakura, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Amanchi Venkata Subrahmanyam, Indian journalist and actor (b. 1957)
• 2014 – Phil Crane, American academic and politician (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Meesai Murugesan, Indian actor and singer (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Don Paul, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Hugo Sánchez Portugal, Spanish-Mexican footballer and sportscaster (b. 1984)
• 2014 – Ernie Vandeweghe, Canadian-American basketball player and physician (b. 1928)

Lord of the Rings voted 'best movie soundtrack's

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Music from The Lord of the Rings has been voted the best soundtrack of all time for the sixth year running.

The Oscar-winning trilogy's soundtrack triumphed over Schindler's List and Gladiator in the Classic FM poll.

John Williams's compositions for Star Wars and John Barry's Out of Africa rounded out the top five.

Williams' music featured eight times in the top 30, including Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, E.T. and Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

The top 100 movies were included in the hall of fame based on listener votes.

Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in The Lord Of The Rings trilogy, told Classic FM music played a "huge part" in the identity of films.

He added: "I think film scores are always extremely important with regard to the atmosphere and the emotional connection that you have to a film. 

"Those pieces of music - you think about the Hobbiton theme - they're really iconic.

"They sort of transcend the films themselves, almost like John Williams' [scores]. The pieces from Star Wars are so iconic. We hear the music, we know the films and I think to a certain degree that's the case with Rings too, with Howard Shore's score."

There was a surge in the popularity of film music composed by James Horner, who was killed in a plane crash in June this year.

Four of his soundtracks - Braveheart, Titanic, Apollo 13 and Avatar - all climbed the chart. 

Zimmer's score to Interstellar, starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, was the chart's highest new entry at number 43.

Top five movie soundtracks
1. Lord of the Rings trilogy	Howard Shore
2. Schindler's List	John Williams
3. Gladiator	Hans Zimmer
4. Star Wars (1977)	John Williams
5. Out of Africa

ΝΑΝΑ ΜΟΥΣΧΟΥΡΗ ΣΤΟ MEΓΑΡΟ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ

Νταντάδες και μπάτλερ της χλιδής 

Ο τίτλος της νταντάς ή του μπάτλερ μόνο υποτιμητικός δεν είναι

 όταν τη δουλειά τη βρίσκεις μέσω της εταιρείας Nanny & Butler, 

της Πάολα Νταϊάνα, η οποία εδρεύει στη Ρώμη. Ο ετήσιος μισθός

 αγγίζει τις 90,000 ευρώ ενώ τα δώρα προέρχονται συνήθως από

 τις πιο ακριβές μπουτίκ του κόσμου.

Ζωή μέσα στην χλιδή έχουν τη δυνατότητα να κάνουν δεκάδες γυναίκες που

 εργάζονται ως νταντάδες αλλά και άντρες που βρίσκουν ευκαιρία για δουλειά ως 

μπάτλερ. Οι περισσότερες πλούσιες οικογένειες του κόσμου, απευθύνονται στην

 εταιρεία Nanny & Butler, η ιδιοκτήτρια της οποίας μετέτρεψε την έμπνευσή της σε μια 

μεγάλου κέρδους επιχείρηση αλλά και σε «όνειρο ζωής» όπως η ίδια χαρακτήρισε για

 πολλούς ανθρώπους στον κόσμο.

Διατηρώντας την ανωνυμία τους, μια γυναίκα και ένας άντρας δέχθηκαν να μιλήσουν 

στην Daily Mail για τη ζωή που κάνουν τα τελευταία χρόνια, όταν απευθύνθηκαν για 

δουλειά στη συγκεκριμένη εταιρεία.

Η Ρεμπέκα, η οποία είναι 35 ετών, εργάζεται ως νταντά σε μια από τις πιο πλούσιες

 οικογένειες της Ρωσίας και κάνει ζωή, που όπως είπε η ίδια μέχρι να πιάσει τη 

συγκεκριμένη δουλειά, μόνο ονειρευόταν.

«Ταξιδέψαμε αρκετά αυτό το χρόνο. Πήγαμε στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες για σχεδόν 

ένα μήνα και μετά στις Μαλδίβες για 2 εβδομάδες. Στην Ισπανία ήταν υπέροχα γιατί 

η οικογένεια έχει μια δική της βίλα με θέα στον ωκεανό» ανέφερε χαρακτηριστικά

 και πρόσθεσε «Εχω ζήσει πλέον σε πολλές πόλεις όπως η Μόσχα, το Μιλάνο, το Λος 

Άντζελες, το Ντουμπάι».

Η βίλα στην οποία έμενε η ίδια κατά τη διάρκεια παραμονής της οικογένειας στις

 Μαλδίβες κοστίζει τη βραδιά 4,000 ευρώ και όπως δήλωσε η Ρεμπέκα ήταν σαν ένας

 προσωπικός παράδεισος.

Δεν λείπουν φυσικά και τα δώρα. Τσάντες Channel, παπούτσια Ferragamo και φορέματα

 Givenchy είναι συνήθως ορισμένα από τα brands που οι οικογένειες θέλουν να

 χαρίζουν στο προσωπικό ως ένδειξη ευγνωμοσύνης για τις υπηρεσίες τους.

Ο Ρόμπερτ, εργάζεται ως μπάτλερ μιας οικογένειας, η οποί αυτή την στιγμή ζει στο

 Λος Άντζελες. Κάθε Χριστούγεννα λαμβάνει ένα ξεχωριστό μπόνους ύψους 45,000

 ευρώ ενώ ταξιδεύει μαζί με την οικογένεια σε χειμερινά θέρετρα στην Γαλλία και την

 Ιταλία.

«Κάποτε ταξιδέψαμε στην Καραϊβική με ένα γιοτ, το οποίο ήταν μεγαλύτερο από σπίτι. 

Οπου πάμε, κυκλοφορώ με σοφέρ ή όταν έχω ελεύθερο χρόνο, μου δίνουν ένα τοπ

 αυτοκίνητο για να οδηγήσω» ανέφερε ο 55χρονος άνδρας.

Η ιδιοκτήτρια της εταιρείας, κατοικεί στη Ρώμη. Η Πάολα Νταϊάνα ίδρυσε την

 Nanny & Butler πριν αρκετά χρόνια και τώρα σε ηλικία 40 ετών, απολαμβάνει τους

 καρπούς της έμπνευσής της. «Εχουν τη δυνατότητα να ζήσουν σε ένα μαγικό

 lifestyle. Οι νταντάδες ποτέ πριν δεν ταξίδευαν με ιδιωτικά τζετ. Πρόκειται για νέα

 κορίτσια που δεν είχαν στο παρελθόν τη δυνατότητα να ζήσουν κάτι ανάλογο», 

ανέφερε χαρακτηριστικά. Στο συγκεκριμένο γραφείο έχουν απευθυνθεί ορισμένες

 από τις πιο πλούσιες οικογένειες του κόσμου όπως αυτή της πριγκιπικής οικογένειας 

του Μπαχρέιν.

Οπως τόνισε η 40χρονη επιχειρηματίας, ο πιο χαμηλός μισθός αγγίζει τα 2,000

 ευρώ την εβδομάδα και αφορά κυρίως τις νέες νταντάδες ενώ ο ετήσιος μισθός 

τους μπορεί να φτάσεια και τις 90,000 ευρώ το χρόνο εκτο από τα μπόνους.

«Πολλές γυναίκες μου αναφέρουν ότι ζουν μια ζωή σαν αυτή του Τζέιμς Μποντ. 

Πανάκριβα αυτοκίνητα, σωματοφύλακες στα ταξίδια, απόλυτη χλιδή. Μερικές

 παραπονιούνται καμιά φορά γιατί φοβούνται αλλά δεν μετανιώνουν για την

 επιλογή τους», κατέληξε στη συνέντευξή της η Πάολα Νταϊάνα.

• 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery.
• 1313 – Louis the Bavarian defeats his cousin Frederick I of Austria at the Battle of Gammelsdorf.
• 1330 – At the Battle of Posada, Basarab I of Wallachia defeats the Hungarian army of Charles I Robert.
• 1456 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje , last ruler of the County of Cilli, is assassinated in Belgrade.
• 1494 – The Family de' Medici are expelled from Florence.
• 1520 – More than 50 people are sentenced and executed in the Stockholm Bloodbath
• 1620 – Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
• 1688 – Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
• 1697 – Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
• 1720 – The synagogue of Judah HeHasid is burned down by Arab creditors, leading to the expulsion of the Ashkenazim from Jerusalem.
• 1729 – Spain, France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Seville.
• 1764 – Mary Campbell, a captive of the Lenape during the French and Indian War, is turned over to forces commanded by Colonel Henry Bouquet.
• 1780 – American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Fishdam Ford a force of British and Loyalist troops fail in a surprise attack against the South Carolina Patriot militia under Brigadier General Thomas Sumter.
• 1791 – Foundation of the Dublin Society of United Irishmen.
• 1793 – William Carey reaches the Hooghly River.
• 1799 – Napoleon Bonaparte leads the Coup of 18 Brumaire ending the Directory government, and becoming one of its three Consuls (Consulate Government).
• 1822 – The Action of 9 November 1822 between USS Alligator and a squadron of pirate schooners off the coast of Cuba.
• 1848 – Robert Blum, a German revolutionary, is executed in Vienna.
• 1851 – Kentucky marshals abduct abolitionist minister Calvin Fairbank from Jeffersonville, Indiana, and take him to Kentucky to stand trial for helping a slave escape.
• 1857 – The Atlantic is founded in Boston, Massachusetts.
• 1861 – The first documented football match in Canada is played at University College, Toronto.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside assumes command of the Army of the Potomac, after George B. McClellan is removed.
• 1867 – Tokugawa shogunate hands power back to the Emperor of Japan, starting the Meiji Restoration.
• 1872 – The Great Boston Fire of 1872.
• 1880 – A large earthquake strikes Zagreb and causes many casualties. One of them is the Zagreb Cathedral.
• 1883 – The Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Armed Forces (known then as the "90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles") is founded.
• 1887 – The United States receives rights to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• 1888 – Mary Jane Kelly is murdered in London, widely believed to be the fifth and final victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper.
• 1906 – Theodore Roosevelt is the first sitting President of the United States to make an official trip outside the country. He did so to inspect progress on the Panama Canal.
• 1907 – The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
• 1913 – The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
• 1914 – SMS Emden is sunk by HMAS Sydney in the Battle of Cocos.
• 1917 – Joseph Stalin enters the provisional government of Bolshevik Russia.
• 1918 – Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
• 1921 – The Italian National Fascist Party comes into existence.
• 1923 – In Munich, Germany, police and government troops crush the Beer Hall Putsch in Bavaria. The failed coup is the work of the Nazis.
• 1935 – The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
• 1937 – Japanese troops take control of Shanghai, China.
• 1938 – The Nazi German diplomat Ernst vom Rath dies from the fatal gunshot wounds of Jewish resistance fighter Herschel Grynszpan, an act which the Nazis used as an excuse to instigate the 1938 national pogrom, also known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night).
• 1940 – Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
• 1953 – Cambodia gains independence from France.
• 1960 – Robert McNamara is named president of Ford Motor Co., the first non-Ford to serve in that post. A month later, he resigned to join the administration of newly elected John F. Kennedy.
• 1963 – At Miike coal mine, Miike, Japan, an explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.
• 1965 – Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
• 1965 – The Catholic Worker Movement member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
• 1967 – Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida.
• 1967 – The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published.
• 1970 – Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
• 1979 – Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.
• 1985 – Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating Anatoly Karpov, also of the Soviet Union.
• 1989 – Cold War: Fall of the Berlin Wall. Communist-controlled East Germany opens checkpoints in the Berlin Wall allowing its citizens to travel to West Germany. This key event led to the eventual reunification of East and West Germany, and fall of communism in eastern Europe including Russia.
• 1993 – Stari Most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing.
• 1994 – The chemical element darmstadtium is discovered.
• 1998 – A US federal judge orders 37 US brokerage houses to pay 1.03 billion United States dollars to cheated NASDAQ investors to compensate for price fixing. This is the largest civil settlement in United States history.
• 1998 – Capital punishment in the United Kingdom, already abolished for murder, is completely abolished for all remaining capital offences.
• 2005 – The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
• 2005 – Suicide bombers attacked three hotels in Amman, Jordan, killing at least 60 people.
• 2007 – The German Bundestag passes the controversial data retention bill mandating storage of citizens' telecommunications traffic data for six months without probable cause.
• 2012 – A train carrying liquid fuel crashes and bursts into flames in northern Burma, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others.
• 2012 – At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo.

Births[edit]

• 1389 – Isabella of Valois (d. 1409)
• 1414 – Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1486)
• 1455 – Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz (d. 1516)
• 1522 – Martin Chemnitz, German astrologer and theologian (d. 1586)
• 1606 – Hermann Conring, German philosopher and educator (d. 1681)
• 1664 – Johann Speth, German organist and composer (d. 1719)
• 1664 – Henry Wharton, English librarian and author (d. 1695)
• 1697 – Claudio Casciolini, Italian composer (d. 1760)
• 1719 – Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Italian priest, academic, and theoretician (d. 1796)
• 1721 – Mark Akenside, English physician and poet (d. 1770)
• 1723 – Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1787)
• 1731 – Benjamin Banneker, American farmer, surveyor, and author (d. 1806)
• 1732 – Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, French businesswoman (d. 1776)
• 1773 – Thomasine Gyllembourg, Danish writer (d. 1856)
• 1799 – Gustav, Prince of Vasa (d. 1877)
• 1801 – Gail Borden, American surveyor and publisher, invented condensed milk (d. 1874)
• 1802 – Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American minister, journalist, and activist (d. 1837)
• 1810 – Bernhard von Langenbeck, German general, surgeon, and academic (d. 1887)
• 1818 – Ivan Turgenev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1883)
• 1825 – A. P. Hill, American general (d. 1865)
• 1829 – Peter Lumsden, English general (d. 1918)
• 1832 – Émile Gaboriau, French author and journalist (d. 1873)
• 1840 – Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Quebec (d. 1898)
• 1841 – Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1910)
• 1850 – Louis Lewin, German pharmacologist and academic (d. 1929)
• 1853 – Stanford White, American architect, co-founded McKim, Mead & White (d. 1906)
• 1854 – Maud Howe Elliott, American activist and author (d. 1948)
• 1862 – Gigo Gabashvili, Georgian painter and educator (d. 1936)
• 1869 – Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 1934)
• 1872 – Bohdan Lepky, Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1941)
• 1873 – Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and surgeon (d. 1941)
• 1874 – Albert Francis Blakeslee, American botanist and academic (d. 1954)
• 1877 – Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of the Italian Republic (d. 1959)
• 1877 – Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani philosopher, poet, and politician (d. 1938)
• 1878 – Ahn Changho, Korean activist and politician (d. 1938)
• 1879 – Jenő Bory, Hungarian architect and sculptor (d. 1959)
• 1879 – S. O. Davies, Welsh politician (d. 1972)
• 1879 – Milan Šufflay, Croatian historian and politician (d. 1931)
• 1880 – Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect, designed the red telephone box (d. 1960)
• 1883 – Edna May Oliver, American actress and singer (d. 1942)
• 1885 – Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (d. 1954)
• 1885 – Velimir Khlebnikov, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1922)
• 1885 – Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (d. 1952)
• 1885 – Hermann Weyl, German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1955)
• 1886 – Ed Wynn, American actor and singer (d. 1966)
• 1887 – Muriel Aked, English actress (d. 1955)
• 1888 – Jean Monnet, French economist and diplomat (d. 1979)
• 1890 – George Regas, Greek-American actor (d. 1940)
• 1892 – Mabel Normand, American actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 1930)
• 1894 – Mae Marsh, American actress (d. 1968)
• 1897 – Harvey Hendrick, American baseball player (d. 1941)
• 1897 – Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
• 1900 – Oskar Loorits, Estonian author and academic (d. 1961)
• 1902 – Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (d. 1968)
• 1904 – Viktor Brack, German SS officer (d. 1948)
• 1904 – Heiti Talvik, Estonian poet (d. 1947)
• 1905 – Erika Mann, German-Swiss actress and author (d. 1969)
• 1906 – Arthur Rudolph, German engineer (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Paulene Myers, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1914 – Thomas Berry, American priest, historian, and theologian (d. 2009)
• 1914 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, singer, producer and inventor (d. 2000)
• 1915 – André François, Romanian-French illustrator, painter, and sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Sargent Shriver, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France (d. 2011)
• 1916 – Martha Settle Putney, American lieutenant, historian, and educator (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Spiro Agnew, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Thomas Ferebee, American colonel (d. 2000)
• 1918 – Choi Hong Hi, South Korean general and martial artist, co-founded taekwondo (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin of Medgar Evers (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Philip G. Hodge, American engineer and academic (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Pierrette Alarie, Canadian soprano (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (d. 1984)
• 1922 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1965)
• 1922 – Raymond Devos, Belgian-French comedian and clown (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian mathematician, philosopher, and academic (d. 1974)
• 1923 – Alice Coachman, American high jumper (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Elizabeth Hawley, American-Nepali journalist
• 1923 – James Schuyler, American poet and author (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Robert Frank, Swiss-American photographer and director
• 1925 – Alistair Horne, English-American journalist, historian, and author
• 1926 – Vicente Aranda, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Luis Miguel Dominguín, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1996)
• 1928 – Anne Sexton, American poet and academic (d. 1974)
• 1929 – Marc Favreau, Canadian actor and poet (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Imre Kertész, Hungarian-German author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 – Whitey Herzog, American baseball player and manager
• 1931 – George Witt, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Valery Shumakov, Russian surgeon and transplantologist (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Jim Perry, American-Canadian singer and television host
• 1934 – Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish economist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1934 – Ronald Harwood, South African author, playwright, and screenwriter
• 1934 – Carl Sagan, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist (d. 1996)
• 1935 – Bob Gibson, American baseball player and manager
• 1935 – David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale, English businessman and politician
• 1936 – Bob Graham, American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Florida
• 1936 – Teddy Infuhr, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1936 – Mikhail Tal, Latvian-Russian chess player (d. 1992)
• 1936 – Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (Peter, Paul and Mary) (d. 2009)
• 1937 – Cliff Bole, American director and producer
• 1937 – Roger McGough, English author, poet, and playwright
• 1937 – Donald Trelford, English journalist and academic
• 1937 – Clyde Wells, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Newfoundland
• 1938 – Ti-Grace Atkinson, American author and critic
• 1939 – Paul Cameron, American psychologist and academic
• 1939 – Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, English academic and politician
• 1941 – David Constant, English cricketer and umpire
• 1941 – Tom Fogerty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Creedence Clearwater Revival and Ruby) (d. 1990)
• 1942 – Victor Blank, English businessman and philanthropist
• 1942 – Tom Weiskopf, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1944 – Chitresh Das, Indian dancer and choreographer (d. 2015)
• 1944 – Phil May, English singer-songwriter (The Pretty Things)
• 1945 – Richard Goldberg, American sex offender
• 1945 – Moeletsi Mbeki, South African economist and academic
• 1946 – Benny Mardones, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 – Marina Warner, English author and academic
• 1947 – Robert David Hall, American actor, singer, and pianist
• 1948 – Bille August, Danish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1948 – Joe Bouchard, American bass player and songwriter (Blue Öyster Cult)
• 1948 – Jane Humphries, English economist, historian, and academic
• 1948 – Henrik S. Järrel, Swedish politician
• 1948 – Michel Pagliaro, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 – Luiz Felipe Scolari, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1950 – Parekura Horomia, New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of Māori Affairs (d. 2013)
• 1951 – Lou Ferrigno, American bodybuilder and actor
• 1951 – Bill Mantlo, American lawyer and author
• 1952 – Sherrod Brown, American academic and politician
• 1952 – Jim Riggleman, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1953 – Gaétan Hart, Canadian boxer
• 1953 – Rhetta Hughes, American singer and actress
• 1954 – Aed Carabao, Thai singer-songwriter and guitarist (Carabao)
• 1954 – Sukekiyo Kameyama, Japanese voice actor (d. 2013)
• 1954 – Shankar Nag, Indian actor and director
• 1954 – Dennis Stratton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Iron Maiden, Praying Mantis, and Lionheart)
• 1954 – Sue Upton, English actress and dancer
• 1955 – Karen Dotrice, English actress and singer
• 1955 – Thomas F. Duffy, American actor
• 1955 – Fernando Meirelles, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 – Bob Nault, Canadian politician
• 1959 – Nick Hamilton, American wrestler and referee
• 1959 – Frances O'Grady, English union leader
• 1959 – Andy Kershaw, English radio host
• 1959 – Sito Pons, Spanish motorcycle racer and team owner
• 1959 – Thomas Quasthoff, German opera singer
• 1959 – Tony Slattery, English actor and screenwriter
• 1960 – Andreas Brehme, German footballer and manager
• 1960 – Demetra Plakas, American drummer (L7)
• 1960 – Sarah Franklin, anthropologist
• 1960 – Joëlle Ursull, Caribbean singer (Zouk Machine)
• 1961 – Jill Dando, English journalist (d. 1999)
• 1962 – Amy Aronson, American journalism and media academic
• 1962 – Teryl Rothery, Canadian actress
• 1963 – Fulvio Fantoni, Italian bridge player
• 1964 – Robert Duncan McNeill, American actor, director, and producer
• 1965 – Daphne Guinness, English-Irish model and actress
• 1967 – Andrei Lapushkin, Russian footballer
• 1965 – Bryn Terfel, Welsh opera singer
• 1967 – Ricky Otto, English footballer
• 1968 – Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist and educator
• 1968 – Colin Hay, English political scientist, author, and academic
• 1969 – Sandra Denton, Jamaican-American rapper and actress (Salt-N-Pepa)
• 1969 – Ramona Milano, Canadian actress
• 1969 – Roxanne Shanté, American rapper
• 1969 – Allison Wolfe, American singer-songwriter (Bratmobile, Cold Cold Hearts, and Partyline)
• 1970 – Domino, American DJ and producer (Hieroglyphics)
• 1970 – Scarface, American rapper (Geto Boys)
• 1970 – Nelson Diebel, American swimmer and coach
• 1970 – Guido Görtzen, Dutch volleyball player
• 1970 – Bill Guerin, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1970 – Chris Jericho, Canadian-American wrestler, singer-songwriter, and actor (Fozzy)
• 1970 – Susan Tedeschi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Tedeschi Trucks Band)
• 1971 – David Duval, American golfer
• 1971 – Melinda Kinnaman, Swedish actress
• 1971 – Sabri Lamouchi, French footballer and manager
• 1971 – Big Pun, American rapper and actor (Terror Squad) (d. 2000)
• 1972 – Eric Dane, American actor
• 1972 – Doug Russell, American radio host
• 1972 – Naomi Shindō, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1972 – Corin Tucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sleater-Kinney, Heavens to Betsy, and Cadallaca)
• 1973 – Alyson Court, Canadian actress
• 1973 – Nick Lachey, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (98 Degrees)
• 1973 – Gabrielle Miller, Canadian actress
• 1973 – Zisis Vryzas, Greek footballer
• 1974 – Joe C., American rapper and actor (d. 2000)
• 1974 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian footballer
• 1974 – Ryo Kase, Japanese actor
• 1974 – Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Italian actress
• 1975 – Gareth Malone, English choirmaster and broadcaster
• 1977 – Chris Morgan, English footballer and manager
• 1977 – Lisa De Pasquale, Author, columnist and conservative activist
• 1977 – Omar Trujillo, Mexican footballer
• 1978 – Sisqó, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Dru Hill)
• 1978 – Steven López, American martial artist
• 1978 – Even Ormestad, Norwegian bass guitarist (Jaga Jazzist)
• 1979 – Dave Bush, American baseball player
• 1979 – Adam Dunn, American baseball player
• 1979 – Martin Taylor, English footballer
• 1980 – James Harper, English footballer
• 1980 – Vanessa Lachey, Filipino-American television host and actress
• 1980 – Dominique Maltais, Canadian snowboarder
• 1981 – Eyedea, American rapper and producer (Eyedea & Abilities and Face Candy) (d. 2010)
• 1981 – Lyn, South Korean singer
• 1981 – Jobi McAnuff, Jamaican footballer
• 1981 – Kengo Ohkuchi, Japanese actor
• 1981 – Scottie Thompson, American actress
• 1982 – Boaz Myhill, American-Welsh footballer
• 1982 – Jana Pittman, Australian hurdler
• 1983 – Rob Elloway, German rugby player
• 1983 – Ted Potter, Jr., American golfer
• 1983 – Michael Turner, English footballer
• 1984 – Seven, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
• 1984 – Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
• 1984 – Ku Hye-sun, South Korean actress and singer
• 1984 – Joel Zumaya, American baseball player
• 1984 – French Montana, Moroccan-American rapper
• 1985 – Bakary Soumaré, Malian footballer
• 1986 – Carl Gunnarsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1987 – Raul Must, Estonian badminton player
• 1988 – Nikki Blonsky, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1988 – Josip Čorić, Croatian-Bosnian footballer
• 1988 – Cadeyrn Neville, Australian rugby player
• 1988 – Analeigh Tipton, American model, actress, and figure skater
• 1988 – Cheyenne Tozzi, Australian model and singer
• 1989 – Baptiste Giabiconi, French model and singer
• 1990 – Hodgy Beats, American rapper and producer (Odd Future and MellowHype)
• 1990 – Nosa Igiebor, Nigerian footballer
• 1997 – Matthew Fisher, English cricketer

Deaths[edit]

• 959 – Constantine VII, Byzantine emperor (b. 905)
• 1187 – Emperor Gaozong of Song (b. 1107)
• 1208 – Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (b. 1154)
• 1456 – Ulrich II, Count of Celje (b. 1406)
• 1623 – William Camden, English historian and topographer (b. 1551)
• 1641 – Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1610)
• 1643 – Anthony Grey, 9th Earl of Kent, English peer and priest (b. 1557)
• 1677 – Aert van der Neer, Dutch painter (b. 1603)
• 1699 – Hortense Mancini, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1646)
• 1766 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer and diplomat (b. 1692)
• 1770 – John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll, Scottish general and politician (b. 1693)
• 1778 – Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1720)
• 1801 – Carl Stamitz, German-Czech violinist and composer (b. 1745)
• 1809 – Paul Sandby, English painter and cartographer (b. 1725)
• 1848 – Robert Blum, German poet and politician (b. 1810)
• 1880 – Edwin Drake, American businessman (b. 1819)
• 1888 – Mary Jane Kelly, Irish-English victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1863)
• 1911 – Howard Pyle, American author and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1918 – Guillaume Apollinaire, Italian-French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1918 – Peter Lumsden, English general (b. 1829)
• 1919 – Eduard Müller, Swiss politician, 26th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1848)
• 1924 – Henry Cabot Lodge, American historian and politician (b. 1850)
• 1932 – Basil Spalding de Garmendia, American-French tennis player (b. 1860)
• 1937 – Ramsay MacDonald, Scottish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)
• 1938 – Vasily Blyukher, Russian marshal (b. 1889)
• 1940 – Stephen Alencastre, Portuguese-American bishop (b. 1876)
• 1940 – Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1869)
• 1942 – Charles Courtney Curran, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1942 – Edna May Oliver, American actress and singer (b. 1883)

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• 1944 – Frank Marshall, American chess player and theoretician (b. 1877)
• 1951 – Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1952 – Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (b. 1886)
• 1952 – Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist, academic, and politician, 1st President of Israel (b. 1874)
• 1953 – Louise DeKoven Bowen, American philanthropist and activist (b. 1859)
• 1953 – Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1880)
• 1953 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
• 1955 – André Rischmann, French rugby player (b. 1882)
• 1956 – Aino Kallas, Finnish-Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 1957 – Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (b. 1872)
• 1962 – Dhondo Keshav Karve, Indian activist and academic, Bharat Ratna Awardee (b. 1858)
• 1968 – Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (b. 1931)
• 1970 – Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (b. 1890)
• 1971 – Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1976 – Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower (b. 1890)
• 1977 – Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1898)
• 1985 – Marie-Georges Pascal, French actress (b. 1946)
• 1988 – David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and priest (b. 1924)
• 1988 – Billy Curtis, American actor and stuntman (b. 1909)
• 1988 – John N. Mitchell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 67th United States Attorney General (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Rosemary Timperley, English author and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 1991 – Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Charles Fraser-Smith, English missionary and author (b. 1904)
• 1992 – William Hillcourt, Danish-American scout leader and author (b. 1900)
• 1992 – T. Sivasithamparam, Sri Lankan politician (b. 1926)
• 1993 – Ross Andru, American illustrator (b. 1925)
• 1996 – Joe Ghiz, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 27th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1945)
• 1997 – Helenio Herrera, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Ursula Reit, German actress (b. 1914)
• 1999 – Mabel King, American actress and singer (b. 1932)
• 2000 – Sherwood Johnston, American racing driver (b. 1927)
• 2000 – Eric Morley, English TV host and the founder of the Miss World pageant (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Hugh Paddick, English actor (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Niels Jannasch, Canadian historian and curator (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Giovanni Leone, Italian politician, 6th President of Italy (b. 1908)
• 2002 – Merlin Santana, American actor (b. 1976)
• 2002 – William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Art Carney, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Gordon Onslow Ford, English-American painter (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian physician and author (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Iris Chang, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1968)
• 2004 – Emlyn Hughes, English footballer and manager (b. 1947)
• 2004 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (b. 1954)
• 2005 – K. R. Narayanan, Indian politician, 10th President of India (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Ed Bradley, American journalist (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Ellen Willis, American journalist and activist (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Markus Wolf, German intelligence officer (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Huda bin Abdul Haq, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1960)
• 2008 – Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1962)
• 2008 – Miriam Makeba, South African singer and activist (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Imam Samudra, Indonesian terrorist (b. 1970)
• 2012 – Milan Čič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Joseph D. Early, American soldier and politician (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Major Harris, American singer (The Delfonics) (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Bobbi Jordan, American actress (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 2012 – Pat Renella, American actor (b. 1929)
• 2012 – James L. Stone, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Bill Tarmey, English actor and singer (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Savaş Ay, Turkish newspaper and television journalist (b. 1954)
• 2013 – Helen Eadie, Scottish politician (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Grethe Rytter Hasle, Norwegian biologist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, American saxophonist (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Steve Prescott, English rugby player (b. 1973)
• 2013 – Emile Zuckerkandl, Austrian-American biologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Rubén Alvarez, Argentinian golfer (b. 1961)
• 2014 – Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani, Qatari prince (b. 1966)
• 2014 – Nikola Simić, Serbian actor (b. 1934)
• 2014 – R. A. Montgomery, American author and publisher (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Myles Munroe, Bahamian pastor and author (b. 1954)
• 2014 – Orlando Thomas, American football player (b. 1972)
• 2014 – Joe Walsh, Irish politician, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (b. 1943)