ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥΓΕΝΝΙΑΤΙΚΟ ΥΠΕΡΘΕΑΜΑ ΣΤΟ ΜΕΓΑΡΟ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ

Ένα χριστουγεννιάτικο υπερθέαμα διάρκειας 75 λεπτών θα παρουσιάσει ο δημοσιογράφος Λευτέρης Κογκαλίδης, τη Δευτέρα 21 Δεκεμβρίου, ωρα 8 μμ,

στο Μεγαρο Μουσικης Θεσσαλονικης(M2,5oς οροφος,αιθουσα Μωρις Σαλτιελ)με υλικό από το προσωπικό του αρχείο.Εισοδος ελευθερη.

Christmas Spectacular, όπως τιτλοφορείται αυτό το πρόγραμμα, είναι το αγαπημένο χριστουγεννιάτικο σώου των Αμερικανών που, εδώ και 80

 περίπου χρόνια, έχει γοητεύσει 70.000.000 θεατές. Το εορταστικό αυτό πρόγραμμα παρουσιάζεται κάθε χρόνο για ένα μήνα στο Radio City Music Hall

 της Νέας Υόρκης, με πρωταγωνίστριες τις περίφημες Radio City Rockettes, διάσημες για τα υψηλά λακτίσματα, την κλασική ομορφιά και τις χορευτικές

 τους ικανότητες, σε εκπληκτικές χορογραφίες ακριβείας. Από το 1925 που δημιουργήθηκαν έως σήμερα, 3.000 γυναίκες χόρεψαν ως Rockettes και

 κάθε χρόνο χιλιάδες γυναίκες περνούν από ακρόαση για μια θέση στο Χορευτικό Συγκρότημα που βασικά συγκροτούν 36-80 χορεύτριες.

 Κατά τη διάρκεια του προγράμματος, 1.300 κοστούμια χρησιμοποιούνται στην τεράστια σκηνή. Τα σκηνικά και τα διάφορα εφέ είναι φαντασμαγορικά. Όλη η

 παράσταση συνοδεύεται από χριστουγεννιάτικη μουσική.Ειναι μια παρασταση για ολη την οικογενεια,το απολυτο εορταστικο προγραμμα για τις ημερες των Χριστουγεννων.

Οργανωτες ειναι το Μεγαρο Μουσικης Θεσσαλονικης και ο Συλλογος Φιλων Μουσικης Θεσσαλονικης.Χορηγος επικοινωνιας ειναι το Πρακτορειο FM 104,9

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• 915 – Pope John X crowned Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch – Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the French at Wiesloch.
• 1800 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden – French General Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war.
• 1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
• 1834 – The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
• 1854 – Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.
• 1898 – The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16-0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
• 1901 – In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt asks Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
• 1904 – The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
• 1910 – Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
• 1912 – Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
• 1919 – After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
• 1925 – World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements.
• 1927 – Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
• 1944 – Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
• 1953 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 102 relating to ICJ is adopted.
• 1953 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 103 relating to ICJ is adopted.
• 1959 – The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
• 1960 – The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
• 1964 – Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.
• 1967 – At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
• 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives.
• 1973 – Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
• 1976 – An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, and plays a concert two days later.
• 1979 – In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
• 1979 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
• 1982 – A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
• 1984 – Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
• 1989 – Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Soviet Union may be coming to an end.
• 1990 – The 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision kills seven passengers and one crew member.
• 1992 – The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
• 1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
• 1992 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 is adopted.
• 1994 – The PlayStation was released in Japan
• 1997 – In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
• 1999 – NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
• 1999 – Six firefighters are killed in the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire in Worcester, Massachusetts.
• 2005 – XCOR Aerospace makes the first manned rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
• 2007 – Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
• 2009 – A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
• 2012 – At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
• 2012 – In Northern Ireland, 15 police officers are injured during rioting at Belfast City Hall following a vote to change Belfast City Council's policy on flying the union flag.
• 2014 – The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa 2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.

Births[edit]

• 1368 – Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
• 1447 – Bayezid II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512 (d. 1512)
• 1560 – Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (d. 1627)
• 1596 – Nicola Amati, Italian violin maker (d. 1684)
• 1722 – Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1794)
• 1729 – Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist (d. 1783)
• 1755 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)
• 1800 – France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (d. 1849)
• 1826 – George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1885)
• 1833 – Carlos Finlay, Spanish-Cuban physician (d. 1915)
• 1838 – Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (d. 1916)
• 1838 – Octavia Hill, English activist and author (d. 1912)
• 1842 – Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1919)
• 1842 – Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company (d. 1899)
• 1842 – Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist, ecologist, and educator (d. 1911)
• 1857 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-English marine and author (d. 1924)
• 1857 – Mathilde Kralik, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1944)
• 1864 – Herman Heijermans, Dutch author and playwright (d. 1924)
• 1867 – William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1933)
• 1872 – Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian politician, Canadian Speaker of the Senate (d. 1962)
• 1872 – William Haselden, English cartoonist (d. 1953)
• 1875 – Émile Delchambre, French rower (d. 1958)
• 1875 – Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (d. 1955)
• 1878 – Francis A. Nixon, American businessman (d. 1956)
• 1879 – Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1965)
• 1879 – Charles Hutchison, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
• 1879 – Kafū Nagai, Japanese author and playwright (d. 1959)
• 1879 – Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician, 5th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1970)
• 1880 – Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (d. 1943)
• 1880 – Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (d. 1963)
• 1884 – Walther Stampfli, Swiss politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1965)
• 1886 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
• 1887 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1990)
• 1888 – Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-Irish rabbi (d. 1959)
• 1889 – Khudiram Bose, Indian activist (d. 1908)
• 1889 – Cyrillus Kreek, Estonian trombonist and composer (d. 1962)
• 1891 – Thomas Farrell, American general (d. 1967)
• 1893 – Edmond Decottignies, French weightlifter (d. 1963)
• 1894 – Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Te Ata Fisher, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1895 – Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1982)
• 1895 – Tadeusz Olsza, Polish actor (d. 1975)
• 1897 – William Gropper, American radical, cartoonist and painter (d. 1977)
• 1899 – Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965)
• 1900 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004)
• 1900 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
• 1901 – Glenn Hartranft, American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1970)
• 1901 – Mildred Wiley, American high jumper (d. 2000)
• 1902 – Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot (d. 1976)
• 1902 – Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (d. 1993)
• 1908 – Edward Underdown, English actor and jockey (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic (d. 1979)
• 1914 – Irving Fine, American composer and academic (d. 1962)
• 1914 – Kaisa Parviainen, Finnish javelin thrower (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Charles Lynch, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Phyllis Curtin, American soprano, actress, and academic
• 1921 – John Doar, American lawyer and activist (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Len Lesser, American actor (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic (d. 1992)
• 1922 – Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Trevor Bailey, English criocketer (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Stjepan Bobek, Croatian-Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Moyra Fraser, Australian-English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011)
• 1924 – F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist and author
• 1924 – Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (d. 2012)
• 1924 – John Winter, Australian high jumper (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Kim Dae-jung, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 8th President of South Korea, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Ferlin Husky, American singer and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Andy Williams, American singer and actor (The Williams Brothers) (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Thomas M. Foglietta, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (d. 2004)
• 1928 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d. 2014)
• 1929 – John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter
• 1930 – Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Yves Trudeau, Canadian sculptor
• 1931 – Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author and poet (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress
• 1932 – Corry Brokken, Dutch singer, lawyer, and judge
• 1932 – Takao Fujinami, Japanese politician, Chief Cabinet Secretary, member of House of Representatives of Japan (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934 – Nicolas Coster, American actor and producer
• 1934 – Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1934 – Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic
• 1935 – Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician
• 1937 – Bobby Allison, American race car driver
• 1937 – Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish author
• 1937 – Binod Bihari Verma, Indian physician and author (d. 2003)
• 1938 – Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)
• 1938 – Sally Shlaer, American mathematician, software engineer and methodologist (d. 1998)
• 1939 – Don Calfa, American actor
• 1939 – John Paul, Sr., American race car driver
• 1940 – Jeffrey R. Holland, American academic and religious leader
• 1942 – Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Alice Schwarzer, German journalist, founded EMMA magazine
• 1942 – David K. Shipler, American journalist and author
• 1943 – J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Joseph Franklin Ada, Guamanian politician, 5th Governor of Guam, 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Guam,
• 1944 – Ralph McTell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 – Craig Raine, English poet, author, and playwright
• 1945 – Paul Nicholas, English actor and singer
• 1946 – Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
• 1947 – Patricia Krenwinkel, American murderer
• 1948 – Jan Hrubý, Czech violinist and songwriter (Framus Five and Etc...)
• 1948 – Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect and television host
• 1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, English-American singer-songwriter and actor (Black Sabbath)
• 1949 – John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler (d. 1997)
• 1949 – Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress and singer
• 1949 – Mickey Thomas, American singer-songwriter (Jefferson Starship and Starship)
• 1950 – Alberto Juantorena, Cuban runner
• 1951 – Mike Bantom, American basketball player and manager
• 1951 – Ray Candy, American wrestler (d. 1994)
• 1951 – Riki Choshu, South Korean-Japanese wrestler
• 1951 – Rick Mears, American race car driver
• 1951 – Nicky Stevens, Welsh singer (Brotherhood of Man)
• 1952 – Don Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (38 Special)
• 1952 – Benny Hinn, American evangelist and author
• 1952 – Mel Smith, English actor, director, and producer (d. 2013)
• 1953 – Franz Klammer, Austrian skier and race car driver
• 1953 – Rob Waring, American-Norwegian vibraphonist and contemporary composer (Søyr)
• 1954 – Grace Andreacchi, American-English author, poet, and playwright
• 1955 – Steven Culp, American actor
• 1955 – Warren Jeffs, American religious leader
• 1956 – Ewa Kopacz, Polish physician and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1957 – Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician
• 1957 – Valérie Quennessen, French actress (d. 1989)
• 1959 – Eamonn Holmes, Irish-English journalist and game show host
• 1960 – Daryl Hannah, American actress and producer
• 1960 – Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1960 – Julianne Moore, American actress and author
• 1960 – Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Adal Ramones, Mexican comedian, actor, and producer
• 1962 – Richard Bacon, English banker, journalist, and politician
• 1962 – Nataliya Grygoryeva, Ukrainian hurdler
• 1963 – Joe Lally, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Fugazi and Ataxia)
• 1963 – Terri Schiavo, American medical patient (d. 2005)
• 1964 – Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
• 1965 – Steve Harris, American actor
• 1965 – Andrew Stanton, American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter
• 1965 – Katarina Witt, German figure skater
• 1966 – Monic Hendrickx, Dutch actress
• 1966 – Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer and manager
• 1966 – Irina Zhuk, Russian figure skater and coach
• 1968 – Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer
• 1968 – Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1969 – Bill Steer, English guitarist and songwriter (Carcass, Firebird, Angel Witch, and Gentlemans Pistols)
• 1970 – Paul Byrd, American baseball player
• 1970 – Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Christian Karembeu, French footballer
• 1970 – Lu Parker, American journalist, Miss USA 1994
• 1970 – Laura Schuler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 – Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
• 1971 – Frank Sinclair, English-Jamaican footballer and manager
• 1971 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1971 – Keegan Connor Tracy, Canadian actress
• 1971 – Vernon White, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
• 1972 – Danilo Goffi, Italian runner
• 1972 – Bucky Lasek, American skateboarder and race car driver
• 1972 – Saki Takaoka, Japanese actress
• 1973 – Holly Marie Combs, American actress and producer
• 1973 – Super Crazy, Mexican-American wrestler
• 1973 – MC Frontalot, American rapper
• 1973 – Sammy Leung, Hong Kong singer and actor
• 1974 – Lucette Rådström, Swedish television presenter
• 1975 – Mickey Avalon, American rapper
• 1975 – Malinda Williams, American actress
• 1976 – Mark Boucher, South African cricketer
• 1976 – Silvia Fontana, American-Italian figure skater
• 1976 – Gary Glover, American baseball player
• 1976 – Cornelius Griffin, American football player
• 1976 – Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 – Tomotaka Okamoto, Japanese soprano
• 1976 – Todd Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dog Fashion Disco, Polkadot Cadaver, The Alter Boys, and Knives Out!)
• 1977 – Chad Durbin, American baseball player
• 1977 – Troy Evans, American football player
• 1977 – Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper
• 1977 – Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russian runner
• 1978 – Trina, American rapper and producer
• 1978 – Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
• 1978 – Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1978 – Dan Snow, English-Canadian radio and television host
• 1978 – Bram Tankink, Dutch cyclist
• 1979 – Daniel Bedingfield, New Zealand-English singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Rock Cartwright, American football player
• 1979 – Rainbow Sun Francks, Canadian actor and rapper (The Oddities)
• 1979 – Tiffany Haddish, American actress and dancer
• 1980 – Anna Chlumsky, American actress
• 1980 – Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer
• 1980 – Zlata Filipović, Bosnian author
• 1980 – Jim Sorgi, American football player and sportscaster
• 1981 – Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Brian Bonsall, American actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1981 – Tyjuan Hagler, American football player
• 1981 – Liza Lapira, American actress
• 1981 – Louise Roe, English model and journalist
• 1981 – Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (d. 2010)
• 1981 – David Villa, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Alexander, Japanese-Peruvian actor and model
• 1982 – Jaycee Chan, American-Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1982 – Manny Corpas, Panamanian baseball player
• 1982 – Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
• 1982 – Lewis Marnell, Australian skateboarder (d. 2013)
• 1982 – Franco Sbaraglini, Argentinian-Italian rugby player
• 1983 – Chinx, American rapper (d. 2015)
• 1983 – Stephen Donald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Eisley)
• 1983 – Andy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983 – James Ihedigbo, American football player
• 1983 – Kati Tolmoff, Estonian badminton player
• 1983 – Aleksey Drozdov, Russian decathlete
• 1984 – Hind Laroussi, Dutch singer
• 1984 – Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1985 – László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
• 1985 – Mike Randolph, American soccer player
• 1985 – Sıla Şahin, German model and actress
• 1985 – Mohit Sehgal, Indian actor
• 1985 – Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
• 1985 – Robert Swift, American basketball player
• 1985 – Marcus Williams, American basketball player
• 1986 – Frank Elegar, American basketball player
• 1986 – James Laurinaitis, American football player
• 1986 – Radek Smoleňák, Czech ice hockey player
• 1986 – Josh Vaughan, American football player
• 1987 – Michael Angarano, American actor
• 1987 – Erik Grönwall, Swedish singer-songwriter (H.E.A.T)
• 1987 – Brian Robiskie, American football player
• 1987 – Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
• 1989 – Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer
• 1990 – Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
• 1991 – Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
• 1991 – Masahiro Usui, Japanese actor
• 1992 – Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer
• 1992 – Joseph McManners, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1993 – Kyle Jean-Baptiste, American actor and singer (d. 2015)
• 1994 – Jake T. Austin, American actor
• 1995 – Anna Iriyama, Japanese singer (AKB48)
• 1997 – Hayley Okines, English activist (d. 2015)
• 2005 – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway

Deaths[edit]

• 311 – Diocletian, Roman emperor (b. 244)
• 649 – Birinus, French-English bishop and saint (b. 600)
• 1154 – Pope Anastasius IV (b. 1073)
• 1265 – Odofredus, Italian jurist
• 1533 – Vasili III of Russia (b. 1479)
• 1552 – Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1506)
• 1610 – Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and daimyo (b. 1548)
• 1706 – Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637)
• 1765 – Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)
• 1789 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
• 1815 – John Carroll, American archbishop (b. 1735)
• 1845 – Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1882 – Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)
• 1888 – Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)
• 1890 – Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)
• 1892 – Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)
• 1894 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, essayist (b. 1850)
• 1902 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (b. 1833)
• 1904 – David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)
• 1910 – Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)
• 1912 – Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)
• 1917 – Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)
• 1919 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)
• 1928 – Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1928 – Johan Olin, Finnish wrestler (b. 1883)
• 1934 – Charles James O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. 1849)
• 1935 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
• 1939 – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (b. 1848)
• 1941 – Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (b. 1883)
• 1949 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876)
• 1952 – Rudolf Margolius, Czech politician (b. 1913)
• 1955 – Cow Cow Davenport, American singer and pianist (b. 1894)
• 1956 – Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)
• 1956 – Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)
• 1967 – Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)
• 1969 – Mathias Wieman, German-Swiss actor (b. 1902)
• 1972 – William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
• 1973 – Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1980 – Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
• 1981 – Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
• 1984 – Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
• 1984 – Muharrem Ertaş, Turkish folk music singer and a virtuoso of the traditional Turkish instrument bağlama (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Panos Gavalas, Greek singer (b. 1926)
• 1989 – Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
• 1989 – Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1994 – Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (b. 1933)
• 1994 – Elizabeth Glaser, American activist (b. 1947)
• 1995 – Jimmy Jewel, English actor and singer (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Gerard John Schaefer, American serial killer (b. 1946)
• 1996 – Georges Duby, French historian and author (b. 1919)
• 1998 – Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1936)
• 1999 – John Archer, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Madeline Kahn, American actress and singer (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Horst Mahseli, Polish footballer (b. 1934)
• 1999 – Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and academic (b. 1917)
• 2000 – Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Adrienne Adams, American illustrator (b. 1906)
• 2002 – Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (b. 1970)
• 2003 – David Hemmings, English actor, director, and producer (b. 1941)
• 2004 – Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Logan Whitehurst, American drummer (The Velvet Teen) (b. 1977)
• 2007 – James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)
• 2008 – Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist and author (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Leila Lopes, Brazilian actress and journalist (b. 1959)
• 2009 – Richard Todd, Irish-English soldier and actor (b. 1919)
• 2010 – Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (b. 1927)
• 2011 – Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1980)
• 2012 – Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (b. 1966)
• 2012 – Jeroen Willems, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1962)
• 2013 – Paul Aussaresses, French general (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Ronald Hunter, American actor (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, Egyptian air marshal (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Sefi Rivlin, Israeli actor (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Jacques Barrot, French politician, French European Commissioner (b. 1937)
• 2014 – Nathaniel Branden, Canadian–American psychotherapist and author (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Ian McLagan, English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Small Faces, Faces, and The New Barbarians) (b. 1945)
• 2014 – James Stewart, Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1941)

Mad Max reboot named best film of years

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Futuristic sequel Mad Max: Fury Road has been named film of the year by the influential National Board of Review.

The New York-based collective of film historians, student and academics also gave Amy, Asif Kapadia's film about Amy Winehouse, its best documentary prize.

Ridley Scott was named best director for The Martian, which also picked up prizes for lead actor Matt Damon and Drew Goddard's adapted screenplay.

Sylvester Stallone won best supporting actor for Rocky spin-off Creed.

National Board of Review president Annie Schulhof said: "2015 has been a banner year for popular cinema. 

"We are thrilled to be awarding [Mad Max director] George Miller and Ridley Scott, two iconic film-makers at the top of their game, while also celebrating the next generation of talent," she added. 

Mad Max, starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, was warmly reviewed but will be seen by some as an unusual choice for the board's best film award.

So far it has been considered unlikely to figure in the forthcoming awards season, with most of the attention geared towards films such as independent dramas Spotlight, Brooklyn and Carol. 

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Earlier this week, Spotlight was the star feature at the Gotham Awards for independent film in New York, where it won best picture, screenplay and the jury award for its ensemble cast.

The Thomas McCarthy-directed drama centres around the true story of the Boston Globe's investigative "Spotlight" team as they endeavour to undercover the truth behind allegations of sexual abuse among Roman Catholic priests in Massachusetts.

Other National Board of Review honourees included Brie Larson, the star of Room. The best actress win will bolster her status as a likely Oscar candidate for her role as an imprisoned young woman.

Quentin Tarantino, meanwhile, picked up the original screenplay award for his new western The Hateful Eight, which also saw Jennifer Jason Leigh named best supporting actress.

The 2015 William K Everson Film History award winner was Cecilia De Mille Presley, the granddaughter of legendary director Cecil B DeMille and a campaigner of film preservation. 

The winners of the awards are selected by more than 100 New York film fans. History has shown they have a mixed success rate in predicting Oscars glory. 

Last year, they named JC Chandor's A Most Violent Year as best picture and its star Oscar Isaac as best actor, with his co-star Jessica Chastain picking up the best supporting actress award. However, the film was ultimately overlooked at the Academy Awards. 

The winners of this year's awards will pick up their statues at a celebratory dinner on 5 January.

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• 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
• 1110 – The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon.
• 1259 – Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
• 1563 – The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)
• 1619 – Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia. The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."
• 1674 – Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek. (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago.)
• 1676 – Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
• 1745 – Charles Edward Stuart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising.
• 1783 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
• 1786 – Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara).
• 1791 – The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
• 1829 – In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
• 1867 – Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
• 1872 – The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
• 1875 – Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison. He will later be recaptured in Spain.
• 1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
• 1893 – First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
• 1906 – Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
• 1909 – In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
• 1909 – The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
• 1918 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
• 1921 – The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
• 1937 – The first issue of the children's comic The Dandy is published.
• 1939 – World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
• 1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
• 1943 – World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
• 1943 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
• 1945 – By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
• 1954 – The first Burger King is opened in Miami.
• 1956 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
• 1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
• 1969 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
• 1971 – The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
• 1971 – The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
• 1971 – The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
• 1971 – "The Troubles": The Ulster Volunteer Force bombs a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, killing 15 civilians and wounding 17. It was the city's highest death toll from a single incident during the conflict.
• 1975 – Suriname joins the United Nations.
• 1977 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
• 1977 – Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
• 1978 – Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor. (She will serve until January 8, 1988.)
• 1979 – The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
• 1980 – English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25.
• 1981 – South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
• 1982 – The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
• 1984 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.
• 1984 – Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
• 1991 – Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
• 1991 – Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport, ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
• 1992 – Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
• 1993 – A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
• 1998 – The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
• 2005 – Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
• 2006 – Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
• 2013 – Xavier Bettel becomes Luxembourg's first openly gay Prime Minister.

Births[edit]

• 1555 – Heinrich Meibom, German poet and historian (d. 1625)
• 1585 – John Cotton, English-American minister and theologian (d. 1652)
• 1595 – Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (d. 1674)
• 1646 – Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, French field marshal (d. 1730)
• 1647 – Daniel Eberlin, German soldier and composer (d. 1715)
• 1660 – André Campra, French composer and conductor (d. 1744)
• 1667 – Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer (d. 1737)
• 1670 – John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1742)
• 1711 – Barbara of Portugal (d. 1758)
• 1713 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (d. 1786)
• 1777 – Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (d. 1849)
• 1795 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1881)
• 1798 – Jules Armand Dufaure, French politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1881)
• 1817 – Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet (d. 1845)
• 1835 – Samuel Butler, English author and critic (d. 1902)
• 1844 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)
• 1861 – Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)
• 1861 – Lillian Russell, American actress and singer (d. 1922)
• 1865 – Edith Cavell, English nurse (d. 1915)
• 1868 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1953)
• 1875 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach (d. 1945)
• 1875 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet and author (d. 1926)
• 1878 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1880 – Tom Taylor, Canadian soccer player (d. 1945)
• 1881 – Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright (d. 1969)
• 1886 – Jan Thomée, Dutch footballer (d. 1954)
• 1889 – Lloyd Bacon, American actor and director (d. 1955)
• 1892 – Francisco Franco, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1975)
• 1892 – Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician (d. 1986)
• 1893 – Herbert Read, English poet and critic (d. 1968)
• 1895 – Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
• 1899 – Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician (d. 1934)
• 1899 – Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager (d. 1953)
• 1903 – Anna van der Vegt, Dutch gymnast (d. 1983)
• 1903 – Cornell Woolrich, American author (d. 1968)
• 1904 – Albert Norden, German politician (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Jimmy Jewel, English actor and singer (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Alex North, American composer (d. 1991)
• 1910 – R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 2009)
• 1912 – Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1988)
• 1913 – Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1978)
• 1914 – Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)
• 1914 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
• 1915 – Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author (d. 1994)
• 1919 – I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Michael Bates, Indian-born English actor (d. 1978)
• 1920 – Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Deanna Durbin, Canadian-French actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959)
• 1923 – Charles Keating, American lawyer and financier (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1923 – John Krish, English director and screenwriter
• 1924 – John C. Portman, Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square
• 1925 – Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist and academic
• 1925 – Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Monty M. Wyche, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Barbara Knudson, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1927 – William Labov, American linguist and academic
• 1927 – Vivianna Torun Bülow-Hübe, Swedish silversmith and jeweler (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Aptullah Kuran, Turkish scholar expert (d. 2002)
• 1928 – Dena Dietrich, American actress
• 1929 – Şakir Eczacıbaşı, Turkish pharmacist, photographer and businessman (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor
• 1930 – Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1931 – Wally George, American radio and television host (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea
• 1933 – Wink Martindale, American game show host and producer
• 1933 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Victor French, American actor and director (d. 1989)
• 1935 – Paul O'Neill, American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1935 – Robert Vesco, American financier (d. 2007)
• 1936 – Bernie McInerney, American actor
• 1937 – Max Baer, Jr., American actor, director, and producer
• 1938 – Andre Marrou, American politician
• 1938 – Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano
• 1939 – Joan Brady, American-English author
• 1939 – Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist
• 1940 – Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager
• 1940 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
• 1942 – Gemma Jones, English actress and singer
• 1944 – Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Byrds, The Hillmen, The Flying Burrito Brothers, and Manassas)
• 1944 – Anna McGarrigle, Canadian singer-songwriter (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Mountain City Four)
• 1944 – François Migault, French race car driver (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (The Beach Boys) (d. 1983)
• 1945 – Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
• 1946 – Geert Mak, Dutch journalist and author
• 1947 – Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
• 1947 – Terry Woods, Irish guitarist (The Pogues, Steeleye Span, Sweeney's Men, The Bucks, and Dr. Strangely Strange)
• 1948 – Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter (Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes)
• 1949 – A. Scott Berg, American journalist and author
• 1949 – Jeff Bridges, American actor, singer, and producer
• 1949 – Paula England, American sociologist and academic
• 1949 – Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-Australian actress and psychologist
• 1949 – Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician
• 1950 – Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist
• 1951 – Gary Rossington, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band, and The Rossington Band)
• 1951 – Patricia Wettig, American actress and playwright
• 1953 – Gwen Humble, American actress
• 1953 – Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1954 – Tony Todd, American actor and producer
• 1955 – Philip Hammond, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• 1955 – Dave Taylor, Canadian-American ice hockey player
• 1955 – Cassandra Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (M-Base)
• 1956 – Nia Griffith, Irish-Welsh educator and politician
• 1956 – Bernard King, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1957 – Raul Boesel, Brazilian race car driver
• 1957 – Eric S. Raymond, American computer programmer and author
• 1958 – Tim Hutchings, English runner
• 1959 – Susan W. Krebs, American accountant and politician
• 1959 – Paul McGrath, English-Irish footballer
• 1959 – Christa Luding-Rothenburger, German speed skater and cyclist
• 1960 – David Green, Nicaraguan-American baseball player
• 1960 – Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete and hurler
• 1961 – Frank Reich, American football player and coach
• 1962 – Nixon Kiprotich, Kenyan runner
• 1962 – Julie Lemieux, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 1962 – Kevin Richardson, English footballer and manager
• 1963 – Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• 1964 – Sertab Erener, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Jonathan Goldstein, American actor and director
• 1964 – Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster
• 1964 – Chelsea Noble, American actress
• 1964 – Marisa Tomei, American actress
• 1965 – Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Shaun Hollamby, English racing driver and businessman
• 1966 – Masta Ace, American rapper (eMC and Juice Crew)
• 1966 – Fred Armisen, American actor and screenwriter
• 1966 – Andy Hess, American bass player (Gov't Mule and The Black Crowes)
• 1966 – Suzanne Malveaux, American journalist
• 1966 – Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Mike Barrowman, Paraguayan-American swimmer
• 1968 – Dionne Farris, American, singer-songwriter, producer and actress
• 1969 – Jay Z, American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records
• 1969 – Plum Sykes, English journalist and author
• 1970 – Kevin Sussman, American actor
• 1970 – Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1971 – Shannon Briggs, American boxer and actor
• 1972 – Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Yūko Miyamura, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1972 – Nikki Tyler, American porn actress and model
• 1973 – Tyra Banks, American model, actress, and producer
• 1973 – Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player (The Gathering)
• 1973 – Michael Jackson, English footballer
• 1973 – Mina Caputo, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Life of Agony)
• 1973 – Ferry Corsten, Dutch DJ and producer (Gouryella and Veracocha)
• 1973 – Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league player
• 1973 – Kate Rusby, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Poozies)
• 1973 – Racci Shay, American drummer (Murderdolls, Synical, Dope, and Genitorturers)
• 1973 – Atsushi Tamura, Japanese actor and singer (Jealkb)
• 1974 – Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 – Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997)
• 1976 – Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
• 1977 – Darvis Patton, American sprinter
• 1977 – Big Pokey, American rapper (Screwed Up Click)
• 1977 – Morten Veland, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Sirenia, Tristania, and Mortemia)
• 1978 – Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress
• 1979 – Ysabella Brave, American singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
• 1980 – Rick Victor, Canadian wrestler
• 1981 – Brian Vandborg, Danish former road bicycle racer
• 1981 – Courtney Cummz, American porn Actress and director
• 1981 – Lila McCann, American singer and actress
• 1982 – Nathan Douglas, English triple jumper
• 1982 – Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer
• 1982 – Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese race car driver
• 1982 – Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist
• 1983 – Jimmy Bartel, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Brooke, American wrestler and model
• 1984 – Lindsay Felton, American actress
• 1984 – Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Anna Petrakova, Russian basketball player
• 1984 – Joe Thomas, American football player
• 1985 – Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
• 1985 – Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
• 1985 – Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, English Actor
• 1985 – Stephen Dawson, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Kaija Udras, Estonian skier
• 1986 – Martell Webster, American basketball player
• 1987 – Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper
• 1987 – Yukina Kinoshita, Japanese model, actress, singer, and television personality (Shuchishin)
• 1987 – Kethy Õunpuu, Estonian footballer
• 1988 – Mario Maurer, Thai model and actor
• 1988 – Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer
• 1989 – Jen Da Silva, Filipino model
• 1990 – Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer
• 1990 – Igor Sjunin, Estonian triple jumper
• 1990 – Cindy Yang, Taiwanese model and actress (d. 2015)
• 1992 – Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
• 1992 – Līna Mūze, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1992 – Guan Xueting, Chinese ice dancer

Deaths[edit]

• 749 – John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)
• 771 – Carloman I, Frankish king (b. 751)
• 1075 – Anno II, German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)
• 1131 – Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
• 1214 – William the Lion, Scottish king (b. 1143)
• 1270 – Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)
• 1334 – Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
• 1340 – Henry Burghersh, English bishop (b. 1292)
• 1459 – Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)
• 1576 – Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)
• 1585 – John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)
• 1609 – Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (b. 1560)
• 1642 – Cardinal Richelieu, French bishop (b. 1585)
• 1649 – William Drummond of Hawthornden (b. 1585)
• 1679 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and author (b. 1588)
• 1680 – Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 – Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)
• 1798 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)
• 1828 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1841 – David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)
• 1850 – William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)
• 1893 – John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)
• 1897 – Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 – Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)
• 1926 – Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 – Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)
• 1935 – Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1935 – Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1938 – Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 – Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 – Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 – Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1955 – József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)
• 1967 – Bert Lahr, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Fred Hampton, American activist (b. 1948)
• 1971 – Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
• 1975 – Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
• 1976 – Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (Zephyr, James Gang, and Deep Purple) (b. 1951)
• 1976 – Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
• 1976 – W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)
• 1980 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
• 1980 – Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Don Warrington, Canadian football player (b. 1948)
• 1984 – Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)
• 1987 – Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 1987 – Rouben Mamoulian, Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1988 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)
• 1990 – Edward Binns, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1992 – Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (b. 1905)
• 1993 – Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (b. 1903)
• 1993 – Frank Zappa, American contemporary composer, guitarist, and record producer (The Mothers of Invention) (b. 1940)
• 1995 – Lionel Giroux, Canadian wrestler (b. 1935)
• 1997 – Richard Vernon, English actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)
• 2000 – Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Teo Peter, Romanian bass player (b. 1954)
• 2004 – Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
• 2004 – Mahmut Atalay, Turkish World champion and Olympic medalist sports wrestler (b. 1934)
• 2005 – Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
• 2005 – Gloria Lasso, Spanish-Mexican singer (b. 1922)
• 2006 – K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)
• 2006 – James Kim, American television host and blogger (b. 1971)
• 2006 – Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987)
• 2007 – Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (b. 1973)
• 2007 – Norval Morrisseau, Canadian painter (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Chip Reese, American poker player (b. 1951)
• 2009 – Umaga, American wrestler (b. 1973)
• 2009 – Liam Clancy, Irish singer, guitarist, and actor (The Clancy Brothers) (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954)
• 2011 – Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (b. 1931)
• 2011 – RJ Rosales, Filipino singer (b. 1974)
• 2012 – Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971)
• 2012 – Besse Cooper, American super-centenarian (b. 1896)
• 2012 – Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Carroll E. Lanier, American sailor and politician (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Robert Allman, Australian actor and singer (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Charles Grigg, English illustrator (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Paddy O'Byrne, Irish radio host and actor (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (b. 1913)
• 2014 – Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (b. 1957)
• 2014 – V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914)
• 2014 – Lynne Kosky, Australian social worker and politician (b. 1958)
• 2014 – Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (b. 1929)