List of instrumental number ones on the UK Singles Chart

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• 43 BC – Marcus Tullius Cicero is assassinated.
• 574 – Emperor Justin II retires due to recurring seizures of insanity. He abdicates the throne in favor of his general Tiberius, proclaiming him Caesar.
• 1703 – The Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, makes landfall. Winds gust up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people die.
• 1724 – Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest is followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities.
• 1732 – The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.
• 1776 – Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
• 1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
• 1869 – American outlaw Jesse James commits his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.
• 1917 – World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.
• 1930 – W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
• 1936 – Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
• 1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.)
• 1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, kills 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history.
• 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
• 1962 – Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
• 1963 – Instant replay makes its debut during an American Army–Navy football game.
• 1965 – Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
• 1971 – Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
• 1972 – Imelda Marcos survives an assassination attempt using a bolo knife against her.
• 1972 – Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth.
• 1975 – Warschauer Kniefall - German Chancellor Willy Brandt makes a gesture of humility towards the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
• 1975 – Indonesian invasion of East Timor: The invasion begins.
• 1982 – In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
• 1983 – An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
• 1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.
• 1988 – Spitak earthquake: In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale kills more than 25,000, injures 30,000 and leaves 500,000 homeless out of a population of 3,500,000.
• 1988 – Yasser Arafat recognizes the right of Israel to exist.
• 1993 – The Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murders six people and injures 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York.
• 1995 – The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
• 1999 – A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sues the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement.
• 2003 – The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
• 2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
• 2005 – Ante Gotovina, a Croatian army general accused of war crimes but later acquitted, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife, by Spanish police.
• 2006 – A tornado strikes Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties.
• 2007 – The Hebei Spirit oil spill begins in South Korea after a crane barge that had broken free from a tug collides with the Very Large Crude Carrier, Hebei Spirit.
• 2009 – United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhague (COP15) is held.

Births[edit]

• 521 – Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (d. 597)
• 903 – Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (d. 986)
• 1302 – Azzone Visconti, Italian ruler, founded Milan (d. 1339)
• 1545 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)
• 1561 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyo (d. 1625)
• 1598 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1680)
• 1643 – Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver (d. 1678)
• 1637 – Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (d. 1710)
• 1724 – Louise of Great Britain (d. 1751)
• 1764 – Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1841)
• 1784 – Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (d. 1842)
• 1791 – Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1836)
• 1792 – Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academic (d. 1857)
• 1801 – Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1862)
• 1810 – Josef Hyrtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (d. 1894)
• 1810 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (d. 1882)
• 1823 – Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1891)
• 1838 – Thomas Bent, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1909)
• 1847 – Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (d. 1939)
• 1860 – Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
• 1862 – Paul Adam, French author (d. 1920)
• 1863 – Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1952)
• 1863 – Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1945)
• 1863 – Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (d. 1914)
• 1873 – Willa Cather, American novelist (d. 1947)
• 1879 – Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (d. 1972)
• 1884 – John Carpenter, American sprinter (d. 1933)
• 1885 – Mason Phelps, American golfer (d. 1945)
• 1885 – Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (d. 1919)
• 1886 – Ronald Fellowes, 2nd Baron Ailwyn, English peer (d. 1936)
• 1887 – Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Joyce Cary, Irish novelist(d. 1957)
• 1888 – Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician (d. 1991)
• 1892 – Stuart Davis, American painter (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Fay Bainter, American actress and singer (d. 1968)
• 1894 – Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (d. 1967)
• 1903 – Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985)
• 1904 – Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian-Latvian singer (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (d. 1983)
• 1909 – Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (d. 1942)
• 1910 – Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (d. 1978)
• 1910 – Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter and bandleader (d. 2011)
• 1912 – Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (d. 1986)
• 1915 – Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 1915 – Eli Wallach, American actor (d. 2014)
• 1916 – Jean Carignan, Canadian fiddler and composer (d. 1988)
• 1919 – Lis Løwert, Danish actress (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Tatamkulu Afrika, South African poet and author (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)
• 1921 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar
• 1923 – Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar
• 1923 – Ted Knight, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1924 – Jovanka Broz, Croatian-Serbian colonel (d. 2013)
• 1924 – John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal
• 1925 – Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver
• 1926 – Leon Kossoff, English painter
• 1926 – William John McNaughton, American priest, 1st Bishop of Incheon
• 1927 – Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher
• 1930 – Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author
• 1930 – Hal Smith, American baseball player
• 1931 – Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Curt Brasket, American chess player (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Ellen Burstyn, American actress and singer
• 1932 – Paul Caponigro, American photographer and pianist
• 1932 – Rosemary Rogers, Sri Lankan-American journalist and author
• 1932 – J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance
• 1932 – Oktay Ekşi, Turkish journalist, author and politician
• 1933 – Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Thad Cochran, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1937 – Stan Boardman, English comedian and actor
• 1937 – Kenneth Colley, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1938 – Bud Spangler, American drummer, composer, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Blackie Dammett, American actor and author
• 1940 – Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1941 – Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
• 1942 – Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
• 1942 – Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015)
• 1942 – Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (d. 2006)
• 1943 – Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter
• 1943 – Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
• 1943 – Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician
• 1943 – Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician
• 1943 – John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot
• 1944 – Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker (d. 2008)
• 1944 – Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer
• 1944 – Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician
• 1945 – Marion Rung, Finnish singer
• 1946 – Kirsti Sparboe, Norwegian singer and actress
• 1947 – Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1947 – Anne Fine, English author
• 1947 – James Keach, American actor, producer, and director
• 1947 – Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer
• 1947 – Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1948 – Gary Morris, American singer and actor
• 1948 – Mads Vinding, Danish bassist
• 1949 – James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler
• 1949 – Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1950 – Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 – Susan Collins, American politician
• 1952 – Georges Corraface, French actor and producer
• 1952 – Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager
• 1954 – Mary Fallin, American politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma
• 1954 – Mark Hofmann, American murderer
• 1954 – Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz and Brooks)
• 1955 – Priscilla Barnes, American actress and producer
• 1955 – John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
• 1956 – Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 – Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant
• 1958 – Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter (The Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love)
• 1958 – Lillie McCloud, American singer-songwriter
• 1958 – Rick Rude, American wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1959 – Barbara Wilshere, English actress
• 1960 – Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter (The Fall)
• 1961 – Dawn Sears, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1962 – Alain Blondel, French decathlete
• 1962 – Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan-Argentinian actress
• 1962 – Jeffrey Donaldson, Northern Irish politician and political activist
• 1962 – Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist (d. 2008)
• 1963 – Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1963 – Barbara Weathers, American singer (Atlantic Starr)
• 1964 – Roberta Close, Brazilian model and actress
• 1964 – Patrick Fabian, American actor
• 1964 – Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Dorien de Vries, Dutch sailor
• 1965 – Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1965 – Teruyuki Kagawa, Japanese actor
• 1965 – Toshinori Omi, Japanese actor
• 1965 – Jeffrey Wright, American actor
• 1966 – C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer
• 1966 – Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress
• 1966 – Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic
• 1967 – Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1967 – Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator
• 1968 – Mark Geyer, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 1969 – Andrea Claudio Galluzzo, Italian historian and archaeologist.
• 1969 – Patrice O'Neal, American comedian and actor (d. 2011)
• 1970 – Carmen Campuzano, Mexican model and actress
• 1971 – Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player
• 1971 – Chasey Lain, American porn actress
• 1972 – Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
• 1972 – Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager
• 1973 – Terrell Owens, American football player and actor
• 1973 – Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach
• 1973 – Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Juniper and Bell X1)
• 1973 – Charles Carl Roberts, American murderer (d. 2006)
• 1973 – İbrahim Kutluay, Turkish former professional basketball player
• 1974 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer and actress (All Saints and Appleton)
• 1974 – Kang Full, South Korean illustrator
• 1974 – Panagiotis Liadelis, Greek basketball player
• 1974 – Kristie Lu Stout, Chinese-American journalist and news anchor
• 1974 – Voldemārs Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1974 – Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Spanish shot putter and actor
• 1975 – Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach
• 1976 – Alan Faneca, American football player
• 1976 – Derek Ramsay, Filipino-English actor, model, VJ, and host
• 1976 – Ivan Franceschini, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Brent Johnson, Canadian football player
• 1976 – Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
• 1976 – Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish model
• 1976 – Sunny Sweeney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Benoît Tréluyer, French race car driver
• 1977 – Eric Chavez, American baseball player
• 1977 – Luke Donald, English golfer
• 1977 – Dominic Howard, English drummer and producer (Muse)
• 1978 – Donny Alamsyah, Indonesian actor
• 1978 – Shiri Appleby, American actress, director, and producer
• 1978 – Chad Dukes, American radio host
• 1978 – Frankie J, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and producer (Kumbia Kings)
• 1978 – Mr. Porter, American rapper and producer (D12)
• 1979 – Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
• 1979 – Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
• 1979 – Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer
• 1979 – Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress
• 1980 – John Terry, English footballer
• 1981 – Tuba Ünsal, Turkish actress and model
• 1982 – Chrispa, Greek singer
• 1982 – Jack Huston, English actor
• 1983 – Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist
• 1984 – Aaron Gray, American basketball player
• 1984 – Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver
• 1984 – Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player
• 1984 – Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Dean Ambrose, American wrestler
• 1986 – Billy Horschel, American golfer
• 1987 – Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1988 – Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
• 1988 – Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer
• 1988 – Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player
• 1988 – Asia Ray Smith, American actress
• 1988 – Butsakon Tantiphana, Thai actress and singer
• 1989 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor
• 1989 – Caleb Landry Jones, American actor
• 1989 – Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
• 1990 – Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
• 1990 – Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
• 1991 – Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
• 1991 – Dori Sakurada, Japanese actor, singer, and dancer
• 1994 – Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
• 1994 – Myrtle Sarrosa, Filipino actress, model, VJ, and cosplayer
• 1998 – Tony Yike Yang, Canadian concert pianist
• 2003 – Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

Deaths[edit]

• 43 BC – Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (b. 106 BC)
• 283 – Pope Eutychian
• 983 – Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 955)
• 1254 – Pope Innocent IV (b. 1195)
• 1279 – Bolesław V the Chaste, Polish husband of Kinga of Poland (b. 1226)
• 1295 – Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (b. 1243)
• 1498 – Alexander Hegius von Heek, German poet (b. 1433)
• 1562 – Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (b. 1490)
• 1649 – Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (b. 1606)
• 1672 – Richard Bellingham, English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1592)
• 1683 – Algernon Sidney, English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1623)
• 1723 – Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (b. 1677)
• 1725 – Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (b. 1661)
• 1772 – Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (b. 1695)
• 1775 – Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (b. 1715)
• 1793 – Joseph Bara, French soldier and drummer (b. 1779)
• 1803 – Küçük Hüseyin Pasha, Ottoman statesman and admiral (b. 1757)
• 1815 – Michel Ney, German-French general (b. 1769)
• 1817 – William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (b. 1745)
• 1842 – Thomas Hamilton, Scottish philosopher and author (b. 1789)
• 1874 – Constantin von Tischendorf, German academic and scholar (b. 1815)
• 1879 – Jón Sigurðsson, Icelandic scholar and politician, 1st Speaker of the Parliament of Iceland (b. 1811)
• 1894 – Ferdinand de Lesseps, French businessman and diplomat, co-developed the Suez Canal (b. 1805)
• 1899 – Juan Luna, Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1857)
• 1902 – Thomas Nast, German-American cartoonist (b. 1840)
• 1906 – Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1913 – Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian cardinal (b. 1828)
• 1917 – Ludwig Minkus, Austrian violinist and composer (b. 1826)
• 1938 – Anna Marie Hahn, German-American murderer (b. 1906)
• 1941 – Attack on Pearl Harbor:
  • Mervyn S. Bennion, American captain (b. 1887)
  • Herbert C. Jones, American soldier (b. 1918)
  • Isaac C. Kidd, American admiral (b. 1884)
  • Thomas James Reeves, American soldier (b. 1895)
  • Franklin Van Valkenburgh, American captain (b. 1888)
• 1946 – Sada Yacco, Japanese actress and dancer (b. 1871)
• 1947 – Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1947 – Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 – Rex Beach, American author, playwright, and water polo player (b. 1877)
• 1956 – Huntley Gordon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1960 – Clara Haskil, Swiss pianist (b. 1895)
• 1960 – Ioannis Demestichas, Greek admiral (b. 1882)
• 1962 – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian opera singer (b. 1895)
• 1969 – Lefty O'Doul, American baseball player and manager (b. 1897)
• 1969 – Eric Portman, English actor (b. 1903)
• 1970 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)
• 1975 – Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Paul Gibb, English cricketer (b. 1913)
• 1977 – Peter Carl Goldmark, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1906)
• 1977 – Georges Grignard, French racing driver (b. 1905)
• 1978 – Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist and paleontologist (b. 1886)
• 1979 – Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, British-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1900)
• 1979 – Cavit Orhan Tütengil, Turkish sociologist, writer and columnist (b. 1921)
• 1980 – Darby Crash, American singer-songwriter (Germs and Darby Crash Band) (b. 1958)
• 1981 – Ava Helen Pauling, American activist (b. 1903)
• 1982 – Will Lee, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1983 – Fanny Cano, Mexican actress and producer (b. 1944)
• 1984 – Charles Ray Hatcher, American serial killer (b. 1929)
• 1984 – LeeRoy Yarbrough, American race car driver (b. 1938)
• 1985 – J. R. Eyerman, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1985 – Robert Graves, English author and poet (b. 1895)
• 1985 – Potter Stewart, American soldier and jurist (b. 1915)
• 1989 – Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler and actor (b. 1934)
• 1990 – Joan Bennett, American actress and singer (b. 1910)
• 1990 – Dee Clark, American singer (b. 1938)
• 1990 – Jean Duceppe, Canadian actor (b. 1923)
• 1990 – Jean Paul Lemieux, Canadian painter (b. 1904)
• 1993 – Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivoirian politician, 1st President of Ivory Coast (b. 1905)
• 1993 – Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1993 – Abidin Dino, Turkish artist and a well-known painter (b. 1913)
• 1994 – J. C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)
• 1995 – Kathleen Harrison, English actress (b. 1892)
• 1997 – Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1942)
• 1998 – John Addison, English-American composer (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1925)
• 2000 – Vlado Gotovac, Croatian poet and politician (b. 1930)
• 2001 – Pauline Moore, American actress (b. 1914)
• 2003 – Carl F. H. Henry American journalist and theologian (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Azie Taylor Morton, American educator and politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (b. 1933)
• 2004 – Frederick Fennell, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 2004 – Jerry Scoggins, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 2004 – Jay Van Andel, American businessman, co-founded Amway (b. 1924)
• 2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, Costa Rican-American shooting victim (b. 1961)
• 2005 – Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
• 2005 – Lucy d'Abreu, Indian-Scottish super-centenarian (b. 1892)
• 2006 – Jeane Kirkpatrick, American academic and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Jay McShann, American singer and pianist (b. 1910)
• 2008 – Marky Cielo, Filipino actor and dancer (b. 1988)
• 2008 – Herbert Hutner, American banker and lawyer (b. 1908)
• 2009 – Shunkichi Hamada, Japanese field hockey player (b. 1910)
• 2009 – Mark Ritts, American actor and puppeteer (b. 1946)
• 2010 – Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and author (b. 1949)
• 2010 – Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Harry Morgan, American actor and director (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Abu-Zaid al Kuwaiti, Kuwaiti-Pakistani terrorist (b. 1965)
• 2012 – Ammar El Sherei, Egyptian accordion player, composer, and academic (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Roelof Kruisinga, Dutch physician and politician, Dutch Minister of Defence (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Jeni Le Gon, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Ralph Parr, American colonel and pilot (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Marty Reisman, American table tennis player and author (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Saul Steinberg, American businessman (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Józef Kowalski, Ukrainian-Polish captain (b. 1900)
• 2013 – Jacob Matlala, South African boxer (b. 1962)
• 2013 – Édouard Molinaro, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Allen Rosenberg, American rower and coach (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Indian actor and singer (b. 1954)
• 2013 – Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Mango, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1954)
• 2014 – Brian Roy Goble, Canadian singer-songwriter (Subhumans and The Skulls) (b. 1957)
• 2014 – Khalil Ullah Khan, Bangladeshi actor (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Mark Lewis, American author, actor, and educator (b. 1954)
• 2014 – Ken Weatherwax, American actor (b. 1955)

Ringo Starr possessions fetch $9.2m at auction

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An auction of more than 1,300 clothes, instruments, pieces of jewellery and other items owned by Ringo Starr has raised a total of $9.2m (£6.1m).

The highlight of the sale was a drum kit played by Starr on many Beatles hits, which fetched $2.1m (£1.4m).

A Rickenbacker guitar once owned by John Lennon made $910,000 (£600,000).

Starr's copy of The White Album, numbered 0000001, sold for $790,000 (£525,000) - which is thought to make it the most expensive record ever sold.

Auction house Julien's Auctions said it surpassed the previous world record, set when Elvis Presley's first acetate recording sold for $300,000 earlier this year.

Starr's LP was the first mono copy of The White Album to be manufactured in the UK. 

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It was widely known that the band members kept the first four copies, but until recently it was assumed that Lennon had owned the first.

Sir Paul McCartney told his official biographer: "John got 0000001 because he shouted loudest. He said, 'Bagsy number one!'"

But Starr somehow got his hands on it. The 1968 LP was not quite in mint condition, with Starr telling Rolling Stone: "We used to play the vinyl in those days.

"We didn't think, 'We'll keep it for 50 years and it will be in pristine condition.' Whoever gets it, it will have my fingerprints on it." However the album has spent the last 35 years in a bank vault in London.

A portion of the proceeds from the auction will go to Starr and wife Barbara Bach's charity The Lotus Foundation, which says it aims to advance "social welfare" in a wide range of areas including substance abuse, cancer, cerebral palsy, domestic abuse and animal protection.

"Some of the stuff, it's a real surprise that we still had it because it's been in storage for so long," he said, according to Rolling Stone. "I don't mind getting rid of a lot of stuff and it goes to good use. That's the deal."

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Ringo Starr auction - the star lots:

• $2,110,000 - Ludwig Drum kit, used on hits including Can't Buy Me Love and I Want to Hold Your Hand
• $910,000 - John Lennon's 1964 Rickenbacker guitar, which he gave to Starr in 1968
• $790,000 - The White Album, numbered 0000001
• $179,200 - George Harrison's 1962 Gretsch Tennessean guitar, given to Starr by Harrison's family after the Concert for George concert following Harrison's death
• $179,200 - An 18 carat yellow gold Moonphase watch by Patek Philippe
• $125,000 - The back panel from John Lennon's psychedelic caravan, featuring the Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band logo
• $115,200 - Ludwig silver sparkle drum kit used in the 1967 Hello, Goodbye video 
• $106,250 - A gold ring with rectangular sapphire that Starr says he wore during every show he ever played with the Beatles
• $100,000 - A gold and onyx ring, which was also worn for every single Beatles show

ΕΝΤΥΠΩΣΙΑΚΟΣ ΠΕΡΙΠΑΤΟΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΕΔΙΑΔΑ «ΣΠΟΥΤΝΙΚ»

Η παγωμένη καρδιά του Πλούτωνα

Εναν εντυπωσιακό «περίπατο» στην παγωμένη πεδιάδα «Σπούτνικ» -γνωστή ως η «καρδιά του Πλούτωνα»- προσφέρουν οι νέες, ευκρινείς φωτογραφίες του πλανήτη-νάνου που έδωσε στη δημοσιότητα η NASA.

Θέλω να ευχαριστήσω την κ. Υπουργό που μας υποδέχθηκε σήμερα στο γραφείο της και τίμησε με την παρουσία της τη μεγαλύτερη σύναξη νέων Ποντίων, τη 2η Παγκόσμια Συνδιάσκεψη Ποντιακής Νεολαίας, στη συνδιάσκεψη της ενότητας, στη συνδιάσκεψη της Θεσσαλονίκης. Συζητήσαμε θέματα που αφορούν στην προώθηση της υπόθεσης διεθνοποίησης της Γενοκτονίας των Ποντίων, ένα θέμα που το θέτουμε εκ νέου στην πολιτική ηγεσία της χώρας. Είναι σημαντικό μιας και στη συγκεκριμένη συγκυρία εκτός από δικαίωση της μνήμης, στέλνει το επίκαιρο μήνυμα της ειρηνικής συνύπαρξης των λαών. Της εκφράσαμε την ικανοποίησή μας για τις δηλώσεις του Υπουργού Εθνικής Άμυνας και προέδρου του κόμματός της, του κ. Καμμένου, που καταδίκασε τις θέσεις του υπουργού Παιδείας και Θρησκευμάτων, Ν. Φίλη. Επίσης, εκφράσαμε τη διαμαρτυρία μας για τη θέση εκτός διδακτέας ύλης του κεφαλαίου για τη γενοκτονία του Ποντιακού Ελληνισμού και ζητήσαμε να περιληφθεί στο αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα των Γυμνασίων και Λυκείων η ιστορία και ο πολιτισμός του Ποντιακού Ελληνισμού. Θέσαμε επίσης το θέμα της επαναφοράς των συντάξεων των Ελλήνων παλιννοστούντων, ένα μεγάλο ανθρωπιστικό θέμα, καθώς πρόκειται για ανθρώπους τρίτης ηλικίας που στην Ελλάδα της κρίσης είναι αδύνατο να βρούνε δουλειά και να επιβιώσουν. Τέλος, συζητήσαμε το θέμα της απόδοσης ελληνικής ιθαγένειας στους ομογενείς συμπατριώτες μας από τις χώρες της πρώην Σοβιετικής Ένωσης. Ζητήσαμε να αναληφθεί άμεσα νομοθετική πρωτοβουλία για να επιλυθεί το ζήτημα.
Ως Παγκόσμια Συντονιστική Επιτροπή Νεολαίας, θα συνεχίσουμε την προσπάθεια για τα δίκαια του ποντιακού ελληνισμού, με τη βοήθεια νέων από τις 13 ομοσπονδίες του παγκόσμιου ποντιακού ελληνισμού. Μεθοδικά και οργανωμένα. Είναι χρέος μας στους προγόνους, στους εαυτούς μας και στους απογόνους. Είναι χρέος μας στην κοινή μας Πατρίδα.   

Έλαβα τα δίκαια αιτήματα και τις προτάσεις του Προέδρου και της Γραμματέως της Παγκόσμιας Συντονιστικής Επιτροπής της Ποντιακής Νεολαίας και τα προώθησα στα αρμόδια τμήματα της Κυβέρνησης. Η Κυβέρνηση βρίσκεται δίπλα στους Πόντιους συμπολίτες μας και αυτό είναι κάτι που θα το αποδείξει έμπρακτα.
Στη σημερινή συνάντηση ένιωσα για ακόμη μια φορά τη φλόγα της Ελλάδας που παραμένει δυνατή στις καρδιές των Πόντιων Ελλήνων. Ο Ελληνισμός δεν έχει τίποτα να φοβηθεί, όσο υπάρχουν Έλληνες με τόσο μεγάλη αγάπη για την καταγωγή και την παράδοσή τους.

Λονδίνο-Νέα Υόρκη σε μόλις μία ώρα με το αεροπλάνο «πύραυλο» της Airbus 

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• 1041 – The son of Empress Zoe of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
• 1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet" - King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Duke Valdemar and Duke Eric, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.
• 1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.
• 1510 – Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule.
• 1520 – Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
• 1541 – Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
• 1665 – The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
• 1684 – Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley.
• 1799 – France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
• 1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
• 1861 – Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
• 1868 – The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
• 1869 – The Kappa Sigma Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia.
• 1877 – Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878): The Russian Army captures Pleven after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
• 1884 – Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
• 1896 – Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
• 1898 – Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
• 1899 – Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
• 1901 – The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
• 1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
• 1907 – The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
• 1909 – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
• 1927 – The phrase "Grand Ole Opry" is used for the first time on-air.
• 1932 – Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
• 1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
• 1941 – World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near Malaya.
• 1941 – World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
• 1948 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
• 1955 – Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on American television.
• 1963 – Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
• 1965 – The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.
• 1968 – Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
• 1976 – The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques.
• 1978 – Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1979 – Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
• 1983 – Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
• 1989 – Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
• 1993 – The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
• 1994 – Rwandan Genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.

Births[edit]

• 1452 – Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)
• 1588 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)
• 1713 – Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (d. 1747)
• 1751 – George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)
• 1776 – Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (d. 1848)
• 1787 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)
• 1804 – Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (d. 1851)
• 1805 – Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)
• 1815 – Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)
• 1821 – Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1877)
• 1822 – César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (d. 1890)
• 1824 – George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)
• 1827 – Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1913)
• 1830 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)
• 1851 – Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)
• 1861 – Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1938)
• 1866 – Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)
• 1870 – Mary Bonaparte, French daughter of Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, 5th Prince of Canino (d. 1947)
• 1870 – Adolf Loos, Austrian architect, designed Villa Müller (d. 1933)
• 1870 – Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)
• 1878 – C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (d. 1972)
• 1880 – Fred Immler, German actor (d. 1965)
• 1882 – Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)
• 1882 – Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)
• 1882 – Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (d. 1950)
• 1885 – Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)
• 1886 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (d. 1969)
• 1886 – Annie Bos, Dutch actress (d. 1975)
• 1886 – Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (d. 1959)
• 1889 – Ray Collins, American actor (d. 1965)
• 1891 – Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1967)
• 1891 – Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
• 1896 – Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)
• 1903 – Una Merkel, American actress and singer (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (d. 1994)
• 1906 – Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Rumer Godden, English author and poet (d. 1998)
• 1907 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (d. 1979)
• 1908 – Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player, baseball player and politician (d. 1996)
• 1911 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
• 1912 – Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer (d. 1988)
• 1913 – Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
• 1915 – Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player and fighter pilot (d. 2006)
• 1916 – Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Rafael Ruiz, Spanish field hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Yahya Petra of Kelantan (d. 1979)
• 1918 – Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)
• 1920 – Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
• 1920 – Thanassis Skordalos, Greek lyra player and composer (d. 1998)
• 1922 – Lucía Hiriart, Chilean wife of Augusto Pinochet, 30th First Lady of Chile
• 1923 – Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
• 1925 – Jean Byron, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Agnes Nixon, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1928 – Dan Blocker, American sergeant and actor (d. 1972)
• 1928 – John Colicos, Canadian actor (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Jeremy Morse, English banker and academic
• 1928 – Barbara Nichols, American actress and singer (d. 1976)
• 1930 – Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• 1931 – Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager
• 1932 – Vyacheslav Kurennoy, Russian water polo player (d. 1992)
• 1933 – Philip R. Craig, American author (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Larry Morris, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese-American actor and singer (d. 2006)
• 1934 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 1935 – Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer
• 1935 – Jaromil Jireš, Czechoslovak filmmaker (d. 2001)
• 1936 – Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Scott Baker, English judge
• 1937 – Raphael Maklouf, Israeli-English sculptor
• 1938 – Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor
• 1939 – Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
• 1939 – Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
• 1940 – Anne Gibson, Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen, English union leader and author
• 1941 – Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer
• 1941 – Tommy Kirk, American actor and singer
• 1941 – Tommy Rettig, American actor and engineer (d. 1996)
• 1941 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1985)
• 1941 – Peter Sarstedt, Indian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 – Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman
• 1944 – Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, former President of Latvia
• 1944 – John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
• 1944 – Steve Renko, American baseball player
• 1945 – Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
• 1945 – George Amon Webster, American singer and pianist (Cathedral Quartet) (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Thomas Lux, American poet and academic
• 1947 – Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
• 1947 – Douglas Kenney, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1947 – Howard Newby, English sociologist and academic
• 1947 – Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player
• 1948 – Dušan Bajević, Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager
• 1948 – Jessica Cleaves, American singer (The Friends of Distinction and Earth, Wind & Fire) (d. 2014)
• 1948 – Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Muhammad Zaidan, Syrian-Palestinian terrorist, founded the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004)
• 1950 – John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician
• 1950 – Nicky Henderson, English horse trainer
• 1951 – Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer and actress
• 1952 – Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host
• 1952 – Susan Dey, American actress and producer
• 1952 – Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer
• 1952 – Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
• 1953 – Chris Bury, American journalist and academic
• 1954 – Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic
• 1954 – Price Cobb, American race car driver
• 1954 – Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wang Chung)
• 1954 – Gavin Smith, American businessman (d. 2012)
• 1956 – Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
• 1956 – Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1957 – Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer
• 1957 – Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru
• 1958 – Pepsi Demacque, English singer (Pepsi & Shirlie)
• 1958 – Cornelia Funke, German-American author
• 1958 – Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
• 1958 – John J. York, American actor
• 1958 – Eva Robin's, Italian actress and model
• 1959 – Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
• 1959 – Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1959 – Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist (Accept)
• 1960 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
• 1960 – Michael Schoeffling, American actor
• 1961 – Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
• 1961 – Nia Peeples, American singer and actress
• 1961 – Oded Schramm, Israel-American mathematician and academic (d. 2008)
• 1962 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)
• 1962 – John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1963 – Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
• 1963 – Ole Amund Gjersvik, Norwegian bassist
• 1964 – Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician
• 1964 – Bobby Flay, American chef and author
• 1964 – George Newbern, American actor
• 1965 – Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1965 – J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dinosaur Jr., Witch, Deep Wound, and Upsidedown Cross)
• 1965 – Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic
• 1966 – Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
• 1967 – Narimi Arimori, Japanese actress
• 1968 – Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
• 1969 – Stephen Billington, English actor
• 1969 – Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1970 – Kevin Sharp, American singer (d. 2014)
• 1970 – Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
• 1971 – Bill Baroni, American lawyer and politician
• 1971 – Brian Nichols, American spree killer
• 1971 – Carla Sacramento, Portuguese runner
• 1972 – Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
• 1972 – Puff Johnson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1972 – Brian Molko, Belgian-Luxembourger singer-songwriter and guitarist (Placebo)
• 1973 – Arden Myrin, American comedian and actress
• 1973 – Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress and singer
• 1974 – Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes)
• 1975 – Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)
• 1975 – Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
• 1975 – Kristel Verbeke, Belgian singer and actress (K3)
• 1976 – Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer
• 1977 – Mr. Águila, Mexican wrestler
• 1977 – Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
• 1978 – Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler
• 1978 – Summer Phoenix, American actress
• 1979 – Matt Bentley, American wrestler
• 1979 – Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
• 1979 – Tora Augestad, Norwegian singer and actor (Music for a While)
• 1980 – Massari, Lebanese-Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1980 – Sarah Chang, American violinist
• 1981 – Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
• 1981 – Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinean swimmer
• 1981 – Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
• 1982 – Sultan Kösen, Turkish giant
• 1983 – Lewis Buxton, English footballer
• 1983 – Patrick Flueger, American actor
• 1983 – Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
• 1983 – Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
• 1983 – Katrin Siska, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
• 1984 – JTG, American wrestler
• 1984 – Krista Ranillo, Filipino actress
• 1984 – Mark Applegarth, English rugby player
• 1985 – Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
• 1985 – Scarlett Bowman, English actress
• 1985 – Matt Forté, American football player
• 1985 – T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player
• 1985 – Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
• 1985 – Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1985 – Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
• 1986 – Matthew Bates, English footballer
• 1986 – Kahlil Bell, American football player
• 1987 – Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer
• 1988 – Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
• 1988 – Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer
• 1988 – Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer
• 1989 – Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician
• 1989 – Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player
• 1990 – Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
• 1990 – Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer (AKB48)
• 1990 – Terrell Sinkfield, American football player
• 1990 – Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
• 1991 – LE, South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter (EXID)
• 1991 – Eric Reid, American football player
• 1991 – Dion Waiters, American basketball player
• 1993 – Rachel Trachtenburg, American singer and actress (Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and Supercute!)
• 1994 – Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
• 2014 – Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès
• 2014 – Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco

Deaths[edit]

• 949 – Herman I, Duke of Swabia
• 1041 – Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (b. 1010)
• 1198 – Averroes, Spanish astronomer, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1126)
• 1508 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
• 1541 – Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (b. 1514)
• 1541 – Francis Dereham, English courtier
• 1618 – Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)
• 1626 – Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)
• 1665 – Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)
• 1736 – António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)
• 1791 – Jacob Frank, Polish Jewish religious leader (b. 1726)
• 1831 – Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
• 1850 – Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
• 1850 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
• 1865 – Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
• 1867 – Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
• 1909 – Red Cloud, American tribal chief (b. 1822)
• 1911 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1914 – Robert Williams, American archer (b. 1841)
• 1917 – Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920 – Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)
• 1922 – Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)
• 1926 – Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)
• 1928 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)
• 1936 – Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1936 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1939 – John Grieb, American gymnast (b. 1879)
• 1941 – Erich Jacoby, Estonian-Polish architect (b. 1885)
• 1941 – Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1944 – John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)
• 1945 – Theodor Dannecker, German SS officer (b. 1913)
• 1946 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)
• 1946 – Damon Runyon, American journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1948 – Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)
• 1951 – Algernon Blackwood, English author (b. 1869)
• 1953 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 – David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
• 1957 – Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)
• 1958 – Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
• 1964 – George Sutcliffe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1967 – Ronnie Caldwell, American keyboard player (The Bar-Kays) (b. 1948)
• 1967 – Phalon Jones, American saxophonist (The Bar-Kays) (b. 1949)
• 1967 – Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
• 1968 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
• 1968 – George Forrest, Northern Irish politician (b. 1921)
• 1968 – Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 – Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1973 – Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1974 – Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (b. 1890)
• 1977 – Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1978 – Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1979 – Ann Dvorak, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
• 1982 – Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1986 – Susan Cabot, American actress (b. 1927)
• 1986 – Kate Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1987 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)
• 1988 – Richard S. Castellano, American actor (b. 1933)
• 1988 – Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer (b. 1911)
• 1990 – Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898)
• 1991 – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Headman Shabalala, South African singer (Ladysmith Black Mambazo) (b. 1945)
• 1992 – Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1908)
• 1993 – Alice Tully, American soprano (b. 1902)
• 1994 – Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (b. 1918)
• 1994 – Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Darren Robinson, American rapper (The Fat Boys) (b. 1967)
• 1996 – Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
• 1999 – Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Band) (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Lex Goudsmit, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Shirley Hemphill, American actress (b. 1947)
• 1999 – Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (b. 1922)
• 2000 – Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2001 – Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)
• 2002 – Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)
• 2002 – Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Gary Webb, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
• 2005 – Mary Jackson, American actress (b. 1910)
• 2005 – Eugene McCarthy, America poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)
• 2005 – Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 2006 – Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (b. 1908)
• 2006 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Ashleigh Aston Moore, American-Canadian actress (b. 1981)
• 2007 – Vitali Hakko, Turkish Jewish businessman, founder of the Vakko clothing business (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Aqsa Parvez, Pakistani-Canadian murder victim (b. 1991)
• 2008 – Didith Reyes, Filipino actress and singer (b. 1948)
• 2009 – Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (b. 1925)
• 2010 – John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 2010 – J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 2010 – MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Lisa Della Casa, Swiss soprano (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Bob Munden, American target shooter (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (b. 1942)
• 2013 – The Child of Lov, Belgian-Dutch singer (b. 1987)
• 2013 – Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Rossana Podestà, Libyan-Italian actress (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist (b. 1944)