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• Το Ολυμπιακό Στάδιο της Αθήνας φέρει το όνομά του.
• Η έκφραση «Έγινε Λούης», λέγεται για κάποιον που εξαφανίζεται τρέχοντας πολύ γρήγορα.
• Η ταινία Συνέβη στην Αθήνα (It Happened in Athens), παραγωγής 1962, με πρωταγωνίστρια την Τζέιν Μάνσφιλντ, αναπαράγει τον θρύλο ότι ο Λούης δεν έτρεξε μόνο για τη δόξα, αλλά και για τα μάτια της Ελένης, μιας όμορφης μαρουσιώτισας.
• Στο Μόναχο, το όνομά του φέρει η λεωφόρος που περνάει από το  Ολυμπιακό Πάρκο (Spiridon-Louis-Ring).
• Το 2012, η ιταλική εταιρεία Vibram κυκλοφόρησε ένα μοντέλο αθλητικών παπουτσιών με την ονομασία Spyridon LS, προς τιμή του Σπύρου Λούη.
• Το ασημένιο κύπελλο που είχε απονεμηθεί στον Λούη μετά τη νίκη του στον Μαραθώνιο πουλήθηκε αντί 664.842 ευρώ στο Ίδρυμα «Σταύρος Νιάρχος», σε δημοπρασία του οίκου Christie's στο Λονδίνο (18 Απριλίου 2012).

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• 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king.
• 1554 – Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
• 1616 – The city of Belém is founded in Pará, Brazil by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
• 1777 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
• 1808 – The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• 1808 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
• 1848 – The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
• 1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
• 1872 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
• 1895 – The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
• 1898 – Itō Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
• 1899 – Thirteen crew members and five apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former founders off the coast of Devon.
• 1902 – Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formally dissolved.
• 1906 – Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election.
• 1908 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
• 1911 – The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
• 1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
• 1916 – Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
• 1918 – Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law goes into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
• 1921 – Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
• 1926 – Original Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago radio later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928.
• 1932 – Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
• 1942 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
• 1959 – The Caves of Nerja are rediscovered in Spain.
• 1962 – Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
• 1964 – Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
• 1966 – Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
• 1967 – Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
• 1969 – The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
• 1970 – Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
• 1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
• 1971 – All in the Family an American sitcom premiered on the CBS television network
• 1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11–1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
• 1986 – Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist.
• 1991 – Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
• 1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
• 2001 – Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
• 2004 – The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
• 2005 – Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
• 2006 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslim pilgrims.
• 2006 – The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
• 2007 – Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
• 2010 – An earthquake in Haiti occurs, killing over 100,000 people and destroying much of the capital Port-au-Prince.
• 2012 – Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers.
• 2012 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 2033 relating to peace and security in Africa is adopted.
• 2015 – Cameroon kills 143 Boko Haram fighters in clashes.
• 2015 – A serviceman stationed at the Russian 102nd Military Base, kills seven people in Gyumri, Armenia.

Births[edit]

• 1483 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (d. 1538)
• 1562 – Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)
• 1576 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (d. 1660)
• 1577 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist and physician (d. 1644)
• 1580 – Alexander Ruthven, Scottish traitor (d. 1600)
• 1588 – John Winthrop, English-American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1649)
• 1591 – Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
• 1597 – François Duquesnoy, Flemish sculptor (d. 1643)
• 1628 – Charles Perrault, French author (d. 1703)
• 1673 – Rosalba Carriera, Italian painter (d. 1757)
• 1711 – Gaetano Latilla, Italian composer (d. 1788)
• 1715 – Jacques Duphly, French organist and composer (d. 1789)
• 1716 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and politician, 1st Spanish Governor of Louisiana (d. 1795)
• 1721 – Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1792)
• 1723 – Samuel Langdon, American clergyman and educator (d. 1797)
• 1724 – Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (d. 1789)
• 1729 – Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1797)
• 1746 – Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator (d. 1827)
• 1751 – Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)
• 1772 – Mikhail Speransky, Russian politician (d. 1839)
• 1786 – Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1855)
• 1792 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1841)
• 1797 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (d. 1873)
• 1810 – Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859)
• 1822 – Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer, designed the internal combustion engine (d. 1900)
• 1837 – Adolf Jensen, German pianist and composer (d. 1879)
• 1849 – Jean Béraud, Russian-French painter (d. 1935)
• 1856 – John Singer Sargent, Italian-English painter and educator (d. 1925)
• 1860 – Louis Dutfoy, French target shooter (d. 1904)
• 1863 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian monk and philosopher (d. 1902)
• 1869 – Bhagwan Das, Indian Theosophist and public figure (d. 1958)
• 1873 – Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (d. 1940)
• 1874 – Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (d. 1963)
• 1874 – James Juvenal, American rower (d. 1942)
• 1876 – Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Jack London, American novelist and journalist (d. 1916)
• 1876 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (d. 1948)
• 1877 – Frank J. Corr, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1934)
• 1878 – Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright (d. 1952)
• 1879 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968)
• 1879 – Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician (d. 1942)
• 1882 – Milton Sills, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1930)
• 1884 – Texas Guinan, Canadian-born American entertainer and businesswoman (d. 1933)
• 1889 – Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (d. 1965)
• 1890 – Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician (d. 1946)
• 1892 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer; co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation (d. 1976)
• 1893 – Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician; Minister President of Prussia (d. 1946)
• 1893 – Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician (d. 1946)
• 1894 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (d. 1975)
• 1894 – Van Vanthoff, Australian public servant (d. 1967)
• 1895 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Polish-Israeli scholar and academic (d. 1959)
• 1896 – David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)
• 1899 – Pierre Bernac, French opera singer and educator (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1901 – Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1903 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960)
• 1904 – Mississippi Fred McDowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
• 1905 – Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975)
• 1905 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist and academic (d. 1997)
• 1905 – Tex Ritter, American singer and actor (d. 1974)
• 1906 – Emmanuel Levinas, Lithuanian-French historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Sergei Korolev, Russian colonel and engineer (d. 1966)
• 1908 – Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1908 – Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1910 – Gladys Blake, American actress (d. 1983)
• 1910 – Patsy Kelly, American actress and singer (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Luise Rainer, German-American actress (d. 2014)
• 1912 – Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Mieko Kamiya, Japanese psychiatrist (d. 1979)
• 1915 – Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop (d. 2013)
• 1916 – P. W. Botha, South African politician, 8th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 2006)
• 1916 – Jay McShann, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006)
• 1916 – William Pleeth, English cellist and educator (d. 1999)
• 1916 – Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and inventor (d. 2013)
• 1917 – Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian-Dutch guru and educator (d. 2008)
• 1920 – James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist; co-founded Congress of Racial Equality (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist and academic (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Paul Hansard, German-English actor (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Ira Hayes, American marine, who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1955)
• 1924 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (d. 1998)
• 1924 – Grethe Holmer, Danish actress (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Chris Chase, American model, actress, and journalist (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor (d. 1990)
• 1925 – Katherine MacGregor, American actress and dancer
• 1925 – Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Morton Feldman, American composer and academic (d. 1987)
• 1926 – Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (d. 2009)
• 1929 – Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic
• 1929 – Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and logician (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman; founded Tim Hortons (d. 1974)
• 1930 – Jennifer Johnston, Irish author and playwright
• 1930 – Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor
• 1931 – Leyla Erbil, Turkish author (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 1932 – Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer, and television host
• 1933 – Michael Aspel, English television host
• 1933 – Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Metin Serezli, Turkish actor (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Alan Sharp, Scottish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Mick Sullivan, English rugby player and coach
• 1934 – James Fergason, American inventor and entrepreneur (d. 2008)
• 1935 – Kreskin, American magician and actor
• 1935 – Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress
• 1936 – Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician
• 1936 – Raimonds Pauls, Latvian pianist and composer
• 1936 – Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet and activist (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Marie Dubois, French actress (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Shirley Eaton, English actress
• 1937 – Vicente Sardinero, Spanish opera singer (d. 2002)
• 1938 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Teresa del Conde, Mexican art historian and critic
• 1938 – Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
• 1939 – William Lee Golden, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
• 1939 – Jim Palosaari, American evangelist (d. 2011)
• 1940 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (d. 2005)
• 1941 – Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist and psychotherapist
• 1941 – Chet Jastremski, American swimmer and physician (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Bernardine Dohrn, American activist and academic
• 1944 – Hans Henning Atrott, German author and theorist
• 1944 – Joe Frazier, American boxer and actor (d. 2011)
• 1944 – Vlastimil Hort, Czech chess player
• 1944 – Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
• 1946 – Cynthia Robinson, American trumpet player and singer (Sly and the Family Stone) (d. 2015)
• 1944 – Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor and journalist
• 1945 – Maggie Bell, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1945 – André Bicaba, Burkinabé sprinter
• 1946 – Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1946 – George Duke, American keyboard player, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Richard Carwardine, English historian and academic
• 1947 – Tom Dempsey, American football player
• 1947 – Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee, English politician
• 1948 – Kenny Allen, English footballer
• 1948 – Anthony Andrews, English actor and producer
• 1948 – Gordon Campbell, Canadian educator and politician; 34th Premier of British Columbia
• 1948 – John Etheridge, English guitarist (Soft Machine)
• 1948 – Brendan Foster, English sportscaster
• 1948 – Khalid Abdul Muhammad, American activist (d. 2001)
• 1948 – William Nicholson, English author and screenwriter
• 1949 – Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 2007)
• 1949 – Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager
• 1949 – Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician; 19th Prime Minister of Tunisia
• 1949 – Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator
• 1949 – Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 – Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer, judge, and politician
• 1950 – Göran Lindblad, Swedish dentist and politician
• 1950 – Bob McEwen, American politician
• 1950 – Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman; 5th First Lady of Iceland
• 1950 – Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992)
• 1950 – Greg X. Volz, American singer
• 1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer
• 1951 – Ann Althouse, American scholar, author, and academic
• 1951 – Chris Bell, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Big Star) (d. 1978)
• 1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author
• 1951 – Drew Pearson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1952 – Ponvannan, Indian actor and director
• 1952 – Charles Faulkner, American-English computer programmer and author
• 1952 – Walter Mosley, American novelist
• 1952 – Phil Perry, American singer-songwriter
• 1952 – John Walker, New Zealand runner
• 1953 – Mary Harron, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1954 – Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author
• 1955 – Tom Ardolino, American drummer (d. 2012)
• 1955 – Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter and producer
• 1956 – Marie Colvin, American-English journalist (d. 2012)
• 1957 – B. Brian Blair, American wrestler and politician
• 1957 – John Lasseter, American animator, director, and producer
• 1957 – Jeremy Sams, English director, playwright, and composer
• 1958 – Christiane Amanpour, Iranian-British journalist
• 1958 – Curt Fraser, American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1959 – Blixa Bargeld, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1959 – Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Roxette and Gyllene Tider)
• 1959 – Nick Nairn, Scottish chef
• 1960 – Oliver Platt, Canadian-American actor
• 1960 – Dominique Wilkins, French-American basketball player
• 1961 – Simon Russell Beale, Malaysian-English actor
• 1961 – Tahawwur Hussain Rana, Pakistani-Canadian physician and terrorist
• 1962 – Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator
• 1962 – Richie Richardson, Antiguan cricketer
• 1962 – Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler (d. 2010)
• 1963 – François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1963 – Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1964 – Laura Arraya, Argentinian-Peruvian tennis player
• 1964 – Jeff Bezos, American businessman, founded Amazon.com
• 1964 – Clare Holman, English actress and director
• 1965 – Mark Moore, English DJ and producer
• 1965 – Alexandra Wentworth, American actress and producer
• 1965 – Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
• 1966 – Olivier Martinez, French-American actor
• 1966 – Craig Parry, Australian golfer
• 1967 – Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish-American model and actress
• 1967 – Grigoriy Yegorov, Kazakhstani pole vaulter
• 1968 – Keith Anderson, American singer-songwriter
• 1968 – Big Dick Dudley, American wrestler (d. 2002)
• 1968 – Rachael Harris, American actress
• 1968 – Junichi Masuda, Japanese director, producer, and composer
• 1968 – Heather Mills, English model and activist
• 1968 – Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1969 – David Mitchell, English novelist and short story writer
• 1969 – Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and producer
• 1969 – Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer and manager
• 1970 – Raekwon, American rapper
• 1970 – Mig Ayesa, Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1970 – Zack de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter
• 1971 – Scott Burrell, American basketball player and coach
• 1972 – Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politician
• 1972 – Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 – Jason Sklar, American comedian and actor
• 1972 – Randy Sklar, American comedian and actor
• 1973 – Brian Culbertson, American pianist and producer
• 1973 – Dan Haseltine, American singer-songwriter
• 1973 – Maret Vaher, Estonian orienteer
• 1973 – Matt Wong, American bass player
• 1973 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1974 – Melanie C, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1974 – Claudia Conserva, Chilean model and actress
• 1974 – Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier
• 1975 – Jason Freese, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
• 1975 – Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
• 1977 – Stéphan Buckland, Mauritian sprinter
• 1977 – Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
• 1977 – Cade McNown, American football player
• 1977 – Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor, singer, and producer
• 1978 – Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball player
• 1978 – Jeremy Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 – Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
• 1978 – Kim Sa-rang, South Korean actress
• 1978 – Maurizio Zaffiri, Italian rugby player
• 1979 – Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1979 – Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
• 1979 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
• 1979 – David Zabriskie, American cyclist
• 1980 – Ares, Swiss-American wrestler
• 1980 – Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
• 1981 – Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1981 – João Paulo Daniel, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Kristin Eubanks, American wrestler and model
• 1981 – Dan Klecko, American football player
• 1981 – Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1981 – Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer
• 1982 – Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbek boxer
• 1982 – Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
• 1982 – Chris Ray, American baseball player
• 1982 – Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
• 1982 – Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
• 1982 – Dean Whitehead, English footballer
• 1982 – Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
• 1983 – Styliani Kaltsidou, Greek basketball player
• 1984 – Andrew Chan, Australian drug trafficker (d. 2015)
• 1984 – Chaunté Lowe, American high jumper
• 1984 – Scott Olsen, American baseball player
• 1984 – Oribe Peralta, Mexican footballer
• 1984 – Daniel Sepulveda, American football player
• 1984 – Jonathan Zydko, French footballer
• 1984 – Oyo Boy Sotto, Filipino actor
• 1985 – Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
• 1985 – Gerard Lawson, American football player
• 1985 – Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer
• 1985 – Borja Valero, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Kehoma Brenner, German rugby player
• 1986 – Ayako Imoto, Japanese comedian and television personality
• 1986 – Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, Argentinian-Italian footballer
• 1986 – Kieron Richardson, English actor
• 1987 – Andi Muise, Canadian model
• 1987 – Naya Rivera, American actress and singer
• 1987 – Will Rothhaar, American actor
• 1987 – Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Ytalo, Brazilian footballer
• 1988 – Chris Casement, Irish footballer
• 1988 – Holder da Silva, Guinea-Bissauan sprinter
• 1988 – Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Andrew Lawrence, American actor
• 1989 – Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer
• 1989 – Arci Muñoz, Filipino actress
• 1990 – Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
• 1990 – Sergei Muhhin, Estonian figure skater
• 1991 – Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
• 1991 – Matt Srama, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer
• 1992 – Georgia May Jagger, English model
• 1992 – Mao Kobayashi, Japanese model and singer
• 1992 – Samuele Longo, Italian footballer
• 1993 – D.O., South Korean singer, dancer, and actor
• 1993 – Zayn Malik, British singer and songwriter
• 1993 – Yu Inaba, Japanese actor
• 1993 – Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer
• 1993 – Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer
• 1994 – Emre Can, German footballer
• 1996 – Ai Hashimoto, Japanese model and actress
• 1996 – Ella Henderson, English singer-songwriter
• 1998 – Nathan Gamble, American actor

Deaths[edit]

• 690 – Benedict Biscop, English saint, founded the Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey (b. 628)
• 1167 – Aelred of Rievaulx, English monk and saint (b. 1110)
• 1321 – Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (b. 1256)
• 1519 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
• 1665 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)
• 1674 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian priest and composer (b. 1605)
• 1700 – Marguerite Bourgeoys, French-Canadian nun and saint; founded the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (b. 1620)
• 1720 – William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician (b. 1647)
• 1732 – John Horsley, English-Scottish historian and author (b. 1685)
• 1735 – John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
• 1759 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
• 1765 – Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696)
• 1777 – Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)
• 1778 – François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703)
• 1781 – Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691)
• 1829 – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German philosopher, poet, and critic (b. 1772)
• 1833 – Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)
• 1834 – William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
• 1856 – Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak philologist and politician (b. 1815)
• 1861 – Václav Hanka, Czech philologist and author (b. 1791)
• 1892 – James Caulfeild, 3rd Earl of Charlemont (b. 1820)
• 1892 – William Reeves, Irish bishop and historian (b. 1815)
• 1899 – Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
• 1909 – Hermann Minkowski, Lithuanian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1864)
• 1911 – Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek journalist, judge, and politician (b. 1845)
• 1916 – Georgios Theotokis, Greek lawyer and politician; 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1921 – Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)
• 1926 – Austin Chapman, Australian businessman and politician; 4th Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1864)
• 1929 – Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (b. 1889)
• 1934 – Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1934 – Surya Sen, Bangladeshi educator and activist (b. 1894)
• 1938 – Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter (b. 1867)
• 1938 – Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor and singer (b. 1890)
• 1940 – Edward Smith, English lieutenant; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1943 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 – Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1956 – Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1957 – Ken Wharton, English race car driver (b. 1916)
• 1958 – Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 – Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 – Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 – Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 – Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomats (b. 1887)
• 1971 – John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)
• 1973 – Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian and academic (b. 1896)
• 1974 – Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
• 1976 – Agatha Christie, English author and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1977 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
• 1983 – Rebop Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian drummer (b. 1944)
• 1983 – Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Paul Luty, English wrestler and actor (b. 1932)
• 1988 – Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
• 1988 – Piero Taruffi, Italian racing driver (b. 1906)
• 1990 – Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American author and educator (b. 1919)
• 1991 – Mary Francis Shura, American author (b. 1923)
• 1991 – Robert Jackson, Australian public servant and UN administrator (b. 1911)
• 1994 – Gustav Naan, Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1919)
• 1996 – Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
• 1997 – Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936)
• 1997 – Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1998 – Roger Clark, English race car driver (b. 1939)
• 1999 – Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (b. 1914)
• 1999 – Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1961)
• 2000 – Marc Davis, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 2000 – Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
• 2001 – Affirmed, American race horse (b. 1975)
• 2001 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
• 2001 – William Redington Hewlett, American engineer and businessman; co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Stanley Unwin, South African-English actor (b. 1911)
• 2002 – Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician; 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)
• 2003 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist and author (b. 1912)
• 2003 – Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician; 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Maurice Gibb, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
• 2003 – Alan Nunn May, English physicist and spy (b. 1911)
• 2004 – Olga Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1921)
• 2004 – Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955)
• 2005 – Alessia di Matteo, Italian organ transplant patient (b. 2003)
• 2005 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor and singer (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-American cartoonist (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Faisal bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini prince (b. 1991)
• 2006 – Ömer Küyük, Turkish veterans of the Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923) (b. 1900)
• 2007 – Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
• 2007 – James Killen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 2009 – Russ Conway, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)
• 2009 – Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher and academic (b. 1912)
• 2010 – Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher and author (b. 1946)
• 2010 – Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist; co-founded Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920)
• 2011 – Paul Picerni, American actor (b. 1922)
• 2012 – MS-1, Mexican wrestler (b. 1956)
• 2012 – Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Glenda Dickerson, American director, choreographer, and educator (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1939)
• 2012 – Shiv Kumari of Kotah, Indian royal (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Charles H. Price II, American businessman and diplomat; United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Jim Stanley, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian professor of quaternary geology and glaciology (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Ourasi, French race horse (b. 1980)
• 2013 – Precious Bryant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Anna Lizaran, Spanish actress (b. 1944)
• 2013 – Koto Okubo, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1897)
• 2013 – Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Connie Binsfeld, American educator and politician; 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (b. 1924)
• 2014 – George Dement, American soldier, politician and businessman (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Tony Harding, English illustrator (b. 1942)
• 2014 – John Horsley, English actor (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Halet Çambel, Turkish fencer and archaeologist (b. 1916)
• 2015 – Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Robert Gover, American journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Carl Long, American baseball player (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Elena Obraztsova, Russian soprano and actress (b. 1939)
• 2015 – Inge Vermeulen, Brazilian-Dutch field hockey player (b. 1985)

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• 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople.
• 1435 – Sicut Dudum, forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.
• 1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey is sentenced to death.
• 1607 – The Bank of Genoa fails after announcement of national bankruptcy in Spain.
• 1666 – French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier arrived in Dhaka and met Shaista Khan.
• 1793 – Nicolas Jean Hugon de Bassville, representative of Revolutionary France, lynched by a mob in Rome
• 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.
• 1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
• 1822 – The design of the Greek flag is adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus.
• 1830 – The Great Fire of New Orleans begins.
• 1833 – United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
• 1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
• 1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
• 1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
• 1869 – National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C.
• 1893 – The Independent Labour Party of the United Kingdom holds its first meeting.
• 1893 – U.S. Marines land in Honolulu, Hawaii from the USS Boston to prevent the queen from abrogating the Bayonet Constitution.
• 1895 – First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
• 1898 – Émile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
• 1908 – The Rhoads Opera House Fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
• 1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York.
• 1913 – Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
• 1915 – An earthquake in Avezzano, Italy kills 29,800.
• 1934 – The Candidate of Sciences degree is established in the Soviet Union.
• 1935 – A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
• 1939 – The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
• 1942 – World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
• 1951 – First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins, which will end in a major victory for France.
• 1953 – An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
• 1958 – The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol in the Battle of Edchera.
• 1960 – The Gulag system of forced labor camps in the Soviet Union is officially abolished.
• 1963 – Coup d'état in Togo results in assassination of president Sylvanus Olympio
• 1964 – Anti-Muslim riots break out in Calcutta, resulting in 100 deaths.
• 1964 – Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, is appointed archbishop of Kraków, Poland.
• 1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• 1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
• 1972 – Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
• 1974 – Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
• 1978 – United States Food and Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled "paid" or "volunteer" donors.
• 1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
• 1985 – A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.
• 1986 – A month-long violent struggle begins in Aden, South Yemen between supporters of Ali Nasir Muhammad and Abdul Fattah Ismail, resulting in thousands of casualties.
• 1988 – Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
• 1990 – a seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
• 1990 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
• 1991 – Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
• 1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
• 2000 – Bill Gates resigns as CEO of Microsoft.
• 2001 – An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
• 2012 – The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks off the coast of Italy. There are 32 confirmed deaths among the 4,232 passengers and crew.
• 2012 – The opening ceremony of the Winter Youth Olympics takes place in Innsbruck, Austria.

Births[edit]

• 1334 – Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
• 1505 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1571)
• 1562 – Mark Alexander Boyd, Scottish poet and soldier (d. 1601)
• 1596 – Jan van Goyen, Dutch painter (d. 1656)
• 1610 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (d. 1665)
• 1616 – Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author (d. 1680)
• 1651 – Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1694)
• 1683 – Christoph Graupner, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1760)
• 1720 – Richard Hurd, English bishop (d. 1808)
• 1749 – Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright (d. 1825)
• 1787 – John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
• 1804 – Paul Gavarni, French illustrator (d. 1866)
• 1805 – Thomas Dyer, American politician, 18th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1862)
• 1808 – Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
• 1812 – Victor de Laprade, French poet and critic (d. 1883)
• 1832 – Horatio Alger, Jr., American novelist and journalist (d. 1899)
• 1845 – Félix Tisserand, French astronomer and academic (d. 1896)
• 1857 – Anastasios Papoulas, Greek general (d. 1935)
• 1858 – Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian-German biologist and academic (d. 1931)
• 1859 – Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1943)
• 1861 – Max Nonne, German neurologist and academic (d. 1959)
• 1864 – Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
• 1865 – Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
• 1866 – Vasily Kalinnikov, Russian bassoon player and composer (d. 1901)
• 1869 – Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (d. 1931)
• 1870 – Ross Granville Harrison, American biologist and anatomist (d. 1959)
• 1872 – Vlasios Tsirogiannis, Greek general (d. 1928)
• 1878 – Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)
• 1878 – Geert Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1959)
• 1881 – Essington Lewis, Australian engineer and businessman (d. 1961)
• 1883 – Prince Arthur of Connaught (d. 1938)
• 1883 – Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (d. 1967)
• 1884 – Sophie Tucker, Ukrainian-American singer and actress (d. 1966)
• 1885 – Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company (d. 1973)
• 1886 – Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1964)
• 1887 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (d. 1946)
• 1887 – George Gurdjieff, Russian-French mystic and philosopher (d. 1949)
• 1890 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1945)
• 1892 – Ermanno Aebi, Italian-Swiss footballer (d. 1976)
• 1893 – Charles Arnison, English airman (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1963)
• 1893 – Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (d. 1961)
• 1893 – Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter (d. 1943)
• 1898 – Kaj Munk, Danish pastor and playwright (d. 1944)
• 1898 – Carlo Tagliabue, Italian opera singer (d. 1978)
• 1901 – A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American novelist and historian,(d. 1991)
• 1901 – Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish priest and historian (d. 1978)
• 1904 – Richard Addinsell, English composer (d. 1977)
• 1904 – Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Kay Francis, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1968)
• 1905 – Jack London, English sprinter and pianist (d. 1966)
• 1906 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese linguist and academic
• 1909 – Helm Glöckler, German racing driver (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch anarchist (d. 1934)
• 1910 – Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter and illustrator (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Joh Bjelke-Petersen, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 31st Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
• 1913 – Jeff Morrow, American actor (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Osa Massen, Danish actress (d. 2006)
• 1914 – Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 1918 – Stephen Dunne, American actor and radio host (d. 1977)
• 1919 – Robert Stack, American actor and producer (d. 2003)
• 1921 – Necati Cumalı, Greek-Turkish author and poet (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Dachine Rainer, American-English author and poet (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Albert Lamorisse, French director and producer (d. 1970)
• 1923 – Daniil Shafran, Russian cellist (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Willem Slijkhuis, Dutch runner (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011)
• 1925 – Georgi Kaloyanchev, Bulgarian actor (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Rosemary Murphy, American actress (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Ron Tauranac, Australian engineer and designer
• 1925 – Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Michael Bond, English soldier and author, created Paddington Bear
• 1926 – Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Shakti Samanta, Indian director and producer (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Sydney Brenner, South African biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 – Liz Anderson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Gregory Walcott, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Joe Pass, American guitarist and composer (d. 1994)
• 1930 – Frances Sternhagen, American actress
• 1931 – Ian Hendry, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1931 – Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and director (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Chris Wiggins, English-Canadian actor
• 1932 – Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (d. 1994)
• 1932 – Bearcat Wright, American wrestler (d. 1982)
• 1933 – Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Rip Taylor, American actor and singer
• 1935 – Mauro Forghieri, Italian engineer
• 1936 – Renato Bruson, Italian opera singer
• 1937 – Guy Dodson, New Zealand-English biochemist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Cabu, French cartoonist (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Daevid Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soft Machine and Gong) (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Richard Anthony, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1938 – William B. Davis, Canadian actor and director
• 1938 – Dave Edwards, American captain and politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1938 – Anna Home, English screenwriter and producer
• 1938 – Shivkumar Sharma, Indian santoor player and composer
• 1939 – Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
• 1939 – Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
• 1939 – Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Edmund White, American novelist, memoirist, and essayist
• 1941 – Pasqual Maragall i Mira, Catalan academic and politician, 127th President of the Generalitat de Catalunya
• 1942 – Carol Cleveland, English actress
• 1943 – William Duckworth, American composer and author (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Richard Moll, American actor and singer
• 1945 – Gordon McVie, English oncologist and author
• 1945 – Peter Simpson, English footballer
• 1946 – Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (d. 2004)
• 1946 – Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor
• 1947 – John Lees, English guitarist (Barclay James Harvest)
• 1947 – Jacek Majchrowski, Polish historian, lawyer, and politician
• 1947 – Carles Rexach, Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
• 1948 – Gaj Singh, Indian politician
• 1949 – Rakesh Sharma, Indian commander, pilot, and astronaut
• 1949 – Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
• 1950 – Clive Betts, English economist and politician
• 1950 – Bob Forsch, American baseball player (d. 2011)
• 1950 – Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1950 – John McNaughton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 – Bruce Hart, Canadian wrestler and trainer
• 1951 – Kim Manners, American producer, director and actor (d. 2009)
• 1951 – Frank E. Peretti, American author, actor, and producer
• 1952 – Stephen Glover, English journalist, co-founded The Independent
• 1953 – Silvana Gallardo, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Richard Blackford, English composer
• 1954 – Trevor Rabin, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 – Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
• 1955 – Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (d. 2015)
• 1955 – Ran Ito, Japanese actress (Candies)
• 1955 – Paul Kelly, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 – Jay McInerney, American novelist
• 1955 – Anne Pringle, English diplomat, British Ambassador to Russia
• 1956 – Janet Hubert, American actress
• 1957 – Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
• 1957 – Mary Glindon, English politician
• 1957 – Lorrie Moore, American short story writer and novelist
• 1957 – Mark O'Meara, American golfer
• 1958 – Francisco Buyo, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1958 – Ton du Chatinier, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1958 – Tasha Voux, American porn actress
• 1959 – Ernie Irvan, American race car driver
• 1959 – James LoMenzo, American bass player
• 1960 – Eric Betzig, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 – Matthew Bourne, English choreographer and director
• 1960 – Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
• 1961 – Suggs, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1961 – Jeremy Bamber, English murderer
• 1961 – Wayne Coyne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Kelly Hrudey, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1961 – Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress and producer
• 1962 – Trace Adkins, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1962 – Paul Higgins, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1962 – Kevin Mitchell, American baseball player
• 1963 – Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
• 1964 – Bill Bailey, English comedian, actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1964 – Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
• 1964 – Ronan Rafferty, Irish golfer
• 1964 – Gloria Siebert, German hurdler
• 1966 – Patrick Dempsey, American actor and race car driver
• 1966 – Shelagh Fogarty, English journalist and radio host
• 1966 – Leo Visser, Dutch speed skater
• 1967 – Annie Jones, Australian actress
• 1967 – Paul McCarthy, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1967 – Reno Riggins, American wrestler
• 1968 – Chara, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1968 – Traci Bingham, American model and actress
• 1968 – Antonio Tartaglia, Italian bobsledder
• 1968 – Mike Whitlow, English footballer and coach
• 1969 – Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier
• 1969 – Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player and journalist
• 1969 – Christopher Karpowitz, American political scientist
• 1969 – John Kronus, American wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1970 – Keith Coogan, American actor
• 1970 – Frank Kooiman, Dutch footballer
• 1970 – Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
• 1970 – Shonda Rhimes, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Shinya Yamada, Japanese musician and media personality (Luna Sea)
• 1971 – John Mallory Asher, American actor and director
• 1971 – Phil Whyman, English paranormal investigator
• 1972 – Mark Bosnich, Australian footballer and sportscaster
• 1972 – Nicole Eggert, American actress
• 1972 – Yukiko Iwai, Japanese voice actress
• 1972 – James O'Brien, English journalist and radio host
• 1972 – Park Jin-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, founded JYP Entertainment
• 1972 – Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-American journalist
• 1972 – Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
• 1973 – Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1973 – Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actress and singer
• 1974 – Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 1975 – Rune Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
• 1975 – Mailis Reps, Estonian academic and politician, 31st Estonian Minister of Education and Research
• 1976 – Michael Peña, American actor
• 1976 – Bic Runga, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1976 – Tania Vicent, Canadian speed skater
• 1976 – Mario Yepes, Colombian footballer
• 1977 – William Ash, English actor
• 1977 – Orlando Bloom, English actor and producer
• 1977 – Elliot Mason, English trombonist and keyboard player
• 1977 – James Posey, American basketball player and coach
• 1978 – Ashmit Patel, Indian actor
• 1978 – Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician, developed PECOTA
• 1979 – Katy Brand, English actress and screenwriter
• 1980 – Krzysztof Czerwiński, Polish organist and conductor
• 1980 – María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (d. 2013)
• 1980 – Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
• 1980 – Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
• 1980 – Argo Meresaar, Estonian volleyball player
• 1980 – Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
• 1980 – Mirko Soltau, German footballer
• 1981 – Reggie Brown, American football player
• 1981 – Shad Gaspard, American wrestler and actor
• 1981 – Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
• 1981 – Yujiro Takahashi, Japanese wrestler
• 1982 – Kamran Akmal, Pakistan cricketer
• 1982 – Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player
• 1982 – Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot footballer
• 1982 – Mason Ryan, Welsh wrestler
• 1982 – Ruth Wilson, English actress
• 1983 – Ender Arslan, Turkish basketball player
• 1983 – William Hung, Hong Kong-American singer and actor
• 1983 – Imran Khan, American-Indian actor
• 1983 – Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
• 1983 – Trina Michaels, American porn actress and director
• 1983 – Julian Morris, English actor
• 1983 – Mauricio Martín Romero, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
• 1983 – Alan Webb, American runner
• 1984 – Lourdes Arévalos, Paraguayan model, Miss Paraguay 2006
• 1984 – Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter
• 1984 – Aya Hirayama, Japanese actress
• 1984 – Nathaniel Motte, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1985 – Qi Hui, Chinese swimmer
• 1985 – Luke Robinson, American wrestler
• 1986 – Laura Ludwig, German volleyball player
• 1986 – Josefine Preuß, German actress
• 1986 – Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
• 1987 – Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Florica Leonida, Romanian gymnast
• 1987 – Daniel Oss, Italian cyclist
• 1987 – Alexandre Pliușchin, Moldovan cyclist
• 1987 – Lee Seung-gi, South Korean singer and actor
• 1987 – Marc Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Sven Wetzel, German rugby player
• 1988 – Josh Freeman, American football player
• 1988 – Daniel Scheinig, German footballer
• 1989 – Bryan Arguez, American footballer
• 1989 – James Berrett, English-Irish footballer
• 1989 – Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
• 1989 – Tim Matavž, Slovenian footballer
• 1989 – Beau Mirchoff, American-Canadian actor
• 1990 – Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
• 1991 – Goo Ha-ra, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
• 1991 – Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer
• 1992 – Adam Matthews, Welsh footballer
• 1992 – Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player
• 1993 – Larry King, American murder victim (d. 2008)
• 1993 – Xénia Krizsán, Hungarian heptathlete
• 1993 – Max Whitlock, English gymnast
• 1995 – Qaasim Middleton, American actor, singer, and guitarist
• 1997 – Connor McDavid, Canadian hockey player
• 2004 – Anastasia and Tatiana Dogaru, Italian conjoined twins

Deaths[edit]

• 86 BC – Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
• 533 – Saint Remigius, French bishop (b. 437)
• 614 – Saint Mungo, English-Scottish bishop
• 703 – Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
• 858 – Æthelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
• 888 – Charles the Fat, Carolingian emperor (b. 839)
• 1151 – Suger, French historian and politician (b. 1081)
• 1177 – Henry II, Duke of Austria (b. 1107)
• 1330 – Frederick the Fair, Austrian husband of Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (b. 1286)
• 1363 – Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
• 1599 – Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
• 1625 – Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter (b. 1568)
• 1658 – Edward Sexby, English soldier (b. 1616)
• 1691 – George Fox, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (b. 1624)
• 1717 – Maria Sibylla Merian, German entomologist and illustrator (b. 1647)
• 1775 – Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author (b. 1693)
• 1790 – Luc Urbain de Bouëxic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
• 1796 – John Anderson, Scottish philosopher and educator (b. 1726)
• 1797 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (b. 1715)
• 1832 – Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founded Lord's Cricket Ground (b. 1755)
• 1838 – Ferdinand Ries, German pianist and composer (b. 1784)
• 1853 – Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest and philosopher (b. 1783)
• 1860 – William Mason, American surgeon and politician (b. 1786)
• 1864 – Stephen Foster, American composer and songwriter (b. 1826)
• 1882 – Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer, co-founded the The Mauser Company (b. 1834)
• 1885 – Schuyler Colfax, American journalist and politician; 17th Vice President of the United States (b. 1823)
• 1889 – Solomon Bundy, American lawyer and politician (b. 1823)
• 1894 – Nadezhda von Meck, Russian businesswoman (b. 1831)
• 1905 – George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland (b. 1838)
• 1906 – Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1859)
• 1907 – Jakob Hurt, Estonian theologist and linguist (b. 1839)
• 1915 – Mary Slessor, Scottish-Nigerian missionary (b. 1848)
• 1923 – Alexandre Ribot, French academic and politician; Prime Minister of France (b. 1842)
• 1924 – Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1928 – Mara Buneva, Bulgarian activist (b. 1902)
• 1929 – Wyatt Earp, American police officer (b. 1848)
• 1929 – H. B. Higgins, Irish-Australian judge and politician, 3rd Attorney-General for Australia (b. 1851)
• 1932 – Sophia of Prussia (b. 1870)
• 1934 – Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist and chemist (b. 1860)
• 1937 – Antoine Védrenne, French rower (b. 1878)
• 1941 – James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet (b. 1882)
• 1943 – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (b. 1889)
• 1950 – Dimitrios Semsis, Greek violinist (b. 1883)
• 1956 – Lyonel Feininger, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1871)
• 1957 – A. E. Coppard English short story writer and poet (b. 1878)
• 1958 – Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1880)
• 1961 – Herman Glass, American gymnast (b. 1880)
• 1962 – Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (b. 1919)
• 1963 – Sylvanus Olympio, Togolese politician; President of Togo (b. 1902)
• 1967 – Anatole de Grunwald, Russian-English screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
• 1971 – Robert Still, English composer and educator (b. 1910)
• 1973 – Sabahattin Eyüboğlu, Turkish screenwriter and producer (b. 1908)
• 1974 – Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1906)
• 1974 – Salvador Novo, Mexican playwright and poet (b. 1904)
• 1976 – Margaret Leighton, English actress (b. 1922)
• 1977 – Henri Langlois, French archivist, co-founded the Cinémathèque Française (b. 1914)
• 1978 – Hubert Humphrey, American pharmacist, academic, and politician; 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1978 – Joe McCarthy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1979 – Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1945)
• 1979 – Marjorie Lawrence, Australian-American soprano (b. 1907)
• 1980 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (b. 1901)
• 1982 – Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1983 – René Bonnet, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1904)
• 1985 – Carol Wayne, American actress (b. 1942)
• 1986 – Abdul Fattah Ismail, Yemeni educator and politician; 4th President of South Yemen (b. 1939)
• 1988 – Chiang Ching-kuo, Chinese politician; President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
• 1990 – Alan Woods, Australian public servant (b. 1930)
• 1993 – Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
• 1995 – Max Harris, Australian journalist, poet, and author (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (2ge+her) (b. 1985)
• 2002 – Ted Demme, American director and producer (b. 1963)
• 2002 – Gregorio Fuentes, Cuban sailor and fisherman (b. 1897)
• 2002 – Frank Shuster, Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Norman Panama, American director and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 2004 – Arne Næss, Jr., Norwegian businessman and mountaineer (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Harold Shipman, English serial killer (b. 1946)
• 2004 – Zeno Vendler, American philosopher and academic (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Earl Cameron, Canadian journalist (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Nell Rankin, American soprano and actress (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Frank Fixaris, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Marc Potvin, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1967)
• 2007 – Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
• 2007 – Danny Oakes, American race car driver (b. 1911)
• 2008 – Sergej Larin, Latvian-Lithuanian tenor (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Mary Ejercito, Filipino mother of Joseph Ejercito Estrada (b. 1905)
• 2009 – Cousin Junior, American wrestler (b. 1960)
• 2009 – Dai Llewellyn Welsh humanitarian and politician (b. 1946)
• 2009 – Patrick McGoohan, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese poet, composer, and producer (b. 1925)
• 2009 – W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Nancy Bird Walton, Australian pilot (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Hortense Calisher American novelist and short story writer (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
• 2010 – Jay Reatard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1980)
• 2010 – Kalifa Tillisi, Libyan historian and linguist (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Albert Heijn, Dutch businessman (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Rauf Denktaş, Turkish-Cypriot lawyer and politician; 1st President of Northern Cyprus (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Guido Dessauer, German physicist and engineer (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Artie Levine, American boxer (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Miljan Miljanić, Serbian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Richard Threlkeld, American journalist and author (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Diogenes Allen, American philosopher and theologian (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Jacki Clérico, French businessman (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Rodney Mims Cook, Sr., American lieutenant and politician (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Chia-Chiao Lin, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist; co-founded Jewelry Television (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Balagangadharanatha Swamiji, Indian religious leader (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Bobby Collins, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Hillel Zaks, Rabbi founder and rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Knesses Hagedolah in Kiryat Sefer (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Gary Grimshaw, American graphic designer (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Ronny Jordan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
• 2014 – Randal Tye Thomas, American journalist and politician (b. 1978)
• 2014 – Waldemar von Gazen, German general and lawyer (b. 1917)
• 2015 – Mark Juddery, Australian journalist and author (b. 1971)
• 2015 – H. Wesley Kenney, American director and producer (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Hara Patnaik, Indian actor and director (b. 1958)
• 2015 – Ronnie Ronalde, English singer (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Robert White, American soldier and diplomat; United States Ambassador to Paraguay (b. 1926)

David Bowie: Brit Awards tribute for 'visionary' musician

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A tribute will be paid to "visionary and ground-breaking" David Bowie at next month's Brit Awards.

Brits chairman Max Lousada said the "extraordinary life and work" of "one of our greatest icons" would be honoured at the show, at London's O2 arena, on 24 February.

A memorial concert is also planned for New York's Carnegie Hall in March.

The Music of David Bowie was billed as a tribute show featuring his songs, but has now been changed to a memorial. 

Bowie died of cancer at the age of 69, it was announced on Monday.

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Mr Lousada said: "David Bowie was one of the most important and influential songwriters and performers ever and, like so many fans around the world, we're devastated to hear of his loss. 

"A visionary and ground-breaking pioneer, he has inspired generations of musicians and will continue to shape music for many years to come. 

"Naturally, we wish to honour his extraordinary life and work at the forthcoming Brit Awards and pay a fitting tribute to one of our greatest icons. " 

Bowie was named best British male at the 2014 Brit Awards - becoming the oldest recipient of a Brit Award in the ceremony's history. 

The award, accepted on his behalf by model Kate Moss wearing his Ziggy Stardust outfit, came 18 years after he won the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Brits. It was also 30 years since he had last been named best British male.

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The New York memorial concert will see Bowie producer Tony Visconti's house band will perform, along with artists including Cyndi Lauper.

A statement on the concert organiser's website said: "The show is taking on many more emotions. RIP David."

Tickets had only gone on sale on Monday, just as news of Bowie's death was filtering through, and have already sold out. 

"The unexpected death of David Bowie has turned this tribute, which we have worked on for the past seven months, into a memorial concert," the show's organisers said.

"This year's concert will certainly be remembered as a poignant celebration of his music by his friends, peers, and fans. We are all deeply saddened by this news. The timing of our public on-sale date is bizarre in its timing... may God's love be with you."

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The event, organised by Michael Dorf and City Winery, will feature 20 artists, each performing songs by Bowie. The concert is a benefit for a variety of music education programmes for underprivileged young people.

Other performers will include The Roots, Bettye Lavette and Robyn Hitchcock.

Bowie's death was announced in a statement which said he "died peacefully, surrounded by his family" after an "18-month battle with cancer".

As yet there has been no official confirmation of the type of cancer Bowie had.

But Ivo van Hove, who directed Bowie's current off-Broadway play Lazarus, told Dutch public radio broadcaster NOS that he had suffered from liver cancer. 

"He told me more than a year and three months ago just after he had heard himself... he said it was liver cancer," van Hove said. 

Spotify boost

Meanwhile, on the US iTunes albums chart, Bowie's most recent album Blackstar - released on his birthday on Friday - peaked at number one on Monday.

Best of Bowie was in second place, pushing Adele's 25 into third place while two other Bowie albums also reached the top 10.

Music licensing company PPL released an official chart of the most-played Bowie tracks of the 21st Century, collating the Bowie tracks which have been played in public and broadcast on TV and radio since the year 2000.

The top five are:

1. Let's Dance (1983)
2. Under Pressure (with Queen)
3. Starman
4. Ashes to Ashes
5. Rebel, Rebel

Spotify also revealed that streams of Bowie saw a 2,822% increase on Monday following his death.

The top five songs streamed were:

1. Heroes
2. Let's Dance
3. Blackstar
4. Lazarus
5. Life On Mars

Nearly six million viewers tuned in to television specials on Bowie following his death, with schedules changed to allow channels to screen tributes to the star.

BBC One's David Bowie: Sound and Vision, fronted by Jeremy Vine, attracted an average audience of 4.5m. The half-hour programme, which started at 19:30 GMT, had a 20.1% share of all TV viewing at the time. 

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BBC Two later showed David Bowie: Five Years, a repeat of the 2013 documentary. The 90-minute film, from 23:15 to 00:45, was watched by 600,000 viewers and had a 9.5% audience share. 

A musical tribute titled David Bowie: Starman was on Channel 4 from 22:35 to 23:35, attracting 500,000 viewers, with a 4.6% share. 

Tributes have continued to pour in from around the world, and on Monday, hundreds of people flocked to Brixton in south London, where Bowie was born, to celebrate his life. 

Fans also placed candles, flowers and glitter at his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, outside his New York home and outside his former flat in Berlin.

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Tributes have continued to be paid by fellow musicians to the "extraordinary artist" and Mick Jagger, who recorded a cover of Dancing in the Street with Bowie in 1985, said: "David was always an inspiration to me and a true original. 

"He was wonderfully shameless in his work. We had so many good times together... He was my friend. I will never forget him.''

Ronnie Wood, who spoke to BBC presenter Hazel Irvine at the Masters Snooker 2016 on Tuesday.

"He was my year - we're both 1947 - God bless David, I shall miss him," he said.

"It's a bit of a shock. Even though his health hasn't been good for years, nobody likes to lose such a great talent.

"We used to have great laugh because he had a great sense of humour."

The Rolling Stones as a band also issued a statement that said they were "shocked and deeply saddened" by his death. 

They said that "as well as being a wonderful and kind man, he was an extraordinary artist, and a true original".

Sir Elton John shared a photo of a young David Bowie on Instagram. 

"I am still in shock. Never saw it coming. My deepest condolences to Iman and the family. An amazing life. An amazing career," he wrote.

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Bruce Springsteen called Bowie "a visionary artist and an early supporter of our music. Always changing and ahead of the curve, he was an artist whose excellence you aspired to. He will be sorely missed.''

Debbie Harry said "without this visionary and his friend Iggy Pop where would Blondie be today? Silly question and one that can't be answered really but there is no doubt in my mind that Bowie played a big part in our future successes. As for now, love you David Bowie".

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Entertainment reporter Lauren Turner in Bowie's Brixton birthplace

Music rang out across Brixton, south London, as fans tried to come to terms with the death of the global music legend who was also, as the sign outside the Ritzy cinema proclaimed, "our Brixton boy". 

People had brought guitars to mourn Bowie in the way that perhaps seemed the most fitting - by coming together to sing his songs. Outside the street art mural of Bowie as Aladdin Sane, people queued up to lay flowers, as impromptu singalongs of Ziggy Stardust, Changes and Starman filled the air. 

The crowd was a mixture of locals walking past on their way from work and fans who had made a pilgrimage.

There was a celebratory atmosphere at times, with some clutching bottles of Prosecco. Others held up candles into the dark sky and a few were in tears, being comforted with hugs from friends. 

Windrush Square, outside the cinema, became the focus for the main party - organised hastily on Facebook earlier in the day. Hundreds of people filled the square to dance in the streets - many of whom had painted their faces with the distinctive Aladdin Sane zig-zag. One statue in the square even ended up bearing the same mark. 

As images of Bowie were beamed on to the walls of Brixton Library, party poppers were let off and people raised their glasses in honour of their musical hero. 

Some pubs had arranged Bowie tribute nights, and lines of people snaked down the roads waiting to get in. 

As in countless bars and homes across the world, there was only one artist playing last night.

Ο Πατούλης πάει στα δικαστήρια τους «Ράδιο Αρβύλα»

Ο Guardian λατρεύει δύο ξενοδοχεία στη Χαλκιδική 

Οι διακοπές με τα παιδιά «πονοκεφαλιάζουν» τους

 περισσότερους γονείς, καθώς πρέπει να βρουν ένα μέρος 

που θα είναι φιλικό για τα «αγγελούδια» τους αλλά και

 ελκυστικό για τους ίδιους, οι οποίοι δεν θέλουν να 

αισθάνονται πως βρίσκονται σε έναν τεράστιο παιδικό σταθμό.

Μέσα στις εκατοντάδες επιλογές σε όλο τον κόσμο, οι ταξιδιώτες αναζητούν

 εκείνον τον προορισμό που ανταποκρίνεται στις δικά τους «θέλω» και ανάγκες, με 

τον Guardian να συλλέγει τις καλύτερες επιλογές και να προτείνει στους γονείς.

Μέσα στη λίστα των 10 καλύτερων ξενοδοχείων, που είναι κατάλληλα για

 οικογενειακές διακοπές, υπάρχουν δύο ελληνικά διαμάντια, που προσελκύουν

 το ενδιαφέρον.

Ανεβαίνοντας στη βόρεια Ελλάδα και συγκεκριμένα στη Χαλκιδική, συναντάει 

κανείς το Ekies All Senses Resort, το οποίο φιγουράρει στη δεύτερη θέση της

 λίστας.

«Αυτό θα μπορούσε να είναι το ιδανικό καταφύγιο για τους αγχωμένους γονείς, 

που χρειάζονται να τους κακομάθουν», σημειώνει το βρετανικό μέσο και συνεχίζει: 

«Για αρχή, είναι στην όμορφη Ελλάδα, αλλά δεν χρειάζεται να πάτε εκεί με πλοίο,

 καθώς είναι στην ηπειρωτική χώρα, με τις πτήσεις για τη Θεσσαλονίκη να είναι

 χαμηλού κόστους και μικρής διάρκειας».

«Με μπαρ χυμών δίπλα στη πισίνα, σπα, ήρεμη παραλία, δενδρόσπιτα, αιώρες, 

παιδική χαρά, εστιατόρια και μυστικές σπηλιές για εξερεύνηση με βάρκα, είναι 

κατάλληλο για ένα υπερ-χαλαρό διάλειμμα», προσθέτει.

Παραμένοντας στον ίδιο νομό και από το νούμερο 10, η οικογένεια μπορεί να επιλέξει και το ξενοδοχείο Λιοτόπι, που βρίσκεται στο γραφικό λιμανάκι της Ολυμπιάδας.

«Σε μια όμορφη αμμώδη παραλία, ακριβώς δίπλα από το ακρωτήρι που γεννήθηκε ο Αριστοτέλης, πριν από 2.400 χρόνια, βρίσκεται το χωριό Ολυμπιάδα και το ξενοδοχείο Λιοτόπι», γράφει ο Guardian.

«Μπορεί να μην είναι από εκείνα τα μέρη που έχουν ποικιλία παιδικών δραστηριοτήτων -παιχνίδια, πισίνες, απλά είναι όμορφο, χαλαρό, κλασικό, οικογενειακό ξενοδοχείο. Η ιδιοκτήτρια είναι η μεγάλη παρουσία, η οποία εμφανίζεται από την κουζίνα με νόστιμα κέικ ή τοπικές λιχουδιές», συμπληρώνει.

«Θα μπορούσατε να καθίσετε στη βεράντα και να είστε λίγα μέτρα μακριά από την θάλασσα, που παίζουν τα παιδιά σας. Τα μεγαλύτερα από αυτά μπορούν να πάνε λίγο πιο μακριά και να εξερευνήσουν το δάσος ή το βραχώδες ακρωτήρι, όπου λέγεται πως έχει χαθεί ο τάφος του Αριστοτέλη», προτείνει και καταλήγει: «Το σπιτικό φαγητό, παρεμπιπτόντως, είναι υπέροχο».

Στη λίστα υπάρχουν ακόμη:

Casa Tomaren, Κανάρια Νησιά

Hotel Les Orangeries, near Poitiers, Γαλλία

Casa Vicentina, Πορτογαλία

Otro Mundo, Ισπανία

Casa San Gabriel, Ιταλία

Castel chalets, Lac de Clarens, Γαλλία

Palazzo Guglielmo, Ιταλία

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• 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
• 1343 – Arnošt of Pardubice becomes the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague.
• 1539 – Spain annexes Cuba.
• 1639 – The "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, is adopted in Connecticut.
• 1724 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
• 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
• 1784 – American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
• 1814 – Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania.
• 1822 – Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth is captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis.
• 1858 – Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt.
• 1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.
• 1911 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
• 1933 – The controversial "Bodyline" cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England peak when Australian captain Bill Woodfull is hit over the heart.
• 1938 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
• 1943 – World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
• 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
• 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travels from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
• 1950 – The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• 1952 – NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
• 1953 – Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
• 1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• 1957 – Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
• 1960 – The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
• 1967 – Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
• 1969 – An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii kills 27 people.
• 1972 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513.
• 1973 – Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
• 1975 – Teenage heiress Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther".
• 1993 – In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crewmembers are saved.
• 1999 – Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman becomes the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with emergency medical evacuations and snow removal after more than one meter of snow paralyzes the city.
• 2000 – A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.
• 2004 – The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
• 2005 – The Huygens probe lands on Saturn's moon Titan.
• 2010 – Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
• 2011 – Former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution and the birth of the Arab Spring.
• 2016 – 2016 Jakarta Attacks: Some locations in Jakarta, Indonesia attacked by bomb, including a gun fight between suspected terrorist and local police in Jalan MH Thamrin across Sarinah building.

Births[edit]

• 83 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE)
• 1131 – Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
• 1451 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1522)
• 1477 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (d. 1552)
• 1507 – Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
• 1507 – Luca Longhi, Italian painter (d. 1580)
• 1552 – Alberico Gentili, Italian-English academic and jurist (d. 1608)
• 1615 – John Biddle, English minister and theologian (d. 1662)
• 1683 – Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (d. 1753)
• 1684 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742)
• 1684 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
• 1699 – Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (d. 1762)
• 1700 – Picander, German poet and playwright (d. 1764)
• 1702 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)
• 1705 – Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician (d. 1786)
• 1741 – Benedict Arnold, American-English general (d. 1801)
• 1767 – Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1827)
• 1780 – Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician (d. 1844)
• 1792 – Christian Julius de Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
• 1793 – John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (d. 1852)
• 1798 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1872)
• 1800 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877)
• 1806 – Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
• 1806 – Matthew Fontaine Maury American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (d. 1873)
• 1818 – Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1898)
• 1819 – Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet and politician (d. 1872)
• 1824 – Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (d. 1906)
• 1836 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (d. 1904)
• 1841 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
• 1845 – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (d. 1927)
• 1850 – Jean de Reszke, Polish-French tenor and educator (d. 1925)
• 1850 – Pierre Loti, French captain and author (d. 1923)
• 1856 – J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (d. 1919)
• 1861 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (d. 1926)
• 1863 – Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
• 1863 – Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
• 1869 – Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (d. 1937)
• 1870 – George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician (d. 1952)
• 1875 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
• 1876 – Robert Loraine, British actor-aviator (d. 1935)
• 1882 – Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970)
• 1886 – Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (d. 1947)
• 1887 – Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1972)
• 1891 – Ville Kyrönen, Finnish runner (d. 1959)
• 1892 – Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
• 1892 – Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1896 – John Dos Passos, American author, poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Bebe Daniels, American actress, singer, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983)
• 1904 – Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1904 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1939)
• 1905 – Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
• 1906 – William Bendix, American actor and singer (d. 1964)
• 1906 – James Corson, American discus thrower (d. 1981)
• 1907 – Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian politician (d. 1985)
• 1908 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934)
• 1909 – Brenda Forbes, British-American actress (d. 1996)
• 1909 – Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Sailor Jerry, American tattoo artist (d. 1973)
• 1911 – Anatoly Rybakov, Russian-American author (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Tillie Olsen, American author and academic (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat (d. 2003)
• 1915 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer; created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Billy Butterfield, American trumpet player (d. 1988)
• 1918 – Ilona Edelsheim-Gyulai, Hungarian-English wife of István Horthy (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician; 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Andy Rooney, American soldier and journalist (d. 2011)
• 1920 – Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1982)
• 1920 – R. K. Srikantan, Indian singer (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Kenneth Bulmer, American author (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author
• 1924 – Carole Cook, American actress and singer
• 1924 – Guy Williams, American-Argentinian actor (d. 1989)
• 1925 – Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French businessman; founded Orangina (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
• 1925 – Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)
• 1926 – Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1926 – Tom Tryon, American actor, producer, and author (d. 1991)
• 1927 – Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player
• 1928 – Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic
• 1928 – Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author (d. 1984)
• 1930 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (Azimuth) (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
• 1931 – Caterina Valente, French-Italian actress, singer, and dancer
• 1932 – Don Garlits, American race car driver
• 1933 – Stan Brakhage, American director and producer (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Richard Briers, English actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977)
• 1935 – Ennio Girolami, Italian actor (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Lucile Wheeler, Canadian skier
• 1937 – Sobhan Babu, Indian actor (d. 2008)
• 1937 – J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Ken Higgs, English cricketer and coach
• 1937 – Erland Kops, Danish badminton player
• 1937 – Rao Gopal Rao, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1937 – Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
• 1937 – Leo Kadanoff, American physicist (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1938 – Jack Jones, American singer and actor
• 1938 – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2015)
• 1939 – Kurt Moylan, Guamanian politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
• 1940 – Julian Bond, American academic and politician (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Siegmund Nimsgern, German opera singer
• 1940 – Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
• 1940 – Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
• 1941 – Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
• 1941 – Barry Jenner, American actor
• 1941 – Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
• 1942 – Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
• 1942 – Dave Campbell, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1942 – Gerben Karstens, Dutch cyclist
• 1943 – Angelo Bagnasco, Italian cardinal
• 1943 – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor
• 1943 – Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and astronaut
• 1943 – José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer and actor
• 1943 – Holland Taylor, American actress and playwright
• 1944 – Marjoe Gortner, American actor and producer
• 1944 – Graham Marsh, Australian golfer and architect
• 1944 – Nina Totenberg, American journalist
• 1945 – Kees Bakels, Dutch conductor
• 1945 – Kathleen Chalfant, American actress
• 1945 – Maina Gielgud, English ballerina and director
• 1945 – Einar Hákonarson, Icelandic painter and educator
• 1946 – Harold Shipman, English serial killer (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Taylor Branch, American historian and author
• 1947 – Bev Perdue, American politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina
• 1947 – Lembit Sibul, Estonian actor and journalist (d. 2001)
• 1947 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
• 1948 – T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 – Al Feuerbach, American shot putter and technologist
• 1948 – Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 1981)
• 1948 – Vasiliy Khmelevskiy, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 2002)
• 1948 – John Lescroart, American author
• 1948 – Carl Weathers, American football player and actor
• 1949 – Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002)
• 1949 – Lawrence Kasdan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Mary Robison, American author and academic
• 1949 – Charlie Tumahai, New Zealand singer, bass player and songwriter (Be-Bop Deluxe) (d. 1995)
• 1949 – İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Lamar Williams, American bass player (d. 1983)
• 1950 – Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author
• 1950 – Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter
• 1950 – Nicholas McGegan, British harpsichordist, flautist, and conductor
• 1951 – Fița Lovin, Romanian runner
• 1952 – Sydney Biddle Barrows, American businesswoman and author
• 1952 – Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
• 1952 – Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1952 – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
• 1953 – David Clary, English chemist and academic
• 1953 – Denzil Douglas, Caribbean educator and politician; 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
• 1953 – Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic
• 1954 – Jim Duggan, American wrestler and actor
• 1954 – Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese wrestler and booker
• 1954 – Junichi Ishida, Japanese actor and television personality
• 1954 – Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
• 1956 – Étienne Daho, French singer, songwriter and producer
• 1956 – Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor
• 1956 – Rosina Lippi, American linguist and author
• 1957 – Suzanne Danielle, English actress
• 1957 – Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
• 1958 – Colin Ferguson, Jamaican-American murderer
• 1959 – Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter (Queensrÿche)
• 1959 – Kōtarō Yoshida, Japanese actor
• 1960 – Meeli Kõiva, Estonian artist
• 1961 – Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996)
• 1961 – Mike Tramp, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (White Lion and Freak of Nature)
• 1962 – Michael McCaul, American lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Patricia Morrison, American bassist (The Sisters Of Mercy)
• 1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Gert-Jan Theunisse, Dutch cyclist
• 1964 – Mark Addy, English actor
• 1964 – Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter
• 1964 – Ernest Miller, American wrestler and actor
• 1964 – Henry Saari, Finnish porn actor and director
• 1964 – Shepard Smith, American journalist
• 1965 – Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
• 1965 – Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
• 1965 – Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1965 – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, English chef and critic
• 1965 – Ellis Paul, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 – Slick Rick, English-American rapper and producer
• 1966 – DJ Paul Elstak, Dutch DJ and producer
• 1966 – Robert Flello, English politician
• 1966 – Marco Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1966 – Dan Schneider, American actor, producer, and screenwriter; founded Schneider's Bakery
• 1966 – Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (d. 2013)
• 1967 – Kerri Green, American actress
• 1967 – Leonardo Ortolani, Italian author; created Rat-Man
• 1967 – Emily Watson, English actress
• 1967 – Saskia Wickham, English actress
• 1967 – Zakk Wylde, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Black Label Society and Pride and Glory)
• 1968 – Efthimis Bakatsias, Greek basketball player
• 1968 – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
• 1968 – Ruel Fox, English footballer and manager
• 1968 – Veikka Gustafsson, Finnish mountaineer
• 1969 – Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Martin Bicknell, English cricketer
• 1969 – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer (Foo Fighters & Nirvana)
• 1970 – Imam Samudra, Indonesian terrorist (d. 2008)
• 1970 – Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist and composer
• 1970 – Gene Snitsky, American wrestler and actor
• 1971 – Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
• 1971 – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1971 – Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1972 – Kyle Brady, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Dion Forster, South African minister, theologian, and author
• 1972 – James Key, English engineer
• 1972 – Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
• 1973 – Eva Bes, Spanish tennis player
• 1973 – Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
• 1973 – Katie Griffin, Canadian voice actress and singer
• 1973 – Paul Tisdale, English footballer and manager
• 1974 – Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
• 1974 – David Flitcroft, English footballer and manager
• 1975 – Georgina Cates, English actress
• 1975 – Taylor Hayes, American porn actress
• 1976 – Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Olive Loughnane, Irish race walker
• 1977 – Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
• 1977 – Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
• 1979 – Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
• 1979 – Angela Lindvall, American model and actress
• 1979 – John Reuben, American rapper
• 1979 – Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1980 – Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
• 1980 – Ossama Haidar, Lebanese footballer
• 1980 – Byron Leftwich, American football player
• 1980 – Yūko Kaida, Japanese actress
• 1980 – Sosuke Sumitani, Japanese announcer
• 1980 – Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
• 1980 – Hiroshi Tamaki, Japanese actor and singer
• 1981 – Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
• 1981 – Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
• 1981 – Rosa López, Spanish singer
• 1981 – Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper
• 1981 – Chiharu Niiyama, Japanese actress and model
• 1982 – Braith Anasta, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1982 – Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Chris Heighington, Australian-English rugby league player
• 1982 – Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Thomas Longosiwa, Kenyan runner
• 1982 – Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
• 1983 – Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
• 1983 – Takako Uehara, Japanese singer, actress, and radio host (Speed)
• 1984 – Erick Aybar, American baseball player
• 1984 – Erika Matsuo, Japanese violinist
• 1984 – Fred Matua, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1984 – Brandon Meriweather, American football player
• 1984 – Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
• 1985 – Joel Rosario, Dominican-American jockey
• 1985 – Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
• 1986 – Cristina Aicardi, Peruvian badminton player
• 1986 – Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
• 1986 – Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Kouhei Takeda, Japanese actor, entertainer, and model
• 1987 – Atsushi Hashimoto, Japanese actor
• 1988 – Farshad Bashir, Afghan-Dutch politician
• 1988 – Mikalah Gordon, American singer and actress
• 1988 – Hakeem Nicks, American football player
• 1988 – Tom Rosenthal, English actor
• 1988 – Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
• 1988 – Keren Shlomo, Israeli tennis player
• 1989 – Adam Clayton, English footballer
• 1989 – Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer
• 1989 – Mattia Marchi, Italian footballer
• 1989 – Frankie Sandford, English singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1990 – Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner
• 1990 – Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
• 1991 – Diva Montelaba, Filipino actress and singer
• 1992 – Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
• 1992 – Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player
• 1992 – Nimue Smit, Dutch model
• 1993 – Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 – Abi Phillips, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1995 – Georgios Diamantakos, Greek basketball player
• 1998 – Ai Moritaka, Japanese model and actress

Deaths[edit]

• 1092 – Vratislaus II of Bohemia
• 1163 – Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
• 1236 – Saint Sava, Serbian archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
• 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265)
• 1331 – Odoric of Pordenone, Italian explorer (b. 1286)
• 1640 – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1578)
• 1648 – Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (b. 1584)
• 1676 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1602)
• 1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)
• 1701 – Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyo (b. 1628)
• 1742 – Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist (b. 1656)
• 1753 – George Berkeley, Irish-English philosopher and author (b. 1685)
• 1766 – Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
• 1776 – Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician (b. 1713)
• 1786 – Michael Arne, English organist and composer (b. 1741)
• 1786 – Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
• 1823 – Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
• 1825 – George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (b. 1741)
• 1833 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (b. 1759)
• 1867 – Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
• 1872 – Greyfriars Bobby, Scottish dog (b. 1856)
• 1883 – Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
• 1887 – Peter Donders, Dutch-Surinamese priest and missionary (b. 1807)
• 1888 – Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1889 – Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
• 1892 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
• 1898 – Lewis Carroll, English author, mathematician, and photographer (b. 1832)
• 1901 – Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)
• 1901 – Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
• 1905 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (b. 1840)
• 1907 – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Scottish soldier and politician, 6th Governor of New Zealand (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
• 1915 – Richard Meux Benson, English priest, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
• 1919 – Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869)
• 1920 – John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
• 1923 – Louis Richardet, Swiss target shooter (b. 1864)
• 1923 – Zübeyde Hanım, mother of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey (b. 1857)
• 1926 – August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
• 1934 – Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 – Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 – Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish writer (b. 1869)
• 1945 – Heinrich Schroth, German actor (b. 1871)
• 1949 – Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1949 – Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer and academic (b. 1882)
• 1951 – Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 – Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1957 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor and singer (b. 1899)
• 1959 – Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian bishop (b. 1884)
• 1961 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
• 1962 – M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and Bharat Ratna Laureate, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (b. 1860)
• 1965 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 1966 – Bill Carr, American runner (b. 1909)
• 1966 – Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet (b. 1885)
• 1970 – William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
• 1970 – Asım Gündüz, Turkish general (b. 1880)
• 1972 – Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933)
• 1972 – Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
• 1976 – Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
• 1977 – Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (b. 1916)
• 1977 – Anaïs Nin, French-American author (b. 1903)
• 1978 – Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1978 – Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1906)
• 1978 – Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
• 1978 – Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Thomas DeSimone, American gangster (b. 1950)
• 1980 – Robert Ardrey, American-South African author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1981 – John O'Grady, Australian author and poet (b. 1907)
• 1984 – Ray Kroc, American businessman (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1952)
• 1986 – Donna Reed, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
• 1987 – Turgut Demirağ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1987 – Douglas Sirk, German-Swiss director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1988 – Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1902)
• 1990 – Mani Madhava Chakyar, Indian actor, dancer, and scholar (b. 1899)
• 1991 – David Arkin, American actor (b. 1941)
• 1991 – Gordon Bryant, Australian educator and politician (b. 1914)
• 1991 – Jerry Nolan, American drummer (The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, and The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle) (b. 1946)
• 1994 – Nubar Terziyan, Turkish actor (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (b. 1926)
• 1996 – Onno Tunç, Turkish composer (b. 1948)
• 1997 – Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Safiye Ayla, Turkish singer (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Muslimgauze, English DJ and producer (b. 1961)
• 1999 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish-Italian actor and director (b. 1933)
• 2000 – Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Kostas Rigopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Uta Hagen, German-American actress (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-American author (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Conroy Maddox, English painter and educator (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Henri Colpi, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
• 2006 – Shelley Winters, American actress and singer (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-English actress and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Robert Noortman, Dutch art dealer (b. 1946)
• 2007 – Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, director, and set designer (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Judah Folkman, American physician, biologist, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2009 – Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-American actor and singer (b. 1920)
• 2010 – Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and politician (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Petra Schürmann, German model and actress, Miss World 1956 (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Georgia Carroll, American singer, model and actress (b. 1919)
• 2011 – Peter Post, Dutch cyclist and manager (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Txillardegi, Spanish linguist and politician (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer programmer (b. 1995)
• 2012 – Lasse Kolstad, Norwegian actor and singer (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Rosy Varte, Turkish-French actress (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Andreas Raab, German computer scientist (b. 1968)
• 2013 – Vic Rowen, American football player and coach (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (b. 1948)
• 2014 – St Nicholas Abbey, Irish race horse (b. 2007)
• 2014 – Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Milutin Dostanić, Serbian mathematician (b. 1958)
• 2014 – Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Mae Young, American wrestler (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi, Israeli rabbi (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Lotte Hass, Austrian model and diver (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Darren Shahlavi, English-American actor and martial artist (b. 1972)
• 2015 – Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (b. 1928)