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• 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
• 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new Orthodox Christian basilica in Constantinople – the Hagia Sophia.
• 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.
• 1554 – Mapuche forces, under the leadership of Lautaro, score a victory over the Spanish at the Battle of Marihueñu in Chile.
• 1739 – Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle, by his former schoolteacher, as the outlaw Dick Turpin.
• 1778 – American Revolutionary War: Baron von Steuben arrives at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania to help to train the Continental Army.
• 1820 – Cato Street Conspiracy: A plot to murder all the British cabinet ministers is exposed.
• 1836 – Texas Revolution: The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
• 1847 – Mexican–American War: Battle of Buena Vista – In Mexico, American troops under future president General Zachary Taylor defeat Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
• 1854 – The official independence of the Orange Free State is declared.
• 1861 – President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland.
• 1870 – Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
• 1883 – Alabama becomes the first U.S. state to enact an anti-trust law.
• 1885 – Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
• 1886 – Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of man-made aluminum, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister Julia Brainerd Hall.
• 1887 – The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.
• 1896 – The Tootsie Roll is invented.
• 1898 – Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing "J'accuse", a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
• 1900 – Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
• 1903 – Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
• 1905 – Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
• 1909 – The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
• 1917 – First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8th in the Gregorian calendar).
• 1918 – Last monarch of Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz commits suicide.
• 1927 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
• 1927 – German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
• 1934 – Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
• 1941 – Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg.
• 1942 – World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the coastline near Santa Barbara, California.
• 1943 – A fire breaks out at St. Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 36 people (35 of whom are children).
• 1943 – Greek Resistance: The United Panhellenic Organization of Youth is founded is Greece.
• 1944 – The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
• 1945 – World War II: During the Battle of Iwo Jima, a group of United States Marines and a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman reach the top of Mount Suribachi on the island and are photographed raising the American flag.
• 1945 – World War II: The 11th Airborne Division, with Filipino guerrillas, free the captives of the Los Baños internment camp.
• 1945 – World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces.
• 1945 – World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
• 1945 – World War II: The German town of Pforzheim is annihilated in a raid by 379 British bombers.
• 1947 – The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
• 1954 – The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
• 1955 – First meeting of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
• 1958 – Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world F1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio.
• 1966 – In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
• 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• 1980 – Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
• 1981 – In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
• 1983 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
• 1987 – Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
• 1991 – Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
• 1991 – In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
• 1998 – In the United States, tornadoes in central Florida destroy or damage 2,600 structures and kill 42.
• 1999 – Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
• 1999 – An avalanche destroys the Austrian village of Galtür, killing 31.
• 2005 – The controversial French law on colonialism is passed, requiring teachers to teach the "positive values of colonialism". After public outcry, it is repealed at the beginning of 2006.
• 2007 – A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 22. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
• 2008 – A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam. It is the first operational loss of a B-2.
• 2010 – Unknown criminals pour more than 2.5 million liters of diesel oil and other hydrocarbons into the river Lambro, in northern Italy, sparking an environmental disaster.
• 2012 – A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.

Births[edit]

• 1417 – Pope Paul II (d. 1471)
• 1443 – Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian king (d. 1490)
• 1583 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (d. 1656)
• 1633 – Samuel Pepys, English soldier and politician (d. 1703)
• 1646 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
• 1664 – Georg Dietrich Leyding, German organist and composer (d. 1710)
• 1680 – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, Canadian politician, 2nd Colonial Governor of Louisiana (d. 1767)
• 1685 – George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (d. 1759)
• 1723 – Richard Price, Welsh-English minister and philosopher (d. 1791)
• 1744 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (d. 1812)
• 1752 – Simon Knéfacz, Croatian monk and author (d. 1819)
• 1840 – Carl Menger, Austrian economist and educator (d. 1921)
• 1842 – Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (d. 1906)
• 1850 – César Ritz, Swiss businessman, founded The Ritz London Hotel and Hôtel Ritz Paris (d. 1918)
• 1852 – Dục Đức, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1883)
• 1868 – W. E. B. Du Bois, American sociologist, historian, and activist (d. 1963)
• 1868 – Anna Hoffman-Uddgren, Swedish actress and director (d. 1947)
• 1873 – Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1929)
• 1874 – Konstantin Päts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Estonia (d. 1956)
• 1878 – Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian painter and theorist (d. 1935)
• 1883 – Karl Jaspers, German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (d. 1969)
• 1886 – Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Musidora, French actress and director (d. 1957)
• 1889 – Cyril Delevanti, English-American actor (d. 1975)
• 1889 – Victor Fleming, American director, cinematographer, and producer (d. 1949)
• 1889 – John Gilbert Winant, American captain, pilot, and politician, 60th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1947)
• 1891 – Robert Barrington-Ward, English barrister and journalist (d. 1948)
• 1892 – Kathleen Harrison, English actress (d. 1995)
• 1894 – Harold Horder, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1978)
• 1899 – Erich Kästner, German author and poet (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Norman Taurog, American director and screenwriter (d. 1981)
• 1904 – Terence Fisher, English director and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1904 – William L. Shirer, American journalist and historian (d. 1993)
• 1904 – Leopold Trepper, Polish-Austrian spy (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Lee Hyo-seok, South Korean author and poet (d. 1942)
• 1908 – William McMahon, Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1988)
• 1914 – Theo Middelkamp, Dutch-Belgian cyclist (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Jon Hall, American actor and director (d. 1979)
• 1915 – Paul Tibbets, American general and pilot (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Richard Girnt Butler, American engineer, founded the Aryan Nations (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Paul Gérin-Lajoie, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1923 – Miljenko Smoje, Croatian journalist and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1923 – Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Ioannis Grivas, Greek judge and politician, 176th Prime Minister of Greece
• 1923 – Mary Francis Shura, American author (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1924 – Claude Sautet, French director, screenwriter, and author (d. 2000)
• 1925 – Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2015)
• 1926 – William R. Roy, American physician, journalist, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
• 1928 – Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut (d. 1990)
• 1929 – Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Jaan Einasto, Estonian astronomer and physicist
• 1929 – Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach (d. 1980)
• 1930 – Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Tom Wesselmann, American painter and sculptor (d. 2004)
• 1932 – Majel Barrett, American actress and producer (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Donna J. Stone, American poet and philanthropist (d. 1994)
• 1934 – Linda Cristal, Argentinian-American actress
• 1937 – Tom Osborne, American football player, coach, and politician
• 1938 – Paul Morrissey, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1938 – Diane Varsi, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1940 – Peter Fonda, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1940 – Jackie Smith, American football player
• 1940 – Kamer Genç, Turkish politician of Zaza origin (d. 2016)
• 1941 – Ron Hunt, American baseball player
• 1942 – Suha Arın, Turkish film director, writer, producer and educator (d. 2004)
• 1943 – Fred Biletnikoff, American football player and coach
• 1943 – Kin'ya Kitaōji, Japanese actor
• 1944 – Bernard Cornwell, English author and educator
• 1944 – Florian Fricke, German keyboard player (Popol Vuh and Gila)
• 1944 – John Sandford, American journalist and author
• 1944 – Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1945 – Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician
• 1945 – Svetlana Gerasimenko, Soviet-Ukrainian astronomer
• 1946 – Rusty Young, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Poco)
• 1947 – Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician
• 1947 – Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author
• 1948 – Bill Alexander, English director and producer
• 1948 – Doug Moench, American author
• 1948 – Steve Priest, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Sweet)
• 1949 – César Aira, Argentine writer and translator
• 1949 – Marc Garneau, Canadian engineer, astronaut, and politician
• 1951 – Ed "Too Tall" Jones, American football player and boxer
• 1951 – Shigefumi Mori, Japanese mathematician
• 1951 – Patricia Richardson, American actress and producer
• 1952 – Brad Whitford, American guitarist (Aerosmith and The Joe Perry Project)
• 1953 – Kenny Bee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Wynners)
• 1953 – Satoru Nakajima, Japanese race car driver
• 1953 – Walter Wick, American photographer and author
• 1954 – Louis Bertignac, French guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
• 1954 – Carlos Guirao, Spanish guitarist, keyboard player, and composer (Neuronium) (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic (d. 1989)
• 1954 – Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian captain and politician, 3rd President of Ukraine
• 1955 – Howard Jones, English singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1956 – Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician
• 1956 – Brother Tom, Japanese singer and entertainer
• 1957 – Ria Brieffies, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots) (d. 2009)
• 1958 – Patrick Marriott, English general
• 1958 – David Sylvian, English singer-songwriter (Japan and Nine Horses)
• 1959 – Clayton Anderson, American engineer and astronaut
• 1959 – Nick de Bois, English politician
• 1959 – Ian Liddell-Grainger, Scottish soldier and politician
• 1959 – Linda Nolan, Irish singer (The Nolans)
• 1960 – Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
• 1960 – Alan Griffin, Australian politician
• 1960 – Ivan Vdović, Serbian drummer (Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata, Supernaut, and Ekatarina Velika) (d. 1992)
• 1962 – Michael Wilton, American guitarist (Queensrÿche and Soulbender)
• 1963 – Bobby Bonilla, American baseball player
• 1963 – Rob Collins (musician), English keyboardist, songwriter (The Charlatans (UK band)) (d. 1996)
• 1963 – Radosław Sikorski, Polish journalist and politician, 11th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland
• 1964 – John Norum, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter (Europe)
• 1965 – Michael Dell, American businessman, founded Dell
• 1965 – Ashok Kamte, Indian police commissioner (d. 2008)
• 1965 – Helena Suková, Czech-Monacan tennis player
• 1966 – Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (Starship) (d. 2012)
• 1967 – Hélène Darroze, French chef
• 1967 – Steve Stricker, American golfer
• 1967 – Chris Vrenna, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Nine Inch Nails, Tweaker, Die Warzau, and Exotic Birds)
• 1969 – Michael Campbell, New Zealand-Australian golfer
• 1969 – Miyako Itō, Japanese voice actress
• 1969 – Daymond John, American fashion designer, founded FUBU
• 1970 – Niecy Nash, American actress and producer
• 1970 – Shoko Aida, Japanese singer and actress
• 1971 – Jung Chan, South Korean actor
• 1971 – Melinda Messenger, English model and television host
• 1971 – Ryohei Odai, Japanese actor and voice actor
• 1972 – Alessandro Sturba, Italian footballer
• 1972 – Rondell White, American baseball player
• 1973 – Arnold Dwarika, Trinidadian footballer
• 1973 – Jeff Nordgaard, American-Polish basketball player
• 1974 – Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer
• 1975 – Michael Cornacchia, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1975 – Robert Lopez, American composer
• 1976 – Scott Elarton, American baseball player
• 1976 – Kelly Macdonald, Scottish actress
• 1976 – Jeff O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Satoshi Yoneyama, Japanese wrestler
• 1977 – Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Estonian skier
• 1978 – Residente, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (Calle 13)
• 1978 – Yuka Motohashi, Japanese actress
• 1978 – Dan Snyder, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2003)
• 1979 – S. E. Cupp, American journalist and author
• 1979 – Sascha Zacharias, Swedish actress
• 1981 – Gareth Barry, English footballer
• 1981 – Josh Gad, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1981 – Charles Tillman, American football player
• 1982 – Nick Dupree, American activist
• 1982 – Anna-Maria Galojan, Estonian politician
• 1982 – Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor and screenwriter
• 1982 – Malia Metella, French swimmer
• 1983 – Aziz Ansari, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1983 – Emily Blunt, English actress
• 1986 – Emerson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Skylar Grey, American singer-songwriter
• 1986 – Kazuya Kamenashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (KAT-TUN and Shūji to Akira)
• 1986 – Jerod Mayo, American football player
• 1986 – Ola Svensson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Theophilus London, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1988 – Nicolás Gaitán, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 – Amara Baby, French footballer
• 1989 – Evan Bates, American ice dancer
• 1990 – Terry Hawkridge, English footballer
• 1992 – Casemiro, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 – Kyriakos Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1992 – Samara Weaving, Australian actress and model
• 1993 – Kasumi Ishikawa, Japanese table tennis player
• 1994 – Dakota Fanning, American actress
• 1995 – Andrew Wiggins, Canadian basketball player

Deaths[edit]

• 572 – Chihor-Vishnasp, Armenian general and politician
• 715 – Al-Walid I, Arab caliph (b. 668)
• 943 – Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, (b. 884)
• 1011 – Willigis, German archbishop (b. 940)
• 1100 – Emperor Zhezong of Song (b. 1076)
• 1270 – Isabel of France (b. 1225)
• 1447 – Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)
• 1447 – Pope Eugene IV (b. 1383)
• 1464 – Zhengtong Emperor of China (b. 1427)
• 1554 – Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Leicestershire (b. 1515)
• 1572 – Pierre Certon, French composer (b. 1510)
• 1603 – Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
• 1669 – Lieuwe van Aitzema, Dutch historian and diplomat (b. 1600)
• 1704 – Georg Muffat, French organist and composer (b. 1653)
• 1766 – Stanisław Leszczyński, Polish king (b. 1677)
• 1781 – George Taylor, Irish-American blacksmith and politician (b. 1716)
• 1792 – Joshua Reynolds, English painter (b. 1723)
• 1800 – Joseph Warton, English academic and critic (b. 1722)
• 1821 – John Keats, English poet (b. 1795)
• 1848 – John Quincy Adams, American politician, 6th President of the United States (b. 1767)
• 1855 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (b. 1777)
• 1859 – Zygmunt Krasiński, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1812)
• 1879 – Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (b. 1803)
• 1897 – Woldemar Bargiel, German composer and educator (b. 1828)
• 1908 – Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 – Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1922 – Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1845)
• 1925 – Samuel Berger, American boxer (b. 1884)
• 1930 – Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 – Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 – Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1937 – Claude Buckenham, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1876)
• 1944 – Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 – Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 – John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 – Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1957 – Marika Ninou, Greek singer (b. 1918)
• 1965 – Stan Laurel, English comic actor, writer and film director (b. 1890)
• 1969 – Madhubala, Indian actress (b. 1933)
• 1973 – Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 – Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 – L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
• 1979 – W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 1983 – Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1984 – Jessamyn West, American author (b. 1902)
• 1990 – José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)
• 1995 – Melvin Franklin, American singer (The Temptations) (b. 1942)
• 1995 – James Herriot, English veterinarian and author (b. 1916)
• 1996 – Paul Saagpakk, Estonian linguist and lexicographer (b. 1910)
• 1997 – Tony Williams, American drummer, composer, and producer (The Tony Williams Lifetime) (b. 1945)
• 1998 – Philip Abbott, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1999 – The Renegade, American wrestler (b. 1965)
• 2000 – Ofra Haza, Israeli singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1957)
• 2000 – Stanley Matthews, English footballer and manager (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Robert Enrico, French director and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2003 – Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) (b. 1955)
• 2003 – Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2004 – Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934)
• 2004 – Carl Anderson, American singer and actor (b. 1945)
• 2004 – Neil Ardley, English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1918)
• 2006 – Benno Besson, Swiss actor and director (b. 1922)
• 2007 – John Ritchie, English footballer (b. 1941)
• 2008 – Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian economist and politician, 2nd President of Slovenia (b. 1950)
• 2008 – Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and journalist (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Orlando Zapata, Cuban plumber and activist (b. 1967)
• 2011 – Nirmala Srivastava, Indian religious leader, founded Sahaja Yoga (b. 1923)
• 2012 – William Gay, American author (b. 1941)
• 2012 – William Raggio, American lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 2012 – David Sayre, American physicist and mathematician (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Bruce Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Kazimierz Żygulski, Polish sociologist and activist (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Eugene Bookhammer, American soldier and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Joan Child, Australian politician, 19th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Julien Ries, Belgian cardinal (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Lotika Sarkar, Indian lawyer and academic (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator (b. 1903)
• 2014 – Roger Hilsman, American soldier, academic, and politician (b. 1919)
• 2015 – Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (b. 1942)
• 2015 – W. E. "Bill" Dykes, American soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 2015 – Jerry Lambert, American jockey (b. 1940)

Η Ουκρανία «επιτίθεται» στη Ρωσία με το τραγούδι που στέλνει στον διαγωνισμό

Φέτος δεν είναι η χρονιά της ερωτικής μπαλάντας στη

 Eurovision. Τουλάχιστον όχι για την Ουκρανία.

Για αυτό απέρριψε ένα τραγούδι αυτού του είδους και προτίμησε να στείλει στον

 διαγωνισμό ένα που αναφέρεται στην μαζική απέλαση των Τατάρων από τον 

Στάλιν το 1944. Μία κίνηση που σίγουρα «στοχεύει» στη Ρωσία.

Η Σουζάνα Γιαμαλαντίνοβα, που χρησιμοποιεί το καλλιτεχνικό όνομα Jamala,

 είναι η τραγουδίστρια που θα εκπροσωπήσει την Ουκρανία στο φετινό

 διαγωνισμό. Ερμηνεύοντας το τραγούδι «1944», στη βραδιά της επιλογής,

 πάσχιζε να συγκρατήσει τα δάκρυά της. «Οταν έρχονται οι ξένοι. Ερχονται στο

 σπίτι σου, σε σκοτώνουν και σου λένε ''Δεν είμαστε ένοχοι. Οχι ένοχοι''», είναι

 οι πρώτοι στίχοι.

Το τραγούδι, σύμφωνα με το Politico, διηγείται την ιστορία της προγιαγιάς 

της Jamala, η οποία ήταν ανάμεσα στους 240.000 Τατάρους της Κριμαίας οι

 οποίοι στοιβάχτηκαν σε τρένα για την κεντρική Ασία, με εντολή Στάλιν. Τους

 κατηγορούσε ότι συνεργάστηκαν με τους Ναζί, οι οποίοι είχαν καταλάβει την

 χερσόνησο της Κριμαίας. Οι απελαθέντες πέθαναν τα πρώτα δύο χρόνια της

 εξορίας σε ποσοστό 20-50%.

Πέρυσι, το ουκρανικό κοινοβούλιο δήλωσε ότι η απέλαση των Τατάρων της 

Κριμαίας ισοδυναμεί με γενοκτονία και κήρυξε εθνική μέρα μνήμης για τα θύματα. 

Αυτές οι αναμνήσεις ξύπνησαν όταν η Ρωσία προσάρτησε την Κριμαία το 2014,

 αν και το εν λόγω τραγούδι δεν θίγει αυτό το θέμα.

Αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι ίσως υπάρξει πρόβλημα με τη συμμετοχή, καθώς οι

 κανονισμοί της Eurovision απαγορεύουν τα απροκάλυπτα πολιτικά τραγούδια.

 Η προθεσμία για την υποβολή των συμμετοχών λήγει στις 14 Μαρτίου, ενώ

 ο διαγωνισμός θα γίνει στις 14 Μαΐου στη Στοκχόλμη.

το πιο ακριβό σπίτι που πωλείται στην Ελλάδα -Παραθαλάσσια βίλα 23 εκατ. δολαρίων

Λίγοι μπορούν να τα αγοράσουν, αλλά αυτό δεν εμποδίζει

 τους πολλούς να τα θαυμάζουν. Βίλες, επαύλεις, κάστρα, είναι 

τα ακριβότερα σπίτια που πωλούνται στον κόσμο. Και αξίζουν

 δεκάδες εκατομμύρια.

Η Point2Homes, μία διεθνής βάση δεδομένων από πωλήσεις ακινήτων,

 αποφάσισε να αναζητήσει ποια είναι τα πιο ακριβά στον κόσμο. Και έριξε ένα 

βλέμμα και προς τη χώρα μας.

Σύμφωνα με αυτή τη λίστα λοιπόν, την οποία δημοσίευσε το Business Insider, το

 πιο ακριβό σπίτι που πωλείται στην Ελλάδα βρίσκεται στα Λεγρενά Αττικής.

 Είναι μία παραθαλάσσια βίλα, με 13 δωμάτια, με απίστευτη θέα στον Σαρωνικό.

 Και πωλείται για 23 εκατομμύρια δολάρια, με βάση πάντα τις συγκεκριμένες

 πληροφορίες.

Η λίστα αυτή περιλαμβάνει το πιο ακριβό σπίτι προς πώληση σε 30 διαφορετικές

 χώρες. Δείτε μερικά από αυτά:

Αργεντινή, Μπουένος Αιρες, 10 εκατ. δολάρια

Αυστραλία, Περθ, 21 εκατ. δολάρια

Μπαχάμες, 45 εκατ. δολάρια

Καναδάς, Βανκούβερ, 30,4 εκατ. δολάρια

Κίνα, Πεκίνο, 91 εκατ. δολάρια

Γαλλία, Κάνες, 103 εκατ. δολάρια

Γερμανία, Φρανκφούρτη, 19,5 εκατ. δολάρια

Ισραήλ, Τελ Αβίβ, 38 εκατ. δολάρια

Ιταλία, Φλωρεντία, 39 εκατ. δολάρια

Μονακό, 60 εκατ. δολάρια

Μαρόκο, Καζαμπλάνκα, 77,5 εκατ. δολάρια

Ρωσία, Μόσχα, 80 εκατ. δολάρια

Ισπανία, Μαγιόρκα, 54 εκατ. δολάρια

Βρετανία, Λονδίνο, 79 εκατ. δολάρια

ΗΠΑ, Καλιφόρνια, 200 εκατ. δολάρια, η έπαυλη του Playboy

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• 303 – Galerius publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Roman Empire.
• 484 – King Huneric removes the Christian bishops from their offices and banished some to Corsica. A few are martyred, including former proconsul Victorian along with Frumentius and other merchants. They are killed at Hadrumetum after refusing to become Arians.
• 1303 – Battle of Roslin, of the First War of Scottish Independence.
• 1386 – King Charles III of Naples and Hungary is assassinated at Buda.
• 1525 – A Spanish-Austrian army defeats a French army at the Battle of Pavia.
• 1538 – Treaty of Nagyvárad between Ferdinand I and John Zápolya.
• 1582 – With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
• 1607 – L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi, one of the first works recognized as an opera, receives its première performance.
• 1711 – The London première of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
• 1739 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
• 1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
• 1809 – London's Drury Lane Theatre burns to the ground, leaving owner Richard Brinsley Sheridan destitute.
• 1821 – Final stage of the Mexican War of Independence from Spain with Plan of Iguala .
• 1822 – The first Swaminarayan temple in the world, Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Ahmedabad, is inaugurated.
• 1826 – The signing of the Treaty of Yandabo marks the end of the First Anglo-Burmese War.
• 1831 – The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
• 1848 – King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.
• 1863 – Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
• 1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
• 1875 – The SS Gothenburg hits the Great Barrier Reef and sinks off the Australian east coast, killing approximately 100, including a number of high-profile civil servants and dignitaries.
• 1881 – China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
• 1895 – Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
• 1916 – The Governor-General of Korea establishes a clinic called Jahyewon in Sorokdo to segregate Hansen's disease patients.
• 1917 – World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
• 1918 – Estonian Declaration of Independence.
• 1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.
• 1942 – The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
• 1942 – An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
• 1944 – Merrill's Marauders: The Marauders begin their 1,000-mile journey through Japanese occupied Burma.
• 1945 – Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
• 1946 – Colonel Juan Perón, founder of the political movement that became known as Peronism, elected to his first term as President of Argentina.
• 1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
• 1971 – The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
• 1976 – The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
• 1980 – The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
• 1981 – An earthquake registering 6.7 (surface wave magnitude) hits Athens. This intensity IX (Violent) shock killed 16 people and destroyed buildings in several towns west of the city.
• 1983 – A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
• 1984 – Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
• 1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
• 1989 – United Airlines Flight 811, bound for New Zealand from Honolulu, rips open during flight, blowing nine passengers out of the business-class section.
• 1999 – The U.S. state of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand, a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.
• 2006 – Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declares Proclamation 1017 placing the country in a state of emergency in attempt to subdue a possible military coup.
• 2007 – Japan launches its fourth spy satellite, stepping up its ability to monitor potential threats such as North Korea.
• 2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another 3 years.
• 2011 – Final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103).
• 2015 – A Metrolink train derails in Oxnard, California following a collision with a truck, leaving more than 30 injured.

Births[edit]

• 1103 – Emperor Toba of Japan (d. 1156)
• 1500 – Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1558)
• 1545 – John of Austria (d. 1578)
• 1557 – Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1619)
• 1593 – Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford, English aristocrat, courtier and soldier (d. 1625)
• 1595 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (d. 1640)
• 1597 – Vincent Voiture, French poet and author (d. 1648)
• 1619 – Charles Le Brun, French painter and theorist (d. 1690)
• 1622 – Johannes Clauberg, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1665)
• 1684 – Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738)
• 1693 – James Quin, Irish-English actor (d. 1766)
• 1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
• 1721 – John McKinly, Irish-American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (d. 1796)
• 1723 – John Burgoyne, English general and politician (d. 1792)
• 1736 – Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1806)
• 1743 – Joseph Banks, British botanist, President of the Royal Society (d. 1820)
• 1762 – Charles Frederick Horn, German-English composer and educator (d. 1830)
• 1767 – Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, Thai king (d. 1824)
• 1774 – Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (d. 1850)
• 1786 – Martin W. Bates, American lawyer and politician (d. 1869)
• 1786 – Wilhelm Grimm, German anthropologist, author, and academic (d. 1859)
• 1788 – Johan Christian Dahl, Norwegian-German painter (d. 1857)
• 1827 – Lydia Becker, English-French activist (d. 1890)
• 1831 – Leo von Caprivi, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1899)
• 1835 – Julius Vogel, English-New Zealand journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1899)
• 1836 – Winslow Homer, American painter and illustrator (d. 1910)
• 1837 – Rosalía de Castro, Spanish poet (d. 1885)
• 1842 – Arrigo Boito, Italian journalist, author, and composer (d. 1918)
• 1848 – Andrew Inglis Clark, Australian engineer, lawyer, and politician (d. 1907)
• 1852 – George Moore, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1933)
• 1866 – Pyotr Lebedev, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1912)
• 1868 – Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (d. 1949)
• 1874 – Honus Wagner, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1955)
• 1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1972)
• 1877 – Ettie Annie Rout, Australian-New Zealand educator and activist (d. 1936)
• 1885 – Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (d. 1966)
• 1885 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, poet, and painter (d. 1939)
• 1890 – Marjorie Main, American actress (d. 1975)
• 1892 – Konstantin Fedin, Russian author and poet (d. 1977)
• 1896 – Richard Thorpe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1898 – Kurt Tank, German pilot and engineer (d. 1983)
• 1903 – Vladimir Bartol, Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967)
• 1908 – Telford Taylor, American general, lawyer, and historian (d. 1998)
• 1909 – August Derleth, American anthologist and author (d. 1971)
• 1909 – Riccardo Freda, Egyptian-Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1912 – Jiří Trnka, Czech puppet maker, animator, and director (d. 1969)
• 1914 – Ralph Erskine, English-Swedish architect, designed The Ark and Byker Wall (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Weldon Kees, American author, poet, painter, and pianist (d. 1955)
• 1920 – Ernst Reiss, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Ingvar Lidholm, Swedish composer
• 1921 – Abe Vigoda, American actor and comedian (d. 2016)
• 1922 – Richard Hamilton, English painter and academic (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Steven Hill, American actor
• 1924 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Erik Nielsen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Bud Day, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
• 1926 – John Gunther Dean, German-American diplomat
• 1927 – Trevor Colbourn, American historian and academic (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Emmanuelle Riva, French actress
• 1928 – Al Lettieri, American actor (d. 1975)
• 1929 – Kintaro Ohki, South Korean wrestler (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Barbara Lawrence, American model and actress (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Anita Steckel, American artist (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Dominic Chianese, American actor
• 1931 – Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1932 – Brenda Maddox, American journalist and author
• 1932 – Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia
• 1932 – John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (d. 2005)
• 1932 – Felix Werder, German-Australian composer (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Judah Folkman, American physician and biologist (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Fathead Newman, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2000)
• 1934 – Renata Scotto, Italian soprano and director
• 1938 – James Farentino, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Phil Knight, American businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc.
• 1939 – Jamal Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi physicist and cosmologist (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Joy Mukherjee, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
• 1940 – Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Denis Law, Scottish footballer and sportscaster
• 1942 – Colin Bond, Australian race car driver
• 1942 – Paul Jones, English singer, harmonica player, and actor (Manfred Mann, The Blues Band, and The Manfreds)
• 1942 – Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician
• 1942 – Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Indian philosopher, theorist, and academic
• 1943 – Catherine Cesarsky, French astronomer
• 1943 – Pablo Milanés, Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1943 – Terry Semel, American businessman
• 1943 – Kent Haruf, American novelist (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Nicky Hopkins, English pianist (All-Stars, Screaming Lord Sutch and the Savages, and Quicksilver Messenger Service) (d. 1994)
• 1944 – Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (d. 2007)
• 1945 – Steve Berrios, American drummer (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Barry Bostwick, American actor and singer
• 1946 – Grigory Margulis, Russian mathematician and academic
• 1946 – John Stapleton, English journalist
• 1947 – Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1947 – Rupert Holmes, English singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1947 – Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
• 1948 – Jayalalithaa, Indian actress and politician, 16th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 1948 – Walter Smith, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Tim Staffell, English singer and guitarist (Smile, Humpy Bong, and Morgan)
• 1950 – Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
• 1950 – George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 – David Ford, Northern Irish social worker and politician
• 1951 – Derek Randall, English cricketer
• 1951 – Debra Jo Rupp, American actress
• 1951 – Helen Shaver, Canadian actress and director
• 1951 – Laimdota Straujuma, Latvian economist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1954 – Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer (Hubble Bubble)
• 1954 – Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
• 1955 – Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar (d. 2011)
• 1955 – Eddie Johnson, American basketball player
• 1955 – Alain Prost, French race car driver
• 1956 – Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author
• 1956 – Eddie Murray, American baseball player
• 1956 – Paula Zahn, American journalist and producer
• 1958 – Sammy Kershaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Beth Broderick, American actress
• 1959 – Mike Whitney, Australian cricketer and television host
• 1962 – Outi Mäenpää, Finnish actress and screenwriter
• 1962 – Michelle Shocked, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 – Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro
• 1963 – Mike Vernon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Andy Crane, English radio and television host
• 1964 – Russell Ingall, Australian race car driver
• 1964 – Takashi Nagasako, Japanese voice actor
• 1965 – Jane Swift, American politician, Governor of Massachusetts
• 1966 – Ben Miller, English comedian, actor, and director
• 1966 – Billy Zane, American actor and producer
• 1967 – Brian Schmidt, Australian astrophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1968 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (d. 2005)
• 1970 – Jeff Garcia, American football player and coach
• 1970 – Neil Sullivan, English-Scottish footballer and coach
• 1971 – Josh Bernstein, American explorer, author, and television host
• 1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish race car driver
• 1971 – Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 – Teodor Currentzis, Greek conductor and composer
• 1972 – Manon Rhéaume, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 – Stubby Clapp, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1973 – Chris Fehn, American drummer (Slipknot and Will Haven)
• 1973 – Alexei Kovalev, Russian ice hockey player and pilot
• 1973 – Tuna Kiremitci, Turkish writer
• 1974 – Mike Lowell, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Bonnie Somerville, American actress
• 1975 – Ashley MacIsaac, Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler
• 1976 – Crista Flanagan, American actress and screenwriter
• 1976 – Eric Griffin, American guitarist (Murderdolls and Wednesday 13)
• 1976 – Zach Johnson, American golfer
• 1976 – Bradley McGee, Australian cyclist and coach
• 1976 – Matt Skiba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alkaline Trio and Heavens)
• 1977 – Jason Akermanis, Australian footballer and coach
• 1977 – Bronson Arroyo, American baseball player
• 1977 – Floyd Mayweather, Jr., American boxer
• 1978 – Gary, South Korean rapper and producer (Leessang)
• 1978 – Shinya, Japanese drummer and songwriter (Dir En Grey)
• 1978 – John Nolan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Straylight Run and Taking Back Sunday)
• 1978 – DeWayne Wise, American baseball player
• 1978 – Leon Constantine, English footballer
• 1980 – Shinsuke Nakamura, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1981 – Felipe Baloy, Panamanian footballer
• 1981 – Lleyton Hewitt, Australian tennis player
• 1981 – Mauro Rosales, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Mohammad Sami, Pakistani cricketer
• 1982 – Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
• 1982 – Kevin O'Neill, New Zealand rugby player
• 1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentinian footballer
• 1982 – Stella Young, Australian comedian and journalist (d. 2014)
• 1982 – Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
• 1983 – Matt McGinley, American drummer (Gym Class Heroes and Kill the Frontman)
• 1984 – Corey Graves, American wrestler
• 1986 – Wojtek Wolski, Polish-Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Mayuko Iwasa, Japanese entertainer and model
• 1987 – Chieko Ochi, Japanese singer, model and actress
• 1988 – Emma Hayman, New Zealand tennis player
• 1989 – Trace Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Metro Station)
• 1989 – Kosta Koufos, American basketball player
• 1990 – Stefan Müller, German footballer
• 1991 – Madison Hubbell, American ice dancer
• 1991 – O'Shea Jackson, Jr., American actor and musician
• 1991 – Semih Kaya, Turkish footballer
• 1994 – Ryan Francis, Scottish footballer
• 1994 – Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper and producer (Odd Future)
• 1995 – Jacob Murphy, English footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 616 – Æthelberht of Kent (b. 560)
• 1386 – Charles III of Naples (b. 1345)
• 1525 – Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet, French commander (b. 1488)
• 1563 – Francis, Duke of Guise (b. 1519)
• 1588 – Johann Weyer, Dutch physician and occultist (b. 1515)
• 1666 – Nicholas Lanier, English composer and painter (b. 1588)
• 1674 – Matthias Weckmann, German composer (b. 1616)
• 1685 – Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland (b. 1629)
• 1704 – Marc-Antoine Charpentier, French composer (b. 1643)
• 1714 – Edmund Andros, English politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637)
• 1721 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648)
• 1732 – Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
• 1777 – Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
• 1799 – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, German physicist and academic (b. 1742)
• 1810 – Henry Cavendish, French-English physicist and chemist (b. 1731)
• 1812 – Étienne-Louis Malus, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1815 – Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765)
• 1824 – Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet, English admiral (b. 1755)
• 1825 – Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754)
• 1856 – Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1792)
• 1876 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts, American-Liberian politician, 1st President of Liberia (b. 1809)
• 1879 – Shiranui Kōemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 11th Yokozuna (b. 1825)
• 1910 – Osman Hamdi Bey, Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and also a prominent and pioneering painte (b. 1842)
• 1914 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (b. 1828)
• 1925 – Hjalmar Branting, Swedish journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Sweden, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1927 – Edward Marshall Hall, English lawyer and politician (b. 1858)
• 1929 – André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1953 – Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1957 – Helen Sewell, American author and illustrator (b. 1896)
• 1970 – Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 – Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1893)
• 1975 – Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Alma Thomas, American painter (b.1891)
• 1982 – Virginia Bruce, American actress (b. 1910)
• 1984 – Tyrone Mitchell, American murderer (b. 1955)
• 1986 – Tommy Douglas, Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Jim Connors, American radio host (b. 1940)
• 1989 – Sparky Adams, American baseball player (b. 1894)
• 1990 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (b. 1945)
• 1990 – Malcolm Forbes, American publisher (b. 1917)
• 1990 – Sandro Pertini, Italian journalist and politician, 7th President of Italy (b. 1896)
• 1990 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1927)
• 1991 – John Charles Daly, American journalist and game show host (b. 1914)
• 1991 – George Gobel, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
• 1993 – Danny Gallivan, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Bobby Moore, English footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 1994 – Jean Sablon, French singer and actor (b. 1906)
• 1994 – Dinah Shore, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
• 1998 – Clara Fraser, American activist, co-founded Radical Women (b. 1923)
• 1998 – Antonio Prohías, Cuban-American cartoonist (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Henny Youngman, English-American comedian and violinist (b. 1906)
• 1999 – Andre Dubus, American author and educator (b. 1936)
• 2001 – Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (b. 1912)
• 2001 – Claude Shannon, American mathematician, cryptographer, and engineer (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Leo Ornstein, Ukrainian-American pianist and composer (b. 1893)
• 2003 – Bernard Loiseau, French chef (b. 1951)
• 2003 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Güven Önüt, Turkish international footballer (b. 1940)
• 2004 – John Randolph, American actor (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Coşkun Kırca, Turkish diplomat, journalist and politician (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Octavia E. Butler, American author and educator (b. 1947)
• 2006 – Don Knotts, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2006 – John Martin, Canadian broadcaster, co-founded MuchMusic (b. 1947)
• 2006 – Dennis Weaver, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1924)
• 2007 – Bruce Bennett, American shot putter and actor (b. 1906)
• 2007 – Leroy Jenkins, American violinist and composer (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
• 2008 – Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 2011 – Anant Pai, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Agnes Allen, American baseball player and therapist (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Jan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Kenneth Price, American artist (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Pery Ribeiro, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Oliver Wrong, English nephrologist and academic (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Ralph Hotere, New Zealand painter (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Virgil Johnson, American singer (The Velvets) (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Con Martin, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Dick Yelvington, American football player (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Franny Beecher, American guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Alexis Hunter, New Zealand-English painter and photographer (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Carlos Páez Vilaró, Uruguayan painter and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Mefodiy, Ukrainian metropolitan (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (b. 1962)
• 2015 – Tyzen Hsiao, Taiwanese pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1938)

Φιλμογραφία

• Διπλή θυσία (1945)
• Πρόσωπα Λησμονημένα (1946)
• Εκείνες που δεν πρέπει ν’ αγαπούν (1951)
• Αγγελος με χειροπέδες (1952)
• Χαλιμά (1954)
• Οι παπατζήδες (1954)
• Νύχτες της Αθήνας (1954)
• Τα τρία μωρά (1955)
• Πρωτευουσιάνικες περιπέτειες (1956)
• 3 τρελλοί ντετέκτιβς (1957)
• Αδέκαροι ερωτευμένοι (1958)
• Η φτώχεια θέλει καλοπέραση (1958)
• Μια ζωή την έχουμε! (1958)
• Χαρούμενοι αλήτες (1958)
• Κέφι, γλέντι και φιγούρα (1958)
• Η μουσίτσα (1959)
• Μπουμπουλίνα (1959)
• Ο Γιάννος κι η Παγώνα (1959)
• Οι δοσατζήδες (1959)
• Οι κληρονόμοι του Καραμπουμπούνα (1959)
• Κρουαζιέρα στη Ρόδο (1960)
• Σουσουράδα (1960)
• Έξω οι κλέφτες (1961)
• Ποια είναι η Μαργαρίτα (1961)
• Βασιλιάς της γκάφας (1962)
• Η νύφη τό σκασε... (1962)
• Ο διάβολος κ’ η ουρά του (1962)
• Ο Μιχαληός του 14ου συντάγματος (1962)
• Οι αετονύχηδες / Μη βαράτε όλοι μαζί (1962)
• Το κορίτσι του λόχου (1962)
• Ο Ιππόλυτος και το βιολί του (1963)
• Ένας ζόρικος δεκανέας (1964)
• Ο ανήφορος (1964)
• Ο εμίρης και ο κακομοίρης (1964)
• Ου κλέψεις (1965)
• Το ρομάντσο μιας καμαριέρας (1965)
• Εισπράκτωρ 007 (1966)
• Ο Μελέτης στην Άμεσο Δράση (1966)
• Ο ανακατωσούρας (1967)
• Εικοσιτετράωρο ενός παλιατζή (1972, ΕΙΡΤ)
• Ψιλικατζίδικο ο Κόσμος (1973, ΕΙΡΤ)
• Το παλιό το κατοστάρι (1974, ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Ο φαλακρός μαθητής (1979)
• Ταξίδι του μέλιτος (1979)
• Βέγγος ο τρελλός καμικάζι (1980)
• Ο Κώτσος και οι εξωγήινοι (1980)
• Παπασούζας φαντομάς (1983)

KATEΡΙΝΑ ΒΑΛΕΝΤΕ 7 ΜΑΡΤΙΟΥ ΣΤΟ ΜΕΓΑΡΟ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ

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• 138 – The Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor.
• 493 – Odoacer surrenders Ravenna after a 3-year siege and agrees to a mediated peace with Theoderic the Great.
• 628 – Khosrau II is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
• 1336 – Four thousand defenders of Pilėnai commit mass suicide rather than be taken captive by the Teutonic Knights.
• 1631 – François de Bassompierre, a French courtier, is arrested on Richelieu's orders.
• 1797 – Colonel William Tate and his force of 1000–1500 soldiers surrender after the Last invasion of Britain.
• 1821 – Greek War of Independence: Alexander Ypsilantis issues a proclamation at Iași, announcing that he had "the support of a great power" (i.e. Russia).
• 1831 – Battle of Olszynka Grochowska, part of Polish November Uprising against Russian Empire.
• 1836 – Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
• 1843 – Lord George Paulet occupies the Kingdom of Hawaii in the name of Great Britain in the Paulet Affair (1843).
• 1848 – Provisional government in revolutionary France, by Louis Blanc's motion, guarantees workers' rights.
• 1856 – A Peace conference opens in Paris after the Crimean War.
• 1866 – Miners in Calaveras County, California, discover what is now called the Calaveras Skull - human remains that supposedly indicated that man, mastodons, and elephants had co-existed.
• 1870 – Hiram Rhodes Revels, a Republican from Mississippi, is sworn into the United States Senate, becoming the first African American ever to sit in the U.S. Congress.
• 1875 – Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi's regency.
• 1901 – J. P. Morgan incorporates the United States Steel Corporation.
• 1912 – Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
• 1916 – World War I: The Germans capture Fort Douaumont during the Battle of Verdun.
• 1919 – Oregon places a one cent per U.S. gallon tax on gasoline, becoming the first U.S. state to levy a gasoline tax.
• 1921 – Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
• 1928 – Charles Jenkins Laboratories of Washington, D.C. becomes the first holder of a broadcast license for television from the Federal Radio Commission.
• 1932 – Adolf Hitler obtains German citizenship by naturalization, which allows him to run in the 1932 election for Reichspräsident.
• 1933 – The USS Ranger is launched. It is the first US Navy ship to be designed from the start of construction as an aircraft carrier.
• 1941 – February strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis.
• 1945 – World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
• 1947 – The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council. The Prussian government had already been abolished in 1934 by the Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich.
• 1948 – The Communist Party takes control of government in Czechoslovakia and the period of the Third Republic ends.
• 1951 – The first Pan American Games are held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• 1954 – Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
• 1956 – In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union denounces the cult of personality of Joseph Stalin.
• 1964 – North Korean Prime Minister Kim Il-sung calls for the removal of feudalistic land ownership aimed at turning all cooperative farms into state-run ones.
• 1968 – Vietnam War: One hundred thirty-five unarmed citizens of Hà My village in South Vietnam's Quảng Nam Province are killed and buried en masse by South Korean troops in what would come to be known as the Hà My massacre.
• 1971 – The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
• 1980 – The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
• 1986 – People Power Revolution: President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos flees the nation after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the Philippines' first woman president.
• 1987 – Southern Methodist University's football program is the first college football program to receive the death penalty by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions. It was revealed that athletic officials and school administrators had knowledge of a "slush fund" used to make illegal payments to the school's football players as far back as 1981.
• 1991 – Gulf War: An Iraqi scud missile hits an American military barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killing 28 U.S. Army Reservists from Pennsylvania.
• 1991 – The Warsaw Pact is declared disbanded.
• 1992 – Khojaly massacre: About 613 civilians are killed by Armenian armed forces during the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan.
• 1994 – Mosque of Abraham massacre: In the Cave of the Patriarchs in the West Bank city of Hebron, Baruch Goldstein opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing 29 Palestinian worshippers and injuring 125 more before being subdued and beaten to death by survivors.
• 1997 – Yi Han-yong, a North Korean defector, was murdered by unidentified assailants in Bundang, South Korea.
• 2009 – Members of the Bangladesh Rifles mutiny at their headquarters in Pilkhana, Dhaka, Bangladesh, resulting in 74 deaths, including more than 50 army officials.
• 2015 – At least 310 people are killed in avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan.

Births[edit]

• 1337 – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (d. 1383)
• 1552 – Magdalene of Lippe (d. 1587)
• 1591 – Friedrich Spee, German poet and author (d. 1635)
• 1643 – Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1695)
• 1644 – Thomas Newcomen, English inventor, ironmonger and Baptist lay preacher (d. 1729)
• 1651 – Johann Philipp Krieger, German organist and composer (d. 1725)
• 1663 – Peter Anthony Motteux, French-English author, playwright, and translator (d. 1718)
• 1670 – Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer (d. 1720)
• 1682 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist (d. 1771)
• 1692 – Karl Ludwig von Pöllnitz, German author and adventurer (d. 1775)
• 1707 – Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and composer (d. 1793)
• 1708 – Felix Benda, Bohemian organist and composer (d. 1768)
• 1714 – René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 1792)
• 1714 – Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, English admiral (d. 1782)
• 1725 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet and educator (d. 1798)
• 1727 – Armand-Louis Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1789)
• 1728 – John Wood, the Younger, English architect, designed the Royal Crescent (d. 1782)
• 1737 – August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and publicist (d. 1819)
• 1752 – John Graves Simcoe, English-Canadian general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (d. 1806)
• 1755 – François René Mallarmé, French lawyer and politician (d. 1835)
• 1778 – José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (d. 1850)
• 1812 – Carl Christian Hall, Danish politician, 6th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1888)
• 1816 – Giovanni Morelli, Italian historian and critic (d. 1891)
• 1833 – John St. John, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Kansas (d. 1916)
• 1841 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (d. 1919)
• 1842 – Karl May, German author, poet, and playwright (d. 1912)
• 1845 – George Reid, Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1918)
• 1855 – George Bonnor, Australian cricketer (d. 1912)
• 1855 – Cesário Verde, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1886)
• 1856 – Karl Gotthard Lamprecht, German historian and academic (d. 1915)
• 1856 – Mathias Zdarsky, Czech-Austrian skier, painter, and sculptor (d. 1940)
• 1857 – Robert Bond, Canadian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Newfoundland (d. 1927)
• 1860 – William Ashley, English historian and academic (d. 1927)
• 1861 – Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and educator (d. 1925)
• 1865 – Andranik, Armenian general (d. 1927)
• 1866 – Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher and politician (d. 1952)
• 1869 – Phoebus Levene, Russian-American biochemist and physician (d. 1940)
• 1871 – Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian-Georgian poet and playwright (d. 1913)
• 1873 – Enrico Caruso, Italian-American tenor and actor (d. 1921)
• 1877 – Tom Crean, Irish seaman and explorer (d. 1938)
• 1877 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (d. 1935)
• 1881 – William Z. Foster, American union leader and politician (d. 1961)
• 1881 – Alexei Rykov, Russian politician, Premier of Russia (d. 1938)
• 1883 – Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (d. 1981)
• 1885 – Princess Alice of Battenberg (d. 1969)
• 1885 – Sylvia Brett, English wife of Charles Vyner Brooke (d. 1971)
• 1886 – Wally Hardinge, English cricketer and footballer (d. 1965)
• 1888 – John Foster Dulles, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 52nd United States Secretary of State (d. 1959)
• 1889 – Homer S. Ferguson, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (d. 1982)
• 1890 – Myra Hess, English pianist and educator (d. 1965)
• 1891 – Arthur Barratt, English Air Chief Marshal (d. 1966)
• 1894 – Meher Baba, Indian mystic and educator (d. 1969)
• 1894 – Philip Babington, English Royal Air Force officer (d. 1965)
• 1895 – Lew Andreas, American basketball player and coach (d. 1984)
• 1897 – Peter Llewelyn Davies, English publisher (d. 1960)
• 1900 – Richard Indreko, Estonian archeologist and historian (d. 1961)
• 1901 – Zeppo Marx, American actor and agent (d. 1979)
• 1903 – King Clancy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Harald Lander, Danish dancer and choreographer (d. 1971)
• 1905 – Perry Miller, American historian and author (d. 1963)
• 1906 – Boris Papandopulo, Croatian composer and conductor (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (d. 1948)
• 1907 – Mary Chase, American journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1981)
• 1908 – Frank G. Slaughter, American physician and author (d. 2001)
• 1910 – Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (d. 1992)
• 1913 – Jim Backus, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Gert Fröbe, German actor (d. 1988)
• 1914 – John Arlott, English journalist and author (d. 1991)
• 1916 – Reinhard Bendix, German-American sociologist and academic (d. 1991)
• 1917 – Anthony Burgess, English author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1993)
• 1917 – Brenda Joyce, American actress (d. 2009)
• 1918 – Barney Ewell, American runner (d. 1996)
• 1918 – Rena Kyriakou, Greek pianist and composer (d. 1994)
• 1918 – Bobby Riggs, American tennis player (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Monte Irvin, American baseball player (d. 2016)
• 1919 – Karl H. Pribram, Austrian-American psychologist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1920 – Gérard Bessette, Canadian author and educator (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Philip Habib, American academic and diplomat (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Sun Myung Moon, South Korean religious leader, founded the Unification Church (d. 2012)
• 1921 – Pierre Laporte, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1970)
• 1921 – Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Molly Bobak, Canadian painter and educator (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (d. 2009)
• 1924 – Hugh Huxley, English-American biologist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Janaky Athi Nahappan, Malaysian captain and politician (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Eva Bergh, Norwegian actress (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Harvey McGregor, Scottish lawyer and academic (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Dick Jones, American actor (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (Stanley Brothers)
• 1928 – Paul Elvstrøm, Danish sailor and engineer
• 1928 – Larry Gelbart, American author and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Richard G. Stern, American author and educator (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Christopher George, American actor (d. 1983)
• 1929 – Tommy Newsom, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Wendy Beckett, South African-born British religious sister and art historian
• 1932 – Tony Brooks, English race car driver
• 1932 – Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1996)
• 1934 – David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Tony Lema, American golfer (d. 1966)
• 1935 – Sally Jessy Raphael, American journalist and talk show host
• 1935 – Oktay Sinanoğlu, Turkish scientist of physical chemistry, molecular biophysics and biochemistry (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Tom Courtenay, English actor
• 1937 – Barbara Piasecka Johnson, Polish-American heiress, art collector and philanthropist (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Bob Schieffer, American journalist
• 1938 – Diane Baker, American actress
• 1938 – Herb Elliott, Australian runner
• 1938 – Farokh Engineer, Indian cricketer and referee
• 1940 – Danny Cater, American baseball player
• 1940 – Billy Packer, American sportscaster and author
• 1940 – Monica Proietti, Canadian bank robber (d. 1967)
• 1940 – Ron Santo, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 1941 – David Puttnam, English film producer and academic
• 1942 – Karen Grassle, American actress
• 1942 – Trevor Roberts, Welsh footballer (d. 1972)
• 1942 – John Saul, American author and playwright
• 1943 – Jack Concannon, American football player and actor (d. 2005)
• 1943 – George Harrison, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Beatles, The Quarrymen, Traveling Wilburys, and Plastic Ono Band) (d. 2001)
• 1944 – Matt Guokas, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 – François Cevert, French race car driver (d. 1973)
• 1945 – Elkie Brooks, English singer-songwriter (Vinegar Joe)
• 1945 – Herbert Léonard, French singer
• 1946 – Andrew Ang, Singaporean judge and academic
• 1946 – Jan Groth, Norwegian singer and keyboard player (Just 4 Fun and Aunt Mary) (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Franz Xaver Kroetz, German actor, director, and playwright
• 1946 – Jean Todt, French businessman
• 1946 – Pete Wernick, American banjo player (Hot Rize)
• 1947 – Giuseppe Betori, Italian cardinal
• 1947 – Lee Evans, American runner and coach
• 1947 – Richard French, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1947 – Marc Sautet, French philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1998)
• 1947 – Doug Yule, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Velvet Underground and American Flyer)
• 1948 – Aldo Busi, Italian author and translator
• 1948 – Danny Denzongpa, Indian actor and singer
• 1949 – Ric Flair, American wrestler, manager, and trainer
• 1949 – Jack Handey, American author and screenwriter
• 1949 – Amin Maalouf, Lebanese-French journalist and author
• 1950 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Neil Jordan, Irish film director and screenwriter
• 1950 – Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Mick Miller, English comedian and actor
• 1950 – Emitt Rhodes, American singer-songwriter (The Merry-Go-Round)
• 1950 – Jaak Tamm, Estonian politician (d. 1999)
• 1951 – James Brown, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1951 – César Cedeño, Dominican baseball player and coach
• 1951 – Don Quarrie, Jamaican runner and coach
• 1952 – Jerry Chamberlain, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Daniel Amos and The Swirling Eddies)
• 1952 – Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000)
• 1953 – José María Aznar, Spanish academic and politician, Prime Minister of Spain
• 1954 – John Doe, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (X, The Flesh Eaters, and The Knitters)
• 1954 – Gerardo Pelusso, Uruguayan footballer and manager
• 1954 – Steve Rixon, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1955 – Rodger McFarlane, American soldier, therapist, and activist (d. 2009)
• 1955 – Camille Thériault, Canadian politician, 29th Premier of New Brunswick
• 1957 – Chuck Strahl, Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Transport
• 1957 – Martin Zobel, Estonian ecologist and academic
• 1958 – Jeff Fisher, American football player and coach
• 1958 – Kevin Gray, American actor and educator (d. 2013)
• 1958 – Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Aleksei Balabanov, Russian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1959 – Renee Borges, Indian ecologist and academic
• 1959 – Mike Peters, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Alarm and Big Country)
• 1960 – Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player and golfer
• 1961 – Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1961 – Todd Blackledge, American football player and sportscaster
• 1962 – John Lanchester, German-English journalist and author
• 1962 – Faron Moller, Canadian-English computer scientist and academic
• 1962 – Andres Siim, Estonian architect
• 1962 – Foster Sylvers, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Sylvers)
• 1962 – Yasufumi Terawaki, Japanese actor
• 1963 – Joseph E. Duncan III, American serial killer and sex offender
• 1963 – Paul O'Neill, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1963 – Doug Stahl, American wrestler
• 1964 – Lee Evans, English comedian and actor
• 1964 – Don Majkowski, American football player and sportscaster
• 1964 – Don Topley, English cricketer
• 1965 – Brian Baker, American guitarist and songwriter (Bad Religion, Minor Threat, Junkyard, and Dag Nasty)
• 1965 – Maricel Soriano, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer
• 1965 – Carrot Top, American comedian and actor
• 1966 – Alexis Denisof, American actor
• 1966 – Andrew Feldman, Baron Feldman of Elstree, English lawyer and businessman
• 1966 – Samson Kitur, Kenyan runner (d. 2003)
• 1966 – Téa Leoni, American actress and producer
• 1966 – Nancy O'Dell, American journalist
• 1966 – Sam Phillips, American model, actress, producer, and radio host
• 1967 – Ed Balls, English politician, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1967 – Jonathan Freedland, English journalist and author
• 1968 – Evridiki, Cypriot singer
• 1968 – Sandrine Kiberlain, French actress and singer
• 1969 – Paul Trimboli, Australian footballer and manager
• 1971 – Sean Astin, American actor, director, and producer
• 1971 – Helen Dobson, English golfer
• 1971 – Dave Harris, American radio host and songwriter
• 1971 – Stuart MacGill, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1971 – Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (d. 2014)
• 1971 – Daniel Powter, Canadian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1973 – Julio Iglesias, Jr., Spanish singer and actor
• 1973 – Anson Mount, American actor and producer
• 1973 – Normann Stadler, German triathlete
• 1974 – Divya Bharti, Indian actress (d. 1993)
• 1974 – Dominic Raab, English lawyer and politician
• 1974 – Kevin Skinner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1975 – Chiemi Chiba, Japanese voice actress, singer, and model
• 1975 – Chelsea Handler, American comedian, actress, author, and talk show host
• 1975 – Naga Munchetty, English journalist
• 1975 – Dmitri Suur, Russian-Estonian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Rashida Jones, American actress and screenwriter
• 1976 – Samaki Walker, American basketball player
• 1977 – Niña Corpuz, Filipino journalist
• 1977 – Sarah Jezebel Deva, English singer-songwriter (Angtoria, Cradle of Filth, and Mystic Circle)
• 1977 – Josh Wolff, American soccer player and manager
• 1978 – Maian Kärmas, Estonian singer-songwriter and journalist
• 1980 – Antonio Burks, American basketball player
• 1980 – Christy Knowings, American actress
• 1981 – Park Ji-sung, South Korean footballer
• 1981 – Shahid Kapoor, Indian actor and dancer
• 1981 – Duc Nguyen, Vietnamese conjoined twin
• 1981 – Viet Nguyen, Vietnamese conjoined twin (d. 2007)
• 1982 – Chris Baird, Northern Irish footballer
• 1982 – Maria Kanellis, American wrestler, actress, and singer
• 1982 – Bert McCracken, American singer-songwriter (The Used)
• 1982 – Flavia Pennetta, Italian tennis player
• 1982 – Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Tara Wilson, Canadian actress
• 1983 – Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Steven Lewington, English wrestler
• 1984 – Lovefoxxx, Brazilian singer-songwriter (CSS)
• 1984 – Logan Leistikow, American director and producer
• 1984 – Craig Mackail-Smith, Scottish footballer
• 1984 – Wakana Matsumoto, Japanese actress
• 1984 – João Pereira, Portuguese footballer
• 1984 – Dane Swan, Australian footballer
• 1985 – Benji Marshall, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Joakim Noah, American basketball player
• 1986 – Justin Berfield, American actor and producer
• 1986 – Jameela Jamil, English television presenter, radio presenter and model
• 1986 – James Phelps, English actor
• 1986 – Oliver Phelps, English actor
• 1986 – Danny Saucedo, Swedish singer-songwriter (E.M.D.)
• 1986 – James Starks, American football player
• 1987 – Justin Abdelkader, American ice hockey player
• 1987 – Eva Avila, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Marla Boyd, Filipino actress
• 1987 – Mevlüt Erdinç, Turkish footballer
• 1987 – Adrián López Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater
• 1987 – Jai Reyes, Filipino basketball player
• 1988 – Luca Di Matteo, Italian footballer
• 1988 – Sören Ludolph, German runner
• 1988 – Jimmy Monaghan, American-Irish singer-songwriter and pianist (Music for Dead Birds)
• 1988 – Mehmet Uslu, Turkish footballer
• 1989 – Jimmer Fredette, American basketball player
• 1989 – Kana Hanazawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1989 – E'Twaun Moore, American basketball player
• 1990 – Alejandra Andreu, Spanish model, Miss International 2008
• 1990 – Jairo Araujo, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Jefferson Alves Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
• 1990 – Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (d. 2013)
• 1991 – Dominika Kaňáková, Czech tennis player
• 1991 – Tony Oller, American singer-songwriter and actor (MKTO)
• 1992 – Max Aaron, American figure skater
• 1994 – Eugenie Bouchard, Canadian tennis player
• 2000 – Tucker Albrizzi, American child actor

Deaths[edit]

• 805 – De Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 742)
• 1246 – Dafydd ap Llywelyn, Welsh king (b. 1212)
• 1495 – Sultan Cem, Ottoman politician (b. 1459)
• 1522 – William Lily, English scholar and educator (b. 1468)
• 1536 – Berchtold Haller, German-Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1492)
• 1553 – Hirate Masahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1492)
• 1558 – Eleanor of Austria (b. 1498)
• 1601 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1566)
• 1634 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general and politician (b. 1583)
• 1643 – Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (b. 1582)
• 1655 – Daniel Heinsius, Flemish poet and scholar (b. 1580)
• 1682 – Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
• 1710 – Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French soldier and explorer (b. 1639)
• 1713 – Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
• 1715 – Pu Songling, Chinese author (b. 1640)
• 1723 – Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
• 1756 – Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (b. 1693)
• 1796 – Samuel Seabury, American bishop (b. 1729)
• 1798 – Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini, French poet and diplomat (b. 1716)
• 1805 – Thomas Pownall, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1722)
• 1815 – Stanoje Glavaš, Serbian soldier (b. 1763)
• 1819 – Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese-French poet and educator (b. 1734)
• 1822 – William Pinkney, American politician and diplomat, 7th United States Attorney General (b. 1764)
• 1831 – Friedrich Maximilian Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1841 – Philip Pendleton Barbour, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1783)
• 1850 – Daoguang Emperor of China (b. 1782)
• 1852 – Thomas Moore, Irish poet (b. 1779)
• 1860 – Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American clergyman, lexicographer, and educator (b. 1790)
• 1864 – Anna Harrison, American wife of William Henry Harrison, 9th First Lady of the United States (b. 1775)
• 1865 – Otto Ludwig, German author, playwright, and critic (b. 1813)
• 1870 – Henrik Hertz, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1877 – Jung Bahadur Rana, Nepalese ruler (b. 1816)
• 1878 – Townsend Harris, American merchant, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Japan (b. 1804)
• 1888 – Josif Pančić, Croatian-Serbian botanist and academic (b. 1814)
• 1894 – Steele MacKaye, American actor and playwright (b. 1842)
• 1899 – Paul Reuter, German-English journalist (b. 1816)
• 1906 – Anton Arensky, Russian pianist and composer (b. 1861)
• 1910 – Worthington Whittredge, American painter and educator (b. 1820)
• 1911 – Friedrich Spielhagen, German author, theorist, and translator (b. 1829)
• 1912 – William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 1852)
• 1914 – John Tenniel, English illustrator (b. 1820)
• 1915 – Charles Edwin Bessey, American botanist, author, and academic (b. 1845)
• 1916 – David Bowman, Australian politician (b. 1860)
• 1919 – Josef Christiaens, Belgian race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
• 1920 – Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy, French archaeologist and engineer (b. 1844)
• 1922 – Henri Désiré Landru, French serial killer (b. 1869)
• 1928 – William O'Brien, Irish journalist and politician (b. 1852)
• 1934 – Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1934 – John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
• 1940 – Mary Mills Patrick, American author and academic (b. 1850)
• 1945 – Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1946 – René Le Grèves, French cyclist (b. 1910)
• 1950 – George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1953 – Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
• 1954 – Auguste Perret, French architect, designed the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (b. 1874)
• 1957 – Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
• 1957 – Bugs Moran, American gangster (b. 1893)
• 1963 – Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
• 1964 – Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)
• 1964 – Maurice Farman, French race car driver and pilot (b. 1877)
• 1964 – Hinrich Lohse, German politician (b. 1896)
• 1964 – Grace Metalious, American author (b. 1924)
• 1965 – Philip Babington, English Royal Air Force officer (b. 1894)
• 1966 – James D. Norris, American businessman (b. 1906)
• 1970 – Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)
• 1971 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1975 – Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (b. 1897)
• 1975 – Georg Olden, African-American graphic designer (b. 1920)
• 1978 – Daniel James, Jr., American general and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1980 – Robert Hayden, American poet and academic (b. 1913)
• 1983 – Tennessee Williams, American playwright and author (b. 1911)
• 1983 – John Cowles, Sr., American publisher, founded the Cowles Media Company (b. 1898)
• 1987 – James Coco, American actor (b. 1930)
• 1988 – Bernard Ashmole, English archaeologist and art historian (b. 1894)
• 1991 – André Turp, Canadian tenor (b. 1925)
• 1993 – Eddie Constantine, American-born French actor (b. 1917)
• 1994 – Baruch Goldstein, American-Israeli physician and murderer (b. 1956)
• 1994 – Jersey Joe Walcott, American boxer and police officer (b. 1914)
• 1996 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American actor, physician, and author (b. 1940)
• 1996 – Vehbi Koç, Turkish businessman and philanthropist (b. 1901)
• 1997 – Cal Abrams, American baseball player (b. 1924)
• 1997 – Andrei Sinyavsky, Russian journalist and publisher (b. 1925)
• 1998 – Celestine Tate Harrington, American keyboard player (b. 1956)
• 1998 – W. O. Mitchell, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1914)
• 1999 – Margaret Meagher, Canadian diplomat (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Glenn T. Seaborg, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 2001 – A. R. Ammons, American poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 2001 – Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer (b. 1908)
• 2001 – Norbert Glanzberg, Polish-French composer (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Sigurd Raschèr, German-American saxophonist (b. 1907)
• 2003 – Tom O'Higgins, Irish judge and politician, 6th Chief Justice of Ireland (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Alberto Sordi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Albert Chartier, Canadian illustrator (b. 1912)
• 2004 – Donald Hings, English-Canadian inventor, invented the Walkie-talkie (b. 1907)
• 2005 – Peter Benenson, English lawyer, founded Amnesty International (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) (b. 1939)
• 2006 – Thomas Koppel, Danish pianist and composer (The Savage Rose) (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Darren McGavin, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1922)
• 2007 – William Anderson, American commander and politician (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Mark Spoelstra, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Clem Windsor, Australian rugby player and surgeon (b. 1923)
• 2008 – Ashley Cooper, Australian race car driver (b. 1980)
• 2008 – Hans Raj Khanna, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, Indian Minister of Law and Justice (b. 1912)
• 2008 – Static Major, American rapper and producer (Playa) (b. 1974)
• 2009 – Philip José Farmer, American author (b. 1918)
• 2010 – İhsan Doğramacı, Turkish pediatrician and academic (b. 1915)
• 2011 – Nikos Alexiou, Greek painter and set designer (b. 1960)
• 2012 – Lynn Compton, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Red Holloway, American saxophonist (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Erland Josephson, Swedish actor and director (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Louisiana Red, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Martha Stewart, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, Algerian terrorist (b. 1965)
• 2013 – Stewart "Dirk" Fischer, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1924)
• 2013 – C. Everett Koop, American surgeon and admiral, 13th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Ray O'Connor, Australian soldier and politician, 22nd Premier of Western Australia (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Dan Toler, American guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band and Gregg Allman Band) (b. 1948)
• 2014 – Angèle Arsenault, Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Mário Coluna, Portuguese footballer (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Chokwe Lumumba, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
• 2015 – Harve Bennett, American film and television producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Marie Cathcart, Countess Cathcart (b. 1923)
• 2015 – Eugenie Clark, American biologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Terry Gill, English-Australian actor (b. 1939)
• 2015 – A. Vincent, Indian director and cinematographer (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Victor Watson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1928)