Ο Πούτιν θα δει τον Ελτον Τζον στη Μόσχα

Ο Ρώσος πρόεδρος Βλαντίμιρ Πούτιν ενδέχεται να

 συναντηθεί με τον Βρετανό τραγουδιστή Έλτον Τζον, όταν

 ο τελευταίος επισκεφθεί τη Ρωσία το Μάιο.

Ο εκπρόσωπος του Κρεμλίνου δήλωσε τη διάθεση των δύο, εφόσον βρεθεί κάποιο

 κενό στα προγράμματα τους. 

Σύμφωνα με το δημοσίευμα του ΑΠΕ ο Πούτιν είχε τηλεφωνήσει στον Έλτον

 Τζον τον περασμένο Σεπτέμβριο για να του δηλώσει ότι επιθυμεί να τον

 συναντήσει, αφού ο τελευταίος είχε ζητήσει να μιλήσουν για τα δικαιώματα των 

ομοφυλόφιλων στη Ρωσία.
«Όταν συνομίλησαν τηλεφωνικά πριν από μερικούς μήνες συμφώνησαν (...)

 να συναντηθούν κατά την επίσκεψη του Έλτον Τζον στη Μόσχα», υπενθύμισε 

στους δημοσιογράφους ο Ντμίτρι Πεσκόφ. «Μια τέτοια συνάντηση δεν μπορεί 

να αποκλειστεί, αν έχουμε τις συγκεκριμένες ημερομηνίες (της επίσκεψης του

 Έλτον Τζον) και αν το επιτρέψει το πρόγραμμα εργασίας του προέδρου», 

πρόσθεσε, χωρίς να δώσει περισσότερες διευκρινίσεις.

Το εισιτήριο φτάνει τα 1.200 ευρώ
Ο 69χρονος τραγουδιστής θα δώσει μια συναυλία στη Μόσχα στις 30 Μαΐου 

στο πλαίσιο της παγκόσμιας περιοδείας του. Νωρίτερα αναμένεται ότι θα δώσει

 συναυλία και στην Αγία Πετρούπολη, τη γενέτειρα του Πούτιν.

Στους ρωσικούς ιστοτόπους όπου οι θεατές μπορούν να κλείσουν θέση για τη 

συναυλία της Μόσχας η τιμή των εισιτηρίων φτάνει ακόμη και τα 88.000

 ρούβλια (περίπου 1.200 ευρώ).

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• 502 – King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws.
• 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving.
• 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures the Byzantine city of Thessalonica.
• 1461 – Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
• 1500 – Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
• 1549 – The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
• 1632 – Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
• 1638 – Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
• 1683 – Yaoya Oshichi, 15-year-old Japanese girl, burnt at the stake for an act of arson committed due to unrequited love.
• 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
• 1806 – Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
• 1809 – King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
• 1831 – Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
• 1847 – Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
• 1849 – The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
• 1857 – Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
• 1867 – Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
• 1871 – The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
• 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• 1882 – The Knights of Columbus are established.
• 1886 – Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• 1911 – The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
• 1930 – Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
• 1936 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
• 1941 – The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
• 1941 – World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
• 1942 – The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
• 1945 – World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
• 1945 – World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
• 1946 – Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
• 1947 – Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• 1951 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• 1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
• 1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• 1962 – Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11½ day constitutional crisis.
• 1971 – My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
• 1971 – A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
• 1973 – Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
• 1973 – Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
• 1974 – NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
• 1974 – Local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, discover the Terracotta Army that was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, in the third century BCE.
• 1982 – The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
• 1984 – The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
• 1990 – The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
• 1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
• 1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
• 1999 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
• 2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
• 2004 – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
• 2004 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
• 2010 – Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
• 2013 – At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
• 2013 – A landslide kills 66 people in China's Tibet Autonomous Region near Lhasa.
• 2014 – The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.

Births[edit]

• 1187 – Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203)
• 1553 – Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1614)
• 1584 – Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general and politician (d. 1648)
• 1602 – John Lightfoot, English priest, scholar, and academic (d. 1675)
• 1713 – John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
• 1735 – Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (d. 1787)
• 1747 – Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German pianist and composer (d. 1822)
• 1751 – Supply Belcher, American singer-songwriter (d. 1836)
• 1769 – Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (d. 1851)
• 1780 – Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish adventurer (d. 1841)
• 1790 – John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
• 1799 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)
• 1802 – Johann Moritz Rugendas, German landscape painter of Spanish America (d. 1858)
• 1815 – Costache Caragiale, Romanian actor and manager (d. 1877)
• 1816 – 10th Dalai Lama (d. 1837)
• 1819 – Edwin Drake, American businessman (d. 1880)
• 1824 – Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist, physician, and philosopher (d. 1899)
• 1826 – Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
• 1862 – Adolfo Müller-Ury, Swiss-American painter (d. 1947)
• 1867 – Cy Young, American baseball player and manager (d. 1955)
• 1869 – Aleš Hrdlička, Czech-American anthropologist and scholar (d. 1943)
• 1870 – Pavlos Melas, French-Greek captain (d. 1904)
• 1871 – Tom Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1939)
• 1873 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
• 1874 – Lou Henry Hoover, American wife of Herbert Hoover, 33rd First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
• 1876 – Friedrich Traun, German sprinter and tennis player (d. 1908)
• 1878 – Albert Von Tilzer, American songwriter (d. 1956)
• 1884 – Ed Archibald, Canadian pole vaulter (d. 1965)
• 1885 – Dezső Kosztolányi, Hungarian author and poet (d. 1936)
• 1888 – Enea Bossi, Sr., Italian-American engineer, designed the Budd BB-1 Pioneer and Bossi-Bonomi Pedaliante (d. 1963)
• 1889 – Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
• 1889 – Howard Lindsay, American producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor (d. 1968)
• 1891 – Yvan Goll, French-German poet and playwright (d. 1950)
• 1891 – Alfred Neubauer, Czech race car driver and manager (d. 1980)
• 1892 – József Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1975)
• 1893 – Astrid Holm, Danish actress (d. 1961)
• 1895 – Ernst Jünger, German philosopher and author (d. 1998)
• 1899 – Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician (d. 1953)
• 1900 – Bill Aston, English race car driver (d. 1974)
• 1900 – John McEwen, Australian farmer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
• 1901 – Andrija Maurović, Croatian author and illustrator (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Marcel Aymé, French author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
• 1902 – Don Miller, American football player and coach (d. 1979)
• 1902 – William Walton, English composer (d. 1983)
• 1903 – Douglas Harkness, Canadian colonel and politician, 14th Canadian Minister of National Defence (d. 1999)
• 1903 – Arthur Negus, English television host (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Philip Ahn, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1906 – James Bausch, American decathlete and football player (d. 1974)
• 1906 – E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (d. 1977)
• 1907 – Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
• 1908 – Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1908 – Dennis O'Keefe, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1968)
• 1911 – Tito Arévalo, Filipino actor and composer (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Brigitte Horney, German actress and singer (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Hanna Reitsch, Polish-German soldier and pilot (d. 1979)
• 1913 – R. S. Thomas, Welsh priest and poet (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Phil Foster, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1985)
• 1914 – Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (d. 2014)
• 1916 – Peter Geach, English philosopher and academic (d. 2013)
• 1916 – Eugene McCarthy, American poet and politician (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Man o' War, American race horse (d. 1947)
• 1918 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
• 1918 – Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (d. 1991)
• 1918 – Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001)
• 1920 – John M. Belk, American businessman and politician (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Clarke Fraser, American-Canadian geneticist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Pierre Moinot, French author (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Theodore Trautwein, American lawyer and judge (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Sam Loxton, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Geoff Duke, English-Manx motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Bob Haymes, American singer-songwriter, and actor (d. 1989)
• 1926 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli banker and economist (d. 2012)
• 1927 – John McLaughlin, American journalist and producer
• 1927 – John Vane, English pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1928 – Romesh Bhandari, Pakistani-Indian politician, 13th Foreign Secretary of India (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Keith Botsford, Belgian-American journalist, author, and academic
• 1928 – Vincent Gigante, American boxer and mobster (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Utpal Dutt, Indian actor, director, and playwright (d. 1993)
• 1929 – Sheila Kitzinger, English activist, author, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Richard Lewontin, American biologist, geneticist, and academic
• 1929 – Lennart Meri, Estonian director and politician, 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritian lawyer and politician, 4th President of Mauritius
• 1931 – Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2014)
• 1931 – Sopubek Begaliev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Aleksei Gubarev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Norman Tebbit, English journalist and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1933 – Jacques Brault, Canadian poet and academic
• 1934 – Shahryar Khan, Indian-Pakistani politician and diplomat, 20th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
• 1934 – Nimal Mendis, Sri Lankan singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Ruby Murray, English singer and actress (d. 1996)
• 1936 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and educator (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Mogens Camre, Danish politician
• 1936 – John A. Durkin, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Judith Guest, American author and screenwriter
• 1936 – Joseph P. Teasdale, American lawyer and politician, 48th Governor of Missouri (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Billy Carter, American businessman and politician (d. 1988)
• 1937 – Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Smarck Michel, Haitian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2012)
• 1938 – Barry Jackson, English actor and stuntman (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Roland Arnall, French-American businessman and diplomat, 63rd United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 2008)
• 1939 – Terence Hill, Italian actor, director, and producer
• 1940 – Ray Davis, American singer (The Parliaments, Parliament, and Funkadelic) (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1940 – John Suchet, English journalist and game show host
• 1941 – Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 – Julie Goodyear, English actress
• 1942 – Bob Lurtsema, American football player
• 1942 – Scott Wilson, American actor
• 1943 – Vangelis, Greek keyboard player and songwriter (Aphrodite's Child and Jon and Vangelis)
• 1943 – Chad Allan, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Guess Who and Brave Belt)
• 1943 – Eric Idle, English actor and singer
• 1943 – John Major, English banker and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• 1944 – Terry Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Poppy Family)
• 1944 – Denny McLain, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1945 – Walt Frazier, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1945 – Speedy Keen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Thunderclap Newman) (d. 2002)
• 1945 – Willem Ruis, Dutch game show host (d. 1986)
• 1946 – James Boyle, Scottish broadcaster
• 1946 – Paul Herman, American actor
• 1946 – Richard Holmes, English soldier and historian (d. 2011)
• 1946 – Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (d. 2007)
• 1946 – Rigo Tovar, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2005)
• 1946 – Bruce Weber, American fashion photographer
• 1946 – Dennis Wolfberg, American comedian (d. 1994)
• 1947 – Inge Bödding, German sprinter
• 1947 – Robert Gordon, American singer and actor (Tuff Darts)
• 1947 – Bobby Kimball, American singer-songwriter (Toto and Yoso)
• 1948 – Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Kayahan, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
• 1949 – Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer (Steps Ahead and Parliament-Funkadelic) (d. 2007)
• 1949 – Dave Greenfield, English Keyboard player (The Stranglers)
• 1949 – Pauline Marois, Canadian social worker and politician, 30th Premier of Quebec
• 1949 – Keith Simpson, English historian and politician
• 1951 – William Clarke, American harmonica player (d. 1996)
• 1952 – Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1952 – John Hendricks, American businessman, founded Discovery Communications
• 1952 – Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (d. 2012)
• 1953 – Tõnis Palts, Estonian politician, 39th Mayor of Tallinn
• 1955 – Earl Campbell, American football player
• 1955 – Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor and director
• 1955 – Christopher Lawford, American actor and author
• 1955 – Marina Sirtis, English-American actress and producer
• 1956 – Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (d. 1996)
• 1956 – Kurt Thomas, American gymnast and actor
• 1957 – Elizabeth Hand, American author
• 1957 – Christopher Lambert, American-French actor
• 1957 – Simon Lee, English scholar and academic
• 1958 – Pedro Bial, Brazilian journalist and producer
• 1958 – Travis Childers, American businessman and politician
• 1958 – Fiona Reynolds, English academic
• 1958 – Nouriel Roubini, Turkish-American economist and academic
• 1958 – Victor Salva, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Marc Silvestri, American publisher, founded Top Cow Productions
• 1959 – Henry Bellingham, English lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
• 1959 – Perry Farrell, American singer-songwriter (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, Psi com, and Satellite Party)
• 1959 – Michael Hayes, American wrestler and singer
• 1959 – Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
• 1960 – Jo Nesbø, Norwegian singer-songwriter and skier (Di Derre)
• 1960 – Wayne Pearce, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1961 – Gary Brabham, English-Australian race car driver
• 1961 – Mike Kingery, American baseball player
• 1961 – Amy Sedaris, American actress
• 1961 – Michael Winterbottom, English director and producer
• 1962 – Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager
• 1962 – Dan Bittman, Romanian singer-songwriter (Iris)
• 1962 – Ted Failon, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1962 – Kongar-ol Ondar, Russian singer (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Michael A. Jackson, American police officer and politician
• 1964 – Elle Macpherson, Australian model and actress
• 1964 – Ming Tsai, American chef and television host
• 1965 – Jill Goodacre, American model and actress
• 1965 – Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 2005)
• 1965 – Dominic Littlewood, English journalist
• 1965 – William Oefelein, American commander, pilot, and astronaut
• 1965 – Voula Patoulidou, Greek hurdler, long jumper, and politician
• 1966 – Eric Gunderson, American baseball player
• 1966 – Sigrid Kirchmann, Austrian high jumper
• 1967 – Michel Hazanavicius, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Brian Jordan, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1967 – John Popper, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (Blues Traveler and The John Popper Project)
• 1968 – Sue Foley, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
• 1969 – Kim Batten, American hurdler
• 1969 – Shinichi Mochizuki, Japanese mathematician
• 1969 – Ayano Murasaki, Japanese porn actress and model
• 1969 – Jimmy Spencer, American football player and coach
• 1970 – Ruth England, English actress and producer
• 1971 – Robert Gibbs, American political adviser, 28th White House Press Secretary
• 1971 – Lara Logan, South African-American journalist
• 1971 – Hidetoshi Nishijima, Japanese actor
• 1972 – Michel Ancel, French game designer
• 1972 – Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
• 1972 – Alex Ochoa, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 1972 – Priti Patel, English politician
• 1972 – Junichi Suwabe, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1973 – Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1973 – Sebastiano Siviglia, Italian footballer
• 1973 – Steve Smith, English high jumper
• 1974 – Miguel Gómez, Colombian-American photographer and educator
• 1975 – Jim Mahfood, American author and illustrator
• 1976 – Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
• 1976 – Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
• 1977 – Djabir Saïd-Guerni, Algerian runner
• 1978 – Pierre Faber, French-German rugby player
• 1978 – Aaron Persico, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 1979 – Estela Giménez, Spanish gymnast
• 1979 – Lauri Lahesalu, Estonian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Tomoe Shinohara, Japanese singer, actress, fashion designer, and producer
• 1979 – De'Angelo Wilson, American actor and rapper (d. 2008)
• 1980 – Prince Hamzah bin Al-Hussein of Jordan
• 1980 – Chris D'Elia, American comedian, actor, writer and rapper
• 1980 – Bill Demong, American skier
• 1980 – Josh Logan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1980 – Bruno Silva, Uruguayan footballer
• 1980 – Kim Tae-hee, South Korean actress
• 1981 – Megan Hilty, American actress and singer
• 1981 – Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer
• 1982 – Anna Nagata, Japanese actress
• 1982 – Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese actor and singer (Tackey & Tsubasa)
• 1983 – Donald Cerrone, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
• 1983 – Darius Draudvila, Lithuanian decathlete
• 1983 – Yusuf Saad Kamel, Kenyan-Bahraini runner
• 1983 – Luiza Sá, Brazilian guitarist (Cansei de Ser Sexy)
• 1983 – Ryohei Suzuki, Japanese actor
• 1983 – Jamie Woon, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1984 – Nate Adams, American motocross racer
• 1984 – Philippa Hanna, English singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Juan Mónaco, Argentinian tennis player
• 1984 – Mai Satoda, Japanese singer (Country Musume, Ongaku Gatas, and Elegies)
• 1985 – Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer
• 1985 – Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Mickey Pimentel, American football player
• 1986 – Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
• 1986 – Lucas Elliot Eberl, American actor and director
• 1986 – Yoo So-young, South Korean actress and singer (After School)
• 1986 – Ivan Ukhov, Russian high jumper
• 1987 – Danielle Byrnes, Australian model and actress
• 1987 – Gianluca Freddi, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Andi Manzano, Filipino radio and television host
• 1988 – Esther Cremer, German runner
• 1988 – Jesús Molina, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Jürgen Zopp, Estonian tennis player
• 1989 – Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (d. 2015)
• 1989 – James Tomkins, English footballer
• 1990 – Carlos Alberto Peña, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Mark Rajevski, Estonian ice hockey player
• 1990 – Lyle Taylor, English footballer
• 1991 – Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
• 1994 – Sulli, South Korean actress, singer, and dancer

Deaths[edit]

• 87 BC– Emperor Wu of Han of China (b. 156 BC)
• 1058 – Pope Stephen IX (b. 1020)
• 1368 – Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (b. 1328)
• 1461 – Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
• 1578 – Louis I, Cardinal of Guise (b. 1527)
• 1578 – Arthur Champernowne, English admiral and politician (b. 1524)
• 1628 – Tobias Matthew, English archbishop and academic (b. 1546)
• 1629 – Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch painter and engraver (b. 1565)
• 1683 – Yaoya Oshichi, Japanese arsonist (b. 1667)
• 1692 – Nicolaus Bruhns, Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1665)
• 1703 – George Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, (b. 1678)
• 1751 – Thomas Coram, English captain and philanthropist, founded Foundling Hospital (b. 1668)
• 1772 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1688)
• 1788 – Charles Wesley, English missionary and poet (b. 1707)
• 1792 – Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
• 1800 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French general and engineer (b. 1714)
• 1803 – Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian librarian and diplomat (b. 1733)
• 1826 – Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic (b. 1751)
• 1829 – Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1759)
• 1848 – John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
• 1855 – Henri Druey, Swiss politician, 2nd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1799)
• 1873 – Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian priest and physicist (b. 1797)
• 1877 – Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802)
• 1888 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (b. 1813)
• 1891 – Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)
• 1900 – Cyrus K. Holliday, American businessman (b. 1826)
• 1906 – Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
• 1911 – Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
• 1912 – Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish lieutenant and explorer (b. 1883)
• 1912 – Robert Falcon Scott, English lieutenant and explorer (b. 1868)
• 1912 – Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and explorer (b. 1872)
• 1924 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
• 1934 – Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
• 1940 – Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 – Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1948 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (b. 1881)
• 1956 – Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)
• 1957 – Joyce Cary, Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 – Barthélemy Boganda, Central African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central Africa (b. 1910)
• 1963 – Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1963 – August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1965 – Zlatko Baloković, Croatian-Italian violinist (b. 1895)
• 1970 – Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 – Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 – J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
• 1974 – Joe Stecher, American wrestler (b. 1893)
• 1979 – Yahya Petra of Kelantan (b. 1917)
• 1980 – Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
• 1981 – Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
• 1982 – Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (b. 1901)
• 1982 – Carl Orff, German composer and educator (b. 1895)
• 1982 – Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (b. 1897)
• 1985 – The Singing Nun, Belgian singer-songwriter and nun (b. 1933)
• 1985 – Luther Terry, American physician and academic, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
• 1986 – Harold Ritz, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
• 1988 – Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1914)
• 1988 – Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player and coach (b. 1924)
• 1989 – Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor (b. 1916)
• 1991 – Lee Atwater, American politician (b. 1951)
• 1991 – Guy Bourdin, French photographer (b. 1928)
• 1992 – Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (b. 1908)
• 1994 – Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Jimmy McShane, Irish singer (Baltimora) (b. 1957)
• 1995 – Mort Meskin, American illustrator (b. 1916)
• 1995 – Terry Moore, American baseball player and coach (b. 1912)
• 1996 – Frank Daniel, Czech-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 1996 – Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944)
• 1997 – Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (b. 1935)
• 1999 – Joe Williams, American singer (b. 1918)
• 1999 – Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Helge Ingstad, Norwegian lawyer, academic, and explorer (b. 1899)
• 2001 – John Lewis, American pianist and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Ayat al-Akhras, Palestinian suicide bomber (b. 1984)
• 2003 – Carlo Urbani, Italian physician and microbiologist (b. 1956)
• 2004 – Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Simone Renant, French actress (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Miltos Sachtouris, Greek poet and author (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author and poet (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Larry L'Estrange, English rugby player and soldier (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian-American actor (b. 1934)
• 2009 – Vladimir Fedotov, Russian footballer and manager (b. 1943)
• 2009 – Monte Hale, American actor and musician (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b. 1975)
• 2011 – Ângelo de Sousa, Portuguese painter and sculptor (b. 1938)
• 2011 – Iakovos Kambanelis, Greek author, poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Borgia, German race horse (b. 1994)
• 2012 – Montjeu, Irish race horse (b. 1996)
• 2012 – Luke Askew, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Pap Cheyassin Secka, Gambian lawyer and politician (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Bill Jenkins, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Oksana Makar, Ukrainian murder victim (b. 1994)
• 2012 – John Mallison, Australian pastor and author (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Michael Peterson, Australian surfer (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Lawrence Auster, American blogger and author (b. 1949)
• 2013 – Reginald Gray, Irish-French painter (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Brian Huggins, English-Canadian journalist and actor (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Enzo Jannacci, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Liu Kang, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1961)
• 2013 – Ralph Klein, Canadian journalist and politician, 12th Premier of Alberta (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Art Phillips, Canadian businessman and politician, 32nd Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Hobart Alter, American businessman (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Karl Spillman Forester, American lawyer and judge (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Marc Platt, American actor and dancer (b. 1913)
• 2014 – Birgitta Valberg, Swedish actress (b. 1916)
• 2015 – William Delafield Cook, Australian-English painter (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Gerry Hardstaff, English cricketer (b. 1940)

Billboard number-one singles of 1941

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• 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro-Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague.
• 1282 – The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
• 1296 – Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
• 1815 – Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification.
• 1822 – The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
• 1841 – The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
• 1842 – Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
• 1844 – One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
• 1855 – Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
• 1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
• 1863 – Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
• 1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
• 1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
• 1885 – The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.
• 1899 – German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• 1909 – The Queensboro Bridge in New York City opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
• 1910 – The Mississippi Legislature founds the University of Southern Mississippi.
• 1912 – Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fes, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• 1918 – Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
• 1939 – The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745km/h).
• 1940 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
• 1944 – World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
• 1944 – Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremburg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
• 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
• 1949 – A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• 1951 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 91 is adopted.
• 1954 – The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
• 1955 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 107 is adopted.
• 1961 – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
• 1964 – Jeopardy!, hosted by Art Fleming, debuts.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
• 1976 – The first Land Day protests are held in Israel/Palestine.
• 1979 – Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
• 1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Another two people are wounded at the same time.
• 1982 – Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
• 2006 – The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law.
• 2009 – Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.

Births[edit]

• 1326 – Ivan II of Moscow (d. 1359)
• 1432 – Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (d. 1481)
• 1566 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (d. 1613)
• 1606 – Vincentio Reinieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1647)
• 1640 – John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (d. 1695)
• 1727 – Tommaso Traetta, Italian composer and educator (d. 1779)
• 1746 – Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor (d. 1828)
• 1750 – John Stafford Smith, English organist and composer (d. 1836)
• 1793 – Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 1877)
• 1805 – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, German-Swedish linguist and botanist (d. 1887)
• 1811 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (d. 1899)
• 1820 – Anna Sewell, English author (d. 1878)
• 1844 – Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
• 1853 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (d. 1890)
• 1857 – Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (d. 1926)
• 1858 – Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)
• 1863 – Mary Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (d. 1930)
• 1864 – Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (d. 1943)
• 1874 – Charles Lightoller, English 2nd officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1952)
• 1874 – Josiah McCracken, American hammer thrower, shot putter, and football player (d. 1962)
• 1874 – Nicolae Rădescu, Romanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1953)
• 1875 – Thomas Xenakis, Greek-American gymnast (d. 1942)
• 1879 – Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (d. 1954)
• 1880 – Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (d. 1964)
• 1882 – Melanie Klein, Austrian-English psychologist and author (d. 1960)
• 1888 – J. R. Williams, Canadian-born cartoonist (d. 1957)
• 1892 – Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1945)
• 1892 – Fortunato Depero, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Erhard Milch, German field marshal (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (d. 1918)
• 1892 – Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (d. 1968)
• 1894 – Tommy Green, English race walker (d. 1975)
• 1894 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer, founded Ilyushin Aircraft Company (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Jean Giono, French author and poet (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Charlie Wilson, English footballer (d. 1971)
• 1899 – Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Indian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1970)
• 1902 – Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (d. 2007)
• 1902 – Ted Heath, English trombonist and composer (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Ripper Collins, American baseball player and coach (d. 1970)
• 1905 – Archie Birkin, English motorcycle racer (d. 1927)
• 1905 – Mikio Oda, Japanese triple jumper and academic (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Albert Pierrepoint, English hangman (d. 1992)
• 1907 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Józef Marcinkiewicz, Polish soldier, mathematician, and academic (d. 1940)
• 1911 – Ekrem Akurgal, Turkish archaeologist and academic (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Marc Davis, American animator (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Richard Helms, American soldier and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Ċensu Tabone, Maltese general, physician, and politician, 4th President of Malta (d. 2012)
• 1914 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1948)
• 1917 – Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1995)
• 1919 – McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (d. 1996)
• 1919 – Robin M. Williams, New Zealand mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
• 1921 – André Fontaine, French historian and journalist (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Tony Honoré, English lawyer and jurist
• 1922 – Turhan Bey, American actor and producer (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Arthur Wightman, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (d. 1986)
• 1924 – Alan Davidson, English historian and author (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman, founded IKEA
• 1926 – Peter Marshall, American actor, singer, and game show host
• 1926 – Ray McAnally, Irish actor (d. 1989)
• 1926 – Werner Torkanowsky, German-American conductor (d. 1992)
• 1926 – Larissa Volpert, Russian chess player
• 1927 – Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster, English civil servant and scholar
• 1927 – Wally Grout, Australian cricketer (d. 1968)
• 1928 – Robert Badinter, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice
• 1928 – Colin Egar, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Tom Sharpe, English-Spanish author and educator (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Richard Dysart, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Ray Musto, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)
• 1929 – István Rózsavölgyi, Hungarian runner (d. 2012)
• 1930 – John Astin, American actor
• 1930 – Nicolas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson, English lawyer and judge
• 1930 – Rolf Harris, Australian-English singer-songwriter
• 1930 – Alan Woods, Australian public servant (d. 1990)
• 1933 – Luis Bacalov, Argentinian-Italian composer
• 1933 – Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Mahmut Atalay, Turkish wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect and academic, designed Haas House (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Karl Berger, German pianist and composer
• 1935 – Willie Galimore, American football player (d. 1964)
• 1937 – Warren Beatty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 – Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth, English businessman
• 1938 – John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Klaus Schwab, German economist and engineer, founded the World Economic Forum
• 1940 – Jerry Lucas, American basketball player and educator
• 1940 – Hans Ragnemalm, Swedish lawyer and judge
• 1941 – Graeme Edge, English singer-songwriter and drummer (The Moody Blues)
• 1941 – Ron Johnston, English geographer and academic
• 1941 – Wasim Sajjad, Pakistan lawyer and politician, President of Pakistan
• 1941 – Bob Smith, American soldier and politician
• 1942 – Ruben Kun, Nauruan lawyer and politician, 14th President of Nauru
• 1942 – Kenneth Welsh, Canadian-American actor and singer
• 1943 – Ken Forssi, American bass player (The Surfaris and Love) (d. 1998)
• 1943 – Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa, Malagasy sprinter
• 1943 – Michael Redfern, English actor
• 1943 – Jay Traynor, American singer (The Mystics and Jay and the Americans) (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Mark Wylea Erwin, American businessman and diplomat
• 1944 – Brian Wilshire, Australian radio host
• 1945 – Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter (The Yardbirds, Blind Faith, and Derek and the Dominos)
• 1945 – Ron Garvin, Canadian-American wrestler and referee
• 1945 – Johnnie Walker, English radio host
• 1946 – Elhanan Helpman, Israeli-American economist
• 1946 – Mohammad Hashem Pesaran, Iranian-English economist and academic
• 1947 – Ryszard Kotla, Polish journalist and author
• 1947 – Dick Roche, Irish politician, Minister of State for European Affairs
• 1947 – Terje Venaas, Norwegian bassist
• 1948 – Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, English computer programmer and politician
• 1948 – Eddie Jordan, Irish racecar driver, founded Jordan Grand Prix
• 1948 – Mervyn King, English economist and academic
• 1948 – Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, American rock singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
• 1949 – Liza Frulla, Canadian talk show host and politician, 3rd Minister of Canadian Heritage
• 1949 – Ray Magliozzi, American radio host
• 1949 – Dana Gillespie, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1949 – Naomi Sims, American model and author (d. 2009)
• 1950 – Janet Browne, English-American historian and academic
• 1950 – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and singer
• 1950 – Beverley Hughes, English academic and politician
• 1950 – Grady Little, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1950 – Warren Snowdon, Australian educator and politician, 39th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
• 1951 – Tina Monzon-Palma, Filipino journalist
• 1951 – Yves Séguin, Canadian academic and politician
• 1952 – Stuart Dryburgh, English-New Zealand cinematographer
• 1952 – Peter Knights, Australian footballer and coach
• 1955 – Margaret Fingerhut, English pianist and educator
• 1955 – Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1955 – Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1956 – Bill Butler, Scottish educator and politician
• 1956 – Vladimir Denissenkov, Russian accordion player and composer
• 1956 – Juanito Oiarzabal, Spanish mountaineer
• 1956 – Shahla Sherkat, Iranian journalist and author
• 1957 – Debra Byrne, Australian singer and actress
• 1957 – Michael Lehmann, American director and producer
• 1957 – Paul Reiser, American actor
• 1958 – Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor and stand-up comedian
• 1958 – Michael Morris, American director and producer
• 1959 – Andrew Bailey, English banker
• 1959 – Martina Cole, English television host and author
• 1959 – Peter Ellis, New Zealand criminal
• 1959 – Sabine Meyer, German clarinet player and educator
• 1960 – Laurie Graham, Canadian skier
• 1960 – Bill Johnson, American skier (d. 2016)
• 1960 – Christoph M. Ohrt, German actor
• 1961 – Mike Thackwell, New Zealand race car driver
• 1961 – Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1999)
• 1962 – Mark Begich, American politician
• 1962 – Adrianna Biedrzyńska, Polish actress
• 1962 – Bil Dwyer, American actor and game show host
• 1962 – MC Hammer, American rapper and actor
• 1963 – Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Mongolian journalist and politician, 4th President of Mongolia
• 1963 – Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor
• 1963 – Panagiotis Tsalouchidis, Greek footballer
• 1964 – Vlado Bozinovski, Macedonian-Australian footballer and manager
• 1964 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – David Ellett, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Sigurd Haveland, Gibraltarian triathlete and cyclist
• 1964 – Ian Ziering, American actor and producer
• 1965 – Piers Morgan, English journalist and talk show host
• 1966 – Joey Castillo, American drummer and songwriter (Queens of the Stone Age, Eagles of Death Metal, Danzig, Sugartooth, and Zilch)
• 1966 – Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess player and author
• 1966 – Dmitry Volkov, Russian swimmer
• 1966 – Leonid Voloshin, Russian triple jumper
• 1967 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and coach (d. 2008)
• 1967 – Megumi Hayashibara, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1967 – Richard Hutten, Dutch furniture designer
• 1967 – Julie Richardson, New Zealand tennis player
• 1967 – Fuyumi Sakamoto, Japanese singer
• 1968 – Donna D'Errico, American model and actress
• 1968 – Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Troy Bayliss, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1969 – Nuša Derenda, Slovenian singer
• 1969 – Kei Takeoka, Japanese journalist
• 1970 – Tobias Hill, English poet and author
• 1970 – Ricardo Bernal, Mexican tenor
• 1970 – Jone Nikula, Finnish radio and television host
• 1970 – Ron Villanueva, American politician
• 1971 – Mark Consuelos, American actor and television personality
• 1971 – Mari Holden, American cyclist
• 1972 – Mili Avital, Israeli-American actress
• 1972 – Makoto Nagano, Japanese martial artist
• 1972 – Emerson Thome, Brazilian footballer and scout
• 1972 – Karel Poborský, Czech footballer
• 1973 – Ali Ahmed, Qatari archer
• 1973 – Adam Goldstein, American keyboard player, DJ, and producer (Crazy Town and TRV$DJAM) (d. 2009)
• 1973 – Jan Koller, Czech footballer
• 1973 – Matthew Pritchard, Welsh skateboarder and actor
• 1973 – Kareem Streete-Thompson, Caymanian-American long jumper
• 1973 – Rodney Thomas, American football player (d. 2014)
• 1974 – Maria Dangell, Estonian singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1975 – Paul Griffen, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 1975 – Haluk Piyes, German actor
• 1975 – Bahar Soomekh, Iranian-American actress
• 1976 – Bonobo, English DJ and producer
• 1976 – Jessica Cauffiel, American actress and singer
• 1976 – Ty Conklin, American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Ayako Kawasumi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1976 – Mark McClelland, Irish bass player (Snow Patrol, Little Doses, and The Reindeer Section)
• 1976 – Obadele Thompson, Barbadian sprinter
• 1976 – Troels Lund Poulsen, Danish politician, Minister for Education of Denmark
• 1977 – Abhishek Chaubey, Indian director and screenwriter
• 1978 – Teemu Aalto, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1978 – Paweł Czapiewski, Polish runner
• 1978 – Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player and coach
• 1978 – Simon Webbe, English singer-songwriter and actor (Blue)
• 1979 – Daniel Arenas, Colombian actor
• 1979 – Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (The Little Willies and Wax Poetic)
• 1979 – Sean Garrett, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979 – Park Kyung-lim, South Korean comedian and actor
• 1979 – Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Ukrainian footballer
• 1980 – Chris Paterson, Australian rugby player
• 1980 – Fiona Gubelmann, American actress
• 1980 – Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Yalın, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – Jammal Brown, American football player
• 1981 – Angie Greenup, American comedian, actress, and television host
• 1981 – Andrea Masi, Italian rugby player
• 1981 – Katy Mixon, American actress
• 1982 – A-Trak, Canadian DJ and producer (Low Pros)
• 1982 – Jason Dohring, American actor
• 1982 – Mark Hudson, English footballer
• 1982 – Philippe Mexès, French footballer
• 1982 – Javier Portillo, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Jérémie Aliadière, French footballer
• 1983 – Scott Moffatt, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Moffatts)
• 1983 – Sajjad Moradi, Iranian runner
• 1983 – Davis Romero, Panamanian baseball player
• 1983 – Hebe Tien, Taiwanese singer and actress (S.H.E)
• 1984 – Mario Ančić, Croatian tennis player
• 1984 – Jonny Diaz, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1984 – Christian López, Guatemalan weightlifter (d. 2013)
• 1984 – Anna Nalick, American singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Paul Oliver, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1984 – Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player
• 1985 – Miss Fame, American drag queen performer
• 1985 – Giacomo Ricci, Italian race car driver
• 1986 – Beni, Japanese-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1986 – Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Trent Barreta, American wrestler
• 1987 – Calum Elliot, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Kwok Kin Pong, Hong Kong footballer
• 1987 – Marc-Édouard Vlasic, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Richard Sherman, American football player
• 1989 – Chris Sale, American baseball player
• 1989 – João Sousa, Portuguese tennis player
• 1990 – Rola, Japanese model and television personality
• 1990 – Allie Gonino, American actress and singer (The Stunners)
• 1990 – Lee Gi-kwang, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (BEAST)
• 1990 – Jaik Mickleburgh, English cricketer
• 1990 – Ádám Simon, Hungarian footballer
• 1990 – András Simon, Hungarian footballer
• 1990 – Rodney Strasser, Sierra Leonean footballer
• 1991 – Kim Grajdek, German tennis player
• 1992 – Enrique Gil, Filipino actor, singer and dancer
• 1993 – Javid Bowen, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Song Min-ho, South Korean rapper (Winner)
• 1994 – Haruka Shimazaki, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)
• 1994 – Sarah Solovay, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1994 – Jetro Willems, Dutch footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 116 – Quirinus of Neuss, Roman martyr and saint
• 365 – Emperor Ai of Jin (b. 341)
• 987 – Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (b. 960)
• 1202 – Joachim of Fiore, Italian mystic and theologian (b. 1135)
• 1486 – Thomas Bourchier, English cardinal (b. 1404)
• 1526 – Konrad Mutian, German humanist (b. 1471)
• 1540 – Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German cardinal (b. 1469)
• 1559 – Adam Ries, German mathematician and academic (b. 1492)
• 1587 – Ralph Sadler, English politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1507)
• 1662 – François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet and playwright (b. 1592)
• 1707 – Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French general and engineer (b. 1633)
• 1764 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1695)
• 1783 – William Hunter, Scottish anatomist and physician (b. 1718)
• 1804 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1718)
• 1806 – Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1757)
• 1830 – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1763)
• 1840 – Beau Brummell, English-French fashion designer (b. 1778)
• 1842 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (b. 1755)
• 1864 – Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1873 – Bénédict Morel, Austrian-French psychiatrist and physician (b. 1809)
• 1879 – Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (b. 1815)
• 1886 – Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Premier of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1896 – Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Chester Gillette, American murderer (b. 1883)
• 1912 – Karl May, German author (b. 1842)
• 1925 – Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1861)
• 1935 – Romanos Melikian, Armenian composer (b. 1883)
• 1936 – Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1895)
• 1940 – Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Scottish soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1876)
• 1943 – Jan Bytnar, Polish lieutenant; resistance fighter (b. 1921)
• 1943 – Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish sergeant; resistance fighter (b. 1920)
• 1945 – Béla Balogh, Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 – Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1949 – Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1909)
• 1950 – Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1952 – Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1905)
• 1954 – Pauline Brunius, Swedish actress and director (b. 1881)
• 1955 – Harl McDonald, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1956 – Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English author and poet (b. 1875)
• 1958 – Gösta Hillberg, Swedish actor (b. 1877)
• 1959 – Daniil Andreyev, Russian mystic and poet (b. 1906)
• 1959 – John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (b. 1894)
• 1959 – Riccardo Zanella, Croatian politician (b. 1875)
• 1960 – Joseph Haas, German composer and educator (b. 1879)
• 1961 – Philibert Jacques Melotte, English astronomer (b. 1880)
• 1963 – Aleksandr Gauk, Russian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1964 – Nella Larsen, American nurse and author (b. 1891)
• 1965 – Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1966 – Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)
• 1966 – Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1966 – Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1967 – Frank Thorpe, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1967 – Jean Toomer, American poet and novelist (b. 1894)
• 1968 – Bobby Driscoll, American actor and singer (b. 1937)
• 1969 – Lucien Bianchi, Belgian race car driver (b. 1934)
• 1970 – Heinrich Brüning, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
• 1971 – Selmer Jackson, American actor (b. 1888)
• 1972 – Mahir Çayan, Turkish politician (b. 1946)
• 1972 – Gabriel Heatter, American journalist (b. 1890)
• 1972 – Peter Whitney, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish pilot and politician (b. 1903)
• 1973 – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French racing driver (b. 1904)
• 1975 – Peter Bamm, German journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)
• 1977 – Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer and educator (b. 1889)
• 1978 – George Paine, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
• 1978 – Memduh Tağmaç, Turkish general (b. 1904)
• 1979 – Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (b. 1916)
• 1979 – Ray Ventura, French pianist and bandleader (b. 1908)
• 1981 – DeWitt Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1889)
• 1984 – Karl Rahner, German-Austrian priest and theologian (b. 1904)
• 1985 – Harold Peary, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
• 1986 – James Cagney, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)
• 1986 – John Ciardi, American poet and etymologist (b. 1916)
• 1988 – Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1908)
• 1990 – Harry Bridges, Australian-American trade union leader (b. 1901)
• 1992 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist and academic (b. 1919)
• 1993 – S. M. Pandit, Indian painter (b. 1916)
• 1993 – Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (b. 1922)
• 1994 – Sid Weiss, American bassist (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Rozelle Claxton, American pianist (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Tony Lock, English-Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1929)
• 1995 – Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer (b. 1935)
• 1996 – Hugh Falkus, English pilot and author (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Ryoei Saito, Japanese businessman (b. 1916)
• 1999 – Gary Morton, American actor and producer (b. 1924)
• 2000 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and songwriter (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b. 1900)
• 2003 – Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952)
• 2003 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Alistair Cooke, English-American journalist and author (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Hubert Gregg, English actor and director (b. 1914)
• 2004 – Michael King, New Zealand historian and author (b. 1945)
• 2004 – Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Robert Creeley, American poet and author (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Milton Green, American hurdler and soldier (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Fred Korematsu, American political activist (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Derrick Plourde, American drummer (Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, The Ataris, Mad Caddies, and Rich Kids on LSD) (b. 1971)
• 2005 – O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Red Hickey, American football player and coach (b. 1917)
• 2006 – John McGahern, Irish author and educator (b. 1934)
• 2007 – John Roberts, Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician, 46th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1933)
• 2008 – David Leslie, Scottish race car driver (b. 1953)
• 2008 – Richard Lloyd, English race car driver (b. 1945)
• 2008 – Dith Pran, Cambodian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Martin Sandberger, German SS officer (b. 1911)
• 2012 – Janet Anderson Perkin, Canadian baseball player and curler (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Aquila Berlas Kiani, Indian-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Francesco Mancini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Granville Semmes, American businessman, founded 1-800-Flowers (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Raja Ashman Shah, Malaysian son of Azlan Shah of Perak (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Leonid Shebarshin, Russian KGB officer (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Franco Califano, Libyan-Italian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Peter Kormos, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Mal Moore, American football player and coach (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Samueli Naulu, Fijian rugby player (b. 1982)
• 2013 – Bobby Parks, American basketball player and coach (b. 1962)
• 2013 – Phil Ramone, South African-American songwriter and producer, co-founded A & R Recording (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Edith Schaeffer, Chinese-Swiss religious leader and author, co-founded L'Abri (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Bob Turley, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Ray Hutchison, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Keizō Kanie, Japanese actor (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Kate O'Mara, English actress (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Fred Stansfield, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Phuntsok Wangyal, Tibetan politician (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Štěpán Kodeda, Czech orienteering competitor (b. 1988)
• 2015 – Roger Slifer, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1954)
• 2015 – Basil Soda, Lebanese fashion designer
• 2015 – Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1921)

Patty Duke, Oscar-winning American actress, dies at 69

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US actress Patty Duke, who won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker in 1963, has died aged 69.

As well as a best supporting Oscar, Duke won an Emmy in 1980 for playing Helen Keller's teacher in a TV movie.

Duke also starred in The Patty Duke Show in the 1960s in which she took the roles of "identical" teenage cousins.

She was the mother of actor Sean Astin, who played the hobbit Sam in the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films.

Her representative, Mitchell Stubbs, said in a statement that she had died early on Tuesday of sepsis from a ruptured intestine. 

She underwent a heart bypass in 2004.

Mr Stubbs said: "She was a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a friend, a mental health advocate and a cultural icon. She will be missed."

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A statement from her family read: "This morning, our beloved wife, mother, matriarch and the exquisite artist and champion of mental health, Anna Patty Duke, closed her eyes, quieted her pain and ascended to a beautiful place."

She died in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, according to her son Sean's publicist, Teri Weigel.

Duke was a child star, making her first TV appearance at the age of 12.

In The Miracle Worker, 16-year-old Duke played blind and deaf girl Helen Keller whose tutor - played by Anne Bancroft - breaks through her isolation and helps her to communicate.

Among her other awards were Emmys for My Sweet Charlie in 1970 and Captains and the Kings in 1976.

She also appeared in the Broadway musical Oklahoma!.

In her autobiography, Duke revealed that in the 1980s she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. 

In later life she became a strong advocate for increasing awareness, funding and research for people with mental illness.

• «Μια ζωή τραγούδια – Αυτοβιογραφία» (1985)
• «Λαϊκή στιχουργική ανθολογία» (1989)
• «Πράσινα βουνά και χρυσαφένιοι κάμποι. Παραδοσιακά, λαογραφικά, σατιρικά τραγούδια - γεγονότα» (1998)