Πέθανε ο Ανδρέας Μπάρκουλης -Ο ζεν πρεμιέ του ελληνικού κινηματογράφου

Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο Ανδρέας Μπάρκουλης, ο εμβληματικός

 ζεν πρεμιέ του Ελληνικού κινηματογράφου.

Άφησε την τελευταία του πνοή στο Αγία Ολγα όπου νοσηλευότανε τις τελευταίες

 εβδομάδες. 

Ο Ανδρέας Μπάρκουλης είχε νυμφευτεί τρεις φορές κι είχε αποκτήσει τρία παιδιά.

Με την τελευταία του σύζυγο Μαρία και τον γιο του Νικόλα, πέρασε τα δύσκολα

 χρόνια του γηροκομείου, του κέντρου αποκατάστασης, αλλά και των 

νοσοκομείων. Μαχητής ως το τέλος, «θέλω να ξανά περπατήσω.Το θέλω πάρα 

πολύ» δήλωνε. «Δεν νιώθω τα πόδια μου νεκρά μετά από πολύ καιρό. Με την 

βοήθεια του φυσιοθεραπευτή νιώθω πως δικαιούμαι να περπατήσω πάλι. Μπορεί

 να είμαι μεγάλος αλλά εγώ θέλω και το χρωστάω στο παιδί μου να αγωνιστώ για 

αυτό το οποίο και έχω στερηθεί πολύ τον τελευταίο καιρό, που δεν περπατάω».

Γεννήθηκε στον Πειραιά στις 4 Αυγούστου του 1936.
Σπούδασε υποκριτική και κατά την αποφοίτησή του χαρακτηρίστηκε εξαιρετικό 

ταλέντο.
Εμφανίστηκε για πρώτη φορά στο θέατρο το 1956 και στον κινηματογράφο το

 αμέσως επόμενο έτος με την ταινία Μαρία Πενταγιώτισσα. 

Ένα μικρό διάστημα της ζωής του το πέρασε στην Αμερική, όπου ασχολήθηκε

 επαγγελματικά με το τραγούδι. 

Υπήρξε ένας από τους γοητευτικότερους ζεν πρεμιέ της δεκαετίας του '60.

 Ενδεικτικό της αίγλης του αυτής είναι το σλόγκαν «Κορίτσια, ο Μπάρκουλης!».

Εμφανίστηκε σε περισσότερες από εκατό ταινίες, όπως «Κοινωνία ώρα Μηδέν»

 (1966) , «Κοντσέρτο για πολυβόλα» (1967), «Όλγα Αγάπη μου» (1968), αλλά και

 κωμωδίες, όπως «Μια Ιταλίδα στην Ελλάδα» (1958), «Διακοπές στην Αίγινα» (1958),

«Η Μουσίτσα»(1959), «Μην είδατε τον Παναή» (1962), «Το Δόλωμα» (1964),

«Τζένη Τζένη» (1965), «Ησαΐα μη Χορεύεις» (1969), «Μια τρελή τρελή σαραντάρα» 

(1970) και η «Θεία μου η χίπισσα» (1970).

Στην τηλεόραση εμφανίστηκε στις σειρές: «Οι έμποροι των εθνών» (1973), 

«Το δίλημμα» (1986), «Το μυστικό του Άρη Μπονσαλέντη» (1990), 

«Το γαλάζιο διαμάντι» (1991), «Αμαρτίες γονέων»(1993), «Ο πύργος των

 Μοσκώφ», «Οι θησαυροί της Βέρμαχτ», καθώς και σε παραστάσεις του «Θεάτρου

 της Δευτέρας».

Μεγάλη του αγάπη το ραδιόφωνο. Τον βοηθούσε και η γοητευτική φωνή του.

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• 49 BC – Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC) by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
• 79 – Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash (note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).
• 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, was written.
• 410 – The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
• 455 – The Vandals, led by king Genseric, begin to plunder Rome. Pope Leo I requests Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its citizens. He agrees and the gates of Rome are opened. However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure.
• 1185 – Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans.
• 1200 – King John of England, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoulême in Bordeaux Cathedral.
• 1215 – Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.
• 1349 – Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
• 1391 – Jews are massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
• 1456 – The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
• 1482 – The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army
• 1516 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq.
• 1561 – Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
• 1608 – The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
• 1662 – The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
• 1682 – William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
• 1690 – Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city has no birthday).
• 1781 – American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
• 1812 – Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
• 1814 – British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
• 1815 – The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
• 1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1820 – Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
• 1821 – The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
• 1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
• 1870 – The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim the English Channel
• 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• 1898 – Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
• 1909 – Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• 1914 – World War I: German troops capture Namur.
• 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
• 1929 – Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
• 1931 – France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
• 1931 – Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
• 1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
• 1933 – The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
• 1936 – The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
• 1941 – Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
• 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk and US carrier USS Enterprise heavily damaged.
• 1944 – World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
• 1949 – The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• 1950 – Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
• 1954 – The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
• 1954 – Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
• 1963 – Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
• 1967 – Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
• 1981 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• 1989 – Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
• 1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
• 1989 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
• 1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1991 – Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
• 1992 – Hurricane Andrew makes landfall just south of Miami as a Category 5 hurricane.
• 1994 – Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
• 1995 – Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
• 1998 – First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
• 2001 – Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.
• 2004 – Eighty-nine passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya.
• 2006 – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
• 2010 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.

Births[edit]

• 1113 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
• 1198 – Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
• 1358 – John I of Castile (d. 1390)
• 1393 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
• 1498 – John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (d. 1537)
• 1552 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter and educator (d. 1614)
• 1556 – Sophia Brahe, Danish horticulturalist and astronomer (d. 1643)
• 1561 – Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (d. 1626)
• 1578 – John Taylor, English poet and author (d. 1653)
• 1591 – Robert Herrick, English poet and cleric (d. 1674)
• 1635 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1699)
• 1707 – Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (d. 1791)
• 1714 – Alaungpaya, Burmese king (d. 1760)
• 1732 – Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist (d. 1785)
• 1750 – Letizia Ramolino, French wife of Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1836)
• 1758 – Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1794)
• 1759 – William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (d. 1833)
• 1772 – William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
• 1787 – James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer (d. 1834)
• 1824 – Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar (d. 1891)
• 1837 – Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)
• 1845 – James Calhoun, American lieutenant (d. 1876)
• 1851 – Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1924)
• 1860 – David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician (d. 1916)
• 1863 – Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
• 1865 – Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
• 1872 – Max Beerbohm, English-Italian author and illustrator (d. 1956)
• 1880 – Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (d. 1965)
• 1884 – Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright (d. 1933)
• 1887 – Harry Hooper, American baseball player and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee (d. 1974)
• 1888 – Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (d. 1942)
• 1890 – Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer (d. 1968)
• 1890 – Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (d. 1979)
• 1893 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (d. 1978)
• 1895 – Richard Cushing, American cardinal (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher (d. 1954)
• 1898 – Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, literary critic (d. 1989)
• 1899 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian-Swiss author, poet, and critic (d. 1986)
• 1899 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
• 1899 – Gaylord DuBois, American author and poet (d. 1993)
• 1901 – Preston Foster, American actor and singer (d. 1970)
• 1902 – Fernand Braudel, French historian and academic (d. 1985)
• 1902 – Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1976)
• 1903 – Karl Hanke, Polish-German businessman and politician (d. 1945)
• 1904 – Mary Burchell, English activist and author (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
• 1905 – Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leonean police officer and politician, 1st President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect, designed the Hallenstadion (d. 2012)
• 1908 – Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (d. 1931)
• 1909 – Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Michel Pablo, Egyptian-Greek Trotskyist leader (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1915 – James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (d. 1987)
• 1916 – Léo Ferré, Monegasque-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993)
• 1917 – Dennis James, American game show host and actor (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Sam Tingle, English-Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist (d. 2009)
• 1922 – René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Alyn Ainsworth, English singer and conductor (d. 1990)
• 1926 – Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (d. 2014)
• 1927 – David Ireland, Australian author and playwright
• 1927 – Harry Markowitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Betty Dodson, American author and educator
• 1930 – Jackie Brenston, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (d. 1979)
• 1930 – Roger McCluskey, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1932 – Robert D. Hales, American captain and religious leader
• 1932 – Richard Meale, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2009)
• 1932 – W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor
• 1932 – Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, English cardinal
• 1933 – Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English banker and manager (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Kenny Baker, English actor (d. 2016)
• 1936 – A. S. Byatt, English author and poet
• 1936 – Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
• 1937 – Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author
• 1938 – David Freiberg, American singer and bass player (Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship)
• 1938 – Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
• 1940 – Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Madsen Pirie, English author and educator
• 1940 – Keith Savage, English rugby player
• 1941 – Alan M. Roberts, Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol
• 1942 – Max Cleland, American captain and politician, 23rd Secretary of State of Georgia
• 1942 – Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, English businessman
• 1943 – John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Dinosaurs, and Man) (d. 1989)
• 1943 – Dafydd Iwan, Welsh singer and politician
• 1943 – Pini Zahavi, Israeli journalist and agent
• 1944 – Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)
• 1944 – Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1944 – Rocky Johnson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer
• 1945 – Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 – Molly Duncan, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band)
• 1945 – Ken Hensley, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Uriah Heep)
• 1945 – Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (d. 1992)
• 1945 – Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, producer, and actor, co-founded WWE
• 1947 – Anne Archer, American actress and producer
• 1947 – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
• 1947 – Raven De La Croix, American actress and producer
• 1947 – Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist and coach
• 1947 – Jim Fox, American rock drummer and organist (James Gang)
• 1947 – Joe Manchin, American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
• 1947 – Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
• 1948 – Jean Michel Jarre, French pianist, composer, and producer
• 1948 – Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator
• 1948 – Sauli Niinistö, Finnish captain and politician, 12th President of Finland
• 1948 – Kim Sung-il, South Korean commander and pilot
• 1949 – Stephen Paulus, American composer and educator (d. 2014)
• 1949 – Joe Regalbuto, American actor and director
• 1950 – John Banaszak, American football player and coach
• 1950 – Tim D. White, American paleoanthropologist and academic
• 1951 – Orson Scott Card, American author and critic
• 1951 – Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Marion Bloem, Dutch author, director, and painter
• 1952 – Bob Corker, American businessman and politician
• 1952 – John Cowan, American singer and bass player (New Grass Revival, The Sky Kings, and The Doobie Brothers)
• 1952 – Carlo Curley, American organist and educator (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Ian Grob, English race car driver
• 1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican-English poet and singer (Poet and the Roots)
• 1952 – Mike Shanahan, American football player and coach
• 1953 – Ron Holloway, American saxophonist
• 1953 – Sam Torrance, Scottish golfer and sportscaster
• 1954 – Alain Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 – Heini Otto, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
• 1955 – Mike Huckabee, American minister and politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas
• 1956 – Gerry Cooney, American boxer
• 1956 – John Culberson, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1957 – Jeffrey Daniel, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Shalamar)
• 1957 – Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor and producer
• 1958 – Chris Offutt, American author and academic
• 1959 – Meg Munn, English social worker and politician
• 1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player and coach
• 1961 – Jared Harris, English actor
• 1962 – Major Garrett, American journalist and author
• 1962 – Craig Kilborn, American actor and talk show host
• 1962 – Emile Roemer, Dutch educator and politician
• 1963 – Francis Pangilinan, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1963 – John Bush, American singer-songwriter (Anthrax and Armored Saint)
• 1963 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese director and producer
• 1964 – Éric Bernard, French race car driver
• 1964 – Oteil Burbridge, American bass player
• 1964 – Salizhan Sharipov, Kyrgyzstani-Russian lieutenant, pilot, and astronaut
• 1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress and producer
• 1965 – Reggie Miller, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1965 – Brian Rajadurai, Sri Lankan-Canadian cricketer
• 1966 – Nick Denton, English-American journalist and businessman, founded Gawker Media
• 1966 – Jon Sieben, Australian swimmer
• 1967 – Michael Thomas, English footballer
• 1968 – Benoît Brunet, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Shoichi Funaki, Japanese-American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1968 – Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Sepultura and Hail!)
• 1968 – Tim Salmon, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – James Toney, American boxer and mixed martial artist
• 1969 – Jans Koerts, Dutch cyclist
• 1970 – Rich Beem, American golfer
• 1970 – David Gregory, American journalist
• 1970 – Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1972 – Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian skier and radio host
• 1973 – Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 – Dave Chappelle, American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter
• 1973 – Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
• 1974 – Órla Fallon, Irish singer-songwriter (Celtic Woman and Anúna)
• 1974 – Jennifer Lien, American actress and producer
• 1975 – Roberto Colombo, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Simon Dennis, English rower and academic
• 1976 – Nordin Wooter, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1977 – Denílson de Oliveira Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Robert Enke, German footballer (d. 2009)
• 1977 – Per Gade, Danish footballer
• 1977 – John Green, American author and blogger
• 1977 – Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
• 1978 – Derek Morris, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Vahur Afanasjev, Estonian author and poet
• 1979 – Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Kaki King, American guitarist and composer
• 1979 – Michael Redd, American basketball player
• 1981 – Chad Michael Murray, American model and actor
• 1982 – José Bosingwa, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 – Kim Källström, Swedish footballer
• 1982 – Glen Atle Larsen, Norwegian footballer
• 1983 – Brett Gardner, American baseball player
• 1983 – Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
• 1983 – George Perris, Greek-French singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1984 – Erin Molan, Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1984 – Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player
• 1986 – Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (d. 2009)
• 1986 – Joseph Akpala, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 – Arian Foster, American football player
• 1986 – Fabiano Santacroce, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Daichi Miura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer, and choreographer
• 1988 – Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1988 – Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1988 – Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer
• 1989 – Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer (Teen Angels)
• 1990 – Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer (Teen Angels)
• 1992 – Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 – King Krule, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Deaths[edit]

• 842 – Saga, Japanese emperor (b. 786)
• 1042 – Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (b. 1015)
• 1103 – Magnus Barefoot, Norwegian king (b. 1073)
• 1217 – Eustace the Monk, French pirate (b. 1170)
• 1540 – Parmigianino, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1503)
• 1542 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal (b. 1483)
• 1572 – Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (b. 1519)
• 1572 – Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1535)
• 1595 – Thomas Digges, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1546)
• 1647 – Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
• 1679 – Jean François Paul de Gondi, French cardinal and author (b. 1614)
• 1680 – Thomas Blood, Irish colonel (b. 1618)
• 1680 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1616)
• 1683 – John Owen, English theologian and academic (b. 1616)
• 1759 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1773 – George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)
• 1779 – Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 – Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1818 – James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1832 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 – Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 – Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1841 – John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1888 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 – Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 – Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 – Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 – Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 – Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 – Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 – Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1945 – Midori Naka, Japanese actress (b. 1909)
• 1946 – James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 – Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1956 – Mitchell Lewis, American actor (b. 1880)
• 1958 – Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)
• 1961 – Günter Litfin, German person that was shot at the Berlin Wall (b. 1937)
• 1967 – Lam Bun, Hong Kong journalist and radio host (b. 1930)
• 1967 – Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
• 1974 – Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894)
• 1977 – Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1978 – Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1979 – Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (b. 1912)
• 1980 – Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)
• 1982 – Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)
• 1983 – Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 1985 – Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1987 – Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936)
• 1990 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941)
• 1990 – Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931)
• 1991 – Bernard Castro, Italian-American inventor (b. 1904)
• 1992 – André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918)
• 1997 – Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1998 – E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1999 – Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929)
• 2000 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964)
• 2001 – Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2002 – Nikolay Guryanov Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909)
• 2003 – Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910)
• 2004 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
• 2005 – Hal Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Rocco Petrone, American soldier and engineer (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Aaron Russo, American director and producer (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet and author (b. 1962)
• 2011 – Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1951)
• 2012 – Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (b. 1965)
• 2012 – Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Nílton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Julie Harris, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, Brazilian businessman (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Aldo Donati, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
• 2015 – Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Joseph F. Traub, German-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Justin Wilson, English race car driver (b. 1978)

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• 49 BC – Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC) by the Numidians under Publius Attius Varus and King Juba of Numidia. Curio commits suicide to avoid capture.
• 79 – Mount Vesuvius erupts. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash (note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24).
• 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in Egyptian hieroglyphs, was written.
• 410 – The Visigoths under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome.
• 455 – The Vandals, led by king Genseric, begin to plunder Rome. Pope Leo I requests Genseric not destroy the ancient city or murder its citizens. He agrees and the gates of Rome are opened. However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure.
• 1185 – Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans.
• 1200 – King John of England, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries Isabella of Angoulême in Bordeaux Cathedral.
• 1215 – Pope Innocent III declares Magna Carta invalid.
• 1349 – Six thousand Jews are killed in Mainz after being blamed for the bubonic plague.
• 1391 – Jews are massacred in Palma de Mallorca.
• 1456 – The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.
• 1482 – The town and castle of Berwick upon Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army
• 1516 – The Ottoman Empire under Selim I defeats the Mamluk Sultanate and captures present-day Syria at the Battle of Marj Dabiq.
• 1561 – Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.
• 1608 – The first official English representative to India lands in Surat.
• 1662 – The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
• 1682 – William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
• 1690 – Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city has no birthday).
• 1781 – American Revolutionary War: A small force of Pennsylvania militia is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack Detroit.
• 1812 – Peninsular War: A coalition of Spanish, British, and Portuguese forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz.
• 1814 – British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House, the Capitol and many other buildings are set ablaze.
• 1815 – The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.
• 1816 – The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1820 – Constitutionalist insurrection at Oporto, Portugal.
• 1821 – The Treaty of Córdoba is signed in Córdoba, now in Veracruz, Mexico, concluding the Mexican War of Independence from Spain.
• 1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
• 1870 – The Wolseley expedition reaches Manitoba to end the Red River Rebellion.
• 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became first person to swim the English Channel
• 1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.
• 1898 – Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
• 1909 – Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
• 1914 – World War I: German troops capture Namur.
• 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Cer ends as the first Allied victory in the war.
• 1929 – Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab attacks on the Jewish community in Hebron in the British Mandate of Palestine, result in the death of 65–68 Jews and the remaining Jews being forced to leave the city.
• 1931 – France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality/no attack treaty.
• 1931 – Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
• 1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
• 1933 – The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the bridge it is crossing is washed out by the 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane.
• 1936 – The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
• 1941 – Adolf Hitler orders the cessation of Nazi Germany's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war.
• 1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk and US carrier USS Enterprise heavily damaged.
• 1944 – World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
• 1949 – The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
• 1950 – Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
• 1954 – The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
• 1954 – Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
• 1963 – Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother Ngô Đình Nhu.
• 1967 – Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
• 1981 – Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering John Lennon.
• 1989 – Colombian drug barons declare "total war" on the Colombian government.
• 1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
• 1989 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe.
• 1991 – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1991 – Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
• 1992 – Hurricane Andrew makes landfall just south of Miami as a Category 5 hurricane.
• 1994 – Initial accord between Israel and the PLO about partial self-rule of the Palestinians on the West Bank.
• 1995 – Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
• 1998 – First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom.
• 2001 – Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean (en route to Lisbon from Toronto) and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.
• 2004 – Eighty-nine passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers (reportedly female) from the Russian Republic of Chechnya.
• 2006 – The International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that Pluto is now considered a dwarf planet.
• 2010 – In San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities.

Births[edit]

• 1113 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)
• 1198 – Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)
• 1358 – John I of Castile (d. 1390)
• 1393 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)
• 1498 – John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (d. 1537)
• 1552 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter and educator (d. 1614)
• 1556 – Sophia Brahe, Danish horticulturalist and astronomer (d. 1643)
• 1561 – Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (d. 1626)
• 1578 – John Taylor, English poet and author (d. 1653)
• 1591 – Robert Herrick, English poet and cleric (d. 1674)
• 1635 – Peder Griffenfeld, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1699)
• 1707 – Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon (d. 1791)
• 1714 – Alaungpaya, Burmese king (d. 1760)
• 1732 – Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist (d. 1785)
• 1750 – Letizia Ramolino, French wife of Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1836)
• 1758 – Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1794)
• 1759 – William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (d. 1833)
• 1772 – William I of the Netherlands (d. 1840)
• 1787 – James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer (d. 1834)
• 1824 – Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar (d. 1891)
• 1837 – Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (d. 1924)
• 1845 – James Calhoun, American lieutenant (d. 1876)
• 1851 – Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1924)
• 1860 – David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician (d. 1916)
• 1863 – Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918)
• 1865 – Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927)
• 1872 – Max Beerbohm, English-Italian author and illustrator (d. 1956)
• 1880 – Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (d. 1965)
• 1884 – Earl Derr Biggers, American author and playwright (d. 1933)
• 1887 – Harry Hooper, American baseball player and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee (d. 1974)
• 1888 – Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (d. 1942)
• 1890 – Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer (d. 1968)
• 1890 – Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (d. 1979)
• 1893 – Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (d. 1978)
• 1895 – Richard Cushing, American cardinal (d. 1970)
• 1897 – Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher (d. 1954)
• 1898 – Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, literary critic (d. 1989)
• 1899 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian-Swiss author, poet, and critic (d. 1986)
• 1899 – Albert Claude, Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
• 1899 – Gaylord DuBois, American author and poet (d. 1993)
• 1901 – Preston Foster, American actor and singer (d. 1970)
• 1902 – Fernand Braudel, French historian and academic (d. 1985)
• 1902 – Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1976)
• 1903 – Karl Hanke, Polish-German businessman and politician (d. 1945)
• 1904 – Mary Burchell, English activist and author (d. 1986)
• 1905 – Arthur Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)
• 1905 – Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leonean police officer and politician, 1st President of Sierra Leone (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect, designed the Hallenstadion (d. 2012)
• 1908 – Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (d. 1931)
• 1909 – Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1998)
• 1911 – Durward Kirby, American television host and announcer (d. 2000)
• 1911 – Michel Pablo, Egyptian-Greek Trotskyist leader (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1915 – James Tiptree, Jr., American psychologist and author (d. 1987)
• 1916 – Léo Ferré, Monegasque-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1993)
• 1917 – Dennis James, American game show host and actor (d. 1997)
• 1918 – Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Enrique Llanes, Mexican wrestler (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Sam Tingle, English-Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist (d. 2009)
• 1922 – René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Howard Zinn, American historian, author, and activist (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Alyn Ainsworth, English singer and conductor (d. 1990)
• 1926 – Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (d. 2009)
• 1927 – Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (d. 2014)
• 1927 – David Ireland, Australian author and playwright
• 1927 – Harry Markowitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 – Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-Palestinian engineer and politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Betty Dodson, American author and educator
• 1930 – Jackie Brenston, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (d. 1979)
• 1930 – Roger McCluskey, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1932 – Robert D. Hales, American captain and religious leader
• 1932 – Richard Meale, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2009)
• 1932 – W. Morgan Sheppard, English actor
• 1932 – Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, English cardinal
• 1933 – Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English banker and manager (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Kenny Baker, English actor (d. 2016)
• 1936 – A. S. Byatt, English author and poet
• 1936 – Kenny Guinn, American banker and politician, 27th Governor of Nevada (d. 2010)
• 1936 – Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (d. 2001)
• 1937 – Moshood Abiola, Nigerian businessman and politician (d. 1998)
• 1937 – Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author
• 1938 – David Freiberg, American singer and bass player (Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship)
• 1938 – Mason Williams, American guitarist and composer
• 1940 – Francine Lalonde, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Madsen Pirie, English author and educator
• 1940 – Keith Savage, English rugby player
• 1941 – Alan M. Roberts, Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol
• 1942 – Max Cleland, American captain and politician, 23rd Secretary of State of Georgia
• 1942 – Peter Gummer, Baron Chadlington, English businessman
• 1943 – John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service, The Dinosaurs, and Man) (d. 1989)
• 1943 – Dafydd Iwan, Welsh singer and politician
• 1943 – Pini Zahavi, Israeli journalist and agent
• 1944 – Henry Braden, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
• 1944 – Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996)
• 1944 – Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1944 – Rocky Johnson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer
• 1945 – Ronee Blakley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1945 – Molly Duncan, Scottish saxophonist (Average White Band)
• 1945 – Ken Hensley, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Uriah Heep)
• 1945 – Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (d. 1992)
• 1945 – Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, producer, and actor, co-founded WWE
• 1947 – Anne Archer, American actress and producer
• 1947 – Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
• 1947 – Raven De La Croix, American actress and producer
• 1947 – Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist and coach
• 1947 – Jim Fox, American rock drummer and organist (James Gang)
• 1947 – Joe Manchin, American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
• 1947 – Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
• 1948 – Jean Michel Jarre, French pianist, composer, and producer
• 1948 – Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator
• 1948 – Sauli Niinistö, Finnish captain and politician, 12th President of Finland
• 1948 – Kim Sung-il, South Korean commander and pilot
• 1949 – Stephen Paulus, American composer and educator (d. 2014)
• 1949 – Joe Regalbuto, American actor and director
• 1950 – John Banaszak, American football player and coach
• 1950 – Tim D. White, American paleoanthropologist and academic
• 1951 – Orson Scott Card, American author and critic
• 1951 – Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Marion Bloem, Dutch author, director, and painter
• 1952 – Bob Corker, American businessman and politician
• 1952 – John Cowan, American singer and bass player (New Grass Revival, The Sky Kings, and The Doobie Brothers)
• 1952 – Carlo Curley, American organist and educator (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Ian Grob, English race car driver
• 1952 – Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican-English poet and singer (Poet and the Roots)
• 1952 – Mike Shanahan, American football player and coach
• 1953 – Ron Holloway, American saxophonist
• 1953 – Sam Torrance, Scottish golfer and sportscaster
• 1954 – Alain Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 – Heini Otto, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
• 1955 – Mike Huckabee, American minister and politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas
• 1956 – Gerry Cooney, American boxer
• 1956 – John Culberson, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Dick Lee, Singaporean singer-songwriter and playwright
• 1957 – Jeffrey Daniel, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Shalamar)
• 1957 – Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor and producer
• 1958 – Chris Offutt, American author and academic
• 1959 – Meg Munn, English social worker and politician
• 1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player and coach
• 1961 – Jared Harris, English actor
• 1962 – Major Garrett, American journalist and author
• 1962 – Craig Kilborn, American actor and talk show host
• 1962 – Emile Roemer, Dutch educator and politician
• 1963 – Francis Pangilinan, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1963 – John Bush, American singer-songwriter (Anthrax and Armored Saint)
• 1963 – Hideo Kojima, Japanese director and producer
• 1964 – Éric Bernard, French race car driver
• 1964 – Oteil Burbridge, American bass player
• 1964 – Salizhan Sharipov, Kyrgyzstani-Russian lieutenant, pilot, and astronaut
• 1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress and producer
• 1965 – Reggie Miller, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1965 – Brian Rajadurai, Sri Lankan-Canadian cricketer
• 1966 – Nick Denton, English-American journalist and businessman, founded Gawker Media
• 1966 – Jon Sieben, Australian swimmer
• 1967 – Michael Thomas, English footballer
• 1968 – Benoît Brunet, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Shoichi Funaki, Japanese-American wrestler and sportscaster
• 1968 – Andreas Kisser, Brazilian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Sepultura and Hail!)
• 1968 – Tim Salmon, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – James Toney, American boxer and mixed martial artist
• 1969 – Jans Koerts, Dutch cyclist
• 1970 – Rich Beem, American golfer
• 1970 – David Gregory, American journalist
• 1970 – Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1972 – Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian skier and radio host
• 1973 – Andrew Brunette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1973 – Dave Chappelle, American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter
• 1973 – Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer
• 1974 – Órla Fallon, Irish singer-songwriter (Celtic Woman and Anúna)
• 1974 – Jennifer Lien, American actress and producer
• 1975 – Roberto Colombo, Italian footballer
• 1975 – Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Simon Dennis, English rower and academic
• 1976 – Nordin Wooter, Surinamese-Dutch footballer
• 1977 – Denílson de Oliveira Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Robert Enke, German footballer (d. 2009)
• 1977 – Per Gade, Danish footballer
• 1977 – John Green, American author and blogger
• 1977 – Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer
• 1978 – Derek Morris, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Vahur Afanasjev, Estonian author and poet
• 1979 – Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Kaki King, American guitarist and composer
• 1979 – Michael Redd, American basketball player
• 1981 – Chad Michael Murray, American model and actor
• 1982 – José Bosingwa, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 – Kim Källström, Swedish footballer
• 1982 – Glen Atle Larsen, Norwegian footballer
• 1983 – Brett Gardner, American baseball player
• 1983 – Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
• 1983 – George Perris, Greek-French singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1984 – Erin Molan, Australian journalist and sportscaster
• 1984 – Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player
• 1986 – Nick Adenhart, American baseball player (d. 2009)
• 1986 – Joseph Akpala, Nigerian footballer
• 1986 – Arian Foster, American football player
• 1986 – Fabiano Santacroce, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Daichi Miura, Japanese singer-songwriter, dancer, and choreographer
• 1988 – Rupert Grint, English actor
• 1988 – Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1988 – Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer
• 1989 – Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer (Teen Angels)
• 1990 – Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer (Teen Angels)
• 1992 – Jemerson, Brazilian footballer
• 1994 – King Krule, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Deaths[edit]

• 842 – Saga, Japanese emperor (b. 786)
• 1042 – Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (b. 1015)
• 1103 – Magnus Barefoot, Norwegian king (b. 1073)
• 1217 – Eustace the Monk, French pirate (b. 1170)
• 1540 – Parmigianino, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1503)
• 1542 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal (b. 1483)
• 1572 – Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (b. 1519)
• 1572 – Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1535)
• 1595 – Thomas Digges, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1546)
• 1647 – Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586)
• 1679 – Jean François Paul de Gondi, French cardinal and author (b. 1614)
• 1680 – Thomas Blood, Irish colonel (b. 1618)
• 1680 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1616)
• 1683 – John Owen, English theologian and academic (b. 1616)
• 1759 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
• 1773 – George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1709)
• 1779 – Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714)
• 1798 – Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709)
• 1818 – James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)
• 1832 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796)
• 1838 – Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790)
• 1841 – Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788)
• 1841 – John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778)
• 1888 – Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822)
• 1895 – Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)
• 1923 – Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 – Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 – Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 – Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 – Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 – Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 – Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1945 – Midori Naka, Japanese actress (b. 1909)
• 1946 – James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 – Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1956 – Mitchell Lewis, American actor (b. 1880)
• 1958 – Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)
• 1961 – Günter Litfin, German person that was shot at the Berlin Wall (b. 1937)
• 1967 – Lam Bun, Hong Kong journalist and radio host (b. 1930)
• 1967 – Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
• 1974 – Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894)
• 1977 – Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 1978 – Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1979 – Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (b. 1912)
• 1980 – Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927)
• 1982 – Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896)
• 1983 – Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)
• 1983 – Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 1985 – Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1987 – Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936)
• 1990 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941)
• 1990 – Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931)
• 1991 – Bernard Castro, Italian-American inventor (b. 1904)
• 1992 – André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918)
• 1997 – Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (b. 1907)
• 1998 – E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916)
• 1999 – Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929)
• 2000 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964)
• 2001 – Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2002 – Nikolay Guryanov Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909)
• 2003 – Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910)
• 2004 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Kaleth Morales, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1984)
• 2005 – Hal Kalin, American singer (Kalin Twins) (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Rocco Petrone, American soldier and engineer (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Aaron Russo, American director and producer (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet and author (b. 1962)
• 2011 – Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1951)
• 2012 – Dadullah, Pakistani Taliban leader (b. 1965)
• 2012 – Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Nílton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Julie Harris, American actress (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, Brazilian businessman (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Aldo Donati, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
• 2015 – Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Joseph F. Traub, German-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Justin Wilson, English race car driver (b. 1978)

Ο Μαστοράκης αποχαιρετά τον Μπάρκουλη 

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• 357 – Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum).
• 766 – Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios.
• 1248 – The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.
• 1258 – Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under, paving the way for its leader, Michael VIII Palaiologos, to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.
• 1537 – The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
• 1543 – The first Europeans and firearms arrive in Japan.
• 1580 – Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.
• 1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
• 1630 – Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.
• 1758 – Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• 1825 – Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
• 1830 – The Belgian Revolution begins.
• 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
• 1883 – France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• 1894 – Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
• 1898 – Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• 1912 – The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
• 1914 – World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
• 1916 – The United States National Park Service is created.
• 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• 1921 – The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
• 1933 – The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
• 1939 – The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
• 1942 – World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
• 1942 – World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
• 1944 – World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• 1945 – Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
• 1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• 1950 – President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
• 1961 – President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
• 1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell is assassinated.
• 1980 – Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
• 1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
• 1988 – The Chiado area in Lisbon is partially destroyed by a fire.
• 1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
• 1989 – Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female Cabinet Secretary.
• 1991 – Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
• 1991 – The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November, during the Croatian War of Independence
• 1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
• 1997 – Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
• 2003 – The Tłı̨chǫ land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).
• 2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.

Births[edit]

• 1530 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (d. 1584)
• 1561 – Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (d. 1632)
• 1624 – François de la Chaise, French priest (d. 1709)
• 1662 – John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1724)
• 1707 – Louis I of Spain (d. 1724)
• 1719 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)
• 1724 – George Stubbs, English painter and academic (d. 1806)
• 1741 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (d. 1792)
• 1744 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1803)
• 1758 – Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810)
• 1767 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (d. 1794)
• 1776 – Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (d. 1853)
• 1786 – Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
• 1796 – James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (d. 1876)
• 1802 – Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1850)
• 1803 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (d. 1880)
• 1817 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
• 1819 – Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (d. 1884)
• 1829 – Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1909)
• 1836 – Bret Harte, American author and poet (d. 1902)
• 1840 – George C. Magoun, American businessman (d. 1893)
• 1841 – Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
• 1845 – Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
• 1850 – Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1867 – James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (d. 1951)
• 1869 – Tom Kiely, Irish decathlete (d. 1951)
• 1877 – Joshua Lionel Cowen, American businessman, co-founded the Lionel Corporation (d. 1965)
• 1878 – Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (d. 1935)
• 1882 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (d. 1966)
• 1891 – David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (d. 1962)
• 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Arthur Wood, English cricketer (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author (d. 1978)
• 1900 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (d. 1938)
• 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979)
• 1909 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993)
• 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (d. 1971)
• 1910 – George Cisar, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2012)
• 1911 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013)
• 1912 – Erich Honecker, German soldier and politician (d. 1994)
• 1913 – Don DeFore, American actor and singer (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (d. 1973)
• 1915 – Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Lisbeth Movin, Danish actress and director (d. 2011)
• 1917 – Lou van Burg, Dutch-German singer and game show host (d. 1986)
• 1918 – Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
• 1918 – Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
• 1919 – William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)
• 1919 – George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Monty Hall, Canadian-American actor, singer, and game show host
• 1921 – Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Thea Astley, Australian journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Des Renford, Australian swimmer (d. 1999)
• 1928 – John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player
• 1928 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2004)
• 1928 – Karl Korte, American composer and academic
• 1928 – Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1930 – Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer
• 1930 – György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Graham Jarvis, Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Crispin Tickell, English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• 1931 – Regis Philbin, American actor and television host
• 1933 – Patrick F. McManus, American journalist and author
• 1933 – Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet and Weather Report)
• 1933 – Tom Skerritt, American actor and director
• 1933 – István Gaál, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Lise Bacon, Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1934 – Eddie Ilarde, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1935 – Charles Wright, American poet and academic
• 1936 – Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (d. 2009)
• 1937 – Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
• 1938 – David Canary, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author
• 1939 – John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer
• 1940 – Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach
• 1942 – Nathan Deal, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
• 1942 – Howard Jacobson, English novelist and journalist
• 1943 – Peque Gallaga, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Harry Manfredini, American composer and conductor
• 1944 – Conrad Black, Canadian historian and author
• 1944 – Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
• 1944 – Anthony Heald, American actor
• 1944 – Andrew Longmore, English lawyer and judge
• 1945 – Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011)
• 1945 – Hannah Louise Shearer, American screenwriter and producer
• 1946 – Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
• 1946 – Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
• 1946 – Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
• 1947 – Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
• 1948 – Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist
• 1948 – Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
• 1949 – Martin Amis, Welsh-English author and critic
• 1949 – Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic
• 1949 – Fariborz Lachini, Iranian-Canadian composer and producer
• 1949 – John Savage, American actor and producer
• 1949 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, (Kiss and Wicked Lester)
• 1950 – Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky, Georgian son of Petre Gruzinsky
• 1950 – Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1950 – Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Rob Halford, English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest, 2wo, Halford, and Fight)
• 1951 – Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
• 1952 – Vijayakanth, Indian actor and politician
• 1952 – Ann Abraham, English public servant
• 1952 – Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
• 1952 – Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
• 1954 – Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The New Basement Tapes)
• 1954 – Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
• 1955 – John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1955 – Gerd Müller, German businessman and politician
• 1956 – Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
• 1956 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1957 – Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 – Simon McBurney, English actor and director
• 1957 – Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator
• 1959 – Steve Levy, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Lane Smith, American author and illustrator
• 1959 – Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano and actress
• 1960 – Jane A. Langdale, British academic
• 1960 – Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer and manager
• 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1961 – Ally Walker, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Māris Bružiks, Latvian triple jumper
• 1962 – Vivian Campbell, Irish guitarist and songwriter (Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dio, Thin Lizzy, and Sweet Savage)
• 1962 – Michael Zorc, German footballer and manager
• 1963 – Miro Cerar, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia
• 1963 – Shock G, American rapper and producer (Digital Underground)
• 1963 – Tiina Intelmann, Estonian lawyer and diplomat
• 1963 – Christine McGlade, Canadian actress and producer
• 1964 – Azmin Ali, Malaysian mathematician and politician
• 1964 – Maxim Kontsevich, Russian-American mathematician and academic
• 1964 – Marti Noxon, American screenwriter and producer
• 1964 – Blair Underwood, American actor, director, and producer
• 1964 – Joanne Whalley, English actress
• 1965 – Cornelius Bennett, American football player
• 1965 – Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1965 – Mia Zapata, American singer-songwriter (The Gits) (d. 1993)
• 1966 – Albert Belle, American baseball player
• 1966 – Robert Maschio, American actor
• 1966 – Tracy-Ann Oberman, English actress and screenwriter
• 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Planet X, Dream Theater, and Black Country Communion)
• 1968 – Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model, and race car driver
• 1968 – Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter (Belle and Sebastian)
• 1968 – Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer (Powerman 5000)
• 1968 – Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host
• 1968 – Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (The Mad Capsule Markets)
• 1969 – Olga Konkova, Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer
• 1969 – Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor and television personality
• 1969 – Catriona Matthew, Scottish golfer
• 1969 – Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1969 – Rachel Shelley, English model and actress
• 1969 – John Witt, American baseball player and actor
• 1970 – Doug Glanville, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Debbie Graham, American tennis player
• 1970 – Robert Horry, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Adrian Lam, Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1970 – Jo Dee Messina, American singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Claudia Schiffer, German model and fashion designer
• 1972 – Marvin Harrison, American football player
• 1972 – Bryan Stoltenberg, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1973 – Fatih Akın, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Brad Drew, Australian rugby league player
• 1975 – Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer and coach
• 1976 – Damon Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1976 – Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish-American actor
• 1977 – Masumi Asano, Japanese voice actress and producer
• 1977 – Sophie Cadieux, Canadian actress and screenwriter
• 1977 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (d. 2007)
• 1977 – Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Kel Mitchell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Robert Mohr, German rugby player
• 1979 – Marlon Harewood, English footballer
• 1979 – Andrew Hussie, American webcomic artist and writer, creator of MS Paint Adventures
• 1979 – Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (d. 2015)
• 1979 – Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
• 1980 – Neal Musser, American baseball player
• 1981 – Rachel Bilson, American actress
• 1981 – Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer
• 1981 – Camille Pin, French tennis player
• 1982 – Jung Jung-suk, South Korean footballer
• 1983 – James Rossiter, English race car driver
• 1984 – Florian Mohr, German footballer
• 1986 – Rona Nishliu, Kosovo-Albanian singer-songwriter
• 1986 – Rodney Ferguson, American footballer
• 1987 – Ollie Hancock, English race car driver
• 1987 – Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
• 1987 – Blake Lively, American model and actress
• 1987 – Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Logan Morrison, American baseball player
• 1987 – Justin Upton, American baseball player
• 1987 – James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
• 1988 – Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
• 1989 – Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
• 1992 – Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress (Berryz Kobo, Aa!, and Buono!)
• 1992 – Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
• 1994 – Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1998 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer

Deaths[edit]

• 79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman commander and philosopher (b. 23)
• 383 – Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359)
• 1192 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
• 1270 – Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
• 1282 – Thomas de Cantilupe, English bishop and saint (b. 1218)
• 1482 – Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429)
• 1554 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1473)
• 1631 – Nicholas Hyde, Lord Chief Justice of England (b.c. 1572)
• 1632 – Thomas Dekker, English author and playwright (b. 1572)
• 1688 – Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)
• 1699 – Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
• 1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)
• 1742 – Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
• 1774 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
• 1776 – David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
• 1794 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
• 1797 – Thomas Chittenden, first governor of Vermont
• 1798 – Mikiel'Ang Grima, Maltese surgeon (b. 1729)
• 1819 – James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 – William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
• 1867 – Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 – Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 – Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1900 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 – Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1921 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
• 1924 – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1925 – Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 – Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1938 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 – Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 – John Birch, Indian-American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 – Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 – Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
• 1967 – Oscar Cabalén, Argentine racing driver (b. 1928)
• 1967 – Paul Muni, Ukrainian-American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
• 1968 – Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)
• 1970 – Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (b. 1886)
• 1971 – Ted Lewis, American singer and clarinet player (b. 1890)
• 1973 – Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875)
• 1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1977 – Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883)
• 1979 – Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 1981 – Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1984 – Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)
• 1984 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)
• 1985 – Samantha Smith, American activist (b. 1972)
• 1988 – Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1995 – Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (b. 1951)
• 1998 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1956)
• 2000 – Carl Barks, American author and illustrator (b. 1901)
• 2000 – Frederick C. Bock, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, composer, and producer (b. 1937)
• 2000 – Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (b. 1955)
• 2001 – Aaliyah, American singer and actress (b. 1979)
• 2001 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Üzeyir Garih, Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)
• 2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Tom Feelings, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 2005 – Peter Glotz, Czech-German academic and politician (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Moondog King, Canadian wrestler and politician (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
• 2008 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
• 2009 – Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Esther Earl, American blogger and activist (b. 1994)
• 2011 – Eugene Nida, American linguist (b. 1914)
• 2011 – Lazar Mojsov, Macedonian politican (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Donald Gorrie, Scottish educator and politician (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Ciril Bergles, Slovene poet and translator (b. 1934)
• 2013 – António Borges, Portuguese economist and banker (b. 1949)
• 2013 – William Froug, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Liu Fuzhi, Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
• 2014 – William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)
• 2015 – José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2015 – Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)

Ημερομηνία: 19 Αυγούστου 2016

ΑπότονΓιώργοΛ.Παπαχατζή 

Η πολυφωτογραφημένη λίμνη Βουλισμένη που στολίζει το κέντρο του Αγίου Νικολάου στην  Κρήτη δεν είναι τυχαία γνωστή σε διεθνές επίπεδο. Ιστορίες, θρύλοι, επιστημονικές μελέτες αλλά και η ομορφιά που της χάρισε απλόχερα η φύση την καθιστούν σε ένα από τα πιο δημοφιλή αξιοθέατα. Εδώ λέγεται ότι λούζονταν δύο θεές, η Αθηνά και η Άρτεμις!

Ο δεύτερος επικρατέστερος μύθος αφορά στον συσχετισμό της λίμνης με το ηφαίστειο της  Σαντορίνης. Και αυτό για τρεις λόγους: Είτε επειδή ο σχηματισμός της προέκυψε από καταβύθιση από ηφαιστειακά αίτια, εξου και η ονομασία «Βουλισμένη».Η δεύετερη ερμηνεία υποστηρίζει ότι  η λίμνη ανέδιδε αναθυμιάσεις από θειάφι, που εξ αιτίας τους ονομάστηκε και «βρωμολίμνη».Ο τρίτος λόγος που συσχετίζεται με τη  Σαντορίνη είναι  ότι το 1953 εξαιτίας της έκρηξης του ηφαιστείου της  Σαντορίνης, το μεγάλο σεισμό που ακολούθησε και το τσουνάμι που τον συνόδευε, η λίμνη φούσκωσε αναδίνοντας μια δυσοσμία από θειάφι, ενώ τα ψάρια ψόφησαν ξαφνικά και ξεβράστηκαν στην επιφάνεια.

Οι μύθοι όμως δε σταματούν εδώ αφού ο επόμενος θρύλος που απασχόλησε ακόμα και την επιστημονική κοινότητα είναι o βυθός της, καθώς για πολλά χρόνια υποστήριζαν ότι η λίμνη είναι απύθμενη!Πιο συγκεκριμένα, με βάση τις μαρτυρίες γερόντων, το 1945, όταν εγκατέλειπαν την  Κρήτη οι Γερμανοί κατακτητές, γκρέμισαν στη λίμνη όλο τους τον πολεμικό εξοπλισμό με αποτέλεσμα η λίμνη να τα καταβροχθίσει όλα. Μάλιστα δεν ήταν λίγοι αυτοί που έσπευσαν να τους διαψεύσουν, μέχρι που το 1978  υποβρύχιες έρευνες που πραγματοποιήθηκαν από τον Ζακ Ύβ Κουστώ, αλλά και το 2000 από την ερευνητική ομάδα «UNDERWATER EXPLORERS», επιβεβαίωσαν αυτές τις αφηγήσεις,ενώ παράλληλα ανακάλυψαν επιτέλους τον βυθό της που αγγίζει τα 64 μέτρα και διάμετρο τα 137 μέτρα.

Στην πραγματικότητα μπορεί να αποκαλείται λίμνη αλλά πρόκειται για λιμνοθάλασσα. Το 1870 ανοίχτηκε δίαυλος που τη συνέδεσε με το λιμάνι, ενώ σήμερα υπάρχει ένα ρηχό κανάλι επικοινωνίας της θάλασσας με τη λίμνη και πάνω από ατό δεσπόζει μια γέφυρα που συνδέει τα δύο μέρη της πόλης που χωρίζει το κανάλι.

Τι καλύτερο για μια βόλτα εκεί όλες τις ώρες της ημέρας για να απολαύσετε την γαλήνη και το μυστήριο που αποπνέει καθώς και την πολύβουη περαντζάδα του κόσμου που αναζητά στιγμές ανάπαυλας στα εστιατόρια και τα cafe κατά μήκος της λίμνης.