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• 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
• 1054 – Three Roman legates break relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism.
• 1212 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III calls European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeat those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain.
• 1377 – Richard II of England is crowned.
• 1661 – The first banknotes in Europe are issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco.
• 1683 – Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeat the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands.
• 1769 – Father Junípero Serra founds California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolves into the city of San Diego, California.
• 1779 – American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seize a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point.
• 1790 – The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
• 1809 – The city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declares its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and forms the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo.
• 1849 – Antonio María Claret y Clará founds the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
• 1861 – American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25-mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war.
• 1862 – American Civil War: David Farragut is promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
• 1909 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
• 1910 – John Robertson Duigan makes the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia.
• 1915 – Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
• 1915 – First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
• 1927 – Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
• 1931 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
• 1935 – The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• 1941 – Joe DiMaggio hits safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record.
• 1942 – Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France orders the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who are held at the Winter Velodrome in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz.
• 1945 – World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
• 1945 – Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
• 1948 – Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• 1948 – The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
• 1950 – Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
• 1951 – King Leopold III of Belgium abdicates in favor of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium.
• 1956 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closes its last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows will be held in arenas.
• 1965 – The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
• 1965 – South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
• 1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
• 1973 – Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.
• 1979 – Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
• 1983 – Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
• 1990 – The Luzon earthquake strikes, with an intensity of 7.7, in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines.
• 1990 – The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
• 1991 – Ukraine celebrates its first Independence Day.
• 1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., piloting a Piper Saratoga aircraft, dies when his plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette are also killed.
• 2004 – Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, is opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley.
• 2007 – An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 and 6.6 aftershock occurs off the Niigata coast of Japan killing eight people, injuring at least 800 and damaging a nuclear power plant.
• 2013 – As many as 27 children die and 25 others are hospitalized after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
• 2015 – Four U.S. Marines and one gunman die in a shooting spree targeting military installations in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Births[edit]

• 1194 – Clare of Assisi, Italian nun and saint (d. 1253)
• 1486 – Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter (d. 1530)
• 1611 – Cecilia Renata of Austria (d. 1644)
• 1661 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain, explorer, and politician (d. 1706)
• 1714 – Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French engineer and author (d. 1800)
• 1722 – Joseph Wilton, English sculptor and academic (d. 1803)
• 1723 – Joshua Reynolds, English painter and academic (d. 1792)
• 1731 – Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1796)
• 1749 – Cyrus Griffin, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 16th President of the Continental Congress (d. 1810)
• 1796 – Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, French painter and etcher (d. 1875)
• 1821 – Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (d. 1910)
• 1841 – Nikolai von Glehn, Estonian-German architect and activist (d. 1923)
• 1858 – Eugène Ysaÿe, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1931)
• 1862 – Ida B. Wells, American journalist and activist (d. 1931)
• 1870 – Lambert McKenna, Irish priest, lexicographer, and scholar (d. 1956)
• 1871 – John Maxwell, American golfer (d. 1906)
• 1872 – Roald Amundsen, Norwegian pilot and explorer (d. 1928)
• 1880 – Kathleen Norris, American journalist and author (d. 1966)
• 1883 – Charles Sheeler, American photographer and painter (d. 1965)
• 1884 – Anna Vyrubova, Russian author (d. 1964)
• 1887 – Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1951)
• 1888 – Percy Kilbride, American actor (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)
• 1889 – Arthur Bowie Chrisman, American author (d. 1953)
• 1889 – Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1928)
• 1895 – Wilfrid Hamel, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Quebec City (d. 1968)
• 1896 – Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German biologist and eugenicist (d. 1969)
• 1896 – Trygve Lie, Norwegian trade union leader and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1968)
• 1902 – Alexander Luria, Russian psychologist and physician (d. 1977)
• 1902 – Mary Philbin, American actress (d. 1993)
• 1903 – Fritz Bauer, German lawyer and judge (d. 1968)
• 1903 – Carmen Lombardo, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 1971)
• 1904 – Goffredo Petrassi, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
• 1906 – Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1907 – Frances Horwich, American educator and television host (d. 2001)
• 1907 – Orville Redenbacher, American farmer and businessman, founded Orville Redenbacher's (d. 1995)
• 1907 – Barbara Stanwyck, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1910 – Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (d. 1968)
• 1910 – Gordon Prange, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1980)
• 1911 – Ginger Rogers, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Sonny Tufts, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1912 – Milt Bocek, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1915 – Barnard Hughes, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Denis Edward Arnold, English soldier (d. 2015)
• 1918 – Müzeyyen Senar, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1919 – Hermine Braunsteiner, Austrian SS officer (d. 1999)
• 1919 – Choi Kyu-hah, South Korean politician, 4th President of South Korea (d. 2006)
• 1920 – Anatole Broyard, American critic and editor (d. 1990)
• 1923 – Chris Argyris, American psychologist, theorist, and academic (d. 2013)
• 1924 – James L. Greenfield, American journalist and politician
• 1924 – Bess Myerson, American model, actress, game show panelist, and politician, Miss America 1945 (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Frank Jobe, American sergeant and surgeon (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Cal Tjader, American vibraphone player and composer (d. 1982)
• 1926 – Ivica Horvat, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Pierre F. Côté, Canadian lawyer and civil servant (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Shirley Hughes, English author and illustrator
• 1928 – Anita Brookner, English novelist and art historian (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Robert Sheckley, American author and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Jim Rathmann, American racing driver (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Dave Treen, American lawyer and politician, 51st Governor of Louisiana (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (d. 2000)
• 1929 – Charles Ray Hatcher, American serial killer (d. 1984)
• 1929 – Sheri S. Tepper, American author and poet
• 1930 – Guy Béart, Egyptian-French singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Michael Bilirakis, American lawyer and politician
• 1932 – John Chilton, English trumpet player and composer
• 1932 – Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Dick Thornburgh, American lawyer and politician, 76th United States Attorney General
• 1934 – Donald M. Payne, American educator and politician (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Carl Epting Mundy, Jr., American general (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 91st Prime Minister of Japan
• 1936 – Buddy Merrill, American guitarist
• 1936 – Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Venkataraman Subramanya, Indian-Australian cricketer
• 1937 – Richard Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Nevada
• 1937 – John Daly, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Cynthia Enloe, American author and academic
• 1938 – Tony Jackson, English singer and bass player (d. 2003)
• 1939 – William Bell, American singer-songwriter
• 1939 – Denise LaSalle, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1939 – Shringar Nagaraj, Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Corin Redgrave, English actor and activist (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Mariele Ventre, Italian singer and conductor (d. 1995)
• 1941 – Desmond Dekker, Jamaican singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1941 – Dag Solstad, Norwegian author and playwright
• 1941 – Hans Wiegel, Dutch journalist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1941 – Sir George Young, 6th Baronet, English banker and politician, Secretary of State for Transport
• 1942 – Margaret Court, Australian tennis player and minister
• 1942 – Frank Field, English politician
• 1943 – Reinaldo Arenas, Cuban-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 1990)
• 1943 – Vernon Bogdanor, English political scientist and academic
• 1943 – Jimmy Johnson, American football player and coach
• 1944 – Angharad Rees, English-Welsh actress and jewellery designer (d. 2012)
• 1946 – Louise Fréchette, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1946 – Barbara Lee, American politician
• 1946 – Ron Yary, American football player
• 1947 – Don Burke, Australian television host and producer
• 1947 – Alexis Herman, American businesswoman and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor
• 1947 – Assata Shakur, American-Cuban criminal and activist
• 1948 – Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1948 – Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer
• 1948 – Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor
• 1949 – Alan Fitzgerald, American guitarist and keyboardist
• 1950 – Pierre Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1950 – Dennis Priestley, English darts player
• 1950 – Frances Spalding, English historian and academic
• 1950 – Tom Terrell, American journalist and photographer (d. 2007)
• 1951 – Jean-Luc Mongrain, Canadian journalist
• 1951 – Lorraine Chase, English model and actress
• 1952 – Stewart Copeland, American drummer and songwriter
• 1952 – Richard Egielski, American author and illustrator
• 1952 – Marc Esposito, French director and screenwriter
• 1952 – Ken McEwan, South African cricketer
• 1952 – Robert David Steele, American spy and politician
• 1953 – Douglas J. Feith, American lawyer and politician, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• 1954 – Jeanette Mott Oxford, American politician
• 1955 – Susan Wheeler, American poet and academic
• 1955 – Annie Whitehead, English trombonist
• 1956 – Jerry Doyle, American radio host and actor (d. 2016)
• 1956 – Tony Kushner, American playwright and screenwriter
• 1957 – Faye Grant, American actress
• 1957 – Alexandra Marinina, Ukrainian-Russian colonel and author
• 1958 – Michael Flatley, American-Irish dancer and choreographer
• 1958 – Pierre Roland Renoir, Monacan-Canadian painter
• 1958 – Mike Rogers, American politician
• 1959 – Gary Anderson, South African-American football player
• 1959 – James MacMillan, Scottish composer and conductor
• 1959 – Doug Herzog, American businessman
• 1959 – Zoran Jolevski, Macedonian economist, politician, and diplomat, Macedonian Ambassador to the United States
• 1959 – Jürgen Ligi, Estonian economist and politician, 25th Estonian Minister of Defence
• 1960 – Terry Pendleton, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Grigory Leps, Russian singer-songwriter
• 1963 – Phoebe Cates, American actress
• 1963 – Srečko Katanec, Slovenian footballer and coach
• 1963 – Mikael Pernfors, Swedish tennis player
• 1964 – Phil Hellmuth, American poker player
• 1964 – Miguel Indurain, Spanish cyclist
• 1965 – Michel Desjoyeaux, French sailor
• 1965 – Indrek Erm, Estonian architect
• 1965 – Claude Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1965 – Sherri Stoner, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Jyrki Lumme, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1966 – Mikhail Tatarinov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Johnny Vaughan, English journalist and critic
• 1967 – Will Ferrell, American actor, comedian, and producer
• 1968 – Dhanraj Pillay, Indian field hockey player and manager
• 1968 – Barry Sanders, American football player
• 1968 – Larry Sanger, American philosopher and businessman, co-founded Wikipedia and Citizendium
• 1968 – Robert Sherman, American songwriter and businessman. CEO/President Music World Corporation.
• 1969 – Jules De Martino, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1969 – Kathryn Harby-Williams, Australian netball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Raimonds Miglinieks, Latvian basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Corey Feldman, American actor
• 1971 – Ed Kowalczyk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Ben Cahoon, American-Canadian football player and coach
• 1972 – François Drolet, Canadian speed skater
• 1973 – Jonas Chernick, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1973 – Stefano Garzelli, Italian cyclist
• 1973 – Shaun Pollock, South African cricketer
• 1973 – Graham Robertson, American director and producer
• 1973 – Tim Ryan, American politician
• 1974 – Jeremy Enigk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Maret Maripuu, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
• 1974 – Ryan McCombs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby player
• 1975 – Bas Leinders, Belgian race car driver
• 1976 – Tomasz Kuchar, Polish race car driver
• 1976 – Carlos Humberto Paredes, Paraguayan footballer
• 1976 – Anna Smashnova, Belarusian-Israeli tennis player
• 1977 – Bryan Budd, Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2006)
• 1979 – Chris Mihm, American basketball player
• 1979 – Douglas Murray, Scottish journalist and author
• 1979 – Mai Nakamura, Japanese swimmer
• 1979 – Nathan Rogers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1979 – Konstantin Skrylnikov, Russian footballer
• 1980 – Adam Scott, Australian golfer
• 1981 – Giuseppe Di Masi, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Zach Randolph, American basketball player
• 1981 – Vicente Rodríguez, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – André Greipel, German cyclist
• 1982 – Carli Lloyd, American soccer player
• 1982 – Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer
• 1983 – Duncan Keith, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Hayanari Shimoda, Japanese race car driver
• 1984 – Attila Szabó, Hungarian decathlete
• 1985 – Yōko Hikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1985 – Mārtiņš Kravčenko, Latvian basketball player
• 1985 – Denis Tahirović, Croatian footballer
• 1986 – Dustin Boyd, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Misako Uno, Japanese actress, singer, and fashion designer
• 1987 – Mousa Dembélé, Belgian footballer
• 1987 – AnnaLynne McCord, American actress and producer
• 1988 – Sergio Busquets, Spanish footballer
• 1989 – Gareth Bale, Welsh footballer
• 1989 – Carlito Olivero, American singer-songwriter and actor (Menudo)
• 1990 – Radka Bártová, Slovak figure skater
• 1990 – James Maslow, American singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1990 – Johann Zarco, French motorcycle racer
• 1991 – Andros Townsend, English footballer
• 1993 – Billy Ward, Australian boxer (d. 2013)

Deaths[edit]

• 784 – Fulrad, Frankish diplomat and saint (b. 710)
• 1216 – Pope Innocent III (b. 1160)
• 1324 – Emperor Go-Uda of Japan (b. 1267)
• 1342 – Charles I of Hungary (b. 1288)
• 1487 – Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (b. 1444)
• 1546 – Anne Askew, English author and poet (b. 1520)
• 1557 – Anne of Cleves (b. 1515)
• 1647 – Masaniello, Italian rebel (b. 1622)
• 1664 – Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (b. 1616)
• 1686 – John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1612)
• 1691 – François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1641)
• 1729 – Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (b. 1683)
• 1747 – Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)
• 1770 – Francis Cotes, English painter and academic (b. 1726)
• 1796 – George Howard, English field marshal and politician (b. 1718)
• 1831 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (b. 1763)
• 1850 – Julia Glover, Irish actress (b. 1779)
• 1868 – Dmitry Pisarev, Russian author and critic (b. 1840)
• 1879 – Edward Deas Thomson, Scottish-Australian politician, 3rd Chief Secretary of New South Wales (b. 1800)
• 1886 – Ned Buntline, American journalist and author (b. 1823)
• 1896 – Edmond de Goncourt, French critic and publisher, founded Académie Goncourt (b. 1822)
• 1915 – Ellen G. White, American theologian and author (b. 1827)
• 1917 – Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 – Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 – Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 – Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 – Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 – Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 – John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 – Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Ministers of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 – Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 – James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish racing driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)
• 1976 – Carmelo Soria, Spanish-Chilean diplomat (b. 1921)
• 1981 – Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
• 1982 – Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer (b. 1947)
• 1982 – Charles Robberts Swart, South African lawyer and politician, 1st State President of South Africa (b. 1894)
• 1985 – Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 1985 – Wayne King, American saxophonist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1901)
• 1989 – Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1908)
• 1990 – Robert Blackburn, Irish educator (b. 1927)
• 1990 – Sidney Torch, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Meindert DeJong, Dutch-American soldier and author (b. 1906)
• 1991 – Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (b. 1915)
• 1991 – Frank Rizzo, American police officer and politician, 93rd Mayor of Philadelphia (b. 1920)
• 1992 – Buck Buchanan, American football player and coach (b. 1940)
• 1994 – Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1995 – May Sarton, American playwright and novelist (b. 1912)
• 1995 – Stephen Spender, English author and poet (b. 1909)
• 1996 – John Panozzo, American drummer (b. 1948)
• 1996 – Adolf von Thadden, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1921)
• 1998 – John Henrik Clarke, American historian and scholar (b. 1915)
• 1999 – John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer and publisher (b. 1960)
• 1999 – Alan Macnaughton, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (b. 1903)
• 1999 – Hiromi Yanagihara, Japanese singer (b. 1979)
• 2001 – Morris, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
• 2001 – Terry Gordy, American wrestler (b. 1961)
• 2002 – John Cocke, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer and actress (b. 1925)
• 2003 – Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (b. 1935)
• 2004 – George Busbee, American lawyer and politician, 77th Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Pietro Consagra, Italian sculptor (b. 1920)
• 2005 – Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter and radio host (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Bob Orton, American wrestler (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas (b. 1948)
• 2007 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and historian (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Jo Stafford, American singer (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Forrest Blue, American football player (b. 1944)
• 2012 – William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Bob Babbitt, American bass player (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Stephen Covey, American businessman and author (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Gilbert Esau, American businessman and politician (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Ed Lincoln, Brazilian bassist, pianist, and composer (b. 1932)
• 2012 – Jon Lord, English keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Masaharu Matsushita, Japanese businessman (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (1927)
• 2014 – Karl Albrecht, German businessman, co-founded Aldi (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Mary Ellen Otremba, American educator and politician (b. 1950)
• 2014 – Johnny Winter, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Heinz Zemanek, Austrian computer scientist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2015 – Denis Avey, English soldier, engineer, and author (b. 1919)
• 2015 – Evelyn Ebsworth, English chemist and academic (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Alcides Ghiggia, Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Jack Goody, English anthropologist, author, and academic (b. 1919)
• 2015 – Alan Kupperberg, American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
• 2016 – Nate Thurmond, American basketball player (b. 1941)

Ένα κυκλαδίτικο νησί θα πάρει...φωτιά αυτό το Σάββατο!!! 

Ένα απίθανο θέαμα αναμένεται να λάβει χώρα το Σάββατο στις 17 Σεπτέμβριου στο μαγευτικό νησί της Σαντορίνης!

Όλα είναι έτοιμα από την εταιρεία Γεωθήρα του Δήμου Θήρας για το event που θα κάνει το γύρο του κόσμου, και αυτό δεν είναι άλλο από την  εκτέλεση εικονικής έκρηξης του ηφαιστείου! Ο κόσμος θα έχει την ευκαιρία να παρακολουθήσει τα πυροτεχνήματα κυρίως από τα  Φηρά.

Αυτό το νησί έχει βάλει στόχο να κρατήσει τον τουρισμό σε υψηλα επίπεδα όλο τον χρόνο και διαθέτει όλα τα φόντα για να το καταφέρει!

Αν θέλετε να ζήσετε μια μοναδική εμπειρία αυτό το φθινόπωρο δεν έχετε παρά να κλείσετε εισιτήρια τώρα για την ''εκρηκτική''  Σαντορίνη!

Stabat Mater

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• 456 – Remistus, Roman general (magister militum), is besieged by a Gothic force at Ravenna and later executed in the Palace in Classis, outside the city.
• 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia".
• 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuk Turks.
• 1382 – Louis the Great's daughter, Mary, is crowned "king" of Hungary.
• 1462 – The Battle of Świecino (also known as the Battle of Żarnowiec) is fought during Thirteen Years' War.
• 1620 – The Battle of Cecora (1620) is fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Polish–Ottoman War (1620–21).
• 1577 – The Treaty of Bergerac is signed between Henry III of France and the Huguenots.
• 1630 – The city of Boston, Massachusetts is founded.
• 1631 – Sweden wins a major victory at the Battle of Breitenfeld against the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War.
• 1683 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to the Royal Society describing "animalcules": the first known description of protozoa.
• 1716 – Jean Thurel enlists in the Touraine Regiment at the age of 18, the first day of a military career that would span for over 90 years.
• 1761 – The Battle of Kosabroma is fought.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
• 1776 – The Presidio of San Francisco is founded in New Spain.
• 1778 – The Treaty of Fort Pitt is signed. It is the first formal treaty between the United States and a Native American tribe (the Lenape or Delaware Indians).
• 1787 – The United States Constitution is signed in Philadelphia.
• 1793 – The Battle of Peyrestortes is fought.
• 1794 – The Battle of Sprimont is fought.
• 1809 – Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War. The territory to become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.
• 1813 – The Second Battle of Kulm is fought.
• 1814 – Francis Scott Key finishes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", later to be the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
• 1849 – American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
• 1859 – Joshua A. Norton declares himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States."
• 1861 – Battle of Pavón is fought.
• 1862 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan halts the northward drive of Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army in the single-day Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day in American military history.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Allegheny Arsenal explosion results in the single largest civilian disaster during the war.
• 1894 – Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
• 1900 – Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr., son of confederate general Benjamin F. Cheatham in the Battle of Mabitac.
• 1901 – The Battle of Blood River Poort is fought.
• 1901 – The Battle of Elands River is fought.
• 1908 – The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge. He becomes the first airplane fatality.
• 1914 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
• 1914 – World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
• 1916 – World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
• 1920 – The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio
• 1924 – The Border Protection Corps is established in the Second Polish Republic for the defence of the eastern border against armed Soviet raids and local bandits.
• 1924 – The Church of Central Africa Presbyterian is formed.
• 1928 – The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people. It is the third deadliest natural disaster in United States history, behind the Galveston hurricane of 1900 and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
• 1930 – The Ararat rebellion is suppressed.
• 1932 – A speech by Laureano Gómez leads to the escalation of the Leticia Incident.
• 1939 – World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939.
• 1939 – World War II: German submarine U-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
• 1939 – Taisto Mäki becomes the first man to run the 10,000 metres in under 30 minutes, in a time of 29:52.6.
• 1940 – World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
• 1941 – World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense, restoring Vsevobuch in the face of the Great Patriotic War, is issued.
• 1941 – World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran marking the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
• 1943 – World War II: The Russian city of Bryansk is liberated from Germans.
• 1944 – World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden.
• 1944 – World War II: Soviet troops launch the Tallinn Offensive against Germany and pro independence Estonian units.
• 1944 – World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
• 1948 – The Lehi (also known as the Stern gang) assassinates Count Folke Bernadotte, who was appointed by the United Nations to mediate between the Arab nations and Israel.
• 1948 – The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
• 1949 – The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
• 1957 – Malaysia joins the United Nations.
• 1961 – The world's first retractable-dome stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 1961 –The Minnesota Vikings play and win their first regular season National Football League game.
• 1965 – The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
• 1974 – Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
• 1976 – The first Space Shuttle, Enterprise, is unveiled by NASA.
• 1978 – The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
• 1980 – After weeks of strikes at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, the nationwide independent trade union Solidarity is established.
• 1980 – Former Nicaraguan President Anastasio Somoza Debayle is killed in Asunción, Paraguay.
• 1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
• 1987 – Pope John Paul II embraces an AIDS-infected boy while visiting San Francisco.
• 1991 – Estonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
• 1991 – The first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
• 1992 – An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin, Germany.
• 2001 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
• 2006 – Fourpeaked Mountain in Alaska erupts, marking the first eruption for the long-dormant volcano in at least 10,000 years.
• 2006 – An audio tape of a private speech by Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány is leaked to the public, in which he confessed that his Hungarian Socialist Party had lied to win the 2006 election, sparking widespread protests across the country.
• 2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zuccotti Park, New York City.

Births[edit]

• 879 – Charles the Simple, French king (d. 929)
• 1192 – Minamoto no Sanetomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1219)
• 1550 – Pope Paul V (d. 1621)
• 1605 – Francesco Sacrati, Italian composer (d. 1650)
• 1630 – Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1694)
• 1639 – Hans Herr, Swiss bishop (d. 1725)
• 1674 – Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (d. 1728)
• 1677 – Stephen Hales, English physiologist and chemist, invented Forceps (d. 1761)
• 1687 – Durastante Natalucci, Italian historian and scholar (d. 1772)
• 1688 – Maria Luisa of Savoy (d. 1714)
• 1730 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (d. 1794)
• 1739 – John Rutledge, American judge and politician, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)
• 1743 – Marquis de Condorcet, French mathematician and political scientist (d. 1794)
• 1771 – Johann August Apel, German jurist and author (d. 1816)
• 1773 – Jonathan Alder, American captain and farmer (d. 1849)
• 1783 – Nadezhda Durova, Russian soldier (d. 1866)
• 1819 – Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, South African general and politician, 1st President of the South African Republic (d. 1901)
• 1820 – Émile Augier, French playwright (d. 1889)
• 1821 – Arthur Saint-Léon, French playwright (d. 1870)
• 1825 – Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, American jurist and politician, 16th United States Secretary of the Interior (d. 1893)
• 1826 – Bernhard Riemann, German-Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1866)
• 1850 – Guerra Junqueiro, Portuguese journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1923)
• 1854 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company (d. 1929)
• 1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (d. 1935)
• 1859 – Frank Dawson Adams, Canadian geologist and academic (d. 1942)
• 1859 – Billy the Kid, American gunman (d. 1881)
• 1859 – I. L. Patterson, American politician, 18th Governor of Oregon (d. 1929)
• 1860 – Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (d. 1934)
• 1864 – James Tancred, English admiral (d. 1943)
• 1867 – Vera Yevstafievna Popova, Russian chemist (d. 1896)
• 1868 – James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (d. 1956)
• 1869 – Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian political scientist, historian, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
• 1874 – Walter Murdoch, Australian author and academic (d. 1970)
• 1878 – Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (d. 1950)
• 1879 – Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (d. 1930)
• 1879 – Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian businessman and politician (d. 1973)
• 1881 – Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1955)
• 1883 – William Carlos Williams, American poet, author, and physician (d. 1963)
• 1884 – Charles Griffes, American pianist and composer (d. 1920)
• 1886 – Anton Irv, Estonian captain (d. 1919)
• 1890 – Gabriel Heatter, American journalist (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Hendrik Andriessen, Dutch organist and composer (d. 1981)
• 1895 – Georg Faehlmann, Russian-Estonian sailor (d. 1975)
• 1897 – Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
• 1900 – Hughie Critz, American baseball player (d. 1980)
• 1900 – J. Willard Marriott, American businessman, founded the Marriott Corporation (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (d. 1972)
• 1902 – Bea Miles, Australian author (d. 1973)
• 1903 – Karel Miljon, Dutch boxer (d. 1984)
• 1903 – Frank O'Connor, Irish author and poet (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (d. 1971)
• 1904 – Jerry Colonna, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Edgar G. Ulmer, Czech-American director, screenwriter, and set designer (d. 1972)
• 1905 – Vladan Desnica, Croatian author and poet (d. 1967)
• 1906 – J. R. Jayewardene, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Sri Lanka (d. 1996)
• 1906 – Edgar Wayburn, American physician and environmentalist (d. 2010)
• 1907 – Warren E. Burger, American lawyer and judge, 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)
• 1908 – John Creasey, English author and politician (d. 1973)
• 1908 – Rafael Israelyan, Georgian-Armenian architect and educator, designed the Sardarapat Memorial and St. Vartan Cathedral (d. 1973)
• 1909 – Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (d. 1968)
• 1912 – Irena Kwiatkowska, Polish actress (d. 2011)
• 1914 – Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (d. 2008)
• 1914 – Shin Kanemaru, Japanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1996)
• 1915 – M. F. Husain, Indian painter and director (d. 2011)
• 1916 – Mary Stewart, English-Scottish author and poet (d. 2014)
• 1917 – William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Ib Melchior, Danish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1917 – Isang Yun, South Korean-German composer and educator (d. 1995)
• 1918 – Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex Company (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Chaim Herzog, Irish-born Israeli general and politician, 6th President of Israel (d. 1997)
• 1920 – Dinah Sheridan, English actress (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Agostinho Neto, Angolan poet and politician, 1st President of Angola (d. 1979)
• 1923 – Ralph Sharon, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1953)
• 1925 – Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
• 1926 – Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (d. 1965)
• 1926 – Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Jack McDuff, American singer and organist (d. 2001)
• 1927 – George Blanda, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Park Honan, American author and academic (d. 2014)
• 1928 – Roddy McDowall, English-American actor (d. 1998)
• 1929 – Sil Austin, American saxophonist (d. 2001)
• 1929 – David Craig, Baron Craig of Radley, Northern Irish air marshal and politician
• 1929 – Stirling Moss, English race car driver and sportscaster
• 1930 – David Huddleston, American actor (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Lalgudi Jayaraman, Indian violinist and composer (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Theo Loevendie, Dutch clarinet player and composer
• 1930 – Edgar Mitchell, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Jim Rohn, American philosopher and author (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Thomas P. Stafford, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1931 – Anne Bancroft, American actress (d. 2005)
• 1931 – Jean-Claude Carrière, French actor and screenwriter
• 1932 – Robert B. Parker, American author and academic (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Indarjit Singh, Indian-English journalist
• 1933 – Chuck Grassley, American lawyer and politician
• 1933 – Claude Provost, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1984)
• 1934 – Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (d. 1969)
• 1935 – Ken Kesey, American author and poet (d. 2001)
• 1936 – Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Michael Hennagin, American composer and educator (d. 1993)
• 1936 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian actor and singer (d. 2013)
• 1937 – Nigel Boocock, English-Australian motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
• 1937 – Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1937 – Sitakant Mahapatra, Indian poet and literary critic
• 1938 – Paul Benedict, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1938 – Perry Robinson, American clarinet player and composer
• 1938 – Bobby Wine, American baseball player and coach
• 1939 – Carl Dennis, American poet and educator
• 1939 – Shelby Flint, American singer-songwriter and voice actress
• 1939 – Lamonte McLemore, American singer
• 1939 – David Souter, American lawyer and jurist
• 1940 – Jan Eliasson, Swedish politician and diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1940 – Peter Lever, English cricketer
• 1940 – Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972)
• 1941 – Bob Matsui, American lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
• 1942 – Robert Graysmith, American author and illustrator
• 1942 – Des Lynam, Irish-English journalist and author
• 1942 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 – Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer
• 1945 – David Emerson, Canadian economist and politician, 8th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
• 1945 – Phil Jackson, American basketball player and coach
• 1945 – Bhakti Charu Swami, Indian religious leader
• 1946 – Billy Bonds, English footballer and manager
• 1946 – Heimar Lenk, Estonian journalist and politician
• 1947 – Tessa Jowell, English social worker and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 1947 – Gail Carson Levine, American author
• 1947 – Jeff MacNelly, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
• 1948 – Raphy Leavitt, Puerto Rican-American accordion player and composer (d. 2015)
• 1948 – Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1948 – John Ritter, American actor and producer (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Ron Stevens, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, India (2001-14) and politician, 15th Prime Minister of India
• 1950 – Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1951 – Russell Brown, Scottish politician
• 1951 – Piet Kleine, Dutch speed skater and coach
• 1951 – Cassandra Peterson, American actress, television host, and producer
• 1952 – Harold Solomon, American tennis player and coach
• 1953 – Luís Amado, Portuguese politician, former minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1953 – Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author
• 1953 – Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English soldier and politician
• 1953 – Rita Rudner, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1953 – Steve Williams, Welsh drummer and songwriter
• 1954 – Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
• 1955 – Scott Simpson, American golfer
• 1956 – Thad Bosley, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 – Mandawuy Yunupingu, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1956 – Almazbek Atambayev, Kyrgyz politician, 4th President of Kyrgyzstan
• 1957 – David Bintley, English ballet dancer and director
• 1957 – Steve Bryles, American businessman and politician (d. 2012)
• 1958 – Janez Janša, Slovenian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Slovenia
• 1958 – Tom Waddell, Scottish-American baseball player
• 1960 – John Bottomley, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1960 – John Franco, American baseball player
• 1960 – Damon Hill, English race car driver and guitarist
• 1960 – Alan Krueger, American economist and academic
• 1961 – Jim Cornette, American wrestling manager and sportscaster
• 1961 – Nives Meroi, Italian mountaineer
• 1961 – Ty Tabor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Giorgos Koumoutsakos, Greek politician.
• 1962 – Baz Luhrmann, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Dustin Nguyen, Vietnamese-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Hesham Qandil, Egyptian engineer and politician, 51st Prime Minister of Egypt
• 1962 – Wayne Riley, Australian golfer
• 1962 – BeBe Winans, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1963 – Masahiro Chono, American-Japanese wrestler and manager
• 1963 – William Shockley, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – James Urbaniak, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Kyle Chandler, American actor
• 1965 – Yuji Naka, Japanese video game designer, created Sonic the Hedgehog
• 1965 – Guy Picciotto, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1965 – Bryan Singer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966 – Doug E. Fresh, American rapper and producer
• 1967 – Michael Carbajal, American boxer
• 1968 – Anastacia, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1968 – Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
• 1968 – Lord Jamar, American rapper
• 1968 – Jonn Penney, English singer
• 1968 – Tito Vilanova, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1969 – Adam Devlin, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 – Keith Flint, English singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Greg King, New Zealand lawyer and television host (d. 2012)
• 1969 – Tarvo Seeman, Estonian chess player
• 1970 – Mark Brunell, American football player and coach
• 1970 – Jim Conroy, American voice actor
• 1971 – Nate Berkus, American interior designer and television host
• 1971 – Mike Catt, South African-English rugby player and coach
• 1971 – Steve Kerrigan, American businessman and politician
• 1971 – Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer and manager
• 1971 – Andy Edwards, English footballer
• 1972 – Bobby Lee, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Diego Albanese, Argentine rugby player
• 1973 – Demis Nikolaidis, Greek footballer
• 1974 – Mirah, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1974 – Tormod Granheim, Norwegian skier and explorer
• 1974 – Craig Spence, Australian golfer
• 1974 – Austin St. John, American actor and martial artist
• 1974 – Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Wilko de Vogt, Dutch footballer
• 1975 – Jade Esteban Estrada, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1975 – Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver
• 1975 – Pumpkinhead, American rapper (d. 2015)
• 1977 – Genaro García, Mexican boxer (d. 2013)
• 1977 – Yelena Godina, Russian volleyball player
• 1977 – Simone Perrotta, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Sheeri Cabral, American computer scientist and blogger
• 1978 – Shawn Horcoff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Steffen Algreen, Danish footballer
• 1979 – Akin Ayodele, American football player
• 1980 – Dan Haren, American baseball player
• 1980 – Shabana Mahmood, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
• 1980 – Oliver Risser, Namibian footballer
• 1981 – Casey Janssen, American baseball player
• 1981 – Bakari Koné, Ivorian footballer
• 1981 – Francis Manioru, Solomon sprinter
• 1982 – Hope Larson, American illustrator
• 1982 – Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Wade Robson, Australian dancer and choreographer
• 1983 – RJ Jimenez, Filipino singer and guitarist
• 1983 – Jennifer Peña, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1983 – Aiza Seguerra, Filipino singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1984 – Domenico Citro, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Mary Descenza, American swimmer
• 1984 – John Kucera, Canadian skier
• 1984 – Patrick van Luijk, Dutch sprinter
• 1984 – Eugenia Volodina, Russian model
• 1985 – Tomáš Berdych, Czech tennis player
• 1985 – Brendan Clarke, Irish footballer
• 1985 – José Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 – Alexander Ovechkin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Mason Raymond, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Jon Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1986 – Ravichandran Ashwin, Indian cricketer
• 1986 – Paolo De Ceglie, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Yussef Suleiman, Syrian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Paul Huntington, English footballer
• 1989 – Kate Deines, American soccer player
• 1990 – Sean Scannell, English footballer
• 1991 – Ryo Ishikawa, Japanese golfer
• 1991 – Justyna Jegiołka, Polish tennis player
• 1991 – Sanne Wevers, Dutch gymnast

Deaths[edit]

• 456 – Remistus, Roman general
• 1179 – Hildegard of Bingen, German mystic, composer, and saint (b. 1098)
• 1322 – Robert III, Count of Flanders (b. 1249)
• 1422 – Constantine II of Bulgaria (b. 1370)
• 1563 – Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland, English soldier (b. 1526)
• 1574 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Spanish admiral and explorer, founded St. Augustine, Florida (b. 1519)
• 1575 – Heinrich Bullinger, Swiss theologian and reformer (b. 1504)
• 1609 – Judah Loew ben Bezalel, Bohemian rabbi, mystic and philosopher (b. 1520)
• 1621 – Robert Bellarmine, Italian cardinal and saint (b. 1542)
• 1626 – Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg, German cleric and politician, Archbishop-Elector of Mainz (b. 1553)
• 1630 – Thomas Lake, English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1567)
• 1665 – Philip IV of Spain (b. 1605)
• 1676 – Sabbatai Zevi, Turkish rabbi and scholar (b. 1626)
• 1679 – John of Austria the Younger, Spanish general and politician, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands (b. 1629)
• 1762 – Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1687)
• 1771 – Tobias Smollett, Scottish-Italian author and poet (b. 1721)
• 1803 – Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Austrian composer and director (b. 1766)
• 1808 – Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (b. 1755)
• 1817 – Jacques Bernard d'Anselme, French general (b. 1740)
• 1836 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)
• 1858 – Dred Scott, American slave (b. 1795)
• 1863 – Charles Robert Cockerell, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1788)
• 1863 – Alfred de Vigny, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1797)
• 1864 – Walter Savage Landor, English author and poet (b. 1775)
• 1868 – Roman Nose, Native American warrior (b. circa 1823)
• 1877 – Henry Fox Talbot, English photographer, developed the Calotype Process (b. 1800)
• 1878 – Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, French lawyer and adventurer (b. 1825)
• 1879 – Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect and theorist (b. 1814)
• 1894 – Deng Shichang, Chinese captain (b. 1849)
• 1899 – Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, co-founded the Pillsbury Company (b. 1842)
• 1904 – Kartini, Indonesian activist (b. 1879)
• 1907 – Ignaz Brüll, Czech-Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1846)
• 1908 – Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1908 – Thomas Selfridge, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1882)
• 1909 – Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1923 – Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 – Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1933 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 – Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 – Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 – Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 – Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 – Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1948 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1951 – Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 – David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1961 – Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 – Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 – Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)
• 1971 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
• 1972 – Akim Tamiroff, Georgian-American actor (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (b. 1909)
• 1975 – Nicola Moscona, Greek-American singer-songwriter (b. 1907)
• 1980 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan commander and politician, 73rd President of Nicaragua (b. 1925)
• 1982 – Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (b. 1937)
• 1983 – Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Richard Basehart, American actor and director (b. 1914)
• 1985 – Laura Ashley, Welsh fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (b. 1925)
• 1987 – Harry Locke, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano and actress (b. 1917)
• 1991 – Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1992 – Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 1993 – Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913)
• 1993 – Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)
• 1994 – John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939)
• 1994 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Karl Popper, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1902)
• 1995 – Isadore Epstein, Estonian-American astronomer and academic (b. 1919)
• 1995 – Lucien Victor, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
• 1996 – Spiro Agnew, American soldier and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (b. 1918)
• 1997 – Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Ted Binion, American poker player and businessman (b. 1943)
• 1998 – Geoffrey Dutton, Australian historian and author (b. 1922)
• 1999 – Frankie Vaughan, English singer and actor (b. 1928)
• 2000 – Georgiy Gongadze, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and director (b. 1969)
• 2003 – Erich Hallhuber, German actor (b. 1951)
• 2005 – Jacques Lacarrière, French journalist and critic (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Alfred Reed, American composer and educator (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Dick Durock, American stuntman and actor (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (b. 1968)
• 2011 – Colin Madigan, Australian architect and author, designed the National Gallery of Australia (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Melvin Charney, Canadian sculptor and architect (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Lou Kenton, English soldier and potter (b. 1908)
• 2012 – Russell E. Train, American soldier and civil servant (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Kristian Gidlund, Swedish drummer and journalist (b. 1983)
• 2013 – Larry Lake, American-Canadian trumpet player and composer (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Bernie McGann, Australian saxophonist and composer (b. 1937)
• 2013 – Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1949)
• 2013 – Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Irish Minister of Defence (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Marvin Rainwater, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Eiji Toyoda, Japanese businessman (b. 1913)
• 2014 – George Hamilton IV, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
• 2014 – Andriy Husin, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1972)
• 2014 – Wakachichibu Komei, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1939)
• 2014 – Charles Read, Australian air marshal (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Peter von Bagh, Finnish historian, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 2014 – China Zorrilla, Uruguayan actress (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Dettmar Cramer, German footballer and manager (b. 1925)
• 2015 – Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1937)
• 2015 – David Willcocks, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)

US playwright Edward Albee dies aged 88

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US playwright Edward Albee, the author of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, has died aged 88.

Albee's assistant said he died on Friday at his home on Long Island near New York. No cause of death was given.

A three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, he was arguably America's greatest living playwright after the deaths of Arthur Miller and August Wilson in 2005, 

Albee was awarded Pulitzers for A Delicate Balance, Seascape and Three Tall Women.

Often bleakly humorous, his plays explored the darker sides of marriage, religion, raising children, and American life.

His best-known work, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a portrait of a decaying marriage set over one evening, was denied the 1963 Pulitzer Prize after debuting on Broadway the previous year.

The prize's advisory board ruled that the work was not sufficiently "uplifting" because of its profanity and sexual themes.

The work did win a Tony Award for best play, and was later adapted for a film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.

In 1996 he described the effect of the play's success: "I find Virginia Woolf hung about my neck like a shining medal of some sort - really nice but a trifle onerous."

The same year he was awarded a National Medal of the Arts by then-president Bill Clinton.

Albee continued to write into his 70s, and 2008 saw the premiere of a new play, Me, Myself and I, about identical twins.

A few years ago, before undergoing major surgery, Albee penned a short statement to be published at the time of his death: "To all of you who have made my being alive so wonderful, so exciting and so full, my thanks and all my love," he wrote.

Albee's longtime partner, sculptor Jonathan Thomas, died in 2005.

στέκια της Θεσσαλονίκης με την καλύτερη θέα!

Επισκεφτήκαμε, αγαπημένα και γνωστά μαγαζιά της Θεσσαλονίκης που εκτός των υπηρεσιών και των παροχών τους, μας εντυπωσίασαν και για κάτι ακόμα..Τη μαγευτική θέα τους! Δείτε ποια είναι!

Mistral Seaside Bar

Τήνου 4, Καλαµαριά, Τ. 2310 444845, www.mistralbar.gr

Κάνοντας επί 24 χρόνια αισθητή την παρουσία του σε προνοµιακή τοποθεσία στην περιοχή της Αρετσούς (Καλαµαριά), το Mistral Seaside Bar έχει κερδίσει ήδη το δικό του κοινό! Με το που µπαίνουµε µέσα, εντυπωσιάζει η σάλα… Φωτεινή, χάρη στη γυάλινη ανοιγόµενη οροφή, αµφιθεατρικά διαρρυθµισµένη και σε πολλά επίπεδα, γίνεται σταδιακά ένα µε το απέραντο γαλάζιο της θάλασσας, δίνοντας την αίσθηση πως βρίσκεσαι σε πλοίο που ταξιδεύει… Στο Mistral κάθε εποχή είναι διαφορετική. Το καλοκαίρι παραπέµπει σε κοσµοπολίτικο κυκλαδίτικο all day στέκι, µε ιδιαίτερους φωτισµούς και minimal γραµµές, που φτάνει στο απόγειό του την ώρα που ο ήλιος βυθίζεται στον ορίζοντα… Εδώ οι θαµώνες µπορούν να απολαύσουν δυνατά signature cocktails, µε την αύρα της θάλασσας να τους συντροφεύει. Όταν δε έρχεται η ώρα να βάλει τα χειµωνιάτικά του, ο χώρος, όπου κυριαρχεί η πέτρα και το ξύλο, «ντύνεται» σε cozy και elegant style.

Στους άνετους lounge καναπέδες και γύρω από το εντυπωσιακό τζάκι, απολαύστε ένα ποτήρι κρασί από την τεράστια ποικιλία σε ετικέτες, καθώς και premium ποτά, συνοδεία εκλεπτυσµένου finger food, πάντα υπό τους ήχους lounge και easy listening µουσικής, που δυναµώνει σταδιακά για να συνοδεύσει την ανεβασµένη διάθεσή µας! Ηighlight: Τα events και τα lives ανά τακτά χρονικά διαστήµατα! Stay tuned στο fb! Kαθηµερινά από τις 10:00.

Shark

Αργοναυτών 2 & Θεµ. Σοφούλη, Καλαµαριά, Τ. 2310 416855-6, www.shark.gr

Δεν είναι τυχαία σήµα κατατεθέν στην πόλη, µε φήµη που ξεπερνάει τα σύνορά της… Εκτός του εξαιρετικά προνοµιακού σηµείου µε την εκθαµβωτική θέα, το Shark είναι συνώνυµο της εκλεπτυσµένης αισθητικής, των υψηλών παροχών και της κοσµοπολίτικης αύρας! Ο χώρος, διακριτικά χωρισµένος αυτός του µπαρ από εκείνον του εστιατορίου, είναι εφάµιλλος αντίστοιχων που περιµένουµε να συναντήσουµε σε µεγάλες ευρωπαϊκές πρωτεύουσες.Με concept και ύφος που ξεφεύγει από τα ελληνικά δεδοµένα, η international κουζίνα του παρουσιάζει ένα µενού υψηλού γαστρονοµικού επιπέδου. Στην ίδια φιλοσοφία και ο χώρος του bar, όπου η ενηµερωµένη κάβα µε τις premium ετικέτες, τα εµπνευσµένα signature cocktails, σε συνδυασµό µε το εξειδικευµένο προσωπικό, συµπληρώνουν τις πολυτελείς παροχές. Από την άλλη, η ατµοσφαιρική µουσική, που σταδιακά δίνει τη θέση της σε πιο έντονους και mainstream ρυθµούς, ολοκληρώνει την εµπειρία! Highlight: Τα θεµατικά events και τα parties µε guest Djs. Καθηµερινά από τις 10:30.

Les Zazous

Θεµ. Σοφούλη 108, Καλαμαριά, Τ. 2310 420600

Αποτελεί από µόνο του λόγο να πάµε µέχρι την Καλαµαριά. Και καθόλου τυχαία… Ο κοσµοπολίτικος αέρας που αποπνέει, ο πολυτελής και κοµψός χώρος του -µε το τζάκι να κατέχει ξεχωριστή θέση-, η µοναδική θέα στη θάλασσα, οι προσεγµένες παροχές είναι κάποια από τα standards που έχουν κατατάξει το Les Zazous ανάµεσα στις δηµοφιλέστερες και καλύτερες επιλογές στην πόλη. Σε αυτή την ατµόσφαιρα, αν προσθέσουµε τις υψηλής ποιότητας υπηρεσίες, τη «δυνατή» του µπάρα µε το εξειδικευµένο προσωπικό -από τα απλά ροφήµατα και τον καφέ µέχρι τη λίστα των signature cocktails, όλα είναι εξαιρετικά-, την επιλεκτική µουσική (από funky, swing και house επιρροές µέχρι jazz και soul), αλλά και τη µεσογειακή µε fusion επιρροές κάρτα του, καταλαβαίνουµε γιατί έχει αποκτήσει από την πρώτη στιγµή σταθερούς και πιστούς θαµώνες.

Το εποχιακά ανανεωµένο µενού (διαφορετικό για lunch και dinner), επιµέλειας του chef Μηνά Νίτη, µε µοντέρνες τεχνικές, άριστη ποιότητα, εµπνευσµένους συνδυασµούς, παρουσιάζει πιάτα όπως τραγανό κανταΐφι ελληνικών τυριών µε σάλτσα εσπεριδοειδών, ταλιάτα µόσχου µε πουρέ κολοκύθας και καραµελωµένα κρεµµύδια και φιλέτο λαβράκι σε µπουγιαµπέσα niçoise µε λαχανικά και σος ruille, την ώρα που εξίσου δηµοφιλές είναι και το sushi menu του. Καθηµερινά από τις 11:00 (κουζίνα: lunch 12:00-19:00, dinner 19:00-02:00).

Remvi

Κανάρη 2, Νέα Κρήνη, Τ. 2310 433100, www.remvibarclub.gr

Με χρόνια παρουσίας στην all day & night διασκέδαση, το εν λόγω café bar restaurant συνεχίζει να είναι από τις σταθερές επιλογές στη πόλη, ενώ ξεχωρίζει για το προνοµιακό του σηµείο και τη θέα, που ενδείκνυται για… ροµαντικά ηλιοβασιλέµατα! Καθηµερινά από τις 09:00.

Villa Luna

Αναλήψεως 40, Πανόραµα, Τ. 2310 340440, www.villa-luna.gr

Αξίζει να κατευθυνθείτε προς Πανόραµα µεριά… µόνο και µόνο για να ατενίσετε την ασύγκριτη θέα της πόλης, ειδικά το βράδυ, από τη βεράντα αυτού του café bar bistro, χαλαρώνοντας παράλληλα στον εκλεπτυσµένο χώρο του. Από το πρωί µε καφέ, ροφήµατα και snacks, λειτουργεί όµως και ως steak house, µε προτάσεις που αξίζει να δοκιµάσετε. Restaurant: Δευτ. 18:00-01:00, Τρ.-Κυρ. 14:00-01:00, Café: Δευτ.-Κυρ. 10:00-02:00.

Kitchen Bar

Λιµάνι, Τ. 2310 502241

Αυτό το all day στέκι στο λιµάνι, µε «πιάτο» όλο τον Θερµαϊκό, είναι κλασική επιλογή για καφέ και φαγητό, µε προτάσεις από τη διεθνή κουζίνα. Φηµίζεται για τα φρέσκα γλυκά του. Καθηµερινά 09:00-02:00.

Θέα στο Θερμαϊκό από την Καλαμαριά

Οmilos

Μεγ. Αλεξάνδρου 12,Τ. 2310 869950

Με φρέσκο αέρα, το αγαπηµένο café-bar-restaurant κερδίζει µε την προνοµιακή του τοποθεσία δίπλα στη θάλασσα. Εκτός από καφέ και ποτό, εδώ θα έρθετε για πρωινό, snacks, ποικιλίες αλλά και για τις γευστικές προτάσεις του αµερικάνικου τύπου, από burger µέχρι εκλεκτά steaks, σε ένα µενού που εµπλουτίζεται! Περνώντας η ώρα, το bar και η lounge ξένοι ήχοι των Djs πρωταγωνιστούν. Καθηµερινά 09:00-03:30.

Blue Marlin

Λεωφ. Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου 10, Νέα Παραλία, Τ. 2316 008500

Tο Blue Marlin είναι ένα stylish bar by the sea, που έχει ανοίξει τις πόρτες του εδώ και δύο χρόνια στη Νέα Παραλία. Με απεριόριστη λοιπόν θέα στη θάλασσα και σε µαγικά ηλιοβασιλέµατα, το elegant αυτό café-bar-club θα σας υποδεχτεί από το πρωί για καφέ αλλά και µετά τη δύση του ηλίου µε επιλεγµένες µουσικές, που σταδιακά δίνουν τη θέση τους σε mainstream ήχους µεγαλύτερης έντασης, τη στιγµή που θα απολαµβάνετε προσεγµένα ποτά και ξεχωριστά cocktails! Καθηµερινά από τις 09:00.

Πηγή:Best in Travel   Thessaloniki 2016

Ανοιξε στην Κινα το ακριβότερο

 ξενοδοχείο στον κόσμο 

Φτιαγμένο σαν γαλλικό παλάτι, αυτό το ξενοδοχείο στο

 Μακάο στοίχισε 1,4 δις δολάρια για να χτιστεί.

Βρίσκεται στην καρδιά του Μακάο, ονομάζεται The 13 και αποτελεί το

 πολυτελέστερο ξενοδοχείο στον κόσμο. Είναι και το ακριβότερο στον κόσμο, οι 

τιμές του δεν έχουν ταβάνι.

Το ξενοδοχείο άνοιξε στα τέλη του καλοκαιριού, αποτελείται αποκλειστικά από 

βίλες και διαθέτει και 200 σουίτες έκτασης ως ... 1.000 τετραγωνικά μέτρα η

 καθεμία. Σε κάθε σουίτα υπάρχει μπάτλερ ενώ ο κάθε πελάτης διαθέτει τη

 δική του Rolls-Royce Phantom για να κάνει τις μετακινήσεις του στα καζίνο,

 στα εστιατόρια, στις επαγγελματικές συναντήσεις και στο αεροδρόμιο.

Ενα υπνοδωμάτιο του σουίτας:

Κάτοχος αυτού του σπάνιου μπαρόκ ξενοδοχείου είναι η αλυσίδα 

Louis XIII Holdings Ltd, και ανήκει στον Κινέζο δισεκατομμυριούχο  Stephen

 Hung, ο οποίος είναι γνωστός για το εκκεντρικό του life style και για την

 συλλογή αυτοκινήτων του.

Το 2014 πήγε ο ίδιος στο Λονδίνο και παρήγγειλε 30 Rolls-Royce Phantom, 

αξίας 20 εκατομμυρίων δολαρίων, για το ξενοδοχείο του The 13.Τα αυτοκίνητα

 έχουν μήκος 6 μέτρα και περίπου 2 μέτρα πλάτος, «περίπου όσο ένα μέσο

 δωμάτιο ξενοδοχείου στο Λονδίνο», σχολιάζει καυστικά η Washington Post,

 «με τη διαφορά φυσικά ότι οι Phantom μπορούν να αναπτύξουν μέσα σε 5,8 

δευτερόλεπτα τα 60 χλμ την ώρα».

Ο Στίβεν Χανγκ από το Χονγκ Κονγκ δεν είναι ένας «Κροίσος» σαν τους άλλους.

 Στα 56 του, έχει κόμη εφήβου, όπου κυριαρχεί μία μακριά πλαϊνή φράτζα με

 κόκκινες και λευκές ανταύγες. Προτιμά τα πολύχρωμα ρούχα, συνήθως πολύ

 στενά και πολύ… Versace. Λατρεύει τα εξωφρενικά ακριβά κοσμήματα και ποτέ

 δεν έκρυψε τον τεράστιο πλούτο του, που απέκτησε ως γόνος πλούσιας οικογένειας 

κι πολλαπλασίασε ως κάτοχος MBA του Columbia, τραπεζίτης επενδυτής στη 

Merrill Lynch και μετέπειτα «χρυσός» επενδυτής, κυρίως στον κτηματομεσιτικό 

τομέα.
Στο ασύλληπτο ξενοχείο η λεγόμενη δίπατη Villa du Comte είναι η μικρότερη, 

με 800 τ.μ, η  Villa de Stephen (από το όνομα του ιδιοκτήτη) είναι 900 τ.μ

. και το κόστος ανά διανυκτέρευση είναι 100.000 δολάρια.

Αυτό είναι το μπάνιο της σουίτας:

Κάθε δωμάτιο του ξενοδοχείου είναι μοναδικό και κάθε έπιπλο, διακοσμητικό

 και έργο τέχνης δημιουργήθηκε αποκλειστικά για το The 13. Κρύσταλλα, 

μάρμαρα, ταπισερί, φιλοτεχνημένα ταβάνια και πολυτελή υφάσματα κόβουν

 την ανάσα στο εσωτερικό του ξενοδοχείου. Τα μπάνια διαθέτουν βελούδινους 

καναπέδες  king-size, σε μπαρόκ στιλ, όπως στα βασιλικά παλάτια.

Ενα σαλόνι της βίλας Le Compte:

Τα ρούχα που πωλούνται στο ξενοδοχείο είναι αποκλειστικά από την φίρμα 

 L’Atelier ενώ τρώνε στο εστιατόριο της φίρμας  L’Ambroisie, ενός παρισινού

 εστιατορίου με 3 αστέρια Michelin. Στα κοσμηματοπωλεία του διατίθενται

 κομψοτεχνήματα αξίας από 1 εκατ. δολάρια και πάνω.

Εδώ ο ιδιοκτήτης Stephen Hung δίνει τα χέρια με το αφεντικό της Rolls-Royce,

 Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes, στα κεντρικά της εταιρείας στο Goodwood της Αγγλίας.

Οι πελάτες κατεβαίνουν από προσωπικά ασανσέρ κατευθείαν στο λόμπι

 του ξενοδοχείου.

Αυτό είναι το ασανσέρ της σουίτας:

«Είναι μια δουλειά που έγινε με αγάπη. Το προσωπικό και εγώ βάλαμε όλη τη

 δημιουργικότητα και το πάθος μας ώστε να είμαστε βέβαιοι ότι όλα είναι τέλεια

 ως την τελευταία λεπτομέρεια», δήλωσε ο ιδιοκτήτης.
Η αλυσίδα πήρε το όνομα Louis XIII Holdings Ltd, από το όνομα του Γάλλου

 βασιλιά Λουδοβίκου που έχτισε το παλάτι των Βερσαλλιών. Για τη διακόσμησή 

του Τhe 13 προσέλαβε μέχρι και μία καθαρόαιμη απόγονο του Λουδοβίκου

 του 13ου, την πριγκίπισσα Τάνια των Βουρβόνων της Πάρμα. «Το 13 είναι ο 

τυχερός μου αριθμός», δήλωσε ο Κινέζος δισεκατομμυριούχος.

«Η πολυτέλεια που θέλω φθάνει στα άκρα», εξηγεί στην South China Morning Post

 ο μεγιστάνας από το Χονγκ Κονγκ, που το Paris Match τον ονομάζει εύγλωττα 

«Ο εκκεντρικός κύριος Hung». Όπως ο ίδιος άλλωστε εξομολογήθηκε στο

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• 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
• 324 – Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
• 1066 – Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands on the beaches of Scarborough and began his invasion of England.
• 1180 – Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
• 1454 – In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
• 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Honduras on his fourth, and final, voyage.
• 1618 – The twelfth Baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
• 1635 – Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria declares war on France.
• 1679 – New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 1714 – George I, the first Hanoverian king, arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1st.
• 1739 – The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
• 1759 – Seven Years' War: The British capture Quebec City.
• 1793 – The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
• 1809 – The Royal Opera House in London opens.
• 1810 – First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
• 1812 – The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
• 1837 – Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
• 1838 – The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
• 1850 – The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
• 1851 – First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
• 1870 – Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
• 1872 – King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• 1873 – Panic of 1873: The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures.
• 1882 – The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
• 1895 – Booker T. Washington delivers the "Atlanta compromise" address.
• 1898 – Fashoda Incident: Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
• 1906 – A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
• 1910 – In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
• 1911 – Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• 1914 – The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
• 1914 – World War I: South African troops land in German South-West Africa.
• 1919 – The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
• 1919 – Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
• 1922 – Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
• 1927 – The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
• 1928 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• 1931 – The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• 1934 – The USSR is admitted to the League of Nations.
• 1939 – World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
• 1939 – The Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting.
• 1940 – The British liner SS City of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
• 1943 – World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
• 1943 – World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
• 1944 – World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, 5,600 killed.
• 1945 – General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
• 1947 – The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• 1947 – The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States under the National Security Act.
• 1948 – Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Nizam of Hyderabad.
• 1948 – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
• 1959 – Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• 1960 – Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
• 1961 – U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• 1961 – The NAFC and CCCF merge into CONCACAF.
• 1962 – Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
• 1964 – Constantine II of Greece marries Danish princess Anne-Marie.
• 1964 – North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
• 1973 – The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
• 1974 – Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
• 1977 – Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
• 1980 – Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
• 1981 – Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
• 1982 – Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon.
• 1984 – Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
• 1988 – End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students), are killed by the Tatmadaw.
• 1990 – Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
• 1991 – Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of seven Adriatic port cities.
• 1992 – An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers.
• 1997 – United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
• 1997 – Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
• 1997 – Al-Qaeda carried out a terrorist attack in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 1998 – ICANN is formed.
• 2001 – First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
• 2007 – Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president.
• 2007 – Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
• 2009 – The 72-year run of the soap opera The Guiding Light ends as its final episode is broadcast.
• 2011 – The 2011 Sikkim earthquake was felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
• 2013 – Cygnus Orb-D1 is launched into space.
• 2014 – Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.
• 2015 – Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed following a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.

Births[edit]

• 53 – Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)
• 1344 – Marie of Valois, Duchess of Bar (d. 1404)
• 1434 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
• 1554 – Haydar Mirza Safavi (d. 1576)
• 1587 – Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1640)
• 1643 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (d. 1715)
• 1676 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
• 1684 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (d. 1748)
• 1709 – Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (d. 1784)
• 1711 – Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1783)
• 1733 – George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (d. 1798)
• 1750 – Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1791)
• 1752 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1833)
• 1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
• 1779 – Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1845)
• 1786 – Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)
• 1786 – Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (d. 1862)
• 1812 – Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)
• 1819 – Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (d. 1868)
• 1837 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
• 1838 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (d. 1888)
• 1846 – Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (d. 1930)
• 1848 – Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (d. 1927)
• 1852 – Clement Lindley Wragge, English-Australian meteorologist and public servant (d. 1922)
• 1857 – John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (d. 1945)
• 1858 – Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (d. 1955)
• 1859 – John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
• 1859 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1942)
• 1870 – Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (d. 1947)
• 1872 – Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)
• 1872 – Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
• 1875 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
• 1876 – James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
• 1878 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (d. 1974)
• 1883 – Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (d. 1950)
• 1885 – Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (d. 1948)
• 1888 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
• 1888 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953)
• 1889 – Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (d. 1970)
• 1889 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)
• 1891 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (d. 1984)
• 1893 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
• 1893 – William March, American soldier and author (d. 1954)
• 1894 – Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)
• 1895 – Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (d. 1973)
• 1895 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1897 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (d. 1966)
• 1900 – Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1985)
• 1904 – David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1999)
• 1905 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (d. 1990)
• 1906 – Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (d. 1995)
• 1906 – Maurice Maillot, French actor (d. 1968)
• 1906 – Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)
• 1907 – Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996)
• 1910 – Joseph F. Enright, American captain (d. 2000)
• 1910 – Bernard Kangro, Estonian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (d. 2008)
• 1911 – Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and politician (d. 1995)
• 1912 – María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Kurt Lotz, German businessman (d. 2005)
• 1914 – Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Frank Bell, English soldier and educator (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
• 1916 – John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
• 1917 – June Foray, American actress and voice artist
• 1917 – Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)
• 1918 – Johnny Mantz, American racing driver (d. 1972)
• 1919 – Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1922 – Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Queen Anne of Romania (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Peter Smithson, English architect, co-designed Robin Hood Gardens (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2007)
• 1924 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963)
• 1925 – Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
• 1925 – Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Bob Toski, American golfer and coach
• 1927 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician
• 1929 – Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977)
• 1929 – Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician
• 1933 – Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1933 – Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1933 – Mark di Suvero, Italian-American sculptor
• 1933 – Leonid Mikhailovich Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer
• 1933 – Christopher Ricks, English scholar and critic
• 1933 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1935 – Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (d. 2012)
• 1935 – John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 – Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1938 – Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
• 1939 – Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
• 1939 – Fred Willard, American actor and comedian
• 1939 – Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
• 1942 – Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
• 1942 – Gabriella Ferri, Italian singer (d. 2004)
• 1942 – Alex Stepney, English footballer and coach
• 1944 – Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
• 1945 – P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
• 1945 – John McAfee, Scottish-American computer programmer, founded McAfee
• 1946 – Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1946 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
• 1946 – Meredith Oakes, Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
• 1946 – Otis Sistrunk, American football player and wrestler
• 1947 – Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
• 1947 – Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
• 1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
• 1947 – Paul Seed, British television director and former actor
• 1948 – Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
• 1948 – Ken Brett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (d. 2001)
• 1949 – Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1949 – Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician
• 1949 – Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2005)
• 1949 – Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager
• 1950 – Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
• 1950 – Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
• 1950 – Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1950 – Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
• 1951 – Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon and author
• 1951 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2002)
• 1951 – Tony Scott, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 – Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (d. 2007)
• 1951 – Marc Surer, Swiss race car driver and sportscaster
• 1952 – Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
• 1952 – Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach
• 1953 – Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 – John McGlinn, American conductor and historian (d. 2009)
• 1954 – Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
• 1954 – Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
• 1954 – Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
• 1954 – Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
• 1954 – Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach
• 1955 – Paul Butler, English bishop
• 1955 – Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
• 1958 – John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager
• 1958 – Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer
• 1958 – Malcolm Press, English ecologist and academic
• 1958 – Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
• 1958 – Joan Walsh, American journalist and blogger
• 1959 – Ian Arkwright, English footballer
• 1959 – Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter
• 1959 – Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1960 – Stephen Flaherty, American composer
• 1960 – Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician
• 1961 – James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
• 1961 – Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator
• 1961 – Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Joanne Catherall, English singer
• 1962 – John Fashanu, English footballer and manager
• 1962 – John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1962 – Aden Ridgeway, Australian public servant and politician
• 1962 – Boris Said, American race car driver
• 1963 – Jim Pocklington, English race car driver
• 1963 – John Powell, English-Canadian composer and conductor
• 1964 – Jens Henschel, German footballer
• 1964 – Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer
• 1966 – Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1967 – Ricky Bell, American singer
• 1967 – Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
• 1968 – Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
• 1968 – Upendra, Indian actor and singer
• 1969 – Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
• 1969 – Cappadonna, American rapper
• 1970 – Mike Compton, American football player and coach
• 1970 – Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (d. 1993)
• 1970 – Darren Gough, English cricketer
• 1970 – Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author
• 1971 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation
• 1971 – Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
• 1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
• 1972 – Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
• 1972 – Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
• 1972 – Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician
• 1973 – Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – James Marsden, American actor
• 1973 – Ami Onuki, Japanese singer and voice actress
• 1973 – Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer
• 1973 – Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman, founded Canonical Ltd.
• 1973 – Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1974 – Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician
• 1974 – Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian, singer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Damon Jones, American football player and coach
• 1974 – Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
• 1974 – Xzibit, American rapper and actor
• 1975 – Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
• 1975 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor and screenwriter
• 1975 – Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
• 1976 – Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1976 – Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
• 1977 – Li Tie, Chinese footballer and manager
• 1977 – Kieran West, English rower
• 1978 – Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician
• 1978 – Ryan Lowe, English footballer
• 1978 – Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
• 1979 – Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
• 1980 – Jonathan Biss, American pianist and educator
• 1980 – Mickey Higham, English rugby player
• 1980 – Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
• 1980 – Chris Tarrant, Australian footballer
• 1980 – Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player
• 1981 – Lucy Aharish, Israeli journalist and actress
• 1981 – JeA, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer
• 1981 – Sebastián Decoud, Argentinian tennis player
• 1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
• 1981 – Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player
• 1982 – Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1982 – Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
• 1983 – Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
• 1984 – Jack Carpenter, American actor
• 1984 – Dashon Goldson, American football player
• 1984 – Anthony Gonzalez, American football player
• 1985 – Megan Joy, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1985 – Tarah Gieger, Puerto Rican-American motocross racer
• 1989 – Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
• 1990 – Lewis Holtby, German footballer
• 1992 – Edrick Lee, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 – Max Meyer, German footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 96 – Domitian, Roman emperor (b. 51)
• 887 – Pietro I Candiano, Italian 16th Doge of Venice (b. 842)
• 1180 – Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
• 1598 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyo (b. 1536)
• 1630 – Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (b. 1552)
• 1675 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
• 1721 – Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1664)
• 1722 – André Dacier, French scholar and academic (b. 1651)
• 1783 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)
• 1783 – Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (b. 1718)
• 1792 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)
• 1812 – Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743)
• 1830 – William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
• 1857 – Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
• 1860 – Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
• 1872 – Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
• 1890 – Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1896 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1905 – George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
• 1909 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
• 1911 – Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
• 1924 – F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
• 1939 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 – Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 – Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
• 1949 – Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 – Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 – Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
• 1953 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1956 – Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
• 1959 – Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1962 – Therese Neumann, German mystic (b. 1898)
• 1964 – Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (b. 1881)
• 1964 – Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (b. 1880)
• 1967 – John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1968 – Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)
• 1970 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942)
• 1975 – Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907)
• 1977 – Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)
• 1980 – Katherine Anne Porter,American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
• 1987 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
• 1988 – Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901)
• 1992 – Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (b. 1905)
• 1993 – Nida Tüfekçi, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
• 1995 – Oleh Tverdokhlib, Ukrainian hurdler (b. 1969)
• 1997 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939)
• 2001 – Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (b. 1927)
• 2002 – Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)
• 2002 – Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (b. 1959)
• 2003 – Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Michael Park, English race car driver (b. 1966)
• 2005 – Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (b. 1965)
• 2008 – Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon player and composer (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Ken Norton, American boxer (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Earl Ross, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1955)
• 2015 – James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1940)
• 2015 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Marcin Wrona, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1973)