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Ο Ομπάμα ανέβασε τους Aerosmith στο Air Force One και το έριξαν στο τραγούδι 

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• 489 – Battle of Verona: The Ostrogoths under king Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time at Verona (Northern Italy).
• 737 – Battle of the Baggage: Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus and capture their baggage train.
• 1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
• 1541 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
• 1744 – France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.
• 1791 – The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.
• 1791 – The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as "incorruptible patriots".
• 1813 – Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.
• 1860 – Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
• 1882 – Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
• 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
• 1895 – Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
• 1903 – The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
• 1906 – The Royal Galician Academy, Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana.
• 1907 – McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
• 1915 – A Serbian Army private becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
• 1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
• 1931 – Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• 1935 – The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
• 1938 – Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• 1938 – The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
• 1939 – General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.
• 1939 – NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Fordham Rams. Fordham won the game 34–7.
• 1941 – World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.
• 1943 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) at Kings Point, New York was dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• 1945 – The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
• 1947 – The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
• 1949 – The Berlin Airlift ends.
• 1954 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
• 1955 – Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
• 1962 – Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers.
• 1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
• 1965 – The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
• 1965 – The 30 September Movement attempts a coup against the Indonesian government, which is crushed by the military under Suharto and leads to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
• 1966 – The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
• 1967 – BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched with Tony Blackburn presenting its first show.
• 1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
• 1970 – Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
• 1972 – Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
• 1975 – The Hughes (later McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. Eight years later, the first production model rolled out of the assembly line.
• 1977 – Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
• 1979 – The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
• 1980 – Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
• 1982 – Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all.
• 1986 – Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel's covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy by the Israeli Mossad.
• 1988 – Al Holbert was fatally injured when his privately owned propeller driven Piper PA-60 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff near Columbus, Ohio when a clamshell door was not closed.
• 1990 – The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.
• 1993 – The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
• 1994 – Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years in service.
• 1994 – Ongar railway station, the furthest London Underground from Central London, closes.
• 1999 – The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
• 2004 – The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
• 2005 – The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
• 2009 – The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake shakes central Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). This dip-slip (reverse) earthquake left 1,115 people dead, and was followed several days later by a 6.6 Mw strike-slip event.

Births[edit]

• 1207 – Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)
• 1227 – Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
• 1530 – Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
• 1550 – Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1631)
• 1622 – Johann Sebastiani, German composer (d. 1683)
• 1689 – Jacques Aubert, French violinist and composer (d. 1753)
• 1700 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish monk, poet, and playwright (d. 1773)
• 1710 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1771)
• 1714 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (d. 1780)
• 1732 – Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1804)
• 1743 – Christian Ehregott Weinlig, German cantor and composer (d. 1813)
• 1760 – Michele Cachia, Maltese architect and engineer (d. 1839)
• 1765 – José María Morelos, Mexican priest and general (d. 1815)
• 1800 – Decimus Burton, English architect, designed the Pharos Lighthouse (d. 1881)
• 1801 – Jerónimo Espejo, Argentinian general (d. 1889)
• 1811 – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (d. 1890)
• 1813 – John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (d. 1893)
• 1827 – Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (d. 1918)
• 1832 – Ann Jarvis, American activist, co-founded Mother's Day (d. 1905)
• 1836 – Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian politician, 56th President of Peru (d. 1894)
• 1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1924)
• 1861 – William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (d. 1932)
• 1863 – Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (d. 1928)
• 1870 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942)
• 1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist (d. 1971)
• 1887 – Lil Dagover, Indonesian-German actress (d. 1980)
• 1893 – Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1964)
• 1895 – Lewis Milestone, Moldovan-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1897 – Gaspar Cassadó, Spanish cellist and composer (d. 1966)
• 1897 – Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (d. 1966)
• 1897 – Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician and psychotherapist (d. 1986)
• 1898 – Renée Adorée, French-American actress (d. 1933)
• 1898 – Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (d. 1977)
• 1898 – Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
• 1901 – Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (d. 1966)
• 1904 – Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (d. 1971)
• 1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1906 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)
• 1908 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain (d. 1962)
• 1912 – Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)
• 1915 – Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (d. 2014)
• 1917 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987)
• 1918 – Lewis Nixon, American captain (d. 1995)
• 1918 – René Rémond, French historian and economist (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Elizabeth Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 2008)
• 1919 – William L. Guy, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of North Dakota (d. 2013)
• 1919 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator
• 1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Alan Stretton, Australian general (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Donald Swann, Welsh-English pianist and composer (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1925 – Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and educator (d. 1998)
• 1926 – Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet and translator
• 1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
• 1929 – Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic
• 1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress
• 1931 – Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (d. 2015)
• 1932 – Anthony Hawkins, English-Australian actor (d. 2013)
• 1932 – Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo
• 1932 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Michel Aoun, Lebanese general and politician, President of Lebanon
• 1933 – Cissy Houston, American singer
• 1933 – Barbara Knox, English actress
• 1934 – Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (d. 2009)
• 1934 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Anna Kashfi, British actress (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Z. Z. Hill, American singer and guitarist (d. 1984)
• 1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1936 – Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China
• 1936 – Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (d. 1976)
• 1937 – Jurek Becker, Polish-German author (d. 1997)
• 1937 – Valentyn Sylvestrov, Ukrainian pianist and composer
• 1937 – Gary Hocking, Rhodesian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
• 1938 – Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and educator (d. 2012)
• 1939 – Len Cariou, Canadian actor and singer
• 1939 – Anthony Green, English painter and academic
• 1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (d. 2015)
• 1940 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 1940 – Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
• 1940 – Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (d. 2009)
• 1941 – Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and educator
• 1941 – Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General
• 1941 – Reine Wisell, Swedish race car driver
• 1942 – Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (d. 2002)
• 1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (d. 1968)
• 1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer
• 1943 – Philip Moore, English organist and composer
• 1943 – Ian Ogilvy, English-American actor, playwright, and author
• 1944 – Diane Dufresne, Canadian singer and painter
• 1944 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (d. 2009)
• 1945 – Richard Edwin Hills, English astronomer and academic
• 1945 – Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel
• 1946 – Fran Brill, American actress, singer, and puppeteer
• 1946 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (d. 1993)
• 1946 – Jochen Mass, German race car driver
• 1946 – Paul Sheahan, Australian cricketer and educator
• 1946 – Claude Vorilhon, French journalist, founded Raëlism
• 1947 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
• 1948 – Craig Kusick, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter
• 1950 – Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
• 1951 – John Lloyd, English screenwriter and producer
• 1951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1951 – Simon White, English astrophysicist and academic
• 1952 – Darrell Hair, Australian cricket umpire
• 1952 – John Lombardo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Matt Abts, American drummer
• 1953 – Deborah Allen, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 – Keith Burnett, Welsh physicist and academic
• 1953 – Hilton Dawson, English social worker and politician
• 1953 – S. M. Stirling, French-American author
• 1954 – Basia, Polish singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer
• 1954 – Patrice Rushen, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Barry Williams, American actor and singer
• 1955 – Andy Bechtolsheim, German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems
• 1955 – Frankie Kennedy, Northern Irish flute player (d. 1994)
• 1955 – Desmond Shawe-Taylor, English historian and academic
• 1956 – Trevor Morgan, English footballer and manager
• 1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Marty Stuart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Julia Adamson, Canadian-English keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 1960 – Nicola Griffith, English-American author
• 1960 – Miki Howard, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1960 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician
• 1961 – Crystal Bernard, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1961 – Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player
• 1961 – Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer
• 1961 – Mel Stride, English politician
• 1961 – Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver
• 1962 – Prosenjit Chatterjee, Indian actor, director, and producer
• 1962 – Marley Marl, American rapper and producer
• 1962 – Frank Rijkaard, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1963 – David Barbe, American bass player and producer
• 1964 – Trey Anastasio, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian model and actress
• 1964 – Mike McKay, Australian rower
• 1964 – Robby Takac, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1965 – Omid Djalili, English comedian, actor, and producer
• 1965 – Kathleen Madigan, American actress
• 1966 – Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player
• 1966 – Shankar Balasubramanian, Indian-English chemist and academic
• 1966 – Markus Burger, German pianist, composer, and educator
• 1966 – Kerry G. Johnson, American graphic designer and illustrator
• 1967 – Emmanuelle Houdart, Swiss-French author and illustrator
• 1967 – Magnus Falkehed, Swedish journalist and author
• 1969 – Gintaras Einikis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1969 – Chris Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1991)
• 1970 – Tony Hale, American actor and producer
• 1970 – Eric Piatkowski, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer
• 1972 – Jamal Anderson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Ari Behn, Danish-Norwegian author and playwright
• 1972 – John Campbell, American bass player and songwriter
• 1972 – Mayumi Kojima, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1972 – José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1972 – Martine Wright, English volleyball player
• 1974 – Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player
• 1974 – Tom Greatrex, English politician
• 1974 – Ben Phillips, English cricketer
• 1974 – Daniel Wu, American–born Hong Kong actor, director, and producer
• 1975 – Jay Asher, American author
• 1975 – Marion Cotillard, French-American actress and singer
• 1975 – Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1975 – Sammy Igoe, English footballer
• 1977 – Roy Carroll, Irish footballer and manager
• 1977 – Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)
• 1979 – Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer and coach
• 1979 – Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter
• 1979 – Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Martina Hingis, Slovak-Swiss tennis player and coach
• 1980 – Simon Little, English bass player
• 1980 – Shelley Olds, American cyclist
• 1980 – Milagros Sequera, Venezuelan tennis player
• 1981 – Cecelia Ahern, Irish author
• 1981 – Kristina Barrois, German tennis player
• 1981 – Dmytro Boyko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1981 – Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast
• 1981 – Brandon Watson, American baseball player
• 1982 – Lacey Chabert, American actress
• 1982 – Ryane Clowe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Seth Smith, American baseball player
• 1982 – Yan Stastny, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Ryan Stout, American comedian and television host
• 1983 – Boniek Forbes, Guinea-Bissau footballer
• 1983 – Adam Jones, American football player
• 1983 – Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast
• 1983 – Reiko Shiota, Japanese badminton player
• 1984 – Keisha Buchanan, English singer-songwriter
• 1984 – Georgios Eleftheriou, Greek footballer
• 1985 – T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1985 – Olcan Adın, Turkish footballer
• 1985 – Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
• 1985 – David Gower, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Téa Obreht, Serbian-American author
• 1985 – Cristian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 – Olivier Giroud, French footballer
• 1986 – Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer
• 1986 – Quinn Johnson, American football player
• 1986 – Cemil Mengi, Turkish footballer
• 1986 – Takahiro Nishijima, Japanese singer
• 1986 – Rene Ranger, New Zealand rugby player
• 1986 – Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer
• 1987 – Rumi Hanai, Japanese actress, model, and gymnast
• 1987 – Lauren Holiday, American soccer player
• 1988 – Eglė Staišiūnaitė, Lithuanian hurdler
• 1989 – André Weis, German footballer
• 1992 – Bria Hartley, American basketball player
• 1992 – Ezra Miller, American actor and singer
• 1993 – Jovana Jakšić, Serbian tennis player
• 1994 – Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast
• 1997 – Max Verstappen, Dutch race car driver
• 2002 – Maddie Ziegler, American child dancer

Deaths[edit]

• 420 – Jerome, Roman priest, theologian, and saint (b. 347)
• 653 – Honorius of Canterbury, Italian archbishop and saint
• 954 – Louis IV of France (b. 920)
• 1101 – Anselm IV, Italian archbishop
• 1246 – Yaroslav II of Vladimir (b. 1191)
• 1440 – Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Welsh soldier and politician (b. 1362)
• 1487 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
• 1551 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyo (b. 1507)
• 1560 – Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
• 1572 – Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1510)
• 1581 – Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
• 1626 – Nurhaci, Chinese emperor (b. 1559)
• 1628 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1554)
• 1770 – Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1695)
• 1770 – George Whitefield, English-American priest and theologian (b. 1714)
• 1865 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1800)
• 1888 – Catherine Eddowes, English victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1842)
• 1888 – Elizabeth Stride, Swedish victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1843)
• 1891 – Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1837)
• 1897 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (b. 1873)
• 1910 – Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1838)
• 1942 – Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1943 – Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)
• 1946 – Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)
• 1955 – James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
• 1961 – Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)
• 1973 – Peter Pitseolak, Canadian photographer and author (b. 1902)
• 1974 – Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician, Chilean Minister of Defense (b. 1915)
• 1977 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (b. 1924)
• 1978 – Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)
• 1985 – Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (b. 1900)
• 1985 – Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
• 1987 – Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 1988 – Al Holbert, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1989 – Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (b. 1896)
• 1990 – Rob Moroso, American race car driver (b. 1968)
• 1990 – Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 1990 – Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Toma Zdravković, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 1994 – André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1998 – Marius Goring, English actor (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet (b. 1953)
• 1998 – Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author (b. 1912)
• 2002 – Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (b. 1966)
• 2002 – Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1913)
• 2003 – Yusuf Bey, American activist, founded Your Black Muslim Bakery (b. 1935)
• 2003 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 2003 – Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1944)
• 2004 – Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (b. 1936)
• 2004 – Jacques Levy, American director and songwriter (b. 1935)
• 2004 – Michael Relph, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2008 – J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Stephen J. Cannell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1941)
• 2011 – Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (b. 1971)
• 2011 – Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian-American immunologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Turhan Bey, Austrian actor and producer (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Bobby Jaggers, American wrestler and engineer (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Clara Stanton Jones, American librarian (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian-American figure skater (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Zulema, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Kazys Bobelis, Lithuanian surgeon and politician (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Ruth Maleczech, American actress (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Rangel Valchanov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2015 – Claude Dauphin, French businessman (b. 1951)
• 2015 – Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (b. 1947)
• 2016 – Mike Towell, Scottish professional boxer (b. 1991)

Michael Buble: I was told my music wouldn't sell

Michael Buble has revealed how he went from bank to bank to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to persuade a music executive to sign him at the start of his career. 

The Canadian singer told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that the executive told him his music would not sell.

He told Buble he would only produce his music for $100,000 (£82,000) a track, just to get rid of him. 

The singer has now sold more than 50 million albums around the world. 

Buble started out as a swing crooner and also sings jazz and pop songs. 

He told presenter Kirsty Young that David Foster, who has worked with Whitney Houston and Celine Dion, had told him: "You will never be signed to my label, I will never produce you.

"You are talented but I see no record sales for this genre of music.

"To dismiss me, [Foster] said, 'For $100,000 a track, I will produce on spec a record for you, and because I'm an executive of Warner Bros they'll get first right of refusal.

"And then he pushed me out the door thinking he would never see me again."

'I have the money'

But the singer said the encounter made him determined to raise the money to work with Foster.

"What he didn't know was that I would go back to Vancouver and go bank to bank with a manager I had at the time and find an investor," Buble said.

"I flew back to Los Angeles and went to David's house, and he said 'What do you want?' And I said 'Mr Foster I have the money.'

"He couldn't believe I had come back. But he said, 'All right', and we started making the record."

Later, Buble explained, he asked Foster if he could speak to the president of Warner Bros and "plead" for the album to be released.

"I walked into the Warner Bros records' home in Burbank, and I don't think I'd ever been as terrified," Buble said.

"This executive named Tom Whalley came in the room and he said 'Why should we sign you? We have [Frank] Sinatra'."

"And I said 'With all due respect, Sinatra's dead, don't bury the music with him.' I said 'I'll work hard and help fill the void and we will keep this music alive together'.

"Three days later, I was on the treadmill and my grandfather was with me, and the doors flung open and my grandfather said 'Sunshine, you're with Warner Bros'." 

Luxury item

Buble's eight song choices on Desert Island Discs include This Love of Mine by Sinatra, Lose Yourself by Eminem and My Love by Paul McCartney and Wings.

The singer said he would take The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle with him to the island as his chosen book.

He said his luxury item would be "a Rolex watch, because I could at least figure out what time it was and how many days I had been there".

Desert Island Discs, featuring Michael Buble, is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 11:15 GMT on Sunday, 30 October and will be available online shortly afterwards.

Οι πιο περίεργοι φάροι στο κόσμο

Οι φάροι αποτελούν εντυπωσιακά δημιουργήματα του ανθρώπου και πολλοί από αυτούς χρησιμοποιούνται σήμερα ως τουριστικός προορισμός προσφέροντας στους επισκέπτες ένα όμορφο ταξίδι στο χρόνο.
Βρήκαμε τους πιο εκκεντρικούς και σας τους παρουσιάζουμε:

Φάρος Τουρλίτης, Άνδρος
Βρίσκεται ακριβώς απέναντι από το ενετικό κάστρο στην πρωτεύουσα της Άνδρου στην Χώρα. Είναι ο μοναδικός φάρος χτισμένος πάνω σε βράχο μέσα στην θάλασσα. Ο Φάρος «πρωτολειτούργησε την 1η Ιανουαρίου του 1897, καταστράφηκε κατά τη διάρκεια του Β'Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου και αποκαταστάθηκε από δωρεές τη δεκαετία του '90. Σήμερα αποτελεί ένα δημοφιλές τουριστικό αξιοθέατο.

Thomas Point Shoal Light , Μέριλαντ ΗΠΑ
Ο φάρος αυτός είναι ένα από τα τελευταία εναπομείναντα δείγματα φάρων που βρίσκονται πάνω σε βιδωτή εξέδρα πάνω στην άμμο. Βρίσκεται στις ανατολικές ακτές των ΗΠΑ και είναι στέκει στην ίδια θέση από την πρώτη μέρα λειτουργίας του το 1875.

Φάρος Αγίου Νικολάου, Ουκρανία
Μισός φάρος και μισός παρεκκλήσι ο φάρος αυτός στην Ουκρανία, είναι αφιερωμένος στον Άγιο Νικόλαο, προστάτη των ναυτικών. Ο φάρος πέρα από τη ναυτική χρησιμότητά του αποτελεί ένα μνημείο για όλους όσους έχουν χάσει τη ζωή τους στη θάλασσα.

Φάρος Τζέντα, Σαουδική Αραβία 
Αυτό το φουτουριστικό αρχιτεκτονικό κομψοτέχνημα, βρίσκεται σκαρφαλωμένο κατά μήκος της ακτής της Ερυθράς Θάλασσας στην Τζέντα της Σαουδικής Αραβίας. Έχει 436 πόδια ύψος , γεγονός που τον κάνει να διεκδικεί επάξια τον τίτλο του ψηλότερου φάρου στον κόσμο.

Φάρος Στρομπολίκιο, Ιταλία
Ο συγκεκριμένος φάρος μπορεί να μην παρουσιάζει τίποτα ενδιαφέρον από αρχιτεκτονικής άποψης, ωστόσο η τοποθεσία του είναι μοναδική. Ο φάρος βρίσκεται στην κορυφή ενός απόκρημνου βράχου στα Αιολικά νησιά της Ιταλίας. Για να φτάσουν στο φάρο οι επισκέπτες πρέπει να ανεβούν δεκάδες σκαλιά πάνω στο βράχο.

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• 475 – Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
• 683 – During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.
• 802 – Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.
• 1517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
• 1587 – Leiden University Library opens its doors after its founding in 1575.
• 1614 – First performance of Ben Jonson's comedy Bartholomew Fair by the Lady Elizabeth's Men company at the Hope Theatre in London.
• 1822 – Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Congress of the Mexican Empire.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Citing failing health, Union General Winfield Scott resigns as Commander of the United States Army.
• 1863 – The Maori Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
• 1864 – Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
• 1876 – A monster cyclone ravages India, resulting in over 200,000 deaths.
• 1903 – The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
• 1913 – Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
• 1913 – The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
• 1917 – World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
• 1918 – World War I: Dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• 1922 – Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
• 1923 – The first of 160 consecutive days of 100° Fahrenheit at Marble Bar, Western Australia.
• 1924 – World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
• 1926 – Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that develops after his appendix ruptures.
• 1938 – Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.
• 1940 – World War II: The Battle of Britain ends: The United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion.
• 1941 – After 14 years of work, Mount Rushmore is completed.
• 1941 – World War II: The destroyer USS Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
• 1943 – World War II: An F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception by a United States Navy or Marine Corps aircraft.
• 1944 – Erich Göstl, a member of the Waffen-SS, is awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, to recognise extreme battlefield bravery, after losing his face and eyes during the Battle of Normandy.
• 1956 – Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
• 1961 – In the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin's body is removed from Vladimir Lenin's Tomb.
• 1963 – An explosion at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum (now Pepsi Coliseum) in Indianapolis kills 74 people and injures another 400 during an ice skating show. A faulty propane tank connection in a concession stand is blamed.
• 1968 – Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
• 1973 – Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape. Three Provisional Irish Republican Army members escape from Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, Republic of Ireland aboard a hijacked helicopter that landed in the exercise yard.
• 1979 – Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
• 1984 – Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated by two Sikh security guards. Riots break out in New Delhi and other cities and nearly 10,000 Sikhs are killed.
• 1994 – American Eagle Flight 4184 crashes near Roselawn, Indiana, killing 68.
• 1996 – TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 crashes in São Paulo, Brazil, killing 99 people.
• 1998 – Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors.
• 1999 – Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
• 1999 – EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
• 2000 – Soyuz TM-31 launches, carrying the first resident crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been crewed continuously since then.
• 2000 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
• 2002 – A federal grand jury in Houston, Texas indicts former Enron chief financial officer Andrew Fastow on 78 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction of justice related to the collapse of his ex-employer.
• 2002 – AS Adema beat SO Emyrne 149-0 in an Association Football match in Madagascar.

• 2003 – Mahathir bin Mohamad resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, marking an end to Mahathir's 22 years in power.
• 2011 – The global population of humans reaches seven billion. This day is now recognized by the United Nations as Seven Billion Day.
• 2015 – Metrojet Flight 9268 is bombed over the northern Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.

Births[edit]

• 1291 – Philippe de Vitry, French composer, poet, and theorist (d. 1361)
• 1345 – Ferdinand I of Portugal (d. 1383)
• 1391 – Edward, King of Portugal (d. 1438)
• 1424 – Władysław III of Poland (d. 1444)
• 1599 – Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English politician (d. 1680)
• 1620 – John Evelyn, English gardener and author (d. 1706)
• 1636 – Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1679)
• 1686 – Senesino, Italian singer and actor (d. 1758)
• 1692 – Anne Claude de Caylus, French archaeologist and author (d. 1765)
• 1694 – Yeongjo of Joseon (d. 1776)
• 1705 – Pope Clement XIV (d. 1774)
• 1711 – Laura Bassi, Italian physician, physicist, and academic (d. 1778)
• 1724 – Christopher Anstey, English author and poet (d. 1805)
• 1729 – Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta, Spanish cleric, Archbishop of Mexico, Viceroy of New Spain (d. 1800)
• 1737 – James Lovell, American educator and politician (d. 1789)
• 1795 – John Keats, English poet (d. 1821)
• 1815 – Karl Weierstrass, German mathematician and academic (d. 1897)
• 1825 – Charles Lavigerie, French-Algerian cardinal and academic (d. 1892)
• 1827 – Richard Morris Hunt, American architect, designed the New York Tribune Building (d. 1895)
• 1831 – Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist (d. 1910)
• 1835 – Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 27th Governor of Mississippi (d. 1933)
• 1835 – Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (d. 1923)
• 1835 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
• 1838 – Luís I of Portugal (d. 1889)
• 1840 – Franz Müller, German tailor and murderer (d. 1864)
• 1847 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and engineer (d. 1897)
• 1848 – Boston Custer, American soldier (d. 1876)
• 1851 – Louise of Sweden (d. 1926)
• 1856 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (d. 1889)
• 1860 – Juliette Gordon Low, American scout leader, founded the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (d. 1927)
• 1868 – John Weir Troy, American journalist and politician, 5th Governor of the Territory of Alaska (d. 1942)
• 1875 – Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (d. 1954)
• 1875 – Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Natalie Clifford Barney, American poet and playwright (d. 1972)
• 1879 – Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, and composer (d. 1941)
• 1880 – Julia Peterkin, American author (d. 1961)
• 1881 – Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (d. 1960)
• 1883 – Marie Laurencin, French painter and illustrator (d. 1956)
• 1887 – Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey player and lacrosse player (d. 1970)
• 1888 – Napoleon Lapathiotis, Greek poet and author (d. 1944)
• 1890 – Susie Gibson, American super-centenarian (d. 2006)
• 1892 – Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player and author (d. 1946)
• 1895 – Les Darcy, Australian boxer (d. 1917)
• 1895 – B. H. Liddell Hart, English soldier, historian, and theorist (d. 1970)
• 1896 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Delma Kollar, American super-centenarian (d. 2012)
• 1902 – Julia Lee, American blues singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)
• 1902 – Abraham Wald, Romanian mathematician and economist (d. 1950)
• 1907 – Edgar Sampson, American musician and composer (d. 1973)
• 1908 – Muriel Duckworth, Canadian activist (d. 2009)
• 1912 – Dale Evans, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2001)
• 1912 – Ollie Johnston, American animator and voice actor (d. 2008)
• 1914 – Joe Carcione, American activist and author (d. 1988)
• 1914 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch engineer and designer (d. 1995)
• 1915 – Jane Jarvis, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
• 1915 – Lennard Pearce, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1916 – Count Carl Johan Bernadotte of Wisborg (d. 2012)
• 1917 – William H. McNeill, Canadian-American historian and author (d. 2016)
• 1917 – Gordon Steege, Australian soldier and pilot (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Ian Stevenson, American psychiatrist and academic (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Daphne Oxenford, English actress (d. 2012)
• 1919 – Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author
• 1919 – John Sylvester White, American actor (d. 1988)
• 1920 – Dick Francis, Welsh-Caymanian jockey and author (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Joseph Gelineau, French priest and composer (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (d. 1957)
• 1920 – Helmut Newton, German-Australian photographer (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Fritz Walter, German footballer (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress, singer, and author (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Anatoli Papanov, Russian actor (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)
• 1925 – Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (d. 1990)
• 1925 – John Pople, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Robert B. Rheault, American colonel (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Jimmy Savile, English radio and television host (d. 2011)
• 1928 – Andrew Sarris, American critic and educator (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker player (d. 2004)
• 1929 – William Orchard, Australian water polo player and psychiatrist (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Bud Spencer, Italian swimmer, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Michael Collins, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1930 – Booker Ervin, American saxophonist (d. 1970)
• 1931 – Iivo Nei, Estonian chess player and trainer
• 1931 – Dan Rather, American journalist
• 1932 – Katherine Paterson, Chinese-American author
• 1932 – Jacques Pic, French chef (d. 1992)
• 1933 – Phil Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1933 – Iemasa Kayumi, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Narriman Sadek, Egyptian wife of Farouk of Egypt (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Fillie Lyckow, Swedish actress (d. 2015)
• 1935 – Dale Brown, American basketball player and coach
• 1935 – Ronald Graham, American mathematician and theorist
• 1935 – David Harvey, English-American geographer and academic
• 1936 – Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1937 – Tom Paxton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1938 – Luz Marina Zuluaga, Colombian model, Miss Universe 1958 (d. 2015)
• 1939 – Tom O'Connor, English actor and game show host
• 1939 – Ron Rifkin, American actor
• 1939 – Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1940 – Craig Rodwell, American businessman and activist, founded the Oscar Wilde Bookshop (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Judith Wilcox, Baroness Wilcox, English businesswoman and politician
• 1941 – Dan Alderson, American scientist and academic (d. 1989)
• 1941 – Derek Bell, English race car driver
• 1941 – Werner Krieglstein, Czech-American philosopher and academic
• 1942 – Eduardo Castrillo, Filipino sculptor and jewelry designer
• 1942 – Dave McNally, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 1942 – David Ogden Stiers, American actor and singer
• 1943 – Elliott Forbes-Robinson, American race car driver
• 1943 – Paul Frampton, English-American physicist and academic
• 1943 – Aristotelis Pavlidis, Greek politician, 13th Greek Minister for the Aegean and Island Policy
• 1943 – Brian Piccolo, American football player (d. 1970)
• 1944 – Sally Kirkland, American actress
• 1945 – Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Argent)
• 1945 – Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945 – Barrie Keeffe, English playwright, screenwriter, and producer
• 1945 – Avi Shlaim, Iraqi-Israeli historian and academic
• 1946 – Norman Lovett, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Stephen Rea, Irish actor
• 1947 – Deidre Hall, American actress
• 1947 – Frank Shorter, American runner and sportscaster
• 1947 – Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1948 – Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer
• 1949 – Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat
• 1949 – Bob Siebenberg, American drummer
• 1949 – Alison Wolf, English economist and academic
• 1950 – John Candy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 1950 – Zaha Hadid, Iraqi-English architect and academic, designed the Bridge Pavilion (d. 2016)
• 1950 – Jane Pauley, American journalist
• 1950 – Antonio Taguba, Filipino-American general
• 1951 – Nick Saban, American football player and coach
• 1951 – Dave Trembley, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1952 – Bernard Edwards, American bass player and producer (Chic and The Power Station) (d. 1996)
• 1952 – Joe West, American baseball umpire and actor
• 1953 – John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
• 1954 – Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress
• 1954 – Ken Wahl, American actor and screenwriter
• 1955 – Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order
• 1955 – Susan Orlean, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic
• 1956 – Christopher de Leon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician
• 1956 – Anders Lago, Swedish lawyer and politician
• 1956 – Charles Moore, English journalist and author
• 1957 – Brian Stokes Mitchell, American singer and actor
• 1957 – Shirley Phelps-Roper, American lawyer and activist
• 1957 – Robert Pollard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Guided by Voices)
• 1958 – Jeannie Longo, French cyclist
• 1959 – Michael DeLorenzo, American actor, singer, and director
• 1959 – Mats Näslund, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1959 – Neal Stephenson, American author
• 1960 – Arnaud Desplechin, French director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Luis Fortuño, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of Puerto Rico
• 1960 – Mike Gallego, American baseball player and coach
• 1960 – Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
• 1961 – Alonzo Babers, American runner and pilot
• 1961 – Kate Campbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – Larry Mullen, Jr., Irish drummer and songwriter
• 1962 – Jonathan Borden, American neurosurgeon and academic
• 1962 – Bill Fralic, American football player and sportscaster
• 1962 – Anna Geifman, American historian, author, and academic
• 1962 – John Giannini, American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Mari Jungstedt, Swedish journalist and author
• 1962 – Raphael Rabello, Brazilian guitarist and composer
• 1962 – Dan Wood, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Dunga, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Sanjeev Bhaskar, English actor and screenwriter
• 1963 – Mikkey Dee, Swedish drummer and songwriter
• 1963 – Johnny Marr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 – Fred McGriff, American baseball player and radio host
• 1963 – Dermot Mulroney, American actor
• 1963 – Rob Schneider, American actor and comedian
• 1964 – Frank Bruni, American journalist and critic
• 1964 – Colm Ó Cíosóig, Irish drummer and songwriter
• 1964 – Marco van Basten, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1964 – Darryl Worley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (d. 2014)
• 1965 – Blue Edwards, American basketball player
• 1965 – Denis Irwin, Irish footballer and journalist
• 1965 – Rob Rackstraw, English voice actor
• 1966 – Ad-Rock, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1966 – Joseph Boyden, Canadian-American author and academic
• 1966 – Koji Kanemoto, Japanese wrestler
• 1966 – Annabella Lwin, Burmese singer-songwriter and producer
• 1966 – Mike O'Malley, American actor
• 1966 – Jon Wurster, American drummer and radio host
• 1967 – Vanilla Ice, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1967 – Buddy Lazier, American race car driver
• 1967 – Irina Pantaeva, Russian-American model and actress
• 1967 – Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1968 – Antonio Davis, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1969 – David Coburn, American actor and singer
• 1970 – Terry Alderton, English comedian and actor
• 1970 – Linn Berggren, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1970 – Mitch Harris, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1970 – Johnny Moeller, American guitarist
• 1970 – Rogers Stevens, American guitarist
• 1970 – Steve Trachsel, American baseball player
• 1971 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (d. 2004)
• 1971 – Tom Smith, English-Scottish rugby player and coach
• 1971 – Phil Tataurangi, New Zealand golfer
• 1971 – Ian Walker, English footballer and manager
• 1972 – Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer and manager
• 1972 – Matt Dawson, English rugby player
• 1972 – Grigoris Georgatos, Greek footballer
• 1973 – Paul Abrahams, English footballer and coach
• 1973 – Christopher Bevins, American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Tim Byrdak, American baseball player
• 1973 – David Dellucci, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1973 – Arzum Onan, Turkish model and actress, Miss Europe 1993
• 1974 – Muzzy Izzet, English-Turkish footballer
• 1974 – Roger Manganelli, Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1975 – Fabio Celestini, Swiss footballer and manager
• 1975 – Keith Jardine, American mixed martial artist and actor
• 1975 – Johnny Whitworth, American actor and producer
• 1976 – Guti, Spanish footballer
• 1976 – Piper Perabo, American actress and producer
• 1976 – Koji Yamamoto, Japanese actor and singer
• 1977 – Sylviane Félix, French sprinter
• 1977 – Séverine Ferrer, French singer
• 1978 – Inka Grings, German footballer and manager
• 1978 – Emmanuel Izonritei, Nigerian boxer
• 1978 – Marek Saganowski, Polish footballer
• 1978 – Mika Sugisaki, Japanese actress and radio host
• 1978 – Martin Verkerk, Dutch tennis player
• 1979 – Ricardo Fuller, Jamaican footballer
• 1979 – Simão Sabrosa, Portuguese footballer
• 1980 – Samaire Armstrong, Japanese-American model, actress, and fashion designer
• 1980 – Alondra de la Parra, Mexican-American pianist and conductor
• 1980 – Marcel Meeuwis, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Eddie Kaye Thomas, American actor
• 1981 – Irina Denezhkina, Russian author
• 1981 – Lollie Alexi Devereaux, French-Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
• 1981 – Steven Hunter, American basketball player
• 1981 – Frank Iero, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1981 – Selina Jen, Taiwanese singer and actress
• 1981 – Mike Napoli, American baseball player
• 1982 – Jordan Bannister, Australian footballer and umpire
• 1982 – Tomáš Plekanec, Czech ice hockey player
• 1983 – Adam Bouska, American photographer and activist, founded the NOH8 Campaign
• 1983 – Sitashma Chand, Nepalese model, Miss Nepal 2007
• 1983 – Katy French, Swiss-Irish model (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Scott Clifton, American actor and singer
• 1984 – Pat Murray, American football player
• 1984 – Amanda Pascoe, Australian swimmer
• 1985 – Fanny Chmelar, German alpine skier
• 1986 – Chris Alajajian, Australian race car driver
• 1986 – Christie Hayes, Australian actress and producer
• 1987 – Nick Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Jean-Karl Vernay, French race car driver
• 1988 – Cole Aldrich, American basketball player
• 1988 – Sébastien Buemi, Swiss race car driver
• 1988 – Jack Riewoldt, Australian footballer
• 1989 – Warren Weir, Jamaican sprinter
• 1990 – Lil' JJ, American actor and stand-up comedian
• 1991 – Sven Kaldre, Estonian basketball player
• 1992 – Vanessa Marano, American actress
• 1993 – Nadine Lustre, Filipino actress and singer
• 1995 – Joana Valle Costa, Portuguese tennis player
• 1999 – Léa Serna, French figure skater
• 2005 – Leonor, Princess of Asturias

Deaths[edit]

• 1147 – Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English son of Henry I of England (b. 1100)
• 1214 – Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (b. 1163)
• 1448 – John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1390)
• 1641 – Cornelis Jol, Dutch admiral (b. 1597)
• 1659 – John Bradshaw, English lawyer and judge, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1602)
• 1661 – Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 109th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1575)
• 1723 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1642)
• 1732 – Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (b. 1666)
• 1733 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
• 1744 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (b. 1694)
• 1765 – Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (b. 1721)
• 1768 – Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1690)
• 1860 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Scottish-English admiral and politician (b. 1775)
• 1869 – Charles A. Wickliffe, American politician, 14th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1788)
• 1879 – Jacob Abbott, American author and academic (b. 1803)
• 1879 – Joseph Hooker, American general (b. 1814)
• 1884 – Marie Bashkirtseff, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (b. 1858)
• 1913 – William Evans-Gordon, English soldier and politician (b. 1857)
• 1916 – Charles Taze Russell, American minister (b. 1852)
• 1918 – Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
• 1920 – Alphonse Desjardins, Canadian businessman (b. 1854)
• 1925 – Max Linder, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1925 – Mikhail Frunze, Bolshevik leader during and just prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917 (b. 1885)
• 1926 – Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 – António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 – Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 – Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 – Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1946 – Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (b. 1887)
• 1952 – Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 – Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 – H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 – Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 – Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1972 – Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
• 1973 – Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 1975 – S. D. Burman, Bangladeshi-Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1906)
• 1977 – C. B. Colby, American author and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1980 – Jan Werich, Czech actor and playwright (b. 1905)
• 1983 – George Halas, American football player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Sharof Rashidov, Uzbek politician, CPSU Politburo candidate member (b. 1917)
• 1984 – Eduardo De Filippo, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1984 – Indira Gandhi, Indian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of India (b. 1917)
• 1985 – Anton Christoforidis, Turkish-Greek boxer (b. 1918)
• 1985 – Nikos Engonopoulos, Greek painter and poet (b. 1907)
• 1985 – Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor and singer (b. 1913)
• 1986 – Robert S. Mulliken, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1988 – John Houseman, Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1988 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and academic (b. 1906)
• 1991 – Gene Anderson, American wrestler and actor (b. 1933)
• 1991 – Joseph Papp, American director and producer (b. 1921)
• 1992 – Gary Rippingale, English ice hockey player (b. 1974)
• 1993 – Federico Fellini, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 1993 – River Phoenix, American actor and singer (Aleka's Attic) (b. 1970)
• 1995 – Rosalind Cash, American actress and singer (b. 1938)
• 1996 – Marcel Carné, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Elmer Vasko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)
• 1998 – María de la Purísima Salvat Romero, Spanish nun and Roman Catholic Saint (b. 1926)
• 1999 – Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975)
• 2000 – Ring Lardner, Jr., American journalist and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 2001 – Régine Cavagnoud, French skier (b. 1970)
• 2002 – Lionel Poilâne, French banker and businessman (b. 1945)
• 2002 – Michail Stasinopoulos, Greek jurist and politician, President of Greece (b. 1903)
• 2002 – Raf Vallone, Italian footballer and actor (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian singer (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Richard Neustadt, American political scientist and historian (b. 1919)
• 2005 – Hal Anger, American biophysicist and engineer (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Hank Berger; American businessman (b. 1952)
• 2006 – P. W. Botha, South African soldier and politician, State President of South Africa (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Peter Fryer, English journalist and author (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Amrita Pritam, Pakistani-Indian author and poet (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Ray Gravell, Welsh rugby player, sportscaster, and actor (b. 1951)
• 2007 – Erdal İnönü, Turkish physicist and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1926)
• 2008 – Studs Terkel, American historian and author (b. 1912)
• 2009 – Mustafa Mahmud, Egyptian physician and author (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman, founded the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Qian Xuesen, Chinese aerodynamicist and academic (b. 1911)
• 2010 – Maurice Lucas, American basketball player and coach (b. 1952)
• 2010 – Ted Sorensen, American lawyer, 8th White House Counsel (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 2011 – Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver (d. 1926)
• 2012 – Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (b. 1927)
• 2012 – John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1917)
• 2012 – John H. Reed, American soldier and politician, 67th Governor of Maine (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Chris Chase, American actress and author (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Gérard de Villiers, French journalist and author (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Jagadish Ghimire, Nepali author and activist (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Trevor Kletz, English chemist and author (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Johnny Kucks, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Andres Narvasa, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937)
• 2014 – David Manker Abshire, American commander and diplomat, United States Permanent Representative to NATO (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Michael Alsbury, American engineer and pilot (b. 1975)
• 2014 – John Forzani, Canadian football player and businessman (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Brad Halsey, American baseball player (b. 1981)
• 2014 – Käbi Laretei, Estonian-Swedish pianist (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Hitoshi Motoshima, Japanese educator and politician (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Jim Sauter, American race car driver (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Ants Antson, Estonian speed skater (b. 1938)
• 2015 – Thomas Blatt, Polish-American author (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Gus Savage, American businessman and politician (b. 1925)
• 2015 – T. M. Wright, American author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1947)

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