New Year Honours 2017: Anna Wintour, Ken Dodd and Ray Davies on list

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The Kinks singer Ray Davies, comedian Ken Dodd and Vogue editor Anna Wintour are among the arts figures that have been included on the Queen's New Year Honours list.

Wintour, who has edited US Vogue for almost 30 years, has received a damehood and Davies has been knighted.

Comedy legend Ken Dodd has been knighted for services to entertainment and charity, at the age of 89.

Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance has also received a knighthood. 

'Highly tickled'

Rylance, who is honoured for services to theatre, won the best supporting actor Oscar earlier this year for Bridge of Spies. He also had a Bafta-winning role as Thomas Cromwell in the 2015 BBC Two mini-series Wolf Hall. 

Dodd told the BBC he was "very proud and highly tickled" to be knighted.

"I'm very proud and I'd like to thank all the people who wished it for me because they're the ones that made it (happen), so thank you very much." 

Asked if the honour was overdue, he joked: "Oh no - my library books are, but this came as a complete surprise and it's a wonderful feeling." 

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Ray Davies formed The Kinks with his brother Dave in Muswell Hill, north London in 1963. They influenced generations of British bands from The Jam to Blur and Oasis, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.

Davies admitted he was surprised by the honour, saying: "Initially I felt a mixture of surprise, humility, joy and a bit embarrassed but after thinking about it, I accept this for my family and fans as well as everyone who has inspired me to write."

Actress Patricia Routledge has been made a dame for services to theatre and charity. 

She is perhaps best known for her role as Hyacinth Bucket in the TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances but has had a prolific career in theatre in the UK and on Broadway. 

She said she was "very surprised indeed but very pleased that the Honour pertains to theatre".

Welsh opera singer Bryn Terfel has been knighted for services to music, saying it was "an immense honour to receive such an accolade".

"I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for all the support and encouragement I have received from the great British public and further afield," he added. "I am truly humbled."

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War photographer Don McCullin has been knighted for services to photography.

The 81-year-old said his knighthood brought "a lot of honour" to his family. 

"This knighthood is not going to change my life - it can't. I'm too old, I'm too set in my ways.

"I have a great respect for life and people. It won't change me. I just feel inwardly warmed by it."

Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie and theatre director Sir Richard Eyre have been made Companions of Honour - a special award for service of conspicuous national importance limited to 65 people at a time.

The Times cartoonist Peter Brookes, the Almeida Theatre's artistic director Rupert Goold and retired BBC newsreader Angela Rippon are among those who have been appointed CBEs.

Double Oscar-winning costume designer Jenny Beavan has been honoured with an OBE.

She was was famously - and jokingly - referred to by Stephen Fry at the Baftas as a dressing like a "bag lady".

The 66-year-old said she felt "honoured and humbled to receive such an amazing 'award' for a job that I simply love doing - storytelling through clothes.

"Hopefully some of these stories can help to connect, bring enjoyment, or make someone feel they are not alone - and do some good in this difficult world."

Former Spice Girl turned fashion designer Victoria Beckham has been honoured with an OBE for services to the fashion industry. Her husband David Beckham was honoured with an OBE 13 years ago.

Also being awarded OBEs are artist Patrick Brill, aka Bob and Roberta Smith, and actress Naomie Harris, who plays Moneypenny opposite Daniel Craig's James Bond. 

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They are joined by actors Helen McCrory and Tim Pigott-Smith for their services to drama.

TV and stage actors Sharon D Clarke and Clive Rowe are among those awarded MBEs, as is 1960s pop star Marty Wilde - real name Reginald Leonard Smith.

Anna Wintour has been honoured for services to fashion. She started her journalism career as an editorial assistant in 1970, when Harper's Bazaar UK merged with Queen to become Harpers & Queen.

She moved to New York and became a junior fashion editor at Harper's Bazaar in 1975. After becoming Vogue's first creative director in 1983, she was made editor of the UK edition in 1985.

She took over the US edition in 1987 and her no-nonsense style of micro-management earned her the nickname Nuclear Wintour.

παράξενα πρωτοχρονιάτικα

 έθιμα απ’ όλο τον κόσμο

Ντόνα Σάμερ 
1948 – 2012

ΜασάζΜέσα στις χαλαρωτικές του αίθουσες μασάζ ο χαμηλός φωτισμός και τα εθαίρια έλαια δημιουργούν την ιδανική ατμόσφαιρα για αφεθείτε στα χέρια των έμπειρων θεραπευτών που θα σας αλλάξουν τη διάθεση. Οι ειδικοί του Sweet Zen σας προτείνουν την υπηρεσία που ταιριάζει σε εσάς. Επιλέξτε ανάμεσα σε χαλαρωτικό, θεραπευτικό, λεμφικό μασάζ, ρεφλεξολογία, μασάζ κατά της κυτταρίτιδας, μασάζ κατά της κυτταρίτιδας με βεντούζα, τοπικό μασάζ, hot stones και μασάζ προσώπου.

Πέρα από τις παραπάνω υπηρεσίες, στο Sweet Zen θα βρείτε και δύο πρωτοπωριακές συσκευές με πολλάπλά ευεργετικά αποτελέσματα ανάλογα τις ανάγκες σας. Το X Well είναι μια πλατφόρμα δόνησης νέας γενιάς και προηγμένης τεχνολογίας. Τα 225 προγράμματα προσφέρουν τη δυνατότητα πολλαπλών επιλογών για μια απεριόριστη σειρά συνδυασμών που ξεπερνούν τον οποιοδήποτε ανταγωνισμό. Σύσφιξη, αδυνάτισμα, αντιμετώπιση κυτταρίτιδας, drainage, τόνωση, ενδυνάμωση, αποκατάσταση είναι μερικοί μόνο από τους στόχους που μπορείτε να πετύχετε σε όλο το σώμα ή τμηματικά.

• Μειώνει τις περιφέρειες και επαναπροσδιορίζει το σχήμα του σώματος
• Μειώνει το πρήξιμο και τις κατακρατήσεις
• Αυξάνει την ενεργειακή δαπάνη, δηλαδή αυξάνει τη καύση θερμίδων
• Αυξάνει το μεταβολισμό
• Βελτιώνει τη λειτουργία του καρδιαγγειακού συστήματος
• Βελτιώνει τη φυσική κατάσταση
• Βελτιώνει την αναπνευστική λειτουργία
• Ασκεί θετική επίδραση στην οστεοπόρωση
• Ασκεί θετική επίδραση στη λειτουργική επανένταξη μετά από τραυματισμό
• Προσφέρει θετική επίδραση στην εκγύμναση-σύσφιξη των γοφών και των κάτω άκρων

Το κλαμπ Reina της υψηλής κοινωνίας 

στην Κωνσταντινούπολη

Στο σημείο που χωρίζει την Τουρκία στα δύο βρίσκεται το

 κλαμπ Reina, στο οποίο σημειώθηκε λίγο μετά τον ερχομό

 του νέου έτους, το τρομοκρατικό χτύπημα με απολογισμό 

39 νεκρούς.

Ενα από τα πιο κοσμοπολίτικα μέρη της Κωνσταντινούπολης βάφτηκε με αίμα τα 

ξημερώματα, στον ερχομό του νέου έτους. Εκατοντάδες νέοι διασκέδαζαν στο

 κλαμπ Reina, όταν (τουλάχιστον) ένας οπλισμένος άνδρας άρχισε να

 πυροβολεί αδιακρίτως σκοτώνοντας 39 ανθρώπους, τραυματίζοντας άλλους 69.

Το Reina άνοιξε τις πόρτες πριν μερικά χρόνια και θεωρείται ως hot-spot στην 

Κωνσταντινούπολη. Είναι το μέρος, το οποίο προτιμά για τη διασκέδασή της η

 υψηλή κοινωνία της Πόλης και ένα από τα σημεία αναφοράς στη νυχτερινή 

διασκέδαση της Τουρκίας. 

Η φήμη του μάλιστα έχει εξαπλωθεί και εκτός συνόρων. Αλλωστε την στιγμή της

 επίθεσης, μέσα στο κλαμπ βρίσκονταν και αρκετοί ξένοι ταξιδιώτες, οι οποίοι 

είχαν προτιμήσει την Κωνσταντινούπολη για την αλλαγή του χρόνου.

Το Reina βρίσκεται ακριβώς πάνω στο Βόσπορο, στην ευρωπαϊκή πλευρά της

 πόλης, κάτω από την γέφυρα. 

Οι περισσότεροι θαμώνες του προτιμούν να φτάνουν σε αυτό με τα πανάκριβα

 σκάφη τους ενώ υπάρχουν πολλά stages αλλά και αρκετά εστιατόρια με

 διαφορετικές κουζίνες.

Οπως μάλιστα σημειώνει ο Guardian, τα μέτρα ασφαλείας στο συγκεκριμένο κλαμπ, 

πάντα ήταν δρακόντεια εξαιτίας των πολλών προσωπικοτήτων που κατά καιρούς 

φιλοξενούσε.

• 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.
• 533 – Mercurius becomes Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy.
• 1492 – Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey.
• 1788 – Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution.
• 1791 – Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
• 1818 – The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded.
• 1833 – Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
• 1860 – The discovery of the planet Vulcan is announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Stones River (a.k.a. Battle of Murfreesboro) resumes in central Tennessee after a day's respite, resulting in a significant Union victory.
• 1865 – Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as Brazilian and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
• 1900 – American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
• 1905 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrenders at Port Arthur, China.
• 1920 – The second Palmer Raid takes place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids take place in several U.S. cities.
• 1941 – World War II: German bombing severely damages the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
• 1942 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicts 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
• 1942 – World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces.
• 1945 – World War II: Nuremberg, Germany is severely bombed by Allied forces.
• 1949 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
• 1955 – Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera is assassinated.
• 1959 – Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
• 1963 – Vietnam War: The Viet Cong wins its first major victory.
• 1967 – Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California
• 1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
• 1974 – United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
• 1975 – A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways
• 1975 – Bangladeshi Marxist leader Siraj Sikder is arrested and dies in police custody.
• 1976 – The Gale of January 1976 begins, which results in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage.
• 1981 – One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
• 1992 – Leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia.
• 1993 – Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy kill 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon.
• 1999 – A brutal snowstorm smashes into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunge to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths are reported.
• 2004 – Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that are returned to Earth.
• 2006 – An explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia traps and kills 12 miners, leaving only one survivor.
• 2016 – Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia, was executed by Saudi government along with 46 others.

Births[edit]

• 869 – Yōzei, Japanese emperor (d. 949)
• 1403 – Basilios Bessarion, Greek cardinal and scholar (d. 1472)
• 1462 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)
• 1642 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1693)
• 1647 – Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)
• 1699 – Osman III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1757)
• 1713 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803)
• 1719 – Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (d. 1797)
• 1727 – James Wolfe, English general (d. 1759)
• 1732 – František Brixi, Czech organist and composer (d. 1771)
• 1777 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator (d. 1857)
• 1822 – Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician (d. 1888)
• 1827 – Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician (d. 1914)
• 1833 – Frederick A. Johnson, American banker and politician (d. 1893)
• 1836 – Queen Emma of Hawaii (d. 1885)
• 1836 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)
• 1837 – Mily Balakirev, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1910)
• 1851 – Ludwig von Graff, Austrian zoologist (d. 1924)
• 1852 – Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (d. 1937)
• 1857 – M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)
• 1860 – William Corless Mills, American historian and curator (d. 1928)
• 1860 – Dugald Campbell Patterson, Canadian engineer (d. 1931)
• 1866 – Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (d. 1957)
• 1870 – Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (d. 1938)
• 1870 – Tex Rickard, American boxing promoter and businessman (d. 1929)
• 1873 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (d. 1897)
• 1873 – Antonie Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer and theorist (d. 1960)
• 1876 – Aquiles Serdán, Mexican activist and politician (d. 1910)
• 1878 – Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, Indian activist, founded the Nair Service Society (d. 1970)
• 1879 – Rudolf Bauer, Hungarian discus thrower (d. 1932)
• 1884 – Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician, 4th Israeli Minister of Education (d. 1973)
• 1885 – Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
• 1886 – Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer and author (d. 1959)
• 1886 – Florence Lawrence, Canadian-American actress (d. 1938)
• 1886 – Billy Zulch, South African cricketer (d. 1924)
• 1887 – Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (d. 1967)
• 1889 – Bertram Stevens, Australian accountant and politician, 25th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian-American poet and playwright (d. 1951)
• 1891 – Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (d. 1990)
• 1892 – Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
• 1893 – Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
• 1895 – Folke Bernadotte, Swedish lieutenant and diplomat (d. 1948)
• 1896 – Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (d. 1954)
• 1896 – Lawrence Wackett, Australian commander and engineer (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Jim Londos, Greek-American wrestler (d. 1975)
• 1897 – Theodore Plucknett, English legal historian (d. 1965)
• 1898 – Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander, American economist and lawyer (d. 1989)
• 1900 – William Haines, American actor and interior designer (d. 1973)
• 1901 – Bob Marshall, American activist, co-founded The Wilderness Society (d. 1939)
• 1902 – Dan Keating, Irish Republican Army volunteer (d. 2007)
• 1904 – Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and swimmer (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian author and translator (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1938)
• 1905 – Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1909 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (d. 2009)
• 1909 – Barry Goldwater, American general and politician (d. 1998)
• 1913 – Anna Lee, English-American actress (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Juanita Jackson Mitchell, American lawyer and activist (d. 1992)
• 1914 – Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (d. 1985)
• 1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent (d. 1944)
• 1916 – Zypora Spaisman, Polish-American midwife, actress, and producer for the Yiddish stage (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Vera Zorina, German-Norwegian actress and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1918 – Willi Graf, German physician and activist (d. 1943)
• 1918 – Beatrice Hicks, American engineer (d. 1979)
• 1920 – Isaac Asimov, Russian-American chemist, author, and academic (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 1923 – Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author
• 1924 – Evgenios Spatharis, Greek puppeteer, actor, and director (d. 2009)
• 1925 – William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Gino Marchetti, American football player
• 1928 – Avie Bennett, Canadian businessman and philanthropist
• 1928 – Robert Goralski, American journalist and author (d. 1988)
• 1928 – Kate Molale, South African activist and politician (d. 1980)
• 1930 – Julius La Rosa, American traditional pop singer (d. 2016)
• 1931 – James D. Murray, Scottish mathematician and academic
• 1931 – Toshiki Kaifu, Japanese lawyer and politician, 76th Prime Minister of Japan
• 1932 – Peter Redgrove, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2003)
• 1933 – Ed Casey, Australian banker and politician (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Seiichi Morimura, Japanese author
• 1933 – Richard Riley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Education
• 1933 – Keith Thomas, Welsh historian, author, and academic
• 1935 – David McKee, English author and illustrator
• 1935 – Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer and academic (d. 1987)
• 1936 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (d. 1992)
• 1937 – David Bailey, English photographer and painter
• 1937 – Martin Lauer, German runner and journalist
• 1938 – Lynn Conway, American computer scientist and electrical engineer
• 1938 – Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author and educator
• 1938 – Goh Kun, South Korean politician, 31st Prime Minister of South Korea
• 1938 – Robert Smithson, American sculptor and photographer (d. 1973)
• 1938 – Dana Ulery, American computer scientist
• 1940 – Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian economist and politician, Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2015)
• 1940 – S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician and academic
• 1942 – Thomas Hammarberg, Swedish lawyer and diplomat
• 1942 – Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1942 – Hugh Shelton, American general
• 1943 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (d. 2004)
• 1944 – Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
• 1944 – Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1946 – Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1947 – Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
• 1947 – Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1947 – David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
• 1948 – Judith Miller, American journalist and author
• 1948 – Joyce Wadler, American journalist and author
• 1949 – Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter
• 1949 – Jean Krier, Luxembourger poet (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)
• 1950 – Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach
• 1951 – Jim Essian, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 – Alexander Pogrebinsky, Ukrainian-American painter and educator
• 1952 – Indulis Emsis, Latvian biologist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1952 – Robbie Ftorek, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1952 – Wendy Phillips, American actress
• 1952 – Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1953 – Vincent Racaniello, American virologist, author, and academic
• 1953 – Jacques Tichelaar, Dutch educator and politician
• 1954 – Henry Bonilla, American broadcaster and politician
• 1956 – Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author
• 1957 – Beppe Gabbiani, Italian race car driver
• 1958 – Helen Goodman, English lawyer and politician
• 1958 – Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist and educator
• 1959 – Kirti Azad, Indian cricketer and politician
• 1960 – Raman Lamba, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1961 – Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
• 1961 – Todd Haynes, American director and screenwriter
• 1961 – Craig James, American football player and sportscaster
• 1961 – Hitoshi Saito, Japanese martial artist (d. 2015)
• 1961 – Robert Wexler, American lawyer and politician
• 1963 – David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1963 – Edgar Martínez, American baseball player
• 1964 – Michael McCann, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Rumesh Ratnayake, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1964 – Pernell Whitaker, American boxer
• 1965 – Greg Swindell, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 – Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City
• 1967 – Robert Liberace, American painter
• 1967 – Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
• 1968 – Cuba Gooding, Jr., American actor and producer
• 1968 – Anky van Grunsven, Dutch horse rider
• 1969 – István Bagyula, Hungarian pole vaulter
• 1969 – William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider and journalist
• 1969 – Robby Gordon, American race car driver
• 1969 – Karl-Heinz Grasser, Austrian businessman and politician, 16th Finance Minister of Austria
• 1969 – Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
• 1969 – Christy Turlington, American model
• 1970 – Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor
• 1971 – Taye Diggs, American actor
• 1971 – Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress
• 1971 – Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
• 1972 – Adam Elliot, Australian animator and screenwriter
• 1972 – Paweł Januszewski, Polish hurdler
• 1972 – Rodney MacDonald, Canadian educator and politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
• 1972 – Hristos Meletoglou, German-Greek triple jumper
• 1972 – Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
• 1973 – Lucy Davis, English actress
• 1974 – Jason de Vos, Canadian soccer player and sportscaster
• 1974 – Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner
• 1974 – Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer
• 1975 – Chris Cheney, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
• 1975 – Dax Shepard, American actor
• 1975 – Jeff Suppan, American baseball player
• 1975 – Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 – Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek jumper
• 1977 – Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player
• 1977 – Aleš Píša, Czech ice hockey player
• 1978 – Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer
• 1978 – Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1978 – Yoon Se-ah, South Korean actress
• 1979 – Jonathan Greening, English footballer and coach
• 1980 – Georgios Dedas, Greek basketball player
• 1980 – Melvin Holwijn, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist
• 1981 – Hanno Balitsch, German footballer
• 1981 – Ryan Garko, American baseball player
• 1981 – Kirk Hinrich, American basketball player
• 1981 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
• 1983 – Kate Bosworth, American actress
• 1984 – Otacílio Jales, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Ivan Dodig, Croatian tennis player
• 1985 – Marius Neset, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
• 1985 – Heather O'Reilly, American soccer player
• 1986 – Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)
• 1986 – Nicolás Bertolo, Argentinian footballer
• 1986 – Trombone Shorty, American trumpet player and composer
• 1988 – Joseph Paulo, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
• 1988 – Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
• 1988 – Kim Shi-hoo, South Korean actor
• 1989 – Maksims Bogdanovs, Latvian motorcycle racer
• 1990 – Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
• 1990 – Maurício Alves Peruchi, Brazilian footballer (d. 2014)
• 1991 – Luis Pedro Cavanda, Belgian footballer
• 1991 – Davide Santon, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Korbin Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1993 – Bryson Tiller, American singer-songwriter

Deaths[edit]

• 951 – Liu Chengyou, Emperor Yin of the Later Han
• 982 – Dětmar, first Bishop of Prague
• 1096 – William de St-Calais, Bishop of Durham and chief counsellor of William II of England
• 1169 – Bertrand de Blanchefort, sixth Grand Master of the Knights Templar (b. c. 1109)
• 1184 – Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, daughter of Andronikos Komnenos
• 1512 – Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)
• 1514 – William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
• 1557 – Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)
• 1664 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (b. 1588)
• 1726 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1849 – Micanopy, American tribal chief (b. 1780)
• 1861 – Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 – James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)
• 1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855)
• 1915 – Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)
• 1917 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877)
• 1920 – Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862)
• 1924 – Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1937 – Ross Alexander, American stage and film actor (b. 1907)
• 1939 – Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 – Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 – James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1950 – Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1951 – William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 – Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founded Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1959 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author (b. 1880)
• 1960 – Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1968 – Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (b. 1913)
• 1974 – Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1977 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 1983 – Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (b. 1915)
• 1986 – Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1987 – Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)
• 1989 – Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
• 1990 – Alan Hale, Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921)
• 1990 – Evangelos Averoff, Greek historian and politician, Greek Minister for National Defence (b. 1910)
• 1994 – Dixy Lee Ray, American biologist and politician; 17th Governor of Washington (b. 1914)
• 1994 – Pierre-Paul Schweitzer, French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)
• 1995 – Siad Barre, Somalian general and politician; 3rd President of Somalia (b. 1919)
• 1995 – Nancy Kelly, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Karl Targownik, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and author (b. 1915)
• 1996 – Karl Rappan, Austrian footballer and coach (b. 1905)
• 1998 – Frank Muir, English radio and television host (b. 1920)
• 1999 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910)
• 1999 – Sebastian Haffner, German journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 2000 – Elmo Zumwalt, American admiral (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Patrick O'Brian, English author and translator (b. 1914)
• 2001 – William P. Rogers, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th United States Secretary of State (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Frank Kelly Freas, American illustrator and painter (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Maclyn McCarty, American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Osa Massen, Danish-American actress (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)
• 2007 – A. Richard Newton, Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)
• 2007 – Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, American historian and author (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Teddy Kollek, Hungarian-Israeli politician, Mayor of Jerusalem (b. 1911)
• 2007 – David Perkins, American geneticist and academic (b. 1919)
• 2007 – Robert C. Solomon, American philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1942)
• 2008 – George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925)
• 2008 – Lee S. Dreyfus, American sailor, academic, and politician, 40th Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1926)
• 2008 – Martinus Tels, Dutch physicist and engineer (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Inger Christensen, Danish poet and author (b. 1935)
• 2010 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)
• 2011 – Anne Francis, American actress (b. 1930)
• 2011 – Bali Ram Bhagat, Indian politician; 16th Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1922)
• 2011 – Pete Postlethwaite, English actor (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Gordon Hirabayashi, American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Larry Reinhardt, American guitarist (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Silvana Gallardo, American actress and producer (b. 1953)
• 2012 – William P. Carey, American businessman and philanthropist, founded W. P. Carey (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Yoshiro Hayashi, Japanese golfer (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Teresa Torańska, Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Bernard Glasser, American director and producer (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Elizabeth Jane Howard, English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Thomas Kurzhals, German keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1953)
• 2014 – Michael J. Matthews, American lawyer and politician; 34th Mayor of Atlantic City (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Jay Traynor, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Derek Minter, English motorcycle racer (b. 1932)
• 2015 – Tihomir Novakov, Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929)
• 2016 – Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabian religious leader (b. 1959)
• 2016 – Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)
• 2016 – Frances Cress Welsing, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)

Singles[edit]

Η βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ τιμά τη σόουμπιζ

Ο Μαρκ Ράιλανς, η Βικτόρια Μπέκαμ και η Ναόμι Χάρις είναι μεταξύ των προσωπικοτήτων από τον χώρο της σόουμπιζ που θα τιμηθούν τη νέα χρονιά από τη βασίλισσα της Αγγλίας, Ελισάβετ.

Κάθε χρόνο η βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ απονέμει τιμητικές διακρίσεις σε πρόσωπα για τη συνεισφορά τους στη βρετανική κοινωνία, στον πολιτισμό και στον επιχειρηματικό τομέα.

Ο θεατρικός σκηνοθέτης, συγγραφέας και ηθοποιός Μαρκ Ράιλανς κέρδισε το Όσκαρ Β'Ανδρικού Ρόλου το 2016 για τη συμμετοχή του στην ταινία «Η Γέφυρα Των Κατασκόπων» του Στίβεν Σπίλμπεργκ.
Ο ηθοποιός, ο οποίος πρωταγωνιστεί στην τηλεοπτική σειρά «Wolf Hall» και ήταν στο καστ της παιδικής ταινίας του Σπίλμπεργκ «BFG» (Μεγάλος Φιλικός Γίγαντας) είναι ο πρώην καλλιτεχνικός διευθυντής του θεάτρου Shakespeare's Globe του Λονδίνου.

Έχει κερδίσει τρία βραβεία Τόνι, το 2008 για την παράσταση «Boeing-Boeing», το 2011 για το θεατρικό έργο «Jerusalem» και το 2014 για τη Δωδέκατη Νύχτα.
Θα εμφανιστεί στις ταινίες του Κρίστοφερ Νόλαν «Dunkirk» και του Σπίλμπεργκ «The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara».

Η Βικτόρια Μπέκαμ είναι γνωστή ως πρώην μέλος του συγκροτήματος Spice Girls, αλλά για το έργο της ως σχεδιάστρια μόδας θα τιμηθεί με το βραβείο OBE (Οfficer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire).
Η Βικτόρια Μπέκαμ αναγνωρίστηκε για τα επιτεύγματά της στο χώρο της μόδας, αλλά και για το φιλανθρωπικό της έργο. «Ευχαριστώ όλους εκείνους που βοήθησαν για να γίνει αυτή η χρονιά τόσο ξεχωριστή. Ελπίζω όλοι να έχουμε μία θαυμάσια αρχή το 2017» έγραψε στο Twitter.

Η Ναόμι Χάρις διεκδικεί Χρυσή Σφαίρα β'γυναικείου ρόλου με την ερμηνεία της στην ταινία «Moonlight», είναι γνωστή ως Ιβ Μάνιπενι στις ταινίες Τζέιμς Μποντ «Spectre» και «Skyfall» και θα τιμηθεί για τις υπηρεσίες της στον κινηματογράφο.

Άλλες προσωπικότητες από τον κόσμο της τηλεόρασης, του θεάτρου και του κινηματογράφου που διακρίθηκαν για το έργο τους και θα τιμηθούν το 2017 είναι ο σκηνοθέτης Ρίτσαρντ Ερ, η ενδυματολόγος Τζένι Μπέβαν, που κέρδισε Όσκαρ για τα κοστούμια της ταινίας «Mad Max: Ο Δρόμος της Οργής», ο καλλιτεχνικός διευθυντής του θεάτρου Almeida Ρούπερτ Γκουλντ και η ηθοποιός Έλεν ΜακΚρόρι που έχει παίξει στις ταινίες «Χάρι Πότερ» και στο «Skyfall». 

Ο τραγουδιστής των Kinks Ρέι Ντέιβις και η διευθύντρια της αμερικανικής Vogue, Άννα Γουίντουρ επίσης θα λάβουν τιμητικές διακρίσεις.

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• 1521 – Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem.
• 1653 – By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage.
• 1749 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont.
• 1749 – The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
• 1777 – American General George Washington defeats British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
• 1815 – Austria, the United Kingdom, and France form a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia.
• 1823 – Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
• 1848 – Joseph Jenkins Roberts is sworn in as the first president of Liberia.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
• 1868 – Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate is abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seize power.
• 1870 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
• 1871 – Battle of Bapaume, a Franco-Prussian war occurs.
• 1885 – Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
• 1888 – The refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
• 1911 – A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
• 1911 – A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
• 1913 – An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
• 1919 – At the Paris Peace Conference, Emir Faisal I of Iraq signs an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
• 1925 – Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
• 1932 – Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company.
• 1933 – Minnie D. Craig becomes the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States.
• 1938 – The March of Dimes is established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• 1944 – World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
• 1945 – World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz is placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan.
• 1946 – Popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf dies in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is created to honor him.
• 1947 – Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
• 1949 – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
• 1953 – Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
• 1956 – A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
• 1957 – The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
• 1958 – The West Indies Federation is formed.
• 1959 – Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
• 1961 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
• 1961 – The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
• 1961 – A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
• 1962 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
• 1977 – Apple Computer is incorporated.
• 1990 – Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
• 1993 – In Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
• 1994 – More than seven million people from the former apartheid Homelands receive South African citizenship.
• 1999 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched.
• 2002 – Israeli forces seize the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons.
• 2004 – Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashes into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Egyptian history.
• 2009 – The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
• 2015 – Boko Haram militants raze the entire town of Baga in north-east Nigeria, with as many as 2,000 people having been killed.

Births[edit]

• 106 BC – Cicero, Roman philosopher, lawyer, and politician (d. 43 BC)
• 169 – Lü Bu, Chinese general and warlord (d. 199)
• 1196 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
• 1698 – Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet and songwriter (d. 1782)
• 1710 – Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (d. 1796)
• 1719 – Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (d. 1773)
• 1722 – Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist and explorer (d. 1752)
• 1760 – Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
• 1775 – Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (d. 1863)
• 1778 – Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop (d. 1861)
• 1793 – Lucretia Mott, American activist (d. 1880)
• 1802 – Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician (d. 1898)
• 1803 – Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright (d. 1857)
• 1806 – Henriette Sontag, German soprano and actress (d. 1854)
• 1810 – Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, French geographer, ethnologist, linguist, and astronomer (d. 1897)
• 1816 – Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (d. 1891)
• 1819 – Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 1900)
• 1821 – Karel Dežman, Slovenian archaeologist, botanist, and politician, Mayor of Ljubljana (d. 1889)
• 1831 – Savitribai Phule, Indian poet, educator, and activist (d. 1897)
• 1836 – Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and rebel leader (d. 1867)
• 1840 – Father Damien, Flemish priest and missionary (d. 1889)
• 1855 – Hubert Bland, English businessman (d. 1914)
• 1861 – Ernest Renshaw, English tennis player (d. 1899)
• 1861 – William Renshaw, English tennis player (d. 1904)
• 1862 – Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland (d. 1939)
• 1865 – Henry Lytton, English actor (d. 1936)
• 1870 – Henry Handel Richardson, Australian-English author (d. 1946)
• 1873 – Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman and art collector, founded the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (d. 1957)
• 1875 – Alexandros Diomidis, Greek banker and politician, 145th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, 1st President of the German Democratic Republic (d. 1960)
• 1877 – Josephine Hull, American actress (d. 1957)
• 1880 – Francis Browne, Irish Jesuit priest and photographer (d. 1960)
• 1883 – Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
• 1883 – Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower (d. 1963)
• 1884 – Raoul Koczalski, Polish pianist and composer (d. 1948)
• 1885 – Harry Elkins Widener, American businessman (d. 1912)
• 1886 – John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author (d. 1950)
• 1886 – Arthur Mailey, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
• 1887 – August Macke, German-French painter (d. 1914)
• 1887 – Helen Parkhurst, American author and educator (d. 1973)
• 1892 – J.R.R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist (d. 1973)
• 1894 – ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)
• 1895 – Boris Lyatoshinsky, Ukrainian composer and conductor (d. 1968)
• 1897 – Marion Davies, American actress and comedian (d. 1961)
• 1898 – Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator (d. 1990)
• 1898 – Carlos Keller, Chilean historian, academic, and politician (d. 1974)
• 1900 – Donald J. Russell, American businessman (d. 1985)
• 1900 – Robert Adair, American-born British actor (d. 1954)
• 1901 – Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 1963)
• 1905 – Dante Giacosa, Italian engineer (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
• 1907 – Ray Milland, Welsh-American actor and director (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor (d. 2000)
• 1910 – Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (d. 2000)
• 1911 – John Sturges, American director and producer (d. 1982)
• 1912 – Federico Borrell García, Spanish soldier (d. 1936)
• 1912 – Renaude Lapointe, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1915 – Jack Levine, American painter and soldier (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Maxene Andrews, American singer (d. 1995)
• 1916 – Betty Furness, American actress and television journalist (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Fred Haas, American golfer (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Vernon A. Walters, American general and diplomat, 17th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Roger Williams Straus, Jr., American journalist and publisher, co-founded Farrar, Straus and Giroux (d. 2004)
• 1919 – Dorothy Morrison, American actress
• 1919 – Herbie Nichols, American pianist and composer (d. 1963)
• 1920 – Siegfried Buback, German lawyer and politician, Attorney General of Germany (d. 1977)
• 1920 – Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2001)
• 1921 – Chetan Anand, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 1922 – Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Hank Stram, American football coach and sportscaster (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Otto Beisheim, German businessman and philanthropist, founded Metro AG (d. 2013)
• 1924 – André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator (d. 1997)
• 1924 – Nell Rankin, American soprano and educator (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Jill Balcon, English actress (d. 2009)
• 1926 – W. Michael Blumenthal, American economist and politician, 64th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1926 – George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (d. 2016)
• 1928 – Michael Barratt, English television host and announcer
• 1928 – Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1929 – Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor
• 1929 – Gordon Moore, American businessman, co-founder of Intel Corporation
• 1930 – Robert Loggia, American actor and director (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Yashawant Dinkar Phadke, Indian historian and activist (d. 2008)
• 1932 – Dabney Coleman, American actor
• 1932 – Eeles Landström, Finnish pole vaulter and politician
• 1933 – Geoffrey Bindman, English lawyer
• 1933 – Anya Linden, English ballerina
• 1933 – Anne Stevenson, American-English poet and author
• 1934 – Marpessa Dawn, American-French actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2008)
• 1934 – Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• 1935 – Raymond Garneau, Canadian businessman and politician
• 1936 – Michael Layard, English admiral
• 1937 – Glen A. Larson, American director, producer, and screenwriter, created Battlestar Galactica (d. 2014)
• 1938 – Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, English academic and politician
• 1938 – K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (d. 2006)
• 1939 – Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
• 1939 – Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (d. 2008)
• 1940 – Bernard Blaut, Polish footballer and coach (d. 2007)
• 1941 – Malcolm Dick, New Zealand rugby player
• 1941 – Shima Iwashita, Japanese actress
• 1941 – Franklin McCain, American activist (d. 2014)
• 1942 – John Marsden, Australian lawyer and activist (d. 2006)
• 1942 – John Thaw, English actor and producer (d. 2002)
• 1943 – Jarl Alfredius, Swedish journalist (d. 2009)
• 1943 – Van Dyke Parks, American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, author, and actor
• 1944 – David Atherton, English conductor, co-founded London Sinfonietta
• 1944 – Raewyn Connell, Australian sociologist and academic
• 1944 – Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian author
• 1944 – Chris von Saltza, American swimmer
• 1945 – David Starkey, English historian and academic
• 1945 – Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 – John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 – Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (d. 2002)
• 1947 – Fran Cotton, English rugby player
• 1947 – Zulema, American singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 1948 – Ian Nankervis, Australian footballer
• 1950 – Victoria Principal, American actress and businesswoman
• 1950 – Linda Steiner, American journalist and academic
• 1951 – Linda Dobbs, English lawyer and judge
• 1951 – Gary Nairn, Australian surveyor and politician, 14th Special Minister of State
• 1952 – Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish civil servant and politician, 3rd President of the Community of Madrid
• 1952 – Gianfranco Fini, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1953 – Justin Fleming, Australian playwright and author
• 1953 – Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Maldivian educator and politician, 5th President of the Maldives
• 1956 – Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – James J. Greco, American businessman
• 1958 – Shim Hyung-rae, South Korean actor, director, and producer
• 1960 – Russell Spence, English race car driver
• 1962 – Gavin Hastings, Scottish rugby player
• 1963 – Stewart Hosie, Scottish businessman and politician
• 1963 – Aamer Malik, Pakistani cricketer
• 1963 – Alex Wheatle, English author and playwright
• 1964 – Bruce LaBruce, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Cheryl Miller, American basketball player and coach
• 1966 – Chetan Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1968 – Lorenzo Fertitta, American entrepreneur, casino executive and sports promoter
• 1969 – Jarmo Lehtinen, Finnish race car driver
• 1969 – Michael Schumacher, German race car driver
• 1969 – Gerda Weissensteiner, Italian luger and bobsledder
• 1971 – Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1971 – Lee Il-hwa, South Korean actress
• 1972 – Janek Kiisman, Estonian footballer
• 1973 – Dan Harmon, American screenwriter and producer
• 1974 – Robert-Jan Derksen, Dutch golfer
• 1974 – Alessandro Petacchi, Italian cyclist
• 1974 – Shin Eun-jung, South Korean actress
• 1975 – Thomas Bangalter, French DJ and producer
• 1975 – Jun Maeda, Japanese businessman, co-founded the Key Company
• 1975 – Danica McKellar, American actress, writer, and mathematician
• 1976 – Angelos Basinas, Greek footballer
• 1976 – Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor and producer
• 1977 – Lee Bowyer, English footballer and coach
• 1977 – A. J. Burnett, American baseball player
• 1977 – Mayumi Iizuka, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1978 – Dimitra Kalentzou, Greek basketball player
• 1978 – Park Sol-mi, South Korean actress
• 1980 – Bryan Clay, American decathlete
• 1980 – Angela Ruggiero, American ice hockey player
• 1980 – David Tyree, American football player
• 1980 – Kurt Vile, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1980 – Mary Wineberg, American sprinter
• 1981 – Eli Manning, American football player
• 1982 – Peter Clarke, English footballer
• 1982 – Lasse Nilsson, Swedish footballer
• 1982 – Park Ji-yoon, South Korean singer and actress
• 1984 – Miloš Juhász, Slovak footballer
• 1984 – Billy Mehmet, English-Irish footballer
• 1984 – Lee Wan, South Korean actor
• 1985 – Linas Kleiza, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1985 – Evan Moore, American football player
• 1986 – Dana Hussain, Iraqi sprinter
• 1986 – Greg Nwokolo, Indonesian footballer
• 1986 – Jessica O'Rourke, American footballer
• 1986 – Dmitry Starodubtsev, Russian pole vaulter
• 1986 – Jacob Timpano, Australian footballer
• 1986 – Allan Walker, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Reto Berra, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender
• 1987 – Leonidas Panagopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1988 – Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer
• 1988 – Rodrigo de la Cadena, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
• 1988 – Matt Frattin, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – J. R. Hildebrand, American race car driver
• 1989 – Adas Juškevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1989 – Ben Matulino, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1989 – Kōhei Uchimura, Japanese artistic gymnast
• 1989 – Anthony Wordsworth, English footballer
• 1990 – Yoichiro Kakitani, Japanese footballer
• 1991 – Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer
• 1991 – Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer
• 1991 – Sébastien Faure, French footballer
• 1991 – Dane Gagai, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Doug McDermott, American basketball player
• 1992 – Sandra Zaniewska, Polish tennis player
• 1993 – Kevin Ware, American basketball player
• 1995 – Kim Seol-hyun, South Korean singer and dancer

Deaths[edit]

• 236 – Pope Anterus
• 323 – Emperor Yuan of Jin (b. 276)
• 492 – Pope Felix III
• 661 – Benjamin, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
• 1098 – Walkelin, French bishop
• 1322 – Philip V of France (b. 1292)
• 1437 – Catherine of France (b. 1401)
• 1501 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and mystic (b. 1441)
• 1543 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1499)
• 1571 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1505)
• 1641 – Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1618)
• 1656 – Mathieu Molé, French politician (b. 1584)
• 1670 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1608)
• 1701 – Louis I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1642)
• 1743 – Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect (b. 1657)
• 1777 – William Leslie, Scottish captain (b. 1751)
• 1779 – Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and lawyer (b. 1712)
• 1785 – Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
• 1795 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730)
• 1826 – Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
• 1871 – Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
• 1875 – Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
• 1882 – William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
• 1895 – James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
• 1903 – Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
• 1911 – Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
• 1915 – James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
• 1916 – Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
• 1922 – Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
• 1923 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
• 1927 – Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
• 1931 – Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
• 1933 – Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1933 – Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
• 1943 – Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
• 1944 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
• 1945 – Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
• 1945 – Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1946 – William Joyce, American-born Irish-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)
• 1956 – Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1956 – Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)
• 1956 – Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1958 – Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1959 – Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1887)
• 1960 – Eric P. Kelly, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1884)
• 1962 – Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (b. 1893)
• 1965 – Milton Avery, American painter (b. 1885)
• 1967 – Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1967 – Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer (b. 1911)
• 1969 – Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909)
• 1969 – Tzavalas Karousos, Greek-French actor (b. 1904)
• 1970 – Gladys Aylward, English missionary and humanitarian (b. 1902)
• 1972 – Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (b. 1925)
• 1975 – Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1880)
• 1975 – James McCormack, American general (b. 1910)
• 1977 – William Gropper, American lithographer, cartoonist, and painter (b. 1897)
• 1979 – Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (b. 1887)
• 1980 – Joy Adamson, Austrian-Kenyan author (b. 1910)
• 1980 – George Sutherland Fraser, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1915)
• 1981 – Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (b. 1883)
• 1988 – Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-German poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1988 – Joie Chitwood, American race car driver and stuntman (b. 1912)
• 1989 – Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
• 1992 – Judith Anderson, British actress (b. 1897)
• 1993 – Johnny Most, American soldier and sportscaster (b. 1923)
• 2002 – Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1918)
• 2002 – Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (b. 1911)
• 2003 – Jimmy Stewart, Scottish race car driver (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Des Corcoran, Australian soldier and politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (b. 1936)
• 2006 – Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1954)
• 2006 – Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
• 2007 – János Fürst, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1935)
• 2007 – Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1930)
• 2007 – William Verity, Jr., American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Cecil Walker, Northern Irish politician (b. 1924)
• 2008 – Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor and screenwriter (b. 1953)
• 2008 – Werner Dollinger, German economist and politician, German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Choi Yo-sam, South Korean boxer (b. 1972)
• 2009 – Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921)
• 2009 – Pat Hingle, American actor (b. 1924)
• 2009 – Ulf G. Lindén, Swedish businessman (b. 1937)
• 2009 – Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician (b. 1969)
• 2010 – Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean-German composer and academic (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Mary Daly, American theologian and scholar (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Gene Bartow, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Robert L. Carter, American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Winifred Milius Lubell, American author and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 2012 – Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Bob Weston, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
• 2013 – Alfie Fripp, English soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
• 2013 – Ivan Mackerle, Czech cryptozoologist, explorer, and author (b. 1942)
• 2013 – William Maxson, American general (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Phil Everly, American singer and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 2014 – George Goodman, American economist and author (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Saul Zaentz, American film producer (b. 1921)
• 2015 – Martin Anderson, American economist and academic (b. 1936)
• 2015 – Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (b. 1919)
• 2015 – Bryan Caldwell, American football player (b. 1960)
• 2015 – Allie Sherman, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2016 – Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (b. 1932)
• 2016 – Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1928)
• 2016 – Bill Plager, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)
• 2016 – Igor Sergun, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1957)