ΜΙΑ ΒΡΑΔΙΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΣΑΡΛ ΑΖΝΑΒΟΥΡ-Aυριο

Μια βραδιά με τον Σαρλ Αζναβούρ είναι το θέμα του προγράμματος που θα παρουσιάσει στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής Θεσσαλονίκης  ο δημοσιογράφος Λευτέρης Κογκαλίδης την Δευτερα 9 Ιανουαριου,8 μμ.με ελευθερη εισοδο. Το πρόγραμμα περιέχει συναυλία του κορυφαίου ερμηνευτή-συνθέτη και ηθοποιού που πραγματοποιήθηκε τo 1987 στο Παλαί  ντε Κονγκρέ των Παρισίων, η οποία θα προβληθει σε μεγάλη οθόνη. Θα παρουσιαστούν  μερικές από τις μεγαλύτερες επιτυχίες του καλλιτέχνη και κυρίως τραγούδια του που αγαπήθηκαν στην Ελλάδα.Διαρκεια περιπου 100 λεπτα. Ο αρμενικής καταγωγής, Γάλλος τραγουδιστής, 92 χρονων σημερα,συνδέεται ιδιαίτερα με τη Θεσσαλονίκη, στην οποία  εγκαταστάθηκε η οικογένειά του φεύγοντας από την Τουρκία για να γλυτώσει από τη γενοκτονία. Το σπίτι τους βρισκόταν  στη Χαριλάου, μια περιοχή από την οποία οι γονείς διατηρούσαν πάντοτε γλυκές αναμνήσεις που μετέφεραν στον γιο τους,  ο οποίος γεννήθηκε λίγο αργότερα στο Παρίσι Η εκδηλωση εντασσεται στο πλαισιο του εκπαιδευτικου προγραμματος του Συλλογου Φιλων Μουσικης Θεσσαλονικης. Χορηγος επικοινωνιας ΠΡΑΚΤΟΡΕΙΟ  FM 104,9.

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• 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
• 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
• 1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong of Song and others, ending the Northern Song dynasty.
• 1150 – Wanyan Liang and other court officials murder Emperor Xizong of Jin. Wanyan Liang succeeds him as emperor.
• 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.
• 1431 – Judges' investigations for the trial of Joan of Arc begin in Rouen, France, the seat of the English occupation government.
• 1760 – Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.
• 1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to be admitted to the United States.
• 1792 – Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed.
• 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.
• 1799 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.
• 1806 – Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.
• 1816 – Sir Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.
• 1822 – The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.
• 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.
• 1857 – The 7.9 Mw Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).
• 1858 – Anson Jones, the last President of the Republic of Texas, commits suicide.
• 1861 – American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fort Hindman begins in Arkansas.
• 1878 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.
• 1894 – New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
• 1903 – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.
• 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
• 1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University, is founded.
• 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
• 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
• 1918 – Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
• 1921 – Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
• 1923 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.
• 1923 – Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
• 1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
• 1941 – World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.
• 1945 – World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.
• 1957 – British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.
• 1960 – President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
• 1964 – Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag on the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
• 1965 – The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• 1991 – Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
• 1992 – The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
• 1996 – First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
• 2004 – An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula while on the way to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28.
• 2005 – Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to replace Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority. He replaces interim president Rawhi Fattouh.
• 2005 – The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.
• 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.
• 2011 – Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Orumiyeh in the northeast of the country, killing 77 people.
• 2014 – An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.
• 2015 – The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation. Elsewhere, a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market, Hypercacher, in Vincennes.

Births[edit]

• 727 – Emperor Daizong of Tang (d. 779)
• 1475 – Crinitus, Italian scholar and author (d. 1507)
• 1554 – Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
• 1571 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (d. 1621)
• 1624 – Empress Meishō of Japan (d. 1696)
• 1674 – Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)
• 1685 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (d. 1766)
• 1728 – Thomas Warton, English poet, historian, and critic (d. 1790)
• 1735 – John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (d. 1823)
• 1745 – Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)
• 1753 – Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano and actress (d. 1833)
• 1773 – Cassandra Austen, English painter and illustrator (d. 1845)
• 1778 – Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish Ney player and composer (d. 1846)
• 1811 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (d. 1856)
• 1818 – Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)
• 1819 – James Francis, English-Australian businessman and politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
• 1822 – Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (d. 1896)
• 1823 – Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (d. 1908)
• 1829 – Thomas William Robertson, English director and playwright (d. 1871)
• 1829 – Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (d. 1857)
• 1832 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)
• 1839 – John Knowles Paine, American composer and academic (d. 1906)
• 1848 – Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
• 1849 – John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)
• 1854 – Lady Randolph Churchill, American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill (d. 1921)
• 1856 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (d. 1912)
• 1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (d. 1947)
• 1864 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1926)
• 1868 – S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic (d. 1939)
• 1870 – Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (d. 1938)
• 1873 – Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1934)
• 1873 – Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler (d. 1944)
• 1873 – John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)
• 1875 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (d. 1942)
• 1879 – John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (d. 1958)
• 1881 – Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (d. 1938)
• 1881 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)
• 1890 – Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (d. 1938)
• 1890 – Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (d. 1935)
• 1891 – August Gailit, Estonian journalist and author (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician (d. 1985)
• 1893 – Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (d. 1968)
• 1896 – Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor and director (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Karl Löwith, German philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1973)
• 1898 – Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (d. 1942)
• 1900 – Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author (d. 1939)
• 1901 – Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1991)
• 1901 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (d. 1973)
• 1902 – Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman (d. 1997)
• 1902 – Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (d. 1975)
• 1907 – Eldred G. Smith, American patriarch (d. 2013)
• 1908 – Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (d. 2008)
• 1909 – Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (d. 1992)
• 1910 – Tom Evenson, English runner (d. 1997)
• 1912 – Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
• 1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Anita Louise, American actress (d. 1970)
• 1916 – Vic Mizzy, American soldier, pianist, and composer (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (d. 2005)
• 1919 – William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (d. 2007)
• 1920 – Clive Dunn, English actor (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Lister Sinclair, Indian-Canadian broadcaster and playwright (d. 2006)
• 1921 – John Sperling, American businessman, founded the University of Phoenix (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (d. 1984)
• 1924 – Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1925 – Len Quested, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1926 – Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 2002)
• 1928 – Judith Krantz, American novelist
• 1928 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1929 – Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
• 1929 – Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Robert García, American soldier and politician
• 1933 – Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author
• 1934 – Bart Starr, American football player and coach
• 1935 – Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1935 – Dick Enberg, American game show host and sportscaster
• 1935 – Earl G. Graves, Sr., American businessman and publisher, founded Black Enterprise magazine
• 1936 – Anne Rivers Siddons, American author
• 1936 – Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician
• 1937 – Michael Nicholson, English journalist and author
• 1938 – Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Peter Edelman, American lawyer and educator
• 1938 – Stuart Woods, American author and critic
• 1939 – Susannah York, English actress and activist (d. 2011)
• 1940 – Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (d. 1993)
• 1940 – Al Downing, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2005)
• 1940 – Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1941 – Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist
• 1941 – Roy Head, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1941 – Gilles Vaillancourt, Canadian politician
• 1942 – John Dunning, American author
• 1942 – Tony Harding, English illustrator (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Lee Kun-hee, South Korean businessman
• 1942 – Judy Malloy, American poet and author
• 1943 – Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright
• 1943 – Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1944 – Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1944 – Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor
• 1945 – Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia
• 1946 – Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (d. 2013)
• 1946 – Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician, 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1947 – Ronnie Landfield, American painter and educator
• 1948 – Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
• 1948 – Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer, manager, and politician
• 1950 – Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic
• 1951 – M. L. Carr, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1952 – Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic
• 1952 – Hugh Bayley, English politician
• 1952 – Mike Capuano, American lawyer and politician
• 1953 – Javad Alizadeh, Iranian cartoonist and painter
• 1953 – Morris Gleitzman, English-Australian journalist and author
• 1953 – Shigeru So, Japanese runner
• 1953 – Takeshi So, Japanese runner
• 1954 – Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic
• 1955 – Michiko Kakutani, American journalist and critic
• 1955 – J.K. Simmons, American actor
• 1956 – Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress
• 1956 – Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer
• 1958 – Stephen Neale, English philosopher and academic
• 1959 – Mark Martin, American race car driver and coach
• 1959 – Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1959 – Otis Nixon, American baseball player
• 1960 – Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer
• 1961 – Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter and producer
• 1961 – Henry Omaga-Diaz, Filipino journalist
• 1963 – Irwin McLean, Northern Irish biologist and academic
• 1964 – Stan Javier, Dominican baseball player and manager
• 1965 – Eric Erlandson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1965 – Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer and musician
• 1965 – Andrei Nazarov, Estonian decathlete and coach
• 1965 – Joely Richardson, English actress
• 1966 – Stephen Metcalfe, English politician
• 1967 – Carl Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1967 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
• 1967 – Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1968 – Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach
• 1968 – Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
• 1970 – Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1970 – Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboard player and songwriter
• 1971 – Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host
• 1971 – Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author and critic
• 1971 – Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 – Jay Powell, American baseball player
• 1972 – Rawson Stovall, American video game producer and author
• 1973 – Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer. and actor
• 1975 – James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper
• 1976 – Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
• 1978 – Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager
• 1978 – Chad Johnson, American football player and actor
• 1978 – A. J. McLean, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
• 1979 – Athanassios Prittas, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Tomiko Van, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1980 – Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
• 1980 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer
• 1980 – Luke Patten, Australian rugby league player and referee
• 1981 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager
• 1982 – Timmy Bowers, American basketball player
• 1982 – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
• 1982 – Grétar Steinsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1983 – Marek Doronin, Estonian basketball player
• 1984 – Benjamin Danso, German rugby player
• 1985 – Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Uwe Hünemeier, German footballer
• 1986 – Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
• 1987 – Sam Bird, English race car driver
• 1987 – Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer
• 1988 – Katherine Copely, American ice dancer
• 1988 – Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer
• 1988 – Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress
• 1989 – Michael Beasley, American basketball player
• 1989 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress
• 1989 – Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
• 1989 – Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete
• 1989 – Chris Sandow, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Justin Blackmon, American football player
• 1993 – Ashley Argota, American actress and singer
• 1993 – Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete

Deaths[edit]

• 1150 – Emperor Xizong of Jin (b. 1119)
• 1202 – Birger Brosa, Jarl of Sweden
• 1282 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (b. 1204)
• 1283 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (b. 1236)
• 1324 – Marco Polo, Italian merchant and explorer (b. 1254)
• 1463 – William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, English soldier (b. 1405)
• 1499 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
• 1511 – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (b. 1423)
• 1534 – Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (b. 1477)
• 1543 – Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (b. 1491)
• 1561 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
• 1571 – Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (b. 1510)
• 1598 – Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (b. 1553)
• 1757 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688)
• 1757 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1657)
• 1766 – Thomas Birch, English historian and author (b. 1705)
• 1799 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1718)
• 1800 – Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
• 1805 – Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723)
• 1843 – William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)
• 1848 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
• 1856 – Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
• 1858 – Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
• 1873 – Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
• 1876 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
• 1878 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
• 1895 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
• 1901 – Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
• 1908 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
• 1908 – Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
• 1911 – Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)
• 1911 – Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1918 – Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
• 1923 – Katherine Mansfield, British novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888)
• 1924 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (b. 1853)
• 1927 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (b. 1855)
• 1930 – Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1931 – Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
• 1936 – John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1939 – Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
• 1941 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
• 1945 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
• 1945 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
• 1945 – Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1947 – Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)
• 1960 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (b. 1880)
• 1961 – Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1964 – Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)
• 1971 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)
• 1972 – Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1975 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1897)
• 1975 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1901)
• 1979 – Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
• 1981 – Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922)
• 1984 – Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909)
• 1985 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
• 1987 – Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1988 – Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and composer (b. 1909)
• 1989 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
• 1990 – Spud Chandler, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1990 – Cemal Süreya, Turkish poet and journalist (b. 1931)
• 1992 – Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1992 – Bill Naughton, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
• 1993 – Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
• 1994 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927)
• 1995 – Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Peter Cook, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 1996 – Félix González-Torres, Cuban-American sculptor (b. 1957)
• 1996 – Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (b. 1923)
• 1997 – Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
• 1997 – Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1998 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Imi Lichtenfeld, Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founded Krav Maga (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (b. 1915)
• 2000 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2001 – Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (b. 1926)
• 2003 – Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935)
• 2004 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1909)
• 2006 – Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
• 2007 – Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
• 2007 – Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (b. 1923)
• 2008 – John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (b. 1924)
• 2009 – Rob Gauntlett, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1987)
• 2009 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (b. 1914)
• 2010 – Vimcy, Indian journalist (b. 1925)
• 2011 – Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2012 – William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1947)
• 2012 – László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (b. 1923)
• 2013 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Robert L. Rock, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (b. 1927)
• 2013 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934)
• 2014 – Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (b. 1965)
• 2014 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)
• 2015 – Michel Jeury, French author (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1946)
• 2015 – Bud Paxson, American broadcaster and businessman, founded the Home Shopping Network and Pax TV (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (b. 1964)
• 2016 – John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1938)
• 2016 – Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (b. 1926)

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• 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war.
• AD 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the beginning of his own, the Xin dynasty.
• AD 69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as deputy Roman Emperor.
• 236 – Pope Fabian succeeds Anterus to become the twentieth pope of Rome.
• 1072 – Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.
• 1475 – Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.
• 1645 – Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
• 1776 – Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
• 1791 – The Siege of Dunlap's Station begins near Cincinnati during the Northwest Indian War.
• 1806 – Dutch settlers in Cape Town surrender to the British.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union.
• 1863 – The London Underground, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between London Paddington station and Farringdon station.
• 1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
• 1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
• 1916 – World War I: In the Erzurum Offensive, Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
• 1920 – The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
• 1922 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of the Dáil Éireann.
• 1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
• 1941 – World War II: The Greek army captures Kleisoura.
• 1946 – The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
• 1946 – The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
• 1954 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
• 1962 – Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, which became known as the Saturn V Moon rocket, which launched every Apollo Moon mission.
• 1966 – Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• 1971 – A by-poll is held in the Lebanese Chouf District.
• 1972 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan.
• 1981 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensive, gaining control of most of Morazán and Chalatenango departments
• 1984 – Holy See–United States relations: The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years, overturning the United States Congress's 1867 ban on public funding for such a diplomatic envoy.
• 1985 – Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
• 1990 – Time Warner is formed by the merger of Time Inc. and Warner Communications.
• 2007 – A general strike begins in Guinea in an attempt to get President Lansana Conté to resign.
• 2012 – A bombing in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, kills at least 30 people and 78 others injured.
• 2013 – More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in Pakistan.
• 2015 – A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involves beer that was deliberately contaminated with crocodile bile leaving at least 56 dead and nearly 200 hospitalized.
• 2015 – A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people.

Births[edit]

• 1480 – Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
• 1538 – Louis of Nassau (d. 1574)
• 1607 – Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary (d. 1646)
• 1628 – George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (d. 1687)
• 1644 – Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general (d. 1711)
• 1654 – Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar (d. 1712)
• 1702 – Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
• 1715 – Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
• 1729 – Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian priest, biologist, and physiologist (d. 1799)
• 1745 – Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat (d. 1812)
• 1750 – Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1823)
• 1760 – Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor (d. 1802)
• 1769 – Michel Ney, French general (d. 1815)
• 1776 – George Birkbeck, English physician and academic, founded Birkbeck, University of London (d. 1841)
• 1780 – Martin Lichtenstein, German physician and explorer (d. 1857)
• 1802 – Carl Ritter von Ghega, Italian-Austrian engineer, designed the Semmering railway (d. 1860)
• 1810 – Ferdinand Barbedienne, French engineer (d. 1892)
• 1810 – Jeremiah S. Black, American jurist and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of State (d. 1883)
• 1812 – Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (d. 1881)
• 1828 – Herman Koeckemann, German bishop and missionary (d. 1892)
• 1829 – Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Greek lawyer, journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1879)
• 1834 – John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (d. 1902)
• 1836 – Charles Ingalls, American farmer and carpenter (d. 1902)
• 1840 – Louis-Nazaire Bégin, Canadian cardinal (d. 1925)
• 1842 – Luigi Pigorini, Italian palaeontologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer (d. 1925)
• 1843 – Frank James, American soldier and criminal (d. 1915)
• 1848 – Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
• 1849 – Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)
• 1850 – John Wellborn Root, American architect, designed the Rookery Building and Monadnock Building (d. 1891)
• 1854 – Ramón Corral, Mexican general and politician, 6th Vice President of Mexico (d. 1912)
• 1858 – Heinrich Zille, German illustrator and photographer (d. 1929)
• 1859 – Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (d. 1909)
• 1860 – Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poet and author (d. 1943)
• 1864 – Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (d. 1931)
• 1873 – Algernon Maudslay, English sailor (d. 1948)
• 1873 – Jack O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (d. 1935)
• 1873 – George Orton, Canadian runner and hurdler (d. 1958)
• 1875 – Issai Schur, German mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
• 1877 – Frederick Gardner Cottrell, American physical chemist, inventor and philanthropist (d. 1948)
• 1878 – John McLean, American hurdler, football player, and coach (d. 1955)
• 1880 – Manuel Azaña, Spanish jurist and politician, 7th President of Spain (d. 1940)
• 1881 – Leslie Rainey, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
• 1883 – Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1966)
• 1883 – Alfred Saalwächter, German admiral (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Russian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1945)
• 1887 – Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (d. 1962)
• 1890 – Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (d. 1984)
• 1891 – Heinrich Behmann, German mathematician and academic (d. 1970)
• 1891 – Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Dumas Malone, American historian and author (d. 1986)
• 1892 – Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974)
• 1893 – Albert Jacka, Australian captain, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1932)
• 1894 – Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972)
• 1898 – Katharine Burr Blodgett, American physicist and engineer (d. 1979)
• 1900 – Violette Cordery, English race car driver (d. 1983)
• 1902 – Dobriša Cesarić, Croatian poet and translator (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor (d. 1975)
• 1903 – Pud Thurlow, Australian cricketer (d. 1975)
• 1904 – Ray Bolger, American actor and dancer (d. 1987)
• 1905 – Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Gordon Kidd Teal, American engineer and inventor (d. 2003)
• 1908 – Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
• 1910 – Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Binod Bihari Chowdhury, Bangladeshi activist (d. 2013)
• 1911 – Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Maria Mandl, Austrian SS guard (d. 1948)
• 1913 – Franco Bordoni, Italian race car driver and pilot (d. 1975)
• 1913 – Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
• 1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian soldier and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Albania (d. 1981)
• 1914 – Pierre Cogan, French cyclist (d. 2013)
• 1914 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000)
• 1915 – Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976)
• 1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988)
• 1916 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
• 1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter (d. 2015)
• 1916 – Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
• 1917 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
• 1918 – Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Harry Merkel, German race car driver (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977)
• 1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Rosella Hightower, American ballerina (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Max Patkin, American baseball player and clown (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Rodger Ward, American race car driver and sportscaster (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996)
• 1924 – Max Roach, American drummer and composer (d. 2007)
• 1925 – Billie Sol Estes, American financier and businessman (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician
• 1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990)
• 1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss lawyer and politician, 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Philip Levine, American poet and academic (d. 2015)
• 1928 – Peter Mathias, English historian and academic
• 1929 – Tony Soper, English ornithologist and author
• 1930 – Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)
• 1931 – Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1931 – Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician
• 1931 – Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Malaysian cleric and politician, 12th Menteri Besar of Kelantan (d. 2015)
• 1931 – John Zizioulas, Greek metropolitan
• 1934 – Leonid Kravchuk, Ukrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine
• 1935 – Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1935 – Sherrill Milnes, American opera singer and educator
• 1936 – Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)
• 1936 – Walter Bodmer, German-English geneticist and academic
• 1936 – Al Goldstein, American publisher and pornographer (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Robert Woodrow Wilson, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1937 – Daniel Walker Howe, American historian and academic
• 1937 – Thomas Penfield Jackson, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Jim Bailey, American actor and singer (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
• 1938 – Willie McCovey, American baseball player
• 1939 – Jared Carter, American poet and author
• 1939 – David Horowitz, American activist and author, founded the David Horowitz Freedom Center
• 1939 – William Levy, American-Dutch journalist, author, and poet
• 1939 – Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)
• 1940 – Godfrey Hewitt, English geneticist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Walter Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Tom Clarke, Scottish politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1942 – Graeme Gahan, Australian footballer and coach
• 1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
• 1944 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and actor (d. 2016)
• 1945 – John Fahey, New Zealand-Australian lawyer and politician, 38th Premier of New South Wales
• 1945 – Rod Stewart, English singer-songwriter
• 1945 – Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination
• 1946 – Aynsley Dunbar, English drummer and songwriter
• 1947 – George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002)
• 1947 – James Morris, American opera singer
• 1947 – Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, English banker and politician
• 1947 – Neal Smith, American rock drummer and songwriter
• 1947 – Peer Steinbrück, German politician, German Minister of Finance
• 1947 – Tiit Vähi, Estonian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1948 – Donald Fagen, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1948 – David Neuberger, Baron Neuberger of Abbotsbury, English lawyer and judge
• 1948 – Bernard Thévenet, French cyclist and sportscaster
• 1949 – Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy
• 1949 – George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman
• 1949 – James Lapine, American director and playwright
• 1949 – Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist (d. 2002)
• 1950 – Roy Blunt, American academic and politician
• 1952 – Scott Thurston, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 – Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter
• 1954 – John Gidman, English footballer and manager
• 1954 – Greg Towns, Australian footballer
• 1955 – Michael Schenker, German guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1955 – Franco Tancredi, Italian footballer and manager
• 1956 – Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 – Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author
• 1958 – Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
• 1958 – Anatoly Pisarenko, Ukrainian weightlifter and trainer
• 1959 – Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach
• 1959 – Bernhard Hoff, German sprinter
• 1959 – Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Fran Walsh, New Zealand screenwriter and producer
• 1960 – Gurinder Chadha, Kenyan-English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Brian Cowen, Irish lawyer and politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
• 1960 – John Mann, English lawyer and politician
• 1960 – Benoît Pelletier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1961 – Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
• 1962 – Michael Fortier, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Kathryn S. McKinley, American computer scientist and academic
• 1963 – Malcolm Dunford, New Zealand-Australian footballer
• 1963 – Kira Ivanova, Russian figure skater (d. 2001)
• 1963 – Mark Pryor, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Arkansas Attorney General
• 1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1966 – Steve Kramer, American engineer and politician
• 1967 – Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
• 1970 – Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
• 1972 – Mohammed Benzakour, Moroccan-Dutch journalist, poet, and author
• 1973 – Glenn Robinson, American basketball player
• 1973 – Félix Trinidad, Puerto Rican-American boxer
• 1974 – Davide Dionigi, Italian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Bob Peeters, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1975 – Jake Delhomme, American football player
• 1976 – Adam Kennedy, American baseball player
• 1976 – Ian Poulter, English golfer
• 1978 – Johan van der Wath, South African cricketer
• 1979 – Simone Cavalli, Italian footballer
• 1979 – Bodo Sieber, German rugby player and coach
• 1980 – Aleksandr Pogorelov, Russian decathlete
• 1981 – James Coppinger, English footballer
• 1982 – Julien Brellier, French footballer
• 1982 – Tomasz Brzyski, Polish footballer
• 1984 – Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
• 1984 – Trent Cutler, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 – Ariane Friedrich, German high jumper
• 1984 – Kalki Koechlin, Indian actress
• 1986 – Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
• 1986 – Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
• 1986 – Kenneth Vermeer, Dutch footballer
• 1987 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer
• 1988 – Leonard Patrick Komon, Kenyan runner
• 1988 – Vladimir Zharkov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Emily Meade, American actress
• 1989 – Kyle Reimers, Australian footballer
• 1990 – Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver
• 1991 – Chad Townsend, Australian rugby league player
• 1991 – Romain Wattel, French golfer

Deaths[edit]

• 314 – Pope Miltiades
• 681 – Pope Agatho
• 976 – John I Tzimiskes, Byzantine emperor (b. 925)
• 1094 – Al-Mustansir Billah, Egyptian caliph (b. 1029)
• 1218 – Hugh I of Cyprus
• 1276 – Pope Gregory X (b. 1210)
• 1645 – William Laud, English archbishop and academic (b. 1573)
• 1654 – Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
• 1698 – Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French priest and historian (b. 1637)
• 1754 – Edward Cave, English publisher, founded The Gentleman's Magazine (b. 1691)
• 1761 – Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
• 1778 – Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707)
• 1794 – Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754)
• 1811 – Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
• 1824 – Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia (b. 1759)
• 1828 – François de Neufchâteau, French poet, academic, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (b. 1750)
• 1829 – Gregorio Funes, Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (b. 1749)
• 1833 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1752)
• 1843 – Dimitrie Macedonski, Greek-Romanian captain and politician (b. 1780)
• 1851 – Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Prussian field marshal (b. 1775)
• 1855 – Mary Russell Mitford, English author and playwright (b. 1787)
• 1862 – Samuel Colt, American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's Manufacturing Company (b. 1814)
• 1863 – Lyman Beecher, American minister and activist, co-founded the American Temperance Society (b. 1775)
• 1895 – Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)
• 1895 – Benjamin Godard, French violinist and composer (b. 1849)
• 1901 – James Robert Dickson, Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
• 1904 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (b. 1824)
• 1905 – Kārlis Baumanis, Latvian composer (b. 1835)
• 1917 – Buffalo Bill, American soldier and hunter (b. 1846)
• 1917 – Feliks Leparsky, Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875)
• 1920 – Sali Nivica, Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1922 – Frank Tudor, Australian politician, 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (b. 1866)
• 1926 – Eino Leino, Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)
• 1935 – Edwin Flack, Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873)
• 1935 – Charlie McGahey, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1871)
• 1941 – Frank Bridge, English viola player and composer (b. 1879)
• 1941 – John Lavery, Irish painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1941 – Joe Penner, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1904)
• 1941 – Issai Schur, Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875)
• 1949 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
• 1951 – Sinclair Lewis, American author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1951 – Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1954 – Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)
• 1957 – Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1959 – Şükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1960 – Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879)
• 1961 – Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1967 – Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
• 1968 – Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1969 – Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)
• 1970 – Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
• 1971 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)
• 1971 – Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (b. 1941)
• 1972 – Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
• 1976 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910)
• 1978 – Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and author (b. 1924)
• 1978 – Don Gillis, American composer and conductor (b. 1912)
• 1978 – Hannah Gluckstein, British painter (b. 1895)
• 1980 – Hughie Critz, American baseball player and scout (b. 1900)
• 1980 – George Meany, American plumber and trade union leader (b. 1894)
• 1980 – Bo Rein, American football player and coach (b. 1945)
• 1981 – Fawn M. Brodie, American historian and author (b. 1915)
• 1982 – Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 1984 – Souvanna Phouma, Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (b. 1901)
• 1986 – Jaroslav Seifert, Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
• 1987 – Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
• 1987 – David Robinson, English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904)
• 1989 – Herbert Morrison, American journalist and producer (b. 1905)
• 1990 – Tochinishiki Kiyotaka, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (b. 1925)
• 1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1919)
• 1995 – Kathleen Tynan, Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 1997 – Elspeth Huxley, Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 1997 – Sheldon Leonard, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1997 – Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Scottish-English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Edward Williams, Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Sam Jaffe, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901)
• 2004 – Spalding Gray, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 2005 – Wasyly, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909)
• 2005 – Erwin Hillier, German-English cinematographer (b. 1911)
• 2005 – Jack Horner, American journalist (b. 1912)
• 2005 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Bradford Washburn, American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910)
• 2008 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and actor (b. 1967)
• 2008 – Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Bill Stone, English sailor (b. 1900)
• 2010 – Patcha Ramachandra Rao, India metallurgist, educator and administrator (b. 1942)
• 2011 – Margaret Whiting, American singer (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Vince Gibson, American football player and coach (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Lila Kaye, English actress (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Jean Pigott, Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Mary Raftery, Irish journalist (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Gevork Vartanian, Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (b. 1924)
• 2013 – George Gruntz, Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Franz Lehrndorfer, German organist and composer (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Lucien Poirier, French general (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Petr Hlaváček, Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950)
• 2014 – Zbigniew Messner, Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Ian Redford, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1960)
• 2014 – Larry Speakes, American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (b. 1939)
• 2015 – Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1918)
• 2015 – Junior Malanda, Belgian footballer (b. 1994)
• 2015 – Taylor Negron, American actor, playwright, and painter (b. 1957)
• 2015 – Francesco Rosi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1937)
• 2016 – Wim Bleijenberg, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2016 – David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1947)
• 2016 – Ralph Hauenstein, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1912)
• 2016 – George Jonas, Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1935)

La La Land leads Bafta nominations

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La La Land has received the most nominations for the Bafta Film Awards with 11 nods.

The Hollywood musical is up for best film, while stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone are up for best actor and actress.

British actors Andrew Garfield, Emily Blunt and Hugh Grant are also in line for acting awards.

The 2017 Bafta Film Awards will be held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 12 February.

Singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt dies aged 75

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Singer-songwriter Peter Sarstedt, best known for the song Where Do You Go To (My Lovely), has died at the age of 75, his family has said. 

The song topped the UK singles charts in February 1969 and remained number one for four weeks.

It was also number one in many other countries and won the Ivor Novello award for best song composition.

He died peacefully after a six-year battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, a family statement said. 

The statement said his closest family were "with him to the last" and that many people would miss his songs and his music. 

Where Do You Go To (My Lovely), a song about a girl born in poverty who becomes a member of the European jet-set, was replaced as number one by Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine. 

It was included in the compilation programme One-Hit Wonders at the BBC, which was broadcast on BBC Four last year, although Sarstedt also reached number 10 in the charts with Frozen Orange Juice in June 1969. 

He wrote more than a dozen albums in a career that spanned more than 50 years, releasing his last, Restless Heart, in 2013

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Born into a musical family in India, Sarstedt was one of three brothers who all enjoyed success in the UK singles chart. 

His older sibling, Richard Sarstedt, who performed under the stage name Eden Kane, also topped the charts with Well I ask You in 1961, while younger brother Clive, performing under the name Robin Sarstedt, reached number three in 1976 with My Resistance is Low. 

Sarstedt's music reached new audiences when Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) was included in the Wes Anderson films Hotel Chevalier and The Darjeeling Limited, which were both released in 2007. 

According to his website, he retired in 2010 because of his illness - a rare, progressive neurological condition.

Η Σάρα Τζέσικα Πάρκερ εξηγεί γιατί τρελαίνεται για την Ελλάδα 

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• 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence.
• 1055 – Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1158 – Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia becomes King of Bohemia.
• 1569 – First recorded lottery in England.
• 1571 – Austrian nobility is granted freedom of religion.
• 1693 – A powerful earthquake destroys parts of Sicily and Malta.
• 1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
• 1779 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manipur.
• 1787 – William Herschel discovers Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus.
• 1805 – The Michigan Territory is created.
• 1861 – Alabama secedes from the United States.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
• 1863 – American Civil War: CSS Alabama encounters and sinks the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas.
• 1879 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins.
• 1908 – Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
• 1912 – Immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
• 1917 – The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
• 1922 – First use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient.
• 1923 – Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments.
• 1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
• 1935 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
• 1942 – World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur.
• 1942 – World War II: The Japanese attack Tarakan in Borneo, Netherlands Indies (Battle of Tarakan)
• 1943 – The Republic of China agrees to the Sino-British New Equal Treaty and the Sino-American New Equal Treaty.
• 1943 – Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca is assassinated in New York City.
• 1946 – Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declares the People's Republic of Albania with himself as head of state.
• 1949 – The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
• 1957 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
• 1962 – Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
• 1962 – An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
• 1964 – Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
• 1972 – East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh.
• 1973 – Major League Baseball owners vote in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position.
• 1986 – The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
• 1994 – The Irish Government announces the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin.
• 1996 – Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launches from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour.
• 1998 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria.
• 2003 – Illinois Governor George Ryan commutes the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois's death row based on the Jon Burge scandal.
• 2013 – One French soldier and 17 militants are killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia.

Births[edit]

• 347 – Theodosius I, Roman emperor (d. 395)
• 889 – Abd-ar-Rahman III, Spanish ruler, 8th Emir of Córdoba (d. 961)
• 1113 – Wang Chongyang, Chinese religious leader and poet (d. 1170)
• 1209 – Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1259)
• 1322 – Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (d. 1380)
• 1359 – Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (d. 1393)
• 1591 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (d. 1646)
• 1624 – Bastiaan Govertsz van der Leeuw, Dutch painter (d. 1680)
• 1630 – John Rogers, English-American minister, physician, and academic (d. 1684)
• 1638 – Nicolas Steno, Danish bishop and anatomist (d. 1686)
• 1642 – Johann Friedrich Alberti, German organist and composer (d. 1710)
• 1650 – Diana Glauber, Dutch-German painter (d. 1721)
• 1671 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general and diplomat (d. 1745)
• 1755 – Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
• 1757 – Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect (d. 1831)
• 1760 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., American lawyer and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury, 24th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1833)
• 1777 – Vincenzo Borg, Maltese merchant and rebel leader (d. 1837)
• 1786 – Joseph Jackson Lister, English physicist (d. 1869)
• 1788 – William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic (d. 1866)
• 1800 – Ányos Jedlik, Hungarian physicist and engineer (d. 1895)
• 1807 – Ezra Cornell, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Western Union and Cornell University (d. 1874)
• 1814 – James Paget, English surgeon and pathologist (d. 1899)
• 1815 – John A. Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1891)
• 1825 – Bayard Taylor, American poet, author, and critic (d. 1878)
• 1839 – Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican lawyer, philosopher, and sociologist (d. 1903)
• 1842 – William James, American psychologist and philosopher (d. 1910)
• 1845 – Albert Victor Bäcklund, Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
• 1850 – Joseph Charles Arthur, American pathologist and mycologist (d. 1942)
• 1852 – Constantin Fehrenbach, German lawyer and politician, 4th Chancellor of Weimar Germany (d. 1926)
• 1853 – Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 1932)
• 1856 – Christian Sinding, Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 1932)
• 1857 – Fred Archer, English jockey (d. 1886)
• 1858 – Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (d. 1947)
• 1859 – George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, English politician, 35th Governor-General of India (d. 1925)
• 1864 – Thomas Dixon, Jr., American minister, lawyer, and politician (d. 1946)
• 1867 – Edward B. Titchener, English psychologist and academic (d. 1927)
• 1868 – Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician (d. 1940)
• 1870 – Alexander Stirling Calder, American sculptor and educator (d. 1945)
• 1872 – G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic (d. 1956)
• 1873 – John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
• 1875 – Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and academic (d. 1956)
• 1876 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (d. 1971)
• 1876 – Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1952)
• 1878 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (d. 1952)
• 1885 – Alice Paul, American activist (d. 1977)
• 1887 – Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (d. 1948)
• 1888 – Joseph B. Keenan, American jurist and politician (d. 1954)
• 1889 – Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (d. 1938)
• 1890 – Max Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
• 1890 – Oswald de Andrade, Brazilian poet and critic (d. 1954)
• 1891 – Andrew Sockalexis, American runner (d. 1919)
• 1893 – Ellinor Aiki, Estonian painter (d. 1969)
• 1893 – Charles Fraser, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1981)
• 1893 – Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
• 1895 – Laurens Hammond, American engineer and businessman, founded the Hammond Clock Company (d. 1973)
• 1897 – Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (d. 1955)
• 1897 – August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress, director, and producer (d. 1991)
• 1901 – Kwon Ki-ok, North Korean pilot (d. 1988)
• 1902 – Maurice Duruflé, French organist and composer (d. 1986)
• 1903 – Alan Paton, South African author and activist (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960)
• 1906 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic, discoverer of LSD (d. 2008)
• 1907 – Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-American rabbi, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1972)
• 1908 – Lionel Stander, American actor and activist (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Arthur Lambourn, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1999)
• 1910 – Shane Paltridge, Australian soldier and politician (d. 1966)
• 1911 – Tommy Duncan, American Western swing singer-songwriter (d. 1967)
• 1911 – Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Don "Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Karl Stegger, Danish actor (d. 1980)
• 1915 – Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Paddy Mayne, British colonel and lawyer (d. 1955)
• 1916 – Bernard Blier, Argentinian-French actor (d. 1989)
• 1917 – John Robarts, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (d. 1982)
• 1918 – Robert C. O'Brien, American author and journalist (d. 1973)
• 1920 – Mick McManus, English wrestler (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Gory Guerrero, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990)
• 1921 – Juanita M. Kreps, American economist and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
• 1923 – Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1923 – Ernst Nolte, German historian and philosopher (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, engineer, and businessman, founded Carroll Shelby International (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1924 – Sam B. Hall, Jr., American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Slim Harpo, American blues singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1970)
• 1925 – Grant Tinker, American television producer, co-founded MTM Enterprises (d. 2016)
• 1926 – Lev Dyomin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1998)
• 1928 – Alan Bowness, English historian and curator
• 1928 – David L. Wolper, American director and producer (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Dmitri Bruns, Estonian architect and theorist
• 1930 – Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director
• 1933 – Goldie Hill, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1934 – Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
• 1938 – Arthur Scargill, English miner, activist, and politician
• 1939 – Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier
• 1940 – Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1941 – Gérson, Brazilian footballer
• 1942 – Bud Acton, American basketball player
• 1942 – Clarence Clemons, American saxophonist and actor (d. 2011)
• 1942 – Leo Cullum, American soldier, pilot, and cartoonist (d. 2010)
• 1942 – George Mira, American football player
• 1943 – Jim Hightower, American journalist and politician
• 1944 – Mohammed Abdul-Hayy, Sudanese poet and academic (d. 1989)
• 1944 – Shibu Soren, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Jharkhand
• 1945 – Christine Kaufmann, German actress, author, and businesswoman
• 1946 – Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1946 – Tony Kaye, English progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter (Yes)
• 1946 – John Piper, American theologian and author
• 1947 – Hamish Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
• 1948 – Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
• 1948 – Joe Harper, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1948 – Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Yokozuna
• 1948 – Madeline Manning, American runner and coach
• 1948 – Terry Williams, Welsh drummer
• 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1949 – Mohammad Reza Rahimi, Iranian lawyer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran
• 1951 – Charlie Huhn, American rock singer and guitarist
• 1951 – Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
• 1951 – Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop
• 1952 – Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Ben Crenshaw, American golfer and architect
• 1952 – Michael Forshaw, Australian lawyer and politician
• 1952 – Diana Gabaldon, American author
• 1952 – Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer
• 1953 – Graham Allen, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
• 1953 – Kostas Skandalidis, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Agricultural Development and Food
• 1954 – Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Estonian Minister of Defence
• 1954 – Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1956 – Big Bank Hank, American rapper (d. 2014)
• 1956 – Robert Earl Keen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1957 – Peter Moore, Australian footballer and coach
• 1957 – Bryan Robson, English footballer and manager
• 1958 – Vicki Peterson, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1959 – Brett Bodine, American race car driver
• 1959 – Rob Ramage, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1961 – Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (d. 1989)
• 1962 – Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 1962 – Susan Lindauer, American journalist and activist
• 1962 – Brian Moore, English rugby player
• 1963 – Tracy Caulkins, Australian swimmer
• 1963 – Petra Schneider, German swimmer
• 1964 – Ralph Recto, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1964 – Albert Dupontel, French actor and director
• 1965 – Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
• 1965 – Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
• 1966 – Marc Acito, American author and screenwriter
• 1967 – Michael Healy-Rae, Irish politician
• 1968 – Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Finance
• 1968 – Tom Dumont, American guitarist and producer
• 1969 – Manny Acta, Dominican-American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster
• 1970 – Manfredi Beninati, Italian painter and sculptor
• 1970 – Chris Jent, American basketball player and coach
• 1970 – Malcolm D. Lee, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
• 1970 – Ken Ueno, American composer
• 1971 – Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1971 – Chris Willsher, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
• 1972 – Christian Jacobs, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1972 – Anthony Lledo, Danish composer
• 1972 – Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright
• 1973 – Rockmond Dunbar, American actor
• 1973 – Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer and captain
• 1974 – Roman Görtz, German footballer
• 1974 – Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
• 1974 – Jens Nowotny, German footballer
• 1975 – Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
• 1975 – Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach
• 1975 – Matteo Renzi, Italian businessman and politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy
• 1976 – Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player
• 1977 – Shamari Buchanan, American football player
• 1977 – Anni Friesinger-Postma, German speed skater
• 1977 – Olexiy Lukashevych, Ukrainian long jumper
• 1978 – Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
• 1978 – Michael Duff, Irish footballer
• 1978 – Emile Heskey, English footballer
• 1978 – Stijn Schaars, Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Darren Lynn Bousman, American director and screenwriter
• 1979 – Michael Lorenz, German footballer
• 1980 – Josh Hannay, Australian rugby league player
• 1980 – Mike Williams, American football player
• 1982 – Tony Allen, American basketball player
• 1982 – Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
• 1983 – Turner Battle, American basketball player
• 1983 – Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
• 1983 – Ted Richards, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Adrian Sutil, German race car driver
• 1984 – Kevin Boss, American football player
• 1984 – Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
• 1984 – Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
• 1985 – Newton Faulkner, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 – Lucy Knisley, American author and illustrator
• 1987 – Scotty Cranmer, American motocross racer
• 1987 – Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer
• 1987 – Daniel Semenzato, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Jamie Vardy, English footballer
• 1987 – Kim Young-kwang, South Korean actor and model
• 1988 – Rodrigo José Pereira, Brazilian footballer
• 1989 – Kane Linnett, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 – Ryan Griffin, American football player
• 1991 – Andrea Bertolacci, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Dani Carvajal, Spanish footballer
• 1992 – Lee Seung-hoon, South Korean rapper and dancer
• 1993 – Michael Keane, English footballer
• 1993 – Will Keane, English footballer
• 1995 – Klaartje Liebens, Belgian tennis player
• 1997 – Cody Simpson, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

Deaths[edit]

• 705 – Pope John VI (b. 655)
• 782 – Emperor Kōnin of Japan (b. 709)
• 802 – Paulinus II of Aquileia, Italian priest, theologian, and saint (b. 726)
• 812 – Staurakios, Byzantine emperor
• 844 – Michael I Rangabe, Byzantine emperor (b. 770)
• 887 – Boso of Provence, Frankish nobleman
• 1055 – Constantine IX Monomachos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1000)
• 1083 – Otto of Nordheim (b. 1020)
• 1266 – Swietopelk II, Duke of Pomerania
• 1494 – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter (b. 1449)
• 1495 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal (b. 1428)
• 1547 – Pietro Bembo, Italian poet, scholar, and theorist (b. 1470)
• 1641 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet and painter (b. 1583)
• 1696 – Charles Albanel, French priest, missionary, and explorer (b. 1616)
• 1703 – Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic (b. 1632)
• 1713 – Pierre Jurieu, French priest and theologian (b. 1637)
• 1735 – Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje (b. 1670)
• 1753 – Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician and academic (b. 1660)
• 1762 – Louis-François Roubiliac, French-English sculptor (b. 1695)
• 1763 – Caspar Abel, German poet, historian, and theologian (b. 1676)
• 1771 – Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French philosopher and author (b. 1704)
• 1788 – François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
• 1791 – William Williams Pantycelyn, Welsh composer and poet (b. 1717)
• 1798 – Heraclius II of Georgia (b. 1720)
• 1801 – Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator (b. 1749)
• 1836 – John Molson, Canadian businessman, founded the Molson Brewing Company (b. 1763)
• 1843 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer, author, and songwriter (b. 1779)
• 1866 – Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Irish actor (b. 1818)
• 1866 – John Woolley, English minister and academic (b. 1816)
• 1867 – Stuart Donaldson, English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1812)
• 1882 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (b. 1810)
• 1891 – Georges-Eugène Haussmann, French urban planner (b. 1809)
• 1902 – Johnny Briggs, English cricketer and rugby player (b. 1862)
• 1904 – William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (b. 1815)
• 1914 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and philanthropist (b. 1842)
• 1920 – Steinar Schjøtt, Norwegian philologist and lexicographer (b. 1844)
• 1923 – Constantine I of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1928 – Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet (b. 1840)
• 1931 – James Milton Carroll, American pastor, historian, and author (b. 1852)
• 1937 – Nuri Conker, Turkish colonel and politician (b. 1882)
• 1941 – Emanuel Lasker, German mathematician, philosopher, and chess player (b. 1868)
• 1944 – Galeazzo Ciano, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1903)
• 1947 – Eva Tanguay, Canadian singer (b. 1879)
• 1952 – Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, French general (b. 1889)
• 1952 – Aureliano Pertile, Italian tenor and educator (b. 1885)
• 1953 – Noe Zhordania, Georgian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Georgia (b. 1868)
• 1954 – Oscar Straus, Austrian composer (b. 1870)
• 1957 – Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and politician, Solicitor-General of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1958 – Alec Rowley, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Edna Purviance, American actress (b. 1895)
• 1961 – Elena Gerhardt, German soprano and actress (b. 1883)
• 1963 – Arthur Nock, English-American scholar, theologian, and academic (b. 1902)
• 1965 – Wally Pipp, American baseball player (b. 1893)
• 1966 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter (b. 1901)
• 1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian academic and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India (b. 1904)
• 1968 – Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli linguist and scholar (b. 1876)
• 1969 – Richmal Crompton, English author and educator (b. 1890)
• 1972 – Padraic Colum, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1975 – Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (b. 1901)
• 1980 – Barbara Pym, English author (b. 1913)
• 1981 – Beulah Bondi, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1985 – Edward Buzzell, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1985 – William McKell, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1891)
• 1986 – Sid Chaplin, English author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
• 1986 – Andrzej Czok, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948)
• 1987 – Albert Ferber, Swiss-English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1911)
• 1988 – Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1912)
• 1988 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, Polish-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1989 – Ray Moore, English radio host (b. 1942)
• 1990 – Carolyn Haywood, American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1991 – Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1994 – Helmut Poppendick, German physician (b. 1902)
• 1995 – Josef Gingold, Belarusian-American violinist and educator (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (b. 1936)
• 1995 – Lewis Nixon, American captain (b. 1918)
• 1995 – Theodor Wisch, German general (b. 1907)
• 1996 – Roger Crozier, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1942)
• 1999 – Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1940)
• 1999 – Naomi Mitchison, Scottish author and poet (b. 1897)
• 1999 – Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 2000 – Betty Archdale, English-Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1907)
• 2000 – Ivan Combe, American businessman, invented Clearasil (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Bob Lemon, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Louis Krages, German-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1949)
• 2001 – Denys Lasdun, English architect, co-designed the Royal National Theatre (b. 1914)
• 2002 – Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director and playwright (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Jože Pučnik, Slovenian sociologist and politician (b. 1932)
• 2007 – Solveig Dommartin, French-German actress (b. 1961)
• 2007 – Robert Anton Wilson, American psychologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and explorer (b. 1919)
• 2008 – Carl Karcher, American businessman, co-founded Carl's Jr. (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian (b. 1909)
• 2010 – Éric Rohmer, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1920)
• 2011 – David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, Iranian physicist and academic (b. 1980)
• 2012 – Gilles Jacquier, French journalist and photographer (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Edgar Kaiser, Jr, American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1942)
• 2012 – Wally Osterkorn, American basketball player (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Steven Rawlings, English astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1961)
• 2012 – David Whitaker, English composer and conductor (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Aaron Swartz, American programmer (b. 1986)
• 2013 – Guido Forti, Italian businessman, founded the Forti Racing Team (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Tom Parry Jones, Welsh chemist, invented the breathalyzer (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Alemayehu Shumye, Ethiopian runner (b. 1988)
• 2014 – Keiko Awaji, Japanese actress (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Chai Trong-rong, Taiwanese educator and politician (b. 1935)
• 2014 – Ariel Sharon, Israeli general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Jenő Buzánszky, Hungarian footballer and coach (b. 1925)
• 2015 – Anita Ekberg, Swedish-Italian model and actress (b. 1931)
• 2015 – Chashi Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi director and producer (b. 1941)
• 2015 – Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle, American neuroscientist and academic (b. 1918)
• 2016 – Monte Irvin, American baseball player (b. 1919)
• 2016 – David Margulies, American actor (b. 1937)