Oscars class photo: Seven

 things we spotted

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This year's Oscars "class photo" has been released - and as usual there are several quirks and questionable outfits.

The picture sees 163 of this year's nominees gathered together and smiling away, but zoom in and there is a whole lot more going on.

Here are just seven of the things we spotted in this year's photo.

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1. Pharrell Williams didn't exactly dress for the occasion

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All of this year's male nominees are dressed smartly in tuxes and suits. Well, almost all.

The "dress code" memo must have gone into Pharrell's junk email inbox, because he turned up wearing a green baseball cap and grey sweater.

To be fair - the sweater does have the Nasa logo on it, a reference to best picture nominee Hidden Figures.

Pharrell wrote several songs for the soundtrack to the film, which tells the story of three African-American women who worked behind the scenes at the space agency in the 1960s.

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2. Michelle Williams is upstaged by Casey Affleck's facial hair

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Casey Affleck's facial hair is fast becoming the eighth wonder of the world. It gets longer with every awards ceremony he appears at this season.

It's now on the verge of totally eclipsing poor Michelle Williams, Affleck's co-star in Manchester by the Sea, who has to peep out from behind his mane.

She must be getting used to Affleck stealing her limelight.

The actor appears in nearly every scene in the 137-minute movie, while Williams's screen time clocks in at 11 minutes.

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3. The writer of Moonlight wants you to know how many nominations it has

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Tarell Alvin McCraney brightens up the back row of the photograph with his winning smile.

He's the man behind the stage play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue - which went on to become Moonlight, one of this year's most hotly-tipped Oscars contenders.

McCraney is so pleased with the film's success he wants to let you know just how many Oscar nominations the film has received, and he is seen here holding up eight fingers.

(There is, of course, another explanation. He could be making the "305" hand gesture - which is the area code for Miami-Dade county, his home and the place where Moonlight is set.)

Also - hats off to Shawn Levy (who's standing next to Tarell), who wins the award for the most delightfully bright smile of the whole photo. He is the producer of Arrival, which is nominated for best picture. 

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4. Justin Timberlake needs to sack his tailor

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"What's your inside leg measurement, Justin?"

"I don't know, maybe 32 inches?"

"Hmmm, I don't have enough material for that. Have a 28-inch pair of trousers instead."

"Great, that'll do, thanks Derek."

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5. The front row is so where we wanna be

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Emma Stone, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, Octavia Spencer are all sitting together in the front row.

Can someone please organise for us to join this BFF group, that'd be great, thanks.

Extra respect for Octavia Spencer for wearing a pair of white trousers while so many of the other female nominees are in a dress or skirt, and for Natalie Portman, who looks like she's wearing high heels even while pregnant with twins.

(She is actually wearing her flat shoes and tipping her heels up. Crafty.)

Also - Manchester by the Sea producer Kimberly Steward (far right) is that sweet kid in your class who was accidentally never looking at the camera in the school photo every single year.

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6. Ryan Gosling needs to cheer up

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You're the lead actor in the jointly most-nominated film of all time, pal. Uncross your arms for goodness sake.

Slightly happier to be there is the lovely Dev Patel, in the row in front, looking every inch the Hollywood star. 

He's come a long way from how he looked at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 when he was starring in Slumdog Millionaire. 

He told the BBC: "I first came to Toronto in my school shoes and I had a blazer and I was with Frida [Pinto, his co-star] and they said 'You can't put this guy next to her because he looks so terrible'. I think I got a free penguin suit that didn't quite fit me and they gave me shoes."

This year, he's nominated for best supporting actor and is seen wearing a burgundy Valentino suit. Nice.

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7. Is this gap for Meryl Streep?

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Missing nominees from the photo include Michael Shannon (nominated for best supporting actor for Nocturnal Animals) and Andrew Garfield (best actor, Hacksaw Ridge).

But of course, the most notable absentee is Her Royal Acting Highness, Meryl Streep - who is up for best actress this year for her role in Florence Foster Jenkins.

Maybe this gap in the back row behind Denzel Washington was intended for her, and she got held up in traffic.

Alternatively, perhaps she's been to so many of these things she's just had enough. Either way, we're pretty sure she'll be at the ceremony.

This year's Oscars, which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will take place in Hollywood, Los Angeles on 26 February.

Το Μέγαρο μας συστήνει τη δεσποινίδα Μαρία Καλογεροπούλου 

-Πριν γίνει Μαρία Κάλλας

«Πρώτη μου καριέρα θεωρώ και ονομάζω εκείνη στην Αθήνα, στη διάρκεια του 

πολέμου» είχε πει σε συνέντευξή της το 1968 στη Νέα Υόρκη. 

Αυτή τη σπάνια πλευρά της Μαρίας Κάλλας (1923–1977) επιχειρεί να αναδείξει 

η συναυλία με τίτλο «Η δεσποινίς Μαρία Καλογεροπούλου». 

Μία εκδήλωση αφιερωμένη στα ελληνικά χρόνια της Κάλλας και 

πραγματοποιείται στην Αίθουσα Δημήτρης Μητρόπουλος, την Τετάρτη 22

 Φεβρουαρίου στις 8:30 το βράδυ, στο πλαίσιο του Αφιερώματος για τα 40 χρόνια 

από τον θάνατο της απόλυτης ντίβας της λυρικής τέχνης. 

Το πρόγραμμα της συναυλίας «Η δεσποινίς Μαρία Καλογεροπούλου» έχει

 επιμεληθεί ο λυρικός ερμηνευτής και παιδαγωγός του κλασικού τραγουδιού Άρης

 Χριστοφέλλης.
Θα ακουστούν άριες και τραγούδια που ερμήνευσε η νεαρή Μαρία Καλογεροπούλου 

πριν αναχωρήσει για το εξωτερικό, όπου και πραγματοποίησε την εντυπωσιακή

 της καριέρα διαπρέποντας στα μεγαλύτερα λυρικά θέατρα του κόσμου. 

Σε αυτό το πρόγραμμα, μεγάλες άριες του ρεπερτορίου συνυπάρχουν με 

λιγότερο γνωστά αποσπάσματα από όπερες καθώς και με τραγούδια

 ξένων, καμιά φορά και ελλήνων συνθετών, ακόμα και με δημοφιλείς 

«ελαφρές» επιτυχίες της εποχής όπως η πασίγνωστη «Παλόμα». 

Οι επιλογές των κομματιών του προγράμματος και οι εναλλαγές τους αποτελούν

 σημαντικά τεκμήρια για τη συμβολή της Μαρίας Κάλλας στην εξέλιξη της ιστορίας

 της όπερας, ενώ αναδεικνύουν όλη τη φωνητική γκάμα και τις ασυνήθιστες

 δεξιοτεχνικές ικανότητες της ανερχόμενης, τότε,  τραγουδίστριας.

«Στην Αθήνα ασκήθηκα» 

«Η Αθήνα είναι που μου πρόσφερε την πείρα μου, είμαι σίγουρη, γιατί εκεί 

ασκήθηκα, εκεί απέκτησα τις σκηνικές εμπειρίες μου, εκεί είχα τα πάνω μου και 

τα κάτω μου.
Ώσπου να πάω στην Ιταλία για τη μεγάλη καριέρα, όπως θα μπορούσα να πω, 

είχα ήδη μάθει τόσους ρόλους, αφού τραγουδούσα επί οκτώ χρόνια.  

Βλέπετε, λοιπόν, γιατί αργότερα δεν υπήρξαν εκπλήξεις για μένα. Γι’ αυτό λέω

 πως αυτή η πρώτη καριέρα ήταν για μένα απόλυτα απαραίτητη», τόνιζε τότε η 

Μαρία Κάλλας, σε συνέντευξη της στον Edward Downes. Νέα Υόρκη, 1968

«Η δεσποινίς Μαρία Καλογεροπούλου»
Η Κάλλας στην Ελλάδα, Τετάρτη 22 Φεβρουαρίου, 20:30

Τραγουδούν οι υψίφωνοι: Φανή Αντωνέλου, Νίνα Κουφοχρήστου Μαρία 

Κωστράκη, Άρτεμις Μπόγρη
Θανάσης Αποστολόπουλος πιάνο
Άρης Χριστοφέλλης επιμέλεια προγράμματος–καλλιτεχνική επίβλεψη

φωτογραφία: facebook MariaCallasGreekSociety
 

Οι επετειακές εκδηλώσεις για τα 40 χρόνια απο το θανατό της, άρχισαν τον

 προηγούμενο Δεκέμβριο με το γκαλά όπερας «Tutto Verdi» και περιλαμβάνουν

τον προσεχή Μάρτιο, την παρουσίαση της όπερας «Λουτσία ντι Λαμμερμούρ»

 του Ντονιτσέττι σε συναυλιακή μορφή.

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• 474 – Zeno crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1555 – Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake.
• 1621 – Gregory XV becomes Pope, the last Pope elected by acclamation.
• 1654 – The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
• 1775 – American Revolutionary War: The British Parliament declares Massachusetts in rebellion.
• 1788 – The Habsburg Empire joins the Russo-Turkish War in the Russian camp.
• 1825 – After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
• 1849 – The new Roman Republic was declared.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
• 1870 – US president Ulysses S. Grant signs a joint resolution of Congress establishing the U.S. Weather Bureau.
• 1889 – US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
• 1895 – William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
• 1900 – The Davis Cup competition is established.
• 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
• 1913 – A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
• 1920 – Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
• 1922 – Brazil becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• 1934 – The Balkan Entente is formed.
• 1941 – World War II: The Cathedral of San Lorenzo in Genoa, Italy is struck by a bomb which fails to detonate.
• 1942 – World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war.
• 1942 – Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources.
• 1943 – World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of the Atlantic: HMS Venturer sinks U-864 off the coast of Fedje, Norway, in a rare instance of submarine-to-submarine combat.
• 1945 – World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
• 1950 – Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
• 1951 – Korean War: Geochang massacre
• 1959 – The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
• 1964 – The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
• 1965 – The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
• 1971 – The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
• 1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
• 1975 – The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
• 1978 – The Budd Company unveils its first SPV-2000 self-propelled railcar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1986 – Halley's Comet last appeared in the inner Solar System.
• 1991 – Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
• 1996 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
• 2016 – Two passenger trains collided in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. Twelve people died, and 85 others were injured.

Births[edit]

• 1060 – Pope Honorius II (d. 1130)
• 1274 – Saint Louis of Toulouse (d. 1297)
• 1313 – Maria of Portugal, Portuguese infanta (d. 1357)
• 1344 – Meinhard III, Count of Tyrol (d. 1363)
• 1441 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkish poet, linguist, and painter (d. 1501)
• 1533 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyo (d. 1611)
• 1666 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal (d. 1737)
• 1711 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (d. 1762)
• 1737 – Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)
• 1741 – Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer (d. 1799)
• 1747 – Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1817)
• 1763 – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (d. 1830)
• 1769 – George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1848)
• 1773 – William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (d. 1841)
• 1775 – Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1856)
• 1781 – Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer (d. 1826)
• 1783 – Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (d. 1852)
• 1789 – Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, German engineer, invented Gabelsberger shorthand (d. 1849)
• 1800 – Hyrum Smith, American religious leader (d. 1844)
• 1814 – Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 28th Governor of New York (d. 1886)
• 1815 – Federico de Madrazo, Spanish painter (d.1894)
• 1834 – Felix Dahn, German lawyer, historian, and author (d. 1912)
• 1837 – José Burgos, Filipino priest and revolutionary (d. 1872)
• 1839 – Silas Adams, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (d. 1896)
• 1846 – Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (d. 1929)
• 1846 – Whitaker Wright, English businessman and financier (d. 1904)
• 1847 – Hugh Price Hughes, Welsh-English clergyman and theologian (d. 1902)
• 1856 – Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1921)
• 1859 – Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (d. 1930)
• 1863 – Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (d. 1933)
• 1864 – Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
• 1865 – Mrs. Patrick Campbell, English-French actress (d. 1940)
• 1865 – Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (d. 1949)
• 1867 – Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (d. 1916)
• 1871 – Howard Taylor Ricketts, American pathologist and physician (d. 1910)
• 1874 – Amy Lowell, American poet, critic, and educator (d. 1925)
• 1880 – Lipót Fejér, Hungarian mathematician and academic (d. 1959)
• 1883 – Jules Berry, French actor and director (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Alban Berg, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1935)
• 1885 – Clarence H. Haring, American historian and author (d. 1960)
• 1889 – Larry Semon, American actor, producer, director and screenwriter (d. 1928)
• 1891 – Ronald Colman, English-American actor (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Peggy Wood, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1893 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1987)
• 1895 – Hermann Brill, German lawyer and politician, 8th Minister-President of Thuringia (d. 1959)
• 1896 – Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1982)
• 1897 – Charles Kingsford Smith, Australian captain and pilot (d. 1935)
• 1898 – Jūkichi Yagi, Japanese poet and educator (d. 1927)
• 1901 – Brian Donlevy, American actor (d. 1972)
• 1901 – James Murray, American actor (d. 1936)
• 1905 – David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, English hurdler and politician (d. 1981)
• 1906 – André Kostolany, Hungarian-French economist and journalist (d. 1999)
• 1907 – Trường Chinh, Vietnamese politician, 4th President of Vietnam (d. 1988)
• 1907 – Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, English-Canadian mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
• 1909 – Heather Angel, English-American actress (d. 1986)
• 1909 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1955)
• 1909 – Dean Rusk, American colonel and politician, 54th United States Secretary of State (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Jacques Monod, French biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
• 1911 – William Orlando Darby, American general (d. 1945)
• 1912 – Futabayama Sadaji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 35th Yokozuna (d. 1968)
• 1912 – Ginette Leclerc, French actress (d. 1992)
• 1914 – Ernest Tubb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1984)
• 1916 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Fred Allen, New Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Kathryn Grayson, American actress and soprano (d. 2010)
• 1922 – Jim Laker, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1986)
• 1922 – C. P. Krishnan Nair, Indian businessman, founded The Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Robert E. Ogren, American zoologist (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Brendan Behan, Irish rebel, poet, and playwright (d. 1964)
• 1923 – Tonie Nathan, American radio host, producer, and politician (d. 2014)
• 1925 – John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian
• 1925 – Burkhard Heim, German physicist and academic (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Garret FitzGerald, Irish lawyer and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Richard A. Long, American historian and author (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Frank Frazetta, American painter and illustrator (d. 2010)
• 1928 – Rinus Michels, Dutch footballer and coach (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Roger Mudd, American journalist
• 1929 – A. R. Antulay, Indian social worker and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2014)
• 1929 – Clement Meadmore, Australian-American sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1930 – Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (d. 2003)
• 1931 – Thomas Bernhard, Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1989)
• 1931 – Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1931 – Robert Morris, American sculptor and painter
• 1932 – Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager
• 1932 – Gerhard Richter, German painter and photographer
• 1935 – Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh priest, journalist, and author
• 1936 – Clive Swift, English actor and songwriter
• 1937 – Clete Boyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
• 1939 – Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer
• 1939 – Janet Suzman, South African-British actress and director
• 1940 – Brian Bennett, English drummer and songwriter
• 1940 – J. M. Coetzee, South African-Australian novelist, essayist, and linguist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1941 – Sheila Kuehl, American actress, lawyer, gay rights activist, and politician
• 1942 – Carole King, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1943 – Barbara Lewis, American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
• 1943 – Joe Pesci, American actor
• 1943 – Joseph Stiglitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 – Derryn Hinch, New Zealand-Australian radio and television host and politician
• 1944 – Alice Walker, American novelist, short story writer, and poet
• 1945 – Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and former fashion model
• 1945 – Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese cell biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
• 1946 – Bob Eastwood, American golfer
• 1946 – Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster
• 1946 – Jim Webb, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy
• 1947 – Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat
• 1947 – Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Major Harris, American R&B singer (d. 2012)
• 1947 – Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor
• 1948 – Guy Standing, English economist and academic
• 1949 – Bernard Gallacher, Scottish golfer and journalist
• 1949 – Judith Light, American actress
• 1950 – Richard F. Colburn, American sergeant and politician
• 1951 – David Pomeranz, American singer, musician, and composer
• 1952 – Danny White, American football player and sportscaster
• 1953 – Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
• 1953 – Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (d. 1985)
• 1953 – Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded OutWeek
• 1954 – Jo Duffy, American author
• 1954 – Chris Gardner, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1955 – Jerry Beck, American historian and author
• 1955 – Jimmy Pursey, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1955 – Charles Shaughnessy, English actor
• 1956 – Mookie Wilson, American baseball player and coach
• 1957 – Terry McAuliffe, American businessman and politician, 72nd Governor of Virginia
• 1957 – Gordon Strachan, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1958 – Sandy Lyle, Scottish golfer
• 1958 – Chris Nilan, American ice hockey player, coach, and radio host
• 1960 – Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1960 – Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut
• 1961 – John Kruk, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1962 – Anik Bissonnette, Canadian ballerina
• 1963 – Brian Greene, American physicist
• 1963 – Peter Rowsthorn, Australian comedian and actor
• 1963 – Travis Tritt, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1964 – Debrah Miceli, Italian-American wrestler and manager
• 1964 – Dewi Morris, English rugby player
• 1965 – Dieter Baumann, German runner
• 1966 – Harald Eia, Norwegian comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Todd Pratt, American baseball player and coach
• 1968 – Alejandra Guzmán, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress
• 1968 – Derek Strong, American basketball player and race car driver
• 1969 – Jimmy Smith, American football player
• 1970 – Glenn McGrath, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
• 1971 – Matt Gogel, American golfer
• 1971 – Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1972 – Darren Ferguson, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1973 – Svetlana Boginskaya, Belarusian gymnast
• 1973 – Colin Egglesfield, American actor
• 1973 – Makoto Shinkai, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Brad Maynard, American football player
• 1974 – Amber Valletta, American model
• 1974 – John Wallace, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norwegian cyclist and coach
• 1975 – Clinton Grybas, Australian journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
• 1975 – Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1976 – Charlie Day, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – A. J. Buckley, Irish-Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1979 – Akinori Iwamura, Japanese baseball player
• 1979 – Irina Slutskaya, Russian figure skater
• 1980 – Angelos Charisteas, Greek footballer
• 1980 – Margarita Levieva, Russian-American actress
• 1981 – Tom Hiddleston, English actor, producer, and musical performer
• 1981 – Daisuke Sekimoto, Japanese wrestler
• 1982 – Domingo Cisma, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Jameer Nelson, American basketball player
• 1982 – Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1982 – Chris Weale, English footballer and manager
• 1983 – Mikel Arruabarrena, Spanish footballer
• 1984 – Maurice Ager, American basketball player, singer, and producer
• 1985 – David Gallagher, American actor
• 1987 – Sam Coulson, English guitarist
• 1987 – Michael B. Jordan, American actor
• 1987 – Davide Lanzafame, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete
• 1988 – Lotte Friis, Danish swimmer
• 1989 – Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, Canadian skier
• 1990 – Tariq Sims, Australian-Fijian rugby league player
• 1991 – Logan Ryan, American football player
• 1992 – Kyle Feldt, Australian rugby league player
• 1992 – Mitchell Frei, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Niclas Füllkrug, German footballer
• 1995 – André Burakovsky, Swedish ice hockey player

Deaths[edit]

• 967 – Sayf al-Dawla, Syrian ruler (b. 916)
• 1011 – Bernard I, Duke of Saxony (b. 950)
• 1135 – Emperor Taizong of Jin (b. 1075)
• 1199 – Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (b. 1147)
• 1251 – Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine
• 1450 – Agnès Sorel, French mistress of Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
• 1555 – John Hooper, English bishop and martyr (b. 1495)
• 1555 – Rowland Taylor, English priest and martyr (b. 1510)
• 1588 – Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (b. 1526)
• 1619 – Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)
• 1670 – Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
• 1675 – Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
• 1709 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
• 1777 – Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
• 1803 – Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)
• 1857 – Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)
• 1874 – Jules Michelet, French historian, philosopher, and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (b. 1821)
• 1891 – Johan Jongkind, Dutch painter (b. 1819)
• 1906 – Paul Laurence Dunbar, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1930 – Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 – Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1932 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1951 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1957 – Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 1960 – Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
• 1960 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1965 – Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)
• 1966 – Sophie Tucker, Russian-born American singer (b. 1884)
• 1969 – George "Gabby" Hayes, American actor and singer (b. 1885)
• 1976 – Percy Faith, Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1977 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer and businessman, founded the Ilyushin Design Company (b. 1894)
• 1978 – Costante Girardengo, Italian cyclist and coach (b. 1893)
• 1979 – Allen Tate, American poet and academic (b. 1899)
• 1980 – Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1981 – M. C. Chagla, Indian jurist and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1900)
• 1981 – Bill Haley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1984 – Yuri Andropov, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1989 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese illustrator, animator, and producer (b. 1928)
• 1994 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1934)
• 1995 – J. William Fulbright, American lawyer and politician (b. 1905)
• 1995 – David Wayne, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Maurice Schumann, French journalist and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1911)
• 2001 – Herbert A. Simon, American political scientist, economist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Isabelle Holland, Swiss-American author (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Masatoshi Gündüz Ikeda, Japanese-Turkish mathematician and academic (b. 1926)
• 2004 – Claude Ryan, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Robert Kearns, American engineer, invented the windscreen wiper (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Freddie Laker, English pilot and businessman, founded Laker Airways (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1922)
• 2007 – Ian Richardson, Scottish actor (b. 1934)
• 2008 – Christopher Hyatt American occultist and author (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Jazeh Tabatabai, Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor (b. 1931)
• 2009 – Orlando "Cachaíto" López, Cuban bassist and composer (b. 1933)
• 2010 – Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (b. 1920)
• 2011 – Miltiadis Evert, Greek lawyer and politician, 69th Mayor of Athens (b. 1939)
• 2012 – O. P. Dutta, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2012 – John Hick, English philosopher and academic (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Joe Moretti, Scottish-South African guitarist and songwriter (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Richard Artschwager, American painter, illustrator, and sculptor (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Keiko Fukuda, Japanese-American martial artist and trainer (b. 1913)
• 2013 – Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Gabriel Axel, Danish actor, director, and producer (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Hal Herring, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Logan Scott-Bowden, English general (b. 1920)
• 2015 – Liu Han, Chinese businessman and philanthropist (b. 1965)
• 2015 – Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1916)
• 2016 – Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1939)
• 2016 – Zdravko Tolimir, Bosnian Serb military commander (b. 1948)

It's official: Drake out-sold 

everyone in 2016

Image copyrightAP

He only had One Dance, but it was a pretty popular one: Drake has been named the best-selling artist of 2016.

The Canadian star achieved millions of sales and billions of streams with his fourth album, Views, which topped the charts around the world.

He managed to beat Adele and Coldplay, who also achieved big sales last year.

The news comes from music industry bigwigs the IFPI, who've given Drake their Global Recording Artist of the Year Award.

"Drake's phenomenal success reflects how deeply his unique sound appeals to an enormous global audience," said chief executive Frances Moore.

In the UK, Drake's single One Dance topped the charts for 15 weeks, nearly beating the all-time record, held by Bryan Adams' (Everything I Do) I Do It For You.

However, Views only ended the year as the country's eighth best-selling album, behind Little Mix's Glory Days and Adele's 25 - which took the top spot for the second year in a row.

In Germany, the world's third-biggest music market, the album was only the year's 100th best-seller.

The IFPI declined to release figures for Drake's overall sales, or a country-by-country breakdown, so it is hard to decode how he made up the difference - but the star's phenomenal success on streaming services is likely to be key.

Views became the first album to reach one billion streams on Apple Music (where it was initially available as an exclusive); while One Dance was the first song to be played one billion times on Spotify. 

The album also topped the year-end charts in the US, still the biggest music market in the world, with sales of 4.1 million.

The IFPI Global Recording Artist Award was established in 2013, and previous recipients have been One Direction (2013), Taylor Swift (2014) and Adele (2015). 

Top 10 Global Recording Artists of 2016 (source: IFPI)

1. Drake
2. David Bowie
3. Coldplay
4. Adele
5. Justin Bieber
6. Twenty One Pilots
7. Beyoncé
8. Rihanna
9. Prince
10. The Weeknd

Η πολυτελής εξοχική κατοικία του Στάλιν 

Κρυμμένο βαθιά σε ένα δάσος. Εξω από τη λίμνη Ρίτσα

 στην Αμπχαζία, μια αυτόνομη περιοχή της Γεωργίας.

Εκεί ήταν το πολυτελές εξοχικό με τους πράσινους τοίχους, όπου περνούσε τους 

καλοκαιρινούς μήνες ο πρώην ηγέτης της Σοβιετικής Ένωσης Ιωσήφ Στάλιν 

είναι ιδιαίτερα δύσκολο να βρεθεί.

Η Ελληνίδα φωτογράφος Ιωάννα Σακελλαράκη κατάφερε να «παραβιάσει το

 άδυτο» του Στάλιν, ήτοι την εξοχική του κατοικία σε λίμνη στην Αμπχαζία και να

 τραβήξει μοναδικές φωτογραφίες από το σπίτι που έκτισε το 1947.

Υπάρχει μόνο μια διαδρομή μέσα από τα βουνά που οδηγεί σε αυτό, ενώ αν 

παρατηρήσει κανείς το εσωτερικό του θα δει ότι όλα τα δωμάτια έχουν

 μακριές κουρτίνες, ένα ακόμα σημάδι της επιθυμίας του Στάλιν για απομόνωση

 και διακριτικότητα, αλλά και την πολυτέλεια σε πολλούς από τους χώρους.

Δείτε τις εικόνες που δημοσίευσε η βρετανική Daily Mail:

Tο μεγαλύτερο κρουαζιερόπλοιο του κόσμου!

Το Harmony of Seas, είναι το μεγαλύτερο κρουαζιερόπλοιο που υπάρχει στον κόσμο!
Το συγκεκριμένο πλοίο μοιάζει με ολόκληρη πόλη όπως θα δείτε και περιλαμβάνει ένα σωρό δραστηρίοτητες για το κοινό και άπειρους χώρους διασκέδασης και ψυχαγωγίας, μεταξύ των οποίων και μια τσουλήθρα που περνά από 10 ορόφους, με το όνομα The Ultimate Abyss.

Επίσης, διαθέτει έναν τοίχο για αναρρίχηση, ένα σύστημα από 3 νεροτσουλήθρες με το όνομα The Perfect Storm, καθώς και ένα σχοινί 24 περίπου μέτρων για flying fox. Όλα αυτά, προφανώς και κάνουν αυτό το σκάφος τον απόλυτο προορισμό διακοπών και απόδρασης. Ένας υδάτινος παράδεισος για όλη την οικογένεια.

ZΙΛΜΠΕΡ ΜΠΕΚΩ ΣΤΟ ΜΕΓΑΡΟ ΜΟΥΣΙΚΗΣ

Μια 90λεπτη συναυλία του Ζιλμπέρ Μπεκώ -από την αρχή έως το τέλος- θα παρουσιάσει στο Μέγαρο

 Μουσικής Θεσσαλονίκηςτην Δευτερα 20 Φεβρουαριου,8 μμ, ο δημοσιογράφος Λευτέρης Κογκαλίδης,

 από το προσωπικό του αρχείο. Ο Μπεκώ και ο Αζναβούρ υπήρξαν οι δυο κορυφαίοι Γάλλοι 

τραγουδιστές στο δεύτερο ήμισυ του 20ού αιώνα.

Στις μεγαλύτερες επιτυχίες του Μπεκώ, αγαπητές και στο ελληνικό κοινό, συγκαταλέγονται οι 

Je t‘Appartiens(1955), Le Jour où la pluie Viendra (1957), Et Maintenant (What Now my Love, 1961), 

Nathalie (1964), L’Important c’est la Rose (1967), Je Reviens te Chercher (1967).

Συνθέτης, στιχουργός, ηθοποιός και πιανίστας, ο Μπεκώ πρωταγωνιστούσε 50 χρόνια στο 

καλλιτεχνικό στερέωμα. Γεννήθηκε στις 24 Οκτωβρίου 1927 στην Τουλόν και πέθανε σε ηλικία 74 

χρονών στο Παρίσι, στις 18 Δεκεμβρίου 2001.

Χώρος: Μ2 – Αίθουσα Μωρίς Σαλτιέλ

Είσοδος ελεύθερη.

Xορηγος επικοινωνιας  ΠΡΑΚΤΟΡΕΙΟ FM 104,9

Πέθανε ο εκφωνητής της ΕΡΤ Νίκος Μπουγάς

Πέθανε το πρωί της Πέμπτης ο επί χρόνια εκφωνητής της

 ΕΡΤ Νίκος Μπουγάς.

Η καριέρα του είχε ξεκινήσει το 1962 στην ΥΕΝΕΔ και στη συνέχεια στην

 ελληνική τηλεόραση όπου παρουσίαζε το κεντρικό δελτίο ειδήσεων.

Από το 1981 και μετά συνέχισε ως εκφωνητής στο ραδιόφωνο της ΕΡΑ όπου τον

 ακούγαμε στα δελτία ειδήσεων μέχρι το 1997 που συνταξιοδοτήθηκε. 

Ο Νίκος Μπουγάς άφησε την τελευταία του πνοή στο νοσοκομείο της Νίκαιας 

όπου νοσηλευόταν  επί χρόνια.
Σύμφωνα με την ΕΡΤ η κηδεία του θα γίνει την Παρασκευή στην Πάρο.

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• 1258 – Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.
• 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriar's Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn sparking revolution in the Wars of Scottish Independence
• 1355 – The St Scholastica Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead in two days.
• 1567 – Lord Darnley, second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, is found strangled following an explosion at the Kirk o' Field house in Edinburgh, Scotland, a suspected assassination.
• 1763 – French and Indian War: The Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
• 1814 – Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Champaubert ends in French victory over the Russians and the Prussians.
• 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
• 1846 – First Anglo-Sikh War: Battle of Sobraon: British defeat Sikhs in final battle of the war
• 1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
• 1862 – American Civil War: A Union naval flotilla destroys the bulk of the Confederate Mosquito Fleet in the Battle of Elizabeth City on the Pasquotank River in North Carolina.
• 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
• 1906 – HMS Dreadnought, the first of a revolutionary new breed of battleships is christened and launched by King Edward VII.
• 1920 – Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
• 1923 – Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
• 1930 – Yên Bái mutiny in French Indochina
• 1933 – In round 13 of a boxing match at New York City's Madison Square Garden, Primo Carnera knocks out Ernie Schaaf. Schaaf dies four days later.
• 1936 – Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
• 1939 – Spanish Civil War: The Nationalists conclude their conquest of Catalonia and seal the border with France.
• 1940 – The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
• 1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo".
• 1942 – World War II: Imperial Japanese Army capture Banjarmasin, capital of Borneo in Dutch East Indies.
• 1943 – World War II: Attempting to completely lift the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet Red Army engages German troops and Spanish volunteers in the Battle of Krasny Bor.
• 1947 – Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
• 1947 – Crowds gathered at shop windows in Paris to see Christian Dior's New Look fashion - longer skirts, nipped-in waists and padded shoulders.
• 1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 17 relating to Greek is adopted.
• 1949 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 68 is adopted.
• 1954 – United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
• 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
• 1962 – Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
• 1964 – Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMAS Voyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
• 1967 – The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
• 1972 – Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.
• 1981 – A fire at the Las Vegas Hilton hotel–casino kills eight and injures 198.
• 1989 – Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
• 1996 – IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
• 2003 – France and Belgium break the NATO procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq.
• 2009 – The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
• 2013 – Thirty-six people are killed and 39 others are injured in a stampede in Allahabad, India, during the Kumbh Mela festival.

Births[edit]

• 1499 – Thomas Platter, Swiss author and scholar (d. 1582)
• 1609 – John Suckling, English poet and playwright (d. 1642)
• 1685 – Aaron Hill, English poet and playwright (d. 1750)
• 1696 – Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (d. 1765)
• 1744 – William Cornwallis, English admiral and politician (d. 1819)
• 1766 – Benjamin Smith Barton, American botanist and physician (d. 1815)
• 1775 – Charles Lamb, English poet and essayist (d. 1834)
• 1785 – Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (d. 1836)
• 1795 – Ary Scheffer, Dutch-French painter and academic (d. 1858)
• 1821 – Roberto Bompiani, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1908)
• 1824 – Samuel Plimsoll, English merchant and politician (d. 1898)
• 1842 – Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (d. 1907)
• 1846 – Lord Charles Beresford, Irish admiral and politician (d. 1919)
• 1846 – Ira Remsen, American chemist and academic (d. 1927)
• 1847 – Nabinchandra Sen, Bangladeshi poet and author (d. 1909)
• 1859 – Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (d. 1943)
• 1867 – Robert Garran, Australian lawyer and public servant (d. 1957)
• 1868 – Prince Waldemar of Prussia (d. 1879)
• 1868 – William Allen White, American journalist and author (d. 1944)
• 1879 – Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (d. 1932)
• 1881 – Pauline Brunius, Swedish actress and director (d. 1954)
• 1883 – Edith Clarke, American electrical engineer (d. 1959)
• 1883 – H.V. Hordern, Australian cricketer (d. 1938)
• 1888 – Giuseppe Ungaretti, Egyptian-Italian soldier, journalist, and poet (d. 1970)
• 1889 – Cevdet Sunay, Turkish general and politician, 5th President of Turkey (d. 1982)
• 1890 – Fanny Kaplan, Ukrainian-Russian activist and rebel (d. 1918)
• 1890 – Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (d. 1950)
• 1893 – Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer, and pianist (d. 1980)
• 1893 – Bill Tilden, American tennis player and coach (d. 1953)
• 1894 – Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1986)
• 1897 – Judith Anderson, Australian actress (d. 1992)
• 1897 – John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
• 1898 – Bertolt Brecht, German director, playwright, and poet (d. 1956)
• 1898 – Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (d. 1979)
• 1901 – Stella Adler, American actress and educator (d. 1992)
• 1902 – Walter Houser Brattain, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 1903 – Waldemar Hoven, German physician (d. 1948)
• 1903 – Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (d. 1939)
• 1904 – John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1963)
• 1905 – Walter A. Brown, American businessman, founded the Boston Celtics (d. 1964)
• 1905 – Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1939)
• 1906 – Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (d. 1973)
• 1906 – Erik Rhodes, American actor and singer (d. 1990)
• 1907 – Anthony Cottrell, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)
• 1909 – Min Thu Wun, Burmese poet, scholar, and politician (d. 2004)
• 1910 – Dominique Pire, Belgian friar, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1969)
• 1914 – Larry Adler, American harmonica player, composer, and actor (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Vladimir Zeldin, Russian actor (d. 2016)
• 1919 – Ioannis Charalambopoulos, Greek colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Alex Comfort, English physician and author (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Neva Patterson, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1920 – José Manuel Castañón, Spanish lawyer and author (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Allie Sherman, American football player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1924 – Max Ferguson, Canadian radio host and actor (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Pierre Mondy, French actor and director (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Sidney Bryan Berry, American general (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Danny Blanchflower, Northern Irish soldier, footballer and manager (d. 1993)
• 1927 – Leontyne Price, American operatic soprano
• 1929 – Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Jim Whittaker, American mountaineer
• 1929 – Lou Whittaker, American mountaineer
• 1930 – E. L. Konigsburg, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
• 1930 – Robert Wagner, American actor and producer
• 1932 – Barrie Ingham, English-American actor (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Richard Schickel, American journalist, author, and critic
• 1933 – Faramarz Payvar, Iranian santur player and composer (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Theodore Antoniou, Greek composer and conductor
• 1937 – Anne Anderson, Scottish physiologist and academic (d. 1983)
• 1937 – Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1939 – Adrienne Clarkson, Hong Kong-Canadian journalist and politician, 26th Governor General of Canada
• 1940 – Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, Saudi Arabian scholar and academic, 4th Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia
• 1940 – Mary Rand, English sprinter and long jumper
• 1940 – Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1941 – Michael Apted, English director and producer
• 1942 – Lawrence Weiner, American artist
• 1944 – Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 1992)
• 1944 – Frank Keating, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Oklahoma
• 1944 – Frances Moore Lappé, American author and activist
• 1944 – Rufus Reid, American bassist and composer
• 1947 – Louise Arbour, Canadian lawyer and jurist
• 1947 – Butch Morris, American cornet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Nicholas Owen, English journalist
• 1948 – Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican economist and politician (d. 1994)
• 1949 – Nigel Olsson, English rock drummer and singer-songwriter
• 1950 – Mark Spitz, American swimmer
• 1951 – Bob Iger, American media executive
• 1952 – Lee Hsien Loong, Singaporean general and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Singapore
• 1955 – Chris Adams, English-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2001)
• 1955 – Jim Cramer, American television personality, pundit, and author
• 1955 – Greg Norman, Australian golfer and sportscaster
• 1956 – Enele Sopoaga, Tuvaluan politician, 12th Prime Minister of Tuvalu
• 1957 – Katherine Freese, American astrophysicist and academic
• 1959 – John Calipari, American basketball player and coach
• 1960 – Jim Kent, American biologist, computer programmer, academic
• 1961 – Alexander Payne, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1961 – George Stephanopoulos, American television journalist
• 1962 – Cliff Burton, American heavy metal bass player and songwriter (d. 1986)
• 1962 – Randy Velischek, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – Lenny Dykstra, American baseball player
• 1964 – Glenn Beck, American journalist, producer, and author
• 1966 – Natalie Bennett, Australian-English journalist and politician
• 1966 – Daryl Johnston, American football player and sportscaster
• 1967 – Laura Dern, American actress, director, and producer
• 1967 – Jacky Durand, French cyclist and sportscaster
• 1967 – Vince Gilligan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1968 – Peter Popovic, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 1968 – Garrett Reisman, American engineer and astronaut
• 1969 – Joe Mangrum, American painter and sculptor
• 1969 – James Small, South African rugby player
• 1970 – Melissa Doyle, Australian journalist and author
• 1970 – Noureddine Naybet, Moroccan footballer and manager
• 1970 – Åsne Seierstad, Norwegian journalist and author
• 1971 – Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1972 – Michael Kasprowicz, Australian cricketer
• 1973 – Martha Lane Fox, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho, English businesswoman and politician
• 1974 – Elizabeth Banks, American actress
• 1974 – Ty Law, American football player
• 1974 – Henry Paul, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1976 – Lance Berkman, American baseball player and coach
• 1979 – Joey Hand, American race car driver
• 1980 – César Izturis, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1980 – Enzo Maresca, Italian footballer
• 1980 – Mike Ribeiro, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Uzo Aduba, American actress
• 1981 – Andrew Johnson, English footballer
• 1981 – Holly Willoughby, English model and television host
• 1982 – Justin Gatlin, American sprinter
• 1982 – Tarmo Neemelo, Estonian footballer
• 1982 – Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1983 – Vic Fuentes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983 – Taiji Ishimori, Japanese wrestler
• 1984 – Greg Bird, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 – Alex Gordon, American baseball player
• 1984 – Kim Hyo-jin, South Korean actress
• 1985 – Selçuk İnan, Turkish footballer
• 1986 – Jeff Adrien, American basketball player
• 1986 – Josh Akognon, American basketball player
• 1986 – Radamel Falcao, Colombian footballer
• 1986 – Roberto Jiménez Gago, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Viktor Troicki, Serbian tennis player
• 1987 – Jakub Kindl, Czech ice hockey player
• 1987 – Facundo Roncaglia, Argentinian footballer
• 1989 – Liam Hendriks, Australian baseball player
• 1990 – Barbara Guarischi, Italian cyclist
• 1990 – Choi Soo-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer
• 1991 – Emma Roberts, American actress
• 1992 – Haruka Nakagawa, Japanese singer and actress
• 1992 – Reinhold Yabo, German footballer
• 1993 – Max Kepler, German baseball player
• 1993 – Filip Twardzik, Czech footballer
• 1993 – Luis Madrigal, Mexican footballer
• 1994 – Na-eun, South Korean singer and actress
• 1997 – Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress
• 1997 – Nadia Podoroska, Argentinian tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 547 – Scholastica, Christian nun
• 1126 – William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1071)
• 1162 – Baldwin III of Jerusalem (b. 1130)
• 1242 – Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)
• 1242 – Saint Verdiana, Italian recluse (born 1182)
• 1280 – Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (b. 1202)
• 1306 – John "the Red" Comyn, Scottish nobleman
• 1307 – Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan (b. 1265)
• 1346 – Blessed Clare of Rimini (b. 1282)
• 1524 – Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (b. 1468)
• 1526 – John V, Count of Oldenburg, German noble (b. 1460)
• 1576 – Wilhelm Xylander, German scholar, translator, and academic (b. 1532)
• 1645 – Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1587)
• 1686 – William Dugdale, English genealogist and historian (b. 1605)
• 1722 – Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)
• 1755 – Montesquieu, French lawyer and philosopher (b. 1689)
• 1782 – Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian and author (b. 1702)
• 1829 – Pope Leo XII (b. 1760)
• 1837 – Alexander Pushkin, Russian poet and author (b. 1799)
• 1857 – David Thompson, English-Canadian surveyor and explorer (b. 1770)
• 1865 – Heinrich Lenz, Estonian-Italian physicist and academic (b. 1804)
• 1879 – Honoré Daumier, French illustrator and painter (b. 1808)
• 1887 – Ellen Wood, English author (b. 1814)
• 1891 – Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (b. 1850)
• 1904 – John A. Roche, American lawyer and politician, 30th Mayor of Chicago (b. 1844)
• 1906 – Ezra Butler Eddy, American-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1827)
• 1912 – Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon and academic (b. 1827)
• 1913 – Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek long jumper (b. 1888)
• 1917 – John William Waterhouse, Italian-English soldier and painter (b. 1849)
• 1918 – Abdul Hamid II Ottoman sultan (b. 1842)
• 1918 – Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Italian soldier and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1833)
• 1923 – Wilhelm Röntgen, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1928 – José Sánchez del Río Mexican martyr and saint (b. 1913)
• 1932 – Edgar Wallace, English author and screenwriter (b. 1875)
• 1939 – Pope Pius XI (b. 1857)
• 1944 – E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (b. 1870)
• 1945 – Anacleto Díaz, Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1878)
• 1950 – Marcel Mauss, French sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1872)
• 1956 – Leonora Speyer, American poet and violinist (b. 1872)
• 1956 – Emmanouil Tsouderos, Greek banker and politician, 132nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1882)
• 1957 – Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (b. 1867)
• 1960 – Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
• 1964 – Eugen Sänger, Austrian engineer (b. 1905)
• 1966 – Billy Rose, American composer and songwriter (b. 1899)
• 1967 – Dionysios Kokkinos, Greek historian and author (b. 1884)
• 1975 – Nikos Kavvadias, Greek sailor and poet (b. 1910)
• 1979 – Edvard Kardelj, Slovene general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1910)
• 1992 – Alex Haley, American soldier, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
• 1993 – Fred Hollows, New Zealand-Australian ophthalmologist and academic (b. 1929)
• 1995 – Paul Monette, American author, poet, and activist (b. 1945)
• 2000 – Jim Varney, American actor, comedian and writer (b. 1949)
• 2001 – Abraham Beame, American academic and politician, 104th Mayor of New York City (b. 1906)
• 2001 – Buddy Tate, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1913)
• 2002 – Dave Van Ronk, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Edgar de Evia, Mexican-American photographer (b. 1910)
• 2003 – Albert J. Ruffo, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of San Jose (b. 1908)
• 2003 – Ron Ziegler, American politician, 14th White House Press Secretary (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Arthur Miller, American actor, playwright, and author (b. 1915)
• 2008 – Roy Scheider, American actor and boxer (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Jeremy Lusk, American motocross racer (b. 1984)
• 2010 – Fred Schaus, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2010 – Charles Wilson, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1933)
• 2011 – Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and journalist (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Lloyd Morrison, New Zealand banker and businessman, founded H. R. L. Morrison & Co (b. 1957)
• 2012 – Jeffrey Zaslow, American journalist and author (b. 1958)
• 2013 – W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (b. 1927)
• 2013 – David Hartman, American-Israeli rabbi and philosopher, founded the Shalom Hartman Institute (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Eugenio Trías Sagnier, Spanish philosopher and academic (b. 1942)
• 2014 – Stuart Hall, Jamaican-English sociologist and theorist (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Shirley Temple, American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Naseer Aruri, Palestinian scholar and activist (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Karl Josef Becker, German cardinal and theologian (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Deng Liqun, Chinese theorist and politician (b. 1915)
• 2016 – Fatima Surayya Bajia, Indian-Pakistani author and playwright (b. 1930)
• 2016 – Abdel-Bari Zamzami, Moroccan cleric (b. 1943)