• 286 – Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus and gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire.
• 325 – Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeds his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin dynasty.
• 457 – Majorian is acclaimed emperor by the Roman army.
• 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
• 528 – The daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei was made the "Emperor" as a male heir of the late emperor by Empress Dowager Hu, deposed and replaced by Yuan Zhao the next day; she was the first female monarch in the History of China, but not widely recognised.
• 1293 – Robert Winchelsey leaves England for Rome, to be consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 1318 – Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by Scotland from England.
• 1340 – Niels Ebbesen kills Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark.
• 1545 – Potosí is founded after the discovery of huge silver deposits in the area.
• 1572 – In the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen capture Brielle from the Seventeen Provinces, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic.
• 1625 – A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
• 1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
• 1826 – Samuel Morey received a patent for a compressionless "Gas or Vapor Engine."
• 1833 – The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin
• 1854 – Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times begins serialisation in his magazine Household Words.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
• 1867 – Singapore becomes a British crown colony.
• 1871 – The first stage of the Brill Tramway opens.
• 1873 – The White Star steamer RMS Atlantic sinks off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in one of the worst marine disasters of the 19th century.
• 1887 – Mumbai Fire Brigade is established.
• 1889 – The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
• 1891 – The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
• 1893 – The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
• 1895 – The Indian Army is established.
• 1908 – The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
• 1918 – The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
• 1924 – Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
• 1924 – The Royal Canadian Air Force is formed.
• 1933 – The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
• 1935 – India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India is formed.
• 1936 – Odisha becomes a state in India.
• 1937 – Aden becomes a British crown colony.
• 1937 – Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain is bombed by German fascist forces, supporting Francoist Nationalists.
• 1937 – Royal New Zealand Air Force is Formed as an independent Air Force.
• 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
• 1941 – Fântâna Albă massacre: Between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
• 1941 – A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
• 1944 – Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
• 1945 – World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
• 1946 – The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
• 1946 – Formation of the Malayan Union.
• 1947 – Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.
• 1947 – The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• 1948 – Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
• 1948 – Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
• 1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 43 and 44 are adopted in response to growing violence in Mandatory Palestine.
• 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• 1949 – The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
• 1954 – United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
• 1955 – The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece.
• 1959 – Iakovos is enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America.
• 1960 – The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
• 1970 – President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.
• 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
• 1973 – Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, is launched in the Jim Corbett National Park, India.
• 1974 – The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
• 1976 – Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in Cupertino, California, USA.
• 1978 – The Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, becomes the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
• 1979 – Iran becomes an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah.
• 1986 – Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attack a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion.
• 1989 – Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland.
• 1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.^[1]
• 1999 – Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
• 2001 – An EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collides with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew makes an emergency landing in Hainan, China and is detained.
• 2001 – Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
• 2001 – Same-sex marriage becomes legal in the Netherlands, the first contemporary country to allow it.
• 2004 – Google announces Gmail to the public.
• 2011 – After protests against the burning of the Quran turn violent, a mob attacks a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
• 2016 – Nagorno-Karabakh clashes: The Four Day War or April War, began along the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact on April 1.

Births[edit]

• 1220 – Emperor Go-Saga of Japan (d. 1272)
• 1282 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1347)
• 1543 – François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières (d. 1626)
• 1578 – William Harvey, English physician and academic (d. 1657)
• 1610 – Charles de Saint-Évremond, French soldier and critic (d. 1703)
• 1629 – Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, French organist and composer (d. 1691)
• 1640 – Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and academic (d. 1697)
• 1647 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (d. 1680)
• 1697 – Antoine François Prévost, French novelist and translator (d. 1763)
• 1721 – Pieter Hellendaal, Dutch-English organist, violinist, and composer (d. 1799)
• 1741 – George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (d. 1825)
• 1753 – Joseph de Maistre, French philosopher, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1821)
• 1755 – Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, French lawyer and politician (d. 1826)
• 1765 – Luigi Schiavonetti, Italian engraver and etcher (d. 1810)
• 1776 – Sophie Germain, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1831)
• 1815 – Otto von Bismarck, German lawyer and politician, 1st Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1898)
• 1815 – Edward Clark, American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of Texas (d. 1880)
• 1823 – Simon Bolivar Buckner, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Kentucky (d. 1891)
• 1824 – Louis-Zéphirin Moreau, Canadian bishop (d. 1901)
• 1834 – James Fisk, American businessman (d. 1872)
• 1852 – Edwin Austin Abbey, American painter and illustrator (d. 1911)
• 1856 – Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933)
• 1865 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1929)
• 1866 – William Blomfield, New Zealand cartoonist and politician (d. 1938)
• 1866 – Ferruccio Busoni, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1924)
• 1866 – Ève Lavallière, French actress (d. 1929)
• 1868 – Edmond Rostand, French poet and playwright (d. 1918)
• 1868 – Walter Mead, English cricketer (d. 1954)
• 1871 – F. Melius Christiansen, Norwegian-American violinist and conductor (d. 1955)
• 1873 – Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1943)
• 1874 – Ernest Barnes, English mathematician and theologian (d. 1953)
• 1874 – Prince Karl of Bavaria (d. 1927)
• 1875 – Edgar Wallace, English journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1932)
• 1878 – C. Ganesha Iyer, Ceylon Tamil philologist (d. 1958)
• 1879 – Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (d. 1967)
• 1883 – Lon Chaney, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1930)
• 1883 – Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (d. 1976)
• 1883 – Laurette Taylor, American actress (d. 1946)
• 1885 – Wallace Beery, American actor (d. 1949)
• 1885 – Clementine Churchill, English wife of Winston Churchill (d. 1977)
• 1889 – K. B. Hedgewar, Indian physician and activist (d. 1940)
• 1893 – Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress (d. 1980)
• 1895 – Alberta Hunter, American singer-songwriter and nurse (d. 1984)
• 1898 – William James Sidis, American mathematician, anthropologist, and historian (d. 1944)
• 1899 – Gustavs Celmiņš, Latvian academic and politician (d. 1968)
• 1901 – Whittaker Chambers, American journalist and spy (d. 1961)
• 1905 – Gaston Eyskens, Belgian economist and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Paul Hasluck, Australian historian, poet, and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1993)
• 1906 – Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Russian engineer, founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau (d. 1989)
• 1907 – Shivakumara Swami, Indian religious leader and philanthropist
• 1908 – Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (d. 1970)
• 1908 – Harlow Rothert, American shot putter, lawyer, and academic (d. 1997)
• 1909 – Abner Biberman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1909 – Eddy Duchin, American pianist and bandleader (d. 1951)
• 1910 – Harry Carney, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1974)
• 1910 – Bob Van Osdel, American high jumper and soldier (d. 1987)
• 1912 – Donald Nyrop, American businessman (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Memos Makris, Greek sculptor (d. 1993)
• 1915 – O. W. Fischer, Austrian-Swiss actor and director (d. 2004)
• 1916 – Sheila May Edmonds, British mathematician (d. 2002)
• 1917 – Sheldon Mayer, American author and illustrator (d. 1991)
• 1917 – Sydney Newman, Canadian screenwriter and producer, co-created Doctor Who (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Harry Lewis, American actor and businessman (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Toshiro Mifune, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
• 1921 – William Bergsma, American composer and educator (d. 1994)
• 1921 – Ken Reardon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, American guitarist, fiddler, and composer (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Duke Jordan, American pianist and composer (d. 2006)
• 1922 – William Manchester, American historian and author (d. 2004)
• 1923 – Leora Dana, American actress (d. 1983)
• 1923 – Bobby Jordan, American actor (d. 1965)
• 1924 – Brendan Byrne, American lieutenant, judge, and politician, 47th Governor of New Jersey
• 1925 – Kathy Stobart, English saxophonist (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Charles Bressler, American tenor and educator (d. 1996)
• 1926 – Gérard La Forest, Canadian lawyer and judge
• 1926 – Anne McCaffrey, American-Irish author (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager
• 1927 – Peter Cundall, English-Australian soldier, horticulturist, and author
• 1927 – Amos Milburn, American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980)
• 1927 – Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
• 1928 – George Grizzard, American actor (d. 2007)
• 1929 – Barbara Bryne, English actress
• 1929 – Jonathan Haze, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager
• 1929 – Milan Kundera, Czech-born novelist, poet, and playwright
• 1929 – Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Jane Powell, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1929 – Bo Schembechler, American football player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1930 – Grace Lee Whitney, American actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1931 – George Baker, Bulgarian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Rolf Hochhuth, German author and playwright
• 1932 – Gordon Jump, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Debbie Reynolds, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2016)
• 1933 – Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1933 – Dan Flavin, American sculptor and educator (d. 1996)
• 1934 – Jim Ed Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
• 1934 – Rod Kanehl, American baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
• 1934 – Marie Patterson, English trade union leader
• 1934 – Vladimir Posner, French-American journalist and radio host
• 1935 – Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (d. 1983)
• 1936 – Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1936 – Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician, 80th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1998)
• 1936 – Tarun Gogoi, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam
• 1936 – Abdul Qadeer Khan, Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer
• 1939 – Rudolph Isley, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
• 1939 – Ali MacGraw, American actress
• 1939 – Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager
• 1940 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
• 1941 – Gideon Gadot, Israeli journalist and politician (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Guy Trottier, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1941 – Ajit Wadekar, Indian cricketer, coach, and manager
• 1942 – Brian Binley, English businessman and politician
• 1942 – Samuel R. Delany, American author and critic
• 1942 – Roderick Floud, English historian and academic
• 1942 – Richard D. Wolff, American economist and academic
• 1943 – Carol White, English actress (d. 1991)
• 1943 – Dafydd Wigley, Welsh academic and politician
• 1944 – Rusty Staub, American baseball player and coach
• 1945 – John Barbata, American drummer
• 1946 – Nikitas Kaklamanis, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Health and Social Security
• 1946 – Ronnie Lane, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1997)
• 1946 – Eva Polttila, Finnish journalist
• 1946 – Arrigo Sacchi, Italian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1947 – Alain Connes, French mathematician and academic
• 1947 – Philippe Kirsch, Canadian lawyer and judge
• 1947 – Francine Prose, American novelist, short story writer, and critic
• 1947 – Robin Scott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2009)
• 1948 – Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican singer and musician
• 1948 – Paul Myners, Baron Myners, English journalist and politician
• 1948 – J. J. Williams, Welsh rugby player and sprinter
• 1949 – Gérard Mestrallet, French businessman
• 1949 – Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• 1949 – Gil Scott-Heron, American singer-songwriter and author (d. 2011)
• 1950 – Samuel Alito, American lawyer and jurist
• 1950 – Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Daniel Paillé, Canadian academic and politician
• 1951 – John Abizaid, American general
• 1951 – Kay Davies, English geneticist, anatomist, and academic
• 1951 – Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky (d. 2014)
• 1952 – Annette O'Toole, American actress
• 1952 – Rey Robinson, American sprinter and coach
• 1952 – Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher and academic
• 1953 – Barry Sonnenfeld, American cinematographer, director, and producer
• 1953 – Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1954 – Üllar Kerde, Estonian basketball player and coach
• 1954 – Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 1992)
• 1954 – Knut Værnes, Norwegian guitarist
• 1954 – Arnold Sidebottom, English footballer and cricketer
• 1955 – Sal Brinton, English politician
• 1955 – Don Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster
• 1955 – İlhan İrem, Turkish singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan
• 1955 – Terry Nichols, American criminal
• 1956 – Jeffrey Beecroft, American production designer and art director
• 1957 – David Gower, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 – Stephen O'Brien, English lawyer and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• 1958 – D. Boon, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
• 1958 – Stephen O'Rahilly, Irish-British physician and academic
• 1959 – Helmuth Duckadam, Romanian footballer
• 1959 – Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (d. 2002)
• 1960 – J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (d. 2012)
• 1961 – Susan Boyle, Scottish singer
• 1961 – Mark White, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Mark Shulman, American author
• 1962 – Chris Grayling, English journalist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• 1962 – Samboy Lim, Filipino basketball player and manager
• 1962 – Phillip Schofield, English television host
• 1963 – Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (d. 1988)
• 1963 – Aprille Ericsson-Jackson American aerospace engineer
• 1964 – Erik Breukink, Dutch cyclist and manager
• 1964 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (d. 2008)
• 1964 – John Morris, English cricketer
• 1964 – José Rodrigues dos Santos, Portuguese journalist, author, and educator
• 1965 – Jane Adams, American film, television, and stage actress
• 1965 – Mark Jackson, American basketball player and coach
• 1965 – Robert Steadman, English composer and conductor
• 1966 – Chris Evans, English radio and television host
• 1966 – Sharon Hodgson, English accountant and politician
• 1966 – Mehmet Özdilek, Turkish footballer and manager
• 1967 – Nicola Roxon, Australian lawyer and politician, 34th Attorney-General for Australia
• 1968 – Mike Baird, Australian politician, 44th Premier of New South Wales
• 1968 – Andreas Schnaas, German actor and director
• 1968 – Alexander Stubb, Finnish academic and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Finland
• 1969 – Lev Lobodin, Ukrainian-Russian decathlete
• 1969 – Dean Windass, English footballer and manager
• 1970 – Sung-Hi Lee, South Korean-American model and actress
• 1970 – Brad Meltzer, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1970 – Mark Wheeler, American football player
• 1971 – Sonia Bisset, Cuban javelin thrower
• 1971 – Karen Dunbar, Scottish actress and screenwriter
• 1971 – Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1971 – Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver
• 1971 – Danielle Smith, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1972 – Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Jesse Tobias, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1973 – Christian Finnegan, American comedian and actor
• 1973 – Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 1973 – Rachel Maddow, American journalist and author
• 1974 – John Glen, English politician
• 1974 – Hugo Ibarra, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1974 – Sandra Völker, German swimmer
• 1975 – George Bastl, Swiss tennis player
• 1975 – John Butler, American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1975 – Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1976 – Hazem El Masri, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and educator
• 1976 – David Gilliland, American race car driver
• 1976 – Gábor Király, Hungarian footballer
• 1976 – David Oyelowo, English actor
• 1976 – Clarence Seedorf, Dutch-Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Yuka Yoshida, Japanese tennis player
• 1977 – Vitor Belfort, Brazilian-American boxer and mixed martial artist
• 1977 – Haimar Zubeldia, Spanish cyclist
• 1978 – Antonio de Nigris, Mexican footballer (d. 2009)
• 1978 – Jean-Pierre Dumont, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Mirka Federer, Slovak-Swiss tennis player
• 1978 – Anamaria Marinca, Romanian-English actress
• 1978 – Etan Thomas, American basketball player
• 1980 – Dennis Kruppke, German footballer
• 1980 – Randy Orton, American wrestler
• 1980 – Bijou Phillips, American actress and model
• 1981 – Antonis Fotsis, Greek basketball player
• 1981 – Bjørn Einar Romøren, Norwegian ski jumper
• 1982 – Taran Killam, American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer
• 1982 – Andreas Thorkildsen, Norwegian javelin thrower
• 1983 – John Axford, Canadian baseball player
• 1983 – Tamati Ellison, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Lance Hohaia, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
• 1983 – Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)
• 1984 – Gilberto Macena, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Daniel Murphy, American baseball player
• 1985 – Beth Tweddle, English gymnast
• 1986 – Hillary Scott, American country singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Gianluca Musacci, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Li Ting, Chinese diver
• 1987 – Oliver Turvey, English race car driver
• 1988 – Brook Lopez, American basketball player
• 1988 – Robin Lopez, American basketball player
• 1988 – Courtney McCool, American gymnast
• 1989 – Jan Blokhuijsen, Dutch speed skater
• 1989 – David N'Gog, French footballer
• 1989 – Christian Vietoris, German race car driver
• 1990 – Julia Fischer, German discus thrower
• 1992 – Deng Linlin, Chinese gymnast
• 1994 – Ella Eyre, English singer-songwriter
• 1997 – Álex Palou, Spanish racing driver
• 1997 – Asa Butterfield, English actor

Deaths[edit]

• 996 – Pope John XV
• 1085 – Emperor Shenzong of Song (b. 1048)
• 1132 – Hugh of Châteauneuf, French bishop and saint (b. 1053)
• 1204 – Eleanor of Aquitaine (b. 1122)
• 1205 – Amalric II of Jerusalem (b. 1145)
• 1431 – Nuno Álvares Pereira, Portuguese general and religious figure
• 1441 – Blanche I of Navarre, Queen of Navarre
• 1455 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (b. 1389)
• 1528 – Francisco de Peñalosa, Spanish composer (b. 1470)
• 1580 – Alonso Mudarra, Spanish guitarist and composer (b. 1510)
• 1621 – Cristofano Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1577)
• 1682 – Franz Egon of Fürstenberg, Bavarian bishop (b. 1625)
• 1787 – Floyer Sydenham, English scholar and academic (b. 1710)
• 1839 – Benjamin Pierce, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1757)
• 1865 – Giuditta Pasta, Italian soprano (b. 1797)
• 1872 – Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian and academic (b. 1805)
• 1878 – John C.W. Daly, English-Canadian soldier and politician (b. 1796)
• 1890 – David Wilber, American politician (b. 1820)
• 1890 – Alexander Mozhaysky, Russian soldier, pilot, and engineer (b. 1825)
• 1914 – Rube Waddell, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• 1914 – Charles Wells, English founder of Charles Wells Ltd (b. 1842)
• 1917 – Scott Joplin, American pianist and composer (b. 1868)
• 1920 – Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1922 – Charles I of Austria (b. 1887)
• 1922 – Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychologist and author (b. 1884)
• 1924 – Jacob Bolotin, American physician (b. 1888)
• 1924 – Lloyd Hildebrand, English cyclist (b. 1870)
• 1924 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (b. 1876)
• 1946 – Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 – George II of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 – Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 – Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1962 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 – Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 – Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1967 – Đặng Văn Ngữ, Vietnamese physician (b. 1910)
• 1968 – Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 – Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 – Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)
• 1984 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1984 – Elizabeth Goudge, English author (b. 1900)
• 1985 – Douglass Wallop, American author and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1986 – Erik Bruhn, Danish actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 1987 – Henri Cochet, French tennis player (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1894)
• 1991 – Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician (b. 1946)
• 1992 – Michael Havers, Baron Havers, English lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1923)
• 1992 – Nigel Preston, English drummer (b. 1959)
• 1993 – Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Robert Doisneau, French photographer (b. 1912)
• 1995 – H. Adams Carter, American mountaineer, journalist, and educator (b. 1914)
• 1995 – Lucie Rie, Austrian-English potter (b. 1902)
• 1996 – Jean Le Moyne, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1913)
• 1996 – John McSherry, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1944)
• 1997 – Norman Carr, English environmentalist and author (b. 1912)
• 1997 – Makar Honcharenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1963)
• 1999 – Jesse Stone, American pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1901)
• 2000 – Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, Scottish lawyer and judge (b. 1924)
• 2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player (b. 1908)
• 2001 – Ayhan Şahenk, Turkish businessman, founded Doğuş Holding (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Trịnh Công Sơn, Vietnamese guitarist and composer (b. 1939)
• 2002 – Simo Häyhä, Finnish soldier and sniper (b. 1905)
• 2003 – Leslie Cheung, Chinese-Hong Kong singer (b. 1956)
• 2004 – Paul Atkinson, English guitarist and producer (b. 1946)
• 2004 – Aaron Bank, American colonel, founded the US Army Special Forces (b. 1902)
• 2004 – Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager (b. 1952)
• 2004 – Carrie Snodgress, American actress (b. 1945)
• 2005 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (b 1925)
• 2005 – Alexander Brott, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Jack Keller, American songwriter and producer (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Robert Coldwell Wood, American political scientist and academic (b. 1923)
• 2006 – In Tam, Cambodian general and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1916)
• 2008 – Jake Warren, Canadian soldier and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States (b. 1921)
• 2010 – John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)
• 2010 – Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek soldier and politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Lionel Bowen, Australian soldier, lawyer, and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian-American soccer player and radio host (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican banker, academic, and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Jamaa Fanaka, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1942)
• 2012 – N. K. P. Salve, Indian accountant and politician (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (b. 1947)
• 2013 – David Burge, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Kildare Dobbs, Canadian author (b. 1923)
• 2013 – William H. Ginsburg, American lawyer (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Greg Willard, American basketball player and referee (b. 1958)
• 2014 – King Fleming, American pianist and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Rudolph Hargrave, American lawyer and judge (b. 1925)
• 2014 – Jacques Le Goff, French historian and author (b. 1924)
• 2014 – Andrew Joseph McDonald, American bishop (b. 1923)
• 2014 – Bill Mitchell, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Rolf Rendtorff, German theologian and academic (b. 1925)
• 2015 – John Paul Hammerschmidt, American soldier and politician (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Eddie LeBaron, American football player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Nicolae Rainea, Romanian footballer and referee (b. 1933)

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• 670 – The second Shia Imam Hassan ibn Ali passes away after being poisoned
• 1513 – Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León first sights land in what is now the United States state of Florida.
• 1755 – Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.
• 1792 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
• 1800 – Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
• 1801 – French Revolutionary Wars: The British capture the Danish fleet.
• 1851 – Rama IV is crowned King of Thailand.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
• 1865 – American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
• 1885 – Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
• 1900 – The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
• 1902 – Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, St Petersburg.
• 1902 – "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
• 1911 – The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
• 1912 – The ill-fated RMS Titanic begins sea trials.
• 1917 – World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
• 1921 – The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
• 1930 – After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
• 1956 – As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS-TV. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
• 1972 – Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
• 1973 – Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.
• 1975 – Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
• 1979 – A Soviet bio-warfare laboratory at Sverdlovsk accidentally releases airborne anthrax spores, killing 66 plus an unknown amount of livestock.
• 1980 – United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
• 1982 – Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
• 1986 – Alabama governor George Wallace, a former segregationist, best known for the "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door", announces that he will not seek a fifth four-year term and will retire from public life upon the end of his term in January 1987.
• 1989 – Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev arrives in Havana, Cuba, to meet with Fidel Castro in an attempt to mend strained relations.
• 1991 – Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
• 1992 – In New York, Mafia boss John Gotti is convicted of murder and racketeering and is later sentenced to life in prison.
• 1992 – Forty-two civilians were massacred in the town of Bijeljina.
• 2002 – Israeli forces surround the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem into which armed Palestinians had retreated.
• 2004 – Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
• 2006 – Over 60 tornadoes break out in the United States; Tennessee is hardest hit with 29 people killed.
• 2011 – India won the 2011 Cricket World Cup, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final in the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
• 2012 – A mass shooting at Oikos University in California leaves seven people dead and three injured.
• 2014 – A spree shooting occurs at the Fort Hood army base in Texas, with four dead, including the gunman, and 16 others injured.
• 2015 – Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.

Births[edit]

• 742 – Charlemagne, Frankish king (d. 814)
• 1348 – Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1385)
• 1473 – John Corvinus, Hungarian noble (d. 1504)
• 1545 – Elisabeth of Valois (d. 1568)
• 1565 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (d. 1599)
• 1618 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1663)
• 1647 – Maria Sibylla Merian, German-Dutch botanist and illustrator (d. 1717)
• 1653 – Prince George of Denmark (d. 1708)
• 1719 – Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
• 1725 – Giacomo Casanova, Italian explorer and author (d. 1798)
• 1788 – Francisco Balagtas, Filipino poet and author (d. 1862)
• 1788 – Wilhelmine Reichard, German balloonist (d. 1848)
• 1789 – Lucio Norberto Mansilla, Argentinian general and politician (d. 1871)
• 1792 – Francisco de Paula Santander, Colombian general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of the New Granada (d. 1840)
• 1798 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and academic (d. 1874)
• 1805 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1875)
• 1814 – Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American inventor (d. 1879)
• 1827 – William Holman Hunt, English soldier and painter (d. 1910)
• 1835 – Jacob Nash Victor, American engineer (d. 1907)
• 1838 – Léon Gambetta, French lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of France (d. 1882)
• 1840 – Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist (d. 1902)
• 1841 – Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (d. 1926)
• 1861 – Iván Persa, Slovenian priest and author (d. 1935)
• 1862 – Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1947)
• 1869 – Hughie Jennings, American baseball player and manager (d. 1928)
• 1875 – Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (d. 1940)
• 1875 – William Donne, English cricketer and captain (d. 1942)
• 1884 – J. C. Squire, English poet, author, and historian (d. 1958)
• 1891 – Jack Buchanan, Scottish entertainer (d. 1957)
• 1891 – Max Ernst, German painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 1976)
• 1891 – Tristão de Bragança Cunha, Indian nationalist and anti-colonial activist from Goa (d. 1958)
• 1896 – Johnny Golden, American golfer (d. 1936)
• 1898 – Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor and politician (d. 1990)
• 1900 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1942)
• 1900 – Anis Fuleihan, Cypriot-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1970)
• 1900 – Alfred Strange, English footballer (d. 1978)
• 1902 – Jan Tschichold, German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (d. 1974)
• 1903 – Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (d. 1987)
• 1906 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and educator (d. 1970)
• 1907 – Harald Andersson, American-Swedish discus thrower (d. 1985)
• 1907 – Luke Appling, American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Buddy Ebsen, American actor and dancer (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Paul Triquet, Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1980)
• 1910 – Chico Xavier, Brazilian spiritual medium (d. 2002)
• 1914 – Alec Guinness, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Delfo Cabrera, Argentinian runner and soldier (d. 1981)
• 1920 – Gerald Bouey, Canadian lieutenant and civil servant (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Jack Stokes, English animator and director (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Jack Webb, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1922 – John C. Whitehead, American banker and politician, 9th United States Deputy Secretary of State (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Gloria Henry, American actress
• 1923 – Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2015)
• 1923 – G. Spencer-Brown, English mathematician, psychologist, and author (d. 2016)
• 1924 – Bobby Ávila, Mexican baseball player (d. 2004)
• 1925 – George MacDonald Fraser, Scottish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Hans Rosenthal, German radio and television host (d. 1987)
• 1926 – Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (d. 2014)
• 1926 – Rudra Rajasingham, Sri Lankan police officer and diplomat (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Carmen Basilio, American boxer and soldier (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Rita Gam, American actress (d. 2016)
• 1927 – Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
• 1927 – Kenneth Tynan, English author and critic (d. 1980)
• 1928 – Joseph Bernardin, American cardinal (d. 1996)
• 1928 – Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (d. 1991)
• 1928 – Roy Masters, English-American radio host
• 1928 – David Robinson, Northern Irish horticulturist and academic (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Ed Dorn, American poet and educator (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor
• 1931 – Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian javelin thrower (d. 1986)
• 1932 – Edward Egan, American cardinal (d. 2015)
• 1933 – György Konrád, Hungarian sociologist and author
• 1934 – Paul Cohen, American mathematician and theorist (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Brian Glover, English wrestler and actor (d. 1997)
• 1934 – Carl Kasell, American journalist and game show host
• 1934 – Richard Portman, American sound engineer (d. 2017)
• 1936 – Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker and engineer
• 1937 – Dick Radatz, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1938 – John Larsson, Swedish 17th General of The Salvation Army
• 1938 – Booker Little, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1961)
• 1938 – Al Weis, American baseball player
• 1939 – Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
• 1939 – Anthony Lake, American academic and diplomat, 18th United States National Security Advisor
• 1939 – Lise Thibault, Canadian journalist and politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 1940 – Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1940 – Mike Hailwood, English motorcycle racer (d. 1981)
• 1940 – Penelope Keith, English actress
• 1941 – Dr. Demento, American radio host
• 1941 – Sonny Throckmorton, American country singer-songwriter
• 1942 – Leon Russell, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2016)
• 1942 – Roshan Seth, Indian-English actor
• 1943 – Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce, South African-English admiral and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
• 1943 – Caterina Bueno, Italian singer (d. 2007)
• 1943 – Larry Coryell, American jazz guitarist (d. 2017)
• 1943 – Antonio Sabàto, Sr., Italian actor
• 1944 – Bill Malinchak, American football player
• 1945 – Jürgen Drews, German singer-songwriter
• 1945 – Guy Fréquelin, French race car driver
• 1945 – Linda Hunt, American actress
• 1945 – Reggie Smith, American baseball player and coach
• 1945 – Don Sutton, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1945 – Anne Waldman, American poet
• 1946 – Richard Collinge, New Zealand cricketer
• 1946 – David Heyes, English politician
• 1946 – Sue Townsend, English author and playwright (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Kurt Winter, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)
• 1947 – Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Tua Forsström, Finnish writer
• 1947 – Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 – Camille Paglia, American author and critic
• 1948 – Roald Als, Danish author and illustrator
• 1948 – Dimitris Mitropanos, Greek singer (d. 2012)
• 1948 – Daniel Okrent, American journalist and author
• 1948 – Joan D. Vinge, American author
• 1949 – Paul Gambaccini, American-English radio and television host
• 1949 – Bernd Müller, German footballer
• 1949 – Pamela Reed, American actress
• 1949 – David Robinson, American drummer
• 1950 – Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
• 1951 – Ayako Okamoto, Japanese golfer
• 1952 – Lennart Fagerlund, Swedish cyclist
• 1952 – Will Hoy, English race car driver (d. 2002)
• 1952 – Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1953 – Jim Allister, Northern Irish lawyer and politician
• 1953 – James Vance, American author and playwright
• 1954 – Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 – Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1954 – Donald Petrie, American actor and director
• 1955 – Michael Stone, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary
• 1957 – Caroline Dean, English biologist and academic
• 1958 – Stefano Bettarello, Italian rugby player
• 1958 – Larry Drew, American basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Gelindo Bordin, Italian runner
• 1959 – David Frankel, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver
• 1959 – Yves Lavandier, French director and producer
• 1959 – Badou Ezzaki, Moroccan footballer and manager
• 1960 – Linford Christie, Jamaican-English sprinter
• 1960 – Brad Jones, Australian race car driver
• 1960 – Pascale Nadeau, Canadian journalist
• 1961 – Buddy Jewell, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Christopher Meloni, American actor
• 1961 – Keren Woodward, English singer-songwriter
• 1962 – Pierre Carles, French director and producer
• 1962 – Billy Dean, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Clark Gregg, American actor
• 1963 – Karl Beattie, English director and producer
• 1963 – Mike Gascoyne, English engineer
• 1964 – Pete Incaviglia, American baseball player and coach
• 1964 – Jonathon Sharkey, American wrestler
• 1965 – Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (d. 2012)
• 1966 – Bill Romanowski, American football player and actor
• 1966 – Teddy Sheringham, English footballer and coach
• 1967 – Greg Camp, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist
• 1967 – Phil Demmel, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1969 – Ajay Devgan, Indian actor, director, and producer
• 1971 – Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto, Brazilian footballer
• 1971 – Jason Lewry, English cricketer
• 1971 – Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Remo D'Souza, Indian choreographer and dancer
• 1972 – Calvin Davis, American sprinter and hurdler
• 1972 – Zane Lamprey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Dmitry Lipartov, Russian footballer
• 1973 – Roselyn Sánchez, Puerto Rican-American actress
• 1973 – Aleksejs Semjonovs, Latvian footballer
• 1974 – Tayfun Korkut, Turkish football manager and former player
• 1975 – Randy Livingston, American basketball player
• 1975 – Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
• 1976 – Andreas Anastasopoulos, Greek shot putter
• 1976 – Rory Sabbatini, South African golfer
• 1977 – Jelena Abbou, Serbian-American model and personal trainer
• 1977 – Per Elofsson, Swedish skier
• 1977 – Michael Fassbender, German-Irish actor and producer
• 1977 – Hanno Pevkur, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of Justice
• 1978 – Scott Lynch, American author
• 1978 – Ethan Smith, American actor, director, and producer
• 1979 – Jesse Carmichael, American keyboard player
• 1980 – Adam Fleming, Scottish journalist
• 1980 – Gavin Heffernan, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1980 – Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (d. 2004)
• 1980 – Wairangi Koopu, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1980 – Carlos Salcido, Mexican footballer
• 1981 – Michael Clarke, Australian cricketer
• 1981 – Kapil Sharma, Indian stand-up comedian, television presenter and actor
• 1982 – Marco Amelia, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Jeremy Bloom, American football player and skier
• 1982 – Jack Evans, American wrestler
• 1982 – David Ferrer, Spanish tennis player
• 1983 – Yung Joc, American rapper
• 1983 – Maksym Mazuryk, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• 1984 – Engin Atsür, Turkish basketball player
• 1984 – Nóra Barta, Hungarian diver
• 1984 – Jérémy Morel, French footballer
• 1985 – Thom Evans, Zimbabwean-Scottish rugby player
• 1985 – Stéphane Lambiel, Swiss figure skater
• 1986 – Ibrahim Afellay, Dutch footballer
• 1986 – Andris Biedriņš, Latvian basketball player
• 1986 – Lee DeWyze, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Pablo Aguilar, Paraguayan footballer
• 1987 – Marc Pugh, English footballer
• 1990 – Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Russian gymnast
• 1990 – Miralem Pjanić, Bosnian footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 870 – Æbbe the Younger, Frankish abbess
• 872 – Muflih al-Turki, Turkish general
• 1118 – Baldwin I of Jerusalem (b. 1058)
• 1244 – Henrik Harpestræng, Danish botanical and medical author
• 1272 – Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English husband of Sanchia of Provence (b. 1209)
• 1335 – Henry of Bohemia (b. 1265)
• 1412 – Ruy González de Clavijo, Spanish explorer and author
• 1416 – King Ferdinand I of Aragon (b. 1379)
• 1502 – Arthur, Prince of Wales (b. 1486)
• 1507 – Francis of Paola, Italian friar and saint, founded the Order of the Minims (b. 1416)
• 1640 – Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, Polish author and poet (b. 1595)
• 1657 – Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1608)
• 1657 – Jean-Jacques Olier, French priest, founded the Society of Saint-Sulpice (b. 1608)
• 1672 – Pedro Calungsod, Filipino missionary and saint (b. 1654)
• 1672 – Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (b. 1627)
• 1720 – Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1647)
• 1742 – James Douglas, Scottish physician and anatomist (b. 1675)
• 1747 – Johann Jacob Dillenius, German-English botanist and mycologist (b. 1684)
• 1754 – Thomas Carte, English historian and author (b. 1686)
• 1787 – Thomas Gage, English general and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1719)
• 1791 – Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician (b. 1749)
• 1801 – Thomas Dadford, Jr., English engineer (b. 1761)
• 1803 – Sir James Montgomery, 1st Baronet, Scottish judge and politician (b. 1721)
• 1817 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author and academic (b. 1740)
• 1827 – Ludwig Heinrich Bojanus, German physician and educator (b. 1776)
• 1845 – Philip Charles Durham, Scottish admiral and politician (b. 1763)
• 1865 – A. P. Hill, American general (b. 1825)
• 1872 – Samuel Morse, American painter and academic, invented the Morse code (b. 1791)
• 1891 – Albert Pike, American lawyer and general (b. 1809)
• 1891 – Ahmed Vefik Pasha, Greek playwright and politician, 249th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1823)
• 1894 – Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (b. 1803)
• 1896 – Theodore Robinson, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1914 – Paul Heyse, German author, poet, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
• 1917 – Bryn Lewis, Welsh international rugby player (b.1891)
• 1923 – Topal Osman, Turkish colonel (b. 1883)
• 1928 – Theodore William Richards, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1930 – Zewditu I of Ethiopia (b. 1876)
• 1933 – Ranjitsinhji, Indian cricketer (b. 1872)
• 1936 – Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 1942 – Édouard Estaunié, French novelist (b. 1862)
• 1948 – Sabahattin Ali, Turkish journalist, author, and poet (b. 1907)
• 1953 – Hugo Sperrle, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1966 – C. S. Forester, English novelist (b. 1899)
• 1972 – Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
• 1972 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist and educator (b. 1887)
• 1974 – Georges Pompidou, French banker and politician, 19th President of France (b. 1911)
• 1977 – Walter Wolf, German academic and politician (b. 1907)
• 1987 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1917)
• 1989 – Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (b. 1939)
• 1992 – Juanito, Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1954)
• 1992 – Jan van Aartsen, Dutch politician (b. 1909)
• 1994 – Betty Furness, American actress, consumer advocate, game show panelist, television journalist and television personality (b. 1916)
• 1995 – Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1997 – Tomoyuki Tanaka, Japanese director and producer (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Rob Pilatus, American-German singer-songwriter (b. 1965)
• 2001 – Charles Daudelin, Canadian sculptor and painter (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Levi Celerio, Filipino composer and songwriter (b. 1910)
• 2002 – John R. Pierce, American engineer and author (b. 1910)
• 2003 – Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 2004 – John Argyris, Greek computer scientist, engineer, and academic (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Pope John Paul II (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Lloyd Searwar, Guyanese anthologist and diplomat (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Henry L. Giclas, American astronomer and academic (b. 1910)
• 2008 – Yakup Satar, Turkish World War I veteran(b. 1898)
• 2009 – Albert Sanschagrin, Canadian bishop (b. 1911)
• 2009 – Bud Shank, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Chris Kanyon, American wrestler (b. 1970)
• 2011 – John C. Haas, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Jesús Aguilarte, Venezuelan captain and politician (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Elizabeth Catlett, American-Mexican sculptor and illustrator (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Mauricio Lasansky, American graphic designer and academic (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Fred, French author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Milo O'Shea, Irish-American actor (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Maria Redaelli, Italian super-centenarian (b. 1899)
• 2014 – Glyn Jones, South African actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Urs Widmer, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1938)
• 2015 – Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 2015 – Robert H. Schuller, American pastor and author (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Steve Stevaert, Belgian businessman and politician, Governor of Limburg (b. 1954)
• 2016 – Gallieno Ferri, Italian comic book artist and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 2016 – Robert Abajyan, Armenian sergeant (b. 1996)

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Οι 5 πιο συναρπαστικές ταινίες τρόμου 

των τελευταίων δέκα ετών

5.YOU ‘RE NEXT (2011)

Η ταινία επικεντρώνεται σε μια οικογένεια που κάνει «reunion» στο εξοχικό της σπίτι καλώντας όλα τα μέλη της μαζί με τους συνοδούς τους. Όταν μια σπείρα μασκοφόρων δολοφόνων εισβάλλει στο σπίτι με φονικές διαθέσεις, ένας από τους καλεσμένους της οικογένειας αποδεικνύεται πολύ πιο δεινός δολοφόνος ανταποδίδοντας τα χτυπήματα στους μασκοφόρους.

4.THE STRANGERS (2008)

Η Κρίστεν και ο Τζέιμς καταφθάνουν στο απομονωμένο εξοχικό σπίτι των γονιών του Τζέιμς, αναζητώντας λίγες στιγμές ηρεμίας και ξεκούρασης. Δεν γνωρίζουν όμως ότι πρόκειται να ζήσουν την πιο εφιαλτική νύχτα της ζωής τους, όταν τρεις μεταμφιεσμένοι άγνωστοι κάνουν την εμφάνισή τους έξω από το σπίτι και αρχίζουν να τρομοκρατούν το ζευγάρι.

3.CABIN IN THE WOODS (2012)

Μια ανέμελη παρέα πέντε φίλων από το κολέγιο πάει εκδρομή το Σαββατοκύριακο σ’ ένα μικρό σπίτι κάπου στο δάσος. Τα φιλαράκια επιδεικνύουν την κλασική αφελή συμπεριφορά θύματος και μια παρέλαση τρομαχτικών και υπερφυσικών πλασμάτων ξεκινάει πανηγυρικά. Ως εδώ, μοιάζει με κάτι που έχετε ξαναδεί. Ετοιμαστείτε να αναθεωρήσετε...

2.SINISTER (2012)

Το εύρημα ενός βίντεο βοηθάει έναν αστυνομικό μυθιστοριογράφο να διαπιστώσει πώς και γιατί μια οικογένεια δολοφονήθηκε στο νέο της σπίτι. Σκηνές που είναι ικανές να σε στοιχειώσουν από το πρώτο δευτερόλεπτο της ταινίας αλλά και αγωνία σε ένα από τα πιο καθηλωτικά δίωρα που έχουμε περάσει.

1.THE CONJURING (2013)

Οι διεθνούς φήμης ερευνητές μεταφυσικών γεγονότων, Εντ και Λορέιν Γουόρεν, επιστρέφουν µε μια νέα τρομακτική υπόθεση. Για όσους δεν το έχουν δει, μια από τις καλύτερες ταινίες τρόμου των τελευταίων ετών.

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