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• 495 BC – A newly constructed temple in honour of the god Mercury was dedicated in ancient Rome on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills. To spite the senate and the consuls, the people awarded the dedication to a senior military officer, Marcus Laetorius.
• 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
• 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbogast. He is found hanging in his residence at Vienne.
• 589 – King Authari marries Theodelinda, daughter of the Bavarian duke Garibald I. A Catholic, she has great influence among the Lombard nobility.
• 908 – The three-year-old Constantine VII, the son of Emperor Leo VI the Wise, is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire by Patriarch Euthymius I at Constantinople.
• 1252 – Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull ad extirpanda, which authorizes, but also limits, the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition.
• 1525 – Insurgent peasants led by Anabaptist pastor Thomas Müntzer were defeated at the Battle of Frankenhausen, ending the German Peasants' War in the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest; she is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
• 1567 – Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, her third husband.
• 1618 – Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).
• 1648 – The Treaty of Westphalia is signed.
• 1718 – James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
• 1730 – Robert Walpole effectively became the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• 1776 – American Revolution: The Fifth Virginia Convention instructs its Continental Congress delegation to propose a resolution of independence from Great Britain, paving the way for the United States Declaration of Independence.
• 1791 – French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre proposes the Self-denying Ordinance.
• 1792 – War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
• 1793 – Diego Marín Aguilera flies a glider for "about 360 meters", at a height of 5–6 meters, during one of the first attempted manned flights.
• 1796 – War of the First Coalition: Napoleon enters Milan in triumph.
• 1800 – King George III of the United Kingdom survives an assassination attempt by James Hadfield, who is later acquitted by reason of insanity.
• 1811 – Paraguay declares independence from Spain.
• 1817 – Opening of the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason (now Friends Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).
• 1836 – Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
• 1848 – Serfdom is abolished in the Habsburg Galicia, as a result of the 1848 revolutions. The rest of monarchy followed later in the year.
• 1849 – Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily.
• 1850 – The Bloody Island massacre takes place in Lake County, California, in which a large number of Pomo Indians are slaughtered by a regiment of the United States Cavalry.
• 1850 – The Arana–Southern Treaty is ratified, ending "the existing differences" between Great Britain and Argentina.
• 1851 – The first Australian gold rush is proclaimed, although the discovery had been made three months earlier.
• 1858 – Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
• 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute fight alongside the Confederate Army to force Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
• 1869 – Women's suffrage: In New York, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association.
• 1891 – Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
• 1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
• 1905 – Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
• 1911 – In Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, the United States Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under the Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be broken up.
• 1911 – More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
• 1919 – The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
• 1919 – Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
• 1925 – Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
• 1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• 1929 – A fire at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio kills 123.
• 1932 – In an attempted coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is assassinated.
• 1933 – All military aviation organizations within, or under the control of, the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner, to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
• 1934 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
• 1940 – USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
• 1940 – World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.
• 1940 – McDonald's opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino, California.
• 1941 – First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft.
• 1941 – Joe DiMaggio begins a 56-game hitting streak.
• 1942 – World War II: In the United States, a bill creating the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is signed into law.
• 1943 – Joseph Stalin dissolves the Comintern (or Third International).
• 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Poljana, the final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia.
• 1948 – Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia invade Israel thus starting the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
• 1957 – At Malden Island in the Pacific Ocean, Britain tests its first hydrogen bomb in Operation Grapple.
• 1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
• 1960 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
• 1963 – Project Mercury: The launch of the final Mercury mission, Mercury-Atlas 9 with astronaut Gordon Cooper on board. He becomes the first American to spend more than a day in space, and the last American to go into space alone.
• 1966 – After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command.
• 1969 – People's Park: California Governor Ronald Reagan has an impromptu student park owned by the University of California at Berkeley fenced off from student anti-war protestors, sparking a riot.
• 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army generals.
• 1970 – Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
• 1972 – Ryukyu Islands, under U.S. military governance since its conquest in 1945, hand over to Japanese control.
• 1972 – In Laurel, Maryland, Arthur Bremer shoots and paralyzes Alabama Governor George Wallace while he is campaigning to become President.
• 1974 – Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
• 1987 – The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit.
• 1988 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: After more than eight years of fighting, the Soviet Army begins to withdraw 115,000 troops from Afghanistan.
• 1991 – Édith Cresson becomes France's first female premier.
• 1997 – The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
• 2004 – Arsenal F.C. go an entire league campaign unbeaten in the English First Division, joining Preston North End F.C with the right to claim the title The Invincibles
• 2008 – California becomes the second U.S. state after Massachusetts in 2004 to legalize same-sex marriage after the state's own Supreme Court rules a previous ban unconstitutional.
• 2010 – Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo.
• 2013 – An upsurge in violence in Iraq leaves more than 389 people dead over three days.

Births[edit]

• 1397 – Sejong the Great, Korean king (d. 1450)
• 1531 – Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (d. 1581)
• 1567 – Claudio Monteverdi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1643)
• 1608 – René Goupil, French-American missionary and saint (d. 1642)
• 1689 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author and playwright (d. 1762)
• 1720 – Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer (d. 1792)
• 1749 – Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General (d. 1820)
• 1759 – Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1824)
• 1764 – Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, German organist and composer (d. 1827)
• 1767 – Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1843)
• 1773 – Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (d. 1859)
• 1786 – Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician (d. 1864)
• 1808 – Michael William Balfe, Irish composer and conductor (d. 1870)
• 1817 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1905)
• 1841 – Clarence Dutton, American commander and geologist (d. 1912)
• 1848 – Viktor Vasnetsov, Russian painter and illustrator (d. 1926)
• 1854 – Ioannis Psycharis, Ukrainian-French philologist and author (d. 1929)
• 1856 – L. Frank Baum, American novelist (d. 1919)
• 1856 – Matthias Zurbriggen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 1917)
• 1857 – Williamina Fleming, Scottish-American astronomer and academic (d. 1911)
• 1859 – Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
• 1862 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian author and playwright (d. 1931)
• 1863 – Frank Hornby, English businessman and politician, invented Meccano (d. 1936)
• 1869 – Paul Probst, Swiss target shooter (d. 1945)
• 1869 – John Storey, Australian politician, 20th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1921)
• 1890 – Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (d. 1980)
• 1891 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (d. 1940)
• 1891 – Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (d. 1971)
• 1892 – Charles E. Rosendahl, American admiral (d. 1977)
• 1892 – Jimmy Wilde, Welsh boxer (d. 1969)
• 1894 – Feg Murray, American hurdler and cartoonist (d. 1973)
• 1895 – Prescott Bush, American captain, banker, and politician (d. 1972)
• 1895 – William D. Byron, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1941)
• 1898 – Arletty, French model, actress, and singer (d. 1992)
• 1899 – Jean Étienne Valluy, French general (d. 1970)
• 1900 – Ida Rhodes, American mathematician (d. 1986)
• 1901 – Xavier Herbert, Australian author (d. 1984)
• 1901 – Luis Monti, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1983)
• 1902 – Richard J. Daley, American lawyer and politician, 48th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1976)
• 1903 – Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (d. 1998)
• 1904 – Clifton Fadiman, American game show host and author (d. 1999)
• 1905 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1905 – Abraham Zapruder, American businessman and amateur photographer, filmed the Zapruder film (d. 1970)
• 1907 – Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (d. 1931)
• 1909 – James Mason, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
• 1909 – Clara Solovera, Chilean singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
• 1910 – Constance Cummings, British-based American actress (d. 2005)
• 1911 – Max Frisch, Swiss playwright and novelist (d. 1991)
• 1911 – Herta Oberheuser, German physician (d. 1978)
• 1912 – Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (d. 2003)
• 1914 – Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972)
• 1914 – Angus MacLean, Canadian farmer and politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Norrie Paramor, English composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1979)
• 1915 – Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (d. 2006)
• 1915 – Paul Samuelson, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Henrik Sandberg, Danish production manager and producer (d. 1993)
• 1916 – Vera Gebuhr, Danish actress (d. 2014)
• 1918 – Eddy Arnold, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (d. 2015)
• 1918 – Joseph Wiseman, Canadian-American actor (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter (d. 1985)
• 1920 – Louis Siminovitch, Canadian biologist and academic
• 1922 – Sigurd Ottovich Schmidt, Russian historian and ethnographer (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Jakucho Setouchi, Japanese nun and author
• 1923 – Richard Avedon, American sailor and photographer (d. 2004)
• 1923 – John Lanchbery, English-Australian composer and conductor (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1971)
• 1925 – Andrei Eshpai, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Mary F. Lyon, English geneticist and biologist (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Carl Sanders, American soldier, pilot, and politician, 74th Governor of Georgia (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Roy Stewart, Jamaican-English actor and stuntman (d. 2008)
• 1926 – Clermont Pépin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Anthony Shaffer, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1926 – Peter Shaffer, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2016)
• 1930 – Jasper Johns, American painter and sculptor
• 1931 – Ken Venturi, Ameerican golfer and sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 1935 – Don Bragg, American pole vaulter
• 1935 – Ted Dexter, Italian-English cricketer
• 1935 – Utah Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008)
• 1936 – Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer
• 1936 – Mart Laga, Estonian basketball player (d. 1977)
• 1936 – Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator
• 1936 – Paul Zindel, American playwright and novelist (d. 2003)
• 1937 – Madeleine Albright, Czech-American politician and diplomat, 64th United States Secretary of State
• 1937 – Karin Krog, Norwegian singer
• 1937 – Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor
• 1938 – Mireille Darc, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1938 – Nancy Garden, American author (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Dorothy Shirley, English high jumper and educator
• 1940 – Roger Ailes, American businessman
• 1940 – Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer
• 1940 – Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach
• 1941 – Jaxon, American illustrator and publisher, co-founded the Rip Off Press (d. 2006)
• 1942 – Lois Johnson, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Jusuf Kalla, Indonesian businessman and politician, 10th Vice President of Indonesia
• 1942 – Doug Lowe, Australian politician, 35th Premier of Tasmania
• 1942 – K. T. Oslin, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1943 – Paul Bégin, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 1943 – Freddie Perren, American songwriter, producer, and conductor (d. 2004)
• 1944 – Bill Alter, American police officer and politician
• 1944 – Ulrich Beck, German sociologist and academic (d. 2015)
• 1945 – Michael Dexter, English hematologist and academic
• 1945 – Jerry Quarry, American boxer (d. 1999)
• 1946 – Thadeus Nguyễn Văn Lý, Vietnamese priest and activist
• 1947 – Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
• 1948 – Yutaka Enatsu, Japanese baseball player
• 1948 – Brian Eno, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 1948 – Kathleen Sebelius, American politician, 44th Governor of Kansas
• 1949 – Frank L. Culbertson Jr., American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1949 – Robert S.J. Sparks, English geologist and academic
• 1950 – Jim Bacon, Australian politician, 41st Premier of Tasmania (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Jim Simons, American golfer (d. 2005)
• 1951 – Dennis Frederiksen, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1951 – Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic
• 1951 – Frank Wilczek, American mathematician and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 – Chazz Palminteri, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 – George Brett, American baseball player and coach
• 1953 – Athene Donald, English physicist and academic
• 1953 – Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 – Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic
• 1954 – Caroline Thomson, English journalist and broadcaster
• 1955 – Mohamed Brahmi, Tunisian politician (d. 2013)
• 1955 – Lia Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and politician
• 1956 – Andreas Loverdos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Labour
• 1956 – Dan Patrick, American television anchor and sportscaster
• 1957 – Meg Gardiner, American-English author and academic
• 1957 – Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician
• 1957 – Kevin Von Erich, American football player and wrestler
• 1958 – Jason Graae, American musical theater actor
• 1958 – Ron Simmons, American football player and wrestler
• 1959 – Khaosai Galaxy, Thai boxer and politician
• 1959 – Luis Pérez-Sala, Spanish race car driver
• 1959 – Beverly Jo Scott, American-Belgian singer-songwriter
• 1960 – Rhonda Burchmore, Australian actress, singer, and dancer
• 1960 – Rob Bowman, American director and producer
• 1960 – R. Kuhaneswaran, Sri Lankan politician
• 1960 – Rimas Kurtinaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Lisa Curry, Australian swimmer
• 1964 – Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Danish lawyer and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1965 – André Abujamra, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 – Scott Tronc, Australian rugby league player
• 1967 – Simen Agdestein, Norwegian chess grandmaster and football player
• 1967 – Laura Hillenbrand, American journalist and author
• 1967 – John Smoltz, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Cecilia Malmström, Swedish academic and politician, 15th European Commissioner for Trade
• 1969 – Hideki Irabu, Japanese-American baseball player (d. 2011)
• 1969 – Emmitt Smith, American football player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 – Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 – Desmond Howard, American football player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Alison Jackson, English photographer, director, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Rod Smith, American football player
• 1970 – Ben Wallace, English captain and politician
• 1971 – Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
• 1972 – Danny Alexander, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1972 – David Charvet, French actor and singer
• 1974 – Vasilis Kikilias, Greek basketball player and politician
• 1974 – Matthew Sadler, English chess player and author
• 1974 – Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager
• 1974 – Ahmet Zappa, American musician and writer
• 1975 – Ray Lewis, American football player and sportscaster
• 1975 – Ales Michalevic, Belarusian lawyer and politician
• 1976 – Torraye Braggs, American basketball player
• 1976 – Mark Kennedy, Irish footballer
• 1976 – Jacek Krzynówek, Polish footballer
• 1976 – Ryan Leaf, American football player and coach
• 1976 – Tyler Walker, American baseball player
• 1978 – Amy Chow, American gymnast and pediatrician
• 1978 – Dwayne De Rosario, Canadian soccer player
• 1978 – Edu Gaspar, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – David Krumholtz, American actor
• 1979 – Adolfo Bautista, Mexican footballer
• 1979 – Daniel Caines, English sprinter
• 1979 – Chris Masoe, New Zealand rugby player
• 1979 – Ryan Max Riley, American skier
• 1979 – Robert Royal, American football player
• 1980 – Josh Beckett, American baseball player
• 1981 – Patrice Evra, French footballer
• 1981 – Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
• 1981 – Zara Phillips, English horse rider
• 1981 – Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
• 1982 – Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
• 1982 – Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1982 – Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 – Jeff Deslauriers, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian race car driver
• 1984 – Samantha Noble, Australian actress
• 1984 – Beau Scott, Australian rugby league player
• 1985 – Cristiane Rozeira, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Tania Cagnotto, Italian diver
• 1985 – Justine Robbeson, South African javelin thrower
• 1985 – Denis Onyango, Ugandan goalkeeper
• 1986 – Thomas Brown, American football player
• 1986 – Matías Fernández, Chilean footballer
• 1986 – Adam Moffat, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – David Adams, American baseball player
• 1987 – Michael Brantley, American baseball player
• 1987 – Kévin Constant, French-Guinean footballer
• 1987 – Brian Dozier, American baseball player
• 1987 – Mark Fayne, American ice hockey player
• 1987 – Ersan İlyasova, Turkish basketball player
• 1987 – Leonardo Mayer, Argentinian tennis player
• 1987 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player
• 1988 – Indrek Kajupank, Estonian basketball player
• 1989 – Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, French footballer
• 1990 – Jordan Eberle, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths[edit]

• 392 – Valentinian II, Roman emperor (b. 371)
• 558 – Hilary of Galeata, Christian monk
• 884 – Pope Marinus I
• 913 – Hatto I, German archbishop (b. 850)
• 1036 – Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (b. 1008)
• 1157 – Yuri Dolgorukiy, Russian prince (b. 1099)
• 1175 – King Mleh, Prince of Armenia
• 1174 – Nur ad-Din, atabeg of Aleppo, Syrian ruler (b. 1118)
• 1268 – Peter II, Count of Savoy (b. 1203)
• 1461 – Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter (b. c. 1410)
• 1464 – Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (b. 1436)
• 1470 – Charles VIII of Sweden (b. 1409)
• 1585 – Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1535)
• 1609 – Giovanni Croce, Italian composer and educator (b. 1557)
• 1634 – Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
• 1698 – Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
• 1699 – Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631)
• 1700 – John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)
• 1740 – Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680)
• 1773 – Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
• 1845 – Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)
• 1879 – Gottfried Semper, German architect and educator, designed the Semper Opera House (b. 1803)
• 1886 – Emily Dickinson, American poet and author (b. 1830)
• 1919 – Hasan Tahsin, Turkish journalist (b. 1888)
• 1924 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1926 – Joseph James Fletcher, Australian biologist (b. 1850)
• 1928 – Umegatani Tōtarō I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 15th Yokozuna (b. 1845)
• 1935 – Kazimir Malevich, Ukrainian-Russian painter and theoretician (b. 1878)
• 1937 – Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1864)
• 1945 – Charles Williams, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1886)
• 1948 – Edward J. Flanagan, Irish-American priest, founded Boys Town (b. 1886)
• 1954 – William March, American soldier and author (b. 1893)
• 1956 – Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (b. 1886)
• 1957 – Keith Andrews, American racing driver (b. 1920)
• 1957 – Dick Irvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1963 – John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (b. 1884)
• 1964 – Vladko Maček, Croatian lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 – Pio Pion, Italian businessman (b. 1887)
• 1967 – Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 – Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
• 1969 – Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 1971 – Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1978 – Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1980 – Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
• 1982 – Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1984 – Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
• 1985 – Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947)
• 1986 – Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
• 1986 – Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
• 1989 – Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1989 – Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
• 1991 – Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
• 1991 – Amadou Hampâté Bâ, Malian ethnologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Fritz Riess, German race car driver (b. 1922)
• 1993 – Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (b. 1933)
• 1994 – Gilbert Roland, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Eric Porter, English actor (b. 1928)
• 1996 – Charles B. Fulton, American lawyer and judge (b. 1910)
• 1998 – Earl Manigault, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• 1998 – Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1919)
• 2003 – June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Nizar Abdul Zahra, Iraqi footballer (b. 1961)
• 2007 – Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Tommy Burns, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1956)
• 2008 – Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Bud Tingwell, Australian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Wayman Tisdale, American basketball player and bass player (b. 1964)
• 2010 – Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer (b. 1987)
• 2010 – Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and essayist (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Arno Lustiger, German historian and author (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Zakaria Mohieddin, Egyptian soldier and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Jean-Luc Dehaene, French-Belgian politician, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Noribumi Suzuki, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Elisabeth Bing, German-American physical therapist and author (b. 1914)
• 2015 – Jackie Brookner, American sculptor and educator (b. 1945)
• 2015 – Garo Yepremian, Cypriot-American football player (b. 1944)

Eurovision Song Contest: Portugal

 winner 'didn't understand votes'

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Portugal has won this year's Eurovision Song contest with a poignant love song, sung in Portuguese. In the early hours of Sunday morning the winner met the world's press - glass microphone trophy still in hand.

Salvador Sobral entered the Eurovision Song Contest's press room last night with the same diffident, bemused demeanour he has projected since arriving in Kiev.

There was no swagger, no elation - just a quizzical befuddlement at the latest turn his musical journey had taken.

Like many watching at home around the world, the Lisbon-born 27-year-old had been baffled by the complex voting system that the contest adopted last year.

"I didn't understand the votes," he admitted to reporters. "I think that you have to be a mathematician or something to know what's going on."

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Nor did he expect overnight fame and fortune to come with the honour of becoming Portugal's first Eurovision winner.

"I don't think anything will change," he shrugged. "You win today and tomorrow, no one remembers it.

"Honestly, man, I just want to live a peaceful life," he told another journalist. 

"If I thought of myself as a national hero or champion of Europe, it would be a bit weird."

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Even in such an eclectic line-up as the one Eurovision served up this year, Sobral stood apart.

While some countries offered amusing gimmicks (Romanian yodelling, Italy's dancing gorilla) and others sleek, assembly-line pop, his delicate, heartfelt ballad stood out precisely because it was so unassuming.

Written by Sobral's older sister Luisa, Amar Pelos Dois - whose title translates into English as Love for Both of Us - speaks to all genders and orientations with its inclusive, unadorned message.

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Sobral said he would be delighted if its Eurovision triumph had some impact, however small, on how music is made, produced and marketed.

"People listen to songs because they're thrown at you," he said. "You have to like this because we're going to play it 16 times a day and force you to like it.

"This is music with content, an emotional song with a beautiful lyrical message and harmony - things people are not used to listening these days.

"If I can help to bring some change to music I would be really joyful," he said, dressed as ever in a modest dark suit.

"And I hope it will encourage people to bring different things and all sorts of music to future editions of this contest."

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Those future editions could learn much from this year, which offered audiences a spectacular, entertaining and endlessly quirky diversion.

For a contest whose slogan was "celebrate diversity", though, it was surprising more thought was not given to basic areas of presentation.

The final and the two semi-finals that preceded it were hosted by a trio of white male TV presenters who are all well-known in host nation Ukraine.

Commentator Graham Norton and one of his Australian counterparts were not alone in remarking that the line-up was hardly indicative of the contest's stated aim.

For the millions watching at home, however, it was the variety, the colour and the craziness that made it unmissable Saturday night viewing.

In keeping with Eurovision tradition, Portugal will host the 2018 iteration of an event that continues to unify Europe in a way politics never can or will.

Take a tour of the luxurious Italian villa where the Obamas are reportedly vacationing

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The Obamas have been vacationing in plenty of amazing destinations since the 44th president left office in January. From Richard Branson's private Necker Island to Marlon Brando's former hideaway in Tahiti, it's been mostly tropical.

After a stop in Milan, Italy, for a sold-out speech on climate change, the former president is reportedly making his way to the Tuscan countryside. According to La Repubblica, Obama is heading to Borgo Finocchieto, a luxurious hilltop villa in Buonconvento, where he will be joined by his wife, Michelle. 

Ahead, take a look around Borgo Finocchieto. 

Borgo Finocchieto is a private village made up of five houses that can house up to 44 guests.

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It sits on a property of six acres.

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The village's long history goes back to 1318, but by the 1980s, it was abandoned.

In 2001, American John Phillips purchased the property and began reconstruction. Phillips served as the US Ambassador to Italy under the Obama administration from 2013 to early 2017.

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Considered a "place of special significance" by the Italian government, Phillips had to abide by various laws while renovating the property.

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Source: The New York Times

"Rebuilding was expected to be totally consistent with what was there before," Phillips told the New York Times in 2007.

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Source: The New York Times

Amenities in the villa include a ballroom, a formal dining room, a kitchen where guests can take cooking classes, a wine-tasting cellar, and plenty of outdoor space for dining.

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The entire villa can be rented out for family reunions or weddings.

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There are also tennis courts as well as a pool.

So far while in Italy, Obama has spent time sightseeing — including stopping to see Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper"— and delivering a sold-out speech on climate change in Milan.

Τα 4 ελληνικά νησιά που λατρεύουν 

οι σταρ του Χόλιγουντ

Μετά τις Κάννες, πηγαίνετε στα ελληνικά νησιά προστάσει 

το Hollywood Reporter τους σταρ αναγνώστες του. 

«Μόλις τρεις ώρες από τη Νίκαια, μπορείς να παρτάρεις σαν ροκ σταρ στη

 Μύκονο (με την Αριάνα Γκράντε ίσως;) ή πιο ήρεμα στα Κουφονήσια (όπως

 ο Cavalli). Σε κάθε περίπτωση στην Ελλάδα υπάρχουν νησιά ιδανικά για 

αποσυμπίεση από τη μεγάλη γιορτή των Κανών», γράφει το αμερικανικό 

περιοδικό και προτείνει τέσσερα ελληνικά νησιά που θα μπορούσαν να

 αποτελέσουν τον ιδανικό προορισμό για τους σταρ του Χόλιγουντ.

Μύκονος: Η ελληνική απάντηση στην Ιμπιζα

Κλασικό κυκλαδίτικο νησί, με λευκά σπίτια και λιθόστρωτους δρόμους. Η ηδονιστική Μύκονος διατηρώντας τη γοητεία της, τις νύχτες μετατρέπεται σε ένα απέραντο κλαμπ, για αυτό άλλωστε την έχουν επιλέξει σταρ όπως η Αριάνα Γκράντε.

Τι να κάνετε στη Μύκονο 

Πηγαίνετε στην ταβέρνα της Κικής στον Αγιο Σώστη ή  στο Nammos στην Ψαρού. Πάρτε έναν υπνάκο και πηγαίνετε στο Sea Satin, ενώ πριν... ξεχυθείτε στα μπαράκια δοκιμάστε  μακαρόν ή αμυγδαλωτά στον Βενέτη. 

Η Ρίτα Γουίλσον, σύζυγος Τομ Χανκς, που έχουν σπίτι στην Αντίπαρο λέει ότι κάθε ταξίδι στη Μύκονο θα πρέπει να περιλαμβάνει και μια επίσκεψη στη Δήλο. «Πηγαίνετε λίγο πιο πέρα από το λιμάνι, θα βρείτε πανέμορφα ερειπωμένα με μωσαϊκά πατώματα, αρχαίες δεξαμενές, ναούς και ένα θαυμάσιο μουσείο με εκθέματα αρχαία, που βρέθηκαν στο νησί. «Μου αρέσει να περπατάω στα δρομάκια ή να απολαμβάνω τον καφέ μου στο λιμάνι και να βλέπω τα σκάφη να έρχονται», λέει. 

Κουφονήσια, τα εναλλακτικά

Τα Κουφονήσια είναι το κορυφαίο καταφύγιο της μόδας: Ο Roberto Cavalli και οι Missoni το επισκέπτονται συχνά. Η ιταλική επιρροή του νησιού είναι αισθητή παντού, από το Καλόφεγγο στην παραλία Πορί — όπου μπορείτε να παραγγείλετε φέτα με ψωμί και ντομάτα και να το συνοδέψετε με aperol spritz —μέχρι το Galleria Spigolο, το οποίο έχει έργα τέχνης, κοσμήματα και t-shirts ζωγραφισμένα στο χέρι και το οποίο ανήκει σε ένα ζευγάρι από την Ανκόνα. Η επίδραση της.... Dolce Vita είναι εμφανής και στο καινούριο ξενοδοχείο Ionathan Koufonisia Suites, το οποίο άνοιξε το περασμένο καλοκαίρι και έχει οκτώ ιδιαίτερες σουίτες.

Αντίπαρος, το μικρό Χόλιγουντ 

Εκτός από τον Τομ Χανκς και την Ρίτα Γουίλσον, η Μαντόνα και ο Μπρους Σπρίνγκστιν έχουν... εντοπιστεί να τριγυρνάνε στα σοκάκια του μικροσκοπικού νησιού. Ο τελευταίος έπινε τα ποτά του στο The Doors, όπου ο ιδιοκτήτης του κερνάει καθένα που μπορεί να πει απέξω τους στίχους του τραγουδιού Hurricane του Bob Dylan.

Πηγαίνετε στο Captain Pipinos στον Αγιο Γεώργιο για φρέσκο ψάρι, δοκιμάστε την κακαβιά το πιάτο υπογραφή του νησιού... 

Υδρα, των καλλιτεχνών 

Χάρη στην συλλέκτη Πολίν Καρπίδας, η Υδρα γίνεται το καλοκαιρινό κλαμπ των καλλιτεχνών. 

Ο πρόεδρος της Εθνικής Ενωσης Θεάτρων Τζον Φίθιαν επισκέπτεται την Υδρα με κάθε ευκαιρία. «Εχει σπουδαία εστιατόρια, ιδανικά μέρη για κολύμπι και μια αυθεντική ελληνική ατμόσφαιρα με εξαιρετικές μπουτίκ».

Καθίστε στην παραλία στο Four Seasons ή στην πισίνα του  Bratsera, πιείτε ένα ποτό στον Πειρατή ή στον Κάτσικα, αγαπημένα του Λέοναρντ Κοέν, ο οποίος από το 1960 είχε σπίτι στο νησί. Εκεί, μάλιστα, έγραψε και το πιο διάσημο τραγούδι του, το Bird on the Wire.

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• 218 – Julia Maesa, aunt of the assassinated Caracalla, is banished to her home in Syria by self-proclaimed emperor Macrinus; she declares her 14-year-old grandson Elagabalus to be emperor of Rome; Macrinus is later deposed.
• 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire.
• 1527 – The Florentines drive out the Medici for a second time and Florence re-establishes itself as a republic.
• 1532 – Sir Thomas More resigns as Lord Chancellor of England.
• 1568 – Mary, Queen of Scots, flees to England.
• 1584 – Santiago de Vera becomes sixth Governor-General of the Spanish colony of the Philippines.
• 1770 – A 14-year-old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year-old Louis-Auguste who later becomes king of France.
• 1771 – The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
• 1811 – Peninsular War: The allies Spain, Portugal and United Kingdom, defeat the French at the Battle of Albuera.
• 1812 – Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov signs the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Russo-Turkish War. Bessarabia is annexed by Imperial Russia.
• 1822 – Greek War of Independence: The Turks capture the Greek town of Souli.
• 1834 – The Battle of Asseiceira is fought, the last and decisive engagement of the Liberal Wars in Portugal.
• 1843 – The first major wagon train heading for the Pacific Northwest sets out on the Oregon Trail with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri.
• 1866 – The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece, or nickel.
• 1868 – United States President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.
• 1874 – A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
• 1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
• 1891 – The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
• 1914 – The first ever National Challenge Cup final is played. Brooklyn Field Club defeats Brooklyn Celtic 2–1.
• 1916 – The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
• 1918 – The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
• 1919 – A naval Curtiss NC-4 aircraft commanded by Albert Cushing Read leaves Trepassey, Newfoundland, for Lisbon via the Azores on the first transatlantic flight.
• 1920 – In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
• 1929 – In Hollywood, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.
• 1943 – The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.
• 1951 – The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
• 1959 – The Triton Fountain is inaugurated in Valletta, Malta.
• 1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
• 1961 – Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
• 1966 – The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
• 1969 – Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
• 1974 – Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
• 1983 – Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
• 1988 – A report by the Surgeon General of the United States C. Everett Koop states that the addictive properties of nicotine are similar to those of heroin and cocaine.
• 1991 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom addresses a joint session of the United States Congress. She is the first British monarch to address the U.S. Congress.
• 1997 – Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
• 2003 – In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
• 2005 – Kuwait permits women's suffrage in a 35–23 National Assembly vote.
• 2011 – STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6), launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the 25th and final flight for Space Shuttle Endeavour.
• 2014 – Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya.

Births[edit]

• 1418 – John II of Cyprus, King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458 (d. 1458)
• 1455 – Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (d. 1522)
• 1611 – Pope Innocent XI (d. 1689)
• 1641 – Dudley North, English economist and politician (d. 1691)
• 1710 – William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician, Lord Steward of the Household (d. 1782)
• 1718 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1799)
• 1763 – Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, French pharmacist and chemist (d. 1829)
• 1788 – Friedrich Rückert, German poet and translator (d. 1866)
• 1801 – William H. Seward, American lawyer and politician, 24th United States Secretary of State (d. 1872)
• 1804 – Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, American educator who founded the first U.S. kindergarten (d. 1894)
• 1819 – Johann Voldemar Jannsen, Estonian journalist and poet (d. 1890)
• 1821 – Pafnuty Chebyshev, Russian mathematician and statistician (d. 1894)
• 1824 – Levi P. Morton, American banker and politician, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)
• 1824 – Edmund Kirby Smith, American general (d. 1893)
• 1827 – Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect, designed the Amsterdam Centraal railway station and Rijksmuseum (d. 1921)
• 1831 – David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (d. 1900)
• 1845 – Élie Metchnikoff, Ukrainian-French biologist and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)
• 1879 – Pierre Gilliard, Swiss author and academic (d. 1962)
• 1882 – Simeon Price, American golfer (d. 1945)
• 1883 – Celâl Bayar, Turkish politician, 3rd President of Turkey (d. 1986)
• 1888 – Royal Rife, American microbiologist and instrument maker (d. 1971)
• 1897 – Zvi Sliternik, Israeli entomologist and academic (d. 1994)
• 1898 – Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-American painter (d. 1980)
• 1898 – Desanka Maksimović, Serbian poet and academic (d. 1993)
• 1898 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (d. 1956)
• 1903 – Charles F. Brannock, American inventor and manufacturer (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Henry Fonda, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1906 – Ernie McCormick, Australian cricketer (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Alfred Pellan, Canadian painter and educator (d. 1988)
• 1906 – Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan lawyer, journalist, and author (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Margret Rey, German author and illustrator (d. 1996)
• 1907 – Bob Tisdall, Irish hurdler (d. 2004)
• 1909 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress and singer (d. 1960)
• 1909 – Luigi Villoresi, Italian race car driver (d. 1997)
• 1910 – Olga Bergholz, Russian poet and author (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Higashifushimi Kunihide, Japanese monk and educator (d. 2014)
• 1910 – Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter and educator (d. 1972)
• 1912 – Studs Terkel, American historian and author (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Woody Herman, American singer, saxophonist, and clarinet player (d. 1987)
• 1914 – Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author (d. 2009)
• 1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Ephraim Katzir, Israeli biophysicist and politician, 4th President of Israel (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Ben Kuroki, American sergeant and pilot (d. 2015)
• 1917 – James C. Murray, American lawyer and politician (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author and photographer (d. 1986)
• 1918 – Wilf Mannion, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
• 1919 – Liberace, American pianist and entertainer (d. 1987)
• 1919 – Ramon Margalef, Spanish ecologist and biologist (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Martine Carol, French actress (d. 1967)
• 1921 – Harry Carey, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Victoria Fromkin, American linguist and academic (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Merton Miller, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (d. 2014)
• 1925 – Nancy Roman, American astronomer
• 1925 – Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)
• 1929 – Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter (d. 1998)
• 1929 – John Conyers, American lawyer and politician
• 1929 – Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician
• 1929 – Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 2000)
• 1931 – Vujadin Boškov, Serbian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1931 – K. Natwar Singh, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs
• 1931 – Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., American soldier and politician, 85th Governor of Connecticut
• 1934 – Kenneth O. Morgan, Welsh historian and author
• 1934 – Antony Walker, English general
• 1935 – Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1936 – Karl Lehmann, German cardinal
• 1938 – Stuart Bell, English lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
• 1941 – Denis Hart, Australian archbishop
• 1942 – David Penry-Davey, English lawyer and judge
• 1943 – Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, English politician
• 1943 – Dan Coats, American politician and diplomat, 29th United States Ambassador to Germany
• 1944 – Billy Cobham, Panamanian-American drummer, composer, and bandleader
• 1944 – Antal Nagy, Hungarian footballer
• 1944 – Danny Trejo, American actor
• 1946 – Roger Earl, English drummer and songwriter
• 1946 – Robert Fripp, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 – John Law, English sociologist and academic
• 1947 – Barbara Lee, American singer (d. 1992)
• 1947 – Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer (d. 1999)
• 1947 – Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)
• 1948 – Jesper Christensen, Danish actor, director, and producer
• 1948 – Judy Finnigan, English talk show host and author
• 1948 – Enrico Fumia, Italian automobile and product designer
• 1948 – Emma Georgina Rothschild, English historian and academic
• 1948 – Staf Van Roosbroeck, Belgian cyclist
• 1949 – Rick Reuschel, American baseball player
• 1950 – Georg Bednorz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1950 – Ray Condo, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1950 – Bruce Coville, American author
• 1951 – Christian Lacroix, French fashion designer
• 1951 – Jonathan Richman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 – Janet Soskice, Canadian philosopher and theologian
• 1952 – James Herndon, American psychologist and academic
• 1953 – Pierce Brosnan, Irish-American actor and producer
• 1953 – Richard Page, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1953 – Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (d. 2015)
• 1953 – David Maclean, Scottish politician
• 1953 – Stephen Woolman, Lord Woolman, Scottish judge and academic
• 1954 – Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
• 1955 – Olga Korbut, Soviet gymnast
• 1955 – Jack Morris, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1955 – Hazel O'Connor, English-born Irish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1955 – Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1955 – Debra Winger, American actress
• 1957 – Joan Benoit, American runner
• 1957 – Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician
• 1957 – Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 – Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman
• 1957 – Bob Suter, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1959 – Mitch Webster, American baseball player
• 1959 – Mare Winningham, American actress and singer-songwriter
• 1960 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician, Nauruan Speaker of Parliament
• 1960 – S. Shanmuganathan, Sri Lankan commander and politician (d. 1998)
• 1961 – Kevin McDonald, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 1961 – Charles Wright, American wrestler
• 1962 – Jimmy Hood, Scottish engineer and politician
• 1962 – Helga Radtke, German long jumper
• 1962 – Lisa Yuskavage, American painter
• 1963 – Rachel Griffith, Anglo-American economist
• 1963 – David Wilkinson, English theologian and academic
• 1964 – John Salley, American basketball player and actor
• 1964 – Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1964 – Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Tanel Tammet, Estonian computer scientist, engineer, and academic
• 1965 – Krist Novoselic, American bass player, songwriter, author, and activist
• 1966 – Janet Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
• 1966 – Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1966 – Thurman Thomas, American football player
• 1967 – Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach
• 1967 – Susan Williams, Baroness Williams of Trafford, British politician
• 1968 – Ralph Tresvant, American singer and producer
• 1969 – David Boreanaz, American actor
• 1969 – Tucker Carlson, American journalist, co-founded The Daily Caller
• 1969 – Steve Lewis, American sprinter
• 1970 – Gabriela Sabatini, Argentinian tennis player
• 1970 – Danielle Spencer, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 – Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster
• 1971 – Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Christian Califano, French rugby player
• 1972 – Matthew Hart, New Zealand cricketer
• 1973 – Tori Spelling, American actress, reality television personality, and author
• 1974 – Laura Pausini, Italian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 – Sonny Sandoval, American singer-songwriter and rapper
• 1975 – Tony Kakko, Finnish musician, composer, and vocalist
• 1976 – Dirk Nannes, Australian-Dutch cricketer
• 1977 – Melanie Lynskey, New Zealand actress
• 1977 – Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter
• 1978 – Scott Nicholls, English motorcycle racer
• 1978 – Lionel Scaloni, Argentinian footballer
• 1980 – Nuria Llagostera Vives, Spanish tennis player
• 1981 – Ricardo Costa, Portuguese footballer
• 1983 – Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Darío Cvitanich, Argentinian footballer
• 1984 – Tomáš Fleischmann, Czech ice hockey player
• 1984 – Jensen Lewis, American baseball player
• 1984 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
• 1985 – Anja Mittag, German footballer
• 1985 – Rodrigo Peters Marques, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Corey Perry, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Megan Fox, American actress
• 1986 – Andy Keogh, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Shamcey Supsup, Filipino model and architect
• 1987 – Tom Onslow-Cole, English race car driver
• 1988 – Jesús Castillo, Mexican footballer
• 1988 – Martynas Gecevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1988 – Jaak Põldma, Estonian tennis player
• 1989 – Behati Prinsloo, Namibian model
• 1990 – Amanda Carreras, Gibraltarian tennis player
• 1990 – Thomas Brodie-Sangster, English actor
• 1990 – Darko Šarović, Serbian sprinter
• 1990 – Omar Strong, American basketball player
• 1991 – Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1991 – Ashley Wagner, American figure skater
• 1992 – Jeff Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1993 – Johannes Thingnes Bø, Norwegian biathlete
• 1993 – Karol Mets, Estonian footballer
• 1995 – Elizabeth Ralston, Australian footballer
• 1996 – Louisa Chirico, American tennis player

Deaths[edit]

• 290 – Emperor Wu of Jin, Chinese emperor (b. 236)
• 895 – Qian Kuan, Chinese nobleman
• 1182 – John Komnenos Vatatzes, Byzantine general (b. 1132)
• 1265 – Simon Stock, English-French saint (b. 1165)
• 1375 – Liu Bowen, Chinese military strategist, officer, statesman and poet (b. 1311)
• 1412 – Gian Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan
• 1569 – Dirk Willems, Dutch Anabaptist martyr
• 1620 – William Adams, English sailor and navigator (b. 1564)
• 1657 – Andrew Bobola, Polish missionary and martyr (b. 1591)
• 1667 – Thomas Wriothesley, 4th Earl of Southampton, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1607)
• 1669 – Pietro da Cortona, Italian painter and architect, designed the Santi Luca e Martina (b. 1596)
• 1691 – Jacob Leisler, German-American politician, 8th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1640)
• 1703 – Charles Perrault, French author and academic (b. 1628)
• 1778 – Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1718)
• 1790 – Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (b. 1720)
• 1818 – Matthew Lewis, English author and playwright (b. 1775)
• 1830 – Joseph Fourier, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1768)
• 1862 – Edward Gibbon Wakefield, English politician (b. 1796)
• 1882 – Reuben Chapman, American lawyer and politician, 13th Governor of Alabama (b. 1799)
• 1890 – Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet, linguist and theologist (b. 1843)
• 1891 – Ion C. Brătianu, Romanian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1821)
• 1913 – Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 – Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 – Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1943 – Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 – George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1946 – Karl Weinbacher, German manager (b. 1898)
• 1947 – Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 1947 – Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 1953 – Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1954 – Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (b. 1893)
• 1955 – James Agee, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic(b. 1909)
• 1955 – Manny Ayulo, American racing driver (b. 1921)
• 1956 – H. B. Reese, American candy-maker and businessman, created Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (b. 1876)
• 1957 – Eliot Ness, American federal agent (b. 1903)
• 1961 – George A. Malcolm, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1881)
• 1973 – Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-American sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1977 – Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (b. 1915)
• 1979 – A. Philip Randolph, American union leader and activist (b. 1889)
• 1981 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1922)
• 1981 – Willy Hartner, German physician and academic (b. 1905)
• 1984 – Andy Kaufman, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1949)
• 1984 – Irwin Shaw, American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1985 – Margaret Hamilton, American actress (b. 1902)
• 1989 – Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1990 – Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925)
• 1990 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (b. 1936)
• 1993 – Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1938)
• 1994 – Alain Cuny, French actor (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)
• 1997 – Elbridge Durbrow, American diplomat (b. 1903)
• 2002 – Alec Campbell, Australian soldier (b. 1899)
• 2003 – Mark McCormack, American lawyer and sports agent, founded IMG (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Andrew Goodpaster, American general (b. 1915)
• 2008 – Robert Mondavi, American winemaker, co-founded the Opus One Winery (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1918)
• 2011 – Ralph Barker, English author (b. 1917)
• 2011 – Bob Davis, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1928)
• 2011 – Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Kiyoshi Kodama, Japanese actor (b. 1934)
• 2012 – Patricia Aakhus, American author and academic (b. 1952)
• 2012 – James Abdnor, American soldier and politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Chuck Brown, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Ernie Chan, Filipino-American illustrator (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Kevin Hickey, American baseball player (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Angelo Errichetti, American politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Bryan Illerbrun, Canadian football player (b. 1957)
• 2013 – Frankie Librán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (b. 1948)
• 2013 – Heinrich Rohrer, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Dick Trickle, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 2013 – Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Chris Duckworth, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Vito Favero, Italian cyclist (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1943)
• 2014 – Russi Mody, Indian businessman (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Clyde Snow, American anthropologist and author (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Prashant Bhargava, American director and producer (b. 1973)
• 2015 – Moshe Levinger, Israeli rabbi and author (b. 1935)
• 2015 – Flora MacNeil, Scottish Gaelic singer (b. 1928)

Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral 

feted in proud Portugal

Image copyrightAFP

Portuguese are celebrating the fact that an intimate love ballad in their language conquered a Eurovision song contest audience for the first time.

Salvador Sobral's success with Amar Pelos Dois (Love for Both of Us) has made him a national hero. 

Wearing a plain black suit he delivered an emotionally charged song without the theatrics that often accompany other Eurovision acts.

Previously Portugal had never got above the sixth place that it reached in 1996.

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It was a triumph for "brand Portugal", music journalist and advertising executive Manuel Falcao told the BBC.

"The Portuguese language is present worldwide but sometimes it's hard for the national identity to make an impression, so for the brand this is very nice - people are very happy," he said.

The timing was fortunate for Portugal, as the nation shows signs of recovery from the 2008 financial crisis and a massive bailout from its eurozone partners.

"Polls show people are more optimistic here than three years ago, the economic indicators are not strong but positive - even by EU standards," Mr Falcao said.

Eurovision success "coincided with a good mood in Portugal - we won the Euro 2016 football championship and tourism here is beating all records", he said. 

He cautioned, however, that one song would not make a radical difference.

It was a doubly memorable weekend for Portugal, as Pope Francis drew a vast crowd to the Fatima shrine, where he made saints of two Portuguese children. Their visions of the Virgin Mary in 1917 turned Fatima into a top Catholic pilgrimage site.

'The language was music'

There is national pride that Sobral's song Amar Pelos Dois touched so many hearts, in a competition dominated by English lyrics.

"The language, more than the Portuguese language, was music," Sobral said. 

The song was crafted by his sister Luisa, an accomplished singer-songwriter and music college graduate, with several CDs to her name.

A fellow Portuguese music expert, Sofia Vieira Lopes, said the song's triumph proved that lyrics were not fundamental to a musical message. 

"It shows that it's not necessary to sing in English to understand the music," she told Portugal's Publico daily.

Salvador Sobral criticised the commercialisation of pop, after his Saturday night triumph in Ukraine, speaking contemptuously of "fast-food music".

"This is a vote for people who actually mean something with their music," he said. "Music is not fireworks, music is feeling."

Image copyrightREUTERS

'I beg you to come back'

The state tourism authority, Turismo de Portugal, is thrilled by the boost to the country's image.

"We are in the spotlight," its president Luis Araujo told the daily Diario de Noticias (DN). He characterised the winning song as "simplicity, transparency, honesty".

The melancholy, bittersweet lyrics include the lines: "My darling, listen to my prayers / I beg you to come back, come back to love me / I know we can't love alone."

There was a poignancy to Sobral's performance, as he has struggled with a serious heart condition.

His success shows there is still a market for national musical traditions, despite the dominance of Anglo-American pop culture. 

Portugal requires broadcasters to observe a quota of Portuguese-language songs. France and Spain have similar quotas, to showcase home-grown talent.

Even before the Eurovision final Sobral's song was hugely popular in Portugal, Mr Falcao said. 

Yet English remains the default pop language, even in Portugal, he said. 

And Salvador Sobral himself has recorded covers of American hits - in English.

Το  ποσό που πήρε η Ωνάση από την πώληση των στάβλων που είχε με τον Αλβάρο 

Ο,τι είχε αποκτήσει από κοινού με τον πρώην άντρα της 

Αλβάρο, προσπαθεί να ξεφορτωθεί η Αθηνά Ωνάση.

Η χρυσή κληρονόμος σύμφωνα με δημοσίευμα της Real, πούλησε τους 

περίφημους στάβλους του Γουέλινγκτον στη Φλόριντα, τους οποίους είχαν

 αποκτήσει μαζί όταν ήταν παντρεμένοι.

Η Ωνάση από την πώληση των στάβλων, μάλιστα, έλαβε το αστρονομικό ποσό 

των 12,75 εκατ. Δολαρίων.

Η πλούσια γόνος είχε βάλει πωλητήριο και την πολυτελή βίλα στην Φλόριντα,

 όπου σύμφωνα με δημοσιεύματα είχε πιάσει  επ΄αυτοφόρω τον Αλβάρο να την

 απατά με μία ξανθιά καλλονή.

Σύμφωνα  με παλαιότερο δημοσίευμα της Espresso, το σπίτι βρίσκεται μέσα σε

 ένα πανέμορφο χώρο σχεδόν τεσσάρων στρεμμάτων και είναι συνολικού 

εμβαδού 480 τετραγωνικών. Η κατασκευή του χαρακτηρίζεται τουλάχιστον

 πολυτελής. Η τιμή που το αγόρασε η Αθηνά Ωνάση είναι άγνωστη, με κάποιους 

να λένε ότι ήταν 5 εκατομμύρια δολάρια. Πάντως, σύμφωνα με την Page Six 

της New York, στο πωλητήριο αναγράφεται το ποσό των 3.250.000 δολαρίων.

Πάντως , ο Αλβάρο φαίνεται να μην δίνει ιδιαίτερη σημασία στις

 επιχειρηματικές κινήσεις της Ωνάση, προχωρώντας τη ζωή του στο πλευρό

 της Βραζιλιάνας παρουσιάστριας, Denise Severo.

Την ίδια ώρα, δημοσιεύματα υποστηρίζουν ότι η εγγονή του Αριστοτέλη Ωνάση 

φλερτάρει με εκατομμυριούχο από το Μιλάνο!