• AD 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman emperor after Domitian is assassinated.
• 324 – Constantine the Great decisively defeats Licinius in the Battle of Chrysopolis, establishing Constantine's sole control over the Roman Empire.
• 1066 – Norwegian king Harald Hardrada lands on the beaches of Scarborough and begins his invasion of England.
• 1180 – Philip Augustus becomes king of France.
• 1454 – In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
• 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Honduras on his fourth, and final, voyage.
• 1618 – The twelfth Baktun in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar begins.
• 1635 – Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Austria declares war on France.
• 1679 – New Hampshire becomes a county of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
• 1714 – George I, the first Hanoverian king, arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1st.
• 1739 – The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire.
• 1759 – Seven Years' War: The British capture Quebec City.
• 1793 – The first cornerstone of the Capitol building is laid by George Washington.
• 1809 – The Royal Opera House in London opens.
• 1810 – First Government Junta in Chile. Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.
• 1812 – The 1812 Fire of Moscow dies down after destroying more than three-quarters of the city. Napoleon returns from the Petrovsky Palace to the Moscow Kremlin, spared from the fire.
• 1837 – Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium".
• 1838 – The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
• 1850 – The U.S. Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
• 1851 – First publication of The New-York Daily Times, which later becomes The New York Times.
• 1870 – Old Faithful Geyser is observed and named by Henry D. Washburn during the Washburn–Langford–Doane Expedition to Yellowstone.
• 1872 – King Oscar II accedes to the throne of Sweden–Norway.
• 1873 – Panic of 1873: The U.S. bank Jay Cooke & Company declares bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures.
• 1882 – The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
• 1895 – Booker T. Washington delivers the "Atlanta compromise" address.
• 1898 – Fashoda Incident: Lord Kitchener's ships reach Fashoda, Sudan.
• 1906 – A typhoon with tsunami kills an estimated 10,000 people in Hong Kong.
• 1910 – In Amsterdam, 25,000 demonstrate for general suffrage.
• 1911 – Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
• 1914 – The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
• 1914 – World War I: South African troops land in German South-West Africa.
• 1919 – The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
• 1919 – Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.
• 1922 – Hungary is admitted to the League of Nations.
• 1927 – The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
• 1928 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
• 1931 – The Mukden Incident gives Japan a pretext to invade and occupy Manchuria.
• 1934 – The USSR is admitted to the League of Nations.
• 1939 – World War II: Polish government of Ignacy Mościcki flees to Romania.
• 1939 – Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting pro-Nazi/anti-Allied propaganda.
• 1940 – The British liner SS City of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
• 1943 – World War II: The Jews of Minsk are massacred at Sobibór.
• 1943 – World War II: Adolf Hitler orders the deportation of Danish Jews.
• 1944 – World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, 5,600 killed.
• 1945 – General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
• 1947 – The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States Armed Forces.
• 1947 – The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States under the National Security Act.
• 1948 – Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Nizam of Hyderabad.
• 1948 – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term, when she defeats Democratic opponent Adrian Scolten.
• 1948 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 57 relating to Palestinian question is adopted.
• 1959 – Vanguard 3 is launched into Earth orbit.
• 1960 – Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
• 1961 – U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash while attempting to negotiate peace in the war-torn Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• 1961 – The NAFC and CCCF merge into CONCACAF.
• 1962 – Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
• 1964 – North Vietnamese Army begins infiltration of South Vietnam.
• 1973 – The Bahamas, East Germany and West Germany are admitted to the United Nations.
• 1974 – Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
• 1977 – Voyager I takes first photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
• 1980 – Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to Salyut 6 space station.
• 1981 – Assemblée Nationale votes to abolish capital punishment in France.
• 1982 – Christian militia begin killing 600 Palestinians in Lebanon.
• 1984 – Joe Kittinger completes the first solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic.
• 1988 – End of pro-democracy uprisings in Myanmar after a bloody military coup by the State Law and Order Restoration Council. Thousands, mostly monks and civilians (primarily students), are killed by the Tatmadaw.
• 1990 – Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
• 1991 – Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of seven Adriatic port cities.
• 1992 – An explosion rocks Giant Mine at the height of a labor dispute, killing nine replacement workers.
• 1997 – United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
• 1997 – Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
• 2001 – First mailing of anthrax letters from Trenton, New Jersey in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
• 2007 – Pervez Musharraf announces that he will step down as army chief and restore civilian rule to Pakistan, but only after he is re-elected president.
• 2007 – Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
• 2011 – The 2011 Sikkim earthquake was felt across northeastern India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and southern Tibet.
• 2012 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 2067 relating to Somalia is adopted.
• 2014 – Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.
• 2015 – Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed following a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
• 2016 – Seventeen Indian Army security personnel killed in the Indian Administrated Kashmir by anti-government militants.

Births[edit]

• AD 53 – Trajan, Roman emperor (d. 117)
• 524 – Kan B'alam I, ruler of Palenque (d. 583)
• 921 – Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou
• 1344 – Marie of France, Duchess of Bar (d. 1404)
• 1434 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1467)
• 1501 – Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford (d. 1563)
• 1554 – Haydar Mirza Safavi (d. 1576)
• 1587 – Francesca Caccini, Italian singer-songwriter and lute player (d. 1640)
• 1606 – Zhang Xianzhong, Chinese rebel (d. 1647)
• 1643 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop, historian, and theologian (d. 1715)
• 1676 – Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1733)
• 1684 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (d. 1748)
• 1709 – Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and poet (d. 1784)
• 1711 – Ignaz Holzbauer, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1783)
• 1733 – George Read, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Governor of Delaware (d. 1798)
• 1750 – Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1791)
• 1752 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1833)
• 1765 – Pope Gregory XVI (d. 1846)
• 1779 – Joseph Story, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (d. 1845)
• 1786 – Christian VIII of Denmark (d. 1848)
• 1786 – Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (d. 1862)
• 1812 – Herschel Vespasian Johnson, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Georgia (d. 1880)
• 1819 – Léon Foucault, French physicist and academic (d. 1868)
• 1837 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (d. 1880)
• 1838 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter and educator (d. 1888)
• 1846 – Richard With, Norwegian captain, businessman, and politician, founded Vesteraalens Dampskibsselskab (d. 1930)
• 1848 – Francis Grierson, English-American pianist and composer (d. 1927)
• 1857 – John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (d. 1945)
• 1858 – Kate Booth, English Salvation Army officer (d. 1955)
• 1859 – John L. Bates, American lawyer and politician, 41st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
• 1859 – Lincoln Loy McCandless, American businessman and politician (d. 1940)
• 1860 – Alberto Franchetti, Italian-American composer and educator (d. 1942)
• 1870 – Clark Wissler, American anthropologist, author, and educator (d. 1947)
• 1872 – Carl Friedberg, German-Italian pianist and educator (d. 1955)
• 1872 – Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (d. 1919)
• 1875 – Tomás Burgos, Chilean philanthropist (d. 1945)
• 1876 – James Scullin, Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1953)
• 1878 – James O. Richardson, American admiral (d. 1974)
• 1883 – Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners, English composer, painter, and author (d. 1950)
• 1885 – Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer, conductor, and playwright (d. 1948)
• 1888 – Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (d. 1938)
• 1888 – Toni Wolff, Swiss psychologist and author (d. 1953)
• 1889 – Doris Blackburn, Australian activist and politician (d. 1970)
• 1889 – Leslie Morshead, Australian general, businessman, and educator (d. 1959)
• 1891 – Rafael Pérez y Pérez, Spanish author (d. 1984)
• 1893 – Arthur Benjamin, Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1960)
• 1893 – William March, American soldier and author (d. 1954)
• 1894 – Fay Compton, English actress (d. 1978)
• 1895 – Jean Batmale, French footballer and manager (d. 1973)
• 1895 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Walter Koch, German astrologer and author (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Tomoji Tanabe, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2009)
• 1897 – Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Willis Laurence James, American violinist and educator (d. 1966)
• 1900 – Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, Mauritian philanthropist and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius (d. 1985)
• 1901 – Harold Clurman, American director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Bun Cook, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Jose de Rivera, American soldier and sculptor (d. 1985)
• 1904 – David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Education (d. 1999)
• 1905 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Agnes de Mille, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1993)
• 1905 – Greta Garbo, Swedish-American actress (d. 1990)
• 1906 – Kaka Hathrasi, Indian poet and author (d. 1995)
• 1906 – Maurice Maillot, French actor (d. 1968)
• 1906 – Julio Rosales, Filipino cardinal (d. 1983)
• 1907 – Leon Askin, Austrian actor (d. 2005)
• 1907 – Edwin McMillan, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Victor Ambartsumian, Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic (d. 1996)
• 1910 – Joseph F. Enright, American captain (d. 2000)
• 1910 – Bernard Kangro, Estonian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Josef Tal, Israeli pianist and composer (d. 2008)
• 1911 – Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Brinsley Le Poer Trench, 8th Earl of Clancarty, Irish ufologist and politician (d. 1995)
• 1912 – María de la Cruz, Chilean journalist and activist (d. 1995)
• 1914 – Jack Cardiff, English director, cinematographer, and photographer (d. 2009)
• 1916 – Frank Bell, English soldier and educator (d. 1989)
• 1916 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
• 1916 – John Jacob Rhodes, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
• 1917 – June Foray, American actress and voice artist (d. 2017)
• 1917 – Phil Taylor, English footballer and manager (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Francis Parker Yockey, American lawyer and philosopher (d. 1960)
• 1918 – Johnny Mantz, American racing driver (d. 1972)
• 1919 – Tommy Hunter, American fiddler (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Jack Warden, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Grayson Hall, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1922 – Ray Steadman-Allen, English composer (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Queen Anne of Romania (d. 2016)
• 1923 – Peter Smithson, English architect, co-designed Robin Hood Gardens (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (d. 2007)
• 1924 – J. D. Tippit, American police officer (d. 1963)
• 1925 – Harvey Haddix, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
• 1925 – Dorothy Wedderburn, English economist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Bud Greenspan, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Joe Kubert, American author and illustrator, founded The Kubert School (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Bob Toski, American golfer and coach
• 1927 – Phyllis Kirk, American actress (d. 2006)
• 1927 – Muriel Turner, Baroness Turner of Camden, English politician
• 1929 – Teddi King, American singer (d. 1977)
• 1929 – Nancy Littlefield, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Julio Grondona, Argentinian businessman (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Nikolay Rukavishnikov, Russian physicist and astronaut (d. 2002)
• 1933 – Bob Bennett, American soldier and politician (d. 2016)
• 1933 – Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1933 – Scotty Bowman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1933 – Mark di Suvero, Italian-American sculptor
• 1933 – Leonid Kharitonov, Russian actor and singer
• 1933 – Christopher Ricks, English scholar and critic
• 1933 – Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1935 – Peter Clarke, English cartoonist (d. 2012)
• 1935 – John Spencer, English snooker player and sportscaster (d. 2006)
• 1936 – Big Tom, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 – Ralph Backstrom, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1938 – Billy Robinson, English-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2014)
• 1939 – Gerry Harvey, Australian businessman, co-founded Harvey Norman
• 1939 – Jorge Sampaio, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 18th President of Portugal
• 1939 – Fred Willard, American actor and comedian
• 1939 – Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (d. 2013)
• 1940 – Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
• 1942 – Şenes Erzik, Turkish businessman
• 1942 – Alex Stepney, English footballer and coach
• 1944 – Michael Franks, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 – Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (d. 2006)
• 1944 – Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1995)
• 1945 – P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
• 1945 – John McAfee, Scottish-American computer programmer, founded McAfee
• 1946 – Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (d. 2014)
• 1946 – Nicholas Clay, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1946 – Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (d. 1992)
• 1946 – Meredith Oakes, Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
• 1946 – Otis Sistrunk, American football player and wrestler
• 1947 – Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
• 1947 – Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
• 1947 – Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
• 1947 – Paul Seed, British television director and former actor
• 1948 – Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author
• 1948 – Ken Brett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Christopher Skase, Australian businessman (d. 2001)
• 1949 – Kerry Livgren, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1949 – Jim McCrery, American lawyer and politician
• 1949 – Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office (d. 2005)
• 1949 – Peter Shilton, English footballer and manager
• 1950 – Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
• 1950 – Vishnuvardhan, Indian actor (d. 2009)
• 1950 – Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
• 1950 – Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1950 – Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
• 1951 – Ben Carson, American neurosurgeon and author
• 1951 – Dee Dee Ramone, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2002)
• 1951 – Tony Scott, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 – Darryl Stingley, American football player and scout (d. 2007)
• 1951 – Marc Surer, Swiss race car driver and sportscaster
• 1952 – Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
• 1952 – Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach
• 1953 – Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 – John McGlinn, American conductor and historian (d. 2009)
• 1954 – Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
• 1954 – Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
• 1954 – Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
• 1954 – Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
• 1954 – Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach
• 1955 – Paul Butler, English bishop
• 1955 – Keith Morris, American singer-songwriter
• 1956 – Chris Hedges, American journalist and author
• 1956 – Peter Šťastný, Slovak ice hockey player and politician
• 1958 – John Aldridge, English-Irish footballer and manager
• 1958 – Winston Davis, Vincentian cricketer
• 1958 – Malcolm Press, English ecologist and academic
• 1958 – Derek Pringle, Kenyan-English cricketer and journalist
• 1959 – Ian Arkwright, English footballer
• 1959 – Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter
• 1959 – Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1960 – Stephen Flaherty, American composer
• 1960 – Carolyn Harris, British politician
• 1960 – Ian Lucas, English lawyer and politician
• 1961 – James Gandolfini, American actor and producer (d. 2013)
• 1961 – Konstantin Kakanias, Greek-American painter and illustrator
• 1961 – Mark Olson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1962 – Joanne Catherall, English singer
• 1962 – John Fashanu, English footballer and manager
• 1962 – John Mann, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1962 – Aden Ridgeway, Australian public servant and politician
• 1962 – Boris Said, American race car driver
• 1963 – Jim Pocklington, English race car driver
• 1963 – John Powell, English-Canadian composer and conductor
• 1963 – Dan Povenmire, American animator
• 1964 – Jens Henschel, German footballer
• 1964 – Marco Masini, Italian singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Holly Robinson Peete, American actress and singer
• 1966 – Tom Chorske, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1967 – Ricky Bell, American singer
• 1967 – Tara Fitzgerald, English actress
• 1968 – Toni Kukoč, Croatian basketball player
• 1968 – Upendra Rao, Indian actor, director, and politician
• 1969 – Brad Beven, Australian triathlete
• 1969 – Cappadonna, American rapper
• 1970 – Mike Compton, American football player and coach
• 1970 – Dan Eldon, English photographer and journalist (d. 1993)
• 1970 – Darren Gough, English cricketer
• 1970 – Aisha Tyler, American actress, television host, and author
• 1971 – Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation
• 1971 – Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
• 1971 – Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
• 1972 – Brigitte Becue, Belgian swimmer
• 1972 – Adam Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – David Jefferies, English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
• 1972 – Iain Stewart, Scottish accountant and politician
• 1973 – Paul Brousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1973 – James Marsden, American actor
• 1973 – Ami Onuki, Japanese singer and voice actress
• 1973 – Louise Sauvage, Australian wheelchair racer
• 1973 – Mark Shuttleworth, South African-English businessman, founded Canonical Ltd.
• 1973 – Aitor Karanka, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1974 – Sol Campbell, English footballer and politician
• 1974 – Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian, singer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Damon Jones, American football player and coach
• 1974 – Ticha Penicheiro, Portuguese basketball player
• 1975 – Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Belarusian target shooter
• 1975 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor and comedian
• 1975 – Guillermo Vargas, Costa Rican photographer and painter
• 1976 – Gabriel Gervais, Canadian soccer player
• 1976 – Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Li Tie, Chinese footballer and manager
• 1977 – Kieran West, English rower
• 1978 – Iain Lees-Galloway, New Zealand politician
• 1978 – Ryan Lowe, English footballer
• 1978 – Augustine Simo, Cameroonian footballer
• 1979 – Daniel Aranzubia, Spanish footballer
• 1980 – Jonathan Biss, American pianist and educator
• 1980 – Mickey Higham, English rugby league player
• 1980 – Avi Strool, Israeli footballer
• 1980 – Chris Tarrant, Australian footballer
• 1980 – Petri Virtanen, Finnish basketball player
• 1981 – Lucy Aharish, Israeli journalist and actress
• 1981 – Sebastián Decoud, Argentinian tennis player
• 1981 – JeA, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer
• 1981 – Jennifer Tisdale, American actress and singer
• 1981 – Kristaps Valters, Latvian basketball player
• 1981 – Han Ye-seul, South Korean actress
• 1982 – Alessandro Cibocchi, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Arvydas Eitutavičius, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1982 – Alfredo Talavera, Mexican footballer
• 1983 – Kevin Doyle, Irish footballer
• 1984 – Dashon Goldson, American football player
• 1984 – Anthony Gonzalez, American football player
• 1985 – Tarah Gieger, Puerto Rican-American motocross racer
• 1988 – Lukas Forchhammer, Danish singer
• 1989 – Serge Ibaka, Congolese-Spanish basketball player
• 1990 – Lewis Holtby, German footballer
• 1992 – Edrick Lee, Australian rugby league player
• 1995 – Max Meyer, German footballer
• 1995 – Matt Targett, English footballer

Deaths[edit]

• AD 96 – Domitian, Roman emperor (b. AD 51)
• 411 – Constantine III, Roman usurper
• 869 – Wenilo, Frankish archbishop
• 887 – Pietro I Candiano, Italian 16th Doge of Venice (b. 842)
• 893 – Zhang Xiong, Chinese warlord
• 1137 – King Eric II of Denmark
• 1180 – Louis VII of France (b. 1120)
• 1261 – Konrad von Hochstaden, Archbishop of Cologne
• 1302 – Eudokia Palaiologina, Empress of Trebizond (b. c. 1265)
• 1361 – Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1315)
• 1385 – Balša II, ruler of Zeta
• 1443 – Lewis of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Rouen
• 1598 – Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Japanese daimyo (b. 1536)
• 1630 – Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal (b. 1552)
• 1675 – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1604)
• 1721 – Matthew Prior, English poet, politician, and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (b. 1664)
• 1722 – André Dacier, French scholar and academic (b. 1651)
• 1783 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1707)
• 1783 – Benjamin Kennicott, English theologian and scholar (b. 1718)
• 1792 – August Gottlieb Spangenberg, German bishop and theologian (b. 1704)
• 1812 – Safranbolulu Izzet Mehmet Pasha, Ottoman politician, 186th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1743)
• 1830 – William Hazlitt, English philosopher, painter, and critic (b. 1778)
• 1857 – Karol Kurpiński, Polish composer and conductor (b. 1785)
• 1860 – Joseph Locke, English engineer and politician (b. 1805)
• 1872 – Charles XV of Sweden (b. 1826)
• 1890 – Dion Boucicault, Irish-American actor and playwright (b. 1820)
• 1896 – Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (b. 1819)
• 1905 – George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (b. 1824)
• 1909 – Grigore Tocilescu, Romanian archaeologist and historian (b. 1850)
• 1911 – Pyotr Stolypin, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1862)
• 1924 – F. H. Bradley, English philosopher and author (b. 1846)
• 1939 – Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 – Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 – Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
• 1949 – Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 – Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 – Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
• 1953 – Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1956 – Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
• 1959 – Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1961 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1962 – Therese Neumann, German mystic (b. 1898)
• 1964 – Clive Bell, English philosopher and critic (b. 1881)
• 1964 – Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (b. 1880)
• 1967 – John Cockcroft, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1968 – Franchot Tone, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1905)
• 1970 – Jimi Hendrix, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1942)
• 1975 – Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (b. 1907)
• 1977 – Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (b. 1888)
• 1980 – Katherine Anne Porter, American short story writer, novelist, and essayist (b. 1890)
• 1987 – Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (b. 1894)
• 1988 – Alan Watt, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian Ambassador to Japan (b. 1901)
• 1992 – Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (b. 1905)
• 1997 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Charlie Foxx, American singer and guitarist (Inez and Charlie Foxx) (b. 1939)
• 1998 – Kathleen Collins African-American filmmaker and playwright (b. 1942)
• 2001 – Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (b. 1927)
• 2002 – Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (b. 1942)
• 2002 – Mauro Ramos, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Margita Stefanović, Serbian keyboard player (b. 1959)
• 2003 – Emil Fackenheim, German rabbi and philosopher (b. 1916)
• 2003 – Bob Mitchell, English educator and politician (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Norman Cantor, Canadian-American historian and educator (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Russ Meyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2005 – Michael Park, English race car driver (b. 1966)
• 2005 – Clint C. Wilson, Sr., American cartoonist (b. 1914)
• 2006 – Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Pepsi Tate, Welsh bass player and producer (b. 1965)
• 2008 – Leo de Berardinis, Italian actor and director (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and educator (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Ron Lancaster, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Santiago Carrillo, Spanish theorist and politician (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Jack Kralick, American baseball player (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Steve Sabol, American director and producer, co-founded NFL Films (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Veliyam Bharghavan, Indian politician (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Lindsay Cooper, English bassoon player and composer (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Arthur Lamothe, French-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 2013 – Ken Norton, American boxer (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Marcel Reich-Ranicki, Polish-German author and critic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Richard C. Sarafian, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Earl Ross, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)
• 2014 – Hirofumi Uzawa, Japanese economist and academic (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Eduardo Bonvallet, Chilean footballer and manager (b. 1955)
• 2015 – James R. Houck, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1940)
• 2015 – Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Marcin Wrona, Polish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1973)

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• 335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, emperor Constantine I.
• 634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walid capture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
• 1356 – Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II.
• 1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
• 1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
• 1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
• 1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.
• 1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Iuka: Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
• 1863 – American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Third Battle of Winchester: Union troops under General Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley and was not only militarily decisive in that region of Virginia but also played a role in securing Abraham Lincoln's election in 1864.
• 1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
• 1870 – Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
• 1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
• 1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
• 1893 – Women's suffrage: In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governor giving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.
• 1916 – During the East African Campaign of World War I, colonial armed forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of General Charles Tombeur captured the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
• 1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
• 1940 – World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
• 1944 – World War II: Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins.
• 1944 – Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed, marking the end of the Continuation War.
• 1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.
• 1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
• 1957 – First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
• 1970 – The first Glastonbury Festival is held, at a farm belonging to Michael Eavis.
• 1970 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
• 1971 – Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyễn Khánh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
• 1973 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
• 1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
• 1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying object when both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
• 1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.
• 1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system.
• 1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
• 1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
• 1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
• 1989 – A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.
• 1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
• 1997 – Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria where 53 people are killed.
• 2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
• 2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
• 2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all time saves leader with 602.
• 2016 – In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.

Births[edit]

• AD 86 – Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor (d. 161)
• 866 – Leo VI the Wise, Byzantine emperor (d. 912)
• 931 – Mu Zong, emperor of the Liao Dynasty (d. 969)
• 1328 – Joan of Kent (d. 1385)
• 1377 – Albert IV, Duke of Austria (d. 1404)
• 1426 – Maria of Cleves, French noble (d. 1487)
• 1477 – Ferrante d'Este, Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (d. 1540)
• 1551 – Henry III of France (d. 1589)
• 1560 – Thomas Cavendish, English naval explorer, led the third expedition to circumnavigate the globe (d. 1592)
• 1608 – Alfonso Litta, Roman Catholic cardinal and archbishop (d. 1679)
• 1638 – Isaac Milles, English minister (d. 1720)
• 1662 – Jean-Paul Bignon, French priest and man of letters (d. 1743)
• 1721 – William Robertson, Scottish historian (d. 1793)
• 1749 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1822)
• 1754 – John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (d. 1821)
• 1759 – William Kirby, English priest and entomologist (d. 1850)
• 1774 – Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Italian cardinal and linguist (d. 1849)
• 1778 – Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1868)
• 1796 – Hartley Coleridge, English poet and author (d. 1849)
• 1802 – Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian journalist, lawyer, and politician, Governor-President of Hungary (d. 1894)
• 1803 – Maria Anna of Savoy (d. 1884)
• 1811 – Orson Pratt, American mathematician and religious leader (d. 1881)
• 1824 – William Sellers, American engineer, inventor, and businessperson (d. 1824)
• 1828 – Fridolin Anderwert, Swiss judge and politician, President of the Swiss National Council (d. 1880)
• 1856 – Arthur Morgan, Australian politician, 16th Premier of Queensland (d. 1916)
• 1865 – Frank Eugene, American-German photographer (d. 1936)
• 1867 – Arthur Rackham, English illustrator (d. 1939)
• 1871 – Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (d. 1938)
• 1882 – Christopher Stone, English radio host (d. 1965)
• 1883 – Mabel Vernon, American educator and activist (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1972)
• 1887 – Lynne Overman, American actor and singer (d. 1943)
• 1888 – James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (d. 1971)
• 1888 – Porter Hall, American actor (d. 1953)
• 1889 – Sarah Louise Delany, American physician and author (d. 1999)
• 1894 – Rachel Field, American author and poet (d. 1942)
• 1898 – Giuseppe Saragat, Italian lawyer and politician, 5th President of Italy (d. 1988)
• 1900 – Ricardo Cortez, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1905 – Leon Jaworski, American lawyer, co-founded Fulbright & Jaworski (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Paul Bénichou, French historian, author, and critic (d. 2001)
• 1908 – Robert Lecourt, French lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (d. 2004)
• 1908 – Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (d. 1975)
• 1909 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian engineer and businessman (d. 1998)
• 1910 – Margaret Lindsay, American actress (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Arturo M. Tolentino, Filipino diplomat and politician (d. 2004)
• 1911 – William Golding, British novelist, playwright, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Reuben David, Jewish Gujarati-Indian veterinarian and zoo founder. (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (d. 2011)
• 1913 – Frances Farmer, American actress (d. 1970)
• 1913 – Helen Ward, American singer (d. 1998)
• 1915 – Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer, and producer (d. 1973)
• 1918 – Pablita Velarde, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) painter (d. 2006)
• 1919 – Roger Grenier, French journalist and author
• 1919 – Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Roger Angell, American journalist and author
• 1921 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (d. 1997)
• 1921 – Billy Ward, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Damon Knight, American author and critic (d. 2002)
• 1922 – Willie Pep, American boxer and referee (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Emil Zátopek, Czech runner (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Vern Benson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
• 1924 – Don Harron, Canadian actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Pete Murray, English radio and television host
• 1925 – W. Reece Smith, Jr., American lawyer and academic (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1926 – James Lipton, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1926 – Duke Snider, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Helen Carter, American singer (d. 1998)
• 1927 – Rosemary Harris, English actress
• 1927 – William Hickey, American actor (d. 1997)
• 1927 – Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (The Four Seasons) (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Adam West, American actor and businessman (d. 2017)
• 1929 – Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Muhal Richard Abrams, American pianist, composer, and educator
• 1930 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Antonio Margheriti, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Brook Benton, American pop/R&B/rock & roll singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
• 1931 – Derek Gardner, English engineer (d. 2011)
• 1932 – Mike Royko, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
• 1932 – Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1933 – Gilles Archambault, Canadian journalist and author
• 1933 – David McCallum, Scottish actor
• 1934 – Brian Epstein, English talent manager (d. 1967)
• 1934 – Austin Mitchell, English academic and politician
• 1935 – Benjamin Thurman Hacker, American admiral (d. 2003)
• 1936 – Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (d. 2012)
• 1936 – Milan Marcetta, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Al Oerter, American discus thrower (d. 2007)
• 1937 – Abner Haynes, American football player
• 1939 – Bruce Bastin, English musicologist and author
• 1939 – Louise Botting, English journalist and author
• 1939 – Carl Schultz, Hungarian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1939 – Moshe Weinberg, Israeli wrestling coach (d. 1972)
• 1940 – Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 – Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
• 1940 – Sylvia Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1940 – Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1940 – Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1941 – Umberto Bossi, Italian politician
• 1941 – Cass Elliot, American singer (d. 1974)
• 1941 – Jim Fox, English pentathlete
• 1941 – Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (d. 2013)
• 1942 – Freda Payne, American singer and actress
• 1943 – André Boudrias, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1943 – Joe Morgan, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1943 – Indrek Toome, Estonian businessman and politician
• 1944 – Anders Björck, Swedish politician, 25th Swedish Minister of Defence
• 1944 – Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
• 1944 – İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar
• 1945 – Kate Adie, English journalist and author
• 1945 – David Bromberg, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter
• 1945 – Randolph Mantooth, American actor
• 1946 – Brian Henton, English race car driver
• 1947 – Henry Bromell, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Thomas H. Cook, American author and academic
• 1947 – Lol Creme, English musician, songwriter, and music video director
• 1947 – Brian Hill, American basketball player and coach
• 1947 – Tanith Lee, English author (d. 2015)
• 1948 – Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1948 – Jeremy Irons, English actor
• 1949 – Twiggy, English model, actress, and singer
• 1949 – Barry Scheck, American lawyer, co-founded the Innocence Project
• 1950 – Joan Lunden, American television journalist, anchor, and author
• 1950 – Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician, and academic
• 1951 – Daniel Lanois, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1952 – Rhys Chatham, American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer
• 1952 – Bernard de Dryver, Belgian race car driver
• 1952 – Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer
• 1952 – Nile Rodgers, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1952 – George Warrington, American businessman (d. 2007)
• 1953 – Wayne Clark, Australian cricketer
• 1953 – Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1954 – Adam Phillips, Welsh psychotherapist and author
• 1954 – Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Richard Burmer, American composer and engineer (d. 2006)
• 1955 – Rex Smith, American actor and singer
• 1957 – Chris Roupas, American basketball player
• 1958 – Lita Ford, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 – Kevin Hooks, American actor, director, and producer
• 1960 – Mario Batali, American chef and author
• 1960 – Loïc Bigois, French aerodynamicist and engineer
• 1961 – Artur Ekert, Polish-English physicist and academic
• 1962 – Cheri Oteri, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Ken Rosenthal, American sportscaster
• 1963 – Jarvis Cocker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1963 – David Seaman, English footballer
• 1963 – Urmas Tartes, Estonian biologist and photographer
• 1964 – Patrick Marber, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Daniel Wincott, British political scientist
• 1964 – Trisha Yearwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1965 – Andrew Leeds, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1965 – Tim Scott, American politician
• 1965 – Sunita Williams, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1966 – Soledad O'Brien, American journalist and producer
• 1966 – Yoshihiro Takayama, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1967 – Jim Abbott, American baseball player
• 1967 – Aleksandr Karelin, Russian wrestler and politician
• 1968 – Jimmy Bower, American drummer and songwriter
• 1968 – Monica Crowley, American talk show host and author
• 1969 – Candy Dulfer, Dutch saxophonist
• 1969 – Jacek Frąckiewicz, Polish footballer
• 1969 – Alkinoos Ioannidis, Cypriot singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1969 – Michael Symon, American chef and author
• 1969 – Kostya Tszyu, Russian-Australian boxer
• 1969 – Tapio Wilska, Finnish singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Dan Bylsma, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1970 – Gilbert Dionne, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1970 – Antoine Hey, German footballer and manager
• 1970 – Victor Williams, American actor
• 1971 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress
• 1971 – Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager
• 1972 – Matt Cockbain, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1972 – Ryan Girdler, Australian rugby league player
• 1972 – Ashot Nadanian, Armenian chess player and coach
• 1973 – Nick Colgan, Irish footballer and coach
• 1973 – Cristiano da Matta, Brazilian race car driver
• 1973 – David Zepeda, Mexican actor, model and singer
• 1973 – Javier Duarte, Mexican politician
• 1974 – Jimmy Fallon, American comedian and talk show host
• 1975 – Marcus Dunstan, American director and screenwriter
• 1976 – Raja Bell, American basketball player
• 1976 – Jay Electronica, American rapper and producer
• 1976 – Jan Hlaváč, Czech ice hockey player
• 1976 – Alison Sweeney, American actress and television host
• 1977 – Poon Yiu Cheuk, Hong Kong footballer and coach
• 1977 – Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer
• 1977 – Ryan Dusick, American musician (Maroon 5) and record producer
• 1977 – Tommaso Rocchi, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Mike Smith, American baseball player
• 1977 – Emil Sutovsky, Israeli chess player
• 1978 – Nick Johnson, American baseball player
• 1978 – Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Nigel Mitchell, English radio and television host
• 1980 – James Ellison, English motorcycle racer
• 1980 – Sara Quin, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1980 – Tegan Quin, Canadian singer-songwriter and musician
• 1980 – Dimitri Yachvili, French rugby player
• 1981 – Damiano Cunego, Italian cyclist
• 1981 – Rick DiPietro, American ice hockey player
• 1981 – Rika Fujiwara, Japanese tennis player
• 1982 – Shaun Barker, English footballer
• 1982 – Eduardo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
• 1982 – Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
• 1982 – Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
• 1983 – Joey Devine, American baseball player
• 1983 – Charlie Haeger, American baseball player
• 1984 – Ángel Reyna, Mexican footballer
• 1984 – Danny Valencia, American baseball player
• 1984 – Kevin Zegers, Canadian actor
• 1985 – Gio González, American baseball player
• 1985 – Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player
• 1985 – Chase Rice, American singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Renee Young, Canadian journalist
• 1985 – Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor
• 1986 – Leon Best, English footballer
• 1986 – Ryan Succop, American football player
• 1987 – Kenny Britt, American football player
• 1987 – Carlos Quintero, Colombian footballer
• 1989 – Tyreke Evans, American basketball player
• 1989 – George Springer, American baseball player
• 1990 – Saki Fukuda, Japanese actress and singer
• 1990 – Savvas Gentsoglou, Greek footballer
• 1990 – Evgeny Novikov, Russian race car driver
• 1990 – Kieran Trippier, English footballer
• 1992 – Diego Antonio Reyes, Mexican footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 643 – Goeric of Metz, Frankish bishop and saint
• 656 – Pope Martin I
• 690 – Theodore of Tarsus, English archbishop and saint (b. 602)
• 1123 – Emperor Taizu of Jin (b. 1068)
• 1147 – Igor II of Kiev
• 1339 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (b. 1288)
• 1356 – Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1311)
• 1356 – Walter VI, Count of Brienne (b. 1304)
• 1580 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman (b. 1519)
• 1589 – Jean-Antoine de Baïf, French poet (b. 1532)
• 1605 – Edward Lewknor, English politician (b. 1542)
• 1668 – William Waller, English general and politician (b. 1597)
• 1692 – Giles Corey, American farmer and accused wizard (b. c. 1612)
• 1710 – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (b. 1644)
• 1812 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker (b. 1744)
• 1843 – Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1792)
• 1863 – Hans Christian Heg, Norwegian-American colonel and politician (b. 1829)
• 1868 – William Sprague, American minister and politician (b. 1809)
• 1873 – Robert Mackenzie, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Queensland (b. 1811)
• 1881 – James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, and the 20th President of the United States (b. 1831)
• 1893 – Alexander Tilloch Galt, English-Canadian politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Finance (b. 1817)
• 1902 – Masaoka Shiki, Japanese poet, author, and critic (b. 1867)
• 1905 – Thomas John Barnardo, Irish-English philanthropist (b. 1845)
• 1906 – Maria Georgina Grey, English educator, founded the Girls' Day School Trust (b. 1816)
• 1924 – Alick Bannerman, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1854)
• 1927 – Michael Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
• 1935 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian scientist and engineer (b. 1857)
• 1936 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (b. 1860)
• 1942 – Condé Montrose Nast, American publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications (b. 1873)
• 1944 – Guy Gibson, Indian-English commander, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1918)
• 1949 – George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (b. 1886)
• 1949 – Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1955 – John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 – Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1968 – Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 – Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
• 1973 – Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946)
• 1975 – Pamela Brown, English actress (b. 1917)
• 1978 – Étienne Gilson, French historian and philosopher (b. 1884)
• 1985 – Italo Calvino, Italian novelist, short story writer, and journalist (b. 1923)
• 1987 – Einar Gerhardsen, Norwegian civil servant and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897)
• 1989 – Willie Steele, American long jumper (b. 1923)
• 1990 – Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1910)
• 1992 – Jacques Pic, French chef (b. 1932)
• 1995 – Orville Redenbacher, American businessman, founded his own eponymous brand (b. 1907)
• 1998 – Patricia Hayes, English actress (b. 1909)
• 2000 – Ann Doran, American actress (b. 1911)
• 2001 – Rhys Jones, Welsh-Australian archaeologist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2002 – Robert Guéï, Ivorian politician, 3rd President of Côte d'Ivoire (b. 1941)
• 2003 – Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1927)
• 2004 – Eddie Adams, American photographer and journalist (b. 1933)
• 2004 – Skeeter Davis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
• 2004 – Damayanti Joshi, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (b. 1908)
• 2006 – Elizabeth Allen, American actress (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Martha Holmes, American photographer and journalist (b. 1923)
• 2006 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (b. 1950)
• 2009 – Milton Meltzer, American historian and author (b. 1915)
• 2009 – Eduard Zimmermann, German journalist (b. 1929)
• 2011 – Thomas Capano, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
• 2011 – Dolores Hope, American singer (b. 1909)
• 2012 – Rino Ferrario, Italian footballer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Cecil Gordon, American race car driver (b. 1941)
• 2012 – Bettye Lane, American photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Robert Barnard, English author and critic (b. 1936)
• 2013 – John Reger, American football player (b. 1931)
• 2013 – William Ungar, Polish-American author and philanthropist, founded the National Envelope Corporation (b. 1913)
• 2013 – John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Audrey Long, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2015 – Jackie Collins, English novelist (b. 1937)
• 2015 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1966)
• 2015 – Masajuro Shiokawa, Japanese economist and politician, 63rd Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1921)

Emmy Awards 2017: Key winners

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The 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Here's a rundown of the nominees and, most importantly, the winners (in bold) in the major categories:

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Best lead actress in a drama series

• Elisabeth Moss - The Handmaid's Tale
• Keri Russell - The Americans
• Claire Foy - The Crown
• Robin Wright - House of Cards
• Viola Davis - How To Get Away With Murder
• Evan Rachel Wood - Westworld

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Best lead actor in a drama series

• Sterling K Brown - This Is Us
• Matthew Rhys - The Americans
• Bob Odenkirk - Better Call Saul
• Kevin Spacey - House Of Cards
• Liev Schreiber - Ray Donovan
• Milo Ventimiglia - This Is Us
• Anthony Hopkins - Westworld

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Best lead actress in a limited series or movie

• Nicole Kidman - Big Little Lies
• Felicity Huffman - American Crime
• Reese Witherspoon - Big Little Lies
• Carrie Coon - Fargo
• Jessica Lange - Feud: Bette And Joan
• Susan Sarandon - Feud: Bette And Joan

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Best lead actor in a limited series or movie

• Riz Ahmed - The Night Of
• Ewan McGregor - Fargo
• Geoffrey Rush - Genius
• John Turturro - The Night Of
• Benedict Cumberbatch - Sherlock: The Lying Detective
• Robert De Niro - The Wizard Of Lies

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Best lead actress in a comedy series

• Julia Louis-Dreyfus - Veep
• Pamela Adlon - Better Things
• Jane Fonda - Grace and Frankie
• Allison Janney - Mom
• Ellie Kemper - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Tracee Ellis Ross - Black-ish
• Lily Tomlin - Grace and Frankie

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Best lead actor in a comedy series

• Donald Glover - Atlanta
• Anthony Anderson - Black-ish
• Aziz Ansari - Master of None
• Zach Galifianakis - Baskets
• William H Macy - Shameless
• Jeffrey Tambor - Transparent

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Best drama series

• The Handmaid's Tale
• Better Call Saul
• The Crown
• House of Cards
• Stranger Things
• This Is Us
• Westworld

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Best comedy series

• Veep
• Atlanta
• Black-ish
• Master of None
• Modern Family
• Silicon Valley
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

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Best limited series

• Big Little Lies
• Fargo
• Feud: Bette and Joan
• Genius 
• The Night Of

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Best TV movie

• Black Mirror: San Junipero
• Dolly Parton's Christmas Of Many Colors: Circle Of Love
• The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
• Sherlock: The Lying Detective
• The Wizard Of Lies

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Supporting actress in a drama series

• Ann Dowd - The Handmaid's Tale
• Samira Wiley - The Handmaid's Tale
• Uzo Aduba - Orange Is the New Black
• Millie Bobby Brown - Stranger Things
• Chrissy Metz - This Is Us
• Thandie Newton - Westworld

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Supporting actor in a drama series

• John Lithgow - The Crown
• Jonathan Banks - Better Call Saul
• Mandy Patinkin - Homeland
• Michael Kelly - House of Cards
• David Harbour - Stranger Things
• Ron Cephas Jones - This Is Us
• Jeffrey Wright - Westworld

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Supporting actress in a comedy series

• Kate McKinnon - Saturday Night Live
• Vanessa Bayer - Saturday Night Live
• Leslie Jones - Saturday Night Live
• Anna Chlumsky - Veep
• Judith Light - Transparent
• Kathryn Hahn - Transparent

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Supporting actor in a comedy series

• Alec Baldwin - Saturday Night Live
• Louie Anderson - Baskets
• Ty Burrell - Modern Family
• Tituss Burgess - Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Tony Hale - Veep
• Matt Walsh - Veep

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Supporting actress in a limited series or movie

• Laura Dern - Big Little Lies
• Judy Davis - Feud: Bette and Joan
• Jackie Hoffman - Feud: Bette and Joan
• Regina King - American Crime
• Michelle Pfeiffer - The Wizard of Lies
• Shailene Woodley - Big Little Lies

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Supporting actor in a limited series or movie

• Alexander Skarsgard - Big Little Lies
• Bill Camp - The Night Of
• Alfred Molina - Feud: Bette and Joan
• David Thewlis - Fargo
• Stanley Tucci - Feud: Bette and Joan
• Michael K Williams - The Night Of

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Directing for a drama series

• Reed Morano - The Handmaid's Tale
• Vince Gilligan - Better Call Saul
• Stephen Daldry - The Crown
• Kate Dennis - The Handmaid's Tale
• Lesli Linka Glatter - Homeland
• The Duffer Brothers - Stranger Things
• Jonathan Nolan - Westworld

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Directing for a comedy series

• Donald Glover - Atlanta
• Jamie Babbit - Silicon Valley
• Mike Judge - Silicon Valley
• Morgan Sackett - Veep
• David Mandel - Veep
• Dale Stern - Veep

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Directing for a limited series or movie

• Jean-Marc Vallee - Big Little Lies
• Noah Hawley - Fargo
• Ryan Murphy - Feud: Bette & Joan
• Ron Howard Genius
• James Marsh - The Night Of
• Steve Zaillian - The Night Of

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Writing for a drama series

• Bruce Miller - The Handmaid's Tale
• Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields - The Americans
• Gordon Smith - Better Call Saul
• Peter Morgan - The Crown
• The Duffer Brothers - Stranger Things
• Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan - Westworld

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Writing for a comedy series

• Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe - Master of None
• Donald Glover - Atlanta
• Stephen Glover - Atlanta
• Alec Berg - Silicon Valley
• Billy Kimball - Veep
• David Mandel - Veep

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Directing for a variety series

• Don Roy King - Saturday Night Live
• Derek Waters & Jeremy Konner - Drunk History
• Andy Fisher - Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Paul Pennolino - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
• Jim Hoskinson - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Writing for a limited series or film or drama

• Charlie Brooker - Black Mirror: San Junipero
• David E. Kelley - Big Little Lies
• Noah Hawley - Fargo
• Ryan Murphy - Feud: Bette and Joan
• Jaffe Cohen, Michael Zam and Ryan Murphy - Feud: Bette and Joan
• Richard Price and Steven Zaillian - The Night Of

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Variety sketch series

• Saturday Night Live
• Billy On The Street
• Documentary Now
• Drunk History
• Portlandia
• Tracey Ullman's Show

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Reality-competition programme

• The Voice
• The Amazing Race
• American Ninja Warrior
• Project Runway
• RuPaul's Drag Race
• Top Chef

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Variety talk series

• Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
• Full Frontal With Samantha Bee
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• The Late Late Show With James Corden
• Real Time With Bill Maher
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert