Φιλμογραφία

• Δεσποινίς δικηγόρος του Πέλου Κατσέλη (1933)
• Το δρομάκι του Παραδείσου του Αλμπέρτο Πιεραλίζι (1943)
• Η άγνωστος του Ορέστη Λάσκου (1954)
• Ο αγαπητικός της βοσκοπούλας του Ντίμη Δαδήρα (1955)
• Ο γυναικάς του Νίκου Τσιφόρου (1957)
• Ένας βλάκας και μισός του Γιάννη Δαλιανίδη (1959)
• Η Χιονάτη και τα 7 γεροντοπαλίκαρα του Ιάκωβου Καμπανέλλη (1960)

Βιβλιογραφία

• Μάκη Μωραΐτη: Ο Χρήστος Ευθυμίου από τα βάθη του ουρανού (εκδόσεις Οδός Πανός - Σιγαρέτα)

• Προοίμιο (στρ. 1-34). Ο ποιητής παρουσιάζει τη θεά ελευθερία, θυμίζει τα περασμένα μαρτύρια του Ελληνισμού, την εξέγερση των σκλάβων, τη χαρά του Ελληνισμού, την έχθρα των Ευρωπαίων ηγεμόνων και την περιφρονητική αδιαφορία των Ελλήνων για τα φιλότουρκα αισθήματά τους.
• Η περιγραφή της Μάχης της Τριπολιτσάς (στρ. 35-74).
• Η μάχη της Κορίνθου και η καταστροφή του Δράμαλη στα Δερβενάκια (στρ. 75-87).
• Η πρώτη πολιορκία του Μεσολογγίου στα 1822 και ο πνιγμός των Τούρκων στον ποταμό Αχελώο (στρ. 88-122).
• Τα πολεμικά κατορθώματα στη θάλασσα, η πυρπόληση της τουρκικής ναυαρχίδας κοντά στην Τένεδο και ο απαγχονισμός του Γρηγορίου Ε'. (στρ. 123-138).
• Επίλογος (στρ. 139-158). Ο ποιητής συμβουλεύει τους αγωνιστές να απαλλαγούν από τη διχόνοια και προτρέπει τους δυνατούς της Ευρώπης να αφήσουν την Ελλάδα να ελευθερωθεί (Γιάννης Ν. Παππάς: «Για να γνωρίσουμε το Σολωμό», εκδ. Μεταίχμιο).

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• 70 – The destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
• 367 – Gratian, son of Roman Emperor Valentinian I, is named co-Augustus by his father and associated to the throne aged eight.
• 598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea) during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.
• 1265 – Second Barons' War: Battle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
• 1327 – First War of Scottish Independence: James Douglas leads a raid into Weardale and almost kills Edward III of England.
• 1532 – The Duchy of Brittany is united to the Kingdom of France.
• 1578 – Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.
• 1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of Champagne, although he actually did not have anything to do with sparkling wine.
• 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
• 1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
• 1789 – In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
• 1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
• 1791 – The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
• 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
• 1821 – The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
• 1824 – The Battle of Kos is fought between Turkish and Greek forces.
• 1854 – The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
• 1863 – Matica slovenská, Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
• 1873 – American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer clashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
• 1889 – The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
• 1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
• 1902 – The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.
• 1906 – Central railway station, Sydney opens.
• 1914 – World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, Belgium and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
• 1915 – World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
• 1924 – Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
• 1936 – Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
• 1944 – The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
• 1946 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
• 1947 – The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
• 1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 is published for the first time.
• 1964 – American civil rights movement: Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
• 1964 – Gulf of Tonkin incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joy report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
• 1965 – The Constitution of Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
• 1969 – Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuan Thuy begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
• 1974 – A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
• 1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
• 1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
• 1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
• 1987 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
• 1991 – The Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.
• 1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koon and Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
• 1995 – Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
• 2002 – Soham murders: Ten-year-old school girls Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells go missing from the town of Soham, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom.
• 2005 – Prime Minister Paul Martin announces that Michaëlle Jean will be Canada's 27th Governor General.
• 2006 – A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
• 2007 – NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.

Births[edit]

• 1222 – Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester, English soldier (d. 1262)
• 1290 – Leopold I, Duke of Austria (d. 1326)
• 1521 – Pope Urban VII (d. 1590)
• 1604 – François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac, French cleric and author (d. 1676)
• 1701 – Thomas Blackwell, Scottish historian and scholar (d. 1757)
• 1704 – Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans (d. 1752)
• 1719 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)
• 1721 – Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1803)
• 1755 – Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier and painter (d. 1805)
• 1792 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English author, poet, and playwright (d. 1822)
• 1805 – William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1865)
• 1821 – Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (d. 1892)
• 1821 – James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1881)
• 1834 – John Venn, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1923)
• 1839 – Walter Pater, English author, critic, and academic (d. 1894)
• 1844 – Henri Berger, German composer and bandleader (d. 1929)
• 1853 – John Henry Twachtman, American painter (d. 1902)
• 1859 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1952)
• 1865 – Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)
• 1867 – Jake Beckley, American baseball player and coach (d. 1918)
• 1870 – Harry Lauder, Scottish actor and singer (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Giovanni Giuriati, Italian lawyer and politician (d. 1970)
• 1884 – Béla Balázs, Hungarian poet and critic (d. 1949)
• 1884 – Henri Cornet, French cyclist (d. 1941)
• 1887 – Albert M. Greenfield, Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1967)
• 1888 – Taher Saifuddin, Indian religious leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (d. 1965)
• 1890 – Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957)
• 1891 – Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (d. 1989)
• 1893 – Fritz Gause, German historian and curator (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1994)
• 1900 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (d. 2002)
• 1901 – Louis Armstrong, American trumpet player and singer (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
• 1902 – Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)
• 1904 – Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author and playwright (d. 1969)
• 1904 – Helen Kane, American singer and actress (d. 1966)
• 1904 – Joe Tate, English footballer and manager (d. 1973)
• 1906 – Marie José of Belgium (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Eugen Schuhmacher, German zoologist, director, and producer (d. 1973)
• 1908 – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (d. 1994)
• 1909 – Glenn Cunningham, American runner (d. 1988)
• 1909 – Saunders Mac Lane, American mathematician and academic (d. 2005)
• 1910 – Anita Page, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
• 1910 – William Schuman, American composer and educator (d. 1992)
• 1910 – Hedda Sterne, Romanian-American painter and photographer (d. 2011)
• 1912 – Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (d. 1999)
• 1912 – David Raksin, American composer and educator (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish architect and diplomat (d. 1947)
• 1913 – Robert Hayden, American poet and educator (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Johann Niemann, German SS officer (d. 1943)
• 1915 – Warren Avis, American businessman, founded Avis Rent a Car System (d. 2007)
• 1917 – John Fitch, American race car driver (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Brian Crozier, Australian-English historian and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Iceberg Slim, American author (d. 1992)
• 1919 – Michel Déon, French author, playwright, and critic
• 1920 – Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1921 – Herb Ellis, American guitarist (d. 2010)
• 1921 – Maurice Richard, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Luis Aponte Martínez, Puerto Rican cardinal (d. 2012)
• 1923 – Reg Grundy, Australian television producer
• 1926 – George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Perry Moss, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1927 – Jess Thomas, American tenor (d. 1993)
• 1928 – Christian Goethals, Belgian race car driver (d. 2003)
• 1928 – Gerard Damiano, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1929 – Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1987)
• 1930 – Ali al-Sistani, Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar
• 1931 – Naren Tamhane, Indian cricketer (d. 2002)
• 1932 – Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist
• 1934 – Dallas Green, American baseball player and manager
• 1934 – Allan Murdmaa, Estonian architect (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Carol Arthur, American actress and producer
• 1935 – Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German footballer and coach (d. 1997)
• 1935 – Michael J. Noonan, Irish farmer and politician, 25th Minister of Defence for Ireland (d. 2013)
• 1936 – Giorgos Zographos, Greek singer and actor (d. 2005)
• 1937 – David Bedford, English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (d. 2011)
• 1938 – Ellen Schrecker, American historian and educator
• 1939 – Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling, English politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 1939 – Frank Vincent, American actor and producer
• 1940 – Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician
• 1940 – Larry Knechtel, American bass player (Bread and The Wrecking Crew) (d. 2009)
• 1940 – Frances Stewart, English economist and academic
• 1940 – Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Martin Jarvis, English actor
• 1941 – Ted Strickland, American psychologist and politician, 68th Governor of Ohio
• 1942 – Don S. Davis, American actor and painter (d. 2008)
• 1942 – Cleon Jones, American baseball player
• 1942 – David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Vicente Álvarez Areces, Spanish politician, 6th President of the Principality of Asturias
• 1943 – Georgina Hale, English actress and singer
• 1943 – Bjørn Wirkola, Norwegian ski jumper and footballer
• 1944 – Amjad Islam Amjad, Pakistani poet, screenwriter, and songwriter
• 1944 – Richard Belzer, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 – Allan McCollum, American artist
• 1944 – Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician
• 1945 – Paul McCarthy, American artist
• 1945 – Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman
• 1946 – Maureen Starkey Tigrett, English-American hairdresser (d. 1994)
• 1946 – Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
• 1947 – Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and Cosmic Jokers)
• 1948 – Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 – John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
• 1950 – Caldwell Jones, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Caldwell Jones, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 1950 – N. Rangaswamy, Pondicherry Chief Minister
• 1951 – Peter Goodfellow, English geneticist and academic
• 1952 – James Arbuthnot, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
• 1952 – Moya Brennan, Irish singer-songwriter and harp player (Clannad and T with the Maggies)
• 1952 – Gábor Demszky, Hungarian lawyer and politician
• 1953 – Joanie Spina, American magician, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
• 1953 – Vini Reilly, English guitarist (The Durutti Column and The Invisible Girls)
• 1953 – Hiroyuki Usui, Japanese footballer and manager
• 1954 – Anatoliy Kinakh, Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Ukraine
• 1954 – François Valéry, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
• 1955 – Alberto Gonzales, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th United States Attorney General
• 1955 – Dariusz Lipiński, Polish politician
• 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (The Boxmasters)
• 1956 – Gerry Cooney, American boxer
• 1957 – Brooks D. Simpson, American historian and author
• 1957 – Valdis Valters, Latvian basketball player and coach
• 1957 – John Wark, Scottish footballer
• 1958 – Ian Broudie, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Lightning Seeds, Big in Japan, and Care)
• 1958 – Allison Hedge Coke, American-Canadian poet and academic
• 1958 – Mary Decker, American runner
• 1958 – Kym Karath, American actress and singer
• 1958 – Silvan Shalom, Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th Deputy Prime Minister of Israel
• 1959 – Robbin Crosby, American guitarist and songwriter (Ratt) (d. 2002)
• 1959 – John Gormley, Irish politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin
• 1960 – Chuck C. Lopez, American jockey
• 1960 – Dean Malenko, American wrestler
• 1960 – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish politician, 5th Prime Minister of Spain
• 1960 – Bernard Rose, English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1960 – Tim Winton, Australian author
• 1961 – Eddie James, American murderer and sex offender
• 1961 – Barack Obama, American lawyer and politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1961 – Peter Reichert, German footballer
• 1961 – Lauren Tom, American actress and singer
• 1962 – Roger Clemens, American baseball player and actor
• 1962 – Paul Reynolds, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (A Flock of Seagulls)
• 1964 – Andrew Bartlett, Australian politician
• 1964 – Gary King, English radio host
• 1964 – Anna Sui, American fashion designer
• 1965 – Adam Afriyie, English politician
• 1965 – Terri Lyne Carrington, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1965 – Crystal Chappell, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Dennis Lehane, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1965 – Wayne Pacelle, American humanitarian and author
• 1965 – Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1965 – Michael Skibbe, German footballer and manager
• 1965 – James Tupper, Canadian actor
• 1966 – Kensuke Sasaki, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1967 – Timothy Adams, American model and actor
• 1967 – Michael Marsh, American sprinter
• 1967 – Tom Anderson, American partner at Optima Public Relations
• 1968 – Daniel Dae Kim, South Korean-American actor
• 1968 – Lee Mack, English comedian and actor
• 1968 – Marcus Schenkenberg, Swedish model and actor
• 1969 – Mark Bickley, Australian footballer and coach
• 1969 – Max Cavalera, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sepultura, Soulfly, Nailbomb, and Cavalera Conspiracy)
• 1969 – Michael DeLuise, American actor, director, and producer
• 1969 – Vlad Ivanov, Romanian actor
• 1969 – Troy O'Leary, American baseball player
• 1970 – John August, American director and screenwriter
• 1970 – Bret Baier, American journalist
• 1970 – Steve House, American mountaineer
• 1970 – Steven Jack, South African cricketer
• 1970 – Ron Lester, American actor
• 1970 – Kate Silverton, English journalist
• 1971 – Bethan Benwell, British linguist
• 1971 – Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor
• 1972 – Stefan Brogren, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 – Eva Amaral, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Amaral)
• 1973 – Xavier Marchand, French swimmer
• 1973 – Marek Penksa, Slovak footballer
• 1973 – Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis, Brazilian footballer
• 1974 – Chris Crippin, Canadian drummer (Hedley)
• 1974 – Dominic Ochoa, Filipino actor
• 1974 – Kily González, Argentinian footballer
• 1974 – Keenan Milton, American skateboarder (d. 2001)
• 1975 – Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, Saudi Arabian militant (d. 2014)
• 1975 – Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
• 1975 – Nikos Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1975 – Joe Saenz, American gangster
• 1975 – Jutta Urpilainen, Finnish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Finland
• 1975 – Daniella van Graas, Dutch model and actress
• 1976 – Andrew McLeod, Australian footballer
• 1976 – Trevor Woodman, English rugby player
• 1977 – Kazarian, American wrestler
• 1977 – Luís Boa Morte, Portuguese footballer
• 1978 – Jeremy Adduono, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1978 – Luke Allen, American baseball player
• 1978 – Victor Marius Beliciu, Romanian sitar player
• 1978 – Kurt Busch, American race car driver
• 1978 – Mick Cain, American actor
• 1978 – Agnė Eggerth, Lithuanian sprinter
• 1978 – Ibán Espadas, Spanish footballer
• 1978 – Shaunard Harts, American football player
• 1978 – Satoshi Hino, American-Japanese voice actor
• 1978 – Benet Kaci, Kosovan journalist and singer
• 1978 – Jon Knott, American baseball player
• 1978 – Karine Legault, Canadian swimmer
• 1978 – Duane Ludwig, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
• 1978 – Sandeep Naik, Indian politician
• 1978 – Danish Nawaz, Pakistani actor and director
• 1978 – Siri Nordby, Norwegian footballer
• 1978 – JD Samson, American DJ and producer (Le Tigre, MEN, and The New England Roses)
• 1978 – Ricardo Serrano, Spanish cyclist
• 1978 – Per-Åge Skrøder, Norwegian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Michail Stifunin, Russian ice dancer
• 1979 – Robin Peterson, South African cricketer
• 1980 – Richard Dawson, English cricketer and coach
• 1981 – Erica Carlson, Swedish actress
• 1981 – Marques Houston, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (IMx)
• 1981 – Jana Kolukanova, Estonian swimmer
• 1981 – Meghan Markle, American model and actress
• 1981 – Ben Scott, English cricketer
• 1981 – Abigail Spencer, American actress
• 1982 – Rubinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1983 – Cody Burger, American actor
• 1983 – Nathaniel Buzolic, Australian actor
• 1983 – Greta Gerwig, American actress and screenwriter
• 1984 – Terry Campese, Australian rugby league player
• 1984 – Mardy Collins, American basketball player
• 1985 – Crystal Bowersox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 – Robbie Findley, American soccer player
• 1985 – Kina Grannis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1985 – Mark Milligan, Australian footballer
• 1985 – Ha Seung-Jin, South Korean basketball player
• 1985 – Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer
• 1986 – Cicinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Nick Augusto, American drummer (Trivium)
• 1986 – Leon Camier, English motorcycle racer
• 1986 – David Williams, Australian rugby league player
• 1987 – Jang Keun-suk, South Korean actor and singer
• 1987 – Phil Younghusband, English–Filipino footballer
• 1987 – Marreese Speights American basketball player
• 1987 – Tomoya Warabino, Japanese actor
• 1988 – Carly Foulkes, Canadian model and actress
• 1988 – Kelley O'Hara, American soccer player
• 1988 – Tom Parker, English singer (The Wanted)
• 1989 – Wang Hao, Chinese chess player
• 1989 – Jessica Mauboy, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (Young Divas)
• 1990 – Siim Tenno, Estonian footballer
• 1991 – Thiago Cardoso, Brazilian footballer
• 1991 – Lucinda Dryzek, English actress
• 1991 – Izet Hajrović, Bosnian footballer
• 1991 – River Viiperi, Spanish model
• 1992 – Tiffany Evans, American singer and actress
• 1992 – Yvonne Neuwirth, Austrian tennis player
• 1992 – Neil Coleta, Filipino actor
• 1993 – Saido Berahino, Burundian-English footballer
• 1994 – Mayuko Fukuda, Japanese actress
• 1995 – Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress
• 1995 – Jessica Sanchez, American singer-songwriter
• 1997 – Ekaterina Ryabova,Russian teen singer
• 2001 – Seishiro Kato, Japanese actor

Deaths[edit]

• 966 – Berengar II of Italy (b. 900)
• 1060 – Henry I of France (b. 1008)
• 1113 – Gertrude of Saxony (b. 1030)
• 1265 – Killed in the Battle of Evesham:
  • Peter de Montfort, English politician (b. 1215)
  • Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, French-English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward (b. 1208)
  • Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer, English politician (b. 1223)
• 1306 – Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (b. 1289)
• 1430 – Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
• 1526 – Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer and navigator (b. 1476)
• 1578 – Sebastian of Portugal (b. 1554)
• 1578 – Thomas Stukley, English mercenary (b. 1520)
• 1598 – William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1520)
• 1612 – Hugh Broughton, English scholar and theologian (b. 1549)
• 1639 – Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Mexican actor and playwright (b. 1581)
• 1718 – René Lepage de Sainte-Claire, French-Canadian founder of Rimouski (b. 1656)
• 1727 – Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
• 1741 – Andrew Hamilton, Scottish-American lawyer and politician (b. 1676)
• 1778 – Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Canadian-French politician, Governor General of New France (b. 1698)
• 1792 – John Burgoyne, English general and politician (b. 1723)
• 1795 – Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1711)
• 1804 – Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish admiral (b. 1731)
• 1822 – Kristjan Jaak Peterson, Estonian poet (b. 1801)
• 1844 – Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (b. 1773)
• 1849 – Anita Garibaldi, Brazilian wife of Giuseppe Garibaldi (b. 1821)
• 1859 – John Vianney, French priest and saint (b. 1786)
• 1873 – Viktor Hartmann, Russian painter (b. 1834)
• 1875 – Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author and poet (b. 1805)
• 1886 – Samuel J. Tilden, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of New York (b. 1814)
• 1900 – Isaac Levitan, Russian architect and painter (b. 1860)
• 1914 – Jules Lemaître, French playwright and critic (b. 1853)
• 1919 – Dave Gregory, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1845)
• 1922 – Enver Pasha, Ottoman general (b. 1881)
• 1932 – Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 – Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 – Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 – Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 – Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1957 – Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 – Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 – József Révai, Hungarian politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1898)
• 1967 – Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 1976 – Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop (b. 1923)
• 1976 – Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (b. 1894)
• 1977 – Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1981 – Melvyn Douglas, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1982 – Bruce Goff, American architect, designed the Boston Avenue Methodist Church (b. 1904)
• 1985 – Don Whillans, English mountaineer (b. 1933)
• 1988 – Mick Shann, Australian public servant (b. 1917)
• 1989 – Franziska Liebing, Swedish-German actress (b. 1901)
• 1991 – Don DaGradi, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1991 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek author and poet (b. 1912)
• 1992 – Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese author (b. 1909)
• 1993 – Bernard Barrow, American actor (b. 1927)
• 1996 – Geoff Hamilton, English gardener, author, and television host (b. 1936)
• 1997 – Jeanne Calment, French super-centenarian (b. 1875)
• 1998 – Yury Artyukhin, Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
• 1999 – Victor Mature, American actor and singer (b. 1913)
• 2000 – Leslie Glass, American porn actress and model (b. 1963)
• 2001 – Lorenzo Music, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 2003 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Mary Sherman Morgan, American rocket fuel scientist (b. 1921)
• 2005 – Anatoly Larkin, Russian-American physicist and theorist (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Iván Szabó, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Finance of Hungary (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Lee Hazlewood, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Raul Hilberg, Austrian-American political scientist and historian (b. 1926)
• 2008 – Craig Jones, English motorcycle racer (b. 1985)
• 2009 – Blake Snyder, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1957)
• 2011 – Mark Duggan, English shooting victim (b. 1982)
• 2011 – Naoki Matsuda, Japanese footballer (b. 1977)
• 2012 – Johnnie Bassett, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Brian Crozier, Australian-English journalist and historian (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Metin Erksan, Turkish director and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Con Houlihan, Irish journalist (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Bud Riley, American football player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Keith H. Basso, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Art Donovan, American football player and radio host (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Dominick Harrod, English journalist (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Olavi J. Mattila, Finnish politician, Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Renato Ruggiero, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Tony Snell, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Billy Ward, Australian boxer (b. 1993)
• 2013 – Sandy Woodward, English admiral (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Tim Wright, American bass player (Pere Ubu and DNA) (b. 1950)
• 2014 – James Brady, American activist and politician, 15th White House Press Secretary (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Rich Ceisler, American comedian and author (b. 1955)
• 2014 – Chester Crandell, American politician (b. 1946)
• 2014 – Jake Hooker, Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (Arrows) (b. 1953)
• 2014 – Walter Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1928)

Bobbi Kristina Brown buried alongside Whitney Houston

The body of Bobbi Kristina Brown has been taken to a New Jersey cemetery for burial next to mother Whitney Houston.

A hearse took the body from a Newark funeral home as two vehicles carrying relatives - including singer Dionne Warwick - followed behind.

Bobbi Kristina, 22, died at a hospice on 26 July, six months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub.

Houston drowned in a bathtub at a Los Angeles hotel in 2012 on the eve of the Grammy Awards ceremony. 

Bobbi Kristina was the only child of Whitney Houston and her father was R&B singer Bobby Brown.

The casket had earlier been at a memorial service in Alpharetta in Georgia on Saturday.

The burial at the Fairview cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey, on Monday was reserved for friends and family.

Police sealed off roads to the cemetery and only about a dozen fans could be seen at the gates as the gold-coloured hearse passed by.

One who was at the cemetery, Michael Tarashuk, told Reuters: "I wanted to show support to the Houston family and for Whitney Houston. I was here three years ago for Whitney Houston."

A friend of the family who was invited to the funeral service, TV host Kevin Frazier, told the agency: "This wasn't a celebrity funeral. This was a little girl and [the family] can't understand why we're back here so soon.

"It was sad, it was heartbreaking, nothing like anybody should ever experience."

Bobbi Kristina Brown began performing with her mother in 1999, singing duets of My Love is Your Love and recording Little Drummer Boy for a holiday album in 2003.

She was found in the bathtub in the home she shared with Nick Gordon in Atlanta.

Authorities are still investigating the death, which police have described as a drowning.

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• 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as emperor after a period of political turmoil, restoring the Han Dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin Dynasty.
• 642 – Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
• 910 – The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Earl Aethelred of Mercia.
• 939 – The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Cordoba.
• 1068 – Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
• 1100 – Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
• 1278 – The Siege of Algeciras ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadan victory.
• 1305 – William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
• 1388 – The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
• 1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
• 1600 – The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
• 1620 – The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
• 1689 – One thousand five hundred Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France.
• 1716 – The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
• 1735 – Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
• 1763 – Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
• 1772 – The First Partition of Poland begins.
• 1781 – The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
• 1824 – Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
• 1858 – Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
• 1860 – Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
• 1861 – American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
• 1861 – The United States Army abolishes flogging.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
• 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
• 1874 – Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
• 1882 – The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
• 1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
• 1888 – Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
• 1901 – Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m). The record will stand for 20 years.
• 1906 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
• 1914 – World War I: The German minelayer SS Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
• 1914 – World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
• 1914 – In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
• 1916 – World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
• 1925 – Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
• 1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
• 1940 – World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
• 1941 – World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
• 1944 – World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia.
• 1944 – World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
• 1944 – World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of anywhere between 40,000 and 100,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
• 1949 – In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• 1949 – The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
• 1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.
• 1958 – Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President until that time. Hoover would live another six years, his record 31 years 7 months 16 days retirement has since been eclipsed by Jimmy Carter.
• 1960 – Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
• 1962 – Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
• 1963 – The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
• 1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
• 1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
• 1969 – Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
• 1971 – The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
• 1974 – Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
• 1979 – In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
• 1981 – President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
• 1989 – General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority.
• 1995 – Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
• 2010 – The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground.
• 2010 – Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan.

Births[edit]

• 1301 – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1330)
• 1397 – Guillaume Dufay, Belgian-Italian composer and theorist (d. 1474)
• 1461 – Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1506)
• 1540 – Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (d. 1609)
• 1623 – Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1669)
• 1641 – John Hathorne, American merchant and jurist (d. 1717)
• 1662 – James Anderson, Scottish lawyer and historian (d. 1728)
• 1694 – Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
• 1749 – Thomas Lynch, Jr., American politician (d. 1779)
• 1797 – Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer (d. 1879)
• 1802 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1829)
• 1811 – Ambroise Thomas, French composer (d. 1896)
• 1813 – Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896)
• 1815 – Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, Governor of Jamaica (d. 1901)
• 1827 – Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian politician, 1st President of Brazil (d. 1892)
• 1828 – Louise of the Netherlands (d. 1871)
• 1833 – Carola of Vasa (d. 1907)
• 1843 – James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer (d. 1927)
• 1844 – Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1930)
• 1850 – Guy de Maupassant, French author and poet (d. 1893)
• 1862 – Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (d. 1890)
• 1866 – Carl Harries, German chemist and academic (d. 1923)
• 1866 – Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
• 1868 – Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1924)
• 1872 – Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (d. 1917)
• 1874 – Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic (d. 1948)
• 1876 – Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist (d. 1958)
• 1877 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
• 1879 – Wladimir Aïtoff, French rugby player (d. 1963)
• 1880 – Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator (d. 1970)
• 1887 – Reginald Owen, English-American actor and singer (d. 1972)
• 1888 – Victor Francen, Belgian-French actor (d. 1977)
• 1889 – Conrad Aiken, American author and poet (d. 1973)
• 1890 – Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1977)
• 1890 – Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1956)
• 1897 – Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (d. 1972)
• 1897 – Roberta Dodd Crawford, African-American lyric soprano (d. 1954)
• 1901 – Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician (d. 2000)
• 1904 – Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist (d. 1997)
• 1906 – Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)
• 1906 – John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1987)
• 1906 – Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
• 1907 – Roger Loyer, French motorcycle road racer and racing driver (d. 1988)
• 1908 – Harold Holt, Australian politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
• 1910 – Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager (d. 1979)
• 1910 – Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer (d. 1956)
• 1911 – Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (d. 1969)
• 1912 – Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007)
• 1914 – Parley Baer, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1914 – David Brian, American actor and dancer (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Stjepan Šulek, Croatian composer and conductor (d. 1986)
• 1916 – Peter Viereck, American poet and academic (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Tom Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1982)
• 1918 – Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the Canada's National Ballet School (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)
• 1920 – George Tooker, American painter (d. 2011)
• 1921 – Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1922 – L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2015)
• 1922 – Frank Stranahan, American golfer (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Devan Nair, Singaporean politician, 3rd President of Singapore (d. 2005)
• 1926 – Betsy Jolas, French composer
• 1927 – Gunnar Bucht, Swedish composer and musicologist
• 1927 – John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Pat Passlof, American painter (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Ottó Boros, Hungarian water polo player (d. 1988)
• 1929 – Don Matheson, American actor (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Richie Ginther, American race car driver (d. 1989)
• 1930 – Michal Kováč, Slovakian politician, 1st President of Slovakia
• 1931 – Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1996)
• 1932 – Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor
• 1933 – Jeffry Wickham, English actor (d. 2014)
• 1934 – Karl Johan Åström, Swedish engineer and theorist
• 1934 – Wendell Berry, American author, poet, and farmer
• 1934 – Gay Byrne, Irish radio and television host
• 1934 – Vern Gosdin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
• 1935 – Michael Ballhaus, German cinematographer and director
• 1935 – Peter Inge, Baron Inge, English field marshal
• 1935 – John Saxon, American actor
• 1936 – Nikolai Baturin, Estonian author and playwright
• 1937 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
• 1937 – Carla Lane, English screenwriter and producer
• 1937 – Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (d. 2010)
• 1939 – Roger Clark, English race car driver (d. 1998)
• 1939 – Princess Irene of the Netherlands
• 1940 – Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor
• 1940 – Rick Huxley, English bass player (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1941 – Leonid Kizim, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2010)
• 1941 – Airto Moreira, Brazilian-American drummer and composer (Return to Forever)
• 1942 – Joe Boyd, American record producer, founded Hannibal Records
• 1943 – Nelson Briles, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2005)
• 1943 – Sammi Smith, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1944 – Christopher Gunning, English composer
• 1945 – Loni Anderson, American actress
• 1945 – Csaba Giczy, Hungarian canoe racer
• 1945 – John Monks, English union leader and politician
• 1946 – Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
• 1946 – Bob McCarthy, Australian rugby league player and coach
• 1946 – Ron Silliman, American poet and blogger
• 1946 – Erika Slezak, American actress
• 1946 – Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona
• 1946 – Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (Ekseption and Trace) (d. 2006)
• 1947 – Angry Anderson, Australian singer-songwriter and actor (Rose Tattoo, The Party Boys, and Buster Brown)
• 1947 – Bernie Carbo, American baseball player and hairdresser
• 1947 – France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist
• 1947 – Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The McCoys)
• 1947 – Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (The Guess Who)
• 1948 – Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager
• 1948 – Barbara Flynn, English actress
• 1948 – Carole Laure, Canadian actress and singer
• 1948 – Shin Takamatsu, Japanese architect and professor
• 1950 – Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian union leader and politician (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Mahendra Karma, Indian politician (d. 2013)
• 1950 – Goldie Rogers, Canadian wrestler (d. 2012)
• 1951 – Samantha Sang, Australian singer
• 1952 – Tamás Faragó, Hungarian water polo player
• 1952 – John Jarratt, Australian actor
• 1952 – Louis Walsh, Irish talent manager
• 1953 – Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
• 1955 – Martin Narey, English civil servant
• 1955 – Eddie Ojeda, American guitarist and songwriter (Twisted Sister)
• 1956 – Christopher Chessun, English bishop
• 1956 – Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Maureen McCormick, American actress, author, and recording artist
• 1957 – David Gill, English businessman
• 1957 – Faith Prince, American actress
• 1957 – Clayton Rohner, American actor
• 1959 – Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (Dead or Alive)
• 1959 – Pat Smear, American guitarist (Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Germs, and Adolescents)
• 1960 – David Baldacci, American lawyer and author
• 1960 – Vivian Kubrick, American-English actress and composer
• 1960 – Seth Swirsky, American singer-songwriter
• 1961 – Roly Keating, English businessman
• 1961 – Tawny Kitaen, American actress
• 1961 – Janet McTeer, English actress
• 1961 – Mark O'Connor, American violinist and composer
• 1961 – Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
• 1961 – Tim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 1962 – Richard de Groen, New Zealand cricketer
• 1962 – Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player and coach
• 1962 – Otis Thorpe, American basketball player
• 1963 – Steve Lee, Swiss singer-songwriter (Gotthard) (d. 2010)
• 1964 – Rory Morrison, English journalist (d. 2013)
• 1964 – Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (Beastie Boys) (d. 2012)
• 1965 – Jeff Coffin, American saxophonist and composer (Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones)
• 1965 – Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboard player and composer
• 1965 – Scott William Winters, American actor
• 1966 – Jennifer Finch, American singer, bass player, and photographer (L7 and The Shocker)
• 1966 – Jonathan Silverman, American actor
• 1967 – Matthew Caws, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nada Surf)
• 1967 – Thomas Lang, Austrian drummer and producer (stOrk and Vienna Art Orchestra)
• 1968 – Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Stephanie Flanders, English journalist and blogger
• 1968 – Funkmaster Flex, American rapper, producer, and radio host
• 1968 – Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler
• 1968 – Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician
• 1968 – Oleh Luzhnyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1968 – Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (d. 2007)
• 1968 – John Olerud, American baseball player
• 1969 – Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician
• 1969 – Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
• 1969 – Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1969 – Robert Scott, Australian rower
• 1969 – Paola Volpato, Chilean actress
• 1970 – James Gunn, American actor, screenwriter, film director and producer
• 1970 – Leonid Stadnyk, Ukrainian giant (d. 2014)
• 1971 – DJ Ajax, Australian DJ and producer (d. 2013)
• 1971 – Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia
• 1971 – Jared Hasselhoff, American bass player and songwriter (Bloodhound Gang)
• 1972 – Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese wrestler
• 1972 – Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1972 – Darren Shahlavi, English-American actor and martial artist (d. 2015)
• 1972 – Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer and manager
• 1972 – Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Fear Factory, Beowülf, Arkaea, and Kush)
• 1973 – Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1973 – Justin Marshall, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
• 1973 – Sean Sherk, American mixed martial artist
• 1974 – Alvin Ceccoli, Australian footballer
• 1974 – Julio César Enciso, Paraguayan footballer
• 1974 – Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer
• 1974 – Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
• 1975 – Kajol, Indian actress
• 1975 – Antony Cotton, English actor
• 1975 – Ami Foster, American actress
• 1975 – Iddo Goldberg, Israeli-English actor
• 1975 – Haim Goldenberg, Israeli-Canadian television host
• 1975 – Dan Hipgrave, English guitarist and journalist (Toploader)
• 1975 – Josep Jufré, Catalan cyclist
• 1975 – Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist and composer (Apocalyptica)
• 1976 – Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Marian Pahars, Latvian footballer and manager
• 1976 – Kwon Sang-woo, South Korean actor
• 1976 – Eugen Trică, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1977 – Eric Hinske, American baseball player and coach
• 1977 – Soraya Jiménez, Mexican weightlifter (d. 2013)
• 1977 – Mark Mulder, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 – Michael Walsh, English footballer
• 1978 – Cosmin Bărcăuan, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1978 – Carolina Duer, Argentine world champion boxer
• 1978 – Rita Faltoyano, Hungarian porn actress
• 1978 – Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
• 1978 – Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer
• 1979 – David Healy, Irish footballer
• 1980 – Wayne Bridge, English footballer
• 1980 – Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer
• 1980 – Jason Culina, Australian footballer
• 1980 – Kaylani Lei, Singaporean porn actress
• 1980 – Vatsal Sheth, Indian actor
• 1980 – Ali Umar, Maldivian footballer
• 1980 – Sophie Winkleman, English actress
• 1981 – David Clarke, English ice hockey player
• 1981 – Carl Crawford, American baseball player
• 1981 – Maik Franz, German footballer
• 1981 – Erik Guay, Canadian skier
• 1981 – Alester Maregwede, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1981 – Anna Rawson, Australian golfer
• 1981 – Rachel Scott, American murder victim, inspired the Rachel's Challenge (d. 1999)
• 1981 – Kō Shibasaki, Japanese singer and actress
• 1981 – Cory Williams, American comedian and actor
• 1981 – Jesse Williams, American actor
• 1982 – Jamie Houston, English-German rugby player
• 1982 – Lolo Jones, American hurdler
• 1982 – Michele Pazienza, Italian footballer
• 1982 – Tobias Regner, German singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Pete Sell, American mixed martial artist
• 1982 – Ryu Seung-Min, South Korean table tennis player
• 1983 – Korey Hall, American football player
• 1983 – Dawn Richard, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Danity Kane and Diddy – Dirty Money)
• 1984 – Helene Fischer, German singer
• 1984 – Steve Matai, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1985 – Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
• 1985 – Jake Hurwitz, American comedian and actor
• 1985 – Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
• 1985 – Gil Vermouth, Israeli footballer
• 1985 – Erkan Zengin, Swedish footballer
• 1986 – Paula Creamer, American golfer
• 1987 – Lexi Belle, American porn actress
• 1987 – Genelia D'Souza, Indian actress
• 1987 – Xenia Tchoumitcheva, Swiss model and actress
• 1988 – Princess Salwa Aga Khan, American model
• 1988 – Michael Jamieson, Scottish-English swimmer
• 1988 – Eddie Nolan, Irish footballer
• 1988 – Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
• 1988 – Kaimar Saag, Estonian footballer
• 1989 – Ryan Bertrand, English footballer
• 1989 – Mathieu Manset, French footballer
• 1989 – Jessica Nigri, American model and actress
• 1991 – Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
• 1991 – Konrad Hurrell, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1991 – Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
• 1993 – Patrick McBrearty, Irish footballer
• 1993 – Suzuka Ohgo, Japanese actress
• 1995 – Pierre Højbjerg, Danish footballer
• 1997 – Olivia Holt, American actress
• 1997 – Adam Irigoyen, American actor, rapper, and dancer
• 1998 – Mimi Keene, English actress
• 1998 – Kanon Suzuki, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
• 2000 – Maya Bond, Japanese-American singer-songwriter and drummer

Deaths[edit]

• 642 – Eowa of Mercia
• 642 – Oswald of Northumbria (b. 604)
• 882 – Louis III of France (b. 863)
• 917 – Euthymius I of Constantinople (b. 834)
• 1364 – Emperor Kōgon of Japan (b. 1313)
• 1579 – Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (b. 1504)
• 1610 – Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)
• 1633 – George Abbot, English archbishop and academic (b. 1562)
• 1678 – Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619)
• 1729 – Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the Newcomen steam engine (b. 1664)
• 1743 – John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)
• 1778 – Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)
• 1792 – Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1732)
• 1799 – Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
• 1868 – Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
• 1877 – Gustav, Prince of Vasa (b. 1799)
• 1880 – Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
• 1888 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian giant (b. 1846)
• 1895 – Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher and author (b. 1820)
• 1901 – Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1840)
• 1911 – Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1921 – Dimitrios Rallis, Greek politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1923 – Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian linguist, philologist, and academic (b. 1835)
• 1925 – Jennie Lee, American actress (b. 1848)
• 1929 – Millicent Fawcett, English activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 – Charles Harold Davis, American painter (b. 1856)
• 1935 – David Townsend, American art director (b. 1891)
• 1939 – Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 – Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 – Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 – Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
• 1952 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist (b. 1917)
• 1955 – Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1957 – Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1959 – Edgar Guest, English-American poet (b. 1881)
• 1960 – Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1962 – Marilyn Monroe, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1926)
• 1963 – Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 – Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)
• 1967 – György Bródy, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1908)
• 1968 – Luther Perkins, American guitarist (The Tennessee Three) (b. 1928)
• 1978 – Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 – Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 1983 – Judy Canova, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
• 1983 – Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
• 1984 – Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925)
• 1985 – Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898)
• 1987 – Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)
• 1991 – Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)
• 1992 – Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Toto and Clover) (b. 1954)
• 1994 – Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908)
• 1994 – Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1922)
• 1998 – Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912)
• 1998 – Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920)
• 2000 – Tullio Crali, Italian painter (b. 1910)
• 2000 – Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914)
• 2001 – Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Christopher Skase, Australian-Spanish businessman (b. 1948)
• 2002 – Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
• 2002 – Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916)
• 2002 – Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 2002 – Matt Robinson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast (b. 1936)
• 2005 – Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (b. 1915)
• 2005 – Raul Roco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st Filipino Secretary of Education (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Susan Butcher, American dog sled racer (b. 1954)
• 2007 – Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932)
• 2008 – Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929)
• 2009 – Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914)
• 2011 – Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954)
• 2011 – Francesco Quinn, Italian-American actor (b. 1963)
• 2011 – Aziz Shavershian, Australian bodybuilder and model (b. 1989)
• 2012 – Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 2012 – Sister Boom Boom, American drag queen performer (b. 1955)
• 2012 – Michel Daerden, Belgian politician (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984)
• 2012 – Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Kirk Urso, American soccer player (b. 1990)
• 2012 – Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919)
• 2012 – Roland Charles Wagner, French author (b. 1960)
• 2013 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966)
• 2013 – George Duke, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (b. 1946)
• 2013 – Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2013 – May Song Vang, American activist (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Rob Wyda, American commander and judge (b. 1959)
• 2014 – Diann Blakely, American poet and academic (b. 1957)
• 2014 – Marilyn Burns, American actress (b. 1949)
• 2014 – Scott Ciencin, American author (b. 1962)
• 2014 – Rodrigo de Triano, English race horse (b. 1989)
• 2014 – Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962)
• 2014 – Vladimir Orlov, Russian author (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914)
• 2014 – Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1927)

• 1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
• 1506 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk
• 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
• 1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
• 1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1806 – Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, ending the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
• 1824 – Battle of Junin Peru.
• 1825 – Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
• 1861 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria.
• 1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
• 1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
• 1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
• 1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
• 1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
• 1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
• 1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
• 1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.
• 1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
• 1926 – In New York, New York, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
• 1930 – Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
• 1940 – Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
• 1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
• 1944 – The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
• 1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
• 1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
• 1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
• 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• 1964 – Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world's oldest tree, is cut down.
• 1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
• 1976 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays the foundation stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.
• 1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• 1988 – The Tompkins Square Park Riot in New York City spurs a reform of the NYPD, held responsible for the event.
• 1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
• 1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
• 1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
• 1997 – Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam. (228 died, 26 lived)
• 2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
• 2011 – A march in protest of the death of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, London, ends in a riot, sparking off a wave of rioting throughout the country over the following four nights.
• 2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

Births[edit]

• 1180 – Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)
• 1504 – Matthew Parker, English archbishop (d. 1575)
• 1609 – Richard Bennett, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)
• 1619 – Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer-songwriter (d. 1677)
• 1638 – Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (d. 1715)
• 1644 – Louise de La Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)
• 1656 – Claude de Forbin, French general (d. 1733)
• 1666 – Maria Sophia of Neuburg (d. 1699)
• 1697 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)
• 1715 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (d. 1747)
• 1765 – Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1848)
• 1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828)
• 1768 – Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French general (d. 1813)
• 1775 – Daniel O'Connell, Irish lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Dublin (d. 1847)
• 1809 – Alfred, Lord Tennyson, English poet and author (d. 1892)
• 1826 – Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian author (d. 1915)
• 1844 – Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)
• 1844 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (d. 1896)
• 1846 – Anna Haining Bates, Canadian giant (d. 1888)
• 1861 – Edith Roosevelt, American wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 27th First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)
• 1866 – Allen Lard, American golfer (d. 1946)
• 1868 – Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (d. 1955)
• 1874 – Charles Fort, American author (d. 1932)
• 1877 – Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (d. 1952)
• 1880 – Hans Moser, Austrian actor and singer (d. 1964)
• 1881 – Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)
• 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955)
• 1881 – Louella Parsons, American actress, screenwriter, and journalist (d. 1972)
• 1882 – Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (d. 1971)
• 1883 – Scott Nearing, American economist and educator (d. 1983)
• 1886 – Edward Ballantine, American composer and educator (d. 1971)
• 1887 – Dudley Benjafield, English race car driver (d. 1957)
• 1888 – Heinrich Schlusnus, German singer (d. 1952)
• 1889 – George Kenney, Canadian-American general (d. 1977)
• 1889 – John Middleton Murry, English poet and author (d. 1957)
• 1890 – Wentworth Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Allendale (d. 1956)
• 1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English field marshal, 13th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1970)
• 1892 – Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1962)
• 1893 – Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1963)
• 1900 – Cecil Howard Green, English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-founded Texas Instruments (d. 2003)
• 1902 – Dutch Schultz, American mobster (d. 1935)
• 1904 – Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970)
• 1904 – Henry Iba, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
• 1906 – Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)
• 1908 – Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (d. 1997)
• 1908 – Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter (d. 1941)
• 1908 – Necdet Mahfi Ayral, Turkish stage and cinema actor, as well as theatre director (d. 2004)
• 1909 – Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle (d. 2013)
• 1910 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1911 – Lucille Ball, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (d. 2014)
• 1911 – Constance Heaven, English author and actress (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Richard C. Miller, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 1914 – Gordon Freeth, Australian politician (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian and academic (d. 1970)
• 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor and singer (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Edward Jewesbury, English actor (d. 2002)
• 1918 – Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)
• 1920 – Selma Diamond, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter (d. 1985)
• 1920 – John Graves, American author (d. 2013)
• 1920 – Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)
• 1922 – Freddie Laker, English businessman, founded Laker Airways (d. 2006)
• 1922 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Jess Collins, American painter (d. 2004)
• 1924 – Samuel Bowers, American activist, co-founded White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Barbara Bates, American actress and singer (d. 1969)
• 1926 – Elisabeth Beresford, French-English author (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Frank Finlay, English actor
• 1926 – Clem Labine, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 2013)
• 1926 – János Rózsás, Hungarian author (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1927 – Inga Landgré, Swedish actress
• 1928 – Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Andy Warhol, American painter and photographer (d. 1987)
• 1929 – Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist (The Foundations)
• 1929 – Roch La Salle, Canadian politician, 42nd Canadian Minister of Public Works (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Abbey Lincoln, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
• 1931 – Chalmers Johnson, American scholar and author (d. 2010)
• 1932 – Michael Deeley, English screenwriter and producer
• 1932 – Howard Hodgkin, English painter
• 1932 – Charles Wood, English playwright and screenwriter
• 1933 – A. G. Kripal Singh, Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
• 1934 – Piers Anthony, English-American author
• 1934 – Chris Bonington, English mountaineer
• 1934 – Billy Boston, Welsh rugby player and soldier
• 1935 – Fortunato Baldelli, Italian cardinal (d. 2012)
• 1935 – Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2000)
• 1937 – Charlie Haden, American bassist and composer (Old and New Dreams) (d. 2014)
• 1937 – Barbara Windsor, English actress and singer
• 1938 – Paul Bartel, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
• 1938 – Peter Bonerz, American actor and director
• 1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian philologist and politician, 2nd President of Dagestan
• 1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress
• 1940 – Egil Kapstad, Norwegian pianist
• 1941 – Lyle Berman, American poker player
• 1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
• 1941 – Andrew Green, English diplomat
• 1942 – George Jung, American drug trafficker
• 1942 – Byard Lancaster, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)
• 1944 – Inday Badiday, Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003)
• 1944 – Michael Mingos, English chemist and academic
• 1944 – Martin Wharton, English bishop
• 1945 – Ron Jones, English director and production manager (d. 1993)
• 1945 – Andy Messersmith, American baseball player and coach
• 1946 – Allan Holdsworth, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (UK, The Tony Williams Lifetime, HoBoLeMa, and Tempest)
• 1946 – Masaaki Sakai, Japanese actor and singer (The Spiders)
• 1946 – Judy Craig, American singer (The Chiffons)
• 1947 – Radhia Cousot, French computer scientist
• 1947 – Tony Dell, English-Australian cricketer
• 1948 – William McCrea, Irish politician
• 1949 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993)
• 1949 – Richard Prince, American artist
• 1949 – Clarence Richard Silva, American bishop
• 1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor and singer
• 1951 – Christophe de Margerie, French businessman (d. 2014)
• 1951 – Catherine Hicks, American actress
• 1951 – Daryl Somers, Australian television host
• 1952 – Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Timbuk3)
• 1952 – David McLetchie, Scottish politician (d. 2013)
• 1952 – Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Kayak Camel, and Earth and Fire)
• 1952 – Vinnie Vincent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Kiss and Vinnie Vincent Invasion)
• 1953 – Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
• 1954 – Paul Steigerwald, American sportscaster
• 1955 – Gregory Bryant-Bey, American murderer (d. 2008)
• 1955 – Rusty Magee, American actor and composer (d. 2003)
• 1955 – John Reid, Northern Irish jockey
• 1956 – Bill Emmott, English journalist
• 1956 – Stepfanie Kramer, American actress and singer
• 1957 – Bob Horner, American baseball player
• 1957 – Jim McGreevey, American politician, 52nd Governor of New Jersey
• 1958 – Randy DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and bass player (DeBarge)
• 1959 – Rajendra Singh, Indian environmentalist
• 1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player
• 1961 – Cara Lott, American porn actress and model
• 1961 – Mary Ann Sieghart, English journalist and radio host
• 1962 – Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor
• 1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer
• 1963 – Tomoyuki Dan, Japanese voice actor (d. 2013)
• 1963 – Charles Ingram, English soldier, author, and game show contestant
• 1963 – Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker and author
• 1964 – Lisa Boyle, American model and photographer
• 1964 – Moosie Drier, American actor and director
• 1964 – Gary Valenciano, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer (See-Saw)
• 1965 – Juliane Köhler, German actress
• 1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player and lieutenant
• 1965 – Mark Speight, English television host (d. 2008)
• 1965 – Vince Wells, English cricketer
• 1967 – Mike Greenberg, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1967 – Lorna Fitzsimons, English businesswoman and politician
• 1967 – Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer
• 1968 – Jack de Gier, Dutch footballer
• 1969 – Simon Doull, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
• 1969 – Elliott Smith, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heatmiser) (d. 2003)
• 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1970 – Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 – Merrin Dungey, American actress
• 1971 – Scott Minto, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1972 – Paolo Bacigalupi, American author
• 1972 – Geri Halliwell, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Spice Girls)
• 1972 – Ray Lucas, American football player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Darren Eales, English footballer and lawyer
• 1973 – Vera Farmiga, American actress
• 1973 – Monica Goodling, American lawyer
• 1973 – Max Kellerman, American sportscaster and radio host
• 1973 – Donna Lewis, Welsh singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1973 – Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist
• 1973 – Karenna Gore Schiff, American lawyer, journalist, and author
• 1973 – Iain Morris, English screenwriter and producer
• 1974 – Ever Carradine, American actress
• 1974 – Bobby Petta, Dutch footballer
• 1974 – Luis Vizcaíno, Dominican baseball player
• 1974 – Alvin Williams, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Jason Crump, English-Australian speedway motorcycle racer
• 1975 – Renate Götschl, Austrian skier
• 1975 – Jamie McGonnigal, American voice actor
• 1975 – Víctor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1976 – Soleil Moon Frye, American actress
• 1976 – Melissa George, Australian-American actress
• 1976 – Krisztina Sereny, Hungarian bodybuilder and model
• 1977 – Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer
• 1977 – Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
• 1977 – Luciano Zavagno, Argentinian footballer
• 1978 – Marisa Miller, American model and actress
• 1978 – Reuben Rox, American actor, director, and producer
• 1978 – Katie Price, English model, actress & singer
• 1978 – Marvel Smith, American football player
• 1979 – Francesco Bellotti, Italian cyclist
• 1979 – Jaime Correa, Mexican footballer
• 1979 – Jonathan Glanfield, English sailor
• 1979 – Megumi Okina, Japanese actress and singer
• 1979 – Travis Reed, American basketball player
• 1980 – Danny Collins, English-Welsh footballer
• 1980 – Monique Ganderton, Canadian actress and stuntwoman
• 1980 – András Horváth, Hungarian footballer
• 1980 – Charles McCarthy, American mixed martial artist
• 1980 – Wilber Pan, American-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1980 – Seneca Wallace, American football player
• 1980 – Roman Weidenfeller, German footballer
• 1981 – Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italian race car driver
• 1981 – Travie McCoy, American rapper and producer (Gym Class Heroes)
• 1981 – Diána Póth, Hungarian figure skater
• 1982 – Adrianne Curry, American model, actress, and producer
• 1982 – Karl Davies, English actor
• 1982 – Romola Garai, English model and actress
• 1982 – Danny Lopes, American model and actor
• 1982 – Ryan Sypek, American actor
• 1982 – Jordis Unga, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
• 1983 – Annevig Schelde Ebbe, Danish actress
• 1983 – Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer
• 1983 – C. J. Mosley, American football player
• 1983 – Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1983 – Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
• 1984 – Sofia Essaïdi, Moroccan singer, dancer, and actress
• 1984 – Eva-Maria Hoch, Austrian tennis player
• 1984 – Vedad Ibišević, Bosnian footballer
• 1984 – Jesse Ryder, New Zealand cricketer
• 1985 – Viktoria Baškite, Estonian chess player
• 1985 – Mickaël Delage, French cyclist
• 1985 – Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer
• 1985 – Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer
• 1986 – Raphael Pyrasch, German rugby player
• 1986 – Reby Sky, American wrestler and model
• 1986 – Mehmet Akgün, Turkish footballer
• 1987 – Charley Chase, American porn actress
• 1987 – Aditya Narayan, Indian actor and singer
• 1987 – Joran van der Sloot, Dutch murderer
• 1988 – Aleska Diamond, Hungarian porn actress
• 1988 – Chelsee Healey, English actress
• 1988 – Jared Murillo, American singer, dancer, and actor (V Factory)
• 1991 – Jiao Liuyang, Chinese swimmer
• 1993 – Kaori Ishihara, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1995 – Rebecca Peterson, Swedish tennis player
• 1997 – Kristína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player
• 1998 – Jack Scanlon, English actor
• 2001 – Ty Simpkins, American actor

Deaths[edit]

• 258 – Pope Sixtus II
• 523 – Pope Hormisdas (b. 450)
• 750 – Marwan II, Muslim caliph (b. 688)
• 1162 – Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (b. 1113)
• 1195 – Henry the Lion, German son of Henry X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1129)
• 1221 – Saint Dominic, Spanish priest, founded the Dominican Order (b. 1170)
• 1272 – Stephen V of Hungary (b. 1239)
• 1414 – Ladislaus of Naples (b. 1377)
• 1458 – Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
• 1623 – Anne Hathaway, English wife of William Shakespeare (b. 1555)
• 1628 – Johannes Junius, German politician (b. 1573)
• 1637 – Ben Jonson, English poet and playwright (b. 1572)
• 1645 – Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
• 1657 – Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ukrainian politician, 1st Hetman of Zaporizhian Host (b. 1595)
• 1660 – Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
• 1679 – John Snell, Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded the Snell Exhibition (b. 1629)
• 1694 – Antoine Arnauld, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
• 1695 – François de Harlay de Champvallon, French archbishop (b. 1625)
• 1753 – Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist (b. 1711)
• 1757 – Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
• 1794 – Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1714)
• 1815 – James A. Bayard, American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
• 1828 – Konstantin von Benckendorff, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
• 1850 – Edward Walsh, Irish poet and songwriter (b. 1805)
• 1866 – John Mason Neale, English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
• 1881 – James Springer White, American religious leader, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (b. 1821)
• 1884 – Robert Spear Hudson, English businessman (b. 1812)
• 1890 – William Kemmler, American murderer (b. 1860)
• 1893 – Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel, Swiss politician (b. 1811)
• 1904 – Eduard Hanslick, Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
• 1914 – Ellen Axson Wilson, American wife of Woodrow Wilson, 29th First Lady of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1920 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)
• 1925 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
• 1931 – Bix Beiderbecke, American cornet player, pianist, and composer (The Wolverines) (b. 1903)
• 1945 – Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1920)
• 1945 – Hiram Johnson, American politician, 23rd Governor of California (b. 1866)
• 1946 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)
• 1957 – Ernest Linton, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880)
• 1959 – Preston Sturges, American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)
• 1964 – Cedric Hardwicke, English-American actor (b. 1893)
• 1966 – Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (b. 1913)
• 1969 – Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1970 – Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1973 – Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
• 1973 – Memphis Minnie, American singer-songwriter (b. 1897)
• 1976 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1978 – Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)
• 1978 – Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
• 1979 – Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1983 – Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
• 1985 – Forbes Burnham, Guyanese politician, 2nd President of Guyana (b. 1923)
• 1986 – Emilio Fernández, Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1987 – Ira C. Eaker, American general (b. 1896)
• 1990 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
• 1991 – Shapour Bakhtiar, Iranian politician, 74th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1915)
• 1991 – Roland Michener, Canadian lawyer and politician, 20th Governor General of Canada (b. 1900)
• 1991 – Harry Reasoner, American journalist, founded 60 Minutes (b. 1923)
• 1992 – Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (b. 1949)
• 1993 – Tex Hughson, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 1994 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (b. 1928)
• 1997 – Shin Ki-ha, South Korean politician (b. 1941)
• 1998 – André Weil, French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
• 1999 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (b. 1934)
• 2001 – Jorge Amado, Brazilian poet and author (b. 1912)
• 2001 – Wilhelm Mohnke, German SS officer (b. 1911)
• 2001 – Shan Ratnam, Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Dorothy Tutin, English actress (b. 1930)
• 2002 – Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (b. 1915)
• 2004 – Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Mynah Birds) (b. 1948)
• 2004 – Donald Justice, American poet and academic (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Keter Betts, American bassist (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Robin Cook, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Ibrahim Ferrer, Cuban singer (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Heinz Barth, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 2007 – Zsolt Daczi, Hungarian guitarist (Bikini) (b. 1969)
• 2008 – Angelos Kitsos, Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934)
• 2009 – Riccardo Cassin, Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)
• 2009 – Willy DeVille, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mink DeVille) (b. 1950)
• 2009 – John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)
• 2009 – Willibrordus S. Rendra, Indonesian poet and playwright (b. 1935)
• 2011 – Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)
• 2012 – Richard Cragun, American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Marvin Hamlisch, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Robert Hughes, Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)
• 2012 – Mark O'Donnell, American playwright (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Ruggiero Ricci, American violinist and educator (b. 1918)
• 2012 – Dan Roundfield, American basketball player (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Ze'ev Ben-Haim, Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (b. 1907)
• 2013 – Marco Bucci, Italian discus thrower (b. 1960)
• 2013 – Jeremy Geidt, English-American actor (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Mava Lee Thomas, American baseball player (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Dave Wagstaffe, English footballer (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Jerry Wolman, American businessman (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Selçuk Yula, Turkish football player and topscorer (b. 1959)
• 2014 – Ananda W. P. Guruge, Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)
• 2014 – John Woodland Hastings, American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)
• 2014 – Smita Talwalkar, Indian actress and producer (b. 1954)