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| - | *[[1334]] - King [[Henry II of Castile]] (d. [[1379]]) | ||
| - | *[[1562]] - [[Mark Alexander Boyd]], Scottish poet (d. [[1601]]) | ||
| - | *[[1596]] - [[Jan van Goyen]], Dutch painter (d. [[1656]]) | ||
| - | *[[1610]] - [[Maria Anna of Austria (1610-1665)|Maria Anna of Austria, Electress of Bavaria]] (d. [[1665]]) | ||
| - | *[[1616]] - [[Antoinette Bourignon]], Flemish mystic (d. [[1680]]) | ||
| *[[1622]] - [[Molière]], French playwright (d. [[1673]]) | *[[1622]] - [[Molière]], French playwright (d. [[1673]]) | ||
| - | *[[1635]] - [[Philipp Jakob Spener]], German theologian (d. [[1705]]) | + | *[[1893]] - [[Clark Ashton Smith]], American writer (d. [[1961]]) |
| - | *[[1651]] - [[Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington]], English politician (d. [[1694]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1720]] - [[Richard Hurd (clergyman)|Richard Hurd]], English bishop and writer (d. [[1808]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1749]] - [[Friedrich Müller]], painter and dramatist (d. [[1825]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1777]] - [[Elisa Bonaparte]], Grand Duchess of Tuscany, sister of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. [[1820]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1805]] - [[Thomas Dyer]], Mayor of Chicago (d. [[1862]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1808]] - [[Salmon P. Chase]], 6th [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (d. [[1873]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1812]] - [[Victor de Laprade]], French poet and critic (d. [[1883]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1832]] - [[Horatio Alger, Jr.]], American minister and author (d. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Kostis Palamas]], Greek poet (d. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1861]] - [[Max Nonne]], German neurologist (d. [[1959]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Wilhelm Wien]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1865]] - [[Princess Marie of Orléans]] (d. [[1908]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1866]] - [[Vasily Kalinnikov]], Russian composer (d. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Lionel Groulx]], Canadian nationalist (d. [[1967]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1869]] - [[Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta]], Italian aristocrat (d. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Sophie Tucker]], Russian-born singer and performer (d. [[1966]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Art Ross]], Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. [[1964]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Roy Cazaly]], Australian rules footballer (d. [[1963]]) | + | |
| - | * 1893 - [[Clark Ashton Smith]], American writer (d. [[1961]]) | + | |
| *[[1901]] - [[Mieczysław Żywczyński]], Polish historian and priest (d. [[1978]]) | *[[1901]] - [[Mieczysław Żywczyński]], Polish historian and priest (d. [[1978]]) | ||
| *[[1904]] - [[Richard Addinsell]], British composer ([[Warsaw Concerto]]) (d. [[1977]]) | *[[1904]] - [[Richard Addinsell]], British composer ([[Warsaw Concerto]]) (d. [[1977]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1602 - William Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor is published.
- 1605 - The controversial play Eastward Hoe by Ben Jonson, George Chapman, and John Marston is performed, landing two of the authors in prison.
- 1898 - Emile Zola's J'accuse exposes the Dreyfus affair.
- 1930 - Mickey Mouse comic strip makes its first appearance.
- 1968 - Johnny Cash records his landmark album At Folsom Prison live at Folsom State Prison
Births
- 1622 - Molière, French playwright (d. 1673)
- 1893 - Clark Ashton Smith, American writer (d. 1961)
- 1901 - Mieczysław Żywczyński, Polish historian and priest (d. 1978)
- 1904 - Richard Addinsell, British composer (Warsaw Concerto) (d. 1977)
- 1905 - Kay Francis, American actress (d. 1968)
- 1909 - Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist (d. 1934)
- 1910 - Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter (d. 1989)
- 1911 - Joh Bjelke-Petersen, Premier of Queensland (d. 2005)
- 1919 - Robert Stack, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1994)
- 1924 - Roland Petit, French choreographer
- 1925 - Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
- 1926 - Michael Bond, British writer
- 1926 - Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American feminist author (d. 2003)
- 1927 - Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004)
- 1927 - Sydney Brenner, British Nobel Laureate
- 1930 - Frances Sternhagen, American actress
- 1930 - Liz Anderson, American singer
- 1931 - Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1934 - Rip Taylor, American actor
- 1935 - Elsa Martinelli, Italian actress
- 1935 - Mauro Forghieri, Italian engineer
- 1938 - William B. Davis, Canadian actor
- 1938 - Tord Grip, Swedish football manager
- 1939 - Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1939 - Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer
- 1940 - Edmund White, American author
- 1941 - Pasqual Maragall, Spanish politician
- 1943 - Richard Moll, American actor
- 1943 - Carol Cleveland, English actress
- 1946 - Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish musician
- 1947 - Jacek Majchrowski, Mayor of Kraków
- 1947 - Carles Rexach, former Spanish-Catalan footballer and coach
- 1948 - Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Jodhpur
- 1949 - Brandon Tartikoff, American television executive (d. 1997)
- 1950 - Bob Forsch, American baseball player
- 1950 - John McNaughton, American film director
- 1954 - Trevor Rabin, South African guitarist (Yes)
- 1955 - Jay McInerney, American writer
- 1957 - Lorrie Moore, American writer
- 1957 - Mark O'Meara, Major winning American Golfer
- 1959 - James Lomenzo, American musician (Megadeth)
- 1960 - Takis Lemonis, Greek footballer and coach
- 1961 - Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress
- 1961 - Graham McPherson, English singer
- 1961 - Wayne Coyne, American singer (The Flaming Lips)
- 1962 - Trace Adkins, American country music singer-songwriter
- 1963 - Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
- 1964 - Penelope Ann Miller, American actress
- 1966 - Patrick Dempsey, American actor
- 1968 - Traci Bingham, American actress
- 1968 - Mike Whitlow, English footballer
- 1969 - Stephen Hendry, Scottish snooker player
- 1969 - Stefania Belmondo, Italian cross-country skier
- 1970 - Keith Coogan, American actor
- 1970 - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
- 1972 - Nicole Eggert, American actress
- 1972 - Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
- 1972 - Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor
- 1973 - Nikolai Khabibulin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1974 - Sergei Brylin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1976 - Tania Vicent, Canadian short track speed skater
- 1977 - Orlando Bloom, English actor
- 1980 - Krzysztof Czerwinski, Polish conductor and organist
- 1980 - Akira Kaji, Japanese footballer
- 1980 - Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player
- 1980 - Nils-Eric Johansson, Swedish footballer
- 1981 - Reggie Brown, American football player
- 1981 - Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
- 1981 - Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor
- 1981 - Jason James, America musician (Bullet for My Valentine)
- 1982 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
- 1983 - Julian Morris, English actor
- 1983 - Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
- 1986 - Joannie Rochette, Canadian figure skater
- 1989 - Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer
- 1997 - Marius Borg Høiby, son of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway
Deaths
- 86 BC - Gaius Marius, Roman general and politician (b. 157 BC)
- 703 - Empress Jitō of Japan (b. 645)
- 858 - King Ethelwulf of Wessex (b. 795)
- 888 - Charles the Fat, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 839)
- 1138 - Simon I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1076)
- 1151 - Abbot Suger, French statesman and historian (b. 1081)
- 1177 - Henry II of Austria (b. 1107)
- 1330 - Frederick I of Austria (b. 1286)
- 1363 - Meinhard III of Gorizia-Tyrol (b. 1344)
- 1599 - Edmund Spenser, English poet (b. 1552)
- 1630 - Yuan Chonghuan, Chinese military commander (b. 1584)
- 1658 - Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
- 1691 - George Fox, English founder of the Quakers (b. 1624)
- 1766 - King Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
- 1775 - Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (b. 1693)
- 1790 - Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (b. 1712)
- 1796 - John H. D. Anderson, Scottish scientist and inventor (b. 1726)
- 1797 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (b. 1715)
- 1852 - Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Russian explorer (b. 1778)
- 1853 - Theophilos Kairis, Greek priest, humanist and revolutionary (b. 1783)
- 1860 - William Mason, American politician (b. 1786)
- 1864 - Stephen Foster, American composer (b. 1826)
- 1885 - Schuyler Colfax,American politician (b.1823)
- 1889 - Solomon Bundy, American politician (b. 1823)
- 1906 - Alexander Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)
- 1923 - Alexandre Ribot, French statesman (b. 1842)
- 1924 - Georg Hermann Quincke, German phsycist (b. 1834)
- 1929 - Wyatt Earp, American Western lawman (b. 1848)
- 1932 - Sophia of Prussia, consort of Constantine I of Greece (b. 1870)
- 1934 - Paul Ulrich Villard, French physicist (b. 1860)
- 1941 - James Joyce, Irish writer (b. 1882)
- 1943 - Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss artist (b. 1889)
- 1962 - Ernie Kovacs, American actor and comedian (b. 1919)
- 1971 - Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910)
- 1974 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
- 1974 - Raoul Jobin, Canadian tenor (b. 1906)
- 1978 - Hubert H. Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States (b. 1911)
- 1978 - Joe McCarthy, American baseball manager (b. 1887)
- 1979 - Donny Hathaway, American musician (b. 1945)
- 1980 - Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-born popular music conductor and arranger (b. 1901)
- 1982 - Marcel Camus, French film director (b. 1912)
- 1988 - Chiang Ching-kuo, President of the Republic of China (b. 1910)
- 1993 - Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian composer (b. 1907)
- 2001 - Michael Cuccione, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1985)
- 2002 - Ted Demme, American film director (b. 1963)
- 2002 - Frank Shuster, Canadian comedian (b. 1916)
- 2003 - Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
- 2004 - Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Harold Shipman, British serial killer (b. 1946)
- 2005 - Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster (b. 1915)
- 2005 - Nell Rankin, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Frank Fixaris, American sportscaster (b. 1934)
- 2006 - Marc Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1967)
- 2007 - Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949)
- 2007 - Danny Oakes, racecar driver (b. 1911)
Births
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