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Art and culture

• 1900 - Exposition Universelle (1900) opens in Paris
• 1999 - Romance X, a film by Catherine Breillat premieres in Belgium and France.

Births

• 1912 - Robert Doisneau, French photographer
• 1934 - Fredric Jameson, American Marxist literary critic
• 1954 - Bruce Sterling, American science fiction author

Deaths

• 1930 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet
• 1924 - Louis Sullivan, American architect
• 1978 - F. R. Leavis, American literary critic
• 1986 - Simone de Beauvoir, French writer

Births

• 1336 – Emperor Go-Kōgon of Japan (d. 1374)
• 1572 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician (d. 1632)
• 1578 – King Philip III of Spain (d. 1621)
• 1629 – Christiaan Huygens, Dutch mathematician (d. 1695)
• 1668 – Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General (d. 1741)
• 1714 – Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (d. 1788)
• 1738 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809)
• 1741 – Emperor Momozono of Japan (d. 1762)
• 1773 – Jean-Baptiste de Villèle, French statesman (d. 1854)
• 1788 – David G. Burnet, interim president of the Republic of Texas (d. 1870)
• 1818 – Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, queen of Hanover (d. 1909)
• 1827 – Augustus Pitt Rivers, English archaeologist (d. 1900)
• 1857 – Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Youngest daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (d. 1944)
• 1866 – Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller's teacher (d. 1936)
• 1868 – Peter Behrens, German architect (d. 1940)
• 1870 – Victor Borisov-Musatov, Russian painter (d. 1905)
• 1870 – Syd Gregory, Australian cricketer (d. 1929)
• 1872 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953)
• 1882 – Moritz Schlick, Austrian philosopher, (d. 1936)
• 1886 – Ernst Robert Curtius, Alsatian philologist (d. 1956)
• 1891 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d. 1956)
• 1892 – Vere Gordon Childe, Australian philologist (d. 1957)
• 1897 – Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)
• 1902 – Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1974)
• 1904 – Sir John Gielgud, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1905 – Elizabeth Huckaby, American educator (d. 1999)
• 1907 – François Duvalier, Haitian politician (d. 1971)
• 1917 – Marvin Miller, American labor activist
• 1917 – Valerie Hobson, British actress (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Thomas Schelling, American economist, Nobel laureate
• 1923 – Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golfer
• 1924 – Shorty Rogers, American jazz musician (d. 1994)
• 1925 – Gene Ammons, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1974)
• 1925 – Abel Muzorewa, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
• 1925 – Rod Steiger, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer, director and teacher (d. 1996)
• 1926 – Liz Renay, American actress (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Dany Robin, French actress (d. 1995)
• 1929 – Gerry Anderson, English television producer
• 1930 – Bradford Dillman, American actor
• 1931 – Paul Masnick, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1932 – Bob Grant, English actor (d. 2003)
• 1934 – Fredric Jameson, American philosopher, cultural theorist
• 1935 – Loretta Lynn, American singer/songwriter
• 1935 – Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer
• 1936 – Kenneth Mars, American actor
• 1936 – Frank Serpico, American policeman
• 1936 – Bobby Nichols, American professional golfer
• 1941 – Julie Christie, British actress
• 1941 – Pete Rose, American baseball player
• 1942 – Valentin Lebedev, Russian cosmonaut
• 1942 – Björn Rosengren, Swedish politician
• 1945 – Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist (Deep Purple)
• 1945 – Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, 8th Prime Minister of Samoa
• 1948 – Anastasios Papaligouras, Greek lawyer and politician
• 1949 – DeAnne Julius, American/English economist
• 1949 – John Shea, American actor
• 1950 – Francis Collins, American scientist
• 1951 – Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist
• 1952 – Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish sportsman
• 1953 – David Buss, Evolutionary psychologist
• 1954 – Bruce Sterling, American science fiction author
• 1957 – Lothaire Bluteau, Canadian actor
• 1957 – Richard Jeni, American comedian (d. 2007)
• 1957 – Mikhail Pletnev, Russian pianist, conductor and composer
• 1958 – John D'Aquino, American actor
• 1960 – Brad Garrett, American actor
• 1961 – Robert Carlyle, British actor
• 1964 – Greg Battle, Canadian Football League player
• 1965 – Tom Dey, American film director
• 1966 – David Justice, American baseball player
• 1966 – Greg Maddux, American baseball player
• 1966 – André Boisclair, Quebec politician (Parti Québécois)
• 1967 – Barrett Martin, American drummer and composer
• 1967 – Nicola Berti, Italian International footballer
• 1967 – Alain Côté, French Canadian ice hockey player
• 1968 – Anthony Michael Hall, American actor
• 1969 – Brad Ausmus, American baseball player
• 1969 – Vebjørn Selbekk, Norwegian journalist
• 1969 – Martyn LeNoble, Dutch musician
• 1969 – Mark Macon, American basketball player
• 1970 – Shizuka Kudō, Japanese singer
• 1970 – Emre Altuğ, Turkish singer
• 1971 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer
• 1971 – Peter Gibson, American writer
• 1971 – Gregg Zaun, American baseball player
• 1972 – Paul Devlin, England-born Scottish footballer
• 1972 – Roberto Mejia, Dominican baseball player
• 1973 – Roberto Ayala, Argentine footballer
• 1973 – Adrien Brody, American actor
• 1973 – David Miller, American tenor (Il Divo)
• 1974 – Shawntae Harris, American rapper
• 1975 – Amy Dumas, American professional wrestler
• 1975 – Veronika Zemanová, Czech model
• 1975 – Avner Dorman, Israeli composer
• 1975 – Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
• 1976 – Anna DeForge, American basketball player
• 1976 – Jason Wiemer, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Kyle Farnsworth, American baseball player
• 1976 – Christian Älvestam, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry)
• 1977 – Sarah Michelle Gellar, American actress
• 1978 – JMR, American musician
• 1978 – Paul O'Brien, Australian actor
• 1979 – Rebecca DiPietro, American model
• 1979 – Randal McCloy, Survivor of the Sago Mine Disaster
• 1979 – Noé Pamarot, French footballer
• 1980 – Ben Wells, American actor
• 1980 – Win Butler, American/Canadian musician (Arcade Fire)
• 1983 – James McFadden, Scottish footballer
• 1983 – William Yaw Obeng, Arena Football League lineman
• 1983 – Nikoloz Tskitishvili, American basketball player
• 1984 – Adán Sánchez, Mexican-American singer (d. 2004)
• 1984 – Tyler Thigpen, American football player
• 1986 – Matt Derbyshire, English footballer
• 1986 – Anne Watanabe, Japanese model
• 1986 – Todd Gilles, American ice dancer
• 1993 – Vivien Cardone, an American actress
• 1993 – Graham Phillips (actor), American actor

Deaths

• 1132 – Mstislav of Kiev (b. 1076).
• 1279 – Boleslaus of Greater Poland.
• 1322 – Bartholomew de Badlesmere, 1st Lord Badlesmere, English soldier (b. 1275).
• 1345 – Richard Aungerville, English bishop and writer (b. 1287).
• 1471 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (b. 1428).
• 1574 – Louis of Nassau, Dutch general (killed in battle) (b. 1538).
• 1578 – James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, consort of Mary I of Scotland.
• 1599 – Henry Wallop, English statesman.
• 1662 – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (b. 1582).
• 1682 – Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (b. 1621).
• 1716 – Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington, British admiral.
• 1721 – Michel Chamillart, French statesman (b. 1652).
• 1759 – George Frideric Handel, German composer (b. 1685).
• 1785 – William Whitehead, English writer (b. 1715).
• 1792 – Maximilian Hell, Hungarian astronomer (b. 1720).
• 1864 – Charles Lot Church, Nova Scotia politician (b. 1777).
• 1910 – Mikhail Vrubel, Russian painter (b. 1856).
• 1911 – Addie Joss, American baseball player (b. 1880).
• 1911 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, French Canadian jurist and Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1836).
• 1912 – Henri Brisson, French statesman (b. 1835).
• 1914 – Hubert Bland, English co-founder of the Fabian Society (b. 1855).
• 1917 – Ludovich Lazarus Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. 1859).
• 1925 – John Singer Sargent, English artist (b. 1856).
• 1930 – Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian writer (b. 1893).
• 1935 – Amalie Emmy Noether, German mathematician (b. 1882).
• 1941 – Guillermo Kahlo, father of Frida Kahlo (b. 1871).
• 1950 – Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher (b. 1879).
• 1964 – Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, Russian/Dutch mathematician (b. 1876).
• 1964 – Rachel Carson, American environmentalist (b. 1907).
• 1968 – Al Benton, American baseball player (b. 1911).
• 1975 – Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897).
• 1976 – José Revueltas, Mexican writer (b. 1914).
• 1983 – Pete Farndon, English bassist (The Pretenders) (b. 1952).
• 1984 – Dionisis Papagiannopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1912).
• 1985 – Noele Gordon, English actress (b. 1919).
• 1986 – Simone de Beauvoir, French feminist writer (b. 1908).
• 1988 – John Stonehouse, British politician (b. 1925).
• 1990 – Thurston Harris, American singer (b. 1931).
• 1992 – Bertram Vere Dean, Brother of Milvina Dean (Last Titanic Survivor) (b. 1910).
• 1994 – Salimuzzaman Siddiqui, Pakistani scientist and scholar (b. 1897).
• 1995 – Burl Ives, American singer and actor (b. 1909).
• 1999 – Ellen Corby, American actress (b. 1911).
• 1999 – Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (b. 1931).
• 2000 – Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player (b. 1910).
• 2000 – Phil Katz, American computer programmer (b. 1962).
• 2000 – Wilf Mannion, English footballer (b. 1918).
• 2001 – Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japanese director (b. 1927).
• 2001 – Jim Baxter, Scottish footballer (b. 1939).
• 2004 – Micheline Charest, French Canadian television producer (b. 1953).
• 2006 – Mahmut Bakalli, Kosovo politician (b. 1936).
• 2007 – June Callwood, Canadian journalist, author and social activist (b. 1924).
• 2007 – Don Ho, American musician (b. 1930).
• 2008 – Tommy Holmes, American baseball player (b. 1918).
• 2008 – Ollie Johnston, the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men. (b. 1912).
• 2008 – Miguel Galvan, Mexican actor/comedian. (b. 1957).