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*[[1772]] – [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], French naturalist (d. 1844) | *[[1772]] – [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire]], French naturalist (d. 1844) | ||
*[[1832]] – [[Wilhelm Busch]], German poet (d. 1908) | *[[1832]] – [[Wilhelm Busch]], German poet (d. 1908) | ||
- | *[[1841]] – [[Joseph E. Seagram]], Canadian distillery founder (d. 1919) | ||
*[[1843]] – [[Henry James]], American author (d. 1916) | *[[1843]] – [[Henry James]], American author (d. 1916) | ||
*[[1858]] – [[Émile Durkheim]], French sociologist (d. 1917) | *[[1858]] – [[Émile Durkheim]], French sociologist (d. 1917) | ||
- | *[[1861]] – [[Bliss Carman]], Canadian poet (d. 1929) | ||
- | *[[1874]] – [[George Harrison Shull]], American plant geneticist (d. 1954) | ||
- | * 1874 – [[Johannes Stark]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] (d. 1957) | ||
- | *[[1875]] – [[James J. Jeffries]], American heavyweight boxer (d. 1953) | ||
*[[1878]] – [[Robert Walser (writer)|Robert Walser]], Swiss writer (d. 1956) | *[[1878]] – [[Robert Walser (writer)|Robert Walser]], Swiss writer (d. 1956) | ||
*[[1879]] – [[Melville Henry Cane]], American lawyer (d. 1980) | *[[1879]] – [[Melville Henry Cane]], American lawyer (d. 1980) |
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Art and culture
- 1912 - The British passenger ship RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg causing the deaths of about 1,503 people.
- 1966 - Swinging London Time magazine cover.
- 1969 - Woodstock Festival started its 3 day rally today at 5:08p.m.
- 1989 - The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in the People's Republic of China.
Births
- Henry James (1843 - 1916)
- Jean Moréas (1856 - 1910)
- Émile Durkheim (1858 - 1917)
- Thomas Szasz (born April 15, 1920 in Hungary)
- Albert Goldman (1927 - 1994)
- David Hamilton
Births
- 1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath (d. 1519)
- 1741 – Charles Willson Peale, American painter, soldier and naturalist (d. 1827)
- 1772 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)
- 1832 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)
- 1843 – Henry James, American author (d. 1916)
- 1858 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (d. 1917)
- 1878 – Robert Walser, Swiss writer (d. 1956)
- 1879 – Melville Henry Cane, American lawyer (d. 1980)
- 1883 – Stanley Bruce, eighth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
- 1885 – Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Polish general (d. 1947)
- 1886 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (d. 1921)
- 1888 – Maximilian Kronberger, German poet (d. 1904)
- 1889 – Thomas Hart Benton, American muralist (d. 1975)
- 1889 – A. Philip Randolph, American activist (d. 1979)
- 1892 – Corrie ten Boom, Dutch author and Holocaust survivor (d. 1983)
- 1892 – Theo Osterkamp, World War I and World War II German fighter pilot (d. 1975)
- 1894 – Bessie Smith, American blues singer (d. 1937)
- 1895 – Clark McConachy, New Zealand billiards player (d. 1980)
- 1896 – Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov, Russian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1986)
- 1901 – Joe Davis, English snooker player (d. 1978)
- 1902 – Fernando Pessa, Portuguese journalist (d. 2002)
- 1904 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian Artist (d. 1948)
- 1907 – Nikolaas Tinbergen, Dutch ethologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1988)
- 1908 – eden ahbez, American songwriter (d. 1995)
- 1908 – Lita Grey, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1910 – Miguel Najdorf, Argentine chess grandmaster (d. 1997)
- 1912 – Kim Il-sung, President of North Korea (d. 1994)
- 1916 – Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American businessman (d. 1982)
- 1917 – Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1917 – James Kee, American politician (d. 1989)
- 1920 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist
- 1920 – Richard von Weizsäcker, President of Germany
- 1921 – Georgi Beregovoi, Russian cosmonaut (d. 1995)
- 1922 – Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor
- 1922 – Harold Washington, American politician (d. 1987)
- 1924 – Sir Neville Marriner, English conductor
- 1927 – Robert Mills, American physicist (d. 1999)
- 1930 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of Iceland
- 1933 – Roy Clark, American musician
- 1933 – David Hamilton, British photographer, film director and producer
- 1933 – Elizabeth Montgomery, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1933 – Boris Strugatsky, Russian author
- 1936 – Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist
- 1937 – Bob Luman, American country singer (d. 1978)
- 1938 – Hso Khan Pha, Burmese politician
- 1939 – Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born actress
- 1939 – Marty Wilde, British singer
- 1940 – Jeffrey Archer, British author
- 1940 – Willie Davis, American baseball player
- 1940 – Woodie Fryman, American baseball player
- 1940 – Robert Lacroix, French Canadian professor of economics
- 1940 – Robert Walker Jr., American actor
- 1941 – Howard Berman, American politician
- 1942 – Francis X. DiLorenzo, American Catholic prelate
- 1942 – Walt Hazzard, American basketball player
- 1942 – Kenneth Lay, American businessman (d. 2006)
- 1944 – Dzhokhar Dudaev, Chechen leader (d. 1996)
- 1944 – Dave Edmunds, Welsh musician
- 1947 – Lois Chiles, American actress
- 1947 – Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish politician
- 1947 – Mike Chapman, British songwriter
- 1947 – Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American writer and television producer
- 1948 – Michael Kamen, American composer (d. 2003)
- 1949 – Tonio K, American singer
- 1949 – Alla Pugacheva, Russian singer
- 1949 – Craig Zadan, American film producer
- 1950 – Josiane Balasko, French actress, director and screenwriter
- 1950 – Amy Wright, American actress
- 1951 – Heloise, American newspaper columnist
- 1952 – Bengt Gingsjö, Swedish swimmer
- 1952 – Kym Gyngell, Australian comedian
- 1952 – Sam McMurray, American actor
- 1954 – Seka, American pornographic actress
- 1955 – Dodi Al-Fayed, Egyptian businessman (d. 1997)
- 1956 – Michael Cooper, American basketball player
- 1957 – Evelyn Ashford, American athlete
- 1958 – Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1958 – Dolores Gordon-Smith, British Writer
- 1958 – Noni Ιoannidou, Greek fashion model and actress
- 1958 – Benjamin Zephaniah, British writer
- 1959 – Fruit Chan, Hong Kong film director
- 1959 – Emma Thompson, English actress
- 1959 – Thomas F. Wilson, American actor
- 1959 – Kevin Lowe, Canadian ice hockey player and general manager
- 1960 – Tony Jones (snooker), English snooker player
- 1960 – Pedro Delgado, Spanish cyclist
- 1960 – HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, heir to the Belgian throne
- 1962 – Surjit Bindrakhia, Punjabi Bhangra singer
- 1962 – Nawal El Moutawakel, Morrocan hurdler
- 1962 – Tom Kane, American voice actor
- 1963 – Bobby Pepper, American journalist
- 1965 – Linda Perry, American musician
- 1966 – Samantha Fox, English singer
- 1967 – Frankie Poullain, British musician (The Darkness)
- 1967 – Dara Torres, American swimmer
- 1967 – Alt, Brazilian comic creator
- 1968 – Ed O'Brien, British musician (Radiohead)
- 1968 – Stacey Williams, American model
- 1969 – Jeromy Burnitz, American baseball player
- 1969 – Jimmy Waite, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- 1970 – Flex Alexander, American actor
- 1971 – Katy Hill, British television presenter
- 1971 – Sarah Jane Hamilton, British pornographic actress
- 1971 – Jason Sehorn, American football player
- 1972 – Lou Romano, American voice actor
- 1972 – Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer
- 1974 – Mike Quinn, American football player
- 1974 – Keith Malley, American comedian and podcaster (Keith and The Girl)
- 1974 – Danny Pino, American actor
- 1974 – Douglas Spain, American actor
- 1974 – Josh Todd, American musician (Buckcherry)
- 1975 – Paul Dana, American race car driver (d. 2006)
- 1976 – Jason Bonsignore, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Susan Ward, American actress
- 1977 – Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player
- 1978 – Austin Aries, American wrestler
- 1978 – Milton Bradley, American baseball player
- 1978 – Tim Corcoran, American baseball player
- 1980 – Natalie Casey, British actress
- 1980 – James Foster, English cricketer
- 1980 – Raúl López, Spanish basketball player
- 1980 – Victor Núñez, Costa Rican footballer
- 1980 – Willie Mason, Australian Rugby League Player
- 1980 – Fränk Schleck, Luxembourgish cyclist
- 1981 – Andrés D'Alessandro, Argentine football player
- 1981 – Seth Wulsin, American artist
- 1982 – Anthony Green, American musician
- 1982 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor and writer
- 1982 – Albert Riera, Spanish footballer
- 1982 – Michael Aubrey, American baseball player
- 1983 – Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
- 1983 – Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
- 1983 – Bronson La'Cassie, Australian professional golfer
- 1984 – Rodney Carney, NBA athlete
- 1984 – Cam Janssen, American ice hockey player
- 1984 – Ben Kasica, Guitarist of rock band Skillet
- 1985 – John Danks, American baseball player
- 1985 – Aaron Laffey, American baseball player
- 1986 – Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, Dutch footballer
- 1986 – Tom Heaton, English footballer
- 1990 – Emma Watson, English actress
- 1991 – Daiki Arioka, Japanese Actor and Singer
- 1992 – Amy Diamond, Swedish singer
- 1993 – Madeleine Martin, American television actress
Deaths
- Gaston Leroux (1868 - 1927)
- August Endell (1871 - 1925)
- Robert Musil (1880 - 1942)
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)
- Jean Genet (1910 - 1986)
- Alexander Trocchi (1925 -1984)
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