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*[[1862]] - [[Claude Debussy]], French composer (d. [[1918]]) *[[1862]] - [[Claude Debussy]], French composer (d. [[1918]])
*[[1893]] - [[Dorothy Parker]], American writer (d. [[1967]]) *[[1893]] - [[Dorothy Parker]], American writer (d. [[1967]])
-* 1893 - [[Wilfred Kitching]], British Salvation Army general (d. [[1977]]) 
-*[[1895]] - [[Paul Comtois]], French Canadian politician (d. [[1966]]) 
-*[[1900]] - [[Sergei Ozhegov]], Russian lexicographer (d. [[1964]]) 
*[[1902]] - [[Leni Riefenstahl]], German film director (d. [[2003]]) *[[1902]] - [[Leni Riefenstahl]], German film director (d. [[2003]])
-* 1902 - [[Thomas Pelly]], American politician (d. [[1973]])+*[[1903]] - [[René Wellek]], Czech-German literary theorist (d. [[1995]])
-*[[1904]] - [[Deng Xiaoping]], Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. [[1997]])+
*[[1908]] - [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], French photographer (d. [[2004]]) *[[1908]] - [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], French photographer (d. [[2004]])
-*[[1909]] - [[Julius J. Epstein]], American screenwriter (d. [[2000]])+*[[1917]] - [[John Lee Hooker]], American guitarist and singer (d. 2001)
-* 1909 - [[Mel Hein]], American football player (d. [[1992]])+*[[1928]] - [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], German composer (d. 2007)
-* 1909 - [[Lucille Ricksen]], American actress (d. [[1925]])+
-*[[1913]] - [[Bruno Pontecorvo]], Italian physicist (d. [[1993]])+
-*[[1915]] - [[Hugh Paddick]], British actor (d. [[2000]])+
-*[[1915]] - [[James Hillier]], Co-inventor of the electron microscope (d. [[2007]]) +
-* 1915 - [[Edward Szczepanik]], former Polish Prime Minister (d. [[2005]])+
-*[[1917]] - [[John Lee Hooker]], American guitarist and singer (d. [[2001]])+
-*[[1918]] - [[Mary McGrory]], American journalist (d. [[2004]])+
-*[[1920]] - [[Ray Bradbury]], American writer+
-* 1920 - [[Denton Cooley]], American heart surgeon+
-*[[1922]] - [[Micheline Presle]], French actress+
-*[[1925]] - [[James Kirkwood, Jr.]], American playwright and author (d. [[1989]])+
-*[[1928]] - [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], German composer+
-*[[1930]] - [[Gilmar]], Brazilian football player+
-*[[1932]] - [[Gerald P. Carr]], American astronaut+
-*[[1934]] - [[Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.|Norman Schwarzkopf]], U.S. general+
-* 1934 - Sir [[Donald McIntyre]], English bass-baritone+
-*[[1935]] - [[E. Annie Proulx]], American author+
-*[[1936]] - [[Dale Hawkins]], American singer and songwriter+
-*[[1938]] - [[Paul Maguire]], American football commentator+
-*[[1939]] - [[George Reinholt]], American actor+
-* 1939 - [[Carl Yastrzemski]], baseball player+
-*[[1940]] - [[Valerie Harper]], American actress+
-* 1940 - [[Bill McCartney]], former college football coach+
-*[[1941]] - [[Bill Parcells]], American football coach+
-*[[1943]] - [[Masatoshi Shima]], [[Japanese people|Japanese]] [[computer]] [[scientist]]+
-*[[1945]] - [[Ron Dante]], American songwriter and record producer ([[The Archies]])+
-* 1945 - [[Erol Gelenbe]], Turkish computer scientist, electrical engineer and applied mathematician+
-*[[1947]] - [[Cindy Williams]], American actress+
-* 1947 - [[Donna Godchaux]], singer ([[Grateful Dead]])+
-*[[1948]] - [[Eleonora Brown]], Italian actress+
-*[[1949]] - [[Diana Nyad]], American swimmer, world record holder+
-* 1949 - [[Doug Bair]], baseball player+
-* 1949 - [[Þórarinn Eldjárn]], an Icelandic writer+
-* 1949 - [[Alfred Musema]], Rwandan [[Rwandan Genocide|genocidaire]]+
-*[[1950]] - [[Ray Burris]], baseball player+
-*[[1952]] - [[Peter Laughner]], American singer, songwriter and guitarist ([[Rocket From the Tombs]], [[Pere Ubu]]) (d. [[1977]])+
-*[[1953]] - [[Paul Ellering]], American wrestling manager+
-*[[1955]] - [[Will Shetterly]], writer+
-* 1955 - [[Chiranjeevi]], [[Telugu films|Telugu]] film actor+
-*[[1956]] - [[Paul Molitor]], baseball player+
-*[[1957]] - [[Steve Davis]], English snooker player+
-*[[1958]] - [[Colm Feore]], American-born actor+
-* 1958 - [[Lane Huffman]], American professional wrestler+
-* 1958 - [[Vernon Reid]], American musician ([[Living Colour]])+
-*[[1959]] - [[Juan Croucier]], American musician+
-* 1959 - [[Pia Gjellerup]], Danish politician+
-*[[1961]] - [[Roland Orzabal]], British musician ([[Tears for Fears]])+
-* 1961 - [[Debbi Peterson]], American singer ([[The Bangles]])+
-*[[1963]] - [[Tori Amos]], American singer/songwriter+
-* 1963 - [[Terry Catledge]], American basketball player+
-*[[1964]] - [[Mats Wilander]], Swedish tennis player+
-*[[1965]] - [[Tom Gibis]], American voice actor+
-*[[1966]] - [[GZA]], American rapper+
-* 1966 - [[Eric Andolsek]], American football player (d. [[1992]])+
-*[[1967]] - [[Layne Staley]], American musician ([[Alice in Chains]]) (d. [[2002]])+
-* 1967 - [[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]], British actor+
-* 1967 - [[Ant (comedian)|Ant]], American comedian+
-* 1967 - [[Ty Burrell]], American actor+
-* 1967 - [[Alfred Gough]], American screenwriter+
-* 1967 - [[Yukiko Okada]], Japanese singer (d. [[1986]])+
-*[[1968]] - [[Paul Colman]], Australian guitarist ([[Newsboys]])+
-* 1968 - [[Alexander Mostovoi]], Russian footballer+
-* 1968 - [[Horst Skoff]], Austrian tennis player+
-*[[1970]] - [[Charlie Connelly]], English writer+
-* 1970 - [[Giada De Laurentiis]], chef and television host+
-*[[1971]] - [[Richard Armitage (actor)|Richard Armitage]], English actor+
-* 1971 - [[Rick Yune]], Korean American actor+
-*[[1972]] - [[Steve Kline (baseball)|Steve Kline]], baseball player+
-* 1972 - [[Okkert Brits]], South African pole vaulter+
-* 1972 - [[Max Wilson]], Brazilian racing driver+
-*[[1973]] - [[Howie Dorough]], American singer ([[Backstreet Boys]])+
-*[[1974]] - [[Brimstone (wrestler)|William Kucmierowski]], American professional wrestler+
-* 1974 - [[Agustín Pichot]], Argentine rugby player+
-* 1974 - [[Stefano Verderi]], Italian guitarman+
-*[[1975]] - [[Clint Bolton]], Australian footballer+
-* 1975 - [[Sheree Murphy]], British actress+
-* 1975 - [[Rodrigo Santoro]], Brazilian actor+
-*[[1977]] - [[Heiðar Helguson]], Icelandic footballer+
-* 1977 - [[Keren Cytter]], artist, filmmaker, and writer+
-*[[1978]] - [[Jeff Stinco]], Canadian musician ([[Simple Plan]])+
-*[[1980]] - [[Christi Shake]], American model and actress+
-* 1980 - [[Roland Benschneider]], German footballer+
-* 1980 - [[Nicolas Macrozonaris]], Quebec 100m sprinter+
-*[[1981]] - [[Alex Holmes]], American football player+
-*[[1983]] - [[Theo Bos]], Dutch cyclist+
-* 1983 - [[Laura Breckenridge]], American actress+
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==Deaths== ==Deaths==
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-* [[408]] - [[Stilicho]], Roman general (b. [[359]]) 
-*[[1155]] - [[Emperor Konoe|Konoe]], Emperor of Japan (b. [[1139]]) 
-*[[1188]] - [[Ferdinand II of Leon|Ferdinand II]], King of Leon (b. [[1137]]) 
-*[[1241]] - [[Pope Gregory IX|Gregory IX]], Italian religious leader, 178th Pope (b. c. [[1143]]) 
-*[[1280]] - [[Pope Nicholas III|Nicholas III]], Italian religious leader, 188th Pope (b. c. [[1216]]) 
-*[[1304]] - [[John II, Count of Hainaut]] (b. [[1247]]) 
-*[[1350]] - [[Philip VI of France|Philip VI]], King of France (b. [[1293]]) 
-*[[1485]] - [[Richard III of England|Richard III]], King of England (b. [[1452]]) 
-*[[1553]] - [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland|John Dudley]], English admiral and politician (b. [[1501]]) 
-*[[1572]] - [[Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland|Thomas Percy]], Earl of Northumberland (b. [[1528]]) 
-*[[1584]] - [[Jan Kochanowski]], Polish writer (b. [[1530]]) 
-*[[1599]] - [[Beatrice Cenci]], Italian noblewoman (b. [[1577]]) 
-* 1599 - [[Luca Marenzio]], Italian composer (b. c. [[1553]]) 
-*[[1607]] - [[Bartholomew Gosnold]], English explorer and privateer (b. [[1572]]) 
-*[[1609]] - [[Judah Loew ben Bezalel|Maharal of Prague]], Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. [[1525]]) 
-*[[1652]] - [[Jacob De la Gardie]], Swedish soldier and statesman (b. [[1583]]) 
-*[[1680]] - [[John George II, Elector of Saxony]] (b. [[1613]]) 
-*[[1701]] - [[John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath]], English royalist statesman (b. [[1628]]) 
-*[[1711]] - [[Louis François, duc de Boufflers]], French marshal (b. [[1644]]) 
-*[[1752]] - [[William Whiston]], English mathematician (b. [[1667]]) 
-*[[1773]] - [[George Lyttelton]], English writer and politician (b. [[1709]]) 
-*[[1793]] - [[Louis, 4th duc de Noailles]], Marshal of France (b. [[1713]]) 
-*[[1797]] - [[Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser]], Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. [[1724]]) 
*[[1806]] - [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], French artist (b. [[1732]]) *[[1806]] - [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], French artist (b. [[1732]])
-*[[1818]] - [[Warren Hastings]], British Governor-General of India (b. [[1732]])+*[[1860]] - [[Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]], French painter (''The Monkey Connoisseurs'') (b. [[1803]])
-*[[1828]] - [[Franz Joseph Gall]], Austrian neuroscientist (b. [[1758]])+*[[1904]] - [[Kate Chopin]], American author (b. [[1850]])
-*[[1850]] - [[Nikolaus Lenau]], Austrian poet (b. [[1802]])+*[[1920]] - [[Anders Zorn]], Swedish painter (b. [[1860]])
-*[[1861]] - [[Xianfeng Emperor|Xianfeng]], Emperor of China (b. [[1831]])+*[[1970]] - [[Vladimir Propp]], Russian structuralist scholar (b. [[1895]])
-*[[1891]] - [[Jan Neruda]], Czech author (b. [[1834]])+*[[1981]] - [[Glauber Rocha]], Brazilian filmmaker (''Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol'') (b. [[1938]])
-*[[1903]] - [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1830]])+
-*[[1914]] - [[Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi]] bishop of Bergamo+
-*[[1918]] - [[Korbinian Brodmann]], German neurologist (b. [[1868]])+
-*[[1922]] - [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]], Irish revolutionary (b. [[1890]])+
-*[[1926]] - [[Charles William Eliot|Charles W. Eliot]], American President of Harvard University (b. [[1834]])+
-*[[1940]] - [[Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge]], English physicist, spiritualist, pioneer in wireless telegraphy (b. [[1851]])+
-*[[1942]] - [[Michel Fokine]], Russian choreographer and dancer (b. [[1880]])+
-*[[1950]] - [[Kirk Bryan (American Geologist)|Kirk Bryan]], American geologist (b. [[1888]])+
-*[[1953]] - [[Jim Tabor]], baseball player (b. [[1916]])+
-*[[1958]] - [[Roger Martin du Gard]], French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. [[1881]])+
-*[[1965]] - [[Ellen Church]], First American airline [[stewardess]] (b. [[1904]])+
-*[[1967]] - [[Gregory Goodwin Pincus]], American endocrinologist (b. [[1903]])+
-*[[1970]] - [[Vladimir Propp]], [[Russian Formalists|Russian structuralist]] scholar (b. [[1895]])+
-*[[1974]] - [[Jacob Bronowski]], Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (b. [[1908]])+
-*[[1976]] - [[Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira]], President of Brazil (b. [[1902]])+
-* 1976 - [[Gina Bachauer]], Greek pianist (b. [[1913]])+
-*[[1977]] - [[Sebastian Cabot (actor)|Sebastian Cabot]], English-born actor (b. [[1918]])+
-*[[1978]] - [[Jomo Kenyatta]], first Prime Minister of Kenya (b. c. [[1892]])+
-*[[1979]] - [[James T. Farrell]], American novelist (b. [[1904]])+
-*[[1980]] - [[James Smith McDonnell]], American aircraft manufacturer (b. [[1899]])+
*[[1989]] - [[Huey P. Newton]], American activist (b. [[1942]]) *[[1989]] - [[Huey P. Newton]], American activist (b. [[1942]])
-*[[1991]] - [[Colleen Dewhurst]], Canadian actress (b. [[1924]]) 
-*[[1994]] - [[Gilles Groulx]], French Canadian film director (b. [[1931]]) 
-*[[2003]] - [[Arnold Gerschwiler]], Swiss-born figure skating trainer (b. [[1914]]) 
-* 2003 - [[Generosa Ammon]], widow of [[Ted Ammon]] (b. [[1956]]) 
-* 2003 - [[Imperio Argentina]], Argentinian singer and actress (b. [[1906]]) 
-*[[2004]] - [[Konstantin Aseev]], Russian chess player (b. [[1960]]) 
-* 2004 - [[Daniel Petrie]], Canadian-born television and movie director (b. [[1920]]) 
-* 2004 - [[Al Dvorin]], American announcer on Elvis Presley's shows (b. c.[[1923]]) 
*[[2005]] - [[Luc Ferrari]], French composer (b. [[1929]]) *[[2005]] - [[Luc Ferrari]], French composer (b. [[1929]])
-*[[2006]] - [[Bruce Gary]], American rock drummer, producer ([[The Knack]]) (b. [[1951]]) 
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-== Notes == 
-# David Reimer 
-# Kate Chopin 
-# Karlheinz Stockhausen 
-# Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe 
-# Claude Debussy 
-# Jean-Honoré Fragonard 
-# Henri Cartier-Bresson 
-# Glauber Rocha 
-# Leni Riefenstahl 
-* Vladimir Propp 
-# René Wellek 
-# Huey P. Newton 
-# Nikolaus Lenau 
-# Anders Zorn 
-# Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps 
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