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| *[[1805]] - [[Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin]], French magician (d. [[1861]]) | *[[1805]] - [[Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin]], French magician (d. [[1861]]) | ||
| *[[1890]] - [[Rudolf Schlichter]], German artist and writer (d. [[1955]]) | *[[1890]] - [[Rudolf Schlichter]], German artist and writer (d. [[1955]]) | ||
| - | * 1890 - [[Yoshio Nishina]], Japanese physicist (d. [[1951]]) | ||
| - | * 1890 - [[Dion Fortune]], British occultist (d. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | *[[1892]] - Sir [[Sir Osbert Sitwell, 5th Baronet|Osbert Sitwell]], British author (d. [[1969]]) | ||
| - | *[[1896]] - [[Ira Gershwin]], American lyricist (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Alfred Eisenstaedt]], German-born photojournalist (d. [[1995]]) | ||
| - | * 1898 - [[Gunnar Myrdal]], Swedish economist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Economics]] (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Agnes Moorehead]], American actress (d. [[1974]]) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Tony Lazzeri]], American baseball player (d. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Ève Curie]] French writer (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1905]] - [[James J. Braddock]], American boxer (d. [[1974]]) | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Pierre Graber]], Swiss Federal Councilor (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | * 1908 - [[Baby Face Nelson]], American bank robber (d. [[1934]]) | ||
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Eleanor Holm]], American swimmer (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Hugo Peretti]], American songwriter and record producer (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | * 1916 - [[Kristján Eldjárn]], Curator at the [[National Museum of Iceland]] and 3rd president of [[Iceland]] (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Kamal Jumblatt]], leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| *[[1919]] - [[Paul de Man]], Belgian-born literary critic (d. [[1983]]) | *[[1919]] - [[Paul de Man]], Belgian-born literary critic (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Dave Brubeck]], American pianist and composer | + | *[[1921]] - [[Piero Piccioni]], Italian musician and composer (d. [[2004]]) |
| - | * 1920 - [[George Porter]], British chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Otto Graham]], American football player (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | * 1921 - [[Piero Piccioni]], Italian musician and composer (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[John Henry Cound Brunt]], Victoria Cross holder (d. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Wally Cox]], American actor (d. [[1973]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Bobby Van]], American singer (d. [[1980]]) | + | |
| *[[1929]] - [[Alain Tanner]], Swiss filmmaker | *[[1929]] - [[Alain Tanner]], Swiss filmmaker | ||
| * 1929 - [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], German conductor | * 1929 - [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]], German conductor | ||
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Art and culture
- 1768 - The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1849 - American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
Births
- 1478 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)
- 1805 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)
- 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)
- 1919 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (d. 1983)
- 1921 - Piero Piccioni, Italian musician and composer (d. 2004)
- 1929 - Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker
- 1929 - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, German conductor
- 1929 - Frank Springer, American comics artist
- 1930 - Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia
- 1931 - Don King, American Boxing Promoter
- 1931 - Zeki Müren, Turkish actor, singer, and composer (d. 1996)
- 1933 - Henryk Górecki, Polish composer
- 1935 - Jean Lapointe, Quebec comedian, singer and senator
- 1936 - David Ossman, American comedian
- 1937 - Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian footballer (d. 2006)
- 1940 - Lawrence Bergman, Quebec politician
- 1940 - Richard Edlund, American special effects photographer
- 1941 - Richard Speck, American mass murderer (d. 1991)
- 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian writer
- 1945 - Shekhar Kapur, Indian filmmaker
- 1945 - Larry Bowa, baseball player and Major League manager
- 1945 - Dan Harrington, American poker player
- 1947 - Lawrence Cannon, Canadian politician
- 1948 - JoBeth Williams, American actress
- 1948 - Keke Rosberg, Finnish race car driver
- 1948 - Marius Müller-Westernhagen, German actor and musician
- 1949 - Linda Creed, American songwriter
- 1949 - Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist
- 1950 - Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
- 1952 - Rick Charlesworth, Australian hockey player
- 1952 - Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist
- 1953 - Tom Hulce, American actor
- 1953 - Gary Ward, baseball player
- 1955 - Steven Wright, American comedian
- 1955 - Rick Buckler, British drummer (The Jam)
- 1956 - Peter Buck, American guitarist (R.E.M.)
- 1956 - Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (d. 1982)
- 1957 - Adrian Borland, English musician (The Sound) (d. 1999)
- 1958 - Nick Park, British filmmaker and animator
- 1959 - Satoru Iwata, president and CEO of Nintendo
- 1961 - David Lovering, American drummer (Pixies)
- 1962 - Janine Turner, American actress
- 1963 - Ulrich Thomsen, Danish actor
- 1967 - Hacken Lee, Hong Kong singer
- 1970 - Ulf Ekberg, Swedish musician (Ace of Base)
- 1970 - Éric Lemieux, Quebec keyboardist (La Chicane)
- 1971 - José Contreras, Cuban baseball player
- 1971 - Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
- 1971 - Ryan White, American AIDS activist (d. 1990)
- 1971 - Naozumi Takahashi, seiyuu
- 1972 - Rick Short, baseball player
- 1974 - Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Noel Clarke, English actor and writer
- 1976 - Colleen Haskell, American television personality
- 1977 - Kevin Cash, baseball player
- 1977 - Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer
- 1977 - Paul McVeigh, Irish footballer
- 1978 - Darrell Jackson, American football player
- 1978 - Chris Basak, American baseball player
- 1979 - Tim Cahill, Australia footballer
- 1980 - Steve Lovell, British footballer
- 1980 - Ehren Wassermann, American baseball player
- 1982 - Sean Ervine, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982 - Ryan Carnes, American actor
- 1982 - Robbie Gould, American football player
- 1982 - Alberto Contador, Spanish cyclist and 2007 Tour de France winner
- 1985 - Dulce María, Mexican actress and singer
- 1986 - Cintia Dicker, Brazilian model
- 1993 - Elián González, Cuban subject of international child custody battle
- 1995 - Joy Gruttmann, German singer
- 2000 - Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
Deaths
- 343 - Saint Nicholas
- 1185 - King Afonso I of Portugal (b. 1109)
- 1352 - Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
- 1562 - Jan van Scorel Dutch painter and architect
- 1618 - Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (b. 1556)
- 1658 - Baltasar Gracián y Morales, Spanish writer (b. 1601)
- 1672 - King John II Casimir of Poland (b. 1609)
- 1675 - John Lightfoot, English churchman (b. 1602)
- 1718 - Nicholas Rowe, English poet and dramatist (b. 1674)
- 1746 - Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish songwriter (b. 1665)
- 1771 - Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (b. 1682)
- 1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1788 - Jonathan Shipley, British bishop and politician (b. 1714)
- 1867 - Jean Pierre Flourens, French physician (b. 1794)
- 1868 - August Schleicher, German linguist (b. 1821)
- 1879 - Erastus Brigham Bigelow, American industrialist (b. 1814)
- 1882 - Anthony Trollope, British author (b. 1815)
- 1882 - Alfred Escher, Swiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (b. 1819)
- 1889 - Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America (b. 1808)
- 1892 - Ernst Werner von Siemens, German inventor and industrialist (b. 1816)
- 1924 - Gene Stratton-Porter, American author, screenwriter and naturalist (b. 1863)
- 1949 - Leadbelly, American musician (b. 1888)
- 1951 - Harold Ross, American magazine editor (b. 1892)
- 1955 - Honus Wagner, baseball player (b. 1874)
- 1956 - Dr. Bhimji Ramji Ambedkar, Indian Minister of Law and architect of The Constitution of India (b. 1891)
- 1961 - Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (b. 1925)
- 1964 - Consuelo Vanderbilt (b. 1877)
- 1972 - Janet Munro, British actress (b. 1934)
- 1976 - João Goulart, President of Brazil (b. 1918)
- 1983 - Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903)
- 1985 - Burr Tillstrom, American puppeteer (b. 1917)
- 1985 - Max Kasch, American Actor, Holes
- 1988 - Roy Orbison, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (b. 1936)
- 1989 - Frances Bavier, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1989 - Sammy Fain, American popular music composer (b. 1902)
- 1989 - John Payne, American movie actor (b. 1912)
- 1990 - Pavlos Sidiropoulos, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1948)
- 1991 - Sir Richard Stone, British economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
- 1992 - Mimi Smith, maternal aunt and guardian of John Lennon (b. 1914)
- 1993 - Don Ameche, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1996 - Pete Rozelle, commissioner of the National Football League (b. 1926)
- 1997 - Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (b. 1942)
- 2000 - Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. 1948)
- 2001 - Charles McClendon, Hall of Fame college football coach (b. 1923)
- 2002 - Philip Berrigan, American civil rights activist (b. 1923)
- 2003 - Hans Hotter, German bass-baritone (b. 1909)
- 2003 - Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, President of Guatemala (b. 1918)
- 2003 - Jerry Tuite, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
- 2004 - Raymond Goethals, Belgian football coach (b. 1921)
- 2005 - Charly Gaul, Luxembourg cyclist (b. 1932)
- 2005 - Devan Nair, 3rd President of Singapore (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Danny Williams, South African-born singer (b. 1942)
Notes
Albrecht Schaeffer
Richard Speck
Piero Piccioni
Emmanuel Frémiet
Baldassare Castiglione
Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
Rudolf Schlichter
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Lead Belly
Bruce Nauman
Peter Handke
Eugène Brieux
Alain Tanner
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