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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| + | * [[380]] – [[Edict of Thessalonica]]: Emperor [[Theodosius I]], with co-emperors [[Gratian]] and [[Valentinian II]], declare their wish that all [[Roman citizenship|Roman citizens]] convert to trinitarian [[Christianity]]. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1807]] - [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], American poet (d. [[1882]]) | *[[1807]] - [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], American poet (d. [[1882]]) | ||
| - | *[[1902]] - [[John Steinbeck]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1968]]) | + | *[[1902]] - [[John Steinbeck]], American writer (d. [[1968]]) |
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Grethe Weiser]], German actress (d. [[1970]]) | + | *[[1912]] - [[Lawrence Durrell]], British writer (d. 1990) |
| - | *[[1904]] - [[James T. Farrell]], American writer (d. [[1979]]) | + | *[[1932]] - [[Elizabeth Taylor]], British-American actress (d. 2011) |
| - | * 1904 - [[Yulii Borisovich Khariton]], Russian physicist (d. [[1996]]) | + | *[[1933]] - [[Edward Lucie-Smith]], British writer, poet, art critic and curator |
| - | * 1904 - [[André Leducq]], French cyclist (d. [[1980]]) | + | *[[1955]] - [[Peter Christopherson]], English musician and video director (Psychic TV) (d. 2010) |
| - | * 1904 - [[Chick Fullis]], American baseball player (d. [[1946]]) | + | *[[1957]] - [[Timothy Spall]], English actor |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Franchot Tone]], American actor (d. [[1968]]) | + | *[[1965]] - [[Joakim Sundström]], Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician |
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Mildred Bailey]], American singer (d. [[1951]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Joan Bennett]], American actress (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | * 1910 - [[Peter De Vries]], American writer (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | * 1910 - [[Ted Horn]], American race car driver (d. [[1948]]) | + | |
| - | * 1910 - [[Clarence Johnson|Clarence "Kelly" Johnson]], American aircraft engineer ([[Lockheed]] [[Skunk Works]]; d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Lawrence Durrell]], British writer (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Irwin Shaw]], American writer (d. [[1984]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Kazimierz Sabbat]], Polish president (d. [[1989]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[John Connally]], Governor of Texas (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Hans Rookmaaker]], Dutch professor and art historian (d. [[1977]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Dexter Gordon]], American jazz saxophonist (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Samuel Dash]], American Congressional counsel (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[David H. Hubel]], Canadian neuroscientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Lynn Cartwright]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | * 1927 - [[Guy Mitchell]], American singer (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Ariel Sharon]], former Prime Minister of Israel | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Djalma Santos]], Brazilian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Paul von Rague Schleyer|Paul von Ragué Schleyer]], American chemist | + | |
| - | * 1930 - [[Peter Stone]], American writer (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | * 1930 - [[Joanne Woodward]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Elizabeth Taylor]], British-American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Raymond Berry]], American football player | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Vincent Fourcade]], French interior designer (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | * 1934 - [[N. Scott Momaday]], American writer | + | |
| - | * 1934 - [[Ralph Nader]], American consumer activist | + | |
| - | * 1934 - [[Van Williams]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Mirella Freni]], Italian soprano | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Ron Barassi]], Australian rules footballer | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Roger Mahony]], fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[David Ackles]], American singer songwriter (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | * 1937 - [[Barbara Babcock]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Peter Revson]], American racecar driver (d. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Howard Hesseman]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1940 - [[Bill Hunter (actor)|Bill Hunter]], Australian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Paddy Ashdown]], British politician | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Robert H. Grubbs]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate | + | |
| - | * 1942 - [[Charlayne Hunter-Gault]], American journalist | + | |
| - | * 1942 - [[Michel Forget]], French Canadian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Mary Frann]], American actress (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1943 - [[Morten Lauridsen]], American composer | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Ken Grimwood]], American writer (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Carl Anderson (singer)|Carl Anderson]], American singer and actor (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Gidon Kremer]], Latvian violinist | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Steve Harley]], British rock musician (Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel) | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Stathis Psaltis]], Greek actor | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Gabriela Svobodová]], Czech cross country skier | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Neal Schon]], American musician ([[Journey (band)|Journey]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Peter Christopherson]], English musician, video director and designer | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Viktor Markin]], Russian athlete | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Timothy Spall]], English actor | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Danny Antonucci]], Canadian animator | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Adrian Smith]], English musician ([[Iron Maiden]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Nancy Spungen]], girlfriend of [[Sid Vicious]] (d. [[1978]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Johnny Van Zant]], American singer ([[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Andrés Gómez]], Ecuadorian tennis player | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Adam Baldwin]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1962 - [[Grant Show]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Pär Nuder]], Swedish politician | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Todd Bodine]], American race car driver | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Noah Emmerich]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1965 - [[Frank Peter Zimmermann]], German violinist | + | |
| - | * 1965 - [[Joakim Sundström]], Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Donal Logue]], Canadian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Matt Stairs]], Canadian baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Brad Vander Ark]], American musician | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Michael A. Burstein]], American writer | + | |
| - | * 1970 - [[Patricia Petibon]], French opera singer | + | |
| *[[1971]] - [[Derren Brown]], British psychological illusionist | *[[1971]] - [[Derren Brown]], British psychological illusionist | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[Rozonda Thomas|Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas]], American singer ([[TLC (music)|TLC]]) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Ali Tabatabaee]], American Iranian rapper ([[Zebrahead]]) | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Mark Taylor (rugby player)|Mark Taylor]], Welsh rugby union footballer | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Peter André]], English singer - Husband to [[Katie Price]], Glamour model | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Prodromos Korkizoglou]], Greek decathlete | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Shelby Walker]], American mixed martial artist (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Tony Gonzalez (football player)|Tony Gonzalez]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Lance Hoyt]], American professional wrestler | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Ji Sung]], South Korean actor | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[James Beattie (footballer)|James Beattie]], English footballer | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Bobby Valentino]], American singer | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Chelsea Clinton]], daughter of [[Bill Clinton|Bill]] and [[Hillary Clinton]] | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Josh Groban]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Hayley Angel Wardle]], English actress | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Juliana Imai]], Brazilian model | ||
| - | * 1984 - [[David Noel]], American basketball player | ||
| - | * 1984 - [[Antti Tuisku]], Finnish singer | ||
| - | * 1984 - [[Lotta Schelin]], Swedish female footballer | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Nicole Linkletter]], [[America's Next Top Model]] | ||
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Kelly Breeding]], American singer from B5 | ||
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Azeem Rafiq]], Yorkshire CCC & English U15 captain | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1659]] - [[Henry Dunster]], first President of Harvard College (b. [[1609]]) | + | *[[1936]] - [[Ivan Pavlov]], Russian physiologist (b. [[1849]]) |
| - | *[[1699]] - [[Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton]], English politician (b. c. [[1625]]) | + | *[[1950]] - [[Yvan Goll]], French-German poet (b. [[1891]]) |
| - | *[[1706]] - [[John Evelyn]], English diarist (b. [[1620]]) | + | *[[1992]] - [[Fernando Ribeiro]], Portuguese writer and publisher (''Edições Afrodite'') (b. [[1941]]) |
| - | *[[1720]] - [[Samuel Parris]], English-born Puritan minister (b. [[1653]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1735]] - [[John Arbuthnot]], English physician and writer (b. [[1667]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1844]] - [[Nicholas Biddle (1786-1844)|Nicholas Biddle]], President of the Second Bank of the United States (b. [[1786]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Alexander Borodin]], Russian composer and chemist (b. [[1833]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Louis Vuitton]], French luggage maker (b. [[1821]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Breaker Morant]], Anglo-Australian soldier executed in Boer War under controversial circumstances (b. [[1864]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Schofield Haigh]], English cricketer (b. [[1871]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[William Southam]], Canadian newspaper publisher (b. [[1843]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Ivan Pavlov]], Russian physiologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1849]]) | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Joshua W. Alexander]], U.S. Secretary of Commerce under [[Woodrow Wilson]] (b. [[1852]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[William D. Byron]], U.S. Congressman (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Kostis Palamas]], Greek poet, twice nominated for the [[Nobel prize]] (b. [[1859]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Orry-Kelly]], Australian costume designer (b. [[1897]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Frankie Lymon]], American singer (b. [[1942]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Marius Barbeau]], French Canadian folklorist (b. [[1883]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Marie Dionne]], one of the French Canadian [[Dionne quintuplets]] (b. [[1934]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Pat Brady]], American actor and singer (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[John Dickson Carr]], American author (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Vadim Salmanov]], Russian composer (b. [[1912]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[George Tobias]], American actor (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Jacob H. Gilbert]], American politician (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.|Henry Cabot Lodge]], American politician (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Jacques Plante]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Joan Greenwood]], English actress and director (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Paul Oswald Ahnert]], German astronomer (b. [[1897]]) | + | |
| - | * 1989 - [[Konrad Lorenz]], Austrian zoologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Nahum Norbert Glatzer]], Jewish-American scholar (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[S. I. Hayakawa]], Canadian-American linguist and politician (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| *[[1993]] - [[Lillian Gish]], American actress (b. [[1893]]) | *[[1993]] - [[Lillian Gish]], American actress (b. [[1893]]) | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - [[George H. Hitchings]], American scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1905]]) | ||
| - | * 1998 - [[J. T. Walsh]], American actor (b. [[1943]]) | ||
| *[[2002]] - [[Spike Milligan]], Irish comedian (b. [[1918]]) | *[[2002]] - [[Spike Milligan]], Irish comedian (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[2003]] - [[John Lanchbery]], English composer (b. [[1923]]) | + | *[[2005]] - [[James Avati]], American illustrator and paperback cover artist (b. [[1912]]) |
| - | * 2003 - [[Fred Rogers]], American children's television actor (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Paul Sweezy]], American economist and editor (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Yoshihiko Amino]], Japanese historians (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Otis Chandler]], American newspaper publisher (b. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Robert Lee Scott, Jr.]], U.S. General, Flying Tiger, and author (b. [[1908]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Linda Smith (comedian)|Linda Smith]], British comedian (b. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Bobby Rosengarden]], American jazz drummer (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Bernd von Freytag-Loringhoven]], German soldier (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | notes | ||
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| - | Derren Brown | ||
| - | Joakim Sundström | ||
| - | Lawrence Durrell | ||
| - | John Steinbeck | ||
| - | Peter Christopherson | ||
| - | Ivan Pavlov | ||
| - | Fernando Ribeiro | ||
| - | James Planché | ||
| - | Yvan Goll | ||
| - | Lillian Gish | ||
| - | James Avati | ||
| - | Spike Milligan | ||
| - | Edward Lucie-Smith | ||
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Art and culture
- 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity.
Births
- 1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882)
- 1902 - John Steinbeck, American writer (d. 1968)
- 1912 - Lawrence Durrell, British writer (d. 1990)
- 1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress (d. 2011)
- 1933 - Edward Lucie-Smith, British writer, poet, art critic and curator
- 1955 - Peter Christopherson, English musician and video director (Psychic TV) (d. 2010)
- 1957 - Timothy Spall, English actor
- 1965 - Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician
- 1971 - Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist
Deaths
- 1936 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist (b. 1849)
- 1950 - Yvan Goll, French-German poet (b. 1891)
- 1992 - Fernando Ribeiro, Portuguese writer and publisher (Edições Afrodite) (b. 1941)
- 1993 - Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
- 2002 - Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (b. 1918)
- 2005 - James Avati, American illustrator and paperback cover artist (b. 1912)
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