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| *[[1839]] - [[Paul Cezanne|Paul Cézanne]], French painter (d. [[1906]]) | *[[1839]] - [[Paul Cezanne|Paul Cézanne]], French painter (d. [[1906]]) | ||
| *[[1863]] - [[Werner Sombart]], German sociologist (d. [[1941]]) | *[[1863]] - [[Werner Sombart]], German sociologist (d. [[1941]]) | ||
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Herbert Chapman]], English football player and manager (d. [[1934]] | ||
| - | *[[1879]] - [[Boris Savinkov]], Russian writer (d. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Alexander Woollcott]], American intellectual (d. [[1943]]) | ||
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Ólafur Thors]], Icelandic politician (d. [[1964]]) | ||
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Stanley Hawes]], British-born Australian film producer, director and administrator (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Hans Hotter]], German bass-baritone (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Leonid Kantorovich]], Russian economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Rudolph Wanderone Jr.|"Minnesota Fats"]], American billiards player (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | * 1913 - [[Rex Ingamells]], Australian poet (d. [[1955]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Bob Gerard]], British racing driver (d. [[1990]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[John Raitt]], American singer and actor (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| - | *[[1918]] - [[John H. Johnson]], American publisher (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]], Peruvian [[United Nations Secretary General]] | ||
| *[[1921]] - [[Patricia Highsmith]], American author (d. [[1995]]) | *[[1921]] - [[Patricia Highsmith]], American author (d. [[1995]]) | ||
| - | * 1921 - [[William Devino|"Billy Batts" Devino]], American gangster (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Guy Madison]], American actor (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Jean Stapleton]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1923 - [[Markus Wolf]], German spy (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Nicholas Colasanto]], American actor (d. [[1985]]) | ||
| - | * 1924 - [[Jean-François Revel]], French author (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Fritz Weaver]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Tippi Hedren]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Robert MacNeil]], Canadian journalist | ||
| *[[1932]] - [[Richard Lester]], British director | *[[1932]] - [[Richard Lester]], British director | ||
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Ziaur Rahman]], President of Bangladesh (d. [[1981]]) | ||
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Phil Everly]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Paolo Borsellino]], Italian magistrate (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | * 1940 - [[Mike Reid (entertainer)|Mike Reid]], English comedian (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Colin Gunton]], British theologian (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | * 1941 - [[Tony Anholt]], British actor | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Michael Crawford]], British singer and actor | ||
| *[[1943]] - [[Janis Joplin]], American singer (d. [[1970]]) | *[[1943]] - [[Janis Joplin]], American singer (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| - | * 1943 - [[Petchara Chaowarat]], Thai film actress | ||
| - | * 1943 - [[Princess Margriet of the Netherlands]] | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Shelley Fabares]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1944 - [[Peter Lynch]], American investor | ||
| - | * 1944 - [[Dan Reeves]], American football coach | ||
| - | * 1944 - [[Laurie London]], English singer | ||
| *[[1946]] - [[Julian Barnes]], English author | *[[1946]] - [[Julian Barnes]], English author | ||
| * 1946 - [[Dolly Parton]], American singer and actress | * 1946 - [[Dolly Parton]], American singer and actress | ||
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Art and culture
- 1764 - John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
- 1829 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust Part 1 premieres.
- 1853 - Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore premieres in Rome.
- 1893 - Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder premieres in Berlin.
Births
- 1809 - Edgar Allan Poe, American writer and poet (d. 1849)
- 1839 - Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
- 1863 - Werner Sombart, German sociologist (d. 1941)
- 1921 - Patricia Highsmith, American author (d. 1995)
- 1932 - Richard Lester, British director
- 1943 - Janis Joplin, American singer (d. 1970)
- 1946 - Julian Barnes, English author
- 1946 - Dolly Parton, American singer and actress
- 1947 - Paula Deen, American chef and restaurateur
- 1947 - Rod Evans, British musician (Deep Purple)
- 1947 - Ann Compton, American news reporter
- 1948 - Frank McKenna, Canadian politician
- 1949 - Robert Palmer, English singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
- 1949 - Dennis Taylor, Northern Irish snooker player
- 1950 - Sébastien Dhavernas, Quebec actor
- 1950 - Grant Nordman, Canadian politician
- 1951 - Dewey Bunnell, American singer and songwriter (America)
- 1953 - Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor
- 1953 - Richard Legendre, Canadian politician
- 1954 - Katey Sagal, American actress
- 1954 - Ted DiBiase, American professional wrestler
- 1954 - Cindy Sherman, American artist
- 1954 - Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director
- 1955 - Simon Rattle, English conductor
- 1955 - Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-born actor and comedian
- 1956 - Carman Licciardello, American Christian singer
- 1957 - Kenneth McClintock, Puerto Rican politician
- 1962 - Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
- 1963 - Michael Adams, American basketball player
- 1963 - Caron Wheeler, British singer (Soul II Soul)
- 1963 - Martin Bashir, Pakistani-born reporter
- 1964 - Janine Antoni, Bahamian artist
- 1964 - Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer
- 1966 - Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
- 1966 - Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player
- 1966 - Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer
- 1966 - Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 - Javier Cámara, Spanish actor
- 1969 - Junior Seau, American football player
- 1969 - Steve Staunton, Irish footballer
- 1970 - Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian
- 1971 - Shawn Wayans, American actor and producer
- 1971 - John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground)
- 1972 - Joana Benedek, Mexican actress
- 1972 - Drea de Matteo, American actress
- 1972 - Ron Killings, American professional wrestler
- 1972 - Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
- 1972 - Elena Kaliská, Slovak slalom canoer
- 1972 - Troy Wilson, Australian racing driver and AFL player
- 1973 - Antero Manninen, Finnish Cellist
- 1973 - Karen Lancaume, French actress (d. 2005)
- 1974 - Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer
- 1974 - Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974 - Frank Caliendo, American comedian
- 1976 - Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver
- 1977 - Lauren Etame Mayer, Cameroonian footballer
- 1977 - Nicole, Chilean singer
- 1979 - Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast
- 1979 - Wiley (rapper), English Rapper (Grime)
- 1980 - Jenson Button, English Formula One driver
- 1981 - Asier Del Horno, Spanish footballer
- 1981 - Lucho González, Argentine footballer
- 1982 - Jodie Sweetin, American child actress
- 1982 - Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
- 1982 - Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
- 1983 - Utada Hikaru, American-born Japanese singer and songwriter
- 1984 - Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Euan Blair, Eldest son of Tony Blair
- 1984 - Karun Chandhok, Indian racing driver
- 1985 - Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
- 1985 - Esteban Guerrieri, Argentine racing driver
- 1991 - Erin Sanders, American child actress
Deaths
- 639 - Dagobert I, King of the Franks
- 1526 - Isabella of Burgundy, wife of Christian II of Denmark (b. 1501)
- 1547 - Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
- 1576 - Hans Sachs, German Meistersinger (b. 1494)
- 1661 - Thomas Venner, Fifth Monarchist (executed)
- 1729 - William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670)
- 1757 - Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar (b. 1674)
- 1766 - Giovanni Niccolo Servandoni, Italian-born French architect and painter (b. 1695)
- 1785 - Jonathan Toup, English classical scholar and critic (b. 1713)
- 1833 - Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold, French composer (b. 1791)
- 1847 - Charles Bent, New Mexico pioneer (assassinated)
- 1851 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)
- 1865 - Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and anarchist (b. 1809)
- 1869 - Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
- 1874 - August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet (b. 1798)
- 1878 - Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
- 1905 - Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher (b. 1817)
- 1929 - Liang Qichao, Chinese scholar (b. 1873)
- 1939 - Cliff Heathcote, baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1948 - Tony Garnier, French architect (b. 1869)
- 1954 - Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (b. 1885)
- 1957 - József Dudás, Romanian/Hungarian resistance fighter (b. 1912)
- 1964 - Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
- 1968 - Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879)
- 1969 - Jan Palach, Czech student and political activist (suicide) (b. 1948)
- 1971 - Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
- 1972 - Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
- 1973 - Max Adrian, Northern Irish actor (b. 1903)
- 1975 - Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (b. 1889)
- 1980 - William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1898)
- 1982 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
- 1984 - Max Bentley, National Hockey League player (b. 1920)
- 1990 - Rajneesh, Indian religious leader (b. 1931)
- 1990 - Semprini, English musician (b. 1908)
- 1990 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (b. 1906)
- 1991 - John Russell, American actor (b. 1921)
- 1991 - Marcel Chaput, Quebec politician (b. 1918)
- 1995 - Gene MacLellan, Canadian composer and singer (b. 1938)
- 1996 - Don Simpson, American film producer (b. 1943)
- 1997 - James Dickey, American writer (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Adriana Caselotti, American actress (b 1916)
- 1998 - Carl Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1932)
- 1999 - Ivan Francescato, Italian Rugby Union star (b. 1967)
- 2000 - Bettino Craxi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
- 2000 - Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-born actress (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Françoise Giroud, French writer and journalist (b. 1916)
- 2004 - Harry E. Claiborne, American judge (suicide) (b. 1917)
- 2004 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
- 2005 - Bill Andersen, New Zealand communist and trade union leader (b. 1924)
- 2005 - K. Sello Duiker, South African novelist (b. 1974)
- 2006 - Wilson Pickett, soul singer (b. 1941)
- 2006 - Aoun Al-Sharif Qasim, Sudanese writer and Islamic scholar (b. 1933)
- 2006 - Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
- 2006 - Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow, American professional wrestler (b. 1961)
- 2007 - Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer and composer (b. 1969)
- 2007 - Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor (b. 1954)
- 2007 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (b. 1940)
- 2007 - James Alenson, Lincoln-Sudbury student, stabbed to death by John Odgren (b. 1992)
Notes
Edgar Allan Poe
Brion Gysin
Paul Cézanne
Cindy Sherman
Sophie Taeuber
List of Belgian painters
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Julian Barnes
Jean Delville
Patricia Highsmith
Janis Joplin
Pan’s Labyrinth
Richard Lester
James Dickey
Robert Palmer (singer)
Gustav Meyrink
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Hedy Lamarr
Eugène Brieux
Werner Sombart
Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann
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