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| *[[1595]] - [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' is probably first performed. | *[[1595]] - [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' is probably first performed. | ||
| *[[1845]] - "[[The Raven]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] is published in the ''[[New York Evening Mirror]]''. | *[[1845]] - "[[The Raven]]" by [[Edgar Allan Poe]] is published in the ''[[New York Evening Mirror]]''. | ||
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| - | *[[1584]] - [[Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange]] (d. [[1647]]) | ||
| - | *[[1632]] - [[Johann Georg Graevius]], German classical scholar and critic (d. [[1703]]) | ||
| *[[1688]] - [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. [[1772]]) | *[[1688]] - [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. [[1772]]) | ||
| - | *[[1711]] - [[Giuseppe Bonno]], Austrian composer (d. [[1788]]) | ||
| - | *[[1715]] - [[Georg Christoph Wagenseil]], Austrian composer (d. [[1777]]) | ||
| - | *[[1717]] - [[Jeffrey Amherst]], British military leader (d. [[1797]]) | ||
| - | *[[1718]] - [[Paul Rabaut]], French Huguenot pastor (d. [[1794]]) | ||
| *[[1737]] - [[Thomas Paine]], American patriot (d. [[1809]]) | *[[1737]] - [[Thomas Paine]], American patriot (d. [[1809]]) | ||
| - | *[[1749]] - King [[Christian VII of Denmark]] (d. [[1808]]) | ||
| - | *[[1754]] - [[Moses Cleaveland]], founder of the city of [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]] (d. [[1806]]) | ||
| - | *[[1782]] - [[Daniel Auber]], French composer (d. [[1871]]) | ||
| - | *[[1801]] - [[Horatia Nelson]], the illegitimate daughter of [[Emma Hamilton]] and [[Horatio Nelson]] (d. [[1881]]) | ||
| - | *[[1810]] - [[Ernst Kummer]], German mathematician (d. [[1893]]) | ||
| - | *[[1843]] - [[William McKinley]], 25th [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | *[[1846]] - [[Karol Olszewski]], Polish scientist (d. [[1915]]) | ||
| *[[1860]] - [[Anton Chekhov]], Russian writer (d. [[1904]]) | *[[1860]] - [[Anton Chekhov]], Russian writer (d. [[1904]]) | ||
| *[[1862]] - [[Frederick Delius]], English composer (d. [[1934]]) | *[[1862]] - [[Frederick Delius]], English composer (d. [[1934]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1595 - William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is probably first performed.
- 1845 - "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the New York Evening Mirror.
Births
- 1688 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and philosopher (d. 1772)
- 1737 - Thomas Paine, American patriot (d. 1809)
- 1860 - Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904)
- 1862 - Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)
- 1866 - Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1944)
- 1867 - Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish writer (d. 1928)
- 1874 - John D. Rockefeller Jr., American entrepreneur (d. 1960)
- 1876 - Havergal Brian, British composer (d. 1972)
- 1877 - Georges Catroux, French general (d. 1969)
- 1880 - W.C. Fields, American actor (d. 1946)
- 1891 - Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina (d. 1975)
- 1891 - R. Norris Williams, American tennis player, also a survivor of the RMS Titanic Disaster d. 1968)
- 1895 - Muna Lee, American poet (d. 1965)
- 1901 - Allen B. DuMont, American scientist and inventor (d. 1965)
- 1905 - Barnett Newman, American painter (d. 1970)
- 1910 - Colin Middleton, Irish artist (d. 1983)
- 1911 - Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (d. 1986)
- 1913 - Victor Mature, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1913 - Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Peter von Zahn, German journalist and writer (d. 2001)
- 1915 - John Serry, Sr., American musician, composer, arranger (d. 2003)
- 1918 - John Forsythe, American actor
- 1920 - José Luis de Villalonga, Spanish aristocrat, author, and actor (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Anthony George, American actor (d. 2005)
- 1922 - Gerda Steinhoff, Nazi concetraation camp supervisor (d. 1946)
- 1923 - Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (d. 1981)
- 1923 - Ivo Robic, Croatian singer and songwriter (d. 2000)
- 1924 - Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
- 1924 - Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (d. 2001)
- 1926 - Franco Cerri, Italian musician
- 1926 - Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
- 1927 - Edward Abbey, American author and environmentalist (d. 1989)
- 1928 - Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong property developer
- 1929 - Gordon Solie, American professional wrestling announcer (d. 2000)
- 1930 - Derek Bailey, English guitar virtuoso (d. 2005)
- 1930 - John Junkin, English radio, television and film performer and scriptwriter (d. 2006)
- 1932 - Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958)
- 1932 - George Allen, English footballer
- 1933 - Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
- 1933 - Ron Townson, American singer (The 5th Dimension) (d. 2001)
- 1936 - James Jamerson, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (d. 1983)
- 1939 - Germaine Greer, Australian writer
- 1940 - Katharine Ross, American actress
- 1940 - Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver
- 1942 - Claudine Longet, French singer, dancer and convicted murderer
- 1944 - Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda
- 1945 - Jim Nicholson, Irish politician
- 1945 - Tom Selleck, American actor
- 1947 - Linda B. Buck, American scientist, Nobel laureate
- 1947 - David Byron, English singer (Uriah Heep) (d. 1985)
- 1947 - Marián Varga, Slovak musician
- 1948 - Cristina Saralegui, American talk-show host
- 1948 - Marc Singer, Canadian-born actor
- 1950 - Ann Jillian, American actress
- 1950 - Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver and one-time F1 world champion
- 1951 - Andy Roberts, West Indian cricketer
- 1952 - Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-born musician and record producer (The Ramones)
- 1953 - Hwang Woo-Suk, South Korean biomedical scientist
- 1953 - Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
- 1953 - Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
- 1954 - Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba, American singer (The Dictators and MC5)
- 1954 - Terry Kinney, American actor
- 1954 - Oprah Winfrey, American producer, actress, talk show host, car giver and publisher
- 1954 - Doug Risebrough, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
- 1955 - Lynne McGranger, Australian actress
- 1957 - Grazyna Miller, Italian poet, translator, and journalist
- 1960 - Matthew Ashford, American actor
- 1960 - Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
- 1960 - Sean Kerly, English field hockey player
- 1960 - Greg Louganis, American diver
- 1960 - Steve Sax, American baseball player
- 1960 - J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician
- 1962 - Nicholas Turturro, American actor
- 1963 - Bob Holly, American professional wrestler
- 1964 - Andre Reed, American football player
- 1964 - John Habyan, American baseball player
- 1964 - Roddy Frame, lead singer of Scottish New Wave band Aztec Camera
- 1964 - Anna Ryder Richardson, British interior designer and television presenter.
- 1965 - Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
- 1965 - Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach
- 1966 - Romário, Brazilian footballer
- 1967 - Cyril Suk, Czech tennis player
- 1968 - Edward Burns, American actor
- 1968 - Sora Jung, Korean actress
- 1969 - Thomas Jane, American actor
- 1969 - Hyde, Japanese singer
- 1970 - Heather Graham, American actress
- 1970 - Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian shooter
- 1970 - Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
- 1973 - Jason Schmidt, American baseball player
- 1975 - Sara Gilbert, American actress
- 1976 - Charles Divins, American model-turned-actor
- 1977 - Justin Hartley, American actor
- 1978 - Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper
- 1978 - Rob Bironas, American football player
- 1979 - April Scott, American actress and model
- 1979 - Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
- 1980 - Yael Bar-Zohar, Israeli actress and model
- 1981 - Jonny Lang, American musician
- 1981 - Álex Ubago, Spanish musician
- 1982 - Heidi Mueller, American actress
- 1983 - Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player
- 1985 - Athina Onassis, French heiress
- 1985 - Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
- 1986 - Drew Tyler Bell, American actor
- 1986 - Mark Howard, English football player
- 1987 - Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006)
- 1987 - Matthew Wilson, English world rally driver
- 1988 - Stephanie Gilmore, Australian professional surfer
- 1991 - Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, Son of the British Duke of Westminster and heir-apparent to his father's estate
- 1993 - Michelle Larcher De Brito, Portuguese tennis player.
- 1996 - Megan Jossa, English actress
Deaths
- 1119 - Pope Gelasius II
- 1342 - Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
- 1597 - Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530)
- 1608 - Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)
- 1647 - Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565)
- 1676 - Tsar Alexis I of Russia (b. 1629)
- 1678 - Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (b. 1593)
- 1696 - Ivan V, Russian tsar (b. 1666)
- 1706 - Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
- 1730 - Tsar Peter II of Russia (b. 1715)
- 1737 - George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (b. 1666)
- 1743 - André-Hercule de Fleury, chief minister under Louis XV of France (b. 1653)
- 1763 - Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
- 1820 - King George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
- 1829 - Paul François Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (b. 1755)
- 1870 - Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
- 1871 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer and Seigneur (b. 1786)
- 1899 - Alfred Sisley, British impressionist painter (b. 1839)
- 1901 - Milan I, King of Serbia (b. 1855)
- 1906 - King Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
- 1918 - Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin, Russian counter revolutionary (b. 1861)
- 1928 - Douglas Haig, British soldier (b. 1861)
- 1933 - Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
- 1934 - Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1868)
- 1941 - Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator (b. 1871)
- 1946 - Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
- 1948 - Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (b. 1900)
- 1950 - Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
- 1951 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (b. 1880)
- 1956 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist (b. 1880)
- 1962 - Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (b. 1875)
- 1963 - Robert Frost, American poet (b. 1874)
- 1964 - Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1966 - Pierre Mercure, French Canadian composer (b. 1927)
- 1969 - Allen Dulles, American CIA director (b. 1893)
- 1970 - Basil Liddell Hart, British historian (b. 1895)
- 1977 - Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (b. 1902)
- 1977 - Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (b. 1954)
- 1980 - Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian (b. 1893)
- 1986 - Leif Erickson, American actor (b. 1911)
- 1989 - Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (b. 1900)
- 1991 - Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian (b. 1907)
- 1993 - Willie Dixon, American composer and musician (b. 1915)
- 1994 - Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (b. 1967)
- 1998 - Joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (b. 1916)
- 1999 - Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (b. 1918)
- 2002 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (b. 1928)
- 2002 - Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Frank Moss, United States Senator from Utah (b. 1911)
- 2004 - M. M. Kaye, British writer (b. 1908)
- 2004 - Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (b. 1924)
- 2005 - Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen) (b. 1940)
- 2005 - Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirst (b. 1924
- 2007 - Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 2003)
- 2007 - Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, leader of the Iraqi cult Soldiers of Heaven (b. 1970)
Notes
Isidore Isou
Germaine Greer
Leslie Fiedler
Emanuel Swedenborg
Katharina von Bora
The Man Who Laughs
Barnett Newman
Nam June Paik
Leroy Sibbles
H. L. Mencken
Andrew Loog Oldham
J. G. Thirlwell
W. C. Fields
William Wegman (photographer)
Luigi Nono
Alfred Sisley
Janet Frame
Elio Petri
Seedbed (performance piece)
January
Marie-Laure de Noailles
Elizabeth Malet
Thomas Paine
Anton Chekhov
Edward Lear
N. F. Simpson
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