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Art and culture

• 1889 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated.
• 1930 - The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in motion pictures for the next thirty eight years.

Births

• 1596 - René Descartes, French mathematician (d. 1650)
• 1872 - Serge Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (Ballets Russes) (d. 1929)
• 1885 - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (d. 1930)
• 1890 - William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
• 1891 - Victor Varconi, Hungarian film actor (d. 1976)
• 1893 - Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (d. 1954)
• 1906 - Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
• 1907 - Eddie Quillan, American actor (d. 1990)
• 1908 - Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
• 1911 - Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (d. 1986)
• 1914 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
• 1915 - Albert Hourani, English historian (d. 1993)
• 1915 - Shoichi Yokoi, Japanese military man (d. 1997)
• 1916 - Lucille Bliss, American voice actress
• 1916 - John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (d. 1979)
• 1919 - Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993)
• 1922 - Richard Kiley, American actor and singer (d. 1999)
• 1924 - Leo Buscaglia, American author (d. 1998)
• 1924 - Charles Guggenheim, American film director/producer (d. 2002)
• 1925 - Jean Coutu, French Canadian actor (d. 1999)
• 1926 - John Fowles, English author (d. 2005)
• 1927 - César Chávez, American labor activist (d. 1993)
• 1927 - William Daniels, American actor
• 1928 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer and songwriter (d. 1975)
• 1928 - Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1929 - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (d. 2007)
• 1929 - Bertram Fields, American lawyer
• 1931 - Miller Barber, American golfer
• 1932 - Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
• 1933 - Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet (d. 1983)
• 1934 - Richard Chamberlain, American actor
• 1934 - Shirley Jones, American singer and actress
• 1934 - Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1934 - John D. Loudermilk, American singer and songwriter
• 1935 - Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and band leader
• 1935 - Judith Rossner, American author
• 1936 - Bob Pulford, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1936 - Marge Piercy, American writer
• 1936 - Dokumamushi Sandayu, Japanese actor
• 1938 - Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
• 1938 - David Steel, Scottish politician
• 1938 - Michiko Nomura, Japanese voice actor
• 1938 - Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
• 1939 - Zviad Gamsakhurdia, first President of Georgia (d. 1993)
• 1939 - Volker Schlöndorff, German film director
• 1940 - Barney Frank, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts
• 1940 - Patrick Leahy, U.S. Senator from Vermont
• 1942 - Michael Savage, American talk radio host and commentator
• 1942 - Ulla Hoffmann, Swedish politician
• 1943 - Christopher Walken, American actor
• 1944 - Pascal Danel, French singer and songwriter
• 1944 - Mick Ralphs, English guitarist (Mott the Hoople, Bad Company)
• 1945 - Valerie Curtin, American actress, writer, and producer
• 1945 - Gabe Kaplan, American actor and comedian
• 1946 - Gonzalo Márquez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1984)
• 1947 - Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, President of Colombia
• 1948 - Al Gore, Vice President of the United States and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1948 - Rhea Perlman, American actress
• 1950 - Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor
• 1950 - András Adorján, Hungarian chess player
• 1955 - Angus Young, Scottish-born Australian guitarist (AC/DC)
• 1955 - Robert Vance, New Zealand cricketer
• 1957 - Marc McClure, American actor
• 1957 - Alan Duncan, British politician
• 1959 - Ali McMordie, Irish bassist (Stiff Little Fingers)
• 1963 - Paul Mercurio, Australian actor/dancer
• 1964 - Paul Wong Koon-Chung, Hong Kong musician (Beyond)
• 1965 - Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player
• 1965 - Steven T. Seagle, American comic-book writer
• 1966 - Roger Black, English athlete
• 1968 - Naoya Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1969 - Samantha Brown, American television host
• 1969 - Steve Smith, American basketball player
• 1969 - Nyamko Sabuni, Swedish politician
• 1971 - Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
• 1971 - Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
• 1972 - Hristos Polihroniou, Greek hammer thrower
• 1972 - Alejandro Amenábar, Spanish film director
• 1973 - Bold Forbes, Puerto Rican/American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2000)
• 1974 - Stefan Olsdal, Swedish bassist (Placebo)
• 1974 - Benjamin Eicher, Swiss film director
• 1976 - Josh Saviano, American actor
• 1976 - Ashton Moore, American porn actress
• 1977 - Toshiya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
• 1977 - Garth Tander, Australian racing driver
• 1978 - Stephen Clemence, English footballer
• 1978 - Jérôme Rothen, French footballer
• 1978 - Tony Yayo, American rapper
• 1979 - Josh Kinney, American baseball player
• 1980 - Chien-Ming Wang, Taiwanese baseball player
• 1980 - Maaya Sakamoto, Japanese voice actor
• 1980 - Michael Ryder, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 - Maarten van der Weijden, Dutch swimmer
• 1982 - Lennon Murphy, American rock singer/songwriter
• 1982 - Philippe Mexès, French footballer
• 1983 - Paddy McCarthy, Irish footballer
• 1983 - Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast
• 1984 - James Jones, American football player
• 1987 - Georg Listing, Bassist of Tokio Hotel
• 1988 - Hogan Ephraim, English Footballer

Deaths

• 1074 - Regency Yorimichi Fujiwara of Japan (b. 992)
• 1204 - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen of France and England (b. 1121)
• 1340 - Ivan I of Russia, Prince of Moscow (b. 1288)
• 1547 - Francis I of France (b. 1494)
• 1567 - Philipp I of Hesse (b. 1504)
• 1621 - Philip III of Spain (b. 1578)
• 1631 - John Donne, English writer and prelate (b. 1572)
• 1671 - Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637)
• 1703 - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1642)
• 1723 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British-born American statesman (b. 1661)
• 1727 - Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1643)
• 1741 - Pieter Burmann the Elder, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1668)
• 1783 - Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Russian statesman (b. 1718)
• 1837 - John Constable, English painter (b. 1776)
• 1850 - John C. Calhoun, 7th Vice President of the United States (b. 1782)
• 1855 - Charlotte Brontë, English author (b. 1816)
• 1877 - Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician (b. 1801)
• 1880 - Henryk Wieniawski, Polish composer (b. 1835)
• 1885 - Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer (b. 1819)
• 1913 - John Pierpont Morgan, American financier (b. 1837)
• 1917 - Emil Adolf von Behring, German physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1854)
• 1915 - Wyndham Halswelle, Scottish athlete (b. 1882)
• 1927 - Borisav "Bora" Stanković, Serbian writer (b. 1875)
• 1931 - Knute Rockne, American football coach (b. 1888)
• 1945 - Hans Fischer, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1881)
• 1945 - Anne Frank, German-born diarist (b. 1929)
• 1952 - Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (b. 1877)
• 1956 - Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver (b. 1884)
• 1968 - Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1972 - Meena Kumari, Indian actress (b. 1932)
• 1976 - Paul Strand, American photographer (b. 1890)
• 1978 - Charles Best, Canadian medical scientist (b. 1899)
• 1980 - Vladimír Holan, Czech poet (b. 1905)
• 1980 - Jesse Owens, American athlete (b. 1913)
• 1981 - Enid Bagnold, British playwright (b. 1889)
• 1984 - Ronald Clark O'Bryan, American murderer (b. 1944)
• 1985 - Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun (b. 1933)
• 1986 - O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer (The Isley Brothers) (b. 1937)
• 1986 - Jerry Paris, American actor (b. 1925)
• 1988 - William McMahon, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
• 1993 - Brandon Lee, American actor (b. 1965)
• 1993 - Mitchell Parish, American lyricist (b. 1900)
• 1995 - Selena, American singer (b. 1971)
• 1996 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (b. 1958)
• 1998 - Bella Abzug, American politician (b. 1920)
• 1998 - Tim Flock, American race car driver (b. 1924)
• 1999 - Yuri Knorozov, Russian linguist (b. 1922)
• 2001 - Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1915)
• 2002 - Barry Took, British comedian (b. 1928)
• 2003 - H.S.M. Coxeter, English-born geometer (b. 1907)
• 2003 - Tommy Seebach, Danish singer (b. 1949)
• 2003 - Anne Gwynne, American film actress (b. 1918)
• 2005 - Stanley J. Korsmeyer, American oncologist (b. 1951)
• 2005 - Frank Perdue, American poultry farmer (b. 1920)
• 2005 - Terri Schiavo, American figure in right to die case (b. 1963)
• 2006 - Jackie McLean, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1931 or 1932)
• 2006 - Angela Devi, American adult model (b. 1975)
• 2007 - Paul Watzlawick, Communications & Constructivism Theorist (b. 1921)

Notes

Production Code René Descartes Nagisa Oshima John Fowles Angela and Luciana Giussani Jeffrey Lee Pierce Volker Schlöndorff Eliel Saarinen Marge Piercy Sergei Diaghilev Octavio Paz Paul Strand Christopher Walken Jules Pascin Terri Schiavo The Matrix Georges Lévis Willem Kloos Sir Isaac Newton Herb Alpert Filip Dujardin Eiffel Tower John Constable Patrick Magee (actor) Christina Stead