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*[[1869]] - [[Folies Bergère]], French cabaret, opens as the Folies Trévise *[[1869]] - [[Folies Bergère]], French cabaret, opens as the Folies Trévise
*[[1955]] – [[Tennessee Williams]] wins the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]''. *[[1955]] – [[Tennessee Williams]] wins the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]''.
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-== Births == 
-*[[1729]] - [[Catherine the Great]], Empress of Russia  
-*[[1772]] - [[Novalis]], German Romanticist philosopher, poet and novelist 
-*[[1859]] - [[Jerome K. Jerome]], English writer, best known for the humorous travelogue ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' 
-*[[1873]] - [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet, and translator 
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-== Deaths == 
-*[[1519]] - [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Italian Renaissance artist and scientist 
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-*[[1857]] - [[Alfred de Musset]], French dramatist, poet, and novelist, an important figure in the French Romantic literary movement. 
==Births== ==Births==
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*[[1772]] – [[Novalis]], German writer (d. 1801) *[[1772]] – [[Novalis]], German writer (d. 1801)
*[[1810]] – [[Hans Christian Lumbye]], Danish composer (d. 1874) *[[1810]] – [[Hans Christian Lumbye]], Danish composer (d. 1874)
-*[[1859]] – [[Jerome Klapka Jerome]], English writer (d. 1927)+*[[1859]] – [[Jerome K. Jerome]], English writer (d. 1927)
*[[1873]] – [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet (d. 1944) *[[1873]] – [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
*[[1886]] – [[Gottfried Benn]], German author (d. 1956) *[[1886]] – [[Gottfried Benn]], German author (d. 1956)
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-*[[1887]] – [[Vernon and Irene Castle|Vernon Castle]], English dancer (d. 1918) 
-* 1887 – [[Eddie Collins]], American baseball player (d. 1951) 
-*[[1890]] – [[E. E. Smith]], American writer (d. 1965) 
-*[[1892]] – [[Manfred von Richthofen]], German World War I pilot – the Red Baron (d. 1918) 
-*[[1895]] – [[Lorenz Hart]], American lyricist (d. 1943) 
-*[[1896]] – [[Helen of Greece and Denmark]], queen of Romania (d. 1982) 
-*[[1897]] – [[J. Fred Coots]], American songwriter (d. 1985) 
-*[[1903]] – [[Benjamin Spock]], American pediatrician and author (d. 1998) 
*[[1903]] – [[Bing Crosby]], American actor and singer (d. 1977) *[[1903]] – [[Bing Crosby]], American actor and singer (d. 1977)
*[[1906]] – [[Philippe Halsman]], American photographer (d. 1979) *[[1906]] – [[Philippe Halsman]], American photographer (d. 1979)
-* 1906 – [[Aileen Riggin]], American swimmer (d. 2002)+*[[1925]] – [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]], English theatre and film actor (d. 2011)
-*[[1907]] – [[Pinky Lee]], American vaudeville performer (d. 1993)+
-*[[1910]] – [[Alexander Bonnyman]], U.S. Marine (d. 1943)+
-*[[1912]] – [[Axel Caesar Springer|Axel Cäsar Springer]], German publisher (d. 1985)+
-*[[1913]] – [[Nigel Patrick]], English actor (d. 1981)+
-*[[1915]] – [[Doris Fisher (singer)|Doris Fisher]], American songwriter (d. 2003)+
-*[[1915]] – [[Peggy Mount]], English actress (d. 2001)+
-*[[1917]] – [[Albert Castelyns]], Belgian water polo player and bobsledder+
-*[[1920]] – [[Jean-Marie Auberson]], Swiss conductor (d. 2004)+
-* 1920 – [[Otto Buchsbaum]], Austrian writer and ecological activist (d. 2000)+
-*[[1921]] – [[Satyajit Ray]], Indian director (d. 1992)+
-*[[1922]] – [[A.M. Rosenthal]], Canadian-born newspaper editor (d. 2006)+
-* 1922 – [[Serge Reggiani]], Italian-born French singer and actor (d. 2004)+
-*[[1924]] – [[Theodore Bikel]], Austrian-born actor and singer+
-* 1924 – [[Jamal Abro]], Sindhi writer (d. 2004)+
-*[[1925]] – [[Roscoe Lee Browne]], American actor (d. 2007)+
-* 1925 – [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]], English theatre and film actor+
-*[[1926]] – [[Gérard D. Lévesque]], Quebec politician (d. 1993)+
-*[[1927]] – [[Ray Barrett]], Australian actor+
*[[1929]] – [[Link Wray]], American guitarist (d. 2005) *[[1929]] – [[Link Wray]], American guitarist (d. 2005)
-*[[1930]] – [[Marco Pannella]], Italian politician and activist+*[[1950]] – [[Bianca Jagger]], Nicaraguan socialite
-*[[1932]] – [[Maury Allen]], American sportswriter+*[[1952]] – [[Mari Natsuki]], Japanese singer, dancer and actress
-*[[1935]] – King [[Faisal II of Iraq]] (d. 1958)+
-* 1935 – [[Lance LeGault]], American actor+
-* 1935 – [[Luis Suárez Miramontes]], Spanish footballer and manager+
-*[[1936]] – [[Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)|Engelbert Humperdinck]], Indian-born singer+
-* 1936 – [[Michael Rabin (violinist)|Michael Rabin]], American violinist (d. 1972)+
-*[[1937]] – [[Lorenzo Music]], American actor (d. 2001)+
-*[[1938]] – Chief [[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho]] (d. 1996)+
-*[[1939]] – [[Sumio Iijima]], Japanese physicist+
-*[[1941]] – [[Clay Carroll]], American baseball player+
-*[[1942]] – [[Jacques Rogge]], Belgian [[International Olympic Committee]] president+
-*[[1945]] – [[Sarah Weddington]], American attorney+
-* 1945 – [[Gene Deckerhoff]], American sports announcer+
-* 1945 – [[Judge Dread]], English musician (d. 1998)+
-*[[1946]] – [[Lesley Gore]], American singer+
-* 1946 – [[David Suchet]], English actor+
-*[[1948]] – [[Larry Gatlin]], American musician +
-*[[1949]] – [[Alan Titchmarsh]], English television presenter+
-*[[1950]] – [[Duncan Gay]], Australian politician+
-* 1950 – [[Lou Gramm]], American vocalist ([[Foreigner (band)|Foreigner]]) +
-* 1950 – [[Bianca Jagger]], Nicaraguan socialite+
-*[[1952]] – [[Christine Baranski]], American actress+
-* 1952 – [[Mari Natsuki]], Japanese singer, dancer and actress+
-*[[1953]] – [[Valery Gergiev]], Russian-born conductor+
*[[1954]] – [[Roberta Pedon]], American glamour model (d. 1982) *[[1954]] – [[Roberta Pedon]], American glamour model (d. 1982)
-*[[1955]] – [[Donatella Versace]], Italian fashion designer 
-*[[1956]] – [[David Rhodes]], English guitarist 
-* 1956 – [[Amir Mokri]], Iranian-born American cinematographer 
-*[[1958]] – [[David O'Leary]], Irish football manager and player 
-*[[1959]] – [[Alan Best (animator)|Alan Best]], Canadian animation director and producer 
-* 1959 – [[Tony Wakeford]], English musician ([[Sol Invictus (band)|Sol Invictus]]) 
-*[[1961]] – [[Steve James (snooker player)|Steve James]], English snooker player 
-* 1961 – [[Phil Vickery (chef)|Phil Vickery]], English celebrity chef 
*[[1962]] – [[Stephen Daldry]], English film director *[[1962]] – [[Stephen Daldry]], English film director
-* 1962 – [[Elizabeth Berridge]], American actress 
-* 1962 – [[Ray Traylor]], American professional wrestler (d. 2004) 
-* 1962 – [[Jimmy White]], English snooker player 
-*[[1965]] – [[Félix José]], Dominican baseball player 
-*[[1966]] – [[Belinda Stronach]], Canadian politician 
-* 1967 – [[Mika Brzezinski]], American journalist 
-*[[1968]] – [[Midorikawa Hikaru]], Japanese voice actor 
-* 1968 – [[Jeff Agoos]], American soccer player 
-* 1968 – [[Ziana Zain]], Malaysian singer and actress 
-*[[1969]] – [[Brian Lara]], Trinidadian [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] cricketer 
-*[[1972]] – [[Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]], American professional wrestler and actor 
-* 1972 – [[Paul Adcock]], English footballer 
-*[[1973]] – [[Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck]], German film director and screenwriter 
-*[[1974]] – [[Horacio Carbonari]], Argentine former footballer 
-* 1974 – [[Garðar Thór Cortes]], Icelandic tenor 
-* 1974 – [[Andy Johnson (Welsh footballer)|Andy Johnson]], Welsh footballer 
-*[[1975]] – [[David Beckham]], English footballer 
-*[[1977]] – [[Luke Hudson]], American baseball player 
-* 1977 – [[Jenna von Oy]], American actress 
-* 1977 – [[Fredrik Malm]], Swedish politician 
-*[[1978]] – [[Steve Bays]], Canadian musician 
-* 1978 – [[Mike Weaver (ice hockey)|Mike Weaver]], Canadian ice hockey player 
-*[[1979]] – [[Jason Chimera]], Canadian ice hockey player 
-* 1979 – [[Roman Lyashenko]], Russian ice hockey player (d. 2003) 
-*[[1980]] – [[Tim Borowski]], German footballer 
-* 1980 – [[Pierre-Luc Gagnon]], Canadian skateboarder 
-* 1980 – [[Miloš Glogovac]], Serbian footballer 
-* 1980 – [[Zat Knight]], English footballer 
-* 1980 – [[Troy Murphy]], American basketball player 
-* 1980 – [[Brad Richards]], Canadian ice hockey player 
-*[[1981]] – [[Tiago Mendes]], Portuguese footballer 
-* 1981 – [[Matt Murray]], English footballer 
-* 1981 – [[Chris Kirkland]], English footballer 
-*[[1982]] – [[Lorie]], French singer 
-* 1982 – [[Johan Botha (cricketer)|Johan Botha]], South African cricketer 
-*[[1983]] – [[Christa Rigozzi]], Swiss model 
-*[[1984]] – [[Saulius Mikoliūnas]], Lithuanian footballer 
-* 1984 – [[Thabo Sefolosha]], American basketball player 
*[[1985]] – [[Lily Allen]], English singer and songwriter *[[1985]] – [[Lily Allen]], English singer and songwriter
-* 1985 – [[Kyle Busch]], American race car driver 
-* 1985 – [[Sarah Hughes]], American figure skater 
-* 1985 – [[David Nugent]], English footballer 
-* 1985 – [[Jarrod Saltalamacchia]], American baseball player  
-*[[1986]] – [[James Kirk (actor)|James Kirk]], Canadian actor 
-*[[1987]] – [[Nana Kitade]], Japanese singer 
-* 1987 – [[Kris Russell]], Canadian hockey player 
-*[[1988]] – [[Lara Liang]], Taiwanese-American Singer 
-*[[1990]] – [[Kay Panabaker]], American actor 
-*[[1995]] – [[Kelsey Lewis]], American actress 
-*[[2000]] – [[Angel Sy]], Filipina child actor 
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==Deaths== ==Deaths==
* [[373]] &ndash; [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]], [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] (b. 298) * [[373]] &ndash; [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]], [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] (b. 298)
-* [[756]] &ndash; [[Emperor Shōmu]], [[Emperor of Japan]] (b. 701) 
-* [[907]] &ndash; [[Boris I of Bulgaria]] 
-*[[1230]] &ndash; [[William de Braose, Lord of Abergavenny]] (b. 1197) 
-*[[1300]] &ndash; [[Blanche of Artois]], regent of Navarre (b. 1248) 
-*[[1450]] &ndash; [[William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk]], English military leader (b. 1396) 
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452) *[[1519]] &ndash; [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
-*[[1564]] &ndash; [[Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi]], Italian humanist (b. 1500) 
-*[[1627]] &ndash; [[Lodovico Grossi da Viadana]], Italian composer (b. 1560) 
-*[[1667]] &ndash; [[George Wither]], English writer (b. 1588) 
-*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Stjepan Gradić]], Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613) 
-*[[1711]] &ndash; [[Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester]], English statesman (b. 1641) 
-*[[1802]] &ndash; [[Herman Willem Daendels]], Dutch statesman (b. 1762) 
-*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis]], divine (b. 1740) 
-*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Mary Moser]], English painter (b. 1744) 
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Alfred de Musset]], French writer (b. 1810) *[[1857]] &ndash; [[Alfred de Musset]], French writer (b. 1810)
-*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Meyerbeer]], German composer (b. 1791) 
-*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Ernest Starling]], British physiologist (b. 1866) 
-*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Martin Bormann]], Nazi official (b. 1900) 
-* 1945 &ndash; [[Ludwig Stumpfegger]], German SS doctor (b. 1910) 
-* 1945 &ndash; [[Joe Corbett]], baseball player (b. 1875) 
-*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Dorothea Binz]], Nazi war criminal (b. 1920) 
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Joseph McCarthy]], U.S. Senator (b. 1908) *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Joseph McCarthy]], U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
-*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Caryl Chessman]], American robber and rapist (b. 1921) 
-*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor]], American-born politician (b. 1879) 
-*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Franz von Papen]], [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1879) 
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[J. Edgar Hoover]], American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895) *[[1972]] &ndash; [[J. Edgar Hoover]], American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
-*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Giulio Natta]], Italian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903) 
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[George Pál]], Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908) *[[1980]] &ndash; [[George Pál]], Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
-* 1980 &ndash; [[Clarrie Grimmett]], Australian cricketer (b. 1891) 
-*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Norm Van Brocklin]], American football star (b. 1926) 
-*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Jack Barry (television)|Jack Barry]], television game show producer and host (b. 1918) 
-*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Attilio Bettega]], Italian rallydriver (b. 1951)  
-* 1985 &ndash; [[Larry Clinton]], American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909) 
-*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Henri Toivonen]], Finnish rallydriver (b. 1956) 
-*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Siri]], Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906) 
-* 1989 &ndash; [[Veniamin Kaverin]], Russian writer (b. 1902) 
-*[[1990]] &ndash; [[David Rappaport]], English actor (b. 1951) 
-*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Ronald McKie]], Australian author (b. 1909) 
-*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Wilbur Mills]], American politician (b. 1909) 
-*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Michael Hordern]], English actor (b. 1911) 
-*[[1997]] &ndash; [[John Carew Eccles]], Australian neurophysiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. 1903) 
-* 1997 &ndash; [[Paulo Freire]], Brazilian educator (b. 1921) 
-*[[1998]] &ndash; [[hide (musician)|Hideto "hide" Matsumoto]], Japanese musician (b. 1964) 
-* 1998 &ndash; [[Justin Fashanu]], English footballer (b. 1961) 
-* 1998 &ndash; [[Kevin Lloyd]], British actor (b. 1949) 
-* 1998 &ndash; [[Gene Raymond]], American actor (b. 1908) 
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Oliver Reed]], English actor (b. 1938) *[[1999]] &ndash; [[Oliver Reed]], English actor (b. 1938)
-*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ted Rogers (comedian)|Ted Rogers]], British comedian (b. 1935) 
-* 2001 &ndash; [[Gina Mastrogiacomo]], American actress (b. 1961) 
-*[[2002]] &ndash; [[John Nathan-Turner]], English television producer (b. 1947) 
-* 2002 &ndash; [[W. T. Tutte]], English-born codebreaker (b. 1917) 
-*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Clark (psychologist)|Kenneth B. Clark]], American psychologist (b. 1914) 
-* 2005 &ndash; [[Wee Kim Wee]], 4th [[President of Singapore]] (b. 1915) 
-*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Louis Rukeyser]], American columnist (b. 1933) 
-*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Brad McGann]], New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964) 
-*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Beverlee McKinsey]], American actress (b. 1940) 
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