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| - | * [[912]] - [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I the Great]], Holy Roman Emperor (d. [[973]]) | ||
| - | *[[1221]] - King [[Alfonso X of Castile]] (d. [[1284]]) | ||
| - | *[[1402]] - [[Jean de Dunois]], French soldier (d. [[1468]]) | ||
| - | *[[1417]] - [[William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel]], English politician (d. [[1487]]) | ||
| - | *[[1553]] - [[Prospero Alpini]], Italian physician and botanist (d. [[1617]]) | ||
| - | *[[1616]] - [[John Wallis]], English mathematician (d. [[1703]]) | ||
| - | *[[1632]] - [[Jean Mabillon]], French palaeographer and diplomat (d. [[1707]]) | ||
| - | *[[1641]] - [[Anthonie Heinsius]], Dutch statesman (d. [[1720]]) | ||
| - | *[[1705]] - [[Thomas Birch]], English historian (d. [[1766]]) | ||
| - | *[[1715]] - [[Pierre Charles Le Monnier]], French astronomer (d. [[1799]]) | ||
| - | *[[1719]] - [[Spranger Barry]], Irish actor (d. [[1777]]) | ||
| - | *[[1749]] - [[Edward Rutledge]], U.S. statesman (d. [[1800]]) | ||
| - | *[[1760]] - [[François-Noël Babeuf]], French revolutionary (d. [[1797]]) | ||
| - | *[[1785]] - [[Jan Roothaan]], Dutch priest (d. [[1853]]) | ||
| - | *[[1804]] - [[Franklin Pierce]], 14th [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1869]]) | ||
| - | *[[1820]] - [[Isaac Todhunter]], British mathematician (d. [[1884]]) | ||
| - | *[[1837]] - [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]], Dutch physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1923]]) | ||
| *[[1859]] - [[Billy The Kid]], [[United States|American]] outlaw (d. [[1881]](?)) | *[[1859]] - [[Billy The Kid]], [[United States|American]] outlaw (d. [[1881]](?)) | ||
| *[[1860]] - [[Hjalmar Branting]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden]], and [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1925]]) | *[[1860]] - [[Hjalmar Branting]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden]], and [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1925]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to examine the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
- 1903 - Opera tenor Enrico Caruso makes his American debut in New York City with the Metropolitan Opera in Rigoletto.
- 1963 - The first episode of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, airs on the BBC.
- 1993 - Rachel Whiteread wins both the £20,000 Turner Prize award for best British modern artist and the £40,000 K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year.
Births
- 1859 - Billy The Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881(?))
- 1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
- 1861 - Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
- 1864 - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (d. 1936)
- 1869 - Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)
- 1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933)
- 1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946)
- 1883 - José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)
- 1887 - Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943)
- 1887 - Boris Karloff, British actor (d. 1969)
- 1887 - Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915)
- 1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
- 1890 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
- 1892 - Erté, French artist (d. 1990)
- 1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)
- 1897 - Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (d. 1948)
- 1902 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982)
- 1907 - Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
- 1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American science fiction writer (d. 2006)
- 1909 - Nigel Tranter, British historian and writer (d. 2000)
- 1912 - George O'Hanlon, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1914 - Roger Avon, Durham actor (d. 1998)
- 1914 - Michael Gough, English actor
- 1915 - John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (d. 1970)
- 1920 - Wayne Thiebaud, American painter
- 1921 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
- 1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia
- 1923 - R.L. Burnside, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1923 - Daniel Brewster, American democrat (d. 2007)
- 1923 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986)
- 1924 - Paula Raymond, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Colin Macmillan Turnbull, British-born anthropologist (d. 1994)
- 1925 - Johnny Mandel, American songwriter
- 1925 - José Napoleón Duarte, President of El Salvador (d. 1990)
- 1926 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher
- 1927 - Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar
- 1929 - Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer
- 1930 - Jack McKeon, American baseball manager
- 1931 - Dervla Murphy, Irish traveller and author
- 1931 - Gloria Lynne, American singer
- 1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer
- 1934 - Robert Towne, American writer, director, producer, and actor
- 1934 - Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)
- 1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
- 1936 - Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
- 1938 - Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor
- 1939 - Betty Everett, American singer (d. 2001)
- 1940 - Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player
- 1941 - Franco Nero, Italian actor
- 1942 - Susan Anspach, American actress
- 1943 - Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
- 1943 - Sue Nicholls (The Honourable Susan Frances Harmer Nicholls), British actress
- 1944 - Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-born film producer and writer
- 1944 - James Toback, American writer and director
- 1945 - Keith Hampshire, English singer-songwriter
- 1945 - Steve Landesberg, American actor
- 1945 - Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
- 1946 - Bobby Rush, American politician
- 1946 - Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer
- 1946 - Diana Quick, English actress
- 1950 - Chuck Schumer, American politician
- 1951 - David Rappaport, English actor (d. 1990)
- 1952 - Bill Troiano, musician
- 1953 - Francis Cabrel, French singer
- 1954 - Bruce Hornsby, American musician
- 1954 - Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
- 1954 - Ross Brawn, British engineer
- 1955 - Steven Brust, American author
- 1955 - Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist
- 1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, British actor
- 1959 - Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)
- 1960 - Robin Roberts, American television reporter
- 1963 - Joe Ahearne, British television director
- 1963 - Mamoru Takuma, Japanese mass murderer and rapist (d. 2004)
- 1964 - Frank Rutherford, Bahamian athlete
- 1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian
- 1966 - Vincent Cassel, French actor
- 1966 - Jerry Kelly, American professional golfer
- 1968 - Hamid Hassani, Iranian lexicographer
- 1969 - Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer
- 1970 - Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter
- 1971 - Lisa Kushell, American actress
- 1971 - Lisa Arch, American actress
- 1972 - Chris Adler, American musician (Lamb of God)
- 1973 - Trick Daddy, American rapper
- 1974 - Jamie Sharper, American football player
- 1974 - Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1976 - Page Kennedy, American actor
- 1977 - Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
- 1977 - Adam Eaton, American baseball player
- 1978 - Kayvan Novak, English actor
- 1979 - Kelly Brook, English actress/model
- 1980 - David Britz, American nano-technologist
- 1980 - Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
- 1982 - Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice-hockey player
- 1982 - Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
- 1984 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
- 1992 - Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer (Hannah Montana)
Deaths
- 947 - Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
- 955 - Edred, King of England (b. c. 923)
- 1407 - Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (murdered) (b. 1372)
- 1457 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
- 1499 - Perkin Warbeck, Flemish imposter (b. 1474)
- 1503 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1446)
- 1572 - Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian artist and poet (b. 1503)
- 1585 - Thomas Tallis, English composer (b. 1505)
- 1616 - Richard Hakluyt, English writer (b. 1552)
- 1682 - Claude Lorrain, French painter (b. 1604)
- 1763 - Friedrich Graf von Seckendorf, German soldier (b. 1673)
- 1769 - Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (b. 1711)
- 1783 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (b. 1714)
- 1803 - Roger Newdigate, British politician (b. 1719)
- 1804 - Richard Graves, British writer (b. 1715)
- 1807 - Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (b. 1747)
- 1814 - Elbridge Gerry, Vice President of the United States of America (b. 1744)
- 1833 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (b. 1762)
- 1890 - King William III of the Netherlands (b. 1817)
- 1902 - Walter Reed, American bacteriologist (b. 1851)
- 1923 - Urmuz, Romanian writer (b. 1883)
- 1934 - Giovanni Brunero, Italian cyclist (b. 1895)
- 1937 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (b. 1858)
- 1937 - George Albert Boulenger, Belgian naturalist (b. 1858)
- 1948 - Hack Wilson, American baseball player (b. 1900)
- 1966 - Seán T. O'Kelly, President of Ireland (b. 1882)
- 1970 - Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (b. 1910)
- 1972 - Marie Wilson, American actress (b. 1916)
- 1973 - Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (b. 1889)
- 1974 - Cornelius Ryan, Irish-born author (b. 1920)
- 1976 - André Malraux, French author (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Merle Oberon, British actress (b. 1911)
- 1979 - Judee Sill, American musician and songwriter (b. 1944)
- 1983 - Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
- 1990 - Roald Dahl, British author (b. 1916)
- 1990 - Bo Diaz, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1953)
- 1992 - Roy Acuff, American musician (b. 1903)
- 1992 - Jean-François Thiriart, Belgian politician (b. 1922)
- 1994 - Art Barr, American professional wrestler (b. 1966)
- 1994 - Tommy Boyce, American songwriter (b. 1939)
- 1995 - Louis Malle, French film director (b. 1932)
- 1995 - Jr. Walker, American musician (b. 1931)
- 1996 - Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (b. 1943)
- 1996 - Art Porter, Jr., American jazz musician (b. 1961)
- 1997 - Jorge Más Canosa, anti-Castro activist (b. 1939)
- 2001 - Bo Belinsky, American baseball player (b. 1936)
- 2001 - O.C. Smith, American singer (b. 1932)
- 2002 - Roberto Matta, Chilean painter (b. 1911)
- 2004 - Pete Franklin, American talk radio host (b. 1928)
- 2005 - Frank Gatski, American football player (center) (b. 1919)
- 2005 - Constance Cummings, American-born British actress (b. 1910)
- 2006 - Nick Clarke, English radio presenter (b. 1948)
- 2006 - Betty Comden, American lyricist (b. 1917)
- 2006 - Alexander Litvinenko, Russian spy (b. 1962)
- 2006 - Philippe Noiret, French actor (b. 1930)
- 2006 - Anita O'Day, American singer (b. 1919)
- 2006 - Willie Pep, American boxer (b. 1922)
Notes
- Louis Malle
- Philippe Noiret
- André Malraux
- Boris Karloff
- Yasuzo Masumura
- Klaus Kinski
- Théo van Rysselberghe
- Billy the Kid
- Roberto Matta
- El Lissitzky
- Charles Méryon
- Paul Celan
- Roald Dahl
- Mary Whitehouse
- Roberto Matta
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