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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1081]] - [[Louis VI of France]] (d. [[1137]]) | ||
| - | *[[1083]] - [[Anna Comnena]], Byzantine historian (d. [[1153]]) | ||
| - | *[[1521]] - [[Takeda Shingen]], Japanese warlord (d. [[1573]]) | ||
| - | *[[1525]] - [[Tadeáš Hájek]], Czech physician and astronomer (d. [[1600]]) | ||
| - | *[[1580]] - [[Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc]], French astronomer (d. [[1637]]) | ||
| - | *[[1690]] - [[Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke]], [[Lord Chancellor|Lord Chancellor of England]] (d. [[1764]]) | ||
| - | *[[1716]] - [[Etienne-Maurice Falconet]], French sculptor (d. [[1791]]) | ||
| - | *[[1743]] - [[Martin Heinrich Klaproth]], German chemist (d. [[1817]]) | ||
| *[[1761]] - [[Marie Tussaud]], French creator of wax sculptures ([[Madame Tussauds]]) (d. [[1850]]) | *[[1761]] - [[Marie Tussaud]], French creator of wax sculptures ([[Madame Tussauds]]) (d. [[1850]]) | ||
| - | *[[1766]] - [[Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin]], Russian writer (d. [[1826]]) | ||
| - | *[[1792]] - [[Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1856]]) | ||
| - | *[[1844]] - [[Alexandra of Denmark]], Danish [[Queen Consort]] of [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | *[[1869]] - [[Eligiusz Niewiadomski]], Polish assassin of [[Gabriel Narutowicz]] (d. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | *[[1873]] - [[Valery Bryusov]], Russian poet (d. [[1924]]) | ||
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Karl Schmidt-Rottluff]], German painter (d. [[1976]]) | ||
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Rex Stout]], American author (d. [[1975]]) | ||
| - | *[[1895]] - [[Henry Williamson]], English author (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | *[[1896]] - [[Georgy Zhukov]], Russian general & [[Marshal of the Soviet Union]] (d. [[1974]]) | ||
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Ilona Feher]], Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Alexander Wilson (athlete)|Alexander Wilson]], Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. [[1994]]) | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Georgios Kasassoglou]], Greek musician (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Alicia Markova]], English ballerina (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | *[[1911]] - [[Walter Alston]], American baseball manager (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | * 1911 - [[Calvin Griffith]], Canadian-born baseball executive (d. [[1999]]) | ||
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Minoru Yamasaki]], American architect (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Mary Martin]], American actor and singer (d. [[1990]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Marty Marion]], American baseball player and manager | ||
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Vsevolod Bobrov]], Soviet ice hockey player (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| - | * 1922 - [[Paul Picerni]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Stansfield Turner]], American admiral and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] director | ||
| - | * 1923 - [[Morris (comics)|Morris]], Belgian cartoonist ([[Lucky Luke]]) (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Martin Rodbell]], American scientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1998]]) | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Robert Symonds]], American actor (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Emily McLaughlin]], American actress (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Joachim Hoffmann]], German historian (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Jimmy Lyons]], American musician (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | * 1931 - [[Jim Nesbitt]], singer | ||
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Matt Monro]], English singer (d. [[1985]]) | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Fujiko F. Fujio]], Japanese cartoon artist (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Billy Paul]], American singer | ||
| *[[1935]] - [[Woody Allen]], American film director, actor, and comedian | *[[1935]] - [[Woody Allen]], American film director, actor, and comedian | ||
| * 1935 - [[Lou Rawls]], American singer (d. [[2006]]) | * 1935 - [[Lou Rawls]], American singer (d. [[2006]]) | ||
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- 1835 - Hans Christian Andersen publishes first book of fairy tales
- 1860 - Charles Dickens publishes the first installment of Great Expectations in his magazine All the Year Round.
- 1913 - Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
Births
- 1761 - Marie Tussaud, French creator of wax sculptures (Madame Tussauds) (d. 1850)
- 1935 - Woody Allen, American film director, actor, and comedian
- 1935 - Lou Rawls, American singer (d. 2006)
- 1937 - Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (d. 2005)
- 1937 - Chuck Low, American actor
- 1938 - Sandy Nelson, American drummer
- 1939 - Lee Trevino, American golfer
- 1940 - Richard Pryor, American actor, comedian (d. 2005)
- 1942 - John Crowley, American author
- 1944 - Pierre Arditi, French film and stage actor
- 1944 - Eric Bloom, American musician (Blue Öyster Cult)
- 1944 - John Densmore, American drummer (The Doors)
- 1944 - Tahar Ben Jelloun, French writer of Moroccan origin
- 1944 - Daniel Pennac, French writer born in Morocco
- 1945 - Bette Midler, American actress
- 1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer
- 1947 - Alain Bashung, French singer
- 1948 - George Foster, American baseball player
- 1948 - Tom Wright, English bishop and theologian
- 1949 - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (d. 1993)
- 1949 - Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and presidential candidate
- 1950 - Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer
- 1951 - Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (d. 1987)
- 1954 - Bob Goen, American television host
- 1954 - Annette Haven, American porn star
- 1955 - Mark Thompson, American disc jockey and actor
- 1955 - Veronica Forqué, Spanish actress
- 1958 - Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and coach
- 1959 - Billy Childish, English painter, writer and musician
- 1959 - Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1960 - Carol Alt, American supermodel
- 1961 - Jeremy Northam, English actor
- 1961 - Armin Meiwes, German cannibal
- 1962 - Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
- 1962 - Joe Quesada, American comic book writer and artist, and editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics
- 1963 - Marco Greco, Brazilian racing driver
- 1963 - Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1963 - Nathalie Lambert, Quebec short track speed skater
- 1966 - Katherine LaNasa, American actress
- 1966 - Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player
- 1967 - Nestor Carbonell, American actor
- 1970 - Jouko Ahola, Finnish strongman
- 1970 - Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
- 1970 - Sarah Silverman, American actress and comedian
- 1971 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
- 1971 - Stephanie Finochio, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Mika Pohjola, Finnish jazz pianist and composer
- 1971 - Dolgorsuren Serjbudee, Mongolian professional wrestler
- 1971 - Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter
- 1972 - Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian
- 1973 - Kate Rusby, English folk singer
- 1974 - Costinha, Portuguese footballer
- 1974 - David Ludwig, American composer
- 1975 - Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
- 1976 - Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998)
- 1977 - Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)
- 1977 - Jared Fogle, American Subway spokesperson
- 1980 - Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
- 1982 - Lloyd Doyley, English footballer
- 2001 - Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan
Deaths
- 1135 - Henry I of England
- 1241 - Isabella of England, wife of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1214)
- 1377 - King Magnus II of Sweden (b. 1316)
- 1433 - Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (b. 1377)
- 1455 - Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian artist and metal smith (b. 1378)
- 1521 - Pope Leo X (b. 1475)
- 1530 - Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands (b. 1480)
- 1580 - Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (b. 1509)
- 1581 - Edmund Campion, English Jesuit (martyred) (b. 1540)
- 1581 - Ralph Sherwin, English Catholic saint (b. 1550)
- 1581 - Alexander Briant, English saint (b. around 1556)
- 1602 - Kobayakawa Hideaki, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1582)
- 1633 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (b. 1566)
- 1660 - Pierre d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1592)
- 1707 - Jeremiah Clarke, English composer (b. 1674)
- 1709 - Abraham a Sancta Clara, Austrian preacher (b. 1644)
- 1723 - Susanna Centlivre, English dramatist and actress
- 1729 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665)
- 1750 - Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1671)
- 1755 - Maurice Greene, English composer (b. 1696)
- 1767 - Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (b. 1710)
- 1825 - Tsar Alexander I of Russia (b. 1777)
- 1830 - Pope Pius VIII (b. 1761)
- 1865 - Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich, Swiss poet (b. 1796)
- 1866 - George Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest (d. 1790)
- 1916 - Charles de Foucauld, French relgious leader (b. 1858)
- 1923 - Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (b. 1836)
- 1928 - José Eustasio Rivera, Colombian writer (b. 1888)
- 1934 - Sergei Kirov, Russian revolutionary (b. 1886)
- 1943 - Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai prince and historian (b. 1862)
- 1947 - Aleister Crowley, English occultist (b. 1875)
- 1947 - G. H. Hardy, English mathematician (b. 1877)
- 1950 - E. J. Moeran, English composer (b. 1894)
- 1954 - Fred Rose, American songwriter and music publishing executive (b. 1897)
- 1964 - J. B. S. Haldane, Scottish geneticist (b. 1892)
- 1968 - Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer (baryton) and composer born in Transylvania (b. 1887)
- 1968 - Dario Moreno, Turkish-Jewish singer (b. 1921)
- 1969 - Magic Sam, American blues guitarist and singer (b. 1937)
- 1973 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
- 1975 - Nellie Fox, American baseball player (b. 1927)
- 1975 - Anna E. Roosevelt, American radio personality (b. 1906)
- 1986 - Lee Dorsey, American R&B singer (b. 1924)
- 1987 - James Baldwin, American writer (b. 1924)
- 1987 - Punch Imlach, Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager (b. 1918)
- 1989 - Alvin Ailey, American dancer, choreographer (b. 1931)
- 1991 - George Joseph Stigler, American economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (b. 1911)
- 1996 - Peter Bronfman, Canadian businessman (b. 1928)
- 1997 - Stéphane Grappelli, French jazz violinist (b. 1908)
- 1997 - Michel Bélanger, French Canadian businessman and banker (b. 1929)
- 1998 - Freddie Young, British cinematographer (b. 1902)
- 2002 - Dave McNally, American baseball player (b. 1942)
- 2003 - Clark Kerr, first Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley (b. 1911)
- 2004 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b. 1911)
- 2006 - Claude Jade, French actress (b. 1948)
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