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| *[[1908]] - [[Balthus]], French-Polish painter (d. [[2001]]) | *[[1908]] - [[Balthus]], French-Polish painter (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | * 1908 - [[Dee Brown (writer)|Dee Brown]], American writer (d. [[2002]]) | + | *[[1960]] - [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]], Algerian [[raï]] musician |
| - | * 1908 - [[Alf Gover]], English cricketer (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Dinah Shore]], American singer (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Arthur Franz]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[James Mitchell (actor)|James Mitchell]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Michèle Morgan]], French actress | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Howard Nemerov]], American poet (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Al Rosen]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1924 - [[David Beattie]], New Zealand Governour General | + | |
| - | * 1924 - [[Carlos Humberto Romero]], President of [[El Salvador]] | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Joss Ackland]], English actor | + | |
| - | * 1928 - [[Tempest Storm]], American burlesque performer | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Jaguar (cartoonist)|Jaguar]], Brazilian cartoonist | + | |
| - | * 1932 - [[Gene Golub]], American mathematician (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | * 1932 - [[Masten Gregory]], American F1 Driver (d. [[1985]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Jack Lousma]], astronaut | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Henri Richard]], Canadian hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Alex Rocco]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I]] of Constantinople | + | |
| - | * 1940 - [[William H. Turner, Jr.]] American horse trainer | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Phyllis Frelich]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Dennis Farina]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri]], Italian illustrator | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Ene Ergma]], Estonian politician | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Jirō Akagawa]], Japanese novelist | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush]], American television personality | + | |
| - | * 1952 - [[Tim Powers]], American writer | + | |
| - | * 1952 - [[Raisa Smetanina]], Russian cross-country skier | + | |
| - | * 1952 - [[Bart Stupak]], American politician | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Jonathan Coleman]], Anglo-Australian entertainer | + | |
| - | * 1956 - [[Bob Speller]], Canadian politician | + | |
| - | * 1956 - [[Aileen Wuornos]], American serial killer (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1956 - [[J. Randy Taraborrelli]], American celebritiy journalist | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Ian McKenzie Anderson]], British musician | + | |
| - | * 1960 - [[Khaled (musician)|Khaled]], Algerian [[raï]] musician | + | |
| * 1960 - [[Richard Ramirez]], American serial killer | * 1960 - [[Richard Ramirez]], American serial killer | ||
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| * 1960 - [[Tony Robbins]], American motivational speaker | * 1960 - [[Tony Robbins]], American motivational speaker | ||
| *[[1964]] - [[Lyndon Byers]], Canadian hockey player and Boston radio personality. | *[[1964]] - [[Lyndon Byers]], Canadian hockey player and Boston radio personality. | ||
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Art and culture
- 1504 - Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
- 1932 - TIME magazine features eccentric American politician William "Alfalfa" Murray on its cover after Murray stated his intention to run for President of the United States.
Births
- 1792 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868)
- 1908 - Balthus, French-Polish painter (d. 2001)
- 1960 - Khaled, Algerian raï musician
- 1960 - Richard Ramirez, American serial killer
- 1960 - Tony Robbins, American motivational speaker
- 1964 - Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player and Boston radio personality.
- 1964 - Jahred Shane, Afro-Brazilian rapper/singer of (həd) p.e.
- 1968 - Suanne Braun, South African actress
- 1968 - Chucky Brown, American basketball player
- 1968 - Pete Fenson, American curler
- 1968 - Naoko Iijima, Japanese actress
- 1968 - Gonzalo Lira, Chilean-American novelist
- 1968 - Bryce Paup, American football player
- 1968 - Wendi Peters, British actress
- 1972 - Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Italian-born actor
- 1972 - Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (d. 2002)
- 1972 - Saul Williams, American rapper, poet, and actor
- 1972 - Pedro Zamora, Cuban-born American AIDS activist (d. 1994)
- 1976 - Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
- 1980 - Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 - Taylor Twellman, American soccer player
- 1980 - Chris Conley, American musician
- 1984 - Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Darren Ambrose, English footballer
- 1984 - Adam Sinclair, Indian Hockey player
- 1988 - Scott Golbourne, English footballer
Deaths
- 1528 - Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer (martyred) (b. 1504)
- 1592 - Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540)
- 1604 - John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1530)
- 1740 - Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
- 1744 - John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)
- 1820 - Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)
- 1868 - Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786)
- 1928 - Ina Coolbrith, first poet laureate of California (b. 1841)
- 1940 - Edward Frederic Benson, English writer (b. 1867)
- 1944 - Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861)
- 1956 - Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
- 1964 - Frank Albertson, American actor (b. 1909)
- 1968 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886)
- 1980 - Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914)
- 1992 - Ruth Pitter, English poet (b. 1897)
- 2000 - Dennis Danell, American Artist (b. 1961)
- 2004 - Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915)
Notes
- Balthus
- Violet Trefusis
- KMFDM
- Saul Williams
- Richard Ramirez
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