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• 1998 - Lewinsky scandal makes the news.

== Births ==*1689 - Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)

• 1779 - Peter Roget, British lexicographer (d. 1869)
• 1881 - Gaston Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1975)
• 1882 - A. A. Milne, English author (d. 1956)
• 1886 - Clara Nordström, German writer and translator (d. 1962)
• 1888 - Thomas Sopwith, British aviation pioneer (d. 1989)
• 1892 - Oliver Hardy, American comedian and actor (d. 1957)
• 1892 - Paul Rostock, German surgeon (d. 1956)
• 1901 - Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1973)
• 1904 - Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)
• 1904 - Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordionist (d. 2006)
• 1905 - Joseph Bonanno, Italian-born gangster (d. 2002)
• 1908 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born mathematician, poet, and physicist (d. 1974)
• 1908 - Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1972)
• 1910 - Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (d. 1983)
• 1913 - Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987)
• 1914 - Arno Schmidt, German author (d. 1979)
• 1915 - Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (d. 1984)
• 1917 - Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese businessman
• 1918 - Gustave Gingras, French Canadian physician (d. 1996)
• 1922 - Bob Bell, American clown (d. 1997)
• 1925 - Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
• 1927 - Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990)
• 1931 - Chun Doo-hwan, President of South Korea
• 1932 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author (d. 2007)
• 1933 - John Boorman, Irish film director
• 1933 - Ray Dolby, American inventor (Dolby noise reduction system)
• 1934 - Raymond Briggs, English writer and illustrator
• 1935 - Albert Millaire, Quebec actor and theatre director
• 1935 - Jon Stallworthy, English poet
• 1935 - Gad Yaacobi, Israeli minister (d. 2007)
• 1937 - John Hume, Northern Irish politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1998
• 1938 - Curt Flood, American baseball player (d. 1997)
• 1940 - Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican racing driver (d. 1971)
• 1941 - Denise Bombardier, Quebec journalist, television host and novelist
• 1941 - Bobby Goldsboro, American country/pop singer
• 1941 - David Ruffin, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1991)
• 1943 - Kay Granger, American politician
• 1944 - Paul Keating, twenty-fourth Prime Minister of Australia
• 1944 - Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
• 1945 - José Luis Perales, Spanish singer
• 1946 - Joseph Deiss, Swiss Federal Councilor
• 1947 - Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
• 1949 - Philippe Starck, French designer
• 1949 - Bill Keller, American newspaper editor
• 1950 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)
• 1951 - Bob Latchford, English footballer
• 1951 - Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (d. 1982)
• 1952 - R. Stevie Moore, American singer, songwriter, and home recording pioneer
• 1953 - Brett Hudson, American actor
• 1955 - Kevin Costner, American actor
• 1955 - Fergus Martin, Irish artist
• 1956 - Sharon Mitchell, American porn actress
• 1956 - Tom Bailey, English singer (Thompson Twins)
• 1961 - Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1961 - Jeff Yagher, American actor
• 1962 - Alison Arngrim, American actress
• 1963 - Maxime Bernier, French Canadian politician
• 1963 - Martin O'Malley, Governor of Maryland
• 1964 - Jane Horrocks, British actress
• 1965 - Dave Attell, American writer and comedian
• 1966 - Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
• 1966 - André Ribeiro, Brazilian racing driver
• 1967 - Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999)
• 1967 - Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
• 1968 - Frank Quitely, Scottish comic book artist
• 1969 - Jesse L. Martin, American actor and singer
• 1969 - Batista, American professional wrestler
• 1969 - Jim O'Rourke, American musician and producer (Loose Fur and Wilco)
• 1970 - DJ Quik, American rapper
• 1970 - Peter van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
• 1971 - Jonathan Davis, American singer (KoЯn)
• 1971 - Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1971 - Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer
• 1972 - Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
• 1973 - Anthony Koutoufides, Australian rules footballer
• 1973 - Crispian Mills, British musician (The Jeevas and Kula Shaker)
• 1974 - Michael Tunn, Australian television and radio
• 1974 - Maulik Pancholy, American actor
• 1974 - Christian Burns, English musician (BBMak)
• 1974 - Princess Claire of Belgium
• 1976 - Damien Leith, Australian Idol 2006
• 1977 - Curtis Cregan, American actor
• 1977 - Alina Jidkova, Russian tennis player
• 1978 - Brian Falkenborg, American baseball player
• 1979 - Jay Chou, Taiwanese singer and producer
• 1979 - Paulo Ferreira, Portuguese footballer
• 1979 - Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
• 1980 - Robert Green, English footballer
• 1980 - Julius Peppers, American football player
• 1981 - Kang Dong-won, South Korean model and actor
• 1981 - Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
• 1982 - Quinn Allman, American musician (The Used)
• 1982 - Joanna Newsom, American harpist/singer-songwriter
• 1983 - Samantha Mumba, Irish singer and actress
• 1984 - Benji Schwimmer, American dancer
• 1984 - Michael Kearney, American child prodigy
• 1984 - Maarja Kivi, Estonian singer
• 1984 - Cho Seung-Hui, Korean-American mass murderer (Virginia Tech Massacre) (d. 2007)
• 1985 - Dale Begg-Smith, Australian freestyle skier
• 1985 - Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
• 1988 - Ronald Guglielmone Jr., American singer-songwriter
• 1993 - Morgan York, American Actress

Deaths

• 52 BC - Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered)
• 350 - Constans, Roman Emperor, (b. 320)
• 474 - Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401)
• 1367 - King Peter I of Portugal (b. 1320)
• 1425 - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391)
• 1471 - Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)
• 1583 - Margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)
• 1664 - Moses Amyraut, French theologian (b. 1596)
• 1677 - Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch merchant (b. 1619)
• 1803 - Ippolit Bogdanovich, Russian poet (b. 1743)
• 1862 - John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (b. 1790)
• 1873 - Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, English author (b. 1803)
• 1878 - Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)
• 1892 - Anton Anderledy, Swiss Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1819)
• 1896 - Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)
• 1923 - Wallace Reid, Actor (b. 1891)
• 1927 - Empress Carlotta of Mexico (b. 1840)
• 1936 - Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 - Kazimierz Tetmajer, Polish writer (b. 1865)
• 1952 - Curly Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1903)
• 1954 - Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (b. 1879)
• 1963 - Hugh Gaitskell, leader of the British Labour Party (b. 1906)
• 1966 - Kathleen Norris, American writer (b. 1880)
• 1967 - Goose Tatum, American basketball player (b. 1921)
• 1969 - Hans Freyer, German sociologist (b. 1887)
• 1970 - David O. McKay, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1873)
• 1978 - Hasan Askari, Pakistani philosopher, critic and writer (b. 1919)
• 1978 - Carl Betz, American film and television actor (b. 1921)
• 1980 - Sir Cecil Beaton, English fashion designer (b. 1904)
• 1984 - Vassilis Tsitsanis, Greek singer and songwriter (b. 1915)
• 1985 - Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (b. 1912)
• 1989 - Bruce Chatwin, English novelist (b. 1940)
• 1993 - Eleanor Hibbert, British author (b. 1906)
• 1995 - Adolf Butenandt, German chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
• 1995 - Ron Luciano, American baseball umpire (b. 1937)
• 1996 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao,Indian film actor (b.1923)
• 1997 - Paul Tsongas, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts (b. 1941)
• 2000 - Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
• 2001 - Al Waxman, Canadian actor (b. 1935)
• 2003 - Edward "The Sheik" Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. 1924)
• 2005 - Lamont Bentley, American actor (b. 1973)
• 2006 - Jan Twardowski, Polish poet (b. 1915)
• 2007 - Brent Liles, American musician (Agent Orange/Social Distortion) (b. 1963)

Notes

Gilles Deleuze Rudyard Kipling Peter Roget Cecil Beaton Frankie Knuckles Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Philippe Starck Madeleine Laure Louise-Gabrielle-Laure de Sade Robert Anton Wilson Jim O'Rourke (musician) Joanna Newsom John Boorman Kiki Smith Gaston Gallimard A. A. Milne Takeshi Kitano Friedrich Hollaender Leonor Fini Cary Grant Oscar Rejlander