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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[1998]] - [[Lewinsky scandal]] makes the news. | *[[1998]] - [[Lewinsky scandal]] makes the news. | ||
| - | == Births ==*[[1689]] - [[Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], French writer (d. [[1755]]) | + | == Births == |
| + | *[[1689]] - [[Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu|Montesquieu]], French writer (d. [[1755]]) | ||
| *[[1779]] - [[Peter Roget]], British lexicographer (d. [[1869]]) | *[[1779]] - [[Peter Roget]], British lexicographer (d. [[1869]]) | ||
| *[[1881]] - [[Gaston Gallimard]], French publisher (d. [[1975]]) | *[[1881]] - [[Gaston Gallimard]], French publisher (d. [[1975]]) | ||
| *[[1882]] - [[A. A. Milne]], English author (d. [[1956]]) | *[[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]] - [[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]]) | *[[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 (actor)|Bob Bell]], American clown (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| *[[1925]] - [[Gilles Deleuze]], French philosopher (d. [[1995]]) | *[[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]]) | *[[1932]] - [[Robert Anton Wilson]], American author (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| *[[1933]] - [[John Boorman]], Irish film director | *[[1933]] - [[John Boorman]], Irish film director | ||
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Art and culture
- 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)
- 1904 - Cary Grant, English actor (d. 1986)
- 1913 - Danny Kaye, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1925 - Gilles Deleuze, French philosopher (d. 1995)
- 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
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