EVENTS
36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate.
301 – San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world’s oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.
590 – St Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1189 – Richard the Lionheart is crowned in Westminster. 30 Jews are massacred after the coronation – Richard ordered the perpetrators be executed.
1260 – Battle of Ain Djaloet, Palestine defeats Mongols army
1483 – Utrecht surrenders to Habsburg army
1543 – Cardinal Beaton replaces the Earl of Arran as regent for Queen Mary of Scotland
1632 – Battle of Nuremberg: Duke Wallenstein beats Sweden
1650 – Battle of Dunbar: England vs Scotland
1651 – Battle of Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
1658 – Richard Cromwell (“Tumbledown Dick”) succeeds his father as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth
1683 – Turkish troops break through defense of Vienna
1697 – King William’s War in America ends with Treaty of Ryswick
English Military and Political Leader Oliver Cromwell
1709 – 1st major group of Swiss/German colonists reaches NC/SC
1725 – Britain, France, Hannover & Prussia sign Covenant of Hannover
1731 – Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Friesland
1752 – Britain and the British Empire (including the American colonies) adopt the Gregorian Calendar, losing 11 days. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives
1777 – Cooch’s Bridge – Skirmish of American Revolutionary war in New Castle County, Delaware where the Flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time.
1779 – Earl d’Orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sails back to Brest
1783 – Treaty of Paris signed in Paris ends the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and United States of America
1791 – French Constitution passed by French National Assembly
1798 – Weeklong battle of St. George’s Caye began between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.
1812 – World’s first cannery ( Donkin, Hall and Gamble) opens in London, England to supply food to the Royal Navy
1826 – USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
1832 – Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname
1833 – New York Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
1838 – Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
1849 – California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey
1852 – Anti-Jewish riots break out in Stockholm, Sweden
1855 – Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.
1861 – Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality
1864 – Battle of Berryville, VA
1864 – US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Straits of Simonoseki
1865 – Army commander in SC orders Freedmen’s Bureau to stop seizing land
1874 – The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of “Villa de Juárez”.
1878 – British passenger paddle steamer Princess Alice sunk in a collision on the River Thames with the collier Bywell Castle; 645 die
1881 – 1st US Men’s Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (6-0 6-3 6-2)
1881 – Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony
1881 – 1st U.S. Men’s National Championship: Richard Sears beats William E. Glyn (6-0, 6-3, 6-2)
1882 – French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
1889 – 9th U.S. Men’s National Championship: Henry Slocum beats Quincy Shaw (6-3, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2)
1890 – Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open
1891 – 11th US Men’s Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (2-6 7-5 7-9 6-1 6-2)
1891 – Cotton pickers organize union & stage strike in Texas
1891 – John Stephens Durham named US minister to Haiti
1895 – 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn)
1900 – With a proclamation by General Lord Roberts, Britain annexes the Boer Republic of South Africa
1900 – Russian troops now control both sides of the Amur River on the Russo-Manchurian boundary
1901 – Boer General Smuts enters Kiba Drift in Cape Colony
1902 – Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)
1902 – Start of Sherlock Holmes “Adventure of Illustrious Client”
1903 – Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America’s Cup
1904 – St Louis Olympics closes
1906 – Phila Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Phila before 10,000 fans
1906 – Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A’s; 2nd forfeit win
1908 – James Barries “What Every Woman Knows” premieres in London
1911 – 31st US Men’s Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (6-4 6-4 6-2)
1911 – 31st U.S. Men’s National Championship: William Larned beats Maurice McLoughlin (6-4, 6-4, 6-2)
Composer and Painter Arnold Schoenberg
1912 – Arnold Schoenberg’s “Funf Orchesterstucke” premieres
1914 – British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attack the Marne
1914 – Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV
1914 – French troops vacate Rheims
1914 – Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania
1914 – Lemburg capital of Galicia, is taken after a three-day battle in which the Russians rout the Austrians
1916 – Allies turned back Germans in Battle of Verdun
1916 – US President Wilson signs Adamson Act, providing an 8-hour day on interstate railroads, preventing a national railroad strike
1917 – 1st night bombing of London by German aircraft
1917 – German troops overrun Riga, Latvia
1917 – Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader
1917 – Utrecht soccer team Holland forms
1918 – 38th US Men’s Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (6-3 6-1 7-5)
1918 – 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot (or Camp Logan riot); in all 19 mutineers were executed.
1918 – Allies forced Germans back across Hindenburg Line
1918 – 38th U.S. Men’s National Championship: Robert Lindley Murray beats Bill Tilden (6-3, 6-1, 7-5)
28th US President Woodrow Wilson
1919 – President Woodrow Wilson set out on a tour of the USA to rouse public opinion behind the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
1921 – 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)
1921 – KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms
1923 – Dorothys Donelly’s “Poppy” premieres in NYC
1924 – Civil war breaks out in China (Gen Tsi moves to Shanghai)
1924 – L Stallings & M Anderson’s “What Price Glory?” premieres in NYC
1925 – 1st international handball match held
1925 – The airship USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) crashes in a storm near Caldwell, Ohio, killing 14, 29 survive
1928 – Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th & final career hit
1929 – Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches all time high of 381.17, to be shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.
1930 – Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)
MLB Legend Ty Cobb
1932 – Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title
1932 – Jimmie Foxx of A’s hits 50th & 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50
1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union – Communism Peak (7495 m).
1934 – Tunisia began its move for independence
1935 – 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)
1935 – Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games
1936 – 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)
1938 – 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland
1939 – German submarine U-30, commanded by Oberleutnant Fritz-Julius Lemp, sinks British passenger ship SS Athenia; 117 people die, among them 28 Americans
1939 – Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win
1939 – WWII: Britain declares war on Germany after invasion of Poland. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa & Canada
1940 – 39.4 cm rainfall at Sapulpa, Oklahoma (state record)
Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler
1940 – Hitler orders invasion in England on Sept 21 (Operation Seelöwe/Sealion)
1940 – Dutch government in exile of Gerbrandy forms in London
1940 – Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary & Red Cross
1940 – US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
1941 – 1First use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)
1941 – KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1943 – British 8th Army lands in Southern Italy (Messina)
1943 – General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily
1944 – 58th US Women’s Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (6-3 8-6)
1944 – 68th & last transport of Dutch Jews (including Anne Frank) leaves for Auschwitz concentration camp
1944 – Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France
1944 – Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US Tennis title
Jewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne Frank
1944 – French troops liberate Lyon
1944 – Last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz
1944 – Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Neth Domestic Arm Force
1944 – Tank division of British Guards free Brussels
1945 – 65th US Men’s Tennis: Sgt Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 6-1 6-2)
1945 – Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies
1945 – 65th U.S. Men’s National Championship: Frank Parker beats William Talbert (14-12, 6-1, 6-2)
1945 – 59th U.S. Women’s National Championship: Sarah Palfrey Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (3-6, 8-6, 6-4)
1947 – Phila A’s Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0
1947 – Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2
1948 – W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker’s party
1949 – Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives
1950 – 1st Formula One WDC: Giuseppe “Nino” Farina wins by three points
1951 – TV soap opera “Search for Tomorrow” debuts on CBS
1953 – European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
21st President of France Francois Mitterrand
1953 – French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
1954 – China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy & Amoy
1954 – Espionage & Sabotage Act of 1954 signed in the US, prompted by the cold war
1954 – Pope Pius X canonized a saint
1954 – The People’s Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.
1954 – The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.
1955 – KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 – Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
1957 – Dodgers play last game in Jersey City (11-4 in NJ)
1957 – KTCA TV channel 2 in St Paul-Minneapolis, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
1957 – Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out
LPGA Golfer Mickey Wright
1962 – Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open
1964 – US attorney general robert kennedy resigns
1964 – Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
1964 – 2nd incident that year of race riots in Singapore between Chinese and Malay, 13 people killed, 106 injured
1965 – Curt Flood’s record of 568 straight chances without an error begins
1965 – Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic
1965 – Jim Hickman becomes 1st NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game
1965 – Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Mysterium Fidei
1965 – Preparing a move to Anaheim, Angels change their name from LA to Calif
1966 – 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry
1966 – Donovan hits #1 with “Sunshine Superman”
1967 – Final episode of “What’s My Line?” hosted by John Charles Daly on CBS TV
LPGA Golfer Kathy Whitworth
1967 – Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies’ World Series of Golf
1967 – Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution
Kungsgatan, Stockholm, on Dagen H (switch-over day)
1967 – Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
1967 – WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 – Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run
1970 – After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out
1970 – Bill Halley & Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia
2nd President of Indonesia Suharto
1970 – Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands
1971 – John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
1971 – Manlio Brosio resigns as secretary general of NATO
1971 – Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
1971 – Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg’s doctor’s office
1971 – A baby girl and an Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier are killed in separate shooting incidents in Northern Ireland
1973 – General Walters ends term as acting director of CIA
1973 – Jerry Lewis’ 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1974 – Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
1974 – NBA guard Oscar Robertson retires
1974 – US & German Democratic Republic establish diplomatic relations
1975 – Chartered Boeing 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die
1975 – Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
NBA Player Oscar Robertson
1976 – Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos
1977 – Japan’s Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron’s total
1977 – Last broadcast of “Mary Tyler Moore Show” on NBC-TV
1978 – Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29
1978 – Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)
1978 – Pope John Paul I officially installed as 263rd supreme pontiff
1979 – Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000
1979 – Iran army conquerors Mahabad
1979 – Jerry Lewis’ 14th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,000,000
1979 – Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1981 – Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game
1981 – Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7
1982 – Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns
Comedian Jerry Lewis
1984 – 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery
1984 – Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th
1984 – Cindy Hill wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1984 – Jerry Lewis’ 19th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566
1984 – South Africa adopts constitution
1985 – 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth
1985 – England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval
1985 – NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game
1986 – Alan Ayckbourn’s “Woman in Mind” premieres in London
1986 – Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game
1987 – Coup in Burundi suspends constitution
1988 – Dennis Eckersley sets A’s record with his 37th save en route to 45
1988 – Estimated by this date 50,000 Kurdish civilians and soldiers killed by Iraq, many using chemical weapons, in aftermath of Iran-Iraq War
1989 – “Into the Woods” closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 764 perfs
1989 – Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die
1990 – 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleve 3-0
LPGA Golfer Beth Daniel
1990 – Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1990 – Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)
1990 – Jerry Lewis’ 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186
1990 – White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57
1992 – Jerry Lewis’ 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368
1994 – Circulation of Neth Telegraph/News of the Day reaches 800,000
1995 – Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23 Carolina-20 OT)
1995 – Jacksonville Jaguars lose their 1st NFL game (Houston-10, Jaguars-3)
1995 – NY Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle
1995 – Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit
1995 – eBay founded.
1996 – Slowinski & Gage discovers 2^1257787-1 (34th known Mersenne prime)
1997 – A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
2004 – The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children.
2011 – 13th World Championships in Athletics: Usain Boltwins 200m
2012 – 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
2012 – Typhoon Bolaven kills 48 people in North Korea
2012 – New Zealand announces withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan
Olympic Sprinter Usain Bolt
2013 – 15 militants are killed by an Egyptian Army helicopter in Sinai Peninsula
2013 – Microsoft purchases Nokia for $7.2 Billion
BIRTHDAYS
1034 – Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073)
1499 – Diane de Poitiers, mistress of Henry II of France (d. 1566)
1568 – Adriano Banchieri, composer
1596 – Nicolo Amati, Italy, violin maker (Stradivari & Guarneri)
1600 – Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch States-General court clerk
1608 – Pieter Stockmans, Flemish chairman of military
1675 – Paul Dudley, Attorney-General of Massachusetts (d. 1751)
1693 – Charles Radclyffe, British politician (d. 1746)
1695 – Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer
1703 – Johan-Theodoor van Bayern, prince-bishop of Luik/cardinal
1710 – Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784)
1719 – Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
1724 – Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec (d. 1808)
1757 – Charles X, Versailles France, Duke of Prussia
1778 – Jean Nicolas Auguste Kreutzer, composer
1781 – Eugène de Beauharnais, son of Josephine de Beauharnais (d. 1824)
1789 – Ludvig Anton Edmund Passy, composer
1803 – Alexander L’vovich Gurilyov, composer
1803 – Prudence Crandall, founder (School for “young ladies of colour”)
1810 – Paul Kane, Canadian painter (d. 1871)
1811 – John Humphrey Noyes, Vt, found Oneida Community (Perfectionists)
1820 – George Hearst, American businessman and father of William Randolph Hearst (d. 1891)
1825 – Armistead Lindsay Long, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1891)
1825 – William Wallace Burns, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), (d. 1892)
1835 – William Gaston Lewis, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1901)
1840 – Jacob Fabricius, composer
1841 – Tom Emmett, England cricketer (d. 1904)
1849 – Sarah Orne Jewett, Maine, author (Country of the Pointed Firs)
1851 – Olga Konstantinovna of Russia, Queen of Greece (d. 1926)
Architect and Father of Skyscrapers Louis Sullivan(1856)
1856 – Louis Sullivan, American architect (father of skyscrapers), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1859 – AAJ Jean Jaurès, French socialist (L’Humanité, Les Preuves)
1860 – Edward Albert Filene, merchant, established US credit union movement
1864 – Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer
1865 – Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist/historian
1875 – Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche, Volkswagen)
1882 – Johnny Douglas, England cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
1887 – Frank Christian, American musician (d. 1973)
1889 – Cecil Weston, South Africa, actor (Dude Ranch, Huckleberry Finn)
1890 – J Patrick O’Malley, Forest City PA, actress (Courage of Black Beauty)
1891 – Bessie Annie Elizabeth Delany, dentist writer
1893 – Florrie Rodrigo, Dutch dancer/choreography/teacher (Schepelingen)
1897 – Cecil Parker, Hastings England, actor (Indiscreet, Tale of 2 Cities)
1897 – Francisco Paolo Mignone, composer
1897 – Sally Benson, American writer (d. 1972)
1900 – Urho K Kekkonen, premier/president Finland (1956-81)
1901 – Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor
1902 – Mantan Moreland, Monroe LA, comedian (Charlie Chan, Spirit of Youth)
1903 – Willem Kooiman, Dutch theologist/church historian
Nobel Laureat Physicist Carl David Anderson (1905)
1905 – Carl David Anderson, physicist (1936 Nobel Prize for physics), born in NYC, New York (d. 1991)
1905 – Robert Ruthenfranz, composer
1907 – Andrew Brewin, Canada, lawyer/cofound New Democratic Party
1907 – Loren Eiseley, professor of Anthropology (Animal Secrets)
1908 – Lev Semenovich Pontryagin, Russian mathematician (d. 1988)
1910 – Dorothy Maynor, Norfolk Va, soprano/founder (Harlem School of Arts)
1910 – Kitty Carlisle, American actress and television personality (d. 2007)
1911 – Bernard Mammes, American cyclist (d. 2000)
1913 – Alan Ladd, Hot Springs AR, actor (Shane, Carpetbaggers)
1914 – Kitty Carlisle Hart, actress (Animal Crackers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1914 – Dixy Lee Ray, American politician (d. 1994)
1915 – Abel Ehrlich, composer
1915 – Knut Nystedt, composer
1915 – Memphis Slim, [John Len Chatman] American blues musician (“Every Day I Have the Blues”), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 1988)
1917 – Eddie “Brat” Stanky, Phil Rizzuto’s nemisis/2nd baseman (Dodgers)
1917 – Peter Winter, naval commander
1918 – Helen Wagner, Lubbock Tx, actress (Nancy-As The World Turns)
1921 – Marguerite Higgins, American reporter and war correspondent, Pulitzer prize winner (d. 1966)
1921 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (d. 1971)
1922 – Rosendo Ejercito Santos, composer
1923 – Mort Walker, cartoonist (Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois)
1923 – Terry Wilson, California, actor (Bill-Wagon Train)
1925 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish artist (d. 2008)
1925 – Shoista Mullodzhanova, Shashmakom singer
1925 – Hank Thompson, American singer (d. 2007)
1926 – Alison Lurie, US, novelist (War Between the Tates)
1926 – Anne Jackson, Penn, actress (Dirty Dingus Magee, Angel Levine)
1926 – Bill Flemming, sportscaster (ABC’s Wide World of Sports)
1926 – Irene Papas, Corinth Greece, Greek actress (Zorba the Greek, Attila The Hun)
1926 – Joe Kolter, (Rep-D-PA, 1983- )
1926 – John R[obert] Jones, US, sci-fi author (White Regiment, Lizard War)
1928 – Gaston Thorn, President of the European Commission(d. 2007)
1929 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (d. 2007)
Gangster Whitey Bulger(1929)
1929 – Whitey Bulger [James Joseph Bulger Jr.], American gangster, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1930 – Cherry Barbara Grimm, [Lockett], NZ, sci-fi author (Nearest Fire)
1930 – Haty Tegelaar-Boonacker, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1931 – Dick Motta, NBA coach (856 wins, Its not over ’til the fat lady sings)
1931 – Rudolf Kelterborn, composer
1931 – Albert DeSalvo, The Boston Strangler (d. 1973)
1932 – Richard Tyler, actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family), born in NYC, New York
1932 – Eileen Brennan, American actress (Laugh-In, Pvt Benjamin), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2013)
1933 – Roland Kayn, composer
1933 – Tompall Glaser, Spalding Neb, singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again), (d. 2013)
1934 – Xavier Darasse, composer
1934 – Freddie King, Gilmer Tx, blues singer (Hideaway)
1935 – Otto Ketting, trumpeter/composer (Passacaglia)
1936 – John W Olver, (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
1936 – Zine al-Abidine Ben Ami, general/president of Tunisia (1987- )
1938 – Caryl Churchill, English playwright
1938 – Ryoji Noyori, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1940 – Pauline Collins, actress (Shirley Valentine), born in London, England
1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and writer, born in Montevideo
1941 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian writer (d. 1990)
1942 – Al Jardine, Lima Oh, guitarist/singer (Beach Boys-Surfin, In My Room)
1942 – John Shrapnel, English actor
1943 – Dave Eichelberger, Waco TX, PGA golfer (1971 Greater Milwaukee Open)
1943 – Don Brewer, rocker
1943 – Michael D Barnes, (Rep-D-MD, 1979-86)
1943 – Mick Farren, UK, sci-fi author (Synaptic Manhunt, Citizen Phaid)
1943 – Valerie Perrine, Galveston, Texas, American actress and model (Steam Bath, Superman, Lenny)
1943 – Frank Lister, English footballer
1944 – Gary Leeds, Glendale Ca, rocker (Walker Brothers)
1944 – Sherwood C “Woody” Spring, Hartford Ct, Col USA/astronaut (STS 61B)
1945 – George Biondo, rocker (Steppenwolf)
1945 – Mike Harrison, keyboardist (Spooky Tooth-It’s All About)
1946 – Peter Morris, historian of France
1947 – Eric Bell, rock guitarist (Thin Lizzy Belfast, N Ireland
1947 – Michael Huffington, US oil millionaire (Rep-R-California, 1992-94)
1947 – Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian politician
1947 – Mario Draghi, Italian banker and President of the European Central Bank, born in Rome
1948 – Donald Brewer, Flint Mich, rock drummer (Grand Funk Railroad)
1948 – Minouche Janmaat-Abee, Dutch MP (CDA)
1948 – Ronald W Harris, Canton Oh, lightweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1968)
1948 – Tara Oedayraj Singh Varma, 1st black woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber
1948 – Levy Mwanawasa – Zambian Politician (d. 2008)
1949 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004)
1949 – José Pekerman, Argentine football manager
1950 – Aaron Smith, rocker (Romeo Void)
1950 – Doug Pinnick, American bassist and singer (King’s X)
1953 – Khabib Munir, Syria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-3 backup)
1953 – M H Habib, Syria, cosmonaut
1953 – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French film director
Rocker Steve Jones (1955)
1955 – Steve Jones, rock guitarist (Sex Pistols), born in London, England
1956 – Hans-Georg Beyer, German DR, team handball player (Olympic-gold-1980)
1956 – Patrick McGeown, politician
1957 – Garth Ancier, American television executive
1959 – Merritt Butrick, American actor (d. 1989)
1961 – Brian Thomas Kamm, PGA golfer (1994 Bell Canadian-6th), born in Rochester, New York
1961 – Greg Petersen, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Klondike-6th), born in Iowa City, Iowa
1961 – Rene Gonzales, Austin TX, infielder (Texas Rangers)
1962 – Dave Clark, Tupelo MS, outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates)
1962 – Costas Mandylor, Australian-born actor
1963 – Eric Plunk, Wilmington CA, pitcher (Oakland A’s, NY Yankees, Indians)
1963 – Mubarak Ghanim, UAE footballer
1964 – Ernest Givins, NFL wide receiver (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1964 – Glenn Joyner, Ferntree Gully VIC, Australian golfer
1964 – Toshiyuki Sakai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1964 – Adam Curry, Internet entrepreneur
1964 – Spike Feresten, American television writer
1964 – Junaid Jamshed, Pakistani singer
1964 – Holt McCallany, American actor
Actor Charlie Sheen (1965)
1965 – Charlie Sheen, [Carlos Estavez], actor (Wall St, Platoon), born in NYC, New York
1965 – Maurizio Mansi, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1965 – Todd Lewis, musician (Toadies)
1966 – Bennie Blades, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
1966 – Pat Eilers, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
1966 – Shawn Daniels, CFL fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1966 – Vladimir Ryzhkov, Russian politician
1967 – Chris Gatling, NBA forward (NJ Nets)
1967 – Luis Gonzalez, outfielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Tampa, Florida
1968 – David Pichler, Butler Pa, diver (Olympics-6th-96)
1968 – Dawn Allinger, Salt Lake City UT, team handball back court (Oly-1996)
1968 – Matt Hamon, SF California, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1968 – Robert Bailey, NFL cornerback (Dallas Cowboys)
1969 – Noah Baumbach, Brooklyn, New York, writer, director and independent film maker (The Squid and the Whale)
1969 – Keith Traylor, NFL defensive tackle (KC Chiefs, Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
1969 – John Fugelsang, American actor
1970 – George Lynch, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1970 – Uzooma Okeke, CFL guard (Montreal Alouettes)
1970 – Jeremy Glick, American United Airlines Flight 93 passenger (d. 2001)
1970 – Gareth Southgate, English footballer
1971 – Chabeli Iglesias, daughter of Julio Iglesias, born in Madrid, Spain
1971 – Glen Housman, Rockhampton QLD Aust, swimmer (Olympics-silv-92, 96)
1971 – Tonja Marie Christensen, Salt Lake City Utah, playmate (Nov, 1991)
1971 – Trevor St. John, American actor
1972 – Antonius Bonner, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
1972 – Martin Straka, Pizen CZE, NHL forward (Team Czech Rep, Florida)
1972 – Roland Ramoser, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
1972 – Shim Eun-ha, South Korean actress
1973 – Brian Thure, NFL tackle (Washington Redskins)
1973 – Chen Hsiao-Fen, Miss Universe-Taiwan ROC (1996)
1973 – Damon Stoudamire, NBA guard (Toronto Raptors)
1973 – Joanette Kruger, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star
1973 – Norihiko Hibino, Japanese composer
1974 – Rebecca Bailey, Christchurch NZ, cyclist (Olympics-96)
1974 – Sergei Yerkovich, hockey defenseman (Team Belarus 1998)
1974 – Clare Kramer, American actress
1975 – Ava Lovell, Miss Universe-Belize (1996)
1975 – Christobal Huet, hockey goalie (Team France 1998)
1976 – Ashley Jones, American actress
1976 – Jevon Kearse, American football player
1976 – Vivek Oberoi, Indian actor
1977 – Tami Tyler, Santa Clara California, dance skater (& Jonathan Nichols)
1977 – Rui Marques, Angolan footballer
1977 – Olof Mellberg, Swedish footballer
1977 – Nate Robertson, American baseball player
1978 – John Curtis, English footballer
1978 – Paul Moor, English ten-pin bowler
1978 – Michal Rozsival, Czech ice hockey player
1978 – Nick Wechsler, American actor
1978 – Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir) (d. 2004)
1979 – Tomo Miličević, Croatian-born American musician (30 Seconds to Mars)
1980 – The B.G., American rapper
1980 – Daniel Ruben Bilos, Argentinian footballer
1980 – Cone McCaslin, Canadian bassist (Sum 41)
1980 – Jennie Finch, American softball player
1981 – Fearne Cotton, British television presenter
1982 – Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
1982 – Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
1983 – Augusto Farfus, Brazilian racing driver
1983 – Nicky Hunt, English footballer
1983 – Marcus McCauley, American football player
1983 – Valdas Vasylius, Lithuanian basketball player
1984 – Garrett Hedlund, American actor
1985 – Scott Carson, English footballer
1985 – Kelvin Wilson, English footballer
1986 – Shaun White, snowboarder (Olympic gold – 2006, 2010), born in San Diego, California
1987 – Chris Fountain, English actor
1993 – Rina Koike, Japanese junior idol
WEDDINGS
1921 – American author and journalist Ernest Hemingway (22) marries 1st wife Hadley Richardson (29)
1923 – Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead (21) weds field archaeologist Luther Cressman (25)
1937 – Author Muriel Spark (19) weds teacher Sidney Oswald Spark in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
1953 – Explorer Edmund Hillary (34) weds Louise Mary Rose
1957 – World Heavyweight champion Sonny Liston (25) weds Geraldine Clark in St. Louis, Missouri
1977 – “I Dream of Jeannie” actress Barbara Eden (43) weds Charles Donald Fegert
1999 – “The Steve Harvey Show” actor Cedric The Entertainer (35) weds Lorna Wells (33)
Actress Barbara Eden(1977)
2000 – “Will & Grace” actress Debra Messing (32) weds actor-screenwriter Daniel Zelman (33) at a private estate in Santa Barbara, California
2000 – American feminist and journalist Gloria Steinem (66) weds environmentalist David Bale (59) in Adair County, Oklahoma
2004 – “Baywatch” actress Gena Lee Nolin (32) weds NHL hockey player Cale Hulse (30) at the Royal Palms Resort in Phoenix, Arizona
2005 – Former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Kevin Nealon (51) weds actress Susan Yeagley (33) inside the town hall in Bellagio, Italy
2007 – Oscar winning actor Ben Kingsley (63) weds Brazilian actress Daniela Lavender (33) in North Leigh, Oxfordshire
2007 – Actor Tobey Maguire (32) weds jewelry designer Jennifer Meyer (30) in Kona, Hawaii
2011 – English DJ and musician Mark Ronson (36) weds french actress Josephine De La Baume (27) in Aix-en-Provence, France
DIVORCES
2010 – Pop singer Cheryl Cole (27) divorces England soccer player Ashley Cole (29) due to unreasonable behavior after 3 and a half years of marriage
DEATHS
1189 – Jacob of Orleans, Rabbi, killed in anti Jewish riot in London England
1205 – Petrus van Poitiers, French theologist (Sententiarum libri V), dies
1402 – Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke/tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51
1420 – Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland
1592 – Robert Greene, English writer (b. 1558)
1634 – Edward Coke, English Chief Justice/politician, dies
1642 – Elisabeth of Nassau, daughter of Willem I/Charlotte, dies at 65
1653 – Claudius Salmasius, [Claude Saumaise], French linguistic, dies at 65
1655 – Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56
1658 – Oliver Cromwell, English general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 59
1662 – William Lenthall, English politician (b. 1591)
1667 – Alonso Cano, Spanish painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 66
1675 – Pieter Boel, Flemish painter/etcher, dies
1708 – Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53
English Military and Political Leader Oliver Cromwell(1658)
1720 – Henri de Massue, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1648)
1722 – Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
1729 – Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
1739 – George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46
1766 – Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (b. 1686)
1790 – Thomas Norris, composer, dies at 49
1808 – John Montgomery, American Continental Congressman (b. 1722)
1811 – Ignaz Franzl, composer, dies at 75
1843 – Cornelis PJ Elout, military/pres of West Sumatra, dies at 47
1849 – Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies
1857 – M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist/explorer, dies at 77
1857 – John McLoughlin, Canadian trapper (b. 1784)
1860 – Aleksey Khomyakov, Russian poet (b. 1804)
1866 – Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830)
1871 – Vaclav Horak, composer, dies at 71
1876 – Felix, cricketer (legendary All-England player), dies
1877 – Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Rep (1871-77), dies at 80
1883 – Iwan Turgenjew, writer, dies at 64
1886 – William W. Snow, American politician (b. 1812)
1890 – Charles-A Chatrian, French writer (Waterloo), dies at 63
1890 – Willem Linnig Jr, Flemish painter/graphic artist, dies
1893 – James Harrison, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1816)
1903 – Joseph Skipsey, British poet (b. 1832)
1908 – Cornelis Pijnacker Hordijk, gov-gen (Dutch East-Indies), dies
1914 – Lucien-Denis-Gabriel-Alberic Magnard, composer, dies at 49
1918 – Fanya Kaplan, Russian who shot at Lenin on Aug 30th, executed
1935 – Johannes Aengenent, bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies at 62
1936 – Nikita Balieff, Armenian vaudevillian and impressario (b. 1876 or 1877)
1938 – Bart de Ligt, anti military theologist, dies at 77
1940 – Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59
1944 – Frantisek Alois Drdla, composer, dies at 75
1946 – Carl Emil Paul Lincke, composer, dies at 79
1948 – Eduard Benesj, president Czechoslovakia (1921-22, 35-48), dies
1951 – Arnold Warren, cricketer (only Test for England), dies
1951 – Robert Franz Richard Hernried, composer, dies at 67
1954 – Eugene Pallette, actor (It’s a Date, My Man Godfrey), dies at 65
1960 – Joseph Lamb, composer, dies at 72
1961 – Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
1962 – Anton Mauve, Dutch painter, dies at 63
1962 – e[dward] e cummings, US poet (Tulips & Chimneys), dies at 67
1963 – Cruys Voorbergh, actor/director (Vliegende Hollander), dies at 64
1963 – Frico Kafenda, Slovak composer, dies at 79
1964 – Joseph Marx, Austrian composer, dies at 82
1964 – Stewart Holbrook, American author (b. 1893)
1965 – Otto Lederer, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 79
1967 – David Cohen, historian/chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84
1968 – Isabel Withers, American actress (b. 1896)
Vietnamese Communist Revolutionary Ho Chi Minh(1969)
1969 – Ho Chi Minh [Nguyễn Sinh Cung], Vietnamese communist revolutionary and President of North Vietnam (1946-69), dies at 79 of heart failure
1969 – John Lester, American cricketer (b. 1871)
1970 – Al Wilson, “Blind Owl”, guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
1970 – Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28
1970 – Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers), dies in Washington DC at 57
1971 – Percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies
1971 – Veronica Turleigh, actress (Promoter), dies at 68
1974 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)
1980 – Barbara O’Neil, actress (Tower of London, Stella Dallas)
1980 – Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid, Guns of Fury), dies at 76
1980 – Fabian von Schlabendorff, German resistance fighter/judge, dies at 73
1980 – Dirch Passer, Danish actor (b. 1926
1981 – Alec Waugh, English writer (b. 1898)
Coach Vince Lombardi(1970)
1982 – Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered
1982 – Michael Thoma, actor (8 is Enough, Fame), dies at 55
1983 – Ellie Lambeti, Greek actress (b. 1926)
1984 – Arthur Schwartz, producer (Inside USA with Chevrolet), dies at 83
1984 – Duncan Renaldo, actor (Cisco Kid), dies at 80
1985 – Joe Jones, drummer, dies at 73
1985 – John Herbert McDowell, composer, dies at 58
1987 – Morton Feldman, US composer, dies at 61
1987 – Viktor P Nekrasov, Ukraine architect/author (Soldiers), dies at 76
1987 – Vokopach Stalingrada/Kira Georgijevna, dies at 76
1990 – David Acer, Florida dentist, dies of AIDs after infecting 5 patients
1991 – Frank Capra, American film director (It’s a Wonderful Life), dies at 94
1991 – Henri de Lubac, French theologist/antifascist, dies
1992 – Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies
1993 – Leon Liebgold, Pol/US actor/chairman (Hebrew Actors Union), dies at 83
1994 – Billy Wright, English soccer player (World Champion 1950), dies at 70
1994 – James Aubrey, actor (Riders of the Storm), dies of heart attack at 75
1994 – Major Lance, soul singer, dies at 55
1994 – Marijke Vetter, Dutch journalist, dies at 82
1994 – Nikos Ghika, artist, dies at 88
1994 – Roswell Gilbert, who mercy killed his ailing wife, dies at 85
1994 – William Ambrose Right, footballer, dies at 70
1995 – Alex Brown, snooker player, dies at 87
1995 – Alfred Earle Birney, poet, dies at 91
1995 – Donald Cuthbert Coleman, economic historian, dies at 75
1995 – Mary Adshead, muralist/painter, dies at 91
1995 – Peter Michalke, journalist, dies at 40
1995 – Roye England, modeller/museum curator, dies at 88
1996 – John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate, dies at 56
1996 – Julian Amery, politician, dies at 77
1996 – Robert Croften Brown, politician, dies at 75
2000 – Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (b. 1914)
2001 – Pauline Kael, American film critic (b. 1919)
2001 – Thuy Trang, American actress (b. 1973)
2002 – W. Clement Stone, American entrepreneur (b. 1902)
2003 – Paul Jennings Hill, American anti-abortion murderer (b. 1954)
2005 – Richard S.R. Fitter, British ornithologist and botanist (b. 1913)
2005 – William Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924)
2007 – Jane Tomlinson, British charity fund raiser (b. 1964)
2007 – Steve Ryan, American actor (b. 1947)
2007 – Syd Jackson, Māori activist and trade unionist (b. 1939)
2007 – Carter Albrecht, Musician (b. 1973)
2008 – Donald Blakeslee, American aviator, led 4th Fighter Group during World War II. (b.1918)
2010 – Robert Schimmel, American stand-up comedian (b. 1950)
2012 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor, dies from respiratory failure at 54
2012 – Sun Myung Moon, Korean evangelist, dies at 92
ALSO ON THIS DAY
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Lead Story
- 1783 Treaty of Paris signed
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American Revolution
- 1777 The Stars and Stripes flies
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Automotive
- 1900 Charles Wisner’s “Buzz-Wagon” debuts in Flint
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Civil War
- 1861 Confederate forces enter Kentucky
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Cold War
- 1990 Bush prepares for summit with Gorbachev
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Crime
- 2004 Russian school siege ends in bloodbath
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Disaster
- 1930 Hurricane batters Dominican Republic
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General Interest
- 1777 The Stars and Stripes flies
- 1935 Campbell exceeds 300 mph
- 1943 Allies invade Italian mainland
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Hollywood
- 1991 It’s a Wonderful Life director Capra dies
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Literary
- 1963 Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell born
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Music
- 1982 Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak’s US Festival opens in San Bernardino County, California
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Old West
- 1855 U.S. Army avenges the Grattan Massacre
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Presidential
- 1919 Wilson embarks on tour to promote League of Nations
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Sports
- 1977 Sadaharu Oh hits 756th home run
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Vietnam War
- 1950 U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group arrives in Saigon
- 1967 Thieu-Ky ticket wins national election
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World War I
- 1914 Pope Benedict XV named to papacy
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World War II
- 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany
Explorer Henry Hudson
Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Children’s Author Beatrix Potter
President and founder of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Spanish Dictator and General Francisco Franco
Tennis Player Vic Seixas
33rd US President Harry Truman
Singer-Songwriter George Harrison
LPGA Golfer Pat Bradley
Tennis Player and Seven-Time Major Champion Mats Wilander
Director Kathryn Bigelow
Mr Jaguar William Lyons(1901)
Nazi Physician Eduard Wirths (1909)
ABC Radio Broadcaster Paul Harvey (1918)
Economist Clive Granger(1934)
Golfer and Four-Time Major Championship Winner Ray Floyd (1942)
Golfer Tom Watson (1949)
Physician Shinya Yamanaka (1962)
Singer Beyoncé Knowles(1981)
Actress Kim Cattrall (1998)
Baseball Player Hank Greenberg (1986)
Naturalist and TV Star Steve Irwin (2006)
First Sultan of Egypt and Syria Saladin
French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman
Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Tommy Burns
Baseball Player Lou Gehrig
34th US President & WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tennis Legend Chris Evert
38th US President Gerald Ford
Businessman & T.V. Personality Donald Trump
Nobel Laureate Chemist Frederick Soddy (1877)
Tennis Legend Jimmy Connors (1952)
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Lennox Lewis(1965)
Actress Salma Hayek(1966)
Actor Sam Neill (1989)
Hero of Athens Pheidippides(490 BC)
Writer and Academic J. R. R. Tolkien (1973)
Actor Bob Denver (2005)
King of Spain Philip II
Empress of Russia Catherine the Great
Naturalist Charles Darwin
Prime Minister of Canada Wilfrid Laurier
Playwright George Bernard Shaw
Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini
Military Leader George Marshall
Cricket Legend Donald Bradman
Boxing Champ George Foreman
LPGA Golfer Nancy Lopez
Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney
Documentary Filmmaker Michael Moore
Singer Kelly Clarkson
Composer Johann Pachelbel (1653)
Founder of the New York Herald James Gordon Bennett (1795)
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano(1923)
Singer Gloria Estefan(1957)
Actress Whoopi Goldberg(1986)
Singer Usher (2007)
The Sun King of France Louis XIV (1715)
Explorer and Leader of Lewis and Clark Expedition William Clark (1838)
Heavyweight Boxer Tommy Morrison (2013)
King of England Henry VIII
Inventor Thomas Edison
26th US President Theodore Roosevelt
32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt
12th Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies
MLB First Baseman Gil Hodges
LPGA Golfer Betsy Rawls
Artist & Musician Yoko Ono
NHL Right Winger Dino Ciccarelli
Roman Emperor Commodus(161)
Educator Maria Montessori(1870)
7th President of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay (1907)
NHL Legend Jean Beliveau(1931)
Actor Richard Gere (1949)
Actress Leelee Sobieski(2010)
First Victim of Jack the Ripper Mary Ann Nichols (1888)
Film director John Ford(1973)
Princess of Wales Diana Spencer (1997)
Composer George Friedrich Handel
23rd US President Benjamin Harrison
Marxist Revolutionary and Russian Leader Vladimir Lenin
Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis
WW2 General Douglas MacArthur
MLB Pitcher Jack Fisher
First Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat
MLB Center Fielder Kirby Puckett
Engineer and Achitect Gustave Eiffel
Tennis Player and U.S. Open Champion Andy Roddick
Frankenstein Author Mary Shelley (1797)
Scientist Ernest Rutherford(1871)
Baseball Player Ted Williams(1918)
Investor Warren Buffett(1930)
Cartoonist Robert Crumb(1943)
Actress Cameron Diaz(1972)
R&B Singer R. Kelly (1994)
Physicist J. J. Thomson(1940)
Actress Vera-Ellen (1981)
Actor Charles Bronson(2003)
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