Births
1165 - Philip II Augustus, 1st great Capetian king of France (1179-1223)
1567 - Fran‡ois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint
1579 - Henri II, Duke de Rohan-Gi‚, French Huguenot leader
1642 - Johann Friedrich Treiber, composer
1643 - Afonso VI, king of Portugal (1656-67) (mentally ill)
1660 - Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building
1689 - Jose Pradas Gallen, composer
1721 - Lucretia W van Winter-van Merken, Dutch poet
1725 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter
1751 - Johann Georg Witthauer, composer
1765 - William IV, king of England (1830-37)
1780 - Jernej Kopitar, Slovenian censor (Slovenian Grammar)
1789 - Augustin-Louis, Baron Cauchy, French mathematician
1798 - Jules Michelet, French historian (History of France, L'Amour)
1801 - Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, WW II Dutch statesman/historian
1806 - Johannes Frederick Frohlich, composer
1809 - Francesco Schira, composer
1810 - Thomas Jefferson McKean, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1821 - William Barksdale, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
1824 - John Sanford Mason, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1825 - Kate Fanny Loder, composer
1829 - Otto Goldschmidt, composer
1847 - Arthur T Verhaegen, Belgian worker's union leader
1852 - Benedetto Junck, composer
1871 - Leonid N Andrejev, Russian journalist/writer (Red Laugh)
1872 - Aubrey Beardsley, England, artist (Salome)
1872 - Aubrey Beardsley
1874 - Herman A van Karnebeek, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1918-27)
1875 - Maurice Lippens, Belgian earl/minister/governor of Congo
1879 - Henry Ainley, Leeds England, actor (As You Like It)
1880 - Johan H Westerveld, Dutch WW II resistance fighter/leader (OD)
1890 - Bill Henry, SF Calif, newscaster (Who Said That?)
1892 - Charles Vanel, Rennes France, actor (Wages of Fear)
1893 - Lili Boulanger, composer
1893 - Juliette Marie Olga Lili Boulanger, composer
1896 - Blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family)
1896 - Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Rose of Jericho)
1896 - Roark Bradford, writer/humorist (Ol' Man Adan an' His Chillun)
1900 - Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress (Let's Go)
1902 - Renato Fasano, composer
1903 - Yannis Constantinidis, composer
1904 - Count Basie
1904 - [William] Count Basie, Red Bank NJ, jazz musician (Blazing Saddles)
1905 - Isadore I Friz Freleng, KC MO, animator (Warner Bros cartoons)
1906 - Joachim Homs, composer
1906 - Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate
1907 - Roy K Marshall, Glen Carbon Ill, TV scientist (Nature of Things)
1907 - Miguel Torga, [Adolfo Correia da Rocha], Portuguese author
1908 - David Farrar, Forest Gate England, actor (Beat Girl, I Accuse)
1909 - C Dillon Douglas, Geneva Switz, US Secretary of Treasury (1961-65)
1909 - Jon William Jr Haussermann, composer
1912 - Bruce Trent, singer
1913 - Diana Churchill, actress (Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster)
1913 - Victor Rosow, writer
1913 - Cornelius Johnson, LA Calif, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1936)
1914 - Doug Wright, cricketer (England's leg-spinning genius of 30's & 40's)
1914 - Dallas Pratt, collector
1915 - Jack Weston, [Morris Weinstein], Cleveland, actor (4 Seasons, Rad)
1916 - William John Raff Hooper, cartoonist
1920 - Christopher R Milne, son of Alan A Milne (Winnie the Pooh)
1923 - Chris Schenkel
1923 - Chris Schenkel, Biuppus Ind, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights)
1924 - Jack Weston
1924 - Gerald D Lascelles, son of English princess Mary
1926 - Ben-Zion Orgad, composer
1927 - Wilhelm Jr Killmayer, composer
1928 - Zdenek Lukas, composer
1928 - Gillian Sheen, England, foils (Olympic-gold-1956)
1929 - Ahmed "Kathy" Kathrada, leader of S Afr Communist Party
1930 - Frank Perry, film director
1930 - Margaret Rose, princess of Engl (Sister of Queen Elizabeth) [or 4/21]
1931 - Nancy Hadley, LA Calif, actress (Love That Jill, Joey Bishop Show)
1931 - Gregg Smith, composer
1932 - Melvin Van Peebles
1932 - Melvin Van Peebles, Chicago IL, actor/director (Sophisticated Gent)
1933 - Janet Baker, York England, mezzo-soprano (Owen Wingrave)
1935 - Ken Taylor, cricketer (England opening batsman three times 1959-64)
1936 - Wilt Chamberlain
1936 - Wilt Chamberlain, NBA great center (LA Laker, 5 time MVP)
1936 - Mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)
1937 - Robert Stone, US writer (Who'll Stop the Rain, WUSA)
1938 - Kenny Rogers
1938 - Kenny Rogers, singer (Through the Years)/actor (Coward of the County)
1939 - Harold W Reid, Augusta County Va, singer (Statler Bros-Class of '57)
1939 - Clarence Williams III, NYC, actor (Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain
1940 - Robert Camac, horse trainer
1940 - Ana Isabel Anderson-Imbert, physician, rheumatologist
1944 - Jackie DeShannon, Hazel Kentucky, singer (What the World Needs Now)
1944 - Peter Weir, Sydney Aust, director/writer (Witness, Dead Poets Society
1945 - Patty McCormack, Bkln NY, actress (Mama, Peck's Bad Girl, Ropers)
1946 - Lev Alburt, USSR, International Chess Master (1976)
1947 - Carl Giammarese, Chicago Ill, rock guitarist (Buckinghams)
1948 - Taurean Blacque, actor (Hill Street Blues)
1951 - Bernhard Germeshausen, German DR, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
1951 - Harry Smith, Hammond Ind, TV co-anchor (CBS Morning Show)
1953 - Joe Strummer, vocals/guitarist (Clash-Rock the Casbah) [or 1/25/1955]
1954 - Archie Griffin, NFL runningback (won 2 Heisman Trophies, Ohio State)
1954 - Steve Smith, LA Calif, rock drummer (Journey)
1956 - Kim Cattrall, Liverpool England, actress (Mannequin, Star Trek VI)
1956 - Carol Charbonnier, LPGA golfer
1957 - Kim Sledge, Phila, vocalist (Sister Sledge-We are Family)
1957 - Janice Thomas, WBL guard (NY Stars)
1957 - Budgie, rock drummer (Slits, Siouxsie & the Banshees-Wild Thing)
1958 - Dom Mamzi, horse trainer
1959 - Anne Hobbs, England, tennis star
1959 - Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star
1959 - Jim McMahon, NFL QB (Chicago Bears, SD Chargers, Phila Eagles)
1959 - Richard Zokol, Kitimat BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1982 BC Open)
1961 - Lance Earl Deal, Riverton Wyoming, hammer thrower (Olympics-silver-96
1961 - Danny Sheaffer, Jacksonville FL, catcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1963 - Melvin Douglas, Topeka KS, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-96)
1965 - Jim Bullinger, New Orleans LA, pitcher (Chic Cubs)
1966 - John Wetteland, San Mateo CA, pitcher (NY Yanks, Rangers, Expos)
1967 - Tuineau Alipate, NLF/WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, Minn Vikings)
1967 - Michael Bendetti, actor (Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street)
1968 - Barbara Ann Moore, Spokane WA, playmate (Dec, 1992)
1968 - Shinichi Iwasaki, hockey goaltender (Team Japan 1998)
1969 - Josee Chouinard, Rosemont Quebec, figure skater (Olymp-9th-1994)
1969 - Andujar Cedeno, La Romana Dom Rep, infielder (Detroit Tigers)
1970 - Paulo Barrancos Guerra, Portugal, 10k runner
1970 - Bill Roth, Yonkers NY, gymnast (Pan Am-gold-1995, Olympics-96)
1970 - Steve Everitt, NFL center (Cleve Browns, Phila Eagles)
1970 - Mark Hatfield, CFL guard (BC Lions)
1971 - Shayne Edge, NFL/WLAF punter (Steelers, Barcelona Dragons)
1972 - Johnnie Harris, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
1973 - Ismael Valdes, Ciudad Victoria Mexico, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1973 - Ben Mann, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996)
1974 - Amy Fisher, Long Island NY, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco
1974 - Pietra Gay, WNBA guard/forward (Houston Comets)
1976 - Alicia Witt, actress (Cybill)
1979 - Aiesha Lee Hendrick, Miss New York Teen USA (1996)
1979 - Ashley Whitney, Nashville TN, 800m freestyle relay (Olympics-96)
1989 - Hayden Panettiere, actress (One Life to Live)
Events
959 - Erachus becomes bishop of Luik
1321 - 160 Jews of Chincon France, burned at stake
1560 - Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy
1598 - -22] Deed of Transfers proclaims Netherlands independence
1673 - Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet
1680 - Pueblo Indians takes possession of Santa Fé from Spanish
1703 - Turkish army removes sultan Mustafa II
1718 - Emperor Karel VI, Turkey & Venice sign peace treaty
1831 - Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)
1841 - John Hampton patents venetian blind
1858 - 1st Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois)
1863 - Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill
1864 - Gen-major Nathan B Forrests assault on Memphis, Tennessee
1864 - Battle at Globe Tavern, Virginia, ends after 2500 casualties
1864 - Battle of Summit Point, VA
1864 - BBT Charleston, SC [->DEC 31]
1864 - Battle of Grubbs Crossroads, KY
1878 - American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, NY
1878 - Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match
1883 - Providence shuts out Phillies 28-0
1887 - Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with NY Giants!
1888 - William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine
1891 - Dutch Mackay govt resigns
1897 - Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division
1901 - Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching & spitting on an ump
1901 - 21st US Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64)
1912 - Mr Carter-Cotton chosen 1st chancellor of Univ of British Columbia
1914 - Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines
1914 - French offensive in the Ardennen/Sambre
1914 - 20th US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 290 at Midlothian CC Ill
1920 - 3rd PGA Championship: Jock Hutchison at Flossmoor CC Flossmoor Ill
1922 - Curly Lambeau & Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise
1925 - BV Emmen soccer team forms
1926 - White Sox Ted Lyons no hits Red Sox 6-0 in just 67 minutes at Fenway
1926 - -22] Uprising against Greek president/dictator Pangalos
1927 - 4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC)
1929 - Chicago Cardinals become 1st pro football team to train out of town
1930 - Prohibition of Wieringermeer finished
1931 - Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR, off George Blaeholder of Browns
1932 - Wes Ferrell is 1st to win 20 games in each of his 1st 4 seasons
1933 - Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game
1936 - Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend hi
1938 - Italy bars all Jewish teachers in Public & High School
1942 - Alpine hunters plant German flag on Elbroezgebergte, Kaukasus
1942 - Transport nr 22 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 - Gromyko named USSR-ambassador in Washington
1943 - Japan leaves Aleutian Islands
1944 - US 12nd Army corp occupies Sens
1944 - Raid on Jewish childrens house in Secrétan/St-Mandé
1944 - Grieg/Work/Forest's musical "Song of Norway," premieres in NYC
1944 - Germans storm up Hill 262 (Mont Ormel) Normandy
1945 - Pres Truman ends Lend-Lease program
1947 - 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win
1948 - Indians 47-inning scoreless streak broken by White Sox Aaron Robinson
1949 - Phila fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn,
1953 - Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed
1953 - Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000
1953 - Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m
1956 - WTVW TV channel 7 in Evansville, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 - 1st launching in Baikonur, Kazachstan (R7 "Semiorka"-rocket)
1958 - KUT-FM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions
1959 - Hawaii becomes 50th US state
1961 - Jomo Kenyatta freed in Kenya
1962 - Verne Gagne beats Mister M (doctor X) in Minn, to become NWA champ
1963 - Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit HR gives Pirates a 7-6 win
1963 - Martial law declared in S Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas
1965 - Romania adopts constitution
1965 - Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)
1965 - The Crusher beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champ
1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open
1967 - China reports downing of 2 US bombers
1967 - Ken Harrelson becomes baseball's 1st free agent
1967 - Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
1967 - Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece
1968 - Democratic Convention opens in Chicago
1968 - After 5 years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio
1968 - Marine James Anderson Jr is 1st black Medal of Honor winner
1968 - Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion
1968 - Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement
1968 - William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight)
1969 - Fire in Al-Aksa-mosque in Jerusalem
1972 - 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps
1972 - British harbor strike ends
1972 - Grace Slick maced by police when a band official called cops, pigs
1972 - US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched
1972 - Republican convention opens in Miami Beach
1975 - Rick & Paul Reuschel become 1st brothers to pitch a combined shut out
1975 - US lightens trade embargo against Cuba
1975 - 3 truck pile up kills 10, injures 26 on French highway
1976 - Battle East Sussex: Mary Langdon becomes 1st British firewoman
1976 - Al Bumbry hits 17th inside-the-park HR in Oriole history
1977 - Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph)
1977 - Debbie Austin wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
1978 - 1st gay theme telefilm - Matlovich vs US Air Force
1979 - Mets win a protested game against Astros, 5-0
1980 - Linda Ronstadt opens in "Pirates of Penzance" on Broadway
1982 - Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300
1982 - Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut
1983 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
1983 - 110°F (43°C) at Fayetteville, North Carolina (state record)
1983 - "La Cage aux Folles" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances
1985 - Mary Decker Slaney runs mile in world record 4:16.71
1985 - NY Lotto pays $41 million to three winner (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47)
1986 - Lake Nios Volcano in Cameroon kills 1,746
1986 - Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 2,000
1986 - Red Sox Spike Owens scores 6 runs in a 24-5 rout of Cleve Indians
1986 - With 2 outs in 6th inning, Red Sox score 11 runs
1986 - Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v NZ, The Oval)
1986 - "Rags" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
1986 - Surinames Ronnie Brunswijks Jungle commandos kill 2 govt officials
1987 - Silke Hörneer swims female world record 100m breaststroke (1:07.91)
1987 - "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52)
1987 - Clayton Lonetree, 1st marine court-martialed for spying, convicted
1988 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Atlantic City Golf Classic
1988 - Cease fire between Iran & Iraq takes effect after 8 years of war
1988 - Yordanka Donkova runs world record 100 m hurdles (12.21)
1989 - Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune
1991 - Latvia declares it's independence from USSR
1991 - Communist coup is crushed in USSR in 2 days
1993 - NASA loses contact with Mars Observer
1993 - Lyricist Bernie Taupin weds Strephanie Haymes
1994 - -23] Typhoon Fred ravages Chinese county Zhejiang, 700+ killed
1994 - Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexican presidential election
1994 - Jane Geddes wins LPGA Chicago Golf Challenge
1994 - Royal Air Maroc ATR-42 crash down at Agadir, 44 killed
1995 - US marshals move in on Randy Weaver's cabin in Idaho
1996 - "Hughie," opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC
1996 - Christie Lee Woods, 18, of Texas, crowned 14th Miss Teen USA
1996 - Netscape Browser 3.0 is released
1997 - US govt forces closure of Hudson Foods due to E Coli break out
1997 - Typhoon Winnie kills 140, injures 3,000 in East China
2017 - Next total solar eclipse visible from North America
Deaths
1131 - Boudouin II van Bourg, king of Jerusalem, dies
1190 - Godfried III, duke of Brabant (Grimbergse war), dies
1245 - Alexander van Hales, English scholar, dies
1516 - John III van Egmont, [Manke John], viceroy of Holland, dies at 78
1627 - Jacques Mauduit, composer, dies at 69
1629 - Camillo Procaccini, Italian painter/etcher, dies
1673 - John de Love I, vice-admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54
1673 - Isaac Sweers, Dutch fleet admiral/Civil rights activist, dies at 51
1723 - Dimitrie Cantemir, philosopher/monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49
1772 - Alessandro Felici, composer, dies at 29
1772 - Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini, composer, dies at 48
1785 - Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon), dies
1798 - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp, dies at 62
1812 - Silverius Muller, composer, dies at 67
1824 - John Taylor, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy), dies at 70
1824 - Santiago Ferrer, composer, dies at 62
1838 - A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57
1856 - Peter Joseph von Lindpaintner, composer, dies at 64
1864 - John Calhoun Sanders, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 24
1888 - Simon Vissering, Dutch minister of Finance (1879-81), dies at 70
1898 - Nicola van Westerhout, composer, dies at 40
1905 - Jules Oppert, German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80
1911 - W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies
1932 - Frederick Corder, composer, dies at 80
1935 - Josef Cyril Sychra, composer, dies at 76
1940 - Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62
1940 - Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, dies at 68
1942 - Kiyoano Ichiki, Japanese colonel (WW II), dies
1943 - Henrik Pontoppidan, writer (Peter Gelukkige, Nobel 1917), dies at 86
1947 - Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies
1949 - Gerhard von Keussler, composer, dies at 75
1951 - (Leonard) Constant Lambert, English composer (Rio Grande), dies at 45
1952 - Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies
1958 - Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44
1958 - Stevan Hristic, composer, dies at 73
1963 - John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies
1964 - Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Italian Party)/min of Just, die
1968 - Vladimir Boudnik, Czech sculptor, commits suicide at about 45
1970 - Timothy Mather Spelman, composer, dies at 79
1971 - George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29
1974 - Mascha Kal‚ko, writer, dies at 48
1976 - Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies
1977 - Octavus L "Octave" van Aerschot, actor (Scandal in Paris), dies at 87
1978 - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (44 Tests for India, 2,109 runs), dies
1978 - Charles Eames, US chair manufacturer, dies at 71
1980 - Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies
1981 - Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer, dies at 85
1982 - Sobhuza II, king of Swaziland/Ngwane (1921-82), dies
1983 - Benigno S Aquino Jr, Philippines opposition leader, killed at 50
1987 - Karl Bruck, entertainer, dies
1988 - Hans Gnther Adler, German writer, dies at 78
1990 - George Adamson, British conservationist (Born Free), murdered in Keny
1991 - Oswald von Nell-Breuning, German theologist/philosopher, dies at 101
1991 - Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75
1991 - Wolfgang Hildesheimer, German/Swiss architect, dies
1992 - Lucille Brown, actress (Farina-Our Gang), dies after illness at 74
1992 - Theo van Tijn, Marxist/social-historian, dies at 65
1994 - Hein Fentener van Vlissingen, eccentric millionaire, dies at 73
1994 - Danitra Vance, comedienne (SNL), dies of breast cancer at 35
1995 - Manfred Donike, chemist Drug Test pioneer, dies at 61
1995 - Nanni Loy, film Director, dies at 69
1995 - Len Martin, sports broadcaster, dies at 76
1995 - Ken Rickards, cricketer (104 runs at 34 66 for WI 1948-52), dies
1995 - James Truitte, dancer, dies at 72
1995 - Hilda Beatritz Guevara, daughter of Che Guevara, dies at 39
1995 - Anatole Fistoulari, conductor, dies at 88
1995 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, physicist (Nobel-1983), dies at 84
1996 - Rosa Joyce Plesters Brommelie, conservation scientist, dies at 69
1996 - Sidney George Gray, company secretary, dies at 82
1997 - Misael Pastrana Borrero, Pres of Colombia (1970-74), dies
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