Births
1502 - Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter/carpet designer
1664 - Louis Lully, composer
1667 - Karl H Freiherr von Canstein, German lawyer/Luthers pitist
1687 - Johan Willem Friso, prince of Orange/monarch of Nassau-Dietz [OS]
1705 - Vaclav Matyas Gurecky, composer
1731 - Giuseppe Colla, composer
1748 - Maximilian Stadler, composer
1755 - Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor (modern pencil)
1776 - Pierre-Simon Ballanche, French philosopher/poet (Prolgomnes)
1776 - Wenzel Sedlak, composer
1792 - Percy Bysshe Shelley, England, romantic poet (Adonais)
1799 - Olof Wilhelm Udden, composer
1816 - Israel Vogdes, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1818 - Lovell Harrison Rosseau, Major General (Union volunteers)
1823 - Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton, (Gov-Ind), died in 1877
1825 - Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer
1832 - Gaspar N£¤ez de Arce, Spain, poet "Spanish Tennyson"
1839 - Walter Pater, London England, writer (Plato & Platoism)
1843 - Flor van Duyse, composer
1846 - Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer
1859 - Knut Hamsun, Norway, writer/Nazi (Hunger-Nobel 1920)
1870 - Harry Lauder, Scotland, comedian/singer (Roman in the Gloamin)
1873 - Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish general/minister of War
1881 - Guy de Pourtals, Swiss/French writer (Nietzsche in Italy)
1883 - Ren "Sascha" Schickele, German writer/founder (Strmer)
1888 - Philip Greeley Clapp, composer
1890 - Erich Weinert, writer
1892 - Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer
1897 - Joseph Calleia, Malta, actor (Jungle Book, Gilda, Touch of Evil)
1900 - Elizabeth, The Que
1900 - Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)
1900 - Douglas L Mays, cartoonist (Punch)
1900 - Elizabeth, Queen Mother Of England, King George VI's wife
1901 - Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly)
1901 - Louis Armstrong
1903 - Helen Kane, [Schroeder], Bronx NY, actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels)
1904 - Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Pornography)
1904 - Theodore Newton, NJ, actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire)
1905 - Michael Scott Montague Fordham, Jungian analyst/educator
1906 - Marie-Jos von Saksen-Coburg, Belgian Princess
1908 - Osbert Lancaster, English cartoonist/author (Daily Express)
1908 - Kurt Eichhorn, conductor
1908 - Leslie Wilkinson, journalist
1909 - Glenn Cunningham, US middle distance runner (1930's)
1909 - Roberto Burle Marx, landscape gardener
1910 - William H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Juilliard)
1912 - David Raksin, Phila Penns, composer (Modern Times)
1912 - Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved 10,000s of Jews)
1912 - Raoul Wallenberg
1913 - Wesley Addy, Omaha Neb, actor (Bostonians, Loving)
1914 - Rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter
1915 - Irving Fields, NYC, pianist (Ilona Massey Show)
1920 - Helen Thomas, UPI journalist (starts press conferences)
1921 - Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Montreal Canadien (MVP-1947)
1923 - Arthur Butterworth, composer
1928 - Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64)
1929 - Yasser Arafat, leader (Palestine Liberation Organization)
1930 - John Gorman, printer/socialist historian
1930 - David M G Curry, South African Labour Party parliament leader
1931 - Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's)
1933 - Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch choreographer/ballet dancer (Painted Birds)
1933 - Nathan Eugene Brooks, Cleve Oh, flyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1934 - Dallas Green, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)
1934 - Jonas Savimbi, Angolian leader of Unita
1934 - Rutger Kopland, [Rutger van den Hoofdakker], Dutch poet
1935 - Michal Slory, Suriname poet (Bitter Combat)
1936 - Elsberry Hobbs, rocker (Drifters)
1937 - David Vickerman Bedford, composer
1937 - Jacobus H "Koos" van de Merwe, S Afr attorney/CP parliament leader
1939 - Frankie Ford, [Frank Guzzo], Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise)
1940 - Karel Vachek, director (Moravska Hellas, Elective Affinities)
1940 - Rosemarie "Timi" Yuro, US singer (Hurt)
1941 - Quincey Daniels, Biloxi Miss, boxer (Olympic-bronze-1960)
1941 - Ted Strickland, (Rep-D-Ohio)
1942 - David Russell Lange, PM (L) NZ (1984-89)
1943 - David Carr, rock keyboardist (Fortunes Leyton, London
1943 - Tina Cole, Hollywood, singer (King Cousins)/actress (Katie-My 3 Sons)
1943 - Rodney Stuart Pattison, British yachtsman (Olympics)
1943 - Michael J McCulley, San Diego Calif, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS-34)
1944 - Richard Belzer, KOed by Hulk Hogan/comedian (How to be a Stand Up)
1945 - John Qace Hardbattle, political activist
1945 - Fred Hansen, US, pole vaulter (Olympic-gold-1964)
1946 - Maureen Cox Starkey, 1st wife of Beatle Ringo Starr
1947 - Paul Leyton, rocker (Seekers)
1947 - Kenneth Dryden, NHL goalie (Montreal Canadiens, 6 Stanley Cups)
1948 - James C Slattery, (Rep-D-Kansas, 1983- )
1949 - John Riggins, NFL running back (NY Jets, Wash Redskins)
1951 - Lane Evans, (Rep-D-IL, 1983- )
1952 - Kristoffer Tabori, [Siegel], LA Calif, actor (Rappaccini's Daughter)
1952 - Bobby Buntrock, Denver Colo, actor (Harold Baxter-Hazel)
1952 - Daniel Bautista, Mexico, 20k walker (Olympic-gold-1976)
1954 - Janet Coles, LPGA golfer
1955 - Billy Bob Thornton, actor (Sling Blade)
1955 - Charles D "Sam" Gemar, Yankton SD, army/astronaut (STS 38, 48, 62)
1955 - Billy Bob Thornton
1955 - Andrew M Allen, Phila Pa, Captain USMC/astronaut (STS 46, 62, 75)
1957 - Robert E Andrews, (Rep-D-New Jersey)
1958 - Greg Foster, Maywood Ill, 110m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1984)
1958 - Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, NJ, olympic track star (mile record 4:16.71)
1959 - Deedee Lasker, LPGA golfer
1960 - Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals (Ratt-Round & Round)
1962 - Wesley Snipes, Orlando Fla, actor (New Jack City, Passenger 57)
1962 - Roger Clemens
1962 - Paul Williams, rock guitarist (Flock of Seagulls)
1962 - Roger Clemens, Dayton OH, pitcher (Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP)
1964 - B J Surhoff, Bronx NY, infielder (Baltimore Orioles)
1964 - Clyde Simmons, NFL defensive end (Az Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1965 - Crystal Chappell, Silver Spring Md, actress (Carly-Days of our Lives)
1965 - Trena Trice, WNBA forward/center (NY Liberty)
1966 - Kensuke Sasaki, wrestler (WCW/NJPW/Calgary, Power Warrior)
1967 - Kembra Pfahler, Hermosa Beach Ca, actress (Gotham Gold)
1967 - Mike Marsh, US, 200m runner (Olympic-Gold-1992)
1967 - Carrie Flemmer, Stettler Alberta, softball catcher (Olympics-96)
1967 - Marcelo Filippini, Uruguay, tennis star
1967 - Michael Lawrence Marsh, LA Calif, sprinter (Oly-2 gold/silver-92, 96)
1968 - James Francis, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1968 - Darcy Arreola, La Mesa Calif, 1.5k runner
1968 - Marcus Schenkenberg, model (Calvin Klein)
1969 - Max Cavalera, Brazilian rock vocalist/guitarist (Sepultura)
1969 - Lee O'Leary, Compton CA, outfielder (Boston Red Sox)
1969 - Norm Casola, CFL slot back (Toronto Argonauts)
1970 - Tim McRae, Daytona Fla, 154¬ lbs (70 kg) weightlifter (Oly-1992, 96)
1970 - Steven Jack, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1994-95)
1970 - Owen McMahon, Australian 470 class yachter (Olympics-96)
1970 - Orlando Trustfull, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1971 - Jeff Gordon
1971 - Greg Frers, CFL safety (BC Lions)
1973 - Eddie Cade, NFL full safety (NE Patriots)
1973 - Peter Tsekenis, Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1973 - Alex Molden, cornerback (New Orleans Saints)
1974 - Canute Curtis, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1975 - Kaipo Spenser, Wailuku HI, baseball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 - Beau Morgan, running back (Dallas Cowboys)
1979 - Brandi Siegel, Miami Fla, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
1992 - Dylan Sprouse, Arezzo Italy, actor (Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire)
1992 - Cole Sprouse, Arezzo Italy, actor (Patrick Kelly-Grace Under Fire)
Events
1181 - Supernova seen in Cassiopia
1265 - Battle at Evesham: English prince Edward beats Simon de Montfort
1347 - English troops conquer Ft Calais
1351 - Sea battle at Zwartewaal: Willem V beats Hoeksen & English
1558 - 1st printing of Zohar (Jewish Kabbalah)
1578 - Battle of Alcazarquivir, Moroccans defeat Portuguese, 10,000 killed
1598 - London's head office of Hanze closed
1636 - Johan Mauritius appointed governor of Dutch Brazil
1666 - Sea battle between Netherlands & England
1666 - Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, Martinique & St Christopher; thousands die
1693 - Dom Perignon invents champagne
1695 - French garrison of surrenders to Willem III
1704 - War of Spanish Succession, English & Dutch troops occupy Gibraltar
1730 - Crown prince Frederik of Prussia escapes to England
1735 - Jury acquits John Zenger (NY Weekly Journal) charged with seditious libel by royal governor of
1753 - George Washington becomes a master mason
1760 - Battle at Leignitz: Prussia beats Austria & Russia
1777 - Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes 1st circus
1789 - French National Meeting ending feudal system
1790 - US Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service
1791 - Austria & Turkey sign Peace of Sistova
1821 - 1st edition of Saturday Evening Post (publishes until 1969)
1830 - Plans for city of Chicago laid out
1855 - John Bartlett publishes "Familiar Quotations"
1862 - US govt collects its 1st income tax
1864 - Land & naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas
1870 - British Red Cross Society forms
1879 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Aeterni Patris
1881 - 122°F (50°C), Seville, Spain (European record)
1886 - Colombia adopts constitution
1892 - Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass
1892 - Queen Wilhelmina & Emma open Merwede Canal between Amsterdam-Rhine
1897 - Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia
1903 - Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
1909 - Ump Tim Hurst instigates a riot by spitting at A's 2nd baseman Eddie Collins, who had question
1910 - A's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie
1914 - Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War
1914 - US declares neutrality in WW I
1914 - King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army
1914 - Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
1914 - German fleet under admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast
1914 - German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice
1916 - Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the US for $25 million
1917 - Pravda calls for killing all capitalists, priests & officers
1922 - Female 1st baseman Lizzie Murphy plays on AL all-star team
1925 - 1st Dutch Colijn govt forms
1925 - US marines leave Nicaragua after 13-year occupation
1927 - Peace Bridge between US & Canada opens
1929 - Indians, in 9th with 2 outs score 9 to beat Yanks 14-6
1929 - 60,000 SA'ers/SS'ers march by Munich
1929 - Jones Beach in NY opens
1930 - Child labor laws estralished in Belgium
1934 - NY Giants Mel Ott sets record of 6 runs in game & beats Phillies 21-4
1936 - Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece
1941 - Winston Churchill departs on Prince of Wales to US
1941 - Dodger Mickey Owens is 1st to catch 3 foul flies in an inning (3rd)
1942 - British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Cairo
1942 - Col-gen Jeremenko arrives in Stalingrad/welcomed by Nikita Khrushchev
1942 - German occupier orders all Dutch homing pigeons killed
1942 - 1st train with Jews departs Mechelen Belgium to Auschwitz
1943 - USAF bombs Germans in Troina
1943 - British premier Churchill travels on the Queen Mary to Canada
1943 - Russian units reach suburbs of Orel
1944 - British 8th army reaches suburbs of Florence Italy
1944 - Anne Frank arrested in Amsterdam by Nazis
1945 - Golfer Byron Nelson records most tournament wins (18) in a season
1945 - Red Sox Tom McBride is 3rd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)
1948 - 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax
1949 - NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
1953 - Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
1953 - Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs & wins 15-0
1954 - Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning
1955 - Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters
1956 - Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands
1956 - 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph)
1956 - Elvis Presley releases "Hound Dog"
1958 - Dumont TV Network crumbles
1959 - "Billy Barnes Revue" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 87 perfs
1960 - Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH
1961 - 28th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 28, All-Stars 14 (66,000)
1961 - 108°F, Spokane, WA
1962 - Nelson Mandela captured by South African police
1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
1964 - Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman & James E Chaney, bodies discovered in
1964 - North Vietnamese torpedos US ships Gulf of Tonkin
1965 - Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand
1967 - British pirate radio station Radio 355 resigns air
1967 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1967 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - 34th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934)
1967 - Shortwave group ANARC's 1st convention (Chicago)
1968 - 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, Calif
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Gino Paoli Golf Open
1968 - WXTV TV channel 41 in New York-Paterson, NY (UNI) begins broadcasting
1969 - Willie Stargell is 1st to hit a HR outside of Dodger Stadium
1970 - Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
1971 - US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft
1972 - Arthur Bremer jailed for 63 years for shooting Alabama Gov Wallace
1974 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
1974 - Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor
1975 - Robert Plant is involved in a car crash in Rhodes
1976 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1977 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1977 - Pres Carter establishes Dept of Energy
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 - Italian govt of Cossiga begins
1980 - John & Yoko begin recording "Double Fantasy"
1980 - Seattle Mariners replace manager Darrell Johnson with Maury Wills
1980 - -11] Hurricane Aline, kills 272 in Texas & Caribbean
1981 - Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank for STS-2 mission
1981 - Oliver North is assigned to White House duty
1982 - NY Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Ph
1983 - While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull
1983 - Bettino Craxi sworn in as premier of Italy
1983 - France performs nuclear test
1983 - Revolution in Burkina
1984 - Republic of Upper Volta becomes Bourkina Fasso (National Day)
1984 - Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 24 weeks
1984 - Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics
1984 - Cliff Johnson sets a record with his 19th pinch hit HR
1985 - Calif Angel Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit
1985 - White Sox Tom Seaver is 17th to win #300, beating Yankees
1985 - Rod Carew, is 16th to get 3,000 hits
1985 - Penny Hammel wins LPGA Jamie Farr Toledo Golf Classic
1985 - "Dreamgirls" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1522 performances
1985 - Phil Rizzuto Day, Yanks retire #10
1986 - OPEC lowers oil production 20%
1987 - At the Kingdome, Ruppert Jones hits a foul ball that sticks in speaker
1987 - FCC vote 4-0 to rescind fairness doctrine for broadcasters
1988 - Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II
1988 - Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case
1989 - Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by NY Yankee Roberto Kelly
1990 - European community proposes a boycott of Iraq
1990 - 95.5°F (35.3°C) in De Bilt Neth (highest Aug temp in Neth)
1991 - 1st time Seattle Mariners are 9 games over .500
1991 - Deb Richard wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament
1993 - Angolese air force bombs Huambo
1993 - Rwandian Hutu's & Tutsi's sign peace treaty in Arusha
1993 - Tony Gwynn gets 6 hits, 4th time in 1993 a Padre gets 5 or more hits
1994 - Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on NY parkway
1994 - Howard Stern drops out of NY gubernatorial race
1994 - Dwingeloo 1, near milky way system, discovered
1995 - Darryl Strawberry joins the NY Yankees
1996 - 24th du Maurier Golf Classic: Laura Davies
1996 - 26th Olympic games close at Atlanta, Georgia (sched)
1996 - J Bunning, E Weaver, B Foster, & N Hanlon inducted in Hall of Fame
1997 - "Keenan Ivory Wayan Show," premieres on Fox TV
Deaths
1060 - Henry I, King of France (1027..60), dies at 52
1204 - Boniface of Montferrat, margrave of Montferrat, murdered
1265 - Simon de Montfort, English earl of Leicester, dies in battle
1306 - V clav III, last Premysliden-king of Bohemia (1305-06), murdered
1430 - Philip of Saint-Pol, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies at 26
1476 - Jacob van Armagnac-Pardiac, French duke of Nemours, beheaded
1526 - Juan Sebasti
n Cano, Spanish explorer, dies
1566 - Girolamo della Robbia, Italian sculptor (Majolica relief), dies
1578 - 2 Moroccan royalist, dies in battle
1578 - Sebastiaan, king of Portugal (1557-78), dies in battle at about 24
1584 - John van Hembyze, South Netherlands Calvinist, dies at 71
1598 - William Cecil 1st baron Burghley, English premier, dies at 77
1633 - George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 6
1639 - Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1666 - Johan Evertsen, ltalian admiral of Zeeland, lynched in Brielle
1708 - Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77
1712 - Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer, dies at 27
1821 - William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declar of Independence), dies at 86
1850 - Frantisek Tucek, composer, dies at 68
1856 - Johann Gottlieb Schneider, composer, dies at 59
1875 - Hans Christian Andersen, Danish fairy tale writer, dies at 70
1889 - Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold, composer, dies at 75
1891 - George Washington Williams, historian (History of Negro), dies at 41
1892 - Andrew & Abby Borden, axed to death in Mass (by Lizzie Borden?)
1904 - Arnold Krug, composer, dies at 54
1915 - Richard Kiepert, German cartographer (Africa), dies at 68
1919 - D[ave] W Gregory, cricketer (brother of Ned, uncle of Syd), dies
1920 - Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov, composer, dies at 54
1922 - Enver Pasa, Turkish politician, dies at 40
1925 - Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician, dies
1927 - John Dillon, Irish nationalist/British Lower house leader, dies at 75
1930 - Siegfried Wagner, German opera composer, dies at 61
1931 - Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies
1936 - Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78
1938 - Rudolf G Binding, German poet/writer, dies at 70
1938 - Pearl White, US actress/stunt woman (Perils of Pauline), dies at 49
1938 - L H Perquin, Dutch radio announcer, dies at 73
1940 - Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies
1942 - Alberto Franchetti, composer, dies at 81
1967 - Peter Smith, cricketer (Essex leggie, 3 wickets for England), dies
1973 - Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68
1975 - John Baragrey, actor (Gamera), dies at 57
1977 - Emil Bloch, German philosopher (Principle Hope, Traces), dies at 92
1981 - Melvyn Douglas, [Hesselberg], actor (Woman's Face, Hud), dies at 80
1984 - Walter Burke, actor (Jack the Giant Killer), dies at 75 of emphysema
1984 - Mary Miles Minter, actress (Drums of Fate), die at 82 of heart failur
1984 - Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack
1985 - Zbynek Vostrak, composer, dies at 65
1987 - Kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56
1991 - Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet (Hodyne), dies at 80
1992 - Frantisek Tomasek, archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 93
1992 - Ralph Cooper, creator (Amateur Night at the Apollo), dies of cancer
1993 - Bernard Barrow, actor (Louie-Loving, Johnny-Ryan's Hope), dies
1993 - Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64
1994 - Giovanni Spadolini, Italian historian/journalist, dies at 69
1994 - Richard Du Cann, lawyer QC, dies at 65
1994 - Sol Adler, economist Sinophile, dies at 85
1995 - Dick Bartell, baseball player, dies at 87
1995 - J Howard Smith Oil Tycoon, dies
1996 - Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist, dies at 59
1997 - Jeanne Calment, world's oldest person (Feb 21 1875), dies at 122
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