Births
1368 - Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)
1468 - Johannes Gutenberg
1525 - Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer
1648 - Louis Bouteiller, composer
1655 - Fran‡ois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized
1736 - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer
1740 - Guillaume Lasceux, composer
1755 - Florido Tomeoni, composer
1763 - Caroline von Wolzogen, [von Lengefeld], German author
1784 - John Fane graaf van Westmorland, English (opera)composer/diplomat
1805 - Otto T Freiherr von Manteuffel, premier Prussia
1807 - Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1809 - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Hamburg Germ, composer (Great Scherzos)
1811 - Horace Greeley, editor ("Go west, young man")
1817 - Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, composer
1817 - Samuel Ryan Curtis, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1866
1820 - Elisha Kent Kane, US Arctic explorer (Kane Basin off NW Greenland)
1821 - Elizabeth Blackwell, Bristol England, 1st woman physician
1823 - Spencer F Baird, US biologist (Wood's Hole Station)
1824 - George Thomas "Tige" Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1824 - Nathan George "Shanks" Evans, Brig Gen (Confederacy), died in 1868
1826 - Walter Bagehot, England, economist/sociologist
1830 - Robert Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (C), British PM (1885-1902)
1831 - Cyrus Ballou Comstock, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1833 - Thomas T H Jorissen, Dutch historian
1842 - Sidney Clopton Lanier, US, composer/poet (Hall of Fame)
1845 - Ernest von Wildenbruch, German playwright (Sedan)
1851 - Johannes B van Heutsz, lt-gen/gov-gen Dutch East Indies
1851 - Lord Harris, cricketer (4 Tests for England MCC big-wig)
1861 - L‚opold Courouble, Belgian writer (Family Kaekebroeck)
1865 - Martinus Ballings, Flemish jesuit/author (Will Power)
1868 - Damaso Ledesma, composer
1870 - Ada Negri, Italian poet/author (Il Libro di Mara)
1873 - Ernest B Allo, French theologist
1874 - Franklyn Dyall, Liverpool England, actor (Easy Virtue)
1874 - Gertrude Stein, Penn, author (Autobiography of Alice B Toklas)
1874 - Gertrude Stein
1878 - Joseph Gordon Coates, PM of New Zealand (1925-28)
1879 - Charles Follis, 1st black NFLer (Shelby, Ohio)
1880 - Arnoldus JH Aerts, bishop of Neth-Guinea (1920-42)
1882 - Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland)
1883 - Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler/painter
1883 - Clarence Mulford, Ill, western writer (Hopalong Cassidy)
1886 - Erwin Kroll, composer
1887 - Carlo Jachino, composer
1887 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (Autumn of the Lonely)
1887 - Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Tramonto del grande attore)
1888 - Joris Baers, Flemish bibliography/founder (Boekengids)
1889 - Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'arc)
1889 - Risto Ryti, Finnish premier/president
1890 - Charles [Andy] Correll, Peoria Ill, actor (Calvin & Colonel)
1890 - Heinrich Barth, Swiss philosopher (Problem des B”sen)
1891 - Jan Donner, Dutch minister of Justice (1926-33)
1891 - Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor/director (Great Neth Stage)
1894 - Juan Negr¡n, PM of Spanish Republic (1936-39)
1894 - Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)
1894 - Norman Rockwell
1895 - Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52)
1895 - Nick Kenny, Astoria NYC, columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show)
1895 - Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, politician (APRA-Peru) [or Feb 22]
1896 - Johannes Urzidil, writer
1898 - Alvar Aalto, Finland, architect (Finlandia House)
1898 - Paul Urysohn, Russian mathematician
1899 - Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street)
1899 - Forrest "Red" DeBernardi, basketball hall of famer (elected 1961)
1900 - Mabel Mercer, English cabaret vocalist (Fly Me to the Moon)
1902 - Ram¢n [J] Sender, [Garc‚s], Spanish writer (El Lugar del Hombre)
1903 - Priaulx Rainier, composer
1903 - Walter Linck, Swiss sculptor
1904 - Charlie "Pretty Boy" Floyd, FBI Most Wanted criminal
1904 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Pisino Istria, Italian composer
1904 - Roger Makins, diplomat
1906 - Ludvig Nielsen, composer
1907 - James A Michner, NYC, writer (South Pacific, Hawaii, Space)
1907 - James Michener
1908 - Oddbj”rn Hagen, Norway, cross country jumper (Olympic-gold-1936)
1909 - M Vasalis [Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans], poet (Phoenix)
1909 - Simone Weil, Paris, social philosopher/Resistance fighter (WW II)
1910 - Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel M‚xico, composer (A la Patria)
1910 - Nelson Case, Long Beach Calif, TV host (Trash or Treasure)
1911 - Jehan [Ariste] Alain, French organist/composer
1911 - Jesse Thomas, blues singer
1912 - Jacques Soustelle, French minister of information
1914 - Cornelis "Kees" Andr‚a, Dutch painter/graphic artist/carpet designer
1914 - Felix Kelly, artist
1915 - Jann Willem Holsbergen, author (Zakenmensen Fair as Gold)
1915 - Richard Bales, composer
1916 - Vivien Signy, nurse
1918 - Joey Bishop, [Gottlieb], Bronx, talk show host (Joey Bishop Show)
1918 - Joey Bishop
1920 - Bibi Osterwald, New Brunswick NJ, actress (Bridget Loves Bernie)
1920 - Henry Heimlich, doctor/inventor (Heimlich maneuver)
1920 - Stan Ockers, Belgian bicyclist (Tour de France 1955, 56)
1922 - Bill Chappell Jr, (Rep-D-FL, 1969- )
1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutist (Italian Flute Concertos)
1925 - John Fiedler, Platville Wisc, actor (Mr Peterson-Newhart)
1925 - Joop C Swart, Dutch publisher/founder (World Press Photo)
1926 - Arthur Arfons, auto racer/designer (Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH)
1926 - Glen Tetley, US choreographer
1926 - Hans-Jochen Vogel, leader of West Germany's Social Democrats (SPD)
1926 - J Roy Rowland, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
1926 - Shelley Berman, Chicago, comedian (Son of Blob, Love American Style)
1926 - Shelley Berman
1928 - C V Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55)
1928 - Mr [Fred] Rogers, Latrobe, Pa, kid host (Mr Roger's Neighorhood)
1929 - Russell Arms, Berkeley Calif, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
1929 - Val Doonican, Irish singer/entertainer
1930 - Joan Rice, actress (Payroll, Steel Key, Curtain Up)
1931 - G”ran J S Palm, Swedish poet/writer (Hudens Bes”k)
1932 - J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith, cricketer (S Afr batsman v England 1960)
1932 - Maria Itkina, USSR, sprinter (9 world records)
1932 - Peggy Ann Garner, Canton Ohio, actress (Little Women, Daisy Kenyon)
1933 - Paul S Sarbanes, (Sen-D-MD, 1977- )
1934 - Jeremy Kemp, Chesterfield England, actor (Winds of War)
1935 - Johnny "Guitar" Watson, rock guitarist
1936 - Bobby Simpson, cricketer (great Australian batsman/capt/coach/slip)
1936 - Robert Simpson, Australian cricket player/manager
1938 - Victor Buono, SD Calif, actor (Man from Atlantis, Untouchables)
1938 - Vladimir Grigoryevich Fartushny, Russia, cosmonaut
1939 - Desz” Nowak, Hungary, soccer play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
1939 - Vladimir Yevgenyevich Preobrazhensky, Russian cosmonaut
1940 - Fran Tarkenton, Richmond Va, NFL QB (NY Giants, Minn Vikings)
1940 - Jim Hartz, newscaster (NBC-TV, Innovations)
1940 - Fran Tarkenton
1941 - Angelo D'Aleo, Bronx, tenor (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love)
1941 - Bridget Hanley, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Here Come the Brides)
1941 - Carol Mann, Buffalo NY, golfer (LPGA Hall of Fame 1977, 1965 US Open)
1941 - Chuck Tharp, rock vocalist (Fireballs)
1941 - Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler (NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's)
1943 - Blythe Danner, Phila PA, actress (Butterflies are Free)
1943 - Dennis Edwards, rocker (Temptations-Aint Too Proud To Beg, My Girl)
1943 - Eric Haydock, bassist (Hollies-He Aint Heavy He's My Brother)
1945 - Bob Griese, NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins, 1971 Player of Year)
1945 - Johnny Cymbal, rocker (Mr Bass Man)
1945 - Willeke Alberti, [Verbruggen], Dutch vocalist/actress (Small Truth)
1947 - Chose Alberts, [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years)
1947 - Dave Davies, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola)
1947 - Joe Coleman, baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit)
1947 - Koos Alberts, [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come)
1947 - Melanie, [Safka], Astoria, vocalist/songwriter (Candles in Rain)
1947 - Paul Auster, US author/poet/director (Mr Vertigo, Smoke)
1949 - Oscar Benton, Dutch blues vocalist/guitarist (Ze is Zoals Jij)
1950 - Lizzie Borden, director/writer (Love Crimes, Working Girls)
1950 - Michael Dickinson, British(?) reorganizer
1950 - Morgan Fairchild, [Patsy McClenny], Dallas Tx, actress (Falcon Crest)
1950 - Morgan Fairchild
1951 - Felipe Munoz, M‚xico, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)
1952 - Fred Lynn, Chicago, baseball outfielder (Boston, Calif, Baltimore)
1952 - Jack Fields, (Rep-R-TX, 1981- )
1956 - Nathan Lane, Jersey NJ, actor (One of the Boys, Frankie & Johnnie)
1956 - Pamela Cossey, England, model/sister of transsexual Tula
1957 - Michele Greene, Las Vegas Nevada, actress (Abby Perkins-LA Law)
1958 - Joe Frank Edwards Jr, Richmond Va, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 89)
1958 - Lee Crystal, rocker (Joan Jett & Blackhearts-Ashes in the Wind)
1959 - Loi Tolhurst, rocker (Cure-Hell's Kitchen)
1959 - Molly Killingbeck, Jamaica, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1959 - Thomas Calabro, Bkln NY, actor (Michael Mancini-Melrose Place)
1960 - B J Jefferson, Dallas Tx, actress (Ronnie Laurance-Another World)
1960 - Richard Kotzen, rocker
1961 - Keith Gordon, NYC, actor (Dressed to Kill, Legend of Billie Jean)
1962 - Joe Handle, US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1965 - Dorcas Wonsavage, Madison Wis, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
1965 - Kathleen Kimont, LA Calif, actress (Fraternity Vacation, Renegade)
1965 - Maura Tierney, Boston, actress (Lisa-Newsradio)
1966 - Danny Morrison, cricket pace bowler (NZ since 1987)
1966 - Gillian Bonner, Athens GA, playmate (Apr, 1996)
1966 - Sean Patrick Wade, Houston Texas, NZ marathoner (Olympics-96)
1967 - Aurelio Vidmar, soccer player (Standard Luik, Feyenoord)
1967 - Jason Morris, Scotia NY, half-middleweight judoka (Oly-silver-92, 96)
1967 - Natalie Hunter, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1968 - Frantisek Kucera, Prague Cze, NHL defenseman (Vanc Canucks, Oly-G-98)
1968 - Leroy Thompson, NFL running back (KC Chiefs)
1968 - Mark Koevermans, Netherlands, tennis star
1968 - Vlade Divac, Yugoslavia, NBA center (Charlotte Hornets, LA Lakers)
1969 - Casey Weldon, NFL quarterback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1969 - Jeff Christy, NFL center (Minn Vikings)
1969 - Robert Pack, NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Dallas Mavericks)
1969 - Terry Bradshaw, US baseball outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
1970 - Alonza Barnett, WLAF safety (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Eric Curry, NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1970 - Jason Muzzatti, Toronto, NHL goalie (Hartford Whalers)
1970 - Keith Carney, Providence, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team US
1971 - Eric Owens, Danville VA, outfielder (Cin Reds)
1971 - Marcus Buckley, NFL linebacker (NY Giants)
1971 - Roman Cechmanek, NHL goaltender (Team Czech Oly-Gold-1998)
1971 - Sean Dawkins, NFL wide receiver (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 - Jermaine Smith, NFL defensive tackle (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1972 - Keith Elias, NFL running back (NY Giants)
1972 - Tyrone Poole, NFL cornerback (Carolina Panthers)
1973 - Jim Campbell, Worcester, NHL center (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1973 - Kyle Richardson, WLAF punter (Rhein Fire)
1976 - Dwayne Rudd, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)
1976 - Karen Bradley, Miss Rhode Island USA (1996)
1977 - Maitland Ward, Torrance CA, actress (Jessica-Bold & Beautiful)
1982 - Edna St Vincent Millay, poet
1984 - ?, Long Beach Calif, 1st baby conceived by embryo transplant
1990 - Cody Newton Gifford, son of Kathie Lee & Frank Gifford
1994 - Tallulah Belle Willis, 3rd daughter of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore
Events
1377 - Cardinal Robert of Geneva (anti-pope Clemens VII) starts term
1377 - Mass execution of population of Cesena Italy
1488 - Bartholomeus Diaz discovers Mosselbaai (Angra dos Vaqueros)
1547 - Russian czar Ivan IV (17) marries Anastasia Romanova
1576 - Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) escapes from Paris
1591 - German monarchy forms Protestant Union of Torgau
1653 - Cardinal Mazarin returns to Paris from exile
1660 - General Moncks army reaches London
1690 - 1st paper money in America issued (colony of Mass)
1740 - Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily
1743 - Philadelphia establishes a "pesthouse" to quarantine immigrants
1752 - Dutch States-General forbid export of windmills
1781 - Dutch West Indies island of St Eustatia taken by British
1783 - Spain recognizes US independence
1809 - Territory of Illinois organizes (including present-day Wisconsin)
1815 - World's 1st commercial cheese factory established, in Switzerland
1825 - Dutch North Sea coast floods
1836 - Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany NY)
1844 - Hector Berlioz' "Carnaval Romain," premieres in Paris
1855 - Wisconsin Supreme Ct declares US Fugitive Slave Law unconstitutional
1860 - Thomas Clemson takes office as 1st US superintendent of agriculture
1864 - Sherman's march through Mississippi
1865 - Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln & Stephens reach an impasse
1867 - Prince Mutsuhito, 14, becomes Emperor Meiji of Japan (1867-1912)
1869 - Booth theater at 23rd & 6th opens in NYC (Romeo & Juliet)
1870 - 15th Amendment (Black suffrage) passed
1876 - Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tenni
1882 - Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
1887 - To avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act
1892 - Russia closes down Yeshiva of Volozhin
1894 - 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me
1895 - Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)
1900 - Rival forces fight for control of the Union Park ball grounds in Balt
1901 - Dutch troops under Gen Van Heutsz conquer Batu Ilië on Sumatra
1903 - Frederick Lugard occupies Kano West Africa
1908 - Supreme Court rules a union boycott violates Sherman Antitrust Act
1913 - 16th Amendment, federal income tax, ratified
1913 - Golden/Cawthorne's musical "Sunshine Girl," premieres in NYC
1915 - Turkish & German army reach Suez Canal
1916 - Canada's original Parliament buildings, in Ottawa, burns down
1916 - Tristan Tzar publishes Dada-manifest in Zurich Switzerland
1917 - US liner Housatonic sunk by German sub & diplomatic relations severed
1918 - Twin Peaks Tunnel longest (11,920') streetcar tunnel begins service
1919 - Herbert/Blossom's musical "Velvet Lady," premieres in NYC
1919 - League of Nations 1st meeting (Paris)
1919 - Socialist conference convenes (Berne Switzerland)
1924 - Alexei Ryko elected as Pres of People's commission (succeeds Lenin)
1927 - Uprising against regime of general Carmona in Portugal
1929 - Revolutionary Socialist Party forms in Amsterdam
1930 - Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
1930 - William Howard Taft, resigns as chief justice for health reasons
1931 - Arkansas legislature passes motion to pray for soul of H L Mencken after he calls state "apex
1933 - 1st interstate legislative conference in US opens, Washington, DC
1933 - German minister Göring bans social-democratic newspaper Vorwärts
1933 - Marinus van der Lubbe departs to Berlin
1937 - Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket v England
1938 - Paul Osborn's "On Borrowed Time," premieres in NYC
1941 - Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage & Hour law, sets min wages & max hrs
1942 - 1st Japanese air raid on Java
1942 - Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942
1943 - 4 chaplains drown after giving up their life jackets to others
1945 - Almost 1000 Flying Fortresses drop 3000 ton bombs on Berlin
1945 - Walt Disney's "3 Caballeros" released
1947 - -81°F (-63°C), Snag Yukon (North American record)
1947 - 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
1947 - Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
1948 - Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US
1950 - Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges
1951 - "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV
1951 - Dick Button wins US skating title for 6th time
1951 - Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle
1951 - Tennessee Williams' "Rose Tattoo," premieres in NYC
1953 - J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on NBC's Today Show
1954 - Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)
1956 - Autherine J Lucy admitted to U of Alabama, suspended 2/7 after a riot
1956 - Toni Sailor becomes 1st Olympic skier to sweep 3 alpine events
1957 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Havana Golf Open
1958 - Royal Teens' "Short Shorts" enters Top 40 chart & peaks at #3
1959 - American Airlines Electra crashes in NY's East River, killing 65
1961 - 6th largest snowfall in NYC history (17.4" (44.2cm))
1962 - John Uelses pole vaults record 489 cm
1962 - Pres Kennedy bans all trade with Cuba except for food & drugs
1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1964 - "Meet the Beatles" album goes Gold
1964 - Black & Puerto Rican students boycott NYC public schools
1965 - 105 USAF cadets resigned for cheating on exams
1965 - Geraldine McCullough wins Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture
1965 - Orbiting Solar Observatory 2 launches into Earth orbit (552/636 km)
1965 - Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turne
1966 - 1st operational weather satellite, ESSA-1 launched US
1966 - 1st soft landing on Moon (Soviet Luna 9)
1967 - "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
1969 - "Canterbury Tales" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 122 perfs
1969 - The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasser Arafat head of PLO
1971 - KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
1972 - 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 - Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6
1973 - President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law
1974 - "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 perfs
1974 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
1975 - Billy Herman, Earl Averill, & Bucky Harris elected to Hall of Fame
1976 - 26th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 123-109 at Philadelphia
1977 - Martin Dihigo John Lloyd elected to Hall of Fame
1978 - Australia beat India 3-2 on 6th day of final test
1978 - India needing 493 to beat Australia at Adelaide, all out 445
1979 - "YMCA" by Village People peaks at #2 on pop singles chart
1979 - Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to California for 4 players
1979 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne
1979 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner
1980 - 30th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 144-136 (OT) at Washington
1980 - Larry Holmes TKOs Lorenzo Holmes in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1980 - Mohammed Ali tours Africa as Pres Carter's envoy
1981 - Australia beats NZ 3-1 to win World Series Cup
1981 - Gro Harlem Brundtland elected premier of Norway
1982 - Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission
1982 - Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR
1982 - John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
1982 - Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder
1983 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
1984 - 10th Space Shuttle Mission (41B)-Challenger 4 launched
1985 - "Harrigan 'n Hart" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 5 performances
1985 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
1986 - Pres Reagan announces formation of Comm on Challenger Accident
1987 - Expos trade Jeff Reardon to Twins for Neal Heaton
1987 - SD Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1989 - Bill White named NL president; 1st black major-league sports head
1989 - Military coup overthrows Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay
1989 - Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ v Pak, washed out
1990 - Darryl Strawberry enters Smither Center for Alcohol rehabilitation
1990 - Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
1990 - NY Met Darryl Strawberry voluntarily enters Alcohol rehab center
1991 - Meg Mallon wins Oldsmobile LPGA Golf Classic
1991 - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 23-21
1992 - Defense opens calling Noriega "our ally in war on drugs"
1992 - Labor strike at Royal Canadian Mint ends
1992 - Maximum NY State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week
1993 - Cin Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
1993 - General Hospital's Tristan Rogers convicted of drunk driving
1993 - Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating
1994 - "Les Miserables," opens at Kallang Theatre, Singapore
1994 - Actor Jean-Claude van Damme (32) weds Darcy Lapier (28) in Bangkok
1994 - Pres Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam
1994 - STS-60 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1995 - STS 63 (Discovery 19), launches into orbit
1997 - Carl Sagan Public Memorial at Ithaca NY
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Detroit MI on WKRK 97.1 FM
1998 - Britain issues a set of Princess Diana stamps
1998 - Fla Panther Dino Ciccarelli's is 9th NHLer to score 600 career goals
1998 - NY Yankees replace general manager Bob Watson with Brian Cashman
1998 - Stamps commemorating Princess Diana go on sale across Britain
1998 - US military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
1998 - Mary Kay LeTourneau, 36, former teacher, violates probation with 14 year-old father of her bab
Deaths
474 - Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies
865 - Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, di
1399 - John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Le¢n, dies at 58
1451 - Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies
1468 - Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies
1536 - Garc¡a de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies
1558 - Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies
1602 - Paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62
1679 - Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53
1697 - Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island
1715 - Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70
1748 - Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49
1803 - Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79
1814 - Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75
1832 - George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77
1846 - Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79
1853 - August Kopisch, German writer (M„useturm), dies at 53
1862 - Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87
1875 - Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66
1876 - Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83
1882 - Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55
1889 - Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40
1890 - Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72
1900 - Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33
1902 - Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies
1903 - Frederick E Kitziger, composer, dies at 59
1909 - Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86
1921 - Max Wilhelm Zach, composer, dies at 56
1922 - Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67
1924 - Woodrow Wilson, 28th pres (1913-21), dies at his home in Wash at 67
1925 - Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51
1931 - Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist, dies at 72
1938 - Armando Palacio Vald‚s, Spanish writer (El Cuarto Poder), dies at 84
1943 - Alexander Goode, rabbi who surrended his life jacket, drowns
1945 - Jose Rolon, composer, dies at 61
1945 - Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (July 20th plotter case), dies
1947 - Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74
1947 - Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-adm (WW II-Task Force 58), dies at 60
1950 - Karl Seitz, president of Austria, dies at 80
1958 - Henry Kuttner, sci-fi author (Dark World, As You Were), dies at 42
1958 - Johannes F Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer, dies at 81
1959 - Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28
1959 - Buddy Holly, rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22
1959 - Richie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17
1960 - Johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80
1961 - Anna May Wong, actress (Gallery of Mme Lui-Tsang), dies at 54
1961 - Viscount Dunrossil, Gov-Gen of Australia (1959-61), dies at 67
1962 - Werner Bock, writer, dies
1966 - June Walker, actress (War Nurses), dies at 65
1967 - Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide
1967 - Winifred Kingston, silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at 72
1969 - Eduardo C Mondlane, president of Mozambique, murdered
1971 - Jay C Flippen, actor (Ensign O'Toole), dies at 72
1972 - John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79
1973 - Edward Lockspeiser, composer, dies at 67
1975 - John Secondari, newscaster (Open Hearing), dies at 55
1975 - Robert Evett, composer, dies at 52
1976 - Neville Lindsay, cricketer (S Afr batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies
1977 - Pauline Starke, actress (Dante's Inferno, Viking, Sun Up), dies at 76
1979 - Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies
1984 - Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies
1984 - Ravindara Mhatrem, Indian diplomat, killed in England
1989 - John Cassavetes, actor/director (Husbands, Dirty Dozen), dies at 59
1991 - Nancy Kulp, actress (Jane Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 69
1993 - Karel Goeyvaerts, Flemish composer (8 Horse Bet), dies at 69
1995 - John Pinsent, classical scholar, dies at 72
1995 - Turner Fodrell, blues singer/guitarist, dies at 66
1996 - Audrey Meadows, actress (Alice-Honeymooners), dies at 69
1996 - Broderick Vernon Chinnery Photographer-Haldane, dies at 83
1996 - Edward Adamson, art therapist/collector, dies at 84
1996 - Edward Frederick Weston Goodman, property Developer, dies at 81
1996 - Tibor Reich, textile designer, dies at 79
1996 - Wild Jimmy Spruill, blues guitarist, dies at 61
1997 - Anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator, dies at 84
1997 - Bohumil Hrabal, writer, dies at 82
1997 - William Geoffrey Biddle, bomb disposal expert, dies at 79
1998 - Karla Faye Tucker, murderer, executed at 38
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